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Superintendent outlines referendum possibilities By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Superintendent of Schools Stephen C. Cochrane on Tuesday outlined a bond referendum that could include a new school, a preschool center and a three-storyaddition to Princeton High School, all big-ticket items that came without a cost breakdown. In a presentation at the school board meeting, Cochrane sought to build the case for a facilities ref-

erendum that officials are aiming to put on the ballot for September 2018. He said there is no “design at this point” but just ideas based on a needs assessment the district had done. “We are about to embark on a transformative period in the life of our district,” he said. In offering a rationale, he pointed to “rapidly growing enrollment” and the needs for teaching and learning in the 21st century. The high school and John

Witherspoon Middle School are over capacity, by 200 and 100 students respectively, with more of them forecast to be on the way in eight to nine years, he showed. The elementary schools are at capacity, but they, too, are forecast to grow. “We need to prepare, and we need to prepare now,” he said. The addition at the high school would provide “flexible instructional space,” or what he called the equivalent of 12 classrooms.

Having a school for fifth- and sixth-graders possibly at Valley Road School would help free up space in the four elementary schools and at the middle school, without adding on to any of those buildings, he said. “But it allows us to sort of maintain an elementary feel to the growth of our kids even as we give them opportunities to experiment and explore,” he said in favoring a school that had an element for science, technology

and art. The school would be more than that, to include family engagement, like having a library open in the evening. Princeton board member Greg Stankiewicz, who attended a conference last week on the subject, said there are more than 2,000 community schools in 38 states. In touching on the history of Valley Road School, the first racially integrated school in town, See REFERENDUM, Page 10

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Guadagno proposes sanctuary cities ban By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer Photo by Scott Jacobs

Where there’s a Will, there’s a way to the title Princeton High School’s Will Hare, above, was the overall winner, and helped lead the Little Tigers’ cross country team to championships in the Mercer County meet as well as earning titles in the Central Jersey, Group IV and state Group IV meets en route to the program winning the state Meet of Champions. See story in Sports on page 12.

On writing, rare books, and the law Author John Grisham talks about his career at Richardson Auditorium By Anthony Stoeckert Staff Writer

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John Grisham didn’t come to Princeton while writing a novel about a theft at the Firestone Library, but four months after the book’s publication, the best-selling author finally made his way to town. During a talk Wednesday at Richardson Auditorium, at Alexander Hall on the Princeton Univer-

sity campus, Grisham talked about the two books he published this year, shared reflections on his career and offered insights into his writing process. Sharing the stage with Maria DiBattista, a professor of English at Princeton University, Grisham answered questions with a lot of intelligence, thought, and a good dose of humor. Grisham’s novel “Camino Island,” published in June, is about the theft of rare F. Scott Fitzgerald manuscripts from the Princeton’s Firestone Library. A novelist named Mercer Mann, who’s struggling with writer’s block, gets caught up in the world of rare books. He is hired to infiltrate the business of Bruce Cable, a dealer in rare books who’s made money selling stolen manuscripts. Grisham was introduced by Anne Jarvis, Princeton University’s librarian. Jarvis joked that she read about a theft of Fitzgerald manuscripts from Firestone and wondered, “How did I not know about this?” She was relieved to find out the crime was

fictional, then wondered if Meryl Streep could play her in the movie. Grisham said the book’s plot was sparked when he and his wife were driving to Florida and heard a report on NPR about thefts of rare manuscripts and artifacts at libraries, easy targets because libraries aren’t known for their security. Wanting to write about a great American writer’s manuscripts, he chose Fitzgerald because William Faulkner’s papers are too bulky to be stolen, and Ernest Hemingway and John Steinbeck’s papers are scattered at various sites. “That left Fitzgerald,” Grisham said. He got some information through the library’s website but decided, “I’m not going near the place.” Showing up at Firestone and asking how someone would go about stealing the papers would be awkward, and he also didn’t want to give any criminals ideas. Most important, an accurate portrait of the library and the papers wasn’t necessary for his story. “By getting it wrong, only a handful of

people will know,” he said, joking that most of those people were at the talk. Grisham was going to write a letter to the university to let them know about the book, but didn’t because “lawyers got in the way.” A few months after the book was published, he got a call from Jarvis, who said she liked the book and invited him to speak at the campus. “I thought that was pretty classy,” Grisham said. “You folks have a sense of humor.” Grisham — who collects rare books and was given a first edition of “The Great Gatsby” as a gift to celebrate the publication of “Camino Island” — got to see the Fitzgerald papers before his talk. He said the papers showed how much work Fitzgerald put into his books, and he also noticed that Fitzgerald used the cheapest paper around, and a No. 2 pencil. Grisham is most famous for his legal thrillers, he publishes one a year, but no lawyers are found in “Camino Island.” Fall is when his lawyer books See GRISHAM, Page 9

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Republican gubernatorial candidate Lt. Gov. Kim Guadagno’s vow to “ban” sanctuary cities in New Jersey if she is elected could have implications for the host of towns like Princeton and Hopewell Borough that limit cooperation between local police and federal immigration authorities. With two weeks to go before the election, Guadagno again sought to contrast herself with her Democratic rival, former Ambassador Phil Murphy, who has pledged to make New Jersey a sanctuary state. She has said her plan would prohibit towns from making themselves sanctuary cities, restrict funds and fine towns “harboring violent criminals” and “require law enforcement to cooperate with federal immigration officials and run background checks of criminals in New Jersey jails and prisons,” according to a news release that her campaign issued Monday. “If elected governor, I will pass a law to ban sanctuary cities so politicians can’t prevent law enforcement from turning violent and dangerous criminals over to federal immigration officials for deportation,” Guadagno said in a statement. “Time and again she has been called out for misrepresenting the facts and driving division instead of promoting New Jersey as a fair and welcoming state, and her dishonesty continues uninterrupted today,” Murphy spokesman Derek Roseman said in response. Locally, Princeton Mayor Liz See GUADAGNO, Page 9

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Princeton seeks additional pedestrian safety measures By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Princeton again is asking the state Department of Transportation to make it safer for pedestrians to cross at the intersection of Washington Road and Nassau Street, in the aftermath of a woman being struck and killed there Oct. 10. Specifically, the town wants the state to install “all pedestrian scramble sig-

nals” at that intersection, at Nassau and Witherspoon streets and at Witherspoon Street and Nassau Street and University Place. The council on Monday passed a resolution making the request. The signals would stop all vehicular traffic with a red light and give all pedestrians a green light, Mayor Liz Lempert told reporters Monday. One has been installed at Route 206 and

Nassau Street. “It doesn’t solve all problems,” she said, “but it’s proven, where you use it, to make it much safer for pedestrians.” She said it would eliminate the “dangerous conflict situation” for when cars can turn left only at the same time pedestrians have the walk signal. The then-borough had asked for the technology in 2007 and, more recently, shortly before 62-

year-old Leslie Goodrich Rubin was hit in the crosswalk on Washington Road by a cement struck turning left from Nassau Street. “We’ve requested it multiple times before that,” Council President Jenny Crumiller said Monday. “Even fairly recently when we were putting in the new light, we requested it.” Mayor Lempert has said the DOT had told the town the agency believed the all-

pedestrian signal is not “warranted.” Crumiller said she thought the DOT had some explaining to do. “I think it’s important for them to make sure that pedestrians are safe,” said Mayor Lempert, who added she had called the DOT the morning after Rubin was killed. The DOT did not immediately respond to a request for a comment.

Asked if she thought the signal would have saved Rubin’s life had it been there that day, Mayor Lempert said: “I think that the police are still doing their investigation, so I don’t want to speculate on that. But I think it would make that intersection safer to have.” A Princeton Police spokesman could not be reached for comment.

Inaugural ‘Montgomery Triple Challenge’ deemed a success By Lea Kahn Staff Writer

The inaugural “Montgomery Triple Challenge” a child-size triathlon, initiated by a group of mothers has raised $1,300 for the Montgomery Emergency Medical Services. The event, which was held at Skillman Park earlier this month, drew 99 participants. The children, ages 5-13, took part in a

run, a bicycle ride and then finished up by working their way through an obstacle course. Moms In Business, which sponsored the Montgomery Triple Challenge, was happy with the event both the turnout and the amount of money that the event raised for MEMS. “The kids definitely had a blast. I couldn’t stop looking at the joy on the parents’ and grandparents’ faces,”

said Kapu Patel, who owns Kapu Patel Photography and belongs to Moms In Business. Moms In Business is made up of mothers/entrepreneurs and whose members include professionals, small business owners and direct sellers of products that serve mothers and children. Meanwhile, the Montgomery Triple Challenge had its genesis in a presen-

tation to the Rotary Club of Montgomery and Rocky Hill earlier this year by Moms In Business founder Maureen Daniels. Daniels and Moms In Business were later approached by George Jarvis, the Rotary Club president, to host a children’s triathlon to benefit MEMS. MEMS was chosen because everyone has been touched by its volunteer emergency medical techni-

cians in some way, said Marea Adejuwon, executive treasurer for Moms In Business. MEMS, which is celebrating its 45th anniversary, raises about 80 percent of its budget through fundraising efforts. Prior to the Montgomery Triple Challenge, there was no annual community event to benefit MEMS beyond its annual fund drive, Adejuwon said. While the opportunity to

host the event for MEMS may have been presented to Moms in Business, “we were grateful and honored to have been considered, because we felt it was a perfect match for our two groups,” she said. “Through the help and support of everyone involved, we looked forward to our first inaugural event as the start of a beautiful community and family tradition,” Adejuwon said.

preparation for our Nature of Halloween Night Hike. Bring your own knife or carving tools. Bring a pumpkin to donate, if you are able.

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Schwartz, Historical Society of Princeton’s curator of collections and research, will describe the extraordinary glimpses of Princeton’s history the archival collections provide. Linke and Schwartz will present on the importance of preserving archival materials, a vital source of perspective and enlightenment for generations to come. Co-sponsored by the library, the Historical Society of Princeton and the Princeton University Library.

15 minutes from 6 to 8:15 p.m. Families (children 5 and up) $15members/$18non-members. Join us on a journey through the woods on a crisp autumn night. You will follow your guide on a trail of glowing Jack O’ Lanterns; along the way you stop to meet the characters in an Irish Folktale that unfolds along the path. The founders of New Jersey’s Original Jack O’ Lantern Night Hike are bringing their 30-year tradition to a new home at the Watershed. While other Halloween programs are designed to frighten, our goal is to educate and enchant. Guided hikes begin

every 15 minutes; last hike begins at 8:15 p.m. Space is limited in each hike; preregistration and pre-payment are required. Call 609-737-3735 ext. 11, to reserve your hike time.

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Volunteer Pumpkin Carving at the Stony BrookMillstone Watershed at 6:30 pm. For ages 12 and up. Can you carve a pumpkin? We need volunteers to carve scores of Jack O’ Lanterns in

Sat., Oct. 28 An American Cancer Society Trivia Night will be held at the Windsor Athletic Club, 99 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, N.J. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. followed by dinner at 6 p.m. and trivia at 7 p.m. Cost is $75 per person and includes buffet dinner, soft drinks provided, dessert table, and trivia competition. The event is a BYO. To register and for more information,

Mon., Oct. 30 Open Archives: Princeton & Slavery Library Exhibit, 6:30 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library in the Newsroom and Discovery Center. The kick-off event of the library’s Princeton & Slavery exhibit features the chance to view actual historical documents from the Princeton University Archives and the Historical Society of Princeton that were used in research for The Princeton & Slavery Project. Dan Linke, university archivist, and Stephanie

The Origins of Halloween Night Hike at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed. Hike times every

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An Artistic Perspective on Poverty - An exhibit of paintings and poems by HomeFront clients who have experienced homelessness - will be on display at an open house from 4 to 7 p.m. at HomeFront’s Family Campus, across from the Trenton airport at 101 Celia Way, Ewing Township. Light refreshments served. Brief remarks at 6 p.m.

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Broad reflections in final school board candidates’ forum By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The six candidates for Princeton school board on Thursday offered no areas of disagreement with one another or with the direction of the school district, in their last joint appearance before the Nov. 7 election. Beth Behrend, Jess Deutsch, James Fields, Jenny Ludmer, Julie Ramirez and Michele TuckPonder, vying for three seats next month, appeared for their ninth and final candidates forum, at John Witherspoon Middle School. They provided little in the way of policies they would bring if elected, offering how their professional and or volunteer experiences had readied them to sit on the board. “I’m not running with a specific agenda around something that needs to be fixed or a list of things that I want to see accomplished personally,” Ramirez said, seated at a table in the cafeteria, with the other five candidates. In some cases, they peppered their remarks with words straight from the school district‘s mission statement, about preparing students to live lives of “joy” and “purpose,” something Behrend and Deutsch did in their opening remarks. “This one mission applies (to) and includes all of our kids, regardless of the lens that you use to look at them,” Behrend said. At a forum that the Special Education PTO had sponsored, the questions for the night centered on special education, with some candidates sharing how they

can relate to the struggles parents might face. Ramirez told the crowd of around 20 people how “my “life and my outlook, in general, has been significantly impacted by having a developmentally disabled brother.” “I’m deeply invested in the schools and a strong advocate of public education,” said Ramirez, who has four children in the system. “I think it’s a fundamental right for all of our students.” Tuck-Ponder, a former Photo by Philip Sean Curran/Staff mayor of Princeton Town- The six candidates for Princeton school board gathered Oct. 19 at John Witherspoon Middle School in their last joint ship, spoke of having a appearance before the Nov. 7 election. then-3-year-old son who “So this is definitely a “And I think that for stucouldn’t talk, something High School report being that test. The idea is the national phenomenon that dents who are receiving speoverworked and stressed teacher points out what things that had gone unnoticed we’re experiencing,” he cial education and in a and where, for the second you need to improve on, you until a pediatrician brought said. “I think one of the school system where the air year in a row, a high school give it back to the student, it to her attention. that students are breathing is things that we do need to do, student killed himself. Forthey do it until they learn the “We understood him, we we need to listen well to our filled with anxiety, it’s a parmer school board president material,” she said. “So if the thought he understood us, students and hear what ticularly painful combinabut he was behind because Andrea Spalla, during the goal of education is to learn tion,” Deutsch said. they’re telling us.” question-and-answer sesthe material, I firmly believe he had a hearing loss,” she sion from the audience, that we need to bring more of said. “And we didn’t even raised the “mental health a growth mindset.” know it.” Tuck-Ponder said that as She said her family had crisis” at the high school and how, in her words, that a candidate for school faced an array of questions crisis is being “pushed board, she has “advocated to get help for her son — Fascial Stretch TherapyTM is a putting the family on the down” to the lower grades. for a culture of high expecThe district is looking to tations” for students. unique, complete & comprehensive same journey other special “And that doesn’t mean, system of table-based assisted education parents find move back the starting time at the high school, and plans to me at least, that every stretching, focusing on the joint themselves taking. student should aspire to ad“And so we had to man- to go to block scheduling. capsule & connective tissue that “But I think we, as a so- mittance to an Ivy League age the medical part besurrounds muscles, bones & joints. cause there was a medical ciety, as parents, need to institution,” said Tuck-PonBeneﬁts: problem,” she said, “but we look at how we are handling der, who went to the UniUÊ VÀi>ÃiÃÊ iÝ L ÌÞÊEÊ also had to manage the this stress and what we are versity of Pennsylvania Joint Range of Motion doing to contribute to it,” Law School. “It means that school part.” UÊ i }Ì i ÊEÊ,i > } ÃÊ ÕÃV iÃ Behrend said. “We’re all we should expect the best of Despite Princeton being what every student has to a high-performing district, part of it.” UÊ «À ÛiÃÊ* ÃÌÕÀi Ludmer lamented how it offer and create a culture there was less talk by the UÊ iVÀi>ÃiÃÊ V iÃÊEÊ*> Ã candidates about ensuring can be “downright toxic for and environment where Results Felt in One Session! academic rigor and keeping many students” in what she they can be supported in Cumulative Results with Princeton at its lofty perch termed a “high-stakes test- that endeavor.” Multiple Sessions! Fields, a campus minisand more about having ing culture.” She advocated “empathy” and wanting having a “growth mindset,” ter at Princeton University, kids to turn out to be happy in using the phrase coined said that in his work, he has In-Home Appointments Christine Femia, by Stanford psychology seen college students with Exercise Physiologist. adults. for New Clients The candidates found professor Carol Dweck, in “anxiety and having depression and having to be medtime to weave in broader re- her research. MyoFascial Stretch Therapist “It means if you’re given icated before they even flections about a district 973-214-7764 or cfem23@aol.com where students at Princeton a test, you don’t get an F on open a text book.”

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Help save the menhaden, a humble but mighty fish

Chances are, you haven’t heard much about the saltwater fish known as menhaden, or bunker. Recreational fishermen don’t catch them, you won’t find them on a menu, and you’re unlikely to see them on a poster or T-shirt. But if you’ve ever seen an osprey flying overhead with a fish in its talons or a huge humpback whale breaching, you probably have the humble menhaden to thank! Menhaden is what’s known as a “keystone” species, one that plays an exceptionally important role in the food chain. If a keystone species is lost, the ecosystem changes dramatically or ceases to function, causing a domino effect on other species. Menhaden are found up and down the Atlantic coast, from Maine to Florida. They’re small, bony and oily, averaging 15 inches in length, and they eat by filtering plankton from the water. Many species depend on menhaden for food: birds like ospreys, bald eagles, common loons, cormorants and northern gannets; marine mammals like humpback whales, harbor seals and dolphins; and fish like striped bass, tuna, bluefish, weakfish, sharks, and flounder. Menhaden is valuable to the commercial fishing industry, which nets the fish for two main purposes. About 80 percent is sold to the “reduction” industry and processed for fertilizer, fish meal and nutritional supplements like omega 3 fish oil. The rest of is sold as bait for crabs, lobsters and sport fishing. With so much depending on this one fish, caution is needed to ensure menhaden are not over-harvested and remain available to wildlife. The resurgence of once-rare species like ospreys, bald eagles and humpback whales along the New Jersey coast has been credited in large part to abundant menhaden. According to biologist Ben Wurst of the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of NJ, menhaden are critical food sources for osprey chicks. During osprey nesting surveys conducted along the Atlantic coast, he said, evidence of menhaden was found in almost all nests. “With healthy numbers of menhaden, the osprey population will remain stable. With less, the osprey population will decline,” said Wurst. At one time, New Jersey’s osprey population was down to only 50 nesting pairs due to the pesticide DDT and habitat loss. But in recent years the population has rebounded to about 600 nesting pairs, a true conservation success story. The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) will vote in November on a management plan for menhaden essentially deciding how much of this keystone species should remain available for larger fish, marine mammals and coastal birds. The Commission is accepting public comments on a draft amendment to the menhaden fishery plan until the end of the business day next Tuesday, Oct. 24. The See FISH, Page 5

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Responsible citizens make school community proud To the editor: On behalf of the faculty and staff at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, we would like to recognize the community spirit of Wayne Kalinowski and Paul Keris of the Windsor Farm. They were very generous in their donation of fall mums to beautify our school for Back to School Night on Oct. 5. It is responsible citizens like Wayne Kalinowski and Paul Keris who make us proud that we have such a great community. Dennis Lepold Principal West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South

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LWV online guide offers non-partisan information To the editor: New Jersey voters can learn non-partisan information about candidates in the League of Women Voters’ online guide at www.VOTE411.org. By entering their address, voters can find out if they are registered and the location of their polling place, see their ballot, and compare the responses of candidates to League questions. Voters will also find interpretations of ballot questions, including the pros and cons for supporting them. Launched by the League of Women Voters Education Fund in October of 2006 and introduced state by state, VOTE411 is a “onestop-shop” for election-related information. The League hopes that voters seeking information about races - from governor to school board - will go to www.VOTE411.org. Chrystal Schivell League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area

Support Caliguire, Cheskis in the Nov. 7 election To the editor: Like many families, we were looking to leave Montgomery when we no longer had kids in the high school - but we’ve stayed. Why? Montgomery has been rated No. 2 in “Best Town for Families” by NJ Family Magazine. It’s in the Top 100 Safest Towns/Cities in America for four years in a row. The township has been able repair and repave many of the roads and bridges while and enabling upgrades to our retail spaces - all while maintaining our rural character including continued open space preservation and upgrading many of our parks - all while cutting our debt and budget level. Whether you live in Montgomery or Princeton or Hopewell, Skillman Park is jewel to behold and enjoy with wildlife, beautiful vistas and rolling open space to lose yourself in nature just an hour from NYC. That park was the result of efforts by the “home team” of Montgomery leadership that saved it from a well-intentioned but misguided drive to build offices, malls and housing on that would

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have swamped the town. Former Montgomery Mayor and Freeholder Mark Caliguire helped lead that effort at the town, county and state levels to create what is now a great park, at the same time helping to cut the Montgomery debt by $30 million, or 50 percent. All while keeping township taxes below the state 2 percent level. Mark needs your vote for the NJ General Assembly so that we can have a local leader who has a real track record of getting things done for us to be our voice at the state level - to get things done for all of us. David Cheskis has been instrumental in helping strengthen our town as a volunteer behind the scenes on zoning and then planning boards as well as on the board of the Pike Association. He understands how to get things done and he needs your vote to continue and expand his efforts to help us all as a member of the Montgomery Township Committee. Together we have all helped make Montgomery a great and special place to live, raise a family and enjoy. Why not make sure that we continue to have strong local leadership, and voice at the state level, that have shown us they are committed to Montgomery, know how to get things done and have a been able to do so with a budget for 2017 that is below 2005 levels. Please vote and be sure to vote for Mark Caliguire for NJ General Assembly and David Cheskis for Montgomery Township Committee on Nov. 7.

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Thanks to those who displayed pink bows

To the editor: As the director of the YWCA Princeton Breast Cancer Resource Center I would like to extend my gratitude to all of the merchants and businesses in Princeton and Lawrenceville who displayed a BCRC Pink Bow in solidarity with local women affected by breast cancer. As an organization we received countless emails and comments from community members praising our effort to insure that no woman feels alone in her fight. From the bottom of my heart, as a breast cancer survivor, longtime Princeton resident, and BCRC leader, I commend this wonderful community for your support during breast cancer awareness month.

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Rakesh Kak would be an asset to WW-P school board

To the editor: I have known Rakesh Kak for more than 18 years. In these years I have observed his sincere and helpful nature with a constant emSee LETTERS, Page 5

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Cutting-edge research on energy efficiencies Princeton, as most readers know, has become a research center for the environment and energy. Princeton University’s several schools and departments are joined by Climate Central and the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, and some of the evolving science has been put into practice by the town’s Sustainable Princeton office. A number of local secondary schools offer up-to-date science and sustainability studies, as well as classes on the environment. The university’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, whose new, innovative building opened in 2016, supports a number of teams conducting research into energy efficient technologies that can respond to the growing understanding of our environmental situation and systems. By chance I met a senior researcher Dr. Michael Bozlar, who works in the team of professor Forrest Meggers, with graduate and undergraduate students researching and extending the energy efficiency of heating and cooling systems for the built environment. Meggers, the director of the CHAOS lab - the ironic acronym stands for Cooling & Heating for Architecturally Optimized Systems - is an expert in the field of architecture and building technologies which can enhance energy efficiency, and find uses for waste water. While touring the lab facilities, I met Nicholas from London, and James from Canada who were working on designing more reliable motion and heat sensors to control heating and cooling systems. According to them, not all currently available sensors are dependably accurate. They were also researching how such systems can detect polluted air for the purpose of improving air quality in buildings. In addition to working with these undergraduate students, Bozlar is also actively investigating new materials and technologies for green, energy-efficient cooling systems, with graduate students, Eric from Cinnaminson, N.J.; Dorit from New York City; and Hongshan from Harbin (China). Arriving from France in 2010 as a postdoctoral researcher, Bozlar had done his PhD in the field of nanomaterials, specifically carbon nanotubes, for energy-efficient electronics devices and lightweight composites structures for aerospace. Since then, his research has focused predominantly on nanosciences, the field that studies materials at the atomic scale - tens of thousands times smaller than human hair - which can provide innovative, even revolutionary, physical and chemical properties, which offer the potential for vast, new multi-functionality. Also at Princeton, Bozlar has been extensively working on a new material called graphene, for use in a multitude of applications, including energy-efficient tires or rechargeable batteries. For this project in particular, his major objective is to design new materials that can minimize rolling resistance in tires, and improve

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the longevity of batteries. His research has already resulted in the manufacturing and commercialization of composite materials with enhanced mechanical and thermal performances. Beyond the above-noted research, he has been investigating applications for piezoelectric materials - those in which electric charges (and thus energy) accumulate in response to mechanical stress or force. Such a force could come from flowing water, or flexible flooring material responding to foot traffic. Again, the over-arching idea is to find economical and efficient sources of energy. And finally, extending from his interest in and concern with climate change, he has recently joined the Climate Future Initiatives within the Princeton Environmental Institute. Like many researchers, he is keenly aware of the causes of, the impacts from, and the solutions to climate change. His professional contribution will continue to be researching new materials that can improve the production, usage, and storage of energy for a sustainable environment. By utilizing his expertise in materials science, he hopes to help develop those innovations that will be essential to solving the energy and environmental challenges we all face.

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Letters Continued from Page 4 phasis on quality education for his children. His desire for the best education for his children drove him to the high-ranking WW-P district in 2004. Along with excellence in education, diversity offered by the district attracted him and his family to the district. We followed them a year later for the same reasons. Rakesh is an active member of his community as a member of the Le Parc board for the last 10 years and president for the last four years. He volunteers in schools, on soccer fields, in fundraising for the WW-P Education Foundation and West Windsor Arts Council, and supports charitable organizations from the local HomeFront in Mercer County to educating girls in India (through Bitiya). It does not come as a surprise to me that he wishes to be on the school board to help maintain the excellence in education our district has achieved. Rakesh will bring much needed diversity

on the school board. With the extreme divergence of opinions and philosophies between parents within our district, Rakesh, with his understanding of the community, will work well with everyone for the ultimate benefit of our children. He will bring a different perspective to the board in a respectful manner. As parents, we need someone to be our voice, and Rakesh with his experience in the school district and understanding of the community, is the ideal candidate in my opinion. With a child currently in the school district he has a vested interest in its betterment and upkeep. His experience in the financial industry, excellent interpersonal skills, and hard-working personality will be an asset to the school board. I am proud to support Rakesh and I encourage everyone to support and vote for him. Suparna Mahableshwarkar West Windsor

Fish Continued from Page 4 amendment proposes a range of methods to determine if menhaden are overfished and, hence, if commercial fishing limits should be reduced. To maintain a healthy ocean ecosystem and food web, the best method is “Option E,” which will help ensure that menhaden are responsibly managed to benefit both humans and wildlife. This option recognizes the growing need of other species - including those on the rebound - for a steady food source. “We need to manage our fisheries recognizing all the ecological interconnections that exist,” said Tim Dillingham, executive director of the American Littoral Society, a coastal protection organization based in Sandy Hook. “The health of the men-

haden population is directly related to the health of osprey, whales and other ocean wildlife. We need to make our decisions aware of the fact that we can’t have one without the other.” Speak up for menhaden and all of the species that rely on this keystone fish! Please contact the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission and urge members to choose Option E in Section 2.6 of Amendment 3’s draft to the Atlantic menhaden’s Fishery Management Plan, and support ecosystem-based management. Email the Commission at comments@asfmc.org, and include “Draft Amendment 3” in the subject line. You can also go to the National Audubon Society’s action center athttps://act.audubon.org/on line actions/RtfM_OB-

voki0vnrx04RGHQ 2?ms=digital-adv-socialf a c e b o o k - x 20170905_menhaden& utm_source=facebook&utm _ medium=social&utm_campaign= 20170905_menhaden. To view the menhaden fishery plan, go to http://www.asmfc.org/uploads/f ile//59c162d5AtlanticMenhadenD raftAmendment3_PublicComment. pdf. And for more information on preserving New Jersey’s land and natural resources, visit the New Jersey Conservation Foundation website at www.njconservation.org or contact me at info@njconservation.org. Michele S. Byers is executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation in Morristown.

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Leah Rose-Seidan, left, and Courtney Weber take part in hands-on science, exploration and team building at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed.

Watershed outing helps Witherspoon students sharpen powers of observation Students from John Witherspoon Middle School came to the Stony BrookMillstone Watershed for two days of hands-on science, exploration and team building. Each team of about 110 students visited for one day to learn about the natural world with the Watershed’s educators. These outings offer an opportunity for team building and collaboration while the students learn science in a natural setting. The students learned about sustainability, team dynamics, built debris shelters and observed their surroundings for writing haiku poems based on their senses. Teachers said the Watershed trip helps unify students, who attended one of the four elementary schools last year or are newcomers to the Princeton Joint Unified School District. “This trip builds camaraderie,” said science teacher Jacques Bazile. “The haiku is observing nature as they get to know each other’s feelings through their communication in the poems. The shelter and team building are core; the students pay attention to team dynamics and who led and who followed.” Science teacher Allison Ramus said Watershed outings help students sharpen their powers of observation and energizes them in a new, different setting. “This fall trip is a get-to-

Above, left to right: Tyler Dzbenski, Henry Doran and Maz Majeski have some fun at the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed. Below, left to right : John Witherspoon Middle School students Julia Engelhart, Kate Morey and Shumona Bhattacharjya hug a tree.

know you adventure where the students meet new people,” she said. “At the same time, they are learning more about the environment

where they live.“ From trusting a new classmate to be led - blind folded - through imaginary watery obstacle courses to

building shelters from branches, bark and Japanese stilt grasses, the students were immersed in learning outdoors.

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RAFAEL C. CASTRO, M.D. P.A. Announces the closure of his medical practice in Princeton, NJ effective July 24, 2017. Patients can request for copies of their records from the ofﬁce at: 601 Ewing Street, Suite C-18 Princeton, NJ 08542 Phone: 609-924-1331 until the end of August 2017. Thereafter, requests can be made by contacting: Clary Document Management, Inc. 4730 Quebec Avenue North Minneapolis, MN 55428 Phone: 763-548-1320 Fax: 763-548-1325 Email: chartcontrol@clarydm.com www.clarydm.com

RECEDING GUMS Gum recession, which involves lowering of the gingival (gum) tissue around each tooth, becomes more prevalent with age; about half of older adults have at least one tooth affected by gum recession. Aside from aging, this condition may also be influenced by genetic factors. For instance, some people are born with thinner gum tissue than others, insufficient bone structure for overlying gums, and/or poorly positioned teeth, all of which predispose them to gum recession. Otherwise, it is possible that brushing teeth too aggressively (or with a brush with bristles that are too firm) may contribute to gingival recession over time. Whatever the cause, gum recession can lead to tooth sensitivity (due to exposed roots). The dentist should be consulted. There is no magic to avoiding

gum recession and achieving optimal dental hygiene success. Almost everyone can do it with a modest amount of time invested daily. Keeping up with home dental care as well as scheduling periodic cleanings and wellness exams are two important steps toward accomplishing the goal of a healthy mouth. For full-service dental care for all members of your family, please call us, 609924-8300, for an appointment at Montgomery Knoll, 192 Tamarack Circle, Skillman. Please e-mail your questions or comments to: drjamescally@yahoo.com

P.S. To avoid gum recession, brush your teeth gently with a soft-bristle toothbrush in circular motions or at a 45-degree angle to the teeth rather than straight up and down or across, which can traumatize gums.

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PACKET BRIEFS Princeton Human Services seeks donors Princeton’s Human Services Department seeks donors for its nineteenth (19th) Annual Holiday Gift Drive. For the past 19 years, Princeton Human Services, municipal employees, local businesses, and private donors have made hundreds of Princeton children’s holiday wishes come true by providing them with gifts for the holidays. With these hard economic times, the need is still great. That is why this year more than previous years your generosity is needed. Last year, the agency received more than 250 applications and is are expecting to receive just as many, if not more applications. Applications are received for children up to

age twelve (12), which includes 1-2 gifts they would like for the holidays, which are not to exceed $75 dollars. If you are interested in becoming a donor, please visit our website at www.princetonnj.gov/humanservices.html or fill out the appropriate form by Thursday, Nov. 30, 2017, or call the office at (609) 688-2055 between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.

Auction to support Senior Care Services The Senior Care Services of NJ (SCS, formerly known as Senior Care Ministry of Princeton) will be celebrating 30-plus years of community service to the greater Princeton area with Gin & Jazz, a dinner and silent auction, on Thursday, Nov. 2, at

6 p.m, with a pre-party beginning at 5 p.m. The music-filled event will take place at Trenton Country Club, 201 Sullivan Way, Ewing, N.J., and will celebrate four honorees: G. Alan Sullivan, Thomas A. Bracken, Laura & Joseph Sarubbi, and BHHS Fox & Roach Realtors (Princeton office). This is the SCS’s third annual benefit dinner, and this year’s silent auction winnings will feature an African safari trip, tickets to shows from McCarter Theatre’s 2017-2018 season, a golf outing for four at Jasna Polana, and more. Proceeds from the evening will go toward supporting the work of the SCS. The Senior Care Services, first established in 1984 under the aegis of St. Paul Church, Princeton, now serves the wider community as an independent non-denominational organization. A pioneer in the “aging in place” movement, the SCS helps seniors remain safely in the comfort of their own homes as long as possible, focusing on simple neighborly acts of kindness. The SCS organizes a network of some 50 volunteers to assist approximately seventy clients with rides to health-care related appointments, shopping, and friendly visits. The other two honorees for this year’s Gin & Jazz are equally committed to serving the community at large. G. Alan Sullivan, former president of the SCS Board of Trustees, served on the board for more than 20 years, and continues to work toward the greater good. Laura & Joseph Sarubbi have been parishioners of St. Paul Church for nearly 20 years, and since joining, have dedicated themselves to a lifetime of service in the community. For information on sponsorships and tickets to Gin & Jazz, visit www.seniorcareservicesnj.org, call 609-921-8888, or email info@seniorcareministry.org. Funded primarily by private donations, the SCS is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization.

Princeton Elks Lodge plans P.A.T.T. picnic The Princeton Elks Lodge #2129 and The Age-Out An-

gels Foundation will host a free P.A.T.T. (Police and Teens Together) picnic from 3 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, at the Elks Lodge, 354 GeorgetownFranklin Turnpike, Skillman, N.J. The event is designed to give teenage youth a chance to meet and mingle with members of law enforcement in a casual, relaxed and fun environment. The goal is simply to break down the barriers that exist and give youth a chance to view law enforcement as friends. The day will consist of team building events to create opportunities for youth and officers to engage as teammates. There will also be plenty of good food and good feelings. “We believe that our communities, our youth and our police are all safer when we pull together toward the common good,” said Donna Walker, Exalted Ruler of the Princeton Elks #2129. Teens in Mercer and southern Somerset counties are welcome to attend but they must be accompanied by an adult caregiver and everyone must be pre-registered to gain admittance. The pre-registration includes: Call 609-306-0821 or email to: Greg@AgeOutAngels.org as soon as possible because space is limited. Provide name and age of youth, name of caregiver who will accompany youth, phone and email. The P.A.T.T. picnic is hosted by the Princeton Elks #2129 in partnership with AgeOut Angels. To learn more about both organizations, go to www.PrincetonElks2129.com and www.AgeOutAngels.org.

Montgomery High to present Allen comedy Montgomery High School will present the comedy, “Don’t Drink The Water” by Woody Allen on Friday, Nov. 3, and Saturday, Nov. 4, at 7:30 at the high school at 1016 Rte. 601 Skillman, NJ 08558. The play is set in an American embassy somewhere behind the Iron Curtain in the 1960s. See what happens when The Hollanders, an American family from Newark, accidentally take pictures in a restricted area and are chased into the Embassy for asylum. The ambassador has just left

for a trip when the Hollanders arrive and Axel Magee, the ambassador’s less then competent son is left in charge. The cast includes: Jess Lubitz as Krojack the Communist Officer out to get the Hollanders; Sarah Merwin as Mrs. Hollander; her husband Mr. Hollander a caterer played by Matthew Jarzyna; and their free-spirited daughter Susan played by Genevieve Bouchonville; Lewis Gall as Father Drobney, the priest living in the attic for six years, passing the time practicing magic while he awaits his freedom; and Riley Bursh as Axel Magee the ambassador’s bumbling son, just to name a few. Tickets are $4 for students and senior citizens, $5 for adults. All seats are general admission. One dollar from each ticket will be donated to aid hurricane relief victims. For tickets or more information, call 609-466-7602.

MCCC schedules annual ‘Culinary Tasting Benefit’ A community feast is in store as the Mercer County Community College (MCCC) Hotel, Restaurant and Institution Management (HRIM) program prepares to host its fourth annual Culinary Tasting Benefit. The event, which supports MCCC students studying Culinary Arts, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8, in the Student Center Cafeteria on the West Windsor Campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. Central Jersey food aficionados will be greeted by chefs from more than a dozen of the region’s finest restaurants. Among the participating restaurants are Blue Bottle Café (Hopewell), Fenwick Hospitality Group (Princeton), The Gingered Peach (Lawrenceville), Jersey Girl Café (Hamilton), Jersey General Salsa Company, Nassau Inn (Princeton), Oni Ramen House (Princeton), Ravello by Toscano (Robbinsville), Small World Coffee (Princeton), Terra Momo Bread Company, Trattoria Procaccini (Princeton), and Wegmans Princeton. Guests will also have the opportunity to participate in a silent auction and raffle drawing for gift certificates and other items donated by partici-

pating organizations. All proceeds will benefit the Chef Anne Lumberger and Chef Shari Widmayer Pastry Arts Memorial Scholarship Fund. A scholarship will be awarded on the night of the event from past proceeds. The cost is $50 for general admission. (There is a discount for MCCC alumni, faculty and students.) Tickets are limited and must be purchased in advance. Tickets can be purchased online at www.kelseytheatre.net or at the Kelsey Theatre box office, located on the West Windsor Campus.

Volunteers needed for AARP program

AARP Foundation TaxAide is looking to expand its team of volunteers in the Mercer County area for the upcoming tax season. Soon approaching its 50th year, TaxAide offers free tax filing help to anyone, especially those 50 and older, who can’t afford a tax preparation service. TaxAide volunteers make a difference in their communities by assisting many older, lower-income individuals who might otherwise miss out on the credits and deductions for which they are eligible. Tax-Aide volunteers receive training and support in a welcoming environment. There is need for volunteer tax preparers, greeters, and interpreters. Volunteer tax preparers are required to complete tax preparation training and IRS certification in classes held on weekdays. AARP Foundation TaxAide has grown remarkably since its inaugural team of just four volunteers in 1968. The program now involves nearly 35,000 volunteers and serves 2.5 million clients annually at some 5,000 sites nationwide with free tax help. We have 12 sites in Mercer County. You do not need to be a member of AARP or a retiree to use or volunteer in this program. AARP Foundation Tax-Aide is offered in coordination with the IRS. To learn more about our volunteer opportunities, visit www.aarpfoundation.org/taxaide. If interested, contact Carol 609-252-1167.

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Few health topics have been discussed more frequently and comprehensively than those surrounding coffee drinking. As the pendulum of coffee’s possible effects swings from damaging to healthful and everything in between, a new study suggests coffee consumption may actually add years to coffee-drinkers’ lives. After analyzing the health data of nearly a half-million healthy individuals over age 35 from 30 different countries, researchers concluded that drinking three cups of coffee daily would increase a man’s life by around three months and a woman’s life by around a month, on average. Researchers say that they have found that coffee (even decaffeinated) lowers the risk of heart disease and diseases of the gut. The study is more suggestive than definitive. Too much of any one thing can have serious side effects, and the same is true of caffeine. More than 500 to 600 milligrams (about 5-7 cups) of caffeine a day can lead to significant dehydration. Moderation is key! ROBERT PLATZMAN, D.O. at 609-9218766. I accept Medicare and most insurance. The office is located at 601 Ewing St., Suite C7, in Princeton. Our website, www.drrober tplatzman.com, has more information about our practice. P.S. Drinking coffee before exercising increases performance, and drinking coffee with friends promotes socializing, both of which are known to extend one’s lifespan.

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Guadagno Continued from Page 1 Lempert said this week that it was not clear to her what Guadagno’s proposal was. She said her town follows the law and does not “protect anyone arrested for a violent offenses” but rather the town seeks to protect victims and witnesses of crime. Princeton officials shun the term sanctuary city to describe their municipality, but police limit their cooperation with federal Immigration and Customs and Enforcement by refusing to honor civil detainer requests by ICE. On its website, ICE said it “places detainers on aliens who have been arrested on local criminal charges and for whom ICE possesses probable cause to believe that they are removable from the United States, so that ICE can take custody of the alien when he or she is released from local custody.” The Trump administration has battled sanctuary

cities, with ICE stepping up immigration enforcement in them. For instance in Middlesex County this month, ICE said it had arrested 36 illegal immigrants during a five-day sting that ended last week. ICE said it had targeted those who had been locked up and then released by the county jail, which does not honor detainer requests, as well as other “criminal aliens residing in Middlesex County.” “Sanctuary jurisdictions that do not honor detainers or allow us access to jails and prisons are shielding criminal aliens from immigration enforcement and creating a magnet for illegal immigration,” acting ICE Director Tom Homan said in September. But Mayor Lempert said the town complies with a state Attorney General’s directive, from 2007, dealing with law enforcement’s interactions with federal immigration authorities. Police have to report, for instance, when they arrest an illegal immigrant for an indictable offense or drunken driving.

“As a municipality, we don’t operate a regular jail,” Mayor Lempert said in calling Princeton a “welcoming community.” “We can only hold people there for a very limited amount of time.” “Princeton,” Councilwoman Heather H. Howard said Tuesday, “is following the attorney general’s directive, which is still in force under the current administration. So I don’t understand why she’s now proposing a change in policy.” Howard said police will not “honor civil detainer requests because they’re not issued by judges.” Princeton has sought to foster good relations with the illegal immigrant community in town, stressed that police are not involved in immigration enforcement and want to make sure that segment of the community feels comfortable cooperating with police when a crime occurs. “So she’s politicizing public safety in a way based on untruths. And it’s really disappointing,” Howard said of Guadagno.

by injustice. “The older I get, the more frustrated I am with deficiencies in the legal system,” he said, adding, for example, that it would be possible to end wrongful convictions in our legal system. That not only would mean justice, but would save lots of money. Other issues he wants to write about are women’s prisons, juvenile prisons, and the opioid crisis and big pharma. He also talked about his writing process, the start of his career and some of his

favorite writers, such as Faulkner, Steinbeck, John le Carré, Pat Conroy and John. D. MacDonald. Shedding light on issues pertaining to the law is satisfying, but even as one of the country’s most successful lawyers, Grisham said his platform isn’t big enough to enact real change, the way movies and television can. He said he’s often asked if he’s recognized in public, but rarely is. “I’m a famous writer in a country where no one reads,” he said.

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are published, and the newest, “The Rooster Bar,” was released Oct. 24. It’s about students at a for-profit law school who find out their education isn’t likely to leave them with much except a lot of debt. They then decide to get revenge on the hedge fund manager who owns the school. For the last 10 or 15 years, Grisham’s plots have been structured around an issue, though he says his goal is not to preach but to entertain. Still, he’s troubled

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School board showers love on Cranbury in the past school year, 280, and the amount in tuition, $4.8 million, that the Middlesex County town had paid Princeton, among other details. Princeton said Cranbury tuition, for the current school year, “is expected to be the second largest source of revenue for the district’s operating budget.” But the district is in the midst of planning a referendum that might include a three-story addition at the high school, which already is 200 students

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The Princeton school district continued this week to highlight the value of having Cranbury students attend Princeton High School, a 26-year-old relationship that has come under question at a time when Princeton officials are consider an addition to the overcrowded high school. The district posted a fact sheet, on its website, outlining how many Cranbury students had attended

sues through changing, amending that relationship.” “And the short answer is, no there’s not any simple way or fruitful way to do that,” Sullivan said. “The Cranbury students are all Princeton students,” he said in calling it important from a “moral” and “social” standpoint “to continue this relationship.” “Cranbury people are our friends, our family and our colleagues. And we welcome them.” He added, “there is no

above capacity at a total enrollment of 1,620. With that enrollment figure projected to rise, Princeton is eyeing an addition as part of a larger ballot question, expected to go before voters in September 2018. At Tuesday’s school board meeting, board President Patrick Sullivan said officials realize that, “in a referendum year, questions will arise as to what is the financial contribution of Cranbury and would there be a simple way to solve some of our expansion is-

intention to do anything” differently. Fellow board member Justin Doran said “families and students from Cranbury are valued and vibrant contributors to the PHS academic, athletic and artistic community.” “In addition to that,” he continued, “they are our friends.” In terms of Cranbury contributing financially to the referendum cost, the Princeton fact sheet said a public school cannot “contribute to the capital im-

provements of another school,” the document read in part. “However, the interest due on capital bonds from a referendum is included in the calculation of tuition.” For the past school year, the tuition for Cranbury was $17,191 per pupil. “And so they are paying their fair share,” Sullivan said. Cranbury representative Evelyn Spann had left the regular public meeting before it started.

Proposed calendar shows schools to open, end earlier in Princeton year, to late August, based on a proposed calendar for 2018-19. Students’ first day of school will be Aug. 29, 2018 and their last day will

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The start of public schools in Princeton would be moved up a week next

be June 14, 2019, according to the district. By comparison, schools reopened this year on Sept. 7, with the last day of school set for June 19.

Superintendent of Schools Stephen C. Cochrane this week sought to offer the rationale behind the change. “Learning is actually … more valuable and kids are more engaged at the beginning of the year than they are at the very end of June,” he said Tuesday at the school board meeting. Cochrane also pointed to

testing schedules in New Jersey, like state and AP exams. “And so by having a few days at the beginning of the year rather than after those assessments, it actually serves our students better,” he said. He also touched on how students who either have jobs or plan to attend camp, either as a counselor or par-

ticipant, starting the third week of June. “So when we start later, we end later,” he said. Among other changes, students will not have school on Election Day next year, although teachers will have professional development, he said. The school board is expected to vote on the calendar next month.

Referendum Continued from Page 1 Cochrane said he would “love to return it to a school again and be a school that does serve the community and that honors the past even as it meets the needs of the present and the future … .” Cochrane outlined what else the referendum could include: one or two turf athletic fields; security and HVAC improvements at all schools; and office space for central administration staff if Valley Road, where those employees work today, beLegal Notices

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PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE TAKE NOTICE that the County of Mercer has filed a request with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, Green Acres Program, proposing to transfer ownership of certain parkland owned by the County of Mercer to Princeton. The parkland to be transferred, known as Herrontown Woods Block 2901 Lots 1&2, and Block 3001 Lot 7 & 8 consists of 143.5 acres and is subject to Green Acres restrictions.. Block 3001 Lot 11 containing 2.6 acres is currently under contract for county purchase. This lot will also be transferred to Princeton once acquired. The Green Acres restrictions on the parkland will be transferred with the parkland and will run with the property in perpetuity. Following the transfer, the property will continue to provide passive public access as a Princeton park.

NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held October 23, 2017 an ordinance entitled: 2017-52 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Revising the Definition of Floor Area to Address Cathedral Ceiling Space, and Amending the “Code of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, 1974” and the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968”was passed on second and final reading and adopted.

Wednesday November 29, 2017 7:00 pm All information submitted by the County of Mercer and Princeton to the Green Acres Program in support of these requested parkland transfers are available for public inspection at 1) the Mercer County Planning Office 640 S. Broad St., Trenton NJ 08650 and on the Mercer County website www.mercercounty.org and 2) Administrator’s office Princeton Municipal Building 400 Witherspoon Street Princeton, NJ 08540 website www.princetonnj.gov . Any interested party is invited to appear at the hearing and provide public comment in accordance with the rules of the County of Mercer and Princeton. Written comments on the parkland transfer request may be directed to Mark Dashield Princeton Administrator at 609-924-5176 and Leslie Floyd, Planning Director, Mercer County at 609-989-6545. Please send a copy of any comments submitted on this request to the NJDEP Green Acres Program, and Bureau of Legal Services and Stewardship, Mail Code 501-01, P.O. Box 420 Trenton, NJ 08625-0420. Public comment on these parkland transfer requests will be accepted during the public hearing or until December 8, 2017. On or after February 27, 2018 the County of Mercer and the Princeton may each take formal action to approve the proposed transfer of parkland, subject to approval of the transfer documents by the Green Acres Program. PP, 1x, 10/27/17 Fee: $46.20 Affidavit: $15.00

NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held October 23, 2017 an ordinance entitled: 2017-53 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Concerning Land Use Fees And Amending Chapter 10B of the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” was passed on second and final reading and adopted. Delores A. Williams Deputy Municipal Clerk

Delores A. Williams Deputy Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 10/27/17 Fee: $10.50 PP, 1x, 10/27/17 Fee: $11.55 NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held October 23, 2017 an ordinance entitled: 2017-51 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Concerning Conditional Uses in Residential Zoning Districts and Amending the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” and the “Code of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, 1974” was passed on second and final reading and adopted. Delores A. Williams Deputy Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 10/27/17 Fee: $11.55 PUBLICATION OF NOTICE (ref. R.S. 40:55D, 11 & 12 Princeton Twp. Municipal Code 10B-49 to 56.1 and Princeton Boro Municipal Code 17A-49 to 17A-56.1)

Pursuant to N.J.A.C. 7:36-25.5(a)3, a hearing to obtain public comment on this request will be held at: Princeton Municipal Building 400 Witherspoon Street Princeton NJ 08540 Main Meeting Room, Council Chambers

well as “alternate sources of revenue” to help defray costs. Asked afterward about why he didn’t bring up in his presentation dollar amounts for everything, Cochrane replied, “I wanted to keep the focus on sort of design and principles and not get it undercut by cost because we still don’t know what those are.” “What I wanted to emphasize,” he said, “was we’re going to ensure that the tax impact is a modest one.”

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NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held October 23, 2017 an ordinance entitled: 2017-54 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Authorizing the Acquisition of Easements for Traffic Signal Improvements at the Intersection of North Harrison Street and Hamilton Avenue From Block 31.03, Lot 60 (277 Hawthorne Avenue), Block 31.02, Lot 75.02 (88 North Harrison Street), Block 32.07, Lot 177 (200 Hamilton Avenue) and Block 32.12, Lot 1 (Queenston Commons) for a Total Amount Not to Exceed $25,000.00 was passed on second and final reading and adopted.

comes a school again. “We are woefully short of playing fields in this community for both (recreation) programs in the summer as well as for the scholastic programs that the school district runs,” he said. Another possibility is “space for a future elementary school,” he said, without being certain the district will need another elementary school based on demographic studies. The district, he said, would look at state grants as

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on the 8 day of November at 7:30 P.M., in the Main Meeting Room, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey, the Zoning Board of Adjustment of Princeton will hold a hearing on the application of the undersigned, at which time and place all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

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In accordance with West Windsor Township Code Chapter 4 Article V Section 4-20, the Mayor and/or Business Administrator will review 2018 Departmental Budget Submittals on Wednesday, November 29, 2017 at the Municipal Complex in Room C according to the following schedule: Department of Public Safety Department of Community Development Department of Human Services Department of Public Works Office of the Township Clerk Department of Administration

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Location of premises: 26 Moore St., Block 28.03, Lot 76 & 77

PUBLICATION OF NOTICE (ref R.S. 40 :550, 11 & 12 Princeton Twp. Municipal Code IOB-49 to 56.1 and Princeton Boro Municipal Code 17A-49 to 17A-56 .1)

Nature of application: To request variance relief to permit the construction of new covered porch / stairs to the backdoor entrance in exception to the required 35 ft. rear yard setback. The proposed stairs, which will be a foot higher in elevation than the existing stairs, is required to provide access to a portion of the first floor that has been raised in elevation by one foot to remove an existing change of level and create a single-level, barrier-free interior.

Notice is hereby given that on the 8th day of November 2017 at 7:30 P.M., Main Meeting Room, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey, the Zoning Board of Adjustment of Princeton will hold a hearing on the application of the undersigned, at which time and place all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

We also seek variance relief for two existing non-complying sheds that were constructed prior to our recent purchase of the property and for which no prior approval has been found. The shed located in the rear yard has an existing setback of 0.40 feet where a 5 foot setback is required. The shed fronting on Willow Street is subject to a 15 foot setback whereas the existing setback is 3.7 feet. The existing sheds are screened from view by a six foot high wooden fence. The Applicant will also apply for such other variance relief, exceptions, waivers, permits, approvals or licenses that are deemed necessary or appropriate by the Applicant or the Board, and which may arise during the course of the hearing process. All documents relating to this application are on file in the office of the Zoning Board in the Municipal Complex, 400 Witherspoon Street and are available for inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m.

NOTICE

Location of premises: 175 Cedar Lane Princeton. Block 8702 Lot 18 Nature of application: Variance relief for approval of a parking spot in exception to the required 15ft side yard set back.

The Applicant will also apply for such other variance relief, exceptions, waivers, permits, approvals or licenses that are deemed necessary or appropriate by the Applicant or the Board, and which may arise during the course of the hearing process.

All documents relating to this application are on file in the office of the Zoning Board in the Municipal Complex, 400 Witherspoon Street and are available for inspection between the hours of 9:00 a.m, and 4:00 p.m.

Peter Szego

Denis Boyle Danielle Boyle

PP, 1x, 10/23/17 Fee: $39.80 Affidavit: $15.00

PP, 1x, 10/27/17 Fee: $ Affidavit: $15.00

ORDINANCE #2017-57

Ordinance #2017-58

AN ORDINANCE BY PRINCETON PURSUANT TO N.J.S.A. 40A:12-21(L) AUTHORIZING THE CONVEYANCE FOR NOMINAL CONSIDERATION TO HABITAT FOR HUMANITY, BURLINGTON COUNTY AND GREATER TRENTON-PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY AFFILIATE, INC., BLOCK 15.02, LOT 71 PRINCETON MUNICIPAL TAX MAP.

AN ORDINANCE BY THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRINCETON REGULATING HANDICAPPED PARKING ON CHESTNUT STREET AND AMENDING THE “CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, 1968” AND “CODE OF THE BOROUGH OF PRINCETON, NEW JERSEY, 1974.”

BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of Princeton as follows:

BE IT ORDAINED by the Mayor and Council of Princeton as follows: Section 1. Section 11-11.1 of the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey 1968” (“Township Code”) establishing designated handicapped parking zones is hereby amended by adding the following new reference to Chestnut Street (additions are underlined and deletions are [bracketed]): Sec. 11-11.1. Handicapped parking zones. (a) No person shall park a vehicle in the following designated handicapped parking zones unless said person has been issued a special vehicle identification card, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-205 by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission: Chestnut Street. Chestnut Street, East side, from a point one hundred twenty-one feet north of the Spruce Street curbline to a point twenty-two feet northerly, one space.

WHEREAS, Princeton acquired certain real property commonly known as 31-33 Lytle Street and designated as Block 15.02, Lot 71 on the Princeton Municipal Tax Map on October 9, 2017; and WHEREAS, the purpose of the acquisition was to provide for the construction of two units of affordable housing as that term is defined by the New Jersey Fair Housing Act, N.J.S.A. 52:27D-301 et seq.; and WHEREAS, Habitat for Humanity, Burlington County and Greater Trenton-Princeton, New Jersey Affiliate, Inc. (“Habitat”) is a non-profit corporation organized for the purpose of constructing housing for low and moderate income household; and WHEREAS, Princeton wishes to convey for nominal consideration the Property to Habitat for the construction of two units of affordable housing, one a three-bedroom unit and the other a two-bedroom unit for sale to households which participate in the Habitat Program and who are qualified to be income eligible under the terms and conditions of the Princeton Affordable Housing Program. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Princeton Council as follows: 1. Princeton is hereby authorized to convey the above-referenced property for nominal consideration to Habitat for the purpose of having Habitat construct thereon two units of affordable housing which will be made available for sale to households which qualify as income eligible under the Princeton Affordable Housing Program. 2. This conveyance shall be subject to Princeton and Habitat entering into a Municipally Sponsored Affordable Housing Agreement and the execution and recording of Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions implementing affordable housing controls on the Property. The proposed Agreement and Declaration of Covenants are on file in the Office of the Municipal Clerk and may be inspected during regular office hours. 3. The Mayor and Clerk are hereby authorized and directed to enter into a Contract of Sale subject to the aforementioned Affordable Housing Agreement and Declaration of Covenants to convey the Property to Habitat. 4. This ordinance shall take effect upon passage and publication as provided for by law.

Section 1. Section 11-11.1 of the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey 1968” (“Township Code”) establishing designated handicapped parking zones is hereby amended by adding the following new reference to Chestnut Street (additions are underlined and deletions are [bracketed]): Sec. 11-11.1. Handicapped parking zones. (a) No person shall park a vehicle in the following designated handicapped parking zones unless said person has been issued a special vehicle identification card, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 39:4-205 by the New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission: Chestnut Street. Chestnut Street, East side, from a point one hundred twenty-one feet north of the Spruce Street curbline to a point twenty-two feet northerly, one space.

The purpose of the ordinance is to establish a handicapped parking zone on Chestnut Street in accordance with endorsements from the Princeton Police Department and the Traffic Safety Committee.

Section 2. Section 19-23 of the “Code of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, 1974” (“Borough Code”) establishing designated handicapped parking zones is hereby amended by adding the following new reference to Chestnut Street (additions are underlined and deletions are [bracketed]): Sec. 19-23. Nonmetered on-street parking zones. (d) Parking time limited to two hours. (1) No person shall park a vehicle for longer than two hours at any time between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 6:00 P.M., Monday through Saturday, upon any of the following streets or parts of streets: Chestnut Street, east side, from a point 270 feet north of Route NJ 27 (Nassau Street) to Hamilton Avenue, except as permitted in a designated handicapped parking zone. Section 3. The appropriate signs shall be posted and pavement markings installed to implement the requirements of this Ordinance. Section 4. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately. The purpose of the ordinance is to establish a handicapped parking zone on Chestnut Street in accordance with endorsements from the Princeton Police Department and the Traffic Safety Committee.

The foregoing ordinance was introduced at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on October 23, 2017 and will be further considered for final passage after a public hearing thereon at a meeting of said Mayor and Council to be held at the Princeton Municipal Complex, 400 Witherspoon Street on November 13, 2017, which begins at 7:00 p.m.

Delores A. Williams, Deputy Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 10/27/17 Fee: $55.65

Delores A. Williams Deputy Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 10/27/17 Fee: $55.65

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Friday, October 27, 2017

MERCER COUNTY NOTES

can be found on sample ballots mailed to registered voters. Voters who applied for a Vote by Mail ballot, but did not turn the ballot in and wish to vote in In response to Mercer person at their polling location Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s new Vote by Mail ini- may do so by utilizing a provitiative for all registered Mercer sional ballot. County voters, the Office of the Mercer County Clerk, the County Superintendent of Elec- Sample ballots tions, and the County Board of available online Elections have extended their hours for Vote-by-Mail process- for election General election sample ing in order to make it more accessible and convenient for all ballots for Mercer County are voters who wish to utilize the now available for preview on the Mercer County Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Vote-by-Mail services. Locations for extended website. By placing sample ballots hours: Office of the Mercer County Clerk - 240 W. State for each of Mercer Countyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 12 Street, 7th Floor, Trenton. Mer- municipalities on the web, the cer County Superintendent of public is able to preview candiElections & Board of Elections dates for State and local races - The Joyce McDade Adminis- on the ballot for Tuesday, Nov. tration Building, 640 South 7, 2017. Voters are encouraged Broad Street, Room B-08, Tren- to use these sample ballots to familiarize themselves with the ton. Extended hours for the Mer- ballot layout, where candidates cer County Clerk and Superin- are located on the ballot, and do tendent of Elections: Sunday, any research on candidates or Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. issues that the voter deems necSaturday, Nov. 4 from 9 a.m. to essary. Under state law, a sample 1 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 5, from 10 ballot must be delivered by a.m. to 2 p.m. Extended hours for Mercer mail to every registered voter County Board of Elections: prior to each election. HowSunday, Oct. 29 from 10 a.m. to ever, the County Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s office 3 p.m.; Saturday, Nov. 4, from 9 has placed sample ballot infora.m. to 2 p.m.; Sunday, Nov. 5 mation on the Mercer website as an additional convenience from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Voters who are having is- for voters. To preview a sample sues with registration should ballot online, go to www.mercontact the Superintendent of cercounty.org/countyclerk and Elections, while residents who visit the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Election Sample Balwish to apply or drop off a Vote lotsâ&#x20AC;? section. Sample ballots by Mail application must do so are listed on the right by town. Sample ballots are not the at the Office of the Mercer County Clerk. Voters who wish same as â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vote-by-Mailâ&#x20AC;? balto turn in their Vote by Mail ballots, as they cannot be voted lot in person may do so at the upon. If you wish to vote by Board of Elections. Sheriffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s of- mail, and did not receive an apficers will be on site to provide plication by mail, you can direction and security at all lo- download an application on the cations, along with each officeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s County Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website and follow instructions to obtain a helpful staff. Election Day is Tuesday, paper ballot. Or, you can visit Nov. 7. Polls are open from 6 the Mercer County Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ofa.m. through 8 p.m. for voters fice to apply during regular preferring to cast their ballot on business hours, from now until conventional voting machines at 3 p.m. on Nov. 6, 2017, the day their designated polling loca- before the General election and tions. These polling locations pick up a ballot.

Election officials add extended hours

Body of missing student found

The Mercer County Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office continues its mission to assure that citizens have every opportunity to be informed about elections. Should you have any question about a ballot, you may contact the Clerkâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Election Office at 609-9896494. To request a Vote-by-Mail application, voters can call 609989-6494. Vote-by-Mail applications also are available on the web at www.mercercounty.org/countyclerk in both English and Spanish. Further, Vote-by-Mail applications are available in additional languages on the Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s website at http://www.njelections.org/voting-information-vote-bymail.html.

Howell Farm corn maze now open

closes one hour after the latest entry time. The maze includes a courtyard with music, games, photoops and pedal tractors for kids. Hayrides, food, a farm stand with pumpkins, and the farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s traditional hay bale maze is also offered. The maze is the annual fundraiser of the all-volunteer Friends of Howell Farm, a registered 501c3 non-profit organization. Proceeds from the maze are used to support the farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2DC;s historic preservation projects and its educational programs for schools. Howell Farm is owned by the County of Mercer and operated by the Mercer County Park Commission. The corn maze is located on Valley Road one mile west of the farm. GPS address: 17 Valley Road, Hopewell Township, N.J. 08530. The farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Visitor Center and historic site are located

at 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township. Visiting hours at the farm are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. For more information, call the farm office at (609) 7373299 or visit www.howellfarm.org or www.mercercountyparks.org.

Veteran ID cards available U.S. Military veterans residing in Mercer County should now obtain their county photo identification card that also designates their status as a veteran. The low cost identification card is available to all Mercer County veterans in acknowledgement for their service rendered to the United States of America. Veteran ID cards are always available free to U.S. veterans during the following periods:

the week of Veterans Day (Nov. 10 - Nov. 22); Pearl Harbor Remembrance Week (Dec. 4 - Dec. 15). Outside of these weeklong periods, veterans would pay a special reduced fee of $10, half the normal price for an ID card, which makes now the perfect time for veterans to pick up one for free as Veterans Day approaches. The requirements for a Mercer County ID card are: must be a Mercer County resident for at least six months; must produce the following: A valid birth certificate with a raised seal, a United Stateâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s passport, or a naturalization certificate, a valid NJ motor vehicle license or voter registration card or, lease agreement. For further information on how to obtain a Mercer County photo identification card, call 609-278-7108 or visit www.mercercounty.org.

Howell Farmâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s 21st annual Corn Maze opens with wild and wooly challenges for those prepared to navigate its 10foot-tall corn and match wits with its MazeMaster. The maze is a giant, walk-on puzzle whose pathways form the image of a shepherd and flock of sheep, a familiar sight at the nearby Howell Farm. Maze-goers who find the puzzle pieces can solve its three-way game board and will be eligible for prizes, boasting rights and top billing on the mazeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s big scoreboard. Those seeking the ultimate challenge can try solving the maze in the dark, when moon, stars and lamplight are needed to find the way out. Team-building challenges for schools, community groups and businesses are available on weekdays, by reservation. General admission is $10 for ages 10 and older, $8 for children ages 5-9 and free for children 4 and under. In October, entry hours are from 5 to 8 p.m. Fridays, noon to 8 p.m. Saturdays, and noon to 4 p.m. Sundays. On all dates, the maze

Obituaries

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By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Legal Notices

Legal Notices BOROUGH OF HELMETTA PUBLIC NOTICES NOTICE OF SALE OF PROPERTY FOR NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES, ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER MUNICIPAL LIENS PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT I, Tina McDermott, Collector of Taxes of the Borough of Helmetta, In the County of Middlesex, will sell at public sale on THE 9TH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 2017 AT THE Collectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, municipal Building, 51 Main Street, Helmetta, New Jersey, at 1pm (EST)or at such other time and place to which said sale may be adjourned at the said Collectorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Office, each and all of the several lots and parcels of land assessed to the respective persons whose names are set opposite each respective parcel as the owner thereof for the total amount of municipal liens chargeable against said lands respectively, as computed up to the 31st day of December 2016, as required under the provisions of Article 4, Chapter 5, Title 54, of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, 1937, entitled â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sale of Real Property to Enforce Liensâ&#x20AC;? Section 54:5-19 to 54:5-111, and amendments thereto. Parcels are to be sold subject to rollback taxes under the Farmland Assessment Act of 19994, Improvement assessment Installments not yet due, and omitted or added assessment for Improvements as provided in N.J.S.A. 54:4-63.2 and 54:4-63.31. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE that said lands will be sold at 18% interest or less to make the amount of municipal liens chargeable against redemption at the lowest rate of interest. The payment for the sale shall be made before the conclusion of the sale by cash, certified check, money order, pre-approved wire transfer, or bank letter of credit (approved by the Tax collector prior to sale) or the property shall be resold. Properties for which there are not other purchasers, shall be struck and sold to the Borough of Helmetta in accordance with said act of the Legislators,. Interest on subsequent liens shall be allowed as provided by law. At any time prior to the sale, said Collector will receive payment of the amount due on any property with interest and costs incurred by cash, certified check or money order. Industrial Properties may be subject to the spill Compensation and Control Act (NJSA 58:10-23, 11), the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Water Pollution Control Act (NJSA 58:10A1) and the Industrial Site Recovery Act (NJSA 13:1K-6). In addition, the municipality is precluded from issuing a tax sale certificate to any prospective purchaser who is or may be in anyway connected to the prior owner or operator of the site. In the event the owner is on active duty with the military, the Collector should be notified immediately. The land and premises to be sold are described as follows: Block 13 18 18 18 18 18 20 20 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 21 22 25 26 28 30 31 32 32

Lot 47 6.18 6.23 6.32 9.02 10.02 3 29.01 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 7.1 35 48 13 19.01 3 1.01 6.01 1 10 11.01

Qualifier

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Owner Name DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO SAPORITO, JAYSON VAN ORDEN, DENNIS JR. & LISA SCHIAVONE, CRAIG & JAMES BRIGGS,RICHARD W. JR. & KIMBERLY JAMISON, JEAN BROTHERS INVESTMENTS, INC. BOHINSKI, CHARLES & SANDRA ROLDAN, THOMAS LEE, JUNG K KASHKONIS,MICHAEL & MARY ANNE MAVERICK PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC WARD, DOROTHY STONEHURST INVESTMENTS FISHER, TODD J VANBRUNT, MELISSA HENDERSON, LYNAE NEMEC, DAVID & CHRISTINE DONOVAN, VICTOR DLUGOSZ,WANDA GROVER,CHUCK & MARY DOLCE, KRISTIN ROSOFSKY, DAVID & DAIA NUNEZ, BRENDA WELLS FARGO BANK NA ASCIOLLA,VINCENT & GINA GRIGGS,III,REGINALD A.& ROSEMARIE O

Totals

Amount 1,281.72 559.43 617.58 9,526.94 187.07 2,470.12 11,450.30 15,054.78 941.90 77.32 826.99 872.01 505.14 778.61 726.02 848.49 1,130.17 1,249.25 865.95 921.41 327.61 271.11 1,264.20 322.29 826.37 1,240.62 1,195.31 56.338.71

Type WS WS WS TWS WS TWS T T WS S WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS WS S WS WS WS WS WS

T - Property Taxes W - Water S - Sewer E - Electric O - Utility A - Sp Assmnt 1 - Misc 2 - Boarding Up 3 - Demolition PP, 3x, 10/13/2017, 10/20/2017, 10/27/2017 Fee: $336.00

Property Location 42 MAIN ST 32 LAKEVIEW DRIVE 42 LAKEVIEW DRIVE 60 LAKEVIEW DRIVE 9 JOHN ST. 11 JOHN STREET 23 MAPLE ST 2 LAKE AVE. 112 RAINTREE CT. 408 CHESTER CT. 1007 MEADOW CT. 1203 STONERIDGE CIR. 1308 STONERIDGE CIR. 1607 STONERIDGE CIR. 1608 STONERIDGE CIR. 2203 CANDLELIGHT CT. 2606 CANDLELIGHT CT. 19 LAKE AVE 33 MADELINE COURT 20 BORGHAUS ROAD 19 OLD FORGE RD. 6 AVENUE A 3 OLD FORGE ROAD 18 AVENUE B 22 AVENUE B 7 PARK PLACE 5 PARK PLACE

Legal Notices

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF THE PRINCETON ABBEY MANAGEMENT, LLC

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF CMS PAC HOLDINGS, INC.

Notice is given that the Annual Meeting of the Members and Directors of The Princeton Abbey Management, LLC., a New Jersey Limited Liability Company, will be held at 1:00 p.m. on the 1st day of November, 2017 to elect Officers of the Company and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. The meeting shall be held at Hollywood Memorial Park Offices located at 1621 Stuyvesant Avenue, 2nd Floor, Union, New Jersey, 07083.

Notice is given that the Annual Meeting of the Members and Directors of CMS PAC Holdings, Inc., a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation, will be held at 9:30 a.m. on the 1st day ofNovember, 2017 to elect Officers and Directors of the Corporation and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. The meeting shall be held at Hollywood Memorial Park Offices located at 1621 Stuyvesant Avenue, 2nd Floor, Union, New Jersey, 07083. PP, 3x, Oct. 13, 20, 27, 2017 Fee: $35.70 Affidavit: $15.00

Bernard E. Stoecklein, Jr. President PP, 3x, Oct. 13, 20, 27 2017 Fee: $37.80 Affidavit: $15.00 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF PRINCETON ABBEY AND CEMETERY, INC. Notice is given that the Annual Meeting of the Members and Trustees of the Princeton Abbey and Cemetery, Inc., a New Jersey Non-Profit Corporation, will be held at 12:30 p.m. on the 1st day of November, 2017 to elect Trustees ofthe Corporation and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. The meeting shall be held at Hollywood Memorial Park Offices located at 1621 Stuyvesant Avenue, 2nd Floor, Union, New Jersey, 07083. Bernard E. Stoecklein, Jr. President PP, 3x, October 13, 20, 27, 2017 Fee: $37.80 Aff: $15.00 NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF CMS PAC SERVICES, LLC Notice is given that the Annual Meeting of the Members and Directors of CMS PAC Services, LLC, a New Jersey Limited Liability Company, will be held at 9:40 a.m. on the 1st day of November, 2017 to elect Officers and Directors of the Company and for the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. The meeting shall be held at Hollywood Memorial Park Offices located at 1621 Stuyvesant Avenue, 2nd Floor, Union, New Jersey, 07083. Bernard E. Stoecklein, Jr. President

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PP, 3x, October 13, 20, 27, 2017 Fee: $33.60 Afft: $15.00 The Griggstown Cemetery Association The Annual Meeting of the Griggstown Cemetery Association will be held on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at @ 7pm in the Griggstown Reformed Church Parlor, 1065 Canal Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 PP, 1x, 10/27/17 Fee: $6.30 Affidavit: $15.00

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SPORTS 12A

Friday, October 27, 2017

The Princeton Packet

WHAT’S UP

Hare, PHS boys run to Mercer County titles

RESULTS

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

Princeton U football The Princeton University football team improved to 51 on the season with a 52-17 victory at Harvard last Friday. It was the third straight week that the Tigers scored 50 or more points in a game. Chad Kanoff, who completed his first 21 passes of the night, threw for 421 yards and two touchdowns for the Tigers, who improved to 2-1 in the Ivy League. Jesper Horsted caught 13 passes for 246 yards and two touchdowns, while Stephen Carlson caught 11 passes for 103 yards and a touchdown. Charlie Volker spearheaded the rushing attack with 53 yards and three touchdowns. The Tigers will play as the host to Cornell on Saturday in a 7 p.m. game at Princeton Stadium. The game will be televised by the NBC Sports Network.

MHS tennis The Montgomery High girls’ tennis team captured the Group IV state championship with a 3.5-1.5 victory over Watchung Hills on Oct. 19. The Cougars swept the doubles and picked up a triumph at singles from No. 1 player Rhea Shrivastava. Amy Yan and Allie Yan won at first doubles, while Sasha Demo and Katie Parsons were winners at second doubles. In the Tournament of Champions, Montgomery topped Kinnelon, 5-0, on Monday in its opening match before dropping a 3-2 decision to Holmdel in the semifinals on Tuesday. The Cougars finished the season with a 17-3 record.

PHS volleyball The second-seeded Princeton High girls’ volleyball team captured the championship of the West Jersey Interscholastic Volleyball League Tournament with a 25-21, 25-12 decision over top-seeded Rancocas Valley on Monday at Rider University. Rachel Cheng produced 13 assists and Anna Cao collected seven kills and seven service points to guide the Little Tigers. Gillian Hauschild contributed seven kills in the victory. Princeton had reached the final with a dramatic 24-26, 25-21, 25-20 triumph over third-seeded West WindsorPlainsboro South. Cheng finished with 36 assists and Cao had 12 kills in the victory. Princeton is now 28-1 on the season.

State field hockey The Montgomery High field hockey team opened the North Jersey, Section 2, Group IV tournament with a 4-0 victory over Franklin on Tuesday. Bauke Gatzen recorded a goal and two assists in the victory for the eighth-seeded Cougars. Kate Baldauf, Payton Edwards and Kylla Prezkop each hit for a goal to support the shutout goalkeeping of Colleen Hennessey. Montgomery, which improved to 8-11, advanced to face topseeded Bridgewater-Raritan in the quarterfinals on Saturday. Princeton is the No. 5 seed in Central Jersey, Group IV and will play at fourth-seeded Lenape on Saturday in the quarterfinals.

JAMESBURG - The Princeton High boys’ cross-country team learned how to win big meets a year ago —and those lessons have carried over into this season. The Little Tigers are proven winners off of what they achieved last season. in 2016, Princeton raced to championships in the Mercer County meet as well as earning titles in the Central Jersey, Group IV and state Group IV meets en route to the program winning the state Meet of Champions. While some of the names in the lineup have changed, Princeton started on the road to similar results when it finished first in the Mercer County Championship meet last Friday at Thompson Park. “We talk a lot about success in cross-country being about consistency.,” Princeton coach Jim Smirk said. “Not just consistency in a race, but consistency year after year. We have talked a lot about team culture and what it means and how hard it is to do it over and over again. I think this is a stepping stone. Certainly, it was not our best race. It’s not perfect. But we did what we needed to do to win.” Led by the overall winner, Will Hare, and the second-place finisher, Acascio Pinheiro, the Little Tigers placed first with 50 points, while Hopewell Valley was the runner-up with 58 points and West Windsor-Plainsboro South finished third with 71 points. Princeton Day School finished 16th and the Hun School was 18th. Hare finished first overall in 15:46, which was eight seconds ahead of Pinheiro. Alex Ackerman finished 12th (16:29), while Tucker Zullo was 17th and (16:44) and Jackson Donahue came in 18th (16:47). “We knew going into this that South and Hopewell were great teams,” Ackerman said. “Our mindset was if we do what we have to do we could win. I thought we

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The Princeton boys put five runners in the top 18, including second-place finisher Acascio Pinheiro, left, who finished just eight second behind teammate and winner Will Hare. The Princeton girls finished second in the county meet, led by senior Chloe Taylor who finished second and junior Siena Moran, right, who finished sixth. executed our plan very well today. “Last year we had such a deep run. I think we knew going into this year that if we just had the same mindset we had last year and everyone just trusts the training that we could get it done.” Princeton put five runners in the top 18, while Nicholas Delaney finished 24th and Jackson McCarthy ended 28th to round out the seven runners for the Little Tigers. Having a solid pack behind the top two finisher made the

biggest difference for Princeton. “That is what is so good about our team,” Ackerman said. “I think it is hard to see sometimes on the outside. But we are all such good friends and I think on the course and off that course that really shows. During the race, Tucker Zullo and I were basically running shoulder to shoulder through the first two miles and Nick and Jackson were running with us as well. “I think with that reliance on

each other, we’re all going go put that best effort out there. We all trust each other that we are going to get the job done. We have confidence in each other and we know we can take risks and our teammates will step up.” Princeton was strong at the top with Hare and Pinheiro, but also showed its depth by putting three more runners in the top 18. It’s the same recipe for success that lifted the Little Tigers to their titles last See TITLES, Page 13

Applegate set for induction into PHS Hall of Fame By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

Jesse Applegate graduated from Princeton High School in 2004 with his name on the school’s swimming record board in four different events. Visitors to the Princeton pool at John Witherspoon School will no longer see Applegate’s name on the record board. And part of the reason for that is Applegate himself. After graduating from Rutgers University in 2008, Applegate got into coaching with local club teams X-Cel and Princeton Tigers. While coaching those teams, he would go on to work with swimmers who would eventually move on to Princeton High and break his school records. “My swimmers I coached broke my records,” Applegate said with a laugh. “The Princeton boys who won the state championship, at one point, I coached every single guy on that team. Between X-Cel and Tigers I had some exposure to every kid on that team. When they broke one of my records, I was at the meet or around the area. It was nice because you don’t want someone you don’t know to break your record. It was nice to have kids I knew and mentored break my records.” Applegate left Princeton with school records in the 50 freestyle, 100 freestyle and a pair of relays (200 free and 400 free). He also helped the team to three straight Mercer County championships and state sectional championships. On Nov. 18, Applegate will be among those who will be inducted into the Princeton High School Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony will be held at Mercer Oaks

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Jesse Applegate will be among those inducted into the Princeton High School Athletic Hall of Fame during a ceremony on Nov. 18 at Mercer Oaks in West Windsor. in West Windsor. Applegate will be inducted into the Hall of Fame along with PHS graduates Tom Patrick, Erin Cook and Fraser Graham. Former PHS boys basketball coach Doug Snyder will be inducted as well as the 1992-94 boys’ basketball teams that captured three straight state sectional championships. “It is a great honor,” Applegate said. “I am absolutely looking forward to it. I have all my friends and family coming and even some clients will be attending.” While at Princeton, Applegate

won the 50 free and 100 free in the Mercer County meet as both a junior and a senior. As a senior, he finished second in both events at the Meet of Champions. His 21.31 clocking in the 50 free, which he swam in the state final against Mainland, was a PHS record that last nine years. He also swam 46.99 in the 100 free, a record that lasted eight years. “Jesse rose to the competitive environment and where other people perceived pressure he saw it as an opportunity to swim his best,” former Princeton coach Greg

Hand said. “He loved to race. He just worried about preparing himself and doing well and after that it was all about supporting his team.” Applegate did not swim as a freshman, but put together three outstanding seasons with the Little Tigers. “He loved to compete,” said Hand. “But in addition to that, as a young athlete from the time he started swimming, he was interested in figuring out the mechanics of all the strokes but particularly freestyle. And his other characteristic was not just being there for himself, but for the team as well. He put a lot into it and was always there for every guy every swim.” After graduating from Princeton, Applegate swam for three years at Rutgers before the college dropped the men’s swim program. Applegate coached with X-Cel Swimming, the team he swam for as a youth, as well as with Tiger Aquatics, while also spending some time as a volunteer coach with the Princeton University women’s team. Applegate currently owns and operates Mobifit Performance (www.mobifitperformance.com), which specializes in strength conditioning, wellness and performance. He was a trainer at Princeton Fitness and Wellness before starting his own businesss. The induction ceremony will run from 6-10 p.m. Tickets are $55 and all proceeds go towards scholarships for current Princeton High School student athletes. Individuals interested in purchasing a ticket or contributing to the scholarship fund can contact Bob James at 921-0946 or email the Hall of Fame Committee at princetonhighhof@gmail.com.

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Little Tigers fall in MCT after impressive run to final By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

Once the Princeton High field hockey team reached the Mercer County Tournament championship game, the goal then became to win a county title. But prior to its run to the final, Princeton had set different goals when it came to the MCT. As the No. 6 seed in the tournament, the Little Tigers looked at the draw and hoped to achieve two things — to reach the final and avenge regular-season losses to Robbinsville and Allentown along the way.

Princeton did just that, upsetting third-seeded Robbinsville in the quarterfinals and second-seeded Allentown in the semifinals before falling to top-seeded Lawrenceville, 5-0, in the final last Saturday at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor. “That was our goal, to change the result of some of our losses from earlier in the season,” Princeton coach Heather Serverson said. “I think we did that. We played well in the first few rounds. I told them before the game that no matter what happens with the outcome of this game, we

made it to the finals. And looking at how we started our season, to be able to have transform the way that we did was great.” Princeton had lost to both Robbinsville (5-0) and Allentown (2-1) in earlier meetings this season, but came back and posted victories over those teams in the MCT. In the county final, the defense limited Lawrenceville to one goal for the first 25 minutes before the Big Red scored twice just before halftime for a 3-0 lead. Despite allowing five goals, the Princeton defense played well.

“They’re solid,” Serverson said of her defense. “But we just couldn’t seem to stop all of the shots that they took. They were great shots.” Princeton, which fell to 10-6-2 with the loss to Lawrenceville, has played much better over the second half of the season. A large part of that was the result of solid leadership from upperclassmen. “I think it showed, especially the younger players, what they are capable of,” Serverson said of the run through the MCT. “We might not have that consistency that we need yet. But I

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Continued from Page 12 year. “I think last year we were more looking at it as Meet of Champs and regionals were where we needed to be competitive,” Ackerman said. “But I think this year we knew we had to go hard here, but we still need to peak at the same time we did last year at Meet of Champs and regionals. “I think Coach Smirk and the other coaches have done a really good job with making sure we peak later in the season. It was great we were able to win today. But I still feel confident that at Meet of Champs and regionals we can still have success there.” The biggest surprise this season has been the performance of Zullo, who ran in the JV race at this meet a year ago and finished sixth. Thanks to their experience of a year ago, the Little Tigers know all about winning. And they have carried

think it is a good experience because it shows them at a young age, look what we are able to do. Imagine what we can do moving forward. “(The older players) really help to keep the other girls calm and resilient in stressful situations because they themselves have had these experiences before. The young ones weren’t exactly sure what to expect. But just hearing their voices on the field and the confidence that they bring really paid off.” Princeton, which was 50-1 in the six games prior to the loss to Lawrenceville, is seeded fifth in the Central

Jersey, Group IV state tournament and will play at fourth-seeded Lenape on Saturday. Serverson would simply like to see her team keep playing improved field hockey. “More of what we have been doing well,” Serverson said of what she wants to see from her team. “We have been playing as a unit and that is what I have been emphasizing from the beginning. In the beginning we played like individuals and we were losing. And now we have more game awareness and we’re aware of where are teammates are. It has made a huge difference.”

PHS boys fall in MCT soccer semis over the success of last year right into this season. “I think we learned a lot last year,” Smirk said. “We had never been there before so we learned a lot about that. I think we are trying to learn about the pressures of having every team look at us and say get them. I think today we did a nice job and really put that together. Princeton finished second in the girls’ county meet with 91 points, which trailed only West WindsorPlainsboro South, the champion with 34 points. Senior Chloe Taylor led the Little Tigers with a second-place finish. Taylor crossed in 19:41, while Devon Hoernlein of Allentown placed first in 18:54. Also for Princeton, junior Siena Moran was sixth overall in 20:18, while senior Lauren Cleary finished 15th in 21:06. Elizabeth Hare finished in 31st place, while Chloe Ayers was 39th.

Taylor had the top effort of the day with her strong second-place effort. For the PDS boys, sophomore Kevin Dougherty was the top finisher in 65th place in 18:16. Freshman Gunner Clingman finished 82nd (19:09), senior Thomas Betterman was 94th (19:43), senior Nicholas McLean was 101st (19:52), and sophomore Justin Mortman finished in 105th place (19:59). “Our team’s performance for the whole year has been tremendous,” PDS coach John Woodside said. “I am really proud of these kids. We did not have our best day today, but that is not the point right now. (The Prep B meet) is our whole season.” Dougherty continues to make nice progress on the course during his sophomore season. “We have seen him go from a fledging freshman last year to a No. 1 runner

and it has really solidified the front of our pack,” Woodside said. Junior Martin Adams was the top finisher for Hun, covering the course in 17:29 to finish 34th. Sophomore Liam Kelso was 95th (19:44), while sophomore Andy Deng was 117th, junior Paul Argiriou was 119th and junior Charles Zhang was 124th. Hun ran several runners in the JV and freshman races, each of whom had their best effort of the season. On the girls’ side, Cindy Qin was the top finishers for the Raiders, finishing 84th. Shirley Mu came in 86th and Tarah Sipos was 93rd. “Our girls team has had a lot of injuries this year so we have had a hard time getting a varsity squad together,” Butler said. “But our girls went out and ran hard and each one of them had a pretty good day.”

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All season long, the Princeton High boys’ soccer team has found itself in tight games. The Little Tigers’ matchup with Pennington in the Mercer County Tournament semifinals on Tuesday might was no exception. In a battle between last year’s co-champions, Princeton held a Pennington scoreless while it had scored one goal for the slim lead. Princeton held the lead through most of the second half before Pennington scored with just under six minutes to play. The Red Raiders would score in overtime for the 2-1 victory and a berth in the final, which was scheduled for Thursday night against West Windsor-Plainsboro South. “It was a great game,” Princeton coach Wayne Sutcliffe said. Princeton had taken a 10 lead in the opening half when a wonderful service into the box by Galil Cohen

was turned into a goal by Drew Beamer. “It was a really well executed set piece,” Sutcliffe said. “Drew found a way to get under it and get enough air on it.” The lead held up until the 74th minute when Pennington’s Ibrahima Diop scored to tie the game. Princeton had chances to score before and after the goal that tied the game but just couldn’t convert. Princeton will play Holmdel on Saturday in its final game of the regular season before the Little Tigers open the state tournament on Tuesday at home against Middletown South. The Princeton girls’ soccer team fell to Nottingham, 2-1, in the opening round of the MCT. Devon Lis scored the lone goal for the Little Tigers. The Princeton Day School girls topped West Widsor-Plainsboro North, 50, in the opening round before falling to Steinert, 1-0, in the quarterfinals. Ariana Jones scored twice in the opening-round win.

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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

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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

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

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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

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.

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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. For tickets and information, go to www.kelseyatmccc.org or call 609-5703333.

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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. 7635. 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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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.

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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-

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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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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. Listed by Donna M. Murray Sales Associate, REALTOR

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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.

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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! All must be sold! 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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