Tuesday, May 22, 2001
ARTS COUNCIL HALTS REVIEW BID AS NEW EXPANSION SITES EYED

For now, The Arts Council of Princeton will drop its bid for another review of its expansion plans by the Princeton Regional Planning Board. Meanwhile, negotiations for two alternative sites have "moved in a positive direction," said Peter Bienstock, trustee.  Story

Tuesday, May 22, 2001
CHIEF MICHAUD TO RESIGN ON JULY 1
CAPT. CHARLES DAVALL TO BE NAMED HIS SUCCESSOR

Princeton Borough Police Chief Thomas Michaud will step down as the borough's top cop July 1, paving the way for his successor, Capt. Charles Davall. The Princeton Borough Council is expected to appoint Capt. Davall as the department's 10th chief of police tonight.  Story

Tuesday, May 22, 2001
PACKET EDITORIAL:
PLANNING MUSCLE COULD BE FLEXED IN WEST WINDSOR

Remember when the intersection of Route 1 and Quaker Bridge Road was little more than a rural crossroad? Times, and the landscape, have changed. And now is the time for West Windsor to make judicious use of its planning and zoning powers.  Story

Monday, May 21, 2001
GARDEN THEATER SEQUEL TIES HIGH-TECH TO TRADITION

When the Garden Theater reopens June 1, it will have some stadium seating, a state-of-the-art projection and sound system and real butter for the popcorn.  Story

Monday, May 21, 2001
POLICE WARN OF ECSTASY'S DANGERS

Parents be warned, the popularity of the drug Ecstasy is increasing at an alarming rate. According to law enforcement officials, many people who use this illegal substance are under the age of 18 and unaware of its dangerous and possibly deadly effects.  Story

Monday, May 21, 2001
LOCAL HEALTH PANEL BUGGED WITH COUNTY

Lacking detailed information on the chemicals the Mercer County Mosquito Control Division intends to use for mosquito control, the Princeton Regional Health Commission decided this week not to allow the spraying.  Story

Monday, May 21, 2001
MONTGOMERY SEEKS DELAY IN OPOSSUM ROAD BRIDGE REPAIR
RESIDENTS EXPRESS FEARS REGARDING OPENING OF LONG-CLOSED BRIDGE.

MONTGOMERY — The township will ask Somerset County to delay the planned repair this summer of the Opossum Road bridge following a meeting Wednesday in which residents expressed concern over its reopening.  Story

Monday, May 21, 2001
DEY HOME FULL OF MEMORIES

MONROE — Cynthia Dey Murphy is "delighted" to hear Monroe Township is going to preserve the Dey homestead, the center of the farm her parents and grandparents worked.  Story

Friday, May 18, 2001
EXHIBIT CAPTURES QUARTER CENTURY
OF OUR LIVES AND TIMES
PACKET DONATION HELPS HISTORICAL SOCIETY SAVE 30 YEARS OF VISUAL HISTORY

Images of Princeton's recent history will soon be on display at the Historical Society of Princeton. The Princeton Packet donated 18,000 photographs spanning a quarter century to the Historical Society's archives, and 130 prints from the collection comprise "Today's News, Tomorrow's History: Princeton Packet Photos," which opens to the public Tuesday.  Story

Friday, May 18, 2001
PROTEST FORCES D&R PANEL TO DELAY VILLAS VOTE

PLAINSBORO — Confronting continued public opposition and citing time constraints Wednesday, the Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission took no action to approve two applications related to the Villas at Tuscany.  Story

Friday, May 18, 2001
POLICE CAPTURE TWO SUSPECTS IN GANG ATTACK

Hightstown police, the Mercer County Prosecutor's Office and the U.S. Marshal's Service are searching for the third and final suspect in the May 8 attack of a borough man.  Story

Thursday, May 17, 2001
TO INSTILL DEVOTION
COUPLE HELPS TRAIN DOGS TO BE COMPANIONS TO DISABLED PERSONS

Founded in 1975 in Santa Rosa, Calif., Canine Companions for Independence is a nonprofit organization that aims to enhance the lives of people with disabilities by providing trained assistance dogs and ongoing support.  Story

Thursday, May 17, 2001
POLICE STILL PROBING DEATH OF WOMAN, 31

WEST AMWELL — Police are investigating the death of a woman killed emptying her family's trash at the township's garbage transfer station the day before Mother's Day.  Story

Thursday, May 17, 2001
HISTORIC PRESERVATION TOPIC OF TALK
BURLINGTON CITY HISTORIAN NICHOLAS KAMARAS TO HOLD DISCUSSION AT ALLENTOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY

ALLENTOWN — Historic preservation isn't a momentary movement, it's a way of life. That's the message Nicholas Kamaras will bring to the borough May 23 when he addresses representatives from Allentown, Upper Freehold, Washington and Hamilton at a meeting hosted by the Allentown Historic Preservation Review Commission and the Allentown-Upper Freehold Historical Society.  Story

Thursday, May 17, 2001
TOWNSHIP EYES SOLUTION FOR HOMES WITH SEPTIC WOES
MAY VOTE AT TONIGHT'S MEETING TO OPEN SERVICE TALKS WITH REGIONAL SEWER AUTHORITIES

The Hopewell Township Committee is expected to vote tonight in favor of opening negotiations with the Stony Brook Regional Sewerage Authority (SBRSA), the Ewing-Lawrence Sewerage Authority (ELSA) and Pennington and Hopewell boroughs on providing sewer service to eight areas of the township with septic problems.  Story

Thursday, May 17, 2001
ROOSEVELT MAN TRANSLATES WORLD INTO MUSIC

ROOSEVELT — When you do it right, you know it. Life is supposed to imitate art, even when that art is science. Dr. Garton, with a little help from some digital friends, has found a way to be both musician and engineer.  Story