Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • 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…

  • GETAWAYS: The new face of the Poconos at Mount Airy Casino Resort

    GETAWAYS: The new face of the Poconos at Mount Airy Casino Resort

    The new Mount Airy Casino Resort offers 2,523 of the newest ‘bling bling’ slot machines, each more dazzling than the next, as well as virtual table games, including blackjack, poker and By Gloria Hayes Kremer Special Writer     It had to happen — a casino resort in the scenic Poconos in northeast Pennsylvania, long an…

  • LOOSE ENDS: The town looks too good for Santa?

    The same core group of Princeton merchants was doing the same spectacular job they had done in Christmases past, but many others did very little or nothing. By Pam Hersh Special Writer     I waited for the phone call. It never came. Like a rejected suitor, I wondered what I had done or said to…

  • GETAWAYS: The new face of the Poconos at Mount Airy Casino Resort
  • Princeton ignores senior housing need

    Keith Wheelock of Montgomery     As a long-time Montgomery resident (and former member of Township Committee and the planning and zoning boards) I was bemused by a Princeton resident’s comment at the Princeton Township Committee’s discussion about a proposed senior housing ordinance: “The committee should hold off on the ordinance until a study is done…

  • Bill Richardson for president

    Jack Greenburg of Plainsboro     I invite my fellow citizens to learn more about Bill Richardson, the best qualified democrat running for President. Bill has been the US Ambassador to the United Nations, US Energy Secretary, a seven term congressman, and is currently the two- term Governor of New Mexico. He is eminently qualified to…