2018-05-11 The Princeton Packet

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Professors: Westminster sale could be a bad deal for Rider

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

An analysis by one retired and two current Rider University professors raises questions about the financial health of the prospective buyer of Rider’s Westminster Choir College, in a deal the professors suggest could end up costing the university millions of dollars.

The 13-page paper, written by professors Gerald Klein, Arthur Taylor and Michael Brogan, was completed for the university’s faculty union, the Rider chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP).

The union, which opposes the sale of Westminster Choir Col-

lege, released the report during the same week as alumni reunions at Westminster starting May 10 and graduation on May 12.

In their May 1 paper, the authors argue that Beijing Kaiwen Education Technology Co., the China-based firm looking to buy the choir college and its 23-acre Princeton campus for $40 million, “clearly lacks the cash resources to simply complete the purchase of Westminster.”

Relying on financial reporting about Kaiwen in The Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, the report states that in “the past two years, Kaiwen has been spending far more than it has been obtaining in revenues.”

“Kaiwen and its previous in-

carnation, a bridge steel fabrication company, have been moneylosing operations,” the authors wrote.

A Kaiwen representative could not be reached for comment. The company runs two K-12 schools in Beijing.

Jeffrey Halpern, a Rider professor and AAUP official, said on May 9 that Kaiwen is “bleeding money” and full of “red ink.” He pointed to a declining stock value for a company he said has no experience in higher education. Kaiwen stock was at 12.61 ($1.98) Yuan per share at the close of trading May 9.

“From our perspective, this casts a real pall on the notion they’re going to be able to run

Westminster in the same way it has been run, that is to say, as an elite choral college,” Halpern said.

The report also notes that in 2017, the company reported a net income of 23 million Yuan, despite posting earlier losses. The authors, though, cite as a concern the company’s balance sheets, showing 934 million Yuan in liabilities compared to 178 million Yuan in cash and cash equivalents A Rider University spokeswoman could not be reached for comment.

Klein is a retired professor of organizational behavior and management, Brogan is a professor of political science and Taylor is a professor of information systems.

Taylor is also the former president of the faculty union.

Toward the end of the report, the authors state that while the sale price is $40 million, Rider will have to give up about $20 million, “the value of Westminster’s endowment,” to the buyer.

Also, Rider is in a legal battle with the Princeton Theological Seminary, which is owed a $2 million note with interest if the choir college campus is sold, based on an agreement between the two institutions in the early 1990s.

“Additionally, as the lawsuit by the Princeton Theological Seminary contends, Rider would

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Officials to show possible affordable housing sites

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Princeton officials will reveal a draft list next week of approximately a dozen sites in town where they have identified new affordable housing could be built, as they seek to comply with a court mandated housing obligation.

The Princeton Council and Planning Board are scheduled to meet jointly on May 17, when members of the public will get their first look at the areas of town officials have been discussing where developments of 100 percent affordable housing and a mix of affordable housing and market rate units could go, and how many units would be built at a specific location.

Municipal officials have to create a plan to meet a requirement for 753 affordable housing units that state Superior Court Judge Mary C. Jacobson, sitting in Trenton, set in March for the municipality, for a span from 1999 to 2025.

“We’re still in the process of developing the plan,” Municipal Administrator Marc D. Dashield said on May 7.

The report will be backwardand forward-looking to show what has been done already in the past 20 years and what needs to be done in the future to meet the 753-unit figure.

Officials have said affordable housing has been built in Princeton during that time, but they could not give a precise figure for how many new units will need to be constructed.

Per a series of state Supreme Court rulings, municipalities must use their zoning power to provide opportunities for the

development of affordable housing. Princeton officials will need to submit a plan to Jacobson in June for her approval and a have a hearing before the judge in July.

“Once we’ve gotten the plan approved by the court, we’ll introduce all the ordinances and resolutions for introduction and adoption in August,” Dashield said.

Municipal officials touched on the approaches the municipality plans to take to meet its obligation.

Mayor Liz Lempert raised the prospect of group homes and inclusionary developments. At the moment, Princeton has a 20-percent set aside in mixed developments, so for every 10 market rate units a developer builds, two units have to be affordable or below market rate.

“We’re working on a couple of different goals … as we put the plan together,” she said. “One of them is that the housing isn’t concentrated all in one location.

Another goal is to make sure that … getting around is affordable for the people who live there, meaning that either it’s walkable, bikeable or on or near an existing transit route.”

Pressed on whether the affordable housing would be located in wealthier parts of town, Lempert said that through the years, officials had done a “reasonable job of distributing affordable housing throughout a lot of different neighborhoods.”

She said the town is not required to identify where potential group homes have to be built.

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Let’s go fly a kite Kites of all shapes and sizes roamed the sky for the annual Kite Day at Terhune Orchards, Saturday, May 5. Princetonarea residents and their children took advantage of the orchard’s wide open spaces to run, play and enjoy other activities. Pictured above, Isabella Hernandez, 6, enthusiastically points out her kite in the sky with Alex and Claribel Rodriguez, all of Princeton. Charlotte, 2, and Eileen Cardone, of Princeton, pictured right, set up their kite for departure.

School districts working to finalize new agreement

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Representatives of the Cranbury and Princeton school districts are continuing to work toward an agreement that will extend the send-receive relationship the districts have had since 1991.

The districts are in the midst of an agreement that will expire at the end of June 2020. Administrators are looking to extend the deal for 10 years past that date so Cranbury students of high school age can continue to attend Princeton High School.

On May 8, Cranbury Chief School Administrator and Prin-

cipal Susan L. Genco said she could not provide an exact date when the deal will be finalized.

She said it is hoped the new agreement will be finalized by the end of the current school year.

Cranbury Business Administrator Nicole Petrone said, “We’re trying to move it along as quickly as possible, but it doesn’t necessarily mean it will happen before the end of the school year.”

On May 9, Princeton Public Schools Superintendent of Schools Stephen C. Cochrane said attorneys representing both districts “have been fine-tuning the agreement.”

Princeton Board of Educa-

tion President Patrick Sullivan said the board may vote on the new agreement during its May 22 meeting.

The Cranbury board would follow with a vote at a subsequent meeting.

Cochrane said if the item is on the May 22 agenda, board members may discuss the agreement.

He called the pending deal “a pretty standard send-receive relationship.”

During the current school year, Cranbury is paying Princeton $4.8 million in tuition, a sum that represents the second largest source of revenue in Princeton’s school budget. As of early April,

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there were 276 Cranbury students attending Princeton High School.

Cochrane and Sullivan have talked of supporting a continuation of the arrangement with Cranbury.

Cranbury Board of Education member Evelyn Spann, who is her district’s representative to the Princeton board, said, “Cranbury fully wants the agreement to go forward. I can’t speak for the (Princeton) board, but given the legalities of what it would take to sever the agreement and the time it would take to sever the agreement, from my seat and my perspective, Princeton will also go forward with the send-receive.”

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Mayor warns against charitable funds for property tax payments

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert said this week that municipal officials are holding off on any decision about creating a charitable fund to which residents can contribute money, obtain credit toward their property tax bill and then claim a charitable deduction on their federal taxes.

Lempert’s comments came in response to a new state law that seeks to counter changes Congress made last year to cap, at $10,000, the income tax deduction for state and local taxes (SALT).

On May 4, Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed

legislation allowing a municipal government, school district or county to establish charitable funds that have “one or more specified public purposes” that are “more limited than the general purpose” of the governmental entity creating the fund.

Contributors would get a credit of up to 90 percent of their donations toward their property tax bill, the Murphy administration has said. They then could claim the charitable deduction on their federal taxes.

Murphy and other Democrats in New Jersey were critical of federal changes seen as punishing high tax, Democratic states like New

Jersey.

“With this legislation, New Jersey authorizes municipalities to allow their taxpayers to make charitable contributions toward important governmental goals in exchange for up to a dollar-per-dollar reduction in their taxes, joining 33 other states that have allowed credits in exchange for charitable contributions without IRS interference,” Murphy said.

The governor did not specify what he meant by “governmental goals.” The Trump administration has rejected the notion that property taxes to pay for core government services like police and fire protec-

tion can be classified as charitable donations.

In January, around the time when New Jersey and other states were floating the charitable fund idea, U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin called it “one of the more ridiculous comments, to think you can take a real estate tax you are required to make and dress that up as a charitable donation. I hope the states are more focused on cutting their budgets and giving tax cuts to their people than they are on trying to evade the law.”

On May 7, Lempert said Princeton was hit hard by the federal tax law changes.

The average property

tax bill in Princeton was $18,894 last year, the highest in Mercer County, according to the state.

Toward the end of 2017, residents could be seen lining up in town hall to prepay their property tax bills for 2018 so they could get their full credit as a tax deduction.

Lempert said state officials need to create guidelines for how money paid to charitable funds would be administered. She said the New Jersey State League of Municipalities is exploring the issue.

“Between those two entities, I think before doing anything, we’re waiting for additional guidance,” she

said.

She cited news reports in which the Trump administration has questioned whether the New Jersey law would pass legal muster.

“We’re just watching an waiting,” she said.

Lempert said she is “definitely hoping there will be some type of relief” from the federal tax law changes.

“And if this is it, we’re ready to move very quickly,” she said. “But we’re cautious because we don’t want to set something up that residents will be relying on and then have the rug pulled out from under them.”

Princeton officials plan to acquire new parking pay stations

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

Princeton officials will spend $1 million for a company to provide and install high-tech single-space parking meters and multispace pay stations that will have multiple payment options.

In all, some 1,000 meters will be replaced, municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton said on May 7.

The new machines will

accept payment in coin, credit card or through a smartphone app. Later this month, officials will hire a vendor, IPS Group, to provide and install the equipment, she said.

“You might find the smart meters are actually very green, in the fact they rely on solar energy,” said Julie Dixon, the consultant aiding the town in the project, during a presentation

at the Princeton Council’s meeting May 7.

“They have rechargeable batteries and everything that is done with them is communicated wirelessly. So being able to do remote programming and managing those parking meters is really optimized and efficient,” Dixon said.

The new equipment will not accept the municipal smart card, or a type of

debit card, which officials have said is being phased out.

The municipality will allow residents to apply for parking permits over the internet, but that will be a longer-term project, Stockton said.

Earlier this year, officials announced they would be moving in this direction, to introduce the new technology, as they said they

also would be looking at parking regulations. One option before them is to raise the price of on-street parking, which has not happened in about 10 years, said a Princeton official.

“We are considering raising the rates and also calibrating them to encourage turnover and encourage short-term parking where we want short-term parking and long-term parking

where we want long-term parking in order to optimize parking for the merchants and the businesses,” council President Jenny Crumiller said on May 8.

“Whatever increases we make, we are going to do gradually.”

In the past, officials have raised the prospect of exploring charging an escalating cost to park longer

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Rider paid to a consultant to shepherd the sale are subtracted from the $40 million, “Rider would only be left with $3 million in proceeds from the transaction … ” the authors said.

That amount could be reduced further, depending on any settlement with alumni and others suing Rider to block the sale, they

argue.

“If, in the end, Kaiwen negotiates the sale price 20 percent to 40 percent below the asking price, a common occurrence in business transactions, then Rider would realize a net loss of between $5 million and $13 million,” the professors suggested.

Westminster, a once in-

dependent music school, has been a part of Rider since 1992, but the university is ending that arrangement.

The transition from Rider to Kaiwen was supposed to happen this year, but it was pushed back.

Rider officials announced in March that the university would continue

to operate Westminster for

Westminster

need to relinquish approximately $8 million of any sale proceeds to the Princeton Theological Seminary and repay the $8 million it has borrowed using the Princeton property as collateral,” the report states.

When those amounts and the roughly $1 million

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another academic year.

On its website, West-

minster reports having 439

undergraduate and graduate

students,

combined.

Tuition, room and other

expenses for one year costs $58,400.

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Survey shows 21 percent of pupils at four schools vape

By Philip Sean Curran Staff Writer

who vape who said their parents are aware.

Later in the program, Linda Richter, director of policy research and analysis with the Center on Addiction, walked through a presentation on vaping, from its history to how electronic cigarettes or vaping products are marketed.

Richter said vaping is a commonly used term for inhaling and exhaling aerosol, “a cloud of solid and liquid particles that is produced when you use an e-cigarette or any kind of vaping device.”

The devices work by heating a liquid, or an ejuice, that has flavoring and other chemicals and almost always nicotine, she said, adding that the liquid becomes an aerosol that has chemical properties and particles that get into the user’s lungs.

“Many of them are toxic and dangerous,” she said.

The federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, she said, “found that 99 percent of vaping products had nicotine.”

Touching on the addictive quality, she said nicotine impacts the brain and “makes quitting very, very hard.”

Vaping devices originally looked like cigarettes, but they have evolved to resemble pens, sticks of gum or other objects, she said.

“And the peak vulnerability to addiction is during adolescence,” Richter said. “So it’s really no coincidence these products taste like candy and are

A survey of high school students in Princeton found that nearly 21 percent of them said they vape and that most do so with nicotine, a substitute for regular smoking that one expert said on April 30 is a “gateway” to using tobacco products.

The Corner House Student Board, a group of students from the four public and private high schools in Princeton, recently surveyed their peers at Princeton High School, Stuart Country Day School, the Hun School and Princeton Day School.

Their research found that of 526 respondents, 108, or 20.5 percent, vape, Princeton High School senior and board member Madison Richmond showed during a two-hour community forum about vaping that was held in the Witherspoon Hall municipal building.

Richmond reported the survey showed 393 students, 74.7 percent, reported they do not vape, while 25 students, 4.8 percent, said they had stopped vaping. Nicotine came in as the top substance students vape, at 77.2 percent.

In terms of the rate of vaping, she said, “what we found was people either do it very infrequently or very frequently. So there’s not much in between.”

Nearly 56 percent of students who vape said their parents did not know they vape, compared to 28.5 percent of students

marketed as fun and cool.”

She said that for the tobacco industry, vaping products are profitable.

While members of the public, including youths, do not smoke as much as people did in the past, ecigarette sales are poised to overtake cigarette sales in the next two years, she said.

“So the tobacco industry has recognized the importance of this market for their continued survival,” Richter said. “They recognize and they know that by planting the seeds of nicotine addiction as early as possible, they are going to have a tremendous incentive to bring the vaping market to kids.”

In 2016, a national survey found that more than two million middle school and high school students had reported vaping in the past 30 days, she said, adding that studies have shown a link between using e-cigarettes and using conventional tobacco cigarettes.

On one hand, the addictive quality of nicotine leads users of vape products to eventually “want something else,” she said.

Also, vaping de-mystifies smoking and “makes it seem less harmful.”

“It is a gateway to smoking,” Richter said. “Many, many kids and adults who use vape products end up smoking.”

While Princeton and other municipalities nationally prohibit the sale of vaping products to anyone under 21, Richter said the restrictions are easily by-

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“A lot of these products are bought online,” she said.

During a panel discussion that included representatives of the four high schools, Candy Shah, director of wellness at Princeton Day School, said vaping, nicotine use and substance abuse are discussed in her school.

“We start and we talk from fifth grade on,” Shah said, “because we reflect what the national averages are, both from our internal surveys and the national surveys we have participated in.”

She said the school had to amend its policies “to reflect what they are for vaping and substances on campus, during field trips, dances and any schoolsponsored event.”

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THE STATE WE’RE IN

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By Michele S. Byers

The Pine Barrens gets some help from its friends

Along New Jersey State Highway 72 in New Lisbon, just around the bend from Brendan Byrne State Forest, is a publiclyaccessible forest fire observation tower.

The view is stunning: one can see the vast expanse of our Pine Barrens, a sea of green extending in every direction.

At first glance, the forests may all look alike. But look more closely and you’ll begin to see a rich diversity of trees and plants, surprising for a place called barren.

Maintaining diverse forests and habitats within the Pine Barrens is the focus of restoration programs conducted by the New Jersey Forest Service and its partners.

The Pine Barrens landscape is dominated by globally rare forests known as pitch pine/scrub oak upland, along with lowland pitch pine, cedar swamps, and maple-gum swamps. Pitch pine forests - even the wet, swampy ones - need frequent fires to maintain rare or unique species of reptiles, amphibians, birds and wildflowers.

And there’s a lot more to this sea of green. Look for meandering ribbons of deep green Atlantic white cedar along streams. The Shinn’s Branch Cedar Swamp Natural Area is close by. Eighty percent of New Jersey’s Atlantic white cedar forests were lost due to over-harvesting and overabundant deer; the recovery of these magnificent forests is a continuing priority of the NJ Forest Service.

Farther southeast from the New Lisbon fire tower are the famous pygmy pines, also known as the pine plains, the most wildfire-adapted plant community in the world! These short-stature pines and oaks have survived centuries of wildfires, and

prairie warblers and brown thrashers are two of the area’s most abundant birds. The NJ Forest Service is working with the U.S. Forest Service and other partners to restore pitch pine forests through ecological burning.

From the fire tower, you’ll see soft, light green patches of tall oak trees interrupting the darker green carpet, especially westward toward Magnolia Road. These tall oaks often grow in slightly richer soils.

The extra soil moisture, along with natural firebreaks provided by wide swamps, protect these oak forests from the frequent and severe wildfires found in nearby pitch pine/ shrub oak barrens.

You would need to take a walk through these oak forests to experience their diversity! Southern red oak, chestnut oak, white oak, black oak, scarlet oak, post oak - plus shortleaf, pitch, and Virginia pines to start.

And they host different birds than other parts of the Pine Barrens: species that like to glean insects amongst tall deciduous canopies. Yellow-billed cuckoos, great-crested flycatchers, summer and scarlet tanagers, Baltimore orioles, and many woodpeckers - including the state endangered red-headed woodpecker - utilize these oak woods, especially in places where the lower layers of forest aren’t crowded with too many young pines.

Tall oak forests in the Pine Barrens face many challenges. In recent decades, gypsy moth outbreaks have killed many, and browsing deer have prevented the trees from replacing themselves with new seedlings.

The New Jersey Forest Service is cur-

rently restoring a 64-acre tree oak–shortleaf pine forest along Magnolia Road in Brendan Byrne State Forest. Until now, the oaks and shortleaf pine trees in this little island of diversity had not been regenerating. The forestry management project will ensure that the oaks and shortleaf pines regenerate so this unique habitat type is not swallowed up by the surrounding pitch pine forest.

The Magnolia Road forest has been thinned, especially of excess pitch pine trees, with many large oaks and shortleaf pines left in scattered locations to provide acorns and seeds. The thick layer of huckleberry and low-bush blueberry bushes have been mowed to make way for germinating acorns and seeds, producing a pleasant, park-like appearance. A possible prescribed burn will help encourage even more seed germination in the sandy soil.

Light soil disturbance is not risky in the Pine Barrens. Unlike forests in other parts of this state we’re in, Pine Barrens forests have virtually no alien invasive species to outcompete native wildflowers like bird’sfoot violet and trailing arbutus.

In the old woodcutting days, oak forests were over harvested with no thought for the future. Roots re-sprouted but no habitat was created for vibrant seedlings.

Today, the NJ Forest Service uses complex growth models to predict the rates at which the new generation of oaks and pines will grow between their healthy parents.

The NJ Forest Service designed the Magnolia Road project so the future forest will have trees of all species and ages.

Hopefully, a deer fence won’t be needed to

allow seedling oaks to grow tall. Should fences be needed, the NJ Forest Service has plenty of experience erecting deer fences to protect young Atlantic white cedar forests. Close monitoring of the forest re-growth will determine the next steps to ensure that this patch of diverse tall oaks and mixed species of pines will not only rebound, but thrive.

Check out the Magnolia Road restoration site next time you visit the Pine Barrens. In May and June, you will almost assuredly find bright red male summer tanagers flitting in the tops of the tall oaks.

The females are a leafy yellowish green color and hard to spot, but both sexes often utter a two or three syllabled “hic-up” or “hic-cic-up” call. If you are really lucky, you’ll catch a flash of a brilliant red-headed woodpecker!

Kudos to the NJ Forest Service for its many restoration projects in the Pine Barrens, including a nearby Red-headed woodpecker habitat restoration in Brendan Byrne State Forest. To learn more about the state’s restorations projects in the Pine Barrens, go tohttp://www.nj.gov/dep/parksand forests/forest/njfs_state_lands_mgt.html.

And for 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.

number of affordable homes beginning in 1938. These include Franklin and Maple Terrace, Clay Street Hageman Homes, Spruce Circle, Princeton Community Village, and Redding Circle. After 1985, when the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) established affordable housing requirements for New Jersey, Princeton saw the construction of two dozen affordable housing developments of various sizes in the former Borough and Township, including Elm Court and Griggs Farm, among others.

Since 1999, when COAH’s last set of valid affordable housing rules expired, Princeton continued honoring its commitment to affordable housing and has constructed more than 200 additional units.

Most recently, we’ve seen the construction of 12 affordable units at Copperwood, 56 units at Avalon Bay, 56 units at Princeton University’s Merwick-Stanworth, and four at Carnevale Plaza on Nassau Street.

We’ve also opened three group homes for disabled adults.

In March, the court determined that Princeton has incurred an affordable housing obligation of 753 housing units to cover the period from 1999 to 2025, with many of the units built since 1999 counting toward that total. The next step in the litigation is to have our housing plan approved by the court. We are scheduled for a hearing in late July. The council and planning board will hold a joint public meeting on May 17, when we intend to present the proposed sites to the public and invite community feedback. In the meantime, we have posted an updated FAQ on affordable housing on the municipal website, princetonnj.gov.

for our respective constituencies. Thank you to Barbara Prince, Cheryl Gomes, Donna Cosgrove, and all of their colleagues at the PSRC for helping to make both events so successful.

Our DJ Steven Knox and his “Roadie Dad” Dan, and our photographers Jaime Escarpeta and Ken Colbert, were awesome. Dinner was fantastic thanks to McCaffrey’s and PSS parent and baker extraordinaire Ashley Oppenheimer-Fink.

And PSS Junior Coach Olivia Browndorf and her family surprised everyone with glow gifts that really made the evening.

This year’s formal would not have been possible without the dedicated adult volunteers who worked on the décor and who helped set up, chaperone, and clean up after. Thank you Abitha Ravichander, Ariel Eighmey, Beverly O’Connor, Chiemi York, Eileen Donahue, Hana Oresky, Joan Morelli, Katerina Bubnovsky, Liz Cutler, Nora Hassainzadeh, Pushpa Kulkarni, Tom Kreutz, Trudy Borenstein-Sugiura, Suzy Yang, Valerie Walker, Wendy Vasquez, and Yasuo Sugiura.

Our most heartfelt thanks go, as always, to our student volunteer “buddies.”

We hope these young people know what a long-lasting contribution they have made to an often under-appreciated segment of the Princeton-area community. Thank you to Charlotte Walker, Colleen Niko, Declan Rourke, Emerson Marsh, Emilia Santiana, Emilyanne Shelley, Gracie Poston, Jackie Patterson, Jane Lillard, Lauren Morelli, Leah Bakoulis, Marli Siciliano, Matt Ams, Niklas Wegmann, Rhea Ravichander, Yannick Ibrahim, and Zach Klein.

Our last dance of the season will be our annual pool party and dance at the Princeton Community Pool, June 1. Swimming will be from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. (weather permitting), followed by pizza (and other goodies) and dancing until 9 p.m.. For more information, or to register, go to princetonrecreation.com or princetonspecialsports. com. Buddies, if you would like to volunteer for the pool party, please email Valerie Walker at pssbuddies@outlook.com.

arts presentations, from opera to jazz to Broadway, and our free community educational programs, which this year include four workshops and over a dozen lectures and presentations (www.princtonfestival. org has all the details and ticket information).

Our thanks go first to the members of the Princeton community who supported us with such enthusiasm. We had the largest crowd ever, and the busiest dance floor.

Gala goers really got into the spirit of the event, from the pre-dinner cocktail hour through the live and silent auctions. We were also honored to have Governor Philip Murphy join us.

Of course we are enormously grateful to our Gala chairs: Marcia Bossart, Helene Kulsrud, Anastasia Marty, and Susan Rhoda-Hansen. Their planning and hard work paid off with a wonderful event, ably executed by executive chef Chris Krail and the banquet staff at Cobblestone Creek Country Club. Susan Hoover deserves special credit for her decorations.

We also want to recognize Harry Fini’s contribution as both cocktail pianist and auctioneer. He set the perfect mood in both roles. Our guest artists, Jordan Bunshaft and Janara Kellerman, entertained everyone with wonderful songs from opera and the Broadway stage, accompanied by pianist Akiko Hosaki. Jordan will be in this season’s musical “A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum,” opening June June 10, while Janara takes a major role in Madama Butterfly, opening June 16.

This kind of support makes it possible for the Festival to bring the best in performing arts to central New Jersey year after year, and to conduct community enrichment programs around the region. Our sincerest thanks go to everyone involved.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Affordable housing update from mayor and council president To the Editor: As Mayor and Council President, we would like to respond to community concerns about the court-mandated process for determining Princeton’s affordable housing sites. We share the dissatisfaction of those who question why Council hasn’t been drafting its preliminary plan in open session. We have been cautious for two reasons: Since this is considered litigation, it is only discussed in closed session, and, in choosing sites, negotiations with owners of private property are sometimes required. It is in taxpayer interest to conduct real estate negotiations privately and to enable our attorneys to provide their advice freely and in a confidential setting.

Given these constraints, we, along with our council colleagues, are trying our best to communicate as fully as possible without compromising the municipality’s interests. We all want our seniors to be able to afford to grow old in our community, our children to afford to move back as adults, and our families who have lived here for generations to continue to do so. Princeton has a long-established practice of building affordable housing to help address these goals. Affordable units provide a reliable source of housing for low-, moderate-, and very low-income families and individuals and add to the diversity of housing options.

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Proud of formal dinner and dance for people with special needs To the Editor: What fun we had at our May 4 “Roaring Twenties” Formal Dinner Dance for adults and teens with special needs!

We’re proud of our longstanding partnership with the Princeton Recreation Department, a collaboration that has kept this event going and growing! John Groeger, Nicole Paulucci, Stacie Ryan - and PRD alum Joe Marrolli - you’re the best!

This year also brought a new partnership with the Princeton Senior Resource Center, as we pooled our efforts to run back-to-back events with common themes

Deborah Martin Norcross Co-President Princeton Special Sports & Programs

Princeton Festival Offers thanks for gala To the Editor: We would like to thank all of those who made the 14th Annual Princeton Festival Gala on April 21 such an enjoyable and successful event. The gala is the major fundraising event for the festival, helping to support our 2018 season of performing

Richard Tang Yuk, Executive and Artistic Director Costa Papastephanou, Board Chair The Princeton Festival

Princeton primary debate gave candidates a forum To the Editor:

For those of you who missed attending the League of Women Voters debate on at Princeton town hall, it was very telling. By the way, it was recorded and can be seen again on Fios channel 45 Tuesday night May 8 at 8 p.m.

The good news is we’re fortunate to have six passionate, smart, civic-minded candidates vying for the two vacant posiSee LETTERS, Page 11A

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FYI Seminar - “Practical Strategies for Family Caregivers,” 1 p.m. at Princeton Senior Resource Center, 45 Stockton St., Princeton. Liz Charbonneau from Homewatch CareGivers will present an overview of strategies to be considered when providing care for a loved one.

Highlights of this workshop include safety precautions, assessing care needs and supplemental outside care resources, medication management, and an overview of the differences between home healthcare and home care. www.princetonsenior.org; 609-0924-7108.

Saturday, May 12

Mother’s Day plant/ bake sale, 8 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Hosted by the Princeton/ Pettoranello Sister City Foundation in the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. Proceeds will be used to maintain this special spot in the preserve and to help sponsor the PHS Italian exchange program.

Pam’s Herb Class will be held beginning at 10 a.m. at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrenceville. Pam Mount has been growing and using herbs at Terhune Orchards for more than 35 years. Come to an informal free herb growing and using workshop at Terhune Orchards.

The class will be held in Pam’s perennial herb garden. She will discuss herb garden planning, care and maintenance, as well as some tips for using fresh herbs. All of the herbs Pam discusses are available for purchase.

Email info@terhuneorchards.com or call 609924-2310.

May 12-13

Mother’s Day Wine Trail, noon to 5 p.m. at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrenceville.

Free tastings for moms during a wine tasting also offering samples from Terhune’s bakery. The whole family is welcome. After wine tasting, visit the barnyard and farm store. On Sunday enjoy the music of Jerry Steele. For more information, go to www.terhuneorchards.com or call 609-924-2310.

man will talk about his new book “(((Semitism))): Being Jewish in America in the Age of Trump,” in which he contemplates how Jews are viewed in America since the election of Donald J. Trump. Admission for non-members costs $10. For more information, email info@thejewishcenter.org or call 609-9210100, ext. 200.

Thursday, May 17

Mother’s Day Open House, 2-4 p.m. Mountain Lakes House, Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, 57 Mountain Ave., Princeton. Hosted by Friends of Princeton Open Space, a nonprofit devoted to preservation and stewardship of land in Princeton.

Tea and cookies will be served on the stone terrace overlooking the lakes.

And, there will be a special treat for moms! Maps will be available for a familyfriendly, self-guided walk in the Mountain Lakes Preserves. Visitors will see lots of birds and other wildlife, spring wildflowers, and enjoy some nice family time outdoors.

This event is free and open to all. For more, email info@fopos.org or call 609-921-2772.

55-Plus Meeting, 10 a.m. at the Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau St., Princeton. “A Life in Dance” will be the topic of a presentation by Douglas Martin, artistic director, American Repertory Ballet, Princeton Ballet School. Martin, artistic director of American Repertory Ballet, trained with Dimitri Romanoff and was one of six dancers selected

by Mikhail Baryshnikov to study at the American Ballet Theatre School. He was invited to join the Joffrey Ballet in 1984 where, as a principal dancer, he performed roles in ballets choreographed by world famous choreographers including Balanchine and Ashton. All are welcome.

Admission costs $3.

Torah on Tap, 7:30 p.m. Hyatt Regency Princeton, 102 Carnegie Center Drive, Princeton Junction.

Come out for an evening of schmoozing, Torah, and your favorite drink with Adath Israel’s rabbi, Benjamin Adler, at the Hyatt Regency Princeton Bar. Free.

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Book discussion, 7:30 p.m. at The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau St., Princeton. Jonathan Weis-

Miki & Friends 5K Walk & Run, 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Mercer County Park, East Picnic Area,

1346 Edinburg Road, West Windsor. The event features a 5K run that is certified by USA Track & Field, a 5K walk, demonstrations of dogs’ diverse talents and live music. Participants are encouraged to create run and walk teams at www. walkforair.org. For more details, go to www.attitudesinreverse.org or write to info@attitudesinreverse. org.

“Paint Out Princeton,” 12:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Marquand Park, 48 Lovers Lane, Princeton. Area artists are invited to set up their easels in the third of a series of the Arts Council of Princeton’s “Paint Out Princeton” programs. The 17-acre arboretum offers wide, gently sloping lawns, winding paths and more than140 tree specimens, among them a dawn redwood, rare evergreens and flowering trees, including a variety of magnolias.

The woodland section of the park includes huge specimens of native trees: beech, hickory and oak, as well as groves of rhododendron. The Paint Out is for ages 15 and older and is free. Registration is required. Contact Evie Timberlake at timevtim@ gmail.com. The public is invited to visit and observe the artists at work.

Friday, May 25

A divorce recovery support group will meet beginning at 7:30 p.m. at Princeton Church of Christ, 33 River Road, Princeton.

For over 20 years, the Divorce Recovery Program has offered hope to those facing the trauma of separation and divorce. This program emphasizes personal growth and encom-

passes two facets to meet a variety of needs. Free. Contact Phyllis Rich at divorcerecovery@softhome.net or 609-581-3889. For more information go to www. princetonchurchofchrist. com/divorcerecovery.html.

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Princeton Tiger Tech is hosting a small business meetup within the Princeton community, 6-7 p.m., 252 Nassau St., Princeton.

The goal of this meetup is to network and increase referral s between businesses.

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THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHY GUMS

Periodontal diseases primarily result from infections and inflammation of the gums and bone that surround the teeth. It is important to address early-stage gum disease, called “gingivitis,” before it progresses to more serious “periodontitis,” which threatens both tooth and bone loss. In fact, periodontal disease poses as much (if not more) of a danger to dental health among adults than tooth decay.

According to a CDC report on the prevalence of periodontitis in the United States, nearly half (47.2%) of adults aged 30 years and older have some form of periodontal disease, and 70.1% of adults 65 years and older have gum disease.

Neglecting this problem can lead to potential tooth loss that can be hazardous to overall health.

Keeping up with regular dental checkups will give your dentist the opportunity to keep an eye on your health as well as any possible

areas of developing gum disease.

And if you conscientiously follow your dentist’s recommendations for at-home care, you will be more likely to have fewer potential gum problems. When was your last dental visit? Now would be a good time to schedule your next exam.

If you don’t have a family dentist, we are accepting new patients here at Montgomery Knoll, 192 Tamarack Circle, Skillman, and we welcome your call at 609924-8300. “Our commitment is to relationships of partnership, respect, and appreciation.”

“We offer cosmetic and family dentistry as well as Zoom!® and Invisalign®.”

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P.S. Periodontal disease is the most common cause of tooth loss in adults.

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MERCER COUNTY NOTES County recognizes older Americans

Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes asks that county residents join in the national celebration of Older Americans Month in May by honoring and recognizing older adults for the contributions they make to our families, communities and society.

This year’s theme, “Engage at Any Age,” emphasizes that one is never too old to take part in activities that can enrich one’s physical, mental and emotional well-being. It also celebrates the many ways in which older adults make a difference in our communities.

Throughout the month, Mercer County Connection is offering programs aimed at the needs of senior citizens.

County Connection is located in the Acme Shopping Center on Route 33 in Hamilton.

Remaining programs are: Tuesday, May 15, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., learn how you can become a CONTACT volunteer. CONTACT is a telephone hotline, online chat and text service offering supportive listening, referrals, crisis help and suicide prevention to those in need. CONTACT of Mercer County is seeking caring people who want to help their community to take its Volunteer Training Course this fall. CONTACT will be holding an information session for its Crisis Hotline Specialist Training Course, which starts on June 26.

Wednesday, May 16, 6 to 7:30 p.m., the New Jersey Department of Human Services, Division of Aging, will present “Welcome to Medicare,” with guest speaker Mary McGeary, director of SHIP. Learn about eligibility, enrollment, Parts A, B and C; Part D prescription benefits, and more.

Call 609-989- 9800 to reserve your space for any or all of the programs.

Additionally, the Mercer County Library System has scores of monthly programs, many aimed at older and retired citizens. Explore Mercer County Library adult programs at the library.

The Mercer County Office on Aging funds numerous services that help older adults live with dignity in their communities, Mr. Hughes noted, including home-delivered meals, caregiver support programs, nutrition counseling and education, transportation, socialization and recreation, and much more.

In addition, the Mercer County Council on Aging, an advisory body made up of county residents, provides valuable insight regarding the needs of older adults, and assists in the planning and development of senior programming.

Hughes encourages older adults to reach out to their local senior centers and inquire as to what activities are scheduled celebrating Older Americans Month. He also reminds residents that local hospital systems have yearround programming geared toward issues that support older adults, those living with disabilities and their caregivers.

For more information about programs and services available in Mercer County, contact the Mercer County Office on Aging at 609-989-6661.

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Jonathan Conner demonstrates spray-paint stencil techniques at the 2017 Teen Arts Festival at Mercer County Community College.

Low-Income Energy Assistance Program deadline extended

The Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in Mercer County has been extended to May 31, 2018.

Offered in coordination with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, LIHEAP allows individuals meeting various income qualifications to apply for bill payment assistance, energy crisis assistance and energyrelated home repairs. To be eligible for LIHEAP benefits, the applicant household must be responsible for home heating or cooling costs, either directly or included in the rent; and have gross income at or below 200 percent of the federal poverty level. An eligibility chart can be found on the Mercer County website.

Clients may register at the McDade Administration Building, Room 106, 640 South Broad St., Trenton, Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesdays until 6:30 p.m. through May 31. For more information, contact Home Energy Assistance at 609-9896858 or 609-989-6959.

Mercer County Naturalists to focus on pollinators

Mercer County Naturalists will host their spring edi-

tion of the “Your Wild Yard” series Saturday, May 12, from 9 a.m. to noon. at the Historic Hunt Barn at Mercer Meadows.

This program will focus on the art of attracting pollinators and beneficial insects to your own backyard.

The public is invited to establish techniques for planting a native pollinator garden. Begin with learning the impact of pollinators and the environment around you, followed by a trip to the Reed Bryan Farm for hands-on renovations and planting. Wear long pants, a hat and footwear that can get dirty. Gloves and gardening tools will be provided.

Participants will leave with a seed packet to begin their own pollinator garden at home. This program costs $5 per person. Registration is required; please call 609-888-3218.

The GPS address for the Hunt Barn is 197 Blackwell Road, Pennington. For more information, go to www.mercercountyparks.org.

Bike to Work Week

May is National Bike Month,and Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association is inviting seasoned cyclists and newbies alike to celebrate by registering for the Bike to Work Week event, May 14-18.

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The Cotsen Children’s Library recently reopened its public gallery, Bookscape, on Saturday, April 28. Attendees of the returning gallery celebrated with artsand-crafts activities, as well as literary-themed giveaways for children.

Meters Continued from Page 2A in high-demand spaces in the downtown area to spur turnover.

“The goal is to create the situation where there is always some parking availability,” Crumiller said.

“So you price those spaces that are most in demand higher.”

The leader of an area business group called it critical to have parking available for people coming downtown for a quick stop.

“Anything that can help the downtown business community, we’re all for,” said Peter Crowley, president and CEO of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce. “I think it’s always important that customers coming to the retail spaces and the businesses in downtown Princeton have access to parking and that’s the key.”

Another option for council is to lower the price of longer-term parking spots, Crumiller said.

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NOTICE OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT

Notice is hereby given that on Wednesday the 23rd day of May, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. at the Princeton Municipal Building, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540, the Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment will hold a meeting at which a hearing will be held on the application of the undersigned, at which time and place all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

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 May 7, 2018. The contract and the resolution authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk as follows:

This application is for the property known as 70 Jefferson Road, designated as Block 22.01, Lot 9 on the tax map of Princeton and being situated in the R3 zone. The applicant seeks (i) a bulk variance for side yard setback (5 feet is required, 1 foot is proposed) to allow for the replacement/relocation of two air conditioning units between the property line and the side of their home; and (ii) for such other variances, waivers and other and further relief as may be required and which the Board believes to be necessary or proper.

A copy of the plans and all supporting documents are on file in the office of the Zoning Board of Adjustment, Princeton Municipal Building, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey and are available for public inspection Monday through Friday during regular business hours.

Tobias D. Robison and Elaine Golden Robison Applicants PP, 1x, 5/11/18 Fee: $25.20 Affidavadit: $15.00 NOTICE OF PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT AWARD The Township of West Windsor has awarded a contract without competitive bidding as a professional service pursuant to NJSA 40A:11-5(1)(a) at their May 7, 2018 Council Meeting.

Award to: Van Cleef Engineering Services: Engineering Design Services associated with Meadow Road Repairs Project Time Period: through completion of project This professional was appointed with the non-fair and open process, as the above will exceed the Pay to Pay amount of $17,500. These contracts, disclosure certifications, and the resolution authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk.

Sharon L. Young Township Clerk West Windsor Township

NOTICE Notice is hereby given that on the 23rd day of May at 7:30 P.M., Main Meeting Room, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey, the Zoning Board of Adjustment of Princeton will hold a hearing on the application of the undersigned, at which time and place all interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.

Location of premises: 27 Linden Lane, Princeton, NJ 08540 Nature of application: We are asking for a C(2) variance to expand the third floor rear dormer in order to house a bathroom. The dormer will be expanded by 25 sf. The new dormer will require the following variances: - Height to Setback (required 3:1; existing non-complying; proposed >3.1) - Smaller Side Yard Set Back (required 8 ft; existing 0 ft; proposed 3.1 ft) - Combined Yard Set Back (required 20 ft; existing is 6.64 ft; proposed 6.64 ft) The Applicant will also apply for such other variance relief, exceptions, waivers, permits, approvals or licenses that are deemed necessary or appropriate by the Applicant or the Board, and which may arise during the course of the hearing process.

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

Scott Harmon Applicant

MUNICIPALITY OF PRINCETON PLANNING BOARD NOTICE OF HEARING PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Princeton Charter School (“Applicant”) has applied to the Princeton Planning Board for review and relief as set forth below to construct building additions to its existing school facilities that include new classrooms and a cafeteria, and site improvements that include new walkways, play areas, playground equipment, two amphitheaters, a basketball court, rain gardens, bio-retention swales, underground detention basins and porous asphalt, and to renovate existing classrooms, on property commonly known as 575 Ewing Street, 100 Bunn Drive, and 499 North Harrison Street, Municipality of Princeton, which properties are identified on the tax maps of the Municipality of Princeton as Block 5501, Lots 1 and 2 (“the Property”).

1. A “reasonableness review” pursuant to relevant case law, for a determination as to whether the Applicant’s exemption from site plan approval is being implemented in a “reasonable fashion.”

2. Master Plan Consistency Review pursuant to Section 31 of the Municipal Land Use Law, N.J.S.A. 40:55D-31, to the extent required by law for a public school.

3. Per condition 13-3 of the resolution memorializing the Planning Board’s July 26, 2017 action, addressing ‘the stormwater management issues from this application as well as from earlier construction projects in accordance with the stormwater ordinance.”

Please take further notice that Applicant respectfully but expressly reserves the right to challenge and/or dispute the relief and approvals required for this application in any relevant forum.

Please take further notice that a public hearing on the application has been scheduled by the Princeton Planning Board for May 24, 2018 at 7:30 p.m, at the Princeton Municipal Building, Main Meeting Room, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey. When this matter is called, you may appear either in person or by agent or attorney and present any objections or comments you may have with regard to this application.

Maps, plans, applications and other related documents submitted with the application are on file and available for inspection at the Department of Community Development/ Office of Planning, Municipal Building, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton New Jersey during regular business hours (9:00 a.m. to 5:00p.m.).

Brown Moskowitz and Kallen, P.C. Attorneys for Applicant Richard S. Schkolnick PP, 1x, 5/11/18 Fee: $ Affidavit: $15.00 PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that bid proposals will be received from Bidders classified under N.J.S.A. 27:7-35.2 via the Internet until 10:00:59 A.M. on 5/31/18 downloaded, and publicly opened and read, in the CONFERENCE ROOM-A, 1st Floor F & A Building, New Jersey Department of Transportation, 1035 Parkway Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08625; for: Route 295, Route 130 to Independence Avenue, Pavement Preservation, Contract No. 057183370, Townships of Hamilton & Bordentown, City of Bordentown, Counties of Mercer & Burlington Federal Project No: NHP-0295(328) UPC NO: 183370 DP No: 18115 Bidders are required to comply with the requirements of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the contractor, sub recipient or subcontractor shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in the performance of this contract. The contractor shall carry out applicable requirements of 49 C.F.R. Part 26 in the award and administration of DOT-assisted contracts. Failure by the contractor to carry out these requirements is a material breach of this contract, which may result in the termination of this contract or such other remedy as the recipient deems appropriate.

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Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 52:32-44, contractor must submit the Department of Treasury, Division of Revenue Business Registration of the contractor and any named subcontractors prior to contract award or authorization.

Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 34:11-56.51, contractors must be registered with the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Division of Wage and Hour Compliance at the time of bid.

The Department, in accordance with Title VI Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 252 U.S.C., 49 C.F.R., Parts 21 and 23 issued pursuant to such Act, and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 will afford minority business enterprises full opportunity to submit bids in response to this invitation and will not discriminate against any bidder on the grounds of race, color, sex, national origin, or handicap in the project award.

Plans, specifications, and bidding information for the proposed work are available at Bid Express website www.bidx.com. You must subscribe to use this service. To subscribe, follow the instructions on the web site. Fees apply to downloading documents and plans and bidding access. The fee schedule is available on the web site. All fees are directly payable to Bid Express.

Plans, specifications, and bidding information may be inspected (BUT NOT OBTAINED) by contracting organizations at our various Design Field Offices at the following locations: 200 Stierli Court Mt. Arlington, NJ 07856 Phone: 973-601-6690

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Amendment – Professional Engineering Services Related to the Identification and Reduction of Extraneous Flows in the Sanitary Sewer System

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Delores A. Williams Deputy Municipal Clerk PP, 1X, 5/11/18 Fee: $28.00

2500 Brunswick Ave. 4,542 sf medial pro/office for lease on RT 1, Lawrenceville.

One Executive Campus Rt. 70 West Cherry Hill, NJ 08002 Phone: 856-486-6623

New Jersey Department of Transportation Division of Procurement Bureau of Construction Services 1035 Parkway Avenue PO Box 600 Trenton, NJ 08625 HVN, PP, 3x, 5/11/18, 5/18/16, 5/25/18 Fee: $332.64

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Please take further notice that the Applicant requests all necessary variances, waivers, approvals, or exceptions to the Princeton zoning and site plan ordinances as may be required for this application, including but not limited to the following:

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Notes Continued from Page 8A GreaterMercer TMA is a non-profit transportation management association dedicated to promoting environmentally friendly transportation options.

The first 100 registrants will receive a free Bike to Work T-shirt. After the week is up, all registrants who log their miles on GMTMA’s website will be entered in a drawing to win one of the terrific prizes provided by Bike to Work Week’s sponsors: Kopp’s Cycle, REI Princeton, Greater Mercer TMA, St. Lawrence Rehab, Wegmans Princeton, Whole Earth Foods, and Zvelta.

Other GMTMA promotions during Bike to Work Week are the “Employer Bike Challenge” for groups of fellow employees, the “Visions of Bicycling” photo contest, and “Bike to Food and Friends” for people who can’t bike to work, but replace as many car trips as possible with bike trips — taking kids to school, to the post office, to the store,going out to eat with friends and family, or any other errands.

Participants in these promotions are also entered in prize drawings. Registration for the event is open at www. gmtma.org.

Teen Arts Festival

The 2018 Mercer County Teen Arts Festival will be held Friday, May 18, 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on the campus of Mercer County Community College in West Windsor.

The Teen Arts Festival is a comprehensive arts education program open to all Mercer County public, private, parochial and home-school students in middle and high school, grades 6 through 12, ages 13 to 19.

The festival, under the direction of the Division of Culture & Heritage, spotlights the work of hundreds of Mercer County teen artists and involves scores of volunteers and more than 40 professionals serving as critics. The festival will move to the gymnasium in the event of rain.

Teen Arts is an opportunity for young artists to develop the perceptual, intellectual and technical skills to create works of art. The focus of the festival is not on competition but participation in performance seminars, classes and workshops in art, dance, drama, vocal and instrumental music, film and creative writing. Visitors can view visual art pieces that are currently on display outside the gallery on the second floor of the Communications Building.

Nature Center plans monthly Scout days

The Tulpehaking Nature Center will open its doors for Cub and Girl Scouts through June. Ambitious Scouts looking to fulfill their badge requirements can do so through fun, hands-on activities provided by the Park Commission.

The last Cub Scout programs will be offered June 2.

Girl Scout programs will be offered May 19 and June 3.

All programs will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.; participants are encouraged to bring a snack.

Workshops cost $8 per Scout for county residents and $10 per Scout for non-county residents. All materials will be provided by the nature center staff with the exception of the badge.

Registration is required; email Brian Boyer at tnc@ mercercounty.org or call 609-888-3218. To register online, visit the calendar page at www.mercercountyparks.org.

The Tulpehaking Nature Center is located at 157 Westcott Ave., Hamilton. It is open Fridays and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 4 p.m. For more information about the nature center, programs and schedule of events, visit www.mercercountyparks.org.

‘Stamp Out Hunger’ in Mercer County

On Saturday, May 12, the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) will attempt to “Stamp Out Hunger” across America by collecting nonperishable food donations to assist the millions of Americans who are struggling to

put food on their tables every day. Locally, members of the National Association of Letter Carriers (NALC) Branches 380 and 268 will collect food donations for the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank in Ewing, which serves all of Mercer County.

The Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive began in 1992. Last year, letter carriers across the nation collected 75 million pounds of food donations, bringing the total donations in the 25-year history of the event to almost 1.6 billion pounds nationwide.

The food from Stamp Out Hunger comes at a critical time for Mercer Street Friends Food Bank. As the school year draws to a close, food pantries and meal programs that get supplies from Mercer Street Friends Food Bank will see increased demand as children that receive free or reduced-price breakfast and lunch during the school year are are home in the summer. Most of these families, with limited financial resources, find it challenging to replace the meals that their children receive when school is in session. The nonperishable foods from the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive help Mercer Street Friends Food Bank respond to the summer’s increased demand.

“More than 15 percent of Mercer County residents are food insecure. Nearly one-fourth of New Jersey children don’t have enough food to eat, which has a direct effect on their physical and mental health,” says Dr. Denalerie Johnson-Faniel, Mercer Street Friends Food Bank Director.

“Our youth struggle to concentrate in school, have behavioral problems and other issues that are often compounded by hunger and social/emotional trauma that Mercer Street Friends and the Mercer Street Friends Food Bank help to address. Community programs, such as Stamp Out Hunger, help us nourish families and relieve the trauma of being hungry day-to-day.”

People who wish to participate in the Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive should leave a sturdy bag containing nonperishable foods in cans, paper, or plastic containers (not glass) next to their mailbox in time for the regular mail delivery on Saturday, May 12. The list of recommended food items includes the following: canned pasta meals, canned soups, canned fruits and vegetables, canned tuna, chicken and salmon, dry pasta, canned beans or dry beans, peanut butter and jelly, cereal and oatmeal.

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tions in the June primary.

All six vary little in their philosophies and desires to make Princeton an even better place to live.

The reality is we’re losing two very seasoned and accomplished council members in Lance Liverman and Heather Howard. In January, the council replaced two vacancies with once again, smart, passionate people who have working knowledge of the town and council in David Cohen and Leticia Fraga.

With the selection of the next council members, we need people who will have already studied the budget, understand the laws surrounding school board versus council, understand the intricacies of affordable housing and will be ready to hit the road running. That’s where if you watch the debate you’ll see some differences.

I’ve been impressed with several of the candidates. Most impressive, by way of knowledge and willingness to be prepared is Eve Neidergang. She’s a calm, intelligent, solutions-oriented person who is not afraid of standing strong for what she believes in without being combative.

I plan on voting for Eve. I hope after you watch the debate, you will too.

Mary Anne Greenberg Princeton

Endorsing Adam Bierman for Princeton Council To the Editor:

I am writing to endorse Adam Bierman for the June 5 Democratic primary for a seat on the Princeton Council. A Princ-

eton native, Adam has acquired a great deal of experience working with local politics, and as a member of the PCDO, Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee and working with Princeton TV. After evaluating the other candidates, I decided to vote for Adam Bierman. I urge others in town to do the same. He has pragmatic and honest insights into Princeton’s issues and future. He has an outstanding reputation and is known for his generosity, intelligence and dedication to doing his utmost in the challenges for Princeton.

Mary Anne Haas Founder of the Mary Anne Haas Women’s Symposium/Former Executive Assistant to the President of International Schools Services Princeton

Supporting Neidergang for Princeton Council To the Editor: I am writing to support Eve Niedergang for Princeton Council. I first met Eve when our children attended Riverside Elementary School together. I found her to be intelligent and organized, but more importantly, a parent and later PTO co-president who truly cared about all the children in the school. Eve advocated for an equity agenda at Riverside, ensuring that all children could participate in all programs regardless of their ability to pay.

I am chair of the Board of Trustees of Housing Initiatives of Princeton. We work with low-income families and individuals who are homeless or facing im-

minent homelessness to enable them to transition to permanent housing and sustained self-sufficiency. We offer housing to these families and provide individualized services to enhance their life skills so they can achieve these goals.

Ever since I spoke with Eve about this organization, she has been an enthusiastic supporter of HIP. Eve believes strongly that building affordable housing in our community is a moral obligation as well as a legal obligation. Her support of our work reflects this passion.

It is timely that Eve, a person with a long history of commitment to social justice in all areas, is running for Council.

As we know, Princeton has recently received its mandate for new affordable housing. No doubt this will be a process marked by strongly differing points of view.

I’ve seen Eve in other situations where complex decisions had to be made. She listens carefully to all voices and makes what she thinks is the best choice, no matter how tough. At the Princeton Community Democratic Organization’s endorsement meeting, she stated that “you may not always agree with my decisions, but you will know you’ve been listened to.” (At that meeting, Eve received 77% of the votes cast and won the organization’s endorsement.)

Princeton faces many challenges in the years ahead. Vote for Eve on June 5 to help us meet them.

Carol Golden Princeton

Congrats to PHS Shore Bowl squad To the Editor:

We want to congratulate the PHS Shore Bowl team that participated at the National Ocean Science Bowl in Boulder, Colorado. The team obtained third place in Scientific Expert Briefing and seventh place in the overall competition among 23 regional bowls and 351 schools nationwide.

They performed excellently and we are proud of them. Team members are seniors Diane Li, Alexander Zhang, Avi Zinder; and sophomores Alan Gu, Samuel Brandt. Coach Mr. Fuentes and Mrs. Mehta.

Thanks to the parents who gave time and support to their sons and daughter, to the teachers and coaches who gave extended time for academics and sports. To the science dept that provided books and study materials.

To Ms. Baxter and Mr. Karch for advice on overnight field trip approval. Also to the Rutgers University Department of Marine and Ocean Sciences that hosts the regional Shore Bowl and their regional coordinator Maeve Eason Hubbard.

If you want to sign a letter to Congress that urges the federal government to renew its support for ocean education and, in particular, the NOSB, go to http://nosb. org/support/ community-support-letter/ Mr. Angel R. Fuentes-Pesquera Science/Special Education Princeton High School

Obituaries

Obituaries

Anthony Capon, 54 Anthony Capon, 54, of Princeton, N.J. died on May 6, 2018 of injuries he suffered after being struck by a car in Trenton, N.J. He was born in London, U.K. to Roy and Beatrice Capon, and was the eldest of five siblings. He grew up in Watford, Hertfordshire, U.K. and graduated from the University of Manchester. Anthony had a long career in content and data strategy. He worked for more than 20 years with Reuters/ Dow Jones where his last position was as Vice President, Content. In recent years, he worked as a consultant in his field. Throughout his career, he held several international positions in London, Singapore and the U.S. In 2001, he moved with his wife Sue and sons, Joe and Louis, to Princeton for a two year work assignment, which happily became permanent.

Anthony was passionate about his family, music and art. He was also an excellent cook and was especially known for his fantastic fish recipes, which he began to develop after adding fish to his long term vegetarian diet.

He is survived by his parents, siblings, wife and sons.

A memorial will be held at Kimble Funeral Home in Princeton on Monday, May 14, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. A family memorial will be held later this year in the U.K. Donations, in lieu of flowers, are encouraged to Home Front or Musicians without Borders.

Obituaries

Helen Ryder, 93 Helen Ryder, 93, of Fresno, CA (and formerly a long-time resident of Rocky Hill, NJ) died on April 28.

She was born in Toronto, Ontario and immigrated to the United States in 1948. She was married for 63 years to Norman Ryder (internationally acclaimed specialist in population research and emeritus professor at Princeton University). She was active in the University League and volunteered at the Youth Employment Service office. She loved to entertain and made acclaimed hors d’oeuvres and pastries for her guests. She was an avid bridge player, a creator of beautiful crewel embroidery pieces and a long time golfer.

She is survived by two children, Anne Poulter (Steve) of Bloomington, MN and Paul Ryder (Susan Early) of Mariposa CA; four grandchildren, Pete Anderson (Sarah) (Minneapolis, MN), Nathan Anderson (Minneapolis, MN), Claire Ryder (Philadelphia, PA) and David Ryder (Cleveland, OH); and two great-grandchildren, Abby and Owen Anderson.

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Robert W. Kress, 79 Robert W. Kress, 79, of Gainesville, VA passed away on April 17 at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital. Bob was born and raised in Noank, CT. He graduated from Fitch High School and received civil engineering degrees from Yale University in 1961 and 1964. He and his family moved to the Princeton NJ area in 1977. Bob was employed by Princeton University as a facilities construction manager until his retirement in 2009. In 2016 he and his wife relocated to VA to be closer to family.

Bob is survived by his wife, Kathleen Nicholson Kress, his daughters and sons-inlaw Julie K. and Jeffrey Becker currently residing in Prague in the Czech Republic, and Joann K. and Michael Hardy of Clifton, VA, and his grandchildren, Ryan Becker, Nicholas Hardy and Lily Hardy who will always be PopPop’s eternal lights and love of his life. In addition he is survived by his cousins Irene McDonough and Marie Craddock of Stonington CT and New London CT respectively, his sister-in-law and brother-in-law Karen and Robert Wardrop of Newington CT and his nephew James Wardrop of Cromwell CT. Burial services will be private.

Thomas L. Gray, Jr., age 73 years, died Tuesday, May 1, 2018 at his home in Hopewell Township NJ. Born January 16, 1945 in the Vailsburg Section of Newark NJ, Tom was the son of the late Thomas L. and Nancy (Carucci) Gray, Sr. He attended high school at Seton Hall Prep in West Orange NJ and later graduated from Seton Hall University in 1966 with a BS Degree in English and in 1973 with an MBA in Finance.

General Hospital in Newark.

Tom served in the United States Army Reserves during the Vietnam War as a Medic in the #322

Tom will be best remembered with his storied career in banking. In 1966, he joined the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) in New York as a National Bank Examiner. At the age of 27, Tom became the President and CEO of Peoples National Bank of North Jersey in Denville NJ, a position he held for more than ten years. In 1983, he was hired as the President and CEO of Lafayette Bank & Trust Company in Bridgeport CT where he successfully turned around that once financially troubled institution.

As the end of his tenure at Lafayette Bank approached, Tom began the process (with other local NJ executives) to form a new bank in 1987, Carnegie Bank NA, headquartered in Princeton NJ. As President and CEO, Carnegie Bank was one of the fastest growing banks in the US and eventually was sold in 1998. Upon the sale of Carnegie Bank in 1998, Tom helped to form Grand Bank NA in Hamilton NJ, where he served as Chairman of the Board, as well as President and Chief Executive Officer, positions he currently held.

Tom was a member of the Board of Directors for other banks including, Admiralty Bank (Palm Beach FL), First Bancap (Allentown PA), Sunrise Bank (Cocoa Beach FL), and Paradise Bank (Boca Raton FL). He was also a member of the Board of Directors of VIIAD, Inc. (Newtown PA).

Tom also served his professional community as a member of the Community Bank Council of the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, the American Bankers Association, New Jersey Bankers Association, South Jersey Bankers Association, Community Bankers Association, Bank Marketing Association, Confrèrie de la Chaine des Rôtisseurs, the Florida Brotherhood of the Knights of Columbus of the Vine, as well as the NJ State and Regional Chambers of Commerce and the World Presidents’ Organization.

In 1997, Tom was a finalist for the NJ Entrepreneur of Year, a Board member of the American Heart Association, the Greater Trenton Community Mental Health Center, Junior Achievement, the NJ EDA Entrepreneurial Training Institute, the Princeton Scholarship Fund, Rotary International, St. Clare’s Hospital Development Board, St. Vincent Hospital, Trenton Area Soup Kitchen and the Young Presidents’ Association.

As a friend and colleague, Tom was unique. His passions included automobile restorations (especially those from the late 50’s and 60’s), playing a good game of golf, sailing the seas, or snow skiing with his many friends. He completed the New York City Marathon in 1985, something he was proud of accomplishing. However, his joys were truly spending time with his son, Mark, and the many treasured moments with his partner of more than 25 years, Karen Cinkay. Together, Tom and Karen travelled the world, loved a good dinner party with friends, or taking in a Broadway show.

In addition to his parents, Tom was predeceased by his sister, Kathy Wade. He is survived by his son, Mark Everton Gray, his partner, Karen Cinkay, as well as several cousins, nieces, nephews, and many friends.

A Celebration of Life to honor Tom will be at 12:00 pm, Sunday, June 3, 2018 at the Trenton Country Club (TCC), 201 Sullivan Way, West Trenton NJ 08628. Friends may gather beginning at 11:00 until the time of service at TCC. Please join with Mark and Karen immediately after the service for food and fellowship at TCC. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in Tom’s name may be made to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis TN 38105 or to the American Cancer Society, 7 Ridgedale Avenue, Suite 103, Cedar Knolls, NJ 07927.

Funeral arrangements are under the direction of Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington NJ. For further information or to leave on online condolence, please visit www. holcombefisher.com.

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RESULTS Prep lacrosse

The Hun School boys’ lacrosse team captured the state Prep A championship with a 9-6 victory over Lawrenceville on Monday.

Trevor Deubner, Devon Cowan and Grant Hansen scored two goals apiece to spark Hun’s championship.

The Raiders are the fifth seed for the National Prep Lacrosse Championship tournament, which begins with a first-round matchup against Academy of New Church on May 16 at The Hill School in Pottstown, Pa. The Princeton Day School girls’ lacrosse team reached the state Prep B final with a 15-7 victory at Pennington on Monday. PDS, the No. 3 seed, will face fourth-seeded Morristown-Beard School in the state Prep B final on Monday in Princeton. Game time is 4:30 p.m.

MCT lacrosse

The Princeton Day School boys’ lacrosse team reached the final of the Mercer County Tournament with a 14-4 victory over Robbinsville in the semifinals on Tuesday. Cal Kaputo scored four goals, while Jack Kanopka added three goals and two assists in the triumph for the second-seeded Panthers, who were scheduled to face top-seeded Hightstown in the MCT final on Thursday.

The Princeton High girls reached the semifinals of the MCT before falling to Lawrenceville, 15-7, in the semifinals on Tuesday. Mariana Lopez-Ona scored four goals in the loss for the Little Tigers.

Princeton had topped Princeton Day School, 22-11, in the quarterfinals on Saturday as Lopez-Ona scored five goals, while Shaylah Marciano had four goals and five assists.

Skyland track

The Montgomery High boys finished sixth and the girls were ninth at the Skyland Conference Track and Field Championships, which were held on Tuesday at Ridge High School. Ryan Cashman won the triple jump with a distance of 45-feet, 4.75- inches. He was also third in the long jump, third in the 100-meter dash and fourth in the 200 meters. Harry Gould was third in the 3,200 meters.

For the girls, Abrianna Barratt was second in the high jump and third in the 100-meter hurdles. Sarah Witt was sixth in the 400 meters.

SCT baseball/ softball

The Montgomery High baseball team advanced to the semifinals of the Somerset County Tournament with a 5-3 victory over top-seeded Ridge last Saturday in the quarterfinals. Ryan McKenna had two hits and drove in two runs for the ninth-seeded Cougars.

Montgomery will face fifthseeded Watchung Hills in the semifinals on Monday at TD Bank Park in Bridgewater.

The Montgomery softball team advanced to the SCT final with a 1-0 victory over second-seeded Watchung Hills on Wednesday. Peyton Schnackenberg tossed a fourhitter and struck out 12 for the third-seeded Cougars. She also drove in the only run of the game. Montgomery will face top-seeded Hillsborough in the final tonight at 7:30 at Torpey Field in Bridgewater.

Photo by Shelley Szwast

Pictured are players and coaches from the Princeton University women’s lacrosse team following the Tigers’ 13-10 win over Penn on Sunday in the Ivy League tournament championship game.

Ivy League champ Princeton starts NCAA lax tourney

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

With the NCAA women’s lacrosse tournament set to begin on Friday, there may no hotter team in the country than Princeton University.

The Tigers made it six victories in a row on Sunday, capturing the Ivy League Tournament championship with a 13-10 victory over Penn in the tournament final in Princeton.

The Tigers earned a berth in the NCAA tournament with their victory in the title game and will open play on Friday against Syracuse in a game that will be played at Boston College.

The Orange posted a 17-16 victory when the two teams met on March 29.

Princeton has not lost since falling to Maryland, 11-10, on April 10. The Terrapins are the top seed for the NCAA tournament.

“Since Delaware (a 15-6 victory on March 31), our only loss was a one-goal loss to Maryland in a game that we led the entire game,” Princeton coach Chris Sailer said after winning the Ivy title. “I think we’re playing hot

right now. It’s a lot of hard work and preparation and staying confident and working through those growing pains as a team.”

The victory was the Tigers second over Penn in less than two weeks. They topped the Quakers, 21-8, on April 25 to put themselves in position to earn the top seed in the Ivy tournament and serve as the host to the event.

In the semifinals on Friday, Ellie McNulty, Kyla Sears and Tess D’Orsi each scored four goals apiece in a 17-7 victory over Columbia. In an exciting final on Sunday, D’Orsi scored four goals, while Sears and Elizabeth George contributed three goals apiece.

“We know Penn is a really, really strong team, one of the best in the Ivy League and one of the best in the nation,” George said.

“We came out really strong and really focused in our regularseason game against them and we came out with a big gap and a big win – 13 goals is huge – and we knew they’d show up differently and give it their best and they did.

It was close all game today and we really stayed dialed in and pulled it out.”

Princeton improved to 12-5 and has won eight of last nine

games.

“I knew we were going to have to come together,” Sailer said of her young team. “The kids were confident they were going to be fine. It took us a while for kids that were in support roles to step up and be the go-to kids and for kids who were new to our team to be able to learn the system and play at a high level. We took our lumps a little early, but we didn’t let that get us down. We were 4-4, but since then we’ve really taken off.”

With the graduation of Olivia Hompe and her 75 goals, it took some time for the Tigers to come together on offense. Sears, a freshman, has been the leading scorer and now has 60 goals. But the emergence of D’Orsi, George and McNulty has given Princeton a well-balanced offense.

It’s a new group on the field,” George said. “We had a super talented senior class. We had (goalkeeper) Ellie DeGarmo and Olivia Hompe, two of the best players in the country, and we knew we were losing really good talent. We have an amazing freshman class and they’re huge on this field and we know we have that now and we know we can work together.

We’re going to keep that chemistry running through the postseason.”

Now the Tigers get another shot at Syracuse, which earned at at-large bid out of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“That Syracuse game, as tough as it was to lose, we finally felt we played a really great game,” Sailer said. “We had gotten in a habit of getting down early, and we did that in that game and we battled back. We started believing then, and definitely the Maryland game, that was a turning point.

We just felt like we could play with anybody.”

And on Sunday, the Tigers secured an Ivy League title with a solid effort against a very good team.

“It was a close game all the way through,” George said.

“That’s really fun for us. It was goal for goal. I think what was key was offense and defense, we knew to set the pace and on attack we kept our composure, and Sam came up with some huge saves when she needed to. We never doubted ourselves, even when it was tied. We kept our composure.”

Hun, Princeton reach MCT baseball semis

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

It took Jack Erbeck an inning or two to settle in, but once he did, the Hun School junior was lights out on the mound.

Erbeck overcame a rocky first inning and finished the game with six innings of shutout pitching to help fifth-seeded Hun post a a 5-2 victory over fourth-seeded Steinert in the quarterfinals of the Mercer County Tournament on Wednesday.

With the triumph, Hun advanced to face top-seeded Hopewell Valley in one MCT semifinal on Saturday at 7 p.m. at Veterans Park in Hamilton.

Princeton, the No. 7 seed, upset second-seeded Allentown, 8-7, and advanced to the other MCT semifinal. The Little Tigers will face third-seeded Nottingham in a 3:30 p.m. start on Saturday at Veterans Park.

The tournament championship will be settled on May 15 at Veterans Park. Game time is 7 p.m.

“I composed myself after the first inning when I struggled a little bit,” said Erbeck, who retired the final 11 batters of the game.

“When I found my curveball in the third inning, it was my go-to pitch and it showed. I was very happy with the way I threw. I

threw to my target and I had some efficient pitches. And I had some great defense behind me.”

Hun had trailed, 2-1, after the first inning and evened the game with a run in the fourth. The Raiders took the lead in the fifth when Adam Wijaya drove in the go-ahead run. Hun then pushed across two more runs in the fifth and that was all the cushion Erbeck needed.

“I have been prepared to throw any game,” said Erbeck, who allowed just six hits and struck out 10. “I have pitched against some of the best competition in the state with St. Augustine and Seton Hall Prep. I felt very comfortable. I struggled with my fastball the first few innings but I got that back and made some efficient pitches.

“I feel like we’re the underdog and people doubt us sometimes.

I think with this win going into Saturday we’ll have a lot of confidence. Hopefully we come out on top.”

Dan Melnick recorded two hits and drove in a run to spark Hun’s offense. Chris Pontrella, Jake Sloss and Blaney Soper each contributed to the victory with one RBI apiece.

“I have never beaten Steinert as a player or as a coach,” said Hun coach Tom Monfiletto, a

former Hun player and assistant coach before taking over as the head coach last year. “I have always had a tremendous amount of respect for their program every single year. To come out here and compete the way they we did was a big moment for us.”

Montfiletto left the field impressed with the way Erbeck overcame a rough a first inning.

“He reached a point during the game where he was able to make an adjustment and change his game plan a little bit,” said Monfiletto, whose team improved to 13-5 on the season. “In the first inning he was trying to throw it by guys and when he realized that wasn’t going to work he had to figure out what he needed to do to make sure his curveball would get over for a strike. Or at least be close enough for them to swing at.”

Erbeck was coming off a strong effort against traditional power Seton Hall Prep last Friday. In that game he allowed two hits and three runs while striking out 10 in a 3-0 Hun loss.

“Jack throwing the way he did against Seton Hall Prep last week was a tremendous way to prepare for this game,” Monfiletto said.

“He struck out 10 of their guys and he understood there that he can compete against some of the

best kids in the state. I think that gave him a tremendous amount of confidence to get through his early woes in this game.”

Hun, which topped Pennington in the tournament’s opening round, 8-5, has won seven of its last eight games, with the loss to Seton Hall Prep the only blemish “I like where we are at right now,” Monfiletto said. “Our pitching has been consistent and the bats have started to heat up a little bit.”

Princeton advanced with an impressive upset victory over Allentown.

Alec Silverman and Teddy Durbin each knocked in a pair of runs as the Little Tigers improved to 12-7 with the 8-7 decision against Allentown, which is the defending Group II state champion.

Tommy Reid collected three hits and Paul Cooke ended with two hits to help Princeton knock off Allentown. Jay Ramirez picked up the victory in relief of Durbin.

Princeton had topped Hightstown, 4-0, in the tournament’s opening round on Monday. Ben Amon pitched a three-hit shutout and struck out six in the victory.

Silverman drove in a pair of runs.

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Cougars continue SCT tennis dominance

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

The Montgomery High boys’ tennis team is the champion of the Somerset County Tournament for the 10th straight year.

Montgomery claimed the title on April 29 at Green Knoll in Bridgewater.

But like each of the last 10 years, the Cougars have their sights set on even bigger things before the season is over.

“My No. 1 (Ishaan Ravichander) didn’t play and we won four of the five flights,” Montgomery coach Raheel Saleem said.

“To be able to win without having Ishaan, who is the caliber of player that he is, was a nice achievement for us. James (Hopper) won the first singles flight and Phillip (Szkudlarski) won second singles and then we won both doubles flights.”

With Ravichander unavailable for the tournament, Hooper, who normally plays second singles, was the No. 2 seed at first singles and defeated topseeded Nikhil Kadar of

Somerville, 6-4, 7-5 in the final. Szkudlarski moved up from third to second singles and was the top seed and posted a 6-2, 6-2 triumph over Syd Byreddy of Bridgewater-Raritan in the final.

The doubles teams of Chris Guo and William Camper at No. 1 and Andy Li and Rohit Vadodaria at No. 2 each captured their finals in straight sets. The tournament title, even without their top player, showed just how deep the Cougars are as a team.

“With my singles players, there is Ishann and then with James, Phil, and both doubles, they are all around the same,” Saleem said. “It is good to have such a balanced team. From second singles to second doubles I am very lucky to have so much depth.”

Montgomery is the No. 1 seed for the Central Jersey, Group IV tournament.

The Cougars will open play on Tuesday against either eighth-seeded Monroe or ninth-seeded North Brunswick.

At this point the team has its sights set on lofty

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Pictured are members of the Montgomery High boys’ tennis team, which captured four of the five flight championships to capture the Somerset County Tournament title for the 10th straight year. goals the rest if the season.

The Cougars are eyeing a sectional title and beyond that possibly the Group IV and Tournament of Champions titles.

Last year Montgomery won the Tournament of Champions state title but it had faced its toughest

challenge during its championship run against West Windsor-Plainsboro South in the Central Jersey, Group IV sectional tournament.

West Windsor-Plainsboro South has dropped down to Central Jersey, Group III this year so the two powers would not meet

until the Tournament of Champions if each won its group title.

The two played last Sunday at the Newark Academy Invitational, with WW-P South posting a 3-2 victory. It was the second time this season WW-P South has topped the Cougars. Montgomery also fell by a 3-2 score to its rival from Mercer County this spring.

“It didn’t work out the way we wanted it to, but it is good to know we are the right there with them,” Saleem said. “They are playing well and they are a great team. This year the are a lot of very strong teams like South, Millburn, Newark Academy. They are all strong.

“We also have a strong team and right now we’re trying to manage everything. My guys want to play be playing the best possible tennis they can right now. With so many talented players they all want to play first or second singles because they want to play the best competition. But right now the guys are focused on win-

ning a championship and they want to do what is best for the team.”

The Cougars will get a chance to play for themselves as individuals once the state singles and doubles tournaments start on June 2. Hooper and Szkudlarski are seeded in the singles event, while both doubles teams are seeded in the top four.

“That is an opportunity to play for themselves,” Saleem said. “I think that is big, especially for the juniors who are looking to play in college. It’s a good tournament where they can focus on themselves.

But for right now with the entire team it is let us see what we can do that is best for the team.

“We are finishing up our regular season matches this week and then it is all about states. So that is what we’re focused on. That South match was an incredible four-hour match. We’re hoping that down the line we see them again and my guys come out super motivated. But they understand South is also hungry and motivated.”

Montgomery grad Herring honored at Tennessee

By Bob Nuse Sports Editor

Even when she was a student at Montgomery High, Allison Herring felt drawn to community service.

Being involved in community service is also one of the things that helped her choose the University of Tennessee, where she is a junior on the women’s golf team.

At Tennessee, Herring has continued to be active in community service and she was recently recognized for her involvement by being selected to the Southeast Conference Community Service Team.

“Being a student athlete at Tennessee, they value community service,” Herring said. “All of the student athletes do a lot of community service. There is a Student-Athlete Advisory Committee that I serve on. Whether it is through the team or the committee there are so many opportunities.”

Herring and the Tennessee women’s golf team are part of First Tee, which mentors elementary school students. They also teach female MBA students to play golf.

Herring has volunteered at Tennessee’s golf clinics, Club Vibes, Race Against Racism and served as a

mentor and instructor at the First Tee of Knoxville. She also participated in Read Across America Day and a pen pal letter exchange with local elementary school children throughout the season.

Through Tennessee’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee, Herring had a hand in organizing the annual VOLoween and volunteered at a holiday dinner for the homeless. She also visited the East Tennessee Children’s Hospital.

“Even in high school I did a lot of community service,” Herring said. “Being a student-athlete here you have a great platform to use. The community embraces the student athletes and really supports us.”

As someone who spends so much time volunteering and being involved with community service, this Lady Volunteer is never seeking accolades for what she does.

But to be recognized by the SEC does have special meaning.

“I just love dong it,” Herring said. “It has been awesome to meet different kinds of people and hear their stories. The town and the entire area are so supportive of us. Whether it’s football or baseball or basketball or any sport, they are so supportive and it has

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On the golf course Herring has also enjoyed success for the Volunteers.

While she hasn’t cracked the top of the lineup yet, she has played well when called upon. She had her best effort of the season when she recorded the first top-10 finish of her career at the Bobby Nichols Intercollegiate Tournament after she shot a 224 to tie for sixth place “It has been an interest-

ing ride going from high school golf to Division 1,” Herring said. “It is amazing the talent that is out there for women’s golf in the SEC. I got recruited to learn the first couple years and improve and I feel like I have become a more complete golfer than I was when I got here. I contribute that to my teammates and the alumni of the program and the coaches.”

For Herring, the journey from Montgomery High to

Tennessee has been nothing but positive.

“I had opportunities to go to other schools where I could have been the No. 1 player or easily in the lineup,” she said. “But I wanted a place where I could really improve and have a supportive community like we have here at Tennessee.

“I still keep in touch with our coach from high school (Jen Jones). She has become a very good friend and has been supportive of

me and my career. She will text me after good rounds.

Alice (Chen) and I are such good friends. She has been an outstanding role model in my life whether it is in golf or life. Every once in a while I will hear from one of the girls. It was a great experience for me at Montgomery.”

And she has taken that experience and continued to build on her involvement and success on and off the golf course at Tennessee.

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