Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • 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…

  • Recommendations for Mayor Marchand

    Olivia Applegate of Princeton     The following has been addressed to Mayor Marchand, regarding her stated goals for the coming year:    If I may suggest, the redevelopment possibilities for the Valley Road School building should be to focus on an age 55-and-over apartment complex for senior citizens, for township employees, school teachers, library workers, firefighter…

  • Parking needed at Princeton Junction train station

    Don Swanson of West Windsor     West Windsor is a New York City commuter town. For those with high New York City salaries, the cost of living is low with excellent schools. The rest of us homeowners pay outrageous taxes, yet we receive no benefit from the Princeton Junction train station. Why? We cannot use…

  • ‘STREET OF GLEAMS’: Shedding a little light on New York City’s Diamond District

    By Si Liberman Special Writer     NEW YORK — It’s only a block long, in the heart of New York’s theater district. Most diamonds imported into the United States find a brief home there, on 47th street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. This is where diamonds are acquired, brokered, exchanged, cut into sparkling jewelry and…

  • Special interests favor Princeton Ridge condos

    Louis Slee of Princeton     What lies beneath the proposal to build 157 condos on environmentally sensitive Princeton Ridge? Physically, a terrain with water runoff that floods Harry’s Brook and adjacent property. Politically, a development to satisfy the ambitious desires of the builder, owner and municipal officials —profit for the owner-developer and tax revenue for…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: Facing grief after the loss of a loved one

    Emotional symptoms associated with grief include shock and disbelief, emotional numbness, sadness and despair, apathy and a lack of pleasure and intense loneliness. By Jo Ann Laveman, LCSW Princeton HomeCare Services     The death of a loved one is one of life’s most stressful events and impacts every level of an individual’s being. The grief…

  • A MISSION OF MERCY: Princeton teen encounters ‘a new kind of world’ in remote Peru

    A MISSION OF MERCY: Princeton teen encounters ‘a new kind of world’ in remote Peru

    By Liz Gore Special to The Packet     In many ways, Julia Wong is like most 16-year-olds. But few of her friends — few other teenagers, for that matter — have made a contribution to helping people in need quite like she has.     Julia’s story starts in the summer of 2007 when she accompanied…