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School board focuses on security, gun control

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The Princeton public school district has joined the national discussion on school security and gun control in the aftermath of the massacre that left 17 dead at a high school in Florida two weeks ago.

Tuesday’s school board meeting saw a confluence of issues surface, from high school students wanting to protest with their peers around the country to whether it was safe to continue having district schools serve as polling places during elections. And more broadly, a subcommittee of the school board, in a meeting Mon-

day with Princeton Police officials, explored the concept of school resource officers, namely armed, plainclothes police officers who work in schools. Officials made no decisions on that regard, amid concerns of having armed police in schools.

School Board President Patrick Sullivan, reading a statement from the board, said the “fundamental factor in this epidemic of gun violence and mass shooting” was “the prevalence of automatic weapons that are too easily procured and have no purpose other than to cause mass injury and death.”

“As school board officials who See SECURITY, Page 4

School bus security was breached with substitute driver

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The school bus that a 25year-old man boarded in Cranbury and rode to get into Princeton High School three weeks ago was being driven by a substitute driver, Princeton Superintendent of Schools Stephen C. Cochrane said Friday about the security breach that occurred one week before the Parkland school shooting.

In his most extensive comments about the issue, Cochrane

said the head of the Cranbury school district had indicated “that the driver is no longer transporting students from Cranbury” to PHS. He said Cranbury Chief School Administrator and Principal Susan L. Genco had “worked quickly with the bus company to review security practices and Cranbury has put additional bus safety protocols in place.”

Genco last week said her district was in touch with Dapper Transportation, the bus company, and that all high school

students must show identification to get on buses to Princeton.

She also said Dapper drivers had received “additional training,” in her words.

For its part, Dapper last week was not answering questions.

“We have no comment, thank you,” said a woman at the company before hanging up the phone on Friday.

Princeton Police have said the driver had no recollection of seeing the man, a former PHS student, get on the bus. He enSee BUS, Page 4

Rescue squad gets OK for new building

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad this week received permission from the town to build a new headquarters on land across the street from the municipal complex, at the corner of Mount Lucas and Valley roads.

PFARS intends to construct a roughly 15,600-square-foot building for an estimated $6.5 million starting this summer, squad President Mark Freda said Wednesday after a successful hearing before the Zoning Board. He said he is hoping to break ground in the July/August timeframe, on what he called a 12-month-job.

“We’ve raised enough money to feel comfortable in starting the project. And we’ll start our public phase of fundraising in the near future,” he said without elaborating on how much PFARS has raised so far.

The one-story building will enable PFARS to leave its headquarters, located on North Harrison Street, that was built in 1963.

“It’s totally inadequate, way too small,” Freda said of that building.

“It wasn’t built for what we do today. It wasn’t built for the vehicles or how we function as a group, so this will allow us to have a modern facility that actually fits the need of what we do every today.”

Once in the new building, PFARS will be located in nearly the exact geographical center of town, near the police and the fire departments.

In an arrangement between the municipality and PFARS, the town has acquired title to two PFARS

Bobchin the best

Princeton High School’s Alec Bobchin ties up his opponent A.J. Erven of Raritan in the finals of the 138-pound weight class at the 2018 NJSIAA Region V Wrestling Tournament, held Feb. 24 at Hunterdon Central High School. Bobchin, the No. 1 seed in the 138-pound weight class, defeated Erven, 5-0, to capture his first region championship and advance to the state tournament. See story on Page 8.

University president details campus plan with town officials

By Sophia Cai Correspondent

Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber met with municipal officials Monday evening to discuss the university’s campus plan and other town-gown interests. It was the fifth time Eisgruber met with town council and his first meeting with them since 2016.

See RESCUE, Page 4 Before taking questions from the council, Eisgruber highlighted the expansion of the undergraduate student body, and the selection of Deborah Berke Partners — including Princeton native Maitland Jones Princeton Class of 1987 — as architects for the new residential college as an important town-gown connection.

Eisgruber also drew attention to the university’s efforts around the innovation ecosystem and congratulated the township for being named as a finalist in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ 2018 Mayors Challenge, a nationwide competition that encourages city leaders to un-

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Councilman Timothy Quinn raised concerns about campus plan’s economic implications on the municipality.

“We think there is a far better symbiosis for us if the incubators [discussed in the university’s campus plan, the hotel and the confer-

ence center] end up in Princeton instead of in West Windsor,” said Quinn.

Built in Princeton, the hotel would contribute tax revenue for the municipality, and Quinn noted that a Princeton location will also benefit the university because visitors will have a more authentic experience when they stay within walking distance of campus.

“From our standpoint, we expect that the innovation activity will take place on both sides of the lake, earlier in Princeton than in West Windsor,” said Eisgruber.

“We don’t have any plans for hotels on either side of the lake, but my hope is that we can work with you in ways that would make it possible for developers coming in to see a good opportunity in Princeton.”

On the topic of housing, Eisgruber acknowledged Councilman David Cohen’s observation that the university helps assist faculty afford housing in Princeton but does not provide the same level of assistance to its lower level em-

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“What we do for them is particularly important because if we were to house a lower percentage of graduate students, then they would be looking for relatively inexpensive housing in Princeton, taking away from other residents,” he said.

Councilman Lance Liverman thanked the university for employing a greater number of Princeton residents and providing career development seminars.

Councilwoman Leticia Fraga commended the university on its contributions to the town and asked how the university and the town can continue to work together to address the wide range of public issues that face the community.

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MONTGOMERY

School board hires security consultant to review procedures

By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

Montgomery Township school district officials have awarded a contract to a Georgia-based consultant to conduct a school safety, security and emergencies assessment of the schools.

Safe Havens International will be paid $12,555 to review the school dis-

trict’s safety and security policies and procedures. The Montgomery Township school board awarded the contract to the Macon, Ga.based consultant at its business meeting Tuesday night.

The decision to hire a consultant was made before the Feb. 14 school shooting in Florida, school district officials said Tuesday night.

The school board began discussing the need to conduct a review of its safety and security procedures in November 2017.

“We believe we have a safe and secure district. (But) even a good system can be made better. It should be under continual improvement,” said school board member Charles Jacey.

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address school safety. The consultant will visit each school and speak to administrators.

The Save Havens International consultant will take photographs and conduct a “rigorous review during a walk-through, inside and outside” of the schools, Jacey said.

The consultant is expected to begin the review in late March,and will deliver a written report on its findings on each school building, Jacey said. The contract “is an investment we cannot afford not to make,” he said.

Although the safety and security review did not stem from the Florida high school shooting, Montgomery Township school district officials began reflecting on school security after that incident, said Superintendent of Schools Nancy Gartenberg.

“We do things you see and we do things you cannot see,” Gartenberg said of safety and security measures already in place in the school district.

None of the attendees at the school board meeting objected to hiring a consultant, and at least one parent praised the school board for

undertaking the security audit. Several parents and students alike pointed to what they perceive to be flaws in school security.

Parent Shannon McCoy acknowledged that while “we can’t change gun control laws,” she appreciated it that the school district began taking steps to review school safety before last month’s school shooting.

She said she was looking forward to the results of the audit.

McCoy said there appears to be a lack of security in the Montgomery Township schools, because she has entered some of the schools without being asked for identification. Her children are enrolled in the schools.

By contrast, when she lived in Trumbull, Connecticut, which is eight miles away from Newtown and the Sandy Hook Elementary School, she was asked for identification whenever she went to her children’s schools, even though the security officer knew her, she said.

Parent Marissa Narula said the emphasis on school security is centered on keeping outsiders from entering the school building,

but what happens inside the school is also important.

School safety and security is about more than keeping the bad guys from getting inside the building, she said.

Offering yoga or mindfulness instruction would help students regulate their feelings in a high-performing district such as Montgomery, Narula said.

Students experience stress, and it is not good to let it build up and then they “snap,” she said.

Montgomery High School juniors Camden De Sanctis and Larissa Jimenez called on the school board to resolve safety issues.

They said neither they nor their classmates would know how to respond if someone “who looks like us” - such as Florida high school shooter Nikolas Cruz - entered the school and began shooting.

De Santcis said that until Feb. 14, when Cruz entered the Florida high school and began shooting, she had never been concerned for her safety at school. But all of that has changed, and she implored the school board to fix security flaws in the schools.

Entry doors are consistently left open, individuals

are “buzzed” into the schools and often allowed to roam around unaccompanied, and classroom doors are only occasionally locked, De Sanctis said.

There is no longer a police presence at the schools.

“In an active shooter situation, I can say without a doubt that we are unprepared. Textbooks, as enriching as they are, do not stop bullets,” De Sanctis told the school board.

“I do not propose such drastic measures as the arming of teachers, (but) I demand a better solution. I demand that the students of Montgomery walk in, afraid only of their Physics Honors exam,” she said.

Otherwise, De Sanctis said, Montgomery Township schools are vulnerable to becoming a statistic in the growing trend of school shootings - eight alone so far this year.

“We feel safe and that nothing will happen to us, but you never really know what will happen until it happens,” Jimenez added.

“I would really like to feel safe,” Jimenez said. “I don’t want to have to worry about (the safety of) my 7year-old sister. I just want all of us to feel safe.”

Plainsboro man killed in Route 601 crash

By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

A 50-year-old man was killed Sunday night when his car struck a utility pole on County Route 601 (The Great Road) and then bounced back into the roadway, where it was struck by another car, according to the Mont-

gomery Township Police Department.

Dmitry Kupriyanov, 50, of Plainsboro Township, was traveling south on County Route 601 near Pleasant View Road when the car left the roadway and struck the pole shortly after 10 p.m., police said.

The initial impact forced

Kupriyanov’s 2017 Honda back into the roadway, where it was struck by a 2003 Ford Escape driven by Marklin Spencer, 24, of Hillsborough Township, police said.

Kupriyanov was unresponsive when emergency personnel arrived at the scene, police said. He was taken to Robert Wood John-

son University Hospital in New Brunswick, where he was pronounced dead.

The accident, which closed County Route 601 for three hours, was investigated by the Montgomery Township Police Department and the Somerset County Crash Analysis and Reconstruction Team.

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PRINCETON

Ex-CIA chief doubtful North, South Korea will reconcile

By Sophia Cai Correspondent

Reconciliation between North and South Korea remains doubtful despite an inter-Korean agreement at the Winter Olympic Games, said former CIA deputy division chief for Korea, Bruce Klingner, speaking to students, activists and community members recently at Princeton University.

Klingner was one of several experts featured at “The North Korean Puzzle: Putting the Pieces Together” conference organized by the Princeton for North Korean Human Rights (PNKHR), a university student group dedicated to spreading awareness of the human rights violations allegedly taking place in North Korea today.

To kick off the conference, the president of PNKHR Homin Ban said, “As beautiful as that [Korean Unification] flag is at the Olympic Games, we cannot let it become a white blanket that covers the atrocities of North Korea.”

North Korea’s attempt to rebrand itself at the Winter Games with Kim Jong-un’s younger sister Kim Yo Jong and its army of 230 female cheerleaders marks Kim Jong-Un’s first foray into the charm offensives that were frequently used by Kim Jong-il, his father.

Klingner wondered if the initiative is the result of Photo by Sophia Cai South Korean receptivity Former CIA Chief for Korea rather than North Korean Bruce Klingner speaks at outreach. “Every year in Princeton University. their New Year’s Day speech, they have an olive periment, that would be a branch extended to South violation of UN Resolutions Korea. What was different if he did not get prior apthis year is how eagerly proval, so he has a lot of Moon Jae-in grabbed at it.” constraints on him both inSouth Korean President ternationally and domestiMoon Jae-in secured special cally than [former South dispensations from the Korean presidents] Kim United Nations to allow Kim Dae-jung and Roh MooJong-un’s sister Kim Yo Jong hyun,” Klingner said. and the regime’s the female According to Klingner, cheerleading squad to attend the U.S. will continue to the Winter Games. counsel South Korea about “If Moon continues to making concessions that serve as North Korea’s would impact U.S. interests. lawyer by asking for special “The administration is weldispensation from sanc- coming the possibility of retions, that would not go ducing tensions, but the well. If he tries to reopen U.S. wants to make sure the case on economic ex-

that people remember the nature of the regime.”

As an example of that, Vice President Mike Pence recently tried to counter the euphoric propaganda outreach by taking Otto Warmbier’s father to meet with North Korean escapees in South Korea. Otto Warmbier, an American student who was arrested for attempted theft and sentenced to 15 years in a North Korea prison, fell into a coma while incarcerated and never regain consciousness, dying in June 2017.

Klingner laid out the elements for and against a preventive attack, doing a military strike against North Korea to prevent the country from completing an ICBM capability.

“If you hit two or three targets, you haven’t undermined the North Korean ICBM program. If you haven’t triggered an all-out war — although we do think North Korea would respond proportionally against US bases in the South — you haven’t removed the threat to the U.S.

Criminal justice, civil rights focus of lecture

By Iris Samuels Correspondent

Michelle Alexander, a writer, lawyer and civil rights advocate who gained fame for her 2010 book “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness,” discussed mass incarceration, criminal justice and civil rights in front of a crowd Feb. 26 of more than 500 students and community members at Princeton University.

Alexander was inter-

viewed by KeeangaYamahtta Taylor, an assistant professor in the African American Studies Department, as part of the Princeton University Public Lectures series. Taylor’s research focuses on race and public policy.

“I hope we’ll spend more time in the months and year to come thinking about what kind of democracy we want and what kind of justice system we aim to create,” Alexander said.

“We have a political and

economic system that isn’t actually designed to serve the least advantaged or to ever do right by them.”

Alexander offered a somber interpretation of the presidency of Donald Trump and the prospect of achieving racial justice in our time, but encouraged activism and reform movements.

“My own view is that many reform battles are worth waging, but the question is how we wage those battles,” she said. She noted

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particularly the movement to “ban the box,” a movement that advocates that those with a criminal record not be required to report this on applications to jobs and institutions such as Princeton.

“It’s important that we not lie or sell these reforms as though they will actually fix the system,” Alexander added, “but instead tell the truth that these reforms are necessary given the injustice of the prevailing system.”

On the other hand, to take out their ICBM program, it’s a pretty extensive bombing list, and you’ve just increased the potential of a massive response against our allies,” he said.

According to Klingner, experts in favor of preventive attacks argue that North Korea is different from the deterable Soviet Union and China. They allegedly claim that Kim Jong-un is crazy and not deterable, so the U.S. must “hit him before he hits the United States.”

“First of all, they’re wrong,” Klingher said, “he’s not crazy; he’s a cruel and terrible dictator, but he’s not going to wake up some morning frothy-mouthed in his bathrobe and push the button.”

Meanwhile, Klingner proposes smart sanctions on China, or targeted financial

sanctions, as a means of stopping Chinese companies from circumventing sanctions on North Korea. Because the majority of all international financial transactions are denominated in dollars, any transaction that has to go through a U.S. treasury is regulated by a U.S. bank.

“This gives us tremendous leverage. Anyone going through our financial system is going through our law. The U.S. has imposed $12 billion dollar fines for the Iran deal. We haven’t imposed a single penny on Chinese banks, and we should,” he said.

Klingner compared the U.S. role to that of a protective father of his daughter.

“She can go out and go on dates, but I’ll be behind with a shotgun to make sure nothing goes wrong.”

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represent our community, we call … on those elected officials who have the power at the state and local level to step up and to make changes and to pass sensible legislation that prioritizes our students’ safety in our schools over the desire of a few to own these dangerous weapons,” he said.

The district intends to send that message, later passed as a formal board resolution, to President Donald Trump, Gov. Phil Murphy and state and federal lawmakers from New Jersey.

For his part, Superintendent of Schools Stephen C. Cochrane said all students in the district were born after 1999, the year of the massacre at a school in Columbine, Colorado. He said that there have been 170 school shootings since then.

“I recognize that gun control is a complex and a politically charged issue,” he said. “But the safety of our children is not.”

He urged lawmakers to “show the courage to propose and pass legislation that balances the protection of the Second Amendment with the protection of our kids” and called “for action now.”

In terms of safety steps the district has taken, Cochrane said it had done security audits at all schools. At Princeton High School, students are limited to entering by the front entrance by the tower or the entrance at the Performing Arts Center. The district intends to have security personnel at those entrances, with all other doors locked, he said.

This week, representatives of the school board facilities committee also met with Princeton Police Chief Nicholas K. Sutter and other police representatives.

“We were absolutely thankful to have the time with them to discuss lots of different issues,” Chief Sutter said Wednesday, “from traffic concerns to the role of the police department with the schools and acknowledging that we see it as our number one concern and also security concerns as well, in terms of how could we work better together, what we could do just to make the environment as safe as

possible.”

During Tuesday’s board meeting, board member Debbie Bronfeld raised the idea, for safety reasons, of no longer having district schools serve as polling places for elections. All four elementary schools are used for that purpose, according to the municipal clerk‘s office. In all, seven public and private schools in town are voting locations.

In the upcoming school year, three elections are scheduled, starting with the Oct. 2 facilities bond referendum, on days when schools will be open.

Bronfeld’s suggestion led to a debate on a board that normally does not air its dirty laundry.

“And I don’t think anyone’s saying that voting is not important.

It’s the foundation of our democracy,” board member Dafna Kendal said. “But we’re also saying our kids are important and is there something better we can do to make them safe.”

“These are our neighbors we’re talking about, these aren’t strangers,” Sullivan said of people coming to the schools to vote.

District and town officials are due to meet on the issue, but there is no date for when the meeting will happen.

In the meantime, students at PHS are planning to participate in a national walkout March 14, starting at 10 a.m., to protest for gun control. Students will not be disciplined for participating.

“Preparing students to be engaged and active citizens is arguably the most important function of any public school,” Cochrane said this week. “We are proud, therefore, to be working with our students at Princeton High School as they develop plans for peaceable assembly and meaningful activities on March 14. The day will be a day for service, a day for kindness, a day for learning. It should not be a day for discipline.”

PHS student Christian Martin told the school board that he hoped the board “would see the benefits and see, actually, how amazing it is, I think, that we have such vocal and passionate and active students who, obviously, want to actually work and make a difference.”

George’s finest hour

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Edward Lengel, chief historian at the White House Historical Association, presented a lecture program "George Washington's Finest Hour: Trenton and Princeton" on Feb. 21 in honor of The Princeton Battlefield Society’s celebration of George Washington's birthday.

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Princeton Charter School Science Bowl Team advances

The Princeton Charter School Science Bowl Team earned first place in the 2018 National Science Bowl NJ Regional Middle School Competition held at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab on Feb. 23. The team will advance to compete in the National Science Bowl Finals from April 26-30 in Washington, D.C. Pictured from left to right: Akash Jim, Helen Liu, Phillip Yan, Mark Schlawin (Princeton Charter School teacher and Science Bowl advisor), Viraj Singh, Ned Erickson and Laura Celik (Princeton Charter School teacher and Science Bowl advisor).

Bus Continued from Page 1 tered the high school through an unlocked door Feb. 6 — one week before the massacre at a high school in Florida — and was inside for what Princeton Police estimated could have been up to 45 minutes starting around 7:20 a.m. before leaving.

“A student reported it to a teacher who then reported it to the administrators at PHS,” Cochrane said. “We are thankful that our student saw something that didn’t

seem right and said something.

Our administrative team then followed our safety protocols.”

Cochrane’s office has said the student reported the incident at 7:45 a.m., some 25 minutes after the man entered the building. Police were called around an hour later.

Students had to shelter in place.

Princeton Police and the school district will not release the man’s name, but police said he lives in Cranbury. Police have said that in speaking with him, he was unable to explain why he went

into the school.

Last week, it was revealed for the first time that the man, who has not been criminally charged, had traveled to PHS on a school bus.

The state Department of Education, asked last week if it was against the law for him to do that, said it could not “find anything that specific in statute.”

Some area lawmakers, state Sen. Kip Bateman (R-16) and Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker (D-16), both of whom represent Princeton, could not be reached for comment.

Cochrane, who asked that questions from the Packet be given to him in writing, said that his administration was forthcoming in the information it had released about the security breach.

He said the district had notified families by email “while the situation was unfolding” and updated them “after police gave the allclear.”

“We followed up with an email again after the tragedy in Florida to let our families know that because of the situation that had hap-

Howard raised concerns about immigration, particularly Dreamers, and invited Eisgruber to comment on the federal lawsuit the university recently filed with Microsoft in an attempt to preserve the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

“We continue to be committed in the legal fight,” Eisgruber said, “This isn’t just about the university caring about our students. It’s about the workforce and the strength of the country.”

According to Eisgruber, the university has to be careful with respect to what issues it declares, what could be understood as, a political position. “Our commitment first and foremost is to teaching and research of unsurpassed quality. Arguments have to

be heard on multiple sides of issues that are of public concern, but [immigration] is something where I feel the responsibility to speak out. It’s extraordinarily important that we as a society remain hospitable to the talent that we’ve been fortunate to attract over time from all over the world,” he said.

Councilwoman Jenny Crumiller asked Eisgruber about the possibility of arming campus public safety officers in light of the national gun control debate.

“We have been proud to have a relatively open-door policy, and to have a set of public safety officers who are not carrying guns on their hips,” Eisgruber said, “We continue to believe that’s the right policy.”

However, Eigruber acknowl-

edged the risk of an active shooter situation and the need to respond rapidly. “It is important to have circumstances where our officers are appropriated trained in the use of firearms and can have access in expeditious ways,” he said, refusing to go into further detail.

Cohen thanked the university for its generosity in allowing residents to use certain parking lots after work hours and for access to TigerTransit. He believes more can be done in terms of publicizing those opportunities and asked Eisgruber about the possibility of finding more parking spots on the TigerTransit route for residents to use during the day.

Eigruber agreed that more can be done to publicize opportunities but maintained that surplus parking is not a major asset the uni-

at an appraised value.

Town administrator Marc D. Dashield said Thursday that the municipality has not decided yet how it intends to use those three properties. That decision will be up to the council, he said.

During the hearing Wednes-

day, residents of Terhune Road had raised concerns about noise, aesthetics and traffic. The project will require a portion of Terhune Road to be closed.

The state and the town intend to make traffic improvements on the streets in that area, including extra

pened at the high school, and because of the results of a security audit that we have been undertaking, we are making some enhancements to security in our buildings,” he wrote.

Cochrane has said the district would tighten up security at the high school, including hiring four part-time security “personnel.” He has refrained from calling the new hires security guards, but he has said they would not be armed. He this week said they “could be retired police officers.”

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ties to put that mission to work both globally and locally,” Eisgruber said, “One place where I see a lot opportunity is around attracting more businesses and jobs to region and finding ways to interact in shared interests in innovation.”

Eisgruber also identified the university’s Office of Community and Regional Affairs and the Pace Center for Civic Engagement as potential collaborators for specific projects.

Councilwoman Heather

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Mayor Liz Lempert raised concerns about the possible consequences of a university decision to switch to a pay model of parking while the municipality has free parking.

Eisgruber expressed interest in partnering with the town on this issue. “I agree with you one hundred percent. We cannot possibly adopt a system which creates a push over for people to park on the street. We’ve got to figure it out together,” he said.

“There are going to be constructive tensions between us, but there are also generative possibilities for us. The strength of the University depends on the strength of the town of Princeton and the strength of the state of New Jersey,” Eisgruber said.

Rescue Continued from Page 1 properties on Clearview Avenue, and will pay the squad this year about $950,000 for them, Freda said. In addition, the town also will obtain the North Harrison Street building

turning lanes on Cherry Hill Road at Route 206. Among other things, the town is looking to widen Valley Road, from Route 206 to Mount Lucas, to have “three to four lanes of traffic” and a sidewalk, said town engineer Deanna Stockton by phone Thursday.

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University issues statement about applicants’ right to protest

By Sophia Cai Correspondent

Admissions officials at Princeton University said in a statement posted online Monday that students who act on their conscience in peaceful, principled protest will receive full consideration in the admissions process.

As students across the country mobilized in the wake of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting that left 17 people dead last week, some students have been threatened with suspension.

On March 14 and March 24 student demonstrations called “National School Walk Out” and “March for Our Lives,” respectively, are expected to take place across the country. Princeton University students are expected to rally on campus on March 14.

Princeton’s online statement read: “Princeton University’s mission is to advance learning through scholarship, research, and teaching of unsurpassed quality, with a proud and demonstrated commitment to serve the nation and the

world. Students who act on their conscience in peaceful, principled protest will receive full consideration in our admissions process.”

“Many forms of peaceful protest are fully consistent with the rules of American high schools, and we have no reason to suppose that such protests will result in disciplinary action. If students are disciplined by their high school, they will be encouraged to augment their application to Princeton with a statement that addresses why they were moved to protest and why

they were subject to discipline,” it continued.

In the same statement, the admissions office also noted that such an additional statement is required from any student applicant who has received a penalty from their high school because of a disciplinary infraction. These statements are evaluated in the light of all relevant circumstances, including the character of

the student conduct involved and the school’s justification for disciplining it.

President Christopher L. Eisgruber said the online statement clarifies a policy that had been in effect previously.

“It reflects a decision that, under circumstances where a lot of students are asking questions about it, we need to make sure it’s out there so that they know

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how we’ll consider [their applications]. It really does not change a policy that we’ve had in effect before,” he said.

Princeton University is one of more than 130 colleges that have issued statements assuring high schoolers that participating in protests will not negatively affect their chances for admission. That number is continuing to grow.

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CALENDAR Tues., March 6 Parents Workshop: “The Capacity to be Alone in the Era of Social Networks” will be held at 7 p.m. at The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau St. The event will be presented

by Dr. Dana Fuchs, a clinical psychologist with a private practice in Princeton. She will discuss the importance of the capacity to be alone for emotional growth, the process of developing this capacity and its potential compromises. She will also address what parents and educators can do to assist in the development of healthy aloneness.

The event is free and open to the community. For more information, contact the TJC office (609) 921-0100 x 200 or info@thejewishcenter.org.

Sun., March 11 “The Launch of the Rosenstein Haggadah” will

be presented at 5 p.m. at The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau St. The program will be edited

by Shoshana Silberman, a teacher, principal, consultant and author of eight books. In 1987, upon encouragement of parents at TJC, she created a Haggadah with features that did not exist at the time. A Family Haggadah was published and became an “accidental” best seller, with more than a million copies sold. She never lost her fascination and deep love for Haggadot and now has teamed up with renowned artist Morechai Rosenstein whose work she has long admired and collected.

Rosenstein is an acclaimed artist who uses calligraphy and bold colors to illustrate key expressions and verses from Jewish tradition. .

The event is free and open to the community. The event is free for The Jewish Center members and $10 for non-

members. RSVP is required.

For more information,contact the TJC office (609) 921-0100 x 200 or info@ thejewishcenter.org.

Mon., March 12 Joint Princeton PFLAG and Transgender-Net meeting at Trinity Church from 7 to 9 p.m. at 33 S. Mercer St. PFLAG is a support group for families and friends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) individuals.

Ramona Sharples, a 25year-old trans woman, UX designer, and comic artist based in San Francisco, will share her experience of coming out, transitioning on the job, and being an out, trans millennial in the workplace. Her presentation will be followed by confidential, non-judgmental peer-facilitated discussion. Newcomers welcome.

Visit www.pflagprinceton.org for more information.

Wed., March 14

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Notice is hereby given that the following ordinance entitled: 2018-03 TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FROM COREY J. AND MINDY S. LANGER LOCATED AT BLOCK 5, LOT 50 – 67 CRANBURY ROAD was duly approved and adopted on Second and Final reading at a regular meeting of the West Windsor Township Council held on February 26, 2018 and was approved by Mayor Hemant Marathe on February 27, 2018. This Ordinance shall become effective on March 19, 2018.

Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township

A public open house has been set to honor retiring Lawrence Township Public Schools Superintendent of Schools Crystal Edwards. The open house will be held from 5 to 6:30 p.m. in the Lawrence High School Commons. The public is invited to attend at any time during the open

Sierra Club Lecture: New Jersey’s Challenges in Going with 100 Percet Renewables & Fighting Pollution - Is it Going to take Hardball?” will be held at the Mercer Count Community College Student Center/Welcome Center. Pizza will be available at 6 p.m. followed by the program at 6:30 p.m.

Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, will talk about the Murphy Administration’s challenges in going 100 percent renewable and cleaning up pervasive water and air pollution. With the confirmation of DEP Commissioner Catherine McCabe blocked, what will it take?

Easy parking is available close to building. Use the Hughes Drive entrance - parking is straight ahead at the Student Center. Security arm to parking will be up. Follow Sierra signs to room. Sponsored by the Sierra Club NJ Central Group. Please RSVP to: Kipatthesierraclub@gmail.com. Students are welcome to the free event.

Thurs., March 15 “Exploring Your Roots Series - Starting Your Family History” by Casey Zahn will be presented at 7:30 p.m. at

The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau St., Princeton.

Casey Zahn is an America History Fellow for the Nathanael Greene Liberty Foundation and often teaches adult genealogy classes throughout New Jersey. She is a former trustee of the Genealogical Society of New Jersey and was the national program chair for the Federation of Genealogical Societies Conference in Philadelphia in 2008.

The event is open to the community. The Jewish Center members can attend for free; non-member price is $10. For more information, contact the TJC office (609) 921-0100, ext. 200 or info@ thejewishcenter.org.

Fri., March 16 The 87th annual Bryn Mawr Wellesley Book Sale will start today and run through Teusday, March 20, at Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton.

Choose from 80,000 hard and soft back books, most priced at $2. Books are arranged in 63 categories and include history, gardening, design, architecture, and more.

This year we have an unusually large number of children’s books starting at 50 cents.

All proceeds go to support

NOTICE OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT

NOTICE OF PENDING ORDINANCE ORDINANCE 2018-08 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR (1999) AN ORDINANCE CONVEYING BLOCK 10, LOT 108.01 The ordinance published herewith was introduced and passed upon first reading at a meeting of the governing body of the Township of West Windsor, in the County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, held on February 26, 2018. It will be further considered for final passage, after public hearing thereon, at a meeting of the governing body to be held in the West Windsor Township Municipal Building, in the Township on March 12, 2018 at 7:00 o'clock P.M., and during the weeks prior to and up to and including the date of such meeting, copies of said ordinance will be made available at the Clerk's office to the members of the general public who shall request the same.

TAKE NOTICE that the Mayor and Council of Princeton, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey has awarded the following contract without competitive bidding executed as an extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5 (1) (a) at a meeting held on February 26, 2018. The contract and the resolution authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk as follows: TIME

NAME

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French & Parrello Assoc.

Structural Engineering Design Services 2018 For the Cherry Valley Road Improvement Project

Not to exceed $3,500.00

Michael T. Barrett, Esq.

Serve as the Public Defender

Not to exceed $57,500.00

2018

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TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FROM MICHAEL AND HALLE MADIA LOCATED AT BLOCK 5, LOT 30 - 71 CRANBURY ROAD

The ordinance published herewith was introduced and passed upon first reading at a meeting of the governing body of the Township of West Windsor, in the County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, held on February 26, 2018. It will be further considered for final passage, after public hearing thereon, at a meeting of the governing body to be held in the West Windsor Township Municipal Building, in the Township on March 12, 2018 at 7:00 o'clock P.M., and during the weeks prior to and up to and including the date of such meeting, copies of said ordinance will be made available at the Clerk's office to the members of the general public who shall request the same.

2018-06 ORDINANCE SUMMARY

TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FROM SYED REALTY, LLC LOCATED AT BLOCK 5, LOT 77 – 59 CRANBURY ROAD was duly approved and adopted on Second and Final reading at a regular meeting of the West Windsor Township Council held on February 26, 2018 and was approved by Mayor Hemant Marathe on February 27, 2018. This Ordinance shall become effective on March 19, 2018.

NOTICE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD The Township of West Windsor has awarded a contract without competitive bidding as a professional service pursuant to NJSA 40A:11-5(1)(a) at their February 26, 2018 Council Meeting.

Award to:

BANC3, Inc.

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Engineering and Construction Aministration/ Observation Services for the 2017 Annual Road Maintenance Proejct

Time Period: 2/26/2018 through Completion Not to Exceed $27,660.00

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2018-05 ORDINANCE SUMMARY

TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF A TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT FROM CHRISTOPHER A. PALMER AND KATE DONALD LOCATED AT BLOCK 5, LOT 52 – 63 CRANBURY ROAD

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2018 Municipal Budget of Princeton County of Mercer, for the fiscal year 2018 Revenue and Appropriation Summaries

ORDINANCE 2018-07

The Public Hearing on this ordinance is proposed to be held at the Township Council meeting on March 12, 2018 at 7:00 p.m. in the West Windsor Township Municipal Building, 271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, New Jersey.

Prior to the public hearing date you may obtain a complete copy of the ordinance, free of charge, by coming in or calling the Township Clerk’s Office at 609-799-2400 at the address above.

Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township PP, 1x, 3/2/18 Fee: $30.45 PRINCETON CALENDAR YEAR 2018 2018-6 AN ORDINANCE TO EXCEED THE MUNICIPAL BUDGET APPROPRIATION LIMITS AND TO ESTABLISH A CAP BANK (N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.14) WHEREAS, the Local Government Cap Law, N.J.S. 40A: 4-45.1 et seq., provides that in the preparation of its annual budget, a municipality shall limit any increase in said budget to .5% unless authorized by ordinance to increase it to 3.5% over the previous year’s final appropriations, subject to certain exceptions; and, WHEREAS, N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.15a provides that a municipality may, when authorized by ordinance, appropriate the difference between the amount of its actual final appropriation and the 3.5% percentage rate as an exception to its final appropriations in either of the next two succeeding years; and ,

WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of Princeton in the County of Mercer finds it advisable and necessary to increase its CY 2018 budget by up to 3.5% over the previous year’s final appropriations, in the interest of promoting the health, safety and welfare of the citizens; and, WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of Princeton hereby determines that a 3.5% increase in the budget for said year, amounting to $1,333,069 in excess of the increase in final appropriations otherwise permitted by the Local Government Cap Law, is advisable and necessary; and, WHEREAS, the Mayor and Council of Princeton hereby determines that any amount authorized hereinabove that is not appropriated as part of the final budget shall be retained as an exception to final appropriation in either of the next two succeeding years.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT ORDAINED, by the Mayor and Council of Princeton, in the County of Mercer, a majority of the full authorized membership of this governing body affirmatively concurring, that, in the CY 2018 budget year, the final appropriations of Princeton shall, in accordance with this ordinance and N.J.S.A. 40A: 4-45.14, be increased by 3.5%, amounting to $1,333,069 and that the CY 2018 municipal budget for Princeton be approved and adopted in accordance with this ordinance; and, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that any amount authorized hereinabove that is not appropriated as part of the final budget shall be retained as an exception to final appropriation in either of the next two succeeding years; and, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that a certified copy of this ordinance as introduced be filed with the Director of the Division of Local Government Services within 5 days of introduction; and, BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, that a certified copy of this ordinance upon adoption, with the recorded vote included thereon, be filed with said Director within 5 days after such adoption.

The foregoing ordinance was introduced at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on February 26, 2018 and will be further considered for final passage after a public hearing thereon at a meeting of said Mayor and Council to be held at the Princeton Municipal Building, Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street on March 26, 2018 which begins at 7:00 p.m.

This project is funded in full by monies available in the Open Space and Recreation Trust Fund.

The public hearing on this ordinance will be held at the Township Council meeting of March 12, 2017. Prior to the public hearing date you may obtain a complete copy of this ordinance free of charge by calling the Township Clerk's Office at West Windsor Township (609-799-2400) or coming to the Clerk's Office at the West Windsor Township Municipal Building.

PP, 1x, 3/2/18 Fee: $27.30

The proposed ordinance was introduced on February 26, 2018 and authorizes the Mayor and Township Clerk to execute an agreement on behalf of the Township to acquire approximately 16.9 acres of real property, shown on the West Windsor Township Tax Map as Block 15, Lot 1, 250 Clarksville Road.

Capital Ordinance authorizes Acquisition of Real Property known as the Hall Parcels #3 & #4, Block 33, Lots 2.01 & 3, consisting of approximately 123.5 acres located at 229 Village Road East and other related expenses in the Township of West Windsor, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey appropriating the amount of $1,575,000. Introduced on February 26, 2018.

was duly approved and adopted on Second and Final reading at a regular meeting of the West Windsor Township Council held on February 26, 2018 and was approved by Mayor Hemant Marathe on February 27, 2018. This Ordinance shall become effective on March 19, 2018.

Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township

AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISTION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS BLOCK 15, LOT 1 AS REFERENCED ON THE WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP TAX MAP AND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 16.9 ACRES LOCATED AT 250 CLARKSVILLE ROAD AND EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH CENSONI COMPANY LLC

The public hearing on this ordinance will be held at the Township Council meeting of March 12, 2017. Prior to the public hearing date you may obtain a complete copy of this ordinance free of charge by calling the Township Clerk’s Office at West Windsor Township (609-799-2400) or coming to the Clerk’s Office at the West Windsor Township Municipal Building.

PP, 1x, 3/2/18 Fee: $23.10

This professional was appointed with the non-fair and open process, as the above will exceed the Pay to Pay amount of $17,500. These contracts, disclosure certifications, and the resolution authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk.

TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY

This project is funded in full by monies available in the Open Space and Recreation Trust Fund.

Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township

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Capital Ordinance authorizes Acquisition of Real Property known the Censoni Parcel #96, Block 15, Lot 1, consisting of approximately 16.9 acres located at 250 Clarksville Road and other related expenses in the Township of West Windsor, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey appropriating the amount of $695,000. Introduced on February 26, 2018.

Notice is hereby given that the following ordinance entitled:

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“Fun For Foodies: Sephardic Cooking, Customs and Traditions” will be presented by Raisie Sadd at 4 p.m. at The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau St., Princeton.

Raisie Saad, restauranteur and owner CedarStar catering, will share her family’s Lebanese culture, customs and traditions, and prepare a few special Sephardic recipes to taste. Saad founded CedarStar Catering in January 2015 after a year of culinary training at the Bishulim Institute of Tel Aviv. Before launching her own catering company, Raisie cooked in a variety of restaurants in Tel Aviv and New York City, most notably Herbert Samuel in Tel Aviv and Bar Bolonat in New York.

The event is open to the community. It is free for members of The Jewish Center; cost for non-members is $15. There is limited Enrollment and those planning to attend must RSVP to reserve a spot. For more information, contact the TJC office (609) 921-0100, ext. 200 or info@thejewishcenter.org.

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house, which is being sponsored by the Lawrence Township Board of Education.

Summary of Revenues 1. Surplus 2. Total Miscellaneous Revenues 3. Receipts from Delinquent Taxes 4. a) Local Tax for Municipal Purposes c) Minimum Library Appropriation Total Amount to be Raised by Taxes for Support of Municipal Budget Total General Revenues

Anticipated 2018 Budget 2017 Budget 7,980,000.00 6,230,000.00 20,357,413.36 21,035,236.98 1,000,000.00 1,144,000.00 32,368,895.21 31,335,751.38 2,671,953.79 2,591,009.09 35,040,849.00 33,926,760.47 64,378,262.36 62,335,997.45

Summary of Appropriations 1. Operating Expenses: Salaries and Wages Other Expenses 2. Deferred Charges & Other Appropriations 3. Capital Improvements 4. Debt Service 5. Reserve for Uncollected Taxes Total General Appropriations Total Number of Employees

2018 Budget 17,141,622.00 30,238,456.56 1,700,000.00 500,000.00 11,885,000.00 2,913,183.80 64,378,262.36 196

2017 Budget 17,630,204.75 29,380,984.38 683,516.00 350,000.00 11,376,156.91 2,915,135.41 62,335,997.45 208

2018 Dedicated Affordable Housing Utility Budget Anticipated 2018 Budget 2017 Budget 0.00 496,633.00 495,376.00

Summary of Revenues 1. Surplus 2. Miscellaneous Revenues 3. Deficit (General Budget) Total Revenues Summary of Appropriations 1. Operating Expenses: Salaries and Wages Other Expenses 2. Capital Improvements 3. Debt Service 4. Deferred Charges & Other Appropriations 5. Surplus (General Budget) Total Appropriations Total Number of Employees

496,633.00

495,376.00

2018 Budget 103,000.00 393,633.00

2017 Budget 102,135.00 393,241.00

496,633.00 1

495,376.00 1

2018 Dedicated Parking Utility Budget Summary of Revenues

Delores A. Williams Deputy Municipal Clerk

1. Surplus 2. Miscellaneous Revenues 3. Deficit (General Budget) Total Revenues

PP, 1x, 3/2/18 Fee: $59.85

PP, 1x, 3/2/18 Fee: $137.20

Anticipated 2018 Budget 2017 Budget 186,114.00 181,881.00 4,073,729.00 4,145,548.00 4,259,843.00

4,327,429.00

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PACKET BRIEFS La Convivencia to present social justice conference

La Convivencia will have its first social justice and interfaith leadership conference from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, March 11, at Princeton University’s Carl Fields Center, 58 Prospect Ave. in Princeton.

This half-day conference will feature speakers, leadership workshops, youth workshops, and Latin, Spanish and Sephardic music by Zorzal Music Ensemble.

Keynote speakers include Dr. Ruha Benjamin of Princeton University and Dr. Patricia Fernandez-Kelly of Princeton University and Chair of LALDEF Latin American legal defense education fund.

Dr. Benjamin is an associate professor of African American Studies at Princeton University. Her work investigates the social dimensions of science, technology, race, and medicine, with a focus on the tension between innovation, inequity, and social justice. â⇔‹Dr. Fernandez-Kelly is a senior lecturer in the Department of Sociology at Princeton University and as a research associate in the Office of Population Research. Her field of interest is international development with an emphasis on immigration, race, ethnicity, and gender.

Leadership workshops will be presented by Dr. Colleen Sears (TCNJ); Rev. Sara Lilja (Director of LEAMNJ); Chief Robert Garofalo (WW Police Dept): Chief Nicholas K. Sutter (Princeton Police Department); Rabbi Eric B. Wisnia (Beth Chaim); Muhammad Mendes (Muslim Center of Greater Princeton); Rev. Peter Froehlke (Prince of Peace Lutheran Church); Tahirih Smith (Baha’i Community Activist); Sue Roy Esq.; Fatima Mughal (Community Activist); Robt-Seda Schreiber (Social Justice Activist); Zain & Bilal Sultan (Co-founders of La Convivencia and Youth Workshop Leaders) All are welcomed to come and explore our workshops to develop leadership and advocacy skills as well as important knowledge and understanding of critical social justice. Spaces are limited.

Conference sponsors include: NIOT Princeton, GLSEN Central New Jersey; Kidsbridge Tolerance Center; Windsor Hightstown Area Ministerium, Muslim Center of Greater Princeton, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, Islamic Society of Central Jersey, and the Carl A. Fields Center for Equality & Cultural Understanding.

For more information and details on the event, visit www.laconvivencia.org or email laconvivencia.peace@gmail.com.

Mercer Green Fest set at Rider University

More than 75 ecofriendly businesses, organizations, and schools will be offering information and incentives to help you go green and save money at the Mercer Green Fest (formerly known as the Living Local Expo) from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday March 17, in the Rider University Student Recreation Center, which is on the main campus, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ. Mercer Green Fest, which promotes green living for Mercer County families, is presented by Mercer County Sustainability Coalition. All Mercer county residents are invited to join in on having fun going green. Bring the whole family and invite your neighbors. Wear green to the Mercer Green Fest on St. Patrick’s Day. The fair is free and open to the public, rain or shine. Visitors can learn about a wide variety of sustainability issues and exciting community projects such as: energy efficiency, electric car display, health, exercise, and wellness, walking and bike trails, food waste recycling programs and science fair and robotics projects from area schools and groups.

For more information on the Mercer Green Fest visit www.mercergreenfest.org.

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WHAT’S UP

RESULTS State Diving Montgomery High School sophomore Jackie Swick captured the NJSIAA Girls State Diving championship on Wednesday night at Montgomery. Swick, who had won the Somerset County and Skyland Conference championships earlier this season, finished the 11-dive meet with a score of 523.70. Montgomery teammate Annie Hathaway finished second with a score of 494.25.

Montgomery’s Rei Miayuchi finished fifth and the Cougars’ Angela Zhou was seventh. Swick had finished third at last year’s state meet.

Hathaway, a junior, finished second as a freshman in 2016 and was second last year as well. The 2017 girls’ champion, Sophia Peifer of Haddonfield, is now a freshman at Princeton University.

MOC track Montgomery High’s Abrianna Barrett finished seventh in the high jump at the NJSIAA Meet of Champions, which was held last weekend at the Bennett Center in Toms River.

Barrett finished with a height of 5-feet, 4-inches. The champion, Jenna Rogers of Rutherford, cleared 5-10. The Cougars’ Peyton Schnackenberg was seventh in the shot put with a throw of 39-2.

Shelby Bigsby of Montclair was first at 47-feet.

In the boys’ events, Princeton’s Will Hare finished fourth in the 1,600 meters in 4:16.67. Simon Schenk cleared 14-feet to finish fifth in the pole vault. The Little Tigers’ Matt Perello was seventh in the 200 meters and Paul Brennan was 16th in the shot put. The Cougars’ Ryan Cashman was 15th in the 200 meters and also finished 15th in the qualifying for the 55meter dash. Jason Knight was 27th in qualifying in the 55meter hurdles.

Princeton U ice hockey The Princeton University men’s ice hockey team will be the host to Brown in the opening round of the ECAC tournament, beginning tonight at 7 at Hobey Baker Rink. The teams will meet again Saturday at 7 p.m. with a third game, if necessary, to be played Sunday at 7 p.m.

Princeton finished the regular season in seventh place after defeating St. Lawrence, 4-3, in its regular-season finale last Saturday. Max Veronneau scored with less than two minutes to play to lift Princeton to the victory.

Princeton finished the regular season with a 13-12-4 overall record and a 10-10-2 mark in the ECAC. This season was the Tigers’ first with a .500 or better record in ECAC play since the 2010-11 season.

Princeton U hoops The Princeton University women’s basketball team remained in first place in the Ivy League after splitting games last weekend at Dartmouth and Harvard. The Tigers topped Dartmouth, 79-67, as Leslie Robinson and Abby Meyers each scored 15 points in the victory. Princeton then dropped a 72-58 decision at Harvard.

Princeton is 20-5 overall and 10-2 in the Ivy League heading into the final weekend of the regular season.

Photo by Scott Friedman

Princeton High School’s Alec Bobchin, the No. 1 seed in the 138-pound weight class, defeated Raritan’s A..J Erven, 5-0, to capture his first region championship and advance to the state tournament in Atlantic City.

Bobchin wins Region 5 wrestling title

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

Alec Bobchin of Princeton High got caught up in the moment as he grew closer to his first Region 5 wrestling championship.

“I remember looking up at clock before we started the last couple of seconds,” Bobchin recalled of his championship match on Feb. 24. “I saw eight seconds left and I was on top for the start and I started feeling butterflies in my stomach. I was getting excited and when the clock ran down I was so happy. When it was over I pointed to my dad. I wouldn’t be where I wanted to be now without him.”

Bobchin, the No. 1 seed in the 138-pound weight class, defeated Raritan’s AJ Erven, 5-0, to capture his first region championship and advance to the state tournament in Atlantic City this weekend. A week earlier, Bobchin had won the 138pound title at the District 19 tournament.

Montgomery senior Emmanuel Perera will also be making the trip to Atlantic City after he advanced by finishing fourth in the 126pound weight class at the Region 5 tournament that was wrestled at Hunterdon Central in Flemington.

The top four finishers in each weight class from each of the eight regions that ended on Feb. 24 qualified for the state tournament that will begin today and run through Sunday at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City.

The state tournament gets un-

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Bobchin, a junior who will take a 33-4 record to the state tournament in Atlantic City. derway today with the Round of 32 matches scheduled to begin at 2:30 p.m., with the Round of 16 matches, the pre-quarterfinals, to follow.

The Saturday session will include wrestlebacks beginning at 9 a.m. and the quarterfinals at noon.

The semifinals and wrestlebacks will be held at 6 p.m.

On Sunday morning at 10, the final round of wrestlebacks will be held and then consolation bouts for places third through eighth will be wrestled.

The state championship round is scheduled to start at 3 p.m.

“Going in I treat it the same as any other tournament,” said Bobchin, a junior who will take a

33-4 record to Atlantic City.

“Once you start thinking about it too much something different gets into your head. I just stayed calm and kept my composure and tried to treat it like any other match.”

Bobchin had a bye in the opening round of Region 5 before defeating Shane Demeter of Manville in the quarterfinals by technical fall, 20-5. In the semifinals he got past fifth-seeded Andrew Lombard of Monroe, 7-2.

“At this point everyone you face is tough,” Bobchin said. “The was no one specific I was looking out for before it started. I just went in wrestling my hardest. I usually I treat everyone the same and wrestle every match the same. I

am always going to wrestle my hardest.”

Bobchin is the No. 12 seed in the 138-pounds bracket. He will open against Dante Stefanelli of Delbarton, who is 13-6 and the No. 21 seed. For Bobchin this will be a second trip to the state tournament, which should help him ease his way onto the mat. He did not place in the 2017 state tournament.

“Going to the state tournament once already I have the oohs and aahs out of the way,” he said.

“Last year was a little overwhelming. This year I am coming in full on. I want to place in the top eight and get on the podium.

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MHS teams, PHS girls win state hoop openers

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

The Montgomery High boys’ and girls’ basketball teams each cleared a huge hurdle on Tuesday in their state tournament openinground games.

And for that matter, so did the Princeton High girls.

The Montgomery boys overcame three straight years of firstround losses in the state tournament, while the girls won their state opener after winning just six games a year ago. The Princeton girls also won on Tuesday, posting their first state tournament triumph since a victory at Somerville in 1994.

The Montgomery boys, the No. 5 seed in Central Jersey, Group IV, overcame a rough of-

fensive second half and held on for a 39-36 victory over 12thseeded Long Branch. With the victory the Cougars advanced to be the host to 13th-seeded Hillsborough in a game that was scheduled for Thursday.

Montgomery saw a 17-point first-half lead slip away and led by just one point with under a minute to go but held on for the victory thanks some big defensive plays down the stretch.

“That’s how we win and these guys believe it and we preach it all the time,” Montgomery coach Kris Grundy said of his defense.

“Defense is how we win games and we believe that hopefully defense is going to win championships. We just have to keep defending.

“The ball finally broke our

way. We hadn’t won a state game in three years and we’ve blown some really bad games. Last year against Sayreville we were up by 20 in the fourth quarter and lost.

Tonight we were up by 12 going into the fourth quarter. I give Kevin Fromelt a lot of credit. He missed three free throws with the technical foul and then the one and one. But then he gets fouled again and steps to the line and knocks them both down. That was huge because it put us up three.”

Montgomery held a 28-16 lead at halftime and then went seven minutes into the third quarter before finally scoring. Riley Green scored a basket and then had an assist on a Rohan Prakash basket as the Cougars ended the third quarter with a 32-20 lead.

“We were just looking to score

some points and get the offense going,” Greene said. “We wanted to keep going but we just couldn’t score there for a while. Coach always says we have been through everything this year and he knows no matter what happens we’re ready for anything because we have faced everything.”

Montgomery’s lead was cut to 37-36 and Long Branch had chances to take the lead. But Fromelt, who finished with a team-high 12 points, hit a pair of free throws in the closing seconds and the Cougars withstood one last scoring attempt by the Green Wave.

“We’ve beaten some good teams and we’ve always come out on top when it is close,” Greene said. “You know this could be See OPENERS, Page 9

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PHS hockey run ends with loss in state semis

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

For the second straight year, the Princeton High ice hockey team made an upset-filled run in the state tournament.

And for the second straight year, the Little Tigers finished just one victory short of playing for a state championship.

A year ago, as the No. 9 seed, Princeton reached the State Public A semifinals by upsetting No. 8 Southern and No. 1 Morris Knolls before falling to 13th-seeded

Watchung Hills.

This winter, as the No. 11 seed in the state Public B tournament, Princeton went on the road and upset No. 6 Middletown North and No. 3 Ridge before falling to second-seeded Northern Highlands, 6-1, on Wednesday night at Mennen Arena in Morris Township.

“It’s unfortunate our guys didn’t have that jump today,” Princeton coach Tim Chase said after the defeat in the state tournament on Wednesday. “We were bystanders a little too

much in the play and not aggressive. For us, we’re a better team when we’re forcing the play. We just didn’t have it today and the other team played a good game.

“I think we had a little higher expectations ourselves to do a little bit better. I think it would have been nicer to have a little bit better effort today. I think the effort was there mentally but it didn’t just translate on the ice.”

Northern Highlands scored in the opening minute and led 5-0 before

Princeton got on the board with a Keith Goldberg goal off an assist from Max Garlock with 2:28 to play in the second period. While the season ended with the loss, it was another great run through the state tournament for the Little Tigers.

“We made a deep run and upset those two teams,” said Garlock, a senior. “I don’t think anybody expected it. Harry (Skopas) in net played really big and came through in the end being a first-year starter.

It’s a lot of fun. I love going

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Continued from Page 8 “I am definitely ready.

The amount of work I have put in during the offseason is going to show. I think going back second time and having been in the setting will help.

It is breathtaking and I know what it will look like.”

This will be the first trip to the state tournament for Perera, who reached the semifinals at 126 before falling to top-seeded AJ

DeRosa of Delaware Valley by fall at 3:47. Perera lost to Max Brignola of RumsonFair Haven, 10-0, in the third-place match.

“He was very excited,” Montgomery coach Kurt Franey said.

Perera, who is now 30-6, had beaten Gopaul to win the district title. It was his performance at a tournament at East Brunswick in December that showed Franey that Perera had what

it took to get this far.

Perera follows Dylan D’Amore as a Montgomery wrestler to get to the state tournament.

D‘Amore reached the state tournament each of the last two years.

D’Amore placed third in the state tournament at heavyweight during his senior season in 2017.

Perera was one of five Cougars to qualify for Region 5 this winter.

Perera is seeded 30th at 126 pounds and will open against third-seeded Michael Kelly of St. Peter’s, Prep who is 32-4 and was second at the Region 4 tournament, losing 2-1 in the final to Joe Heilmann of South Plainfield. Heilmann is 40-0 and the No. 2 seed at the state tournament.

In the 2017 state tournament at 120 pounds, Heilmann placed third and Kelly finished eighth.

14 points to lead three Cougars in double figures as they improved to 18-7. Andrea Katramados scored 12 points and Kristin Lucht added 11 in the victory.

After winning just four games a year ago, the Cougars not only qualified for the tournament this year but earned a No. 2 seed.

The Cougars, whose starting lineup includes a freshman and three sophomores, came into the season hoping to be better but have exceeded even their highest

expectations.

Since top-seeded East Brunswick was eliminated by 16th-seeded Hillsborough, the Cougars are the top remaining seed in Central Jersey, Group 4. They were scheduled to be the host to 10th-seeded Trenton on Thursday.

Princeton had gone more two decades without winning a state game but pulled off an upset as the 12th seed with a 34-18 victory over fifth-seeded South Brunswick. Erin Devine

scored 14 points and Catherine Dyevich added 10 in the win for the Little Tigers.

“It was a rematch,” said Princeton coach Dave Kosa, whose team lost to the Vikings 56-25 in the opening-round of the Central Jersey, Group IV tournament last year.

The Little Tigers, who improved to 14-13 with the result, advanced to face fourth-seeded Marlboro in a game that was scheduled to be played on Thursday.

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Continued from Page 8 your last one but you just have to keep playing your game.”

Montgomery, which improved to 16-10, was prepared for anything after a challenging regular season schedule.

The Montgomery girls had little trouble in their Central Jersey, Group IV opener.

The No. 2 seeded Cougars built a 20-point lead and topped 15th-seeddd Monroe, 53-38. Bria Johnson scored

deep in states and upsetting teams. I really enjoy it and think everyone on this team does.

Everyone contributed. We played three lines and six defensemen.

And at the start of the season we even played two goalies.

“I think in recent years we came into the states thinking this is states again and we just went through the motions and being the higher seed we’d definitely lose. But with what happened last year we knew that we could come out and play with them. I thought

we were definitely prepared for both of those games.”

Princeton, which reached the final of the Mercer County Tournament and finished 18-9-2 in Chase’s first season as head coach, proved its mettle with a pair of upset victories to reach the semifinals.

Colm Trainor scored twice in a 4-1 triumph over Middletown North. He also had two goals, including the game-winner in overtime, in a 4-3 decision over Ridge, which won the Public A state title last year.

All-Star hockey game to benefit Corner House Jeff Starr knows how important a role Corner House played in his life.

He also knows how important ice hockey was in his youth.

Starr has been part of the group which has come together to organize the first Corner House High School All-Star Winter Classic.

The game will be played on Friday at 5:15 p.m. at Princeton Day School’s Lisa McGraw Rink.

The all-star game will include players from the ice hockey teams at Hun, Princeton Day School, Princeton, Notre Dame and Pennington. The game is cosponsored by Corner House and NRG Energy.

Corner House, in Princeton, offers outreach programs for teens to help deal with stress, substance abuse and emotional issues.

“I wasn’t on the student board, but Corner House was very important to my life when I was in high school,” Starr said. “I was counseled by Gary (DeBla-

sio). I had substance abuse issues in high school and college.”

DeBlasio is Corner House executive director.

The game will put 34 players from the five area high schools on the ice in an all-star event.

Princeton High will send forwards Keith Goldberg, Justin Joyce, Ryan McCormick and Rocco Salvato to the game as well as defensemen Max Garlock and Nathan Podgalsky and goaltender Harry Skopas.

For Hun, forwards Kyle Mandleur, Guillaume Hebert, Matt Argentina and Brian Nelson will be joined by defensemen Eddie Evaldi and Aidan McDowell and goaltender Jackson Cole.

For PDS, forwards Ryan Lisk, Brian Frister, Russell Friedman and Coby Auslander will join defensemen Eric Sherman, Nic Petruolo and goaltender Boris Gorelenkov.

The event has a donation platform at youcaring.com/cornerhousewinterclassic with a goal of raising $2,500.

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Art of Sound in Lambertville is presenting a series of intimate concerts

By Anthony Stoeckert

Frank Bell’s March 9 concert will open a series of intimate music performances at Art of Sound in Lambertville.

rank Bell’s career as a musician finds him performing in many venues that are not traditional theaters. Working with a company called Sofar Sounds, he plays his music in homes, lofts, warehouses and cathedrals.

“As long as there are people to listen, anything can be a stage,” Bell says. “I think it’s cool to step out of conventional listening spaces as well because it creates more of a shared experience between the performer and the audience.”

That makes Bell the perfect musician to open “The Art of Sound Unplugged,” a springtime acoustic series presented by The Art of Sound in Lambertville.

Art of Sound is a showroom devoted to creating intimate music experiences. It was opened by John Nirmaier, who worked as a sound engineer, and his wife, Patti Giro. Art of Sound creates sound systems using high-end, stylish equipment. The show room in Lambertville features a listening room, designed for the ultimate music experience.

The unplugged series will open March 8 with the concert by Bell. Next will be a tribute to Sarah Vaughan, April 12, and a program titled “Poetry, Prose & Potions,” May 10. Closing the series will be a tribute to Dave Brubeck with the Eric Mintel Jazz Trio, June 7.

“The space is just really, really cool,” Bell says. “That building, it’s an old paper mill, and the way they have it set up, there’s exposed brick and wood vaulted planks and things. It’s a really cool environment, and it made sense.”

Bell’s career in music started with training as a classical cellist before he started playing other instruments.

“I eventually started writing my own music, kind of interpreting life’s experiences in my own words and notes,” Bell says.“It became something people seem to enjoy and something I enjoy.”

He released a five-song EP, “On Passion and Reason” in 2010, followed by an album, “Everything Falls Into Place,” released in 2011.

His concert will feature just him and a guitar, playing his original songs. In between tunes, he’ll share stories about his life and music. And these days, acoustic concerts are fitting his interests.

“I prefer the intimacy,” he says. “And when it’s just me, it’s easier to catch a vibe, or not necessarily catch a vibe, but a different kind of vibe.”

The concert will feature songs from throughout his career.

“It’s a hodgepodge,” he says. “I very rarely make a set list or plan for these things in advance as far as what I’m going to play. But there’ll be a little bit of old, a little bit of new. Don’t get me wrong, there’s definitely merit to playing with a band, communicating and kind of having a family on stage.

But sometimes, depending on the kind of mood I’m in and the size of the room, it makes more sense to just play solo and I can bring a lot to the table.”

Art of Sound in Lambertville will host an "Unplugged" series of concerts at its listening room this spring.

He writes songs about his life, what he observes about other people around him, and also about our shared experiences as human beings. Although he hasn’t released an album in nearly seven years, Bell says he’s done some recording and is figuring out the best way to release that music.

“I’m not in a hurry to come out with a new record, but the last record I released, I was believe was in 2011, so obviously I’m always writing and recording a bit,” Bell says.

There’s a lot going on in the world, of course, and he says like anybody else, all of that affects his

music, directly or indirectly.

“It definitely influences my writing,” Bell says.

“I try to be aware of where we are and where we’re potentially headed. One thing that’s always been consistent is the power of art, the power of music. I have a social responsibility, more or less, to create.”

Frank Bell will perform at The Art of Sound, 201 S. Main St., Lambertville, March 8, 7 p.m.

Reservations are required and can be made by calling 609-483-5000. For more information, go to theartofsoundllc.com.

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Music for the Season Spring is offering a variety of classical concerts

It’s time to get out of hibernation and hear the music play.

The next few weeks will see a bevy of classical concerts and performances from regional ensembles and concert series performed throughout the area. These concerts promise performances of great music, performed in beautiful settings by both professional and amateur groups. And affordable tickets for many of these shows make this the perfect time to log out of Netflix and get out of the house for some culture and entertainment.

The Princeton Singers will perform a concert titled “In a Celestial Garden,” March 3 at Princeton University Art Museum. Conducted by Steven Sametz, the program will offer sacred music by Gregorio Allegri, Arvo Part and !

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West Windsor 609-897-0032 (lessons only) The Dryden Ensemble will present harpsichordist farringtonsmusic.com Adam Pearl in a performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, March 4, beginning at 3 p.m. at Miller Chapel.

Pearl, a laureate of the 2001 Jurow and 2004 Bruges international harpsichord competitions, will perform Bach’s Goldberg Variations, a monumental work for harpsichord with two manuals consisting of an aria followed by 30 variations.

Dr. Pearl, a member of the Early Music faculty at Peabody Conservatory, has performed throughout the United States as well as in Europe, South America and Asia.

He has been principal harpsichordist for Philadelphia’s Baroque orchestra, Tempesta di Mare since 2005. He has recorded on the Chandos, Dorian and Plectra labels. His recording of virtuosic works from the late French baroque will be released in 2018.

The concert is part of the Dryden Ensemble’s seasonlong celebration of Bach, which will continue April with “Organic Bach,” an all-Bach organ recital featuring Eric Plutz, and “Bach & Beyond,” a chamber concert featuring music by J. S. Bach, Janitsch, Telemann, and J. C. Bach.

Miller Chapel is on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer St., Princeton. Tickets cost $25, free for students with ID. For more information, go to www.drydenensemble.org.

Parents can share the joys of classical music with the children during Princeton University Concerts’ “Baby Got Bach: String ‘Stravaganza” with Orli Shaham and the Rolston String Quartet, March 17, beginning at 1 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University Campus.

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Harpsichordist Adam Pearl will join the Dryden Ensemble for a performance of Bach’s Goldberg Variations.

Shaham is a pianist and will act as a host for the concert, which introduced preschool kids to classical music. She will be joined by the Rolston String Quartet for a concert of chamber music with string and piano. Tickets cost $10, $5 children and are available at princetonuniversityconcerts.org or by calling 609-258-9220.

La Fiocco will perform a concert titled “Vivaldi & Company; Sparkling Instrumental Works in the Italian Style,” March 17, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at All Saints Church in Princeton. Music on the program will include Baroque concertos and sonatas for oboe and strings, including the Oboe

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By Anthony Stoeckert

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Jean Négulesco’s “Still Life” from 1926 is on view in “The Artist Sees Differently” at Princeton University Art Museum.

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Works by renowned artists are on view at Princeton University Art Museum

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aul Cézanne, Pablo Picasso, Georgia O’Keeffe, Georges Braque, Juan Gris, those are just some of the artists featured in “The Artist Sees Differently: Modern Still Lifes from The Phillips Collection,” on view at PUAM through April. 29.

The 38 paintings in the exhibit are from the collection of Duncan Phillips and the artist Marjorie Acker Phillips.

Duncan Phillips was an artist and collector, and a major figure in showcasing modern art in America.

The exhibit displays several important still lifes of fruit, including Pierre Bonnard’s 1920 work, “Bowl of Cherries.”

Wall text explains that the artist was more interested in how objects interact with each other to “create a harmonious construct of color, light, and shadow,” than in rending the object itself. In this painting, the cherries rest in a glass bowl

on a wooden table, with white pieces of china behind the bowl.

Cezanne’s “Ginger Pot with Pomegranate and Pears” (1893) shows the fruits strewn about a wooden table. A table cloth is bunched together, and a plate holding a piece of fruit is half on the cloth, half on the table. To the left is another table with books and behind the table is a gray curtain.

Harold Weston’s 1929 work “Melon” is an example of his colorful works depicting everyday life, according to wall text. In the work, melon slices are spread out on a plate, in a star-like shape. The plate sits on a table, covered by a light green-blue checkered cloth. A decanter and a glass also are on the table, which is pushed into the corner. To the left, a sliver of red floor can be seen.

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‘Moon Over Buffalo’ at Kelsey M&M Productions gets big laughs with Ken Ludwig’s farce about life in the theater

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pening and shutting doors may not seem like a special talent, but the cast of “Moon Over Buffalo” at Kelsey Theatre makes it an art form.

During one of the highlights of Ken Kudwig’s backstage farce, all of the play’s characters are looking for one another, and they’re frantically entering and exiting the green room of a theater. A door opens, a panicky character enters the room, sees no one there, and exits in haste. Just as that door closes, another opens, with another character continuing the bit.

It’s a classic farce move, one that always works when in the right hands, and the folks with M&M Productions, who are staging “Moon Over Buffalo’ at Kelsey through March 4, have very capable hands when it comes to comedy. In addition to the business with the doors, the actors in this production get laughs with their timing, physical antics and facial expressions.

As is typical with farces, there’s a lot going on with the plot. The scene is Buffalo, 1953. George and Charlotte Hay (John Pinto and Maureen Hackett) are a married theatrical couple. They’ve had some success, but a few flops have led to them touring “Cyrano de Bergerac” and Noel Coward’s “Private Lives” in repertory. In case you don’t know, “Cyrano” is about a swordsman with a big nose who’s in love with Roxane. “Private Lives” is a sophisticated Noel Coward comedy about a divorced couple who both remarried and are honeymooning in the same hotel.

They’re very different plays, and that’s important.

Anyway, Charlotte dreams of Hollywood stardom, but George loves the theater and sees it as more noble than movies.

Charlotte’s deaf mother Ethel (Linda Cunningham) doesn’t agree with her son-inlaw on much, but she’s on his side in this debate. Without theater, Ethel says, “We’d all be republican.”

Charlotte and George have a daughter, Rosalind (Angela Fasanella). She used to be engaged to the stage manager Paul (Tim

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From left: Tim Moran, John Pinto and Angela Fasanella in “Moon Over Buffalo” at Kelsey Theatre.

Moran), and is now engaged to Howard (Christopher “Lars” Schmalbach), a weatherman, and big fan of Rosalind’s parents.

Rosalind is nervous about introducing Howard to her family, but he can’t wait.

Howard even bought an old general’s costume George wore in a show. Meanwhile, George has had a fling with Eileen (Jennifer Litzinger), an actress in the show, and it turns out Eileen is pregnant. Meanwhile, Richard, “the accountant to the stars” (played by Matthew Cassidy) is in love with Charlotte and promises her a luxuri-

ous life if she leaves her husband for him.

There’s more, including a huge fight between Charlotte and George over that bun in the oven. Then George finds out Frank Capra is coming to see the company perform because he‘s directing “Twilight of the Scarlet Pimpernel” and star Ronald Colman has broken both his legs. Capra needs a replacement, opening the door for Charlotte and George, and George is elated to tell his wife the news. “The most wonderful thing in the world has happened, Ronald Coleman is crippled,” he says with joy. But Charlotte thinks it’s a ruse to keep

her in Buffalo, making her even madder at her husband. She storms out, George gets drunk, and all seems lost.

Pinto and Hackett have terrific comic timing and very funny facial expressions in playing this bickering couple, who deep down are quite fond of each other. Cunningham gets lots of laughs with her digs at George, who she blames for ruining her daughter’s Broadway career. George is such a ham, she says, “They should stick cloves in him and serve him with pineapple.

As the daughter, Rosalind, Angela is playing the most normal character in the show, and gets plenty of laughs, particularly her jab about Buffalo being “like Scranton but without the charm.” Cassidy brings desperation, energy and heart to Richard (he also has a fun moment interacting with audience members). Schmalbach is funny breaking into weatherman mode; Litzinger plays the wronged young lover spot-on; and Moran gets big laughs as the stage manager, trying to woo his ex while holding the company together.

M. Kitty Getlik directed the show. Getlik is the artistic director at Kelsey, and does lighting design for most productions there. She doesn’t get to direct often (the last time she did was in 2009), and she has a sure hand and keeps the pace face — the first act flew by.

It culminates with a wonderful scene where the company performs “Private Lives” — or is is “Cyreno?” One of the characters gets it wrong, and thank goodness for that. We can all use a few good laughs right about now, and “Moon Over Buffalo” has plenty of them. Ï“Moon Over Buffalo” continues at Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, through March 4. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m.

Tickets cost $18, $16 seniors, $14 students/children; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333.

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“Moon Over Buffalo,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. M&M Stage Productions presents Ken Ludwig’s farce about a theater couple with a last chance at stardom, through March 4. Tickets cost $18, $16 seniors, $14 students/children; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-5703333.

“Red Velvet,” ActorsNET of Bucks County, Heritage Center, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pennsylvania. In the early 1800s, a black American Shakespearean actor finds he is not welcome on the London stage, but triumphs in Europe, March 2-8. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $17 seniors 62 and up, $10 children 12 and under; www.actorsnetbucks.org; 215-295-3694.

“A Chorus Line,” Music Mountain Theatre, Route 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. Classic musical about 17 dancers vying for a spot in the chorus line of a Broadway musical.

Songs include “One,” “What I Did For Love,” and “I Can Do That,” March 2-18. 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.

“California Suite,” Somerset Valley Players, 689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough. Neil Simon’s comedy about four different stories that take place in the same hotel room, March 2-18; www.svptheatre.org.

“Trying,” George Street Playhouse, 103 College Farm Road, New Brunswick. Play about Francis Biddle, Chief Judge of the Nuremberg trials, and attorney general under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, March 13 through April 8; www.georgestreetplayhouse.org; 732-246-7717.

“Fiddler on the Roof,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Maurer Productions OnStage presents musical classic set in a small village in Imperial Russia circa 1905. The plot focuses on Tevye, a poor dairyman struggling to hold onto his religion, his Russian-Jewish traditions, and his five daughters. Songs include “Tradition,” “Matchmaker, Matchmaker, and “Sunrise, Sunset,” March 16-25. Performances: Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 2 p.m., 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors, $16 students/children; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333.

CHILDREN’S THEATRE “Goldilocks and the 3 Bears,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Kaleidoscope Theatre presents the fairy tale musical about a little girl with the golden curls who encounters a family of bears who live peacefully in the woods. With the helpful participation of the audience, Goldilocks’s three furry friends teach her important lessons in kindness and acceptance, March 3, 2 p.m., 4 p.m. Tickets cost $12, $10 seniors/children; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333.

“Annie Jr.,” Music Mountain Theatre, Route 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. Shortened version of classic musical designed to be performed by kids. The show follows

the adventures of a depression-era orphan who gets to spend the holidays with the wealthy Daddy Warbucks, March 10-31. Performances are Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. $8; www.musicmountaintheatre.org.

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A Jazzy Night at the Philharmonic Soprano Gianine Campbell will join the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey during its “The Jazz Age” concert at the War Memorial George Washington Ballroom, 1 Memorial Drive, Trenton, March 10 at 7:30 p.m. Campbell will sing songs from Kurt Weill’s “Three Penny Opera.” Also on the program is Igor Stravinsky’s “Ragtime,” Darius Milhaud’s “Creation of the World” and “Jazz Symphony” by Trenton-born composer George Antheil. Tickets cost $30-$65; www.capitalphil-harmonic.org; 215893-1999.

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CLASSICAL MUSIC The Princeton Singers, Princeton University Art Museum on the Princeton University campus. Concert titled “In a Celestial Garden” featuring sacred music of Allegri, Pärt, and William Byrd’s Mass for 5 voices in the Medieval Gallery of the Princeton University Art Museum, March 3, 5:30 p.m., 8 p.m. (There will be a reception between concerts.) Admission costs $15; www.princetonsingers.org.

Princeton University Concerts’ “Beyond the Music” series. Following a collaboration with the Brentano String Quartet, pianist Jonathan Biss returns March 7 for two free events as part of PUC’s “Beyond the Music” programming.

Biss will present this season’s final Live Music Meditation at 12:30 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. The program offers an opportunity for the community to experience a half-hour meditation, guided by Associate Dean Matthew Weiner of the Office of Religious Life, to live music performed by Biss.

At 4 p.m. Biss will teach Princeton University piano students in a Performers as Teachers workshop in the Lee Music Performance and Rehearsal Room in the Lewis Arts complex. For more information, go to princetonuniversityconcerts.org.

“Baby Got Bach: String ‘Stravaganza,” Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton University campus. Princeton University Concerts’ family concert for kids ages 3 to 6. Hosted by pianist Orli Shaham, pre-school-aged kids are introduced to the joy of live classical music, joined by special guest artists the Rolston String Quartet, March 17, 1 p.m. Tickets cost $10, $5; princetonuniversityconcerts.org; 609-258-9220.

La Fiocco, All Saints Church, 16 All Saints Road, Princeton. Program titled “Vivaldi & Company: Sparkling Instrumental Works in the Italian Style,” featuring Baroque concertos and sonatas for oboe and strings by Vivaldi, Al-

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binoni, A. Scarlatti, Stradella, Lotti, and Brehy, March 17, 7:30 p.m. The concert also will be performed at Trinity Episcopal Church, 6587 Upper York Road, Solebury, Pennsylvania, March 18, 3 p.m. Tickets cost $25, $10 students; lafiocco.org.

Baroque to romantic organ recital, St. Paul Church, 216 Nassau St., Princeton. Members of the American Guild of Organists will perform a program on St. Paul Church’s four-manual, 65- rank organ, March 18, 2:30 p.m. For more information, go to www.agohq.org/chapters/centralnewjersey or call 609 921 7458.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall, on the campus of Princeton University. Cellist and composer Joshua Roman performs his 2015 work “Awakening” under the baton of guest conductor Teddy Abrams. Joan Tower’s “Made in America” is also on the program, performed as part of the Princeton Migrations project. Ludwig van Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 “Pastoral” concludes the concert, March 18, 4 p.m. $35-$85; princetonsymphony.org; 609 497-0020.

JAZZ, CABARET, ROCK, FOLK, ETC. Le Cabaret Francais, The Mansion Inn, 9 So. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Cabaret hosted by Barry Peterson, with lyric books, sing-along and special performing guests, first Wednesday of each month, 7:45-10 p.m. $10 drink minimum; 215-740-7153.

Princeton University Glee Club, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton. Featuring the United States premiere of John Tavener’s “Total Eclipse.” The program also includes George Frideric Handel’s Dixit Dominus, as well as a new work by Princeton University senior Shruthi Rajasekar, March 3, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15; music.princeton.edu; 609-258-9220.

“The Magic of Disney Love Songs,” Bordentown Regional Middle School, 50 Dunn’s Mill Road, Bordentown.

Alexis Cole will sing songs including “When You Wish Upon A Star” from “Pinocchio” and “So This is Love” from “Cinderella.” Cole will be joined by music director Scott Archangel and backed by a jazz ensemble, string quartet and the Bordentown Regional Middle School Chorus, March 11, 3 p.m. $20, $5 students; 609-298-5465.

Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, Route 206 at Cherry Hill Road, Princeton. Choral Reading of Haydn, “Paukenmesse” and Brahms, “Nanie.” Choral singers welcome. No auditions, no rehearsal, just the joy of song, March 11, 4 p.m. Members and students sing for free. Admission for guests costs $10. For more information, email musical.amateurs@gmail.com.

Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Concert featuring Steven Van Zandt, guitarist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and producer who used the “soul horns-meet-rock ‘n’ roll guitars” approach he first pioneered on Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes’ classic first three albums, April 29, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $55-$125; www.stnj.org; 732246-7469

MUSEUMS

Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton. “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. “The Bigger Picture,” an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by four recognized local artists that have combined forces to make a statement that supports the relationship between larger paintings, sculpture and the timely celebration of cultural differences, March 3 through April 29. Opening reception, March 3, 7-8 p.m. Reception and

Scenes of the City “Trenton Coliseum” is among the paintings by Suzanne Dinger featured in the exhibit “Outside/Inside,” at Rider University Art Gallery in the Bart Luedeke Center on the Rider campus, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, through April 15. Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sun. noon to 4 p.m.

For more information, go to www.rider.edu/arts. conversations with the artists, March 25, 2-4 p.m. 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, through June 3. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609-924-8144.

Gallery. “Aldo Rossi: The Architecture and Art of the Analogous City.” Second retrospective of Aldo Rossi (19311997) in the United States since 1979 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.

Millstone River Gallery at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, 100 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro. “Art for a Wintry Season,” mixed media exhibit featuring works

by Lauren Curtis, Mary M. Michaels, Debra Pisacreta, and Mickie Rosen, through April 20. For more information, go to princetonphotoclub.org.

Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, 65 Olden Street, Princeton University campus. “Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn: Education in Times of War,” exhibition at World War I and its effect on education, drawing from the university srchives and the public policy papers of Princeton University Library, through June 2018. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. during the academic year; library.princeton.edu.

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, through March 8. 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.

The Rider University Art Gallery, Bart Luedeke Center on the Rider campus, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. “Outside/Inside,” an exhibit of works by alumna Suzanne Dinger featuring local infrastructures, as well as natural settings, through April 15. Artist’s talk, March 8, 7 p.m. Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sun. noon to 4 p.m. For more information, go to www.rider.edu/arts.

COMEDY

Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Francis Ellis from Barstool Sports, March 3, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., March 4, 7 p.m., $20; Dom Irrera, March 9-10, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $22; www.stressfactory.com; 732-545-4242.

Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Tommy Savitt, March 2-3; James Goff, March 9-10; catcharisingstar.com; 609-987-8018.

DANCE

SUBMISSIONS Ellarslie Open 35 Annual Juried Show. The Trenton Museum Society announces Ellarslie Open 35 Call for Art. Every May and June, the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie in Cadwalader Park in Trenton has hosted an open, juried show, “The Ellarslie Open, the most popular exhibit in its roster. Originally conceived to encourage local artists to submit their work for judging and display, the Ellarslie Open has grown to be one of the region’s most prestigious shows. Submissions are limited to six entries: March 1618, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Trenton City Museum Ellarslie in Cadwalader Park. For more information, go to ellarslie.org.

Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Weekly Wednesday Contra Dance, March 7, 8-10:30 p.m. (Instruction at 7:30 p.m.), $10; Second Saturday English Country Dance, March 10, 8-11 p.m. www.princetoncountrydancers.org.

M R Square Dance Club, Saint Luke’s (Episcopal) Church, 1620 Prospect St. Ewing. Weekly progressive dances. No prior experience is needed. Please be prompt.

Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation; richd1squarerounddancer@msn.com; 609-844-1140.

GALLERIES

FILM

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. For more information, go to artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609-924-8777.

Princeton University School of Architecture North

Not-So-Silent Cinema: Charlie Chaplin, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Program featuring short films Chaplin made in 1916 and 1917 accompanied by original scores by Brendan Cooney, March 2, 8 p.m. $25; http://bcptheater.org; 215862-2121.

MISCELLANY

“Brexit, Ireland and the Rise of English Nationalism,” East Pyne Room 010 on the Princeton University campus. Fund for Irish Studies at Princeton University presents lecture by Irish Scholar and theater critic Fintan O’Toole. O’Toole’s writing on Brexit, the prospective withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union, has won the European Press Prize and the George Orwell Prize for Journalism in 2017, March 2, 4:30 p.m. Free; fis.princeton.edu.

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March 4 Radio play at Princeton Library Raconteur Radio will present a staged radio play of “Sunset Boulevard,” beginning at 2 p.m. at Princeton Public Library.

Based on the 1950 film, “Sunset Boulevard” tells the story of a forgotten silent film star and the events that led up to the murder of a struggling screenwriter found in the swimming pool of her mansion. The show features theatrical lighting, period costumes, vintage commercials, Golden Age radio equipment and sound effects.

Community Room The library is located at 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. For more information, go to www.princetonlibrary.org or call 609-924-9529.

March 7 Bernard Shaw lecture in Princeton Fintan O’Toole will present a lecture titled, “Bernard Shaw and the Uses of Celebrity,” beginning at 5 p.m. at the Friend Center, 65 Olden St., Princeton University.

Daniel Mulhall, the Ambassador of Ireland to the United States, is scheduled to attend as an esteemed guest.

The lecture, sponsored by the Friends of the Princeton University Library, will focus on Shaw, Nobel prizewinner and Academy Award winner, who is perhaps best known as the author of “Pygmalion” (his most popular and most frequently performed play). O’Toole’s new book, “Judging Shaw,” was recently published by the Royal Irish Academy.

O’Toole is a lecturer in Irish Letters at Princeton University.

He has been a drama critic for The Irish Times, New York Daily News, Sunday Tribune (Dublin), and In Dublin Magazine.

Admission is free. For more information, go to library.princeton.edu.

Heifer living gift market in Skillman St. Charles Borromeo Parish will host the 2018 Heifer Living Gift Market, March 7, 6-8 p.m.

Living gift markets supports the organization Heifer International, by raising awareness and revenue in order to help poor families throughout the world.

Heifer International provides the animals as well as the technical training and follow-up support that recipients need to turn their animals into income that will support their families and even their surrounding community.

The event will be set up like a farmers’ market. Participants can come to learn how life changing these animals can be to those who are in need. There are also many ways and price points for participants to financially support Heifer International at the event.

St. Charles Borromeo Parish is at 47 Skillman Road, Skillman.

For more information, email dsileo@ borromeo.org or call 609-466-0300, ext. 23.

March 8 Garden talk at Morven Marta McDowell, author of “All the Presidents’ Gardens,” will host a talk at Morven Museum & Garden, beginning at 7 p.m.

Marta McDowell, New York Botanical Garden landscape historian and award-winning author, will explore the ways gardens are unwitting witnesses to history.

Discussion highlights to include President Buchanan’s greenhouse, and Emily Dickinson’s, Mark Twain’s, and Harriet Beecher Stowe’s conservatories all contemporaries of Commodore Robert F. Stockton.

Morven is located at 55 Stockton St., Princeton. Tickets cost $18. To register, go to morven.org.

Learning, and teaching, by doing Princeton Professor Michael Littman makes engineering accessible to students The biggest mistake I have made thus far in my role as a grandparent was showing my kids a picture of Princeton University Engineering Professor Michael Littman. He was standing with his structural creations — a pendulum clock taller me, bridges, and the Eiffel Tower — all made from Legos and Connex building blocks. Most notably, I said, he constructed these objects as part of his job.

The occasion of my grandparenting miscalculation was Thomas Edison’s birthday on Feb. 11. I was trying to make a point that New Jerseyans should celebrate in February not only the legacies of Presidents Lincoln and Washington, but also New Jersey’s heritage of science and innovation, as represented by Thomas Edison. Professor Littman, a longtime acquaintance of mine, is someone who truly appreciates the importance of that heritage.

The result, however, was that my grand babes wanted to adopt him as a grandparent and relegate me to the waste bin of those grandparents who simply spend a fortune on Legos, but can do nothing cool with them. A third picture of Dr. Littman, standing in front of a motorcycle that he built, threw Littman into superhero status in the minds of my kids. He told me to refrain from taking their rejection personally.

With all of his cool toys and creations, he is an engineering Pied Piper to kids. One of the youngsters in his neighborhood was always requesting play dates with him, said Professor Littman, the father of grown children, but grandfather to none — yet.

My grandkids announced that they first, wanted to go to work with him; and second, were convinced that they could build an Eiffel Tower, but not so sure about the motorcycle. Both comments would be structural music to the ears of educator Littman, who wants to do nothing more than enlighten and inspire people of all ages about the joys of engineering.

His bio is intimidating, but for the nearly three decades that I have known him, I vouch for his completely down-to-earth demeanor and non-patronizing behavior toward engineering morons like myself. He is a professor of mechanical and aerospace engineering, with a bachelor’s from Brandeis

Michael Littman uses his knowledge to make teaching engineering fun by building everythng from motorcycles to a model of the Eiffel Tower.

(Physics) and Ph.D. from MIT (Atomic Physics) and a string of publications with titles that boggle my mind. Littman’s research interests include automatic controls, tunable laser design, and bio-mimic robotics. His principal research concerns the Terrestrial Planet Finder, a project involving design and control of a high-contrast coronagraph.

Most telling is the fact that in 2015 he won the Distinguished Teaching Award, the highest faculty honor conferred by Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science.

What he is doing now is combining his love of education with a love of laboratories and the history of science and engineering.

His area of specialty for the past several years has been teaching engineering in a way that is accessible and compelling to both engineering and non-engineering students in the university. His signature course for engineering accessibility is Engineering in the Modern World, developed two decades ago with Dr. David Billington, who before his retirement taught at Princeton from 1960 through 2010.

“That course got me very ex-

cited about [the] history of science of engineering and the engineering pioneers who revolutionized the world,” Littman said. “I started to dig deeper into the subject and needed to be certain that I understood the subject well enough to communicate the information effectively.”

The way he learns — and the way he teaches — is by doing. “I believe that this is the most effective way to learn,” he said. “I taught myself electronics and mechanics not by just using a machine, but by actually building equipment and making it work.”

This semester he is teaching his hands-on seminar and laboratory course about the engineering design of motorcycles. Students restore a vintage motorcycle — examine, disassemble, model test and rebuild a vintage motorcycle.

No previous shop or laboratory experience is needed, liberal arts students as well as engineering students are welcome.

“My learning-by-doing approach is analogous to what a soccer coach told me years ago. . . you can tell students something, show them, but the lesson only sinks in when you actually do it. .

. . Building the object and getting it to work also builds confidence,“ he said.

Also fascinating to him is the history part, understanding how early scientists did so much with so little. Joseph Henry, who Littman calls “the most important” scientist of the early 19th century and first secretary of the Smithsonian, was a physics professor at Princeton from 1832 to 1846. His chief scientific contributions were in the field of electromagnetism, where he discovered the phenomenon of self-inductance.

Littman said students are amazed that Joseph Henry’s measuring instrument was a magnetic compass, and his voltage source was a chemical battery and wires. He was able to do these elegant studies of electricity and magnetism without any expensive equipment. “When the students recreate his experiments, they learn the principles of physics and a lesson [perhaps a life’s lesson] of how you can do a lot with very little,” Littman said.

Similarly, students comprehend computer technology when they build the equivalent of the Apple 1 computer and then program it.

Professor Littman often takes his learn-by-doing projects outside of the Ivory Tower. He and his students have become ambassadors in the community (at the public library and Communiversity, for example) through the program known as Engineering Projects in Community Service (EPICS). In EPICS, students earn academic credit for their participation in multidisciplinary design teams that solve technologybased problems for local, not-forprofit organizations.

Littman and his EPICS team are proud of the role they played with ISLES, a Trenton-based community development organization, that a few years ago saved and redeveloped the historic Mill One on the Trenton-Hamilton border. Princeton University’s Department of Engineering led the rebuilding of the factory’s 1895-era mechanical clock and developed a course through which students worked alongside the Isles design team to explore potential sustainable design elements of the mill restoration.

One can say that the students engaged in well-timed, hands-on learning.

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The Week of Friday, March 2, 2018

Dr. Satyen Govan, DO

What are hospitalists and what do they do?

In the past, when patients were admitted to the hospital, their primary care physician would come to the hospital to check on them and coordinate their care if they were treated by specialists or other healthcare professionals.

Today, however, many primary care doctors spend their time only seeing patients in their office, and entrust hospitalists to care for their patients during a hospital stay.

A hospitalist is a doctor who provides care exclusively for patients in the hospital. Hospitalists typically do not have outpatient practices, which means they can devote the majority of their time caring for hospitalized patients.

If you or someone you know is hospitalized, it is important to understand what a hospitalist does and what you can expect from their care.

What is the role of a hospitalist?

The role of the hospitalist is to provide direct care to patients and to coordinate and manage a patient’s care from admission to discharge.

A hospitalist looks at all aspects of a patient’s care and is the leader of the care team, which typically includes specialists, nurses, social workers, case managers and primary care physicians.

In other words, a hospitalist can be thought of as a quarterback, coordinating the actions of the healthcare team.

What type of training do hospitalists have?

The vast majority of hospitalists are doctors trained in internal medicine. At Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center (PMC), all hospitalists are board certified internal medicine doctors who have undergone the same training as other internists, including medical school, residency training and board certification examination.

Board certification is a process over and above medical licensure that demonstrates a physician’s exceptional expertise in a particular specialty.

What are the advantages of having a hospitalist?

Because hospitalists are on site and lack typical office time constraints, they are typically available to provide focused, face-to-face care 24 hours a day, seven days a week, year round.

Put simply, they are there when you need them. Given they work in the hospital every day, hospitalists are familiar with the hospital’s protocols and processes, and have close working relationships with nurses and other staff.

Additionally, hospitalists look at the big picture. While a patient may see multiple specialists during their stay, it is the job of the hospitalist to evaluate various treatment recommendations, coordinate testing and develop a plan of care that is right for the patient. Hospitalists are available to answer questions, discuss test results and engage in family discussions. They also keep current

charged and will provide the physician with a record of the patient’s hospital stay and discharge plan.

How does a hospitalist work with a patient’s specialists?

Often patients in the hospital have more than one health problem — or comorbidities in medical terms. In these instances, the goal of care is to treat the primary diagnosis that led to the hospitalization, while ensuring the other conditions are stable. It is the role of the hospitalist to communicate with the specialists and coordinate care.

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on the latest advances in hospital medicine.

Do hospitalists communicate with primary care physicians?

Yes. Normally, if a patient is admitted trough the Emergency Department, the hospitalist will inform the primary care physician. If the admission is planned, the primary care physician will request that a hospitalist provide care during the patient’s stay.

When a patient is admitted, the hospitalist will request their medical history and list of current medications. The hospitalist will also let the primary care physician know when a patient is dis-

Do hospitalists change during a patient’s stay?

Depending on their length of stay, a patient could see more than one hospitalist. Hospitalists work in teams so when one hospitalist is off duty, another hospitalist who is familiar with the patient’s case will provide care. When a hospitalist goes off service they provide a detailed report to the hospitalist who sees the patient for the first time the following day to ensure a smooth transition and continuity of care.

Do hospitalists communicate with a patient’s family?

Patients who want to give a family member access to their health and treatment information must first give their hospitalist written permission. The hospitalist will likely request one point of contact — a spouse, partner, child, sibling — who can dissem-

inate information to other family and loved ones. If the patient is unable to provide written permission at the time of hospitalization, the hospitalist will refer any advance directives the patient may have.

When do hospitalists typically make rounds?

At PMC, hospitalists typically make rounds in the morning and see most patients before noon.

However, hospitalists are available day or night for questions, test results and family discussions. In addition, PMC provides notebooks for patients and their family to write down questions they want to remember to ask their hospitalist and to take notes.

To learn more about hospitalists, Penn Medicine Princeton Health will air a pre-recorded USTREAM video with me on March 14 at noon on its Princeton Health on Demand USTREAM channel at http://www.ustream.tv/princetonhealth.

To register to watch the premier and be entered for a chance to win a gift card visit httpwww.princetonhcs.org/events. To find a physician with Princeton Health, go to www.princetonhcs.org or call 888-742-7496.

Satyen Govan, DO, is board certified in internal medicine and sports medicine. He is the medical director of Princeton Medicine Physicians Hospitalist Service and a member of the Medical Staff of Princeton Health.

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Animal-assisted therapy boosts mental health

Throughout history, animals have served as loyal companions to humans.

Dogs particularly, have long been known for their unconditional love, offered freely and without judgment.

It’s no wonder they’re called “man’s best friend.�

Over the past decade, an increasing body of research has shown the physical benefits of pet ownership from reducing blood pressure to improved cardiovascular fitness.

In addition, studies have shown that animals can also help reduce stress and improve mental health conditions, such as anxiety and depression.

At Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health, animal-assisted therapy is helping patients of all ages overcome mental illness, emotional difficulties or substance abuse.

What is animalassisted therapy?

As defined by the American Counseling Association, animal-assisted therapy is the incorporation of pets as therapeutic agents into the counseling process.

More specifically, animalassisted therapy is a tool used to help individuals —

Good listeners It is believed that people relate to dogs so well because dogs seem to express some of the same feelings people experience. Just like people, dogs can be scared, sad, or excited. They can read body language and communicate through their own body language.

For instance, a dog that rolls over on its back for a

belly rub is allowing itself to be vulnerable and showing it trusts you.

Additionally, because dogs can only listen and do not judge, they provide a sense of safety for individuals, helping people to open up about their emotions and allowing them to start processing their feelings so they can manage them in a healthy way.

For children especially, dogs or other animals in a therapeutic setting can help build self-esteem and leadership skills and teach impulse control and empathy.

As part of animal-assisted therapy, individuals are encouraged to think about how the therapy dog might handle a certain problem or situation. Doing so enables the individual to see the problem from a different perspective and begin to identify solutions.

Moreover, dogs sense when someone is struggling or sad and their presence can be soothing and calming. The sensory aspect of petting a dog or other animal can also help reduce stress, teach people how to be present and mindful, lower cortisol (the stress hormone) and release ‘feel good’ hormones that promote happiness.

late Baroque, and Albinoni’s oboe concerto is among the period’s greatest hits. But we will also hear lesser-known composers, including Brehy, who, though based in Brussels, was a follower of the Italian style. We hope the audience will find the entire program upbeat and enjoyable.�

La Fiocco will also perform the concert at Trinity Episcopal Church in Solebury, Pennsylvania, March 18 at 3 p.m. Tickets cost

$25, $10 students. Tickets are sold at the door, cash or check. For more information, go to lafiocco.org.

Members of the American Guild of Organists will perform an organ recital featuring composers from Baroque to Romantic, March 18 at St. Paul Church in Princeton.

The musicians will play on the church’s historic 1925 Aeolian-Skinner organ, beginning at 2:30 p.m. The church is located

children and adults, men and women — process difficult emotions.

Therapy dogs (or other animals) should not be confused with service animals, which live with their owners and are trained to assist their owners with specific medical conditions such as blindness or epilepsy.

Moreover, therapy dogs are different than emotional support or comfort animals, pets that provide support to a person with mental illness. To be designated an emotional support animal, the pet must be prescribed by a licensed mental health professional for a person with mental illness.

At Princeton House, therapy dogs are trained and certified to participate in the mental health treatment process, directed by a mental health professional.

As noted by the Ameri- planning can Psychiatric Association, • Evidence-based treatthe mental health benefits of ment animal assisted therapy in• Group and individual clude: therapy • Expressive therapies • Decreased anxiety like art and yoga •Increased sense of com• Psychoeducation fort and safety groups, with an emphasis on • Reduced loneliness family involvement and • Enhanced self-esteem support and confidence Princeton House’s ani• Increased prosocial bemal-assisted therapy prohaviors gram is directed by a • Decreased behavioral licensed clinician and curproblems rently involves a cockapoo Customized care Princeton House offers inpatient and outpatient treatment programs that are customized to meet the needs of children, adolescents, young adults, adults and older adults, along with specialized programs for men and women.

Care is provided by board certified psychiatrists and physicians, registered nurses, master’s-level social workers, therapists and addiction counselors.

Inpatient and outpatient programs are designed to meet unique developmental, diagnostic, and gender-related needs. Treatment programs feature: • A comprehensive evaluation • Personalized treatment

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named Sadie. For more information, go to www.princetonhouse.org or call 888-437-1610.

Lisa Steinhilber, Ed.S., L.P.C., A.C.S. is a licensed professional counselor and approved clinical supervisor. She is a senior primary therapist with Penn Medicine Princeton House Behavioral Health, a division of Penn Medicine Princeton Health.

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Marjorie Phillips’ 1922 work “Poppies and Cornflowers� is a stunning, deceptively simple work. Beautiful flowers of various colors are in a glass vase on a wooden table against a black background. Two books are on the table, and most fascinating is the view of the flowers through the glass vase.

Another simple image is depicted in Walt Kuhn’s “Bread and Knife,� from 1934.

In it a loaf of bread is nestled in a soft, white cloth, a sharp knife is placed in front of the bread. Like Phillips’ painting, the background is black.

And of course, visitors to the exhibit won’t want to miss the two works by Pablo Picasso — “Studio Corner� (1921) and “Still Life with Glass and Fruit (1939). “The Artist Sees Differently� is on view at Princeton University Art Museum on the Princeton University campus, through April 29. Hours: Tues.-Wed. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m. to 9 .m., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. noon to 5 p.m. Closed Mondays. For more information, go to artmuseum.princeton.edu/ or call 609-258-3788.

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Great opportunity in Brandon Farms. Updated 2,462 SQFT model. This home features a 2-Story Foyer w/hrdwd flrs, upgraded trim package, and 9’ ceilings. First Level features a FLR & DR. Bright & sunny kit overlooks yard.

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Traditional, center hall Colonial boasts sunny Living Room with pocket door & finished, wide plank flooring, Family Room with bow window, window seat & fireplace flanked by custom built-ins, adjacent Kitchen with Viking Stove, SubZero refrigerator, custom light fixtures & granite-topped center island. Upstairs: 4 bright, corner Bedrooms, 2 updated Baths plus large walk-in attic. Sited on a lovely, 1+ acre lot with in-ground swimming pool, too! $699,000 Listed by Anne Nosnitsky of the Princeton office (609) 921-2600, cell (609) 468-0501.

5 WEST SHORE DRIVE

At first glance, you will be captivated by the impressive curb appeal of this extraordinary Colonial home located in Elm Ridge Park. This meticulously maintained home boasts a plethora of amenities.

In autumn and winter months, enjoy and embrace the chilly evenings by cozying up to any one of this home’s 3 wood-burning fireplaces. Watch your favorite movie in the privacy of your own home theater. Celebrate the spring and summer months in your private back yard oasis. Enclosed gunite pool, tranquil waterfall, lush landscaping and darling tree house complete this wonderful outdoor space. Live the life you imagined at 5 W. Shore Drive. $899,000 Listed by Alison “Ally” Steffans of the Pennington Office (609) 737-9100, cell (609) 558-2555.

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Tucked on a cul-de-sac, this 3 Bedroom, 3.5 bath Contemporary defines convenient, one story living. A spacious & flexible floor plan offers a variety of multi-generational living options. Sky-lit, vaulted living room with adjacent dining room & comfortable family room, the spacious kitchen with SS appliances includes a pass-through to the breakfast room & an office w/private entrance.

Master suite boasts updated bath. Finished lower level w/recreation room w/wet bar, game/craft room, full bath & unfinished storage space. Enjoy the resort-style, acre plus yard, poolside or on the generous deck! $674,900 Listed by Michelle Needham cell (609) 839-6738, and Ann Nosnistsky cell (609) 468-0501 of the Princeton Office (609) 921-2600

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115-117 REEgER AVE, hAMiLtoN Income producing Multi Family home in Hamilton Twp. Both units have 2 bedrooms, 1st expanded living space including partially finished basement.

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