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they were cheated of their freedom, approximately 16 African AmeriU.S. 1 Is in Print cans were still technically enslaved & Online in New Jersey.”

As to the rhetorical questions of U.S. 1 has distribution to why and how, let Williams note the news boxes located in downhis year forty-seven states following: town Princeton and Trenton, at including New Jersey will observe “While there were many Black, train stations, and in other Juneteenth (also known as Free- mixed-race, and white people in high-traffic outdoor areas. dom Day or Emancipation Day) as New Jersey who fought against Additionally, it is now posa state holiday — a holiday that slavery, most legislators refused to sible to browse full PDFs of commemorates when enslaved condemn the institution. Profits recent issues on U.S. 1’s webBlacks in Galveston, Texas, learned from slaveholding organizations site, www.princetoninfo.com. that they were, in fact, freed by had built and maintained the state’s Click on “Read This Week’s President Abraham Lincoln’s major cities and regional centers Digital U.S. 1 E-Edition Here.”

Emancipation Proclamation two like Newark and those in Bergen A full digital edition of U.S. and half years earlier,” County.

1 is also distributed by e-mail writes Noelle Lorraine “Lincoln’s 1863 every Wednesday. Subscribe at Williams, the New JerBetween Emancipation Proclatinyurl.com/us1newsletter. sey Historical Commismation did not free enThe sion’s director of the Afslaved African AmeriLines rican American History cans in the Northern Program.

States; it freed only women and 25 for men. Their famFocusing more on the those in the mostly “teenth” in June, “Williams writes, southern ‘rebellious states.’ Two ily and everyone else near and dear “The date was June 19, 1865. June- years later, New Jersey bitterly re- to them, however, remained enteenth then is a holiday of celebra- fused to ratify the Thirteenth slaved until they died or attained tion and a mournful remembrance Amendment, the United States freedom by running away or waitof deep injustice and loss. It reveals Constitutional Amendment that ing to be freed.

“In a period when the average the injustice of slavery and the le- abolished slavery and involuntary life expectancy was 40 years old, gal repression of African American servitude across the country. the 1804 law essentially took more freedom, extending beyond the “Slavery’s final legal death in than half of these people’s lives to 19th century.”

New Jersey occurred on January To make her point, the Newark- 23, 1866, when in his first official satisfy the economic and political based artist and program director act as governor, Marcus L. Ward of demands of New Jersey enslavers.

“In essence, Juneteenth, not onadds that “we must remember that Newark signed a state Constituthere were still enslaved Black men tional Amendment that brought ly marks the day African Ameriand women in New Jersey even af- about an absolute end to slavery in cans in Texas realized that they had ter Juneteenth. Imagine, New Jer- the state. In other words, the insti- been robbed of two years of their sey’s death grip on slavery meant tution of slavery in New Jersey sur- freedom, following the Emancipathat until December, 1865, six vived for months following the tion Proclamation. It also commemorates all of our ancestors here months after enslaved men, wom- declaration of freedom in Texas. in New Jersey who were the last en, and children in Texas found out “To understand this historical Blacks in the North toTheater be ensnared development, one needs to take a in that bloody institution.”

• Dance • Music • Visual step backArts to 1804 when New Jersey For more on Lorraine Noelle U.S. 1 WELCOMES letpassed its Gradual Abolition of Lorraine Theater • Dance • Music • Visual Arts Williams, visit the artist’s ters to the editor, corrections, Slavery law — an act that delayed websitewww.noellelorrainewiland criticisms Workshops of our stories In-Person the end of slavery in the state for liams.com. For more on the New and columns. E-mail your In-Person decades. It allowed for the children Jersey Historical Commission, go Workshops thoughts directly to our ediof enslaved Blacks born after July to nj.gov/state/historical. tor: hastings@princetoninfo.

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Macron’s intention has teeth beyond a superficial inflection of image. He plans to enforce lower tuition to the school to make it more equitable and available to all applicants, not just the wealthy.

This extraordinary news struck a chord for me. Perhaps now is also the time for the Very Important People at Princeton — the administrators and the board of trustees — to review the university’s image, one also widely considered by many as “elitist,” despite its fair numbers of available scholarships.

A very sharp and delightful female editor here once told me that being excluded in Princeton is not about wealth or appearance; “it is about fame.”

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My friend had added a new requirement to “elitism” in Princeton!

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garded as a critical element guiding his path through life.

Unfortunately, for too many Princetonians it is wealth, university status, and residence, perhaps fame as well, which supports their self-assigned privilege while spreading a toxic elitism emanat-

Wednesday, June 16

Business Before Business Virtual Networking, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber.org. Networking over morning coffee. Register. $25; $15 members. 8:30 a.m.

How to Make Your Business More Bankable, Princeton SCORE. princeton.score.org.

Webinar presented by Parag Nevatia shows how to show banks what they want to see and help you prepare for loan approvals.

Register. Free. 6:30 p.m.

Thursday, June 17

Never Stop Networking, Women in Development. www.widmercer.org/events. Career Advisor Panel of development professionals from Fundraising, Communications, Corporate and Foundation Engagement, Development Strategy, and Storytelling to share their experiences, discuss networking tips, and demonstrate how to promote your skills and abilities. Bring your questions and learn how you can actively manage and expand your network to achieve your career goals. Held via Zoom. Register. $15; free for WID members. 6 to 7 p.m.

ing from the university and beyond.

When Albert Einstein lived here he reportedly deplored the elitism he found too often in Princeton and made a habit of befriending the people who labored in the town, running gas stations, clearing the streets of leaves in the fall and snow in the winter.

He was beloved during his time as a Princeton resident. Not for his elitism but his humanity.

Libby Zinman Schwartz Elm Road, Princeton

Bringing Back Government ‘By the People, for the People’

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as Government of the people, by the people, for the people perished from the United States?

It is certainly possible to make a strong case that it has.

Fully 30 percent of eligible voters are not even registered to vote and even in the “high turnout” elections of 2020, 39 percent of eligible voters (roughly 91 million) did not vote (https://www.census.gov/topics/public-sector/voting.html).

A Princeton University study from 2014 went further. Its analysis

Friday, June 18

JobSeekers, Professional Service Group of Mercer County. www.psgofmercercounty.org.

Project Management Professional Valerie S. Williams offers the ultimate job hunt checklist, including networking tools, ways to showcase skills, and supporting documents to help you track your progress. 9:45 a.m. to noon.

Saturday, June 19

LinkedIn Marketing for Job Search, Career Support Group at St. Gregory the Great, 609587-4877. www.careersupportgroup.org. Featuring Alex Freund.

Free. 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.

Tuesday, June 22

JobSeekers. sites.google.com/ site/njjobseekers. Virtual meeting for those seeking employment.

Visit website for GoTo Meeting link. 7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 23

Market Research for Leveraging Customer and Competitor Intelligence, Princeton SCORE. princeton.score.org. Webinar presented by Joan Divor includes overview of key concepts and strategies for market and competitive investigation. Register. Free.

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of 1,779 policy issues led to the conclusion that the US is an oligarchy as it showed that the 78 percent of the preferences of the wealthiest 10 percent are represented in Congress’s decisions; in sharp contrast, ordinary citizens get only 5 percent of their preferences represented and score over the wealthiest 10 percent a shockingly low 0.3 percent of the time (https://scholar. princeton.edu/sites/default/files/ mgilens/files/gilens_and_ page_2014_-testing_theories_of_ american_politics.doc.pdf).

So, what can we do to restore democracy? There is a bill in the Senate right now that can go a long way to doing just that. It is called the For the People Act and its three main divisions are A. Voting (so more eligible Americans can vote in safer and more secure elections) B. Campaign Finance (to reduce the influence of money in politics) and C. Ethics (to reduce the influence of lobbyists).

158 years ago, on a battlefield of the Civil War, our first Republican President asked us to dedicate our lives to preserving our democracy.

Senators Booker and Menendez, make the For the People Act your top priority. There can be no more important task.

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Event descriptions specify if an event is being held virtually or in a hybrid format. To include your virtual or in-person event in this section email events@princetoninfo.com.

Wednesday June 16 Literati Bloomsday | Zoomsday, Arts Council of Princeton. www. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Celebration of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” named for the book’s narrator, Leopold Bloom, on the date the book takes place. Paul Muldoon, Joyce Carol Oates, Colum McCann, Jhumpa Lahiri, Sean Wilentz, and friends share their favorite passages with virtual attendees. Register. Free. 5 p.m.

The Sounds of Juneteenth The Trenton Music Makers mark the observance of Juneteenth on Saturday, June 19, with the premiere of a short documentary film, ‘Freedom: Stories of Innovation, Resiliency, and Connection.’

The work created by Trenton filmmaker Nick Donnoli features interviews with the young Trenton orchestra musicians, presentations by DJ Ahmad Shakir and Trenton Education Dance Institute members, and the debut of a new music video by Trenton hip hop artist Josue Lora.

Health

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Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic, Mercer County, Veterans Park, Kuser Road, Hamilton. Receive the single dose J&J vaccine. Ages 18 and up. No appointment necessary. 4 to 7 p.m.

Twilight Walking Tour, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.morven. org. Join Morven’s docents for combination architectural, historical, and garden tour. Tour focuses on “American Revolution and the Stocktons of the 18th and 19th century.” Register. $10. Canceled in case of rain. 6 p.m.

Wellness

Wild Gentle Yoga: Yoga to Connect with Yourself and Nature, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, PA. www.bhwp.org. Gentle yoga that builds body awareness, strength, flexibility and a better understanding of how humans connect to and reflect natural systems with Priscilla Hayes. Register. Pay what you can, $8 and up.

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Kids Stuff

Read and Pick: Cherries, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Lawrence, 609-924-2310. www.terhuneorchards.com.

Hands-on educational program on the farm followed by a story.

One adult chaperone per family group. Register. $10. Masks required for ages three and up. 9:30

and 11 a.m.

Thursday June 17 Classical Music Kosmologia: Dreaming/Undreaming, Princeton Festival. www.princetonfestival.org. Premiere of an original interdisciplinary art video from Chicago-based Kosmologia, an artists’ collective that develops works intersecting music with other arts and new technologies. Register. 7 p.m.

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Opera or Musical? – The Fine Line that Divides Them, Princeton Festival. www.princetonfestival.org. Presented by Stuart Holt, director of school programs and community engagement, Metropolitan Opera Guild, via Zoom.

Register. Free. 7 p.m.

An Evening of Dueling Pianos, State Theater New Jersey, New Brunswick. www.stnj.org/event/ dueling-pianos. Virtual Pride Month event hosted on Zoom by drag queen performer, Victoria Lace, and featuring Nate Hopkins and Debbie Tjong on piano. Register. $15 minimum donation. 7 p.m.

Outdoor Action

Watson Woods Walking Club, Mercer County Nature Programs, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton. www.mercercountyparks.org.

Easy mile-long walk with to explore Spring Lake and other trails of Roebling Park. Free. Register via CommunityPass. 10 a.m.

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pact on the planet and raises awareness about the environment. The space will offer drop in art activities for children and caregivers, art parties, workshops, short-term classes, and more.

Handmade boutique features jewelry, gifts, art kits, and items for the home with a focus on sustainably sourced and recycled materials. First show features the teaching artists of West Windsor Arts.

Free. 3 to 6 p.m.

Virtual Watercolor Session: Water Reflections, Princeton University Art Museum & Arts Council of Princeton. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Taught by artist-instructor Barbara DiLorenzo over Zoom. Register. Free. 8 p.m.

Good Causes

Leadership Awards Celebration, Mercer Street Friends. www. mercerstreetfriends.org. Pre-recorded program followed by livestreamed event at 6 p.m.

Mitch Livingston of NJM receives the 2021 Corporate Leadership and Public Service Award. Bernadette Trapp, principal, Rivera Community Middle School, and Jeannette Harris, principal, Gregory Elementary School, receive the 2021 Educational Leadership Award. Student Kylan Tatum receives the 2021 Generational Leadership Award. The 2021 Philanthropic Leadership Award goes to Princeton Area Community Foundation. John Spears and Jack Espenshade (posthumously) receive the 2021 Robert M. Appelbaum Service Award. 5 p.m.

Farm Markets

Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue Lot, Princeton. www.princetonfarmersmarket. com. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, baked goods, and artisanal products. Face coverings and social distancing required. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Health

Healthy Skin and Sun Safety, Mercer County Library. www. mcl.org. Join Alexa Hetzel, M.S, PA-C, for a session on skin cancer and skin care. Learn about what effects the sun has on the skin, sun protection, and other tips for healthy skin. Email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register to receive a link to program. 3:30 p.m.

History

The Stocktons and the Civil War Amendments, Morven Museum & Garden. www.morven.org. Local historian and author John Baxter presents a virtual program followed by live Q&A. Register. $10. 6:30 p.m.

Women on Wheels: Bicycling in the Gilded Ages, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org. Awardwinning author Ellen Gruber Garvey explains how women of the Gilded Age found freedom through bicycling and why it still matters today. Email hopeprogs@ mcl.org to register to receive a link to the virtual program. 7 p.m.

Lectures

Africa in Transition, 55-Plus Club of Princeton. www.prince-

Live music returns to Small World Coffee on Witherspoon Street with a concert by the folk duo Damsel featuring Monica Mugan and Beth Meyers on Saturday, June 19. ton.com/groups/55plus. Meeting and presentation via Zoom with Daniel Rubenstein, professor of zoology, ecology and evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, and conservation at Princeton University. Free; $3 donation requested.

10 a.m.

Outdoor Action

Kayak Nature Tours, Mercer County Nature Programs, Mercer County Park Marina, West Windsor. www.mercercountyparks.org. Paddling and exploration during a naturalist-led kayak tour to encounter basking turtles, feeding songbirds, and carnivorous plants. Life vest, binoculars, and kayak rental fee included. Basic kayak instruction is provided.

For ages 16 and up. Register via CommunityPass. $35; $30 for Mercer County residents. 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Socials

Social Coffee, YWCA Princeton Area Newcomers. www.ywcaprinceton.org/newcomers. Learn about the organization, meet members, and find opportunities to explore your interests and community. Held over Zoom. Contact newcomersmembership@ywcaprinceton.org for more information.

9:30 to 11 a.m.

Friday June 18 Live Music Spring Wine & Music Series, Old York Cellars, 80 Old York Road, Ringoes. www.oldyorkcellars. com. Live music with Bill Shannon. Reservations required. Food available for purchase. Noon to 5 p.m.

Sips & Sounds, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www. terhuneorchards.com. Live music

by Mark Miklos, wines by the glass, and light fare. 5 to 8 p.m.

Summer Kick-Off Dance Party, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-7374465. www.hopewellvalleyvineyards.com. DJ Darius the 1st spins tunes. 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Friday Night Wine & Music Series, Old York Cellars, 80 Old York Road, Ringoes. www.oldyorkcellars.com. Live music with Chris from Rave On. Reservations required. Food available for purchase. 6 to 9 p.m.

Pop Music

Summer Music Fest, Bristol Riverside Theater, Outdoor Amphitheater, 2501 Bath Road, Bristol, PA. www.brtstage.org. Take a journey down memory lane with the greatest hits from Broadway.

Register. $35 general admission.

Bring a blanket or chair. Masks required. 8 p.m.

On Stage

Murder at Cheltenham Manor,

the Play, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Newly adapted for the stage, based on an original YouTube series, Murder at Cheltenham Manoris a twisting, turning, whodunnit, where the audience gets to have input which will steer the story as we progress. Seating at 50 percent capacity as well as stream-at-home options. $25. 8 p.m.

Fairs & Festivals

Juneteenth - A Celebration of Freedom, Hopewell Valley Arts Council, Woolsey Park, 221 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville. www.hvartscouncil.org. Screening of “Juneteenth – A Celebration of Freedom,” a 30-minute documentary produced by the Texas Institute for the Preservation of History and Culture.

Learn more from representatives of the new Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum, hear about upcoming Juneteenth festivities in Trenton, and discover educational and advocacy resources available through local libraries. Free. Event held outdoors. Bring your own chairs or blanket. 8 p.m.

Faith

Juneteenth Shabbat Service, Congregation Beth Chaim, 329 Village Road East, Princeton Junction. www.bethchaim.org.

“Freedom Day” Celebration.

Joined by special guest preacher Pastor Kahlil Carmichael of Live Well Church. Free. To attend virtually, email bethchaimrj@gmail. com for Zoom information. 8 p.m.

Health

Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic, Mercer County, Mercer County Park Skating Center, West Windsor.

Receive the single dose J&J vaccine. Ages 18 and up. No appointment necessary. 7 a.m. to 9 a.m.

Mental Health

Annual Meeting, NAMI New Jersey. www.naminj.org. Virtual annual meeting for the mental health organization on the theme of “Growing Through Adversity, Embracing Resilience.” Phil Lubitz, associate director of advocacy and public policy, honored as he retires after 25 years. Register via EventBrite. Free. 6 to 8 p.m.

Outdoor Action

Just a Hike, Mercer County Park Commission, Mercer Meadows, Blackwell lot. www.mercercountyparks.org. Join a naturalist on a walk through the park with pauses to admire various elements of nature. For teens and adults. Register via CommunityPass. Free.

Wear sturdy shoes and bring a water bottle. 8:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Kayak Nature Tours, Mercer County Nature Programs, Mercer County Park Marina, West Windsor. www.mercercountyparks.org. Paddling and exploration during a naturalist-led kayak tour to encounter basking turtles, feeding songbirds, and carnivo-

The West Windsor Arts Council is accepting submissions for its upcoming exhibit, “Well-Being Ourselves,” which invites artists to explore wellbeing in a time of growing awareness around mental health, including emotional, psychological and social aspects. We seek art that can envision new ways of being that are relational, fight stigma, dismantle ableism, and uphold disability justice. Works to be considered include paintings, drawings, sculpture, digital media, videos and music compositions, mixed media, photograrous plants. Life vest, binoculars, and kayak rental fee included. Basic kayak instruction is provided.

For ages 16 and up. Register via CommunityPass. $35; $30 for Mercer County residents. 9:30 a.m. to noon.

Saturday June 19 Jazz & Blues Winard Harper, Candlelight Lounge, 24 Passaic Street, Trenton. www.jazztrenton.com. Drummer. $15 cover, free buffet. 3:30 to 7 p.m.

Live Music

Spring Wine & Music Series, Old York Cellars, 80 Old York Road, Ringoes. www.oldyorkcellars. com. Live music with Thomas Johnston. Reservations required.

Food available for purchase.

Noon to 6:30 p.m.

Spring Music Series, Palmer Square Green, Princeton. www. palmersquare.com. David Alastre and Latineo. Noon to 2 p.m.

Roundabout, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Folk/country rock. 1 to 4 p.m.

Weekend Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www. terhuneorchards.com. Live music

by Bill Flemer, wines by the glass, and light fare. 1 to 4 p.m.

Chris Roselle of Rave On, Working Dog Winery, 610 Windsor Perrineville Road, East Windsor, 609-371-6000. www.workingdogwinerynj.com. Free live music.

Lobster Dogs food truck. Wine available for purchase by the bottle. 21+ only. 1 to 5 p.m.

Damsel, Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.smallworldcoffee.com. Indie Neo Folk duo of Monica Mugan on vocals/acoustic guitar and Beth Meyers on vocals/viola/banjo/ukulele. 6 to 7:30 p.m.

Pop Music

Summer Music Fest, Bristol Riverside Theater, Outdoor Amphitheater, 2501 Bath Road, Bristol, PA. www.brtstage.org. Take a journey down memory lane with the greatest hits from Broadway.

Register. $35 general admission.

Bring a blanket or chair. Masks required. 8 p.m.

On Stage

Murder at Cheltenham Manor, the Play, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Newly adapted for the stage, based on an original YouTube series, Murder at Cheltenham Manoris a twisting, turning, whodunnit, where the audience gets to have input which will steer the story as we progress. Seating at 50 percent capacity as well as stream-at-home options. $25. 3 p.m.

phy and printmaking. Jurors will include Chanika Svetilas, a multidisciplinary artist who utilizes lived experience of mental health difference as a way to create safe spaces, to disrupt stereotypes and to reflect on contemporary issues as a cultural worker, and Gwynneth VanLaven, an artist and educator.

Submissions will be accepted through Sunday, June 20. The exhibit will be on view from August 31 through October 22. The entry fee is $25; $20 for Arts Council members. For more information visit www.westwindsorarts.org/exhibition/well_being_ourselves.

Film Freedom: Stories of Innovation, Resilience, and Connection, Trenton Music Makers. www. trentonmusicmakers.org/juneteenth. A documentary premiere, featuring Trenton Music Makers players and their families, and a new music video with Josue Lora and DJ Ahmad Shakir. Register to view the premiere on YouTube. 6 p.m.

Carpool Cinema, Acme Screening Room, 204 North Union Street, Lambertville. www.acmescreeningroom.org. Parking lot screening of “The Graduate.” Live pre-show entertainment with Andrea Carlson. Register. $25 to $40 per car. 8 p.m.

Comedy

Wine & Comedy Night, Old York Cellars, 80 Old York Road, Ringoes. www.oldyorkcellars.com.

Comedy hosted by Helene Angley featuring Joe Bronzi and Chip Abrogio. Reservations required. $25.

Food available for purchase. 7 to 10 p.m.

Fairs & Festivals

Juneteenth Weekend, African American Cultural Collaborative of Mercer County, Mill Hill Park, Trenton. www.taacf.com.

Afternoon of mainstage musical performances as part of a weekend-long celebration including art activities, storytelling, bike registration, pop-up COVID vaccination clinics, and more. Performers include Showtyme and DA Traffic; Grace Little Band; OG Band; James White Band; DJ Presentations; Brooke Alford, Violinist and Band; Gerard Veasey; and Marcus Johnson and Band Noon to 7:45 p.m.

Art All Night, Artworks Trenton. www.aantrenton.org. Art on display, live music, live demonstrations, film festival, children’s activities, master classes and talks, and more in a 24-hour virtual celebration continuing until 3 p.m., Sunday, June 20. 3 p.m.

Princeton Juneteenth Block Party, , Princeton YMCA Field, 59 Paul Robeson Place, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Celebrate the cultural achievements of Black Americans. Listen to Black artists, speakers, and activists while also learning how to take action locally in your own communities, both geographically and socially. 4 to 7 p.m.

Farm Markets

West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Lot, 877 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. www.wwcfm.org. Seventeen farms, 20 artisan food makers, and a knife sharpener.

Masks required. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Health

Pop-Up Vaccine Clinic, Mercer County, Mercer County Stables, 431 Federal City Road, Pennington. Receive the single dose J&J vaccine. Ages 18 and up. No appointment necessary. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

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Rejoyce: Celebrating Bloomsday & Sylvia Beach

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by Dan Aubrey

he Arts Council of Princeton is making a trial run of what can be a significant annual event, Bloomsday.

Held around the world on June 16, Bloomsday takes its name from Leopold Bloom, the central character in James Joyce’s influential 20th century novel “Ulysses.”

Told in a tour de force use of story-telling approaches, the surface story follows Bloom’s traveling about his native Dublin, Ireland, on June 16, 1904 — the actual day of Dubliner Joyce’s first date with his future wife.

Bloomsday events feature public readings of the novel, involving both a mixture of writers, scholars, and community members.

The ACP’s abbreviated — or priming the pump — approach to Bloomsday will feature Zoomed thoughts and comments on the novel by Irish-born writer Paul Muldoon, Joyce Carol Oates, Colum McCann, Jhumpa Lahiri, Esther Schor, Sean Wilentz, and others.

Bloomsday celebrations make sense with some significant connection to Joyce, Dublin, and the book. So it’s easy to think that Ireland’s capital city would commemorate the day. And with Joyce’s handwritten “Ulysses” manuscript in its collection, the Rosenbach Library in Philadelphia’s entrance way street provides the right connection.

However, Princeton, perhaps, has one of the most significant connections to the novel in the United States. It was the home and the burial place of the person who brought the novel to the world, Sylvia Beach.

The daughter of the Princeton Presbyterian Church’s minister who came to Princeton in 1905, Beach moved to Paris in the early 20th century and helped usher in modern literature and art when she opened a bookshop that attracted English speaking writers, musicians, artists, and more, Shakespeare and Company.

As Beach once explained it, “It was in the summer of 1920, when my bookshop, Shakespeare and Company, was in its first year, that I met Joyce.”

The occasion was a “sultry Sunday afternoon” party that Beach had no intention to attend but was cajoled into doing so by her friend, fellow book store owner and mentor Adrienne Monnier.

She says she was glad when she arrived and then the host, poet Andre Spires, drew her aside and whispered into her ear, “The Irish writer James Joyce is here.”

As Beach continues, “I worshiped James Joyce, and on hearing he unexpected news that he was present I was so frightened I wanted to run away, but Spire told me it was (poet and critic Ezra Pound and his wife, Dorothy) who had bought the Joyces — we could see Ezra through the open door. I knew the Pounds, so I went in.

“There, indeed, was Ezra, stretched out in a big armchair. He was wearing a becoming blue shirt, pen at the neck, and the usual velvet jacket.

“I couldn’t get near enough to hear what Pound was imparting to his listeners, so, spying Mrs. Pound, I went over to speak to her.

Dorothy was talking to an attractive woman whom she introduced as Mrs. Joyce and then she left us together.

Mrs. Joyce was rather tall, and neither stout or thin. With her reddish wavy hair, her eyes with a twinkle in them, her voice with its Irish inflections, and a certain dig-

nity that was Irish also, she was charming. She seemed glad to find that we could speak English together.

“My conversation with Mrs. Joyce was interrupted by a shout from Spire that lunch was ready — “À table!” — and we all sat down at a long table on which a feast was spread. From a vast assembly of bottles Spire was pouring red, white, and rosy wine, filling everybody’s glass — except that of the guest sitting opposite him. Pound’s friend James Joyce resisted every offer of wine, finally turning his glass upside down to show he meant it; whereupon Ezra collected all the bottles and lined them up in

Princeton, perhaps, has one of the most significant connections to ‘Ulysses’ in the United States. It was the home and the burial place of the person who brought the novel to the world, Sylvia Beach. front of Joyce. This horseplay produced quite a laugh among the others, though they didn’t exactly ‘get it,’ but the object of it was obviously not amused. A blush spread over his face and neck and he appeared so embarrassed that I pitied him and avoided looking his way, though I would have liked to, all through the meal.”

As Beach would explain later, Joyce had the habit of abstaining from alcohol during the day in order to write. He did drink after dark.

She then says that after the feast, when others went for strolls or engage in charged discussions about French writers, “I stepped into a little room lined to the ceiling with books. There, drooping against one of the bookcases, was Joyce. He was rather tall, thin, slightly stooped, graceful.”

They began to speak and introduced themselves and “shook hands; that is, he put his limp, boneless hand in my tough little paw — if you can call that a handshake.”

Beach then verbally paints a portrait of the artist, starting with his hands: “They were narrow, and on the middle and third fingers of the left one he wore rings, with stones in heavy settings. His eyes, a

Above, Sylvia Beach and James Joyce at Shakespeare & Company. Right, Beach’s grave in Princeton Cemetery. deep blue, with this light of genius in them, were extremely beautiful.

I noticed that the right eye had a slightly abnormal look and that the right lens of his glasses was thicker than the left. His hair, thick, sandycolored, wavy, was brushed back from a high, lined forehead over his tall head. On his chin was sort of goatee (grown to hide a scar from a dog bite). His skin was fair, with a few freckles, and rather flushed.

With his well-shaped nose and narrow, fine-cut lips, he was goodlooking. I thought he must have been very handsome as a young man.”

After stating that “he gave an impression of sensitiveness exceeding anybody I have ever known,” she continues to describe one of his most important attributes, his voice, “with its tenor’s pitch and its sweet tones, charmed me. His enunciation was exceptionally clear. His English resembled that spoke on the stage rather than the careless speech of the English today, consequence, perhaps, of teaching foreigners for so many years to speak English correctly.

One felt also that he was more attentive to language than most people, and perhaps loved it more.” “‘What do you do?’ Joyce inquired. I told him about Shakespeare and Company. The name seemed to amuse him, and a charming smile came o his lips. Taking a small notebook out of his pocket and as I noticed with sadness, holding it very close to his eyes, he wrote down the name of the ‘firm’ and its proprietress and the address.

He said he would come to see me. “ She says since his “manners were extremely courteous, and he was so simple and unassuming that instead of being overcome in the presence of the writer who was undoubtedly the greatest of his time, I felt quite at ease with him. It was always that way. Ever conscious though I was of his genius, I knew no one so easy to talk with.”

Evidently Joyce enjoyed his conversation with Beach because on “the very next day Joyce came walking up my steep little street.

He was wearing a dark blue serge suit, a black felt hat on the back of his head, and on his narrow feet tennis shoes that had no doubt once been white. Joyce was always a bit shabby, but his bearing was so graceful and his manner so distin-

guished that one scarcely noticed what he had on.” He was also twirling an ashplant cane, just like the central character of his first novel, “Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man.” “He stepped into my bookshop, peered closely at the photographs of Walt Whitman, Edgar Allan Poe, and Emerson, then at the two Blake drawings; finally he inspected my two photographs of Oscar Wilde, in velvet breeches and cloak, framed with some of Wilde’s letters. Having looked attentively at the décor, he sat down in the uncomfortable little armchair beside my table.”

It was then that he shared with her three concerns: finding a more permanent apartment for his family of four, finding work to support them, and his concern that his new major work in progress, “Ulysses,” be completed and printed.

While the first two concerns seemed always a problem, the third was seemingly becoming insurmountable.

‘I thought it rash of him to entrust his great Ulysses to such a funny little publisher. But he seemed delighted, and so was I. How happy I was to find myself suddenly the publisher of the work I admired above all.’

Joyce’s innovative language and frank depictions of human beings — including sex acts and defecation — were a lightning rod for critics and reformers.

The respected literary publications the Egoist Review and Little Review both were financially destroyed by their attempts to publish portions of “Ulysses,” with the Little Review’s co-editors and publishers Margaret Anderson and

Jane Heap tried for obscenity in a U.S. Court — and ushering in a new argument for freedom of the press.

Beach says after yet one more publishing calamity, “Joyce came to announce the news. It was a heavy blow for him, and I felt too that his pride was hurt. In a tone of complete discouragement he said, ‘My book will never come out now.’ “‘Ulysses’ did indeed seem to be in quit a fix. The hope for publication in the English-speaking countries, at least for a long time to come, was gone. And here in my little bookshop sat James Joyce, sighing deeply.”

Then in a moment that changed literature, Beach says, “It occurred to me that something might be done, and I asked: ‘Would you let Shakespeare and Company have the honor of bringing out your Ulysses?’

“He accepted my offer immediately and joyfully. I thought it rash of him to entrust his great Ulysses to such a funny little publisher. But he seemed delighted, and so was I. How happy I was to find myself suddenly the publisher of the work I admired above all. Undeterred by lack of capital, experience and all other requisites of a publisher, I went right ahead with Ulysses.”

And it seems just as right to commemorate Sylvia Beach’s participation in changing literature by speaking the book aloud so that she may just be able to hear it from her grave at Princeton Cemetery.

Bloomsday | Zoomsday, Arts Council of Princeton. Wednesday, June 16, 5 p.m., via Zoom. Register. Free. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org

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Off the Presses: ‘Abandoned Ruins on Public Lands’

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by Dan Aubrey

bandoned Ruins on Public Lands in New Jersey: Forgotten and Unknown Pasts” is the fruit of author Kathleen Butler’s self-described “exploring trips.”

Originally from Port Murray, New Jersey, and now a Bristol Township resident, Butler has recently released a 98-page book produced by Arcadia Publishing’s American Through Time imprint featuring 18 history-connected adventures.

Some are to some familiar sites, such as Cape May Bunker and Fort Hancock. Some are on the roads less traveled, Fries Mills and Manuka Chuck (train) Tunnels. And some are in or around the U.S. 1 newspaper region, the D&R Canal before our eyes — history that is Trail Abandoned Rail Cars in Lam- not taught in schools. We are living bertville and the Smithville Ruins in an era where the need for exoutside Mt. Holly. She also adds a panding land development is at an 19th personal journey: visiting her all-time high, but some land is not now-abandoned childhood home worth developing on, while other near the Musconetcong River. land should no longer be touched.

With an emphasis on more pho- In this book, we set out to find tographs than text, the book reflects abandoned ruins on public lands in one of Arcadia Publishing’s ap- New Jersey that were abandoned proaches to prefor various reaserving history, sons — such as such as its series ‘We set out to find poor judgement, of books telling over industrialabandoned ruins on the tales of ization, forces of public lands in New towns through nature, and more historical phoJersey that were — and learn tos and posttheir history beabandoned for varicards. fore they are ous reasons — such In this book gone forever.”

Butler provides as poor judgement, To get the fla“historical” over industrialization, vor of the book, photos she took the following is forces of nature, and in order to preButler’s account serve the current more — and learn of her visit to the decay of forgotabandoned town their history before ten places and of Atsion (allegthey are gone forevinvite others to edly a Lenape go on their own er.’ word for the adventures and nearby waters keep history turned red by cealive in memory and perhaps dar tree roots). The abandoned vilthrough preservation. lage is located on Route 206 in As Butler says in her introduc- Shamong Township in Burlington tion, “These ruins and abandoned County and visible from the road. It structures in this book are located is also an easy stop on the way to in preserves, wildlife management Batsto Village (see page 10). areas, and parks.

As Butler notes in one of the “History is disappearing right book’s longest entries:

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Mental Health Annual Conference, NAMI New Jersey. www.naminj.org. Virtual conferencefor the mental health community on the theme of “Growing Through Adversity, Embracing Resilience.” Screening of the documentary “Orchestrating Change” followed by discussion. Sessions on Opioid, Education, Advocacy, and Community Trauma and Resilience. Register via EventBrite. $10. 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Kids Stuff

Story Time in the Gazebo, Mercer County Nature Programs, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton. www.mercercountyparks.org. Educators share a storybook tale worthy of the Abbott Marshlands, followed by a related craft or activity. Free. Register via CommunityPass.

10:30 a.m.

For Families

People of Pleasant Valley Tours, Howell Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell, 609737-3299. www.howellfarm.org. A Howell Farm interpreter leads visitors on a tour to the homes of gristmiller John Phillips, his farmer-son Henry, Henry’s blacksmith-son Lewis, and the Pleasant Valley one-room schoolhouse, and tells their stories along with those of other members of the community. Children’s craft program available from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Register. 10 a.m.

Freedom Stories: Juneteenth Live Virtual Event, New Jersey State Museum. www. statemuseum.nj.gov. Storyteller TAHIRA

The Atsion mansion, above, features in Kathleen Butler’s new book, right.

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uilt in the late 1700s for iron-making, the Atsion community eventually needed to be revamped to become financially successful. No ammunition was originally created here as the original owner was a pacifist.

By 1824, the property was sold to Samuel Richards, who was born into wealth and had previous success in the iron industry. He turned the community around and it eventually consisted of churches, a company store, a school, and worker homes, along with mills, forges, and furnaces. Richard had his mansion built in 1826; it is a restored and preserved structure today.

The iron-making industry started declining the mid-1850s. Richards passed away in 1842 and the new owner, Richard’s son-in-law, could not keep the area profitable.

Bankruptcy was declared in 1872 after building a financially unsuccessful paper mill nearby.

In 1871, the property was purchased by Maurice Raleigh, who converted the paper mill to a cotton mill. After he passed away in 1882,

shares tales of freedom fighters in this dramatic performance for families with children ages 3 to 10. Each registered child will receive an activity bag to use before or after the event. Register. Free. 10 to 11 a.m.

Lectures

Knowing Native Plants: Invasive Species Identification and Management, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 609-883-5914. www. bhwp.org. Join Mary Anne Borge, naturalist, photographer, author and educator, on a journey through invasive plants and the havoc they wreak in the Delaware Valley region. Learn how to identify the most common and persistent exotic intruders, along with often chemical-free control alternatives. Program held via Zoom. Register. $25. 10 a.m.

Outdoor Action

Rain Barrel Workshop, Mercer County Nature Programs, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton. www.mercercountyparks.org. Participants build their own rain barrel and learn how to install them to reduce irrigation costs and demands on the water supply. Program held outdoors. Register via CommunityPass. $25 per barrel. 2 to 4 p.m.

Socials

Shameless Name Dropping Tour, Princeton Tour Company, 116 Nassau Street. www.princetontourcompany.com. Scenic three-mile stroll to learn the history of Princeton University while seeing all the essential sites on Princeton campus. Outside the gates, see the homes and hangouts of Albert Einstein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, TS Eliot, Woodrow Wilson, Grover Cleveland, Robert Wood Johnson, and more. Register. For all ages. $35. 1 to 3 p.m.

the mill closed.

Joseph Wharton purchased acres of the land in hopes to supply Philadelphia with fresh water from the Pine Barrens. The New Jersey Legislature heard what was transpiring and implemented new laws that prohibited the sale of water outside New Jersey’s borders.

Finally, in 1954, the estate was sold for park preservation purposes.

Today, the mansion and the church are the only structures that were renovated. The schoolhouse is unprotected, and sadly, vandals have been destroying it.

The cotton mill was mostly destroyed by vandals that set fire to it in the 1970s. Only the large chimney and the foundation remain.

There are a few other remnants

Sunday June 20 Fathers’ Day.

Classical Music Virtual Faculty Recital, Westminster Conservatory. www.facebook.com/westminsterconservatory. Piano faculty department head Ena Bronstein Barton performs Beethoven’s Sonata No. 32 in C minor, Op. 111. Free via Facebook Live. 3 p.m.

Classical Music

Opera by Twilight, Princeton Festival. www.princetonfestival.org. Concert of arias, duets, and trios from popular operas by Mozart, Verdi, Richard Strauss, and more livestreamed from Morven’s education center. Register. 7 p.m.

Live Music

Jazz Brunch, LiLLiPiES, 301 North Harrison Street, Princeton. www.lillipies.com.

Purchase a baked treat and some coffee and enjoy a free concert by the QPK Trio outdoors in the courtyard.

11 a.m.

Spring Wine & Music Series, Old York Cellars, 80 Old York Road, Ringoes. www. oldyorkcellars.com. Live music with Chris Giakas. Reservations required. Food available for purchase. Noon to 6:30 p.m.

Weekend Music Series, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www.terhuneorchards.com.

Live music by Jim Matlack & Joe Kramer, wines by the glass, and light fare. 1 to 4 p.m.

throughout the area including abandoned rail road tracks.

We parked in the Atsion Recreation Center parking lot that is in front of the mansion. All that remains of the cotton mill is a chimney stack that is located a bit behind the mansion.

The concrete bar is in plain view to the left of the mansion while the church (still active) and the schoolhouses are located down a dirt road that leads away from the mansion to the left. The abandoned railroad tracks can also be found in that area.

Abandoned Ruins on Public Lands in New Jersey: Forgotten and Unknown Pasts, Kathleen Butler, 98 pages, $23.99, America Through Time.

HVV Jazz Band, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609737-4465. www.hopewellvalleyvineyards. com. Live jazz music. 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

Acoustic Road, Working Dog Winery, 610 Windsor Perrineville Road, East Windsor, 609-371-6000. www.workingdogwinerynj. com. Free live music. Wine available for purchase by the bottle. 21+ only. 2 to 5 p.m.

Ritmo Caliente, McCarter Theatre, Palmer Square, Princeton. www.mccarter.org/ palmersquare. This Latin orchestra plays salsa, merengue, ballads, waltz, jazz and songs from the 50s. Free. 4 to 6 p.m.

Pop Music

Summer Music Fest, Bristol Riverside Theater, Outdoor Amphitheater, 2501 Bath Road, Bristol, PA. www.brtstage.org. Take a journey down memory lane with the greatest hits from Broadway. Register. $35 general admission. Bring a blanket or chair.

Masks required. 3 p.m.

World Music

Bulgarian Singing Workshop, Princeton Folk Dance, 609-912-1272. www.princetonfolkdance.org. Workshop with Daniel Spassov and Milen Ivanov via Zoom. Learn more about the singers at www.dvuglas. com. Register. $25. 1 p.m.

On Stage

Murder at Cheltenham Manor, the Play, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Twisting, turning, whodunnit, where the audience gets to have input which will steer the story as we progress.

Seating at 50 percent capacity as well as stream-at-home options. $25. 3 p.m.

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Unmasked

Though half a loaf is better far than none, Half a face shows half a disposition, And wondering if a masked man you should shun You’ll only know by deepest intuition.

But when the blasted masks are finally gone, You’ll call the unmasked stranger friend or foe: The unmasked man is one you’ll look upon As one who’ll give you joy or give you woe.

You’ll sense the kind of person that you view, And with his face not half a face but whole, You’ll understand his heart quite through and through And plumb the depths into his very soul.

So throw away your mask so we can see The type of person you were meant to be.

— Marvin Harold Cheiten A longtime Princeton resident, Cheiten is the author of numerous short stories and poems, several plays, and the Princeton-based novella “The Hidden Ally.”

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Lectures

30 Great Myths about Jane Austen, Friends of Princeton University Library. libcal.princeton. edu/event/7771011. Was Jane Austen the best-selling novelist of her time? Are all her novels romances? Did they depict the traditional world of the aristocracy?

Is Austen’s writing easy to understand? Authors Claudia L. Johnson and Clara Tuite joins discuss the accepted beliefs that have most influenced our readings of Austen. Register for Zoom access. Free. 4 p.m.

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Outdoor Action

Sports

Solstice Run, The Watershed Institute, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington. www.thewatershed.org.

In-person 5k and 10k races with staggered starts and chip timing.

Options to participate in virtual 1 mile, 5k, 10k, and 15k races from June 18 through 20. Register. $20 to $40. 9 a.m.

Tuesday June 22 On Stage Is There Still Sex in the City?, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA, 215-862-2121. www.buckscountyplayhouse.org. A world premiere starring and written by Candace Bushnell, creator of “Sex and the City” and staged by BCP Artistic Associate Lorin Latarro. $45 and up. 7:30 p.m.

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Discover the fun of using an ebike for exercise, commuting, errands or transporting kids.

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The Ulysses Quartet kicks off the virtual Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts on Wednesday, June 23.

Cane Pole Fishing, Washington Crossing State Park, 355 Washington Crossing-Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0623. www.njparksandforests.org.

Come out to the pond and use a basic fishing pole made from a bamboo shoot and rigged to catch bluegills. Any caught fish will be released but you get to take your cane pole home. Meet at Niederers Pond on Church and Brickyard roads. Register. Free. 1:30 p.m.

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Wednesday June 23 Classical Music Ulysses Quartet, Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts, 609-570-8404. www.princetonsummerchamberconcerts. org. Live streamed from the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville.

Works by Mendelssohn, Shostakovich, and others. Register.

Free. 7:30 p.m.

On Stage

Is There Still Sex in the City?, Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope, PA, 215-862-2121. www.buckscountyplayhouse.org. A world premiere starring and written by Candace Bushnell, creator of “Sex and the City” and staged by BCP Artistic Associate Lorin Latarro. $45 and up. 2 and 7:30 p.m.

Literati

Crime Against Nature: An Art Talk for Pride Month, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Gwenn Seemel discusses her “Crime Against Nature” queer science book, a project she created as a series of paintings with corresponding text to expose the true diversity of natural behaviors. Virtual event. Reg-

ister for Zoom access. 7 to 8 p.m.

Wellness

Wild Gentle Yoga: Yoga to Connect with Yourself and Nature, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, PA. www.bhwp.org. Gentle yoga that builds body awareness, strength, flexibility and a better understanding of how humans connect to and reflect natural systems with Priscilla Hayes. Register. Pay what you can, $8 and up.

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History

LGBTQ + in NJ: A History of Community & GAAMC, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org.

Members of Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County, the second oldest continually operating LGBTQ+ organization in the United States, provide a virtual rogram about New Jersey’s LGBTQ+ history, as well as how the organization has evolved during its nearly 50 years of existence. Email hopeprogs@ mcl.org to register for a link to the presentation. 7 p.m.

Outdoor Action

Watson Woods Walking Club, Mercer County Nature Programs, Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton. www.mercercountyparks.org.

Easy mile-long walk with to explore Spring Lake and other trails of Roebling Park. Free. Register via CommunityPass. 10 a.m.

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or those interested in getting back into family daytrips yet still concerned about getting out in public, New Jersey affords simple and affordable outdoor opportunities — such as Batsto Village.

Located about 60 miles away from the U.S. 1 region in Burlington County, Batsto is a trip into the New Jersey Pine Barrens and into American and state history.

The historic site located in Wharton State Forest and maintained and operated by the State of New Jersey was once a self-contained community productive from 1766 until the mid-20th century.

Although its name is connected to how the Finnish and Swedish settlers referred to the site’s river and lake as a bathing spot, Batsto as an important iron-producing site gets its start from English colonists.

The iron furnace was started in around 1766 by Charles Read and became the largest in South Jersey.

During the American Revolution, the ironworks was producing iron and casting housewares, as well as cannonballs and shot for the Continental Army.

Throughout the American Revolution, Batsto was crucial in the supply chain for Washington. So vital was this place that in 1778 the British were heading to capture and destroy Batsto’s Ironworks when they attacked and destroyed the Village of Chestnut Neck. The quick action of a small group of volunteer militia turned back the advancing British troops, sparing the Village of Batsto, ensuring Continental troops would have supplies to win the war.

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n 1784, a year after the Revolutionary War was officially over, the forge became the property of first Joseph Ball and then his uncle, William Richards, whose family manufactured both iron and glass.

According to State of New Jersey-produced educational materials, Batsto’s success at the time was connected to its “high quality products made from pig iron. Special products of that time were cast iron water pipes and firebacks (iron plates used to line the back of a fire place). Batsto was even commissioned by George Washington to produce four monogrammed firebacks. Two of them can still be seen at his home in Mt. Vernon, Virginia.”

By the mid-19th century, however, Batsto’s method of producing iron from ore heated by charcoal was eclipsed by more efficient methods, production ceased at the village, and nothing remains of the furnace or the iron works buildings.

Then there was a fateful turn. An 1874 house fire spread and destroyed the glass making facilities, remaining furnaces, and 17 houses.

The Richards and many of the villagers moved away, leaving the site silent.

The debt-ridden Revolutionary

town was sold at auction for just $14,000 to Philadelphia businessman Joseph Wharton.

As Timothy Regen writes in “The Ghost Towns of New Jersey, “Upon seeing the remains of Batsto, Wharton didn’t know if he should rebuild or just tear the whole place down. Lucky for history he chose to rebuild. Within a few years, Wharton had completely modernized the ironmaster’s house, or big house, rebuilt outbuildings, including the sawmill, and renovated many of the village homes . . . Wharton grew sugar beets and raised livestock; those who remained in the village found work once again, and for the next 33 years, the Wharton Empire ruled over the 100,000 acres of the Pinelands. With his death in 1909, the Wharton Estate continued to manage the place, and although the industries mostly faded away, a few folks still called Batsto home for another 80 years.

“The year 1954 saw the entire Wharton Estate purchased by the State of New Jersey as protected forest. With the purchase came along all the secrets and ghost towns of the Wharton Estate: Atsion, Martha, Batsto, Washington, Harrisville, and many others that would now be able to be explored and protected for the future.

“Restoration began in 1955 with the big house, post office-store, and sawmill being the first to receive taxpayer monies for the process.

By 1959, the Park Visitor Center was dedicated and when built resembled an early 19th century structure.”

After pulling into Batsto, the visitor’s center is the first stop.

Currently closed for the pandemic, it features a first floor dedicated to the area’s natural and cultural history, including the presence of the region’s indigenous people, the Lenapes.

Yet the real thing waits outside

Above, the mansion at Batsto village. At right, one of the remaining village houses and the water pump. and offers a leisurely stroll into both the past and nature.

Among the highlights are the 32-room Batsto Mansion. Towering over the village, the original section was created in the late 1700s by the Richards family. It went through several permutations before Wharton took possession and renovated in the late 1870s and early 1880s at a cost of about $40,000 (over $1 million in 2021 value).

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he Victorian-era structure features formal dining and conversation areas, including a large porched area. However, as educational materials note, it was the “high tech” improvements that were attractions at the time. “Originally, each room was heated with a fireplace. Mr. Wharton had a system for central heat installed in most of the rooms. One of the most interesting ‘modern’ features he added was indoor plumbing. He had a water tank installed in the tall tower. When water was released, it went to the bathrooms to flush the toilets or to fill the bathtub. Indoor bathrooms were something that not many families had in the 1880s.”

The Batsto Post Office opened in 1852 and, although it experienced several closings and reopenings, is one of the four oldest post offices currently operating in the United States. Interestingly, since it is an historic structure, it was never assigned a zip code and all stamps are hand-canceled.

The sawmill, part of the Batsto

community for more than 200 years, was revised in 1882. State materials say the current operators replaced water-powered equipment with a turbine-driven circular saw still in use today. During Wharton’s era, the mill was a profitable East Coast supplier of cut lumber and shingles.

And then there are the village cottages, where in 1852, 376 people lived. But after the 1874 fire,

when 75 homes were lost, only a two-lane row of buildings for visitors to walk along and visit remains.

It is also where the last resident of Batsto remained until 1989, roughly 232 years after the first resident moved in — something that makes the past very present.

For more information on Batsto Village: www.batstovillage.org.

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Life in the Fast Lane

MSNJ Elects New President

Medical Society of New Jersey, 2 Princess Road, Lawrenceville 08648. 609-8961766. Larry Downs, CEO. www.msnj.org.

The Medical Society of New Jersey — a nonprofit founded in 1766 that advocates for the rights of patients and physicians —has elected Dr. Kennedy Ganti as its 229th president. Ganti, a member of the Medical Society of New Jersey since 2010 — takes over for Philip E. Kline, MD. “Now, more than ever, MSNJ must continue to be a strong voice for our physician members,” MSNJ CEO Larry Downs said in a statement. “As we move forward from the pandemic, we must continue to advocate for physicians and patients alike and help shape the future of New Jersey’s everchanging healthcare landscape.

With his innate leadership skills and passionate advocacy, Dr. Ganti is a perfect candidate to lead our organization.”

In a statement, Ganti shared his vision for his one-year term: “MSNJ is poised to lead the Garden State in developing a ‘new normal’ when it comes to our state’s healthcare landscape. Working collaboratively with other physicians, legislators, insurance providers, medical professionals and hospital systems, we must continue to lead the way for improved access to information for physicians through interoperable solutions like OneHealth New Jersey and push for increased funding and better access to behavioral health, maternal health and other specialties in need of support.

“We have battled the COVID-19 virus together. But now, it is time for us to rise out of the pandemic — together.”

Ganti, a Chesterfield resident, earned his medical degree from Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick. He is board certified in family medicine and clinical informatics. He works as a primary care physician in Willingboro, focusing on patients with special needs.

He is also president-elect of New Jersey HIMSS (New Jersey chapter of the Health Information Management Systems Society) and is the chair of the advisory committee for OneHealth New Jersey. He has previously served as president of the Burlington County Medical Society and inaugural chair of the New Jersey Health IT Commission.

Amaney Jamal Appointed Dean of Princeton’s SPIA Princeton University School of Public and International Affairs, Robertson Hall, Washington Road, Princeton 08544. spia.princeton.edu.

Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs (SPIA) has named Amaney Jamal as its next dean, effective September 1.

Jamal succeeds former dean Cecilia Rouse, who is now chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisors.

Jamal is a professor of politics and director of the Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice.

Her work focuses on focuses on the Middle East and North Africa, political development and democratization, inequality and economic

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Newly elected Medical Society of New Jersey president Kennedy Ganti, left, and newly appointed dean of the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Amaney Jamal, right.

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hree years and expanding,” says Christopher Beyer, pointing to a freshly opened hole in the wall of his Ewing-based American Highlander shop.

The additional space is for custom fittings and additional inventory.

“The main focus is the kilt,” he says about his unusual product and business that managed to survive the pandemic — just as kilts have survived through time.

“Scottish highland kilts,” Beyer continues about his offerings in one of the few kilt shops in the state and the only one easily accessible from both New York City and Philadelphia, “When you buy a kilt in Scotland, it’s pure wool and handmade.

But not everyone wants a $350 kilt.

So we have blended wool.”

To illustrate the difference, he compares the kilts to single malt and blended Scotch whisky and says, “Some people want to wear their kilt to a pub or a rugby match, and that when we came in with the kilts for $150. Because of the highland games’ tests of strength and fitness, you don’t want to have an expensive kilt to throw things around.”

Pointing to the kilt he’s wearing, he says, over the sounds of the expansion-related sawing and hammering, “The one I’m wearing is a polyester blend because it’s summer.”

Fittingly located on Scotch Road — something he calls a “happy accident” — in the Glen Roc Shopping Center, Beyer says he supplies “kilts for men, women, and children, but mostly men. Most of the time, it is purchased for a family event or people getting in touch with their family roots.”

Taking its name from an old Nordic term for “bundling,” the kilt is based on ancient Celtic and Scottish garb that eventually emerged into a formulaic and identifiable type of clothing that was functional, fashionable, and expressive of a cultural identity — especially in opposition of British domination.

Noting that people are more open to different dressing options today than they were in the past, he reflects on his first experience wearing a kilt. That was 20 years ago when a friend introduced him to the garment at a Celtic-themed festival. “We were the only two people wearing kilts. Things are different in 2021.”

That includes dressing for weddings. “We probably do 60 or so weddings from January to June, from September to December, 30.

We supply everything,” meaning kilts, footwear, vests, jackets, and so on.

He says costs range from about $500 to $2,000 and breaks it down.

“The $2,000 cost is on the high end. That is a wedding outfit of a pure wool handmade clan tartan kilt with matching flashes, a custom-tailored jacket and vest with white shirt and black tie, and our premium shoes, socks, sporran (man purse), kilt pin, and sgian dubh (knife). The price for that outfit is between $1,500 and $2,000.

“Our kilt packages for weddings, for purchase not for rent, start at $499 for the same full outfit as above but the kilt is wool blend instead of pure wool and the jacket is off-the-rack, and the other items are of a good quality but not the most premium.

“We also offer bagpipers for weddings as we have contracted with a local pipe band. The bagpiper packages start at $500 for two pipers and a drummer in full piper regalia at the ceremony and during the arrival and departure of the

by Dan Aubrey

guests at the church. The packages ucts) to Scotland and Scandinavia. go up to $1,500 if they are looking Most of our business is the U.S. But for pipers to play during the recep- people find us all over the world. tion and at the end of the reception People contact us from Australia, where I thought they would have as well.”

Beyer says in addition to cus- their own.”

Continuing on his clientele, he tomers heading down the aisle, he attracts “people attending renais- says, “People drive here from sance fairs and LARP [live action Washington, D.C. and Boston. role-playing] activities. And rugby They’ll drive three hours because it players, they seem to gravitate to- is difficult to get a place that does custom made. wards kilts.”

“It’s tough to buy a kilt off the “You don’t have to be Scottish or Irish to wear a kilt,” he contin- rack without trying it on. That’s ues, listing customers inspired by why it is good to have a retail store. celebrities such as Kanye West and We sell online, but I prefer to have Asap Rocky, people from India, people try them on. If someone is and Eastern Europeans, who, he within a few hours, I talk them into says, are interested in Celtic cul- coming here.”

Beyer says he got interested in tures.

Regarding the idea that certain the potential of a kilt-related business after that designs or tarone day 20 years tans — a word denoting plaid ‘I kept thinking I could ago.

“When I on a special fabdo this,’ Beyer says of wore that quilt ric — have a spe20 years ago, I cific or excluopening a kilt shop. ‘I was working in sive meaning, am of Irish and ScotIT at the time, Beyer says, tish decent; I like the and I started “There are a lot dabbling in of open tartans kilts; I like my history. (selling kilts) that anyone can I figured I could give it and thinking it wear. You can’t a try. Why not? This is might be a busido it wrong.” ness opportuniSome may America.’ ty. reference a fam“I kept thinkily, but others ing I could do may reference a region, like the counties in Ireland, this. I am of Irish and Scottish dewhere the British-squelched kilt cent; I like the kilts; I like my hiswas resurrected during the Irish tory. I figured I could give it a try.

Renaissance — its saffron color Why not? This is America. (In 2018) I rented a place and started harkens back to antiquity.

Others plaids or designs desig- going out to renaissance fairs, nate social groups, such as military highland games, and Irish and mudivision members and fire and law sic festival and handing out my cards.” enforcement personnel.

Admitting that it was a risky Then there are those who gravitate toward an American innova- business move, Beyer says his wife tion, the plain solid-color utility was concerned and “thought I should have stayed doing IT. But kilt.

Designing some kilts himself this has been nagging at me when I yet having them built in the British wore my first kilt.”

He adds that since there is a large Isles, Beyer says, “I’ve sent (prod-

American Highlander shop owner and proprietor Christopher Beyer, above left, at the bar portion of his store that serves Irish coffee on Saturday mornings, and above with a mannequin modeling a full kilt-centered wedding outfit.

Scottish and Irish contingent in the Pennsylvania/Philadelphia region, New Jersey, and New York City, it was “time to give it whirl.”

Although born in Georgia and having lived in other regions when his chemical engineer father was transferred, Beyer knows his audience from living in New Jersey for the past for 40 years and graduating from Rutgers University in 1987 with a degree in journalism.

Living in Pennington with his wife and two children, the once staff member for McCarter Theater’s marketing department credits his mother and his Irish-born grandparents for the Celtic connection.

“My father was German, my mother was Irish,” he says. “(She) was a stay-at-home mom who then went to college and received a PhD in Irish studies from Columbia. She sang Irish songs, played Irish music, put Jameson on our teeth when we teething, and taught us about Yeats and Irish Poetry.”

With a linage with names such as Lee, Kelleher, and Leahy, Beyer literally wears his Celtic heritage and says, “I wear a kilt every day. I try not to wear pants. They’re more practical than pants. There are a lot of advantages. Whoever put seams at the crotch of the pants wasn’t thinking about men. It makes you have to decide which side to favor.”

After providing a few historical facts — pants didn’t exist for thousands of years and World War I Scottish soldiers in kilts had easier times relieving themselves in battle and not getting weighed down with muddy pant legs — he brings it

down to essentials. “It’s more comfortable. You don’t have fabric rubbing against you. It’s cooler.”

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ut what about “the” controversy? One best summed up in Britain’s Daily Telegraph newspaper line, “The time-honored practice of wearing nothing beneath the kilt has been condemned.”

There the director of the Scottish Tartans Authority declared that the practice of “going commando” was “childish and unhygienic,” “flies in the face of decency,” and that ‘you only have to ask for hire specialists about the problems they have cleaning their kilts. We have heard quite a few hygiene horror stories."

That salvo prompted another from a representative from the Scottish Kilt Makers’ Association: “The tradition of no underwear being worn was a stipulation of Scottish military regulation. To say it is unhygienic is wrong. The freedom of movement is healthy. We always tell customers to wear nothing under the kilt if everything is in good working order.”

As for Beyer, “There is no controversy. Ninety percent of the people coming into my shop wear kilts regimentally,” a reference to the military habit of no undies — and linked to historic addition of a kilt pin during the Victorian era to, in the words of one kilt scholar, “stop the kilt apron flapping about too much and showing more of the wearer’s anatomy than the Queen liked.” Another euphemism is to go “the full Scotsman.”

Yet, Beyer concedes, “If you’re

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n order to learn more about the origins of the kilt, its use, and how the Scottish see other cultures using their traditions, I contacted the National Museum in Scotland with several questions.

The following responses are from Dr. Rosie Waine, William Grant Foundation Research Fellow at National Museums Scotland: What is the earliest record of kilts being worn?

There is some debate about this, but most Highland dress historians would agree that the kilt was well established in Scotland by the 17th century.

How were they originally used?

The kilt has been through numerous iterations. Its adoption by the military as part of Scottish regimental uniform in the mid18th century brought a level of standardization to the garb that had not previously existed. However, it retained a presence in civilian culture, even after the Act of Proscription banned the wearing of Highland dress in Scotland in 1747 in the wake of the Jacobite Risings.

The early “great kilt” was an unstructured, loose, and highly adaptable garment. Most often re-

ferred to as the ‘belted plaid’, it usually consisted of two rectangular pieces of tartan cloth sewn together selvedge to selvedge, which was then folded and belted about the body to create a kilted skirt. One might go bare legged beneath the kilt or combine it with trews (tartan pants). The pleats would be hand-folded by the wearer and held in place by the cinching of a belt. The excess fab-

‘The only way for living traditions like kiltwearing to continue is for new generations and communities to take up the mantle and make it their own.’ ric might be thrown across the shoulder and secured with a brooch, or else left to hang. During the 18th century, the tailored “little kilt” or “philibeg” gradually came into popular use and began to supplant the belted plaid.

This much skimpier garment was similar to the modern kilt, in that there was little excess fabric to contend with and that the pleats were sewn down at the rear to create a streamlined appearance.

What is the current social significance of men wearing

renting a kilt, put on underwear. If about a kilt. If I were single, I’d be you own a kilt, own it the way you wearing kilts. That’s probably the want. It’s the way god wanted you number one reason for men to wear to wear it. The comfort level is infi- the kilt. They work on that base nitely better. And if you feel good, level.”

Beyer has a point fleshed out in you look a lot better.

“One of things we say here is an essay by Metropolitan Museum that we are really selling freedom. of Art Fashion curator Andrew In the 60s, women resisted the pa- Bolton who says “the kilt has come triarchal system by burning their to represent a ready access to Highbras. So . . . I’m on the side of regi- land male sexuality. For non-Scotsmen, it provides the means of asmental or commando.”

But there is a downside, “If serting a self-consciously yet unyou’re wearing a kilt sometimes ambiguously masculine persona.

“Contemporary designers have people are either intimidated or drawn heavily scared of you on the kilt’s hyand don’t know per-masculine how to deal with connotations in you. If I go to the ‘If you’re renting a their attempts to store with my kilt, put on underappeal to the kilt on, I feel wear. If you own a kilt, young fashioneyes on me. conscious Then, neutralown it the way you male.” izing any want. It’s the way god Bolton says thoughts of wanted you to wear it. the growing problems he popularity of says, “When it is The comfort level is kilt-wearing can cold, it’s not a infinitely better.’ be attributed to disadvantage, films such as heat rises. Wom“Rob Roy” and en wear dresses in the winter and walk around. “Braveheart” and the popular Highlander series featuring a “WarThey’re not cold.

“And when I go to the beach I rior hero embodying timeless, masbring one of my cotton kilts with culine values. This image has been me. It becomes a changing area. reinforced in the arena of sport, When others are in their wet bath- most obviously through the Highing suits I’m comfortable. Rugby land Games, now broadcast around players also use kilts for a changing the world.”

He also adds that “the kilt has area.”

Then coming in for the sale, he now become a standard item in the adds, “What I noticed is that wom- masculinized gay wardrobe.”

Assessing his current business en like a man in a kilt. If a guy is single and wears a kilt, it’s like an climate, Beyer says, “Retail clothicebreaker. It is easy to start a con- ing is always strange. You have to versation. Women want to know have a large inventory. If you want

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kilts in Scotland?

The kilt is worn by many people in Scotland for a whole host of reasons. It continues to be used in the arenas of military dress and professional piping, but is also worn in ceremonial life events, like weddings. While some think the kilt is entirely formal — especially when worn as part of a full Highland dress costume — it is also worn as part of everyday fashion.

What thoughts do you have on kilts growing in popularity outside of the British Isles?

It’s good to see the kilt growing in popularly outside of Scotland — it’s a versatile, attractive garment with a great history. The only way for living traditions like kilt-wearing to continue is for new generations and communities to take up the mantle and make it their own.

And what would you want American readers to know about kilts that often gets missed?

The history of the kilt extends further back than Queen Victoria’s romanticisation of the Scottish Highlands and the explosion of Balmoral kitsch in the 1850s.

Also, while there may be a strong tradition of clan tartans in Scotland dating back to the early 19th century, there are no hard and fast rules about the “correct” pattern to wear. to try a new tartan, you have to have all the sizes. You need a big inventory. It’s one of the reasons we’re expanding.

“With COVID, there’s been lockdowns all over Ireland and Scotland. So shipping has been delayed. So we have to scramble.”

Sharing a strategy, he says, standing near the shop’s bar and sign from Tir na nOg Irish Pub in Trenton, “We know (brick and mortar) retail is a dying thing, so we have to create a destination.

Men don’t like to shop — and that’s our biggest customer, so we have Irish coffee on a Saturday mornings and let people try on some kilts.”

He says as soon as COVID restrictions are eased, he plans to return to Celtic music performances

Beyer, right, who wears his own kilts every day, helps outfit a young man with a properly sized kilt. inside and outside the store and the October Highland Games he ran in 2018 and 2019 at Liberty Lakes in Bordentown. He also is talking about a fall Kilt Run. But again he’s focusing on his in-shop sales — including the Kilt Package. The $150 package includes a kilt, sporran, and kilt pin and is an item that women have ordered for their husbands or partners. “That’s our No. 1 seller. All we need from a woman is a man’s pants size and height and weight and we’ll be able to fit him.”

“Most of our customers are men, but they come in with wives, girlfriends, and boyfriends,” he says.

“Women do drive the sales. If your significant other doesn’t like it, I’ll have a tougher time selling you one. If they do, my job is pretty much done.”

Then, offering a recipe for a satisfied kilt seller, he says, “Nothing makes us happier than to see someone in a kilt in the wild — like in a supermarket.”

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Pia de Jong

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he afternoon of their third date, they went for a long walk through the woods. Now, their cheeks flushed from the June sun, they sit next to each other in my living room. Two of their friends join them on the couch to watch the soccer game. Manchester City versus Chelsea.

The two hopefuls, both in their early 20s, found each other via a dating app. It turned out they went to the same university, only a couple of years apart. Also, they found out they both frequently order food online from the same Asian restaurant, where they both opt for their favorite garlic shrimp.

They would have run into each other, normally. Waiting together in line for the restaurant. A quick look at his hands, a glance at the small of her back. Bold, shy. Longing, lustful maybe.

Pre-covid they would not have filled out a computerized questionnaire about their favorite pastime, nor indicate on some list what physical features they are attracted to.

The girl has dark hair and a flawless skin.

Dangling between her breasts is a necklace with a silver “S”. She fidgets with a kneaded eraser, left in a drawer since our kids were small.

“I could hardly close the zipper of my jeans,” she tells me when I run into her in the bathroom.

“I let myself go during the pandemic. Too much chocolate, you know. I almost cancelled today.”

When he opens the fridge for a beer, he says to me. “I did not work out for over a year. My six-pack? Gone.”

I wish I could make them see how beautiful they are.

On their first date, they walked along the canal. Around cocktail hour, they sat on a bench and watched the sunset. Quarantine rules forced them to go home. Their own homes, that is.

Second time around, they decided on a drink in the park. He brought the glasses, tucked in a towel in his rucksack, she brought a plaid table cloth. When they had poured the rose, it started to drizzle.

She now moves her face towards his, whispers something in his ear. His hand moves to-

wards hers. She wets her lips. For a split second, they forget the soccer game, the room, all of us around them. Then Chelsea scores. Everyone jumps on their feet. Startled, so does he. The magic between them instantly vanishes.

Pling! One of the boys receives a text message. They all look at him. He says it’s from the

Nothing is lost forever, but the art of flirting could use a brush-up, too. girl he went out with on two dates. They kissed on the last one, he tells us. Then she never called him back. He is confused. What does she suddenly want from him?

He turns her down with a text message. “I think it is better not to meet anymore.”

“Woohoo,” I can’t help saying. “Not sure

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how I would take that.”

The game is over. They all stretch out their legs, pour more drinks, chat about what to do next. The evening is still young, but all bars are closed. As are the movie theaters.

The dark-haired girl glances at her watch. “I want to be home before dark,” she says.

“Do you want me to give you a ride?” the boy asks.

“I’ll be fine,” she says and stands up.

We all watch them, feeling their confusion.

The boy hesitates for a second, then stands up.

“I’ll take you home,” he says.

“Oh really,” she says and flips a lock of hair behind her ear.

We all sigh, relieved.

Nothing is lost forever, but the art of flirting could use a brush-up, too.

Pia de Jong is a Dutch writer who lives in Princeton. She can be contacted at pdejong@ ias.edu.

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Arthur V. Danser, 91, on June 6. The lifelong Cranbury resident was a potato, corn, and soybean farmer who was involved with the New Jersey White Potato Council, the NJ State Potato Association, and the Board of Governors of the Rutgers Ag School.

Victor F. Russo, 90, on June 10.

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Gregory P. Britton, 68, on June 9. He retired from the Mercer County Department of Correction after 25 years of service.

Catherine Mascio Candelori, 82, on June 9. She worked for the state of New Jersey for 25 years, retiring from the Office of Administrative Law. In retirement she worked as a legal secretary at the Trenton law firm of Donini and Ramsey.

Richard McCullic Sr., 81, on June 8. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for the state Department of Transportation.

Raymond F. Parker, 68, on June 7. He retired from the Garden State Youth Correction Facility, where he was an autobody vocational instructor.

Shawn M. Scaccetti, 61, on May 5. She worked for the Mercer County Board of Social Services for more than 35 years, retiring as a supervisor.

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WOMEN SEEKING MEN I am a “young” 73, white, petite lady looking for my forever soulmate, 66-76. I am a widow since 10/2019. You must be white, fit, non-smoker & drink socially. My friends can tell you I am very caring, loving, passionate, active, and so much more. Have 2 grown daughters and 2 adorable grandsons, almost 8 and 3. I go to the gym, love the beach, baseball games, dining out with friends & you, and so much more. Friendships & honesty is the key to a healthy relationship. So if interested in exploring this with me, send your e-mail & phone #.

Box #240840 I’m a widower originally from NY, now living in Central NJ. I’m 71, 5’2”, college educated, seeking a gentleman 66-76. I’m active, love to laugh, travel, go to movies, visit museums, etc. I love live theatre and the Jersey Shore. No games, looking for a companion and fun together. Please send phone or email to set up a meeting. Box 240836

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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

160 Lawrenceville-Pennington Rd. Lawrenceville, NJ • Mercer County

SPACE AVAILABLE:

1910 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

4 Princess Rd. Lawrenceville, NJ • Mercer County

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Office • Medical

MONTGOMERY PROFESSIONAL CENTER

1008, 1390 up to 2973 sf (+/-)

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

Route 518 & Vreeland Dr. Skillman, NJ • Somerset County

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Office • Medical

741, 1250 up to 3442 sf (+/-)

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