Tuesday, July 17, 2001
RELIEF FOLLOWS THE RELEASE OF PROFESSOR HELD IN CHINA
LI SHAOMAN RECEIVED HIS DOCTORATE FROM PRINCETON UNIVERSITY

His friends and colleagues are relieved that Li Shaoman, a Hong Kong-based business professor who received his doctorate from Princeton University, will be set free, but they remain critical of the Chinese government for detaining and prosecuting him.  Story

Tuesday, July 17, 2001
VETERAN POLICE CHIEF FRANK COX TO RETIRE
CAPT. JOE PICA TO REPLACE THE WEST WINDSOR POLICE CHIEF, WHO HAS LED THE DEPARTMENT SINCE 1980

WEST WINDSOR — Frank Cox, the township's chief of police since 1980, announced his retirement on Monday, to take effect Oct. 1. New Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh promptly announced his selection of Capt. Joe Pica, a 27-year department veteran, to succeed Chief Cox.  Story

Tuesday, July 17, 2001
TOWNSHIP SEEKS TO BUY GULICK FARM, RAISE OPEN SPACE TAX
'MENACING DOG' ORDINANCE ALSO INTRODUCED BY PRINCETON TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE

The Princeton Township Committee introduced ordinances Monday night to put a 1-cent increase in the township's open-space tax on the November ballot and to acquire the 40-acre Gulick property off Princeton-Kingston Road as open space and conservation farm easement.  Story

Tuesday, July 17, 2001
MCGREEVEY: 'HELLO, PRINCETON'

It was typical retail politics for Jim McGreevey, the Democratic candidate for governor, who spent a couple of hours Friday in Princeton's downtown business district.  Story

Monday, July 16, 2001
WORKING PARENTS FIND SOLACE IN SUMMER CAMPS

This is the first in a summer series looking at the day-care options available to working parents in South Brunswick: School has ended for the summer, and with the hot weather comes many new concerns for busy parents in the area.  Story

Monday, July 16, 2001
KEEPING ALL HER OPTIONS OPEN
RESIDENT PINS HOPES ON EXPERIMENTAL CANCER DRUG

Pepper Evans was shocked to hear that her friend's 2-year-old granddaughter was sick with cancer. What could she do to help, Ms. Evans wondered? And then it came to her — she'd cut off her hair.  Story

Monday, July 16, 2001
A HUNGRY, INVADING ARMY WORMS ITS WAY INTO AREA'S LAWNS

CENTRAL JERSEY — These hungry caterpillars, march in formations of as many as 100 per square foot, eating their way from lush green lawn to lush green lawn, leaving a wake of brown and brittle grass.  Story

Monday, July 16, 2001
ROCKINGHAM'S RELOCATION SET BACK AT LEAST A WEEK

FRANKLIN — The relocation of Rockingham, a 300-year-old house that once sheltered George Washington, has been delayed. The new tentative date for relocation is July 20.  Story
Historic Rockingham set for big move on Thursday

Friday, July 13, 2001
GARAGE RAISES TRAFFIC CONCERNS

A proposed downtown parking garage received support from many residents who attended a standing-room-only meeting Thursday night, but the development's impact on already traffic-congested streets was a serious concern.  Story

Friday, July 13, 2001
ARTS COUNCIL NEARS DECISION ON SITE

The future home of The Arts Council of Princeton may become clearer by the end of the month. Princeton Shopping Center and a Hopewell-area site have been eyed as options to the existing site on Witherspoon Street in Princeton Borough.  Story

Friday, July 13, 2001
FLYING SAUCERS ON ROUTE 1
VETERAN AVIATOR RECALLS EXCITING EARLY DAYS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF HOVERCRAFT

Flying saucers once invaded Plainsboro, hovering over farm fields, waterways and even Route 1. Perhaps more remarkable was that one lucky man got to sit in the driver's seat.  Story

Friday, July 13, 2001
ROLLING MEADOW
RT. 1 OVERPASS PROJECT ON SCHEDULE AND ALSO ON SOME MERCHANTS' NERVES

WEST WINDSOR — As construction of the Meadow Road overpass moves past its midway point, some merchants at the MarketFair on Route 1 may have begun to see the light at the end of the tunnel.  Story

Friday, July 13, 2001
CAMP HIRES LAW FIRM TO PROBE CLAIMS OF ABUSE

The Princeton-Blairstown Center has hired the third-largest law firm in the state to conduct an independent investigation of allegations that camp counselors physically abused several campers from Princeton.  Story
State probes allegations of abuse of Princeton children at camp.

Friday, July 13, 2001
JAMIESON: SPECIAL IN AND OUT OF COURT

To those who knew and worked with him, Thomas Jamieson of Lawrence, the prominent Princeton lawyer and lobbyist who died Tuesday at the age of 66, was larger than life.  Story