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All Children Need Protection, Especially Those Who Can't Protect Themselves

Couldn't the Borough Issue to All Merchants A Good Stiff Broom to Clean the Sidewalks?

All Children Need Protection, Especially Those Who Can't Protect Themselves

To the Editor:
As residents of Princeton and parents of an 11-year-old at Eden Institute, we are concerned about the impact to the environment with regards to the construction of the Penns Neck road alignment, but more importantly the impact to the welfare of our children. There is a proposal which puts the roadway extremely close to Eden, a school for autistic children. Eden serves its children a quality education by a committed staff, 12 months a year, helping them overcome the many obstacles of autism. As most of these children have compromises to their immune systems and/or sensory deficits, imagine what the noise, debris and fumes of road construction and traffic around their school would mean. Their education and well being would be at risk.

We would ask the proponents of this plan to observe the children at Eden and notice on a "good day" they are faced with enormous challenges. In a world where many have causes and agendas, we maintain, above all else, that all children need to be protected, especially the ones that can't protect themselves.

GINA AND LARRY HOOKEY
Benjamin Rush Lane

Couldn't the Borough Issue to All Merchants A Good Stiff Broom to Clean the Sidewalks?

To the Editor:
It's encouraging to read that the problem of unsightly litter along Nassau Street is gaining the attention of merchants, officials and residents of the Borough.

Last week, as I sat on the bench outside the Garden Theater contemplating the blight of cigarette butts and all manner of trash strewn about by our good citizens, a voice spoke to me from the past.

My old Aunt Lucy once told me that a little dust on a table or a few unwashed dishes in the sink were unimportant, but that everyone should sweep his front doorstep every morning as a sign of welcome and respect for his neighbors. What a beautifully simple solution to our litter problem.

If I owned or managed a business on Nassau Street, the first thing I'd do every morning would be to sweep clean the sidewalk from door to curb in front of my establishment. Could not the Borough issue to all merchants a good stiff broom and a supply of plastic trash bags, with notice that they be strongly encouraged to use these tools each morning for the benefit of their clients and neighbors? I'd be happy to help in the implementation of such a plan for "Aunt Lucy's Clean Sweep."

Anyone listening?

JUNE CONNERTON
Richard Court