2017-07-21 Hillsborough Beacon

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Trenton City Museum tells the story of Cadwalader Park. PLUS: 'Spider's Web' at Princeton Summer Theater.

Community fixture Mary Buckshaw is celebrating her 100th birthday. Page 3A

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Township to use $20M for the acquisition of 335 acres By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

A more than 300-acre plot of land sandwiched between Hillsborough Township’s Mountain View and Ann Van Middlesworth Parks will be acquired with some financial assistance from the county to the tune of $20 million in bonds. According to a bond ordinance that received unanimous support from the township committee during its July 11 meeting, the purchase and remediation of the property will be paid for through a lease purchase agreement with the Somerset County Improvement Authority. Anthony Ferrera, the township’s business administrator, called the acquisition a “very big

win” for the municipality, which he says has sought to stymie any potential development on that parcel for a number of years. “The town has been in litigation for over 10 years on this property because developers were looking to put hundreds or thousands of homes there,” Ferrera said. “The lawsuit was to stop the move to residential zoning for that property.” Now effectively under township control, the former GSA Belle Mead Depot site will undergo up to 18 months of remediation. This was not the first time that the plot changed hands over the last 20 years. More than a decade ago, the property was part of a bank auction, where it sold for $2.5 million. At the time, the

township did not bid for the land. Since then, the property has been on the municipality’s radar, with regular negotiations to purchase it over the years, Ferrera said. The main sticking point for the township, however, was that the asking price was always expensive for what Ferrera called a “dirty property.” In total, Ferrera said the township estimates that it will need to spend $18.5 million of the county’s $20 million bond for the acquisition of the property, with the remaining $1.5 million left over to cover any unexpected costs. Commiteeman Frank DelCore said the agreement gives the township a “significant flexibility from a financial standpoint.” “The Improvement Authority

has been willing to work with us to ensure that we could put something in place that would not impact us in the short term or long term,” DelCore said. “It will be an extended term on the financing that will have two short-term notes on an annual basis...and we could go up to 20 years beyond the initial two. “At the end of the day, from a debt service perspective, it’s essentially a wash once we begin the debt repayments,” DelCore continued. Officials said the township will not begin making any payments on the bonds until 2019. According to the township, funding for the property and its remediation will be doled out as certain milestones are met. Only once a certain amount of the property

has been cleaned and tested will bond money be disbursed. “We would be foolish to spend all $18.5 million and not make sure that the property is clean,” Ferrera said. The effort to acquire this piece of property is not unlike the joint effort made by the township and the Somerset County Improvement Authority to purchase the 369-acres of the former GSA Belle Mead Depot where Mountain View Park is now located. That property was purchased for just less than $15.8 million. Though that piece of property was recently reopened as a new state-of-the-art sports complex for the surrounding region, officials said there are currently no plans See ACQUISITION, Page 3A

Police department accredited for third consecutive term By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

Law enforcement in Hillsborough Township recently found itself in rarefied air, as state and local officials touted the Hillsborough Township Police Department’s successful reaccreditation bid with the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police. During the July 11 township committee meeting, Harry Delgado, accreditation program manager for the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, commended the police department for what he said was a “truly remarkable” accomplishment. “The HTPD is a highly professional and committed agency which exemplifies all of the tenets of law enforcement accreditation,” Delgado said. The Hillsborough Police Department officially achieved its second consecutive reaccredited status on June 8. The state of New Jersey has 550 law enforcement agencies, according to the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics’ 2008 Census of State and Local Law Enforcement Agencies. Included in that list are state, county and municipal agencies. It also includes the safety personnel that work throughout the state’s various universities and public parks, among others. Of those agencies, Delgado said approximately 182 agencies have achieved accreditation, with even fewer having retained their accredited status after the initial three year period. “There have been about 34 percent [of police departments in the state] that make the initial accredi-

tation. That number drops to about 8 percent for those that go on to retain accreditation,” he said. “In the case of the Hillsborough Police Department, this is their second accreditation, so they are falling into a very elite group of agencies - less than 1 percent in the state of New Jersey.” According to the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, accreditation is a way to help law enforcement agencies quantify how their overall performance. It does that by adopting a set of standards that are “conceptually sound and operationally effective.” In order to achieve an accredited status, law enforcement agencies have to meet or exceed over 100 different standards. Areas examined included: police role and authority; organization and administration; direction; distribution of personnel; fiscal management; disciplinary procedures; recruitment and selection; training and career development; promotion processes; patrol operations; criminal investigations, juvenile operations; detainee processing and detention; internal affairs; public information; traffic operations; communication operations; police records; collection and preservation of evidence; and property and evidence control. Recognizing the inherent benefits of accreditation for local law enforcement, Hillsborough Township Police Chief Darren Powell said it was paramount that the department retain its status. “Accreditation results in greater accountability within the agency,

Harry Delgado, the accreditation program manager for the New Jersey State Association of Chiefs of Police, presented Hillsborough Chief Darren Powell with a certificate of accreditation during a recent committee meeting. reduced risk and liability exposure, stronger defense against civil lawsuits, increased community advocacy, and more confidence in the agency’s ability to operate efficiently and respond to community needs,” Powell said. As a liaison to the police department, Committeeman Frank DelCore said the accomplishment was the product of good policing in Hillsborough. “It’s nice to get validation of the things that we’re trying to im-

plement in town,” he said. In related news, township officials announced that Hillsborough was again ranked among the top 30 “safest cities to raise a child” in America by security organization SafeWise. Hillsborough ranked 22nd overall in the June 26 report. “We are pleased to be recognized once again by SafeWise,” Powell said. “This recognition is a direct result of the professional and proactive police work by all

the fine men and women in the department that are committed to serve our residents.” According to officials, the annual report by SafeWise is compiled by reviewing the reported sex offender concentration, state graduation rates, overall school quality ranking and FBI violent crime data. The group also eliminated all cities with fewer than 10,000 residents and those communities that did not report complete crime numbers to the FBI.

ough resident Yolanda Rodriguez, the recipient of this year’s Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County (LVSC) Tutor of the Year award, knows all too well - as a two-time resident of Latin America. “Yolanda is really making a difference,” LVSC Program Coordinator Susan Engelstein said. Since she and her husband Agustine Rodriguez married 25 years ago, Yolanda has lived in Uruguay and Argentina. The moves were due to her husband’s career and during that time,

Yolanda said she had to familiarize herself with the Spanish language. “Being that I’d lived abroad on two separate occasions, I just know how important language is,” she said. “When I was there, I felt alone and I didn’t really know the language very well. Based on that, I figured that helping people learn English was something I could do to help people feel more comfortable.” When she came back to the United States and moved to Hillsborough 12 years ago, Yolanda

said she wanted to contribute to the community through volunteer work. “I didn’t want to have a fulltime job and have my daughter in school, but I wanted to do something useful,” she said. “So when I got back, it just felt that tutoring was something that I wanted to do.” After getting a tip about the LVSC several years ago, she joined up and began taking on students ever since. This year, she’s working with her sixth student, See TUTOR, Page 3A

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CALENDAR “Just a walk”

Fri. July 21 - Join the Sourland Conservancy’s Executive Director, Caroline Katmann, for a once-amonth, casual walk at a lovely Sourland region preserve. Registration is NOT required for this event; just show up by 3:30! Visit Sourland Conservancy’s Facebook event page, call our office at 609-309-5155 or email info@sourland.org for event details. Friday, July 21, 3:30-5 p.m., Rock Hopper Trail, County Road 518 (.4 miles east of Hewitt Road), West Amwell.

lips, and the comically pessimistic Bergens, who are only happy when they have trolls in their stomach. July 28 - The Boss Baby PG Seven-year-old Tim Templeton has always been a boy of an overactive imagination, and for the past seven years, life was all peaches for him, getting all the love and affection from his caring parents. However, life will never be the same and Tim won’t be the center of attention anymore as the arrival of an improbable new brother named Boss Baby, dressed in a black suit complete with a tie and a briefcase, will shortly rob him of all love, as he takes over the whole Templetons’ house. Families are encouraged to bring lawn chairs, blankets, for an enjoyable evening of family entertainment under the stars. A call to 908-722-1200, ext. 351 will provide weather updates during the evening prior to the show.

Free drive-in movies at Duke Island Park

Fri. July 21 - Pack a picnic basket, put the kids in their pajamas, pile everyone into the DeSoto (or the minivan), and head over to Duke Island Park on Old York Road in Bridgewater for the Somerset County Park Commission Drive-In Movies. Take the family back in time with drive-in movies just like in the 50’s complete with large screen. Admission is free. Refreshments will be available. The 18th annual family event is scheduled for two consecutive Fridays, July 21 and July 28, with the show beginning at 8:30 p.m. each night. The films will be presented under the stars on a big screen in the Duke Island Park Band Shell. July 21 - Trolls - PG From the creators of Shrek comes a smart, funny, irreverent animated comedy, DreamWorks‘ Trolls. Enter a colorful, wondrous world populated by hilariously unforgettable characters and discover the story of the overly optimistic Trolls, with a constant song on their

Trivia with the Democrats Tues. Aug. 1 - The Hillsborough Democrats will be holding a Trivia Night on Tuesday, August 1 from 7-9 p.m. at Mariana’s Restaurant, 381 Triangle Road, Hillsborough. Come out to meet candidates for township committee Jane Staats and Harry Burke. Teams will compete for four rounds in each of the following trivia categories: history, sports, pop culture, and potpourri. There will be prizes. This event is an opportunity to meet like-minded neighbors and the candidates. For more info, visit staatsandburke.com.

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and are $36 (if purchased by Aug. 1)/ $45 afterward and at the door. For more information about the event, email events @ kehilatFri. Aug. 4 - The Annual shalomnj.org or call the synFishing Derby and Family agogue office at Camp Out will be held on 908-359-0420. Friday, August, 4 at Ann Van Middlesworth Park. All resi- Sourland dents are invited to the An- Spectacular nual Family Camp Out and are encouraged to pack your Sun. Sept. 10 - Enjoy fishing poles for the David challenging routes for seriL. Thomas, Sr. Memorial ous cyclists, or shorter alterFishing Derby. The Fishing natives for more casual Derby will run from 5-7 p.m. bikers. Routes begin and and the registration fee is $5 end at the Otto Kaufman per child. The Camp Out fee Community Center, 356 is $10 per person and in- Skillman Road, Skillman. Coffee and snacks will cludes dinner and breakfast. Registration and additional be provided at registration. information is available at The designated rest stops the Parks and Recreation along the routes will offer beverages, snacks, and bathwebsite. room facilities. SAG servAnnual Purple ices also will be provided. Following the morning Heart Ceremony rides, bikers will join up for Mon. Aug. 7 - The An- a gourmet picnic lunch, nual Purple Heart Ceremony with our famous brownie will be held on Monday, sundaes for dessert. For Aug. 7 at 6 p.m. at the Gar- more information, visit den of Honor at Municipal sourlandspectacular.com. Complex. The ceremony Proceeds will benefit the will be held rain or shine. Sourland Conservancy. Light refreshments will follow the ceremony. All Hills- Annual basket borough residents are invited auction to attend. Fri. Sept. 15 - The Charity concert Woman’s Club of Hillsborat Congregation ough is having its annual Basket Auction on Friday, Kehilat Shalom Sept. 15 at the Hillsborough Municipal Building at 379 Thurs. Aug. 24 - On South Branch Road, HillsThursday, Aug. 24 at 7:30 borough. Doors open at 6 p.m., singer-songwriter and p.m. There will be a lot of social activist Jill Sobule great theme baskets, theater will be performing at Contickets, sports memorabilia, gregation Kehilat Shalom in sporting event tickets and Belle Mead. much more. We will have a Jill Sobule has performed Grand Prize auction with with music legends includDisney Park Hopper Passes ing Neil Young, Billy Bragg, for a family of four. There Cyndi Lauper and Warren will also be a 50/50 raffle. Zevon and is best known for Hot dogs, soda and chips the songs “I Kissed a Girl” will be available to pur(the original) and “Superchase. Coffee, tea and model” which was featured dessert are provided. Entry in the movie Clueless. Jill’s tickets are $10 and will be songs, essays and poetry on sale at the door. For inhave been featured on NPR, formation contact Carolyn The Huffington Post and Hespe at (908) 874-4958 or more. She regularly per- e-mail at ges18ch@ comforms at TED Conferences, cast.net or Barbara Zielshouse concerts and charity dorff at (908) 359-1750 or events nationwide. e-mail at Half of the proceeds from B_Zielsdorff@yahoo.com. the concert will be donated to the Teaching Tolerance Continuing project of the Southern events Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Tickets for the concert Free anxiety, deprescan be purchased at sion, alcohol dependency https://ksnj.yapsody.com/ screenings Carrier Clinic has announced free, confidential Anxiety and Depression Screenings and Alcohol Dependence Screenings through the end of the year. Adults concerned with their mental health or alcohol dependency are invited to attend to receive a free, confidential screening conducted by a licensed clinician. No appointment is necessary. All screenings

will be held on the Carrier Clinic campus, located at 252 County Road 601 in Belle Mead. Carrier Clinic’s Anxiety and Depression Screenings will be held July 11, September 12, and November 14, 3-7 p.m. Carrier Clinic’s Alcohol Dependence Screenings will be held August 17, October 19, and December 7, 3-7 p.m. In addition to the screenings, Carrier Clinic hosts free weekly support groups on the campus throughout the year. These support programs include: Weekend Codependency Program, Saturdays and Sundays, 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Bright Futures for Kids, Sundays, 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Parents Support Group, Mondays, 7-8:30 p.m. Mood Disorder Support Group, Thursdays, 7:309:15 p.m. For more information about these or other services and programs available at Carrier Clinic, visit CarrierClinic.org or call 908-2811513. If you or someone you know may have a mental health or substance abuse concern and you’re not sure what to do, visit CarrierClinic.org/WhatToDo. 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 #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 s c h a n t z b b a l l camp@ gmail.com, or call 908-334-3771. Looking for 2018 Town Calendar photos: Individuals interested in submitting photographs for consideration can email their high resolution image to the township clerk at pborek@hillsboroughnj.org. A photo release will need to accompany the pictures and there is no guarantee that the photo will be used. For advertising opportunities, contact Jim O’Dowd at 973-650-2736

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Centenarian honored for her enduring community spirit By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

A staple in the community was honored for her longevity and positive outlook on life, as the governing body took time out of a recent meeting to honor the upcoming 100th birthday of Hillsborough’s own “Lady Liberty,” Mary Buckshaw. Mayor Carl Suraci and Committeemen Frank DelCore, Doug Tomson and Greg Brochette were on hand during the July 11 committee meeting to present a special proclamation to Buckshaw to commemorate the major milestone. “Mary Buckshaw continues to live an active life and attributes her longevity to ‘always being happy’ and ‘never complaining,’” Mayor Suraci said. Born on July 23, 1917, Mary Galaini was born in Brooklyn, where she lived until her parents and she moved to 5th Street in Flagtown. Later in life, she married Stephen J. Buckshaw, Sr. on July 24, 1938. They remained married for the next 12 years until Stephen passed away in 1950. Despite her loss, Mary had three children: Stephen, of Flagtown; Mary Ann, of Hopewell; and Barbara, of Flagtown. Today, her family

spans four generations, with six grandchildren and 10 great-grandchildren. In her professional life, Mary worked at Ortho Pharmaceuticals for 31 years. Meanwhile, more than eight decades of her life has been devoted to the Hillsborough community. According to officials, Mary has been an active charter member of Flagtown Fire Company No. 1 Ladies’ Auxiliary since it was founded in 1938. She was also an original member of the township’s first Senior Club, formed in 1974, until she joined the Hillsborough Senior Club Chapter B, which was formed in 1993. For the last 25 years, Mary has been a charter member of the local senior dance group known as the Rockettes and Rocket. Mary said the Rockettes has been an important part of her life and why she remains so active. “Boy, that has kept me going all the while and I enjoy every moment of it,” she said. She also serves as “Lady Liberty” in the annual Hillsborough Memorial Day parade. Mention of that portrayal drew a standing ovation from the packed meeting room. In addition, she recently played “Lady Mame” in the Villagers Theater Senior Performing Arts Festival.

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Rosa Merlo, at the Hillsborough Library once a week. As this year’s Tutor of the Year award recipient, Yolanda said she was shocked to receive the award last month, having no professional background in education. “This was a real shock to me, but it was nice. The program has really grown since I started and I think it’s really flourished,” she said. “It’s nice to see how many people want to take part and really enjoy what they’re doing.” Yolanda said over the years, she’s seen a wide va-

riety of students come and go, from the single mothers looking to make their way in the world to the hard working men trying to advance their status in life. Though the group never inquires about a participant’s immigration status, Yolanda said she has worked with and has known of individuals seeking help that had gained entrance into the country illegally. “Some of them come here and they have their own problems. Some of them have not really been educated or worked much in their own country and they come here and want to

Pictured above, Mary Buckshaw (center) received an official proclamation from the township committee, commemorating her 100th birthday on July 23. Her son, Stephen, was there to support his mother. Pictured right, Buckshaw is seen fit in. Because of the diffi- donning her “Lady Liberty” culty of the language, some costume with Hillsborough of them can’t find a job,” Business Administrator Anthony Ferrera during an outshe said. “I get all types.” door event last year. Recently, she said one of her former students recently gained full citizenship, a goal that only took place after living in the Continued from Page 1A country for 18 years. “It feels good to have for this new 335-acre plot at helped people, but there are the moment. “At the very least, we challenges,” she said. wanted to stop any further “They’re just trying to get development that could posby here and they all want to sibly take place,” Ferrera do better. They want the said. best for their children. Despite the congratulaThey’re law-abiding citi- tory stance of the townzens and for the most part, ship’s administration on this matter, Democratic townthey’re good people.” ship committee candidates Jane Staats and Harry Burke questioned how open the governing body was being with the purchase. “The amount of $20 million was not mentioned in Local News

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Acquisition the agenda to the general public, unlike other items on the agenda that had much smaller amounts,” Staats said after the meeting. “For the sake of being straightforward and open to the public, that amount should have been listed in advance in the agenda.” “The township committee is authorizing a $20 million debt, and they waited until the last minute to let the public know that they have pledged the full faith and credit of the township to repaying this debt,” Burke said. “For a township that

puts out a weekly newsletter and calls itself fiscally responsible, it should be expected that a hearing for $20 million in debt would be widely publicized.” Municipal officials countered their complaints by pointing to the fact that the full bond amount was listed in the ordinance. “Bond counsel prepares all of the ordinances for the township and the amount was in the ordinance itself,” Ferrera said. “Do we list every single paragraph in the agenda? We don’t, but all of it is in the ordinance.”

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COLLEGE CONNECTION

By Susan Alaimo

Find out what it means to be ‘college ready’

Dr. Pam Weisenberg Hollander will return to the public library of her youth tomorrow, July 22, to lead an interactive workshop for high school students and recent grads on the topic of college readiness. During the 2-3 p.m. presentation, at the South Brunswick Public Library, the college professor will share tips from her new book, Readiness Realities: Struggles and Successes During the Transition to College. Hol-

filing applications. Once a student is accepted to his/her college of choice, the realization often hits that successfully leaving home and moving to a brand new environment requires many skills and talents. Academic readiness is one part of the picture. If students are not academically prepared for college level work, it’s often beneficially for them to take remedial courses at a local

lander draws from her 20 years of experience teaching first-year college students. College readiness has become a popular topic as students and parents realize that having a high school diploma does not necessarily mean that a teenager is ready to succeed in a college environment. A great deal of time, energy, money, and anxiety is often spent on preparing for the SAT exam, visiting colleges, and

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community college until they can successfully pass the placement tests to take courses - for credit - at a four-year institution. College readiness also includes “softer skills” that students may, or may not, have developed during their growing up years. These essential life skills include the ability to: manage time and use it productively, utilize effective study skills, feel comfortable with technology, work independently

and in collaboration with classmates, think critically and analytically, be financially responsible, maintain a healthy lifestyle, advocate for oneself, communicate effectively, follow directions, be comfortable with diverse people and open to new ideas, set goals and priorities, maintain a strong sense of self-worth. Students who successfully develop strong academic and life skills before “leaving the nest” have the

best chance of finding their college years to be a positive, enjoyable, and rewarding experience. 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 IVY-League educated instructors, for more than 20 years. Visit www.SATsmart.com

By Michele S. Byers

Ban offshore drilling and seismic testing off NJ coast

Summer is in full swing at the Jersey shore. Over the next couple of months and into the fall, millions of visitors will head “down the shore” for the beaches, fishing, boating and ecotourism activities like whale and dolphin watching. It’s hard to imagine New Jersey without its thriving shore tourism economy - dependent on a healthy ocean and a clean coastline stretching from Sandy Hook to Cape May. The same goes for its commercial fishing industry, which supplies fresh seafood to countless restaurants and markets. But tourism and commercial fishing in New Jersey are once again threatened by a bad idea that comes back again and again: ocean drilling for oil and gas along the coast of this state we’re in. In April, President Trump signed an executive order reopening the possibility of drilling in the waters off the East Coast, including New Jersey. Then, on June 5, the Trump administration proposed to issue five permits for offshore seismic testing … a first step to oil exploration. Trump’s executive order would undo an executive order signed by President Barack Obama last December, reinstating a moratorium on offshore drilling from Massachusetts to Virginia. New Jersey’s congressional delegation has objected strenuously to both the offshore drilling and seismic testing proposals. In a letter to Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke, Congressman Frank Pallone, Senators Robert Menendez and Cory Booker, and seven other Congressional representatives said drilling off the Atlantic coast would have “severe economic and environmental impacts” on New Jersey. “Tourism along the Jersey shore generates almost $40 billion each year and supports half a million jobs - includ-

ing the fishing, boating and recreational industries,” according to the letter. “Allowing offshore drilling would unnecessarily threaten the economies of the communities that rely on a thriving coastline. Fragile marine ecosystems and species would also be placed in danger of a potential future environmental disaster resulting from a blowout or other failure offshore.” In a separate letter to the National Marine Fisheries Service, New Jersey’s entire congressional delegation - Democrats and Republicans alike - expressed concern about the proposal to issue permits for seismic testing. Seismic testing is not benign. Large air guns are towed behind ships, repeatedly firing loud blasts at the ocean floor. The sound waves produced by these blasts bounce back to the surface, and help measure the presence of oil or gas. These blasts are harmful. “Seismic testing can disrupt migratory patterns, cause marine wildlife to abandon important habitats and disrupt mating and feeding,” the legislators said. “The sound wave tests can also destroy fish eggs and larvae. These tests can also cause deafness in whales and dolphins, both of which rely on hearing to reproduce, locate food and communicate.” To stop offshore drilling, two pieces of legislation have been introduced. One would prevent the Trump administration from renewing the 5-year oil and gas leasing process, while the other - known as the COAST AntiDrilling Act - would permanently ban offshore drilling in the Atlantic Ocean. These bills must become law. The severe harm that would occur from drilling and testing on marine fisheries and populations of whales and dolphins is unacceptable. And a catastrophic oil spill would cause long-term degra-

dation of New Jersey’s beaches. Organizations like Clean Ocean Action and the American Littoral Society have worked hard to protect our oceans for decades. “Citizens of New Jersey spent a lot of years cleaning up the ocean - we didn’t do that to turn over our waters to big oil,” said Tim Dillingham, executive director of the American Littoral Society. “We know where we drill we spill, and that’s unacceptable to the shore economies that depend on a clean ocean.” The economies of New Jersey and other coastal states depend heavily on tourism, which would fail without a healthy marine environment. In New Jersey alone tourism and fishing industries bring in $50 billion a year and employ over 500,000 people. Offshore drilling and seismic blasts must be permanently prohibited. You can help! Contact your Congressional representatives and let them know you fully support their efforts to permanently stop offshore drilling and seismic testing along the Atlantic coast. Visit the American Littoral Society’s website at www.littoralsociety.org and Clean Ocean Action at www.cleanoceanaction.org for more information about protecting our coasts. And to learn more about preserving New Jersey’s land and natural resources, visit the New Jersey Conservation Foundation website at www.njconservation.org or contact me at info@njconservation.org. Michele S. Byers is executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation in Morristown.

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Loyola University Maryland has announced the members of its spring 2017 Dean’s List. In order to qualify for the Dean’s List at Loyola, a student must achieve a minimum QPA of at least 3.500 for the term, provided that, in the term they have successfully completed courses totaling a minimum of 15 credits. The following local students have achieved this honor and indicated that Loyola can release their directory information: Jonathan Lim, class of 2017; John Machala, class of 2020; Anthony Schulz, class of 2019 —Jessica N. Mulder of Hillsborough, a senior broadcasting and mass communication major, earned Deans’ List recognition at SUNY Oswego for spring 2017. She was among students who received a grade point average of 3.3 to 3.79. Oswego students receiving a GPA of 3.8 to 4.0 earn President’s List recognition. —Hillsborough resident and Azusa Pacific University student Keegan Rusinek made the academic Deans’ List at APU. A Business: Accounting Major, Rusinek is honored for a spring semester 2017 academic standing of a 3.5 or

better grade-point average. Rusinek is joined by 1,953 other students receiving the same honor. —Alyssa Giarrusso, of Hillsborough, graduated this spring from Ohio Wesleyan University. Giarrusso earned a Bachelor of Arts degree. —Katherine McArthur, of Hillsborough, was named to the Shippensburg University Dean’s List for the Fall 2016 and Spring 2017 semesters. Her GPA for the latter was a 3.94, with the requirement to gain the distinction at a 3.5 GPA or higher. —Philip Rudio, of Hillsborough, has been named to the Dean’s list at William Patterson University for the Spring 2017 semester. Philip is a finance major at the Cotsakos College of Business. —Peter Roth, of Hillsborough, graduated from RIT with an ME in mechanical engineering.

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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: 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 July, view the collections of Rali Ramalingam and Rob O’Brien, and starting in August, Cindy Mitzen. 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 • Summer Reading Challenge - Take the challenge. Our Summer Reading Challenge is open to people of all ages from birth to adults, with programs, prize drawings, and more. To register, visit your local branch or online at SCLSNJ.org/SummerReading. • NASA’s Solar System Ambassador Presents: Eclipses, Ellipses and NASA Missions - NASA Solar System Ambassadors, Hillsborough resident, Michael Dean Lewis Ph. D., will talk about the total solar eclipse which will sweep across North America on August 21. Adults and ages 10+. Thurs. August 10, 7-8 p.m. Adult programs (registration required): • Bollywood Dance with Vidhu - Bollywood is a fun, high energy dance style that is used in Indian musicals and has become very popular around the world. Dance to upbeat Indian pop music and get a great workout for your entire body. Mon. July 24, 7-8 p.m. • Suspense with Susie Book Discussion - “Tell No One” by Harlan Coben. Mon. July 25, 7-8:30 p.m. • Sahaja Meditation - Sahaja Meditation is a simple, time-honored technique. It brings better focus and balance. It helps to know thyself, reduces stress, and increases wellness. Tues. July 26, 7:30-8:30 p.m. • Chinese Folk Dance with Ying - Learn the basic steps of a variety of Chinese folk dances. Sat. July 31, 78 p.m. • The History of Diners in New Jersey - Author and historian Michael Gabriele talks about his book “The History of Diners in New Jersey.” Wed. August 3, 7-8 p.m. • From Kun to Jing Opera - Discover the numerous styles of Chinese opera & the years of practice necessary to perfect their performance. Presented by Yonghong Jia, one of the foremost Kun opera performers in the U.S. today. Sun. August 7, 7-8:30 p.m. • Friends of Hillsborough Library Book Discussion “The Shoemaker’s Wife” by Adriana Trigiani. Mon. August 8, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

Youth programs (registration required): • Reading Buddy (Entering grades K-4) - Children register for a 15 minute time slot to read with a Teen Volunteer. Beginning June 26 and ending August 17. Monday-Thursday, 10-Noon; 4-6 p.m. • Science Zone: Mistakes that Worked - Presented by Tina Rear from Scrap U and Artistry Too in Hillsborough. Fri. July 21, 10-10:45 a.m. Ages 3-6/11:15 a.m.12:15 p.m. Entering grades K-2/12:45-1:45 p.m. Entering grades 3-5. • Family Scavenger Hunt (All ages) - Our family scavenger hunt will have you working together to hunt for clues in the library. Sat. July 22, 11-noon • Monday Morning Playtime (For parents/caregivers and children up to 36 months) - A social time with toys available for play. Mon. July 24, 10-10:45 a.m. • Book Cover Bingo (Entering grades 6-12) - Play Book Cover Bingo and have a chance at winning prizes while learning about must read teen books. Mon. July 24, 7-8 p.m. • Storytime - Toddler Time (18-36 months) - Introduce the pleasure of books to your child with stories, songs and more. Tues. July 25, 10-10:45 a.m. and 1111:45 a.m. • Trivia Tuesdays (Entering grades 2-5) - Train your brain. Put your knowledge to the test at our weekly trivia contest. Tues. July 25, 4-5 p.m. • MAKE a Difference - Paint & Snack (Entering grades 7-12) - Earn service hours and create custom art pieces to help decorate Safe & Sound - Somerset. Tues. July 25, 6-8 p.m. • Storytime - Rhyme Time (Newborn to 24 months) - Build brain power with 20 minutes of nursery rhyme fun. Wednesday, July 26, 10-10:20 a.m. and 11-11:20 a.m. • How to Talk to a Robot: Build a Shelter! (Entering grades 6-12) - In this challenge, participants will work collaboratively to program autonomous mobile robots to locate, retrieve and assemble blocks to build a shelter. Presented by Robodyssey. Sat. July 29, 2-4 p.m. • Build Your Own Rube Goldberg Machine (Entering grades 6-12) - Work in small groups to build Rube Goldberg machines. Mon. July 31, 7-8 p.m. • Trivia Tuesdays (Entering grades 2-5) - Train your brain. Put your knowledge to the test at our weekly trivia contest. Tues. August 1, 4-5 p.m. • Hometown Heroes - Police and K9 (Ages 8+) Hillsborough Police Officers Ted Lewis and Chris Englehardt, and his K9 partner Marco, will give a demonstration and answer questions. Wed. August 2, 2-3 p.m. • Library Bash! Science, Sound & Sustainability (All ages) - Library Bash! is a fast and funny performance in which you’ll discover a musical world of science, sound and sustainability. Wed. August 2, 7-8 p.m. • Art Adventures - Calder Sculptures (Ages 4-6) - Get those creative juices flowing and take your own master-

piece home. Thurs. August 3, 10-10:45 a.m. • Storytime - Stories at Castle Park: Watermelons (All ages) - Storytime with Miss Jessica at Hillsborough’s Castle Park playground, located next to the Hillsborough Municipal Building. Fri. August 4, 10-10:45 a.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. August 4, 3:30-4:30 p.m. • Family Camp Out (All ages) - We will have stories, crafts and fun activities for all ages at our “pretend” camp out. Sat. August 5, 11 a.m.-noon • Monday Morning Playtime (Parents/caregivers and children up to 3 years old) - A social time with toys available for play. Mon. August 7, 10-10:45 a.m. • Candy Art (Entering grades 6-12) - Create art using Skittles and M&M’s. Mon. August 7, 7-8 p.m. • Storytime - Stone Soup (Ages 3-6) - Explore the makings of “Stone Soup” in this special storytime. Tues. August 8, 10-10:45 a.m. • MAKE a Difference - Project Linus (Entering grades 7-12) - Create no-sew fringe fleece blankets for Project Linus. Somerset County’s local chapter of Project Linus will provide the blankets to children in need, ages 0-18 years. - Project Linus. Tues. August 8, 6-8 p.m. • Sciencetellers - Building: Tall Ships and Pirate Tales (Entering grades K-5) - A storytelling and science adventure told with volunteers from the audience. Wed. August 9, 7-8 p.m. • Kidz Art Zone - Calder Sculptures (Entering grades K-4) - Budding artists can have fun creating masterpieces with their friends. Some projects may be messy, so please dress in play clothes. Thurs. August 10, 1010:45 a.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. August 11, 3:30-4:30 p.m. • Escape Room Z (Entering grades 6-12) - Solve ciphers, hack lateral thinking puzzles, and work together to beat the game before Zombies break down the door and eat your pizza. Sat. August 12, 2-4 p.m. Library resources 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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At our August 3 meeting, Melissa Harvey will speak about the Somerset County Recycle Program. At our September 7 meeting, Prabha Senker, one of our members, will perform on a Veena which is an Indian string instrument. In October we will have Mark Boos present some important factors for seniors regarding Medicare such as retirement income, health expenses, extended care and final expenses. Trips & Programs Fri., Aug. 11 - Monmouth Park Horse Track trip has been canceled. Tues., Sept. 5 - Book Club will recess for the summer and will next meet at 2 pm in the Senior Activity Room. Attendees will share a report of their latest reading. 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

with a $10 slot play bonus. If you want to bring a friend on any overnight trip, they 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). — 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.

short stories and articles. Current book selection is the Historical Fiction Novel and The New York Times Bestseller, Sarah’s Key by Tatiana De Rosnay. Please call 908-3698700 for more information. July 28 - “History of the New Jersey Shore” by Kevin Woyce, Author & Photographer, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. Have you ever wondered why there is an elephant-shaped building on the beach in Margate? A concreate ship stuck in the sand off Cape May Point? A town named Loveladies or Ship Bottom? The result is this colorful tour of our coastal history, from the long-ago days of pirates, shipwrecks, and lighthouses to the founding of today’s most popular summer resorts. The slideshow includes original photography of Jersey Shore lighthouses, amusement parks, boardwalks, and hotels, plus vintage maps and images of historic people, places, and events.

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The monthly meeting will be held July 20. 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 July 27. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. Entry into the game will be $3 for one double card and $5 for two. A lunch with two hot dogs, chips, drink and a desert will be included in the price. 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 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

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. 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: July 21 - “Nocturnal Sounds” by the Somerset County Park Commission, 10:45 am - 11:45 a.m. Although humans are usually asleep at night, the New Jersey outdoors is anything but quiet. Listen to sounds from common nocturnal wildlife while learning a few fun facts about each animal. A county naturalist will lead this interactive program. July 24 - In the News, 10 a.m. Join us as we discuss breaking news around the world and current events of interest. July 26 - “Healthier Hydration” by Samantha Nunzio, Registered Dietitian, Shoprite/Wakefern. Sam will guide us through some tips for healthy hydration. What counts as water? What are some other ways we can stay hydrated in addition to water? There will also be a healthy recipe sample provided. July 26 - Book Club, 9:30 - 10:30 a.m. New book club is forming. Meet friends, read and discuss books, poems,

The Manville Senior Citizens meet at noon on the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue. The next regular meeting is August 10. Seniors are asked to donate school supplies such as pens, pencils, notebooks, crayons, markers, folder, etc. and bring them to the August meeting. We have done this the past two years for Roosevelt and Weston schools with a lot of success and gratitude. 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 aqua aerobics classes will be held on Monday and Wednesday mornings from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Cooper Pool. The classes start on June 26 and run until August 30. Registration fee is $15 and you can register at the Manville Recreation Department. 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. Tickets for the Oktoberfest to be held on October 12 at Knobb Hill will be on sale at the August and September meetings. Tickets are $10 for members and $20 for guests. 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, August 23, for this month only. The cost is $35, of which $30 will be returned. Thursday, August 31 - Trip to the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Penn. The bus leaves from the VFW at 10 a.m. The cost is $30, with $20 back and $5 for food. Contact Josephine Pschar at 908-722-0156. 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 908722-0156. — Gerry Klimowich

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HILLSBOROUGH SENIOR CENTER

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled:

Notice is hereby given that an ordinance entitled

ORDINANCE 2017-07

ORDINANCE 2017-10

ORDINANCE 2017-06

An Ordinance titled, An Ordinance of the Township of Hillsborough, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey amending Chapter 188 “Land Use and Development”, Article V “Districts and Standards” of the Code of the Township of Hillsborough by adding Section 188-113.7 Mixed Use Inclusionary District - 1.

An Ordinance titled, An Ordinance of the Township of Hillsborough, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey authorizing acceptance of Dedications and Easements from John Zamkotowicz.

An Ordinance titled, An Ordinance of the Township of Hillsborough, in the County of Somerset, New Jersey approving the form and authorizing the execution and delivery of a Lease Purchase Agreement with the Somerset County Improvement Authority relating to the issuance of County Guaranteed Lease Revenue Bonds (Township of Hillsborough project) and any notes issued in anticipation thereof by the Somerset County Improvement Authority

This Ordinance will be further considered for final passage by the Township Committee at the Municipal Complex, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, New Jersey at a meeting being held on August 8, 2017, at 7:30 PM or at any time and place to which such meeting may be adjourned. All persons interested in the Ordinance may obtain a copy from the Office of the Township Clerk located in the municipal complex between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., at no cost, and persons interested in the Ordinance may appear at the hearing and will be given the opportunity to be heard concerning this Ordinance. Pamela Borek Hillsborough Township Clerk

was introduced at a Meeting of the Township Committee of the Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset, State of New Jersey held on June 13, 2017 and was passed and approved by the said Township Committee at a regular and duly convened meeting held on July 11, 2017.

Pamela Borek Hillsborough Township Clerk

HB, 1x, 7/21/17 Fee: $21.39

HB, 1x, 7/21/17 Fee: $ 22.32 LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled:

LEGAL NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled:

ORDINANCE 2017-08

ORDINANCE 2017-09

ORDINANCE 2017-14

An Ordinance titled, An Ordinance of the Township of Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey, amending Chapter 188 “Land Use and Development”, Article V “Districts and Standards, Section 188-113.1 “GA Gateway A District” of the Code of the Township of Hillsborough to permit extended care facilities in the GA Gateway A District.

An Ordinance titled, An Ordinance of the Township of Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey, amending Chapter 188 “Land Use and Development”, Article IV “Design and Performance Standards” of the Code of the Township of Hillsborough to regulate Commercial Vehicles on residential properties.

An Ordinance titled, An Ordinance to amend, revise and supplement Chapter 92 of the Township Code of the Township of Hillsborough, entitled “Police Department”, most notable Section 92-7, entitled “Membership”.

Pamela Borek Hillsborough Township Clerk

HB, 1X, 7/21/17, Fee: $23.25

HB, 1x, 7/21/17 Fee: $22.32

NOTICE OF DECISION HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD

LEGAL NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled:

The Hillsborough Township Planning Board held a public meeting on Thursday, July 13, 2017 at 7:30 pm in the Courtroom of the Hillsborough Township Municipal Complex, at which time the following Resolutions were memorialized:

Notice is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled:

Montgomery Development, LLC – File 05-PB-19-SR (2017 Extension Request) (REF: Montgomery Properties, LLC 05-PB-19-SR) - Applicant GRANTED additional one-year extension through June 30, 2018, for the amended preliminary and final major site plan approval granted by Board Resolution, dated December 8, 2005; with a one-year extension granted by Board Resolution dated, December 13, 2007, with an additional oneyear extension previously granted by Board Resolution, dated July 8, 2016, for one year, on Property known as Block 142.03, Lots 1 & 2 (formerly known as Block 142.B, Lots 1 & 2) on the Hillsborough Township Tax Maps, located on Route 206 & Valley Road, located in the I-1, Light Industrial Zoning District (standards of the I-2 Zoning District apply to properties fronting onto Route 206), with conditions.

An Ordinance titled, An Ordinance to amend an Ordinance entitled “Salary Range Ordinance” setting forth the salary ranges for the classifications set forth in said Ordinance.

An Ordinance titled, An Ordinance appropriating certain monies held by the Township of Hillsborough, County of Somerset, State of New Jersey, for the purchase of various Capital Improvements in the amount ot $804,962.78, in and for the Township of Hillsborough.

Pamela Borek Hillsborough Township Clerk

HB, 1x, 7/21/17 Fee: $23.25 Fee: $20.46

HB, 1x, 7/21/17 Fee: $21.39

John ZAMKOTOWICZ - File 07-PB-26-MJ (2017 Extension Request) - Applicant GRANTED one-year extension through June 30, 2018, to extend the preliminary and final major subdivision approval granted by Board Resolution, dated, September 04, 2008, for an additional one year, on Property known as Block 199, Lot 18 on the Hillsborough Township Tax Maps, for the Extension of Vroom Drive, within the R, Residential Zoning District, with conditions.

Terrace Industrial Park – File 08-PB-08-MJF (2017 Extension Request) – Applicant GRANTED one-year extension through June 30, 2018, to extend the amended final major subdivision approval granted by Board Resolution, dated, September 04, 2008, with a oneyear extension previously granted by Board Resolution, dated July 7, 2016 for one year, on Property known as Block 185, Lot 1 on the Hillsborough Township Tax Maps, on Weston Road, located in the I-1, Light Industrial Zoning District, with conditions.

WSH Enterprises, Inc. – Amended Final – File 08-PB-15-MJF (2017 Extension Request) Applicant GRANTED one-year extension through June 30, 2018, to extend the amended final major subdivision approval granted by Board Resolution, dated March 13, 2014, with a one-year extension previously granted by Board Resolution, dated July 7, 2016, for one year, on Property known as Block 148, Lot 24 on the Hillsborough Township Tax Maps, on Beekman Lane, located in the R, Residential Zoning District, with conditions.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: ORDINANCE 2017-11 An Ordinance titled, An Ordinance Amending Chapter 147 of the Code of the Township of Hillsborough, titled “Criminal History Background Checks”.

The Resolutions referenced above have been filed in the Planning & Zoning Department at the Hillsborough Township Municipal Complex, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844, and are available for public inspection during the regular business hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

Debora Padgett Administrative Assistant / Planning Board Clerk

Pamela Borek Hillsborough Township Clerk

HB, 1x, 7/21/17 Fee: $45.57

HB, 1x 7/21/17 Fee: $20.46

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ORDINANCE 2017-13

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Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion is telling the story of Cadwalader Park through artifacts and art By Anthony Stoeckert

When Cadwalader Park first opened, ice skating was part of the fun, as shown in this photograph from 1888.

t all happened at Cadwalader Park. Picnics, nature walks, weddings, concerts, theater, sports, Fourth of July fireworks, amusement rides, ice skating, peace rallies — all of those activities made Trenton’s Cadwalader Park a bustling attraction for decades. Then, of course, there were the animals, most famously monkeys and bears, but at one point early on in the park’s history, the zoo was home to a lion. Its roaring, however, disrupted the sleep of people who lived near the park. At its peak, Cadwalader Park drew thousands of visitors in a single day, a far cry from modern times. While you’ll still see picnics, the occasional runner or dog walker, and landmarks such as statues, Cadwalader Park is far from the destination it was decades ago. But it is home to the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, which is hosting an exhibit about the park and the people who made it happen. “Cadwalader Park: An Olmstead Vision,” on view through Sept. 17, tells the story of the park through art, photos, artifacts and text. It is divided into three sections. The first is about the park’s origins, particularly Edmund Hill, who had the vision for the park, and his hiring of Frederick Law Olmsted to design it. Another section on the lower floor showcases artwork about the park, both from the museum’s collection and by area artists who have painted scenes of the park. Upstairs is a gallery devoted to how the park was used in its heyday. Jack Koeppel curated the first section, which begins with a print from the museum’s collection of an open space in Trenton called The Commons. The print shows a line of houses in the background, the open space in the drawing’s forefront, and to the right the railroad and the D&R Canal. The place was known as Park Row. “It was the first group of homes [in Trenton] that were designed and created by a noted architect,” Koeppel says. “Trenton is just starting to come into its own, it’s developing. The canal made a huge difference in the building of Trenton, and obviously the railroad.” The canal, built in 1834, led to a growth in industry in Trenton. “It was the reason Roebling came and Peter Cooper and the iron industry came, because they could get the raw materials in and out very easily in large quantities,” Koeppel says. “So then Trenton started to come into its own.” With all that growth came jobs — and lots of people. An aerial view of the city from 1930 illustrates just how crowded the city was with housing. Without transportation, people had to live close to where they worked, which meant lots of people living in one small area, and with those conditions came a desire to spend free time in a place that was quiet and peaceful. Enter Edmund Hill. He planned on going to college but ended up running his father’s restaurant and bakery shop, working there for more than 30 years before selling the business in 1905. Never happy in the food service industry, Hill devoted himself to civic duty, serving as Trenton’s president of the Board of Trade, and also on the city council. He was involved in creating the Trenton Public Library, the School of Industrial Arts, and the Trenton’s Children Aid Society. He also owned the Trenton Times newspaper. Hill wanted to create a place where everyone in the city could go, relax and enjoy nature. “I’ve found in my life experience, very often great things are accomplished by the vision of one simple person, and they push and push and push, and then they bring in other people around them to share their vision,” Koeppel says in describing Hill’s efforts. Hill’s dream coincided with the work of Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed parks in cities, most famously, Central Park in Manhattan. “That’s the vision Olmsted had on a grander scale, some relief for the people packed into these cities,” Koeppel says. Key to Hill’s dream was that Cadwalader Park would be a place for everyone. In order to achieve that, the trolley line was extended to the park, stopping at a stone gate of which there’s a picture in the exhibit. The stone gate is still at the park.

Frederick Law Olmsted, the architect behind Central Park, was hired by Edmund Hill to design a park for Trenton.

Koeppel says the goal was a park for all people, not just wealthy folks with buggies. “Also the working class, the people with less income but they still had that same desire to spend a little time in nature,” he says. “It’s something we all take for granted now but in the cities it was a huge issue.” On view in this section are two oil paintings by Frank Holmes. “Winter Woods” (1930) shows trees nestled in the snow, illustrating a scene of nature. “Summer Concert at Cadwalader Park” from 1930 shows a different season and a different side of the park. In it, a band performs on the old bandstand. The faces aren’t detailed. The band members and their instruments are blended together, indistinguishable, except for a tuba. It’s a colorful work, showing men in straw hats, and a woman holding the hand of her son (whose outfit makes him look like Little Lord Fauntleroy) and a girl in a pink dress running by. A photograph from 1888 shows people ice skating at Cadwalader. Look closely and toward the center you’ll see woman holding her hat on her hand as she skates, near her is the blur of a child skating with her. At the bottom right of the frame is man with a walrus mustache and his large dog. To the bottom left a boy poses, looking right at the camera. The upstairs section is about the use of the park, and it features many photographs from the ’50s onward. “This is the stuff that most people alive remember,” Koeppel says. Continued on Page 4

Also Inside: Bob Brown reviews ‘Spider’s Web’ by Princeton Summer Theater • A worldly night of music in Princeton

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STAGE REVIEWS By Bob Brown

Spinning a ‘Spider’s Web’ Princeton Summer Theater presents a rarely produced Agatha Christie story

sn’t everyone an Agatha Christie fan? On stage at Princeton University’s Hamilton Murray Theater, through July 23, “Spider’s Web” introduces us to an Agatha Christie story many of us fans don’t know. At least I didn’t. For whatever reason, this play is seldom produced. That makes Princeton Summer Theater’s staging a rare opportunity. “Spider’s Web” is a comical murder mystery that grew from conversations the British actress Margaret Lockwood had with the playwright in the early 1950s. Lockwood, whose film career was on the wane, had returned to the stage. She asked the playwright to create a lighter role for her than the heavies the actress was known for. Christie was riding high at the time. This new play The cast of ‘Spider’s Web’ at Hamilton Murrary wound up in the West End theater district with “Witness Theater. for the Prosecution” and “Mousetrap,” the longest-running production in history. In a sense, “Spider’s Web” suffered joker with a penchant for tall tales and imagined scenarios that start off, “What if . . . ?” No one can take her quite seby comparison as the least of Christie’s offspring. What we have is a mash-up of plot devices from sev- riously. Two others at the house are Miss Peake (Alex Vogeleral Christie stories. The main plot centers on a comic herosang), who tends the garden with an unnatural zeal, and ine, Clarissa Hailsham-Brown (Abby Melick). The setting Elgin (Lydia Watt), a cook/maidservant, who prepares the is an estate in the country, which Clarissa is renting with meals with her husband (he never appears). A menacing her diplomat husband, Henry (Ross Barron), and his 14visitor who approaches Clarissa in the first act is Oliver year-old daughter by a previous marriage, Pippa (Megan (Milla), a thuggish character who has married Pippa’s Raker). The girl is very fond of sweets and of Clarissa, who mother and wants the girl back home. Blackmail is mentreats her more kindly than her own mother, an apparent tioned. drug addict. Of course, what’s a Christie play without a body or two? Guests in the house include a young man, Jeremy (Peter Sure enough, one is produced by the end of Act 1, and Giovine), who is flirting with the hostess. Also present are we’re shocked to consider who the murderer is. No mystery a local justice, Sir Rowland (Christopher Damen), and his here. Or is there? Unlike other Christie whodunits, the murfriend Hugo (Pablo Milla). Both are competing in a game der and the confession occur before we’re even into Act 2. that Clarissa devised — a blind tasting of three ports to tell The rest of the play goes over the attempted cover-up which is vintage and which is not. and the alibis of everyone in the house. Police Inspector The competition takes a wicked twist, Clarissa’s way of Lord (Barron) arrives to examine the premises and questricking her guests for fun. The unmasked ports reveal the tion each guest separately. The extended interrogation is gentlemen for the wine snobs they are. She’s a practical

atypical of Christie plays and akin to Conan Doyle, although the Inspector’s method is more plodding than Sherlockian. The intersecting web of stories and relationships is indeed spidery. C. Luke Soucy directs a cast of fine actors who flesh out these distinct character types, to the extent they are fleshed out, with different accents and gestures. As Clarissa, Melick is the comic center. She’s a master of body language, her hands speaking volumes on their own. She also shrieks frightfully well — several jolts in the play will make you jump. Barron and Milla have the challenge of being two completely different characters. They’re convincing enough that I wasn’t sure they weren’t different actors. Barron affects an Irish accent for the Inspector, and is a harried Foreign Office diplomat as Henry. As Hugo, Milla is an amusing English toff, speaking like Colonel Blimp. As Oliver, he’s 180 degrees opposite, a Cockney in the rough with greased hair. (Colorful costumes by Julia Peiperl go a long way toward building the characters). Plot twists and deceptions abound. There’s more to the ebullient Miss Peake than first meets the eye. Giovine’s Jeremy is the puzzling one. We don’t know why he’s such a snoop, searching an antique desk and exploring a hidden chamber. The set by Joseph Haggerty is admirably substantial. Dark-wood paneling and English tufted-leather furniture create the perfect mood for a murder mystery. “Spider’s Web” is a different side of Agatha Christie, more amusing than we might expect. It’s a diverting treat on a summer’s evening, and well worth discovering.

“Spider’s Web” is on stage at Hamilton Murray Theater on the Princeton University Campus, through July 23. For tickets and information, go to www.princetonsummertheater.org or call 732-997-0205.

‘The Threepenny Opera’ at Actors NET

By Anthony Stoeckert

ctorsNET of Bucks County is finishing its 2016-17 season with a lovely production of “The Threepenny Opera.” It’s terrifically staged and well acted, but it’s the songs — and the people singing them — that make this evening well worth your time. “The Threepenny Opera” is a 1928 German musical, written by Bertolt Brecht (book and lyrics) and Kurt Weill

(music). It’s an adaptation of “The Beggar’s Opera,” written by John Gay in 1728. Elisabeth Hauptmann translated the work from English, and some say she wrote much of the book, but her work is usually uncredited. Marc Blitzstein wrote the English adaptation of this German musical based on an English opera. The show opens with its most famous song “Mack the

Knife,” sung by Nicholas Pecht, playing the character Walt Dreary. Pecht quickly sets a high bar in terms of singing. I saw the 1989 Broadway revival starring Sting, and if memory serves, Macheath sang “Mack the Life” later in the show, probably so that Sting himself could sing the signature tune. But I’ve done my best to erase the memory of that production, so I can’t be sure. As the story begins, J.J. Peachum (Steve Lobis) is running his business, which is controlling a territory where beggars beg. He is scolding Filch (Tom Smith) a young beggar who dared to ask for handouts in Peachum’s territory, so they arrange a deal where Filch hands over most of his earnings to J.J. Peachum’s business doesn’t seem all that honorable, but apparently there’s worse out there. He and Mrs. Peachum (Laurie Hardy) are horrified to learn their daughter Polly (Elizabeth Rzasa) is engaged to Macheath, also known as Mack the Knife (Blair Johnson), a thief and all-around scoundrel. Peachum has enough influence to get Mack arrested, so Mack goes on the run. He encounters former lovers, Jenny Diver (Holly Gash) and Lucy Brown (Kyla Donnelly), who is pregnant with Mack’s child. Brown is the daughter of Mack’s friend, the constable Tiger Brown (played by C. Jameson Bradley), who helps Mack avoid the police. It’s a fun premise with characters whose company we enjoy, but there are few laugh-out-loud moments; the humor is more clever than funny. It’s the lyrics that shine and they are sung wonderfully. Rzasa stands out among a group of fine singers. Her voice soars during “Pirate Jenny,” which is sung with emotion, power and clarity. Incidentally, ActorsNET has Polly sing this song as she did originally. Recent productions often feature Jenny Diver singing it in Act. 2. Donnelly is brilliant with “Barbara Song” in Act 2. Singing such lines as “Look, the moon is gonna shine till dawn/ Keep the little rowboat cruising on and on/ You stay See THREEPENNY OPERA, Page 3

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IN CONCERT By Mike Morsch

’60s Hits With Rat Pack Cool Micky Dolenz and Mark Lindsay will team up for ‘50 Summers of Love’ at the Mayo Performing Arts Center

Think Frank, Dean and Sammy. Then add in Micky and Mark. Micky and Mark? Yeah, as in Micky Dolenz of the Monkees and Mark Lindsay of Paul Revere and the Raiders, two groups that were prominent in the second half of the 1960s, a decade that began with Sinatra, Martin and Davis — and all their Rat Pack cool — dominating the music scene until the Beatles came along and complicated everything for a lot of American artists. Dolenz and Lindsay have come up with an idea they hope will recapture a little bit of that Rat Pack cool, a series of shows called “50 Summers of Love: A Celebration of the Sixties,” that opened last week in San Diego, California. “I’ve always wanted to do a show more like the Rat Pack, if you will, where we all come out together and stay onstage, rather that one person doing a set and then another person doing a set,” says Dolenz, hearkening back to the early 1960s when Sinatra, Martin and Davis not only performed Las Vegas shows together, but parlayed that success onto the big screen in films like “Ocean’s 11” in 1960 and “Robin and the 7 Hoods” in 1964. The “50 Summers of Love” show will make its way to the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown for one show, July 27.

Micky Dolenz will join Mark Lindsay for a show of stories and song at the Mayo Performing Arts Center. In addition to Dolenz and Lindsay singing the hits of the Monkees, Paul Revere and the Raiders and other artists, the show also features The Fab Four Beatles tribute band, playing a performance that includes three costume changes representing every era of the Beatles. Dolenz and Lindsay have know each other for more than 50 years, their paths having crossed several times starting in the mid- to late-1960s when their bands were

emerging and climbing the charts. Through the decades they each appeared on”Teen Idol” tours — although not at the same time — along with other teen idols like Peter Noone of Herman’s Hermits, David Cassidy and Bobby Sherman. “When Micky conceived this thing, he thought it would be a good idea if we did a Rat Pack kind of thing, where we’re both together onstage most of the time together,” Lindsay says. “We help each other sing the songs, we put each other down and just generally goof off. It gives the audience a chance to see more of our personalities. It’s a more casual kind of thing and it’s going to be a lot of fun.” Dolenz says one things that makes his pairing with Lindsay an interesting dynamic is their shared sense of comedy. “Mark and I really hit it off on the comedy. He’s very, very funny and has a very clever sense of humor. It’s very similar to mine,” Dolenz says. “So when we started working together and doing things, we immediately fell into a really interesting, fun kind of chemistry. Besides the fact that he’s a great singer, we just really hit it off on the comedy end of it, which I love.” The set list for the “50 Summers of Love” show will be based around the material, not around who is singing the material, with an additional nod to the 50th anniversary of the Summer Of Love in 1967.

“The fans are going to want to hear all the hit songs anyway, and they probably don’t care in what order we do them,” Dolenz says. “But I said to the producer, ‘Let’s create a show that’s a little more like a show-show and build the set list around the material.’” After more than five decades of singing and performing, both artists are still having fun. “Knowing Mark and I, and knowing that everybody involved as bought into this format, I’m sure there are going to be some great music and some great stories being told,” says Dolenz, stressing that an artist really never knows what’s going to resonate with audiences. “One of the producers of the Monkees (TV show) once was asked why he thought the show was such a success and he said, ‘We just caught lightening in a bottle.’ So that’s what happens.” “As long as I can sing and kick ass, do a good show and the audience doesn’t walk out and I’m having fun — as long as all those things are happening — I’ll be out there,” Lindsay says

ing the pace of this long show (2 hours and 45 minutes) moving. Music is provided by David Bohn, who also takes on the role a reverend. Bohn’s keyboard is the only musical accomplishment, sometimes sounding like a circus organ, other times a piano. In the program, Doyle writes there’s no orchestra because the rights hold requires an orchestra featuring eight pieces, which ActorsNET’s stage at the Heritage Center can’t accommodate.

I’m glad about that. Bohn’s playing is terrific and it’s fun to watch him on stage. And what better for a beggar’s opera than a sole musician?

Micky Dolenz and Mark Lindsay will perform their “50 Summers of Love” show at the Mayo Performing Arts Center in Morristown, July 27, 8 p.m. For tickets and information, go to www.mayoarts.org or call 973-539-8008.

Threepenny Opera Continued from Page 2 perpendicular/ Oh, you can’t just let a man walk over you” with a mix of heartbreak and defiance. And then comes the treat of Donnelly and Rzasa teaming up for “Jealousy Duet.” Blair Johnson is terrific as Macheath. He is charming and sly, I wanted to believe every lie this scoundrel tells. His singing voice is terrific, interesting and charming, and is the perfect fit for the character. Gash’s work as Jenny is heartbreaking.

Her singing of “Solomon Song” is topnotch and she always carries her character’s heartbreak. The acting also is impressive. Jameson is funny as the cop who genuinely loves this scoundrel Macheath. Hardy plays the mother as strong and unshakable, but also gets her funny moments such as when she says to Polly, “You got married? You immoral girl.” Cheryl Doyle’s direction is swift, keep-

ActorsNET of Bucks County is presenting “The Threepenny Opera” at the Heritage Center Theatre, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pennsylvania, through July 30; www.actorsnetbucks.org; 215-295-3694.

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MUSIC By Mike Morsch

Masters of Funk in Asbury Park

tis Redding had just finished a show at the Mid-South Coliseum in Memphis, Tennessee, and wanted to check out the local music scene in the spring of 1967. So he started asking people what the hottest club in town was at the time and was told there was a place called the Hippodrome that was currently featuring a young band called the Bar-Kays. Redding made his way to the Hippodrome to check out the Bar-Kays and was so impressed with the band that he sat in for a set. “He was so amazed when he sat in with us that he asked us if we would be his touring band right then,” says James Alexander, the young bassist for the Bar-Kays, which also included Ronnie Caldwell on electric organ, Phalon Jones on saxophone, Jimmy King on guitar, Carl Cunningham on drums and trumpeter Ben Cauley. “But we were underage and we had to ask our parents. We were all still in high school so our parents really didn’t want us to go on the road. My parents said no. All the parents unanimously said no.” Over the next few days, Redding persisted, even offering to hire a tutor for the young musicians on the road. But the parents held their ground. They all said the boys needed to first graduate from high school in June of 1967 before they’d even consider allowing them to join Redding as his touring band. Redding, a singer, songwriter, record producer, arranger and talent scout had al-

ready established himself as the seminal artist in soul music and rhythm and blues by 1967. Many of his records had been produced by Stax Records, which was also based in Memphis. The Bar-Kays had already auditioned for Stax Records twice by that time, without getting a record deal. But once they graduated from high school, all the parents relented and the Bar-Kays hit the road with Redding. “The first day of the first show that we ever did with Otis Redding was at the The Bar-Kays will perform during Apollo Theater in New York,” Alexander the Masters of Funk show at Sunset says. “Prior to that, none of the guys in the Park, July 22. group had gone more than a 50-mile radius of Memphis. So the first show we go to is in the plane crashed in Lake Monona, killing Redding, King, Jones, Cunningham, the New York City. It was overwhelming. Just a few months later, on Dec. 9, 1967, band’s valet Matthew Kelly and pilot Redding and the band appeared on the Richard Fraser. Cauley, a non-swimmer, Cleveland TV show, “Upbeat.” The next was the only survivor of the crash, and he night, they were scheduled to perform at the did so by clinging to a seat cushion in the Factory nightclub near the University of frigid waters of the lake before being rescued. Wisconsin in Madison. Alexander was sitting in the airport in “The plane that we traveled on could Milwaukee when he got the news. only carry a certain amount of people. Two “The pilot suggested that he was going people always had to fly commercial beto drop everybody off in Madison, and then cause there wasn’t enough room on the come back and pick us up in Milwaukee,” plane,” Alexander says. “It could be any Alexander says. “So we were sitting waittwo people. This particular day, it happened ing for him to come pick us up and he never to be me and another gentleman. We were showed up.” the two people that took the commercial In the months after the Bar-Kays joined flight. That’s the only reason that I wasn’t Redding, the singer-songwriter had co-writon the plane.” ten, with guitarist Steve Cropper, and Despite poor weather, the Beechcraft recorded just days before his death, one of H18 plane, took off for Madison on Dec. his greatest hits, “(Sittin’ On) The Dock of 10, 1967. Four miles from the destination,

the Bay.” The song was posthumously released and went to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart and No. 1 on the Billboard Hot Rhythm and Blue Singles chart. After the tragedy, Cauley and Alexander re-formed the Bar-Kays and continued to perform, which the band still does to this day. Cauley died in September 2015, leaving Alexander as the sole survivor of the original group to carry on the legacy of the band. The Bar-Kays, featuring Alexander, will be on the bill for The Masters of Funk Super Fest show from noon to 9 p.m., July 22, at Sunset Park in Asbury Park. In addition to the Bar-Kays, the lineup will also feature Steve Arrington, the Mary Jane Girls, the original Lakeside and the Dazz Band. “Oh man, we’re going to be funky as ever,” Alexander says. “We’re gonna do up the funk.“ Despite the tragedy that cut short the run of the original group, Alexander said he has had a fulfilling career. “I love the band that we’re playing in now,” he says. “But even though we only played with Otis Redding for a short time, from maybe June through December, almost six months, I look back and I have fond memories of that and I just smile.”

Karl Flesch, vice president of the Trenton Historical Society. Flesch researched the park’s use by exploring old photographs and reading thousands of online newspaper articles about the park. “It was considered a resort, believe it or not,” Flesch says. “Over the course of time, it has changed because we’re more mobile.” The park was a destination not just for Trenton residents — people came from Princeton, Allentown, and Pennsylvania via

the famed “Balloon Man of Cadwalder Park.” He sold balloons in the park for decades. According to a 2008 Trentonian article posted in the exhibit, Abramowitz, with help from his family, sold balloons to kids as late as the 1980s. “He used to stand outside the front gate,” says Erin Hill, a trustee with the museum and the curator of the art section of the exhibit. “He was there for about 30 years, and it’s said that he became wealthy as the balloon man, selling balloons.” Animals, amusement rides and the Balloon Man are part of Cadwalader Park’s past, but there is a possibility for a brighter future. In July, the city announced that the state’s Department of Environmental Protection was investing $2.4 million in the park, with the money going to new playground equipment and other upgrades. Coinciding with the exhibit are tours of Cadwalader Park throughout the summer. David Bosted will lead a tour focusing on the arrangement of planting in the park, July 22, beginning at 10 a.m. On Aug. 5, Jack Bickal will lead a tour of signs,statues and buildings in the park, beginning at 10 a.m. There is a fee of $5 for each tour. Bosted also will lead a talk about Olmsted, focusing on his two designs in Mercer County, Aug. 13 at 1:3o p.m. Admission to the talk costs $10.

The Masters of Funk Super Fest will take place at Sunset Park, between Fifth and Sixth avenues, Asbury Park, July 22, 9 p.m. For tickets and information, go to www.asburyparksuperfest.com.

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Pictures of animals are in a display that is decorated with paper bars, so that it resembles a cage. Also on view in this section are pictures of kids on the amusement rides, wedding photos, and programs from plays and concerts. Most recent is a listing for concerts in 2005. “It was known as Trenton’s Pleasure Ground, which I thought was a very sexy idea for today, to say ‘Pleasure Ground,’ but it was Trenton’s Pleasure Ground,” says

a stop by the Pennsylvania Railroad at Cadwalader. “It was a place where families had their picnics; church Sunday schools would come here to have their outings,” Flesch says. “There were school outings, when school was in session, they would come to the park. There were various fraternal organizations and organizations within the city and surrounding areas which would come to the park.” As far as the animals go, in addition to the animals Hill brought to the park, people would drop critters off. “There were geese, leopards, wolfs, ostriches, alligators, deer, eagles, snakes, groundhogs, monkeys, elk, moose, kangaroo, bears, buffalo, sheep, coyotes, swans, links, pheasants, a zebu, which is a sacred cow of India,” Flesch says. That all predates the monkey house. During the Depression, Ellarslie Mansion was converted to a home for monkeys as part of a WPA project. A 1974 article in The New York Times about the plans to convert the monkey house to the museum states that the mansion was recently home to monkeys at that time. Animals were still a part of the park until 1983, when the park’s last bear, Briar Patch died. The bear was buried behind the park’s bear pit. The section devoted to art work about Cadwalader Park showcases recent works by area artists, with much of the art for sale. “Ellarslie Cherry Trees” is a springtime scene by Robert Sakson, showing the mansion on a pleasantly cloudy day, with cherry blossom trees in all their glory. A different painting by Sakson captures the mansion on a wintry day. In one corner are different images (photos and paintings) of Manuel Abramowitz,

“Cadwalader Park — An Olmstead Vision” is on view at The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie in Cadwlader Park, 299 Parkside Ave., Trenton, through Sept. 17. Hours: Wed.-Sat. noon to 4 p.m., Sun. 1-4 p.m. For more information, go to ellarslie.org or call 609-989-1191.

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“Spider’s Web,” Presented by Princeton Summer Theater at Hamilton Murray Theater on the campus of Princeton University. Agatha Christie mystery about a woman who tells tall tales, and discovers a dead body in her home, through July 23; www.princetonsummertheater.org. “42nd Street,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. M&M Stage Productions presents classic backstage musical featuring songs including “We’re in the Money” and “Lullaby of Broadway,” through July 23; $29, $18 seniors, $16 students/children;www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333. “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” Outdoor stage on campus of the College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Station, Morristown. Shakespeare’s romantic comedy about love, acting and fairies, set in a magical forest, through July 30; shakespearenj.org; 973-408-5600. “The Bungler,” Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s F.M. Kirby Shakes Theatre, Drew University campus, 36 Madison Ave. Moliere’s comedy, translated by Richard Wilbur, about a clueless young lover and his servant helping him to win the heart of a beautiful gypsy girl, through July 30. $29-$69; www.shakespearenj.org; 973-408-5600. “The Threepenny Opera,” Performed by ActorsNET of Bucks County at The Heritage Center, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Musical about the outlaw Macheath (“Mack the Knife”) who returns to town to marry the daughter of the beggar king, through July 30. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. www.actorsnetbucks.org; 215-295-3694. “Guys and Dolls,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Musical classic about gamblers in New York City, based on stories by Damon Runyon, through Aug. 12; buckscountyplayhouse.org; 215862-2121. “Wagon Wheels West,” Performed by Somerset Valley Players, 689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough. Musical western spoof musical in which Chuck Wagon gets stranded in the tiny town of Vinegar Bottle and has to battle his way out of a heap of big trouble, July 21 through Aug. 6. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15, $13 seniors/students; www.svptheatre.org; 908-369-7469. “Hair,” Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre, Washington Crossing State Park, 455 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville. Rock musical set in the 1960s about political hippies in New York City, July 21-30, 7:30 p.m. www.downtownpac.com; 267-885-9857.

that made Newark a magnet for modern artists in the early 20th century, through Jan. 28, 2018. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609924-8144. Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St. (at George Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers, New Brunswick. Cats vs. Dogs: Illustrations for Children’s Literature. Featuring more than 40 drawings and collages, through June 24, 2018. This exhibit is open to the public Fridays through Sundays. Museum hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon to 5 p.m. NOTE: The museum is closed during the month of August. Admission is free; www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu; 848-932-7237.

Lullaby of Kelsey M & M Stage Productions is presenting the classic backstage musical “42nd Street” at Kelsey Theatre, through July 23. In the show, a small-time gal arrives in New York City with dreams of becoming a star. Songs in the musical include “We’re In The Money” and “Lullaby of Broadway.” Kelsey Theatre is located on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors, $16 students/children; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-5703333. operatic careers. Operatic aria concerts are scheduled for July 21, 7:30 p.m. www.rider.edu/arts. Argus Quartet, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. Program featuring music by Leos Janacek, Donald Crockett and Beethoven, July 26, 7:30 p.m. Free tickets will be available online one week before the concert through their website at www.princetonsummerchamberconcerts.org. Any remaining tickets will be available at the box office, 90 minutes prior to the concert; www.princetonsummerchamberconcerts.org.

JAZZ, CABARET, ROCK, FOLK, ETC. Kathy Babe Robinson, The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Concert titled “Both Sides Now: My Piano Bar/Cabaret Life,” featuring Broadway songs, contemporary ballads, and more, July 21, 8 p.m., $20; www.therrazzroom.com; 888-596-1027. Octavia Blues, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison St., Princeton. Concert by vocalist, harmonica playing rhythm guitarist, and composer, July 27, 6-8 p.m. (Bring a lawn chair.); artscouncilofprinceton.org; 609-924-8777. Chely Wright, The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Concert by country artist CHILDREN’S THEATER known for such songs as “Shut Up and Drive” and “Single “Amelia Earhart Forever,” Presented by Princeton White Female,” July 28, 8 p.m., $235-$45; www.therrazSummer Theater at Hamilton Murray Theater on the campus zroom.com; 888-596-1027. of Princeton University. Amelia and her plane soar through history in the adventure for young audiences. After each performance, actors will come out to meet with children, sign their programs, and talk about their characters and the Princeton University Art Museum, on the campus of play, July 21-22, 27-29, 11 a.m. www.princetonsum- Princeton University, Princeton. “Great British Drawings mertheater.org. from the Ashmolean Museum,” featuring more than 100 “Beauty and the Beast,” Washington Crossing Open works from the 17th to the 20th centuries, through Sept. Air Theatre, Washington Crossing State Park, 455 Wash- 17. “Transient Effects: The Solar Eclipses and Celestial ington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville. Original mu- Landscapes of Howard Russell Butler,” July 22 through sical written and directed by Louis Palena, telling the story Oct. 15; Hours: Tues.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. of the Beast and Belle, July 21-30. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admission is free; artmu11 a.m., Sun. 4 p.m., $5; www.downtownpac.com; 267-885- seum.princeton.edu; 609-258-3788. 9857. Historical Society of Princeton at Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road. Frank Lloyd Wright at 150: The Architect in Princeton. The exhibition features architectural drawings by Wright from the Historical Society’s collection, telling the story of Wright’s sole Princeton clients and the CLASSICAL MUSIC The Westminster CoOPERAtive Program recitals, Frank Lloyd Wright house that could have been, through Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College Dec. 31. Hours: Wed.-Sun. noon to 4 p.m. $4; princetonof Rider University, 101 Walnut Lane, Princeton. The pub- history.org. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St., Princelic is invited to attend an array of free recitals, concerts and master classes featuring talented singers and accompanists ton. “Newark and the Culture of Art: 1900-1960.” The exfrom around the world who are taking the next step in their hibit explores the unique combination of art and industry

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Plainsboro Library Gallery, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro. Exhibit of mixed media works by Monroe artist Thelma Fried, through July 26. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m., Fri.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 609-275-2897. Gourgard Gallery at Town Hall, 23-A N. Main St., Cranbury. “Digital Alchemy by Phillip McConnell,” featuring work by McConnell, a glitch artist blending different aspects of photography (landscape, portrait, urban, nature and macro) with different concepts of glitch art (VHS, aesthetic, vapor wave), through July 28. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also open July 9, 16, 1-3 p.m. www.cranburyartscouncil.org. The Uncommon Common Place, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Works by photographer Oleg Moiseyenko on view on the renovated second floor of the Princeton Public Library, through Aug. 1. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Nassau Hall to Hoagie Haven: Princeton Paintings by James McPhillips, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Featuring paintings by the artist known for his “Prince-ton” bumper stickers featuring a rendering of music legend Prince, through Aug. 1. artscouncilofprinceton.org. 2017 Mercer County Senior Art Show, Meadow Lakes Gallery, Etra Road, off Route 571, East Windsor. Exhibit sponsored by the Mercer County Division of Culture & Heritage and the Office on Aging features original artworks created within the past three years, from drawings to paintings to crafts, by Mercer County residents age 60 or older, through Aug. 4; meadowlakesonline.org; 609-448-4100. SUBMISSIONS The Princeton Photography Club is accepting submissions for “ArtWalk,” a juried exhibit and sale showcasing all two-dimensional art forms. Accepted artwork will be on display at the Franklin Day Festival, Sept. 23 in Colonial Final submission date is Aug. 1. Art is limited to a maximum size of 30 inches on the longest side. It is recommended that large artwork use acrylic, rather than glass. Follow instructions and forms at www.franklintwpnj.org. For more information, call 732-422-3676.

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Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Max Dolcelli, Jeff Lawrence, July 21-22; Don Jamieson, July 29; catcharisingstar.com; 609-9878018. Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick, Carlos Mencia, July 21-22, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $32; Open Mic Night, July 26, $5; Julia Scotti, July 27, 7:30 p.m., July 2829, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $20; Matinee Sunday Night Live with Talent and Friends, July 30, 3 p.m., $25; George Lopez: The Wall Under Construction Tour, July 30-31, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $53; www.stressfactory.com; 732-5454242. Jackie “The Joke Man” Martling, The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Writer, joke book offer and radio personality best known for his work on “The Howard Stern Show,” July 22, 8 p.m., $30; www.therrazzroom.com; 888-596-1027.

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PACKET PICKS July 22 Evening hayrides at Howell Farm The Mercer County Park Commission will offer evening hayrides at Howell Farm, 5 to 8 p.m. The horsedrawn rides last 20 minutes, passing through the historical farm. Visitors also can enjoy self-guided tours, picnicking and a marshmallow roast. The evening hayrides are free and offered on a firstcome, first-served basis to the first 150 visitors. Rides are for individual and family participation, with a one-ride- perperson limit. The farm will be closed during the day. Howell Farm is located on Valley Road, just off Route 29, in Hopewell Township. GPS address is 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township. Parking and admission are free. For more information, go to www.mercercountyparks.org or call 609-7373299.

July 23 Folk music at library Singer-songwriter Caroline Doctorow will present a tribute to songwriters of the ’60s, such as Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, Tom Paxton, Donovan, Richard and Mimi Fariña, Pete Seeger and John Hartford, beginning at 3 p.m. The library is located at 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. For more information, go to www.princetonlibrary.org or call 609-924-9529.

July 25 Fake news talk in Plainsboro The Plainsboro Library will present a program on fake news, beginning at 7 p.m. The event will feature a panel who will offer tips on identifying “fake news” and discuss President Trump’s accusing news organizations of being fake news, and how it’s affecting free press. The Plainsboro Library is located at 9 Van Doren St., Plainsboro. For more information, call 609-275-2897.

Sing-in of Faure’s Requiem at Westminster Westminster Choir College of Rider University will host a community sing-in of Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem, 7:30 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. The event is free and open to the public. Scores will be provided.

July 28 Kids talent show at Catch Princeton Catch a Rising Star will host “Catch A Lil’ Rising Star” talent show, beginning at 6 p.m. The show will be hosted by Kurt Zimmerman and is open to young performers ages 4 to 14. The winner will receive $100 and will perform at the Friars Club in New York City. The club is located at the Hyatt Regency Princeton, 102 Carnegie Center, Route 1 North, Princeton Junction. For more information, go to catcharisingstar.com.

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Princeton Summer Theater is soaring The theater company’s show about Amelia Earhart is entertaining for people of all ages On July 5 2017, American aviation pioneer Amelia Earhart soared back into the limelight, after the History Channel aired a documentary speculating about the possibility of Earhart surviving her last flight and was captured by the Japanese. As evidence, the report touted a photo, taken after her disappearance on July 2, 1937, that purportedly showed Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, on an atoll in the Marshall Islands. On July 6 2017 , Princeton Summer Theater, with serendipitous timing, launched its children’s theater production of “Amelia Earhart Forever,” written by playwright Annika Bennett, Princeton University class of 2015. On July 11, 2017, my six grandkids and I flew (figuratively) to the theater just in time to catch the curtain going up on Amelia’s adventure. By the time the show ended, I learned that Amelia Earhart loved cheesecake. I also vowed to adopt a new mission in life — to tell as many people as possible to see this play. No kids or grandkids necessary. The appeal is ageless whether you are 8 (or younger) or 80 (or older). This show about Amelia and her plane getting trapped in the Bermuda Triangle, is funny, surreal, lively, interactive and profoundly inspirational. It’s a celebration of loyalty, friendship, and self-sacrifice. The playwright, writing and winning awards since she was a junior in high school, said she especially loves the artistic freedom of writing for children. “When you’re writing for kids, you get to build a world and take pleasure in everything that makes it strange and nonsensical — so many of my fondest memories from childhood are of sitting down with a blank piece of paper and drawing a map of or writing a story about a place that could never exist,” Bennett said. “Children’s theater is a fantastic opportunity to harness that blank page.” Bennett was inspired to create her “strange and nonsensical” Amelia Earhart world by a Halloween costume. A few years ago, she and her Princeton roommate were in the throes of debating costume options for a Halloween party, when “another friend suggested Amelia Earhart and her plane, a weird enough couples costume to be perfect. I’ve been wanting to write about their adventures together ever since.” Annika has been writing kids shows for PST since 2013. “I’ve learned that kids are incredibly clever audiences — with [her play] “How Thumbelina Found Her Wings,” I soon

The cast of Princeton Summer Theater’s “Amelia Earhart Forever.” In the back row from left: Chamari White-Mink, Jake Schade, and Michelle Navis. In the front are Lydia Watt and Alex Vogelsang. found that the jokes I was writing for the parents were the ones the kids were laughing at. A lot of folks are creating really amazing content these days in the field, and kids are growing up with such an intrinsic sense of how stories can be structured and told beyond ‘happily ever after.‘ I find that really fascinating and rewarding to observe, and hope everyone who brings a kid to PST this summer, whether for this or another show in the season, does too.” Gathering over ice cream from Bent Spoon, I held a post-performance discussion group with my grandkids, whose ages range from 2 to 10. The younger ones loved the “funny” red plane, the cape man (male aviator threatened by the existence of a superstar female aviator), the “swoosh” sound of going through the Bermuda Triangle, and the clapping to trigger action on stage. The older kids appreciated the friendship and camaraderie among the different characters trapped in the Bermuda Triangle; and the oldest, who has read books about the life of Amelia Earhart and who initially felt that she was “too old” for “children’s theater,” was fascinated by the way the play dealt with the disappearance and probable death of Amelia. “The Bermuda Triangle island with the other characters was actually

Amelia’s heaven, a place that valued friendship and exploration, everything that Amelia liked,” said my granddaughter, fifth-grader Lily, who “figured out” the heaven environment from the “clue“ offered by one of the Bermuda Triangle island inhabitants, who revealed he was a 19th-century explorer. As the oldest person in my postperformance focus group, I offered the least profound comment. All I could muster was “wow!” “Wow” was also the three-letter word that came to my mind, when I spoke with PST’s artistic director, C. Luke Soucy, about the show. “Annika turned out a beautiful and compelling story,” he said. The challenge of doing the children’s show for the PST crew, Soucy said, is that the children’s production runs concurrently with main stage productions. Therefore, the Amelia Earhart children’s show that I saw at 11 a.m. was immediately followed by the 2 p.m. production of Agatha Christie’s “Spider’s Web.” “The ‘Spider’s Web’ set happens to be very complex,” Soucy said. “Therefore, we have to keep that set in place, and we perform Amelia in front of the ‘Spider’s Web’ set. This was an interesting challenge — how to make the different plays work with

the same set by simply employing stage props and engaging activity on stage that focuses attention on the actors, and not on the doors and windows in the background.” He explained that producing a children’s show is crucial to Princeton Summer Theater’s mission, which is to provide an opportunity for young actors, directors, designers, and theater administrators to work and learn and grow in a nurturing environment that inspires artistic ingenuity, while demanding the excellence of the professional theater world. “The children’s production is an investment in the next generation . . . Kids need to have experiences with the theater and grow up to appreciate it,” Soucy said. The uplifting qualities of Amelia had only one downside for me: the realization that the extraordinarily talented members of the PST team soon would fly away from the Princeton community and go onto all sorts of theatrical adventures. But Broadway is only a train ride away.

Princeton Summer Theater will perform “Amelia Earhart Forever” July 21-22 and July 27-29, with performances beginning at 11 a.m. For tickets and information, go to www.princetonsummertheater.org or call 732997-0205.

International Music at Pettoranello Gardens The Blue Curtain series brings free summer concerts to Princeton By Anthony Stoeckert Features Editor Pettoranello Gardens will have a worldly feel when the Blue Curtain concert series presents a double bill featuring Betsayda Machado y La Parranda El Clavo and Sammy Figueroa and His Latin Jazz Explosion on July 22 at 7 p.m. Machado grew up in the Venezuelan village of El Clavo and makes music rooted in her Afro-Venezuelan heritage. Through an interpreter, her manager Juan Souki, Machado says her show features “high-energy percussion” as musicians “navigate several Afro Venezuelan coastal beats, sing and response chants and interactive dance numbers.” She says that as descendants of slaves from El Clavo’s cacao plantations, the band shapes its songs around the politics and stories of their community. The group plays instruments such as tambora, tumbadora, culoepuya, cumaco, and furruco with call-and-response sections. Machado and her group have been playing together for almost 30 years throughout Venezuela and the world. The evening also will include a performance by Figueroa, a Latin jazz percussionist who has played with such legends as Miles Davis, Chet Baker, Sonny Rollins, Michel Camilo, Chaka Khan, David Bowie and others. Blue Curtain was founded by Stephen Allen and Curtis Webster in 2004 as a non-profit organization presenting free music and dance concerts at the Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater during the summer. The theater is managed by the Princeton Recreation Betsayda Machado will play a concert and participate in a Q&A durDepartment, and it’s the venue that in- ing the next show in the Blue Curtain series, July 22 at Pettoranello Gardens. spired the series.

“The amphitheater itself is what inspired us to create the series simply because it is a beautiful park with hillside seating with a stage in front of a large pond,” Allen says. “ It looked like a place where plays, music and dance would add something to Princeton’s cultural experience. We never got around to doing plays but we have done a lot of music and some dance.” There are a lot of concerts in the area during the summer, and Allen says the artists, audience and the theater help Blue Curtain distinguish itself. “We try to present artists who have something special musically,” he says. “The audience walks down a path through the woods to the venue, and that is the beginning of a different kind of mood and theatrical experience. The amphitheater has a pastoral quality about it. When the sun is going down, and the music heats up and the lights kick in something magical seems to happen. One is transported from Princeton, New Jersey to someplace else, determined by chemistry of the artist and the audience. Often people wind up dancing which doesn’t happen as much in a theater.” Allen says he and Webster choose artists that they think fit a summer outdoor scene, and that they particularly like to feature musicians who can share different cultures with audiences. In addition to playing music, Machado and her fellow musicians will hold a lecture and Q&A to talk about their music and culture. Admission to the concert is free. The Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater is located at Route 206 and Mountain Avenue. For more information, email info@bluecurtain.org.

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Coming home to teach

Princeton-born Unity Phelan is an instructor at Princeton Ballet School’s Summer Intensive program By Anthony Stoeckert Features Editor

The first time Unity Phelan entered the Princeton Ballet School, she was 5 years old, and while she wanted to dance, she wasn’t a little girl who dreamed of becoming a professional. Years later, after her first summer program at the School of American Ballet, she realized dancing was what she wanted to do. As she puts it, in fifth grade she was going to be a scientist, and by seventh grade, she was going to be a dancer. “My parents kind of had a heart attack at that point, because I was like, ‘I want to be a dancer, I don’t really want to go to college. I don’t want to be an academic,’” she says. “I love science but I was like, ‘I don’t want to be a scientist anymore, I want to be a ballet dancer.’” Phelan danced with the Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet, until she was 14, then she studied at the School of American Ballet, the official school of New York City Ballet, where she became an apprentice. She joined the company in 2013 and this year was promoted to soloist. For the third straight summer, she has returned to the place where her life in dance began, teaching as part of the Princeton Ballet School’s five-week “Summer Intensive,” which began in late June and continues through July 28. “It’s fun to give back,” Phelan said of returning home to teach. “I feel like I got so much from this organization and it’s really fun to come back and remember where I stood at barre and remember where I kind of grew up. I’ve been here since I was 5, I was here from 5 to 14, so it’s a lot of my life spent in these halls and these studios. I love getting to teach and, all the kids are so excited and eager to dance, so it’s fun to see that.” Members of this year’s Summer Intensive faculty also include Trinette Singleton, former

Students participating in a class at Princeton Ballet School’s “Summer Intesive” program. At right, Unity Phelan, a guest instructor in the program, talks with Douglas Martin, artistic director for American Repertory Ballet. principal dancer with The Joffrey Ballet. This also is the first summer for the school‘s new director, Pamela Levy, and Levy invited Franco De Vita and Raymond Lukens, both of whom have worked with the American Ballet’s Theatre’s Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. “In addition to our world-class Princeton Ballet School faculty, we are pleased to add these great voices to the summer faculty, exposing our students to top talent in the dance world,” Levy said. Other dancers who are teaching at the intensive include Sterling Baca, principal dancer with Pennsylvania Ballet; Aydmara Cabrera, former principal dancer with the Cuban National Ballet and New York’s Ballet Hispanico; and Carmela Gallace, former principal dancer with the Moiseyev Dance Company and former soloist with Riverdance. Auditions for the summer intensive are held throughout the United States and Europe, with 100 students being chosen. Students in this sum-

mer’s class come from New Jersey, North Carolina, Florida, Ohio, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, and from overseas including UK and Italy. The program is full-day and includes rehearsal for a final performance, to be held at McCarter Theatre, July 28. Full-time faculty includes Douglas Martin, artistic director for American Repertory Ballet; ARB’s resident choreographer Mary Barton, company teacher Kathleen Moore; workshop ballet mistress Maria Youskevitch and guest choreographer Kirk Peterson. Of Phelan dancing with New York City Ballet, Martin notes that Princeton Ballet School does not train specifically for the technique that New York City Ballet uses. “But as they know, and we know as well, a fundamental excellent arts education in classical training will allow any student who’s been trained well to then work under another stystem and pick up that style and technique,” he says.

“For the students, what’s really wonderful is for them to see this great soloist ballerina coming from this technique and it adds validity to the training. We always say good training is good training, you can do anything with it.” Martin also says the experience gives Princeton Ballet School’s dancers the chance to learn from experienced dancers who bring various points of view to the class. “We want them to experience different voices. Teachers say this all time, a kid will come in and say, ‘Oh she said with my leg turned out, I never knew that.’ It’s what we tell them to do every day,” he said with a laugh. “But Sterling Baca says it and they’re like ‘Oh I get it.’” The Summer Intensive will wrap up with a performance, “An Evening of Dance” at McCarter Theatre’s Berlind stage, July 28, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Tickets cost $30, $27 in advance, and are available at arballet.org or by calling 609-921-7758.

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either briefly wake up or come out of a deep sleep to re-establish breathing. These episodes can happen a few times or as many as several hundred times each night. When a person stops breathing, oxygen levels in the blood drop. Over time, this can affect the brain and heart. As a result, sleep apnea has been linked to dangerous health conditions such as heart attacks, high blood pressure and stroke. Sleep apnea can affect anyone at any age, but it is most common in heavy snorers and people who are overweight. Insomnia is the inability to obtain a sufficient amount of sleep to feel rested. It is typically characterized by difficulty falling asleep or staying asleep, and may include early morning awakenings, poor quality sleep or non-refreshing sleep. Insomnia may be transient (an inability to sleep well over a period of a few nights, but less than four weeks); short term (poor sleep on most nights for four weeks to six months) or chronic (poor sleep on most nights for more than six months). Insomnia may start for one reason, and then may persist for an entirely different set of factors. Insomnia may be caused by a variety of conditions including â&#x20AC;˘ Stress, anxiety and depression â&#x20AC;˘ Underlying medical conditions such as arthritis, gastroesophageal reflux (heartburn) or other painful ailments â&#x20AC;˘ Poor sleep habits or a sleep environment that is

not conducive to good sleep. Insomnia may also be a side effect of some medications, misuse or overuse of sleeping pills, or use of stimulants such as caffeine or nicotine. Other sleep disorders can also cause insomnia. Insomnia is also common in perimenopausal women, especially when experiencing hot flashes or night sweats. Restless leg syndrome is a neurological condition in which a person has a strong urge to move his or her legs. This urge is often accompanied by unusual sensations in the legs such as itching, burning or prickling. These sensations usually go away with leg movement. Because symptoms are often worse in the evening and when lying down, restless leg syndrome can make it difficult to fall asleep or stay asleep. Restless leg syndrome is more common in older people, but it can occur at any age. It is also believed to run in families, as the risk of

Dr. David B. Cohn having restless leg syndrome more than triples when an immediate family member also suffers from it, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Diagnosing sleep disorders A sleep study is often the first step in diagnosing a sleep disorder. Typically, studies are performed during an overnight stay at the Sleep Center at UMCP. However, home sleep studies are also available for individuals who are unable to spend the night at the Sleep Center. During a sleep study,

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. What designations do you have and what does it mean for the people you work with? A. I am honored to announce that I have been awarded the highest designation that Realtors can attain – Platinum Level by the NJAR Circle of Excellence, another year in a row, since 2012! In today’s complex market, Real Estate professionals have to be innovative, diligent and consistent in order to excel. I have also been recognized to be in the Top 1% of all Realtors nationwide. For clients, this means that they can be assured that my years of experience and real estate knowledge will get them the results they are looking for.

. What is one tip you have for someone looking to buy or sell a home? A. Call a real estate professional! Both buyers and sellers are educated in todays’ web-driven world. However, not all information listed on-line is accurate, nor can it replace the experience and knowledge offered by a real estate professional.

. What do you see in the future of Real Estate sales and prices? A. The Real Estate market is steady in Princeton. As with any market, there is a constant movement and fluctuation throughout the year. The Spring Market is always hot but I see growth in re-sale prices and a boom in the demand for new constructions which of course affect the pricing of a neighborhood. Princeton’s location and vibrant community has allowed the real estate market to stay strong through the years, but the current influx of buyers has definitely raised the demand for homes!

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. What do you like most about living in this area? A. I love living in the Greater Princeton area! This area is blooming with culture, history and renovation, yet it is still a place where you can enjoy a quiet evening, as you would in a country estate. Princeton is also an international city. I have quite a few clients who relocated from other countries for continuing education or work, and I find joy in helping them settle in our town and feel at home as they transition from their homeland.

. Is there a certain community in the area which has become your main focus? A. I enjoy having a very versatile and expansive business throughout the area. Nonetheless, quite a bit of my focus goes to Princeton Landing. I have lived on Sayre Drive for over a decade and have sold over 300 homes there. Because my family and I call Princeton Landing our home, I am very knowledgeable about the market there. It is such a beautiful, park-like community with all of the amenities of a 5-star resort and close proximity to major roadways and Princeton Junction Train Station. Many of my clients have found their perfect home in Princeton Landing and I am happy to call them neighbors.

. What is your current focus is Real Estate? A. Right now, I am focusing on the booming New Construction in Princeton. It seems that almost every street I turn on, there is at least one new home being built. To some, it is a little discouraging, to see old homes being torn down to build a new, but I think that it is a necessary step in helping the town’s Real 343 Nassau Street Estate market flourish and overall growth. Princeton NJ 08540 There are so many buyers looking to buy a home in Princeton, and they are most certainly interested in new construction projects.

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Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® salutes sales associates in the Hamilton-Robbinsville Home Marketing Center for being the office leaders for the month of May, 2017. Team Gersh, led by Michael Gerstnicker, has been recognized for Listings. Licensed since 2004, Gerstnicker is a lifetime resident of Hamilton. Tony and Shannon Lee and The Lee Group have been recognized for Volume and Units. Tony Lee, CRS, Associate Broker, CSP, e-Certified, e-Pro, SRES, SFR, and Shannon Lee, SFR, are recipients of the Top of the Rock, NJAR Circle of Excellence, Five Star Real Estate Agent, President’s Circle and Chairman’s Circle Awards. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices (BHHS) Fox & Roach, REALTORS® is a part of HomeServices of America, the nation’s second largest provider of total home services. The company has more than 4,500 sales associates in over 65 sales offices across the TriState area. Through its affiliate, the Trident Group, the company provides one-stop shopping and facilitated services to its clients including mortgage financing and title, property and casualty insurance. BHHS Fox & Roach is the #1 broker in the nationwide BHHS network of 1,400 broker affiliates. Our companysponsored charitable foundation, Fox & Roach Charities, is committed to addressing the needs of children and families in stressful life circumstances and has contributed over $5.5 million to more than 250 local organizations since its inception in 1995. Visit our Website at www.foxroach.com.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® salutes REALTORS® in the Princeton Home Marketing Center for being the office leaders for the month of May, 2017. Roberta Parker has been recognized for Listings. Licensed since 1992, Parker, Relocation Specialist, is a recipient of the Chairman’s Circle Gold, NJAR Circle of Excellence Platinum (2010, 2015-2016) and Gold (2006, 2007, 2012-2014) and Five Star Real Estate Agent Awards. She is a 26-year resident of Princeton. Donna Murray has been recognized for Volume and Units. Licensed since 1997, Murray, CRS, ASP, e-Pro, SRS, Luxury Homes, Relocation, Historic Homes and Fine Homes International Specialist, is a recipient of the NJAR Circle of Excellence (1999-2015), Five Star Real Estate Agent, and Chairman’s Circle Gold Awards. She is a 25-year resident of Lawrence Township and serves the Greater Princeton Area. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices (BHHS) Fox & Roach, REALTORS® is a part of HomeServices of America, the nation’s second largest provider of total home services. The company has more than 4,500 sales associates in over 65 sales offices across the Tri-State area. Through its affiliate, the Trident Group, the company provides one-stop shopping and facilitated services to its clients including mortgage financing and title, property and casualty insurance. BHHS Fox & Roach is the #1 broker in the nationwide BHHS network of 1,400 broker affiliates. Our company-sponsored charitable foundation, Fox & Roach Charities, is committed to addressing the needs of children and families in stressful life circumstances and has contributed over $5.5 million to more than 250 local organizations since its inception in 1995. Visit our Website at www.foxroach.com.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, REALTORS® salutes sales associates in the Princeton Junction Office for being the office leaders for the month of May, 2017. Lana Chan has been recognized for Listings and Volume. Licensed since 1986, Chan is a recipient of the NJAR Circle of Excellence and Chairman’s Circle Awards. She is a resident of West Windsor. Brandon English has been recognized for Units. Licensed since 2015, English is a resident of Willingboro. Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices (BHHS) Fox & Roach, REALTORS® is a part of HomeServices of America, the nation’s second largest provider of total home services. The company has more than 4,500 sales associates in over 65 sales offices across the TriState area. Through its affiliate, the Trident Group, the company provides one-stop shopping and facilitated services to its clients including mortgage financing and title, property and casualty insurance. BHHS Fox & Roach is the #1 broker in the nationwide BHHS network of 1,400 broker affiliates. Our companysponsored charitable foundation, Fox & Roach Charities, is committed to addressing the needs of children and families in stressful life circumstances and has contributed over $5.5 million to more than 250 local organizations since its inception in 1995. Visit our Website at www.foxroach.com.

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