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‘International partner’ a finalist to buy Westminster By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

An undisclosed “potential international partner” emerged as the finalist to acquire Rider University’s Westminster Choir College and keep the school in Princeton, the university said Thursday. The announcement means the Princeton school district, which had made an offer for the property, lost out to acquire the campus for expansion needs in the face of growing enrollment.

In a statement, Rider said that its board of trustees on Thursday “selected as its finalist a potential international partner that has proposed to acquire Westminster Choir College and maintain the campus in Princeton.” “This selection is the continuation of the process begun in March with formal outreach to approximately 280 entities through our adviser, PwC Corporate Finance LLC.,” the statement said. “After reviewing proposals over the last several weeks, the board will now begin negotiations and due dili-

gence with the selected potential partner.” Rider spokeswoman Kristine A. Brown said Thursday that the name of the potential partner would not be disclosed “to maintain the integrity of the continuing process and negotiations.” “So we won’t identify who they are, and they won’t identify themselves,” she said. There was no immediate timetable for when a deal could be finalized, with Rider having announced earlier this year it was selling Westminster.

“This is a complicated process, and the negotiations and due diligence will take some time” Brown said. “Unfortunately, we don’t know, at this point, how long that will take. We just don’t have enough information.” Westminster will open for the academic year still as a part of Rider. A group of Westminster alumni and others mobilized to fight the sale, having sued in federal court in a still pending case. “And we’ll have to see who the buyer is and what the specific

plans are,” said Bruce I. Afran, lawyer for The Coalition to Save Westminster Choir College in Princeton. “One question that will naturally arise is, if it’s a for-profit buyer, the deal has to be very carefully structured so the Westminster Choir College maintains its accredited status.” As for the school district, Rider informed Superintendent of Schools Stephen C. Cochrane before the statement was released. “We recognized from the outset of this process that Rider Uni-

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Grad student loses appeal of espionage conviction By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

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People gathered in Princeton’s Palmer Square and donned special glasses to look at the solar eclipse Aug. 21.

The beauty of science Thousands flock to Princeton to view eclipse By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Eric Gregory put on his special glasses to witness the solar eclipse in the heavens, something that was happening all around him in downtown Princeton and around the country Monday. “It is beautiful and inspiring,” he said of the rare phenomena that drew a police estimate of 2,000 people to Palmer Square for a viewing party. They came from

near and far with their folding chairs and their curiosity to see something rare in the cosmos. “The interest is amazing,” said Neta Bahcall, a Princeton University professor in the astrophysics department. Her department and the Princeton Public Library co-sponsored the party, complete with free cookies and watermelon. They were young and old, some who were children themselves during the last eclipse seen in America in

1979. “It is phenomenal how many people have showed up,” said Kelsey R. Ockert, technology librarian at the library, as she was sharing viewing glasses with passersby. Princeton was not in the full path of totality, as other parts of the country were, to see the total eclipse. Bahcall said the area saw 75 percent of it — but that was enough for the crowd to go into awe around 2:35 p.m. when the

moon was covering the sun. The crowd let out a collective sound of wonder, as many pointed their smart phones upward to photograph the moment. “You can’t miss something like this,” said Eunice Morant. Gregory, a Princeton professor in the humanities, came with his wife and their two young sons to watch as a family. He said it was important to teach children the “beauty of science.” See ECLIPSE, Page 8

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A Princeton University grad student convicted of espionage in Iran and sentenced to 10 years in prison lost his appeal, with his wife saying Thursday that she is “devastated.“ “We are distressed that his appeal was denied, and that he remains unjustly imprisoned,“ the university said of Xiyue Wang, who was in the country doing research for his doctoral dissertation and learning the Persian language. “The university continues to hope that the Iranian authorities will allow this genuine scholar, devoted husband and caring father to return to his doctoral studies and his family. We will continue to do everything we can to be supportive of Mr. Wang and his family, and of efforts to seek his safe return home.” Wang, a grad student in the history department, was in the country last year and arrested on espionage charges that he was convicted of in April. His wife issued a statement through the university. “I am devastated that my husband’s appeal has been denied and that he continues to be unjustly imprisoned in Iran on groundless accusations of espionage and collaboration with a hostile government against the Iranian state,” his wife, Hua Qu, said. She said her husband had received the necessary approvals from the Iranian government to do research in the country. She said his dissertation is on 19th and early 20th Eurasian history. “It was his passion for this field of study that drew him to Iran, and See APPEAL, Page 6

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School board eliminates student admission fee By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

Aiming to encourage students to attend Montgomery High School athletic events, the Montgomery Township school board has eliminated the $2 admission fee for the 2017-18 school year. The school board voted last week to drop the admission fee for Montgomery Township public school district students to attend high

school football and basketball games and wrestling matches when they are played at home at Montgomery High School. Montgomery Township public school district students who are under 10 years old are admitted free of charge. Students who are at least 10 years old also may enter free of charge when they show a Montgomery Township public school district identification card.

Adults will continue to pay $5 to watch Montgomery High School football games, and $4 to watch basketball games and wrestling matches when they are played at home. Eliminating the student admission fee for home football and basketball games and wrestling matches falls in line with the school district’s recent decision to drop the student activity fee for the 2017-18 school year.

The student activity fee, which was $100 per student and capped at $200 per family, applied to students in grades 7-12 who participated in sports, clubs and other activities. The school board left intact the current fees for other events. Tickets to the Montgomery High School fall play remain at $6 for adults and $5 for students. Tickets to the high school spring musical are unchanged at $8

for adults and $7 for students. The tickets to see the Upper Middle School spring musical will continue to cost $10 for adults and $5 for students. The school board also retained the $200 parking fee for Montgomery High School seniors who drive to school. Priority for parking spaces is given to high school seniors and then to high school juniors.

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At its Aug. 17 meeting, Township Committee asked the Planning Board to prepare a redevelopment plan for the three properties. The Planning Board quickly followed suit and at its Aug. 21 meeting, directed Clarke Caton Hintz - its planning consultant - to prepare a redevelopment plan. Township officials want to turn the three vacant lots, owned by E1004ALLC and known informally as the Montgomery Five Tract, into more productive use. Combined, the lots total 1.6 acres. The process began when - at the request of Township Committee - the Planning Board conducted a preliminary study of the property. That report was outlined before the Planning Board at its Aug. 7 meeting.

The Planning Board voted at its Aug. 7 meeting to recommend that the lots be deemed to be “an area in need of redevelopment.” The recommendation was made after it was determined that the conditions on the three lots met one of eight criteria in the state Local Housing and Redevelopment Law. Planning consultant Emily Goldman, who helped write the preliminary report, cited criteria “D,” which states that “areas with buildings or improvements which, by reason of dilapidation, obsolescense....deleterious land use or obsolete layout, or any combination of these or other factors, are detrimental to the safety, health, morals or welfare of the community.” At the Planning Board’s

Aug. 7 meeting, Goldman pointed to numerous code violations and citations issued over the years by Montgomery Township officials. Currently, cars are being parked on the land in violation of the township code, Goldman said. Goldman also noted that an application that called for commercial uses on the first floor and six affordable housing units on the second floor was approved by the Zoning Board of Adjustment several years ago - but never implemented. “It is the conclusion of this preliminary investigation that the study area qualifies under the criteria set forth in (state law) to be designated as ‘an area in need of redevelopment,’” Goldman wrote.

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Group still short on funds to buy historic battlefield land with anticipated government funding,” the Trust had “raised more than half of the funds needed to help preserve this key piece of American history.” “We’re going to be pulling out the stops, in the next couple of months, to raise that $1.5 million,” said Trust spokesman Jim Campi by phone Wednesday. The Washington D.C.based organization, seeking to close on the purchase Dec.15, last year reached a $4 million deal with the IAS to buy the land and then turn it over to the state to be preserved. The Trust will

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The battlefield preservation group looking to buy part of the Revolutionary War Princeton battlefield still needs to raise about $1.5 million more, before the end of 2017, to acquire the historic 15 acres from the Institute for Advanced Study this year. The Civil War Trust this month sent out a fundraising appeal to supporters encouraging them to donate. In the message, Civil War Trust President Jim Lighthizer said that “along

obtain 14.85 acres that will be added to the current 681acre Princeton Battlefield State Park. On its website, the Trust breaks out the $4 million price tag as $2.6 million for the real estate and $1.6 million “for restoration of the property and some reconstruction of the existing development plan.” The deal saved roughly seven acres that would have been lost to a faculty housing project the IAS was in the midst of starting. Agreeing to the sale meant the IAS had to adjust its plan for 16 units, with a munici-

pal Planning Board hearing set for Sept. 28. Contacted Wednesday, an IAS spokeswoman said the group had no comment. In 2016, when the deal was announced, the “transfer” of the property from the IAS to the Trust was supposed to be at the end of this past June. But a source familiar with the matter said Wednesday that the IAS has not imposed a deadline for closing on the sale of the property. Aside from the private donations it is raising, the Trust is looking to obtain federal and New Jersey funding for the purchase.

“We’re confident we’re going to get something,” Campi said, “but the timing’s probably next year, so we’re going to have to bridge that amount.” “So there’s money out there,” said state. Sen. Kip Bateman (R-16), in pointing to open space funding as an option. Bateman was among the vocal advocates for preserving the land. The Princeton Battlefield Society, the group that had fought the IAS to stop the faculty housing project, declined comment Wednesday. This year marked the 240th anniversary of the

battle of Princeton, fought Jan.3, 1777. The victory for forces led by George Washington is considered a turning point in the Revolutionary War, having come a week after Washington’s historic crossing of the Delaware River. As part of its vision for the site, the Trust obtained federal funds to plan on how to make the park more visitor-friendly. The organization, which has been about saving Civil War battlefields, expanded its mission to include preserving battlegrounds from the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812.

Town agrees to pay AvalonBay $50,000 to settle lawsuit By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Princeton agreed to pay developer AvalonBay $50,000 to settle a lawsuit that the company had filed against the municipality earlier this year in a dispute about money. The conflict concerned some $90,000 from an escrow account AvalonBay had created, funds that the town used to pay a engineering firm to keep tabs on construction at the former Princeton Hospital, according to the municipality. AvalonBay, claiming the consultant did “mostly” ob-

servational, not engineering, work and that “some” of its employees were not licensed engineers, sued in state Superior Court, in May. But the two sides resolved the case. Mayor Liz Lempert, addressing reporters at her press conference Monday, said the town was settling to avoid incurring further legal costs and to “conserve staff resources.” She recalled that officials had pledged to the public, before and during construction of the 280-unit project, that they “would do everything within our power to ensure that the de-

velopment was safe.” “And we did that,” she said. “We said this was our responsibility, we believed it and I think the work that was done is testament to that.” The settlement is less than AvalonBay had originally been looking for last year, when it demanded that $100,000 be refunded. AvalonBay Vice President Jon Vogel did not respond to an email seeking comment. As part of the deal, the town did not admit wrongdoing. In fact, officials stressed they were within their rights to do what they did.

“To be clear, it has been build the project and sued it must keep 56 apartments and remains our position again to challenge how long at below market rate. that the charges to Avalon’s escrow account were proper and appropriate under the Municipal Land Use Law, and Princeton at all times has been prepared to defend itself against Avalon’s claims,” municipal attorney ATRIAL FIBRILLATION Trishka W. Cecil wrote in The heart is a very and shortness of breath. an Aug.3 memo to Mayor complex organ that pumps The treatment that is most Lempert and the Council. blood throughout the entire appropriate for your atrial “The municipality body. Without a properly fibrillation will depend on stands by the fact that these functioning heart, life is how long you’ve had it, how not sustainable. In order to bothersome your symptoms charges were proper,” pump effectively, the heart are and its underlying cause. Mayor Lempert said. receives electrical signals To schedule an appointment, This was but the latest from the brain. The two upper please call ROBERT chambers beat in rhythm PLATZMAN, D.O. at 609legal battle between the with the two lower chambers. 921-8766. My practice is town and AvalonBay, who In people who have atrial located at 601 Ewing St., sued the town to be able to fibrillation, the two upper Suite C7, in Princeton.

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Former governors, elected leaders stand up for the environment By Michele S. Byers

For most of the past 50 years, New Jersey led the nation in preserving land and protecting clean water, clean air and wildlife. Decade after decade, New Jersey voters came out strongly in favor of land preservation and environmental protections. These critical issues are not partisan. Party politics have nothing to do with our need for clean water, clean air, parks, wildlife preserves, and farms for a fresh food supply. Although New Jersey has often gone above and beyond federal requirements, our success has depended in large measure on federal laws, policies, funding and programs. Since the 1960s - when rivers caught fire and air was thick with pollutants - the federal government passed key laws protecting land, water, air and wildlife. The Environmental Protection Agency has been a reliable ally and partner, regardless of political leadership in Washington. But that changed with the new Trump administration. We’re now facing unprecedented efforts to weaken and rescind environmental laws, programs, funding and regulations. The administration’s budget would slash funding for the Environmental Protection Agency by over 30 percent and eliminate efforts to address climate change. That’s why New Jersey Conservation Foundation sought the help of some of the state’s most effective leaders to promote a set of “Principles to Protect our Public Lands, Water, Air and Wildlife.” This bipartisan group - former Governors Brendan Byrne (D), Thomas Kean (R), James Florio (D) and Christine Todd Whitman (R), along with former Congressman Rush Holt (D) and former Assemblywoman Maureen Ogden (R) - all agreed to lead the charge. They have joined with New Jersey Conservation Foundation and partner organizations in asking New Jersey’s entire Congressional delegation to sign on to and defend these principles: • Support and defend environmental laws, including the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act, National Environmental Policy Act, Endangered Species Act, Wilderness Act and Antiquities Act, which provide the basic underpinnings for the protection of our environment and the public good. • Protect and defend public lands and continued public funding for land preservation to celebrate our natural heritage, safeguard our drinking water and secure quality of life for future generations. • Promote renewable energy and energy conservation, knowing that such action will create millions of jobs without generating pollution or relying on fossil fuels. Renewable energy and energy conservation provide vast health and economic benefits while securing our energy independence. • Demand that all federal agencies, policies and laws be grounded in sound science. • Work to address the critical and impending threat of manmade climate change that faces our nation and our world.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Diplomacy, not war with North Korea To the editor: On Monday, Aug. 21, ten days of joint war games initiated by the U.S., with the South Korean military, are slated to start. They are highly threatening and provocative rehearsals for war — including assassination of North Korean leadership — involving tens of thousands of soldiers simulating strikes on North Korea. North Korea has recently toned down its rhetoric and has expressed its intention to postpone a threatened missile launch that would come near Guam. It has also shown strong interest in a proposal to freeze its nuclear weapons development in return for suspension of war games like those above. I’m writing to express strongly that we in the Coalition for Peace Action support such a diplomatic alternative. We started our Diplomacy, Not War effort when the danger of war with Iran was increasing over its move toward development nuclear weapons capability. We believe a similar approach is needed for North Korea. There is no military solution to the North Korea nuclear issue. The only effective way to de-escalate this crisis and avoid war — possibly nuclear — is intensified, sustained diplomacy. We call on our elected officials to urgently advocate for pursuing diplomacy, not war, with North Korea. Readers wanting more information, can visit peacecoalition.org or call (609) 924-5022. Kip Cherry Princeton

Climate situation serious and urgent but not hopeless

To the editor: I may be one of the few Packet readers who was happy to see the “Solutions” column of Aug. 17 by Huck Fairman, “Is the Earth doomed?” In this piece, local environmentalist Fairman recapped the scary cover story in New York Magazine’s July 10-23 issue, “The Uninhabitable Earth,” by David Wallace-Wells — now the most-read article ever published in that weekly magazine. Both authors, Wallace-Wells and Fairman, have written to raise awareness of the increasing threats to the stability of our climate, for which I’m grateful to them. However, just reading about disease, drought, drowning, and other dismal ills that global warming exacerbates can lead to despair and an overdose of adrenaline, unless we also hear about ways to respond. So why was I happy to see this article? Partly because I know about the nonpartisan, nonprofit Citizens’ Climate Lobby, which guides volunteers in every state to take effective political action toward specific federal policy focused on stabilizing the climate. And also because there’s a bipartisan group in Congress addressing this challenge. The Climate Solutions Caucus already has 52 members — half Democrats, half Republicans, and growing two by two. Now a significant voting bloc, the caucus is meeting to study real solutions to the climate crisis. This is much-needed good news that more of us should hear. The climate situation is serious and urgent, as both writers tell us — but not hopeless. We can balance alarm with action.

The writer is co-chair of the Advocacy Committee of the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action, the largest peace group in the region.

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MERCER COUNTY NOTES Howell Living History Farm opens fall hatchery enrollment Howell Living History Farm is accepting applications for parent/child enrollment in its fall pre-school program, The Hatchery, which begins in September. Parents can enroll by attending an organizational meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 23, or Tuesday, Aug. 29, at 1 p.m. Meetings will be held in the Howell Farm Visitor Center, and are intended for parents only. Applications will not be accepted by mail or phone. The program is designed to introduce children to life on the farm, while parents help the Howell Farm staff with visiting school groups and other farm activities. One parent must help at the farm as a volunteer in exchange for one child’s participation in the program. No experience is necessary. The hatchery program is for children ages 3 to 5 years and features activities such as feeding farm animals, collecting eggs, storytelling and taking a hayride. The program runs from 9:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. one morning per week for 12 weeks, on Wednesdays, Thursdays or Fridays, beginning Sept. 13, 14 or 15. Howell Farm is owned by the County of Mercer and maintained by the Mercer County Park Commission. It is located on Valley Road, just off Route 29, in Hopewell Township. The GPS address is 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township, NJ 08530. Parking and admission are free. For more information, call the farm office at (609) 7373299, or visit www.howellfarm.org or www.mercercountyparks.org.

U.S. flag disposal boxes now available

In support of Mercer County’s annual U.S. Flag Decommissioning Ceremony that takes place on or around Flag Day, June 14, Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes announces that his office of Veteran Services is making available flag disposal boxes. Residents can respectfully dispose of worn flags any time of the year by dropping them in one of three flag boxes, and the county will properly decommission them at the annual ceremony. Michele S. Byers is executive director of “Our Mercer County community has reliably respected the New Jersey Conservation Foundation in the time-honored tradition of a dignified disposal of the Morristown. American flag, and I’m pleased to give our citizens a way to conveniently and respectfully remove a flag from service,” said Hughes. www.princetonpacket.com The disposal boxes, provided to Mercer County by National Association of Counties (NACo), are located MerFounded in 1786 Bernard Kilgore, Group Publisher 1955-1967 cer County Connection, Route 33 at Paxson Avenue in the Mary Louise Kilgore Beilman, Board Chairman 1967-2005 Acme Shopping Center; the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of Mercer County Library on Darrah Lane, Mike Morsch Donna Kenyon Lawrence; and at the McDade Administration Building, Regional Editor Executive Editor 640 S. Broad Street, Trenton. Joseph Eisele Michele Nesbihal Each year, Veteran Services partners with local veterans Publisher General Manager mnesbihal@centraljersey.com to hold the time-honored decommissioning, also known as “flag retirement.” Flag etiquette dictates that American 145 Witherspoon Street flags that have become tattered, soiled or are otherwise no Princeton, N.J. 08542 longer fit for display be burned in a dignified manner. The Corporate Offices 198 Route 9 North, Suite 100 Hughes Administration and Veteran Services over the past Manalapan, N.J. 07726 decade have collected tens of thousands of flags eligible © Packet Media, LLC. 2017. (609) 924-3244 All Rights Reserved. FAX (609) 921-2714 (Advertising) for retirement. FAX (609) 924-3842 (Editorial) Individuals and organizations wishing to have an American flag properly disposed of should bring the flag to any of the new flag disposal boxes or any Mercer County office, including Mercer County Park Commission Offices

or Ranger Headquarters or the Mercer County Veterans Home on Hamilton Avenue, Hamilton. Participation by schools, Scout troops, veterans’ organizations and other agencies is encouraged. The flag disposal boxes are provided through a partnership with NACo, the National Flag Foundation and the National Sheriff’s Association.

Master gardeners to hold annual insect festival

The 15th annual Insect Festival sponsored by the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County will be held Saturday, Sept. 9, at Mercer Educational Gardens, 431A Federal City Road, Hopewell Township. This year’s festival will be held at a new time - 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., rain or shine. Admission is free and on-site parking is available. This year’s theme, “Please Bug Me,” will feature a return of the Big Bug Band in addition to educational opportunities for visitors of all ages. Bees, butterflies, bugs galore, bugs in water, games in the garden, an insect hunt in the meadow and a Q&A with Barbara J. Bromley, Mercer County’s Horticulturist, highlight the many fun activities that will help visitors learn about the importance of insects in our lives. Local environmental agencies will also be present with their experts and displays, including Rutgers University Entomology faculty, Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, Mercer County Mosquito Control Commission, NJ Department of Agriculture Beneficial Insect Rearing Laboratory, Mercer County 4-H and Mercer County Equestrian Center. The Naturalist from the Mercer County Park Commission will also be present to lead insect-related activities. Attendees are invited to view the seven demonstration gardens — Annual, Butterfly, Cottage, Herb, Native Plant, Perennial and Weed ID. Along the way, there will be activities that will entertain and teach children of all ages about the incredible and often beautiful insects common to the Northeast. The Master Gardeners of Mercer County is a volunteer educational outreach program of Rutgers Cooperative Extension. Master Gardeners participate in many volunteer programs throughout the County, as well as answer home horticulture questions through their Rutgers Master Gardener Helpline, (609) 989-6853, Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., March through October, and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., November through February. For more information on this event and the organization’s educational programs and events, visit www.mgofmc.org” www.mgofmc.org.

Toastmasters Club to meet twice in September

Mid-Day Toastmasters Club meets at The Mercer County Library branch at 42 Allentown-Robbinsville Road, Robbinsville, NJ 08691. September meetings will be Tuesday, Sept. 12 and Tuesday, Sept. 26 at 11:30 am to 12:30 pm. For directions see http://4139.toastmastersclubs. org/directions.html. For information call Joyce 609-585-0822. Guests are welcome, but rsvp is suggested. Toastmasters International is 92 years old, and the leading nonprofit dedicated to effective oral communication and leadership. Members meet to deliver and evaluate prepared and impromptu speeches in an effort to become better speakers and leaders. Call 800-9WE-SPEAK or surf http://www.toastmasters.org

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Princeton crime down first half of 2017 By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Crime in Princeton has trended down in the first six months of 2017 compared to the same period last year, police data revealed. Police showed 387 offenses had been committed through June, down from 455 in the same timeframe in 2016. Princeton, a community with low amounts of crime to begin with, has seen no homicides, rapes or robberies, according to the monthly police report for June. In terms of other crimes, there have been two motor vehicle thefts, 22 burglaries and three arsons, the data showed.

Overall, police arrests stood at 250 through June, down from 335 for the same six-month-span in 2016. “It’s hard to read too much into short-term variations,” Councilwoman Heather H. Howard said in reacting to the crime data. “It’s good news, but I hesitate to read too much into it when I don’t have longitudinal data in front of me.” New to the report is data, by race and ethnicity, covering the marijuana arrests, probable cause searches, pedestrian stops, use of force incidents and consent searches they have made. Police broke down all arrests they had made so far, also by race and ethnicity. For instance, 42 percent

of the people arrested so far this year have been white, 31 percent black, 20 percent Hispanic and the rest other. Howard said the reporting is an outgrowth of Police Chief Nicholas K. Sutter working with Rutgers Policing Institute “about creating a management tool and looking at police action in a number of areas and seeing what the impact is on different communities.” Neither Chief Sutter nor Mayor Liz Lempert could be reached for comment. In terms of other data, parking violations are on nearly on par for 2017, with 14,093, compared to 14,065 in the first six months of 2016.

and leadership team for their careful consideration of the proposal we made for the Westminster property on behalf of the Princeton Public Schools. Yet it comes with the district looking to do a facilities bond referendum to accommodate a rising enrollment projected to grow in the coming years, a subject Cochrane touched on. “We do have options, other than the Westminster property, which we have been exploring to accommodate that growth,” he

said. “We will move forward with our planning for a facilities referendum, and we look forward to working with the community to ensure our students have the space they need to learn, play, and thrive.” For her part, Mayor Liz Lempert said Thursday that she is “thrilled to hear that Rider has found an institution that can keep the choir college in operation.” “Westminster is a treasured part of the Princeton community,” she said, “and this is the best outcome.”

“It is heartbreaking to hear my son constantly ask about his father’s return home,” she said. Wang has been held in a prison since Aug. 7, 2016, including the first 18 days in solitary confinement.

“Mr. Wang was not involved in any political activities or connected to any government agencies, he was simply a scholar conducting historical research,” the university statement said.

Finalist Continued from Page 1 versity’s ‘guiding principle’ in the selection of a buyer was to give preference to an organization that could maintain the Westminster Choir College as a premier institution of music education and performance in its present location,” he said. “We are happy for the Westminster staff and students that such a buyer has been found, and we look forward to working closely with our new neighbor. We are also grateful to the Rider trustees

Appeal Continued from Page 1 later to continue his dissertation research in Russia, and nothing else,” she said. Later, she touched on the toll the separation has taken on the family, with the couple having a young child.

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Eclipse Continued from Page 1

Some came with homemade viewing contraptions made of cereal and other boxes, while others took a glimpse through telescopes. The library was passing out free viewing glasses, since it was considered unsafe to look directly into the sun. Susan Kanter was among those who waited two hours on line to get her pair, excited to be part of the moment. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s great fun,â&#x20AC;? she said. Joan and Dick Druckman came from Princeton Junction to join the crowd,

to be part of what she called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;community spirit.â&#x20AC;? Others, though, came from farther away â&#x20AC;&#x201D; including from out of state just to be there. Heavy media coverage helped publicize the party, said Janie Hermann, public programming librarian. But in explaining what else drove the attendance, she said â&#x20AC;&#x153;people are looking for some reason to come together,â&#x20AC;? to be part of â&#x20AC;&#x153;a shared experience.â&#x20AC;? Even with so big a crowd, the event went off without incident, police said.

Photos by Philip Sean Curran

Above, Princetonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s elected officials - from left Councilman Tim Quinn, Mayor Liz Lempert and Councilwoman Jenny Crumiller - enjoyed viewing the eclipse through their special glasses. At left, some people got an even better look through a telescope. The Princeton Public Library sponsored the viewing event, which police said drew a crowd of approximately 2,000 people to Palmer Square in Princeton.

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TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISTION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS BLOCK 5, LOT 19 AS REFERENCED ON THE WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP TAX MAP AND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 3.85 ACRES LOCATED AT 15 CRANBURY RD. (REAR), THROUGH PURCHASE OR CONDEMNATION

The ordinance published herewith was introduced and passed upon first reading at a meeting of the governing body of the Township of West Windsor, in the County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, held on August 21, 2017. It will be further considered for final passage, after public hearing thereon, at a meeting of the governing body to be held in the West Windsor Township Municipal Building, in the Township on September 5, 2017 at 7:00 o'clock P.M., and during the weeks prior to and up to and including the date of such meeting, copies of said ordinance will be made available at the Clerk's office to the members of the general public who shall request the same. Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township PP, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $28.35

PUBLIC NOTICE

Notice is hereby given that bid proposals will be received from Bidders classified under N.J.S.A. 27:7-35.2 via the Internet until 10:00:59 A.M. on 9/14/17, downloaded, and publicly opened and read, in the CONFERENCE ROOM-A, 1st Floor F & A Building, New Jersey Department of Transportation, 1035 Parkway Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08625; for:

Route 95, Route 29 to Route 1, Contract No. 000173850, Sign Replacement at Various Locations, Townships of Hopewell, Ewing, Lawrenceville, Hamilton, West Windsor and Robinsville-Mercer County; Townships of Bordentown, Mansfield and Florence-Burlington County; Township of Millstone-Monmouth County; Township of Jackson-Ocean County; 100% State UPC NO: 173850 DP No: 17137

Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 (P.L 1975, c. 127); N.J.A.C. 17:27. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 19:44A-20.19, contractors must provide a Certification and Disclosure of Political Contribution Form prior to contract award.

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:32-44, contractor must submit the Department of Treasury , Division of Revenue Business Registration of the contractor and any named subcontractors prior to contract award or authorization. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.51, contractors must be registered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Wage and Hour Compliance at the time of bid.

Plans, specifications, and bidding information for the proposed work are available at Bid Express website www.bidx.com. You must subscribe to use this service. To subscribe, follow the instructions on the web site. Fees apply to downloading documents and plans and bidding access. The fee schedule is available on the web site. All fees are directly payable to Bid Express. Plans, specifications, and bidding information may be inspected (BUT NOT OBTAINED) by contracting organizations at our Design Field Offices at the following locations: 200 Stierli Court Mt. Arlington, NJ 07856 Phone: 973-601-6690

One Executive Campus Rt. 70 West Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 Phone: 856-486-6623

New Jersey Department of Transportation Division of Procurement Bureau of Construction Services 1035 Parkway Avenue PO Box 600 Trenton, NJ 08625 PP, 8/25/2017, 9/1/2017, 9/8/2017 Fee: $154.35

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Legal Notices NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held August 21, 2017 an ordinance entitled: 2017-50 An Ordinance By Princeton Creating a No Stopping or Standing Zone on the South Side of Paul Robeson Place Between Chambers Street and Witherspoon Street, and Amending The â&#x20AC;&#x153;Code Of The Borough Of Princeton, New Jersey, 1974â&#x20AC;? was passed on second and final reading and adopted. Kathleen Brzezynski Municipal Clerk

Notice is hereby given that bid proposals will be received from Bidders classified under N.J.S.A. 27:7-35.2 via the Internet until 10:00:59 A.M. on 9/14/17 downloaded, and publicly opened and read, in the CONFERENCE ROOM-A, 1st Floor F & A Building, New Jersey Department of Transportation, 1035 Parkway Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08625; for:

Route 1, From CR 533 (Quakerbridge Rd.) to Ridge Rd, Contract No. 008124060, Resurfacing, Township of Lawrence, Township of West Windsor, Township of Plainsboro, and Township of South Brunswick, Mercer and Middlesex Counties Federal Project No: NHP- 0001(317) UPC NO: 124060 DP No: 17135

PP, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $11.55

NOTICE OF PENDING ORDINANCE ORDINANCE 2017-26 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT CHAPTER 168, â&#x20AC;&#x153;TRAFFIC AND PARKING,â&#x20AC;? OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Bus Stops Carillon Boulevard and Heritage Boulevard The ordinance published herewith was introduced and passed upon first reading at a meeting of the governing body of the Township of West Windsor, in the County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, held on August 21, 2017. It will be further considered for final passage, after public hearing thereon, at a meeting of the governing body to be held in the West Windsor Township Municipal Building, in the Township on September 5, 2017 at 7:00 o'clock P.M., and during the weeks prior to and up to and including the date of such meeting, copies of said ordinance will be made available at the Clerk's office to the members of the general public who shall request the same.

Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the contractor, sub recipient or subcontractor shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in the performance of this contract. The contractor shall carry out applicable requirements of 49 C.F.R. Part 26 in the award and administration of DOT-assisted contracts. Failure by the contractor to carry out these requirements is a material breach of this contract, which may result in the termination of this contract or such other remedy as the recipient deems appropriate.

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:32-44, contractor must submit the Department of Treasury, Division of Revenue Business Registration of the contractor and any named subcontractors prior to contract award or authorization. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.51, contractors must be registered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Wage and Hour Compliance at the time of bid.

The Department, in accordance with Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252 U.S.C., 49 C.F.R., Parts 21 and 23 issued pursuant to such Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 will afford minority business enterprises full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not discriminate against any bidder on the grounds of race, color, sex, national origin, or handicap in the project award.

Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township PP, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $25.20

Plans, specifications, and bidding information may be inspected (BUT NOT OBTAINED) by contracting organizations at our various Design Field Offices at the following locations:

N O T I C E sen d a l l Leg a l s a d c o py t o :

Email: legalnotices@ centraljersey.com

Any questions, or to confirm, call: 609-924-3244 ext. 2150

200 Stierli Court Mt. Arlington, NJ 07856 Phone: 973-601-6690

One Executive Campus Rt. 70 West Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 Phone: 856-486-6623

New Jersey Department of Transportation Division of Procurement Bureau of Construction Services 1035 Parkway Avenue PO Box 600 Trenton, NJ 08625 HVN, PP, 8/25/17, 9/1/17, 9/8/17 Fee: $332.64

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Legal Notices NOTICE OF SALE $24,200,000 GENERAL IMPROVEMENT BONDS, SERIES 2017 OF PRINCETON, IN THE COUNTY OF MERCER, NEW JERSEY (Book-Entry Only Bonds)/(Callable)/(Not Bank Qualified)

(continued) Bid Security and Method of Payment for Bonds

RATING:

Moody’s Ratings to be Assigned.

TYPE OF SALE:

Electronic Open Auction with Two Minute Rule (See Bidding Details Item (7) herein)

AUCTION AGENT:

MuniAuction

BID/AWARD DATE:

September 6, 2017 at 11:00 AM to 11:15 AM with Two Minute Rule applicable. Award by 2:00 PM

A Good Faith Deposit ("Deposit") in the form of a certified or cashier’s check, wire transfer (wiring instructions can be obtained from Princeton’s Chief Financial Officer, Financial Advisor or Bond Counsel) or a Financial Surety Bond in the amount of $484,000, payable to the order of Princeton, is required for each bid to be considered. Wire instructions can be obtained by contacting the Princeton’s financial advisor, Sherry Tracey of Phoenix Advisors, LLC, at (609) 291-0130 or stracey@muniadvisors.com. If a check is used, it must be a certified treasurer’s or cashier’s check and must be provided to Princeton prior to the time for bids to be submitted. Each bidder accepts responsibility for delivering such check on time and Princeton is not responsible for any check that is not received on time. If a Financial Surety Bond is used, it must be from an insurance company licensed to issue such a bond in the State of New Jersey and approved by the Director of the Division of Government Services of New Jersey (the "Director") and such bond must be submitted to Princeton prior to the opening of the bids at the address referred to above. At present, the Director has approved the use of Sure-Bid, a division of Financial Security Assurance Inc. Use of any other Financial Surety Bond must be approved by the Director prior to the bid and will not be accepted by Princeton unless evidence of such approval is provided prior to the bid. The Financial Surety Bond must identify the bidder whose Deposit is guaranteed by such Financial Surety Bond. If the Bonds are awarded to a bidder utilizing a Financial Surety Bond, then that purchaser (the "Purchaser") is required to submit its Deposit to Princeton by wire transfer as instructed by Princeton not later than 3:30 p.m. on the next business day following the award. If such Deposit is not received by that time, the Financial Surety Bond may be drawn by Princeton to satisfy the Deposit requirement. No interest on the Deposit will accrue to the Purchaser. The Deposit will be applied to the purchase price of the Bonds. In the event the Purchaser fails to honor its accepted bid, the Deposit will be retained by Princeton. Award of the Bonds to the successful Bidder or rejection of all Bids is expected to be made within two hours after opening of the bids, but such successful Bidder may not withdraw its proposal until after 2:00 p.m. of the day for receipt of such Bids and then only if such award has not been made prior to the withdrawal. The balance of the purchase price shall be paid in Federal Funds by wire transfer to Princeton on or about September 15, 2017.

DATED DATE:

Date of Delivery

Right to Reject Bids; Waive Irregularities

DELIVERY DATE:

September 15, 2017

Princeton reserves the right to reject any and all Bids and to the extent permitted by law to waive any irregularity or informality in any Bid.

INTEREST PAYMENT DATES:

March 15 and September 15, commencing March 15, 2018

Delivery of the Bonds

CALL DATE:

September 15, 2025 @ par for Bonds maturing on or after September 15, 2026.

MINIMUM BID:

$24,200,000 (Par)

The Bonds will be delivered on or about September 15, 2017 (UNLESS A NOTICE OF A CHANGE IN THE DELIVERY DATE IS PUBLISHED ON MUNIAUCTION NOT LATER THAN 2 HOURS PRIOR TO ANY ANNOUNCED DATE FOR RECEIPT OF BIDS) in New York, New York at DTC against payment of the purchase price therefor (less the amount of the good faith deposit) in Federal funds.

MAXIMUM BID:

$24,926,000 (Par plus original issue premium limitation of $726,000)

BID SECURITY:

Good Faith Check or wire transfer in the amount of $484,000 received by Princeton (prior to bidding) or Financial Surety Bond from Sure-Bid

SUMMARY ISSUER:

Princeton, County of Mercer, New Jersey

PAR AMOUNT:

$24,200,000

SECURITY:

General Obligations of Princeton

TAX EXEMPT:

Yes

BASIS OF AWARD:

True Interest Cost

LEGAL OPINION:

McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC, Roseland, New Jersey

There will also be furnished the usual closing papers, including (1) a certificate signed by the officials who signed the Bonds stating that no litigation of any kind is now pending or, to their knowledge, threatened to restrain or enjoin the issuance or delivery of the Bonds, or in any manner questioning the proceedings and authorization under which the Bonds are issued or affecting the validity of the Bonds and (2) a certificate signed by Princeton relating to the official statement. Establishment of Issue Price for the Bonds

OFFERING STATEMENT:

Preliminary Official Statement available at www.GrantStreet.com NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that bids will be received by Princeton, in the County of Mercer, New Jersey (the "Princeton") for the purchase of $24,200,000 original principal amount of Princeton’s General Improvement Bonds, Series 2017 (the "Bonds"). All Bids (as defined below) must be submitted in their entirety on Grant Street Group’s MuniAuction website ("MuniAuction") prior to 11:15 a.m., New Jersey time on September 6, 2017, unless otherwise extended by the two-minute rule described herein (see "Bidding Details"). The auction will begin at 11:00 a.m., New Jersey time on September 6, 2017 (the "Bid Date"). To bid via MuniAuction, Bidders (as defined below) must have both (1) completed the registration form on either MuniAuction or Grant Street Group website (parent of MuniAuction, herein referred to as "Grant Street") and (2) requested and received admission to Princeton’s auction, as described herein (see "Registration and Admission to Bid") and (3) submitted a good faith check or Financial Surety Bond, payable to Princeton, in the amount of $484,000 prior to the Bid Date (see Bidding Details below). The use of MuniAuction shall be at the Bidder’s risk and expense, and Princeton shall have no liability with respect thereto. Preliminary and Final Official Statement Princeton’s Preliminary Official Statement (the "POS"), dated on or about August 30, 2017, is available for viewing in electronic format on MuniAuction. The MuniAuction address is www.GrantStreet.com. In addition, broker dealers registered with the National Association of Securities Dealers ("NASD") and dealer banks with The Depository Trust Company ("DTC") clearing arrangements may either: (a) print out a copy of the POS on their own printer, or (b) at any time prior to September 6, 2017, elect to receive a photocopy of the POS in the mail by requesting it on MuniAuction or by calling Princeton’s Financial Advisor, Phoenix Advisors, LLC (“Financial Advisor”), Sherry L. Tracey, Senior Managing Director, 4 West Park Street, Bordentown, NJ 08505 (telephone no. 609-291-0130) or bond counsel, Edward J. McManimon, III, Esq., of McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC ("Bond Counsel"), 75 Livingston Avenue, Roseland, New Jersey 07068 (telephone no. 973-622-5028) or attention of Sandra S. Jessup, Paralegal (telephone no. 973-622-5258). In order to print a copy or request a photocopy of the POS from MuniAuction, click the "View POS" button on the MuniAuction Selections Page and follow the instructions. All Bidders must review the POS and certify that they have done so prior to participating in the bidding. The POS is deemed by Princeton to be final as of its date, for purposes of SEC Rule 15c2-12(b)(1) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, except for the omission of information concerning the offering price(s), interest rate(s), selling compensation, aggregate principal amount of the Bonds and any other terms or provisions to be determined from the successful Bid(s) or depending on such matters, and the identity of the underwriter(s). The POS is, however, subject to such further revisions, amendments and completion in a Final Official Statement (the "Final Official Statement") as may be necessary.

In the event Princeton receives at least three (3) bids for the Bonds, then the Issue Price for the Bonds shall be established based on the reasonably expected initial offering prices of the Bonds as of the Bid Date (the "Expected Offering Prices"). The Expected Offering Prices shall consist of the prices for each maturity of the Bonds used by the winning bidder in formulating its bid to purchase the Bonds. The winning bidder shall be required to deliver on the Delivery Date a certificate to such effect, and provide to Princeton, in writing, the Expected Offering Prices as of the Bid Date. In the event Princeton receives fewer than three (3) bids for the Bonds, then the Issue Price for the Bonds shall be established based on the first price at which at least 10% of each maturity of the Bonds was sold to the Public (as defined below). The winning bidder shall be required to deliver on the Delivery Date a certificate to such effect, and provide to Princeton, in writing, evidence satisfactory to Bond Counsel to Princeton of such sales prices for each maturity of the Bonds. In the event that the winning bidder has not sold at least 10% of each maturity of the Bonds to the Public as of the Delivery Date (each, an "Unsold Maturity"), the winning bidder shall (i) provide to Princeton, in writing, on the Delivery Date, the Expected Offering Prices for each Unsold Maturity and a certificate regarding same and (ii) have a continuing obligation to provide to Princeton, in writing, evidence satisfactory to Bond Counsel to Princeton of the first price at which at least 10% of each Unsold Maturity is sold to the Public, contemporaneous with each such sale, until at least 10% of all such Unsold Maturities have been sold to the Public. Public means any person (including an individual, trust, estate, partnership, association, company, or corporation) other than an Underwriter (as defined herein) or a related party to an Underwriter. The term “related party” generally means any two or more persons who have greater than 50 percent common ownership, directly or indirectly. Underwriter means (i) any person that agrees pursuant to a written contract with Princeton (or with the lead underwriter to form an underwriting syndicate) to participate in the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public, and (ii) any person that agrees pursuant to a written contract directly or indirectly with a person described in clause (i) of this paragraph to participate in the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public (including a member of a selling group or a party to a retail distribution agreement participating in the initial sale of the Bonds to the Public). CUSIP Numbers CUSIP numbers will be applied for with respect to the Bonds, but Princeton will assume no obligation for the assignment or printing of such numbers on the Bonds or for the correctness of such numbers, and neither the failure to print such numbers on any bond nor any error with respect thereto shall constitute cause for a failure or refusal by the purchasers thereof to accept delivery of and make payment for the Bonds. The CUSIP Service Bureau charge for the assignment of the numbers shall be the responsibility of and shall be paid for by the winning Bidder. Legal Opinions The approving opinions of McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, LLC, Bond Counsel to Princeton, will be furnished without cost to the winning Bidder. Postponement

Princeton at its expense, will make available to the winning Bidder a reasonable number of Final Official Statements, within seven (7) business days following the date of acceptance of the Bid. Types of Bids Allowed Subject to the Bid requirements described below, Bids for the Bonds must be submitted on an "All-or-None" ("AON") basis for the entire amount of $24,200,000. There will be only one CUSIP assigned to each annual maturity of the issue. First, a Bidder must submit a conforming Bid for the entire issue, and if such Bid is accepted by Princeton, the Bidder will be required to purchase the entire issue in accordance with such Bid.

Pl ea se sen d al l Leg a l S ad c o py to:

Princeton reserves the right to postpone, from time to time, the date and time established for receipt of Bids. ANY SUCH POSTPONEMENT WILL BE PUBLISHED ON MuniAuction, BEFORE 10:00 A.M. ON THE DAY OF THE SALE. If any date fixed for the receipt of Bids and the sale of the Bonds is postponed, an alternative sale date will be announced via MuniAuction at least forty-eight (48) hours prior to such alternative sale date. On any such alternative sale date, any Bidder may submit a Bid for the purchase of the Bonds in conformity in all respects with the provisions of the Notice of Sale, except for the date of sale and except for the changes announced on MuniAuction at the time the sale date and time are announced.

Email: legal notices@ central jersey. com

Any questions, or to confirm, call:

(609) 924-3244 ext.2150

Additional Information Interest Payment Dates; Description of the Bonds The Bonds will be dated the date of delivery and will bear interest from such date payable semiannually on each March 15 and September 15, commencing on March 15, 2018. Principal Amortization The Bonds shall mature on September 15 as set forth in the following table: Year

Principal Amount

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025

$1,000,000 1,000,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,600,000 1,650,000 1,700,000 1,750,000

Year

Principal Amount

2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032

$1,800,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 2,000,000 1,700,000 1,000,000

Book-Entry Only The Bonds will be issued in book-entry form only, initially in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee of DTC. Purchasers will not receive certificates representing their interests in the Bonds. Individual purchases will be in the principal amount of $5,000 and any integral multiple thereof. Payments of principal, interest and redemption premium, if any, will be made by the paying agent to DTC for subsequent disbursement to DTC participants to then be remitted to the beneficial owners of the Bonds. Redemption Provisions The bonds of this issue maturing prior to September 15, 2026, are not subject to redemption prior to their stated maturities. The bonds of this issue maturing on or after September 15, 2026 are redeemable at the option of Princeton in whole or in part on any date on or after September 15, 2025 at 100% of the principal amount outstanding (the “Redemption Price”) plus interest accrued to the date of redemption upon notice as required herein. Notice of redemption shall be given by mailing by first class mail in a sealed envelope with postage prepaid to the registered owners of the bonds not less than thirty (30) days, nor more than sixty (60) days prior to the date fixed for redemption. Such mailing shall be to the owners of such bonds at their respective addresses as they last appear on the registration books kept for that purpose by Princeton or a duly appointed Bond Registrar. Any failure of the securities depository to advise any of its participants or any failure of any participant to notify any beneficial owner of any notice of redemption shall not affect the validity of the redemption proceedings. If Princeton determines to redeem a portion of the bonds prior to maturity, the bonds to be redeemed shall be selected by Princeton; the bonds to be redeemed having the same maturity shall be selected by the securities depository in accordance with its regulations. If notice of redemption has been given as provided herein, the bonds or the portion thereof called for redemption shall be due and payable on the date fixed for redemption at the Redemption Price, together with accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption. Interest shall cease to accrue on the bonds after the date fixed for redemption and no further interest shall accrue beyond the redemption date. Payment shall be made upon surrender of the bonds redeemed.

For further information relating to the Bonds, reference is made to the POS prepared for and authorized by Princeton. The Notice of Sale and the POS may be viewed on MuniAuction. However, Princeton makes no assurance or representation with respect to the form of the Notice of Sale and the POS on MuniAuction, and no investment decision should be made in reliance thereon. Printed copies of the POS and the Notice of Sale may be obtained from the Bond Counsel at the address and phone number stated above. Additional information relating to the auction or a private bidding tutorial may be obtained by calling the Auction Administrator at (412) 391-5555 (ext. 370 Auction Support). Additional information relating to the financing of Princeton can be obtained by contacting the undersigned Chief Financial Officer at (609) 924-5704 or email at swebb@princetonnj.gov or Princeton’s Financial Advisor. PRINCETON By: Sandra Webb, Chief Financial Officer PP, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $490.00 NOTICE OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT TAKE NOTICE that the Mayor and Council of Princeton, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey has awarded the following contract at a meeting held on August 21, 2017. The contract and the resolution authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk as follows: NAME

SERVICE

TIME

Bizodo, Inc., DBA SeamlessDocs, NY NY

Princeton Website Redesign

5 years

Delores A. Williams Deputy Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $21.00 NOTICE OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT TAKE NOTICE that the Mayor and Council of Princeton, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey has awarded the following contract without competitive bidding executed as an extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5 (1) (a) at a meeting held on August 21, 2017. The contract and the resolution authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk as follows: NAME

SERVICE

Chambers Architecture, Inc.

Design a Fleet Fueling Facility on Mt. Lucas Rd

TIME 2017

Delores A. Williams Deputy Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $21.00

NOTICE OF PENDING ORDINANCE

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ORDINANCE 2017-28 TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR MERCER COUNTY, NEW JERSEY AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY KNOWN AS BLOCK 25, LOT 22, AS REFERENCED ON THE WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP TAX MAP AND CONSISTING OF APPROXIMATELY 0.188 ACRES LOCATED AT 1716 OLD TRENTON ROAD AND EXECUTION OF A PURCHASE AGREEMENT WITH SUSAN BERENATO REGARDING SAME INDIVIDUALLY AND AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF ISAAC NEWTON MOUNT. The ordinance published herewith was introduced and passed upon first reading at a meeting of the governing body of the Township of West Windsor, in the County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, held on August 21, 2017. It will be further considered for final passage, after public hearing thereon, at a meeting of the governing body to be held in the West Windsor Township Municipal Building, in the Township on September 5, 2017 at 7:00 o'clock P.M., and during the weeks prior to and up to and including the date of such meeting, copies of said ordinance will be made available at the Clerk's office to the members of the general public who shall request the same. Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township PP, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $29.40 NOTICE TO BIDDERS Sealed bids for STREET SWEEPING will be received by the Township Clerk Township of Plainsboro Municipal Building 641 Plainsboro Road Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 on Friday, September 8, 2017 until 11:00 a.m., at the address set forth above.

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NO BIDS WILL BE ACCEPTED AFTER 11:00a.m., BIDS RECEIVED AFTER SUCH TIME AND DATE WILL BE RETURNED UNOPENED TO THE BIDDER. SEALED BIDS WILL BE PUBLICLY OPENED AND READ ALOUD AT ADDRESS AND TIME SET FORTH ABOVE. Specifications and other information may be obtained at the Purchasing Office of the Township of Plainsboro between the hours of 8:30a.m. and 4:30p.m. 609-799-0909 extension 1406. Bidders are required to comply with the Requirements of N.J.S.A. 10:5-31 et seq. and N.J.A.C.:17:27 ATTEST: Carol J. Torres, Township Clerk PP, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $31.50 NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held August 21, 2017 an ordinance entitled: 2017-46 An Ordinance Revising the Code of Princeton Regarding Residential Clusters and Amending the "Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968" was passed on second and final reading and adopted. Kathleen Brzezynski Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $9.45 WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD

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The Township Council of West Windsor has awarded the following contracts without competitive bidding as professional services pursuant to NJSA 40A:11-5(1)(a) at their August 21, 2017 Business Session. Award to:

WSP/Brinckerhoff Inc.

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Grover’s Mill Pond Dam Rehabilitation Project

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Award to:

ACT Engineers

Subject to the right reserved by Princeton to reject any or all Bids, the Bonds will be sold to the Bidder whose Bid produces the lowest TIC for Princeton and otherwise complies with the Notice of Sale.

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Phase II Environmental Investigation of Block 15, Lot 3

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Not to Exceed $31,516.00

These professionals were appointed with the non-fair and open process, as the above will exceed the Pay to Pay amount of $17,500. These contracts and the resolutions authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk. Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township PP, 1x, 8/25/17 Fee: $34.65

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WHAT’S UP

RESULTS Boys 18s Nationals Princeton resident Noah Lilienthal advanced to the second round at the USTA Boys 18s National Championships, which were held at Kalamazoo College in Michigan from Aug. 2 through Aug. 13. Lilienthal topped Jace Akagi-Okuma in the opening round before falling to the 51st seed, Conrad Russell. Vishnu Joshi of Montgomery dropped his opening-round match. Robert Siniakowicz of West Windsor reached the third round, while West Windsor resident Kabir Sarita advanced to the second round. In the Boys 16s draw, Ishaan Ravichander of Montgomery reached the Round of 32 before falling to 16thseeded Adam Neff.

Princeton SC Green Dot Princeton resident Dhruv Ramaswamy defeated Rishab Ramaswamy, 6-4, 7-5, to capture the Boys 10s Division of the Princeton Summer Classic Level 8 Green Dot Tournament, which was held Aug. 46 at the Princeton Racquet Club In the Boys 12s final, West Windsor resident Roy Liu topped Anirudh Pasupathy, 63, 6-3. Lucy Gerber won the Girls 12s Division, while Reese Frank captured the Girls 10s championship.

COLLEGE Jess Johnson The Hun School graduate has started both games this season for the Monmouth University women’s soccer team. Johnson, a sophomore who plays in the midfield and on defense, played in 16 games as a freshman, starting three of those contests. She finished her freshman season with one goal, which came in a victory over American University. Monmouth is 0-1-1 this season, having played Lehigh to a scoreless tie to open the campaign before dropping a 4-0 decision to 21st-ranked Rutgers on Sunday. The Hawks will play at Princeton tonight.

Francesca Bello The graduate of the Hun School has been named one of the captains for the Villanova University field hockey team. A senior, Bello led the Wildcats with nine goals last season. She also led Villanova with 26 points, finishing second on the team with eight assists. Bello was named to the pre-season All-Big East team in a vote of the conference coaches.

UPCOMING Princeton soccer The first athletic event of the 2017-2018 school year for Princeton University will be played tonight when the women’s soccer team is the host to Monmouth at Robert Stadium in a 7 p.m. start. Princeton is coming off a 2016 season that saw the team get out to a 9-1-1 start overall and 1-0-1 in the Ivy League before close games down the stretch didn’t go its way. The Tigers went 13-2 over their last six to finish 10-4-3.

Area trio completes Ironman Triathlon By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

Martin Johnson, Claire Scarpa and Steve Niedzwiecki all went to last Sunday’s Subaru Ironman Mont-Tremblant in Canada with varying levels of experience. But one thing the three had in common was the realization that completing the grueling event wouldn’t be possible with the support of their family through the training that leads up to the competition. “My wife and family are my support group,” said Johnson, a Princeton resident. “What they have to put up with is amazing. We have to get up early hours in the morning and go out on the bike and train. Sometimes it is a good thing because with some sports, like golf, you might just go out once a week, but by the time you’re done, it is always the middle of the day. We are up at 6 or 6:30 so even if it is a four-hour practice, we’re done by 10:30 or 11, so there is still a lot of the day left to spend with the family.” Johnson did his first full Ironman Triathlon last year at Lake Placid in New York and has competed in half Ironman events as well. Niedzwiecki, a Pennington resident, completed his sixth Ironman when he competed at MontTremblant last weekend. And Scarpa, a Montgomery resident, was competing in her first Ironman. The Ironman Mont-Tremblant was held in the Canadian Province of Quebec. The race started with a 2.4 mile swim in Lac Tremblant. The two loop, 112-mile bike course that followed the swim ran through Mont-Tremblant’s forests and lowlying mountains. The race ends with a two loop, 26.2-mile run course. “My goal was just to finish,” said Scarpa, a teacher and coach in the Montgomery school district. “This was my first one ever, so I just wanted to finish. The goal was to finish in under 17 hours because that’s the cutoff that you have to finish under 17 hours. There are transition times between events that are recorded and added to the overall time. Thus the overall time registered by the athletes is always slightly higher due

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Local residents (left to right) Steve Niedzwiecki, Claire Scarpa and Martin Johnson competed in and completed the Subaru Ironman Mont-Tremblant last Sunday in the Province of Quebec, Canada. to the transition time that comes into play. “It was a lot of work to prepare for, especially because this was a hilly race. I swam three days a week, biked three days, and would run three or four times a week. I would ride long, hilly routes in the

Sourland Mountains. It was definitely grueling. Everyone kept telling me the race was the celebration of all your hard work. It was nine months of really hard work to get ready.” Scarpa finished the race in 13 hours, 27 minutes and 20 seconds.

Her best leg was the swim, where she turned in the 253rd best time in the field of nearly 2,000 with a time of 1:08:23. She completed the 112 mile bike portion in 7:01:15 and the marathon distance 26.2 mile run in 5:06:07. Overall, See TRIO, Page 11

PU soccer looks to turn around narrow losses By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

A quick look at Princeton’s University’s 1-3-3 record in the Ivy League last year might make one think that the Tigers have a long way to go to contend for a men’s soccer championship. But a closer look at those results will show that each of the three losses were by just a single goal, giving the Tigers reason to believe they aren’t that far away from contending for a league title. “It should be another really close race,” said Princeton coach Jim Barlow, who is set to begin his 22nd season in guiding the Tigers. “After going 11-3-3 and sharing the title in 2014, and 10-5-2 in 2015, we were disappointed last year to finish 7-73 and out of contention for the league title. All seven of our Ivy games last year were either ties, or decided by one goal. “We played six overtime matches last year, but didn’t win any of them (three ties and three losses). We know how much parity there is in our league and in college soccer in general, and we’ve been working hard on the little details that can determine the outcome.” Princeton will open the season with a trip to upstate New York, playing at Syracuse on Sept. 1 and at Colgate on Sept. 3. The home opener will be Sept. 7 against Seton Hall, while the Tigers will start the Ivy League season on Sept. 30 at Dartmouth.

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Senior Matt Mangini is one of the co-captains for the Princeton University men's soccer team this season and will be a key player in the midfield for the Tigers. The Tigers graduated their top goal scorer from a year ago, Greg Seifert, who finished with 11 goals and four assists. Sean McSherry and Benjamin Martin, who each scored three goals a year ago, are the top returning goal scorers for Princeton. “We graduated a deep and talented class last year, but we feel

confident that we have players who are ready to step in to some of the spots vacated by the class of 2017,” Barlow said. “We also had an incredible trip to Portugal in the spring and were able to play against very good competition there. The guys started to come together in the spring, and, with another talented class joining the

group, we are optimistic going into the season.” Princeton began practice for the upcoming season only a week ago. The Tigers figure to rely on some newcomers to the roster to eventually step into key roles. But Barlow also feels like his team has some solid veterans who can be leaned on to lead the way this season. “Our captains this year are seniors Matt Mangini and James Reiner, and both have done a good job setting the tone and leading the group,” said Barlow, who was the Ivy League Freshman of the Year in 1987 and Player of the Year in 1990 while playing for Princeton. “Matt has been a key player in the middle of the midfield for us, and, last spring, he formed a strong partnership with classmate Dan Bowkett. Having experienced leaders in the middle of the field is important, and both Matt and Dan have great work rates and can become the engine of the team. “We also return All-Ivy performer Sean McSherry, whose pace and attacking instincts should help us score goals. It is still very early for us, and we have many players competing for a spot in the starting 11.” Princeton, which has qualified for the NCAA tournament in two of the last six years, figures to be part of another tight Ivy League race this year. A year ago, Columbia and Dartmouth shared the Ivy League title with 5-1-1 league records.

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PHS runners look to build on epic season By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

The Princeton High School boys’ cross-country team was able to fly under the radar for much of last season. For as talented as the Little Tigers were a year ago, they still seemed to catch opponents by surprise as they stockpiled championship after championship throughout the season. First it was the Mercer County championship, followed by first-place finishes in the Central Jersey Group 4 state meet, the Group 4 state meet, and eventually, the state title at the Meet of Champions. After proving itself as the best team in New Jersey at every stop along the way last year, Princeton brings back a strong contingent this autumn as it looks find its way to fin-

Trio Continued from Page 10 she finished 216th of 501 women at the event and 1,102 out of 1,937 overall participants. “I ended up getting a coach to help me and keep me on track,” Scarpa said. “I was lucky to have a supportive husband (Rob) who really understands what it takes to prepare for this. The training takes over your life. I was a walking zombie, getting up early every day. Toward the end I was doing one-and-a-half hour runs and bikes on the same day.” Scarpa was thrilled to finish and knows just how hard it was to put herself in a position to compete at an Ironman. Having now completed one, she thinks that is

ish on the top again. “I think we are realistic about the idea that we can’t line up and be unknown,” Princeton coach Jim Smirk said. “Last year we went to a lot of meets, starting with the Manhattan Invitational and continuing into the post season, where we were a little bit under the radar. That’s not the case this year. I don’t think our approach has changed. It’s just a different situation.” Princeton returns four seniors from the group who formed the core of last year’s team. The quartet of Will Hare, Nicholas Delaney, Alex Ackerman and Jackson Donahue will help set the pace again this year. “They have been getting together over the summer and now we’re back for preseason and getting in the work and creating a team identity,” said Smirk, who graduated seniors Alex Roth

and Cy Watsky from last year’s championship squad. “We have had a lot of good practices. “I think we are also starting to see our group of ath-

probably enough. “It was about year ago when Rob said to me you are turning 40 next summer, what big plans do you have,” Scarpa said. “My initial thought was to do Lake Placid because it fell on my birthday weekend. But I was scared of Lake Placid because the bike is so hilly and I would have had to come home for PASDA champs (she coaches the Cherry Valley Country Club swim team) the next day. I looked at some others like Maryland and then I found this one. The weather is always good. I looked at the elevation and saw 1,800 and thought that was not bad. It turned out to be over 1,800 meters, which was over 6,300 feet. That was not fun.

“This is how I celebrated turning 40.” Johnson had gone through the experience of competing in an Ironman before and was aware of the challenges. “This year was quite tough for me with a lot of work issues,” Johnson said. “It was very tight. I ended up not quite putting as much effort in as I had previous years. It is crazy. The alarm clock goes off at 5 a.m. I do a lot of training with the Run Around Princeton group. That is where Claire and Steve and I are acquaintances. It’s a group of people with like-minded attitudes. We post when runs are coming up and try to go out together. It can be a Saturday morning and 30 of us will be together.”

letes who were on the bubble for the varsity last year and they really looking at what do those guys on varsity do to move up to that upper level. They have taken that to heart.

You can see the on the bubble runners doing the work that you usually see from the top two or three guys. You can see a shift in the approach they take.” Throughout last season, even when opponents would underestimate the Little Tigers, the team itself was always confident in its abilities. As the reigning Meet of Champions winner, Princeton will have a target on its back this year. Has that forced the team to work even harder? “I think the bigger thing is not that they are working harder, but we want them to work consistently,” Smirk said. “We were able to see that as a good change. We have seen over the years that athletes can get better a little bit at a time. Some kids figure it out faster and jump up and make a name for themselves. We have some

of those guys. And there some that it just takes time to figure it out.” Princeton is now established as a consistent elite program and Smirk would love to see that continue. “We have had a constantly growing middle school program and we have seen that pay dividends at the high school level,” Smirk said. “We have a pretty good-sized freshman class. It’s pretty much the same as last year. But I think they come in with a better sense of what it takes to be a competitor. “We have had athletes come out in the past who couldn’t run a mile and it took all four years to develop. But you see now that we are a little bit ahead of the curve because of that cultural development in our community with the athletes.”

In this race, Johnson had an issue with the chain on his bike, which hurt his time on that portion. He still managed to finish in 15:09:13, with a 2.4 mile swim of 1:38:23, a 112-mile bike of 7:07:50, and a 26.2 mile run in 6:01.22. “I was really pleased with my swim,” the 43year-old Johnson said. “I am quite big, with my weight a good amount over 200 pounds. So I am not slight of character or body. I was really pleased with the swim. I got out and got to the bike and had great average speed powering up the hills then I had a chain and gear problem on the highest part of the hill. “It was unfortunate but that is part of what I love about the sport. You can’t

control the weather or fate. Having trained it becomes part of you. You train all year and understand these mistakes can happen and you just take it on the chin. What can you do? You can say things aren’t fair and give up. But I am not going to do that. It’s frustrating because you just lost a personal best. But you can also say not only did I finished an Ironman, but I overcame these additional obstacles.” Johnson plans to take another crack at an Ironman next year, with plans already in the works to decide in just the right race. “I love it,” he said of the competitions. “I am already thinking about doing one next year. I want to do it with my brother-in-law, who lives in England. We

might do one in Europe, so we are so looking at France, Germany or England. “It is definitely an endurance sport. The top athletes and pros are racing each other. A lot of it at our age group level is really racing nobody other than yourself. I don’t see the other people on course as competitors. They are part of the reason I will finish. Everyone is there to get everyone through it.” Niedzwiecki has the most experience of the trio when it comes to competing at the Ironman distance. He finished this last race in 13:19:11. Niedzwiecki completed the 2.4-mile swim in 1:21:00, the 112mile bike in 6:38:55, and the 26.2-mile run in 4:58:01.

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Members of last year's Princeton High boys cross-country team head to the podium to collect their trophy after finishing first at the Meet of Champions last November.

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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

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IN CONCERT

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

saw that evening, he signed Looking Glass to Epic Records, the label that Columbia used for new artists. Things happened pretty quickly from there with the See BRANDY, Page 4

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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

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. Thursdays

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. Benjamin The Association for Public 16, Franklin Parkway, parkArt commissioned the outw a y m u s e u m s d i s t r ictdoor art display. December philadel phia.org. 1, 2017-mid-March 2018. (215) 546-7550, associaSee PARKWAY, Page 6 tionforpublicart.org.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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

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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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construction of mixed use office and retail building on the site of the former Princeton Medical Center in Princeton; 601 Ewing Street - renovation of early 1980s facade and upgrade of atrium areas in the three building medical and general use office building located up the road from the Princeton Shopping Center; 400 and 500 Airport Corporate Park in Ewing - new construction of two office buildings on I-95, formerly Wachovia regional headquarters. 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. “I never was good at coming up with clever names,” said Jim, whose only goal - like Jamie’s has been to be the best at what he does to preserve his good name. What’s next for these busy-and-risk-takingaddicted entrepreneurs is anyone’s guess. But I would bet that “sustaining community” - listening to and responding to the needs and demands of the residents/businesses of Princeton, and producing a high quality product in responseremains a sure thing for Jim and Jamie and a good thing for our town.

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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.

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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.

HILLSBOROUGH CINEMAS (908-874-8181): Ingrid Goes West (R) Fri.-Thurs. 12:45, 3:10, 5:35, 8, 10:25. Leap! (PG) Fri.-Thurs. 12:30, 2:50, 5:10, 7:30, 9:50. The Hitman’s Bodyguard (R) Fri.-Thurs. 5, 7:45, 10:30. Logan Lucky (luxury recliners, reserved seating) (PG13) Fri.-Thurs. 1:25, 4:15, 7:05, 9:55. The Hitman’s Bodyguard (luxury recliners, reserved seating) (R) Fri.-Thurs. 1:30, 4:20, 7:10, 10. Annabelle: Creation (R) Fri.-Thurs. 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:20. The Emoji Movie (PG) Fri.Thurs. 12:05, 2:30. Dunkirk (luxury recliners, reserved seating) (PG13) Fri.-Thurs. 12, 2:30, 5, 7:30, 10. Despicable Me 3 (PG) Fri.-Thurs. 12:15, 2:35, 4:55. Baby Driver (R) Fri.-Thurs. 7:15, 9:55. Wonder Woman (PG13) Fri.Thurs. 12:35, 3:40, 6:45, 9:50.

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2:30, 4:50, 7:10, 9:30. The Trip to Spain (NR) 2:25, 4:55, 7:25, 9:55. The Only Living Boy in New York (R) Fri.-Thurs. 2:30, 4:45, 7, 9:15. Menashe (PG) Fri.Thurs. 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30. Wind River (R) Fri.-Thurs. 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55. The Big Sick (R) Fri.-Thurs. 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55. Maudie (PG13) Fri.-Thurs. 7 p.m. PRINCETON GARDEN THEATRE (609-279-1999): Wind River (R) Fri. 4:15, 7, 9:25; Sat. 1, 4:15, 7, 9:25; Sun. 1, 4:30, 7; Mon.-Tues. 2:30, 5:30, 8; Wed. 2, 4:30, 8:15; Thurs. 2, 8:15. The Big Sick (R) Fri.-Sat. 6:45, 9:20; Sun. 6:45; Mon.-Tues. 8; Wed.Thurs. 2:30. The Midwife (with subtitles) (NR) Fri. 4; Sat. 1, 4; Sun. 4; Mon.-Tues. 2:30; Wed.-Thurs. 5:30. A Ghost Story (R) Mon.-Tues. 5:30; Thurs. 5. National Theatre Live: Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (NR) Sun. 12:30 p.m. Hollywood Summer Nights: Monkey Business (1931) (NR) Wed. 7:30 p.m. Fargo (1996) (R) Thurs. 7:30 p.m.

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

. Tell us about your family. A. My husband Tom works for American Airlines as a 777 Captain Check Airman. He recently had the honor of serving as one of the four captains who flew Pope Francis during his U.S. visit. We have three children, who attended St. Paul’s School in Princeton and Notre Dame High School (’09, ’11, ’13) in Lawrenceville. Jonathan graduated Rutgers Engineering program and works for TD Securities, Abigail is a grad student at Rider going for a Masters in Clinical Mental Health, and Laurel is graduating Seton Hall in May 2017 and continuing there in the fall for grad school.

. What do you like to do for fun? A. I love taking our Cavalier King Charles dogs, Shamrock and Sebastian, for walks on the many

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nature trails in the area. I also love to entertain and enjoy volunteering in the community. Most importantly, I cherish when my family of five can coordinate our busy schedules to spend some quality time together.

. What do you see in the future for Real Estate? A. Real Estate is continuing to change quickly with the times. More listings will have interactive floorplans, 3D virtual tours, aerial drone pictures, etc., and the industry will continue to find new innovations for enticing buyers. Buyers search online, wanting to be equipped with as much information as possible before choosing to visit a home, and I anticipate that trend continuing with the aid of technology.

. To what do you attribute your success in Real Estate over the past 20 years? A. I am patient with my clients and enjoy educating them on real estate in our area. I do my best to treat each client and property with the same care. I don’t believe in cutting corners when it comes to providing service or marketing a home as I would my own, no matter the size of the home or the price point. My motto is “From starter to stately homes, and everything in between.” I also maintain my knowledge of the ever-changing inventory, have excellent negotiating skills, and stay up to date on industry technology. Here are my two dogs, Shamrock and Sebastian, playing in our backyard.

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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.

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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

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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.

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