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nother week of “stay at home” gone by means another opportunity to remind readers that creativity has not been canceled. On page 12 of this issue, you’ll see the latest installation of our “Art of Quarantine” series, where we asked artists in the community — professional or otherwise — to submit their “visual thoughts, feelings, and discoveries during our current health crisis” and to “have their say in shape and color.” To add your work to the collection, email a high-resolution photograph and a brief statement explaining the inspiration for or significance of your piece to arts editor Dan Aubrey at dan@princetoninfo.com. Similarly, at a time when many people need a break from the 24-hour news cycle, fiction is one place where they can take refuge. As such, our annual Summer Fiction issue will not be limited to a single paper in late July. Rather, submissions of original short stories and poetry are being accepted now for publication throughout the summer. A quick refresher on our guidelines for participation: Submit your previously unpublished short story, play, or poem as soon as possible. Each writer is limited to two stories and five poems. Work will be considered for publication on a rolling basis. Submit work by e-mail to fiction@princetoninfo.com. If you have any questions, send us an email or call 609-452-7000. U.S. 1 WELCOMES letters to the editor, corrections, and criticisms of our stories and columns. E-mail your thoughts directly to our editor: hastings@princetoninfo. com.

And while the cultural calendar Hear the Concordia Chamber Players perform Frihas changed, it too has not been day, June 5, on WWFM as part of the Princeton canceled. See page 6 for our dayFestival. by-day listings of virtual events covering all the bases you’d expect to see in our traditional calendar: art exhibits, talks by book authors, discussions with theater-makers, performances and lectures on re- dia Chamber Players on Friday, film screenings, and more. Submit lated topics. While this year’s in- June 5, at 8 p.m. For a complete schedule of virtual events to events@prince- person performances and other events visit www.princetonfestievents have been canceled, the festoninfo.com. This is also the time of year for tival has organized “Virtually val.org. graduation celebrations and Princ- Yours,” a series of daily virtual eton’s annual Reunions festivities. events and recordings beginning U.S. 1 Is in Print Monday, June 1. Those, too, have Recordings being rechanged but are not & Online Between leased during the first gone. In this week’s isU.S. 1 has resumed print week include Princeton sue editor Sara Hastings The Festival artists singing publication. Distribution is to (page 7) and columnist “Do Re Mi” from “The Lines news boxes located in downPia de Jong (page 13) reSound of Music” on town Princeton and Trenton, at flect on virtual reunions Monday, June 1; a sigtrain stations, and in other and the new denizens of an empty high-traffic outdoor areas. campus. The university’s virtual nature artist showcase on Tuesday, Additionally, it is now posgraduation ceremony takes place June 2; a podcast on “Women in sible to browse full PDFs of Sunday, May 31, at 1 p.m. and will Music” with Carmen-Helena recent issues on U.S. 1’s webbe live-streamed on various media Téllez, professor of conducting at site, www.princetoninfo.com. channels all listed at commence- the University of Notre Dame, on Wednesday, June 3; and “Why We Click on “Read This Week’s ment.princeton.edu. Digital U.S. 1 E-Edition Here.” Another highlight of the June Love Opera,” a lecture by Rider A full digital edition of U.S. calendar in years past has been the music professor Tim Urban on 1 is also distributed by e-mail month-long Princeton Festival, a Thursday, June 4. The first live event on the Princevery Wednesday. Subscribe at celebration of opera and music that tinyurl.com/us1newsletter. typically features a musical, a fully eton Festival schedule is an 89.1 staged opera, and other musical WWFM broadcast of the Concor-

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he Princeton YWCA’s signature event is going virtual. The annual Tribute to Women Awards, established in 1984, honor area women who have demonstrated leadership, talent, and commitment to the YWCA’s mission of eliminating racism and empowering women. A ceremony to honor this year’s recipients takes place virtually on Thursday, May 28, at 7 p.m. Cost: $175, fully tax-deductible. Register at www.ywcaprinceton. org. Eight women will be honored with Tribute to Women awards, and three additional women will be honored with awards for young leaders and community leadership.

he Tribute to Women honorees are: Adriana Abizadeh is the president of Catalyst Consulting Group, which offers support to nonprofits. From 2017 to 2020 she was executive director of the Trenton-based Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund. During her time there she helped lobby for the passage of a new state law that allows

undocumented immigrants to receive driver’s licenses. She earned a bachelor’s degree in political science with a minor in security intelligence and counterterrorism from Rutgers and a master’s in public policy from Drexel. Kemi Alli, a pediatrician, has been the CEO of the Henry J. Austin Health Center in Trenton since 2015. She was previously its chief operating officer. She is also a

founder of the Trenton Health Team and has served on the boards of the Central Jersey Family Health Consortium, the New Jersey Primary Care Association, the New Jersey Health Care Quality Institute, and Thomas Edison State University. She earned her medical degree at Rutgers. Kimme Carlos has founded multiple organizations focused on

Tribute to women honorees Adriana Abizadeh, top left, Kemi Alli, Kimme Carlos, and Merodie Hancock; and Katherine Nunnally, bottom left, Joanne Parker, Sarah Torian, and Jerlene Worthy. mental health, wellness, self-care, and addiction and recovery. She heads the Urban Mental Health Alliance: Advocating for Healthy

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he coronavirus hit hard, infecting over 1.5 million residents in the U.S. and triggering the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. New Jersey is at the epicenter of the pandemic, with more COVID-19 cases than any state except New York. Thanks to difficult but essential social distancing and reduced travel, the coronavirus is hopefully loosening its grip — at least for the time being — and the public health emergency is slowly improving. Our state and nation must now rebuild the economy while protecting health and safety at the same time. Where to begin? How about investing in clean energy, parks and trails, and stronger protections for our waterways? These green investments will help the economy recover, create new jobs AND make communities healthier and safer. Tim Sullivan, CEO of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, recently identified clean energy as one of biggest opportunities to successfully restart the state’s economy. Mr. Sullivan also co-chairs the Governor’s Restart and Recovery Advisory Council, tasked with plotting a course for reopening and repairing our economy. In an op-ed on the ROI-NJ.com (Return On Information) business news site, Sullivan wrote that the clean/renewable energy sectors “are poised to add significantly to the state’s climate, energy, envi-

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nomic Policy Institute, a national nonpartisan think tank, found that $50 billion in building retrofits and smart-grid investments would support 445,000 jobs across the U.S., or 8.9 jobs per million dollars invested. Higher pay. Workers in clean energy earn higher and more equitable wages compared to all workers nationally, according to the Brookings Metropolitan Policy Program. Mean hourly wages in clean energy exceed national averages by 8 to 19 percent. Clean energy wages are also more equitable; even workers at lower ends of the income spectrum can earn more per hour than in other jobs.

arks and trails. Investments in parks, trails, and open space and historic preservation contribute to both the economic recovery and public health. According to the Trust for Public Land, 23 jobs are created for every million dollars of direct agency spending on park operations, and 16 jobs for every million dollars of direct agency spending on capital improvements. Similarly, a study by the East Coast Greenway Association found that 17 jobs are created for every $1 million invested in trails. Ecosystem services. Preserving natural lands provides ecosystem services like filtering impurities from water and preventing flooding. These conservation benefits equate to a strong return on investment, with a national average of $4 returned in natural services for ev-

ery dollar invested. This return can be as high as $11 in some states. The bottom line is that we don’t have to choose between a clean, healthy environment and a strong economy. We can have both! In fact, evidence shows that economic health declines when the environment is degraded. Fortunately, New Jersey is planning for a clean energy future where most of the state’s energy comes from clean, renewable sources like solar and offshore wind. This is in stark contrast to the current administration in Washington, which is pushing for dozens of environmental rollbacks, putting clean water, air and public health at risk. Now is the time for New Jersey to double down on its investment in clean energy, energy efficiency, open space, parks and trails! These green investments are sure to appeal to millions of people here in the nation’s most densely populated state who have developed a newfound appreciation for natural lands, parks, clean air and water, and open spaces during the pandemic. For more information on clean, renewable energy — including additional studies — visit the ReThink Energy NJ website at www. rethinkenergynj.org. Visit the New Jersey Conservation Foundation website at www. njconservation.org or contact info@njconservation.org. Michelle Byers is executive director of the New Jersey Conservation Foundation.

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The Young Woman Award honorees:

Moriah Akrong is a Princeton native and founder of the Golden Lotus Project, a socially responsible clothing brand. In addition to selling unique merchandise the brand also runs a yearly feminine hygiene product drive and back to school drives, participates in Princeton area community initiatives, and offers workshops on how to

Young Woman Award honorees Moriah Akrong, left, and Lauren Lalicon, and Community Award honoree Mary Anne Haas. live a more positive life. Akrong is also president of the steward board of Mt. Pisgah A.M.E. Church in Princeton. She received a bachelor’s in fashion industry management and an MBA from Philadelphia University. Lauren Lalicon is the policy director to First Lady Tammy Murphy, a role in which she helps to

craft the First Lady’s policy agenda regarding maternal and infant health, K-12 climate change education, and fostering women-owned businesses. A first-generation Filipino American, Lalicon is involved with the Filipino American community and serves as the executive director of Professional Filipino American Youth (PFAY), a networking group

he CommUNITY Award honoree: Mary Anne Haas spent many years working abroad in international education before settling in Princeton for 23 years. She moved to California earlier this month, shortly after her 94th birthday. In Princeton Haas worked at the International Schools Services (ISS) for 19 years, where she worked as the executive assistant to the president. During this time, she founded the ISS Women’s Symposium, established as an opportunity for growth and development for women in international education and leadership roles.

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Bankruptcy Options for Companies During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic, Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs. www. princetonbiolabs.com. Free webinar with Fox Rothschild Financial Restructuring & Bankruptcy attorneys Ray Lyons and Catherine Youngman on bankruptcy basics, intellectual property in bankruptcy, the Paycheck Protection Program, and alternatives to bankruptcy. 2 p.m. Virtual Meeting, Mercer’s Best Toastmasters. mercersbest. toastmastersclubs.org. Communications and leadership development. Guests welcome. Email contact-3375@toastmastersclubs.org for an invitation. 6:45 to 7:45 p.m.

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Wednesday May 27 Art Virtual Studio Tour and Artist Interview, BSB Gallery. www.instagram.com/thebsbgallery. Interview and studio tour with “Here We Are” exhibiting artist Beverly McCutcheon. Audience Q&A follows. In conjunction with online exhibit on view to June 20. 7 p.m.

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Tribute to Women Awards, YWCA Princeton. www.ywcaprinceton.org. Virtual annual awards program honors 11 women for their contributions to the community. Register. $175 fee is fully tax deductible. Rescheduled from March 26. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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An Art Historical Tasting, Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Curator Veronica White presents “Food and Drink in Italian Renaissance and Baroque Art” over Zoom featuring representations of food and drink in 16th and 17th-century art. 5:30 p.m.

Socials Art Making, Arts Council of Princeton & Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Artist Barbara DiLorenzo teaches “Drawing Still Life” via Zoom. Free. 8 p.m.

Friday May 29 Literati Story & Verse: A Storytelling & Poetic Open Mic, Arts Council of Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Performers present work based on the theme “Lean on Me” via Zoom. The evening includes 45 minutes of poetry and 45 minutes of storytelling. Held in collaboration with the African American Cultural Collaborative of Mercer County and the Central Jersey Story Slam. 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.

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Sunday May 31 Classical Music At Home with the PSO, Princeton Symphony Orchestra. www. princetonsymphony.org. “A Visit With Rossen Milanov and Friends” is a mix of conversation and music featuring violinist Daniel Rowland, cellist Maja Bogdanovic, and PSO concertmaster Basia Danilow. Register. 4 p.m.

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Live Online Concert, NAMI Mercer. www.namimercer.org. Mezzo-soprano Solange Merdinian and guitarist Federico Diaz go live on YouTube as a gift to the community in honor of Mental Health Month. 4 to 4:30 p.m.

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Table Top RPG Discussion, Mercer County Library. www.facebook.com/mclsnj. Discussion on tabletop role-playing games. 8 p.m.

Saturday May 30 Sports for Causes NAMIWalks Your Way Mercer County. www.namiwalks.org. Walk a 5K on a route of your choosing. Funds raised benefit

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In Living Color: Virtual Talks, David Sarnoff Collection, College of New Jersey. davidsarnoff.tcnj. edu. “RCA, Television, and the Moon,” presented by Sam Russell, a former RCA and NASA project engineer who oversaw the design and operation of the remotely controlled TV camera for the last three Apollo lunar explorations. In conjunction with the virtual exhibit In Living Color: The Road to Color Television. Register for Zoom link. 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday June 3 Lectures Shrink Your Footprint: On Your Plate, Sustainable Princeton. www.sustainableprinceton.org. Webinar about the dietary changes you can make to reduce emissions and support a globally sustainable food system. Panel includes Anu Ramaswami, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Princeton, and is moderated by Steve Averbuch of Sustainable Princeton’s board of trustees. Free. Register at bit.ly/June3_OnYourPlate. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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his column should be about Princeton Reunions. I should be alerting readers to the incoming throngs of blackand-orange-clad alumni who will crowd into favorite old Nassau Street haunts and occupy those precious downtown parking spots. I should be advising readers of interesting open events featuring prominent alumni who have returned to celebrate with their classes. Instead, the campus is deserted, save for some colorful signs reminding the few who remain to keep “one tiger” — roughly six feet — apart, and the white tents that are synonymous with free-flowing beer and late-night concerts are nowhere to be seen. The Reunions celebrations, including the annual P-rade, have gone virtual, and the fireworks will have to wait until next year. No, these days instead of digging in my closet for my garish P-rade costume, I’m thankful that this parade isn’t carrying on as a golden opportunity for a stealthy virus to spread quickly through a crowd.

hastings@princetoninfo.com failed to do: it canceled its Liberty Loans parade. The October 11, 1918, issue of the Princeton Packet declared: “THERE WILL BE NO LIBERTY PARADE TODAY, by order of the Board of Health.” The article noted that with one week remaining, Princeton had raised $322,100 of its $696,670 quota. The story quotes a letter from the chairman of the New Jersey Advisory Committee addressed to “the People of Princeton” that shows the type of pressure officials were under to sell the liberty bonds: “The fact that we are winning the war on the western front should be no excuse for not subscribing to the Fourth Loan at once especially in view of the fact that the budget announced by the Treasury MUST be raised. During this drive we are handicapped by the fear of Influenza. Therefore it is the duty of every citizen to make his subscription now. Do not wait to be urged and solicited. BUY NOW!”

While plans for a parade were disA nd instead of thinking about the mantled, at the same time plans for a hosold college friends I might see, I’m think-

pital materialized overnight. In 1918 ing about my great-great-grandfather. Princeton did not have its own hospital, This might seem odd, but he has been in and hospitals in Trenton had reached cathe news quite a bit recently when it comes pacity and were no longer accepting pato parades — despite the fact that he has tients from Princeton. And so, in that same been dead since 1943. issue of the Princeton Packet, it was reHis name was Wilmer Krusen, and if ported: that sounds familiar it’s because it has “Princeton has been noted for quick recome up just about every time a city has sults in answering charitable appeals, but considered going ahead with a planned all records for quickness and dispatch parade — notably around St. Patrick’s were broken Wednesday evening when a Day — in the midst of local emergency hospithe current public tal was established here health crisis. a few hours. It The town of Princeton within In 1918 — the last was an accomplishtime the world faced a did not escape the ment of which the pandemic on the scale whole town is proud.” 1918 flu epidemic unof COVID-19 — The “Board of scathed, but it also Great-Great-Grandpa Health Emergency Krusen was the director did not make the Hospital,” as it was of public health for the known, was set up with same mistake PhilaCity of Philadelphia. In 20 beds in a Stockton delphia made in alSeptember of that year, Street home that had at sailors returning from lowing a large parade one point been Miss Europe at the end of Fine’s School. “Now to go forward. World War I arrived in that a Princeton hospiPhiladelphia’s naval tal is a reality, and yard carrying the flu something that Princestrain that would come to be known as the ton has always needed, it is up to the peoSpanish Flu. ple to assist in this great work in every The government, meanwhile, was possible way,” the Packet wrote. funding its war efforts through the sales of The people were up to the task, and the “liberty bonds.” Philadelphia was charged following year noted Princeton philanwith raising $259 million for the effort, thropist Moses Taylor Pyne donated the and like cities across the country, saw a site on Witherspoon Street known as the grand parade as a way to bolster its fund- Murphy-Pierson Farm. “For a long time raising efforts. The parade was scheduled the citizens of Princeton have felt the need for September 28, 1918. of a hospital,” the Daily Princetonian reTo make a long story short, Krusen al- ported on January 29, 1919, “especially lowed the parade to go on despite growing since the infant mortality in the town is the evidence of a flu outbreak in the city. highest in the state and since the facilities Some 200,000 people lined the two-mile of the present medical system were pitiparade route through the city. History — fully inadequate at the time of the influand many current-day articles exhorting enza epidemic.” public officials not to make the same misThe story of Princeton Hospital’s cretake — have blamed Krusen for the car- ation, as well as other anecdotes from the nage that followed. Within three days of history of healthcare and pandemics in the parade, all of Philadelphia’s hospital Princeton, will be part of a virtual installabeds were filled, and within two weeks the tion of the Open Archive series hosted death toll stood at 4,500. jointly by the Princeton Public Library Some scholars have made the argument and the Historical Society of Princeton on that Krusen was essentially powerless to Wednesday, May 27, from 6:30 to 7:30 cancel the parade given the political reali- p.m. via Crowdcast. Historical Society ties at the time. But for most he is the poster curator Stephanie Schwartz will guide boy for what not to do during a pandemic. viewers through images from the archives For a more positive example of how to that illustrate the history of nursing, hosrespond to the threat of a highly conta- pitals, and pandemics in the town. gious disease, one need look no further This history major — missing her histhan the institution that inspired this col- torian friends, her doctor friends, and all umn in the first place: Princeton Univer- the traditional festivities at the reunions sity. weekend that isn’t — hopes that everyone The school, through an aggressive pol- can learn from it. icy of “protective sequestration,” in which For more information on Open Arthe well were kept strictly isolated from chive, visit www.princetonhistory.org. the sick, did not lose a single student to A virtual edition of Princeton Univerinfluenza in the fall of 1918. The town of Princeton was not quite as sity’s annual P-rade featuring undergradlucky, but it did escape an overwhelming uate and graduate alumni and the Class of death toll in part due to quick closures of 2020 will be streamed live on Saturday, schools, restaurants, and the like. But May 30, at 2 p.m. Visit reunions.princePrinceton also did what Philadelphia ton.edu.

Off the Presses: Pregnancy & Miscarriage

abyrinth Books and the Princeton Public Library continue their live stream author talks on Thursday, May 28, at 6 p.m., with a session featuring Lara Freidenfelds, author of the recently released “The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy: A History of Miscarriage in America.” A historian of health, reproduction, and parenting in America, Freidenfelds graduated from Harvard with a doctorate in the history of science and a bachelor’s degree in social anthropology. Her previous book, “The Modern Period: Menstruation in the TwentiethCentury Woman,” was the recipient of the Popular Culture/American Culture Association’s Emily Toth Prize for Best Book in Women’s Studies. With approximately 17 percent of all United States pregnancies resulting in miscarriages, it is a subject many women experience. In an interview in the peer-reviewed blog Nursing Clio, Freidenfelds, explained the creation of the book as follows: I had almost finished my Ph.D. in the history of science, focused on the history of women’s health, so I thought I knew a lot. And then I miscarried my first pregnancy at what I believed was about 11 weeks. I started having a little bleeding and my doctor tried to find a heartbeat and couldn’t find one. It turned out I had a blighted ovum [an empty sac with no embryo]. The embryo had stopped growing at about six weeks and my body had absorbed it, so all that showed up on the ultrasound was an empty gestational sac. I was shocked. And then I started looking at the statistics of miscarriage rates, and I felt not just shocked but betrayed. I felt like, why didn’t anyone explain it to me?” This happened right before I was supposed to fly to Boston to meet with my committee to finalize the dissertation. I got advice from one health care practitioner, which was: “Cancel the trip; you can’t handle this now.” But I said “I think I need to decide for myself.” I really didn’t want to have no baby and no Ph.D.

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Those were the two big things that were supposed to happen in my life that year, and this was taking all of it away. So I went on the trip, and while there, I sat down with Katy Park [historian of medieval and early modern medicine and gender] and said “People keep saying ‘stop trying to analyze this, Lara, you just have to have your feelings.’” And I said, “I like to analyze things, that’s what helps me feel better!” And Katy said: “Absolutely! That’s what women’s studies is for.” And that is where the book started. My inclination to analyze what had happened to me, to understand it, not just how I felt at the moment, but why I felt that way, where that came from, why I was shocked by something that turns out to be statistically pretty normal. Initially, I was surprised by how hard it was to find someone with the perspective that I seemed to have or with the coping style I seemed to have, which was to say: “Wait a minute, maybe I don’t have to mourn this pregnancy, maybe I shouldn’t have been encouraged to get so attached to it in the first place.” Having that perspective, at least at the time I started this research, seemed taboo. And then when I had my postdoctoral fellowship in 2006, I was surprised that even thoughtful academics, when I said: “We don’t necessarily have to mourn miscarriages,” they finished my sentence by saying “Yeah, a lot of people have unwanted pregnancies and then they’re happy when they miscarry.” And I thought, “Yes, but that’s not the end of my sentence.” It was surprising how hard it was to suggest something where you can have a wanted pregnancy and yet accept its end. And I had to say: “No, no, no. I’m talking about when you did mean to get pregnant and you really want to have this baby, but you understand it might not work out, do you have to mourn the loss of a baby? Can you have a different reaction? Is there something else?” It was interesting that it took me asserting that that’s what my project was to make people understand. The Myth of the Perfect Pregnancy: A History of Miscarriage in America, Labyrinth Books and Princeton Public Library livestream. Thursday, May 28, 6 p.m. Free. Register. www.labyrinthbooks.com.

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Trenton’s City Beef Delivers — Despite Shortages

by Richard D. Smith

But there’s been an upside: City here’s the beef? Beef had maintained its traditional That indignant complaint-asindividual and family “walk-in” question was voiced by 81-yearold actress Clara Peller in a classic consumer business. It had provided 1984 Wendy’s television commer- a minority of revenues. But with immensely more people now cookcial. Ironically, “Where’s the beef?” ing at home — and with word-ofis now a painful question for Wen- mouth recommendations from dy’s and other franchise restau- longtime customers — “that mix has changed,” Nelson says. rants. Walk-ins have become ascenAs part of the widespread collateral damage from the coronavirus dant, helping City Beef reclaim pandemic, fast food restaurants nearly half its lost revenues. Not (indeed, all non-vegetarian restau- surprisingly, it’s offering new small rants) are scrambling to obtain sales-friendly products, such as the meat, especially at prices that cus- “Trenton Meat Packs,” a buildyour-own mix-and-match that oftomers can afford. How it came to this is no mys- fers 15 percent basic savings plus tery: Meat processing plants — an additional $10 off for orders where line workers labor elbow to worth $60 or more. At a time when the environmenelbow at contal costs of meat veyor belts and production are safe distancing being strongly City Beef & Proviis essentially criticized and impossible — sions, at 246 Willow vegan substihave been at risk tutes are making Street in Trenton, is a of becoming real sales insurvivor and even a coronavirus hot roads, City spots. Some did legend in what was Beef’s unand have closed abashed slogan historically the city’s down. is “It’s Good To meat district. But what’s Be Carnivorous. come as a raw “We’re also surprise to most offering cooked citizens is that only a comparatively few huge and frozen meals,” Nelson adds. plants service America’s entire These feature 18-ounce portions, food industry. So when some went with a protein of meat or chicken, vegetables, a starch such as rice or offline, nothing took up the slack. And that collateral damage is potato, and a sauce, at a basic $10 being felt from farms to food stores price per product. This price can of and restaurant counters to home course decrease, Nelson adds, if customers buy in higher quantities. tables. Thanks to its history, City Beef So, in the midst of this crisis — was well prepared to make the most economically and meat producing of this increased walk-in trade. —where’s City Beef? “We speak English, Spanish, City Beef & Provisions, at 246 and Polish,” Nelson says proudly, Willow Street in Trenton, is a survivor and even a legend in what was explaining that Polish-Americans historically the city’s meat district. — for whom sausage is a treat and And as good luck would have it, in home-making it a satisfying ritual the midst of all the bad, just prior to — continue to be among the comthe pandemic City Beef was rein- pany’s most loyal customers through generations. And respondventing itself. Although calf-sized compared ing to evolving regional demoto national meat wholesalers, it had graphics, City Beef can also offer aimed to be as solid as any Angus Muslim customers beef, lamb, and bull. Now its survival and prosper- chicken from halal-observing ity seem a matter of being as nim- slaughterhouses. Of course, Nelson is making a ble as a deer. priority of updating the website Co-owner Jim Nelson candidly (www.citybeef.com) to make it as reports that with area restaurants up-to-date on menu items and cononly open for takeout and corporasumer-friendly as possible. tions and schools, with their cafeteIn January, 2014, Jim Nelson rias, closed, “our business went purchased the City Beef business down 50 percent.”

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and its 4,400-square-foot building in partnership with Rich Tarantino, a celebrity chef within food shopping TV networks and websites as well as food product development circles. The seller, Pete Diaz, had come to work at the company in the early 1960s, eventually owning it. Nelson and Tarantino knew that Diaz was not only handing over a firm but a great deal of history. City Beef was founded in 1955, but its building has an even more aged and seasoned history. It had housed a meat packing operation as early as 1903, when North Willow Street and environs were home to numerous such firms. Although slimmed by the merciless diet of time and shifting economic trends, the Trenton meat tradition proudly persists. Just as Philadelphia can boast of being the city of true cheese steaks, Trenton is the home of pork roll, with rival producers Case’s and Taylor having heritages from companies founded in the 19th century. City Beef is stoutly part of that. Today, from its exterior, it might look like a particularly wellstocked and customer-friendly auto parts store, with its white walls and a fenced in parking lot. But the City Beef & Provisions sign is displayed on the building as proudly as the white face and chest of a prize Hereford cow. Their new venture enjoyed great initial success. But today’s fraught situation has changed many things, and Nelson comes across as a clear- tions. There is a loading dock whose interior space doubles as a eyed realist in discussing them. “In general, we’re having diffi- sales point for walk-up customers culty procuring meat, especially as well as big bulk purchasers, beef,” says Nelson frankly. “The overseen by the busy and appropriprices have skyrocketed in the last ately cluttered office. In the back of the building, cool work rooms, two weeks.” Neither does he try to spin walk-in refrigerators and freezers, and a roomground chuck intemperature to sirloin when Over the years City kitchen are arasked about City ranged in a simBeef’s main customBeef’s business. ple and efficient Wholesale beef ers have been restaulayout. prices for venrants, small food “This is the dors like himself heart of the trastores such as bodehave doubled, ditional City and chicken has gas, nonprofit comBeef,” says gone up 50 to 60 munity and faith Nelson with afpercent. fection, opengroups holding fund“We’re trying ing the door to a to keep it as low raisers or other space off the as we can,” Nelevents, and some inloading dock son says somberand across from stitutional clients. ly. “But it’s hurtthe office. A ing our ability to rack and rail even quote [prices] to our current system, securely bolted into the restaurant and institutional cusceiling, rings the room. This is tomers.” Yet a small pilot flame of hope where, for decades, countless tons burns. Says Nelson, “Some people of beef were delivered, hung up, and then moved around before beare still buying what we can get.” Inside, it’s clearly a destination ing sliced by City Beef butchers for both retail vendors and citizen- into the company’s multitudinous customers seeking beef, pork, veal, products. The basic beef no longer arrives and chicken in all their permutain heavy sides, but Nelson clearly

Jim Nelson, above, purchased City Beef with Rich Tarantino in 2014. has no plans to remove these direct tracks to the past. “Well, I like ’em,” he says with a smile. The smile may have also been connected with a transaction earlier that day. City Beef had just filled a contract for 68,000 cheese steak sandwiches. (Yes, that many.) The order was from a vendor with hearty sales on the QVC shopping channel. City Beef created the entire combination, hard-froze the items, then shipped them to the client for eventual distribution to end consumers. “And they sold out!” Nelson exclaims. Another potential retail client approached City Beef earlier this year, saying, “I make a really good meatball. Help me make it on a product basis.” How many businesses can boast of taking up the challenge — serious but savory — of building the better meatball? The path of individual customers to City Beef’s loading dock has been kept clear and well used, even widened, by a steady pilgrimage of

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Gallery Going: Comfort at the State Museum

With regional museums closed and waiting to reopen, we decided to remind readers of their important collections by highlighting visual art works you can visit as soon as social distancing practices change and museum doors open. And since it is the start of summer, we are starting with a New Jersey shore scene found in the New Jersey State Museum: “Sea Bright, New Jersey.” It was painted by Louis

valued “walk-ins.” “When Rick and I bought the business, we put in this production room,” says Nelson, leading the way into an expansive space in the center back. A commercial kitchen was also added, allowing City Beef to create platters and ready meals with vegetables and a starch (rice or potatoes) along with the meat protein — another product that is proving perfect for the ramped up individual customer and family trade. The meat cutters are certified butchers. City Beef & Provisions is fully licensed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture and given a close examination — each and every working day — by a USDA inspector (with one instantly spotted in a preparation room, clipboard in hand, looking over an employee and his work area). “If they didn’t come in here, we couldn’t be open,” Nelson says. The Mercer County Department of Health also makes inspections.

im Nelson was born in Lansdown, Pennsylvania, in 1959. His father was a teacher and, later, elementary school principal. His mother had also taught but later devoted herself to homemaking. Before City Beef, Nelson worked for 22 years in finance at General Electric Health Care, the last six as a finance manager executive. He retired at age 45. Then, by serendipity, he advised a relative on the financial aspects of a food business. Advising on the culinary side was Chef Tarantino. Both were looking for new entrepreneurial opportunities, and word came through food industry contacts that City Beef & Provisions could be for sale at the right price. Over the years City Beef’s main customers have been restaurants, small food stores such as bodegas, nonprofit community and faith groups holding fundraisers or other events, and some institutional cli-

Comfort Tiffany around 1878. The son of the man who founded the famed luxury jewelry company, the younger Tiffany gained fame for his stained glass company. But originally he set his sights on painting, and after academic training he worked individually with George Innes, one of the most prominent American artists of the era. In the 1870s he started a series of outdoor

works near his summer homes, including one in Sea Bright. As NJSM notes in a catalog of its collection, the artist worked to combine “two trends in American painting: detailed realism and the close tonality of softly focused form. As Tiffany become more and more concerned with color and form the abstract quality of surface patterns began to dominate his paintings. In 1889, at the end of the de-

cade in which he started to concentrate his efforts on his theories of design and glassmaking, he began to flatten space and simplify forms.” — Dan Aubrey The New Jersey State Museum is located at 205 West State Street in Trenton. For more information about the museum and its reopening: www.state.nj.us/state/museum.

Above, Carlos Nazzario, left, and Jim Nelson discuss pre-packaged meat products. At right, Jim Nelson with office manager Angie Cook, a 12-year employee of City Beef. ents (such as school and corporate cafeterias). Most have been within a 25-mile radius of City Beef itself. Nelson says that City Beef has regular customers among the churches of Princeton and Trenton, for whom he always arranges deliveries. Additionally, even large food trade purveyors like Sisco and U.S. Foods, plus emerging regional outlets like Restaurant Depot in Langhorne, Pennsylvania, have become City Beef clients. “Sisco doesn’t cut meat, for example,” says Nelson. “We’ve always had that service available.” Of course, Nelson and Tarantino have been keen to sell well beyond Bucks and Mercer counties. Their

initial expansion was largely driven by retail clients who need a specialized product. For example, one food industry entrepreneur wanted to sell beef jerky dog chewy treats. But he needed to partner with a food production facility. Calculating the expenses versus the potential gains, City Beef won the contract and invested in the necessary specialized equipment. What does the future hold for the food industry overall? Nelson says it might be grimmer before it gets brighter. One reason is connected to the news reports that many USDA meat inspectors, although not worried about checking small operations like City Beef, are concerned

about contracting the coronavirus while working inside huge meatpacking plants. Should their concerns become justified, they may start refusing to inspect any such facilities. (Nelson says he has personally heard such rumblings “from informed industry sources.”) But, for now, there is hopeful news on North Willow Street. Between office staff and product handlers, City Beef has a total of 15 employees. Of these, Nelson says, he has only had to lay off two. Nelson freely acknowledges that for a compact operation like City Beef, the ongoing epidemic

could still prove disastrous. “If someone on staff gets the coronavirus, we’re in trouble.” But, he adds, “We’ve had no cases of coronavirus with customers or employees.” That may bring a future for City Beef & Provisions as hopeful as a well-marbled steak is delicious. Says Nelson, “We’re just trying to be inventive and do the best we can.” City Beef & Provisions, 246 North Willow Street, Trenton. Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Saturday, 7 a.m. to noon. 609-392-1492 or www.citybeef. com.

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Take a New Look at the Region’s WPA Art

by Dan Aubrey

he writing is on the wall. Millions of artists are out of work and unsure of if and when they will return to work on commissions, performing, or teaching. Yet artwork on the walls of several buildings in the region provides a reminder of another era when millions, including artists, lost their jobs: The Great Depression, 1929 to 1941. One of the solutions for artists was the creation of murals and reliefs in public buildings through the publicly funded Work Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project. It was one of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal work relief initiatives that put American to work on a variety of projects for government buildings and services. The Federal Art Project was suggested to Roosevelt by his childhood friend and fellow Groton School student, American artist George Biddle. While Roosevelt had some initial misgivings and concerns that some artists may see their involvement as the opportunity to provide social critiques that could cause controversy — just as Mexican muralist Diego Rivera had done by painting communist leader Vladimir Lenin on a 1933 mural commissioned by the Rockefeller Family — the president eventually encouraged the unprecedented government patronage art project to

advance. The result was both the creation of thousands of works of art and the support of a generation of artists who later became major American innovators. That list includes Jackson Pollack, Louise Nevelson, Jacob Lawrence, Arshile Gorky, Mark Rothko, and scores of others who were able to continue to develop their art. The project also brought design, images, color, and scenes from history, literature, and daily life into the lives of millions of Americans — as it continues to do today in many of the region’s public buildings. And while it is often considered quaint or politically incorrect, it is worth a moment to stop and remember what it is and how it got there.

New Jersey’s most celebrated WPA art project mural is in Roosevelt, a town created by the New Deal. Originally called Jersey Homesteads, the town people who moved there to work in factories and farms renamed it to honor the president whose program gave them the opportunities to make a living and own a home during the Depression. The mural’s artist is Ben Shahn (1898-1969), a Lithuanian-born American artist from Brooklyn who settled in Roosevelt. Shahn was an illustrator, painter, muralist, and photographer who had worked with Rivera on the Rockefeller mural and created a personal style successfully combining social consciousness and modern aesthetics. Located in the Roosevelt Public

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Clockwise from top: the mural in Roosevelt; the Trenton Central mural illustrating music, theater, and dance; and ‘Rural Delivery’ at the Clarkson Building in Trenton.

School, the 12 x 45 foot fresco captures the energies of the era and the wo WPA public art projects making of the town. can be found in Trenton. It is divided into three panels. The first can be found in the One shows Jewish immigrants ar- Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Buildriving in America — that includes ing and U.S. Courthouse located at Albert Einstein as well as Shahn’s 402 East State Street, near Trenton mother. Nearby are factory sweat- City Hall. shops and tenements and the cofThe New Deal construction was fin-bound bodies of Italian anar- one of the few federal buildings chists Sacco and Vanzetti, whose originally designed to house a post controversial execution was said to office containing three murals. be linked to anti-Italian and antiThe artist selected for the project immigrant sentiments. conducted from 1934 through 1937 The second panel depicts the was prominent regional artist emergence of trade unions and fea- Charles Ward (1900-1962), who tures famed would later beunion organizer come a noted John L. Lewis faculty member The WPA mural projnear the Triangle of the Trenton ect brought design, Shirt Waist FacSchool of Industory, a sweattrial Arts. images, color, and shop where lax The artist scenes from history, safety condichose to use oil literature, and daily tions contributed paint on panels to the deaths of to depict three life into the lives of 145 young womdifmillions of Americans thematically en workers in a ferent scenes. — as it continues to fire. One is “ProgThe final secress of Indusdo today in many of tion shows the try.” Situated the region’s public development of over the East buildings. Jersey HomeState Street ensteads as a worktrance, the work ers’ cooperative. is a sweeping According to an view of the explanatory text created by the workers bringing a Trenton factory Roosevelt Arts Project, the men to life. While its placement consurrounding the town’s blueprint nects it to city hall’s Trenton indus“are the architect Alfred Kastner try mural a few blocks away, its in(with his back to us), and, (from top clusion of workers of African deto bottom), Heywood Broun (activ- scent demonstrates a cultural and ist/journalist), Rexford Guy Tug- social change. It also reflects well (economist/New Deal advi- Ward’s previous experience of sor), Senator Robert Wagner (prin- working in a Trenton factory with cipal author of the National Labor his father. Relations Act), Sidney Hillman Ward’s “The Second Battle of (advisor to FDR and in 1936 the Trenton” follows a WPA practice founder of the American Labor of depicting history. This one Party), and John Brophy (first na- shows the climax of Washington’s tional director of the Congress of 1777 night battle with the HesIndustrial Organizations).” sians. According to materials from In addition to being a daring the Historical Society of the United work of art by an American and States District Court for the DisNew Jersey master, it is a document trict of New Jersey, “Ward spent of a time and a commemoration months researching the battle and the uniforms and artillery of both

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Clockwise from near right, ‘George Washington with DeWitt, Geographer of the Revolutionary Army,’ in New Brunswick; detail of the mural at the former Princeton post office; and ‘Skating on Bonaparte’s Pond’ in Bordentown.

sides. He wanted to show ‘our men in action,’ and in a collage of perspective, meticulously included different elements of their efforts as they repelled the advancing Hessian troops on the far right. The heroism of the Revolutionary War was an ideal subject for public murals as it could be seen as a metaphor for the battle that America was fighting against the Depression, as well as a reminder of national strength.” The last is “Rural Delivery.” Utilizing one of the U.S. Post Office’s favorite themes, postal service, this work uses then-contemporary techniques to compress scenes of people receiving baby chicks, packages, and letters that show how vital the post office was to the farming communities outside Trenton. While the murals are worth a look, it is difficult to do so because of the tight post 9-11 security regulations at government buildings. However, “Progress of Industry” is at one of the entrances, and a preliminary sketch is in the New Jersey State Museum down the street from the courthouse. The other WPA mural project can be found in Trenton Central High School on Chambers Street. Originally designed for the former high school but integrated into the design of the new one, “Youth Carrying the Heritage of the Arts of the Past into the Future” is a set of four mosaics representing the academic pursuits of painting and sculpture, architecture and engineering, science and research, and music, theater, and dance. Their artist is the Welsh-born Monty Lewis (1907 to 1997), who came to New York City as a teenager, studied at the Art Students League in New York from 1924 to 1928, received a 1929 award from the Tiffany Foundation, and was invited to join the WPA’s original group. With an approach that emphasized subject movement, Lewis was also known for looking beyond paint to create durable and luminous murals. That interest led him to become the head of the WPA’s mosaic division. The choice of tiles connects to Trenton’s then prominent tile, porcelain, and ceramics industries, also represented in the former building’s design. Now situated in wall recesses at the two sides of the main building entrance, they continue to encourage students and visitors with their elegant presence.

n Princeton, the former Palmer Square Post Office houses artist

Karl Free’s “Columbia under the Palm.” Free (1903 to 1947) of Davenport, Iowa, won a scholarship to the Art Students League in New York and became a founding curator of the Whitney Museum and a designer for Ballet Caravan. His 1939 Princeton work depicting the idealized personification of the nation also created controversy during its day and again in 2015 when the building was sold to LCOR Ventures. Neither had anything to do with Lenin. While a great percentage of artists participating in the WPA had leftist and modernist leanings, Free was described by as Nazi sympathizer inclined to depicting Native and African Americans as subservient to white colonists — as indicated in the two murals he created for the arts program. But what got him in his first controversy was his deviation from WPA themes and intent to promote Western European art traditions and reference European works. As Karal Ann Marling notes in “Wall to Wall America: Post Office Murals in the Great Depression,” Free’s designs for Princeton showed “the difference between a sound historian and an academic reactionary disguised as a sound historian.” She describes his work as “an indiscriminate pastiche of great moments form the Old Masters: a mannerist putto floating here, a trumpeting Fame from the School of the Carracci hovering there, a colonial dame in the Rococo manner drooping about the foreground, and a clutch of Trumbull founding fathers parading across one corner.” So how did this “art-historical stew,” as Marling calls it, get approved? Although Free had previously provided a similar approach to a Washington, D.C., WPA project and was criticized by WPA administrators (aka the Section), they mistakenly kept him on their roster of artists. When he came to Princeton, Marling says he “served up his reheated leftovers with the complici-

ty of Charles Rufus Morey, chairman of the art and archaeology department at Princeton University, who was also the chairman of the local, ad hoc citizen’s advisory committee on the post-office mural. Having taken Free on under the impression that he was, at heart, an attentive student of documentary fact, the (Princeton division of the WPA) felt honor-bound to accept a picture limned with the fine Italian hand of an arch-conservative. Having given the local committee carte blanche to speak for the community, the Section was stuck with their favorable decision. The lunette certainly looked like art, too; if the rest of the Princeton hated ‘Columbia Under the Palm,’ nobody came forward to say so. The Section’s only recourse was to strike Karl Free’s name from the list of candidates for further commissions.” Today’s controversy focuses on Free’s prejudicial depictions of non-Caucasians and its connection to racism and slavery.

t the corner of Walnut and Prince streets the Bordentown Post Office’s 1940 mural “Skating on Bonaparte’s Pond” depicts a scene that follows a WPA intent to combine local history and lore. According to an article titled “A Painted History of the American Post Office” that appeared in Esquire Magazine, “In researching local Bordentown, New Jersey, history for this 1940 commission, (artist) Avery Johnson (1906-1990) happened upon a steel engraving of

the home of Joseph Bonaparte (older brother of Napoleon I and former King of Spain) perched at the top of a hill. Local lore had it that every winter, Bonaparte opened his pond to local children for ice-skating. While the children skated, Bonaparte would roll oranges and apples on the ice for them to chase.” Johnson painted several Post Office murals across the country and later taught at the Montclair Art Museum in New Jersey and the Newark School of Fine and Industrial Arts. The mural is on view during regular post office hours.

nd at the downtown New Brunswick Post Office on Bayard Street, there is a three-section work created in 1930 by the artist credited with inspiring the WPA arts project, George Biddle (1885 to 1973). The pieces depicting historic moments connected with the city and the Revolutionary War are “George Washington with DeWitt, Geographer of the Revolutionary Army,” “Howe and Cornwallis Entering New Brunswick,” and “Washington Retreating from New Brunswick.” A member of the prominent Philadelphia Biddle family, the artist broke with the family tradition of practicing law and, although he earned a law degree, studied art in Europe and at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. While knowledgeable about

French impressionism and contemporary European art, he was drawn to social realism and depicted everyday scenes while traveling the United States and Mexico, where he interacted with Diego Rivera and the Mexican mural movement. In 1935 composer George Gershwin commissioned Biddle to provide his interpretations of life in the South for the illustrations of a limited edition of the libretto for Gershwin’s jazz opera, “Porgy and Bess.” Considered conservative by many, Biddle was a capable artist interested in pursuing a specific vision in spite of changing arts movements. However, he made a lasting mark on American art when during the Great Depression he wrote the following to Roosevelt: “There is a matter which I have long considered and which some day might interest your administration. . . . The younger artists of America are conscious as they have never been of the social revolution that our country and civilization are going through; and they would be eager to express these ideals in a permanent art form if they were given the government’s co-operation. They would be contributing to and expressing in living monuments the social ideals that you are struggling to achieve. And I am convinced that our mural art with a little impetus can soon result, for the first time in our history, in a vital national expression.” Perhaps it is time to revisit the idea.

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Princeton resident Valerie Melusky, author of ‘Dreaming Since Eve, An Exploration of Dreaming and Sexuality,’ submitted this collage from local newspapers, which she called ‘an unconscious production of chaos with blue skies and sun shining through.’ To submit artwork to this section email Dan Aubrey: dan@princetoninfo.com.

Right at Home of Central New Jersey. 732-967-0900. Beth Sholom, executive director. w w w. r i g h t a t h o m e . n e t / monmouth-middlesex. Right at Home, a provider of inhome care to seniors and disabled adults since 2004, has expanded to include all of Mercer County in its coverage area. It previously covered Middlesex and northern Monmouth counties. Owner and executive director Beth Sholom says, “Acquiring the Mercer County franchise will make us the largest Right at Home franchise in New Jersey and one of the largest in the country. We look forward to working with all of the health care partners and local businesses in Mercer County.” Sholom earned her undergraduate degree in special education and subsequently earned a law degree. She practiced elder law for 12 years in addition to becoming licensed as a certified assisted living advisor. She was inspired to help seniors in part by her mother, who herself worked in a nursing home.

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PSRC Announces ‘Safe 4 Seniors’ Princeton Senior Resource Center, 45 Stockton Street, Princeton 08540. 609-9247108. Drew A. Dyson, executive director. www.princetonsenior.org. The Princeton Senior Resource Center, in partnership with the Greater Mercer Transportation Management Association and Ride Provide, is offering a temporary home delivery service for seniors. Registered participants in Mercer County, Plainsboro, and southern Montgomery Township can sign up to receive delivery vouchers at a cost of $5 each. Users subsequently schedule curbside pickup from a participating store or restaurant between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Once a time is set, call Ride Provide at 609-452-5144 to schedule delivery. Advance notice of 24 hours is requested. Deliveries are limited to within the same town or an adjacent town.

Michael McBreen was promoted at Integra LifeSciences.

Management Moves Integra LifeSciences, 1100 Campus Road, Princeton 08540. 609-275-0500. Peter Arduini, CEO. www.integralife.com. Michael McBreen, Integra’s current corporate vice president and president of its international businesses, has been promoted to executive vice president and president, Codman Specialty Surgical. The change takes effect on June 8. McBreen, who came to Integra when it acquired Codman from Johnson & Johnson in 2017, replaces Dan Reuvers, who is leaving to become CEO of medical technology firm Tactile Systems Technology Inc. New Jersey Builders Association, 1 Washington Boulevard, Suite 5, Robbinsville 08691. 609-587-5577. Carol Ann Short, CEO. www.njba. org. The CEO of the New Jersey Builders Association, a trade association for the construction industry, will be leaving the position at the end of May. Carol Ann Short, who has been CEO since 2013 and was the first woman to serve in that role, will depart, and a successor has not yet been named. Short is a member of Gov. Phil Murphy’s Restart and Recovery Advisory Council.

Partnership Trenton Health Team, 1 West State Street, Fourth Floor, Trenton 08608. Gregory Paulson, executive director. 609-256-4555. www.trentonhealthteam.org. Trenton Health Team, a nonprofit that works to advance health equity in Trenton, has announced a new partnership with insurance provider Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey. The Horizon Neighbors in Health Plan offers people on the state health benefit plan access to services addressing social and environmental issues that impact health. “The state’s largest insurer recognizes patient well-being depends on social and environmental factors such as housing quality, food security, and poverty — and they appreciate the expertise of our Care Management Team in building close relationships with clients to address those issues,” THT executive director Gregory Paulson said in a statement. The program is optional for state health plan members and is available in 70 zip codes across 11 counties.

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igh in a Gothic tower on the abandoned Princeton University campus, a lone student sits in front of an open window. He eats his lunch from a Styrofoam box. A fox is sniffing around at the foot of the tower, his bushy orange tail behind him. Eagerly he looks upwards. The scene reminds me of the fable of the raven and the fox by Jean de la Fontaine. “Learned Lord,” I hear this clever Reynard shout up, “How handsome you look with your glossy black cape. If you can speak as smart as you look, you would be the star of the campus.” And then hope that the flattered student accidentally drops his chicken. Now that almost all people are gone, the foxes have taken over the university. In broad daylight they roam the grounds, up the monumental stairs and through the ornate iron gates. Previously, if you were lucky, on an early Sunday morning you could see a single fox sneaking around. Now there are whole families. A handful of remaining students send each other updates about the animals. The group’s fox app keeps track of which routes they take and when little kits are born. In one of the photos a student shows me, a fox is quietly eating a

Now that almost all people are gone, the foxes have taken over the university. In broad daylight they roam the grounds, up the monumental stairs and through the ornate iron gates. ground squirrel in front of a lecture hall. No, they are no longer shy. It takes some getting used to. Normally at this time of the year the campus is full of partying students. With their exams and theses handed in, the relieved seniors still have a few weeks left before they pick up their diplomas. Hip-hop music blares from the open windows of the dorms. They say long goodbyes to each other, and their carefree days are over and serious life begins. But the students had to leave when the virus broke out. The board was unable to take responsibility for their health. An American university is like a cruise ship on dry land, including the luxurious gym and the all-you-can-eat buffet. People talk, eat, and dance day and night.

nly the handful of students who did not have a home or were unable to travel were allowed to stay. You see them moving like skittish shadows across the campus, often still in pajama pants, on their way to the only cafeteria that is open. Face masks hide serious faces. Their eyes look gloomily at infinity. They run fast, as if the devil himself is on their heels. They take turns going inside and then reappearing outside after a few minutes clutching a Styrofoam box. Not until they are back in their dorm do they see what has been cooked up for them. Every day now I walk on the haunted campus. I miss the cheerful atmosphere the students bring. Tanned legs on the way to the tennis

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If you are lonely, love spring, active, Christian man who is honest, between ages of 68-75, you can contact me. I am DWF, retired professional, somewhat new to the area. I am very active, love music, family life, and more. Conservative values are plus. Please send photo and phone. Box #270779.

OFFICE RENTALS 1 day/month/year or longer. Princeton Route 1. Flexible office space to support your business. Private or virtual offices, conference rooms, high speed internet, friendly staffed reception. Easy access 24/7. Ample parking. Call Mayette 609-514-5100. www.princeton-office.com. Princeton Business Park, Rocky Hill, NJ: Office/Laboratory suites from 500 to 3,200 sq. ft. starting at $12.00 and $24.00 sq. ft. Triple Net. All labs include benches, hoods, D I water and sinks. Some labs are ISO 3, VRF HVAC and back up generators. Located 5 miles north from Princeton. To inquire, call 609-683-5836. theprincetonbusinesspark.com.

RETAIL SPACE DOWNTOWN PRINCETON RETAIL STORE FOR LEASE - 146 NASSAU STREET, 1200 SF, PLUS BASEMENT. WEINBERG MANAGEMENT. TEXT TO: 609-731-1630. WMC@COLLEGETOWN.COM.

HOME MAINTENANCE A friendly handyman seeks small jobs. Let me help you with a variety maintenance and repairs around your home. Please call me at 609-275-6930. Patrick’s Landscaping Service Lawn maintenance, landscaping, expert shrub pruning, gutter cleaning, and more! Patrick92812@gmail.com. 848200-6821.

PERSONAL SERVICES Thompson Management www.thompsonmanagementllc.com

n 609-921-7655

Professional Ghostwriter. Capture family stories or business histories for posterity. Writing your own memoir? Let me bring your memories alive. Memorialize special events with reminiscences of family and friends printed for all to share. Obituaries and eulogies are sensitively created. E. E. Whiting Literary Services. 609-462-5734 eewhiting@ live.com

TRANSPORTATION

Lawrence Office Park

Office/Medical/Professional • 168 Franklin Comer Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 4 miles to New Princeton Medical Center and Capital Health Regional Hospital 1,474-2,750 SF • Condos Available for Sale or Lease • Off of Princeton Pike & 295

Office/Medical/Professional Princeton

• 195 Nassau Street • Individual Offices • Parking Available

Mercer Corporate Park, Robbinsville

2,075 SF Medical / Office Space Available for Lease Next Door to an Adult Day Health Center Easily Accessible from Route 1 and I-95

INSTRUCTION Music Lessons: Piano, guitar, drum, sax, clarinet, voice, flute, trumpet, violin, cello, banjo, mandolin, harmonica, uke, and more. $32/half hour. Ongoing Music Camps. Free use of an instr. for your trial lesson! Call today! Montgomery 609-924-8282. www.farringtonsmusic. com.

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5128 SF Office/Research for Lease Easy access to 130/TPK/195/295

3450 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville, NJ

A Personal Driver seeking to transport commuters, shopping trips, etc. Modern, attractive car. References provided. Less than commercial taxi services. E-mail to gvprinter@gmail.com or call 609-331-3370.

Deaths

812 State Road, Princeton, NJ

145-1,221 SF for Lease Available Immediately

Gloria May Stanziale, 89, on May 20. She was employed by Theradex Systems, Inc., in Princeton for many years. Valerie Harris, 90, on May 18. She retired from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. Rose Marie Stegner, 92, on May 11. She worked in Trenton as a porcelain artist for Boehm Porcelain Company, Baker China Studios, and Tatlers.

Computer problem? Or need a used computer in good condition $80? Call 609-275-6930.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS I Buy Guitars and All Musical Instruments in Any Condition: Call Rob at 609-457-5501.

WANTED TO BUY Antique Military Items: And war relics wanted from all wars and countries. Top prices paid. ‘Armies of the Past LTD’. 2038 Greenwood Ave., Hamilton Twp., 609-890-0142. Our retail outlet is open Saturdays 10 to 4, or by appointment. Buying Baseball & Football cards,1909-1980 - Comic books, 1940-1980. All sports memorabilia, collectibles, and related items. Don 609203-1900; delucadon@yahoo.com. Cash paid for SELMER Saxophones and other vintage models. 609-581-8290, E-mail: lenny3619@ gmail.com Cash paid for World War II military items. 609-581-8290 or e-mail lenny3619@optonline.net. Wanted: Baseball, football, basketball, hockey. Cards, autographs, photos, memorabilia. Highest cash prices paid! Licensed corporation, will travel. 4thelovofcards, 908-596-0976. allstar115@verizon.net.

Singles Exchange MEN SEEKING WOMEN Elderly gentleman seeks a woman who is more concerned about the suffering occurring around the world than she is about hedonistic pleasures. Box 240346. I’m an Italian-American widower originally from NY now in PA Newtown/ Yardley area. 73 slim healthy. Seeking a slim healthy woman 65 to 75. I’m active, educated, I like to laugh, have fun and do new things. Are you up for an adventure? We would travel, go to good movies, museums in NYC and Phila. I love jazz, we can stay home have a quiet evening cooking together (I’m an excellent cook). We just may find true love and passion. Please send photo, a note, a phone number so we may talk, and maybe meet for coffee. Box #240718.

STILL ATTRACTIVE WIDOW, sometimes merry, also thoughtful, seeks comparable gentleman, born 1932-37, solvent, reasonably unimpaired, highly educated (but not stuffy about it), to connect and see what develops. Pipe dream? You tell me. Princeton area only. Box #240778.

HOW TO RESPOND How to Respond: Place your note in an envelope, write the box number on the envelope, and mail it with $1 cash to U.S. 1 at the address below.

HOW TO ORDER Singles By Mail: To place your free ad in this section mail it to U.S. 1, 15 Princess Road, Suite K, Lawrenceville 08648, fax it to 609-844-0180, or E-mail it to class@princetoninfo.com. Be sure to include a physical address to which we can send responses.

Employment Exchange JOBS WANTED Job Hunters: If you are looking for a full-time position, we will run a reasonably worded classified ad for you at no charge. The U.S. 1 Jobs Wanted section has helped people like you find challenging opportunities for years now. We know this because we often hear from the people we have helped. We reserve the right to edit the ads and to limit the number of times they run. If you require confidentiality, send a check for $4 with your ad and request a U.S. 1 Response Box. Replies will be forwarded to you at no extra charge. Mail or Fax your ad to U.S. 1 Jobs Wanted, 15 Princess Road, Suite K, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Fax to 609-844-0180. E-mail to class@princetoninfo.com. You must include your name, address, and phone number (for our records only). An experienced, confident and caring nurse is seeking a full time or part time caregiving job. I have a car and driver’s license. Can help with shopping and doctor visits. If interested, please call 609-643-2945.

Professional seeks a woman from 40-55 years old. I enjoy family, I like to go to movies, go to the beach, festivals, and sometimes dine out and travel. Please send phone, email to set up meeting. Box 240245.

Home security and home maintenance all in one. Retired police officer available for security and home maintenance. Power washing. Indoor/outdoor house painting. Also do lawn and garden, siding, new construction, replace doors and windows and door locks and house sitting, personal security and driving. Call 609-937-9456 or e-mail dra203@aol.com.

Donna L. Lawrence, 59, on May 16. She worked at Princeton University for more than 30 years in the Office of Information Technology. Thomas R. Suarez, 65, on May 15. The certified public accountant spent 45 years at the Princeton office of accounting firm Withum, where he retired as partner in charge. He also served on numerous boards including Millhill Child and Family Development Center, Christine’s Hope for Kids Foundation, and the First Tee of Greater Trenton. Carol A. Weiss, 76, on May 14.

She was a docent at Drumthwacket for 22 years and also served as a mentor to international post-doctoral students at Princeton. Mark William Durand, 60, on March 19. He was an executive with Bristol-Myers Squibb for many years. Donald J. Gribbin, 68, on May 17. He worked for RCA-Astro Electronics on cameras for the Apollo program and also worked for General Motors in Ewing and for the Trenton Board of Education. Mary Mastoris, 98, on May 16. Along with her husband she owned Mastoris Diner in Bordentown.

MAY 20, 2020

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SPACE FOR LEASE RETAIL • OFFICE • MEDICAL

MANORS CORNER SHOPPING CENTER

• Individual roof mounted central A/C units with gas fired hot air heating & separately metered utilities • Tenants include Investors Bank, Udo’s Bagels, MASA 8 Sushi, Farmers Insurance & more • 139 on-site parking spaces available with handicap accessibility • Minutes from Routes 1, 206 & Interstate 295 • Close proximity to hotels, restaurants, banking, shopping & entertainment

SPACE AVAILABLE:

160 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road Lawrenceville, NJ • Mercer County

1,910 sf (+/-)

Retail • Office • Medical

PRINCESS ROAD OFFICE PARK

• Private bathroom, kitchenette & separate utilities for each suite • High-speed internet access available • 336 Parking spaces available with handicap accessibility • Two building complex totaling 47,094 sf (+/-) • On-site Day Care • 9 Acres of professionally landscaped & managed medical/office • Close proximity to hotels & restaurants in the Princeton & Trenton areas

SPACE AVAILABLE:

4 Princess Road Lawrenceville, NJ • Mercer County

Office • Medical

MONTGOMERY PROFESSIONAL CENTER

2,072 & 2,973 sf (+/-)

• Built to suit tenant spaces • Private entrance, bathroom, kitchenette and separate utilities for each suite • High-speed internet access available • 1/2 Mile from Princeton Airport and Route 206 • 210 Parking spaces with handicap accessibility • Close proximity to restaurants, banking, shopping, entertainment, hotels & more • On-site Montessori Day Care

Route 518 and Vreeland Drive Skillman, NJ • Somerset County

SPACE AVAILABLE:

Office • Medical

1,148 & 4,918 sf (+/-)

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