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Question of the Week: “What is your favorite way to eat blueberries?” (Asked Saturday at the Blueberry Bash at Terhune Orchards)
Andrew: “Blueberry pie, absolutely.” Angela: “Blueberry muffins.” Ava: “By picking them and eating them.” Alexa: “I like blueberry muffins.” Adriana: “I like to eat them just like Ava.” —Andrew and…
AARP Communications Director to Verizon: “Save Our Landlines, Save Our Lifelines”
To the Editor, Imagine this. The roads in your town were all washed away by a major flood. Rather than fix them, your town decides to “upgrade” the way people…
Concerned by Decision That Small Game Officer Is No Longer Responsible for Removing Raccoons
Editor’s note: The following letter is addressed to Mayor Lempert and Council members. After living in our lovely town for 40 years, I learned of a new situation in consolidated…
Marconi’s Daughter Visits Dorothea’s House About Restoration of Father’s Home in Bologna
To the Editor: In a memorable event on June 29, Dorothea’s House hosted the charming Princess Elettra Marconi Giovanelli, the daughter of Guglielmo Marconi, the “Father of Radio” and developer…
State and Princeton Municipal Law Forbids Unused Vehicle Engine Idling for More Than Three Minutes
To the Editor: This is in support of the letter from Scott Sipprelle on “Fossil-Fuel-Emitting Trucks Owned by Towns Should be Turned Off When Not in Use,” Town Topics, June…
Princeton Is Only the Second Municipality in N.J. To Reinforce Wage-Theft Laws in Local Ordinance
To the Editor: I want to thank you for your comprehensive and even-handed coverage of efforts by the Princeton Human Services Commission and the Princeton Council to address wage theft…
Response to Letter on Christie’s Budget Says Raising Corporate Taxes Would Be Misguided
Editor’s Note: The letter below is addressed to Mary Ellen Marino, in response to her letter in the June 25 Mailbox [“Christie Wants to Balance Budget on Pensions of ‘Retirees…
Question of the Week: What are your plans for the 4th of July? (Asked at the Historical Society of Princeton’s baseball game at Greenway Meadows Park)
“We’re going down to Maryland’s Eastern shore, specifically to Kent Island to visit our daughter and grandson. Other plans are to have crabs and beer.” —John and Merlene Tucker, Princeton…
Christie Wants to Balance Budget on Pensions Of “Retirees Like Me” and Current State Workers
To the Editor: Just before the New Jersey Budget deadline Governor Christie has acknowledged that he cannot balance the budget. His proposal is to break his promise to fund the…
Institute Housing Plan Before Board Should Be Dismissed — Better, It Should Not Be Heard
To the Editor: I have followed closely over the last five years, the developments around the IAS (Institute for Advanced Study) plans before the Princeton Planning Board to build 15…
