Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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Embarrassed by Congo deal
Shaun Marmon of Princeton As a long time Princeton resident, I am disappointed and rather embarrassed by the easy terms of the deal offered to Mr. and Mrs. James by the Mercer County Superior Court in the Congo case. From the very beginning of the Congo campaign, I have been astonished by the public…
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Walter Bliss for Princeton school board
John L. Powell of Princeton Everyone who runs for the school board deserves applause; I believe Walter Bliss deserves election, again, in the Township. Walter has a firm grasp – hard won through 25 years of parenting children in the Princeton schools and service as a board member – of what makes a classroom,…
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Vote ‘yes’ on WW-P school budget
Yogini and Vinay Desai of Plainsboro Although the Plainsboro candidate Mr. Manikandan (Mani) is running unopposed for the West Windsor Plainsboro school board, the voters in Plainsboro have an opportunity to vote on the school budget on April 15. The voters in both communities have several reasons to come out in support of the…
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Naomi Perlman for Princeton school board
Randy Hubert, Jill Rothstein, Polly Strauss of Princeton We are writing to urge Princeton Township residents to vote for Naomi Perlman for Princeton School Board on April 15. Naomi has two daughters in Littlebrook Elementary School and is very involved both in the classrooms as well as with the Parent-Teacher Organization, She currently is…
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Why I’m running for Princeton school board
Tim Quinn of Princeton Candidate letter: Tim Quinn To the editor: Since announcing my candidacy for the Princeton Regional Schools Board of Education, I’ve often been asked, “Why do you want to run for the school board?” I can think of no more profound answer than the simplest: “I want to help young people.”…
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Princeton Ridge lawsuit validated
Ron Flaugher of Princeton It seems that the lawsuit filed by People for Princeton Ridge, Inc., against Princeton Township, challenging the legality of the “Bunn Drive” Ordinance passed on January 28, 2008, is right on target in its charges. On March 31, 2008, the New Jersey Supreme Court handed down a lengthy opinion in…
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Why I’m running for Princeton school board
Dan Haughton of Princeton As a 25 year resident of the township and a father of three children who have gone through the Princeton Regional schools, I am an advocate and supporter of public education in Princeton. I’m also a product of public schools in Birmingham, Alabama, and I know the benefits of a…
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Naomi Perlman for Princeton school board
Tracey Storey of Princeton I would like to encourage all Princeton Township voters to cast their ballot for Naomi Perlman in the April 15 Princeton Regional school board election. Naomi has two children at Littlebrook Elementary and would bring the much needed perspective of an elementary and soon to be middle school parent to the…
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Come get involved! Teens invite peers to Red Cross Dance-a-thon
By Adam Grybowski Staff Writer Hundreds of teenagers from 16 schools across the counties of Mercer, Middlesex, Hunterdon and Somerset will get together for a seven-hour dance marathon on Saturday, April 12, when the American Red Cross of Central New Jersey’s Youth Council hosts its third annual Dance-a-thon, its largest fundraiser of the year.…
