Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000
TOURNAMENT ENDS IN FIGHT
SOUTH BRUNSWICK SOCCER TOURNAMENT ENDS ON UGLY NOTE

The score was tied at the end of the semifinal soccer game between 9-year-old boys. A shoot-out began to determine a winner. But there was no winner Sunday, after a fight between parents on the sidelines sent children to the buses and summoned police to the park.  Story
A growing national problem hits home

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000
FIGHTING HUNGER:
GENEROUS CHESTERFIELD FARMERS HELP THE HUNGRY BY GLEANING

Looking for a community service project where you can have fun, be outdoors, learn something and make a difference? Try gleaning — gathering the leftover produce after the harvest and giving it to the hungry — recommends freelance writer Erin Murphy Sanders.  Story

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000
ARTY AWARDS CELEBRATE NEW HOPE'S STARS
THIS 'BEST OF THE BEST' EVENT IS MODELED ON ACADEMY AWARDS

It was an affair to remember when the New Hope Chamber of Commerce presented the fifth annual Arty Awards to a sold-out crowd this week. Businesses or individuals in 17 categories were nominated and the public voted for their favorites.  Story

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000
INTERFAITH SERVICE BEGINS HEALING
TURNOUT BOLSTERS FIGHT AGAINST HATE

Close to 300 people attended a special communitywide service held at Kehilat HaNahar in New Hope to express an unprecedented show of solidarity and support against hate crimes. Backward swastikas and anti-Semitic messages had been scrawled on the synagogue.  Story

Thursday, Sept. 14, 2000
LOITERING LAW REMAINS UNDER STUDY
ALLENTOWN CONSIDERS WHETHER ORDINANCE IS ENFORCEABLE

With Allentown residents and business owners voicing opinions on the decision not to pursue a curfew for minors, many are waiting for the borough to complete its study of the parental responsibility law. Legal questions exist as to whether loitering laws are enforceable.  Story

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000
ORCHARD HILL SCHOOL TO REOPEN MONDAY
EXTRA DAYS WILL ENSURE THOROUGH INSULATION CLEAN-UP

The Orchard Hill Elementary School will remain closed until Monday as crews remove the wet and mildew-laden insulation around air conditioner pipes, the Montgomery Township School District's spokesman said Tuesday.  Story

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000
LESSONS FROM A TREE
AN EPIPHANY LED MARIO CUOMO TO HIS NEW BOOK

When Mario Cuomo was running against millionaire businessman Lewis Lehrman for the governorship of New York State in 1982, he had a little epiphany. The result is a new children's book, "The Blue Spruce," and Mr. Cuomo will be at Barnes & Noble in West Windsor on Thursday to discuss its message.  Story
From the diary of Mario Cuomo

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000
PALMER SQUARE TREAT TO MELT AWAY
THOMAS SWEET TO SELL ICE CREAM ONLY AT NASSAU STREET STORE

Thomas Sweet Ice Cream on Palmer Square will consolidate the ice cream portion of its business and move that service to its flagship store on Nassau Street. Co-owners Tom Grimm and Tom Block will close the ice cream portion of 33 Palmer Square West on Sept. 25.  Story

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000
LIFE SERVES UP A CHILLY CHANGE
BAYARD JORDAN, A PRINCETON INSTITUTION, IS OFF TO ALASKA

Lifetime Princeton resident Bayard Jordan, best known on the Princeton tennis circuit, is off to the North Pole and it's not to join Santa and his elves. Mr. Jordan is leaving Princeton with his wife, Albany, in mid-September to live with their daughter in North Pole, Alaska, a town on the outskirts of Fairbanks.  Story

Tuesday, Sept. 12, 2000
NEW SCHOOL WOULD GET $15.6 MILLION
FUNDS FOR MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL TO COME FROM STATE

The state has waived its requirement for a local five-year facilities plan and would pitch in $15.6 million to help pay for the proposed $70 million Montgomery high school project, the school district was notified late last week.  Story

Monday, Sept. 11, 2000
ORCHARD HILL SCHOOL OPENING DELAYED
MILDEW SPREAD CAUSES CLASSROOM, INSULATION CLEAN-UP

Students at the Orchard Hill Elementary School in Montgomery got four extra days of summer vacation Monday when the school was closed through Thursday while crews clean up an extensive mildew growth on carpets and furniture. The reopening will depend on environmental test results.  Story

Monday, Sept. 11, 2000
'ART FOR AUTISM'
CHRISTIES TO AUCTION BARBARA JOHNSON'S POLISH MASTERS

On Sept. 22, the Barbara Piasecka Johnson Foundation will host "Art for Autism" at Jasna Polana in Princeton Township. The event will feature auctions, conducted by Christie's New York, of Polish art donated from Mrs. Johnson's private collection. Proceeds will benefit autistic children in Poland, and at Eden and the Princeton Child Development institutes.  Story
PCDI trains therapists for autism intervention in Poland

Monday, Sept. 11, 2000
RABBIS DISAGREE WITH CRITICISM OF CANDIDATE
LOCAL JEWISH LEADERS PRAISE LIEBERMAN'S STRESS ON HIS FAITH

Has Sen. Joseph Leiberman's vice presidential campaign focused too much on his personal religious views? Not according to local Jewish leaders, who say it is appropriate and important that for the senator to say who he is as a deeply observant orthodox Jew.  Story

Monday, Sept. 11, 2000
CENTER OF ATTENTION
NEW PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS CENTER OPENED ON SCHEDULE

Paul Breitman is one happy, proud and excited guy. He is the director of the brand, spanking new Frist Campus Center at Princeton University, one of the few places on campus where everyone that makes up the university community can meet on common ground.  Story

Friday, Sept. 8, 2000
HE'S COMING BACK…
CLINTON RETURNING FOR SCHOLARLY TALK IN OCTOBER

President Clinton will return to Princeton for a two-day academic conference next month. The president will give the keynote address at a conference on the American progressive tradition, which will include some of the country's distinguished historians and writers.  Story

Friday, Sept. 8, 2000
HOLT POINTS TO INDEPENDENCE IN TIGHT RACE
CANDIDATE SAYS CAMPAIGN IS ABOUT ISSUES, NOT PERSONALITIES

U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) is preparing for a tough battle to hold on to his seat. He will face Republican Dick Zimmer, who held the seat from 1992 to 1996, in the November election. Rep. Holt sat down with The Packet's editorial board recently to discuss the race.  Story

Friday, Sept. 8, 2000
PEACE COALITION SPURS POLITICAL DEBATE
RALLY TO KICKOFF VOTER CAMPAIGN SCHEDULED FOR SATURDAY

The Coalition for Peace Action has scheduled a series of events Saturday as a kickoff of its 2000 Peace Voter campaign. The first event is a rally at noon at Palmer Square to oppose additional funding for nuclear weapons. The events are free of charge.  Story

Friday, Sept. 8, 2000
STATE DOT TO UNVEIL BYPASS REPORT
LONG-DELAYED ASSESSMENT SEEN AS SUBTERFUGE BY OPPONENTS

After more than a decade of delays, the state Department of Transportation has targeted the end of this month or early October to release its environmental assessment of the proposed Millstone Bypass on the area's environmental, cultural and historic resources.  Story

Friday, Sept. 8, 2000
WEST NILE VIRUS SURFACES IN BELLE MEAD
OFFICIALS MAINTAIN VIRUS POSES LITTLE HEALTH RISK

A dead crow found in the Belle Mead area tested positive for West Nile virus recently, making a total of three in Somerset County. To date, 586 birds in 14 New Jersey counties have tested positive for the virus. This was the first bird in the Hillsborough area to test positive.  Story

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