Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • SLURP! at Blue Point Grill

    SLURP! at Blue Point Grill

    A scenes from Blue Point Grill’s annual slurp-out, the Oyster Bowl, a Super Bowl Sunday benefit for Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s fight against breast cancer. Would you believe that nearly 6,000 Long Island oysters met their doom in Princeton? Staff photo by Adam Grybowski

  • THE 40-70 RULE: Broaching concerns with aging parents

        Your dad’s neighbor just called to tell you that your 79-year-old father sideswiped his parked vehicle and nearly hit a child standing nearby. Was it an isolated slip-up or a sign that it’s time for your dad to think about giving up his car keys?     More important, how do you begin the discussion…

  • CLICK HERE TO TALK POLITICS: It’s Primary Day in NJ

    Packet Moderator The polls opened at 6 a.m. in New Jersey and will remain open until 8 p.m. Have you voted? How was the turnout at your polling place? Share your thoughts and observations here

  • ‘Valentines for Food’ appeals for support

    ‘Valentines for Food’ appeals for support

    Weeklong drive slated Feb. 7-14     Don Dickason of Princeton was a respected and active member of Nassau Presbyterian Church and a Princeton Rotarian, as well as a dedicated supporter of the Crisis Ministry of Princeton and Trenton.        With the Crisis Ministry’s fourth annual Don Dickason Memorial “Valentines for Food” Drive, named in memory…

  • A sure cure for ‘Cabin Fever’!

    A sure cure for ‘Cabin Fever’!

       The West Windsor Arts Council is gearing up to turn the Princeton Junction firehouse into a center for the arts — and RMJM Hillier is helping to kick off their capital campaign with an event that will engage the entire community.    The excitement begins this week with the “Home is Where the Art is” art…

  • Catholics to mark Black History Month with screening of ‘Sisters of Selma’

    Selma marcher Sister Antona Ebo to attend     Bishop John M. Smith and the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton’s Office of Black Apostolate will commemorate Black History Month with a screening and panel discussion of the documentary film “Sisters of Selma: Bearing Witness for Change” on Saturday from 1 to 4 p.m. in St. Anthony…

  • ‘Valentines for Food’ appeals for support
  • Appreciation from Princeton Regional Scholarship Fund

    Carol Golden and Sandy Tait of Princeton     On Saturday, January 26, the Princeton Regional Scholarship Foundation held its 3rd annual fundraiser, “Get Up and Dance Party” and Silent Auction. Not only was the evening great fun, but we raised approximately $40,000 which will go directly to funding scholarships for eligible Princeton High School students…

  • Don’t deny us cell phone service

    Mark Hornung of Montgomery     In the 1930s, the New Deal brought telephone and electricity service to rural America, including here in the Skillman community. It was an ideal called “universal service,” based on the principle that once a large majority of the citizenry were given access to a service, it was unfair to leave…