Friday, Oct. 6, 2000
KOSOVO ASSIGNMENT PUTS EAST WINDSOR MAN IN CHARGE
FORMER OFFICER SUPERVISES ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW POLICE FORCE

East Windsor resident Mike Gilhooly doesn't have to read the newspapers or watch the nightly news to know how Yugoslavia's presidential election is going. As the Deputy Regional Commander of Operations for the United Nations Police in Mitrovica, Kosovo, he only has to look out his office window to learn the latest.  Story

Friday, Oct. 6, 2000
ARREST COULD BE LINKED TO MURDER CASE
JOHN DAVID SMITH TO BE EXTRADITED FROM CALIFORNIA TO OHIO

A former West Windsor Township resident, whom local police say is the prime suspect in the disappearance of his second wife here in 1991, was arrested Tuesday in California and charged with the murder of his first wife, according to the FBI.  Story

Friday, Oct. 6, 2000
PRESIDENT PAYS ANOTHER VISIT
CLINTON KICKS OFF P.U. CONFERENCE ON PROGRESSIVE ERA

President Clinton used the keynote address for Thursday's Princeton University conference on the Progressive Era to sum up his almost eight years in office by linking himself with the early American presidents of the 20th century.  Story

Friday, Oct. 6, 2000
MAYOR CRITICAL OF P.U. MASTER PLAN
CONSIDERATION OF TRAFFIC IMPACT FOUND WANTING

Princeton University officials came before the Princeton Regional Planning Board this week to talk about the university's master plan. But when it came time for questioning from the board, it was something that wasn't on the master plan that got the most attention.  Story

Friday, Oct. 6, 2000
MORE ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO ROUTE 1 TRAFFIC LIGHTS
WASHINGTON ROAD, HARRISON STREET SIGNALS STAY GREEN LONGER

In an attempt to work the bugs out of its latest traffic-relief effort, the New Jersey Department of Transportation has made another timing change to green lights at two Route 1 crossings, at Princeton's Washington Road and Harrison Street.  Story

Friday, Oct. 6, 2000
A TORNADO?
CLOSE, BUT NOT QUITE

Weather officials said Wednesday night's storm — which left 2,000 Princeton Township residents without electricity for several hours, uprooted dozens of trees and left motorists idling on area roads Thursday morning — was not a tornado but just an extremely strong wind, thunder and lightning storm.  Story

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000
AREA CLEANS UP FROM STORM
STRONG THUNDERSTORM DOWNS TREES, CLOSES ROADS

Torrential rains and high winds ripped through Lawrence Township shortly before 8 p.m. Wednesday, knocking down trees and electrical wires and closing several roads in the northern part of the township. Damage was concentrated in the area between Carter Road and Province Line Road.  Story

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000
OFFICER FILES COUNTERSUIT AGAINST LAS
SOUTH BRUNSWICK COP SEEKS $200,000 FOR NEGLIGENCE, TRAUMA

A police sergeant being sued for civil rights abuses by the family of a 30-year-old Kendall Park man who was shot and killed by the sergeant, has filed a counterclaim in the civil suit charging the family with negligence and causing mental trauma.  Story

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000
STATE TRAP FAILS TO NET BLACK BEARS
WEST AMWELL TOWNSHIP LEARNING HOW TO LIVE WITH BEARS

The intention was to capture bears, but what it got was possums, raccoons and other critters when the state Division of Fish and Wildlife installed a trap last month on West Amwell Township's South Hunterdon High School grounds.  Story

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000
SENIORS MAY GET INTERNET
BALTIMORE-BASED TELECOM OFFERS FREE COMPUTERS, TRAINING

Seniors soon may benefit from free Internet access at the Senior Center if the Washington Township Committee approves a plan offered by Ntegrity Telecommunications to allow the competitive local exchange carrier to donate equipment and services to the township.  Story

Thursday, Oct. 5, 2000
ALLENTOWN RESIDENT HELPS TO FIND WW II VETS
VETERANS TO BE INCLUDED IN WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL'S REGISTRY

When Bob Peppler of Allentown got the chance to help register veterans for the soon-to-be-constructed World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., he knew it was a good idea. He didn't know anyone killed in the war, but he understood the need to recognize them.  Story

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2000
BREEDING WINNING ATTITUDES
FORMER MR. NEW JERSEY HELPS STUDENTS 'PSYCH OUT' OPPONENTS

Athletes in training at Princeton University's Stephens Fitness Center leave the gym with more than a better "bod" for their efforts. They just might pick up a few runway tips. For newly appointed fitness supervisor Michael Greenblatt, fitness training is only one part of his daily juggling act. He also struts his stuff on the runway as a model and has added acting to his repertoire.  Story

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2000
UNIVERSITY JOINS ONLINE ALLIANCE
NONCREDIT COURSES, INTERACTIVE SEMINARS TO BE OFFERED

Princeton, Oxford, Stanford and Yale universities have announced they each will provide $3 million to launch their "distance learning" venture to provide online courses in the arts and sciences to their combined 500,000 alumni.  Story

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2000
REFERENDUM OK'D IN MONTGOMERY
HIGH VOTER TURNOUT OVERWHELMINGLY APPROVES BOND PROPOSALS

With an unusually high voter turnout, Montgomery Township residents went to the polls Tuesday to overwhelmingly approve a three-part, $70.2 million bond referendum to build a new high school. More than 40 percent of the 3,480 eligible voters came out to vote.  Story

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2000
HILLSBOROUGH VOTERS OK REFERENDUM
$21.5M SCHOOL BUILDING PROJECT APPROVED BY MORE THAN 2-TO-1

Hillsborough voters in a school district-wide referendum Tuesday night overwhelmingly approved a $21.5 million construction project that will remake the district's elementary and middle schools. A total of 3,726 voters participated in the referendum.  Story

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2000
LOOSE ENDS
WHEN LEGACY LIVED IN THE DICTIONARY

In the wake of P.U. President Harold Shapiro's impending retirement, Packet columnist Pam Hersh contemplates the many meanings and changed status of the "L" word — legacy — which has become in for every political, corporate or educational leader who is going out.  Story

Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2000
CRYING OUT FOR JUSTICE
SISTER HELEN PREJEAN TALKS ABOUT THE DEATH PENALTY

A conference on the death penalty, held in Princeton last week, drew many notables, including Rev. James McCloskey of Centurion Ministries. The keynote address was given by two-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Sister Prejean, author of "Dead Man Walking," which was filmed with Susan Sarandon and Sean Pean.  Story

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000
PRESIDENT PLANNING 3-HOUR STAY
CLINTON TO DELIVER KEYNOTE SPEECH AT P.U. CONFERENCE

President Bill Clinton is scheduled to be in Princeton from 2 to 5 p.m. Thursday, but the U.S. Secret Service promises there will be minimal traffic congestion as a result of the president's visit to Princeton University. The president may leave town before rush hour.  Story

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000
ZIMMER CONDEMNS ANOTHER ADVERTISEMENT
CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE SAYS AD IS MALICIOUS AND FALSE

Dick Zimmer, the Republican candidate in the 12th Congressional District, on Monday called on Rep. Rush Holt to denounce a mailed political advertisement sent to district voters which criticizes Mr. Zimmer's voting record on women's health issues.  Story

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000
PRINCETON FUTURE VOWS INCLUSIVENESS
GROUP SEEKS DIVERSITY IN BUILDING, ACTIVITIES AND PEOPLE

While Princeton Future's planning for the future of the downtown will involve a lot of bricks and mortar, it can't forget one of its biggest building blocks — local residents. That was part of the message when the newly formed citizens group got organized last week.  Story

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000
SCHOOL REFERENDUM GOES TO VOTERS TODAY
CONSTRUCTION OF NEW MONTGOMERY HIGH SCHOOL AT STAKE

Montgomery residents go to the polls today to vote on a $70.2 million, three-part bond referendum for a new high school. The polls are open from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. at the Orchard Hill Elementary School's gymnasium on Burnt Hill Road.  Story

Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2000
AERIAL CENSUS MAY LEAD TO DEER SHOOT
MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP TO EYE SPECIFIC PLANS

Township Committeewoman Ali Henkel will ask her colleagues Thursday to begin taking several steps to address the township's increasing deer population, including an aerial census of the herd to justify the hiring of sharp­shooters.  Story

Monday, Oct. 2, 2000
BOWING DOWN TO NATURE
BRINGING PEACE AND CONTEMPLATION TO A CHILD'S TRAGEDY

The Japanese garden at Princeton Montessori School is more than a memorial garden for Yuki Nagata, a student in the toddler program who died in his sleep three years ago. It is a place to escape from the world, to reflect, to be able to contemplate and come up with new ideas and perspectives, to open the imagination.  Story

Monday, Oct. 2, 2000
SERVING CAMPUS JEWS A COMPLEX MISSION
DIVERSE JEWISH POPULATION MAKES FOR MULTIPLE CONGREGATIONS

As director of Princeton University's Center for Jewish Life, Rabbi James S. Diamond is the spiritual leader of three "congregations" that mark the major branches of Judaism — Orthodox, Conservative and Reform. The students run the programs and worship services.  Story

Monday, Oct. 2, 2000
PU ADDRESSES REPORT ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS
OFFICIALS CONFIRM PARTICIPATION IN MANHATTAN PROJECT RESEARCH

Yes, Princeton University officials confirm, there was a spill of radioactive material in 1936 in Palmer Hall, which is now part of the new Frist Campus Center. But, no, this is not news, they say, and it's certainly nothing the university is trying to hide.  Story

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