Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • 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…

  • SPOTLIGHT: Pushing the limits

    By Adam Grybowski Staff Writer     Earlier this month, Ryan Bonfiglio, a 30-year-old graduate student at the Princeton Theological Seminary, set a new world record by completing 1,000 push-ups in 20 minutes and 50 seconds.     He trained for less than seven weeks.     “I’ve maintained a pretty good level of fitness and strength, but…

  • LOOSE ENDS: Showing the colors of gratitude and pride

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     I think I may have a Princeton University dress code computer chip implanted in my brain.     On Friday morning as I was rushing to dress for an early meeting, I pulled from my closet a black dress, orange jacket, orange earrings, orange-and-white necklace and straw hat with orange-and-…

  • Dinky station talk in Princeton Wednesday

    Sandy Solomon of Princeton     Princeton Borough’s Traffic and Transportation Committee recently wrote to Borough Council about Princeton University’s plans to move the Dinky station and to build a very large garage on the east side of town. Borough Council will discuss these questions with us at the start of their Wednesday, June 4 meeting…

  • Montgomery right to oppose COAH

    David M. Bekus of Montgomery     It is rare that I find myself in agreement with the Montgomery Township Committee, but their position on COAH (council on affordable housing) program is correct. Besides being onerous regulation (there is great irony in Montgomery complaining of over-regulation) it is anti-business and detrimental to all housing.    Part of…

  • Goldin plan: 1,000 condos in West Windsor

    Mike Baxter of West Windsor     I’ve watched the Goldin West Windsor redevelopment plans with great interest. I started out skeptical after the debacle that his company had in Hamilton’s redevelopment effort, but turned to a wary fan after seeing what he proposed at a meeting a bit over a month ago.    I liked the…

  • Mr. Ankowitz’s WW Council stipend

    Frank DeFranco of West Windsor     This is in response to Mr. Will Anklowitz proposing a flat rate rembursement of $250 per month for council members: He must think that the people of West Windsor are complete idiots. That’s even more money at the end of the year than the 50 percent pay raise they…

  • Troubling letter on ‘illegal aliens’

    Bill Wakefield of Princeton ’Troubling’ letter on ‘iIllegal aliens’ To the editor:     It is troubling to read a letter in The Princeton Packet on May 30, that in the absence of facts, asserts that the recent outbreak of salmonella at Princeton University may be traceable to “illegal aliens” simply because instructions to food workers…

  • Common sense vs. Goldin plan

    Michael Moorman of West Windsor     I attended Intercap’s presentation on Saturday hoping to engage in a rational dialogue about what is needed to make the train station an even more valuable asset for our community. What I experienced was a manipulative presentation that painted today’s West Windsor as grim and backwards followed by a…