Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • BOOK NOTES: Revolutionary reads …

    Thanks to David McCollough and his Pulitzer Prize-winning biography ‘John Adams’ (Simon and Schuster, 2001) — and HBO’s hit mini-series — John Adams has risen to star fame, embraced as more humanly robust than e By Joan Ruddiman Special Writer     July 4th falls on a Friday this year, giving most a long summer holiday…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Flatbread and pizza on the grill

    IN THE KITCHEN: Flatbread and pizza on the grill

    By Faith Bahadurian Special Writer Pennsylvania Renaissance Faire Jon Weaver, executive chef at the Swashbuckler Brewery and Restaurant at Mount Hope Estate and Winery in Lancaster County, Pa., offers a winning recipe for Roasted Garlic Parmesan and Rosemary Flatbread.      Not too long ago I came home to find a packet of yeast in my…

  • Thanking Robbinsville skatepark and friends

    Richard Harlan Pratt of Hightstown     On June 21, Hightstown Parks and Recreation Commission held a Skateboard Jam at the Robbinsville Township Skatepark. Robbinsville offered the use of their park since we do not yet have our own. The event was held on National Go Skateboarding Day and served as a fund raiser for the…

  • Will Anklowitz thanks West Windsor

    Will Anklowitz of West Windsor Township Council     Thank you to West Windsor Council members George Borek, Linda Geevers, Charles Morgan, and Heidi Kleinman for the opportunity to serve as council president this past year. Your support and cooperation have been a credit to public service.    Sharon Young , Gay Huber and the entire clerk’s…

  • Police delay in reporting sexual assault

    Kathy Taylor of Princeton     I was shocked to learn that the Princeton Township Police waited a full week before reporting to the media the June 20 sexual assault on Cedar Lane. I heard about it word of mouth, and was expecting it to be reported in the Tuesday, June 24 Princeton Packet. Instead, because…

  • Birge is right about freeholder’s ‘trinkets’

    Joel Bernstein of Montgomery     I am pleased to see somebody is finally holding the Somerset County Freeholders accountable for their wasteful spending. Thank-you to Montgomery Mayor Cecilia Birge for bringing attention to the unconscionable use of taxpayer money to pay for $50,000 in “mood pencils” and other trinkets bearing the names of Republican officeholders…

  • LOOSE ENDS: On location in Princeton Borough

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     The week of June 23 was noteworthy to most Princeton residents because the town was transformed from its laid-back, summertime, post-Princeton University Reunions mode to one of hyperactivity.     The sidewalks and restaurants filled up with people talking to themselves (actually to their wireless gizmos) and jingle-jangling with dozens…

  • SPOTLIGHT: Revolutionary style — Rockingham to present Met Museum expert in a lecture on Colonial furnishings

    By Christian Kirkpatrick Special Writer     It’s tempting to think of Revolutionary-era America in terms of battles and events: Bunker Hill and the Declaration of Independence, the Battle of Trenton and the Boston Tea Party.     But everyday life flourished on these shores before, during, and after the Revolution. People worked, built houses, and furnished…

  • OUT AND ABOUT: Princeton — the second time around

    By Janet Hughes Special to The Packet     Twenty-two years have come and gone since I left Princeton. My parents have passed on. My Canadian cat has died. And my return to Princeton after all these years reminds me of happier times, fun- filled afternoons walking on Faculty Drive, and Sunday brunches at Winberrie’s.    …