Opinion

“Crucially, the plan relies on developers to fulfill its progressive ideals.  But in this overheated housing market, the profit incentive only creates a drive for more units in greater densities – at ever higher prices.” 

Letters: The new master plan has the historic preservation element the town needs.

Clifford Zink: The preservation provisions of the proposed master plan are inadequate and in some places confusing and inaccurate.

The draft Master Plan was released Oct. 31 and a meeting to review it is set for Nov. 9.

Those of us who live in Princeton truly value open space and trees. The proof is all around us.  But lately, when the subject comes up, we are referred to Princeton’s “emerald necklace” which is well outside of town. While preserving this land, and hopefully adding to it, is laudable, it should not come at…

Dear Editor: Recently a somewhat frantic opinion piece was published in two local media outlets that appeared to be a personal attack on individuals who have raised questions on re-development practice in the light of recent New Jersey Supreme Court rulings. The attack was in response to a letter published in Planet Princeton that raised questions about…

Dear Editor: I have always loved the NJ Transit Arrow III railcars. I have traveled to New York City many times on Amtrak’s Northeast Corridor. On one or two occasions I was lucky enough to ride in Arrows. Arrow Background & History The Jersey Arrow is a type of electric multiple-unit railcar used in commuter rail service by NJ Transit. The Arrow series is similar to the SEPTA…

Have towns like Princeton been abusing the state’s Area in Need of Redevelopment statutes?

July 10 through July 14 is National Summer Learning Week.

The checkpoint caused major delays and created safety issues.

Dear Editor: I applaud Princeton for embracing bike week. As a daily bike rider, I would like to point out that the biggest impediment to safe biking is the conditions of the roads in Princeton. I understand that there is a lot of repaving going on, but the real issue is not where major work…

I wish Frank Chmiel the best. I don’t know what happens next for him, but he deserves better than how he was treated by Princeton Public Schools. Michael FerranteCranbury

Resident Jo Butler responds to comments made at a recent meeting about the redevelopment of Princeton Seminary properties on Stockton Street.

To the Editor: In a 1983 op-ed piece in the “Washington Post”, U.S. Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan paraphrased Bernard Baruch’s famous quote, writing: There is a center in American politics. It can govern. The commission is just an example of what can be done. First, get your facts straight. Everyone is entitled to his own opinion,…

A letter from Princeton resident Mary Stover Murray about Monday’s school board hearing.