Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • SPEAKING UP: Don’t forget to pencil me in …

    Still, the need for a pristine new calendar was already obvious before that little “8” clicked into place. By Sally Friedman Special Writer     We’re still strangers, still mildly uncomfortable with one another. We need some time to get past this blind date stage — the awkwardness and unease of a new relationship.     As…

  • HEALTH MATTERS: A resolution for cervical health

    Women should ask their doctors about how often they should be screened, and when they can discon tinue cervical screenings. By Kyra Williams, M.D. Princeton HealthCare System     Here is a New Year’s resolution for women that has nothing to do with diets or exercise.     January is Cervical Health Awareness Month. This year, make…

  • Natural, effective remedies for colds and flu

    Tips from Mother Earth News on how to boost immunity and speed recovery Few people make it through the winter without a scratchy throat and an annoying runny nose. You can’t very well hold your breath all winter, but you can put your immune system in top-notch form to fight colds and flu by employing…

  • SPOTLIGHT: Major conference on autism

        Dr. Ami Klin, director of the Autism Program at the Yale Child Study Center, will present a free program on autism spectrum disorders and Asperger Syndrome on Wednesday, Jan. 23, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence.     Dr. Klin is the Harris Associate Professor of Child Psychology…

  • LOOSE ENDS: A year just filled with light …

    By Pam Hersh Special Writer     Last year I resolved to transition out of doing one of those year-end lists. But, as with all of my resolutions, I lost my resolve. So here I am making a list — of transitions. Even though I may have failed to transition, many Princeton residents and Princeton landmarks…

  • Reverse course on senior housing

    R. William Potter of Princeton     The page 1 article, “Sr. Housing Plan Gains Consensus,” (The Packet, Dec. 21) reveals why the Princeton Township Committee should reverse course before it enacts a revised zoning ordinance for a massive development on the ecologically fragile Princeton Ridge. This ordinance has been crafted to the specific desires of…

  • Food scares of 2007

    Ivan Slotsky of Princeton     This has indeed been the year of eating dangerously.    Consumer Reports got things rolling by reporting that 83 percent of all raw chickens harbor campylobacter or salmonella, leading causes of foodborne disease. Spring and summer brought 20 recalls of 30 million pounds of ground beef contaminated with lethal E. coli.…

  • 55-plus homes not for seniors

    Chris Hedges, Eunice Wong of Princeton     We have read the various concerns expressed in your paper by residents about the large condo development proposed for the Princeton Ridge. While the environmental issues here are serious indeed, especially in the loss of several hundred trees, many of them large specimen types, we are most troubled…

  • BOOK NOTES: Looking back over ‘07 titles

    It is always a privilege to review someone’s work, whether a 17- year-old or a world-renowned author. In some cases, it is unexpectedly rewarding. The process of writing is always stimulating and often it is gr By Joan Ruddiman Special Writer     As the days of the old year dwindle away, we look back and…