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Ethics complaints filed against township officials

By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

A pair of ethics complaints filed by a group of Hillsborough residents are making the claim that three township officials have used their positions in government for personal and financial gain.

Filed with the Hillsborough Ethics Standards Board on Oct. 17, the two complaints point to actions committed by Committeewoman Gloria McCauley, Business Administrator Anthony Ferrera and Committeeman Gregory Burchette. A number of signatories say all three individuals

are in violation of state ethics laws.

“The township committee is either very ill-informed on what the law is that governs their responsibilities, or they’re just brazenly disregarding it,” Roger Koch, one of the individuals who signed the complaint, said.

According to the first complaint, McCauley, who works as a realtor during the day, sold Ferrera’s house and accepted a commission on the sale. Since McCauley is “(Ferrera’s) employer and despite having recently given him a 5.45 percent raise,” the complaint contests those ac-

Seven candidates vie for three school board seats

By Andrew Martins Managing Editor

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On Election Day, voters in Hillsborough will be tasked with selecting three new members of the Hillsborough Township Board of Education from a crowded pool of seven candidates. Each open position carries with it a three-year term on the school board Judith Haas and Dr. Lorraine Soisson are the two incumbents looking to retain their seats for another three-year term on the school board. Back in July, Soisson was chosen to serve out the remainder of former board member Steven Cohen’s unexpired term following his resignation.

Current incumbent member Jennifer Haley, whose term ends this year, is not seeking reelection to the board.

The five remaining candidates, Linda Fu-Fung, Ann Harris, Nicole Risher, Kiru Thangavelu and Thomas Zobele, are hoping to become the newest addition to the nine-person board.

Linda Fu-Fung is a Hillsborough High School graduate of the Class of 2000, who now has two daughters, aged 1 and 5 years old.

After high school, she moved away to attend college, but frequently returned to her hometown on the weekends. Three years ago, she opted to move back into Hillsborough to be closer to her family.

Judith Haas is a 28 year resident of Hillsborough who raised her son Lenny and two step-sons Marc and David with her husband Lloyd.

Over the years, Haas has enjoyed a long, 12 year tenure on the Hillsborough Board of Education. During that span, she has: served three years as its vice president; been the chair of a number of committees, including the Education Commit-

tee, the Communications and Policy Committees; been a member on the Governance, Curriculum, Finance, Personnel, and Facilities Committees; and served as a liaison to Garden State Coalition of Schools.

Haas is also the president of the Board of Directors of the Somerset County Educational Services Commission; a former president and treasurer of the non-profit Hillsborough Public Library Advisory Board; a Principal’s Advisory Committee member; a co-chair of Project Graduation; a former Hillsborough Township administrator; and a former Deputy Commissioner and Assistant Comptroller in NYC government.

Harris is a 30 year resident of Hillsborough, whose son and daughter have gone through the school district. With K-8 teaching experience that spans more than three decades, she retired from the Hillsborough Township Public School system after 23 years of service at the elementary level.

During that time, she also served as the Elementary Science Specialist for K-6 for seven years.

Over the years, Harris also served in a number of leadership roles, including two international educational honor societies. She is now serving for the tenth year on the Sustainable Hillsborough Steering Committee.

Risher is a 42-year-old, 18-year resident of Hillsborough. She has been married for 18 years and has three children, a 15-year-old daughter named Kya in Hillsborough High School, a 12-year-old daughter named Aaliya at Auten Road Intermediate School and a 7year-old son named Edward Justin at Woodfern Elementary School.

She also has custody of a younger cousin, who she raised since he was 15, that has since graduated from Hillsborough High School in 2015.

By her own admission, Risher is a newcomer to service within the school district, though she has served on committees and educational counsels elsewhere.

Soisson is a 17-year Hillsborough resident and a 50-year-old mother of two daughters, one of which graduated from Hillsborough High School and is currently a college sophomore, while the other is currently a seniors at the high school. She has previously

tions violate aspects of N.J.S.A. 40A:9-22.5, which prohibits elected officials from using their positions to benefit themselves personally.

Under the aforementioned statute, “no local government officer or employee or member of his immediate family shall have an interest in a business organization or engage in business transaction, or professional activity, which is in substantial conflict with the proper discharge of his duties in the public interest.”

For Koch and the other residents who signed the complaint, the fact that Ferrera’s raise is

higher than the roughly two percent pay increase most other township employees received and the 1.75 percent average increase that members of the police department received smacks of preferential treatment.

“They’re pretty in the open here exchanging favors,” Koch said.

Though neither Ferrera nor McCauley opted to comment on the complaint, Township Attorney William Willard released a statement describing the complaint as a politically motivated attack.

“The ethics complaint against Committeewoman McCauley and

Administrator Ferrera is nothing more than an unsubstantiated partisan attack launched just prior to the upcoming election for the sole purpose of influencing voters,” Willard wrote. “This partisan attack seeks to unfairly impugn the character and integrity of Committeewoman McCauley and Administrator Ferrera for political gain.”

McCauley is running to retain her seat on the township committee this November. She is running with fellow incumbent Republican Doug Tomson and faces competition from Democrats Harry See ETHICS, Page 6A

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The hands on approach Last weekend, the Hillsborough Dukes Football and Cheer organization took to the field for some afternoon competition. Above, Jr. Pee Wee player Edryn Morales jumps up for a 20-yard completion.

Pictured right, Hillsborough Dukes Flag player Bryce Hayden hands the ball off to Tommy Silagy.

For a full recap, visit HillsboroughBeacon.com.

Two new areas opened at Duke Farms

Two new areas at Duke Farms were opened to the general public last weekend, giving visitors a chance to take in restored natural spaces and an arboretum where Doris Duke’s mansion once stood.

According to Duke Farms officials, the two new areas total roughly 225 acres in newly available space.

The first area unveiled by Duke Farms was the “Lowlands,” which are visible from Overlook Way and River Road and consists of an ecologically restored floodplain of the Raritan River.

Comprised of extensive wetlands that have been restored and permanently preserved under the auspices of two Federal programs administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the formerly tile-drained land See CANDIDATES, Page 3A was once used for growing corn

and soybeans. As a result of its use, the area was regularly flooded and subject to substantial soil erosion. It was also rife with invasive species.

Once the tile drains were removed, officials said some of the natural top soil was restored and several vernal ponds were created to help reduce and store flood waters. Those same ponds also now provide a habitat for a range of species while it slowly returns to a native riparian forest.

Several trails run along the river and over old farms roads, framed by scenic aisles of trees leading up to the Coach Barn area.

The second area, known as the Arboretum for the incredible specimen trees found there, is located where the seasonal residence at Duke Farms once stood. Approximately 50 acres surrounding the former mansion have been re-

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stored and opened for the first time to public access.

The historic 67,000 square foot mansion that once occupied the space was built in 1893 and had been empty since 1993 after Doris Duke’s death.

This area includes a Meditation Garden which will be open to the public on weekends and staffed by docents. The Arboretum can be accessed through the double gates at the end of Central Way by the Coach Barn, or by a new road at the end of West Way. Later this fall, Duke Farms is planning to open a new pedestrian and bicycle gate just off River Road, which will allow visitors to access the premises from Raritan Borough. Eventually, this trail will be paved and connected to the Somerset County Raritan River Greenway and Bikeway.

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CALENDAR 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. For additional information or to reserve a table please call 908-392-0015 or 908-5283586.

YMCA Run for Fun

Sat. Oct. 28 - The community is invited to join the fall Family Fun Run, a partnership between Hillsborough YMCA and Hillsborough intermediate and middle schools. This fun, family 5K race is a great way to encourage kids and adults to practice their running skills, build endurance and gain a sense of accomplishment. The race starts at the Hillsborough Municipal Building on South Branch Road at 9 a.m. Registration is $20. To register, visit https://runsignup.com/Race/ NJ/Hillsborough/HillsboroughiRun5k

day, Oct. 28 in the dog park at Ann Van Middlesworth Park (570 Pleasant View Road). Residents are encouraged to dress up their dogs in their Halloween best to participate in this year’s costume contest.

Registration begins at 8:30 a.m., with the parade starting at the pavilion at 9 a.m.

The dog park is a leash-free area for dogs over six months old. Dogs must be spayed or neutered and cannot show any signs of aggression to enter the dog park. For more information, call 908-369-4832.

Red Cross blood donation drives

November - With the busy holiday season approaching, the American Red Cross encourages donors to give blood now to help ensure a sufficient supply for patients this winter.

Between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, many regular donors delay giving due to holiday activities and travel. This often decreases the amount of donated blood available for patients.

Drives will be held at the following locations: Basking Ridge on Nov. 12 from 8:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at St. James Roman Catholic Howl-o-ween Church, 184 S. Finley Ave.; Sat. Oct. 28 - The annual Skillman on Nov. 2 from 8 Howl-o-ween at the Dog a.m. - 1 p.m. at Johnson & Park will be held on Satur- Johnson South, 199 Grandview Road; Somerset on Nov. 10 from 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. at Aon Hewitt, 400 Atrium Drive.

Maritime Canada coastal wonders Wed. Nov. 1 - Join us at 2:30 p.m. in the Hillsborough Senior Activity Room for a special presentation on Maritime Canada Coastal

Wonders, with all its rugged and pristine beauty - a trip offered by Hillsborough Seniors Chapter A. Travel to the region from August 22 to September 1, 2018 to see Halifax, Peggy’s Cove, Cape Breton, Cabot Trail, Prince Edward Island, Anne of Green Gables, Hopewell Rocks, Bay of Fundy and Lunenburg. A trip discount will be offered at the special presentation. Contact Diana Reinhardt at 908-369-4362 to RSVP or with questions.

Second Annual Book Lovers Tea Thurs. Nov. 2 - Spend the afternoon savoring tempting sweets, heavenly teas, and intriguing books at the Somerset County Library System of New Jersey’s second annual Book Lovers Tea. SCLSNJ’s Book Lovers Tea will be hosted at the Hillsborough branch located at 379 South Branch Road in Hillsborough, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Listen as book maven Yvonne Selander, collection development supervisor for SCLSNJ, shares the best books of 2017 with a sneak peek into 2018 releases. Explore the history of British tea culture and traditions, while tasting some favorite blends, brewed by Deborah Raab, certified tea specialist.

Light refreshments will be served. Giveaways and door prizes will be available for participants. Registration is required; register at sclsnj.libnet.info/somerset/event/134302.

Slavic dinner Wed. Nov. 8 - St. Mary Byzantine Catholic Church will sponsor the Slavic Dinner on Wednesday, November 8, from 4 to 7 p.m. The

dinner will be held in the St. Mary Parish Center, 1900 Brooks Boulevard, Hillsborough. The cost is $15 for adults (ages 9 and up) and $5 for children (8 and under) and includes all you can eat pirohi, stuffed cabbage, kielbasa and sauerkraut, mashed potatoes, salad, dessert and beverage.

Each month a special entrée will be specially selected and prepared by St. Mary’s chef John Pagano.

Dinners are held on the second Wednesday of every month throughout the year.

Orders to go are available.

For more information contact: St. Mary’s at 908-7250615.

Night of Conversation Thurs. Nov. 16 - To support parents’ efforts to prevent children from experimenting with alcohol and drugs, Somerset County YMCA, Hillsborough Township School District, Empower Somerset, the Safe Communities Coalition of Somerset County, Hillsborough Municipal Alliance and Hillsborough Youth Services Commission are partnering to host a Night of Conversation on November 16 at 7 p.m. at the Hillsborough Township Municipal Building.

Parents and children (grades 7-12) from Somerset County and Hillsborough are invited to attend the event to engage in conversations about alcohol and drugs, gain information on prevention and intervention resources, and learn more about the drug and alcohol problem in the county. Somerset County Prosecutor, Michael H. Robertson will participate as a panelist, underscoring

the harsh reality of addiction that exists in Somerset County.

Space is limited and registration is encouraged please visit www.somersetcountyymca.org or call 908369-0490 to register.

Neshanic Garden Club Thurs. Nov. 16 - The Neshanic Garden Club will hold its regular monthly meeting at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, November 16, 2017, at the Station House on Olive Street in Neshanic Station.

The program this month will be “Design and the new NGC Handbook for Flower Shows” The National Garden Club has issued a new Handbook for Flower Shows with new and updated rules for design submissions. The book will be presented and reviewed by Susan O’Donnell and the flower show judges from District IV. Susan is a former president of the Garden Club of NJ. The presenters will demonstrate how to translate design concepts into arrangements and creation which will reflect how to apply the new rules.

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 908359-6881 or Kathy Herrington at 908-359-6835. For more information regarding the club, you can visit us at w w w. n e s h a n i c g a r d e nclub.org and like us on Facebook.

Holiday lantern workshop Sun. Nov. 26 - The

South Branch Reformed Church Women’s Group will sponsor a Holiday Lantern Workshop on Sunday, November 26th from 1-4 p.m. Tickets will cost $25 and include a lantern, LED flicker candle, evergreen green decoration, stickers, faux snow and a bow. Beverages are also included in the price of the ticket, since regular coffee, mocha coffee, hot chocolate and seasonal teas will be available. Come join an afternoon of fun creating a lovely lantern centerpiece or a special gift. Any questions, call 908-371-0995.

2018 Cupid’s Chase

Sat. Feb. 10 - Community Options, Inc. invites runners, walkers, and rollers (baby strollers and wheelchairs) to help make difference in the lives of people with disabilities by participating in their annual Cupid’s Chase 5K. Finisher medals guaranteed while supplies last.

Limited Edition Cupid’s Chase shirts will be first come, first served on race day if you do not register by December 31.

Not a fan of the cold weather?

Instead of bundling up, cuddle up with your sweetheart and support people with disabilities.

Cuddle up for the cause today and become a Virtual Participant.

For more information, please email cupidschase@comop.org.

Send items to amartins@centraljersey.co m or fax to 609-924-3842.

The deadline for submissions each week is 3 p.m. on Friday. For details, call 609-874-2163.

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Candidates Continued from Page 1A served on the school board for one term from 2012-2016 and was selected by the board to fill an open position left vacant with former board member Steven Cohen’s resignation this past summer. Prior to running for the school board in 2012, she served as Home and School Association President at Triangle School and Auten Road School for six years.

Thangavelu is a five-year Hillsborough resident, whose eldest son attends Woodfern Elementary School. He has never held any elected position in the past, but professionally he is an IT architect in the banking industry with more than 17 years of professional experience that includes budgeting, resource management, vendor contract negotiation and conflict resolution.

Zobele is a 24-year-old, lifelong Hillsborough resident who personally went through the Hillsborough Public School District. He has never held any publicly elected office.

In order to provide candidates with an equitable platform to discuss their plans for the school district, all seven were given the same questions and the same amount of space for their responses.

Why are you running for a spot on the school board?

Fu-Fung: I am seeking a position on the board of education in order to give back to the community. I am very passionate about education because our future depends on the positive education that we give to our children. They are our future teachers, doctors, lawyers, plumbers, mechanics, programmers and leaders.

Our students’ needs is my priority. As a former member of the educational system, I want to help and support our educators and support staff by helping them receive resources for their students in an efficient and timely manner.

Haas: The board’s work requires dedicated, knowledgeable, caring and independent members. I have spent most of my life in public service and I know how to get things done efficiently and effectively. I have a record of accomplishment, accessibility, and decision-making based on values and equity. I work hard, research every issue, communicate with stakeholders, ask questions, never rubber-stamp anything, and remain independent and passionate about education. I am proud of my contribution to improving student achievement, maintaining reasonable class sizes, attracting and retaining great teachers, minimizing administrative expenses, enhancing our curriculum, co-curriculars, and sports for all students to find areas of success, establishing our district website, parent information system, instant alerts, and social media to improve communication, adding/expanding technology, innovation, Mandarin Chinese, American Sign Language, concurrent college classes, AP classes and special education programs, all with a cost per pupil that is hundreds of dollars less than the state average.

Harris: I like to be actively involved in serving the community which I have called home for 30 years. Completing my educational leadership doctorate provides an opportu-

nity to serve in my field of interest and expertise to help benefit this community.

Risher: I am involved in many activities here in Hillsborough, as well as our surrounding towns. From being a swim official for the Somerset Valley YMCA swim team, to a T3 elite lacrosse team mom coordinator, to a parent of a Jr. Raider, I am around parents who have questions and concerns within the community and schools. I have seen many positive aspects of our schools, but also areas where I felt I can help strengthen. I felt like I wanted to have a voice and bring the concerns of the parents directly to the board and also to give back to the district. The school district helped me so much when I obtained custody of my cousin. He was identified as having special needs, and the programs within the High School helped groom him towards a life post high school. I strongly believe all children should be granted opportunities for success.

Soisson: I believe every child is deserving of the best education and feel that there is no better way to succeed than to obtain a great education. I want to ensure that others who live in our community benefit from the wonderful public schools that Hillsborough offers and that Hillsborough remains a sought-out community in which to own a home and raise a family.

Thangavelu: As a father of two, I have insight on what parents go through, as well as what a taxpayer expects. I bring with me fresh thoughts and experiences that would help the board to proactively identify issues and attain quicker and faster turnaround. It is important to take responsibility and resolve issues rather than getting into a rut.

I have good problem solving capabilities and believe that change is a constant force that drives us to a better destination in life. To evolve into a better person, we should allow our self to look at things with an open mind and strive hard to reach the goal. As a board member, I will tailor my professional and personal experience to steer the board to a brighter path and serve as a valuable member of the committee.

Zobele: I am running for the Hillsborough Township Public School Board because I feel I can make a real difference. As a 24-year-old who went through the school system I bring a unique and different perspective. I feel this experience will allow me to more easily connect with students, teachers and taxpayers when tackling myriad issues.

What is the most pressing issue facing the school district? If elected, how do you plan to tackle that issue?

Fu-Fung: One area I think that the board can in improve on is the area of spending. With my background in procurement, I can assist the board in cost control without hindering quality and service. We need to examine the way we spend the school budget. Members of the community question the way that our district handles contracts and expenses. If we take a deeper dive and assess how we spend, we will be able to find additional funds for other programs.

Haas: The most pressing issue facing our school district is the constant disruption and distraction caused by the state government, i.e. underfunding, flat funding, changing state requirements, unfunded mandates, public school fund-

ing going to charter schools, instability of the pension system and more. This impacts our educational program, our staff, and our ability to properly repair and maintain our facilities. As all homeowners know, repairs are not inexpensive, but they must be done. The state needs to reclaim responsibility for providing more reasonable funding for schools.

I am tackling that issue the same way I have tackled every issue that has come before me for 12 years - by working hard, doing research and always putting the kids first.

I also advocate as a BOE member, as an NJSBA member, as a GSCS member, as a SOS member, and as an individual on state issues, meet with legislators, write letters and vote for good people who support the schools.

Harris: There is a need for accountability and transparency to the parents so they understand the steps to take to help their children maximize their learning potential.

Teachers do a great job of helping to convey best practice ideas, but sometimes these suggestions are not followed up on at home. Educating students in the current world does “take a village.”

The district has a human resource person in the administrative team, a “public relations officer.” Part of that person’s job responsibilities could be finding the most effective ways of communicating and providing programs to the parents about positive potentials for enhancing learning opportunities and student success. There is also a township Life-Skills coordinator working with the schools who might also be tapped to increase parent participation in programs and provide information, help or support for educational issues. Student peer-mentoring groups have also provided additional benefits for accountability in learning situations.

Risher: As with most school districts, making the budget stretch without compromising integrity is the most pressing issue. If elected, I would work closely with my peers to effectively come up with solutions to make the budget work without compromising our children’s educational needs.

Soisson: The most pressing issue facing the district is the state of the facilities. Many of our schools are quite old and we have not been making reinvestment in the infrastructure a priority due to other needs. The board has invested in some long needed infrastructure updates like air conditioning, roof replacement, etc. However, our buildings need more attention, as evidenced by the recurring mold problem and the lead issue at the high school.

I would urge the board to review the overarching needs and prioritize based on urgency, considering first those projects that affect the health and safety of our students and staff. We need to involve all of the stakeholders in this process. By adopting a holistic approach that is not just a snapshot in time, but assesses the projected needs over a five- to ten-year period, we can better plan for longer term projects and communicate these to the community with the timeline for expected completion.

Thangavelu: There are a few issues that I would like to

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Ciattarelli voices his support for McCauley, Tomson To the editor: In Hillsborough, we enjoy a quality of life that is second to none. Indeed, our township repeatedly ranks as one of the best places to live in New Jersey and the nation. This isn’t accidental or coincidental. It has everything to do with our local elected officials’ stewardship of our great township.

For this reason and more, I’ll be voting for Gloria McCauley and Doug Tomson. As citizens, we couldn’t ask for two more capable leaders who, time and again, have distinguished themselves on the township committee.

Election Day is Tuesday, November 7. Very respectfully, I ask citizens to join me in supporting and voting for Gloria McCauley and Doug Tomson.

Jack M. Ciattarelli Assemblyman, 16th District Hillsborough

Excessive and misappropriated legal expenses by township attorney To the editor: After months of township meetings in which the township lawyer often answered questions directed to township committee members from members of the community, and in which so much of the township’s business seemed to be deliberated in closed executive sessions, it has come to light that the township’s lawyer, William Willard, has charged thousands of dollars for work associated to politically related items.

For instance, there were approximately 30 billing entries for legal time at $150 per hour for political or routine inquiries. There are many line items with descriptions such as Free Speech and Assembly, Sanctuary Cities, Political Caucuses, Affordable Housing and Ethics Law. Really? We have a certified Clerk, an Administrator, and elected officials who should know basic freedom of speech and right to assembly law. Why do they need to consult with a lawyer at taxpayer expense? Was it to try and stop citizens from exercising their freedom of speech at a rally that was scheduled the next day?

In addition, there are entries related to OPRA (Open Public Records Act) inquiries, which our clerk is fully certified to handle.

These OPRA requests are individually identified as if they are “cases” in and of themselves. The number of hours billed by the attorney shows that the intention is to deny rather than to facilitate.

Is this legal advice an attempt to prevent the disclosure of public information to citizens or the press? Almost every entry is connected with preparing an email or having a phone conversation with township staff that they should be perfectly qualified to handle themselves. For example, does the attorney have to be involved in an audit response when we have a highly-certificated CFO? These are not the sum total of the billing even for Willard alone. We retain another lawyer for the planning board who has his own billing. So why is Willard involved in contract negotiations for the Apex Sports & Events development behind closed doors when it should be an issue for the planning board attorney?

The number of entries regarding EMS transition is staggering including a zoning permit application for RWJUH that was originally denied by the zoning office. Why is the township attorney reviewing permits on behalf of RWJUH? Do Hillsborough homeowners get the same benefit from the township attorney?

This outrageous billing comes to Hillsborough from the law firm of former Acting Governor Donald DiFrancesco and current State Senator Kip Bateman, who is running for re-election this November. These are people claiming to be in public service, but are only enriching themselves. And his law firm charges an outrageous 12 percent interest on bills not paid in 14 days. No wonder the township committee had to vote to appropriate an additional $100,000 for legal expenses only half way through the year.

The township attorney should not be doing the job that the staff was hired to do and he certainly should not be used to satisfy a partisan agenda at the expense of the taxpayer.

John Beggiato Hillsborough

Burke and Staats the right choice for township To the editor: I am writing this letter in support of Harry Burke and Jane Staats, who are running for Hillsborough Township Committee in the general election on Nov. 7.

For too long Hillsborough has had one-party government where decisions have been made behind closed doors and citizen input is ignored. Back in February when Harry and Jane decided to run as Democrats, they wasted no time in identifying several issues that were of major concern to Hillsborough residents, including the outsourcing of our EMS, the poor condition of many of our township roads, and ever-increasing municipal taxes. Jane and Harry researched all these issues, knocked on thousands of

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doors and came to township committee meetings to ask questions and make comments, and often just plain listened. Their involvement demonstrated their intelligence and compassion, and they have won the trust of many Hillsborough voters. If Hillsborough is going to move forward we need people with different opinions representing us. Harry and Jane will be those people.

Harry and Jane are both long-term residents of the town. Harry has a degree in Government and Politics from St. Johns University, he is getting a Masters in Political Science from Rutgers and is a job coach for people with disabilities at a local non-profit.

Jane taught High School math in Hillsborough and Hunterdon County, and is a long-time volunteer at Mary Mother of God Parish, Hillsborough High School Theatre, and Somerset Valley Players. They are both intelligent, effective consensus builders.

They explore new and innovative ways to work out issues and they always do it with a fiscally sound plan.

Moving forward with these new ideas will allow our township government to do more by using our resources more effectively.

Harry and Jane will bring a new and much needed perspective to the Hillsborough Township Committee.

This Nov. 7 let us bring fresh forward-thinking ideas to the Hillsborough Township Committee and elect Harry Burke and Jane Staats.

Ida Ochoteco Hillsborough

Father endorses son for township committee To the editor:

For months now, my son Harrison has been knocking on thousands of doors throughout Hillsborough because he knows that caring committee members are best able to serve the needs of their voters, by listening to their concerns.

Harrison (Harry) Burke grew up in a family where service to others is the norm. His mother, Mary, worked in executive functions for the Somerset and Middlesex Arc. I worked as a SpeechLanguage Pathologist in Early Intervention. Harry’s uncle and Godfather recently retired as Executive Director of Catholic Charities. His brother Josh is the director of Camp Jotoni, a camp for children and adults with developmental disabilities.

Following in such footsteps at the age of 14, Harry began volunteering at Camp HEART located right here in Hillsborough, as well as Camp Jotoni and Camp Fatima every summer since.

At 16 years of age, Harry combined his summer savings with fundraising dollars he raised himself, to volunteer with an international service organization, Fields of Growth, to bring the game of lacrosse to the youth of Uganda, as well as building mud huts for villagers of the Bwindi Rainforest.

Now well on his way to finishing his Masters in Political Science at Rutgers University, Harry’s current focus is on answering the call to public service. He knows changing the political climate of our country starts at the local level.

Harry is not afraid to speak up when something is not right.

This was evident at the March 28th township committee meeting when he pointed to a disclaimer in the Fitch Report, the report which laid the basis for outsourcing of the Hillsborough Emergency Medical Service. A disclaimer which stated, “an affiliate of Fitch and Associates provide management services, under contract, for RWJUH Mobile Health Service (EMS).” And after listening committee members attempt to defend it, Harry spoke back - “if the report was legitimate it wouldn’t need a disclaimer.”

As people with proven records serving others, my son Harrison Burke and his running mate Jane Staats seek to provide balance to a township committee that currently consists of three real estate and two business professionals. With Jane Staats and Harry Burke, if a petition shows up with over 1,000 signatures it will won’t be filed away with no response. If a resident go before the township committee I trust Harry and Jane to promote true discussion.

After so many years of one-sided governing, Hillsborough deserves better. We need a township committee that doesn’t just fall in line when it comes time to vote. We need members like Jane and my son Harry who will not only listen but act upon the concerns of its constituents.

John Burke Hillsborough

Jane Staats endorsement letter To the editor:

I am wholeheartedly endorsing Jane Staats as a candidate for Hillsborough Township Committee.

I have known Jane for 17 years while we were both teachers at Hillsborough High School. We first met when I was a new teacher in the district, and she had volunteered to be my mentor.

She played an integral role in the success I had transitioning from another high school into a teaching position in Hillsborough. She was always available if I had any questions, and she offered me advice on dealing with the various issues that arose in my classroom. She had an open door policy with me, and she did not hesitate to share her creative and student centered materials with me.

During her time spent nurturing students, Jane loved teaching mathematics to all of her students, especially those who struggled

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pay more attention to. But that does not mean others are least important. I prioritize the issues and reassess and reset priorities every now and then to ensure that I am moving forward. Some of the issues I would give importance to are: infrastructure to meet the educational demands; budget for the right reason only and propose new ideas to generate income; ensure that the educators and ESPs are given the right appreciation; procrastination and deliberation in addressing any kind of issue.

Money well spent is money saved - so it is important to budget wise. I will make the right call to ensure money is not wasted. With the old buildings, we need to make sure they are safe for the kids and staff.

Zobele: I believe the most pressing issue facing our school district is the issue of fair school funding. Many in our district ask themselves how do we provide a quality education for our children while keeping our taxes in check.

One of the answers to this dilemma is to make sure the state of New Jersey begins providing school districts like Hillsborough it’s fair share of state funding.

I will admit it will be hard to solve the issue of fair school funding but a good first step is to speak out forcefully on the issue.

What do you hope the district will be able to accomplish in the next five years?

Fu-Fung: I would like to see our overall school ranking rise up to the top 20 in New Jersey. We can accomplish that though strengthening early education and putting back accelerated math in elementary schools. School rankings

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Continued from Page 1A Burke and Jane Staats.

Willard said both Ferrera and McCauley “categorically deny the insinuations and allegations” found in the complaint and that the administrator’s raise had nothing to do with the sale of his home.

“The fact of the matter is each year the township evaluates and adjusts the annual salaries of employees as appropriate,” he said.

“The township followed this same procedure for 2017, culminating in the adoption of a resolution establishing the annual salaries and wages of 34 of its municipal employees...the annual salary of

Administrator Ferrera was included in the resolution and he did receive a salary adjustment based on his service to the township as administrator, deputy clerk, ADA director and deputy zoning officer.”

In the second complaint, residents charge that Burchette should not have been involved in the decision to privatize the township’s EMS capacities by partnering with Robert Wood Johnson, since the committeeman’s automotive repair business regularly maintains the EMS vehicles used by Somerset Medical Center, which has since been acquired by RWJ. According to the complaint, Burchette “played a

are important to our community because it helps provide an overall higher level of academic excellence among our students and it helps to raise property values by having more potential families consider Hillsborough as a potential home for their children.

Haas: Hope is not a strategy; actions are. I first ran for school board after two years of budget failures and millions of dollars removed from educational purposes as a result.

Since then, we have regained community support for education as a critically important investment in all of our futures. We have developed credible, responsible budgets that allow us to advance our program. We must continue to progress and enhance our curriculum, improve student achievement equitably and at all levels, and prepare all of our kids for the challenges of life in a global and technological economy. We have been guided by the Building On Excellence recommendations over several years. Our strategic planning process will shortly bring a new and wide range of recommendations, suggested by members of our community and reviewed by staff committees, to our board for action. This will provide a guide for the next five years.

Harris: It’s difficult speculating frameworks when budgets and state funding aren’t in place for five year plans, but I’d encourage grant writing as a resource to alleviate increased school taxes. STEM/ STEAM projects and initiatives for sustainable efforts provide many grant opportunities to help bring in revenue while not increasing school taxes. I’ve some experience as a grant-writer, previously receiving thirty of the forty grants written for the school district while a teacher. Maintenance of existing buildings;

key role in the decision to hire Fitch and Associates to conduct a study of the town’s EMS, knowing that this company was also employed and being paid by RWJ EMS to provide management consulting services.”

Once the report was completed, the complaint states that Fitch and Associates suggested moves that would make its client, Robert Wood Johnson, the only potential bidder to satisfy the township’s needs.

“It is alleged that Committeeman Burchette’s business relationship with RWJ and its predecessor organization Somerset Medical Center, in which his Bridgewater Motor Works business serviced ambulances

and staff vehicles, plus the money he was being paid

by RWJ to service its nonEMS vehicles, created an opportunity for personal enrichment by improper use of his public office,” the complaint alleges.

“This really smells like there’s something wrong here - hiring a company to give an independent opinion, but they’re already being paid by Robert Wood Johnson,” Koch said.

Just as with the McCauley/Ferrera complaint, Willard said the claims against Burchette were unfounded, stating that those allegations are “the subject of litigation in the Somerset County Superior Court.”

“A Superior Court judge, after full briefing and

providing a comfortable, healthy environment for learning is a necessary part of spending. Studies show that learning and time on task are increased by maintaining a comfortable temperature, good lighting, water and air quality; these are essentials for proper learning environments. A well-balanced program, meeting the demands of the 21st-century learning goals, is an essential component to any vision. Prioritizing to make excellent curriculum and student achievement first are goals of any educational program.

Risher: I am very passionate about early childhood education. I hope that in the next five years, Hillsborough can have a full day kindergarten program. I have some ideas that I think may help aid in these discussions.

Soisson: My hope is that we can address some major facilities issues in the next several years and make a longterm plan to address more in a most cost-effective way. In addition to this, I hope we can put a new strategic plan in place and consider employing block scheduling at the high school, as well as take the first steps to implement full-day kindergarten.

Thangavelu: Set up protocols to address issues quickly, process should kick off automatically on detecting an issue rather than spending lot of time in decision making. Have strong association of every single dollar spent to schools mission, close infrastructure and staffing issues on timely manner.

Zobele: Simply put, I hope the district will continue to accomplish it’s central goal of making sure students become productive members of our society and are made ready for college life, vocational training or the workforce.

argument, found the allegations lacked sufficient merit to warrant granting injunctive relief,” the attorney said. “That decision was appealed to the Appellate Division which reached the same conclusion.”

Willard said Burchette kept from running afoul of ethics standards by not participating in the township’s request for proposals, the evaluations of the proposal from the Robert Wood Johnson Health Network or the decision to award the contract to RWJ. The committeeman also did not attend the meeting where the other four members of the committee voted unanimously in favor of the decision.

The township attorney

also said that Burchette’s business stopped servicing the Somerset Medical Center’s ambulances when RWJ took over the hospital.

“Committeeman Burchette did not receive any pecuniary benefit from the township’s award of a contract to Robert Wood Johnson Health Network,” Willard said. “Consequently, Committeeman Burchette actually lost revenue when Robert Wood Johnson Health Network took over Somerset Medical Center. There was no violation of the Local Government Ethics Law and the Ethics Complaint is without merit.”

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Letters Continued from Page 4A with grasping the complex concepts that are so common in a math course. Jane would spend numerous hours before and after school helping her students find success in the classes that she taught. In her spare time, Jane also spent numerous hours volunteering to help paint the scenes for the Hillsborough High School plays, as well as the Somerset County Players Theater.

During Jane’s time at Hillsborough HS, Jane developed a smoking cessation group for students. Under Jane’s leadership, the group was instrumental in both lowering the number of students who used tobacco, as well as providing a judgement free place where students struggling with addiction could go for support.

As the years have passed, Jane and I have continued to remain friends, and even though she has since retired from teaching, I often use Jane as a resource, and I am lucky to call her my friend.

I know Jane Staats personally and as a colleague, and I know that she will give 110 percent to improve the quality of life here in Hillsborough Township. Jane Staats is first and foremost, a leader, yet she is also a great listener, and willing to accept others opinions. In short, she is the right choice for Hillsborough Township Committee.

Joanne Brush Hillsborough

Republicans are good for taxes, services To the editor:

As long-time residents of Hillsborough, I am proud to live in our community. My friends who visit us from other cities and towns comment on the beauty of our community and the efficiency with which it is run. Often, I have contacted township employees and have always been provided with information and action on my concerns. This reminds us that we often take good township management for granted.

I believe that our township is run in a financially prudent and fiscally responsible manner with low debt ratio and good services. For the seventh-consecutive year the township’s spending plan has been under the state’s 2 percent tax levy cap, and for the third consecutive year, there have been no municipal tax rate increase. The township also makes higher payments on debt service than what is required. The library, parks and other recreation activities are the pride of Hillsborough and are managed effectively.

As our town has grown, we have experienced excellent growth through even tough times. I attribute this to good leadership and sound management.

That is why I support the reelection of Deputy Mayor Gloria McCauley and Committeeman Doug Tomson. Both Doug and Gloria have served the township committee in various capacities including multiple tenures as Deputy Mayor and Mayor.

Over these past weeks, the public and I have had the opportunity to observe and evaluate the perspectives and agendas of the various candidates in the upcoming elections. Gloria and Doug’s honest, pragmatic, progressive and hopeful insight into our community’s problems and needs, and their willingness to examine the issues and listen closely to the public’s questions and concerns, sets them far apart from the other hopefuls’ expected techniques and talk.

I urge my fellow Hillsborough residents to exercise their right to vote in the upcoming elections. Let’s ensure these folks get reelected this November.

Surajit Deb Hillsborough

‘Why mess with success?’

Vote Republican To the editor: The all-Republican Hillsborough Township Committee, led

by Open Space Liaisons Gloria McCauley and Doug Tomson, in partnership with the all-Republican Somerset County Freeholders, have done an amazing job of Open Space and Farmland Preservation since the inception of the program. With over 11,000 acres preserved out of 35,000 acres in the whole township, this accomplishment has taken hundreds of potential houses off the map forever and saved taxpayers thousands of dollars. And the current township committee has taken steps to preserve another 330 acres from potential development.

Why mess with success? I urge you to vote to continue this outstanding record. Freeholder Mark Caliguire, running for the State Assembly in our 16th Legislative District, also deserves our support for his contributions to our Open Space achievements.

Please vote for Republican Assembly candidate Caliguire, Freeholders Levine and Gallagher and Township Committee members McCauley and Tomson.

Chickie Haines Chairperson of the Hillsborough Open Space Committee

Vote for what matters to you

direction of our country. I urge you to vote for the candidates that care most deeply about issues that are important to you. To find out how your elected officials voted, you can search at www.Govtrack.us. There are groups that summarize this information for voters. For example, The League of Conservation Voters provides a score or ranking for public servants based on their support of environmental policies (lcv.org).

It matters that politicians know how to work with people who have differing values or views. One positive example is a bipartisan Congressional group called the House Climate Solutions Caucus. In order to join, each politician has to find a member of the opposite party and join as a pair. When politicians lose their seat at each election cycle new pairs have to form. Last November, the group had 20 members and lost seven after the election.

Since then, the bi-partisan Caucus has remarkably grown from 13 to 60 members in the first nine months of 2017 alone. This is promising bipartisan activity for those of us who are discouraged by our elected officials.

What this tells voters is that there is a growing concern in Congress about climate change. Their constituents tell them they must do something as natural disasters devastate their homes and lives and livelihoods are harder to maintain as weather patterns affect farming leading to unstable food production and prices. It is an issue that affects all voters. We cannot fight for any other causes if our immediate needs for shelter and sustenance are not met.

How did this bi-partisan Caucus form? It was from the lobbying efforts by ordinary citizens like you and me with guidance from a national non-profit organization called Citizens Climate Lobby (CCL) www. citizensclimatelobby.org. Within a decade, citizens worked with experts to formulate a carbon fee and dividend solution to reduce carbon emissions and create a laser-focused strategy to inform and support members of Congress about the impacts and solutions to climate change. In 2016 - a year that we were engulfed in the presidential election - CCL remained focused by organizing 1,391 citizen-led meetings with members of Congress and wrote 40,879 letters to Congress about climate change solutions.

This example shows that it is within our own reach to affect decisions made by politicians. This has been proven time and time again by ordinary people exercising their citizen muscle for the right to vote, the right for equal pay, and Mothers Against Drunk Drivers (MADD). May the list continue with your involvement in the causes that you care about. For my part, I will carry on with my lifetime passion to protect the beautiful gem of a world that we live in. Please take the time and consideration to vote on Tuesday, November 7 for the candidates who focus on critical issues that matter to you. We will all live in a better world if everyone exercises their right to vote.

To the editor: On Election Day, each one of us has the chance to shape the

Thuy Anh Le Hillsborough

HILLSBOROUGH SENIOR CORNER CHAPTER A

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.

Nominations for Chapter A officers 2018-2020 will be accepted from the floor at the November meeting, candidates will each speak and elections will take place at the December meeting.

On December 7, Raritan Valley Chorus will entertain us with wonderful holiday music.

Trips & Programs Member sign-up continues on November 2 for the Broadway matinee of “A Bronx Tale” on May 16, 2018. A reservation requires a deposit of $100 toward the total package of $156 including bus, lunch at Casa di Napoli and gratuities. Final payment is due by April 5.

Fri., Oct. 27 - Pizza and a Movie “Rear Window.” Noon pizza lunch in senior activity with movie at 1 p.m. Cost $5 for lunch; movie is free.

Wed., Nov. 1 - Special Presentation at 2:30 p.m. Hillsborough Senior Activity Room of a planned trip to Maritime Canada Coastal Wonders - with all its rugged and pristine beauty Aug. 22 to Sept. 1, 2018. See Halifax, Peggy’s Cove, Cape Breton, Cabot Trail, Prince Edward Island, Anne of Green Gables, Hopewell Rocks, Bay of Fundy, and Lunenburg. Trip discount offered at the special presentation.

For information on any of our upcoming

trips, call Diana Reinhardt at 908-369-4362.

News & Notes All Hillsborough seniors age 60 and older are invited to join Chapter A. Younger spouses of seniors are also eligible for membership. Dues are $5 a year and new members may join at any meeting. Call Dorrie Guarniero at 908-334-8091 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 November 9. The doors will open at 10:30 a.m. for members to buy tickets for future trips and other events. The meeting will start at noon.

Meeting attendees can bring a bag lunch if they would like, since coffee and tea are provided. New members are welcome.

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.

The next bingo will be held on November 16. 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 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.

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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 October, view the collections of the Photographic Society of NJ and Ping Zuo. Beginning in November, view the collections of Olivia Holmes and Judith Snedeker.

Visit SCLSNJ.org or call 908-369-2200 for information or to register. Program dates and times are subject to change. All programs are free and registration is required unless otherwise indicated.

Special Event: • Halloween Comic Fest - Celebrate Halloween Comic Fest at the Library. Visit the children, teen, and adult departments to browse our free comic books. Program available while supplies last. Comics generously donated by Comic Fusion in Flemington, NJ. All ages. Sat. October 28, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Adult programs (registration required): • US Citizenship Course - Free 16-hour course is taught in two-hour sessions over eight weeks. Sat. October 28, No-

vember 4, 11, 18, 25 from 10 a.m.-noon • English Conversation Group - Practice speaking English in a friendly setting. Basic English skills required.

Hosted by Literacy Volunteers of Somerset County. Mon. November 6, 11 at 7-8:30 p.m.; Wed. November 1, 8, 15ddddddd at 10-11:30 a.m.

• Friday Afternoon Movie - “Rear Window,” originally released in 1954. Fri. October 27, 1-3 p.m.

• The Holiday Talk: Getting to Know Your Family’s History - Discover methods to learn your family’s ancestral connections and traditions through family activities at holiday gatherings. Presented by professional genealogist Michelle Tucker Chubenko. Thurs. November 2, 7-8 p.m.

• Personal Finance Demystified: Achieve Your Financial Goals - Make your money work for you. Explore free personal finance tools with Brian Ahern from Weiss Financial Ratings. Mon. November 6, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Needles, Hooks, and Books: Fiction Book Discussion - “Do Not Become Alarmed” by Maile Meloy. Bring your knitting, crocheting, or needlepoint for a casual night of needlework and book conversation. No registration required. Tues. November 7, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Freezing & Dehydrating Workshop - Daryl Minch, family & community health sciences educator of the Rutgers Cooperative Extension of Somerset County, will discuss freezing and dehydrating equipment and share resources. The class will make and take home a small jar of freezer jam. Wed. November 8, 7-8:30 p.m.

• Geeky Grown-Ups Group - “Geeky Grown-Ups,” otherwise known as adults who are enthusiastic about sci-fi, fantasy, and gaming topics, meet at the Hillsborough branch. Thurs. November 9, 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Youth programs (registration required): • Reading Buddy - Your child will increase their love of reading while reading aloud with a reading buddy volunteer. Grades K-4. Sat. October 28, November 4, 11, 2-4 p.m.

• Craft in the Children’s Room: Make-a-Mask - Make a mask in the children’s room while supplies last. All ages.

Fri. October 27, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

• Tail Waggin’ Tutors - Each registered child will get 10

minutes practicing reading skills while a specially trained dog listens. Grades K-4. Fri. October 27, 3:45-4:45 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. October 30, 1010:45 a.m.

• littleBits Gadgets and Gizmos: Wireless Doorbell Learn how to create a wireless doorbell and then remix it.

Grades 3-6. Mon. October 30, 4:30-5:30 p.m.

• Halloween Bash - Halloween stories and adventures with games and crafts. Please wear your costumes. Ages 26. Tues. October 31, 10-10:45 a.m. • Baby Songs - Spend time making music with your little one. Birth-24 months.

Fri. November 3, 10-10:30 a.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.

Interested in being a teen volunteer at SCLSNJ’s Hillsborough Library branch? Email hil.teens.scls@gmail.com for an application and additional information. Grades 7-12.

Library resources Book A Librarian - Get personalized help with the online catalog, databases, research questions, storytime plans, locating materials, library apps and readers’ advisory. Parents, children and teens can request an appointment at the Youth Services desk by filling out a simple form. All ages.

Bag of Books to Go - You can request, at the Children’s Desk, a bag filled with books related to a theme.

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

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through Friday. All programs begin at 11 a.m. unless otherwise noted. Its phone is 908-369-8700.

Fit & Flex with Rose every Tuesday and Thursday, 11 a.m. This free weekly exercise program changes frequently and is suitable for all. Included are stretches, strength training, laugh yoga, breathing exercises and more.

From 12:30-2 p.m. on Tuesdays, the Healthy Bones Exercise Class, a peer-led, 24-week exercise and education program, will be held for individuals at risk or who have osteoporosis. Exercises focus on balance, strength, flexibility and posture. Advanced registration is required, as well as a doctor’s note, prior to the first class and then once every year.

For a new participant, the price is $45, which will include ankle weights, a participant manual and the class fee.

If ankle weights are not needed, the price is $15.

Learn to play mah jongg Wednesdays at 10 a.m.

A free 10-week Tai Chi session with Janet O. will start on Jan. 11 and run weekly on Wednesdays from 9:30-10:15 a.m. Aptly called “moving meditation,” Tai Chi consists of slow, repetitive movements that improve balance, flexibility, control and stability while promoting relaxation. Call 908-369-8700 for more information.

Every Friday at 10 a.m., the Horseshoe and Bocce Ball Club will spend time outside playing, weather permitting.

This group is great for all ability levels; instruction will be available. Transportation is available.

Blood pressure screenings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m.

Caram (an East Indian game similar to billiards) and other games can be played every day. Cards are available every day. The bocce court and horseshoe pit are available daily.

Help Summer, the Friendly Doberman, fulfill her certification requirements to become a therapy dog. As part of her training she must be exposed to people in different situations and master various commands. Learn how to teach and practice the commands with Summer who must master them to achieve certification. Please call 908-369-8700 to find out Summer’s schedule as it may vary from week to week.

Enjoy lunch for a suggested donation of $1.50 or more.

(Price for guests under 60 is $5.35). Call 908-369-8700 before 10:30 a.m. the day before to make a lunch reservation.

Seniors

December 29: Stony Hill Inn in Hackensack. Year End Celebration. Tickets are $88. Family style lunch, music, dancing, two drink vouchers and more. Tickets sold at October meeting 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.

SOMERSET COUNTY SENIOR WELLNESS CENTER Adults age 60 and older are invited to visit the countyoperated Hillsborough Senior Center at 339 South Branch Road. The center is open from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., Monday Legal Notices

Legal Notices NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Hillsborough Township Planning Board Meeting Date: November 9, 2017

YOU ARE HEREBY NOTIFIED that 814 Development and 814 CRE LLC have filed applications with the Hillsborough Township Planning Board preliminary and final site plan approval for the construction of a veterinary hospital on Block 142, Lot 33, located at 212 Route 206 South, owned by T&T Realty Associates, LLC, and for site plan approval with respect to lands known as Block 142, Lots 32.02 & 33.01, located at 198-210 Route 206 South, owned by Derelco and T&T Realty Associates, LLC, respectively.

With respect to Lot 33 the applicants propose to construct a single-story, 10,492 square-foot veterinary hospital with 40 parking spaces. The following bulk variances and waivers have been identified by the township planner as being required: variance for insufficient lot width (300 feet required; 167.48 existing and proposed); variance for insufficient side yard (50 feet required; 40 feet proposed); waiver for loading zone (1 required; none proposed); waiver for undersized parking stalls (10 x 20 required; 9 x 18 proposed). The public hearing on this application commenced on September 14, 2017, and has been continued to November 9, 2017, as detailed below.

Lot 33.01 is presently used for a veterinary hospital in both a building and a trailer, which hospital is proposed to be relocated to Lot 33. The temporary use of the trailer was previously approved by the Board of Adjustment. Subsequently the veterinary hospital use has become permitted, but the temporary permission for the trailer expired. The applicants seek permission to continue the use of the temporary trailer on Lot 33.01 until the new hospital on Lot 33 can be constructed and occupied. Temporary parking for the hospital on Lot 33.01 is proposed to be located on Lots 32.02 and 33.01.

The property is located in the I-1 zone, but because it has frontage on Route 206 its development must comply with the standards of the I-2 zone. The applicant has identified the following variances required for the proposed temporary uses of Lots 32.02 and 33.01: minimum lot area (2.000 acres required; 1.000 and .9178 acres existing and proposed); minimum lot width (300 feet required; 166.00 and 150.06 feet existing and proposed); minimum front yard setback (125 feet required; 46.00 feet existing and proposed as to Lot 33.01); minimum side yard setback (50 feet required; 17.54 feet existing and proposed as to Lot 33.01); minimum lot depth (300 feet required; 266.46 feet existing and proposed as to Lot 33.01). Additionally the applicants are seeking design waivers for the lack of a loading space and the size of the parking spaces and aisles.

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

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

The applications will be considered by the Hillsborough Township Planning Board on November 9, 2017, at 7:30 p.m. or as soon thereafter as the matters may be heard at the Peter J. Biondi Building, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, NJ 08844, and a hearing will be held by the said Hillsborough Township Planning Board at that time during which members of the public will be heard on the matters.

SCHILLER & PITTENGER, P.C. BY: Jay B. Bohn Attorneys for Applicants 814 Development and 814 CRE LLC PP, 1x, 10/27/17 Fee: $28.59 Affidavit: $15.00

Take notice that on October 21, 2017, a change occurred in the stockholdings of Flounder Brewing Co., LLC, holder of Limited Brewery License number 3403-11-639-001 for premises located at 1 Ilene Court, Suite 16, Hillsborough, NJ 08844 resulting in the following reasons, residing at their following respective addresses, each acquiring in the aggregate more than 10% of said corporate licensee's stock: Jeremy Lees - 2 Ivy Ct., Flemington, NJ 08822 Daniel Lees - 520 Third Street, 2nd Floor, Lyndhurst, NJ 07071 William Jordan V - 249 Washing Street, Glen Ridge, NJ 07028 Brad Polinski - 3 Crowel Rd., Hillsborough, NJ 08844

Any information concerning qualifications of any of the above current stockholders should be communicated in writing to the Director of the Division of Alcohol Beverage Control, P.O. Box 087, 140 East Front Street, Trenton, NJ 08625-0087 -Flounder Brewing Co., LLC HB, 2x, 10/27/17, 11/3/17 Fee: $33.48 Affidavit: $15.00

NOTICE TO BIDDERS

Notice is hereby given that the sealed proposals will be received by the Township of Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey, for a “Fire Tank Replacement at Deer Path” and opened and read in public in the Court Room at the Township of Hillsborough, 379 South Branch Road, Hillsborough, New Jersey 08844 on November 8, 2017 at 10:30A.M. prevailing time.

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

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

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

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

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

Nancy Costa, CFO/QPA HB, 1x, 10/27/17 Fee: $39.99

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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.

Jr. Skylands Football Conference RARITAN DIVISION Hillsborough Varsity Gold (Burke) vs. Pope John Varsity Gold: Won 38-0 The Hillsborough Varsity Gold traveled to Pope John on Saturday morning for what was meant to be a scrimmage.

Pope John had more than a scrimmage on their mind. They were looking to avenge the 28-0 loss from a few weeks ago in Hillsborough. In the first half, they matched the Raiders play for play with only a 35-yard touchdown pass from Jaime Mazuera to Sal Volpe creating the 8-0 difference.

The Raiders not only kept Pope John off the scoreboard in the second half, but put 30 points of their own in route to a 38-0 win.

The Junior Raiders wrap up their regular season next Saturday night with a home game versus Bridgewater. From there they will enjoy a bye week before the playoffs start and their quest for another championship continues.

Hillsborough Patriot JV Gold (Riccardi) vs. Pope John JV Gold: Won This past Saturday, the Jr. Raiders JV Gold team traveled to Sparta for an early morning rematch against the Pope John Jr. Lions. The Jr. Lions were a tough opponent, but the Raiders’ relentless offense and impenetrable defense proved too much as the Raiders marched to a 24-0 victory. The Raider offense, led by quarterback Tyler Van Cleef, was spurned to victory by a big day from Cynthia Akosua, who carried the ball five times for a total of 91 yards and two touchdowns. Akosua also caught two passes from Van Cleef for a total of 16 yards. Austin Quandt followed up Akosua’s performance with two carries for a total of 58 yards and one touchdown.

The Raider defense shined once again as they held the Jr. Lions to a shutout. Defensive tackle Logan McGann had an all-star performance, tallying eight tackles, including one for loss, and a forced fumble. Quandt, at defensive end, shined on both sides of the ball this week; he recorded three tackles, one sack and one for loss, along with two fumble recoveries and a blocked punt. Jonathan Lobelo and Pierce Skala contributed four tackles each. Lobelo also blocked a punt, while Skala was responsible for a forced fumble. Next Saturday, the Raiders will return home for their final regular season game against the Bridgewater Jr. Panthers.

DELAWARE DIVISION - Varsity Hillsborough Varsity Red (Shelton) vs. North Plainfield JV Silver: Won 31-0 Mike Miller was 5-7 passing for 118 yards, one touchdown and rushed four times for 31 yards and two touchdowns. He also kicked two extra points as the Red Raiders shutout North Plainfield Silver with a final score of 31-0.

Nick Donnelly also scored a touchdown on a three-yard run. Cole Jara made a terrific catch on a pass from Kevin Shelton for the P.A.T. Jara also had 31 yards on three rushes.

Charlie Volpe had three catches for 86 yards, including a 48yard reception in which he broke several tackles and tip toed down the sideline for his touchdown.

The defense was stellar once again and shutout the Jr.

Canucks offense. Joe Witcoski again lead the Raiders in tackles with five. Nick Donnelly had an interception and Dalton Crater caused a fumble that was recovered by Tanner Boczon.

Anthony Stewart had a sack that resulted in a safety on North Plainfield’s final possession.

The Red Raiders will be hosting a tough Del-Val team on Saturday in the final regular season game.

Hillsborough Varsity White (Nussbaum) vs. Rockaway Rockets: Won 32-7 On a bright sunny day at the Triangle Football complex, the Rockaway Rockets visited the Varsity White in a nonconference matchup.

Varsity White will return to action at home again next week for their final regular season game where they will take on Ridge Varsity Red. The eighth graders will be recognized in a pregame ceremony.

DELAWARE DIVISION - JV Hillsborough Patriot JV Red (Minetti) vs. North Plainfield JV Silver: Won 26-12 JV Red returned to our winning ways this past weekend with a 26-12 win over North Plainfield. Matthew Gaspar led the team with 2 rushing touchdowns and over 100 yards on the ground. Jack Minetti had 90 yards rushing and found the end zone on a QB sneak. Alex Reiling pounded the ball up the middle all day and scored on a hard run up the middle.

Ryan Baker contributed big in the backfield with over 50 yards rushing and multiple runs for long gains.

Up front the offensive line led by Matthew Bleemer, Nicholas Deluca, Brady Porter, Jack Falk, Matthew Miller and Brandon Lew owned the much larger North Plainfield defense. They opened holes and held blocks allowing the backfield to move the ball.

This week the Raiders end their regular season with a 9:45 home game vs. first place DelVal. Come out and show your support.

Hillsborough Patriot JV White (Drab) vs. Ridge JV Red: Lost 12-0 DELAWARE DIVISION - Pee Wee Hillsborough Patriot Pee Wee Red (Goldberg) vs.

North Hunterdon Pee Wee Red - Lost 7-0 Despite a very close game, Pee Wee Red had its best game of the season marked by a true team effort all around. The offensive line did a great job of blocking led by Keanu CadeWhittlesey, Isiah Whittlesey and William Herterich, which led to strong running by Anthony Mayo, Jayden Carter, Kyle Simonitis and Owen Miller.

The defense, again with its total team effort was led by Matthew Siegelaub, Pryce Pina, Kaden Shepler, Niko Gaeta, Ashton Goldberg and Zachary Johnson, in addition to two forced fumbles, one by Kyle Simonitis and one by Pryce Pina. Overall a great showing by Pee Wee Red. Hillsborough Patriot Pee Wee White (Amato) vs.

Bridgewater Pee Wee White - Won 26-12 On a beautiful autumn afternoon, Hillsborough Pee Wee White defeated Bridgewater Pee Wee White with a final score of 26-12 at John Basilone Memorial Field in Bridgewater.

The offensive line were the stars on this day creating big holes to run and allowing time to complete passes. The offense generated over 340 total yards. Great offensive line play by Aiden Herrera, Jeff Progin, Nick Duarte, Liam Roarty, Mike Araujo, Gavin Wacaster and Mason Westlake.

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Andrew Schwarz had four touchdowns all on electrifying runs for 215 yards, Damian Amato 75 yards through the air, six yards rushing and one extra point conversion, Mason Westlake three receptions for 75 yards receiving and one extra point conversion and Nick McCauley 45 yards rushing between the tackles.

The defense was stingy and played well as a unit. Led by Andrew Schwarz’s nine tackles, Aiden Herrera and Gavin Wacaster had five tackles each, Nick Britanak, Mason Westlake (plus a sack), Nick McCauley and Tommy Marcketta had four tackles each, Damian Amato had three tackles, Cole Dockhorn had two tackles, Bradley Thomas, Aiden McKenna and Danny Gaffney all with one tackle each. Jack Pankowski also played well on defense.

DELAWARE DIVISION - Flag Hillsborough Flag Jets (Albert) vs. Hillsborough Flag Steelers (Walton) Jets: The Jets played well on a brisk October morning.

The offense was led by Lukas Richards who scored the Jets’ only touchdown on a bootleg run from 20 yards out. The extra point was converted on a dash to pylon by Shawn Abline. Richards later threw a strike to Conor Albert for a 10-yard completion.

The defense was led by Jack DeAntonio and Kyle Wargo who did a terrific job setting the edge in containment and Ryan Phelan made some great plays from his safety position pulling flags.

Steelers: The Steelers and the Jets went up and down the field each scoring one touchdown in the first half. Steelers defense held tight to not allow any more touchdown for the Jets. Defense was led by Robbie Jugan with five flag pulls, Jayden Johnson, Matteo Cicciari, James Casey and Max Communale each with two flag pulls, Justin Amato, Jonah Bergman and Devin Cozine each with one flag pull. Touchdowns by Matteo Cicciari and James Casey. Extra point conversions made by Justin Amato and Mason Jacquish.

Hillsborough Flag Raiders (Ross) vs Hillsborough Flag Steelers (Walton) Raiders: On a beautiful Wednesday night, the Raiders battled with the Steelers under the lights. The defensive effort saw many Raiders pull flags with Collin Tucker, Gavin Ross, Matthew Simonitis, and Vincent Lavecchia leading they with two flag pulls each. Alex Zieziula, Anthony Shrewbury, Bennett Thomas and EJ Risher also got into the action with one flag pull each. Big runs were made on the offense by Bennett Thomas with a 43-yard run, Kevin Van Cleef with a 30-yard dash and Gavin Ross with a 25 yard scramble behind great blocking on the offensive line of Christopher Seamon, Ryan Shimp and Jonathan Albanese.

Steelers: Defense held the Raiders to no touchdowns in this Wednesday night matchup. Defense played a strong game with Jonah Bergman with four flag pulls, Robbie Jugan with three flag pulls, Mason Jacquish, James Casey and Max Communale each with two flags pulls, Justin Amato, Matteo Cicciari and Jordan Rovero each with one flag pull. Offense was led by James Casey with 56 yards rushing and one touchdown, Matteo Cicciari with 45 yards rushing and one touchdown, Justin Amato with 24 yards rushing and one extra point conversion, Robbie Jugan with 30 yards rushing, Max Communale with seven yards rushing and Jack Barmore with three yards rushing.

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Friday, October 27, 2017

Returning to the Scene of the Crime John Grisham talks about his newest books, including one with a Princeton connection

By Anthony Stoeckert

John Grisham discussed his career and newest books during a talk at Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus.

our days before the release of John Grisham’s newest legal thriller, “The Rooster Bar,” The Washington Post ran a review by Carrie Dunsmore, a lawyer and book blogger, praising Grisham for what he gets right about the law in his books.

She wrote that becoming a lawyer ruined a lot of legal fiction for her because it strays too far from reality. However Grisham, she wrote, largely gets it right.

“I’m shocked to hear that because I normally don’t get it right and I don’t care,” says Grisham with a laugh during a phone interview. “I get close to being right but if I have to fictionalize some law, or create a new courthouse or a new judge, I’m going to do that and not worry about that.”

But Grisham, who worked as a lawyer before becoming one of the world’s best-selling authors, said it was nice to hear that praise.

“She’s exactly right,” Grisham says. “I can read the first 20 pages of a book about the law and tell you if the writer is a lawyer or not. If the writer is not a lawyer, the mistakes are piling up immediately and I lose interest. A lawyer can always spot that. I get close enough to the law to make it believable but I’m not bound by what the law really is.”

“The Rooster Bar” is the second novel of Grisham’s to be published this year. The first, “Camino Island,” was released in June and was about the theft of rare F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts from Princeton University’s Firestone Library. Grisham didn’t visit Princeton in researching the book but he was scheduled to give a talk, “Appearing at the Scene of the Crime, John Grisham Visits Princeton," Wednesday, Oct. 25, at Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall.

“When the book came out back in June, I was a little bit nervous about how the book might be received at Princeton,” he says. “I kept waiting, thinking I might hear something from somebody at Princeton.” A few months after the book was published, he received a letter from University Librarian Anne Jarvis.

“It was a very nice letter; she invited me to come to Princeton and have a chat,” Grisham says. “And I said, ‘Well, at least you have a sense of humor.’ So that’s why I’m coming, I got invited.”

Being a book collector himself helped Grisham come up with the plot for “Camino Island.” In the early 1990s when he was living in Oxford, Mississippi, a friend was interested in selling a copy of “The Marble Fawn,” a book of poetry self-published by William Faulkner in 1924. Grisham said there are four known copies of the book in existence.

“Obviously they’re very, very rare, they didn’t sell back when he published them,” Grisham says. “This

friend was looking to sell a copy of ‘The Marble Fawn’ and my wife kind of went behind my back and bought it as a gift for me. That was my first rare book and I kind of got the bug and I started buying more 20th-century novelists: Faulkner, Hemingway, Steinbeck, Fitzgerald. After 25 years I probably have about 75 books, and I’ve also picked up other writers — Mark Twain, William Styron and Updike, people I enjoy reading.”

Grisham says he likes collecting because those books have histories.

“It’s a real thrill to look at them and to think this book was published almost 100 years ago, the way they published then, the way they printed and bound them,” Grisham says. “And the way some books are preserved over time and some are not. I’ve got several first editions where the dust jackets are torn, or they’re stained. They’re not in good shape and that really affects the value. But it’s just fascinating to think that a collector held this book for 80 years and decided to sell it, or a family decided to sell Grandpa’s library. And they’ve been very good investments over the years.”

Grisham is, of course, best known for his legal thrillers, starting with “The Firm” in 1991. He’s also written a good amount of books that aren’t about lawyers, starting with “A Painted House," his 2001 autobiographical, coming-of-age story about a 7-year-old boy growing up in a family of cotton farmers struggling to pay its debts.

Since then, he has also written a comedic holiday novel (“Skipping Christmas,”) a work of non-fiction (“The Innocent Man”), books about sports, and the “Theodore Boone Kid Lawyer” young adult fiction series.

For Grisham, the chance to branch out and try other genres stemmed from a drive to see where else his talents could take him.

“You ask yourself, can I do something else? What are my limits? That was the question,” Grisham says.

“So I had this great childhood memoir that I wanted to write while my parents were still alive and they could help me write it with the research. That was ‘A Painted House’ and it found an audience. Then next I had a really funny story about skipping Christmas, something I wish I could do every year.'

Those books also were best sellers, starting with “A Painted House.”

“That was very gratifying because we had no idea what to expect,” Grisham says of what the reception to his first non-legal thriller would be. “It’s become one of the favorites of all the stuff I’ve written because there’ not a single lawyer in the story.”

Still, he says he can’t imagine not writing legal thrillers. He writes one every year, starting with a few

sentences on New Year’s Day and finishing by July 1 of each year.

“The books are still very popular, there are still a lot of people who expect one a year - they want two a year, but I can’t do two,” Grisham says. “They’re still a whole lot of fun to write, to piece together the intricate plots, to build the characters. I feel very, very lucky to be able to do this.”

In recent years, Grisham’s legal thrillers have been tied to issues, such as coal mining in Appalachia (2015’s “Gray Mountain”) and judicial corruption (2016’s “The Whistler”).

“There’s no shortage of problems with the legal system,” he says. “We talk about injustice, criminal injustice, penal injustice, social injustice. Sadly, there are a lot of problems and a lot of fascinating stories that are born because of human suffering and injustice. And those stories are, to me, irresistible and I’m always looking for stories like that.”

“The Rooster Bar” looks at for-profit law schools, something Grisham learned about from an article in The Atlantic titled “The Law-School Scam.” It follows three law school students who realize the forprofit law school they attend is owned by a hedgefund operator who also owns a bank that specializes in student loans. They hatch a plan to get out of debt, one that involves quitting law school just a few months before graduation.

“It was about for-profit law schools and how they were attracting a lot of students who really have no business going to law school but they’re able to borrow huge sums of money from the government and go to law school and hand over all their tuition money to law schools who are making a profit,” Grisham says. “It’s a bad situation, and I never heard of a for-profit law school at that time.”

He says those schools are pretty much out of business, which is why his book is set in 2014.

“What they found out starting several years ago was that these kids, these students, who had borrowed heavily, did not receive a very good education, could not pass the bar exam and could not find jobs, and so the whole thing is crumbling right now,” Grisham says.

Issues tend to be the sparks that lead to a new book, but Grisham’s goal is to write something his readers will enjoy.

“I don’t care what I write, initially it’s going to be something that I hope is very entertaining,” he says. “Sometimes I’ll write a legal thriller without an issue, or write a story without an issue, it’s just oldfashioned suspense, and those are still enjoyable to write. I think in the last 10 or 15 years of my career, Continued on page 5

Also Inside: A horror classic with a live score at the Princeton Garden Theatre • Reviewing 'Hunchback of Notre Dame' at Kelsey

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October 27, 2017

FILM

By Anthony Stoeckert

Music in the Dark

Just in time for Halloween, a horror film, accompanied by a live score, at the Princeton Garden Theatre

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egulars at the Princeton Garden Theatre have likely noticed Adam Sterr playing his viola outside the theater on occasion. As Halloween approaches, Sterr will be playing inside the theater, as his music will be accompanying a horror film classic.

On Oct. 30, the Garden will present a screening of “Carnival of Souls,” the 1962 horror movie written and directed

by Herk Harvey. Sterr will accompany the film with a live performance of a score he created, played on viola.

Sterr is a Milwaukee native whose career as an artist began as a ballet dancer. He danced professionally with Milwaukee Ballet for 10 years, while also studying viola at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music “At the time, that was just a hobby, a side hobby that helped enhance my work as a dancer,” Sterr says of music.

A back injury led to his retiring from professional fulltime dancing. He continued to dance and and play music as a freelance performer. Sterr was working with Portland Ballet in Maine when he met Allison Bonin, who has since become a partner. She works in costuming and was offered a job as wardrobe assistant with American Repertory Ballet in Princeton.

“That’s what brought both of us here,” Sterr says. “When I moved here, I started busking out in front of the Garden.

It’s something I enjoy doing; I enjoy performing out in public and I thought it would be a nice addition to the city.”

Sterr teaches at the Princeton Ballet School and also works on his music, recently releasing an album he describes as avant-garde, and which involves him playing all the parts using multi-tracks.

“When I finished the album, I was thinking, What do I want to do next? What do I want to do with this music? Because there aren’t a lot of performing opportunities with avant-garde music, it’s really kind of a niche music,” Sterr says. “And until you kind of make your name, there’s not a lot of opportunity to perform the music.

“I was always interested in trying to re-score a film because I enjoy doing collaborative projects, working with other artists. In this case, instead of working with another artist, I’m working with another piece of art, as it were, that’s already been created.“ He wanted to use the music he’s made and rearrange it for a film score. “Carnival of Souls” was a good fit because it’s in the public domain. The movie, released in 1962, is about a woman named Mary who after experiencing a car accident moves to a different city where she has trouble fitting in, and finds herself at an empty carnival.

It’s also a good Sterr worked with a digital copy of the movie, removing sound from all scenes that didn’t have dialogue, so that he can replace the film’s organ score. He then

Photo by Josh Saunders

Adam Sterr, performing his score for “Carnival of Souls.” had to re-insert some effects, such as footsteps and a door closing, so that his score works seamlessly with the film.

Sterr has performed his score accompanying “Carnival of Souls” at fringe festivals, starting in July at Providence, and also in Rochester, New York, and Scranton, Pennsylvania. After the Princeton performance, he’ll play it in Baltimore.

He started busking outside the Garden almost immediately after he and Bonin moved to Princeton in July of 2016.

“While I was waiting for things to get up and started with my teaching at the ballet, I decided, ‘No time like the present, just get out there and start playing,’” Sterr says.

“And there was a strong and immediate response, so I felt like, this is something I’m going to continue doing given how much people seem to be enjoying it.”

Sterr’s score also involves the use of looping pedals, with which a musician can hit the pedal, and record a phrase and repeat the phrase when hitting the pedal. He also uses a digital delay peddle for reverb and a multi-octave pedal

that allows him to play outside the viola’s natural range.

That helps enhance the score at times because the movie‘s character plays the organ and using that octave pedal can create an organ-like sound.

“It allows you to essentially multi-track as an individual musician,” Sterr says. “I use that to help build atmospheric music for the film. When you’re playing a string instrument, it’s not playing a piano or organ, which you can use to create a lot of different textures. On a string instrument, more often than not, [you’re playing] just a through line, a melody, you’re not playing the harmony line or the chords unless you have multi-tracks or other musicians to play those parts. One of the challenges for me was I wanted to play this solo; I wanted to play it by myself but I didn’t want to to limit it to one person playing viola.”

“Carnival of Souls,” featuring a score performed live by Adam Sterr, will be screened at the Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau St., Oct. 30, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $13.50; www.thegardentheatre.com; 609-279-1999.

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IN CONCERT

By Mike Morsch

Prog Rock Royalty King Crimson will bring its classic sound to NJPAC on Halloween Night

T

ony Levin was in the kitchen-turned-photography studio of his New York apartment late one evening developing pictures when the phone rang.

It was December 1980 and Levin was just a few months removed from playing bass on the recording sessions for John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s “Double Fantasy” album.

By that point in his career, Levin had been a session bassist on Lou Reed’s “Berlin” album in 1973; Paul Simon’s “Still Crazy After All These Years” album in 1975; Alice Cooper’s “Welcome to My Nightmare” album, also in 1975; had joined Peter Gabriel’s band after Gabriel left Genesis; and had played on the 1979 album “Exposure,” a solo effort by Robert Fripp of King Crimson.

When it came time for Lennon to record “Double Fantasy” in 1980, Levin had established himself as a solid and talented bassist and, through his connection with Fripp and Bill Buford of King Crimson, was asked to join the “Double Fantasy” recording sessions.

“When I met John, he said, ‘They tell me you’re good.

Just don’t play too many notes.’ And I smiled because I know I don’t play too many notes,” recalled Levin. “I was very happy to be there and I was looking forward to seeing how it really was, how it would really be and how John Lennon would really be to play with live and in the studio.

The answer to all of that is better than I ever expected. He was so consistent and, of course, his songs were great.”

But nothing could have prepared Levin for the phone call that night in his apartment.

It was a reporter from The New York Times. John Lennon had been shot outside his Manhattan apartment.

“I don’t know how, but they had a database of everybody who knows everybody. They said he had been shot and wanted a quote,” Levin says. “I was shocked. I had no quote. Those of us who don’t get asked for quotes — and I usually don’t — don’t think about how difficult it is when some tragedy happens, when famous people are asked to say what they think in a way that is wise and useful.”

It took several years for Levin to come to grips with Lennon’s death.

“There was a 10-year period where I wouldn’t have answered that question. I would just say I didn’t want to talk about it,” Levin says.

But once he was able to reflect on his experience of recording “Double Fantasy,” Levin fondly recalls that part of his career.

“The easiest way I can describe it is that you’re in the studio and John Lennon is sitting in front of you and he’s playing this new song he wrote, he’s playing guitar and he‘s singing it. And playing the bass on that is about the easiest thing in the world for any bass player, so I’m not the only guy who could have done it,” Levin. says “But I was honored to be the one who was there. It thought, I’ll just play Beatles style, I’ll play John Lennon-style music and I’ll join in and have a ball doing this.”

It would be what happened the year after Lennon’s death, though, that would cement much of Levin’s musical future.

That’s when he was asked to join Fripp’s new band in 1981. It was to be called Discipline, but the band’s name was soon changed to the next incarnation of King Crimson.

And Levin — specializing in electric bass, Chapman Stick and upright bass — is now in his third stint with the progressive rock icons King Crimson, a band that has gone through several lineup changes and continued to evolve over the course of five decades.

King Crimson will perform a Halloween show, Oct. 31, at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark as part of its 2017 North American “Radical Action Tour.”

The current eight-piece lineup includes founder Fripp on guitar, Levin on bass, singer-guitarist Jakko Jakszyk, and Mel Collins on flute and saxophone, alongside the drummers and multi-instrumentalists, Gavin Harrison, Pat Mastelotto, Jeremy Stacey and Bill Rieflin.

This iteration of the band has been touring since 2014,

King Crimson continues to record music and play live, and will perform in Newark, Oct. 31.

honoring King Crimson’s strong reputation with three albums and shows across the globe, a testament to the band’s timeless and original sound.

“Robert just doesn’t do things by the book,” Levin says. “He has his own ideas and he’s constantly, in my opinion, re-inventing the way rock bands can be. A good example is that we have three drummers and those three drummers are not pounding out the same parts. They’ve devised intricate strategies for working on very complex drum parts and that’s a fascinating show on its own.”

The complexity of music and the fact that no two shows are the same keeps Levin challenged, he said.

“The caliber of musicians in the band is always very high, and it’s super high now,” Levin says. “It’s a challenging situation on all counts musically for me. And I’m very comfortable with that, I love that, in fact.

“Another thing that’s unusual about the band is that we change the set list from night to night. We realize that some of our fans come for multiple shows and we want

them to hear a variety of music.”

Might there be some surprises for this show, since it’s on Halloween night? Even Levin isn’t sure.

“King Crimson, being a progressive rock band with not a flamboyant show — we’re all about the music — one would guess that our audience won’t be going crazy with Halloween outfits,” Levin says. “But that’s up to the audience to have fun. The band has not discussed it, but I can pretty much predict that we will wear our suits and ties as usual and we won’t have special Halloween outfits.

But let me add that many of my predictions about King Crimson turn out to be wrong. It’s a band that not only surprises its audience but sometimes surprises me as well.”

King Crimson will perform at the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, Oct. 31, 7:30 p.m. For more information, go to www.njpac.org.

PLEASE MAKE YOUR THANKSGIVING RESERVATIONS EARLY!

A warm, cozy fireplace in a home-like atmosphere greets you at our elegant Colonial Inn. Established in 1750 and steeped in local history, The Cranbury Inn brings families and friends together to celebrate Thanksgiving Day. “For your dining pleasure, we’ve added several specialties to our traditional exquisitely prepared Turkey Dinner including Filet Mignon, Seared Salmon and Roast Pork. We hope you’ll join us for a memorable Thanksgiving!”

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STAGE REVIEW

By Anthony Stoeckert

‘Hunchback of Notre Dame’ A classic tale with Disney songs at Kelsey Theatre The musical of “Hunchback of Notre Dame” at Kelsey Theatre features songs from Disney’s 1996 animated film of Victor Hugo’s classic novel, but this isn’t a kiddie show.

The story sticks closer to the book than the movie does, covering some serious themes and containing a few intense moments. Even the movie was darker than typical Disney fare, considering its scenes of Esmeralda dancing in fire, and the cruelty aimed at Quasimodo.

The stage adaptation premiered in Germany and had runs at the La Jolla Playhouse in California and at the Paper Mill Playhouse, but unlike other Disney stage adaptations (“Beauty and the Beast,” “The Lion King,” “Aladdin”) it never reached Broadway.

It’s a solid show, with a good story, of course, and melodic songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz that range from touching to powerful. Pennington Players has done an impressive job with its version, running at Kelsey through Oct. 29.

Set in 15th-century Paris, the show tells the story of Quasimodo (played by C.J. Carter), the hunchbacked bell ringer at Notre Dame Cathedral. He is being raised

by Frollo (Gregory Newton), the archdeacon at Notre Dame, and brother of Quasimodo’s father. The father had an affair with a gypsy, both parents died and Frollo agreed to raise the deformed child. “I will save this ... thing,” Frollo says early on, as a sort of penance for not being able to save his brother’s life, or soul.

Frollo gives the child the cruel name of Quasimodo, which mean half-born. He gives him food and shelter, but hides him in the cathedral’s bell tower, where his only “friends” are stone statues. The statues come to life in Quasimodo’s mind and the costumes for these statues by Sally Sohor are a wonder.

Quasimodo disobeys Frollo and sneaks out of his prison to go to the Festival of Fools, the one day of the year gypsies are

allowed to dance and sing. Quasimodo is humiliated there when the crowd sees his face, but he also meets the kind and beautiful Esmeralda (Alicia Rose Dishon), who treats him like a human being. She also draws the wrath and lust of Frollo.

Director Frank Ferrara has assembled a talented cast, starting with Carter, who brings a strong and passionate voice to Quasimodo. He gets to sing the favorite “Out There” and you can sense the character’s longing and optimism in every beat. Dishon brings her soaring voice to songs that are celebratory (the rousing “Rhythm of the Tambourine”) and inspiring (“Top of the World”). And of course, she gets to belt out a love song, “Someday,” which Esmeralda sings with the noble solider Phoebus (Scott Johnson).

Newton does fine work as Frollo. His voice is deep and powerful, both when singing and talking. During a scene where Frollo performs mass, Newton was so convincing, and spoke Latin so well, that I felt an impulse to cross myself. He also sings powerfully and is convincing as Frollo goes from flawed man to one who is frighteningly consumed by his feelings for Esmeralda.

Andrew Timmes plays Clopin, a narrator of sort, and gets us off to a fine start with “The Cathedral of Notre Dame.” He’s funny at times, but also has a mischievous, almost sinister side.

But the best moments come when the company gets together. Accompanied by the excellent musicians in the orchestra and a chorus of singers, the company sings wonderfully together and also handles some nifty choreography by Rachel Tovar.

“The Hunchback of Notre Dame” continues at Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, through Oct. 29.

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HALLOWEEN

STAGE “The Rocky Horror Show,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Musical about a young couple whose car breaks down. They make their way to the home of a strange scientist. Featuring Randy Harrison as Dr. Frank-n-Furter, through Oct. 29; buckscountyplayhouse.org; 215-862-2121.

“The Secrets of Mercy,” Mercer County Library, West Windsor Branch, 333 N. Post Road, Princeton Junction. Halloween-themed musical play by Michael Kerr, with music

by Laura Liao and Nikita Jain. Performers range in age from 12 years to adult and are mostly from the Mercer County area, Oct. 27, 8 p.m., Oct. 28, 3 p.m., 8 p.m., Oct. 29, 3 p.m. Admission is free.

BALLET Dracula, Presented by Roxey Ballet at Canal Studio Theater, 243 N. Union St., Lambertville. Ballet adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic vampire novel, through Oct. 29. Tickets cost $40-$42, $37-$39 advance; www.roxeyballet.org.

MUSIC Westminster Community Orchestra, Robert L. Annis Playhouse on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton. “Witches Dance” story and Halloween-themed program features Hector Berlioz’s “Witches Sabbath” from Symphonie Fantastique, “Festival at Baghdad” from Rimsky Korsakov’s Scheherezade, de Falla’s Ritual Fire Dance and selections from the score for the film T”he Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe” composed by Harry Gregson-Williams. The concert also will feature Westminster Conservatory’s Suzuki Violin Program, performing its own “Witches Dance,” Oct. 29, 3 p.m. Tickets cost $15, $10 seniors/students; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663.

PARTICIPATORY DANCE Rum and Onions, Pond Road Middle School, 150 Pond Road, Robbinsville. Halloween Contra dance presented by Princeton Country Dancers. Calling by Diane Silver, Oct. 28.

Afternoon dance for experienced dancers will begi at 3 p.m. A potluck supper will begin at 6 p.m. and the evening dance will start at 7:30 p.m. The cost is $16 for the afternoon dance, $18 for the evening dance, and $30 for both; www.princetoncountrydancers.org.

FAMILY FUN Hometown Halloween Parade. All are invited to dress in their costumes to join the Arts Council of Princeton for the Annual Hometown Halloween Parade on Palmer Square Green for music by the Princeton University Marching Band before the parade will make its way through Downtown Princeton and end at the Princeton YMCA. Following the parade, there will be music, a bounce house, trunk or treat, food and drink, crafts and more, Oct. 27, 5:15 p.m. artscouncilofprinceton.org; 609-924-8777.

STAGE

“A Night with Janis Joplin,” McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Blues rock opera featuring the music of Joplin and her influences including Aretha Franklin, Etta James, Odetta, Nina Simone, and Bessie Smith. Kacee Clanton and Kelly McIntyre will sing on alternating performances and will be back by a band, through Oct. 29. Tickets cost $25-$97.50; mccarter.org; 609-258-2787.

“It Can’t Happen Here,” The Heritage Center Theatre, 635 N. Delmorr Ave., Morrisville, Pennsylvania. Adaptation of Sinclair Lewis’ drama by Tony Taccone and Bennet S. Cohen. The play imagines the dire consequences had Franklin Delano Roosevelt been defeated in his bid for a third term. Elected instead is pseudo-populist “Buzz” Windrip, who initiates martial law, prompting many to flee the country and/or join resistance movements, through Oct. 29. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $17 seniors (65 and over), $15 students; www. actorsnetbucks.com; 215-295-3694.

“Shakespeare in Love,” Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey’s F.M. Kirby Shakes Theatre, Drew University campus, 36 Madison Ave. Play based on the Oscar-winning movie in which Shakespeare struggles with writer’s block and a forbidden romance, through Nov. 12. $29-$69; www.shakespearenj.org; 973-408-5600.

“Hunchback of Notre Dame,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Musical based on Victor Hugo’s novel and featuring songs from Disney’s animated movie. Featuring songs by Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz. NOTE: Not recommended for children, through Oct. 29. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-5703333.

“Dearly Departed,” Somerset Valley Players, 689 Amwell Road, Hillsborough. When “mean and surly” Mr. Turpin suddenly dies, his nitwit relations from church and county come together to merrily mark his demise, through Nov. 5. Tickets cost $20, $18 seniors/students; www.svptheatre.org; 908-369-7469.

“The Good Person of Setzuan,” Bart Luedeke Center Theater on the Rider University campus in Lawrenceville. Bertolt Brecht’s comic moral fable about the gods coming to earth in search of a thoroughly good person. They encounter Shen Teh, a goodhearted but penniless prostitute, who offers them shelter. Rewarded with enough money to open a tobacco shop, Shen Teh soon becomes so overwhelmed by the demands of people seeking assistance that she invents a male alter ego, Shui Ta, to deal ruthlessly with the business of living in an evil world, through Oct. 29.Tickets cost $20, $10 seniors/students; rider.edu/arts; 609-896-7775.

“Dogfight,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Rock musical presented by Pierrot Productions about Eddie Birdlace, who returns home from Vietnam in 1967 burdened with the emotional scars of war, Nov. 3-12. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333.

MUSIC

CLASSICAL MUSIC La Fiocco, Lutheran Church of the Messiah, 407 Nassau St., Princeton. Concert titled “Bach and Before,” by ensemble performing on period instruments, featuring countertenor Daniel Moody, Oct. 28, 7:30 p.m. $25, $10 students; lafiocco.org; 917-747-6007.

Westminster Symphonic Choir, Princeton University Chapel. The Westminster Symphonic Choir, conducted by Joe Miller, will perform William Walton’s choral masterwork Belshazzar’s Feast. The choir will be joined by Princeton University organist Eric Plutz and Westminster faculty member Mark Moliterno, bass-baritone, Oct. 29, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $20; www.rider.edu/arts;609-921-2663.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University Campus. Concert featuring the New York City-based LARK Quartet performing Schulhoff ’s Concerto for String Quartet and Winds on a program with See THINGS TO DO, Page 6

Grisham Continued from Page 1 I’ve spent more time with issues that I care about and exposing things that are wrong in the system through a legal thriller. The goal is to get readers caught up in the story through entertainment and expose or illuminate a particular issue. Maybe not my feelings about the issue, though my feelings are usually pretty evident. I think the better books I write are when I entertain and inform.”

A few years ago, The Washington Post wrote another story about Grisham, which included quotes from a book store owner in the South who

said the author’s books helped bring new readers to his store.

“That’s really satisfying,” Grisham says.

“The one thing I hear occasionally is when people say they were not reading or they had stopped reading and one my books inspired me to start reading again, and that’s as good as it gets.”

John Grisham’s “Camino Island” and “The Rooster Bar” are available at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau St., and at other area bookstores.

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Respighi’s Gliucelli and Mendelssohn’s Symphony No. 5 “Reformation,” Oct. 29, 4 p.m. Tickets start at $35; princetonsymphony.org or 609 497-0020.

Joshua Bell, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Violinist will perform a concert featuring music

by Mendelssohn, Grieg, and Brahms, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m.

Tickets cost $35-$107.50; www.mccarter.org; 609-2582787.

Ludovico Einaudi, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Pianist known for neoclassical-age minimalist music and film scores including “Black Swan,” Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $35-$75; www.mccarter.org; 609258-2787.

Princeton University Concerts Family Concert, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton. “Meet the Music: Four Harmonious Friends.” Family concert for kids ages 6-12, hosted by Bruce Adolphe featuring The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and musicians from the Silk Road Project, Nov. 4, 1 p.m. Tickets cost $10, $5 children; princetonuniversityconcerts.org; 609-2589220.

Princeton University Glee Club, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, Princeton University. “Yale at Princeton: The Football concert. Annual choral face-off featuring choral classics, traditional college songs, skits, and more from the Princeton University Glee Club and Yale Glee Club, Nov. 10, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $15; music.princeton.edu; 609-258-9220.

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

Tommy Femia is Judy Garland, The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. Awardwinning impersonator will being his acclaimed portrayal of the legendary Garland, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. $30; www.therrazzroom.com; 888-596-1027.

Radam Schwartz, South Brunswick Jazz Cafe, Herb Eckert Auditorium in the Senior Center, 540 Route 522, Monmouth Junction. Concert by jazz organist and pianist, Nov. 3, 8 p.m. $6; www.sbarts.org; 732-329-4000, ext.

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Eric Mintel Quartet, Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader Park, Trenton. Concert paying tribute to jazz legend Dave Brubeck. Mintel and also will play originals, Nov. 3, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $25; www.ellarslie.org; 609-989-1191.

MUSEUMS Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. Bruce Katsiff at Ellarslie. Two exhibits: Bruce Katsiff: 50 Years - Looking Back & Forward and Face Maps: Explorations in Shape, Space and Soul Photography and Sculpture, through Nov. 12. 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.

Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine St., Doylestown, Pennsylvania. George Sotter: Light and Shadow, through Dec. 31; Dedicated, Displayed, Discovered: Celebrating the Region’s School Art Collections, through Jan. 7; www.michenerartmuseum.org; 215-3409800.

Princeton University Art Museum, on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton. “Clarence H. White and His World: The Art and Craft of Photography, 1895-1925,” The first retrospective devoted to the photographer in over

Violin Virtuoso Violinist Joshua Bell will play a concert at McCarter’s Matthews Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, Nov. 1, 7:30 p.m. The program will include Mendelssohn’s Sonata in F; Grieg’s Sonata No. 3, Op. 45; Brahms’ Sonata No.1 in G, Op. 78, and other works to be announced. Tickets cost $35-$107.50; www.mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. a generation, the exhibit surveys White’s career from his beginnings in 1895 in Ohio to his death in Mexico in 1925, through Jan. 7; 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.

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

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

Morven’s nearly 50 loans hail from public and private collections from across the country and will reflect Dana’s vision by including painting, textiles, ceramics, and sculptures, through Jan. 28, 2018. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609924-8144.

Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St. (at George Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers, New Brunswick. Cats vs. Dogs: Illustrations for Children’s Literature. Featuring more than 40 drawings and collages 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.

The exhibit mixes real with fantasy in watercolor, acrylic and photographic mixed with ink, through Nov. 17. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also open Oct. 15, 1-3 p.m. www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

Cheryl Jackson Oddphotog Exhibit, Lawrence Branch Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville. Photographic journey of cemeteries and other works, through Oct. 31. Gallery hours: Mon.-Thurs. 9:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fri.-Sat. 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sun. 12:30-5. www.mcl.org/branches/lawrbr.html.

Visual & Design Arts Faculty Exhibition, Anne Reid ‘72 Art Gallery at Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton. Members of the visual and design arts faculty will present work they have recently completed. The artists are architecture teacher David Burkett; fine arts teacher Jerry Hirniak; furniture design teacher Chris Maher; art teacher Jennifer Gallagher; art department chair and art teacher Susan Reichlin, and art teacher Karen Stolper, through Nov. 9; www.pds.org; 609-924-6700, ext. 1772.

Gallery 14, 14 Mercer St. Hopewell. “Iceland: A Land Like Not Other,” photography by Martin Schwartz. “Road to Morocco,” featuring photography by John Clarke, David Wurtzel and Martha Weintraub, through Nov. 12. Gallery hours: Sat.-Sun. noon to 5 p.m. www.photogallery14.com; 609-333-8511.

Reconstructed History, Taplin Gallery at Arts Council of Princeton’s Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Featuring work by artists Wendel White, Annie Hogan, Casey Ruble, Leslie Sheryll and Ann LePore. These artists transform documentary images by obscuring the primary data through layers of processes, both analog and digital. By doing so, the artists create visual narratives that speak to a broader historical complexity in content and technique, through Nov. 25. For more information, go to artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609-9248777.

COMEDY

Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick.

Michelle Wolf, Oct. 27-28, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $20; Keith Robinson, Nov. 2, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 3-4, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $20; The Amazing Kreskin, Nov. 5, 7:30 p.m., $30; www.stressfactory.com; 732-545-4242.

Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Davin Rosenblatt, Oct. 27-28; Johnny Watson, Nov. 3-4; catcharisingstar.com; 609-987-8018.

Deadbeats & Hustlers, Beth El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor. Improv comedy group. Evening will feature desserts, coffee and tea, Nov. 4, 7:30 p.m., $20; www.bethel.net; 609-443-4454.

DANCE

Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Weekly Wednesday Contra Dance, Nov. 1, 8-10:30 p.m. (Instruction at 7:30 p.m.), $10; www.princetoncountrydancers.org.

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.

M R Square Dance Club, Saint Luke’s (Episcopal) Church, 1620 Prospect St. Ewing. Weekly progressive dances. No prior experience is needed. Please be prompt.

Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation; Rider University Art Gallery, Bart Luedeke Center on richd1squarerounddancer@msn.com; 609-844-1140.

Rider University’s campus, 2038 Lawrenceville Road, in Lawrenceville. “Paintings, Pastels, Prints and Watercolors, 1977-2017,” 40-year survey of work by Bill Scott. The exhibit includes still life and figure compositions made before Scott’s painting veered toward abstraction. His recent abstractions include references to garden and landscape im“Elvis & Me - An Evening with Priscillia Presley,” agery: flowers, foliage, and tree branches, through Oct. 29. State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. PresHours: Tues.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sun. noon to 4 p.m. ley will talk about her life in an interview format where she For more information, go to www.rider.edu/arts. will answer audience questions and share stories. Hosted Gourgard Gallery at Town Hall, 23-A N. Main St., by Max Weinberg, Oct. 27, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $45-$150; Cranbury. Helen M. Rudnick, “Everything with Wings II.” www.statetheatrenj.org; 732-246-7469.

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Just over 100 years ago, it was an acceptable practice to take care of our deceased loved ones at home. How (and why) has death, dying and everything associated with it become so depressing, scary and “inappropriate�? My 12-year-old daughter asked me, “How does some lady know what’s inappropriate to others? Dying is natural and a hearse is just a method for transporting the body,� she said matter-of-factly. Of course, I agreed. Who knows more about what people think than a tween girl?

Many cultures don’t shy away from death but celebrate the death of a loved one. Generally, Hindus believe that life and death are part of the concept of samsara, or rebirth.

The ultimate goal for many Hindus is to become free from desire, thereby escaping samsara and attaining moksha, the transcendent state of salvation. Once moksha is attained, the soul will be absorbed into Brahman, the divine force and ultimate reality — of course a celebration is in order.

Muslims believe that death is a departure from the life of this world, but not the end of a person’s existence. They believe that eternal life is yet to come and pray for God‘s mercy to be with the departed, in hopes that they may find peace and happiness in their next life. Rather than seeing death as a destination, they focus on journeying from this

life to the next.

When a Christian dies, it’s seen as the end of his or her life on earth. A funeral is held for friends and family to grieve for the person who has died as well as give thanks for their life. At a burial, this is when the coffin is lowered into the grave. The symbolism is similar at a cremation when the curtains are closed around the coffin. “We, therefore, commit (his or her) body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; in the sure and certain hope of the Resurrection to eternal life.�

We are nothing but fertilizer for the earth, according to many atheist beliefs, but nevertheless, atheists too find a way to cope with the grief of losing someone. Although, accepting the finality of death can be excruciatingly painful, it also makes the recognition of life exceedingly beautiful. Atheists do not comfort themselves with thoughts of seeing their loved ones after they die, making the urgency for love, fulfillment, and connection in this life very real in each passing moment.

With all of these varying beliefs, cultures, and ways to cope with death, it continues to be the constant and joining experience of the human condition. Every single person will deal with death at some point. Why not acknowledge and accept it as part of life instead of avoiding anything that serves as a reminder of it? Becoming comfortable with the idea of death can challenge us to appreciate those we love and celebrate the time we were given with those we’ve lost.

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PACKET PICKS Oct. 27 Halloween parade in Princeton The Arts Council of Princeton will present its Annual Hometown Halloween Parade, beginning at 5:15 p.m. on Palmer Square Green.

The Princeton University Marching Band will play before the parade, then make its way through Downtown Princeton and end at the Princeton YMCA. The parade will leave Palmer Square Green at 5:45 p.m.

The festivities continue at the YMCA with live music, a bounce house, trunk or treat, food and drink, crafts and family-friendly activities, and more. For more information, go to www.artscouncilofprinceton.org or call 609-9248777.

Oct. 28

Hella McVay took this photo of Cecil the lion during a safari in Africa in the early 2000s.

A World of Nature

Science expo at Princeton library The Princeton Public Library will present its Fall Science Expo, beginning at noon.

The three-hour event for people 5 and older will feature scientists and engineers from Princeton University sharing their research through hands-on demos. Areas include materials science, chemical, biological, electrical and mechanical engineering, as well as chemistry and physics.

The library is located at 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton.

For more information, go to www.princetonlibrary.org or call 609-924-9529.

Author talk at Labyrinth Books Geoff Cook will discuss his children’s book, “Victoria and the Volcano,” beginning at 3 p.m.

“Veronica and the Volcano” is an educational adventure story for grades 4-6.

It is designed to stir young readers’ interest in science while entertaining them.

Labyrinth Books is located at 122 Nassau St. Princeton.

For more information, go to www.labyrinthbooks.com or call 609-497-1600.

Nov. 2 Bamberger talk at Morven Linda B. Forgosh, author of a biography of Louis Bamberger, will host a book talk and signing at The Present Day Club, 72 Stockton St., Princeton, beginning at 7 p.m.

Bamberger was a department store icon, philanthropist, and friend of Albert Einstein. Bamberger, along with his sister, co-founded The Institute for Advanced Study, and was instrumental in bringing Einstein to Princeton.

The program is being presented by Morven Museum and Garden in conjunction with its current exhibit, “Newark and the Culture of Art: 1900-1960.” A private viewing of the exhibit with co-creator Roy Pedersen will take place at 5:30 p.m. prior to the talk. Morven Museum and Garden is located at 55 Stockton St., Princeton.

Reservations are required.

Tickets cost $18. Copies of the book will be available for purchase. For reservations, go to www.morven.org/programs or call 609-924-8144, ext. 113.

Photographs from Hella McVay’s travels are on view at the Millstone River Gallery in Plainsboro

By Ilene Dube Special Writer There are many luxurious spots in which to sit and relax in the home Hella McVay shares with her husband Scott, from the kilim-covered sofas to the wicker chairs on the patio and in the garden — yet it’s hard to imagine she ever takes the time to sit. In her 82 years, McVay has traveled to as many countries. Photos from her extraordinary journeys, richly printed on canvas to look like paintings, are on view in the exhibit, “Patterns in Nature” at the Millstone River Gallery at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, Plainsboro, through Nov. 17.

From an arrangement of bones in a shaman market in Zimbabwe and beloved skulls of ancestors in Papua, New Guinea, to zebras in Zambia, spotted leopards in Zimbabwe and pelicans in Ghana, these images of wildlife focus on visual elements that repeat themselves with calculated rhythms, drawing on McVay’s background as a mathematician and environmental advocate who is at home in nature, surrounded by animals.

Her husband Scott displays photos from his own lens with Hella feeding monkeys in Kyoto, kangaroos in Australia, holding an orangutan in Borneo and perching her arms for parrots in Honduras. “Animals are just attracted to her,” he says. “She is an explorer of the flipper-powered, belly glides of Adelie penguins in the Antarctic, the dancing Morpho butterfly on the Osa Peninsula in Costa Rica, the willowy Sifalks in Madagascar, and the plentiful bats of Venezuela.”

Married for more than half a century, the couple completes each other’s sentences, and it’s often hard to separate one’s quote from the other. “That orangutan just jumped into her arms and sat on her hip,” says Scott, himself a champion of education, conservation and the well being of mammals. The founding executive director of the Geraldine R. Dodge Foundation, Scott discovered and documented the six-octave song of the Humpback whale, along with Roger Payne, and has led expeditions to the Alaskan Arctic to study, record and film the Bowhead whale.

“Having grown up in Europe I always wanted to see the rest of the world,” Hella says. “Scott’s whale work and our interest in environmental issues has helped make this possible.

“Wild animals can be so cuddly and friendly,” she adds.

Among the other magnificent creatures Hella has brought back home, in photographic form, is Cecil, the worldfamous Zimbabwe lion that was an attraction to the national park and studied and tracked by Oxford University. McVay was on a safari in the early 2000s, following Cecil for three days.

“He took such good care of all four of his families, making the rounds to check on them,” she says.

Without a telephoto lens, McVay leaned over the edge of the truck to make her shot, getting within 10 feet of Cecil and his family, but she may have come too close. “He started to charge

me,” she recalls, and she pulled back and laid flat on the floor of the truck.

Cecil’s death by an American dentist’s bow-and-arrow in July 2015 resulted in world-wide outrage. “The whole country mourned,” recalls McVay, whose portrait of Cecil is accompanied by a Patrick McDonnell cartoon with the caption “I can’t blame you for having a fear of the dentist.”

McVay also got up close to hippos — she paddled in a canoe to photograph them. She tells a story: “According to Zimbabwe mythology, when the creator created the world and had stuff left over, it was used to make an ugly fat creature. The hippopotamus was so embarrassed it went to live in the water, but the water animals complained it was eating all their food so at night the hippo goes out on land to eat the grass.” At night in her tent she could hear the hungry hippo eating grass. “They’re not too smart but have beauty.”

There are also patterns closer to home: a peregrine falcon in Cape May, pitcher plants in the Pinelands. And while McVay has called central New Jersey home for more than a half century, home has not always been a secure thing.

Her childhood residence in East Berlin was bombed in 1943 and she and her family fled for West Berlin where she went to school. “I was 9 when the war was over,” she says.

“We were always moving. My father worked in finance for a Jewish com-

pany so we were suspect. I had a spectacular grandmother who made me feel safe — she had a way of calming everything.” McVay recounts a time her grandmother put on a babushka and called in an officer of Russia’s White Army, asking him what his mother would think of all the rape and killing. “From then on, my grandmother’s house became a safe house.”

She also recalls spending her childhood taking care of animals in the stable. Scott shows a photo of her as a little girl with a lamb in Berlin.

McVay says she, and most Germans, don’t like to talk about the war years. “I’m blessed to have a great husband, fabulous daughters and sweet and spectacular grandchildren,” she says.

Hella met Scott in 1956 at a student jazz hangout in Berlin, he was with the U.S. Army Intelligence. The American told her he wanted to improve his German and came to meet Hella’s family. “I had zero interest in terms of a relationship, but one thing led to another,” she says. Scott served three years but had to lengthen his tour while Hella completed her master’s degree at the University of Berlin.

They married in Berlin in 1958 and came to Princeton to be near Scott’s parents. “We bought Danish furniture and I wanted to live in San Francisco but then got a job in Fine Hall Library at Princeton. All the famous mathematicians had been chased out of Germany, and here they were in Princeton — it was the epicenter for

“Flukes of a Humpback Whale,” taken by Hella McVay in the Saint Lawrence River in Canada.

math and physics. I was in seventh heaven, so Scott had to find a job.”

With her knowledge of math and ability to transliterate Russian, German and French, Alonso Church hired her as assistant editor of the “Journal of Symbolic Logic.”

Her courage in the wild has lead to having the courage to carry out her convictions. Around the birth of the McVays’ daughters Hella became interested in natural childbirth and La Leche — “we embraced all that ‘hippie stuff,’ because I like to be conscious and know how things work.”

They briefly moved to Coconut Grove, Florida, when Scott worked with a dolphin laboratory, and Hella wrote the math program for a Sacred Heart school. When they returned to Princeton she founded the math department at Stuart Country Day School, and on the first Earth Day in 1970, she founded the Whole Earth Center, a non-profit organic food store that raises funds for environmental organizations. “There were very few places where you could buy organic food then. We supported local farmers, helped to educate about pesticides and toxins, and paid employees properly with a pension and health insurance.”

She served as president of the board for many years, but now she is just a shopper at the Whole Earth Center. “The prices are high but they are honest prices.”

She recounts how Wild Oats, a national chain that opened a store across the street, could not compete because the Whole Earth Center customers remained loyal. “The Whole Earth Center will be 50 in three years,” she says proudly.

Among her other convictions she put into action: As a volunteer for Planned Parenthood, she donned a white coat and worked as an assistant in the exam room, greeting patients.

She had to give that up when the doctor she worked with was forced to close his practice because of threats he received.

She later joined the board of D&R Greenway Land Trust where, with Scott, she founded the Scott and Hella McVay Poetry Trail.

So how is it that, after more than half a century of marriage, she and Scott continue to work together—she has helped select poems and photographs for his books — and even share a single e-mail address?

“We complement each other,” says Hella. “He’s the English major/poet, and I’m the mathematician.”

In the late 1970s, their home burned to the ground. “She was the one who kept us all together,” Scott says.

“I’d already lost everything as a child, when my mother had to pack all our possessions in a small suitcase,” Hella says. “I knew life goes on.”

They built a new and better house.

Featured on a 1984 green house tour in Princeton, and on the site where their previous stone house burned, the 1981 passive solar house gets most of its heat from a wood-burning stove. A greenhouse serves as a dining area and allows warm sunny air into the rest of

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Talking about the Arts and Transit Center

The existence of the Lewis Center for the Arts within Princeton University’s Arts and Transit neighborhood plays an non-traditional and unanticipated artistic role in the lives of Princetonians.

Since the project’s public celebration on the weekend of Oct. 6, I have observed that the Lewis Center provides a “safe” topic of conversation and debate, thus serving as art therapy for town residents suffering from angst, depression, and sleepless nights over political, social, environmental, and natural disasters.

Dining recently at the new restaurant Cargot, housed in one of the former Dinky Station buildings, my friend and I joined a nonhostile, non-depressing, animated discussion with neighboring diners about the new Arts and Transit complex. The first topic on the table was the architecture — aesthetically pleasing or not? The group of eight was split. Some thought it was “big, bulbous, ugly, looks like a pregnant turtle, unfriendly, too close to the road,” while others described it as “beautiful, elegant, soaring like an eagle,” using “imaginative use of space, incredible geometric lines,” to create “an interesting street-scape.”

I generally refrain from offering a critique of architectural design, beauty truly is in the eyes of the beholder. If it works for the client’s needs without offending the general public, then it is OK with me. I only added my observation that the lighting at night transforms the area into Princeton’s most stunningly dramatic nighttime space.

Having more than four decades of experience walking, driving, parking and taking transit in Princeton, however, I rarely refrain from offering functionality criticism. So we transitioned to the next discussion item on the menu: Does the Arts and Transit Center work to benefit the community, irrespective of arts programming for the public?

The group of individuals comprising different ages, genders, races, and bank accounts unanimously gave the new project an Aplus for functionality. Simply said, the redesign works. It significantly improves the University Drive/Alexander Road traffic circulation and, and offers amenities (special shout-out to the bathrooms) for commuters, car-drivers, bike-riders, and walkers.

Three people were shocked at how easy it is to walk to the train. The comment is a reflection of the convoluted access during construction, as well as the intense town/gown controversy that erupted over the plan to move the station “further from the center of town” by 460 feet. I fully concur with the urban planning principle that proposes train stations be located in the center of a town.

But the new location, even though further from the center of town, adds only two additional minutes to one’s commute. Plus, getting to the train is actually faster for those who stop at Wawa to get a coffee or snack — because WaWa is right at the train platform, rather than a half a block away from the station, as it was in the pre-development era.

Particularly noteworthy from my point of view is how the traffic flow on Alexander Road is much improved, thanks to traffic planner and engineer Georges Jacquemart’s brilliant and trademark roundabouts.

Finally, the development featuring the two restaurants in the former train station buildings (everyone effusively praised the design of the restaurants) has created an area of vibrant activity in stark contrast to the formerly dark, barren landscape surrounding the train station. It may sound a little pathetic, but one of my favorite activities on a warm evening is to grab an inexpensive dinner at Wawa and sit on one of the wooden benches in front of the Dinky Bar/Cargot or at the Nakashima table outside of the train station waiting room and watch the people go by, while contem-

plating the long and stressful journey that ultimately led to this good outcome.

Over a six-year period (beginning in March 2006), according to University Vice President and Secretary Robert K. Durkee, “we discussed this project at some 15 borough council meetings, nine township committee meetings, 15 planning board meetings, three joint meetings of these bodies, two historic sites council meetings, one NJ Transit Board meeting, one meeting of consolidated Princeton Council, at least 14 other public information meetings, and many . . . private meetings with members of the public and local officials.”

An assortment of master plans, strategic plans, visioning plans, and the municipal consolidation plans intensified the meeting mania associated with the train station redevelopment project. In-

Princeton Library to host benefit The Princeton Library will host its benefit, “Beyond Words: An Evening to Benefit Princeton Public Library,” Nov. 4. Acclaimed playwright, screenwriter and librettist David Henry Hwang will open the event with a talk at 6 p.m. at Nassau Presbyterian Church. Cocktails, dinner and a silent auction follow at the library.

The revival of Hwang’s Tony Award-winning play “M. Butterfly” opens on Broadway in October. At Beyond Words, Hwang will speak on “Transformations of a Butterfly: Identity and Creativity in America Today.”

“Our library is a hub for partnerships and public service,” says Brett Bonfield, the library’s executive director.

“We are fortunate to have dozens of devoted partners, and over 350 volunteers. Beyond Words, put on by The Friends of the Library, is an ideal showcase of our community’s spirit and talent.”

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Varicose veins: common, genetic and treatable

Your grandmother had them, your mother had them, and now you have them too.

Varicose veins. They’re undoubtedly a family affair.

But while you may have inherited the troublesome vascular condition, treatment options for varicose veins have changed over the years, making it easier to make them disappear.

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

How veins work Veins are thin-walled, lowpressure conduits that return blood from the body to the heart. Muscular contractions in the extremities propel blood forward in the veins, and one-way valves prevent the blood from flowing backward.

When the valves become weak or damaged, however, they fail to close all the way allowing blood to flow backward and pool in the veins.

Over time, varicose veins develop as the collected blood causes the veins to get bigger and to twist and bulge.

Though not a life-threatening condition, varicose veins can be cosmetically distressing and can cause other symptoms and complications such as: • Swelling of the ankles and feet • Painful, achy or heavy-feeling legs

• Throbbing or cramping in the legs • Itchy legs, especially on the lower leg and ankle • Discolored skin • Sores or ulcers • Bleeding • Superficial blood clots that occur close to the skin Family history a risk factor Varicose veins are a common condition. Federal health statistics indicate that about every one in five adults — the majority women — suffers from varicose veins.

Further, family history is one of the main risk factors for developing varicose veins. About half of all people who have varicose veins have a family member who has them too, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

Other risk factors include: • Increasing age.

• Gender. Hormonal changes that occur during puberty, pregnancy and menopause make women more likely to develop varicose veins.

• Prolonged standing.

• Heavy lifting.

• Being overweight or obese.

• Prior history of blood clots in superficial or deep veins Not Your grandmother’s treatment If your varicose veins aren’t causing many symptoms, your doctor may recommend lifestyle changes such as losing weight, increasing physical activity and wearing compression stockings.

However, in cases where varicose veins are causing uncomfortable symptoms and complications, medical treatment is normally

necessary.

Treatment for most varicose veins has advanced from what was once a hospital-based procedure with a lengthy recovery time to a minimally invasive approach that can essentially be performed during your lunch hour.

Among the most common treatment approaches are: • Sclerotherapy, which involves injecting a medical solution into the vein causing the vein walls to swell, stick together and seal shut. This stops the flow of blood in that vein and the vein fades as it is absorbed into the body. Sclerotherapy is effective for spider veins and varicose veins.

• Radiofrequency ablation, a technique in which a small probe is inserted through a catheter placed in the vein. Using radiofrequency energy, a device at the tip

arts and a regular at Princeton-area gallery openings, this is the first time McVay has ever exhibited. “I never even thought about exhibiting until (Curator Sheila Geisler) approached me. I love the idea of doing it in a rehab center,” she says. “The patterns of nature are comforting for those

who are healing. I feel blessed to have looked at so many things —moss in Patagonia, lichen in Argentina, tree trunks in Indonesia.”

Though having traveled to Nepal, South and Central American, Africa, Russia, the Arctic and Antarctica — and having recently returned from a

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of the probe heats up the inside of the vein and closes it off. Blood flow is rerouted to healthy veins around the closed veins.

• Ambulatory or micro-phlebectomy, a technique in which tiny cuts are made in the skin enabling doctors to pull the vein out of the leg. With this procedure, very large veins can be removed while leaving only very small scars.

These procedures can be performed in the doctor’s office with local anesthesia for radiofrequency ablation and micro-phlebectomy and no anesthesia for sclerotherapy. Patients are typically able to return to their normal activities within one to two days.

Give your legs a rest While you can’t control your genetics, you can take steps to delay the onset of varicose veins or keep them from progressing.

Here are some things you can do from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: • Exercise regularly to improve your leg strength, circulation, and vein strength. Focus on exercises that work your legs, such as walking or running.

• Control your weight to avoid placing too much pressure on your legs.

• Elevate your legs when resting as much as possible.

• Don’t stand or sit for long periods of time. If you must stand for a long time, shift your weight from one leg to the other every few minutes. If you must sit for long periods of time, stand up and move around or take a short walk every 30 minutes.

• Wear elastic support stock-

ings and avoid tight clothing that constricts your waist, groin, or legs.

• Avoid wearing high heels for long periods of time. Lowerheeled shoes can help tone your calf muscles to help blood move through your veins.

• Eat a low-salt diet rich in high-fiber foods. Eating fiber reduces the chances of constipation, which can contribute to varicose veins. High-fiber foods include fresh fruits and vegetables, and whole grains, like bran. Eating less salt can help with the swelling that comes with varicose veins.

Learn more Princeton HealthCare System, through its Community Education & Outreach Program, will host a discussion titled Varicose Veins: Now You See Them, Now You Don’t, Nov. 14, 7-8 p.m. at Princeton Fitness and Wellness in Montgomery To register for the free session or for more information, go to www.princetonhcs.org/calendar or call 888-897-8979.

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

trip to Norway — the McVays still consider the biggest miracle in their own backyard, with visits from a great blue heron, frogs, bats, butterflies and pileated woodpeckers who set the drum beat.

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Elliot Sambol, M.D., R.P.V.I., F.A.C.S. is double board certified in general surgery and vascular surgery. He is a registered physician in vascular interpretation, a fellow of the American College of Surgeons and a member of the medical staff at University Medical Center of Princeton.

McVay Continued from Page 1B the house and in warm weather, the house benefits from a two-foot overhang blocking the sun as well as overhead fans to draw in the cool air.

When it was complete, “we had a festival with the families of the workers, with live music and a barbecue.”

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Historical society to present house tour

The Historical Society of Princeton will host its 16th annual house tour, Nov. 4, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This event celebrates significant architecture and design in the homes of HSP’s supportive community.

This year’s tour features five homes, each one a distinct example of its own time and style.

Visitors will be able to see modifications, redesigns, furnishings, and personal art collections in a self-guided tour of the homes throughout the day.

This year’s tour will feature: 75 Cleveland Lane: This Princeton landmark, the former estate of J. Seward Johnson Jr. and Kristina Johnson, was designed by Ernest Flagg in the 1920s. Flagg, a notable American architect, also designed the Scribner Building in New York City and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. Recently spared from demolition, this estate underwent a top-to-bottom renovation from Grant Homes Custom Builders.

The Chateau-style stone mansion and carriage house now feature countless high-end, custom details, including a Christopher Peacock kitchen and a built-in sound system with 26 speakers.

Historic architectural features, like exposed stone walls and beams, carved banisters, and a cement tile floor, remain preserved.

73 Library Place: Designed in 1897-1898 by the Philadelphia-based architectural firm, Cope

and Stewardson, this half-timbered Tudor Revival house was built for Princeton University Mathematics professor and Dean of Faculty H.B. Fine, after whom Fine Hall is named. Cope and Stewardson famously designed several Princeton campus buildings, such as Blair Hall and Ivy Club. The homeowners have preserved remarkable historic architectural features, such as decorative plaster ceilings, hand-leaded windows, original wood paneling, carved wooden archways, and gargoyles. Previous owners added to the home’s history by installing chandeliers from the famed Paramount Theater in New York City, when the theater closed in the mid-20th century.

44 Patton Ave.: Also known as “The Warehouse,” this historic building served as Michael Graves’ personal home for over 40 years and was recently purchased by Kean University. The University’s College of Architecture and Design bears Graves’ name. Graves was a Princetonbased, world-renowned post-modernist architect who took on the renovation of this home himself. The Warehouse, built in 1927, originally served as a storage warehouse for the Italian stonemasons building Princeton University’s neo-Gothic campus buildings. The house serves as the prime and personal example of Graves’ design philosophy.

50 Patton Ave.: With a golden stone façade,

This home at 75 Cleveland Lane is one of the destinations on the Historical Society of Princeton’s annual house tour. broad porch, and spectacular views of the Michael Graves residence, this bungalow, built in the nineteen-teens, encloses a creative and efficient renovation by local interior designer Katie Eastridge. Unique historic features, such as a Moravian tile fireplace, a claw-foot tub, and original hardwood floors coexist with contemporary additions, such as glazed cement tiles in the fully renovated kitchen. The playful interior design alludes to the owners’ love of books throughout this cozy gem.

40 Mercer St.: Prolific Princeton architect Charles Steadman built this house and its semidetached neighbor in the 1830s, as part of the

most intact surviving neighborhood for Princeton’s early middle-class settlers. Sometimes referred to as Princeton’s first real estate developer, Steadman designed more than 70 buildings in Princeton, including the Nassau Presbyterian Church. As the leader of Princeton’s Greek Revival, Steadman leaves a visible architectural legacy in the town, with about 40 of his designs still standing. This house features a luxurious renovation, adding a curtained sun porch, a breakfast room, and fully modernized kitchen, while preserving period details, like knobs, plaster molding, and fireplaces.

“Princeton’s uniqueness and historicity as a town is grounded in its remarkable built environment,” said Izzy Kasdin, executive director of the historical society. “This year‘s tour, in particular, showcases and recognizes homeowners who have been excellent stewards of Princeton’s historic architectural gems. The House Tour provides an opportunity to truly connect with the places we pass every day, and is always an enjoyable experience for all involved!”

Tickets cost $50. For more information, call 609.-921-6748, ext. 105. Tickets also may be purchased at www.princetonhistory.org. On the day of the tour, tickets will be available at the Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, or by cash and check at any of the five homes on the tour.

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

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

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A. Real Estate is continuing to change quickly with the

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

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A. I am patient with my clients and enjoy educating them on real estate in our area. I do my best to treat each client and property with the same care. I don’t believe in cutting corners when it comes to providing service or marketing a home as I would my own, no matter the size of the home or the price point. My motto is “From starter to stately homes, and everything in between.” I also maintain my knowledge of the ever-changing inventory, have excellent negotiating skills, and stay up to date on industry technology.

Here are my two dogs, Shamrock and Sebastian, playing in our backyard.

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24 Grant Way OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 10/29 1-4pm Sprawling 4 BR, 2.5 BA Ranch on cul-de-sac in desirable West Trenton neighborhood. Brazilian Cherry hdwd flrs & updated kit w/brkfst area, ctr island, granite counters, custom Thomasville Cherry cabinets, Elkay faucets/fixtures, skylight, tile flr & dec tile backsplash. Formal LR & DR w/crown molding. FR w/skylight, paneled oak walls, built-ins & a raised hearth fplc w/brick surround.

MBR offers WIC, skylight & well-appointed private BA. 3 more spacious BRs w/recessed lts & modern BA. Fin bsmt & custom brick patio. Close to I-95, D&R walking trail & Francis Lore ES.

Thoughtfully updated Ranch w/great curb appeal. Quiet street w/easy access to MC Park. Hdwd flrs throughout. Comfortable DR & LR w/ lg picture wind & brick wood burning fplc. EIK w/Oak cabs & tile back splash. Renov full BA w/designer fixtures. Hallway w/4 closets to MBR suite w/tray ceil, sitting area & French doors to private deck.

Luxurious BA w/soaking tub, shower w/mult heads & his/hers sinks.

3 more BRs w/ample closets. Waterproofed WO bsmt. Newer A/C, furnace, well pump. New septic & windows. Gas generator & 2 sheds w/electric. Rear yard w/paver patio backs to preserved farmland.

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MONMOUTH JUNCTION

Updated 3 BR townhome in great location w/fin bsmt! New gleaming hrdwd flrs, fresh stylish paint & designer lighting. Spacious formal DR & inviting formal LR w/corner gas fplc & sliding door to cozy private deck. Ample EIK w/new SS applncs. New carpet on stairs & 2nd flr.

Relaxing MBR w/WIC & full private BA boasting a Jacuzzi tub & sep shower. Two other large BRs share a full BA. All BAs renovated w/new vanities, counter tops, sinks, toilets & fixtures. Don’t miss this wellmaintained home in desirable Montgomery Hills w/easy access to top schools & downtown Princeton.

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Servicing Montgomery Township

Great chance to own this side by side two family home, over 3100 square feet total with three bedrooms, living room, dining room. eat in kitchens and laundry/ mud room on each side. Two full baths in one, 1 1/2 baths on the other. Walk up attics, partial basements and fenced in yards. Extra deep lot.

224 Forsgate Dr, Monroe Twp., NJ 08831

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732-616-1155 Ext. 304 Cell: 732-616-1155

Gorgeous & upgraded 4 BR, 2.5 BA, NE facing Brick Front Colonial home in Princeton Gate situated on a wonderful private wooded lot, professionally landscaped. Ceramic tile floor in kit, HW floors throughout the remainder of the main level. Kit has upgraded appliances & 42” maple cabinetry. Family room has woodburning frplce w/stone surround. Luxury sized MBR has vaulted ceiling & 2 large walk-in closets. Additional features; Large deck, newer gar door opener, 2-zone high efficiency HVAC system & high efficiency water heater.

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Garage Sale

HILLSBOROUGH Friday 10/27 10 am - 2 pm Saturday 10/28 10 am - 3 pm Sunday 10/29 10 am - 3 pm Contents of an eclectic household. From Victorian to present. Sofas, bedrooms, mahogany dining room set, home goods, and more!

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61 Murray Drive

Garage Sale

Garage Sale PRINCETON - Saturday, October 28. 8:30am – 1:30pm.

Please no early birds. 86 Moore Street, Princeton.

Downsizing. Something for everyone.

ESTATE SALE Final day.

Everything must go!

Saturday October 28 9-1 Rain or Shine No early birds please.

105 Blackwell Rd Pennington

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