Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Library access should be free

    Gloria Erlich of Princeton     Regarding the library parking problem as reported in The Princeton Packet on Nov. 30, I share Howard Silbersher’s frustration with the current access situation, but prefer to address the issue from a different, more radical, direction.    Rather than discuss how much the township ought to pay to provide limited free…

  • No ‘clear need’ for senior housing

    Ron Connor of Princeton Township The following letter was sent to the members of the Princeton Township Committee:    Following is a reply to the township and to the Township Planner, Mr. Solow, on the need for senior housing in Princeton, as raised by questions posed to you by Daniel A. Harris in his letter of…

  • Princeton seniors worth preserving

    Susan B. Loew of Princeton     I am very proud of my town, which has been home to my family since 1965.    I am proud that we value the environment; not only our own backyards, but the greater area in which much open space has been dedicated. We value the protection of endangered and threatened…

  • VIRTUOSITY, VERSATILITY, MOLTO CON BRIO: Sue Parisi

    VIRTUOSITY, VERSATILITY, MOLTO CON BRIO: Sue Parisi

    ‘She has taken our group and shaped us into a recorder ensemble, which speaks to her abilities and her love of the instrument and music,’ a student says. By Pat Summers Special Writer     A capacious church basement, a small, elementary school classroom, or a posh music room in a private home — in such…

  • COUNTERPOINT: Good reasons to listen hard

    COUNTERPOINT: Good reasons to listen hard

    "Orchestral Music by Frank Lewin" (Albany Records) By Michael Redmond Lifestyle Editor     Over the transom, as it were, has come a new CD, “Orchestral Music by Frank Lewin” (Albany Records), passed along by TIMEOFF’s Anthony Stoeckert, who had recalled the pleasure I found listening to a previous release, “Film Music by Frank Lewin,” which…

  • Condo proposal reveals striking contradictions

    Alfred Cavallo of Princeton Township Princeton Township’s attempt to allow new condominium housing on the environmentally sensitive Princeton Ridge reveals many striking contradictions between Princeton’s environmental rhetoric and its actual practices.    It is bad enough to encourage building on fragile and challenging terrain. It is even worse not to mandate or even discuss the use…

  • Parking enforcement not public safety

    Margaux O’Nolan of Princeton     I feel safer now. And why?    Because at 9 p.m. on a bitterly cold December Saturday night I watched members of our tireless Princeton Borough Police ticket four cars parked tail-in, nose-out in the Tulane Street public lot.    I can’t tell you how it warmed my heart to see the…

  • VIRTUOSITY, VERSATILITY, MOLTO CON BRIO: Sue Parisi

    VIRTUOSITY, VERSATILITY, MOLTO CON BRIO: Sue Parisi

    Sue Parisi of Hillsborough, peripatetic exponent of the humble recorder, rehearsing in Princeton. Staff photo by Mark Czajkowski

  • Redevelopment plan carries tax burden

    Mike Baxter of West Windsor     One of the areas that has most concerned me about the mayor/Hillier redevelopment plan is the financial projections. Based on what I could see, it looked like our average tax burden would increase $4,000/year and those that parked in the contract lots would have our fees increased to over…