Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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West Windsor Council raise is ‘ridiculous’
Mike Donnelly of West Windsor I thought the May 8 editorial in The Princeton Packet criticizing the town council for voting pay raises for themselves was very apropos. The state government has cut funding to municipalities and the township faces any number of economic challenges including, as we all do, rising energy costs. It…
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Council raises insult West Windsor taxpayers
Nick Schiera of West Windsor I am writing in support of The Princeton Packet editorial on May 8 regarding the 50 percent salary increases for the West Windsor Council members. I think it is outrageous and a complete insult to the hard-working people of West Windsor to vote on this measure at this time. Residents…
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SPOTLIGHT: Remembering the day that peace broke out in London
By Si Liberman Special Writer The explosion of joy had not yet erupted. But there, in the heart of London, darkness was strangely absent on one city street. A stream of light illuminated almost an entire city block. Some happy soul had raised a blackout shade. And for the first time in nearly…
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‘DIGGING UP THE PAST’: Come out and meet your (former) neighbors, Van Harlingen Historical Society invites
Staff photos by Mark Czajkowski By Pat Summers Special Writer You might wonder how, after 28 years, they keep coming up with new themes for “May in Montgomery,” the annual event sponsored by the township’s Van Harlingen Historical Society. House tours, arts ‘n’ barns, dessert parties with historical talks and music, garden tours and…
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Princeton teacher to bike cross-country to raise scholarship funds
By Adam Grybowski Staff Writer The most bicycling Dan Bauer has done in one day is a 56-mile trek during a half Ironman triathlon. He hopes to cover about 80 miles a day for about 9 weeks when he embarks on a cross-country trip at the end of the month. Mr. Bauer’s two-wheel…
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‘DIGGING UP THE PAST’: Come out and meet your (former) neighbors, Van Harlingen Historical Society invites
Caretaker Robert Graffin at work in the Rocky Hill Cemetery. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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‘DIGGING UP THE PAST’: Come out and meet your (former) neighbors, Van Harlingen Historical Society invites
A flowered grave in the Rocky Hill Cemetery. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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‘DIGGING UP THE PAST’: Come out and meet your (former) neighbors, Van Harlingen Historical Society invites
The Blawenburg Reformed Church Cemetery, located at Routes 518 and 601 in Montgomery. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski
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IN THE KITCHEN: Why ‘WEC’ is code for ‘natural foods’
By Faith Bahadurian Special Writer The newly expanded and renovated Whole Earth Center in Princeton — or WEC as it affectionately called — has the allure of a European market café, with big windows looking out onto Nassau Street that create a light-filled room that invites lingering at sun-washed tables on a late afternoon.…
