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Princeton Senior Resource Center will expand to two locations By LEA KAHN Staff Writer
The Princeton Senior Resource Center has become a victim of its own success. The nonprofit group, which provides programs for Princeton’s senior citizens, has outgrown its headquarters at the Suzanne Patterson Building. The building is across the parking lot from Monument Hall – the former Princeton Borough Hall – on Stockton Street. Last month, the Princeton Senior Resource Center closed on a deal to buy a 12,000-square-foot office building at 101 Poor Farm Road. The move allows the group to relocate its offices from the Suzanne Patterson Building, freeing up that space for use by the seniors. With the pending move to Poor Farm Road, Drew Dyson, the executive director of the Princeton Senior Resource Center, outlined the group’s plans for the future of the Suzanne Patterson Building and the Poor Farm Road office building at the Princeton Council’s Jan. 19 meeting. The Suzanne Patterson Building belongs to the municipality. The Princeton Senior Resource Center is committed to expanding
its facilities, and that’s why it purchased the Poor Farm Road building, Dyson told the council. While the programs have been primarily held at the Suzanne Patterson Building, the group has had to rent space around the community – even as far away as the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville, he said. Purchasing the office building means the Princeton Senior Resource Center will not have to pay rent for off-site facilities, he said. There will be enough room at the Poor Farm Road site for administrative offices and some classrooms. Turning to the Suzanne Patterson Building, Dyson said that in the short term, which he defined as the next two to five years, the Princeton Senior Resource Center would like to embark on a “small scale project” to convert office space into two large classrooms. He estimated the cost at around $250,000. Asked about having the Princeton Senior Resource Center operating out of two locations – and whether the group could imagine working under one roof – Dyson said that “we were really intentional” about having two locations because one facility could not accommodate all of the programs.
Dyson pointed to the need for a gym, such as the one at the Suzanne Patterson Building, for exercise programs. It is an amenity that could not be replicated at the Poor Farm Road office building, he said. Dividing the programs between the two sites would not affect the senior citizens’ ability to participate, because about 90% of the seniors drive to the Suzanne Patterson Building, Dyson said. There has also been some discussion about extending bus service to the Poor Farm Road site, he said. When Princeton Councilwoman Eve Niedergang asked Dyson about the group’s ability to deliver programs if there were no renova-
tions – whether it would be able to “muddle through” for a year or two – he replied that it would present a challenge. There would continue to be a need to rent space. Moving the administrative staff to the office building would free up space at the Suzanne Patterson Building, eliminating the need to rent space. The rental budget is about $18,000 per year. The Princeton Senior Resource Center needs about 18,000 square feet of space to function, Dyson said. Between the 12,000-squarefoot office building and the 5,700-square-foot Suzanne Patterson Building, that need would be met. When the meeting was opened for public comment, former Princ-
eton Councilman Lance Liverman told the council that the Princeton Senior Resource Center has filled a vital need during the COVID-19 pandemic. The group has shifted programming from in-person to online as a stop-gap measure. “During this time of COVID, during this time of mental anguish, we need a Princeton Senior Resource Center to be up and running strong,” Liverman said. “I know some of you are saying, ‘Why do we need to renovate the Princeton Senior Resource Center at this time?’ It is needed. The renovation is needed, the work they are doing there is needed. “Search your heart and please support the Princeton Senior Resource Center,” Liverman said.
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Princeton Democrats want to abolish ‘county line’ on primary ballots to keep elections fair
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New Jersey’s largest and most active Democratic club voted overwhelmingly in support of a resolution calling to abolish “the county line” on primary ballots. The county line, which refers to New Jersey’s unique primary ballot design that gives preferential ballot placement to candidates endorsed by their county’s Democratic or Republican Party, allows party insiders — not voters — to choose primary election winners, according to information provided by Yael Niv, president of the nonpartisan Good Government Coalition of New Jersey, which is spearheading the Better Ballot NJ campaign to abolish the county line, according to a statement released on Jan. 25, a day after the vote. Research by Rutgers Professor Julia Sass Rubin for New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) found that in New Jersey’s 2020 primary elections, candidates whose names appeared on the county line received an average boost of 35% points, according to the statement. “This vote – and the widespread support that the resolution has already garnered – is an important step towards a better democracy in New Jersey,” Niv said in the statement. “It is frankly shameful that
New Jersey uses primary ballots that intentionally break rules of good ballot design in order to manipulate voters. No other state does this, and our citizens are saying loud and clear that it is time for fair elections in New Jersey.” More than 90% of Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) members voted to support the resolution at their January monthly meeting, which took place virtually via Zoom on Jan. 24, according to the statement. “I am delighted – but not surprised – that the PCDO overwhelmingly supported the Better Ballot resolution,” PCDO President Jo Butler said in the statement. “A ballot that is readable, easily understandable, and fair is fundamental to the success of our democracy. Elected officials need to be accountable to voters, not political power brokers.” The resolution calls for primary election ballots of all kinds to be displayed in “office bloc” format, in which each elected office is shown clearly separated from other offices, with the candidates running for that office listed beneath it in an order that ensures each candidate has an equal chance of appearing in the first, second and any subsequent positions, according to the statement. Such a design ensures that no candidate is advantaged over other candidates simply on the basis of the ballot, according to the statement. Since the campaign’s launch a little over a month ago, more than 30 organizations have signed on in support including the League of Women Voters of New Jersey, New Jersey Citizen Action, and New Jersey Policy Perspective, according to the statement.
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Princeton, Montgomery high schools move forward with winter sports competitions despite pandemic By ANDREW HARRISON Staff Writer
With the first week of high school hockey competition completed, both Princeton High School (PHS) and Montgomery High School (MHS) athletic departments are on schedule to start the rest of each school’s winter sports seasons. High school basketball and fencing were able to begin official practices on Jan. 11 with competitions able to start this week on or after Jan. 26; swimming and winter track and field are slated for official practice starting Feb. 1; and competitions would begin on Feb. 16. Gymnastics, girls volleyball and wrestling practices start on March 1 with competition play scheduled to kick off on March 16. Even though some schools
across the state decided to cancel their winter seasons due to the coronavirus pandemic that would not be the case for PHS and MHS. Both athletic departments confirmed to The Princeton Packet that competition play is still on track to continue for the rest of Season 2, Season 2A and Season 3 sports. “We are on track to start all of our Season 2, 2A and 3 programs,” Montgomery High Athletics director Chris Penna said. “We followed the advice of the NJSIAA Sports Advisory Task Force, New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) and other local professionals in making the decision to go ahead with our winter programs with our student-athletes’ safety and social-emotional needs as our top priority.” He added that Montgomery High had consistently planned on offering all of our winter pro-
grams for their students this season. When asked if there had been any serious discussions about the potential cancellation of winter sports heading into 2021, PHS Director of Athletics Brian Dzbenski said no serious discussions had taken place for that particular scenario. Dzbenski added that outside of an issued executive order from Gov. Phil Murphy having canceled winter sports, PHS had always been planning to to play the winter sports seasons whether they be in a limited or shortened capacity. “We have created a comprehensive COVID-19 Health and Safety Plan and created a specific area on our athletic website to communicate our protocols and procedures to our parents, players, coaches and community,” he said.
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Princeton University Concerts (PUC) is expanding its digital offerings for the remainder of the 2020-21 season to replace planned in-person concerts, many of which will be rescheduled to future seasons. The university’s performing arts series has recast all of its virtual programming to directly address socially relevant topics. This includes: a new podcast series, Breathe in Music, bringing PUC’s popular Live Music Meditation series to a digital format; a new series of conversations with musicians and prominent arts thinkers about the impact of COVID-19 on the performing arts hosted by multidisciplinary artist and WNYC host Helga Davis; the release of new video episodes of mezzosoprano Joyce DiDonato’s Sing for Today, in which the opera star responds to current events through the lens of song and conversations; and virtual performances and live Q&As with world-renowned musicians to continue PUC’s Watch Party series. Most of this digital content will be available to the public at no charge. For more information about Princeton University Concerts, contact Dasha Koltunyuk at dkoltuny@princeton.edu or 609258-6024. The Princeton Adult School is offering predominately online and a few inperson COVID-safe classes for the spring, presenting a selection of 152 courses, including: • Lecture series on Africa, “Up Close and Personal: Africa;” • History courses, such as “Nineteenth Century America Through the Prism of Five Extraordinary Elections” and closer to home “From Village to Town: The Transformation of Princeton between 1890 and 1910;” • Writing skills for a variety of personal and professional reasons; • Making objects with the hands – doodling, knitting, jewelry making, woodworking, photography; • Making music by one’s voice, harmonica, ukulele, piano, mandolin; • Playing games (bridge, MahJong, chess; • Improving business and workplace skills; • “Spring Wildflowers,” “Therapy Walks,” “Nature Walk” and “Name That Tree.” To participate, visit www.princetonadultschool.org to register for classes. For assistance, call the office at 609-683-1101. The AARP Foundation Tax-Aide Program will not be offered this tax season at any site in Mercer County because of the COVID-19 pandemic. However, AARP is offering an alternative this year called the AARP Alternative Tax Preparation program (ATP). The ATP program provides direct taxpayer access to free online tax software for this year’s taxes as well as video and/or phone assistance with a certified AARP tax assister. Rather than doing the tax return for taxpayers, certified AARP tax assisters help taxpayers prepare their own online returns. Taxpayers can get more information about the Alternative Tax Preparation program at aarpfoundation.org/taxaide. The Tax-Aide program intends to resume preparing tax returns at Mercer County sites next year. “Performing Healing: Rituals & Repetition,” an exhibition by Diana Chen, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Visual Arts, will be viewable online at 185nassau.art through May. The Princeton University senior will
exhibit new work exploring the therapeutic role of rituals and repetition during times of crisis and change. Using found objects, personal items and other memorabilia, the work depicts healing as an alchemical performance in which we re-live, re-tell and re-enact through simple repetitions of movement. Drawing inspiration from Buddhism, Jungian psychology and creation myths, the work seeks to re-trace the symbolic journey from distress and fragmentation to healing and wholeness. Free and available to the public. For more information, visit https://arts. princeton.edu/events/healing-narrativessenior-thesis-exhibition-diana-chen/ Princeton Dance Festival Reimagined, presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance, will be viewable online through May. The virtual edition of the annual Princeton Dance Festival recorded in December features diverse, professional choreographers bringing their aesthetics to the question of dance in the COVID era working with Princeton dance students. In works led by Peter Chu, Francesca Harper, Rebecca Lazier, Dean Moss, Silas Riener and Olivier Tarpaga, students explored the intersections of dance and multimedia performance, digital animation, filmmaking, site-based work and music. Each evening is a completely different and unique experience followed by a recorded question-and-answer session with the choreographers. Free and available to the public. Video content is closed captioned. To view the recordings, visit https:// arts.princeton.edu/academics/dance/pastevents/2020-21/princeton-dance-festivalreimagined-2020/ “All Her Power: 50th Anniversary of Princeton Undergraduate Coeducation Theater Project,” presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater, will be held virtually online through May. The first undergraduate co-ed class arrived at Princeton University in the fall of 1969. In celebration of this milestone in 2019, the Program in Theater facilitated journalistic research by three generations of Princeton women – current students, professional artist alumnae, and the first generation of graduating women – to culminate in a theatrical event exploring the experiences of women at the University. Students were paired with professional artist alumnae to research and create new, short performances about women who graduated from Princeton in the first few years of co-education at Princeton. The process, led by Program in Theater Director Jane Cox and Lecturer in Theater and Princeton alumna Suzanne Agins ’97 working with student-alumnae pairs, culminates in this filmed archive of the work in collaboration with theater and visual arts alumna Milan Eldridge ’20. Free and available to the public. The film is closed captioned. To view the film on demand and read more about the project, visit allherpower. princeton.edu
Through Saturday, Jan. 30
The Arts Council of Princeton rings in 2021 with a new exhibit “Travels: Domestic and aBroad,” featuring works by Krysia Kolodziej and Libby Ramage, in the Taplin Gallery through Jan. 30. When Kolodziej and Ramage met in the early 1990s, Kolodziej was editing for Princeton University Press and writing poetry; Ramage was starting her work teaching art to very young children while making and exhibiting her own art.
Ramage’s mixed media pieces – with painting and drawing using acrylics and charcoal – were created from a scrapbook originally compiled by her stepfather’s mother, Hilda, a formidable woman who reigned over her family imperiously. Hilda saved everything from her once-in-alifetime trip to Europe in 1957, hence the “aBroad” portion of the show’s title. Ramage rescued the scrapbook from the landfill and has been mining these materials for the past eight years, weaving one woman’s experience and the nostalgia of memories with her own sensibilities and creativity. Kolodziej’s work, the “Domestic” in the title, uses domestic imagery (vintage fabrics, women’s jewelry, wrist watches, postage stamps, dressmaker’s patterns, zippers and buttons, thread, even the pieces of a broken-down piano) and techniques (sewing, for example) combined with mixed media techniques and collage to create visual poems. These reference the hours of unpaid labor of women not in the paid workforce–but for whom the home was/is the workplace–or that same labor expended after completing a full-time job. Items from the traditionally male domain are also present: pieces of wood, nuts and bolts, and/or electronic bits, all from Kolodziej’s late father’s workbench. The Taplin Gallery hours are from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Thursday, and from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Friday and Saturday. To learn more, visit artscouncilofprinceton.org.
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The Friends of Princeton Open Space is holding a contest for photographers of all ages. Professional and amateur photographers can submit photos for the annual Give Thanks for Nature Photo Contest for a chance to win prizes provided by contest sponsor, REI. Photographs must be taken in the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve from Nov. 27, 2020, and Jan. 31, 2021. Photo enthusiasts ages 16 and under are invited to participate in this year’s photo contest for a chance to win gift card prizes from local businesses such as jaZams, the bent spoon and LiLLiPiES. For information on how to enter, visit www.fopos.org/announcements/givethanks-to-nature-photo-contest2020
Sunday, Jan. 31
Historian Tali Nates, founder and executive director of the Johannesburg Holocaust & Genocide Centre in South Africa, will participate in a virtual presentation at 2 p.m. Jan. 31 as part of the Daniel Pearl Education Center Speaker Series. A historian who lectures internationally on Holocaust education, genocide prevention, reconciliation and human rights, Nates has presented at the United Nations and numerous global conferences. The daughter of a Holocaust survivor, Nates will speak on “A Place on Schindler’s List: My Father’s Story,” a highly personal account of her father and uncle, who were both on Schindler’s List, among the 1,200 Jews saved by Oskar Schindler at the Plaszow concentration camp. Nates will present virtually via https:// youtu.be/q3SbrNcsiH8 Email dpeccommittee@gmail.com with any questions. Sunheri Yaadein, a virtual Bollywood concert featuring Tina, Rakesh, Tanmayee, Pinakin, Neeti and Tushar, hosted by Madhavi, will be held from 3-5 p.m. Jan. 31. Zoom ID is 882 1333 1879; no passcode needed. It will also be broadcast on Facebook
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Thursday, Feb. 4
The Princeton University Art Museum will hold a virtual yoga class inspired by the abstract art of Alexander Calder at 5:30 p.m. Feb. 4. Yoga instructor Tricia Adelman will guide this all-levels yoga practice through a series of moves and poses imbued with elements of Calder’s style, such as his signature bright colors and geometric forms. Participants will view the artwork as they connect breath and movement, focusing on flexibility, balance, and physical challenges. Offered in partnership with Princeton University Campus Recreation. Details and free registration via Zoom are available at https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/calendar/2021-02/yoga-and-art The Metlar-Bodine Museum will offer “Stories of Slavery in New Jersey” at 7 p.m. Feb. 4. Historian and author Rick Geffken reveals stories from New Jersey’s dark history of slavery. A Q&A session follows the lecture. To join the Zoom lecture, visit https:// us02web.zoom.us/j/84404927732 Meeting ID: 844 0492 7732 The program is free, but a $10 donation is suggested. Make checks payable to The Fellowship for Metlar House, or use Venmo via Sherry-Hope1 A limited number of signed books are available from the museum, 1281 River Road, Piscataway. Call the museum at 732463-8363 to place an order. Pickup available on days the museum is open. Cost is $23 each plus $3 shipping. For more information, email metlarbodine@gmail.com or visit www.MetlarBodineHouseMuseum.org
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The Princeton University Art Museum and the Arts Council of Princeton will offer free online art-making experiences on Thursdays, from Feb. 4 to March 4. Weekly classes are taught via Zoom so participants can join live workshops, using materials available at home. Each week’s lesson features works from the museum’s collections and is introduced by a student tour guide. “Capturing a Winter Scene” will be Feb. 4. This live art-making class is inspired by Charles Ephraim Burchfield’s “Winter Rain from the East.” This class will focus on techniques of drawing a winter scene, including line, shadow, perspective and tone. Illustrating horses will be the focus on Feb. 11. This live art-making class is inspired by Frederic Remington’s “Coming through the Rye.” Remington’s bronze sculpture is based on a drawing from the 1880s and features four animated horses and riders in a composition remarkable for being largely elevated off the work’s base, with the leftmost horse completely suspended. This class will focus on drawing horses, with instruction on anatomy, movement, texture and expression. Feb. 18 is “Unique Cropping.” This See CALENDAR, Page 8A
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By Robbi Alexander, PhD
Finding Hope in Eating Disorder Recovery
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oadblocks are common in life and can cause anyone to feel a sense of hopelessness every now and then. For individuals living with an eating disorder, however, roadblocks can seem insurmountable, and the loss of hope can be a significant barrier to long-term recovery. At the Princeton Center for Eating Disorders at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, a new nurse-led program helps patients learn how goal setting can offer a renewed sense of hope and improve their everyday lives. 30 Million People An estimated 30 million people living in the United States — 20 million women and 10 million men — will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime, according to the National Eating Disorders Association. And while no one knows for sure what causes eating disorders, a growing consensus suggests there is an interplay of biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors at work. Eating disorders can affect people of all genders, ages, races, religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, body shapes, and weights. Signs and symptoms of an eating disorder can include: • Preoccupation with weight, food, calories, dieting or body image. • Development of abnormal, secretive, extreme or ritualized food or eating habits. • Withdrawal from friends and activities. • Evidence of binge eating, such as the disappearance of large amounts of food. • Evidence of purging behaviors, including frequent trips to the bathroom after meals, self-induced vomiting, and laxative abuse. • Compulsive or excessive exercising. • Feelings of isolation, depression, anxiety or irritability. If you or someone you love is affected by an eating disorder, talk to your doctor. The chance for recovery is greater the earlier the condition is diagnosed and treated. Hope Theory Research indicates that low levels of hope or hopelessness are among the biggest barriers to recovery for eating disorder patients. For individuals facing the mental health and chronic phys-
ical problems brought on by an eating disorder, feelings of hopelessness can become particularly intense and long lasting. For example, younger patients with an eating disorder may struggle with concerns about an uncertain future. Older patients who have lived much of their lives with a disorder may feel they’ve tried everything to address the condition and have lost the support of family and friends. They may have internalized a sense of failure or even burdensomeness. Further, individuals with eating disorders may have drastically narrowed their goals as they become focused on inflexible ideas about food, weight, and appearance. These tightly held beliefs about weight and appearance often contribute to a sense of hopelessness. Recovery from eating disorders involves learning other ways to manage stress and find meaning and worth in life beyond weight and appearance. Goal-Directed Thinking Studies have shown that goal-directed thinking and goal setting can help bring a sense of self-worth and accomplishment to those who feel hopeless, including individuals with eating disorders. In addition, motivation and identifying pathways — and sometimes alternative pathways — to those goals are critical to engendering feelings of hope. Tips for using this approach to nurture feelings of hope include: • Exploring your needs. • Identifying your goals. • Breaking those goals into smaller goals so they are more manageable and measurable. • Anticipating roadblocks and creating strategies to find alternative pathways. • Building on success to continually renew motivation. A Pathway to Hope Helping patients develop hope for the future is at the core of a unique research-based inpatient program at the Princeton Center for Eating Disorders. Led by the nursing team, the four-week psychoeducational group series teaches patients how to gather the tools they
need to identify and reach their goals, whether those goals are related to their eating disorder or other areas of their lives. The groups also help patients develop strategies to address roadblocks, adopt a more flexible approach to goals and realize that the pathway to achieving those goals may not be a straight line. In order to move forward, they may have to consider alternative pathways and possibly second-tier goals. In the first week of the series, patients explore their ideas about hope and map out individual goals. They prioritize what’s most important to their quality of life and explore the things they need to have in place to meet their goals. The second week focuses on the steps that will help them accomplish their goals. By breaking goals into small, attainable steps, goals can feel more realistic and achievable. Nurses use creative approaches, such as creating a vision or storyboard, to offer something tangible to help patients visualize their goals and invoke feelings of success. The final weeks of the group series are about refining goals, acknowledging and exploring successes, identifying ways to continue to self-motivate, and setting up a support system to foster the ongoing process. The groups are flexible to meet each patient’s unique needs and are part of a multidisciplinary treatment approach. Most participants attend twice a week, and each session runs between 30 and 60 minutes, depending on the needs of the group. Finding hope and the support to continually renew motivation allows patients to keep moving forward and get to the next level of healing. The Princeton Center for Eating Disorders provides inpatient treatment for adults, adolescents and children as young as 8 years old who are suffering from anorexia, bulimia, and other eating disorders. For more information about Princeton Center for Eating Disorders, call 609-853-7575 or visit princetonhcs.org/eatingdisorders.
Robbi Alexander, PhD, is director of Princeton Center for Eating Disorders at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center.
Virus causes Greenwood House pen pal program to go viral Residents at Greenwood House and Greenwood House Abrams Residence are receiving dozens of letters a day, and all it took was a social media post on Facebook. “Our new Pen Pal Program is a welcome surprise for our staff, residents and patients,” Greenwood House Executive Director Richard Goldstein said in a prepared statement. “Just a week after the post and we had reached over 28,000 Facebook users. I think we can safely say that a virus has caused our new program to go viral. “Thanks to one motivated lady and dedicated Greenwood House supporter, Carli Masia, who proposed an idea that could be wonderful and engaging for our residents and the community, our Pen Pal Program was born,” he said. The Pen Pal Program connects people of all ages from literally over the country with Greenwood House. The activities department snapped photos of interested residents holding the sign made by Masia, we launched the post on Greenwood House’s Facebook page, and letters, poems, photo albums, artwork and cards arrived. “We’ve been pleasantly overwhelmed with the correspondence we’ve been receiving,” Goldstein said in the statement. “The program has been quite a surprise, and the letters coming from all over, bringing so much joy for our residents. We are now going to connect pen pals with our home care clients as well.”
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Rogue Center. But, for now, I recently jumped behind the wheel of the 2021 Ford F-150 Limited Hybrid for one week to see what it feels like. This is the only fully electric/gas hybrid pickup currently available on the market. I must say, I was quite impressed. Not only did Ford introduce a hybrid F-150 this year, with a groundbreaking engine and transmission, but it also refreshed the design of the truck, inside and out – especially inside – to produce a really outstanding pickup that is sure to give the competitors in this segment a run for their money. I’m not the only one who thinks Ford hit a home run with this newly refreshed F-150. In December, the folks at Edmunds named the F-150 as the top-rated truck of 2021. Edmunds’ Editor-In-Chief Alistair Weaver said, “The Ford F-150 has numerous bragging rights with impressive towing, max payload and with an EPA estimated rating of 25 miles per gallon city, 26 mpg highway.” Weaver is spot on with those gas mileage numbers. The F-150 I test drove for one week, was powered by a 3.5-liter PowerBoost V6 full hybrid engine. The rear-wheel drive version of that truck gets 25 mpg city and 26 highway. My tester, which was 4X4, got 24 mpg city and 24 highway. Moreover, the folks at Car and Driver gave the new F-150 high grades for its “upgraded interior materials and tech, impressive acceleration, seamless hybridization, standard onboard generator.” I couldn’t agree more. While Ford refreshed the outside look of the F-150 for 2021 with more a more aggressive and modern looking grill and other exterior trim, it’s with the inside design and the new hybrid technology that it gets the highest marks. The new 12-inch touch screen center screen – which came standard on the Limited model I tested – is a winner. It is easy to use when controlling temperature, phone, navigation or music and works seamlessly with the voice command system as well. Moreover, the also new 12-inch digital gauge cluster features a large information on demand area along with truck specific
graphics and animations that respond to the new F-150s selectable drive modes and display off-roading data and turn-by-turn navigation. My overall impression of the newly designed interior was very positive. This is a big truck that you need to step up into – using the side boards – but once you settle down in the ample interior it is a comfortable and very roomy ride. The 3.5 liter PowerBoost full hybrid engine is married with a hybrid electric 10-speed transmission. The 3.5 liter V-6 gas engine is coupled with a 47-horsepower electric motor. The electric motor is sandwiched between the engine and the transmission, while a 1.5 kilowatt, lithium-ion battery is tucked under the bed. The combined output for this powertrain is an impressive 230 horsepower. I found the overall experience of driving this hybrid pickup to be almost seamless. It accelerates and shifts smoothly and there is more than enough power to drive in city driving or aggressively on the interstate if need be. The model I tested is the 2021 F-150 Limited Hybrid. It is a 4X4 Supercrew with a bottom line price tag of $79,250. The base price of the SuperCrew Limited is $74,250. Added options on my tester included: $1,900 for the Limited equipment group 900A and the 10-speed electric transmission; $595 for a sprayed in bedliner; $340 for a max recline driver and passenger seat; $165 for an interior work surface; $200 for carpeted mats and $1,695 for destination and delivery. There are other less expensive F-150 models you can buy or lease. The Limited is near the top of the line offering. The Limited hybrid I tested was no slouch when it comes to towing capacity as well. The PowerBoost hybrid engine gives this truck the ability to tow up o 12,700 pounds and haul more than 2,000 pounds. Overall, if you are in the market for a high end, hybrid pickup, you would be remiss not to consider this vehicle as a top contender..
Peter Perrotta’s On The Road column appears weekly. He can be contacted at pperrotta@comcast.net.
Princeton Council buys new mobile data terminals for police By LEA KAHN Staff Writer
The Princeton Council has approved spending $108,351 to purchase 20 mobile data terminals for the Princeton Police Department’s patrol cars. The Princeton Council approved the purchase at its Jan. 19 meeting. The new mobile data terminals will replace the mobile data terminals in the patrol cars because they have not been, and cannot be, updated to the new operating system, officials said. Last year, the Princeton Police Department moved ahead with the purchase and installation of a new in-car camera system for all of the patrol cars. The new camera system is integrated with the new bodyworn cameras. But during the installation process, it was discovered that the current in-car mobile date terminals had not been updated to the most protected and supported version of the Windows operating system, officials
said. That is why it became necessary to buy the new mobile data terminals. The new equipment is needed to maintain the proper electronic security on the Princeton Police Department’s system and to operate the new in-car cameras. “As I understand it, this is an update for what the police have in their cars. It also interfaces with (the police officers’) bodyworn cameras,” Princeton Councilwoman Eve Niedergang said. Mayor Mark Freda agreed, and said that the current mobile data terminals were so old that the software for the camera system would not work. Princeton Councilwoman Leticia Fraga said the new mobile data terminals will “interface” with the license plate reader equipment that the Princeton Police Department is using for parking enforcement. The new equipment will be useful for when the town moves into its proposed parking permit system, which will use license plate readers, Fraga said.
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n these recent times of unbearable political anxiety, I have relied on three things for comfort and sustenance: 1. Cheetos; 2. Music; 3. Bartender – with coffee as the drink being served. I have written a lot about the curative qualities of Cheetos, comprising chemicals and dust with a smattering of real cheese – I think. I am hoping that my orange-stained fingers and mouth scare away COVID as effectively as it has scared away people. My music selection was enormously satisfying – and something I recommend to everyone. Jazz musician, composer and jazz education entrepreneur Wynton Marsalis, a Princeton favorite (he has performed numerous times at McCarter Theatre, lectured to Princeton University students and received a Princeton University honorary degree), released an extraordinary new album titled “The Democracy! Suite” – a masterful musical metaphor for democracy. It is a bit atonal and unsettling at times, but with unforgettable beats and melodies that prevail – like democracy – over dissonance. Mr. Marsalis was supposed to be in Princeton at McCarter Theatre in April, but alas that is not happening. I hope he returns soon to the McCarter stage and performs each of the songs/ messages of democracy. And finally, I have been blessed with an invaluable friend – the nearly 87-year-old Princeton resident Stanley Katz, former professor of the History of American Law and Liberty at Princeton University and a specialist on American legal and constitutional history, as well as on philanthropy and nonprofit institutions. He serves as my coffee-break bartender – not the barista who serves me, but rather someone who for decades has listened to me and provided insight and intellectual reassurance as I have angsted pitifully in his presence while slurping a cup of coffee. Although I seem to remember going to a party at which Stan allegedly retired from his day-to-day responsibilities at Princeton University, he is consulted regularly as a world-renowned expert on American legal and constitutional history and on philanthropy and non-profit institutions. He still is writing, researching, publishing, serving as PU student thesis advisor, teaching students within the PU Civic Engagement program and teaching adult education courses at the Princeton Senior Resource Center’s Evergreen Forum. His most recent research topic is the impact of the pandemic on cultural organizations in America. But as I was melting down over the state of our democracy, I was less interested in hearing about Stan’s research on philanthropy and more interested in his opinion about wheth-
Stan Katz receives the National Humanities Medal from then-President Barack Obama in 2011.
er our country’s democratic principles were going to survive. My faith and awe in him stems from his guiding principle and probably his legacy: “I only have one aim in life, to do what I can to improve the quality of democracy in the United States,” Professor Stanley Katz said at the time he was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Barack Obama in 2011. He has worked toward this lofty goal through decades of teaching, writing, reassuring Pam, and speaking on ways to make our academic institutions better. “So Stan,” I said, holding my cup of coffee and communicating with him in typical COVID fashion, over the phone. “Are we going to survive – we meaning our democracy – or is the great American experiment over, doomed?” My friends told me I should be more “chill,” less hyperbolic, because the country and Pam made it through 1968. But in my gut, I know there was something vastly different between 2020 and 1968. 1968 featured the assassination of Martin Luther King, the assassination of Bobby Kennedy, the Vietnam War, urban-based violent and destructive riots in cities all over the country. The unrest was so unnerving in big cities that friends and I – all of whom were working in Washington, DC – had to give up living dormitory style in an old townhouse in Georgetown and move out of the city to a massive apartment complex, equally depressing, but at least not life-threatening. “What’s different – say something that gives me hope?” I asked Stan.
“You are right to see the difference,” said Stan. “1968, in spite of all the turbulence, was a culmination of a lot very positive social movement activity – high point of civil rights movement, high point of progressive social justice activity, culmination of progressive forces in American society. It was an enormously exciting, hopeful time that mobilized millions of Americans with a promise of a new social landscape.” So in spite of the violent and traumatic state of affairs – some of the classes Stan taught on college campuses often were interrupted by demonstrators and tear gas, it was actually a very positive time, in his opinion. “On the contrary, 2020 was not a very positive time,” Stan said. Americans are experiencing a crisis of trust (a combination of mistrust and blind trust) – people having no or little trust in our democratic institutions and processes and filling that void with a trust in people and actions that seek to undermine our democratic institutions. “But this just didn’t happen in the past four years. It has been building up to this for decades,” he said. So now that I understand the difference, now what? Do I just wait and see, be depressed, be outraged and throw eggs at people who disagree with me? As a young man from Chicago, Stan wanted no part in running his father’s egg-breaking business, supplying thousands of freshly cracked eggs for bakeries such as Sara Lee. Instead, Stan chose academia, with a real focus on teaching. So his advice to me was to keep on learning – the only tool that can effectively thwart the forces trying to destroy democracy. Instead of burying my head in the sand or exhibiting exhausting rage when confronted with a stressful and negative situation, I should try learning and achieve a better understanding of how we ended up with the heartbreaking, gut-wrenching, violent attack on this nation’s Capitol. I missed the class that Stan taught last semester at the Evergreen Forum on the Reagan Revolution – “Ronald Reagan’s America: The Conservative Revolution and the Welfare State.” But no violent demonstration will keep me from the class he is teaching this spring – “The Administration of Donald J. Trump – What Happened to the Republican Party.” The class description is a series of questions: “How are we to understand the historical significance of the Trump presidency? To what extent should the Trump administration be understood as an evolution of the traditional Republican Party? Or was Trump simply a disrupter of tradition, soon to be ignored by the Party? To what extent did Trump change the international role of the United States from that of international hegemon to that of an island fortress? Can we yet tell what Trump’s political legacy will be?” Even though I have lived through the Trump era, my true understanding is as superficial as a Tweet. Visit www.princetonsenior.org/evergreen-forum/ Classes begin on Feb. 22. Register now.
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The topic of noise and sound was the main focus of residential concerns during the public portion of the Princeton Planning Board’s continued hearing for Princeton University’s proposed one-story geo-exchange facility known as “TIGER,” which would also be a building for athletics operations. The hearing, which took place on Jan. 22, did not result in a vote taking place from the board to determine approval, as the hearing was continued to Feb. 18. The next board meeting for the application is slated to hear attorney Bruce Afran, who is representing objectors to the application. This is the latest proposed project from Princeton University that is before the planning board for review, as the university moves forward with its plans to develop the East Campus. The university’s planned developments include an East Campus Garage, new Princeton Soccer stadium and practice field and the current proposal of a geo-exchange resource and athletic operations facility. The proposed construction of TIGER energy and athletics operation facility is on five acres of land located on the east side of Fitz Randolph Road between Faculty Road and 185 Broadmead St. The building structure and exterior equipment yard are more than 40,000 square feet. Along with the main building the project includes two thermal energy storage (TES) tanks to the south of the project. The tanks are used to store water that will heat and cool the campus, according to application documents. To the north of the proposed project’s site is the University NOW (UNOW) Day Nursery, a child care center. This would be a point of issue for residents who voiced concern about the noise and sound not only emanating from the completed project, but also during construction phase. Sarah Tannenbaum questioned representatives for Princeton University on why the current location was selected and voiced concern about the decibel levels during construction and after completion of the project. “The duration of construction is a bit of a question, but this could potentially be several years of 65 decibels throughout the day adjacent to a daycare; specifically, the playground is a bit concerning as a parent and pediatrician,” she said. Princeton University architect Ron McCoy responded to the question of location for the site of the project stating that facilities such as the TIGER need to be adjacent to the buildings that they are serving “because they are pumping the chilled water and the
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heated water to those facilities. “As we explained, I think, in our testimony our plan is to convert the entire campus to this geo-exchange heating system to achieve carbon neutrality by 2046,” he said. “We are building the new TIGER facility – which is not a power plant – for this to serve the east side of the campus and so this facility has to be on the east side of the campus.” The last of the drilling during construction of the project is anticipated to be in October, which McCoy said was the noise that residents had been hearing. The university is scheduled to open the completed TIGER and athletics operation facility in December 2022. Bridget Alsdorf, who lives on Hartley Avenue, said, “I want to echo the concerns of neighbors and UNOW parents and specifically about the noise impact of the proposed geo-exchange plant on the neighborhood. I am not opposed to a geo-exchange plant and the environmental benefits that it brings. I do not think it is too much to ask that the university take steps to mitigate the noise impact.” She added that several sets of changing decibel numbers makes it difficult for the community to trust any of them. To respond to additional concerns from residents regarding sound and noise from the facility, Princeton University’s senior acoustical consultant for the project, Julie Fischer, presented information about the discussion of confusion or lack of clarity regarding the numbers. “We did want to point out we do have clarity. We know what the numbers are going to be. Our March 13 and Dec. 20, 2020, reports do have different numbers. That is natural part of the design process,” she said. “The report in March is our first look at the equipment in the TIGER facility. Since that report the design has evolved. We have included more robust acoustical louvers (reduce noise) and have changed some of the sound data for the pumps. As part of the design process the pumps needed to change.” Fischer added that specifically the sound levels that are being predicted in the range of the UNOW Nursery School will be between 45-50 dba (decibels). “This is for the area along the fence line and the southern most area of the playground. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommendations recommend 55 dba or lower at an outdoor playground for this type of school,” she said. “What we do want to point out is that we are lower than what the WHO recommends by at least 5 dba. The UNOW buildings are further from the TIGER facility and as such they decrease down into the 40-45 dba range. Why that is important is that the window construction for UNOW building will provide at least a 15 dba reduction to go from the exterior of the building to the interior.” When asked by Councilman David Cohen about any sense of relevant noise level of building construction versus the drilling currently taking place, Fischer responded by stating that she could not speak to that, as the noise from construction will be highly dependent on the type of equipment on the site.
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OBITUARY Arthur Fein Longtime Princeton resident and retired physician Arthur “Art” Fein died on 1/17/21 at age 89. Art was born in Newark to Jan and Sophie Fein, a studio photographer and a colorist. Art attended Stuyvesant High School in NYC until his senior year when he moved with his family to Miami Beach where he graduated from Miami Beach Senior High. He went on to graduate from The University of Florida, where he met his future wife, Harriet. He attended medical school at Wake Forest, where he graduated #1 in his class. He did his radiology residency at Johns Hopkins. Art joined Princeton Radiology in 1963, and remained there 41 years. Art chaired the department for 30 years (which grew from 4 to 40 physicians) and was president of Princeton Medical Center for 2 years. Physicians and staff alike commented that he was a great leader, a mentor, a friend and an outstanding physician. Art loved being a physician and often said he never “worked” a day in his life. Art absolutely cherished Harriet. Their lifelong love affair, mutual respect, and teamwork have served as a model for each of their children’s long and happy marriages. They nurtured and enjoyed close long-term friendships. To all who knew him - friends, family, coworkers - he was the epitome of a “mensch” and was loved and respected, not just for his many accomplishments, but for his kindness, his ability to listen and lend a hand, and to connect with practically anyone. He had a zest for life, a wonderful sense of humor, and was a true adventurer. Art’s insatiable curiosity led him to travel the world with Harriet, often to lesser explored destinations, always returning with spectacular photos and stories. Art was an eternal optimist whose ready smile and playful nature were incredibly endearing. He delighted when engaging with his family, especially during the summers when the family would gather in Emerald Isle, North Carolina. Art’s close extended family was very important to him, and he enjoyed all the gatherings over the years, especially Thanksgiving and Passover with the cousins. Following retirement in 2004, Art’s thirst for knowledge led him to take a variety of interesting and challenging courses at Princeton. Art and Harriet were long time members of the Princeton Jewish Center. After spending 50 years at their home in Princeton, Art and Harriet moved to Windrows 5 years ago where many of their long-term friends resided. Art leaves behind his wife of almost 69 years, Harriet, three children and their spouses: Rick and Jackie Fein (Mission Viejo, CA.); Doug and Debbie Fein (Chapel Hill, NC); and Karen and Paul Kelly (Princeton). He was a loving and devoted grandfather to Jarrett, Micaela, and Naomi Fein and Skylar, Jillian, and Colton Kelly. Art also leaves behind his sister Ellen Shishko, nieces and nephews, many cousins and close friends. In Art’s later years he often ended conversations with his children and grandchildren with one of his mantras, “Enjoy Life.” He recently said, “I lived the life I wanted. No regrets.”
World-renowned artist and feminist trailblazer Audrey Flack is the subject of a new documentary that explores her life and art. Watch the film “Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack” through the Princeton Garden Theatre virtual cinema. Then join the conversation about the film with Academy Award-winning director Deborah Shaffer and Audrey Flack herself at 4 p.m. Feb. 11 via Zoom. Flack, an acclaimed painter, sculptor, and pioneer of photorealism, is the first photorealist painter whose work was purchased for the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art. Her art resides in major museums around the world. Now in her eighties, she returns to her canvas for the first time in decades and shares her hard-fought struggles as a female artist and mother to find her rightful place in the art world. Advance registration for the film talk is required. Registration and film ticket information are both available at https://bildnercenter.rutgers.edu/events/upcomingevents/icalrepeat.detail/2021/02/11/82/-/ queen-of-hearts-audrey-flack This program is presented by the Rutgers Jewish Film Festival in cooperation with the non-profit Princeton Garden Theatre, which is currently screening the film virtually as part of its Art on Screen Series.
Feminist trailblazer Audrey Flack is the subject of a new documentary that explores her life and art.
The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival is a public program of the Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life at Rutgers University. The Bildner Center connects the university with the community through public lectures, symposia, Jewish communal initiatives, cultural events, and teacher training.
Mercer County to open a vaccination site at Mercer County Community College By ANDREW HARRISON Staff Writer
Mercer County seeks to open a COVID-19 vaccination site at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) in February. In mid-February the county plans to open the vaccination site for the public. According to Mercer County spokesman Michael Boonin, the college is holding a closed clinic this week to vaccinate its health care staff and nursing students, who will be involved in operating the county site along with municipal and county health department staff. County officials previously stated that the MCCC vaccination site in West Windsor would be managed by the county’s Health Officers Association and use all of the resources and staffing available from the municipal and county health offices, as well as the MCCC nursing students. The county’s Division of Public Health is being provided with 800 vaccine doses per week from the state for COVID-19 vaccinations. “Mercer County is currently receiving 800 doses a week of the Moderna vaccine, which is being allocated to municipal health departments based on a rotating schedule agreed to by the Mercer County Health Officers Association,” he said. Boonin added that a number of other health care entities in Mercer County, such as hospitals, pharmacies and urgent care centers are also receiving vaccine doses from the state. In a letter to the community on Jan. 22, County Executive Brian Hughes said the county is facing a supply that falls short of demand, but officials are making sure they use every dose they receive.
As of Jan. 27, Mercer County has had 23,029 total confirmed cases of COVID-19 and 759 total deaths as a result of the virus since last March, according to New Jersey’s COVID-19 dashboard. Mercer County recently announced a partnership and completed a soft opening with Capital Health for a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton. Capital Health is managing the site and is currently providing the vaccine being dispensed at CURE Arena. According to the county, the vaccination sites at the CURE Insurance Arena and MCCC locations will not replace, only supplement, smaller vaccination sites including those currently being operated by municipal health departments and other health care facilities in Mercer County. Vaccinations are currently available only for paid and unpaid persons who are healthcare personnel (Phase 1A), longterm care residents and staff (Phase 1A), first responders (Phase 1B), and individuals at high risk (Phase 1B), such as residents 65 and older and individuals ages 1664 who have certain medical conditions. New Jersey has already launched a statewide online portal for residents to preregister to reserve a spot to receive COVID-19 vaccinations. The state also recently established a NJ Vaccine Call Center to assist residents to determine if they are currently available for a vaccine, help with pre-registering, and providing information on the vaccination site located near them. However, the state COVID-19 information website (covid19.nj.gov) did highlight that due to the limited vaccine supply, appointments to get vaccinated are limited and will not be available for callers.
Calendar Continued from Page 2A live art-making class is inspired by Edward Hopper’s “Universalist Church.” In this partial view of an 18th-century Universalist church in Gloucester, Massachusetts, Hopper shows only the elegant white spire, obscuring the rest of the building with intervening houses. The lines of the roofs adjacent to the church lead the eye across both axes of the image to the steeple. This class will focus on creating a unique architectural composition by cropping the image and closely focusing on one aspect of a scene. Storytelling with Collage, a live art-making class inspired by Jacob Lawrence’s “The 1920s … The Migrants Arrive and Cast Their Ballots” will be held Feb. 25. Lawrence’s expressive style conveys the scene with exaggerated geometries, angular figures, and blocks of color. This class will focus on visual storytelling and creating collage compositions using basic shapes and blocks of color. “Rendering Clothing and Drapery” on March 4 is inspired by a Greek Statuette of Nike from the Hellenistic period. In this sculpture, the goddess of victory wears a clinging chiton with a long overfold that reveals the lines of her voluptuous body. This class will focus on the basic shapes of clothing and the anatomy of folds to better understand the mechanics of drapery. Details and free registration for each class
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“Irish Hobo, Buddhist Monk, Anticolonial Celebrity: The Strange Story of U Dhammaloka/Laurence Carroll,” a lecture by Dr. Laurence Cox, associate professor of Sociology at the National University of Ireland Maynooth and associate researcher at the Collège d’Etudes Mondiales, Paris, will be presented virtually at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 5 by the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University. The lecture is based on his recent book, “The Irish Buddhist: the Forgotten Monk who Faced Down the British Empire,” coauthored with Alicia Turner and Brian Bocking, presented by Princeton’s Fund for Irish Studies. The Zoom webinar is free and open to the public. This event will be live captioned. Viewers in need of access accommodations should email LewisCenter@princeton.edu For information and the registration link, visit https://arts.princeton.edu/events/fundfor-irish-studies-lecture-by-laurence-cox
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Princeton Council hires consultant for Franklin Avenue properties By LEA KAHN Staff Writer
The Princeton Council has awarded a $30,000 contract to a planning consultant to help determine whether the Princeton Housing Authority’s Franklin Terrace and Maple Terrace developments should be declared as an area in need of redevelopment. The council awarded the contract at its Jan. 19 meeting to Heyer, Gruel & Associates to conduct a preliminary investigation of the properties. They are located on the corner of Witherspoon Street and Franklin Avenue, opposite the AvalonPrinceton rental apartment complex. The consultant will visit the site and document the existing conditions, as well as review municipal records related to the site. The consultant also will review records of environmental permits and other data available through the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The two Princeton Housing Authority developments on Franklin Avenue include a combined 20 units of one- and two-bedroom rental units. Franklin Terrace and Maple Terrace were built in the 1930s and 1940s. The potential redevelopment of the Franklin Avenue site grew out of the town’s
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The Princeton Council has awarded a $30,000 contract to a planning consultant to help determine whether the Princeton Housing Authority’s Franklin Terrace and Maple Terrace developments should be declared as an area in need of redevelopment.
settlement with the Fair Share Housing Center, which sued Princeton – and many other New Jersey towns – for failing to provide its fair share of affordable housing for low- and moderate-income households. Last year, the Princeton Council adopted two ordinances that would pave the way for the creation of as many as 80 affordable units and 80 market-rate units on
the site of the Princeton Housing Authority’s Franklin Terrace and Maple Terrace developments. The Princeton Council approved the AH-6 Affordable Housing zone, which is the underlying zone, and the AH-6 Affordable Housing Overlay zone. The overlay zone is an optional zone. The AH-6 Affordable Housing zone
would permit 80 units of affordable housing. It would allow for the construction of one building of up to 45 feet tall, or three-and-a-half stories. It would contain 80 rental units, all earmarked for low- and moderate-income households. The AH-6 Affordable Housing Overlay zone would allow for a new building that could be five stories tall, with commercial space on the ground floor. It would contain up to 160 rental apartments – 55% set aside for low- and moderate-income households, and 45% earmarked as market rate units. There would be at least one storefront on the ground floor, facing Witherspoon Street. There could be additional commercial spaces for a total of 10,000 square feet. Princeton Housing Authority officials said that if the land is redeveloped, it would provide the housing authority with additional housing for low- and very-low income households, in addition to moderate-income households. The Princeton Housing Authority is committed to its constituency, which is primarily Black, officials said. Many of those constituents have lived in Princeton Housing Authority properties for several generations, officials said.
LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT
NOTICE
TAKE NOTICE that the Mayor and Council of Princeton, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey has awarded the following contract without competitive bidding executed as an extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5 (1) (a) at a meeting held on January 26, 2021. The contract and the resolution authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk as follows: NAME
SERVICE
TIME
AMOUNT
Capital Health
Child Health Conference/Healthy Child Well Baby Clinic
1/1/202112/31/2021
Not to Exceed $50,000.00
Central Jersey Waste and Recycling, Inc.
Contract Extension-Solid and Bulky Waste Collection 2/1/2021Removal and Disposal Services 1/31/2022
Not to Exceed $585,900.00
United Ford, LLC
Purchase of a 2021 Ford Escape Hybrid Vehicle For Use by the Recreation Department
2021
$27,694.53
Kimberly M. Lacken, Esq.
Amendment-Municipal Prosecutor for 2021
1/1202112/31/2021
Not to Exceed $73,000.00 & Additional fee of $375.00 per Session for Special Sessions
SAVE, A Friend to Animal Homeless Animals
Boarding Services
1/1/2021-
Not to Exceed $13,000.00
Lynda Lee
Supplemental Public Health Nursing Services
1/1/202112/31/2021
Not to Exceed $10,000.00
Deer Carcass Removal LLC
Deer Carcass Removal
1/1/202112/31/2021
Not to Exceed $7,000.00
Montgomery Township
Shared Services-Health Education Services
1/1/202112/31/2021
Not to Exceed $15,000.00
Montgomery Township
Shared Services-Back Up Animal Control Services
1/1/202112/31/2021
Not to Exceed $8,100.00
12/31/2021
Notice is hereby given that the following ordinance entitled: ORDINANCE NO. 2021-01 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT CHAPTER 168, “TRAFFIC AND PARKING,” ARTICLE V “TRAFFIC AND PARKING REGULATIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY OF THE REVISED GENERAL ORDINANCES OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR BE IT ORDAINED, by the West Windsor Township Council, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, that the Code of West Windsor Township, be amended and supplemented as follows: SECTION I. CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR, NEW JERSEY PART II: GENERAL LEGISLATION CHAPTER 168: TRAFFIC AND PARKING ARTICLE V: TRAFFIC AND PARKING REGULATIONS ON PRIVATE PROPERTY Section 168-37: Control of movement and parking on public and private property, C. Regulation for the movement and the parking of traffic on all other private property in accordance with the provisions of N.J.S.A. 39:5A-1, the regulations of Subtitle 1 of Title 39 are hereby made applicable to the properties listed. (1) Schedule A, is amended to read as follows: Property Enclave at Princeton Junction file(apartments, commercial and townhomes)
Regulation 25 mph
Movement As shown on sketch on with Township Police Division
Stop signs Parking in designated areas between the painted lines only
Dawn M. Mount Deputy Municipal Clerk
No Parking anytime in designated areas and fire lanes Yield signs
Dawn M. Mount Deputy Municipal Clerk SECTION II
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In the event that any portion of this Ordinance is found to be invalid for any reason by any Court of competent jurisdiction, such judgment shall be limited in its effect only to the portion of the Ordinance actually adjudged to be invalid, and the remaining portions of this Ordinance shall be deemed severable therefrom and shall not be affected.
WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP NOTICE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AWARDS The Township Council of West Windsor has awarded/amended the following contracts without competitive bidding as professional services pursuant to NJSA 40A:11-5(1)(a) at their January 25, 2021 Business Session. These contracts and the resolutions authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk. Awarded To
Services
Time Period
Cost: Not to Exceed
Piazza & Associates
Affordable Housing Consultant
1/1-12/31/2021
$18,000.00
Warren M. Korecky CPA Suplee, Clooney & Company
Municipal Auditor
1/1-12/31/2021
27,450.00
McManimon, Scotland & Baumann, L.L.C.
Bond Counsel Redevelopment Attorney
1/1-12/31/2021
Phoenix Advisors, L.L.C.
Financial Advisor
1/1-12/31/2021
$3,800.00
Ruderman Roth, L.L.C.
Labor Attorney
1/1-12/31/2021
$50,000.00
Harry Haushalter, Esquire
Special Tax Counsel
1/1-12/31/2021
$40,000.00
David P. Lonski, Esquire
Special Tax Conflict Counsel
1/1-12/31/2021
$1,000.00
SECTION III. This ordinance shall take effect upon final passage and publication in accordance with the law. was duly approved and adopted on Second and Final reading at a regular meeting of the West Windsor Township Council held on January 25, 2021 and was approved by Mayor Hemant Marathe on January 26, 2021. This Ordinance shall become effective on February 15, 2021. Gay M. Huber Township Clerk West Windsor Township PP. 1x, 1/29/2021, Fee: $73.50
ORDINANCE SUMMARY ORDINANCE 2021-04 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR CHAPTER 200 TO ADJUST THE DISTRICT BOUNDRY LINES OF THE E, ROM-1 AND THE R-2 DISTRICTS; ARTICLE XXVI TITLES, PURPOSES, ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS; CONDITIONS; SECTION 200-143 ZONING MAP
Gay M. Huber Township Clerk West Windsor Township PP, 1x, 1/29/2021 Fee: $56.00
NOTICE OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT TAKE NOTICE that the Mayor and Council of Princeton, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey has awarded the following contract without competitive bidding executed as an extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5 (1) (a) at a meeting held on January 19, 2021. The contract and the resolution authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk as follows: NAME
SERVICE
TIME
AMOUNT
Mueller Communications
Communication Services for Preparation Of the Mayor & Council Newsletter
2021
Not to Exceed $36,000.00
Island Tech Services
Mobile Data Terminals for Police Department
2021
$108,351.00
Carlos Rodrigues, PP/AICP (Design Solutions for a Crowded Planet, LLC)
Professional Planning Services-North Harrison Area in Need of Redevelopment Preliminary Investigation
2021
Flat Fee of $12,000.00
Heyer, Gruel & Associates Potential Redevelopment
Professional Planning Services-Franklin & Maple
2021
Not to Exceed $30,000.00
BE IT ORDAINED by the Township Council of the Township of West Windsor, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey, as follows: Section 1. Chapter 200 of said Code, Land Use, Part 4, Zoning, Article XXVI, Titles, Purposes, Establishment of Districts; General Conditions, Section 200-143, Zoning Map, is amended to read as follows: The boundaries of said zoning district is hereby established as shown on the Zoning Map, Township of West Windsor, dated __________, and revised through __________, which, with all explanatory matter thereon, is hereby adopted and made part of this Part 4. An official copy of said Map, indicating the latest amendments shall be kept up-to-date in the office of the Land Use Manager for the use and benefit of the public and shall have the most current revision date shown thereon. The Zoning Map for that shall be the official reference as to the current zoning classification of the land within the boundaries of the Township of West Windsor. Section 2. Chapter 200 of said Code, Land Use, Attachment 9, Zoning Map of West Windsor Township, is hereby amended to change the zoning designation of Block 3 Lot 1.012 and Block 3 Lot 1.0113 so that they shall be entirely located within the E District. The public hearing on this Ordinance will be held at the Township Council meeting of February 22, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the West Windsor Township Senior Center, 271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, New Jersey. Prior to the public hearing date you may obtain a complete copy of the ordinance, free of charge, by contacting the Township Clerk’s office at West Windsor Township (609-7992400) or coming to the Township Clerk’s office at the West Windsor Township Municipal Building.
Dawn M. Mount Deputy Municipal Clerk
Gay M. Huber Township Clerk West Windsor Township
PP, 1x, 1/29/2021 Fee: $47.25
PP. 1x, 1/29/2021, Fee: $46.20
NOTICE OF CLOSED SESSION MEETING CANCELLATION
ORDINANCE SUMMARY
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON
PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the regular closed session meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton previously scheduled for Thursday, January 28, 2021 beginning at 3:00 p.m. has been cancelled and rescheduled. The rescheduled closed session meeting date is now Monday, February 1, 2021 beginning at 3:00 p.m. The matters to be discussed, to the extent known at time of this notice, are as follows: - Personnel: Director of Public Facilities and Operations Because of the state of emergency in New Jersey regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the meetings will be held electronically via “Zoom.” Formal action will not be taken. The matters discussed will be made public when the need for confidentiality no longer exists. The above constitutes the agenda to the extent known at the time of noticing, and is subject to change without further notice. Delores A. Williams Municipal Clerk
ORDINANCE 2020-02 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE PRINCETON JUNCTION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN REGULATING PROVISIONS IN THE RP-1 ZONING DISTRICT OF THE PRINCETON JUNCTION REDEVELOPMENT PLAN CHAPTER 200 OF THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR (1999) This ordinance amends Chapter 200, Land Use amending regulations in the RP-1 Zoning District which includes Block 6, Lots 54, 55.01,8,76. The public hearing on this Ordinance will be held at the Township Council meeting of February 22, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the West Windsor Township Senior Center, 271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, New Jersey. Prior to the public hearing date you may obtain a complete copy of the ordinance, free of charge, by contacting the Township Clerk’s office at West Windsor Township (609-7992400) or coming to the Township Clerk’s office at the West Windsor Township Municipal Building.
Gay M. Huber Township Clerk West Windsor Township PP, 1x, 1/29/2021 Fee: $30.45
PP, 1x, 1/29/2021 Fee: $32.55
ORDINANCE SUMMARY
NOTICE OF PENDING ORDINANCE
2021-03
ORDINANCE 2021-05 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR CHAPTER 200; PART 4 ZONING ARTICLE XXVI, TITLES, PURPOSES, ESTABLISHMENT OF DISTRICTS; GENERAL CONDITIONS ADDING ROM-1A INDUSTRIAL, RESEARCH, OFFICE, LIMITED MANUFACTURING This ordinance amends Chapter 200, Land Use establishing the ROM-1A District.
The public hearing on this Ordinance will be held at the Township Council meeting of February 22, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the West Windsor Township Senior Center, 271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, New Jersey.
Prior to the public hearing date you may obtain a complete copy of the ordinance, free of charge, by contacting the Township Clerk’s office at West Windsor Township (609-7992400) or coming to the Township Clerk’s office at the West Windsor Township Municipal Building.
ORDINANCE 2021-03 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT THE CODE OF THE TOWNSHIP OF WEST WINDSOR CHAPTER 200 LAND USE; ARTICLE XXXIV; SECTION 200-260 RP-1 DISTRICT This ordinance amends Chapter 200, Land Use amending regulations in the RP-1 Zoning District which includes Block 6, Lots 54, 55.01,76. The public hearing on this Ordinance will be held at the Township Council meeting of February 22, 2021 at 7:00 p.m. in the West Windsor Township Senior Center, 271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, New Jersey. Prior to the public hearing date you may obtain a complete copy of the ordinance, free of charge, by contacting the Township Clerk’s office at West Windsor Township (609-7992400) or coming to the Township Clerk’s office at the West Windsor Township Municipal Building.
Gay M. Huber Township Clerk West Windsor Township
Gay M. Huber Township Clerk West Windsor Township
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