Category: opinion/letters_to_editor

  • WEST WINDSOR: School board candidate seeking reelection

    Michele Kaish, West Windsor I am running for re-election to the WW-P school board to continue advocating for the best educational opportunities for all learners. With my experience — 18 years as a dedicated WW-P volunteer and community leader and 21 years as a West Windsor taxpayer — I will continue to promote what is…

  • PRINCETON: Good news about bicycle-friendly Complete Streets

    Callie Hancock, Princeton I’ve just heard some good news about our town. Who knew that a Bicycle Master Plan is in the works for Princeton? Apparently the municipality has received a grant from NJDOT to conduct a planning study of circulation that would feed into the Princeton Community Master Plan. Sounds great — and the…

  • Basketball event’s success due to many who gave their support

    Jeffrey, Paula, Shane, Aidan and Ethan Gross, Pennington A heartfelt thank you to everyone throughout our community who supported the first H3 (Hopewell Helping Hoops) Invitational All-Star Basketball Charity Event, which took place on Aug. 21 at the gym at Central High School. We want to thank all 50 players ranging in age from fifth…

  • PENNINGTON: These borough streets badly in need of repair

    Murray S. Peyton, Pennington Whenever I drive on Park Avenue and King George Street in Pennington, it’s always a washboard experience even as I stay at the posted 25 mph speed. It’s been that way for the past several years. I checked out other Pennington streets in July and found several in need of repair.…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Remember those who died on Sept. 11, 2001

    Michael Chipowsky, Hopewell Township To the editor:  It is hard to believe that 14 years have passed since our nation was attacked on that crystal clear September day, Sept. 11, 2001. I think that it is important that we stop and remember the nearly 3,000 who were lost. Each year the Hopewell Valley September…

  • ‘Gone With the Wind’ glorifies slave holding in the antebellum South

    Russ Weiss, West Windsor Yes, perhaps, “Gone with the Wind” is an “epic classic“ with “one of the all-time great movie couples.“ However, in proposing this as a Packet Pick you should have at least given some kind of mention to its egregious glorification of the slave-holding antebellum South. After all, the movie portrays a…

  • Help change parties of Princeton’s state legislators

    Scotia McRae, Princeton To the editor:  Many people in Princeton do not realize that their representatives in the New Jersey Senate and Assembly are all Republicans. Yes! It’s true. If you don’t believe me go to:http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/districts/districtnumbers.asp#16. How did this happen? As a result of the 2010 national census, New Jersey State Legislative Districts were…

  • Thanks for reporting on PennEast pipeline

    Lucy Gorelli, Pennington Thank you for the article by Frank Mustac describing opposition to the PennEast pipeline. Fracking is a hazardous, toxic way to extract natural gas, and as PennEast is proposing to put a 3-foot-diameter pressurized gas pipeline in Hopewell Township, and in several other New Jersey and Pennsylvania communities, endangering our health and…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Mayor and committee failed to represent citizens properly

    Sonya Martin, Hillsborough The citizens of Hillsborough deserve to be well represented and I believe that the mayor and Township Committee failed to take enough action on behalf of our residents. On June 9, as reported in the Hillsborough Beacon on June 11, the mayor and our Township Committee were notified by the New Jersey…