Princeton Packet Opinion

Migrating birds from the tropics returning to New Jersey

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step," according to a Chinese proverb. But in the avian world,...

‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’

In calling for the "preservation" of "half" of New Jersey's land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation...

An ‘ode’ to New Jersey’s dragonflies and damselflies

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you're near a pond, stream, or marsh on a...

Depression and suicide risk can intensify in spring and summer

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Intense symptoms for individuals with depression are commonly associated with the winter...

An urgent call to preserve half of New Jersey’s land

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey is not only the nation's most densely populated...

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Carbon tax is what’s need to help curb pollution

Betty Wolfe, Princeton It was heartening to read in last week’s Packet that so many Princeton area residents have found a way to become active...

Driver’s acts are what led to ‘controversy’

John Clearwater, Princeton A recent local headline (“Unpaid Parking Tickets Lead to Controversy”) was the “take away“ for many readers on the arrest of a...

SOLUTIONS: Writers provide strategies to save our environment and ourselves

By Huck Fairman  A day apart, but perhaps positioned to become part of the discussions the Democrats have launched in this campaign year on the...

PRINCETON: Leadership from ‘tribal elders’ needed to break battlefield impasse

Tom Pyle, Princeton Recently the Princeton Battlefield Society’s president wrote that supporters of the IAS have “subscribed to the Big Lie theory” and that “IAS...

Cyclist makes appeal to motorist who hit him

Wayne Woogen, Monmouth Junction On Feb. 1, at 11:30 a.m., while cycling on Ridge Road near Perrine Road in Monmouth Junction, I was hit by...

Don’t tamper with Social Security programs

John Pinelli, Princeton The presidential race is heating up. As a senior I am interested in the protection of Social Security and Medicare programs. People in...

PRINCETON: Historic district designation will keep housing affordable

John Heilner, Princeton I don’t live in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood. Those who do have written eloquently about its rich, complicated and, at times, difficult history....

Sen. Turner supports Witherspoon-Jackson historic district

Shirley K. Turner, Senator, 15th District I am writing on behalf of a group of concerned citizens who would like the Princeton Council to designate...

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