Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • OncCard program is good for Princeton

    John Marshall of Main Street Bistro, Princeton    There seems to be a lot of misinformation about the Heartland Payment Systems Community OneCard. I’d like to share my thoughts on the economics and benefits for merchants and the community.    The OneCard is a plastic Robin Hood, taking from one to give to another. Banks issuing…

  • SCENES: ‘A Swingin’ Affair’ for American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School

    SCENES: ‘A Swingin’ Affair’ for American Repertory Ballet and Princeton Ballet School

    By Christian Kirkpatrick Special Writer     Nearly 300 visitors at the Hyatt Regency New Brunswick had a special swing in their step Saturday night. They had come for “A Swingin’ Affair,” the 23rd annual gala of the American Repertory Ballet and its Princeton Ballet School.     Co-chair Jo-Ann Munoz explained that the gala’s theme was…

  • CAPE MAY SALT OYSTERS: All the flavor, and so much more

    CAPE MAY SALT OYSTERS: All the flavor, and so much more

    Oysters on the half shell Atlantic Capes Fisheries

  • SPOTLIGHT: ‘The lost tomb of Jesus’?

    By Michael Redmond Lifestyle Editor     You can miss some really good stuff if you’re not paying attention, such as this — which arrived in my inbox recently as seven lines of type, in toto.     On Wednesday at 5:30 p.m. in 106 McCormick Hall, Princeton University, Professor Jodi Magness of the University of North…

  • Dog discrimination should be banned

    Bob Mantz, Jr. of East Windsor     After the attacks of September 11, 2001, the “Search and Rescue” (SAR) dog teams were a vital part of the response, combing dangerous rubble for survivors, often working 12 hour shifts with their handlers.    Many of these heroes were German shepherd police dogs and many suffered cuts, breaks,…

  • How do we help Montgomery Center for Arts?

    Nancy Difazio of Montgomery     I would love to help save the Montgomery Center for the Arts. I was already to volunteer and write a check, but no contact information for the MCA was provided. Perhaps as a follow-up you could print a little blurb or letter to the editor letting the people of Montgomery…

  • The elephant in Princeton Borough

    Anne Waldron Neumann of Princeton     There’s an elephant in Princeton Borough, which bulges into the township. And we Princetonians view our elephant — Princeton University — much as those storied blind men viewed theirs. One blind man, happening to grasp the elephant’s trunk, announces that the elephant is a snake. Another, feeling the elephant’s…

  • A close shave to aid St. Baldrick’s kids

        The St. Baldrick’s Foundation has issued a lofty challenge to everyone who wants to help raise money for childhood cancer research: Be a hero for kids with cancer by shaving your head in return for pledges of financial support from friends and family.     Participants find that shaving their heads in solidarity with the…

  • SPOTLIGHT: Making a difference, bit by bit

    SPOTLIGHT: Making a difference, bit by bit

    By Kristin Boyd Staff Writer     Pinning down M. Katherine McGavern is like trying to catch a grasshopper that outwits you with each leap.     The Princeton resident is so efficient at tackling to-do items, solving problems and helping residents that by the time you track her down, she has already moved on to something…