Saturday, April 22, 2000
AT ONE WITH U.S. 1
EXPLORING THE 'BEST DAMN HIGHWAY IN AMERICA'

Most people in the area dread crossing Route 1; Peter Genovese has made it the centerpiece of a journey and a book. After putting 30,000 miles on his Jeep doing the book's research, he paraphrases Arlo Guthrie, "You can get anything you want on U.S. 1."  Story
Where the noise grows one hubcap at a time
A taste of Americana

Saturday, April 22, 2000
THREAT OF 'GLOBALISM' ADDRESSED
AUTHOR TONI MORRISON SAYS ANTIDOTE IS LITERATURE

Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Toni Morrison told a capacity audience at Princeton University this week that literature is the best way to explain life in the new millennium, where businesses and computers are more important than nation-states.  Story

Saturday, April 22, 2000
PIKE RUN RESIDENTS CLAIM VIABLE BYPASS ALTERNATIVE
OPPONENTS ALLEGE EXISTENCE OF TOWNSHIP LINE ROAD ALTERNATE

A group of residents from Montgomery's Pike Run development says it intends to use every political and legal means available to get the state Department of Transportation to stop the proposed Route 206 Bypass at Township Line Road, before it gets to their community.  Story

Friday, April 21, 2000
TRADITIONAL CHURCH SERVICES GAINING FAVOR
SYMBOLISM RETURNING FOR GOOD FRIDAY, EASTER CELEBRATIONS

As area churches celebrate Good Friday and Easter, they reflect on the central moments of Christian faith, the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, with a return to the rich sensory symbolism of worship.  Story

Friday, April 21, 2000
PANEL TO EXEMPT PRIVATE CLUBS FROM BAN
VOTE TO ADOPT PRINCETON SMOKING ORDINANCE SCHEDULED FOR MAY 16

Private clubs as well as hotel and motel rooms would be exempt from an ordinance banning smoking in public places, but the status of the university's Prospect Avenue eating clubs is uncertain, according to the latest version of Princeton's proposed smoking ban.  Story
Student smokers may face stiffer fines

Friday, April 21, 2000
OFFICIALS MIXED ON DEER DEPORTATION
MILLBURN SOLUTION INTRIGUES SOME PRINCETON OFFICIALS

While Princeton Township is considering a plan to shoot its deer, another New Jersey community claims it has come up with a more palatable solution to the problem. Next week, Millburn will begin the "deportation" of its deer to a farm in upstate New York.  Story

Friday, April 21, 2000
SEN. ROCKEFELLER PESSIMISTIC ABOUT CHANGE
REFORM OF HEALTH CARE, CAMPAIGN FINANCE WON'T HAPPEN, HE SAYS

Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV told an audience of Princeton University students that comprehensive health-care legislation and campaign finance reform will not be passed and China will go to war over Taiwanese independence.  Story

Friday, April 21, 2000
VOTE POSTPONED ON CONTINUING CARE FACILITY
INCONSISTENCIES FOUND IN FLOOR-AREA RATIO, NUMBER OF UNITS

The Princeton Township Committee has postponed action on a controversial revised ordinance governing continuing-care retirement communities, due to documentation provided by representatives of the proposed Regent's Mead retirement community.  Story
Forum: Should there be a continuing care retirement community in Princeton?

Friday, April 21, 2000
MIT ECONOMIST KRUGMAN NAMED TO PRINCETON POST
PRESTIGIOUS 'DEBUNKER' WILL WRITE HIS COLUMN, DO RESEARCH, TEACH

A penchant for sticking to the facts, and not conventional wisdom, has been the reputation of Professor Paul Krugman, who will leave the "collegial" atmosphere of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for the ivy-covered walls of Princeton University this fall.  Story

Friday, April 21, 2000
KINGSTON SEEKS PARKING ON MAIN STREET
STATE OFFICIALS CONCERNED ABOUT PEDESTRIAN SAFETY

The state Department of Transportation expects to decide within the next few weeks whether to lift no-parking restrictions on the northbound side of Main Street in Kingston.  Story

Thursday, April 20, 2000
CHRISTIANS OBSERVE HOLY WEEK
FAITHFUL AFFIRM REFLECTION, REPENTANCE AND RECOMMITMENT

This is Holy Week for Christians, featuring beautifully strange names such as Palm Sunday and Maundy Thursday and Good Friday that speck the calendar, all of which lean toward Sunday — the main event — the end of the cycle, the rebirth.  Story
Jews celebrate history and family

Thursday, April 20, 2000
HILLSBOROUGH TEEN FREE AFTER ALLEGED THREATS
PROSECUTOR SAYS STUDENT DISCUSSED MAKING PIPE BOMBS

Police charged a Hillsborough High School junior with terroristic threats after being told by students that he discussed making bombs and killing a 19-year-old Manville resident.  Story

Thursday, April 20, 2000
DOZEN HOMES BURGLARIZED IN SOUTH BRUNSWICK
POLICE SEEK LEADS IN KENDALL PARK SPREE

The South Brunswick Police Department has stepped up patrols in Kendall Park in response to a dozen burglaries in the past six weeks that have netted more than $60,000 worth of jewelry.  Story

Thursday, April 20, 2000
FEDS CONTINUE PROBE INTO FATAL ACCIDENT
MAN DIES AFTER BEING CAUGHT IN ROCK-CRUSHING MACHINE

Federal authorities are continuing their investigation into the death of a Fulton County, Pa., man caught in a rock crushing machine in what Bucks County Coroner Joseph Campbell called "a very tragic accident" at the New Hope Crushed Stone and Lime Co.  Story

Thursday, April 20, 2000
PLANNERS TO EXAMINE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY
THREE-STORY BUILDING PROPOSED FOR KINGS ROAD IN LAWRENCE

Lawrence Township planners next week will get their first look at an assisted living facility proposed for a 7.3-acre site on Kings Road, off Franklin Corner Road, at the Planning Board Screening Committee's meeting.  Story

Thursday, April 20, 2000
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP MULLS LAND BUYS, DOWNZONING
PLANNER'S GROWTH ESTIMATES ARE MOTIVATING FACTORS

Faced with the possibility that, under current Hopewell Township zoning, there will be seven-fold increase in non-residential development and a near-doubling of housing units, township officials are considering a two-pronged strategy to limit development.  Story

Thursday, April 20, 2000
TEACHERS, DISTRICT MUM ON NEGOTIATIONS
CURRENT SOUTH BRUNSWICK CONTRACT TO EXPIRE JUNE 30

Negotiations are under way in South Brunswick between the teachers union and the school district for a new contract that would go into effect July 1. The current three-year contract, which covers 625 teachers, librarians and guidance counselors, expires June 30.  Story

Wednesday, April 19, 2000
TWO WOMEN SHOT IN HEAD FOLLOWING ROBBERY
MASSAGE PARLOR EMPLOYEES FIRED UPON AT CLOSE RANGE

Two women sustained "significant trauma and injuries" after being shot by a thief brandishing a pellet gun Tuesday night at the Happyland Massage Parlor and Acupuncture in Plumsted Township, police said.  Story

Wednesday, April 19, 2000
LIKE A CANDLE IN THE WIND
JOYCE CAROL OATES EXAMINES MARILYN MONROE'S INNER LIFE

During a recent interview, Joyce Carol Oates, the award-winning novelist and Princeton University professor of humanities, talked about her family and her new novel about a "typical American girl who became transmogrified," Norma Jeane Baker. Ms. Oates will give a reading from the book Monday at Barnes & Noble.  Story

Wednesday, April 19, 2000
TRUSTEES APPROVE RISE IN ENROLLMENT
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY UNDERGRADS TO GROW BY 500 OVER FOUR YEARS

Last weekend, Princeton University's Board of Trustees unanimously approved the report of the Wythes Committee, a special trustee panel that recommended a 10-percent increase in the undergraduate population, from 4,600 to 5,100.  Story

Wednesday, April 19, 2000
LOOSE ENDS:
WAY TO FEEL LIKE A MILLION BUCKS

Freeman Dyson's winning of the $1 million Templeton Prize fortified Packet columnist Pam Hersh's faith in humankind, weakened her cynicism and prompted her to ponder the question: "If you suddenly became a millionaire, what would you do with your life?"  Story

Wednesday, April 19, 2000
DEVELOPER UNAWARE LOAN WENT TO BOARD CHAIRMAN
TESTIMONY TO RESUME NEXT MONTH IN GREENBRIAR CASE

Developer Harry Smith, who wants to build a 3,000-unit senior citizens development in Hillsborough, testified in Superior Court that he made a $20,000 loan to Multiforce Systems Inc. without realizing that one of its principals was chairman of the township Planning Board.  Story

Tuesday, April 18, 2000
MCCAIN HITS CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR ZIMMER
FORMER PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE ENDORSES FORMER CONGRESSMAN

With the endorsements of the state's key Republicans in his pocket, Dick Zimmer picked up one Saturday from U.S. Sen. John McCain in his bid to reclaim a seat in the House of Representatives. Mr. McCain spent the day campaigning with Mr. Zimmer in the 12th Congressional District.  Story
McCain booksigning: Faith of his father…sort of

Tuesday, April 18, 2000
SCHOOL ELECTIONS TODAY
RESULTS COULD RIDE ON VOTER TURNOUT

Voters in 556 of the state's 602 school districts will go to the polls today to vote in the annual school elections. Turnout for school elections is historically low and officials are worried that this year it could be hurt by the timing of the election during spring break.  Story
Check here for results after the polls close

Tuesday, April 18, 2000
'EYESORE' COULD GET A FACELIFT
BANK PROPOSAL MAY LEAD TO CLEANUP OF ROUTE 206 SITE

A proposed Commerce Bank at Route 206 and Princeton Avenue would remove an "eyesore" at the site, according to Princeton Planning Director Lee Solow. It could also lead to future development of the site, in the form of a pharmacy.  Story

Tuesday, April 18, 2000
DOWNTOWN AND GOWN
PRINCETON'S COMMUNIVERSITY A CROWD-PLEASER

Kids ran amok covered in shaving cream, balloons were tied to the hands of little ones in strollers and the smell of food wafted down Nassau Street in Princeton at the 23rd annual Communiversity event.  Story

Tuesday, April 18, 2000
REGENT'S MEAD STILL CENTER OF CONTROVERSY
DRAFT OF ZONING ORDINANCE APPEARS TO SATISFY NO ONE

The Princeton Zoning Amendment Review Committee will be holding what could be its last meeting on the controversial continuing-care retirement community ordinance today. And neither the developer of the proposed Regent's Mead nor some neighbors are happy.  Story

Monday, April 17, 2000
DUMP TRUCK SWERVES, KILLS WOMAN
EAST WINDSOR RESIDENT DEAD AFTER HEAD-ON COLLISION

An East Windsor woman died Sunday evening when a small dump truck on Princeton-Hightstown Road in West Windsor swerved into her lane and struck her compact car head-on, township police said. Gigi Asouline, 38, was pronounced dead at the scene.  Story

Monday, April 17, 2000
A TALE OF THREE TAILORS
CRAFT ALIVE AND WELL IN PRINCETON AREA

Has the fine art and trade of tailoring been lost? Not according to three Princeton-area tailors who operate their own tailoring businesses.
Story

Monday, April 17, 2000
PRINCETON PACKET EDITORIAL:
'ZERO TOLERANCE' THINKING MAKES ZERO SENSE

Intolerance, like power, corrupts — and absolute intolerance corrupts absolutely. At the very least, it leaves us with a mess on our hands that is often worse than whatever problem we thought we were trying to eradicate.  Story

Monday, April 17, 2000
RECIPE FOR SUCCESS
HIGHTSTOWN STUDENT COOKS UP WINNERS IN NATIONAL CONTEST

If a person has a sweet tooth, a career in the culinary arts may prove to be too much of a temptation to face every day because you have to taste everything you make. But that isn't a problem for Brandee Colvell of Hightstown High School.  Story