Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Montgomery response on Dutchtown Zion Road

    Committeewoman Louise Wilson of Montgomery     I will attempt to address the questions and issues raised by Mr. Eric Weitze about the unpaved portion of Dutchtown Zion Road in the Sourland Mountain area.    The fact that this short portion of Dutchtown Zion Road remains unpaved is a source of extreme frustration to Mr. Weitze and…

  • Course helps women become better public speakers

    By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    Americans fear public speaking.    ”People just don’t feel confident or comfortable getting in front of a large group,” said Judith Hutton, the CEO of the YWCA in Princeton.    The YWCA is hosting its Presentation Skills for Professional Women course this fall, beginning on Sept. 9. The class debuted in the…

  • SPOTLIGHT: The greening of Mercer

    By Adam Grybowski, Staff Writer    This spring the Master Gardeners of Mercer County planted nearly 3,500 plugs of native grasses and wildflowers near their educational gardens in Pennington, transforming a near acre of ground into a meadow bristling with beneficial insects. Reed canary grass, an invasive species, had plagued the spot.    The meadow was Nancy…

  • Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church

    Bob Duncan of West Windsor     In identifying the Presbyterian churches that initiated the interracial housing efforts in Princeton in the 1950s, your otherwise fine article (“GlenAcres marks 50-year-old stand . . . “) failed to include Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church. As a racially integrated — though largely African-American — congregation, Witherspoon Street Presbyterian’s role…

  • Friends of Davis International Center seek volunteer tutors and hosts

        The Friends of Davis International Center at Princeton University are seeking additional volunteers to serve as English conversation tutors and hosts for international students, visiting fellows and spouses. These international visitors are eager to improve their conversational skills and make new friends, particularly with Americans.     The Friends, a support group of Davis International…

  • Biofuels a good energy solution

    Richard Nieuwenhuis of NJ Farm Bureau     America’s reliance on foreign oil is causing a transfer of the nation’s wealth that is truly frightening, given the sudden surge in price this year. When we have no choice but to buy gasoline at new high prices, a major share of that money ends up in the…

  • Film ‘Tropic Thunder’ derides the disabled

    Lauren Panarella of The Arc of Somerset County     Paramount Pictures’ new comedy “Tropic Thunder,” released on Aug. 13, includes a character called “Simple Jack” played by the popular actor Ben Stiller.    Simple Jack has an intellectual disability (a.ka. “mental retardation”), and is the object of derision in the film. The movie contains language such…

  • SPOTLIGHT: Destination D.C. — power scene meets urban hip

    SPOTLIGHT: Destination D.C. — power scene meets urban hip

    By SARAH REISS Special Writer     Since 1790, Washington, D.C., has been embroiled in political maneuvering, partisan power conflicts and issues of national identity. And now, as one of the most talked- about presidential elections in U.S. history heats up, there’s no better place to feel the political frisson than the nation’s capital. Given D.C.’s…

  • SPOTLIGHT: Destination D.C. — power scene meets urban hip

    SPOTLIGHT: Destination D.C. — power scene meets urban hip

    The dome of the Rotunda of the Capitol of the United States.