Friday, May 5, 2000
PRINCETON DRUG RAID NETS 10
AMERICAN LEGION POST'S VICE COMMANDER AMONG THOSE CHARGED

A drug raid by the Princeton Borough Police and the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office netted 10 individuals accused of dealing drugs in and around the American Legion Post 218 on Lytle Street, including the post's vice commander.  Story

Friday, May 5, 2000
WW-P INCIDENT LEADS TO LAWSUIT THREAT
FATHER CHARGES SCHOOL WITH INAPPROPRIATE, DISCRIMINATORY ACTION

The West Windsor-Plainsboro Superintendent of Schools is expected to meet today with the parents of the Upper Elementary School fourth-grader who was barred from school after saying he would "shoot" a classmate with a rubber band and a wad of paper.  Story
Institute takes aim at zero-tolerance policies

Friday, May 5, 2000
PLANNERS GRAPPLE WITH CCRC ORDINANCE
BOARD CONSIDERS HIRING CONSULTANT, POSTPONES INTRODUCTION

The introduction of a controversial ordinance to govern continuing-care retirement communities has been delayed again, as the Princeton Regional Planning Board decided late Thursday night to consider hiring a consultant to review the proposed ordinance.  Story

Friday, May 5, 2000
COUNTRY CLASSICS APPLICATION DENIED
HILLSBOROUGH PLANNERS REJECT DEVELOPMENT DESPITE COURT RULING

The Hillsborough Planning Board voted Thursday night to deny Van Cleef Limited Family Partnership's application to build 449 houses on Amsterdam Road as part of its Country Classics development.  Story

Friday, May 5, 2000
SCIENTISTS FIND MISSING HYDROGEN
PRINCETON RESEARCHERS IN FOREFRONT OF MAJOR DISCOVERY

Scientists, led by researchers at Princeton University, using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope, have found the vast quantities of hydrogen that were cooked up by the "Big Bang" that created the universe but somehow disappeared into the emptiness of space.  Story

Friday, May 5, 2000
'LOVE BUG' BITES AREA HARD
'ILOVEYOU' COMPUTER VIRUS STRIKES WITH FORCE OF CUPID'S ARROW

Don't download an e-mail message simply because you think you know who sent it to you. In fact, if the e-mail says anything about "love," consider trashing it — unread. Familiarity is the sheep's clothing that could cloak the wolfish ILOVEYOU virus.  Story

Friday, May 5, 2000
INTERIM SUPERINTENDENT NAMED IN MONTGOMERY
TOP SCHOOL PICK 'VERY QUALIFIED' CANDIDATE

Barely a week after interviewing potential candidates, the Montgomery Township Board of Education has chosen Thomas F. Butler, a former interim superintendent for the West Windsor-Plainsboro district, as the interim superintendent to replace Dr. Jamie Savedoff.  Story

Friday, May 5, 2000
LAST DRUG SUSPECT ARRESTED
WW-P SCHOOL SWEEP SNARES EVEN DOZEN

The last of the 12 young men charged with selling drugs on or around the grounds of West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South turned himself in this week, following Monday's arrests by law-enforcement officials.  Story

Thursday, May 4, 2000
SIDES DIG IN ON PROPOSED TRAIN LINE
HEARING DRAWS PACKED HOUSE AS SUPPORTERS, FOES MAKE THEIR PLEAS

Supporters and opponents of the proposed 'MOM' commuter rail line packed the state Senate Committee room Thursday, trying to sway legislators who are considering a bill that would make the line a transportation priority.  Story
Assembly leader backs rail link
Editorial: MOM line only benefits Shore folks

Thursday, May 4, 2000
BOMB SCARE FORCES SCHOOL EVACUATION
ALLENTOWN HIGH SCHOOL SCENE OF THREAT, SUSPICIOUS GYM BAGS

A bomb threat Thursday morning at Allentown High School forced the evacuation of the facility but proved to be bogus, State Police spokesman Sgt. Al Della Fave said.  Story

Thursday, May 4, 2000
RCN OPTS FOR LAWRENCE HEADQUARTERS
FORMER UNION CAMP SITE TO BE LARGEST OFFICE PARK IN TOWNSHIP

The RCN Corp. will build its 1.5 million-square-foot corporate headquarters on the former Union Camp property on Princeton Pike at Lewisville Road in Lawrence Township, the company announced at a press conference Thursday.  Story

Thursday, May 4, 2000
FRIENDS, COLLEAGUES PAY TRIBUTE TO MAN OF VISION
WORLD-RENOWNED LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT DESIGNED LIBERTY STATE PARK

Scholars, colleagues, apprentices and friends remember Robert Zion as a man who brought his profession to new heights. Mr. Zion, who died last week at 79, was the landscape architect of Liberty State Park, Cincinnati's Riverfront Park and Princeton University's Firestone Plaza.  Story

Thursday, May 4, 2000
FAMILY SAYS GOODBYE TO CAR CRASH VICTIM
INJURED BROTHER NOW IN FAIR CONDITION, BUT COUSIN STILL CRITICAL

A township family was expected to lay to rest this morning their 11-year-old who died in an early Sunday morning accident on the Garden State Parkway in Eaglewood Township that also injured his 18-year-old brother and two of his cousins.  Story

Thursday, May 4, 2000
HI-TECH CAMERA ASSISTS FIREFIGHTERS
NEW DEVICE SEES THROUGH SMOKE, DETECTS HEAT RATHER THAN LIGHT

Getting down on hands and knees to feel for an unconscious victim is the usual search-and-rescue technique for firefighters entering a smoke-filled room. But with a new device called a thermal imaging camera, firefighters may get to a victim in less time.  Story

Thursday, May 4, 2000
PHOTOGRAPHER FINDS STATE'S SCENIC GLORIES
PENNSYLVANIA NATIVE OFFERS IMAGES OF SOMERSET AND HUNTERDON

Photographer Walter Choroszewski captures images in New Jersey that many out-of-towners can only imagine. But for his latest books on Somerset and Hunterdon counties, the Pennsylvania native didn't have to go too far to discover the state's scenic glory.  Story

Thursday, May 4, 2000
'NEATWICH' LATEST PATENT OF INVENTOR
72-YEAR-OLD INVENTS A SANDWICH FROM WHICH THE FILLING WON'T SPILL

Who among us hasn't seen or experienced the dismay as butter from a bagel or mayonnaise from a chicken salad sandwich drops on the most noticeable spot of good clothing? This is what inspired 72-year-old West Amwell Township resident Bill Gill's "neatwich."  Story

Wednesday, May 3, 2000
TO PUMP OR NOT TO PUMP
RISING TO THE PRO-CHOICE/ANTI-SELF SERVE DEBATE

While many Princeton residents have risen to the occasion of rising gasoline prices by raising the issue of state mandated full-service gas stations, Packet columnist Pam Hersh just feels overwhelmed — by too many choices.  Story

Wednesday, May 3, 2000
NO FOOD FIGHTS IN THIS TOWN
COOPERATION IS NAME OF THE GAME BETWEEN AREA FOOD SUPPLIERS

A nice symbiosis has developed among Princeton's food emporiums in recent days. Many of the area's best locally made products have been popping up all over town, as many local retailers stock their shelves with each others' tasty goods.  Story

Wednesday, May 3, 2000
NEW CHALLENGE CALLS CORNER HOUSE CHIEF
MITCHELL DOUGLAS IS STEPPING DOWN TO LAUNCH NEW START-UP

The executive director of Corner House — Princeton's nonprofit counseling center for teens, young adults and their families — is stepping down. Mitchell Douglas is leaving to start a company that will help people with chronic mental illness and brain traumas.  Story

Tuesday, May 2, 2000
PLEA CLOSES BOOKS ON 'CHAT ROOM' SLAYING
EAST WINDSOR MAN FACES MAXIMUM 30-YEAR SENTENCE

George "Chip" Hemenway, 43, of East Windsor has entered a plea of guilty to a charge of aggravated manslaughter in the 1996 death of Hamilton resident Jesse Unger.  Story

Tuesday, May 2, 2000
ROEDER GETS GOVERNOR'S GOAT
CWA PRESIDENT BANISHED; UNION SEEKS RESTRAINING ORDERS

The Whitman administration said last week it will no longer recognize local CWA President Rae Roeder as a union representative and is barring her from nonpublic state property, in part due to behavior it called "loud, belligerent, profane and threatening."  Story

Tuesday, May 2, 2000
CCRC ORDINANCE TO GET PUBLIC AIRING
PRINCETON PLANNERS TO REVIEW PROPOSED CHANGES THURSDAY

The Princeton Regional Planning Board plans to review the controversial continuing-care retirement community ordinance on Thursday, hoping to send it to the Princeton Township Committee on May 8. And members of the public will have the chance to be heard.  Story

Tuesday, May 2, 2000
PRINCETON LAWYER GETS GREEN PARTY NOMINATION
THREE CANDIDATES TO SEEK MERCER FREEHOLDER SEATS

A Princeton Township resident wants to show residents of New Jersey that it is easy to be green. Attorney Bruce Afran has accepted the nomination by the Green Party of New Jersey to run for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Frank Lautenberg.  Story

Tuesday, May 2, 2000
HOLT BACKS CORZINE IN SENATE BID
CONGRESSMAN DENIES FINANCIAL SUPPORT AFFECTED DECISION

Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) says he isn't worried that his endorsement of Jon Corzine for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate will hurt him with moderate supporters.  Story

Monday, May 1, 2000
DRUG RING BUSTED AT WW-P SCHOOL
ELEVEN STUDENTS CHARGED WITH DRUG POSSESSION, DISTRIBUTION

West Windsor Township police charged 11 West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South students Monday with drug dealing. The arrests were the outcome of a five-month joint investigation by the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office and township police.  Story

Monday, May 1, 2000
HILLSBOROUGH BOY, 12, KILLED IN CRASH
BROTHER, TWO OTHERS HURT IN ACCIDENT ON PARKWAY

A 12-year-old Hillsborough boy was killed Sunday in an accident on the Garden State Parkway that left three others injured, including the victim's 18-year-old brother.  Story

Monday, May 1, 2000
MOBILIZING FOR MILLION MOM MARCH
MERCER MOTHER TO LEAD COUNTY CONTINGENT IN WASHINGTON

Jodi Tolman, a Princeton resident and mother of three, met the founder of the Million Mom March late last year. After hearing her speak, Ms. Tolman was compelled to join and has since become the Mercer County coordinator for the march.  Story

Monday, May 1, 2000
SUPERNATURAL PRESENCE
HOUSE A GHOSTLY HOME FOR MANVILLE WOMAN

Lovella Paradiso believes in ghosts. In the six years she has lived in her house, she has witnessed several manifestations of the supernatural, including ghosts of a Civil War soldier, a voyeur and a cat.
Story

Monday, May 1, 2000
U-STORE AIN'T WHAT IT USED TO BE
IN THE GOOD OLE DAYS, YOU COULD BUY A TIE TACK

Princeton University alum and Packet columnist Stuart Duncan wandered into the U-Store on campus the other day. He wandered back out with one thought: the good old days really are gone.  Story