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White House Tourists Hear Concert by Local Teens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 JFCS Takes its Food Pantry on the Road . . . . 9 Dancing Around the Decade — A Swing Time Retrospective . . . . . . . . 13 Connolly Stars as PU Women’s Hoops Routs New Hampshire . . . . . . 25 Senior Zammit Playing for Both PHS Boys’ and Girls’ Hockey . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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FOHW Volunteers Look Forward to Veblen Property Lease Friends of Herrontown Woods (FOHW), a nonprofit dedicated to restoring the trails, history, and flora of Herrontown Woods and to honoring the legacy of Oswald and Elizabeth Veblen, is looking forward to early 2020 ratification of a lease agreement negotiated with the town of Princeton. Since 2013 FOHW has been caring for about 220 acres of public land at Herrontown Woods and Autumn Hill Reservation, the first dedicated nature preserve in Princeton “and apparently in Mercer County as well,” according to FOHW president Steve Hiltner, who is a botanist and naturalist. With a formal lease, Hiltner said, FOHW will be able to apply for grants, broaden its contributor base, and hire workers to complete needed repairs on the Veblen House and Cottage. “The cottage is envisioned as a nature center,” Hiltner said. “That’s where Einstein and Veblen would have hung out on a Saturday afternoon.” Other structures on the property include a barn, a corn crib, and a garage. Hiltner continued, “The house and cottage, in addition to being the only infrastructure available to serve open space in eastern Princeton, provide a broad profile of cultural history from the early 20th century, from the hardscrabble farmers who built the cottage to the economic and intellectual elite of the Whiton-Stuarts and the Veblens. Tying it all together is Oswald Veblen, the founding faculty member at the Institute for Advanced Study, who loved both intellectual endeavors and outdoor work.” Highlights of 2019 for FOHW included construction of a new trail through 7.5 acres of sloping woodland donated to Princeton in 2018; many trail improvements; expansion of a botanical garden with 100 native plant species; collaboration with the town on control of invasive species; working to keep buildings secure and dry; and evaluating the structures in preparation to begin repairs in 2020. In addition, FOHW enlisted Girl Scout Cadette Troop 72905 to install interpretive signage, and conducted education and outreach programs through the Princeton Public Library, local schools, websites, and regular nature walks led by area naturalists. In 2017 Mercer County transferred Continued on Page 9
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PPS Plans Ahead, Eyes Westminster Property With overcrowding and increasing enrollments throughout the district, the Princeton Public Schools (PPS) have been looking for room to grow and paying attention to the changing plans of their neighbor just across Walnut Lane, the Westminster Choir College campus of Rider University. When Rider University recently announced plans to close the Westminster site in Princeton and relocate the school to its Lawrenceville campus, protests ensued, and two pending lawsuit may prevent the University from moving the school. At last month’s PPS Board of Education (BOE) meeting, Superintendent Steve Cochrane cited growth projections of several hundred students for the district over the next five years and emphasized the challenges of managing and finding space for that growth. “We need to plan for that growth in ways that consider numerous factors, including facility and play area expansion, land use throughout the community, sustainability, potential redistricting, educational vision, and, of course, affordability
and diversity,” he said. Speaking specifically about the possible availability of the property currently occupied by Westminster, Cochrane continued, “As stewards for the Princeton Public Schools, we have a responsibility to be prepared for that possibility and for the implications of having potentially 23 acres of land become available immediately next door to our middle school and high school. Consequently, we have been doing our homework.” Cochrane stated that the PPS and Rider, with their lawyers, have had several “fact-finding” conversations over the
past six months “to gain a better sense of the legal issues relating to the property as well as the proposed move of the Choir College to Lawrenceville.” “The Choir College has been a great neighbor and partner to our schools for decades,” Cochrane continued. “We often share facilities, and for years students from the Choir College taught music at our middle school. If the Choir College were to remain in Princeton, we would be delighted to continue that partnership.” Cochrane noted that Rider currently intends to keep a portion of the property and Continued on Page 8
Death of Rabbi Adam Feldman Saddens Local Community
The sudden death of Rabbi Adam S. Feldman, who has been senior rabbi of The Jewish Center for nearly 15 years, shocked not only members of the congregation, but people from throughout the local community. Feldman, 55, suffered a heart attack on December 24 while rappelling down a mountain in Hawaii, where he was vaca-
tioning with his family. Funeral services were held Sunday at The Jewish Center, and observance of shiva is continuing through Friday, January 3 at the Feldmans’ home and at the synagogue. “He was a very compassionate individual. If there is one word to describe him, that’s it,” said Randy Brett, president of Continued on Page 10
REDCOATS IN RETREAT: The Princeton Battlefield Society presented its annual “Experience the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777” on Sunday morning, commemorating one of the most pivotal battles of the Revolutionary War . The event included the re-creation of the battle at Battlefield State Park by re-enactors representing the Continental and British units involved . (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)
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Artist Ben Colbert Gifts Painting to Senior Housing
On December 13, residents, trustees, and staff of Princeton Communit y Housing (PCH) gathered to witness Ben Colbert’s presentation of his painting, Borealis, to Elm Court and Harriet Bryan House, PCH’s senior affordable housing communities. The form and color of Colbert’s painting, a linear landscape, was inspired by the natural environment in the northern part of the world. Using spatial equality, Colbert’s painting provides viewers the perspective of standing the distance and looking at the horizon. Borealis was shown at the 2015 Phillips’ Mill Exhibition in New Hope, Pennsylvania. Colbert’s gift coincided with his retirement from the PCH Community Board at the end of the year. Colbert served as a representative to the board from the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church for more than 10 years. His work as a trustee focused on expanding the scope of supportive services for residents of PCH communities. Colbert thanked the residents, his colleagues, and PCH staff for their kindness and generosity. He will remain affiliated with PCH after his retirement as an emeritus trustee.
IS ON ARTIST DONATES WORK: Ben Colbert recently gifted his linear landscape painting, “Borealis,” to Elm Court and Harriet Bryan House, Princeton Community Housing’s senior affordable housing communities.
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A Community Bulletin Council Reorganization Meeting: On Thursday, January 2 at 5 p.m., the annual reorganization and swearing in of new Councilwomen Mia Sacks and Michelle Pirone Lambros is held at Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street. All are welcome. Town-Wide Brush Collection: Starting Thursday, January 2, Princeton’s Department of Public Works will start collecting Christmas trees and brush. Remove all decorations and lights from the tree, and do not put it out in a bag. Have everything out by 7 a.m. The collection continues through January 31. Free Flu Shots: Princeton’s Health Department will offer shots out of their office and select community events through February, to Princeton residents. Visit www.princetonnj.gov/health for details. Volunteer for Boards and Commissions: Princeton needs volunteers for the Civil Rights Commission, the Corner House Board, the Flood and Stormwater Commission, the Bicycle Advisory Committee, the Library Board, and the Public Transit Committee. The town is also looking for someone to serve as the LGBTQ community liaison. Residents interested in serving are encouraged to first attend a meeting. All board and commission meetings are open to the public. Ice Skating: The three authorized locations for free ice skating are Smoyer Park pond, Community Park North pond, and Lake Carnegie between the Washington Road and Harrison Street bridges. A white flag means it is safe to skate; a red flag means it is not safe. Flags are located at all locations. For ongoing updates about ice conditions, follow Princeton Recreation on Twitter at @princetonrec or Facebook. Palmer Square is also hosting oudoor skating on Hulfish Street behind the Nassau Inn for a $10 fee, including skate rental. Actors Wanted : The Lawrence Headquarters Branch Library is hosting PlayFest, its annual one-act play festival, on Saturday April 25, and needs actors to fill a variety of roles in the staged readings from the selected works of local playwrights. Auditions are February 26-March 2 at the library, 2751 Brunswick Pike. Contact James Damron at (609) 883-8291 or jdamron@mcl.org to schedule. Donate Handmade Items: The Lawrence Headquarters Branch Library is seeking donations of new handmade scarves, hats, or mittens, for child to adult sizes, to be donated to HomeFront. Drop off at the library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, during the library’s open hours until January 11.
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PERFORMING AT THE WHITE HOUSE: Members of two local youth choirs, Vox Amicus and the Trenton Children’s Chorus, joined forces to sing for groups touring the residence in Washington, D.C. last month.
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Vox Amicus (which translates to “choir of friends”) is made up of high school students who, when younger, were members of a choir at Westminster Conservatory. The group from Trenton Children’s Chorus, also composed of high school students, is one of several choirs at the Trenton-based nonprofit. “Going to the White House is always a wonderful experience, and this time with both choirs was very special,” said Patricia Thel, who conducts both groups. “The children, who are walked through the building, get to see all of the portraits of the presidents over the years, and there is a lot of history.” The recent visit marked the eighth time the Westminster Conservatory group had visited the White House, and the second time for the Trenton Children’s Chorus. During their last visit, the Trenton group met with former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle. This is the first year that Westminster Conservatory has had a vocal ensemble for high school students. “I had been running the choir there for children in grades K-8,” said Thel. “My former students who were now in high school had kept up their friendships, and they wanted to start a high school choir. I told them they’d have to get it together, and they did. I sent out one email, and 22 kids signed up. They even came up with their own name.” Hav ing the t wo choirs sing together at the White House made sense. They performed in the East Room for two sessions of 45 minutes each. Invited guests, a group made up mostly of military families, were touring the building and were invited to hear the concerts. Thel organized the program to include familiar carols. “You’re trying to entertain
people, really,” she said. “I try not to give things that are too obscure or esoteric.” Having visited during the Clinton, Bush, Obama, and now Trump administrations, Thel has become a seasoned observer of how the holidays are done at the White House. “It’s always interesting to me to see how differently each administration decorates,” she said. “During the Clinton administration, I remember handmade w re at hs a nd or na m ent s from all over the world. During the time of (George W.) Bush, there were these two Continued on Next Page
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huge, Broadway-scale nutcrackers on display.” Most of the students in the two choirs come from P r i n ce ton a n d Tre nton ; others live in Cranbur y, Freehold, Hightstown, Lawrenceville, Stockton, and surrounding areas. The trip was the first of several collaborative projects for the two choirs. The group is scheduled to sing the national anthem at a Princeton University basketball game this month. “Working together is special and we plan to do more of it,” said Thel. “This trip to the White House was a great way to start.” —Anne Levin
Princeton Community Works To Hold Annual Gathering
Randal Pinkett is the keynote speaker for the annual Princeton Community Works conference, being held January 27 from 5-9:15 p.m. at Frist Campus Center at Princeton University. More than 500 nonprofit and volunteer attendees are expected. Pinkett, the CEO of BCT Partners, will address how hyper-accelerated change and diversification are fundamental societal shifts that all charities need to embrace and leverage to build communities and be competitive. Pinkett holds five academic degrees from Rutgers University, MIT, and Oxford and numerous honors. “We offer a wide range of workshops based on what nonprofits tell us they need. Our experts understand the challenges of the nonprofit world and offer practical suggestions on how to address them. The hope is that attendees will leave with the information, tools, and techniques that will enable them to be even more effective in making their visions a reality. As we enter this new decade, we all need 20/20 vision so we can move forward and together build our communit y,“ said Marge Smith, who started Princeton Community Works with that mission more than 20 years ago. The conference includes structured networking activities, an inspirational keynote address, boxed dinner, and choice of two workshops from 26 topics designed especially to meet the needs of nonprofits. The price of the event is $40 through January 20, the last day for online registration. Walk-ins on the night of the event are welcome. Scholarships also are available. The 2020 workshop sessions cover a range of topics that are important to nonprofits and volunteer organizations including volunteer recruitment and management, building an effective board, cultivating leaders, diversity and inclusion, fundraising and friend-raising, youth projects, legal and accounting issues, strategic planning, measurement and metrics, meet the media, meet the grantors, grant writing, social media, event planning, storytelling, and many more. For more information, including schedule, directions, and online registration, visit www.princetoncommunityworks.org.
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Adam: “An improved environment. I want people to take climate change more seriously.” Rosemarie: “I am hopeful for many things. Mainly, though, I am hopeful for harmony on all levels — personal, family, community, country, and world.” —Adam and Rosemarie Kelley, Princeton
Cathy: “I hope that the world wakes up to the fact that climate change is a very real and major issue, and that we really begin to do something about it.” Stephen: “I hope that President Trump is removed from office, either from the Senate or by the ballot box.” —Cathy Weinfeld-Zell, Boston, Mass., with Stephen Weinfield, West Windsor
Silas: “I want to work hard to get better at school and sports, and try some new foods, because I am picky. I think I’d like to try more vegetables.” Ricardo: “I would hope and expect that next year will be a much calmer and quieter year in politics. I am also looking forward to spending time with my son, as we are planning on exploring more of the history in the area.” —Silas and Ricardo Ramirez, Trenton
Phil: “We just got engaged yesterday, so my hope is that the wedding and planning go smoothly. We are getting married in either England or Spain, and with people coming from a few different countries it’ll take a bit of coordination to get it all sorted.” Iria: “For the wedding to take place — I can’t wait. Also, health, better politics, and to complete my doctorate.” —Iria Gonzalez with Phil Mann, both of Princeton
Appointed last month as the new executive director of the Princeton Public Library (PPL), Jennifer Podolsky will begin her duties in mid-February. Currently executive director of the East Brunswick Public Library (EBPL), Podolsky is excited to be taking on the challenges of running the PPL, which Wikipedia cites as the most visited municipal public library in New Jersey, with the PPL Annual Report noting more than 500,000 print and digital materials checked out in 2019, more than 57,000 people attending library programs, and more than 660,000 visitors last year. “Princeton Public Library is a vibrant, respected library that is vitally important to the community it serves,” Podolsky wrote in an email. “The idea of being part of a team that elicits such devotion and esteem, both locally and throughout the state, was an exciting prospect for me. I knew of Princeton’s reputation and I was eager to help shape its future.” Podolsky expressed her interest in embarking on a strategic planning process for the library. “I will be looking to assess our role as a trusted source of information in the community, examining the accessibility of our services both within and outside the library building, and looking at removing any barriers to utilizing those services,” she said. I am eager to get the community’s input about our programs and services as I develop my vision.” She takes over at PPL from Brett Bonfield, who stepped down as director last February to accept a position at the Cincinnati Public Library. In addition to her leadership of the EBPL, Podolsky has served as project specialist to Business and Technology Outreach in the Lifelong Learning Division at the New Jersey State Li-
brary, has worked as a youth services librarian for the Somerset County Library System, and was a volunteer research librarian for the archives department of the Ellis Island Immigration Museum. Podolsky has experience in management, research, and editorial positions in publishing and libraries. She started her career as the senior research editor at Reed Elsevier, where she supervised a staff of researchers, managed research assignments, conducted online database training, and assisted in collection development. She is a Rutgers University graduate with a bachelor’s degree in English literature and anthropolog y and a master’s degree in library and information science. Podolsky discussed how her varied experiences will enhance her future challenges at PPL. “I have worked in many types of libraries and in many non-library fields,” she wrote. “This diverse range of experience has always been helpful to me in identifying new ways that libraries can connect with the surrounding community. I have worked on many innovation and technology projects. I enjoy trying out new and exciting initiatives, which I think will be a great fit here. I know Princeton is the perfect place for me to build on my experience and find new ways in which the library can serve its community.” Podolsky described her love from early childhood of libraries and books and how that affinity developed into curiosity about manuscripts, archives, and research as she progressed through college and graduate school. “I’ve had a book in my hand for as long as I can remember,” she wrote. “I remember early on that trips to my school or local public library were an amazing adventure to me. I devoured series books
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School Matters Hun Alumna Crowned Miss America 2020 Camille Schrier, a 2013 Hun School of Princeton graduate, defeated 50 other competitors and was crowned Miss America 2020 last month. Schrier, a biochemist who is studying for a doctor of pharmacy degree at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Pharmacy, won over the judges with a science experiment in the talent portion of the competition. She received a $50,000 scholarship and has already begun her role as Miss America, traveling around the country to promote her social impact initiative focusing on medication safety and abuse prevention. Dressed a in lab coat and pink-rimmed protective goggles, Schrier performed her experiment demonstrating the catalytic decomposition of hydrogen peroxide onstage at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Uncasville, Connecticut. The experiment, “complete with colorful foam spouting from beakers,” according to a Hun School press release, “is significant because it marks a sea change for the Miss America competition and is the first time a contestant has won for a science experiment.” “Keep an eye out, because science is really all around us,” said Schrier as the audience “erupted in cheers” at the conclusion of her experiment, according to Refinery29 media website. Hun sophomore dean Todd Loffredo recalled Schrier as a natural leader and a STEM enthusiast. “I remember Camille as a level-headed, well-rounded leader in my marine science class,” he said. “She approached her academic pursuits with passion and a sense of benevolence to those around her. I knew she was passionate about STEM when we discussed her love of turtles and her desire to be a herpetologist when she grew up.” Schrier, who received her undergraduate degree in biochemistry and systems biology at Virginia Tech, has spent the past year as Miss Virginia, collaborating with industry experts and speaking with the public to educate about the dangers of prescription drug abuse.
PPS Preschool and Kindergarten Registration Princeton Public Schools (PPS) has announced preschool and kindergarten registration for the 2020-2021 school year. Registration will take place on Wednesday, February 5, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Thursday, February 6, 2 p.m. to 7 p.m.; and Friday, February 7, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.; at the PPS Administration building at 25 Valley Road. For required preregistration and additional information, visit the PPS website at www. princetonk12.org or call the Office of Curriculum and Instruction at (609) 806-4203.
Bridge Academy Program Gains Accreditation The Bridge Academy in Lawrenceville has received accreditation at the associate level from the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators (AOGPE) for its Orton-Gillingham Training Program. The Bridge Academy’s instructional program is also accredited by AOGPE. It is the only Orton-Gillingham accredited instructional program in New Jersey, and one of only 15 accredited training programs in the United States. Orton-Gillingham training at the Bridge Academy is open to teachers, speech pathologists, parents, and other interested parties each summer. The Orton-Gillingham Approach, according to the Academy of Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators website, “is a direct, explicit, multi sensory, structured, sequential, diagnostic, and prescriptive way to teach literacy when reading, writing, and spelling does not come easily to individuals, such as those with dyslexia.”
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buildings in Princeton for certain activities related to Westminster, including the Westminster Conservatory of Music, which educates more than 2,000 children and adults. C o ch r a n e we nt on to explain that PPS will be undergoing an extensive community-wide planning process over the next six months, considering multiple scenarios. “What those scenarios will be, when the Board will decide, and the timeline for implementation of any single scenario is yet to be determined. As we move into community conversations about the future of our schools and of our town, the Westminster property, or some portion of it, will likely be discussed.” PPS Planning Emphasizing that the plan-
ning process had no preconceived outcomes, would generate multiple possibilities, and would involve the whole community, Cochrane reviewed three stages to take place between now and June 2020 in collaboration with the planning firm Milone & MacBroom (M&M). In the initial fact-finding stage, through Januar y, M&M is reviewing enrollment projections, housing growth, the status of district facilities, building capacity, and educational programming. From the end of January through March, M&M will be developing various scenarios in collaboration with the Board, the community, and district professionals “to generate a vision for our schools, to prioritize needs, and to review preliminary alternatives for achieving our goals,” Cochrane said. From April to early June, the planners will narrow down
the scenarios and provide a range of recommendations. Cochrane pointed out that there are three elements involved in the critical process of ongoing community engagement and input. A technical advisory committee, a kind of steering committee comprised of district professionals and community experts, will help the consultants navigate the complexities of the planning process. Their first meeting with M&M will be on Friday, January 10. With a goal of ensuring that all voices are heard — and that people are informed and engaged — a group of community liaisons will also be formed, representing a variety of stakeholders throughout the community. The third element of community engagement will be a series of interactive workshops, informational meet-
ings, sur veys, and focus groups. The first public forum will be held on Saturday, January 25, from 9 to 10:30 a.m., in the Princeton High School cafeteria. During that workshop, the M&M consultants will present their findings and impressions so far and engage the attendees to work together to establish goals and priorities. —Donald Gilpin
“Lawyers Without Rights” At Princeton Jewish Center
“Jewish Lawyers in Germany under the Third Reich” is an exhibit currently on view at The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street, during opening hours through January 30. A reception will be held
Sunday, January 26, from 4-6 p.m. T h is ex h ibit f rom t he American Bar Association and the German Federal Bar provides a portrait of the fate of Jewish lawyers in Germany — stories that speak to how the Nazis purged Jewish lawyers as one of the early steps to attack the rule of law in their country. “Lawyers Without Rights: The Fate of Jewish Lawyers in Berlin after 1933” is about the rule of law and how one government — the Third Reich in Germany — systematically undermined fair and just law through humiliation, degradation, and legislation, leading to expulsion of Jewish lawyers
and jurists from the legal profession. As the rule of law comes under attack today in both developed and third world countries, the exhibit portrays what can happen when the rule of just law disappears, replaced by an arbitrary rule of law that sweeps aside the rights and dignity of selected populations. The story of the fate of Jewish lawyers in Berlin and across all Germany is more than a historical footnote; it is a wake-up call that a system of justice free of improper political considerations remains fragile and should never be taken for granted. The exhibit and reception are open to all. Visit info@ thejewishcenter.org.
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2020 MERCER COUNTY Curbside Recycling Schedule MONDAY Lawrence
Jan. 13, 27 Feb. 10, 24 March 9, 23 April 6, 20 May 4, 18 June 1,15,29
July 13,27 Aug.10,24 Sept.12,21 Oct.5,19 Nov. 2,16,30 Dec.14,28
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Entire City of Trenton Jan. 8, 22 Feb. 5, 19 March 4,18 April 1, 15, 29 May 13,27 June 10,24
July 8,22 Aug. 5,19 Sept. 2,16,30 Oct. 14,28 Nov 11,25 Dec. 9,23
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Hamilton Zone 3
Jan. 3, 17, 31 Feb. 14, 28 March 13, 27 April 10, 24 May 8,22 June 5,19
July 3,17,31
Aug.14,28 Sept. 11,25 Oct. 9,23 Nov. 6,20 Dec. 4,18
Princeton
Jan. 6, 20 Feb. 3, 17 Mar. 2, 16,30 April 13, 27 May 11,30 June 8,22
TUESDAY Ewing July 6,20 Aug. 3,16,31 Sept. 14,28 Oct. 12,26 Nov. 9,23 Dec. 7,21
Hamilton Zones 1 and 4
Jan. 4, 15, 29 Feb. 12, 26 March 11, 25 April 8, 22 May 6,20 June 3,17
July 1,15,29 Aug. 12,26 Sept. 9,23 Oct. 7,21 Nov. 4,18 Dec. 2,16,30
HOLIDAY COLLECTIONS
If collection day falls on a holiday (Christmas, New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, Fourth of July, Labor Day and Thanksgiving) collection will be the following SATURDAY.
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July 2,16,30 Aug. 13,27 Sept. 10,24 Oct. 8,22 Nov. 5,19 Dec. 3,17,31
Hopewell Township Hopewell Boro and Pennington
Jan. 7, 21 Feb. 4, 18 March 3, 17, 31 April 14, 28 May 12,26 June 9,23
West Windsor
Jan. 9, 23 Feb. 6, 20 March 5, 19 April 2, 16, 30 May 14,28 June 11,25
SPECIAL RECYCLING EVENTS Household Hazardous Waste Collection and Electronics Recycling Events Dempster Fire School (350 Lawrence Station Road) March 28, June 6 and September 19 / 8am - 2pm
July 7,21 Aug. 4,18 Sept. 1,15,29 Oct. 13,27 Nov. 10,24 Dec. 8,22
July 9, 23 Aug. 6,20 Sept. 3,17 Oct. 1,15,29 Nov. 12,28 Dec. 10,24
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ownership of the Veblen property to the town of Princeton, resolving years of discussion about the fate of the land and buildings, which were given to the county by the Veblens in 1957 and 1974. In addition to his own work in mathematics, Veblen has been acclaimed for saving lives and careers in bringing the Institute for Advanced Study to Princeton, helping to make the United States ascendant in the world of mathematics, and initiating the open space movement in Princeton. When the town took ownership 18 months ago, Mayor Liz Lempert described Herrontown Woods as “one of the jewels of Princeton’s
park system,” which “had gone mostly untended for decades. We’re very fortunate to have the enthusiastic volunteers of the Friends of Herrontown Woods, who have already done extensive and exceptional maintenance work on the network of trails and stream crossings.” In 2020, the first year of the anticipated lease agreement, Hiltner said, the town wants FOHW to put together a master plan, proposing a team of architects and builders. FOHW has funds and is working towards its initial goal of raising $100,000 to stabilize the structures and to complete work to weatherize the buildings and make small repairs. Recently a number of skilled workers have offered
to help, Hiltner added, as the FOHW continues to work on its master plan vision for the property. “We’ve come to treasure being a part of Veblen’s legacy, and we want to tell people about it and about what one person can do,” Hiltner said. “Veblen saw the connections between geometry and woodland trails, between intellect and nature.” Hiltner went on to point out that the stream in Herrontown Woods supplies clean water to Carnegie Lake and the Millstone River, the main source of Princeton’s drinking water. “There’s also the beauty of the landscape, rising to the ridge, with streams and trees intertwined with boulders,” he said. —Donald Gilpin
Jewish Family and Children’s Service Takes its Food Pantry On the Road
When the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County (JFCS) first held a pop-up food pantry at Better Beginnings, a preschool in Hightstown, they were told to expect about 35 families to show up. But three days before the event, that estimate was changed. “They called and said that 74 families had signed up,” said Michelle Napell, executive director of JFCS. “A lot of people don’t realize that this is a crisis. They feel, ‘We live in New Jersey. We live in Mercer County. And people aren’t hungry here.’ Which couldn’t be further from the truth.” According to the JFCS, nearly 40,000 people in Mercer County lack consistent access to enough food to lead healthy, active lives, and often don’t know where their next meal is coming from. Responding to the statistics, the organization is taking its existing, brick-and-mortar “healthy choice pantry” on the road. Starting at the end of this month, the pantry offering fresh and frozen produce, meats, dairy products, and standard shelf staples will be traveling to distribution stops to be announced. “We’ve been speaking to a lot of our community partners to establish where we’ll start the initial voyages,” said Napell. “We’re having a soft launch, which we can’t VEBLEN HOUSE: Friends of Herrontown Woods (FOHW) plans to lease from the town of Princeton the announce yet. But we do house and surrounding properties where the mathematician Oscar Veblen lived, took walks in the know that Better Beginnings woods, and met with Albert Einstein. FOHW looks forward to ongoing stewardship of the land and is our first stop.” restoration work on the buildings. (Photo courtesy of Friends of Herrontown Woods) On January 30 from 4-7
p.m., JFCS will reveal the mobile pantry’s route at a celebration to be held at 707 Alexander Road, site of its headquarters and the existing food pantry. A long list of private, corporate, and community sponsors have made the mobile idea a reality. Napell secured $100,000 before beginning serious fundraising. “We wanted to make sure we could buy the truck and supply it with the food,” she said. While the food pantry is kosher, it is not limited to those who only eat kosher food. “The reason we have a kosher food pantry is so that if there is one person who needs it to be kosher, it’s available,” said Napell. “But it is absolutely for anyone who needs it.” The project was first announced last June. While Napell and colleagues have been working since then to secure funding and connect with potential distribution sites, the existing pantry has grown to meet increasing demand in the region. But it has become obvious that there is a need beyond the local area. “We know that significant obstacles exist within our community, which present individuals and families facing hunger from accessing the available resources,” Napell said in a press release. “In addition to financial challenges, public transportation is limited, and some individuals, especially seniors, may have mobility issues. “Even a single bag of groceries allows a single mother
struggling to put food on the table for her three children, to pay an extra bill. For a senior, it provides the peace of mind of not having to maneuver through a grocery store with a walker and cart. For a couple with no transportation trying to make the most of a modest budget but limited to shopping at the local convenience store, that bag of healthy, fresh groceries is life-changing.” Napell emphasizes that the people being served by the mobile food pantry are the working poor. “This is not people who don’t work. It’s working people who just can’t make ends meet,” she said. “We have met teachers, even our mail carrier, who need this service. And we are here to help them.” For more information, visit www.jfcsonline.org. —Anne Levin
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The Jewish Center. “His pastoral skills were excellent. Since I’ve been president of the congregation, people communicate with me about whether they’re happy with the rabbi or not. And I have heard, repeatedly, how well he has dealt with families going through tragedies. I have received many letters from people about how warm and compassionate he was. I think that, universally, people would say that about him.” Princeton Police Chief Nicholas Sutter said Feldman was a trusted friend of the department and a personal friend to him. The rabbi was a founding member of the Princeton Police Department’s Chaplain Program. “There was not a week that went by that Rabbi Feldman did not call me or stop in to check on the department,” Sutter said in a written statement last week. “His first words were always, ‘How is everybody?’ He took his position as chaplain very seriously, and he had a genuine concern for the well-being of the department and all of its members.” Sutter added, “I will miss his presence, support, and most of all his friendship, and I know the community and department will as well. Please keep his wife and children in your thoughts and prayers.” Mayor Liz Lempert said, “Rabbi Feldman was a friend, adviser, partner, and inspiration to so many of us in the Princeton community. Our hearts are heavy with the awful news of his passing.” Raised in Cherry Hill, Feldman received his ordination
Rabbi Adam S. Feldman from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York in 1999. His formal education included receiving a bachelor’s degree from Rutgers University in Hebraic studies, as well as studying at the Hebrew University and Machon Schechter in Jerusalem. Among his prior positions, Feldman was involved in a range of youth and teen activities at Camp Ramah in the Poconos, Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, and United Synagogue Youth (USY), and was adult program director and youth community director at the Highland Park Conservative Temple and Center. Feldman joined The Jewish Center in the summer of 2005 after serving for six years as assistant and associate rabbi at Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights, N.Y. “During his years at The Jewish Center, the congregation made many significant advances,” according to a written statement from the synagogue. “Rabbi Feldman devoted his passion for Judaism, love of teaching, and innovative programming for the benefit of the congregation and community. He
was widely respected by his clergy colleagues of all faiths in the greater Princeton area.” Brett said, “His love of Torah was so evident. When he was able to teach somebody to read from it, his face shone. When teenagers were involved in a project, his personality was just infused with them. And his background was working with teenagers in sports before he became a rabbi. Another thing he was passionate about was Philadelphia sports teams. If you wanted to start a conversation with him, all you had to do was mention a player.” Feldman is survived by his wife, Sara Bucholtz; their children Talia, Dena, and Ilan Feldman; his parents Leonard and Nikki Feldman; and his sisters Lisa and Amy. Shiva is continuing for family and friends at the Feldmans’ home Wednesday and Thursday, January 1 and 2, from 8-11:30 a.m. and 2-5 p.m. with Shacharit at 8 a.m. and a Ma’ariv minyan at 7:30 p.m. On Friday, the service is 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., with Shacharit at 8 a.m. A congregational shiva will be held at The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street, Wednesday, January 1 from 7-9:30 p.m. For more information, visit thejewishcenter.org. —Anne Levin
Artis Senior Living Dementia Workshop
In a world of miracle cures, it’s hard to accept a disease that has no known cause or cure. A disease that affects behavior and memory and leads to the loss of everyday abilities, Alzheimer’s disease can be very demanding and frustrating for both the sufferer and the family. But, with a clear understanding of the
disease, education on how to provide appropriate care, and a positive attitude, there can be life after diagnosis. Artis Senior Living presents “Dealing with Dementia Workshop,” a program created by the Rosalynn Carter Institute for Care Giving. It will be facilitated by Sheli Monacchio, a certified dementia practitioner with Van Dyck Law. The workshop will be held on January 14 at Van Dyck Law, and will offer tips and strategies for dealing with your loved one and yourself. Participants will receive a 300–page guide containing information, strategies, and tools to empower caregivers. Ar tis S enior Liv ing of Princeton Junction, a Memory Care Residence, offers the following caregiver tips to families to ease the frustration and worry so often associated with the disease: Become informed about the disease. Knowing the symptoms and course of Alzheimer’s disease, as well as treatment options, will help you and the caregiver feel more in control. Initiate discussions with the patient’s physician, attend seminars, and read as much literature as you can to become educated. Plan ahead and fully research the kind of care your loved one will receive before a crisis situation occurs. Consider joining a caregiver support group to share concerns and caregiving tips. For further information about the workshop, other educational events for family caregivers, or a free tour, contact Barbara Forshner, director of community relations or Michele Pache, director of
marketing, at (609) 454-3360. The Artis Senior Living community is located next to the Princeton Junction train station at 861 Alexander Road.
MCCC Foundation Donates $650K in Scholarships
Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC) Foundation called all superheroes to the college’s Honors Recognition Luncheon in November, an annual event that sees the college’s scholarship donors unite with student recipients in recognition of their academic achievement. Hosted at Mercer Oaks, the donors and recipients in attendance followed a “Not All Heroes Wear Capes” themed afternoon, complete with table settings styled like comic book splash pages and a newspaper-inspired photo booth. Laura Richards, MCCC’s Scholarship Program and Donor Relations coordinator, designed and organized the luncheon, the theme for which was derived from the superherolike qualities of both donors and students. “Heroes needn’t be stronger than a locomotive, or be able to leap tall buildings in a single bound,” said MCCC President Dr. Jianping Wang, in her opening remarks. “More often, they are individuals primed with a commitment to humankind who channel their personal energy and abilities for the benefit of society.” Joe Claffey, MCCC vice president for college advancement and director of the Foundation, served as the master of ceremonies for nearly 150 attendees.
He added that the community’s shared belief in MCCC students is the driving force behind the continued growth of the college’s scholarship offerings. “Mercer awarded $650,000 in scholarships this academic year,” Claffey said. “Next year, with the support of our freeholders and Foundation board we are committed to give out $750,000.” Among the afternoon’s highlights was the student speech, delivered by Tyler Anderson. A native to Trenton, Anderson underlined the hope that scholarships provide students, even in the face of personal challenges. “In the media, all you’ll hear and see about Trenton is negativity,” Anderson said. “Coming to Mercer has been life changing in terms of the opportunities given to me. I am extremely grateful for the donors of this scholarship as well as those at Mercer for providing me with the opportunity in the first place.” Scholarship recipients are from nearly every discipline of study at the college and include entering freshmen, continuing students, and those preparing to graduate who will use the funds at their transfer schools. In addition to private contributions, the MCCC Foundation raises scholarship funds through two signature fundraising initiatives: the MCCC Golf Classic, which is held in the fall to benefit student athletes, and the “Spring Into Student Success” benefit gala, to be held this spring at Stone Terrace in Hamilton.
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New Member of PCTV Urges Continuing “This Valuable Service”
To the Editor: I am writing as a new member of Princeton Community TV who wishes that this valuable service to the community continues. I’m so sad that it took me so long to join, for I have wanted to for years but never made the time. I’ve been a guest on a few shows as a director and playwright. It is such a professional organization, and I was honored to be interviewed. Now that I have made the time and have the inspiration to host my own show for kids on PCTV, I found out that the money from the town isn’t going to be given. I completely disagree with the thinking of those in charge of the purse strings. There is a huge need for more community organizations that bring together positive, creative people from all walks of life and all different ages to work together, especially to learn from one another. I have gained valuable skills from just a few workshops and gatherings at PCTV that I couldn’t have received anywhere else. I have learned how to work professional video cameras, create content that is worthy of an ever-increasing discerning audience, and gained valuable knowledge from those in the filmmaking business. Just having access to the professional equipment and technical guidance has not only helped me produce my own show but, as a theatre/film public school teacher, I am proud to be able to take this ever-changing modern technical knowledge and pass it onto future generations. I know how important it is to have a welcoming and mentoring group for the young and old to be part of. We all need to open our minds and learn from each other more and focusing on the community. This is how we are going to change the world. I am happy to join together to bring content to the surrounding community, as well as help community organizations and local businesses get the word out about what they have to offer. It is a joy that I hope others are able to experience for decades to come. I hope you will have the chance to visit the station and see what we have to offer you, the local businesses, the future generations, and everyone at home watching the shows. Let us all remember to come together in community this 2020 and make the next decade one of listening, learning, and joy instead of divisiveness. Support Princeton Community Television with everything and anything you can. Why? Because it is not only the right thing to do for our community, but will make you remember that community is like a family; it needs to be supported to continue. Happiest of new years to you! LYNNE ELSON East Windsor Creator of Swami Cat — Videos, books, and music for kids
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To the Editor: Single use plastics pose a serious threat to our health and environment, polluting our drinking water, clogging our storm drains, and littering our open space. State Senators Bob Smith and Linda Greenstein have cosponsored a statewide bill, S2776/A4330 that would prohibit the provision or sale of single-use plastic bags, single-use paper bags, and polystyrene foam food service products, as well as limiting provision of single-use plastic straws. The Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions, New Jersey Audubon, New Jersey Environmental Lobby, New Jersey League of Conservation Voters, and many others have been working closely with sponsors to strengthen the bill through amendments that incorporate lessons learned from plastic pollution ordinances passed in 100 New Jersey municipalities and 8 other states. The bill only has a few more weeks to pass before the legislative year ends – otherwise they will have to start from the beginning. Please call or email our state legislators, Assemblyman Roy Freiman, Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker, and State Senator Christopher Bateman to let them know if this is important to you. SOPHIE GLOVIER Drakes Corner Road HEIDI FICHTENBAUM Carnahan Place
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Rachel Wainer Apter Apter has held the position of director of the New Jersey Division on Civil Rights since October, 2018. She previously served as counsel to the attorney general, advising on civil rights and immigration matters and leading the New Jersey team that defeated a preliminary motion by Texas and several other states to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA). Prior to joining the Attorney General’s Office, she worked at the American Civil Liberties Union on cases concerning the right to be free from discrimination, reproductive freedom, voting rights, and other federal constitutional questions. She served as counsel in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which considered whether a baker who refused to sell a wedding cake to a same-sex couple on religious grounds was exempt from Colorado’s anti-discrimination laws. A pte r a l s o s e r ve d a s counsel on a challenge to the Trump administration’s decision to allow employers with moral or religious objections to contraception to opt out of providing coverage to women employees, without ensuring that the women could still access nocost contraception. She also argued and won a disability discrimination appeal, and led a task force regarding investigations of sexual harassment and sexual assault on college campuses. A native of Rockaway, Apter graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and received her law degree from Harvard Law School. After law school, Apter served as a law clerk for Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on the United States Supreme Court. The presentation is open to the public. Call (609) 8964977 to reserve a seat. It is free, but a small donation is appreciated to cover light refreshments and security. Adath Israel is located at 1958 Lawrenceville Road.
Paris Travel Writer Speaks at Adath Israel
Gary Lee Kraut, an awardwinning Paris-based travel writer, will speak at Adath Israel Congregation on Sunday, February 2 at 10 a.m. The talk is presented by the Adath Israel MOSAIC Cultural Series.
France for three decades. Originally from the Trenton area, he is the editor of the web magazine France Revisited, and a lecturer on both sides of the Atlantic. Kraut’s talk will focus on historical and contemporary Jewish Paris. France has the world’s third largest Jewish population, with more than half residing in Paris and the surrounding area. Topics will include medieval Jewry, medieval expulsions, the liberating laws of the French Revolution, major synagogues, the appeal of France to European Jews throughout the 19th and into the 20th centuries, the Dreyfus Affair, Jewish artists of the 1920s, the Holocaust, Sephardic immigration of the 1950s and 60s, the presence today of Europe’s largest Yiddish library, major Jewish figures of the past 50 years, and contemporary communities. Adath Israel is located at 1958 Lawrenceville Road. Tickets are $15. Make a reservation for the event by mailing payment to Adath Israel Congregation or call Adath Israel ( 609 ) 896 4977. For more information visit www.adathisraelnj.org and go to MOSAIC.
“C-Change Conversation” At Hopewell Theater
On Wednesday, January 8 from 7-8:30 p.m., Sophie Glovier, a member of the CChange Conversations team, will present the C-Change Primer at Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue in Hopewell. The free event is sponsored by the Hopewell Public Library and is open to the public. Most Americans recognize climate change is happening, but many don’t know how it will impact them directly and whether there is urgency to address it. The C-Change P r imer us e s fac t s f rom trusted sources to address both those questions. The Primer has been endorsed by moderate and conservative business, political, and social leaders. The library is offering a free movie pass to anyone who brings a friend (offer not valid for family members). For more information, visit redlibrary.org or c-changeconversations.org.
Winter Farmers Market Comes to MarketFair
Starting January 4 and running on the first and third Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., the indoor West Windsor Farmers Market will be held throughout MarketFair mall on Route 1. Dates are January 4 and 18, February 1 and 15, March 7 and 21, and April 4 and 18. T he new locat ion w ill include the popular local produce, meats, cheese, mushrooms, seafood, pickles, jams, and more. Most of the vendors source ingredients from New Jersey farms for their own products. Additional items for sale will include local wine, fresh pasta and sauces, raw honey, soups and chili, pastured meats and poultry, vegan chocolates, locally grown oats, and alpaca fiber wear. The market accepts S N A P/ E B T a n d o f f e r s matching incentives toward fruit and vegetable purchases up to $20 per market day. Visit west w indsorfa r m e r s m a rke t.or g for more information.
Dancing Around the Decade — A “Swing Time” Retrospective Only connect... — E.M. Forster (1879-1970) n the “only connect” spirit of my approach to these weekly columns, this being the first day of an election year when the stakes are historically high, I’m launching my retrospective sampling of the 2010s with a September 21, 2011, piece on Ginger Rogers (“Pick Yourself Up for a White House Screening”) headed with a quote from then-President Obama’s Inaugural Address: “Starting today, we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America.” Given the liberties already taken (did I mention that the same column has Ginger Rogers quoting Dickens?), the stage is set for a 21st-century update of the familiar Depression era scenario wherein someone in distress walks into a movie theater looking for a respite from reality and walks out an hour and a half later ready to face the challenges and fight the good fight: “In 1936, the year Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers were dancing across the screens of the nation in Swing Time, the unemployment rate was 16.9 percent. In 2011, when the country is once again struggling economically, the rate’s 9.1, and if anyone is in need of a respite, it’s our beleaguered president. So let’s imagine that after exhausting himself trying to get us out of the hole we’re in, the commander in chief sets about lifting his own morale with a White House showing of Swing Time. At first, he’s yawning, having been awake half the night trying to devise a way to dance his jobs bill around a ‘loyal opposition’ as ruthless as the crippled banker Mr. Potter in It’s a Wonderful Life. He’s still yawning even as Fred Astaire does pratfalls pretending to be a hapless neophyte dancer goofing a lesson from the pretty dancing teacher played by Ginger. But as soon as she starts singing, the prez comes to attention. She’s telling him to pick himself up, dust himself off, and start all over again. It’s his Inauguration Day pep talk, same words, same idea. How cool is that! All this time he’d thought the line had come to him out of nowhere, and here’s plucky Ginger delivering the same message back when FDR was dealing with the same issues.” Breaking Blue with Bruce A year later with election day 2012 looming, it’s swing time with Springsteen in a column headed with a quote from Chris Christie, whose chances
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for a presidential run in 2016 were arguably doomed by the buddy-buddy image of our former governor with his arm around our former president during their tour of the Hurricane-Sandydevastated Jersey shore. The quote in question was from Jeffrey Goldberg’s article in the July 2012 Atlantic that describes containing Christie at a Springsteen event as “an exercise in volcano management for his communications director.” After dancing around ‘in front of many thousands of people’ and shouting the words to ‘Badlands’ along with Springsteen (‘Poor man wanna be rich/Rich man wanna be king’), Christie is fed a ‘trick question’ from Goldberg. Asked if Mitt Romney ‘could relate to this,’ Christie “screams over the noise of the crowd’: ‘No one is beyond the reach of Bruce!’ ” Inspired by the mixed media convergence of Season 3 of Breaking Bad and Springst e e n ’s a l b u m Wrecking Ball, both coming my way thanks, as usual, to the Princeton Public Library, I began the October 24 column by noting that Bruce’s decision to endorse Obama had made me curious to hear what the Boss had to say in his latest LP: “It turns out that the people in Bruce’s songs, ‘trudging through the dark in a world gone wrong,’ have some recessiondriven issues in common with Breaking Bad’s Walt White, the cashstrapped, cancer-stricken high school science teacher who moonlights at a car wash and finds a way to provide for his family and cover over-the-top medical expenses by cooking to-diefor crystal blue methamphetamine.” The Biden Connection I should point out that what sent me back to Springsteen and Obama is Sunday’s New York Times feature, “What the Rally Playlists Say About the Candidates.” It’s no surprise that the song on top of former vice president Joe Biden’s rally playlist is “We
Take Care Of Our Own,” the lead track on Wrecking Ball. When Bruce sings “where’s the promise from sea to shining sea,” and answers, loud and clear, “wherever this flag is flown,” the music is driving, pounding, soaring as it redeems words long since drained of their original force. The stirring poetry of “sea to shining sea” is fresh again when Springsteen sings it. I was thinking back to the Democratic Convention, Charlotte, N.C., September 6, 2012, and the closing crescendo of Obama’s acceptance speech, with the convention faithful roaring. “We don’t turn back!” as the preacher’s telling the congregation. “We leave no one behind! We pull each other up!” Seemingly on the verge of actually singing Springsteen’s line, Obama says “God Bless” to the nation, the b a l l o o n s s o a r, and the music explodes from the DNC amps, Springsteen coming on like t h u n d e r, ‘ W e Ta k e C a r e O f Our Own!’ According to the Huffington Post, Springst e e n ’s a n t h e m got a huge post-convention bounce online, jumping 400plus percent with 2000 downloads. If Springsteen had not yet officially endorsed Obama, he’d at least provided him with a rousing fight song. 2016 Reality Check Flash forward (if that’s possible in a backward look) to the closing paragraph of a post-election column on Springsteen’s memoir Born to Run where “my guess is that what finally brought him to the election eve rally in Philadelphia was the devastating hit delivered by FBI director Comey. Although he performed surrounded by a crowd giddy with the prospect of victory, he played and sang his three songs as if he knew better. Unplugged, the anthemic excitement is missing from ‘Thunder Road,’ same with the usually wildly infectious ‘Dancing in the Dark,’ where his laid-
back vocal brings out negatives like ‘I ain’t nothing but tired,’ not to mention ‘crying over a broken heart’ and ‘little world falling apart.’ The third song, ‘A Long Way Home,’ which he introduced as ‘a prayer for the postelection,’ sounded more like prophecy than prayer, if you take ‘home’ to mean the White House. The Morning After Shuffle Fate’s deck and it’s January 20, 2017, the “American carnage” inaugural. Obama’s “begin again the work of remaking America” has been drowned out by “Make America Great Again,” thus the opening of the January 25, 2017, column: “The morning after the Inauguration we’re out of milk so I drive over to the shopping center. Maybe because I’ve had no breakfast, everyone I see looks grim and hung-over. It’s a William Blake crowd, ‘marks of weakness, marks of woe’ on every face. Or maybe it’s just me remembering how it seemed on January 21, 2009, everyone smiling, high on hope, strangers shyly nodding hello. Eight years ago! Was the contrast really so stark? Surely life’s more subtle than that. “When I get behind the wheel of my green 2000 CRV, the key won’t turn, steering wheel’s locked, so I give it a turn or two, no use. Then I look up and see almost directly across from me in the parking lot the green 2000 CRV that actually belongs to me. “No, life’s not subtle. I’ve begun January 21, 2017 by getting into the wrong car.” Prose and Passion Today is the birthday of J.D. Salinger, who died at 91 on January 27, 2010. I headed the first of numerous columns written in the course of a decade of waiting and hoping to see what Salinger had produced in years between 1965 and 2010 with an epigraph taken from his daughter Margaret ‘s memoir, Dream Catcher: “My father has, indeed, spent his life busy writing his heart out.” January 1 is also the birthday of E.M. Forster. This column’s epigraph is from chapter 22 of his novel Howard’s End: “Only connect the prose and the passion, and both will be exalted, and human love will be seen at its height. Live in fragments no longer.” wing Time is available on DVD at the Princeton Public Library, and more likely than not at the Princeton Record Exchange. —Stuart Mitchner
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OLE!: The family-friendly Fiesta del Dia de Los Reyes Magos (Three Kings Day) is celebrated Sunday, January 5 from 3-4:30 p.m. at the Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. These spirited flamenco dancers are only part of the festivities, which also include learning about Spanish culture and sampling rosca de reyes (three kings cake). Admission is $10. www. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Originally presented as a live CRUCIAL VERDICT: Nicholas Pecht (Juror No. 7), Bill Kamps (Juror No. 8), and William Walters television broadcast in 1954, (Juror No. 9) in the upcoming production of “12 Angry Men,” January 17-26 at Kelsey Theatre. 12 Angry Men went on to become an Academy AwardThe community is invited to an flict, and the escalation of the winning motion picture star“12 Angry Men” opening night reception with Cold War created a nation rife ring Henry Fonda as Juror No. At Kelsey Theatre The life of a young man the cast and crew following the with anxiety and distrust,” 8 and Lee J. Cobb as Juror No. said Director John Zimmer- 3. The American Film Institute hangs in the balance and January 17 performance. Set in the 1950s, 12 Angry man. “In spite of the progress ranks the film as one of the rests in the hands of 12 jurors in a seemingly open-and-shut Men follows the intense exami- we’ve made as a society since greatest courtroom dramas of case. But, can they set aside nation of 12 jurors as they de- that time, we face many simi- all time, second only to To Kill personal prejudices and pre- liberate following the murder lar challenges today. That’s a Mockingbird. A television conceptions in the name of trial of a young man accused the reason 12 Angry Men is a remake in 1997 featured Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott, justice? That is the question of killing his father. While the timeless classic.” To address many of the is- who earned an Emmy for his for 12 Angry Men, presented evidence seems to be stacked by Forté Dramatic Produc- against the defendant, preju- sues brought up during the portrayal of Juror No. 3. tions January 17-26 at Mercer dices are tested and members performance, the cast and Tickets are $20 for adults, County Community College’s of the jury are forced to look production team will host a $18 for seniors and students past courtroom theatrics to special “talkback” following and may be purchased at (MCCC) Kelsey Theatre. Dates and show times are discover the truth. Thrust into the shows on Saturday, Janu- kelseytheatre.org or by calling Friday, January 17 and 24 at the executioner’s role, these ary 18 and Friday, January 24. the Kelsey Box Office at (609) 8 p.m.; Saturday, January 18 12 men must first face them- The audience is invited to join 570-3333. in a conversation about the and 25 at 8 p.m.; and Sundays, selves. play, the issues that it raises, MCCC Original Show “The original production January TOPICS19 and 26 at 2 p.m. In National Festival Kelsey Theatre is located on was set in a turbulent time — and its continued relevance in After a three-show run at today’s world in contrast to the MCCC’s West Windsor Cam- the struggle for civil rights, Mercer County Community pus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. emergence from a global con- original 1954 production. College’s (MCCC) Studio Theatre, the college’s Academic Dance Theatre students’ P R I N C E TO N S YM P H O N Y O R C H E S T R A and performance of Desires of a R O S S E N M I L A N O V , M U S I C D I R EC TO R Criminal, a Devised Theatrical Collage, will return to a local theatre for an encore performance that will support the show’s appearance at the Kennedy Center American College Theatre Festival (KCACTF) this month. The benefit show, scheduled for Wednesday, January 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Studio Theatre (adjacent to Kelsey Theatre), comes on the heels of the announcement that the MCCC original production earned a spot in Region II of the festival, held at the University of Maryland in College Park. Now in its 52nd iteration, the festival is a national theater program involving 18,000 students from colleges and universities with a focus on developing the quality of college theatre throughout the United States. Founded by Roger L. Stevens in 1969, KCACTF celebrates the creative process in eight geographic regions around the country. More than 400,000 students have participated in the program since its inception. According to Jody GazenSaturday January 18 8pm Sunday January 19 4pm beek-Person, Mercer’s invitation to the festival came followRossen Milanov, conductor ing the production’s December Kinen Azmeh, clarinet 6 showing. “Two respondents, Terra IBERT / Escales (Ports of Call) Vandergaw and Margaret Lally, Saad HADDAD / Clarinet Concerto* WORLD PREMIERE came from the Kennedy Center RIMSKY-KORSAKOV / Scheherazade and responded enthusiastically *Commissioned by the PSO and the Barlow Endowment to our show,” Gazenbeek-Perfor Music Composition. son said. “Anything that the Kennedy Center sponsors is prestigious. The Kennedy CenOrder your tickets today! princetonsymphony.org 609/497-0020 ter is comparable to the National Theatres of Europe and Asia. Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. Dates, times, artists, and programs subject to change. Throughout the year, it honors the contributions of performing Made possible in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on artists in the United States.” the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. In addition to bringing De-
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sires of a Criminal to the Center, three student actors have been chosen to perform monologues and scenes at the festival. Ereaunna La Cava, Samuel Marquez, and Cullen McKenna will present their acts in an attempt to earn the Irene Ryan Acting Scholarship Audition, a fund that supports students’ continuation of their acting training. The benefit performance will
support the Theatre and Dance program’s trip to the Kennedy Center in January. Tickets are $20 for students and $40 for adults, and can be purchased online at www.kelseytheatre. org. Additionally, the program is accepting donations that will directly support the costs of attending the festival. To donate, visit http://mccc.edu/give and select “Performing Arts” from the dropdown menu.
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“MAGICAL COPSE”: This polymer clay work by Emily Squires Levine is featured in “Embracing Color/Polymer Clay,” her solo exhibit on view at the Hunterdon Art Museum January 12 through March 1. An opening reception with an artist talk is January 12, 2 to 4 p.m. (Photo by John Carlano)
Colorful Clay Art at Hunterdon Museum
Artist Emily Squires Levine says that small colorful boxes and bowls have attracted her for as long as she can remember. One of her first memories is of a colorfully embroidered fabric oval box, a gift from an aunt who traveled to the shores of the Algarve in Portugal. She has kept this memento her entire life. Other recollections include a mother-of-pearl box and a small bowl from Turkey which held tiny seashells. This lifelong love for colorful vessels has deeply influenced her art. Levine works with polymer clay, creating bowls, vases, and other items that entice the eye with their vibrant colors and diverse patterns. Levine’s pieces can be explored in a solo exhibition, “Embracing Color/Polymer Clay,” which opens at the Hunterdon Art Museum on January 12 with a special reception from 2 to 4 p.m., and runs to March 1. The reception is open to all and features an artist talk and refreshments. Levine says she finds inspiration for the colors, shapes, negative spaces, and their juxtapositions from various sources including nature — ranging from the aspen trees in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains, the mesas of Utah, and the colors of the Moroccan Sahara Desert — to the architectural elements of city buildings, or favorite artists including Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Spanish painter and sculptor Joan Miró. Hundertwasser’s influence is of particular note. While in college, Levine hung a poster of Hundertwasser’s The Beard is the Grass of the Bald Headed Man on her dorm wall, attracted to the artist’s technique of juxtaposing colors. Later, she began honoring the artist by incorporating grass-like motifs that evolved into tendrils in much of her work. Levine considers herself primarily a “caner.” Based on the Italian “Millefion” glasswork technique, a cane is a polymer clay log that’s created by layering hand-mixed colors of polymer clay. Its design runs inside its entire length, much like a sushi roll. Cutting a cross section of the clay anywhere will reveal the same design on each side of the slice. The artist juxtaposes various cane slices of contrasting colors, patterns, and complexity to help create her unique works.
“Doom and Bloom” at West Windsor Arts Center
Levine says she hopes those who see this exhibition will learn more about how polymer clay can be used as a medium for creating art and how versatile it is. “I hope they get that experience of the ‘a-ha’ moment, whether it’s because a viewer is sparked by the installation as a whole, particular components or arrangements, or even particular patterns or colors.” A Philadelphia resident, Levine earned an MBA and worked in the investment advisory industry before pursuing art full time. Her pieces have been selected for the Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, the Smithsonian Craft+Design Show, and can be seen in multiple galleries. She has received numerous awards including honors from the International Polymer Clay Association and the Pennsylvania Guild of Craftsman. The Hunterdon Art Museum is at 7 Lower Center Street in Clinton. Hours are Tuesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 5 pm. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students; children under 12 are free. For more information, call (908) 735-8415 or visit www.hunterdonartmuseum.org.
The West Windsor Arts Council presents “Doom and Bloom” — an art show calling attention to the crisis of trash on earth and how artists can have a positive impact on the environment. This exhibition, featuring the work of 25 artists using recycled and reused materials, will be on view January 6 through February 28 at the West Windsor Arts Center. The juror was Vernita Nemec, artist and director of the Viridian Artists art gallery in Chelsea, New York City. An opening reception with the juror and artists will be held Sunday, January 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. Artists will be at the opening to discuss their work. Artwork featured in the show transforms common discarded materials into inspiring works of art. It was a requirement of the prospectus that at least 80 percent of the materials in each work would otherwise be trash, if not saved from the landfill in this manner. This exhibition is part of a larger initiative in 2020 by the West Windsor Arts Council to follow the example of Earth Day’s 50th Anniversary to address issues around climate action and sustainability. Through the help of a grant from NRG Energy, the West Windsor Arts
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Council is making adjustments to ensure that sustainable practices are used in its classrooms for matters such as material clean-up, recycling, energy use, and waste management. The changes will serve as a model to emulate for sustainable practices in the art studio. Nemec is a visual/performance artist/curator who has exhibited her art around the world, including curating and organizing exhibitions of art from recycled materials throughout the United States (“Art from Detritus: Recycling with Imagination”), for which she received a Kauffman Foundation Fellowship and a grant from the Puffin Foundation. Her artwork ranges across a variety of disciplines, including installations, collages, and tangible art objects, such as the Endless Junkmail Scroll. In the 1990s, Nemec served as the director of Artists Talk on Art, interviewing luminaries in the art world. She is currently the director of Viridian Artists art gallery in New York City. The “Doom and Bloom” show includes Nemec’s Endless Junkmail Scroll installation. In a description of this work by Times Observer writer Stacey Gross, she explains, “The dynamic nature of the piece allows it to morph and adapt to any space in which it is shown, allowing Nemec to ‘fill the air with detritus transformed’ and creating a physical space out of art itself.... The installation confronts multiple social and environmental issues inherent in 21st century life.... Human beings’ ability to end life as we know it by the process of production and consumption, is the ultimate thesis of the piece.” The West Windsor Arts Council show also features Kelly Vetter’s work Consumer,
“ENDLESS JUNKMAIL SCROLL”: This piece by Vernita Nemec is part of “Doom and Bloom,” on view at the West Windsor Arts Center January 6 through February 28. The exhibition features the work of 25 artists using recycled and reused materials. An opening reception with the artists is Sunday, January 12 from 4 to 6 p.m. created from plastic bags and glue, exploring ideas about material culture with a nod to Maurizio Cattelan’s banana artwork, Comedian. Henry Klimowicz’ work Liken Lichen #3, uses just cardboard and hot glue to create an organic form, noting the “lengths that have been traveled by the material from trash to beauty. If I can make something beautiful from cardboard, I have then said that anything can be made valuable, fruitful, or hopeful.” Artists in the show include Joanne Amantea, Lisa Bagwell, J Bettina, Annaliese Bischoff, Ellen Burnett, Angelyn Chandler, Connie Cruser, Tara de
la Garza, Joann Donatiello, Joanne Donnelly, Ilene Dube, Jean Foos, Henry Klimowicz, Joy Kreves, Eleni Z. Litt, Christy Elizabeth O’Connor, Helene Plank, Dolores Poacelli, Monique Sarfity, Jennifer Seastone, Kasia Skorynkiewicz, Katie Truk, Kelly Vetter, and Larry Zdeb. The West Windsor Arts Center is located at 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor. Office and gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, call (609) 716-1931 or visit www. westwindsorarts.org. Continued on Next Page
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“IF THESE QUILTS COULD TALK”: The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader Park will host a juried exhibition of quilts by the Friendly Quilters of Bucks County and the Sankofa Stitchers January 19 through April 19. An opening reception is Sunday, January 19 “COLOR STORIES”: This painting by Helene Mazur is part of an exhibit on view at Chambers Walk Café, 2667 Main Street, Lawrenceville, January 5 through February 22. The group show features from 2 to 4 p.m. three local artists, Mazur, Catherine J. Martzloff, and Debbie Pisacreta, and their individual pal“If These Quilts Could Sankofa Stitchers work to and Sundays from 1 to 4 ettes of expression as they harness the flavor of life through their portrayals on canvas. keep the traditions of quilt p.m. Parking is available in Talk” at Ellarslie Print Trade in Children’s Princeton, Updike Farm- rary, 43 West Broad Street, The Trenton City Museum making alive by creating the park. There is no admis- Books” through January 3. stead, 354 Quaker Road, has Hopewell, has “L ooking sion charge, but donations works of art that tell stories at Ellarslie Mansion has anD & R Greenway Land “Einstein Salon and Innova- Into Water” through Janunounced a juried exhibition and strengthen historical are appreciated. Trust, 1 Preservation Place, tors Gallery,” “Princeton’s ary 4. www.morpethcontem and community bonds. The For more information, visit of quilts by the Friendly has “Portraits of Preserva- Portrait,” and other exhibits. porary.com. members of both groups ellarslie.org or call (609) Quilters of Bucks County tion” through February 28. $4 admission WednesdayMorven Museum & Garare experienced quilters 989-3632. and the Sankofa Stitchers. Sunday, 12-4 p.m. Thursday den, 55 Stockton Street, has www.drgreenway.org. Featuring nearly 30 quilts and have quilted individuEllarslie, Trenton’s City extended hours till 7 p.m. and “Dreaming of Utopia: Roosacross a range of sizes, ally and together for many Museum in Cadwalader Park, free admission 4-7 p.m. www. evelt, New Jersey” through styles, and color schemes, years, bringing a wide range May 10. www.morven.org. of styles to this exhibition. Parkside Avenue, Trenton, princetonhistory.org. the exhibition’s display of James A. Michener Art has “Young Visions” through Nassau Club, 6 Mercer In addition to the exhibiartistry, creativity, and stoJanuary 12 and “Trenton Museum, 138 South Pine Street, has “The Shapes of ry-telling will fill Ellarslie’s tion, “If These Quilts Could A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Eclectic” through March 15. Street, Doylestown, Pa., has Water: Photography by Tasha first floor galleries from Talk,” Ellarslie will offer “Impressionism to Modern- O’Neill” through January 5. workshops and lectures on Bridge Street, Lambertville, www.ellarslie.org. January 19 to April 19. Gourgaud Gallery, 23 ism: The Lenfest Collection of www.nassauclub.org. There will be an opening quilting and lectures on the has “Silver Anniversar y” histor y and traditions of through January 5. www. North Main Street, Cranbury, American Art” through JanuNew Jersey State Musereception on Sunday, Januhas “Open Call” January 5 ary 5 and “Harry Leith-Ross: um, 205 West State Street, ary 19, from 2 to 4 p.m., as quilts in the African Ameri- lambertvillearts.com. Scenes from Country Life” Trenton, has “Preserving the Arts Council of Prince- through February 28. An well as a closing reception can community. through February 9. www.mi- Pinelands: Albert Horner’s opening reception is January The museum, located in t o n , 102 W i t h e r s p o o n and Quilters Walk and Talk chenerartmuseum.org. Portraits of a National Treaon Sunday, April 19, from 2 Cadwalader Park, Trenton, Street, has “Inside Out … 5, 1 to 3 p.m. www.cranburyLakefront Gallery, RWJ sure” through June 28 and artscouncil.com. is open Wednesday through When Worlds Collide” Januto 4 p.m. Grounds For Sculpture, University Hospital Hamilton, “Fine Feathered Friends” The Friendly Quilters and Saturday from 12 to 4 p.m. ary 4 through February 22. An opening reception is Jan- 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, 1 Hamilton Health Place, has January 4 through September “Mostly Modern,” an exhibit CONCERTS . THEATRE . CHILDREN’S CONCERTS uary 4, 3 to 5 p.m. www. has “Interference Fringe | Tal- of contemporary quilts made 13. www.statemuseum.nj.gov. Pr inceton Universit y HOLIDAY . OPERA . 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In addition, A Step in Stone is a family-owned and operated establishment — something less and less common in today’s shopping scene. Located at 38 East Broad Street in Hopewell, it is an important resource for customers from all over the area. Owners Darlene and Jack Flood have made a priority of offering not only the latest trends in tile design, but also their knowledge and experience. “Darlene’s long experience, her knowledge of what is appropriate for walls and floors, where to put porcelain or ceramic, and her ability to help with color and style are very helpful to customers,” points out Jack Flood. Indeed, Darlene Flood is indispensable to the store’s success. Her role in assisting customers to find just the right tile to suit their style and to blend with their home decor is valuable asset. She is passionate about her work, and wants to share her enthusiasm with everyone. “One of the things I’ve learned is to know what your passion is. If you want to be successful, you have to find the passion,” she explains. “My background was in corporate America, and it happened that I helped out a friend in a tile store. After two days, I realized this was my passion, and within six months, we had our own business. “Now, we have the expertise to help customers find the right color and material to help them become happier in their home.” Selection Process Helping customers navigate the tile and stone choices is a
very important part of her job, she reports. “Tile choices have grown exponentially in the past few years. Every year, there are more, and such exciting patterns, relief, and dimension. With all these choices in color, texture, and style, you can spend hours trying to figure out what you like. I think the key for us is making the selection process easier. Clients can be very confused when they see all the choices. “We don’t overburden them with too many options,” she continues. “We try to find out what the end result would be and work from that. In addition, we provide not only a wide range of custom lines, but the design savvy gained from years of project experience from waterfront mansions to town homes. We can help you mix and match a beautiful backsplash to complement your cabinets, or a gorgeous bathroom design that you will love and appreciate for years to come. We work with kitchen designers, architects, builders, lighting representatives, and homeowners.” Both indoor and outdoor living spaces can be enhanced by tile and stone, she adds. Shower walls; shower stalls; backsplash; foyers; mud, laundry, and sun rooms; cabanas; fireplace surrounds and hearths; patios; and walkways are some of the areas well-suited for stone and tile. Even household pets can benefit from tile, points out Jack Flood. “We have provided tile for doggie showers, including tile walls and floors, with a drain in the middle of the floor.”
Loyal Customers The Floods have customers from all over the country — from east to west, says Jack Flood. “We have provided tile for houses in Seattle to an island off of Maine, to Arizona, Florida, Chicago, New York City, Delaware, and all along the shore. “We really do work all over the country, but we have a very strong focus in Princeton and also, clients in Hopewell, East Windsor, Hillsborough, Bordentown, and Bucks County. Many are loyal customers who have been with us over the years. Also, Darlene works with and is a consultant with a number of interior designers in the area.” Whether one’s choice is ceramic, marble, glass, sandstone, limestone, or porcelain, A Step In Stone can provide it, and the products come from many sources. “We get a lot of tiles from Italy, porcelain from all over, and ceramic from California, including lines exclusive to us,” point out the Floods. As in anything, trends come and go, and tile is no exception, they continue. “Decorative patterns are especially popular today, and they are often seen in powder rooms. Also, large format tile is favored, including large tiles that look like wood.” The Floods are proud of their excellent reputation developed over more than a decade. “It has been a 15-year evolution. We have to keep up with all the changes, and we are constantly educating ourselves, and adding new merchandise. We believe we are set apart by our exclusive lines, our design knowledge, and our warm welcoming environment.” Family Focus A Step In Stone is also set
FAMILY TIES: “We have thousands of different tiles in the showroom, and we also have exclusive lines that are available to us in the area. Tile is very durable, and its easy maintenance is another advantage.” Jack (left) and Darlene Flood, owners of A Step in Stone, are shown with their son Brian, who is operations manager. A display of glass and stone mosaic tiles is featured in the background. apart by its family focus. The Floods are proud and pleased that their son Brian has joined the family business, and the feeling is mutual. “I love the business,” he says. “I love the culture — helping customers and working with contractors. Tile is a great business, and we offer customers a great experience.” Selecting tile for your home is an important investment, and of course, in addition to color, texture, and design, budget is key. A Step In Stone has choices in a range of budgets, points out Darlene Flood. “We offer a wide range of prices, and with tile, you can take a small space and make it pop with color, design, and style — even with a small budget.
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Entire Mouth Oral Rehabilitation and Care Are Specialties of Prosthodontics of Princeton
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h e f ir s t s tep is to make an appointment. Whether it’s a toothache, missing tooth (or teeth), or just time for a checkup, Prosthodontics of Princeton is there to make sure the treatment is appropriate, timely, and thorough.
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L ocated at 601 Ew ing Street, Suite B-4, the practice, owned by Steven C. Isaacson, DMD, was originally founded by his father George Isaacson, DMD. After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Steven Isaacson went on to obtain a specialty degree in prosthodontics at Temple University School of Dentistr y, with emphasis on reconstr uctive dentistr y, including implants and cosmetic dentistry. The opportunity to work with his father has continued to inform his practice, and, as he says, has given him a chance “to continue the tradition of integrity, detail, and thoughtfulness that my father instilled in me.” Complex Procedures Now, associates Suzanne B. Reinhardt, DMD, and Alexander S. Drew, DMD, MS, have joined the practice. “Our specialty is dealing with more complex procedures, such as dentures, implants, and full mouth reconstruction, but we also have a general practice, including fillings and cleanings,” explains Dr. Isaacson. “It is all encompassing.” Prosthodontics is one of nine specialties recognized by the
American Dental Association, and it is the only specialty that deals with the entire mouth. Prosthodontics focuses on the diagnosis, restoration, and replacement of missing teeth. The specialized dentists can restore oral function through the placement of restorations or prostheses (dentures, crowns, implants, etc.). Becoming a prosthodontist requires an additional three years of specialt y t rain ing af ter obtain ing a DMD (doctor of dental medicine) or DDS (doctor of dental surgery) degree. Prosthodontists are highly trained in state-of-the-art techniques and procedures for treating multiple, diverse, and complex dental conditions. Depending on the severity and complexity of the patient’s condition, Drs. Isaacson, Reinhardt, and Drew may coordinate treatment with other specialists. As Dr. Isaacson points out, “Advanced deterioration of a patient’s teeth usually creates issues besides loss of tooth or tooth structure. While we serve as the ‘architect’ of a dental treatment plan, we often collaborate with the general dentist and other specialists to ensure the most effective and successful treatment of your condition.” Ideal Position Full mouth reconstruction is a comprehensive and involved process. It can be a case where teeth have been lost, injured, or fractured, also worn down as a result of acid erosion, or perhaps jaw pain due to bite problems. Full mouth reconstruction may include surgery to reposition the jaw, contouring of the gum tissue, or reduction of natural tooth structure to pre-
pare for crowns, bridges, and veneers. It may also include braces to move teeth into the ideal position for reconstruction, and bone or soft tissue grafting to increase the stability of the teeth for implants. Titaniu m implants are a successful and durable means of providing replacement teeth, and can be used instead of dentures or bridges, explains Dr. Isaacson. “When you lose a tooth, you lose both the root and the crown. To replace the tooth, our dentists first replace the root with a small dental implant. Time is allowed for bone to heal and grow around the dental implant. “The bone bonds with the titanium, creating a strong foundation for artificial teeth. A support post (abutment) is then placed on the implant, and a new replacement tooth (crown) is placed on top of the abutment. It is important that the patient has enough bone for the implant.” Dr. Isaacson points out that dental implant placement is a team effort including either a periodontist or an oral surgeon, and a restorative dentist. The surgeon performs the actual implant surgery, initial tooth extraction, and bone grafting, if necessary. The restorative dentist fits and makes the permanent prosthesis. As a maxillofacial surgeon, Dr. Drew sees patients with a variety of conditions. In addition to working with implants, crowns, and dentures, he treats patients in need of rehabilitation due to defects of the head and neck from injury, cancer, and other causes. He is accustomed to working with ENTs (ear, nose, and throat specialists), oral surgeons, plastic surgeons, neurolo-
COMPREHENSIVE CARE: “People are smarter about dental care today and good oral hygiene. If they are careful about this, they will have a better outcome and better luck with their teeth.” The specialists at Prosthodontics of Princeton include, from left, Alexander S. Drew, DMD, MS; Steven C. Isaacson, DMD; and Suzanne B. Reinhardt, DMD; who are all skilled in helping patients achieve the best oral health. gists, oncologists, speech pathologists, and others. Proper Treatment “Our goal is to take the necessary steps and create a proper treatment plan,” says Dr. Drew. “Everyone is different. There can be one diagnosis and multiple treatment plans.” Other treatments and procedures that the dentists at Prosthodontics of Princeton perform are in the areas of porcelain veneers, dental bonding, and teeth whitening. Veneers are designed to enhance a smile by replacing a portion of the teeth with a new porcelain shell. They can be helpful in correcting the appearance of damaged, m isshapen, and stained teeth; and also correcting a space or gap between the teeth, as well as worn enamel and chipped teeth. Bonding is an alternative to veneers in which a plastic resin is applied to the tooth, and sculpted into the desired shape. Teeth whitening has be-
come increasingly popular, and as Dr. Isaacson reports, “Many people are eager for this today.” Options include professional whitening in the office or an at-home procedure with a custom-made whitening tray. “Professional whitening in the office is a more powerful and longer-lasting procedure,” he notes. Common Affliction A common affliction for many people is bruxism (tooth grinding or jaw clenching). Symptoms can include earaches and headaches, and it may also lead to gum recession, tooth loss, facial pain, and teeth fractures. In the most severe cases, it can eventually lead to arthritis in the temporomandibular (TMJ) joints that allow the jaw to open and close smoothly. A typical treatment option is a mouth guard, worn at night while sleeping. Best Outcome Helping patients to achieve the best outcome, whether it’s for a simple fill-
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ith star point guard Carlie Littlefield sidelined for the Princeton University women’s basketball team as it hosted the University of New Hampshire last Sunday, Maggie Connolly got the second start of her career and was ready to shine. “We miss Carlie always,” said sophomore guard Connolly. “I hope she will be back as soon as possible, but it was exciting to play and get the opportunity get out there with my teammates and make some plays.” Connolly ended up making a lot of plays, scoring a careerhigh 17 points as Princeton routed UNH 77-37 before 989 at Jadwin Gym. In reflecting on her big day, Connolly said she is feeling more of a comfort level on the court with her teammates. “I think confidence is a huge part of it and just taking care of the ball; that was a huge goal of mine coming into this year,” said the 5’8 Connolly, a native of Wilmington, Del. who went 7-of-11 from the floor as she eclipsed her previous career-high of seven points. “It is knowing the people are going to be open for a good shot and when not to force it. That is something I am still working on. As a whole, we are getting better.” With Princeton improving to
12-1 by virtue of the victory over UNH, the team is gaining more and more confidence as the season goes on. “We are having a lot of fun together and that is a huge part of it,” said Connolly. “We are really focusing on the defensive end, that has been key and has led to easy offense for us. If we get a good stop, we can push it in transition or at least get an opportunity to execute our offense.” While Princeton head coach Carla Berube is pleasantly surprised by her team’s sizzling start, she believes the Tigers have only scratched the surface. “I told these guys just before we left for our little break for the holiday that I looked at the schedule before we started this season, and did I really think we were going to be 11-1 at that point? No, because I didn’t even know who we were,” said Berube, whose team has posted eight straight wins and is ranked No. 25 in the USA Today/ WBCA Coaches’ Poll. “As the games went on and practices went on, I knew that we are capable of being in every game. Once I got to know the team and learn how quickly they pick stuff up and how driven they are every single day and how hard they work, it made sense that we can come
together in a short amount of time. We talk every day about how we are still working on it. We are still working so much. There are so many plays we have got to get better at.” In reflecting on the lopsided win over UNH, Berube saw good plays at both ends of the court. “I thought there was some really good stuff defensively,” said Berube. “We took away some of the things that they wanted to do and then when we executed and ran our offenses, we got some really good opportunities. We got some open looks. Today was a day to take some steps forward and beat a team like we should.” Berube credited Connolly with taking a big step forward as she filled in for Littlefield. “Maggie was awesome, but that is nothing I am surprised about,” said Berube. “She has been able to come in and relieve Carlie a bit. She has also been coming in and playing with Carlie because she brings so much to the floor at both ends. She is really, really smart. She reads the team and the game really well. She is just a solid player that we really count on. She did a terrific job. We put her in there, playing a lot of minutes. She didn’t look like she got tired at all, she was still
running the floor hard and making some great plays.” Having made stingy defense its calling card in Berube’s first season at the helm of the program, Princeton was its stifling best on Sunday, holding the Wildcats to 23.5 percent shooting (12of-51) from the floor. “That is what we want to do every day; we want to frustrate our opponents because we are playing so well on the defensive end,” said Berube, whose team is yielding just 49.7 points a contest. “They have really bought into it and they are having fun playing that kind of defense. When a team scores on you, it can deflate you a little bit. If you keep getting those stops, you are just getting inflated and good things happen on the offensive end because you are feeling that confidence.” With Princeton starting its Ivy League campaign by playing at Penn (8-1) on January 11, Berube wants her players to keep their noses to the grindstone. “It will be great to get into the gym and get some work done,” said Berube. “It is only two days since we got back from the holiday. It is just get back to working on our stuff and getting ready for Penn. We only have to get ready for one game. We also need to get better as a team. It is nice to be able to just focus on Penn. We know what kind of team they are and what kind of program they
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ON GUARD: Princeton University women’s basketball player Maggie Connolly guards a foe in recent action. Last Sunday, against visiting University of New Hampshire, sophomore guard Connolly got the second start of her career and came up big, scoring a career-high 17 points to help the Tigers rout the Wildcats 77-37. Princeton, now 12-1, is next in action when it plays at Penn on January 11 in the Ivy League opener for both teams. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) are. We know the success they have had and the success they have already had this season. I feel like the team knows them a lot better than I do because I have only been watching them for two months. It will be great. We are excited to go over to the Palestra.” Connolly knows that the Tigers will face a great chal-
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Tiger Men’s Hoops Pulls Away from Lehigh, Bringing Confidence into Ivy Opener at Penn After suffering an 87-72 defeat to Hofstra in its last action before Christmas, the Princeton University men’s basketball team did some soulsearching over the holidays. “We all just recognized that it was a really bad game,” said Princeton senior star Richmond Aririguzoh, reflecting on the loss to the Pride on December 19. “We put up a bad performance for us and our fans. We just came back to basics and competing and doing the little things right.” Last Sunday against visiting Lehigh, Aririguzoh did a lot of things right, scoring 23 points to help Princeton defeat the Mountain Hawks 7162 before a crowd of 1,927 at Jadwin Gym. “I let the game come to me a little more, but I didn’t shy away from being aggressive, said Aririguzoh, who picked up a technical foul with 8:10 left in the second half and later returned to the game to help the Tigers hold off a Lehigh rally. “I think the refs let me play a little bit, offensively speaking. The way they were guarding me, the doubles were few and far between.” Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson credited Aririguzoh with triggering the Tiger offense through his sharp shooting in the paint. “Richmond is 10-for-12 from the field, it is common to see him do that now,” said
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prep week.” In addition to paying attention to detail, Princeton will need to bring some fortitude to the storied Palestra in order to defeat the Quakers. “Especially when you are on the road, it is not turning the ball over,” said Henderson. “If you can have the toughness to get more and better shots, generally speaking, I think that helps your defense set up. That is the mentality I want the guys to have, that is how you are going to get it done. We are almost too young to have a mentality. We just haven’t been there yet, it is coming.” Aririguzoh, for his part, is fired up for another tough battle with Penn. “A.J. Brodeur has been a staple in our league since he was a freshman,” said Aririguzoh, referring to the Quaker senior star forward. “They have really been good the last two years so it is really exciting for me personally. Last year when they came here, that was what you could call my breakout game. It is always a fun matchup with some really hard fought games. I am really excited for it.” Like Henderson, Aririguzoh sees taking care of little things as the key to success in the matchup. “It is a completely different game than non-conference, the details matter so much more,” said Aririguzoh. “Because we have a young team, we older guys have to set an example. I think we have to get back to doing things right always.” —Bill Alden
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Even though Jeremie Forget had only seen 31 minutes of action at goalie in the first 11 games this season for the Princeton University men’s hockey team, he maintained an upbeat attitude. “I have always tried to stay positive in practice,” said sophomore Forget. “I knew eventually I would get my chance and once I got it, I wanted to make sure I would seize it to make sure I would give myself more playing time.” Forget started game 12 as Princeton hosted Colorado College on December 7 and seized opportunity, making 25 saves as the Tigers fell 2-1 in overtime. Three days later, Forget had 26 stops as Princeton edged AIC 2-1 to snap a 10-game winless streak. Last Saturday evening, Forget was fired up to be between the pipes again as Princeton hosted Quinnipiac before a throng of 2,195 packing Hobey Baker Rink. “We were very excited, especially finishing off the first half on a win,” said Forget, a 6’1, 185-pound native of Mascouche, Que. “We had energy coming back.” In the first period on Saturday, it was Qunnipiac which showed the most energy as it jumped off to a 2-0 lead. “We know we are a good team and that was going to be our worst period of the game,” said Forget. “We knew it was only going to
get better. We trust ourselves and we know we are going to win games. It is going to come.” The Tigers did come back, narrowing the gap to 2-1 as Jeremy Germain scored with 5:33 left in the second period but the Bobcats tacked on a power play goal with 1:23 left in regulation to earn a 3-1 win. “I have a lot of stuff I have to clean up still,” said Forget, who made 33 saves in the defeat and now has a 2.28 goals against average and a .926 save percentage on the season. “I have a lot of stuff to work on. As the game went on, the more shots I got, I settled down a bit more.” Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty likes the good work he is getting from Forget. “Jeremie has done a really good job for us stepping up,” said Fogarty. “His numbers are great right now; I am really happy with how he is doing. He is a patient goaltender, you can see him really battling. He is playing really well.” Fogar t y ack nowledged that Princeton didn’t play well in the early stages on Saturday as it fell behind 2-0. “It was a little bit of a sloppy first period for us,” said Fogarty. “We were trying to jam pucks up out of our own end and it cost us two goals.” The Tigers outshot the Bobcats 24-17 over the last
40 minutes of the contest as they bounced back from the shaky start. “I thought we settled in the second period and did a really good job breaking out,” said Fogarty. “That was a really good game from the second period on.” In Fogarty’s view, Princeton can get some good results going for ward by building how it performed down the stretch against Quinnipiac. “I liked the way we played in the second and the third period, we gave ourselves a chance to win,” said Fogarty, whose team took a 3-2 lead in the third period on Sunday in the homeand-home set at Quinnipiac only to lose 4-3 in dropping to 2-10-3 overall and 0-6-2 ECAC Hockey and will host Dartmouth on January 3 and Harvard on January 4. “They are a skilled team and I thought we had some really good chances in the second and the beginning of the third period.” Forget, for his part, is looking to make the most of his chances to start for the Tigers. “I am starting to settle in a little more, I feel like the more games I get the better I will feel and the better I will play,” said Forget. “I started to play hockey when I was 12 so I knew it was going to be a long process. It is always about making the most of practice, making the most of every opportunity I get and hopefully, it will go well.” —Bill Alden
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Patrick Glory and Patrick Brucki starred as the Princeton University wrestling team started competition at the 57th Annual Ken Kraft Midlands Invitational last Sunday at the Sears Centre Arena in Hoffman Estates, Ill. Sophomore Glory advanced to the semifinals at 125 pounds while junior Brucki followed suit at 197. The semis and finals were slated to wrap up last Monday afternoon and evening. In upcoming action, Princeton will be competing at the F&M Open on January 4 in Lancaster, Pa.
also created a communication process with video uploading to make rigging recommendations. He also coached the second varsity 8+ that matched a program-best finish of 4th at the NEIRA regatta. As a freshman coach the two years prior, he helped the unit to two straight undefeated seasons. Costas also volunteered at MIT where he coached practices for walk-on athletes and the varsity 4+. Before getting into coaching, Costas graduated from the University of Virginia in 2013 with a degree in Anthropology. He was a three-year member of the rowing team and also swam.
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Peter Costas has been named as an assistant coach for the Princeton University women’s lightweight crew team, the program said last week. Costas has spent the past year as the director of rowing operations and business development at Row New York. Some of his duties during his time there included keeping equipment in good repair across three sites with 45 rowing shells, six road vehicles, three rowing trailers, 25 launches, and 150 ergs. Prior to Row New York, Costas was a varsity assistant coach and boatman at the Brunswick School for two years. He was part of the daily collaboration with all of the coaches to develop practice and equipment plans. Costas
No. 6 in both the Nike/US Lacrosse Preseason Top-20 and the Inside Lacrosse Preseason Top-20. The highest-ranked Ivy League team in either Preseason Top-20, Princeton is coming off a 2019 season where the Tigers won both an Ivy League regular season championship and the Ivy League Tournament title as well as a run to the quarterfinals of the NCAA Tournament. Princeton has won six consecutive Ivy League titles dating back to 2014, and its march to the NCAA quarterfinals last season included an 11-game win streak as it posted a final record of 16-4. The Tigers open their 2020 campaign at Temple on February 20 with the home opener set for February 22 against the University of Virginia at Class of 1952 Stadium.
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GETTING IT DONE: Princeton University men’s hockey goalie Jeremie Forget tracks the puck last Saturday against Quinnipiac. Sophomore Forget made 33 saves in a losing cause as Princeton fell 3-1 to the Bobcats. The Tigers, who lost 4-3 to Quinnipiac on Sunday as they fell to 2-10-3 overall and 0-6-2 ECAC Hockey, host Dartmouth on January 3 and Harvard on January 4. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Playing for Both PHS Boys’ and Girls’ Hockey, Zammit Getting the Most Out of Senior Season It was already a busy day for Victoria Zammit by the time she arrived at Baker Rink to play for the Princeton High girls’ hockey team when it hosted Summit in mid-December. “I was in the boys’ game against Hopewell, this was a doubleheader,” said PHS s en ior for ward Z a m m it, who is culminating her high school career by playing for both programs this winter. “I w as pre t t y t ire d ; I downed a Red Bull in the car on the way here. The boys was a good warmup.” In her nightcap with the girls, Zammit warmed to the challenge, tallying four goals and two assists as PHS fell 12-6 to Summit in the December 17 contest. “I try to look at the positive aspects; we did put in six goals, so that is always a plus,” said Zammit. “Our goalies faced a ton of shots. This team is very new; I think I am the only club player.” Having been a four-year starter and three-year captain for the girls’ team, Zammit has invested a lot of blood, sweat, and tears into the program. “It is really emotional; I have spent so much time on this team, getting equipment for all of the new girls and training them in the morning,” said Zammit. “Coach [Christian] Herzog and I have worked together to optimize our time. We only have an hour in the mornings, two to three times a week, so it is not much ice time. We have tried to split off into skill levels.” After going winless in varsity games last winter, the Tigers broke through with
a 5-4 victory over Holton Arms (Md.) on December 13. “That was a very big win for us, it was our first win,” said Zammit, who tallied three goals in the triumph. “It is like all of the positives that I am trying to take out of this experience, building a family with my teammates.” In helping the girls build a happy family feeling, Zammit focuses on being upbeat no matter what happens on the ice. “For me, it is a mental thing; it is not even about the hockey any more,” said Zammit. “It is making sure that I stay positive for all of these girls and not to lash out at them if they don’t go for the puck. That is the biggest thing for me, my mental state.” As for joining the boys’ squad this winter, Zammit made the move to keep her skills sharp during a hiatus from travel hockey. “This year I am on a more competitive club team,” said Zammit, who plays for the New Jersey Colonials Tier 1 program. “Because my club teamm ate s a r e m o s t l y f r o m Lawrenceville, we decided to do a half season where we pause during the high school season and t hen start back up again for nationals. I figured that the boys’ team was good for my skills and a good way for me to keep my speed up.” Zammit has been quickly welcomed by her male coaches and teammates. “The coaches [Joe Bensky and Matt Strober] are so supportive,” said Zammit. “The boys and I are very
close friends. I am ver y fortunate because my boys’ te a m is ver y prote c t ive of me. Once I got crosschecked in the back by a kid and Aidan Trainor went after him. They have my back, that is a really good thing to have.” Having that suppor t is critical when Zammit is on the ice with the boys as it is a more physical game. “It is intense. I have to keep my head up and be alert all of the time,” said Zammit. “Here with the girls, I am more laid back and working on my stick-handling or working on my slap shot. In the boys’ games, I have to put everything together and be careful.” One of the best things about being on the boys’ team for Zammit is getting the chance to sake with her younger brother, sopho more forward John Zammit. “Playing with my brother is really awesome,” said Zammit. “We used to play w h e n we we r e you n g e r so this is like going down memory lane. It is our last year to do that.” As Zammit looks ahead to the rest of the girls’ season, she is looking to make some special memories. “I think for us, wins are not a measure of our success,” said Zammit, who scored the lone goal for PHS as it fell 9-1 to Rye Country Day (N.Y.) on De- DOUBLE DUTY: Princeton High hockey player Victoria Zammit controls the puck in a game last cember 19 to move to 1-4 season. Senior forward Zammit has been doing double duty this winter, playing for both the and will start 2020 action PHS boys’ and girls’ hockey teams. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) by playing at Princeton Day School on January 8. “It is more about our improvement and sticking toThis one starting at gether and doing one good breakout. That is one thing, OK, and then forecheck, that is another thing. It is think of the positives and try to ignore the negatives to keep our spirits up all season.” —Bill Alden
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Having won its first five games t his season, t he Princeton High boys’ hockey team faced its first defeat as it trailed Notre Dame 3-2 in the waning seconds in its final game of 2019. But with sophomore forward John O’Donnell finding the back of the net with eight seconds remaining in the third period of the December 20 contest, PHS pulled out a 3-3 tie to remain undefeated. First-year Tiger head coach Joe Bensky sensed that his players were going to do whatever necessary to remain undefeated. “They kept fighting and you could see in their eyes that their weren’t going to give up until the final buzzer went off,” said Bensky. “It was one of the coolest things I have seen in a long time when they scored, to see them celebrating, going down the bench and giving each other high-fives.” In reflecting on PHS’ 5-0-1 start, Bensky sees work ethic and camaraderie as key factors underlying the the program’s success. “I am just happy with the culture and how dedicated they are to the team,” said Bensky. “They are really ready to play every time they go out. I think the dedication is the
biggest thing. It is tough to instill that; it is something that they have to have a little bit of. You can’t just teach them dedication in a month. I am also impressed with how they root for one another.” Bensky believes that dedication stems from the squad’s core of battle-tested veterans. “I think that we have a really good group of upperclassmen that are very dedicated,” said Bensky. “When they are at the rink, they are there to work. Everyone’s goal is to make a run this year. It starts from the top and the younger players see that. They eventually become older and keep that culture going. That really says a lot about the upperclassmen.” While such upperclassmen as senior Aidan Trainor, senior Rocco Salvato, junior Colm Trainor, and junior Austin Micale have been piling up big numbers, PHS has been getting contributions across the board. “John Zammit has played extremely well so far; Cooper Zullo, who is a freshman, has been good,” said Bensky. “Some people don’t put up stats but Stephen Avis has been playing good defense for us, he is really strong on the puck. Ryan McCormick has been playing good defense. Daniel Prokoshin has
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GRADE A: Princeton High boys’ hockey player Stephen Avis brings the puck up the ice in a game earlier this season. Senior defensemen Avis has provided strong work on the blue line as PHS has started 5-0-1. The Tigers begin the 2020 portion of their schedule by facing Steinert on January 3 at Mercer County Park. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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SIGNED UP: Princeton High senior student-athletes recently gathered to celebrate committing to attend and compete for Division I athletic programs. Pictured, from left, are: Zoe Stokes (Colgate University - women’s swimming); Eva Petrone (Fairfield University - women’s lacrosse); Sophia Craver (Yale University - women’s crew); Lila Doran (College of William & Mary - women’s lacrosse); Shaylah Marciano (University of Michigan - women’s lacrosse); Colleen Linko (Bucknell University - women’s track); Lauren Rougas (Colgate University - women’s soccer); Gillian Hauschild (Colgate University - women’s volleyball); and Matt Perello (Bucknell University - men’s track).
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Boys’ Hockey: Making another good run at the Purple Puck National Capital Hockey Tournament outside of Washington, D.C., Hun advanced to the semifinals where it fell 5-3 to Loyola Academy (Ill.) last Monday. Charles Lavoie scored two goals for the Raiders in the loss with Elliott Lareau adding the third. In upcoming action, Hun, now 3-5 -1, hosts Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) on January 8 at the Ice Land Skating Center.
B oys’ B asketba l l : Ethan Pires and Jay Jackson starred as Pennington defeated Ocean High 63-59 in the championship game of the 16th Annual John Molinelli Holiday Classic at Hopewell Valley last Saturday. Pires and former Princeton High standout Jackson were both named to the AllTournament team for the Red Raiders, who improved to 4-5. Pennington is next in action when it hosts Peddie on January 7.
Wrestling: Aaron Munford and James Romaine provided highlights as PHS competed in the Collingswood Tournament last Friday. Munford took first place at 132 pounds while Romaine placed second at 152 as the Tigers finished 11th of 15 schools in the team standings at the event. In upcoming action, PHS will be taking part in a quad meet at Hopewell Valley on January 4.
Looking to end 2019 on a high note, the Princeton Day School girls’ basketball team jumped out to a 9-3 second quarter lead over Willingboro in its last action before the holiday break. “We definitely came in ready to play,” said PDS head coach Liz Loughlin. “Once we felt a little settled I think we took our foot off the gas and allowed the other team to come back onto the game.” Willingboro came back all the way, outscoring PDS 15-2 over the rest of the first half and the third quarter as it went on to earn a 26-15 win over the Panthers in the December 19 contest. “This is a good game for them to teach them the importance of resilience and fighting back,” said Loughlin, whose team dropped to 1-6 and returns to action when it hosts Steinert on January 4. “Offensively we got a little intimidated when they
stepped up their defense. At the end of the day, it is building resilience in them and helping t hem lear n the importance of fighting back, seeing that games will change.” While Loughlin would have liked to see PDS pull out the win, she had no qualms with how her players battled the Chimeras. “I am proud of their efforts,” said Loughlin. “We are still looking for that consistency piece, bringing 110 percent, 100 percent of the time. It is building the confidence in them that they need to trust in their abilities and trust each other. In assessing the season so far, Loughlin is proud of the progress her core of young performers has been making with freshman Meghan Rentner, sophomore Maddie Nowack, junior Caroline Topping, and sophomore Elle Anhut having stepped up. “We have Meghan who is
coming in as a freshman and having an immediate impact; she has been a really good spark for us,” said Loughlin. “Maddie has been playing really well for us, Caroline has been playing well. Elle has also done well.” He ad i ng i nto 2020, Loughlin believes that the Panthers can make an impact down the homestretch of the season. “I think the focus is competing hard for all four quarters, building consistency and confidence,” said Loughlin. “It is just working to improve our individual skills as a team and building some chemistry. They are a great group, they work really hard and are always looking to get better. We are young and I think that is part of it. We need to gain experience; that is most important for us, getting more games under our belt.” —Bill Alden
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TOPPING IT OFF: Princeton Day School girls’ basketball player Caroline Topping looks to pass the ball in a game last season. Junior guard Topping scored four points in a losing cause as PDS fell 26-15 to Willingboro on December 19 in their last game before the holiday break. The Panthers, now 1-6, start the 2020 portion of their schedule by hosting Steinert on January 4. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
Rabbi Adam S. Feldman Rabbi Adam S. Feldman, age 55, passed away suddenly and tragically, while traveling in Hawaii with his family, on Tuesday, December 24, 2019. He was Senior Rabbi of The Jewish Center in Princeton. Rabbi Feldman received his ordination from the Jewish Theological Seminary of America in New York in 1999. His formal education included receiving a BA from Rutgers University in Hebraic Studies, as well as studying at the Hebrew University and Machon Schechter in Jerusalem. Among his prior positions, he was deeply involved in a wide range of youth and teen activities at Camp Ramah in the Poconos, Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, and United Synagogue Youth (USY) and was Adult Program Director and Youth Community Director at the Highland Park Conservative Temple and Center. Rabbi Feldman joined The Jewish Center in the summer of 2005 after serving for six years as Assistant and Associate Rabbi at Temple Beth Sholom in Roslyn Heights,
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We deliver to ALL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read. (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com tf GREEN–PLANET PAINTING: Commercial, Residential & Custom Paint, Interior & Exterior, Drywall Repairs, Light Carpentry, Deck Staining, Green Paint options, Paper Removal, Power Washing, 15 Years of Experience. FULLY INSURED, FREE ESTIMATES. CALL: (609) 356-4378; perez@green-planetpainting.com 04-03-20 I BUY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469. 09-04-20 JOES LANDSCAPING INC. OF PRINCETON Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs Commercial/Residential Over 45 Years of Experience •Fully Insured •Free Consultations Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ gmail.com Text (only) (609) 638-6846 Office (609) 216-7936 Princeton References •Green Company HIC #13VH07549500
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IT’S A GREAT TIME TO CLEAN & ORGANIZE YOUR HOME! If you offer these services, consider placing your ad with Town Topics! Call (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com DEADLINE: Tues before 12 noon tf HOUSECLEANING: Experienced, English speaking, great references, reliable with own transportation. Weekly & bi-weekly cleaning. Green cleaning available. Susan, (732) 8733168. 11-13-8t HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 tf HANDYMAN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, etc. EPA certified. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www.elegantdesignhandyman.com Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com tf
No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf CREATIVE CLEANING SERVICES: All around cleaning services to fit your everyday needs. Very reliable, experienced & educated. Please call Matthew/Karen Geisenhoner at (609) 587-0231; Email creativecleaningservices@outlook. com 11-20-8t OFFICE SPACE on Witherspoon Street: Private, quiet suite with 4 offices with approx. 950 sq. ft. on ground floor. $1,700 per month rent; utilities included. We can build to suit your business. Email recruitingwr@ gmail.com 12-18-4t HOME HEALTH AIDE/ COMPANION AVAILABLE: NJ certified with 20 years experience. Please call Cindy, (609) 2279873. 01-01-3t ROSA’S CLEANING SERVICE LLC: For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more. Has good English, own transportation. 25 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188. 01-01-5t
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6 BEDROOM RUSTIC COUNTRY HOME: 10 minutes north of Princeton, in the small village of Blawenburg, Skillman, $2,890 discounted monthly rent: http://princetonrentals. homestead.com or (609) 333-6932. 01-01-6t
BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, cameras, silver, costume & fine jewelry. Guitars & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 306-0613. 01-09-20
HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf
TK PAINTING: Interior, exterior. Power-washing, wallpaper removal, plaster repair, Venetian plaster, deck staining. Renovation of kitchen cabinets. Front door & window refinishing. Excellent references. Free estimates. Call (609) 947-3917. 12-18/06-10
ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE: I will clean out attics, basements, garages & houses. Single items to entire estates. No job too big or small. In business over 35 years, serving all of Mercer County. Call (609) 306-0613. 01-09-20
PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 tf
BUYERS • APPRAISERS • AUCTIONEERS Restoration upholstery & fabric shop. On-site silver repairs & polishing. Lamp & fixture rewiring & installation. Palace Interiors Empire Antiques & Auctions monthly. Call Gene (609) 209-0362. 10-02-20
AWARD WINNING HOME FURNISHINGS Custom made pillows, cushions. Window treatments, table linens and bedding. Fabrics and hardware. Fran Fox (609) 577-6654 windhamstitches.com 05-01-20
TOWN TOPICS CLASSIFIEDS GETS TOP RESULTS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go! We deliver to ALL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read. (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com tf GREEN–PLANET PAINTING: Commercial, Residential & Custom Paint, Interior & Exterior, Drywall Repairs, Light Carpentry, Deck Staining, Green Paint options, Paper Removal, Power Washing, 15 Years of Experience. FULLY INSURED, FREE ESTIMATES. CALL: (609) 356-4378; perez@green-planetpainting.com 04-03-20 I BUY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469. 09-04-20 JOES LANDSCAPING INC. OF PRINCETON Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs Commercial/Residential Over 45 Years of Experience •Fully Insured •Free Consultations Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ gmail.com Text (only) (609) 638-6846 Office (609) 216-7936 Princeton References •Green Company HIC #13VH07549500 05-22-20 J.O. PAINTING & HOME IMPROVEMENTS: Painting for interior & exterior, framing, dry wall, spackle, trims, doors, windows, floors, tiles & more. 20 years experience. Call (609) 305-7822. 08-14-20
MUSIC LESSONS: Voice, piano, guitar, drums, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, saxophone, banjo, mandolin, uke & more. One-on-one. $32/ half hour. Ongoing music camps. CALL TODAY! FARRINGTON’S MUSIC, Montgomery (609) 9248282; www.farringtonsmusic.com 07-31-20 HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST: Interior/exterior repairs, carpentry, trim, rotted wood, power washing, painting, deck work, sheet rock/ spackle, gutter & roofing repairs. Punch list is my specialty. 40 years experience. Licensed & insured. Call Creative Woodcraft (609) 586-2130 07-10-20 WHAT’S A GREAT GIFT FOR A FORMER PRINCETONIAN? A Gift Subscription! Call (609) 924-2200 ext 10; circulation@towntopics.com tf
WE BUY CARS Belle Mead Garage (908) 359-8131 Ask for Chris tf IT’S A GREAT TIME TO CLEAN & ORGANIZE YOUR HOME! If you offer these services, consider placing your ad with Town Topics! Call (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com DEADLINE: Tues before 12 noon tf HOUSECLEANING: Experienced, English speaking, great references, reliable with own transportation. Weekly & bi-weekly cleaning. Green cleaning available. Susan, (732) 8733168. 11-13-8t
HANDYMAN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, etc. EPA certified. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www.elegantdesignhandyman.com Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com tf PRINCETON-Seeking tenant who will be in residence only part-time for studio apartment on Princeton estate. Big windows with views over magnificent gardens, built-in bookcases & cabinetry, full bath with tub & shower. Separate entrance, parking. Possible use as an office or art studio. (609) 924-5245. tf CARPENTRY/ HOME IMPROVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf CREATIVE CLEANING SERVICES: All around cleaning services to fit your everyday needs. Very reliable, experienced & educated. Please call Matthew/Karen Geisenhoner at (609) 587-0231; Email creativecleaningservices@outlook. com 11-20-8t OFFICE SPACE on Witherspoon Street: Private, quiet suite with 4 offices with approx. 950 sq. ft. on ground floor. $1,700 per month rent; utilities included. We can build to suit your business. Email recruitingwr@ gmail.com 12-18-4t HOME HEALTH AIDE/ COMPANION AVAILABLE: NJ certified with 20 years experience. Please call Cindy, (609) 2279873. 01-01-3t ROSA’S CLEANING SERVICE LLC: For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more. Has good English, own transportation. 25 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188. 01-01-5t
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STONE POND LODGE
Stone Pond Lodge is a magnificent 6,800 sq ft stone manor home. The house is sited down a long drive, over a bridge and past an inviting pond.The house with 4 bedrooms, 4 full baths and 2 powder rooms, sits among 45.6 acres of rich farmland, perfect for agrarian pursuits or an equine facility. The property allows for the building of 1 additional home. The Great Room offers cathedral ceilings with “rustic” beams, 2-story fireplace, wet bar and walls of glass doors. There is also a caretaker’s apartment. $2,895,000
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Sited on a 2 plus meticulously landscaped acres. The home is comprised of a number of detailed-oriented rooms. The kitchen is a chef\’s dream with a six burner stove and doublesized Viking refrigerator/freezer. Hardwood floors throughout, numerous fireplaces, quality millwork and well-planned entertainment areas.The master bedroom suite offers a large entrance foyer, glass walled sitting room and sumptuous bath. A finished basement is ideal for entertainment.The in-ground pool is smartly placed within the lush surroundings. $1,395,000
RAYMOND EMERSON HOUSE TOWER VIEW MANOR Along a quiet country road in Carversville, the Raymond Emerson House sits majestically. The original stone farmhouse has been totally renovated and a complementary 2nd home has been seamlessly added to create one beautiful home. The original home features two bedrooms, two baths, two fireplaces a kitchen and living Room. The addition has a beautiful Kitchen/Great Room with plastered walls, fireplace and wide Cypress floors. Walls of glass allow nature to become part of the interior. There are 4 bedrooms, 2 kitchens, 5 fireplaces and 4.5 baths in total. $1,775,000
This 14,000 square foot stone manor home (with an additional 4,000 square feet on the lower level) offers 4 bedrooms and six full baths and two powder rooms.The house is enclosed in rows of French doors that create an easy flow from the interior to the al fresco kitchen, in-ground pool, pool house and tennis court. Located less than 10 minutes from the galleries, fine dining and the Bucks County Playhouse in nearby vibrant New Hope. $2,695,000
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