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School board further delays HVAC work, plans to re-bid

By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

An unofficial estimate to have air conditioning work completed at Auten Road Intermediate School by the end of the year has been pushed back even further into the 2017-18 school year, as the Hillsborough Township Board of Education looks to drive bid costs down.

During the Aug. 21 school board meeting, officials announced that they would be rebidding the project with a focus on doing the work when HVAC companies are not typically installing air conditioning units on a regular

basis.

“We’re going to try to turn something that was a disappointment into something good. We will bid again...and try to maybe get the two schools done and do it at a time that we think the bids will be lower,” School Board President Gregory Gillette said.

News of the delay came weeks after officials reported that bids for the installation of window air conditioning units at the intermediate school came in roughly 50 percent above expectations.

Though the bids were unexpectedly high, Superintendent Dr. Jorden Schiff said the district has enough in its capital reserve that

“if the board chooses to fund the project, we can assign additional funds.”

Board member Thomas Kinst, who also serves on the board’s operations committee, said a significant reason behind the higher than expected bid cost was “due to the timing of trying to get that work done during the summer,” since demand would be higher during the warmer months.

As a result of the committee’s determination, the board has opted to not only re-bid the project for a later time, but also to include Hillsborough Middle School in the project.

Kinst said they could configure

the bids separately, as well as together, in a move to see which action would result in lower costs.

The delay with getting air conditioning work started come almost a year after unseasonably warm temperatures resulted in uncomfortably warm classrooms for students and teachers during the first week of classes last September.

Without consistent air conditioning throughout the district’s nine schools, teachers and staff were forced to use different methods to keep students cool, including cycling classrooms through existing air conditioned areas, such as school libraries or audito-

riums.

The issue came up again near the end of the school year when outside temperatures rose in June.

At that time, the district implemented a rotating schedule for teachers to sign up for so their classrooms could go into the aforementioned air conditioned areas.

For parents like school board member Dana Boguszewski, whose son attended ARIS last September, the issue of air conditioning at the school is important.

“I don’t want this to fall off to the wayside,” Boguszewski said.

“I want this to be at a high priority.”

$1.12M for tech, upgrades approved by school district

By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

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A pair of lease purchase agreements totaling more than $1.1 million were approved by the Hillsborough Township Board of Education earlier this week in a bid to bolster the district’s technological capabilities and provide new equipment to various departments.

Business Administrator Aiman Mahmoud told the public during the school board’s meeting on Monday that the leases were already accounted for in the 2017-18 budget.

Both lease purchase agreements are tax-exempt in nature, officials said.

According to official documents provided by the school district, the first lease purchase agreement, totaling $444,280, will cover the acquisition of 1,205 Chromebooks for use in district classrooms. The lease is for four years.

The lease, according to officials, was sought through the Hunterdon County Educational Services Commission. The board received bids for the lease purchase financing on July 11 and ultimately went with a bid from TD Equipment Finance, Inc. for the aforementioned amount.

Officials said the Chromebooks were needed for a planned expansion of their use into earlier grades within the district. The units purchased through the four

year lease will be a combination of new models and repaired and refurbished ones to replace existing models already in rotation.

During the meeting, Hillsborough Education Association President Henry Goodhue questioned the district’s need for the Chromebooks, citing an already large annual technology budget for an already gadget-friendly school district.

“This is all board approved, but now what we’re doing is going for the financing of these items,” Mahmoud said.

The second lease will cover a wider range of purchases and upgrades within the district over the course of five years. According to the accompanying document, the board is seeking to acquire instructional technology equipment “at a cost not to exceed $676,266.72.”

Through this lease, the district will utilize approximately $102,000 of those funds for technology infrastructure upgrades, $129,000 for the purchase of two buses for the transportation department and $445,000 for buildings and grounds equipment.

Much like the four year lease, the five year bid is being awarded to TD Equipment Finance, Inc.

Top photo by Jacob Newman

Clockwork cosmos

Millions witnessed a cosmic phenomenon on Monday, as a total solar eclipse streaked its way across the contiguous United States.

For the Newman family, of Hillsborough, the opportunity to witness such an event proved to be too good to pass up, having traveled to Clemson, South Carolina to take in the unique event. Mike Newman, pictured right with his son, Jacob, 9, was joined by his wife Courtney and their 7-year-old daughter Emma for the event.

Right photo by Courtney Newman

Photos sought in county-wide contest Shutterbugs with an eye for what they think makes Somerset County unique will get a “shot” at sharing their talents with the rest of the world, as the Board of Chosen Freeholders are again sponsoring the annual “Show us Somerset County Through Your Camera Lens” photo contest.

For the third consecutive year, the freeholders are putting on the yearly photo contest with cooperation with the Somerset County Business Partnership. Open to all county residents and staff, the competition will feature solely original works that will be critiqued by a panel of judges.

“We enjoy featuring images on our website that depict Somerset

County as a great place to live, work and play,” Freeholder Director Peter S. Palmer said.

Any photos that showcase people enjoying the various attractions, amenities and workplaces may be accepted by the Somerset County Business Partnership for use in the county’s 2018-2019 Somerset County Destination Guide.

According to officials, submitted photo entries should reflect one of the following themes: • Community - e.g., neighborhoods, important local places, health & wellness, golf, etc.

• Natural Environment - for example, lakes, rivers, forests, parks and golf courses, or wildlife

• Architecture and Urban Design - including plazas, buildings, boulevards, work places, hotels, etc.

• Transportation - for example, streets, buses, trains, bicycle and pedestrian paths • Arts & Culture - including museums, events, entertainment, public art, agritourism, restaurants, etc.

Two photos from each of the five themes will be selected as this year’s winners, along with an overall contest winner in both the professional and amateur categories.

“People have submitted stunning photos in the past couple of years and we look forward to see-

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ing more unique and beautiful images this year,” Palmer said.

To enter the contest, individuals must complete the form on Somerset County’s website at http://tinyurl.com/scphotocontest.

One person can submit up to five images; the maximum size for each image is 10MB. Contestants are responsible for acquiring subject release forms from identifiable people featured in the photographs. All images must be received by 4 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 15. No late submissions will be accepted.

For more information, contact Linny Kosensky at photocontest@ co.somerset.nj.us or call 908-231-7081.

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CALENDAR 9/11 memorial golf tournament

Tues. Sept. 5 - The annual 9/11 Memorial Golf Tournament will be held at Fiddler’s Elbow Country Club in Bedminster Township.

The event benefits the Adam P. Arias Memorial Scholarship Fund which grew out of the organizers’ desire to honor and aid first responders and their families and those who gave their lives on September 11, 2001 and thereafter in service to their country. It is held in memory of Adam Arias, a victim of the attack on the Towers and brother of one of the organizers.

Proceeds for the outing are donated to the Wounded Warrior Project, a scholarship at Hillsborough High School to the child of a first responder, a scholarship to children of military personnel, and Hillsborough PBA Local 205 for the benefit of Travis Oldenburg, son of Hillsborough Police Detective Trevor Oldenburg.

Travis is a student at Somerset Hills Learning Center which offers a broad spectrum of services to children, adolescents, and adults with autism.

Registration and lunch will begin at 11:00 am with scramble play beginning at 1:00 pm and cocktails and dinner at 5:30 pm. The $225 fee includes lunch, dinner and open bar from 5:00 8:00. The day will also feature on-course contests, 50/50, a silent auction, door prizes, and the opportunity to win a car on each of two par threes with a hole-inone.

Checks to register for the outing or to make a donation may be made out to Memorial Golf and sent to Joseph Stutz, 601B Omni Drive, Hillsborough, NJ 08844. For further information contact him at 908-3590221 or go to www.memorialgolf.org.

Church’s caregiver retreat Sat. Sept. 9 - St Joseph’s

Legal Notices

Parish, Caregiver Ministry is hosting its 3rd Annual Caregivers Retreat from 8:30 - 12:30 p.m. If you are the caregiver of a special needs child, an elderly parent, sibling or spouse, a mentally or physically challenged person, or are a professional caring at your workplace, you are invited to share in this morning of reflection.

Caregiving comes with sacrifice and also feelings of loss. The retreat’s theme is honoring your feelings. This kind and spiritual morning will begin with Mass at 8:30 a.m., which is in the church and optional. The program will be held in the Parish Center and run from 9:00 12:30 p.m., including lunch.

St Joseph’s Parish is located at 34 Yorktown Road in Hillsborough. There is a time to give, and a time to receive. Please consider taking time for yourself and find solace among your caregiving peers. For further information or to register, please RSVP to Carol Jorgensen at 908-369-7143

or email carolj623@ comcast.net

Sourland Spectacular cycling event Sun. Sept. 10 - Enjoy challenging routes for serious cyclists, or shorter alternatives for more casual bikers. Routes begin and end at the Otto Kaufman Community Center, 356 Skillman Road, Skillman.

Coffee and snacks will be provided at registration.

The designated rest stops along the routes will offer beverages, snacks, and bathroom facilities. SAG services also will be provided.

Following the morning rides, bikers will join up for a gourmet picnic lunch, with our famous brownie sundaes for dessert. For more information, visit sourlandspectacular.com.

Proceeds will benefit the Sourland Conservancy.

Legal Notices NOTICE OF CONTRACT AWARD The Township of Hillsborough has awarded a contract under N.J.S.A. 40A:11-2(27) “The lowest responsible bidder is the one who conforms to all requirements of a specification and applicable statutory provisions”. This contract and resolution authorizing it are available for public inspection in the office of the Township Clerk at the Hillsborough Township Municipal Complex, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, New Jersey: Awarded:

TOP LINE CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION

Type of Service:

PRODUCTS, GOODS, SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT

Goods/Services: 2017 Capital Roadway Resurfacing of New Amwell Road-Section I, Route 206 to Taurus Drive Cost:

Not to exceed $594,687.86

Year:

2017

Pamela Borek Hillsborough Township Clerk

Annual basket auction Fri. Sept. 15 - The Woman’s Club of Hillsborough is having its annual Basket Auction on Friday, Sept. 15 at the Hillsborough Municipal Building at 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough. Doors open at 6 p.m. There will be a lot of great theme baskets, theater tickets, sports memorabilia, sporting event tickets and much more. We will have a Grand Prize auction with Disney Park Hopper Passes for a family of four. There will also be a 50/50 raffle.

Hot dogs, soda and chips will be available to purchase.

Coffee, tea and dessert are provided. Entry tickets are $10 and will be on sale at the door.

For information contact Carolyn Hespe at (908) 8744958 or e-mail at ges18ch@ comcast.net or Barbara Zielsdorff at (908) 359-1750 or e-mail at B_Zielsdorff@yahoo.com.

Franklin Day exhibitors and volunteers Sat. Sept. 23- The Fourth annual Franklin Day Festival will be held on Saturday, September 23 in Colonial Park on Elizabeth Avenue, Somerset from noon to 5 p.m. The event will feature live music, over 150 ven-

HB, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $21.39 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Hillsborough Township Planning Board Meeting Date: September 14, 2017 YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that 814 Development and 814 CRE LLC have filed an application with the Hillsborough Township Planning Board for site plan approval with respect to lands known as Block 142, Lot 33, located at 212 Route 206 South, owned by T&T Realty Associates, LLC. The applicant proposes to construct a single-story, 10,492 square-foot veterinary hospital with 40 parking spaces. The following bulk variances and waivers have been identified by the township planner as being required: variance for insufficient lot width (300 feet required; 167.48 existing and proposed); variance for insufficient side yard (50 feet required; 40 feet proposed); waiver for loading zone (1 required; none proposed); waiver for undersized parking stalls (10 x 20 required; 9 x 18 proposed).

The application will be considered by the Hillsborough Township Planning Board on September 14, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard at the Peter J. Biondi Building, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844, and a hearing will be held by the said Hillsborough Township Planning Board at that time during which members of the public will be heard on the matter.

SCHILLER & PITTENGER, P.C. BY: Jay B. Bohn Attorneys for Applicants 814 Development and 814 CRE LLC HB, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $36.27 Aff: $15.00 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Notice is hereby given that the sealed proposals will be received by the Township of Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey, for a “Fire Tank Replacement at Deer Path” and opened and read in public in the Court Room at the Township of Hillsborough, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, New Jersey 08844 on September 13, 2017 at 10:30A.M. prevailing time.

Contract Documents for the proposed work, which have been prepared by the Township’s Engineering Department, may be inspected and obtained by prospective bidders during business hours 8 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

The bid consists of removal and disposal of existing damaged 30,000-gallon fiberglass fire water tank and installation of new, single wall, 30,000-gallon fiberglass fire water tank. The bid includes all required piping, dead man foundations, proper backfill material, final topsoil, seeding and grading and any other in-kind landscaping for what is disturbed during construction. Also, included in the bid, any sealed, New Jersey Engineering Plans necessary to obtain Construction Permits from the Hillsborough Township Construction Department.

Bidders will be furnished with a copy of the Bid Package and Contract Documents by request upon proper notice of payment of a non-refundable charge of $20.00 payable to Township of Hillsborough to defray cost thereof. Proposals must be made on the standard Proposal Forms in the manner designated in the Contract Documents; must be enclosed in sealed envelopes bearing the name and address of the Bidder and the name of the work on the outside; and must be addressed to Thomas Belanger, Assistant Township Engineer, Township of Hillsborough, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844. The bid must be accompanied by the Statement of Surety from a surety company authorized to do business in the State of New Jersey and acceptable to the Township and either a Bid Bond, Certified or Cashier’s Check drawn to the order of the Township of Hillsborough for not less than ten percent (10%) of the amount bid, except that the check need not exceed $20,000.00. The successful bidder is hereby notified that a performance bond for the full amount of the project is required.

HB, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $91.94

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The award of the contract for this project will not be made until the necessary funds have been provided by Township of Hillsborough in a lawful manner. The Township reserves the right to reject any or all bids or to waive any informalities where deemed by the Township Committee to be in the best interest of the Township.

BY ORDER OF the Mayor and Members of the Township Committee of the Township of Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey.

Nancy Costa, CFO/QPA

HHS Class of 1974 reunion

Sat. Oct. 7 - The Hillsborough High School Class of 1974 is holding its 43rd reunion on Saturday, October 7, from 6-11 p.m. at Café Graziella, 390 US 206, Hillsborough.

Hotel accommodations are available at the Hampton Inn & Suites in Bridgewater.

Mail a check of $60 per person, made payable to Debbie Petrock-Kirch, to 1246 Millstone River Rd. Hillsborough, NJ 08444 by September 23. Questions?

Send them to Hillsborough1974reunion@gmail.co m.

Be sure to RSVP on Facebook or Classmates.com. Please help us locate fellow alumni by sharing this announcement.

Send items to amartins@centraljersey.com or fax to 609-924-3842. For details, call 609-874-2163.

The applicant believes that no other variances and/or waivers and/or other relief are required in order to grant the requested approval. However, if the Hillsborough Township Planning Board directs that any variances and/or waivers and/or other relief are required, the applicant may seek the same in accordance with such direction.

A copy of the proposed plans, application and other documentation are on file with the Secretary/Clerk to the Hillsborough Township Planning Board and are open for inspection at the office of the said Secretary/Clerk at Municipal Complex, The Peter J. Biondi Building, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844, during regular business hours.

dors, dance performances, 20 food trucks, a classic car show, an aerialist and a myriad of totally free activities for children.

There are still have a few spaces open for exhibitors who want to meet and greet the residents of our wonderful community. There is space for commercial enterprises and also for non-profit organizations. We also need more volunteers to help us run things on the day of the festival.

For an exhibitor application, visit www.franklintwpnj.org or call Bob Futcher at 732-873-2500, ext. 6428.

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At our September 7 meeting, Prabha Senker, one of our members, will perform on a Veena which is an Indian string instrument. Flu shots will be offered at the September meeting. We are making items from our flea market available during the September and October meetings for Best Offer; but please do not bring any more flea market items to sell.

Operation Shoebox will return at our November 2 meeting, when we honor our veterans. Please bring items to ship to our deployed troops.Most wanted items are batteries, athletic socks (any sizes), beef jerky, small boxes of cereal, cookies or snack crackers.

Trips & Programs Tues., Sept. 5 - Book Club resumes from summer break at 2 p.m. in the Senior Activity Room. Attendees will share a report of their latest reading.

For information on any of our upcoming trips, call Diana Reinhardt at 908-369-4362.

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

CHAPTER B

The next monthly meeting will be held on September 14. The doors will open at 10:30 a.m. for members to buy tickets for future trips and other events. The luncheon/meet-

ing 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 September 21. 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 Sept 5-8: Rocking Horse Ranch. All inclusive trip for four days and three nights of daily activities and show horses. $490-$620. S, T, Double occupancy.

If you want to bring a friend on any overnight trip, they do not have to be a club member. If any trips are sold out, you may call to add your name to a waiting list. On all trips, you should bring photo ID and health insurance card(s).

Community Events Keep in mind the township’s Mr. Fix-It program, run by the Social Services Department. Minor home repairs can be arranged on Wednesdays between 8 and 11 a.m. for Hillsborough seniors 60 and older. Call 908-369-3880 for details.

Free exercise classes for all ability levels are available to all Hillsborough seniors in the municipal building Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for 45 minutes — right where we hold our meetings. Certified instructors lead classes. Free transportation is available. Call 908-369-3880 for details.

— Chickie Haines Call 908-874-3231

Hillsborough Senior Center schedule: August 25 - Craft: Water Color Paintings with Pam, 10:45 -11:45 a.m. Pam will review water color paint tips and lead us in the painting of summer beach scenes. She will demonstrate color blends to add contrast and dimension to the paintings. Space is limited so please call 908369-8700 to register.

August 25 - Horseshoe and Bocce Ball Club, 9:30 a.m.

Enjoy time outside while being part of our Horseshoe and Bocce Ball Clubs! Great for all ability levels; instruction will be available. (Weather Permitting) August 28 - “Music For Wellness” with John Fitzpatrick, 10:30 - 11:30 a.m. We are proud to host musical lessons under the direction of John Fitzpatrick. Using a variety of musical mediums we will prepare for our theme show celebrating our Veterans in November. This program is made possible, in part, by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State and administered by the Somerset County Cultural & Heritage Commission through the State/County Partnership Local Arts Program Grant August 28 - Scrabble Friends, 9:30 a.m. Enjoy a friendly game of scrabble; with sufficient interest, we may plan opportunities for members to compete with other area scrabble clubs.

August 28 - Canasta Card Club, 12:30 - 2:45 p.m. Although many variations exist for two, three, five or six players, it is most commonly played by four in two partnerships with two standard decks of cards. Players attempt to make melds of seven cards of the same rank and “go out” by playing all cards in their hand.

August 29 - Trivia Time, 10:15 a.m. Did you know that solving puzzles or challenging yourself with new, mindstretching exercises can stimulate the brain and enhance your critical thinking processes? Join us for some mindtingling brain stumpers and a fun-filled intellectual workout.

August 30 - Mahjong Club, 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. Have you always wanted to learn how to play mahjong or are you familiar with the game but just in need of fellow players?

Lessons and refreshers are available. Please call 908-3698700 for more information.

August 31 - “Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?”

10:15 a.m. This game, made popular by the television program, will test your recollection of events, products and all those things you learned in school that you’d never use again.

MANVILLE SENIOR CORNER

The Manville Senior Citizens meet at noon on the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue. The next regular meeting is September 14. This will be the last time to purchase tickets for the Oktoberfest.

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.

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 September meeting. 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, September 20, for this month only. The cost is $35, of which $30 will be returned.

Thursday, August 31 — Trip to the Sands Casino in

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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 908-722-0156.

Wednesday, March 21 — Trip to Sight and Sound, “Jesus” in Lancaster, Penn. with lunch at Shady Maple. The cost is $120. Reservations can be made with Jo Pschar at 908-722-0156.

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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 August, view the collections of Cindy Mitzen. Through the end of September, view the collections of Chihyu Fan and Ping Zuo. 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 • A Conversation with author Alan Bradley: Presented in Partnership with MyCentralJersey.com - Meet bestselling author of the Flavia de Luce mystery series, Alan Bradley, via SCLSNJ’s first ever transatlantic web-based author event. Fri. August 25, 11 a.m.-1:30 p.m.

• Rock Painting Party: Hillsborough Rocks Community Initiative - Spread the positivity through Hillsborough and help bring our community together by painting uplifting messages and pictures on rocks and hiding them around

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Adult programs (registration required): • Book Discussion: “Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals” by Michael Pollan - Led by the Northeast Organic Farmers Association of New Jersey.

Tues. September 5, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Geeky Grown-Ups Group - Geeky Grown-Ups, otherwise known as adults who are enthusiastic about sci-fi, fantasy and gaming topics, are meeting at the Hillsborough library. Come make friends and share your interests. Thurs.

September 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

• English Conversation Group - Practice speaking English in a friendly setting. Basic English skills required.

Hosted by Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County. Mon. September 11, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Book Swap Social - Bring one or more gently used books to swap with other book lovers. Snacks will be provided as we socialize and chat about our favorite books.

Price of admission is one or two books to swap. Mon. September 11, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Become a Literacy Tutor - Become a literacy tutor and change a person’s life. Attend an information session presented by Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County, and learn more about becoming a literacy tutor. Tues. September 12, 6-7 p.m.

• Haunt Your House: Make your House Frightful for the Season - Dust off the spiders and cobwebs of your fall decor. Rich and Debbie Norz from Norz Hill Farm & Market, professional house haunters, will demonstrate how to create a ghastly outdoor space. Tues. September 12, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Friends of Hillsborough Library Book Discussion “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” by Rebecca Skloot, documents the story of how scientists took cells from an unsuspecting descendant of freed slaves and created a human cell line that has been kept alive indefinitely, enabling medical research. Tues. September 12, 7:30-8:30 p.m.

• Computer Security Workshop - This workshop, hosted

by IT professional, Joe Messina, will offer best practices to keep your PC and identity safe. Wed. September 13, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Jumpstart Your Fall Organizing: Featuring Jamie Novak - Are you faced with school papers and after summer clutter? Not sure where to begin or where to find the time to get organized? Jamie Novak’s new program will help you find the answers. Thurs. September 14, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Evening Movie - “The Zookeeper’s Wife” is the real life story of how the zookeepers in Warsaw, Poland became part of the resistance during World War II. Starring Jessica Chastain. Rated PG-13. Fri. September 15, 7-9 p.m.

Youth programs (registration required): • KIDZ Art Zone: Fall Trees - Budding artists can have fun creating masterpieces with their friends. Grades K-4.

Wed. September 6, 4-4:45 p.m.

• College Process: Everything You Need to Know - Discover the early steps of college prep, PSAT/SAT/ACT test prep, how to effectively choose colleges, strategies to increase your chances for acceptance, scholarships and fi-

nancial aid. Parents/caregivers and grades 9-12. Wed. September 6, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Math Matters - An interactive program that includes stories and activities that will get your math brains working.

Ages 3-6. Thurs. September 7, 10-10:45 a.m.

• Craft in the Children’s Room - Back To School - Create a back-to-school craft in the Children’s Room while supplies last. All ages. Sat. September 9, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Monday Morning Playtime - A social time with toys available for play. This week: Samantha Nunzio, RD from Shoprite. For parents/caregivers with children up to 36 months. Mon. September 11, 10-10:45 a.m.

• littleBits Gadgets and Gizmos: Breezy Buddy - Learn how to create a Breezy Buddy and then remix it. Grades 36. Mon. September 11, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

• Storytime: Toddler Time - Introduce the pleasure of books to your child. Join us for stories, songs, and more.

Ages 18-36 months. Tues. September 12, 9:30-10:15 a.m.

• Storytime: Rhyme Time - Build brain power with twenty minutes of nursery rhyme fun. Ages newborn - 24 months. Tues. September 12, 10:30-10:50 a.m.

• Crafts for Kids: Fall Craft - Children will create a fall craft. Grades 3-5. Tues. September 12, 4:30-5:15 p.m.

• Art Adventures: Fall Trees - Get those creative juices flowing and take your own masterpiece home. Ages 3-6.

Thurs. September 14, 10-10:45 a.m.

• Storytime - Drop into the Hillsborough branch for 20 minutes of stories with Ms. Jenn. All ages. Thurs. September 14, 1-1:20 p.m.

• Teen Advisory Board - Earn community service hours and be the teen voice at Hillsborough Library branch.

Grades 7-12. Thurs. September 14, 6-7 p.m.

• littleBits Gadgets and Gizmos: Spinmate - Learn how to create a Spinmate. Then remix it into your very own game. Grades 7-12. Thurs. September 14, 7-8 p.m.

Volunteer Opportunities We are looking for reliable teen volunteers to provide assistance during our programs. Community service hours will be awarded at the end of the school year. Space is limited. Grades 8-12. littleBits Challenge - Mon. September 11, 4-5:45 p.m.

Crafts for Kids - Tues. September 12, 4:15-5:30 p.m.

Reading Buddy - Sat. September 16, 1:50-4 p.m.

Your child will increase their love of reading while reading aloud with a reading buddy volunteer. Grades K-4.

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.

Book Discussion Kits - Do you belong to a book discussion group or would you like to start one? Are you looking for a good book to share and have copies for everyone in your group? Our book discussion kits contain ten books that can be checked out for six weeks.

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Crazy From the Heat Bucks County Playhouse explores a family drama with ‘Other Desert Cities’

By Anthony Stoeckert

Left to right: Patricia Richardson (Polly Wyeth), Deirdre Madigan (Silda Gauman), Liza J. Bennett (Brooke Wyeth), Kevin Kilner (Lyman Wyeth), Charles Socarides (Trip Wyeth).

on Robin Baitz took a few cues from Edward Albee with his 2011 drama “Other Desert Cities.” The play’s focus is an elite family confronting its past and airing emotions and grievances as drinks are poured and zingers are slung.

But Baitz’s characters, while powerful, are more relatable than Albee’s; they also truly love and care for each other, something that isn’t so obvious in “A Delicate Balance.” “Other Desert Cities” looks back all the way to 2004.

Thirteen years later, it’s tempting to think the Bush era was quaint, but let’s not kid ourselves — this is a mere three years after 9/11 and the war in Iraq, which at first had a lot of support, was starting to divide the country.

It’s certainly divided the Wyeth family, which is gathering for Christmas in Palm Springs, California — a haven for sun-worshippers but not exactly a ho-ho-ho kind of place. The action takes place in the home of Polly and Lyman Wyeth (Patricia Richardson and Kevin Kilner). Staying with the couple is Silda (Deirdre Madigan), sister of Polly and a recovering alcoholic. The sisters wrote hit movies during Hollywood’s golden era and Lyman was a leading man in B movies, specializing in cops, cowboys, and dragged-out death scenes.

Lyman and Polly gave up the movie business to get involved in politics, with Lyman eventually making his way to chairman of the Republican Party. They’re friends with the Reagans, with whom they have lots in common. Both couples used to be Democrats, were once in the movie business, and have kids who disagree with their politics.

Those kids are Brooke (Liza J. Bennett) and Trip (Charles Socarides). Brooke left California for New York (Long Island, actually) and became a writer, publishing one successful novel before a severe bout of depression sidelined her for years.

Polly and Lyman went out East to help her during her depression but she hasn’t been to California in six years. Polly wants to buy a house next door so that Brooke can live there, but Brooke likes New York and isn’t fond of the desert, “the endless sunshine is so predictable” she says.

Trip produces a reality TV show, “Jury of Your Peers,” in which celebrities serve as the jury in small claims court cases. An older son, Henry, was a liberal hippie who got caught up with a radical group in in the 1970s. A bombing by the group killed a homeless veteran. Hank’s involvement is unclear but the incident apparently led him to suicide. Brooke and Hank were close, she refers to him as her best friend, but Trip barely remembers him.

The parents are happy that their daughter is better. Polly tells Brooke her glow is coming back, Lyman express joy over seeing her happy again.

But Polly remains worried. Some of that worrying is comical — she’s afraid Brooke is going to get mugged, confusing Manhattan with Eastern Long Island. But other aspects of her concern are justified. Yes, Brooke is good now, she “takes

lovely little pills,” sees a doctor, eats right and does yoga, but Polly has read that medications can lose their effectiveness.

She’d prefer Brooke move back to California, next door in fact. Lyman is more optimistic, or at least acts that way.

The family has finished a game of tennis and is preparing for Christmas Eve dinner at the country club when Brooke drops the news as to why she’s there. She’s finally written a new book but it’s a memoir, one about Henry.

This stops Polly in her tracks. She’s friends with Nancy Reagan and has taken the former first lady’s lead in trying to control her life, but there are certain things she can’t control, like Brooke publishing her book. Lyman tries to act cavalier about the book at first but is soon imploring Brooke to not publish it until after he and Polly have died.

Brooke thinks her parents’ concern is protecting their image. Trip understands his parents’ feelings about the book but says it should be published because it’s the best thing Brooke has written.

The play, on stage at the Bucks County Playhouse through Sept. 2, is worth seeing for the truth within this family and the way Baitz makes

clear that politics is a divide for this family, but it doesn’t get in the way of the drama. Richardson, returning to the Playhouse after last year’s stellar “Steel Magnolias,” does a great job as Polly. She bottles the character’s emotions often but lets out just enough without losing control.

Kilner plays Lyman as a genuinely concerned father who would like to let his daughter do what she needs to but knows there are things bigger than the five people in the room. He also doesn’t get comical with the character’s politics. Lyman’s praise of the war and Colin Powell could come off as a joke today, but Kilner plays it with the sincerity of a father who commands respect. At the time, lots of people, not just conservatives, supported the war.

As Brooke, Bennet has the most emotional ground to cover — from being apprehensive about sharing her book, to defending it and her life, and then to processing a life-changing bit of information. Socarides is the perfect Trip. For the youngest member of the family, Trip is often called upon to be the adult. He’s responsible for everything from helping his parents with their cell phones to preventing his family’s fight getting even more out of hand. There’s also a tension between Brooke and Trip. Brooke claims not to watch television, a rejection of her brother’s work.

She’s a serious writer, he produces fluff TV, but he sees nobility in his show, it entertains people and brings them together.

Madigan also is returning to the playhouse, having been in Christopher Durang’s “Vanya and Continued on page 4

Also Inside: A free classical concert in Trenton • Your guide to theater, music, art, and more

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By Anthony Stoeckert

Music for a late summer night The NJ Capital Philharmonic is playing a free concert at Mill Hill Park ummer offers lots of opportunities to see fireworks, and as the season comes to an end the New Jersey Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey is offering a chance to hear some fireworks.

The philharmonic’s free concert at Trenton’s Mill Hill Park on Aug. 31 will open with George Frederick Handel’s overture to “Music for Royal Fireworks.” Handel wrote the wind suite as a commission for King George II to accompany fireworks in April of 1749 that celebrated the end of the War of Austrian Secession.

Daniel Spalding, musical director for the philharmonic, says that one of his goals when putting together summer outdoor concerts is to feature works audieces will be familiar with. The fireworks overture is a good fit, with its royal-like trumpets, oboes, bassoons and kettledrums. It’s a wellknown piece and has been featured in various television shows and movies, from Amazon’s “Mozart in the Jungle,” to “The Simpsons” and “Muppets Most Wanted.”

“I want to make sure that what I do pick is audience friendly,” Spalding says.

“So that‘s why I’m doing the fireworks with Handel because as soon as they hear it, they’ll say, ‘Oh yeah, I’ve heard that before, it’s a great piece.’ As soon we start off, everybody knows it. So I try to keep it traditional.”

The concert also will include Antonio Vivaldi’s

concerto grosso in D minor featuring Vladimir Dyo, the orchestra’s concertmaster, which is the leader of the first violin section, and Yeseul Ann, principal second violin, and Katrina Kormanski, principal cellist.

Continuing the concert’s first half will be Bach’s double concerto for violin and oboe, featuring Dyo and the orchestra’s principal oboe player, Melissa Bohl.

“I’ve never done the double concerto for oboe and violin before, but it’s super famous and every oboist plays it,” Spalding says. “And I wanted to feature Melissa Bohl on this concert, and it just seemed like a perfect fit.”

The concert’s second half will include a string arrangement of the overture for Mikhail Glinka’s 19thcentury opera, “Ruslan and Lyudmila.” Then the orchestra will celebrate urban environments, such as Trenton, with Aaron Copland’s “Quiet City,” which will showcase trumpet player Robert Gravener and Bohl on English horn.

“I think that’s perfect,” Spalding says. “Trenton is going to be nice and quiet and it’s going to be quiet city and everybody is going to be listening. People are attentive; I was a little concerned about putting such a soft piece on the program, but then I thought, ‘Everybody’s listening and they’ll enjoy it.’ I think it’s going to be very nice.“ Soprano Gianine Campbell will sing “Memory”

Vladimir Dyo (standing), concertmaster for the New Jersey Capital Philharmonic, will be featured when the orchestra plays a Vivaldi concerto grosso during its free concert in Mill Hill Park, Aug. 31. from Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical “Cats,” and “I Will Always Love You,” the Dolly Parton song made famous by Whitney Houston.

Campbell will be the featured guest artist for the philharmonic’s March 10 concert, “The Jazz Age.” The concert will wrap up with two tangos by Astor Piazzolla — “Oblivion” and “Libertango.”

The philharmonic’s performance will conclude the Levitt AMP Concert Series, the third time the series has taken place in Trenton. The philharmonic will open its new season Oct. 21 at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton with a program featuring music by Hector Berlioz, Alan Hovhaness and Camille SaintSaens.

The outdoor concerts are

performed on a smaller stage than Patriots Theater, and feature 23 musicians.

That smaller orchestra offers a different type of concert, according to Spalding.

“It’s a chance to do baroque,” he says. “A couple of years ago, we did Vivaldi’s ‘The Seasons,’ last year we did the Bach Brandenburg concerto No. 5. So I stick to the really famous baroque stuff that people know and love. I try not to put anything on this program that is obscure.”

The New Jersey Capital Philharmonic will perform at Mill Hill Park at the intersection of East Front and South Broad streets, Trenton, Aug. 31, 5 p.m. Admission is free. For more Soprano Gianine Campbell will sing "Memory" and "I Will information, go to con- Always Love You" during the New Jersey Capital Philharcerts.levittamp.org/trenton. monic's concert in Mill Hill Park.

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By Mike Morsch

A ‘fine girl’ turns 45

Iconic '70s song 'Brandy' has New Jersey roots lliot Lurie picked up his J-200 acoustic guitar and sat down in the upstairs bedroom of a farmhouse that he and his bandmates had rented in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

The farmhouse had been built around the turn of the 20th century and was surrounded by 88 acres of farmland. The band, which had been fairly successful playing bars at fraternity houses in the late 1960s in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, had rented it for $240 a month with the hopes that it would provide an atmosphere that was conducive to creating music that would take the band to the next level.

Even though he was just out of college in 1970, Lurie had already developed his own way of songwriting, which included playing a chord sequence and melody that worked for him, then just free associating from there.

In high school, Lurie had a girlfriend named Randye.

So he started inserting the name Randye into the lyrics of what he was creating that day in his bedroom.

“I got the story in my head and I had a few lines with a verse that was kind of interesting. Then I got to the chorus and to Randye,” says Lurie. “But Randye is a weird name because it can be taken as a male name or a female name.”

But as the song contin-

ued to evolve, Lurie was still having trouble with the name of the main character, “Randye.”

“The song is about a barmaid, so I thought, why don’t I change the name to ‘Brandy.’ So that’s what I did,” Lurie says. “But when I first finished writing it, I didn’t jump up and down and say, ‘this is a hit.’”

But it was. Not only that, but “Brandy,” released 45 years ago by the band Looking Glass, would go on to become one of the most iconic songs of the 1970s.

There were, however, a series of twists and turns that complicated the efforts to even get the band’s recording career off the ground.

Lurie, keyboardist Larry Gonsky and bassist Pieter Sweval were all classmates at Rutgers University in the late 1960s. They were joined by drummer Jeff Grob, who attended a nearby New Jersey community college.

One evening, the four of them were sitting in Lurie’s 1965 Chevy Supersport convertible — “imbibing something or other,” according to Lurie — and trying to think up a name for the band.

“We were looking in the rearview mirror and we thought, what’s another way to say mirror? Well, looking glass would be another way.

And it was the 1960s and that had some kind of psychedelic overtones,” Lurie

says. “What we liked about the name was that we were kind of like ordinary guys and we thought we were sort of a reflection of whoever may be listening to us.”

Looking Glass made a local name for itself as a cover band playing local bars and frat houses at Rutgers and Princeton University and at Lehigh University in Pennsylvania.

As the band became more successful on the local scene, it would mix some original songs into its sets, something that Lurie says was “tolerated” by the local following the band had established.

Upon graduation, the band members wanted to pursue a career in music, an idea that didn‘t originally sit too well with their parents.

“Of course, they were all appalled because we were middle class and lower middle class kids and our parents had saved up to send us to state university in New Jersey, and the idea of becoming musicians was abhorrent to them,” Lurie says.

But the band members each convinced their parents to give them a year to see if they could make it in the music industry. And that’s how the young musicians ended up in the rural New Jersey farmhouse, creating music and honing their craft during the week while maintaining their bar and frat house gigs on the weekends.

Photo by Stephen Paley

While a member of the band Looking Glass, Elliot Lurie wrote the song “Brandy” at a farmhouse that band members had rented in Hunterdon County in the early 1970s.

The band eventually attracted the attention of Clive Davis, then president of Columbia Records, who liked what he heard, especially

“Brandy,” and he wanted to see the band perform live.

So he set up a showcase gig for Looking Glass to open for Buddy Guy at the Cafe au Go Go in Manhattan.

And based on what Davis

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band’s debut album, the self-titled “Looking Glass,” which was recorded in both Memphis and Manhattan.

Four of the songs that ended up on the album were written and had lead vocals by Lurie and the other four songs on the album were written by and had lead vocals by Sweval.

Once the album was completed, it was released on June 6, 1972. But “Brandy” wasn’t the first song to be released as a single. The band members liked a Lurie-penned song, “Don‘t It Make You Feel Good,” as the first single.

“We put it out and it did nothing,” said Lurie. “That could have been it right there; that could have been the end of the story.”

But it wasn’t.

As was often the case in those days, Harv Moore, a disc jockey at the Top 40 radio station WPGCAM/FM in Washington, D.C. — at the urging of Robert Mandel, a promotions man at the record

label — flipped the single over to the B Side and listened to “Brandy.”

“The promotion man went in to hang out with Harv and he said, ‘Have you heard this Looking Glass thing?’ And Harv said, ‘Yeah, but it’s not really happening.’ And the promotion man said, ‘You really got to listen to the rest of the album, this group is pretty good.’

Back in those days, that could happen. A promotion man could have a relationship with a disc jockey and ask him to listen to something and he would,” Lurie says.

Moore liked “Brandy” a lot. And he played it a lot. A week later, the band members got a call from record company officials telling them that a disc jockey in Washington, D.C., had put “Brandy” in regular rotation on the station and the phones were ringing off the hook.

“We said, are you sure?

And the record company guys said, ‘We’ve done this before; we do this for a living. If you have a song in a major market like this

Photo courtesy of Elliot Lurie

The Hunterdon County farmhouse - where the song “Brandy” was written - as it looks today. and the requests are like that, it’s going to be a hit.’”

Within a few months, other radio stations in other major markets around the country had “Brandy” in regular rotation and the fan reaction was the same.

Looking Glass had a smash No. 1 hit single.

Despite the success of “Brandy,” which made it to No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles charts, the U.S. Cash Box Top 100 singles chart and the Canadian RMP singles chart, the Looking Glass album only made it to No. 113 on the U.S. Top 200 albums chart in 1972.

There was a theory floated in recent years that

the inspiration for “Brandy” was actually a women named Mary Ellis, a spinster in New Brunswick, New Jersey, where Rutgers University is located and where Lurie went to college. Local legend has it that Ellis was seduced by a sea captain who vowed to return from his journeys to marry her. Ellis allegedly would look out over the Raritan River in New Brunswick awaiting his return, which never did happen.

But Ellis wasn’t the inspiration for the song, according to Lurie.

“No, that’s an incredible coincidence,” he said.

“I write fiction.”

about entertainment in Palm Springs being a revue starring the world’s oldest showgirls.

Clarke Dunham’s set is great, a true Palm Springs home with sand-colored walls, as if this house is somehow organic to the desert. At center is a denim-colored couch, the roof is marked by large wooden beams, and above a patio area in the back is a

trellis-like roof. There’s also a fire pit (desert nights get surprisingly cold) a bar, of course, and a backdrop that changes from twilight purple to darkblue night. This marks a return to the Playhouse for Dunham, who worked at the theater in the 1960s on such shows as a preBroadway run of “Barefoot in the Park.”

The costumes by Nicole

Photo courtesy of Elliot Lurie

The original members of the band Looking Glass were all classmates at Rutgers University in the late 1960s.

They included Larry Gonsky, Pieter Sweval, Jeff Grob and Elliot Lurie, far right.

Excerpted from the upcoming book “The Vinyl Dialogues Volume IV: From Studio to Stylus” by Mike Morsch, about the making

of memorable albums of the 1960s and 1970s as told by the artists. For more information, go to www.vinyldialogues.com.

V. Moody also set the scene. Trip’s shorts look like half a pair of slacks, other characters wear white pants with peach-colored tops. One of the funnier scenes is the back-and-forth between Polly and Silda over a mumu-like dress that’s a knockoff of the designer Pucci.

Baitz wraps things up neatly, perhaps too neatly, but the lasting impression of

“Other Desert Cities” is a family that tries, often fails, but ultimately stays together, in ways that most people can’t comprehend.

Crazy Continued from Page 1 Sonia and Masha and Spike” a few years ago. She has a lot of fun with Silda, playing the saucy drunk, but there’s a bitterness to the character, especially in regard to Polly, who abandoned a writing team and betrayed Silda with her politics.

The play’s laugh lines didn’t work for me. Baitz

aims for wits but the jokes are the stuff of sitcoms. Of Silda’s drinking, Polly says, “Her liver needs a liver.”

She talks about reading things “in” the internet and says Brooke has a “trace of lesbian in her.” When Polly says she likes to spar, Silda comes back with “That’s what Attila the Hun said.”

Those lines and others come across as forced cleverness. Better is the joke

“Other Desert Cities” continues at Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania, through Sept. 2. For tickets and information, go to www.bcptheater.org or call 215-862-2121.

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Turning 100 in style

Yearlong celebration planned as Philly’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway hits century mark

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hiladelphia’s cultural powerhouse and preeminent boulevard, the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, begins its 100th birthday celebration Sept. 8.

Parkway 100 is the city’s 14-month celebration taking place both inside the venerable institutions that line the thoroughfare and outside among its fountains, gardens and public art. It ends Nov. 16, 2018.

The diagonal Benjamin Franklin Parkway stretches one mile from near City Hall to the Philadelphia Museum of Art at the edge of Fairmount Park. Planner Paul Philippe Cret and designer Jacques Gréber modeled the thoroughfare after the Champs-Elysées of their native country. After a long, drawn-out planning and construction process, it officially opened in October 1918. The arduous yet bold vision ushered in a new era of urban design in America: the City Beautiful Movement.

For the past century, the attractions, green spaces and public art of the Parkway Museums District have captivated residents and visitors. The buildings on the Parkway’s borders are a who’s-who of culture, and the stretch is street-party central, with massive events such as the Fourth of July concert, Budweiser Made In America Festival and Thanksgiving Day Parade taking place throughout the year. Even Pope Francis knew the Parkway was the best place to de-

liver Sunday mass during his 2015 visit.

Here’s a look at the exhibits and events of Parkway 100, plus where to eat, drink and sleep in between:

Parkway 100 Overview: For 14 months starting this fall, the institutions of the Parkway Museums District commemorate the boulevard’s role in reflecting and shaping Philadelphia’s cultural and civic identity with exhibitions themed “Collections and Connections.” The centerpiece Winter Fountains for the Parkway by Jennifer Steinkamp illuminates the area with a stunning nighttime display of video projections on large domes.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Barnes Foundation, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University, The Franklin Institute, the Parkway Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, the Rodin Museum and other organizations add to the centennial with exhibitions and displays honoring the Parkway spirit.

And since it wouldn’t be a celebration without a couple of parties, the Parkway 100 We Are Connected Festival kicks off the extravaganza, and the Parkway 100 Finale welcomes the next 100 years of creativity and discovery.

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Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway will begin its 100th birthday celebration Sept. 8.

Major Events: Parkway 100 We Are Connected Festival - The opening festival for Parkway 100 amps up the cultural volume along the thoroughfare. The Friday night extravaganza kicks off the 14-month centennial celebration with 100 activities, including giant connect-the-dots puzzles, indoor and outdoor performances, a display of glowing hot air balloons, a mural dedication, a handpainting area around Swann Memorial Fountain, tours and free or pay-what-youwish admission to five museums (The Academy of

Natural Sciences of Drexel University, Barnes Foundation, The Franklin Institute, Philadelphia Museum of Art and Rodin Museum). Sept.

8, 2017; 4-10 p.m. Benjamin Franklin Parkway, parkwaymuseumsdistrictphiladel phia.org.

Cai Guo-Qiang: Fireflies - The Association for Public Art enlisted lauded artist Cai Guo-Qiang to create an incredible experience for the Parkway. For four hours each night, people can board 27 pedal-powered vehicles (think pedicabs) adorned with lanterns to ride up and down the street. Meanwhile, those outside witness a dreamy wonderland.

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through Sundays, September Parkway 100 Finale 14-October 8, 2017. (215) The closing party brings 546-7550, associationforpub- just as much fun and festivity to the Parkway in 2018 licart.org.

Winter Fountains for as the 2017 kick-off festithe Parkway - Artist Jen- val. Fourteen months of exnifer Steinkamp created hibitions, events, art, Parkway 100’s centerpiece history, music, crafts and exhibition, which lights the special programming culmiboulevard at night this win- nates with a Friday night ter. Inspired by the Park- open house complete with way’s fountains and installations, performances horticulture, dramatic video and concerts, premieres, scenes project onto five tours and programs. The large domes measuring 13 event signals a new chapter feet high and 26 feet wide. for the Parkway. November 2018.

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“Other Desert Cities,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Drama about Brooke Wyeth returns to her parents’ Palm Springs home toting an explosive, about-to-be-published tell-all memoir, through Sept. 2; buckscountyplayhouse.org; 215-862-2121.

Gujarati Play - Rang Rangeela Gujjubhai, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Comedy play by Siddharth Randeria, an Indian film actor and writer of Gujarati theater. Siddharth Randeria will a family man striving hard to achieve a bigger and better lifestyle, Aug. 27, 6 p.m.

Tickets cost $29-$100; www.statetheatrenj.org; 732-2467469.

“What the Butler Saw,” Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s F.M. Kirby Shakes Theatre, Drew University campus, 36 Madison Ave. Joe Orton’s 1969 farce that unveils the fragile state of truth in the hands of those in power, and the power of truth despite our easy ability to twist it, Sept.

6 through Oct. 1. $29-$69; www.shakespearenj.org; 973408-5600.

“Disaster!,” Performed by Somerset Valley Players, 689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough. Musical spoof of ‘70s-era disaster movies set in 1979 at the opening of a floating casino

and disco in New York, Sept. 8-24. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15, $13 seniors/students; www.svptheatre.org; 908-369-7469.

“Memphis,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Tony-winning musical set in 1950s Tennessee at the dawn of the rock music revolution. Presented by PinnWorth Productions, Sept. 8-17. Tickets cost $20; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333.

Simpatico, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Sam Shepard drama in which a simple phone call causes Carter and Vinnie’s shady past to resurface, and fierce loyalties that were once hot-blooded begin to run astray. Collaboration between McCarter and Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago, Sept. 8 through Oct. 15; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787.

CHILDREN’S THEATER “Rapunzel,” Washington Crossing Open Air Theatre, Washington Crossing State Park, 455 Washington CrossingPennington Road, Titusville. Original musical written and directed by Louis Palena, telling the story of Rapunzel, who is held captive in a tower by a witch who can only reach the top of the tower by climbing her long golden braid of hair.

When a prince sees Rapunzel he vows to help her escape so

that they may live happily ever after, through Aug. 27. Fri.Sat. 11 a.m., Sun. 4 p.m., $5; www.downtownpac.com; 267885-9857.

MUSIC

CLASSICAL MUSIC New Jersey Capital Philharmonic, Mill Hill Park, 165 E. Front St., Trenton. Program featuring works by Handel, Vivaldi, Ginka, Copland and more, Aug. 31, 5 p.m. Free concert. Bring a blanket and/or lawn chairs. Free parking will be offered in the Liberty Commons Parking Garage located on E. Front Street. For more information, go to www.levittamp.org/trenton.

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

Ben Harper and the Innocent Criminals, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Blues rock musician combining an acoustic aesthetic, a groove-laden funk sensibility, and reggae-tinged soul, Aug. 25, 8 p.m. Tickets See THINGS TO DO, Page 7

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Exhibitions, installations & other things:

Corridor of Culture: 100 Years of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway - At the Free Library of Philadelphia, photographs and artwork illustrate the creation and use of the Benjamin Franklin Parkway over the last century, and even more artifacts explore how art, faith, science and community reside together on the grand corridor. September 8, 2017-May 2018. 1901 Vine Street, (215) 6865322, freelibrary.org.

The Galleries at Moore College of Art & Design The country’s first and only visual arts college for women presents a lineup of thought-provoking exhibitions, all for a joy-provoking zero cost. Sculpture and

photographs make up Visionary Women: Ursula Von Rydingsvard & Andrea Baldeck. The show Narrative Horizons features work from three women — Kay Healy, Sophia Narrett and Erin M. Riley — influenced by functional craft and the handmade. Nick Lenker: Recreation, The First Person explores the idea of identity in digital and virtual worlds. The human body is both an inspiration and a tool for the performances, workshops and projects of Bodyworks. September 16December 9, 2017. 20th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, (215) 965-4000, moore.edu.

Terracotta Warriors of the First Emperor - In 1974, a farmer digging a well in China struck one of history’s most significant archaeological discoveries: thousands of life-sized warrior sculptures that had been

guarding the tomb of China’s first emperor since 210 B.C. Ten of the mysterious structures and 170 related artifacts, including weapons, jade and gold ornaments and ceremonial vessels, travel to The Franklin Institute for an exhibition that examines the story, craft and science behind the terracotta army.

Philadelphia is one of just two cities hosting the exhibit. September 30, 2017March 4, 2018. 222 N. 20th Street, (215) 448-1200, fi.edu.

Specimen Spotlight: A Peek at the Past, A Look Toward the Future - Even before the grand boulevard, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University drew crowds to the area with the first dinosaur skeleton ever displayed. This exhibition presents a century of progress and highlights—through antique mi-

croscopes, bones from the famous elephant Bolivar, original models of dioramas and membership cards of famous members—and imagines the future with displays of fish, insects, plant and other specimens involved in research studies of biodiversity and extinction, climate change, water and evolution. October 10, 2017-October 4, 2018. 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, (215) 299-1000, ansp.org.

Old Masters Now: Rediscovering the John G. Johnson Collection - Described by The New York Times as “the greatest lawyer in the Englishspeaking world,” John G. Johnson bequeathed his 1,500 European artworks to Philadelphia in 1917. This Philadelphia Museum of Art exhibit focuses on the amazing collection and its collector, who lived during

a time when Philadelphia was a manufacturing and financial leader. Visitors to the museum see familiar names, including Botticelli, Bosch, Titian, Rembrandt and Monet. November 3, 2017-February 19, 2018.

2600 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, (215) 763-8100, philamuseum.org.

Paul Philippe Cret and the Barnes Foundation - In 1922, Dr. Albert C. Barnes hired French architect Paul Philippe Cret to design his gallery and residence in Merion, Pennsylvania.

Ninety years later, the Barnes Foundation opened on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, another Cret creation. The Barnes celebrates this connection and the Parkway’s centennial year with a display of letters between the two visionaries, plus Cret’s ideas, plans and sketches for the Merion buildings that officially became the Barnes Foundation in 1925. Fall 2017 (exact dates TBA). 2025 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, (215) 278-7000, barnesfoundation.org.

Center Square to Civic Treasure: Philadelphia’s City Hall and the Benjamin Franklin Parkway City Hall represents Philadelphia’s political center, and it stands as an artistic marvel and symbolic icon. The City of Philadelphia’s Office of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy and the Athenaeum of Philadelphia stage an exhibition that presents the history and design of City Hall and explores its role as a government building, the city‘s largest work of art and the iconic anchor to the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. The display includes photographs, postcards, drawings, manuscripts and other artifacts. December 1,

2017-January 26, 2018.

1401 John F. Kennedy Boulevard, 1st Floor, (215) 686-8446, creativephl.org.

Pop-Up Museum: Strange Neighbors - For 11 days, Eastern State Penitentiary presents its sixth annual Pop-Up Museum, with the special theme “Strange Neighbors.” Rarely viewed objects document the surprisingly close relationships shared by the maximum-security prison, the elegant Benjamin Franklin Parkway down the block and the once-working-class neighborhood that connected the two. Select dates, April 2018. 2027 Fairmount Avenue, (215) 236-3300, easternstate.org.

The Oval 2018 Season This eight-acre pop-up park occupies Eakins Oval, a little-used parking lot on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway. For its sixth season in 2018, food trucks, movies, a beer garden, free health and fitness classes, theme days and a ground mural bring the space to life for one summer month. Through August 2018 (exact date TBA). 2451 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, theovalphl.org.

Concerts at the Cathedral Basilica - Pennsylvania’s largest Catholic church celebrates its home boulevard with a choral concert series in its soaring, Roman Corinthian building. Concerts at the Cathedral bring international choral artists to Philadelphia while also highlighting Philadelphia’s rich choral tradition. The 2017-18 season starts with the spirited choral ensemble Cantus and continues with the Westminster Williamson Voices. October 27-November 19, 2017. 18th Street & Benjamin Franklin Parkway, (610) 223-4191, cathedralphilaconcerts.org.

August 25, 2017 “SPECIAL OPS” By JEFFREY WECHSLER ACROSS 1 Crisscross pattern 5 Whole alternative 9 Religion that may involve a moon goddess 14 Tolerate 19 Sticks figure 20 Common conifer 21 Many a South Pacific isle 22 Kosher 23 __ in the Pod: maternity brand 24 It won’t fly on the Sabbath 25 Get rid of 26 Freetown currency 27 Like soup cans to Andy Warhol?

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48 Courtesy to parents of a child flying alone 53 Refuses 54 Carrier renamed in 1997 55 Astaire/Rogers 1935 boast?

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73 Traffic stopper, perhaps 74 Capital SW of Brussels 75 Sculptors’ degs.

78 “Lou Grant” production co.

81 Like some strays 83 Why the kennel closed?

87 Flew into __ 89 Mexican dirección 91 Engine regulator 92 Vespa newbies?

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THINGS TO DO

Sept. 7 and Sept. 8 and run four weeks. The cost is $60 per person for the four-week sessions. The cost is $60. Register at candaceclough1987@yahoo.com or by calling 732-9954284.

Friday Night Folk Dancing, at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. One-hour instruction most weeks, followed by request dancing. Fridays, 8-11 p.m. $5; 609-912-1272.

Continued from Page 6 cost $45-$85; www.statetheatrenj.org; 732-246-7469.

Beth Malone - “So Far,” The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Musical memoir performed by Tony-nominated Beth Malone. Follow this adorably insane little lesbian as she takes you on a journey from Castle Rock, Colorado, to the South Pacific. From little girl crushes to grown-woman heartbreak. Aug. 25, 8 p.m. $40; www.therrazzroom.com; 888-596-1027.

The Kinsey Sicks - “Things You Shouldn’t Say,” The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. The Kinsey Sicks fight back with a “Dragapella” vengeance as they offer a bold, funny and moving theatrical experience — in our-part harmony and over-the-top drag, Aug. 26, 8 p.m., $45; www.therrazzroom.com; 888-5961027.

Grace Little & GLB, Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton. As part of the celebration of 115 years of Cadwalader Park, the Trenton Museum Society and the City of Trenton present Amazin Grace and the Grace Little Band in a concert featuring jazz, pop, rock, R&B, funk, reggae, and more, Aug. 27, 4-6 p.m. Free; www.ellarslie.org.

Suede, The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Jazz singer who has played clubs including New York’s Birdland, Sept. 9, 8 p.m., $30; www.therrazzroom.com; 888-596-1027.

Princeton Garden Statesmen, West Windsor Plainsboro Community Middle School, 95 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro. 48th annual barbershop contest, Sept. 10, 2 p.m. $25; www.gardenstatesmen.org; 1-888-636-4449.

MUSEUMS

Princeton University Art Museum, on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton. “Great British Drawings from the Ashmolean Museum,” featuring more than 100 works from the 17th to the 20th centuries, through Sept.

17. “Transient Effects: The Solar Eclipses and Celestial Landscapes of Howard Russell Butler.” Exhibit brings together experts from the sciences and art history to present the history of Howard Russell Butler’s paintings and the story of the artist who created them. Butler (1856-1934) was a graduate of Princeton University’s first school of science, through Oct. 15; Hours: Tues.-Wed., Fri.-Sat. 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Thurs. 10 a.m.-10 p.m., Sun. 1-5 p.m. Admission is free; artmuseum.princeton.edu; 609-258-3788.

Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. Ellarslie Open 34. Cadwalader Park: An Olmsted Vision: Exhibit highlighting Cadwalader Park and its world-famous designer, Frederick Law Olmsted, who designed Cadwalader Park and Central Park in New York City. Exhibitions on both floors of the museum will run, through Sept. 17 with various complementary events, lectures and tours. Hours: Wed.-Sat. noon to 4 p.m. www.ellarslie.org; 609-989-3632.

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 Frank Lloyd Wright house that could have been, through Dec. 31. Hours: Wed.-Sun. noon to 4 p.m. $4; princetonhistory.org.

Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St., Princeton. “Newark and the Culture of Art: 1900-1960.” The exhibit explores the unique combination of art and industry that made Newark a magnet for modern artists in the early 20th century. Morven’s exhibition celebrates the culture of creativity that flourished alongside John Cotton Dana, the visionary figure in the organization of the Newark Library and Newark Museum. Through his efforts art, industry and society were brought together to inspire the everyday Newark citizen through accessible and beautiful exhibitions.

Dana’s goal was to educate by presenting examples of superior design to the greatest number of people possible, including Newark’s immigrant and working-class population; making art a vital part of Newark’s culture and society.

Morven’s nearly 50 loans hail from public and private collections from across the country and will reflect Dana’s vision by including painting, textiles, ceramics, and

AUDITIONS Courtesy photo

Scenic beauty Michael Schweigart "Evening Light," an acrylic on paper, is featured in “Points of View," an exhibit of paintings by Schweigart and Carol Sanzalone at Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge St., Lambertville, Sept. 7 through Oct. 1. A reception will be held Sept. 9, 4-7 p.m. A closing tea and conversation is scheduled for Oct. 1, 3-6 p.m. For more information, go to www.lambertvillearts.com. sculptures, through Jan. 28, 2018. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609924-8144.

Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine St., Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Myths & Nature: Early Prints

by Sam Maitin, through Aug. 27; Highlights from the New Hope-Solebury School District Art Collection, through Oct. 8; George Sotter: Light and Shadow, through Dec. 31; Dedicated, Displayed, Discovered: Celebrating the Region’s School Art Collections, through Jan. 7; www.michenerartmuseum.org; 215-340-9800.

Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St. (at George Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers, New Brunswick. Cats vs. Dogs: Illustrations for Children’s Literature. Featuring more than 40 drawings and collages by Frank Asch, Mary Chalmers, Tony Chen, Roger Duvoisin, Shari Halpern, Lois Lenski, Ward Schumaker, and Art Seiden. The exhibition emphasizes the strength of visual elements in storytelling, especially for children learning how to read, through June 24, 2018. This exhibit is open to the public Fridays through Sundays. 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; 848-9327237.

GALLERIES Gourgard Gallery at Town Hall, 23-A N. Main St., Cranbury. “Celebration III” by Creative Collective Group.

The Creative Collective is dedicated to fostering a creative and nurturing community for artists, artisans and art lovers in central New Jersey and beyond, through Aug. 25. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also open July 9, 16, 1-3 p.m. www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

River Queen Artisans Gallery, 8 Church St., Lambertville. “Summer Blessing,” featuring new work from more than 30 local artists, through Sept. 9. riverqueenartisans.com; 609-397-2977.â⇔‹ Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge St., Lambertville. Exhibit featuring paintings by Carol Sanzalone and Michael Schweigart, Sept. 7 through Oct. 1. Opening reception, Sept. 9, 4-7 p.m. Closing tea and conversation, Oct. 1, 3-6 p.m. www.lambertvillearts.com.

DANCE Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Fourth Saturday Contra Dance: Gaye Fifer with Hot Coffee Breakdown, Aug. 26.

Experienced session, 3-6 p.m., $12; Potluck dinner, 6-7:30 p.m. Contra Dance for all, 8-11 p.m. ($16); Weekly Wednesday Contra Dance, Aug. 30, 8-10:30 p.m. (Instruction at 7:30 p.m.), $10; www.princetoncountrydancers.org.

Dancing by the Peddie Lake, 112 Etra Road in Hightstown. Fall sessions of “Dancing by the Peddie Lake with Candace-Woodward-Clough”, offering instruction in Swing, Foxtrot, Waltz and Latin dancing. Classes will begin

The Bimah Players, Monroe Township Jewish Center, 11 Cornell Ave., Monroe. The Bimah Players will hold auditions for adult actors and singers of all types and ages for “Deli Delights,” a smorgasbord of comedy, drama and songs about Jewish life.

Auditions will be held through Aug. 30 by appointment only. Performances are Nov. 19 to Dec. 3. To schedule an audition, email dirbimahplayers@aol.com or call 609-3952969.

LaShir, Princeton Jewish Center, 435 Nassau St., Princeton. The Jewish Community Choir of Princeton, is seeking experienced choral singers (of all voice parts) to join its ranks. Rehearsals are held on Thursday evenings from 7:30 to 9:15. as a cultural representative of the Jewish community, LaShir is dedicated to preserving, promoting, and transmitting Jewish cultural heritage. For more information, go to www.lashir.org, email director@lashir.org or call 347782-2746.

Sharim v’Sharot. Dr. Elayne Robinson Grossman, music director of Sharim v’Sharot, will hold auditions for all voice parts, SATB, during August and September.

The choir performs throughout central New Jersey and the Delaware Valley with its repertoire of Jewish music of many eras, styles and languages. Rehearsals are on Tuesday evenings from September through June in Ewing, except for major holidays. The choir will perform at Verizon Hall in the Kimmel Center on March 21 for the Leonard Bernstein Bicentennial Celebration during Organ Week. Other concerts will be in synagogues, concert halls, museums and community centers. For more information, contact Dr. Elayne Grossman atsharimvsharot @ gmail.com or go to www.sharimvsharot.org.

The Roxey Ballet Company will host auditions for its annual production of “The Nutcracker,” Sept. 9 for dancers 4 to 8: Ages 4 to 6 noon to 12:30 p.m. Ages 7 to 10: 12:301 p.m. Ages 11-13, 1-1:30 p.m. Ages 14-18, 1:30-2 p.m. Interested candidates should arrive 15 minutes prior to audition time. Auditins will be at Roxey Ballet Canal Studios, 243 N. Union St. Lambertville. Performances are Nov. 25 through Dec. 3.

For more information and registration, go to www.roxeyballet.org.

Hopewell Valley Chorus, Hopewell Valley Central High School, 259 Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington.

Opening rehearsals for Hopewell Valley Chorus’ new season, “Deck the Halls,” a program of traditional secular and sacred holiday music. No auditions. Male voices especially welcome, Sept. 11 and 18, 7 p.m. Seasonal membership costs $50; hopewellvalleychorus@ gmail.com; 609-4480615.

Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey, West WindsorPlainsboro High School North, 90 Grovers Mill Road, Plainsboro. Youth Orchestra of Central Jersey will hold auditions for new student musicians, Sept. 12. Students who play virtually any musical instrument can audition for this local youth orchestra by registering for an audition time.

Players must be privately taught and, if accepted into YOCJ, must continue to work with their school orchestras. Registration and all audition requirements can be found at www.yocj.org.

Capital Singers of Trenton, Sacred Heart Church, 343 South Broad St., Trenton. Capital Singers of Trenton is a 100-voice choir founded in 2006. Composed of singers of all ages, repertoire includes a mix of musical genres and styles, both sacred and secular. Rehearsals are held twice a month on Sunday evening. The choir is welcoming singers of all voice parts, but particularly tenors and basses. For more information, email capitalsingers@gmail.com or go to www.capitalsingers.org.

LIFESTYLE 1B

Friday, August 25, 2017

A Packet Publication

PACKET PICKS Aug. 25 Sips and Sounds at Terhune Orchards The KD Brown Band will perform during the next Sips and Sounds at Terhune Orchards, 5-8 p.m.

Terhune will be offering wine and light fair, including fresh salads with gazpacho, or mac and cheese, chips and homemade salsa and cheese platters to enjoy during the concert.

Terhune also will host its final “sangria weekend” of the season, Aug. 26-26, noon to 6 p.m. During the sangria weekend, Terhune will offer red sangria featuring Terhune’s Chambourcin wine and Terhune’s own apples. Also available is white sangria made with Vidal Blanc and peaches.

Terhune Orchards is located at 330 Cold Soil Road in Lawrenceville. For more information, go to www.terhuneorchards.com or call 609-924-2310.

Aug. 26 Washington Crossing forest hike Washington Crossing State Park will host a guided hike through the pike’s forest, 1-3 p.m. Hikers will learn about the park’s landscape as it looked 100 years ago, examine characteristics of the forest today, and talk about what it will like in the future.

The park is located at 355 Washington Crossing Road, Pennington. There is a park vehicle entrance fee of $5. For more information, call 609-737-0623.

Aug. 28 Film screening at Princeton Library The Princeton Public Library will present a screening of “Last Men in Aleppo,” beginning at 7 p.m.

The film is about volunteer rescue workers called the White Helmets, and the daily life and death struggle in the streets of Aleppo after five years of war.

The screening is part of the Syrian Perspectives Series.

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

Aug. 30-31 Classic movies at the Garden The Princeton Garden Theatre’s Hollywood Summer Nights series of classic movies will continue with the Marx Brothers’ “Monkey Business,” Aug. 30, beginning at 7:30 p.m.

In the movie, the brothers are stowaways on a cruise ship.

The series will continue Aug. 31 with the Coen brothrs’ “Fargo.”

Admission costs $11, $3 for patrons 18 and younger. Dress in the theme of the movie and get free popcorn.

The theater is located at 160 Nassau St., Princeton. For more information, go to www.thegardentheatre.com or call 609-2791999.

Aug. 31 Bulgarian music at Lawrence Library The Lawrence Library will host a program about Vassil Bebelekov, a bulgarian bagpipe player, beginning at 6:30 p.m.

Members of the Princeton Friday Night and Tuesday Night Folk Dance Groups, and the Highland Park Folkdance Circle will present an evening dedicated to the memory of Vassil Bebelekov, who died in 2016. The program will feature a documentary about Bebelekov as well as music performed by Vassil Bebelekov.

The library is located at 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence. Registration is suggested:lawprogs@ mcl.org or call Call 609-989-6920.

A story of amnesia and the human spirit In writing about Lonni Sue Johnson, Michael Lemonick learned that we’re more than our memories

By Rich Fisher Correspondent When lifelong Princeton resident Michael Lemonick decided to write about amnesia victim Lonni Sue Johnson, he aimed to compassionately tell her story while also providing an indepth look at the study of amnesia.

In authoring his latest book — “The Perpetual Now, A Story of Amnesia, Memory and Love” — Lemonick accomplished both goals and, as a bonus, gained some positive perspective and reassurance for himself.

The narrative could be viewed as sad and almost tragic, as Johnson was a renowned pilot, writer and artist, whose works appeared on New Yorker magazine covers, only to have it all taken away. But it’s actually a compelling, uplifting tale thanks to Johnson having maintained a cheerful, easy-going outlook on life despite the fact she can’t create new memories that last longer than a coffee break.

Not to mention, she can still draw and sing and happily shares those abilities with others.

After spending ample time with Johnson during his five years of writing “The Perpetual Now,” Lemonick was impacted by her attitude.

“It makes me think more carefully about my own memory and what it means to me,” the award-winning science journalist said. “I grew up in Princeton and still live here so everywhere I look still reminds me of some phase in my life. Somebody I went to third grade with or somebody I worked with in the ‘70s. So, memory is really more important to me than it is to other people who don’t have these cues all the time.

“I really did think of memory as this sort of fundamental thing; that it makes you who you are. Seeing that Lonni Sue is exactly who she always was, even without an intact memory, makes me think that about myself. It starts to reassure me that if I do start to have serious memory problems, I won’t disappear. Just my memories will, and that makes me feel better.”

As the son of Princeton University physics professor Aaron Lemonick, Michael has upheld the family tradition by documenting a galaxy’s worth of articles on science and outer space.

He has written more than 50 Time magazine cover stories, written for The New Yorker, National Geographic, Discover, Scientific America and numerous other publications. The Princeton High graduate is now the opinion editor at Scientific American, and a journalism and communications professor at Princeton University.

“The Perpetual Now” is his seventh book, and the first in which his centerpiece is a human being rather than an object floating through the universe. Upon telling a former student — who was never shy about challenging her professor — about his latest project, she immediately asked if he thought he could write about people.

“I had to admit, I didn’t know,” Lemonick said. “There was a central character who I had to bring to life, I’ve never had to do that before. In the past I wrote about sciences, with maybe little personality sketches about the scientists. Here I had to write in some depth about the characters.”

Mission accomplished.

“The Perpetual Now” has received strong, positive reviews as Lemonick wove a complicated tapestry that could have become a confusing mess.

Amnesia is one of life’s most fascinating mysteries and the author was able to combine rigid science information with human emotions and present it in a sensible, interesting way.

“I feel that I have brought her to life,” Lemonick said. “With all my previous books, people will say ‘What are you working on?’ ‘Well I’m doing a book on the search for planets around other stars.’ And they’ll say ‘Oh, that’s really interesting. So, anyway, what’s for lunch?’

“In this one, I tell them what I’m writing about and they’re genuinely interested and they want to know more, and they ask a lot of questions.

That’s very gratifying just to know that I’ve engaged readers who already weren’t nerdy about the topic. That feels like a big accomplishment for me.”

Lemonick began writing the book in 2011, but had been intrigued by the subject of amnesia well before that.

While taking an intro to psychology course as a freshman at Harvard, Lemonick became fascinated by the

In writing about Lonni Sue Johnson (above), Michael Lemonick (right) found himself telling a story that was about her as a person as much as it was about her amnesia. case study of a man known then as H.M. and later identified as Henry Molaison of Connecticut. In the 1950s, H.M. had parts of his brain removed to treat his epileptic seizures.

Among those parts was the hippocampus. Through H.M.’s surgeries, it was discovered the hippocampus was the central organ of memory, and H.M. lost forever the ability to form new memories. The operation did end Molaison’s seizures.

Conversely, Lemonick never forgot about H.M., saying, “It just always stayed with me, so bizarre and haunting.”

During his career, Lemonick wrote several memory articles and always brought up H.M. “because he’s the one in all the textbooks.”

As fate would have it, Lemonick ran into Aline Johnson, a friend from junior high who was Lonni Sue’s sister. Both still lived in Princeton and while they were friends, Michael never knew Lonni Sue personally, though he knew of her.

Aline and her mother, Maggi Johnson, were Lonni Sue’s caretakers until Maggi passed away two years ago, leaving it all to Aline.

“They both devoted just incredible time and effort and energy,” Lemonick said. “Without them and without Aline now, I don’t think Lonni Sue would have recovered even a fraction as well as she has. They were always working with her and helping her to learn to walk and talk again and probing her memory. Just incredible devotion.”

Upon their meeting, Aline began telling Michael her sister’s story, which started in late 2007. While living alone on a farm in upstate New York, Lonni Sue began getting terrible headaches. She lacked energy and began acting strangely. One day her business partner discovered Johnson in her kitchen making no sense at all and unable to comprehend anything.

She was taken to the hospital and eventually diagnosed with encephalitis, which destroyed her hippocampus and memories.

But not all memories. She can still draw — though she rarely finishes her drawings. She can sing and she knows she was once a pilot.

Knowing Michael was a journalist, Aline wondered if he might want to write on the subject. She had no idea it was in his blood.

“This concept of amnesia of this kind, that had been with me since I was in college, and through my career that I just wondered about and marveled at, it was just handed to me,” Lemonick said. “[I’m thinking] ‘now you get to interact with somebody who has this problem, and write about the science and so on.’ And the fact I knew the family to some degree made it clear I would have the opportunity to tell a much richer story than I’d ever told before about memory.”

Lemonick, however, did not immediately jump at the chance. He realized a story like this had been told before and wondered what he could add to make it newsworthy. As Aline began to explain the situation, noting that this was still a talented, charming person, a fresh approach seemed feasible. Also, her past was more dynamic than Molaison’s, which

provided a deeper pool for amnesia research. She is sort of like H.M. 2.0.

“He was a really important case and taught us a lot of things about how memory works, but as a person he didn’t have a rich background and lots of experience and skills and knowledge in many different areas,” Lemonick said. “So there was a limit to how much they could probe him for. She is like this repository of many different areas of knowledge and experience that lets them go further than they ever could.”

Once this was explained by Aline, Lemonick made the commitment. Another selling point was that he had a personal history with the family, which provided first-hand access to all that went on with Lonni Sue. He talked with her, interviewed folks who knew her pre-amnesia life, attended some testing sessions and was generally immersed in it all. It allowed him to write as a participant, more so than as an objective reporter just watching from the outside.

“I saw all these things that made her a step beyond H.M,” Lemonick said. “In addition I got to have access to this personal story, which I felt was very important, and who she was before and what kind of person she was.

Which we basically don’t know about H.M. There is also this sort of important scientific story she is going to help tell.”

Lemonick’s first visit with Lonni Sue was wrought with the apprehension one would expect in entering such a touchy situation. The Johnson welcome mat became his own little version of egg shells as he tread lightly. Standing on the doorstep, Michael wondered if he would behave properly, and if he might upset her.

That trepidation lasted all of two minutes, as he was greeted by a charming, happy woman who drew Lemonick a picture and then sang her own version of the A-B-Cs. Rather than just sing the letters, each letter was a word, starting with “artists, beautifully, creating, delightful . . . “ and so on, through the letter Z. “It was a relief,” Lemonick said.

“She takes charge and makes you feel right at home and she’s thrilled to see you, even though she doesn’t have any idea who you are.”

After introductions were made, Lonni Sue would go into another room, return and introduce herself all over again. It was as if Michael never existed after just 10 minutes.

“But she doesn’t know [she has amnesia],” he said. “If you ask her about her memory, she says ‘Oh yeah sometimes I forget things.’ She thinks she’s a little bit absent-minded. She has no idea how much she’s lost and

that’s because she can’t remember what it was like to have memories. So she’s very comfortable with everything.

“Basically I thought it would be much weirder than it was. She’s so warm and engaging. When she asks, ‘Would you like to see my drawings,’ or ‘Would you like to sing a song about the alphabet,’ she does it with such general enthusiasm and warmth, you say ‘Yeah I’d love that.’ She’s just in many ways childlike and so it’s actually very easy to relax and enjoy her company. Yeah it’s a little weird that she doesn’t remember who you are, but that turns out to be not that important.”

Lest one think that is the norm with memory loss, think again.

Lemonick alluded to a man in Britain who had the illness in the 1980s, noting that, “He was like ‘Where am I? What’s going on? Why don’t I remember anything? Did I just wake up?’ He’s frantic. Completely different. She just rolls with it.”

Her attitude is consistent wherever she goes. At times, she makes the scientists laugh so hard during their testing of her, that they have to pause.

At one point, Aline set up a oneon-one interview between Michael and Lonni Sue, which he said, “Was a crazy experience,” but was also a good way to get a feel for Lonni Sue and get a sense of what she thinks about. Johnson often directed the conversation back to themes she was familiar with, and Lemonick likened it more to two kids playing in the sandbox than a journalist conducting an interview.

Still, all his exposure to Lonni Sue gave Michael a true sense of her nature. He discovered that she was a good woman who remained good, despite a bad break.

“The more I talked to her, the more I realized that the real essence of who she was, was just the same as it was before,” he said. “She could be missing an arm or a leg, she happens to be missing memory. But she’s still warm and friendly and she draws people to her without trying to. People just tend to really like her. That’s just as true now as it was before the illness.

“When I first started working on this book I figured losing her memories would just devastate her personality. My working title for the book was “The Woman Who lost Herself.”

How can you have a self if you can’t remember anything? And I had to change the title because I learned that’s just not true.”

Indeed. Lonni Sue Johnson have lost a key part of her mind, but she never lost her soul.

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The Week of August 25, 2017

Pam Hersh

LOOSE ENDS

The electricity of connection for food and facilities Restaurateur James “Jim” Nawn and real estate developer James “Jamie” Herring share more than their first name. Both Princeton entrepreneurs, in their early 50s, have MBA degrees (Nawn from Boston College, Herring from Columbia Business School), winning smiles and easygoing demeanors that belie the fact that they are intensely driven businessmen who are leaving their marks on Princeton in a most visible and visceral way - with food and facilities.

They are hands-on managers, while keeping their hands off of the actual production of the products that are making their names.

Herring, as a commercial real estate developer, is responsible for building buildings, but doesn’t build the buildings. He rarely is the one covered in sawdust and wielding a hammer on the construction site.

Nawn’s restaurants serve critically acclaimed food, but he doesn’t cook. He rarely gets down and dirty with flour and grease in the kitchen.

Both, however, are passionate about the quality of their products - and the positive effect these products are having on the Princeton community. For most of their professional careers, the two of them have operated in different parts of town. Within the next year, they will get together in a location at 277 Witherspoon Street - a building owned and built (actually torn down and rebuilt) by Herring and to be occupied by a new Nawn

restaurant. The electricity of connection just may spark some creative activity in the Witherspoon Street corridor.

Conducting separate conversations with each of them about their recent projects in town, I tried to figure out what makes these local and very successful entrepreneurs tick.

Their comments about themselves could apply directly to the other.

“I am addicted to busy,” said Nawn, founding president of The Fenwick Hospital Group (FHG), a farm-to-table-driven company. His addictive “busy” consists of creating and then implementing restaurant projects that his “intuition” - mixed with his experience and business smarts - tells him are right for the community, he said.

The FHG food operations include: Agricola (11 Witherspoon Street at the former Lahiere’s site); The Dinky Bar & Kitchen (94 University Place at the University’s Arts and Transit Center); the much-celebrated and just-opened Cargot Brasserie (98 University Place at the University’s Arts and Transit Center); Main Street Bistro (at the Princeton Shopping Center until it closes this fall); and Main Street Catering & Events (still thriving and based in Rocky Hill).

FHG has signed a lease at 277 Witherspoon Street, in the rebuilt former medical professional building next to the Avalon apartment complex. Housed here will be a new 5,000-

square-foot restaurant called Two Sevens that may open by the end of this year. The infrastructure feeding these restaurant operations is the FHG Group’s certified organic Great Road Farm in Montgomery.

The entrepreneurial spirit is part of Nawn’s family’s heritage - both his father and grandfather were small business owners. So when he got out of business school, rather than going the corporate route, he gravitated toward being a small business owner. He linked up with Panera Bread and opened 37 stores, including the one in Princeton. “What I learned from my work with Panera, particularly about restaurant site selection, hiring and training, was invaluable for me,” said Jim. “But in 2010 I decided I had to do something else with my life - I was unsure of what I wanted to do, but I did know it had to be intense. I decided to go to culinary school (Institute of Culinary Education (ICE) in New York. I had no dream of becoming a great chef, but my Panera

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from my father, an engineer. “ After graduate school, Jamie learned all aspects of the real estate development field by working as a construction manager, commercial mortgage broker, asset manager, senior vice president for real estate for the Lawrencebased RCN. Then, at about the same time Nawn was itching to do his own thing, Herring formed Herring Properties in 2000 to capture value in under-utilized real estate in the region through adaptive reuse, new construction and planned development. He acquired, developed and owns approximately 1,500,000 square feet of office, industrial, retail and residential properties in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Those projects include: the redevelopment of the 80-acre 3M tape factory in Bristol, Pa.; 23 Orchard Road in Skillman - redevelopment of the former CA Associates regional headquarters; 281 and 277 Witherspoon Street - redevelopment of former medical building and new

experience - and my love of food - made me very interested in leaning about the mechanics of the food business.

“I was developing a dream of becoming a restaurateur. I knew I did not have to be a great chef to run a great restaurant. I needed the skills to hire very talented people, to manage operations, to be committed to the highest quality product and to a cuisine principle - which in our case was the farm to table concept,” Jim said.

Herring, the founder and president of Herring Properties, described the nuts and bolts of his professional success in terms echoing Nawn’s words.

“I really do not like gambling in a casino, but strategic gambling and risk-taking is what I do in my business of real restate development. Business school taught me how to convey an idea to a group of investors and banks, but more than anything, someone in my profession needs good intuition,” said Jamie. “I’m always interested in the challenges of building - I think I get that

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In spite of the risk-taking nature of their businesses, neither Jamie nor Jim chose edgy names for their organizations. Herring Properties is an appropriate choice for Herring. Fenwick Management Group refers to Nawn’s Boston roots; he went to Holy Cross in Boston and then Boston College, and Benedict Joseph Fenwick served as Bishop of Boston.

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HEALTH MATTERS

The Week of August 25, 2017

Dr. Kenneth A. Goldman, M.D., R.V.T, F.A.C.S.

Varicose veins: Here today, gone tomorrow

Being on your feet all day every day can really take a toll on your body, especially your legs.

In fact, people who stand for extended periods of time are at greater risk for developing varicose veins, and while they are normally not life threatening, varicose veins can be painful and create medical and cosmetic problems that can make life miserable.

Fortunately, advances in medicine have made treatment for varicose veins quicker and easier than ever, with patients often experiencing same-day results.

At the Center for Vascular Care at University Medical Center of Princeton, board certified vascular surgeons along with nurses and vascular staff offer a variety of treatment options for vascular conditions, including varicose veins.

Working Against Gravity In order for the veins in your legs to return blood to your heart, they need to work against gravity.

To do this, veins have one-way valves that open to allow blood to pass through,

and close to prevent blood from flowing backward. If these valves are weakened or damaged, blood can back up and pool in your veins causing them to swell.

Vein walls are normally elastic, but as they swell and stretch they lose their elasticity. They become longer and wider like an overstretched rubber band. This causes the valve leaflets to separate and prevents them from closing properly.

As a result, the backflow of blood fills the veins, causing them to stretch even more.

Over time, the veins start to get bigger, swell and twist to fit into their normal space.

In other words, they become varicose veins.

Teachers, nurses, hairstylists at a greater risk Anyone who stands for long periods of time is at greater risk for developing varicose veins, because gravity makes it more difficult for the leg veins to return blood to the heart. As such, teachers, nurses, and hair stylists are often affected.

Obesity and pregnancy can also contribute to vari-

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cosities as extra weight or increased blood volume puts added pressure on the veins.

In addition, varicose veins tend to develop with age, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services estimates that half of all people 50 years and older have them.

Finally, people with a family history of varicose veins are also at greater risk.

If your grandmother and mother had them, chances are you’ll have them too.

Legs that feel like lead Bulging veins that are visible under the surface of your skin are a telltale sign of varicose veins. But symptoms of the condition can be more than cosmetic and may include: • Painful, achy legs or legs that just “feel like lead” • Throbbing or cramping in the legs • Brownish skin changes in the lower legs • Itchiness in the skin of the legs, especially in the lower leg and ankle. Sometimes this is incorrectly diagnosed as dry skin.

• Swelling of the feet and ankles

Left untreated, varicose veins will usually progress over time. The symptoms may worsen and veins will enlarge. In severe cases, the skin of the leg may ulcerate or veins may bleed after minor trauma.

Treatment for varicose veins depends on their severity. In many cases, lifestyle changes such as losing weight, avoiding standing for long periods of time, improving muscle tone and avoiding tight clothes and high-heeled shoes, can help reduce pain and prevent varicose veins from getting worse.

Wearing compression stockings and elevating your legs can also help reduce pain in instances of mild varicose veins and this may slow their progression.

In years past, the main approach for getting rid of more severe varicose veins involved surgery and a lengthy recovery period.

Today, most patients can have a procedure done in the morning and go back to work in the afternoon.

Common procedures to treat varicose veins are:

• Radiofrequency ablation in which the leaking vein is sealed and the blood is naturally rerouted through healthier veins.

• Sclerotherapy in which a chemical solution is injected into the vein causing it to shrink and eventually be absorbed by the body.

• Vein removal in which varicose veins close to the surface of the skin are removed through a series of tiny incisions, known as microphlebectomy.

If you suffer from varicose veins, talk with your doctor or vascular surgeon about a treatment approach.

Learn more Princeton HealthCare System, through its Community Education & Outreach Program, will host a discussion titled “Varicose Veins: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t” from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at the Hamil-

ton Area YMCA John K. Rafferty Branch, 1315 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Suite 100, Conference Rooms A & B, Hamilton, N.J. To register for the free session or for more information visit www.princetonhcs.org/calendar or call (888) 897-8979.

For more information about UMCP’s Center for Vascular Care or to find a physician affiliated with Princeton HealthCare System, call (888) 742-7496 or visit www.princetonhcs.org.

Kenneth A. Goldman, M.D., R.V.T., F.A.C.S., is board certified in general surgery and vascular surgery. He is a registered vascular technologist, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the medical staff at University Medical Center of Princeton.

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The Week of August 25, 2017

Tour Trenton’s Olmstead neighborhood

MOVIE TIMES Movie and times for the week of Aug. 25-31. Schedules are subject to change.

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The historic Trenton neighborhood of Cadwalader Heights will host a tour of 11 of its historic homes from noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 16.

Conceived and designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, “A Walk in the Park: New Jersey’s Olmsted Neighborhood,” will showcase a sampling of 11 homes and their stories, from construction to present day.

In the late 1800s, Olmsted, the country’s pre-eminent landscape architect and the designer of New York City’s Central Park and the National Mall in Washington, D.C., also designed Trenton’s Cad-

walader Park and the adjoining neighborhood, Cadwalader Heights, the only residential community Olmsted designed in New Jersey.

The houses range in size from cottage to castle and in style from Colonial Revival to Tudor Revival. In its earliest days, Cadwalader Heights was home to the captains of Trenton’s industry, government, education, and fraternal organizations.

One hundred and ten years later, the neighborhood continues Olmsted’s vision — a design intentionally cultivated to weave together a diverse group of people and foster a strong

sense of community and mutual respect.

This year’s house tour will also be held in conjunction with an exhibit at Ellarslie: “Cadwalader Park: An Olmsted Vision.” Enjoy the house tour, the museum exhibit, and plein air artists painting and drawing in the park and throughout the neighborhood.

Advance tickets for the tour cost $20 and are available at w w w. c a d w a l a d e r heights.com. Tickets sold on the day of the tour cost $25 and are available at the registration center at Ellarslie, the Trenton City Museum, located in Cadwalader Park.

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SOUTH BRUNSWICK TWP.

HOPEWELL TWP.

HOPEWELL TWP.

EWING TWP.

LAWRENCE TWP.

HOPEWELL TWP.

MONTGOMERY TWP.

Under Contract LAWRENCE TWP.

PLAINSBORO TWP.

LAWRENCE TWP.

MIDDLESEX BORO

LAWRENCE TWP.

42 Fackler Road

5 Fringe Tree Court

40 Northbrook Avenue

3 Judson Drive

338 Glenn Avenue

MONTGOMERY TWP.

LAWRENCE TWP.

Still Available LAWRENCE TWP.

LAWRENCE TWP.

Open House Sunday 8/27 1-4

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71 Carter Rd.

$779,000 4505 Province Line Rd. $788,800

MANSFIELD TWP.

HOPEWELL TWP.

308 Pennington Titusville Rd. $1,124,000

LAWRENCE TWP.

538 River Rd.

$599,000 1026 Lawrence Rd.

Listed by Donna M. Murray Sales Associate, REALTOR®

Cell: 908-391-8396 donna.murray@foxroach.com 2016 NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Award® Winner -Platinum 4 Pedersen Ct.

$980,000 15 Polonia Ave.

$618,888

Get your home sold by 2018!

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253 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08540

609-924-1600 A member of the franchise system of BHH Affiliates, LLC.

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NEW LISTING LaWRENCEvILLE $509,750 609-921-2700 MLS #7038008

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HaMILTON $197,500 609-586-1400 MLS #7037006

HOpEWELL TWp. $384,999 609-737-1500 MLS #7037649

LaWRENCE TWp. $365,000 609-921-2700 MLS #7022043

LaWRENCEvILLE $339,900 609- 921-2700 MLS #7032001

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HaMILTON TWp $369,900 609-737-1500 MLS #7038022

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9 FERN CT Hamilton $217,000 609-586-1400 MLS #039182

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58 CHESTERFIELD-GEORGETOWN CHESTERFIELD $369,900 609-298-3000 MLS #7002393

WOODLaND TWp. $240,000 609-298-3000 MLS #7036577

HaMILTON $295,000 609-586-1400 MLS #7027021

LaWRENCEvILLE $1,169,999 609-921-2700 MLS #6968372

SpRINGFIELD TWp. $429,900 609-298-3000 MLS #6993153

BRIDGETON TWp. $329,000 215-862-9441 MLS #7016716

BuCKINGHaM TWp. $169,900 215-862-9441 MLS #6983807

DELaWaRE TWp. $419,000 908-782-0100 MLS #3378118

HOpEWELL TWp. $724,900 609-737-1500 MLS #6977319

LaMBERTvILLE CITY $689,900 609-397-0777 MLS #6837229

LaWRENCE TWp. $259,000 609-737-1500 MLS #7031287

LaWRENCEvILLE $689,000 609-921-2700 MLS #6942276

pHILaDELpHIa $700,000 215-862-9441 MLS #7018981

ROEBLING $192,000 609-298-3000 MLS #6997747

MONTGOMERY TWp. $689,900 609-737-1500 MLS #7020906

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pLaINSBORO $398,000 609-921-2700 MLS #7035334

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Help Wanted

MERCHANDISE FOR SALE

EWING Includes new queen sized bed, internet, washer, dryer, use of kitchen facilities. Female non-smoker. Two miles from TCNJ. $500/month + security deposit. Includes AC and utilities. 609-462-9960

MUSIC TEACHER St. Paul Catholic School of Princeton, a co-ed PreK-8 Parish elementary school in the Diocese of Trenton serving over 350 students seeks candidates for the position of Part-time Music teacher.

Candidates must have strength in music theory, vocal performance, music history, and musicianship. Classes are taught in grades Prek 3 to grade 6. Applicants should apply online at www.spsprinceton.org or email Dr. Killeen at rkilleen@spsprinceton.org.

FURNITURE Corner hutch with leaded glass doors, Recliner sofa, and lamps. All like new. Best offer.

609-818-1246

Help Wanted Web App Engr @ Bloomberg LP (Princeton, NJ) F/T. Assist in autmtg rsrch that allws lgl prfssnls to get real-tme answrs & bttr srve their clnts. Pstn reqs Mast’s deg, or frgn equiv, in Comp Sci, Comp Engg, Info Sci, or rltd & 1 yr of exp in the job offd or as Sftwr Engr, Assoc Sftwr Engr or rltd.

Altrntvly, emp will accept Bach’s deg & 5 yrs of prgrssvly rspnsble exp. Must have 1 yr of exp in each of the fllwng skills: Building largescale, client-facing web apps using Angular 2, AngularJS, Backbone.js, or Ember; RESTful Services, Spring, & Oracle; Extensive web development exp, incldg JavaScript, Typescript, CSS, AJAX, JSON, Bootstrap, Node.js, XML, & Servlet; Data structures, algorithms & objectoriented design concepts; UX design experience; &, SQL & Java. Emp will accpt any suitable combo of edu, trning or exp. Send resume to Bloomberg HR @ 731 Lexington Ave, NY, NY 10022. Indicate B61-2017.

EOE. Maintenance Upscale senior community located in East Windsor seeks a full-time position: MAINTENANCE/BOILER ROOM WORKER Black Seal License and valid NJ Driver’s license a must.

Some weekends/ holidays included.

Excellent benefit program.

Email/fax resume to: lweiss@springpointsl.org; 609-426-6741; or apply in person to: Meadow Lakes, 300 Etra Road, East Windsor, NJ 08520. EOE Apartments for Rent HOPEWELL Two bedroom, $1275/month.

Available 9/1. 609-466-1350

TECHNICIAN / ELECTRONIC Experienced We are currently looking for a versatile, multi-talented, experienced technician who MUST be familiar with electronic & mechanical assemblies. The applicant needs to be flexible, goaloriented team player. Primary job function is production assembly and support.

Secondary function may include warehouse support and/or facilities. F/T position, Mon- Fri. Benefits offered medical & dental, 401K & life insurance. Vacation days.

Hourly wage. Qualified candidates, send resume to: hr@crest-ultrasonics.com

PRINCETON AREA Beautiful two bedroom, two bath, appliances, wall to wall carpeting, central air, deck, storage space, pool/tennis. $1195/month. 732-536-6960

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to advertise, call 609.924.3250 | MONDAY THRU FRIDAY 8:30AM-5:00PM

Miscellaneous DONATE YOUR CAR, TRUCK OR BOAT TO HERITAGE FOR THE BLIND. Free 3 Day Vacation, Tax Deductible, Free Towing, All Paperwork Taken Care Of. 800-263-5434 Cut the Cable! CALL DIRECTV. Bundle & Save! Over 145 Channels PLUS Genie HD-DVR. $50/month for 2 years (with AT&T Wireless.)

Call for Other Great Offers! 1855-901-7218 Got an older car, boat or RV? Do the humane thing. Donate it to the Humane Society. Call 1855-735-2696.

Deliver your message to over 3 million readers! Place a 2x2 Display Ad in 99 NJ weekly newspapers for ONLY $1400.

Call Peggy Arbitell at 609-3597381, email parbitell@njpa.org or visit www.njnewsmedia.com/2x2/.

Ask About our TRI-BUY package to reach NY, NJ and PA!

SHIPPER/ RECEIVER We currently have a SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILchallenging opportunity in our ITY? Up to $2,671/mo. (based Shipping/ Receiving on paid-in amount) FREE evelDepartment. ation! Call Bill Gordon & AssoDuties include: ciates 1-800-450-7617. Mail: -Shipping and Packing 2420 N. St. NW, Washington, -Stock and Freight DC. Office: Broward Co. FL., -Shipping Operations, Labor, member TX/NM Bar. Storage -Logistical Coordination of Shipments AIRLINE MECHANIC TRAIN-Building Crates ING - Get FAA Certification to fix planes. ApFull Time position, proved for military benefits.

Monday-Friday. Benefits Financial aid if qualified. Job offered medical & dental, 401K placement assistance. Call Avi& life insurance. Vacation ation Institute of Maintenance days.Qualified candidates, 866-827-1981. send resume to: hr@crest-ultrasonics.com Business Opportunity Condo for Rent

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DELaWaRE TWp. $458,700 908-782-0100 MLS #3386746

ATTENTION BUSINESS OWNERS: Do you want to reach over 5 million readers?

Place your 25-word classified ad in over 113 newspapers throughout NJ for $560. Contact Peggy Arbitell 609-359-7381 or visit www.njnewsmedia.com/SCAN/

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Garage Sale

Commercial Property/Sale

PRINCETON/MONTGOMERY - Huge multi-family Girl Scout garage sale! Household items, books, toys, games, small furniture, jewelry and more. 19 Harvard Circle, Princeton, Saturday, Aug 26. 9 AM-1 PM. No early birds please!

Princeton Office available for Mental Health Specialist Off Route 1 corridor; furnished; availability every day. 134 sq. ft.; windows that open facing trees, nicely renovated: free parking; Waiting Room, Utilities, Cleaning included.

Reception Services available for additional fee. Rent based on commitment.

Contact Barbara @ 609-419-0123. View at www.drfernandez.org

Wanted to Buy

BELLE MEAD Estate sale . Everything must go! Aug 25, 26 & 27, 9am-4pm.

Tons of High Quality items.

30 Summit Road.

Autos Wanted: CAPITAL CLASSIC CARS Buying all European & Classic Cars. ANY Condition. ANY Location. Porsche, Mercedes, Jaguar & More! Top dollar PAID. CapitalClassicCars.com 1-571-282-5153 or steve@capitalclassiccars.com

HILLSBOROUGH Friday 8/25 to Wednesday 8/30 8 am - 4 pm Greenhouse closing Hydroponic kits, plants, orchids, equipment, lots more!

379 Amwell Road

RETAIL/OFFICE Units available in Lebanon Borough office park. Below market rate!

Beautiful, well maintained property. Gross rental rate.

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GREAT SPACE Mansfield, NJ. A 1,544 + SF office suite, presently used for a medical practice, available for lease.

OFFICE Somerville, NJ. A 4,900+ SF office building available for sale with smaller units available for lease. Easy ac-

to advertise, call 609.924.3250 cess to Routes| 206,Monday 22, 202 and 287.

Office Space for Rent

Office Space for Rent GREAT OPPORTUNITY Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey, 08618. A 6,020+ SF 3 story office building available for lease. Close proximity to major traffic routes.

IDEAL LOCATION Hamilton, NJ. An 11,534+ SF office/warehouse and a 2,185+ SF plus loft vehicle maintenance garage available for sale with 5+ acre vehicle/equipment storage.

RETAIL/OFFICE Units available in Lebanon Borough office park. Below market rate!

Beautiful, well maintained property. Gross rental rate.

PRICE REDUCTION! Hamilton, NJ. A 1,033 + SF two bay auto repair service station for sale.

GREAT SPACE Mansfield, NJ. A 1,544 + SF office suite, presently used for a medical practice, available for lease.

VACANT LOTS Ewing, NJ Two vacant lots available for sale.

Township may consider approval for a one (4) family residential home on both lots.

OFFICE Somerville, NJ. A 4,900+ SF office building available for sale with smaller units available for lease. Easy access to Routes 206, 22, 202 and 287.

IDEAL LOCATION Hamilton, NJ. An 11,534+ SF office/warehouse and a 2,185+ SF plus loft vehicle maintenance garage available for sale with 5+ acre vehicle/equipment storage.

VACANT LOTS Ewing, NJ Two vacant lots available for sale.

Township may consider approval for a one (4) family residential home on both lots.

GOOD VISIBILITY Hamilton, NJ A 1.5 + acres vacant parcel of land available for sale. thru Friday Property offers8:30am-5:00pm good visibility from Kuser Road, making it a prime Officelocation Space for for development.

Rent Hamilton Highway Commercial A 768± SF building with 100’ of frontage on Kuser Rd available for sale. Existing hair salon with salon room, waiting area, office, full bath and kitchen. Many approved uses!

MIXED USE Trenton NJ. Zoned CC. retail/office first floor, one bedroom apt. above.

Call for details.

Richardson Commercial Realtors 609-586-1000

GOOD VISIBILITY Hamilton, NJ A 1.5 + acres vacant parcel of land available for sale.

Property offers good visibility from Kuser Road, making it a prime location for development.

Hamilton Highway Commercial A 768± SF building with 100’ of frontage on Kuser Rd available for sale. Existing hair salon with salon room, waiting area, office, full bath and kitchen. Many approved uses!

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PRICE REDUCTION! Hamilton, NJ. A 1,033 + SF two bay auto repair service station for sale.

MIXED USE Trenton NJ. Zoned CC. retail/office first floor, one bedroom apt. above.

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VACANT LOTS Ewing, NJ Two vacant lots available for sale.

Township may consider approval for a one (4) family residential home on both lots.

Richardson Commercial Realtors 609-586-1000

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Want GOOD VISIBILITY Hamilton, Customers NJ A 1.5 + acres vacant parcel of landto available Callfor sale.

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