Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000
INTERFAITH SERVICE SET IN WAKE OF BIAS CRIME
VANDALISM AT JEWISH CONGREGATION SPURS INTERCOMMUNITY SUPPORT

In response to vandals who scrawled backward swastikas and anti-Semitic messages with red spray paint across their little shul by the river in New Hope, Kehilat HaNahar will hold a special interfaith service Friday evening at their Mechanic Street synagogue.  Story

Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000
AREA RELIEVED AS REBUILT BRIDGE OPENS
ONE YEAR AFTER FLOYD'S DEVASTATION, $777,660 OVERHAUL COMPLETE

It was such a significant event that even George Washington attended the ceremony held to celebrate the reopening of the bridge on River Road in Pennsylvania that forced motorists to take alternative routes to and from New Hope for a year.  Story

Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000
TOWNSHIP MULLS CHANGING NAME
NOVEMBER VOTE WILL LOOK FOR CONSENSUS ON IDENTITY

In November, voters will have the chance to say whether they want the name of their township changed from Upper Freehold to Cream Ridge. The name-change question is in the form of a nonbinding referendum to "obtain the sentiments of the voters on this matter."  Story

Thursday, Sept. 7, 2000
STUDY: CURFEW IS NOT NEEDED
ALLENTOWN OFFICIAL FOUND NO JUVENILES LOITERING THIS SUMMER

Allentown's Public Safety Director Harvey Morrell determined recently the borough does not need a curfew for young people. In a recent meeting with Council President Peter Pantages, Mr. Morrell revealed the results of his and borough patrol officers' observations.  Story

Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2000
PROBING DIVERSITY FROM UP CLOSE
P.U. PROFESSOR TO STUDY DIVERSITY IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Marta Tienda's father came to this country from Mexico in the late 1940s and got a factory job. He had less than a primary school education and he "knew how many doors were shut to him" because of his lack of schooling. His daughter, now a Princeton University sociology professor, clearly took that message to heart.  Story

Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2000
PHYSICS FOR POETS
PRINCETON-BASED NOVEL EXPLORES PASSIONS OF SCIENTISTS

Suppose Albert Einstein lectured William Blake on the art of writing poetry. The result just might be volumes of romantic verse written as a product of wave function, rather than poetic meter. "Since physics is poetry, then poetry is physics," says author Rebecca Goldstein.  Story

Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2000
MILES 4 KIDS
IMPROVING LIFE QUALITY FOR YOUNG CANCER PATIENTS

The Garden State Culinary Invitational is an elegant fund-raising event that draws upon the services of leading chefs from across the state. This year's event will be held Sept. 12 and the beneficiary is the Kingston-based Miles 2 Go 4 Kids Foundation.  Story

Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2000
LOOSE ENDS
SMOOTH OPERATOR IN COFFEE LINE

Making peace in the Mideast may be his forte, but President Clinton failed at peacemaking in Central Jersey's coffeehouses, according to Packet columnist Pam Hersh. When he breezed through Princeton in August, he only added fuel to the fires of the café wars.  Story

Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000
THE LESSON IS GROWTH
SCHOOLS ADJUST TO BURGEONING ENROLLMENT

Students beginning the new school year this week and next will find expanding enrollments, improved technology, new teachers and, in the Princeton Regional School District, the first permanent superintendent since February 1998.  Story

Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000
COOL, RAINY SUMMER YIELDS RAGWEED THREAT
RECORD RAINFALL COULD EXACERBATE ASTHMA, SINUS PROBLEMS

Ragweed could cause serious health problems for hay fever sufferers this fall. The unseasonably cool temperatures and record high rainfall this summer could result in a bumper crop of ragweed, often found in back yards, fields and even in sidewalk cracks during autumn.  Story

Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000
BILL WOULD PERMIT SMOKING BANS
TURNER SEEKS STATE PROTECTION OF LOCAL ANTI-SMOKING MEASURES

State Sen. Shirley K. Turner (D-Lawrence) is preparing legislation aimed at providing legal protection for Princeton and other New Jersey towns seeking to enact tough smoking laws within their municipal boundaries. She is calling for a swift legislative remedy.  Story

Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000
TEEN CRIME IN UPWARD JOLT
SHOPLIFTING, POSSESSION OF ALCOHOL WERE MOST COMMON OFFENSES

Crimes by juveniles during the waning days of August in Princeton Borough have skyrocketed compared to last year. But store owners have become more vigilant against shoplifting, typically the crime of choice of juveniles, police said.  Story

Tuesday, Sept. 5, 2000
GRAD STUDENT LEASE PLAN GETS OK
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY TO PAY $12,000 FOR EACH GRIGGS FARM UNIT

The Princeton Township Committee has authorized an agreement with Princeton University that will allow up to six township-owned affordable housing one-bedroom units at Griggs Farm to be leased to the school for its graduate students.  Story

Monday, Sept. 4, 2000
ROSIE THE RIVETER
LIBRARY EXHIBIT LOOKS BACK AT SOCIAL ROLES DURING WORLD WAR II

There is a time for every purpose. A time to dance, a time to sing — and a time to remember. From Sunday, Sept. 17, through Sunday, Nov. 19, the Princeton Public Library will celebrate the strength and power that flow when people are united in a common cause with "From Rosie to Roosevelt — a Film History of Americans in World War II."  Story

Monday, Sept. 4, 2000
2000 WEATHER MAKES COMPLETE TURN
FARMERS' FORTUNES MIXED THIS YEAR

Over the past year, the weather has made a 180-degree turn. But for some farmers, fortunes have been mixed in the wake of the turnaround. Following one of the worst droughts in recent memory, the area has experienced above-average precipitation.  Story
Pacific waters impact climate

Friday, Sept. 1, 2000
COURT REJECTS SMOKING BAN
NEXT STOP COULD BE APPELLATE COURT OR LEGISLATURE

Questions remain over the next battlefield for the Princeton Regional Health Commission's invalidated smoking ban — the courts or the New Jersey Legislature. A Mercer County Superior Court judge this week snuffed out the ban on smoking in indoor public places.  Story
'Conflict' still at issue

Friday, Sept. 1, 2000
ABC 'DRIVING WHILE BLACK' SUIT DISMISSED BY JUDGE
DECISION CONTENDS JAMESBURG COPS DIDN'T PROVE MALICE

A lawsuit accusing ABC Television of defaming three Jamesburg police officers was dismissed this week by a Superior Court Judge who said the claims had no merit. The patrolmen probably will appeal the decision, according to their lawyer, Brian Rishwain.  Story

Friday, Sept. 1, 2000
STUDENTS IN DRUG STING WON'T RETURN TO SCHOOL
NINE WW-P TEENS BANNED FROM DISTRICT FOR ONE TO TWO YEARS

None of nine West Windsor-Plainsboro students arrested in a May drug sting will return to the district when classes begin next week. And the district must pay for the out-of-district placement of one of the students, a special-education pupil, until the student is 21.  Story

Friday, Sept. 1, 2000
LOCALS EYE CHANGE IN AIR TRAFFIC
CRANBURY RESIDENT LEADS EFFORT TO REROUTE NEWARK FLIGHT PATHS

The governor is among politicians who have joined opponents of increased air traffic over New Jersey. But the Cranbury Township Committee, which was approached with a resolution in support of altered flight patterns, may be hesitant to support the fight.  Story

Friday, Sept. 1, 2000
A NEW BOSS IN THE CORNER OFFICE
NEW JERSEY NATIVE COMES HOME AFTER 26 YEARS

There's a new man in town looking to help Princeton's adolescents, young adults and their families. Gary DeBlasio, a New Jersey native, has been named the new executive director of Corner House, Princeton's counseling, prevention and education agency for adolescents and young adults.  Story

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