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School referendum vote delayed a week By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The Princeton Board of Education delayed until the middle of April a key vote on the proposed $137.1 million bond referendum. The board was due to vote April 10 on sending the referendum plan to the state Department of Education for its review and approval, but that has been pushed back to April 17. The reason for the change was to give “more time after spring break” for school officials and the community “to digest everything,” BOE president Pat-

rick Sullivan said by phone. “We want to make sure everybody understands all the details,” he said. “So we thought a little more time would be helpful.” Sullivan left the door open for the referendum amount changing between now and April 17. The school board has a workshop, scheduled for April 10, devoted to the ballot question. “We’re going to have a discussion on (April 10) and talk about anything people want to talk about, but it could include changes, up or down,” he said. The referendum, scheduled for Oct. 2, would pay for projects

at all schools, including renovating Princeton High School and building a new school for fifthand sixth-graders on the site of the Valley Road School. If voters approve, the district will borrow the money by bonding over stages and repaying it over 30 years. In terms of the tax impact, the district has said the referendum would add an average of $167.23 annually, at the average assessed home, during that 30-year-span. But taxpayers will face higher costs in the first few years of that timeframe because of an “overlap” from paying off current debt

the district has and new debt from the referendum, the district has said. Those increases will start at around $680 in 2020, and then exceed $800 in 2021 and 2022, Superintendent of Schools Stephen C. Cochrane said last month. In 2023, the amount drops to $319, “and it will continue to drop,” he said. In terms of the April 17 decision, Sullivan said he hopes the vote by the BOE that night is unanimous. “If it’s not unanimous, then that’s OK too,” he said. “People have different views on things, especially things that

are this important.” Sullivan said that of $137.1 million, about 12 percent, or around $16.4 million, is set aside as a reserve. “So if the project comes in on time and on task, then we would have 12 percent less than that number … that we wouldn’t spend,” he said. Also, the district is looking to get state aid. Cochrane said last month that “more than $24 million dollars of the referendum costs will be funded through construction grants from the state and not by the Princeton taxpayers.”

Speeders beware Town considers street obstacles By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Princeton will look to install on-street obstacles to slow down traffic, in addressing residents’ concerns about speeding cars. Speed humps, speed tables and raised cross walks, the types of traffic-calming measures other municipalities use, are what officials are considering. “We’re putting them on the roads where it’s most appropriate, where there’s the most pedestrian traffic and highest volumes of speeding traffic,” Council President Jenny Crumiller said last week. The step represents an aboutface by a municipality that, in July of 2013, had passed a resolution forbidding traffic humps or bumps. Last week, the Princeton Council agreed it would rescind that measure after it adopts a traffic-calming plan, likely sometime later this year. In April, the town intends to experiment for the first time, for a couple of months, with speed cushions on John Street. Cushions are like speed humps, but they have space in between them wide enough for the wheels of emergency vehicles to pass through. For the experiment, the town will use rubber versions of the cushions and keep track of vehicle speeds and traffic volume through camera monitoring contained in a portable “your speed is” sign. “We’re going to see how the speed cushions work at John Street and we’re hoping that they’ll become permanent at John See OBSTACLES, Page 10A

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Members of the Princeton rowing team teach Special Olympics New Jersey athletes on the indoor rowing machine.

Rowing Special Olympics

A celebration of the athletic spirit By Sophia Cai Correspondent

On a brisk Saturday in March, rowers from the four Princeton University rowing teams hopped off the indoor rowing machines in the Princeton University boathouse and joined the crowds of parents, athletes, and fans to cheer on another group of athletes — several dozen Special Olympics New Jersey athletes who had come to compete in the Crash-P following the Princeton University men’s and women’s 2k tests. Ranging from teenagers to adults in their mid-thirties, the Special Olympics athletes raced either the 1,000m or 500m distance as a culmination of the student-run Special Olympics Rowing Program. The program started in 2013 as an indoor-only rowing program when Casey Henderson, the Coach Education and Sports Training Director at Special Olympics New Jersey (SONJ) reached out to Coach Greg Hughes, Princeton Heavyweight

coach. It marked New Jersey’s first long-term winter rowing program for athletes with intellectual disabilities and has since expanded into Nereid Boat Club, Christian Brothers Academy and Tabor Academy. According to Princeton senior and program leader Sandra Carpenter, the underlying mission of Special Olympics is to recognize the universality of the athletic spirit by bringing people together around the shared experience of athletics and simultaneously breaking down the social stigma surrounding disabilities. “Rowing is an inherently inclusive experience,” Carpenter said. “Erging is an ideal sport for people with intellectual abilities because it is an independent, whole body exercise [that] allows athletes to readily visualize their improvement over time.” This fall, an on-the-water program was implemented in addition to the indoor program, giving Special Olympics athletes the opportunity to row in boats on Lake Carnegie with experienced

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Dhruv Jain, 14, of Monroe, gets a fist bump from his instructor. Princeton rowers. It was one of the major changes Carpenter and Hutzley undertook this year in an effort to make the program more involved than it had been — “to expect more from our capable, hardworking [Special Olympics] athletes and show them that sports

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Council hopefuls ready for sprint to primary By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The six Democrats running for Princeton Council have a two-month-sprint to the primary, a contest that effectively will decide the next two members of the

governing body. Dwaine Williamson and Eve Niedergang, veterans of Princeton Democratic politics, would appear to have the inside track to replace incumbents Lance Liverman and Heather H. Howard, both of whom are retiring.

They emerged from the intraparty vetting process last month to secure preferred placement on the ballot for the primary June 5. They will appear in the top two positions, with him first and her second; she also was endorsed by

the Princeton Community Democratic Organization with 77.7 percent of the vote. Asked Tuesday if she felt like she were in the lead, Niedergang said she is in a “good position.” “I’m just focusing on

what’s in front of me, which is getting out and talking to voters,” said Niedergang, who started campaigning door to door. “I’m not taking anything for granted. I’m going to work hard.”

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Candidate profile: Williamson brings finance, law background By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Dwaine Williamson, one of six Democrats running for Princeton Council, would bring his background in the law and the financial industry to municipal government if elected this year. His first hurdle, and arguably the most important for him to clear, will be winning his party’s nomination when Democrats go to the polls June 5 for the primary. Win the primary, and Williamson is all but assured of winning the general election come November, in a town where Democrats dwarf Republicans in registered voters. Williamson, who, like fellow candidate Eve Niedergang, worked his way up the hierarchy of the local Democratic Party; he has the support of the party establishment in his bid to capture one of the two council seats up for grabs. In an interview, Williamson talked of his vision for Princeton and spoke of his path to America as an immigrant. At 46, he is running for elected office for the first time. “Some would say I’m almost too idealistic, but I

am very idealistic,” he said. “Despite our history, I really believe in a concept of a more perfect union. I really do. And I believe that whatever problems we have in society, we have enough smart people to figure out how to solve them.” He echoes much of what Mayor Liz Lempert and other council Democrats routinely talk about, in wanting to make Princeton affordable and eco-friendly. His vision includes making it easier for people get around town without a car. He said he supports having bike paths and bike lanes, but he does not delve into the attendant loss of on-street parking that bike lanes would require. “We want to make it … the place that I found and the reason why I moved here,” said Williamson, a Princeton resident since 1998. “And that is just a wonderful town with a great school system, with a great library.” In terms of challenges, he said Princeton needs to be an “inclusive” community, one where people who live here can afford to stay. To accommodate more affordable housing, he said the town must look at its

land stock and see “where does it make more sense to build new housing.” “We know growth is inevitable,” he said. On dealing with Nassau Hall, he called it important to have a good relationship with Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber. In that stance, he also echoes Mayor Lempert. “We have to maintain a good partnership with them,” he said. “I really reject that us and them argument when it comes to the university.” Of his view of rezoning Alexander Street and eventually seeing Nassau Hall redevelop the Springdale Golf Course, he avoided giving his opinion. He said the town needs to discuss with the university “what the plans are and make sure those plans fit into our mutual vision of the town.” He gave high marks to Mayor Lempert, whose reelection campaign he managed in 2016, and to police Chief Nicholas K. Sutter. He said consolidation is working well in the sixth year of the merger. He refused to pledge not to raise municipal taxes.

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Primary Continued from Page 2A “I’m seeing a lot of support out there,” Williamson said Tuesday. “On the other hand, I would never make my support make me so confident I don’t keep running as fast as I could in the sprint.” They are joined in the race by Adam Bierman, Michelle Pirone Lambros, Alvin McGowen and Surinder Sharma, all of whom filed paperwork by Monday’s deadline to be on the ballot for the primary. Only one Republican, Lisa Wu, filed to run. As the Democrats look to increase their name recognition and appeal to voters, it is unclear, at this stage, how much money they plan to raise and spend on their campaigns. Typical

costs run the gamut from advertising to lawn signs. “I’m hoping it’s not going to be an expensive race,” Niedergang said. She and Williamson confirmed they are raising money, but they refused to say how much they had amassed so far. He said it would not be a “prudent time” to discuss that at this point in the race. “On one hand, if you raise a good amount of money, sometimes others don’t want to be as quick to give money,” he said. “Some of this information has to be kept close to the vest, unfortunately. And that’s one of them.” For her part, Pirone Lambros said she sees Williamson and Niedergang as the front-runners to beat in the race. She said she

‘I think it’s really who works the hardest, who gets out there, who gets their message across and who has the best message and the experience.’ Michelle Pirone Lambros

is getting a good reception from voters. “I think it’s really who works the hardest, who gets out there, who gets their message across and who has the best message and the experience,” she said. As the race plays out, Mayor Liz Lempert, a fellow Democrat, is staying neutral. Her decision to endorse candidates in a con-

tested primary four years ago backfired on her. She was asked Tuesday why she is not endorsing anyone this time around. “We have an educated and engaged community of voters who can make up their own minds,” said Mayor Lempert, whose campaign manager, in her re-election campaign in 2016, was Williamson. “I

hope the focus of the election will remain on the candidates themselves and what they can do for residents.” But Councilman David Cohen said Tuesday that he is supporting Niedergang, calling her a smart, hard worker. “I know her well,” he said. One of the next big events in the campaign will happen in less than a month. The candidates are due to appear at a League of Women Voters forum, in the Witherspoon Hall municipal building, starting at 7 p.m. May 1. It will be a chance to appeal to fellow Democrats and perhaps sway undecided voters. Getting supporters to the polls on election day

will be key. Primary elections tend to have light voter turnout, and serve as the defacto general election in town. Given that Democrats outnumber Republicans in Princeton in registered voters, the outcome in June all but decides who will win in November. Democrats hold all six council seats. Liverman and Howard announced earlier this year they would not seek re-election, a decision that paved the way for newcomers to join a governing body in transition. Three of the original council members who started with consolidation in 2013 have left, and Liverman and Howard’s departure will leave Council President Jenny Crumiller the last one of that founding group.

Profile Continued from Page 2A “We understand that everyone wants property taxes to be lower,” he said. “At the same time, we don’t want to lose services. So we have to look at ways where we have to find that proper balance.” Originally from Jamaica, he came to America in the 1970s, when he was 5 years old, with his family. He went to the Trenton public schools, graduated from Georgetown University in 1993 and worked in the financial industry out of college. “It wasn’t a path that I really planned to take,” he said envisioning a career as a diplomat. In addition to Merrill Lynch, he worked at Smith Barney. But after Sept. 11,

‘Despite our history, I really believe in a concept of a more perfect union. ... And I believe that whatever problems we have in society, we have enough smart people to ﬁgure out how to solve them.’ Dwaine Williamson

he started to look inward and wonder if he wanted to spend the rest of his life calling rich people to invest their money. “And it’s like it wasn’t fulfilling to me,” he said. Law school, where he had envisioned himself attending, beckoned. He attended Rutgers Law School starting in 2003, and held down a job on campus to

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help pay the bills. Today, he is a lawyer in private practice. Williamson is married with three children. As for his civic engagement, he has been a part of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization, and sits on the municipal planning board. “The bottom line is,

leaders got to have vision, you got to have a concept of where things are going,” he said. He said he is a Democrat “because we’re progressive. Because we’re the party of people who are always trying to figure out how to solve society’s problems.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR More budget information needed from superintendent and board

Princeton residents deserve more information before the budget vote for new school construction. We have been told that the architectural plans are based on new pedagogical approaches. Why haven’t we been given information about what they are? Or are the building schemes driving the pedagogy? It’s time for the superintendent and board of education to open up and share. Why does it seem that every major decision in Princeton is made behind closed doors? Let the sunshine in and let the public and the media see what is proposed so that a real discussion can take place. Shelia Siderman Princeton

LWV urges voters to become informed and to vote

Chrystal Schivell Voter Service chair League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area

To the editor: The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area supports students in their March for our Lives and urges those who can vote to become informed about their candidates and then vote. On May 1 at 7 p.m. in Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street, the Democratic candidates for Princeton Council will meet in a forum co-sponsored by the League and Princeton Community TV, who will videotape the forum. Video will be rebroadcast and posted on its website and on www.lwvprinceton.org. Be sure you are registered with the party of your choice.

THE STATE WE’RE IN

If you are currently Unaffiliated, you may declare your party at the polls on June 5. If you mistakenly registered as an Independent, you cannot vote in the primary since only Republicans and Democrats hold a primary election. The deadline for changing party affiliation for the June primary is April 11. Political party declaration forms are available at www.njelections.org and must be received at your county clerk’s office by April 11. The deadline to register for the June primary is May 15; your voter registration form must be postmarked by that date. Applications for Vote-by-Mail ballots can be downloaded and must be received by your county clerk at least seven days before the election, May 29. All forms are available at www.njelections.org, where you will be directed to your county clerk. Please attend or watch the forum and vote.

Let your voice be heard in the primary election

To the editor: The primary election to be held on June 5 for the two open Princeton Council seats will likely determine the ultimate winners in the November general election. Given that registered Democrats outnumber Republicans by 5 to 1 in Princeton, the Democratic primary has produced the final general election outcome in recent council and mayoral elections. In reflecting on recent elections, some voters have ex-

pressed that they don’t have a voice in our local government. Many of the more than 6,700 unaffiliated voters in Princeton may not realize that they can easily vote in the Democratic primary, either by changing their party affiliation prior to the election or by simply declaring that they would like to vote on the Democratic ticket at the polls on June 5. For Republicans who would like to participate in the Democratic primary, they can do so by submitting a political party declaration form by April 11. All voters can check their party affiliation on the website http://www. njelections.org, where they may also print the Political Party Affiliation Declaration forms. There is no limit to the number of times voters can change their political party affiliation. Historically, voter participation for “off-year,” or non-presidential year, primary elections is very low, with fewer than 10 percent of registered voters turning out to the polls. The more voters participating and voting in the primary election, the better representation the election will have for the population at large. Our council is the main legislative body that makes important decisions affecting our community. With many critical issues facing us and two open seats to fill, this is a very important election. I encourage everyone to vote in the primary. Let your voice be heard. You can find out more about me and my platform at www.pironeforcouncil.com. Michelle Pirone Lambros Princeton

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Ten years of nipping invasive species in the bud Do you have Japanese angelica, Siebold’s viburnum or trifolate orange in your yard? If so, they can spell trouble. All three are invasive plants, meaning they’re alien to New Jersey and can spread widely. They’re not a food source for native wildlife, and they’ll aggressively crowd out native plants. Japanese angelica, Siebold’s viburnum and trifolate orange are among several new invasive plants identified by the New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team, a nonprofit dedicated to eradicating new invasive species before they can become established. On Wednesday, April 11, the Strike Team will hold its 10th annual conference at Duke Farms in Hillsborough. “It’s a milestone for us,” said Michael Van Clef, the team’s science director, noting that the Strike Team was founded in 2008. The all-day conference will inform land preservationists, park and open space agencies, landowners and farm organizations about emerging invasive species threats and what can be done to stop them. This year’s workshops feature rare species conservation, the newest emerging inva-

sives, and the status of invasives in central New Jersey forests. Van Clef said many New Jerseyans are not aware of invasive plants in our landscape. “If people see green, it’s good,” he said. “They think that if a piece of land is not paved over, it must be okay.” But invasive species are now threatening the habitats of some of New Jersey’s most rare and endangered species, like bog turtles, golden-winged warblers and flowering swamp pink plants. According to Van Clef, over 130 invasive plants have been identified in New Jersey. About 30-35 are considered “widespread,” meaning they’re found nearly everywhere and would be almost impossible to eradicate. They include mugwort, Japanese honeysuckle, garlic mustard, European privet, multiflora rose and Japanese stiltgrass. Rather than attacking these widespread invasives, the Strike Team focuses instead on invasives that have not yet gained a strong foothold. “We practice early detection and rapid response,” Van Clef said. “If we know something’s an emerging threat, we want to get out in front of it and stop it.”

Right now, the worst of New Jersey’s emerging threats are forest shrubs like Siebold’s viburnum, linden viburnum and common buckthorn. All are tall, tolerant of shade, and able to out-compete native forest plants. The Strike Team also focuses on invasive animals. Recently, they helped New Jersey Conservation Foundation eradicate Chinese pond mussels – never before seen in North America - from a former fish farm in Hunterdon County. The Strike Team also raises awareness of tree-killing insects like the Emerald ash borer and Asian longhorned beetle. Want to help? Here’s how: • Volunteer as a “detector.” Visit natural areas with your smartphone or tablet, look for invasive species and report them. Download the free app for photographing and reporting potentially invasive plants by going to http://njisst.org/NRCSGrant. htm. • Volunteer as a “striker” on teams that are eradicating confirmed invasive plant populations throughout the state. Go to www.njisst.org/volunteer.asp to fill out a volunteer form. • Pledge not to use any invasive

plants on your property, even if the idea of “deer-proof” plants seems tempting. The Strike Team maintains a “Do Not Plant” list of invasive species that can be downloaded from its homepage atwww. njisst.org. • Go native. Native plants provide food for insects, which in turn are eaten by native songbirds. They also produce fruits and seeds for birds. • Attend the April 11 conference to learn more about invasive species. To register for the conference, go to www.eventbrite. com/e/2018-new-jersey-invasive-speciesconference-tickets-42748789781. Kudos to the New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team for 10 years of working to protect New Jersey’s native species and bio-diversity! For more information about preserving New Jersey’s land and natural resources, visit the New Jersey Conservation Foundation website at www.njconservation.org or contact me at info@njconservation.org. Michele S. Byers is executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation in Morristown.

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University event to examine legacy of Gov. Brendan Byrne By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

The legacy of two-term Gov. Brendan T. Byrne, who died earlier this year, will be the focus of a panel discussion next week at his alma mater, Princeton University. Former Gov. Thomas H. Kean, who was in the state Legislature when Byrne was governor and then later succeeded him, will be joined by former U.S. Sen. Robert Torricelli (D-NJ) and former state Attorney Generals John J. Degnan and James R. PrincetonPacket.2.736x4.5.Staﬀ Box.indd Zazzali on April 13, starting at 2:30 p.m.,

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The late Brendan T. Byrne (center), who served as the state’s governor during the mid-to-late 1970s, will be remembered during a panel discussion at his alma mater, Princeton Univertity, later this month. in Richardson Auditorium. Degnan and Zazzali served in the Byrne administration, while Torricelli also worked for Byrne, including on his political campaigns. Tom Byrne, the former governor’s oldest child, said this week that the event is intended more of a public policy discussion. “I just think it’s something that, hopefully, will add to the historical record in the state and be instructive to public policy makers, present day and in the future,” he said. “It’s just good when you can pull people together to have serious policy discus-

sions, periodically. And I thought this was an obvious occasion to do it.” In addition, former Gov. James E. McGreevey and Barry Evenchick, who worked under Byrne when Byrne was a county prosecutor in the 1960s, plan to share reflections of Byrne as a mentor. Byrne, a World War II veteran, graduated from Princeton in 1949 and later embarked on a career in the law that saw him serve as the Essex County prosecutor and a state judge. As a Democrat, he ran for governor in 1973, won that race and then won

a second term in 1977. In his eight years in office, New Jersey introduced gambling to Atlantic City, preserved the Pinelands and enacted the first income tax, among other accomplishments. Tom Byrne said his father was a loyal alumnus of the university, who was a regular at the annual Reunions. “I thought that he would wanted to be remembered on campus,” he said. The event is open to the public.

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Poets at the Library: Robert Carnevale and Emily Nguyen, will be featured at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. The ffeatured poets will read from their works for 20 minutes each followed by an open-mic session. Carnevale teaches creative writing and literature at Drew University, served as assistant coordinator of the Dodge Foundation Poetry Program and also worked on the Voices & Visions film series on American poets. His poems have been published in The Paris Review, The New Yorker, and many other magazines, and anthologies. Nguyen studied classical Japanese poetry at the University of Wisconsin. Her poems and translations from the Classical Japanese have been published internationally. Her 8-page poem, “The Hamlet-Ophelia Letters,” was performed at the Shakespeare Festival in Princeton. Co-sponsored by the library, Delaware Valley Poets and the U.S. 1 Poets’ Cooperative. Presented with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Wed., April 11

Sierra Club Lecture: “Climate Change Now and in the Future” at 6:30 p.m. in Room SC 104 (first floor) in the Student Center/Welcome Center of

Mercer County Community College. Pizza at 6 p.m. Pat and Steve Miller, graduates of Al Gore’s training program, will be providing recent instances of climate change, steps that are being taken to counter these problems, and how we are going to achieve 100 percent renewables in rolling out Sierra’s “Ready for 100 Campaign.” Easy parking close to building. Use the Hughes Drive entrance - parking is straight ahead at the Student Center. Security arm to parking will be up. Follow Sierra signs to room. Sponsored by the Sierra Club NJ - Central Group and Mercer County Community College. RSVP to: Kipatthesierraclub@gmail. com. Students welcome. Free.

Sat., April 14

“Wallaby Tales” will be presented at 10 a.m. in the Community Room at the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Wildlife educator Travis Gale returns to the library with a presentation for the whole family featuring live animals from all over the world. Entertaining, highenergy and educational, the program highlights the importance of protecting the wildlife of the world. For children ages 5 and older. Part of the Princeton Environmental Film Festival.

Sun., April 15

“Israel 70 Faces: Ben-Gurion, Epilogue” will be presented at 7:30 p.m. at The Jewish Center Princeton, 425 Nassau St., Princeton. Join us for this documentary film based on

newly discovered archived interview footage of David Ben-Gurion. His introspective soul-searching is the focus of the film, and his voice provides a vision for today’s crucial decisions and the future of Israel. The film is the winner of the Israeli Film and TV Academy Award 2017 for Best Documentary. The event is open to the community. Cost is $10 for TJC members and $15 for non-members. For more information, please Yael Bermano at 609-921-0100 or email ybermano@thejewishcenter.org.

Mon., April 16

Physician and reproductive rights advocate Dr. Willie J. Parker will discuss “Shall the Fundamentalists Win? A Moral Argument for Reproductive Justice,” at 6 p.m. at Princeton University’s McCosh Hall Room 10. Dr. Parker’s work focusses on violence against women, sexual assault prevention, and reproductive health rights through advocacy, provision of contraceptive and abortion services, and men’s reproductive health. He currently provides abortion care for women in Alabama, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Illinois, and is the former medical director of Planned Parenthood Metropolitan Washington, DC. His book “Life’s Work: The Moral Argument for Choice,” pulls from his personal and professional journeys as well as the scientific training he received as a doctor to reveal how he came to believe, unequivocally, that helping women in need, without judgment,

is precisely the Christian thing to do. Dr. Parker is the chair of the board of Physicians for Reproductive Health, and a board member of The Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice and URGE. He was honored by the United Nations Office of Human Rights as one of twelve Women’s Human Rights Defenders on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the United Nations’ Fourth World Conference on Women. This event, free and open to the public, is sponsored by the Stafford Little Lecture Series, with no ticket or reservation required. For further information on this and other events in the series, see lectures.princeton.edu.

Thurs., April 19

“Grounds for Sculpture: Looking Ahead” will be presented at 7 p.m. in the Community Room at the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Gary Garrido Schneider, executive director of Grounds for Sculpture, shares what is on the horizon for the 42-acre sculpture park, garden and museum. Presented with support from the National Endowment for the Humanities: Any views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this programming do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. Film and Panel Discussion: “Angst” at 7 p.m. at Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau St., Princeton. This documentary fea-

tures candid interviews with kids and young adults who suffer, or have suffered, from anxiety and what they’ve learned about it. The film includes discussions with mental health experts about the causes of anxiety and its sociological effects, as well as help, resources and tools. The screening will be followed by a panel discussion. Seating is limited. Doors open for ticketholders at 6:30; remaining seats will be filled five minutes before the screening starts. Organized by the Waldorf School of Princeton and Princeton Public Library with support from The Hun School, Princeton Learning Cooperative, Princeton Friends School and Princeton Common Ground.

Fri., April 20

Vijay Seshadri, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of “3 Sections,” “Wild Kingdom” and “The Long Meadow,” will read from his work at the People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos annual spring benefit at the Princeton Nassau Club at 7:30 p.m. Proceeds will support People & Stories / Gente y Cuentos, a reading and discussion program offered in English or Spanish for adults and young adults who have had limited opportunities to experience the transformative power of enduring literature. Seshadri is now Professor of Writing at Sarah Lawrence College. Along with the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry, he has won the James Laughlin Award, the Paris Review Bernard F. Conners Long Poem Prize,

and the MacDowell Colony’s Fellowship for Distinguished Poetic Achievement. In 2018 Seshadri is the Walt Whitman Birthplace Association Poet-inResidence. For reservations, call Pat Andres at (609) 8824864. Ticket prices start at $100, with dessert reception included. Sponsors join the author for dinner before the reading for $250. Additional sponsorship opportunities and benefits are also available. For more information, visit peopleandstories.org.

Sat., April 21

The community is invited to “Sarge is Coming to Town!” at 8:30 pm at The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street, Princeton. This evening of high energy comedy and musical entertainment features nationally recognized comedian, Sarge, who is known for his storytelling, impressions, and musical talent. An extraordinary performer who has entertained worldwide to sold-out audiences, Sarge is a triple threat performer bringing rapid fire comedy and a humorous take on things along with his touching vocals and piano talent. The evening of comedy also includes a dessert reception. General admission tickets are $72. Additional ticket levels and sponsorship opportunities are available that can include valet parking, VIP private dinner, and reserved seating. To purchase tickets and learn about becoming a sponsor or advertiser, call The Jewish Center at 609 921-0100.

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PACKET BRIEFS Robeson House to celebrate Friends of library to host 120th birthday of namesake ‘Book Lovers Luncheon’

The Paul Robeson House of Princeton will celebrate the 120th anniversary of Paul Robeson’s birth with a benefit concert at 3 p.m. on Sunday, April 8, at Nassau Presbyterian Church in Princeton. Baritone Keith Spencer will present selections from an actual Robeson performance in 1956 in New York. Susan Robeson, the granddaughter of Paul Robeson, will attend the concert as a guest of honor, and will offer personal remembrances of her life and times with her grandfather. A reception will follow the concert. Tickets for the Paul Robeson Day Benefit Concert are $75 each and can be purchased online at Therobesonhouseofprinceton.org. Reservations can also be made by phone through the Witherspoon Presbyterian Church Office at 609-924-1666. A capacity audience is expected, so reserve your tickets early to guarantee a seat. Online reservations will be accepted until April 5. All proceeds will benefit the Robeson House renovation project and program activities. The Paul Robeson House of Princeton is a 501(c)3 nonprofit. Corporate sponsorship opportunities are still available for the concert. Call (609) 955-4640 for more information.

The Friends of the Princeton Public Library are hosting a Book Lovers Luncheon featuring acclaimed author Lisa See on Wednesday, April 11, at Springdale Golf Club. The fundraising event begins at noon and features a three-course meal and a signed paperback copy of See’s latest novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane.” See’s first book, “On Gold Mountain,” a critically acclaimed history of Chinese migration to California based on her family’s experiences, was published in 1996. After a series of well-regarded Chinesethemed mysteries, she wrote “Snowflower and the Secret Fan,” her first work of historical fiction and a 2005 bestseller. A series of richly researched historical novels followed including “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane,” which examines the separate lives of a Chinese mother and her daughter, adopted by an American couple, and the bonds that connect them. Tickets for the Book Lovers Luncheon are $75 and may be reserved at princetonlibrary.org/booklovers. The Springdale Golf Club is at 1895 Clubhouse Drive, Princeton.

Forum planned to educate community on ‘vaping’

Corner House Behavioral Health, in conjunction with The Princeton Alcohol

Obituaries

Frances W. Harris, 97 Frances W. Harris, 97, of Rumson, New Jersey, passed away on March 27, 2018. Frances was born in Richmond, Virginia, to the late Guy Leon and Anna Matta W. in 1920. In 1941, Frances received her bachelor’s degree in English (also studying French, German, and Latin) from Westhampton College, University of Richmond, and later studied Library Science at the University of Virginia. After teaching in both Beaverdam and Stony Creek schools in rural Virginia, Frances married James R. Harris (later, a Bell Labs engineer) in 1943 and moved to New York City. The family later moved to Morristown, New Jersey, where Frances taught Sunday school at the First Presbyterian Church. After another move to Rumson, Frances served as Sunday school superintendent at the First Presbyterian Church of Rumson, where she taught the Presbyterian Women’s Bible Study and was an integral member of the church’s Historic Committee. Frances was an excellent seamstress who also loved to crochet, cook, listen to music, read, travel, and do New York Times Split Decision word puzzles. Most of all, Frances loved the time she spent at home with her family and her many dear friends. Frances was predeceased by her beloved husband, James R. Harris.

and Drug Alliance (PADA) and the Princeton Police Department, will hold a forum titled, “Vaping: What You Need to Know” from 7 to 9 p.m. Monday, April 30, in the main meeting room at Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street. The program has been designed to educate middle and high school parents, their children, and other interested community members about what is happening in the world of e-cigarettes, or vaping. E-cigarettes are suddenly the new, popular but dangerous trend with candy flavors, low prices and the trendy nickname of “vaping.” Vaping Is the act of inhaling and exhaling the aerosol, often referred to as vapor, which is produced by an e-cigarette or similar device. E-cigarettes are now the most popular form of nicotine used among middle and high school students and the numbers and methods of vaping are increasing rapidly. Many e-cigarettes are being hacked so they can be used with THC (marijuana) oil or wax. Teenagers may believe vaping is completely safe but there are significant risks. One of the country’s leading authorities on vaping, Dr. Linda Richter, is the featured speaker. Dr. Richter is the director of policy research and analysis at The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse. Forming a panel following Dr. Richter’s talk will be representatives from Princeton public and private schools with observations on vaping trends, Princeton Police Safe Neighborhood Bureau supervisor on its implications and public safety, and the clinical director of Corner House on clinical aspects and habit-forming behaviors. The evening will wrap up with audience Q&A with the evening’s speakers. For more information about the “Vaping: What You Need to Know” workshop, contact Corner House at 609-924-8018 or jwoodman@cornerhousenj.org.

Princeton’s annual Ciclovia to include ‘Chasing George’

Princeton’s fifth annual Ciclovia will be held, rain or shine, on Sunday, May 6, from 1 to 4 PM. This free event promotes healthy, active living by closing Quaker Road to vehicles and opening it for people to exercise, play, and learn. Families can run, walk, skate, and ride bikes along the route. Back for the second year is Chasing George, a 10-mile bike ride along the D&R Canal State Park path, in the spirit of the route Washington took on Jan. 3, 1777 to fight in what became the Battle of Princeton. Starting at noon at the Douglass House at Mill Hill Park in Trenton, the group will follow a George Washington re-enactor to Princeton along the D&R Canal State Park trail. Historical talks will anchor the start and end of the ride. Online registration for Chasing George is available at www.princetonhistory.org, or by contacting Eve Mandel at eve@ princetonhistory.org or (609) 921-6748 x102. The registration fee is $5 per person, or $10 per family. Individuals or families can also participate in a shorter version of the ride by joining the “troops” at the D&R Canal path entrance on Quaker Road around 1:15 PM. Everyone is welcome to cheer at the finish line when the group arrives at the Washington route marker on Quaker Road (near Updike Farmstead) around 1:20 PM. Parking for Ciclovia is available at the Quaker Meeting or Mercer Mall. Organizations co-sponsoring this event are Greater Mercer TMA, East Coast Greenway, Historical Society of Princeton, Princeton Bicycle Advisory Committee, Princeton Freewheelers, Princeton Friends Meeting, Princeton Friends School, REI, and West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance.

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Jazz with Small Group A will be presented at 2 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St. Princeton. Jazz at Princeton University returns to

the library to celebrate Jazz Appreciation month with a concert by Small Group A under the direction of Rudresh Mahanthappa. Compositions of the great masters of jazz will be performed. Community Room. Cosponsored by the library and the Princeton University Department of Music.

Surviving are her children: Richard W. Harris of New York, N.Y.; Betty A. Harris and her husband, Edmund Moeller, of Princeton, N.J.; and Beverly J. Harris and her husband, George Ott, of Rumson, N.J.; her daughters-in-law: Caroline Gower and Latifa Benkader; her grandchildren: Christopher and Yvonne Harris, Melissa M. Fliedner and her husband, Jim Fliedner, and Christopher and Rebecca Moeller; and her great-grandchildren: Nicholas, Emily, and John Richard. There will be a memorial service and reception on Saturday, April 14, 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the First Presbyterian Church of Rumson. Disposition will be handled privately. Memorial contributions can be made in Frances’s name to the First Presbyterian Church of Rumson, 4 E. River Rd, Rumson, NJ 07760. Services are being handled by John E. Day Funeral Home, Red Bank. Please visit Frances’ memorial website at johnedayfuneralhome.com. Obituaries

Ethel W. Pankove, 91 PRINCETON,NJ…Ethel W. Pankove ,91, passed away Monday April 2, 2018 at her residence. Born in Coaldale, PA to Morris and Rebecca Wasserman, Ethel was the youngest of four children: Ann, Robert and Samuel. First in her class at Coaldale High School, she moved to Trenton, NJ in 1943 and finished at Trenton Central High School. She graduated from Temple University in Philadelphia with both a BA and MA in English Literature. Her first job after college was an English teacher at the NJ State Home for Girls on Whittlesey Road in Trenton. In 1948, she met Jacques I. Pankove at a folk dance at Princeton University. They married in 1950. She worked for one year as an English teacher at Princeton High School in 1953. Later, after raising her two sons through their formative years, she returned to Rutgers University graduating with an Ed.D. in school psychology. She completed her dissertation on the effects of low socioeconomic status on urban children in the Oakland (CA) Public Schools. Working part-time in the Princeton Regional School District as a school psychologist, she later transferred to the Montgomery Township School District as a school psychologist and its first Director of Special Services. She innovated an early identification of special needs children at kindergarten registration. She was a former President of the NJ Association of School Psychologists. She was a fellow of the American Board of Professional Psychology. She retired in 1985 moving to Boulder, CO where her husband became a research professor at the University of Colorado. When he became an emeritus professor, they formed Astralux, a research company where she served as its president. The business was sold in 2002. In 2010, they relocated back to Princeton, NJ. An advocate for the disadvantaged, Ethel marched on Washington (DC) for Jobs & Freedom (August 28, 1963) and contributed to many charities. She taught English as a second language to many immigrants. An avid reader, Ethel relished her role of Grandma to her two grandchildren, mother to her two sons and spouse to her husband and life partner, Jacques, who predeceased her in July 2016. She is survived by her sons Martin (Caroline) of Alexandria, VA and Simon (Melissa) of West Windsor, NJ, two grandchildren, David and Rebecca and her longtime companion, Iris Gregorio. Funeral services and burial are Sunday 11:30AM (April 8) at Greenwood Cemetery,Hamilton Township,NJ. The family respectfully requests memorial contributions to a charity of the donor’s choice. Funeral arrangements by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel,1534 Pennington Road, Ewing Township,NJ

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MERCER COUNTY NOTES Chemical, electronic waste disposal day scheduled

The Mercer County Improvement Authority will host a Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Disposal Day on Saturday, April 7, for county residents who would like to recycle common residential chemical wastes or used electronics. The event will take place at the John T. Dempster Fire School at 350 Lawrence Road in Lawrence, rain or shine. While no registration is necessary, the event is open to Mercer County residents only, and attendees will need to show proof of residency, such as a driver’s license. No commercial or industrial waste will be accepted. The Electronic Waste Management Act, which took effect in 2011, bans disposal of televisions and all personal or portable computers – including desktop, notebook and laptop computers, as well as computer monitors – in the regular waste stream. These items must be recycled, and county residents can do so April 7 at the Dempster facility. Acceptable household items include: aerosol cans, used motor oil, propane gas tanks, pesticides and herbicides, car batteries, paint thinner, oil-based paint, stains and varnishes, gasoline, anti-freeze, driveway sealer, insect repellents, mercury and fluorescent/CFL bulbs. Acceptable used electronic items include: computers, printers, copiers, fax machines, stereos, televisions and microwaves. Additional Household Hazardous Waste and Electronic Waste Disposal Days in 2018 are planned for June 2 and Sept. 29. For more information, individuals should call (609) 278-8086 or visit www.mcianj.org.

Nature center to offer ‘Birding 101’ series

Do you aspire to take to the sky, but feel overwhelmed when identifying a bird out in the field? The Tulpehaking Nature Center offers a beginner birdwatching series that will help you hone your skills while studying in the Abbott Marshlands. The Birding 101 Series will take place on Saturdays, April 7, 14, 21 and 28 from 8 to 10 a.m. In this four-part series, local expert Bill “Birdman” Pitman will help you develop the basic skills and knowledge essential for becoming a great birdwatcher. With Bill’s guidance, participants will practice using binoculars and identifying birds by shape, size, behavior and habitat. By building this solid foundation, you will be able to experience more of the bird instead of missing out while consulting your field guide. Designated as an Important Bird and Birding Area by the New Jersey Audubon Society, the Abbott Marshlands stands out for its diverse and high-quality habitats for birds. Most time will be spent outdoors in the field; please dress accordingly. The Park Commission will have binoculars available to borrow, or you may bring your own. This workshop is $5 per session or $15 for the series if paid in full on the first day of class. This series is appropri-

ate for teens and adults. Pre-registration is required; please call (609) 888-3218 or follow the link HYPERLINK “https://goo.gl/forms/MrijySvDIfzl4Iv83&#8243;https:// goo.gl/forms/. The Tulpehaking Nature Center is located at 157 Westcott Ave. in Hamilton. It is open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m.

Agricultural agent to give talk on growing vegetables

Mercer County agricultural agent Meredith Melendez will present a program, “Planning, Planting and Caring for Your Vegetables to Maximize Your Harvest,” on Saturday, April 7, from 10:30 a.m. to noon at the Tulpehaking Nature Center in Hamilton. This program is sponsored by the Rutgers Master Gardeners of Mercer County, Tulphaking Nature Center and the Mercer County Park Commission. The talk will focus on garden planning and practices to minimize post-harvest losses, how to extend shelf life of vegetables and proper harvesting techniques. Many postharvest diseases are caused by poor planning and growingseason problems. Melendez will help attendees plan the best ways to get “more veggies with less work” this growing season. The Tulpehaking Nature Center is at 157 Westcott Ave. in Hamilton. Off-street parking is available in front of the Watson House with easy access to the nature center’s main entrance on the side of the building opposite the gazebo. Registration is recommended for this program; please email programs@mgofmc.org. The nature center provides programs and exhibits that encourage visitors to explore and discover the many cultural, historic and natural resources of the Abbott Marshlands. It is owned by the County of Mercer and operated by the Mercer County Park Commission. For more information about the nature center, programs and schedule of events, go to www.mercercountyparks.org.

Commission accepts venison donations for HHH program

The Mercer County Park Commission cooperated with its hunters this season to obtain venison donations to Hunters Helping the Hungry (HHH), a non-profit organization that works with butchers, hunters and food banks. This first year’s initiative resulted in the donation of 14 deer harvested by the end of the hunting season. The Naturalist Department provided drop-off donation days to licensed county hunters in the Deer Management Program at both Mercer Meadows and Baldpate Mountain during hunting season. Donated deer were taken to the Farmers’ Butcher Shop in Pennington where the venison was processed, picked up by HHH and distributed to charities throughout New Jersey and to America’s Second Harvest Food Banks statewide. The Park Commission paid the additional processing fees not covered by the HHH program.

Approximately 518 pounds of venison were provided to the program, translating to 2,072 servings of protein by this county initiative. Venison is a valuable resource to those in need, offering a high-protein food source to populations with limited access to nutrition. The Deer Management Program is held annually to improve the health of forest ecosystems within the parks and in coordination with regional efforts to reduce the overpopulation of white-tailed deer in central New Jersey. The program complies with all hunting regulations set by the State of New Jersey.

County seeks help with location of potholes

Mercer County takes pothole repairs seriously. While crews regularly patrol our roadways, they simply cannot locate every pothole. That’s why we are asking for your help. If you see a pothole on a Mercer County roadway, report its location to the county dispatcher by calling 609530-7510, providing specific information about the location of the pothole including helpful landmarks, travel lane direction, adjacent addresses and any information that could assist the county in locating and repairing the pothole. If you are not certain the road in question is maintained by the Roads Unit, refer to our County Routes and Roadways webpage for listings by municipality: http://www. mercercounty.org/ departments/transportation- and-infrastructure/highway- division/county-routes-and- roadways. If the roadway is not under county jurisdiction, the county will forward the information to the proper authority for their action.

Park Commission now accepting picnic reservations

The Mercer County Park Commission is now accepting reservations for the five county-owned picnic areas for the 2018 season. These include the West and East Picnic Areas in Mercer County Park, Rosedale Picnic Area in Mercer Meadows, Princeton Country Club Picnic Area in West Windsor, and Valley Road Picnic Area in Hopewell Township. For a link to the online Community Pass reservation system, visit the Park Commission website at http://mercercountyparks.org/facilities/picnic-areas. Interested parties should have either a MasterCard or Visa card ready to make a reservation. Reservations will be made automatically on a first-come, first-served basis. For those residents without an Internet connection, reservations also can be made over the phone or in-person at the Recreation Center at 1638 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, NJ 08550. For more information, call the Recreation and Events Center at (609) 443-8560 or visit www.mercercountyparks.org.

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Princeton OKs multi-million dollar storage garage By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Princeton will spend more than $3 million to build a storage garage for government vehicles and equipment, a projected 12-month-long project the town wants to start this year.

The “cold storage” facility will be an enclosed, 30,000-square-foot-building that will be constructed on River Road, located on municipally owned property. Half of the garage will be heated, because some of the equipment has to be in “above freezing tempera-

tures,” a town official said this week. “It’ll be a seasonal storage for certain equipment to help protect it and extend the life of very expensive equipment,” town director of infrastructure and operations Robert Hough said by phone.

The Princeton Council gave the green light last year to move ahead with the project, one that has a $3.8-million-price tag that includes a contingency built in. The garage has been a wish list item for years, a place to keep equipment

out of the elements. It’s on a list of other projects the town is eyeing to start in 2018. The town will look to spend around $475,000 to improve a maintenance garage, located on Harrison Street, and some $700,000 for maintenance work on a parking garage on Spring

Street. Hough said none of the work at the parking garage is structural-related. He said that during the work there, it would remain open for parking. “But there may be sections, for a given period of time, that may not be accessible,” he said.

10 weeks, culminating in the recent Crash-P event, where Special Olympics athletes were fully integrated and world silver medalist Pat Eble was invited to hand out awards to the Special Olympic athletes. Lauren Sanchez, who will be leading the program next year alongside Ryan Hutzley and Matt McGhee, enjoys the challenge that comes with working with athletes with varying degrees of functioning. With high functioning athletes, she would take out smaller boats to fine-tune technical aspects of the stroke. For athletes with less experience and lower levels

of functioning, she enjoyed teaching them parts of the erg stroke that allowed them to erg continuously on their own. According to Sanchez, a unique and understated value of the Special Olympics program at Princeton is that it serves an overlooked demographic within an already neglected group of disabled individuals. “All of the programs afforded to this group under the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act are removed once they graduate [high school], including vital opportunities to socialize with peers,” Sanchez said. “Princeton Rowing Special Olympics

athletes are in this ‘aging out’ phase, and therefore the worth of this program is tremendous.” Sanchez, whose younger brother is autistic, recognizes the impact that Special Olympic programs have on families. “It’s a great bonding opportunity for siblings and parents to have something to talk about with their loved ones,” Sanchez said. “The parents love hearing about the progress that their kids are making as much as the volunteers love to see that progress.” For Hutzley, the most rewarding part of working with the Special Olympic athletes is seeing the expression on their faces once

they have finished a hard erg piece or made a change out on the water. “That expression — that smile, laugh, fist-bump, or high five, or sometimes all of them in a row — gives me a lot of joy,” Hutzley said. The new leading trio look forward to taking on more challenging tasks and introducing other creative elements, including expanding the program outside of Princeton, recruiting more volunteers, getting more athletes on the water, and even hosting a Special Olympics regatta that would allow athletes to compete in the boats. With the successful

implementation of the onthe-water program this past fall, Sanchez believes hosting a regatta is not far off. There is an annual high school regatta back home on Long Island called Row for Autism. It features regular varsity high school events as well as an adaptive category that gives children with Autism an opportunity to compete. She said similar event at Princeton would be a great chance to engage the entire Princeton community. “[Princeton Rowing Special Olympics] shows how universal athletic spirit is, and that is something we all share and should celebrate together,” Carpenter said.

Playground, located at the corner of John and Lytle streets, to make sure the area is safe for parents to walk with their children. “If they’re performing as we hoped and there’s no unintended consequences, we could actually construct permanent cushions as part of the Mary Moss project,” Stockton said.

Crumiller said the town can put traffic calming measures only on municipal roads, not on state and county roads. The town had held back from installing obstacles amid concerns from the Fire Department and the Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad, given the difficulties for their vehicles,

especially when they have to travel fast to get to the scene of an emergency. The issue is also a concern for snow plows. Crumiller said the town had reached out to PFARS and the Fire Department to get their input. Both agencies, she said, prefer speed humps, not speed bumps, which are harder for their

vehicles to navigate. “We met with them. They understood the benefits and that people are concerned about slowing traffic down,” she said. “If they’re just about to experiment with a location, then there’d be plenty of time for discussion to see how it works,” said PFARS President Mark Freda last week.

Speeding is a “huge” concern for residents, Crumiller said. In January, Princeton Police handed out 79 speeding tickets for the month. “Besides taxes, speeding is the number one complaint I hear as a council person,” she said. “It makes it harder to walk, it makes it scarier to ride your bike.”

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Park commission program to host summer nature camps for kids

The Mercer County Park Commission’s Nature Programs will host educational summer camps for children ranging in age from pre-K to eighth grade. The summer camps are developed and instructed by the Park Commission’s team of naturalists. Baldpate Mountain Nature Camp is a weeklong camp packed with handson nature explorations, science experiments, hikes through the forest and unstructured nature play. Camp days are devoted to a nature-specific topic and may include bugs, forest ecology, birds and tracking. Two different camps accommodate children entering grades 1 through 3 and those entering grades 4 through 6. New this year, campers have the option to register for one or two weeks of camp. Camp sessions will be offered July 9 through 13, July 16 through 20, July 30 through Aug. 3 and Aug. 6 through 10 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Aquatic Adventure Camp will be held at Mercer County Marina, July 25 through 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. If your child loves being on the water observing nature, then Aquatic Adventure Camp will be a perfect fit.

Designed to balance the fun of summer with science, Aquatic Adventure Camp will have your child diving into fresh water ecology, testing Mercer Lake’s water, kayaking creeks and coves, and observing wildlife. Aquatic Adventure Camp also includes activities such as fishing, taking a ride on the pontoon boat, hiking and a cookout. Campers will memorialize their week by making a gyotaku T-shirt to take home. Wild Discovery Camp will be held at Baldpate Mountain, Aug. 13 through 17 from 8:30 a.m. to noon. This half-day summer camp is an introduction to the wonders of nature designed to capture the curiosity of children entering pre-K and kindergarten.

Story time, naturethemed art projects, walks and explorations will make up your child’s morning. Campers will hunt under rocks and logs for crawlies and observe live animals to increase their awareness of the world. All summer nature camps and programs of the Mercer County Park Commission are led and taught by naturalist staff. Camps are filled on a first-come, first-served basis and spots are limited. At this time, the Park Commission is unable to provide before- or aftercare for children attending camp. For more information and to download registration forms, visit http:// www.mercercountyparks. org/#!/activities/summernature-camps.

VOTE BY MAIL NOTICE TO PERSONS WANTING MAIL-IN BALLOTS If you are a qualified and registered voter of the State who wants to vote by mail in the Primary Election to be held on June 5, 2018, complete the application form below and send to the undersigned, or write or apply in person to the undersigned at once requesting that a mail-in ballot be forwarded to you. The request must state your home address and the address to which the ballot should be sent. The request must be dated and signed with your signature. If any person has assisted you to complete the mail-in ballot application, the name, address and signature of the assistor must be provided on the application and, you must sign and date the application for it to be valid and processed. No person shall serve as an authorized messenger or as a bearer for more than three qualified voters in an election. No person who is a candidate in the election for which the voter requests a mail-in ballot may provide any assistance in the completion of the ballot or may serve as an authorized messenger or bearer. No mail-in ballot will be provided to any applicant who submits a request therefor by mail unless the request is received at least seven days before the election and contains the requested information. A voter may, however, request an application in person from the county clerk up to 3 p.m. of the day before the election. Voters who want to vote only by mail in all future general elections in which they are eligible to vote, and who state that on their application shall, after their initial request and without further action on their part, be provided a mail-in ballot by the county clerk until the voter requests that the voter no longer be sent such a ballot. A voter’s failure to vote in the fourth general election following the general election at which the voter last voted may result in the suspension of that voter’s ability to receive a mail-in ballot for all future general elections unless a new application is complete and filed with the county clerks. Voters also have the option of indicating on their mail-in ballot applications that they would prefer to receive mail-in ballots for each election that takes place during the remainder of this calendar year. Voters who exercise this option will be furnished with mail-in ballots for each election that takes place during the remainder of this calendar year, without further action on their part. Application forms may be obtained by applying to the undersigned either in writing or by telephone, or the application form provided below may be completed and forwarded to the undersigned. Dated: April 6, 2018 Paula Sollami Covello, Mercer County Clerk 240 W. State St., 7th Floor P.O. Box 8068 Trenton, NJ 08650 609-989-6494

ATTENTION TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR RESIDENTS NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION ON NOVEMBER 6, 2018 TO ALSO INCLUDE VOTING FOR FILLING VACANCY OF COUNCIL SEAT NOTICE is hereby given that at the General Election to be held on November 6, 2018, the vacancy existing on Council will be filled for the unexpired term of Hemant Marathe, expiring on December 31, 2019. The Clerk’s deadline for filing petitions is Tuesday, August 21st at 4 PM in the Township Clerk’s Office, 271 Clarksville Road, P. O. Box 38, West Windsor, New Jersey 08550. Petition forms will be available in the Township Clerk’s Office starting Monday, April 9th. Please call the Township’s Clerk’s Office at (609) 799-2400 ext. 213 or 220 and give your full name, home address, email address, and telephone number. Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township Legal Notices

Legal Notices 2018 Municipal Budget of the Township of West Windsor, County of Mercer for the fiscal year 2018 Revenue and Appropriation Summaries

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Princeton Board of Education will hold a Board Workshop on Tuesday, April 10th at the Valley Road Administration Building at 6:00 p.m. The purpose for calling this meeting is to discuss the referendum. The meeting will be open to the public, and no action will be taken. Stephanie Kennedy Business AdministratorlBoard Secretary PP, 1x, 4/6/18 Fee: $11.55

LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment at its meeting on 3/28/18 adopted the Findings of Fact, Conclusions and Resolution for the following application: Name of Applicant/Owner: Daniel L. Barsky Location of Property:

259 Edgerstoune Road; Block 8204, Lot 6; R2 Zone

Nature of Application:

C1 variances for lot area, lot frontage, lot width to permit demolition of the existing single-family residence and construction of a new single-family dwelling

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Determination:

Approved with conditions

Copies of the documents are on file in the Princeton Zoning Department, 400 Witherspoon Street; Princeton, NJ and may be viewed during normal business hours. PP, 1x, 4/6/18 Fee: $23.10 Affidavit: $15.00

Oleg Chebotarev

Name of Applicant:

LBB Construction, LLC

Location of Property:

283 Mount Lucas Road; Block 5408, Lot 18; R6 Zone

Nature of Application: C2 variances for a front yard and right-side setbacks to allow second floor addition, a new covered front porch and reconstruction and expansion of the garage File

Z1717-562

Determination:

Approved with conditions

Copies of the documents are on file in the Princeton Zoning Department, 400 Witherspoon Street; Princeton, NJ and may be viewed during normal business hours.

PP, 1x, 4/6/18 Fee: $103.60

PP, 1x, 4//18 Fee: $25.20 Affidavit: $15.00

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LEGAL NOTICE

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment at its meeting on 3/28/18 adopted the Findings of Fact, Conclusions and Resolution for the following application:

Name of Owner/Applicant: William D. and Denise M. Hare

Name of Applicant:

Brett Bonfield and Andrea Beth Fila - Owners/Applicants

Location of Property:

183 Jefferson Road; Block 7110, Lot 9; R8 Zone

Location of Property:

420 Mount Lucas Road; Block 4201, Lot 15; RB Zone

Nature of Application:

C2 variances for right side yard and combined side yard setbacks to permit the conversion of an existing rear yard deck to a screened-in porch

Nature of Application: D4/C2 for FAR of 15.65%, right side yard setback of 29 feet and for a left side yard setback of 12 feet to permit construction of addition

File

Z1818-567

Determination:

Approved with conditions

File

Z1717-549

Determination:

Approved with conditions

Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad, Inc. (PFARS)

Name of Owner:

Princeton Municipality

Location of Property:

Mount Lucas and Valley Road Block 7002, Lot 1 and Block 7003 Lot 1; R6 Zone

Nature of Application: Preliminary and Final Major Site Plan Approval w/ D1variance for use, D4 variance for FAR and bulk variances for parking, signage and setbacks to permit construction of two story building to serve as the headquarters for PFARS File

Z1717-542

Determination:

Approved with conditions

PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that a public hearing will be held on Thursday, April 19, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at a regular meeting of the Princeton Planning Board. The meeting will take place at the Princeton Municipal Building, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey, 08540. The subject of the hearing will be a request for: (i) lot consolidation and minor subdivision to permit the consolidation of three existing nonconforming lots and re-subdivision to create two lots; (2) bulk variances for minimum lot area (6,500 square feet required and 5,705 proposed for new lot 72.01 and 5,805 proposed for new lot 72.02) and minimum side yard setback for proposed lot 72.02 (5 feet required, .4 feet existing/ proposed); and (3) such other variances, waivers and other and further relief as may be required and which the Board believes to be necessary or proper. The proposed development is at 223-231 Birch Avenue, located within the municipal R9 Zone, and is also designated as Block 6902, Lots 64, 65 and 66 on the tax map of Princeton. The Planning Board file number is P1717-524MS. A copy of the application and all supporting documents are on file in the office of the Princeton Planning Board, Princeton Municipal Building, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 08540 and are available for public inspection Monday through Friday during regular business hours. Bandi Property Group LLC Applicant PP, 1x, 4/6/18 Fee: $29.40 Affidavit: $15.00

THE COMMISSIONERS OF FIRE DISTRICT NO. 1 IN THE TOWNSHIP OF PLAINSBORO, COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX Resolution # Authorizing Regular Meeting Schedule for the 2018-2019 Year ______________________________________________

WHEREAS, Public Law 1975, Chapter 231, Section 13, requires a public body to post and maintain posted, to distribute to designated newspapers, and to further file with the Municipal Clerk for the purpose of public inspections, a schedule of the regular meetings of such public body to be held during the calendar year; and, WHEREAS, such schedule of regular meetings is required to contain the location of each meeting, to the extent that it is known, and the time and date of each meeting; and, WHEREAS, Public Law 1975, Chapter 231, Section 3-D, provides that where the annual notice or revisions thereof, in compliance with sections of the subject act, set forth the location, time and date of any meeting, no further action shall be required for such meeting. NOW THEREFORE, be it RESOLVED by the Commissioners of Fire District No. 1 in the Township of Plainsboro, County of Middlesex, as follows: (1) All regular meetings of the Commissioners shall take place on the sec ond Tuesday of every month at 7:00 p.m., unless otherwise noted below, on the following dates at the Plainsboro Firehouse, 407 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ. • Tuesday April 10, 2018 – 7:00 PM • Tuesday May 8, 2018 – 7:00 PM • Tuesday June 12, 2018– 7:00 PM • Tuesday July 10, 2018– 7:00 PM • Tuesday August 14, 2018– 7:00 PM • Tuesday September 11, 2018– 7:00 PM • Tuesday October 9, 2018– 7:00 PM • Tuesday November 13, 2018– 7:00 PM • Tuesday December 11, 2018– 7:00 PM • Tuesday January 8, 2019– 7:00 PM • Tuesday February 12, 2019– 7:00 PM • Tuesday March 12, 2019 (Reorganization meeting at 6:30 p.m. and regular meeting at 7:00 p.m.) (2) A summary of this resolution shall be mailed to the Trenton Times and/or the Princeton Packet. (3) A summary of this resolution shall be posted and shall be maintained on the official bulletin board of the Township of Plainsboro, shall be posted on the official bulletin board of the Commissioners, and shall also be kept on file by the Municipal Clerk for purposes of public inspection. Theresa Byrnes, Secretary PP, 1x, 4/6/18 Fee: $48.30

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RESULTS Princeton 5k

Princeton resident Will Hare was the top overall finisher in the Princeton 5k, which was held March 25 in Princeton. Hare covered the 5k course that began and finished at Princeton High School in 15 minutes, 14 seconds. Alex Ackerman finished second in 16:14, while Jeremy Taylor placed third and Tucker Zullo finished fourth. The top female finisher was Elyssa Gensib of Princeton, who came in at 20:17. Charlotte Gilmore was the second female finisher and Chloe Taylor was the third female finisher. A portion of the proceeds from this race benefits the PHS cross-country and track programs.

Princeton lacrosse

The Princeton University women’s lacrosse team improved to 5-4 with a 15-6 victory at Delaware last Saturday. Ellie McNulty and Kyla Sears scored three goals apiece to pace the Tigers in the triumph. Sam Fish made 16 saves in goal for Princeton, which will play at Harvard on Saturday. The Princeton men’s lacrosse team slipped to 3-3 overall and 0-3 in the Ivy League with a 14-13 setback at Brown last Saturday. Phillip Robertson and Austin Sims scored three goals apiece in the loss for the Tigers. Princeton will be the host to Stony Brook on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Class of 1952 Stadium.

Girls’ lacrosse

The Princeton High girls’ lacrosse team fell to 0-2 on the season with a 14-9 loss to Hunterdon Central on Wednesday. The Little Tigers had opened the season with a 7-6 setback to Robbinsville. Mariana LopezOna scored three goals and Kathryn DeMilt recorded two in the loss to Hunterdon Central. Montgomery is also 0-2 following a 14-10 defeat to Delaware Valley on Tuesday. Payton Edwards, Kate Heidt and Angela Masessa produced three goals apiece in the loss for Montgomery. Princeton Day School fell to 0-2 with an 18-7 defeat to Allentown on Tuesday. Kyra Hall, Bridget Kane and Madison Mundenar each put in two goals in the loss. The Hun School is 1-1 following a 16-4 setback to Lawrenceville on Wednesday. The Raiders opened the season with a 14-13 victory over Monroe. Hannah Bunce clicked on seven goals and Zoe Cook fired in four goals during the victory.

COLLEGE

Maria Martinovic

The Princeton Day School graduate is 3-2 as a singles player and 2-3 at doubles this season for the Gettysburg College women’s tennis team. Martinovic, a junior, picked up a triumph at first singles in the Bullets’ 8-1 victory against Ursinus last Saturday. She has played first singles and second doubles this season. Martinovic played first singles and first doubles for Gettysburg as a sophomore, going 9-6 at singles and 8-6 at doubles. Gettysburg is 2-6 as a team this season and will play at Johns Hopkins today before playing as the host to Bryn Mawr on Saturday.

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Simon Hwang, who played singles for the Princeton High boys’ tennis team a year ago, moves down the lineup to doubles this year as the Little Tigers welcome back two singles players who did not play high school tennis last year.

Scholastic tennis teams should excel once again By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

The Montgomery High boys are coming off a season that every tennis team dreams about. In 2017, Montgomery amassed a 22-0 record and won the Tournament of Champions state title. This year the Cougars will have some holes to fill in their lineup but they still have hopes of competing with the best in the state. “We are looking to stay competitive in a state where tennis is highly competitive,” Montgomery coach Raheel Saleem said. “We have a lot of returning members from the team that won Tournament of Champions with a few new faces.” Ishaan Ravichander, who played second singles last year, will move into the first singles role this year. Philip Szkudlarski, a doubles player last year, will slide to second singles, while James Hopper makes the transition from doubles to third singles. Montgomery is still working on settling the doubles lineup. The doubles lineup should come from a mix of players who

includes newcomers William Camper, Andy Li and Rohit Vadodaria. “It should be an exciting and fun season,” Saleem said. Princeton High received a huge boost with the return to the lineup of Noah Lilienthal and Jerry Gu. Neither played high school tennis a year ago, but are both back this year and will be the top two players in the Princeton lineup. “Noah and Jerry are returning to the top of the lineup after their absence last year, so that should give us a formidable singles lineup,” Princeton coach Sara Hibbert said. Kevin Yang, who had a solid season at first singles last year, slides down to the third singles spot and will give the Little Tigers one of the top singles lineups in the state. Simon Hwang, who played second singles last year, is at first doubles along with Sameer Joshi, who saw some time at third singles last spring. Richard Yang and Aryaman Babber are slated for second doubles. The top alternates are Ian Shang and Justin Lyu.

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Lex Decker returns to the top of the singles lineup for the Princeton Day School boys’ tennis team, which is hoping for a big season behind a strong singles lineup. “Aryaman is new to the school this year and Richard returns from a year away as well,” Hibbert said of her second doubles pairing. “Hopefully we’ll have depth and strength in our doubles, too. Simon was second singles last year and Sameer filled in at third singles. So we return a strong core.” The lineup should be a formidable one for Princeton, which finished with a 14-5 record in

2017. “If our singles can stay healthy and play well in key matches and our doubles clock, we could have a great year,” Hibbert said. Princeton Day School returns its singles players in Lex Decker, Chris Delaney and Vivek Sharma. They all return after having successful seasons a year ago.

due to the weather that has delivered both snow and rain. “If we were only going to get one in so far, at least we got in a win,” said Cooke, a senior captain who produced a hit and scored two runs in the victory over Hamilton West. “We haven’t been outside too much because of the rain, snow and ice. The game against Hamilton was the fourth or fifth time all spring we were out on the field. We were excited because it was a sunny day with warm temperatures and now we have more the same with the bad weather.” Princeton is in the same boat as every other scholastic team due to the weather.

Princeton has made the most of its indoor practice time and now are just hoping the conditions improve so the players can get back on the field. “We’re in the gym and still working hard,” Cooke said. “Coach (Dave Roberts) puts together a great practice plan each day and gets us ready. In the game against Hamilton our energy level was pretty high and that helped us because we haven’t had the reps outside. “I think our energy level was heightened by fact we haven’t been able to get out. With Hamilton West you know what you get from them is always pretty solid.

The entire week Coach had us playing out scenarios in the gym that could happen.” Princeton put together a solid effort in the victory. Zack Yoelson collected four hits and drove in two runs, while Tommy Reid recorded three hits and two runs batted in. Ben Amon and Teddy Durbin combined on a five-hitter on the mound. The Little Tigers would love to build off the momentum of that opening victory, but for now they are waiting our Mother Nature like every other team. Princeton was scheduled to face Steinert on Thursday and has

tory over Princeton on Monday. “We’re all best friends on and off the field. We have been executing really well. Guys like Elon (Tuckman) and Coby (Auslander) are doing really well. I am hopeful that we can have another really good season.” After opening the season with a 10-8 loss to Hun on March 28, the Panthers bounced back to top Princeton and then hand Lawrenceville a 13-11 defeat on Wednesday. Tuckman and Jack Konopka scored three goals apiece in the triumph over Princeton. Bennett scored four goals and picked up two assists in the

victory over Lawrenceville. “We always have super high standards for ourselves,” Bennett said. “Our coaches know what we’re capable of and we hold ourselves to a very high standard. I think that is a great recipe for success. “My teammates have been great. Elon found me for two of my goals (on Monday against Princeton). It’s a team game and everyone has been able to help each other out.” The Panthers led Princeton, 3-1, before Bennett scored a goal and assisted on another in the final 20 seconds of the first half to

make it a 5-1 lead. “It was really a momentum thing,” Bennett said. “Once we got that goal we were all super psyched. It’s a rivalry game. And then a ball bounced our way and we got a great ground ball and it was just being in the right place at the right time. I feel like we all work so hard that luck is made for us.” The Panthers, who have won the last two state Prep B titles, are moving up to the state Prep A tournament this season. They’re sure to see either Hun or Law-

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Waiting easier for PHS baseball after victory By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

Paul Cooke is as frustrated as anyone with the inclement weather that has wreaked havoc on the athletic season this spring. But that frustration has been tempered somewhat for Cooke and his Princeton High baseball teammates after the team posted a victory in the only game the Little Tigers actually played this spring season. Princeton opened the 2018 season with an 8-4 victory over Hamilton West last Saturday. Since then, Princeton had games postponed against Steinert and West Windsor-Plainsboro North

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PDS lacrosse off to impressive start By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

With each passing year, the Princeton Day School boys’ lacrosse team has been able to absorb graduation losses and continue to be successful. This year appears to be no different. The Panthers have opened the season with two victories in their first three games against a formidable early schedule. “I think our chemistry is great,” sophomore Jake Bennett said after scoring two goals and contributing an assist in a 9-1 vic-

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Cashman, MHS start 2018 track season with a win By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

The biggest meets of the season are still a long way down the road in high school track and field. But Montgomery High started its season in impressive fashion with a strong showing at the Raider Relays in Hillsborough last Saturday. On the boys’ side, Montgomery picked up a victory in the triple jump from Ryan Cashman, as well as a triumph in the 4x100 relay. The Cougars also picked up second-place finishes from Shrikeshav Deshmukh in the 400-meter hurdles and

Hossein Zolfaghari in the pole vault. Montgomery was third in the 4x200 relay and third in the 4x800 relay. “With the opening meet we didn’t know what to expect,” said Cashman, who won the triple jump with an effort of 46-feet, 6.25 inches. “We have a lot of new faces. For me, I had not practiced much since (winter) nationals. I think the biggest surprise was how well we did in the 4x100. We have three of our four back from last year and Carter McFadden is now in place of Malachi Clemons. I think we ran the fastest time in state for the

opening weekend.” Montgomery’s relay team of Cashman, McFadden, Alex Liu and Rydell Johnson finished in 43.56 for an impressive showing to start the season. For Cashman, it was a good start to what he hopes will be a strong senior season. “I took a week off after the winter season,” Cashman said. “We had our senior trip so I took a week off and then started back slowly. We started with the foundation stuff. It is like starting with a new season. We’re focused on the basics of the events and getting stronger.” Cashman was fourth in

the triple jump at the state Meet of Champions last spring. He has high hopes for this season in that event as well as the Cougars’ 4x100 relay. “Definitely, triple jump is my best event,” Cashman said. “I am hoping to go far with that. I want to do best I can with sprints as well. I am also hoping our 4x100 can go all the way to the Meet of Champions. We have always had a lot of good chemistry in that event. When it clicks it can save you the time it takes to win a race. “Carter did track last year as a freshman. He’s a sophomore this year and he

is familiar with the rest of us. I thought we did well for first time together as a team.” The Cougars have the Skyland Conference Relays on April 14 and the Somerset County Relays a week later. The conference and county championship meets will lead into state sectionals in May. Cashman is looking forward to those meets for himself and the rest of the team. “I’ll ordinarily be really busy at those meets with the 100, 200, long jump and triple jump,” he said. “At these meets we’ll usually be a top three team. These

meets are good to get ready for the other championship meets. “I am really proud of the whole team from the returning people to the new faces. I thought we did very well.” The Montgomery girls also did well at the Raider Relays. Chilly Wallace placed second in the triple jump, Annie Li was third in the 400 hurdles, and Annie Hathaway finished third in the pole vault. The 4x100 shuttle hurdles relay finished second, while the distance medley and the sprint medley placed fourth.

second at the state Prep B tournament and fourth at the Mercer County Tournament last year. With all three singles players back in the fold, PDS seeks even better results this season. “We have a strong team with depth and talent,” Asch said. “Lex, Vivek, and Riley are seniors. Lex is a strong highly ranked player and had an excellent season last year. Vivek is a

strong third singles player who had an excellent year last year. Riley would be a strong third singles player, but I expect he will be playing doubles. He played first doubles for us last year but his partner graduated. “Chris Delaney, second singles, is an excellent player with amazing potential. He is a big hitter and an excellent athlete. Aaron Phogat and Aaron Chu are

both highly ranked players in their age groups. We have several upperclassman who have improved over the past year. So, the year seems promising.” The Hun School has experience as it returns its top six players from a team that went 2-11 last year. “My top six from 2017 return and we added one freshman, Aneesh (Patnaik), who looks to round

out the lineup,” Hun coach Stuart Woody said. “Obviously we hope to be more competitive this season since we gained one and lost none. Hopefully our schedule is kinder as well in terms of some of the nonleague teams we’ll face. Senior Evan Goldsmith, sophomore Mehmet Koksal, and juniors Avi Yalamanchi and Andre Balian handled most of the singles

duties a year ago, Senior Luke Nguyen and juniors Andy Sun, Soham Sharad and Kenny Ouyang are also back the mix for spots in the lineup. “As always, my job is to help develop my charges into better athletes through better character and therefore to help develop them into better young people once their time on the court expires,” Woody said.

going to be a challenge for us in the third and fourth quarters and we know that. It’s a matter of controlling pace and possessions to put together a better second half of this game. “We have to capitalize on those valuable opportunities that you have. I think in terms of the installation

of systems that we have they are a bit more uniform now and everyone is familiar with that those core systems are. For us it allows us to bring that younger group along.” Picking up victories in rivalry games against Princeton and Lawrenceville will help the Panthers

down the road. They play as tough a schedule as any school in the state and will be tested every game. “We’re in with Hun, Lawrenceville, Peddie and Blair,” D’Andrea said of the Prep A foes that PDS will see in the state tournament. “We had that loss against Hun on Wednes-

day but this allows us to maybe see them again. Our schedule is really difficult. We have Seton Hall, Pingry, Chestnut Hill, so every game is tough. There is now a whole lot of fluff in there. “It’s always a dogfight with (Princeton). Pete (Stanton) and Chip (Casto)

do such a great job with those guys and come tournament time they’ll be ready.” The Panthers already look like they are hitting their stride. They’ll face Springside-Chestnut Hill today before facing Pennington on Tuesday and playing at Hill next Friday.

Tennis Continued from Page 12A “We graduated three or our four doubles players from last year’s team,” PDS coach Will Asch said. “We have Riley Gudgel returning, two promising freshmen, Aaron Phogat and Aaron Chu, and several others players competing for our two doubles positions.” The Panthers placed

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Continued from Page 12A renceville at some point if they hope to win a championship, so the strong early showings against those teams is a positive. “It was a more complete game for us than the one (against Hun),” PDS coach Rich D’Andrea said after the Princeton game. “It’s

Baseball Continued from Page 12A games scheduled against Notre Dame on Friday and Saturday. “Our veteran leadership has been great,” said Cooke, a Cranbury resident. “Our other two captains, Mike Ramirez and Alec Silverman, have helped get the guys fired up. We had two scrimmages and we got outside for opening day. We’ve tried to make sure everyone os locked in from the get go. We have a large senior class that has contributed in the past and we have a large junior class, especially with our pitchers. “Last year was a learning curve for a lot of guys and we’re looking forward to seeing what we can do.” Cooke is in his fourth season as a varsity player for the Little Tigers. He’s hoping his final season will be the team’s best before he heads off to play at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania. “It has gone fast,” Cooke said of his baseball career at Princeton. “This year, to this point, has been a different feeling. This team is really motivated

to win and as a senior for me it is all about being able to go out and win and play ballgames. That has been the focus. Whenever we get a game in we want to come out with a win. “I am excited for (playing for Swarthmore). They have played well and I keep my eye on that. But I still have my focus in this season. But after this season is over it is full speed ahead. I get to campus and they have fall baseball right away.” But for now his focus is on PHS and making the most of his senior season. “When have two guys and when we are faced with going in either gym, Coach sets the tone from time we get there,” Cooke said. “It’s not ideal. But this is what it is and we have got to focus on being inside. It’s not where we want to be but we can still be prepared to work and get better. “We have a home and home with Notre Dame on Friday and Saturday. We have our sights set on that right now. If we can get one or both of those games that would be great. We know we’ll be prepared.”

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Illustrations by children's author Grace Lin are on view at Princeton Day School By Anthony Stoeckert Grace Lin's illustration "Swoosh," from her 2007 book "Lissy's Friends," is featured in an exhibit at Princeton Day School.

race Lin always has loved children’s books. When she was in elementary school, her class projects would take the form of books. “We’d study about the Vikings and other people would make a Viking ship or a Viking hat and I’d make a book about the Vikings,” Lin says. “Or if we were studying about By Bob Brown clouds, I’d make a book about clouds when everybody else was making cardboard dioramas with cotton balls. I always loved books and always loved making them.” She loved it so much, she makes books as a living. Lin has written and illustrated picture books, as well as novels for young readers, including the Newbery Honor winner “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” and “When the Sea Turned to Silver,” which was a finalist for the National Book Award. Lin’s art is on view in the exhibit “A Brick Road Worth Following” at the Princeton Day School’s Anne Reid ’72 Art Gallery, through April 26. The exhibit coincides with a visit Lin is making to the school as part of the “Imagine the Possibilities” artist-inresidency program. The exhibit features illustrations from Lin’s picture books, written between 1999 and 2011, with a lot of the works being from books published since 2008. Looking at her drawings on their own, as opposed to part of a book, creates a different kind of experience, Lin says. “For me, the art is for the books,” she says. “So the real art is the entire book because the pictures are how they all come together and make a story. Putting it in an exhibit like this was very interesting because that’s really not how I conceived it — just looking at one drawing by itself — it’s supposed to be all the art together. But laugh. I think it's fascinating because I think One of her challenges was her it helps kids see how they could look illustrations were based on her family, at each element and see how it makes and publishers didn't have stories about a whole. Asian-American people to complement “Some pieces of art might not work her drawings. that well as a single piece of art but “I would get lot of really nice when you put it in context with the rest postcards and nice feedback but no one of the art, it makes a beautiful story. I would ever hire me for a book for years think that will be a really great things and years,” she says. for kids to learn and look at.” One day, she got a call from an Lin’s childhood love of books led to editor who had high praise for her her going to art school with the goal of illustrations, but that editor also told becoming a children’s book illustrator. her there wasn’t a story to match her “When I came out of art school I work. This was around 1996 or 1997. found it was really hard to get a book “The truth is back then, nobody — as all artists find,” she says with a was writing any stories that had Asian

characters,” Lin says. “The editors were seeing my work with all these Asian characters, and they couldn’t find anything that matched my art. So the editor said to me, ‘We really like your art and I thought maybe you might have a story that goes with your art. Do you have a story?’ And I said, ‘Yes I do.’” Actually, she didn’t, but after five years of trying to break into children’s book publishing, Lin wasn't going to turn down the opportunity. She wrote a story and reworked it several times. “Once I tried writing, I found out how much I loved it,” she says. “How much I love writing and illustration,

creating your own content; and I find now, most people know me as an author, rather than an illustrator.” One thing she wanted to do with her career was to make art that meant something to her. “When you’re in art school you have very noble visions,” she says. “What was really important to me, and still is, I was doing a lot of art that was based around my family and my family being Asian. It wasn’t so much that I was all up for becoming an AsianAmerican storyteller, I just wanted to do stories that were important to me — real-life stories of my life. Since I was Asian American, that was what came out.” In 2016, “When the Sea Turned Silver,” Lin's novel for kids ages 9 to 12, was a National Book Award finalist. As part of that honor, the book’s cover illustration was displayed at the White House, where she was recognized as a “Champion of Change for Asian American and Pacific Islander Art and Storytelling.” Lin got to visit the White House, and while she didn't get a personal audience with President Barack Obama, she did get to shake his hand. She also got a memento — a package of chocolate kisses with the presidential seal and Obama’s signature. The kisses themselves are wrapped in blue foil with silver stars. Her 5-year-old daughter wanted them, but Lin turned down that request. “I have them on the highest shelf in the room in the house,” she says. “I said, ‘Those are kisses from the president. I’ll buy you other Hershey Kisses, you can’t eat those. Those are the president’s kisses.’”

“A Brick Worth Following” is on view at the Anne Reid ’72 Art Gallery at Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton, through April 26. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when school is in session and by appointment on weekends. For more information, go to www.pds.org or call 609-924-6700.

Also Inside: Palmyra Delran is ready to rock in Bordentown • The music of Cuba is coming to McCarter

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April 6, 2018

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By Anthony Stoeckert

She’s All About That Rock ’N’ Roll Palmyra Delran is bringing her band to Randy Now’s Man Cave Palmyra Delran’s love of rock ’n’ roll began when she was a kid. She was born in Princeton, but her family moved to Spain when she was very young, before moving back to Jersey, in Collingswood, where she went to high school. “We couldn’t do without the Jersey thing,” Delran says. She had a friend who lived a few doors down, and who had five older brothers who were big music fans. “I would go over there and they played the Stones for me and the Kinks,” Delran says. “I got my education from these brothers of my friend. A lot of my friends were into the Osmonds, and I was like, ‘I want the Stones.’” That love of rock ’n’ roll never went away. Delran started playing instruments and writing songs. She was a member of the 1990s-era band The Friggs, has played in other bands and released her first solo release, a six-song EP “She Digs the Ride,” in 2008. She followed that up in 2013 with the album “You Are What You Absorb.” Delran also tours and will bring her band to Randy Now’s Man Cave in Bordentown, April 14. The show will feature songs from her first two solo releases, along with some new songs and perhaps some older tunes as well. One possibility is a Friggs song, “I Thought You Said That You Were Gonna Kill Yourself,” which she recently rerecorded for her next album, “Come Spy With Me,” which is scheduled for a release in the summer. “It was my guys that wanted to do it,” Delran says of the new version of her old song. “We’d been playing it for a while and they were like, ‘We have to record this again.’ And I was like, ‘I don’t want to, it’s 20 years old.’ They

Palmyra Delran is set to release her third solo album this summer and is bringing her band to Bordentown. really wanted to do it, so I love my guys and we did it. It came out great, it’s a different version from the Friggs version, so we’re pretty happy with it.” Those guys in her band are bass player Michael Lynch; guitarist Richard DevGreene; and drummer Mark Brotter. The lineup is classic garage band, and Delran says her live concerts are all about rock ’n’ roll. “I look at live shows as a very different thing than writing or recording,” she says. “I can have this really derpressing song and it’s fine to write it, and maybe it’s OK

to record it. But when you’re doing gigs, you want to entertain people. And in my genre, people just want to rock.” The Rolling Stones were one of the bands that sparked her love of rock ‘n’ roll, and a song from “You Are What You Absorb” references one of the band’s founding members — Brian Jones, whose drug use led to him being fired from the band in June of 1969. He was found dead in a swimming pool less than a month later. Delran says her song, “You’re My Brian Jones,” is a metaphor and isn’t really about Brian Jones. “When somebody is such a difficult human being, another person gets obsessed with that person,” she says of the tune. “And even if they know they shouldn’t be with the person but they’re still obsessed, it’s a difficult situation. A lot of people have told me they’ve been the Brian Jones character and they’ve been the other character too. I like that it spans the definition of who is who.” Among Delran’s fans is Steven Van Zandt, longtime guitarist in Bruce Springsteen’s E. Street Band. In 2008, Van Zandt chose her song “Baby Should Have Known Better” as his weekly “Coolest Song in the World” for his Underground Garage show on Sirius XM Satellite Radio. “Oh my God, I couldn’t believe it actually because I was such a fan of his,” Delran says of the nod from Little Stevie. “I always heard he liked the Friggs, then he came up to me at one of our Friggs reunion shows and he was like, ‘Hey are you guys gonna stay together?’ I was like, ‘No, we’re just doing this reunion.’ “I told him I had a solo record coming and he said, ‘I want it.’ So I gave it to him and he dug it, and I’m grateful he’s been a champion of mine for the past however many years. He’s fantastic, he’s one of the coolest guys I’ve ever known. And not just because I work with him, he’s a fantastic dude.” Van Zandt has a reputation for supporting young musicians, and Delran attests to that. “His heart is so in the right place,” Delran says. “He sees no difference in big bands, little bands, he gives everybody a chance. I can’t believe somebody this cool is actually doing it; he walks it like he talks it.” It seems like Delran is walking the walk and talking the talk as well. “I try to,” she says. “I don’t know how to do it any other way. I’ve had a lot of people say, ‘If you do this, you’ll get really big,’ and it’s like, ‘But I don’t want to do that.’ So I’ll do what I do and whatever happens, happens.” Palmyra Delran will perform at Randy Now’s Man Cave, 134 Farnsworth Ave., Bordentown City, April 14, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $15; www.mancavenj.com; 609-424-3766.

The Council on Science and Technology (CST) is pleased to announce its inaugural Living at the Intersection Symposium to be held April 12-13, 2018 on the Princeton University campus. The 2018 Symposium focuses on the intersection of Engineering and the Arts and is co-hosted by Princeton’s School of Engineering and Applied Science and by Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts. For more information go to https://cst.princeton.edu/symposium- 2018.

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By Anthony Stoeckert

The Sounds of Cuba, In Princeton Two Cuban artists are playing concerts at McCarter in April McCarter Theatre is bringing the music of Cuba to Princeton. The theater is presenting two concerts by Cuban artists this month, beginning with the Chucho Valdes Trio, April 12 at McCarter’s Matthews Theatre. Valdes is a pianist, composer, arranger and bandleader who has won six Grammys and three Latin Grammys. In 1973, he formed a group, Irakere, which combined jazz, rock, classical and traditional Cuban rhythms. The concert also will feature Colombian harpist Edmar Castaneda and Grégoire Maret on the chromatic harmonica as an opening act. “Chucho Valdés has been the most influential figure in the evolution of Latin and Afro-Cuban jazz since — well, I think it’s safe to say, forever,” says William W. Lockwood, McCarter’s special programming director. “His latest project is Jazz Batá, which he will play at McCarter joined by Yelsey Heredia on bass and Dreiser Durruthy Bombale on percussion and voice. Valdes describes the repertoire of Jazz Bata as almost all new music, representing both a ‘look forward and a closing of pending business,’ since the music was originally created in 1972 and its roots stem from his legendary Afro-Cuban jazz-rock ensemble Irakere.”

On April 24, pianist Robert Fonseca will perform at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre. “Fonseca already dominates the ‘new Cuban scene,’ and his influence extends well beyond his own music making as the artistic director of Cuba’s Jazz Plaza Festival in Santiago, Cuba’s second-largest city,” Lockwood says. “‘Innovative’ is probably the best word to describe his sound, which lies at the crossroads of jazz, traditional Cuban music, and soul — all faithful to his Afro-Cuban roots. His latest CD release, ‘ABUC,’ is dedicated to the island he calls home — it’s Cuba spelled backwards, after all — and the album incorporates elements of the island’s traditions such as contradanza, mambo, danzon and bolero, all infused with the spirit of the ‘descarga jam’ and even hip-hop.” Lockwood saw the opportunity to brings these artists to McCarter after the United States re-established diplomatic ties with the nation in 2014. In 2015, Lockwood visited Cuba, and followed that visit with a tour of Cuba with McCarter staff, donors, and patrons sampling the rich local culture, history, and artistry that had previously been offlimits to visitors from the United States. “The arts are booming in Cuba,” Lockwood says. “So many world-class graphic artists, musicians, dance com-

panies and more are at work. They are all making important statements. I’ve been proud to curate a collection of Cuban artists here at McCarter over the past few years, with Lizst Alfonso Dance Company, The National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba, Chucho Valdés and Roberto Fonseca only a few of the artists I’ve been able to have visit with us, and I’m committed to continuing these relationships in the future, not only here at McCarter, but through my recent Cuban Lecture Series at the Princeton Adult School, for example.” Lockwood says he’s lucky to be able to have visited Cuba twice and can’t wait to go back. “For those who can’t make it,” he says, “I welcome you to McCarter to see and hear a little bit for yourselves.” The Chucho Valdes Trio will perform at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, April 12, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $48-$62. Roberto Fonseco will perform at McCarter, April 24, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $56. For more information, go to www.mccarter.org.

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THINGS TO DO STAGE “Trying,” George Street Playhouse, 103 College Farm Road, New Brunswick. Play about Francis Biddle, Chief Judge of the Nuremberg trials, and attorney general under President Franklin D. Roosevelt, through April 8; www. georgestreetplayhouse.org; 732-246-7717. “A Flea in Her Ear,” Theater in the Bart Luedeke Center on the campus of Rider University in Lawrenceville. Part bedroom farce, part drawing room farce — “A Flea in Her Ear” is full of suspicion, mischief, nonstop amorous chaos, mistaken identities, slamming doors and chases that will unapologetically hoist you onto tenterhooks. The production, directed by Carter Gill, will be performed by Rider University students, April 6, 7:30 p.m., April 7, 2, 7:30 p.m., April 8, 2 p.m. Tickets cost $20, $10 seniors/ students; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-896-7775. “Spring Awakening,” Kelsey Theatre on the campus of Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Rock musical by Duncan Sheik (music) and a book and lyrics by Steven Sater. Set in 19thcentury Germany,the show is about teenagers discovering their sexuality. Presented by the theater/dance program at Mercer County Community College. Not intended for children, April 6-15. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 2 p.m. $20; www.kelseytheatre.net; 609-570-3333. “Grease,” Music Mountain Theatre, Route 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. Classic musical set in the 1950s about teenagers at Rydell High School, April 6-22. Performances: Fri.-Sat. 8 p.m., Sun. 3 p.m. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. “Bakersfield Mist,” West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. Inspired by true events, Maude Gutman, an unemployed bartender living in a trailer, believes a painting she bought in a thrift store for $3 is really an undiscovered Jackson Pollock worth millions. Is it the find of the century or a clever forgery? Presented by Pegasus Theatre Project, April 13-22; $22$26; www.pegasustheatrenj.org; 609-759-0045. CHILDREN’S THEATRE “Jack and the Giants,” Music Mountain Theatre, Route 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. Jack sells his beloved cow for a handful of magic beans and when those beans are planted, look out! A beanstalk reaching through the clouds leads Jack to a magical land where a giant lives, April 14-28. Performances are Saturdays at 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. $8; www.musicmountaintheatre.org.

MUSIC CLASSICAL MUSIC Lawrence Brownlee, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. The tenor will perform a program of Schumann’s Dichterliebe and African-American spirituals, April 12, 8 p.m. $25-$50; princetonuniversityconcerts.org; 609-258-9220.

Meal Time “Combo Meal,” a mixed media oil painting by Carley Hall, is on view in the “Visual Arts Student Exhibition” at the Gallery at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, through May 3. A range of Mercer’s Visual Arts programs will be represented in the show, including fine arts, advertising and graphic design, digital arts, photography and sculpture. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. with Wednesday hours extended until 7 p.m. An opening reception is scheduled for April 4, 5-7 p.m. For more information, go to www.mccc.edu/ gallery. Westminster Schola Cantorum, Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College, Princeton. Program including music by Mozart, Brahms, Lauridsen and Mealor. The concert will include the Jersey of “Crossing the Bar” by Anthony Bernarducci, which is a setting of the Tennyson’s poem with the same title, April 13, 8 p.m. $20, $15 seniors/students; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663. Westminster Williamson Voices, Princeton Abbey, 75 Mapleton Road, Princeton. Concert offering the world premiere of Peter Relph’s “Requiem” for a cappella choir and crotales. Also on the program is the premiere of Cortlandt Matthews’ Psalmo, a work using chant improvisation as its expressive vehicle. Works by Whitbourn, MacMillan, Lavoy and Gjiello complete the program of new compositions for choir, April 14, 8 p.m. $20, $15 seniors/ students; www.rider.edu/arts; 609-921-2663. Richardson Chamber Players, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall on the Princeton University campus. Chamber program celebrating African-American composers Daniel Bernard Roumain, Alvin Singleton, George Walker, and Kendall Williams, April 15, 3 p.m. $15; princetonuniversityconcerts.org; 609-258-9220. Westminster Conservatory’s Kaleidoscope Chamber Series, Memorial Chapel on the campus of Rider University, Lawrenceville. Program of music for voice, winds and piano. The recital will feature Craig Levesque’s arrangements of works from the first two decades of the 20th century, as well as two original compositions, April 15, 3 p.m. 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. Phoebe Hunt and the Gatherers, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. Country music concert, March 31, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $30; hopewelltheater. com. Betsayda Machado & Parranda el Clavo, Hopewell Theater, 5 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. Betsayda Machado & Parranda el Clavo bring their show of intricate African polyrhythms and percussion, call-and-response singing and close harmonies to the Hopewell Theater, April 5, 8 p.m. Tickets start at $30; hopewelltheater.com. Darla Rich Jazz, Plainsboro Library, 9 Van Doren St., Plainsboro. Duo consisting of jazz guitarist Rich Tarpinian and upright bassist Darla Isaacs Tarpinian will be joined by David Stier on drums and Tom Tallitsch on saxophone, to kick off a jazz series in celebration of Jazz Appreciation Month in Plainsboro, April 6, 7 p.m. www. plainsborolibrary.org; 609-275-2897. Richard Thompson, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Concert by legendary singer-songwriter with special guests Joan Shelley and Nathan Salsburg,

April 6, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $64.50-$70.50; www.mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. Patti LaBelle, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Concert by music legend whose hits include “If Only You Knew,” “When You Talk About Love,” “New Attitude,” “Stir It Up,” “Lady Marmalade,” and “Somebody Loves You Baby,” April 8, 7 p.m. Tickets cost $45$125; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469. Silkroad Ensemble, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Ensemble for which Yo-Yo Ma is the artistic director. The ensemble’s members change from year to year and hail from more than 20 countries along the routes of the ancient Silk Road, April 9, 7:30 p.m. Tickets cost $57.50-$97.50; www.mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. Black Violin, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Classically trained virtuoso violinist/violists Kev Marcus and Wil B merge classical, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and R&B, April 12, 7 p.m. Tickets cost $25-$45; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469. Erin Hill, Bordentown Regional Middle School, 50 Dunn’s Mill Road, Bordentown. Concert by electric harp player and her band, April 15, 3 p.m. $20, $5 students; 609-298-5465. Israband, Rutgers Hillel, 70 College Avenue, New Brunswick. Concert by Israeli cover band as part of an event honoring Israel’s 70th anniversary, April 19, 8:30 p.m. A panel discussion “New Trends in Israeli Music and Dance,” will take place before the concert, beginning at 7 p.m. The panel will feature Dr. Galeet Dardashti, assistant professor of Jewish music and musician-in-residence at the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and Dr. Dina Roginsky, a senior lecturer of modern Hebrew language and culture at Yale University. Advance registration is requested: email rsvpBildner@sas.rutgers.edu or call 848-932-2033. Little Steven and The Disciples of Soul, State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick. Concert featuring Steven Van Zandt, guitarist for Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band and producer who used the “soul hornsmeet-rock ‘n’ roll guitars” approach he first pioneered on Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes’ classic first three albums, April 29, 8 p.m. Tickets cost $55-$125; www.stnj. org; 732-246-7469.

MUSEUMS

Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton. “Going for the Gold: Trenton and the Olympics.” There have been 14 Olympic athletes associated with Trenton, from the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games through the 1996 Atlanta Summer Games. Only two win medals: a gold and bronze. Discover who these Olympians are. Olympic posters from 12 Olympics attended by TMS trustee Karl Flesch are on display along with other Olympic memorabilia, through April 29. “The Bigger Picture,” an exhibition of paintings and sculpture by four recognized local artists that have combined forces to make a statement that supports the relationship between larger paintings, sculpture and the timely celebration of cultural differences, through April 29. Hours: Wed.-Sat. noon to 4 p.m. Sun. 1-4 p.m. www. ellarslie.org; 609-989-3632. Princeton University Art Museum, on the campus of Princeton University, Princeton. “The Artist Sees Differently: Modern Still Lifes from The Phillips Collection. Exhibit of 38 paintings from The Phillips Collection in Washington, D.C., offers an analysis of the modernist still life, including rarely seen works by European and American masters such as Paul Cézanne, Georges Braque, Pablo Picasso, Marsden Hartley, Milton Avery, and Georgia O’Keeffe, through April 29. 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. “A Gentleman’s Pursuit: The Commodore’s Greenhouse” Exhibit reveals the findings at Morven from Hunter Research’s excavation of one of New Jersey’s earliest greenhouses, through June 3. Hours: Wed.-Sun. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. $10, $8 seniors/students; morven.org; 609-9248144. Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton St. (at George Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers, New Brunswick. Cats vs. Dogs: Illustrations for Children’s LitSee THINGS TO DO, Page 5B

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THINGS TO DO Continued from Page 4B erature. 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. “It’s Just a Job: Bill Owens and Studs Terkel on Working in 1970s America.” Multimedia exhibit pairs the two iconic documentarians of work life, underscoring how the decade was a dramatic time of transition for the American workforce. It is not simply a look back: many of the themes that Owens and Terkel identified remain strikingly relevant, engaging visitors to consider their own perspectives about working, through July 29. Artists talk with Bill Owens, April during Art After Hours: First Tuesdays. 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 The Rider University Art Gallery, Bart Luedeke Center on the Rider campus, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. “Outside/Inside,” an exhibit of works by alumna Suzanne Dinger featuring local infrastructures, as well as natural settings, through April 15. Hours: Tues.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., Sun. noon to 4 p.m. For more information, go to www.rider.edu/arts. Gallery 14, 14 Mercer St., Hopewell. “Sibling Visions,” Paul and Alice Grebanier. Exhibit exploring the idea the idea that siblings have much in common. In the Goodkind Gallery: “The Klotz Throwing Factory” by Bennett Povlow. Photographs of a mill in western Maryland to give a glimpse of a blue-collar world that ended 60 years ago, through April 15. www.photogallery14. com; 609-333-8511. Millstone River Gallery at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, 100 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro. “Art for a Wintry Season,” mixed media exhibit featuring works by Lauren Curtis, Mary M. Michaels, Debra Pisacreta, and Mickie Rosen, through April 20. For more information, go to princetonphotoclub.org. Anne Reid ’72 Art Gallery at Princeton Day School, 650 Great Road, Princeton. “A Brick Road Worth Following,” featuring the work of Newbery Award-winning author and illustrator Grace Lin, through April 26. Reception, April 17, noon to 1 p.m. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. when school is in session; www.pds.org. The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Annual “Visual Arts Student Exhibition” featuring works by MCCC students. A range of Mercer’s Visual Arts programs will be represented in the show, including Fine Arts, Advertising and Graphic Design, Digital Arts, Photography and Sculpture, through May 3. Hours: Mon.-Thurs. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.with Wednesday hours extended until 7 p.m. www.mccc.edu/gallery. Taplin Gallery at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton. “Earth, Fire, Water, Ice, Debris: Five Artists Comment on the Environment,” an exhibit of work dedicated to artists using their visual skills to bring awareness to environmental issues in the world. Helena Bienstock, Diane Burko, Anita Glesta, Susan Hockaday, and Martha Vaughn address climate change, global warming, infrastructure, and additional subjects related to environmental disturbance and destruction, through May 5. artscouncilofprinceton.org; 609-924-8777. Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, 65 Olden Street, Princeton University campus. “Learning to Fight, Fighting to Learn: Education in Times of War,” exhibition at World War I and its effect on education, drawing from the university srchives and the public pol-

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Black Violin will perform at the State Theatre, 15 Livingston Ave., New Brunswick, April 12, 7 p.m. Classically trained musicians Wil Baptiste (left) and Kevin “Kev Marcus” Sylvester merge classical, hip-hop, jazz, blues, and R&B. Tickets cost $25-$45; www.stnj.org; 732-246-7469. icy papers of Princeton University Library, through June 2018. Hours: Mon.-Fri. 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. during the academic year; library.princeton.edu. The Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main St., Cranb ury. Exhibit of photos by members of the Cranbury Digital Camera Club. The photos selected by the photographers for the show depict various themes and subject matter, April 8-27. Reception, April 8, 1-3 p.m. www.cranburyartscouncil.org.

COMEDY Stress Factory, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Kate Quigley, April 6-7, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $22; Felipe Esparza, April 12, 7:30 p.m., April 13-14, 7:30 p.m., 9:45 p.m., $28; Ray William Johnson featuring EpicLLOYD, April 15, 8 p.m., $25;www.stressfactory.com; 732-5454242. Princeton Catch a Rising Star, 102 Carnegie Center, West Windsor. Peaches Rodriguez, April 6-7; Vince August, April 13; Jeff Pirrami, April 14; catcharisingstar. com; 609-987-8018.

DANCE Princeton Country Dancers, Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton. Weekly Wednesday Contra Dance, April 11, 8-10:30 p.m. (Instruction at 7:30 p.m.), $10; Saturday English Country Dance, April 14, 8-11 p.m. (Instruction at 7:30 p.m.); www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Beth El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor. Afternoon of dancing, including square dancing, circle mixers, dance games and more, April 29, 12:15 p.m. $10, $5 children; www.bethel.net; 609-443-4454. Friday Night Folk Dancing, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton. One-hour instruction most weeks, followed by request dancing. Fridays, 8-11 p.m. $5; 609-912-1272. M R Square Dance Club, Saint Luke’s (Episcopal) Church, 1620 Prospect St. Ewing. Weekly progressive

dances. No prior experience is needed. Please be prompt. Tuesdays 7:30 p.m. $10 suggested donation; richd1squarerounddancer@msn.com; 609-844-1140.

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An Evening with David Sedaris, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton. Annual visit by the writer whose new book “Theft By Finding: Diaries 1977-2002” is set to be published in May, April 7, 8 p.m. $78.50$84.50; www.mccarter.org; 609-258-2787. Book Launch: U.S. 1 Worksheets, Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon St., Princeton. The U.S.1 Poets’ Cooperative launches Volume 63 of its journal that contains selected works by 142 poets, April 8, 1:15 p.m. Readings begin at 2 p.m. Free; www.princetonlibrary.org; 609-924-9529. New Yorker Staff Writer Evan Osnos, Robertson Hall on the Princeton University campus. Osnos currently focuses on North Korea and the possibility of President Trump meeting with Kim Jong Un, as well as on China and how Xi Jinping is navigating Trump administration policies, April 9, 4:30 p.m. A book sale and signing of Osnos’ book “Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China” (2014 National Book Award in nonfiction) will follow the discussion. For more information, go to wws.princeton.edu. Friends of Princeton Public Library Book Lovers Luncheon, Springdale Golf Club, 1895 Clubhouse Drive, Princeton. Featuring author Lisa See. The fundraising event features a three-course meal and a signed paperback of See’s latest novel, “The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane,” April 11, noon; $75. Tickets can be reserved at princetonlibrary.org/booklovers. Mercer County Genealogy Society, Beth El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Road. Program titled “The Intersection of Genetics and Genealogy.” Anthony May will provide a guide to selecting the right DNA test, understanding your results in the context of your family tree and present examples of how those with little to no knowledge of their family history can make big discoveries, April 15, 7:30 p.m. www.bethel.net; 609-443-4454.

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PACET PICS April 6 ‘Song of Granite’ at Garden Theatre Filmmaker Pat Collins will screen and discuss his feature film, “Song of Granite,” a portrayal of the life of singer Joe Heaney, beginning at 1 p.m. at the Princeton Garden Theater, 160 Nassau St., Princeton. The film provides a portrait of the artist, covering his childhood in Connemara in the 1930s, his travels throughout the U.K. and U.S. in the 1960s, and then his reflection on his past and his legacy as an elderly man in the U.S. Admission is free. For more information, go to arts. princeton.edu.

April 7 Wine and yoga at Terhune Terhune Orchards will host a wine and yoga event, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the Terhune Wine Barn. The one-hour, all-levels yoga class will be taught by Mecquel, followed by Terhune Orchards wine. Celebrate spring with a session to increase flexibility, stress reduction and circulatory health. Bring your own yoga mat. Admission costs $28 and includes a glass of Terhune wine or a wine tasting flight. To register, go to www. terhuneorchards.com or call 609-924-2310.

April 8 Holocaust Heroism program Adath Israel Congregation with the Rider University Julius and Dorothy Koppelman Holocaust / Genocide Resource Center will present a Yom HaShoah Service and Program, beginning at 1:30 p.m. Yom HaShoah is known as Holocaust and Heroism Remembrance Day to honor and commemorate the approximately 6 million Jews who perished in the Shoah. Lindsey Warren will be the featured speaker on the topic “From Death to Life: The Role of Theater In PostHolocaust Healing.” Adath Israel Congregation is located at 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. For more information, go to www.adathisraelnj.org or call 609-896-4977.

April 10 Motorola CEO at Rider The Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics will host Chairman and CEO of Motorola Solutions, Inc. Greg Brown at Rider University. Brown’s talk, “Securing the homeland, foundational for successful foreign policy,” will focus on how leadership and culture change serve as anchors to influence policy for homeland security. The opening reception begins at 6:30 p.m. in the Bart Luedeke Center with the program and Q&A session starting at 7 p.m. Admission is free. To register, go to www.rider.edu/ brown.

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Princeton University Concerts announces 2018-19 slate The series’ 125th season will include lots of music and a residency by Gustavo Dudamel

By Anthony Stoeckert Features Editor

When Marna Seltzer became the director of Princeton University Concerts in September 2010, she envisioned a series that not only presented exciting programming exploring new areas of classical and chamber music, but also an organization that responded to its community and became a part of that community. With the announcement of its 2018-19 season last week, it would seem that Princeton University Concerts has achieved just that. It is a season featuring new initiatives, including a residency by one of the hottest conductors around, a new series showcasing musicians from around the world, and a special event concert by Bobby McFerrin. There also, of course, will be the concerts - the classic series, Performances Up Close Series, and two shows for kids and families. It adds up to what seems like a banner 125th anniversary season for Princeton University Concerts, though Seltzer said there wasn’t a plan for all of these elements to come together for the milestone. “The process has been a lot more organic, and it’s been rooted in trying to respond to the community and trying to respond to what people want, and also trying to go in new areas that create a bigger community,” Seltzer said. “It’s incredibly satisfying to see that happen.” One of the season’s hallmarks is PUC’s first artist-in-residence program, with Gustavo Dudamel, the Venezuelan violinist and conductor who is the conductor for Venezuela’s famed Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra, and also is the music and artistic director for the Los Angeles Philharmonic. “We talked about having an artist-in-residence for a long time and have explored a number of different options,” Seltzer say. “But again, I did not go into the planning saying, ‘We want to have Gustavo Dudamel do the residence.&#039;” Instead, in thinking about PUC’s 125th season, Seltzer looked at the group’s archives and noticed that during its first 40 or 50 years, the series was a destination for major orchestras. PUC’s history includes Leopold Stokowski conducting the Philadelphia Orchestra, as well as regular visits by the New York Philharmonic. Seltzer considered bringing in an orchestra to perform, but then decided against it, partly because of all the orchestra concerts that happen in Princeton, and because many PUC subscribers also go to orchestra concerts in Philadelphia and New York. “It just didn’t seem to be something that was going to distinguish us in the way I try to do with all the programs,” Seltzer said. “The next leap was to think, ‘Well if we can have any orchestra that might fit that bill, what would it be?&#039;” That led to her reaching out to the Simón Bolívar Symphony Orchestra several years ago. Seltzer was talking with Dudamel’s manager, and found out the conductor was interesting in engaging with the Princeton campus. “It seemed like the idea of doing an extended residency like this, which he’s never done before, was something that was on his mind,” Seltzer said. “So the conversations went from there.” The residency will involve three visits to the Princeton campus by Dudamel and a concert series, curated by Dudamel, coinciding with those visits. The concert feature musicians who are associated with Dudamel. On Dec. 2, The Simon Bolivar

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Gustavo Dudamel will curate a series of concerts and conduct Princeton University’s orchestra and glee club as part of his residency with Princeton University Concerts. String Quartet will perform a programming tied to the them, “Art & the Americas.” Dudamel will bring to Richardson Auditorium a string quartet consisting of principals from the orchestra. On Jan. 7, 2019, musicians from the Los Angeles Philharmonic will perform a program exploring “Art & Faith,” which will include a new work by Juri Seo, as well as music by Mozart and Arvo Part. On April 23, 2019, Ensemble Berlin, featuring members of the Berlin Philharmonic, will perform a program that will include a new work by Steven Mackey, as well as music by Wagner and Schubert. The final concerts of the residency will feature the Princeton University Orchestra and the Princeton University Glee Club, conducted by Dudamel. There will be two performances of a program featuring music by Schubert, as well as Tchaikovsky’s “Romeo and Juliet” and Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” The first concert will take place April 26, 2019, at Richardson Auditorium on the Princeton University campus. It will be fundraiser for a new education program created and inspired by Dudamel, allowing Princeton students to continue teaching private music lessons in Trenton. The second performance will take place April 27, 2019, at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton. This free concert will include a multimedia presentation to accommodate “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.” Dudamel’s residency also will see him talking with seminar students, and making several visits to Trenton to work with students. “We’ve tried to be as collaborative as we can, but we really have not done something that’s so multifaceted on campus before,” Seltzer said. “But I’ve wanted to, and this really gives us the chance to work with a lot of different partners.” Those partners include the Princeton University Art Museum, the Center for Human Values and the Woodrow Wilson School. “The campus-wide engagement is going to be a really special feature — for him and for us,” Seltzer said. “He’s never done anything like this before.” The other new element for PUC’s 125th season is the Crossroads series, which grew out of the Performances Up Close intimate chamber concerts. Crossroads aims to bring artists together from around the world to perform chamber music concerts. Seltzer said one of the

motivations behind Crossroads was to expand on the definition of chamber music. “And to plumb all of the possibilities of the more intimate side of chamber music,” she said, adding that the concerts also will spotlight music’s ability to create conversation and tell stories. The first Crossroads concert will take place Nov. 8 and will feature banjo player Abigail Washburn and the Chinese musician Wu Fei, who plays an instrument called a guzheng, a string instrument that has been around for 2,000 years. Fei and Washburn met during Washburn’s travels to China (Washburn speaks fluent Chinese) and found out that her bluegrass and Fei’s Chinese music have much in common. The Crossroads series will continue Feb. 14, 2019, with a performance by vocalist/composer Gabriel Kahane of his work, “8980: Book of Travelers.” Kahane wrote the song cycle following his travels of the country by train after the 2016 election. “It tells the story of how people were feeling the day after the election, in all different facets, it doesn’t take a particular point of view,” Seltzer said. “But it also weaves in his own history, stories his grandmother told him from a diary that she kept. He does it in a really magical way and it all comes together to create a very contemporary song cycle that I think is mostly Americana.” The final Crossroads concert, “Avital Meets Avital,” will take place April 16, 2019. Avi Avital, mandolin player, and Omer Avital, bass player (the two are not related), will blend jazz and classical with Moroccan, North African, Israeli and Mediterranean Seltzer said Crossroads continues PUC’s presentations of concerts to demonstrate the chamber music can be more than string quartets. “I want people to understand that that quality they love about chamber music, that they love about a string quartet, that sort of intimate one-on-one communication, exists in a lot of other music,” she said. “Having this series kind of packages what we’ve been doing in single events for the last few years.” PUC also will continue its Performance Up Close series with three concerts featuring the Takacs String Quartet playing Schubert’s String Quartet in C Major, D. 956 (Oct. 17); as well as a group that will perform Messiaen’s “Quartet for the End of Time” (Feb. 6, 2019); and a performance of Schubert’s Octet for Winds and Strings in F Major D. 803 (Feb. 19, 2019).

The bedrock of Princeton University Concerts’ seasons is its Concert Classics Series, which will open Oct. 11 with a performance by the Jerusalem String Quartet playing music by Strauss, Schoenberg and Tchaikovsky. On Dec. 13, clarinet player Martin Frost and pianist Henrik Mawe will perform music for clarinet and piano. Famed cellist Steven Isserlis will perform a program titled “Composers and Their Muses,” with pianist Connie Shih, Feb. 28, 2019. Pianists Alexander Melnikov and Andreas Staier wil perform Schubert’s found-hand piano music, March 14, 2019. March 28 will see a concert by violinist Patricia Kopatchinskaja with Polina Leschenko on piano. The program will feature music by Bartok, Poulenc, Ensecu and Ravel. “People say she is the wild child of the violin,” Seltzer said of Kopatchinskaja. “She is someone who is incapable of giving a boring performance. She plays in bare feet, she does things in a completely unexpected way.” Continuing the series is the Takacs String Quartet (April 4); the Australian Chamber Orchestra (April 11); and the Ebene String Quartet (May 2). PUC also will present two family concerts, “Baby Got Back,” Nov. 3, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center with the Princeton Girlchoir performing “The Girl Who Love Wild Horses,” based on the story by Paul Goble. The Richardson Chamber Players will play two concerts — Nov. 11 and Feb. 10. Princeton University Concerts also will host two special events during this banner season — a concert by mezzosoprano Joyce Didonato on March 10, titled “Songplay,” will explore Italian Baroque and its thread to the American songbook. The first special concert will open the season when Bobby McFerrin will perform a concert titled “Circlesongs,” Sept. 21. He will improvise shared sound with the Princeton University Glee Club and will lead the audience in a call-and-response. “I wanted him to open the season because if I had to boil down the biggest priority for me with the series it would be creating community,” Seltzer said. “Making people feel like they belong and that they’re part of something and making sure that community is really expansive. And I feel like Bobby McFerrin embodies that. “ She notes McFerrin, throughout his career, has encouraged his audiences to sing — even the people who don’t think they can sing. “We all have a voice and he gets everybody doing it and everybody participating and everybody’s sounding pretty great,” Seltzer said. “He’s a musical inspiration.” And people who associate McFerrin with his hit, “Don’t Worry Be Happy,” will find out there’s much more to him. “It was about finding someone who can stand on stage and make every single person in the audience feel joy — just unadulterated joy — for music,” Seltzer said. “He wants everyone in the world to use their voice to make music.” Single tickets will go on sale online only, July 2. Subscriptions will go on sale in May. For more information, go to www.princetonuniversityconcerts.org or call 609-258-2800.

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A Book Lover’s Delight in Princeton

By Anthony Stoeckert Features Editor

For something that’s called “A Little Literary Festival,” there’s a lot going on during Salon on Stockton. The two-day event taking place at the Center of Theological Inquiry, April 1314, is devoted to authors who discuss their works. “This year’s Salon theme is ‘War and Migration,’ and is part of the wider Princeton community collaboration on Migrations,” said Will Storrar, the director of the center who helped start the festival two years ago. “The highlight is that we have four working journalists who have turned to both fiction and non-fiction to explore the impact of war on displaced lives.” Salon on Stockton: A Little Literary Festival in Princeton is a collaboration between the center and Morven Museum & Garden. The first was held in June of 2016. “I had the idea that our two fine main buildings, CTI’s Luce Hall [named after Henry Luce, founder of Time Magazine], and Morven, the historic home of Richard Stockton, across the street from one another, would provide a marvelous setting for the present-day equivalent of an 18thcentury literary salon, where people could meet to discuss books and ideas with the authors and one another in the intimate and informal setting of a beautiful drawing room,” Storrar said. “I also thought it would be a distinctive contribution to the literary life of Princeton to bring writers from the U.K., and especially my native Scotland, as well as the United States, to offer an international program in this intimate setting of a salon.”

Lynne Olson is among the authors who are set to participate in this year’s Salon on Stockton. The event will kickoff April 13 with a meet-the-authors reception and a panel titled “Covering War: Journalism in Conversation” with authors Neal Ascherson and Christopher Dickey. Also participating is Stanley Cloud, former Saigon and White House bureau chief for Time magazine. April 14 will focus on the participating authors. Sally Magnusson is a Scottish au-

thor and journalist for the BBC. She and Storrar will discuss her first work of fiction, “The Sealwoman’s Gift,” about the 17th-century Icelandic slave raids by Algerian corsairs. “It is based on a true story of abduction from Iceland to North Africa in the 17th century, which she has turned into a gripping tale of how an Icelandic woman survived by telling the sagas of her native land — and Sally’s own heritage from her Icelandic father,” Storrar said. Christopher Dickey, Paris-based editor for The Daily Best, will discuss his book, “Our Man in Charleston,” which tells the true story of a U.K. diplomat and secret agent on the south during the United States’ civil war. Bestselling audience Lynne Olson will talk about her latest book, “Last Hope Island,” about the governments, citizens and military who migrated to London while their countries were under Nazi occupation. “It’s the story of the World War II part-

nership between Britain and occupied Europe,” Olson said. “What drew me to the subject that it’s been so unexplored. No other historian has looked at this in detail — how Britain, as the last European country to hold out against Hitler, provided a refuge for the leaders of a number of nations that had already been defeated, enabling them to set up governments in exile to help defeat Germany. In return, they and thousands of their compatriots made crucial contributions to Britain’s survival and the eventual Allied victory.” Olsen has written seven history books, including six that have focused on England before and during the war. “I’m often asked why I’ve done that,” she said. “And the answer is simple: It was such a dramatic, historic period, not only for England but for the world. It’s the story of a country’s struggle for survival against the strongest military force in history. It’s the story of the extraordinary leadership of Winston Churchill and the courage of British citizens in waging that fight. But it’s also the story of a city — one that I consider the most spectacular place in the world during that time. And that city, of course, is London.” To end the event, British journalist and author Neal Ascherson, known as an expert on Poland and Eastern Europe, will talk about his first novel, “The Death of Fronsac,” set during World War II. After Ascherson’s talk, all of the authors will join together for a group conversation. Storrar said CTI and Morven collaborated on the project because both organizations are educational institutions that are concerned with creative thinkers, artists and ideas. “And so it seemed natural to offer a different kind of book event, a ‘little literary festival’ where a smaller audience — 30 to 40 people in a drawing room together, rather than a hundred or more in a lecture hall or big tent — could discuss books and ideas face to face with the international and cross-cultural panel of thinkers and authors we invite each year.” Labyrinth Books also participates, running a Salon bookstall where signed copies of books by the authors are for sale. Tickets cost $10 per session, $30 for an all-day pass. For tickets, go to visit www. morven.org or call 609-924-8144, ext. 133.

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Princeton native Wendy Jolley is preparing for a very eventful week. On Thursday, April 12, she will survive a traumatic car crash involving fatalities. The following night, Friday the 13th, will prove to be an even luckier, but equally memorable day. She will be honored at the Corner House Spring Benefit at which she will receive the Marie L. Matthews award for her work as chair of the Corner House board and two decades of “amazing dedication” to the mission of Corner House, said Corner House Executive Director Gary De Blasio. By means of leadership, prevention, treatment, and outreach programs, Corner House Behavioral Health, celebrating its 45th birthday, promotes the health and well being of Princeton area young people and their families, as they confront substance abuse and other emotional issues. The award, Jolley said, is “wonderful, but unnecessary.” The car crash is “scary, but so necessary.” It is “her baby” — perhaps an odd way to describe a car crash, but an appropriate way to describe an educational simulation of a horrific car crash. It is just one way Jolley, as chair of the Corner House Board, helps fulfill the mission of the organization. Princeton’s police department, fire department, rescue squad, along with the Mather Hodge Funeral Home and the Princeton High School technology and grounds departments will team up with Corner House and SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions) to deliver a powerful and non-virtual message about the dangers of drinking and/or engaging in any other distracting activity while driving. “The crash reenactment is so real that some students watching the reenactment have gotten hysterical and freaked out,” said Jolley, who started coordinating the car crash simulation several years ago when her daughter was in high school and president of SADD. “More than 800 high school students watch this riveting event [on Walnut Lane between the high school and middle school campuses]. I still get chills even though I have lived through the crash several times. As part of the event, John Witherspoon Middle School students write letters to their “friends” in high school to say how much the middle-school kids care about their older high school colleagues and implore them to refrain from drinking and driving. The letters get delivered to the high school homerooms the day after the crash. The mother of four grown girls, all of whom attended Princeton schools at the same time as my kids, became involved in Corner House “just because it was the right thing to do,” she said. “I have had a wonderful life in Princeton — both as a child growing up here and as an adult raising my own children here,” Jolley says. “I am so lucky that my own family never experienced challenges or tragedies related to drugs

Wendy Jolley is being honored during Corner House’s April 13 spring benefit. The day before, she will participate in a re-enactment to educate students about the dangers of drunk driving. or alcohol. But trained as a teacher, I value connecting with kids. And it pains me so much to see the trauma that drug and alcohol issues inflict on kids and their families. Two families with whom we were very close went through heart-breaking experiences. I needed no personal tragedy to motivate me to get involved — I feel the pain of so many living here who have faced such difficult challenges. In addition to her Corner House commitment toward the health and well being of children, Jolley has has led the parent-teacher organizations at the high school, middle school and Riverside Elementary School. Her own childhood in Princeton was “idyllic.” Her 93-year-old father Wesley McCaughan still lives on Snowden Lane and currently participates in the locally renowned “ROMEOS — Retired Old Men Eating Out.” Before he became a ROMEO, he was a teacher (and later an administrator) at the Miss Fine School and Princeton Country Day School (now Princeton Day School), where his students included Robert Mueller and Christopher Reeve. Jolley’s mother, who died six years ago, was Pete Callaway’s first hire in his real estate business. Wendy met her husband, recently retired orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Jolley, on a blind date when she was living in New York. The statistics reported in Corner House’s 2017 Report to the Community are sobering. In the span of two years between 2014 and 2016, client use of opiates/heroin climbed to a level of almost 22 percent from 9 percent in 2014.

Alcohol use increased to 43 percent. The 2016 prevention and treatment statistics, however, provide hope that Corner House is a crucial weapon in the battle to keep those use statistics as low as possible. Two hundred and eleven students participated in prevention leadership and outreach programs. A total of 3,900 individuals were served by various prevention activities. And Corner House provided more than 2,500 “intensive outpatient treatment episodes.” “Corner House treatment programs serve hundreds of individuals yearly through our customized outpatient and intensive outpatient levels of care,” De Blasio said in his message within the Corner House 2017 Report. “In our treatment programs, we also are seeing the impact of the current opiate epidemic sweeping the nation and our community. Our clinical team continues to adjust its approach with evidenced-based practices to meet the changing needs for each client.” In the summer of 1972 Nancy Gryzbek and Dr. Shirley Van Ferney opened the doors of Corner House Counseling Center. Situated at the “corner” of Witherspoon and Henry Streets, the agency was started by a group of Princeton residents hoping to find a way to help the youth in their community deal with substance use and abuse issues. Princeton Borough and Princeton Township and a grant from Mercer County originally funded Corner House. The Princeton Medical Center, concerned with the rising drug and alcohol problems in Princeton, leased the little corner house to the agency for $1 per year to serve as a “place where caring people-professional[s] and non-professionals [would] offer a variety of services to drug users and their families,” according to the agency’s website. In 1972-1973 the entire budget for the agency was $32,500. Today, the entire budget is almost 1 million dollars needed to respond to the “escalating demands of the community,” said De Blasio, who noted that the operation is no longer in the “corner house” location, but rather in the building that once housed the municipal operations of Princeton Borough at one Monument Drive. “Decades ago, few in Princeton wanted to believe that our community had a drug problem,” Jolley said. “It was [former Princeton Township mayor] Jim Floyd who raised the alarm bells and said unequivocally that ‘we have a drug problem in this town and we have to deal with it.” “People may assume that my being honored means I am going away. I am going nowhere,” Jolley said. “This is no a pet charity for me, no casual commitment; I am adhering to Jim’s mandate and dealing with the problem in any way I can.” Corner House’s “Down at the Shore” spring benefit will take place at the Boathouse at Mercer Lake, West Windsor, April 13, 6:30 p.m. For more information, go to www. cornerhousenj.org.

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Spring is here and so are seasonal allergies Spring is here. Time to open up the windows, get outside and breathe in that fresh air. Or not. For millions of Americans who suffer from seasonal allergies, springtime brings with it a range of uncomfortable symptoms that can make life miserable. Relief, however, is possible with a visit to your doctor and a treatment approach that is right for you. Allergies on the rise Allergies are the sixthleading cause of chronic illness in the United States, affecting more than 50 million Americans each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And that number continues to rise. Research shows that increased temperatures associated with climate change are causing trees and plants to produce more pollen over a longer period of time. Moreover, while springtime is prime allergy season, more than twothirds of spring allergy sufferers have symptoms all year long. An overreaction Allergies are an overreaction of the immune system to an allergen, an otherwise harmless substance that your body perceives as an invader. In response, your body

attacks the invader by producing antibodies that trigger cells to release histamine and other chemicals, causing an allergic reaction. Pollen and mold are the most common causes of seasonal allergies. Spring allergy season, when tree pollen is at its peak, starts as early as February and extends into early summer. Pollen from grasses and weeds can trigger allergies in the late summer and early fall, and as fall progresses, mold rates rise. People who experience allergy symptoms year round, may be reacting to indoor allergens such as dust mites and pet dander. Itching and sneezing Allergy symptoms can range from mild to severe, and may include: • Itchy, watery eyes • Itching of the nose or roof of mouth • Sneezing • Coughing • Runny or stuffy nose • Fatigue Additionally, allergies can exacerbate asthma and also increase the risk for sinus infections. Certain people, such as those with family history of allergies or who move to a new environment, may be more predisposed to allergies. Effective treatments A visit to an allergist can help identify your

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allergy triggers and determine a treatment approach. Treatment ranges from avoiding your triggers to medication to immunotherapy, commonly referred to as allergy shots. A number of medications to control allergy symptoms, including oral antihistamines and decongestants, nasal sprays and eye drops, are available over the counter. Others may require a prescription. In many cases, finding the medication that is right for you takes some trial and error. One that may work well for one person may cause side effects like grogginess in another. For people with a history of seasonal allergies, allergists may recommend beginning medications to manage symptoms two weeks prior to the start of symptoms. Avoiding allergy triggers While it’s almost im-

possible to avoid allergy triggers completely, there are strategies you can adopt to help minimize exposure and reduce symptoms, including: • Monitoring pollen levels and knowing when they’re at their highest. During spring and summer, pollen levels are highest in the evening. In late summer and early fall, pollen levels are highest in the morning • Staying inside when pollen levels are high or on dry, windy days • Keeping windows in your home and car shut during allergy season • Wearing sunglasses to protect your eyes from allergens • Wearing a ﬁlter mask when mowing the lawn or doing chores outside during allergy season • Taking a shower, washing your hair and changing your clothes after working or playing outdoors In addition, if you are allergic to pet dander be sure to have your pet bathed and groomed regularly and do not allow your pet to sleep in your bedroom. To control dust mites, protect your mattress and pillow with allergy encasings, vacuum rugs, wash bedding in hot water weekly and install a high quality disposable air filter in your central air system. Learn more Penn Medicine Princ-

eton Health, through its Community Education & Outreach Program, will host a discussion on managing seasonal allergies from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 11, at the Hamilton YMCA John K. Rafferty Branch, 1315 Whitehorse Mercerville Road, Suite 100, Conference Rooms A & B, Hamilton. To register for the free session or for more infor-

mation, g to www.princetonhcs.org/calendar or call 888-897-8979. To find an allergist affiliated with Penn Medicine Princeton Health, go to www.princetonhcs.org or call 888-742-7496.

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. What are the top 3 things that separate you from your competition? A. I actually view my fellow realtors as colleagues, rather than as competition. We’re all very different from one another, and having s olid relationships with other realtors, as well as having their respect, helps me immensely in what I do, and ultimately helps my clients, too. I was raised in the South, where humility reigns, so, rather than blow my own horn, I’ll quote an email I received from a client several days ago. He wrote, “You’re incredibly smart, your instincts are spot-on, and your negotiationskills can’t be beat. You need to know how really good you are at what you do, and we are incredibly thankful for everything you did for us, on both our purchase and again on our sale. Thank you SO much!!”. He is also a negotiator, by profession, and his words meant a great deal to me.

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