Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • WWBPA thanks membership

    Ken Carlson of West Windsor     The board of trustees of the West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance (WWBPA) thanks our membership for supporting our mission to promote safe bicycling and walking in our town and in the local region. WWBPA membership more than doubled this year to 240 members. This increase, we believe, reflects…

  • Film festival and the environment

    Wendy Kaczerski of Princeton Environmental Commission     I was honored to open the Princeton Public Library’s second annual film festival on January 2 as the new chair of the Princeton Environmental Commission (PEC), which has embarked on several initiatives recently to help make Princeton a sustainable community. One of our goals is to increase the…

  • Happy birthday, Mr. Scheide!

    Tribute concert Friday will benefit Isles Inc. By Michael Redmond Lifestyle Editor     A 94th birthday is always a special occasion, and the party that will be thrown for William H. Scheide of Princeton on Friday will be a special occasion, indeed.     Flying in from Augsburg, Germany, will be the musicians of the Bayerische…

  • MAKING AN IMPRESSION: The Brodsky Center for Innovative Print and Paper at Rutgers University

    The Brodsky Center at Rutgers University’s Mason Gross School of the Arts ‘has done more than just spotlight artists already famous for their work with and o By Christian Kirkpatrick Special Writer     Judith Brodsky says she considers herself an ambassador from Rutgers University to the Princeton community.     For nearly 30 years, she has…

  • Celebrate women in sports Feb. 6

    Allison Kempf of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South     The 22nd Annual National Girls and Women in Sports Day (NGWSD) will take place on Feb. 6, 2008. NGWSD was founded in 1987 to honor and remember Olympic volleyball player Flo Hyman for her athletic achievements as well as her commitment to encouraging girls and women…

  • Against a rezoning in West Windsor

    Brian Reilly of West Windsor     A proposed residential rezoning in West Windsor affects some 5,000 residents who live in currently non-conforming lots. The proposed new zoning will make these lots conforming.    Essentially, homeowners wanting to object to an imposing structure next door would have no recourse to object once the changes go into effect…

  • High density units threaten Princeton Ridge

    Sheila Siderman & Jerry Palin     The arguments over the proposed Hillier “senior” housing development have overlooked an important consideration: Princeton’s new COAH (affordable housing) number. Developers are always eager for the opportunity to break Princeton’s zoning laws in order to build high-density housing wherever possible. In the early 1980s a developer attempted to build…

  • IN VINO VERITAS: How to become an oenophile

    By Leslie Cramer Special Writer     Thought of becoming an oenophile? Don’t let the term scare you away; an oenophile is a lover of wines, not someone to keep your children away from. Learning about wine — and eventually to come to love it — is an adventure, where the learning never stops.     Wine…

  • Senior housing needed in Princeton

    Ruth Bronzan, Shirley Dwork, Lily Harish-Chandra, Pei Hsiang, Susan & Harold Loew of Princeton     As long term Princeton residents, we strongly support the amendment of the Township Ordinance which would enable the development of senior housing on Bunn Drive.    Senior housing in Princeton can no longer be postponed. For years seniors have been obliged…