Tag: Opinion
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Our Revolution Hillsborough endorses Johnson-Brook campaign for Hillsborough Township Committee
Our Revolution Hillsborough (ORH) endorses Donetta Johnson and David Brook for Hillsborough Township Committee in the 2020 election because they are equally committed to serving the people of Hillsborough with integrity, transparency and inclusion, according to a prepared statement. Johnson and Brook have developed a strong and knowledgeable platform based on their decades of corporate,…
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Opinion: Beth Behrend has used her skills to advance Princeton schools on many fronts
I write to endorse Beth Behrend for reelection to the Princeton school board, where she has served as board president for the last two years. I worked with Beth on the board of the Watershed Institute prior to her election to the school board and as a result was confident that our schools and taxpayers…
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LOOSE ENDS 9/18: Bruce Traub
By Pam Hersh I am old, I am elderly, I am in the COVID high-risk category. Numerous times during the past seven months, caring people looking out for my well-being have made sure to remind me of my age – a fact that I tried but failed to forget. At least my memory is in…
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Opinion: Keep Your Mask On, This Proposal Has ‘Stink’ All Over It
Keep your mask on, this proposal has “stink” all over it. I’m referring to the proposed building of 70 housing units, 69 designated affordable housing, in the rear of the Lawrence Shopping Center. The housing units will be built on 4.1 acres. This type of dense public housing was proven to be a failure decades…
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Opinion: Tomson, Erickson are talented, on-the-go individuals best suited for Hillsborough Township Committee
I am writing in support of Mayor Doug Tomson to be re-elected to the Hillsborough Township’s committee, and for Janine Erickson to be elected as a new member of the committee. It is our good fortune to have such talented, on-the-go type individuals at a time when the COVID-19 pandemic has caused such an upheaval…
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Opinion: Names of schools should be carefully selected
I read, with great interest, the article about renaming John Witherspoon Middle School (JWMS) and the Letter to the Editor on the same subject submitted by Thomas H. Pyle (Princeton Packet, Sept. 4). There were plenty of good and valid points cited for both sides of the discussion. I agree with both the decision to…
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Opinion: Beth Behrend has extraordinary talent as a team leader
We are pleased to let our friends and neighbors know how enthusiastically we support Beth Behrend’s candidacy for re-election to the Princeton School Board. Beth reached out to us last year asking that we volunteer our time to join with a number of other Princeton residents with deep and varied professional backgrounds in public finance,…
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Your Turn: Losing Your Loved One – Twice
With the graying of America, more of us are at risk for Alzheimer’s, the cruel disease which robs us of our loved ones not once, but twice. We knew long before the doctors knew that something terribly wrong was happening to our beloved wife and mother before neurologists diagnosed her with Alzheimer’s, the terminal disease…
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Opinion: Adam Bierman has ‘an open mind, welcoming spirit’
For Adam Bierman, Princeton has always been home. His candidacy for the Princeton Board of Education gives me the welcome and fitting opportunity to say what I’ve been honored to say before about this dynamic and engaged citizen: Adam Bierman lives his life embracing the spirit of the proud center of learning that is Princeton…