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Hightstown Borough Council ofﬁcially welcomes new members By LEA KAHN Staff Writer

Two newly-elected Hightstown Borough Council members were sworn into office and an outgoing councilman was honored at the Hightstown Borough Council’s annual reorganization meeting Jan. 4. Incumbent Hightstown Councilman Joseph Cicalese and political newcomer Cristina Fowler, both Democrats, were sworn into office for three-year terms. Cicalese was filling out a vacancy on the Borough Council, but will now serve a full three-year term. Cicalese thanked Hightstown voters for “inviting me back” to serve on the council. He thanked his colleagues on the Borough Council, the municipal staff and the volunteers who serve on the advi-

sory boards and committees. “I am really proud of this town. I am excited to see how things go in the coming year,” Cicalese said. Fowler said it’s an honor to serve on the Hightstown Borough Council, and thanked voters for giving her a chance to serve. “My sleeves are rolled up and I am ready to get to work,” Fowler said. Mayor Lawrence Quattrone and the Borough Council also paid tribute to former Borough Councilman Charles “Lee” Stults, who chose not to seek a third term. He served on the Borough Council from 2015 to 2020, including two years as the Borough Council president in 2017 and 2018. “We will miss Lee Stults,” Quattrone said.

Stults was the council’s liaison to the Construction/Inspections Department, the Hightstown Housing Authority and Downtown Hightstown. He served on various Borough Council and mayoral subcommittees, according to the proclamation issued by the mayor and Borough Council. Stults was also instrumental in the planned redevelopment of the former rug mill property on Bank Street, the proclamation said. The 10.8-acre property, which is part of the Bank Street Redevelopment Area, is bounded by Bank, Main, Academy and Stockton streets. Plans call for the property to be redeveloped into a mixed-use development. There will be 387 residential units, including a mix of apartments and townhouses, plus

commercial space. The former brick mill and the former concrete mill will be converted into apartment buildings. A third apartment building, with commercial space, will be built on Main Street. Stults also played a role in the purchase of the former YMCA building at 230 Mercer St., which will become the new Hightstown Borough Hall. The former municipal building on Main Street was damaged by flooding from Hurricane Irene in 2011. “Mr. Stults has given his time, talents and effort to serving the Borough of Hightstown in this public capacity. The mayor and council hereby commend and thank Charles ‘Lee’ Stults for his commitment and dedication to

the borough and its residents,” the proclamation said. In other business, the Borough Council chose Councilwoman Susan Bluth to serve as the Borough Council president for 2021. Cicalese nominated Bluth for the post, and Councilman Dimitri Musing provided a “second” for the nomination. The vote was unanimous. “Congratulations, Susan. You are my council president. Roll up your sleeves, we have a lot of work to do,” Quattrone said. Bluth thanked her colleagues on the Borough Council for their confidence in choosing her to serve as council president. “I do not take it lightly. I am

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Cranbury School aquaponics system continues to grow greens for school lunches By ANDREW HARRISON Staff Writer

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Even though the coronavirus pandemic has changed the way the Cranbury School operates it has not stopped the harvesting of vegetable greens from the school’s aquaponics system. The greens grown through this system are still being used for school lunches. The aquaponics system is a method of growing plants without soil. Aquaponics is a form of agriculture that combines raising fish in tanks with soilless plant culture. Cranbury School third, fourth and fifth grade students had been growing and harvesting vegetables from this system and farm raising the fish prior to COVID-19. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the nutrientrich water from raising fish provides a natural fertilizer for the plants and the plants help to purify the water for the fish. “Pre-COVID we were putting spinach and lettuce and all kinds of leafy green produce in the school lunches and also donating to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) on a regular basis,” said Susan Shiffman, Cranbury School enrichment teacher. “In 2019, we donated about 27 pounds at each harvest of produce to TASK. This year, because we are not in school the first thing we started to do was grow microgreens (baby plants) and we grew 40-feet of microgreens out of our system that were used in school lunches.” Dill, cilantro, beets and a mild salad mix were microgreens harvested and used for school lunches. Spinach, red lettuce and arugula continue to grow and are set to be the next group of greens harvested from the system. “Normally it is our students that do the planting, harvesting and maintaining of the system, but of course that was pre-COVID,”

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Koi fish in the tank, which is part of the aquaponics system at the Cranbury School.

Shiffman said. “Now during the COVID-19 pandemic we are not able to have them do that, because there is no way for me to clean the system and also limit exposure with 10 to 15 kids, who would be on it at the same time.” Shiffman now does the planting and harvesting herself and she expects to harvest spinach, red lettuce and arugula in the second week in January. The growing of greens

will continue through the school year. “For aquaponics our whole goal is to get students to be environmental stewards of the environment,” she added. “It is a learning living lab that we have in our cafeteria that we can see every day.” Shiffman is in constant communication with Pomptonian Food See AQUAPONICS, Page 3A

Greens raised in the beds of the Cranbury School’s aquaponics system in Cranbury.

Ferrante becomes Cranbury Township’s new mayor By ANDREW HARRISON Staff Writer

When the Cranbury Township Committee convened for its annual reorganization meeting committee members elected Mike Ferrante as the township’s new mayor. Ferrante was elected mayor for 2021 at a reorganization meeting on Jan. 4. He succeeds Township Committeeman Matt Scott, who served as mayor in 2020. “2020 was a tough year for our country and many in our community. I am grateful for the advancement in the sciences that has brought forth the efficacious vac-

cines in nine months,” Ferrante said in his remarks. “In 2020, despite the pandemic and all of its disruptions, we continued to make progress as a township. We switched to zoom township committee meetings, which have the side benefit of a lot more transparency and engagement with our residents.” Additional progress highlighted by Ferrante included completion of seven out of 10 master plan action items. “Thanks to Evelyn Spann for spearheading that. In the spring we initiated a lake dredging project

that had to be paused before it could begin, also in 2020 thanks to Barbara Rogers’ efforts Cranbury was awarded a grant to do a complete streets bicycle audit,” he added. “We also found out at long last that Cranbury was awarded a matching grant from the New Jersey Construction Bond Act in which $2.4 million in state funds will match donations from residents over the past 10 years.” 2021 is seen by Ferrante as an important year for the township to execute on key projects and steward taxpayer funds wisely.

“We will restart and finish the Brainerd Lake dredging project, break ground on a new library and plan to start taking action on the bike network recommendations. These are all projects that will require good project management to stay on track and deliver in 2021,” he said. “We will also continue to make progress on the remaining master plan recommendations. Cranbury also has a new deputy mayor after Rogers was nominated and elected to fill the position

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“Perspectives on Opera,” “Exploring the Great Outdoors in Art,” and “Great Decisions” are just a few of the courses that will be offered for the spring 2021 session of the Evergreen Forum, a program of the Princeton Senior Resource Center. Starting Feb. 22, the program will offer 24 courses for adults, all on Zoom, that focus on science, literature, art, history, social studies and culture. Classes meet once a week for two hours. Registration is a first-come, first-served system. Online registration is available at princetonsenior.org. Electronic brochures are available online on the PSRC website. Fees are $95 for a 6- to 8-week course, and $70 for a 3- to 5-week course. Senior Scholarships are available to those for whom the fee is a hardship. To apply, contact Shifra Vega at svega@princetonsenior.org or at 609-751-9699, ext. 116. The Princeton Senior Resource Center is a community nonprofit where aging adults and their families find support, guidance, education and social programs to help them navigate life transitions and continue to be active, healthy and engaged in the community. The Evergreen Forum is an affiliate of the Road Scholar Institute network. The Evergreen Forum corporate sponsors for spring 2021 are Capital Health, NightingaleNJ Eldercare Navigators, Homewatch CareGivers, Penn Medicine Princeton Health & Home Health, and Stark & Stark Attorneys at Law. Cranbury residents are invited to join the township’s Recreation Board, the Municipal Alliance, the Clock Winding Committee and the Historic Preservation Commission. Most meet via Zoom for now. For more information, visit www.cranburytownship.org/home/webforms/boardand-commission-volunteer-application

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The Nature Center at Washington Crossing State Park in the Titusville section of Hopewell Township is offering programs this winter free of charge. Pre-teens and adults can hike Baldpate Mountain from 1:30-4 p.m. Jan. 10. Follow a county park trail from its trail head near Church Road to the top of the hill. Meet at the parking lot by Niederer’s Pond. Bring a water bottle and wear hiking shoes. Aerobic hikes will be offered at 1 p.m. Thursdays, Jan. 14, 21 and 28, weather permitting. The 2-3.5 mile brisk guided hikes will move along selected trails in the state park. Routes to be determined. Meet at the Nature Center. Bring a water bottle and wear hiking shoes. The trails are quite wet in sections. All programs will require advanced registration in order to manage social distancing. Face coverings are required at all events. Attendance is limited and is available on a firstcome, first-served basis. All children must be accompanied by an adult. In the event of inclement weather, some programs might be canceled; call ahead before coming out. These events are available to families and individuals only. Programs for scouts, schools, home school groups and other groups are available and scheduled separately by special arrangement. Call 609-737-0609.

Saturdays, January 9 through March 13

The Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory’s (PPPL) 36-year tradition of offering weekly informative talks on a wide variety of science subjects continues with a live online version. The Ronald E. Hatcher Science on Saturday Lecture Series resumes from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Saturdays, Jan. 9 to March 13, on the Zoom virtual meeting platform. The series kicks off with a lecture on “The Renaissance of the Stellarator Fusion Concept,” by PPPL physicist David Gates, head of Advanced Projects. Stellarators, a type of fusion energy facility that has twisty coils, were invented by PPPL founder Lyman Spitzer in the 1950s. The complex devices have been a less popular choice for fusion experiments than donut-shaped tokamaks but are making a come-back as scientists find new approaches to stellarator design. Other highlights include a talk by Geeta Govindarajoo, professor of chemistry at Rutgers University, on the intersection between chemistry and art. Govindarajoo will discuss the role of chemistry in creating and restoring art and detecting forgeries. Post questions for the speaker by tweeting to @PPPLsSciEd or #scionsat. The January schedule is: • Jan. 9: David Gates, PPPL, “The Renaissance of the Stellarator Fusion Concept” • Jan. 16: Arvind Narayanan, a computer scientist and professor at Princeton Univer-

sity, “How to Recognize AI Snake Oil” • Jan. 23: Geeta Govindarajoo, of Rutgers University’s Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, “Chemistry and Art: Like Dissolves Like. How Solubility Influences Creating and Restoring Art, Forgery and Telling a Good Story” • Jan. 30: Cristian Galbiaiti, of Princeton University’s Department of Physics, “From studying the Sun, to searching for dark matter, to fighting COVID-19” Recordings of the talks will be posted on the Science Education website a few weeks after the initial viewing. The complete schedule will be posted on the Science on Saturday website. For more information, visit energy.gov/ science.

Through Sun., Jan. 10

Morven Museum & Garden’s Festival of Trees is a juried collection of trees and mantles decorated by area garden clubs and non-profit partners displayed in the museum’s galleries throughout the mansionturned-museum. The trees will be on display through Jan. 10. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton St., Princeton, is open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Festival of Trees is included with museum admission of $10; $8.00 for seniors; free for Friends of Morven and children 6 years old and under. For more information and associated Festival of Trees programming, both virtual and in-person, visit morven.org/

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra will present a virtual concert featuring the music of Mozart and Saint Georges at 4 p.m. Jan. 10. The program spotlights Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s dramatic Serenade for Winds in C Minor, K. 388 and Joseph Bologne, Le Chevalier de Saint-Georges’ Symphony No. 1 in G Major. Ukrainian-born virtuoso pianist Alexander Gavrylyuk performs selections for solo piano. For tickets, visit princetonsymphony.org. The Dryden Ensemble will present a virtual concert, “Extraordinary Tunings,” at 4 p.m. Jan. 10. Virtually unknown repertoire from 162050, featuring Daniel Swenberg. For Zoom tickets, visit www.drydenensemble.org or call 609-466-8541.

Mon., Jan. 11 to Fri., Feb. 26

The West Windsor Arts Council will present a virtual exhibit, Harmony Art Show, from Jan. 11 to Feb. 26. WWAC invites artists to explore the idea of balance disrupted and harmony restored as it relates to personal experience, beliefs, or observations. The online opening reception will be from 7:15-9 p.m. Jan. 15. For more information, visit https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUkfuqrTspHt0TTfednaklYy6cktleZ66w

Tues., January 12

Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart invites families of boys interested in grades 5-8 to virtually join a Middle School Admission Webinar at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 12. Register at https://bit.ly/3aWGK2t Princeton Academy is located at 1128 Great Road, Princeton. Call 609-921-6499 or visit www.princetonacademy.org

Thurs., January 14

A lecture on “Art Nouveau: Humanity in Harmony with the Natural World” will be presented virtually be the Pennington Public Library at 7 p.m. Jan. 14. Art Nouveau is an elegant decorative style that revolutionized visual art and architecture across Europe and the United States at the end of the 19th Century and into the 20th. Art Nouveau designers believed that all the arts should work in harmony to create a “total work of art”; or Gesamtkunstwerk—paintings, graphic art, buildings, interior design, furniture, textiles, clothes, ceramics, glass art, metal work, and jewelry—all inspired by graceful, natural forms. Registration required by visiting http:// penningtonlibrary.org

Through the Princeton Photo Workshop, learn how to make a good image at 10 a.m. Jan. 14. Learn about composition and light, the critical components of making a good image, as well as more camera functions, the difference between RAW & JPEG, and using different lenses to make the pictures you envision. For more information, visit princetonphotoworkshop.com/classes

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Through Fri., Jan. 15

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

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.

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

Beginning Fri., Jan. 15 The first full production of “Unbecoming,” a new play by Princeton University alumna Emma Catherine Watkins (Class of 2018) that is inspired by the story of the real-life Lady Char-

lotte Guest, a Victorian housewife and mother, will begin streaming by the Lewis Center for the Arts at 7 p.m. Jan. 15. There will be subsequent screenings at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Jan. 16 and at 2 p.m. Jan. 17. Live conversations to follow the broadcasts. Much to her husband’s dismay, Charlotte aspires to become the first person to translate the “Mabinogion,” a collection of ancient Welsh stories, into English. Through her translation, she encounters Blodeuwedd, a woman conjured from flowers as a wife for her creator and punished

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looking forward to it. I know I have some big shoes to fill,” she said in a nod to Musing, who held the post in 2020. Wrapping up the meeting, Quattrone said Hightstown Borough did “very well” in 2020. The town paved several streets, and received thousands of dollars in grants to help maintain its infrastructure. “Many things have changed,” Quattrone said. The municipal offices are closed to the

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public and the staff members are working remotely. There are virtual Borough Council meetings. Crime is also at its lowest level, he said. “The Construction Department is overwhelmed with permits, and that’s good. People are doing work on their homes, which raises property values. The number of property sales has gone up,” he said. “As mayor, I will work to keep things going in the right direction,” Quattrone said.

Continued from Page 1A previously held in 2020 by Ferrante. “I appreciate the vote of confidence from my fellow Township Committee members nominating and voting for me for deputy mayor. I’m looking forward to continue working with Township Committee members and the residents of Cranbury in a collaborative way,” Rogers said a statement. “Mike (Ferrante) is a fantastic team member and manager. He will be a terrific mayor who will continue guiding Cranbury through these disruptive times and also leading the

large initiatives such as lake dredging and library building coming up this year.” Rogers added that she is happy to back up Ferrante in his mayoral duties whenever it is needed and to continue leading Cranbury forward in a sustainable way. Cranbury Township’s five-member committee consists of Mayor Mike Ferrante, Deputy Mayor Barbara Rogers, Township Committeewoman Evelyn Spann, Township Committeeman Matt Scott and Township Committeeman Jay Taylor.

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Service Director for Cranbury School Peter Castellano, who creates the menu and school lunches. “I started at the Cranbury School in January of 2020 and ever since then the students when they were in school were hands on in growing vegetables, mixed greens and lettuces. Probably every two to three weeks I would harvest whatever the kids were growing and incorporate that into the menu,” Castellano said. “Mainly on Thursdays and Fridays at the end of the week, I put a little sign up to let the kids know that it was the aquaponic salad they were eating or aquaponic lettuce or tomato on their sandwiches.” He added that pre-COVID his menu was a lot more eclectic and had a lot more options. “When school was open Susan (Shiffman) and I would work together. She would ask me what type of herbs I could use for the menu, greens and lettuces. I would plan according to what week she would tell me the herbs and vegetables would be ready,” Castellano said. “I think this system is fantastic. One, it helps me with my food costs and I would say probably out of one harvest I was able to when the school was open feed around 200 kids a day who would come into the cafeteria and purchase a hot lunch.” According to Castellano, the aquaponics system can yield 20 pounds of lettuce. “I can take care of a whole day of salads at lunch from the aquaponics system. I remember in February of 2020 the kids planted microgreen cilantro and they told me in three

for her infidelity. As Charlotte struggles to reconcile her creative ambitions with 19th-century expectations of marriage and motherhood, she must also confront the power and responsibility she holds in retelling Blodeuwedd’s story. Performed by a cast of six Princeton students – who lived as a quarantine pod through the fall – in a unique outdoor setting and presented as a filmed theatrical production. For information, registration and access to the film, visit https://arts.princeton.edu/events/ unbecoming/2021-01-15/

weeks it can be harvested, so I planned in the third week a taco Tuesday and incorporated all the microgreen cilantro with the tacos,” he said. According to the school, the aquaponics system has been updated. The new aquaponics system, which includes a 600-gallon fish tank and 20 Koi fish, was installed after a donation from the Cranbury Education Foundation. “The Cranbury Education Foundation purchased a new and improved system in 2018; that is when it was installed. Between the growing beds and the tank itself for the fish it was around $10,000-$12,000,” said Louise Campi-Carroll, president of the Cranbury Education Foundation. “It is part of our STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics) enrichment efforts.” The foundation regular raises funds for school enrichment programs every year and primarily raises those funds through the organization’s annual craft show and family donations. “This is a collective effort. We get over 100 parents to help us with our craft show and without these volunteers we would not be able to do any of this,” Carroll said. “We are very thankful and grateful to all of our parents when they come out and work the craft show for us.”

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Winter may seem quiet, almost like nature is taking a break. But is this true? Many animals are hibernating, lots of birds have fled to the south and plants are dormant. But you might be surprised at all of nature’s activity in winter in this state we’re in. Every day for the next six months, we will gain a couple of additional minutes of daylight. The increasing daylight signals to the natural world that although it’s cold – and will remain so for months – spring is already on its way. You may have noticed bald eagles carrying twigs and grass. Bald eagles are New Jersey’s early birds, responding quickly to changes in daylight by starting an early mating season. In the chill of winter, eagles are among the first birds – along with great horned owls – to build nests and lay eggs. Right now, eagles in New Jersey are gathering materials to build or repair nests, many of which are used by the same pair for years. A few females have even started laying eggs. The first bald eagle chicks of 2021 will begin hatching in late February and early March. How can bald eagles nest so early, when it seems like the cold would be lethal to the eggs and young? The answer is that males and females are active parents, working cooperatively to keep eggs and babies warm at all times. While one hunts, the other sits on the nest. The incubation and nesting period for bald eagles is long, so starting early may give them an advantage. By the time chicks are ready to fly and hunt in the spring, food sources like fish, small mammals and waterfowl will be more plentiful. Great horned owls also mate early for the same reasons. On winter nights when all is still and quiet, you can often hear great horned owls hooting mating calls to each other from the tops of tall trees. Winter is also mating season for Eastern tiger salamanders, New Jersey’s earliest breeding reptile. These prehistoric looking salamanders can grow as long as 14 inches. They are not easy to spot, though, because they are nocturnal and spend most of their lives in underground burrows. On wet nights in winter, Eastern tiger salamanders crawl out of their burrows. Males make their way to ponds and vernal pools – sometimes across snow – where they gather in the water and wait for females.

Female tiger salamanders choose which males get to breed. Once a female has picked her mate, she swims under him and bumps his neck. That’s a signal for him to release sperm into the water. The female absorbs the sperm, later releasing five to eight gelatinous egg masses the size of golf balls. Once the egg-laying is finished, all parental duties are over. The larvae that hatch in early spring are completely on their own. Eggs laid in vernal pools – that is, ponds that dry up in summer – have the best chance of success, since these bodies of water do not have fish that would otherwise eat the eggs and larvae. What other interesting treats does nature offer in winter? If you are lucky, you might glimpse an all-white ermine hunting near a stream or lake. Ermine is another name for shorttailed weasel, a native semi-aquatic mammal in New Jersey. Ermine are famous for their snowy fur, but that’s just their winter coloring. In the summer, their appearance changes to brown with white chests and bellies. Like mink and other weasels, ermines are carnivorous. Most insects disappear in winter, but it’s possible on warm days to spot a beautiful mourning cloak butterfly. In northern areas where it overwinters, including New Jersey, adult mourning cloaks may be seen basking in the sun during almost every month of winter on warm days. These moths have distinctive black wings with small blue dots and a bright golden-yellow edge. You may be able to attract them to your yard by putting out pieces of sweet, overripe fruit, like bananas. On warm nights, it’s not unusual to see small grayish moths flying around under porch lights and in car headlights. These are male winter moths. These non-native moths emerge from the ground to breed during mild winter weather. Breeding in winter may give these moths an advantage because there are fewer birds around to feast on their eggs, which will hatch in the spring. Winter is also a great time to observe species that migrate to New Jersey from the north in search of more plentiful food. For example, seals are regular winter visitors to New Jersey’s shoreline, living in colonies at Sandy Hook Bay and other protected places. Birds that come from the north to spend winters in New Jersey include snowy owls, gannets, loons, snow

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Virtual exploration of our world Since most of us can neither safely travel for exploration, nor want to, given the risks, another way to see our planet is available on the streaming service Discovery+. Its five episodes of “A Perfect Planet” will “examine the forces of nature that shape all life.” These include sunlight, weather, oceans, volcanoes and ourselves, the most recently arrived of these forces. The series guide and narrator is wellknown Sir David Attenborough, long the voice of knowledge about our habitats and species. At age 94 he is not slowing down. The series was filmed in 31 countries over four years. The focus of the series is not climate change but rather is “the extraordinary resiliency of the natural world” and how so

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millennia. In speaking about “rock-hopper penguins,” Attenborough does give a nod to the roles that “judgment and luck” play in both the penguins’ future and in his own career. He feels unusually fortunate in having been able to travel the world and see many of its wonders. At the same time, he confesses that the pictures, the visual recordings, of all the many species he has encountered, are by themselves the real gifts to the rest of us. They provide us with the vivid imprints of this world we live in. We don’t really need the words; just the images of all these creatures we share the planet with.

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Wilma L. Shimer, 96, a long-time resident of Cranbury, NJ, passed away peacefully on December 30, 2020, at Middlebury Convalescent Home in Middlebury, Connecticut. Wilma was born on March 12, 1924 in Muncie, IN where she grew up, met, and married the love of her life, Robert F. Shimer. Together, they shared 60 wonderful years of marriage. Wilma was a very active member of the greater Cranbury community, participating in Red Hats, Golden Age Seniors, Boy Scouts of America, Order of the Eastern Star, and various activities at the First Presbyterian Church of Cranbury. Wilma was a recognized, local artist. She was an active member of NJ Watercolors Association. Her works can be found in many local homes and establishments including The Cranbury Inn and Teddy’s Restaurant. She was a ﬁxture at Cranbury Day’s for many years selling her artwork, including prints of her ‘Cranbury Main Street’ painting. Wilma loved antiques and collecting. Known to many as the “Cookie Jar Lady,” she had a collection of over 200 cookie jars which she proudly displayed in home and freely lent to Cranbury Historical Society for display. Wilma was predeceased by her husband, Robert F. Shimer; her sister, Martha T. Thompson; her brother-in-law, Everett Thompson of Phoenix, AZ; and her niece, Pamela A. (Thompson) Ryan of Phoenix, AZ. She is survived by her two sons, Robert L. Shimer (with his wife, Margaret “Peg” J., and her granddaughter, Meredith J., of Southbury, CT) and John T. Shimer (with his wife, Laurie A,. of Stewartsville, NJ and her grandchildren, John “Jack” T. and his wife, Brittany, of Summerville, SC, Brianna L. of Denton, TX and Cameron R. of Stewartsville, NJ). She is also survived by her niece, Jan L. (Thompson) Girard and husband, Richard of Dewey, AZ; her nephew, Gary Thompson of Phoenix, AZ; as well as countless friends and neighbors she cherished in her beloved Cranbury. Wilma will be remembered for her love of family and friends, and her kindness, warmth, and art. Cremation services were held privately in Connecticut and a Memorial Gathering and Service will be held at a later date in New Jersey. Interment will be in Brainerd Cemetery, Cranbury, New Jersey In lieu of ﬂowers, the family requests that donations be made to the American Heart Association.

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