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Scott wins Township Committee seat By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer
Democrat Matthew Scott defeated Republican Nancy Witt on Tuesday to win a seat on the Township Committee. He won with 688 votes to 622 for her, according to totals from the Middlesex County Clerk’s office. He will replace Deputy Mayor Susan Goetz, who is retiring from the governing body. His victory means Democrats will continue to hold a 4-1 majority. “I’m thrilled, very excited,” he said, by phone Wednesday, about winning. In explaining his victory, he at-
tributed it to “energy and shoe leather.” He said that during the campaign, a lot of Republican voters told him that they would be voting Democrat for the first time “because they liked what I had to say, they liked some of the plans I have for the town.” For her part, Witt on Wednesday congratulated Scott on his victory. “He’s got an exciting opportunity to serve a wonderful community,” she said, “and I wish him well.” The race was a contest between candidates seeking public office for the first time. Witt called running for Township Committee a “wonderful op-
portunity for me to grow, to learn about my community, to get more invested in it (and) work with some wonderful people.” In looking ahead to his work on the governing body, Scott touched on improving downtown infrastructure and ensuring the new library comes to “fruition as soon as possible.” “It’s just important for Cranbury not only as a community space,” he said, “but also as an economic engine to help the businesses downtown and to … revitalize the downtown, to make it a destination for people in the towns around us to come and eat and drink and be seen and see other people.”
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Dixon, Rue, Spann, Katz win seats on school board By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer
Amy Dixon, Lisa Rue and Evelyn Spann won seats on the Cranbury Board of Education Tuesday, while Peter Katz won an uncontested race to fill a oneyear-term. In the four-way race for three seats, Dixon finished with 640 votes, Spann 620, Rue 579 and Francis McGovern in fourth place at 536. “I’m grateful to have the opportunity to serve on the board,” said Rue, who will be holding public office for the first time. “It’s my hometown school, so I’m definitely looking forward to it. So I hope to be an effective, contributing member.” While Rue will begin her first term in January, Spann will begin her fourth. In a phone interview Wednesday, she said the experience is an asset. “I think it takes a term or two before you sort of figure it out,” she said. “And you figure out like, really, what boardsmanship is about and how you can be more effective.” Looking to the next three years, she is buoyant about Cranbury’s future. The school recently was named a Blue Ribbon School by the federal government; teacher retention is good; and officials are in the midst of a strategic plan. “We’re really poised in a good position,” she said. The district is beginning a long-range facilities plan that will require officials to “strategically align our finances so that we are putting money in the right places,” in her words. In the race for a one-year- unexpired term, Katz finished with 749 votes.
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The East Windsor Township Police Department initiated the following police reports through Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017.
A 25-year-old Toms River man was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and with having a cracked windshield after being stopped at 9:28 a.m. Oct. 27 on Route 130. While on patrol an officer observed a vehicle being operated with a cracked windshield and a motor vehicle stop was conducted. The investigation revealed that a passenger in the vehicle was in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The passenger was arrested and later released pending court action.
A 27-year-old from East Windsor was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia, being an unlicensed driver, having a controlled dangerous sub-
stance in a motor vehicle and failing to maintain lane after being stopped at 10:01 a.m. Oct. 29 on Yorkshire Drive. While on patrol an officer observed a vehicle being operated in the opposite lane of travel against traffic and a motor vehicle stop was conducted. The investigation revealed that the driver of the vehicle was unlicensed and in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The driver was arrested and later released pending court action.
Route 130 North. While on patrol the officer observed a vehicle being operated while failing to yield to an emergency vehicle and a motor vehicle stop was conducted. The investigation revealed that the driver of the vehicle was in possession of heroin and drug paraphernalia. The passenger was also found to be in possession of drug paraphernalia. Both the driver and the passenger were arrested and later released pending court action.
A 39-year-old man from Spotswood, N.J., was charged with possession of heroin, possession of drug paraphernalia, having a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle, failure to yield to an emergency vehicle and for having an unclear license plate; and a 20-year old woman from New Brunswick was charged with possession of drug paraphernalia after being stopped at 3:08 p.m. Oct. 30 on
A 20-year-old man from Spotswood, N.J., was charged with possession of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and for having a controlled dangerous substance in a motor vehicle after being stopped at 11:43 a.m. Oct. 31 on Old Trenton Road. While on patrol the officer observed a vehicle with an inoperable brake light and a motor vehicle stop was conducted. The investigation revealed that the driver of the vehicle was in possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia. The driver was arrested and later released pending court action.
charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute, possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana, possession of drug paraphernalia and distribution of a controlled dangerous substance with 1,000 feet of a school zone; and a 23year-old Lawrenceville man was charged with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia after an investigation conducted at 10 a.m. Nov. 1 on Madison Drive. A drug investigation led to the issuance of a search warrant for a Madison Drive residence. During the search officers located marijuana and drug paraphernalia. One resident and another individual present were arrested and later released pending court action. The Hightstown Police Department initiated the following police reports from Oct. 28 through Nov. 6, 2017.
A 23-year-old Staten Island man was arrested Oct. 28 for possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, during the course of A 24-year-old East a motor vehicle stop on Windsor man was South Main Street. He
was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, issued motor vehicles summonses, and released on a summons complaint with a pending court date. A 29-year-old Trenton man was arrested Oct. 30 for an active warrant out Hightstown Municipal Court, during the course of a motor vehicle stop on Stockton Street. He was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, and issued motor vehicle summonses with a pending court date. He was later released from custody after posting bail. A 27-year-old Hightstown man was arrested Nov. 1 for possession of a controlled dangerous substance, possession of drug paraphernalia, and trespassing, after patrol was dispatched to the Townhouse Garden Apartments for a suspicious person. He was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, and issued a summons complaint with a pending court date. He was then transported to the Mercer County Adult Correctional Facility, in lieu of bail, for an active warrant out of Hightstown Municipal Court.
A 54-year-old Staten Island man was arrested Nov. 3 for an active warrant out of Elizabeth Municipal Court, during the course of a motor vehicle stop on Main Street. He was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, and released after posting bail.
A 43-year-old Plainsboro man was arrested Nov. 4 for possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, during the course of a motor vehicle stop on North Main Street. He was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, issued motor vehicle summonses, and released on a summons complaint with a pending court date.
A 27-year-old Trenton man was arrested Nov. 6 for possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia, during the course of a motor vehicle stop on South Main Street. He was transported to police headquarters, booked, processed, issued motor vehicle summonses, and released on a summons complaint with a pending court date.
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New book helps kids discover family heritage By Steve Guggenheim Correspondent
It started back in second grade. Seven-year old Stephen Cohen received a homework assignment to find out where his family was from. For Caryn Alter, it was college. She had to do a paper on her family. Little did they realize it at the time, but what those two assignments did for each of them was to start a lifelong interest in genealogy. Cohen, who lives in Hightstown, and Alter, who lives in East Windsor, are both members of Beth El Synagogue in East Windsor. They started attending the synagogue’s Genealogy Club. The two also are members of a choir and commuted together to practice and would regularly talk about genealogy. They realized there wasn’t any book to help children who wanted to find out about their family’s heritage. Out of that came the seeds for a book titled, “What’s In a Name,” even though neither had ever written a book before. The book took seven months to write and was published in March by Hadassa Word Press. The subtitle is, “A Young Person’s Jewish Genealogy Workbook.” Both had in mind similar ideas of what should be included. They split up the book. Karen would write a chapter with input from Steve and vice
versa. Some chapters they did together. So, what’s in a name? They say someone’s name can be the key that opens up the door to their genealogy or family background. In the Jewish religion many are named after someone who has died. They are given a Jewish name that may or may not be similar to the English name. With the name you have the beginning of your research. For Caryn, family is why her name starts with a “C” instead of the more traditional “K.” If you like solving puzzles, exploring mysteries and learning history then genealogy is for you. They also say it can unlock the mystery of things you like and things you don’t. Cohen says he found branches of his family that had similar traits. For example, one group was very musical. Through research you also may discover certain customs that can help identify your background. Why does your family sing certain songs at the holidays, while another family sings something else? Why do you refer to certain things by one name, while another uses a different word for the same item? That may indicate where the family originated. They each found family members around the world they didn’t know existed.
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Stephen Cohen and Caryn Alter, both members of Beth El Synagogue in East Windsor, have co-written “A Young Person’s Jewish Genealogy Workbook” to help children who want to find out about their family’s heritage. The book is aimed at middle school kids, with a target age of 11-15. It’s really a workbook. One page has spaces to list traits they think may exist in their family. Another page has a checklist of items they may find in their homes that will be keys to their background - a driver’s license, a pass-
port, pictures, identity papers and souvenirs are just a few of the things that may help unlock the past. The book has a cautionary page for parents. Through research the children may discover unexpected things such as adoptions and divorces. The two Beth El mem-
bers say the thing that surprises them the most is how many people believe the workbook is not just for kids, but for adults starting out in their genealogical research. The book is published on demand. It can be purchased on Amazon, www.morebooks.de or at the Beth El gift shop.
Election night may have brought surprises in some communities, but not in East Windsor Township or Hightstown Borough. None of the incumbents who were seeking re-election to the East Windsor Township Council, the Hightstown Borough Council and the East Windsor Regional School District school board faced opposition, and were easily re-elected. In East Windsor Township, incumbent Township Council members Denise Daniels, Alan Rosenberg and Perry Shapiro won re-election. Daniels received 3,962 votes, Rosenberg got 3,947 votes and Shapiro earned 4,012 votes. The term is for four years. Hightstown Borough Councilmen Connor Montferrat and Charles “Lee” Stults, both Republicans, won re-election to three-year terms. Montferrat received 663 votes and Stults earned 705 votes. At the East Windsor Regional School District, incumbent school board members Erica DiRaimondo received 2,850 votes, Peter J. Bussone got 651 votes and Jennifer P. Drake garnered 656 votes. DiRaimondo represents East Windsor Township on the school board, and Bussone and Drake represent Hightstown Borough.
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Mayor Janice S. Mironov cuts the ribbon for the grand opening of Sherwin Williams in The Shoppes at East Windsor on Route 130 South. Pictured (from left to right) are: council member Denise Daniels; council member Alan Rosenberg; Brandon Penland, district manager for Sherwin Williams; council member Peter V. Yeager; Mayor Mironov; Deputy Mayor Perry M. Shapiro; council member Marc Lippman; Justin Joo, store manager East Windsor Sherwin Williams, and Dennis Lupton, sales representative, East Windsor Sherwin Williams.
Historic Stony Brook bridge reopened By Lea Kahn Staff Writer
Five months after being closed for safety reasons, U.S. Route 206 and the historic Stony Brook bridge were reopened to motorists Nov. 2, following extensive repairs to the stone arch bridge that crosses Stony Brook. U.S. Route 206 was closed between Lovers Lane in Princeton and Carter Road in Lawrence Township while repairs were being made to the bridge. The $7.4 million project,
which also included replacing the bridge over the Stony Brook flood plain, was completed on time and on budget, said David Lambert of the state Department of Transportation. An array of government officials and representatives from the project’s contractors and engineers gathered on the bridge shortly before noon Thursday to officially reopen the bridge - although the first cars and trucks did not pass over it until later in the day. Lambert said that while he looks forward to ribbon-
Legal Notices MEETING NOTICE To conform with the Sunshine Laws regarding meetings, the Monroe Township Board of Education hereby gives notice that the Board of Education will hold a Public Board of Education Meeting on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at Monroe Township High School, 200 Schoolhouse Road, Monroe Township, New Jersey 08831. Formal action will be taken at this meeting. Respectfully submitted, Michael C. Gorski, CPA Business Administrator/Board Secretary CP, 1x, 11/10/17 Fee: $13.02 Affidavit: $15.00 NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS Docket No. F-004480-17 Superior Court of New Jersey Chancery Division Middlesex County (L.S.) STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO: Nirpal Singh Dhah, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, their or any of their successors in right, title and interest YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to serve upon Buckley Madole, P.C., counsel for the plaintiff, with an address of 99 Wood Avenue South, Suite 803, Iselin, NJ 08830, with a telephone number of 732-902-5399, an Answer to the Amended Complaint filed in a civil action where Nationstar Mortgage LLC is the plaintiff and Nirpal Singh Dhah, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, their or any of their successors in right, title and interest, et al. is the defendant. The action is pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Middlesex County, and bears Docket No. F-004480-17. Your Answer must be filed within thirty-five (35) days of November 10, 2017, excluding that date, or if this publication runs after November 10, 2017, within thirtyfive (35) days after the actual date of publication, excluding that date. If you fail to file an Answer, judgment by default may be entered against you for the relief demanded in the Amended Complaint. You shall file your Answer and Proof of Service in duplicate with the Clerk of the Superior Court, Hughes Justice Complex – CN 971, Trenton, NJ 08625, with a copy to Buckley Madole, P.C., in accordance with the NJ Rules of Court. This action has been instituted for the purpose of (1) foreclosing a mortgage dated May 7, 2007 made by Balbir S. Dhah and Jagir Kaur, his wife, as Mortgagors to Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., recorded in the Middlesex County Clerk's Office on May 25, 2007 in Book 12381, page 0151 which mortgage was assigned to the above named Plaintiff, which has the right to enforce the note secured by the mortgage; and (2) to recover possession of the land and premises commonly known as 41 Sharot Street, Carteret, NJ 07008 and is further described as Lot 4.022, Block 5702 (formerly Block 158). If you are unable to obtain an attorney, you may communicate with the New Jersey Bar Association by calling 732-249-5000. You may also contact the Lawyer Referral Service of the County of venue by calling (732) 828-0053. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may contact the Legal Services office of the County of venue by calling (732) 2497600. YOU, Nirpal Singh Dhah, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, their or any of their successors in right, title and interest are made a party defendant to this foreclosure action because Nirpal Singh Dhah passed away on July 22, 2015 residing in the Township of Carteret, County of Middlesex, and State of New Jersey. Plaintiff has confirmed that there are no probate proceedings of record filed in Middlesex County. Further, we performed an obituary search and no heirs were revealed. In the event that there are any other heirs at law and next of kin of decedent Nirpal Singh Dhah who are not named herein, Plaintiff herein further joins as a precaution the following party defendant for any lien, claim or interest they may have in, to or against the subject premises: Nirpal Singh Dhah, his heirs, devisees and personal representatives and his, their or any of their successors in right, title and interest.
cutting ceremonies for DOT projects, this one is special. The Stony Brook bridge is the oldest bridge on a state highway in New Jersey. The bridge, which is a successor to an earlier wooden bridge that crossed Stony Brook, was built in 1792 and widened in 1916. It was closed temporarily for emergency repairs in February 2016 after part of the parapet collapsed. It was subsequently decided to close the bridge to make permanent repairs. The project involved strengthening the bridge infrastructure atop the three stone arches, which were preserved for aesthetic - but not functional - reasons. Field stones from the 1792 bridge also were reused along the sides of the bridge. The remaining stone wall of the former Worth’s Mill also was stabilized. “Rehabilitating the oldest bridge on a state highway in New Jersey is no easy task,” Lambert said. But the project, done in coordination with the Princeton Historic Preservation Commission, provided an opportunity to document 18th-century bridge-building methods while also improving and strengthening the bridge by using 21stcentury techniques, he said. Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert, who also attended the bridge reopening ceremony, said she was “so happy to be here” as she stood on the Stony Brook bridge. She thanked all who had worked on the project.
Noting the bridge’s historic significance, Mayor Lempert said it “serves as a physical reminder of Princeton’s important role in the early years of our republic. Long live the new Stony Brook bridge.” British and American troops crossed the bridge as they clashed with each other, including on the morning of Jan. 3, 1777 the date of the Battle of Princeton, and a turning point in the Revolutionary War. Elizabeth Kim, Princeton’s historic preservation officer, also praised the collaboration between the State Historic Preservation Office, the state Department of Transportation officials and Princeton officials. Then, Mayor Lempert and DOT Assistant Commissioner Lambert pulled aside a red cloth that covered a stone plaque. The stone plaque, which was salvaged from the old bridge, stated its 1792 construction date and noted that Princeton is 40 miles from Philadelphia and 56 miles from New York City. Behind the plaque is an informal time capsule - the brainchild of two masons who worked on the project that contains old photographs and a short history of the Stony Brook bridge. The time capsule also contains detailed entries from old diaries from the mid-1800s, kept by the miller who lived in the fieldstone house to the south of Worth’s Mill.
Michelle M. Smith Clerk of Superior Court of New Jersey CP, 1x, 11/10/17 Fee: $50.22 Affidavit: $15.00 Superior Court of New Jersey Chancery Division County Middlesex Docket No. F-023766-17 NOTICE TO ABSENT DEFENDANTS STATE OF NEW JERSEY TO:
ARMAND A. JULG, HIS HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND HIS OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST AND MARY ANN B. JULG, HER HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND HER OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST
YOU ARE HEREBY SUMMONED AND REQUIRED to serve upon Udren Law Offices, P.C., plaintiff's attorneys, whose address is Woodcrest Corporate Center, 111 Woodcrest Road, Suite 200, Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08003, telephone number (856) 669-5400, an Answer to the Complaint filed in a civil action, in which Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC is plaintiff, and ARMAND A. JULG, HIS HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND HIS OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST, CHERYL BUONAVOLONTA, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE AND KNOWN HEIR OF THE ESTATE OF MARY ANN B. JULG AND KNOWN HEIR OF ARMAND A. JULG, JENNIFER CONSTANTINO, KNOWN HEIR OF MARY ANN B. JULG AND ARMAND A. JULG, MARY ANN B. JULG, HER HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND HER OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST, JANE DOE, TENANT (NAME BEING FICTITIOUS), JOHN DOE, TENANT (NAME BEING FICTITIOUS), STATE OF NEW JERSEY, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY - INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE, are defendants, pending in the Superior Court of New Jersey, Chancery Division, Middlesex County, and bearing Docket F- 023766-17 within thirty-five days after November 10, 2017, exclusive of such date. If you fail to do so, judgment by default may be rendered against you for the relief demanded in the Complaint. You shall file your Answer and proof of service with the Clerk of the Superior Court of New Jersey, 25 W. Market Street, CN-971, Trenton, New Jersey 08625, in accordance with the rules of civil practice and procedure. This action has been instituted for the purpose of 1) foreclosing a Mortgage dated 07/09/2009 made by Armand A. Julg, Mary Ann B. Julg as mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for GMAC Bank recorded on 07/24/2009 in Book 13498 of Mortgages for Middlesex County, Page 0655 ; Said Mortgage was then assigned to Ocwen Loan Servicing, LLC on 07/24/2017, recorded on 08/21/2017, in Book 01216, Page 0644 ; and 2) to recover possession of, and concerns premises commonly known as 149 Grove Avenue, Woodbridge, NJ 07095, Block 555.02 f/k/a 555.B; Lot No. 7. If you are unable to obtain an attorney, you may contact the Lawyers Referral Service in the county of venue by calling (732) 828-0053. If you cannot afford an attorney, you may communicate with the Legal Services Office of the county of venue by (732) 249-7600. You, the heirs, devisees and personal representatives of, ARMAND A. JULG, HIS HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND HIS OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST AND MARY ANN B. JULG, HER HEIRS, DEVISEES AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVES AND HER OR ANY OF THEIR SUCCESSORS IN RIGHT, TITLE AND INTEREST, and his, their or any of their successors in right, title and interest are made party defendants herein by virtue of the death of ,deceased, the owner of mortgaged property being foreclosed herein, because you may have an ownership interest in the mortgaged property and for any right, title or interest you may have in, to or against the mortgaged property. Michelle M. Smith, Esquire Clerk of the Superior Court CP, 1x, 11/10/17 Fee: $54.87 Affidavit: $15.00
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Cranbury Historical & Preservation Society Pot Luck Supper at 6:30 p.m. and preservation program at 7:45 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury, 22 S. Main St., Cranbury.
Sat. Nov. 11
Children’s Author Visit with Barbara DiLorenzo from 3:30-4:30 pm at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Join local author/illustrator Barbara DiLorenzo as she shares her new book “Renato and the Lion.” Afterwards paint your own watercolor pictures. Copies of the book will be available for purchase & signing. Registration required beginning 10/27 at www.mcl.org.
Mon. Nov. 13
Coupon Swap all day at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Drop in anytime during the day to bring coupons to share and take what you need. Coupons will also be available all month under our magazine collection. Preschool Art Class with Mrs. Mehta and Mrs. Poonam from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will learn drawing and painting techniques from local art instructors. Messy play clothes, please. Lunch Time Meditation from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Join us for some guided mediation during your lunch hour. Help yourself regain the peace lost through busy mornings
and smoothly get through the rest of the day. Presented by library staff member Leena, a 10-year practitioner of Rajyoga meditation. Adult English Learner Writing Class from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Improve your writing skills for school and work. Taught by an experienced volunteer from Literacy NJ (formerly Literacy Volunteers). K-6th grade tutoring from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children in grades K-6 will get homework help. Registration required in person or by phone at (609) 448-1474. Craft Circle from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Adults & teens 14 & up. Crafters of all skill levels are invited to join the library’s new crafting group. Bring your knitting, crochet, embroidery, quilting, paper or other project and work on it with other crafters. Drop in anytime during this monthly meeting to work on a project, share what you’ve made and chat over light refreshments.
Tues., Nov. 14 Story Time with Miss Liz from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and a craft. Siblings welcome. Blood pressure monthly checks from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Drop in for a blood pressure
check from our local public health nurse. Beginning Spanish class from 5 to 6 p.m., Citizenship Exam Review from 6 to 7 p.m. and Learning English with Victor from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Register in person or by calling (609) 448-1474. for any of these three classes. Baby Play and Learn from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Cranbury Public Library, 23 N. Main St. Babies birth to 18 months are invited to get ready to read. Fifteen minutes of stories, songs and socialization, then stay and hang out. For children and their caregivers, babies only, please. Enroll online or at the library. Limit six babies with caregivers. Spinning Yarns Craft Circle at 6:30 p.m. at the Cranbury Public Library. Join us for an hour of knitting, crocheting, crafts and conversation. All levels welcome.
Wed., Nov. 15 Story Time with Miss Liz from 10:30-11:15 am at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and a craft. Siblings welcome. Midweek Math Tutoring from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Drop in math help for first grade-high school students with Peddie School student tutors.
Thurs., Nov. 16 The Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor, Werner Lecture Fund, will present the film, “An Unknown
Country,” at 7 p.m. The film presents the story of European Jews who fled Europe escaping the Nazi terror to find refuge in an unlikely destination: Ecuador-barely known at the time. This event is free and tea, coffee and dairy desserts will be served. Beth El Synagogue is located at 50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor, NJ, 08520; 609-443-4454; www.bethel.net. Friends of the Hickory Corner Library Fall Book Sale will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. for Friends members only and from 6 to 8:30 p.m. to the general public at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Browse through thousands of gently used books, DVDs and CDs. Proceeds are used to purchase materials for the library and provide special programs for adults and children, including the Summer Reading Program. New: Brown Bag Book Club from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Join us as we begin a lunch time book discussion group! In this first get-together we will discuss books we’ve read & pick a title to read & discuss at our next meeting. Bring your lunch. Beverages and a light dessert will be provided. The Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor Seniors welcome Rabbi Jay Kornsgold as he presents “When laws go wrong: Is there defense against bad laws?” at 1 p.m. Laws are presented, passed and enacted. But sometimes, this is done in a vacuum where their specifics are decided upon without thought given to reality of shifting lifestyles
and needs. What do we do then? Some last for far too long and become so ingrained in the political thought process that they are never reviewed or even considered for review. They may be obsolete, invalid because of changes in living conditions or even permit actions of citizens that are directly opposed to the safety or rights of others. With this in mind, join us as we review a number of laws that affect us civilly and religiously and their significance, relevance and present day morality. The meeting is free and light refreshments will be served. Beth El Synagogue is at 50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor, NJ, 08520; 609443-4454; www.bethel.net.
Fri., Nov. 17 Friends of the Hickory Corner Library Fall Book Sale will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Browse through thousands of gently used books, DVDs and CDs. Proceeds are used to purchase materials for the library and provide special programs for adults and children, including the Summer Reading Program. Russian Music & Story Time from 10:30 to 11:15 am at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St., Hightstown. Children ages 6 month-4 years will enjoy stories & music from Russia. Then socialize with other children and their caregivers. Your Balance & Fall Prevention from 2 to 3 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St., in Hightstown. Learn to improve your balance & what
to do to prevent falls. Please wear sturdy shoes & comfortable clothes for the exercise component. The class will be taught by a health educator with Princeton Healthcare Community Education & Outreach. Please register at www.mcl.org.
Sat., Nov. 18
Friends of the Hickory Corner Library Fall Book Sale will be held 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Browse through thousands of gently used books, DVDs and CDs. Proceeds are used to purchase materials for the library and provide special programs for adults and children, including the Summer Reading Program. Yoga for Beginners from 10:30 to noon at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Learn simple and powerful yoga postures to improve stability and balance. No physical agility or prior yoga experience needed. Bring a mat or large towel. Bilingual instruction (Spanish and English) by a trained Isha facilitator. Please register at www.mcl.org.
Sun., Nov. 19
Friends of the Hickory Corner Library Fall Book Sale/Bag Sale will be held 1 to 4 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Browse through thousands of gently used books, DVDs and CDs. Proceeds are used to purchase materials for the library and provide special programs for adults and See CALENDAR, Page 7
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Calendar Continued from Page 5 children, including the Summer Reading Program. The annual WindsorHightstown Area Ministerium (WHAM) Ecumenical Community Thanksgiving Service will be held at St. Anthony of Padua Church oat 7 p.m. Clergy from the congregations of WHAM will be leading the service. St. Anthony of Padua, 251 Franklin St., Hightstown, N.J. 08520
Mon., Nov. 20
Mystery Book Club will meet at 7 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. The group will be discussing Moriarty by Anthony Horowitz. New members are always welcome and no registration is necessary. Sing-Along with Kim Yarson from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St., Hightstown. For ages birth-5 & a caregiver. Dance to Kim’s highenergy guitar music as she plays classics and original songs. Registration suggested at www.mcl.org. Lunch Time Meditation from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St., Hightstown. Join us for some guided mediation during your lunch hour. Help yourself regain the peace lost through busy mornings and smoothly get through the rest of the day. Presented by library staff member Leena, a 10 year practitioner of Rajyoga meditation. Adult English Learner Writing Class from 2 to 3
p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St., Hightstown. Improve your writing skills for school and work. Taught by an experienced volunteer from Literacy NJ (formerly Literacy Volunteers). K-6th grade Tutoring from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St., Hightstown. Children in grades K-6 will get homework help. Registration required in person or by phone at 609-448-1474. A History of Hightstown from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St., Hightstown. Local historian, Cappy Stults, will talk about the early history of Hightstown. Come learn more about your community and how it came to be what it is today! Please register at www.mcl.org.
Tues., Nov. 21 Library Apps for Android Devices class will be held at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Learn how to access free magazines, movies, music and books directly on your device through the Mercer County Library System. This includes ebooks and audiobooks using Overdrive, magazines using Flipster; music on Freegal and movies and books using hoopla. Bring your device, charged and ready to go, and your library card. Call the library to register at (609) 448-0957. Story Time with Miss Liz from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown.
Children ages 2-6 will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and a craft. Siblings welcome. Beginning Spanish class from 5 to 6 p.m., Citizenship Exam Review from 6 to 7 p.m. and Learning English with Victor from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Register in person or by calling (609) 448-1474. for any of these three classes. Baby Play and Learn from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Cranbury Public Library, 23 N. Main St. Babies birth to 18 months are invited to get ready to read. Fifteen minutes of stories, songs and socialization, then stay and hang out. For children and their caregivers, babies only, please. Enroll online or at the library. Limit six babies with caregivers.
Wed., Nov. 22 Story Time with Miss Liz from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes & a craft. Siblings welcome.
Sun., Nov. 26 Movie: The Big Sick at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Join us for a screening of the popular movie starring Kumail Nanjiani & Zoe Kazan. Rated R, 120 minutes. A small snack will be provided. Sponsored by the Friends of the Hickory Corner Library.
Mon., Nov. 27 Nonfiction Book Group will meet at 2 p.m.
at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. The group will be discussing Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard. No registration is necessary and new members are always welcome. Preschool Art Class with Mrs. Mehta and Mrs. Poonam from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will learn drawing and painting techniques from local art instructors. Messy play clothes, please. Lunch Time Meditation from 12:30 to 1 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Join us for some guided mediation during your lunch hour. Help yourself regain the peace lost through busy mornings and smoothly get through the rest of the day. Presented by library staff member Leena, a 10-year practitioner of Rajyoga meditation. Adult English Learner Writing Class from 2-3 pm at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Improve your writing skills for school and work. Taught by an experienced volunteer from Literacy NJ (formerly Literacy Volunteers). K-6th grade tutoring from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children in grades K-6 will get homework help. Registration required in person or by phone at (609) 448-1474. Tween-Parent Book Club from 7-8 pm at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in
Hightstown. Children in Grades 3-5 and their parents are invited to enjoy snacks and discuss this month’s book. Call the library at (609) 448-1474 for the book title.
Tues., Nov. 28 Story Time with Miss Liz from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St., Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes & a craft. Come in Halloween costume. Siblings welcome. Beginning Spanish class from 5 to 6 p.m., Citizenship Exam Review from 6 to 7 p.m. and Learning English with Victor from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St., Hightstown. Register in person or by calling 609448-1474 for any of these three classes. Free Immigration Legal Clinic from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St., Hightstown. Register in person or by phone at 609-448-1474 for a free 15- minute consultation with an immigration lawyer. Baby Play and Learn from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Cranbury Public Library, 23 N. Main St. Babies birth to 18 months are invited to get ready to read. Fifteen minutes of stories, songs and socialization, then stay and hang out. For children and their caregivers, babies only, please. Enroll online or at the library.
Wed., Nov. 29 Adult Craft Circle at 2 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road,
East Windsor. Join us to make a beautiful hanging snowflake. Ages 14 to adult. Sponsored by Friends of the Hickory Corner Library. Call the library to register at (609) 448-0957. Embroidery Circle will meet at 7 p.m. at the Hickory Corner Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 138 Hickory Corner Road, East Windsor. Whether you are looking to create your first stitch or expand your skills, learn new methods and techniques, or share embroidery art and craft ideas, the Embroidery Circle is open to all skill levels - including absolute beginners. Bring embroidery projects you are working on to share with others or work in the good company of fellow embroiders. No registration is necessary. Story Time with Miss Liz from 10:30 to 11:15 a.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Children ages 2-6 will enjoy stories, songs, rhymes and a craft. Siblings welcome. Midweek Math Tutoring from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Hightstown Memorial Library, 114 Franklin St. in Hightstown. Drop in math help for first grade-high school students with Peddie School student tutors.
Thurs., Nov. 30
The East Windsor Volunteer Fire Company No. 1 and Auxiliary will have a “Proceeds Event” fundraiser from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. at the TGI Friday’s at 319 Route 130 in East Windsor. Mention that you would like to support the local Fire Company and 20 percent of your food bill will be donated to the EWVCC No. 1.
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Bingo Night benefits HHS After Prom event
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Friends Craig Mebel, left, and Patrick Shannon check each others cards for a winner during a night of bingo at Hightstown High School to raise money for the 2018 After Prom event. Above, Jackie Bonk double checks to see if her card is a winner.
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At left, sisters Maria Sarino, 92, (left), and Kay Brojetti, 93, keep an eye on each other’s bingo cards during the calling of numbers. Above, a winner is verified for the game to form the letter "T.”
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A large crowd showed up for bingo at Hightstown High School to raise money for the 2018 After Prom event.
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Cranbury’s Zullo happy to contribute to PHS title By Bob Nuse Sports Editor
A year ago, Tucker Zullo was on the sidelines cheering on his Princeton High teammates during the school’s most successful cross-country season in its history. This year, Zullo wanted to make sure he was contributing to the Little Tigers’ success on the course. “Going into the summer, I really wanted to be in the top seven in cross-country,” said Zullo, a junior. “I had to train every day and do the work and go to the gym. I said to myself if I did all those things I could reach my goal. “I was the 12th guy last year. We had a few seniors and then a big pack. In the spring, right after the Cherokee race, I PRed (personal record) in the mile and that was motivation for me. I knew what I had to do.”
The work Zullo put in has certainly paid off this season. Last Saturday he was Princeton’s fourth finisher, 17th overall, at the Central Jersey, Group IV state sectional meet that was run at Thompson Park in Jamesburg. His performance helped lift the Little Tigers to the sectional team title by one point over West WindsorPlainsboro South. Will Hare finished first overall in 15:39, while Jackson Donahue came in 11th, Acasio Pinheiro placed 16th, Zullo ended in 17th and Alex Ackerman finished 22nd as Princeton posted 67 points to edge WW-P South, which finished with 68 points. Freehold Township finished third with 86 points. Montgomery was eighth, led by Jeffrey Meyer in 36th place and Harry Gould in 39th. The Princeton boys’
team was able to successfully defend its state sectional title, which came much easier a year ago when the Little Tigers outdistanced WW-P South by 45 points. This time around, every place mattered. “Toward the end of the meet my stomach was starting to get to me,” said Zullo, a Cranbury resident. “I was concerned we didn’t get the W. (PHS coach Jim Smirk) was pacing and wasn’t sure if we had won. Eventually, when the results came out, it was fantastic. “I was running with Jackson and Alex ,so I knew I was in the top five. I was paying attention to the guys in front of me and trying to stay ahead of the South guys. It paid off at the end.” Zullo spent the summer away from home, so he put in quite a bit of his work on his own. “I was at the beach most of the summer, so I had to
do a lot of runs myself,” Zullo said. “I talked to Coach Smirk at the end of spring track about what I needed to do. I stuck to the guide. I made it my daily routine to work in the morning and run at night.” He came back to the opening of practice in good shape and ready to compete for a spot in the varsity lineup. “Toward the beginning it was still on and off,” Zullo said. “I didn’t know if I broke into the top seven. Watching it from sidelines last year was really rough. I knew I wanted to be part of it and wanted to contribute to the team’s success.” Zullo was the Little Tigers’ fourth finisher, 17th overall, at the Mercer County meet, helping the team to a county championship. He’s come a long way in his three years with the program and hopes that even better days are ahead. “Freshman year I was
not very good, but I did run,” Zullo said. “That year in cross country I wasn’t really serious about it. I played freshman basketball and then after track that spring I got serious about it. Coach Smirk made me understand what I needed to do to improve. “This is all about building a legacy for Princeton High School for years to come, not just this year.” Princeton will now focus on repeating as the state Group IV champion when that meet is held on Saturday at Holmdel Park. WW-P South will be there, as will South Jersey champ Kingsway and North Jersey powers Westfield and North Hunterdon. “Facing South again, they are going to be out for blood,” Zullo said. “It should be a great meet. There will be a lot of good teams there.” And after cheering from
the sidelines last year, this time around Zullo will be on the course doing what he can to help Princeton to a title. And then the following week, Princeton will focus on retaining the Meet of Champions state title. That season-ending state championship race will also be held at Holmdel Park and will be run on Nov. 18. In the Central Jersey, IV girls’ cross-country meet at Thompson Park, Princeton finished fourth to advance to the state Group IV meet at Holmdel Park. Also in the girls’ sectional meet, Montgomery was 12th. For Princeton, Chloe Taylor finished ninth and Siena Moran was 10th to lead the way. Charlotte Gilmore was 15th, Lauren Cleary 35th and Elizabeth Hare 43rd to round out the top five. Montgomery was led by Julia Hans, who finished 38th.
Successful season ends with loss for PHS volleyball By Bob Nuse Sports Editor
The Princeton High girls’ volleyball program has now put together backto-back championship seasons. The Little Tigers, the two-time West Jersey Interscholastic Volleyball League champion, saw their season end this year with a loss to Westfield in the state Group IV quarterfinals last Saturday. And while there was disappointment in not advancing further in the tournament, the big picture shows just how far the program has come in
just its fourth year at the varsity level. “It was an exciting match, just a bummer not to pull it out,” said Princeton coach Patty Manhart, whose fifth-seeded team dropped a 25-16, 15-25, 25-17 decision to fourth-seeded Westfield. “We felt like it was a momentum-based match. Whoever had the momentum in each set was going to pull that set out. Unfortunately for us, they had the momentum in the third set.” Princeton, which finished the season with a 31-2 record, had beaten East Orange Campus and Monroe to advance to the quarterfi-
nal match with the Blue Devils. A year ago, Princeton qualified for the state tournament and lost its opening match to Clifton. This year, the Little Tigers went in looking for more. “That is what the girls are expecting now and the mindset going in was to make the postseason and win as much as we could,” Manhart said. “Overall, we hoped to go a little further with the seniors we had. With the sophomores and seniors, we felt like the sophomores really wanted to go further for the seniors. The Monroe match was a highlight.”
The loss to Westfield brought to an end the careers of senior players who have taken Princeton from a fledgling program to one that can compete at the state level. Seniors Rachel Cheng, Anna Cao, Sara Vigiano, Sydney Rubin and Tia Giblin helped transform the program from one filled with novice players to one that has now won two straight WJIVL titles. “That is what I had to remind them of,” Manhart said. “There were a lot of tears and running noses after we lost. I had to outline it for them that we won
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back to back championships and finished with a 31-2 record. That was not what they were thinking about moments after the Westfield match, but eventually they will realize what they have done.” Manhart hopes the program continues to move forward, even with the loss of such a talented senior class. There is plenty of talent coming back and hopefully younger players will begin to latch onto the sport. “We have a decent nucleus,” Manhart said. “But when you lose your big hitter and setter, who is
your quarterback, and also your middle hitter who is a spark, that’s tough. There is not a youth recreation program in town. But if we could work through Princeton Recreation or the athletic department and hopefully get the word getting out there and hope young players are getting into sport. I need to do more as a coach to develop the pipeline.” Whoever joins the program will be joining a group that has quickly put Princeton volleyball on the map. The program is just four years old and already has a pair of championships.
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Former MythBuster Adam Savage has teamed up with YouTube star Michael Stevens to create 'Brain Candy Live!' By Anthony Stoeckert
dam Savage isn't finished blowing stuff up in the name of science. For 14 years on the Discovery Network's hit show "MythBusters," Savage and Jamie Hyneman led a team of special effects experts, designers, builders and stunt drivers as they created scenarios to test urban legends, tall tales and scenes from movies to see if they could happen in real life. They weren't scientists, but scientific principles were a big part of the show, and Savage says the job led to a knowledge and appreciation for science. “I came around to realize I deeply, deeply love the story of science and how it helps us as a species and as a planet to better ourselves,” Savage says. “And telling those stories turned out to be the most important thing in those 14 years we made ‘MythBusters.’” “MythBusters” ended its run in 2016. Savage and Hyneman also had a live show they toured, which wrapped up in 2015. Savage wanted to continue performing live and was connected with Michael Stevens — creator of the science- and math-themed YouTube channel VSauce — through the agency they share. “I’m a huge fan of Michael's,” Savage says. “It turned out that Michael and I were uniquely suited to be collaborators and we had the most fun writing this show together.” The show they created is “Brain Candy Live!” in which they use props, tools and demonstrations designed to entertain audiences while also educating them about science. Savage and Stevens are bringing the show to the State Theatre in New Brunswick, Nov. 15. “‘Brain Candy’ is our two-hour celebration of the pleasure of learning new things,” Savage says. “If your high school science teacher had a Vegas-style budget, that's the kind of show we decided to write.” Savage says the show starts with a magic trick, which leads to him and Stevens talking about smoke and mirrors. “By the time we're done talking about smoke in various ways over 20 minutes, you will understand how air molecules move on an almost atomic level,” Savage says. “That's how deep down the rabbit hole we keep going.” He adds that just as “MythBusters” used explosions to trick people into learning, “Brandy Candy” ends with an explosion he calls “pretty spectacular.” “It is deeply part of Michael Stevens' and my overall goal to educate people about science and critical thinking,” he says. “For me, what we're really doing is helping people understand that science is not a series of facts to memorize, it is a set of stories we come up with in order to explain the phenomena that we see. If you understand the story, you understand the science and that's the most important thing, to help people realize what a rich, varied, creative intense, enjoyable field the sciences are.” Savage and Stevens also collaborated with Michael Weber, a magician who has worked with David Blaine among others, to create the show. They spent about eight months sharing ideas and establishing a framework for "Brain Candy" before beginning rehearsals.
'MythBusters' star Adam Savage is bringing his new show to the State Theatre.
“I wanted to structure this science/variety kind of like a magic show, but instead of at the end of each vignette, a mystery, in this case at the end of each vignette is a little bit of knowledge, a little bit of a deeper understanding,” Savage says. Savage did some acting as a child (he played Mr. Whipple’s stock boy on an old Charmin commercial) but didn’t have serious thoughts of being on TV or on stage when he got the call from Hyneman about putting together an audition reel for “MythBusters.” Savage was working in special effects, creating models for Industrial Light and Magic, the special effects arm of George Lucas’ LucasFilm. “I had also started to do public speaking on behalf of LucasFilm,” he says. “I told them that I was a good public speaker and they had started to send me around to different film festivals to give talks about LucasFilm and the special effects process, it was really fun. So that type of public outreach and public communication was something that I was exploring at the very moment 'MythBusters' showed up. It was fascinating timing.” “MythBusters” started off testing well-known urban legends, such as whether or not a penny thrown of the Empire State Building will kill someone or if a duck’s quack echoes. Many of the myths they tested came from movies, such as if shooting a scuba tank could cause the explosion at the end of “Jaws” or whether a person would suffocate if completely covered in paint, as explained in “Goldfinger.” Savage says he still gets ideas that would make for good segments for the show. “I can’t stop collecting myths,” he says. “I read the news and I see something that happened and I have a running list for the last two years of stories I still would have loved to do on the show.” And while there are no plans for the “MythBusters” team to reunite, Savage says he never says never.
“I loved making that show,” he says. “I love and still work with that crew as much as I possibly can, they're my family.” In this age where prominent people in the media and in politics attempt to discredit science, through denying climate change for example, Savage says promoting science is an important part of his work. “I can't not worry about what definitely feels like an attack on science, it is something that pains me greatly,” Savage says. “And then I remind myself that one of the things I think is my mission is to help people understand. It's not to battle the anti-science [crowd], yes, there's a battle but on an individual level, to me, it's just about talking, it's about a conversation. I'm pretty sure that a fair number of my Twitter followers don't agree with me politically, but even if that's the case, I try and deal respectfully with those issues. I'm very vocal but I'm also very polite. Adam Savage and Michael Stevens will perform “Brain Candy Live!” at the State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, Nov. 15, 7 p.m. Tickets cost $35-$75; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469.
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STAGE REVIEW By Anthony Stoeckert
‘Hairspray’ at Music Mountain Theatre A new venue in Lambertville stages a ‘60s-set musical filled with song, dance and laughter
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usic Mountain Theatre in Lambertville is a new venue that opened in October with “Phantom,” a musical not by Andrew Lloyd Webber, but by Maury Yeston and Arthur Kopit. The theater’s inaugural season continues with “Hairspray,” and it’s a fun night of theater, filled with laughs and a whole lot of impressive singing. The theater is new but many of the cast members will be familiar to people who have seen shows at the Open Air Theatre in Washington Crossing Park over the past eight summers. Ginny Brennan produces, Jordan Brennan and Louis Palena direct, and the cast includes Colby Langweiler, Jill Palena, Lauren Brader, and Anna Hentz, all of whom were regulars at the company’s old outdoor home. They, and everyone else in the cast, bring energy and talent to this show, set in 1960s Baltimore. “Hairspray” began its life as a 1988 movie by John Waters. It was a departure for Waters, more mainstream than his previous films, and rated PG. The stage musical, with songs by Marc Shaiman and Scott Wittman and a book by Mark O’Donnell and Thomas Meehan opened on Broadway in 2002. It won the Tony for Best Musical and ran until 2009. The film version of the stage musical was released in 2007. “Hairspray” tells the story of Tracy Turnblad (played by Lucinda Fisher), a Baltimore teen who is obsessed with “The Corny Collins Show” an American Bandstand-like broadcast in which local teens dance to the music of the day. All the dancers are white and the show’s producer Velma Von Tussle (Hentz) is determined to keep it that way, she wants more Connie Francis music, not R&B. “Steer them in the white direction,” she orders. Velma also wants the show to spotlight her daughter Amber (Jill Palena), who’s dating Link Larkin (Matthew Robertson), the show’s heartthrob dancer. A dancer spot becomes open when Brenda (Jamie Geddes) has to leave the
Music Mountain Theatre is staging “Hairspray” through Nov. 19. show for a period of time, nine months to be exact. Tracy has the moves and wants to audition but she’s discouraged by her mother Edna (a part played in drag, here by Michael Moeller). Edna doesn’t want Tracy to do it, they’re both plus-sized, and Edna wants to protect her daughter from certain rejection. But Tracy’s father Wilbur (David Whiteman), owner of the Hardy Har Hut joke shop, thinks his wife and daughter are both beautiful, and encourages Tracy to go out for the show. Tracy’s audition earns her a spot on the show. Back at school, she gets sent to detention because her hair is so big it blocks the chalkboard. She meets some of the school’s black students, who get to dance on Corny’s show once a month, but Tracy wants everyone to dance together. Brennan and Palena’s direction is very good, they’ve set the perfect tone and keep the story moving, not so easy with so many characters. They’ve also created some terrific choreography that this company handles wonderfully. Rarely have I seen so
many people dancing so fast while staying in sync. Fisher is terrific as Tracy, starting everything off with a rousing “Good Morning Baltimore.” She also shows her serious vocal talents during “I Can Hear Bells” and other numbers. Moeller and Whiteman make a charming couple as Tracy’s parents. Edna isn’t a villain trying to keep her daughter down, she’s over-protective, a shut-in who’s been ridiculed for her looks trying to protect her daughter. “They don’t put people like us on television,” she says. But she breaks out of her shell in glorious style during “Welcome to the ‘60s,” during which Moeller brings down the house. Edna also has a lot of zingers, which Moller delivers with punch, but this is a character with real depth, and the relationship between Edna and Wilbur is touching, and their duet “You’re Timeless to Me” is a delight. Hentz and Jill Palena play the motherdaughter villains, Velma and Amber, and both give wonderful performances. Palena
plays Amber, the girl trying to keep Tracy off the show while also holding onto her boyfriend, Link Larkin (Matthew Robertson) who’s smitten with Tracy. Palena can sing and also has a knack for comedy, her best line is when Amber tells Link, “Whatever happened to the bland, spineless boy I fell in love with?” Louis Palena brings charm and confidence to Corny Collins, the show’s host. Typically, a host like this would be played as dim and superficial, but Corny is on Tracy’s side. “It’s time we put kids on the show who look like the kids who watch the show,” Corny says, using his star power for good. Other standouts include Taylor PickettStokes as Motormouth Maybelle, who sings a powerful version of “I Know Where I’ve Been.” James LeGette plays Seaweed J. Stubbs, Motormouth’s son, and brings a great voice to the show. His character gets involved with Penny Pingleton (played by Colby Langweiler), and the two actors have some nice chemistry together. Also deserving praise is young Suryi Williams, who plays Little Inez and shines whenever she’s on stage. Other highlights include wigs designed by Louis Palena and the costumes by Jordan Brennan — lots of poofy dresses, bow ties and saddle shoes. And then there’s the theater itself. The new venue is welcome setting to see a show, comfortable seats with good sight lines and terrific lighting and sound. The cast sings to a recording, and while I always prefer live accompaniment, the balance between the recording and vocals was perfect. The new venue also has a nicesized lobby, with easy access to the box office, concessions, and rest rooms.
“Hairspray” continues at the Music Mountain Theatre, 1483 Route 179, Lambertville, through Nov. 19. Tickets cost $22, $20 seniors/students/military; www.musicmountaintheatre.org; 609-397-3337.
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ON STAGE By Anthony Stoeckert
History Meets Theater
McCarter Theatre will present readings of short plays as part of the Princeton and Slavery Project
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n 2013, Martha Sandweiss, history professor at Princeton University, taught a class about Princeton’s history with slavery, which she thought would be one-time thing. “I had recently moved to Princeton, I was curious, I was ignorant [as to] what might the story be about Princeton and its engagement with the historical institution of slavery,” Sandweiss says. “Lots of other schools had done these studies but when I got to Princeton I discovered no one was really looking into that here.” Sandweiss and her undergrad students studied materials at Princeton’s archives with archivist Daniel Linke. During that research she saw the beginnings of a bigger story. With help from the university’s humanities council, the endeavor grew from a one-time class to a comprehensive resource known as The Princeton and Slavery Project. Sandweiss says the core of the project is a website containing the equivalent of 800 pages of historical stories written by Princeton students, undergrad and graduate, and professional colleagues. It also contains videos, maps and other information. Also available on the site are about 350 primary source documents. “I think it will be a really rich resource for teachers and students moving forward, and we hope the website will continue to grow as other people contribute documents and stories of their own,” Sandweiss says. The website launched Nov. 6, and coinciding with the project is a series of events with the project’s community partners, including performances of short plays about Princeton’s history with slavery at McCarter Theatre, Nov. 19. Sandweiss says that early on in the project, she realized community partners would add an impact and create a broader conversation because other outlets can explore Princeton‘s history with slavery in ways historians cannot. “History lies at the core of this project, but historians have rules,” Sandweiss says. “We cannot speculate about things, we cannot assert things for which we do not have evidence. We live and die by our footnotes. Creative artists engage the past in a different way, they can engage their artistic imaginations, they can imagine what people said or imagine what people were thinking.” She says Emily Mann, McCarter’s artistic director, immediately supported the theater’s involvement with the project, and decided to commission playwrights to write short plays based on the historical documents. Mann herself wrote a play, “Under the Liberty Trees,” which was inspired by a 1766 sale notice for slaves sold by Samuel Finley, then-president of the university (then known as The College of New Jersey. Dipika Guha’s “Elizabeth” is about the American Col-
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Professor Martha Sandweiss addresses playwrights and scholars about the Princeton and Slavery Project.
onization Society, a group that supported slaves who wanted to return to Africa, and helped found the nation of Liberia in the early part of the 19th century. The short play examines the society’s efforts from several points of view such as slave traders, both American and African, a wealthy Philadelphia African American businessman who debates lending a ship to the society, and a young Princeton minister dealing with a spiritual crisis. “The play is completely true,” Guha says. “The only voice that I made up was the African slave trader’s voice, I couldn’t find primary source material but I did read about that and people like that. Everyone else’s point of view has been collected from primary source material — from letters, from the Colonization Society and from their annual minutes.” Guha is a New York-based playwright who got involved with the project after she participated in a residency at the theater. She says writing a short play on such a big topic was a challenge. “The process is exactly the same as writing a longer play, only you’re trying to distill your ambitions down to 10 minutes,” she says. “It has been challenging and this play has gone through [a lot of] drafts. The process of reading and finding your way into a point of view and then finding a structure that will support that point of view was identical, for me, whether the play is full length or 10 minutes.” She also says she’s considering writing a full-length play on the subject. “There’s an interesting way to tell it, to share it with people, that challenge is exciting,” she says. “I fell in love with the characters and I would love to find a way to expand it.” Other playwrights whose plays will be read during the weekend include Nathan Alan Davis; Jackie Sibblies Drury; Branden Jacobs-Jenkins; Kwame Kwei-Armah; and
Regina Taylor. Anna Morton, literary manager for the project, says the playwrights spent about a year working on their plays. “They were given an overview of the research and what their findings were so far,” Morton says. “And they were shown and introduced to certain documents from all of the archives the scholars had found that might help to be jumping-off points to help inspire them about what they wanted to write.” The playwrights also toured the university and the Princeton area to see the locations related to their research. Guha’s “Elizabeth” is one of two plays written about the Colonization Society. Another story being told in two plays is that of James Johnson, an escaped slave who arrived at Princeton and worked at the campus. He was recognized by a student who lived near the plantation Johnson worked at and turned in Johnson, who was sent back to the plantation in Maryland. “I think it’s going to be a special event for the community to have this research made available and see these plays and learn all these things that we don’t know even though we’ve lived here for so long,” Morton says. Other events tied to the website’s opening is keynote address by Toni Morrison. There also will be a screening of a documentary featuring interviews with Princeton graduates who are descendants of slaves and slaveholder. Both Morrison’s talk and the documentary screening are sold out. The Princeton University Art Museum is installing a sculpture in front of Maclean House by artist Titus Kaphar. The museum’s galleries will showcase works by Kahar. The Princeton Library is hosting an exhibit drawing from historical documents to show how deeply slavery was ingrained in Princeton well into the 19th century. The library also will host a screening of the acclaimed film, “I Am Not Your Negro: James Baldwin and Race in America” featuring a discussion with Ruha Benjamin, assistant professor of African-American studies at Princeton University. On Nov. 20, the library will host a post-show conversation on the Princeton and Slavery Plays with Not in Our Town Princeton. On Nov. 28, the library will screen four films by undergraduate student filmmakers that explore resonance of family stories about slavery, based on research from the project. The screenings will be followed by a discussion with the student filmmakers.
Public performances of the Princeton and Slavery plays will take place at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Nov. 19, 1 p.m., 4:30 p.m. Tickets are free and must be reserved at www.mccarter.org.
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IN CONCERT By Mike Morsch
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The Lynyrd Skynyrd member is bringing his other band, Blackfoot, to New Hope
n the 20th anniversary of Rickey Medlocke rejoining Lynyrd Skynyrd in 2016, the band decided to mark the occasion in a somewhat low-key way. After a gig one night, Medlocke returned to the band’s bus and found a Snickers bar and $1.50 taped to his seat. That took Medlocke back two decades, to the premiere of “Freebird . . . The Movie,” a part documentary, part concert footage film about the iconic southern rock band released in 1996. Medlocke had appeared with other Skynyrd members in a jam session the night before the film’s premiere and the mini reunion had stirred memories from the early 1970s, when Skynyrd first formed and Medlocke was a part of it. Skynyrd co-founder and guitarist Gary Rossington had been toying with the idea in the mid-1990s of inviting Medlocke back into the band. Medlocke’s appearance at the jam session and film premiere had provided an opening. “Gary didn’t have Allen [Collins, who had died in 1990] anymore and he didn’t have a solid rock guitar player. I was about the closest thing to Allen that he figured he could get,” Medlocke says. The call came and Medlocke got the message via his
Rickey Medlocke and Blackfoot will play Havana in New Hope, Nov. 12. telephone answering machine, which in the 1990s used cassettes to record the messages. “I still have the tape. I was at my studio in Fort Myers, Florida, working on new material and I called home to see if there were any messages,” Medlocke says. “And there was one from Gary. He said, ‘I want you to learn “I Ain’t the One,” “Saturday Night Special,” “That Smell” and “Freebird” and when you’re ready, I’m gonna come down and audition you. And if you pass the audition, I’ll give you $1.50 and a Snickers bar and put you back in the band.’” Medlocke passed the audition, but didn’t collect on the $1.50 and Snickers bar until 20 years later. In the early 1970s, Medlocke was in a band called Hammer — which he would eventually reform in 1972 as Blackfoot — then based in Princeton, but was frustrated with the band’s progress and uninterested in continuing with it. So he called Skynyrd co-founder and guitarist Allen Collins looking for a job. “I got a-hold of Allen and asked him if they needed a guy to set up the equipment or drive the truck or whatever,” says Medlocke. “He said, ‘You need to call Ronnie.’” As in Ronnie Van Zandt, co-founder and lead singer for Lynyrd Skynyrd. Medlocke did just that, and asked Van Zandt if Skynyrd needed anybody to help with the band. “So, are you still playing drums?” Medlocke recalled Van Zandt asking him. “He said, ‘We’re losing [drummer] Bob Burns and we’re booked to start recording our first record at Muscle Shoals. Would be be interested in becoming the drummer of the band?’” Medlocke certainly was interested. Van Zandt sent him a plane ticket and within a few weeks, Medlocke was in re-
hearsals for what would become “Lynyrd Skynyrd’s First and . . . Last” record. Although the recording sessions for that album were originally recorded in 1971 and 1972 at Muscle Shoals Sound Studio in Sheffield, Alabama, and planned as the band’s debut album, the songs were shelved and not released until 1978 as a posthumous compilation album after the band’s tragic airplane crash in 1977 that killed Van Zandt; guitarist/vocalist Steve Gaines; his sister, backup singer Cassie Gaines; assistant road manager Dean Kilpatrick; pilot Walter McCreary; co-pilot William Gray; and seriously injured the other band members. Medlocke had left Skynyrd to form Blackfoot in 1972, and songs that he had written, co-written and performed on in those early recording sessions, appeared on “Lynyrd Skynyrd‘s First and . . . Last” album. A year later, in 1979, Blackfoot’s third studio album “Strikes” charted at No. 42 on the Billboard 200 albums chart. The original Blackfoot eventually disbanded, but Medlocke — who still plays with Skynyrd — reformed the band in 2012. Today’s version of Blackfoot, featuring Medlocke as special guest guitarist, will appear for one show, Nov. 12 at Havana in New Hope, Pennsylvania. “I think that in a way, that’s the way for a classic band to keep the name and the heritage very current,” Medlocke says about today’s Blackfoot, which performs the band’s classic tunes while also mixing in new music. “I gotta tell you, the original band was a really incredible live band,” Medlocke says. “We had great songs. We had a really good run at it man, from about 1978 to 1985. We toured the world, we sold a lot of records. I just felt like, you know what, instead of letting all that great music just die and be put way where nobody could ever hear it again, I thought it was a really good idea to have young guys who appreciated the music to take it, make it their own and go out and play it for people.” Today’s Blackfoot features lead vocalist Jeff Shields, guitarist Seth Lester, drummer Matt Anastasi, guitarist Tim Rossi and bassist Derek DeSantis. “You know what man, these guys have been going out and kicking butt. There is another even newer generation that is showing up listening to the band and appreciating it,” said Medlocke, who owns the naming rights to Blackfoot. “As long as the guys go out there with integrity and respect for the music . . . what I want them to do is play the classics until one day what they can do is create their own classics. And that’s what they’re doing.”
Blackfoot will perform at Havana, 105 S. Main St., New Hope Pennsylvania, Nov. 12, 8:30 p.m. For tickets and information, go to www.havananewhope.com or call 215862-5501.
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“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. “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, through Nov. 12. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333. “Hairspray,” Music Mountain Theatre, 1483 Route 179 Lambertville. Musical favorite set in the 1960s Baltimore about Tracy Turnblad, who dreams of dancing on the “Corny Collins Show,” through Nov. 19. Performances: Fri. 8 p.m., Sat. 3, 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. Tickets cost $22, $20 seniors, children, military; www.musicmountaintheatre.org; 609-397-3337. Princeton Triangle Club, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Celebrating 127 years, Princeton’s Triangle Club will present the premiere of its new original show, “Spy School Musical.” The show features disguises, exploding gadgets, and newly discovered laws of physics. It will end with the Triangle’s famous all-male kickline, Nov. 10-11, 8 p.m., Nov. 12, 2 p.m. Tickets cost $25; www.triangleshow.com; 609-258-2787. “Arcadia,” Hamilton Murray Theater on the Princeton University campus. Tom Stoppard’s play about chaos and order by examining the lives of two groups of knowledgeseekers working centuries apart, Nov. 10-18; www.theatreintime.org. “The New World,” Bucks County Playhouse, 70 S. Main St., New Hope, Pennsylvania. Musical re-imagining the myth of the first meeting of the Pilgrims and Native Americans. The year is 1620. The Native Americans are enjoying a gluten-free, low-carb, artisanally happy life when they are invaded by the nation’s first immigrants — Pilgrims. The musical includes a book by Regina DeCicco and L.F. Turner, music by Gary Adler (“Altar Boyz”) and lyrics by Phoebe Kreutz, Nov. 11-Dec. 2;$40-$75; 215-862-2121; buckscountyplayhouse.org.
MUSIC
CLASSICAL MUSIC Westminster Jubilee Singers, Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton. Concert titled “Strength for Today, Hope for Tomorrow.” The program will chronicle the plight of the children of Israel during the Exodus from Egypt, featuring works by Moses Hogan, Nathan Carter, Walter Hawkins and R. Nathaniel Dett, Nov. 10, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $15 students/seniors; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663. Princeton University Glee Club, Richardson Audito-
Flamenco at McCarter The Paco de Lucía Project will perform at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. Paco de Lucía, a legendary flamenco guitarist died in 2014. His legacy is being continued by Javier Limón, a Grammy nominee and collaborator, who has reassembled the original band that toured with de Lucía for the last decade of his career. Tickets cost $46$60; www.mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. rium 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. Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University Campus. All Mozart concert featuring pianist Shai Wosner performing Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 12, K. 414. Also on the program is Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K. 525 and the Symphony No. 29 in A Major, K. 201, Nov. 12, 4 p.m. princetonsymphony.org; 609 497-0020. Westminster Choir, Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton. The choir will perform a concert titled “Listen” centered on Frank Martin’s Mass for Double Choir, Nov. 12, 3 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $15 students/seniors; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663. Westminster Conservatory noontime recital, Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St., Princeton. The Westminster Conservatory at Nassau series presents flutist Barbara Highton Williams and pianist Ikumi Hiraiwa performing a program titled “Colors of Minor,” featuring works by Bach, Ferruccio Busoni and Melanie Bonis, Nov. 16, 12:15 p.m. Free. Westminster Williamson Voices, Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, Princeton. Concert titled “Journey into Spiritual Space” including works by Ola Gjeilo, Arvo Part, James Whitbourn, Urmas Sisask, William Duckworth, and others, Nov. 17, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $15 seniors/students; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663.
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. The Bunkhouse Boys, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. Close-to-the-roots, unvarnished Cajun/Creole-style music, Nov. 10, 8 p.m. www.hopewelltheater.com; 609-466-1964. Brit Floyd, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Concert by Pink Floyd tribute band, Nov. 10, 8 p.m. $35-$75; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469. The Fab Faux, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Beatles tribute featuring Will Lee of David Letterman’s band and Jimmy Vivino of Conan O’Brien’s band. The concert will cover the Beatles’ recordings originally reSee THINGS TO DO, Page 6
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leased on the Apple label from 1968 to 1970, Nov. 11, 8 p.m. $45-$125; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469. Frank Viele Band, The Record Collector, 358 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown. Concert by singer-songwriter who plays an acoustic funk style with tastes of rock, soul and pop, Nov. 11, 7:30 p.m., $12; www.the-recordcollector.com; 609-324-0880. Kepi Ghoulie and Vic Ruggiero, Randy Now’s Man Cave, 134 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown, Nov. 12, 5 p.m. Tickets cost $12; www.mancavenj.com; 609-424-3766. Regina Soektor, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Singer-songwriter known for the “Orange Is The New Black“ theme “You’ve Got Time” and other hits such as “Fidelity” and “Bleeding Heart,” Nov. 13, 8 p.m. $35-$75; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469. Dan Bern, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. Singer-songwriter whose music is inspired by Woody Guthrie, Johnny Cash, the Beatles, and Bob Dylan, Nov. 16, 8 p.m. www.hopewelltheater.com; 609-466-1964. Angy Estrada and the Latin Pulse, Tavern on the Lake, 101 N. Main St., Hightstown. Concert marking the release of the jazz artist’s new album, Nov. 17, 7 p.m. $25; rejsjazz.com.
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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 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
Back to the Roots The Princeton Folk Music Society will present a concert by Martin Grosswendt and Susanne Salem-Schatz at Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, Princeton, Nov. 17, 8:15 p.m. The show will feature American roots, blues, old-time, and honky tonk music. Tickets cost $20, $10 students under 22, $5 children; www.princetonfolk.org; 609-799-0944. Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers, New Brunswick. Cats vs. Dogs: Illustrations for Children’s Literature. Featuring more than 40 drawings and collages by Frank Asch, Mary Chalmers, Tony Chen, Roger Duvoisin, Shari Halpern, Lois Lenski, Ward Schumaker, and Art Seiden. The exhibition emphasizes the strength of visual elements in storytelling, especially for children learning how to read, through June 24, 2018. This exhibit is open to the public Fridays through Sundays. Museum hours: Tues.-Fri. 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Sat.-Sun. noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free; www.zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu; 848-932-7237.
GALLERIES 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. Gourgard Gallery at Town Hall, 23-A N. Main St., Cranbury. Helen M. Rudnick, “Everything with Wings II.” 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. 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. Morpeth Contemporary and Frame Studio, 43 W. Broad St., Hopewell. “Requiem,” Jody Miller Olcott’s exhibit remembers extinct animals and calls attention to endangered ones. The artist found inspiration for these works while traveling in Russia and seeing traditional Byzantine icons (sacred images representing saints and other religious figures). The animals in Olcott’s form of altarpieces — species of birds, frogs, tigers, wolves, turtles — are as diverse as the reasons they are extinct, through Nov. 26. Reception, Nov. 4, 6-8 p.m. morpethcontemporary.com; 609-333-9393. The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. “#RealNews,” works by Michael Scoggins. The exhibit features large-scale
works by Scoggins, in which he lampoons American and art world politics and provincialism in disarming schoolboystyle doodles and writings, through Nov. 30. Hours: Mon.Tues., Thurs. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Wed. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. www.mccc.edu/gallery. Mercer County Community College James Kerney Campus Gallery, Trenton Hall, 137 N. Broad St., Trenton. “Shot,” an exhibit of photos of survivor of gun violence by Kathy Shorr, through Dec. 6. Reception and discussion, Nov. 16, 5-8 p.m. Hours: Mon. and Wed. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Wed. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. www.mccc.edu/jkcgallery. Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall at Princeton University. “Shadows and Ashes: The Peril of Nuclear Weapons,” a multi-faceted exhibit, through Dec. 7. A discussion panel and reception will be held Nov. 13, 4:30 p.m. Princeton University School of Architecture, Princeton University Campus, “ARE WE HUMAN? The Design of the Species: 2 seconds, 2 days, 2 years, 200 years, 200,000 years.” The installation is designed by Andres Jaque and the Office for Political Innovation, an international practice that explores material politics at the intersection of design, research and activism. The entire School of Architecture will be filled with a dense collage of overlapping works by architects, artists, designers, scientists, filmmakers, research groups and think tanks. The effect is a kaleidoscope of artistic, technical, philosophical, theoretical and ethical reflection on the intimate relation between “design” and “human.” It is the first time the exhibition will be shown in the United States, through Jan. 5. soa.princeton.edu/arewehuman. “A Quiet Defiance: The Women’s War in Mali,” Anne Reid ‘72 Art Gallery at Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton. Exhibit by Katie Orlinsky of photographs she took in Mali in 2013. Orlinsky is a photographer and cinematographer based in New York City, and has spent more than a decade as a photojournalist covering news and feature stories around the world, Nov. 20 through Dec. 14. Artist’s reception, Nov. 28, 12:30-1 p.m. www.pds.org; 609924-6700, ext. 1772.
FILM
Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. “Jane.” Drawing from over 100 hours of never-before-seen footage that has been tucked away in the National Geographic archives for over 50 years, award-winning director Brett Morgen tells the story of Jane Goodall, a woman whose chimpanzee research challenged the male-dominated scientific consensus of her time and revolutionized our understanding of the natural world, Nov. 11-21; www.hopewelltheater.com; 609-466-1964.
COMEDY
Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Christopher Titus, Nov. 10-11, 7:30, 9:45 p.m., $28; Nate Bargatze, Nov. 16, 7:30 p.m., Nov. 17-18, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $23; www.stressfactory.com; 732-545-4242. Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Ryan Maher, Nov. 10-11; Open Mic Night, Nov. 16; Geno Bisconte with Bronson Jones, Nov. 17-18; catcharisingstar.com; 609-987-8018. Jessica Kirson, The Rrazz Room, 6426 Lower York Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania. The comic who has been seen on “The Tonight Show” and “The View” will present her show, “Talking to Myself, Nov. 11, 8 p.m. $30; www.therrazzroom.com; 888-596-1027.
DANCE
Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Weekly Wednesday Contra Dance, Nov. 15, 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. Fridays, 8-11 p.m. $5; 609-9121272.
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Friday, November 10, 2017
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PACKET PICKS Nov. 10 Sing ‘Hamilton’ at Princeton library The Princeton Public Library will present a “Hamiltunes” program, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Fans of the Broadway smash “Hamilton: An American Musical” are invited to sing along to music from the show. Participants are encouraged to wear period costume. Note: Lyrics contain profanity. The event is open to all ages, but children 14 and under must be accompanied by an adult. The library is located at 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. For more information, go to www.princetonlibrary.org or call 609-924-9529.
Nov. 11 Bookmaking workshop at Morven Morven Museum & Garden will host a contemporary bookmaking workshop with Dave DiMarchi, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. In this workshop, explore binding in fun and contemporary ways, creating multiple book structures for highly personalized soft and hardcover artists’ books. Every artist/writer/poet will leave with a minimum of six handmade books, and all the knowledge needed to explore binding in his or her own work. Beginners are welcome. Bring several favorite decorative papers and one yard of lightweight fabric. The program costs $55. To register, go to www.morven.org or call 609-924-8144.
Woman in military talk at Trent House The Trent House in Trenton will present “Women in Military Service,” an examination of the career of Admiral Michelle Howard, beginning at 1 p.m. This lecture by Melissa Ziobro, professor at Monmouth University, will explore Michelle Howard’s career and predecessors. The Trent House is located at 15 Market St. Admission costs $10;williamtrenthouse.org; 609-989-3027.
Nov. 13 Veterans Day Parade The Spirit of Princeton Committee invites the community to honor the nation’s veterans, as well as those young men and women still actively serving in the military, by attending at the Princeton Veterans Day ceremony, at the All Wars Monument at Mercer and Nassau streets in Princeton. The event will feature keynote speaker Kevin J. Meara, a founding member of the non-profit City of Angels NJ Inc., a community-based, peer-to-peer, grass-roots recovery center. The Marine Corps League, Detachment 207 from Trenton and the Princeton Police Department Color Guard will preside over the program and provide a color guard and rifle salute. Roger Williams, board secretary of the Princeton Battlefield Society, also will speak briefly on the history of Princeton and its connection to Veterans Day. For more information, go to www.spiritofprinceton.com.
IN THE KITCHEN
Faith Bahadurian
Cornbread for inside or outside the turkey While I enjoy cornbread year round, I really crave it in the fall and winter. With today’s popularity of southern food, cornbread is getting more attention than ever, and debate rages about what constitutes the “real deal.” Some say sugar, some say none. Some say white corn (very southern), while most use yellow. While you can use buttermilk, both recipes below happen to use regular milk. The proportion of cornmeal to flour is also important; I like a good amount of corniness in my own, but others don’t like the slight interior grittiness that can come from that. One of my favorite turkey stuffings of yore was a southwestern version based on cornbread made with green chile and cheddar cheese. I made it on Thanksgiving for my family years ago. I adored it, but my parents and sister, not so much, and they went right back to their traditional sage sausage stuffing the following year. See Pati Jinich’s stuffing with chorizo and pecans below, which you can bake inside your bird (i.e. stuffed) or as a separate “dressing.” Today I make cornbread with one or two additions that might include the aforementioned green chilies and cheddar, jalapenos, corn kernels or creamed corn, pecans, or dried cranberries (thank you Whole Foods for that idea). I’ll freeze a few portions, and if I have some going stale, I’ll cut them up and oven-dry the cubes for croutons. Local restaurants get in on this act, too. I see maple cornbread on Hopewell’s Brothers Moon Thanksgiving take-home menu, and at the Turning Point in Mercer Mall, sweet cornbread serves as a base for some egg dishes. When the Dinky Bar & Kitchen opened, the menu included pork ribs with a rich jalapeño cornbread. I like the not-so-sweet version at Morgan’s Island Grill in Hightstown, and legions swore by the chili and cornbread at the mourned Main Street Bistro. I had a hard time choosing recipes for this column, so for two more recipes check out Bon Appétit’s Cauliflower Gratin with Mustard-Sage Cornbread Crumbs and The New York Times Cooking’s Pumpkin Cornbread. So much corny goodness! East coast grill cornbread Adapted from The New York Times Sunday Magazine, “The Cornbread Matters Most,” by Sam Sifton (4/1/2012). Serves 6 to 8. I was lucky to visit the East Coast Grill in Cambridge, Massachusetts, for brunch in its heyday (it’s still open,
1 teaspoon salt 1 ½ cups milk 1 large egg 3 tablespoons maple syrup Preheat oven to 425 degrees, coat 9-inch baking pan (or cast iron skillet) with bacon grease. Sift cornmeal, flour, baking powder and salt into a large bowl. In a small bowl, whisk butter, milk, egg, and maple syrup. Pour wet ingredients into dry and stir until just combined. Scrape batter into greased pan and sprinkle over the cooked bacon. Bake about 20 minutes, until a toothpick comes out clean.
Cornbread can used in all sorts of ways, including as the basis for stuffing on Thanksgiving. but not with the original owners). Sam Sifton wrote his Sunday Magazine column around the restaurant’s cornbread, making some adjustments of his own, like adding the corn kernels. — F.B. 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 cup yellow cornmeal ½-¾ cup white sugar (depending on how sweet you like it) ½ teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon baking powder 2 large eggs 1½ cups whole milk 1½ tablespoons vegetable oil ¼ cup melted butter 2 cups fresh or frozen corn kernels Preheat oven to 350. Lightly oil a 9-inch cast-iron skillet and put it in the oven to heat up. In a large bowl, sift together flour, cornmeal, sugar, salt and baking powder. In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk and oil. Pour the wet ingredients over the dry ingredients, add the melted butter and the corn and stir
together until just mixed. Remove the hot cast-iron pan from the oven and pour in the batter, then give the pan a careful horizontal shake to even it out. Return pan to oven and bake, approximately 1 hour, until it’s browned on top and a toothpick or a thin knife inserted into the top comes out clean. Maple-bacon southern cornbread Adapted from Whole Grains for a New Generation,” Liana Krissoff, Steward Tabori & Chang (2012). Serves 8. 4 ounces diced bacon, cooked until crisp, use 1 tablespoon drippings to grease pan ¼ cup (½ stick) butter, melted 1½ cups raw fine white or yellow cornmeal 1 cup white whole wheat flour, whole spelt flour, or whole wheat pastry flour 4 teaspoons baking powder
Chorizo, pecan, apple, and cornbread stuffing Adapted from “Pati’s Mexican Table: The Secrets of Real Mexican Home Cooking,” Pati Jinich, Rux Martin/Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (2013). Serves 10 to 12. Use your preferred cornbread as a base, maybe a double batch of the Southern Cornbread above minus the bacon and maple syrup. — F.B. 1 pound Mexican chorizo, loose, or casings removed 1 ½ white onions, chopped 4 garlic cloves, coarsely chopped 4 celery stalks, thinly sliced (about 1 ¼ cups) 2 granny smith apples, cored and chopped 1 cup coarsely chopped pecans ½ teaspoon dried thyme ½ teaspoon dried marjoram ½ teaspoon kosher or coarse sea salt 1½ pounds corn bread, cubed (about 8 cups) 1½ cups chicken or vegetable broth Heat a 12-inch skillet over medium heat. Once it is hot, add chorizo and cook, breaking it up with a wooden spoon or spatula, until browned and crisped, about 5 minutes. Stir in the onions, saute 2 to 3 minutes until softened. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, less than 1 minute. Add celery, apples, pecans, thyme, marjoram, and salt and cook 56 more minutes, until celery and apples have softened. Scrape the mixture into a large bowl. Add cornbread, pour over the chicken broth, and mix gently with a spatula or large wooden spoon until well combined. Can be made up to two days ahead, covered, and refrigerated.
Faith Bahadurian blogs at njspice.net. You can follow her on Twitter @njspice.
D&R Greenway has a ball D&R Greenway Land Trust hosted its masquerade ball on Oct. 28 at the 52-acre Muscente property in Hopewell to celebrate the organization’s preserving more than 20,000 acres. The spirits of preservation took shape in costumes such as butterflies, bees and a beekeeper, fall foliage and even invasive species. Trustee Betsy Sands came dressed as Poison Ivy. “I wanted to remind folks that invasive plants are poison to our environment,” Sands said. “The masquerade ball is a great way for adults to share in the fun of Halloween while raising funds for the preservation of land in our communities so that future generations can have open space to enjoy.” The Muscente property, at 166 Hopewell-Rocky Hill Road, is the first property to be preserved through D&R Greenway’s Revolving Land Fund. Guests enjoyed wine and hors d’ouevres while listening to the music of Acoustic Jazz and having their costumes immortalized at Nic’s Photo Show, with its crescent moon backdrop. It was an ideal setting in which to fall in love — and in fact, the Masquerade Ball has indeed united at least one couple. Pennington-based artist, singer and business consultant Mary M. Michaels, a D&R Greenway volunteer and supporter, came to last year’s ball dressed as a butterfly. Against the starry starry night backdrop of Nic’s Photo Show she
was captured with environmental hydrogeologist Philip Getty, dressed as a Green Man. “We immediately connected and fell in love,” Michaels said. “It was completely unexpected but we’re both extremely happy.” Michaels and Getty attended as a couple this year, dressed as “Getty Van Gogh” and his “Starry Night.” After a dinner of food from local farms, guests had the chance to stargaze through Amateur Astronomers’ Association of Princeton’s telescopes. The crisp fall evening offered a clear sky, revealing the moon and stars. Astronomers Dave and Jennifer Skitt and Victor Davis explained the constellations. Phyllis Marchand, Chair, D&R Greenway Board of Trustees, wearing a Princeton Tigers cap, black clothing, an orange lei, and boxer shorts printed with large pumpkins on either hip, carried a sign that read “Halloween is every day in Princeton—wear the colors!” “There’s nothing spooky about saving land,” said Marchand, former Princeton Township Mayor. “We all celebrated Halloween together and we have to remember that clean air and water, and saving land and our planet is not a political issue. The Earth doesn’t know your voting affiliation, we all want to leave a healthy planet for our children and their children.” Guests also watched Garden State Watercolor Society artists
Photo by Carl Geisler
Best costume winners Eli Wyman and Hava Amsbury at D&R Greenway’s masquerade ball. work on a round-robin series of painting, collaborating to create four masterpieces — and showing how, when we work together, we can preserve land essential to the health of the planet. D&R Greenway Gallery Curator Diana Moore and wildlife artist Jim Fiorentino judged the earthi-
est costume and best mask competitions. Completely covered in fall foliage, Eli Wyman of REI won for best costume, with significant help from Hava Amsbury. Bridgette Kunst won for best mask, and Andy Krassowski won for his Tree of Life design carved into a pumpkin.
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Your Home from savings to luxury
Steps to save energy this winter
Conserving energy is not just an eco-friendly endeavor, but a potentially lucrative one as well. Homeowners who attempt to conserve energy may do so to promote the longterm health of the planet, but such efforts also greatly reduce energy bills. Thanks to air conditioning systems, energy bills might spike in summer. But winter utility bills also can be costly, especially in homes that have not been winterized or audited to ensure energy is not being wasted. Winterizing a home involves taking steps to conserve resources and save a little money along the way.
Windows A home’s windows can be a great place to start when winterizing a home. If the residents of a home feel cold when sitting near certain windows even though the windows are closed, the windows likely have drafts. Feel around the edges of the window and frame to determine if any cold air is coming in. If so, seal the leaks immediatel. Unsealed leaks can make air inside homes cold, prompting many to turn up Close your fireplace’s dampers when it’s not in use in order the temperatures on their to prevent cold air from entering your home. thermostats, which can lead conditioning units may bento the unnecessary conefit by removing these units Air conditioners sumption of energy and conHomeowners who cool from windows before the artribute to high energy bills. their homes with window air rival of winter. Window
units left in windows may be allowing cold air into a home, leading to more energy consumption and higher energy bills. If removing the units is too difficult or impossible, purchase window unit covers that can be wrapped around the outside of the unit to prevent cold air from entering the home. Water heater According to the U.S. Department of Energy, heating water accounts for roughly 18 percent of the energy consumed in a typical home. The DOE recommends setting water heater temper-
atures to 120 degrees. Doing so will save energy and money while still providing plenty of warm water when residents need to bathe. Fireplace Homeowners who have fireplaces in their homes should make sure dampers are closed whenever fires are not burning. Open dampers are akin to open windows, allowing plenty of cold air to enter a home. The DOE recommends opening dampers in the bottom of the firebox when using the fireplace to reduce heat loss and allow homeowners to lower their thermostats while the fireplace is in use. — Metro Creative Connection
Factors to consider when choosing carpeting When the time comes to choose flooring for their homes, homeowners may be overwhelmed by the vast array of options at their disposal. The choice between carpet and hardwood flooring, laminate or tile is a matter of personal preference. People have long extolled the virtues of hardwood flooring, but carpeting can be just as stylish and provides a host of other benefits as well. Carpeting insulates rooms in the summer and winter, adding that extra level of protection against the elements. Carpeting also absorbs sound in a home. Many appreciate the warmth and cozy feeling of carpet, especially when stepping out of bed. Carpeting also can increase the level of safety at home. Today, there are many different types of carpeting available. Selecting the right carpeting for a room comes down to identifying the level
of traffic in a particular room, the attributes homeowners would like the carpet to have and any other needs that fit with their lifestyles. The following guidelines can make carpet shopping a bit easier. Type of carpeting There are many different types of carpeting, some of which are best suited to certain situations. For example, plush and saxony carpets are better in low-traffic areas. These carpets may show footprints and also vacuum tracks and dirt, but they’re higher on the comfort spectrum than other types of carpet. Berber, which is more flat and dense, helps mask stains and tracks. It is durable in high-traffic areas. Textured carpets like frieze are cut from fibers of different heights, so they mask stains and are also softer on the feet than berber.
Padding Padding can impact the way carpeting feels and how long it lasts. It isn’t always necessary to purchase the most expensive or thickest padding. However, it is wise to pick a pad that matches the type of carpeting you’re selecting and one that aligns with how you plan to use the room. You may be able to go with a thinner pad in low-traffic rooms and beneath dense carpeting like berber. In high-traffic rooms, choose a thicker, more durable padding. Padding prevents carpet backing and fibers from coming apart over time. It pays to invest in a padding that will last as well. Installation Select a reliable carpet retailer and installer for your business. Competent installers will lay the carpeting in the correct manner so that it will look beautiful and maintain its durability for the life of the
Proper installation of carpeting is important for appearance and safety. product. Shop around to find the right installer or even do the work yourself if you feel capable.
Take time when shopping for carpeting, which is a substantial investment that can last for many years if the right ma-
terial is chosen and installed correctly. — Metro Creative Connection
How to make bedrooms more conducive to sleep
Insufficient sleep causes more problems than many people may know. Fatigue after a poor night’s sleep might seem like an inconvenience that can be easily rectified, but the long-term effects of insufficient sleep are significant. According to the National Sleep Foundation, researchers have found a link between insufficient sleep and an elevated risk for type 2 diabetes. In one such study exploring that potential link, researchers asked
healthy adults to sleep just four hours per night for six nights. At the conclusion of that period, participants’ ability to break down glucose had decreased by an average of 40 percent and reached levels that are consistent with those of older adults at risk for diabetes. Insufficient sleep may be linked to any of a host of factors, including one’s bedroom environment. An environment that promotes restful sleep can help people suffering from insomnia or restlessness improve the
quality of their sleep. The NSF offers the following tips to make bedrooms more conducive to sleep. • Set the right temperature. The NSF notes that research indicates a bedroom temperature of roughly 65 degrees makes for the best sleep. Human beings’ body temperatures rise and fall throughout the day, reaching their lowest level around 5 a.m. each day before slowly climbing as morning begins. A room that is too warm overnight may interfere with this nat-
ural dip, leading to restlessness. If necessary, install a programmable thermostat in the bedroom so the temperature in the room remains steady and in line with your body’s natural temperature fluctuations. • Address allergens. Some people may trace their sleeping difficulties to allergies. Dust and pollen in the bedroom can make for a disruptive night’s sleep. Wash bedding once per week in hot water if dust mites are proving problematic. If pillows cannot be
washed, dry them using high heat to kill dust mites. In addition, cover the mattress in a mattress protector that guards against allergens and dust mites. If pollen is finding its way into the bedroom, always keep bedroom windows closed during allergy season. • Use a white noise machine. Noise is another potential contributor to poor sleep. The NSF notes that the constant ambient sound created by white noise machines masks activity both inside and outside the
house, helping people enjoy more restful sleep. • Draw blinds, shades or curtains. Early morning rays from the sun might be triggering your body to wake up before it’s had adequate rest, so make sure blinds, shades and curtains are drawn before going to bed at night so you are not woken up prematurely in the morning. Making bedrooms more conducive to sleep is one way men and women can improve the quality of their nightly sleep.
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LOOSE ENDS
Pam Hersh
A leader at work, and in the community Elizabeth Protage Walsh was honored by the Princeton library for her efforts as an ‘energetic ambassador’
I want to reassure Elizabeth Protage Walsh that I am no stalker, in spite of the fact that I followed her around last week at Hulfish Street, Starbucks, Springdale Golf Clubhouse, and the Nassau Presbyterian Church. Elizabeth is my “street” friend, always welcoming, supportive and encouraging no matter what my angst du jour. We see each other on the streets of Princeton as I walk to coffee and/or work and she walks to coffee and/or work at Bryn Mawr Trust on Chambers Street. It wasn’t until this past week, however, that I realized that my street friend was actually a superhighway kind of gal. My week of Beth concluded Nov. 4, when she was honored at the Princeton Public Library benefit, the lecture portion of the event, taking place at Nassau Presbyterian Church. Library Executive Director Brett Bonfield recognized Walsh as “one of the library’s most energetic and steadfast
ambassadors. [She is] the treasurer of the Princeton Public Library foundation and a member of the foundation’s board of directors and investment committee. . . . Her work benefits everyone who works at the library and everyone who benefits from the library.” On Nov. 2, I sat with Walsh at Springdale Golf Club, where the Princeton Area Community Foundation Fund for Women and Girls hosted its annual grant-making dinner. The Fund for Women and Girls comprises committed community philanthropists who have pooled their financial resources to invest in organizations and programs aimed at improving the lives of women and girls throughout Mercer County. In addition to providing funding, the members of the Fund for Women and Girls lead the annual grant-making process. The 2017 event, which reminded me of a community service version of “American Idol,” featured presentations
from six inspiring community service providers vying for individual grants of $25,000. Walsh’s role at the foundation is serving on the asset building and professional advisers committees. Earlier in the week, in addition to greeting one another on Hulfish Street, Walsh and I had a brief conversation at Starbucks about her being honored with an invitation to join the advisory board of the Griswold Center for Economic Policy Studies at Princeton University. The Benjamin H. Griswold III, Class of 1933, Center for Economic Policy Studies at Princeton University, founded in 1989, sponsors faculty research as well as a number of programs each academic year. During one of our encounters, I learned that Walsh recently hosted a friend-raising luncheon at the Nassau Club for the Corner House Foundation in her role as advisory board member. The Princeton-based Corner House promotes the health and well
being of Princeton area young people and their families as they confront substance abuse and other emotional issues. And she has a very fulltime job — leading the Princeton team for Bryn Mawr Trust and she is responsible for new business, community visibility, and brand development. There’s more. The longtime Princeton resident is married to Patrick Walsh, a writer, and she’s the mother of 6-year-old, Maeve. Who is this woman? Does she wear the Wonder Woman costume under her business suit? “No, but I did have a wonderful mentor,” someone many Princetonians called a wonder woman, Chris Lokhammer, the recently deceased philanthropist and wealth manager with whom Walsh worked for a number of years. In fact, Walsh, who graduated from Princeton University in 1988, is just doing what she always loved to do, nurturing. Not just for the sake of
making someone feel good for the moment, but for purposeful nurturing with a longer-term goal of making a difference in someone’s life. “When I graduated from Princeton as a history major, I was not sure what I was going to do professionally,” Walsh said. “Chemical Bank offered a training program — and I always had heard that a person could indulge one’s nurturing characteristics in the profession of private banking. My challenge, however, was that I knew no finance. I studied hard after graduating and learned a lot. I love what I do and I have never looked back,” said the native Californian. For Walsh , wealth management is far more than moving money around. It involves listening, empathizing, understanding and then crafting individualized investment strategies. She brings that same philosophy to all the volunteering and philanthropy in her life. “The grant-making dinner
was a reminder that we all need perspective,” she said. “We spend our days wrapped up in issues which feel profound to us, but they can pale in comparison to the stark, urgent needs of people so nearby. “The six Fund for Women and Girls grant finalists each had a compelling story and a significant need. With every proposed program, there’s an element of nurturing that is important to help vulnerable women find their strengths and realize the difference they can make. That underlying sense of care and consideration is exactly how I approach my life, personally and professionally. For every hour I spend volunteering with PACF to promote local philanthropy and support the Fund for Women and Girls, I’m rewarded far more than I contribute.” This is one wealth manager who had made all of us wealthier.
Spread the cheer with YWCA’s St. Nicholas Project
YWCA Princeton’s St. Nicholas Project is seeking help to spread cheer this holiday season. The project provides holiday presents to help local families in need create the magic of Christmas in their own homes. Gifts are donated by community members, individuals, families and businesses. The St. Nicholas Project was founded in 2000 by
Princeton resident Jill Jachera, who saw the need to help families in Princeton. “With limited resources, many parents, especially those new to this country, struggle to make the holidays special for their children,” Jachera said. “My husband and his family moved to the USA when he was 4, with no money and no English-speaking skills. But he still remembers the acts of kindness from
strangers that made his family feel welcome. We want to pay it forward and do the same for immigrant families and those in similar situations throughout Princeton.” The project, originally called the “YWCA Adopt-aFamily”, was renamed after its first year in memory of Jachera’s nephew Nichols Nutile, who was killed in an automobile accident in 2001. She continues to lead the
drive each year encouraging businesses and individuals to join her effort to enrich the lives of local families and strengthen our community. Any individual, organization, family, and business can participate. You can become “St. Nicholas” and choose to sponsor a large family, a small family, or an individual. Toys, clothes, gift cards and food are needed. Contact Jachera at
jill.jachera@ gmail.com by Nov. 17 with your contact information (name, email address, and phone number) and you will be provided with a “wish list” for a particular family and/or individual. Gifts should be new and unwrapped and must be dropped off on Dec. 12th, between 8 a.m. and noon at the YWCA Princeton’s Bramwell House located at 59 Paul Robeson Place (at the corner
of Route 206). For those who wish to contribute and cannot shop, a tax-deductible donation can be made to the YWCA Princeton. By indicating the donation is for the St. Nicholas Project, the entire donation will be used to provide scholarships for some students in the Young Wonders Child Development Center.
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Arts council hosts gala
On Oct. 28, the Arts Council of Princeton celebrated its 50th anniversary with a gala fundraiser, Dining by Design: Edge of Dawn, a modern take on the Garden of Eden held in Princeton University’s Frick Chemistry Laboratory. Funds raised will support arts programs that enrich the lives of under-served youth and seniors and scholarships to ensure the arts are accessible to all. Pictured from left are Daniel Justino; Dan Fatton, Arts Council of Princeton advisory board member; Dining by Design sponsor Timothy M. Andrews; and event chair, Dina Riad.
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