Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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A Gold Medal to wrong county
Julie Martin-Kolb of Plainsboro I wanted to bring to your attention the fact that on August 19, there was a front-page article with an error. It declared that Rebecca Soni, Olympic gold medalist, “is the first Olympic gold medalist from Mercer County since Lesley Bush…in 1964.” That would be wonderful, except that it is…
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Disclose data on medical errors
Marilyn Askin of AARP New Jersey Over 98,000 people die each year as a result of preventable medical errors. A plane crash would need to occur every day in the United States for an entire year to even come close to the preventable medical error death toll. More than 150 people were tragically killed…
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CANDIDATE’S LETTER: Keith Hovey (D)
Candidate for Montgomery Township Committee We choose to live in Montgomery because of its top-rated schools, the amount of preserved open space, and a smart approach to redevelopment. Yet Montgomery is not immune to the problems of suburban sprawl, traffic congestion, tax increases, and ongoing threats to our way of life. As Montgomery moves…
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SPOTLIGHT: Making sense of nature: State Museum exhibit salutes 300th of the grand master of biology
Staff photos by Mark Czajkowski By Joan Goldstein Special Writer I love museums — especially in the summer when the halls are cool and I can stare at a stuffed bear or charging cougar in place, and imagine myself in another world — in another time. So when guest curator Karen Reeds, Ph.D., invited…
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SPOTLIGHT: Making sense of nature: State Museum exhibit salutes 300th of the grand master of biology
A view of the State Museum exhibition.
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SPOTLIGHT: Making sense of nature: State Museum exhibit salutes 300th of the grand master of biology
Karen Reeds of Princeton at the ‘Linnaeus & America’ exhibition she curated at the New Jersey State Museum: ‘The more we use search engines, the more we think about what Linnaeus was trying to do with pen and ink … If people find life sources on Mars, they’re going to use Linnaeus’ system’ of taxonomic…
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IN THE KITCHEN: The squash of summer
By Pat Tanner Special Writer Have you noticed the new varieties of summer squash that are the in markets this season, alongside those familiar standbys, zucchini and yellow straightnecks and crooknecks? I’m talking about those short, squat, pale-green varieties, and the pretty, scalloped pattypans in shades of yellow and dark green. At a…
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AROUND TOWN: Thec PSRC thanks the Scheides for a ‘significant’ gift
The Princeton Senior Resource Center celebrated “a significant leadership gift” to its endowment from William H. Scheide and Judith McCartin Scheide of Princeton with a High Tea on Tuesday in the Suzanne Patterson Building. The Scheides’ gift was made in honor of Harold and Vivian Shapiro, who joined PSRC board, staff and friends…
