Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet
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Going after big trucks
Bob Rodgers of Princeton Nick Norlen’s story on the big trucks in town (Packet: Nov. 2) gets it right: Go after the problem on all fronts, across state and local government: • Remove Routes 27 and 206 – and Washington Road and Mercer Street from the New Jersey Access Network for oversize trucks, please, DOT…
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Thanking Princeton Borough voters
Roger Martindell of Borough Council Although recently re-elected to the Princeton Borough Council as a Democrat, I thank all those who participated in the Princeton Borough election this year — no matter their party affiliation, interest in the community, or role in the local election. Having a contested political race promotes a dialogue about…
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Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve
Jane Eldridge Miller of Princeton I’d like to offer a different perspective from the one presented in your paper last Friday on the recent changes being made at Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. The preserve is indeed “a diamond in the rough,” but for me and many other people who visit the preserve regularly, that…
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Don’t kill a good dog
Valerie Smith of Wyeth Research I am writing because I feel it is completely unfounded to sentence a good dog to death when the animal was only protecting it’s family. I wish I could be so lucky to have an animal love me as much as Congo must love his family to do his…
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Halloween thanks from Arts Council
Michael LaRiccia of Arts Council of Princeton On behalf of the Arts Council of Princeton we would like to thank everyone who participated in our Annual Hometown Halloween Parade. Hundreds of people marched from Albert E. Hinds Plaza to Palmer Square, following the always dynamic Princeton University Marching Band and the Headless Horseman. Our…
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Unfair charges from Montgomery Republicans
Rob Sparno of Montgomery As I peruse the expensive mailings coming from Frank Drift and his team – the Republican Party’s candidates for Montgomery Township ComMittee, I am struck by a few things: Placing blame for high property taxes squarely on Louise Wilson, they conveniently ignore that the development and other factors that define…
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For Wilson, Fay and Joye
David H. McAlpin of Montgomery Friends of Open Space I support Louise Wilson, Brad Fay and Michael Joye for Montgomery Township Committee because I know them to be intelligent, hard working, and honest. Louise Wilson has been a leader on the Township Committee for the past six years, during which municipal finances have been…
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Support Greenstein for Assembly
Arthur Roedel, Jr. of Monmouth Junction I’m proud to support Assemblywoman Linda Greenstein, who is an independent, reform-minded leader and always a lady. Before formal bans on dual office holding were fashionable, Linda did the right thing by giving up her seat on the Plainsboro Township Committee upon her election to the state Assembly.…
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For Brad Fay in Montgomery
Sheila Kuster of Montgomery At this time of year, with Election Day looming, I try to filter out the rhetoric and think about who are the best people – the best individuals – to represent me, my family and my community. This year I feel particularly strongly about one candidate for Montgomery Township Committee,…
