Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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Freeholders’ failure on parks corruption
Freeholder candidates Cecilia Birge and Doug Singleterry The latest news about the Somerset County Freeholders’ response to irregularities at the Park Commission makes it clear they have no intention of authorizing a thorough and impartial investigation of mismanagement and corruption at the commission. More than a year ago, the Wolff-Samson report on the Park Commission…
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Obama is not an ‘African-American’
Nelson Obus of Princeton I read with amusement and dismay the “Dispatches” column by Hank Kalet in Tuesday’s Packet ("Race and the presidential contest"). His column ascribing racism to the failure of Obama to open up a bigger lead against John McCain might be more convincing were Obama actually an African-American as Mr. Kalet…
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Newspaper cuts? ‘For shame’
Freddi Silverman of West Windsor With recent news stories saying that newspaper media are having it tough and laying off people, I say: For shame. Many of us still like to get our news from a newspaper. We are on computers all day, and we enjoy the morning paper. But what do newspapers do?…
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SPOTLIGHT: Considering a ‘staycation’? Atlantic City reinventing itself as deluxe getaway for non-gamblers, too
Tom Briglia/Zuma Lavish new hotels are opening in ‘the queen of seaside resorts,’ catering to people whom may have no interest in patronizing casinos. Here’s the ‘stunning’ interior of the pool at Harrah’s new Waterfront Tower.
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SPOTLIGHT: Considering a ‘staycation’? Atlantic City reinventing itself as deluxe getaway for non-gamblers, too
Harrah’s new Waterfrint Tower.
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SPOTLIGHT: Considering a ‘staycation’? Atlantic City reinventing itself as deluxe getaway for non-gamblers, too
A view of Borgata’s ‘opulent’ Water Club, adjacent to Borgata itself.
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SPOTLIGHT: Considering a ‘staycation’? Atlantic City reinventing itself as deluxe getaway for non-gamblers, too
A view of Borgata’s ‘opulent’ Water Club, adjacent to Borgata itself.
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SPOTLIGHT: Considering a ‘staycation’? Atlantic City reinventing itself as deluxe getaway for non-gamblers, too
By Gloria Hayes Kremer Special Writer Are you ready to be dazzled? With the openings of Borgata’s new Water Club, a casino-less, 800-room opulent hotel, Harrah’s new Waterfront Tower with its stunning “Tropical Paradise” indoor pool complex, and developer Curtis Bashaw’s Chelsea Hotel with its rooftop pool, the standard is rising — yet…
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Was this Princeton traffic ticket necessary?
David Campbell of Pennington Isn’t it bad enough we have to sit in standstill traffic each morning on The Great Road while work on Cherry Hill Road is completed? Do the Princeton Township police then have to use the detour on Mountain Avenue to trap motorists for minor motor-vehicle violations? I know I have…
