Thursday, May 18, 2000
EXPAND STATE-ROAD TRUCK BAN, CITY SAYS
LAMBERTVILLE OFFICIALS PRESS FOR SAFETY STEPS AFTER FATAL CRASH

City officials hope to prevent another tragedy like the one last week when a tractor-trailer hauling trash went out of control and crashed through the Lambertville Video store, killing the clerk inside and injuring four other people.  Story
Witnesses recall horrific truck accident

Thursday, May 18, 2000
SMOKING BAN FINAL VOTE DUE JUNE 1
COMMISSION REMOVES EXEMPTION FOR PRIVATE CLUBS

The Princeton Regional Health Commission is expected to take a final vote June 1 on the proposed ban of smoking in indoor public places, after removing an exemption for private clubs this week.  Story

Thursday, May 18, 2000
DRUG-SNIFFING CANINE PROGRAM REINSTATED
NEW HOPE POLICE CHIEF TO RAISE FUNDS FROM PRIVATE INDIVIDUALS

Police Chief Jerry Speziale was expected to take at least a couple weeks to research whether New Hope had use for a drug-sniffing canine. But less than a week after the council pulled the plug on the program, Mr. Speziale has agreed to give it a try.  Story

Thursday, May 18, 2000
ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL
WINDSOR MAN RECEIVES 'HERO' AWARD FOR SAVING LIFE

Bob Knight is a nurse, not a hero. Saving lives is just part of his job. Story

Wednesday, May 17, 2000
FASCINATING RHYTHMS
A WIDOW SEES HER LATE HUSBAND'S MUSICAL COMPOSITION TO FRUITION

It wasn't just that the late Chauncey "Chub" Chatten shared some of Charles Lindbergh's interests. It was a fascination with the supernatural that sparked Mr. Chatten to express the essential elements of Lindbergh's life in music. The result, "Golden Apples of the Sun," will have its premiere stage reading May 21.  Story
Performance information

Wednesday, May 17, 2000
OUT IS NOW IN
GETTING BY WITH HELP FROM OUTSIDE

The news about the Princetons bringing in outside consultants started Packet columnist Pam Hersh thinking how this has been a banner year for being on the outs — not only in municipal government, but also in business, politics and lifestyles.  Story

Wednesday, May 17, 2000
STUDY SAYS MULTIRACIAL IDENTIFICATION BOOMING
PRINCETON RESEARCHERS FIND MIXED-RACE RESPONSES ON RISE

Princeton University researchers predict that between 8 million and 18 million Americans will identify themselves with more than one race in the 2000 census. Those figures would be several times greater than previous estimates by the federal government.  Story

Wednesday, May 17, 2000
UNIVERSITY SLATES COMMENCEMENT
JORDAN'S QUEEN NOOR TO BE BACCALAUREATE SPEAKER

About 1,130 undergraduates will receive their diplomas at Princeton University's 253rd commencement on May 30. Queen Noor, the widow of King Hussein of Jordan and the former Lisa Halaby (a 1973 Princeton graduate), will address the graduates at the baccalaureate.
Story

Tuesday, May 16, 2000
BAN ON SMOKING DELAYED AGAIN
EATING CLUB EXEMPTION WILL BE WITHDRAWN

A vote on the proposed ban on smoking in public places in the Princetons will likely be delayed until June because the Princeton Regional Health Commission is expected to remove an exemption for private clubs tonight.  Story

Tuesday, May 16, 2000
MONTGOMERY TO DISCUSS POLICE LEADERSHIP
CLOSED-DOOR TALKS TO BEGIN ON FUTURE DIRECTION OF DEPARTMENT

With less than four months remaining until former Police Chief William Beachell's official retirement on Sept. 1, the Montgomery Township Committee will begin meeting this week to discuss his replacement and the department's promotional process.  Story

Tuesday, May 16, 2000
RULING TO GIVE PRINCETONS MORE SAY ON BYPASS
FEDERAL PRESERVATION AGENCY GRANTS CONSULTANT STATUS

The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation will grant consulting party status over the bypass project to the Princetons, as well as the Washington Elms Preservation Trust, the Sierra Club and the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association.  Story

Tuesday, May 16, 2000
AFTER THE WW-P BUST:
CHIEF CONTEMPLATES IMPLICATIONS OF HIGH SCHOOL DRUG ARRESTS

Police Chief Frank Cox has few illusions about drugs in schools. He knows that the arrests two weeks ago at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South won't likely stop the flow of drugs. And like all the officers who took part in the arrests, Chief Cox has mixed emotions.  Story

Tuesday, May 16, 2000
FROM STORIED MERCER OAK, A SAPLING GROWS
OFFSPRING OF WHITE OAK PLANTED INSIDE VENERABLE STUMP

The historic Mercer Oak, which succumbed to high winds in March, may live again. Or at least one of its offspring may. Early last week, an 8-foot sapling, grown from a Mercer Oak acorn, was planted where the majestic, 300-year-old white oak once stood.  Story

Monday, May 15, 2000
TRUCK VICTIM'S MEMORIAL TO BE TUESDAY
ACCIDENT REFUELS ANGER OVER BIG RIGS IN LAMBERTVILLE

A memorial service for a 54-year-old woman killed when a tractor-trailer crashed into Lambertville Video where she was working last week will be held Tuesday. Joan C. Eschen died during surgery following the accident.  Story

Monday, May 15, 2000
LESSONS IN COMBAT
PRINCETON POLICE GET ISRAELI SELF-DEFENSE TRAINING

Princeton police officers are fine-tuning their self-defense skills. Township and borough officers, on a voluntary basis, are training in Krav Maga, an Israeli form of hand-to-hand combat, and will complete 12 hours of training in four sessions.  Story
A reporter gets aggressive

Monday, May 15, 2000
PRINCETON BOWS TO DEMANDS OF CHINESE
UNIVERSITY'S BEIJING PROGRAM TO ELIMINATE CRITICAL COURSE MATERIAL

Princeton University's Princeton in Beijing program will bow to demands by Chinese officials and eliminate some course material considered to be critical of Chinese policies. The offending material included references to population control and press restrictions.  Story

Monday, May 15, 2000
COMMITTEE EXAMINES RIGHTS OF TAXI RIDERS
PRINCETON EFFORT TO AVOID OVERCHARGING PASSENGERS UNDERWAY

In an effort to clamp down on taxis potentially overcharging customers, the Public Safety Committee of the Princeton Borough Council proposed last week that cabs in the borough be required to inform passengers of their right to a receipt.  Story

Monday, May 15, 2000
POLICE NOTE NEW SCAM TACTICS
THIEVES USE 2000 CENSUS TO GAIN HOME ENTRY

This year's United States census is offering thieves a special opportunity to gain entrance into potential victims' homes, according to Hightstown police, who warn residents about a ring of scam artists posing as census workers to rob people of their possessions.  Story

Sunday, May 14, 2000
HEAVENLY HALF ACRE
A GARDEN OASIS FOR NATURE LOVERS

Tucked quietly on a knoll overlooking the Hopewell Quarry Club is a little piece of paradise. In the half acre surrounding the home of Tina and Clif Draper is a fairy tale cottage garden. Ticket holders to the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association Garden Tour 2000 will be able to view this garden and three others in Princeton on May 20.  Story

Sunday, May 14, 2000
TODAY'S FARMER
AS MODERN AS THE 'NET, AS TRADITIONAL AS THE SOIL

The stereotypical notion of a farmer in denim overalls, talking about livestock and seed catalogues in the general store, is probably as outdated as the cracker barrel itself. These days, a farmer would be more likely found clicking away on a computer keyboard.  Story

Sunday, May 14, 2000
GRANT WILL HELP SAVE OPEN SPACE
EAST WINDSOR TO PRESERVE OVER 100 ACRES ON WEST SIDE

More than 100 acres of land on East Windsor's west side will be preserved, thanks to a $1 million grant from the Garden State Preservation Trust which will be used to purchase 115 acres along the Millstone River and a 15-acre parcel west of Maple Stream Road.  Story

Saturday, May 13, 2000
WHERE BOOKS ABOUND
THE ANNUAL BRYN MAWR BOOK SALE SKIMS PRINCETON

Joe Dinardo, a Levittown, Pa. book collector and dealer, arrived at the front door two hours early, but he was the 102nd in line for this year's Bryn Mawr Book Sale. Mr. Dinardo has been coming to the sale for 30 years and, if tradition holds, he's likely to drop "a couple of hundred dollars" there.  Story

Saturday, May 13, 2000
THE SPECIAL JOYS OF MOTHERHOOD
MOTHER-DAUGHTER BONDS THAT DEEPEN WORKING SIDE-BY-SIDE

There's often a very special bond between mothers and daughters, and as the years go on, that bond may deepen. Sometimes mothers and daughters end up in the same profession and, as in the case of two Lambertville mothers and daughters, end up working together.  Story

Saturday, May 13, 2000
PRINCETON SCHOOL BOARD GEARS UP FOR BUILDING
PROJECT COMMITTEE TO COORDINATE CONSTRUCTION, REFERENDUM

The Princeton Regional Board of Education will form a building project committee to coordinate proposed school construction and the bond referendum that would pay for it. Board President Charlotte Bialek said the committee will be appointed at the May 23 meeting.  Story

Saturday, May 13, 2000
ISLANDS ARE NOT CALMING TO NEIGHBORS
TRAFFIC-CALMING DEVICES UPSET HODGE ROAD RESIDENTS

The Princeton Borough Council thought the design for traffic-calming devices on Hodge Road had been finalized. Residents did not. More than of them turned out for the public presentation portion of the Borough Council meeting this week to lobby for reopening the issue.  Story