Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • 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…

  • 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,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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.”…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Come get involved! Teens invite peers to Red Cross Dance-a-thon

    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.…