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by JuStin Feil Faraz Tamboli is an altruist. His concern for others has fueled a desire to be a biomedical engineer when he grows up, and it led the 12-year-old Plainsboro resident to introduce an innovation that made him a finalist in 3M’s national Young Scientist Challenge. The annual competition, which is sponsored by 3M and Discovery Education, invites students in grades 5-8 to submit a 1-2 minute video describing a unique solution to an everyday problem for the chance to win $25,000 and an exclusive 3M mentorship. “I was thinking of ideas for helping the deaf and aphonic (people) since my father first told me this story about a kid who was aphonic named Mona in my father’s second grade,” Tamboli said. Mona kept trying to play with Tamboli’s dad, but he was unable to understand him. “It was really sad,” he said. “Mona couldn’t play with them, so I thought, ‘Why don’t I fix this story?’ I came up with this idea of making a talk-motion device that translates sign language gestures into voice and voice into sign language See APP, Page 16

West Windsor resident Scott Benerofe takes a break and visits with a donkey during his hike along the Appalachian National Scenic Trail this year.

Thru-hiking the Appalachian Trail Scott Benerofe hiked the entire 2,200mile route over the summer by madeleine maCCar The Appalachian National Scenic Trail stretches from Georgia to Maine, running its full length of nearly 2,200 miles through 14 states—or five pairs of shoes if you’re Scott Benerofe, who hiked the full trail earlier this year. Benerofe, a lifelong Plainsboro resident who recently moved to West Windsor and

graduated from Northeastern University this past December, describes himself as having been “absolutely gripped” by the idea of hiking the Appalachian Trail for the past four years. He read about it, planned for it, mentally and physically prepared for it, undertook comparably shorter hikes and camping excursions with it in mind, and finally hit the trail’s southern terminus in Springer Mountain, Georgia, on March 10. By July 25, he had summited its northern terminus on Mount Katahdin in Maine’s Baxter State Park, joining the ranks of the few hundred people a year

who “thru-hike” the Appalachian Trail, or completely walk it in one season. “I wanted to prove to myself that I could do it,” Benerofe says. “It’s such an inspiring thought to me, the idea of walking so far with everything I need on my back, travelling such a great distance on foot. It was a really motivating thing to think about being able to cover all of that land, to look at the map and know that I walked past every trail marker, I walked the whole entire trail.” Nearly two million people step foot on the trail each year, many of whom are “day hikSee TRAIL, Page 14

Voters in Plainsboro and West Windsor will have the opportunity to cast ballots on Nov. 5 for candidates running for municipal governing bodies and the WW-P Board of Education. In the school board election, two three-year seats are up in West Windsor and one in Plainsboro. In West Windsor, incumbent Carol Herts is being challenged by incumbent Louisa Ho and her running mate Graelynn McKeown. In Plainsboro, current board member Yu “Taylor” Zhong is being challenged by Robin Zovich. Turn to Page 10 for more coverage of the school election. In Plainsboro, incumbent Democrats David Bander and Ed Yates are running unopposed for two three-year terms on Township Committee. In West Windsor, incumbent council president Alison Miller and running mates Yan Mei Wang and Shin-Yi Lin are running as part of the Progressive Vision for West Windsor slate. They are up against Andrea Sue Mandel, Sonia Gawas and Michael Stevens, who are part of the Community Leaders for West Windsor slate. Coverage of the election was printed in the October issue of The News. It is also posted online at wwpinfo.com.

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Community Forum Thanks to Windsor Farm for mums at Back to School Night On behalf of the faculty and staff at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South, we would like to recognize the community spirit of Wayne Kalinowski and Paul Keris of the Windsor Farm. They were very generous in their domination of Fall mums to beautify our school for Back to School Night on Oct. 3. It is responsible citizens like Wayne and Paul who make us proud that we have such a great community. Dennis Lepold Lepold is the principal of High School South.

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Regarding the deer situation in West Windsor, it would be best if the township chose to adopt a no kill policy as research has shown that hunting is not always an effective solution to deer conflict management. In light of violence and shootings, it would be wise not to bring guns and bow hunting into the discussion. Instead, we should turn to other ways to deal with this issue like immunocontraception, which is

Send letters to bill@wwpinfo.com. Letters not appearing in the paper will be posted at wwpinfo.com. Deadline for next issue: Nov. 18. far safer, more humane and equally effective. Exercising compassion by finding a solution free of killing would ultimately benefit our community far more. I’m sure West Windsor could find a way to pay for more humane options and show that kindness can outweigh cost. Dipali Nagar West Windsor

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Lin: Engagement with the community is a key issue The signature issue of my run for Township Council is addressing the relationship between municipal government and our residents—ensuring that our leadership reflects the values and the experiences of those for whom they are making decisions, and focusing on promoting inclusive, respectful and open dialogue. The problems surrounding the related issues of engagement, communication and transparency are not unique

to West Windsor—they are endemic in our country—but I believe they need to be THE priority if we want our township government operating in a way that reflects our needs and priorities. Addressing these problems is admittedly tough. Our residents are busy commuters and parents, many are non-voting immigrants. We need creative ideas if we are to reach our residents in a fragmented media market. I was saddened to read The News’ announcement in October that they are cutting back to a monthly publication schedule. We are a township that struggles with open, trusted sources for information—outside of our police department’s public Facebook page. To this end, I’ve promised several concrete deliverables in this area of relationship building with a my “Contract to West Windsor” (see shinyilin.com). One idea I’ve proposed is holding office hours around town (for example, I’ve been visiting our train station on Wednesday mornings since June to make myself regularly available to commuters). It is because I value transparency that I have chosen to be open on the campaign trail about my political affiliation. Why am I sharing my “Democrat” affiliation in an election that is ostensibly non-partisan? It’s because I want to be honest. For my candidacy, Democrat is a biographical description that is relevant to you understanding who I am—as much as mother and scientist. It has been important for me to stand as a Democrat during these dispiriting times for our country—as a scientist who wants my leaders at all levels of government to

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have the relevant policy-making expertise to serve, and as a mother who values and supports the most vulnerable in our community. If I win your vote, I want to win your vote for the right reasons. There have been a number of email/ print communications about this election that have been circulated anonymously to residents. To be clear, Alison, Yan Mei and I have had nothing to do with these communications, directly or indirectly. We comply with NJELEC laws by adding “Paid for by…” in all campaign communications. Sadly, there are residents who think that our candidates might support these kinds of anonymous communications. This is emblematic of the cynicism in our government that I’m trying to directly address this election cycle. I urge my neighbors to get informed from verified sources, as this is a key local election. Shin-Yi Lin Lin is a candidate for West Windsor Council.

Miller: I will help West Windsor meet challenges When I first ran for Council, the policy we introduced to West Windsor was Growth Management. We wanted a long-term vision for our community, including fewer single-family homes, bypass roads to protect our neighborhoods (like New Village Road), retail nubs (like Southfield Shopping Center), more open space, development of parks and athletic facilities, including the com-

munity pool, more parking at the train station, and dealing with our Mt. Laurel housing obligation. Some progress has been made and some blocked, and we are now facing a lot of the same issues: how to build a viable town center in the age of diminishing bricks-and-mortar retail; how to move traffic safely and efficiently; and how to accommodate the increasing population mandated by the affordable housing laws. We don’t know what the census will reveal about New Jersey’s population. We don’t know what the legislature or the courts will decide in light of the census results. What we do know is that our community’s health requires no new commercial-to-residential zoning changes; not at the side of town, and not in the middle of town. The ensuing extra school children in our schools, extra traffic on our roads, extra burden on our services would be unacceptable. Growth Management calls for an orderly examination initiated by the Planning Board to look at any changes in zoning. At the same time, we have to look beyond West Windsor to the effects of our policies on our neighbors, and beyond. We have to do something to control the proliferation of plastics; banning single-use plastic bags would help, recycling plastic wrappers would help, joining with the County, and if necessary the State, to develop more comprehensive recycling would help. We have to work with the County and state to control the deer, which are not See FORUM, Page 6

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I did it again this year—I walked from the West Windsor’s west boundary where Quaker Road crosses the Delaware and Raritan Canal to the east boundary at the Muslim Center of Greater Princeton, from the north boundary at Lower Harris Street to the last southbound house on Line Road. What’s new with West Windsor in 2019? Residents concern about residential overdevelopment. Many residents, probably most, that I’ve spoken to are concerned about this issue and want to act on it. But, it is a complicated issue that most residents need more information about to untangle the intricate connections between our affordable housing obligation, West Windsor’s remaining buildable land spaces and the overall process of residential housing development. I will move our Council to create an education process, an “awareness drive,” to provide our residents with the information needed to understand, get involved and unite our voices in fighting residential overdevelopment. One more open space parcel preserved. This October, we acquired the 8.8-Acre Applegate Parcel for open space for $275,000. This followed years of back and forth negotiation. The land is located at 163 Clarksville Rd by the narrow Clarksville Road Bridge. When the aging bridge is replaced and widened, this land can be used for the installation of a safe pedestrian/bicycle connector, linking several unconnected regions in town. The hottest developer topic. It is the use variance application submitted by WWM Properties West to build 420 all affordable garden apartments on a 21.50-acre parcel of land across Route 571 from the Southfield Shopping Center. West Windsor does not support an affordable/normal-sized family unit ratio above a healthy 25%. Our Zoning Board will discuss the application again on Nov. 9. I stand firm against this development proposal. Time for a township-wide pavement preservation program. It is great that we started pavement preservation this past June (after my two years of advocating) by microsurfacing Marian Drive and Dinsmore Lane. After that, there has been no new road preservation effort. It is time to preserve the remaining 122 miles of West Windsor roads, and only by doing so can each West Windsor family begin to save $500 per year in taxes, vehicle repair costs, and gas consumption and West Windsor’s air pollution decrease by 2%. More interest in switching to the sewer system. More residents and neigh-

borhoods are interested in converting from a septic system to a sewer system: Princeton Oaks, Cubberley Street, the area behind McCaffrey’s Food Market all the way up to Rabbit Hill Road, WindsorEdinburg Road and South Post Road. Troublesome traffic spots and township-wide speeding. These issues should be addressed with a township-wide roadway safety plan rather than the current case-by-case method, as I have learned in a traffic management course taken at Rutgers Center for Advanced Infrastructure and Transportation. Mixed-use shops are not renting. One year ago, residents began to move in at Parc on Bear Brook Road. Currently, no first-floor store space is occupied despite the marketing. While the mixeduse model has been popular—where the first floor is for businesses and the second floor is for residential housing use, its suitability for West Windsor at this time should be re-examined. We are acting to protect our environment. We use more reusable containers—bags, water bottles, reusable take out containers, and reusable coffee pods, etc. Regardless of whether one supports the plastic bag ban, he/she supports reducing plastic waste with various actions practiced at his/her own comfort level. The general trend is towards how the Princeton Farmers Market has become—one feels strange not bringing his/her own reusable bags. More residents inquired about a township wide composting program; the Wang Miller Lin team used 100% recyclable campaign signs. Our seniors seek meaningful community integration. Our seniors are full of energy and ideas; they need cohesive revenues to give back to our community. And yet, for one example, our schools no longer have the seniors-read-to-children program and our township has not replaced it with a sufficient amount of other diverse and well-structured give-back programs. Our first Little Free Food Pantry. It is coming on Nov. 9. It will be located by the West Windsor Arts Center, taking non-perishable food items. Take what you need, leave what you can. Yan Mei Wang Wang is a candidate for West Windsor Council.

Herts: Make school board committee meetings public In the interest of openness and transparency, I believe that WW-P Board of Education committee meetings should be open to the public. They are not now because of a policy. West Windsor Council allows the public in their committee meetings, and there is no reason that WW-P cannot do the same. I was a Brownie Girl Scout camping leader, and a Cub Scout Leader. As a kid, I attended public schools and played the flute and oboe, and piccolo in the marching band. At Brown University, I studied math and political science, played the oboe and English horn in the orchestra and worked in food services. We all moved here for the high-quality schools, and WW-P schools are a significant part of our community. We must

maintain that high quality, for the benefit of our children, our property values, and the community that we love, as efficiently as possible. I’m often talking to parents to discuss ideas for improving the schools. I understand that taxes are too high for many people, and that spending has to be held down in areas that do not affect students. The schools are for our children, and all of them should have opportunities that fit their abilities, interests and needs. Students also need guidance counselors to help them find the right balance of classes and activities, so that they can enjoy school without excessive stress. The concerns and input of students, parents, teachers and taxpayers must be incorporated into major decisions. The administration should follow the community’s priorities, and provide excellent education, activities and opportunities for all students in line with the community’s objectives. In the 1980s, the state Department of Education released a study: “Schools do matter, and those that did the most effective job stressed daily homework, had high expectations of students, and held them to rigorous standards of accountability.” The WW-P school system should operate transparently to provide all students with the high quality, cost-effective education that our community desires and the opportunities students need to thrive in a supportive environment. Carol Herts Herts holds a West Windsor seat on the School Board and is running for reelection.

Vote Miller for Council

I am pleased to endorse the re-election of Alison Miller as West Windsor Township Councilwoman. Her many years of service to our municipality serve as the greatest endorsement of all. She knows the business of governing and has always given the highest priority to the best interests of our community. I know her well and admire her thoughtful and fair-minded actions in all matters of local government. She has consistently served, and will continue to serve, in ways that will keep West Windsor as a great place in which to live. Susan Connolly Parris West Windsor

Vote Mandell for Council

It is our sincere pleasure to write in support of Andrea Mandel for the West Windsor Township Council. We worked very closely with Andrea for almost a decade as co-coaches of the award winning WW-P Girl Scout FIRST Robotics team. Andrea, a 30- year resident of West Windsor, is an exceptional leader and mentor for the FIRST Robotics team specifically and for Girl Scouts in general. Andrea is smart, kind and caring and is an excellent motivator. She is a forward thinker with the ability to problem solve. She has a lifelonglove of learning and took it upon herself to learn many skills she then taught the robotics team so that the girls were competitive on the world stage. As an example, Andrea worked almost

A number of letters were received in support of candidates running for the WW-P School Board. They will be posted online at wwpinfo.com. daily for several years teaching Girl Scouts programming, engineering concepts and building skills. Many girls had never programmed or even used a tool before joining the Girl Scouts robotics program. These young women are now successful in college studying engineering, computer science and business. The girls used the experiences Andrea helped them gain in their internships, college work and careers. We believe that Andrea’s intellectual curiosity, energy and dedication to others will greatly benefit the West Windsor Township Council. Jan Cardinale and Helen Rancan West Windsor Mandell also received letters of support from Jyotika Bahree, and Jyothi, Jaya and Rasmi Alluri. Their letters can be read online at wwpinfo.com.

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Vote Wang for Council

I have known Yang Mei Wang for over two years, since she was campaigning during the last election. A brief conversation turned into a two-hour give and take about many township issues. I was blown away by her knowledge of the problems facing our township and overall sincerity and intelligence. In other words, here was an extremely bright person who really cared about our needs for the community. Yan Mei helped expedite a drainage problem we had, that was the town’s responsibility. It had lingered for over 200 years. Not only did she follow through but called and emailed me to assess my progress. She was my advocate. The same way, she will be your advocate. This is a person who cares, and I hope someday she runs for mayor. More importantly, I trust her to make the correct decisions on our behalf, as demonstrated in her successes with pavement preservation program. She initiated the West Windsor recycling plastic program. She is a member of the Mercer County Central Labor Council. Besides being a physicist and earning her PHD at the University of California, Berkeley, she has completed nine training courses at Rutgers on infrastructure and transportation.

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Vote Lin for Council

I’m am supporting Shin Yi Lin for West Windsor council. This is my first public endorsement of a council candidate in my 33 years as a West Windsor resident. I am a frequent walker, cyclist and runner—as well as a recently retired environmental scientist. As such, my top-of-mind concerns include our local See FORUM, Page 8

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in supporting the single-use plastic bag ordinance as it progressed through the EC and was presented to the township council for consideration. I also had a one-to-one conversation with her about her vision for raising the level of communication in township government to better manage our every-day government services while also taking local steps to address larger global environmental challenges that increasingly impact us here in West Windsor. Last, looking over her personal and professional profile at her webpage (shinyilin.com), my opinion was cemented that Shin Yi would be the exact professionally-qualified, energetic, intelligent, reasonable, and motivated person that we need on West Windsor’s township council at this time. D.J. Varner West Windsor Lin also received a letter of support from Matt Weber, which can be read online at wwpinfo.com.

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Three seats are up for grabs in the Nov. 5 election for the West WindsorPlainsboro Board of Education—two in West Windsor and one in Plainsboro. In West Windsor, incumbent Carol Herts is being challenged by incumbent Louisa Ho and her running mate Graelynn McKeown for two three-year terms on the board. Ho and McKeown are running together under the slate name, “For Our Community.” In Plainsboro, the contest if for one open three-year seat. Current board member Yu “Taylor” Zhong is being challenged by Robin Zovich. *** All of the candidates were posed a series of four questions by The News. Their bios and answers appear below. The candidates are separated by town.

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Carol Herts, 61, and her husband, Ken, have lived in town since 1992 and were Plainsboro residents before that for nine years. She is finishing her first three-year term on the board. Herts holds a bachelor’s degree in math from Brown University, and has worked in the magazine and newspaper publishing industry. She currently volunteers as a court appointed special advocate for foster children. The couple has three children who

graduated from High School South. They attended Wicoff, Dutch Neck, Millstone River, Village and Grover schools. Louisa Ho, 60, and her husband, Carl Van Dyke, are 23-year residents of West Windsor. Ho earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering and a master’s degree in transportation from from MIT. She moved to West Windsor in 1996. Her daughter, Rebecca, and son, David, are both South graduates who are currently in college. She previously worked as the director of planning for the Greater Richmond Transit Company. After that she worked at New Jersey Transit -Bus Operations, where she held a variety of jobs in planning and operations, including project manager, bus projects administrator, manager of terminal operations, director of eastern region and deputy general manager southern division. After the birth of her second child, Ho focused on being a full-time parent. Ho became her daughter’s Girl Scouts troop leader, which has led to what Ho calls her current volunteer “career” with Girl Scouts. She has been a troop leader for 19 years, and currently leads two troops. Graelynn McKeown, 39, has lived in West Windsor for seven years with her husband, Craig. The couple has two children—one at Maurice Hawk Elementary and the other at Village School. McKeown earned a bachelor’s degree in biology from Rutgers University and currently works as a training expert,

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learning and development design strategies at Janssen Pharmaceutical Companies of Johnson & Johnson. She has previously worked as a senior manager of training and document control working under quality assurance, operations and human resources functions. *** How will your experience, expertise or perspective be most useful on the board? Herts: My children received a wonderful education in WW-P and I want to ensure that today’s students do also. Each student should have the opportunity to pursue their individual interests, whether advanced academics, music, arts, sports or extracurricular clubs in a caring environment. Listening to parents and taxpayers helps me to understand their needs. I diligently read all the material the dis-

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trict provides, including new textbooks, curriculum documents, policy and program changes, then do research and talk to community members before voting on them. Ho: As with many jobs, experience helps. My six years on the school board means that I am up to speed on issues and have a perspective on where we have been, which informs decisions about where we want to go in the future. As a trained engineer, I am an analytical person who seeks hard data. I am open minded and look at issues from different angles and ask lots of questions. I’m a listener, and a consensus builder. I grew up in a family that highly valued education and strongly believe that our district needs to continue to provide an outstanding educational experience. I’m a homeowner and taxpayer, who feels the impact of our property taxes.

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tration communicates with the community? What do you think they do well, and in what areas can there be improvement? Herts: Transparency is extremely important. In public meetings I ask questions for parents and taxpayers to increase openness, so that the community can hear the thinking behind decisions, not just see the vote. With parents wanting to see what their children are learning, school work should be sent home every week. Communication goes two ways. I’m always accessible to parents and taxpayers to listen, and to explain what is happening with our schools and board decisions. The school board and administration need to listen to parents’ and taxpayers’ concerns, and constantly try to improve the education our students receive. Ho: I have been an advocate for improving district communication with the community for many years. A variety of improvements have taken place. Board meetings are recorded and televised. The district has embraced social media as a way to share information more quickly. The district is using school messenger to streamline communication and send families weekly emails with schoolspecific information. And the district website is being enhanced. I will continue to advocate for the district to be more proactive and make it easier for community members to be informed and involved. McKeown: I believe the administration has made recent noticeable

improvements on communication. We receive information in a more timely and consistent manner with weekly newsletters using the same format. I also receive announcements and urgent notifications via social media using Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. In terms of communicating with the broader community who may not have children attending school here, I feel the district website is easy to navigate and transparent. It holds a wealth of information if you are seeking it. There is, however, an opportunity to educate the community on the roles and responsibilities of the board of education, administration and school staff. People who have an issue or concern don’t necessarily know who to turn to and may end up redirected several times. This can cause frustration, which I believe is preventable with some proactive measures.

derful schools. Teachers, administrators, students and parents should work together to find ways to alleviate students’ stress. For example, teachers should make sure material is evenly spaced throughout the year, instead of front loading the fall semester, and having spring semester be much less work. There are also steps that students themselves can take, such as meditation, taking four deep breaths or spending time outside to reduce stress. Staying off social media and screens for an interval before bed improves sleep. Ho: Students in our district, particularly at the high school and middle school levels, experience a lot of stress. There is stress about academic achievement and college admissions, as well as stress about other typical teenage issues, like peer pressure or body image. While some stress is beneficial, too much stress can lead to dangerous outcomes. The district has embraced a number of initiatives to address stress, including measures to reduce stress, and measures to help parents and students identify and address excessive stress. In particular, the district’s initiative to bring in professional Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care clinicians is a big step in the right direction. When students are supported and feel like part of a group, it helps them deal with the stresses in their life. Student activities, sports and clubs help provide our students with a “home” while they are at school. See ELECTION, Page 12

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ELECTION cont. from Page 11 For my kids, marching band was their home at high school, and provided them with a support network of friends that helped them through the stresses of high school. We need to continue and expand those opportunities for our students so more students will have that extra home at school. McKeown: Yes, I believe many students feel pressure to perform academically. While the district recognizes this and implements several practices to help alleviate stress, there’s always room for improvement. Beyond working with students directly, the district offers Parent University sessions so we can learn from experts in the field to better understand and help our children navigate these early years. I’ve attended several eye-opening sessions with practical advice. However, I’m often disappointed by low attendance. These are free interactive lectures delivered by key professionals with amazing take-home messages. Guest speakers share their contact information so there are resources available if/when we need them before the stress becomes too overwhelming. I would love to see the district come up with an improved mar-

keting plan to fill these seats once they have a good grasp on why more people aren’t attending. For example, if it’s a babysitting issue, high schoolers could watch the younger kids in another room for community service credit, a win-win. What are some challenges facing the school district that you believe deser ve more attention? Herts: As the district population grows, we need to ensure facilities keep up, but spend efficiently so we don’t at any point spend more than we need to. The majority of your property taxes go to the schools, and the board has to ensure that all spending is necessary and benefits students, not just pass through annual increases because state law allows that. From talking to parents, it’s clear that elementary math moves too slowly for many students. Students need more writing assignments and more grammar. High school students must be able to write a paper that synthesizes two ideas, and practice writing longer papers of the type that they will be required to complete in college. Ho: The biggest challenge facing the school district is how to manage the impending growth in our school popula-

tion. We need to control class size to maintain academic excellence. However, expanding capacity through construction takes time, and the pace of new development is never guaranteed, which makes it particularly difficult to match growth in the student population with school capacity. We need to be ever mindful of managing expenses. As chair of the finance committee, I have helped to develop and support ways to offset expenses. For example, the district is pursuing a solar initiative that will fund needed improvements in our facilities. As consumers, we make choices every day that have environmental consequences. The district makes many decisions that have environmental consequences. In particular, we need to focus more on how to reduce the trash from our food service operation. We live in a disposable society. That is just not sustainable in the long run. McKeown: What deserves serious attention is how to sustain our reputation for quality education while managing growth. The challenge is that estimated growth and reality continue to fluctuate year after year as we attract more families to our town. As it stands now, parents and

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students across the district describe some of our schools as “bursting at the seams.” It’s important to have an appropriate amount of space to support a safe and healthy learning environment. We must plan for enough resources to prevent the influx of students from overcrowding our classrooms. As we grow, we also want to ensure children at all academic levels feel supported. Growth is imminent and I look forward to working with the district to overcome these challenges.

attended WW-P schools. Zhong holds bachelor’s and master’s degree in physics. He has worked as a financial advisor/planner since 2014. Before that he worked for 20 years in investment banking, including 10 years of risk management for fixed income/bond trading on trading floor at investment banks. He also mentored more than 50 summer interns in investment banking and trading desk at various investment banks. Robin Zovich, 46, and her husband, Tommy, moved to West Windsor in 2006 and then bought a home in Plainsboro the following year. Zovich graduated from Punahou School in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 1991. She attended

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Boston College, graduating in 1995 with a bachelor’s degree in English. She is currently a homemaker and has been since 2002. Prior to that, she worked in New York City for seven years managing print and online advertising/ marketing campaigns for a variety of clients ranging from Fortune 500 companies to academia. The couple has two children who have attended WW-P schools. Son Tommy Jr. is a junior at High School North and daughter Malia is an eighth grader at Community Middle School. *** How will your experience, expertise or perspective be most useful on the board? Zhong: I got elected to WW-P school board in 2013 and reelected in 2016. My experience is most useful. I communicate to parents extensively. My kids were football captains of the WW-P football varsity team. They also attended math A&E program from 4th to 8th grades. I understand the concerns from parents of sports students and academic students. Zovich: One of the main responsibilities of a school board member is to be a strong conduit between the community and school system. My hands-on involvement through volunteering and leadership/board positions within the district and various organizations has expanded my interactions throughout West Windsor-Plainsboro and validates me as a qualified liaison. Over the past 11 years, I have spent numerous hours working with and for the children of our district. I’ve served in executive board positions for both Wicoff and Millstone River schools (covice president, treasurer), been a room/ team parent, field trip chaperone, organizer and volunteer at multiple events such as field days, book fairs, carnivals and dances. Tommy Jr. and Malia participate in scouting. I volunteered with Cub Scout Pack 759 in Plainsboro and currently am the corresponding secretary for Boy Scout Troop 40 in West Windsor. I was a Girl Scout troop leader for four years and have been the service unit girl scout cookie manager for West WindsorPlainsboro the last three years. Tommy Jr. and Malia participate in local youth sports organizations. I’ve volunteered at the Cranbury-Plainsboro Little League, coached and served as league coordinator for the West Windsor Little League. For the past two years I’ve been the treasurer for Lightning Lacrosse and have co-coordinated the West WindsorPlainsboro Lacrosse Day that partners with Attitudes In Reverse. I’ve attended numerous orchestra and band concerts, musicals and plays, high school and middle school games across multiple sports and have readily supported many club/team fundraisers. How do you feel about the way that the school board and administration communicates with the community? What do you think they do well, and in what areas can there be improvement? Zhong: The BOE and administration

communication with the community is good. However, a majority of Chinese parents don’t use Twitter. They use WeChat instead. I sometimes copy messages from Twitter to send out via WeChat. I also explain things via WeChat. Zovich: I feel the school board and administration have done a great job in communicating information at the macro-level. Agendas and presentations are listed for review, public meetings are open to the community to attend and speak at while being recorded and televised, Twitter and e-mails are utilized for prompt communication. On a microlevel, there is room for improvement. One instance that personally impacted our family was the delayed reporting about an extended teacher absence and teacher substitution. Do you think that pressure to perform academically is an issue for students in the school district? If so, what would you suggest the district can do to help alleviate stress and anxiety? If not, how would you respond to those who believe there is a problem? Zhong: This has been a debating issue at our school district for several years. Both sides have a reason. I have been mentoring quite a few college students on their career/internship recently. Those students attend top colleges as well as state colleges. While I mentor several students, I get feedback from dozens of students from various colleges. They are both successful and to-be successful students. I really learned a lot from these students. I witnessed students with different situations. One student performed well academically and went to a top college, but doesn’t want to start an internship or look for a job. The student told the parent, “When I was at high school, you told me to take lots of AP courses and get straight A’s and get to a top school. I achieved that. You now want me to look for a good job. When can I take a break?” If the parent hadn’t pushed too hard, the student might have been more successful at college. This is not a rare situation. I wish I could share more stories with parents. I will not name names or college names when I share stories. These stories may not even come from WW-P or New Jersey. On the other hand, many students who went to state colleges or the socalled second tier colleges performed very well and became managers of the graduates from the top schools. Parents need to understand that technical skills and academic strength are not the only aspect that determines the success of a student. Personality, passion, kindness and many other things are equally important, if not more so. I’m not debating with any side. I just want to share the stories with parents. Parents can draw their own conclusions. I also want to hear back from parents. Zovich: Many students in our school district have expressed concern over the pressure to perform academically. The administration has made several changes over the years implementing new academic guidelines and increasing

staff focused on mental health and student well-being. In addition, team-building activities and programs should be built into the curriculum to help with peer and student-teacher connections. Additionally, it would be advantageous for guidance counselors to build relationships with all of their assigned students via multiple meetings throughout the year; meetings not just focused on course scheduling but examining student work/life balance and welfare. What are some challenges facing the school district that you believe deser ve more attention? Zhong: Communication is the key. I’ll spend more time to talk with parents. As always, I’ll listen to parents and residents. Zovich: One challenge facing the school district is the continued support of the Whole Child initiative. Stress and anxiety due to social and academic pressures are on the rise. The district needs

to be proactive in providing education/ tools to parents, students and staff, helping them to identify youth who are at risk and continue to promote genuine attitudes of kindness, empathy and understanding. A second challenge is the continued and projected residential growth of West Windsor-Plainsboro and the effect on our students, schools and properties. The district has addressed the short and near-term growth but additional planning and strategy is vital for the future. A final challenge is the declining number of student participation in team sports. Team sports not only offer valuable benefits to student-athletes but also create a vibrant sense of school spirit for the whole community. We need to address the lack of awareness and promotion of athletic awards. Focus should be placed on the hiring and support of coaches/athletic administration and the forming of collaborative relationships with our recreation and school programs to boost participation.

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had some really tough moments where I thought about what would happen if I stopped, but I never actually considered it. Nobody was making me be out there. I could stop at any time, but my body always kept moving forward.” Taking on the Appalachian Trail is certainly not without its physical risks, which include anything from inclement weather—Benerofe says that he woke up with snow in the earliest parts of the spring; he got soaked in thunder and lighting storms’ drenching rains as the summer unfolded—to “nearly stepping on a copperhead.” He also had to navigate wet rocks and dicey mountain terrain with the potential for falls that could have ended in serious injury. Benerofe says that aside from a shin splint that called for a rest day, a few stumbles, and one particularly nasty spill on a part of the trail called Knife’s Edge in Pennsylvania, he “came away largely unscathed” from his four-and-ahalf long trek. As a number of the trail’s points include scaling mountains (its highest point is Clingmans Dome in Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains, rising 6,643 feet above sea level) in addition to demanding that a hiker trek quite a few miles a day—Benerofe averaged between 10 and 15. The physical conditioning that’s necessary before committing to the trail not only helps minimize the potential for injury but also prepares a hiker for the rigors of a months-long, largely self-sufficient journey on foot. But the risks were more than worth it, Benerofe says. There is some education he wishes had been a little more accessible to a first-time thru-hiker—

better descriptions of the most scenic camping areas, more thorough descriptions of what the trail towns and their amenities offer to hikers—but he also feels that discovery was a big part of the emotional impact of the hike, especially in terms of witnessing the trail’s natural splendor himself. “Part of me wants to say I wish I knew how truly amazing it would be, how beautiful everything really is,” he says. “But, no, part of what made this so worth it was about finding that out and seeing it for myself.” Benerofe admits that he’s more comfortable in the outdoors than being confined to more urban landscapes. “It doesn’t really bother me to be hiking in the woods at 3 a.m. in the rain, but being in the city can get overwhelming,” he said. He says he loved the opportunity to spend his days taking in the ever-changing scenery all around him, and was “blown away” by the beauty of the South in the Roan Highlands on the North Carolina-Tennessee border, and how the Great Smoky Mountains seem to go on forever in “intense layers.” He also mentions the numerous sunrises and sunsets he witnessed, the elevation in New Hampshire’s White Mountains “that was just impossible to capture in a photo,” and how the scenery in Maine included “the most gorgeous mountain of the whole trail.” Leaving behind the stunning vistas that he describes as “too much for words,” coupled with the realization that a dream he nurtured for four years was now behind him left Benerofe with what dedicated hikers are all too familiar with: post-trail depression. “Coming back home was one of the most difficult parts of the entire experience,” he said. “When I was on the trail, I was living the dream in my mind: I was out in the woods doing what I wanted every day, going through this beautiful scenery, and getting to exercise every day. When you’re on the trail, you’re listening to the birds, you’re looking around at the wilderness around you, and I think I took those quiet moments

on the trail for granted. My phone started buzzing as soon as I was home and you have all these noises, like traffic. That’s definitely hard to readjust to.” While he’s now looking for that first post-college job, Benerofe is already thinking about his next long hike, even though he knows he might have to wait a while. The Appalachian Trail, the West Coast’s Pacific Crest Trail and the Rocky Mountains’ Continental Divide Trail form the Triple Crown of Hiking, and Benerofe’s considered taking on the other two treks at some point. He’s also got his eye on completing the Arizona National Scenic Trail, which he says he’s already done a portion of. But he feels like he’ll return to sections of the Appalachian Trail, and is “100-percent, without a question” certain that he’ll thru-hike it again. In the meantime, Benerofe documented his hike both on Instagram (@ scottbenerofe) and on The Trek (thetrek.co/author/scott-benerofe/), a website dedicated to documenting hikers’ journeys, where he can relive his on-foot travels. And he’s also more than happy to use his experience to advise others who are interested in thru-hiking their way through the Appalachian Trail he called home for more than four months. “Don’t stress about how much your gear weighs, definitely go slow in the beginning to adjust and gain your strength, and just have fun and go with the flow—being flexible in your course is a good thing, and one or two days here and there of making a shorter hike than you planned isn’t going to ruin your pace, especially if you’re just not feeling it that day,” he says. “There’s a saying: Don’t quit on a bad day,” he adds. “If you quit on a bad day, you’re just quitting because it’s bad at that time. If you quit on a good day, it means you really aren’t enjoying the trail. I saw a lot of people out there, and the one thing that every thru-hiker had in common was that they really enjoyed being out there. It wasn’t a job, it wasn’t a task, they weren’t forcing it: They wanted to be out there more than anywhere else.”

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Most N.J. counties behind the times with voting booth security By Rob Anthes In 2004, Hopewell resident Stephanie Harris went to her polling place for the presidential primary, never expecting what was about to happen would alter her life and the public discourse around voter security for the next decade and a half. When Harris entered the privacy booth that day, she saw one of Mercer County’s then-new touchscreen voting machines facing her, a model called the Sequoia AVC Advantage. She found her candidate of choice on the large paper ballot overlay, pressed the box next to the candidate’s name and then hit a large button at the bottom right of the machine to cast her vote. Typically, at this point, the AVC Advantage will make a noise to indicate a vote has been counted. For Harris, nothing happened. Harris exited the privacy booth slightly confused. A poll worker stopped her, and said her vote didn’t register and that she should try again. Harris did, four times with the same results. After the fifth time, the poll worker shrugged, and said, “Well, I think it worked.” Harris never received definitive confirmation her vote had been cast. To this day, she doesn’t know whether the machine recorded her vote. Harris couldn’t shake the feeling that her vote had been taken away. She asked the county for confirmation or at least an explanation. She didn’t get answers, but she did earn a new nickname, courtesy

of a county freeholder—“the Incident in Hopewell.” So she sued. Filed October 2004 in Mercer County Superior Court against the State of New Jersey, the case alleged that direct-recording electronic (DRE) voting machines like the Sequoia AVC Advantage are insecure, unreliable and impossible to audit or otherwise double check. The legal process lasted 14 years and through the administrations of three governors. “It just dragged on and on,” Harris said. Eventually, a team of experts convinced the court that New Jersey’s DRE voting machines were in fact vulnerable and insecure. They showed the machines could be hacked, often in less than 10 minutes and at little expense. They demonstrated the logistics counties use for storing and transporting voting machines provided ample time and opportunity for hacking. And, since DREs do not produce a paper trail or any kind of auditable material, the experts proved this hacking could be done without evidence anything criminal ever had occurred. Many states arrived at the conclusion that using DREs was just too risky, and moved away from them. New Jersey, however, remains one of a small minority of states still using DREs. Just 11 states use paperless machines as their primary voting equipment in at least some counties, and three of those states—Georgia, South Carolina and Pennsylvania—have commit-

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ted to replacing the equipment by 2020. When New Jersey voters go to the polls Nov. 5, however, most of them will be using the same type of machine Harris did 15 years ago. On Election Day 2019, the 2020 presidential primaries in New Jersey will be just seven months away. Some counties will be introducing new machines this November. Others, such as Middlesex County, will have them for 2020. But not everyone is on the same page. In Mercer County, officials said it is unlikely they will purchase new machines before the presidential primaries and 2020 general election. Instead, they aim to have new voting machines before 2023, when Mercer’s current fleet will be 19 years old. Security experts agree this is a problem, since systems older than a decade are more likely to have security and reliability issues. It also puts Mercer County in the minority nationally, according to a report published in August by the Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law. The report figures that only one-third of local election jurisdictions are using voting machines at least 10 years old. This past summer, the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence released a report on the Russian government’s attacks on American’s election infrastructure. The report said there was an urgent need to secure America’s voting machines. It recommended states replace outdated and vulnerable machines with, at least, a voter-verified paper trail and to begin conducting statistically sound audits. But in many New Jersey counties, that won’t happen. “It’s our feeling that the 2020 election will be one of the most important of our lifetimes, and New Jersey will be voting on a very, very vulnerable system,” said Harris, who now serves as chair of the Coalition for Peace Action’s voting integrity taskforce. “The whole thing is extremely frustrating.” *** For the opponents of DREs, the lack of progress especially frustrates because the machine’s security issues have been well known for more than a decade. Harris’s case—filed under thenAssemblyman Reed Gusciora’s name in 2004 by the Rutgers Constitutional Litigation Clinic—was instrumental in rooting out those issues. (Gusciora, now the mayor of Trenton, represented Harris’s district in the state Assembly, and put his name on the case on behalf of all his constituents.) The Rutgers team employed a number of expert witnesses who devised simple ways to hack the voting machines used in New Jersey. One expert, Dr. Roger Johnston, discovered a hack of the Sequoia AVC Advantage through its front panel. Johnston at the time worked for Argonne National Laboratory, assessing threats to the United States’ national security. He concluded that New Jersey elections could be manipulated without accessing any computer chip or processor, and that any voter could execute the hack. Another expert, Dr. Andrew Appel of

Princeton University, didn’t even need time with the machine or experience in voting security to know the AVC Advantage presented issues. He wrote his 2004 testimony simply using basic computer science principles, information anyone who had taken even one computer science class would know. He later devised a hack of the AVC Advantage that took just seven minutes to complete. It gained him national notice. The only tools Appel needed for his hack were a screwdriver and a $4 chip with a cheating program installed. Once installed, the new chip will cause the machine to switch votes from one candidate to another until either the machine or the chip is replaced. “You have to pick the lock,” Appel said. “You can pick that lock in 15 seconds, even if you have no skill in lock picking at all. Then you have to unscrew 10 screws. You have to pry out the chip, put in a new chip. Most of the seven minutes is unscrewing screws and putting them back in.” In other words, could anyone alone with a DRE voting machine for a short amount of time influence elections for at least a decade? “Yeah, they’re the worst,” Appel said. Appel first became interested in election security in the early 2000s. States had begun switching to DREs in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election, which thanks to “hanging chads” had shattered faith in the punchcard ballots then-popular across the country. Appel knew that DREs weren’t much better. “As a computer scientist, I understand that whoever gets to install the program in the voting machine gets to decide how it’s going to add up its results,” Appel said. “If the legitimate program installed by the manufacturer is in there, it’s usually pretty accurate in interpreting the buttons people pressed on the touchscreen. But if a hacker gets to install the program, it’s very easy to write a program that just shifts 20 percent of the votes from one candidate to another. It’s very easy to make that program do that only on Election Day so it can’t be tested before Election Day. And it’s possible to do it only when 100 voters have voted so any test you do, even with 10 or 20 votes, won’t detect it.” Appel further proved just how insecure the entire system is in 2007, when he managed to buy five AVC Advantage machines on the internet from Buncombe County, North Carolina. It cost him $82. The government in Buncombe sold a total of 136 machines on the auction site govdeals.com in January 2007. Any person could bid on and purchase the equipment through this site, as long as the bidder provided a name, address, email and telephone number. Appel paid for the machines by cashier’s check. No one asked him who he was or why he wanted five used voting machines. He called the entire process “easy.” There were some external differences in the appearance of the Buncombe machines compared to the ones used in Mercer County. But internal soft-

ware was identical, meaning the voting machines could be used for practice and parts for hacking real elections. It’s human nature, he said, to trust the machines we use on appearance alone. But Appel stressed that just because something looks like it is legitimate doesn’t automatically make it so. *** Mercer County has 600 Sequoia AVC Advantage voting machines, each nearly 16 years old. Like other counties, Mercer stores the machines in a warehouse when not in use. County officials wouldn’t say where the warehouse is, for security reasons. But a quick web search returns as a result a county document that includes the warehouse’s exact street address in Hamilton. At the warehouse, there is a security gate along the road intended to keep unauthorized people out. On either side of the gate are bold green signs with bright yellow arrows pointing to the “Voting Machine Division.” On a day in mid-October, the security gate had been opened, allowing access from the street. The warehouse’s large loading bay door had been left open, too, allowing anyone who drove by the ability to see straight into the warehouse. The warehouse contains nearly all of the equipment needed to hold an election in Mercer County. Voting machines only leave the warehouse whenever there is an election. The county inspects each machine the Tuesday before the election. The county’s contracted movers, Broadway Movers, begin transferring machines from the warehouse to polling places immediately after inspection has concluded. The same movers pick up the machines a day or two after the election. Mercer County has a contract with Broadway Movers, just renewed in February until July 2020. In it, there are stipulations on the kinds of trucks to be used, the number of machines on each truck, the procedure for picking up and dropping off machines at polling places. The county even required Broadway Movers to provide its employee disciplinary policy and violation forms. But the county did not require background checks or other verifications of the people moving the machines, even though the movers would be left alone with the machines for long periods. Mercer County only requires background checks when working on county property, such as a construction contract, county spokesman Michael Boonin said. Mercer County superintendent of elections Cathy DiCostanzo said her office keeps tabs on all its voting machines once they leave the warehouse, using a state tracking system. Each crew moving machines must log its progress in this system and sign off once the machines have been delivered to the polling place. Once in the polling places, the machines are left alone. There’s no special security beyond whatever staff the

polling place normally has, DiCostanzo said. “But the machines are locked,” she said. Middlesex County uses the same machines as Mercer County, the Sequoia AVC Advantage. Middlesex has more than 700 of the machines—purchased 21 years ago—at its warehouse in Edison. The county contracts with a private company to bring the machines to 254 polling places across Middlesex about one week before an election. The company then returns all the machines by the Monday following an election. (This will be the final general election in Middlesex County with the AVC Advantage. The county has purchased new machines for 2020.) This procedure bothered Princeton University computer science professor Edward Felten, so between 2004 and 2008, he visited polling places across Mercer County and photographed himself in front of unattended voting machines. He testified there were no guards in any of the buildings, at least ones visibly patrolling the area near the machines. All the hallways were unlocked and accessible to the public. No key, badge or alarm code was needed to access them. Felten said in court documents that no one bothered him as he looked at and photographed the voting machines. No one talked to him. No one asked him what he was doing. Felten also pointed out that several polling locations had prominent signs outside the buildings directing the public to the exact location of the voting machines, days before Election Day. Counties across New Jersey still use the same procedure. *** Much of Mercer County’s efforts have focused on preventing a cyberattack from afar. Mercer County has developed an elaborate system for ensuring results are not affected by outside influences. It does not count votes on the internet, clerk Paula Sollami-Covello said, thanks to a 2010 ruling that made it illegal in New Jersey. The AVC Advantage records votes onto a plastic cartridge that looks something like a larger version of an early video game cartridge. The technology actually dates from the same era, approximately the early 1980s. When the polls close, a poll worker from each district removes the cartridges from each machine and brings them to the office of the clerk in their municipality. The clerk inserts each cartridge into a reader. The municipal clerk reads the cartridges and the results at the municipalities. Then, the clerk sends the results via a secure line to Sollami-Covello’s office. A staff member from the county clerk’s office is on hand at each municipality to observe the proceedings, and to bring the results cartridges back to the county office. The results sent by VPN come in to a single computer that is not connected to See BOOTHS, Page 20

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BOOTHS continued from Page 19 the internet or other computers or servers. The results are recorded to a flash drive, and then brought to another computer to check the count. Every time the results are reloaded or refreshed, Sollami-Covello uses a brand new flash drive. Sollami-Covello also has strict rules for internet usage in her office. She belongs to two election security panels—one at the federal level and another at the state level—and said she has attempted to put security best practices into place. She acknowledges there is better technology for elections available now, but said her office has no role in purchasing voting machines. She can only give feedback, and work with the equipment she has now. “I’m in my 14th year, and the [voting machines] were here before I got here,” Sollami-Covello said. “They’re old computers. You know how a 15-year-old computer would be today. They’re ancient because of the new systems and the new operating systems that have been developed. That being said, they’ve been pretty reliable. They work.” *** If the state and county governments in New Jersey have known for years that DREs have issues, then why do we still have the same machines? It’s not for lack of trying, as both levels of government have taken measures to improve or move beyond DREs. But, ultimately, each winds up looking to the other to take the final action. “It’s back and forth,” Harris said. “It’s a Buck Doesn’t Stop Here mentality.” The state’s efforts started just months

after Harris’ case was filed. In March 2005, four assemblymen—including Gusciora and fellow Democrat Herb Conaway, who represents portions of Burlington and Camden counties—introduced Assembly Bill 33. The bill would require all voting machines in New Jersey produce a voter-verified paper record by January 2008. It passed in both houses and became law just months later. But the law ran into problems soon thereafter. Nearly all the compliance efforts were focused on retrofitting the existing DREs with a printer of some sort, not forcing counties to replace their fleets of mostly new machines. In 2006, the appellate division of New Jersey Superior Court ordered an emergency trial, which found that although technology existed that could retrofit a voting machine to produce a paper trail, it was not compatible with the kind of machine used in New Jersey. This meant the state could not meet the 2008 deadline set by the legislature. The legislature extended the paper trail deadline three times, until it finally removed the deadline component of the legislation in 2009, saying the technology would be mandatory as soon as funds became available. In a statement dated Jan. 26, 2009, the Assembly’s state government committee wrote that the suspension had to be done due to the state’s precarious finances. The

state anticipated a $2.1-billion budget gap in 2009, with an even larger one in 2010. “Although $19 million in state funds had been set aside to help pay the costs of retrofitting the direct recording electronic voting machines used in 18 of the state’s 21 counties, this money is no longer available for that purpose,” the statement said. “The funds have been placed in reserve to help the state meeting its urgent fiscal obligations and balance its budgets.” The legislature approved the removal of the deadline by wide margins. Mercer County representatives in the Senate and Assembly were among the few to oppose the measure: Republican Bill Baroni and Democrat Shirley Turner in the Senate and Gusciora in the Assembly. For Gusciora, it was another roadblock for his efforts to improve New Jersey’s election security. But he doesn’t regret the time he spent on it, saying the 2016 presidential election proved his measures are more important than ever. “My own computer at home is subject to interference with cookies and viruses,” Gusciora said. “I don’t think electronic voting is any different.” At the same time, the legislature seemed to acknowledge it had the right idea in 2005. It never removed the paper ballot requirement, and in 2008, it strengthened the state’s stance further by passing a new law requiring a recount

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by hand of a statistically valid sample of paper ballots after every election. The only problem is, without enforcing the 2005 law, there never has been anything to audit. “We have two good laws on the books,” Harris said. “Neither of them work because they’re still waiting for funding. You have this terrible situation, and no one’s doing anything about it.” In 2010, the trial court in the Gusciora/ Harris case issued an opinion where it admitted New Jersey’s voting machines were not secure. But it did not order counties to buy new equipment, instead opting to secure the existing DRE machines in a number of ways, including placing tamper-evident seals on all machines and revoking internet access for any computer used for election-related activities. Within a year, Appel had figured out ways to break the seals without evidence, and published a paper about it. Opponents of DREs say the only way to truly secure New Jersey’s elections is with new technology. “With the state budget, what we’re talking about is such a small percentage, like one percent,” Harris said. “Is it worth it to protect our democracy?” *** A bill that could take care of the problem has been idle in the New Jersey state legislature for more than a year. A group of four sponsors introduced the “New Jersey Elections Security Act” in May 2018. (Democrat Andrew Zwicker, who represents portions of Hunterdon, Mercer and Middlesex counties, was one of them.) A few weeks later, in June 2018, the Sen-

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you what that ballot says,” Appel said. “You can read it with your own eyes. And then when it’s recounted, the people recounting it—with people from both parties witnessing it—can see it with their own eyes. That means if there is computer hacking, that can’t interfere with being able to get the right answer.” As a bonus, every county clerk in New Jersey already uses similar technology with vote-by-mail ballots. Some New Jersey counties have already tried out the optical scan technology for in-person voting, thanks to $380 million in funding Congress provided to states in 2018 to help upgrade voting infrastructure. New Jersey took its portion of the funding, chipped in a bit extra and, in August 2018, launched a $10.2-million election security program. New Jersey Division of Elections director Bob Giles has developed a wide range of initiatives that include cybersecurity, physical security, training, updated voting equipment and auditing. The state offers free security assessments for counties, with the state working with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to inspect voting machine warehouses and clerk’s offices. The state team checks lights, doors, cameras and other security measures to ensure they are working and up to standard. The state will then issue a report, and counties can apply for grants to remedy any issues. So far, 13 counties have taken

advantage. The state also used the election security funding to start a grant program, with counties receiving up to $130,000 to trial new machines. As part of the trial, the counties accepting grant money agree to participate in a risk-limiting audit with their new machines. Seven counties joined: Bergen, Essex, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Union and Warren. Of the seven, Union and Warren have replaced their entire inventory with machines with a paper trail. Mercer County received a $100,000 grant from New Jersey to use to purchase new machines, deciding to test the Dominion optical scan machine in a school referendum election in Princeton in December 2018. The county placed one optical scan machine in one voting district. Everything went so smoothly, Sollami-Covello said, that she and other election officials in Mercer recommended the optical scan machines to the people with purchasing power—the county freeholder board and the county executive. Sollami-Covello said she’s convinced the county should go with optical scan machines because they’re “the safest way.” “I have some confidence in the current system because we are not on the internet,” Sollami-Covello said. “But, ultimately, I would like to see a paper trail.” The Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders has begun the process of

Without enforcing the 2005 law, there never has been anything to audit.

replacing the county’s AVC Advantage machines. In the spring, the board heard presentations from vendors. But freeholder board chairman John Cimino said no definitive decisions have been made, and doubts Mercer County would make a purchase before the 2020 elections. The next county budget would not be in place in time to buy new machines before the presidential primary in June, and Cimino worried about voter and poll worker confusion should different machines be used in the primary and general elections. However, the county knows it will cost $3 to $5 million to purchase new machines, and Cimino said the county government knows it needs to act fairly soon. “Our machines are getting to the end of life,” Cimino said. “Because of that, you’re going to see some level of movement in the 12 to 36 month timeframe.” But three years is a long time, particularly to people like Stephanie Harris who have warned about Mercer County’s current machines since George W. Bush’s first term as president. Harris said all DRE machines should be changed out before the 2020 primary, if possible, and counties still have plenty of time to act. Most clerks want six months to switch a voting system, but the state of Virginia—wary of its touchscreen machines—swapped technologies in just three months. With seven months until the June 2 primary, the clock continues to tick for New Jersey. “It can be done, but there has to be the political will to do it,” Harris said.

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player met him in the air for a 50-50 ball. They made contact in the air, and Ferri landed awkwardly. He tried to walk off the field but his knee buckled as he neared the bench. The next day he couldn’t walk. “When he got injured last year, the entire team went to his house to see if he was okay,” Fisher said. “That’s when you know you’ve got a special kid—when people are taking time out of their day to go check on someone. He’s a team guy. He bleeds it, and we’re very fortunate to have a guy like that being a captain on our team.” Ferri had surgery a few weeks later and his surgeon was cautiously optimistic about his chance to return this year. He poured himself into his physical therapy and was playing again by the spring for his club team. “I would say it went pretty well,” Ferri said. “I woke up every day looking forward to doing something on my knee.” At first he took it slow—he didn’t really have a choice. “I didn’t have my speed, I didn’t have my strength,” Ferri said. “What I was really lacking was my mind set. I didn’t go into a tackle for a while.” Now feeling fully healthy, his focus

not letting anyone get cold feet. I want to is on making the most of his final schomove the ball around.” lastic season before he aims to continue It’s part of the adjustments he’s had playing in college. to make this year, not only in terms of He labels himself more defensive playing but in terms of being a leader minded, but in the first four games he for the team. “It’s a big change going has three assists out of his center midfrom center back last year where I didn’t fielder position. He played an outside have experience,” Ferri said. “I noticed midfield position in his first year of varhow much of the field you can see. You sity as a sophomore, then moved to censtep in center midfield and you see it’s ter back last year when he was hurt. a whole different ballgame. I’ve had to Fisher discussed his concerns about transition to that. Taking on a captain moving him to one of the most physirole has been a dream since my freshcally demanding positions, but Ferri was man year.” thrilled to move back to a position that Ferri is hopeful that he can help to he’s played for travel as well. lead the Pirates to another winning sea“That’s kind of been the biggest story son that has characterized recent years, of my high school career—I’ve been and carry it just a little farther. moved around,” Ferri said. “I started out “The program and coaching staff has wide. They tried me in the middle, and set the mindset—at least for us older then they moved me to center back after guys—it’s been a win first, team first,” a couple games last year. Everyone was Ferri said. “I don’t think we’ve won a asking, where do you think Coach will state in about a decade. That’s clearly put you?” his goal for us and it’s been a goal for a The team currently has a 10-7 record, The evening will be a celebration of a time and hopefully it’s fulfilled this long and Ferri is optimistic about their year.” performance. South boys’ soccer captain Jude vintage holiday season and will feature Returning Ferri to the lineup certainly “I think we play some real quality soc- Ferri returns to the team this season helps. The Pirates believe that they have cer this year,” Fisher said. “I don’t know after suffering a serious knee injury Old English Strolling Carolers the pieces together and healthy to make if I’ve had a team in my 10 years that can last year. play the game the way they do. They’re Horse Drawn Carriage Rides another dangerous push. “The last three years we’ve been forvery smart with the ball. They’re a great amusements possession team. Defensively we’re very into that first year of playing varsity, tunate to go on unbeaten runs,” Fisher strong. It’s just finding the guys that can International you have to prove tocrafts yourself and your said. “Two years ago, we went nine or & Food score goals for us to win games.” coach that you’re able to be part of the 10 games where we were unbeaten. Last Cultural Ferri is one of the more experienced program. You performances play any role possible. year we had a six- or seven-game stretch where we were unbeaten varsity players. He’s in his third year of I was playing along the sidelines and Fireworks will mark in October. Live varsity and has grown into a larger role alongside the Ice guysCarvings in the middle. My You need to be able to do it consisthe conclusion of our each year. focus this year isfrom being able to play with tently in high school, especially in our santa A visit conference.”celebration “It’s so different,” he said. “Coming everyone, getting everyone touches and centennial

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Sanjana stepped up to fill gap in goal for North field hockey By Justin Feil Sanjana Sanjana moved from defense to try goalkeeper in the preseason, testing a position change to help add depth to the High School North field hockey program. But barely one month into the experiment, the sophomore jumped from junior varsity to varsity due to an injury to the Knights’ only experienced goalie, Ananya Dondapati. “I knew the other goalie has been playing for four years, and she has a better understanding of the position and watching out for angles and everything,” Sanhana said. “I was getting inspired by her every day to work hard for the varsity position, but I never thought that this year, not even halfway into this year, would be my first varsity game.” Sanjana actually cried when she heard that Dondapati would be out with a concussion. It meant trial by fire for Sanjana, whose first varsity start came in a 6-3 loss to area power Princeton High in mid-September. Since then she has grown more accustomed to varsity play and has responded well, particularly when she made 14 saves in a 3-0 loss to Stuart Country Day in the Mercer County Tournament’s first round. “The first game was not really good for me,” Sanjana said. “It was against Princeton and they’re one of the stronger teams. Resetting (after being scored

on) was much harder so I tried to focus place,” Sanjana said. “We’ve had a pretty good season. Some games, of course, we on that. “The most recent game against Stu- went back home with a loss but we know art, I did surprise myself. I was really, we played our hearts out.” Sixth-seeded North won, 4-0, against really shocked when I looked at the book. They said I had a lot of saves on No. 11 seed Nottingham on Oct. 22 in defense. Looking at where I began to the first round of the North Jersey, Secwhere I am now, that definitely surprises tion 2, Group 3 state tournament. They were scheduled to travel to me.” Sanjana has answered some big ques- third-seeded Colts Neck on Oct. 26, after tions about her own make-up. She’s dis- The News went to press. The Knights went in looking to play covered she can respond with more grit than they well to challenges and have in some games. she’s helped the Knights “On any given day, the go 8-8 heading into the girls sometimes do and state tournament. sometimes don’t,” Saba “She found herself said. “There’s a few playbeing very successful,” ers who are consistent said Knights head coach for us, but the others still Rebecca Saba. “She had kind of waver. I think the not had varsity time, but key for us is going to be as soon as Ananya had being more consistent in that concussion, she has our fight for the ball and saved the scores from our determination to win being very different as a balls, to possess balls, result of her aerial saves, that’s going to be key.” of her diving saves. She’s Sanjana The Knights won five done an outstanding job of their final eight in the for us.” WW-P North evened its record at 7-7 second half of the season, and it was Stuwith a solid team effort in a 2-1 overtime art that gave them a pair of losses within win over Pennington in their MCT con- an eight-day span, the second of those in solation game. Jessica Heiser notched the MCT. “We started to work on one of the the game-winning goal after Sanjana and Dondapati split the game in goal in drills we had worked on the day before to get around Stuart because they Dondapati’s return from injury. “I feel like we’re in a really good played a clustered game and we had a hard time getting through that,” Saba said. “We worked on swinging the ball and it helped us be pretty successful the second time we played them. It was still a loss, but we played a much better game.” The increased success this season has come from years of emphasizing and working at the basics of the game. The Knights were tested early in the season and then started to see the rewards of their training. “We started off the season being hit really hard with some of the powerhouses of our conference,” Saba said. “And we got knocked down pretty hard. The second portion of our game schedule became a little lighter. Although the skill set might have been there in the beginning, we got more rattled by the

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power in the other teams we faced and it took a while to trust that what we were doing in practices and the fundamentals of the game were what we really needed to stick to and trust in.” Everything about playing goalie was new to Sanjana when she started. With Dondapati the only official goalie in the program at the start of the preseason, the Knights made a plea to their field players to make a switch. Sanjana was among five to try it. Saba brought in former North head coach Paula Tessein as well as another former goalie, Anne Stein, who teaches in the school district, and last year’s starting goalie who graduated, Avital Shnaider, to work with the goalies. “Coach Stein was a goalie and she played in college as well and Coach Tessein also played goalie,” Sanjana said. “Having those two helped so much, not only in understanding the position, but also having them made us all seem like we could do it.” Shnaider’s help was also invaluable. ‘She came to so many of our games and so many practices just to help the goalies,” Sanjana said. “She had her classes going on—she’s a freshman in college this year—but even with that, she still made time for us.” The Knights have adjusted to numerous changes. They have an experienced core, but also a strong sophomore class. “They have a strong desire to continue to grow and get better and challenge those above them,” Saba said. “That has in a friendly way spurred on the upperclassmen to recognize that they do have to continue to work hard for those positions.” Sanjana was thrust into a bigger role than she ever imagined this year. The result will be that next year North will have a pair of then-juniors who will have started at the varsity level. This year’s experience was hard at times on Sanjana, but she came through it stronger and more confident after proving she could play at a high level. “I’ve always wanted to try goalie,” Sanjana said. “My parents were a huge support for me in making a decision to become a goalie, and they were the ones that told me to follow and stick with it full-time.”

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real estate The following listings of residential home sales are based on public records and tax files. The number in parentheses after the closing price indicates the amount it was above or below the original listing price.

West Windsor

20 Slayback Drive. 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. Seller: Anyaas and Paul Rubin. Buyer: Peter Owino and Matilda Oluoch Two-story Colonial in Princeton Ivy Estates. $670,000 (-$30,000). 21 Remington Circle. Seller: Edward and Sharon Wesson. Buyer: Alpi Sinha. Two-story Colonial in Brookside. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $725,000 ($15,000). 112 Biscayne Court #9. Seller: Zhaoyu Yin and Chengwei Yuan. Buyer: Sofia and Ronald Bounds. Condo in Colonnade Pointe. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $295,000 (-$12,900). 27 Norchester Drive. Seller: Johan and Lee Ann Glozman. Buyer: Bipin and Monika Srivastava. Split level in Sherbrooke Estates. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $625,000 ($5,001). 61 Devonshire Drive. Seller: Vivian Zhong and Song Zhang. Buyer: Abed Shariff and Nusrath Sultana. Two-story Colonial in the Estates at Princeton Junction. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $809,000 (-$10,000).

1 Jean Court. Seller: David and Karen Pontell. Buyer: Jiwei Xu and Jingjing Deng. Two-story Colonial in Kings Point. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $639,000 (-$21,000). 111 Biscayne Court #2. Seller: Kwokling Chan. Buyer: Jessica Luo. Condo in Colonnade Pointe. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $290,000 (-$15,000). 21 Briarwood Drive. Seller: Allen and Jackie Bloom. Buyer: Abhishek and Sonal Gupta. Two-story Colonial in Princeton Oaks. 5 bedrooms, 3 baths. $761,000 (-$9,000). 366 Blanketflower Lane. Seller: Sheila Weber. Buyer: Kaustubh and Chitra Lele. Ranch in Village Grande. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $362,000 (-$7,900). 10 Reed Drive North. Seller: Sanford and Gail Smith. Buyer: Robert Michelassi and Cara Loeys. Two-story Colonial in LeParc II. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $806,000 (-$9,000).

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4 Stone Meadow Court. Seller: Ram and Girija Kolluri. Buyer: Nirav and Himabindu Kher. Two-story Colonial in Crossings at Grover. 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths. $1,199,000. 39 Ashford Drive. Seller: Sylvester Lawrence. Buyer: Sharath and Naga Dandemraju. Townhouse in Ashford. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $430,000

West Windsor: $799,000. Back on the market and with a new price: Beautifully renovated 3,446 sq ft, 4 BR, study, sun room, fin. basement/ wet bar, full bath, home theater, paver patio, built-in gas grill. New kitchen, new baths, newer windows, new furnace/AC, etc.

(-$19,000). 28 Madison Drive. Seller: David and Maria Benerofe. Buyer: Bharathi Gopalakrishnan and Sridhar Balakrishnan. Two-story Colonial in Gentry. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $641,000 (-$18,000). 25 Knight Drive. Seller: Lin Zhao and Wenjing Zeng. Buyer: Yugendhar Gannapally and Kavitha Poreddy. Two-story Colonial in Ponds End. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $606,000 (-$18,900). 809 Ravens Crest Drive East. Seller: Keerthana Krosuri. Buyer: Bharat and Gurpreet Dhillon. Condo in Ravens Crest. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $189,000 (-$6,900). 2328 Windrow Drive. Seller: Richard Durben Trust and Barbara Jelstrom Trust. Buyer: Carol Goodheart. Condo in Windrows. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $440,000 (-$15,000). 114 Grovers Mill Road. Seller: Robert Shell Estate. Buyer: Amit and Bindiya Goyal. Ranch in Village area. 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths. $321,000 (-$141,500). 5314 Ravens Crest Drive. Seller: Xiaoguang and Shaoyun Sun. Buyer: Yi Li. Condo in Ravens Crest. 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $144,000 (-$900). 16 Drayton Lane. Seller: Cesar and Janet Perez. Buyer: Sireesh Nuthi and

Plainsboro: $750,000. Newly updated kitchen, new bathrooms, hardwood floors, high ceiling, skylights in family room, first floor study in desirable Princeton Manor.

Krithiga Vijayaraghavan. Two-story Colonial in Gentry. 5 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $696,000 ($21,000). 19 Mifflin Court. Seller: Jay-Fang and Kazuko Chen and . Buyer: Rishi and Pooja Bist. Two-story Colonial in Gentry. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $670,000 (-$9,900). 8607 Tamarron Drive. Seller: Janet Johnson and Henry Robinson. Buyer: Marish Gnanam and Priyadurga Bramanayagam. Condo in Tamarron. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $225,000 (-$15,000). 23 Krebs Road. Seller: Chun-Young and Pi-Jen Fang Chu. Buyer: Manoj and Minakshi Agarwal. Two-story split-level in Princeton Collection. 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $545,000 ($5,000). 33 Hamilton Lane South. Seller: Kenneth and Pagona Topolewski. Buyer: Joram Kibuthu and Maggie Mundia. Two-story Colonial in Princeton Collection. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $642,500 (-$6,500). 619 Ravens Crest Drive East. Seller: Abhishek and Namita Mishra. Buyer: Sunil and Sunita Gandhi. Condo in Ravens Crest. 2 bedrooms, 2 baths. $196,000 (-$12,000). 8210 Tamarron Drive. Seller: Harmony Luu. Buyer: Patricia Cauley. Condo in Tamarron. 1 bedroom, 1 bath. $140,000 ($2,500).

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Calendar of Events Friday, November 1

Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical adaptation of the beloved fairytale. 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. Plainsboro Township Dancing and Dessert, Plainsboro Recreation, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro. plainsboronj.com. Monthly lesson and dessert. $12. 7 p.m. Westminster Chapel Choir, Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, 609921-2663. rider.edu. “Angels and Demons.” Free. Register. 7:30 p.m. Enrico Fink, The Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, Princeton, 609-921-0100, ext. 200. thejewishcenter.org. Italian-Jewish synagogue and folk songs with accompaniment by Cantor Jeff Warschauer and Deborah Strauss. Pre-concert talk and Q&A begins 7 p.m. $18. 8 p.m. Saturday Night Live Music, Thomas Sweet, 64 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-269-5630. thomassweet.com. McAuliffe and DeRosa perform. 7 p.m. Katie Welsh, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, 609-9157889. “And Then She Wrote ... Songs by Broadway’s Female Songwriters.” $20. 7:30 p.m. Sing We & Chant It!, NJ Choral Consortium, Stone Hill Church, 1025 Bunn Drive, Princeton. njchoralconsortium.org. Renaissance and medieval music workshop for singers. $40. Register. 9:30 a.m. 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, Lawrence Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence, 609883-8294. mcl.org. Screening of the G-rated movie. Register. 2 p.m. Mocktails: Non-Alcoholic Mixology, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. Tips on creating non-alcoholic drinks for entertining. 10:30 a.m.

Catch Me If You Can, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical comedy based on the film about Frank Abagnale, who successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer even as an FBI agent is hot on his trail. 8 p.m. Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. mccarter.org. David Catlin’s interpretation of the classic story. 8 p.m. Friday Dance Social, Jersey Dance, West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, 609-375-8468. jerseydance.com. $15. 7:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. Knit & Crochet Circle, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-7990462. mcl.org. For all skil levels, bring a project to work on. 2 p.m.

Saturday, November 2

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. mccarter.org. David Catlin’s interpretation of the classic story. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Catch Me If You Can, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical comedy based on the film about Frank Abagnale, who successfully poses as a pilot, a doctor, and a lawyer even as an FBI agent is hot on his trail. 8 p.m. It’s All in the Details, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 609-258-3788. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Gallery activity and art project. Free. 10:30 a.m. Thumbelina, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West

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, West Windsor Community Farmers Market, Vaughn Drive Lot, Princeton Junction Train Station, West Windsor, 609-933-4452. westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Produce, meats, woven fibers, honey, jams, flowers, baked goods, and prepared foods. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Blood Drive, Red Cross, Calvary Baptist Church, 3 E. Broad Street, Hopewell, 800-733-2767. redcrossblood.org. 9 a.m. Todd’s Tai Chi Group, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Beginners at 10 a.m., followed by intermediates at 11 a.m. 10 a.m. Sahaja Yoga, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. 1 p.m. All in the Family, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-258-2800. princetonuniversityconcerts. org. The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center performs a program of music and poetry for children and their families. 1 p.m. Day of the Dead Celebration, Arts Council of Princeton and Princeton Shopping Center, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 N. Harrison Street, Princeton, 609-924-8777. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Strolling mariachis, sugar skull decorating, face painting, folk arts and crafts. 3 p.m. Beginner ESL, Plainsboro Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Learn the basics of the English language with an experiened ESL teacher. Register. 10:30 a.m.

Sunday, November 3

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609258-2787. mccarter.org. David Catlin’s interpretation of the classic story. 2 p.m.

Monday, November 4

ESL, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Conversation class. Free. 7 p.m. HOPE Support Group, West Windsor Senior Center, 271 Clarksville Road, West Windsor, 609-799-9068. Grief support for those who have lost a spouse or partner. 1 p.m. English as a Second Language, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Conversation class for those with a basic understanding of English grammar. Free. 7 p.m. Socrates Cafe, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. 7 p.m.

Tuesday, November 5

How to Succeed in Franchising, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Princeton SCORE program for entrepreneurs. 6 p.m.

Wednesday, November 6

Harlem 100, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter. org. Multi-media show featuring the sights and sounds of the Harlem Renaissance, from Duke Ellington and Billie Holiday to Langston Hughes and Ethel Waters. 7:30 p.m. Culinary Tasting, Mercer County Community College Culinary/Pastry Program, MCCC Cafeteria, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. mcc.edu. Tasting of food from area restaurants and silent auction. Scholarship fundraiser. $50. 6 p.m.

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THurSday, November 7

mary Chapin Carpenter and Shawn Colvin, mcCarter Theater, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609-258-2787. mccarter.org. Acoustic originals and covers, plus stories. 7:30 p.m. open mic Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 295 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor. groversmillcoffee.com. Free. 7 p.m. Citizenship Exam Study Group, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. 7 p.m. yoga Nidra, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl. org. Class. 7 p.m. PaLS (Plainsboro american Language Social Club), Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Club for adults seeking to improve their English language skills. 6:30 p.m.

Friday, November 8

SaTurday, November 9

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Kelsey Theater, mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical retelling of the biblical story of Joseph, his 11 brothers, and a many-colored coat that causes a host of problems. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday Night Live music, Thomas Sweet, 64 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-269-5630. thomassweet.com. Ragtime Relics perform. 7 p.m. The Lorax and Peace Through Sustainability, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. Belated Peace Day celebration includes speakers and a film screening. 1 p.m. West Windsor Community Farmers market, Vaughn Drive Lot, Princeton Junction Train Station, West Windsor, 609-933-4452. westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Produce, meats, woven fibers, honey, jams, flowers, baked goods, and prepared foods. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Todd’s Tai Chi Group, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Beginners at 10 a.m., followed by intermediates at 11 a.m. 10 a.m. Sahaja yoga, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. 1 p.m.

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Morning English Conversation Group, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. 10 a.m. eat drink man Woman, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-7990462. mcl.org. Foreign film screening. 2:30 p.m. Active Aging: Fitness with Bob, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. Low-impact, balance-oriented exercise program. Register. 1 p.m. breathe, relax and Let Go, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609799-0462. mcl.org. Beginner-level yoga class with Nila. Register. 6:30 p.m. League of Women voters Princeton area, Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street, Princeton. lwvprinceton.org/. Recap of voter service activities and annual planning. 7 p.m.

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Adult Cra�s, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl. org. 10 a.m. davinci Code, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. Film Festival screening. 2 p.m.

Library book Club, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Discussion of “Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out” by Susan Kuklin. 7 p.m. autonomous Cars, Sierra Club, Student Center, Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor. Talk by Alain Kornhauser. Register. 6:30 p.m.

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open mic Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 295 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor. groversmillcoffee.com. Free. 7 p.m. Searching, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl. org. Movie screening. 2 p.m. resume review, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. 7 p.m. yoga Nidra, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl. org. Class. 7 p.m.

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Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Musical retelling of the biblical story of Joseph, his 11 brothers, and a many-colored coat that causes a host of problems. 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. When Art is Like a Jigsaw Puzzle, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, 609-2583788. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Gallery activity and art project. Free. 10:30 a.m. Saturday Night Live Music, Thomas Sweet, 64 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-269-5630. thomassweet.com. Dave SanSoucie performs. 7 p.m. Dining by Design 2019, Arts Council of Princeton, D&R Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, Princeton. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Arts Council of Princeton fundraiser cocktail party, auction, salon-style dinner, and artist talk. $50-$250. Register. 6 p.m. West Windsor Community Farmers Market, Vaughn Drive Lot, Princeton Junction Train Station, West Windsor, 609-933-4452. westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Produce, meats, woven fibers, honey, jams, flowers, baked goods, and prepared foods. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Todd’s Tai Chi Group, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Beginners at 10 a.m., followed by intermediates at 11 a.m. 10 a.m. Yoga, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. Class for beginners. 10:30 a.m. Sahaja Yoga, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. 1 p.m. Artisan Market, West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. westwindsorarts.org. Handcrafted items made by local artisans. $5 family. 11 a.m.

Sunday, November 17

made by local artisans. $5 family. Noon. Writers’ Workshop, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-2752898. plainsborolibrary.org. Writers assisting writers. 6 p.m.

Monday, November 18

Tuesday, November 19

Resume Review, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. 10 a.m. Morning English Conversation Group, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. 10 a.m. Active Aging: Fitness with Bob, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. Low-impact, balance-oriented exercise program. Register. 1 p.m. Breathe, Relax and Let Go, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609799-0462. mcl.org. Beginner-level yoga class with Nila. Register. 6:30 p.m.

Wednesday, November 20

Card-Making, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. Holiday card workshop. Register. 10 a.m. To Catch a Thief, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. Film Festival screening. 2 p.m. Socrates Cafe, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2898. plainsborolibrary.org. Discussion group for adults and high school students. 7 p.m.

Thursday, November 21

Open Mic Night, Grover’s Mill Coffee House, 295 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor. groversmillcoffee.com. Free. 7 p.m. Citizenship Exam Study Group, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. 7 p.m. Yoga Nidra, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl. org. Class. 7 p.m. PALS (Plainsboro American Language Social Club), Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Club for adults seeking to improve their English language skills. 6:30 p.m.

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Scrooge, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Family musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” Through December 1. 8 p.m. Sunday, November 3, 2019, 3PM Friday Dance Social, Jersey Dance, West WindMuseum open for tours, 1-6PM sor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, West Sunday, November 3, 2019, 3PM Windsor, 609-375-8468. jerseydance.com. Free event, all are welcome Museum open for tours, 1-6PM Refreshments provided $15. 7:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. Knit 641Broadcast Plainsboro Road, Orson Wells 1938 Radio of H. G. Welles’ War of the Worlds caused panic and fear & Crochet Circle, West Windsor Library, across the nation. When found out to be a “hoax” it caused anger and investigation – and quite 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799Plainsboro, NJ 08536 a bit of embarrassment, too. Bill Hart, author of Plainsboro, will be giving a talk on this event 0462. mcl.org. For all skill levels, bring a proj(onNovember the Plainsboro Township on Sunday, 3 at 3:00 PM at the Wicoff House Museum in Plainsboro. ect to work on. 2 p.m. municipal complex grounds)

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Salzburg Marionette Theatre, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, Princeton, 609Mr. Hart will Mr. Hart will discuss the young Orson Wells, his258-2787. mccarter.org. The century-old discuss the young partner John Houseman, and writer Howard Koch theatrical company presents a telling of who all made the event happen. Orson Welles, his He’ll tell stories from “Show White and the Seven Dwarfs.” 11 the local residents who lived the nightmare and recall partner John Houseman, how the next day reporters swarmed to Grover’s Mill a.m. and 3 p.m. – and to Plainsboro – to see where the Martians and writer Howard Koch. Scrooge, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community landed. Meanwhile, Orson Wells and John Housemen He’ll tell stories from wondered if they would be arrested or exalted.College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windthe local residents sor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Family This will be a fun talk of a bygone error suitable for who lived the nightmare. musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” 2 everyone.

Sunday, November 24

Scrooge, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Family musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” 2 p.m. Friends Monthly Benefit Book Sale, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2898. plainsborolibrary.org. 10 a.m.

Monday, November 25

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Wednesday, November 27

Traffic, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl. org. Film Festival screening. 2 p.m.

Tuesday, November 26

Morning English Conversation Group, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-799-0462. mcl.org. 10 a.m. Science Fiction Book Club, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609799-0462. mcl.org. Discussion on “Transhuman” by Ben Bova. 10:30 a.m.

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Scrooge, Kelsey Theater, Mercer Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, 609-570-3333. kelseyatmccc.org. Family musical adaptation of “A Christmas Carol.” 8 p.m. Friday Dance Social, Jersey Dance, West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, 609-375-8468. jerseydance.com. $15. 7:45 p.m. to 11 p.m. Knit & Crochet Circle, West Windsor Library, 333 N. Post Road, West Windsor, 609-7990462. mcl.org. For all skill levels, bring a project to work on. 2 p.m.

p.m. and 8 p.m. Saturday Night Live Music, Thomas Sweet, 64 Princeton Hightstown Road, West Windsor, 609-269-5630. thomassweet.com. Stephanie Chin performs. 7 p.m. West Windsor Community Farmers Market, Vaughn Drive Lot, Princeton Junction Train Station, West Windsor, 609-933-4452. westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Produce, meats, woven fibers, honey, jams, flowers, baked goods, and prepared foods. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Todd’s Tai Chi Group, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. Beginners at 10 a.m., followed by intermediates at 11 a.m. 10 a.m. Sahaja Yoga, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2897. plainsborolibrary.org. 1 p.m. Friends Monthly Benefit Book Sale, Plainsboro Public Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, 609-275-2898. plainsborolibrary.org. 10 a.m.

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10 Stillwell Court. Robbinsville. 875k

1 Emil Court. West Windsor. 700k

29 Monterey Dr. West Windsor. 689k

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18 Lakeshore Dr. West Windsor. 635k

5 Bellaire Princeton. West Windsor. 625k

12 Park Hill Terrace. West Windsor. 615k

31 Rainflower. West Windsor. 384,900 Pond view.

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14 Hempstead Ct. East Windsor. 389k

26 San Marco St. West Windsor. 575k

8 Tuscany Dr. West Windsor. 574k

15 Shadow Dr. West Windsor. 785k

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40 Cartwright Dr. West Windsor. 650k

14 Amherst Way. West Windsor. 565k

35 Slayback. West Windsor. 525k

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12 Cardinalflower. West Windsor. $429,500

335 Clarksville Rd. West Windsor. 475k

5 Benjamin. 860k I BROUGHT THE BUYER.

125 Tunicflower. West Windsor. 425k I BROUGHT THE BUYERS.

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11 Ginnie Lane. West Windsor. $750k

12 Amherst Way. West Windsor. 549k

65 Coneflower. West Windsor. 379k

76 Rainflower. West Windsor. 370k

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