Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Please support HiTops

    Paul Knodel of Princeton     This month, many are anxiously checking their mailboxes in hopes that their economic stimulus check has arrived. Though you’ll get constant pressure to either spend or save, there’s another option which is just as important, and will make a direct and significant contribution to our community: make a donation to…

  • Come to an environmental picnic

    Wendy Kaczerski of the Princeton Environmental Commission     Ever wonder where your drinking water comes from, what soil your garden grows on, which creek the runoff from your street feeds, or whether Princeton hosts any unusual plants or animals? This Thursday evening, June 12, Princeton’s Environmental Commission (PEC) invites residents to enjoy a picnic, to…

  • IN THE KITCHEN: The yin and yang of ‘the mother of Asian cuisines’

    By Faith Bahadurian Special Writer     The recent earthquake in China has reminded me of how much the culinary world owes to this ancient nation. Chinese cuisine is the mother of all Asian cuisines. There is hardly a fine dining restaurant around today that does not show some influence from Asian food.     When I…

  • SPOTLIGHT: A renewed mission — Sally Osmer returns to her roots by reaching out to people with mental illness

    SPOTLIGHT: A renewed mission — Sally Osmer returns to her roots by reaching out to people with mental illness

    Though the need for parity in treat ment is one challenge, another obst acle is the stigma still too often con nected with having a mental illne By Pat Summers Special Writer     A wall-sized window opens to the greenery of trees just outside, while a mostly blue-toned stained glass disk suggests elements of sky.…

  • SPOTLIGHT: A renewed mission — Sally Osmer returns to her roots by reaching out to people with mental illness

    SPOTLIGHT: A renewed mission — Sally Osmer returns to her roots by reaching out to people with mental illness

    Sally T. Osmer of Princeton, newly named as executive director of NAMI Mercer: ‘If you don’t have a family member or close friend who can help you navi´gate the system to get help and care; if you’re a person whose brain is not working properly; if your thinking or feeling is off … that really…

  • WW mayor on bicycle alliance

    Mayor Shin-Fu Hsueh of West Windsor     I was surprised and a little disappointed to read the recent letter sent by Mr. Ken Carlson, President of the West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance (WWBPA), regarding an article that appeared in the May 20 edition of The Princeton Packet. It is regretful that one of my…

  • COAH rules put NJ jobs at risk

    Joan Verplanck of NJ Chamber of Commerce New Jersey’s Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) recently adopted revised rules that went into effect on June 2. While providing for affordable housing is a good cause, these changes will have a devastating impact on economic development efforts in New Jersey and discourage employers from growing jobs. This…

  • Get balloting out of schools

    Virgina Manzari and Rose Barkenbush of West Windsor The time has come for election officials of Mercer and Middlesex Counties to remove voting locations from West Windsor-Plainsboro Schools because it causes “detrimental interruption.” Under NJ law, (Title 19:8-2), “Preference in locations shall be given to schools and public buildings where space shall be made available…

  • Sad to lose Duke Farms garden

    James Manganaro of Princeton A recent article in the Wall Street Journal calls to our attention the closing of Duke Farms’ glass indoor gardens in Hillsborough. It is sad to see such a work of beauty and on such a large scale removed from our area. The trustees of the Duke Charitable Foundation have decided…