Princeton Packet Opinion

Bordentown Opinion

Hit the ‘trail’ and learn about New Jersey’s Black history

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation James Still always wanted to become a doctor, but as a Black child in the 1800s, never had the opportunity to...

Bordentown Opinion

Saving money, helping the climate, aiding justice

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Interested in saving money on home energy bills? How about...

Bordentown 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...

Bordentown Opinion

‘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...

Bordentown Opinion

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...

Princeton Packet Opinion

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

Princeton Packet Opinion

Central Jersey - March 3, 2016

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

Princeton Packet Opinion

Central Jersey - February 18, 2016

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

Princeton Packet Opinion

Central Jersey - February 18, 2016

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

Princeton Packet Opinion

Central Jersey - February 18, 2016

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

Princeton Packet Opinion

Central Jersey - February 18, 2016

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...