Friday, March 31, 2000
MCCARTER'S MANN WINS PEABODY AWARD
ARTISTIC DIRECTOR HONORED FOR SCREENPLAY OF 'HAVING OUR SAY'

Emily Mann, the artistic director of McCarter Theatre, won a Peabody Award on Thursday for her screenplay of "Having Our Say — The Delany Sisters' First 100 Years." The screenplay was based on the play that Ms. Mann wrote and directed for McCarter Theater.  Story

Friday, March 31, 2000
WHITMAN OKS SCHOOL ON MCCORKLE SITE
MONTGOMERY MAY SCHEDULE REFERENDUM IN SEPTEMBER

Gov. Whitman announced Thursday that she is making the site of the former Lloyd McCorkle Training Center in Skillman available to the Montgomery School District, which wants to build a high school on the site.  Story

Friday, March 31, 2000
MONUMENT DRIVE GETS GREEN LIGHT
PRINCETON COUNCIL VOTES TO MOVE AHEAD ON RECONSTRUCTION

Princeton Borough Council members voted to move ahead with a $1.1 million plan to reconstruct Monument Drive despite their understanding that the borough could be close to $300,000 short of the project's cost.  Story

Friday, March 31, 2000
PARKING SPACES FOR LIBRARY EYED BY WARY COUNCIL
PRINCETON OFFICIALS STRUGGLE TO DEFINE 'ADEQUATE AND ACCESSIBLE'

The Princeton Township Committee has defined what it means by "adequate and accessible" parking for the Princeton Public Library, but the Princeton Borough Council does not seem so willing to agree.  Story

Friday, March 31, 2000
SOUTH BRUNSWICK MULLS SMOKING BAN
TOWNSHIP OFFICIALS PONDER FOLLOWING PRINCETON'S LEAD

Hey you, put out that smoke. This phrase could become common later this year in South Brunswick's restaurants and bars if a possible ordinance to be recommended by the township's health officer is enacted in late April or early May.  Story

Friday, March 31, 2000
NEW DEER-MANAGEMENT BILL APPROVED IN ASSEMBLY
REVISED LEGISLATION TIGHTENS CONTROLS ON HUNTING WAIVER PROCESS

Some state officials say they are optimistic a new bill that would allow community-based deer management programs will become law. A revised bill was approved this week by the New Jersey Assembly in yet another attempt to help communities manage their burgeoning deer populations.  Story

Thursday, March 30, 2000
SOMERSET GOP CHEERS BUSH IN MANVILLE
WHITMAN, FORBES ON HAND AT COUNTY CONVENTION

GOP presidential candidate Texas Gov. George W. Bush and candidates for other offices came away with the endorsements of Somerset County Republicans following a five-hour convention that put Manville and the county in the spotlight.
Story
Zimmer snatches endorsement from Pappas

Thursday, March 30, 2000
ANGELOU: DARK HOURS HOLD HOPE
'RENAISSANCE WOMAN' ADDRESSES SOLD-OUT CROWD AT RIDER

Maya Angelou, hailed as one of the most powerful voices of contemporary American literature, recited her most celebrated poetry and soulfully sang the works of Langston Hughes, Robert Burns and others at Rider University.  Story

Thursday, March 30, 2000
HILLSBOROUGH RAIL STATION HEADED NORTH
NJ TRANSIT RESPONDS TO CONCERNS ABOUT PROXIMITY TO HOMES

NJ Transit has moved the Hillsborough station of the planned West Trenton Line about three-fourths of a mile north in response to residents' concerns about rail traffic close to their homes.  Story

Thursday, March 30, 2000
ROUTE 206 BYPASS WORK MAY BEGIN IN 2002
DOT COULD SWAP BYPASS FOR WIDENING IN HILLSBOROUGH

Work on the Route 206 Bypass could begin earlier than the state Department of Transportation had expected. The bypass project is scheduled to begin in 2003, but the DOT said it might switch the bypass with a project to widen part of Route 206 scheduled for fall 2002.  Story

Thursday, March 30, 2000
HOPEWELL LAWSUITS 'MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING'
COUNTY, MERRILL LYNCH SAY SEWER ORDINANCE OVERSTEPPED BOUNDS

Hopewell Township Mayor Marylou Ferrara said this week that suits filed by Mercer County and Merrill Lynch against an amendment to the township's sewer ordinance are "much ado about nothing." She expressed confidence the court will uphold the clarified amendment.  Story

Wednesday, March 29, 2000
BOMB THREAT EVACUATES HILLSBOROUGH HIGH AGAIN
SCARE EMPTIES SCHOOL FOR SECOND TIME THIS WEEK

Hillsborough High School students were evacuated Wednesday morning for the second time this week following a telephoned bomb threat. A threat scrawled in a school bathroom prompted an earlier evacuation Monday.  Story

Wednesday, March 29, 2000
WEST WINDSOR COUNCIL, UNION AGREE ON CONTRACT
MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES' 3-YEAR CONTRACT IS RETROACTIVE TO JAN. 1

The West Windsor Township Council this week unanimously approved a three-year contract for municipal employees with annual pay raises of 3.5 percent, 3.75 percent and 4 percent.  Story

Wednesday, March 29, 2000
JUDGE REVIEWS PROFILING IMPACT
USE FOR ROUTINE TRAFFIC STOPS CALLED A 'SLIPPERY SLOPE'

New Jersey Superior Court Judge Travis L. Francis spoke out against racial profiling by police in a speech at Princeton University this week. "Profiling equals stereotyping," he said, expressing his view that profiling leads to the mislabeling of innocent people.  Story

Wednesday, March 29, 2000
PLAYING IN AN INTIMATE SETTING
ROBERT TAUB TO PERFORM BEETHOVEN FOR CHARTER SCHOOL BENEFIT

Centuries-old compositions are made new again by world-renowned piano virtuoso Robert Taub, who prefers to get to the "heart of the music." Mr. Taub is rehearsing for a recital on April 7 to benefit the Princeton Charter School.  Story
Recital details

Wednesday, March 29, 2000
HAVING FUN WITH KIDS AND FOOD
LEARNING FROM CHILDREN HOW TO PLAY IN THE KITCHEN

Can cooking with your children change your life? It certainly can, according to Lynn Fredericks, author of "Cooking Time is Family Time." In her cooking class at Wegmans' West Windsor market last weekend, she demonstrated the joy of cooking with kids.  Story
Lynn Fredericks' Tuscan Bean Soup/Ribollita

Tuesday, March 28, 2000
GUSCIORA SEEKING TO UNSEAT CHRIS SMITH
SEES HMOS, 'CHOICE,' GUN CONTROL, EDUCATION AS FOE'S WEAKNESSES

State Assemblyman Reed Gusciora (D-Princeton Borough) will seek to challenge veteran U.S. Rep. Chris Smith in the 4th Congressional District this November. "I am running because I think the House could use another progressive Democrat," he said.  Story

Tuesday, March 28, 2000
THREE CHARGED WITH GRAFFITI HATE CRIME
TWO MONTGOMERY STUDENTS, ONE GRADUATE ARRESTED

Montgomery police arrested three young men over the weekend in connection with spray-painted hate graffiti discovered at the high school two weeks ago.  Story

Tuesday, March 28, 2000
BOMB THREATS FORCE EVACUATIONS
ST. PAUL SCHOOL, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY TARGETED

Two unrelated bomb threats occurred in two Princeton Borough educational institutions, forcing building evacuations and canceled classes Monday.  Story

Tuesday, March 28, 2000
SCHOOL EXPANSION REFERENDUM EYED
PRINCETON REGIONAL TO ANNOUNCE HIRING OF ARCHITECT, LAW FIRM

A bond referendum to finance school expansion projects is expected to come before Princeton voters later this year. The Princeton Regional Board of Education is expected to announce tonight that it has hired an architect to develop plans to expand district schools.  Story

Tuesday, March 28, 2000
RABID RACCOON SIGHTED IN PRINCETON
TARGETED WOMAN ASKED TO CONTACT ANIMAL CONTROL

A rabid raccoon — Princeton's first of the year — was found in the playground at Erdman Avenue and Tee-Ar Place after attempting to attack a woman last week. The unidentified woman saw a raccoon moving aggressively toward her, with its head down.  Story

Tuesday, March 28, 2000
SAVEDOFF TO DELAY DECISION
MONTGOMERY SUPERINTENDENT TO WAIT UNTIL NEW BOARD IS SEATED

Montgomery Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jamie Savedoff says he will wait until after the April 18 school elections before deciding if he will take the leadership position of the East Brunswick School District.  Story

Tuesday, March 28, 2000
SOUTH'S GARAGE APARTMENTS GET OK
ZONING BOARD COMPROMISES ON NUMBER OF PARKING SPACES

The Princeton Borough Zoning Board of Adjustment gave the go-ahead to architect and developer J. Robert Hillier to build 16 one-bedroom apartments at the site of South's Garage but only after he agreed to add more parking.  Story

Monday, March 27, 2000
LOOKING BACK AND AHEAD
FOUR-FOOT-TWO BORDENTOWN PRO WRESTLER DISCUSSES CAREER

For a man who is only 4 feet 2 inches tall, Bordentown Township resident Frank Burns has the grit — and wit — of a roomful of people twice his size. It's carried him through a lifetime of ups and downs, even brought him 15 minutes of fame, which he hopes to revive.  Story

Monday, March 27, 2000
PU BLACK STUDIES PROGRAM MARKS 30TH YEAR
CREATED TO ADDRESS REAL-WORLD ISSUES, PROGRAM IS IN GOOD HEALTH

Blacks were actively discouraged from attending Princeton until the student newspaper campaigned for minority enrollment in 1942. The first black received a diploma in 1947. Created during turbulent 1969, the African-American Studies Program has gone through phases.  Story

Monday, March 27, 2000
TASTEBUDS SEND FOOD SPECIALIST ON ADVENTURE
TAKING THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS FROM MARKET RESEARCH TO SALES

If you're East Amwell resident Janis Grover, an incredible food experience can trigger ideas about production, packaging, trade shows and marketing. After 20 years in the food industry, Ms. Grover has introduced hundreds of new foods to American consumers.  Story

Sunday, March 26, 2000
WORLD OF WHIMSY
RAT'S RESTAURANT IS LATEST ADDITION TO GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE

J. Seward Johnson Jr.'s new restaurant, Rat's, at Hamilton's Grounds for Sculpture, is named after the muskrat in the Kenneth Grahame children's novel, "The Wind in the Willows." It is designed to look like a country chateau in Giverny, the French village made famous by impressionist Claude Monet.  Story

Sunday, March 26, 2000
EDITORIAL: GAS CRISIS
PRICE CRISIS? WE CAN'T BLAME ANYONE BUT US

We, and our politicians, are far more responsible for our vulnerability to petroleum's supply and demand than all the other sources of blame put together. Neither the president nor the OPEC nations nor the oil companies have put us in the state we are in today. We have.  Story

Sunday, March 26, 2000
PLAINSBORO ACTS ON VILLAGE CENTER
REZONING PLAN IS HEADED TO GOVERNING BODY

The Plainsboro Township Planning Board gave preliminary approval to revisions to an ordinance this week that would rezone the vicinity of Plainsboro Plaza Shopping Center, on Schalks Crossing Road, as a first step toward a long-planned village center.  Story

Sunday, March 26, 2000
MORNING CHATS MAKE FRIENDS OUT OF STRANGERS
HILLSBOROUGH CONVERSATIONAL ENGLISH GROUP SHARES COMMON GOAL

Could you give up your job and move to another country where you don't know the language? Each Wednesday morning a group of people from different countries gathers at Hillsborough Public Library to practice language skills and learn conversational English.  Story

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