Tag: Lifestyle
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Loose Ends 4/17: The Trenton Health Team
At 7 p.m. each night in New York City, residents stand on patios, on rooftops and in doorways to clap and cheer wildly for the individuals working at the hospitals in their neighborhoods. If this were happening in Trenton, I would add to the shout-out recipients one non-hospital – the Trenton Health Team (THT), an…
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LOOSE ENDS 4/10: Connectivity
By Pam Hersh The current celebration of Passover (April 8-16) is a time when all of us – no matter what our faith – are waiting for the COVID-19 plague to pass over. The signature Passover seder question – “Why is this night different from all other nights?” – might elicit a response in the…
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LOOSE ENDS 4/3: Princeton University Reunions
By Pam Hersh May 30, 2015, was the last time I ran into – or more accurately, looked way up to – Bill Bradley, Princeton University (PU) Class of ’65. The former U.S. senator and renowned Princeton basketball legend was on campus five years ago to celebrate his 50th PU reunion. The first time I…
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LOOSE ENDS 3/27: Kevin Wilkes: Commitment to the Paul Robeson Project
By Pam Hersh As COVID-19 was halting all activity in Princeton, architect Kevin Wilkes was doing his best to ramp it up. The construction activity – permitted under current COVID restrictions and socially distant from residents – was focused on a house at the corner of Witherspoon and Green streets. Construction workers were wearing masks…