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Wet and Cold Weather Expected to Continue During Coming Week Last week, it was torrential rain. This week, it has been snow, sleet, and ice. Princeton police, rescue, and emergency crews have been on alert for weather-related problems in recent days. With some more precipitation and frigid temperatures forecast for the rest of this week, they are advising residents and motorists to use common sense on roadways and sidewalks. “For us, the biggest thing is if the roads are snow-covered or icy, stay home unless you absolutely have to go out,” said Captain Christopher Tash of the Princeton Police Department on Tuesday. “The roads have been okay today, but there is ice out there and it can get worse on the roads and sidewalks.” Sidewalks that have not been shoveled can be a major problem. “If they are icy or snow-covered, please shovel them,” Tash said. “We always get complaints about that.” The rain that pelted down the night of Wednesday, January 10 temporarily knocked out power for some homes and businesses, and contributed to localized flooding. The following day, the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad (PFARS) had to rescue a motorist who was stranded on Quaker Road between Mercer and Quakerbridge roads. “I would stress that people need to obey roads being blocked off and not go around, or move, barricades,” said Mayor Mark Freda, who is the president of PFARS. “They not only endanger their lives, but the lives of the first responders that have to come help them.” “Too many of our rescue calls are for people driving around barricades,” added PFARS Chief Matthew Stiff. “The few minutes for a detour are better than risking your life driving through flood waters.” Several creeks, streams, and rivers flooded last Thursday after the rain let up. “We’ve had a number of rain events over the last few weeks, which has raised the level of some waterways and saturated the ground,” said Michael Yeh, Princeton’s director of emergency services. “Compounded with higher winds than usual, that caused problems.” The fact that it has hardly snowed at all in the past few years is also significant. “I think people forget what it’s like,” said Yeh. “And then we have a lot of newer Continued on Page 8
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Cultural Leaders Remember Judith Scheide News of Judith McCartin Scheide’s death on December 29 has inspired numerous tributes from members of cultural organizations in Princeton. With her late husband William H. “Bill” Scheide, Judy Scheide was a prominent philanthropist admired not only for her monetary support of museums and musical organizations, but for her warmth and dedication as well. “Judy had a kind of audacity as a philanthropist,” said James Steward, director of the Princeton University Art Museum. “She wanted not just to do good work, but to make a real impact, and she put the full creative force of her intelligence into it — not just her financial support. Judy knew that she was setting an example, in the way that true leaders do. Her passing leaves a real gap in this community, which the next generation will need to step up and fill.” Adam Welch, executive director of the Arts Council of Princeton since September 2020, regrets that he never met Scheide, “though I have heard about her force of will,” he said. “Like [with] so much of the past, I have had to rely on an institutional knowledge of her. Sentiments have echoed, she was treasured as an instrumental Princeton philanthropist and was essential in helping the Arts Council become the vital community arts center it is today.” In April 1997, the Scheides and the
Rev. David McAlpin Jr. were first to offer a $150,000 challenge grant to launch the capital campaign to renovate and expand the Arts Council’s Paul Robeson Center for the Arts. “Her support was unwavering and later when she served as trustee, she was 100 percent behind our trajectory,” Welch said. “In 2008, she stated, ‘Bill Scheide and I support the Arts Council for its unique ability to bring together our diverse community through its excellent programs.’ Judy’s incredible wisdom and
kindness will be greatly missed throughout our community.” Among the other institutions paying tribute to Scheide was Princeton University Library. Bill Scheide (class of 1936) bequeathed the Scheide Library to the University in 2015. “Judy was a beloved presence within the library, and whose involvement and generosity as a library donor was but one extension of her significant philanthropic work in the broader community,” reads a Continued on Page 8
Rev. George Rambow Begins his Ministry At Princeton’s All Saints’ Episcopal Church
The Rev. George F. Rambow is the new rector of the All Saints’ Episcopal Church in Princeton. A native of Houston, Texas, Rambow replaces the Rev. Hugh E. Brown, who retired last year after 15 years as All Saints’ rector. Rambow, who arrived in early December from Mississippi with his wife Emily and two daughters, is not a stranger to Princeton or to All Saints’. He received his M.Div. (2014) and Ph.D. (2019) degrees at Princeton Theological Seminary, and he and his family were previously members of the All Saints’ parish from 2015-19. In Mississippi Rambow served as assistant priest at the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection in Starkville and as lecturer at
Mississippi State University. He explained what brought him back to All Saints’. “It’s very simple,” he said in a phone conversation earlier this month. “It’s the wonderful people of All Saints’. It’s a wonderful church, a wonderful community, with warm and welcoming people, thoughtful people, curious people, joyful people. It’s the people who brought us back. It feels like I’ve come home.” Rambow described how, more than a dozen years ago, from the moment they started attending All Saints’, they felt welcomed. “We felt like the people really love each other here and are sincerely interested in getting to know the folks who walk through the door,” he added. Continued on Page 9
FIRST SNOW: Children and adults alike enjoyed sledding down the hill at Springdale Golf Club on Tuesday. A storm the night before brought the first substantial snow to the area in more than two years. (Photo by Weronika A. Plohn)
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More than 200 photo g raphs f rom t he 1890s through the 1910s of everyday New Jersey residents interacting, working, and relaxing — some in frames, others in a slide show — are on display, divided into 11 categories. Included are rarely seen objects from the museum’s cultural history collection that relate to the subject matter in the photos. “Once in a while, one of these calls really stands out and you’re thinking, ‘This is really something special,’” said Nicholas Ciotola, the museum’s curator of cultural history. “Almost always when something is donated, we tell the owner the object won’t go on display. Our role is to preserve for the future. But I knew from the moment we obtained these glass plate negatives that this would be an exhibit. The story would be compelling for people. And once I started looking at the slides, I saw the Jersey shore, Hamilton, Princeton, State Street in Trenton — all these places and things that are integral to New Jersey history.” The collection was donated by Robert R. Jones in memory of his stepson William R. Paquin, who had discovered the negatives and died in 2018. Jones knew he had to find a home for them.
Once he got the negatives, Ciotola began looking into who Grant Castner was, and where he came from. “One of the mysteries from the beginning was where Castner’s family was, and how they fit into the story,” he said. “I did a reverse genealogy. I started with Castner and worked forward and found his only living grandson in Maryland. I reached out to him, and he invited me down and we did some genealogical research.” Born in 1863 just north of Belvidere, Warren County,
the subject. “She was actually a live-in nanny for different families in Milford,” he said. “Castner liked to travel up and down the Delaware and visit the river towns. He probably stopped in Milford on one of those trips.” Some of the images are portraits of individuals Castner might have known well. “Their comfort with the photographer [is] apparent in their warm, familiar expressions,” reads a press release about the show. “Others are people he encountered on his travels around Trenton. He even ventured into some of the area schools and captured images of children at play and at their desks. Castner also photographed the African American community in New Jersey; a number of those photographs are included in the exhibition.” The photographer’s images of workers are also important. “He was documenting industries that, in some instances, are long gone,” Ciotola said. “One is Lacy’s Shad Fisheries. It [shad fishing] continues to be a tradition today, but back then it was huge, an important food source. The picture shows the human reflections in the water, and two boats with counterbalanced angles. It shows Castner’s journalistic sensibilities.” The exhibit also includes Castner’s views of the railroad industry. One shot, of men working on a locomotive wheel, “gives a really great feel of Trenton at the time,” Ciotola said. “That is an example of the influence of Lewis Hine.” A self-portrait of Castner has him standing under the
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Castner died in 1941 and is buried in Trenton’s Greenwood Cemetery. He shot photographs t hroughout his life. “He was a talented photographer and was clearly inspired by his contemporaries,” Ciotola said. “It was a time when photography was thriving as a new art form. He became the secretary of the Trenton Camera Club and remained an officer for many years. You can see his inspiration by Lewis Hine and Alfred Stieglitz, and their influences on his work.” Castner, who worked as a news agent, was defined as an amateur. “He distributed to newsstands around Mercer County,” Ciotola said. “I think he got into photography because he had those journalistic sensibilities. He worked in Trenton, and he wanted to document the city as it existed at that particular time. He took pictures of people interacting at parades, at work, and things like that. His interest in journalism was certainly a factor.” Ciotola is especially struck by a photo titled Dinah, a portrait of a woman in Milford. “He was really good at capturing portraits of people, and t his one is wonderful,” he said. “She’s seated, mending. Her house is behind her, and you see her blooming plants. I think he’s sending a message that this woman, despite her age, commands respect.” That photo came in a sleeve with Castner’s hand-written note identifying “Dinah: Milford, New Jersey,” providing a clue that allowed Ciotola to locate information about
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bridge at Stony Brook in Princeton, “an example of what he called his rambles in nature,” Ciotola said. “So, in addition to the industrial scenes and people, he also enjoyed New Jersey nature. He took beaut if u l land scapes. So, he is very diverse in what he is documenting.” Ciotola hopes the exhibit might lead to additional discoveries about Castner and the era he documented. “We’re hoping people might see somebody they recognize in these photos, and that will allow us to learn even more,” he said. “We want to show him as an artist, but we’re also using the prints to show stories about New Jersey history.” —Anne Levin
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Womanspace, the Mercer County nonprofit dedicated to serving individuals and families impacted by domestic violence and sexual assault, has welcomed Bill Ennist, head of school at Chapin School, to its board of directors. Ennist has been head of school at Chapin since July 2023. Over a 31-year career in independent school education, he has served in a number of administrative roles including head of upper school, assistant head of school for curriculum development, associate head of school for marketing and communications, and head of school at schools in Indiana and Maryland before coming to Princeton. “ We a r e d e l i g h te d to welcome Bill Ennist to the Womanspace board of directors,” said Womanspace CEO and President Nathalie Nelson. “He brings a strategic perspective to the organization, along with a proven track record in development, marketing, and educational programming. His skills and experience will be an asset to us as we enter a new phase of growth and evolution.” Ennist’s experience with nonprofit boards include the Fort Wayne Historical Society, The Embassy Theatre, Young Scholars Academy, and Early Childhood Alliance, all based in Indiana. “I am thrilled to be invited to participate in an organization with such an inspiring mission and such positive impact in the community,” he said. “As an independent school educator for the past three-plus years, I have committed myself to a career of helping others grow and develop to create a brighter future for themselves. I am eager to apply this focus to helping Womanspace provide similar opportunities within the broader community.”
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As part of a MLK Day event on Monday, January 15, the Princeton Middle School (PMS) unveiled a new mural by artist Jocelynn Hunter Dow in the Paul Robeson Hallway at PMS. The unveiling took place during “Focus on the W: Wives and Women of the Civil Rights Movement,” a community gathering which developed interdisciplinary lessons about the life and legacy of Paul Robeson. The event, a collaboration of Princeton Public Schools, Princeton Historical society, The Lost Souls Project, Princeton University Library Special Collections, Princeton Public Library, Not in Our Town Princeton, Sankofa Stitchers, and the Paul Robeson House of Princeton, featured opening remarks by Drew University Professor Emerita of History and African American Studies Lillie Edwards. The artistic work of Dow, a third year visual arts major with Africana studies and creative writing minors in the Mason Gross School of the Arts, “is deeply rooted in themes of identity with a focus on expressing the beauty, power, and boldness of Blackness,” according to a PPS press release. PPS Science Supervisor Joy Barnes-Johnson noted that PMS Assistant Principal Ebony Lattimer “played a critical role in helping secure the muralist and making sure that the first-named hall brings joy and vibrancy to the building.” Barnes-Johnson speculated that other hallways at PMS might in the future be named for Sonia Sotomayor, Albert Einstein, and Betsey Stockton.
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tribute published online. “Judy’s visits to the Scheide Library and related events in recent years were many. She took particular joy in the annual Spring Open House for the Scheide Scholars Program, an event that she began in the 1990s. There she, like Bill, took great pleasure in meeting and getting to know all of the current scholarship recipients, showing magnificent books and sharing stories of how they changed the world. Ju dy’s pre s ence, spir it, and example will be dearly missed.” Princeton Public Library was another recipient of the Scheides’ support. “The Scheides were generous donors who made transformational gifts to our capital and endow ment campaigns,” wrote Executive Director Jennifer Podolsky in the library’s weekly newsletter, Library Connections. “While primarily identified with the library that bears the Scheide name on the Princeton Universit y campus, Princeton Public Library was the place that perhaps best reflected their love of books and Judy’s tireless work to level the playing field for all in our town.” “Of course, there was a third passion associated with the Scheides: music,” Continued Podolsky. “Even here, Judy’s generosity to the library knew no bounds. In 2012, we were the beneficiary of the annual birthday concert for Bill featuring the Vienna Chamber Orchestra. The birthday concert was one of Judy’s many passions, and staff worked with her and her team to ensure
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that Bill’s 98th birthday was special. Fittingly, the event was titled ‘Booked for the Evening.’ Our sincere condolences go out to the Scheide family. Part of Judy’s remarkable legacy is a strong public library she loved.” Music was a passion of both the Scheides. A tribute published by the Monteverdi Choir & Orchestra calls Judith Scheide a close friend of the ensemble and “a generous philanthropist with a particular interest in history and the arts.” Scheide’s support of the orchestra’s Monteverdi 450 project in 2017, which saw productions of the composer’s three surviving operas tour to national and international venues, was key. Two years earlier, after the death of her husband, Scheide donated a famous portrait of J.S. Bach painted in 1748 by Elias Gottlob Haussmann, to the Leipzig Bach Archive and Museum. “She will be greatly missed by MCO, and our condolences are with her family and friends at this difficult time,” the tribute reads. The Princeton Symphony O rch e s t r a a ls o cou nte d Scheide among its dedicated benefactors. “Judy Scheide was a wonderful supporter of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra,” said Marc Uys, executive director. “Her involvement with our organization spanned decades, with over 10 years as a trustee and, more recently, as a co-sponsor of our POPS! series and regular supporter of our Annual Gala. We’re so for tunate to be par t of her legacy of live-arts leadership and patronage.” —Anne Levin
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Word Masters at Princeton Charter School Competing recently in the Gold Division of the WordMasters Challenge, a nationwide vocabulary competition, Princeton Charter School students have achieved outstanding results. Leading the pack with a perfect score of 20, a result achieved by only 47 other fourth graders in the country, was Mila Romalis. Also achieving outstanding results were PCS fourth graders Ethan Bai and Ziheng Wang and fifth grader Nathaniel Houck. The third and fourth grade students are coached for the WordMasters Challenge by Sandy Noyelle, Joannie Miles, and Cheryl Horan. Erinn Auletta coaches students in fifth through eighth grade. “WordMasters is not only about learning new and complex vocabulary, it’s about finding subtle connections and nuanced relationships between those words to complete sophisticated analogies,” said Auletta. “Princeton Charter celebrates our four nationally recognized students!”
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Rambow received his bachelor’s degree in music, with a concentration in jazz guitar performance, from the University of North Texas. “When I started college, I was an atheist,” he wrote in an introductory letter to the All Saints’ parish. “By the time I graduated in 2001, God had changed my life and drawn me to vocational ministry.” From 2002 through 2006 he was music director of a non-denominational church in Denton, Texas, where he met his wife-to-be. They married in 2006, and the following year moved to La Plata, Argentina, where they served as missionaries for four years and where their older daughter was born. “I knew by the time we got to Princeton in 2010 that I wanted to join a church that was part of a larger community of churches,” said Rambow. “By the time I reached the end of my M.Div. program in 2014, I felt that
the Episcopal Church was where I belonged.” During his years as an M.Div. student he maintained his interest in music, working a part-time job as music director for a Presbyterian Church in Lawrenceville. R a m b o w, w h o b e g a n preaching and presiding over the services at All Saints’ last month on Christmas Eve, is the fourth rector of All Saints’, which was founded in 1960. He shared some of his thoughts on the future of the parish. “I hope to maintain, sustain, nurture, and grow that sense of joyful, curious, loving, hospitable community,” he said. “It’s something that needs to be preserved and nurtured and I want to see that offered to the broader community.” He reflected on the role of the church in the current environment. “I think my mission as an Episcopalian, as a priest, is to encourage the community to be a beacon of hope, meaning, and reconciliation, especially in our polarized and uncertain time,” he said. “I want to foster a
place where everybody feels welcome and where we can put aside things that tend to push us apart and unite in the fact that we are all created in the image of God.”
The Rev. George F. Rambow He continued, “Whatever your political thoughts may be, whatever differences you may have, those can be secondary behind the primary fact that we are, in Christian tradition, children of God. Amplifying that and finding hope in these uncertain times, that’s my mission both towards the parish
here, the community of All Saints’, and also the broader community. Bringing reconciliation and unity is a big goal, something that no human can accomplish.” Pointing out how his experience in Latin America and his comfort in multi-cultural settings might influence his work at All Saints’, Rambow noted the possibility of offering services in Spanish in the future. “We would definitely welcome more diversity here,” he said. “My time in Argentina allowed me to become fluent in Spanish and there is a growing Spanish-speaking population here. That’s something that’s on the horizon and might take off in a year or two.” He also talked about how his affinity for music and the arts might provide enrichment for the All Saints’ parish. “The music ministry is a very important part of All Saints’ ministry,” he said, mentioning the prospect of a jazz Mardi Gras event on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Ash Wednesday in February, and a jazz concert and picnic in the
spring. “Whatever we can do to bring people together with music is something we want.” Rambow described how as a college student he was very serious about jazz guitar, “and that’s actually part of my spiritual journey,” he said. He experienced a “lifechanging conversion experience,” but continued to play the guitar and served as music director of a church in Texas before “my interests pulled me into theology and I haven’t had as much time to play jazz.” He added, “Whether or not I play, I am definitely a big advocate of art and music, and I think that’s important for community building and it’s an act of worship, a spiritual thing.” Among the cherished traditions at All Saints’, Rambow highlighted the 7 a.m. Tuesday men’s Bible study group, “a delightful group of guys with conversation that is always fun and inspiring, playful, but also serious”; and the adult forum on Sundays between church services, “a
thought-provoking and challenging time when we ask hard theological questions and bring in speakers from the community — always fun and enlightening.” He noted that a women’s Bible study group is getting started, and he has a few other ideas. “We want to see more community-oriented events like jazz on the lawn and concerts inside the sanctuary, maybe even art installations, offering more opportunities for artists to display their work. And other sorts of community events, the kind of things that bring families out and give neighbors a chance to get together and get to know one another better.” Rambow emphasized again how happy he and his family are to be back in Princeton. “And especially at All Saints’ with the wonderful, warm, welcoming group of people,” he said. “We aim to be that beacon of hope and meaning and reconciliation. We want to see people come together and find unity.” —Donald Gilpin
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PCH Thanks McCarter, Princeton Symphony For Their Generosity, Longstanding Partnership
To the Editor: On behalf of Princeton Community Housing (PCH), we are writing to express our gratitude to our partners and friends at McCarter Theatre and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra who donated tickets to their wonderful holiday performances last month so our residents could participate in these favorite traditions. Fortunately for us and the larger Princeton region, we not only benefit from the cultural contributions of topnotch arts organizations, we, as mission-driven nonprofits, share a mutual commitment to inclusion and ensuring that everyone has an opportunity to grow, learn, and thrive in a diverse and welcoming community. Connecting our residents to the many resources available in Princeton is what we call the “PCH Difference,” and this collaboration is just one of the many ways we strive to weave our community together. We are truly grateful to McCarter and the PSO for their generosity and longstanding partnership with PCH, and for their many contributions that enrich our lives. ALICE K. SMALL VALERIE HAYNES Presidents, Boards of Trustees Princeton Community Housing Monument Drive
Council Decision to Condense Board, Commissions Into One Entity is Mistake
To the Editor: Serving on Princeton Council as an elected official is not easy. Many times, you are asked to make decisions that personally affect your constituents. In this latest Council decision to eliminate the Human Services Commission, Affordable Housing Board, and the Civil Rights Commission, it appears this Council does not want to listen to their constituents. I served for 15 years as a Councilperson in the town of Princeton. I have served many years on the Human Services Commission, Affordable Housing Board, and Civil Rights Commission. These boards serve and protect the residents that are the most vulnerable in our town. The decision to eliminate them and condense them into a single Community Services Advisory Committee is a true mistake. Just the elimination of the names will decrease residents’
awareness of where to go when confronted with any of these issues. I continue to live in Princeton because of the love, caring, and respect we give all of our different communities. My dedication and support of the residents of Princeton is totally unconditional. My hope is that Princeton mayor and Council will withdraw this ordinance to eliminate the Human Services Commission, Affordable Housing Board, and Civil Rights Commission. If this is not done and we eliminate them, then we need to focus on why our elected officials have refused to listen to the residents of this community. If you care about the folks that don’t have a voice and rely on these boards to protect them, then please attend the January 22 Council meeting at the Princeton Municipal Building, 400 Witherspoon Street, at 7 p.m. and voice your concerns. LANCE LIVERMAN FORMER COUNCIL PRESIDENT Witherspoon Street This letter was written by Liverman as a resident of Princeton (not as a member of the Affordable Housing Board).
BOE Member Brian McDonald to Run for Seat on Princeton Council
To the Editor: I write to share that I will seek election to Princeton Council. I decided to run after Eve Niedergang announced that she will be completing her elected service this year. I wish to thank Eve for her decades of community engagement and leadership as an advocate for our environment and sustainability, and as a dedicated member of Council. Princeton is a special town where my family has lived for the past 29 years. I have been honored to serve our community in a variety of roles — as a Little League coach; as a member of nonprofit Boards, including The Watershed Institute, Sustainable Princeton, and McCarter Theatre Center; and as a member of the town’s Citizen’s Finance Advisory Committee. I am currently finishing my second term as a member of the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education. It would be a privilege to continue serving our community as a member of Council. Our community is at a pivotal juncture. As we grow, we need to ensure that our growth is smart, sustainable, and respectful of our unique character. At a time when the average home cost exceeds $1 million, we need to find ways to make our town more affordable for individuals and families at all income levels so that our significant diversity, which is one of our great strengths and defining characteristics, may be sustained and expanded. Climate change requires us to increase our resiliency to cope with more extreme weather events, protect our environment, and continue to be a state leader in sustainability. With a changing economy, we need to maintain a
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vibrant downtown that supports local businesses while also nurturing other areas of commercial activity, including the shopping center and Route 206 at the northern edge of Princeton. We need to do these things while delivering services that are excellent, efficient, and serve the needs of all residents. As a former public finance professional, I will help manage our budget and borrowing in ways that hold tax increases as low as possible. As a creative thinker, I will bring fresh perspectives to an already strong Council and help find solutions to the full spectrum of challenges and opportunities that our town will face in the coming years. Finally, Princeton has an incredible number of exceptional nonprofit institutions. We must nourish strong partnerships with our institutions, ranging from the YMCA and YWCA to the Princeton Public Library, the Arts Council, the Institute for Advanced Study, the Seminary, Princeton University and, especially, our public schools. And we must work closely with our houses of faith. In the coming months, I look forward to opportunities to listen to and learn from residents, nonprofit leaders, business owners, and all members of our community, with a focus on how, working together, we can ensure that Princeton continues to be a vibrant and caring town. BRIAN MCDONALD Journeys End Lane
Chimney Swifts Should be Considered in Planning of Valley Road Redevelopment
To the Editor: The large chimney at the back of the Valley Road School site has become a major roosting location for a large population of chimney swifts. Several thousand of the birds gather as a massive flock in the sky just before dusk in late August through to early October. They circle while calling vociferously for around half an hour and then slowly pour into the chimney where they spend the night. It is a remarkable sight, not least because chimney swift numbers are declining, and they are globally classified as near-threatened by IUCN. Mercifully, they are fully protected in the U.S. by the Migratory Bird Act. Legally this means that nothing can be done that might jeopardize their survival and persistence. Any attempt to modify the structure of the chimney would legally be classified as jeopardy. Each chimney swift eats many thousands of mosquitoes over the course of their summer visits to Princeton, as well as many insects that would other wise become pests of crops throughout central New Jersey. Everyone who lives in Princeton and is concerned about West Nile virus, equine encephalitis, and other insect-borne diseases has a vested interest in protecting these swifts. All of which suggests that modifying the old Valley Road School presents an interesting aesthetic and logistical challenge to Princeton’s many cutting-edge architects. Perhaps t he tow n should organize a competition to restore Valley Road School as a “Green Business Center” for the increasingly vibrant environmentally focused entrepreneur and philanthropic communit y that live in and around Princeton. This could significantly raise Princeton’s profile as a state and national Leader in an area that is growing rapidly and is vitally needed locally, nationally, and globally. Although the swifts are only around for a couple of months, mainly people will derive great pleasure from watching them during early fall evenings and this will generate additional income for the excellent restaurants in his vicinity. Throughout the year, people working in the renovated building could easily cross the road and visit Mountain Lakes, which provides ecological delights on every day of the year. ANDY DOBSON Jefferson Road
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To the Editor: Since 2018, I have served as Council liaison to both the Civil Rights Commission (CRC) and the Human Services Commission (HSC). I would like to explain the proposal to combine these committees with Affordable Housing to create a new consolidated committee. Before being elected to Council, and while serving on the HSC, I was instrumental in creating the CRC as, what we hoped, would be a vehicle for social justice and racial equity. We faced persistent challenges in housing, employment, and quality of life that disproportionately affected our communities of color and threatened the diversity of our town. I believed that a CRC could help to address these issues. After more than three years working collaboratively with others, the ordinance establishing the CRC was adopted on October 24, 2016. I was proud and honored to serve as the Commission’s first chair beginning in January of 2017. Over the last seven years, both CRC members and municipal staff have expressed increasing dissatisfaction with the lack of substantial progress. By N.J. law, the CRC cannot have investigative or enforcement powers, nor jurisdiction over civil rights violations. Individuals are referred by Princeton’s Human Services Department to the NJ Division on Civil Rights and provided with information on their rights under the law, and that service will continue. I believe that a new consolidated committee will enable greater coordination with municipal staff and elected officials, and foster collaboration among committee members. This will enhance their effectiveness in addressing, within the boundaries of N.J. law, Princeton’s goals of promoting civil rights, social justice, and racial equity. To better support our most vulnerable population, we have worked in recent years, to expand access to housing, social services, and education programs. Consolidating the Health, Human Services, and Affordable Housing departments into the Health and Community Services Department has enhanced our ability to administer crucial programs that offer financial assistance, employment opportunities, housing support, and emergency aid to underserved residents. This consolidation ensures equitable access to information and services for our diverse population. With increased staff capacity, we have been able to expand outreach efforts, educational programs, assistance in applying for affordable housing, and access to mental health and substance abuse services. Princeton is fortunate to have such a committed staff, and it is time to move to the next step: creating a committee that will serve in an advisory capacity to the various departments that now, together, comprise the Health and Community Services Department. I have spent the last decade focused on the needs of Princeton’s underserved community members and I know we need a better system. The current siloed committees have led to ongoing frustration among committee members and staff. We hope that collaboration in the areas of housing and social services will enhance our overall effectiveness in meeting the needs of our most vulnerable residents, while combating systemic racial inequity in Princeton. A consolidated approach will also result in more efficient use of staff and volunteer time and, most importantly, better results for the recipients of municipal services. COUNCILWOMAN LETICIA FRAGA Witherspoon Street
Concretely Championing Civil Rights Means Keeping CRC Independent
Ordinance #2024-01, which seeks to consolidate the Civil Rights Commission, the Human Services Commission, and the Affordable Housing Board into a Community Services Advisory Committee. After performing side-by-side comparisons of the ordinances that have established the independent Civil Rights Commission since 2016 to the introduced ordinance proposing a Community Services Advisory Committee, I am worried that the consolidation would dilute the municipality’s commitment to civil rights. Anti-discrimination work is a key aspect of the role of the Civil Rights Commission. In fact, the first objective of the Civil Rights Commission in the ordinance that established the body in 2016 is to “work cooperatively among people and groups to aid in the elimination discrimination between people based on ascribed characteristics including but not limited to: race, creed, color, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, civil 29 union status, domestic partnership status, affectional or sexual orientation, genetic information, pregnancy, sex, gender identity or expression, disability or atypical hereditary cellular or blood trait of any individual, or because of the liability for service in the Armed Forces of the United States or the nationality of any individual.” This phrase indicates that the Civil Rights Commission’s primary role is to protect people in our municipality across an extensive range of identities. Even the phrase “civil rights” has a foundational anti-discriminatory connotation. Another concern of mine is that, although the consolidation ordinance (rather vaguely) mentions equity, it fails to include many of the concrete, crucial goals that the Civil Rights Commission’s ordinances do. One of the Civil Rights Commission’s objectives is to “[d]evelop community education programs that foster open and effective dialogues about race relations.” The word “race” is not mentioned once in the Community Services Advisory Committee’s introduced ordinance. In 2020, the municipality passed Resolution 20-195, declaring racism as a public health crisis. The consolidation of the Civil Rights Commission into a body without an explicit written commitment to anti-racism would be a step backwards for the municipality’s acknowledgment of and fight against systemic racism. Princeton prides itself on being a safe place. Even the simple existence of a Civil Rights Commission in our town represents a desire to systematically uplift all Princeton residents, regardless of background, to thrive here. Keeping the Civil Rights Commission as an independent body would represent an explicit municipal commitment to championing civil rights, aligning with our long-standing values. RIO BALIGA Magnolia Lane
Council to withdraw this proposal, or at minimum, postpone the vote in order to allow for discussion with the three bodies and input from the public. NIOT is a multi-racial, multi-faith group of individuals who stand together for racial justice and inclusive communities. Our focus is to identify and expose the political, economic, and cultural systems that have enabled white supremacy to flourish, and to create new structures and policies which will ensure equity and inclusion for all. The Princeton Civil Rights Commission is a structure that plays a unique role in our town. It is a key resource for our marginalized residents to voice their concerns regarding equity issues. The existence of CRC as an independent body signals that Princeton aspires to be a town that is welcoming to all its residents and newcomers, willing to listen, understand and address issues of race, class, culture, and other forms of discrimination and injustice. Over the years, CRC and NIOT have collaborated in initiatives such as observing Indigenous Peoples Day, modifying road signage to remove the racist and incorrect phrase “Settled 1683,” and endorsing the enactment of Assembly Bill A938/S386, the “New Jersey Reparations Task Force Act.” The CRC has also been instrumental in resolutions declaring racism as a public health crisis; calling upon the White House and Congress to reunify migrant families; and condemning antisemitism and Islamophobia in our town. The CRC created a Racial Equity Impact Assessment Toolkit and spearheaded educational programs such as Juneteenth in partnership with the Princeton Public Library. The proposed commissions/board consolidation will greatly reduce our community’s capacity to prioritize issues and initiatives that specifi cally and disproportionately impact our most marginalized communities. The CRC is completely volunteer-based. Losing it would further marginalize our underserved residents and local stakeholders like NIOT will lose both an effective collaborator in the struggle for social justice and a communication channel to Council. Our community would be deprived of the contributions and participation of engaged and committed volunteers and residents. It is also distressing that Council is presenting an ordinance with such enormous implications with no notice or prior input from the members of the CRC, Human Services Commission, and Affordable Housing Board, nor from the public. This utter disregard for community engagement and lack of transparency runs counter to our democratic process. Therefore, we ask Council to allow time for more discussion before taking action. We call on conscientious Princetonians who care about making Princeton a more inclusive and equitable community to join us in urging Council to keep the CRC independent. Please make your voices heard at the public hearing on January 22 at 7 p.m. at 400 Witherspoon Street. On Behalf of Not in Our Town Princeton Board of Trustees: JOANNE PARKER Leigh Avenue SALLY KORNEGAY Leigh Avenue To the Editor: MIKI MENDELSOHN The board of Not in Our Town Princeton (NIOT) strongly 151 Hickory Court opposes Council’s proposed ordinance to merge the Civil JEANNE DEVOE Rights Commission (CRC) with the Affordable Housing Snowden Lane Board and the Human Services Commission. We urge
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To the Editor: As someone with experience working with the Municipality of Princeton’s Civil Rights Commission, both in the capacity of formerly chairing the municipal Youth Advisory Committee and serving as a board member for Not in Our Town Princeton, I understand the importance of the Civil Rights Commission’s contributions to local justiceoriented efforts. On January 8, the municipality introduced
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Author Fernekes Discusses Book On GOP Liberal Sen. Clifford Case Author William Fernekes discusses his new book, Clifford Ca s e a nd the Challenge of Liberal Republicanism, with policy a n a l y s t I n g r i d Re e d at Princeton Public Library on Tuesday, January 23, from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Community Room. Clifford Case and the Challenge of Liberal Republicanism (Lexington
Press, $135) examines the life and career of U.S. Sen. Clifford Case, who served f rom 1955 -1979. C as e, according to the publisher, was an exemplary “liberal Republican” during his 33 years in Congress, including fou r te r m s i n t h e U.S. Senate. A strong advocate of civil and human rights, environmental protection, high ethical standards for
public officials, and U.S. global leadership, and a respected member of the GOP from 1945-1979, GOP conser vatives repeatedly sought to oust Case, finally succeeding as the Republican party moved to the right. This book tells Case’s life story, his ascendancy in GOP politics, his achievements and disappointments in Congress, and his unexpected loss in the 1978 Ne w Je r s e y Rep ubl i c a n primary to Reagan protégé Jeffrey Bell. Case emerges as a courageous politician of principle who valued country over party and regularly fo r m e d c o a l i t i o n s w i t h Democrats concerning major foreign and domestic policy issues: ending the Vietnam Wa r, p a s s i n g l a n d m a r k civil rights legislation, and reasserting the Senate’s role in foreign policy oversight. The biography also analyzes the gradual decline of liberal Republican influence. Fernekes has authored numerous articles, essays, and book reviews. He has written Children’s Rights: A Reference Handbook (with Beverly C. Edmonds), The Oryx Holocaust Sourcebook, and The Human Rights Imperative in Teacher Education, coedited with Gloria T. Alter. Reed is a policy analyst focusing on New Jersey civic affairs. She directed the New Jersey Project at Rutgers’ Eagleton Institute o f Po l i t i c s f r o m 19 9 6 until she retired in June 2010. She was formerly assistant dean of Princeton University’s School of Public and International Affairs. For more information, visit princetonlibrary.org.
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New York Times columnist A l i x S t rau s s w i l l b e at Princeton Public Library on Tuesday, January 23, for a Friends and Foundation fundraiser in the Newsroom f r o m 6 to 8 p.m . T h e columnist will discuss the 20th anniversar y edition of her novel The Joy of Funerals.
Alix Strauss The Joy of Funerals is a peek at the inner world of those left behind. Readers are drawn into the strange, often humorous world where nine women grapple with sex, power, love and death, women who inhabit an eerily honest, often heartbreaking worl d. T h r ou g h ou t t h i s powerful and provocative collection, according to the publisher, these characters explore the basic need for human connection while seeking to understand themselves better. Begun as an essay in the Lives column of the New York Times Magazine, The Joy of Funerals is written with raw wit, mordant humor and a uniquely penetrating voice. Strauss is a trend, culture, a nd life s t yle jou r na lis t ; an award-winning author, speaker; and frequent contributor to the New York Times. The Joy of Funerals is an Ingram Award winner and was named Best Debut Novel by the New York Resident. Her other books include Based Upon Availability, and Death Becomes Them:
and the Notorious. She is also the editor of Have I Got a Guy for You, an anthology of mother- coordinated dating horror stories. Tickets are $30; $75 with a copy of the book. Register at princetonlibrary.libnet. info/events.
Friends of Lawrence Library Hold January Book Sale
Shop the Friends of the Lawrence Library January Book Sale for thousands of used, gently-read books for readers of all ages. The sale opens to the general public on Friday, January 26, at 10 a.m. and ends on Monday, January 29 at 4:30 p.m. The sale is at the Lawrence Headquar ters Branch of the Mercer County Library System, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville. A special Early Admission event will be held on Thursday, January 25 from 1 to 4 p.m., where t he public will have a first look. Admission is free for current members of the Friends of the Lawrence Library, $5 for the general public, and $20 for patrons with scanners. This event is the only time scanning devices will be permitted. Payment is by cash or check only. Beginning Friday at 10 a.m., entry to the sale is free and open to the general public. The book sale will
to 4:30 p.m., and Sunday from 12:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sunday and Monday will be $5 a bag. Shoppers are asked to bring their own bags. Book donations for the Friends of the Lawrence Library Book Sale are being accepted at the Lawrence Headquar ters Branch. Proceeds from the book sale fund programs and other library services that benefit library patrons of all ages. For more information about the library and its programs, call (609) 883-8294 or visit mcl.org.
Labyrinth Event To Assist with Housing
Responding to the urgent need for housing assistance in the community, Labyrinth Books asks the community to “help us help the helpers” on Friday, January 19 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. All profits from purchases will be shared with HomeFront, Housing Init iat ives of Pr inceton, and Princeton Community Housing. Representatives from all three groups will be present in the bookstore, at 122 Nassau Street, to talk about their work and about volunteering opportunities.
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“Literature Is My Mistress” -- Trains, Women, and Weather On Chekhov’s Birthday
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anuary is the birth month of two ageless poets of the snow, Anton Chekhov, born on the Feast Day of St. Anthony the Great, January 17, 1860, and Franz Schubert, born on January 31, 1797. Chekhov’s 1886 story “Misery” has a wintry atmosphere like that of “The Hurdy-Gurdy Man,” the last song in Winterreise (1828), Schubert’s song cycle about a man whose snowy wanderings end with an old organ-grinder playing “with numb fingers as best he can,” holding his little plate, “with no reward to show,” for “no one wants to listen.” Chekhov’s epigraph for “Misery,” which I first read as “Heartache” in Avrahm Yarmolinksy’s edition of The Portable Chekhov, is “To whom shall I tell my sorrows,” a reference to the plight of a bereft St. Petersburg cabby, who sits unmoving in the snow, waiting for a fare. Reading On a Train “Misery” is one of Chekhov’s best known stories — if it’s translated by Constance Garnett. “Heartache” is titled and translated by Yarmolinksy, whose handy Portable Chekhov kept me company on a snowy January train ride to Kansas for my aunt’s funeral. The fine points of translation are no match for the pleasure of reading Chekhov on a train with a compartment all to yourself, snow falling outside the window at night, your eyes moving from the printed page to the dreamlike passage of the wintry outside world. The page and the window merge as the train glides all but soundlessly into Kansas City: “Evening twilight. Large flakes of wet snow are circling lazily about the street lamps which have just been lighted, settling in a thin soft layer on roofs, horses’ backs, peoples’ shoulders, caps. Iona Potapov, the cabby, is all white like a ghost.” As the train departs Union Station, the cabby is carrying his first fare of the evening through the streets of St. Petersburg; by the time three drunken youths climb aboard (“Cabby, to the Police Bridge!”), the train is gliding through Kansas City’s mysterious, dimly-lit outskirts on its way to the bridge across the Missouri River; and as Iona shyly struggles to tell indifferent passengers of the death of his son, I’m staring through the snowy haze of night remembering my aunt, who was an
attractive, intelligent, vivacious woman Chekhov would have admired. Lulled by the rocking movement of the train, I indulge in a Chekhov-in-Kansas daydream in which he and my aunt become involved in a flirtation. Chekhov and Women My train-window reverie was inspired by “Champagne,” a story from the 1880s narrated by a self-described “young, strong, hot-headed” man from the north in charge of a railway station in the steppe, who enjoys scanning the windows of passing trains for the faces of pretty women, for which he “would stand like a statue without breathing and stare ... until the train turned into an almost invisible speck.” The story’s title refers to the champagne the man and his wife are toasting the New Year with, but when the bottle slips from his grasp, the wife declares that a dropped bottle means some misfortune will happen to them this year. Put off by her “superstitious nonsense,” the station agent goes for a walk along the railway embankment even as a train stops at t he stat ion and delivers a visitor, his wife’s pretty, good-natured, flirtatious aunt, w ith whom he w ill polish off a second bottle of champagne — after which everything goes “head over heels to the devil” in a “fearful, frantic whirlwind” that sweeps “from the face of the earth” the wife and the aunt, flinging the husband from “the little station in the steppe” into a dark city street where he wonders “what further evil can happen to me?” Sins of Omission When I wrote about “Champagne” eight years ago, I neglected to mention the suggestive subtitle, “A Wayfarer’s Story,” and the fact that Chekhov delivers the tale in
the first person, which gives the wild turn of events at the end an unrestrained personal urgency that undermines the connection between my aunt and the one in the story, who not only bewitches the narrator but has him quoting a song about a femme fatale (“Eyes black as pitch, eyes full of passion...How I love you, / How I fear you!”). My most flagrant sin of omission was to leave unmentioned the revealing statement the narrator makes just before describing the “fearful, frantic whirlwind”: “I don’t remember what happened next. Anyone who wants to know how love begins may read novels and long stories; I will put it shortly and in the words of the same silly song”: “It was an evil hour / When first I met you.” 33 Women The melodramatic writer-to-reader asp e c t of Ch ek hov’s comment about novels, stories, and seduction reminded me of a March 1, 2013 Guardian article, “Anton Chekhov: a lifetime of lovers,” in which William Boyd presents documented evidence that Chekhov had intimate relations with 33 women, plus numerous anony mous encou nters, and “some two dozen love affairs of varying intensity” up until 1898 when he fell in love with the actress Olga Knipper (18691959), married her in 1901, and spent his last hours on earth with her in July 1904. Although apparently well acquainted with his amorous history, his wife would have been quick to challenge the idea of Chekhov as a literary Don Juan. As it happens, the dynamic is the source of one of his most quoted admissions — “medicine is my lawful wife, literature is my mistress.” His “Holy of Holies” In 1889, when Chekhov was 29, he said “My holy of holies is the human body,
health, intelligence, talent, inspiration, love, and the most absolute freedom — freedom from violence and lying, whatever forms they may take.” This is the man who wrote the opening paragraph of “Heartache,” in which he describes the cabby Iona’s mare, “who is also white and motionless” in the snow. At this point, readers know nothing of the driver’s loss, but they know his horse: “She is probably lost in thought. Anyone who has been torn away from the plow, from the familiar gray scenes, and cast into this whirlpool full of monstrous lights, of ceaseless uproar and hurrying people, cannot help thinking.” The passengers the cabby tries to converse with about the death of his son could care less. Yet he keeps trying. “There is a look of anxiety and torment in Iona’s eyes as they wander restlessly over the crowds moving to and fro on both sides of the street. Isn’t there someone among those thousands who will listen to him?... His grief is immense, boundless. If his heart were to burst and his grief to pour out, it seems that it would flood the whole world, and yet no one sees it.” In the end he gives up and goes back to the sledge drivers’ yard, where he makes one last attempt to talk about it with another cabby, who has “drawn his cover over his head and is already asleep.” There’s finally nowhere to go but into the stable to converse with the mare about the oats she’s chewing (“There, chew away, chew away . . . If we haven’t earned enough for oats, we’ll eat hay . . . Yes, I’ve grown too old to drive, my son ought to be driving not me . . . He was a real cabby”). The story concludes as the mare “listens and breathes on her master’s hands. Iona is carried away and tells her everything.” Champagne hekhov’s wife Olga was with him when he died far from snow and winter in Badenweiler, Germany, on a hot summer night, July 15, 1904, at the age of 44. Champagne had been ordered. “He took a glass,” she writes, “turned his face towards me, smiled his amazing smile and said, ‘It’s a long time since I drank champagne,’ calmly drained his glass, lay down quietly on his left side, and shortly afterward fell silent forever.” —Stuart Mitchner
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Princeton Ski and Sail Offers Camaraderie And a Vast Assortment of Trips and Events
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To say that Princeton Ski and Sail Club ( PSSC ) is about more than skiing and sailing would be an extreme understatement. It all began at the Peacock Inn in 1957 when the owner of the Inn at the time, legendary New Jersey land baron Br yce T hompson, presented the idea for a ski club to a group of friends. “A bunch of people got together at the Peacock Inn and passed the hat around for money to start the club, and off it went,” said longtime club member David Corbishley, who heard the story directly from Thompson a few years ago before Thompson’s death in 2019. Since 1957 the club has grown to as many as 700800 members, with about 330 at last count, and expanded into an abundance of year-round activities, including Alpine and Nordic skiing, snowboarding, and snowshoeing in the winter; sailing, camping, canoeing, hiking, cycling, and backyard barbecues in the summer; and holiday gatherings, parties, and more. Camaraderie is the common element and overriding theme for the club’s activities, according to Corbishley, who has been a member for about 43 years and has served three different stints as president. Corbishley recently returned from leading a PSSC group of 13 on an eight-day “Christmas cruise” down the Danube. “For at least 10 years I ran New Year’s trips to Quebec City,” he said. “And we’ve been to Iceland and Innsbruck, Austria. We’ve gone to Scotland and to Ireland twice. And we get a lot of the same people returning. It’s the camaraderie. That’s what keeps a lot of people interested. We have members from all over the
world who come and join us.” Hans Weinrich, a lifelong skier and the publicity coordinator for PSSC, was 63 when he joined the club about 22 years ago. “I was looking for company,” he said. “It’s more fun skiing with a group than skiing by yourself, so I joined the club.” The club members enjoy each other’s company as much as they enjoy skiing, he noted. “There are people who are avid skiers, people who are avid sailors, and people who are avid socializers,” he added. “Those three groups mesh nicely and make the club rather pleasant.” Weinrich described his participation in the club as “narrowly defined as far as activities are concerned. I do downhill skiing,” but he stated, “I also participate in the social activities. There are barbecues at private homes in the Princeton area throughout the summer.” In addition to the barbecues and general meetings, Weinrich used to take several ski trips with the club each year — to the Canadian or U.S. Rockies, to Austria or France, and multiple trips each year to New England — but he pointed out, “My skiing is becoming very conservative now.” He’s looking forward to joining the club’s March trip to Killington, Vt., for three days of skiing on the slopes of Killington Mountain and a stay at the Cascade Lodge. Other PSSC events in the coming months include a late January-early February trip (already full, but there’s a waiting list) to Verbier, Switzerland, one of the largest ski areas in Europe with 255 miles of linked trails; a late February one-week trip to Vail, Colo., with its 5,289 skiable acres and 275 trails;
day trips to Blue Mountain and Camelback in Pennsylvania; and coming up this summer for the sailors, an eight-day trip in the Azores for blue-water sailing and visits to a number of different islands; as well as a Chesapeake Bay sojourn. “The membership of the club has sort of been two halves,” Corbishley pointed out. “There’s the skiing half, and you see those people all winter long. Then in the spring you see the hikers and bikers and sailors, but there are some who do both.” Corbishley, who remains friends with club members he met 40 years ago, recalls a local psychologist who recommended to a number of his patients that they join the club as a way to meet people and get involved in a variety of activities. “It’s for any age and any ability level,” said Corbishley. “You don’t have to be a great skier. Ever ybody is welcome to participate. If you don’t ski or sail, we have the bike rides, we have the day hikes, we have the social activities. It’s a good way to meet people in your community. You can make a connection with people.” He recalled a couple of club members who got engaged by the side of the road on one of the PSSC trips a few years ago. And earlier this week Corbishley, who oversees the PSSC cross country skiing outings, was already making plans to take advantage of the first Princeton snowfall in a long time. “If we get enough snow, we may go into the Institute Woods and ski over there,’ he said. “There’s always something going on.” Visit princetonskiandsail. org for more information. —Donald Gilpin
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HUNGARIAN TRADITIONS: Folk music from Hungary is on the program at Princeton Makes’ Java Jam on Sunday, January 21.
THE EIGHTIES RETURN: Freestyle artists from a few decades back, including TKA, shown here, come to State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick on January 27.
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State Theatre New Jersey is at 15 Livingston Avenue in State Theatre New Jersey New Brunswick. Visit Stnj.org and Fever Records present for tickets. Freestyle Flashback, featuring “Duos at Dutch Neck” freestyle artists from the ’80s Is New Concert Series and ’90s on Saturday, JanuDutch Neck Presbyterian ary 27 at 8 p.m. Tickets range Church announces the launch from $39-$99. of a new concert series, “Duos This special concert event at Dutch Neck,” featuring the features some of the best musical ensemble, The Dream dance-pop and freestyle art- Songs Project (TDSP). The ists of the era. Included are first concert in the series is TKA (“Maria,” “Come Baby on January 19 at 7 p.m. The Come”), Judy Torres (“No church is located at 154 South Reason To Cry,” “Come Into Mill Road in West Windsor. My Arms”), The Cover Girls Since forming in 2010, (“Show Me,” “Wishing On A TDSP has performed diverse Star”), Brenda K. Starr (“I Still repertoire for voice and guiBelieve,” “Love Me Like the tar. With a dedication to the First Time”), Cynthia (“Change creation of new music, the duo On Me,” “Dreamboy Dream- has commissioned and pregirl”), Coro (“Where Are You miered dozens of new works Tonight?”), Betty D Of Sweet and collaborated with artists Sensation (“Hooked On You,” working in a wide variety of “Love Child”), Soave (“Cry- styles and genres. ing Over You”), Pretty Poison Their artistic mission is to (“Catch Me I’m Falling”), Joe Zangie (“When I Want You connect, challenge, and inspire, Back”), and Sammy Zone bringing together performers, audiences, and composers (“Running”). through high-quality chamber Freestyle Flashback is host- music concerts. ed by Sal Abbatiello from FeThe concert showcases conver Records and Speedy with temporary voice and guitar music by DJ Whiteboy KYS.
music by Minnesota composers, featuring works by Daniel Nass, Christopher Gable, and Katherine Bergman. Tickets are $35 in advance, $40 at the door, and free for children under 12. For more information, visit admin@dutchneckpresbyterian.com.
Feszer Band Performs At Princeton Makes
Princeton Makes, the artist cooperative in Princeton Shopping Center, will feature the Fészer Band at its monthly Java Jam on Sunday, January 21 at 4 p.m. The Fészer band - Emma Turkanu, Hunor Kosbor, Bence Kalán, and László Gáspár plays authentic Hungarian folk music at Hungarian events and festivals, dance houses and other private events. Their goal is to cultivate and pass on the musical traditions of Hungarian folk culture by preserving the original sound. The cohesive force of the band is friendship and a common need for musical development. Fészer treats its audiences to a high-energy, entertaining tour of Hungary’s folk music, song,
College, and at Richardson Admission is free. Auditorium on the campus of The program comprises sePrinceton University. lections from Schubert’s song The ensemble’s Preparatory cycle Die Schöne Müllerin Strings, its younger compo- arranged for piano; Mozart’s nent, perform at Bristol Cha- Andante with 5 Variations, pel at 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, K. 501; three selections from January 28, followed at 3 p.m. Songs Without Words by by the Camerata Strings and Mendelssohn; and 3 Nouvelles Chamber Winds. Blair Hig- Danses Espagnoles, op. 65 by gins conducts the Preparatory Moszkowski. Strings; she and David RabiPrilutskaya has performed nowitz will lead the Camerata extensively as a soloist, acStrings and Chamber Winds. companist, and chamber muThe Richardson Auditorium sician throughout the United concert, featuring the Concert States, Germany, and Russia, Orchestra and Symphonic Or- including special appearances chestra, is on Saturday, Febru- in Richardson Auditorium, ary 3 at 7 p.m. The conductors Moscow Conservatory, and the are Joseph Pucciatti and Jian- Liszt School of Music. Her stunan Cheng, who is the GPYO dents have received numerous music director. This is the first awards and acknowledgements Cinderella and More performance under Cheng’s of excellence in piano study. In Sondheim Show Gleyzerova Shindel received a baton. James Lapine and Stephen For more information, visit master’s degree in music from Sondheim take characters gpyo.org. the Belorussian Academy of known and loved and bring Music, Minsk. Her perforthem together in the musical Westminster Conservatory Recitals mances in the United States Into the Woods, being pre- At Nassau Presbyterian Church include solo recitals at Weill sented January 19-21 at the Westminster Conservatory Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall Kelsey Theatre on the campus at Nassau will resume with a and the Kosciuszko Foundaof Mercer County Community recital of music for solo pia- tion, and chamber music reCollege in West Windsor. no and piano four-hands on citals at Merkin Concert Hall. The story follows a baker January 18 at 12:15 p.m. The She was the first prize winner and his wife, who wish to have performers are Westminster of the Metlife Music Competia child; Cinderella, who wishes Conservatory faculty members tion. She is one of the artistic to attend the King’s Festival; Galina Prilutskaya and Inessa directors of the Music-Fest Risand Jack, who wishes his cow Gleyzerova Shindel. The recit- ing Talents Festival. would give milk. When the al will take place in the Niles The next Westminster Conbaker and his wife learn that Chapel of Nassau Presbyteri- servatory at Nassau recital will they cannot have a child be- an Church, 61 Nassau Street. take place on February 15. cause of a witch’s curse, the two set off on a journey to break the curse. Everyone’s wish is granted, but the consequences of their actions return to haunt them later, with disastrous results. The production is set in a high school drama/music classroom at the fictional Trinity High — which is scheduled for demolition — with former students gathering for one last reunion. One of them opens a book, and the students are STORYBOOK FAVORITES: Beloved characters come to life for transformed into the beloved Off-Centre Stages’ production of “Into the Woods” at Mercer County Community College January 19-21. Into the Woods characters. and dance culture. Java Jam is a free coffeehouse that takes place on the third Sunday of every month at Princeton Makes, a cooperative of 35 local artists who work across a range of artistic genres, including painting, drawing, stained glass, ceramics, sculpture, textiles, and jewelry. Customers can support local artists by shopping for a wide variety of art, including large paintings, prints, custom-made greeting cards, stained glass lamps and window hangings, jewelry in a variety of designs and patterns, and more. Visit princetonmakes.com for more information.
Show dates and times are Friday, January 19 at 8 p.m., Saturday, January 20, at 2 and 8 p.m., and Sunday, January 21 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $24$26. Visit kelseytheatre.org. PREHISTORIC CREATURES: At State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick on Saturday, January 20 at 1 and 5 p.m., an interactive show follows an intrepid explorer across uncharted territories to discover a world of dinosaurs. Imaginative puppetry brings a giant Tyrannosaurus rex, Giraffatitan, Microraptor, Segnosaurus, and Triceratops to life. A special meet and greet after the show allows audience members to make friends with the dinosaurs. The theater is at 15 Livingston Avenue. Tickets are $19-$49. Visit Stnj.org.
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CLOSING SOON: Morven Museum & Garden is presenting several programs prior to the February 18 closing of its “Striking Beauty: New Jersey Tall Case Clocks, 1730-1830” exhibition. (Photo by Sebastian Bach)
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Morven Museum & Garden’s latest exhibition, “Striking Beauty: New Jersey Tall Case Clocks, 1730-1830” closes on Sunday, February 18. The first exhibition of its kind, it features more than 50 tall case clocks, representing almost as many different clockmakers, from both private and public collections. The freestanding pendulum clocks are as functional as they are beautiful, with faces made of intricate brass work or painted designs of objects like ships, suns, and moons. The five-gallery exhibition features clocks from towns including Elizabeth, Newark, Burling ton, F lem ing ton, Salem, and more. In conjunction with the closing of the exhibition, Mor ven is host ing four programs offering visitors to take a closer look at “Striking Beauty.” First, on Sunday, January 21 at 1 p.m., is an illustrated talk with exhibition advisor Steve Petrucelli, who will discuss the design, mechanics, and history behind the timepieces featured in “Striking Beauty,” offering behind-the-scenes insight on t he ex hibit’s creation along the way. This event is hybrid — held both live and online. In-person tickets are $15 general adm ission, $10 for members and students. Vir t ual t ickets are $10 general admission, $5 for members and students. Inperson tickets include access to visit “Striking Beauty” that day during the museum’s open hours from 10 a.m. to 4 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 follow ing registration, and a recording of the event will be provided following the program. Morven will also host a Tall Case Clock Maquette Making Workshop with the Princeton Academy of Art on Wednesday, Januar y 24 and Thursday, January 25 from 5 to 7:30 p.m. Designed for students ages 7-13, this two-day workshop i n t r o d u c e s c h i l d r e n to the history and design of traditional tall case clocks, starting with an introductory tour of “Striking Beauty.” Afterward, participants will make their way to Morven’s Stockton Education Center
students will receive a set of pre-cut basal wood parts and a detailed set of instructions and will begin putting their clocks together. The second construction portion of this workshop focuses heavily on exterior design. Children are encouraged to paint and decorate their clocks as they see fit while Morven will provide several photo examples of clocks on display to use for inspiration. At the end of the workshop, children will leave with completed maquettes. Registration is $200 per student. Next, on Thursday, February 8 at 6 p.m., join Beth Allan, Morven’s interim director and curator. for “Finding Peter Hill: The Life and Times of a New Jersey Clockmaker,” an evening exploring the life and work of America’s earliest documented Black clockmaker. It is believed that he made over 100 tall case clocks during his lifetime, learning the craft while enslaved and then purchasing his own freedom. This event will be held both live and online. In-person tickets are $15 general admission, $10 for members and students. Virtual tickets are $10 general admission, $5 for members and students. In-person tickets include access to the exhibit from 5 to 6 p.m., where one of Hill’s clocks is on display. A Q&A for both live and virtual attendees will follow the talk. A Zoom webinar link will be shared with virtual ticket holders following registration and a recording of the event will be provided following the program. The last chance to take a special look at “Striking Beauty” will be during its final weekend at the “Striking Beauty” Exhibition Advisor Open House. Petrucelli will be in the galleries on Saturday, February 17 and Sunday, February 18 from 12 to 3 p.m., answering questions about the exhibit and offering a behind-the-scenes look at the timepieces on display. Tickets are $10 general admission, $8 for students and seniors, and free for Morven members. Morven Museum & Garden is located at 55 Stockton Street. For more information, visit morven.org.
The Friends for the Abbott Marshlands (FFAM) will host Photographing the Abbott Marshlands with Frank Sauer, “Voices for the Marsh 2024,” on January 21 at 2 p.m. at Tulpehaking Nature Center, 157 Westcott Avenue, Hamilton. The event is free. RSVP is required at http:// tinyurl.com/3wnanuav. Sauer has visited the Abbott Marshlands with his camera hundreds of times in the last five years, sometimes filming with his drone in aerial shots, sometimes shooting the beautiful vistas seen there along with closeups of the native flora. The nonprofit will facilitate talks and walking tours in advance of their biennial photography exhibit this fall. Sauer will serve as the juror of entry and of prizes for the “Voices for the Marsh 2024” photo exhibition. In this talk, Sauer will give an overview of the different areas of the Abbott Marshlands — Roebling Park, Hamilton. He will highlight special sights that can be discovered throughout the seasons and illustrate the talk with his own photos. Further information on Sauer’s photography is at franksauer.smugmug.com. For those interested in entering or sponsoring the “Voices for the Marsh 2024” photography exhibit, read the prospectus at https://abbottmarshlands.org/ voices-for-the-marsh-2024. The Abbott Marshlands are situated in Lenapehoking, the traditional and ancestral homeland of the Lenape. The lands include over 3,000 acres of open space along the Delaware River in Central New Jersey. Although a satellite view of the area quickly reveals its ecological unity, the land parcels are actually divided among two counties, four municipalities, and numerous landowners. Crisscrossed by a canal, a railroad, and even a major highway interchange, the essential nature of the northernmost freshwater tidal marsh on the Delaware River becomes evident. It provides rich habitat for a wide variety of birds (an Important Bird Area), fish, mammals, and plants. FFAM is the only organization whose sole focus is the promotion and stewardship of the entire marshlands. It consists of locations at Roebling Park, Bordentown Bluffs, the D&R Canal towpath, the Crosswicks Creek tidal water
Art@ Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street, has “Reciting Women: Alia Bensliman and Khailiah Sabree” January 20 through March 31. An open house is on February 3 from 3 to 4 p.m. artmuseum.princeton.edu. A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Gallery-Wide Group Show” 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 “The Ten Commandments of Renée Cox” through January 28. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Arts Council of Prince to n , 102 Wit herspoon St reet, has “Wait ing to Detonate” through February 3 in the Taplin Gallery. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Considine Gallery, Stuart Country Day School, 12 Stuart Road, has “The Stuart 60th Anniversary Community Art Exhibit” through March 8. stuartschool.org. G a l ler y 14 Fine A r t Photography, 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, has “2024 Juried Exhibition” through February 4. Hours are Saturday and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. gallery14.org. Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, has “Color, Form, and Meaning” through February 15. cranburyartscouncil.org. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Night Forms” through April 7 and “That’s Worth Celebrating: The Life and Work of the Johnson Family” through the end of 2024, among other exhibits. groundsforsculpture.org. 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 “Threads of Nature” through February 15. greencottagestudios.com.
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r i n ce ton S y mphony O rch e s t ra continued this season’s focus on composers and musicians associated with Princeton this past weekend with performances of works by Princetoneducated composers, one sung by a Un iversit y g raduate now an op era superstar. On Saturday night and Sunday afternoon in Richardson Auditorium, Princeton Symphony Music Director Rossen Milanov led the musicians in an imaginative program of music ranging from the 18th century to current times. Princeton University’s compositional Ph.D. program has launched some of the most innovative creators of new music working today. Nina Shekhar, currently a Ph.D. candidate in music composition at the University, has already achieved acclaim and awards for her work. The onemovement orchestral Lumina, performed by Princeton Symphony in this weekend’s concerts, well demonstrated Shekhar’s inventive approach to instrumental music. Beginning with long notes from bowed xylophone and glockenspiel, followed by periods of silence in which the residual sound echoed through the hall, Lumina was full of suspense and contrasts between light and dark. Shekhar used the full orchestra in the instrumentation, with solos from clarinetist Pascal Archer and flutist Scott Kemsley emerging from the orchestral palette. Shekhar’s piece possessed a pulsating feel, both from natural acoustics and musical effects, and was rich in majestic symphonic sound. Countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo, who graduated from Princeton a decade ago, has quickly become a performing phenomenon. His years since Princeton have been filled with operatic premieres, record i ngs a nd br i ng i ng neglec te d repertoire to the forefront via an otherworldly voice. Costanzo’s talent recalls the 17th and 18th centuries, when male sopranos ruled performing stages, and music was composed to show off an unusual combination of vocal power and an ability to sing into a stratospheric range. One composer immersed in this tradition was George Frideric Handel, composing operas and oratorios in London in the 18th century. Handel’s 1737 Arminio originally featured the Italian castrato Gioacchino Conti, known as “Gizziello” as the character Sigismondo, caught in a complicated family drama in the midst of Germanic-Roman conflict. In Saturday night’s concert, Costanzo performed “Quella fiamma,” Sigismondo’s aria to his beloved, accompanied by a polished ensemble of solo oboe, strings, and harpsichord. The aria was a contemplative dialog between oboe and voice, and oboist Lillian Copeland matched Costanzo note for note in drama and technical facility. In operas of Handel’s time, words were often merely a vehicle for showing
off the voice, and Costanzo took full advantage of the vocal fireworks, racing up and down to high “Cs” with ease. Costanzo and Copeland timed their phrasings exactly together, with Copeland playing an expressive “mini-cadenza” at the end of the first section, and the two soloists teasingly performing “dueling” cadenzas to close the piece. A continuo section of violinists Elizabeth Fayette and Qianru Elaine He, violist Stephanie Griffin, cellist Alistair MacRae, bassist John Grillo and conductor Milanov playing harpsichord provided refined accompaniment to Costanzo’s vocal power and agility, uniformly tapering phrases in stylistic baroque fashion. Costanzo was additionally showcased in a piece by Gregory Spears, who also achieved a Ph.D. from Princeton University. Commissioned by the New York Philharmonic in 2021, Spears’ Love Story for countertenor and orchestra set verses by poet Tracy K. Smith in four different ways. Costanzo’s emotional rendition of the text created a vocal layer above the orchestral texture, shifting back and forth between very high and low vocal registers. Spears’ symphonic treatment ranged from melodic orchestration for winds and brass to stark instrumentation as the narrator accepts the finality of a relationship. Milanov conducted the music broadly as the piece became cinematically lush, ending with Costanzo singing in low resignation. Princeton Symphony Orchestra closed Saturday night’s concert with the towering Symphony No. 4 in F Minor of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Opening with Tchaikovsky’s memorable brass “Fate” theme, Milanov and the players created drama with the silences inherent in the music, building tension well. Clarinetist Archer and bassoonist Joshua Butcher added an elegant duet to the opening movement, as Milanov brought the strings down to almost nothing dynamically at points. Conducting from memory, Milanov clearly knew the score extremely well, maintaining both romantic drama and traditional classicism. boist Copeland led the second movement “Andantino,” emphasizing the music’s roots in the Renaissance instrumental canzona. Short crisp scale passages from solo clarinet, oboe, bassoon and flute contrasted against rich playing of the theme by the strings. The third movement “Scherzo” featured nonstop pizzicato string playing leading to a playful wind and brass “Trio.” Even within the pizzicato passages, the players were able to find a range of dynamics and direction in the melodic line. Copeland’s graceful oboe playing brought out the Russian folk song of the final movement; once again the Orchestra made full use of silences in the music to bring the Symphony to a strong and intense close. —Nancy Plum
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ver the last few weeks, Matt Allocco has been a little banged up and not quite at 100 percent for the Princeton University men’s basketball team. Last Monday as Princeton hosted Dartmouth, senior guard Allocco was back at full throttle, draining three 3-pointers in the first half as Princeton jumped out to a 43-30 lead at intermission. Allocco kept firing away, tallying a career-high 25 points as Princeton pulled away to a 76-58 win over the Big Green before a crowd of 3,872 at Jadwin Gym. Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson was thrilled to see Allocco back in form as the Tigers improved to 14-1 overall and 2-0 Ivy League. “Mush (Allocco) wasn’t himself for a month and tonight was really what we have been missing, he was just terrific,” said Henderson. “When he plays like that it really takes a burden off of everybody else.” Allocco, for his part, downplayed his heroics, which saw him hit 8-of-14 shots, including 5-of-6 from 3-point range. “I was just trying to play in the flow and make the right play,” said Allocco, a 6’4, 197-pound native of Hilliard, Ohio who is now averaging 13.9 points a game. “I just made a couple
of shots early. I got off to a good start. It is just all in the flow.” Others got in the flow for Princeton against the Big Green as Caden Pierce contributed 18 points and 10 rebounds while Xaivian Lee scored 16 points and Blake Peters chipped in nine points. “We have a lot of guys who can make shots and I would credit that to the work everyone puts in,” said Allocco. “We have guys coming at all hours of the day, before practice, and after practice. They put a lot of work in and everybody has been showing up.” Allocco and his teammates are enjoying showing off before the big crowds that the Tigers are drawing this winter. “It has been unbelievable, the support has been great and it is easy to feed off of it,” said Allocco. “Hopefully we will keep winning games and playing really hard and they will keep showing up for us. When they give that support, how could you not want to play hard and perform for them. We are super appreciative.” Princeton performed efficiently at the offensive end in the win over Dartmouth, making just five turnovers on the day. “I think we have an experienced group, a group that
has played a lot together,” said sophomore forward Pierce. “One thing we heavily emphasize and prioritize is take care of the ball — you get more shots and most likely win the game. With the shooters we have as long as we get shots, we trust our offense. It is hard not to have success when you don’t turn it over.” Henderson credited this year’s squad with taking things to a higher level when it comes to taking care of the ball. “I have had teams where we share the ball nicely. This team really has an understanding of what a good shot is,” said Henderson. “They are relentlessly seeking them out and that starts with Mush. We do talk about it all of the time, not only just valuing the ball but not taking bad shots. We are good at that. It is a group that listens.” Allocco’s intensity sets the tone for the group. “There is a fear factor a little bit with everybody around him,” said Henderson with a grin. “He tells you what to do, even the coach. He is really unique in his ability to lead.” Pierce showed no fear as he relentlessly drove into the paint in scoring 16 points in the first half. “They guarded us in a way that he had to take advantage of things,” said
LOCKED IN: Princeton University men’s basketball player Matt Allocco puts up a shot past Monday as Princeton hosted Dartmouth. Senior guard Allocco tallied a career-high and game-high 25 points to help the Tigers defat the Big Green 76-58. Princeton, now 14-1 overall and 2-0 Ivy League, plays at Columbia on January 20. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) Henderson of Pierce. “He is getting so good at finishing around the basket. He finished through some contact at times and he made his free throws.” Henderson didn’t feel good as Dartmouth hung in the contest, narrowing the Princeton lead to 61-52 with 6:04 left in the game before the Tigers pulled away down the stretch. “They weren’t going away, I was nervous all of the way up to the last two minutes of the game,” said Henderson. “It is a league game, they changed a lot what they were doing. I don’t think we played particularly well, we just made shots up front and that started with Mush. He was just great to start the game.”
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The Tigers face a great challenge as they embark on a four-game road swing in Ivy action, starting by playing at Columbia on January 20. “We have four in a row on the road but we are really looking at one, we have to get Columbia on Saturday,” said Henderson. “The league to me looks really good as it always is. We have a very focused group. I think we benefited from having some carryover from last season early in our away schedule. But this is the league and it is different. Everybody is a little improved and we are not sneaking up on anybody.” Allocco, for his part, is confident that Princeton will maintain the focus it has displayed from the start of the season.
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“Not much changes with our preparation. We have to lock in every day and we have to be even sharper on the road,” said Allocco. “We have to keep taking care of the ball, rebound, defend, and do the best we can to lock in on all of our scouting reports. I think we have done that pretty well this whole year. In our first stretch, we had a lot of games on the road and we played well for the most part. We are going to try to keep that going.” —Bill Alden
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For the first time in Quincy Monday’s life, his dad was not rooting for him. Monday, a two-time topt hree NCA A Wrestling Championships finisher in 2022 and 2023 for Princeton University, is now an assistant coach for the Tigers, who hosted Morgan State coached by his father, Kenny Monday, a 1988 Olympic gold medalist wrestler and 1984 NCAA champion, last Saturday. “It was amazing to have them be able to come to Pr inceton and w restle against us after I wrestled at Princeton for so many years and my parents have supported me there,” said the younger Monday, a 2023 Princeton grad. “It was a full circle where he’s gone on to lead this next generation of wrestlers at Morgan State. It was really great to have them in and have both of us be honored.” Princeton and the son of the wrestling legend got the upper hand with the Tigers prevailing, 39-3, over Morgan State as they moved to 2-2 in duals. It was their second straight win after squeaking by Rider, 20-19, two days earlier. Monday is continuing his own wrestling at the senior national level while enjoying seeing the Tigers’ progress from the other side as an assistant to new head coach Joe Dubuque. “It’s been going well with recently picking up these first couple of wins in the dual format,” said Monday. “We have a young team. We have a lot of freshmen who are stepping up to compete hard. There are guys that haven’t maybe seen the lineup (in previous years) just because of how good we’ve been and how good my senior class was that we were taking up spots. It’s definitely a new-look team and these guys are getting some good experience for the first time. It was a bit of a learning curve at first toward the start, but I think we’re starting to find a rhythm now and everyone is buying into the program and the vision. I’m excited to keep growing and see what this team can do, and seeing how much they can maximize their potential because we have a lot of talent.” Monday is an important holdover for the program. He represented the Tigers on the mats, and graduated as one of their most accomplished wrestlers ever. When previous Princeton head coach Chris Ayres left last September to take the Stanford job, Dubuque succeeded Ayres and kept Monday as an assistant. “I had a few communications with Dubuque and Ayres when he was still here at the end of my junior year going into senior year about that being a possibility,” said Monday. “Now, after the fact of Ayres leaving, I’m glad I’m around to help that transition. I really just wanted to
be around for the team. I knew I could help them out and give them some pretty good advice and knowledge. I never had many coaching aspirations, but I do want to see the program excel.” Monday is spreading his knowledge while continuing to wrestle at a high level. After concluding his college career taking third in NCAAs last year at 165 pounds, Monday has transitioned to the senior level. He hasn’t had a lot of experience at that level yet, but he won the 74-kilogram freestyle title at the Senior National Championships in mid-December. The win qualifies him for the Olympic Trials that will be held April 18-19 at Penn State University. “It’s really exciting to me,” said Monday. “Some of these guys are some of the best guys in the world — guys that I was looking up to when I was 11 and 12 years old being like the time kid running on the mat doing the towel tapping for their matches like (Jordan) Burroughs and (Kyle) Dake. Being here on this level now and qualifying for the Trials and getting a chance to compete for an Olympic spot it’s really exciting, for it to happen so fresh out of college as well. I’m taking it as it happens. I couldn’t be more excited to go through these guys. You have to beat the best to be the best. I have to take it one match at a time.” Monday has plenty of time before he takes his shot at some more established senior level wrestlers at the Olympic Trials. It’s part of the changes that he is adjusting to after competing more frequently during his college career. “Going from college competing pretty much every weekend, sometimes more, to having an event maybe once a month and then have this break with three months in between, it’s definitely different,” said Monday. “It’s fine at this level for me. I don’t need that constant competition every weekend to keep tuning myself up. I can see the progress I’m making in practice. It’s less wear and tear on your body. And especially being out of school, I can really focus on my wrestling.” Monday made his debut at the senior level when he placed third at the Bill Farrell Memorial Invitational in New York in November. He wrestled in seven matches and lost just once – by a single point. He won at Senior Nationals before going abroad and reaching the quarterfinals of the Zagreb Open Rankings Series in Croatia last week. Monday accepted an invitation to wrestle in the tournament that allows wrestlers to gain world ranking points and went 2-1 at the competition. “How the international wrestling brackets work, the person you lose to has to make the finals for you to be able to keep competing,”
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said Monday. “After I lost in the quar terfinals, the guy I lost to lost in the semifinals so I didn’t get to keep competing. I only got three matches, which was a bit disappointing because I just wanted experience in competition. It was still a lot for me to learn and feel for my first international competition. That was a cool trip and I’m excited to keep building on that.” T he i nter nat iona l t r ip came just before his father’s return to Princeton as an opposing coach. That cost them a chance to share more time together, but the competition against each other was special. “It was definitely a different experience,” said Monday. “For our wins, having our guys get all excited and looking over and seeing him a little grumpy, it was funny. And having them cheer when I was rooting for my guys when we were down, it was definitely different. It was part of it. I really enjoyed that moment and that experience of what we’re both doing.” D r e w H e e t h u i s ( 12 5 pounds ), Sean Pierson (133), Tyler Vazquez (141), Eligh Rivera (149), Rocco C a m i l l a c i (157 ) , M i ke y Squires (174), Nate Dugan (184), Aidan Connor (197) and Sebastian Gar ibaldi (285) were all winners for the Tigers. Dugan won by pin, while Heethuis, Pierson and Garibaldi won by technical fall, and Rivera, Camillaci, and Squires won by major decision. Princeton will host Drexel on January 12 before a stretch of four straight duals against Ivy League schools, and Monday is trying to convey the importance of each match. “I definitely think just telling the guys what it means to us and what it means to us historically, even just looking at the past few years where we’ve stood in the league, we were only really losing to Cornell my first few years here and we were on top of everyone else,” said Monday. “Of course, last year, the only team we beat in the Ivy was Brown. So they have to be hungry to get these matches back because Ivy duals really mean something, especially with the Ivy League moving into the Ivy conference tournament soon. It’s going to be stiff competition. All these Ivy teams are getting better. I think that’s great for the league in general. Of course, you want to remain near the top. We want to be challenging Cornell, but we can’t look past anybody else. These matches have to be personal. We have to get all our guys fuel that fire and passion and want to get these matches back that we dropped the last couple years.” Monday has tried to use his experiences at Princeton to help the Tigers. Many of the wrestlers were teammates of his, but they have accepted to him in his new capacity. His success gives him plenty of credibility. “I’ve just tried to share a bit of my mentality and the growing pains I had during my own collegiate career,” said Monday. “I remember having a rough string of
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RIDING HIGH: Quincy Monday, top, dominates a foe in a bout last winter in his senior season for the Princeton University wrestling team. Monday has stayed at Princeton as an assistant coach for the Tiger wrestling program while continuing his competitive career. Monday won the 74-kilogram freestyle title at the Senior National Championships in mid-December, qualifying him for the Olympic Trials taking place from April 18-19 at Penn State University. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) matches my freshman year, and then Patrick Brucki, one of the senior captains at the time, sitting me down and talking me through some things. That really helped to turn the course of my year around. From then on, I was kind of off to the races. We kind of all go through a similar path and getting adjusted to the college scene, especially with balancing it with the Princeton course load as well. Being a coach that actually went to Princeton, I can really relate to the guys and give them my experiences and how they can navigate that.” Monday passes along all that he can to the Princeton team. It has helped that he has continued to train on his own. Wrestling and coaching go hand in hand for him and have created a symbiotic relationship. “As I’m working with these guys on their positions, that’s one thing I’ve seen,” said Monday. “As a coach, it makes your wrestling and your understanding of wrestling so much better because you have to communicate it to the other guys. Whereas I might wrestle for myself and naturally do something but not really understand what I’m doing in the moment, coaching makes me really have to think it through and understand everything that’s going on. I’m excited
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fou r - t i m e A l l - A m er ic a n, and 2023 Nor t hwe s ter n g raduate Yahya T homas joi n Monday. T here are also a pair of significant wrestlers on gap years — Ty Whalen who won Midlands this year unattached at 149 pounds, and Kole Mulhauser. “We have a really good RTC room,” said Monday. “I’m making a lot of gains working with those guys. We all work with the college team occasionally as well. We have a lot of fun. We enjoy the process. It’s been good.” Monday is splitting his focus between coaching and wrestling. He is working to make sure that he improves in both areas of his life. Both his coaching and national team experiences are just beginning as he enters this new chapter. “I have a pret t y long stretch before I compete again at the Olympic Trials,” said Monday. “I’m going to really focus in on some of these things I need to work on and this transition. I’m also coaching as well so I’ll spend a little more time with the team to make sure they’re ready at the college level, but I’m also giving myself a little more time to make sure I’m going to compete to the best of my ability.” —Justin Feil
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Wall Beds Wall Organizers PU Men’s Hockey Displays Resolve, Resilience, Pantries Battling Hard in 3-1 Defeat to No. 5 Quinnipiac Playing at No. 5 Quinnipiac last Friday evening, the Princeton University men’s hockey team dug an early hole, falling behind 6-1 in the first period on the way to a disappointing 9-2 defeat to the Bobcats. With Princeton hosting Quinnipiac a night later in the home-and-home set, Noah de la Durantaye and his Tiger teammates were primed to bounce back. “Listen, I think it is no secret that we were all a little embarrassed by our performance last night but you know what, it is a new day, that is the mentality,” said junior defenseman de la Durantaye, a 6’1, 205-pound native of Montreal, Quebec. “It is chalk it up to experience, move on. I think the guys did a really good job of compartmentalizing that and just pushing forward.” On Saturday before a sellout crowd of 2,453 packing Hobey Baker Rink, the Tigers did a much better job as the rivals were locked in scoreless tie late in the second period. Junior goalie Ethan Person, making his first appearance for Princeton since December 9 after being sidelined by injury, repeatedly came up big between the pipes to hold off the high-powered Bobcats, the 2023 NCAA champions. “We trust in our game plan, we trust in our coaches, we trust in our system,” said de la Durantaye. “I think that was a big difference tonight, just the effort was a lot better and the
attention to detail. It was just all around a better effort, just putting that in the past and not letting it effect today was important.” With Quinnipiac dominating possession, the Bobcats broke through with a goal at the 16:12 mark of the third period. They increased their lead to 3-0 with two goals in the first five minutes of the third period. But showing a good effort to the end, Princeton narrowed the gap to 3-1 as de la Durantaye scored a power play goal with 1:20 left in regulation. “I think there is no quit in our group. That is just a testament — those last three, four, five minutes and just really battling it out to the end,” said de la Durantaye, whose goal was the last score of the contest as the Tigers fell 3-1 to move to 6-9-2 overall and 5-5-1 ECAC Hockey. “We get one at the end, there is a little bit of life. Luckily I was just on the end of a really good play. It was good battles in the zone, all six guys were implicated in that play. I have them to thank for that, I just happened to be the guy who put it in. We battled hard down low and we created some chances. Their goalie made a couple of saves — you just have to keep going. I am really proud of that. I think that is going to serve us well going down the stretch here in the second half.” In ref lecting on Princeton’s performance, de la Durantaye credited goalie
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so I try to work on that and that just helps the game flow a little better.” A focus on team camaraderie has helped the Tigers make progress this winter. “I think that goes into the guys coming in mid-August and getting together,” said de la Durantaye. “Starting from then, we really cultivated a good group and a good culture. I think that is a big component of it. The boys love each other, I can say that to a man. It is unbelievable, it is like nothing I have ever experienced, not to say in the past, it was bad. This year, I feel like we have got a really close group of guys. The new guys coming in have bought in. The seniors are huge leaders on our team, I think the older guys have done an unbelievable job.” As a stalwart for the Tigers since his freshman campaign, de la Durantaye is looking to be a positive influence on the group. “I am just trying to follow in the footsteps and do my job as an upperclassmen to pull everyone along and be a leader out there,” said de la Durantaye. “We really have a roomful of leaders honestly. There is not a single guy that doesn’t take it upon himself to do the right thing. I think that is what the difference is this year and I think you can see it on the ice.” Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty saw a big difference in the way the Tigers played from Friday to Saturday. “It was bet ter for t he checking purposes ; they had a lot of looks last night because we were not moving our feet,” said Fogarty. “We showed we can skate with
them. They were just a little bit better tonight in moving pucks. It was good learning from this, how to get better. Our individual play, our compete, and our attention to detail individually was a lot better tonight than last night.” While Princeton competed hard, it struggled to find an offensive rhythm as it was stuck in its defensive zone for much of the contest. “They controlled more in our zone, you are tired defending and once you get the puck you have no energy,” said Fogarty. “You get all of your rushes from the defensive zone. That is what we want to look at it on the tape, how can we get the puck back quicker from a team like that. We are going to play them again so how do we move it and maneuver it up the ice quicker.” Fogar t y loved the way g o a l i e Pe a r s o n p l a y e d against Quinnipiac. “His knee was nagging him but he came back still and then getting bumped at Dartmouth, he was a little hesitant and then bumped again with Sacred Heart,” said Fogarty. “It has been the mental part of it with him. His knee is finally feeling good. That is the Ethan we have grown to appreciate. The poor kid can’t get a break. If he plays like that, we are going to win a lot of games. We gave him some time off, we could have put him in last night. I wanted to give him the full start, the full preparation in his first game back, it has been a while. He has only been practicing full for two or three days. He was str uggling there pretty bad with his knee and
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the concussion.” Even though Princeton fell behind 3-0, Fogarty know his squad wasn’t going to fold. “We are resilient, we have resolve,” said Fogarty. “We ask our guys to play 60 plus minutes and they continue to do that.” With the Tigers heading north to play at Cornell on January 19 and at Colgate on January 20, Fogarty is confident that his players will continue to display that resolve. “Now we have got to turn our focus to Cornell; it is an Ivy League game and we are 4-1-1 in the Ivies,” said Fogarty. “H ow we prep are for them is going to take some of this and what we did against Cornell at home (a 2-1 overtime win on November 18) and put it into motion. Cornell is not like that, they are going to try to get down in the corner and grind you. A team like Colgate does somewhat the similar thing (as Quinnipiac) but not as much as skill. We have to be ready to suppress their rushes and attack them below the goal line.” In the view of de la Durantaye, Princeton will be ready to keep moving forward. “I think we are a really resilient bunch, we just have to get back to basics,” said de la Durantaye. “We trust our systems a lot, we trust our personnel a lot. It is just matter of putting the pieces together and playing a full 60 minutes hard. We will get our breaks and get our chance and put them in them in the back of the net. I am confident in that.” —Bill Alden
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NO TURNING BACK: Princeton University men’s hockey player Noah de la Durantaye controls the puck in action last winter. Last Saturday, junior defenseman de la Durantaye tallied a goal as Princeton fell 3-1 to No. 5 Quinnipiac. The Tigers, now 6-9-2 overall and 5-5-1 ECAC Hockey, play at Cornell on January 19 and at Colgate on January 20. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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in helping to lead Princeton to the second round of the NCAA tournament. Overall, Curry played in 51 games across three competitive seasons as a Tiger, starting 48 of those. While also scoring three goals and adding four assists during her collegiate career, Curry was a standout on the Tiger back line, taking part in 24 shutouts. “Angel City is getting a gritty, attack-minded, and fearless wide back that can impact the game both in possession or with her defensive prowess,” said PU head coach Sean Driscoll. “Madi’s hunger to improve, training habits and ability to embrace the most competitive environments combine to form a professional mentality that will serve her incredibly well as she moves onto the NWSL. I am so excited to see her play on the biggest stage of our sport and know she will represent Princeton and our program exceptionally well.”
Tiger Men’s Volleyball Falls 3-1 at UC-Irvine
Nyherwo Omene starred in a losing cause as the No. 14 Pr inceton Universit y men’s volleyball team fell 3-1 at No. 3 UC Irvine last Saturday. Junior Omene contributed 11 kills, but the Anteaters prevailed (25-20, 17-25, 1925, 18-25). Princeton, who moved to 2-1 with the defeat, plays at CSUN on January 19 before heading to Utah for a pair of matches at Brigham Young on January 22 and 23.
Six PU Football Players Headed to Japan Bowl
linebacker Will Perez ’24, linebacker Caleb Coleman ’24, and linebacker Cole Aubrey ’23. The game, which is in its second year, will be held on January 20 at 11 p.m. EST in the United States (Sunday, January 21 at 1 p.m. JST locally) at the recentlybuilt National Stadium, site of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. The roster consists of seniors and graduate studentathletes from seven Ivy programs. The team will be led by Brown head coach James Perry and the Bears’ coaching staff. The Ivy League delegation will arrive in Tokyo on January 14 and balance its time between preparation for the game along with several Japanese cultural and educational events, including a planned visit to the historical city of Kamakura, a visit to the US embassy, interaction with Ivy League alumni, discussions with Japanese students and social exchanges with the Japanese team.
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When Curry makes her profe s s ion a l d ebu t, s h e would become the fifth Tiger to play in the NWSL, alongside Tyler Lussi ‘17, currently of the North Carolina Courage, and N WSL alumnae Women’s Soccer Star Curry Lauren Lazo ‘15, Jen Hoy ‘13 and Diana Matheson ‘08. Selected in NWSL Draft P r i n c e t o n U n i v e r s i t y PU Women’s Hockey women’s soccer star Mad- Defeats Harvard i s o n Cu r r y, a n at i v e of Sparked by Sarah Fillier, Coto de Caza, Calif., was the No. 12 Princeton Univerdrafted by her local team sity women’s hockey team in the National Women’s defeated Harvard 4-1 last S o c c e r L e a g u e ( N W S L ) Saturday. draft last Friday as Angel Senior star Fillier tallied Cit y FC made t he t hree two goals and an assist to time first-team A ll- Iv y help the Tigers improve to League defender the ninth 12-5-3 overall and 5-5-3 pick of the fourth round, ECAC Hockey. 51st overall. Princeton hosts No. 8 CorCurry earned United Soccer Coaches third-team All-Amer- nell on January 19 and No. ican honors this past season 4 Colgate on January 20.
Tiger Men’s Swimming Splits with Notre Dame, Navy
Mitch Schott starred as the Princeton University men’s swimming team fell 218-135 to Notre Dame while topping Navy 199-154 in a tri-meet held last weekend in South Bend, Ind. S ophomore S chot t set a new program record of 1: 33.40 in w in n ing t he 200-yard freestyle. Schott also won the 500 freestyle, posting a time of 4:22.78 Princeton, now 6-1, has a tri-meet against Virginia Tech and Penn State on January 20 in Blacksburg, Va.
Six former members of the Princeton University football program will be included on the Ivy League roster for the Dream Japan Bowl, a football game held between Ivy players and Japan’s National Football Association. Representing Princeton PU Women’s Swimming will be defensive back MiDefeats Navy, Notre Dame chael Ruttlen, Jr. ‘23, wide Ellie Marquardt came recover Dylan Classi ’23, up big as the Princeton tight end Caden Dumas ‘24,
SWEEPING THROUGH: Princeton University women’s basketball player Ellie Mitchell dribbles past a foe in recent action. Senior forward Mitchell tallied two points with six rebounds and three assists to help Princeton defeat Dartmouth 63-40 last Monday to complete a weekend sweep in Ivy League action. Two days earlier, Mitchell posted a double-double with 10 points and 14 rebounds as the Tigers topped Harvard 72-49. Princeton, now 13-3 overall and 3-0 Ivy, hosts Columbia (124 overall, 3-0 Ivy) on January 20 in a clash of league leaders. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) U n i v e r s i t y w o m e n’s swimming team defeated Notre Dame 187-166 and Navy 295-58 in a tri-meet held last weekend in South Bend, Ind. Senior Marquardt p l a c e d f i r s t i n b ot h t h e 20 0 - y a r d a n d 50 0 f r e e st yle races. Princeton, now 7-0, hosts
Columbia on January 19 and then has a tri-meet against Virginia Tech and Penn State on January 20 in Blacksburg, Va.
PU Women’s Squash Defeats Amherst
Starting the 2024 portion of its schedule on a high note, the No. 3 Princeton University women’s squash
team defeated 13th-ranked Amherst College 9-0 last Sunday. The Tigers posted nine 3-0 wins as they improved to 3-0. Princeton star ts Iv y League action by hosting Columbia on January 19 and then playing at Cornell on January 21.
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better, timely cuts and With Captain Hagt Providing Leadership, Production, “Every time it is the same With Bess Emerging as Key Weapon Off the Bench, and finished some baskets.” thing, she is a workhorse,” said Herzog. Wit h PH S d r aw i ng to PHS Boys’ Basketball Showing Promise at 5-5 PHS Girls’ Hockey Earns Breakthrough Victory The first quarter was painful for Michael Bess Jr. and the Princeton High boys’ basketball team as the Tigers hosted Nottingham last Friday. PH S e n d e d t h e q u a r ter trailing 8-4, mustering just two buckets on nearly 20 shots while sophomore guard Bess took a knock. “We just started off slow, that is how we have been in a couple of games,” said Bess. “I cut my hand in the first.” In the second quar ter, PHS began to click as it tallied 16 points. “We started to kick it up,” said Bess. “I started getting hot.” Trailing 28 -20 heading into the second half, the Tigers outscored the Northstars 14-9 in the third quarter and trailed by just 46-43 with less that two minutes left in regulation but couldn’t get over the hump as they ultimately lost 53-46. “We came out with a lot more energy, I thought we had it,” said Bess, who ended up with a team-high 12 points in the defeat. “I came out and started to fire shots up.” As a key reserve for the Tigers, Bess is looking to make an impact when he enters the game. “It has been good coming off the bench, getting shots up and helping everybody out,” said Bess.
Moving up from the junior varsity, Bess has been gaining a comfort level with varsity ball this winter, “Last year, I didn’t play varsity. It is a big change really,” said Bess. “I have to get used to it, the game speed and playing under control. I needed my ballhandling stronger. I am a smaller, lanky guy. I had to get my first step quicker and stuff like that.” PHS head coach Pat Noone credited his players with putting up a good fight against once-beaten Nottingham but acknowledged that they misfired on the offensive end. “I think we played hard and defended, it was 2-2 for a while, it was just a battle,” said Noone. “We couldn’t hit any shots all night. The 1-31 was good and I thought we got a lot of good open looks. We had some untimely turnovers. I think the open looks we have got to hit; you get the momentum. Tonight, we didn’t hit them and I think that cost us, it carried throughout the game.” After his team’s strong third quarter, Noone was c o n f i d e n t h e a d i n g i n to crunch time. “I think we had a lot of momentum,” said Noone. “We were getting a lot of turnovers, we made some buckets and we made some changes on the 1-3-1. We had better ball movement
within 46-43 in the waning minutes of the contest, Noone believed that the Tigers were going to pull out the win. “We had a good shot there and then our shots just didn’t fall,” lasted Noone. “We had two drives and then a missed three with 15 seconds left and it just carried out.” Bess has emerged as a key contributor for the Tigers. “Michael gives us a great spark off the bench with his ability to hit some threes,” said Noone. “Sometimes people forget about him and he hits a couple in a row.” Senior Remmick Granozio also sparked PHS against Nottingham with eight points and some heady play. “We missed Remmick big time the other day against Hamilton West, but now he is back,” said Noone. “He is just a good catalyst, he knows all of the rotations. He is a really good team leader, like a coach on the floor.” While Noone was disappointed by the result against the Northstars, he feels like the Tigers are on the right track. “I think we are in a really good place 100 percent,” said Noone, whose squad lost 66-49 at the Pingry School last Saturday to move to 5-5 and hosts Allentown on January 19 and Florence on January 20. “Once you start seeing some shots fall that could really help. Defensively I thought we did a good job. I thought we did a good job on the boards; they are bigger than us. We just have got to make more plays. We have to do a better job coaching to get them to execute those plays. We just have to find ways to score.” Bess, for his part, believes that PHS can do some big things this winter. “I think later on in this season we are going to be good,” said Bess. “We have to get used to each other a little bit and find our momentum.” —Bill Alden
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Maya Hagt and the Princeton High girls’ hockey team started 2024 with a bang. With junior forward/defender and team captain Hagt chipping in a goal, PHS defeated Newark East Side 4-1 last Wednesday in its initial action of the new year as the program posted its first win since 2022. “It has been a while, we didn’t win last year; it was really good for the team having that win,” said Hagt. “It was difficult the first time we played that team and we lost. It was really a confidence builder.” Coming into last Friday, the Tigers were excited to build on that win as they hosted Cranford at Hobey Baker Rink and held their annual Senior Night celebration. “We were pretty pumped for today with Logan in net,” said Hagt, referring to senior goalie Logan Hollingsworth. “Logan had that really good save right in the beginning in the first 10 seconds of the game and that gave us a lot of confidence. I think we were in it.” With junior star Cassie Speir tallying two goals, the Tigers were very much in the game as they trailed 3-2 heading into the second period. But things got away from PHS in the frame as the Cougars scored four unanswered goals to go up 7-2. The Tigers played hard to the final horn, pressing forward in the third period “We had a timeout and we had to stay in it, especially for the seniors,” said Hagt. “We definitely tried our best.” Hagt had her best moment of the game down the stretch, tallying a goal with 11:50 left in regulation to narrow the gap to 7-3. “It was a beautiful play, Taylor [Davidson] came across the ice and it was cross ice pass,” said Hagt, whose goal ended the scoring on the evening for PHS as it fell 8-3 to move to 1-6. “I came in and I just shot it. I wasn’t sure it went in but everyone was cheering and I was like that must have gotten in.” The addition of freshman Davidson has given PHS another key offensive threat in addition to Hagt and Speir. “It has been nice because last year, it was mainly me and Cassie,”said Hagt. “I got sick so I couldn’t play for a while, I only played like four games or something. Then Taylor came in and now we have three players. It has been a lot of fun with her, she is really a great person.” Hagt is looking to make the most of her time on the
ice this winter. “I have definitely been working on my endurance,” said Hagt. “We have pretty long shifts out there. I have been working on trying to stay out there longer, still making good plays even when I am tired.” As a team captain, Hagt has concentrated on creating a good chemistry around the Tigers. “I definitely try and uplift everyone, being able to connect with people is the most important thing for me,” said Hagt. “Being down to earth with everyone and bonding with them is the big thing. I think the team we have built is really, really good, especially this year. We have a ton of great girls. It has been so much fun, being able to bond with them.” PHS head coach Christian Herzog credited Hagt with making a big impact for the program, on and off the ice. “Maya had a little run with about a goal a game for a few games,” said Herzog of Hagt, who now has four goals and three assists on the season. “She is a great leader. She embodies everything a captain should be with the organization and the relationship aspect. She is really good about getting the girls together.” Herzog was hoping that things were going to come together for a second straight game for the Tigers. “You talk to them in the locker room, they are all pumped up,” said Herzog. “It is weird, a few bad bounces go the wrong way.” Speir has been showing the Tigers the way with her offensive output, tallying a team-high 17 goals so far this season.
Herzog likes the things that his two seniors, Hollingsworth, and forward Theresa Douglas, have given to the team. “Logan was the first one to volunteer to play goalie when no one else would raise their hand,” said Herzog. “It is an unforgiving position — you have a lot of pressure on you at all times. This is Theresa’s first year at ice hockey, she is a real likable kid. Playing on this team has been good for her in a variety of ways, filling into a network and a different friend set. We try to give them an opportunity to fit in and have some level of experience and success. She enjoyed it.” Looking ahead, Herzog would like to see PHS enjoy some more victories this winter. “Getting more wins is always on the agenda,” said Herzog, whose team plays the Lawrenceville JV on January 18 at Hobey Baker Rink. “We have been putting up the numbers. Today is the exception, for one reason or another it didn’t come to fruition.” Hagt, for her part, is confident that the Tigers will keep putting in a hard effort no matter what the scoreboard says. “I am really excited to hopefully get another win and keep building on what we have so far,” said Hagt. “The bond we have and the community on the team is really good. My biggest focus is making sure that everybody has fun, that everyone is participating and putting everything in. Even if we don’t win, as long as everyone is putting all of their effort in, I don’t think we have anything to be ashamed of.” —Bill Alden
TAKING HER SHOT: Princeton High girls’ hockey Maya Hagt, right, fires a shot in a game last winter. Last Friday, junior forward/defender and team captain Hagt scored a goal PHS fell 8-3 to Cranford. The Tigers, now 1-6, play the Lawrenceville JV on January 18 at Hobey Baker Rink. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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DOING HIS BESS: Princeton High boys’ basketball player Michael Bess Jr. controls the ball in a game earlier this season. Last Friday, sophomore guard Bess scored a team-high 12 points in a losing cause as PHS fell 53-46 to visiting Nottingham. The Tigers, who lost 66-49 at the Pingry School last Saturday to move to 5-5, host Allentown on January 19 and Florence on January 20. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Gabby D’Agostino was looking to be a crowd-pleaser for the Hun School girls’ basketball team as it hosted the Pennington School last Wednesday. “We only have five home games,” said sophomore g u a r d D’A g o s t i n o, w h o transferred to Hun this year from New Hope-Solebury (Pa.). “So being able to have them show out, we really just want to win for them because we don’t get a lot of these.” D’Agostino gave the home fans plenty to cheer about, pouring in 28 points as Hun rallied from a fourth quarter deficit to pull out a 58-53 win in double overtime. The Raiders were expecting a tough battle against Pennington in the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) clash. “It is a hard matchup, especially in the MAPL,” said D’Agostino. “I think we just found out what we needed to do and we got it done.” D’Agostino got it done in the second overtime, hitting a clutch 3-pointer with 20 seconds left to put Hun up and then coolly drained four straight free throws to seal the deal. “I s aw a n op e n i n g, I knew I had to take it,” said
D’Agostino, refer r ing to her 3-pointer. “If I couldn’t make it fine, but I did. I was glad to help my team.” Coming to the foul line in the waning seconds of the contest, D’Agostino was primed to come through. “Because I have put so much work in and I want to make sure that my teammates know that they can trust me in those situations, I tried to keep it cool,” said D’Agostino. In D’Agostino’s view, the fan support helped pull the Raiders through the topsyturvy contest. “With the crowd and being home, we wanted to win so badly and we did it,” said D’Agostino. “Being on the road a lot and seeing how much our students and classmates like cheering us on, it is really a confidence builder.” In making the transition to Hun, D’Agostino has quickly developed a comfort level with her new teammates and the school. “It has been very, very good — they are so welcoming,” said D’Agostino. “I have only been here for four months, but I feel like I have known all of them my whole life. I am close with absolutely everyone on the
GIFT OF GAB: Hun School girls’ basketball player Gabby D’Agostino goes in for a layup in recent action. Last Wednesday, sophomore guard D’Agostino scored 28 points to help Hun defeat Pennington 58-53 in double overtime. The Raiders, who moved to 7-10 with a 46-34 loss to Christian Academy Blue (Md.) last Saturday in the Rose Classic Super Jam in Brooklyn, N.Y., play at the Peddie School on January 17 and at the Blair Academy on January 23. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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“We always know what we are going to get out of her, she is going to put in a shift,” said Costello of Jolly. “She is going to work hard on defense, she is going to be scrappy, she is going to jump passing lanes. I think collectively defensively as a team in the second half, we gutted it out a little bit. I told them those are important wins; you don’t have to win pretty, you can win ugly.” The Raiders, who moved to 7-10 with a 46-34 loss to Christian Academy Blue (Md.) last Saturday in the Rose Classic Super Jam in Brooklyn, N.Y., have been on the road a lot this winter, playing in showcases or tournaments at the Hill School (Pa.), Lansdale Catholic (Pa.), in the Washington D.C., area as well as two events in Brooklyn. “We are trying to find the best competition that we can so that when we get into league play, the league tournament and the Mercer tournament, we have some experience against some really high level teams,” said Costello, whose team plays at the Peddie School on January 17 and at the Blair Academy on January 23. In Costello’s v iew, his squad has been steeled by facing that competition. “I think it is the growth, we still have a long way to go but I think we are learning to play with one another which morphed into who our identity is now,” said Costello. “We were playing really and fast shooting a ton of threes to start the year to get the tempo up. Now we can win ugly if we have to. If we are not hitting shots, we have to be able to defend and I think that is who we have become a little bit. We can get some stops and we are going to be alright because we have some offensive players where someone is going to hit a shot at some point.” D’Agostino, for her part, believes that the victory over Pennington is a harbinger of good things to come for the Raiders. “It is just making sure that was are always locked in right now,” said D’Agostino. “This win is going to really help us; it is a total confidence booster.” — Bill Alden
Taylor States has set the bar high for herself this winter in her sophomore season for the Stuart Country Day School basketball team. Last Thursday, forward States posted a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds in a 72-41 loss to Morristown-Beard, but she was not satisfied by her performance. “Others may think it is a good game, but for me personally I feel I could have done better,” said States. “I feel like I could have made a bit more points and I feel like I could have been more aggressive towards the other team.” The Tartans didn’t do well in the early going against MoBeard as they fell behind 23-6 by end of the first quarter in the defeat which left them with a 2-3 record. “We had a rough start, most of the time it takes us time to get used to the other team before we start getting into our own groove,” said States. “We started to warm up a bit in the second quarter and started getting used to our plays and getting used to the other team.” In the second quarter, States scored six points to help Stuart find a groove as they got outscored 14-11 in that frame. The Tartans kept fi ghting in the second half, scoring 24 points over the last 16 minutes of the contest. “We kept up with what we have got,” said States. “It is hard to keep up the same pace when others may feel down and starting to feel defeated. We try to keep a good pace and keep each other’s heads up.” As the most experienced player on the squad despite being just a sophomore, States has assumed responsibility to keep her teammates’ heads up. “It is really good, it is definitely changing,” said States of leadership role. “Once our captain last year, Emily Ix, went to college and we all miss her dearly, the leadership role is starting to shift. Me and Annarose [Bourgoin] and Abby [Chirik] are starting to lead our team as some of the oldest players because our team is pretty young.” States has made changes in her game to help her be more versatile.
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On the court, D’Agostino is looking to trigger the Hun offense with her playmaking and scoring. “It is whatever they need me to do, I am still kind of finding my footprint being half way through the season,” said D’Agostino. “I have to facilitate a little bit more than I did at New Hope, and just do whatever I can do to get my teammates open shots. If I have an open shot, I am going to take it because it helps the team.” D’Agostino believes that the team is getting on the same page. “The spacing is very good, being able to pass and cut through the lane and being able to have all of those open options,” said D’Agostino. “With them being able to find me and me being able to find them, it is very easy to work with.” Hun head coach S ean Costello liked the way his players worked hard for the home fans. “We are playing on the road a lot so I told them, ‘Let’s give them something to cheer for,’” said Costello. “They responded well in the second half. They played hard for them. It is great to be at home in front of friends and family. The student section was great.” Costello was proud of how Hun responded at the defensive end as it dealt with a potent Red Hawk attack featuring high-scoring Morgan Matthews. “We talk a lot about when we struggle offensively, that we can make up for it on the defensive end and give good energy,” said Costello. “We weren’t getting good looks and we were second-guessing some decisions, but we were able to really chip on the defensive end and get some stops and kind of grow into it.” The play of D’Agostino has been a big plus for the Raiders. “Gabby hit some big shots; it is interesting, you forget sometimes that she is a sophomore,” said Costello. “We ask a lot of her. She is tough, that three at the end is a perfect example of who she is. She is as cool as it gets — just even the guts to take that three. I think that explains who she is as a player. We are lucky to have her, I think the kids play really well with her. There are kids sacrificing shots and roles and it is a really good team that we are working with.” Hun gets good production in the paint against Pennington from the 1-2 punch of juniors Cee Jay Thomas and Amira Pinkett. “It was the second game we have had Cee Jay and Amira working together,” said Costello, noting that Pinkett had been sidelined with an injury. “I think everyone is learning how to play with one another still within different lineups. Cee Jay was great — she was good on the glass, she ran the floor hard. Amira hasn’t been back very long with her injury. We were asking a lot of her defensively in the first half. We went a little smaller against Matthews and allowed her to play off the ball a little more — I think that helped her. Amira and Cee Jay will be a really good duo.” Sophomore guard Sam
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STATING HER CASE: Stuart Country Day School basketball player Taylor States heads to the hoop in recent action. Last Thursday, forward States posted a double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds in a 72-41 loss to Morristown-Beard. The Tartans, who moved to 2-3 with the defeat, play at the College Achieve Central Charter on January 17 before hosting the Pennington School on January 23. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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and that makes it so Jolly exemplified the grit Sophomore Star States Taking Leading Role D’Agostino Making Impact for Hun Girls’ Hoops, team much easier in the class- that Hun displayed at the defensive end. Coming Up Big as Raiders Top Pennington in 2OT room as well.” As Stuart Hoops Focusing on the Basics
“It is defi nitely more ballhandling and definitely more shooting,” said States. “I have gotten better in those two realms. In the shooting, I feel like I have topped what I was last year.” Starting the week with a 54-12 win over Central Jersey College Charter on January 8 gave Stuart a boost. “We got time to put our thought into the game and start running our plays,” said States. “I think that kind of lifted our heads a lot.” Stuart head coach Tony Bowman saw the loss to the Crimson as a valuable learning experience for his young team. “We had trouble initiating because Annarose is out — she is our point guard so that puts us under the gun a little bit,” said Bowman. “Most of my kids are freshmen, Taylor is a sophomore and I have got one junior so we are teaching. I am teaching more than coaching sometimes. When you have such a young team and it is inexperienced, you train more than coach. You are trying to get the kids to do the basic stuff. You are playing teams that are past that stage, they had some nice players.” Going forward, Bowman will be working to get his players to concentrate on fundamentals at both ends of the court. “As I said to the kids, we are going to work on defense and finishing,” said Bowman. “We have got to let this go by. They give me effort but the effort has to show in the game and execution.” States has been giving the Tartans a great effort on a daily basis, carrying the scoring load for the squad, averaging 21.4 points a game with 107 of the team’s 210 points through five games. “Taylor has been awesome, she is doing a great job,” said Bowman. “If she had a complementing cast, then the game is different for everyone.” Freshman Myah Chennault did a good job against MoBread, scoring 10 points with five rebounds. “Myah is a bright spot, she is always asking questions,” said Bowman. “She is always asking to learn, she is always wanting to do more. She is athletic, she is our best jumper.” With Stuart playing at the College Achieve Central Charter on January 17 before hosting the Pennington School on January 23, Bowman is looking for his players to apply the lessons he has been imparting to them. “They take criticism well and they work hard every day,” said Bowman. “I am going to critique, but then I am getting to tell you what you can do to make yourself better — that is the other side of it. We just have to play harder together and fi nish and run our offense.” In the view of States, maintaining an upbeat approach is the key to the Tartans getting better. “We have to keep playing strong,” said States. “We have to keep getting used to our plays and getting more confident on the court, no matter what team it is. We have to just keep our heads up.” —Bill Alden
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(N.Y.) hosting the Cadets on January 19 then playing them at Albany on January 20. Lawrenceville will then play at Delbarton School on January 22.
Boys’ Basketball: Sam Wright scored 16 points but it wasn’t enough as Hun lost 64-54 to Springside Chestnut Hill (Pa.) last Saturday. The Raiders, now 6-8, play at the Peddie School on January 17 and at Linden High on January 20. Boys’ Hockey: Sparked by Ryan Levesque, Hun defeated the Portledge School ( N.Y.) 4-2 last Thursday. Levesque tallied two goals and two assists as the Raiders improved to 3-5. In upcoming action, Hun hosts Holy Ghost Prep (Pa.) on January 17.
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Boys’ Basketball: Led by Adam Stewart, PDS defeated Steinert 53-45 last Fr iday. Ju n ior standout Stewart tallied 19 points as the Panthers improved to 4-6. PDS hosts Pennington January 17, plays at Hopewell Valley on January 19, and then hosts WW/PNorth on January 23. Girls’ Basketball: Jules Hartman tallied six points in a losing cause as PDS fell 40-21 at Steinert last Friday. The Panthers, who moved to 1-6 with the defeat, host Hopewell Valley on January 19 before playing at WW/PB o y s ’ B a s k e t b a l l : North on January 23. Vaughan Foster had a huge game in a losing cause as Lawrenceville lost 81-66 to the Peddie School last Saturday. Foster poured in 33 points as the Big Red moved to 2-5. Lawrenceville hosts College Achieve B oys’ B asketba l l : Charter School on January Cheikh Sagar Fall starred 18 and then plays at the as Pennington defeated the Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) International Community on January 20. School (Fla.) 67-45 last FriB o y s’ H o c k e y : P u l l - day. Fall scored 12 points ing out a nail-biter, Law- and pulled down eight rerenceville edged Northfield bounds as the Red Hawks Mount Herman (Mass.) 3-2 improved to 11-5. Penninglast Saturday. The Big Red, ton plays at the Princeton now 6-4-1, host Princeton Day School on January 17 Day School on January 17, before facing the Hill School then have a home-and-home (Pa.) on January 20 at the set against Albany Academy Palestra in Philadelphia.
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G irls’ B asketba l l : Sparked by Izzy Augustine, Pennington topped South Hunterdon 61-43 last Saturday. Augustine poured in 29 points as the Red Hawks improved to 4-6. Pennington faces the Hill School (Pa.) on January 20 at the Palestra in Philadelphia before playing at Stuart Country Day on January 23.
PHS G irls’ B asketba l l : Sophomore standouts Katie Sharkey and Anna Winters led the way as PHS topped Piscataway 62-56 last Saturday. Sharkey tallied 24 points while Winters added 21 to help the Tigers improve to 7-4. In upcoming action, PHS plays at Allentown on January 19. Boys’ Hockey: Brendan Beatty had a goal and an assist as PHS fell 9-2 to Robbinsv ille last Friday. The Tigers, who moved to 1-5 with the setback, play Middletown South on January 18 at the Middletown Ice Arena before facing Robbinsville on January 19 at the Grundy Ice Arena in Bristol, Pa., and then playing Lawrence on January 22 and North Dame on January 23 with the latter two games to be played at the Mercer County Skating Center. Boys’ Sw imming : Michael Tang starred as PHS defeated Trenton 128-36 last Thursday. Tang placed first in the 200-yard individual medley and 100 butterfly to help the Tigers improve to 10-0. PHS has meets at
Lawrence on January 17 and then hosts Steinert on January 19. G irls’ Sw imm ing : Kyleigh Tangen and Nia Zagar each posted two wins to help PHS top Trenton 13629 last Thursday. Tangen won the 50-yard and 100 freestyle races while Zagar prevailed in 100 butterfly and 100 breaststroke as the Tigers moved to 9-0. PHS has a meet at Lawrence on January 17 and then hosts Steinert on January 19. Wrestling: Josh Hannan, Christian Paul, and Noah Kassas starred as PHS went 1-2 in a quad last Saturday, topping Hamilton West 39-9 while losing 52-22 to Allentown and 36-34 to Notre Dame. Hannan posted three wins at 106 pounds while Paul followed suit at 157 and Kassas had a pair of wins at 190 and one at 215. In other action, Blase Mele took seventh at 139 pounds at the prestigious Escape the Rock Tournament last weekend at Council Rock South ( Pa.) High School. The Tigers, now 6-6, host a quad on January 20 and then wrestle at Point Pleasant Boro on January 22.
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AT PLAY: Princeton Day School boys’ hockey player Wyatt Ewanchyna controls the puck in recent action. Junior forward Ewanchyna has tallied a team-high 17 points on four goals and a team-best 13 assists to help PDS get off to a 7-4 start. In upcoming action, the Panthers play at the Lawrenceville School on January 17 before hosting Morristown-Beard on January 22 and St. Augustine Prep on January 23. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) BOB
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