Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • File fast to get your stimulus check

    Gregg Semanick of IRS Media Relations-NJ About your stimulus checks To the editor:     The Internal Revenue Service has begun to transfer economic stimulus payments to millions of Americans, some of whom will see payments in their bank accounts as early as this week.    The IRS will issue payments of up to $600 ($1,200 for…

  • Borough’s risky turn with developer

    Roger Martindell of Princeton Borough Council     Princeton Borough’s on-again, off-again negotiations with its downtown developer, NHKT, is taking a risky turn that jeopardizes the interest of the Borough taxpayer.    Appropriately, several months ago the Borough informed the developer that NHKT must fully honor its promises as memorialized in the May 2004 Redevelopment Agreement. But,…

  • County parks open for scenic spring walks

    Burlington County encourages residents to enjoy the spring weather by visiting its seven county parks open free to the public daily.     Existing parks include Amico Island in Delran, Long Bridge in Hainesport, Pennington in Delanco, Historic Smithville Park and Smith’s Woods in Eastampton, Crystal Lake in Mansfield, and Palmyra Cove Nature Center in Palmyra.…

  • SPOTLIGHT: A showhouse for the spring

    SPOTLIGHT: A showhouse for the spring

    Eagerly awaiting the opening of the the Junior League of Princeton’s 2008 Designer Showhouse & Gardens are, from left, Amie Thornton of Princeton, Tri-Chair; Nancy van der Wal of Pennington, co-chair, Designer Committee, and Debbie Lang of Montgomery, Publicity and Marketing chair. Leslee Lamb McCall, The Big Picture Photography

  • IN THE KITCHEN: Confessions of an ovo-locavore

    By Faith Bahadurian Special Writer     If “locavore” is the trendy word for those who like to eat locally produced food, then I am an ovo-locavore. Yes, I am having a love affair with the eggs from local farms. Not all are organic, but they are all from ýPage=019 Column=001 OK,0000.00þ chickens that get to…

  • SCENES: A ray of hope

    SCENES: A ray of hope

    Nora Whisnant of Montgomery, left, greets Baba Salim, center, a 17-year-old Palestinian whom the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund has brought to the United States for eye surgery. Looking on is Wafa Jadalhack. New Jersey Chapter, PCRF

  • BOOK NOTES: A tale of playing ‘21,’ for real

    The book’s wild ride and crash ending make for a great story, and quite a modern morality tale. And a somewhat decent movie. By Joan Ruddiman Special Writer     What do geeky MIT kids do for fun?     They take Vegas for millions.     “Bringing Down the House” (Simon and Schuster, 2002) is Ben Mezrich’s…

  • SPOTLIGHT: A showhouse for the spring

    SPOTLIGHT: A showhouse for the spring

    Leslee Lamb McCall, The Big Picture PhotographyEagerly awaiting the opening of the the Junior League of Princeton’s 2008 Designer Showhouse & Gardens are, from left, Amie Thornton of Princeton, Tri-Chair; Nancy van der Wal of Pennington, co-chair, Designer Committee, and Debbie Lang of Montgomery, Publicity and Marketing chair.     The Junior League of Greater Princeton…

  • ‘Slow’ down with Pat and Faith!

        Dorothea’s House, La Casa di Cultura Italiana, will close its season of public lectures on Sunday, May 4, at 6 p.m., with a program on the “Slow Food” movement, founded in Italy in 1986 by Carlo Petrini.     Synonymous with taste, tradition and the honest pleasures of food, the Slow Food movement was started…