LOOSE ENDS 4/24: Stopping the devastation of COVID-19
By Pam Hersh
In the spring of 2019, Dr. Craig Gronczewski, the chair of Emergency Services at Penn Medicine Princeton Health, was focused on operational...
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...
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...
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...
“In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic…”
By Pam Hersh
“In light of the COVID-19 Pandemic...”
“With an abundance of caution...”
These now clichéd phrases begin every announcement of another cancellation resulting from this...
Emily Mann’s passion for mentoring
By Pam Hersh
I thought I had written about every aspect of Emily Mann’s 30-year run as artistic director of McCarter Theatre in Princeton.
In past...
“McVicker at 90: A Retrospective,” by artist Charles McVicker.
By Pam Hersh
On Saturday, Feb. 29 , I went from interacting with masses of toilet-paper-buying people at Costco (apparently one of the effects of...
Loose Ends 1/24: ‘A Very Special Evening with Ruth Bader Ginsburg’
By Pam Hersh
Princeton Council member Leticia Fraga thought she was getting an early Christmas present.
In fact, it may have been an early Martin Luther...
Loose Ends 1/10: Riding the current into a better 2020
By Pam Hersh
Climate crisis, Iran/Iraq/North Korea/China/Yemen/Venezuela, mass shootings, stabbings, ethnic hate, massive debt, a dismal ranking for NJ as a business friendly state (Forbes...
Health Matters 1/10: Is a plant-based diet right for you?
By Rameck Hunt, M.D.
A plant-based diet – consisting mostly or entirely of nutrient-dense vegetables, fruits, whole grains, nuts and seeds – can have many...
Loose Ends 1/3: Princeton Police Chief Nick Sutter searches for a way to say...
By: Pam Hersh
On Sunday, Dec. 29, at the Jewish Center of Princeton, Princeton Police Chief Nick Sutter was working to oversee crowd control and...
New Year – New Chance to Get Involved Locally – HomeFront’s Week of Hope
If you’ve never visited HomeFront, the local twenty-eight-year-old social service agency that has become a national model for helping families who are experiencing homelessness...
Loose Ends 12/27: Bob Wolfe – allergic to just relaxing
By Pam Hersh
Bob Wolfe has a joyful quality about him no matter what the season ‘tis.
Bearing no resemblance to Santa Claus, Bob nevertheless is...
Loose Ends 12/20: Celebrating Princeton Garden Theatre’s 100th year
By Pam Hersh
I hope it is a good omen for my longevity that I am a close friend of a few of this year’s...
Loose Ends 12/13: A Christmas gift to the community
By Pam Hersh
I just got the best Christmas card from someone I met years ago when we both worked at Princeton University.
The card that...
Loose Ends 12/6: Satirist Andy Borowitz returns to McCarter Theatre Center
By: Pam Hersh
In my family’s world, Thanksgiving’s primary function has less to do with food and more to do with stories.
The angst-provoking attitude about...
Loose Ends 11/29: Preaching the value of preventive health
By Pam Hersh
When I reconnected with two former colleagues in Trenton over a cup of coffee-- my mental and physical healthy-living medicine-- neither wanted...
Man’s best friend rescues veteran living with PTSD
William Rommel of Brick once believed suicide was the answer to a problem he faced.
Frequented by apparitions of trauma, Rommel had difficulty living a...
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