Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Rocky Hill library has fascinating exhibit

    Jeanette K. Muser of Rocky Hill     Professor Douglas Eveleigh, a Rutgers microbiologist and Rocky Hill resident has created a fascinating exhibit at the Mary Jacobs Library in the small but historically significant village of Rocky Hill.    The exhibit is about a less known side of George Washington and Thomas Paine: their common interest in…

  • Drivers ignore cell phone ban

    Steve Allen of Montgomery     I have noticed that numerous drivers in New Jersey have chosen to disregard the new law banning the use of cell phones while driving. It seems as though this new effort to make roadways safer is not working.    I think the mistake was telling drivers in New Jersey that the…

  • Reaching out to kids with heart and melody: Alex & The Kaleidoscope Band

    Reaching out to kids with heart and melody: Alex & The Kaleidoscope Band

    Alex & The Kaleidoscope Band introduce a new children’s CD on Saturday with a concert at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. (Alex Mitnick stands at front right, with guitar.)

  • 2000 election and Justice Scalia

    Ronald A. LeMahieu of Princeton     On March 7, I heard Antonin Scalia of the Supreme Court speak at Princeton University. When Scalia was asked about the Florida recount in the 2000 election, he disdainfully answered “Get over it.” But how can we get over it after almost eight years of the most disastrous Presidency…

  • Reaching out to kids with heart and melody: Alex & The Kaleidoscope Band

    Reaching out to kids with heart and melody: Alex & The Kaleidoscope Band

    ‘Kaleidoscope Songs is beautiful music blended with meaningful lyrics … a journey into the thoughts and feelings we all share in common … Parents and kids alike found the music By Adam Grybowski Staff Writer     To celebrate the release of their new children’s CD, “Kaleidoscope Songs Number III: Animal Dreams,” Alex & The Kaleidoscope…

  • Right to repair benefits seniors

    Michelle Plasari of RetireSafe, Reston Virginia     RetireSafe has declared its support of the Motor Vehicle Owners’ Right to Repair Act (HR 2694) and strongly urges Congress to pass the legislation on behalf of older Americans throughout the country.    Many older Americans live on a fixed income and Right to Repair ensures that they can…

  • Stadium lights on all night

    Martha Rinehart of Princeton     Can someone please explain to me why the Princeton University stadium lights are kept on in all weather and until all hours of the night? Am I the only one who is bothered by this?    The light pollution is deplorable. When I look out over Harrison Street Park which borders…

  • BOOK NOTES: IQ …‘Beyond the Flynn Effect’

    ‘ … IQ scores appear to be rising three points per decade … Are we getting smarter? Were our grandparents really dumb? Or perhaps the tests are not absolute measurements of intelligence?’ By Joan Ruddiman Special Writer     Last week, Book Notes looked at Stephen Murdoch’s “smart history” of what he calls the “failed idea”…

  • Princeton Borough budget causes dismay

    Nicholas R. Karp of Princeton     I read last Friday’s front page article on Princeton Borough’s budget with dismay. It was reported that the borough’s taxes were projected to rise 6.5 percent, on top of the already huge increases in recent years. The paper’s banner article focused on state subsidy cuts, but these cuts —…