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Vol. LXII, No. 31
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Vol. LXII, No. 31
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Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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Polly Burlingham
Scott Lane
Linda Sipprelle
Nassau Street
Dudley Sipprelle
Nassau Street
Steve Hiltner
N. Harrison Street
To the Editor:
A big Thank You to all who have helped make the Barbara Boggs Sigmund Park and Garden successful this year. Thanks to my hardworking volunteers who weed, plant, and spread compost every Mother’s Day and will help me put the gardens to bed later this fall. Thanks to my fellow Master Gardeners who have donated plants, time, and support. Thanks to the contributors who help make it possible to purchase supplies. Thanks to the Princeton Borough Public Works Crew for maintaining the lawn and recently weeding the playground play areas and spreading new playground mulch. Thanks to Madden’s Nursery for donating colorful annuals to brighten the fenceline garden. And thanks to the Princeton Parks Alliance for installing water outlets to make maintenance easier as well as for donating funds to install the new memorial tree in the park.
We’re lucky to have so many helpful and generous people eager to beautify Princeton.
Polly Burlingham
Scott Lane
To the Editor:
As part of the enthusiastic, overflow crowd that attended the July 24 concert by the Vienna Chamber Orchestra in Princeton University’s Richardson Auditorium, I would like to thank Bill and Judy Scheide for making this remarkable event possible.
In the evening’s concert, the orchestra exhibited lively sonorities, a sensual warmth, and a profound understanding of the works of Ludwig Van Beethoven, whose compositions dominated the evening.
Under the energetic direction of Princeton’s favorite conductor, Mark Laycock, who was for 20 years the Music Director of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, the orchestra was complemented by the piano virtuosity of David Meier, who displayed technique and finesse in his rendition of the Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 in G Major, Opus 58.
Bill and Judy Scheide understand the Princeton community’s love of music, and through their kindness and generosity provided a memorable musical treat for us all. Even as a resident of Vienna for a number of years I rarely heard a rendition of the signature Blue Danube Waltz encore played with more richness and feeling. What a perfect tribute to the Scheides!
Linda Sipprelle
Nassau Street
To the Editor:
Congratulations to our local police forces for their heightened efforts to discourage abusive truck traffic on Route 206 and Princeton streets (Town Topics, July 9). While the police effort is laudatory and welcome, it is at best a temporary palliative. In any event, this is not a police problem, but one which has been visited upon Princeton by the N.J. Department of Transportation. The NJDOT is responsible to the governor and state legislature and that’s where the ultimate solution resides. The NJDOT is not going to change its position on turning Princeton into a mini-version of the Los Angeles freeway system until it feels some heat from the governor and the Legislature. These two entities can be counted on to do nothing until they feel heat generated in turn by officials at the local level, that is, our county and municipal politicians.
Efforts put forward thus far by our local officials concerning truck traffic that threatens life and limb and destroys our streets has been muted and pro forma. In this one-party state, one would have expected that our local officials should have been able to convince their party leaders to reverse the NJDOT position on truck traffic through Princeton. That a change in course has not occurred can only mean that our local officials either lack clout in their own political party, are reluctant to make waves, or are just plain ineffective — or perhaps all three of the foregoing.
Dudley Sipprelle
Nassau Street
To the Editor:
As described in last week’s article (Town Topics July 23), the renovation of the Borough’s Potts Park was an excellent example of how the Borough and Township were able to collaborate, and leverage funding from the county. One additional element in the success of the renovation was the close communication between local government staff and the neighbors who live nearby and use the park. Neighbors provided input on which play structures to include, colors, and location. With the help of Borough Council member Barbara Trelstad, neighbors intervened to reroute a planned paved pathway so that it wouldn’t cut through the shaded picnic area or bisect the field. The combined knowledge and caring of staff and neighbors made it unnecessary to bring in outside consultants, saving considerable expense and resulting in a final product that’s gotten a very positive response from park users.
Steve Hiltner
N. Harrison Street