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Mercer County freeholders embrace name change to county commissioner By ANDREW HARRISON Staff Writer
Mercer County Freeholders will officially be known as county commissioners come 2021, after Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed state legislation (S855) eliminating the title. State officials had signaled the potential elimination of the term freeholder since July with Murphy making the phasing out of the term official on Aug. 21. Mercer County’s title of freeholder officially becomes commissioner on Jan. 1, 2021, along with the state’s other 20 counties. The bill also requires all boards of chosen freeholders to be known as boards of county commissioners within one year of Jan. 1, 2021. However, the signed legislation would not require Mercer County to update or replace signs or other writings by Jan. 1 if doing so requires county funds. They can be updated the next time they need to be replaced. “I had reconciled myself to the change. Freeholders themselves are talking to each other and starting to call each other commissioners to get used to the new name,” Mercer County Freeholder Chairman Andrew Koontz said. “We have been calling each other commissioner on occasion to give the new title a whirl.” New Jersey had been the only state across the country to still use the term freeholder as the title for elected officials running county government. County officials in other states are called county commissioners. “The term freeholder is an exclusionary term. When you look at the origins of it, it means a person that owns property without any other debt,” Koontz said.
“That used to be a qualification you needed to have in order to vote in the state a long time ago. It dates back to a time when the right to vote was only given to certain people, generally White males, who owned property.” The Old English term freeholder refers to an individual who owned an estate or land, free of debt, according to Mercer County’s website. “I applaud the effort of our governor and state legislature to immediately break ties with this obsolete terminology that was born out of exclusivity, misogyny, racism and privilege. This shift in thinking shows many people are beginning to recognize that words have meaning and names have power,” Mercer County Freeholder Vice Chairman Samuel Frisby said. “A name is not just a name, it tells people who you are, and freeholders are not who we are nor how I want to be remembered. This is a good beginning, but there is much work to be done on our Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) journey.” Freeholder John Cimino said the title change was long overdue and has some real undertones and connotations that have no place today. “Being an elected Mercer County freeholder, there has been a lot of confusion around exactly what that title meant, a lot unknown to our constituents,” he said. “I do think a change in title to a county commissioner helps people better understand the role specifically and what a county commissioner does. On another level, the meaning and the connotation of a freeholder no longer has any place in our society. It, for quite some time, has not had a place in society.”
Freeholder Nina Melker also supports the change in name to commissioner. “With New Jersey being the only state in the union to still use a term which dates back to the colonial age to designate a White male who owned an estate or land free and clear, certainly does not represent me as a female, my col-
leagues on our board, or countless other elected women and elected officials of color who are dedicated to their respective counties and the citizens they serve,” she said. “My hope is that by changing the name of elected representatives from freeholder to county commissioner it will be an important step toward making county gov-
ernment more transparent.” Melker added that she also hopes it helps make residents more aware of who their county representatives are and the important services and programs provided by county government. Freeholder Ann Cannon considers this a small step toward a See NAME CHANGE, Page 4A
September marks awareness campaign to fight hunger
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New Jersey First Lady Tammy Murphy, left, bags meals with TASK Associate Director of Operations Paul Jensen. The First Lady’s visit came as the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen began serving meals to-go immediately after closing its dining room to help with efforts to stem the spread of COVID-19.
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Princeton schools will reopen for in-person instruction on Oct. 12 By LEA KAHN Staff Writer
The Princeton Public Schools will not open school buildings to students for in-person classes until Oct. 12, but preparations for that day have been basically completed – including the purchase of protective personal equipment for teachers. That’s the message from Interim Superintendent of Schools Barry Galasso. Given the continuing COVID-19 pandemic and to prevent its spread, the schools will open in remote mode Sept. 14, but there are plans to bring students into the classroom under a hybrid learning model Oct. 12. Hybrid learning is a combination of in-person learning and remote learning. Small groups of
students will be brought into the classroom on different days of the week, splitting the number of days they will be in the building. On other days, they will study remotely. Some students will continue to learn remotely at all times. To ensure student and staff safety when teachers and staff members are in school, the district has purchased and received 6,000 N95 masks. It has also received 10,000 ASTM Level 2 surgical masks and face shields for staff members, who will be trained in the most proper and effective way to use the masks and face shields, Galasso said. “We will also provide gowns and traditional PPE for teachers and aides who work in our autism program, and in some special education classes where more protec-
tion is needed,” Galasso said. When students are welcomed back into the schools, they will be required to wear face masks. Cloth masks are encouraged, but the district will provide masks for students who have forgotten them or who need an extra mask during the day. Classrooms will be set up to maintain social distancing, including placing desks six feet apart from each other. Hand washing will be stressed, and there will be gallon-size pumps of gel sanitizers in each classroom for hand sanitizing. A sanitizer spray will be provided in each classroom for use on high touch areas. The district also is emphasizing enhanced cleaning of high touch surfaces, such as desks, door handles and bathrooms. The buildings
will need to be cleaner than they have ever been so that students and staff will feel comfortable returning to the classroom, Galasso said. Bathrooms also have been updated to meet new standards. Hand blowers have been replaced with “no touch” paper towel dispensers, and the toilets have been modified for “touchless” flushing. In the elementary schools, only one student at a time will be allowed to use the bathroom. Plexiglass dividers have been installed in the common areas in the main office and entrances to each school. There are dividers on the tables in the Princeton High School cafeteria to make it easier for students to eat a snack while they maintain social distancing. Lunch is not being served in the schools.
“The plexiglass dividers are an extra precaution. When we use them in conjunction with masks, hand washing and social distancing, they add an extra level of protection,” Galasso said. School district officials also are committed to improving the ventilation and filtration systems in the schools because COVID-19 is airborne, he said. There are new HVAC (heating ventilation and air conditioning) systems in four of the schools. The district is installing ionization devices and making HVAC improvements, including using MERV 13 filters when possible. It has checked all existing HVAC operating systems in the schools that did not receive new classroom HVAC systems under the bond referendum.
Princeton saves ‘red farmhouse’, will subdivide lot By LEA KAHN
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An 18th-century farmhouse at 145 Ewing St. – known informally as “the red farmhouse,” for its color – has been saved from the wrecker’s ball to make way for a two-lot subdivision of the property. The Princeton Planning Board approved a minor subdivision plan for the property, which is at the corner of Ewing Street and N. Harrison Street at its Aug. 20 meeting. The approved plan will create one lot for the farmhouse, which will
be preserved, and a second lot for a new house. The Planning Board’s approval allows the applicant to build an addition to the rear of the farmhouse. It will become part of a duplex, or two-family house. The farmhouse will make up one unit, and the addition will become part of a second unit. There had been much public opposition to the original plan, which would have demolished the red farmhouse. Applicant Brooke Brown worked with Princeton planning officials to revise the
plan. The farmhouse at 145 Ewing St. was built in 1755, according to the 1986 Princeton Historic Preservation Survey, Princeton Planning Director Michael LaPlace said. The house is composed of three sections, and has been altered several times. It is not within a historic district nor has it been formally designated as a local landmark, he said. The farmhouse was built on land that Job Stockton purchased from the Horner family. Stockton was a cousin of Richard Stockton
III, who signed the Declaration of Independence. Job Stockton was a prosperous tanner who also built the Bainbridge House on Nassau Street – the former home of the Historical Society of Princeton – that stands next to the Garden Theater. LaPlace and Princeton Council President David Cohen, who sits on the Planning Board, praised Brown for agreeing to revise the initial application and to preserve the farmhouse. While it has not been given formal historic status, See FARMHOUSE, Page 5A
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The Mercer County Solidarity Network (MCSN) is a new mutual aid group designed to connect people in need throughout Mercer County with people who can help meet those needs. The group is looking for individuals, families and businesses who would like to donate their time, resources or goods/services with people who have been affected by the pandemic and who request support. There is no minimum obligation – donors can specify whatever they feel they can provide and the group will match donors with individuals who have expressed a related need. To sign up as a donor, visit www.mercersolidarity.org/ or email MercerCountyPOL@gmail.com. Produce is fully stocked at the Terhune Orchards farm store, Cold Soil Road, Princeton. Fruits, vegetables and herbs are picked daily. There are also mixed bouquets and fresh-cut sunflowers. Visit the farm store in person, or order online at www. terhuneorchards.com/shop Summer hours of the farm store are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends. The winery is open from noon to 5 p.m. Friday through Sunday. Terhune also sells produce at the Princeton Farmers Market on Thursdays, West Windsor Farmers Market on Saturdays, and Trenton Farmers Market on Fridays and Saturdays. For more information or to order over the phone, call 609-924-2310. Princeton Girlchoir and Princeton Boychoir are auditioning new choristers for the 2020-21 season. Both choirs are programs of Westrick Music Academy (WMA). Any child entering grades 3-12 this fall is welcomed. Singers will be asked to introduce themselves, sing a Major scale and a familiar song like “Row, Row, Row Your Boat, or “Happy Birthday”. This will help music directors better understand their current level of musical ability. Interested singers have the option to have a live audition via Zoom, or submit an audition video. Auditions are scheduled throughout August, but interested singers are encouraged to apply early. To learn more about the process or to schedule an audition, visit WestrickMusic.org/auditions. Pickleball will be held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at the Mercer County Park Tennis/Pickleball Center, Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Morning times to be announced. Participants must wear masks, bring water and bring their own paddle. Mercer County fees are $7/time or a player can pay $35 (62 and older) or $70 (under 62) to join the Mercer County Park tennis/pickleball program through the end of 2020. Membership is required. For more information on pickleball and membership, email NewcomersMembership@ywcaprinceton.org or visit www.ywcaprinceton.org/newcomers. HomeFront’s Back to School Drive, benefiting local children in need, is ongoing. Sign up to sponsor one or more children, and provide them with the clothing, shoes, backpack and the school supplies they will need to succeed, whether they are learning remotely or in school. For more details, visit homefront@homefrontnj.org, or to sponsor a child, email homefront@homefrontnj.org or call 609-915-1035. Join the ACME Screening Room every Saturday night this summer for the ACME Carpool Cinema at the Spoke Works Building, 204 N. Union St., Lambertville. Each evening begins with live music by local musicians, followed by a movie screening at dusk. Bring your own food for a picnic or visit local restaurants offering take out. Thai Tida will be on site providing concessions of Thai street food. Tickets are $35-40 per car. For the upcoming film schedule and to purchase tickets, visit www.acmescreeningroom.org. The ACME Screening Room is also planning a live comedy night fundraiser with more details to come.
The Mercer County Mask Project is in need of masks for healthcare workers and first responders. Volunteers of the West Windsor Arts Council have made more than 230 face masks thus far. To donate, visit https://westwindsorarts.org/volunteer/ for more information. Right at Home of Central New Jersey is holding a Health Care Heroes Back to School drive along with HarborChase of Princeton. Residents and professional partners are asked to donate supplies for the children of doctors, nurses, EMTs, home health aides and social workers. Donations can be dropped off at Right at Home of Central New Jersey, 1405 Route 18 south, Suite 203, Old Bridge; or at HarborChase of Princeton, 4331 Route 1 south, Princeton. For more information, call 732-967-0900. Gesher LeKesher is currently accepting applications from high school juniors and seniors in the Greater Princeton Mercer Bucks area to participate in a Jewish peer leadership program. As Gesher “Madrichim” (peer leaders), teens lead a group of seventh to ninth grade “Talmidim” (learners) in outreaches addressing trending topics from a Jewish perspective including friendships, the impact of social media, peer pressure, prejudice, and anti-Semitism on campus. Gesher LeKesher meets virtually six hours each month: two Monday night trainings from 6:30-8:30 p.m. and an additional outreach time either Monday/Wednesday night or Sunday morning. Gesher LeKesher is a program of Jewish Family & Children Services and is partially funded by the Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks. For more information, visit www.jfcsonline.org/gesherlekesher. The Jewish Community Youth Foundation is kicking off its 18th year giving back to local, national and global non-profits beginning this fall. The program brings together teens in grades 8-12 from the Mercer and Bucks counties area. Each teen philanthropist donates their own money which gets matched and pooled with money they fundraise during the program. Students will meet virtually to discuss Tzedakah and explore needs and the non-profit organizations who address them. At year-end, each group decides how their dollars will be donated. The program offers teens the opportunity to develop leadership and presentation skills. Registration is open for all participants in grades 8-10, and returning participants in 11th and 12th grades. Space is limited. For more information or to register, visit www. jfcsonline.org/jcyf. Contact Celeste Albert at 609-987-8100, ext. 210 or CelesteA@jfcsonline.org with any questions. Participating in yoga benefits both physical and mental health and influences positive thought. It alleviates mental stress, develops better physicality and subsequently enhances emotional well-being. Yoga postures are a form of meditation in motion that help release tension and emotional stress. This can help decrease physical ailments by improving the flow of oxygen and conditioning the respiratory tract through breathing exercises. Honor Yoga is offering free, virtual classes at 8 a.m. Tuesdays and at 6 p.m. Thursdays with instructor Michelle Gerdes. To register, visit http://honoryoga.com/yfew Being civically engaged is important to the aging community and voting may be one of the most vital civic activities. Voting in local, state and national elections provides seniors the opportunity to express and act upon their beliefs and values. Additionally, many seniors live on a fixed income and are potentially at higher risk of being affected by fiscal policy changes. CareOne at Hamilton has designated itself a voter registration site to ensure all residents and outside community members have the opportunity to vote. Voter registration applications are provided and processed on-site and team members can assist residents and community members with registering to vote either traditionally or through the mail. Contact Aleah Hosszu in admissions at 609-586-4600 or email ahosszu@care-one.com for more information or to register.
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The Jamaica Organization of New Jersey (JON-J) will hold a virtual Jamaica Independence Party from 7-10 p.m. Aug. 29. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Featuring Master of Ceremonies Brian Gibbs, comedian Oliver Samuels, playwright Debra Ehrhardt, DJ Larry Ranks vs. DJ G-Royal of RSR Sound, Barrelman Radio and DJ Naturalist. Wear all white and present your Jamaican flag. Patrons are asked to donate to the fundraiser by using one of the following methods: JON-J PayPal account at www.paypal.com/biz/fund?id=KHUWYQBKLNVCC ; Zelle to Jamaicaorg.nj@gmail.com ; or write a check payable to the Jamaica Organization of New Jersey and mail to JON-J, P.O. Box 446, Orange, NJ 07051. Sponsorships are available. JON-J is a 501 (C) 3 non-profit organization that launched in 1998. The money raised through various fundraising events have been impactful in providing aid for hurricane disaster-relief efforts in New Jersey, Jamaica, and other Caribbean Islands; funding scholarships to collegebound students in New Jersey; assisting local food banks in New Jersey; and providing aid to needy schools in Jamaica. For tickets, visit https://JonJindependenceparty.eventbrite.com
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The Princeton University Art Museum is hosting a museum challenge through Aug. 30. Choose any artwork from the Princeton University Art Museum’s collections or from another museum and re-create it at home using anything on hand, the more imaginative the better. Think dogs with books, a ketchup bottle standing in for wine, a bathrobe in place of a cape. Snap a photo and submit the entry at artmuseum.princeton.edu/nss Categories include Best Use of Food, Best Use of a Pet, Best Landscape, Best Still Life, Best Portrait, 13-and-under Best in Show, and others. Winners will be announced during the museum’s Nassau Street Sampler Virtual Festival on Sept. 3. Contest details are available at https://artmuseum.princeton.edu/story/art-re-creation-challenge-how-enter
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Assemblymen Andrew Zwicker and Roy Freiman (D-16) are holding a virtual school supplies drive. Using the online donations platform YouGiveGoods, visit https://yougivegoods.com/njlegd16-bts, choose the school district you would like to support, and click on “Shop” to purchase the goods you would like to donate. All goods ordered online will be shipped directly to each school district after the drive ends, and the district will distribute the items to the students in need. You will be emailed a tax receipt at the time of purchase. The goal is to collect 2,000 items by Aug. 31. The National Purple Heart Honor Mission is opening the nomination process for its 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project. This multi-day salute to service will bring together Purple Heart heroes representing each state and territory in the nation to pay tribute to their courage and sacrifice on behalf of a grateful nation. One Purple Heart recipient and an escort of their choosing from each state and territory will again be selected for an all-expenses-paid tribute filled with tours and ceremonies honoring their service and that of all those who have earned the Purple Heart. The four-day Patriot Project Mission will feature visits to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, historic Washington’s headquarters where the Badge of Military Merit originated in 1782, and a private tour of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor – the museum dedicated to paying tribute to our nation’s combat wounded. Other special tribute events are also being planned. Anyone can nominate a Purple Heart recipient they know. Nominations must include a short description (up to 250 words) of why their nominee is deserving of this special recognition. Submissions can be sent via email to Info@ PurpleHeartMission.org or submitted via www.purpleheartmission.org/patriot-project. Nominations will be accepted through Aug. 31. The Honor Mission will select three finalists from each state and territory and a national panel of Purple Heart recipients and other distinguished Americans will select the final honorees. A complete list of honorees will be announced nationally on Nov. 11, Veterans Day. See CALENDAR, Page 13A
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September marks awareness campaign to fight hunger Next month kicks off Hunger Action Month and for the third consecutive year, TASK (Trenton Area Soup Kitchen) will join anti-hunger advocates nationwide, spotlighting the chronic struggle millions of Americans have with food access. Created in 2008 by Feeding America, the largest U.S.-based hunger-relief, advocacy and education organization, Hunger Action Month is dedicated to encouraging everyone to effectively implement ways to alleviate and eventually end hunger and food insecurity, according to a statement provided by TASK. Food access always matters, but at a time when more than half of New Jersey’s population – according to the U.S. Census Bureau – have lost jobs because of the COVID-19 pandemic, awareness is vital, according to the statement.
While concern about food scarcity in the state has decreased since the beginning of the pandemic, still, nearly 700,000 New Jerseyans say they are concerned about where they will find their next meal. According to “The Impact of the Coronavirus on Local Food Insecurity” report by Feeding America, food insecurity for New Jersey’s children is projected to increase to nearly 20% based on projected growth in unemployment and poverty. TASK fights hunger all yearround, but in September Trenton’s only soup kitchen takes added steps to spotlight this dilemma affecting nearly 40,000 Mercer County residents, of which 10,000 are children, according to the statement. Since March, when statewide efforts began to stem the spread of COVID-19, the soup kitchen closed its main dining room and
switched to serving meals to-go from its front door. Whether picking up a take-out meal at TASK’s main facility in Trenton or visiting one of its off-site meal services in a town nearby, TASK patrons receive hand-prepared meals that meet or exceed the USDA-recommended servings of dairy, fruit, vegetables, protein and grains, according to the statement. Last year, TASK served more than 325,000 meals. “TASK advocates for anyone experiencing hunger and food insecurity,” TASK Executive Director Joyce E. Campbell said in the statement. “This year, however, with the many conversations on racial and economic injustice and coping with the COVID-19 pandemic, Hunger Action Month can put a spotlight on the challenges felt right here in our own backyard. Everyone is feeling the crunch of
these times, but we can’t deny that disadvantaged communities have been the hardest hit.” During Hunger Action Month, the soup kitchen will host various events and activities to inform and spotlight the many elements of hunger and food insecurity in the community. On Sept. 10, Hunger Action Day, residents are asked to wear orange, the official color for hunger relief. It is also the day city officials in Trenton will recognize the campaign with a proclamation. On Sept. 17 TASK will acknowledge Food Waste Prevention Day which was designed in New Jersey to spotlight the tons of uneaten food that ends up in landfills, contributing to both hunger and environmental deterioration, according to the statement. Additionally, the soup kitchen has brought back its “30 Ways in 30 Days Hunger Action Calendar” – a road map to
the many steps anyone can take to make a difference with daily acts that can contribute to the at-home fight against hunger and food insecurity. Gather the family to learn how to decrease the amount of food waste in landfills. Watch the documentary “Wasted: The Story of Food Waste” on Sept. 13. Check out TASK on Instagram, Facebook or Twitter for links to streaming. Tune in to TASK’s social media at 8 p.m. Sept. 22 for Hunger Action Month Trivia Night and a chance to win prizes. Look for @ TASKSoupKitchen. Tune in to TASK’s first-ever live cooking show on Sept. 27 on Facebook where TASK chefs will share helpful cooking tips. Look for @TASKSoupKitchen. For more information, visit www.TrentonSoupKithcen.org.
National Museum of Mathematics appoints local resident as distinguished visiting professor The National Museum of Mathematics (MoMath) appointed of Rutgers University math professor and MoMath’s dean of Academic Content, Dr. Alex Kontorovich, as MoMath’s distinguished visiting professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics beginning Sept. 1. During his one-year appointment, Kontorovich will present public programs, “Fall into History,” tracing mathematical ideas over time, and “Spring into Sound,” delving into the deep intersections between math and music. In a joint statement, Marilyn and Jim Simons said, “We are thrilled that Alex Kontorovich has accepted this year-long role at MoMath, focused on sharing the joys and nuances of mathematics with the general public. He is an ideal torch-bearer to carry on the work of engaging everyone with math and mathematical thinking, already so well-begun by his predecessors.” In the fall, the West Windsor-
Plainsboro resident will lead a series of programs focusing on “The Arc of Math, Ancient to Modern,” studying the twists and turns of mathematical ideas throughout history, according to the statement. In Spring 2021, Kontorovich will lead “The Surprising Intersections between Math and Music,” exploring complex and fascinating interactions between mathematics and music from basic structures of melody, rhythm, harmony, and form, to Fourier analysis, digitization, and representation theory. “We’re honored to announce Dr. Kontorovich as MoMath’s third distinguished visiting professor for the Public Dissemination of Mathematics,” Cindy Lawrence, CEO and executive director of MoMath, said in the statement. “Dr. Kontorovich has a passion and desire to teach, and presents mathematics to the MoMath community in new and exciting ways. This upcoming year is going to be filled with inspiration, creativity, and surprising mathematics
that presents the subject in a way that has broad popular appeal and connects with math lovers of all ages.” Kontorovich came to the U.S. when he was eight as a refugee from the former Soviet Union. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Princeton University, followed by a PhD in Mathematics at Columbia University. He is currently a professor of Mathematics at Rutgers University, MoMath’s dean of Academic Content, and serves on MoMath’s Advisory Council. His research interests include interactions between number theory, geometry, dynamics, and representation theory, which he will incorporate into his lectures, mini-courses, and series of MoMath events and initiatives, according to the statement. “It is such an incredible honor and privilege for me to serve in this position, especially after the tremendous precedents set by the previous two Distinguished Visiting Professors,” Kontorovich said in the statement. “I’m grateful to
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MoMath for this opportunity, and the Simons Foundation for their continued and dedicated support, allowing such programs to flourish. I’m most excited about interacting regularly with the public at all levels, from school children and their parents and teachers, to aadults. I hope to work to demystify some of the deeper concepts and modern ideas in mathematics, to help expose all to the joys and trials and tribulations of my beloved subject.” In 2017, Kontorovich became a Kavli Fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and was elected Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. He currently serves on the Scientific Advisory Board of Quanta Magazine and is the editor-in-chief of the journal Experimental Mathematics. He has received the American Mathematical Society’s Levi Conant Prize for mathematical exposition, an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship, a Simons Foundation Fellowship, and a von Neumann Fellowship at the Insti-
tute for Advanced Study in Princeton, according to the statement. For more information about MoMath, visit momath.org.
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Name Change Continued from Page 1A more equitable society. “Since I was first elected as freeholder in 1994, I always felt that the title didn’t necessarily reflect myself or many of my colleagues–both past and present and Democrat and Republican alike. While this is a very small step towards a more equitable society, it is an important step nonetheless,” she said. “I hope this change signals to all of New Jersey’s residents that they too are welcome to run for this office and serve their fellow citizens without the stain of our troubled and unequal history in their official title.” Freeholder Lucylle Walter said she was never one for titles. “I will focus on the work to do and let others decide what I should be called. All governmental titles were meant for someone other than myself or many of my colleagues. Senator comes from the Latin root meaning “old man”. How many county executives are female or of race other than White? Government is heavily based in the concept of White men rule,” she added. “To change the title does not change that, but it is a start. The best persons for the office is where we need to focus our energy regardless of race, sex or any other exterior facade, to paraphrase Martin Luther King … judge on the content of a person’s character.”
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Grow crops, not solar panels, on New Jersey’s best farmland
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f there’s any doubt that New Jersey is the Garden State, visit a local farm stand or a farmers’ market. This time of year, you will find some of the world’s most delicious produce: fresh Jersey tomatoes, peaches, sweet corn, peppers, blueberries, melons, squash and much more. What makes them so good? One key ingredient is excellent soil. New Jersey has some of the best agricultural soils on Earth, perfect for growing a wide variety of foods. These “prime” and “statewide important” soils are an incredibly precious natural resource that should never be taken for granted or squandered. That’s why a proposed law to encourage large utilityscale solar projects without provisions to keep it off our best farmland and open space is a bad idea, no matter how well intentioned it may be. The proposed legislation, S-2605, would toss out New Jersey’s existing solar siting policies, including provisions to restrict solar on farmland and redirect it to sites like brownfields, landfills, rooftops and parking lots. The proposed law would not only make it easier to build large, utility-scale solar arrays on the state’s best farmland, it would also allow forests to be clear-cut to make way for solar projects, which makes no sense. Forests store the equivalent of 8% of New Jersey’s annual greenhouse gas emissions. Make no mistake, encouraging solar energy is essential and is a critical part of New Jersey’s clean energy future. By using a mix of solar, offshore wind and other clean technologies, this state we’re in plans to transition to 100% clean energy by 2050 for its power supply. Reducing the state’s reliance on fossil fuels is critical to combating climate change. But solar energy projects must be built in the right places. And high quality farmland and forests are most
definitely not the right places. The state’s Farmland Preservation Program has permanently preserved more than 230,000 acres of farmland to date, out of New Jersey’s 720,000 acres of farmland. An additional 220,000 acres of preserved farmland are needed to sustain the agricultural industry in New Jersey, according to the State Agricultural Development Committee. Thousands of acres of high quality farmland have been designated by the state and counties as “Agricultural Development Areas” and targeted for permanent farmland preservation. It is counter-productive to encourage these high quality agricultural lands, targeted for future preservation, to become available for utility-scale solar. For example, the proposed legislation could encourage projects like Dakota Power’s massive proposed solar facility on more than 800 acres of top quality farmland that is a target for preservation in Pilesgrove Township, Salem County. Clearing forests makes no sense. In the battle against climate change, forests are powerful fighters. Forests pull carbon from the air and sequester it, they cool the air temperature in summer, provide habitat for wildlife and filter rainfall to protect local water quality. New Jersey needs more, not less, forests. While some forests in the Highlands and Pinelands regions are excluded, the proposed legislation would open up forests in the Highlands Planning Area and places like the Sourland Mountains – a target of current open space preservation efforts – to large solar projects. Forests in the Sourlands are among the most effective in the state at storing large amounts of carbon. And what about the ratepayers? As currently written,
the law would not require solar developers to bid competitively for state financing, so an overly expensive project could potentially cost electric customers more money than necessary. That’s why New Jersey’s Ratepayer Advocate has raised concerns about the legislation. New Jersey can do better. We can have preserved and protected farmland and forests, and appropriately sited solar projects. If we are smart enough to plan and think this through, we can reap the benefits of clean energy and protect our most valuable farmland and forests. In order to ensure solar is sited appropriately, the state should better define areas that are considered marginalized, as called for in the Energy Master Plan – that is, those with constrained economic or social value. For example, there are areas of non-preserved farmland that may have poor soil conditions, or non-pristine, non-forested lands that are underused, both of which could potentially host solar projects while not compromising the state’s commitment to preserve open space and farmland. This requires a thoughtful planning effort, which should not be hard in the age of computer mapping when so much knowledge of local soil and land use conditions can be evaluated online. Let’s expand New Jersey’s commitment to renewable energy while still protecting the state’s most valuable farmland and open spaces. Our children and grandchildren deserve both clean energy and access to fresh produce and abundant forests. Tell your legislators to fix or oppose S-2605, to advance solar energy without sacrificing our best farmland and forests. Michele S. Byers is the executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Far Hills. She may be reached at info@njconservation.org.
Documents submitted with the application showed a three-story addition – to include the attic – which showed the addition to be higher than the farmhouse. The garage and a storage shed on the new building lot would be removed. When the meeting was opened for public comment, Joe Amon, who lives on Ewing Street, said he appreciated that the applicant had agreed to retain the farmhouse. He said most of the neighboring houses are one- or twostory houses, but the proposed three-story addition with a flat roof line on the back of the house makes it appear that it will “swallow” the farmhouse, he said. “There has to be a better solution,” Amon said.
Herbert Foster, who lives on Ewing Street, also commented on the height of the proposed addition. Looking at the plan, there is a “monstrosity looming over the old house,” he said. But attorney Christopher Tarr, who represented the applicant, replied that there is nothing in the checklist for applications that requires an architect’s building plans. It is “not appropriate” to look at the architecture, he said. Officials concurred and said that building plans are not a requirement of a conforming minor site plan. The application complies with bulk standards – the minimum lot size, the minimum lot depth, the minimum lot frontage, and front, rear and side yard setbacks.
Farmhouse Continued from Page 1A the farmhouse is still a “significant part of Princeton history,” LaPlace said. Planning Board member Tim Quinn said many wellknown authors visited the house over the years. It would be a shame to see a house – where so many great literary minds had gathered – become a tear-down, he said. Quinn said he learned about the literary associations of the house through a friend whose parents – a novelist and an architect – had attended parties at the house. Poet Allen Tate and novelist Caroline Gordon formerly owned the house, and house guests included literary figures such as Ernest Hemingway, William Faulkner and Walker Percy.
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here was a time – before cell phones and the internet – when making choices in life was a whole lot sim-
So for 2020, enter the 2020 X3 xdrive 30e, the first plug-in hybrid version of this popular SUV in the BMW lineup. pler. I recently road tested this new plug-in When it came to car shopping and avail- hybrid for one week and came away quite able models, there weren’t three different impressed with this version of what has versions of the same model. been a highly successful modAnd, more specifically, there el for the German automaker. weren’t even that many models The plug-in hybrid X3 to chose from to begin with. rides much like the traditional Take BMW, for example. gas-powered version, but with Back in the 1970s, BMW ofa lot smoother and quieter fered up a few basic sedans in vibe to it. its model lineup and no SUVs. My tester was powered A good friend of mine had a by a 2.0 liter BMW, 4 cylinder twin turbo gas engine BMW 2002 in 1973, which was that puts out 181 horsepower a very staid looking, boxy, fourat 4,000 rpm and 258 pound door sedan that was known for feet of torque. The gas engine its superior build quality and is complemented by an eleclongevity. Peter Perrotta tric traction motor, mounted He piled several hundred within the transmission housthousand miles on that car – a ing, that puts out an additional stick shift – and marveled at its 107 horsepower at 3,140 rpms and 77 pound superior craftsmanship and simplicity. Of course, almost 50 years later, much feet of torque. The combined power outlet is 288 horsehas changed. These days, BMW offers up a dizzying power and 310 pound feet of torque. In addition to the two motors – electric array of more than 15 different models of sedans, SUVs and coupes. What once was a and gas – a high voltage (12 kwh) lithiumsimple choice now can get quite confusing. ion battery is located underneath the rear Moreover, within those 15 different seats. This battery provides additional storage capacity for the electric only and hybrid models there are varying versions of each. So why stop now? This year, BMW in- driving mode. In the hybrid driving mode, this new X3 troduced a plug-in hybrid version of one its most popular models the X3 five seat SUV. can operate at speeds of up to 68 miles per Last year alone, BMW sold more than hour on electric power alone. Moreover, in the electric mode – with no gas engine assis70,000 X3s in the United States alone.
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tance – this X3e version has a limited driving range of anywhere from 20 to 30 miles. Truth be told, I found this vehicle to be much more effective as a hybrid. The hybrid version of this vehicle offers very low emissions capabilities and up to 60 miles per gallon gas mileage depending on what version of the hybrid mode you choose to drive it in. If you select the aggressive “sports plus” mode, you will get a much more aggressive performance-oriented drive, but sacrifice the 60 miles per gallon gas mileage possibility. The comfort mode affords a good balance of sportiness and performance with better gas mileage performance. The 2020 X3 xdrive 30e I drove for one week carried an overall MSRP price tag of $65,020. The stripped down base price is $48,550. However, my tested added: an M Sport package for $5,000; $550 for dark graphite metallic paint; $950 for upgraded 20-inch wheels; $500 for driver assistance package; $1,700 for driver assistance plus; $1,400 for a dynamic handling package; $4,500 for an executive package; and $875 for a Harman Kardon surround sound system. The driver assistance package includes lane departure warning and active blind spot detection systems, which help the driver to guide the car back into the correct path with a steering input. It also includes rear cross traffic alert, thereby reducing the risk of a collision when reversing into roads that are obstructed from the driver’s view. Moreover, the driver’s assistance plus package offers the full complement of advanced systems including active cruise control with stop and go, traffic jam assistant, active lane keeping assistant with side collision avoidance, evasion aid and front cross traffic alert.
Overall, at the end of the day, you are pretty much getting the same exact look, feel and drive of the ever popular traditional gas X3 with the added advantage of the plug-in hybrid feature. For me, this combination is a win-win power punch. This all wheel drive SUV handles like a charm in all kinds of weather. It is peppy enough to maintain an aggressive performance-like drive and feel to it and is attractively appointed inside and out. This BMW features a 12.3-inch digital instrument cluster display and a 10.25-inch digital touch screen display with navigation, BMW intelligent personal assistant and wireless Apple carplay compatibility. For the most part, I found the BMW infotainment system to be above average in its ability to perform the everyday most used functions like navigation, phone and music operations. This infotainment system can be a bit confusing at first, but once you get used to it works like a charm. Where this infotainment excels, head and shoulders above all of the competition, is in the voice activated command system. It doesn’t skip a beat. It easily picks up your commands to call someone, change the music selection of find a navigation destination without much confusion. There aren’t too many other voice systems that work as well as this one. Overall, I must say, I was quite impressed with this new version of a very popular SUV in the BMW lineup. It’s worth checking out.
Peter Perrotta’s On The Road column appears weekly. Comments and suggestions are welcomed. He can be contacted at peter@capitalmotorcar.com
Princeton administrators get pay hike By LEA KAHN Staff Writer
Princeton school district officials have approved a one-year contract that covers 22 administrators and supervisors who belong to the Princeton Administrators Association, granting them a 2.49% salary increase. The Princeton Public Schools Board of Education approved the contract at its Aug. 11 meeting. The contract is retroactive to July 1, 2020, and expires June 30, 2021. The agreement covers the principals at the six schools, as well as the assistant principals at Princeton High School and the Princeton Unified Middle School (formerly known as the John Witherspoon Middle School). It also includes 11 special content supervisors. School board member Dafna Kendal said the board was “very pleased” to come to a compromise with the administrators union. The agreement, which was one month in the making, was a priority for the school board, she said. “Our business is educating kids. We can’t do it without the administrators, who have been working nonstop throughout the summer, including nights and weekends, to develop a plan to safely open our schools and to provide quality remote education,” Kendal said. Littlebrook School Principal Luis Ramirez echoed Kendal’s remarks, and said the administrators, too, are in the business of educating children. The Princeton Administrators Association wants to do what is best for the children, he said. “Having an agreement such as this one is a tremendous milestone. We are very happy that we could reach this agreement,” Ramirez said. “To be able to come through with something of mutual agreement during a time when we are focused on getting back into school and doing what’s best for the children is really just a huge compliment to everybody who was involved.” The contract sets out base salaries for administrators and supervisors – to include the 2.49% pay hike – and longevity increases based on the number of years that they have held their position. An administrator is eligible for longevity pay after two years in the position if he
or she was hired before Oct. 1, 2011. For those hired after that date, longevity pay starts at 10 years of service. It tops out at $7,600 after 36 years. Seven of the 22 administrators and supervisors will receive longevity pay. Under the contract, Princeton High School Principal Jessica Baxter will be paid $163,500, but she does not qualify for longevity pay. Princeton High School Assistant Principal Rashone Johnson will earn $126,452 with longevity, while Acting Assistant Principal Cecilia Birge will be paid $114,000. At the Princeton Unified Middle School, Principal Jason Burr will be paid $182,893, inclusive of longevity. Assistant Principal Timothy Charleston will earn $134,058 and Assistant Principal Stephanie DiCarlo will be paid $114,000. Neither qualifies for longevity pay. At the Community Park School, Principal Dineen Gruchacz will be paid $173,084 and Johnson Park School Acting Principal Angela Siso Stentz will be paid $161,300. Their salaries include longevity pay. Littlebrook School Principal Luis Ramirez will be paid $150,961 and at the Riverside School, Principal Mark Shelley will earn $148,829. Ramirez is not eligible for longevity pay, but Shelley is eligible. The salaries for the content area supervisors – from humanities to special education and visual and performing arts – range from $121,652 to $166,408.
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he 2020-21 youth hockey season looks a little different for Princeton Youth Hockey Association (PYHA), not only because they’re entering it in the age of COVID-19 where social distancing and face coverings are the norm, but also because they’re entering it without Dayton resident Maureen Thompson-Siegel playing her many behind-the-scenes roles for the first time in 16 years. After many years of leadership and support roles in PYHA, Thompson-Siegel has had to step down from her role as administrative director and master scheduler as she assumes her new responsibilities as the administrative vice president responsible for games/playoffs and scheduling with the New Jersey Youth Hockey League (NJYHL). “As you can imagine, it is a wild time to take this over,” Thompson-Siegel said. “I am hopeful we will be able to pull a season together in some fashion.” Thompson-Siegel’s love of hockey predates her tenure at PYHA and even her tenure as mother to PYHA Lifetime Achievement (Mite-to-Midget) award winner Ryan Siegel. “Growing up, all of my male cousins on both sides of my family played ice hockey. We used to go and watch games at Abe Stark Arena in Coney Island. They played for the Brooklyn Stars and the Long Island Gulls,” Thompson-Siegel said. “When my son was about three, ProSkate was getting ready to open its doors for the first time and they had a tent up in the parking lot. We pulled up to the tent, opened the car door and asked George Haviland of NJ Titans fame if Ryan was old enough to start to skate. The rest is history.” The Siegels – Maureen, her son Ryan and husband Steven – made their way to PYHA when Ryan was turning seven. After making the Mites travel team at ProSkate, the rink changed ownership and the new owners didn’t believe that children as young as Ryan Siegel should be participating in travel hockey. “I tried to convince them otherwise,” Thompson-Siegel said, “as there were about ten kids that were told they made the team that were now being told there would not be a team.”
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From left: Maureen Thompson-Siegel, her son Ryan and her husband Steven at Notre Dame High School’s senior night.
Thompson-Siegel did what any good hockey mom or dad would do and phoned a friend. “I spoke with Coach Dan Fortunato, whose son played hockey with John Inman. The two dads also played men’s league together. Dan let Mark Inman know we were looking for a team for Ryan and Coach Mark added Ryan onto his Tigers Mite C team. We have been Tigers ever since,” she said. Ever the volunteer and organizer, Thompson-Siegel served as manager for her son’s teams from his second year of Mites all the way through his last year of Midgets, making memories all along the way. Special moments include watching Ryan and his teammates receive gold medals in Lake Placid and cheering his team on during their playoff runs, of which there were several. Not all special moments are tied to success on the ice, however. There was also the year Ryan Siegel’s Pee Wee B team collected items at the end-of-season banquet to send to troops serving in Kuwait where one of their teammate’s fathers was serving. ThompsonSiegel also recalls Coach Ian McNally’s team building exercise where he created a scavenger hunt on the Princeton campus, a special
101: Fund awards Princeton High graduates The 101: Fund continued its 50-year tradition of awarding need-based scholarships to Princeton High School (PHS) graduates by holding its annual awards ceremony last month. The virtual ceremony was attended by 101: Fund board members, student mentors, PHS faculty and staff members including Vice Principal Jared Warren, as well as students and their families. Jennifer Jang, president of the 101: Fund, noted that the pandemic had thwarted plans to hold the awards ceremony in PHS’ Black Box Theatre as usual. “A lot of people would typically be in a room with you [students] tonight, celebrating,” she said, according to a prepared statement. Despite the changed circumstances, however, she reminded students that “We’re so proud of all of you. You are exceptional, each and every one.” Jang introduced the 20 recipients by providing a brief description of each student’s accomplishments at PHS and plans for the future. This year’s recipients include: Ja-
son Carrillo, Stanley Castellanos , Ashley Charles, Jordan Guidi, Cosette Hansen, Yoselin Hernandez, Turab Kazim, Htway Min, Kenia Morales, Luis Munoz, Isai Onofre, Fernando Ponce, Bella Potocny, Stephanie Ramirez, Alexandra Rubin, Ruhayl Shapoo, Jack Su, Vincent Traylor, Zin Tun, and Edmel Worljoh. The recipients are headed to both two- and four-year schools. Jang also announced the establishment of the Scott McVay Petrone Memorial Scholarship. Family and friends created this fund in memory of Scott Petrone, a 1991 PHS graduate and outstanding scholar-athlete, who passed away in April, according to the statement. Vincent Traylor, a PHS 2020 graduate who intends to study nursing, was named the first recipient of the Petrone Scholarship in recognition of his exceptional academic and athletic accomplishments and leadership skills.
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Scholarship awarded to Princeton native studying Eastern Indonesian marine protected areas The Land Conservancy of New Jersey has been providing scholarships to residents of New Jersey pursuing degrees in environmental science, natural resource management, conservation, park administration, and related fields for the past 36 years. This year, the $7,500 Russell M. Myers Scholarship is awarded to Jessica Zhao, a Princeton native who is a senior at Duke University majoring in environmental science and policy with a concentration in marine conservation. During the past year, Zhao volunteered with Peruvian nonprofits to reverse eutrophication in an Andean wetland and met with sustainability-focused businesses, organizations and leaders across Scandinavia, according to a prepared statement. She also studied at the Duke Marine Lab under a Rachel Carson scholarship, which trains promising students to become the next generation of marine conservation leaders. Zhao will use her research on governance in Eastern Indonesian marine protected areas to complete an honors thesis before graduation. This summer she is gaining political experience in a state-level organization that holds elected officials accountable for the environ-
coach creating a special moment among friends in the magical Ivy League setting. It was also special watching her son grow as a USA Hockey official where he now works full time in the USAH officiating development program while pursuing his masters degree. Tops on the list of the many memories? “Watching Ryan’s team of friends grow into fantastic young adults and making lifelong friends with the team families,” she said. There isn’t a facet of PYHA that Thompson-Siegel hasn’t had a hand in shaping. If there was a role to be filled, she was always willing to fill it and then to train the person who was willing to step in and take over so she could move onto the next hole that needed plugging. In addition to being a 10-time team manager, Thompson-Siegel has served as uniform coordinator, Lake Placid tournament coordinator, banquet co-chair, alternate registrar, board member, NJYHL alternate delegate, head manager, board president and most recently, administrative director and master scheduler. “Through her many years of hard work and volunteering, Maureen, as the ultimate
‘Tiger Mom,’ made my time at PYHA as parent, coach, board member and ultimately president from 2015 to 2019 a pleasure,” past PYHA President Kevin Welsh said. “Her loyalty to the organization is unsurpassed, and her willingness to do whatever was necessary to ensure that the philosophy of PYHA was always ultimately served is legendary. That our organization is so well respected within the NJYHL and the Atlantic District is testament to her guiding hand, and willingness on occasion to take a hard stand, and fight when she believed the best interests of the kids were not being served. The groundwork that she laid in her many roles at PYHA will ensure that our organization will continue to prosper through the coming years.” Thompson-Siegel works a full-time job as senior grant and contract administrator at Princeton University. She also currently holds the following positions: secretary for the Atlantic Amateur Hockey Association (AAHA), administrative vice president for NJYHL responsible for scheduling and playoffs, secretary for the NJYHL, USA Hockey ADM coordinator for the Atlantic Affiliate, USA Hockey Grow the Game coordinator for the Atlantic Affiliate, member of the Girls Hockey Growth Committee, and member of the AAHA Diversity and Inclusion Committee. What will Maureen miss most about PYHA? The answer came quickly. “PYHA is a special organization. It has always struck the best balance of competition with family values. The focus was always on making the best choices and providing the best experiences, not ever on winning – winning was a plus. I think I will miss the little kids the most. I loved to hear them say that they were going to play for Princeton University when they went to college. I was always quick to remind them that they need to finish their homework and get 100% on their spelling tests. That was the best way to get to Princeton. I hope to see Princeton succeed for the next 60 years.” The kids. It’s always about the kids.
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Freeholders are part of ‘cancel culture’ The Day World War II Ended Freeholders, elected representatives who sit on Boards of Chosen Freeholders in New Jersey counties, rapidly became an endangered species when they were targeted by the cancel culture. Until then, nobody much cared why this archaic term was perpetuated in New Jersey. The few who did discovered it to be a signpost of history and unique to New Jersey because this colony’s beginning was unlike any other. Freeholder, in consequence, held a different meaning here than any place else: the right of self-governance. The source of the opprobrium lately heaped on the term freeholder appears to be little more than the social mores of the 17th century. Rutgers University President Jonathan Holloway has rightly pointed out it is not invested with “structural racism.” However, his suggestion it has a legacy of denying people the right to vote runs contrary to what John, Lord Berkeley, and Sir George Carteret instituted in 1664 with their “Concessions and Agreements” inviting all comers to settle New Jersey. An allotment of land was awaiting any freeman who swore allegiance to them and to the king, thereby making everyone a freeholder with a voice in selecting a council of 12 to advise the governor and in choosing from among themselves freeholders to represent them in an annual general assembly which would make necessary laws and lay equal taxes and assessments. A wide-open invitation speedily attracted malcontents from colonies to the north and south as well as from overseas so that early New Jersey possessed a greater diversity of religions, cultures and languages than any of the others, a veritable recipe for internal strife.
Nevertheless, this assortment of peoples worked out differences among themselves, honored one another’s choice of delegate to the assembly and were of one mind when it came to insisting on rights granted to them. They dared go so far as to use those rights against Berkeley and Carteret. When the proprietors attempted to collect a traditional feudal levy known as quit rents, freeholders refused to pay, insisting this was a tax regardless of what name it had; and they were not liable for any tax other than what their assembly authorized. (All this a century before “Taxation Without Representation” became a war cry leading up to our war for independence.) Freeholder intransigence persisted through twists and turns, ups and downs for 30 years until it resulted in dissolution of wholly unsatisfactory proprietary rule and reunification of East and West Jersey in 1702. Over the 18th century, landholding as a determinant of voting rights was gradually supplanted by other measures of worth. Abandoning it altogether was proposed when our first NJ Constitution was drafted in 1776. But, no; freeholder was a talisman worthy of preserving whether or not its origins were remembered. Changes effected by the 1844 Constitution preserved use of the term freeholder only for county governing boards; since when it has served to affirm our right of self-government, a distinction New Jersey could rightly point to with pride. To impulsively throw freeholders away is a great pity. To have done so by reason of spurious claims is sadder still. Jessie Havens Belle Mead
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The dawn of Aug. 15, 1945, in the Pacific was no more important to me than any other except that it became one of the happiest days of my life. It was the day Japan surrendered and I realized there would be life for me after World War II. I wasn’t counting on much of a future until then but, along with thousands of others expected to die in the impending invasion, I would return home and finish college, start a career, find my wife and raise our children. But right now I was a 19-year-old petty officer-radarman aboard the USS Amsterdam, a Cleveland class cruiser with 1,300 sailors and Marines protecting Admiral Nimitz’s and Admiral Bull Halsey’s Third Fleet aircraft carriers and battleships. We were a Naval bombardment and carrier strike force that pounded Japan’s military installations for three months in preparation of the invasion by American and allied forces. We didn’t know it then but America was planning to invade the Japanese homeland within 90 days in an air, sea and ground attack that would cost hundreds of thousands more lives. We knew that the Japanese were planning to go all out with artillery, bombs, rockets and Kamikaze suicide planes This was to be the greatest invasion since D-Day at Normandy, but few of us talked about it. We had doubts about our survival and thought if we didn’t talk about it, it might go away. On Aug. 6 our ship’s radio blared that the United States had dropped an atomic bomb, whatever that was, on Hiroshima. It helped explain the huge explosion we had just heard, the sudden morning darkness that enveloped us and the 8-foot waves rocking us. Ship-to-ship communications confirmed that none of our warships had struck a mine or were under attack. This had to be a bomb, we thought, so powerful that we were feeling and hearing it from offshore nearly 90 miles away. We had unleashed the power of the sun, as it was described, on the land of the rising sun, which flattened the entire city and obliterated 80,000 people. Three days later a second atomic bomb vaporized Nagasaki with nearly the same number of deaths, and newscasters began speculating a quick end of this war. But we had learned to ignore such rumors. Just another bigger bomb we thought. But at 8:15 a.m. on Aug. 15 everything changed. More than 500 carrier planes of our task group minutes away from wreaking havoc on Tokyo, Kure, Kobe and Osaka were suddenly recalled. The ship’s public address system barked that the war was over, that Japan had surrendered. One pilot radioed “no hits, no runs, no errors.” All of the strike force jettisoned their bombs 45 miles offshore and then returned to wild celebrations. Up went our battle flag while sailors and Marines pounded each other in joy and fired their
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I want to share a brief story about the miracles my sons experienced in their lives. Justin now holds a Master’s in Human Nutrition from The University Of Bridgeport and did his post graduate studies in mind-body medicine.The owner of his own company, Justin is dedicated to changing how we address autoimmune diseases so that long-term recovery and healing becomes possible. He advocates for woman who struggle with emotional blocks, early adult and childhood trauma, a surprising component of his clients’ history. Justin has also recently written a book. My younger son graduated with a double major in Finance and Marketing and is working for a law firm in New York City. He also played on the Division I lacrosse team while in college. It’s hard to imagine that these young men were diagnosed with Tourette syndrome at the ages of 7 and 5. Tourette syndrome is a neurological disorder that effects 1 in every 162 children and is characterized by uncontrollable motor and vocal tics. Along with the tics my sons had severe learning disabilities. They had difficulty functioning in school and their classmates would make fun of them. It was extremely disruptive to their lives and to our family as well. I didn’t expect them to have normal lives.
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guns. The fact that we would survive was almost beyond belief for those of us living with so much anxiety and fear. But our euphoria didn’t last long. Even though the Japanese government had officially surrendered, the sky was soon darkening with Japanese suicide planes whose pilots were hell bent on reaching their heaven. They pounded us with guns blazing and bombs exploding into our ships or the sea. Sailors were kissing girls in Times Square but we were still fighting for our lives in a war that the Japanese had lost – a fact that their Kamikazes refused to accept. For the next two weeks our fleet dodged and weaved as our 40- and 20-millimeter guns responded with devastating effects on incoming Kamikazes. But the fleet’s deepfreeze food storage compartments were filling up with the dead who hours before were celebrating their survival. Then finally, the suicide planes that weren’t already splashed by our firepower flew off to a more peaceful, fuel-less ending in the sea or to the disgrace of a landing unharmed. We sailed into Tokyo Bay, where in less than 20 minutes, General Douglas MacArthur and Japanese authorities ended a war that lasted four years. After walking the streets of burning Tokyo, we boarded our ship and headed for Okinawa to pick up wounded and dead Marines and moved them to Astoria, Oregon, which threw a festive welcome to the first warship to return home to the United States. Some have criticized our use of atomic bombs to end the war. But while saddened by the terrible toll of deaths, both sides agreed their use actually spared as many as a million more lives. Anthony Galli lives in Pennington. He has authored four books, including two on the Civil War exploits of his great-grandfather with his Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry in Virginia and Gettysburg. He has worked for UPI, TIME and Sports Illustrated with his bylined articles appearing in magazines and newspapers across the country. He is a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II.
I brought my sons to several neurologists who all said there is no cure for Tourette’s and wanted to prescribe narcotics which I refused to allow them to take. Being a registered nurse I was well aware of the side effects they would experience. I am also a Christian who believes in the power of prayer. I brought my sons to a healing service at my church shortly after they were diagnosed. After receiving prayer from the prayer team, I prayed for my sons every day and could not deny that their symptoms began to subside. Over time the motor and vocal tics completely disappeared. With constant prayer they were both completely healed. They are 28 and 33 years old today and both have normal and successful lives. The learning disabilities they once had no longer exist. I often think about the families who have a child or children with Tourette syndrome. I want to give them hope and for them to know that all things are possible With God. Corinne Janoska is the director of Nursing at Mount Carmel Guild, a nonprofit organization in Trenton. Mount Carmel Guild’s Home Nursing Program assists low income, frail individuals age 60 years and over by providing free nursing care. Corinne received her Bachelor of Science Degree in Nursing from Villanova University. She is a resident of Lawrenceville.
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fter 90 years of living, Susie Wilson – renowned in New Jersey as a political activist, an advocate for teen sex education, and a competitive runner – would like to share some wise words that have fueled her long life. “Vote – vote as though your life depends upon it,” said Susie, who has lived in Princeton for more than 50 of her 90 years. “When we cast a vote – at that very moment – we all are equal. A vote has the same weight whether you are rich, poor, Black, Brown, White, a first generation American citizen, or someone with a Mayflower heritage. Make your voice heard.” I got treated to her advice when I called Susie to talk about her 90th birthday celebration, a 3.1 walk run on the campus of ETS, an early August event for a handful of invited guests that actually took place on her 90th plus-six-months birthday. But Susie, who ran her first — and only — marathon (New York Marathon) at age 67, had no particular interest in talking about herself, but preferred conversation about the topic that has served as her energy drink – the state of our democracy. In spite of the bleak landscape through which we are all slogging, Susie and I acknowledged that there was much on the political scene to celebrate. Her 90th birthday year has featured people making their voices heard
in the area of social, political, and economic justice matters. Princeton’s advocacy events have included: a rally this past weekend to save the post office; several Black Lives Matter demonstrations throughout the spring and summer; Zoom police/community public forums on systemic racism and community policing. After a public outcry about the racist behavior of prominent historic figures John Witherspoon and Woodrow Wilson, the John Witherspoon Middle School dropped John Witherspoon from its name, and Princeton University cleansed the name Woodrow Wilson from its school of public affairs. “None of this would have happened without people speaking out, causing a little ‘good trouble’ to quote Congressman John Lewis (the recently deceased and legendary civil rights activist), a secular saint,” Susie said. She has taken her kids and grandkids on a civil rights highlights trip that included the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, where Lewis sustained a nearly fatal beating during a 1965 civil rights march protesting racial discrimination in voting. Quite appropriately and but only serendipitously, Susie’s birthday walk/run coincided with the 100th anniversary of women winning the right to vote in the United States. On Aug. 18, 1920, Tennessee became the 36th state to ratify the Women’s Suffrage
19th amendment, giving the amendment the two-thirds majority of state ratification necessary to make it the law of the land. “Most of my political activism has focused on getting women to run for public office and then supporting them when they decided to do so,” said Susie, who never ran for political office. The National Organization for Women asked Susie in 1997 to run for Congress against Congressman Chris Smith. “But people said it would have been folly. I should have ignored everyone and listened to my own counsel. It still nags at me that I turned down the opportunity to run and to speak out about women’s issues. I ran the NYC Marathon instead. Of course I lost, but it was a wonderful experience and a great accomplishment. That’s how I feel about running for office. It is okay to lose, but you learn so much about yourself and the democratic process, and you get a chance to communicate your message to a broad audience,” she said. Susie caught the voting rights bug from her mother, Katherine K. Neuberger, for whom Election Day was the most exciting and most important day of the year. “It even dwarfed her husband’s/ my father’s birthday,” Susie said. From the time Katherine Neuberger cast her first vote when she was 21 in 1928, she never missed voting in any election in which it was legal for her to vote. In an es-
Princeton political activist Susie Wilson at her 90th (and six months) birthday celebration.
say Susie wrote for The Lawrence half of democracy by doing one Ledger on Nov. 2, 1984, Susie simple thing – voting. noted that “process, not partisan of party.” Susie, in her role as a voting politics, motivated my mother.” Susie’s family was diverse as rights advocate, is the personifar as political affiliations, “but fication of a comment that John my mother, a Republican, never Lewis articulated in his final eslost respect for an opposing point say, printed in The New York of view – only for failing to live Times after he died. “Democracy up to your most sacred responsi- is an act, not a state.” And I have bility as a citizen of the United no doubt that Susie, for another States. Election Day was a day of decade at least, will continue to a moral responsibility, regardless act to get Americans to act on be-
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The Princeton Board of Health and the Princeton Environmental Commission have suggested that we talk to our landscapers and ask them to limit or discontinue their use of gas-powered leaf blowers because gas leaf blower pollution worsens COVID-19. I can testify from personal experience that doing this can really work. I talked to my landscaper. I asked him to completely stop using leaf blowers on my property but to continue mowing my lawn. He was glad to do this. The result: when he works on my lawn, there is no longer any noise or pollution from leaf blowers that would damage his health and disturb my neighbors. I next encouraged my landscaper to buy battery-powered equipment. He now mows my lawn with a battery-powered mower. The result: when he mows my lawn, there is less noise and no pollution. He does most of the work himself. I’m glad that he is no longer subjected to pollution and noise from gas-powered leaf blowers and a gas-powered mower because of his work for me. In addition, he no longer needs to buy and maintain a leaf
blower for use on my property. And his new battery-powered mower is less expensive for him to run and maintain than his old gas-powered mower. In the summer he mows, and he leaves the grass clippings on the lawn and on the sidewalks. The grass clippings soon disappear. In the fall he mows, and he mulches fallen leaves into the lawn. The leaves are cut up into tiny bits that soon disappear. The grass clippings and mulched leaves nourish the lawn. They are good for the lawn. In addition, the grass clippings and leaves don’t get blown into the sewers where they would cause stormwater problems. My landscaper charges me a small amount more in the fall because mulching leaves can sometimes require several passes of the mower. Otherwise his prices are the same as before. He’s happy, I’m happy, and my neighbors are happy. For more information, visit quietprinceton.org. Phyllis Teitelbaum Princeton
SPRAB reviews plans converting Nassau Street office building into hotel By ANDREW HARRISON Staff Writer
Plans converting the 20 Nassau Street office and retail building at the corner of Chambers Street into a proposed hotel are making their way through Princeton’s government agencies. The Site Plan Review Advisory Board has recently reviewed an application presentation on Aug. 12 for the proposed project, according to agenda documents. A date for the Zoning Board of Adjustment and Planning Board have not yet been published. The six-story office and retail building was sold in 2019 to GPNJ Owner, LLC., owned by Ben Weprin, the founder of AJ Capital Partners, an investment firm operating out of Chicago that develops hotel destinations across the country. Weprin also founded Graduate Hotels, a company that develops hotels in college towns around America. The building and property consists of more than 70,000 square feet and contained 13 stores and more than 100 office suites. The suites had various psychologist and counselor offices. According to the application composite
document, the building will be converted into a 191-room hotel with retail uses and a restaurant on the main level. The wing of the building on Chambers Street will be replaced with a new six-story section of the hotel and the main hotel entrance with access to parking on Chambers Street. The existing pedestrian entrance and connection from Nassau Street into the hotel will be maintained. The new building hotel would add to Weprin’s Graduate Hotels chain of boutique hotels. Graduate Hotels operates more than 20 hotels in locations around the country. The project will be seeking several variances. They include a D-4 variance for exceeding Floor Area Ratio (FAR) and bulk variances for the proposed new construction. A parking variance was granted in 2018 to permit a change of use from retail to allow two food and drink uses on the site, according to the composite document. If the Nassau and Chambers Street property is developed into a hotel, it would be the third hotel in or around downtown Princeton. The new hotel would be competing with the Nassau Inn at Palmer Square and the Peacock Inn at Bayard Lane.
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Cecilia X. Birge, who teaches math and special education, has been named acting assistant principal at Princeton High School. Birge, who assumed her new duties on July 29, was appointed to her new post at the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education’s July 28 meeting. She will be paid $114,000 per year. Birge is filling the vacancy created by the transfer of former Princeton High School Assistant Principal Angela Siso Stentz to the Johnson Park School. Siso Stentz is the acting principal at the elementary school. Birge joins Rashone Johnson and Jared Warren as the assistant principals at Princeton High School. The high school administrative team consists of Principal Jessica Baxter and three assistant principals. “We are very pleased that Cecilia Birge will be an assistant principal at Princeton High School,” said Barry Galasso, the interim superintendent of schools. Galasso praised Birge, noting she is an outstanding teacher and an accomplished educator. Princeton High School math teacher Jennifer Li told the school board she was excited to see Birge become the district’s first Chinese American administrator. “I never had a Chinese American or Asian American mentor to look up to. I was so lucky to have colleagues like Cecilia who mentored me. She helped me to become a more thoughtful teacher. I am so excited to be working with her in her new role as acting assistant principal. “We talk about equity in the district, but as a Chinese American woman, I often feel left out in the discussions of equity. Her appointment is a turning point.
[We need to] encourage the district to find ways to be more inclusive,” Li said. In addition to teaching math and special education, Birge has been the head coach for the high school’s speech and debate team since 2015. She has been the assistant coach of the high school’s girls volleyball team, and also coached its junior varsity volleyball team. Birge taught at Princeton High School in 2012, but left to teach at the Dwight Morrow School in Englewood. She returned to Princeton High in 2015. During her time at Princeton High, Birge has been a community liaison with the district’s Chinese American community, school district officials said. She has worked with the high school guidance counselors and the school district administration to bridge cultural gaps and promote a continuing dialogue on race relations. Birge also has helped community organizations to identify and support families that have suffered from financial and other hardships. The new acting assistant principal earned a bachelor’s degree in history from Bryn Mawr College and a master’s degree from Teachers College of Columbia University.
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Princeton woman graduates from New Jersey Teacher, former student found non-profit to change State Parole Board internship program learning landscape for low-income students
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State Parole Board intern graduate Christina Cuomo is congratulated by State Parole Board Member Julio Marenco, who also serves as committee chairman of the agency’s internship program.
Nothing was going to stop the New Jersey State Parole Board from congratulating four of its interns who participated in the agency’s summer program. Amid various safety measures in the U.S. and across the globe due to COVID-19, the State Parole Board held the first of its kind Intern Graduation Recognition Ceremony thanks to virtual video conferencing, according to a prepared statement. The State Parole Board’s virtual graduation ceremony recognized interns who participated in a program that provided meaningful, real-world, work-learning experiences for qualified college students and graduates entering the job market. There were a total of 14 interns who completed the program—four of whom participated in the virtual ceremony and received their virtual graduation certificates, which will be mailed to them as well. “While the world continues to face this pandemic, the State Parole Board understands the importance of social distancing. However, we also wanted to find a way to provide a fitting tribute to these bright, eager students. Kudos to State Parole Board Member Julio Marenco and staffer Danielle Garoniak for their vision, development, and ingenuity in putting the virtual video graduation ceremony together,” New Jersey State Parole Board Chairman Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr. said in the statement. “Each semester, our interns work diligently to gain a clear understanding of the parole board’s role within the criminal jus-
tice system,” Marenco said in the statement. “Because these students work so hard, they deserve to be recognized for their educational achievement. The virtual graduation was the nexus between technology, safety, and traditional recognition. For me, it was certainly a new experience.” Intern graduate Christina Cuomo of Princeton, a student at The College of New Jersey, said, “Having the opportunity to intern at the NJ State Parole Board has been one of the most meaningful internship experiences of my college career. I was exposed to many different aspects of the criminal justice field as possible and I will always value the lessons taught through this great experience.” Since the New Jersey State Parole Board Internship Program began in 2011, 431 interns were placed for assignment at either the agency’s central office in Trenton, one of the parole district offices throughout the state, or a parole office at a state prison, according to the statement. The interns attend a variety of colleges and universities, including Rutgers University, Seton Hall University, Rowan University, The College of New Jersey, Monmouth University and William Paterson University, according to the statement. The internship program has three sessions throughout the year: spring, summer and fall. Those interested in learning more about the New Jersey State Parole Board’s program are encouraged to visit www.state. nj.us/parole/recruitment.html.
Little did they know in 2016 that their teacher/student relationship would spark a nonprofit, one that is most needed right now during COVID-19. Parents, educators, and especially students, are struggling to keep up with the changes currently happening in education. Being “plugged in” for school requires a host of new skills. Students must be organized, self-motivated, self-directed, and above all else able to process hoards of information from several different angles. Students who are socio-economically challenged will feel these impacts more than those who are not, but their families may not be able to provide the necessary support. Meanwhile, their more financially-able peers will hire tutors, attend microschools, or have one parent home full time for guidance. This will further increase the opportunity gap. Students who live in poverty have fewer resources and less access to help. Efrain Monterroso and Marion Friedman are hoping to bridge this opportunity gap for lowincome students. Pace Education is a Princeton-based 501(c)(3) that seeks to support low-income learners in three learning areas: academics, mental health and social-emotional learning. Their team includes professors, teachers, counselors, health-care professionals
In addition, the site provides resources to state and local election officials as part of the postal service’s ongoing efforts to partner with such officials to make the elections a success. The site guides election officials in contacting postal service personnel to discuss how they can design their mailings in a manner that comports with postal regulations, improves mail piece visibility and ensures efficient processing as well as timely delivery, according to the statement. The site also provides links to information, such as the official 2020 Official Election Mail Kit (Kit 600) and the State and Local Election Officials User’s Guide (Publication 632), both of which were distributed to 11,500 election officials earlier this year. The U.S. Postal Service remains fully committed to fulfilling its role in the electoral process when policymakers choose to use our services in administering elections. The postal service can fully handle and deliver the anticipated increase in election mail volume and is continuing to coordinate with state and local election officials through November, according to the statement. Election officials and voters are being asked to be mindful of the postal service’s established delivery standards and consider how the mail actually works, so that voters have adequate time to request, receive, complete and send their mail-in ballots, according to the statement. The postal service will continue to do everything in its power to efficiently handle and deliver election mail, including ballots, in a manner consistent with the proven processes and procedures that have been relied upon for years, according to the statement. The postal service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.
and social-emotional learning specialists. PACE is always looking for those who want to get involved. Anyone with expertise who can support their mission, or who wants to make a tax-free donation, can visit www.paceeducation.org for more information. To submit an application for services, visit https://forms.gle/pQexXvuX9DyYaMVM6 Free and reduced tutoring services are available for students who qualify. For more information, visit www.paceeducation.org • This article was submitted by Marion Friedman, founder of Pace Education.
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Lewis J. Pepperman Lewis J. Pepperman, age 67, of Pennington, passed away August 25, 2020. Lewis was a titan of a man. He was beloved by all around him: family, friends, and anyone he ever met. He was the best man that many of us will ever know with the highest integrity, compassion, and loyalty. He spent much of his life working, reaching the top ranks at the Stark & Stark law firm, but his passion in life was that for his family. He never missed a football or basketball game, a theater production or a CrossFit competition. He was the rock of our family and provided us all with advice and action when things were both hard and easy. He taught us patience. He will be missed to the moon and back. Lewis is survived by his wife Rita, his children and their spouses: Michael and Stacey Pepperman, Jessica Pepperman and Kevin Anderson, David and Lyndsey Pepperman, and Alexander; his grandchildren Whitney, Megan, Callie, Tessa, and Samantha, and his mother Elaine and brother Ken and sister-in-law Amy. He is predeceased by his sister Anita McMillan and father Phil Pepperman. Lewis passed peacefully surrounded by family. Private funeral services were held on August 27 with burial at Ewing Cemetery. For details on how to view the Zoom service recording and to send condolences to the family, visit Lewis’s obituary page on orlandsmemorialchapel.com.
U.S. Postal Service launches new election mail website The website, which provides clear and concise information about voting by mail, is available 24/7 by visiting usps.com/ votinginfo. The postal service recognizes that many states are choosing to expand mailin voting options in the upcoming elections and that there will likely be a significant increase in demand among postal customers to participate in those elections by using the mail, according to a statement provided on Aug. 21. In response, the postal service has updated its website to serve both voting customers seeking information on how to use the mail to vote and election officials seeking resources to help make their administration of the upcoming elections a success. For domestic voters, the website provides direct links to federal election resources as well as links to state-specific resources. For overseas and military voters, the new site provides additional information, including links to resources supporting their election participation. The site also highlights what the postal service views as the most critical information for voters who opt to vote through the U.S. Mail: that, in requesting or casting a mail-in ballot, they not only must comply with their local jurisdictions’ requirements, but also should start the process early. To allow sufficient time for voters to receive, complete and return ballots via the mail, the postal service strongly recommends that voters request ballots at the earliest point allowable, but no later than 15 days prior to the election date, according to the statement. The postal service also recommends that voters mail their ballots at least one week prior to their states’ due dates to allow for timely receipt by election officials. Voters should contact their local election officials for further information about deadlines and other requirements.
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Marion Friedman, left, and Efrain Monterroso are hoping to bridge the opportunity gap for low-income students through Pace Education in Princeton.
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Richard Stockton Snedeker Richard Stockton Snedeker, of Princeton, NJ, passed away on August 16, 2020. Born in Brooklyn, NY, on April 14, 1927 to Leonard and Annis Snedeker, “Dick” attended Poly Prep Country Day School. He served in the U. S. Navy from 1945 to 1946. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree in aeronautical engineering from Princeton University in 1951 and received a master’s in 1961. Initially employed by the Princeton University Press as a technical illustrator and editor, Dick moved on to work at Aeronautical Research Associates of Princeton (ARAP), where he spent his 40-year career working in the field of experimental fluid dynamics. He published nearly 100 papers and received five U. S. patents. He retired from ARAP in 1997. Dick married Mary Ellen Burroughs in 1952. They moved to West Windsor in 1957 where they raised their three children. Dick added two major additions to their Grover’s Mill home, doing all the carpentry, plumbing, heating, electrical, and roofing work himself. A beloved fixture in many aspects of the local scene, Dick served as a board member for the Princeton Small Animal Rescue League for three years. He was also a member of the West Windsor-Plainsboro School Board for 12 years, serving as president for four. He co-authored the plan to regionalize West Windsor with Plainsboro and played a significant role in the construction of the first West WindsorPlainsboro High School. Dick was chairman of the Grover’s Mill Pond Task Force, which successfully revitalized the pond. He also served as a board member for the Friends of West Windsor Open Space (FOWWOS) which protected areas of the township from development. After retiring from ARAP, Dick gave walking tours of Princeton for the Princeton Historical Society and was a docent at the Morven Museum. He helped found the West Windsor Arts Council and constructed large “Fabulous Forms” sculptures in his home woodshop for township children to paint during the council’s spring celebration. He also wrote the popular column Looking Back for the West Windsor-Plainsboro Community News, relating fun facts and anecdotes about West Windsor history. An IC4A champion miler while at Princeton, Dick competed in area road races for many years, usually winning his age-group. He officiated Princeton cross-country and track meets and received the Larry Ellis Alumni Award for his service. Dick enjoyed taking his family on camping trips to places such as Nova Scotia, Lake Michigan and Cape Hatteras. Later in life, he and Mary Ellen found immense pleasure in semi-annual trips to numerous destinations around the globe, with western and eastern Europe as particular favorites. Dick was a master woodworker and his hobbies included building furniture, making art, and family genealogy. He and Mary Ellen especially loved German band music, Gilbert and Sullivan and John Philip Sousa. Dick and Mary Ellen were married for 60 years until her passing in 2012. Dick is survived by his children Jenky Snedeker and her partner Kevin McCue of Essex Junction, VT, James Snedeker of Sunderland, MA, and Amy Snedeker of Pennington, NJ; three nephews: Robert Taylor of Asbury, NJ, Robert Snedeker and his wife Fran of Larchmont, NY, Don Snedeker and his wife Victoria of Falls Church, VA; two grandchildren: Laurel Jenkins, her husband Matthew Kent and their son Desmond of Middlebury, VT and Peter Dugan, his wife Angela, and their children Siena and Caleb of Hopkinton, MA. The Snedeker family offers thoughts and prayers to all those suffering from Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Dick and Mary Ellen were huge animal lovers all their lives. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals, 1010 Route 601, Skillman, NJ 08558. A family service will be held on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 1:00 PM followed by burial of ashes in Princeton Cemetery, 29 Greenview Ave. Princeton, NJ 08540, that everyone is welcome to attend at 2:00 PM. A zoom service will take place on Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 1:00 PM. A link for the service will be available in the service information section of Richard’s obituary on matherhodge. com. Arrangements are under the direction of Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton. NM-00438368
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Mercer County alum finds his niche researching global human security issues for D.C. think tank Daniel Hurley may have two jobs right now, but the 2017 honors graduate of Mercer County Community College (MCCC) has one unifying vision: to advance human rights in U.S. foreign policy. Hurley, who graduated last year with a bachelor’s degree in political science from The College of New Jersey, is currently a full-time legislative aide for state Assemblyman Daniel R. Benson, where he performs legislative work and manages constituent outreach, according to information provided by MCCC. At the same time, Hurley, formally a fellow, is the program manager for a Washington D.C.-based think tank called The Hay Institute, where he is leading the research and development of an upcoming report assessing the state of human security in the United States, according to the statement. Hurley explained that human security is an approach to understanding global vulnerabilities that is fairly new in international relations. “It is a paradigm that grew in prominence in the 1990s and focuses on understanding how enhancing the security of the individual can lead to greater national security and subsequently a more stable international environment,” Hurley said in the statement. The Hay Institute is a nonprofit, nonpartisan think-tank organization founded with the mission of promoting discussion
of human security around the globe. Hurley’s research will become part of the institute’s Annual Report series, which serves as a resource for scholars, government agencies and civil society, according to the statement. Hurley, who has been interested in this domain of international affairs for quite some time, has suddenly found his research uncannily timely in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. He explained that human security is broken down into several areas, with health security being one. “The ongoing pandemic has revealed how a global public-health crisis can exacerbate existing insecurities and generate new vulnerabilities experienced by individuals and nations as a whole,” Hurley said in the statement. “Whether that be high unemployment (economic insecurity), widespread food insecurity, or even the onset of political insecurity.” For Hurley, his work with The Hay Institute is a dream come true for the political science major who has been interested in politics, U.S. foreign policy and human security both before and throughout college, according to the statement. “Before coming to MCCC, I had engaged in domestic politics by working on several political campaigns as a volunteer and intern, including for former Congressman Rush Holt, Assemblyman Daniel Benson, Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman and Plainsboro Township Com-
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mittee candidates,” the former MCCC honors student said in the statement. “While at MCCC, I was also elected to my first term as a county committeeman for the Middlesex County Democratic Organization.” Hurley explained that he has always been drawn to domestic politics and global affairs, with an “ultimate goal of pursuing a career in public service.” But prior to entering college, Hurley was uncertain which major he felt most passionate about based on his varying but related interests.
“I decided to attend MCCC and pursue the liberal arts major because it provided a multidisciplinary curriculum that allowed me to explore, and eventually narrow down, my academic interests,” he said in the statement. After his first semester at MCCC, Hurley gravitated toward international affairs and decided that his professional ambitions aligned with a career in U.S. foreign policy. During the summer of 2019 he had the opportunity to engage in U.S. foreign policy by completing an internship with Senator Bob Menendez’s staff for the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in Washington, D.C., according to the statement. Hurley’s next stop will be graduate school where he will pursue a master’s degree in security studies, specializing in the nexus between human rights and national security. Plans are in place for after he completes graduate school as well. “My objective is to serve as a foreign affairs officer with the Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor at the Department of State, crafting U.S. foreign policy that advances human rights and human security,” he said in the statement.
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FIRE DISTRICT NO. 3 OF THE TOWNSHIP OF SOUTH BRUNSWICK COUNTY OF MIDDLESEX
As required by N.J.S.A. 40A:5A-15 the following is a synopsis of the audit of the financial statements and supplementary information for the year ended December 31, 2019. Governmental Funds Balance Sheet December 31, 2019 Assets: Current assets: Cash and cash equivalents $332,605 Investments Due from other Other receivables 123,781 Total current assets 456,386 Noncurrent assets: Investments $201,453 Investment in length of service awards program 690,621 Total noncurrent assets 892,074 Total assets $1,348,460 Liabilities, equity and other credits: Accounts payable $38,119 Other payables 123,781 Total liabilities 161,900 Fund balances: Restricted for: Capital 123,781 Investment in length of service awards program 720,937 Assigned for: Subsequent year's expenditures 80,000 Unassigned, reported in: General fund 261,842 Total fund balances 1,186,560 Total liabilities and fund balances $1,348,460 $-
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 August 24, 2020. The contract and the resolution authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk as follows: NAME
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- NOTICE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSE Take notice that Crook & Marker LLC has applied to the Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control for a Limited Wholesale License for the premise located at 1 N. Johnston Ave., Suite D114, D116, D118, and Suite D Cellar, Hamilton, New Jersey: The individuals that will hold an interest in this License are: Daylo Capital, L.P., 1 N. Johnston Ave., Suite D114, D116, D118, and Suite D Cellar, Hamilton, New Jersey 08609 Crook & Marker Aggregator LLC, 1 N. Johnston Ave., Suite D114, D116, D118, and Suite D Cellar, Hamilton, New Jersey 08609 Chimborazo, Inc., 1 N. Johnston Ave., Suite D114, D116, D118, and Suite D Cellar, Hamilton, New Jersey 08609 Ben Weiss, 1 N. Johnston Ave., Suite D114, D116, D118, and Suite D Cellar, Hamilton, New Jersey 08609 Danna Weiss, 1 N. Johnston Ave., Suite D114, D116, D118, and Suite D Cellar, Hamilton, New Jersey 08609 Objections, if any, should be made immediately in writing to the Director of the New Jersey Division of Alcoholic Beverage Control, PO Box 087, 140 East Front Street, Fifth Floor, Trenton, New Jersey 08625-0087. Crook & Marker LLC c/o Skene Law Firm 2614 Route 516, 2nd Floor Old Bridge, NJ 08857 PP, 2x, 8/28/2020, 9/4/2020, Fee: $78.40, Affidavit: $15.00
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NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held August 24, 2020 an ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-26 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Concerning Tree Protection Zones, Tree Replacement Fees and Contractor Registration, Amending the “Code of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, 1974” and “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” was passed on second and final reading and adopted.
In Accordance with the guidelines set forth in sec. 4.03 of Rev. Proc. 75-50, 1975-2 C.B.587 by the Internal Revenue Service, The Titusville Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-29 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton, Authorizing Vacation of an Existing 20’ Wide Stream Easement on Block 1305, Lot 3 (171 Autumn Hill Road), Princeton Municipal Tax Map (2018) was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on August 24, 2020.
September 12, 2020 to February 20, 2021 (excluding Sundays and Christmas Day) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that as part of Princeton’s 2020-2021 deer management program, and under the oversight of the Princeton Police Department, Princeton will allow a small group of volunteer recreational bow hunters to hunt deer by bow on the below-listed publicly-owned properties located in Princeton. Beginning on or about September 12, 2020 and ending no later than February 20, 2021, the following areas may be hunted, but solely by Princeton-approved bow hunters: Fieldwood:
Approximately 25 acres located between Griggs Farm and Cherry Hill Road. Only two Princeton-approved bow hunters will be permitted to hunt on this property at any one time.
Woodfield Reservation:
Approximately 114 acres located between Drakes Corner Road and Old Great Road. Only five Princeton-approved bow hunters will be permitted to hunt on this property at any one time.
Autumn Hill Reserve:
Approximately 72 acres located off of Herrontown Road. Only five Princeton-approved bow hunters will be permitted to hunt on this property at any one time.
Gulick Farm:
Approximately 28 acres located between Herrontown Road and Dodds Lane. Only two Princeton-approved bow hunters will be permitted to hunt on this property at any one time.
Stony Brook/Quaker Rd.:
Approximately 20 acres located off of Quaker Road, between Route 206 and Mercer Street. Only two Princeton-approved bow hunters will be permitted to hunt on this property at any one time.
Stony Brook/Puritan Ct.:
Approximately 26 acres located between Puritan Court and Pretty Brook Road. Only three Princeton-approved bow hunters will be permitted to hunt on this property at any one time.
Herrontown Woods:
Approximately 25+ acres located off of Herrontown Road. Only five Princeton-approved bow hunters will be permitted to hunt on this property at any one time.
Hunting is generally permitted every day starting one half hour before sunrise and ending one half hour after sunset, except for Saturdays, when no hunting is allowed between 10 am and 2 pm; and Sundays and Christmas Day, when no hunting whatsoever is allowed. In addition, no hunting is allowed other than from an elevated stand, or within 20 yards of any road or trail, and no hunting is allowed with a firearm. Warning signs will be posted at the entrances to each of the properties that will be hunted. All State and local regulations pertaining to parks and to hunting will remain in full force and effect and will be enforced by the Princeton Police Department. Any violation of these regulations will be grounds for terminating all hunting activities.
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Princeton Self Storage, 35 Airpark Rd, Princeton NJ 08540, wishing to avail themselves of the provision under the “New Jersey Self Storage Facility Act (N.J. S.A. 2A:44-187 et seq.)” hereby gives notice of sale under said act to wit. Bids will be accepted online only at lockerfox.com and the sale will end on September 14th, 2020 at 10:00 AM. The public sale to the highest bidder, for cash only, will include the contents of following spaces: Ann H Schremp UNIT 6014 Household Goods Mark Petraske UNIT 3032 Business Goods This sale is being made to satisfy the land-lords lien. Sale is subject to adjournment. Reserve the right to cancel public sale.
NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-30 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton, Authorizing Vacation of an Existing 20’ Wide Sewer Lateral Easement on Block 5701, Lot 1 (106 Leabrook Lane), Princeton Municipal Tax Map (2018) was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on August 24, 2020. Said ordinance is available to the public, free of charge, in the Office of the Clerk, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey and on the Princeton Municipal Website at https://www.princetonnj.gov/ordinance-pages/2020-ordinances NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said ordinance will be will be further considered for final passage after a public hearing thereon on September 14, 2020 at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. Because of the state of emergency in New Jersey regarding COVID19 (Coronavirus), the meeting will be held electronically via “Zoom” at which time and place any person interested may be heard.
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held August 24, 2020 an ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-27 An Ordinance By The Municipality Of Princeton Amending Ordinance No. 2020-14 (The “COVID-19” Ordinance) By Expanding Its Scope And Extending The Date On Which It Will “Sunset” was passed on second and final reading and adopted. Delores A. Williams Municipal Clerk
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Said ordinance is available to the public, free of charge, in the Office of the Clerk, 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey and on the Princeton Municipal Website at https://www.princetonnj.gov/ordinance-pages/2020-ordinances NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that said ordinance will be will be further considered for final passage after a public hearing thereon on September 14, 2020 at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. Because of the state of emergency in New Jersey regarding COVID19 (Coronavirus), the meeting will be held electronically via “Zoom” at which time and place any person interested may be heard.
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MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held August 24, 2020 an ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-28 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Amending The Definition Of Accessory Dwelling Unit In The “Code Of The Borough Of Princeton, New Jersey, 1974” And The “Code Of The Township Of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” was passed on second and final reading and adopted. Delores A. Williams Municipal Clerk
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Revenues: Anticipated revenues: Miscellaneous revenues $118,896 Operating grant revenues 1,443 Total revenues 120,339 Amount raised by taxation to support district budget 580,435 Total anticipated revenues 700,774 Expenditures: Operating appropriations: Administration: Salaries and wages 20,000 Other expenditures 37,141 Total administration 57,141 Cost of operations and maintenance Salaries and wages 111,879 Other expenditures 247,210 Total cost of operations and maintenance 359,089 Length of service awards program 16,661 Capital appropriations 575,898 Debt Service for capital appropriations: Principal on capital leases 63,477 Interest on capital leases 11,308 Total debt service for capital appropriations 74,785 Total operating appropriations 1,083,574 Other finance sources and uses: Proceeds from capital lease 470,000 Total other finance sources and uses 470,000 Excess (deficiency) of revenues under (over) expenditures 87,200 Fund balance, January 1 1,099,360 Fund balance, December 31 $1,186,560 For the year ended December 31, 2019, there were no recommendations submitted. The above synopsis was prepared from the report of the audit of the Fire District No. 3 of the Township of South Brunswick as of December 31, 2019. This report of audit, submitted by Holman Frenia Allison, P.C., Certified Public Accountants, is on file at the office of the Fire District No. 3 of the Township of South Brunswick, 8 Heathcote Road, Kingston, New Jersey and may be inspected by any interested person.
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The Board of Commissioners of the Princeton Housing Authority will be holding a virtual special meeting beginning at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 for the purpose of discussing the Memorandum of Understanding between the Authority and the municipality of Princeton for the redevelopment of the Maple-Franklin Project. This meeting will be held in executive session and no opportunity for public comment or participation.
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GOPIO Central Jersey holds Community Recognition Awards and India Independence Day The Global Organization of People of Indian Origin (GOPIO) Central Jersey hosted its Community Recognition Awards and India Independence Day celebration on a virtual platform which was attended by invited guests, public officials, community leaders, GOPIO members and awardees from various fields. Honorable Consul General of India in New York, Radhir Kumar Jaiswal, was the chief guest, and New Jersey State Assemblyman Raj Mukherji was the Guest of Honor for the event on Aug. 15. In his address, Jaiswal said that watching both the American and Indian flags displayed and national anthems sung is a true celebration of democracy in the United States, according to information provided by GOPIO. For the first time ever, a Indian flag hoisting happened in Times Square, New York, which was a proud moment for all Indians, he said in the statement. A speech by the prime minister of India from Red Fort, Delhi, India, was a symbol of achievements and aspirations of future. He promised to work and wanted to connect with the Indian diaspora to exchange the ideas in national education policy and technology advancement with India, according to the statement. GOPIO International Chair Dr. Thomas Abraham mentioned that India has made tremendous progress in last seven decades and Indian diaspora in the U.S. has made tremendous contributions in health care, hospitality, information technology, science and education, and there are now many Indian Americans in political positions, including governor, Congress, Senate and state and local levels. Mukherji expressed his pride in Indian Americans in New Jersey and congratulated GOPIO and their members for the involvement in civic and community work, according to the statement. He added that it is a proud moment that there is a can-
didate of Indian descent for vice president this November. During the unprecedented time of public health crisis, not only the physicians and frontline health care workers of Indian origin, but other small businesses that include hotels and restaurants, rose to the occasion to serve those who were in need, Mukherji said in the statement. Dr. Tushar Patel, president of GOPIO Central Jersey, provided the history of GOPIO and described Central Jersey activities of the past 12 years. He read a letter from New Jersey State Senator Vin Gopal, who was another Guest of Honor but was not able to attend due to a schedule conflict. Patel announced the new executive team for the next two years: Kunal Mehta, president; Vijay Garg, executive vice president; Nishith Mehta, vice president; Amit Kucheriya, secretary; and Kunal Gupta, treasurer. The Executive Committee attended the event at IndusTV in Princeton, but all others attended via virtual platform which was broadcasted live on the IndusTV platform on social media. Kunal Mehta was the master of ceremony. The event started with melodious singing of the American national anthem by Anika Patel and the Indian national anthem by Falguni Shah. Two choreographed patriotic dance performances were given by Bina Master’s students of NrityaKala Dance Academy and Tarika and Tanvika. Newly elected president Kunal Mehta promised his commitment to bring various programs and activities to keep GOPIOCentral Jersey in a positive direction and expressed his sincere gratitude to all executive members for their continued support, according to the statement. Eight accomplished individuals in various fields and professionals were awarded with 2020 Community Recognition Awards: • Falguni Shah is a Grammy-nominated
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The West Windsor Arts Council will hold the visual art show, Art and Healing, from Aug. 31 to Oct. 23. The opening reception will be 7:15 p.m. Sept. 11. Artists explore the theme of art and healing as it relates to the pandemic as well as to any challenging life experience, personal or public. For more information, visit https://westwindsorarts.org/event/art-and-healingexhibition/
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In the summer of 1783, the Continental Congress met at Nassau Hall in Princeton, awaiting news of a peace treaty with Great Britain. On Sept. 3, the Treaty of Paris was signed, formally ending the Revolutionary War. On the anniversary of this milestone, educator and long-time Historical Society of Princeton walking tour guide Barry Singer will offer an illustrated talk via Zoom describing the lead up to this pivotal moment in America’s history, as this small rural town provides the backdrop for the historic events of that summer and fall. “Zoom into History: Princeton, the Nation’s Capital: 1783” will be presented at 7 p.m. Sept. 23. To register, visit https://princetonhistory.org/events/princeton-the-nations-capital-1783/ The Princeton University Art Museum will hold its Nassau Street Sampler Virtual Festival from 4-11 p.m. Sept. 3. The fest will include online lotería, trivia, art-making, chef videos, student performances, and a virtual dance party. For more information, visit https:// artmuseum.princeton.edu/nassau-streetsampler
Through Fri., September 4
A series of structured workshops will benefit poets who are interested in honing their craft and working toward publishing their work. Featuring Anna Evans. Will be held online courtesy of the West Windsor Arts Council. To register, visit https://westw indsorarts .z2s ystems .com/np/clients/westwindsorarts/eventList. jsp?anotherEvent=&categoryIds=6
singer and songwriter for her mix of Indian classical melodies and western contemporary sounds. She was named one of the 20 most influential Indian women by the Economic Times of India in 2015. She was honored with an award for her contributions in performing arts. • Varsha Singh dedicated her time and service to providing stroke education and information in communities throughout New Jersey for the past 10 years. She holds many national and international positions in stroke organizations and provides expertise and experience in developing protocols and guidance. She was honored with an award for her contributions in the health care field. • Revathi Kulkarni Roy empowered women by providing them employment since 2007. She pioneered Asia’s first ever women’s cab service and now runs an allfemale logistics company Hey DeeDee where the riders and drivers are all women. She has been on the list of Fortune Most Powerful Women in business in 2019. She was honored as a global achiever and for women empowerment. • Raman Kapur is an entrepreneur, investor, advisor and mentor to many CEOs and working with young, women and minority entrepreneurs through his TiE New Jersey organization. He is educating future
Fri., September 4 – Fri., November 6
Students entering grades 6-9 will be able to gather under the tents on the field at the Princeton Family YMCA, 59 Paul Robeson Place, for three-hour sessions. During that time, they can be together safely, enjoy the benefits of socializing, and engage in a more rounded school experience. Screened and trained college students as well as recent graduates will serve as advisors and role models, providing leadership and facilitating fun, structured activities. Financial assistance will be available. For more information, visit princetonymca.org
Through Mon., September 7
The Princeton Festival’s 14th annual competition for young pianists will be conducted online, closing on Sept. 23 with a virtual concert by finalists and the announcement of the winners. Those wishing to enter must submit a video of themselves playing a designated piece by Sept. 7. Submissions will be adjudicated by a distinguished panel of Conservatory faculty and concert soloists. Entrants will compete in four categories divided by age from 6 to 18 years old, plus two categories (Piano Four-Hands and Open Class) for competitors 25 and under. Artists may enter more than one category. Winners will receive certificates and cash prizes. Details are available at https://princetonfestival.org/2020-piano-competitionrules-repertoire
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Join the YWCA Princeton Area Newcomers and Friends Women’s Club at 4 p.m. to read and discuss books about race. The first book is “How to Be an Antiracist” by Ibram Kenti; view one of the author’s talks at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=TzuOlyyQlug before the first meeting, if possible. The Page 3 participants will select the other two books as well as whether members will meet online on Zoom or outside with masks while social distancing. For more information, email NewcomersMarketing@ywcaprinceton.org or visit www.ywcaprinceton.org/newcomers.
leaders about unconventional resources for raising capital for startups through various available resources and tools. He was honored in business entrepreneurship award. • Devendra Singh is the founder and president of Hindi USA which was created in 2001 to promote learning Hindi language for younger generation. In last 19 years, Hindi USA has more than 4,000 students and 400 teachers. Due to his passion to educate and promote Hindi language, he was honored for his community service. • Neel Shah provided business, tax and other investment opportunities to families during the pandemic by conducting weekly educational webinars to keep them informed. • Sudharani Kankanala raised more than $100,000 during her involvement with the Rotary Club. She has dedicated her time with various community organizations to include Red Cross and the United Way, North Brunswick Township and Boys Scout. • Arvind Patel, owner of Rajbhog Foods, delivered 14 tons of food, which is nearly 27,000 pounds, in meals during the pandemic to more than 30 hospitals, medical centers, universities and law enforcement agencies in New York and New Jersey.
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