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Robotics team recognized for success locally and abroad By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

After a successful season of robotics and organizational skills, the Hillsborough High School RoboRaiders Team 75 were recently recognized by the township committee. Mayor Carl Suraci, along with Deputy Mayor Gloria McCauley and Committeeman Doug Tomson were on hand to present a proclamation honoring the group of teens, who performed well at the local, state and national levels. Comprised of 67 students of

varying grade levels, the RoboRaiders are made of 10 different departments with each operating more like divisions in an engineering company than an extracurricular high school team. The team has its own dedicated finance department, which handles funds received from Hillsborough High School, the Hillsborough Township School District and student dues. Other money is obtained through their primary sponsorship with Johnson and Johnson, grants and team fundraisers.

“The Hillsborough High School robotics team would not be able to do what we do without the support of our sponsors and the community,” student leader Christopher Rothmann said. “So on behalf of Team 75, we would like to thank the township committee and the community of Hillsborough.” Other departments within Team 75 include the Engineering Department, which conceptualizes potential robot designs, and Public Relations, which helps get the word out about the group’s under-

takings. Earlier this year, the team competed against almost 40 other teams at a Mt. Olive High School District Event, where they made it to the finals, were named the Event Finalist and were Engineering Inspiration winners. Similarly, in early April, the team competed in the Montgomery District robotics event and received the Industrial Design Award, sponsored by General Motors. They were also named the event’s winners. The group of teens later com-

peted at the Mid-Atlantic District Championship at Lehigh University. There, the RoboRaiders earned the Engineering Inspiration award and placed in the eighth seed Alliance Captains during elimination matches at World Championships. In addition to the team success, Diana Voronin was recognized as one of four Dean’s List Finalists in the Mid-Atlantic Region, an award for exemplary students in their region. Officials said they were proud See ROBORAIDERS, Page 3A

Elementary school counselor named the best in Somerset County By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

Counseling within the halls of the Hillsborough Township School District’s facilities recently continued to gain attention from the surrounding area, as a school counselor at Triangle Elementary and Sunnymead Elementary Schools was named the 2016-2017 Counselor of the County for Somerset County. Rebecca Cordisco received the distinction on May 19 during the New Jersey School Counselors Association’s annual awards program. She, along with 20 other school counselors from the other counties, were recognized as “professionals who devote their careers to serving as advocates, and often lifesavers, for the nation’s students.” The school counselors are nominated for this honor by their colleagues and selected by their own county’s School Counselor Association. Jessica Smedley, the director of Guidance at Hillsborough Township Public Schools, praised

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Cordisco for her professionalism and willingness to serve the district’s students. “Rebecca (Cordisco) is approachable and has an ease about her,” she said. “She is able to quickly recognize individual’s strengths and positive experiences and build on those as she works with her diverse school communities of students, parents, caregivers and teachers.” NJSCA officials said candidates are regularly chosen for their “ability to deliver an effective school counseling program” that places an emphasis on advancing a student’s academic development, career counseling and personal or social support. Officials said this year’s winners also stood out as counselors who worked to be “leaders of systemic change, advocates for students, and collaborative professionals who seek the success of the ‘whole’ student in school and in life.” The distinction came weeks after district officials announced plans to hire three additional counselors. As it stands, the district employs three counselors to serve its six elementary schools. With the additional staff, officials said the counseling needs of the schools’ students and staff will be more easily addressed. Earlier this year, district officials also praised the work of Auten Road Intermediate School’s counselor Angela Cleveland, who had been named the 2017 New Jersey School Counselor of the Year.

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Honoring heroes The sacrifices made by the nation’s men and women in the armed forces were recognized last Saturday in Hillsborough’s annual Memorial Day celebrations. Pictured above, Air Force veteran and Grand Marshal Ron Newsom (center) stands with Mayor Carl Suraci at his left and Congressman Leonard Lance at his right, along with other local officials prior to the parade. Pictured right, local celebrity Mary Buckshaw shows her suppport during the Memorial Day parade.

Man charged with sexual assault of minor in public By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

It only took a few moments of a parent not paying attention to their child for a 31-year-old man from Franklin Township to begin inappropriately touching the toddler at a local business. Thanks to the attentiveness of others in the shop, David Lutz, of Whittier Avenue, in the Somerset section of Franklin Township, was taken into police custody on Thursday, May 25 and charged with second degree sexual assault (a minor less than 13 years of age) and third degree endangering wel-

fare of a child. According to Somerset County Prosecutor Michael H. Robertson, Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Chief of County Detectives John W. Fodor, and Franklin Township Chief of Police Lawrence Roberts, law enforcement officials were alerted to the incident at approximately 3:25 p.m. Officials said the call came from a local business and that the caller reported that Lutz had been seen grabbing the child’s buttocks. Store employees detained Lutz until police arrived. Following an investigation by

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detectives from the Franklin Township Police Department, along with detectives assigned to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Unit, officials determined that Lutz had been following the minor child throughout the store before the incident. Only when the child’s parent was distracted, did he allegedly touch the child while it was within close proximity of its caregiver. Robertson said the touching was observed by numerous individuals within the store.

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CALENDAR Annual Green Fair

Sat. June 3 - The Annual Green Living and Wellness Fair, which will be held rain or shine, is from 9 a.m. until 12 noon at the Peter J. Biondi Municipal Building on Saturday, June 3. Participating local businesses will have informative presentations, displays and demonstrations to raise awareness of the many facets of living a healthy lifestyle, including making sound nutritional choices, making long-term life planning decisions, choosing a green lifestyle as well as many health screenings. There will be a poster contest open to all school aged Hillsborough residents to design a “Living Green” themed poster. Submitted posters should communicate a positive message on the benefits of living a Green Lifestyle, on an 8 Â½” x 11” size paper. Please include name, address, home phone number, age, grade and school on the back of the poster. Posters must be submitted to the Administration Office by Friday, June 2 at 4:00 p.m. for consideration for the contest. All participants will receive a certificate of participation from Mayor Suraci and finalist prizes will be presented at a future Township Committee meeting. To register to participate in the YMCA Hop 5K, please visit the YMCA’s website at http://www.somersetcountyymca.org/giving/hillsborough-ymca-hop5k.

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ough YMCA, a branch of Somerset County YMCA, will host its 17th annual Hop 5K walk/run on Saturday, June 3. The race kicks off at 8 a.m. at Hillsborough YMCA, wraps through neighborhood streets and finishes at Hillsborough Township Municipal building where families are encouraged to stay for the Township’s Green Living and Wellness Fair. The community is invited to enjoy music, high-energy warm ups and a fun, familyfriendly walk/run for all ages. Prizes will be awarded to top finishers in age, gender and family categories. A ‘Hoppy Award’ will also go to the Hillsborough Township school with the greatest percentage of student participants. Members of the community are invited to volunteer, to run in the race, or to join in the fun by stepping outside to cheer on the runners. Runners may register on Friday, June 2 in-person at Hillsborough YMCA.

Just a Walk Fri. June 9 - Join Sourland Conservancy Executive Director, Caroline Katmann, for a relaxing walk on a lovely Sourland preserve from 3:30-5:00 p.m. at Otto’s Farm Park in Hillsborough. Each month, Ms. Katmann visits a different Sourland park or preserve. Open to the public invite a friend. No need to register, just come.

Flea Market by Chapter A Seniors Sat., June 10 - Senior Citizens Chapter A will sponsor an Indoor Flea Market at the Hillsborough Mu-

nicipal Building 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. All vendors are welcome; spaces are non-refundable. Reserve a table for $20. For more information, call Amy 908-9044877.

members are encouraged to attend. For further information about club meetings, please contact club president Marion Nation at 908359-6317. For more information regarding the club, visit neshanicgardenSlavic Dinner club.org and like the group Wed. June 14 - St. Mary on Facebook. Byzantine Catholic Church Har Sinai will sponsor the Slavic Dinner on Wed. June 14, from 4 Temple Women’s to 7 p.m. The dinner will be Red Tent held in the St. Mary Parish Shabbat Center, 1900 Brooks Boulevard, Hillsborough. The Fri. June 16 - The Har cost is $15 for adults (ages Sinai Temple will hold an 9 and up) and $5 for chil- outdoor shabbat service for dren (8 and under) and in- its female members from cludes all you can eat pirohi, 5:15-8:30 p.m. on Friday, stuffed cabbage, kielbasa June 16. Attendees will and sauerkraut, mashed po- meet at Baldpate Mountain tatoes, salad, dessert and parking lot, at the Fiddler’s beverage. Creek Road entrance in TiEach month a special en- tusville, for a picnic dinner trée will be specially se- under the red tent. After dinlected and prepared by St. ner, there will be a 30 Mary’s chef John Pagano. minute walk up the mounDinners are held on the sec- tain for shabbat service, ond Wednesday of every after which there will be a month throughout the year. walk back down the mounOrders to go are available. tain for Oneg. Attendees are For more information con- urged to wear comfortable tact: St. Mary’s at 908-725- shoes, a jacket and to bring a 0615. The July dinner will folding chair or blanket. be held on Wed. July 12. Entry will be $12 for members and $20 for nonNeshanic members. To RSVP, e-mail Garden Club hstsisco@yahoo.com. For weather related questions, meeting call the Har Sinai Temple at Thurs. June 15 - The Ne- 609-730-8100. shanic Garden Club will hold its regular monthly Sourland Music meeting at 9:45 a.m. on Festival Thursday, June 15, at the Sat. June 17 - Tickets are Montgomery United Methodist Church, 117 Sun- on sale now for central New set Road in Skillman. The Jersey’s premier Music Fesprogram this month is enti- tival. The Sourland Music tled Sensible Science for Fest brings the community Maintaining a Healthy together through good Landscape, presented by music, delicious local food, Forestry expert, Dr. Neil and a spectacular view at the Hendrickson from Bartlett Hillsborough Country Club from 3-10 p.m. Tree Research Lab. Enjoy seven awesome Come to the light luncheon at 12 p.m. Prospective bands, food trucks, beer and wine garden, local artists

and vendors, climbing wall, Critter Corner animals and more. Hosted by the Sourland Conservancy, a non-profit organization working to protect, promote and preserve the unique character of the Sourland Mountain region. For tickets or more information, visit www.sourlandmusicfest.org. Follow the Sourland Music Festival’s Facebook page or subscribe to Sourland Conservancy’s e-newsletter on sourland.org to be the first to know about the music, food, vendors and more. Rain date - June 18 from 2-9 p.m.

Summer Basketball Camp The Dan Schantz Basketball Camp has announced the camp dates for this summer. Once again, the camp will be held at Mary, Mother of God, in Hillsborough. The camp, in its eleventh season, will be directed by Dan Schantz, former Assistant Varsity Basketball Coach at St. Patrick High School in Elizabeth. There will be three sessions offered this summer: Week #1: June 26th 30th, is open to girls in grades 5 through 8 (as of September 2017) Week #2: July 10th 14th, is open to boys in grades 5 through 8 Week #3: July 24th 28th, is open to boys in grades 5 through 8 This camp will focus on the fundamentals of basketball and will include contests, games, prizes, lectures and drills. All campers will participate in three full court games per day and receive a camp T-shirt. For a camp brochure, or more information, please contact Dan Schantz at

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Fire Company #2 Ladies Auxiliary flea markets: Join the Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company #2 Ladies Auxiliary on Saturday, June 3 for their series of flea markets throughout 2017. Located at 375 Rt. 206 in Hillsborough, the flea markets will feature merchandise from local vendors. Spaces are always available for $15. No reservations necessary, though potential sellers must provide their own tables. The flea markets serve as fundraisers for the auxiliary and will take place on June 17, July 8 & 22, August 5 & 19, September 9 & 23, October 7 & 21. For more information, call 908-359-6819, 908-578-5202, or 908-7254908. Pop warner: Calling all 5-7 year olds. Hillsborough Dukes Pop Warner are offering free Flag Football registration to first time players. We are offering an instructional and safe environment with fun training activities to teach core skills. Every child plays every game and the Dukes are the only organization that requires coaches to be USA Football Heads Up Certified. There are no tryouts or team drafting. Visit register.hillsboroughdukes.com to register. Use Promo Code: newfamily. Offer expires on June 30 and a refundable work bond is required at time of sign up. For any questions, contact football@hillsboroughdukes.com. VFW meetings: Monthly meetings of Hillsborough VFW Post 8371 are held on the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. in the county nutrition center, 339 South Branch Road. The post’s mission is to honor and help other veterans. All veterans with foreign service are welcome. For information about activities, contact Ron Miller at 908-369-5195.

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Democrats, Republicans to choose candidates in June 6 primary races By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Democratic and Republican voters in Central Jersey will go to the polls Tuesday, primary day around the state, to determine who will represent the two major parties in contests for the Legislature and for governor in November. In the 14th legislative district, incumbent state Sen. Linda R. Greenstein, a Democrat, faces no challenger. But on the Republican side, Bruce C. Mac Donald and Ileana Schirmer are battling to see who will oppose Greenstein. In the Assembly race, the outcome is clearer. Incumbent Democrats Wayne P. DeAngelo and Daniel R. Benson are unopposed, as

are Republican challengers Steven Uccio and Kristian Stout. In the 15th district, state Sen. Shirley K. Turner, a Democrat, is running unopposed, as is her Republican challenger Lee Eric Newton. Incumbents Assemblyman Reed Gusciora and Assemblywoman Liz Muoio face a challenge from Gail Boyland on the Democratic side, while Republicans Rimma Yakobovich and Emily Rich are unopposed. In the 16th district, state Sen. Kip Bateman, a Republican, is running unopposed, as is Democrat Laurie Poppe. The Assembly race in the 16th will feature Andrew Zwicker, an incumbent, and fellow Democrat

Roy Freiman running unopposed. Likewise, Republicans Donna M. Simon and Mark Caliguire are unopposed. The big contest of the day, however, will be for governor. The main event on the Republican side will pit Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno against Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli (R-16), while Democrat Phil Murphy is seen as the front-runner on the Democratic side, despite challenges from state Sen. Raymond J. Lesniak (D20), Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski (D-19) and Jim Johnson. Polls are open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.

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Lining up to see local heroes

Scores of residents lined the parade route on Saturday, May 27 for the annual Memorial Day Parade, which featured local law enforcement and emergency response personnel, as well as a number of local veterans who served in various branches of the U.S. military.

RoboRaiders

Continued from Page 1A of Team 75’s robotics work and continued representation of the township. The 2017 Hillsborough High School RoboRaiders Team 75 was led by teacher advisor Christos Papadopoulos and student leaders Christopher Rothmann and Madie Vailhe. The team is also comprised of the following members: Vishakha Agarwal, Gautam Agarwal, Atiq Ahsan, Shibi Balamurugan, Nicholas Baldwin, Ryan Barry, Jarod Bisnar, Eli Capotorto, Ana Caro Del Castillo, Adam Casto,

William Chen, Farhan Chhipa, Ryan Coiley, Jared Constantine, Marissa Creelman, Nikhil Damle, Mishti Das, Nicholas DeFilippo, Karan Desai, Nikhil Deshmukh, Dimitri Duma, Nathaniel Endick, Matt Fodera, Alison Fong, Shivam Gandhi, Hasan Hamad, Nikitha Harikumar, Shawn Hauss, Esmeralda Herrera-Dolores, Samuel Hoffman, Mrigank Jain, Abby Johnstone, Sreevenkata Kambhampati, Chris Keller, Sean Kile, Chad Lape, Daniel Lee, Alex Li, Ryan Lipper, Katrina Liu, Teresa Liu, Alicia

Liu, Anastasia Liu, Rijul Newalkar, Evan Obenauer, Jay Parikh, Danice Marriel Pe Benito, Smruti Rajpara, Arya Rao, Nikhil Reddy, Matt Reyes, Amanda Richardson, Alex Robuck, Chris Rothmann, Zachary Seery, Nirmal Sekher, Neel Shah, Leonard Shapiro, Shrish Shenoy, Jon Snyder, Manasi Soman, David Spinrad, Lokraj Srinivasan, Alex Stadnitski, Brian Sun, Sonia Swami, Lamiah Syed, Courtesy photo Samir Tripathy, Nihar Trivedi, Madeline Vailhe, Members of Hillsborough High School Robotics Team 75, dubbed the “RoboRaiders,” Diana Voronin, Liam Wadflanked Mayor Carl Suraci during a recent township committee meeting. They were dleton, John Walsh and awarded a formal proclamation congratulating them for a good season. Justin Wirzman.

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June and open space - Perfect together

And what is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days.” So begins James Russell Lowell’s poem extolling the beauty and restorative powers of nature during this magical month when spring blossoms into summer, with the longest days of the year. June also happens to be New Jersey’s inaugural Open Space Month! These long “perfect days” are perfect for discovering the rich variety of lands our state has permanently preserved. How about getting out in June to hike, fish, bike, kayak, connect with nature and unwind - while appreciating the beauty of these preserved open spaces?

Open Space Month kicks off on Thursday, June 1, when several of New Jersey’s legislative environmental champions will speak at the State House in Trenton about New Jersey’s progress toward preserving open space and the challenges ahead. New Jersey Keep It Green is leading this campaign, which includes events throughout June hikes, festivals, walks, tastings, bike tours, camping and more. To see the full calendar, visit https://www.facebook.com/ NJKee pItGreen/. You can also celebrate Open Space Month by entering the Instagram photo

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enues. Last year, the state Legislature and Governor Christie reached an agreement on how to allocate the funds among the state’s Green Acres, farmland preservation, historic sites preservation and Blue Acres programs. Earlier this month, the money was released when the governor signed a bill appropriating nearly $60 million from the open space fund to support a wide range of projects. Under the bill, $26.6 million will be spent on land acquisition, $26.5 million will go toward capital projects in state parks and wildlife refuges, and the remaining $6.4 million will fund the Blue Acres initiative, in which the state buys and razes homes in flood-prone areas. The land acquisition list includes: * $4.3 million for properties on the Cape May Peninsula, including additions to Cape May Point State Park and Higbee Beach Wildlife Management Area; * $3.7 million for properties in the Ridge and Valley Greenway, including linkages between public lands like the Delaware Water Gap National Recreation Area, Stokes State

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AT THE LIBRARY The Hillsborough Library’s schedule is as follows: Monday through Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday: 1-5 p.m. Starting this year, the Hillsborough library will be open on Sundays, 1-5 p.m. throughout the year except for the following dates: June 18, Sept. 3. The library is looking for reliable teen volunteers to help out at various programs. Community service hours will be awarded to all volunteers at the end of the school year for their attendance and space is limited. Through the end of June, view the collections of Sunita Somasundaram and Survana Nagaraju. Visit SCLSNJ.org or call 908-369-2200 for information or to register. Program dates and times are subject to change. All programs are free and registration is required unless otherwise indicated. Special events • Hillsborough High School Club Fair - Curious about the clubs offered at the Hillsborough High School? Stop by our fourth Annual HHS Club Fair. This is the perfect opportunity to explore new clubs and talk to HHS students about why they love their groups. There will be informative flyers, activities and door prize raffles. Great for HHS students wanting to branch out and for HMS students looking toward the future. Best for Grades 7-12, families are welcome to attend. Sat. June 3, 1-3 p.m. • “Build A Better World” Summer Reading Challenge - SCLSNJ is pleased to invite you and your children to join our Summer Reading Challenge. Our Summer Reading Challenge is open to people of all ages from preschoolers to adults, with programs, prize drawings, and more. To register stop by or visit us online at sclsnj.org beginning on Mon. June 19. Adult programs (registration required): • Tiny Powerhouses: An Introduction to Gardening for Pollinators and Beneficial Insects - Master Gardener Lorna Fletcher will teach you how to attract and support these fascinating and industrious workers of our gardens. Tues. June 6, 7-8 p.m. • English Conversation Group - Practice speaking English in a friendly setting. Basic English skills required. Hosted by Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County. Wed. June 7, June 14, June 21 at 10-11:30 a.m. • Friends of Hillsborough Library Book Discussion “Coal River” by Ellen Marie Wiseman. Tues. June 13, 7:30-8:30 p.m. • Juneteenth an American Holiday - Learn about our country’s oldest African-American holiday observance, just in time to join the celebration this year. Thurs. June 15, 7-8:30 p.m. • Personal Finance Demystified: Estate Planning Learn about distribution of estates, wills, and trusts, spe-

cific estate planning strategies, the purpose of estate planning, and avoiding probate. Thurs. June 15, 7-8:30 p.m. • Evening Movie - “Lion,” starring Dev Patel, Rooney Mara and Nicole Kidman. (PG13) Fri. June 16, 7-9 p.m. Youth programs (registration required): • Monday Morning Playtime (Parents/Caregivers and children up to 36 months old) - Join Ms. Ada for an ageappropriate session and experience The Little Gym way. Mon. June 5, 10-10:45 a.m. • Toddler Time (Ages 18-36 months) - Introduce the pleasure of books to your child with stories, songs and more. Tues. June 6, 9:30-10 a.m. • Rhyme Time (Newborn-24 months) - Build brain power with 20 minutes of nursery rhyme fun. Tues. June 6, 10:30-11 a.m. • Story Time (Ages 3-6) - Help your preschool or kindergarten child get ready to read. Enjoy stories together and build language skills. Tues. June 6, 1-1:30 p.m. • Tail Waggin’ Tutors (Grades K-4) - Each registered child will get 10 minutes practicing reading skills while a TDI (Therapy Dogs International) certified dog listens. Fri. June 9, 3:45-4:45 p.m. • Monday Morning Playtime - Shoprite’s Dietitian Samantha Nunzio, RD, will continue her focus on healthy eating for you and your children. Mon. June 12, 10-10:45 a.m. • Quiet Study Zone (Grades 9-12) - Stop by the conference room anytime between 3-6 p.m. to study for Finals. Snacks will be provided. June 12 - June 15, 3-6 p.m. • Kidz Art Zone: Hot Sun/Cool Moon with Oil Pastels - Budding artists can have fun creating masterpieces with their friends. Wed. June 14, 4-4:45 p.m. • Craft in the Children’s Room: Father’s Day - Stop by the Children’s Room to do a craft while supplies last. Sat. June 17, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. • Monday Morning Playtime (Parents/caregivers and children up to 36 months) - A social time with toys available for play. Mon. June 19, 10-10:45 a.m. • Teen Game Night Monday (Entering grades 6-12) We have UNO, Mad Gab, Cranium, Apples to Apples, Scattergories, and a few other classics. Already know how to play? Want to learn a new game? Join us for snacks and gaming at the library. Mon. June 19, 7-8 p.m. • Trivia Tuesdays Tuesday (Entering grades 2-5) Train Your Brain. Put your knowledge to the test at our weekly trivia contest. Tues. June 20, 4-5 p.m. • Preschool “Summer Celebration” (Ages 2-6) Begin our “Build a Better World” Preschool Summer Reading Challenge with a story, games and crafts! Wed.

June 21, 10-10:45 a.m. • Neshanic Garden Club (Entering grades 1-4) Painting With Flowers Create something fun with the members of the Neshanic Garden Club. Wed. June 21, 44:45 p.m. • Admission 201: Highly Selective Colleges (Parents/caregivers and grades 9-12) - How do students who get accepted to the nation’s most selective colleges set themselves apart from the rest of the applicant pool? We’ll show you at this seminar. Wed. June 21, 7-8:30 p.m. • Design a T-Shirt (Entering grades K-5) - Please bring your own t-shirt and we’ll supply the rest! Thurs. June 22, 2-4 p.m. • College Process: Everything You Need to Know (Parents/caregivers and grades 9-12) - Discover the early steps of college prep, PSAT/SAT/ACT test prep, how to effectively choose colleges, strategies to increase your chances for acceptance, scholarships and financial aid. Presented by Susan Alaimo of S.A.T. Smart. Thurs. June 22, 7-8:30 p.m. • Tail Waggin’ Tutors (Entering grades K-4) - Each registered child will get 10 minutes practicing reading skills while a TDI (Therapy Dogs International) trained dog listens. Fri. June 23, 3:45-4:45 p.m. • Stage Fighting and FX Makeup Magic (Entering grades 6-12) - Develop the tools you need to make a stage fight look realistic and how to apply special effects makeup. Sat. June 24, 3-4 p.m. Library resources Writing Center - Stop by for help with writing assignments from our teen volunteers. Grades 5-12. Tuesday through Thursday: 6-8 p.m. Program closed on May 29. Program ends on June 8. Divide & Conquer with Cassie - A 100 percent free math tutoring service at the Hillsborough Public Library, provided by Cassie, a senior at Hillsborough High School. Math tutoring will be offered in half-hour slots for students in grades 1-8 and in math classes up to Algebra I. Limit 2 sessions per month. Mondays & Wednesdays: 4-6 p.m. Program Closed: May 29. Program ends on June 7. Book A Librarian - Get personalized help with the online catalog, databases, research questions, storytime plans, locating materials, library apps and readers’ advisory. Parents, children and teens can request an appointment at the Youth Services desk by filling out a simple form. All ages. Bag of Books to Go - You can request, at the Children’s Desk, a bag filled with books related to a theme.

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HILLSBOROUGH SENIOR CORNER CHAPTER A

At our July 6 meeting there will be Intergenerational Bingo where 30 Day Camp kids age 5 to 10 years will play Bingo with us. Rotary Club will prepare lunch boxes. At our August 3 meeting, Melissa Harvey will speak about the Somerset County Recycle Program. Trips & Programs Sat., June 10 - Indoor Flea Market, sponsored by Chapter A, will be held at the Hillsborough Municipal Building. All vendors are welcome; spaces are non-refundable. Reserve at table for $20 or for more information call Amy 908-904-4822. Tues. June 13 - Book Club will meet at 2 p.m. in the Senior Activity Room. Attendees will share a report of their latest reading. Tues, July 11 - River Belle Cruise at Point Pleasant with lunch at Doolan’s Shore Club. Cruise 90 minutes seeing sights and sounds of Manasquan River, Barnegat Bay and Point Pleasant Canal. Cost $75. Depart Lowes parking lot at 10 a.m. This trip is filled but we are taking a wait list. Fri., Aug. 11 - Monmouth Park Horse Track in Oceanport. Grandstand admission and buffet lunch at the track; jackets required for men. Cost $80. Depart 10:45 am Lowes parking lot. Thurs., Sept. 21 - Mummers Museum and Historic Philadelphia. Museum is dedicated to the Philly parade celebration of New Years. There will be a string band concert and buffet luncheon at the museum. Guided bus tour of key historic sites. Depart 8 a.m. Lowes parking lot. For information on any of our upcoming trips, call Diana Reinhardt at 908-369-4362. Â News & Notes All Hillsborough seniors age 60 and older are invited to join Chapter A. Younger spouses of seniors are also eligible for membership. Dues are $5 a year and new members may join at any meeting. Call Dorrie Guarniero at 908-3348091 with questions. General meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month unless otherwise announced. Executive Board meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of every month, unless otherwise noted. On meeting days, doors open at 11:30 a.m., allowing time to review upcoming events and make reservations. Refreshments are available when doors open and after the meeting. Help our Food Bank by bringing an item to each meeting. The suggestion box is available at each meeting. Visit us at www.HillsboroughSeniorsChapterA.webs.com. — Gene Reinhardt Publicity Chairperson

do not have to be a club member. If any trips are sold out, you may call to add your name to a waiting list. On all trips, you should bring photo ID and health insurance card(s). Community Events Keep in mind the township’s Mr. Fix-It program, run by the Social Services Department. Minor home repairs can be arranged on Wednesdays between 8 and 11 a.m. for Hillsborough seniors 60 and older. Call 908-369-3880 for details. Free exercise classes for all ability levels are available to all Hillsborough seniors in the municipal building Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for 45 minutes — right where we hold our meetings. Certified instructors lead classes. Free transportation is available. Call 908-369-3880 for details. — Chickie Haines Call 908-874-3231

SENIOR ROOM In the Senior Activity Room, shuffleboard, pool table, darts and ping pong are available for all Hillsborough seniors to use in the first and largest area. Cards and games are played in the middle area. Computers are in the third area for your use and enjoyment. Monday: Knitting, crocheting and needlepoint from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday: Bridge, pinochle and other card games Wednesday: Mah jongg from noon to 4 p.m. Canasta from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday: Bridge from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday: Mah jongg from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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The monthly meeting will be held June 8 for the summer luncheon. The doors will open at 10:30 a.m. for members to buy tickets for future trips and other events. The luncheon/meeting will start at noon. Tickets for all special events will only be sold at monthly meetings before the event. They include the following: spring luncheon, June celebration, June anniversary (every five years), fall luncheon and holiday party. Meeting attendees can bring a bag lunch if they would like, since coffee and tea are provided. New members are welcome. The next bingo will be held on June 15. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. Cost of $3 for one double card or $5 for two and includes lunch with two hot dogs, chips, drink and a dessert, along with prizes and surprises. If you have a new email address or want to be added to Club B’s email list, see Ralph Fariello at the next meeting. Activities and Trips June 19-22: Coastal Maine and Boston Tall Ships. $723 for double occupancy, $939 for single Occupancy, four days, three nights, six meals included, two with lobster. Partial payments due now. July 26: Bushkill Falls, Penn. Lunch and entertainment, including a showing of “Cabaret.” Many activities will also be part of the docket, including access to the fitness center, bingo, horseshoes and more. Beer, wine and soda will be served for the family style luncheon. Tickets are $80 and will be available at the May meeting. August 24: Stegmaier Victorian Mansion/Mohengan Sun Casino. $90 Complete luncheon in award-winning mansion restaurant including beer tasting. Then to casino with a $10 slot play bonus. Sept 5-8: Rocking Horse Ranch. All inclusive trip for four days and three nights of daily activities and show horses. $490-$620. S, T, Double occupancy. If you want to bring a friend on any overnight trip, they

Adults age 60 and older are invited to visit the countyoperated Hillsborough Senior Center at 339 South Branch Road. The center is open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. All programs begin at 11 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Its phone is 908-369-8700. Fit & Flex with Rose every Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. This free weekly exercise program changes frequently and is suitable for all. Included are stretches, strength training, laugh yoga, breathing exercises and more. From 12:30-2 p.m. on Tuesdays, the Healthy Bones Exercise Class, a peer-led, 24-week exercise and education program, will be held for individuals at risk or who have osteoporosis. Exercises focus on balance, strength, flexibility and posture. Advanced registration is required, as well as a doctor’s note, prior to the first class and then once every year. For a new participant, the price is $45, which will include ankle weights, a participant manual and the class fee. If ankle weights are not needed, the price is $15. Learn to play mah jongg Wednesdays at 10 a.m. A free 10-week Tai Chi session with Janet O. will start on Jan. 11 and run weekly on Wednesdays from 9:30-10:15 a.m. Aptly called “moving meditation,” Tai Chi consists of slow, repetitive movements that improve balance, flexibility, control and stability while promoting relaxation. Call 908-369-8700 for more information. Every Friday at 10 a.m., the Horseshoe and Bocce Ball Club will spend time outside playing, weather permitting. This group is great for all ability levels; instruction will be available. Transportation is available. Blood pressure screenings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. Caram (an East Indian game similar to billiards) and other games can be played every day. Cards are available every day. The bocce court and horseshoe pit are available daily. Help Summer, the Friendly Doberman, fulfill her certification requirements to become a therapy dog. As part of her training she must be exposed to people in different situations and master various commands. Learn how to teach and practice the commands with Summer who must master them to achieve certification. Please call 908-369-8700 to find out Summer’s schedule as it may vary from week to week. Enjoy lunch for a suggested donation of $1.50 or more. (Price for guests under 60 is $5.35). Call 908-369-8700 before 10:30 a.m. the day before to make a lunch reservation. Center schedule: June 2, 9 & 30 - Horseshoe and Bocce Ball Club, 9:30 a.m. Enjoy time outside while being part of our Horseshoe and Bocce Ball Clubs! Great for all ability levels; instruction will be available. (Weather Permitting) June 2 & 30 - Bingo Bonanza, 10:45 - 11:45 a.m. Bingo is more than just an exciting activity. Researchers found that playing Bingo has multiple benefits. It promotes so-

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LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: ORDINANCE 2017-04 An Ordinance titled, "Ordinance to exceed the 2017 Municipal Budget Appropriation Limits and to establish a Cap Bank. (N.J.S.A. 40A:4-45.14)."

was introduced at a Meeting of the Township Committee of the Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset, State of New Jersey held on April 25, 2017 and was passed and approved by the said Township Committee at a regular and duly convened meeting held on May 23, 2017.

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cialization, strengthens hand-eye coordination, and takes concentration-which improves listening and short term memory skills. June 5, 12, 19 & 26 - Scrabble Friends, 9:30 a.m. Enjoy a friendly game of scrabble; with sufficient interest, we may plan opportunities for members to compete with other area scrabble clubs. June 5 - Craft: Scratch Mandalas (A Unique Mandala Workshop), 10:45 am - 11:45 a.m. Scratch art is a unique art form using scratchboard. Scratchboard is a panel coated with a layer of white clay and then sprayed with a layer of black ink. June 5, 12, 19 & 26 - Canasta Card Club, 12:30 - 2:45 p.m. Although many variations exist for two, three, five or six players, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. Players attempt to make melds of seven cards of the same rank and “go out” by playing all cards in their hand. June 6, 13, 20 & 27 - Trivia Time, 10:15 a.m. Did you know that solving puzzles or challenging yourself with new, mind-stretching exercises can stimulate the brain and enhance your critical thinking processes? Join us for some mind-tingling brain stumpers and a fun-filled intellectual workout. June 7 & 21 - Book Club, 9:30 - 10:15 a.m. New book club is forming. Meet friends, read and discuss books, poems, short stories and articles. Current book selection is the Historical Fiction Novel and New York Times Best Seller “Sarah’s Key” by Tatiana De Rosnay. Call 908-3698700 for more information. June 7 - June Jeopardy. Challenge yourself in this mindstimulating morning of jeopardy celebrating all things June. June 7 - State Health Insurance Program (SHIP). A counselor will be available to provide FREE help to New Jersey Medicare beneficiaries who have problems with, or questions about their health benefits. SHIP is a statewide program by the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. Call 908-369-8700 to schedule an appointment. June 7, 14, 21 & 28 - Mahjong Club, 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. Have you always wanted to learn how to play mahjong or are you familiar with the game but just in need of fellow players? Lessons and refreshers are available. Call 908369-8700 for more information. June 8, 15, 22 & 29 - Puzzle Club, 10:00 a.m. Strike up conversation, make new friends and enjoy assembling puzzles together. June 8 & 29 - “Who am I?” 10:30 a.m. Ask clever questions while exercising your mental abilities to determine the identity of famous historians, celebrities, authors and public figures. June 9 - “Let’s Talk Lyme and Other Infectious Diseases” by Patricia Lofaro, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, 10:45 a.m. Lyme disease is on the rise. Find out the symptoms of Lyme and other infectious diseases and what you can do to keep yourself safe. Questions and answer session to follow program. Literature will be available for all participants. June 12 - Name Those Capitals. Stretch those memories and combine a mental workout with exciting travel stories. In a bowl, we will have slips of paper with all the state capitals. Someone in the group picks out a capital and has to call out its state, and then attach it on its correct state on a map. Then everyone in the group who has had a travel adventure to that city (or who lived there) gets to share.

MANVILLE SENIOR CORNER The Manville Senior Citizens meet at noon on the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue. The next meeting will be on Thursday, June 8. Tickets for the July 12 picnic will be on sale. Cost is $10 for members and $20 for guests. Membership is open to anyone age 50 and older, residents and non-residents.Registration for recreation department exercise activities for seniors can be done at the library as well as the recreation department. Just pay at the facility when you register. All classes are at the Community Room in the Library. Senior chair yoga with Carrie is scheduled on Fridays at 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. from April 7 to June 30. Fee is $20. Senior chair aerobics classes are held on Mondays and Wednesdays at 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. from April 3 to June 28. Fee is $15. Senior low-impact chair aerobics are on Tuesdays at 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. from April 4 to June 27. Fee is $7.50. Senior Zumba Gold classes will be held on Thursdays at 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. from April 6 to June 29. Fee is $7.50. Movie and a buffet will continue on announced dates. Canned goods or nonperishable food items will continue to be collected before each meeting. Remember to bring one item per member

to help stock the Food Bank. The executive board will continue to hold its meetings on the Thursday prior to the regular meeting. Recreation events Atlantic City — The bus normally leaves at 9 a.m. from the VFW parking lot the third Wednesday of each month for Caesar’s. The next trip to Atlantic City will be Wednesday, June 21. The cost is $35, of which $30 will be returned. Wednesday, June 14 — Doolan’s Spring Lake Rock and Roll Show. Cost is $76. Three entree are available. Must give your choice when making your reservation. Contact Josephine Pschar at 908-722-0156. Thursday, June 29 — Trip to the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Penn. The bus leaves from the Manville VFW at 10 a.m. The cost is $30, with $20 back and $5 for food. Contact Josephine Pschar at 908-722-0156. Sunday, September 10 to Wednesday, September 13 — Trip to Lake George. Tour Lake George, visit Adirondack Winery, Saratoga Springs and much more. Cost is $585 for double and $745 for single. Contact Kathy Petrone at 908-526-2948 for reservations. Wednesday, December 5 — A Slice of Brooklyn: Christmas Lights Tour and luncheon at Chimney Rock Inn. Cost is $90. Reservations can be made with Jo Pschar at 908-722-0156. — Gerry Klimowich

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COLLEGE CONNECTION

By Susan Alaimo

College visits give teens something to dream of For many families, summer is the most convenient season for visiting colleges. It may not be the ideal time for high school students to visualize themselves actually attending a particular college since it is missing the key ingredient — thousands of students taking classes and creating a bustling atmosphere. However, a summer visit can still provide valuable insight into any particular school. Parents and students should be sure to sign up for a campus tour in order to see all that a college has to offer. The starting point for most college visits is the Campus Student Union (also known as the Campus Center) which houses a wide array of facilities that host activities and provide services that are often on par with those

found at a resort. These may include: cinemas, bowling alleys, billiard, ping-pong and air hockey tables, climbing walls, scores of high definition televisions, coffee bars, ethnic restaurants, food courts, convenience stores, bookstores, banks, beauty salons, meeting rooms and study lounges. Continuing on to the athletic facilities, most college tours will highlight their stadiums and gymnasiums, but some offer so much more. Top athletic colleges today often feature such amenities as: underground practice fields, ice hockey and skating arenas, hydrotherapy pools, saunas, barber shops, rehabilitation facilities with physicians and orthopedic surgeons on hand, and theaters for press conferences. Some even boast a golf

course or ski slope. For student athletes, such luxuries can serve as a big draw. Moving on to the more academic-oriented facilities, many colleges feature impressive museums in the fields of art, natural history, anthropology and natural science. Other colleges host state-of- the-art engineering laboratories in areas such as: biomedical engineering, digital signal processing, and robotics and intelligent systems. There are also colleges that are medically oriented with simulation laboratories that give students hands-on clinical experience. These labs feature rooms occupied by high-tech mannequins that simulate symptoms, diseases and conditions that future doctors and nurses are likely to face in hospitals.

The “maternity room” at Penn State University even features a mannequin that gives birth to a baby (mannequin). Summer campus visits can be an eyeopening experience for parents and students alike. They can certainly get students excited for the college days that lie ahead, and help parents understand why the price tag for tuition may mirror their mortgage. Susan Alaimo is the founder and director of SAT Smart in Hillsborough that has been offering PSAT, SAT, and ACT preparation courses, as well as private tutoring by IVYLeague educated instructors, for more than 20 years. Visit www.SATsmart.com.

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Ben Pasternack, of Hillsborough, was named to the Dean’s List for the spring semester at Michigan State University, where he is majoring in Construction Managment. —Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) has announced that Natalie Thompson, of Hillsborough, a member of the class of 2018 majoring in Chemical Engineering, was named to the university’s Dean’s List for academic excellence for the spring 2017 semester. —Nigel C. Herbert, a resident of Hillsborough, received a Bachelor of Science in Biomaterials Engineering from the Inamori School of Engineering at Alfred University during commencement exercises May 13, 2017, at McLane Center on the Alfred University campus. Herbert is the son of Chad and Lisa Herbert of Hillsborough. He is a graduate of Hillsborough High School. —Lauren Schlenker, a resident of Hillsborough, has been named to the Emerson College Dean’s List for the Spring 2017 semester. Schlenker is majoring in Communication Studies. The requirement to make Emerson’s Dean’s List is a grade point average of 3.7 or higher.

—AlyssaLynn Held, of Hillsborough, graduated from Champlain College with a BS degree in Criminal Justice on May 13. —Samantha York, of Hillsborough, graduated summa cum laude from Rutgers University on May 14 with a bachelor’s degree in Journalism and Media Studies. Samantha was also honored with the School of Arts and Science Excellence Award, the Certificate of Achievement Award from the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs, and is a member of the Kappa Tau Alpha honor society for journalism. —Paul Nemergut, of Hillsborough, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Marist College the weekend of May 19. —On Saturday, May 13, on the Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) campus quadrangle, over 1,000 bachelor’s degrees were awarded during the university’s 149th commencement ceremony. Matthew Thompson, of Hillsborough, was awarded a bachelor of science degree in interactive media and game development.

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—Tyler Josbeno, of Hillsborough, a senior Mass Communications major at York College of Pennsylvania, has been named to the Dean’s List for the Spring 2017 semester. To be eligible for this honor, a student must be registered for at least 12 academic credit hours and earn a semester GPA of 3.50 or higher. —Natalie Thompson, of Hillsborough, a member of the class of 2018 majoring in chemical engineering at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), was a member of a student team that recently completed an intense, hands-on research project in London. The project was titled Revitalising the Design Museum’s Handling Object Collection. In their project summary, the students wrote, “Our project focused on helping the museum organise and present their handling collection.” —Tatyana Suber, of Hillsborough, received a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University in Atlanta during the week of May 8, 2017.

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With the federal government threatening to roll back protections for our water, air and land, it’s critical that local governments do all that they can to protect our environment. Princeton’s town council is poised to take an important step by considering a bold new measure to address flooding and polluted stormwater runoff, two of the region’s most pressing environmental challenges. Other towns should take note. The backdrop for Princeton’s action is pretty bleak. As I write this column, sources are revealing that the President has decided to pull the United States out of the Paris climate accord, turning away from a global consensus on the issue and aligning our country with a minority of nations like Syria and Nicaragua. The climate action follows other environmental reversals by the administration, including repeal of an EPA rule that sought to protect the nation’s streams from pollution caused by coal mining waste (nicknamed the “Clean Streams Rule”). The administration has also indicated its inten-

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“impervious surfaces” also rob our groundwater; because less water is sinking into the ground, our ground water supplies are not replenished as much as they once were. Princeton’s new ordinance, which the Council will review and vote on at its June 12 meeting, would require more aggressive action to address the polluted runoff caused by new construction. So if you are upset by action in Washington, commit yourself to engaging with your local government to ensure it is doing all that it can to protect the environment. Jim Waltman is the Executive Director of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association. The Watershed is a member-supported non-profit organization that works to keep water clean, safe and healthy in central New Jersey. For more information about the Watershed, including how to volunteer and donate to its efforts, and how you can work with us to improve environmental safeguards in your town visit www.thewatershed.org or call (609) 7373735.

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Setting the Stage for Summer A preview of what area theaters have in store this season By Anthony Stoeckert The summer theater season is in full gear with shows like “Buddy” at the Bucks County Playhouse; “The Merchant of Venice” at the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey” and “An Inspector Calls” at ActorsNET of Bucks County.

f you’re looking for a good story this summer, you’re bound to find a few of them on the stages of the area’s theater groups. Some of the stories will be old, some will be new, some will be told with music, some will be funny, others touching, and a few will be told in iambic pentameter While many of the area’s theaters present their seasons from fall to spring, there are still plenty of plays and musicals to see in the summer at theaters and festivals that keep busy during the hot months. The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has opened its season with Shakespeare’s “The Merchant of Venice,” with a production that’s receiving praise. The story of love, greed and revenge is on stage at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre on the Drew University campus, through June 4. Summer at the Shakespeare Theatre will continue with its annual outdoor production at the College of St. Elizabeth in Morristown. This year the theater is presenting “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” June 14 through July 30. The annual outdoor show is a highlight of any summer. Attendees are invited to bring food and drink, the productions are family-friendly and the actors always have something fun up their sleeves for when planes fly overhead. And Shakespeare’s love story that takes place during a wedding in the woods under moonlight is perfect for the setting. The theater’s indoor offerings will continue with Moliere’s rarely produced “The Bungler,” in which a young man, with the help of his servant, attempts to win the heart of a gypsy girl. It runs July 5-30. For tickets and information on the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s season, go to shakespearenj. org or call 973-408-5600. The Bucks County Playhouse’s summer season is underway in New Hope, Pennsylvania, with the return of “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” through June 17. The musical tells the story of Holly’s brief but powerful career in rock ‘n’ roll, from his first recording sessions to his death in a plane crash. It features such hits as “That’ll be the Day,” “Rave On,” “Oh, Boy!” and others. Summer is a time for laughter, and the Bucks Playhouse is promising lots of laughts with “The Nerd” a comedy by Larry Shue. In the play, Willum’s birthday party gets disrupted when a fellow ex-solider who saved Willum’s life in Vietnam shows up for a visit. Willum is thrilled to finally meet the man who saved his life but finds out that Rick plans on staying a long, long time. The play runs June 23 through July 15. Next up is one of the great American musicals, “Guys and Dolls,” running July 21 through Aug. 12. The classic based on the stories of Damon Runyon about gamblers in New York City features such classic songs as “Luck Be a Lady,” “A Bushel and a Peck,” “If I Were a Bell,” and “Sit Down, You’re Rocking the Boat.” Summer will wrap up at Bucks with “Other Desert Cities,” Jon Robin Baitz’s play about Brooke,

who returns to her parents home in Palm Spring on Christmas Eve with a copy of her soon-to-be-published tell-all memoir. It runs Aug. 18 through Sept. 2. For tickets and information, go to bcptheater.org. The Princeton Festival takes place in June and offers various live performances, including an opera and musical theater presentation. This year’s opera, Beethoven’s “Fidelio” is being performed at McCarter Theatre, June 18 and 25. For this year’s musical, the festival is presenting “Man of La Mancha” at the Matthews Acting Studio in Princeton, June 10-25. For tickets and information, go to princetonfestival. org. Princeton Summer Theatre will open its new season at the Hamilton Murray Theater on the Princeton University campus with “Pippen,” the Tony-winning musical by Stephen Schwartz (“Wicked”). Next up will be a mystery, Agatha Christie, “Spider Web,” July 13-23. Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” will be staged July 13-23. The season will wrap up with the Obiewinning play “Appropriate,” Aug. 10-20. For tickets and information, go to www. princetonsummertheater.org. Kelsey Theatre is starting the summer by finishing its 2016-17 season with Disney’s “The Little Mermaid,” presented by the Yardley Players, through June 4. Based on the hit movie, the show features the story of Ariel, a mermaid who longs to join the human world, and songs including “Under the Sea” and “Kiss the Girls.” Next up is “The Glass Menagerie” from Maurer Productions OnStage, June 9-18. The Tennessee Williams classic is told through the character of Tom,

who shares his memories of his mother, Amanda, and sister Laura. Shakespeare 70 will present the Bard’s “Measure for Measure,” June 23 through July 2. In the play, Duke Vincentio pretends to leave Vienna on a diplomatic mission, but his real goal is to put the righteous stickler Angelo in charge because morals in Vienna have become too lax. But Angelo finds himself lusting after Isabella, who is the sister of Claudio, who is sentenced to death for impregnating his fiancée, Juliet. Summer at Kelsey will continue with the classic showbiz musical “42nd Street,” by M&M Stage Productions, followed by “Annie Get Your Gun,” July 28 through Aug. 6. For tickets and information, go to www. kelseyatmccc.org or call 609-570-3333.

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Sounds of the Season This summer, get outside and hear the music play

ummer means it’s time for music, and we’re not talking about pop hits or oldies we’ve all heard dozens of times on the radio. Live music concerts will be held on stages both indoors and outdoors throughout the summer. From classical music to jazz, rock and pop, there will be songs perfect for those lazy hazy days of summer. The Arts Council of Princeton and the Princeton Shopping Center will present their annual Summer Courtyard Concert Series, Thursdays at the Princeton Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton, Thursdays starting June 22 through Aug. 6. The series will kick off with the girl-powered C’est Bon Cajun Dance Band, June 22. The Blawenburg Band promises to get audiences in the spirt of the Fourth of July with an evening of patriotic music and, June 29. July 6 will feature a concert by Trinidelphia, which plays a combination of American and Caribbean styles. Cheick Hamala Diabate will perform at the Shopping Center on July 13. Cheick (pronounced “shake”) Hamala Diabate, is a West African historian in the Griot tradition, and a world-recognized master of the ngoni, a Malian traditional instrument. His album of banjo duets with Carlin, From Mali to America, was nominated for a Grammy in The Lysander Trio will perform as part of Princeton University’s free summer chamber concert series. 2007 for Best Traditional World Music Album. Princeton University marking the 50th year of its SumOn Aug. 5, the Rich Scanella Group will play, followed July 20 will feature a jazz piano concert by Shamie by a contemporary jazz concert Aug. 12. The Suspects will mer Chamber Concerts series, beginning June 28 with a Royston, followed by the Octavia Blues Band July 27. Next play ‘80s covers Aug. 19, and The Alice Project will wrap performance by Windsync, a woodwind quintet playing up is Ryan Tennis on Aug. 3. Tennis’ songs range from soulmusic by Paul Lansky, Jacques Offenbach, Sergie Prokofiev up the series Aug. 26. touching acoustic ballads to roots funk and soul to rollickFor more information, go to www.palmersquare.com. and Radiohead. Concerts take place at Richardson Auditoing reggae and afro-Caribbean. Mercer County Park hosts concerts at the park’s Fes- rium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University camFresh Fire, an alternative-inspirational band, will play tival Grounds throughout the summer. July 1 will feature a pus. Aug. 10. West Philadelphia Orchestra will play Aug. 17. The Brentano String Quartet will play July 9. The proconcert by the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, followed The series will wrap up Aug. 24 with Michael Austin with gram will feature music by Carol Gesualso, Stephen Hartke, by fireworks. the Theljon Allen Band. New this year is the Jazz Festival, July 8. The concert and Ludwig van Beethoven. On July 18, the Lysander Trio For more information, go to artscouncilofprinceton.org will offer music, vendors, activities, starting at noon, with will play works by Gilad Cohen, Franz Liszt, and Maurice or call 609-924-8777. the last concert beginning at 6:30 p.m. There will be an ad- Ravel. On July 26, the Args Quartet will play works by Leos Palmer Square also presents outdoor concerts during mission charge of $10 ($15 for VIP seating) for the Jazz Janacek, Donald Crcockett and Beethoven. the summer, Saturdays beginning July 1 through Aug. 26. Tickets are free and will be available online one week Festival. Concerts take place on the Palmer Square Green. Other concerts at the park this include The Ambassadors before each concert at www.princetonsummerchamberconThe Gyrl Band will open the series July 1. Kids rocker of Funk (July 15); the Glenn Miller Orchestra (July 29); the certs.org. Remaining tickets will also be available on a firstMr. Ray will play July 8. Sundog will play classic rock, Urban Guerilla Orchestra (Aug. 12); and the Best of the Ea- come, first-served basis at the Richardson box office 90 pop, country and current hits, July 15. The Nassau Brass minutes before each concert. gles (Aug. 19). quintet will play July 22. Strictly ‘60s will present an For more information, go to the website, or call 609-570For more information, go to mercercountyparks.org. evening of golden hits July 2. 8404.

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uring its upcoming concert in Princeton, the baroque ensemble La Fiocco will play music from the 17th and 18th centuries, including a world premiere â&#x20AC;&#x201D; sort of. Petrus Hercules Brehy (1678-1741) was a composer born in Brussels, and the director of music at the collegiate church of SS Michael and Gudula (known today as the Cathedral of Brussels). In the late 1980s and early â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;90s, Lewis Baratz, founder and director of La Fiocco, went to the cathedral as part of the work on his Ph.D. Shortly before he got there, music manuscripts were discovered. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were roughly 430 music manuscripts that were known,â&#x20AC;? Baratz says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;They were catalogued in the 1920s. And just before I arrived, they discovered another 30 or 40 manuscripts that were in a crypt. They were doing restoration work on the church, so they had just been rediscovered. The world was my oyster. I had access to these manuscripts and to the archival materials. It was really fascinating because it was a huge repertory that nobody really knew anything about, or had done any extensive work on.â&#x20AC;? He studied what sacred music was like at the church and worked on biographical studies of the churchâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s composers, and analyzed their place in music history. He also completed a transcription of a piece by Brehey titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Deus in nominee tuo,â&#x20AC;? which La Fiocco will perform during the June 3 concert, titled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saints, Sinners, & Shepherdsâ&#x20AC;? at United Methodist Church in Princeton. Baratz says the concertâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s title refers to three stock characters from 17th- and 18th-century art, literature and opera. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It gives us a lot of repertory possibilities to focus on,â&#x20AC;? he says. The concert will feature guest artists Laura Heimes, a soprano who will join La Fiocco for the last work in the program, Handelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Armida abbandonata.â&#x20AC;? Brian Ming Chu, a baritone who specialize in baroque and contemporary music, also will sing during the concert. Instruments heard in the concert include baroque violin, baroque cello, viola da gamba, recorder and harpsichord. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll be looking first at English saints, sinners and shepherds,â&#x20AC;? Baratz says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This is English music at the end of the 17th century.â&#x20AC;? The concert will open with a work by Henry Purcell and also include a work by William Williams called â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sonata in Imitation of Birds.â&#x20AC;? Baratz says the Williams piece grew out of a bird culture

Soprano Laura Heimes will join La Fiocco when the baroque ensemble plays Handelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Armida abbandonataâ&#x20AC;? during its concert, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Saints, Sinners & Shepherdsâ&#x20AC;? in Princeton. that was popular in London. After the Restoration, men in London incorporated elements of nature in their homes. This included playing music that birds they owned would sing to. The final piece of the first half is â&#x20AC;&#x153;Yes, my Aminta, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;tis too trueâ&#x20AC;? by Henry Hall. â&#x20AC;&#x153;He was a student with Purcell,â&#x20AC;? Baratz says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Hall was a composer and a poet. And after Purcellâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fairly sudden death in 1695, Hall was one of several composers and colleagues that wrote an ode on his death. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very poetic, very sort of tragic piece.â&#x20AC;? The second half of the concert, Baratz says, will focus on sinners, saints and shepherds from Continental Europe. This includes Vivaldiâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Concerto in G Minor, RV 105; the Brehy piece; Antonio Caldaraâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Allamenda from the Trio

Sonata in F Major. The concert will close with Handelâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Armida abbandonata.â&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x153;That was a cantata that Handel wrote when he was about 22 years old, staying in Italy,â&#x20AC;&#x153; Baratz says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s about the sorceress Armida, who is the ultimate sinner. She had fallen in love with Christian knight Rinaldo, he escapes from her clutches and she conjures a spell and demons to destroy him, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s a very dramatic work and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s featuring Lauren Heimes.â&#x20AC;? Baratz says he has been interested in baroque music since he was 10 years old and his parents took him to Colonial Williamsburg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I had already been taking piano lessons since I was 7, and I had an opportunity to play a harpsichord at Colonial Williamsburg,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;And at that point, I said, â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;I love this and I want to learn everything I can about this music.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;â&#x20AC;? La Fioccio plays on period instruments, some from the time of the music, others that are copies, particularly woodwinds. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I never really liked hearing baroque music on modern instruments,â&#x20AC;? he says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;To me, historic instruments and historic performing technique really bring the music to life. Thereâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s more emphasis on the individual note and the individual figure, and on the rhetoric music and of the dance aspect of the music, as opposed to modern instrument technique, which is more concerned with a very lovely, full sound.â&#x20AC;? And playing on period instruments, he says, is becoming more common, especially for young music students. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There are so many young people now growing up in a period instrument environment,â&#x20AC;? Baratz says. â&#x20AC;&#x153;When I was a teenager they thought I was absolutely nuts because I actually was an oboe major, I started as an oboe major, they thought I was a little off because I wanted to play baroque oboe. The philosophy was as an undergrad you study an instrument and then when you get to grad school, you can slowly experiment. Today there are 11-year-olds who are fine recorder players and 15-year-olds that are excellent harpsichordists. Period instruments are being accepted as part of the musical culture.â&#x20AC;?

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rounds For Sculpture in Hamilton will host two performances”Dance for Life: Personal Stories of Triumph,” featuring original choreography, music and lyrics by Roxey Ballet, June 4 Presented by D&R Greenway Land Trust, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton, the Breast Cancer Resource Center of the YWCA Princeton, Roxey Ballet, Grounds for Sculpture and Princeton Photography Club, the performances will raise money for an interactive “healing trail” that will integrate nature and the outdoors into the restorative, health-giving journey. The healing trail would be on one of D&R Greenway preserved lands, to extend the healing journey from the hospital’s healing garden to preserved lands across the state. The dance program will help to raise funds for a mobile app similar to one the D&R Greenway now has to help visitors understand the stories behind the preservation at Abbott Marshlands. The healing app will include stories of how nature helped others on their healing journeys. “Dance for Life: Personal Stories of Triumph” is a world premiere of dance, music, art and theater celebrating the lives of breast cancer survivors. It is a song-cycle/ballet conceived and created by Mark Roxey with original music by Robert Maggio (music) and Matthew Hardy (lyrics), and

Performances by Roxey Ballet at Grounds For Sculpture will raise money for a healing trail at the D&R Greenway. choreography by Roxey. “I’m honored and touched to produce a project like this that celebrates the lives of breast cancer survivors and all who are facing the challenge of any kind of cancer,” says Roxey, executive artistic director of Roxey Ballet. “The art of dance is at its best when you are able to create meaning that transcends the art of dance, when you can do something much greater than the single word ‘dance.’ That is what Roxey Ballet is all about. Through music, dance and spoken word, the presentation will share essence of the stories and lives of 22 breast cancer survivors interviewed by Roxey and his team. Storytellers will share the stage with the professional artists of Roxey Ballet as featured artists. The dancers will be accompanied by live music, performed by Gina Milo, Desirée Rodriguez and Aurelia Williams. In addition to the dance production, visitors will have a chance to view about a dozen healing gardens created by artists, surrounding Grounds For Sculpture’s East and West galleries. These will include a poetry garden, a music garden, a reflection garden and a “bad hair day” garden. Botanist Mary Leck will talk about the healing effects of plants. Refreshments will be provided by Starr Catering Group. The project and partnership have been in the making for a year. Sheila Geisler of the Princeton Photography Club connected D&R Greenway President & CEO Linda Mead to Lisa Freeman, event co-chair and wife of Dr. Richard Freeman, CEO of Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital Hamilton. Edith Howard, a D&R Greenway land donor, was at the initial meeting. “Edie was the inspiration for this partner-

ship,” Mead says. “Edie had a remarkable story of her own personal triumphs.” A film about Edith Howard’s journey will be screened as part of the events. The hospital’s healing gardens are open to the public, but the cancer center has a private garden where patients may choose to get infusions. “Some just want to sit alongside a family member and look out at the garden,” says Grillo. “The design of the garden includes arbors to protect you from the sun.” Together, Grillo and Mead discussed the possibility of a mobile app, so the healing journey would not be limited to the gardens but could be in preserved lands across the state, with stories of how nature helped others with their healing journeys. D&R Greenway already has an app to help visitors understand the stories behind the preservation at Abbott Marshlands, and plans to work on an additional app for healing trails. “In looking at how we could pay for it, we thought of this big event on June 4 as a fundraiser,” Grillo says. “Each of the 22 cancer survivors, ranging in age from their mid20s to 70, tells her story honestly and openly. All had words of courage, and strength. Sometimes we may whine about inconveniences such as a flat tire, but when you hear these women who are so strong and positive, talking about life and death and how each day is so important, you learn so much. It has been an honor to work on this project. Anyone who attends will leave feeling inspired.” Performances being at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $100 and include admission to Grounds For Sculpture, the performance and a reception. For tickets and information, go to www.rwjuhhfoundation.org or call 609-249-7527.

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THINGS TO DO

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“Intimate Apparel,” McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Historical romance by Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage about woman’s discovery of her own empowerment and the true meaning of intimacy, through June 4; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. “The Merchant of Venice,” F.M. Kirbry Shakespeare Theatre, 36 Madison Ave., Madison. The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey opens its season with the Bard’s play about a money-obsessed, patriarchal, dysfunctional society where wealth bestows power, through June 4; shakespearenj.org; 973-408-5600. “Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. The story of Buddy Holly told through his songs, including “That’ll Be The Day,” “Peggy Sue,” “Everyday,” “Words of Love,” “Oh, Boy!” and more, through June 17; buckscountyplayhouse.org; 215-862-2121. “An Inspector Calls,” Performed by ActorsNET of Bucks County at The Heritage Center, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pennsylvania. In an English industrial city, a rich family is having dinner when a man turns up at the door, saying he is an inspector investigating the suicide of a young woman, June 2-18. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. www.actorsnetbucks.org; 215-295-3694. “Evil Dead, the Musical,” Performed by Somerset Valley Players, 689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough. Comic rock musical based on the horror film series, June 9-25; Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors/students; www.svptheatre.org; 908-369-7469. “Man of La Mancha,” Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau St., Princeton. Musical classic based on “Don Quixote,” presented by the Princeton Festival, âˆ«, $40-$50; princetonfestival.org.

CHILDREN’S THEATER “Disney’s The Little Mermaid,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. The Yardley Players presents stage adaption of movie classic, based on the story by Hans Christian Andersen. Featured songs include “Under the Sea,” “Part of Your World” and “Kiss the Girl,” through June 4; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333.

MUSIC

CLASSICAL MUSIC Concordia Chamber Players, Miller Chapel at the Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer St., Princeton. The program will feature works by Aaron Jay Kernis, Beethoven, and Richard Strauss. Presented by The Princeton Festival, June 3, 7:30 p.m. $35-$45; princetonfestival.org. La Fiocco, United Methodist Church, 7 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton. Concert titled “Saints, Sinners, and Shepherds” by ensemble performing on period instruments. The concert also will feature soprano Laura Heimes and baritone Brian Ming Chu, June 3, 7:30 p.m. $25, $10 students; lafiocco.org; 917-747-6007. LaShir, Princeton Jewish Center, 435 Nassau St., Princeton. LaShir, the Jewish Choir of Princeton, will present its 35th annual concert, titled “Perspectives” and features multiple settings of familiar texts that reveal contrasting historical and liturgical views as expressed through music, June 4, 3 p.m. Admission is free; www.lashir.org. Bugs Bunny at the Symphony, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Celebrate Looney Tunes and its legendary stars, including Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester, Wile E. Coyote, Road Runner, and, of course, our very favorite “wascally wabbit.” Classic shorts and new 3D shorts will be accompanied by musical scores, performed live by New Jersey Symphony Orchestra, June 4, 3 p.m. $20-$90; www.statetheatrenj.org; 732-246-7469. Disney in Concert Around the World, Richardson Au-

Dana’s goal was to educate by presenting examples of superior design to the greatest number of people possible, including Newark’s immigrant and working-class population; making art a vital part of Newark’s culture and society. Morven’s nearly 50 loans hail from public and private collections from across the country and will reflect Dana’s vision by including painting, textiles, ceramics, and sculptures, June 16 through Jan. 28, 2018. Hours: Wed.Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609-924-8144.

DANCE

Small Art Exhibit The Gourgaud Gallery will feature an exhibit, “Small Works by Watercolorists Unlimited,” June 430. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be a reception, June 4, 1-3 p.m. Admission is free. The gallery is at 23-A N. Main St., Cranbury. For more: www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Weekly Wednesday Country Dance Swallowtail, June 7, 8 p.m. (Instruction starts at 7:30 p.m.), $10; www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Dance Improv, Live!, Princeton Center for Yoga and Health, Orchard Hill Center, 88 Orchard Road, Skillman. A lightly guided dance improvisation with live music. No experience needed, June 2, 8-10 p.m. $18, $12 first-timers, students, and people who bring first timers; www.danceimprov.com.

COMEDY

ditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University Campus. Concert by the Princeton Festival Pops Orchestra Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, featuring music from classic Disney films, accompanied by West Windsor. JJ Ramirez, June 2-3; Kevin Dombrowski scenes from the movies, June 9, 8 p.m. $30-$65; princetonand Liz Barrett, June 9-10; catcharisingstar.com; 609-987festival.org. 8018. Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick, Whitney JAZZ, ROCK, FOLK, ETC. Cummings, June 2-3, 7:30, 9:45 p.m., $32; Plastic Cup Le Cabaret Francais, The Mansion Inn, 9 So. Main St., Boyz, June 8, 7:30 p.m., June 9-10, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Cabaret hosted by Barry Peter$32; stressfactory.com; 732-545-4242. son, with lyric books, sing-along and special performing Jay Leno, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New guests, first Wednesday of each month, 7:45-10 p.m. $10 Brunswick. Leno, who hosted “The Tonight Show” for 20 drink minimum; 215-740-7153. years, will perform at the State Theatre for the first time Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, Princeton Alliance since 2004, June 4, 7:30 p.m. $55-$125; www.statetheChurch at 20 Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro. Seasonatrenj.org; 732-246-7469. finale concert will feature the winners of the 2017 Young Artists Competition sponsored by the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, June 4. $20, $18 seniors/students; www.bravuNovelist John Altman, Cloak & Dagger mystery bookraphil.org; 908-420-1248. shop, 349 Nassau St., Princeton. The author will discuss his newest spy thriller “False Flag,” June 3, 1 p.m. Admission is free, but registration is required. For more information, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cad- go to www.thecloakanddagger.com or call 609-688-9840. walader Park, Trenton. Ellarslie Open 34. Juried exhibit supporting area artists, through June 25. Gallery talk with Laffcon 2, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, winning artists, June 4, 2 p.m. Hours: Wednesday through Lawrence. The Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the MerSunday noon to 4 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m. ellarslie.org; 609-989- cer County Library System will be hosting Laffcon 2, the 3632. only science fiction convention devoted to the work of legPrinceton University Art Museum, on the campus of endary author R. A. Lafferty. The library will have panel Princeton University, Princeton. “The Berlin Painter and discussions introducing readers to Lafferty’s work, a presHis World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Cen- entation by the artist Anthony Rhodes discussing his Laftury B.C.,” The exhibition will present 84 vessels and stat- ferty-inspired art, and discussions of Lafferty’s influential uettes from the period, including 54 of the finest vases novel, Fourth Mansion, June 10, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regisattributed to the Berlin Painter, providing a window into the tration required; www.mcl.org; e-mail lawprogs@mcl.org world of Athenian society 2,500 years ago, through June or call 609-989-6920. 11. “Revealing Pictures.” Exhibit presenting works by 11 “Six Days in June, The War that Redefined the Midleading international artists: Nikolay Bakharev, Edmund dle East,” Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor, 50 Maple Clark, Daniel and Geo Fuchs, Tim Hetherington, Pieter Stream Road, East Windsor. Documentary screening and Hugo, Liu Zheng, Zanele Muholi, Robert Polidori, Alec Soth discussion in recognition of the 50th Anniversary of the Six and Miwa Yanagi. The photographs from the Christopher E. Day War, June 11, 10 a.m. RSVP at admin@bethel.net. Olofson Collection at the Princeton University Art Museum, JaZams Summer Block Party, Palmer Square West, through July 2; Hours: Tues.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 Princeton. Annual outdoor block party will take place, June p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admission is 16, beginning at 6 p.m. Live entertainment at the free event free; artmuseum.princeton.edu; 609-258-3788. will include drummers, 6-7 p.m., music by Lolly and Yoko, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St., Prince- 7-8:30 p.m., and the movie “The Iron Giant,” beginning at ton. “Newark and the Culture of Art: 1900-1960.” The ex- 8:30 p.m. There also will be live Kendama, pogo stick hibit explores the unique combination of art and industry demonstrations, crafts, activities, food for sale and more. that made Newark a magnet for modern artists in the early www.palmersquare.com or call 609-924-8697. 20th century. Morven’s exhibition celebrates the culture of Friends of the Princeton Public Library Annual Book creativity that flourished alongside John Cotton Dana, the Sale, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princevisionary figure in the organization of the Newark Library ton. The 2017 Friends of the Princeton Public Library Book and Newark Museum. Through his efforts art, industry and Sale will take place June 23-24 in the library’s Community society were brought together to inspire the everyday Room. Hours are noon-8:30 p.m. Friday; 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Newark citizen through accessible and beautiful exhibitions. Saturday; www.princetonlibrary.org; 609-924-9529.

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The deepest cuts? Area arts and humanities leaders talk about the effects cutting the NEA and NEH would have on their organizations

June 2 Wine and song at Terhune Winery Terhune Orchards Winery’s Sips & Sounds series will return for the summer with a concert featuring John Padovano, 5-8 p.m. in the wine bar. There will be live musical performances ranging from jazz, blues, folk and rock. Sips & Sounds is rain or shine, Fridays through Sept. 8. The winery offers red, white and fruit wines made from fruit grown at Terhune. Terhune Orchards is located at 330 Cold Soil Road in Lawrence. For more information, go to www.terhuneorchards.com or call 609-924-2310.

Music author at Cranbury library Mike Morsch, author of the “Vinyl Dialgues” book series will discuss his career writing about memorable albums from the 1970s, 6:30 p.m., at the Cranbury Public Library. Morsch, an editor with Packet Media, will talk about stories behind the making of classic rock, as told through interviews with the artists who made the music. Cranbury Public Library, 23 N. Main, Cranbury.

June 4 Summer concert at Hinds Plaza Sarah Donner will kick off the Sounds of Summer concert series with an afternoon of indie folk pop concert, beginning at 4 p.m. Hinds Plaza is located next to the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. In the case of rain, the concert will be held in the library’s community room. For more information, go to www.princetonlibrary.org or call 609-924-9529.

June 5 Political book talk at library Former New Jersey state senator and author William E. Schluter will discuss his book “Soft Corruption: How Unethical Conduct Undermines Good Government and What To Do About It,” 7 p.m. at Princeton Public Library. In the book, Schluter recounts his fight to expose acts of government misconduct in Jersey and paints a portrait of public servants who care more about political power than the public good. The library is located at 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. For more information, go to www.princetonlibrary.org or call 609-924-9529.

June 6 Kingston Historical Society meeting Judy Peters will present, “Harvest Time! The History of Farming in the Millstone Valley … In their Words,” during the Kingston Historical Society Spring Meeting, beginning at 7:30 p.m. at the Kingston Firehouse, 8 Heathcote Brook Road in Kingston. The program will explore the history of farming in Millstone Valley from the early 1700s until current times. The program is free and open to the public. For more information, go to khsnj.org.

By Anthony Stoeckert Features Editor Arts and humanities funding has long been a target for some conservative politicians and activists who see the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities as unnecessary agencies that spend taxpayer money while promoting liberal agendas. The NEA became a target of some Republican politicians in the 1980s when an artwork depicting a crucifix in a jar of urine was included in a touring exhibit that was partly, and indirectly funded by the NEA. Another battle in the culture war came with an exhibit of photographs by Robert Mapplethorpe. Most images in the exhibit were not offensive most people’s standards, but there were some that pushed most people’s definition of good taste. In 2017, the NEA and the NEH are facing one of their biggest challenges in history in the form of President Donald Trump’s proposed budget, which calls for the elimination of them, along with the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Past Republican presidents, such as Ronald Reagan, also attempted to make serious cuts to the endowments, but Reagan had to work with a Democratically controlled Congress. In 2017, both houses of Congress are controlled by Republicans, and how much of a fight pro-arts funding Republicans will put up is unclear. Trump’s budget would eliminate the $148 million the NEA and NEH each receive, the CPB’s $445 and the $230 million put toward The Institute of Museum and Library Services. Defenders of these expenditures note they represent .02 percent of the budget. While Republicans such as House Speaker Paul Ryan and Sen. Ted Cruz have talked about eliminating the NEA, two Republicans (Susan Collins of Maine and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia) were among the 24 senators who wrote a letter to President Trump in favor of the arts. Mike Huckabee, former governor of Arkansas who ran against Trump in the republican primary, wrote a column in The Washington Post defending the NEA. He noted that he is a supporter of Trump’s but urged him to save the NEA. “I have zero interest in spending a dime of tax money to prop up those who hate the president and the tens of millions who elected him,” Huckabee wrote. “I do care greatly about the real recipients of endowment funds: the kids in poverty for whom NEA programs may be their only chance to learn to play an instrument, test-drive their God-given creativity and develop a passion for those things that civilize and humanize us all.” With the Princeton area being such a vibrant community in terms of the arts, it would stand to reason that area arts groups receive NEA and NEH grants.

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Brett Bonfield, director of the Princeton Public Library, says a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities helps support humanities-based program at the library. Through the grant, the library is part of a progrm that aims to set an example as to how libraries can support the humanities. He adds that President Trump’s budget, which proposes the elimination of the NEH and the National Endowment for the Arts, represents the biggest challenges to those agencies he’s seen in his 10 years as a librarian. manities is “pretty much everything else” — from philosophy to criticism and political science. The library presents events that are in part funded by the grant just about every month, including a staged radioplay presentation of “Casablanca” on June 11 and Poets at the Library reading feature poets Jessica G. de Koninck and Jane Rawlings June 12. Bonfield noted that library funding also is being cut in Trump’s proposed budget. “Public libraries get very small amounts of that but we rely on them for grants and research work that’s done to help us know what to do,” he said. He’s also on the board of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, which distributes NEH grants through the federal government. The endowment is set up so that roughly half of funding is distributed federally and the other half is distributed via state organizations, such as the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, which received about $900,000 to distributed via grants to museums, cultural centers, libraries and other organizations. “That slightly less than $1 million we get for New Jersey, and the funding that the libraries get through IMLS and the services we get, are enormously important to us,” Bonfield said. “I know federally, they’re trying to reduce taxes. It’s not a huge amount of money that goes to libraries and humanities and to the arts, but there’s no redundancy in that system. If that money doesn’t come from the federal government, if those agencies aren’t doing the work that they’ve been doing now for 50 years, it’s not like there’s another agencies or institution or cooperative that’s going to be able to step in and make sure that work continues. And people will notice.” Bonfield has been working as a librarian for 10 years after careers in technology and real estate. “In the last 10 years this is by far the biggest challenge I’ve seem to making sure that we have these federal agencies and these support systems,” he said. “Talking to people who have been around this a lot longer — some of the board members of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities and talking to some of the other librarians I know who have been in the game a lot longer than I have — they say this may be the worst they’ve encountered.”

The Princeton Library and the humanities The Princeton Public Library has a challenge grant from the National Endowment of the Humanities, which allows the library to present humanities-based programs. Brett Bonfield, director of the Princeton Public Library, said that two years ago the library applied for a National Endowment Humanities Fellow, whose salary is paid out of the endowment, to present humanities programming and services at the library. “This was kind of a pilot project from the National Endowment for the Humanities to see how humanities programming could work in a public library,” Bonfield said. “So part of it is to actually provide programming and part of it is sharing the results of what we do with other public libraries so that they can also understand how to make use of humanities-based programs and services in their libraries. It’s been a nice thing for Princeton and public libraries in general.” That Fellow, Hannah Schmidel, is paid through the endowment and is not a permanent employee of the library. Her work involves public programming and outreach. In the 1960s, Lyndon Johnson cre- Funding the creation of new plays ated funds to creates the arts, sciences McCarter Theatre recently reand humanities. Bonfield said that ceived an Art Works grant of $35,000 while everyone has an understanding to support the company‘s LAB, which of arts and sciences, he notes that husupports writers at various stages of

their careers to create works for McCarter’s main stage seasons and coproductions. “The arts are for all of us, and by supporting organizations such as McCarter Theatre Center the National Endowment for the Arts is providing more opportunities for the public to engage with the arts,” NEA Chairman Jane Chu said in a statement. “Whether in a theater, a town square, a museum, or a hospital, the arts are everywhere and make our lives richer.” Timothy J. Shields, McCarter’s managing director, said that over the past two decades, the NEA has focused funding on specific projects. “So from year to year we apply for a particular project,” he said. “That is, when we submit the application to the NEA, it is judged as to its merit by an independent panel of judges. It’s quite a competitive project so we’re always pleased when a project of ours rises to the top.” He also noted that part of the NEA funding is done through the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, so part of what McCarter gets from the council is given through the NEA. “In this modern day and age, and the way the economy has gone over the last dozen years, specifically the last seven or eight since the recession, I don’t think it’s a surprise for anyone to understand that arts groups are struggling to try to find a way to fund the programs that they do,” Shields said. “Here at McCarter we’re fortunate in the last six or seven years, we’ve figured out a way to at least break even every year, but it’s always on a razor’s edge of trying to find the amount of funding that’s necessary to run all the programs that McCarter does.” And some of that work involves going into the community and working with students, either through student matinees or work McCarter does in schools. “As the schools have retreated, largely, from being able to fund arts programs, McCarter has tried to do its part to step up and be present in the schools,” Shields said, “particularly over the last two or three years with a gigantic focus on the Trenton- area schools.” Bringing dance to the people Douglas Martin, artistic director of the American Repertory Ballet, said that during his tenure, the company has received two grants from the National Endowment for the Arts. One supported a presentation of Twyla Tharp’s “Eight Jelly Rolls,” which allowed the company to work with the band that played the piece for Tharp.

“That was really exciting,” Martin said. “The grant itself helped us with the cost of bringing that work back and the cost of mounting it. Also, when I did my new version of ‘The Firebird,’ we got a grant for that as well because that’s a historic piece.” Martin noted that arts is a business, and it’s rare that a theater, venue or company can do their work without support, such as grants from the NEA. “Unless you able to be in a Broadway situation, where you do the same show month after month for years, you don’t make your money performing,” Martin said. “You have to get donations in order to create the art, and then the art is on stage in these theaters. But most theater across American are expensive to run, so without subsidizing the art, you can’t really have vibrant art scene.”

Effects beyond the stage He also said that NEA grants bring art to communities that otherwise might not get to see a theater or ballet piece, and that thriving arts scenes support communities in many ways. “It’s also is about business,” Martin said. “When you have a vibrant downtown and you’re bringing the arts in and you have a thriving community arts situation, all the other businesses thrive. Not just restaurants, but all of the businesses that are accustomed to having people coming downtown to support them.” According to Shields, people in the arts have been dealing with threats of cuts to the NEA for decades. He said when he first heard the news of Trump’s proposed budget, the overall reaction among arts professionals was a mix of dismay and thinking, “This again.“ He also said that fiscal responsibility is not going to happen through cutting the NEA, which costs each taxpayer 47 cents per year. “Think about the tax load that we each carry and 47 cents of that goes to fund the arts,” Shields said. “And this funding is given out in every congressional district in every state in the nation. It’s in all 50 states, it benefits us all. The return on these investments, when we get funding in the performing arts, what we do is hire people. It means jobs, it means people being gainfully employed and paying taxes and being able to consume goods. . . . The restaurants in Princeton will tell you what it means on a night when McCarter is up and running. All the merchants all the parking meters that are filled with coins, these are spinoff benefits of people traveling to come to McCarter to see shows, none of that happens if we don’t fund the arts.”

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Father and son share special moment on the racetrack By Brett Carroll Staff Writer

Plant and garden farmers Peter Gasko Senior and Junior share a name, a business, and now, a drag race victory. On April 30, Peter Gasko Jr. competed in the 2017 Factory Stock Showdown in Charlotte, North Carolina. Gasko Jr. won the drag race with his COPO Camaro after a really fast light jump, clocking in at .008 off the gun at the start of the race. As a major underdog in the race, he thanked his family for helping him secure his car, as well as their support.

Gasko Jr. stated that he was a big fan of cars and racing ever since he was a kid. When he was 14, his dad let him enter a raffle from General Motors to receive a COPO Camaro. “GM actually makes the COPO car every year to give away,” Gasko Sr. explained. “They only make like 70 each year though, so you have to enter a raffle to get one. Thousands of people enter the raffle a year, so the chances aren’t that great.” After years of entering the raffle, Gasko Jr. finally won the car when he was 17. Two years later, he was in the Factory Stock Showdown, winning the biggest race of his life.

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Peter Gasko Jr. (left) recently won the Stock Showdown drag race in North Carolina, making a sports fan out of his father, Peter Gasko Sr.

“I never thought it would turn into this,” Gasko Sr. explained. “When we first got the car, I thought we would just have some fun with it, but never could I have imagined him winning like this.” The Gaskos own the Gasko’s Family Farm and Greenhouses in Monroe Township, and provide plants, vegetables, and other garden vegetation to homeowners. The business has been passed down for generations, with Gasko Jr. being the fifth generation of Gasko to man and work the farm. Despite his success on the track, Gasko Jr. still strives to carry on the family business.

“The farm is still the most important thing,” Gasko Jr. said. “Racing is just something fun I do on the side.” When he isn’t racing on the track, or working on the farm, he’s a full-time student at Cornell University, majoring in, of course, agricultural science. “It always leads back to the farm,” his father joked. “But it’s good that he’s learning things in school. We can always evolve with the technologies and methods of the future.” Gasko Jr. also has two sisters who play sports. Gasko Sr. said that he never really got into sports, but when he saw his son win the race, every-

thing changed. “It was probably the coolest thing that ever happened to me,” Gasko Sr. said. “I was so surprised how emotional I was. I never was into sports, but even I had to know that this was a special moment, so yeah, the emotions all started to come out.” Gasko Sr. wants Gasko Jr. to do what makes him happy, and to enjoy the moment of his accomplishments. “As a father, there’s nothing more that you want than your kids to be happy,” Gasko Sr. said. “I just tell him to enjoy this moment, and to have fun with it. That’s the most important thing.”

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Shop Talk is a weekly notebook that gets out the word about sales, promotions, and new businesses that are opening in the area. Send items about your business to astoeckert@centraljersey.com. Please put “Shop Talk” in the subject field. This week’s items are as follows: Rachel Reiss and Lynn Rabinowitz, owners of Hedy Shepard Ltd. in Princeton, are celebrating their 17th anniversary, June 8-10. The women’s clothing store will feature fall 2017 trunk shows with Cambio, Estelle & Finn and Damask. Also feature will be new summer styles by Estelle and Finn, Poles, Damask, Matthildur, and others. There also will be food and raffles. The store is located at www.hedyshepardltd.com or call 609-921-0582. *** JaZams will host its annual Summer Block Party,

June 16, beginning at 6 p.m. at Palmer Square West. Live entertainment at the free event will include drummers, 6-7 p.m., music by Lolly and Yoko, 7-8:30 p.m., and the movie “The Iron Giant,” beginning at 8:30 p.m. There also will be live Kendama, pogo stick demonstrations, crafts, activities, food for sale and more. For more information, go to www.palmersquare.com or call 609-924-8697. *** Hamilton Jewelers has announced that Andrew Siegel has joined the business as director of business strategy and operations. He is the fourth generation of the Siegel family to join the business. He will be responsible for identifying growth opportunities as well as assisting in achieving established Hamilton company-wide business objectives across all areas of the organization. The family tradition

began in 1927 when Irving Siegel, Andrew’s greatgrandfather, started the business. Hamilton Jewelers is located at 92 Nassau St., Princeton. For more information, go to www.hamiltonjewelers.com. *** Novelist John Altman will discusses “False Flag,” his newest spy thriller, June 3, beginning at 1 p.m. at Cloak & Dagger-Mystery Bookshop, 349 Nassau St., Princeton. The event is free, but registration is required. For more information, go to www.thecloakanddagger.co m or call 609-688-9840. *** Princeton HealthCare System will celebrate Cancer Survivor Day, June 8 by hosting Amy Robach at the Hyatt Regency Princeton on 102 Carnegie Center Drive. Robach is news anchor for ABC’s “Good Morning America” and a New York Times bestseller; and breast cancer survivor. She will

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Many people view weight gain as a cosmetic issue, but when it comes to the consequences and complications associated with obesity there is more than meets the eye. Obesity is a chronic disease that can have serious medical effects on your body. It has been linked to heart disease, diabetes, certain cancers and many other medical problems like sleep apnea. Treating obesity not only decreases the chance of developing obesity-related diseases, it can significantly improve or cure them. The Center for Bariatric Surgery & Metabolic Medicine at University Medical Center of Princeton offers patients with weight-related health concerns treatment options that range from comprehensive, medically supervised weight management to a complete array of weight-loss surgeries.

Old thinking The old thinking that a lack of will power is to blame for obesity is no longer considered valid in all cases, as experts have

determined that losing weight often is not as simple as pushing yourself away from the dinner table. In fact, science has proven that obesity is a complex disease that is influenced by chemical changes in your body that regulate weight and eating. At present, more than onethird of American adults have obesity, and if current trends continue, an estimated 50 percent of the U.S. population will be overweight or obese by the year 2030, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Like any other chronic disease, obesity needs to be treated with a comprehensive plan that may include a combination of medication, counseling, lifestyle changes and in some cases, surgery. A realistic approach Many people can lose weight with a variety of diets and gimmicks, but shortly thereafter they put the weight back on. And while there are limitless diet and exercise programs out there, the key is to find an

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Lisa Dobruskin earnestly tried to change their exercise and eating habits and haven’t been able to successfully lose weight. At that point they may become a candidate for weight-loss surgery. In general, bariatric surgery reduces the size of the stomach, causing a person to eat less and feel full faster. The Center for Bariatric & Metabolic Medicine at UMCP offers all types of bariatric surgery, including: • Sleeve gastrectomy, a procedure in which the stomach is reduced to 25 to 30 percent of its original

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Memorial Day weekend followed by Princeton University reunions and graduation is a time when most Princeton residents rarely think about scarcity. Generally, the conversation under tents and in backyards is filled with groans about too much food, too much drink, too many people, too many cars, and too much stuff loaded into those cars. On the weekend of June 10, however, several Princetonians are going to be thinking a lot about scarcity, thanks to Princeton University Professor Eldar Shafir. Dr. Shafir â&#x20AC;&#x201D; who is speaking at a Housing Initiatives of Princeton â&#x20AC;&#x153;Garden Partyâ&#x20AC;? benefit June 10 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; is internationally renowned, along with his co-author Dr. Sendhil Mullainathan from Harvard University, for the 2013 book â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Much.â&#x20AC;? As a behavioral scientist whose main area of interest is behavioral economics and decision-making, Shafir will talk about the thesis of his book â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the scarcity vicious cycle â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and relate it to the mission of HIP. Individuals with a scarcity of funds fail to make smart decisions concerning their finances for a variety of cognitive reasons, including the lack of supportive resources, thus their lives spiral downward. It turns out that the work done by HIP could be a case study for Shafirâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s academic work. Since 2004, the Housing Initiatives of Princeton has been helping to break that downward spiral for dozens of people by offering a holistic menu of services to those in dire financial circumstances. It is dedicated to transitioning low-income working families and individuals who are homeless or facing imminent homelessness to permanent housing and sustained self-sufficiency. The charitable non-profit does far more than place a temporary roof over oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s head.

The organization becomes a supportive resource for clients by providing individualized case management services to enhance life skills needed to attain self-sufficiency and permanent housing â&#x20AC;&#x201D; and ultimately to succeed independently. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Most in Princeton have a comfortable life,â&#x20AC;? Shafir said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We can afford to hire accountants, investment brokers, mortgage brokers, psychologists, attorneys to help make smart decisions about our well being. But there are those who are struggling with a scarcity of funds and do not have the support systems. The problems associated with poverty consume mental energy and capacity. Those struggling financially often make decisions that perpetuate and exacerbate poverty.â&#x20AC;? The concept of scarcity and smart decision-making applies to more than financial decisions, and thus everyone can relate to the premise of the book, regardless of his or her economic situation, noted HIP Interim Board Chair Carol Golden. The authorsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; research and conclusions describe how scarcity creates a similar psychology for everyone struggling to manage with less than they need. Busy people fail to manage their time efficiently for the same reasons the poor and those maxed out on credit cards fail to manage their money. The dynamics of scarcity reveal why dieters find it hard to resist temptation, why students and busy executives mismanage their time. â&#x20AC;&#x153;The book is so significant, in my opinion, because it gives individuals who have no financial problems a real understanding as to why it is extremely difficult for people with great financial challenges to change their lives â&#x20AC;&#x201D; unless they have access to outside help,â&#x20AC;? said Golden, a Princeton resident and attorney who volunteers her services as the full-

Eldar Shafir will discuss his book, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Scarcity: Why Having Too Little Means So Muchâ&#x20AC;? during the Housing Initiatives of Princetonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s â&#x20AC;&#x153;Garden Partyâ&#x20AC;? benefit on June 10. time chair of the organization, officially known as Housing Initiatives of Princeton Charitable Trust. Shafir further elaborated on his thesis in a research paper, â&#x20AC;&#x153;Poverty Impedes Cognitive Function,â&#x20AC;? published in the August 2013 issue of Science (written with Anandi Mani and Jiaying Zhao). According to the paperâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s summary, the poor often behave in less capable ways, which can further perpetuate poverty. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We hypothesize that poverty directly impedes cognitive function and present two studies that test this hypothesis,â&#x20AC;? the authors wrote. â&#x20AC;&#x153;First, we experimentally induced thoughts about finances and found that this reduces cognitive performance among poor but not in well-off participants. Second, we examined the cognitive function of farmers over the planting cycle. We found that the same farmer shows diminished cognitive performance before harvest, when poor, as compared with after

harvest, when rich. â&#x20AC;&#x153;This cannot be explained by differences in time available, nutrition, or work effort. Nor can it be explained with stress: Although farmers do show more stress before harvest, that does not account for diminished cognitive performance. Instead, it appears that poverty itself reduces cognitive capacity. We suggest that this is because poverty-related concerns consume mental resources, leaving less for other tasks. These data provide a previously unexamined perspective and help explain a spectrum of behaviors among the poor.â&#x20AC;? As Princeton University Professor of Behavioral Science and Public Policy, Shafir also serves as the director (its inaugural director) of Princetonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Kahneman-Treisman Center for Behavioral Science and Public Policy, and cofounder and scientific director at ideas42, a social science research and development lab. A $10 million anonymous gift created the Center for Be-

havioral Science and Public Policy at Princeton, enabling the university to strengthen its leading role in this emerging field and improve the development of effective policymaking. The donor, a Princeton University parent, was a longtime admirer of the work of Dr. Daniel Kahneman, a Nobel laureate, and a Princeton University professor of psychology and public affairs emeritus, and Dr. Anne Treisman, a Princeton University professor of psychology emerita. The center is building on the research that earned Kahneman the Nobel Prize in economic sciences in 2002. The award-winning work integrated insights from psychological research into economics, particularly concerning decision making under uncertainty. Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber said: â&#x20AC;&#x153;This generous gift will allow us to deepen and expand our efforts in an extremely promising area of teaching and research. . . . Princetonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fac-

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. Tell us about yourself. A. I grew up in a small town called Silver Creek, which is in the western section of Chautauqua County, NY, an hour past Buffalo on Lake Erie. I’m still a diehard fan of the Buffalo Bills. I then worked as a flight attendant for American Airlines for 18 years, traveling the world, before going into Real Estate.

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. What do you see in the future for Real Estate? A. Real Estate is continuing to change quickly with the times. More listings will have interactive floorplans, 3D virtual tours, aerial drone pictures, etc., and the industry will continue to find new innovations for enticing buyers. Buyers . Tell us about your family. search online, wanting to be equipped with as much information A. My husband Tom works for American Airlines as possible before choosing to visit a home, and I anticipate that as a 777 Captain Check Airman. He recently had the trend continuing with the aid of technology. honor of serving as one of the four captains who flew Pope Francis during his U.S. visit. We have three children, who . To what do you attribute your success in Real attended St. Paul’s School in Princeton and Notre Dame High Estate over the past 20 years? School (’09, ’11, ’13) in Lawrenceville. Jonathan graduated A. I am patient with my clients and enjoy educating Rutgers Engineering program and works for TD Securities, them on real estate in our area. I do my best to treat each client Abigail is a grad student at Rider going for a Masters in and property with the same care. I don’t believe in cutting Clinical Mental Health, and Laurel is graduating Seton Hall in corners when it comes to providing service or marketing a May 2017 and continuing there in the fall for grad school. home as I would my own, no matter the size of the home or the price point. My motto is “From starter to . What do you like to do for fun? A. I love taking our Cavalier King Charles dogs, stately homes, and everything in between.” Shamrock and Sebastian, for walks on the many nature trails I also maintain my knowledge of the everin the area. I also love to entertain and enjoy volunteering in changing inventory, excellent the community. Most importantly, I cherish when my family have negotiating skills, and stay up to date on industry technology.

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