Town Topics Newspaper, January 11, 2023

PPS Dual Language Immersion Program Welcomes Applicants for 2023-2024

The Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Dual Language Immersion (DLI) Program was labeled by the state as a model program when, after many years of planning and preparation, it was founded in 2015. In the years since, it has evolved, progressed, weathered the pandemic, and continued to expand under the leadership of committed administrators and passionate, capable teachers.

With the rst DLI cohort that started in kindergarten and rst grade now advancing through Princeton Middle School (PMS), the program, based at Community Park (CP) Elementary School, is announcing information sessions next week at CP on Wednesday, January 18, at 6:30 p.m. and on Thursday, January 19, at 9 a.m., and is accepting applications for the 2023-2024 school year.

“We’ve had nonstop visitors from around the state and outside the state coming to see our program,” said Priscilla Russel, district supervisor of world languages, ESL/bilingual, and dual language immersion programs. She has also traveled across the country observing other DLI programs and has led many professional development workshops.

“It’s really a wonderful way for children to acquire a second language,” she added. “One of the beauties of an immersion program is that the children are really acquiring language. It surrounds them. Their teachers are not speaking any English at all, but they are seeing pictures, using manipulatives, and doing math in Spanish.”

At CP most students enter the program in kindergarten or rst grade, but it is open to all district students in kindergarten to fth grade who demonstrate appropriate pro ciency in Spanish. Students who enter the program prior to January of rst grade do not need any speci c language expertise. There are currently 257 students in the DLI program at CP and more than 80 at Princeton Middle School.

PPS provides transportation for students in the Johnson Park, Littlebrook, or Riverside neighborhoods who want to participate in the DLI program. The district wants to ensure that all members of the community, including native Spanish speakers, have an opportunity to apply.

One of the rst dual language programs in the area, the CP model teaches the

Three Respiratory Viruses Remain a Threat

Flu, RSV (respiratory syncytial virus), and COVID-19 continue to spread throughout the region and the country.

The new COVID Omicron variant, XBB.1.5, which first appeared in the U. S. last fall, provides more evidence of COVID-19’s ability to evolve rapidly, as its many mutations help it to outmaneuver antibodies and immune defenses and spread broadly. XBB.1.5 currently accounts for more than 70 percent of all new COVID-19 cases in the northeast U.S.

Though cold weather and the holiday season invariably bring more outbreaks and viral spread as people gather indoors, fortunately the three viruses do not seem to rise and fall simultaneously.

Princeton Deputy Administrator for Health and Human Services Jeff Grosser explained the current status of epidemiological surveillance and the current outlook for Princeton and the region in facing the ongoing tripledemic.

“We certainly observed increases in respiratory illnesses in the weeks following both Thanksgiving and Christmas,” he wrote in an email. The central west region of New Jersey, which includes

Mercer County, was in low or moderate COVID-19 activity for most of November and December, he said, “But the last week of December we went to high and continue to sit there as of today (January 9).”

He continued, “Coupled with the high COVID-19 numbers we are seeing, u rates throughout most of the fall were the highest we had seen in years. Fortunately, with the onslaught of new COVID-19 cases, we are beginning to see a decrease in u and RSV cases.”

Grosser pointed out the effectiveness of the XBB.1.5 Omicron strain at evading antibodies. He warned, “Although u and RSV cases are on the decline, COVID-19 cases have been ticking upwards and will likely result in increased hospitalizations.” He went on to emphasize how quickly, just in the past month, this surge in XBB cases has occurred, “yet another reminder of the importance of proper disease surveillance and adapting to the circulating strains.”

Honoring Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. With Special Events, Community Service

With a Community Bagel Breakfast in the morning, followed by a nal “Naming Party” for the Romus Broadway photo collage project, and a reception for an exhibit of paintings by Aaron C. Fisher in the late afternoon, the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) will be a busy place on Monday, January 16 — Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

The ACP is one of several sites in the area that will pay tribute to the late pioneer of civil rights, on the federal holiday marking his birthday. With scheduled talks, concerts, multifaith religious services,

food drives, and more, there are a variety of opportunities in several locations to honor his legacy that day.

The speaker at the ACP’s 9 a.m. breakfast is Princeton University professor Tina Campt, a well-known Black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art. Families are invited to pick up a copy of an updated, limited-edition coloring book featuring prominent Black residents of Princeton throughout history, including business owners, politicians, educators,

DROPPING IN: General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Princeton University alum, makes a ceremonial puck drop before the Princeton University men’s hockey team took on Dartmouth last Saturday night. Milley ’80, a former Tiger hockey player, was on hand to take part in the “Hobey 100 Weekend,” celebrating the 100th year of the Hobey Baker Rink. Pictured with Milley, from left, are Dartmouth captain Tanner Palocsik, Princeton Director of Athletics John Mack, and Princeton captain Pito Walton. Coverage of the games and Milley’s visit starts on page 25.

(Photo by Shelley Szwast, provided courtesy of Princeton Athletics)

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Jewish Center Sponsors “Fresh Look at Pirkei Avot”

In sessions on January 22, February 5, and February 26 at 9:30 a.m., the Jewish Center Princeton will explore “A Fresh Look at Pirkei Avot,” led by Joe Rosenstein in person and via Zoom link.

Pirkei Avot is the only tractate of the Mishnah that teaches no laws and tells no stories. Instead, it introduces ethical and judicial principles and advises how the Jewish tradition was transmitted, and how to interact with contemporaries in both

intimate and communal settings.

Following a lifetime of studying and teaching this text, Rosenstein recently completed a book, Reflections on Pirkei Avot (Ethics of the Fathers): Not Just What My Rebbe Taught Me, in which he examines each teaching, as is usually done, but in which he also looks at the text from a broader perspective — identifying the primary ethical principles that are contained therein and musing on their continuing relevance.

The first session will

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provide an overview of Pirkei Avot and will review selected teachings. The second session will focus on the major innovations in Judaism that took place in the first two centuries of the common era, as reflected in Pirkei Avot. In the third session, participants will read and discuss a selection of the 88 ethical instructions Rosenstein has extracted from Pirkei Avot.

The sessions are open to all. For security reasons, registration is required for all programs. Visit thejewishcenter.org.

In Brief

A Community Bulletin

Warm Clothing Drive : Through January 31, Princeton Human Services is collecting warm gloves, scarves, hats, and socks for families in need, at 1 Monument Drive. Email humanservices@princetonnj.gov or call (609) 688-2055 for more information.

Ice Skating on the Square : On Hulfish Street behind the Nassau Inn, skate on the outdoor synthetic rink through February 26. Tickets are $10, sold at the door. Visit palmersquare.com.

Virtual Public Hearing on Inland Flood Protection Rules: On Wednesday, January 11 at 1 p.m., the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection is seeking public comment on the proposed rules having to do with flood hazard area and stormwater management. Visit nj.gov/dep.

Join Boards, Commissions, or Committees : The municipality is looking to fill vacancies with residents of Princeton who are willing to attend regularly scheduled meetings. Visit princetonnj.gov for more information.

Princeton Farmers Market Winter Market : Most Thursdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the Dinky train station lot, 172 Alexander Street. Local farms, baked goods, artisan foods, unique gifts, and more. Princetonfarmersmarket.com.

Princeton Community Works Conference : The annual virtual conference for those interested in building community nonprofit boards, staff, and volunteers, is January 30-February 1. Admission is $20; group rates and scholarships are available. Keynote speech, workshops, self-care sessions, and more. Princetoncommunityworks.org.

Blood Donors Needed: The American Red Cross needs blood and platelets to keep supplies from dropping. All types are needed, especially type O. Visit RedCrossBlood. org or call (800) 733-2767 for more information.

Free COVID-19 Test Kits: Available at Princeton Health Department, 1 Monument Drive, Monday-Friday 9 a.m.-5 p.m. There is limit of four per household; you must reside in Princeton to get the kits.

Free Vision and Dental Services for Low Income Residents : The municipality is offering these services for low-income Princeton residents impacted by the pandemic. For application information, visit Princetonnj.gov.

HONORING KING WITH NATURE: Volunteers are welcome to join Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) in half-day, family-friendly sessions for FOPOS’ MLK Day of Service on Monday, January 16. “Just a half-day of volunteering at Mountain Lakes Preserve can make a world of difference in maintaining this oasis of natural beauty in the heart of Princeton,” said Anna Corichi, FOPOS director of natural resources and stewardship, “and it’s an excellent way to honor the memory of Dr. King.” Meet at the Mountain Lakes House event parking lot. Register at fopos. org/getinvolved.

Marquand Park to Celebrate “StoryWalk,” A Different Way to Read a Book

Among those to recently achieve this distinction is Ansh Rana, a senior at South Brunswick High School and a member of Boy Scout Troop 90 in Kendall Park. Rana has based his Eagle Scout project at Princeton’s Marquand Park, a place he visited frequently as a child. “StoryWalk,” which displays pages from the children’s book Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson along the park’s Rhododendron Trail, will have its official debut with a ribbon-cutting on Saturday, January 14 at 11 a.m.

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“I’ve always loved reading,” Rana said. “This was a way to combine that with the experience of the outdoors, which is what the project is about.”

A scout since elementary school, Rana began thinking about the Eagle Scout project a few years ago.

“During COVID, I was on a hike with my parents, and I saw it [a ‘StoryWalk’] at another park,” he said. “Then this past summer, I was at Marquand Park, and I was brainstorming. And it just came to me.”

“StoryWalk” trails are located in all 50 states and 12 countries. The project, which was created by Anne Ferguson of Montpelier, Vermont, and developed in collaboration with the Kellogg-Hubbard Library, gives children and adults a way to simultaneously enjoy reading and the outdoors. Pages from a book are laminated and put in display frames at intervals along a nature trail.

Marquand Park board members supported Rana’s idea. He credits them, and volunteers from Troop 90, for assisting with the project. Scouts and adults helped him build, assemble, and install the 11 display

frames along the trail and place the pages of Tap the Magic Tree into the frames.

The plan is for a new book to be displayed each season. “The park suggested the book they wanted for the first one,” Rana said. “The signs are replaceable. So when they decide to change the story, they can easily swap it out.”

Young readers can experience the entire story as they walk the Rhododendron Trail, which is in the native woods of the 17-acre park, a historic preserve of trees and woodlands. Marquand Park and Arboretum was originally the landscaped

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READING ALONG THE TRAIL: Ansh Rana, behind the wheelbarrow, recently installed a “StoryWalk” at Marquand Park’s Rhododendron Trail with a group of helpers.

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garden of a 19th century estate. Some trees in the park are the largest of their kind in New Jersey. The Marquand Park Foundation was established in 1954 and supports planting and special maintenance programs to preserve the park for the public to enjoy.

While the official opening is Saturday, the “StoryWalk” is already attracting young visitors. “Some of the board members told me kids have already gone through and loved it,” said Rana. “That was nice to hear.”

—Anne Levin

Affordable Housing Event

At Princeton Public Library

“Expanding Princeton’s Affordable Housing,” a presentation in partnership with Princeton Future, takes place Saturday, January 21, at Princeton Public Library. The event features three presentations.

The first is at 9 a.m., titled “Building a Common Vocabulary of Housing Types.” Rich Rein, a member of the Council of Princeton Future, discusses eliminating misunderstandings and bringing the community together to create a common vocabulary to use when talking about housing types. Attendees are invited to bring examples of buildings to be included in the discussion or email them in advance to princeton.future.2035@ gmail.com.

Rein, author of American Urbanist: How William H. Whyte’s Unconventional Wisdom Reshaped Public Life, is the editor of TAPinto Princeton Community News, an all-digital local news site, and former editor of U.S. 1 newspaper.

At 10 a.m., Marina Rubina leads the discussion “Building Livable, Lovable Density.” Rubina, a member of the Council of Princeton Future, identifies ways to build quality, sustainable housing that people of various incomes can afford and use to build equity. The Princeton-based architect’s Quarry Street home won the 2012 Merrit Award for Built Residential Project of the New Jersey chapter of the American Institute of Architects.

The final session at 11 a.m. is “What Can We Do Together?” Matt Mleczko, a member of the Princeton Affordable Housing Board, gives a presentation where participants are encouraged to bring up to three ideas for solving the housing crisis (such as land use policies, zoning, transit and finance).

Mleczko is a doctoral candidate in population studies and social policy and a prize fellow in the social sciences at Princeton University. He studies housing inequality and housing policy with a particular interest in policies that promote affordable housing and integrated, cohesive communities, and is also a graduate student researcher with the Eviction Lab.

The presentations will be held in the Community Room at the library and also via Zoom. Registration is required through the library’s events calendar (princetonlibrary.org) to receive the Zoom link. Registration is not required to attend in person.

A forum for the expression of opinions about local and national issues.

Question of the Week:

“What is the appeal of historic Hobey Baker Rink?”

(Asked Saturday at PU’s “Hobey 100 Weekend” celebration) (Photos by Charles R. Plohn)

“It’s the oldest collegiate rink in the nation. It’s just for college hockey, and it’s just great history.”

“I think it’s a uniquely-designed venue that still retains much of its character and the qualities that make it special. The rink is dedicated in memory of a unique individual, both in their athletic ability and commitment to society. I think the marriage of those two things, and the longevity of it, is what makes Hobey Baker Rink so special.”

“I’ve been coming here since I was a kid. This rink is just awesome. To be able to be in this old arena that hasn’t really changed much over the past 100 years, and watch great hockey, is just awesome.”

Sean: “I used to play here as a kid, playing for Princeton Youth Hockey, so it’s really neat coming back here and getting to witness this celebration.”

Brad: “I love the design and feel of the rink, but it’s pretty amazing just thinking about the people who have skated here and been in this building over the past 100 years.”

—Sean Sirois with Brad Barksdale, both of Hamilton

Chad: “It’s really cool just to look around and see all of the old teams and all of the accomplishments, and how much has happened here.”

Riordan: “I like how they have murals of all of the past players who have been in the NHL and the Olympics.”

Xavier: “I found the history behind it very interesting. The other rinks in the area just can’t compare.”

—Chad Barrett, Hopewell with Riordan Knox and Xavier Hoekzena, both of Princeton

—Alan Strawser, East Windsor

—John Vomberger, Bryn Mawr, Pa.

—John Mack, Princeton

Justin “Jud” Gauthier in Between Two Knees. Photo by Charlie T. Erickson.; The 1491s. Photo by Migizi Pensoneau.

Council Begins the New Year With Reorganization and Reports

Princeton Mayor Mark Freda got 2023 off to an auspicious start at Council’s annual reorganization meeting on Thursday, January 5 by noting that it was the 10th anniversary, to the day, of consolidation of the former Princeton Borough and Township. The town runs more efficiently as a result of that action, he said, and asked those in attendance who worked on consolidation to stand and acknowledge applause.

The annual reorganization meeting is a chance for each member of Council to summarize work over the previous year, and talk about goals for the upcoming 12 months. It also when a new president is elected — Mia Sacks takes over from outgoing president Leticia Fraga — and future plans are announced. Recently reelected members Sacks and Michelle Pirone Lambros were sworn in by State Sen. Andrew Zwicker, and Fraga and Councilman David Cohen said they will run for reelection when their current terms expire.

In her remarks, Sacks praised the governing body for fostering an atmosphere of “collaboration and collegiality as opposed to competition.” She mentioned several priorities for the coming year, including “eliminating exclusionary zoning and housing patterns that prevent lower income and communities of color from residing in safe, affordable homes and neighborhoods.”

Fraga said she will continue her work on affordability, food insecurity, and equal access to basic needs, and praised the expansion in 2022 of access to medical, dental, and vision care for those who need it. Cohen took another route, pondering the question of why it takes so long to resolve issues like permit parking and bicycle safety. He urged residents to get engaged and attend meetings as a way to speed the process. “We want to hear from the broader community,” he said. “Be patient. We’re paddling as hard as we can.”

Councilwoman Eve Niedergang focused on environmental issues and sustainability, while Pirone Lambros talked about economic development. “We have to fi gure out ways to incentivize smart growth without increasing the burden on our taxpayers,” she said.

Last to speak was Councilman Leighton Newlin, winding up his first year as a member of the governing body. “Serving on Council is not for the faint of heart,” he said. “You can’t mail it in, because your colleagues are all working hard and depending on you to contribute, engage, and get it right.” He continued, “If I have learned anything, it’s that great cities and towns have a combination of leadership and infrastructure. Princeton has both.”

At a Council meeting on Monday, January 9, Jeff Grosser, deputy administrator for health and human services, reported that Lewis Hurd has begun the job as newly appointed affordable housing manager.

Municipal Engineer Deanna

Stockton gave an update on the new residential trash collection program. Flyers will arrive by mail at local residences next week, and new carts will be available for pickup at Princeton Theological Seminary once they are assembled. Residents are urged to recycle their existing carts instead of throwing them out, and information will be available on ways to do so, she said.

Council introduced ordinances regulating speed limits on Witherspoon Street and John Street, and establishing a new affordable housing overlay zone along portions of Witherspoon Street. The public hearing for both is at the next meeting on Monday, January 23.

—Anne Levin

New Hopewell Farmers

On Watershed Acreage

The Watershed Institute has signed a lease with the co-owners of Fairgrown Farm to expand the farm’s community supported agriculture (CSA) subscriptions in the upcoming season.

Hopewell Borough natives James Klett, 24, and his brother Alex, 28, will farm initially on 12 acres of land on Wargo Road and, if all goes well in the next two years, will eventually expand to 27 acres by 2025. The Watershed acreage will allow access for visitors and expand their seven-acre operations on Aunt Molly Road. Their two farms will produce the yield for their Fairgrown Farm CSA.

“We know these two young farmers will be fine stewards of these agricultural lands and continue The Watershed Institute’s commitment to organic farming,” said Jim Waltman, the Watershed’s executive director.

Fairgrown Farm has started selling 2023 CSA shares and will offer locations for picking up shares at the small red barn on Wargo Road on Wednesdays and Saturdays. They also will offer Sunday CSA pickups at the Hopewell Farmers Market in the borough, and home delivery for a nominal fee. In typical years, their CSA runs for 30 weeks from early May until Thanksgiving.

“We grew up hearing about how The Watershed farm was a huge part of Hopewell,” said James Klett. “For us to be able to step in and bring new life to the farm is really exciting.”

Visit thewatershed.org for more information.

Winter Sowing Workshop

At Hopewell Train Station

The public is invited to attend a free Winter Sowing Workshop from 1-2:30 p.m. on Sunday, January 22 at the Hopewell Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell.

Participants will learn how to build a mini greenhouse using a repurposed milk jug. This easy winter sowing method is inexpensive — and ideal for many native plants or early-season garden vegetables.

The workshop will be led by sisters Carole Fay and Laurie Cleveland. Fay is a retired agriculture teacher and Master Gardener; Cleveland is the executive director of the Sourland Conservancy and a PA Master Naturalist. The two will offer a PowerPoint presentation, demonstration, and a question-and-answer session.

“Providing food and shelter for native wildlife is very rewarding,” said Fay. “This winter sowing method is a fantastic way for beginners to learn the basics and grow lots of pretty native plants with minimal time or money.”

Participants will gain knowledge about cold stratification, the habitat requirements of several native plants, and some of the wildlife that the plants support. Each participant will receive all of the supplies needed to winter sow at home: a repurposed milk jug, a twist tie, native seeds, and soil.

Visit sourland.org/events to register.

JOIN GEOFFREY BERMAN FOR AN EXCLUSIVE FIRESIDE CHAT!

Geoffrey Berman served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) under former President Trump. Details about his tumultuous experience are shared in his recently released New York Times best seller “Holding the Line: Inside the Nation’s Preeminent U.S. Attorney’s Office and Its Battle with the Trump Justice Department”.

Berman will discuss his fascinating career and some notable cases from his tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s Office including charging Jeffrey Epstein, Big Pharma executives, domestic terrorists, and vicious criminal syndicates, as well as repatriating Nazi-looted art.

Moderator: Dina Shaw, Greenwood House Board Member and community leader.

Greenwood House is a nonprofit, nonsectarian, mission-based long term care organization

comprehensive provider of wellness-focused senior lifestyle and health

services. Greenwood House is a beneficiary agency of the Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks.

NEW COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Mia Sacks, left, was sworn in as Princeton Council president by New Jersey Assemblywoman Sadaf Jaffer, right, at the governing body’s reorganization meeting on January 5.

core content in both languages, about half the day in English, half in Spanish. Every DLI student has two main teachers, one for English instruction, one for Spanish. Students learn math, science, and Spanish language arts in Spanish, and language arts and social studies in English.

This model in operation at CP allows students to maintain and increase profi ciency in their native language while adding another language. “When children move to the middle school, we’re sending them on with another language. How impressive their language ability is — it’s incredible,” said second grade Spanish partner teacher Adam Blejwas, who is also the parent of two daughters in grades four and seven who have been enrolled in the DLI program since kindergarten.

“It’s been an amazing journey for our students and staff and for me,” said CP Principal Dineen Gruchacz, founder of the program along with Russel. “I believe very strongly in the power of language and being able to communicate in more than one language.”

She discussed factors that have helped to make the program a success at CP. “It’s a very welcoming school with an extremely dedicated staff,” she said. “Our teachers are passionate about dual language immersion, and I think that’s one reason why the program has been so successful. They share their enthusiasm with our students. I am very proud

of what we have accomplished.”

Gruchacz explained that a number of PPS students are already bilingual, not just in English and Spanish, when they come into the program, and those students will be learning a third language.

For students who are native Spanish speakers, she says, “a program like this allows them to keep their Spanish language and also to improve and grow in their native language while also learning English. It’s refi ning both languages and skills and not abandoning their native language.”

She pointed out that exposure to the cultural aspects of the Spanish-speaking countries is incorporated into the program’s instruction. “It’s important to us to be able to protect and preserve the culture of our Hispanic community. It’s sort of a complete package for any child and any family who is interested and believes in bilingualism,” she said.

Russel noted that, along with communication skills and cultural competence, a third goal of the program is to develop confi dence. “This is a mantra that we have in world languages and it extends into the DLI program, that we want to develop our children in both communication and cultural competence, and also confi dence,” she said.

Russel had a number of stories about students sharing their cultures and fi nding similarities in different cultures, and about elementary school kids stepping up, and using their Spanish language abilities to communicate outside of school, at the

restaurant, at the haircutter, on the athletic fi eld, and beyond.

She went on to cite research that indicates that DLI programs can foster enhanced cognitive skills, including greater intellectual fl exibility, increased attention control, better memory, and superior problem-solving skills.

“Dual Language Immersion certainly accelerates the learning and the profi ciency in what we call the target language,” said Gruchacz. “If you are an English speaker and your parents choose to place you in an immersion program, your ability to learn language hinges on many things, but one of the important things is exposure. By starting the program at the kindergarten or preschool level we know that everything we can teach our children, they’re less inhibited. When you’re 5, that confi dence is there.”

She continued, “I remember when I was in high school having Spanish for maybe one period a day, and that wasn’t nearly enough to learn it, even if I did it for four years. This program is daily repetitive, deep practice.”

There are currently three DLI cohorts at Princeton Middle School (PMS), with a full program including several social studies classes in Spanish. “The competence and confi dence are there,” said Russel, and she pointed out that as DLI students start to move on to Princeton High School (PHS) next year there will be plenty of advanced Spanish classes available.

Offerings in Spanish at PHS will include a new horticulture course, a popular Latin America cinema course, possibly a history course in the future, and much more. “We have 12 levels of Spanish at PHS, so I’m quite confi dent that we have the appropriate level for our DLI students,” Russel added.

Danny Freund, the parent of two DLI students who both started in the program in kindergarten and now are in third and fifth grade, commented on the program and its impact on his children.

“Since language shapes the way we see the world, we wanted to give our kids the gift of being able to see the world through more than one lens,” he wrote in an email. “The program challenges them to be creative in fi nding ways to express themselves and understand others, while gaining the skills at each grade that are expected of them. The teachers, instructional aides, and

staff have been so dedicated to the program, and the program continues to expand.”

Freund’s son and daughter, he added, have had teachers or instructional aides from Puerto Rico, Peru, Argentina, and Guatemala and have enjoyed learning about various aspects of culture and heritage in many different Spanish-speaking countries. “Overall, we feel very lucky to be part of this program,” he said.

Gruchacz emphasized the effectiveness of the teaching staff. “We have been blessed with some of the most phenomenal teachers and instructional assistants that you can imagine,” she said. “These are teachers who believe in the power of the program and the power of language. And we have the most amazing cohort of instructional assistants, who are all active Spanish speakers and add a second adult voice to the classroom.”

Describing the DLI program as “the shining star”

of the district, Blejwas expressed his enthusiasm for the program as a teacher and a parent. “As someone who sees all sides of the program, I continue to be impressed by all that it has to offer,” he said. “As parents we are thankful to see our children growing up as bilingual, culturally aware global citizens.”

—Donald Gilpin

LEARNING LANGUAGES: Students at Community Park (CP) Elementary School eagerly engage in the Dual Language Immersion Program (DLI), learning in Spanish half the day and in English the other half. DLI Parent Information Sessions will be taking place at CP next week, with the program currently welcoming kindergarten and first grade applicants for 2023. (Photo courtesy of Princeton Public Schools)

and influential women, in addition to King’s visits to the University campus in the 1960s. The book was designed in partnership with the Historical Society of Princeton, WitherspoonJackson neighborhood historian Shirley Satterfield, and the University’s Wintersession. Participants are asked to bring canned or boxed non-perishables for a food drive to benefit Princeton Nursery School.

Once the bagels and coffee are cleared away, the photo collages will be moved in. The 11 a.m. “Naming Party” is the last of three gatherings devoted to identifying and preserving the names of friends, family, and community members pictured in collages by Broadway, who died in 2020. Some of these works have been displayed at various events at the ACP, most recently on vinyl banners hung from poles along Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood streets.

“We’ve shown the collages many times, and whenever we do, people are so interested,” said Maria Evans, ACP’s artistic director. “They come in and say, ‘Oh! There’s my cousin.’ Or ‘There’s my

brother when he was 10 years old. One day John Bailey (Witherspoon-Jackson native and community organizer) came in and said, ‘That’s my mom!’ They make people laugh and cry and remember. The pictures are that strong. They are very candid, with a few exceptions like proms and other events. But most are from backyard barbecues, or the Elks Lodge, or just common, everyday life.”

Holding the party on Martin Luther King Jr. Day makes sense, since many people will have the day off from work.

“These names were going to be lost,” said Evans. “People need to come in and identify them.” The ACP is at 102 Witherspoon Street. Visit artscouncilofprinceton.org for details.

Those who prefer to remain outdoors can pay tribute to King by doing just that, at Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. In two sessions, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and 1 to 3 p.m., “A Day of Service in Nature” invites participants to join the land steward team of Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) helping to remove invasive plants such as Japanese honeysuckle, burning bush, and multiflora rose in riparian restoration project areas; and sow winter seeds.

“Volunteers will be guided

by FOPOS’s director of natural resources and stewardship, and the skills learned at these sessions can easily be applied to restoring habitat in your own backyard,” reads a press release from FOPOS. Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve is at 30 Mountain Avenue. Visit fopos.org for details and registration.

Another way to honor King with community service is the MLK Day of Service at the West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road. From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., volunteers can join the arts council and the African American Parent Support Group as they package donations in a variety of categories, to go to local agencies for people in need. The total number of volunteer spots is limited for the safety of participants. For details, visit westwindsorarts.org.

At its James Kerney campus in Trenton, Mercer County Community College is holding a Day of Service and Celebration in honor of King, starting at 9 a.m. (registration begins at 8 a.m.). A coat drive for the Rescue Mission of Trenton, utensil and toiletry wrapping to benefit the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, a community cleanup of the capital city, a “Crochet for a Cause” project in conjunction with the college’s fashion design program to benefit HomeFront; and wrapping personal care items for Capital Health patients are among the activities planned.

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Lunch will be held at 12:30 p.m., followed by performances and speakers celebrating King’s life. The keynote speaker is the Rev. Toby Sanders, whose topic is titled “First Steps.” Visit mccc.edu/mlk_dos for more

information. The James Kerney campus is at 102 North Broad Street.

Arm in Arm is the beneficiary of proceeds from Trenton Music Makers’ seventh annual Martin Luther King Day of Service Concert, being held at 6 p.m. at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. Offered in past years as a gift to the community, this year the organization invites audience members to contribute non-perishable foods, or monetary donation for Arm in Arm’s food bank. No tickets are required. Visit capitalharmony.works/events for more information.

The annual multifaith service being held at Nassau Presbyterian Church from 7 to 8:30 p.m. is a collaborative effort of the Princeton Clergy Association and the Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action. The Rev. Vernon Byrd Jr., pastor of St. Matthew AME Church in Philadelphia, will preach, and a multifaith community choir will perform. The liturgy will be led by a diverse group of faith leaders.

Donations collected during the service will be split between Not in Our Town Princeton and the Peace Action Education Fund. The church is at 61 Nassau Street. Visit peacecoalition.org or call (609) 924-5022 for more information.

Further afield, there are events being held in Philadelphia not just on January 16, but on additional dates. “Martin Luther King Jr. Weekend” is celebrated January 14-16 at the Museum of the American Revolution (101 South Third Street). At Bartram’s Garden (5400 Lindbergh

Boulevard), volunteers can pay tribute to King by helping to beautify this historic landmark from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The National Constitution Center (525 Arch Street) offers free admission and extended hours, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., on January 16. Special programming includes readings of King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, family-friendly concerts

featuring songs form the civil rights era, and more. And at Eastern State Pententiary (2027 Fairmount Avenue), a free event for all ages commemorates King’s legacy with special emphasis on the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” he wrote in 1963. From 12 to 2 p.m., kids can participate in a special storytime circle.

—Anne Levin

Worship Service

Preaching Sunday, January 15, 2023

Rev. Dr. David Latimore

Director, Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies, Princeton Theological Seminary Music performed by the Princeton University Chapel Choir with Nicole Aldrich, Director of Chapel Music and of the University Chapel Choir, and with guest organist, Brenda Day. The Chapel Choir will perform an African-American spiritual as well as music by John Bell.

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Martin Luther King Jr.

Rider’s Princeton Campus Gains Variety of

Temporary New Tenants

Rider University’s Princeton campus, formerly the home of Westminster Choir College (WCC), is certainly not as lively these days as it was before WCC was moved to Rider’s Lawrence Township campus two years ago, but there are definitely signs of life and even the sound of music emanating from the Walnut Lane campus.

Rider merged with WCC in 1992 and since 2017 has been trying to sell the 22acre Princeton campus, but ongoing litigation continues to attempt to bring the WCC back to Princeton and block any land sales.

Meanwhile the Westminster Conservatory, Rider’s community music school, continues to operate on the campus, offering a wide range of music lessons, classes, recitals, and other performance opportunities, “welcoming young musicians of all ages, skill levels, instrument preferences, and economic backgrounds,” according to the Westminster Conservatory website.

Sounding forth from the former Talbott Library on campus are the voices and instruments of the early childhood Music Together classes. “It feels good to be using Westminster for what it was intended — beautiful,” said Sarah Orfe, director of the Music Together Princeton Lab School, which started up in its new home on the Rider Westminster campus on January 9.

Music Together occupies two joined-together,

garden-level classrooms in what used to be a computer laboratory and will be holding seven morning and three afternoon classes each week.

Music Together, which originated in Princeton 35 years ago, according to Orfe, now operates in 41 different countries. It has seven different locations in just the Mercer County area.

Also on the Rider Princeton campus is the American Repertory Ballet (ARB), which is using space there as a supplement to its facility at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), where ARB is a resident company. Princeton Ballet School, the official school of ARB, offers classes at its locations at the Princeton Shopping Center, on Main Street in Cranbury, and at the NBPAC.

Another tenant on Rider’s Princeton campus is the Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra, and Rider is using some of the rehearsal spaces and classrooms for a small number of WCC students. It has also been leasing a parking lot on campus for permit parking used by employees of local businesses and Princeton Public Schools.

—Donald Gilpin

Philadelphia Flower Show Plans to Be Announced

The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society (PHS) will announce information on Flower Show exhibitors on January 23. This event will be held in the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts’ Tuttleman Gallery, showcasing framed renderings and artistic interpretations of many of the key exhibitors among the museum’s backdrop of collections.

The show is called “The Garden Electric.” Extensive Flower Show information, including musical programming, activities, special events, and other guest details will also be shared at the event. The 2023 show runs from March 4-12 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. Tickets are on sale at tickets.phsonline.org.

“This year, we’re working hard to create a cohesive and fully immersive experience for our Flower Show attendees. Design choices are intentionally being made to mimic the feel of being outdoors in nature by creating larger displays that surround guests, and our lineup of exhibitors is incredible,” said PHS Creative Director Seth Pearsoll.

“Every exhibitor is creating a unique, spectacular interpretation of the theme, filled with bold color and interesting design elements that will really captivate our guests while the promenade style path ensures that all visitors will be enveloped by these stunning works of art.”

keeping space exploration safe and accessible for all humankind

Dr. Moriba Jah Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics, The University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Craig Gronczewski, chief medical officer and vice president of medical affairs at Penn Medicine

Princeton Health (PMPH), noted that patient volume at PMPH’s emergency department has recently been about 20 percent higher than anticipated, but he expressed confidence that the hospital will successfully meet the demand.

“We are increasing staff across the board — physicians, nurses, and patient care technicians — and repurposing some areas within the department to create additional space for patient care, when needed,” he wrote in a January 10 email.

“Hospitals across New Jersey are experiencing a surge in patients with respiratory infections, and Princeton Medical Center is no exception,” Gronczewski said. “Our emergency department has been busy

for several weeks due to an influx of patients with influenza, COVID-19, and other respiratory infections such as RSV. We also are seeing patients with more severe illnesses who require complex care.”

Gronczewski added that PMPH has maintained policies such as universal masking to help protect patients, visitors, and staff members against the spread of respiratory infections.

In its most recent Influenza and Respiratory Illness Surveillance Report, for the week ending December 31, 2022, the New Jersey Department of Health cited a “high” level of influenza activity statewide, but influenza-related emergency department visits and outpatient provider visits lower than the previous week and lower than the same week in 2021. It went on to report three confirmed influenza-associated pediatric deaths this season, the first in the state in more than two years. There have been

outbreaks of flu in all settings throughout the state.

The Princeton Health Department continues to be an important resource for the community regarding infectious diseases as it provides COVID-19 and flu vaccinations, with upcoming vaccination clinics listed on the health department website at princetonnj.gov and the NJ Vaccine Finder at covid19.nj.gov.

Grosser noted, “We continue to urge residents to stay home when sick, practice good hygiene like washing hands frequently, get vaccinated if you haven’t already, and anyone who has underlying illnesses should mask up during these surges in respiratory illnesses.”

Describing disease surveillance as “our best defense in recognizing new strains that could impact our public health approaches,” Grosser used a football metaphor, comparing disease surveillance to scouting another team before a big game.

“In public health, prevention requires a game plan, and disease surveillance is similar to having the other team’s playbook and knowing what play is going to get called,” he said. “The players need to respond and adapt to each play. This is essentially community health precautions going into effect.”

—Donald Gilpin

New Jersey Historic Trust Offers Preservation Grants

The New Jersey Historic Trust (the Trust) has announced that applications for the Preserve New Jersey Historic Preservation Fund grants are now available. Applications must be submitted by April 19.

The Trust, which is affi liated with the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs (DCA), will this year offer preservation planning; municipal, county, and regional planning; and heritage tourism (Historic Site Management) grants, as well as “bricks and mortar” (Capital Preservation) grants. Eligible applicants are 501c nonprofit organizations and units of county, municipal, or state government. Properties must be certified eligible for listing on the New Jersey Register of

Historic Places by August 1 to be eligible to receive funds.

“New Jersey has a rich history and we want to continue to preserve it for future generations,” said Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver, who serves as DCA commissioner. “We are excited to make $10 million available to preserve historic properties, which play a key role in increasing tourism and economic development at both the local and state level.”

Applications and guidelines are available at nj.gov/dca/ njht/programs/preservenj/ overview.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to read the grant guidelines to determine if the proposed project is eligible for funding. Staff is available to answer questions at (609) 984-0473 or njht@dca. nj.gov.

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Mercer County Participates in

Urging Area Residents to Support Cinemas That Feature Alternatives to Mainstream Fare

To the Editor:

An article in the New York Times last month enumerated some recent movies that were big hits in post-lockdown theaters: Top Gun: Maverick, The Woman Kin g, and Everything Everywhere All at Once, among them But the article went on to describe the struggle at the box office of acclaimed but less spectacle-driven releases, such as Tár, Till, The Fabelmans, Armageddon Time, She Said, Eo, Women Talking, and many more. Said the writer, “Just a few years ago, those kinds of films would have at least doubled their current grosses. But the older audiences they rely on simply haven’t returned to theaters . . . .”

What many previously habitual moviegoers don’t realize is that, from a public health standpoint, cinemas in the Princeton area like the Garden and Montgomery are, sadly, the safest places to be. Those of us who continue to attend regularly most often find ourselves in nearly empty theaters.

How long can these cinemas stay in business? For movie lovers who savor independent and foreign films and documentaries, the Garden and Montgomery have been a blessing. I urge everyone to recall how exhilarating it can be to see exceptional films on a full-size screen in the company of a large audience that shares one’s anticipation and responses; why not try going back to the movies?

I realize that even before the pandemic people became accustomed to the convenience of watching films at home, and that it is difficult to break that habit. But I caution everyone not to take for granted the luxury of having in our area two theaters that consistently offer rewarding alternatives to mainstream Hollywood fare films that are challenging, layered, nuanced, stimulating, enlightening, well-acted, and well made, and that provoke us to think about and discuss with others what we’ve just seen.

Remember when entertaining and ambitious films that were being screened only in theaters prompted a “You have to go see this movie” buzz that brought appreciative filmgoers together? I implore area residents to imagine what we will lose if these cinemas end up as just two more small businesses that are closed and shuttered and our having no theater to go to when someone exclaims, “You have to go see this!”

JANET STERN Monroe Lane

Westminster Community Orchestra Thanks All Who Attended, Contributed at Holiday Concert

To the Editor:

The Westminster Community Orchestra (WCO) would like to extend its thanks to the members of the Princeton community who attended our recent holiday concert and contributed to our annual collection for area service organizations. This year’s donations were divided between TASK, Arm in Arm, the Princeton Mobile Food Pantry, and Cornerstone Community Kitchen.

Over the past 10 years, the WCO has been able to donate hundreds of dollars to worthy organizations, thanks to the generosity of our holiday concert audiences. We greatly appreciate the kindness and compassion of our concert attendees and look forward to supporting the important work being done in our community for our neighbors in need for years to come. We look forward to seeing you at our upcoming concerts.

Best wishes for a happy, healthy, and musical New Year!

DR. RUTH OCHS

Conductor,

and the Members of the Westminster Community Orchestra

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Morven Hosts Reading, Signing

By Historian Maxine Lurie Jan. 12

Historian Maxine Lurie will discuss her new book, Taking Sides in Revolutionary New Jersey: Caught in the Crossfire (Rutgers University Press) at Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, on January 12 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. in person and online. $5-$10.

The talk will include a book signing with Lurie, whose book will be available for purchase on site. Doors open for the in-person event at 6 p.m. in the Stockton Education Center at Morven. The virtual waiting room opens on Zoom at 6 p.m. A Q&A for both live and virtual attendees will follow the talk. A Zoom webinar link will be shared with virtual ticket holders upon registration at morven.org. A recording of the event will be provided following the program.

During the American Revolution, New Jersey experienced eight years of living in an active war zone. Some residents took sides, varying from “Loyalist” to “Patriot,” while many others were caught in a dangerous middle ground. Richard Stockton and others in Princeton’s community were no exception.

According to James Gigantino, author of The Ragged Road to Abolition: Slavery and Freedom in New Jersey : “With this volume, Lurie solidifies herself as the leading scholar of Revolutionary New Jersey by uncovering the vital role that people played in creating the ‘messy complexity’ of the Revolution in New Jersey. Lurie convincingly shows that Americans did not all agree on a path forward in 1776, joining the Patriots, Crown, or remaining neutral for a myriad of complex reasons. Taking Sides deftly exposes the civil war underway in the young state, including the war’s devastating economic toll on the state and its dramatic effect on individual people’s lives.”

Lurie is a retired professor of history from Seton Hall University, who has concentrated on early American history and the history of New Jersey. She has worked with other scholars on The Encyclopedia of New Jersey, Mapping New Jersey , and Envisioning New Jersey.

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Bob Dylan — Tangled Up in Blew By You

Some things that happen for the first time Seem to be happening again feel like I’ve already written about this song before,” Bob Dylan says of Rodgers and Hart’s “Where Or When,” which he saved for the last chapter of The Philosophy of Modern Song (Simon & Schuster $45). “But that’s understandable” because it “dances around the outskirts of our memory drawing us in with images of the familiar being repeated and beguiling us with lives not yet lived.”

“It’s a song of reincarnation,” Dylan adds, referring to Dion and the Belmonts’ 1959 rendition of a number first performed in the 1937 Broadway musical Babes in Arms . “History keeps repeating itself, and every moment of life is the same moment, with more than one level of meaning.” At this point, Dylan slips into the second person, as he does throughout the book and in some of his greatest songs, including “Like a Rolling Stone”: “You were having a discourse, rambling on, thinking out loud, discussing things, letting your hair down, having eyeball to eyeball encounters, playing peekaboo — going backwards, forwards, to and fro — without any difference, with an inkling that it all happened earlier, but you can’t pinpoint the location the district or the region, and now it’s happening again ....”

In fact, Dylan’s new book can be read as a coda to his acclaimed memoir Chronicles: Volume One (2004), which features scattered comments on innumerable songs and musicians, a practice he continued from 2006 to 2009 on Sirius XM’s “Theme Time Radio Hour” and again in “Murder Most Foul” (2020), the almost 17-minutelong epic that includes punning riffs on song and film titles and events of the sixties in a powerful reimagining of Kennedy’s assassination.

Dylan’s Women

Some reviewers have criticized Dylan for giving scant coverage to female songwriters and performers and for the crude, pulp-purple language with which he treats the female subjects of songs like the Eagles’ “Witchy Woman” (1972). Dylan offsets his “bad fairy, evil genius” image of Santana’s “Black Magic Woman” (1970), however, with an appreciation of Leigh Brackett, an unheralded female screenwriter who “wrote for the science fiction pulps in the early forties” and helped William Faulkner “navigate the labyrinthine plot” of Howard Hawks’s classic film noir

The Big Sleep

Women also help drive the dynamic of Dylan’s own real-life noir “Murder Most Foul,” with its couplets on Etta James, Dizzy Miss Lizzie, Little Suzie, Patsy Cline and the Acid Queen. All through his work, from “Girl of the North Country” to “Mother of Muses,” it’s the women who charm, disarm, amaze, seduce, betray, illuminate, and mystify you.

Who’s That Girl?

There’s a mystery on the cover of The Philosophy of Modern Song . Even if you aren’t particularly conversant with the history of rock, you’ll probably recognize Little Richard and possibly Eddie “Summertime Blues” Cochran, but what about the girl standing between them holding a guitar and smiling out at you? Imagine all the countless readers who have wondered “Who’s that girl?” during the months the book has been in stores and on the New York Times best-seller list. You’d think the publisher of a tome as abundantly illustrated as this one would provide an identifying caption. Apparently it was Dylan’s idea to keep her identity a mystery; surely he had to realize that curious readers would check on Google and YouTube and find Alys Lesley, billed as “the female Elvis” during her brief career (“Lesley rhymes with Presley”). Alys, also known as Alice, was 19 at the time of Little Richard’s 1957 Australian tour, when a Sydney photographer snapped the photo that landed on the cover of Philosophy of Modern Song well over half a century later.

It’s an odd sort of diversion from the book’s stated purpose — taking time out to investigate this all but unknown performer, this mystery girl, to look through online photos of her hanging out with Elvis and doing charming, acrobatic, barefoot moves onstage, and to wonder why you never heard of her. You can hear her Elvisstyle rockabilly single, “He Will Come Back to Me” b/w “Heartbreak Harry” on the YouTube juke box, as well as her more appealing renditions of “So Afraid,” “Handsome Man,” ‘Why Do I Feel This Way” and “Don’t Burn Your Bridges.” In 1959, at 21, she retired (“I don’t want to grow old in show business”), finished her education, did some teaching and missionary work in Arizona, and is still “with us.”

So how is it that Alys Lesley, of all people, has been plucked from obscurity and put on the cover of a book with a weighty title that’s being chastised for its insufficient coverage of female performers?

“Blew By You”

A quick inventory of the women given a place in Dylan’s philosophy includes Nina Simone, Rosemary Clooney, Judy Garland, and Cher. There are full page photos of Elizabeth Taylor in a still from Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf ; Pier Angeli, who broke James Dean’s heart when she married Vic Damone; Ava Gardner looming over Frank Sinatra. The singer Linda Ronstadt is mentioned in the piece on Roy Orbison’s “Blue Bayou” (1963), a place “close to heaven that lingers in your head,” and all you want is to get back to “that sweet little angel, the girl next door, who you left standing by the gum tree in the wetland swamps. Back to her music, her religion and her culture.”

Dylan offers only half a page about “the operatic swoop” of Orbison’s voice and Ronstadt’s “terrific” cover version. Next thing he’s telling you is that a baseball dictionary lists “Linda Ronstadt” as a synonym for a fastball because “it blew by you.” Except for when the Twins announcer Herb Carneal was doing play by play, says Minnesota native Dylan, and whenever “the opposing team’s batter would take a strike off a fastball, Herb would giddily exclaim, ‘Thank you, Roy Orbison.’” Whatever that nugget of baseball lore may lack in philosophical weight, it’s an amusing example of the sort of cultural cross-fertilization that enlivens and enriches both Dylan’s lyrics and his prose.

Dreaming of Ruby

The Osborne Brothers’ spectacular “Ruby, Are You Mad?” more than lives up to Dylan’s inspired description. Although his excitement is all about the “Ruby, Ruby honey” of the song, released as a single in 1956, he links its frantic dynamic to the notorious photo of Jack Ruby gut-shooting Lee Harvey Oswald on the facing page: “This song speaks in the mother tongue at breakneck speed — rapid quick fire, hardcore, and irresistible — close as it comes to alchemy and reckons what it’s worth. Right on point, it’s keen to drive you mad, and it’s all about Ruby.”

After all the sound and fury, Dylan doubles down on “Bobby Osborne’s daredevil vocal swoops, sustained notes, and the drive of the twin banjos with lightning runs combined to make something so staggeringly propulsive it would most likely make Yngwie Malmsteen scratch his head. This is speed metal without the embarrassment of Spandex and junior high school devil worship.”

Now go listen to “Ruby, Are You Mad?” on YouTube and be astonished, especially if, like me, you’re a virtual stranger to bluegrass.

Johnny’s Old Violin

When Dylan is personally or philosophically engaged by a subject he’ll often bypass his characteristic performative opening for relatively straightforward prose. He does this with aging and ageism (he’s 81, remember) when he comes to Charlie Poole’s “Old and Only in the Way” (1928), concluding: “There was a time when the elderly were respected and looked upon for their wisdom and experience. But no more. Some people say that the people who make up the modern world are basically disobedient children — they don’t seem to understand that they too someday will be old and in the way.”

Digging into a song with a similar theme, Dylan devotes one of his longest, most thoughtful essays to Johnny Paycheck’s “Old Violin” (1986). After reading it, put your imaginary dime in the YouTube slot — you who, again, are a stranger to both singer and song — and feel a chill every time Johnny looks in the mirror and sings in a voice as big as life of “an old violin soon to be put away and never played again.” And so wrapped up is Dylan in his five-page commentary that he once again skips the customary second-person fireworks display, adds a photo of Albert Einstein playing his own old violin, and closes with a gracious appreciation: “This is as gallant, generous, and faithful a performance as you’ll ever hear.”

Another Mystery

In a Q&A about The Philosophy of Modern Song on bobdylan.com, Jeff Slate of the Wall Street Journal asks, “How do you discover new music these days?” Dylan replies that he walks into things intuitively “when I’m most likely not looking for anything.” Among the examples he mentions (“obscure artists, obscure songs”) is “Janis Martin, the female Elvis. Have you heard of her?”

It gets “curiouser and curiouser” as another Alice once said. You have to think that Slate would have asked about the smiling girl on the cover and that Dylan preferred to leave Alys Lesley, the first female Elvis, “a complete unknown.”

—Stuart Mitchner

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Presents Monumental Brahms Piano Concerto

Just barely 30 years old, Russian pianist Daniil Trifonov has been racking up awards, including a Grammy for one of his many innovative recordings. New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) has been lucky to call Trifonov a longtime friend; the acclaimed pianist spent a year-long tenure as NJSO artistin-residence and has collaborated with NJSO music director Xian Zhang a number of times. Zhang, Trifonov, and NJSO brought their collective magic to Richardson Auditorium last weekend, presenting one of Johannes Brahms’ most towering works. Last Friday night’s performance of Brahms’ Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat Major demonstrated to a very full house not only Trifonov’s range of musical imagination, but also numerous expressive solos from NJSO players.

The first movement “Allegro” of Brahms’ concerto opened with an unaccompanied solo horn melody, richly played by principal hornist Chris Komer. As piano soloist, Trifonov delicately completed the musical sentence, leading into extended triumphant passages of solo keyboard. Trifonov played the diverse range of emotions and technical aspects of the music with ease, conveying the more majestic passages with reverence, with quick pedaling and a very light and fast right hand. From the podium, Zhang and New Jersey Symphony created a variety of dynamic effects within the graceful interplay between orchestra and solo pianist. Trifonov closed the movement with dreamy piano passages in the upper register of the instrument, leading to an elegant close.

The second movement was marked by a lean string sound and Trifonov’s nimble piano playing, punctuated by a pair of German trumpets. A refined duet between flutist Bart Feller and oboist Robert Ingliss helped sustain the ebb and flow of drama in the music. The third movement “Andante” belonged to Trifonov and principal cellist Jonathan Spitz, who opened the movement with a sweet cello solo accompanied by lower strings. Trifonov’s supple a cappella solo keyboard passages added to the song-like palette as Zhang kept the tempo and shimmering strings steady. The closing movement to this concerto was playful and full of Brahms musical humor, aided by fast piano work from Trifonov, a regal pair of clarinets and an appealing duet between oboist Ingliss and Bart Feller playing piccolo.

Instrumental soloists often add encores to their performances with orchestras to further entertain audiences, but in Friday night’s concert, Trifonov was joined by cellist Spitz as they continued the unusual sonorities between their instruments in a mesmerizing encore. The two soloists closed the first half of the program with

the “Largo” movement from Frédéric Chopin’s Cello Sonata in G Minor, a work with all the grace and charm of Brahms’ mid19th-century Vienna.

Conductor Zhang and New Jersey Symphony devoted the second half of the concert to musical storytelling by a 19th-century German composer who took symphonic music into the same theatrical world as opera. Richard Strauss expanded and refined the genre of the symphonic tone poem, a work which conveyed multi-character plots within a single movement. Strauss composed a number of tone poems based on literary sources of the times, and his 1888 Don Juan, Op. 20 put a new musical twist on a wellknown story.

Characters were represented by specific instruments, with hornists Chris Komer and Andrea Menousek leading the way as the hero himself. Strauss orchestrated two of the opera’s mistresses into the music, personified by violinist and concertmaster Eric Wyrick and oboist Robert Ingliss, with Ingliss playing an especially gentle and expressive melodic line against light timpani. Clarinetist Pascal Archer and flutist Feller also provided effective solos to add to the cast of characters. The full brass section, including a quintet of horns, maintained the story’s drama through the work’s lush ending.

After concentrating on dramatic tone poems for much of his early career, it was perhaps a natural evolution for Strauss to turn his attention to opera. His 1911 comic opera Der Rosenkavalier was a tribute to Mozart, set in Vienna in the middle of the 18th-century. Despite a less than enthusiastic critical response, the opera was an instant audience hit, and arrangements and transcriptions of the music soon followed the premiere.

Strauss created a Rosenkavalier suite in 1944, which was later revised, retaining the composer’s imaginative orchestration.

Horns once again played a pivotal role in NJSO’s performance of the Suite from Der Rosenkavalier, introducing the opera’s opening music.

Zhang built the drama well throughout the work, complemented by Pascal Archer’s buoyant clarinet lines and wind colors which emerged well from the orchestral texture. Zhang and the NJSO players kept the opera’s trademark waltzes light with contrasts in dynamics, but always with a lively Viennese flavor. With this piece, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra closed the concert in a festival waltz atmosphere, capturing a bit of Vienna for a winter audience.

—Nancy Plum

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will present its next Princeton performance on Friday, March 17 at 8 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium. Conducted by Xian Zhang, “New Jersey Symphony Stars” will feature instrumental soloists from the ensemble in the music of Rossini, Bottesini, and Bizet, as well as a newly-commissioned piece from NJSO violinist Darryl Kubian. Ticket information about this performance can be obtained by visiting the NJSO website at njsymphony.org.

PUBLIC MEETING NOTICE

NOTICE OF

NOTICE IS HEREBY given that the Experience Princeton Board (previously known as the Princeton Business Partnership) will hold a regularly scheduled meeting on Wednesday, Jan 11, 2023 at 4:00 PM at The Nassau Inn, 10 Palmer Square, Princeton, New Jersey. Room location to be posted on the Meeting Board located on the 2nd floor of The Nassau Inn Conference Center.

The agenda to the extent known is available upon request from isaac@prinvetonbusiness.org.

Aubrey Haines President, Experience Princeton

WWAC, Art Against Racism Present “Manifesting Beloved Community”

For the new juried exhibition “Manifesting Beloved Community,” on view through March 4 at West Windsor Arts, the West Windsor Arts Council (WWAC) and Art Against Racism invited artists to submit artwork that explores the relationship of community health with race, racism, and efforts to create an antiracist society.

Exhibiting artists include Alice Sims, Barbara

Wallace, Bugzdale Jackson, Eleni Litt, Felicia Reed, Hope Vancleaf, Ilene Dube, James Long Rastus, Jamie Greenfield, Janice Gossman, Jersey House Studio, Kate Pollack, Kathleen Caprario, Marge Miccio, Marlon Davila, Marzena Haupa, Nancie Gunkelman, Onnie Strother, Rooma Sehar, Sandra Shim, Spriha Gupta, Terri McNichol,

An opening exhibition is on Friday, January 13 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., at which all

are invited to explore the exhibition and meet the artists, as well as juror Darryl Dwayne Walker.

Walker is the coordinator of community engagement at The Newark Museum of Art and a graduate of HBCU Norfolk State University.

Originally from Norfolk, Va., Walker’s career in the arts and art world started in performing arts and television, eventually transitioning into the world of academia.

West Windsor Arts is located at 952 Alexander

Road in West Windsor. For more information, visit westwindsorarts.org.

“The Bond of Inspiration” Exhibit at Pennington School

“The Bond of Inspiration,” an exhibition featuring J. Seward Johnson II’s Midnight Snack Art trays, alongside his daughter India Blake Johnson’s photography, will be presented in the Silva Gallery of Art on the campus of The Pennington School January 17 through March 30.

A reception, open to the public, will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 9 (snow date February 10).

In 2020, the world lost one of its most beloved and wellknown artists, J. Seward Johnson II. A resident of Hopewell Valley and the son of Robert Wood Johnson, co-founder of Johnson & Johnson, Johnson was an artist who worked in many artistic disciplines and was regarded as an internationally renowned sculptor. He

was a mentor to many local artists and the founder of Grounds For Sculpture and The Seward Johnson Atelier (TSJA) in Hamilton.

To celebrate the life of J. Seward Johnson II, The Pennington School will host this inaugural event of a yearlong celebration of programs and activities throughout 2023 co-sponsored by The Seward Johnson Atelier and the Hopewell Valley Arts Council.

Prior to gaining recognition as a sculptor, Johnson was a painter who worked primarily on canvas with acrylics. As his career as a sculptor flourished, his painting projects subsided except for one unique format: painted trays. Johnson collected trays from antique shows to use as canvases for his homey, intimate scenes. The subjects are places of the heart and very personal.

In 2017, Johnson’s passion for painting trays accelerated. Following an exhibition with his daughter in Rome, Johnson was so

inspired by her work that he feverishly began to paint, exploring the inspiration of her lens and reimagining her photographs as a continuation of his Midnight Snack Art. At that time, Johnson expressed a deep desire to see his works exhibited together again with those of India Johnson, highlighting the bond between father and daughter as artists.

The Pennington School is located at 112 West Delaware Avenue, Pennington. Besides the opening, the exhibit will be open to the public by appointment Tuesday through Friday from 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. beginning on January 17. For appointments, call (609) 737-4133 or email silvagallery@pennington.org.

“GARDENING ANGEL”: This work by Jamie Greenfield is featured in “Manifesting Beloved Community,” on view through March 4 at West Windsor Arts. An opening reception is on Friday, January 13 from 7 to 8:30 p.m.

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“AT THE EDGE OF NIGHT”: The late J. Seward Johnson II’s Midnight Snack Art trays will be exhibited along alongside his daughter India Blake Johnson’s photography in “The Bond of Inspiration,” on view in the Silva Gallery of Art on the campus of The Pennington School January 17 through March 30. An opening reception is on February 9 from 6 to 8 p.m.

“NANTUCKET MOOR SUNSET”: India Blake Johnson’s photography will be exhibited alongside her father J. Seward Johnson II’s Midnight Snack Art trays in “The Bond of Inspiration,” on view January 17 through March 30 in the Silva Gallery of Art on the campus of The Pennington School.

“SPIRITUAL ANIMAL”: This painting by 7ove Child is part of an exhibition highlighting the works of the artists of Princeton Makes, on view at Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, through February 7.

On December 22, the nonprofit New Jersey Young Artists As-

event at the Montgomery Senior Center, at which senior

greeting card, each created by the students of Art Studio

colored CaPantzzi scarves and beanies, and a foldable bag. It was the first event hosted at the senior center since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“Water,

inspiration hiking the many trails of the Abbott Marshlands. For the “Water” component of the title, Simpson’s landscape paintings portray the Delaware River and estuary, the Delaware Bay, and several ocean and beach scenes. There are paintings of “Woods,” with the marsh and wildlife prominently displayed. Birds and sky are a reoccurring theme contributing to the “Wonder” aspect of the exhibit (the marsh holds an Important Bird Area designation).

Simpson hopes to assist in the Friends’ efforts to build awareness and support for its protection and stewardship. The exhibit combines her love of the marsh and nature with watercolor painting. Her paintings evoke a feeling of calm and depict nature’s beauty with muted, transparent glazes, a technique that provides for subtle nuances in color.

Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Metamorphosis” through March 31. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts. com.

Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish Street, has “Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts” through January 29. artmuseum.princeton. edu.

Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has “What Remains” and “Painting Women: Variations on a Theme” through February 4. artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach, Realtors, 253 Nassau Street, has “Intersection: Four Voices in Abstraction” through January 27.

Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “Einstein Salon and Innovator’s Gallery,” “Princeton’s Portrait,” and other exhibits. Museum hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m., Thursday to 7 p.m. princetonhistory.org

Lambertville Free Public Library, 6 Lilly Street, Lambertville, has “ANEW Artists Alliance” through January 27. lambertvillelibrary.org.

Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “Walk This Way” through January 15, “(re)Frame: Community Perspectives on the Michener Art Collection” through March 5, and “Walé Oyéjidé: Flight of the Dreamer” through April 23. michenerartmuseum.org

Woods & Wonder”

At Tulpehaking Nature Center

The nonprofit Friends for the Abbott Marshlands (FFAM) present their opening exhibit of 2023, a fine art watercolor exhibit entitled “Water, Woods & Wonder,” on view through March 5 at Tulpehaking Nature Center in Hamilton. This is a first solo show for Hamilton artist Margaret Simpson at the nature center. Simpson is a volunteer and executive board member of FFAM as well as the Garden State Watercolor Society. She has led several “Art in the Marsh” sessions for FFAM and teaches watercolors at the West Windsor Senior Center.

“Water, Woods & Wonder” provides a window into the artist’s source of

Tulpehaking Nature Center is located at 157 Westcott Avenue in Hamilton. It is open Wednesdays through Saturdays, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Purchase of original watercolors can be made at the nature center’s reception desk, or call (609) 8883218. A percentage of sales will benefit FFAM.

For more information, visit abbottmarshlands.org.

Area Exhibits

Art@Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street, has “Colony / Dor Geuz” through February 12. artmuseum. princeton.edu.

D&R Greenway Land Trust Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place, has “Land, Light, Spirit” through March 10 in the Marie L. Matthews Gallery. drgreenway.org.

Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum in Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, has “Curated by Trenton” through January 22. ellarslie.org.

Gallery 14 Fine Art Photography, 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, has “2023 Juried Exhibit” January 14 through February 5. Gallery14.org.

Gourgaud Gallery, 23A-A North Main Street, Cranbury, has “Monica Sebald Kennedy” through January 31. cranburyartscouncil.org.

Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Nightforms: Infinite Wave” by Kip Collective through April 2, among other exhibits. Timed tickets required. groundsforsculpture.org.

Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “Ma Bell: The Mother of Invention in New Jersey” through March and the online exhibits “Slavery at Morven,” “Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of New Jersey, 1761–1898,” and others. morven.org.

Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, has “Princeton Makes: Artist Collective” through February 7. “Zarina Morgan” is at the 254 Nassau Street location through January 3. smallworldcoffee. com.

Songbird Capital, 14 Nassau Street, has “Shirankala” through January 31. On view Saturdays from 1 to 6 p.m. or by appointment (609) 3312624.

West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, has “Manifesting Beloved Community” through March 4. An opening reception is on January 13 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. westwindsorarts.org.

“HOMEWARD BOUND”: This watercolor by Margaret Simpson is featured in “Water, Woods & Wonder,” on view through March 5 at Tulpehaking Nature Center in Hamilton. The free exhibit is presented by the nonprofit Friends for the Abbott Marshlands.

Mark Your Calendar Town Topics

Wednesday, January 11

7 p.m.: “Sweet Tooth, Bitter Truth.” At Princeton Public Library, health and fitness advocate Randie Rubin talks about how eating sugar impacts health, and shares some alternatives to satisfy cravings for sweets. Princetonlibrary.org.

7:30 p.m.: “Changing Perspectives on Cult and Religion in Judah, a View from Tel Moza,” in-person and virtual event sponsored by The Jewish Center Princeton. With Shua Kisilevitz. Thejewishcenter.org.

8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers presents a contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Sue Gola with Blue Jersey. $15. Princetoncountrydancers.org.

Thursday, January 12

10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market at the Dinky train station lot. Local farms, baked goods, artisan foods, gifts, and more. Free parking. Princetonfarmersmarket.com.

6:30 p.m.: Historian Maxine Lurie discusses her new book, Taking Sides in Revolutionary New Jersey: Caught in the Crossfire, at Morven, 55 Stockton Street, and virtually. $5-$10. Morven.org.

6:45 p.m.: Mercer’s Best Toastmasters Club meets at Lawrence Community Center, 295 Eggerts Crossing Road, Lawrence Township. Free. Mercersbest.toastmastersclubs.org.

7 p.m.: PSO Soundtracks: “Knoxville and the Lost Generation.” Historical musicologist Austin Stewart explores author James Agee and composer Samuel Barber’s approach to coloring their own childhood memories in Knoxville: Summer of 1915, at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Princetonlibrary.org.

Friday, January 13 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: The Hunterdon County Rug Artisans Guild holds its monthly meeting at the administration building of the Hunterdon County complex, Route 12 outside of Flemington. Guests welcome. Hcrag. com.

Saturday, January 14 11 a.m.: Grand opening of StoryWalk down the Rhododendron Trail at Marquand Park, Lovers Lane. Featuring Tap the Magic Tree by Christie Matheson; families can read the book as they stroll the trail. Marquandparkfoundation.org.

12-5 p.m.: Winery Weekend Music series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Sarah Teti performs. Indoor seating in the wine barn; outdoor with firepits. Wine by the glass, cocoa for kids, and more. Terhuneorchards.com.

7 p.m.: Jesus Christ Superstar film 50th anniversary celebration, at Villa Victoria Academy Performing Arts Center, 376 West Upper Ferry Road, Ewing. With in-person appearances

by members of the original cast. Villavictoria.org.

8 p.m.: Princeton Sym phony Orchestra appears at Richardson Auditorium, conducted by Rossen Mi lanov with soprano Pretty Yende in works by Barber, Rossini, Verdi, and Copland. $10-$100. Princetonsym phony.org.

Sunday, January 15

12-5 p.m.: Winery Week end Music series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Larry Tritel performs. Indoor seating in the wine barn; outdoor with firepits. Wine by the glass, cocoa for kids, and more. Terhuneor chards.com.

4 p.m.: Princeton Makes in Princeton Shopping Cen ter hosts a free coffee house, featuring the Woe Nellies, a five-woman ukulele band. Princetonmakes.com.

4 p.m.: Princeton Sym phony Orchestra appears at Richardson Auditorium, conducted by Rossen Mi lanov with soprano Pretty Yende in works by Barber, Rossini, Verdi, and Copland. $10-$100. Princetonsym phony.org.

Monday, January 16 Recycling

9 a.m.: Martin Luther King Day of Service at Mercer County Community College’s Kerney campus, 102 North Broad Street, Trenton. A day of speak ers, performances, ser vices, and more. Contribu tions of coats, utensils, and much more. The Rev. Toby Sanders is keynote speaker. For details visit mccc.edu/ mlk_dos.

9-11 a.m.: Community Bagel and Coffee Breakfast celebrating the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the Arts Council of Princeton, 105 Witherspoon Street. Princeton University professor Tina Campt is the speaker. Artscouncilofprinceton.org.

10 a.m.-12 p.m. and 1-3 p.m.: A Day of Service in Nature at Mountain Lakes Preserve, in honor of Martin Luther King Day. Sponsored by Friends of Princeton Open Space. To volunteer, visit fopos.org.

10 a.m.-4 p.m.: MLK Day of Service 2023 at West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. Co-sponsored by African American Parent Support Group. For details, visit westwindsorarts.org.

11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Witherspoon Jackson Neighborhood “Naming Party” at the Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. Last event for the Romus Broadway photo collage project. Artscouncilofprinceton.org.

1-3 p.m.: The Women’s College Club of Princeton meets at Morven Education Center, 55 Stockton Street, to hear the Rev. David Mulford’s talk, “Presidents Who…”. Free and open to the public. WCCPNJ.org.

6 p.m.: Capital Harmony Works orchestra does a

community concert in honor of Martin Luther King Day at Trinity Church, 33 Mer cer Street. Non-perishable foods or monetary donations benefit Arm in Arm. Capital harmony.works/events.

7 p.m.: Annual multifaith service in honor of Martin Luther King, at Nassau Pres byterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. Co-sponsored by the Princeton Clergy Association and Coalition for Peace Action. The Rev. Vernon Byrd Jr. will preach. Peacecoalition.org.

Tuesday, January 17

10 a.m.: Read and Explore program at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Kids read the story The Gingerbread Man and decorate a big cookie to take home. $12. Register at terhuneorchards.com.

7 p.m.: Screening of A Fine Line: A Woman’s Place is in the Kitchen , at Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell. Free. Followed by a panel discussion with local female chefs. Hopewelltheater.com.

Wednesday, January 18 12 p.m.: Workshop, “Tea Blending with Mood-Boosting Herbs,” by herbalist Tish Streeten, at the West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road. $45. Westwindsorarts.org.

1 p.m.: Mayor’s Wellness Book Discussion at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. The book Anxious People by Fredrik Backman will be discussed; also available virtually. Princetonlibrary.org.

6:15 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, in the Community Room unless otherwise noted. Princetonlibrary.org.

7 p.m.: “Our Shared Waters —A History of Improving Water Quality through Partnership,” virtual lecture by Elizabeth Koniers Brown, presented by Delaware River Greenway Partnership. Register at bit.ly/sharedwaters.

8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers presents a contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Donna Hunt with Clark Mills. Free. Princetoncountrydancers.org.

Thursday, January 19

6:30 p.m.: Historian Linda Barth discusses “The Garden State: Where Ideas Grow,” hybrid event about inventions with New Jersey roots; in person at Morven, 55 Stockton Street; and virtually. $5-$10. Morven.org.

7 p.m.: In a virtual discussion from Princeton Public Library, staffer Cassie Smith talks to Yolonda Jordan about dolls made from her patterns, which will be on display. Attendees can meet others who crochet. Register at princetonlibrary.org.

Friday, January 18

8 p.m.: The Princeton Folk Music Society presents Diana Jones in concert at Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane. $5-$25. Princetonfolk.org.

Saturday, January 21

10 a.m.: Read and Explore program at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Kids read the story The Gingerbread Man and decorate a big cookie to take home. $12. Register at terhuneorchards.com.

12-5 p.m.: Winery Weekend Music series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Brian Bortnick performs. Indoor seating in the wine barn; outdoor with firepits. Wine by the glass, cocoa for kids, and more. Terhuneorchards.com.

5 p.m.: Dan and Claudia Zanes perform a familyfriendly concert at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. In lieu of tickets, bring one canned food item to support Arm in Arm. Monetary donations also accepted. Nassauchurch.org.

8-11 p.m.: Central Jersey Dance Society presents the No Name Dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street. Proof of COVID-19 vaccination required. $10-$15. Centraljerseydance.org.

Sunday, January 22 12-5 p.m.: Winery Weekend Music series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Jerry Steele performs. Indoor seating in the

wine barn; outdoor with firepits. Wine by the glass, cocoa for kids, and more. Terhuneorchards.com.

2 p.m.: At Morven, 55 Stockton Street, tour “Ma Bell: The Mother of Invention in New Jersey,” with a curator of the exhibition. $10-$15. Morven.org.

3 p.m.: Open Sing with the Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road. Sing Gilbert & Sullivan’s The Gondoliers Vocal scores provided $10 (free for students and nonsinging guests). Musicalamateurs.org.

7 p.m.: Broadway actress/ singer Linda Eder performs at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. $29-$69. Stnj. org.

Tuesday, January 24

7 p.m.: “Wednesday” night out: Sophie Labelle’s Trans Agenda Speaking Tour at Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue. She will answer questions from the audience and sign copies of Assigned Male at the end. Redlibrary.org.

Wednesday, January 25

12 p.m.: Winter Seedling Workshop at Morven, 55 Stockton Street, with Louise

Senior and Charlie Thomforde. $10-$15. Morven.org. 8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers presents a contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Open Mic led by Bob Isaacs. $15 (free for 35 and younger). Princetoncountrydancers.org.

Thursday, January 26

10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market at the Dinky train station lot. Local farms, baked goods, artisan foods, gifts, and more. Free parking.

Friday, January 27

8-11 a.m.: Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber’s 2023 Real Estate Forecast, at Princeton Marriott Hotel at Forrestal, 100 College Road East. Speakers are Lawrence Yun, Karly Iacono, Judson Henderson, and George Gnad. Princetonmercer.org.

10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Friends of the Lawrence Library January Book Sale, at 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township. Early admission; free for current members; $5 for public. After 12 p.m., the sale is free and open to the public until 4:30 p.m. No scanning devices permitted after 12 p.m. Cash or checks only.

What is it about hardware stores that is so intriguing to so many people? All those gadgets and tools! From screwdrivers and shovels to pruners and paint brushes to brooms and bird feeders to hoses and hammers, grills and garden ornaments — it is an endless supply of basics and more.

more than 30,000 different items — 30 different hoses, 100 different kinds of nails, all kinds of light bulbs, and new things all the time.

The paint department has grown significantly over the years, and it now focuses on Benjamin Moore paint, as well as Clark + Kensington, the Ace private brand. All the painting supplies, stains, brushes, sprays, sandpaper, etc. are available. Both commercial house painters and residential painters are regular customers, notes Schluter.

so much more.”

Indeed. Pots and pans, popcorn poppers, dish towels, irons, candles, cutting boards, clocks, popular Melamine trays, and a full range of kitchen items are available. If you need an herb stripper, Costello’s Ace has one!

And this is only the tip of the iceberg. There is an eclectic miscellany of merchandise that will keep you looking and looking!

Nowhere is this more visible than at the new Costello’s Ace Hardware Store in the Princeton Shopping Center. Formerly Smith’s Ace Hardware, the store became home to new owners in October 2022.

Longtime and loyal Smith’s Ace customers will be pleased that another family business is setting up shop after George Smith and his brothers were in charge for 20 years.

“Costello’s and Princeton are a good fit,” points out Peter Schluter, Princeton Costello’s Ace managing partner. “Our CEO is Michael Costello, son of the founder Vinnie Costello. It’s a real family-owned and operated business. Vinnie opened the first store in Long Island in 1976, and now Costello’s has 46 Ace stores from Long Island to Virginia. We really are the ‘Helpful Place.’

“We are also very pleased with our Princeton Shopping Center location, with its convenient setting and free parking.”

New Association

After careers in education and athletics, Schluter enjoyed being with Smith’s Ace for two years, and is looking forward to the new association with Costello’s.

“We have great plans, including a more open concept to the layout of the store,” he says. “It will be easier to browse, and all the departments and items will be conveniently displayed and accessible.”

Customers seem to like everything, he adds. “They’ll come in for one thing, and then often find something else they want. They love to look around.”

Also, points out David Tabor, Costello’s director of operations and liaison with corporate Ace, “During COVID, people were staying home more, and many decided to renovate and make improvements to their houses. We sold a lot of paint and other supplies during that time.”

In addition, with the advent of COVID-19, people increasingly wanted to spend time outdoors, notes Schluter. “Grills are extremely popular. The grilling department has really become a year-round business, and we will be expanding that entire area. We carry a wide range of grills of all kinds, including stateof-the-art Weber. We offer delivery and full assembly in Princeton.”

30,000 Items

Whether it’s a grill or a garden hose, Costello’s Ace will have it. The store stocks

Birds in the Princeton area are well looked after, adds Schluter, and Costello’s has a complete supply for our feathered friends. Feed of all kinds, bird feeders and houses, and squirrel-proof items are all in stock.

“Bird feeding supplies are a year-round business now too,” he says. “People come in all the time for these.”

They also come in for outdoor power tools, such as leaf blowers, he reports.

“We have battery-operated outdoor equipment, including the EGO brand, which meet the noise requirements of the municipality.”

And — although we can’t be sure with these unpredictable weather patterns — just in case snow is on the way this winter, Costello’s Ace is ready. Snow blowers, shovels, ice melt, ice scrapers, and more are all in stock.

Looking Ahead

And, moving on, it may only be January, but many customers are already looking ahead to spring, and shoppers will soon find all they need. Mulch, potting and top soil, fertilizer, seeds, plants, grass seed, the popular Scott’s lawn care products, as well as a complete line of garden ornaments and tools — pruners and rakes to wheelbarrows and hedge trimmers — will all await customers.

Mailboxes, outdoor thermometers, signs and numbers, screens and shades, and the all-important picnic needs, thermos, cooler, and basket, will be on hand.

All the hardware cabinetry, also door locks, padlocks, and hooks, nails, screws, and bolts of every kind, tool kits, and plumbing items, from pipes and tubing to toilet seats, are available, as are shower caddies and curtains, and storage containers.

Also, batteries, smoke detectors, cleaning products, chisels, work gloves, Sloggers waterproof shoes and boots — the list goes on and on.

And Costello’s Ace is the “fix-it” place, points out Schluter. “We sharpen knives, make keys, cut glass, and cut and repair screens and storm windows. All things customers appreciate and that make things easier for them, we can provide.”

Clocks and Cutting Boards

Housewares have become very popular, continues Schluter. “We are really the only housewares department in Princeton. And customers really love this department. They will find blenders, coffee makers and coffee grinders, cookware, toaster ovens, mixers, and

“We offer so much to customers,” points out Schluter. “I enjoy our clientele and my co-workers. It is fun to be here and watch the customers come in and see how much they enjoy spending time here. Also, kids come in a lot, and they love to look around.”

There are a lot of fun toys and novelties to pique their interest too. Play-Doh, toy cars, yo-yos, Jax sets, and more are all on display.

The store offers a very wide range of prices, says Schluter. “Nineteen cents for one bolt to $1,899 for a top-of-the-line grill and everything in between. We also have regular sales and continue to offer the special Ace Rewards Gift program.”

Service and Advice

A sale on now through January 17 features a 75 percent discount on all remaining Christmas items, from lights and ornaments to artificial trees and wreaths.

Costello’s Ace Hardware is set apart in several ways, believes Schluter. “We offer attentive customer service and advice, quality products, and excellent prices. We are a family business, and we want to become a part of the community. We support area charities and organizations.

“Last October, I was an honorary guest bartender at Ivy Inn’s program to raise money for Aunt Chubby’s Luncheonette project to help those in need. We raised $4,250 that night.

“I really look forward to continuing to be active in the community and watching the growth of the store, helping to serve our customers’ needs and providing the best for them.”

And for so many Costello Ace customers from the Princeton area, including those who are not keen to cross Route 1 and make the trek to Home Depot or Lowe’s, Ace is not just the place, it is the “Indispensable Place!”

The store is open seven days: Monday through Saturday 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (609) 430-4300. It also offers online shopping service. Visit its website at costellosace.com.

— Jean Stratton

BEST PLACE: “We plan an improved inventory, with more choices, good prices with a wider range, higher quality, better products, and excellent customer service. Now Costello’s Ace is the Place!” Peter Schluter, managing partner of Costello’s Ace Hardware in Princeton, and Jean Irizarry, housewares manager, are shown near a display of popular housewares.

Energized by Sellouts for Hobey Baker Rink Celebration, Tiger Men’s Hockey Goes 1-1 as Gorman Comes Up Big

Playing at Hobey Baker Rink over the last four years has been a highlight of Liam Gorman’s career with the Princeton University men’s hockey team.

“I think the atmosphere and the legacy that it holds, you walk into the rink and it is unlike any other rink you have stepped into,” said senior star forward and team captain Gorman. “It is really cool. I think all of its niche pieces are awesome but playing on the sheet and seeing the energy is really exciting.”

Last weekend there was a lot of excitement around the storied venue as Princeton held its “Hobey 100 Weekend,” celebrating the centennial of the rink.

“It means a lot to the team, there are a lot of festivities going on and a lot of families coming out for a bunch of the guys which is always exciting. It is super special having all three trophies in the rink this weekend. All of the guys are really looking forward to it.”

The celebration had a special meaning for the Gorman family with the senior standout’s father, Sean ’91, having been a star and captain for the Tigers while his younger brother, Brendan, is a promising freshman forward on the Tigers.

“It is exciting, my dad has done a really good job coming down to a lot of games,” said Gorman, a 6’3, 199-pound native of Arlington, Mass. “He is super excited to not only have us playing on the same team but on the same line for most of the time. When he gets the opportunity to get to any of these games, he loves to. He is fired up about it but this weekend in particular, he is super stoked.”

With Princeton hosting No. 9 Harvard before a throng of 2,300 in a soldout Hobey Baker Rink, the Gorman brothers gave their father a lot to be fired up about. Liam tallied the first goal on the contest on a second period tally assisted by Brendan. Minutes later, the older Gorman scored a shorthanded goal and then Adam Robbins scored on a penalty shot as Princeton jumped out to a 3-0 lead.

High-powered Harvard, though, responded with three unanswered goals in the third period to force overtime and then scored in the extra session to pull out a 4-3 victory.

“It just got away from us, we have had trouble closing out games,” said Gorman. “I think we got complacent a little bit towards the end of the period. We were taking too many penalties and we started giving them every opportunity that we could. They ended up capitalizing, unfortunately.”

Gorman was proud to have capitalized on his opportunities in the second period.

“Honestly I was just trying to get out of the way, he has got one heck of a shot,” said Gorman, referring to his first goal which came when he deflected a shot by his brother into the back of the net. “Whenever that thing is coming downhill, I have got to be on my toes. I almost jumped to the ceiling trying to get out of the way but I got lucky getting it. On the other goal, I just saw [Ian] Murphy streaking up ice and I didn’t see anybody with him so I might as well make it a 2-on-1. Murph had a great shot off the far post and I was just in the right place at the right time.”

Looking ahead, Gorman was excited to end the weekend with a clash against Dartmouth.

“Tomorrow will be really cool, there are a lot of festivities going on,” said Gorman, who tallied a goal and an assist as the Tigers defeated Dartmouth 4-2 before another packed house of 2,300 to cap the weekend and improve to 8-9 overall and 6-7 ECAC Hockey.

“While it is all exciting, at the end of the day every weekend, it is business. We have to put that in the rear view. At the same time, we are looking forward to engaging in everything that this weekend is.”

Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty knew that his players wanted to take care of business with a throng of former players, friends, and family on hand.

“When you have your alumni base watching on campus in Hobey Baker

Rink, the fraternity that our guys were going to maneuver towards, they want to show a great product and make those alumni proud,” said Fogarty. “That is probably a little pressure on our guys. It is a tight alumni group, it is a special place at Princeton. I know our guys wanted to give them a good show and get them the win.”

The Tigers put on a good show Friday notwithstanding the final result.

“It is unfortunate how the game ended, you want the best for the guys, they worked hard,” said Fogarty.

“I like where our team is at with the culture and what we are doing. As a coach, you always want to win. You want these guys to close out. We just have to play 60 minutes each game. That is an excellent, skilled team, they are very good one-on-one.”

Princeton displayed a lot of skill in its second period outburst against Harvard.

“I thought we were on our toes there, we played well,” said Fogarty. “It was a good second period, it was good up and back game. It looked pretty entertaining, it just shows that we can play with anybody.”

Fogarty has been entertained by Gorman’s heroics. “Liam has been playing well, he has really defined his role for us,” said Fogarty of Gorman, who now had 13 points on eight goals and five assists to tie senior defenseman Pito Walton for the team lead in scoring. “He is playing more of a power forward game, he has done a tremendous job being a captain as well.”

With Princeton having gone 6-3 in its last nine games and hosting LIU on January 13 and Providence on January 17, Gorman likes the way the Tigers are getting the job done over the last few weeks.

“I do think we are headed in the right direction, it is echoed in the locker room by the coaches,” said Gorman. “They are talking about playing our game, play Tiger hockey. If that is the case and we are pushing to do that, it means we must be doing something right, so we have to keep playing that way.”

—Bill Alden

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MEMORABLE WEEKEND: Princeton University men’s hockey player Liam Gorman heads up ice in recent action. Senior star forward and team captain Gorman starred as Princeton held its “Hobey 100 Weekend,” celebrating the centennial of the venerable rink by hosting Harvard on Friday and Dartmouth a day later. Gorman scored two goals in a losing cause as Princeton fell 4-3 in overtime to Harvard and then tallied a goal and an assist as the Tigers defeated Dartmouth 4-2 to cap the special weekend. Princeton, now 8-9 overall and 6-7 ECAC Hockey, hosts LIU on January 13 and Providence on January 17. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Kayla Fillier felt a special vibe around Hobey Baker Rink as the Princeton University women’s hockey team took the ice Friday afternoon to start the “Hobey 100 Weekend” celebration of the rink’s centennial.

“I don’t think it has really hit the team how big this is with the 100 years,” said Princeton senior forward Fillier. “Cara (Princeton head coach Cara Morey) said to us before the game, it is not just the building being here 100 years, it is all of the people who have been part of it. Being able to see all of the alumni come back and all of the support that we have, it is going to be really huge.”

For Fillier, getting to play at Hobey Baker Rink on a daily basis has been special. “When I first came to Princeton, the one thing that really stood out was the rink and just all of the history behind it and all of the great players and all of the good people in the program as well,” said Fillier.

“Just being able to practice on this rink and looking up and seeing the stone wall and all of the people pictured in the stands, you are seeing all of those people who have made the program what it is today and is just a great experience every day.”

One of the greatest players in Princeton history is Fillier’s twin sister Sarah, a two-time All American who took a hiatus from Princeton to play for the Canadian women’s national team and helped it win two world championships and the gold medal at the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics.

On Friday as Princeton hosted Dartmouth, the twins started the game playing in the same line.

“It is pretty special, we haven’t really played on a line here,” said Fillier, whose sister is in her junior season. “Obviously she is a great player. It is great to be able to watch her out there, it is a great experience.”

Fueled by the energy in the

rink, the Tigers produced a special first period, tallying four unanswered goals in a span of 6:32 and went on to skate to a 5-2 win over the Big Green.

“I think going out there in those black jerseys; they are beautiful, we are really lucky to have them,” said Fillier, referring to the special throwback jerseys the Tigers wore for the Hobey 100 celebration.

“Being able to go out in the first period and put them in a blender a bit and get our feet going, especially after the New Year’s break, was really good for us.”

Fillier enjoyed a really good moment, scoring the third Princeton goal in the first period, her first tally of the season and the second in her Tiger career.

“I honestly didn’t think I put it in,” said a smiling Fillier, a 5’6 native of Georgetown, Ontario who now has 10 points during her time at Princeton on two goals and eight assists. “I though Mariah [Keopple] did at first. I will take it; it has been a while so it is nice to get one.”

It has been nice for Fillier to get to play with her sister in college.

“I think she really keeps me in check and focused,” said Fillier.“She is someone I can always go to for honest advice and someone I can go to for help with hockey or school or anything else. I really love having her here.”

With a few months left in her hockey career, Fillier is savoring things.

“I want to take everything in and have fun as much as possible,” said Fillier. “I realize it is probably my last year of playing hockey so just take every moment in as much as possible.”

Princeton head coach Cara Morey enjoyed taking in the scene around Hobey Baker Rink as the centennial celebration got underway.

“It is incredible, I think the big day is going to be

tomorrow but you can feel the energy in the building today,” said Morey. “It looks amazing right now.”

Morey credited her players with producing an amazing first period.

“That was the best period I have ever seen them play,” said Morey. “They came out and they were talking about the program and leaving your mark. They came out and showed it. It was awesome.”

While the Tigers hit a lull in the second period as they got outscored 1-0 by the Big Green, they sealed the deal with a solid final period.

“It is emotionally tricky and that is what this age group has to learn to deal with, how to build on momentum instead of sitting back and relaxing,” said Morey. “I could foresee that was going to happen. We knew that Dartmouth would come out different. They came out with a lot more pep in their step, with a lot more hustle and a lot more compete. The third was OK for us, we did what we needed to do.”

Seeing Fillier get a goal was emotional for Morey.

“Kayla has been due, she has had about four or five goals on her stick all year,” said Morey. “It was awesome to see her connect.”

Junior Annie Kuehl also connected against Dartmouth, tallying two goals in the win.

“Annie has been stepping up the last few weeks,” said Morey. “All season she played that role for us on defense and then we put her back to forward. She had to fill a hole we had with injuries and then we put her back up. She looks powerful, she looks strong, she looks fast, and she keeps a simple game.”

A day later, the Tigers produced a strong finish as they scored three goals in the third period to defeat Harvard 3-0, improving to 9-6-1 overall and 5-5 ECAC Hockey.

“We have got to bottle up what we did in the first period and bring that,” said Morey, looking ahead to the matchup with the Crimson. “I do think that with all of our alums coming back and the energy around the building tomorrow, they are going to feel it. They are going to feel that

this is something special.”

With Princeton playing at Cornell on January 13 and at Colgate on January 14, Morey is feeling good about how her team is playing.

“I don’t usually look ahead but I just did look ahead,” said Morey. “What I do love is that we are putting in five goals a game right now so

that is better heading into this stretch knowing that we can score.”

Fillier, for her part, is fired up for the stretch drive. “I think this month is really important for us,” said Fillier.

“We have had some ups and downs but I think we are on the right track.”

—Bill Alden

SPECIAL K: Princeton University women’s hockey player Kayla Fillier brings the puck up the ice in a game earlier this season. Last Friday, senior forward Fillier scored a goal to help Princeton defeat Dartmouth 5-2 and start the “Hobey 100 Weekend” celebration of the rink’s centennial with a bang. The Tigers, who defeated Harvard 3-0 a day later to improve to 9-6-1 overall and 5-5 ECAC Hockey, play at Cornell on January 13 and at Colgate on January 14. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

General Milley Enjoyed Princeton Homecoming, Returning for Hobey Baker Rink Centennial Fete

Mark Milley learned some valuable lessons from playing for the Princeton University men’s hockey team in the late 1970s.

“Personally I think sports are a very valuable thing to develop leadership skills,” said Milley, who played defenseman for the Tigers. “Team sports teach you a lot of lessons about teamwork. If you look at the Princeton hockey team, you are going to see kids who are coming from Canada, you are going to see kids from every province in Canada and then you are going to see kids from the United States. You are bringing together people of diverse backgrounds, diverse skills, diverse attributes, and you are forming a cohesive whole to a singular purpose. That is what team sports is all about.”

Utilizing that experience, Milley, a 1980 Princeton grad who also participated in the school’s ROTC program, rose through the ranks of the U.S. Army to become a four-star general and is currently serving as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

Last weekend, General Milley, 64, returned to his old stomping grounds, taking part in the “Hobey 100 Weekend,” celebrating the 100th year of the Hobey Baker Rink.

“It is a unique experience coming to Princeton, it is unique in a lot of ways and hockey is a big part of it and a big part of my life,” said Milley, talking Saturday night at Hobey Baker Rink

as the Princeton men’s team battled Dartmouth, wearing a throwback No. 6 Tiger jersey, the number he wore during his college career like his hero Teddy Green of the Boston Bruins.

“The most memorable thing is the bonding and the cohesion and the camaraderie that is developed through a shared experience at a young age, through shared good times and shared bad times and sacrifice. Some of these guys I haven’t seen in two or three decades or in some cases four decades but we are picking up like it was yesterday. That is the bond you get a young age.”

Before Princeton took the ice against Dartmouth, Milley got to address the guys with a pregame talk.

“The basic message was you had a good game last night; you didn’t come out on the right side of the scoreboard but you had a good game,” said Milley, referring to Princeton’s 4-3 overtime loss to No. 9 Harvard on Friday which saw the Tigers squander a 3-0 third period lead. “You played well and it was a tough loss, but don’t let that eat at you. You have got to move on, you have to pick yourself up. One of the great lessons of sports is you get knocked down, you pick yourself up, and bounce back. So tonight is a different game, everything is different.”

Some 40 years after playing for Princeton, Milley and his teammates are still picking each other up.

“That part of it is important, to maintain connectivity with those that went before you,” said the square-jawed Milley, who sipped coffee as he watched the game. “We do a Zoom call every quarter. Everyone has ups and downs, some of these guys have struggled in various way of life through health or personal tragedy. You will always see one of the other guys pick them up. It is really nice to see that, no matter how old you are, whether you are 18 or 19 and you are here as a freshman, sophomore or junior or whether you are a successful businessman or whatever in the course of life. It is always good.”

Milley enjoyed a very good moment on Saturday as he got to do a ceremonial puck drop before the start of the contest.

“That was great, especially coming off the ice,” said a chuckling Milley, who nearly took a tumble as he headed back to the stands after the drop. “I had to go back to my days of playing hockey. I thought I exhibited exceptional athletic skill there, not falling at 64 years old.”

Over the years, Milley has kept up with the Princeton hockey team.

“Coach [Ron] Fogarty is a good guy, I have talked to him a bunch of times,” said Milley. “He has been very, very good with me. Whenever I get back I do something with the team.”

In addition, Milley makes time from his busy schedule to keep up with the NHL.

“A lot of times the sound is off and I just keep it in the background,” said Milley, a native of Winchester, Mass., and an unabashed supporter of the Boston Bruins along with the other Boston pro sports franchises.

“As you can imagine, we put in some pretty long hours. Literally my joint staff in the Pentagon, without exaggeration, are working 1214 hours, and in some cases 18 or more hours a day. It is seven days a week, the world doesn’t stop spinning.”

For Milley, getting off that carousel to spend some time at Hobey Baker Rink was inspiring.

“They have done a lot of renovations over the last 15-20 years,” said Milley,

noting that the venerable building is the oldest on-campus hockey venue in the country. “The basic structure is the same though, the stone and all of that stuff. It is a beautiful rink, structurally. They did a lot of work underneath in the locker room and stuff like that which are really great improvements. This rink has really significant historic value to not only the University but to the country.”

Milley’s Princeton experience played a significant role in his development as a person and a soldier.

“This school meant a lot to me and I learned a lot here academically, intellectually, and I grew a lot as a human being,” said Milley. “This school gave me much more

than I probably deserve. So all of my life all I wanted to do was to serve and to be a servant leader for others and be involved in a cause that is greater than myself. This school imbued that spirit and ethic in me.”

Seeing that spirit as he visited the campus last weekend left Milley feeling good about the future.

“I get inspired by going to see these kids,” said Milley.

“I get inspired by their positive attitude, their morale, their innovation, their curiosity, and their ethics. These are good young people. At the end of the day, I am very optimistic about our country because of the youth of our country.”

—Bill Alden

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SALUTING HOBEY: General Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a Princeton University alum, salutes as the national anthem was played before the Princeton University men’s hockey team took on Dartmouth last Saturday night. Milley ’80, a former Tiger hockey player, was on hand to take part in the “Hobey 100 Weekend,” celebrating the 100th year of the Hobey Baker Rink. Standing to Milley’s left is Princeton Director of Athletics John Mack. (Photo by Shelley Szwast, provided courtesy of Princeton Athletics)

Cunningham Shows Senior Leadership, Skill Set

As PU Women’s Hoops Tops Cornell, Ends Ivy Slide

Julia Cunningham found herself in an unusual situation when the Princeton University women’s basketball team hosted Cornell last Saturday evening.

After having starred as Princeton went on a 42game Ivy League winning streak starting in 2019, senior guard Cunningham hit the court against the visiting Big Red looking to help the Tigers snap a two-game losing skid in league play in the wake of the squad falling to Columbia 58-55 in overtime last Friday on the heels of a 67-59 loss to Harvard a week earlier.

“Starting 0-2 in the Ivy League is not ideal for us; it was like changing our mindset and coming back really hungry with a little bit of chip on our shoulder,” said Cunningham. “I think that is kind of how we like to play. We were feeling that pit in our stomach a little bit and looking to bounce back from the Friday night game.”

Cunningham and her teammates realized that they couldn’t rest on the laurels of having won four straight Ivy League titles.

“We talked about that a little bit, reigning champs is one thing but then coming back and proving it is anoth er thing,” said Cunningham. “So coming out and being

defensive-minded and executing our game plan every night is what we have to do moving forward.”

Getting things moving for Princeton against Cornell, Cunningham drained a three-pointer on her first shot of the evening and tallied seven points in the first quarter as Princeton built a 24-12 lead.

“I always like to make the first shot, it makes things a little bit easier,” said Cunningham. “It opens stuff up for you, just finding easy opportunities to get layups. Things like that definitely give me a little bit more confidence going through the game.”

After taking a 37-28 halftime lead, Princeton cranked up the defense in the third quarter, outscoring the Big Red 19-8 and never looking back on the way to a 7048 win before a crowd of 1,017 at Jadwin Gym as it improved to 9-5 overall and 1-2 Ivy.

“The second quarter was not our best defensive showing so coming out hard after halftime, especially following the Friday game when we came out pretty slow in the third quarter, was a pretty big focus for us,” said Cunningham. “It is be

the momentum. I think we executed really well.”

Cunningham played well throughout against Cornell, ending up with 13 points and a season-high six assists.

“We knew coming in that they were going to switch a lot so we were going to have a lot of mismatches,” said Cunningham, a 5’11 native of Watchung, who is now averaging 12.0 points and 3.4 rebounds a game.

“It was just looking into our post, that is where our advantage was tonight. I was trying to get them the ball inside a lot, a lot of paint points was going to be big for us.”

In Cunningham’s view, topping Cornell could be a big step for the Tigers.

“Coming off an 0-2 start, we are building confidence as it goes,” said Cunningham. “I think the game against Columbia was big for us. It was a morale thing, we played tough defense but the game didn’t end up going in our favor. But for us, looking at it, that was Princeton basketball. That is how we want to play moving forward so that is building our confidence a little bit step by step.”

With Princeton hosting Hartford on January 12, Brown on January 14, and

Penn on January 16 to wrap up a five-game homestand, Cunningham believes that Tigers can get on a roll.

“We love playing in front of our fans, playing that Princeton basketball,” said Cunningham. “Everyone here knows what we are capable of, we just have to be able to show it. I think when we do that at home, it is obviously a great atmosphere and then we have to bring it on to road games too.”

Princeton head coach Carla Berube liked the way her team brought it in the win over the Big Red.

“I thought we really competed hard last night, we just didn’t come out with the victory,” said Berube. “We woke up and it was a new day and a new team. We wanted to put together a great 40 minutes and have a lot of people get in the game and contribute and that is what we did. I am really proud of what the bench did, they just gave us some good minutes.”

Berube realizes that her team is going to have to battle to keep its Ivy title string alive.

“I think they understand that, they competed really hard from minute one through minute 40 and that is what we need to do,” said Berube. “There is so much parity in the league now, teams have gotten better. We have to step up and meet those challenges.”

Seeing Cunningham step up was heartening for Berube. “I was trying to get Julia going a little bit, she is probably feeling a little better physically,” said Berube. “I thought she played with a lot of poise and took what the defense gave her. She had six

assists, she was reading the defense really well and finding her teammates in places where they can score the ball.”

The Tigers played some good defense in the third quarter as they stifled the Big Red.

“We talked about what the third quarter was like last night,” said Berube. “I thought we did not come out of the locker room well, we really wanted to put together the first five minutes and make them call a timeout within that first five minutes. We got some good things out of our press and got some really good scoring opportunities in the third quarter.”

Freshman guard Madison St. Rose took advantage of those opportunities, tallying a career-high 15 points.

“It is hard for any first year to come in on a really experienced veteran team and find her niche and where she can help us,” said Berube. “When she is aggressive and when she is attacking, she is really at her best. She did that tonight. She got to the foul line and got some easier buckets in the paint instead of having to take long range shots all the time. She is definitely coming along.”

Princeton got another big game from junior guard Kaitlyn Chen, who tallied 13 points with three assists and two steals against Cornell.

“I think tonight was good. Last night it felt like we were trying to put so much pressure on Kaitlyn to score the basketball; it was so much better tonight where it was more evenly distributed,” said Berube of Chen who scored 20 points in the loss to Columbia and is

averaging a team-high 15.9 points a game.

“She was making great plays for her teammates, she is someone we rely on all of the time. She is just good and smart with the basketball. Sometimes in the middle of the paint she is just trying to thread a needle and it is not there and it is just take your pull-up jumper. Her pull-up jumper in the paint is so good. She is having a great junior campaign.”

With three home games this week, Berube is hoping that being at Jadwin can spark her squad.

“It is just keep building, we don’t have a lot of practice to get ready for Hartford, Brown, and Penn,” said Berube. “Those practices are going to be really, really important. I think they are feeling good right now but they also know feeling good means putting in the work in those practices. Once the ball is tipped, we have got to outwork our opponents. There have been some really good crowds here and the energy is good. I think it is always a little easier on our own gym.”

Cunningham, for her part, is looking to end her career by working hard to the final whistle.

“The end is in sight which is a little bit sad but at the same time it makes you really hungry,” said Cunningham. “We know what it takes to win an Ivy League championship. We have to bring that with us but at the same time we know we have to come out and play every night. The league is open and we are taking that as seniors knowing it is ours for the taking.”

—Bill Alden

BACK ON TRACK: Princeton University women’s basketball player Julia Cunningham goes up for a shot in recent action. Last Saturday, senior star Cunningham scored 13 points and passed for a season-high six assists as Princeton defeated Cornell 70-48, snapping a two-game losing streak in Ivy League play. The Tigers, now 9-5 overall and 1-2 Ivy, host Hartford on January 12, Brown on January 14, and Penn on January 16. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

PU Sports Roundup

Princeton Football’s Iosivas Invited to NFL Combine

Princeton University football senior star Andrei Iosivas has accepted an invitation to the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis, Ind. (February 28-March 6).

“It means so much to me,” said Iosivas about the honor. “I get to display my skills with the best and that’s what I’ve always wanted. I want to show out for Princeton and show out for my family.”

Iosivas, a 6’3, 200-pound native of Honolulu, Hawaii, will go down as not only one of the best wide receivers in Tiger program history, but one of the all-time great Princeton athletes. The senior captain, who collected four All-American honors following his 2022 season, led the Ivy League in receptions (66), receiving yards (943), and touchdown catches (seven) while being ranked ninth in the FCS in receiving yards and 14th in receptions per game (6.6) and 16th in receiving yards. Iosivas ended his Princeton career ranked sixth all-time in receiving yards (1,909), 12th in receptions (125), and third in touchdown catches (16).

In addition, Iosivas has starred in track at Princeton and was a 2022 NCAA AllAmerican in the heptathlon at the indoor championships highlighted by the fastest 60-meter time (6.71). He was also a three-time Ivy champion in the heptathlon.

The unanimous First-Team All-Ivy selection is the first Tiger to participate in the combine since Kevin Davidson in 2020.

Princeton Wrestling Excels at F&M Event

Danny Coles and Grant Cuomo starred as the Princeton University wrestling team took second in the David H. Lehman Open at Franklin & Marshall in Lancaster, Pa., last Friday.

Coles placed second at 141 pounds while Cuomo was the runner-up at 165.

In the team standings, the Tigers finished with 160.5 points, trailing only North Carolina’s 167.5 points.

In upcoming action, Princeton faces Oregon State in Austin, Texas, on January 13 and then wrestles at Arizona State on January 15.

Tiger Men’s Volleyball Tops D’Youville in Opener

Ben Harrington came up big as the Princeton University men’s volleyball team topped D’Youville 3-0 last Monday in its season opener.

Harrington had a matchhigh 11 kills to help the Tigers prevail 27-25, 25-17, 25-17.

Princeton heads west for matches at UCLA at January 14 and at Pepperdine on January 16.

PU Women’s Swimming Defeats LaSalle 180-110

Amelia Liu had a big meet as the Princeton University women’s swimming team topped LaSalle 180-110 last Saturday.

Senior Liu placed first in both the 100-yard butterfly and 200 individual medley.

Princeton, now 4-2,

competes against Navy and Notre Dame from January 13-14 in Annapolis, Md.

Tiger Men’s Swimming Cruises Past LaSalle

Producing a dominant performance, the Princeton University men’s swimming team defeated LaSalle 23165 last Saturday.

The Tigers won 15 of 16 events as they improved to 5-1. In upcoming action, Princeton competes against Navy and Notre Dame from January 1314 in Annapolis, Md.

Former PU Lax Coach Tierney Announces Retirement Hall of Fame men’s lacrosse coach Bill Tierney, who led the Princeton University men’s lax program to six national titles between 1992-2001 before heading west to Denver University in 2009 and guiding the Pioneers to the 2015 NCAA crown, said last week that he will be stepping down after the 2023 season.

During Tierney’s tenure with Princeton, he guided the Tigers to a 238-86 record from 1988-2009. At Denver, his record is 15754 overall.

Tierney enters his final season leading the Pioneers with an overall 429147 (.745) record, making 30 NCAA Tournament appearances (28 in Division I) including 25 trips to the NCAA Quarterfinals (23), 15 NCAA D-I Championship Weekend appearances, nine appearances in the DivisionI title game, and a record seven national championships. The two-time National Coach of the Year won 14 Ivy League Championships with Princeton, three ECAC regular-season titles, an

ECAC Tournament title, seven BIG EAST regular-season crowns and two BIG EAST Tournament championships.

In 2002, Tierney was inducted into the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame with the distinction of being “a truly great coach.”

“They say, ‘When you know, you know,’ and as my

career draws to a close, I’m at peace with this decision,” said Tierney in a release issued by the University of Denver announcing his retirement.

“The list of people to thank who have impacted the last 48 years of my life is endless. Most of all, I want to thank my wife

Helen, who has stood by my side and followed me to two high schools and four college stops through my career, and has been the rock for me and our children. Our family is all over the country now, and I’m looking forward to having the time to give back to them after all they’ve given for me.”

RED ALERT: Princeton University men’s basketball player Deven Austin heads to the hoop in recent action. Last Saturday, freshman guard Austin scored a career-high 15 points in 23 minutes off the bench as Princeton defeated Cornell 75-68. The Tigers improved to 12-4 overall and 3-0 Ivy League with the win over the Big Red and moved into first place in the league standings. In upcoming action, Princeton plays at Brown on January 14 and at Penn on January 16. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Undefeated PHS Boys’ Swimming Routs WWP-South As Baytin Produces School Record, Xu Shows Versatility

Daniel Baytin was primed to do something special when the Princeton High boys’ swim team hosted WW/P-South last Thursday.

“We changed up the lineup so I had the opportunity to sprint the 100 breaststroke,” said Baytin. “I haven’t been able to really try it because I have been swimming back to back events. We organized the lineup spot so I would have a good shot at it.”

Making the most of his shot, Baytin sprinted to a school record of 57.22, breaking his previous mark of 58.48.

“It is my main event, I have been swimming it for four years,” said Baytin, who also took first in the 50 freestyle as PHS defeated previously undefeated WW/PS 126-44 and improved to 7-0. “It is good to drop time definitely. It is still going to get knocked down. It means a lot to me, it is a legacy. I hope my brother (Stephen) one day will beat it.”

In Baytin’s view, the team’s current corps of sophomores has the chance to leave quite a legacy.

“All of the freshmen from last year have gotten faster,” said Baytin. “They were great last year, but now they are really putting in the work. It is awesome. I think the team is going to be in good hands.”

One of those sophomores, David Xu, looked awesome against WW/P-S as he won the 200 individual medley and 500 freestyle.

“My brother (twin Jaiden) was swimming next to me in the IM. Whenever I swim, I don’t want to get beat by him,” said Xu, whose brother took second in the race. “David [Brophy] really pushed me in the 500 free as well because I felt like I had to beat him. I used to swim that last year, but I didn’t really swim it this season. It was a different experience than most of my races because it is the longest distance out of all of them.”

In competing against the Pirates, who came into the meet at 6-0, the Tigers pushed hard.

“It feels that now that we have all of our swimmers, we were able to do so much better,” said Xu. “Now we are going for power points so we are able to get a higher seeding in states.”

The team’s camaraderie has helped spark its powerful efforts.

“The entire team just feels like a big family, everybody knows each other and we are all really friends with each other,” said Xu. “It is a big friend group.”

Baytin, for his part, savored the big win over the Pirates. “I don’t think we have ever beaten them by this much before,” said Baytin. “It was fun.”

Looking ahead to the homestretch of the season, Baytin believes he can do much better.

“I have just been getting back in shape, the season is far from over,” said Baytin.

“The fun stuff is still coming.”

PHS head coach Carly Misiewicz had fun watching Baytin race to his record swim.

“Daniel never ceases to amaze me,” said Misiewicz. “He is just such a stellar athlete and will do anything.”

David Xu’s stellar effort also impressed Misiewicz. “David is so versatile, whether it is the 200 free, the 200 IM, or whatever he is thrown into,” said Misiewicz. “It was the 500 free today and the 100 back that he did the other day for us. He is just so strong. He is such a competitor and such an athlete. I feel so honored and privileged to have so many swimmers like him and like Daniel Baytin with their versatility. I can put them on the 500 free one week and the 50 the next week.”

In the win over WW/P-S, PHS competed hard from the start.

“Going 1-2 in that medley relay set the tone, the energy was up 110 percent,” said Misiewicz, whose team is looking at a busy stretch with meets at WW/P-North on January 11, at Trenton Central on January 12, and at Nottingham on January 17.

“We had a really good meet, a really fun meet against Notre Dame the other day (a 128-42 win in January 3). You never know with two back-to-back tough meets against really good competitive teams. You never know how we are going to perform, getting back in the swing of things at school. Overall, I think we

are exactly in the spot that we need to be.”

The Tigers were also competing against the clock in the meet with the Pirates.

“Our main goal was not to just win today but really thinking about power points and states everything,” said Misiewicz. “We are sitting second in the section right now, trying to inch up a little closer to that top seed which is Chatham. We are just trying to think big picture and what are we capable of right now and things like that.”

A big factor in the team’s success this winter has been its depth.

“It was a team effort, it was a team win across the board – the energy was super high,” said Misiewicz, who got first place finishes from Brophy in the 200 free, Daniel Guo in the 100 butterfly, and Zach Guan in the 100 backstroke in addition to the wins by Baytin and Xu.

“I just think across the board, there are people who are surprising me and really stepping up and just dropping tremendous time. Someone like Tyler Cenci in our outside lanes, he is at practice every single day, just working and working all the time.”

As PHS looks to have another big postseason in the wake of last year’s heroics which saw it win the county meet, the Public B Central Jersey sectional title, and advance to the Public B state final where it lost to Chatham, Xu believes the Tigers could exceed those feats.

“I feel like we are in a really good spot and maybe even better than last year actually,” said Xu. “I am really happy with how the team is doing right now.”

Baytin is happy with how things are going in his final campaign with the program.

“Our team is a lot faster this year,” said Baytin, who is planning to continue his swimming career at the Division I level next year. “When I was here as a freshman we were fast but nowhere near as fast as this team. The younger guys are growing, they are a lot bigger.”

—Bill Alden

With Junior Wang Developing Into a Standout, PHS Girls’ Swimming Looking Dominant at 6-0

Having increased her workload in the pool over the last year, Jesse Wang is putting together a superb junior season for the Princeton High girls’ swim team.

“I have improved a lot because last year we could have limited training,” said Wang, who also competes for X-Cel swim club. “This year we have definitely amped it up to a different level.”

Last Thursday as PHS defeated WW/P-South 122-48 in improving to 6-0, Wang displayed the fruits of that labor, winning both the 200yard freestyle and 100 backstroke against the Pirates.

“I have to admit, the 200 free is not my favorite event,” said Wang with a laugh as she reflected on her swims. “I did enjoy my swim this time. It was very, very fun to race my friend Sarah [Yan] from South. It was a good race, it was very exhilarating. That 100 back was very good. Me and Sabine [Ristad] have a little rivalry with backstroke.”

Wang enjoys the good rivalry that PHS has with WW/P-S.

“They are very fast, several of our club swimmers have friends and teammates on South,” said Wang of the Pirates who brought a 5-0 record into the meet. “They are very tough competitors. We always have a lot of fun with these competitions.”

PHS head coach Carly Misiewicz credited Wang with coming up big in the meet.

“Jesse had two really nice swims in the 200 feee and 100 back,” said Misiewicz, who got a lot of good swims against the Pirates as Beatrice Cai placed first in the 200 individual medley, Kyleigh Tangen won the 50 free, Lauren Girouard prevailed in the 100 butterfly, Annie Zhao was the victor in both the 100 free and 100 breaststroke, and Sabine Ristad was first in the 500 free. “She is somebody who can swim anything, the 200 IM, the 500 free, 100 fly, 100 back, and 100 free. She is just such a competitor.”

Junior Girouard competed hard against WW/P-S. “Lauren had a big swim in the 100 fly and her 1:04 in the 100 back was big,” said Misiewicz. “For her and Sabine to both do 1:04 as our second and third lanes in the backstroke, that truly speaks to our depth.”

The team’s depth is exemplified by the versatility of senior standout Beatrice Cai, who also took second in the 100 fly against the Pirates.

“Beatrice continues to find herself every day and just races every opportunity she gets,” said Misiewicz. “That is what I always tell them. Every race that you get is an opportunity. Every swim is an opportunity to do the best time or to drop a little bit of time or the swim a little faster than you did yesterday.”

Showing her appetite for racing, senior Zhao starred against WW/P-S.

“Annie had a great 100 free and great 100 breaststroke, today, she was another double winner,” said Misiewicz. “I am really excited with where we are at.”

With PHS heading into a busy week with meets at WW/P-North on January 11, at Trenton Central on January 12, and at Nottingham on January 17, Misiewicz is looking for some more exciting performances from her squad.

“We are sitting pretty right now but like I tell them there is always more work to do,” said Misiewicz. “I was waiting for this week, it is nice to have those competitive meets. Today and Tuesday (a 135-35 win over Notre Dame on January 3) was the first time we have had everybody at full force. We had our full lineup. That was the big thing before the holidays, everybody was sick.”

If the Tigers keep up the good work, they could accomplish a lot this winter.

“They are a force to be reckoned with, the girls have really, really big goals this season,” said Misiewicz. “We fell a little short of them last year. I think the girls really want that sectional title, and to really see what we can do as a whole after that too.”

Wang, for her part, is confident about the squad’s ability to achieve those goals.

“We are in a very good place; I have faith in this team and I believe we can do a lot of great things,” said Wang. “Going into future, I think we have a pretty good chance of winning everything.”

—Bill Alden

6-0

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NO BACKING DOWN: Princeton High girls’ swimmer Jesse Wang displays her backstroke form in recent action. Last Thursday, junior star Wang placed first in the 200-yard freestyle and 100 backstroke as PHS defeated WW/P-South 122-48. The Tigers, who improved to

with the win, have meets at WW/P-North on January 11, at Trenton Central on January 12, and at

tingham on January 17.

(Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Princeton High boys’ swimmer Daniel Baytin competes in a breaststroke race earlier this season. Last Thursday, Baytin placed first in the 100-yard breaststroke to help PHS defeat WW/P-S 126-44. Baytin produced a school record of 57.22 in his win, breaking his previous mark of 58.48. The Tigers, now 7-0, have meets at WW/P-North on January 11, at Trenton Central on January 12, and at Nottingham on January 17. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Sparked by Big Performance from Defenseman Shin, PDS Boys’ Hockey Dismantles Bergen Catholic 8-1

With the Princeton Day School boys’ hockey team having gone a pedestrian 2-22 in December action, Han Shin and his teammates were looking to start 2023 with a bang when they hosted Bergen Catholic last week.

“It was a new year, we knew we could be better so we decided to step it up,” said PDS junior defenseman Shin. “We talked about it before the game, tightening up the dzone, just working harder on the forecheck and just burying it when we have the chances.”

Shin stepped up against the Crusaders, tallying a goal as PDS jumped out to a 3-1 first period lead and never looked back on the way to an 8-1 win in the January 3 contest.

“I thought we had a really good start and we just kept building on it and didn’t really stop which was good,” said Shin.

Getting the goal that put PDS up 2-1, Shin gave the Panthers the lead for good.

“I saw Rosh [Nissangaratchie] on the left side, so I kicked it out and their defense was staying up on him and I decided to keep driving,” recalled Shin. “Rosh made a good play, gave it back, and I just tried to tip it on net and it went in.”

In the second period, PDS outscored Bergen Catholic 3-0 to turn the game into a rout.

“I just think we were dialed in and we just wanted to get

the job done,” said Shin, who picked up an assist on the fifth Panther goal. “All year we have had trouble finishing games. Today was definitely a huge step up. We could step it up little more, we could definitely pick it up in the d-zone.”

In doing a good job this winter, Shin has benefited from getting a lot of ice time and bonding with his teammates.

“Being on the ice every day is huge — you get better every day,” said Shin. “It is just being with the guys and growing as a team. We are a pretty old group, we have been together for a while.”

PDS head coach Scott Bertoli liked the way his team closed the deal against Bergen Catholic.

“I am impressed, we have had leads get away from us,” said Bertoli. “We kept our foot on the gas, we played

well deep into that third period. We continued to have great chances, we didn’t give up too much. We got good goaltending. We also scored. We like the idea of playing for lines when we can. Tonight was a situation where everyone played well and everyone chipped in offensively.”

Bertoli believed that his squad showed some maturity in pulling away.

“Consistency is what we are looking for — you play a competitive schedule and you are going to have your ups and downs,” said Bertoli. “You really need to manage your emotions and when things aren’t going well, don’t led them spiral. I am thinking of the Gloucester Catholic game (a 5-5 tie on December 15) where were up 4-0 and in control. A couple of bad penalties and it just spiraled in a hurry. That was the message tonight — we get up early and it felt like we were in control. We were doing a lot of good things.”

Shin is certainly doing a lot of good things for the Panthers.

“Han is an exceptional talent — he is the epitome of what we need to see happen on a more consistent basis,” said Bertoli of Shin, who has a team-high six goals. “That kid is instant offense bigtime. As long as he just sticks to the game plan, he has the propensity to try and do too much. When he doesn’t, he is dominant. He was dominant tonight. Against Gloucester, he had two goals and an assist. He has the ability to do it. I don’t care how good you are, you need to play simple and make the easy plays.”

In producing the dominant win, PDS got two goals and an assist from Riley Schmidt with Liam Jackson contributing a goal and two assists and Ace Ewanchyna, Jake Harrison, Ryan Vandal, and Filip Kacmarsky each chipping in a goal.

“Our top guys like Liam and Riley got things started,” said Bertoli. “They were in on two of the first three goals — those are two kids who should score. It is older guys who get those opportunities. Ace had a nice goal.”

In Bertoli’s view, his team was refreshed coming off the holiday break.

“It came at a really convenient time, they have gone hard with the club teams and then high school has picked up for a month, there is that overlap,” said Bertoli, whose team defeated Worcester Academy (Mass.) 5-3 last Saturday in a consolation game at their HRM tournament to move to 4-3-2 and now hosts the Pingry School on January 12 before playing at Gloucester Catholic on January 17.

“The kids were tired as we went into break and they looked tired,” said Bertoli. “We didn’t do a ton the second week, and club shuts down for two weeks. It is good, it should re-energize our kids. Now it is a two-month season. It is a grind, it is game after game after game and quality opponents.”

Shin, for his part, believes the Panthers can thrive in that grind.

“We just have to stick to our game plan, we just have to keep forechecking and working hard,” said Shin. “We need to compete in the d-zone and then bury pucks when we have the chance.”

—Bill Alden

With

Richmond Contributing at Both Ends of the Ice, Hun Boys’ Hockey Edges Pingry 3-2 to Start 2023

After being part of the supporting cast last winter in his junior season for the Hun School boys’ hockey team, Scott Richmond was determined to assume a bigger role in his final campaign with the program.

“Last year I played like two shifts a game,” said Richmond. “In the offseason, I got to work and lost some weight and worked on my skating and stuff.”

That work has paid dividends as Richmond moved to defenseman from forward to shore up the team’s blue line and has also carved out a key role on the power play.

Last Wednesday as Hun defeated the Pingry School 3-2, Richmond contributed at both ends of the ice, tallying a power play goal in the third period and helping to spearhead a solid defensive effort by the Raiders.

While Richmond and his teammates were happy to get the win to start 2023, snapping a three-game losing streak in the process, he acknowledged they had to shake off some rust.

“We had two practices off of break, we didn’t really have a chance to get our systems going and chemistry back,” said Richmond. “The win feels good, we were a little sloppy today but we came out on top. We kept trying, we knew we had the chances. We were able to find the back of the net at some point.”

With the game deadlocked at 1-1 early in the third period, Richmond found the back of the net with some fancy stickwork as he redirected the puck past the Pingry goalie.

“I saw my boy Ryan Levesque and I gave him a little nod,” recalled Richmond. “He saw that and he shot it and I got the rebound.”

Hun extended the lead on an empty net goal by Brendan Marino, but the Blues battled back to score in the waning moments of the contest and pressed forward until the final horn.

“The last two minutes, I was a little worried,” said Richmond “They had like 10 shots on one shift. I think the whole team was worried but we have [Stephen] Chen back there. It is definitely a good way to start 2023.”

Richmond has enjoyed getting his shot to make a bigger contribution.

“I feel on the power play I have a good role, it is working out well for the team,” said Richmond. “This is my first year playing defense, I think I am doing well with it. I do make some sloppy plays back there, I am trying my best. I like the fit. It is my last year playing so I definitely want to make the most of it.”

Hun head coach Ian McNally credits Richmond

with making the most out of his final campaign with the Raiders.

“Scott has been great; he just shows his stick and they just hit it towards him and he gets it and shoots on goal,” said McNally, who also got a goal and an assist from Justin LaPlante against Pingry. “That is the third goal he has scored just like that. He is playing half the game, we need him on defense. Last year, we had guys that didn’t play that much and he was one of those guys. He willingly jumped into this, saying sure I will try defense. It has changed the whole outlook of his year and he is running with it.”

As Hun hit the ice for its first game since December 16, McNally liked the way his squad jumped into the new year.

“I think the mood was just fine, everyone was excited to be back,” said McNally.

“I thought we were going to build every period. When you come back on fresh ice in the third, everybody is in a good mood. And then when we got up 2-1, I thought ‘here we go.’”

With Pingry making a late charge, senior goalie Chen stood tall, ending up with 25 saves, including some pointblank stops.

“We obviously needed him tonight. Not that you want to play for that, but he has the ability to do that,” said McNally.

“He can weather that storm and once he makes that first stop, we can try and help him out there. You don’t want to plan for it but it is nice to have. There are years where you don’t have that and it is hard to win games. He has been great, he is wearing the letter (as a captain) and he showed a little bit of fire too.”

Although the Hun offense didn’t fire on all cylinders against Pingry, coming through with a victory was a good step forward.

“I think a couple of those guys would have liked to have more offensive opportunities,” said McNally, whose team fell 5-3 to St. Augustine last Monday to move to 6-7 and hosts Portledge School (N.Y.) on January 11 before playing at Bergen Catholic on January 12. “We didn’t have that many scoring chances in the end but the fact that we won and we are back together, that is good.”

Richmond, for his part, believes that Hun will get it together as things pick up over the rest of January.

“We have two practices for the rest of the week and we should be good to go,” said Richmond. “We have three games next week so that is going to get us going.”

—Bill Alden

SHIN GUARD: Princeton Day School boys’ hockey player Han Shin looks to clear the puck in a 2022 game. Last Wednesday, junior defensemen Shin contributed a goal and an assist as PDS defeated Bergen Catholic 8-1. The Panthers, who defeated Worcester Academy (Mass.) 5-3 last Saturday in a consolation game at their HRM tournament to move to 4-3-2, host the Pingry School on January 12 before playing at Gloucester Catholic on January 17. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Boys’ Basketball : Anthony Loscalzo starred in a losing cause as Hun fell 6763 at Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) last Saturday. Loscalzo tallied 19 points as the Raiders dropped to 6-5. Hun plays at the Shipley School (Pa.) on January 12 before hosting Springside Chestnut Hill (Pa.) on January 14 and the Phelps School on January 16.

Girls’ Basketball : Emily O’Dwyer led the way as Hun topped the Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) 47-37 last Saturday. O’Dwyer posted a double-double with 20 points and 10 rebounds for the Raiders, who moved to

Lawrenceville

Boys’ Basketball : Posting its third straight win, Lawrenceville defeated Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) 76-61 last Sunday. The Big Red, now 4-1, play at Pennington School on January 11, at the Phelps School (Pa.) on January 13, and at the Peddie School on January 14.

Boys’ Hockey : Falling short in a battle of elite squads, Lawrenceville lost 3-2 to Don Bosco last Saturday in the final of the HRM tournament hosted by the

Princeton Day School. In upcoming action, the Big Red, who moved to 8-4 with the loss, play at Trinity Pawling (N.Y.) on January 13 and Northfield Mount Herman (Mass.) on January 14.

PDS

Boys’ Basketball: Unable to get its offense going, PDS fell 52-34 to the Pennington School last Friday. Jordan Owens tallied 10 points in the loss for the Panthers, who moved to 3-4. PDS hosts the Pioneer Academy on January 12 and Hopewell Valley on January 13.

Girls’ Basketball: Mia Hartman scored 16 points in a losing cause as PDS fell 63-47 to Steinert High last Saturday. The Panthers, who dropped to 2-6 with the setback, play at Hopewell Valley on January 12 and at Willingboro High on January 17.

Girls’ Hockey : Eibhleann Knox and Logan Harrison starred in defeat as PDS fell 4-3 to Pingry last Monday. Knox tallied two goals and an assist while Harrison had a goal and two assists as the Panthers dropped to 2-1-2. In upcoming action, PDS plays at Summit High on January 13 and at Rye Country Day (N.Y.) on January 17.

Pennington

Boys’ Basketball : Destine Evans tallied 19 points but it wasn’t enough as

Pennington fell 64-62 to the Perkiomen School (Pa.) last Monday. The Red Hawks, now 7-9, host Lawrenceville on January 11 and then play at Academy at Palumbo (Pa.) on January 13.

Girls’ Basketball : Morgan Matthews had a big game as Pennington defeated Princeton Day School 66-23 last Friday. Matthews tallied 15 points and grabbed six rebounds to help the Red Hawks improve to 8-3. Pennington hosts the Hun School on January 13 and St. Benedict’s on January 14.

PHS

Girls’ Basketball : Riley Devlin had a huge game as PHS defeated Highland Park 55-32 last Saturday. Junior guard Devlin tallied 20 points and had five assists to help the Tigers improve to 5-4. PHS hosts Steinert on January 13, Piscataway on January 14, and Hopewell Valley on January 17.

Boys’ Hockey : Cooper Zullo scored two goals but it wasn’t enough as PHS fell 6-4 to Robbinsville last Friday. The Tigers, who moved to 4-3 with the loss, face Hopewell Valley on January 11, the WWP Coop on January 13, and Notre Dame on January 16 with

all three games to be played at the Mercer County Skating Center.

Girls’ Hockey : Logan Hollingsworth battled hard as PHS fell 9-0 to Randolph last Friday. Junior goalie Hollingsworth made 33 saves as the Tigers moved to 0-6. PHS hosts Madison on January 12 at Hobey Baker Rink.

Wrestling : Blase Mele and Chase Hamerschlag starred as PHS went 2-1 in a quad last Saturday at Hightstown High. Mele went 3-0 at 132 pounds and Hamerschlag posted three wins at 165 as the Tigers topped Hightstown 55-30 and Middle Township 44-33 while losing 55-21 to Manalapan. PHS, who moved to 6-2 in dual meet action, hosts Nottingham on January 11, wrestles at Hopewell Valley in January 12, and then heads to Allentown on January 14 for a quad.

Dillon Youth Hoops Opening Day Results

In season opening action last weekend in the Boys’ 4th-5th grade division of the Dillon Youth Basketball League, the Majeski Foundation topped Proof Pizza 31-14 as Malcom Harris tallied 12 points in the win. Theo Henderson scored 12 points for Proof Pizza in a losing cause. Alex Pies poured in 25 points to lead the way as Mason Griffin & Pierson defeated Princeton Restorative Dental 27-19. Locomotion topped Ivy Rehab 20-13 as Theodore Hogshire had 14 points in the victory. Ilan Speigel scored 10 points to help Jefferson Plumbing edge Princeton Pettoranello Foundation 19-18.

In the Girls’ division, Delizioso Bakery+Kitchen nipped Woodwinds 26-23 as Ria Sheth had 11 points in the victory. Lea Weinberger scored a game-high 16 points for Woodwinds. Julia Belardo had 11 points to lead Ficus over Planted Plate 31-22. Chloe Hunt had 14 points in the loss.

Basketball : Taylor States scored 10 points but it wasn’t enough as Stuart lost 51-37 to Princeton Day School last Wednesday. The Tartans, who moved to 1-2 with the defeat, host Robbinsville on January 11.

StuartIn the Boys’ 6th-7th grade division, Le Kiosk defeated Team 6 while Corner House beat PBA #130 and Ivy Inn topped Pizza Den.

In the Boys’ 8th-10th grade division, the Sixers edged the Nets 35-33 while the Celtics defeated the Knicks 34-12.

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HEADING NORTH: Princeton High boys’ basketball player Remmick Granozio looks to make a pass

action. Last Friday, Granozio scored 13 points to help PHS defeat WW/P-North. The Tigers, who

to 2-5 with the win, play at Steinert on January 13 and at Hopewell Valley on January 17.

(Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

William D. Kraft, Jr.

William D. Kraft, Jr., 87, of Cranbury, NJ, died peacefully at home on Friday, December 16, 2022. He was the son of the late William David and Thelma V. (Ringlaben) Kraft and brother of the late Sarah Kraft Bond.

Bill grew up in and had great affection for the town of West Hazleton, PA, where his family owned a lumber business for several generations. After graduating from Drexel University where he enjoyed many friendships as a member of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, he went on to serve as a cryptographer in the US Army at forts around the Southern U.S.

In the late 1950s when there was only one book in the Philadelphia public library on computers and it was about the bomb sights of WWII, he started work at RCA’s computer group in Camden, NJ, on the pioneering BIZMAC. After several years of working on those early RCA machines, he took an opportunity to move to a growing operation in Princeton called Educational Testing Service (ETS). He was at ETS for 31 years as a creative technology person working on many different kinds of systems including those for processing and grading millions of the tests that became standard in schools across the country, like the PSAT, SAT, and AP. He was always an innovator and earned several U.S. patents and kudos from colleagues for systems designed for document storage to test taker identification to the essay grading model.

After leaving ETS he became an entrepreneur. He was asked to consult on a problem that the Episcopal Diocese of NJ had in getting the results of their important convention elections in a speedy fashion. He worked with Bishop Mellick Belshaw and church officers to develop a system for New Jersey first using bar code technology then later optical scanning and called it Votescan. Eventually Episcopal dioceses all across the country adopted his system and he spent the next 20 years working with his team to assist those dioceses in their elections.

He was married to the late Miriam Stecker Kraft with whom he had a son, William D. Kraft III of Buckingham, PA. He has been married to Katherine M. Kish for the last 37 years. He and Katherine enjoyed a very happy marriage sharing interests in business, in technology, in creating a special home and property in Cranbury, and in travel to all 50 states in the U.S. and most provinces of Canada in their motorhomes.

His great passion was

driving and collecting antique cars like Studebakers and Hudsons. He had an original Ford Mustang convertible bought new in 1988 which he drove with pleasure until 2021. His latest pride and joy was a pristine 1997 Jaguar convertible. He was a member of the Central Jersey Antique Car Club and enjoyed showing his cars and driving in local parades.

He had a wonderful voice and was a soloist growing up and in college and the Army. And as an Eagles fan, both the band and the NFL football team, he enjoyed this winning season.

In addition to his loving wife and son, Bill is survived by his son-in-law Steve Frahm, his brother Robert H. Kraft and his wife Rebecca Goldfield, his brother-inlaw L. Stephen Kish and his wife Beth. and nieces and nephews across the country.

The family would like to thank the physicians of the Princeton Medical Group, the staff at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, the staff of the Gardens of Monroe and Holisticare Hospice, and his wonderful home caregiver.

A Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m. on Sunday, February 5, 2023 at the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home in Princeton, NJ. Valet parking available.

Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society-Prostate Cancer Research or to the national Alzheimer’s Association for research which Bill supported in honor of his mother.

Funeral arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

Nigeria, and Kenya. He was also affi liated with the Program in Near Eastern Studies and the Program in African Studies and served as director of the latter from 1970 to 1979.

As a teacher, Bob offered Princeton’s first courses in African history. As a scholar, he immersed himself in the study of the continent, learning Arabic and exploring new historical methods, including ethnographic accounts of the roles of the Kamba, Kikuyu, and Maasai peoples of East Africa in the rise and fall of the British empire in Kenya. His research took him to Egypt, Nigeria, Sudan, England, and Kenya, countries where he and his family would live during sabbatical years.

His 14 years as chair of the Department of History was considered transformative, as he helped push the intellectual frontiers of the department beyond Europe and North America. He supported the creation of new kinds of courses, in new fields, with connections and support for interdisciplinary international studies, especially in African, Asian, and Latin American studies, and initiated graduate and undergraduate courses in world history. He focused on empire and capitalism before either topic was fashionable, writing seven books on African history. His book Worlds Together, Worlds Apart: A History of the Modern World: 1300 to the Present (Norton, 2002), a twovolume history of the world, is generally regarded as the defining scholarly work in the field and the leading collegelevel textbook on global history.

A full list of Bob’s publications and academic honors are included in the Princeton University obituary: princeton.edu/news/2022/12/21/ robert-tignor-distinguishedegyptologist-and-historianwonderful-mentor-and.

Beyond his own scholarship, Bob was a dedicated mentor to generations of undergraduate and graduate students in modern African history and modern world history. Among his graduate students, many of whom went on to prestigious academic careers, he is remembered for his wry-sense of humor and no-nonsense approach.

he was equally devoted to his Princeton Tigers as an adult. A passionate spectator, Bob’s game-watching moods ranged from sheer glee to total exasperation. He never shied away from letting the refs know when he disagreed with a call — which was not infrequently — or voicing his opinions when watching games on TV (and sometimes waking up his sleeping children in the process).

Bob was fair, honest, and deeply committed to helping others, most especially through education. Not one to slow down in “retirement,” he continued writing, publishing books on the Nobel-winning economist W. Arthur Lewis, a short history of Egypt, and a biography of Anwar al-Sadat. He also completed revisions of Worlds Together, Worlds Apart and wrote a companion volume. Bob continued his work as a member on the Board of Trustees for The College of Wooster, a role that brought him great pleasure. He volunteered as a reader for the blind; worked with struggling elementary school learners in the read-aloud program at a local elementary school, and helped women living in a shelter get their GED. Bob offered adult education lectures to the Princeton community and held advanced group history discussions in his home for a group of motivated high school students.

Among many things, his family will remember his commitment to summer vacations on Cape Cod spanning 60 years and countless trips taking children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren to the Brewster General store.

Bob’s wife of 66 years, Marian, suffered a fatal stroke on December 15, just six days after Bob’s death. He was predeceased by his son, Jeffrey David Tignor, who died in 2003. He is survived by his brother, Richard Tignor; his sisters, Joan Tiernan and Judy Russo; his daughters, Laura Tignor and Sandra Selby and husband Trevor Selby; four grandchildren, Hilde McKernan, Sam Cobb, Owen Selby and Isabel Selby; and two great-grandchildren, Hunter and Harper McKernan.

A memorial service will be held at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road, Princeton, New Jersey, at 2 p.m. Sunday, February 19, 2023.

Donations may be made to the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton (uuprinceton.org), Thirteen – New York Public Media (WNET/PBS – thirteen.org) , and The College of Wooster.

89 years old, passed away after a short illness on December 9 in his home in Princeton, NJ.

Bob, a dedicated father, husband, and scholar, was born in Philadelphia on November 20, 1933. His father, Bob M. Tignor, was the minister of the Yeadon Presbyterian church and his mother, Martha, taught high school Latin. The oldest of five, Bob was a natural leader whose work ethic emerged in childhood — from the classroom to the sports fi elds to his first job at the Breyers ice cream factory. Bob earned his bachelor’s degree from the College of Wooster in 1955 and his Ph.D. at Yale University before joining the faculty at Princeton University, where he taught for 46 years until 2006. He was the Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Emeritus, and a pathbreaking scholar of British colonialism and its aftermath, world history, and the modern histories of Egypt,

The easy athleticism and competitive spirit that Bob showed as a child — from the swimming pool to the basketball court to the football field where he played quarterback on his intramural college team — continued into his adulthood. Among colleagues and friends he was known as a fi erce and fearsome tennis and squash player. His childhood loyalty to Philadelphia sports teams never wavered, and

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Christopher Rhoades Kagay, M.D.

Christopher Rhoades Kagay, M.D., died suddenly on January 2 in San Francisco at age 50 from a rapidly progressing glioma. At the time of his passing he was surrounded by his wife Sarah, children Eleanor and Wilder, and close friends.

Chris grew up in Princeton, graduating from Princeton High School in 1990, where he was a trumpeter in the Studio Band, and editorin-chief of The Tower newspaper. He graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University in 1994 where he majored in Social Studies and was a founding member and president of the Harvard Review of Philosophy.

Chris received his M.D. degree from the University of California, San Francisco in 2004 and completed his residency and fellowship training in radiology at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston where he served as Chief Resident.

Dr. Kagay returned to San Francisco in 2010 to join California Pacific Medical Center as a clinical radiologist. As a dedicated and compassionate physician, he was elected Chairman of the Department of Radiology in 2015 and President of California Advanced Imaging Medical Associates in 2021.

Nothing compared to the joy he experienced being

a husband and father. His children’s extracurricular activities inspired his passion for photography, and he cherished capturing his family’s musical and athletic accomplishments as well as ordinary moments. Chris loved the natural beauty of his Outer Richmond neighborhood where he enjoyed cycling with friends and walking with his wife and dog on the beach.

His legacy of kindness will continue to uplift all who knew him, from his colleagues and patients to his neighbors, friends, and family.

Chris is survived by his wife of 17 years, Sarah White, their two children, Wilder and Eleanor Kagay, and his parents in Princeton, Carol and Michael Kagay.

Chris was passionate about education and enjoyed a lifelong love of learning. Donations in his name may be made to the PHS scholarship program at the 101 Fund, c/o Princeton High School, 151 Moore Street, Princeton, NJ 08540.

A memorial service will be held in San Francisco.

father, James Hoke Smith; and his younger brother, Jere Crews Smith. Dr. Smith is survived by his beloved wife of 59 years, Marjorie Lang Smith; his daughters, Cindy Smith Wilson and her husband Chip Wilson, Kathy Smith, and Amy Smith Rogers and her husband Cal Rogers; and his two nephews, who he came to consider his own sons, Jere Crews Smith, Jr. and Brian David Smith and their families. He was proud of and loved all his grandchildren: Sam and Nick Wilson, Tess Turbeville, and Calvin and Story Rogers. He will be missed by his extended family members, friends, and colleagues in both Pocono Lake Preserve and the Princeton community.

David attended Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, and received his medical doctorate from the Emory University Medical School in 1965. From 1965 to 1967, he completed his general surgery residency at Roosevelt Hospital in New York City and was then commissioned as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy from 1967 to 1969. He proudly served his country as a battleship surgeon, treating wounded U.S. Marines in the Vietnam War from 1968 to 1969, and was awarded a Bronze Star for meritorious service in a combat zone. He is featured as “The knife man” in the 2004 book Patriots by Christian G. Appy.

ciates in 1974, and was later an instrumental leader in the design and establishment of Sports Medicine of Princeton and the Neck and Back Institute of Princeton. He practiced orthopaedic surgery in Princeton until his retirement from treating patients in 2004. In “retirement” he continued to help others and enjoyed testifying as a medical expert witness in many legal cases until 2016. He defended many surgeons but never failed when asked to support a patient when he felt the standard of care had been violated.

In addition to being a consummate doctor with a wonderful bedside manner, David was accomplished in many other arenas. He was a skillful pilot with certificates in multi-engine, commercial, and instrument ratings. He was an active business partner (or as he liked to say, “part-time farmer”) in the Indian River citrus industry down in Florida. He owned grapefruit and orange groves and was part owner in a successful packing house until this industry was hit by hurricanes and canker. In his “downtime,” David was a runner, beekeeper, family photographer, tennis player, skier, fly fisherman, outdoorsman, avid reader, writer, football fan, music lover, angel investor, and entrepreneur.

or memorial fund of their choice in his honor and/or simply step outside to watch a sunset and pause with awe, gratitude, and splendor.

A celebration of his life will be held in late spring in Princeton and a Quakertype service will be held in the summer in the Poconos.

Albert Medwin. They were married in 1947 after Albert returned from serving in World War II. In 1957, they moved to Whippany, New Jersey, where they raised their sons, Lawrence and Steven. Every summer, Marilyn and Albert took their sailboat and the family to Lake George, New York, to camp on the islands.

In addition to her work as an engineer, Marilyn was also creative and enjoyed knitting, crocheting, and building models. After Albert built a greenhouse, Marilyn spent many hours planting orchids and other flowers. The couple were members of The Jewish Center of Princeton and actively involved with Recording for the Blind for many years. They were also members of the Princeton Macintosh User Group and Marilyn often volunteered to read stories to children at her neighborhood school.

Marilyn Medwin

Marilyn Medwin, age 95, of Skillman and formerly of Princeton, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2023. She was a beloved wife, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother, as well as a trailblazing engineer.

Dr. David M. Smith Dr. David M. Smith, of Princeton, New Jersey passed away on December 31, 2022. Born at home in Fort Valley, Georgia, on January 4, 1940, Dr. Smith was predeceased by his mother, Rubye Crews Smith; his

Upon his return from Vietnam, Dr. Smith completed his residency in orthopaedic surgery at the New York Orthopaedic Hospital at Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center in New York City from 1969 to 1972. After completing his residency and receiving his board certification, Dr. Smith, Marge, and their young family moved to Princeton, New Jersey. There he co-founded Princeton Orthopaedic Asso -

David was a man who could light up the room with his humor, his booming voice and laugh, and his storytelling. He was respected, loved, and a mentor to many. David made a positive difference in countless people’s lives. But, most importantly, he was a loving husband; a devoted father, grandfather, and uncle; and an exceptional friend. “Dr. Dave” will be missed by all.

In lieu of flowers, the family would like people to contribute to a scholarship

Born in New York City, Marilyn studied mechanical engineering at City College of New York and became a founding member of the Society of Women Engineers, which now has over 40,000 members. Throughout her career, she held various engineering positions in the New York and New Jersey area and was skilled at solving geometric problems, which allowed her to manually design complex, multilevel integrated circuit chips. As technology evolved, Marilyn adapted to using computeraided design software to continue her work in chip design.

At a mechanical drafting class at City College, Marilyn met her future husband,

Marilyn is survived by her two sons, Steven (Rabbi Michele) Medwin and Lawrence (Ellie Hertzberg) Medwin; four grandchildren, Dan Medwin, Allison Steele, Rachel Witriol, and Sam Medwin; and five great-grandchildren, Zimra, Gavi, Teddy, Jasmine, and Julian. She is predeceased by her sister, Selma Hechtlinger. Marilyn will be deeply missed by all who knew and loved her.

Private Funeral services and burial were held at Princeton Cemetery, in Princeton, New Jersey. Memorial contributions may be made to Springpoint Foundation (online at springpointsl. org/foundation/donate or by mail to Springpoint Foundation, 4814 Outlook Drive, Suite 201, Wall Township, NJ 07753).

Funeral arrangements are by Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel. For condolences please visit the obituary page at OrlandsMemorialChapel. com.

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Laurie Madaus’ integrity and work ethic deliver a level of service that is at the forefront of today’s real estate market. Her professionalism and knowledge of the Bucks County, Northampton County, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, and Hunterdon County, New Jersey, markets have secured the trust of her clients and the respect of her colleagues.

Utilizing cutting-edge marketing and technology to ensure that her clients’ properties get the exposure they deserve, Laurie offers a unique and knowledgeable perspective on the river valley market areas.

Laurie approaches her clients with individual focus and a drive to understand their needs beyond the purchase or sale of real estate. In turn, her clients value her constructive, creative energy and ability to transform even the most challenging transactions into pleasurable experiences.

One should seek a partner and consultant when considering buying or selling a home and in that role, Laurie has shown a lengthy record of achievement and continues to exceed her clients’ expectations.

Laurie has a love and sincere appreciation for the markets she serves, their abundance of stunning vintage homes, horse farms and estates and the value of historic architecture, having owned and renovated several vintage homes. She specializes in luxury properties, historic houses, farms, estates, charming country homes and riverfront cottages. To reach Laurie, please email laurie.madaus@gmail.com or call 203.948.5157.

well loved and well read since 1946

Stony

Edgerstoune Road

Princeton, NJ | $2,895,000

Cheryl Goldman: 609.439.9072 callawayhenderson.com/NJME2023700

Battle Road Princeton, NJ | $2,850,000

Barbara Blackwell: 609.915.5000 callawayhenderson.com/NJME2006388

Kingston Road Princeton, NJ | $1,475,000

Paul Robinson Place

Princeton, NJ | $2,575,000

Michael Monarca: 917.225.0831 callawayhenderson.com/NJME2021088

Coventry

Princeton, NJ | $862,500

Norman T “Pete” Callaway: 609.558.5900 callawayhenderson.com/NJME2022732