2018-02-16 The Cranbury Press

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Township not high on retail sales of medical marijuana

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The Cranbury Township Committee will look to stay one step ahead of possible changes to New Jersey’s drug laws with an ordinance that would prohibit retail sales of recreational marijuana in town.

The measure is expected to come up at the committee meeting later this month, in a community already home to a medical marijuana facility, Breakwater Alternative Treatment Center. In large measure, any local ordinance would prohibit what is already against the law. But with Gov. Phil Murphy supporting legalizing recreational marijuana and state lawmakers introducing legislation to that end, officials want to be ahead of the curve.

“At this point, I don’t think that we can say this is what the law is going to be, at the state level. It’s a little bit of an unknown,” said Township Attorney Daniel A. Davidow during Monday’s Committee meeting, when the issue came up.

Other New Jersey communities are looking to preemptively ban retail sales or have done so already.

Township Committeeman James Taylor, concerned about the impacts on property values and the school system, said he had reached out to members of area judiciary to get their view. Their advice, he said, was that it would be “better to have something on the books than to have nothing on the books right now.”

“So I think that if we end up ever having to defend ourselves,” he said, “we’d mostly likely have a favorable view from the bench.”

Township Committeeman Matthew A. Scott raised concern about going to the trouble of creating an ordinance ahead of what happens in Trenton.

“My only fear is that we’re going to spend all this time and energy on coming up with a statute and it’s just going to be irrelevant by the time the final bill is written,” he said.

For his part, Township Committeeman Daniel P. Mulligan III raised concern that he did not trust state government to “implement anything properly,” in his words.

“There’s really a high risk that

they’re going to screw this up,” he said, “so I want something defensible.”

“When I look at it strategically, for Cranbury,” Mulligan said, “I think what we should consider is to definitely, at the very least, ban retail sales. And it gives us a defensible position if the state comes in and enacts a law that we don’t agree with and does something negatively to Cranbury.”

Proponents of legalization have talked about the economic benefits through additional tax revenue, with estimates of more than $300 million annually, based on an analysis by legalization advocates.

Mayor Glenn R. Johnson was skeptical of the rosy financial predictions. He pointed to the experience of Colorado, which legalized marijuana, where the price of marijuana started out at around $36 per gram and then, as more growers came in, fell to about $8.

“So if you’re talking about a tax that’s based on the purchase price,” he said, “it seems like it’s going to be a decreasing thing over a period of years.”

Johnson said he had asked for time to testify before a state Assembly committee that will have a hearing on marijuana next month.

Scott, picking up on the theme of legalization helping the economy, raised a hypothetical scenario of a marijuana dispensary in the downtown.

“People love to eat when they smoke pot. There would be better restaurants in town, just more foot traffic,” he said.

He later raised a concern that Cranbury might lose out on a dispensary that decides to go to a more hospitable community.

Medical marijuana is already legal in the state. The town has had no problems with Breakwater, Mulligan said.

“That’s been fine, I toured the facility myself,” said Mulligan, who added he agreed in “principle” with medical marijuana.

Whatever changes New Jersey makes, however, would not impact federal drug laws.

Breakwater is illegal under federal law, Davidow said. The federal government has said, during the Obama administration, that it would not prosecute medicinal operators that comply with state law, Davidow said.

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Mrs. Harder knew headgear

Volunteer docent Virginia Swanagan, above, shows a double pelt mink stole and alligator purse and other historic artifacts while explaining their significance to the development of the town during a tour of the Cranbury Museum Feb. 11. The exhibit “Millinery on Main Street: Mrs. Harder's Hat Shoppe,” left, featuring hats and accessories from the 1900s through the 1960s, will on display at the museum through Sunday, Feb. 18.

Commission to provide shade for Main Street, Four Seasons

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

More new trees will be coming to Cranbury, in a town hit hard by a tree-killing insect infestation a few years ago.

The municipal Shade Tree Commission will spend $12,000 to plant around 25 to 30 trees, focusing on Main Street and the Four Seasons community.

Planting of trees native to North America will happen in either the spring or fall, paid for with money from the township, said one local official.

“Well, it’s the first time we’ve be able to actively engage in planning and planting and putting our resources to work,” Commission Chairwoman Kathy Easton said by phone Monday.

The commission had surveyed Main Street to see where there are spaces to plant shade trees, and assessed the health of trees - whether they need attention, if they’re healthy or if they’re hazardous, she said.

“Now we get to use both of those reports and references to go along and look for good spaces to add to the tree canopy on Main Street and also at Four Seasons, where there is a stark dearth of trees,” she said.

Four Seasons lost trees due to an infestation of the Emerald Ash Borer, a bug that kills Ash trees.

States around the country and other communities in New Jersey had been dealing with the problem.

“Emerald Ash Borer was discovered in New Jersey in May

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Besides Cranbury, other Middlesex County towns where the bug has been found include South Brunswick, Monroe, East Brunswick, Milltown and Piscataway, the state said.

In 2016, the Christie administration made $1.56 million available to towns to implement “community forestry management plans.”

That same year, the township reported a “rampant infestation” of the bug at Four Seasons, involving more than 100 trees. In 2017, the township removed 114 ash trees, located in the public right of way there, Easton said. On Hagerty Lane, for instance, all 33 streets trees, which were ash, had to be cut down, she said.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR Video games, social media could save someone’s life

To the editor: I am writing in response to an article written by Lea Kahn published on January 18, 2018 titled “Mercer County superintendents work together to save lives”.

The article discusses a meeting that the superintendents and parents of Mercer County attended to learn possible reasons why the teenage suicide crisis is occurring in our community and how to combat it. There is one point within the article with which I refute: that social media and video games do not allow for social interaction.

Right now, I know that parents all over Mercer County are concerned about teen suicide. Parents are scrambling to figure out why this is happening to the children and teenagers of our community and many fear that it could happen to their own child. As a teenager and current college student of the community who has been in such a situation, I’d like to share my thoughts and experience.

I have been a Mercer County resident ever since I was born. I have never been formally diagnosed with any mental illness and I have grown up in a wholesome loving family, but I admit that I have had very negative thoughts, including suicide.

Many factors went into what was going on in my mind. I would constantly compare myself to others and I’d always believe others were doing substantially better than me in academics or extra-curriculars. I also had selfesteem and self-image issues. Finally, after many years of pent up stress and insecurities, it got to a point where I

felt like I couldn’t handle anything anymore. I was being pushed to the edge, but something saved me: social media.

Although many parents are concerned about what their child is being exposed to on the internet, it is important to understand that social media is a place where social interaction thrives. While not all interactions may be positive, it is not to be forgotten that there are communities that offer acceptance, like the gaming community.

It is a concern to many parents that video games and the use of social media can have a negative effect on their child’s social ability, but it is misguided to say that video games absolutely do not allow for social interaction.

In a 2014 study, “Video Games Do Affect Social Outcomes,” it was found that violent video games did affect levels of aggression. However, it was also found that video games that promoted social interaction, such as multiplayer games, positively affected social behavior and decreased levels of aggression (Greitemeyer, Mugge).

Some parents may not know that many games that are considered to be violent include a cooperative element in which players can form teams to accomplish a mission. In recent studies, it was suggested that the social elements within violent video games can counteract the negative effects they may have on the player.

There are plenty of video games on the market that promote social interaction like League of Legends, Overwatch, or Splatoon. It is also noteworthy that video game culture has fostered a massive community around the world. There are clubs, organizations and even conventions that base themselves around video games which allow people to in-

teract and socialize because of their common love for the medium.

Through social media and the communities of which I belonged to, such as the gaming community, I was able to socially flourish and find the people who could relate to me. Without social media, I would have never met one of my best friends who lives on the other side of the world.

While my family does give me plenty of love and support, my best friend and the online community was the rock that held me down to Earth and constantly reminded me that I am not alone, that I am valued and loved.

It is important to see that video games and social media are more than solely a suicide risk. What may seem to be a danger, can be a blessing in disguise. These platforms can serve as a safe haven for those who are struggling with their everyday problems.

I am not saying to introduce your 5-year-old child to violent video games or sign them up on Facebook or Instagram, but I am suggesting that monitoring your child’s activity on video games and on the internet is better than taking them away.

Try to understand why your children is using social media or playing video games. Everyone has their own way to cope, and by revoking video games or social media, you could potentially cut off an entire support system that could save someone’s life.

A life like your child’s or a life like mine, a teenager from Mercer County.

Feb. 2 at Twins Rivers Drive and Lake Drive.

While on patrol an officer observed a vehicle make an improper turn and a motor vehicle stop was conducted. An investigation revealed that the driver was in possession of marijuana, drug paraphernalia, Alprazolam and was suspected of being under the influence.

The driver was given field sobriety tests, arrested and later released pending court action.

operated without its headlights and a motor vehicle stop was conducted. And investigation revealed that the passenger in the vehicle was in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The passenger was arrested and later released pending court action.

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The East Windsor Township Police Department initiated the following police reports through Wednesday, Feb. 7, 2018:

A 27-year-old East Windsor man was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession

of Alprazolam, being under the influence of a controlled dangerous substance, DUI, DUI in a school zone, having a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle, reckless driving, careless driving and for having a suspended license after being stopped at 2:09 a.m.

A 47-year-old man from Jackson, N.J., was charged with DUI, reckless driving, careless driving, failure to observe a signal, delaying traffic, having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle and for having an

obstructed view after being stopped at 4:50 p.m. Feb. 3 on Route 33.

While on patrol an officer observed a vehicle fail to obey a traffic signal and a motor vehicle stop was conducted. An investigation revealed that the driver was suspected of operating the vehicle while under the influence. The driver was given field sobriety tests, arrested and later released pending court action.

A 23-year-old East Windsor man was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after being stopped at 10:31 p.m. feb. 3 on Route 130.

While on patrol an officer observed a vehicle being

An 18-year-old from Levittown, PA, was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, failure to maintain lane and for having an obstructed view after being stopped at 1:10 a.m.

Feb. 4 on Route 130.

While on patrol an officer observed a vehicle being operated while not maintaining its lane of travel and a motor vehicle stop was

conducted. An investigation revealed that the driver was in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The driver was arrested and later released pending court action.

The Hightstown Police Department initiated the following police reports from Feb. 4 through Feb. 11, 2018:

A 29-year-old man from Bordentown was arrested Feb. 4 for driving while intoxicated, during the course of a motor vehicle stop on North Main Street. He was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, issued traffic summonses with a pending court apSee POLICE, Page 3

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Free Tax Help, 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Families with household income under $65,000 are eligible for free tax preparation from the United Way of Mercer County. Advance appointment is mandatory. Please call 609-443-1880 for appointment.

Chinese New Year Craft, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Drop in at the library to make a craft that celebrates Chinese New Year. Ages 5 through 12 are invited to attend.

Baby & Toddler Time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. For children ages birth-2.5 years and a caregiver. Join us for singing & rhyming fun followed by play time with the library’s toys.

Drum Circle will be held at 10:30 a.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Cor-

ner Road, East Windsor.

Join musician and teacher Jaclyn DiLouie of Mercer ARC to create simple rhythms using hand held drums and various percussion instruments. No experience required. Drums and instruments provided or feel free to bring your own. No registration necessary.

Movie: Gifted Hands at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Join us for a screening of the popular movie starring Cuba Gooding Jr. Not Rated, 88 minutes. A small snack will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Hickory Corner Library.

Sat., Feb. 17 The Role of Cotton in Slavery at 1 p.m. Cranbury resident Frank Marlowe will give another of his Black History Month talks this time on the cotton trade.

This discussion will explain slavery’s role in introducing the United States to industrial capitalism with its enormous wealth and disturbing inequalities that are

with us today. Enroll online or at the library. Cranbury Public Library, 23 N. Main, Cranbury.

Yoga for Beginners from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Learn simple and powerful yoga postures to improve stability and balance. No physical agility or prior yoga experience needed. Bring a mat or large towel. Instruction in English by a trained Isha facilitator.

Please register at www.mcl.org.

Free Tax Preparation will be held by appointment only between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Free face-toface tax preparation for individuals and families with income of less than $60,000 a year. Provided by United Way of Greater Mercer County. Call 609 448-0957 for an appointment.

Sun., Feb. 18 Cranbury Museum, 4 Park Place East, 1-4 p.m.

Take a tour of this lovely

house museum and see the beautiful exhibit, Millinery on Main Street: Mrs. Harder’s Hat Shoppe, featuring hats and accessories from the 1900s through the 1960s. This exhibit closes today.

Movie: The Rosa Parks Story at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Join us for a screening of the popular movie starring Cecily Tyson and Angela Bassett.

Not Rated, 100 minutes. A small snack will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Hickory Corner Library.

Tues., Feb. 20 Story Time,11 a.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Stories, songs and a craft for ages 2 through 5.

Our theme today will be presidents.Classic Movie Matinée: Casablanca, 2 p.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Come for an afternoon matinée and watch this Old Hollywood classic. Ages 15 and up.

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A 25-year-old woman from Browns Mills, was arrested Feb. 10 for possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, during the course of a motor vehicle stop on North Main Street. She was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, issued traffic summonses, and re-

leased on a summons complaint with a pending court date.

A 23-year-old man from Browns Mills, was arrested Feb. 10 for possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, during the course of a motor vehicle stop on Stockton Street.

He was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, issued traffic summonses, and released t with a pending court date.

A 44-year-old Hightstown man was arrested Feb. 10 for criminal trespassing after patrol officers were dispatched to a burglary call on the 100 Block of North Academy Street.

Upon arrival of patrol officers, the suspect fled from the caller’s residence and he was located a short time later, in the driveway of a residence on Grant Avenue.

He was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, and released on a summons complaint with a

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A 19-year-old East Windsor man was arrested Feb. 11 for active warrants out of East Windsor Municipal Court and Upper Freehold Municipal Court, while patrol officers were investigating a report of suspicious individuals loitering on private property located on the 100 Block of North Main Street. He was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, and released after posting bail.

Preregistration preferred. zenship Exam Review This program was made from 6 to 7 p.m. and Learnpossible by generous fund- ing English with Victor ing from the Friends of the from 7 to 9 p.m. at the HighTwin Rivers Branch. tstown Memorial Library, Story Time with Miss 114 Franklin St. in HightLiz from 10:30 to 11:15 am stown. Register in person or at the Hightstown Memorial by calling (609) 448-1474.

Library, 114 Franklin St. in for any of these 3 classes.

Hightstown. Children ages Spinning Yarns Craft 2-6 will enjoy stories, songs, Circle at 6:30 p.m. at the rhymes and a craft. Siblings Cranbury Public Library, 23 welcome.

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Continued from Page 3 crocheting, crafts and conversation. All levels welcome.

Toddler Story Time Tuesdays at 11:30 a.m. Toddlers 12 to 27 months are invited to get ready to read.

Each class includes stories, songs and socialization.

With caregiver. Enroll online or at the Cranbury Public Library, 23 N. Main, Cranbury.

Wed., Feb. 21

PowerPoint Basics, 10:30 am at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Learn how to create basic presentations, format text, and insert images, transitions and more. Mouse and keyboard skills are essential. Preregistration required.

Black History Month Film Festival: Get on Up (2014),2 p.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor.

The story of James Brown’s rise from extreme poverty to become one of the most influential musicians in history. Rated PG-13. Running time: 139 minutes. This program was made possible by generous funding from the Friends of the Twin Rivers Branch.Teen Volunteer Project,6 to 7:30 p.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Earn volunteer hours by helping to create our next children’s bulletin board. Teens will receive an official record of their volunteer hours.

Story Time with Miss Liz from 10:30 to 11:15 am at the Hightstown Memorial

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Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and a craft. Siblings welcome.

Midweek Math Tutoring from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Drop in math help for 1st grade-high school students with Peddie School student tutors.

Evening Meditation from 8 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Come join us for guided meditation at the end of your day. Leave feeling relaxed and rejuvenated.

Facilitated by library staff member Leena, a 10-year practitioner of Rajyoga meditation.

Adult Craft Circle at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Join us to create a fun valentine craft. All supplies provided; ages 14 to adult. Sponsored by Friends of the Hickory Corner Library. Please call the library to register at (609) 4480957.

Embroidery Circle will meet at 7 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor.

Whether you are looking to create your first stitch or expand your skills, learn new methods and techniques, or share embroidery art and craft ideas, the Embroidery Circle is open to all skill levels - including absolute beginners. Bring embroidery projects you are working on to share with others or work in the good company of fellow embroiders. No registration is necessary.

Dealing with Difficult

People will be held at 7 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Would your life be better if the difficult people you know or work with would just go away? While this seminar will not make that happen, it will offer you some strategies that can improve your relationship with them. Presented by Edie Glover, MSW, LSW. Sponsored by Friends of the Hickory Corner Library.

Please call the library to register at (609) 448-0957.

Thurs., Feb. 22 Cuentos en español/Bilingual Story Time,11 a.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor.

Cuentos, juegos, música y artesanías para edades 2 - 5.

Stories, games, music, and a craft for ages 2 through 5.

Speakers of all languages welcome.

Movie Night: Dunkirk, 6:30 p.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. World War II film about the rescue of Allied troops from Dunkirk, France. Rated PG13. Running time: 120 minutes.

Preregistration preferred. This program was made possible by generous funding from the Friends of the Twin Rivers Branch.

VITA Super Tax Day from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. IRS-certified volunteers provide free basic income tax return preparation to people with lower incomes, persons with disabilities and limited English speaking taxpayers who need assistance in preparing

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Folk art at the library The Hickory Corner Library will offer a unique display of Indian folk art by Anika Mittal from March 4 through April 27, during regular library hours. Mittal enjoys the folk arts of Warli and Madhubani and had developed a keen sense of color while studying to be a textile designer.

Madhubani art is named for the region of its development which focuses on marriage, birth and festivals. For information, contact Jennifer Worringer by email at jworring@mcl.org or by phone at 609- 448-1330. The Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System is located at 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor, NJ. their own tax returns.

Schedule a time in person or by calling (609) 448-1474.

Conversational English as a Second Language from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor.

Join librarian Mary Elizabeth Allen to learn how to

improve your English language speaking skills, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar and fluency. Must have some basic knowledge of English. Please call the library to register at (609) 448-0957.

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Learn to prepare a basic Word document. Save, format (bullets, font styles, etc...) and edit. Please call the library to register at (609) 448-0957.

Computer Class: Word Intermediate at 2:30 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Learn to work with several important ribbons (menus) including margins, inserting pictures and page breaks. Please call the library to register at (609) 448-0957.

Medicare Workshop will be held at 3 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor.

Come to learn about the different parts of Medicare, what you need to do when and how to get the most out of your Medicare. The State

Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) offers free, local information on how to navigate Medicare and the programs to help with the costs. Please call the library to register at (609) 4480957.

Fri., Feb. 23 Lego Play,11 a.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Join us for Lego fun at the library. Play with other children ages 2 through 5.

Baby & Toddler Time from 10:30 to 11 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. For children ages birth-2.5 years and a caregiver. Join us for singing and rhyming fun followed by play time with the library’s toys.

Movie: The Mountain Between Us at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor.

Join us for a screening of the

Legal Notices MEETING NOTICE To conform with the Sunshine Laws regarding meetings, the Monroe Township Board of Education hereby gives notice that the Board of Education will hold a Public Board of Education Meeting on Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. at Monroe Township High School, 200 Schoolhouse Road, Monroe Township, New Jersey 08831. Formal action will be taken at this meeting.

Respectfully submitted, Michael C. Gorski, CPA Business Administrator/Board Secretary CP, 1x, 2/16/18 Fee: $13.02 Affidavit: $15.00 ADVERTISEMENT NEW AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING COMING TO HIGHTSTOWN

The Borough of Hightstown in conjunction with the "PerrylBritz Building" at 132A 132F William Street in Hightstown, hereby announces that three (3) affordable rental apartment units will be available for rent at the building. The affordable housing program is being administered by the Borough's Housing administrative Agent, Rehabco, Inc. Applications will be available beginning, February 12th to March 12th 2018. The rents have been calculated between $880 for two (2) low-income, 2-bedroom units; and; $1,255 for (1) one moderate income, 3- bedroom unit. The highest allowable income ranges between $41,676 for a two-bedroom unit to $74,091 (4 person household) for a three -bedroom unit. The apartments are presently ready for occupancy. The units are eligible to low and moderateincome persons and all applicants prior to lease execution will be subject to a criminal background check.

Residents and workers of Ocean, Mercer and Monmouth Counties will be selected before residents and workers of other New Jersey counties or other states. All units will be subject to a public lottery. In accordance with New Jersey Department of Community Affairs rules, only appropriately sized families will be placed in available units.

Applicants will be required to show proof of residency and/or employment as well as all required household income documentation in order to qualify. All successful applicants will be required to maintain the unit as the family's primary residence.

Applications can be requested by email atRehabco@aol.com. or by calling (732) 477-7750.

A deadline date of March 12th is established for all applications to be filed with Rehabco, Inc., 470 Mantoloking Road, Brick NJ 08723 WHH, 2x, 2/9/18, 2/16/18 Fee: $55.80 Affidavit: $15.00

popular movie starring Kate Winslet and Idris Elba Rated PG-13, 112 minutes.

A small snack will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Hickory Corner Library.

Sat., Feb. 24 The Hightstown Woman’s Club welcomes all miniature enthusiasts to their 39th Annual Dollhouse and Miniature Show and Sale from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Hightstown, 320 North Main Street , Hightstown, N.J. There are 24 dealers coming from New Jersey, Pennsylvania and North Carolina. The adult admission is $7 per person; children under 12 are $3.

Marvel at the remarkable craftsmanship and enjoy lunch, snacks, and door prizes. There will also be a raffle for a handmade quilt at 2:30 p.m. For more information, call 609-4488388.

Family Movie:My Little Pony: The Movie, 10 a.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Join the ponies on their exciting adventure to save Ponyville. Rated PG, running time: 104 minutes.

This program was made possible by generous funding from the Friends of the Twin Rivers Branch.

Kids’ Public Speaking from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Tweens ages 812 will learn and practice the fundamentals of public speaking and debate through fun activities lead by a teen volunteer.

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the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Facilitated by library staff member, Leena, a 10-year practitioner of Rajyoga meditation. Registration suggested at www.mcl.org.

Isha Yoga & Meditation will be held at 3 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor.

The Isha Foundation, an international non- profit organization founded by Sadhguru, is offering this Yoga and Meditation workshop. Learn physical postures, breathing methods and meditation techniques to improve your overall well-being. No previous knowledge of yoga required. Please call the Reference Desk to register at (609) 448-0957.

Sun., Feb. 25 Movie: Hidden Figures at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Join us for a screening of the popular movie starring Taraji Henson and Octavia Spencer.

Rated PG, 127 minutes. A small snack will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Hickory Corner Library.

Celebrate Purim at the Beth El Synagogue “Purim Palooza” from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Join us for a fun filled morning of unlimited Bounce and Play, crafts, games, DJ and more. The cost is $20 per child 4 years old and older. This price includes a lunch package.

There is a $50 maximum for families with three or more children. This price includes the lunch package

for each child. Ages 3 and under are free and does not include a lunch package.

Lunch packages are available for purchase for adults.

Contact the Beth El Synagogue office to prepay or for questions. Beth El Synagogue is at 50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor, NJ, 08520; 609-443-4454 or visit www.bethel.net.

Mon., Feb. 26 Baby Time,11 a.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Stories, music, and play for tiny tots ages 6 months through 2 years.

Monday Night Book Group: Blood, Bones, and Butter: The Inadvertent Education of a Reluctant Chef by Gabrielle Hamilton, 6 p.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Follow Chef Gabrielle Hamilton’s extraordinary journey through the places she has inhabited over the years: the rural kitchen of her childhood; the kitchens of France, Greece, and Turkey; and the kitchen of her beloved Italian motherin-law.

Make It! Monday from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 with a caregiver can drop in during the program to make this week’s craft and stay to play with the library’s toys.

Lunch Time Meditation from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Join us for some guided mediation during your lunch hour. Help yourself regain the peace lost through busy mornings and smoothly get through

the rest of the day. Facilitated by library staff member Leena, a 10-year practitioner of Rajyoga meditation.

Adult English Learner Writing Class from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Improve your writing skills for school and work. Taught by an experienced volunteer from Literacy NJ (formerly Literacy Volunteers).

K-6th Grade Tutoring from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children in grades K-6 will get homework help. Registration required in person or by phone at (609) 448-1474.

Nonfiction Book Group will meet at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. The group will be discussing American Heiress by Jeffrey Toobin.

No registration is necessary and new members are always welcome.

Mystery Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor.

The group will be discussing Escape from Mr. Lemoncello’s Library by Chris Gabenstein. New members are always welcome and no registration is necessary.

Tues., Feb. 27

Story Time,11 a.m. at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Drive, East Windsor. Stories, songs and a craft for ages 2 through 5.

Our theme today will be pizza stories.

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Maria Schneider and her orchestra will perform music about the joys of nature, and the horrors of technology, at McCarter Theatre

By Anthony Stoeckert Maria Schneider's Feb. 23 concert at McCarter Theatre will feature her newest music, as well as songs from her Grammy-winning album, "The Thompson Fields."

n the spring of 2014, the jazz musician Maria Schneider was working on an album when she got a call from a fellow musician who wanted to write a song with her. She was busy on her own project, but agreed because, after all, it’s not every day David Bowie wants to write a song with you.

“David was really attracted to my dark music, and this piece was very, very dark, that we wrote together," Schneider says. “He just reveled in that and it got me really into it too.”

The song, “Sue (Or in a Season of Crime),” appeared on “Nothing Has Changed,” a Bowie retrospective released in 2014. Bowie’s interest in jazz continued with his final studio album, “Blackstar,” which he recorded with jazz musicians, including saxophonist Donny McCaslin, who plays in Schneider’s band.

Schneider had never met Bowie before they collaborated on the song, but she knew he had seen her perform.

“It was a couple of years later that he reached out about collaborating on something, which was quite a shock and very scary for me," Schneider says.

"But he was so into the risk taking, he was so into just throwing crazy things out there and just reveling in the risk of whether it works or not and not worrying about the risk if it doesn't work.”

Bowie left an influence on Schneider not only musically, but in his attitude toward making music.

“He left me with that, that’s just the greatest gift," Schneider says. “And I feel like these two new pieces that I’ve

written, the risk-taking crazy elements were largely because he made me feel like, 'Hell yeah, what's it's all worth if we don't dare to just try something?'

Like he said, 'If the plane goes down, everybody walks away. We're so lucky, what's to worry about?'"

The two new pieces she's talking about are “Don’t Be Evil” and “Data Lords.” They're both dark, as they're about technology and how it’s affecting us. The songs, Schneider says, can be intense and scary, different from what she had been writing in recent years, and more like her earlier music.

“It's kind of like that's coming out again between David having brought me back to, 'Wow it's really fun to write dark stuff,' combined with my fear and actually bitter hatred of these Big Data companies," Schneider says. "It's quite a cocktail.”

Schneider and her group, The Maria Schneider Orchestra, will play those two pieces during a concert at McCarter Theatre in Princeton, Feb. 23. She also will play music from throughout her career, including two songs from “The Thompson Fields,” Schneider’s 2015 album about nature and the landscape of her home in Southwest Minnesota.

That album won the Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album.

“I wanted to play two brand-new pieces which really reflect what I've been spending a lot of time on, a subject for which I've felt a lot of passion in the last few years, and that is our rights and the destruction of our rights of privacy and our creative work and all these things that are happening because of Big Data," Schneider says.

The two new pieces are “Don’t

be Evil,” which takes its name from Google’s motto for its code of contact.

“Dark Lords” is about Big Data taking over, and the moment when it becomes more intelligent and powerful than humans, and eventually destroys us.

Schneider has long been a proponent of artists rights, particularly in terms of music being shared for free on the internet, and that connects to how technology is intruding on the lives of everybody.

“What I would say about artists is we've been the canary in the coal mine, and everybody should have been paying more attention," she says.

"Instead of looking at us complaining whining artists, they should have been paying attention because these issues are now taking everybody over. “ Schneider hasn’t completely escaped technology, she has an iPhone (though she’s thinking of getting a flip phone) and shops online. “It's hard to escape it," she says. "I have an Amazon account, I'm ashamed to say.” She says she’s also noticed the boxed that are piling up at her apartment building in New York City, which emphasizes the impact online shopping and shipping is having on the environment. That connects her new music with her music about nature.

Schneider says her music is influence by where her psyche is at at any point, and that she doesn’t make a conscious decision to write about a specific topic.

“Whatever I’m doing, it comes out, so in the period in which I wrote 'The Thompson Fields,' I was spending a lot of time — much more time than I had in literally decades — in the country,

spending time bird watching, which is something I love to do,” she says.

"And in doing those things, it started to bring me back to my childhood; that was just central to my childhood, being in nature. The music in that period really reflects that. Now I’ve become obsessed with Google and Big Data companies, so there's a dark side emerging from that.”

She likes the contrast that develops in a concert when she plays her music about technology and follows it with her nature-inspired work.

“Usually when we finish [Dark Lords], there's just silence," she says. "I think people are starting to wake up to this stuff and it is kind of a scary piece, I will say" After that, the orchestra will play two songs from "The Thompson Fields" — the title song and "The Arbiters of Nature.

“I'm going to leave everybody with nature after putting the fear of the devil — and I mean that literally — into everybody," she says. "Then I'll bring them back to beauty and the nature and evolution.”

When asked how she creates music that can be scary or peaceful, she compares it to a biologist looking at a tree and seeing how everything connects that other people don't see.

“You would see a world of connection and logic in this tree," she says. "Music is the same thing.

Inside of music, there's this intricate web of things, musical laws that make something sound lifted and optimistic, or dark and heavy. So many musicians, myself included, we write intuitively but we also write with a knowledge of Continued on page 3B

Also Inside: "Groucho" pays a visit to Bucks County • The story and music of Brute Force in Bordentown

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February 16, 2018

ON STAGE

By Mike Morsch

Hello, He Must Be Going Frank Ferrante is playing Groucho Marx at the Bucks County Playhouse

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he first time Harpo Marx — the silent Marx Brother — ever spoke a word on stage was during a 1941 production of “The Man Who Came to Dinner“ at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Already an established star on Broadway and in films with the Marx Brothers, Harpo played the role of “Banjo” in the production — written by George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart — which had just finished a 739-performance run starting in 1939 at the Music Box Theatre in New York City before rolling into the Bucks County Playhouse.

Kaufman himself, who played the lead role in that same New Hope production of “The Man Who Came to Dinner,” was also already well-known to the Marx Brothers as well.

A playwright, director, producer and humorist, Kaufman had collaborated on musical Broadway shows that showcased the talents of the early Marx Brothers like “The Cocoanuts” in 1925 and “Animal Crackers” in 1928. Both of those shows would go on to be hit films for the Marx Brothers, in 1929 and 1930 respectively.

Kaufman and Hart had written “The Man Who Came to Dinner” in 1939, and the fact that it was being performed in New Hope in 1941 with an established star like Harpo Marx, wasn‘t unusual at all. The Bucks County Playhouse was quickly becoming one of the most famous regional theaters in the country at that time and would eventually attract a roster of American theater royalty that included Helen Hayes, Kitty Carlisle, Grace Kelly, Robert Redford, Bert Lahr, Walter Matthau, Bernadette Peters, Liza Minnelli and many more.

But it was also convenient because Kaufman owned an estate just south of New Hope, between Lahaska and Doylestown, and Harpo was a frequent guest. A Sept. 6, 1937, Life magazine story headlined “Life Goes to a Party” featured several photos of Harpo and his wife, actress Susan Fleming, who had married a year before, visiting the Kaufman estate with other guests. The cover of that magazine also featured a photo of shirtless Harpo, wearing a Caesare-like head wreath.

The Kaufman estate, his primary residence from 1936 until he sold it in 1950, is now home to The Inn at Barley Sheaf Farm, a historic bead and breakfast in Bucks County, owned by Mark Frank.

The inn and its connection between Kaufman and the Marx Brothers provided the perfect backdrop for a media event to preview the Bucks County Playhouse’s latest production, “An Evening with Groucho,” starring Frank Ferrante as Groucho Marx, that opened on Valentine’s Day Feb. 14 and will run through Feb. 25.

Ferrante, described by The New York Times as “the greatest living interpreter of Groucho Marx’s material,”

Frank Ferrante is playing Groucho Marx at the Bucks County Playhouse through Feb. 25. At right, Ferrante photographed at the Bucks County home of playwright George S. Kaufman, holding a Life magazine featuring Harpo Marx on the cover. will offer a 90-minute show that features the funniest of Groucho’s one-liners, anecdotes and songs, including “Hooray for Captain Spaulding” from the 1930 Marx Brothers film “Animal Crackers” and “Lydia, the Tattooed Lady,” both from the 1939 film “At the Circus.”

“Groucho loved George Kaufman,” Ferrante says.

“They go back to around 1925, when they were both in their mid-30s. It was perhaps the greatest American comedy writer and perhaps the greatest American comedian together. What Groucho said about George was that ‘Kaufman gave me the walk and the talk.’ Meaning that Kaufman helped define Groucho’s persona, gave it intelligence, and East Coast sensibility. Groucho referred to George S. Kaufman as his ‘god’ with a small G.” Ferrante has been portraying Groucho Marx for nearly 35 years. He was discovered by Groucho’s son, Arthur Marx, when Ferrante was a drama student at the University of Southern California.

He originated the off-Broadway title role in “Groucho: A Life in Revue” — written by Arthur Marx — portraying the comedian from age 15 to 85. Ferrante then reprised the role in London’s West End was was nominated for the Lau-

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rence Olivier Award for “Comedy Performance of the Year.”

Ferrante has now performed the Groucho role more than 2,500 in more than 400 cities worldwide.

He remembers how liberating it was to first play Groucho right out of school.

“His humor was so free and so wild and outrageous,” Ferrante says. “At my core, I’m fairly shy actually. So be able to run wild on the stage and hear that kind of laughter and to improvise for the first time, there was nothing more exhilarating.”

The role has evolved has Ferrante has matured.

“It’s wilder, there is more improvisation, there is more audience interaction,” he says. “As I get older, my point of view changes. I think it’s [the show] smarter now that it was 35 years ago and I think it reflects Groucho’s own interest in music and reading. It’s not just a wacky show. It think there are slices of Groucho’s spirit throughout. And it matters as I get older to really represent this great comic master to audiences around the world.”

Ferrante will be accompanied in the Bucks County Playhouse performances by musical director Gerald Sternbach.

Dreya Weber will direct.

Frank Ferrante is appearing in “An Evening with Groucho” at the Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania, Feb. 14-25. For tickets and information, go to www.bcptheater.org or call 215-862-2121.

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MUSIC

By Anthony Stoeckert

Finding That Natural Sound Andrew Bird is bringing his music to McCarter Theatre

Andrew Bird’s “Echolocations” project has involved the multi-instrumentalist recording music in site-specific locations, starting with the 2015 release “Canyon,” which was recorded in a canyon in Utah. He followed that up with “River,” released last year and recorded in the Los Angeles River underneath the Glendale-Hyperion Bridge.

The recordings also were filmed, showing, for example, Bird standing in the Los Angeles River and also capturing the sounds of the river. For his Feb. 26 concert at McCarter Theatre, Bird will play the music from those recordings, accompanied by the film and the sounds captured when they were made.

“That kicks off the show and then I’ve got a band coming on,” Bird says. “A great new keyboard player I’m playing with, a great new drummer and a bass player. For me,

it’s more of a jazz thing for me. I’m still doing my songs but they’re just a little looser and a little more improvisational.”

The musicians he’s playing with are keyboardist Tyler Chester, drummer Abe Rounds, and bass player Alan Hampton. One of the things Bird was looking to do was to feature acoustic piano playing, showcasing Chester, who Bird says has a feel similar to what’s heard on gospel/soul records by artists such as The Staple Singers.

“That sort of roomy sound to those records is sort of inspiration for what I’m doing these days,” Bird says, adding that he has long had the desire to make music in various styles.

“When I was still in a student phase, around age 26, I was ravenous for new things every week,” he says. “Not

just to appreciate it, I wanted to learn that language, no matter how disparate it was from what I was doing before.”

Bird started playing the violin at 4. He studied music, and played in orchestras. He also plays guitar, glockenspiel, and is known for his whistling — that talent of his was featured in the 2011 movie, “The Muppets.”

“I was really kind of creating my own majors, and was kind of eager to breakout and start making music,” he says of his student days. “I enjoy the whole picture of making records, how songs relate to each other.”

theories that need to be learned, but when it’s unveiled and students see why and how those theory work, it can be thrilling.

“The answer is, it’s all there, the intuitive and the math,” Schneider says. “In the end, I’m trying to create a piece that grabs somebody’s attention and draws them through time to the end of the piece without losing their attention. That’s my goal, that you’re not sitting there thinking about your day, you’re not even sitting there an-

alyzing that piece, that you get lost in what the musicians are creating and where the music is trying to bring you.

That’s my wish for my pieces, that’s what I set out do when I write.”

Sat. 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45, 10:05; Sun.-Mon. 12:45, 3:05, 5:25, 7:45; Tues.-Thurs. 3:05, 5:25, 7:45. Early Man (PG) Fri.-Sat. 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15; Sun.-Mon. 12:15, 2:30, 4:45, 7; Tues.-Thurs. 2:30, 4:45, 7. The Post (PG13) Fri.Thurs. 1:20, 7:10. Hostiles (luxury recliners) (R) Fri.-Sat. 4:05, 9:55; Sun.-Thurs. 4:05. The Greatest Showman (PG) Fri.-Sat. 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45, 10:15; Sun.-Mon. 12:15, 2:45, 5:15, 7:45; Tues.-Thurs. 2:45, 5:15, 7:45. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 1:30, 4:15, 7, 9:45; Sun.-Thurs. 1:30, 4:15, 7.

Thurs. 1:30, 4:15, 7. The Shape of Water (R) Fri.-Sat. 1:30, 7:10, 9:55; Sun.-Thurs. 1:30, 7:10. Call Me By Your Name (R) Fri.-Sat. 4:25, 9:50; Sun.-Thurs. 4:25. Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (R) Fri.-Sat. 2, 4:40, 7:20, 10; Sun.-Thurs. 2, 4:40, 7:20. Lady Bird (R) Fri.-Sat. 4:50, 7:15, 9:35; Sun.-Thurs. 4:50, 7:15.

Andrew Bird will play McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m. For tickets and information, go to www.mccarter.org or call 609-258-2787.

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but we also write with a knowledge of certain mathematical, you could call it, theory. I’m always digging and trying to understand more of what’s intuitive and trying to understand, ‘Why does this piece sound optimistic?

Why does this piece sound like it’s just filled with dread and intense darkness?’ And I’ve started to really break through for myself with observations about that.”

She recently taught this concept to students in Edmonton, and says that studying music can seem like a bunch of

The Maria Schneider Orchestra will perform at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, Feb. 23, 8 p.m.

Tickets cost $30-$64; www.mccarter.org; 609-258-2787.

MOVIE TIMES

Movie and times for the week of Feb. 16-22. Schedules are subject to change.

HILLSBOROUGH CINEMAS (908-874-8181): Black Panther (reserved recliners) (PG13) Black Panther (3D) (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 3:15, 9:35; Sun.-Thurs. 3:15.

Black Panther (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 12:10, 12:50, 3:50, 6:25, 6:50, 9:50; Sun.-Mon. 12:10, 12:50, 3:50, 6:25, 6:50; Tues.Thurs. 3:50, 6:25, 6:50. Black Panther (reserved recliners) (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 1:30, 4:30, 7:30, 10:30; Sun.-Thurs.

1:30, 4:30, 7:30. Peter Rabbit (PG) Fri.-Sat. 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45; Sun.-Mon. 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20; Tues.Thurs. 2:30, 4:55, 7:20. Fifty Shades Freed (reserved recliners) (R) Fri.-Sat. 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05; Sun.-Mon. 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35; Tues.-Thurs. 2:35, 5:05, 7:35. The 15:17 to Paris (luxury recliners) (PG13) Fri.-

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IN CONCERT

By Anthony Stoeckert

A Force To Be Reckoned With

An artist banned by the Beatles label will share his story and music at Randy Now’s Man Cave

Brute Force caught the attention of the Beatles, but their label wouldn’t give him a chance.

In 1969, Stephen Friedland, who recorded under the name Brute Force, wrote a song called “The King of Fuh.” It’s a piano- and bass-drive melodic tune about a beautiful land called “Fuh” and its king, which led to Friedland singing the king’s name so that it sounds like a particular curse word.

A girlfriend of Friedland’s left him for a musician named Tommy Dawes. Dawes and Friedland became friends. Dawes was a member of The Cyrkle, a group that opened for the Beatles during a 1966 tour of the U.S. The Cyrkle’s’ manager, Nat Weiss, was friends with Brian Epstein, the Beatles’ manager. When the Beatles announced their label, Apple Records, Friedland was working on “King of Fuh” with the Tokens, the group known for “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”

“I felt that I would submit the track to the Beatles for the Apple project, so I gave the track to Tommy,” Friedland says. “He gave it to Nat and one day, when George Harrison was visiting, Nat played it for George, who loved it and the rest, as they say is history.

Harrison added strings to the recording, and 1,000 singles were pressed, but Capitol/EMI, the Beatles’ U.S. distributor, refused to release it in the States. John Lennon and Yoko Ono even visited an executive at Capitol/EMI to push for the song’s release, something Friedland found out about 30 years later.

“Now let’s be clear about this,” Friedland says. “I was denied worldwide credibility, a scandalous entry into the music business . . . and all that would follow.”

Those vinyl singles of “King of Fuh” have become collector’s items, and the song was eventually released on “Come and Get It,” a 2010 compilation of songs recorded for the Apple label.

Friedland continues to make music and will perform a free show at Randy Now’s Man Cave in Bordentown Feb. 17. He will be joined by his daughter, who performs as Daughter of Force, and the event will include a screening of a 15-minute documentary, “Brute Force,” which tells the story of “King of Fuh.”

Stephen Friedland, known as Brute Force, will perform at Randy Now’s Man Cave in Bordentown, Feb. 17. “‘King Of Fuh’ is an attack upon language taboo,” says Friedland, who notes that said together, the words “Fuh” and “King” sound like a curse word, but that word is never used, which means the song was banned even though it technically doesn’t contain any curses. “The mind of the listener is tricked. Anything which is connected to the use of a curse word or qualities defined as bad or sexy are shattered and turned into a comedic experience when listening to the song.”

He adds that the song makes people laugh and that language taboo is broken when people hear it. “At least this is something I have learned,” he says. “It wasn’t that way when I wrote the song, not all this analysis.”

There’s much more to Brute Force’s career than “King of Fuh.” He worked with the Tokens, and wrote songs for artists including Del Shannon and Chiffons. He released an

album, “I, Brute Force — Confections of Love” on Columbia records in 1967, which was re-released in 2010. He says the concert in Bordentown will showcase love songs.

“In honor of Valentine’s Day, Daughter of Force and I will be singing lots of love songs,” he says. Love, of course, is a theme of his music. The liner notes for “I, Brute Force, Confections of Love,” contains an illustration of Cupid riding a battleship. He’s also written a musical based on “King of Fuh,” which he says is “a story of love being brought into the military mind.”

Friedland says his love of music began with parents who educated him about music and who had a great record collection. His mother had a piano, which Friedland would play after dinner. Later in high school, he began writing poetry, and he eventually combined his poetry with music. He also learned about recording through the family’s wire recorder. His first experience in a studio came in the 1950s at the house of a friend who lived on the Jersey shore. In 1964, he got a job as a songwriter in New York City.

He made a living outside of music, but never stopped writing songs. After he and wife separated he put an act together. He was then contacted by people about his “Confections“ album and “King of Fuh,” and he was contacted about his songs being featured on compilation albums.

He has released songs on the internet and has started some websites but describes himself as a “techno-klutz” and still uses cassette tapes to record music he plays at the piano because much of his music is improvisational.

He says he continues to perform because he loves the music and has enjoyed being the center of attention since he was a toddler.

“And that’s it when you perform, you are the center,” he says. “It’s such a great, important place because you can enlighten, uplift, raise consciousness.”

Brute Force will perform at Randy Now’s Man Cave, 134 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown, Feb. 17, 8 p.m. The performance also will include a screening of the documentary, “Brute Force.” Admission is free. For more, go to www.mancavenj.com or call 609-424-3766.

THINGS TO DO

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“Seussical the Musical,” Music Mountain Theatre, Route 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. Musical featuring Dr. Seuss characters as the Cat in the Hat tells the story of Horton, through Feb. 18. Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 3 p.m., 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. Relaxed performance, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. Tickets cost $22; www.musicmountaintheatre.org; 609-397-3337.

“Honk! A Musical,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Musical about a chick named “Ugly.”

Shunned by the other barnyard animals for being different, he ultimately finds acceptance when his special kind of beauty is revealed. Performed by The Yardley Players, through Feb 18. Performances: Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 2, 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors, $16 students/children; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333.

“American Hero,” George Street Playhouse, 103 College Farm Road, New Brunswick. New play Christopher Demos-Brown (author of last year’s “American Son”) that examines how America honors its veterans and the true meaning of heroism, through Feb. 25; www.georgestreetplayhouse.org; 732-246-7717.

“Groucho: A Life in Revue,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St. Frank Ferrante portrayisthe comedian from age 15 to 85. Ferrante originated the role off-Broadway, won 1987’s New York’s Theatre World Award and was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award, through Feb. 25. $35-$55; www.bcptheater.org; 215-862-2121.

DANCE “Sleeping Beauty,” McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. The State Ballet Theatre of Russia and its company of 40 dancers returns to McCarter with another of classical ballet’s timeless fairy, set to the familiar Tchaikovsky score. The traditional Petipa choreography tells the age-old story of the sleeping Princess Aurora and the

handsome prince who awakens her with a kiss, Feb. 11, 3 p.m. Tickets cost $30-$87.50; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787.

“The Name of the Game,” Hearst Dance Theater at the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus.

An evening of dance choreographed by Princeton senior Clark Griffin in collaboration with his cast, investigating the inherent social and relational dynamics of the human body through forms of non-classical virtuosity, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts‘ Program in Dance, Feb. 2223, 8:30 p.m., Feb. 24, 6 p.m., 9 p.m., free; arts.princeton.edu.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE “Schoolhouse Rock Live Jr.,” Music Mountain Theatre, Route 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. A school teacher nervous about his first day of teaching, tries to relax by watching TV when various characters show him how to win his students over with imagination and music, through such songs as “Just A Bill,” “Unpack your adjectives” and “Conjunction Junction,” through Feb. 24. Performances are Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. $8; www.musicmountaintheatre.org.

MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC Westminster Choir College Art Song Festival, Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton. Concert titled “Lovers, Devils, Wanderers: The Romantic Lied.” Featuring Professor J. J. Penna, piano, and Westminster Choir College students, Feb. 16-17, 7:30 p.m. The Feb. 16 performance will focus on works by Brahms and Schumann, including his song cycle Frauenliebe und Leben in which a female speaker narrates her own story. The Feb. 17 performance will focus on settings of the poet Heine. Admission for each recital costs $15, $10 seniors/students;

www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663.

The Mambo Kings and the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Music of Latin America and the United States, from Astor Piazzolla and the Afro Cuban rhythms of Tito Puente to the rhythmic playfulness of Dave Brubeck’s jazz and the pop strains of The Beatles, Feb. 18, 3 p.m. $20-$72; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469.

Eastern Wind Symphony, Nicholas Auditorium at Rutgers, 85 George St., New Brunswick. “Fiesta!” concert of Spanish and Mexican music. Featuring a guest performance by the JP Stevens HS Wind Ensemble, Feb. 25, 4 p.m. $30, $20 seniors/students; www.easternwindsymphony.org; 215530-0165.

Westminster Conservatory Annual Showcase, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the campus of Princeton University. Westminster Conservatory will present its annual showcase featuring Westminster Community ensembles and students. The performers will be the Westminster Community Orchestra conducted by Ruth Ochs; Westminster Conservatory Children’s Choirs conducted by Patricia Thel and Yvonne Macdonald; Westminster Choir College students enrolled in Westminster’s Opera Workshop, and winners of the Westminster Conservatory Concerto Competition: Clarissa Cheung, flute; Hope Lacson, soprano and Alex Liu, clarinet, Feb. 25, 3 p.m. Tickets cost $15, $10 seniors/students; www.princeton.edu/utickets; 609-2589220.

Danish String Quartet, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. The quartet will perform two concerts, Feb. 28. The first concert, the music of Jorg Widmann and Johannes Brahms will begin at 6 p.m. A concert of Scandinavian folk music will start at 9 p.m. There will be a Dancebreak event at 7:30 p.m. Dancebreaks are taught by a professional dancer, offering audience members See THINGS TO DO, Page 5B

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THINGS TO DO Continued from Page 4B the chance to immerse in Scandinavian folk culture. Tickets for the concert cost $25, $10 students. Dancebreak is free for ticket holders; princetonuniversityconcerts.org; 609258-9220.

JAZZ, CABARET, ROCK, FOLK, ETC. Arts Council of Princeton’s Cabernet Cabaret, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Sixth annual Cabernet-infused performance with Sarah Donner and special guests Mark Applegate, Matthew Campbell, and Rebecca Mullaney for a night of live music filled with drama, romance and comedy, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. A tapas reception provided by Mediterra Restaurant will begin at 6 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors/students; artscouncilofprinceton.org; 609-924-8777.

Tony Trischka, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton. Banjo player will perform a concert of progressive acoustic music, Feb. 16, 8:15 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $10 students and people under 22; www.princetonfolk.org; 609-799-0944.

The Hot Club of Philadelphia, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. Acoustic jazz quartet, mainly influenced by the music of the original Hot Club of France, Feb. 16, 7 p.m. www.hopewelltheater.com; 609-466-1964.

Mnozil Brass, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Brass septet from Vienna performs music with comedy. The group will perform its new show, “Cirque,” in which the musicians combat the monkey business of daily life with music and humor, transforming the stage into a musical flea circus, Feb. 22, 8 p.m. $25-$70; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469.

MUSEUMS Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton. “Africa Now! Contemporary Art by African Women.” Ugandans Ritah Nabuyungo and Lilane Nabulime, Rwandan Durhiwe Rushemeza, and Mercy Moyo from Zimbabwe all come from countries of recent conflict. For this exhibit, curator Kali McMillan has selected works by these artists from the collection of Diana Tyson, a frequent traveler to Africa, who has been collecting the works of these artists for years, through Feb. 25; Gallery walk and panel discussion on women shaping contemporary African art with the artists, curator and guest speaker Curlee Holton, Feb. 17, 1:30 p.m.

Closing reception with artists, Feb. 25, 1-3:30 p.m. “Going for the Gold: Trenton and the Olympics.” There have been 14 Olympic athletes associated with Trenton, from the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games through the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. Only two win medals: a gold and bronze. Discover who these Olympians are. Olympic posters from 12 Olympics attended by TMS trustee Karl Flesch are on display along with other Olympic memorabilia, through April 29. Hours: Wed.-Sat. noon to 4 p.m. Sun. 1-4 p.m. www.ellarslie.org; 609-989-3632.

Princeton University Art Museum, on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton. “The Artist Sees Differently: Modern Still Lifes from The Phillips Collection. Exhibit of 38 paintings from The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., offers an analysis of the modernist still life, including rarely seen works by European and American masters such as Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Marsden Hartley, Milton Avery, and Georgia O’Keeffe, through April 29. Hours: Tues.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admission is free; artmuseum.princeton.edu; 609-258-3788.

Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St., Princeton. “A Gentleman’s Pursuit: The Commodore’s Greenhouse” Exhibit reveals the findings at Morven from Hunter Research’s excavation of one of New Jersey’s earliest greenhouses, Feb. 16 through June 3. Opening event, Feb. 15, 67:30 p.m. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609-924-8144.

Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St. (at George

Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers, New Brunswick. Cats vs. Dogs: Illustrations for Children’s Literature. Featuring more than 40 drawings and collages by Frank Asch, Mary Chalmers, Tony Chen, Roger Duvoisin, Shari Halpern, Lois Lenski, Ward Schumaker, and Art Seiden. The exhibition emphasizes the strength of visual elements in storytelling, especially for children learning how to read, through June 24, 2018. This exhibit is open to the public Fridays through Sundays. “It’s Just a Job: Bill Owens and Studs Terkel on Working in 1970s America.” Multimedia exhibit pairs the two iconic documentarians of work life, underscoring how the decade was a dramatic time of transition for the American workforce. It is not simply a look back: many of the themes that Owens and Terkel identified remain strikingly relevant, engaging visitors to consider their own perspectives about working, through July 29.

Artists talk with Bill Owens, April during Art After Hours: First Tuesdays. Museum hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free; www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu; 848-932-7237.

GALLERIES Gourgaud Gallery, Town Hall, 23A N. Main St., Cranbury. “Art from The Trenton Community A-Team.” The Trenton Community A-TEAM supports, develops, and promotes self-taught, local artists because art can be transformative by reframing the artist’s connectedness to self and others and by enhancing community pride, through Feb. 23.

Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Closed Monday, Feb. 19.

Also open Feb. 18, 1-3 p.m. www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

Artworks, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton. “Human/Landscape,” a collection by four artists who share an interest in the natural world and an impulse toward personal narratives, through Feb. 24; “Decomposing Vistas,” solo exhibit of painting and fiber pieces by Philadelphia-based artist Jenna Howell. The exhibit features oil paintings and silk fiber pieces that speak to dichotomy of the vast picturesque landscapes seen on postcards and beauty Howell finds in deteriorating landscapes, through Feb. 24. For more information, go to artworkstrenton.org or call 609-394-9436.

Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren St., Plainsboro. Artist Mimi Zhong will exhibit pastels. Her representational works include landscapes, still life, and portraits, through Feb. 27. Reception, Feb. 10, noon to 2 p.m. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

609-275-2897.

Nassau Club, 6 Mercer St., Princeton. Long Island painter and commercial fishing and sailing captain Bob Sullivan will exhibit never shown before still life and plein air oil paintings. The exhibition will offer for sale framed original canvases painted during the artist’s last two years’ travels in Ireland, the Hamptons and Maine, through March 4.

Brodsky Gallery, Chauncey Conference Center, Educational Testing Service, 660 Rosedale Road, Princeton.

“Then and Now,” oil and pastel paintings by Janet Purcell.

Exhibit includes a new body of work by Purcell — eight pastel paintings, all created at the historic Hopewell Train Station as part of the Artists at the Station group, through March 6; www.janpurcellart.com.

The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, Communications Building on MCCC’s West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. “Passing the Palette: Arts Educators and Students,” showcasing the talents of high school art teachers and their students, through March 8. Hours: Mon., Tues., Thurs. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wed. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. www.mccc.edu/gallery.

Arts Council of Princeton’s Taplin Gallery, Paul Robeson Center for the Arts,102 Witherspoon St., Princeton.

Heroes of Comic Art, featuring original published artworks

by Jack Kirby, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, Curt Swan, John Buscema, Jack Davis, Steve Ditko and other great artists that created many of the comic heroes that we enjoy in today’s books and films, through March 10. Workshop, Super Heroes Like Me, led by local illustrator/author Rashad Malik Davis, Feb. 24, 1-5 p.m. For more

information, go to artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609924-8777.

Princeton University School of Architecture North Gallery. “Aldo Rossi: The Architecture and Art of the Analogous City.” Retrospective of Aldo Rossi offers a new assessment of his multifaceted achievements as architect, designer, and theorist of architecture and the city, through March 30; soa.princeton.edu/aldorossi.

Anne Reid ’72 Art Gallery at Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton. “adaptation: an exploration of scale” featuring works by Lindsay Feuer, Carrie Norin, and Madelaine Shellaby, Feb. 12 through March 8. Reception, Feb. 15, 5-7 p.m. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when school is in session. For more information, go to www.pds.org or call 609-924-6700, ext. 1772.

SUBMISSIONS New Jersey Equine Artists’ Association “NJEAA Art of the Horse.” Prallsville Mills, Stockton. Seeking submissions of horse art in all mediums. Entry deadline is March 1. Exhibit is May 20-June 17. For more information and/or prospectus, email xochitlb@comcast.net.

COMEDY

Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Andrew Dice Clay, Feb. 16, 7:30 p.m., Feb. 17, 7 p.m., 9:45 p.m., Feb. 18, 7 p.m., $40; Pat House, Feb. 16, 9:45 p.m., $20; George Lopez, March 1-2, $53; www.stressfactory.com; 732-545-4242.

Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Julia Scott, Feb. 23-24; catcharisingstar.com; 609-987-8018.

AUDITIONS

Somerset Valley Players, 689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough. Somerset Valley Players will hold open auditions for its production of “Calendar Girls.“ The comedy by Tim Firth is based on the 2003 film that starred Helen Mirren and Judi Dench. The play requires very brief partial nudity for six of the actresses. This scene will be done in a very PG-rated manner, as the art and the humor lies in what is withheld from the audience. Auditions will be held Feb. 19-20, 7-10 p.m. Performances will take place April 20 through May 6. Information, including character breakdowns, is available at www.svptheatre.org.

McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton. As part of its produciton of “Crowns,” McCasrter Theatre is looking for non-union gospel singers to perform with the professional cast. This production will include a featured moment for a soloist from the local community. Crowns is a play with music based on a book of photographs and stories of African-American women in their church hats celebrating faith, fashion, and family. Auditions will be held Feb. 25, 46 p.m. in four-minute scheduled slots. Come prepared to sing the first verse of “How I Got Over.” McCarter will cast between two and six local African-American women who will each sing at multiple performances of Crowns. Singers will perform a portion of “How I Got Over” as a solo and then the professional cast will join them for the rest of the song. Singers must be willing/comfortable to sing in front of an audience of up to a thousand people. Singers must be over the age of 18; there is no upper age limit. To schedule your audition, contact Emily Ultan at casting@mccarter.org.

The Lawrence Library PlayFest, 2751 Brunswick Pike Route 1, Lawrenceville. The Lawrence Headquarters Branch Library is hosting PlayFest, its annual one-act play festival, April 28. The Festival directors are seeking actors to fill a variety of roles in the staged readings from the selected works of local playwrights. The audition consists of a cold reading from selected scripts and will be held at the library, Feb. 28, 6-8 p.m., March 3, 1-4 p.m., March 5, 68 p.m. To schedule an audition, interested actors should contact branch manager James Damron at jdamron@mcl.org or call 609-989-6915.

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Friday, February 16, 2018

A Packet Publication

PACKET PICKS Feb. 16 WWFM concert at Miller Chapel WWFM The Classical Network, located on Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor Campus, will present “Deep River: The Art of the Spiritual,” featuring the Washingtonbased PostClassical Ensemble and bass-baritone Keven Deas in concert, beginning at 8 p.m. at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Miller Chapel.

The concert will be broadcast live as part of WWFM’s PostClassical concert broadcast series and will be hosted by WWFM host David Osenberg as well as PostClassical’s co-founders, Music Director Angel Gil-Ordonez and music historian Joseph Horowitz.

The program will focus on the work of Henry Thacker “Harry” Burleigh, an African American classical composer, arranger and professional singer.

A student of Antonín DvoÅ™ák, Burleigh introduced the composer to African American spirituals and helped introduce them to a broader audience through his own arrangements and compositions. The program will include performances of Burleigh’s work, including his arrangements of “Deep River,” as well as a discussion of Burleigh’s work and influences.

Admission to the concert is free. Due to the live broadcast nature of this concert, the audience is requested to be in their seats no later than 7:50 p.m. For more information, email info@wwfm.org or call 609-5878989.

Feb. 16 Tea, talk and tour at Morven Morven Museum & Garden will present Commodore Robert F. Stockton’s Unceasing Quest for Fame & Glory.

The 45-minute presentation

by Dr. Joseph E. Wroblewski will cover Commodore Robert F. Stockton and what historians have called his “unceasing quest for fame and glory.” Between the War of 1812 and the Civil War Robert F. Stockton, played a crucial role in the development of the United States and of his beloved New Jersey.

The event begins with tours at 11 a.m. and noon, followed by tea at 1 p.m., and then the talk at 2 p.m.

Admission for the tour costs $10. Morven Museum & Garden is located at 55 Stockton St., Princeton. For more information, go to morven.org or call 609924-8144.

Feb. 17 Winter kitchen program at Howell Farm Howell Living History Farm will present its annual Winter Kitchen Program, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

A kitchen equipped with a wood-burning stove, an icebox and a butter churn wouldn’t hold much appeal for most modernday families, but for those who lived at Howell Farm in the year 1900, it was probably seen as a welcome improvement over the one that great-grandma had used.

During the morning, the kitchens of the farm’s two houses will be used to prepare meals that farmers would have had for their noontime dinner. Visitors will have opportunities to help in both kitchens, modeled from circa 1785 and 1900, from bringing wood to fuel cooking operations, to sifting flour, making butter and washing dishes. Those who want to help outside can gather eggs, split firewood and get ice from the farm’s icehouse.

Parking and admission are free. Howell Farm is located on Valley Road, off Route 29, in Hopewell Township. GPS address is 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township, N.J. 08530.

For more, go to www.howellfarm.org or call 609-737-3299.

LOOSE ENDS

Pam Hersh

Lance Liverman’s taste for life Catching up with a Princeton council member who is stepping down at year’s end Princeton Council member Lance Liverman no longer indulges his sweet tooth and that means no more munching on Reese’s Pieces — something he used to buy in bulk. His abstinence, however, has nothing to do with a special diet. Instead, he has a special disability in that he lacks a functioning sweet tooth. Since his surgery and other treatment for throat cancer, he has lost his ability to taste sweets.

“That’s perfectly OK with me,” said the 55-year-old native Princetonian, “because my life is sweet — every minute of it.”

Five years ago, he was given only a 40-percent chance of surviving a diagnosis of stage-four throat cancer. In addition, he was told that if he did survive, there would be a high probability of living with a variety of debilitating side effects, including permanent voice damage and a total loss of taste. Today, he is full of life, cancer free, with a strong voice and the ability to taste everything except sweets.

With a healthy and hearty voice, he announced a few weeks ago his intention to retire at the end of 2018 from his position as a Princeton Council member. His mental/emotional health, as opposed to his physical health, was the dominant factor in his decision.

“I felt that it was time for me to move on for the cliché but true reason, I just want to spend more time with my family and do so in a relaxed fashion — without the pressure of having to be someplace else connected with political or council responsibilities,” said Liverman, who will have served as a Princeton elected official for 15 years when he steps down.

The way he does his council job amounts to a 15- to- 20-hour — “sometimes 25-to-30-hour” — perweek time commitment. Liverman intends to use the extra time enjoying life with LaTonya, his “amazing and 100 percent supportive” wife of 25 years and three “talented and inspiring” daughters, ages 21, 17, and 12.

“I want people to know that I am not going anyplace,” he said. “I might go on more vacations and do other things I never had time to do before, but I intend to keep helping Princetonians in any way I can.”

For Liverman, helping people is akin to breathing — just something that comes naturally, effortlessly and continually. I interviewed him on a day that he did the following: counseled and comforted another Princetonian who was about to start treatment for throat cancer; got emergency help and probably saved the life of a severely injured man who crashed his car into a

Princeton council members Lance Liverman and Heather Howard recently announced that they will not seek re-election this year. tree on Witherspoon Street; did boiler repair work at his church (First Baptist Church of Princeton; dealt with two public safety issues (he is the Princeton Council liaison to the Public Safety Committee); and discussed the responsibilities and challenges of serving on the council with two of the candidates vying for his seat. For that he was joined by Heather Howard, who is also retiring from the council on Dec. 31.

Without formal council duties and without the numerous meetings, Liverman said he will be able to focus not only on his family, but also on his passions: social justice — equal treatment for all, regardless of race, gender or socio-economic status, and ensuring the health and well being of Princeton’s youth.

“But I will be able to do this on my own schedule instead of council’s schedule,” he said. “I want to make Princeton a model for social justice, and I will continue to give my time to make that happen.”

The boards and commissions on which he currently serves or previously served reflect his interests. He is a board member of Corner House (providing counseling for youth and their families dealing with alcohol and drug addiction), Princeton Affordable Housing, Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction, Princeton Housing Authority and the Princeton Human Services Commission.

At the heart of his social justice responsibilities is his role as chairperson of the board of the First Baptist

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Church. He initiated the church’s free dinner program on Tuesday nights — an initiative with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen. He has been the force behind a Malawi orphan outreach program, in which the church sends money to the orphanage in the nation, in southeastern Africa, helping to support the education ad healthcare of 1,000 youngsters.

His paying job that gives him the ability to pursue his non-paying job of helping others is real estate management and investment for Liverman Associates. “Before 9/11, I had a thriving courier delivery service business,” he said. “Because I was my own boss, I had no company retirement benefit. So I started buying Princeton-area properties to generate income for my retirement. My delivery business after 9/11 evaporated [much of my business was in Lower Manhattan], but luckily I had initiated this real estate investment strategy that soon became my full-time job and not just a retirement savings plan.”

His real estate investment skills also have been used on behalf of his church. Even though the number of worshipers has dramatically decreased over the years (only 50 regular attendees and 147 on the membership rolls), the church is financially viable and able to sustain the various social justice initiatives, because Lance invested the church’s assets in real estate on Green Street in the Witherspoon neighborhood. Some of these properties are rented at reasonable rates to community residents,

who, because of age or mental handicaps, need some extra financial support to remain in the community.

Even though he hopes his 15 years on council will be remembered for his social justice activities, he anticipates that he will be remembered for Princeton issues that have no obvious social justice component, a pool and a parking garage. “In fact, my positions on both of these issues are rooted in my commitment to fairness and social justice,” he said.

The upgrade of the Community Park Pool was “so important, because it is such an invaluable asset serving the entire town, but especially the kids in the John Witherspoon neighborhood,” he said.

Liverman also was the champion of the two-hour free-parking for Princeton Public Library patrons using the Spring Street parking garage. He argued for this when it was decided to rebuild the library downtown, rather than relocate it to the Princeton Shopping Center.

“The parking would have been free for everyone in the Princeton Shopping Center, so it seemed only fair that those who lived too far to walk to the downtown library, should be given at least two hours of free parking access to the library,” he said.

“I fear that this initiative may be in jeopardy as soon I leave council.”

One might be able to take away an ordinance or resolution, but no one can snatch Lance Liverman’s resolve, spirited voice, and his taste for the value of life.

Faith Bahadurian

Chinese New Year recipes for the Year of the Dog Chinese New Year starts Feb. 16 and continues for two weeks until the Spring Lantern Festival on March 2.

This is a dog year on the Chinese zodiac, which happens to be the sign I myself was born under. Dog people are supposed to be loyal and honest, smart and straightforward, and possess a strong sense of responsibility.

(I’ll spare you the negatives.)

There are several foods associated with the holiday that are supposed to bring good luck, health, and prosperity. Dumplings, noodles, fish, spring rolls, fruit, rice balls and cakes, all have their meaning and are enthusiastically consumed during the celebrations.

The recipes below incorporate some of those foods and could bookend a celebratory meal since soup is often served near the end rather than the beginning in Chinese cuisine.

While whole fish, which exemplify abundance, are especially popular for Chinese New Year, I came across Martin Yan’s New Year Fish Salad, which will please sushi lovers, too.

The chicken soup is from a book

by Mark Bittman that most will not have heard of because it predated his famous “Minimalist” and “Everything” titles. I figure that with a national flu epidemic in full swing, every household could benefit from keeping some form of chicken soup on hand.

And — just to be playfully offtopic — I’m including a treat for your real life four-legged friends, a doggie

Peel, remove pith, and segment grapefruit. Combine melon, grapefruit, ginger, carrot, and jicama. Combine dressing ingredients in a small bowl.

Remove skin and any bones from fish and slice thinly across the grain into pieces about 1 by 2 inches. Fan the slices on a serving platter, alternating pink and white. In a small bowl, combine lime juice, oil, and pepper, and drizzle that over the fish.

Mound the fruit salad mixture in center of fish and spoon dressing over salad. Garnish with peanuts, sesame seeds, and green onions.

Chicken Soup With Chinese Cabbage and Thin Noodles Adapted from “Leafy Greens,” Photo by Metro Creative Connection Mark Bittman, Wiley (1995). Four servings.

No Chinese New Year celebration is complete without delicious food. biscuit.

New Year Fish Salad Adapted from “Martin Yan’s Feast,” Martin Yan, Bay Books (1998).

Makes 4 to 6 servings.

Just as sushi restaurants are required to, I suggest using fish that has been previously frozen which kills the parasites that are common in fish. — F.B. 6 ounces salmon fillet 6 ounces firm white fish fillet, such as sea bass 1 tablespoon lime juice 1 tablespoon cooking oil One-half teaspoon white pepper 1 tablespoon lightly toasted sesame seeds

EITHER: 6 cups chicken stock and One-quarster cup chopped roasted 1 pound boneless chicken breast, slivpeanuts ered 1 green onion, slivered OR: 6 cups water, 1 whole (bonein) chicken breast, 1 carrot, and 1 Salad mixture: onion.

One-half cantaloupe or one-quarAND: Salt ter honeydew melon 1 pound bok choi, washed and 1 grapefruit trimmed One-quarter cup thinly sliced 1 tablespoon peanut oil sweet pickled ginger 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 medium carrot, shredded 1 teaspoon minced ginger Quarter-pound jicama, shredded (a 1 tablespoon soy sauce 3-inch wedge) 8 ounces dried thin Chinese egg noodles Salad dressing: If you have the stock already, sim3-4 tablespoons cooking oil mer the slivered breast in stock for 1 teaspoon sesame oil about two minutes (does not have to be 3 tablespoons plum sauce See KITCHEN, Page 7B Peel melon and cut into crescents.

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If you’re starting from scratch, bring water to boil, and add breast, carrot, and onion; lower heat and simmer about 30 minutes. Remove chicken and vegetables. Rinse chicken under cold water, then pull it off the bone, discarding skin and vegetables. Return the bones to stock and continue to simmer while you prepare the rest. Cut chicken meat into slivers.

Heat a wok or large skillet over medium-high heat. Cut cabbage into 1- to 2-inch pieces, smaller for stems, larger for leaves. Add peanut oil to wok and stir-fry garlic and ginger for 15 seconds, then add cabbage.

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According to Segal, pumpkin is full of enzymes that aid doggie digestion, so she developed this recipe for her sensitive dachshund, Bill. She writes that beef, lamb, pork, or chicken drippings are all good, and if you have leftover sweet potatoes, you can substitute that for the pumpkin.

Two-and-half cups whole wheat flour 3 tablespoons flax seed 2 tablespoons nonfat milk

powder One-half teaspoon kosher salt 2 extra-large eggs, room temperature 1 cup canned pumpkin One-quarter cup creamy peanut butter Meat drippings for brushing Heat oven to 350 degrees and line a half sheet pan (13by-18-inches) with parchment.

In a stand mixer with paddle attachment, mix flour, flax seed, milk powder and salt on low. In another bowl, combine eggs, pumpkin, and peanut butter. Add to the dry mix on low speed and mix until it feels like Play-Doh. Divide dough in half and roll each half into a log about the length of the sheet pan.

Transfer logs to parchment in pan and brush with drippings.

Bake until cooked through, about 40 minutes. Cool completely on the pan.

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BRIDGEWATER $669,000 This custom 4 BR, 2.5 BA home features a park-like setting, brick front and mature trees w/ circular driveway.

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Allen Rudner EAST WINDSOR TWP. $322,500 Completely remodeled!! Three BR, 1.5 bath Bi-Level in Cranbury Manor, features hardwood flooring.

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FRANKLIN TWP. $154,000 Beautiful, well-maintained 2 BR, 2 full BA unit in 55+ community. Perfect for anyone looking to downsize.

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HAMILTON TWP. $175,000 This 2 BR & 2 full BA Ranch is move-in ready, has updated kit., new front porch, new deck, new garage & 1-car garage.

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Felix Gonzalez HAMILTON TWP. $250,000 SHORT SALE. Waiting for bank confirmation. Welcome to this spacious well-kept 2/3 BR home w/ 1.5 bathrooms.

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HILLSBOROUGH $625,500 Welcome home to this 2-story 4 BR, 2.5 BA Colonial in Brittany Estates on a cul-de-sac. Lots of updates.

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JACKSON TWP. $384,900 Don`t pass up this very well-maintained Colonial with 12 rooms including 4 bedrooms and 2 1/2 baths w/ huge back yard. (Web ID 7051354)

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MONTGOMERY TWP. $325,000 Large 2BR townhome w/ a 20 x 16 loft.

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PARSIPPANY TROY HILLS $415,000 A 4 BR & 2.5 BA, OFP, fresh paint, EIK, HW fls, master suite w/ WIC, in-ground pool, detached 1-car garage.

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PENNINGTON $627,900 You will instantly fall in love with this 4 BR, 3 1/2 bath Colonial located at the end of a wooded cul-de-sac.

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PLAINSBORO $207,500 This 2 BR & 2 full BA Condo is 55 + offers open layout, fresh paint, hardwood fls, full Kit w/ granite & SS appliances. (Web ID 7019140)

PLAINSBORO $469,900 A 3 BR & 2 full BA home, move-in ready w/ fresh paint, granite countertops, 2-zone heating, WWP schools.

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PRINCETON $2,100,000 New construction, w/ 5 BRs, 4.5 BAs. Home tastefully designed to meet the needs of today’s lifestyle.

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PRINCETON JCT. $735,000 This 5 BR & 3 full BA has 1st fl BR, master suite, loft, EIK, gas FP, solid oak HW, in-ground pool, WWP Schools. (Web ID 7120529)

WEST AMWELL TWP. $1,170,000 Extraordinary, unique, special: these are just a few words used to describe such a magnificent home on 20 acres.

WEST WINDSOR TWP. $1,195,000 Home w/ 3-car gar w/Tesla charger, pool/spa, great rm w/FP, kit. w/granite ctrs, 5th BR & full BA on 1st flr, plus fin. bsmt.

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