2017-09-15 Hillsborough Beacon

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Route 206 bypass tentatively slated for 2020 completion By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

A decades-long effort to complete a Route 206 bypass through Hillsborough could come to fruition within the next few years, as state and local officials work to tie up some loose ends on the remaining two portions of the longawaited project. Business Administrator Anthony Ferrera said plans are currently in place for staging to begin on the northern and southern portions of the bypass by Spring

2018, with a projected completion slated for some time in 2020. The bypass has been in the township Master Plan since 1974. “People said this would never come and we are now bringing this to Hillsborough,” he said. “I’ve been here 27 years and people have said this will never happen and I’ve always told them ‘it’s coming.’ ... We’re excited.” Back in February, the state Department of Transportation (DOT) held a three-hour public informational session that covered the final two phases of the project. At

High lead levels found in fifteen school fixtures By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

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High concentration levels of lead in 15 water fixtures throughout the Hillsborough Township Public School District at the start of the 2017-18 school year has district officials weighing possible remediation options over the coming weeks. During the first board meeting of the new school year on Monday, the district’s Buildings and Grounds Director Wilson Quintero reported that more than a dozen water fountains and faucets were found to have higher than normal lead levels. “We conducted 29 additional samples throughout the district - 14 of those samples came back free of lead and 15 units came back elevated after the first draw,” Quintero said. Over the course of a year, officials said more than 800 water tests have been conducted throughout the district, with a focus on the removal and remediation of high lead levels and other contaminants. Quintero said that once the 15 fixtures were found to have lead levels that were above legal limits, efforts were made to replace any affected faucets, bubblers and filtration systems. Once completed, a 30 second “flush test” was conducted at each site. Of those tested, 11 fixtures no longer had lead issues, while the remaining four fixtures tested higher than initially reported. Those results pointed to a lead problem that could be “further down the stream - further down the pipes,” Quintero said. Superintendent Dr. Jorden Schiff said fixing the 11 that failed on a first draw test would be “relatively inexpensive,” while the four that came back with higher levels could prove to me a little more in-

volved. Business Administrator Aiman Mahmoud said the district will begin working with its operations committee to discuss possible remediation options for the 15 affected fixtures. “We do have some more work to do with some of these fountains that tested high,” Mahmoud said. Quintero said the next steps for the district are to conduct a plumbing diagram and take water assessments at each of those units with some help from the district’s environmental consulting partner, EDI. “We will be taking an analysis of the water samples...and with the assistance of EDI, we will be able to analyze the water through all the units we tested and then create an action plan to remediate each unit,” he said. Officials said the results of the district’s water testing efforts have been posted on its website. Schiff said principals in schools with affected water fixtures have been ordered to close off any affected units. In addition, bottled water will be provided to classrooms near contaminated water fountains. “Moving forward, we’re going to plan ahead and continue the progress on buildings and grounds,” Quintero said. He said it will be about another three to four weeks until a second batch of testing is conducted. Along with lead water remediation, Mahmoud announced that the district’s mold remediation efforts at Hillsborough High School were successful. Recently, 79 air samples were taken, with only one room needing further retesting. Room 152 came back with some traces of mold, but was later determined not to have an elevated level of contamination after a second test. Though all affected areas have been cleared for occupancy for the school year, Mahmoud said some areas have been located that have the potential for future mold problems. “We still have rooms at the high school that still have high levels of humidity and we have rooms that have some ceiling tiles that are buckling,” Mahmoud said. “I don’t want to give a false sense of security that we’re totally clean as far as the high school and its conditions. However, we are working with EDI to tackle any issues that come about.”

the time, officials outlined a number of delays that slowed progress on the project, including the acquisition of 13 acres of Green Acres land from the Van Der Veer house property, the relocation of utilities and a partial redesign. The delays largely came after Gov. Chris Christie opened the center portion of the bypass, located between Amwell Road and Hillsborough Road, in October 2013. That 1.7 mile stretch of road, now known as the Peter J. Biondi Bypass, was constructed by the Hillsborough-based Carbro

Inc. to the tune of $44 million funded by the DOT. Ferrera said the remainder of the bypass project will also be funded by the state. Once completed, officials claim the nearly 4-mile stretch of road will ease congestion along Route 206 by shifting traffic to the east of the existing highway between Mountain View Road and Old Somerville Road. Over the years, municipal officials say that shift in traffic will allow the township to establish a town center/downtown area with op-

portunities for commercial development. The next two phases will see the construction of the northern portion of the bypass, which will connect the center portion with Route 206 near Old Somerville Road. The southern portion will connect Route 206 at Mountain View Road to the existing segment of the bypass. “I think you’re going to start seeing things move forward now, which is a great thing,” Ferrera said.

Day of remembrance

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Hillsborough’s fire companies held remembrance ceremonies on Monday for the 16th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York, Washington D.C. and Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Pictured above, members of the Hillsborough Township Volunteer Fire Company #2 (Unit 37) stand in silence during the ceremony. The fire house had dozens of American flags planted on the front of its property for the occasion. Pictured right, Chief Michael Murphy, of Hillsborough Township Volunteer Fire Company #3 (Unit 38) speaks during that company’s ceremony.

Bridge repairs force road closure By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

Motorists that regularly travel along East Mountain Road to get to Amwell Road/County Route 514 will have to find another way for a while, thanks to an emergency closure for bridge repairs. Late Tuesday afternoon, the Hillsborough Township Office of Emergency Management (OEM)

announced that a portion of East Mountain Road, located between Amwell Road and Daval Road needed to be closed off to the general public when it was found that the bridge crossing Royce Brook needed repairs. Officials said the closure would last for two weeks. No one from the township’s OEM or engineering department could be

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CALENDAR Annual basket auction

Fri. Sept. 15 - The Woman’s Club of Hillsborough is having its annual Basket Auction on Friday, Sept. 15 at the Hillsborough Municipal Building at 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough. Doors open at 6 p.m. There will be a lot of great theme baskets, theater tickets, sports memorabilia, sporting event tickets and much more. We will have a Grand Prize auction with Disney Park Hopper Passes for a family of four. There will also be a 50/50 raffle. Hot dogs, soda and chips will be available to purchase. Coffee, tea and dessert are provided. Entry tickets are $10 and will be on sale at the door. For information contact Carolyn Hespe at (908) 8744958 or e-mail at ges18ch@comcast.net or Barbara Zielsdorff at (908) 359-1750 or e-mail at B_Zielsdorff@yahoo.com.

Rummage sale

Fri. Sept. 15 & Sat. Sept. 16 - The Somerset County 4-H Association will hold its annual BIG (Build, Invest, Grow) Rummage Sale and Fundraiser on September 15 and 16 at the Ted Blum 4-H Center, located at 310 Milltown Road in Bridgewater, between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Funds raised will help support the Somerset County 4-H Program by maintaining the 4-H Building. This year, the Somerset County 4-H Association will donate a portion of its proceeds to the 4-H Families and Programs affected by Hurricane Harvey. Donations can also be given directly on-line to the Texas 4-H Foundation at

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dors, dance performances, 20 food trucks, a classic car show, an aerialist and a myriad of totally free activities for children. There are still have a few spaces open for exhibitors who want to meet and greet the residents of our wonderful community. There is space for commercial enterprises and also for nonprofit organizations. We also need more volunteers to help us run things on the day of the festival. For an exhibitor application, visit www.franklintwpnj.org or call Bob Futcher at 732-873-2500, ext. 6428.

Honey ham dinner Sat. Sept. 16 - A honey ham dinner will be held at the South Branch Reformed Church, 870 River Road on Saturday, September 16 from 4:30-7 p.m. Adults $15, children 6-10 $6, and children under 5 are free. For reservations, which are optional but recommended, call 908-369-4956. Take outs will be available.

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Tues. Sept. 19 - Enjoy friendly and fun competition at trivia night from 7 - 9 p.m. at Mariana’s Pizzeria, 381 Triangle Rd, Hillsborough. The categories are: Pop Culture, Sports, History, and Potpourri. Cost: $15 per person. BYOB. Prizes will be awarded to the winners, along with door prizes. Meet Jane Staats and Harrison Burke, Hillsborough Township Democratic candidates. Go t o http://staatsandburke.com/ events/category/events/ for more information, or email event@borodems.org to RSVP. Sponsored by Hillsborough Democrats.

Thurs. Sept. 28 - The Neshanic Garden Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, September 28, 2017, at the Station House on Olive Street in Neshanic Station. The program this month will be “Common Insect Pest Problems in the Landscape, and their Control” presented by Joe Gyurian. Identifying common pests in the garden can be confusing (Wooly Adelgid vs. Cottony Camelia scale); Joe will show some of the most common destructive insects in the landscape, their damaging habits and what gardeners can do. Joe will conclude his talk with ways in which to attract beneficial insects to the landscape, so they can help manage your pest problems - so you don’t have to. Lug your mug to the light luncheon at 12:00 p.m. Prospective members are encouraged to attend. For further information about club meetings, please contact either club co president, Cathy Heuschkel at 908-

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

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Tricky tray auction Fri. Oct. 6 - St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church, 1900 Brooks Blvd., Hillsborough, will present a tricky tray auction on Friday, October 6. Over 100 gift certificates and many prizes including flat screen TV, outdoor grill, Kitchen Aid mixer, iPad, two day vacation at a Pocono Resort, household items, appliances, designer handbags, theme baskets, door prizes, food and a 50/50. Doors open at 5 p.m. Auction begins at 7 p.m. Tickets are $15, which includes one sheet of tickets, door prize ticket, delicious desserts, coffee and tea. Stuffed cabbage, kielbasa and sauerkraut sandwiches, meatball sandwiches, hot dogs, hamburgers, eggplant parmesan, pierogi, soda and water can be purchased, so come early. Tickets can be preordered by contacting Marge at 908-722-5894 or Betty at 908-725-0615. Bring your friends and be ready for an evening of fun, good food and winning some great prizes. Attendees must be 18 years of age. More information available on www.trickytray.com.

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

Neshanic Garden Club meeting Thurs. Oct. 26 - The Neshanic Garden Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, October 26 at the Station House on Olive Street in Neshanic Station. The program this month will be “Diabolical Botany: The World of Poisonous, Irritating and Illegal Plants” presented by Dorothy Smullen. Dorothy is past president of the NJ Mycological Association, and former board member of the Friends of the Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. She serves as a teacher/naturalist at the NJ Audubon Society and has been a nature and garden club speaker for 35 years. She will present an illustrated program exploring plants that are insect eaters, poisonous, irritating, thorny, smelly, or illegal. She will discuss how to identify and avoid any of these plants that are local to our area. Lug your mug to the light luncheon at 12:00 p.m. Prospective members are encouraged to attend. For further information about

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Ladies Auxility Flea Market

Sat. Oct. 28 - The Ladies Auxiliary of Hillsborough Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 (Flagtown) is sponsoring a flea market on October 28 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Hillsborough Municipal Building at 379 So. Branch Road Hillsborough. Vendor tables are available at a cost of $20 for 1 and $35 for 2. For additional information or to reserve a table please call 908-392-0015 or 908-5283586.

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ARIS/HMS discount card on sale ARIS/HMS 2017-2018 discount cards are on sale now at a cost of $10 each, with all proceeds going to ARIS and HMS school programs and staff grants. The card includes reusable discounts from 34 local businesses including ShopRite’s $4 off a $100 purchase, McDonald’s, Super Sundaes, Lenny’s Philly Pretzel, Revival Barbershop, Olympia Sports and many more. Discounts are valid through 9/30/18. Buy five cards, get one card free. If you would like to purchase a discount card, please email wenholt@aol.com. Looking for 2018 Town Calendar photos: Individuals interested in submitting photographs for consideration can email their high resolution image to the township clerk at pborek@hillsboroughnj.org. A photo release will need to accompany the pictures and there is no guarantee that the photo will be used. For advertising opportunities, contact Jim O’Dowd at 973-650-2736 or jimodowd@townplanner.co m.

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HILLSBOROUGH SENIOR CORNER CHAPTER A

On October 5 meeting, we will have Mark Boos present some important factors for seniors regarding Medicare such as retirement income, health expenses, extended care and final expenses. We are making items from our flea market available during the October meeting for Best Offer; but please do not bring any more flea market items to sell. Operation Shoebox will return at our November 2 meeting, when we honor our veterans. Please bring items to ship to our deployed troops.Most wanted items are batteries, athletic socks (any sizes), beef jerky, small boxes of cereal, cookies or snack crackers. Trips & Programs Thurs., Sept. 21 - Mummers Museum and Historic Philadelphia. Museum is dedicated to the Philly parade celebration of New Years. There will be a string band concert and buffet luncheon at the museum. Guided bus tour of key historic sites. Depart has been changed to 9:15 a.m. Lowes parking lot. Tues., Oct. 12 - Germanfest at Silver Birches Waterfront in Hawley, Penn. Oktoberfest food, demonstrations, music, dancing and open bar for great autumn fun. Cost $83. Depart 8 a.m. Lowes parking lot; return approximately 5 p.m. Fri., Nov. 17 - Hunterdon Hills Playhouse Holi-

day Show. Lunch, desserts and the special holiday show. Cost $67. Depart 10:30 a.m. Lowes parking lot. Thurs., Nov. 30 - Peddlers Village Cock ‘N Bull Lunch and showing of “A Dickens of a Murder.” The trip includes shopping and a chance to view holiday light displays. Cost $67. Depart 11 a.m. from Lowes parking lot. Sign-ups start on October 5. For information on any of our upcoming trips, call Diana Reinhardt at 908369-4362. News & Notes All Hillsborough seniors age 60 and older are invited to join Chapter A. Younger spouses of seniors are also eligible for membership. Dues are $5 a year and new members may join at any meeting. Call Dorrie Guarniero at 908-334-8091 with questions. General meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month unless otherwise announced. Executive Board meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of every month, unless otherwise noted. On meeting days, doors open at 11:30 a.m., allowing time to review upcoming events and make reservations. Refreshments are available when doors open and after the meeting. Help our Food Bank by bringing an item to each meeting. The suggestion box is available at each meeting.

Visit us at www.HillsboroughSeniorsChapterA.webs.com. — Gene Reinhardt Publicity Chairperson

CHAPTER B The next monthly meeting will be held on the day of our Fall Luncheon, October 12. The doors will open at 10:30 a.m. for members to buy tickets for future trips and other events. The luncheon/meeting will start at noon. You must have bought your ticket at September’s meeting. Tickets for all special events will only be sold at monthly meetings before the event. They include the following: spring luncheon, June celebration, June anniversary (every five years), fall luncheon and holiday party. Meeting attendees can bring a bag lunch if they would like, since coffee and tea are provided. New members are welcome. The next bingo will be held on September 21. Doors will open at 11:30 a.m. Entry into the game will be $3 for one double card and $5 for two. A lunch with two hot dogs, chips, drink and a desert will be included in the price. If you have a new email address or want to be added to Club B’s email list, see Ralph Fariello at the next meeting. Activities and Trips October 24: Octoberfest at a beautiful mansion at

MANVILLE SENIOR CORNER

The Manville Senior Citizens meet at noon on the second Thursday of each month at the VFW on Washington Avenue. The next regular meeting is October 10. Membership is open to anyone age 50 and older, residents and non-residents.Registration for recreation department exercise activities for seniors can be done at the library as well as the recreation department. Just pay at the facility when you register. All classes are at the Community Room in the Library. Senior low impact chair aerobics will be held on Tuesdays from September 5 to December 26 from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at a cost of $10. Senior chair aerobics will be held on Mondays and Wednesdays from September 6 to December 27 from 9:45 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. at a cost of $20. Senior chair yoga with Carrie will be held on Fridays from September 1 to

December 29 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at a cost of $20. Registration is also open for the Adult Walking Program sponsored by the Recreation Department. The walking program is held Tuesday and Thursday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at Manville High School starting October 3 until April 26, 2018. The cost is $20. Movie and a buffet will continue on announced dates. Canned goods or nonperishable food items will continue to be collected before each meeting. Remember to bring one item per member to help stock the Food Bank. The executive board will continue to hold its meetings on the Thursday prior to the regular meeting. Tickets for the Oktoberfest to be held on October 12 at Knobb Hill will be on sale at the September meeting. Tickets are $10 for members and $20 for guests.

Recreation events Atlantic City — The bus normally leaves at 9 a.m. from the VFW parking lot the third Wednesday of each month for Caesar’s. The next trip to Atlantic City will be Wednesday, September 20. The cost is $35, of which $30 will be returned. Thursday, November 30 — Trip to the Sands Casino in Bethlehem, Penn. The bus leaves from the Manville VFW at 10 a.m. The cost is $30 with $20 back and $5 for food. Contact Jo Pschar at 908-7220156. Wednesday, December 5 — A Slice of Brooklyn: Christmas Lights Tour and luncheon at Chimney Rock Inn. Cost is $90. Reservations can be made with Jo Pschar at 908-722-0156. Wednesday, March 21 — Trip to Sight and Sound, “Jesus” in Lancaster, Penn. with lunch at Shady Maple. The cost is $120. Reservations can be made with Jo Pschar at 908-722-0156. — Gerry Klimowich

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Mt. Lakes. Tickets are $80, which includes a luncheon, band performance, a comedy show and two free drink vouchers. Tickets will be sold during the August meeting. December 6: Cabaret by the Sea at Crystal Point Yacht Club in Point Pleasant. Trip is $77 and includes a three course luncheon, as well as admission to the “Christmas Cheer” show by Vincent Talarico. If you want to bring a friend on any overnight trip, they do not have to be a club member. If any trips are sold out, you may call to add your name to a waiting list. On all trips, you should bring photo ID and health insurance card(s). Community Events Keep in mind the township’s Mr. Fix-It program, run by the Social Services Department. Minor home repairs can be arranged on Wednesdays between 8 and 11 a.m. for Hillsborough seniors 60 and older. Call 908-369-3880 for details. Free exercise classes for all ability levels are available to all Hillsborough seniors in the municipal building Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays for 45 minutes — right where we hold our meetings. Certified instructors lead classes. Free transportation is available. Call 908-369-3880 for details. — Chickie Haines Call 908-874-3231

SENIOR ROOM In the Senior Activity Room, shuffleboard, pool table, darts and ping pong are available for all Hillsborough seniors to use in the first and largest area. Cards and games are played in the middle area. Computers are in the third area for

your use and enjoyment. Monday: Knitting, crocheting and needlepoint from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday: Bridge, pinochle and other card games Wednesday: Mah jongg from noon to 4 p.m. Canasta from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursday: Bridge from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Friday: Mah jongg from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

HILLSBOROUGH SENIOR CENTER Adults age 60 and older are invited to visit the county-operated Hillsborough Senior Center at 339 South Branch Road. The center is open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday through Friday. All programs begin at 11 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Its phone is 908-369-8700. Fit & Flex with Rose every Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. This free weekly exercise program changes frequently and is suitable for all. Included are stretches, strength training, laugh yoga, breathing exercises and more. From 12:30-2 p.m. on Tuesdays, the Healthy Bones Exercise Class, a peer-led, 24-week exercise and education program, will be held for individuals at risk or who have osteoporosis. Exercises focus on balance, strength, flexibility and posture. Advanced registration is required, as well as a doctor’s note, prior to the first class and then once every year. For a new participant, the price is $45, which will include ankle weights, a participant manual and the class fee. If ankle weights are not needed, the price is $15. Learn to play mah jongg

Wednesdays at 10 a.m. A free 10-week Tai Chi session with Janet O. will start on Jan. 11 and run weekly on Wednesdays from 9:30-10:15 a.m. Aptly called “moving meditation,” Tai Chi consists of slow, repetitive movements that improve balance, flexibility, control and stability while promoting relaxation. Call 908-369-8700 for more information. Every Friday at 10 a.m., the Horseshoe and Bocce Ball Club will spend time outside playing, weather permitting. This group is great for all ability levels; instruction will be available. Transportation is available. Blood pressure screenings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m. Caram (an East Indian game similar to billiards) and other games can be played every day. Cards are available every day. The bocce court and horseshoe pit are available daily. Help Summer, the Friendly Doberman, fulfill her certification requirements to become a therapy dog. As part of her training she must be exposed to people in different situations and master various commands. Learn how to teach and practice the commands with Summer who must master them to achieve certification. Please call 908369-8700 to find out Summer’s schedule as it may vary from week to week. Enjoy lunch for a suggested donation of $1.50 or more. (Price for guests under 60 is $5.35). Call 908-369-8700 before 10:30 a.m. the day before to make a lunch reservation.

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COLLEGE CONNECTION By Susan Alaimo

Answers students should not give in an interview

Almost everyone dreads the interviewing process. Whether interviewing for admission to a favorite college, a desired internship, or a prestigious job, it’s stressful when there’s a lot at stake. Students often practice in advance answering common questions such as, “Why should we select you?” “What experience would you bring with you?” and “What are your proudest accomplishments?” It’s easy to remember the good things we’ve done, and we’re usually proud to talk about our assets and achievements. Things get trickier when the interviewer asks a question such as, “Can you tell me about a time when you failed?” There is even an essay prompt on the Common Application, accepted by more than 600 colleges, that focuses on failure. It states, “The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?”

The worst thing students can do is pretend they’ve never failed at anything. Is it possible for anyone to have lived through their childhood, and many of their teen years, and never have struggled in an academic subject, been cut from a sports team, lost a school election, or suffered any setback? If this is so, in the eyes of the interviewer the candidate might be a risky choice because no one knows how he or she will handle the inevitable setback or failure that is sure to loom in the future. Most likely, the interviewee is simply trying to put his/her best foot forward. But it’s a mistake to think that admitting to a past failure is a sign of weakness. It’s actually an opportunity for a student to demonstrate that a lesson was learned, and he/she has moved on from the failure. People who think they have never failed at anything either don’t have the self-awareness to recognize their weaknesses, or the self-confidence to admit to their failures. Either way, coming off as pompous in an interview is a

turn-off that is not likely to turn out well. Another mistake interviewees sometimes make is to talk in too casual a manner and use inappropriate language when answering questions. It is never acceptable to refer, in an offensive way, to another person based on race, gender, or any other defining quality. Interviewers want to identify candidates who will represent their college or job in a nonbiased, respectable manner. In short, students should present themselves in the best possible light, while being honest and realistic when answering questions - even about their flaws. Susan Alaimo is the founder and director of SAT Smart in Hillsborough that has been offering PSAT, SAT, and ACT preparation courses, as well as private tutoring by IVYLeague educated instructors, for more than 20 years. Visit www.SATsmart.com.

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Dean Linkroum a native of Hillsborough, graduated from Ithaca College’s School of Health Sciences and Human Performance with a degree in Clinical Health Studies. The degree was awarded in May 2017. —Taylor Ford, a native of Hillsborough, graduated Cum Laude from Ithaca College’s School of Humanities and Sciences with a degree in Sociology. The degree was awarded in May 2017. —Matthew Ackerman of Hillsborough has been named to both the 2016 fall and spring semester Dean’s Lists at Lafayette College for outstanding academic achievement. To qualify for Dean’s List, a student must achieve at least a 3.60 semester grade point average on a scale of 4.0. —James Madison University is excited to welcome the class of 2021 to campus this month. The incoming freshman class represents an accomplished, diverse group of individuals who hail from 35 states, the District of Columbia and 10 countries around the world. The following students from your area are in the JMU class of 2021. Natalie Minter, of Hillsborough, whose major is Nursing - BSN; Abigail Nemec, of Hillsborough, whose major is Psychology - BA; Kathleen Donnelly, of Hillsborough, whose major is Health Sciences - BS; Ellis Lar-Moore, of Hillsborough, whose major is Finance - BBA; Emma Florin, of Hillsborough, whose major is Undeclared. —Natalie Stys, who is now a senior BFA Dance major at Shenandoah Conservatory, has been named to the university’s President List for two consecutive semesters earning a 3.9 in the Fall 2016 and a 3.92 in the Spring 2017 semester.

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To be on the President’s List, you must earn a 3.9 out of 4.0 and have already been named to the Dean’s List. Natalie is currently employed by BalletNext, a contemporary ballet dance company in New York City under the artistic direction of Michele Wiles. —Rachel Shein, of Hillsborough, graduated from West Chester University, Penn. in May 2017 with a bachelors degree in Elementary Education. She received a place on the Dean’s list with a 4.0 GPA for the spring semester and graduated Summa Cum Laude. Rachel is a member of the Kappa Delta Pi International Honor Society in education, and completed a year long student teaching program. She also worked in a preschool throughout her college days. —Hillsborough resident, Pierce Shein, has been named to the Dean’s list for the spring semester at the University of Delaware, located in Newark. He received a 4.0 GPA while studying in the College of Health and Sciences. Pierce is a member of Phi Sigma Pi - National Honor Fraternity where he is in charge of public relations recruitment. —Christopher Cody Obropta, a 2013 graduate of Hillsborough High School, has received his B.S. degree in Civil Engineering from the Rutgers University School of Engineering. —Emily Van Pelt, a freshman Biomedicine STEM major at Kean University, has been named to the Dean’s Honor List for both fall 2016, and spring 2017 semesters. Appointment to the Dean’s List is based on successful completion of at least twelve credits (not including courses taken on a pass/fail) with a semester grade point average of 3.45 or better.

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IN THE LIBRARY

The Hillsborough Library’s schedule is as follows: Monday through Thursday: 9:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday: 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Sunday: 1-5 p.m. The library is looking for reliable teen volunteers to help out at various programs. Community service hours will be awarded to all volunteers at the end of the school year for their attendance and space is limited. Through the end of September, view the collections of Chihyu Fan and Ping Zuo. Visit SCLSNJ.org or call 908-369-2200 for information or to register. Program dates and times are subject to change. All programs are free and registration is required unless otherwise indicated. Adult programs (registration required): • Evening Movie - “The Zookeeper’s Wife” is the real life story of how the zookeepers in Warsaw, Poland became part of the resistance during World War II. Starring Jessica Chastain. Rated PG-13. Fri. September 15, 7-9 p.m. • Obstacle Obliteration: Exercise Your Mind, Spirit, and Body - Local author and motivational speaker Lori Sweeney will discuss her tricks and techniques for developing a positive spirit and working a healthier lifestyle into the busiest of schedules. Mon. September 18, 7-8:30 p.m. • Preserving Our Past in Photographs with Jim DelGiudice - Discover the proper ways to handle, store, and display photographic materials for current and future generations. Tues. September 19, 7-8:30 p.m. • Historical Fiction Book Discussion - “Birdsong” by Sebastian Faulks. Wed. September 20, 3-4:30 p.m. • Understanding Insurance: Personal Finance Demystified - Learn about the different types of insurance available and how they fit into a personal financial plan. Thurs. September 21, 7-8 p.m. Youth programs (registration required): • Baby Songs - Spend time making music with your little one. Ages newborn - 24 months. Fri. September 15, 1010:30 a.m. • Reading Buddy - Your child will increase their love of reading while reading aloud with a reading buddy volunteer. Grades K-4. Sat. September 16, 2-4 p.m. Legal Notices NOTICE OF DECISION HILLSBOROUGH TOWNSHIP BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT The Hillsborough Township Board of Adjustment held a public meeting on Wednesday September 6, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. in the Courtroom of the Municipal Complex, at which time the following Resolutions were memorialized: Ampily VIJAY - File #BA-17-04 – Applicant GRANTED ‘c’ Bulk Variance for relief from Maximum Impervious Coverage (21.18% granted where 15% permitted) and a waiver from having to provide a stormwater management plan to construct a covered deck, patio, and walkway on property known as Block 207.10, Lot 15 on the Hillsborough Township Tax Maps, located at 16 Ethan Court in the R District, with conditions. Shawn ABLINE and Dana RASPA - File #BA-17-06 – Applicant GRANTED ‘c’ Bulk Variance for relief from Minimum Side Yard Setback (40ft granted where 50ft required) to construct three chicken coops on a property listed in the Historic Preservation Plan Element also known as Block 4, Lot 8 on the Hillsborough Township Tax Maps, located at 891 Amwell Road in the AG District, with conditions. Katarzyna and Dawid BOCHENKO - File #BA-17-11 – Applicant GRANTED ‘c’ Bulk Variances for relief from Minimum Side Yard Setback (5.08ft granted where 15t required) and Minimum Rear Yard Setback (4.94ft granted where 15ft required) for a shed and Minimum Rear Yard Setback (20.45ft granted where 40ft required) for a deck on a property known as Block 43, Lot 1.01 on the Hillsborough Township Tax Maps, located at 76 Fourth Street in the CR District, with conditions. The above-referenced Resolutions have been filed in the Planning and Zoning Office of the Municipal Complex, The Peter J. Biondi Building, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ, and is available for public inspection during the regular business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. David K. Maski, PP, AICP Board of Adjustment Secretary HB, 1x, 9/15/17 Fee: $33.48

• Get Buggy - Learn about good bugs and why they are so important to our world. Program will include a hands-on opportunity for kids to examine bug specimens. Grades 14. Mon. September 18, 4-4:30 p.m. • LEGO Club - Love LEGOs? We supply the LEGO bricks; you supply the creativity. Do not bring your own LEGOs or LEGO creations. Grades 3-5. Tues. September 19, 4-4:45 p.m. • Neshanic Garden Club: Wind Chimes - Create something fun with the members of the Neshanic Garden Club. Grades 1-4. Wed. September 20, 4-4:45 p.m. • STEM Stories: Under the Sea - Fri. September 22, 1010:45 a.m. Ages 3-6; Fri. September 22, 4-4:45 p.m. Grades K-2 • Techniques for a Stress-Free You - Learn to reduce stress and live happier through mindfulness. Grades 7-12. Sat. September 23, 2-4 p.m. • Reading Buddy - Your child will increase their love of reading while reading aloud with a reading buddy volunteer. Grades K-4. Sat. September 23, 30, 2-4 p.m. • First Roots Music - Ms. Jenni will present an entertaining music class that helps your child develop language, literacy, social and listening skills in a fun, nurturing, family-friendly setting. Birth - 36 months. Mon. September 25, 10-10:45 a.m. • littleBits Gizmos & Gadgets - Spinmate - Grades 3-6 - Monday, September 25, 4:30-5:30 p.m. | Bumperball Grades 7-12 - Tuesday, September 26, 6:30-8 p.m. Designed for youth to both learn about and explore STEAM concepts and 21st century skills. • How to Pay for College: Without Spending a Lot (parents/caregivers and grades 9-12) Presented by Premier College Funding. Monday, September 25, 7-8:30 p.m. • Storytime: Toddler Time - Introduce the pleasure of books to your child. Join us for stories, songs, and more. Ages 18-36 months. Tues. September 26, October 3, 9:3010:15 a.m. • Storytime: Rhyme Time - Build brain power with twenty minutes of nursery rhyme fun. Newborn-24 months. Tues. September 26, October 3, 10:30-10:50 a.m.

• Tail Waggin’ Tutors (grades K-4) - Each registered child will get 10 minutes reading to a specially trained dog. Friday, September 29, 3:45-4:45 p.m. • Monday Morning Playtime - A social time with toys available for play. Parents/caregivers and children up to 36 months. Mon. October 2, 10-10:45 a.m. • KIDZ Art Zone: Paul Klee Owls - Budding artists can have fun creating masterpieces with their friends. Grades K-4. Wed. October 4, 4-4:45 p.m. • Understanding the College Essay - This program will explain the expectations for what an outstanding college essay entails, going over the common application and other common questions students will encounter. Parents/caregivers and grades 9-12. Wed. October 4, 7-8 p.m. Volunteer Opportunities We are looking for reliable teen volunteers to provide assistance during our programs. Community service hours will be awarded at the end of the school year. Space is limited. Grades 8-12. Reading Buddy - Sat. September 16, 1:50-4 p.m. Get Buggy - Mon. September 18, 3:45-5 p.m. LEGO Club - Tues. September 19, 3:50-5 p.m. Reading Buddy - Sat. September 23, 30, 1:50-4 p.m. littleBits Challenge - Mon. September 25, 4-5:45 p.m. Reading Buddy - Sat. September 30, October 7, 1:50-4 p.m. Library resources Book A Librarian - Get personalized help with the online catalog, databases, research questions, storytime plans, locating materials, library apps and readers’ advisory. Parents, children and teens can request an appointment at the Youth Services desk by filling out a simple form. All ages. Bag of Books to Go - You can request, at the Children’s Desk, a bag filled with books related to a theme. Book Discussion Kits - Do you belong to a book discussion group or would you like to start one? Are you looking for a good book to share and have copies for everyone in your group? Our book discussion kits contain ten books that can be checked out for six weeks.

Legal Notices

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a Public Hearing will be held at 7:30 p.m. on October 4, 2017, at a Regular Meeting of the Board of Adjustment of the Township of Hillsborough, in the courtroom of the Municipal Building, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, New Jersey, at which time members of the public will have the opportunity to be heard.

LEGAL NOTICE Notice is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: ORDINANCE 2017-11

The subject of the hearing will be the application of Spana Contractors LLC in File #BA-1712, for use variance relief to allow for the expansion of a pre-existing nonconforming residential use and minor site plan approval to add a contractor’s facility (a permitted use) in the rear portion of the property consisting of a 40 ft by 40 ft garage and 11 stone storage bins measuring 10 ft by 30 ft. The applicant further seeks a variance for minimum lot area (1 acre required; 0.90 acres existing; 0.83 acres proposed) and a variance, if necessary or required, to continue the existing nonconforming conditions for minimum width at the setback (200 ft required; 128.60 existing & proposed), minimum front yard setback (50 ft required; 20.1 ft existing & proposed), minimum side yard setback (25 ft required; 19.0 ft existing; 19.1 ft proposed) and a variance or design exception, if necessary or required, from the buffer requirements as set forth in Section 188-69A of the Land Use and Development Ordinance for the outdoor storage areas. The property affected is known as Block 66.01, Lot 2, located at 95 Old Camplain Road, Hillsborough, NJ. Applicant also intends to request at the hearing that the application be deemed amended to include, and the Board grant, any additional approvals, interpretations, variances, waivers from design standards and/or submission requirements, or exceptions from the Hillsborough Township Land Development Ordinance determined to be necessary or which may develop during the review, processing and hearing of this application as are required to develop the premises in the manner indicated in the application materials. A copy of the application, plans and all supporting documents are on file in the Board of Adjustment Office at the Hillsborough Township Municipal Building, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ, and are available for public inspection during usual business hours Monday through Friday between 8:30 am and 4:30 pm. FRANCIS P. LINNUS Attorney for Applicant HB, 1x, 9/15/17 Fee: $31.62 Affidavit: $15.00

An Ordinance titled, An Ordinance Amending Chapter 147 of the Code of the Township of Hillsborough, titled "Criminal History Background Checks". This Ordinance will be further considered for final passage by the Township Committee at the Municipal Complex, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, New Jersey at a meeting being held on August 8, 2017, at 7:30 PM or at any time and place to which such meeting may be adjourned. All persons interested in the Ordinance may obtain a copy from the Office of the Township Clerk located in the municipal complex between the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., at no cost, and persons interested in the Ordinance may appear at the hearing and will be given the opportunity to be heard concerning this Ordinance. Pamela Borek Hillsborough Township Clerk HB, 1x, 9/15/17, Fee: $20.46

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HILLSBOROUGH JR. RAIDERS

Last weekend, the Hillsborough Jr. Raiders played a number of football and field hockey games with teams around the region. The following is a submitted collection of the weekend’s results. PATRIOT VARSITY DIVISION

Hillsborough Varsity Gold (Burke) vs. Watchung Hills Varsity Gold: Lost 6-20 The Junior Raiders Varsity Gold dropped their opening game against the Watchung Hills with a final score of 206. Led by QB Jamie Mazuera and strong blocking up front by Ethan McLaughlin, Mike Giuliano allowed Sal Volpe to gain tough yards up the middle. Will Dixon and Jason McLain sealed the defensive ends. Thomas Amokwa took advantage and had many great runs including a touchdown run off the right side. Honorable mention on defense goes to Leo Schiro and Ryan Vierbuchen. Hillsborough travels to Voorhees this week Saturday night at 7:30 p.m. Hillsborough Varsity Red (Shelton) vs. Ridge Varsity White: Won 27-0 The Boro Varsity Red team started the 2017 season with an impressive victory over Ridge White. The backfield of Boczon, Thornton, Crater and Cole Jara gained most of the 140 yards on the ground for the Raiders. Miller finished 3-for-7 for 18 yards. This potent running attack would not have existed without the hard work of the boys on the line. Ryan Leary, Kevin Coakley, Anthony Stewart, Patrick O’Kane, Rich Loniewski, Ryan Vladyka and Jack Myers. Tight ends Dilon Cace and Charlie Volpe also blocked well all afternoon. The defense held the Red Devils to minus 21 yards of total offense, no first downs and caused three turnovers. Miller caused two fumbles. One was recovered by Jack Myers and the other he took himself. Volpe recovered the third fumble after a jarring hit by Nick Donnelly on a kickoff return that set up one of the scores. Linebacker Joe Witcoski led the team with four tackles followed by Coakley and Volpe with three each. Volpe also registered a sack. Hillsborough Varsity White (Nussbaum) vs. North Hunterdon Varsity Silver: Lost 25-40 The Varsity White team traveled to North Hunterdon Saturday night and was defeated by the North Hunterdon Jr Lions, 40-25. The Varsity White will return home next Saturday for a match up against the Watchung Hills Gold team under the lights at the Hillsborough High School field. PATRIOT JR VARSITY DIVISION Hillsborough Patriot JV Gold (Riccardi) vs. Watchung Hills JV Gold: Won 27-0 The Jr. Raiders JV Gold football team won their home opener this weekend as they beat the Watchung Hills Jr. Warriors 27-0. Led by QB Tyler Van Cleef, the Raider offense dominated the game, scoring four touchdowns and rushing for 177 total yards. Cynthia Akosua led the Raiders in rushing with four carries for 57 yards, two touchdowns, and one PAT. Austin Quandt scored the Raider’s third

touchdown midway through the second quarter on a 12yard run. Just before halftime, Damian Kutny scored the Raiders’ fourth and final touchdown on a 21-yard run; Daniel Allen followed the score with a successful PAT. Defensively, the Raiders, captained by Pierce Skala, played flawlessly. The Raider defense was led by Nicholas Santa Barbara who tallied five total tackles, including one sack and one tackle for loss. The defense was bolstered by superb performances from Carson DeRoner, Jonathan Lobelo, Hudson Ruh, Matthew Jones, Chiemelie Ozokpor, Tyler Van Cleef, Jake Battagliese, and Ian McCauley; each tallying at least three tackles, with at least one sack or tackle for loss. Tyler Jackson also recorded a fumble recovery for the Raiders. Hillsborough Patriot JV Red (Minetti) vs. Ridge JV White: Lost 6-24 Hillsborough JV White suffered a tough 24-6 loss to open the season. Alex Reiling scored the teams only touchdown midway through the first half. The offense moved the ball on several drives by the hard running of Collin DePace, Jack Minetti, Matt Gaspar and Reiling but they were unable to cross the goal-line. The line was anchored in the middle by John Falk, Brady Porter, Nick Deluca, Matt Miller and Brandon Lew who came in for the injured Matt Bleemer. Hillsborough Patriot JV White (Drab) vs. North Hunterdon JV Silver: Lost 6-12 JV White turned in a scrappy performance but were outlasted by North Hunterdon Silver on Saturday evening 126. The defense fought hard to keep it to a 0-6 halftime deficit. North Hunterdon jumped out to a 12-0 second half lead but JV White shut down their offense for the rest of the game with hard backfield hits by Zander Borowski and Joey Battaglia, who also recovered a fumble. The offense came to life behind QB Nate Drab who completed a pass to Jason Williams to the 1-yard line. Drab would then punch it in to close it to 12-6 with four minutes left. Time ran out on JV white as the final score ended at 12-6. PATRIOT PEE WEE DIVISION Hillsborough Patriot Pee Wee Red (Goldberg) vs Bridgewater Red: Lost 6-20 Despite a disappointing loss, the Hillsborough Pee-Wee Red team had a hard-fought game Saturday against Bridgewater. On offense, the team was led by Kyle Simonitis with 16 carries for 26 yards, Kaden Shepler with seven carries for 88 yards including a 62-yard touchdown, and hard running by Matthew Siegelaub, Chase Shepler and Anthony Mayo. The defense was strong and led by Jayden Carter with six tackles, Matthew Siegelaub with five tackles and a fumble recovery, and Kyle Simonitis, Chase Shepler and Ashton Goldberg with three tackles each. Also contributing to the strong defensive effort was Owen Miller, Niko Gaeta and Andrew Wheeler. Hillsborough Patriot Pee Wee White (Amato) North Hunterdon Red: Won 7-0 Team effort in this shut out of North Hunterdon Red. Offense led by Andrew Schwarz’s electrifying runs, total-

ing 125 yards rushing and one touchdown, Nick McCauley with 40 yards, an extra point conversion, Damian Amato efficient passing four out of six for 32 yards, Mason Westlake with four receptions for 32 yards, great blocking on the offensive line and running backs headed by Reece De Roner, Liam Roarty, Chris Byrns, Mike Araujo, Aiden McKenna, Nick Duarte and Danny Gaffney. The defense was up to the test led by Gavin Wacaster four tackles, Nick Britanak three tackles, Aiden Herrera two tackles, Cole Dockhorn two tackles, Jeff Progin two tackles, Tommy Marcketta, Jack Pankowski and Bradley Thomas all had one tackle. PATRIOT FLAG DIVISION

Hillsborough Flag Jets (Albert) vs. Hillsborough Flag Steelers (Walton) The Jets started their flag football season with a bang. Brayden Benosky opened the scoring with a powerful blast up the middle on the last play of the first half. He followed the crushing blocks of Connor Marley, Dylan Clerico, and Ryan Phelan. The second Jets touchdown came on a 60yard dash by Conor Albert highlighted by a devastating jump cut along the sideline on his way to the end zone. Reef Townsend helped seal the edge with a great block at tight end. The Jets third and final score came on another 60-yard lightning bolt, this time on a fantastic run by Logan Redziniak. He exploded around the right corner behind some excellent blocks by Grant Scholma and Liam Knox. The Jets defense was anchored by ferocious play from Lukas Richards, Kyle Wargo, and Jack DeAntonio Hillsborough Flag Raiders (Ross) vs. Bears Raiders had their first game against the SBU Bears this weekend. Overall, the team played a pretty balanced game with almost every player getting a chance to run the ball on the offensive side of things. Highlights of the running game were TD’s by Chris Seamon (50+ yards) and Patrick Murphy (50+ yards). Ryan Shimp and Gavin Ross both ran for the extra points following the touchdowns. Other notable runs were made by Collin Tucker, Alex Zieziula and Aiden Desatnik. The Raiders’ defense was led by Gavin Ross, Dante Mayo, EJ Risher and Anthony Shrewsbury. JR. RAIDERS FIELD HOCKEY - SEPT. 10

Little Stix Maroon (3/4) Little Stix Maroon kicked off the season with a win, scoring 6-2 against Branchburg. Little Stix Gold (3/4) Winning their season opener 3-1 against North Hunterdon, Team Gold’s Sara Thompson scored two goals alongside Alexis Shumaker making the third goal. Junior Stix Maroon (5/6) Junior Stix Maroon dropped their season opener 0-5 out in the hills of Washington Township. Junior Stix Gold (5/6) Junior Stix Gold was off to a great start for our first game. Although they lost 0-5 to Palmer, they had a great first showing. Junior Stix White (5/6) Junior Stix White lost its first game of the season 0-5 to a strong Palmer squad.

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'What the Butler Saw' at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey By Bob Brown

Photos by Jerry Dalia

From left: Peter Simon Hilton as Dr. Prentice and Jeffrey M. Bender as Sergeant Match.

Peter Simon Hilton as Dr. Prentice and Allison Layman as Geraldine Barclay.

he Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey has presented brilliant Restoration comedies and a few modern farces. But until now, the company had never tackled the bad boy of farce, Joe Orton, whose "What the Butler Saw" is on stage at F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre on the Drew University through Oct. 1. Orton did not live to see his last and best play performed. In a lovers’ quarrel, his companion hammered him to death in 1967, almost two years before the work debuted on the London stage. Orton was a provocateur. He wrote dangerously and knew he would upset audiences. This play, above all, was bound to scandalize. Orton rubs your nose in nearly every kind of sexual variation (or perversion, if you will) and does so hilariously. What’s more, no self-important, upright social group or institution is safe from its merciless jabs. The medical profession (psychiatrists in particular), the government, the church, publishers, public decency, public heroes and sensibility of any kind are tossed overboard. Orton’s irreverence, descended from Oscar Wilde, is akin to "Monty Python’s Flying Circus" (which took its bow in 1969), and a cousin to Samuel Beckett, with a touch of “Are You Being Served?” and Shakespeare. It’s sheer, naughty lunacy. Appropriately, the action takes place in a private psychiatric clinic, where Dr. Prentice (Peter Simon Hilton) is about to interview the young Geraldine Barclay (Allison Layman) for a position, in every sense of the word. Ms. Barclay is alarmed when the doctor tells her to disrobe. “I couldn’t allow a man to touch me while I was unclothed,” she says. “I shall wear rubber gloves,” he assures her. The exam is interrupted when Mrs. Prentice

From left: Peter Simon Hilton as Dr. Prentice, Allison Layman as Geraldine Barclay and John Hutton as Dr. Rance in "What the Butler Saw" at The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey.

(Vanessa Morosco) enters in her underwear. She complains she’s being blackmailed by Beckett (Robbie Simpson), a bellboy at the local hotel, who has spent the night with her. To put him off, she’s promised the boy the secretarial position Geraldine is interviewing for. With Geraldine hiding behind a curtain, the doctor can’t stop his wife from slipping into the girl’s discarded dress. Disrobing leads to dress-swapping, which escalates to cross-dressing and a virtual roulette wheel of arbitrary clothings and disrobings. Half the cast, including a befuddled Sergeant Match (Jeffrey M. Bender) ends up in someone else’s clothes or between clothes at any one time. Let’s see, that’s two different dresses, a wig, a bellboy’s uniform, an examination gown, a policeman’s uniform, a policeman’s helmet and a pair of straitjackets. At least underwear stays in place — with one notable exception. Mistaken identities and intentional disguises are also comic fodder. Doctor Rance (John Hutton) arrives to inspect the premises. In a send-up of farce itself, he asks, “Why are there so many doors?” Was the place designed by a lunatic? Dr. Prentice confirms it was. Rance decides that Ms. Barclay is a patient. After grilling her (she’s crazy despite her vehement denials), he wheels her off to another ward on a gurney. Drugs for sedation are liberally applied — even the coo-coo Rance self-administers. Objections aside, Rance conjures elaborate psychosexual theories for every delightful “perversion” he exposes — nymphomania, buggery, transvestism, lesbianism, incest, gender-bending. He’s salivating at the prospect of putting it all in his soon-to-be best-seller. “Civilizations have been

founded and maintained on theories which refused to obey facts,” he says. What alarming prescience for our present times. For all the mayhem, Orton has kept a tight rein on the plot. Everything ties neatly together even as we rapidly descend further into madness. Guns are drawn, blood is shed, identities are sorted out, and the mystery of what happened to a certain part of Sir Winston Churchill’s anatomy is solved, all in a gutbusting finale. What a splendid ensemble cast this is as directed by veteran Paul Mullins, who’s now in his 26th year with The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey. It takes superb timing and a certain fearlessness to do this play. Everyone is willing to let it all hang out — in more ways than one. The set by Brittany Vasta, with a curious skylight, is a marvel that is instrumental in the hilarious final scene. However, there are no butlers in the play. As indicated on the website joeorton.org, “The title of the play implies voyeurism and is based on an Edwardian type of entertainment in which people viewed erotic pictures through a small lens.” In this case, the lens is expanded, and the audience is the collective voyeur. Obviously, this is not a play for “younger” folks, as a sign at the theater's entrance puts it. However, for all the risqué subject matter, the language is, by today’s less-elevated standards, somewhat tame. Thank goodness The Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey let its hair down enough to give us this wild and crazy farce. It will leave you lightheaded and giddy with laughter.

What the Butler Saw continues at the F.M. Kirby Shakespeare Theatre on the Drew University campus, 36 Madison Ave., Madison, through Oct. 1. For tickets and information, go to www.shakespearenj. org or call 973-408-5600.

Also Inside: George Wendt in 'Rock and Roll Man' at the Bucks County Playhouse • Art House Day at the Princeton Garden Theatre

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September 15, 2017

STAGE REVIEW By Anthony Stoeckert

‘Memphis’ at Kelsey Theatre

he first moments of “Memphis” take place in a basement R&B club in the 1950s. The scene is fun, sexy, and soulful. There is a feel that the characters on stage, all black, are in their place, singing their music, letting off their steam, and as brother and sister Felicia and Delray Farrell (played by Tamika Reed-Newman and Kyrus Keenan Westcott) lead the company through the song “Underground,” you get the feeling we’re in for something unique. We’re not. Seconds after Delray sings the line, “Ain’t no white folks here, ‘cause they‘re too damned scared,” in walks Huey Calhoun (Matt Coakley). He’s white and he isn’t scared, even if Delray’s body language (and his actual language) tell him to leave. But Huey just had to follow the music, and he had to see for himself if the woman singing is as pretty as she sounds. Huey belts “The Music of My Soul,” and its earnest lyrics: “The only thing my daddy taught/ Was white should stay with

white/ But I heard it through the alleys/ It floated on the breeze.” It turns out “Memphis,” which is being staged by Pinnworth Productions at Kelsey Theatre through Sept. 17, is less a story of black music in the ‘50s, than what that music means to a white man. It’s a run-ofthe-mill story about a poor, uneducated guy who becomes an unexpected success and then, of course, has a downfall. Huey feels at home in that club but he’s out of place everywhere else. He breaks dishes at the department store where he works, and begs the owner for a chance to work in the record department. He’s successful there, selling lots of records, but those records are black music (a worse term is used by the store owner) and Huey is fired. He makes his way to a local radio station and manages to barge his way into the booth to play the music he loves. Mr. SimTamika Reed-Newman and Matt mons, the station’s owner (Jeff Dworkin) is Coakley in “Memphis.” ready to throw a fit but the phones light up — kids love this music, and Simmons gives Huey the job. The show features songs by David Bryan, the keyboard player for Bon Jovi, and a book by Joe DiPietro. It is based on a few DJs from rock ‘n’ roll’s earliest days, but the main inspiration is Dewey Phillips, who worked in Memphis and brought a fasttalking hillbilly personality to the airwaves. This is a big show with a large cast. Coakley and Reed-Newman are the leads, and they’re very good. Coakley brings a mix of ignorance and heart to the part. He isn’t overly aggressive but he still has a sort of confidence, he knows this music is his destiny and won’t let anyone stop him from playing it. Coakley also nails his character’s funny lines, DJ speak like “Perry Como was putting me in a co-ma” and digs like “Why do good Christians annoy me?” But he shines brightest when he sings. He brings it on Huey’s first big song, “The Music of My Soul” and the transformation from dumb hillbilly to soulful singer is fun. Reed-Newman is even better, a standout whenever she sings, but especially during the powerful and dramatic “Colored Woman” and “Someday.” She’s also a good actress, and has the most in-depth role in the show. A scene where Huey’s intolerant

mother, Gladys (Mauren Hackett) breaks Felicia’s record is heartbreaking. In Reed-Newman’s hands, Felicia is hesitant about this new man she falls for, and tries to find a way where she, a black woman, and he, a white man, can be successful and live together without hiding their relationship. That’s not going to happen in Memphis in the ’50s, but Huey doesn’t want to leave. Reed-Newman also handles a scene of violence with power, she’s a victim but is never victimized. LouJ Stalsworth directed and Westcott is credited as co-director. They do a good job of moving the story along and staging some pretty elaborate numbers. There also are a lot of set changes, and they’re done smoothly. The problem is with the show itself. The story is standard and some of the music falls flat. When Huey starts playing black rock ‘n’ roll on the radio, the kids in town go crazy for it, but the music that represents that rock ’n’ roll is too Broadway-ish to be effective. But with a cast this good, you may not care, even if not all actors hit the mark. There are some show-stopping numbers by supporting performers, the first by Jerome Arthur John who plays Gator, the club’s silent bartender. (That he doesn’t speak is a hint that’s he’s going to get a big number.) His gospel-influenced “Say a Prayer” is joyous and mournful, just like gospel music is meant to be. Act 2 sees two big numbers by supporting players. Robert Harris, who plays Bobby, a customer at the club and a janitor at the radio station, knocks out the opening night crowd with the rousing “Big Love.” You’ll think that can’t be topped, but if anyone does, it’s Hackett during “Change Don’t Keep Easy.” I don’t know why “Memphis” won four Tonys, but I know why the opening night audience at Kelsey was on its feet at the show’s end.

“Memphis” is at Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, through Sept. 17. For tickets and information, go to www.kelseyatmccc.org or call 609-570-3333.

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ON STAGE By Keith Loria

Cheers for George Wendt! The sitcom legend is playing the villain in ‘Rock and Roll Man’ at the Bucks County Playhouse

hen the character of J. Edgar Hoover first appears on the Bucks County Playhouse stage in the world premiere production of a new musical, “Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story,” audience members might have the urge to call out, “Norm!” That’s because veteran sitcom actor George Wendt, best known for playing the lovable, beer drinking, nevermet-a-tab he would pay Norm Peterson for 11 seasons on “Cheers,” is playing the historical figure. “I’m always flattered when people remember me, and it is almost always because of ‘Cheers,’ but I don’t think it gets in the way for more than five seconds,” Wendt says. “With each new piece that I get involved in, the train is leaving the station and they just hop on board, and forget that I was Norm.” After “Cheers” ended its run in 1993, Wendt continued to work on TV, including leading his own series, “The George Wendt Show” in 1995. He also guested on numerous comedies, and starring opposite Disney Queen Ashley Tisdale in the 2015 workplace comedy, “Clipped.” Some of Wendt’s fans might be surprised to know that he also is something of a theatrical veteran, appearing on Broadway in “Breakfast at Tiffany’s,” “Art” “Elf” and “Hairspray.” He also played Juror #1 in a national tour of “Twelve Angry Men,” and is a veteran of Chicago’s Second City comedy troupe. “I really enjoy doing musicals and each time I do one, I am reminded in a very up-close-and-personal way of how inadequate my background is for musical theater,” Wendt says. “Most of the stuff I get to do is where the singing is less important because I can hit the odd note, but there’s no nuance at all. I like to say, ‘I can’t sing and I can’t dance but I will do what I’m told.’” In “Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story,” Tony nominee Alan Campbell (“Sunset Boulevard”) plays the title character of the legendary disk jockey who died in obscurity and poverty in 1965 after a tumultuous career in which he introduced rock ‘n’ roll to the world and broke racial barriers. Anyone who knows history, knows that despite those triumphs, Freed also dealt with crushing setbacks and crises as the center of the great payola scandal of the late

George Wendt is playing J. Edgar Hoover in “Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story” at the Bucks County Playhouse.

1950s and a target of Hoover and the FBI, partly because rock ‘n’ roll seemed so threatening. He died at the age of 43 from uremic poisoning. The show is basically a fever dream of Alan Freed’s last night on earth after sadly drinking himself to death. Randal Mylar directs the production and the musical includes original songs by Gary Kupper, a book by Kupper and Larry Marshak with Rose Caiola. It also features some classics from the period by the likes of Little Richard, Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers and Screamin’ Jay Hawkins. “I’ve worked with Randal before and he always has

really interesting projects and the subject matter here is terrific,” Wendt says. “Our culture from the ‘50s and ‘60s in regards to rhythm and blues being introduced to white audiences and becoming the phenomenon that is rock ‘n’ roll.” Wendt was also drawn to the fact that it was a new work and he would be getting to play a role that hadn’t been done before. “I’m always interested in work in general, so when I hear of an offer, I’m automatically interested as long as I am available,” he says. “Plus, I’ve always heard about Bucks County Playhouse and I wanted to get in on the fun.” Wendt was young when Freed died, and although he knew a little about his story, he wasn‘t familiar with the role Hoover had on his life. “I didn’t really get it back then,” Wendt says. “At least in our play, Hoover sort of invented this payola scandal to squelch interracial socializing because he thought it was leading to the downfall of traditional American values. It was sexy. It’s been well documented that Hoover himself had issues with his sexuality, and he saw this all as a threat.” For the role, Wendt didn’t deal with any of that speculative part of Hoover’s life, saying it doesn’t really serve the play. “Hoover is really a straight-up villain in this piece and there’s no sympathy for his personal life, really,” he says. “It informs me to know he was very smart and very fearful his whole life of being outed probably. But this is not the J. Edgar Hoover story.” Playing a villain is something new for Wendt, whose career has mostly been spent playing the lovable guy. “Sometimes directors will try to cast against type and like to consider unlikely people playing villains,” Wendt says. “Hoover doesn’t consider himself a villain, he considers himself in the right.” “Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story” is at the Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania, through Oct. 1. Tickets cost $40-$75; bcptheater.org; 215-862-2121.

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ATLANTIC CITY By Mike Morsch

From Prog to Pop and Rock Ambrosia will play its classic hits at Harrah’s in Atlantic City

mbrosia had some success with its first two progressive rock albums, but didn’t make much money. In fact, the band was broke. It was the mid-1970s and the band members — guitarist/vocalist David Pack, bassist/vocalist Joe Puerta, keyboardist Chris North and drummer Burleigh Drummond — would work in the studio every day, then look for bar gigs in the evenings. “One block from the studio was this funky little bar that we would go play every night to be able to eat,” sauys Drummond, who in 1970 joined Ambrosia after filling out a 3x5 card with his information for Musicians Contract Service, a referral agency in Los Angeles that brought musicians and bands together. The bar was called the Hialeah House in Sun Valley, California, and it attracted a big lesbian clientele. “We became favorites there and they wanted R&B music. All the R&B of the day, like the Spinners and Aretha Franklin,” Drummond says. “We were doing more and more of that. And we did it for years, every night. So it kind of crept into our DNA.” The band members began writing songs that had more of an R&B groove, different from the prog rock that had influenced earlier work and first two albums, the self-title “Ambrosia” in 1975 and “Somewhere I’ve Never Travelled” in 1976. “In a sense, playing in that bar every night influenced our writing and made us appreciate other things, which started being reflected in the songs we were bringing in to practice,” Drummond says. The band had covered the Beatles’ “Magical Mystery Tour” for the 1976 musical documentary “All This and World War II,” the soundtrack of which consisted of different groups covering Beatles songs. “I’m not saying it was the most profound concept, and the movie did not do well,” Drummond says. “I think I’m the only one in the band who even saw the movie. It played in an art theater for a couple nights. And being that we were in our

The current lineup of Ambrosia will play a show at Harrahʼs in Atlantic City, Sept. 21. prog-ish days then, ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ seemed like the most exciting one for us to do.” But it wasn’t until the band’s next two albums — “Life Beyond L.A.” in 1978 and “One Eighty” in 1980 — that it moved away from its prog rock arrangements and toward a more aggressive R&B influence. And the hits started to roll in for Ambrosia. “Life Beyond L.A.” featured the band’s first Top 10 single, “How Much I Feel,” written by Pack. It peaked at No. 3 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart and got to No. 2 and stayed there for three weeks on the Cash Box Top 100 singles chart. The album itself would get to No. 19 on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart. “One Eighty” — named so because Ambrosia had done a 180-degree change in its musical direction and because it had been recorded in January 1980 — yielded two more Top 20 hits. “You’re the Only Woman (You & I)” reached No. 13 on the Billboard

Hot 100 singles chart and No. 5 on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart; and “Biggest Part of Me” reached No. 3 on both the Billboard Hot 100 singles and Adult Contemporary charts. Pack wrote both songs. Drummond had a feeling that “Biggest Part of Me” was going to be a hit when he first heard it. “When Dave came in, he played the first couple of chords and it was like, ‘Yeahhhhh.’ It’s funny because when we were auditioning for producers for ‘One Eighty,’ we went through all the big ones,” Drummond says. “And we had another song that we were rehearsing at the time, ‘Crying in the Rain.’ And they were all picking that song. Nothing against that song — I wrote it and was happy that everyone was impressed by it. There’s nothing wrong with that song, but we kept saying, ‘Are you not hearing “Biggest Part of Me?” Did you not hear that?’ Because it was obvious to the band what it was. The band understood the song

more than anyone else.” Those two albums and those three singles would be the biggest commercial success the band would have in its heyday. Today, three original members of Ambrosia — Drummond, Puerta and North — still tour and have been a popular draw on many “yacht rock” shows. The band will be featured in a full concert of its own at Harrah’s in Atlantic City, Sept. 21. Joining the three original members in the band’s current lineup are Ken Stacey on acoustic guitar and vocals, Doug Jackson on guitar and vocals, and Drummond’s wife, Mary Harris on keyboards and vocals. “After going through personnel changes for about 10 years, we finally have settled on a group of people who are very compatible,” Drummond says. “We’re excited to create new music, so that’s where we are now. We’re working on a new record. And we want to have another golden age and celebrate as much as we can while we still can.” And Drummond likes what he hears from the current lineup. “In the 1970s, we were America’s answer to the English prog like Genesis and King Crimson and Yes,” he says. “We were bringing that from the American side, but still were very influenced by those bands. I think the one thing Ambrosia always had — and I’m not saying the other bands didn’t — is that we always had a song and we always had a melody. We were never progressives to the point where it was just notes and seeing how fast we could play them. “I hear the music we’re creating now and I’m really, really excited about it. The prog and the pop are kind of coming together. Actually, I call Ambrosia a progrock-pop band now because it’s all coming together and working.”

Ambrosia wll perform at Harrah’s in Atlantic City, Sept. 21 at 8 p.m. For tickets and information, go to www.caesars.com/harrahs-ac.

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THINGS TO DO

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“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, through Sept. 17. Tickets cost $20; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333. “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, through Sept. 24. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $15, $13 seniors/students; www.svptheatre.org; 908369-7469. “Rock and Roll Man: The Alan Freed Story,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Musical about the legendary DJ featuring original music and rock ‘n’ roll classics, through Oct. 1; buckscountyplayhouse.org; 215862-2121. “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, through Oct. 1. $29$69; www.shakespearenj.org; 973-4085600. 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 hotblooded begin to run astray. Collaboration between McCarter and Red Orchid Theatre in Chicago, through Oct. 15; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. “Barefoot in the Park,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Neil Simon’s comedy about newlyweds and their struggles in their Manhattan apartment, Sept. 22-Oct. 1. Tickets cost $18, $16 seniors, $14 students/children; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333. “Jersey Boys,” State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Musical about Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons

featuring their music, Oct. 13, 8 p.m., Oct. toire that is frequently performed by choirs, 14-15, 2, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $35-$118; Sept. 24, 3 p.m. Free; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663. www.statetheatrenj.org; 732-246-7469. Barokksolistene, Princeton University Concerts presents its first PUC125: Performances Up Close concert of the season with two concerts by Norwegian Baroque CLASSICAL MUSIC Princeton Symphony Orchestra, ensemble Barokksolistene. There will be two Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall on parts of the program, titled “It’s Just Old the campus of Princeton University. Season- Pop Music,” highlighting 17th-century opening concert will include Pyotr Ilyich music, Oct. 5. The first will take place at Tchaikovsky’s “1812 Overture,” Op. 49 and Richardson Auditorium, starting at 6 p.m. Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D Minor, The second will be an “alehouse session” at Op. 125 “Choral” featuring the Westminster the new Lewis Arts complex, starting at 9:30 Symphonic Choir, Sept. 16, 8 p.m. (pre-con- p.m. Tickets cost $25; princetonuniversitycert talk at 7 p.m.), Sept. 17, 4 p.m. (pre- concerts.org; 609-258-9220.

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concert talk at 3 p.m.) www.princetonsymphony.org; 609-4970020. Clipper Erickson, Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. Pianist Clipper Erickson will open the Westminster Conservatory 2017-2018 Faculty Recital Series with a performance titled “The Russian American Connection,” Sept. 17, 3 p.m. Free; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663. The Princeton Singers, Princeton University Art Museum on the Princeton University campus. The Princeton Singers opens their 35th anniversary season with a concert titled “Glory of Venice,” a 450th birthday tribute to Claudio Monteverdi and his predecessors at the famed church of San Marco. The concert will feature music by Monteverdi, Croce, Merulo and Gabrieli, Sept. 23, 5:30 p.m. $15; www.princetonsingers.org. Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, Princeton Alliance Church, 20 Schalks Crossing Road, Plainsboro. Program titled “Festive Favorites” will feature overtures of musicals Leonard Bernstein, “Candide” and “West Side Story.” “Finlandia” a tone poem by the Finnish composer Sibelius and “Invitation to the Dance” by German composer Carl Maria von Weber and transcribed for symphony orchestra by French composer Hector Berlioz, Sept. 24, 7 p.m. Tickets cost $15; www.bravuraphil.org; 609933-4729. Westminster Choir College Faculty, Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University in Princeton. The Westminster Choir College 2017 Faculty Recital Series opens with a performance of part-songs and solo lieder on Sunday. A considerable amount of reper-

JAZZ, CABARET, ROCK, FOLK Le Cabaret Francais, The Mansion Inn, 9 So. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Cabaret hosted by Barry Peterson, with lyric books, sing-along and special performing guests, first Wednesday of each month, 7:4510 p.m. $10 drink minimum; 215-7407153.. Anne Hills, Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton. The singer-songwriter will perform the season-opening concert for the Princeton Folk Music Society, Sept. 15, 8:15 p.m. Admission costs $20, $10 students under 22, $5 children; princetonfolk.org 609-799-0944. Katie Welsh, Bordentown Regional Middle School, 50 Dunn’s Mill Road, Bordentown. “The History of the Broadway Musical Heroine” in which Welsh explains how Broadway’s leading ladies have changed over time. Featuring songs from “Oklahoma!,” “South Pacific,” “Bells Are Ringing,” “Sweet Charity,” “Jesus Christ Superstar,” “Sunday in the Park with George,” “Into the Woods,” and others, Oct. 15, 3 p.m. $20, $5 students; 609-298-5465. Bart Shatto, The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Broadway performer who played Jean Valjean in “Les Miserables” will perform his show, “Back to Broadway” — Heroes, Villains and Dreamers,” Sept. 16, 8 p.m., $25; www.therrazzroom.com; 888-5961027. JazzFeast, Palmer Square Green, Princeton. Annual event featuring free jazz performances while area food vendors sell food. Artists include Alan Dale and the New Legacy Jazz Band; the Houston Person Quartet; the Ben Polcer Septet; Fiften Strings; and the Stan Rubin Orchestra, Sept. 16, noon to 6 p.m. www.palmersquare.com.

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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 Jan. 28, 2018. Hours: Wed.Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609-924-8144. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine St., Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Highlights from the New HopeSolebury 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. Admission is free; www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu; 848-932-7237.

GALLERIES

Gourgard Gallery at Town Hall, 23-A N. Main St., Cranbury.“From the Study to the Final Artwork,” an exhibit by the Gourgaud Gallery Open Studio Group, through Sept. 22. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also open Sept. 17, 1-3 p.m. www.cranburyartscouncil.org. Plainsboro Library Gallery, 9 Van Doren St., Plainsboro. “Dreamscapes,” annual exhibit by members of the Plainsboro Library’s Artists’ Group, through Sept. 27. 609275-2897. The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. “Visual Arts Faculty Exhibit” featuring approximately 20 works by full-time and adjunct faculty

members. The programs represented in the exhibit include visual arts, photography and digital imaging, advertising/graphic design, ceramics, and digital media arts. Among the participating faculty members Michael ChovanDalton, Ingrid Jordan, Lucas Kelly, Jared Kramer, Tina LaPlaca, Paul Mordetsky, Kerri O’Neill, Mircea Popescu, Lauren Rabinowitz, Rachel Stern, Kyle Stevenson, Michael Welliver and Mauro Zamora, through Sept. 28. Hours: Mon.-Tues., Thurs. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wed. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. www.mccc.edu/gallery. Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge St., Lambertville. Exhibit featuring paintings by Carol Sanzalone and Michael Schweigart, through Oct. 1. Closing tea and conversation, Oct. 1, 3-6 p.m. www.lambertvillearts.com. Gallery 14, 14 Mercer St. Hopewell. “Iceland: A Land Like Not Other,” photography by Martin Schwartz. In the Goodkind Gallery: “Watercolor Wonders” featuring art by 12 painters. This is the first time the gallery has taken the opportunity to exhibit fine art photography but another form of wall art. The water colorists are students of Jo-Ann Osnoe and use the Gallery 14 as their learning facility. through Oct. 8. Reception, Sept. 8, 6-8 p.m. Hours: Sat.Sun. noon to 5 p.m. www.photogallery14.com; 609-3338511.

COMEDY Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Chris D’Elia, Sept. 15-16, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $37; Open mic night, Sept. 20, 8 p.m., $5; The NY Kings Comedy Tour, Sept. 22-23, 7:30, 10 p.m., Sept. 24, 8 p.m., $34; www.stressfactory.com; 732-545-4242. Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Jiggy and Ashley, Sept. 15-16; Open mic night, Sept. 21; Ruperto Vanderpool, Sept. 22-23; catcharisingstar.com; 609-987-8018. Jim Breuer, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Comedy show by former ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast member, Sept. 23, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $35-$50; www.statetheatrenj.org; 732-246-7469. Tracy Morgan, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Performance by former ‘Saturday Night Live’ cast member and star of “30 Rock,” Sept. 30, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $35-$65; www.statetheatrenj.org; 732-246-7469.

DANCE Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Weekly Wednesday Contra Dance, Sept. 20, 8-10:30 p.m. (Instruction at 7:30 p.m.), $10; Fourth Saturday Contra Dance, Sept. 23, 8-11 p.m. (Instruction at 7:30 p.m.), $11; www.princetoncountrydancers.org. M R Square Dance Club, Manors Clubhouse, 26 Fairway Court, Lawrenceville. Square dance for fun. No prior experience needed, not special clothing needed. Office casual is suggested attire, Sept. 30, 2:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation; richd1squarerounddancer@msn; 609-844-1140. Friday Night Folk Dancing, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton. One-hour instruction most weeks, followed by request dancing. Fridays, 8-11 p.m. $5; 609-912-1272.

AUDITIONS 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. 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. McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place, Princeton. McCarter Theatre Center will be continuing its annual tradition of Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol.” To complete the cast of professional performers and the adult Community Ensemble members, McCarter is looking for a new group of young actors ages 5-13 to form this year’s young ensemble. Online signups are open. Auditions will be held Sept. 17 and Sept. 18. After registering online, parents will be be called with an appointment time. No audition will be given without an appointment. Callbacks will be on Sept. 26. To register, go to www.mccarter.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. 18, 7 p.m. Seasonal membership costs $50; hopewellvalleychorus@gmail.com; 609-448-0615. 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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Historical Fiction Book Club, Historical Society of Princeton’s Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, Princeton. At meetings of the Historical Fiction Book Group, scholars participate in discussions of the fictional elements and the nonfictional local and regional context of selected books: Discussion of Colson Whitehead’s critically acclaimed “The Underground Railroad” with Mekala Audain, professor of 19th century U.S. history and African-American history at The College of New Jersey, Sept. 20, 7 p.m. Discussion of “Burr” by Gore Vidal with Paul Clemens, professor of history at Rutgers University, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. www.princetonhistory.org. Authors James Cheshire and Oliver Uberti, D&R Greenway’s Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place, Princeton. Cheshire and Uberti will discuss their investigations of the intersection of data technology and animal migration. They are the authors of “Where the Animals Go: Tracking Wildlife with Technology in 50 Maps and Graphics,” Sept. 22, 7 p.m. RSVP at rsvp@drgreenway.org or call 609-924-4646. Songs and Stories of Old Canal Days, Rockingham, Route 603 (Laurel Avenue/Kingston-Rocky Hill Road), Kingston. Matt Dodd will play a program of songs that bring to life the glory days of the American canals, Sept. 23, 1:30 p.m. Admission is free. Reservations can be made by calling 609-683-7132. Princeton Children’s Book Festival, Hinds Plaza next to the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. More than 80 authors and illustrators in children’s literature will participate in the festival. Fans of all ages will have the opportunity to purchase books supplied by jaZams, meet with authors and illustrators and have their books signed, Sept. 23, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. bookfestival.princetonlibrary.org; 609-924-9529.

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PACKET PICKS Sept. 15 So Percussion free concert So Percussion will offer the first of three free performances in Princeton as part of their Edward T. Cone Residency at Princeton University, beginning at 7:30 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium at Alexander Hall on the Princeton University Campus. The program will feature music written specifically for the ensemble by Princeton-based collaborators including Professor Emeritus Paul Lansky, Ph.D. student Viet Cuong, and choreographer Susan Marshall. The evening will also include John Cage’s “Credo in US.” Admission is free. Tickets are required and can be reserved at tickets.princeton.edu or by calling 609-258-9220.

Sept. 16 Storytelling festival at Howell Farm Storytellers from throughout New Jersey and the tri-state area will be sharing their tales during the 25th Annual NJ Storytelling Festival at Howell Living History Farm, noon to 6 p.m. The farm marks a new venue for the festival. The event will begin with a “story slam” at noon. Contestants will be chosen at random to recount a 5-minute or shorter personal story related to the theme “the last straw.” Following the story slam, a continuous rotation of tellers will perform throughout the farm,1-5 p.m. The festival will conclude with a “lightning round” in which storytellers share 25 two-minute tales. Howell Living History Farm is located on Valley Road off Route 29 in Hopewell Township. GPS address is 70 Wooden’s Lane, Lambertville. For more information about the festival, go to www.njstorynet.org.

Celebrate fall at Gallery 33 Gallery 33 in Hightstown is hosting a fall meet-the-artist event, 3-5 p.m. The gallery is featuring art by Robert Hummel of Plainsboro and Nancy Herrington of Belle Meade. There also will be live guitar music by Daniel Trent and an educational hour with apiarist Curtis Crowell, who will bring an observation hive of bees, and plenty of raw Broadstreet Bee honey. Hummel is known locally for his 4 x 6½ foot painting of the “Battle At Grovers Mill” that can be seen at the Grover’s Mill Coffee House & Roastery in West Windsor. Herrington is a painter, performance artist and owner of a small business that offers art tutoring and consulting. She teaches privately and continues to create art while working with Art With a Purpose, a donationbased program to encourage spiritual and artistic growth offered at The House Next Door in Princeton Junction. The gallery is located in the showroom of Comisky’s Greenhouse at 315 Franklin St. (Route 33), Hightstown. For more information, call 609-448-1705.

Sept. 17 Free concert on Hinds Plaza Uncle Ho and the HoTet will play a free concert on Hinds Plaza, outside the Princeton Public Library, 4-5:30 p.m. Led by Dave Homan (aka Uncle Ho) on saxophone, the HoTet fuses funk and the R&B sounds of a full horn section with Latin rhythms. Featuring the Psychic Horns and percussionists Chuggy Carter and Nerio Matheus. The library is located at 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. In the event of rain, the concert will take place in the library’s community room. For more information, go to www.princetonlibrary.org or cal 609-924-9529.

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Friday, September 15, 2017

Pam Hersh

Artistic treasure at Dohm Alley Michael Mahoney’s chimney sculpture is one of the newest additions to the community project A funny thing happened on my way to the High Line — New York’s public arts and recreation space on the west side of the city. While walking to the Dinky station, I got waylaid by an equally amazing public arts and recreation project in the center of Princeton, at ground level, in an alley, specifically Dohm Alley between Landau’s and Starbuck’s off of Nassau Street. I looked around in awe, introduced myself to Michael Mahoney, the artist who was sculpting a chimney as we talked, and decided I would forgo a trip to a New York cultural treasure and enjoy the gem that has come to life in the past few weeks in my hometown. Most Princetonians over the past year have read about the Design at Dohm Alley project, conceived and implemented by a team of Princeton creative geniuses, who have converted a barren, ugly, urban space (as was the High Line space, the site of the elevated rail tracks on New York’s west side) into a delicious arts and cultural feast for the senses and a town/gown link with staying power. I recommend that residents make a weekly pilgrimage to the alley to view the ongoing transformation. The artistic banquet thus far comprises: sculptures of Romantic poets with explanatory notes; high-bowed arches; hand-crafted wooden benches; floral ‘moon gate’ archway; stone pathway; chimney sculpture accompanied by a painting above the chimney; metal Adam and Eve figurines; a soon-to-bebuilt water feature; and (in the near future) rotating multi-media exhibits serving as a two-way street connecting the town and gown communities. The exhibits will share the academic richness of Princeton University’s arts and cultural offerings with the town’s residents, as well as share the history and culture of the town with members of the university community. While admiring Michael Mahoney’s handiwork of crafting a chimney façade over an unattractive traffic control box, I noticed a gentleman strolling down the alley reading the Romantic poets’ information sheets and taking notes. He told me that an earlier visit to Dohm Alley inspired him to go home and read poems by the Romantic poet Percy Bysshe Shelley. Now, he was absorbing the information about John Keats.

Michael Mahoney and Eva Belle, the youngest of his four children, at Dohm Alley. Mahoney explained that the greatness of the transformed alleyway goes beyond the aesthetic pleasure of viewing beautiful public art on the outside. It is what the art is doing for people on the inside. “We’re connecting people to one another at a time when people today are so involved in themselves,” he said. “As I have been working in the alley I have seen people lift their heads from their devices and actually have a conversation with strangers about what they are seeing. “The art has the potential to transform the entire dynamic of the town — to take the emphasis away from the self and to focus on the whole community. . . . From what I understand, the rotating exhibits are intended to

educate and generate conversation. I have met seven or eight new friends, just since I have been sitting here and working in the alley.” Mahoney heads his own construction management consulting firm, Argus Guild, LLC. His enthusiasm for Dohm Alley is linked not only to his skills in the field of construction, but also to his soul as a philosopher, poet, author, singer (for years he was the lead singer for a now-defunct, progressive rock band), lyricist, and artist who works with cement and other building materials. Mahoney recently joined the Dohm Alley team after he was recruited by landscape designer and installation artist Peter Soderman, one of the principals of the Dohm Alley proj-

ect and the person who hovers over his labor of love on a daily basis. “Peter offered me the chimney challenge,” Mahoney said. “He wanted me to create a chimney to go with a painting [by Emma Brigaud] that had the feel of 19th-century England, Dickens style, the bleak existence of children who were chimney sweeps. He needed the traffic control utility box covered, but it had to be more than any old cover. It had to be a piece of art. I had no idea what I was doing. But I like a challenge so I accepted.” Soderman and Mahoney met in 2006, when Mahoney was a creative force in the Hulfish North Palmer Square public art project Quark Park, which came into existence a few years after the Writers Block Public Art installation at the same location. At the time, Mahoney was heading up the construction of the Residences at Palmer Square on Hulfish North and then the renovation of the Nassau Inn. After graduating from Fordham University as a philosophy major, he fancied a life as an itinerant writer in the tradition of counterculture, iconic author and journalist Hunter S. Thompson. For survival reasons, he ended up in construction — the profession of his father and grandfather and in a career that he never envisioned for himself. He has managed to retain his funky artsy core and even enhanced his creative side by becoming facile with construction materials and sharpening his engineering skills. Even though Mahoney has completed his artful cement work, he said he intends to “help Peter with whatever other installations need to be installed and any other management tasks as needed. There is still plenty to do, and unless they throw me out, I plan to be there to the end. The alley is just an inspiring, uplifting place to be.” It’s a place that is a high point, if not a High Line, in Princeton’s public art scene. Design at Dohm Alley, a project of Princeton Future, should have most of its permanent exhibits in place by the end of September or early October, and then will go forward with the rotating multi-media exhibits. Anyone interested in contributing to the project in order to sustain its future can find out more at www.dohmalley.org.

A Funny Lady Comes Home Princeton’s Carley Moseley is coming home as a member of Second City for a show benefitting the Princeton Senior Resource Center By Anthony Stoeckert Features Editor Comedy is a funny business, one that comes with challenges. For instance, let’s say you‘re a member of a comedy troupe that depends, in part, on topical humor. And let’s say there’s a president who said and does things that are . . . unusual on a daily basis. Sure, that provides lots of material for comedy, but it also means yesterday’s joke can be old news today. That’s where the members of The Second City touring group find themselves as they head to the area for a performance at the Performing Arts Center of Princeton High School, Sept. 24. But troupe member Carley Moseley said Second City’s mix of sketch and improv are well suited to today’s dizzying news cycle. “I think that’s why our specific model of building comedy benefits so much from being really strongly coming from an improv background,” Moseley said. “Whether it’s changing a line or two to make it reflect what just happened in the news, or we improvise a scene based on suggestions of things that happened that day, and then take that improv and go home and write that scene and develop it and run it for the next week or month or day, depending on what Trump said next, unfortunately. I think an audience just loves to see improv because it’s fun and exciting when you’re watching something being built in front of you.” The concert will benefit the Princeton Senior Resource Center and will be a homecoming for Moseley, who grew up Princeton and graduated from Princeton High School. She even performed in shows at the school, though not on the current stage at the auditorium, which was built after she

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Carley Moseley, pictured second from left, is a member of a touring company for the famed Second City comedy performance group. graduated. “I did have my heyday at the Princeton High School Theater,” Moseley said. “I did a Motown rendition of ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’ in which I played Moth who’s kind of the androgynous comic relief. My drama teacher and the director, Miss [Pat] Wray was infinitely patient with my complete inability to do any of the Motown singing and dancing. But she was kind enough to put me in the show, so I was on that stage a couple of times.” Second City is the famed sketch comedy-improv group that is based in Chicago, and also has stages in Toronto and Los Angeles, as well as touring groups. It has launched the careers of dozens of comedy legends, particularly “Saturday Night Live” vets such as John Belushi, Billy Murray, Mike Myers, Tina Fey, and other actors such as Steve Carell, Martin Short and Stephen Colbert, just to name a few. Moseley had worked for the company as a writer and on cruise ship shows before joining the tour

about a year ago. Last year, she performed at NJPAC in Newark, and this show will be the first time she’s performed in Princeton as as member of Second City. “The only downside is whenever we go on tour we end up having less time in the actual place,” Moseley said. “People think of touring as, ‘Oh you go to all these cool places and you see these great things.’ And that’s certainly true but most of our time [is spent] in the venue doing checks and running the lights, then we do the show and the next day we kind of leave. But I’ve mapped out a couple of hot spots. If Chuck’s Spring Street Café is open, I’m going to take everyone for Buffalo wings and I’m hoping the hours of Halo Pub allow for an ice cream visit, and hopefully some Small World Coffee. Luckily, everything is about 6 feet from each other so I can be efficient with my cravings.” The show will be a combination of written material,in which improv is added to varying degrees, and a segment where cast members do pure im-

prov based on audience suggestions. Moseley said that while Second City is ready to take on politics — she praised cast member Scott Nelson’s impressions of Donald Trump and Barack Obama — she noted that political humor is just one part of what Second City does. “The last thing we want to do is talk about him,” Moseley said. “It’s inevitable and it‘s impossible to not talk about what he’s doing but at the same time, I think we also feel he gets enough attention. He gets enough time and this is our time and we’re not going to drag this audience through 40 minutes about Trump. . . I think we try to comment on it and provide a little distance from it at the same time.” Moseley said she’s gotten more comfortable and confident after a year on tour, and that writing and performing are like any other skill. “The more you do them the better you get,” she said. “I feel so lucky to have the opportunity to be honing my skills continually in front of audiences. The audiences we get tend to be great and receptive. I’m also lucky that the cast is fantastic and we get along really well together. Like any other job, working with your coworkers is important, and I’d argue it’s just as, if not more, important for us because we spend all of our time in a van together, in addition to writing and performing together.” The Second City will perform a benefit concert for the Princeton Senior Resource Center at the Performing Arts Center at Princeton High School, 151 Moore St., Princeton, Sept. 24, 4 p.m. Tickets cost $38-$75. For tickets and information, go to www.princetonsenior.org.

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With the kids back in class, don’t dismiss school refusal

With a new school year underway, most children are settling into their classrooms and starting their back-to-school routines. Many children experience school-related anxiety, but for some this anxiety can be overwhelming and lead to school refusal. In fact, school refusal affects between 1 and 5 percent of children, according to the American Academy of Family Physicians.

Common in young children School refusal is when a child refuses to attend school or has difficulty staying in school because of emotional or psychological difficulties. This can include a child who is completely

absent, a child who goes to school and leaves early, one who attends after significant resistance, or a child who displays unusual distress at school. School refusal affects girls and boys and is most common in children ages 56 and 10-11, though it can develop at any age. Often children who refuse to go school are otherwise compliant, well-behaved children who are academically above average. Why children refuse school Children may refuse to go to school to avoid something negative, such as bullying. They may be attempting to evade a stressful situation like a big test or

an awkward social encounter. In some instances, children may refuse to go to school because they are rewarded with something positive like parental attention when they stay at home. Younger children who refuse to go to school may fear being separated from their parents or the comforts of home. Further, school refusal may be linked to family stress such as financial difficulties, loss of a loved one, parental separation or family dysfunction.

Physical and emotional symptoms Children who refuse to Different from truancy go to school may exhibit School refusal differs physical and emotional from truancy in that chilsymptoms including: dren who refuse to attend • Nausea and vomiting school actually want to go but cannot due to severe emotional distress. They typically stay home and their parents know their whereabouts. Truants, on the other hand, have no excessive anxiety, do not typically stay home and they conceal their absences from parents. Typically truants’ absences are intermittent while children who refuse to go to school are absent for blocks of time.

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fuse to go to school are more likely to drop out. They are also at increased risk for psychiatric care as adults. Chronic school refusers are more likely to have employment difficulties as well as substance abuse problems. Chronic school refusal can have serious consequences, which is why it is important to address it early when it is easiest to treat. Returning to the classroom is key Although it is natural for children to avoid what makes them anxious, it is not a good way to reduce anxiety. Simply put: avoidance should be avoided. If a child avoids what makes him or her anxious, the anxiety will not go away. It will tend to remain, and can even grow. The longer a child is out of school the harder it will be to go back. What helps anxiety the most is exposure. If you are concerned about your child’s refusal to go to school, talk to your child’s teachers or guidance counselor and have your child assessed by a physician or mental healthcare provider. Treatment for school refusal typically involves gradual exposure to help the child gain tolerance for what he or she is anxious about, such as taking a test, finding a seat in the cafeteria, or riding the bus. Other behavioral strategies include relaxation training, contingency management, social skills training, and mindfulness practice. If you find your child is struggling with school re-

fusal and needs more support than your school can provide, you may wish to seek the support of more intensive behavioral health treatment, such as the treatment provided at Princeton House Behavioral Health. Princeton House’s specialized child and adolescent treatment services help children and teens who are having trouble functioning at school, at home, or with peers work through anxiety, mood disorders, substance abuse and other issues and develop healthy coping skills. Princeton House offers full-day customized partial hospital programs and halfday intensive outpatient programs at its outpatient centers in Hamilton, North Brunswick and Moorestown. The Teen Girls’ Program is available at Princeton House’s Princeton site, and provides a supportive and safe environment for girls ages 13 to 18 to explore developmental issues, build confidence, and develop positive coping skills as they transition into young adulthood. For more information about child and adolescent treatment services at Princeton House, go to www.princetonhouse.org or call 888-437-1610. To find a physician with Princeton HealthCare System, go to www.princetonhcs.org or call 888-742-7496.

Jody Kashden, Ph.D., is Director of Child and Adolescent Services at Princeton House Behavioral Health, a unit of Princeton HealthCare System.

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Let’s all go the movies The Princeton Garden’s busy full schedule includes a day devoted to indie theaters By Anthony Stoeckert Features Editor

In addition to current independent releases, the Princeton Garden movie theater offers special programming for film buffs all year long, and this fall seems to offer more than usual. “We’re pretty packed. I’d say we have about four special events, on average, a week,” said Mike Kamison, the Garden’s assistant programmer. “So there are going to be different special screenings; we’re teaming up with a lot of different organizations in the Princeton community.” Those partnerships include the Princeton Public Library, the Lewis Center for the Arts and Princeton University Art Museum. “We’ve just had really successful relationships that have developed over the past couple of years,” Kamison said. “People now look at our theater, I believe, more as a community theater, a place where we share films and also engage in conversation or promote events that are going on in other spaces in the neighborhood. I think that’s just something people really want to get involved with, and I get excited when the art museum wants to team up or the Lewis Center wants to team up. So we share ideas back and forth and land on some cool screenings that we think people will enjoy.” One event the theater is participating in is Art House Theater Day, Sept. 24. Art House Theater Day is organized by the Art House Convergence, an organization that helps promote independent movie houses throughout the country. On that day, distributors offer new restorations and other films for theaters to show for free. This year, the Garden will screen “A Matter of Life and Death,” the 1946 movie written, produced and directed by British filmmaker Michael Powell and Hungarian filmmaker Emeric Pressburger. In the movie Peter Carter (played by David Niven) is a fighter pilot in the Royal Air Force whose plane is crashing. He orders his crew to bail and save themselves. What he doesn’t tell them is that his parachute has been destroyed and that his fate is sealed. He makes contact with June (Kim Hunter), an American radio operator and spends his last few minutes talking with her and asking her to tell his mother and sisters that he loves them. The plane crashes, and Peter should have died but the heavens miss him because of fog. He wakes up on a beach, which he thinks is the afterlife, but he’s actually alive. In the United States, the film was released as “A Stairway to Heaven.” “It’s a really imaginative half black-andwhite half color from the ‘40s, from World War

David Niven and Kim Hunter star in “A Matter of Life and Death,” which the Princeton Garden Theatre will show on Art House Theater Day, Sept. 24. II,” Kamison said of the movie, which was originally released in the U.S. as “Stairway to Heaven. “That’s going to be our big event at 4 p.m. and it’s free for anybody who wants to attend.” At 11 a.m., the Garden will show Warner Bros. cartoons from 1938 to 1953, featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Tweety and others. “During that time we’ll also be doing a behind the scenes tour,” Kamison said. “We’ll be doing tours of the projection booth so that they can see what it looks like from our viewpoint.” Other special events planned for the fall include a Sept. 18 screening of “8 Borders, 8 Days,” a documentary about a Syrian single mother and her two young children who are denied resettlement in the U.S. and escape across the sea on a raft. The free screening is sponsored by the Princeton Public Library and is part of the university’s Welcoming Week events. Also planned are showings of two films starring Michael Shannon, the two-time Oscar-nominated actor who is appearing in McCarter Theater’s staging of Sam Shepard’s play “Simpatico.” The 2014 movie “99 Homes” will be shown Sept. 23, and “Take Shelter” (2011) will be shown Sept. 27. On Sept. 26, the Garden will screen “A River Runs Through It,” Robert Redfords’ 1992 adaptation of Norman Maclean’s story of brothers

and fly fishing. The screening is co-sponsored by Orvis, and a representative from the store will demonstrate fly fishing prior to the film. On Oct. 4, the theater will present the Oscar winner, “A Beautiful Mind,” Ron Howard’s film about Princeton mathematician John Nash and his struggles with mental health. Co-sponsored by the Historical Society of Princeton, the movie will be followed by a talk with Nash’s son John Stier, and Princeton University professor emeritus Joseph Kohn. For the Garden’s Prof Picks series, professors and educators from area universities and colleges present a film that relates to their field of study. After the movie, the educators host a Q&A. This fall, the series will feature “Hairspray” (the non-musical, directed by John Waters), Oct. 10, presented by Brian Herrera, an assistant professor of theater at Princeton University. Next up is “Night of the Living Dead,” Oct. 26, with Princeton University psychology professor Nathaniel Daw. On Nov. 30, the series will offer “Snowpiercer,” the climate changethemed science fiction thriller, presented by Ruha Benjamin, assistant professor of sociology at Princeton University. “This year, I was really excited by the picks that the different professors have brought to us,” Kamison said. “It’s a kind of weird, all-over-theplace mix but they’re all really great films. I’m

a big fan of them so I’m really excited about all three.” Another tradition at the Garden are presentations of silent films accompanied by live music from Not So Silent Cinema. Just in time for Halloween, the theater will host “Phantom of the Opera,” the 1925 classic starring Lon Chaney, with a new score by Brendan Cooney. Another Halloween-themed night of music and film will take place Oct. 30 with a screening of 1962’s “Carnival of Souls” with an original score performed live by musician Adam Sterr, who often plays viola outside the Garden. “He wrote an original score for ‘Carnival of Souls,’ which is kind of a cult film that has been adopted by the art house community,” Kamison said. “It’s a really cool movie from the ‘60s, so he’s going to be playing inside the theater for once, right before Halloween, and we’re really excited about that as well.” Classic films also are part of special programming. Upcoming screenings include John Huston’s “The Asphalt Jungle” on Oct. 11. The theater also will show two films starring Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall: “To Have and Have Not,” Oct. 19 and “Key Largo,” Nov. 2. Nov. 14 will offer a double bill of silent-era classics: “A Trip to the Moon” and Charlie Chaplin’s “The Kid.” The concert movie classic, “Stop Making Sense” starring Talking Heads will be shown Nov. 16 and “The Philadelphia Story” starring Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant and Jimmy Stewart will be screened Nov. 21. Another change is to the theater’s children’s film series, which used to involve weekly screenings Saturday mornings from fall to spring. The new format sees monthly screenings all year round, including “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” Oct. 7 and “The Adventures of Tintin,” Nov. 4. December will see weekly holiday movie screenings: “Elf” on Dec. 2; “The Polar Express,” Dec. 9; “Miracle on 34th St.,” Dec. 16 and “Home Alone” Dec. 23. “Our kids series is really ramping up for us,” Kamison said. “We kind of changed it around a little bit from last year. We used to show them every Saturday, now we’re going to be doing them once a month and we’re going to be expanding them a little bit. There are going to be more events surrounding the kids series. Rather than just coming and sitting and watching a classic movie or a new kids film, there are going to be events beforehand, and activities that tie into the film.”

The Princeton Garden Theatre is located at 160 Nassau St., Princeton. For tickets and information, go to www.thegardentheatre.com or call 609-279-1999.

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Music, games and more at the Italian-American Festival

The Mercer County Italian-American Festival will present its 18th annual festival, Sept. 22-24 at the festival grounds at Mercer County Park in West Windsor. The event will feature live entertainment on two stage, where there will be 36 performances by 24 groups over three days. Performing Saturday will be the Bee Gees tribute band, Stayin’ Alive. Expect greatest hits including “Night Fever,” “Jive Talkin’,” “How Deep Is Your Love,” “You Should Be Dancing,” and others. Making his third appearance at the festival is comedian Floyd Vivino, known as Uncle Floyd. His comedy is based in Italian culture and the traditions which those who grew up Italian sometimes take for granted but when explored by Vivino become rollin-the-aisle funny. Others appearing Saturday include the participatory Vivaci Italian Dance Group; impersonator Holly Faris; the Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis Comedy Show; and the Fralinger String Band,

who perform at the annual Mummers New Year’s Parade in Philadelphia. Appearing both Friday and Saturday are the Italian show and party band, the EuroRhythms playing Italian and Italian-American favorites like “Volare,” “Quando Quando,” and :Oh Mari.” Joining the EuroRhythms on Friday will be The Brooklyn Bridge singing their hits “Worst That Could Happen,” “Welcome Me Love” and “Blessed is the Rain.” Also performing Friday are local favorite and Bishop of the Blues, Paul Plumeri; Jimmy Alleva singing Neapolitan and Italian favorites; and ventriloquist, John Pizzi. Sunday, starts pre-festival with Catholic mass at 11 a.m. Festival favorites Gil ‘Bud’ Palmer and Lou Sciara, return with their tribute to Bud Abbott and Lou Costello. Jazz is featured at the festival for the first time with a performance by Italy native Simona Derosa. Also on Sunday, for opera lovers, Boheme Opera NJ will per-

form. For rock ‘n’ roll fans, Brag will play golden hits. No Way Out, Masterpiece, and the Pete Tonti Band will all play rock and dance hits. Appearing all three days, for children, are Penny and the Puppettes, with their o theater and puppet shows for children and families. The festival also includes a food piazza, an Italian Market; a Heritage Pavilion with art, and memorabilia; and a cultural theater with presentations throughout the festival. There also will be amusement rides; bocce; children’s activities; and fireworks on Saturday. Hours are Sept. 22, 3-11 p.m., Sept. 23, noon to 11 p.m. and Sept. 24, noon to 9:30 p.m. Admission costs $5, $4 seniors 65 and older, free children 12 and younger. On-site parking costs $5. For more information, go to www.italianamericanfestival.com or call 609-631-7544.

Grounds For Sculpture’s Epicurean Palette

Grounds For Sculpture will host its 17th Epicurean Palette — its annual fusion of food, wine, and art — Sept. 24, 1-4 p.m. The fundraiser helps support GFS’s arts education programs, community outreach initiatives, and exhibitions for more than 240,000 visitors to the sculpture park each year. Attracting more than 1,000 patrons from the tri-state area, the Epicurean Palette features culinary creations by chefs from the finest restaurants, and a generous selection of wine, beer, and spirits from local purveyors. Afternoon activities include music, performances, and artist demonstrations. This culinary exploration allows visitors to sample creations from area chefs and beverage purveyors. In addition, the Epicurean Palette features a selection of outstanding wines, all do-

nated by area distributors and importers. At tents set up throughout the park, guests can sample chefs’ signature dishes as well as beer, wine, and spirits while leisurely strolling through the unique landscape of the contemporary sculpture garden. Some of this year’s participating restaurants include Princeton restaurants Salt Creek Grille, and Mehek Indian Restaurant. Also, Marsha Brown, New Hope, Pennsylvania; the Boat House at Mercer Lake, West Windsor; and the Gingered Peach, Lawrenceville. Guests can sample ice cream and gourmet chocolate from Thomas Sweet, and gourmet coffee from Miele Princeton Experience Center. Attendees also can enjoy performances by The Verdict, featuring music with with Caribbean flavor, and The JP3 + 1 jazz en-

semble, as well as interact with nature performers Ivy and Arbor. Guests may view a variety of artist demonstrations including scratch board and weaving techniques, abstract forms, and miniature contemporary designs. Tickets cost $175, $125 for Grounds for Sculpture members. VIP tickets cost $275 and include a tour of The Seward Johnson Atelier and a private reception in the Cecelia Joyce and Seward Johnson Gallery. Grounds For Sculpture is located at 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton. For tickets and information, go to www.groundsforsculpture.org.

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HILLSBOROUGH CINEMAS (908-874-8181): Friend Request (R) Thurs. 7:50 p.m. Mother! (R) Fri.Sat. 1:40, 4:30, 7:20, 10:10; Sun.-Thurs. 1:40, 4:30, 7:20. American Assassin (R) Fri.-Sat. 3:05, 8:50; Sun.-Thurs. 3:05. American Assassin (luxury recliners, reserved seating) (R) Fri.-Sat. 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45, 10:15; Sun. 12, 2:35, 5:10, 7:45; Mon.-Thurs. 2:35, 5:10, 7:45. Home Again (luxury recliners, reserved seating) (PG13) Fri.Sat. 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30, 9:55; Sun. 12:15, 2:40, 5:05, 7:30; Mon.-Thurs. 2:40, 5:05, 7:30. It (luxury recliners, reserved seating) (R) Fri.-Sat. 1:15, 4:15, 7:15, 10:15; Sun.-Thurs. 1:15, 4:15, 7:15. It (R) Fri.-Sat. 12, 12:35, 3:35, 5:45, 6:35, 9:35; Sun. 12, 12:35, 3:35, 5:45, 6:35; Mon.-Thurs. 3:35, 5:45, 6:35. Leap! (PG) Fri.-Sun. 12:30, 2:50; Mon.-Thurs. 2:50. The Hitman’s Bodyguard (R) Fri.-Sat. 1:45, 4:30, 7:15, 10; Sun.-Thurs. 1:45, 4:30, 7:15. Logan Lucky (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 4:40, 7:25, 10:10; Sun.Thurs. 4:40, 7:25. Wind River (R) Fri.-Sat. 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:05, 9:25; Sun. 12:05, 2:25, 4:45, 7:05; Mon.-Wed. 2:25, 4:45, 7:05; Thurs. 2:25, 4:45. Dunkirk (PG13) Fri.Sat. 5:10, 7:45, 10:20; Sun.-Wed. 5:10, 7:45; Thurs. 5:10.

MONTGOMERY CINEMAS (609-924-7444): Polina (NR) Fri.-Sat. 2:25, 4:55, 7:25 9:55; Sun.-Thurs. 2:25, 4:55, 7:25. Rebel in the Rye (PG13) Fri.-Sat. 2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45; Sun.-Thurs. 2:15, 4:45, 7:15. Viceroy’s House (NR) Fri.-Sat. 2:05, 4:35, 7:05, 9:35; Sun.-Thurs. 2:05, 4:35, 7:05. Menashe (PG) Fri.-Sat. 3, 5:10, 7:20, 9:30; Sun.-Thurs. 3, 5:10, 7:20. Wind River (R) Fri.-Sat. 2:10, 4:45, 7:20, 9:55; Sun.-Thurs. 2:10, 4:45, 7:20. The Big Sick (R) Fri.-Sat. 1:55, 4:35, 7:15, 9:55; Sun.-Thurs. 1:55, 4:35, 7:15.

PRINCETON GARDEN THEATRE (609-2791999): Viceroy’s House (PG13) Fri. 4, 6:45, 9:15; Sat. 1, 4, 6:45, 9:15; Sun. 1, 4, 6:45; Mon.-Wed. 2, 4:30, 8; Thurs. 2:30, 5:30, 8. Menashe (PG) (subtitles) Fri. 7; Sat. 1, 7; Sun. 1; Mon.-Wed. 2:30; Thurs. 8. Ingrid Goes West (R) Fri.-Sat. 4:15, 9; Sun. 7; Mon.-Wed. 5:45; Thurs. 2:30. Swim Team with filmmaker Q&A (NR) Sun. 4. Welcoming Week: 8 Borders, 8 Days (NR) Mon. 7:30. Art on Screen: Melancholia (R) (2011) Tues. 7:30 p.m. Cinema Today: Passing Strange (R) Wed. 7:30.

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Learning, and teaching Elizet Moralez-Perez is making her mark through a fellowship about conservation and clean water Growing up in the Trenton area, Elizet Moralez-Perez was not especially connected to nature. “I never took the time to explore the outdoors,” she said. “I thought city life could only offer city things. How much I was missing out on — trails, parks and so much more.” All that changed when she served as a Delaware River Watershed Fellow at the Tulpehaking Nature Center of the Abbott Marshlands this summer. She is continuing in the role through the coming fall. “It’s been an eye-opening experience,” Moralez-Perez said. “It taught me how to connect with my community, and to inspire and guide them to fall in love with, care for and utilize nature and nature centers created for us.” “We are excited that Elizet is bilingual,” said Tulpehaking Nature Center Director Kelly Rypkema. “A large proportion of the community surrounding the nature center is Spanish speaking, and Elizet can reach out to them. As a greeter to the nature center, she could see that, for example, one mom and her two kids were not understanding English so she switched to Spanish. The mom’s face lit up — she was able to have the conversation, and we were able to make that important connection.” D&R Greenway and the Tulpehaking Nature Center are working together on the William Penn Foundation’s Alliance for Watershed Education of the Delaware River. This network of 23 environmental education centers from Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey is aimed at increasing awareness of the importance of the Delaware River watershed, a 13,500square-mile system that provides drinking water for 15 million people. It includes public opportunities to explore, enjoy and engage in activities on their local waterways with the ultimate goal of advancing protection of this critical resource. The 23 centers that form the Alliance are all physically connected by the Circuit Trails, the Greater Philadelphia region’s 750-mile multi-use trail network, and trails that connect throughout the entire watershed. Using their centers and nearby trails as assets, the Alliance will create and collectively deliver fun, engaging programs to this untapped audience of thousands of visitors on the Delaware River and its tributaries. The Delaware River Watershed Fellowship is a paid, 12week internship at one of the 23 environmental centers, aimed at engaging young people in the surrounding communities to become ambassadors for the Delaware River. The fellows assist in environmental programming, recreation activities on the trail and waterways, habitat enhancement projects and community outreach and engagement. The program is intended for youth ages 18 to 24. “The Environmental Fellowship Program is a promising way to engage young adults, many without any previous environmental training or education, in conservation efforts,” said D&R Greenway President & CEO Linda Mead. “To ensure clean water for the future, it’s important for conservationists to mobilize the next generation. The summer fellowship program leverages the potential for these young people to become ambassadors for clean water and learn how they can involve local communities in contributing to the health of the watershed.”

ing in future will have the brochure in Spanish.” Rypkema said she is growing as Moralez-Perez grows. “It’s rewarding to see someone who came in with an interest grow in her knowledge and excitement,” Rypkema said. “It makes me take stock and realize the background of knowledge I draw upon to do my job without thinking about it, trying to bring her up to speed so she feels comfortable. My relationship with her will help me make better connections in the future.” Moralez-Perez will continue her involvement after the fellowship ends. “After the fellowship, I plan to continue my education,” she said. “At the beginning of the program I was unsure of what direction I wanted to take in life. Working alongside with Kelly gave me a better understanding, not only in what I want to do but also in how to accomplish my goals. My journey doesn’t end after the fellowship. I will continue inspiring others that might be in the same place as I was in the start of the program. For that I am most thankful.”

Elizet Moralez-Perez of Trenton is a Delaware River Watershed Fellow at the Tulpehaking Nature Center of the Abbott Marshlands in Hamilton. Fellows gain an understanding of what it takes to develop and run an environmental education program, from planning to marketing. Regular activities at Tulpehaking Nature Center include building relationships with community groups, and leading hands-on programs about archaeology, fishing, wildlife and other topics appropriate to the Abbott Marshlands. While the focus for the position is on environmental education, the fellow also participates in animal care, trail maintenance and conservation projects such as monitoring water quality and aquatic insect populations in the marsh. A full introduction to the plants, wildlife, archaeology and Native American history of the Abbott Marshlands is provided. Part of Moralez-Perez’s training included a three-day “boot camp” in the Poconos. “The first day was the scariest — it was my first time going somewhere alone,” she said. “Learning that I wasn’t the only fellow feeling that way eased my nerves. We connected so much in only three days, it was almost impossible to say goodbye. I learned how important and meaningful this program is, and how honored I am to be a part of it.” “Elizet goes out with our naturalist staff and helps interpret the outdoors with kids who are visiting,” Rypkema said. “She is also translating a self-guided brochure, so anyone com-

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

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

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All homes at K. Hovnanian’s® Tanglewood Estates at Chapel Hill offer deluxe interior spaces with distinctive features and finishes, including hardwood floors, elegant entry foyers, staircases with finely crafted solid oak railing and treads, fireplaces with mantels and slate surrounds, and designer light fixtures. Gourmet kitchens boast granite countertops, GE® stainless steel appliances and a choice of either hardwood flooring or ceramic tiles. Luxurious baths are also well-appointed, with Moen® chrome faucets, granite vanity tops with drop-in sink, ceramic tile walls in tub and shower area, ceramic tile flooring, and beautifully-crafted cabinetry with choice of finishes. The Chapel Hill section of Middletown Township is widely regarded for its winding country roads, forested properties and horse farms. It is ideally situated for commuters, with ferry terminals, a train station and entrances to Route 35, Route 36 and the Garden State Parkway all just a few miles away.

The NJ Transit Middletown train station is less than two miles away, offering direct service to Manhattan on the North Jersey Coast line. The NY Waterway Belford Ferry in the Belford section of Middletown whisks commuters to midtown Manhattan, the World Financial Center, Wall Street, and Jersey City. Seastreak also provides ferry service to Manhattan, Jersey City and Hoboken from its terminal in the neighboring town of Atlantic Highlands, as well as service to Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket. Families at K. Hovnanian’s® Tanglewood Estates at Chapel Hill will appreciate being a part of the Middletown School District and its proximity to numerous shopping, dining and recreational destinations nearby. The celebrated shops, cafes, restaurants, entertainment venues and waterfront parks of Red Bank are just a five mile drive away. The popular beaches of Sandy Hook, Sea Bright and Long Branch are all about a ten mile drive away. Outdoor enthusiasts will also appreciate being just five miles from Thompson Park which offers hiking, biking, athletic fields, a dog park, free summer concerts and more. It is one of more than 35 parks located in Middletown. Golf and boating are both popular local pastimes, and a number of excellent courses and marinas are nearby.

Middletown was recently ranked the ninth safest town in the United States to raise a family, according to the home security and data analysis website Safewise. com. “This Jersey township is nestled along the Sandy Hook Bay and has a plethora of beaches that provide prime fishing opportunities, despite the city’s proximity to New York City. Middletown Township’s calendar is packed with family activities like community fossil hunts, movies in the park, and mother-daughter afternoon teas,” Safewise.com wrote in its June 26th article The 30 Safest Cities to Raise a Child – 2017. For more information on the remaining homes at K. Hovnanian’s® Tanglewood Estates at Chapel Hill, including the three quick-delivery homes, visit www. khov/Tanglewood or call 866-366-8182. The Sales office is located at 414 King’s Highway East, Middletown, NJ. ABOUT HOVNANIAN ENTERPRISES®, INC. Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., founded in 1959 by Kevork S. Hovnanian, is headquartered in Red Bank, New Jersey. The Company is one of the nation’s largest homebuilders with operations in Arizona, California, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Washington, D.C. and West Virginia. The Company’s homes are marketed and sold under the trade names K. Hovnanian® Homes, Brighton Homes® and Parkwood Builders. As the developer of K. Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons communities, the Company is also one of the nation’s largest builders of active lifestyle communities. Additional information on Hovnanian Enterprises, Inc., including a summary investment profile and the Company’s 2016 annual report, can be accessed through the “Investor Relations” section of the Hovnanian Enterprises’ website at http://www.khov.com. To be added to Hovnanian’s investor e-mail list, please send an e-mail to IR@khov.com or sign up at http://khov.com.

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