Tag: Opinion
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Opinion: Thanks to Red Kettle donors
On behalf of The Salvation Army Trenton Citadel Corps and Princeton United Methodist Church (PUMC), I am writing to thank the hundreds of people who contributed to the 13th annual Salvation Army Red Kettle campaign in Princeton this holiday season. Thanks to the generosity of hundreds of donors and dozens of PUMC bellringing volunteers in…
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Opinion: ‘Superhero’ commissioner will join Biden-Harris administration
When Clark Kent puts on his glasses to hide his identity as a superhero his peers see him sit behind a desk oblivious to his agenda. After Gov. Phil Murphy appointed Carole Johnson as the commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Human Services, the disabled community figured there was another government official to manage…
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LOOSE ENDS 1/8: Michael La Place and Liz Lempert
By Pam Hersh The virtual farewell party for Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert, the first mayor of consolidated Princeton, featured 90 minutes of teary-eyed speeches about her extraordinary talents, character, brains, empathy, social intelligence, work ethic, and socially and environmentally progressive policy commitments. A non-Princetonian might have thought he/she/they had clicked into a Zoom episode of…
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Opinion: HomeFront extends heartfelt thanks for keeping sense of wonder and hope alive this Christmas
Thanks to our wonderful community for donating more than 2,600 specially chosen gifts to HomeFront’s annual Christmas Wishes Drive. The pandemic didn’t slow Santa down or stop him from keeping his appointment with each HomeFront child who was waiting for him with a heart full of hope. If you saw the thousands…
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Opinion: Resident supports action to reduce harm from landscaping machines
Let me add my voice to the chorus of pleas I have seen in the paper in recent weeks and months to do something about the noise and the effect on our air quality from leaf blowers and, I would add, from other machines driven by the same inefficient and highly polluting small engines. Beyond…
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On The Road 1/1/2021: 2021 BMW 430i xdrive Coupe
By Peter Perrotta Where’s the traditional kidney designed front grille that has been BMW’s trademark for decades? Well, for the newly designed 2021 BMW 430i xDrive Coupe it is pretty much non-existent. If you turn your head sideways when you look at the front end of the 2021 430i, you can kind of see remnants…
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SOLUTIONS: Virtual exploration of our world
By Huck Fairman Since most of us can neither safely travel for exploration, nor want to, given the risks, another way to see our planet is available on the streaming service Discovery+. Its five episodes of “A Perfect Planet” will “examine the forces of nature that shape all life.” These include sunlight, weather, oceans, volcanoes…
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LOOSE ENDS 1/1/2021: Dohm Alley comes alive
By Pam Hersh In this year of big tragedies and anxieties, I preferred complaining about small irritations in life. These proved to be perfect conversation topics for the pandemic era, neither annoyingly Pollyanna nor overly depressing. My favorite small irritant topic about which I loved to rant was Dohm Alley, a Princeton Future project for…
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On The Road 12/25: 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe 4wd Premiere
By Peter Perrotta A few weeks ago, I reviewed the 2021 Toyota Tundra – a vehicle that gets a gas guzzling 14 miles per gallon. Charles Skinner, one of my readers, took exception to the fact that I reviewed a “gas guzzler.” Skinner wrote in his comments to the Princeton Packet: “He does not even…