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Rider looks to sell choir college And Princeton school district is interested

Trustees end months of speculation

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Rider University will sever its 25-year-relationship with Westminster Choir College by seeking a buyer for its music school and its Princeton campus or potentially just to acquire the school alone, Rider trustees decided Tuesday. The decision, coming during a trustees meeting earlier in the day at Rider, ended months of speculation about what the university intended to do with Westminster. Trustees ruled out the possibility of moving Westminster to the main Rider campus in Lawrenceville or simply continuing the status quo. “And so the decision made today was the board authorized the university to seek out a new partner for Westminster Choir College as we go forward,” said university President Gregory G. Dell’Omo at a news conference on campus. “Everybody’s interest, first and foremost, is how do you preserve the legacy of Westminster Choir College. That is critical.” Rider has hired a firm, PricewaterhouseCoopers, to help the university locate potential suitors, in the next year. Dell’Omo said there have been “preliminary inquiries” from other institutions about the music school, but he declined to identify them. He left Photo by Phil McAuliffe open the door for higher education, international and even for-profit in- Protestors turned out in force at the Rider University campus Tuesday morning prior to the announceSee RIDER, Page 14 ment that the board of trustees had decided to sever its ties with Westminster Choir College.

The Princeton school district is “absolutely” interested in acquiring the Westminster Choir College campus as a future school site, officials said Tuesday. The announcement came on the same day that Rider University said it was looking to sell the Choir College and the more than 20-acrecampus that is contiguous to Princeton High School and John Witherspoon Middle School. “To say it’s a once-in-alifetime opportunity is not to overstate it,” school board president Patrick Sullivan said Tuesday at the Board of Education meeting. “It might be a once-in-a-century opportunity to acquire a piece of land for the public good, for our students, adjacent to our other two properties.” In the short term, the district will take steps that include receiving proposals from consultants. Also, the board authorized the district administration to file a request with the town planning board “to be added to their next meeting agenda to discuss the need for a future school site and to designate the Westminster Choir College site as a future public school site in the Princeton master plan,” read, in part, a resolution that board members passed. Mayor Liz Lempert could not be reached for comment. See DISTRICT, Page 13

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Physics First flap takes center stage at meeting By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

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The fate of Physics First, which is a required course for Montgomery High School freshmen, took center stage as opponents and proponents alike made their case for dropping it or keeping it at the Montgomery Township Board of Education meeting Tuesday. In response to a parent-generated petition calling for freshman physics to be dropped that was submitted to the school board last week, students circulated a

counter-petition seeking to keep the program. The petition, which was signed by more than 400 students and submitted to the school board Tuesday, acknowledges that while “there are flaws within the school systems that prevent students from achieving their goals, getting rid of Physics First does not solve those problems.” “The problem lies in the inadequate preparation in the middle school-to-high school transition. Eradicating a program that has no proven flaws is simply wrong,” the petition stated. The physics program is multi-faceted and requires essays, labs and tests, and is “a good introduction to how science at MHS works.” Nevertheless, parents continued to push for dropping physics as a requirement for freshmen, and also that freshmen should be given options for science courses. A diverse student body calls for diverse options, one parent said. Parent Ben Haftel said Physics First is an issue that needs to be addressed. It is a controversial issue, he said, adding that it is not an in-

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Mayor Liz Lempert cuts the ribbon, with a little help from Councilman Lance Liverman, left, and Library Board president Kevin Royer, right. Library Trustee Ruth Miller in the back-

Library closes the book on renovation project By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Nine months and a little more than $3 million later, Princeton Public Library Executive Director Brett Bonfield on Saturday helped to unveil the renovated second floor that added more meeting space and technology and drew accolades from the customers seeing it for the first time. The renovations and changes, See PHYSICS, Page 12

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including quiet study rooms equipped with monitors, books arranged by subject like in book stores and other features, reflected the way an excellent library seeks to meet the evolving needs of the community it serves, officials said at the grand reopening. “With the launch of this extraordinary and flexible environment, with its cutting edge resources, we know that the Princeton Public Library will con-

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tinue to trail blaze best practices among libraries,” said library board president Kevin Royer before the ribbon-cutting ceremony. The “2Reimagine” renovation, as the mostly privately financed project was dubbed, was conceived of during the tenure of former library director Leslie Burger. She was not there Saturday or even mentioned by any of the speakers, but she did return earlier See LIBRARY, Page 5

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Boyfriend who took deal on kidnapping charge gets probation By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

A man arrested last year in Princeton on charges of kidnapping his girlfriend was sentenced Thursday to three years’ probation. Benjamin Li, 23, also must undergo domestic vi-

olence counseling, comply with all the conditions of his psychological evaluation and have no contact with the victim. The sentence was in line with the plea deal that Li, of Princeton, had accepted in February from the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Of-

fice in return for pleading guilty to third-degree theft. Li had nothing to say during his sentencing before Mercer County Superior Court Judge Timothy P. Lydon, sitting in Trenton. Li has had brushes with the law as an adult

and a juvenile, said the judge in raising concern that he might commit another offense. In this case, Li was driving in the area with his 20year-old girlfriend Nov. 28 and would not let her out of his Mercedes-Benz, police alleged at the time. Once

IAS files with planning board to build townhouses By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The Institute for Advanced Study on Tuesday filed plans with the municipality to construct townhouses on land it owns that comprises part of the Princeton Battlefield, in a faculty housing proposal that an erstwhile opponent of the IAS said it is supporting. The application to the planning board follows the compromise agreement the

IAS and the Civil War Trust had announced in December in resolving a controversy pitting development rights against the loss of a piece of American history. The IAS will use less of a section of battlefield known as Maxwell’s Field for the project, as part of a deal to sell 14.85 other acres to the Trust for $4 million. The Trust, then, will turn over the land to the state, to expand Battlefield State Park. The IAS has begun con-

struction on eight townhouse it had received permission from the town to build, through an earlier planning board approval. This latest application is to construct eight more townhouses, as opposed to seven single-family homes that the town had approved. Information the IAS submitted to the town said the 16 townhouses will be on the east side of Godel Lane. The application needs to be reviewed by municipal

staff. A hearing has not been scheduled before the municipal planning board, which needs to approve the project. “I don’t think it’s appropriate for me to comment, one way or the other, right before the hearing,” Mayor Liz Lempert said Wednesday by phone. In addition to the Planning Board, the Delaware & Raritan Canal Commission, another regulatory agency, also needs to review the project. The Princeton Battlefield Society had opposed the original version of the project, and fought the IAS in court to keep the historic site from being developed. But as part of the settlement announced in December, the organization is supporting the townhouse proposal, said Battlefield Society attorney Bruce Afran on Wednesday. He said the Society would prefer to see nothing built there, but the organization views this as a “compromise,” in his words.

they were in Princeton, her screams for help caught the attention of Princeton Police officer who pulled the vehicle over on Nassau Street around 11:15 p.m. Police said the girlfriend had claimed Li threatened to kill her, punched her and took her cell phone. She

was not in the courtroom Thursday. The judge noted that Li suffers from “personal issues” and is seeking help. Li’s lawyer, David Oakley, said outside the courtroom that “we appreciate the understanding and fairness of the Prosecutor’s Office.

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Laraine Lesnik, 61, of Benjamin Rush Lane, Princeton, was charged with driving while intoxicated after a tow truck driver reported a possibly intoxicated driver with a disabled car on Benjamin Rush Lane at 6:36 p.m. March 21. She was released to a sober adult.

Cierra D. Guy, 22, of Trenton, was charged with shoplifting for concealing $100 worth of baby clothing in her handbag at Target at 1:01 p.m. March 8. She was also found to have an outstanding warrant for $250 from Lawrence Township Municipal Court. She was turned over to the Lawrence Township Police Department. Joyce Sykes, 66, of Trenton, was charged with shoplifting for concealing multiple toiletries worth $97.91 in her purse at Walmart on Nassau Park Boulevard at 12:48 p.m. March 7. She paid for some items in her shopping cart, but not for the items in her purse. She was released with a pending court date. A 31-year-old West Windsor resident reported that someone made two charges on her credit card account totaling $450. One charge was made at a Walmart store in Arizona on Feb. 24 and the other charge was made to iTunes on Feb. 27. The incident was reported on March 6. A 41-year-old West Windsor resident reported that someone obtained his personal information and had filed a 2016 tax return in his name on Feb. 17. The victim’s employer’s computerized payroll system was breached and his W-2 form, along with his Social Security number on it, was stolen. The incident was reported on March 5.

Jose Sanchez-Gonzalez, 35, of Union City, was arrested on active warrants totaling $1,000 from the Cliffside Park and Guttenberg municipal courts following a motor vehicle stop for a passenger who was not wearing a seatbelt at 10:39 a.m. March 26 on Nassau Street. He was released on his own recognizance. Von Davis, 37, of Philadelphia, Pa., was arrested on active warrants totaling $255 from the North Wildwood and Lakehurst municipal courts following a motor vehicle stop for failure to use a hands-free device and failure to wear a seatbelt on North Harrison Street at 10:16 a.m. March 24. He was released after posting bail. Ronny Paden, 50, of E. State Street, Hamilton, was arrested following a bad checks investigation at Princeton Police headquarters at 7:03 p.m. March 24. He was taken to the Mercer County Corrections Center.

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Smoking ordinance amendment approved By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

Smoking will be banned in all West Windsor Township-owned parks and recreational facilities, under an amendment to the township’s tobacco use ordinance approved by West Windsor Township Council Monday night. The amendment to the

ordinance - “Smoking and the Use of Tobacco Products Banned” - also stipulates that smoking will not be permitted within 35 feet of any entrance to West Windsor Township-owned buildings. Smoking had been prohibited within 35 feet of the front entrance, but now smoking will be banned at

all entrances to the Municipal Building, the Senior Center, the West Windsor Post Office and the Police Department/Municipal Court building on the Municipal Campus at 271 Clarksville Road. The no-smoking ban at building entrances also applies to the township’s Department of Public Works

facility, the West Windsor Arts Council building and the Emergency Services building, which are scattered throughout the township. In the township’s parks and recreational facilities, smoking had been permitted as long as the smoker was not within 35 feet of a non-smoker. Now, it will be

banned in the parks and recreational facilities - including adjacent sidewalks, parking areas, driveways and drive aisles - that have been posted with no-smoking signs. Township Council had previously acknowledged the health and safety risks posed by smoking and found that it was in the pub-

lic interest to restrict smoking in public buildings and public property. Expanding the ban on smoking may help “prevent the youths of West Windsor Township from being exposed and succumbing to the temptations of experimenting with tobacco products,” according to the ordinance amendment.

Nominating petitions for mayor, council available April 3 By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

Nominating petitions for two seats on the West Windsor Township Council and for mayor will be available at the Township Clerks’ Office, beginning April 3. Up for grabs are the seats held by township

council members Linda Geevers and Peter Mendonez Jr. Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh announced in February that he was not seeking re-election. Municipal elections in West Windsor Township are non-partisan, which means candidates do not run as De-

mocrats or Republicans. Candidates are not chosen in the June political party primary. Candidates, however, may run as a slate. Candidates for mayor and township council must live in West Windsor Township and be registered vot-

ers. To obtain a nominating petition, would-be candidates must contact the Township Clerk’s Office and give their name, address, contact information and the position being sought. Candidates must present

a nominating petition signed by 173 registered voters who live in West Windsor. Township officials suggest turning in at least 275 signatures to make up for invalid signers. The deadline to to turn in the nominating petitions is

Aug. 22. The mayor and township council members will be elected on Nov. 7, during the general election. For more information, contact the Township Clerk’s Office at 609-7992400 on weekdays, between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Joints? Council introduces municipal budget Stiff Tight Muscles? By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

With little fanfare, West Windsor Township Council introduced a $39.9 million municipal budget for 2017 Monday night, clearing the

way for a public hearing and final action at its April 24 meeting. The proposed budget is approximately $500,000 more than the 2016 municipal budget of $39.4 million. Some of the increase is due

to increases in health insurance and pension costs. The proposed budget calls for raising $23.9 million in property taxes to support the spending plan. Other sources of income include $4.7 million in sur-

plus funds and $860,000 in miscellaneous revenues (including fees and permits, alcoholic beverage licenses and municipal court fines). The budget also anticipates $700,000 in hotel taxes.

Witherspoon student wins Gold Key award for writing John Witherspoon Middle School seventhgrader Angelina Chen has been named a recipient of the Gold Key award in the Flash Fiction category by the 2017 Scholastic Art and Writ-

ing Awards for the Northeast Region. Angelina’s submission, which began as an assignment in English teacher Keith McEvoy’s class at John Witherspoon Middle School, told the story of a

teenage girl working at an ice cream shop. Her story was judged on its originality, the technical skill demonstrated in the writing, and the emergence of a personal vision or voice.

“Angelina is an exceptional student and an amiable young woman,” said McEvoy. “I can think of few students who are more deserving of this special recognition.”

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Weather extremes may be new normal for New Jersey By Michele S. Byers

In case you didn’t notice, New Jersey’s weather in the last couple of months has been upside-down. Most of February was weirdly spring-like - in fact, the warmest February on record in the state - while March has behaved more like a typical February. Get used to it. Greater variability in weather may be the most immediate impact of climate change on New Jersey, according to State Climatologist David Robinson. Robinson, the keynote speaker at the 21st annual New Jersey Land Conservation Rally on March 17, said there have been “a lot more extremes” in weather during the last few decades as a result of human impacts on the climate. “A preponderance of evidence suggests that climate change is occurring and humans are responsible for significant portions of recent changes,” he stated. At a time when climate change is being questioned by our national political leadership, how is Robinson so sure that human action is the cause? He firmly believes that scientific theory, observations and models together add up to solid evidence. A geology professor at Rutgers University, Robinson relies on observations in his work. His specialty is tracking global snow cover, a key indicator of global warming. “In the spring, each successive decade the snow is melting earlier,” he said. The polar ice sheet is shrinking at “rates I never thought I’d see in my lifetime.” At the same time, he noted, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere “has risen precipitously in the last 50 years.” Carbon dioxide is mainly created by the burning of fossil fuels like oil and gas. Carbon dioxide and other “greenhouse gases” in the atmosphere act like a thermal blanket, trapping heat. “Physics tells us that this greenhouse gas science works,” Robinson said. What can be done about climate change? In a sense, said Robinson, there’s no stopping it: “The train has left the station we‘re not going back.” It would take centuries to fully reverse the impacts. But that doesn’t mean people should give up hope. “We can slow the train,” he assured land conservation rally attendees. Four steps, he said, are needed to fight climate change: Knowledge - Developing a better understanding of the details and complexities of climate change; Mitigation - Taking actions like reducing carbon emissions and increasing sources of clean energy; Adaptation - Building communities that are more resilient to weather extremes and, where needed, moving people away from flood-prone and coastal areas; Leadership - Raising awareness of the challenges ahead. To learn more about New Jersey’s climate, go to http://climate.rutgers.edu/ stateclim/ and https://statesummaries.ncics. org/nj. For tips on energy efficiency, go to http://rethinkenergynj.org/ learn-more/energy-efficiency/. And to learn more about preserving New Jersey’s land and natural resources, visit the New Jersey Conservation Foundation website at www.njconservation.org or contact me at info@njconservation.org.

Michele S. Byers is executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation in Morristown.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Student details importance of physics To the editor: I am a junior attending Montgomery High School and would like to voice a concern regarding a contentious debate over the quality of the high school’s science department. A petition started by Jacquelyn Barth has gained traction in recent weeks, condemning the Montgomery science department as well as the Physics First Program, which mandates taking physics as a first-year student. The petition asserts that the program “creates an undue amount of stress, negativity, and decreased confidence.” The elimination of the Physics First program would put the jobs of physics teachers, including the beloved Craig Buzka, in jeopardy. As a member of the Montgomery community and a student, such action is detrimental toward the quality of science education that the high school provides. I speak for a large group of the student community; another student-led petition, started as a counter appeal, has overtaken the first petition in signatures (422 signatures). The Physics First program must remain implemented because it (1) provides a direct pathway to calculus and (2) is an important segue in the transition between the academic rigor between middle school and high school. The importance of physics in the understanding of calculus cannot be understated. The complex concepts of derivation and integration are best understood in the context of kinematics: a topic extensively covered in freshman physics. By sequencing physics as a course exclusive to 11th- or 12th-graders, that crucial base is lost. Doing so is a kick in the gut for many students who plan on taking calculus sophomore and junior years. Physics helps with other courses in science too — chemistry and biology often build upon skills picked up in freshman science. To eliminate Physics First is to handicap our students’ readiness in math and science. Physics is often cited as the freshman year killer. It doesn’t deserve that title. Yes, some students will struggle and despite studying upon hours, will perform poorly in the class. But simultaneously, other students will pass the class with flying colors. For parents, this process is jarring and their beloved Susie, once Mom’s child prodigy, no longer maintains the grades she had in middle school. It is a sad reality of life. Some students will outperform others, but parents will, unfortunately, blame it on the teachers. There is nothing to suggest that the class nor science department are inadequate in preparing students in physics. Statistics explored by the township Board of Education found Montgomery students consistently score better than state, national, and global schools. On the AP Physics: Mechanics test (out of 5), our school boasts an average of 4.27, compared to a state average 3.71, na-

tional average of 3.50, and global average of 3.56. On the AP Physics: Electricity and Magnetism (out of 5), our school scores an average of 3.70, compared to a state average of 3.53, national average of 3.35, and a global average of 3.44. Montgomery students are certainly capable of succeeding in the subject, and establishing a strong foundation for freshman students through the Physics First program helps in doing so. Peter Ni Belle Mead

Raising awareness about developmental disabilities

To the editor: March is “Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month,” during which Americans are urged to provide the “encouragement and opportunities” necessary for people with developmental disabilities to fulfill their potential. The Arc Mercer’s mission is to help these individuals flourish by providing support, training, and opportunity to individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD). Our goal this month is to create awareness about developmental disabilities and to promote respect for people with special needs. People with special needs want to live full, healthy, and productive lives. During March and throughout the year, we need to consider daily struggles these individuals, their families and other loved ones undergo. Individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities are overlooked and often ignored in the workforce, causing them to experience high levels of unemployment. The Arc Mercer works to reverse this tide by providing job training and opportunities to many I/DD residents. They also suffer from a lack of healthcare options because of a lack of I/DD specialty physicians. The Arc Mercer aims to improve specialty health care access and quality through a new partnership with the Medina Community Clinic. It is important for the general public to become more aware of the tremendous abilities and contributions of people with special needs. Take time out during this Developmental Disabilities Awareness Month - and throughout the year - to reach out to someone with special needs, perform an “act of kindness,” or offer a helping hand or a kind word. Inclusion strengthens us all.

Steven P. Cook Executive Director The Arc Mercer Ewing

MERCER COUNTY NOTES Household chemical, electronic waste disposal day scheduled The Mercer County Improvement Authority will host a Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Disposal Day on Saturday, April 8, for county residents who would like to recycle common residential chemical wastes or used electronics. The event will take place from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the John T. Dempster Fire School at 350 Lawrence Station Road in Lawrence, rain or shine. While no registration is necessary, please note that the event is open to Mercer County residents only, and attendees will need to show proof of residency, such as a driver’s license. No commercial or industrial waste will be accepted. The Electronic Waste Management Act, which took effect in 2011, bans disposal of televisions and all personal or portable computers - including desktop, notebook and laptop computers, as well as computer monitors - in the regular waste stream. These items must be recycled, and county residents can do so April 8 at the Dempster facility. Acceptable household items include: aerosol cans, used motor oil, propane gas tanks, pesticides and herbicides, car batteries, paint thinner, oil-based paint, stains and varnishes, gasoline, anti-freeze, driveway sealer, insect repellents, mercury and fluorescent/CFL bulbs. Acceptable used electronic items include: computers,

printers, copiers, fax machines, stereos, televisions and microwaves. Additional Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Disposal Days in 2017 are planned for July 15 and Oct. 7. For more information, individuals should call (609) 278-8086 or visit www.mcianj.org.

Lambing day to be held at Howell Living History Farm

Twin lambs, newly hatched chicks and baby pigs are among the dozens of new faces you will find at Howell Living History Farm this spring, as well as a new colony of bees. On Saturday, April 1, visitors to the 130-acre working farm will be able to meet these animals from 11 a. m. to 3 p. m. during the farm’s annual Lambing Day. Throughout the day farmers will be present in the sheep barn, henhouse and pigpen to introduce visitors to the new babies born this spring. Visitors to the main barn will be able to meet the farm’s workhorses and oxen. Parking and admission are free. Howell Farm is owned by the County of Mercer and maintained by the Mercer County Park Commission. It is located on Valley Road, just off Route 29, in Hopewell Township. The GPS address is 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township, N.J. 08530. For more information about the farm, call (609) 737-3299 or visit www.howellfarm.org or www.mercercountyparks.org.

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Patrons can enjoy the renovated lobby on the library’s second floor.

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Continued from Page 1 in the week for a private tour of the renovations. A section of the new floor was named after her. It was left to Bonfield, who took over from Burger in 2016, and his staff to see the project through, a task that involved storing 30,000 books off site and making due with two out of three floors available for customers. “One of the things that makes our public library the best public library is that we have the best staff,” said Mayor Liz Lempert, who sits on the library’s board. “And I know the staff and everybody who’s been working so hard has been counting the minutes until [Saturday], when it becomes real.” Speaking for around 10 minutes, Bonfield reflected on why Princeton, an already popular and highly re-

The renovated periodicals room features a comfortable setting for library patrons to read newspapers and magazines. garded library in an Ivy League town, took on the project in the first place. He said libraries must reflect “that society itself is constantly changing” and pointed to the needs Princeton patrons wanted for technology instruction, work, study and meeting space, among other things. “We can never stop reviewing and improving the methods we use to meet and exceed your needs and expectations,” he said. “It is imperative that the Princeton Public Library’s collection, services, programs and staff reflect and anticipate this community’s evolving needs.” The library is, and has been, a popular spot to find books, attend a lecture or other program through the year or find a quiet place to work. “Our library, like the best of the leading libraries, is much more than a reposi-

tory of books,” Royer said. “It’s a dynamic, technologyenabled hub of multifaceted resources providing knowledge, skills, access and spaces for civic and intellectual engagement and discussion.” The reopening, including a day of author talks and other events, saw members of the public milling about to take in all the changes. “It’s incredibly impressive,” said Dorothea von Moltke, an owner of Labyrinth Books, on Nassau Street. “This is awesome,” said patron Johanne Arseneault in saying officials made a “really good library even better.” “If we are to going to satisfy the demands of our spirit of inquiry,” Bonfield said, “we need to acknowledge everyone who makes this a great library. That means our entire community. And it means you.”

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RESULTS

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HS lacrosse The Princeton Day School boys lacrosse team opened the season with a 9-8 win over the Hun School in double overtime on Wednesday. Jake Bennett scored four goals, including the game-winner, for the Panthers. John Salcedo had a goal and two assists for the Raiders. Princeton topped Allentown, 8-5, as Eamonn McDonald scored three times for the Little Tigers. Montgomery topped North Hunterdon, 17-6, as Kyle Marripodi scored five goals. Nico Ipeker and Dan Engels added four goals apiece in the win. West Windsor-Plainsboro South fell to South Brunswick, 8-5, despite five goals from David Mattia. WW-P North dropped a 19-1 decision to Notre Dame as Ansh shah scored for the Knights. In girls lacrosse, Princeton defeated WW-P North, 14-4, as Mariana Lopez-Ona finished with five goals and a pair of assists. Jilliam Pelosi scored two goals for the Knights. Montgomery fell to North Hunterdon, 10-7, despite six goals from Angela Masessa.

For Tom Monfiletto and Brian Dudeck, the transition from assistant coach to head coach was a smoother one than most. Both new head baseball coaches have been solidly entrenched in their programs. Monfiletto takes over as the new head coach at The Hun School, replacing veteran Bill McQuade who led the Raiders’ program for 46 years. A 2004 Hun graduate, Monfiletto has been as assistant in the program for the last four years after having played for the Raiders. Dudeck takes over as the head coach at Princeton Day School after spending the last seven seasons as an assistant coach to Ray O’Brien.

Monfiletto knew early into last season that he would be taking over this year for his former coach. “It was announced last year to the team in April, so the kids knew and that was when I started to kind of devise how I wanted to take over,” Monfiletto said. “It was cool to have that kind of a grace period. And then to finish last season the way we did, winning four straight in the double elimination states after losing our first game to send Coach out on a perfect note. It was great.” Monfiletto knows the model McQuade put together for nearly five decades at Hun works. So he isn’t looking to reinvent the wheel as he takes over at his alma mater. “We held a meeting before we left for the summer and went over the expectations and the direction

we wanted to take the program,” said Monfiletto, whose team was scheduled to open the season against Lawrenceville on Thursday. “I remember one of the things I stressed was I wanted them to really care about one another and about the whole program. We do a lot of activities with the varsity and JV together. It has worked for 46 years. Coach McQuade laid an incredible foundation. It’s not a situation where I have to clean up a messy room. “The biggest impact the program had on me was the friendships I made while playing. Coach McQuade allowed these friendships and bonds to take place and we continue to emphasize that with our camp in the summer with alumni from different generations.” Monfiletto will rely on many

of the same staff members that helped McQuade enjoy success at Hun. “Coach (Pat) Jones has been here 15 years,” Monfiletto said. “Coach (Rich) Volz has been the JV coach for a number of years. Everyone provides input and contributes. Ryan Stokes is a Hun alum and so is Steve Garrison, who is our pitching coach and defensive coordinator. He has been amazing.” At PDS, Dudeck steps up from the JV ranks to take over as the head coach. He knows the roster well and is excited about the opportunity. “I coached with Ray for seven years,” Dudeck said. “A lot of the kids I have I coached, whether in travel or as far back as Nottingham Little League. So I am pretty See BASEBALL, Page 9

PU lacrosse The Princeton University women’s lacrosse team improved to 7-1 overall with a 16-11 win over Syracuse on Wednesday. Olivia Hompe scored seven goals to lead the offense for the Tigers, who are ranked No. 7 in the nation. Princeton will host Delaware on Sunday at 1 p.m. The Princeton men’s team slipped to 5-3 with a 16-13 loss to Yale last Saturday. Gavin McBride scored five goals in the loss for the Tigers.

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Squash team rebounds Pictured are players, coaches and family members from the Princeton Day School Middle School squash team, which won the consolation bracket at the Middle School Squash Nationals at Yale University. After losing a tough first match in the main draw in Division 1, the team rebounded and ended up winning the consolation draw, beating City Squash, Pingry and Fessenden along the way. The team, coached by Ed Tseng, is comprised of Hamza Mian (Princeton), Arjun Sen (Princeton Junction), Alden Weymar (Princeton), Dodge Martinson (Yardley), Kylan Tatum (Plainsboro), and Om Suchak (Princeton Junction).

Softball coaches move up to the top

Dominick Gasparro The Princeton Day School graduate has played in 17 games, 16 as a starter for the Gettsyburg College baseball team. Gasparro is batting .279 with 17 hits in 61 at bats. He is second on the team with 14 runs batted in. A freshman infielder, Gasparro had helped the Bullets to an 11-7-1 record heading into Wednesday’s game.

Chris Aslanian The Hun School graduate leads the Hobart College men’s lacrosse team with 28 points on 13 goals and 15 assists this season. Aslanian has started all nine games this season for the Statemen. He scored six goals and added seven assists in a recent 17-5 win over Wagner. Aslanian, a sophomore, has helped Hobart to a 4-5 record this season. He was the NEC Rookie of the Year as a freshman a year ago when he scored 24 goals and added 13 assists.

Paul Balestrieri The West Windsor-Plainsboro High South graduate is 3-1 with a 1.03 earned run average in four starts for the Cornell University baseball team. Balestrieri has allowed just 16 hits in 26 1/3 innings this spring. He has struck out 16 batters and walked six. A senior, Balestrieri, allowed just one run in seven innings in a 1-0 loss to Bucknell on Sunday. The Big Red were 9-4 heading into Wednesday’s game at Penn State.

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

Both Marissa Soprano and Jeff Schattin are excited to take the next step forward as coaches. For the past two seasons, Soprano has been the junior varsity softball coach at Princeton High School. This season she moves up to the top spot with the varsity, replacing Dave Boehm as the Little Tigers’ head coach. Schattin has spent the last four years as an assistant with the West Windsor-Plainsboro South program and this season will take over as the head varsity coach, replacing Kristin Delarosa. Princeton went 9-14 a year ago. With a solid returning nucleus of players Soprano is familiar with, the Little Tigers are hoping for a winning season this time around. “The girls have been great,” said Soprano, who played her high school softball at Jackson Memorial. “We have a strong senior class. I have been leaning on them Courtesy photo with their leadership to make sure practice are effective. We finally got outside a little this week but it has been tough with the weather. In the inaugural season for Stuart Country Day School’s offi“The seniors, I had them as cial indoor track and field team, two Stuart athletes finished in sophomores my first year. Most of top spots at the New Jersey State Prep B Championships at the girls in the senior class have The Lawrenceville School on Feb. 4. Junior Michelle Kwafo been with the varsity prog since I (left) won the state championship in the 55-meter hurdles with came in. It’s nice for them to be faa time of 9.00 seconds, also setting a Stuart school record. miliar with me and the junior class Junior Alison Walsh (right) finished first in the state in high a lot my girls from the JV so now jump with a jump of 4-feet, 10-inches. Kwalfo also came in sec- they know me.” ond in the 55-meter dash and second in the 200-meter dash. Soprano has been involved Stuart finished third as a team in the state championship meet, with softball all of her life and

Stuart champs

with six other athletes scoring in the event.

hopes to build a strong program at Princeton. “I played pretty competitively growing up,” she said. “I played travel and high school. I returned after college and got into coach the local travel team with my former high school coach who ran the travel program. I coached two years for him in Jackson and this is my fourth year at Princeton and my third year coaching at Princeton.” Soprano loved playing the sport growing up and she wants the girls in Princeton to have that same experience. “I want to make sure the girls know to play hard every game and if they play to the best of their ability they should be satisfied,” said Soprano, a social studies teacher at the high school. “The softball program is pretty small in comparison to track and lacrosse. I want to make sure we have a JV program every year so the girls stay with the program all four years and continue to improve. “We have a good group of upperclassmen. One of the benefits of practice inside as much as we have had to is they got to show a lot of the new girls and the girls on JV the right way to do things. We had more hands involved.” As the head coach, Soprano will be a teacher and a recruiter for the program as Princeton looks to add numbers. “I had the seniors go around to the home rooms and make announcements about the sport that

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Klugerman at home with Pirates’ lacrosse team By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

Tracy Klugerman has been around lacrosse most of here life. She’s also been around West WindsorPlainsboro High South athletics for quite a while. Now the former Lafayette College star and current West Windsor resident is combining the two in her new role as the Pirates’ head girls lacrosse coach. “I am very exited to be at South,” Klugerman said. “We have a great group of girls and a lot of team spirit.

The girls are excited for the season. We’re looking forward to hopefully having an exciting season.” Klugerman had a standout career at Lafayette, where she is a member of the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame for her play in field hockey and lacrosse. She’s been around the South program as a parent, as her son, Zach, played for the Pirates and graduated last year. Her daughter, Jane, is a member of the current girls lacrosse team and another daughter plays at the middle school level. “I have been involved

with the sport my whole life,” Klugerman said. “I played all through high school and at Lafayette College. As a parent, all of my kids play. I have also officiated. So I have been involved as a player and coach. I’ve coached all my kids. I also coached at South a long time ago for a few years. It is exciting to be back. “I have been involved with some of the youth programs. I enjoyed watching my kids play. This opportunity came up and I am excited about it.”

Klugerman will look to bring some stability to the program which has been through a number of coaches in recent years. After going 3-15 a year ago, the Pirates are in a building mode. “My philosophy is we are focused on getting better with our skills and becoming a tight group,” Klugerman said. “I am big into the team work aspect. I just tying to create a nice team that will gel. I would love to be around for a while. I am hoping I can do whatever I can for

the program.” Klugerman was an attack player during her own career. But she knows the value of defense when it comes to winning. “Defense is the key,” she said. “As an attacking player I can appreciate the role of the defense. It is fun to know how to try and break down the defense and do what you have to to score. It gives you a good perspective. You have to be able to play all the positions well to be a successful team.” The Pirates were sched-

uled to open the season with Hopewell Valley on Thursday and will host WW-P South today. “It is tough having back to back at the beginning but I think the girls are excited and pumped up and as ready as we’re going to be,” Klugerman said. “I am excited to get started. We were indoors a good bit of the beginning because of the weather. We got out as much as we could and had a few scrimmages, which was nice to see who works well with each other on the field.”

middle school.” To do that, Dudeck has the Panthers working together in practice quite a bit so the whole program is on the same page. “In practices we had all the kids do everything,” Dudeck said. “We want the lower level kids to do the same things the varsity kids are doing so they know when they get to the varsity level the drills and different

things we are trying to do.” Dudeck brings a wealth of coaching experience to the program. He’s coached several sports, including a stint as the varsity soccer coach at Ewing, where Dudeck is a teacher. He plans to lean on that experience this season with the Panthers. “Baseball wise, a big part is being more of a program and implement-

ing certain drills,” Dudeck said. “Everything down to the signs at all three levels so the kids have a good idea as they come to the varsity. We want them to know the bunt coverages and pickoffs and first and third situations so it is an easy transition.” PDS has enjoyed success in the past and Dudeck hopes that continues. “We have had some

good ones come through here,” he said. “This year I wanted to make sure I had an opportunity to coach these kids. A lot of these kids are kids that I have coached pretty much their whole life. I’ve coaches some in Little League. It’s nice that they have some continuity this year. “We had five scrimmages down in Florida and

we won four. Some of the teams were very good. Our pitching has been good. Our hitting is a little behind right now. But that is pretty much normal in preseason.” The Panthers opened their season on Thursday with a 6-5 win over Conwell Egan. Luke Franzoni had two hits and drove in three runs, while Paul Franzoni had two hits and drove in a pair of runs.

players in the program from his time spent as an assistant coach. “I know the girls well,” said Schattin, who spent a season as an assistant under Nicky Arias before assisting Delarosa the last two seasons. “I think that was one of reasons they chose me. We’re trying to build a program with aspirations of

being a Robbinsville, Steinert or Notre Dame. “West Windsor has the Ninjas travel program and Katie Schuh, who coaches with the Ninjas, is also our JV coach.We’re tying to build up a program to get to that level of those other schools. We’ve added a couple games at night at R.J. Ward Field so parents can come out and see

the team play. And we’re playing in the Rancocas Valley elite tournament in a couple weeks. The CVC is tough and we’ve added Bordentown, South Brunswick, Monroe and New Egypt. So we have a challenging schedule.” The Pirates, who were 813 last year, have a strong nucleus around which to

build this season as 10 of the top 12 players return to the fold. “We are fortunate that most of the girls play travel,” Schattin said. “We think we’ll be competitive. You never know, but we’ll see how we do. We are supposed to open up on Saturday at Ewing.” Schattin, whose daugh-

ter, Samantha, was a key player for the Pirates the past four years and is now a starter at Stevens Tech, hopes to be able to bring some stability to the program and build a winner. “That would be the plan,” Schattin said. “I am semi-retired so I’d like to be able to stay with it as long they’ll have me.”

Baseball Continued from Page 8 familiar with the kids I have. “It is a lot of fun to be in charge and do everything you want to do as far as the things I want to see in the program. One thing I want to do is make sure we are more of a program than separate teams. I want us to develop the kids on the lower levels at both the JV and the

Softball Continued from Page 8 we were open to everyone and that we have a good program,” said Soprano, whose team is scheduled to open the season at home on Saturday against Hamilton West. “Hopefully we can keep building the interest.” At WW-P South, Schattin is also familiar with the

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NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held March 27, 2017 an ordinance entitled: 2017-9 An Ordinance to Exceed the Municipal Budget Appropriation Limits & to Establish a CAP Bank (N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.14) was passed on second and final reading and adopted. Kathleen Brzezynski Municipal Clerk

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NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held March 27, 2017 an ordinance entitled: 2017-12 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Concerning the Princeton High School / Westminster Choir College Neighborhood Permit Parking District and Amending the "Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” and “Code of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, 1974” was passed on second and final reading and adopted.

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The Commissioners of Fire District #3 in the Township of South Brunswick have awarded a contract without competitive bidding as a professional service or an extraordinary unspecifiable service pursuant to N. J. S. A. 40A: 11-5 (1) (a). This contract and the resolution authorizing the same are available for public inspection in the office of the Clerk.

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Name: Kingston Fire Co.

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 March 27, 2017 Council Meeting.

Notice is hereby given that the following ordinance entitled: ORDINANCE 2017-10

Time: One year

Award to: Van Cleef Engineering

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHAPTER 140 “SMOKING AND USE OF TOBACCO PRODUCTS BANNED” OF THE CODE OF WEST WINDSOR

PP, 1x, 3/31/17, Fee: $22.05 Aff: $15.00

was duly approved and adopted on Second and Final reading at a regular meeting of the West Windsor Township Council held on March 27, 2017 and was approved by Acting Mayor Marlena Schmid on March 28, 2017. This Ordinance shall become effective on April 17, 2017.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the following determinations were made by the West Windsor Township Zoning Board of Adjustment at its meeting March 23, 2017. Said determinations are on file with the office of the Board and are available for inspection.

Services: Survey and Engineering Design Meadow Road Repair Project

Time Period: 3/27/2017 through completion

Cost: Not to Exceed $15,999.00

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.

Cost: $80,000.00

ZB16-04 - APPROVED ANTONIO & SANDRA FERRI “c” Bulk Variance Block 17.12, Lot 5 Property Zoned: R-20 District

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ZB16-05 - APPROVED ABDULLAH QASIR “c” Bulk Variance and “d” Non-Use Variance Block 25.06, Lot 15; 158 Conover Road Property Zoned: R-20 District

ORDINANCE SUMMARY

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2017-11 – Ordinance to exceed the municipal budget appropriation limits and to establish a cap bank This ordinance authorizes the 2017 budget to increase up to 3.50 percent over the previous year’s final appropriations subject to certain exceptions. It also authorizes any amount not used as part of the final budget to be part of the next succeeding year’s budgets, re-establishing cap banking.

Public Notice Annual Notice of Regular Meeting Schedule of Fire District #3 Kingston, South Brunswick Township Middlesex County, New Jersey The following meeting schedule will be followed for all regular meetings of the Board of Fire Commissioners, Fire District #3, Kingston, South Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. All meetings, unless otherwise advertised, will be held at the Kingston Firehouse, Heathcote Road, Kingston, N.J. and begin at 7:00 p.m.

April 18, 2017 May 16, 2017 June 20, 2017 July 18, 2017 August 15, 2017 September 19, 2017 October 17, 2017 November 21, 2017 December 12, 2017 January 9, 2018 February 20, 2018 March 20, 2018

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 March 27, 2017 Business Session. This contract and the resolution authorizing it are available for public inspection in the office of the Municipal Clerk.

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ORDINANCE 2017-09 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING AND SUPPLEMENTING CHPATER 82 “FEES” SECTION 82-4 CONSTRUCTION FEES AND SECTION 82-5 ELECTRICAL SUB-CODE FEES OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR was duly approved and adopted on Second and Final reading at a regular meeting of the West Windsor Township Council held on March 27, 2017 and was approved by Acting Mayor Marlena Schmid on March 28, 2017. This Ordinance shall become effective on April 17, 2017.

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PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that on March 22, 2017, the Zoning Board of Adjustment of the Municipality of Princeton ("Board") adopted a resolution ("Resolution") memorializing its February 22, 2017 approval of the application of Grosso Homes, LLC ("Applicant") for a "c" bulk variance ("Approval") to permit the Applicant to construct a new, two-story, two-family dwelling where a previously existing 1-1/2 story single-family dwelling was removed at property located at 6 Harris Road, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 and designated on the tax maps of the Municipality of Princeton as Block 21.02, Lot 22.01 ("Property"). The Property is located in the H R-4 (Borough) Zone.

The Board granted a variance pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-70(c)(2) from Section 17A258 of the former Princeton Borough Land Use Ordinance to permit a lot width of 50 feet where a lot width of 60 feet is otherwise required in the R-4 (Borough) Zone (this is an existing condition; the existing lot width is 50 feet). The proposed, two-family use is permitted as of right.

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WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD The Township of West Windsor has awarded the following contracts without competitive bidding as professional services pursuant to NJSA 40A:11-5(1)(a) at their March 27, 2017 Business Session. These contracts and the resolutions authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk.

NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARDED Name: Kingston First Aid Squad The Commissioners of Fire District #3 in the Township of South Brunswick have awarded a contract without competitive bidding as a professional service or an extraordinary unspecifiable service pursuant to N. J. S. A. 40A: 11-5 (1) (a). This contract and the resolution authorizing the same are available for public inspection in the office of the Clerk.

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Service: Auditor Name: Holman, Frenzia, Allison P.C.

The Resolution has been filed in the offices of the Municipality of Princeton, Zoning Department, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540-3496, and is available for public review Monday through Friday between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., holidays and furlough days excepted.

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NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held March 27, 2017 an ordinance entitled: 2017-11 An Ordinance By The Municipality Of Princeton Continuing In Full Force And Effect The Provisions Of Section 22-15 Of The “Code Of The Borough Of Princeton, New Jersey, 1974” Regulating The Hours Of Operation Of Restaurants, Retail Food Establishments, Retail Sales, And Personal Services Businesses On Properties Within Or Abutting A Residential Zone was passed on second and final reading and adopted.

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PRINCETON MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY RESOLUTION 2017-106 TO AMEND BUDGET WHEREAS, the local municipal budget for the year 2017 was approved on the 27th day of February, 2017, and; WHEREAS, the public hearing on said budget has been held as advertised, and; WHEREAS, it is desired to amend said approved budget; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Mayor and Council of Princeton, County of Mercer, that the following amendments to the approved budget of 2017 be made: Nays 0

Recorded Vote Crumiller Howard Liverman Miller Quinn

Abstained None

Absent Butler

Current Fund

FROM

1. Surplus Anticipated Total Surplus Anticipated 3. Miscellaneous Revenues - Section F: Special Items of General Revenue Anticipated with Prior Written Consent of Director of Local Government Services - Public & Private Revenues Offset with Appropriations: Cops in Shops Total Section F: Special Item of General Revenue Anticipated with Prior Written Consent of Director of Local Government Services Public & Private Revenues Summary of Revenues 1. Surplus Anticipated (Sheet 4 #1) 3. Miscellaneous Revenues: Total Section F: Special Items of General Revenue Anticipated with Prior Written Consent of Director of Local Government Services - Public & Private Revenues Offset with Appropriations Total Miscellaneous Revenues 5. Subtotal General Revenues (Items 1, 2, 3 and 4) 6. Amount to be Raised by Taxes for Support of Municipal Budget: (a) Local Tax for Municipal Purposes Including Reserve for Uncollected Taxes Total Amount to be Raised by Taxes for Support of Municipal Budget Total General Revenues General Appropriations (A) Operations within “CAPS” Health & Human Services Functions Health Commission Salaries & Wages Other Expenses Unclassiﬁed: Employee Group Insurance - Other Expenses Total Operations{Item 8(A)} within “CAPS” Total Operations Including Contingent within “CAPS” Detail: Salaries & Wages Other Expenses (Including Contingent) (H-1) Total General Appropriations for Municipal Purposes within “CAPS” Operations - Excluded from “CAPS” Group Insurance for Employees Total Other Operations - Excluded from “CAPS” Public and Private Programs Offset by Revenues Cops in Shops Total Public and Private Programs Offset by Revenues Total Operations - Excluded from “CAPS” Detail: Salaries & Wages Other Expenses (H-2) Total General Appropriations for Municipal Purposes Excluded from “CAPS” (O) Total General Appropriations Excluded from “CAPS” (L) Subtotal General Appropriations {Items (H-1) and (O)} 9. Total General Appropriations

6,000,000.00 6,000,000.00

6,230,000.00 6,230,000.00

2,800.00

0.00

734,048.38

731,248.38

6,000,000.00

6,230,000.00

734,048.38 21,038,036.98 28,182,036.98

731,248.38 21,035,236.98 28,409,236.98

31,643,805.38 34,234,814.47 62,416,851.45

31,335,751.38 33,926,760.47 62,335,997.45

314,585.00 107,708.00

239,331.00 139,708.00

4,621,594.00 34,060,838.75 34,060,838.75

4,605,200.00 34,001,190.75 34,001,190.75

17,219,675.75 16,841,163.00 38,147,338.75

17,144,421.75 16,856,769.00 38,087,690.75

18,406.00 8,200,656.00

0.00 8,182,250.00

2,800.00 744,048.38 8,944,704.38

0.00 741,248.38 8,923,498.38

488,583.00 8,456,121.38

485,783.00 8,437,715.38

21,354,377.29 21,354,377.29 59,501,716.04 62,416,851.45

21,333,171.29 21,333,171.29 59,420,862.04 62,335,997.45

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that two (2) certified copies of this resolution be filed forthwith in the Office of the Director of the Division of Local Government Services for his certification of the 2017 local municipal budget so amended. It is hereby certified that this is a true copy of a resolution amending the budget, introduced 27th day of March 2017.

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ZBA Case # Z1616-423

_______________________________________ Certiﬁed by me Delores A. Williams, Deputy Municipal Clerk

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ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRINCETON

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The public hearing on this ordinance will be held at the Township Council meeting of April 24, 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 (609799-2400) or coming to the Clerk’s Office at the West Windsor Municipal Building.

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Take notice that the undersigned shall expose for sale in accordance with R.S. 39:10A-1 at public auction on Thursday April 13, 2017 at 11:00 am at South Brunswick Township Municipal Building (Police Lobby) 540 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852 the below described motor vehicles which came into possession of the South Brunswick Township Police Department through abandonment or failure of owners to claim same. The below listed vehicle may be examined at: Deans Garage 862 Georges Road, Monmouth Junction, NJ 08852. 1998 Honda CRV- JHLRD1848WC055847 - 194,744 mi The below listed vehicle may be examined at: Reilly's Collision 3901 US Hwy 1 Mon. Jct. NJ 08852 2003 Chevrolet Trailblazer - 1GNDT13S8322411672 Joseph Charmello, Traffic Control Coordinator South Brunswick Police Department Traffic Services Bureau (732) 329-4000 x7410 jcharmel@sbtnj.net PP, 1x, 3/31/17 Fee: $24.15 Aff: $15.00

NOTICE OF PUBLIC SALE Princeton Self Storage, 35 Airpark Rd, Princeton NJ 08540, wishing to avail themselves of the provision under the “New Jersey Self Storage Facility Act (N.J. S.A. 2A:44-187 et seq.)” hereby gives notice of sale under said act to wit. Bids will be accepted online only at storageauctions.net and the sale will end on April 10 2017 at 9:00 AM. The public sale to the highest bidder, for cash only, will include the contents of following spaces: Charles Corcoran- Unit 7026 Household Goods Carol Chandler- Unit 6091 Household Goods Chris Krehel- Unit 2032- Household Goods This sale is being made to satisfy the land-lords lien. Sale is subject to adjournment. Reserve the right to cancel public sale. Princeton Self Storage 35 Airpark rd Princeton, NJ. 08540 (609) 279-2199 PP,2x, 3/24/2017 3/31/2017

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NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: 2017-15 An Ordinance of the Municipality of Princeton Authorizing the Vacation of a Ten-Foot Wide Access Easement Across Block 1403, Lot 18 on the Princeton Tax Maps (221 Herrontown Road) was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on March 27, 2017. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This ordinance authorizes Princeton to vacate an access easement across private property on Herrontown Road because the easement is no longer needed for a public purpose.

Said ordinance is available to the public, free of charge, in the Office of the Clerk, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey and on the Princeton Municipal Website at http://www.princetonnj.gov/ordinances.html

NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said ordinance will be will be further considered for final passage after a public hearing thereon on April 24, 2017 at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Princeton Municipal Building, Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street, in the Main Meeting Room at which time and place any person interested may be heard. Kathleen Brzezynski Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 3/31/17 Fee: $26.25

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 March 27, 2017 Council Meeting. Award to: Michael Melchionne Services: Consultant/Expert Legal Time Period: through December 31, 2017 Cost: Not to Exceed $10,000.00 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. Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township PP, 1x, 3/31/17 Fee: $26.25

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Republicans have no candidates for council By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Democratic council candidates Leticia Fraga and David Cohen will face no opponents, either in the primary or in the general election, on their way to winning seats on the governing body. Monday is the filing deadline for candidates to enter the primary, and so

far, only Cohen and Fraga have announced they are running to replace incumbents and fellow Democrats Jo S. Butler and Bernard P. Miller. Butler and Miller announced earlier this year they would not be seeking another three-year-term. Meantime, Republican Party chairman Dudley Sipprelle said Wednesday that he is aware of no one on the

PRINCETON GOP side planning to run this year. “Nobody has approached me expressing any interest,” he said. He said the local Republican Party is focused on the governor’s and 16th district legislative races for state Senate and Assembly. In Princeton, voter regis-

tration is heavily Democratic, so even when Republicans run for local office, they routinely lose in a landslide. As a result, the Democratic primary is the de facto general election in town. But in years like this one when there is no contested primary, Cohen and Fraga will have sewn up

victories even before the first vote is cast. “I didn’t expect it to be this easy,” Cohen said. He recalled last year, the council primary was “hotly contested” in which four candidates were vying for two seats. Fraga finished third in that race, but she was determined to run again this year to win a seat on the council on her way to becoming the first Latina ever

to win elected office in Princeton. Fraga said Wednesday that she would not “pop the champagne cork” just yet. “I guess until it’s official, it won’t feel real,” she said. Running unopposed will not change her approach to how she campaigns, Fraga said, to talk to people and find out what their concerns are.

Township’s municipal budget proposes property tax hike By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

Plainsboro Township Committee introduced its proposed $27.5 million budget for 2017 last week, clearing the way for a public hearing and final action at the committee’s April 26

meeting. The 2017 spending plan, as introduced, anticipates a $68 annual increase in the municipal property tax on a house assessed at the township average of $451,500. The proposed budget is $143,594 more than the 2016 budget of $27.4 mil-

PLAINSBORO lion, said Township Administrator Anthony Cancro. Salary hikes and an increase in the cost of health benefits account for some of it. Mayor Peter Cantu and Township Committee were

pleased with the proposed budget. “Great job. This is remarkable,” Mayor Cantu said. The major source of revenue to support the budget

is the municipal property tax, which is expected to generate $16.4 million. Other sources of income include $1.6 million in state aid, $1.3 million in miscellaneous revenues (including fees and permits, alcoholic beverage licenses and Municipal Court fines), and $2.3

million in surplus funds. The budget also anticipates $4.8 million in revenue from “other special items,” including $1.2 million in hotel taxes and $75,000 for the “hospital impact fee” for the Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro.

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Teledyne Executive 91 Joseph Carlyle Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio Jr. entered Godâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s kingdom on Tuesday, March 21, 2017 as he lay in the loving arms of his wife of 46 years, Barbara, in his Golden Eagle home where he had lived for over 25 years. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on October 1, 1925, Joe soon moved to Trenton, New Jersey. In school Joe excelled in academics and sports. Unable to accept an appointment to Annapolis due to an eye problem, Joe entered the U.S. Navy V-12 program. This earned him a B.S. in Engineering from Columbia University in New York City and a Navy commission. He was elected to the Tau Beta Pi engineering fraternity for having maintained excellence in academic performance at Columbia, and he lettered in Varsity Basketball. Following graduation the Navy then sent Joe to Steam Engineering school and to Norfolk, Virginia where he was stationed aboard the U.S.S.LCS (L) (3) 1 more affectionately known as â&#x20AC;&#x153;The Dirty Ace.â&#x20AC;? Joe received the Navy medal for Active service in World War II and the Navy medal for service in the American Theatre Campaign of World War II. Following his Navy discharge in 1946 Joe enrolled in Swarthmore College, where he played varsity soccer and distinguished himself as an All-American Soccer player and Olympic alternate. He graduated with a B.S. in Psychology in 1949. !FTER COLLEGE *OE JOINED HIS FATHER S lRM $ 7 "LUEPRINT IN 4RENTON .EW *ERSEY EXPANDING THE BUSINESS lRST TO A COMPLETE reprographics business and, then, to the largest reprographics business in the State of New Jersey. In January 1970 Joe met Barbara Bates and the two began a beautiful romance that would last over 46 years. They married in July of that year aboard the Leonardo De Vinci in New York Harbor and sailed to Europe where they honeymooned in Italy before taking UP RESIDENCE lRST IN -ORRISTOWN .EW *ERSEY AND THEN IN "ARRINGTON Illinois. Their life has been a beautiful love story between two wonderful friends, witnessed and admired by many. Joe was hired in 1969 by Keuffel and Esser, an engineering supply company, as their Vice-President of Marketing. Shortly THEREAFTER 4ELEDYNE 0OST HIRED *OE AWAY FROM + % AS 0RESIDENT of Teledyne Post in Des Plaines, Illinois. Joe quickly distinguished himself and soon became known as the Teledyne â&#x20AC;&#x153;turn-aroundâ&#x20AC;? specialist, adding to his charge eight additional companies. He reworked these eight struggling entities until they were out of lNANCIAL TROUBLE AND BROUGHT THEM ALL BACK TO PROlTABLE STATUS Among his many professional accomplishments, Joe was granted a patent for his development of erasable vellum paper. Joe served as the President for the National Coaters Associations. He also served as keynote speaker and in leadership positions for the International Association of Blue Printers and Allied Industries, in demand by all six regional reprographics organizations; Joe Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio was truly a giant in the industry. During this period Joe lived in Barrington, Illinois and traveled extensively for business. He served as a member of the Board of Directors of the Illinois Central Railroad. He was a member of the Barrington Hills Country Club, Chicago Horticultural Society, Barrington Presbyterian Church, Barrington Play Reading Group, The Meadow Tennis Club, Fox Point Bridge and Tennis Club. He was also the owner and CEO of Northstar Reprographics in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Following retirement from Teledyne Joe and Barbara moved to Tallahassee where Joe entered Florida State College of Law at the age of 72. He graduated at age 75, passed the bar exam and was sworn in on New Yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Day 2000, by Florida Supreme Court Chief *USTICE -AJOR (ARDING *OE $ !NNUNZIO WAS THE lRST NEW &LORIDA attorney of the new millennium. Joe favored employment law AND WORKED BOTH IN COMPANIES AND AS A SOLE PRACTITIONER lNALLY retiring at 87. He served on the Executive Board of the Golden Eagle Homes Association and was a member of Christ Presbyterian Church. He enjoyed all the musical events at FSU especially the Tallahassee Community Chorus and traveled with the chorus to Carnegie Hall and to China. Joe loved pro football and was a faithful Patriots fan. He was proud supporter of Jimbo Bo Fisher and the Florida State Football program. For 16 years Joe was always in the company of his devoted black lab Puccini who proceeded him in death in August of 2016. Puccini and Joe were truly devoted to one another. Joe was a total Renaissance man and enjoyed opera, bridge, computers, sailing, astronomy, theatre, downhill skiing, and business, among others things. He had the privilege of serving as a supernumerary at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City for several seasons. In appearance he was sartorially elegant and well-lettered. On this paternal side he descended from the Italian Baron and Baronessa Cauli from the Italian town of Casalanguida in the province of Chieti in the Abruzzo region of Italy. Additionally, it is rumored that he is related to the late raconteur, poet, novelist, war hero, and lover, Gabrielle Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio (perhaps a paternal cousin). Joe was preceded in death, by his mother, Lillian Decrescenzo Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio, his father, Joseph Carlyle Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio, Sr., by his sister, Lola, a Broadway /Film actress, and by his Aunt Jean â&#x20AC;&#x153;Jennyâ&#x20AC;? Denow of Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and Tallahassee, Florida. He is survived by his devoted and loving wife Barbara Bates Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio of Tallahassee. Also surviving are his older sister Lillian Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio Keephart of Ewing, New Jersey; devoted nephew William Joseph Keephart , devoted niece Lydia Fabbro Keephart , Little Nell Keephart, Lawrenceville, New Jersey; Jonathan Fabbro Keephart, Alexandra Salerno Keephart, Atlas Henry Keephart, Malvern, Pennsylvania; a niece Jo Ann Keephart, and Dave Stradling, Hamilton, New Jersey; daughter Gabrielle Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio Burke and Lawrence J. Burke, of Santa Fe, New Mexico; daughter Jolie Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio, San Francisco California; son Sandy Joseph Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio, Janet Erley Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio, David Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio, Lisa Claire Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Annunzio Thurber, Kaleb Thurber, of Piedmont California; Christine Fabbro Brunner, Daniel Bruner, Harper Elizabeth Brunner, and Hunter Leo Brunner, of New York City; Elizabeth Brunner, New Canaan, Connecticut; Glenda Fabbro, Indian Shores, Florida; Michael Allen Tierney, Marcy Olin Tierney, of New York City; Joseph Patrick Tierney, Eleanor â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ellyâ&#x20AC;? Tierney, of Annapolis, Maryland; a loving cousin in Aloha, Oregon, Louise Jinglesse DeCrescenzo Bohr and Mark Bohr; Sadiye Bedestani, of Yardville, New Jersey; devoted caregivers Vicky McNair and Leroy McNair; as well as a sister-in law in Tallahassee Patricia Bates Trotta, and Joseph Anthony Trotta. Additionally he has a host of dear friends in Tallahassee, the Chicago area and in New Jersey. A Celebration of Life service for Joe will be held later this spring in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. The visitation for Joe will be held at Christ Presbyterian Church on 2317 Bannerman Road on April 7th from 6:00 to 8:00p.m. The funeral service will be the following day, April 8th, at 2:00 p.m. at Christ Presbyterian Church, with internment immediately following at Culleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Meadowwood on Timberlane Road. 425 Jefferson Street

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Princeton last week signed a friend of the court brief in support of a CaliforObituaries

Helen Newman Chooljian Helen Newman Chooljian, 84, of Princeton passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at her residence with her beloved husband and her longtime aide at her side. Born July 5, 1932 to Lois and Joseph Percy Newman in White Plains, New York. Helen spent her childhood and youth in Cleveland, Ohio where her father was a publishing executive. She inherited a lifelong love of reading and literature from her father. In 1950 Helen graduated from Shaw High School and went on to Wellesley College where she majored in English. While at Wellesley she met her future husband, Martin A. Chooljian, a student at Harvard Business School. They married on April 16, 1955. Martin and Helen spent the next few years in Dayton, Ohio while he was serving in the United States Air Force AS A LIEUTENANT 4HEIR lRST CHILD !NNE WAS BORN THERE Several happy years followed in Palo Alto and Atherton California where their second daughter Cynthia was born and where Martin worked as a Vice President at Litton Industries while Helen perfected her skills as a mother and homemaker. In 1964 the family relocated to Princeton, New Jersey after Martin made the decision to go into business for himself. Helen enthusiastically endorsed the plan which showed quite a bit of courage on her part as she had recently overcome serious challenges to her health. Helen thrived in Princeton, making numerous longtime friends via her many memberships and associations with local organizations. She and Martin were members of All Saintsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Episcopal Church, The Bedens Brook Club, and the Nassau Club. Helen was a founding member and later president of the Womenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Investment Group, a member of the Present Day Club and the local Wellesley College Club, and a McCarter Theater patron. She was also one of the early friends of the Institute for Advanced Study and had a scholarship in her name at Wellesley College. Helen especially enjoyed working every year at the Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale and the Wellesley antiques show where she could be counted on to make sure that no one left the premises without making a donation. An enthusiastic traveler, Helen visited places as far away as Australia and was always ready for an adventure like seeing the Grand Canyon, going white water rafting in Colorado or ballooning in Arizona. She was a voracious reader who could be depended upon to remember a bookâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title or author that no one else could and loved to play cards especially bridge and solitaire. Helen will be remembered for her grace, strength, courage, intellect, sharp wit, and generosity. She will be forever in the hearts of her family and many friends. Helen was preceded in death by her brothers John and Andrew Harpham Newman. She is survived by her husband Martin, daughter Anne Chooljian and longtime companion Raul Najar, daughter Cynthia Jost and sonin-law Dan Jost, son Andrew Martin Chooljian and daughter-in-law Laurel Chooljian, honorary grandchildren Dr. Ingrid Stewart, Tyrone Taylor, Dr. Elizabeth Taylor, $R 2EBECCA 4AYLOR AND *OSHUA 4AYLOR AND lNALLY HER honorary great granddaughter Stony Taylor. A special thanks to her wonderful aide of sixteen years, Brenda Stewart, for without her Helenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last years would not have been all that they were. Private cremation was held and a memorial service celebrating her life will be held at The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home 40 Vandeventer Ave. Princeton, New Jersey on Saturday, April 29, 2017 at 3pm to be followed by a reception at the Bedens Brook Club at 240 Rolling Hill Road, Skillman, New Jersey.

Mayor Liz Lempert on Monday announced the town had taken that step backing Santa Claraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s legal fight, a move coming on the same day that Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that states and local jurisdictions will not get federal Department of Justice grants if they try to block cooperation with federal immigration authorities. The move is seen as the governmentâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s way to push back against sanctuary cities. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Signing onto this is, in part, to show solidarity with other communities who are being impacted, I think more so than out of an immediate concern for how it might impact Princeton directly,â&#x20AC;? Mayor Lempert said. But officials of the town, home to large numbers of people living in the country illegally, have said they expected to be on the opposite of the immigration debate with the Trump administration. In his remarks earlier in the week, Sessions highlighted some serious crimes committed by illegal immigrants, including a recent example of a man released from jail, despite having an immigration detainer, who then went on to murder someone. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I strongly urge our nationâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s states and cities and counties to consider carefully

the harm they are doing to their citizens by refusing to enforce our immigration laws and to rethink these policies,â&#x20AC;? Sessions said Monday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Such policies make their cities and states less safe â&#x20AC;&#x201D; public safety, as well as national security are at stake â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and put them at risk of losing federal dollars.â&#x20AC;? Hopewell Borough Mayor Paul Anzano, whose town is a sanctuary city that gets no federal money, was critical of Sessions. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I believe what heâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing is probably not permitted by law,â&#x20AC;? he said Wednesday. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;t see how someone whoâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s honestly concerned about law enforcement would do something along those lines, to put residents at greater risk, by withholding funding.â&#x20AC;? Though Princeton does not use the term sanctuary city officially, the town limits cooperation between police and immigration officials. Princeton Police do not honor civil detainers that Immigration and Customs Enforcement puts on illegal immigrants, for instance. The department must notify immigration authorities, however, if they arrest an illegal immigrant charged with a serious offense or drunken driving, based on a state attorney generalâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s directive from 2007.

Physics Continued from Page 1 dictment of the science program. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s just that when freshmen walk through the door, they realize there are certain courses they must take, he said. English and history are subjects that the students â&#x20AC;&#x153;are essentially used to seeing,â&#x20AC;? but science - physics is different, Haftel said. He said his three sons found physics to be difficult, and suggested revising the science program so physics is offered in the upper grades. Parent Chuck Merkel said itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not a Physics First issue, but a science issue. He referred to a survey conducted in connection with the development of the school districtâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategic plan. More than two-thirds of the students who took the survey expressed dissatisfaction with the science program, he said. Students also weighed in on the issue Tuesday night, and several pointed to the differences in how science is taught at the middle school level and the high school level. Alexander and Julia, who are both juniors at Montgomery High School, agreed that middle school students are taught to memorize facts and formulas in science class. But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the way it works in high school, and itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the way one is supposed to learn science, Julia said. If science would be taught in the same way in middle school as it is taught at the high school, it would help, she said.

Arnav, who is a sophomore, said that while he does not plan to become a scientist, the physics course taught him how to be analytical and how to solve problems. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s the kind of skill that translates into other careers, such as law or politics, he said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Physics helps students develop critical thinking skills. I urge you to keep â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Physics First,â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? Arnav said. But physics teaches much more than critical thinking skills, said Nathan, who is a sophomore. The petition circulated by the parents pointed to the negative social and emotional consequences of struggling with the course, he said. The parents may be correct, Nathan said, but struggling with physics taught him â&#x20AC;&#x153;what to do in the face of adversityâ&#x20AC;? - and that is a lesson that applies to all aspects of life. Ultimately, learning how to deal with negativity and stress is â&#x20AC;&#x153;how you grow,â&#x20AC;? he said. In response to parentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; and studentsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; comments, school board president Richard Cavalli said the school board is not seeking to abolish physics. Instead, the school district administration will take a comprehensive look at the science program, he said. Everyone learns differently, Cavalli said. And as he did at the school board meeting last week, Cavalli praised the students for stepping up to make their case and for providing input. â&#x20AC;&#x153;You all are the pride of Montgomery Township,â&#x20AC;? he said.

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For its part, district officials believed it was the right move to explore trying to acquire the land. “So we would be irresponsible not to consider what it would look like if we were able to acquire that property and what an expansion of facilities on that property would mean for the Princeton public schools,” Superintendent of Schools Stephen C. Cochrane said later in the meeting. Afterward, he and Sullivan said the land holds different options for the district, like expanding the high school, a preschool center or having a middle school for grades five to six — not to mention having property in case the

district needs a new elementary school in the coming decades. The timing of the choir college becoming available also comes with the school officials working on an expected bond referendum to go before voters. The district, though, believes it can take on the cost of a land deal of that size. Sullivan said the district is in the midst of retiring $70 million in debt that will be paid off in the next five years. “So we have the ability, without causing financial stress on people, to borrow something on the order of that kind of money and not really stress anyone anymore than they are today,” Sul-

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from multiple parties, including Princeton Public Schools. Since that time, and as the board announced on March 28, a one-campus model is no longer under consideration,” said Rider spokeswoman Kristine A. Brown on Wednesday. Rider had considered moving Westminster to its Lawrenceville campus, but instead will seek a buyer for the school and the campus, or an institution to acquire the music school and leave the campus for Rider to sell. “While we appreciate their interest and deeply value our place in the Princeton community, as President (Gregory) Dell’Omo informed the Rider community, over

the next 12 months, our highest priority is to find an institution willing to acquire Westminster Choir College and keep it in Princeton,” said Brown. “Our goal is to save Westminster on the Princeton campus,” said Constance Fee, president of the Coalition to Save Westminster Choir College in Princeton, Inc. Princeton officials were not sure, however, if the district has the power to acquire the property through condemnation. But the New Jersey School Boards Association said Wednesday that districts have the power of eminent domain but added the process “is a lengthy and sometimes difficult one ….”

One school board member sought to frame the issue of the music school property in historical terms by recalling the foresightedness the country had in the 1800s to make the Louisiana Purchase. “This is an opportunity that, in this town, has not happened in a hundred years,” school board member Justin Doran said earlier in the meeting. “This is an opportunity for us to really seize the moment, to rally behind the community, the town and our educational leaders, to give them the growth that our student athletes, our student artists, our students, need to really expand their horizons.”

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Protesters made their feelings known to the Rider University board of trustees prior to the announced decision on the fate of Westmister Choir College.

stitutions emerging. â&#x20AC;&#x153;But we are pretty confident that thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s going to be a fair level of interest in people wanting to talk to us about Westminster Choir College,â&#x20AC;? Dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And one of the things I can say, at this early stage in the game, is we would love to find a partner who could help preserve and enhance the tradition and excellence of Westminster as it currently exists.â&#x20AC;? In terms of a selling price, Dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omo said Rider had a â&#x20AC;&#x153;rangeâ&#x20AC;? in mind, but he did not elaborate. Asked what happens if no buyer emerges, he said the university would re-evaluate that issue at the time. In terms of the different scenarios, Rider will look for an institution willing to buy Westminster and the campus to keep the school in Princeton. Another possibility is the suitor only wants to acquire the school, which then would leave Rider to sell the campus to a third party, Dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omo said. Princeton University, seen in some quarters as an obvious possbility, will not be among the suitors. University spokeswoman Min Pullan said Tuesday that Princeton is â&#x20AC;&#x153;not a potential buyerâ&#x20AC;? of Westminster.

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She said acquiring Westminster â&#x20AC;&#x153;is not in line with our mission.â&#x20AC;? For the municipality, there had been interest in what happens to the more than 20-acre property. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re committed to working with Rider University to ensure that whatever happens with the site is in the best interests of the community,â&#x20AC;? Mayor Liz Lempert said Tuesday. Westminster, a once private music school, has been located in Princeton since the 1930s. The school teetered on the brink of closing in the late 1980s, but it became a part of Rider in 1992. Now in the 25th anniversary of that merger, that relationship is breaking up. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m very grateful to Rider for having done the merger, and I know for a fact that it cost Rider much more money to keep the Choir College going in the 1990s than Rider had counted on,â&#x20AC;? said Howard McMorris, a former Westminster trustee who sits on an advisory council at the school. â&#x20AC;&#x153;So without Riderâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s having come in, there would be no Choir College today.â&#x20AC;? The school today has around 440 undergraduate and graduate students, and saw its endowment reach $21 million. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Westminster Choir College is stronger today than it was in 1992, when we took it over,â&#x20AC;&#x153; Dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omo said. Rider today finds itself planning its future, part of which involved looking at â&#x20AC;&#x153;whether or not we felt we could fit the Westminster Choir College into our structure going forward,â&#x20AC;? Dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omo said Beginning last fall, an 11-member trustee committee started to explore the possibility of moving the Choir College to Lawrenceville and selling the Princeton campus.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The board has been deeply engaged in this issue, actually back through October and even before then as we meet as a board,â&#x20AC;? said trustees chairman Michael B. Kennedy at the press conference. Yet moving Westminster to Lawrenceville was met with stiff resistance by current students, alumni and others opposed to what they saw as losing the Westminster experience of studying music in a conservatory setting. To amplify their point, protestors gathered, in the morning outside the building on the Rider campus where the trustees meeting was going to take place. Dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omo said moving Westminster to Lawrenceville was ruled out because â&#x20AC;&#x153;there was a sense that just would not serve the Westminster Choir College,â&#x20AC;? while officials looked at other options. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re hoping to find another partner to make the necessary investments, the necessary improvements in making sure that that legacy of Westminster Choir College continues well into the future,â&#x20AC;? Dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omo said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We are eternally grateful to be given this window of opportunity to save our school and our campus,â&#x20AC;? said Constance Fee, a Westminster alumna who is president of the Coalition to Save Westminster Choir College in Princeton Inc. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re very pleased with this decision, and we look forward to working with President Dellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;Omo and the Board of Trustees to find a university to affiliate with,â&#x20AC;? said Mona Davids, a mother of a current Westminster freshman and member of the Coalition. Kennedy is a retired partner of PricewaterhouseCoopers. In response to a reporterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s question, he said there was â&#x20AC;&#x153;no conflict.â&#x20AC;?

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Three area towns on magazineâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Best Towns for Familiesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; list By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

Montgomery, Plainsboro and West Windsor townships have been included in the Top 20 â&#x20AC;&#x153;Best Towns for Familiesâ&#x20AC;? list for 2017 by New Jersey Family magazine. The magazine, which released its results March 23, based its decision on 11 factors that included the average home sale price and the amount of violent and non-violent crime. The magazine also reviewed public high school performance, such as the percentage of students taking Advanced Placement courses and the percentage who score above 1550 on the Scholastic Aptitude Test. None of the towns are

inexpensive places to live. The average price of a home in Montgomery Township is $598,819. In Plainsboro, it is $387,960 and in West Windsor, the price tag is $585,878. Montgomery Township was named the best â&#x20AC;&#x153;familyâ&#x20AC;? town in Somerset County, and also placed second on the list of 511 towns that were reviewed for family-friendliness by the magazine. This is the second year in a row that it has earned second-place status. Mayor Ed Trzaska was pleased with Montgomeryâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ranking, noting that it has a â&#x20AC;&#x153;unique balance between rural and suburban life, especially for central New Jersey.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;Our open space is a major selling point,â&#x20AC;? Mayor Trzaska said,

adding that 36 percent of the town is either preserved or protected open space. In the crime department, there were 97 major crimes reported in 2016. Of those 97 crimes, four were aggravated assault, which is considered a violent crime. The remaining 93 crimes were mostly burglaries and thefts. At Montgomery High School, 44.4 percent of students are enrolled in Advanced Placement courses. Of the students who took the SAT, 82 percent scored above 1550, according to the state Department of Education. Plainsboro Township ranked seventh in New Jersey, and was the toprated town in Middlesex County for raising a family. It placed 23rd on the list last year.

Westminster Choir College prepares undergraduate and graduate students for music careers in performance, teaching, sacred music, and composition. Westminster complements professional training in music with studies in the liberal arts. Westminster Choir College alumni are performers, teachers, music directors, and church musicians in communities throughout America. Westminster serves our nation by enhancing the quality of its cultural, educational, and religious institutions.

According to New Jersey Family magazine, Plainsboro is â&#x20AC;&#x153;a great option for families looking to get away from the hustle and bustle.â&#x20AC;? It has much to offer, including the 1,000-acre Plainsboro Preserve and its lake, walking trails and nature center. In 2016, the Plainsboro Police Department reported 149 major crimes. Only nine were considered to be violent. The remaining 140 crimes were mostly burglaries and thefts. West Windsor Township, with whom Plainsboro Township shares in a regional school district, rounded out the Top 20 by placing 19th on the list. It was also the top familyfriendly town in Mercer County. Last year, it

placed 70th on the list. Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh was happy that the township was recognized as a family-friendly community. He pointed to the awards and recognitions it has received for education, arts, culture, recreation, transportation and social diversity. On the crime front, there were 470 major crimes in West Windsor last year. There were 15 violent crimes that included nine assaults, one rape and five robberies. The rest of the crimes were mostly burglaries and thefts. West Windsor is one of the more desirable towns in New Jersey, according to New Jersey Family magazine, because of the highly regarded West

Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District. There are two high schools in the district one in Plainsboro and one in West Windsor. West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North, which is in Plainsboro Township, reported that 51 percent of students were enrolled in an Advanced Placement course. Of the students who took the SAT, 83 percent scored above 1550. Students enrolled in West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, which is in West Windsor, turned in similar results. Of the total enrollment, 53 percent of students took an Advanced Placement course and 80 percent scored above 1550 on the SAT.

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On Tuesday, March 28th, the Rider Board of Trustees voted seek a new institutional partner for Westminster Choir College which would provide Rider with desperately need funds from the sale of Westminsterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Princeton campus. Although expressing a hope that the buyer would allow the Choir College to remain on its current campus, the statement from the Trustees makes clear that Rider is also willing to sell to a buyer that plans For more than 40 years the Westminster Conservatory, the community to relocate Westminster Choir College, and allow Rider to sell Westminmusic program, has served the Central New Jersey/Eastern Pennsylvania sterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Princeton campus. area with on-campus and comRider saved Westminster through munity-based music instruca merger in 1991, for which all tion. It offers a diverse faculty of those who value the Choir and tailors lessons, workshops, College are truly grateful. Howand classes to the needs of the ever, under this new set of cirindividual student. Music study cumstances, we simply cannot at the Conservatory provides a DOORZ 5LGHUÂśV FXUUHQW GLIÂżFXOWLHV unique opportunity for musical to bring Westminster Choir Colgrowth for students of all ages lege at Princeton to an end. and stages of advancement. As a result, Westminster stuThe Westminster Center for dents, alumni, parents, faculty, Community Engagement and DQG PHPEHUV RI WKH /HDGHUVKLS Critical Pedagogy collaborates Council have formed The Coaliwith partners in the greater Princeton community to promote intion to Save Westminster Choir clusion, cultural relevance, and College in Princeton, Inc. We social justice through artistic exDUH D UHJLVWHUHG QRQSURÂżW FRUSRperiences that empower, transration in New Jersey and are in form, and enrich the lives of our students, faculty, and the communities the process of obtaining 501(c)(3) with the Internal Revenue Service. We we serve. KDYH UHWDLQHG OHJDO FRXQVHO KLUHG DQ DFFRXQWLQJ ÂżUP DQG KDYH RSHQHG a bank account. The prime objective of the Coalition is to encourage a The Westminster Neighborhood Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Choir, in collaboration VROXWLRQ WR 5LGHUÂśV GLIÂżFXOWLHV WKURXJK D QHZ LQVWLWXWLRQDO DIÂżOLDWLRQ IRU with the Princeton Family YMCA, offers young singers in grades three Westminster that will keep the Choir College on its Princeton campus. WKURXJK ÂżYH WKH RSSRUWXQLW\ WR VLQJ WRJHWKHU SOD\ PXVLFDO JDPHV DQG develop music reading skills. Westminster also has been involved in several local initiatives, including offering free faculty and student concerts and recitals, partnering in the building of the Performing Arts Center at Princeton High School, and providing a music curriculum for the Princeton Middle School students in collaboration with the Westminster Choir College Music Education Department. Westminster maintains a reputation for excellence both nationally and internationally. For eight decades the Westminster Symphonic Choir has collaborated in hundreds of performances and made numerous recordings with the principal orchestras of New York, Philadelphia, Washington, Pittsburgh, Boston, and Atlanta. Conductors of the choir have included Bernstein, Ormandy, Steinberg, Stokowski, Toscanini, and WalWHU DV ZHOO DV VXFK FRQWHPSRUDU\ ÂżJXUHV DV 1p]pW 6pJXLQ *LOEHUW $EEDGR %RXOH] &KDLOO\ /HLQVGRUI /HYLQH 0DVXU 0HKWD 0XWL 2]DZD Robertson, Sawallisch, and Shaw. The choir has also received numerous invitations to perform at Carnegie Hall with such touring orchestras as WKH %HUOLQ 3KLOKDUPRQLF WKH /RV $QJHOHV 3KLOKDUPRQLF WKH 5R\DO &RQ-

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Joshua Harmon’s acclaimed comedy “Bad Jews” at George Street Playhouse By Bob Brown

From left: Laura Lapidus, Alec Silberblatt and Maddie Jo Landers in “Bad Jews” at George Street Playhouse. Pictured in the photo to left are Lapidus and Amos VanderPoel. Below, Silberblatt and Landers.

an Irish name. They pick at each other while Jonah and the helpless Melody perfect foils for the fireworks, stand by. Silberblatt’s Liam builds up his own towering explosion, aimed at Daphna. It’s the mother of all tantrums and colossally hilarious. That alone earned Silberblatt a round of applause. As a clueless opera major from Delaware, Melody is the perfect target for Daphne, who cuts her Delawarean heritage to shreds. Melody’s G-clef tattoo comes in for merciless mockery. Landers plays a coy, nice girl who’s well out of her element, trying to smooth the unsmoothable and stop the unstoppable. She’s a deer in the headlights faced with Daphna. Landers has a delightfully funny turn demonstrating Melody’s operatic training in a snippet from “Porgy and Bess.” It’s all deliciously nasty fun. The language can be raw, so this is not a play for the kids. But underneath is a serious message about honoring one’s heritage, one’s religion, and the sacrifices of those who have gone before. Liam is an example of the cultural blurring, being a “bad Jew,” that frightens Daphna most. Her extreme position is a fierce reaction to the fear that it may all be slipping away at a time when being Jewish has never been safer. This supposed safety is an ironic observation now that Jewish centers are under threat again. The cast pulls out all the stops in a drawing-roomcomic tour de force. It’s a sort of Studio Apartment Insultorama, a clashing of words and ideas and, at one point, bodies (Gerardo Rodriguez is credited for fight direction). As George Street’s Artistic Director David Saint says in his program notes, “this hilarious and moving story gives us much-needed food for thought.” It’s side-splitting, hilarious, and provocative, with more energy expended in 90 minutes than you’ll see

anywhere else this season

“Bad Jews” continues at George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, through April 6. For tickets and information, go to www. georgestreetplayhouse.org or call 732-246-7717.

Photos by T. Charles Erickson

laywright Joshua Harmon must have known he finally had a hit when “Bad Jews”, which premiered in 2012, was his first play to run longer than three nights. Since then, it’s gone on to win acclaim both in the U.S. and abroad, with award nominations and soldout performances. Now it’s your turn to laugh till you cry with “Bad Jews” at the George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick through April 6. First, it’s savagely funny. That’s thanks to director Jessica Stone and the cast, who bring these characters literally roaring to life. There’s Jonah (Amos VanderPoel) and Daphna (Laura Lapidus), who are cousins. They are about to sit shiva after the death of their grandfather, who lived through the Holocaust. Daphna is a Vassar student in her final year. She’s devout, and brags about her Israeli boyfriend, insisting that, owing to the purity of her devotion, she deserves to have a coveted family heirloom that was precious to Grandpa. She enlists the support of Jonah, a diffident young man who’s adrift in his rentfree Upper West Side apartment, thanks to his parents’ largess. While Daphna is fiery and intrusive, Jonah is soft and compliant. His response to ultimatums is, “I don’t want to get involved” just before he is inevitably involved. Arriving in town a day after the funeral are Jonah’s brother, Liam (Alec Silberblatt), with his blond, blueeyed shiksa, Melody (Maddie Jo Landers) in tow. They are late because Liam lost his cell-phone in a snowdrift beneath a ski lift. The chemistry between Liam and Daphna — never good to begin with — cranks up to volatile levels when they are in the same room. Worse, Liam confides to Jonah that he has kept the heirloom for himself: a silver chai talisman that Grandpa clung to through his darkest days. Liam intends to propose to Melody by presenting her with this sacred family object. Jonah doesn’t want to get involved. Some of the fun is watching Lapidus and Silberblatt go at each other, and anyone else in their way. Lapidus has nailed her character — prancing around the apartment while tossing insults like wilted bouquets, flouncing her hair, wheedling, needling. She outs Liam as “Schlomo, Schlomo, Schlomo!” for hiding behind

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You Call That a Painting? Pegasus Theatre Project will perform ‘Art’ at the West Windsor Arts Council

hat better place to perform a play titled “Art” than an art gallery?

A comedy by French playwright Yasmina Reza’s (translated by Christopher Hampton), Art was a hit in London and on Broadway in the 1990s. The play’s concept is simple. Serge has spent 200,000 francs on a painting that is essentially a white canvas. His friend Marc not only thinks the purchase is ridiculous and that the painting is garbage (Marc uses a word stronger than “garbage”), he is personally insulted by the purchase. He’s even hurt by Serge buying the painting because this work of art represents a sort of ignorance defined by snobbery. Serge is angered by Marc’s reaction, hurt that Marc can’t even be happy for his acquisition. Another friend, Yvan, just wants his two friends to get along, but that’s going to be a challenge. Pegasus Theatre Project will present “Art” as the second and final play of its inaugural season at its home, the West Windsor Arts Council, March 31 through April 9. “One of the things we wanted to consider was the uniqueness of the space and the fact that we would be performing our plays in a gallery, surrounded by different From left: Peter Bisgaier, Matthew Cassidy, and David Nikolas in “Art,” art work,” says Jennifer Nasta Zefutie, which Pegasus Theatre Product will present at the West Windsor Arts who’s directing this production of “Art.” Council, March 31 through April 9. “One of our goals in play selection overall is to try to tie our choice of play to the says. “So it’s different mediums, different been there for a while.” She also notes that the play starts in the theme of the artwork that’s on exhibit at that styles — there’s mixed media, there’s wamiddle, with Serge and Marc looking at the tercolor, there’s photography. The type of time.” painting. That throws the characters and the Zefutie is one of Pegasus’ three produc- art on the wall lends itself to the discussion audiences into the action of this comedy. ing artist directors, along with Peter Bis- the three men are having.” Also, these men have been friends for 15 She adds that while the play’s premise is gaier, who is playing Marc, and Judi years, but they are all very different, and tenParrish, who is handling sound design for simple, there’s a lot going on with these sions have been building between them prior the show. The cast also includes Matthew characters. to the painting entering their lives. “But the more you dig into it, the more Cassidy as Yvan, and David Nikolas as “What was interesting about the process you realize that there’s a real struggle going Serge. for us working through this was discovering “The three [characters] have very differ- on between these three friends,” she says. what made these three very different people ent tastes and very different judgments, and “What’s most interesting about it is, the play such close, intimate friends,” Zefutie says. that’s very fitting for the space during this starts in the middle of the struggle. Serge In addition to the gallery setting, the performance because [the arts council’s cur- buying the painting is the catalyst that space at the West Windsor Arts Council is rent exhibit is] a member show,” Zefutie causes the three friends to realize they have an intimate, which should add an element to this comedy by Reza, who also wrote “God of Carnage,”

“It should feel a little voyeuristic,” Zefutie says. “With the structure of the play, there are these little monologues each of the characters have where they kind of step out of the action, and they have a little moment that they share with the audience, where they explain exactly what they’re feeling and what they’re thinking about the scene that they’re in. So to have the voyeuristic aspect because of the intimacy of the space, and then to be able to have that moment shared directly between the character and the audience, it’s going to work really beautifully in there.” Pegasus got its start when Bisgaier and Zefutie realized they shared a dream of starting a theater group. They then asked Parrish to join them. One thing the group wanted was a home, a regular space for their performances, which led to the arrangement with the arts council. Another key to the group is that the people involved in productions are paid. Pegasus opened its first season last fall with “Proof,” and Zefutie says next season will be announced during the run of “Art.” “Our goal is to focus on smaller, more intimate, more challenging pieces that don’t always get the attention they deserve from bigger theaters in the area,” she says. “Working with the West Windsor Arts Council in that space lends itself to bus being able to do that.” The run of “Art” will include some special events. The opening night performance on March 31 will be followed by a reception where audience members can meet the cast and production team while enjoying wine and light hors d’oeuvres and look at the art that is on view in the gallery. April 1 will include a pre-show cocktail party, hosted by the West Windsor Arts Council, also featuring wine and light hors d’oeuvres. The April 8 performance will be followed by a talk with Zefutie, the actors and artist Micheal Madigan. “Art” is being performed at the West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, March 31 through April 9. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $18-$22; www.pegasusthe-

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Her Life in Song Lauriana Mae will play songs from her debut album at The Stone Pony

ith three clicks of her red heels, Lauriana Mae, an American pop and R&B singer, is channeling Dorothy from “The Wizard of Oz” and taking it back home as she gears up for her first show debuting an album that is all about her roots. “This project ‘Can’t Go Back’ is a tribute to where I came from,” she says. The album starts with Dorothy’s famous line, “There’s no place like home.” “It’s a true story showing the beauty of my upbringing, having fun with my friends,” Mae says. “I talk about sacrifices that were made, what I miss, what I regret, what I appreciate and what I love.” Mae says as she was continuing to work on her first fulllength album, which is expected to be released this year, lyrics and melodies started pouring out, which resulted in the separate project of 11 songs. “I got support from my record label, Atlantic Records, to do this,” she says, adding that she worked with producer Jack Splash to put together the project. “This project is special because I wrote all the songs. It’s not the first time I have written songs, I usually write the majority of my songs, but I also collaborate with different songwriters.” Mae has collaborated with the likes of musicians and producers CeeLo Green, Kwamé, B.o.B., Dreezy, Raekwon and Manolo Rose. She had previously released a shorter-length album, “City of Diamonds,” in 2015. The soul vocalist and songwriter, whose sound is influenced by hip-hop and infused with jazz, was born in Red Bank and grew up singing in her church choir. She majored in vocal music at her performing arts high school. “I used to be shy, but as I was complimented on my

Lauriana Mae expects to release her first fulllength album this year. voice, I continued to sing out more,“ she says. “I’ve lived all around Monmouth County — Union Beach, Keyport and Matawan. I have a lot of family still around in Monmouth County and they are proud of the project.” Mae says the album project started out with three to four song tracks and grew to 11 songs. “I was traveling back and forth to Miami, meeting with Jack and getting excited about the project,” she says. “This has been done for a while. We just have been waiting on what would be the next step.”

She says a project release event was held in New York, but she requested to do something special for her home state. So the first performance of the project will be held at The Stone Pony in Asbury Park on April 7. Mae says it’s hard not to get a bit choked up when talking about the project, which she says is very real and true. “I rehearsed the ‘Can’t Go Back’ song 30 times,” she says. “I have in there missed moments of regret when my nanny passed away . . . I was away in California recording music. A lot of sacrifices were made. I talk about one of my best girlfriends passing away in a car crash and how we are never going to talk again.” Mae says she sings about cherished childhood moments of clean laundry hanging in the yard, family stopping by the house and running through the grass in her music. She also sings about not so good memories of torn relationships. Mae says her family and friends are proud of her project and can relate to the music because they know where it is coming from. “This project is for anyone who can relate to my music,” she says. “My goal is to touch as many people with my music and the more people who I can appeal to, the greater it will be.” Four tracks off Mae’s Can’t Go Back album project can be purchased on Apple iTunes and the entire album can be heard on SoundCloud.

Lauriana Mae will perform with her backing band, The Pains, at the Stone Pony, 913 Ocean Ave., Asbury Park, April 7, 7 p.m. Tickets cost $20. For information; www.stoneponyonline.com or call 732-502-0600.

School Pictures at Trenton Gallery

Mercer County Community College will present “Schools for the Colored,” a photography exhibit by Wendel White, at the James Kerney Campus Gallery in Trenton, April 6 through May 4. The exhibit originated with White’s “Small Towns, Black Lives” project. According to White, the project began as a modest attempt to depict daily events and activities in a small, historically African American community near the southernmost tip of New Jersey. “Schools for the Colored” integrates black-and-white images with digital media to depict the racially segregated school buildings and landscapes that existed in the northern “free” states. White was born in Newark and grew up in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. His work can be An image of the “Manual Training and Industrial found in museum and corporate collections such as the New School for Colored Youth” by Wendel White.

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Jersey State Museum; Johnson and Johnson in New Brunswick. He is currently a professor of art at The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. The gallery is located in MCCC’s Trenton Hall Annex at 137 N. Broad St., across from the James Kerney Building. Hours: Mondays 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tues.-Thurs. 10 a.m. through noon, 3-6 p.m., Saturdays noon to 5 p.m. Artist’s talk and opening reception, April 12, 5-8 p.m. with White’s talk expected to begin at 5:45 p.m.

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FOOD AND FUN By Pam Hersh

Escape to Italy, in Princeton D’Angelo Italian Market offers delicious delicacies that are sure to tempt the area’s foodies

’ve discovered a stress-free and inexpensive way to escape to Italy, without getting on an airplane. I simply walk down Princeton’s Nassau Street, turn onto Witherspoon Street, make right onto Spring Street. And there it is — Italy, dressed up as D’Angelo Italian Market. Owner Anna D’Angelo made the point that D’Angelo is not an “Italian-American Market,” but rather an Italian market in America that has transported some of the finest food items, food preparation techniques, and food preparers themselves from Italy to 35 Spring St. As a longtime observer of the challenges faced by small family-owned businesses in downtown Princeton, I have concluded that the genius of D’Angelo is more than its food. It is its genius, as in business smarts. D’Angelo, when it first established a relationship with Princeton six years ago, expected the marriage would be somewhat traditional, like the relationship its other New Jersey store, Tuscany, has with its community in Jackson. But “Princeton is different,” people are very busy, very sophisticated, and the community has a lot of corporate entertaining needs, said Danielle D’Angelo, who owns the store with her mother Anna, father Joe, and brother Frank. To maintain a viable connection with Princeton, D’Angelo Italian Market has had to evolve. The store found its niche in the community, the town and D’Angelo are perfectly matched. With an efficient and effective catering and delivery service, plus an extensive line of Italian specialty foods unavailable elsewhere in the area, D’Angelo has as a large corporate clientele and is a particular favorite of Princeton University departments. “We get people coming in here with requests we don’t get elsewhere,” Danielle said. “The high level of knowl-

From left: D’Angelo butcher Domenico Camardo, and Gaetano and Giuseppe Cappellini, who make pizza and the Sicilian specialties at the market. edge about Italian culture and food is quite exceptional. They request items like bottarga (cured fish roe) or tuma persa a specialty cheese from Sicily or Sardinian fregola, a special pasta.” The success in the catering and delivery arena encouraged the owners to embrace a new service — online grocery ordering and delivering for individuals and businesses. The online shopping service is run through Mercato.com. By going to the Mercato.com website, a customer can place an order for groceries and prepared foods from D’Angelo in Princeton, arrange delivery time, and one’s kitchen becomes stocked with fabulous Italian specialty foods (with names I can’t pronounce), as well as basic groceries such as bananas.

“It never was a business plan to go in this direction,” Danielle said, “but it didn’t take us long to figure out that Princeton was going to be a rather different operation than Tuscany.” That store in Jackson is a more traditional walk-in Italian grocer serving predominantly families and individuals. Tuscany has a far smaller corporate client base and less delivery-and-prepared foods catering business. The ability to adapt and become a sustainable enterprise is related to the D’Angelo family experience in the grocery business, immersion in Italian culture, and business/marketing education. Both Anna and Joe, as young adults, came from Sicily to Brooklyn, where they met while enrolled in an English language class. Joe worked as an accountant for a few years, but found his true passion was in applying his accounting skills to running his own food businesses — bakeries and a deli in New York. Anna, who raised her two children and made sure they had a formal education, was the one who emphasized the perpetuation of the Italian culture in their businesses. She returns to Italy on a regular basis to make sure she remains on top of the latest food trends in Italy (such as gluten-free, slow-foods, non-GMO), as well as to reinforce her connection to the much-cherished Italian cuisine traditions. Her talent, reflected in the success of the store, has been the ability to maintain the perfect balance between the different food trends and needs — both in Italy and in Princeton.

D’Angelo Market is at 35 Spring St., Princeton. For more information, go to dangelomarket.com or call 609-9210404.

Literary Love on Stockton Street Princeton’s own little literary festival, the Salon on Stockton Street, will return for its second year, March 31 through April 2 at Morven Museum & Garden, and the Center of Theological Inquiry. Programs will include interviews with authors from Ireland, the USA, New Zealand, Scotland, and the Netherlands, a one-man play about Charles Darwin, and a private tour of Morven’s Bruce Springsteen photographic exhibition. The Salon opens on Friday evening, March 31, with a reception at Morven to meet the authors and enjoy a private tour of the Springsteen exhibition with Morven curator Beth Allan.

On April 1, BBC broadcaster Sally Magnusson returns to interview four very authors from around the world at Luce Hall. Irish poet Philip McDonagh will discuss “Gondla,” his translation of a Russian play about an Irish legend set in Iceland. David Grinspoon’s “Earth in Human Hands,” tells the story of how humans are changing the planet for both good and ill. Liam McIlvanney is a crime novelist from New Zealand, who will discuss the first two novels in his Conway Trilogy about a Glasgow journalist in the murky world of crime and politics in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In closing, Magnusson will discuss the challenge of writing family memoirs with Pia de Jong, a Dutch writer now living in Princeton.

Also on April 1, Labyrinth Books will run book sales and author signings at Luce Hall, and Jammin’ Crepes will have its food truck at Morven for lunch. The Salon will conclude April 2, at Luce Hall, with a performance of “Mr. Darwin’s Tree,” starring Andrew Harrison, followed by tea and a panel discussion on Darwin. Tickets prices: For the March 31 reception only, $25. For the reception and day pass good for all author events on Saturday, $50. For the author events on Saturday only, $30. For the performance of “Mr. Darwin’s Tree,” $15. Single author passes cost $10. For tickets and information, go to morven.org, or call 609-683-4797.

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“Murder on the Orient Express,” McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Adaptation of Agatha Christie’s classic mystery by Ken Ludwig, through April 2; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. “Bad Jews,” George Street Playhouse, 9 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. The night after their grandfather’s funeral, Liam and his cousin Daphna argue “Poppy`s” Chai necklace. The verbal battle rages until Liam stakes claim to the necklace, and a brawl about family, faith and legacy begins, through April 9; www.georgestreetplayhouse.org; 732-246-7717. “My Son the Waiter, A Jewish Tragedy,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Brad Zimmerman’s story about the grit and passion it takes to make it as an artist and the sweet rewards that come from never giving up,” through April 9; bcptheater.org; 215862-2121. “Big Fish,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Musical adaptation of Tim Burton movie about the relationship between a salesman, Edward and his son, Will. March 31-April 9. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors, $16 students; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333. “Art,” West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. Pegasus Theatre Project, the professional resident theatre company of the West Windsor Arts Council, will present Yasmina Reza’s award-winning comedy about three friends whose friendship is thrown into chaos when one of them buys a modern painting that another considers a joke, while the third is caught in the middle trying to keep the peace, March 31 through April 9. Tickets cost $18-$22; www.pegasustheatrenj.org; 609-759-0045. Graeme of Thrones, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Avid ‘Thrones’ fan Graeme just wants to recreate his favorite fantasy saga on stage as it should have been done. He doesn’t quite have the same budget as the TV show or the performance skill required, but he does have Michael Condron (“Game of Thrones,” “Bowen Marsh”) and he’s sure George R.R. Martin would approve. Created by a team of the U.K.’s comedy writers and the producer of “Potted Potter,” April 7, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $25-$50; www.mccarter.org; 609-2582787. “Lawrence Library PlayFest,” Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike (Route 1), Lawrence. Ninth annual oneact play festival. Local actors will perform the staged script-in-hand readings of six one-act plays selected for performance, April 19, 7 p.m., 9 p.m. Tickets are free. Registration is required and begins April 10, 9:30 a.m. 609-989-6920. “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” Performed by Somerset Valley Players, 689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough. Bubbly girl-about-town Holly Golightly couples with an up-and-coming writer to take a whirlwind tour through the exotic enchantments of urban life, April 28 through May 14. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors/students; www.svptheatre.org; 908-3697469.

MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC

Hopewell Valley Chorus Spring Into Song, Central Church, 2015 Route 31, Ewing. The 18th-annual Spring into Song, a family-friendly, free event, presented by the Hopewell Valley Chorus. Five vocal groups will participate in addition to the Hopewell

Magic in the Moonlight “Brainerd Lake Supermoon” is among the images on view in a photography exhibit by David Nissen at The Gourgaud Gallery in Cranbury, April 2-28. The exhibit features images from three sources: Cranburyiana, New York City cityscapes, and western desserts. Hours: Mondays through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 2 and April 23, 1-3 p.m. An opening reception will be held April 2, 1-3 p.m. For more information, go to www.cranburyartscouncil.org. Valley Chorus: Trenton Children’s Chorus, Soulfege A Cappella (Westminster Choir College), Vox Nova, and the Trentones (TCNJ). The free-will collection supports Spring into Song Summer Scholarships for the Trenton Children’s Chorus, April 2, 2-4 p.m. For more information, email hopewellvalleychorus@gmail.com or call 609-7373177. VOICES, Mayo Concert Hall of The College, Ewing. VOICES Chorale will present a concert titled “Songs of Wonders and Triumph,” which includes excerpts of the piano four-hand “London edition” of the Brahms Requiem, played by pianists James Lubrano and Joshua Wilson, and conducted by Lyn Ransom. Also on the program will be “Choose Something Like a Star” and “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening,” poems by Robert Frost expressing the wonders of life through images of nature and aptly set to music by Randall Thompson, April 8, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25; tcnjcenterforthearts.tcnj.edu; 609-771-2775. “Barging Ahead: Channeling Songs of the Delaware & Raritan Canal,“ Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike (Route 1), Lawrence. Concert by Westminster Choir College students who will be performing songs related to the Delaware & Raritan Canal and the time period of its heyday, April 9, 2 p.m. Registration is suggested. lawprogs@mcl.org; www.mcl.org; 609-989-6920. “Bach’s Mass in B Minor,“ McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Performed by the Gächinger Cantorey with the chorus and orchestra of the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart, Hans-Christoph Rademann, conductor. Celebrate Easter Sunday with one of the greatest choral works, April 16, 4 p.m. Tickets cost $25$75; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. JAZZ, 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, 7:4510 p.m. $10 drink minimum; 215-740-7153. Anoushka Shankar, McCarter Theatre 91 University Place, Princeton. Sitar concert by Shankar, whose latest release, “Home,” pays homage to the teachings of her father, Ravi Shankar, April 6, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25-$58; www.mccarter.org; 609-2582787. Liaisons: Re-Imagining Sondheim, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place,

Grammy Museum at L.A. Live. Exhibit features more than 40 photographs of the rock legend, and video interviews with the show’s five photographers: Danny Clinch, Ed Gallucci, Eric Meola, Pamela Springsteen, and Frank Stefanko. Together they revisit Springsteen’s career as a frontman and songwriter, capturing his charisma and off stage vulnerability, and documenting a great American musical legend, through May 21, 2017. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609-9248144. Princeton University Art Museum, on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton. “The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C.,” The exhibition will present 84 vessels and statuettes from the period, including 54 of the finest vases attributed to the Berlin Painter, providing a window into the world of Athenian society 2,500 years ago, through June 11. “Revealing Pictures.” Exhibit presenting works by 11 leading international artists: Nikolay Bakharev, Edmund Clark, Daniel and Geo Fuchs, Tim Hetherington, Pieter Hugo, Liu Zheng, Zanele Muholi, Robert Polidori, Alec Soth and Miwa Yanagi. The photographs from the Christopher E. Olofson Collection at the Princeton University Art Museum, through July 2; 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.

Princeton. Pianist Anthony de Mare asked 36 of today’s leading composers to “reimagine” their favorite Sondheim songs as solo piano works? Participants range from Wynton Marsalis, Duncan Sheik, Ethan Iverson, and Steve Reich to Nico Muhly, Fred Hersch, Paul Moravec — and even Sondheim himself, April 25, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $50; www.mccarter.org; 609-258Art Times Two, the gallery at Princeton 2787. Brain and Spine, 731 Alexander Road, Suite 200, Princeton. “Mandala.” Paintings and prints featuring mandalas from four regional Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie artists are brought together in this exhibit. Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. “Kay Associated with Hindu and Buddhist culHackett of Stangl.” Exhibit of ceramic din- tures where, consecrated and purposed for nerware created by artist Kay Hackett in the ritual, the mandala is understood to be the “Thistle” pattern. In celebration of National abode of the deity, through March 31. Women’s History Month, through April 7; www.arttimestwo.com; 609-203-4622. “A Grounds For Sculpture History: “On the Edge,” invitational and juried exThe Land in Pictures and Words,” Lakehibit for for young and emerging artists, front Gallery, located in Robert Wood Johnthrough April 30; The Essential Paul Robeson, consolidates material from previous son University Hospital, Hamilton. Works by major exhibit on Robeson, through April members of the Princeton Photography Club 30. Hours: Wednesday through Sunday noon tell the story of how the former site of the to 4 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m. ellarslie.org; 609- New Jersey State Fairgrounds became Grounds For Sculpture, beginning in 1984 989-3632. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stock- when the Atlantic Foundation purchased 12 ton St., Princeton. “Bruce Springsteen: A acres of the old fairgrounds property adjaPhotography Journey.” Curated by the cent to the Seward Johnson Atelier, through

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THINGS TO DO April 2. www.princetonphotoclub.org/LakefrontGallery. html; 732-422-3676. “Nature’s Healing Gifts,” D&R Greenway Land Trust at the Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place, Princeton. Exhibit includes “Mystery and Magic — New Jersey’s Pinelands” featuring a decade of photographs by Albert Horner. Artists Priscilla Snow Algava, William Dix, Karen McLean, Dallas Piotrowski, Michelle Post and Ray Yeager highlight gifts from nature, through April 7. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.drgreenway.org; 609-9244646. Sculpture Exhibit by Patrick Strzelec, Graves Terrace at Paul Robeson Center of the Arts, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Outdoor exhibit of works by Patrick Strzelec, who makes abstract sculpture using a full range of materials. This Graves Terrace exhibition will provide the public with an introduction to Strzelec’s work preceding the installation of his work on Witherspoon Street at the site of the new Avalon Princeton residencies, through June, 2017. For more information, go to artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609-924-8777. “Gallery 33 at Comisky’s Greenhouses,” 315 Franklin St. (Route 33), Hightstown. Exhibit of landscape oil paintings by artist Paul Mordetsky. Opening reception featuring Mordetsky as well as other artists, along with live music and light refreshments, March 31 through May 18, 6-8 p.m. For more information, go to www.facebook.com/comiskys or call 609-448-1705. Gourgard Gallery at Town Hall, 23-A N. Main St., Cranbury. Photography by David Nissen. The exhibit will include images from three sources: Cranbury, New York City and Western Deserts, April 2-28. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., April 2, April 23, 1-3 p.m. Admission is www.cranburyartscouncil.org. “Schools for the Colored,” James Kerney Campus Gallery, Mercer County Community College Trenton Hall Annex, 137 N. Broad St. (across from the James Kerney Building). Exhibit by Wendel White featuring black-andwhite images with digital media to depict the racially segregated school buildings and landscapes that existed northern states, April 6 through May 4. Hours: Mon. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Tues.-Thurs. 10 a.m. to noon, 3-6 p.m., Sat. noon to 5 p.m. Opening reception, April 12, 5-8 p.m. www.mccc.edu/jkcgallery.

COMEDY

Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Dean Napolitano, March 31-April 1; Mike Faverman, April 7-8; catcharisingstar.com; 609-987-8018. Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. DL Hughley, March 31-April 1, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., April 2, 7:30 p.m., $37; Gary Owen, April 6, 7:30 p.m., April 7-8, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., April 9, 7:30 p.m., stressfactory.com; 732-545-4242.

Nassau St., Princeton. The New Jersey Association of State Colleges and Universities hosts free screening of the higher education documentary. The thought-provoking film about the systematic defunding of public higher education throughout the country will be followed by a discussion with NJASCU CEO Michael Klein, April 12, 7:30 p.m. For more information, go to www.njascu.org.

DANCE

Catch ‘Big Fish’ Christina Kosyla and Michael Scibilia star as Sandra and Edward in the musical “Big Fish,” presented by Playful Theatre Productions at Kelsey Theatre on the West Windsor campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, March 31 through April 9. Performances are Fridays and Saturdays, 8 p.m., Sundays 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors, $16 students; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333.

Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Weekly Wednesday Country Dance, April 5, 8 p.m. (Instruction starts at 7:30 p.m.), $9; Saturday English Country Dance, April 8, 8-11 p.m. (instruction at 7:30 p.m.), $10; www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Dancing and Dessert, Plainsboro Department of Recreation and Community Services, 641 Plainsboro Road. Ballroom dancing. Coffee and dessert, then take a dance lesson, April 15, June 10, 7-8:30 p.m., $12, $10 Plainsboro residents; 609-799-0909, ext. 1719. Dancing by Peddie Lake, 112 Etra Road in Hightstown. Instruction by Candace-Woodward-Clough in swing, foxtrot,waltz and latin dancing. Classes will begin April 27 and April 28 for four weeks. Class starts at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $60 per person for four-week session. Registration required, emailcandaceclough1987@yahoo.com or call 732-995-4284. Friday Night Folk Dancing, at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. One-hour instruction most weeks, followed by request dancing. Fridays, 8-11 p.m. $5; 609-912-1272.

MISCELLANY

Author Jean Hanff Korelitz, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau St., Princeton. Korelitz will discuss her new novel, “The Devil and Webster.” about a college president, a baffling student protest, and some of the most hot-button issues on today’s college campuses, April 2, 12:30 p.m. www.labyrinthbooks.com; 609-497-1600. David Sedaris, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Annual visit by author whose best sellers include “Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim,” “Squirrel Princeton Environmental Film Festival. Festival feaSeeks Chipmunk: A Modest Bestiary,” and “Let’s Explore turing a lineup of 20 films with filmmakers and other Diabetes with Owls,” April 5, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $50speakers presented over seven days. Films and additional $58; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. programs are scheduled both during the day and in the The Magic and History of Marquand Park, Starting at evening at the Princeton Public Library, on the Princeton Marquand Park parking lot, Lover’s Lane between Stockton University campus and at the Princeton Garden Theatre, and Mercer streets, Princeton. Join Bob Wells, associate dithrough April 2. All screenings and events are free. For a rector of arboriculture at Morris Arboretum, and Roland Machold, former Marquand Park Foundation board memfull schedule, go to www.princetonlibrary.org/peff. ber, as they share the history of the property and highlight the native and exotic trees in the collection, April 8, 11 a.m. “Starving the Beast,” Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Free. Registration is required. Register at

FILM

MOVIE TIMES Movie and times for the week of March 31 through April 6. Schedules are subject to change.

HILLSBOROUGH HILLSBOROUGH CINEMAS (908-874-8181): Ghost in the Shell (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20; Sun.-Thurs. 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45. The Boss Baby (PG) Fri.-Sat. 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20, 9:45; Sun. 12:05, 2:30, 4:55, 7:20. Power Rangers (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10; Sun.-Thurs. 1:40, 4:30, 7:20. Chips (luxury recliners, reserved seating) (R) Fri.-Sat. 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55; Sun.-Thurs. 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30. Beauty and the Beast (Luxury recliners, reserved seating) (PG) Fri.-Sat. 1:30, 2, 4:30, 5, 7:30, 8, 10:30; Sun. 1:30, 2, 4:30, 5, 7:30, 8; Mon.-Thurs. 1:30, 2, 4:30, 5, 7:30. Beauty and the Beast (PG) Fri.-Sat. 1:10, 4:10, 7:10, 10:10; Sun.-Thurs. 1:10, 4:10, 7:10. Kong: Skull Island

(Luxury Recliners, Reserved Seating) (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 1:55, 4:45, 7:35, 10:25; Sun.-Thurs. 1:55, 4:45, 7:35. Get Out (R) Fri.-Sat. 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50, 10:20; Sun.-Thurs 12:20, 2:50, 5:20, 7:50. Life (R) Fri.-Sat. 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35, 10:05; Sun.-Thurs 12:05, 2:35, 5:05, 7:35.

MONTGOMERY Montgomery Cinemas (609-924-7444): Frantz (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55; Sun.-Thurs. 2:10, 4:45, 7:20. The Zookeeper’s Wife (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10; Sun.-Thurs. 1:30, 4:20, 7:10. Wilson (R) Fri.-Sat. 4:55, 9:50; Sun.-Thurs. 4:55. Personal Shopper (R) Fri.-Sat. 4:40, 9:55; Sun.-Thurs. 4:40. The Last Word (R) Fri.-Sat. 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45; Sun.-Thurs. 2:15, 4:45, 7:15. The Salesman (PG13) Fri.-Thurs. 1:45, 7:05. A United Kingdom (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 1:55, 4:30, 7:05, 9:40; Sun.-Thurs. 1:55, 4:30, 7:05. Lion (PG13) Fri.-Thurs. 2:15,

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PRINCETON GARDEN THEATRE (609-2791999): The Zookeeper’s Wife (PG13) Fri. 4, 6:45, 9:25; Sat. 1, 4, 6:45, 9:25; Sun. 1, 4, 6:45; Mon. 5:15, 8; Tues. 2:30, 5:15, 8; Wed. 2, 4:45, 8; Thurs. 2:30, 5:15, 8. Paterson (R) Fri.-Sat. 6, 8:45; Sun. 6:15; Mon. 8; Tues.-Thurs. 2:30. Kedi (NR) Fri. 4; Sat. 1:30, 4; Sun. 4:15; Mon. 6; Tues.-Wed. 5; Thurs. 8. Royal Ballet: The Sleeping Beauty (NR) Sun. 12:30 p.m. Royal Shakespeare Company: The Tempest (NR) Tues. 7:30 p.m. Prof Picks: Night on Earth (1991) (R) Wed. 7:30 p.m. International Cinema Series: My Life as a Zucchini (PG13) Thurs. 5:30 p.m.

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April 1 Lambing day at Howell Farm Twin lambs, newly hatched chicks and baby pigs are among the dozens of animals visitors can meet during Howell Living History Farm’s Lambing Day, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Throughout the day farmers will be present in the sheep barn, henhouse and pigpen to introduce visitors to the new babies born this spring. Visitors to the main barn will be able to meet the farm’s workhorses and oxen. Parking and admission are free. Howell Living History form is located on Valley Road, off Route 29, Hopewell Township. GPS address is 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township. For more information, go to www.mercercountyparks.org or call 609-737-3299.

April 3 Wilson School to host World Bank Economists Two economists at the World Bank will hold a public presentation, beginning at 4:30 p.m. at Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Robertson Hall. Luís-Felipe López-Calva and Ezequiel Molina will discuss the World Development Report 2017: Governance and the Law. Released in January, the report discusses challenges faced by today’s developing countries and the processes of effective policymaking and implementation. López-Calva is co-director of the World Development Report 2017, and lead economist, Poverty and Equity Global Practice, World Bank. Molina is a team member, World Development Report 2017, economist, Education Global Practice, World Bank. The talk will take place at Bowl 016 in Robertson Hall on the Princeton University campus. For more information, go to wws.princeton.edu.

April 4 Federal Reserve talk at Dodds Daniel K. Tarullo, a member of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, will give a public address at Princeton University beginning at 4:30 p.m. at Doods Auditorium in Robertson Hall on the Princeton campus.Tarullo submitted his letter of resignation Feb. 10 to President Donald Trump, indicating he would resign his position on or around April 5. As chairman of the Board’s Committee on Supervision and Regulation, which is responsible for regulating and supervising large and small banks since the 2008 financial crisis, Tarullo is known as the Federal Reserve’s top financial regulator. For more information, go to wws.princeton.edu.

Fusion music at Robeson Center Sonic Liberation 8 with Oliver Lake will perform a free concert at the Arts Council of Princeton’s Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, beginning at 7 p.m. The eight-member ensemble is rooted in the traditions of AfroCuban music and has spent years fusing that tradition with new sounds, including composed jazz, modern chamber composition, and the powerful Orisha spirit. The concert is sponsored by the Arts Council of Princeton and the Princeton Public Library. The Paul Robeson Center for the Arts is located at 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton. For information, go to www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.

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Pam Hersh

Shing-Fu Hsueh’s American Story Over the course of the past 24 years, I have learned a lot from West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh about the environment, water quality, transportation, local governance and land use — information that’s been very useful to me professionally. But when we met a couple of weeks ago, he shared information that has left an impression upon me personally. The topic was immigration and his personal struggles about which I was completely ignorant. I assumed our meeting would focus on his decision to retire on Dec. 31, 2017 from his “career” as mayor, a job he has held since July 2001. Instead we talked about his decision to immigrate to America from Taiwan and his determination to make a difference in his new home. To me and his other professional colleagues, Mayor Hsueh is an engaging, successful environmental engineer, a four-term mayor of a thriving central Jersey community, husband to Sue Hsueh since 1971, father of two grown children (Stephen, a Princeton University graduate and financial asset manager, and Susan, a Rutgers University graduate and a teacher), and grandfather of four much-loved grandchildren whom he expects to spoil when he has more time in his post-mayoral era. His initial years in the United States as a Rutgers University graduate student gave no indication of the ultimate success and acceptance that Mayor Hsueh would achieve later in life. In 1969, “I came to America by myself [he was 25 years old]. I knew no one, had only $300 in my pocket, spoke no English, even though I could read and write it,” Hsueh said. “I lived in a very cheap apartment in New Brunswick. I did not receive a warm welcome. Society’s attitude towards me and other Chinese and Asian immigrants still was rooted in the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882 that was followed by the Asian (Japanese) Exclusion Act in 1924. When I came to New Brunswick, there were very few Asians.”

West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh (second from right) at a ribbon cutting at Duck Pond. In February, Hsueh announced he would not seek a fifth term. The Chinese Exclusion Act, explained the mayor, was the first law implemented to prevent a specific ethnic group from immigrating to the United States. It was repealed on Dec. 17, 1943, but the prejudicial treatment continued. The Immigration Act of 1924, or Johnson-Reed Act, including the National Origins Act, and Asian Exclusion Act was a federal law that limited the annual number of immigrants who could be admitted from any country. The reasons for these bans a century ago are similar to those reasons recited nowadays in justification of today’s immigration bans: social (America-first homogeneity); economic, taking jobs from “Americans” defined as those already in the country; and political, the fear of domination by a hostile power. In the 1960s, even though the rationale for the bans was no longer relevant (the quota law was repealed in 1965), “the anti-Asian sentiments lingered. I spent a lot of time by myself and focused on my education,” Hsueh said. “I guess you can say that being unpopular and having no money to spend had its advantages. I had plenty of time to devote to my studies.” Mayor Hsueh graduated from National Taiwan University with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering. In the United States, he earned an M.S., M.Ph., and Ph.D. at Rutgers in chemical and environmental engineering. He is a Registered Professional Engineer, a Registered Professional Planner,

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and a Certified Public Manager. In 1974, he joined the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection in the area of wastewater management and finished his career there as administrator for the water supply administration. During New Jersey’s longest drought period (from 1998 to 2002), he was the key person in managing the state’s water resources. He and his wife decided to move to West Windsor from Hillsborough. Devotion to community soon become a way of life for Shing Fu Hsueh — his desire to give back to his community and his country was intense, in spite of the cool reception he received initially in America. With the same energy and focus he had given to his studies at Rutgers, Hsueh pursued community engagement at first as an appointed member of municipal boards and commissions and then as an elected official. “I signed up to participate on the West Windsor Board of Health even before we physically moved to town. . . . Then I volunteered to serve on the environmental commission.,” he said. “Steve Decter, who for years volunteered in local government to make West Windsor community a better place to live, recruited me and later became my campaign manager.” Prior to being elected mayor, he was a member of the township council from July 1993 until July 2001, serving four years as council president. “Two months after I became mayor for the first time, 9/11 oc-

curred,” Hsueh said. “At that point, I decided to retire from DEP and devote my entire life to my community. . . . When I ran for mayor in 2001, I promised that integration and connection for West Windsor was my goal, a clear sense of community and sense of place.” Accomplishments that occurred in Wet Windsor on Mayor Hsueh’s watch include the lowest municipal portion of a property tax rate in Mercer County; the first nationally accredited municipal senior center in New Jersey; open space preservation, about 50 percent of West Windsor’s lands are preserved; a farmers market; bikeand pedestrian-friendly road design, Grover’s Mill Pond cleanup; Alexander Road bridge reconstruction, and much more. Mayor Hsueh is most pleased, however, that West Windsor truly is a community of diversity, in terms of age, ethnicity, religion, and economic status. Certainly, Mayor Hsueh with Taiwanese roots no longer can feel like an “outsider” as he did in 1965. The 2010 United States Census counted 27,165 people as West Windsor residents, 37.71 percent being Asian. To keep diversity and the issue of human rights a priority, he established the Human Relations Council. “Muslim and Jewish people pray together, rich and poor people work and play together,” he said. “Change in the town will happen and there is a lot more to be accomplished in West Windsor in terms of land use planning and development and redevelopment and transportation accessibility, but the core of West Windsor as a diverse and socially just community must stay the same. . . . “The rejection of immigrants seems so ridiculous. The whole state of New Jersey comprises immigrants. Immigrants are the backbone of America. Everyone, except the American Indians immigrated. We all have come from somewhere to look for opportunities to build a better life without destroying the hope and dreams of others.”

Faith Bahadurian

Sunday roast, Italian style A roast is a special occasion, denoting an afternoon with enough leisure to tend to the oven occasionally, and a commitment to a “statement” meal when it’s ready to serve. This was the case at my Italian maternal grandparents’ house on Pine Street in Princeton, where we enjoyed many a Sunday afternoon dinner. I can still visualize my place at their table, although I remember the meaty spaghetti sauce and exquisite desserts most of all, maybe because my mother also served excellent roasts at our own house. My uncle Alex (my grandparents’ youngest) is a serious foodie to this day, and he reminisced in an email a few years ago, “Especially I would like to know how Mama and Zia Mary did Sunday pork and beef roasts, truly, even the very best restaurant meals I have had did not compare. The thought of Mama’s pork roast gravy makes me drool!” My mother’s specialty was a stuffed breast of veal, something I’ve made myself occasionally over the years — especially when ShopRite had it on sale for just 99 cents per pound! But I haven’t taken that on recently, so a recent lunchtime found me at Chick and Nello’s Homestead Inn in Hamilton for their Wednesday veal breast special (available at lunch and dinner). While it didn’t have a bread stuffing, it did have a nice vein of herbaceous “pesto” running through it, much like the roast pork recipe below. My mother basted hers with pan drippings and white wine, so there was plenty of “jus” to serve with the veal. The Homestead’s came with lots of jus, too, somewhat salty, but that was softened by deliciously caramelized hunks of roast potatoes served alongside, just as my mother often did. Of my hundreds of cookbooks, it seems only “Joy of Cooking” has a recipe for this dish, which instructs us to cut a pocket in a breast (or shoulder) of veal, stuff it with a simple dry bread stuffing, and sew or tie it shut. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees, place seasoned veal on a rack in a roasting pan, and put in the oven, lowering heat to 325. Bake uncovered 25 to 30 minutes per pound, basting occasionally. I always pour a cup or so of white wine in the roasting pan to start and replenish if needed to keep

“Rosbeef,” made by the author. the drippings from drying out and sticking. Slow roasting at low temperature is the way to go with this economy cut. When it’s done, let it rest, then cut it into fat slices and serve with drippings. Here are a couple of more roasts from cookbooks I’ve recently added to my library; I’m sure my Grandmother and Zia Mary would approve. Rosbeef (Roast Beef) Adapted from “Carne, meat recipes from The American Academy in Rome,” Christopher Behr, The Little Book Room (2016). Eye round is an economical cut, but quite lean, so I’ve always had trouble getting it rare, moist, and tender. But with this recipe I had great results! Be sure to slice thinly, to enhance tenderness. I also had the butcher wrap it in a thin sheet of fat and tie it. Next time I might rub some garlic on it, too. — F.B. One 3- to 4-pound boneless eye round roast Kosher salt 2 tablespoons vegetable oil, divided Trim meat of silver skin and connective tissue. Season generously with salt and rest in refrigerator for 12 to 24 hours, which begins to tenderize the meat. Preheat oven to 225 degrees. Blot the meat dry with paper towels to encourage browning. Rub 1 tablespoon oil all over meat. Heat a large skillet then add remaining oil and

sear meat on all sides over medium heat. This should take about 10 minutes. Put meat on a wire rack in a roasting pan. Roast in oven for 1½ to 2 hours, to 120 degrees internally. Remove from oven, tent beef with foil and allow it to rest at least 30 minutes before slicing thin and serving. Arista di Maile (Florentine Pork Roast) Adapted from “Florentine: The True Cuisine of Florence,” Emiko Davies, Hardie Grant (2016). “Arista” means best, a name that supposedly resulted from the first time this was served, in 1439, to an international meeting of bishops in Florence. A delighted guest is said to have exclaimed “Arista, arista!” In the cookbook (which I highly recommend) the roast is shown surrounded by chunks of browned potatoes. — F.B. One bone-in pork loin or rib roast, about 2Â¼ pounds Extra-virgin olive oil Leaves from one rosemary sprig, finely chopped 8 to 10 sage leaves, finely chopped 2 garlic cloves, minced or mashed 4 ounces (Â½ cup) white wine Bring pork to room temperature. Cut along the bone as if you are going to remove it, but instead leave it attached by about 1Â¼ inches at bottom. Preheat oven to 320 degrees. Mix rosemary, sage, and garlic and add salt and pepper. Place half of mix along the cut you just made and rub the rest around the rest of the meat. Tie with string to hold the roast together and cover bones with foil to prevent burning. Roast, skin side up, on a metal rack in a pan. Pour over white wine to coat meat and drip into tray below rack. Bake about 50 minutes, to an internal temperature of about 150 degrees. Remove from oven, turn heat up to 430 degrees and return to oven for 5 more minutes to crisp the skin. Rest the meat for at least 15 minutes, uncovered, then slice thickly between the bones. Faith Bahadurian blogs at njspice.net (also Twitter @njspice).

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Dr. Benedict E. Asiegbu

Having choices can enhance birth experience

Where do you want to have your baby? Who will be with you during labor and delivery? Do you want an epidural or other pain medications? Expectant mothers have many choices when it comes to childbirth. And while there are seemingly endless factors to consider, research suggests that when women have choices about their labor and delivery and are involved in the decisionmaking process they are more satisfied with their birthing experience. At the Center for Maternal & Newborn Care at University Medical Center of Princeton (UMCP) women have a variety of options to support their childbirth experience and provide peace of mind throughout the delivery process.

Most women deliver their babies in a hospital, and most deliver vaginally. But whether you are expecting your first baby or preparing to welcome another child, childbirth is a different experience every time — one that is based on a variety of personal choices. Two of the biggest choices are who is going to deliver your baby and how are you going to manage pain? Some women prefer an obstetrician, while an increasing number are choosing certified nurse midwives to care for them during labor and delivery. Much of the role of a midwife is to support normal physiologic birth by avoiding medical interventions in healthy patients. High-risk patients

such as women with certain health conditions or who are expecting multiples, are typically cared for by obstetricians who are specially trained to handle complications. When it comes to pain management, the decision is highly individualized. In many cases, pain may be managed with techniques that support the natural process, such as water therapy, massage, movement and switching positions, and birthing balls. Medication is another option, and many women opt for an epidural, which can help relieve pain during labor, while still enabling them to stay awake and alert. Once an epidural is administered, however, it limits the ability to walk around and can slow the progression of labor. You will also need continuous monitoring of your baby’s heart rate. Certified nurse midwives are trained to administer epidurals. It’s important to note that even if you plan not to use medication during delivery, it is OK to change your mind during labor and

to request pain relief. Some other questions that you should consider as you plan to deliver your baby include: Who will be with you during labor and delivery? Your spouse or partner? Mother? Sister? Other friends or family members? Creating a supportive environment can help you have a positive experience. Do you prefer to be in a particular position during delivery? Traditionally, women were advised to lie on their backs during labor. Today, women have a range of choices and are often encouraged to walk around and sit up during labor. Does the facility where you will deliver promote skin-to-skin care? Skin-toskin care means that immediately after delivery your baby will be placed on your chest or abdomen. Skin-toskin helps babies maintain their own body temperature, increases restful sleep for babies, stimulates brain development, stabilizes heart rate and breathing patterns, increases a breast-feeding mother’s milk production, and improves parent/infant

bonding. Do you want to breastfeed? The choice of how you feed your baby is yours. Choosing to breastfeed can be a rewarding experience and the health benefits can be significant for you and your baby. Lactation counselors and consultants can offer support. What if you experience complications? The majority of births in the U.S. are normal deliveries, but, complications can arise. You should be confident that no matter what type of birth you choose that advanced care is available. Think about your options in advance of delivery and discuss your preferences with your care provider and whether your expectations can be met. While birthing plans are helpful, recognize that your plan may need adjusting once your baby is ready to enter the world. The Center for Maternal & Newborn Care at UMCP provides a supportive environment for labor, with nurses who provide education and birthing options and pain management to

support women throughout labor and delivery. Care is delivered by a team of family health specialists, including boardcertified obstetricians and gynecologists, nurses who are certified in neonatal and perinatal care, and certified nurse midwives. In addition, anesthesiologists are at the hospital 24/7 and maternal fetal medicine experts are available for women with highrisk pregnancies. Neonatologists from Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia are on-site to care for the newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. To learn more, or to find an obstetrician/gynecologist or certified nurse midwife associated with Princeton HealthCare System, go to www.princetonbabies.com or call 888-742-7496. Benedict E. Asiegbu, M.D., F.A.A.P., is board certified in neonatal-perinatal medicine and pediatrics. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Medical Director of Neonatology at University Medical Center of Princeton.

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WHAT’S IN STORE

Rich Fisher

So much to discover at Perennial Home

There are some gift stores that just have it, whatever “it” is. As soon as you walk in, the feeling hits that, “I don’t need anything, I don’t want anything, but I’m going to leave here with something.” And that’s what “it” comes down to upon meandering into Perennial Home in Hightstown. Located on West Ward Avenue off Route 33 by the Hightstown Diner, Perennial Home is one of those places that oozes coziness and radiates excitement all at once. A visitor feels nestled and right at home, but tingles at the thought of purchasing something unique, either for themselves or a friend. “People can always find something here,” owner Karen West said. “Especially if you need a difficult gift to buy, or you’re looking for somebody who’s particular. People always come in typically for gifts like that. Depending on what it is . . . it can be anything from a retirement gift to new homes.” And it can be for folks of all ages, as children even stop buy and make purchases for as low as $10. It’s truly a wonderland of fun. One of those places where there isn’t much room to move but it doesn’t matter because you’re always facing something that might be of interest, whether it’s a lamp made of barrel hoops, a mailbox with a post shaped like a cactus, or an array of eye-catching art. And then there is West, who not only owns and operates the shop but is its lone salesperson. She is low pressure and lets visitors browse all they want. If help is needed she springs into action and not only assists a customer with the inventory, but will darn near know what they’re having for dinner that night and where they are going on vacation this summer. “Mostly, this is about people,” West said. “That’s what this business is all about. People come in here, it’s a very personal place. I know about people’s children getting married and people adopting children. I’m here by myself and everybody is talking to me at once. I introduce everyone to one another and everyone gets to talking to one another and helping each other with whatever they came in here for. They realize I’m one person.” Raised in the Yardville Heights section of

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Hamilton, West attended St. Anthony High School (now Trenton Catholic Academy), Mercer County Community College and Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey). While majoring in graphic design and advertising design in college, West worked in the jewelry department of the now defunct Dunham’s department store in Hamilton. Killing time one day, she pulled apart a jewelry display and began to assemble it. “A girl who worked there came in one day and said ‘Oh, you’re the one doing this,’ and I was like ‘Uh oh, busted,’” West said. “She said ‘No, I hate doing these displays, I’ll give you anything you need to do them, just let me know.’ I was basically doing her work but I was so bored I didn’t mind.” Her efforts were noticed by the Dunham’s in Lawrenceville and, still in her freshman year of college, Karen went to do display work for that store on a full-time basis. She would attend school in the first part of the day and then go in to work at night. West remained with Dunham’s after graduating from TSC and also began to pick up side jobs. At one point she worked all day at her fulltime job then headed to a flower shop in the Forrestal Center to handle their window displays. Moving to JC Penney from Dunham’s, West would help open new stores by creating displays. “I’d go in and there would be a shelf there and they would say ‘You’re doing the children’s department,’” she said. “Other people were opening all the boxes but I had to create everything. It was crazy but it was fun. I met everybody from the Eastern Seaboard.” In 2002, an acquaintance wanted to open a home furnishing and accessories store and urged West to be her partner. Perennial Home opened that year, moving into a building that was once a lumber company and a mechanical shop. In fact, there are still some of the mechanical desks in the back room. Five years later, West took over as sole owner and had to navigate her way through the burst of the building bubble. She downsized and took the store in a new direction. “When this started it was during the building boom and all these neighborhoods were pop-

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Perennial Home owner Karen West promises there’s something for everyone at her store. ping up around here,” West said. “This was where you came to get all your furniture and things. Unfortunately a lot of these places didn’t survive. It was a bad time. “That’s when I realized ‘OK, my house is done, so what am I still buying?’ I brought it back to me. And I thought, you always have birthdays, you always have anniversaries, you have all these seasonal holidays. So that was going to be my focus. Custom furniture people were no longer a part of this.” The inventory has turned to smaller furniture, pillows, quilts, mirrors, lamps, florals, artwork, candles, wedding items, European pottery, handmade jewelry, picture frames, baby items, holiday accessories and much more. The inventory is constantly evolving as different merchants show up at different times with different items. West utilizes a plethora of artists and crafters and many of them are local. Hamilton Square resident Judy Pugliese, who has sold paintings and decorative painted items at Perennial Home for years, feels the shop is nice showcase for an artist’s work. “Karen has a knack for displaying my artwork in interesting and creative ways,” Pugliese

said. “It has been great exposure for me and I’ve met so many wonderful people.” David Jackson, another Hamilton Square resident, works wonders with fixtures and at one time built a table out of a bicycle. “I never know what he’s bringing me,” Karen said. “It’s always interesting and imaginative. And Judy’s stuff is always great.” East Windsor’s Lilia Jobaira also lets the creative juices flow, as witnessed by her hand-crocheted elephant that can serve as a throw. Jobaira provides cards with her gifts made by Debra Greenberg, who makes sparkling, beautiful gift cards. The locals just keep on coming. Ann Traina makes bracelets out of buttons, Beth Stephano deals in hand-blown glass, Marianne Resto produces soaps; Cindy Lombardo creates lotions; Barbara Cato and Janice Anselowitz make handcrocheted pieces for babies; Pam Young also makes baby crochets and baby dresses, Joan Sicherman and her friend, Andrea, dabble in cutting boards; Gail Harrison makes hand quilted products and Kathy Stanish creates quilts and pillows. The beauty of it all is how Karen West takes a seemingly endless variety of items and weaves them all together into an appealing display. She utilizes all those years of creating displays to make the appearance of her own business inviting. Nothing looks out of place. Every item seems to belong right where it is. “I had two women come in and say it was like a spa, it was so comfortable,” West said with pride. “I wanted something comfortable. I always wanted it to be a place where anybody can walk in and maybe you’re having a bad day, so sometimes you just want to get what I call a ‘me gift’ or a little something.” With the amount of unique items on hand at Perennial Home, it’s a good bet there’s at least one thing that appeals to whoever walks through the door. And they’ll likely realize that immediately upon entry. Perennial Home is located at 119 W. Ward St., Hightstown. For more information, go to perennialhome.com, email perennialhome@verizon.net, or call 609-448-8830.

Rich Fisher

The source for the area’s latest bargains and promotions

Shop Talk is a weekly notebook covering the latest deals and events happening in the area’s stores and businesses. To submit an item, email rfisher@centraljersey.com, and enter “Item for Shop Talk” in the subject field. This week’s items are as follows: Princeton Learning Cooperative has announced that Jon Lambert, owner of the Princeton Record Exchange, will be recognized at its Celebration of Self-Directed Learning, April 29, 2-4 p.m. The event is being held at D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center at 1 Preservation Place in Princeton. The Self-Directed Learning Award is given to community members who took an independent educational path and have gone on to create successful and meaningful lives. “Jon’s life reflects the creativity, vision and hard work that self-directed learning embodies. We’re thrilled to have Jon share his story at this year’s celebration,” said Princeton Learning Cooperative co-founder, Joel Hammon. The Princeton Record Exchange is listed as one of the best music stores in America by Rolling Stone, CNN, Time, and others. “It is an honor to be singled out for this

award by The Learning Cooperatives,” Lambert said. “There were many challenges traveling down a non-traditional path, and I am happy, if a little surprised, to have succeeded as well as I have. I have great empathy for those starting out on their own personal journeys, so it is my hope that sharing some of the principles that guided me will help them as well.” Food and drinks will be donated by Small World Coffee; Lillipies; The Bent Spoon; McCaffrey’s; and Nomad Pizza, among others. Event sponsors include Classical Pilates; Kenney, Chase and Costa; Shibumi Farm; Pinneo Construction. Live music will be performed by current teen members. For more information and to reserve a free ticket, go to www.learningcooperatives.org. For more information on Princeton Record Exchange, go to www.prex.com or call 609-9210881. *** Salt Creek Grille has announced Dan Luber as its new executive chef, overseeing the creation and execution of the restaurant’s highly acclaimed, award-winning menu. Luber received his culinary training at the

Art Institute of Philadelphia. His culinary style embraces fresh, local ingredients with a modern twist. As a south Jersey native, one of Luber’s favorite dishes to prepare is Jersey scallops with wild mushroom and mesquite grilled asparagus with a lemon and red pepper gremolata and beurre rouge. He pulls inspiration from his staff, close friends and family to create unique, flavorful dishes. Prior to joining Salt Creek Grille as a sous chef, Luber spent a year at Redstone American Grill in Marlton. He has also worked at the ChopHouse in Voorhees and Witherspoon Grill in Princeton. One of the new dinner specials will be the 12-ounce prime rib, which is slow roasted and herb encrusted with garlic and thyme and offered with a house or Cesar salad. It is offered every Sunday-Thursday for $32. For more information, go to www.saltcreekgrille.com. *** ShabTooChic, a furniture refab shop that services custom vintage furniture and décor, is moving from its location in the Tomato Factory in Hopewell, to its new location at 37 W. Broad

St. in Hopewell. The Grand Opening will be March 31 from 5 to 8 p.m. and April 1 from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and will feature refreshments, door prizes and a min painting demonstration. Owner Elizabeth Murphy is teaming up with Sophia Rose Designs, as ShabTooChic provides furniture painting and workshops of all levels starting in April. Learn how to transfer a treasure from shab too chic. For more ,call 609-5716100. *** Suburban Transit/Coach USA has announced two new commuter lines; South Brunswick (8A Park & Ride) to Jersey City; and Hillsborough to midtown Manhattan. Both routes are available round trip and are currently up and running. Effective immediately, enjoy the comfort of temperature controlled, rest room and WiFiequipped motor coaches during the daily commute to and from work. The bus company is committed to delivering safe and reliable service to all its potential customers. Tickets for both routes are available at www.suburbantransit.com.

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. Where did you grow up? . What do you like most about living in the A. I grew up in a small town called Silver Creek, which area? is in the western section of Chautauqua County, NY, an hour past A. I love living in the Princeton area because of the proximity to NYC, Buffalo on Lake Erie. Philadelphia, the Poconos, and the ocean. I also enjoy the diversity of people who live in the Princeton area. . What did you do before working in Real Estate? . What do you see in the future for Real Estate A. I was a flight attendant for American Airlines for 18 sales and prices? years before going into Real Estate. There I met my husband Tom, A. We will continue to experience a strong market in the Princeton who still works for American Airlines as a 777 Captain Check area. This year, we have seen a 5-10% increase in sales prices, and we are Airman. He recently had the honor of serving as one of the four looking forward to a 3-5% increase in 2016, which will ensure us a stable captains who flew Pope Francis during his U.S. visit this September. market. We have three children, who attended St. Paul’s School in Princeton . Why should someone choose you and Notre Dame High School (‘09, ‘11, ‘13) in Lawrenceville. as their Real Estate Agent? . What do you enjoy doing when you are not A. I am patient with my clients and enjoy educating them on working? real estate in our area. My motto is “from starter to stately homes”. Every A. When not working, I love taking our Cavalier King client is special. I am committed to giving excellent service throughout Charles dogs, Shamrock and Sebastian, for walks on the many nature the entire transaction from start to finish, no matter what size home trails in the area. I also love to entertain and enjoy volunteering in they are buying or selling. I have knowledge of the ever-changing the community. inventory and have excellent negotiating skills.

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