Category: opinion/letters_to_editor

  • Special students amaze at Talent Showcase

    Deborah Martin Norcross, Princeton Earlier this month, Princeton Special Sports and the Princeton Recreation Department sponsored the Arts For All! Talent Showcase featuring Princeton-area adults and teens with special needs. Although we suspected there was a ton of talent in this wonderful community, even we were blown away. Hosted by PHS junior Jack Lynch, our…

  • Don’t overlook incidence of hepatitis C and HIV

    Dr. Ronald G. Nahass, Hillsborough I read with great interest the piece (“Heroin use increase spurs need for forum,” The Princeton Packet, Nov. 27) by Philip Sean Curran this week. I have been concerned for a long time about this issue. There are a number of notable absent points in his story that we have…

  • PRINCETON: Angered by coverage of student protests

    John Clearwater, Princeton I read with utter disbelief your coverage and that of other local media of the invasion and occupation of Nassau Hall and the president’s office by racial activists. I wasn’t surprised by The Packet, and now our PC mayor, accepting and rationalizing the bend the knee response to their demands. There wasn’t…

  • PRINCETON: Democrats can learn about serving their community

    Peter Wolanin and Jon Durbin, Princeton As chair of the Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee and as president of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO), respectively, we are writing to encourage all Princeton Democrats to consider serving their community by getting more involved in the local Democratic Party or the local government. We invite you to…

  • Enjoy Thanksgiving by sparing a turkey

    Jonas Bennett, Princeton While President Obama is pardoning two turkeys for Thanksgiving, every one of us can exercise that same presidential power by choosing a nonviolent Thanksgiving observance that spares a turkey’s life. And here are some good reasons: • You can brag about pardoning a turkey — like President Obama. • You truly are…

  • Keep the school district at the top in New Jersey

    Min Li, West Windsor As the Constitution of United States of America has laid the bedrock for the United States to become the greatest democratic country in the world, unlimited investment and encouragement in science and technology talents has gained the United States unpeerable competitive advantage over any other countries and substantially changed our daily…

  • School district officials should work with entire community

    Helen Yin, Plainsboro I attended the West Windsor-Plainsboro Board of Education meeting held on Nov. 17. I was literally shaking when I went to the podium to express my concerns. As a long-time Plainsboro resident, my family and I have been living in Gentry since September 1997. For the past 18 years, I’ve never seen…

  • How can district make math more appealing?

    Helen Ming, West Windsor I attended the West Windsor-Plainsbor Board of Education meeting on Nov 17. It’s an amazing experience. People whose kids are mostly not in the school district were fighting against parents of local school kids. Our superintendent, the representative of the former, promoted the “whole child“ concept and cited “stress“ as an…

  • University should show courage vs. student demands

    Lawrence DeCicco, Princeton I noted from the front page of The Princeton Packet the recent headline regarding the sit-in/protest at the university president’s office by members of the Black Justice League. Their list of demands includes removal of Woodrow Wilson’s name from the school of Public and International Affairs, the renaming of the residential college…