Category: lifestyle/the_princeton_packet

  • Lamenting fate of 1860 House

    Poona Pant, Suzanne Hunt, Lucy Graves McViker, Jean Davidson     As members of the Friday watercolor class at the Montgomery Center for the Arts, it is with great sadness and shock we read of the center’s financial demise and the 1860 House’s imminent closing (The Packet, Nov. 2).    For those of us who attended classes,…

  • Princeton Ridge needs protection

    Dr. Daniel Harris of Princeton     The Princeton Ridge overlay zone for senior housing (age 62 and over) should be rescinded. The Ridge has been declared “environmentally sensitive” in studies and evaluations going back at least to 1959. This refers not only to habitat and species protection but to the geology of diabase bedrock: in…

  • FOOD NOTEBOOK: ‘Angry’ moms revolt against school fare

    ‘Healthy’ choices in the school lunchroom? No. 10 cans of commercial tomato and chicken noodle soup… By Pat Tanner Special Writer     When my first child started elementary school almost two decades ago, two things distressed me to no end. One, there were no seatbelts on the school bus she would ride for almost two…

  • BOOK NOTES: The battle over school prayer

    The basic issue was not if God and the Bible should be in the schools, but rather, which version of the Bible, whose interpretation of God. By Joan Ruddiman Special Writer     A high school student opens a copy of the Koran at his desk and reads silently. The homeroom teacher tells him to put…

  • Princeton’s Mountain Lake: ‘A splendid spot’

    Unveiling ceremony will mark progress on conservation of a landmark By Clifford W. Zink Special to The Packet From the Princeton Press, 1884:     “Mr. Margerum is building the dam for an extensive ice pond that will cover some four or five acres of land … The water comes from numberless springs on the ground…

  • Concerned about playing fields

    Paul and Joan Woitach of Montgomery     I was concerned to read the comments by Ms. Wilson and the township committee regarding suggested solutions to the practice field and busing cost problem that increasingly drains the patience and pockets of all Montgomery residents. A bad experience in the past is no reason to ignore an…

  • Supporting Baroni for state Senate

    Will Anklowitz of West Windsor Township Council     When you need help and call on your representatives you want their best efforts. Bill Baroni was there for West Windsor when we asked for help to find a grant for shuttle services from neighborhoods to the train station, he continues to stand with us about line…

  • Defending GOP assertions in Montgomery

    Janet Linnus of Montgomery     I am writing in reference to a letter to the editor printed in The Princeton Packet on October 30, 2007. I’m not sure where Mr. Sparno of Montgomery gets his facts, but for somebody accusing others of making unfair charges, he is outright wrong about property taxes in Montgomery Township.…

  • A thank-you from UMC of Princeton Rummage Sale

    Claire Baxter and Lucille Dawson, co-chairs     On behalf of The Auxiliary of University Medical Center at Princeton, we would like to thank all of the volunteers and customers who took part in the 89th Annual White Elephant Rummage sale, which was held at the hospital parking garage on October 13 and 14. As co-chairs,…