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Princeton company develops rapid saliva-based test to detect COVID-19 By ANDREW HARRISON Staff Writer

A new rapid saliva-based antigen test has been developed in Princeton as COVID-19 cases rise again across Princeton, New Jersey, and America. Created by RICOVR, a Princeton company located on Nassau Street, the saliva-based test named Xaliva will be a portable test able to detect the virus for businesses, state and federal agencies and school districts. Xaliva is a point-of-care test (POC). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, POC tests provide results within minutes of the test being administered, which allows for

rapid decisions about patient care. RICOVR has developed their device to have a detection time of 5-10 minutes. “Anywhere where businesses have to have employees come in or any event that has to have people come in, this would be a POC for that. So [this is] mostly for businesses right now on a mass kind of scale, and then maybe be [available] to a consumer down the road, when we can scale the cost,” said Brett Felmey, vice president of sales for RICOVR. “Business to business (B2B), the total addressable market is any business in the world or event you are running that you need to know quickly if people are carrying COVID-19.”

RICOVR is going B2B, because regulatory hurdles are not as high as they are for direct to consumer, he said. Piyush Sadana, co-founder and chief operating officer of RICOVR, said as soon as the company gets approvals for direct to consumer, the test can be done at home. “For COVID, we are working expeditiously to get ready by December for B2B, so basically what I mean is that we will be ready to submit to FDA Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by December. Currently, the EUA is prioritizing these rapid antigen tests and the processing time for approvals is four to six weeks,” Sadana said. “So hopefully if

everything goes well and we get approval in time, the test should be out there in early January of next year. Five hundred thousand portable tests can be produced a month once we get approvals. Then we will scale up, naturally.” For testing purposes, there is a swab that is supplied for the user to collect a small amount of saliva. You put that into the syringe and squeeze that syringe onto the device sensor, which is called a U-shaped fiber optic sensor because of its shape. The machine (reader) then basically reads out the amount of analyte (substance whose chemical constituents are being identified), in this case the saliva. For B2B initial cost, the single

use disposable cartridge that has the U-shaped fiber will be under $10 and the device reader will be one-time cost of about $500. There is an estimated two-year shelf life for continuous use of the reader. The collection swab and cartridge reader strips are disposable kits that will come with the reader. As many of the strips RICOVR can make is what has been requested, according to the company. “Our goal is to launch this with about 90% sensitivity. Right now we are in the lab setting and we are close to that, but the real test for sensitivity comes when you do expanded test and do additional sampling, which is still See RAPID TEST, Page 8A

Princeton resident reunites with fellow Mouseketeers to record holiday album By JENNIFER AMATO Managing Editor

One of “The All-New Mickey Mouse Club” cast members from the 1990s has reunited with her fellow Mouseketeers to record a special holiday album. “Why? Because It’s Christmas” features Princeton resident Lindsey Alley, along with 17 ‘Teers who recorded 15 holiday classics. The Disney stars from all seven seasons reunited 30 years later. Recorded during the height of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic, the album will be released on Nov. 27. The group is donating a portion of the gross proceeds to two organizations that support those extremely affected by COVID-19. MusiCares provides critical assistance to members of the music community in times of need. The Brave of Heart Fund provides much needed financial support to the families of frontline healthcare workers and volunteers who lost their lives due to COVID-19.

“Music has such a unique ability to heal and unify us, and we are so grateful for our position to continue to support music creators and professionals in these uncertain times. The direct impact we have been able to make on our music community during the pandemic would not be possible without the generosity of partners like Always In The Club,” said Laura Segura, executive director of MusiCares, in the statement. “We are grateful to Always in the Club for its efforts to raise awareness for the Brave of Heart Fund,” Holly Welch Stubbing, president and CEO of E4E Relief, said in the statement. “Contributions like this one will allow the fund to support even more families of fallen healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic as they navigate their unimaginable losses.” Aside from Alley, the singers are Rhona Bennett, Deedee Magno Hall, Tony Lucca, Nikki DeLoach, Dale Godboldo, Chasen Hampton, Tasha Danner, David Kater, Jason “Blain” Carson,

Jennifer McGill, Mylin BrooksStoddard, Raquel “Roque” Herring, Nita Young, Jason Minor, TJ Fantini and Marc Worden. Alley moved to Princeton in the summer of 2019 with her husband and young son; they had moved to Brooklyn, N.Y., from Los Angeles the year prior, and after living in a basement apartment for nearly a year, decided they needed a bit more space, she said in an interview with Newspaper Media Group/Packet Media LLC. “We looked at a lot of towns in New Jersey and New York, but Princeton just felt ‘right’ to us. And we also found the perfect house, so it all made sense. We hadn’t been here too long before COVID hit, but it still gave us plenty of time to find our favorite spots and meet some great new friends. “We love our walks along the D&R Canal, in Palmer Square and through the Princeton University campus. We have spent a lot of time playing at Marquand Park. And nothing beats a meal

at Mistral or Mediterra, followed by a scoop from the Bent Spoon,” she said. Alley said she watched a lot of movie musicals as a child and remembers saying to her mother, “I can do that,” she recalled.

“She took me to an audition for ‘The Sound of Music’ at a dinner theater in my hometown of Lakeland, Fla. I landed the role of Gretl and I have been working in the theater ever since,” she said.

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Princeton University has established an endowed fund with a gift from Currie C. and Thomas A. Barron that will signiﬁcantly increase support for environmental research related to biodiversity and build upon the university’s decades-long leadership in studying and protecting the rich variety of Earth’s ecosystems. The Thomas A. and Currie C. Barron Family Biodiversity Research Challenge Fund will support individuals or teams of Princeton faculty and students from across the campus who pursue research crucial to preserving species and the interconnectivity of ecosystems, according to information provided by the university. The Biodiversity Challenge program will be based in and

overseen by the High Meadows Environmental Institute (HMEI), previously known as the Princeton Environmental Institute (PEI). With the new biodiversity fund, HMEI now has four research challenge funds addressing urgent and complex global environmental issues, including programs dedicated to climate and energy, oceans and freshwater systems, and sustainable cities, according to the statement. “There is no greater long-term challenge to humanity than the en-

vironmental crisis, and Princeton’s mission of service compels us to find solutions to mitigate the impact on our ecosystems,” University President Christopher L. Eisgruber said in the statement. “Currie and Tom Barron care deeply about preserving our planet’s biodiversity. They have been dedicated and creative champions for environmental research at Princeton for several decades, supporting our approach to finding workable global solutions through interdisciplinary collaboration between scientists,

policy makers, industry and storytellers. We are deeply grateful to the Barrons for their vision and their commitment.” The preservation of biodiversity is one of the most urgent environmental problems today, with human activity driving an accelerated loss of plant and animal species worldwide, often referred to as the sixth mass extinction, according to the statement. Many of the tools and theories scientists use in the lab and field today — from mathematical models and gene sequencing,

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to climate models and satellites — have their roots at Princeton. Today, the university’s scientists — many of whom are appointed in or affiliated with HMEI — continue to lead the way in studying the dynamics of species and natural systems in ways that are relevant to sustainability and conservation, according to the statement “When you lose biodiversity, when you pluck out strands of the complicated web of life surrounding us, that can require 100 million years of evolutionary time to See BIODIVERSITY, Page 8A

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The Metlar-Bodine House Museum has reopened after months of closure due to COVID-19. Discover Piscataway’s exceptional 354-year-old back story told in a docent-led tour. Learn why and how America’s tradition of celebrating July 4 began in Piscataway in 1778. View a map display of the museum’s theme “From Indian Trail to Interstate,” a journey through time. Visit the museum’s Dutch Door gift shop. Current hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Thursdays, Dec. 3, 10 and 17; noon to 5 p.m. Saturdays, Dec. 5, 12, and 19; and noon to 5 p.m. Dec. 13. Schedule subject to change due to COVID-19. Call ahead or visit the website. Admission is $5 per person; children under 5 free. Pay at the door, cash only. Group tours of four must schedule in advance. Official COVID-19 guidelines include limiting tours and gift shop visits to one group of four people at a time to maintain social distancing; masks required for children and adults before entering the museum and to be worn during the visit; and the availability of hand sanitizer at the admission desk and in the gift shop. The museum is located at 1281 River Road, Piscataway. For more information, call 732-463-8363, email metlarbodine@gmail.com or visit https://metlarbodinehousemuseum.org Submissions are being accepted for the 2021 Princeton Environmental Film Festival (PEFF), a signature Princeton Public Library event featuring films and filmmaker presentations which explore sustainability and environmental issues. The festival will be presented in two main sessions in 2021 with special screenings taking place throughout the year. Entries received by Jan. 15 will be considered for both the all-virtual session in April, and the festival’s second session in October. The October session will also be presented in a virtual format but will feature some live events if restrictions on public gatherings are lifted. The submission deadline for the October session is July 15. An entry form and additional information about PEFF is available at princetonlibrary.org/peff. There is no fee to submit a film for consideration. The Princeton Environmental Film Festival is under the direction of Susan Conlon and Kim Dorman, whose focus is to present films with local, regional and international relevance. Screenings are free and made possible through funding from the Church & Dwight Employee Giving Fund, The Whole Earth Center of Princeton and others.

Beginning Fri., November 20

The Greater Princeton Mental Health Coalition (GPMHC) is hosting a virtual art exhibit surrounding mental health. In these times of isolation and stagnancy, open discussion surrounding mental health has grown exponentially more crucial. The Breaking the Chains Within art exhibit features visual art and literature from 14 teenage artists impacted by the mental health climate of Princeton. Trigger and content warnings are integrated into the exhibit in a sensitive manner so that viewers can deliberately decide what work to view. The artwork can be found on Instagram @greaterprinceton.mhc starting Nov. 20 and is also posted on https:// greaterprinceton.weebly.com/breaking-the-chains-within-art-exhibit.html

Fri., November 20 – Sun., Nov. 22

Morven Museum & Garden’s first Pop-Up Holiday Craft Sale will be held from 1-9 p.m. Nov. 20, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Nov. 21 and from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 22 inside the Stockton Education Center, 55 Stockton St., Princeton. Admission is $10, which includes entrance to the Festival of Trees inside the museum. All participants must wear a mask, and adhere to social distancing and capacity limits. For more information, visit https://www.morven.org/

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Saturdays, through November 21 The West Windsor Community Farmers Market will be held 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through Nov. 21 in the Vaughn Lot of the Princeton Junction Train Station, West Windsor. Entrance is east of the intersection of Alexander Road/Vaughn Drive. Use 877 Alexander Road, West Windsor, for directions. Information on the winter markets will be released soon. For more information, visit https://www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org/

Sat., November 21

The Arts Council of Princeton will present a Watercolor Mono-Prints Workshop from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Nov. 21 in the studio, 102 Witherspoon St., Princeton. Mono-printing is an off the press hand printing technique created by painting with watercolors on an alum infused acrylic plate. This class will be taught using social distancing measures and students will be required to wear a mask. Cost is $35 for members or $45 for non-members. Register at https://public.artscouncilofprinceton.org/ public/classdirect/1528 Sun., November 22 The Lawrenceville Main Street Winter Arts Market, scheduled for Nov. 22, has been canceled due to newly imposed coronavirus restrictions. For more information, visit Lawrencevillemainstreet. com

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November 15-22 is Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week. HomeFront is offering the community various ways to learn, get involved and have an impact. Buy holiday art online, or by appointment, at HomeFront ArtSpace’s Art For The Holidays event through Dec. 15. Kicking off during Hunger & Homelessness Awareness Week, this event showcases art from local and HomeFront artists to benefit homeless families. For more information, visit www.artjamnj.org Stop by HomeFront’s “Pop Up” Information & Donation Drop Off Center from 4-7 p.m. Nov. 20 or from 12-5 p.m. Nov. 21 or 22 at 63 Palmer Square, Princeton. Learn about the local situation and how to help, and donate nonperishable food, coats, diapers, wipes and formula. More information is available at www.homefrontnj.org Take a virtual tour of HomeFront’s headquarters at 3 p.m. Nov. 20 or 11 a.m. Nov. 21. Learn more about the local situation, how HomeFront helps, and how to get involved. Visit www.homefrontnj to sign up and for log in details. Free of charge. Mon., November 23 Princeton Dance Festival Reimagined features new works created for a virtual environment led by professional choreographers Peter Chu, Francesca Harper, Rebecca Lazier, Dean Moss, Silas Riener and Olivier Tarpaga. The choreographers have created innovative dances with Princeton dance students despite the restrictions of the COVID pandemic. Works explore the intersections of dance and multimedia performance, digital animation, filmmaking, site-based work and music. Each evening is a completely different and unique experience followed by a question-and-answer session with the choreographers. Presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance at Princeton University at 8:30 p.m. Nov. 23 and at 8 p.m. Dec. 3, 4 and 5 online via Zoom. Admission is free and open to the public; registration for each evening is required. For information and the Zoom registration links, visit http://arts.princeton.edu/dance-reimagined

Tues., November 24

All ages and experience levels are welcome to join the fourth annual Sonnet Slam, part of McCarter Theatre’s Shakespeare Community Reading Group, at 7 p.m. Nov. 24. This is a fun and informal way to personally experience Shakespeare’s words, characters and greatest speeches. Register for free to participate as a reader or spectator by visiting https://www.mccarter.org/scrg

Thurs., November 26

Trinity Church in Princeton will hold its 13th annual Princeton Trinity Turkey Trot from 8:30-10 a.m. Nov. 26,

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Thurs., Nov. 26 through Fri., Jan. 1

Roxey Ballet, Lambertville’s renowned professional dance company, will present its annual American holiday classic and new made for television “Nutcracker” 2020, available for streaming from any device Thanksgiving Day through New Year’s Day at 10 a.m., 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. daily. This new production, directed by Mark Roxey, features more than 200 handmade costumes designed by Alicia Worden and Ana Vichnevetsky, including new personalized costume masks for each role, with production and lighting designs by Jeffrey Goldstein. Complemented by an international cast of professional performers from around the world, Roxey Ballet also draws on the local talent pool from neighboring communities, including Lambertville, New Hope, Doylestown, Newtown, Stockton, Hopewell, Lawrenceville, Pennington, Ewing and Princeton. Subscribers to the new Nutcracker Channel also receive live streamed rehearsals, cast and crew interviews, The Sugar Plum Fairy Adventure Series, a Senior Living Dance Class, and an additional production of The Year of the Women Choreography Lab featuring five New Jerseybased choreographers creating socially conscious works showcasing women’s issues: disability rights, women’s health initiatives, bullying and the cultural condition. To purchase a Nutcracker Channel ticket, visit www. roxeyballet.org/virtual-performances

Sat., November 28 The Friends of Howell Farm will hold their annual Wreath & Sleighbell Sale, featuring straps of bells made by the farm’s harnessmaker, beginning at 10 a.m. Nov. 28 at the Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township. Bring canned goods for donation to area food banks and soup kitchens. Visitors are required to carry masks at all times, and wear them when social distancing is not possible. For more information, call 609-737-3299 or visit howellfarm.org

Sun., November 29

Princeton University Concerts will present 21-yearold cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and his older sister, pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason, for the duo’s Princeton debut, recorded live from their family home in Nottingham, England, at 3 p.m. EST Nov. 29. Following a program of monumental works by Beethoven, Rachmaninoff and Saint-Saëns, the siblings will engage viewers in a live question-and-answer session. This event will be the culmination of an almost monthlong focus on the Kanneh-Mason family, including curated playlists by several of the seven musician siblings, and an afternoon conversation premiering at noon EST on Nov. 19 with parents Kadiatu and Stuart Kanneh-Mason about their musical family, the issue of race in classical music, and more, moderated by WNYC host Helga Davis. The duo will also virtually visit with members of the Trenton High School Orchestra as part of Princeton University Concerts’ Neighborhood Project, connecting artists on the series with students in Trenton’s public schools. Continuing the initiative of partnering with local food vendors for Watch Party events and gesturing towards the Kanneh-Mason’s British background, Princeton University Concerts is partnering with The Simple Stove to offer an afternoon tea service available for purchase and delivery to concert viewers. A portion of proceeds from the sale of the tea box will support Meals On Wheels of Mercer County. The concert stream will remain available for on-demand viewing until 11:59 p.m. Dec. 8. While this free virtual event is non-ticketed, attendees are highly encouraged to RSVP in advance at princetonuniversityconcerts.org. More information is available at princetonuniversityconcerts.org.

November 30; December 1 & 2

Princeton Day School will hold a virtual spotlight series on its Lower School pre-Kindergarten to grade 4 programs. Learn about the overall program at 7 p.m. Nov. 30. Welcome remarks from Paul Stellato, head of school; overview of academic program highlights from Dr. Sandy Wang, head of Lower School; and question-and-answer session with Anthony McKinley, director of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Learn about literacy and math at 7 p.m. Dec. 1. Learn about signature programs at 9 a.m. Dec. 2. Register at www.pds.org/admission/spotlight-sessions or call 609-924-6700, ext. 1200.

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etting your children to talk to you can sometimes feel harder than getting them to eat their vegetables or brush their teeth. But creating an environment in which your children feel safe to express their thoughts and feelings is just as important to their well-being as helping them with their school work. And opening the door to communication when children are young can help keep it from being slammed shut when they reach adolescence. Six Levels of Validation In simplest terms, validation is a way to show your child that you get it. It is the ability to communicate that their thoughts, feelings and actions are understandable, and to create a psychologically safe space for them to open up. Validation does not necessarily mean you agree. It means you hear your child and understand where they are coming from. In using validation as an effective communication tool, it can be helpful to think in terms of the following six levels: • Paying attention. At the very minimum, validation means paying attention. It means putting down your phone, turning off the TV and tuning in to what your child is trying to say to you. Parents are good a multitasking, but when it comes to communicating with your child it is important to push distractions to the side to show them that they have your full attention. Try setting aside at least 15 minutes every day to have a conversation with your child. • Reflective listening. Reflective listening shows your child that you really do hear what they are saying. The act of reflective listening involves repeating back to your child what they said and asking if you got it right. For example, if your child is upset about not getting invited to a birthday party, you might say: “I hear you are sad about not getting invited to the party, is that right?” Try not to use language or a tone that may perceived as judgmental, and try not to get them to change their mind. Even though you know there will be other parties, it is important not to minimize the hurt your child is feeling at that moment. • Reading between the lines. Try to be sensitive to what is not being said as much as you are to what you hear. Though you may not be able to read your child’s mind, you can sense when something is off. For instance, if your child is normally talkative at dinner and then one night is unusually quiet, don’t ignore it. Say to them: “You’re unusually quiet tonight. How are you feeling?” • Understanding. Tell your child that you understand how they feel. For instance, let them know that it’s understandable to feel anxious about appearing on video for their virtual

class or that it makes a lot of sense that they’re feeling angry that they can’t see their friends because of COVID-19 and the need to social distance. • Acknowledging what is valid. Acknowledge when your child’s feelings make sense and that their behavior makes sense when there are facts and logic that support it. For example, if your child can’t sit still for class, acknowledge that it makes sense they are feeling tired and distracted, and might not want to sit at their desk. • Showing equality. Show your child that even though they are young, their feelings carry equal weight. Avoid dismissing their feelings as childish or immature. There is a time and a place for parents to share their own experiences, but in the immediate situation that could come off as invalidating or one-upping. Keep the focus on your child. Modeling and Light-Hearted Conversations In addition to practicing the six levels of validation, parents can also encourage communication by practicing what they preach. By modeling positive communication in their own interactions, parents are showing their children how it can be done. It is also important to remember that not every conversation has to be serious and deep. In fact, making room for light-hearted conversations can help make the more difficult conversations easier. One way to encourage your children to talk is for each family member to write down a question on a popsicle stick or piece of paper, put them in a jar and pick one to discuss each night at dinner. You might be surprised to learn what kind of superhero your child would be or who is their favorite athlete. When Help Is Needed Sometimes, children may not be able to express their emotions or handle their feelings effectively, even in households where open communication is practiced and valued. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), up to 1 in 5 children living in the United States experience a mental health disorder such as anxiety or depression in a given year. Warning signs that your child may be struggling with a mental health disorder include: • Increased isolation, withdrawing from friends and family. • Changes in sleep. • Changes in appetite. • Increased argumentativeness. • Tearfulness. • Neglecting activities of daily living such as showering,

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Continued from Page 1A repair,” Tom Barron, a member of the Class of 1974, said in the statement. “Every species has the right to live. On top of that, when we harm other species, we also often harm ourselves. Think for a moment about what our lives would be like if we had no pollinators. That would devastate our fruits, our trees, and our global supplies of food, as well as our spirits. So the declines in honeybees and monarch butterflies, which are terrible losses by themselves, are also great losses to humanity.” A former university trustee, Tom Barron was influential in the founding of PEI and continues, to this day, to serve as a member of its advisory board. The Barrons have contributed to the flourishing of HMEI’s Environmental Humanities Program, which encourages and supports the participation of Princeton faculty, research scholars and students from the humanities and the social sciences in the study of environmental issues, according to the statement. Central to the program’s scope has been the Barrons’ establishment of a full professorship in the humanities and the environment, currently appointed in HMEI and the Department of English, as well as the Barron Visiting Professorship, which brings accomplished and emerging humanists working on environmental topics to Princeton for stays lasting up to one year. The Barrons also established a freshman seminar in environmental writing. HMEI serves as the center for environmental research, teaching and outreach at Princeton, bringing together more than 120 faculty from 30 academic disciplines to work on topics including climate science and climate modeling, carbon mitigation, biodiversity and biocomplexity, water security, and environmental justice, among other environmental topics. “Princeton’s Environmental Institute was founded in 1994 to provide an intellectual and organizational hub for innovative thinkers from across the University to pursue and collaborate on practical, forward-thinking solutions to the environmental issues facing society,” Michael Celia, director of HMEI, the Theodora Shelton Pitney Professor of Environmental Studies and professor of civil and environmental engineering, said in the statement. “During the past 25 years, the Institute has brought that vision to bear not only through prolific and impactful research but also through our steadfast commitment to educating the next generation of leaders.

Continued from Page 1A to be done,” said Dr. Himanshu Bhatia, founder and CEO of RICOVR. After you insert the sensor into the device, you press the calibration button, which takes about two seconds to calibrate, and has a specialized LED light shining through the U-shaped fiber sensor. The saliva that has been collected is then deposited straight onto the U-shaped fiber, which is where the device can read the amount of what is being looked at for detection, such as COVID-19 or even THC, the illegal substance found in marijuana. “Our test is in the category of what is called an antigen test. An antigen is basically a protein component of the virus. The biggest difference with other saliva tests for COVID is that you do not have to send a sample anywhere,” Bhatia said. “Think of the device reader as a glucometer (device utilized for blood sugar monitoring) and the strips that come with the glucometer.” Working off initial gray lab prototype versions, the company has been working toward a commercial version of the final product that uses batteries instead of a power cord. “We have already signed letters of intent (LOI) for north of 500,000 tests per month,” Sadana said. “Our research and development partner is in India and is the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM). The majority of research and development is happening in India and also the initial scale up of manufacturing is happening in India, but we are actively talking to U.S. manufacturers to do the contract manufacturing here.” Before testing for COVID-19, RICOVR had developed the device to be a portable test to detect THC levels for for marijuana use for employers and others, such as colleges and police departments. “The idea behind this is to use saliva as a diagnostic medium to read out different biomarkers, as you may. We first started testing for THC and that is what we initially began with, but when COVID came we kind of explored whether we can use the same cold technology for COVID detection as well,” Bhatia said. “We now

“From our founding, Currie and Tom Barron have not only been passionate supporters of our environmental initiatives — they’ve been outstanding partners. Their support of Princeton’s work related to biodiversity illustrates their deep understanding of how crucial the complexity of natural systems is to global ecosystems and to human society. It also signifies their acknowledgement that the work carried out at Princeton and through HMEI is — and will continue to be — essential to understanding that complexity, how we all depend on it and what we can do to protect it. We are extremely grateful to the Barrons for their generous gift and their ongoing belief in our mission,” Celia said in the statement. As an undergraduate at Princeton, Barron won the M. Taylor Pyne Prize and went on to Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship. He earned M.B.A and law degrees from Harvard University, and embarked on a successful career at a private equity investment firm in New York City, serving as president and chief operating officer of his publicly traded company. In 1990, Tom Barron left his career in finance and moved his family to Colorado to become a full-time writer. He is known to his readers as T. A. Barron, an award-winning and internationally bestselling author of novels and children’s books, including the fantasy adventure series “The Merlin Saga,” currently being developed into a movie by the Disney studio. Barron is the author of 31 books. In 2011, he was awarded he was awarded the de Grummond Medallion for “lifetime contribution to the field of children’s and young adult literature.” For the past 40 years, he has been a leading voice for the Wilderness Society, which is dedicated to the protection of natural habitats and federal public lands, and he also has been active with organizations including Earthjustice, World Wildlife Fund and Wildlife Conservation Society, according to the statement. “President Eisgruber has raised the bar for Princeton to draw on the strengths of many interdisciplinary fields to help us answer these very big questions,” Tom Barron said in the statement. “We need to reach people in ways that go beyond the science. The atmosphere, the oceans, the forests: All of those are going to be saved only if we understand that the Earth itself is a great story, a story that includes us. We need to tell that story in a much more compelling and inspiring way.” For more information, visit environment. princeton.edu.

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he last week in New Jersey has seen beautiful, summer-like days with blue skies and temperatures in the 70s. Many have ventured outside to enjoy them. But others have worried that this unusual November weather is another warning that we are warming our planet. Is there evidence to support those concerns? In May, carbon dioxide levels reached 417 parts per million, the highest level recorded in human history. And once those greenhouse gases are in our atmosphere, they trap heat for decades. The last two years have experienced record, or near record, temperatures in many parts of the globe, along with many of the accompanying destructive repercussions. Scientists have long warned that if greenhouse gases in the atmosphere passed 400 parts per million, it would become much more difficult to avoid a warming of 2 degrees Celsius, and if that level is reached, as this year it has, it will result in the planet being locked into not only higher atmospheric temperatures but the accompanying sea level rise, more and stronger storms, widespread droughts and floods, wild fires, die-offs of coral reefs, and the extinction of insects, birds and animal species. In short, the results will be catastrophic. Some nations, China, Japan and some European nations have set goals for reducing emissions, respectively by 2060 and 2050. Climate analysts have calculated that the world’s economies need to reduce emissions 45% by 2030. The 2015 Paris Climate Accord urged all signatory nations to likewise reduce their emissions. But unlike the vast majority of nations,

the United States, under the current administration, has pulled out of that agreement. While it would benefit all of mankind if the new administration can rejoin the agreement, the time lost, with the planet experiencing record high emissions, will be dangerously destructive. And unfortunately several other nations, notably Brazil and Australia, have followed the current administration’s lead. The president of the non-partisan Resources for the Future, an energy and environment research organization, has noted that over the last four years the world has lost valuable time needed to control climate change. The resulting damage has been “severe.” What then does our future look like? Are the destructive trends that have been set in motion reversible? Many scientists are concerned that now they are not. Some of the pollution of our air and water can be reduced and healthy levels restored by the new administration. A key factor will be the Supreme Court’s approach to governmental policies focused on environmental issues. It is to be hoped that the justices understand that the very survival of the world we have known is at stake. The same awareness, it is to be hoped, will be shared by Congress members. The situation, as evidenced by numerous environmental changes well underway, is critical. The vast majority of scientists worldwide are in agreement on that. A number of states, including New Jersey, and municipalities are taking steps to reduce emission and pollution. But the question is: will those steps be sufficiently encompassing and timely to address the changes we already have set in motion?

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or kids growing up in Princeton in the 1980s and 1990s, a highlight of Princeton’s Nassau Street scene was Lindy. Everyone loved Lindy, the 200-pound stuffed ram, who often served as a designated gathering spot for middle school and high school students heading in town, uptown, downtown. Lindy’s adoptive parents, Robert and Henry Landau, told me that a Princeton University student even wrote a senior paper about Lindy’s role as a community convener. Lindy, whose full name was Lindbladier, had the prestigious job of being the mascot for Landau woolens store, a Princeton retail destination for 65 years, located at 102 Nassau St., that soon will be closing its doors. For a few decades of those 65 years, Lindy perched himself outside the store near the curb (I am amazed that Lindy never got a ticket for violating historic State Highway Route 27 right of way) and watched the passers-by, a few of whom

would pet him a little too aggressively or try to ride him like a pony. Lindy was “ramnapped” twice, both times causing great consternation among his fans in town. The first time, he was returned within 24 hours. The second time, the nappers were less benevolent, and Lindy’s remains were never located. The Landaus adopted another stuffed ram named Bjartur, sounds like Bea Arthur, but he has been kept inside the store for safe keeping. His base was made of Styrofoam, making him weigh far less than Lindy and therefore more nap-prone. Thus, the ram’s iconic role of watching over Nassau Street was diminished. When my daughter heard that Michael and Henry Landau were retiring and selling the store, she was one of hundreds of fans reacting with shock and sadness – similar to how she reacted when Lindy was stolen. The Landau-Lindy era was coming to an end. The reaction among

many Princetonians stemmed not only from an anticipated loss of a source for European wool sweaters, jackets, coats and scarves, but also from an anticipated loss of a source for countless Princeton community service projects that were inspired by the Landau brothers. Lindy’s adoption and subsequent community role reflected the commitment and energy that went into numerous community projects in which the Landaus invested their time, energy and money. Particularly memorable to me were the following – and this is only a partial list: • The Landaus installed in the back of their store the only museum in the country dedicated to Albert Einstein. • They were the longest promoter of Communiversity – a role ended this year by COVID-19. • Some may remember the kittens crawling around the front windows of the store when the Landaus were dong their kitten adoption initiative that placed 1,000 kittens over a three-

year period. • With the support of Princeton University, the Landaus organized an annual picnic for hundreds of senior citizens – or “experienced humans,” as Robert called them. It became so popular that they were unable to handle the numbers. • Also, for “experienced humans,” the Landaus started a holiday wish list that matched seniors and what they wanted/needed with generous donors. “My sons Simon and Matthew and I would spend Christmas Day delivering wish list gift to the seniors,” Robert said. • And does anyone remember Sonny Perrine? Decades ago, Sonny, confined to a wheelchair, was as much part of the Nassau Street sidewalk scene as Lindy. He would wheel his

way up and down Nassau Street selling candy, gum, and if I remember correctly, other random stuff, including good conversation. The Landaus dedicated a handicapped seat in McCarter Theatre to Sonny. My daughter Rebecca was the first one to inform Robert Landau that his store made it as a question on “Jeopardy!” in 2018. The answer was: “The only U.S. museum devoted to Albert Einstein.” And the question was: “What is tucked inside a woolens shop in Princeton, New Jersey?” The filming 25 years ago in Princeton of the movie “IQ” starring Walter Matthau and Meg Ryan inspired Robert and Henry to create a museum filled with Albert Einstein memorabilia. Even though the “IQ” film stars

never came into the store to see the Einstein memorabilia donated by local residents, the museum became a star in its own right. Robert said that the Historical Society of Princeton would adopt the contents of the museum after the Landaus retire. As far as the contents of the non-museum portion of the store, the Landaus are looking to sell the business to a retailer from Ireland who “will offer somewhat different from but not incompatible with what we now are selling,” said Robert, who acknowledged that the motivation for their retirement at this time was the stress associated with trying to operate their business during a pandemic, combined with the fact that both Landaus are “experienced humans” – Robert is 74 and Henry is 70. The legacy of Landaus goes far beyond that of hardworking merchants selling fine woolen clothing to keep the body warm and cozy. They were weavers of an exuberant community spirit that has warmed countless hearts.

Mouseketeers Continued from Page 1A Reflecting on her days as a Mouseketeer, she said, “doing what I loved to do with such wonderfully talented people was pure joy. And there’s just no way of paying for that kind of learning experience, you know?” Alley has starred on stage in “First Wives Club, the Musical,” and in TV shows, movies and theatrical productions. She has had roles in “How I Met Your Mother,” “Lethal Weapon” and her critically acclaimed one-woman show, “Blood, Sweat & Mouseketears!” on Broadway. “Choosing a favorite project is impossible. Every project I have been involved in has been a gift in one way or another. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve done some bad shows. But I would classify those as learning experiences. “If I had to play favorites, I would say ‘The Mickey Mouse Club’ has had the most profound impact on my life. Learning to river dance for a role in ‘Legally Blonde’ was the hardest thing I have ever done. And doing my one-woman show, ‘Blood, Sweat and Mouseketeers’ is the most cathartic ongoing process,” she said.

Alley is currently working on a new club act/onewoman show called “After Ever After.” “It’s mostly about being a mom. About marriage and family and friends. Juggling real life with my show business hopes and dreams. I obviously need a better elevator pitch, but that, too, is a work in progress. I’m hoping to bring something to a local stage when it is safe to be back indoors,” she said. That being said, COVID definitely affected the recording process of “Why? Because It’s Christmas.” “The process was pretty hilarious. I had never recorded anything from home before, so there was a lot of trial and error. Lots of starts and stops. I started recording in a refrigerator box (that we saved for our son’s playroom) in the basement. But my vocals were ultimately drowned out by a family of very loud crickets. “I moved my setup upstairs to a small closet and everything seemed to be going well until one of our producers asked to see my ‘studio’ via FaceTime. “I gave him a quick tour and he confirmed my sound was still off, as I had been

singing into the back of the microphone. Whoops. “We got there in the end, but it was definitely a process! I’m actually so grateful to have gone through everything, as I now feel like I could record my own little album from the hall closet,” she said. Calling her fellow Mouseketeers “some of my most favorite people on the planet,” Alley said they all picked up where they left off. “To be a part of a project like this with them … during a global pandemic, and for three great charities, gave me all the feels including joy, hope and pride, to name a few. Creating this album together, yet apart, was an honor and a privilege,” she said. She was also delighted to record a Christmas album. “Christmas is my favorite time of year. If I could start decorating in September without the neighbors raising an eyebrow, I would. “My favorite Christmas songs of all time are Nat King Cole’s ‘The Christmas Song,’ Bing Crosby’s ‘I’ll Be Home Christmas’ and Judy Garland’s ‘Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas.’ “When I hear those folks

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LegaL Notices MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held November 16, 2020 the following ordinance was passed on second and final reading and adopted. ORDINANCE #2020-37 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND AND SUPPLEMENT CHAPTER 10B- ________________OF THE PRINCETON CODE, ENTITLED “LAND USE” AND THE PRINCETON ZONING MAP, TO CREATE THE “AFFORDABLE HOUSING 7 (AH-7) ZONE AND THE REGULATIONS ASSOCIATED THERETO IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF PRINCETON. Section 1. Chapter 10B- _______of the Princeton Code entitled “Districts Generally Established Enumerated” is hereby supplemented and amended to add the following new zone district to the list of zone districts: Section 10B -________ Affordable Housing - 7 (AH-7) Zone Section 2. Chapter 10B-_______District Map is hereby supplemented and amended to delineate the Affordable Housing 7_(AH- 7) zone district on the “Zoning Map, Township of Princeton”, as amended. The following property shall be removed from the R-5 zone and included in the AH-7 Zone: Block 7401, Lots 4.01 and 4.02 Section 3. Chapter 10B-________is hereby supplemented to create a new “Affordable Housing - 7 (AH-7) Zone”. Section 4. Chapter 10B-_________ Purpose. The Affordable Housing 7 (AH-7) Zone is to provide a realistic opportunity for the construction of affordable housing pursuant to the New Jersey Fair Housing Act and thereby comply with the municipality’s constitutional obligation to provide such housing for low- and moderate-income households. Specifically, the Affordable Housing - 7 Zone permits residential dwellings as established herein, with an affordable housing set-aside. Section 5. Chapter 10B-_____________ Mandatory Affordable Housing Set-Aside. Within the Affordable Housing - 7 (AH-7) Zone, 20 percent of all dwellings, rounded up to the next whole unit, shall be deed- restricted for occupancy by low- and moderate-income households and shall comply with the following: (a) Minimum required affordable housing set aside: 20% of the total number of dwelling units. (b) Affordable units shall not be age-restricted. (c) Affordable dwelling units shall be subject to the Council on Affordable Housing rules at N.J.A.C. 5:93-1 et. seq. and the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls (UHAC) at N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq. (d) Affordable dwelling unit household income breakdown shall comply with the following: (1) At least 13% of the affordable units shall be affordable to very low-income (VLI) households at 30% of the median income. (2) At least 50% of the affordable units shall be made affordable to low-income households (the 50% requirement is inclusive of the 13% VLI requirement). (3) A maximum of 50% of the affordable units shall affordable to moderate-income households. (e) Affordable dwelling bedroom distribution. Bedroom distribution shall be in accordance with the Council on Affordable Housing rules at N.J.A.C. 5:93-1 et. seq., the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls (UHAC) at N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et. seq., the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and all other applicable law. (f) The range of affordability, pricing and/or rent of units, affirmative marketing, minimum affordability controls and construction phasing with the market rate units developed on the tract shall also be in accordance with the Council on Affordable Housing rules at N.J.A.C. 5:93-1 et seq., the Uniform Housing Affordability Controls (UHAC) at N.J.A.C. 5:80-26.1 et seq., the Fair Housing Act (FHA) and all other applicable law. (g) The Municipal Housing Liaison shall be responsible to affirmatively market, administer and certify the occupant of each affordable dwelling unit, with all administrative costs to be paid by the Developer. Section 6. Chapter 10B-_______Affordable Housing – 7 (AH-7) Zone Regulations Section 7. Chapter 10B-______Affordable Housing- 7 (AH-7) Zone Permitted Principal Uses. Within the AH-7 zoning district the following principal uses shall be permitted: (a) Townhouses. (b) Multi-family apartment dwellings. Section 8. Chapter 10B-________ Affordable Housing – 7 (AH-7) Zone Permitted Accessory Uses. Within the AH- 7 zoning district the following accessory uses are permitted: (a) Off-street parking. (b) Street/site furnishings. (c) Fences and walls. (d) Landscape amenities and open space. (e) Pedestrian circulation elements. (f) Storm water management facilities and other utilities. (g) Home occupations. (h) Other customary uses which are incidental and subordinate to a principal permitted use. Section 9. Chapter 10B-________Affordable Housing -7 (AH- 7) Zone Site Development Regulations. Development within the AH- 7 zoning district shall comply with the following regulations: (a) Maximum number of dwelling units: 24 townhouse units and 6 multi-family apartment units. (b) Maximum number of multi-family apartments per building: 3. (c) Maximum number of townhouse buildings: 4. (d) Minimum building setback requirements: (1) From Terhune Road right of way: 26 feet to a porch; 34 feet to a façade. (2) From other municipal street rights-of-way (i.e., westerly lot line): 8 feet. (3) From Block 7401, Lots 5, 6, 7 and 8: 35 feet. (4) From Block 7401, Lot 3: 75 feet. (e) Maximum building height: (1) Townhouses: 3 stories and 45 feet. (2) Multi-family apartments: 2.5 stories and 35 feet. (f) Minimum number of off-street parking spaces: 1.5 per dwelling unit. (g) Comprehensive development required. The AH- 7 Zone shall be developed in accordance with single, unified development plan. Subdivision for the purposes of segregating the zone into smaller development tracts is not permitted. (h) Access from the municipal right-of-way. There shall be no direct vehicular access to dwellings from Terhune Road. A 50-foot municipal right-of-way that directly abuts the westerly lot line of Block 7401, Lots 4.01 and 4.02 shall be made available for roadway access purposes and grading easements, if required. The roadway shall comply with the following requirements: (1) The road shall have a minimum cartway width of 27 feet. (2) On-street, parallel parking shall be provided on the east side of the roadway. (3) The travelway shall have a minimum width of 20 feet. (4) A multi-use path with a minimum width of 10 feet wide shall be provided on the west side of the roadway. (5) A walking path with a minimum width of five (5) feet shall be provided on the east side of the roadway. (i) Internal vehicular access to townhouses and multi-family dwellings shall be from rear alleys that shall comply with the following: (1) Alleys shall have a minimum paved width of 30 feet that is clear of any obstructions. (2) No off-street parking spaces shall be located within the alleys to serve townhouses. (3) Perpendicular parking spaces are permitted as part of an alley to serve multi-family dwellings, provided such spaces are located outside of the minimum paved area of 30 feet. (4) Alleys shall connect directly to the new roadway. (j) Planted buffer. A planted, vegetative buffer shall be provided within the required setback area adjacent to Block 7401, Lots 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 to serve as an effective visual screen, in accordance with Section 10B, Subdivision XI, except as follows: (1) The minimum width of the buffer shall be 15 feet and shall be recorded as a buffer easement within the property deed(s)/ recorded plat. The buffer easement shall be restricted to use for visual screening (including buffer plantings/fence/walls) and stormwater management elements. (2) The buffer shall include an opaque fence/wall along the entire length of the buffer adjacent to Block 7401, Lots 5, 6, 7, and 8 and shall conform to the following requirements: (a) The fence/wall shall be located along the common property line between the AH-7 Zone and Block 7401, Lots 5, 6, 7, and 8, on the outside edge of the buffer. (b) The end of the fence/wall shall be set back from the Terhune Road right-of-way 30 feet. (c) The fence/wall shall have a minimum height of six (6) feet and a maximum height of eight (8) feet. (d) The design, materials and finish of the fence/wall shall be subject to Planning Board approval. (3) Stormwater management facilities are permitted within the buffer and required setback area, provided that the efficacy of the buffer as a visual screen is not diminished. (4) The specifications and details of plant material in terms of the type, species, height and quantities shall be subject to Planning Board approval. (5) The integrity and function of the buffer as a visual screen, including plant material, fencing/wall, landform and vegetative cover shall be maintained. (k) Front - to - front facing townhouse buildings shall be spaced a minimum of 60 feet apart, as measured between façades. Porches may project no more than eight (8) feet from the facades. (l) Courtyards shall be developed between pairs of front-to-front facing townhouse buildings. Courtyards shall be predominantly “green” (planted/vegetated) and shall include walking paths that connect to individual townhouse dwelling units and adjacent sidewalk. Pedestrian-scale site lighting may also be permitted in the courtyards. (m) Townhouse Façade Fenestration. The fenestration of the elevation of townhouse buildings that face the new municipal road (western facing elevation) shall be equal in terms of the ratio of solids to voids (openings to walls) as that of the elevation of the townhouse building elevation that faces the internal courtyard. (n) Street Trees. In lieu of any other requirement with regard to the planting of trees, street trees are required along all street frontages. Due to anticipated restrictions in the horizontal area (and resultant planting medium volume) available for tree plantings along the new municipal street on the west side of the tract, alternative planting methods may be required by the Planning Board to provide sufficient soil volume to promote healthy tree growth and survival. Such methods may include the use of a suspended pavement system that would allow the construction of a sidewalk while also providing for sufficient and unrestricted planting medium within the root zone. An example of such a system is the “Silva Cell” system. (o) Bicycle parking. Outdoor bicycle parking shall be provided for the multi-family dwellings according to the following requirements: (1) Bike parking shall be weather-protected and provide the ability for individual users to secure their bicycle(s). (2) Buildings or structures used for outdoor bicycle parking shall be designed to be architecturally compatible with the principal building(s) in terms of materials, colors and finishes. (p) Trash and recyclables storage: Each townhouse unit shall be designed to provide an individual storage area for trash and recyclables within the unit adjacent to the rear alley. Trash and recyclables for the multi-family dwellings shall be stored within a dedicated area inside each building. (q) Multi-family Standards Exemption: Multi-family dwellings developed pursuant to the AH-7 district regulations shall be exempt from the minimum floor area size requirements of section 10B-278 and the minimum bedroom size requirements of 10B-279. (r) Development pursuant to the AH-7 district regulations shall be exempt from the requirements of Division 9 Residential Clusters. Section 10. If any article, section, subsection, sentence, clause or phrase of this Ordinance is, for any reason, held to be unconstitutional or invalid, such decision shall not affect the remaining portions of this Ordinance and they shall remain in full force and effect. Section 11. In the event of any inconsistencies between the provisions of this Ordinance and any prior ordinance, the provisions hereof shall be determined to govern. All other parts, portions and provisions of the general ordinances are hereby ratified and confirmed, except where inconsistent with the terms hereof. Section 12. The Municipal Clerk is directed to give notice at least ten (10) days prior to a hearing on the adoption of this ordinance to the Mercer County Planning Board and to all other persons entitled thereto pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-15, and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-63 (if required). Section 13. After introduction, the Municipal Clerk is hereby directed to submit a copy of the within Ordinance to the planning board for its review in accordance with N.J.S.A. 40:55D-26 and N.J.S.A. 40:55D-64. The planning board is directed to make and transmit to the governing body, within 35 days after referral, a report including identification of any provisions in the proposed ordinance which are inconsistent with the master plan and recommendations concerning any inconsistencies and any other matter as the board deems appropriate. Section 14. This Ordinance shall be presented to the Mayor for her approval and signature, which approval shall be granted or denied within ten (10) days of receipt of same, pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:69A-149.7. If the Mayor fails to return this Ordinance with either her approval or objection to same within ten (10) days after it has been presented to her, then this Ordinance shall be deemed approved. Section 15. This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon (1) adoption; (2) approval by the Mayor pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:69A149.7; (3) publication in accordance with the laws of the State of New Jersey; and (4) filing of the final form of adopted ordinance by the Clerk with (a) the Mercer County Planning Board pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40:55D-16, and (b) the Municipal Tax Assessor as required by N.J.S.A. 40:49-2.1.

NOTICE OF SALE OF PROPERTY FOR NON-PAYMENT OF TAXES, ASSESSMENTS AND OTHER MUNICIPAL LIENS Public notice is hereby given that I, Tammie Tisdale, Collector of Taxes of Princeton, in the County of Mercer, will sell at public sale, on THE 11th DAY OF DECEMBER, 2020 in the Main Meeting Room at 400 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, New Jersey at 10:00 A.M., prevailing time or at such other time and place to which said sale may then be adjourned at the said Main Meeting Room, each and all of the several lots and parcels of land assessed to the respective persons whose names are set opposite each respective parcel as the owner thereof for the total amount of municipal liens chargeable against said lands respectively as computed to the 11th day of December, 2020, all described and particularly set out in a list of the lands so subject to sale as required under the provisions of Article 4, Chapter 5, Title 54, of the Revised Statutes of New Jersey, 1937 entitled “Sale of Real Property to Enforce Liens,” Section 54:5-19 to 54:5-111, and amendments thereto. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the hereinafter described lands and each of the respective parcels thereof, will be sold to make the amount of municipal liens severally chargeable against the same on the 31st day of December 2019 exclusive, however, of the liens for the year 2019 as computed in said list against each parcel of lands severally assessed as one parcel, together with interest on each of the several amounts respectively to the date of sale and costs of sale. Parcels are to be sold subject to rollback taxes under the Farmland Assessment Act of 1964, improvement assessment installments not yet due, and any omitted or added assessments for improvements as provided in N.J.S.A. 54:4-63.2 and 63:4-63.31. Industrial Properties may be subject to the Spill Compensation and Control Act (N.J.S.A. 58:10-23.11 et seq.), the Water Pollution Control Act (N.J.S.A. 58:10A-1 et seq.), and the Industrial Site Recovery Act (N.J.S.A. 13:1K-6 et seq.) In addition, the municipality is precluded from issuing a tax sale certiﬁcate to any prospective purchaser who is or may be in any way connected to the prior owner or operator of the site. TAKE FURTHER NOTICE, that the said lands will be sold at 18% interest or less to make the amount of municipal liens chargeable against redemption at the lowest rate of interest. The payment for the sale shall be made before the conclusion of the sale by, CERTIFIED CHECK, or MONEY ORDER, or the property shall be resold. Properties for which there are no purchasers shall be struck off and sold to Princeton, in accordance with said act of the Legislature. Interest on subsequent liens shall be allowed as provided by law. At any time before the sale, said Collector will receive payment of the amount due on any property with interest and costs incurred, by CERTIFIED CHECK or MONEY ORDER. The land and premises to be sold are described as follows: DATED: NOVEMBER 13, 2020 TAMMIE TISDALE, CTC COLLECTOR OF TAXES Name Boyle, James A. & Carol A. Goepp, R. Maximilian III Hines, Wilbur & Marty, Bernadine Madden, G & H Peniston, Lynn Ting, Florence S. Didonato-Negrotti, Myra P. Damachi, Ukandi G. JVS Nassau LLC O’Neil, John T. Jr. & Jacquelin M. Princeton Investments, LLC Saana Real Estate LLC Olender, Aneta Chen, Wei Bragg, David & Bellew Susan West Windsor Re LLC c/o H. Rabin West Windsor Re LLC c/o H. Rabin West Windsor Re LLC c/o H. Rabin Marrow, Taylor A. Jr. ET UX Witherspoon Lodge 178 IBPOEW Boyd, Morris E. Brown, Carl E. Jr. Brown, Carl E. Jr. Alegria, Vanessa

Location 1 Wescott Rd. 110 Bayard Lane 200 John St. 16-18 Green St. 19 Quarry St. 103 Hamilton Ave. 210 Mercer St. 1 Markham Rd. 2C 343-345 Nassau St. 124 Heather Lane 145 Ridgeview Circle 88 Stony Brook Lane 225 State Rd. 433 Walnut Lane 179 Brookstone Dr. 188 Bayard Lane. 182 Bayard Lane 176 Bayard Lane 125 Birch Ave. 124-126 Birch Ave. 67 Leigh Ave. 28 Birch Ave. 24 Birch Ave. 131 Brickhouse Rd.

Block 3.02 7.02 15.05 17.01 17.03 33.04 38.01 53.01 53.01 201 2102 4901 5403 5408 6402 6802 6802 6802 6902 6904 6904 6905 6905 9801

Lot 4 11 3 26 110 1.16 C103 2 11.23 C08 80 8 1 10 6 41 10 44 45 46 45 7 27 12 13 3.0131

Year 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019

Total 22,477.96 24,123.54 13,310.30 4,143.36 9,687.42 2,493.81 98,715.83 8,986.91 44,394.70 36.93 39,407.87 102,591.21 9,388.98 12,407.56 1,314.14 1,313.62 2,788.08 22,246.33 33.75 232.08 10,355.01 10,826.14 7,402.08 1,320.54

PP, 4x, 11/13, 11/20, 11/27, 12/4/2020, Fee: $414.40

MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-49 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Concerning Parades and Special Events and Amending the “Code of the Borough of Princeton, 1974” and “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on November 16, 2020. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This ordinance is part of the ongoing process of merging and harmonizing the code provisions of former Princeton Borough and former Princeton Township into a new code for the consolidated municipality of Princeton. It consolidates the provisions from the Borough and Township Codes concerning parades and other special events into a single chapter, and updates the consolidated provisions for consistency with current practice. 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 December 7, 2020 at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Princeton Municipal Building, Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street, in the Main Meeting Room at which time and place any person interested may be heard. Delores A. Williams Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $31.50

NOTICE OF CLOSED SESSION MEETING MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON DATE &TIME CHANGE & ADDITION OF OPEN SESSION Notice is hereby given that the regular scheduled Closed Session Meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton previously scheduled to begin at 3:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 19, 2020, will now begin immediately following the addition of an Open Session meeting of Mayor and Council, which has been rescheduled to begin on Monday, November 23, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. Formal action will be taken during Open Session on any items presented before Council. Because of the state of emergency in New Jersey regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the meeting will be held electronically via “Zoom.” Instructions for how to access the meeting are below and will also be posted on the home page of Princeton’s website (www.princetonnj.gov) and on the meeting agenda. The Council will then convene electronically into closed session immediately following the conclusion of the Open Session. This portion of the meeting will not be open to the public. Formal action will not be taken during Closed Session. The matters discussed will be made public when the need for confidentiality no longer exists. The public portion of the meeting of the Princeton Mayor and Council will begin at 3:00 p.m. and will be held electronically via Zoom’s webinar service. The agenda and the access information for the November 23rd meeting will be posted on the Princeton website (www.princetonnj.gov) on Friday, November 20th, 2020. The public is advised to check the website the day of the meeting for any changes to the agenda. Delores A. Williams Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $38.85

MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-43 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Requiring the Provision of Bicycle Parking, Establishing Standards Therefor, and Amending Articles X (Site Plans) and XI (Zoning) in Chapter 10B of the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on November 16, 2020. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of this ordinance is to is to ensure that appropriate bicycle parking is provided as development or redevelopment occurs, supporting additional bicycle parking capacity throughout the community and increasing the convenience of bicycling, thereby encouraging this form of transportation. The ordinance amends Princeton’s land use regulations to establish standards for the provision of short-term and long-term bicycle parking facilities and to create design criteria for said facilities. The ordinance also establishes provisions for allowing such facilities in public rights-of-way, subject to obtaining the approval of the appropriate public entity (e.g. the State in the case of Nassau Street, or the Princeton Mayor and Council in the case of municipal rights-of-way), on such terms and conditions as said entity deems advisable. 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 December 7, 2020 at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Princeton Municipal Building, Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street, in the Main Meeting Room at which time and place any person interested may be heard. Delores A. Williams Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $35.70

MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-45 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Regarding Government Records and Administrative Fees, the Health Department and the Princeton Township Redevelopment Agency, and Amending Chapter 2 of the “Code of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, 1974” and Chapter 2 of the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on November 16, 2020. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This ordinance is part of the ongoing process of merging and harmonizing the code provisions of former Princeton Borough and former Princeton Township into a new code for the consolidated municipality of Princeton. It updates relevant portions of both codes to ensure consistency with the assessment of special service charges under the Open Public Records Act, updates provisions governing miscellaneous administrative fees, formally establishes the Department of Health and repeals provisions of the Township Code creating the Princeton Township Redevelopment Agency

Delores A. Williams Municipal Clerk

PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $282.80

MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-47 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Concerning Finance, Taxation and Joint Purchasing, and Amending Chapters 2 and 13 of the “Code of the Borough of Princeton, 1974” and Chapters 7 and 10A of the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on November 16, 2020. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This ordinance is part of the ongoing process of merging and harmonizing the code provisions of former Princeton Borough and former Princeton Township into a new code for the consolidated municipality of Princeton. It consolidates the existing provisions from the Borough and Township Codes regarding finance, taxation and joint purchasing with Mercer County into a single chapter that applies throughout the consolidated municipality.

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 December 7, 2020 at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Princeton Municipal Building, Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street, in the Main Meeting Room at which time and place any person interested may be heard. Delores A. Williams Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $33.60

MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-48 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Concerning the Defense, Indemnification and Compensation of Municipal Employees and Amending Chapter 11A of the “Code of the Borough of Princeton, 1974” and Chapters 6A and 14A of the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on November 16, 2020. STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This ordinance is part of the ongoing process of merging and harmonizing the code provisions of former Princeton Borough and former Princeton Township into a new code for the consolidated municipality of Princeton. It consolidates the provisions from both the Borough and Township Codes which address the defense and indemnification of municipal employees, and repeals the “Personnel” chapter of the Township Code, which is addressed through council’s annual salary ordinance.

PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $31.50

NOTICE OF CONTRACT AGREEMENT

TAKE NOTICE that the Mayor and Council of Princeton, County of Mercer, State of New Jersey has awarded the following contract without competitive bidding executed as an extraordinary, unspecifiable service pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:11-5 (1) (a) at a meeting held on November 16, 2020. The contract and the resolution authorizing them are available for public inspection in the Office of the Municipal Clerk as follows: NAME

SERVICE

TIME

AMOUNT

Scarinci & Hollenbeck, LLC & John Scagnelli, Esq.

Amending PSA-Professional Legal Services (Defense of NJDEP Solid Waste Enforcement Action, 290-298 River Road)

2020

Not to Exceed Additional $17,500.00 making total contract amount NTE $67,500.00

Dawn M. Mount Deputy Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $31.50

PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $33.60

12A The Princeton Packet

ON THE ROAD

Friday, November 20, 2020F

www.princetonpacket.com

PETER PERROTTA

2020 Toyota Highlander XLE V6

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2020 Toyota Highlander XLE V6

n 1958, Toyota opened its first American the Japanese automaker. car dealership inside a former Rambler From its humble beginnings, Toyota inidealership in Hollywood. tially made its bones by producing small, The Japanese importer sold fuel efficient sedans that were a whopping 288 cars that year known to be high quality, long – mostly a failed vehicle called lasting and durable. the Toyopet Crown that was As of last count, Toyota way too heavy and miserably now offers 18 different models slow. at its typical American car dealBut it wasn’t until 1965 ership. Who would have ever enwhen Toyota introduced the visioned after seeing that first Corona Sedan that this Japanese little Corolla – now the biggest auto maker really began to make selling car in automotive hisinroads into the highly desired tory – that Toyota would someAmerican market. day be making something as While it was the Corona large and fuel inefficient as the that knocked on the door of the Peter Perrotta 229-inch long Tundra pickup American market it was the Cotruck that gets a whopping 15 rolla, introduced in 1968, that miles a gallon from its massive actually kicked it in – starting the Toyota worldwide expansion that at this 5.7 liter, V8 engine? point is a runaway freight train. Or that they would have ever produced an By way of contrast, Toyota sold a modest 8-seat Sequoia SUV that’s 205 inches long and weighs a massive 6,025 pounds? 20,000 cars in the American market in 1966. Well, as Toyota infiltrated the American Fast forward to last year, when Toyota – now widely recognized as the world’s largest market, it changed its marketing strategy to auto maker – produced a mind boggling 10.4 provide Americans with the massive style million cars for the world market in one year. SUVs and pickups they had been used to getBut a lot has changed along the way for ting from the American car makers.

I recently jumped behind the wheel of the 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE V6 AWD to see just how refined that Japanese automaker has become with its mid-sized SUV. Toyota made a lot of changes with the 2020 version of the Highlander, the fourth generation of this model. First off, it sports a fresh new sculpted, sporty and aggressive look and stance from the ground up. It measures about 2.4 inches longer than the 2019 model, adding space to the cargo area. It now offers two powertrains as well. The conventional 295 horsepower, 3.5 liter V6 and a 240 horsepower hybrid four cylinder. The model I test drove for one week was the 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE V6 AWD version that came in an attractive Moon Dust exterior color and a handsome sepia leather interior. The base sticker price of the model I drove is $41,200. With added options and $1,120 for destination and delivery, the bottom line sticker price comes in at $44,498. The added options included: $1,040 for the premium audio package that included an upgraded audio system as well as an 8-inch touch screen dynamic navigation system; $425 for the special exterior paint; $318 for

carpeted floor mats and carpeted cargo mats; and $395 for paint protection film. I found my Highlander to be more attractive and aggressive looking than its predecessor. As far as interior room and comfort go, I feel it exceeds expectations. It has plenty of leg and head room and offers a smooth, comfortable ride. The interior ergonomics are solid, but not exceptional. Overall, this Highlander gets above average grades all around for the total package it presents. The 3.5 liter, V6 engine gives it enough power so you can make aggressive lane changes on the interstate and cruise quite nicely at high speeds in the left lane on the Turnpike. Put more simply, it drives like you would expect a Toyota to drive. I don’t mean that in any sarcastic way either. It just has a sound overall good ride quality to it, without ever providing you with that tremendous “wow” feeling. Because, in reality, that’s not what Toyota is all about. It’s akin to buying a box of Kellogg’s Cornflakes at ShopRite. You know what to expect before you open the box. Chances are you won’t be disappointed, nor will you be blown away once you take that first bite. Toyota plays it safe all around, so you know what to expect from the moment you step into the cabin. As far as the EPA fuel consumption ratings go, this Highlander gets an overall 23 miles per gallon in gas mileage – 27 mpg on the highway and 20 mpg in city driving. The EPA estimates that it will cost on average about $1,750 per year in gas to run the Highlander as it uses about 4.3 gallons of gas for every 100 miles driven. The new model Highlander has not been given the government’s five star safety crash test rating yet. The 2020 Highlander comes standard with Android Auto and Apple CarPlay, Sirius XM, Waze and Amazon Alexa compatibility. There are six different trim levels: the base LE; LE Plus; Limited; Platinum; SE and XLE. Peter Perrotta’s On The Road column appears weekly. For comments and questions, he can be contacted at peter@capitalmotorcars.com.

Author reﬂects on his time in Peace Corps during midst of Gaddaﬁ coup d’etat By ANDREW HARRISON Staff Writer

When author Randolph Hobler was in his early 20s, he embarked on new journey that took him to country he had never experienced before: Libya. The former Princeton resident and Princeton University graduate, who now lives in Norwalk, Connecticut, had this new experience due to an opportunity to serve in one of the Peace Corps Libya contingents in the late 1960s. He reflected on his time in Libya through a recently released memoir of not just his experience, but that of fellow Libyan returned Peace Corps volunteers, whom he interviewed. Those interviews of 101 fellow volunteers and his own experience are spotlighted in the memoir, “101 Arabian Tales: How We All Persevered in Peace Corps Libya.” Hobler’s time in Peace Corps Libyan contingent would only last from 1968-69, as his and that of his fellow volunteer colleagues time in the country was cut short with Muammar al-Gaddafi seizing control of the Libyan government from King Adris, through a bloodless military coup in 1969. He would not relinquish his authoritarian rule over the country for more than 40 years, until his death in 2011. “When we were there we had no idea

something was brewing in the form of revolution. It was a surprise,” Hobler said. “Half of us were out of the country on vacation when it happened. I was in Lebanon. I was able to return to the country, as did others, even though it was difficult to get back in. There was concern from the state department and Peace Corps and also curfews at night and a lot of shooting in the air in jubilation of coup.” After the coup, it would take two months for Hobler to exit the country with fellow volunteers once they did return to Libya. When asked why he joined the Peace Corps in his early 20s in the 1960s, Hobler said there were four reasons: being inspired by President John F. Kennedy to serve in the Peace Corps, his interest in foreign cultures and travel, to do good before responsibilities of life made it difficult to have enough time to do enough good, and the Vietnam War. Northern Africa and Libya in particular were not on Hobler’s radar as a possible destination for his time in the Peace Corps when he first applied. He was looking to Latin American for a destination, because he already knew some Spanish from studying the language while at Princeton University. “They told me that all of the Latin

American countries were taken care of, so we are going to assign you to Libya. So of course at the time, I did not know where Libya was and had to look it up on my globe,” he said. “I knew absolutely nothing about this place, so I was really starting from scratch.” Hobler would enter three months of training in Clearfield, Utah, for the Peace Corps during the summer of 1968. “I was in the second Libyan contingent group there were 150 of us in Clearfield, Utah, and another 150 people in Arizona. They chose Clearfield because there is a hot and dry climate, very much like Libya,” Hobler said. “There were a lot of pros and cons to the training. There was a lot of mismanagement involved in Utah. We were supposed to be speaking Arabic all the time time and there was very little of that. There was a cadre of psychologists there – they had teachers, they had brought on 30 Libyan nationals who came to learn English from us and they taught Arabic to us.” He would be trained on how to learn TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language), and practice taught at the Navajo school down in Arizona. Volunteers were spread out on reservations to teach English and to practice teaching their English. “Training was very spotty, but once we got into Libya, we were able to cope,” Ho-

bler said. When arriving in Libya the main part of his formal job was to teach English (TEFL) to fifth grade classes in Libyan villages. “We were teaching English to students who had never been exposed to the language. We also were encouraged to do community projects,” he said. “We were also to make friends and be friendly with the local community and be a part of the local community.” One of Hobler’s regrets is not being able to start and complete his project to help fight against the disease called trachoma for his designated village in what would have been in second year in the Libya. According to the World Health Organization, trachoma is a disease of the eye responsible for blindness or visual impairment. “Eighty percent of the people in my village had it and is a disease carried by flies. Along the way, I learned there was a form of antibiotic in the form of something like Chapstick that you could put in your eyes that would cure the trachoma in the village,” he said. “I was looking forward to doing that as my project for my second year and one of the greatest disappointments in my life is to not have been able to do that, because all of our plans were upended by the Muammar al-Gaddafi revolution that hit us on Sept. 1, 1969.”

LegaL Notices NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-44 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Regulating Speed Limits on Terhune Road and Amending the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on November 16, 2020.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: This ordinance is part of the ongoing process of merging and harmonizing the code provisions of former Princeton Borough and former Princeton Township into a new code for the consolidated municipality of Princeton. It updates the provisions of Chapter 14 of the Township Code by incorporating therein the provisions governing banners in the public right of way from the Borough Code, and ensures their application throughout the entire municipality.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: The purpose of the ordinance is to lower the speed limit on Terhune Road between Harrison Street North and Meadowbrook Drive from thirty miles per hour to twenty-five miles per hour in accordance with endorsements from the Engineering Department and Princeton Police Department.

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MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-46 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Concerning Advertising and Banners in the Public Right of Way, and Amending “The Code of the Borough of Princeton, 1974” and the “Code of the Township of Princeton, New Jersey, 1968” was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on November 16, 2020.

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 December 4th, 2020 at 10:00 AM. The public sale to the highest bidder, for cash only, will include the contents of following spaces: Edith Roush Unit 5008 Household Goods Eric Breisacher Unit 5007 Household Goods Joseph Riggio Unit 5037 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. Princeton Self Storage 35 Airpark rd Princeton, NJ. 08540 (609) 279-2199 PP, 2x, 11/13/2020, 11/20/2020, Fee: $52.50 Affidavit: $15.00

PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $30.45 NOTICE OF CLOSED SESSION MEETINGS MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the Mayor and Council of Princeton has added the following additional closed session meeting dates: Thursday, December 3, 2020 and Thursday, December 17, 2020 beginning at 3:00 p.m. MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON NOTICE is hereby given that an Ordinance entitled: Ordinance #2020-50 An Ordinance by the Municipality of Princeton Concerning Salaries and Compensation of Certain Personnel of the Municipality of Princeton was introduced on first reading at a meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton held on November 16, 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 December 7, 2020 at a meeting beginning at 7:00 p.m. at the Princeton Municipal Building, Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street, in the Main Meeting Room at which time and place any person interested may be heard. Delores A. Williams Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $22.05

Because of the state of emergency in New Jersey regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the meetings will be held electronically via “Zoom.”

Delores A. Williams Municipal Clerk PP, 1x, 11/20/2020, Fee: $18.90 NOTICE OF REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE PRINCETON HOUSING AUTHORITY A meeting of the Board of Commissioners of the Princeton Housing Authority will be held via Zoom Conference at 6:15pm on Wednesday, December 2nd, 2020, for the purpose of transacting such lawful business which shall come before the Board. pp, 1x, 11/20/2020 Fee: $10.50 Affidavit: $15.00

NOTICE OF RESCHEDULED MEETING MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF PRINCETON PLEASE TAKE NOTICE that the regular scheduled meeting of the Mayor and Council of Princeton previously scheduled for Monday, December 28, 2020 beginning at 7:00 p.m. has been rescheduled. The rescheduled meeting will now take place on Monday, December 21, 2020 beginning at 7:00 p.m. Because of the state of emergency in New Jersey regarding COVID-19 (Coronavirus), the meetings will be held electronically via “Zoom.”

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PRINCETON Norman T Callaway $1,250,000 MLS# NJME276250

PRINCETON Owen â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Jonesâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; Toland $2,900,000 MLS# NJME302272

FRENCHTOWN BORO Russell Alan Poles $849,900 MLS# NJHT105918

MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP Victoria R Rutkowski $1,295,000 MLS# NJSO113718

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LAWRENCE TOWNSHIP Brinton H West $459,000 MLS# NJME301522

PENNINGTON 609.921.1050

NEW HOPE BOROUGH Sarah Strong Drake $2,989,000 MLS# PABU500760