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Princeton Pianists Ensemble Coming to Richardson Auditorium . . . . . . . . . . .5 Livestrong Program for Cancer Survivors is Back At Princeton YMCA . . . 9 CFPA to Hold Conference, Multifaith Service for Peace on Nov. 12 . . . 10 Monteverdi Choir, English Baroque Soloists Present Performance Of Bach . . . . . . . . . . 18 PU Men’s Hoops Tipping Off 2023-24 Campaign By Renewing Rivalry With Rutgers . . . . . . . 26 PHS Boys’ Soccer Posts Two Shutouts as it Advances to Sectional Semis . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
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Election 2023 is in Home Stretch; Vote Early or on Nov. 7 Registered voters in Princeton have many opportunities to exercise their right to vote, with early voting in progress since last Saturday, October 28, and continuing through next Sunday, November 5; Election Day polls open on Tuesday, November 7, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and vote-bymail ballots due by 8 p.m. on Election Day. There are seven local, county, and state contests and a school bond referendum on the Princeton ballot, and Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello emphasizes that every single vote can make a difference. “Who represents you makes a huge difference in your taxes and in policies that you will live with,” she said in an October 30 phone conversation. “We have learned over the past few elections that who leads you does matter and does make a difference.” She continued, ”I’ve seen elections where candidates have won by one or two votes. It happened in Princeton in the School Board. It happened in Trenton last year with the city council. I’ve seen it many times. Don’t think our vote doesn’t matter. It absolutely matters, and it’s important that we take advantage of this opportunity that has been fought for by many.” Jean Nitzberg and Chrystal Schivell of the League of Women Voters of the Greater Princeton Area echoed Sollami Covello’s urging. In an October 29 email they wrote, “Citizens should vote because it is our right, and in a democracy it is the process by which we may get the laws, economy, and environment we want. It’s like a basketball game. We have the ball and we may or may not make a basket. But if we don’t shoot, we definitely won’t score.”
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Kelley Resigns, Gold is Interim PPS Supt. Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Superintendent Carol Kelley’s resignation, effective September 1, 2024, and her request for a paid leave of absence from October 27, 2023 through August 31, 2024, were approved by the PPS Board of Education (BOE) at a special board meeting on Monday, October 30. In the third item on the agenda of the 25-minute meeting, Rebecca Gold, PPS interim assistant superintendent of human resources, public information and community relations, was appointed interim superintendent until November 30, 2023. Kelley had announced her resignation on October 27 in an email to PPS staff, stating that “for personal and professional reasons, I must take some time to reset and recenter myself.” Her email was followed later that day by an email from the BOE to the PPS community announcing Kelley’s leave of absence and
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On October 20, preschool students at Discovery Years Child Learning Center in Plainsboro had a special visit from a group of residents at neighboring senior living community, Maplewood at Princeton, for a celebration of Italian heritage. In honor of the preschool’s “Italian Week,” Maplewood at Princeton residents Nino De Candia, Teresa De Candia, Phyllis Pap, and Ross Hecht dressed in “Italia” T-shirts, while many of the children donned their own ensembles of red, white, and green. The morning consisted of a pasta-making demonstration, where children and residents alike rolled up their sleeves to learn the art of creating pasta
a reading of Strega Nona, an ancient Italian tale of a generous “Grandma Witch” with a magical ever-full pasta pot, by Teresa; and finally, had a feast featuring the De Candias’ secret family pasta recipe, prepared with the assistance of Maplewood at Princeton’s culinary director. The preschoolers and octogenarians shared laughs, stories, and memories, demonstrating the power that these types of bonds hold for all those involved. “Intergenerational connections are critical for the social and emotional wellbeing of both children and seniors, as these opportunities encourage perspective-shaping conversations,
ter mutual learning,” said Lisa William, senior executive director at Maplewood at Princeton. Maplewood Senior Living, operator of 16 senior living communities across the northeast and Ohio, routinely organizes these kinds of intergenerational events, which are among their most popular programs. On Halloween, the children of Discovery Years visited Maplewood at Princeton for their annual parade. In December, the children will return for a special visit from Santa Ron Jolly Elf. And as part of an enduring tradition, every Friday, Maplewood residents go to the school to read with the children.
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“We come from all sorts of backgrounds,” said Lachner, who is at the University’s School of Public and International Affairs and is thinking of minoring in environmental studies and Latin American studies (he is a native of Costa Rica). “Most are in things like math, physics, international relationships, English, and economics. We are all people who played piano a lot in school, and invested a lot of time in it. This is a way for us to keep up with the skill. We have to practice a lot.” Practicing together is no easy task. In the Woolworth Music Building every Sunday, the group wheels three pianos from rehearsal rooms into McAlpin Hall, where two instruments are permanently located. “It’s super logistically difficult,” Lachner said. “Outside of that, if we can find a room with two or three pianos, we sometimes practice there in sections.” Concerts by the ensemble range from two to five pianos. While there is music in the piano repertoire for four hands, finding compositions for 10 pianists at two instruments is another matter. “All of the music we perform, we arrange ourselves,” Lachner said. “So for example, before we performed the pas de deux music from Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker last year, members on the summer break examined the original orchestral score, and came up with an arrangement for five pianos. You have to take a lot into account. It’s not easy.” But it is worth the effort. “It allows us to play really
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Madeline: “We are The Wizard Oz, and we decided that because our daughter Adelaide is obsessed with listening to the book.” —Sean, Adelaide, and Madeline Howe, Princeton
Michael: “Me and my son and daughter are matching as a kind of “Haunted Grinch Who Stole Halloween.” —Michael and Eli Smith, Princeton
Judd: “This year for Halloween I am dressed up as a shark, and I thought it would be a fun idea to be that with my twin sister, Evelyn.” —Evelyn and Judd Alberts, Princeton
Eric: “Our daughter turns 2 on October 29, and when she came home after she was born she was dressed as a little skeleton for Halloween, so we wanted to re-create it for fun.” —Eric, Lauren, and Sophia Maria Kotlarz, Belle Mead
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Kremer is particularly enthused about the monthly meetups, eight of which have been held so far at locations like Hinds Plaza, Morven, Princeton Senior Resource Center, and the Arts Council of Princeton. Restaurant Week, Small Business Saturday, and a monthly newsletter are additional initiatives he cites as signs of success. A digital gift card that can only be used in Princeton, and will be accepted by 54 businesses, is being developed for the holidays. “These events, in particular the meetups, are good for connectivity. It’s a great opportunity to get people to different locations,” Kremer said. “People connect on a human level. It’s been really nice to see how they have brought people together.” While the mom-and-pop stores of Princeton’s past are largely gone, “businesses that are deeply connected to the community are here, and they seem to do well here,” Kremer said. “Businesses that
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then senior policy Peace Coalition to Hold Conference, director, associate. Currently a senior Rutgers-Newark, she advoMultifaith Service for Peace on Nov. 12 atcates for commonsense gun Israel, Gaza, Ukraine, and Lewiston, Maine — sad to say, the timing for the Princetonbased Coalition for Peace Action’s (CFPA) 44th Annual Conference and Multifaith Service for Peace could not be more appropriate. “With two hot wars underway; mass shootings in the U.S. averaging two per day; and nuclear weapon build-ups planned by the U.S., Russia, and China; this is an incredibly important period to educate the public about peace issues,” said CFPA Executive Director the Rev. Robert Moore. “I encourage all interested people to attend the Multifaith Service and/or Conference for Peace to be more empowered to advocate for peace policies more effectively.” Sponsored by the CFPA along with 38 area religious and civic groups, the November 12 event will feature Archbishop John C. Wester, leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe, preaching at the Multifaith Service for Peace at 11 a.m. in the Princeton University Chapel, followed from 1:30 to 4 p.m. by a hybrid Conference for Peace at Christ Congregation, 50 Walnut Lane. Conference speakers will include Princeton University Senior Research Physicist and Professor of Public and International Affairs Emeritus Frank von Hippel; social justice advocate and co-founder of the women-led peace group Code Pink Medea Benjamin; and March For Our Lives Senior Policy Associate Elena Perez; as well as Wester. Moore described Wester as “an ardent proponent of global nuclear weapons abolition” ever since his visit to
Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 2017. “It’s a transforming experience,” said Moore, who visited the two Japanese cities in 1980 when he was working on nuclear disarmament on the national level. “In Hiroshima they have an A-bomb museum,” he added. “You come out of there and you can hardly speak. The horror is so terrible to witness.”
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In January 2022 Wester issued a pastoral letter, “Living in the Light of Christ’s Peace: A Conversation Toward Nuclear Disarmament,” which is available on the CFPA website at peacecoalition.org. “The archbishop basically says that the only way to protect humanity from ultimately being destroyed in a nuclear holocaust is to get rid of nuclear weapons,” Moore noted. He added that there are three Roman Catholic cosponsors for the event and that faith leaders from a wide range of major world religions will be co-leading the Multifaith Service.
“Avoiding Nuclear War with Russia and China” will be the topic of von Hippel’s presentation during the afternoon conference. Frequently quoted in national media, von Hippel is the co-founder of Princeton University’s Program on Science and Global Security, a MacArthur Foundation “genius grant” winner, a member of the Board of Sponsors of the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and formerly assistant director of the White House Science Advisor’s Office. “If you want to know anything at all about nuclear weapons, any technical detail, he has it in an instant, like the back of his hand,” said Moore. “We’re so lucky to have him as an accessible local resource for us.” Benjamin, “one of America’s most committed — and most effective — fighters for human rights,” according to New York Newsday, and “one of the high-profile leaders of the peace movement,” according to the Los Angeles Times, is the author of 10 books, including, most recently, War in Ukraine: Making Sense of a Senseless Conflict, coauthored with Nicolas J.S. Davies. “Knowledgeable, smart, a great activist,” said Moore. “Benjamin doesn’t just talk about it. She’s been arrested I don’t know how many times, but she’s always nonviolent. She’s talking truth to power, just as the ancient prophets of Israel did.” Speaking on the issue of gun violence prevention, an issue that CFPA has focused on since 1993 (before she was born), Elena Perez was a NJ chapter leader of March for Our Lives, state director, midAtlantic regional organizing
laws as well as raising awareness about mental health, especially for young people. “It’s really exciting to have a young leader speaking to us about this,” said Moore. He pointed out New Jersey’s progress in establishing the second strongest gun safety laws in the country and the strongest assault weapons ban in the country, but noted the dire consequences of so many assault weapons being easy to get and widely used throughout the country. In commenting on CFPA’s peacemaking efforts, Moore emphasized the importance of their “diplomacy not war” campaign, which applies to trouble spots around the world. “Diplomacy has to be our primary tool to keep peace,” he said. “Military force is going to fail and come back to bite us. We saw that in Iraq and in Afghanistan, where we thought we could use military force to impose our will on those countries.” He continued, “We need more diplomacy. We need to do a lot more in terms of beefing up our diplomacy as a means of preventing wars before they start, and even if they’ve already started, as the Israel-Hamas war has, we need to maximize the use of diplomacy to end it as soon as possible.” Moore noted that von Hippel, Benjamin, and Wester would all be presenting valuable insights on the importance of diplomacy. The November 12 morning Multifaith Service in the University Chapel is free and open to the public. For the afternoon conference at Christ Congregation, registration is required at bit.ly/2023Conf4Peace. —Donald Gilpin
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math consultant, alarm among elementary school parents over a new afterschool care provider, and repeated calls for Kelley’s resignation. Before coming to PPS, Kelley was superintendent of the Oak Park Elementary School District 97 outside Chicago. Before that she served as Branchburg (NJ) Township superintendent of schools and before that in various administrative positions in Flemington, Bridgewater, and Franklin Township.
Carol Kelley About 25 people attended Monday night’s meeting in person, though hundreds more followed on livestream or watched the meeting video on YouTube. Five speakers from the audience went to the microphone to provide public commentar y. Many questions were asked. The Board did not respond. John Street resident Jim Wolf claimed that Kelley did not resign willingly but must have been fired. “Why was she fired?” he asked, and he called on the Board to report on what program cuts will take place to pay the approximately $200,000
of her remaining salar y through August 2024. The second speaker, Paula Strum of Prospect Avenue, was also critical of the extensive paid leave for the superintendent, calling on the Board to take responsibility for overlooking “red flags” in the hiring and subsequent managing of Kelley and for “taking money away from our overcrowded schools.” The BOE did finally receive some commendation in the comments of Jennifer Suttmeier from Cranbury, who applauded their progress in improving transparency, in sending out summaries of proceedings, and in increasing accessibility to meetings. She also called on the BOE to actively involve the community, to avoid closed-door decisions, to continue to hold focus groups, to conduct well-constructed surveys, and to realize that the next superintendent “needs to align with the values of our community.” Gold, who is expected to serve as interim superintendent until a long-term interim superintendent is appointed, has served as the administrator in charge when Kelley has been out of the district, according to BOE President Dafna Kendal. Gold joined the PPS in December 2021 and had previously been director of personnel and administrative services and director of educational technology in the Lawrence Township Public Schools from 1986 to 2015. She has also served as interim director of human resources for the Hamilton Township Public Schools. —Donald Gilpin
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Nit zb er g a n d S ch ivel l pointed out that all 120 seats in the New Jersey Legislature are in play, along with county and municipal offices and boards of education. ”Decisions about local taxes, transportation, open space, population growth, and what your children will be taught in school will be made by these local candidates,” they added. On the back of the ballot but most prominent on the radar of many Princeton residents is the election for Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Board of Education (BOE), where five candidates — two incumbents and three challengers — are running for three available positions. In a number of public forums, as well as comments and responses in Town Topics and other local media, Beth Behrend and Michele Tuck-Ponder, who have both served on the BOE for six years and are seeking another three-year term, have emphasized the value of their knowledge and experience on the Board and the school district’s success as it emerges from the pandemic. BOE challengers Adam Bierman, Eleanor Hubbard, and Rene Obregon have highlighted a need for new skills, new perspectives, greater transparency, and more prudent management of district fi nances. In the other municipal election, Democratic incumbents David Cohen and Letitia Fraga are running unopposed for reelection to their third threeyear terms in two positions on Princeton Council.
Also on the Princeton ballot are two New Jersey 16th legislative district races, with incumbent Andrew Zwicker running against Republican Michael Pappas and Libertarian Richard J. Byrne for state senator; and Democrats Roy Freiman, an incumbent, and Mitchelle Drulis running against Republicans Ross Traphagen and Grace Zhang for two open positions in the general assembly. On the county level there are three contests up for election : Mercer Count y executive, sheriff, and two positions on the Board of County Commissioners. Democrat Dan Benson is squaring off against Republican Lisa Marie Richford in the race for county executive. incumbent Democrat John A. “Jack” Kemler is competing against Republican Bryan “Bucky” Boccanfuso and Libertarian-endorsed Drew L. Cifrodelli for the position of county sheriff. And in the commissioners contest incumbent Democrats Lucylle Walter and John Cimino are taking on new Republican candidates Joseph Stillwell and Denise “Neicy” Turner. Also on the ballot in Princeton is a $13 million PPS bond proposal to improve security and technology infrastructure and address major maintenance projects. For further information on the proposal, visit princetonk12. org under “District.” Sollami Covello reported that early voting had gotten off to a good start over the weekend, October 28-29, with a total of 1,316 ballots cast by machine so far and an additional 51 provisional ballots at Princeton Shopping Center and the six other
early voting sites in the county. As of Friday, October 27, 15,517 mail-in ballots had been received by the county clerk’s office. “We have higher numbers for early voting than we had in the June primary,” said Sollami Covello. “We also have a higher turnout for vote-by-mail than we had in the primary.” Statewide in the general election early voters constituted only 9 percent of the electorate, according to Sollami Covello. “I think it’s just because people don’t know about early voting, but as the word gets out people are starting to take advantage of it,” she said. “It’s very convenient.” She went on to point out that Mercer County is now using new voting machines with a verifi able paper trail in every voting district in the county. These machines, which allow voters to use a touch screen device to print out ballot selections which they then scan into the voting machine, were purchased by the county from Dominion Voting Systems. The new voting machines are part of the county’s plan to prevent problems in processing and tabulating ballots like the problems that occurred in last November’s general election. “We have been doing extra testing,” said Sollami Covello. “We’ve tested everything ahead of time, and we’re taking all precautions, making sure that we don’t have any problems in the upcoming election.” Sollami Covello stated that results from early voting, Election Day voting, a n d s o m e v o te - b y - m a i l
ballots will be available by the night of Election Day next Tuesday. It might take two weeks or more after that for provisional ballots and all the vote-by-mail ballots to be counted and for the results to be certified and declared official. Nit zb er g a n d S ch ivel l urged all registered voters to remember to cast their ballots, either early or on Election Day. “Unfortunately low turnout is common in off-year elections like this one,” they wrote. “In 2019, just 27 percent of registered voters voted. The will of just one of every four citizens determined how New Jersey functioned over the last two years. Did they speak for you? To speak for yourself, you must vote.” —Donald Gilpin
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their journeys and careers. This requires flexibility and a more inclusive approach to teaching and learning.” Johnna Herrick-Phelps, the school’s first-ever associate dean for online and digital learning, will lead this new, focused effor t. As a senior leader in the Office of Academic Affairs, Herrick-Phelps brings more than a decade of experience in higher education, with expertise in building and growing online teaching and learning opportunities. “Johnna’s leadership, coupled with our world-class faculty and staff, will create systems and structures that bring the extraordinary resources and experiences of Princeton Seminary to more fait h leaders, t he faithful, and the curious,” said Walton. Herrick-Phelps’ arrival coincided with the launch of a Master of Arts in Theology (MAT) program that focuses on justice and public life. As the Seminary’s first online degree program, this rigorous 24-month degree track is designed for working professionals, with flexible and accessible digital programming and limited on-campus requirements. In addition to the new MAT program, there is a growing portfolio of online and hybrid options. The full range of professional programming can meet the needs of any lifelong learner, including global convenings, certificate programs, and coursework that taps into the deep expertise of the Seminary’s renowned faculty. “Pr inceton T heological Seminary already has an incredible legacy of changing lives, and we want to make that experience accessible to even more people and
Peddler’s Village — the shopping, dining, lodging, and family entertainment destination near New Hope, Pa. — will host its annual Apple Festival Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The weekend will include continuous live entertainment, family at tractions and activities, and appleflavored foods and drinks. Admission and parking are free. Peddler’s Village shops will be open until 8 p.m. on Saturday. Entertainment will include live musical performances by the Michael Christopher Band, Nikki Briar Band, Love? Said the Commander, Big Chill, Barefoot Bobby, and others; axe throwing; law n games and bounce houses ; and pony r ides and a petting zoo. Fresh apples, cider, apple fritters, apple pies, and other applethemed treats will be available for sale while supplies last, and apple-flavored food and beverage specials will be featured in Peddler’s Village restaurants every day through November 12. Dining options at the festival will also include a variety of food trucks. Visit Peddlersvillage.com for more information.
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APPLE ARRAY: Peddler’s Village in Bucks County, Pa., hosts the 48th annual Apple Festival on Saturday and Sunday, November 4 and 5.
and the opportunity we have before us to make Princeton Seminary the premier institution in the country and beyond for online theological education.” Current students in the inaugural MAT cohort range in age from 23 to 63, and include legal professionals and higher education leaders, as well as finance and nonprofit leaders, among other faith-informed professionals. “We haven’t even discovered yet all the ways we can engage and inspire our students online, but with the backing of more than 200 years of theological excellence and a dynamic and dedicated faculty, we are excited to invite more people into our learning community for life,” said Walton. Prior to joining Princeton Theological Seminary this year, Herrick-Phelps was the chief online learning officer at Champlain College Online, where she oversaw more than 60 online programs that attracted thousands of online students each year. To l e a r n m o r e a b o u t t he on line, hybr id, and continuing education opportunities available, visit learning.ptsem.edu.
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The fact that affordable housing is part of this plan should not go unnoticed. Princeton has a mandate to provide affordable housing which this development provides. The views of the letters do not necessarily Aside from the fact that there is a legal mandate, Princeton reflect the views of Town Topics. has a moral obligation to provide more affordable housing on an ongoing basis to allow more people who work in town to live in town. There will likely be more iterations of this plan, more refinements and adjustments, but this plan, and ultimately this development are a welcome addition and one which To the Editor: Recently, the Princeton community was invited to a pre- will stand the test of time. sentation at Town Hall to learn about Herring Properties’ ROSS WISHNICK concept plan for the development of the former Princeton Edgerstoune Road Theological Seminary (PTS) property. The concept plan reflected the efforts by Herring and team of engaging with stakeholders in smaller discussions to solicit input and learn concerns. The plan was truly the culmination of what was heard and reflected genuine responsiveness to much To the Editor: I write as a concerned parent of three current Princeton of the feedback. One might attribute this thoughtful apPublic School students — a junior at PHS, an eighth grader proach to Herring’s own tenure as a Princeton resident. The graduated heights of the buildings will create visual at PMS, and a fifth grader at Riverside Elementary. On harmony with the heights of the surrounding structures. November 7 I will be enthusiastically voting for Eleanor The exterior style of the project reflects the traditional Hubbard, Adam Bierman, and Rene Obregon Jr. for the look of the neighborhood and much of Princeton. Placing Board of Education, and I urge others to join me in supthe majority of parking underground reduces the impact of porting them. As any Princeton resident who follows the local news street parking in the neighborhood. The number of parking spaces, just over one car per residence, reflects the proper- knows, in recent years the Princeton public school system ties’ proximity to the Dinky, the town, the University, and has been afflicted with numerous serious problems and local employers and will allow residents to walk or bike. extraordinary turmoil. While it would be unfair to place The lot layout and design locates the buildings such that all of the blame for these problems on the current Board the green spaces are graciously visible from the street. of Education, it also seems clear that the community and It highlights some beautiful public spaces which will cre- our students would be well-served by a change from the ate a comfortable relationship between cars, pedestrians, dysfunctional status quo. houses, and greens. When possible, the effort to retain Fortunately, Hubbard, Bierman, and Obregon are talexisting trees, especially those at the street, was made ented and well-qualified individuals who are determined to and is clear and appropriate. make positive changes. I thank them for their willingness While the development of the property has a unique im- to take on this challenge. Let’s give them the chance to pact on the adjacent property owners, it will also have an make things better for our kids! impact on the wider Princeton community. In addition to TOM KELLY the people who live in the two-block area, many more walk Prospect Avenue by there, drive by there, and interact with the property in some way. Some see the property as one of the welcoming gateways into Princeton. Because of the location, it is important to consider all concerns and ideas — and make decisions that reflect feedback from both the immediate To the Editor: neighbors and the larger community. As the work to update Princeton’s Community Master Herring Properties did just that. They took great care Plan nears conclusion, we would like to provide some into make the design and site engineering plans responsive formation and context that we hope is helpful. to what were sometimes opposing points of view. The The Community Master Plan document is available in result may fall short of pleasing everyone, but it will be its entirety at engage.princetonmasterplan.org. The plan very difficult to say that Herring didn’t listen and try to consists of an introduction that presents a vision, assumpaccommodate. At one point, when questioned about the tions, and guiding principles, followed by multiple “elespecific design of a crosswalk, Herring generously asked ments,” distinct but interrelated sections covering specific what the speaker’s preference was. The details are still subjects related to land use. Each element contains goals under development and Mr. Herring is clearly still listening. and recommendations.
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Hubbard, Bierman, and Obregon Will Change the Status Quo for the Better
Proposed Master Plan Suggests Way for Town To Grow Responsibly, Incrementally, Equitably
The plan is a Planning Board document developed by the Planning Board with the help of a consultant and a Steering Committee of community leaders. A robust public engagement process unmatched since consolidation has been both a distinguishing feature of the plan update process, and immensely helpful in crafting the plan. The updated plan reaffirms familiar community priorities related to historic features and character, open space and recreation, a vibrant downtown, arts and culture, and outstanding educational resources. Importantly, the plan also recommends that the community move away from some policies and practices that have contributed over many years to suburban sprawl, traffic congestion, tear-downs, segregation, and the troubling wealth gap. In keeping with strong public consensus around climate resilience and social equity, the plan recommends restoring the kind of housing diversity that used to be a hallmark of the community and which can still be found but are less prevalent: single family homes side by side with duplexes, triplexes, and other multi-family accommodations that are more affordable to rent or buy. By virtue of proximity to jobs, education, services, and recreation, these diverse housing choices enable more affordable, sustainable, healthy, and car-limited living. It provides a framework for an even more vibrant downtown, and recommends prioritizing the safety and mobility of pedestrians and cyclists of all ages, as well as better-coordinated public transit. The proposed plan suggests a way for Princeton to grow responsibly, incrementally and equitably, recognizing the importance of fit and scale. It envisions not simply more housing, but housing that is available at a wider range of prices, especially in areas accessible to transit, jobs, schools, and cultural and retail amenities. Most important, the Community Master Plan does not rezone Princeton, nor does it signal or lay the foundation for uncontrolled population growth. The plan is a policy document — a very important one, to be sure — but it does not by itself transform local laws or practices. The authority to adopt changes to zoning and to devote municipal resources to implement the plan rests entirely with Princeton’s elected leaders, the mayor, and Council. There is more to the plan than we can summarize here, and we encourage all who are interested to dive into the details and feel free to pose questions and express your views at the November 9 public hearing. We hope you find much to like in the draft but even if not, we look forward to hearing your views. LOUISE WILSON Chair, Princeton Planning Board Lytle Street TIM QUINN Vice Chair, Princeton Planning Board Chair, Master Plan Subcommittee Wilton Street
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To the Editor: Princeton is fortunate to have exceptional civic-minded residents willing to serve in government posts. Rene Obregon has stepped forward as a candidate for the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education and I urge my fellow residents to elect him on November 7. I’ve known Rene since our now high-school-age boys played baseball together in Little League. He was a constant presence as an encouraging parent at baseball and other athletic events, despite a demanding work schedule. Rene’s high engagement with the Princeton Public Schools in recent years is remarkable given his role as chief executive of the U.S. arm of a U.K. investment banking firm. By the time most of us get up in the morning, Rene is already well into his work day serving European clients. Rene’s focus on educational excellence and prudent stewardship of the budget promises to serve the needs of all stakeholders in the community, from younger families with school-age children to residents concerned about the use of their tax dollars. His decades of experience in business will give voice to the challenges and opportunities that await our students. Rene’s status as a potential newcomer to the Board of Education is especially valuable given the challenges faced by the district with growing enrollment, rising costs, and constrained funding growth. I believe residents will be best served with the addition of new board members that don’t feel bound by prior decisions. JOE ARNS Philip Drive
It’s Time to Elect New BOE Members Who Will Listen to Their Constituents
To the Editor: On October 27, Superintendent Carol Kelley announced her resignation, ending a controversial tenure at Princeton Public Schools (PPS), during which thousands of students, parents, and residents continually called for her resignation. While I applaud the Board of Education (BOE) for finally facilitating Kelley’s departure (though they are paying her through August 2024), the community is left wondering what took so long. Furthermore, the timing of this announcement, less than two weeks before an election in which three BOE seats will be filled, should not go unnoticed. It is more important than ever to hold current BOE members accountable for the damage done by the superintendent under their watch. I started following local politics more closely at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and was shocked not only by the BOE’s pattern of irresponsible decision-making, but also by the lack of transparency and the indifference shown toward local experts, parents, and even students. Students suffered during unnecessarily prolonged school closures which have undisputedly resulted in significant learning loss and social-emotional trauma. These policy failures were compounded by further mistakes such as: the hiring of a superintendent who clearly was not a good fit for PPS; attempts to weaken the math program and eliminate accelerated tracks; funding of numerous consultants and public relation firms, costing Princeton taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars; the firing of a universally beloved high school principal in the middle of the school year without good reason; the exodus of many high-quality teachers and staff; and most recently, replacing the local YMCA afterschool care program with an outside for-profit company (with connections to the superintendent) which did not do appropriate background checks of its counselors and which some believe put our children in harm’s way. This election, three new challengers (Eleanor Hubbard, Rene Obregon, and Adam Bierman) are running for BOE against two incumbents (who nearly faced a recall challenge from a group of PPS parents/residents who organized to represent the interests of PPS children). I encourage all voters to vote for these three candidates. They are each experienced, independent thinkers who will make their voices heard and advocate best for parents and students rather than acquiescing to outside forces who do not have our children or our town as their top priority. They also understand the responsibility the BOE has in the larger community, as it is the largest recipient of Princeton taxpayer dollars (50 percent). There are critical financial decisions on the horizon, and taxpayers deserve a wellfunctioning BOE. Advocating for our children and our town is a responsibility that all voters should embrace on November 7, election day. It is time to hold BOE members accountable for their mistakes and to elect new members who will listen to their constituents. Our children deserve better than what PPS leadership has given them these past several years. JASON ROGART, MD Marion Road
Behrend is a Proven Leader at a Time When Leadership is Crucial
To the Editor: It is with great enthusiasm that we endorse Beth Behrend for her third term candidacy on the Princeton Board of Education. Beth brings deep experience with the Princeton Public Schools, having served for two previous terms, and as Board president. She makes decisions based on visionary thinking, a deep understanding of all points of view, and a practical commitment to concrete, cost-effective action. As a mother of three children, Beth has a steadfast commitment to the welfare of every child in our district, and a commitment to planning responsibly for our future.
Behrend has demonstrated time and again that she cares deeply about Princeton’s students now and into the future. Beth doesn’t just care for a child’s experience in kindergarten today, she is looking ahead to ensure that child is as well-served by Princeton Public Schools as possible along every step of their journey, through high school graduation. Beth Behrend is a proven leader at a time when leadership is crucial. From helping the district obtain resources for urgent needs like HVAC, planning for increased enrollment, leading the process of hiring an experienced interim schools superintendent, to securing the needed technology and support for the district to achieve equitable, bestquality online learning, Beth has been able to get things done during challenging times. We know Beth and her family as neighbors and friends, and we have worked with Beth as fellow board members at our congregation. A vote for Beth is a vote for proven leadership that guides us through today’s challenges, while caring deeply for the children’s futures by planning ahead. CHRIS STURM Riverside Drive CINDY FUNKA-LEA Adams Drive
“Leave the Leaves” in Yards Instead of Removing Them
To the Editor: If you like flowers, songbirds, butterflies, and reducing your carbon footprint, there is a simple way to help — leave the fall leaves in your yard instead of putting them at the curb for removal. In winter, they provide a necessary refuge for butterfly caterpillars, pollinators, and other beneficial insects who need them to overwinter, and which are a source of food for birds. So, don’t rush to rake or blow the leaves from your lawn. Instead, a light layer of leaves on the grass can be shredded by mowing and left to nourish the soil (reducing the need for purchased fertilizer). Excess leaves can be placed around shrubs, garden beds, and the base of trees, serving as an excellent natural and free mulch, as well as a home for the above-mentioned creatures. Or, leaves can be left in a pile out of sight. If we all join together to “leave the leaves,” we have the potential to save the energy costs of transporting them to another location, as well as to reduce the accompanying pollution. NAOMI BRAHINSKY Franklin Avenue ANN SUMMER Cedar Lane ANN VAURIO Valley Road
Arguing That Payments in Lieu of Taxes Harm Schools and Taxpayers
To the Editor: As you pay your quarterly property taxes this week, consider an alternate scenario. Imagine that as an incentive to move to Princeton, you are offered a deal for 30 years. Instead of paying property taxes, you are allowed to make a payment of no greater than 60 percent of your assessed property taxes based up your annual income. At the end of the 30 years, your taxes would revert to whatever the current level is. Clearly, you are coming out a big winner on such a deal, and you would be happy to accept. But who is losing out? Well, most of the money you pay will go to the town, with a scant 5 percent going to the county. The municipality actually gets more than they would if you paid property taxes, so they are OK with the deal. The county gets a lot less, but they are happy with something. However, the schools get absolutely nothing. Normally, the schools’ share would be about 50 percent of the property taxes you would pay, but in this deal, you get to keep all the money the school would have received; somebody else can fund them. Fortunately, this is a moral dilemma that you do not have to face because the chances are that you are not a property developer. This arrangement is real, however, and is called a Payment in Lieu of Taxes or PILOT. Developers love them because it increases their profits. Developers often claim they do not build dwellings for families with children, so their development and receipt of a PILOT would not affect the schools anyway. However, there are families with children that move into their rental homes, and the shortfall from the money that they do not pay has to be picked up by all other taxpayers, regardless of whether they have kids in the schools or not. It is an issue of fairness. Social cohesion is built on shared responsibility, and at the end of the day, developers do not need an incentive to build in the Princeton market. We all benefit from a strong school system, and we all should pay our fair share. PILOTs harm our schools and taxpayers. DAVID DEMUTH Armour Road
BOE Candidate Hubbard Has Demonstrated Her Leadership Skills Time and Time Again
To the Editor: I am a parent of two children at Riverside school and one child at UNOW, and I am writing to endorse Eleanor Hubbard for the Board of Education. I have known Eleanor Hubbard for six years, initially at UNOW where Eleanor was president of the board, but now also at
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Princeton Public Schools face many complex challenges, Riverside where she continues to remain involved and passionObregon’s Focus on Educational Excellence, making strong, experienced Board leadership more im- ate about education as she always has. Budget Promises to Serve Needs of Community portant than ever. Through her work on the Board, Beth Eleanor was a major presence on the UNOW board, always
dedicated, available, and well respected. She never let her emotions make decisions for her, but rather always used her intelligence and data-driven approaches no matter the task. She listened to the opinions of those around her and made thoughtful decisions based on a totality of information provided. I have worked with her directly on various work streams including discussions over construction of the Tiger Plant (I was part of a group concerned about noise levels during the construction and she was a well-regarded mediator between UNOW and this group of concerned citizens), hiring of a new director at UNOW, and another group that was concerned with the proposed math reform in the Princeton Public School system. I also worked indirectly with her during the debacle of the afterschool program in the elementary schools where serious safety violations were discovered and parents organized themselves to petition and express their concerns to the Board of Education. Eleanor, although not involved as her kids were not enrolled in afterschool care, immediately reached out to me and provided not only emotional support, but also contacts within the school system that would be useful to our cause. I have such a high regard for her opinion and independently hoped that she would run for a position on the Board of Education. I feel that Eleanor is not only qualified in terms of her background in education, but she has demonstrated her leadership skills time and time again. She is also a parent of three kids and will provide meaningful and sustainable oversight of the education kids get in our district. Please vote for Eleanor Hubbard on November 7, she will help bring this district into the future with her innovative, problembased approach to everything she does. SARAH TANNENBAUM-DVIR Prospect Avenue
Noting That Proposed New Master Plan Will Lead to Reduction of Microplastics
To the Editor: Halloween is full of scary things. But one scary thing that remains a constant threat throughout the year is the proliferation of microplastics, which are now found everywhere, including the most pristine wilderness areas, and even in our bodies. In developed countries wear from automobile tires, which are made of a plastics composite, is the largest source by far of microplastics. We breathe it. Our water supply is contaminated by it. It’s scary to think about that. This is why I was happy to see that the proposed new Master Plan contains several elements that will lead to a large reduction of microplastics from tire wear in Princeton. Princeton’s population of nearly 31,000 is augmented every weekday by 23,000 in-commuters, the vast majority of whom come to our town by car. Commuters include visiting scholars, postdocs, business and university employees, teachers, and staff of the various town departments. But if people who work in town can live in town, they can drive much shorter distances, or choose to walk or bike to work. The new Master Plan enables that. Moreover, the accommodation of several households in a building would achieve this with the smallest footprint, preserving the beautiful green spaces that are a hallmark of our town. Other ways to reduce tire wear is for more of us to get around on skinny tires (I’m talking about bicycles) or shared tires (like those on a bus). In the Master Plan survey, “bike lanes” emerged as the most suggested improvement, as it did in the 2022 Princeton Mobility Survey. It’s great that the 2017 Bicycle Mobility Plan already contains a proposal for a network of bike lanes. After all, our Climate Action Plan calls for the town’s transportation to be reduced by half by 2030. Now is the time to build the bike lane and bus route networks that will enable that: we need to do so within the next few years. When fewer of us drive, the streets are safer, we can all breathe cleaner air, drink cleaner water, and enjoy our town without the crushing traffic congestion; and those who still drive will see reduced competition for parking. We’d all have less to be scared about. TINEKE THIO Dempsey Avenue
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Philosophy, Politics, and Economics at Brown University. He is also the author of The Undiscovered Dewey: Religion, Morality, and the Ethos of Democracy. Glaude is professor of religion and African American studies at Princeton University. His books include Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul; In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America; and Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for our Own. The event is co-presented by L abyrinth Books and Princeton Public Librar y and co-sponsored by Princeton University’s Humanities Council, Religion Department, Office of the Dean of Religious Life, as well as SPIA in NJ and the Princeton Theological Seminary.
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Rogers, Glaude at Princeton Library Speaking on Black Political Tradition Could the African American political tradition save American democracy? Melvin Rogers provides a bold new accou nt of A f r ican American political thought through the works and lives of individuals who built this tradition in an event on Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. He discusses this subject with Eddie Glaude, commentator and writer, who is helping to shape the conversation about race in the U.S. Rogers is the author of The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought
(Princeton University Press, $35). In the book he reexamines how figures as diverse as David Walker, Frederick Douglass, Anna Julia Cooper, Ida B. Wells, W.E.B. Du Bois, Billie Holiday, and Ja m e s B a ldw i n t hought about the politics, people, character, and culture of a society that so often dominated them, believing that democracy is always in the process of becoming and that they could use it to reimagine society, while knowing that democracy must be measured by how skillfully we confront a history that will forever remain with us. Rogers is professor of political science and associate director of the Center for
In his new book, Eco nomics in America, Nobel Prize-w inning economist A n g u s D e aton e x p l a i n s how the field of economics addresses pressing issues from poverty, retirement, and the minimum wage to the ravages of the nation’s uniquely disastrous health care system. He recounts his own experiences as a nat urali zed U.S. cit i zen and academic economist. He will speak at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, on Wednesday, November 8 at 6 p.m., joined by Matthew Desmond, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Evicted and Poverty, by America, for a presentation and discussion. When Deaton immigrated to the United States from Britain in the early 1980s, he was awed by America’s strengths and shocked by the extraordinary gaps he witnessed between people. In his incisive book, he describes the everyday lives of working economists, recounting the triumphs as well as the disasters, and tells the inside story of the Nobel Prize in economics
the biography of Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, the history-altering professor turned Civil War hero, in In Great Fields (Penguin Random House, $35). Before 1862, Chamberlain had rarely left his home state of Maine, where he was a trained minister and professor at Bowdoin College. His colleagues were surprised when he volunteered for the Union army, but he became known as one of the North’s greatest heroes. On the second day at Gettysburg, Pa., after running out of ammunition at Little Round Top, he ordered his men to wield their bayonets in a desperate charge down a rocky slope that routed the Confederate attackers. D e spite b ei ng s er iou sly wounded at Petersburg, Va., Chamberlain survived the war, and was elected governor of Maine four times, and served as president of Bowdoin College. Jon Meacham, P ulitzer Prize–winning author of And There Was Light, called the book a “vital and vivid portrait of an unlikely military hero who played a key role in the preservation of the Union and therefore in the making of modern America.” Heavily illustrated and fe at u r i n g n i n e d e t a i l e d maps, this portrait illuminates one of the most admired but least known figures in the Civil War. Call (609) 750-9010 to reserve a copy of On Great Fields. Seating will be available on a first-come, first-served baCivil War Hero is Topic Of B&N Book Discussion sis. Standing room will be Author Ronald White, in available. conversation with Princeton University History Professor PU’s Fund for Irish Studies Jim McPherson, will discuss Presents Author Louise Kennedy P r i n ce ton Un ive r s it y’s his newest book, On Great Fields: The Life and Un- Fund for Irish Studies conlikely Heroism of Joshua tinues its 2023-2024 series Lawrence Chamberlain, at with a lecture and reading Barnes and Noble Market- by Louise Kennedy, author Fair on Route 1, Thursday, of the best-selling novel November 2 at 7 p.m. The Tre sp a s s e s, on Nove m event will include questions ber 10 at 4:30 p.m. at the James Stewart Film Theater, and a book signing. White is the New York 185 Nassau Street. Visiting Times best-selling author of Leonard L. Milberg ’53 ProA. Lincoln and American fessor in Irish Letters Fintan Ulysses, and has written O’Toole will introduce Kennedy. The reading is free and open to the public; no tickets are required. Kennedy’s lecture is titled Trespasses: Fact, Fiction and Memory, based on her recent novel set in Northern Ireland during the Troubles that details how a young teacher is caught between allegiance to community and a dangerous passion. Kennedy will read select passages from Trespasses and examine her use of news reports, family lore, and her own childhood memories in creating a fictional account of ordinary lives blighted by sectarian and class conflict. and the journey that led him to Stockholm to receive one. He discusses the ongoing tensions between economics and politics and reflects on whether economists bear at least some responsibility for the growing despair and rising populism in America. Economics in America (Princeton University Press, $24.95) is called an “excellent new book,” by writer Nicholas Kristof, who writes that it explores “everything from inequality to deaths of despair to the failures of the field in which he won the Nobel Prize. It’s all leavened with sardonic humor.” Deaton, w inner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in economics, is professor of economics and international affairs emeritus and senior scholar at Princeton University. He is the author with Anne Case of the New York Times bestselling Deaths of Despair and the Future of Capitalism. Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and the author of Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, and Poverty, by America, and is the principal investigator of The Eviction Lab at Princeton. The event is co-presented by Labyrinth Books and the Princeton Public Librar y and cosponsored by Princeton University’s Humanities Council, Economics and Sociology Departments, and Eviction Lab, and SPIA in NJ.
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Do-or-Die Running and Writing on Stephen Crane’s Birthday The youth was not conscious that he was erect upon his feet. He did not know the direction of the ground. Indeed, once he even lost the habit of balance and fell heavily. —Stephen Crane (1871-1900), from The Red Badge of Courage ccording to R.W. Stallman’s biography, Stephen Crane claimed to be prouder “of his baseball ability than some other things” even after The Red Badge of Courage had made him an international celebrity at 25. Asked how he could write about war without seeing combat, Crane once again cited baseball: “The opposing team is an enemy tribe.” A Syracuse teammate recalled that Crane played ball “with fiendish glee.” On the field, “he was constantly in motion, agile on his feet, a fast base runner.” The Rookie September 27, 2018: Home team behind 2-1, two outs, a fast-running rookie with only 11 Major League games under his belt comes in to run for the man on first, who had drawn a walk. The next batter hits a slow roller mishandled by the third basemen who throws wild, way wild, the ball skipping past the first baseman into the right field corner. The rookie is off and running with the crack of the bat and is already rounding second on his way to third as the right fielder chases down the ball, the home crowd on its feet, roaring, beside itself, the tying run’s about to score, and a tie means a shift in momentum, the possibility of a walk-off win in the last of the ninth, and a last gasp shot at the playoffs. Win and the home team moves on, lose and the season’s over. Now the rookie’s rounding third, heading for home, about to beat the throw without so much as a slide, but after making a wildly wide turn at third he loses his footing and stumbles, a fatal loss of balance, going down headfirst in a falling run, a spectacularly athletic pratfall, one that Buster Keaton might have envied. In the instant replay he seems to be flying, in mid-air, before he hits the ground sprawling as if shot by a sniper and when he pushes himself to his feet it’s too late, the catcher has the ball, and the stunned rookie is tagged out standing, like the still-standing crowd staring in disbelief. Game over, everything over, for so deeply, massively demoralizing was that fall, the life has gone out of the team and the crowd, and the ninth inning has become a foregone conclusion. A St. Louis Cardinal fan watching in real time suspects that the rookie’s fatal fall
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will haunt succeeding seasons, including, as it turns out, 2023, which ends with the Redbirds in last place for the first time in more than three decades. Still more likely to haunt the Cardinal front office is the fact that in 2019 the humiliated rookie was optioned for assignment to the Texas Rangers in the American League “for financial considerations.” Which is how it happened that the Cardinals did not receive a single player in return for Adolis García. In the first game of the 2023 World Series, the victim of that inglorious fall unloaded a glorious 11th-inning walk-off homerun against the Arizona Diamondbacks, giving him a total of 22 runs batted in, the most in a single postseason in Major League history, eclipsing David Freese’s 21 during the Cardinals’ 2011 World Series victory over — the Texas Rangers. The Youth Reading The Red Badge of Courage with the Cardinal rookie’s ill-fated run in mind, I followed Crane’s protagonist Henry Fleming (“the youth”) looking for indications of Crane’s “enemy tribe” mentality and sports metaphors in general. In Chapter 19 “the youth ran like a madman to reach the woods before a bullet could discover him. He ducked his head low, like a football player.” In the next paragraph, Crane has the youth charging ahead, as if on his way to the combat equivalent of a touchdown, the ultimate goal in football, a game Crane reportedly played as passionately as he did baseball: “Within him, as he hurled himself forward, was born a love, a despairing fondness for this flag which was near him. It was a creation of beauty and invulnerability.” And when the youth does eventually wrest the fl ag from the grasp of a mortally wounded color sergeant, the move has grisly overtones of a forced fumble as “the dead man seemed to be obstinately tugging, in hideous and awful ways, for the possession of the flag.” Fighting for the Flag A probable real-life inspiration for the moment the youth takes possession of the flag can be found in a letter from Crane to a freshman classmate at Lafayette College in the fall of 1890: “I send you a piece of the banner we took away from the Sophemores [sic] last week. It don’t look
like much does it? Only an old rag, ain’t it? But just remember I got a black and blue nose, a barked shin, skin off my hands and a lame shoulder, in the row [and] you can appreciate it.” Brutal Irony In Chapter 11, a fall follows the moment the youth receives his “red badge of courage,” a brutal irony since the wound signified by “red badge” comes not from the enemy but from the “fierce swing” of a fl eeing fellow Union soldier’s rifl e: “It crushed upon the youth’s head. The man ran on.” Crane endows the blow with mythic enormity: “He saw the flaming wings of lightning flash before his vision. There was a deadening rumble of thunder within his head,” and suddenly “his legs seemed to die. He sank writhing to the ground. He tried to arise. In his efforts against the numbing pain he was like a man wrestling with a creature of the air.” It becomes “a sinister struggle”: “Sometimes he would achieve a position half erect, battle with the air for a moment, and then fall again, grabbing at the grass. His face was of a clammy pallor. Deep groans were wrenched from him. At last, with a twisting movement, he got upon his hands and knees, and from thence, like a babe trying to walk, to his feet. Pressing his hands to his temples he went lurching over the grass.” Though Crane’s college football career has not received as much attention as the sport that was his first love, he must have been tackled hard enough to cause wounds equal to the “black and blue,” “barked shin,” skinned hands, and “lame shoulder” suffered during a freshman-sophomore tug of war. And if he was as fast a runner as legend has it, he’d have stolen his share of bases, hitting the ground hard, whether sliding feet first or head first. Another sudden loss of balance, in Chapter 17, reminded me of the rookie’s stumble on the basepaths: “The youth was not conscious that he was erect upon his feet. He did not know the direction of the ground. Indeed, once he even lost the habit of balance and fell heavily. He was up again immediately. One thought went through the chaos of his brain at the time. He wondered if he had fallen because he had been shot.”
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Sliding When I played baseball with neighborhood friends in the days before Babe Ruth and Little League, I loved to slide, which is strange to think of at an age when balance is a precious, life or death commodity. Even more than making a great catch or delivering a solid hit, there was something heroic, romantic, even cinematic about throwing yourself to the ground to beat the throw, like a soldier ducking enemy gunfire. It’s still one of the moves I enjoy vicariously, especially headfirst slides, a specialty of the 1934 Gas House Gang Cardinals. Perhaps Adolis García, the speedy rookie who evolved into a playoff slugger of heroic proportions, occasionally reimagines that sprawling stumble into a triumphant game-saving headfirst slide. But then his true value was not his speed but his power. Watch him making that wide, wide turn at third, you see a big man with the build of a power hitter. So why he was inserted into a do-or-die situation as a runner? “Heart and Soul” At this writing, the Texas Rangers are concerned because Adolis García left Game 3 of the World Series with “left side tightness after taking an awkward swing on a flyout to center field in the eighth inning,” according to mlb.news. “He immediately grimaced and grabbed his lower back after making contact.” As the article points out, “García has made the Rangers’ offense hum all October. He’s hit eight home runs this postseason and ... any missed time, or even a version of García at less than full strength, would be a significant loss for Texas.” In the super-superstitious realm of baseball, will anyone but García recall that his stumble also happened in the eighth inning? Humanity After a year at LaFayette College, where he starred as a catcher, Crane transferred to Syracuse University, shifting from catcher to shortstop, where he excelled. There was even some talk that he was professional material. The Syracuse Stars indicated interest, but nothing came of it because he never tried out: He left school after the semester to become a writer. aid Crane in 1896, a year after the publication of The Red Badge of Courage, “I did little work in school, but confined my abilities, such as they were, to the diamond. Not that I disliked books, but the cut-and-dried curriculum of the college did not appeal to me. Humanity was a much more interesting study.” —Stuart Mitchner
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cCarter Theatre is well into a season of diverse presentations, including the well-respected Classical Music Series. Last week, two renowned specialist Baroque performing ensembles came to Princeton for an evening of Johann Sebastian Bach. The London-based Monteverdi Choir and its companion English Baroque Soloists orchestra took the stage at Richardson Auditorium last Monday night to perform Bach’s 1749 Mass in B Minor, the 18th-century master’s extended setting of liturgical text. Completed just a year before Bach’s death, Mass in B Minor was comprised of more than 25 choral movements, solos and duets, and was unique in its time for including the five major sections of the mass text, rather than the customary “Kyrie” and “Gloria.” Likely never performed in Bach’s lifetime, this piece has become one of the composer’s most enduring choral works. It is also one of the most difficult to perform, requiring a great deal of vocal stamina, and is an example of Bach’s innate tendency to write instrumentally, even for the voice. There are as many ways to perform Bach’s music as there are ensembles worldwide. The evolution of choral societies in the 19th century led to massive choirs singing Bach with large orchestras and Romantic musical effects. The mid-20th century brought a renewed interest in presenting this music in the manner in which the music was originally conceived, an approach especially popular among European performers. The Monteverdi Choir, on the verge of its 60th anniversary, was founded to specialize in historically-inspired projects, with the Choir’s umbrella organization home to the younger but equally as influential English Baroque Soloists period instrumental orchestra. Dinis Sousa, associate conductor of the Monteverdi ensembles, led both the Choir and Baroque Soloists in their presentation of Bach’s towering work last Monday night. Bach’s Mass is a compendium of musical styles and approaches developed over decades of composition, infused with performance practices of the times. Among the decisions a conductor must make with this piece is the speed of tempos. Especially in the opening “Kyrie eleison,” performers can take a quick tempo appropriate to the 18th century or a slow dramatic pace suitable to the liturgical text. The Monteverdi Choir showed reverence in the opening “Kyrie” by singing from memory with a decisive choral sound and at a relatively quick pace highlighting the instrumental colors. Conductor Sousa kept the tempos quick throughout — sometimes almost too fast. The coloratura choruses, especially the “Cum Sancto Spiritu” which closed the second section “Gloria,” were played and sung at lightning speed. Although the choristers and instrumentalists were well able to execute the vocal runs, some of these
passages were a little nail-biting with the fear that the music would derail. Although technically impressive, the pace did not always serve the liturgical text, but did show the incredible facility and flexibility of the players and singers. Treatment of solo arias is another variable which offers imaginative opportunities. The Monteverdi Choir soloists all proved to be experts in Baroque performance practice, performing arias without music. Sopranos Hilary Cronin and Bethany Horak-Hallett effortlessly skipped through ornamented lines, both communicating well with the audience and seemingly never having to breathe. Alto Sarah Denbee shone in several duets, well matching each of the sopranos with whom she sang. Countertenor soloists are not often heard in this piece, but this concert featured American countertenor Reginald Mobley in two elegantly-performed arias. Bach’s altos would have been either boys or men singing in a falsetto range, but solos in the Mass are usually sung these days by a female alto. The choice of a countertenor was refreshing, the range and vocal weight of the music sitting well in Mobley’s voice. He well matched Michael Niesemann’s oboe accompaniment in a “Gloria” aria, and in the closing “Agnus Dei,” was able to convey pathos through smooth maneuvering of the melodic skips and register shifts. Tenor Nick Pritchard seemed to own the “Benedictus” from the fourth section “Sanctus,” accompanied by flutist Rachel Beckett in graceful unconducted passages expressing comfort. Bass Alex Ashworth commanded an operatic approach to the “Credo” text affirming belief in the Holy Spirit, stylishly accompanied by oboists Niesemann and Mark Baigent. The true stars of any work such as the Mass in B Minor are the chorus and orchestra, and the Monteverdi Choir and English Baroque Soloists maintained consistently high levels. A continuo section of cellist Kinga Gáborjáni, double bassist Valerie Botwright, organist Oliver John Ruthven, and harpsichordist Benedict Williams provided a solid foundation to the vocal music. Concertmistress Kati Debretzeni played lyrical solo lines in several movements and a trio of Baroque trumpets added majesty to the choruses giving praise. Anneke Scott, performing on a valveless horn, crisply accompanied bass Frederick Long in a solid presentation of an aria in the “Gloria” section. ach’s complex work is both glorious and reverent, and is monumental for both performers and listeners. In a promotional video for this tour, a Monteverdi Choir singer advised the audience to “be prepared to be taken on a journey and just listen to beautiful music.” The full house at Richardson Auditorium last Monday night would no doubt agree. —Nancy Plum
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Award-winning writer LOUISE KENNEDY presents “Trespasses: Fact, Fiction and Memory,” a lecture based on her bestselling novel Trespasses. Introduced by Fintan O’Toole. 4:30 p.m. James Stewart Film Theater 185 Nassau Street Free and open to the public For more information about these events and the Fund for Irish Studies visit fis.princeton.edu
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DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE: The dance/illusionist company MOMIX brings “Alice,” based on “Alice in Wonderland,” to State Theatre New Jersey on November 2. (Photo by Sharen Bradford)
RAZZLE DAZZLE: Bob Fosse’s “Chicago the Musical” comes to the State Theatre New Jersey November 18 and 19. (Photo by Jeremy Daniel)
“Chicago the Musical” at public, the media, and her and staff to engage with diState Theatre New Jersey rival cellmate, Velma Kelly, verse creative practices. The State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick presents Chicago the Musical for four performances on Saturday, November 18 at 2 and 8 p.m. and Sunday, November 19 at 1 and 6:30 p.m. Tickets range from $40-$105. Chicago tells a universal tale of fame and fortune, with show-stopping songs and dance numbers. With a book by Fred Ebb and Bob Fosse, music by John Kander, and lyrics by Ebb, Chicago won six Tony awards, two Olivier awards, and a Grammy award. Chicago is the longest-running American musical in Broadway and West End histor y and is the second longest running show in Broadway history, having surpassed Cats in November 2014. The Broadway production has over 9,500 performances. Chicago is the story of Roxie Har t, a housewife and nightclub dancer who maliciously murders her on-the-side lover after he threatens to walk out on her. Desperate to avoid conviction, she dupes the
by hiring Chicago’s slickest criminal lawyer to transform her malicious crime into a barrage of sensational headlines. The State Theatre is at 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick. Visit STNJ.org for tickets.
Lewis Center Dance Program Announces Three Artists
The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance at Princeton Universit y announces three ar tists as Caroline Hearst Choreographers-in-Residence for the 2023-2024 academic year: Amy Hall Garner, Shamel Pitts, and Donna Uchizono. All three artists are creating new works or teaching repertory works that will be performed at the Princeton Dance Festival in December. L aunched in 2017, the Caroline Hearst Choreographers-in-Residence Program fosters the Program in Dance’s connections with the dance field. It provides selected professional choreographers with resources and a rich environment to develop their work and offers opportunities for students, faculty,
artists share their work and processes with the Princeton communit y through workshops, conversations, residencies, open rehearsals, and performances. Garner’s work has been commissioned for such companies as the New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Miami City Ballet, Paul Taylor Dance Company, Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Ballet X, Ailey II, ABT Studio Company, Collage Dance Collective, Works & Process at the Guggenheim Museum, and The Juilliard School, of which she is a graduate. She is currently the resident choreographer at Carolina Ballet. Pitts, appointed for the fall semester as a lecturer in dance, is a performance artist, choreographer, conceptual artist, dancer, spoken word artist, and teacher. He is an adjunct faculty member at The Juilliard School and has been an artist in residence at Harvard University and New York University.
He is the recipient of a 2020 Guggenheim Fellowships, a 2018 Princess Grace Award in Choreography, a 2019 New York State Council on the Arts Artist Fellowship Award in Choreography, and a 2020 Jacob’s Pillow artist-in-residence. Pitts is the founding artistic director of TRIBE, a New York City-based multidisciplinary arts collective. Uchizono is artistic director of Donna Uchizono Da nce C ompa ny, wh ich has performed throughout the United States, Europe, S out h A mer ica, Aust ralia, and Asia. She has had commissions for Mikhail Baryshnikov, Paula Vogel, David Hammons, and Oliver Sacks. In 2011, after decades of critically acclaimed dance works that toured nationally and internationally, Uchizono was identified by the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and Dance Heritage Coalition as a master choreographer whose works require preservation. Uchizono is one of three choreographers creating the tri-section piece The March to premiere in the opening season at the Perelman Performing Arts Center at the World Trade Center in December 2023.
Movement and Visuals In MOMIX’s “Alice”
The State Theatre is at 15 Livingston Avenue in New State Theatre New Jersey Brunswick. Visit Stnj.org in New Brunswick presents for tickets. MOMIX: Alice on Thursday, Princeton Girlchoir Gives November 2 at 7:30 p.m. Created by MOMIX Artis- Annual Benefit Concert On Saturday, November tic Director Moses Pend4 at 6:30 p.m., Westrick leton, Alice is inspired by Music Academy presents Lewis Carroll’s classic AlPrinceton Girlchoir’s 16th ice in Wonderland. Tickets annual “Children Making a range from $29-$69. Difference” benefit concert Alice blends illusion, ac- at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer robatics, magic, and whim- Street. sy. “I don’t intend to retell The concert supports the the whole Alice story,” said Akshaya Patra Foundation, Pendleton, “but to use it which combats classroom as a taking off point for in- hunger and malnutrition in vention.” Alice encounters India. The foundation protime-honored characters in- vides millions of underprivicluding the undulating Cat- leged children with a daily, erpillar, a lobster quadrille, nutritious midday meal. The frenzied White Rabbits, a choir hopes the concert will mad Queen of Hearts, and serve as a platform to raise a variety of other surprises. awareness and funds to aid MOMIX, a company of the foundation in its mission. Admission is free, but a dancer-illusionists founded and directed by Pendleton, donation of $20 is suggesthas been presenting work ed. Two orchestra seats for of inventiveness and physi- the Broadway show Hamcal beauty for more than 40 ilton will be raffled at the years. In addition to stage event, for $20 each or $100 performances, MOMIX has for six. Visit westrickmusic. also worked in film and tele- org for more information. vision, as well as corporate advertising, with national commercials for Hanes and Target, and presentations IS ON for Mercedes-Benz, Fiat, and Pirelli.
Sound Journey with Ruth Cunningham Post-Concert Find Your Friends
Wednesday, November 8, 2023 | 6PM What better way to celebrate “Friendsgiving” season than getting to know your fellow concertgoers? Experience harpsichordist Jean Rondeau’s magic before enjoying organized rounds of 8-minute “speed friending” sessions over some locally-catered snacks!
Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University Princeton University Chapel November 8 at 5:30pm ARTISTS AT PRINCETON: Amy Hall Garner is one of three choreographers-in-residence for the 2023-24 academic year at the Lewis Center of Princeton University. (Photo by Luis Alberto Rodriguez)
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“SPARK NIGHT”: The Zimmerli Art Museum’s celebration of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) on Thursday, November 2 from 4:30 to 8 p.m. will feature performances, art activities, music, and food. It is the first event supported by a recent grant from Art Bridges Foundation’s Access for All initiative.
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The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University – New Brunswick announced that it has received a $560,000 g rant f rom A r t Br idge s Foundation’s Access for All initiative. Over a three-year period, the Zimmerli will implement new and augment existing efforts to reduce barriers by transforming it into a more fully bilingual museum. The grant funds will support programming and communication — such as signage, gallery labels, promotional materials — presented in English and Spanish. The museum’s efforts build upon prior offerings that have been well received by visitors of all ages. “The Zimmerli has long understood the importance
in 2014 and have gradually made public programming free,” said Zimmerli Director Maura Reilly. “But those were only the first steps. Conceived as an empathetic museum for a beloved community, our mission is to create a welcoming environment that also dismantles invisible barriers traditionally standing between art institutions and the communities they serve. The Zimmerli is in the very diverse city comprised of 46 percent Latinx people, and with a public school system that reports 92 percent Latinx students. Our aim is to bridge the gap between our museum and our Spanish-speaking neighbors.” The first event supported
the Dead) on Thursday, November 2 from 4:30 to 8 p.m. Inspired by the popularity of last year’s event, the Zimmerli’s celebration of Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) features new programming through partnerships with campus and community organizations that provide performances, art activities, music, and food. Returning partners include Mexican American Student Association (MASA) and Center of Latino Arts and Culture (CLAC), both at Rutgers University; New Brunswick Cultural Center; State Theatre New Jersey; Meraki Face Painting; Mariachi Hidalgo; and Gringos Tacos food truck. In early 2024, the
Zimmerli will launch “Último Domingo,” a monthly Sunday program that will offer an always evolving range of cultural activities, such as artmaking, artist talks, and performances, in Spanish and English. Throughout the museum, various written materials will be translated into Spanish. Since 2021, labels in the children’s gallery and special exhibitions have been in English and Spanish; the grant enables the museum to expand its bilingual museum initiative throughout the building, into additional permanent galleries and smaller rotating exhibitions. Wayfinding and general information museum signage also will be translated. In addition, promotional materials will increasingly include Spanish translations. Art Bridges Foundation, the national arts nonprofit founded by philanthropist Alice Walton, is providing $40 million in funding to 64 museums — spanning 36 states and Puerto Rico — through Access for All. This initiative aims to increase access to museums across the country, providing museums the opportunity to foster engagement by developing tailored programming specifically for their communities. Access for All represents a sweeping effor t to get people back to museums af ter COV ID -19 brought declines in revenue, staffing and attendance. It aims to restore pre-pandemic levels of attendance and open opportunities for all people to enjoy American art by reducing barriers to access and strengthening community relationships. The Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers is located at 71 Hamilton Street (at George Street) on the College Avenue Campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick. It is open Wednesday and Friday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday, 11 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and Saturday and Sunday, 12 to 5 p.m. For more information, visit zimmerli. rutgers.edu.
“May You Be Happy” Dual Exhibit Coming to Arts Council
Threading Histories: Locating the Past in Contemporary Korean Art Thursday, November 9, 5:30 p.m. Louis A. Simpson International Building A71 Join Eleanor Soo-ah Hyun, Associate Curator of Korean Art at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, as she considers how the art-making modes of MiKyoung Lee engage in historical dialogue. Introduced by Dora C. Y. Ching, deputy director of the Tang Center for East Asian Art. Reception to follow. This event is cosponsored by the Princeton University Art Museum and the Tang Center for East Asian Art. LATE THURSDAYS! This event is part of the Museum’s Late Thursdays programming, made possible in part by Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970. Additional support for this program has been provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Photo: Eileen Travell, Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) will show “May You Be Happy,” a dual exhibition by Jon Sarkin and Hannah Fink, in the Taplin Gallery November 11 through December 2. An opening reception is on Saturday, November 18 from 3-5 p.m. Mental health issues, loneliness, and isolation are sadly all on the rise in our country, so much so that it’s been declared a “loneliness epidemic.” These two artists’ response is to find joy through their work. The joy
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“CHIME 2”: This fabric, metal, wire, and found objects work by Hannah Fink is part of May You Be Happy, her dual exhibition with Jon Sarkin, on view at the Arts Council of Princeton November 11 through December 2. An opening reception is on Saturday, November 18 from 3 to 5 p.m. in Sarkin and Fink’s pieces, and art’s overall power to bring us together, provides reason to celebrate. Both artists take common t hem e s — s up erhero e s, shoes, pop culture, and comics — and reinterpret them into a contemporary conversation. From a giant old boot to the altered face of a hero, “May You Be Happy” promises to challenge the viewer to contemplate what brings them solace, or excitement, or a sense of belonging. Massachusetts artist Sarkin began his career as an outsider artist in 1989, when complications from neurosurgery led to a stroke, which prevented him from returning to work as a chiropractor. While his artwork was initially therapeutic, Sarkin has developed a truly novel artistic voice. He is best known for his frenetic style, mixing words as well as visual images. His drawings and paintings crosshatch and scrawl their way through pop culture, rock and roll, the mundane, and the subconscious. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, The New York Times, This American Life, and Art News. He recently gained representation by New York City gallery Cavin-Morris, where viewers can see more of his work. Fink is a local artist who works in many mediums. Found objects, remnants, scraps of material, wood, metal, paper, and miscellaneous materials that often incorporate wax and oil pastels have been her medium of choice for many
years. The common thread is creating objects that contain personal history and memory. They are all forms of vessels that have evolved from chairs, shoes, and undergarments to her current work focusing on boats that float in space, occasionally in water or on land. They are containers that provide a sense of freedom, and destinations yet to be discovered. “My shoe series, which will be featured in the Taplin Gallery, was in a large part inspired by my mother and her love for footwear,” said Fink. “She had a rather large collection, as did my three older sisters. These were a take-off point, as I enjoyed making fantasy shoes as well. I use found objects, scraps of leftover fabric, leather, wire, plastic, rubber, and wax to form these works. I like to play with scale as well, from exceedingly small to the ridiculously oversized.” This exhibition is held in conjunction with Arts & Health Mercer, created by a coalition of arts and culture organizations of the Mercer County region to bring a greater appreciation, understanding, and experience of how the arts are integral to the health of individuals and communities. The Arts Council of Princeton is located at 102 Witherspoon St reet. G aller y hours are Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and Sunday 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more information, visit artscouncilofprinceton.org.
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Drawing Nature from the Collections with Pastels Thursdays, November 2, 9, 16, 30
Each week, join us at 8 p.m. for free, online pastel classes inspired by artworks depicting nature in the Museum’s collections. Presented by the Museum in partnership with the Arts Council of Princeton. Details on our website.
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“ABUNDANCE”: This work by Nancy Lewis Shell is part of “Earth Song Refrain,” on view at Princeton Public Library through January 12. An opening reception is on Monday, November 6 at 6:30 p.m. in the library’s Community Room.
“Earth Song Refrain” Exhibit interested in graphic design, from 1-3 p.m. cranbur yillustration, photography, artscouncil.org. At Princeton Public Library
Art Against Racism will host a presentation and opening reception for “Earth Song Refrain: BIPOC Artists on the Climate and Environment,” Monday, November 6, at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room of Princeton Public Library. The exhibit, on view through January 12, presents the perspectives of visual artists and poets of color on the climate crisis and environmental challenges threatening our planet. Inspired by Michael Jackson’s environmental anthem “Earth Song,” the group exhibition addresses the issues and consequences of global warming, environmental racism, and climate change. The exhibit centers the narratives, perspectives, and experiences of people of color and seeks to spark conversations about the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis on communities of color around the world. Artists whose works are part of the exhibit on the library’s second floor will attend the reception and be available to answer questions and discuss the exhibit through 7:30 p.m. Princeton Public Library is at 65 Witherspoon Street. For more information, visit princetonlibrary.org or call 609-924-9529.
West Windsor Arts to Host Portfolio Review
West Windsor Arts will host a portfolio review on M on d ay, N ove mb e r 13, from 4 to 6 p.m. where students can get feedback on their work from local, experienced artists. This free event is open to students
architecture and design, gaming and storytelling, and painting and drawing. Students are strongly encouraged, though not obligated, to pre-register for the event at westwindsorarts. org. West Windsor Arts is located at 952 A lexander Road in Princeton Junction.
Area Exhibits Ar t @ Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street, has “Threadi n g M e m or i e s” t h r ou g h Ja n u a r y 7. a r t m u s e u m . princeton.edu. A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “East and West” through November 5. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com. Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish Street, has “Art About Art: Contemporar y Photographers Look at Old Master Paintings” through November 5. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Arts Council of Pr inceton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has “In Whose Image?” through November 4 in the Taplin Galler y. Artscouncilofprincetton.org. Ficus, 235 Nassau Street, has “Playful Medley” through January 8. ficusbv.com. Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, has works by members of Watercolorists Unlimited in “Watercolor Gifts for the Holiday” November 2 through November 29. An artists’ reception is on Sunday, November 12
Highlands Art Gallery, 41 North Union Street, Lambertville, has “Pop Up Show Featuring Master Acr ylic Artist Joseph Orr” through November 14. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. highlandsartgallery.com. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “Str iking Beaut y” through February 18 and the online exhibits “Slavery at Morven,” “Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of New Jersey, 1761–1898,” and others. morven.org. P r inc eton P ubl ic L i b ra r y, 65 Wit her sp o on Street, has “Through the S t o r m , F i n d i n g H o m e” through December 31 and “Earth Song Refrain: BIPOC Artists on the Climate and Environment,” through January 12. princetonlibrary.org. Small World Coffee, 14 Wit her spo on St reet, has “Beatrice Wiesner-Chianese” through November 7. smallworldcoffee.com. Stuart’s Considine Gallery, 1200 Stuart Road, has “Jacqueline Asplundh: Walk In Beauty” through November 6. The gallery is open Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., when school is in session. stuartschool.org We s t W i n d s o r A r t s C e n te r, 952 A lexander Road, West Windsor, has “Off the Wall Holiday Market” through December 23. westwindsorarts.org.
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LATE THURSDAYS! This event is part of the Museum’s Late Thursdays programming, made possible in part by Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970, with additional support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Howard Russell Butler, Northern Lights, Ogunquit, Maine (detail). Princeton University, gift of H. Russell Butler Jr.
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11 : 3 0 -1 : 3 0 p . m . : Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber holds its monthly membership luncheon with speaker Rashaad Bajwa, founder and CEO of Integris, speaking on “AI and How it Will Impact Your Business: What You Need to Know,” at Princeton Marriott at Forrestal, 100 College Road East. Princetonmercer.org. 7:30 p.m.: Jhumpa Lahiri is in conversation with Zahid Chaudhary about Lahiri’s Roman Stories, at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. $30 includes a copy of the book. Mccarter.org. 7:30 p.m.: I Dreamed I Was Free, one-man play about John Woolman, who spoke out against slavery over a century before the Civil War. The performance, which is followed by questions from the audience, is part of a fundraising gala marking the 10th anniversary of the Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society. Rich Swingle performs. At Morven, 55 Stockton Street. $25-$100. Email Emily at admin@studiohillier.com or call (609) 688-9999 ext. 213. 7:30 p.m.: The Danish String Quartet appears at Richardson Auditorium with a program of Shostakovich, Haydn, Purcell, and arrangements of Scandinavian folk music. Puc.princeton.edu.
7: 30 p. m . : MOM I X dance/illusionists present Moses Pendleton’s “Alice,” at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. Stnj.org. Friday, November 3 8 p.m.: On Golden Pond i s p e r for m e d at Ke l s e y T heat re, Mercer Cou nt y Community College, West Windsor. $20-$22. Kelseytheatre.org. Saturday, November 4 10 a . m . : T h e L e w i s School of Princeton holds an open house at 53 Bayard Lane. RSVP to info@lewisschool.org. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Opening celebration for Arts & Health Mercer, RWJ Fitness and Wellness Conference Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton To w n s h i p. C o u n t y - w i d e initiative to promote the health benefits of the arts through special programming. Ar tshealth mercer.org. 11 a.m .-5 p.m. : Peddler’s Village in Lahaska, Pa., hosts annual Apple Festival with live music, games, bounce houses, pony rides, petting zoo, fresh applet hemed food, and more. Free. Peddlersvillage.com.
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12-5 p.m.: Winery Weekend Music series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Wine, light fare, music, and more. From 1-4 p.m., Brian and Sam Bornick perform. Terhuneorchards.com. 1-6 p.m.: Annual Cow Parade at Cherr y Grove Farm, 3200 Route 206. Celebration of the cows at the farm, with hay rides, face painting, kids’ games, food, music, beer, and local artisan vendors. $15 a vehicle. Cherrygrovefarm.com. 2 a n d 11 p. m . : O n Golden Pond is performed at Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. $20 - $22. Kelseytheatre.org. 6 : 30 p.m.: Pr inceton Girlchoir’s 16th Annual Children Making a Difference Benefit Concert, supporting the Akshaya Patra Foundation, at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street. Free, but $20 donat ion recom mended. Visit westrickmusic.org for more information. Sunday, November 5 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Flemington Fine Artisans Show at Stangl Factory, 4 Stangl Road, Flemington. Curated show of over 35 local artists in fine art, ceramics, jewelry, glass, home décor, fiber art, wood, and more. Flemingtonfineartisansshow.com. 11 a.m.-5 p.m. : Peddler’s Village in Lahaska, Pa., hosts annual Apple Festival with live music, games, bounce houses, pony rides, petting zoo, fresh applethemed food, and more. Free. Peddlersvillage.com. 12-5 p.m.: Winery Weekend Music series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Wine, light fare, music, and more. From 1-4 p.m., Bill
O’Neal and Andy Koo perform. Terhuneorchards.com. 2 p.m.: On Golden Pond is performed at Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. $20-$22. Kelseytheatre.org. 3 p. m . : West m inster Community Orchestra presents “Family Matters,” a concer t exploring the histor y of musical families, at the Cullen Center, Westminster Choir College, Walnut Lane. Conducted by Ruth Ochs. $10 donation. Rider.edu. 3 p.m.: Open Acoustic Jam at Princeton Public Librar y, 65 Witherspoon Street. Open to local musicians. Chord charts and lyrics for songs will be provided. Bring acoustic guitars, ukes, violins, resonators, tambourines, or your voice. Princetonlibrary.org. 4 p.m. : Gathering in solidarity with the October 7 hostages, and a call for their release. Organized by a grassroots group of Israelis in Princeton. Hinds Plaza. 5 -7 p. m . : “Fo o d for Thought: What is Authentic Italian Food?” at Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street. Author Domenica Marchetti will speak, including highlights from her latest cookbook, Williams Sonoma Everyday Italian. Bring refreshments for postevent reception. Free. 7:30 p.m.: Westminster Choir performs at Rider Universit y’s Gill Chapel, Lawrence Township. “Music of Awe and Wonder,” with works by Howells, Lauridsen, Whyte, Brahms, Barber, LaVoy, and Gjeilo in addition to spirituals and folk songs. Rider.edu.
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Monday, November 6 Recycling 6 p.m.: Get Out the Vote screening of Netflix’s Knock Down the House, followed by a panel discussion, at the YWCA Princeton, Paul Robeson Place. Free. Registration required. Ywca.org. 7:30 p.m.: Pianist Yunchan Lim performs at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. Postponed from September 21. Mccarter.org. Wednesday, November 8 7:30-10:30 a.m.: Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber’s Trenton Economic Development Series continues at Trenton Country Club, 201 Sullivan Way, West Trenton, with a discussion of the future of Trenton’s historic Roebling Complex. Panelists are David Henderson of Hx2 Development Associates, Thomas Romano of JLL, and Ted Deutsch of Taft Communications. Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora makes opening remarks. Princetonchamber.org. 4 p.m.: Meeting of the Princeton Special Improvement District (Experience Princeton) Board of Directors, at the Nassau Inn, Palmer Square. 6 p.m. : Angus Deaton and Matt Desmond discuss Deaton’s book Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street. Labyrinthbooks.com. 6-7:30 p.m.: William L. Kidder discusses his book The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man at the Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack Street, Trenton. Followed by a Q&A and book signing. Free. Barracks.org. 7-8 p.m.: Meeting of the League of Women Voters of the Greater Princeton Area, at West Windsor Library, 333 North Post Road, Princeton Junction. Lwvprinceton.org. Thursday, November 9 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Princeton Farmers’ Market is at Hinds Plaza. Organic produce, pasture-raised meat and eggs, bread, empanadas, pickles, flowers, and more. SNAP/EBT accepted on eligible purchases. Free parking for one hour in Spring Street Garage. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 6 and 9 p.m.: Princeton University Concerts presents harpsichordist Jean Rondeau in works by Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart, at Richardson Auditorium. Part of the Performances Up Close series. Puc.princeton.edu. 7 p.m. : Melvin Rogers and Eddie Glaude discuss R o g e r s’ T h e D a r k e n e d Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Princetonlibrary.org.
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arving out a niche as the lovable underdog who has historically put scares into powerhouses in the NCAA tournament, the Princeton University men’s basketball team flipped the script last March. Knocking off secondseeded Arizona and seventhseeded Missouri, the 15thseeded Tigers advanced to the NCAA Sweet 16 for the first time since the tournament was expanded to 64 teams in 1985. Looking ahead to the 2023-24 season, Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson knows that the Tigers won’t be going under the radar in the wake of last year’s success. “We are not sneaking up on anyone this year; we still have a lot of key pieces from that team but we have to put it away in its own way and try to draw on what got us to that moment,” said Henderson, whose team went 23-9 overall and 10-4 Ivy League last winter. “We were an improving defensive team all season. We had some really bad losses in February and I remind the guys of that all of the time. It just sort of came together. We are a work in progress and we are embracing that.” Henderson likes the way things have been coming together in the preseason. “Mush (Matt Allocco) doesn’t stop talking; the vibe is him, Zach Martini, and Blake Peters — our captains,” said Henderson, whose team opens its 202324 campaign by renewing the rivalry with Rutgers as they face the Scarlet Knights on November 6 at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton. “We have a very verbal upper class and that tends to be a really good sign. The efficiency offensive and defensive matters but we have really vocal, verbal leadership and that helps the vibe.” Senior guard Allocco likes the vibe around the squad. “It has been awesome, very competitive, we have a tough group,” said Allocco, who averaged 10.7 points and 4.8 rebounds a game last season. “I am looking forward to it. We have got a lot of guys back who can play. I have been very impressed with our guys who just got here. I am excited, it is going to be a great year.” While last March’s great run is in the rear view mirror, Allocco believes the team can apply the lessons gained from that experience this winter. “We have to remember what that success felt like,” said Allocco. “If we want to get back to that point, we have to approach everyday like it is the ultimate.” The Tigers will have to change their offensive approach with the graduation of versatile star forward Tosan Evbuomwan. “He is a really special generational player,” said Henderson of Evbuomwan, who averaged 15.1 points and 6.3 rebounds and led the Tigers in assists with 161 in his senior campaign. “What I am trying to encourage is
that there is a lot of minutes there that were being played and it is an opportunity for somebody else to be himself. We really figured out a way to play with Tosan and his skill set. Now we have to figure out a way to play without Tosan and the skill set of this group. It has been fun, it has been a challenge for us. We are going to play some young guys too.” Princeton is getting an infusion of talented young guys with the arrival of five freshmen. “The freshmen are like last year’s group, very competitive; it is like iron sharpens iron,” said Henderson. “We have got a good group. Dalen Davis, a guard, is tough, we have high expectations for him. Derek Sangster out of Northern California is long and athletic in the mold of a lot of guys we have had here. Ryan Duncan is from great basketball family and is really helpful for us. Jacob Huggins is going to have to help us inside, we really are slightly undersized. Jackson Hicke is like a Spencer Weisz ’17; he can really distribute the ball, he has a great feel for the game. He is a really nifty, crafty passer.” The Tigers boast two key sophomores in forward Caden Pierce (8.2 points, 7.3 rebounds in 2022-23) and guard Xaivian Lee (4.8 points, 1.8 rebounds). “Caden couldn’t dunk his junior year in high school. Now he is jumping, he has a 36-inch standing vertical,” said Henderson. “I have never seen anything like that, he gets every single rebound all of the time. He does all of the little things. Now he is doing them at a higher level. That is what you would look at. If Tosan has moved on, there are more opportunities for Caden to grow. We just want him to try more things, he is certainly capable. I think so highly of what Xaivian can do and now we are trying to make sure that he sees it that way too.” The squad’s two seniors, Allocco and Martini (4.0 points, 2.8 rebounds), are setting the tone with how they do things on a daily basis. “I am proud of them, they are really locked in on the things we are all about here,” said Henderson. “They are focused on the details, they are here every day. We measure things that aren’t in the stat sheet, like deflections, loose balls, long rebounds, 50/50 balls, charges taken, and offensive rebounds. Zach and Mush are there every day, it is the same thing every day. That is all you can ask. If you don’t have that, it is very difficult to point to guys and say this is what it is all about. There is no hiding here, there is a lot of competition.” Henderson is looking forward to a competitive opener with Rutgers as the local rivals face each other for the first time since 2013. “I am so happy, I am thankful to coach [Steve] Pikiell for playing us, it is so nice that it is the opener,” said Henderson. “We
absolutely love it. We want to win, I am sure they want to win. I think it is so good for the local community. It is so good for New Jersey basketball. We think we are very much like Rutgers and Seton Hall, we think of ourselves in that vein. Our alums do.” The opener will be a test for the Tigers as they are a bit undersized. “We are going to be small at times, but we have a lot of firepower at that small level,” said Henderson. “We think we can get away with it a little bit in the league, it might be a challenge for us in non-conference.” Allocco, for his part, believes that Princeton possesses the grit and athleticism to overcome that challenge. “We are tough, we are not super big; we lost Tosan and Keeshawn [Kellman] last year who were a pretty big inside presence,” said Allocco. “I think we are fast, athletic, and hopefully we can play that way. We can get up and down a little bit and just compete. It is a competitive group, at least practices have been. We will see when the ball really goes up for sure. We are doing great.” Facing Rutgers in the opener will give Princeton a good sense of how it is doing. “It is going to be great, I am looking forward to it,” said Allocco. “It should be a great crowd. I know Rutgers has a heck of a following and hopefully off the ending of our season last year and all that support we got, I am hoping those people will come back out. We are going to compete, put on a show, and hopefully get a win.” With a target on their backs, the Tigers know that foes will be competing hard to topple them. “That is how you want it,” said Allocco. “We expect to get everyone’s best shot and we are trying our best to prepare for it in practice.” Henderson hopes that battling the Scarlet Knights will bring out the best in his players. “We are opening up with a Big 10 team, they are a local rival,” said Henderson. “This is why you came here, to play against the best competition. We have got a team that is 15 miles up the road and it is a great motivator. Whenever we stink and we have stunk a little bit lately, I tell them you are going to get rolled.” —Bill Alden
LOCKED IN: Princeton University men’s basketball player Matt Allocco heads to the hoop in a recent practice. Senior star guard and co-captain Allocco figures to play a key role this winter for a Princeton program coming off a historic run to the NCAA Sweet 16 last winter. The Tigers open their 2023-24 campaign by renewing their rivalry with Rutgers as they face the Scarlet Knights on November 6 at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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In the last two years, the Princeton University women’s basketball team has come excruciatingly close to making the NCAA Sweet 16. Last season, Princeton fell 63-56 at Utah in the second round of the NCAA tourney and it got edged 56-55 at Indiana at the same stage of the 2022 March Madness. As the Tigers head into the 2023-24 campaign, Princeton senior forward Ellie Mitchell acknowledged that getting over that hump is a goal, even if it is on the back burner as the Tigers prepare to tip off their 2023-24 campaign by hosting Duquesne on November 6. “Day to day, we focus on the little things, the little pieces that get us in that position,” said Mitchell, the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023, who averaged 5.8 points and 11.3 rebounds a game last winter as the Tigers went 24-6 overall and 12-2 Ivy League. “We know that once we earn it, we are excited. We are confident, we can break into that Sweet 16 this year. It is our year.” Senior guard Kaitlyn Chen, the reigning Ivy Player of the Year, concurs. “It is in the back of your mind but it is not something you think about day-to-day,” said Chen, who averaged 16.2 points and 4.1 rebounds a game last winter. On a day-to-day basis, the Tigers’ focus is squarely on defense. “It starts with coach (Carla Berube), her thing has always been defense,” said Mitchell. “We have bought into that and that is a big part of our program, so every year we have to reemphasize it and teach everyone and remind them that is the standard. That is what Princeton basketball is and it is how we are going to win games.” Mitchell has been taking a role in passing on the program’s defensive principles to the squad’s younger players. “It is just like new concepts; things are more in depth, things are faster,” said Mitchell. “You have to think a little more, especially on defense. We are trying to teach them that and it is coming along each day.”
Chen has been part of that effort as well. “I feel like it is something the more you play, it becomes second nature to you,” said Chen. “We know what to do, and we are able to explain that to the newcomers. We are able to be that second coach to them.” The newcomers have been responding to that coaching. “It is a big learning curve, ever yone is doing great, working really hard,” said Mitchell. “It is coming together, so we are excited. We see a little bit more click into place. They are starting to get it more on their own. We have a lot of returners to talk them through it and help them with that. It has been fun.” It has been fun for Chen to develop a greater self-belief over her Tiger career. “I think I have just become more confident throughout my years here,” said Chen. “My fellow teammates and coaches constantly lift me and tell me that I can do it. They have all of their trust in me and I have all of my trust in them. This year I am looking to expand my range.” Mitchell, for her part, is looking to expand her game offensively. “I am trying to play a little bit bigger this year so that might put me more at the four (power forward),” said Mitchell. “I am always trying to be a little more offensive, get a little mid-range game, and be able to attack the basket to get gaps so people just don’t camp in the lane.” P r i nce ton h e ad coach Berube likes the way her players have attacked the preseason. “Things are good, things are moving along; we have a lot of newcomers, a lot of new faces,” said Berube. “There are six freshmen and Tabby [Amanze], who didn’t play last year and is back now. It is seven players we didn’t have last year. We are doing a lot of teaching, teaching defense, watching film, breaking things down. We have had to start at the foundation which is good.” Defense is at the foundation of the success of the Tigers under Berube. “What we do defensively is not rocket science,” said Berube.
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“We do have our principles, we call them Tiger principles. You have got to learn them. One of them is communication which is sometimes really hard for freshmen. It is use their voices and speak up. If you don’t have all five talking on the court, you are in trouble. They are coming along, they are certainly working hard at it.” Sophomore guard Madison St. Rose, the 2023 Ivy Rookie of the Year, is coming along well as she gets ready for her second college campaign. “Maddie has already made a big jump, just in practice; I think she didn’t like the way her year ended last year in the NCAA tournament,” said Berube of St. Rose, who averaged 8.8 points and 2.8 rebounds a game last winter. “She put in a lot of time this summer on the quickness of her release, her range, and finishing going both ways. She is a very dominant lefty but she has some great finishes going right around the hoop. She was here lifting and working with the trainer. She has gotten stronger as well, she has worked really, really hard. She is a great leader for the newcomers. She was just there last year as a freshman during that fall semester who didn’t really know exactly how things went and then made a big jump once the Ivy League season came upon us. She can put herself in their shoes and help them along.” Mitchell has emerged as a strong leader and player for the Tigers. “I feel like Ellie has been here forever, she has been here since I got here,” said Berube. “She knows the standard, she has become a great vocal leader. She shows it every day in practice and in games what is expected. She has been a great leader off the court too taking the underclassmen under her
games this year.” Berube is expecting Chen to live up to her high standards in her final campaign at Princeton. “As far as Kaitlyn, Kaitlyn is Kaitlyn,” said Berube. “She is the Ivy Player of the Year, hopefully it will be more of the same. She worked really hard on her game as well, focusing on threes. Last year she was taking a lot of long twos because her foot was on the line. She has gotten stronger and has a deeper range on her shot. She has had a great preseason so far.” The addition of Amanze could be the X factor for the Tigers. “Tabby is still trying to get back into the best shape that she possibly can,” said Berube. “It is a work in progress but she works very, very hard. She is 6’4 and athletic and can score at the rim. She seals well inside, she gives us a shot blocker in there. She is a mid-range shooter as well. It is something we haven’t had in a while, just that presence inside. I am excited for her.” Highly-touted guard/forward Fadima Tall figures to lead an exciting freshman group. “Fadima is great, she is a great scorer and is really talented,” said Berube. “We are learning the defense right now as most of the freshmen are. She is bringing a great work ethic every day, sitting in and watching film where she can get better. I think all of our freshmen have that. They are all very talented. We are excited to see who is going to step up into some big shoes.” The Tigers boast returning talent all over the court. “I think Parker Hill (2.7 points, 1.6 rebounds in 2022-23) has come along as well as has Paige Morton (3.6 points, 1.6 rebounds); Ellie has to be able to play
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HANDS ON: Princeton University women’s basketball player Ellie Mitchell, right, guards a Penn player last season. Senior star Mitchell, the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 and 2023, is looking to diversify her offensive game as she heads into her final campaign for the Tigers. Princeton tips off its 2023-24 campaign by hosting Duquesne on November 6. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) the four for those bigs to play the five (center),” said Berube. “I am excited about the frontcourt. I think the backcourt will be different. We have Kaitlyn and Maddie but it is a lot of players you haven’t seen first years. Chet Nweke (3.1 points, 2.8 rebounds) had some really big minutes last year for us, she is stepping up as well. I think Amelia Osgood (1.8 points, 1.2 rebounds) is going to step up and play some meaningful minutes as well.” In Berube’s view, the ultimate goal of making the Sweet 16 is reasonable for these Tigers. “We have a lot of work to do; I think we have the talent, we have the leadership and the drive,” said Berube. “I think especially our seniors, they have got a chip on their shoulder. They are hungry for more. We keep knocking on the door of t hat Sweet 16.
You can’t be thinking about that right now. You have to be thinking about today’s practice and our first game with Duquesne. We will take it from there. I am excited about this group and this season.” Mitchell, for her part, believes that this group can add to the program’s winning tradition as long as the players stay focused on a daily basis. “We aren’t quick to forget how we started out Ivy League season last year 0-2, that was a big reality check,” said Mitchell. “We are Princeton basketball, but you can’t take that for granted. The name doesn’t do anything on its own. We have to work for that. Our banners show us what we can achieve, it is a good reminder of what we want to get to. This is what we are working for day in, day out.” —Bill Alden
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the Football Championship Encouraged by the Resilience That it Showed Last Winter, save percentage in 2022-23) Featuring Stifling Defense, Explosive Passing Plays, inSubdivision along with promising fresh(FCS) in rushing PU Football Tops Cornell, Remains Tied Atop Ivies defense (72.2 yards/game) Princeton Men’s Hockey Fired Up for Opener at Harvard men Connor Callaghan and Coming into its matchup last Saturday at Cornell, the Princeton University football team sensed that it could produce some big plays against a stingy Big Red defense. “They really have a high volume of different things that they do, it puts an onus on you,” said Princeton head coach Bob Surace. “You just have to give them a lot of stuff as well. We went into the game thinking if we do that, we may have a few opportunities.” Sure enough, Princeton seized opportunity as quarterback Blake Stenstrom hit wide receiver Tamatoa Falatea with a 77-yard touchdown pass late in the first quarter as the Tigers went ahead 7-0. After the Big Red narrowed the gap to 7-3 with a second quarter field goal, Stenstrom rifled a 33yard scoring strike to Luke Colella in the waning seconds of the half to put Princeton ahead 14-3 at intermission. The stifling Tiger defense took over from there, smothering Cornell on the way to a 14-3 win as Princeton improved to 4-3 overall and 3-1 Ivy League, moving into a first place tie with Harvard in the league standings. In reflecting on the offense’s explosive plays, Surace credited senior quarterback Stenstrom with triggering the offense. “Blake is playing really well; we are young around him and he has just got such poise,” said Surace of Stenstrom, who connected on 20-of-32 passes for 299 yards and two touchdowns in the win over Cornell. “He is making good decisions. When it is a throw away, he throws it away. When it is short pass and they don’t have a deep read, he throws it short. When there are opportunities down the field, which we had a few, he gets it down the field.”
Junior receivers Falatea and Colella have been taking advantage of their opportunities. Falatea enjoyed a breakout game against Cornell with five catches for 105 yards and one TD while Colella is establishing himself as a clutch receiver, making three receptions for 44 yards and his TD. “Tamatoa really had a great training camp and then got hurt right before the opener; he has been working his way back … slowly getting more reps,” said Surace. “It was awesome to see him play his best game. Luke trains hard and has such a good edge to him. He has really developed a lot of trust with the quarterback coaches. We are trying to find ways to get him the ball. AJ [Barber] has had a lot of catches, but he is starting to get in that mix and we have a little more balance. It has really helped to have him step up that way.” The return of senior star offensive tackle Jalen Travis from injury against Cornell also helped the Tiger offense step up. “It just settles everybody; we have had to move some guys around and they are young and they are getting better,” said Surace. “We have some young guys who you would love to be in a 1520 play a game type thing and now they are getting 60 or 70 reps. Jalen eating 60 reps off the other guys was really, really good.” The Tiger defense was really, really good once again, limiting the Big Red to a field goal after a week after Cornell had defeated Brown 36-14. “We have been really disciplined; they have a lot of explosive players, they hit a couple of explosives on us which we haven’t given up,” said Surace, whose defense came into the game ranked No. 1
COOL HAND LUKE: Princeton University star receiver Luke Colella races upfield in recent action. Last Saturday, junior Colella made three receptions for 44 yards with a 33-yard touchdown catch to help Princeton defeat Cornell 14-3. The Tigers are now 4-3 overall and 3-1 Ivy League and tied with Harvard atop the league standings. They will look to stay in first place when they play at Dartmouth (3-4 overall, 2-2 Ivy) on November 3. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
and total defense (257.7 yards/game) and fourth in scoring defense (14.8 points/ game). “We minimized them from what they were doing. We have had a run of dual-threat quarterbacks and their QB (Jameson Wang) is a really good player. He is playing at such a high level. We contained some of his out of pocket things — we did a good job with that. We forced two turnovers, those were really huge plays. We did a really good job on the drives where they were getting around the 50, containing that piece. They are a team that really controls the clock. On that first drive, it was about nine or 10 minutes. But after that first drive, we really settled in and did well in getting the ball back.” Princeton boasted four players with nine tackles in linebacker Marco Scarano, defensive back Nasir Hill, defensive lineman Jack DelGarbino, and linebacker Ozzie Nicholas. “It is usually Liam [Johnson] and Ozzie there, but it was Nasir Hill, Marco — it is different guys who are doing a good job with that,” said Surace. “I thought one of the things we did was that we played really well up front at the line of scrimmage. Ryan Ives had one tackle, he played a terrific game. Jack DelGarbino had nine tackles. They are not always going to get a lot of credit for what they are doing. That was a very big o-line, I think they average 305-310 pounds, so the interior group they are going against is really big. We really did a good job holding the line of scrimmage, allowing other guys to make plays.” With Princeton having posted two straight wins after a 28-27 overtime loss at Brown, Surace believes his squad is playing better and better. “Even in the losses we took small steps, I felt in the Harvard game (a 21-14 win on October 21) we made a leap,” said Surace. “That was the biggest step and we took a small step again this week. As we go down the stretch, that is going to be really important because you hope that young players as they get experience, it is going to go one of two ways. They are either going to run out of fuel or they are going to get better. We have to make sure that we fill up their gas tank and keep them going that way.” With Princeton heading north to play at Dartmouth (3-4 overall, 2-2 Ivy) under the lights this Friday night, the Tigers will need to make another leap to come away with a win over the Big Green. “It is sobering watching Dartmouth, they have played really well,” said Surace. “They are going to play multiple quarterbacks. Nick Howard presents just physical play and he is throwing the ball better. They play two other quarterbacks who are still dual threats but with different type of options. They will run more outside. I was looking at their roster, on their d-line, three of the four guys they play primarily there are fifth-year seniors. Their linebackers are seniors. Their secondary is a fifth year senior and two other seniors, They are a very experienced team and they play really physical. There are going to be some big challenges — we are going to have to take a big step. This will be a big week.” —Bill Alden
Bouncing back from a rough start last winter, the Princeton University men’s hockey team caught fire in the middle of the season. Putting together a 9-6 stretch after losing six of its first eight games, Princeton posted a number of notable wins in that span, including victories over Colorado College, RIT, No. 12 Providence, Clarkson, and Dartmouth. An injury to star goalie Ethan Pearson hampered the Tigers down the stretch, but they were still able to defeat Union in the first round of the ECAC Hockey playoffs on the way to a 13-19 final record. As Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty looks ahead to the 2023-24 campaign, he believes his returning players can build on that solid stretch heading into this winter. “It was a resilient group last year and that resiliency is back with an additional year of understanding the new structure and systems that we put in last year,” said Fogarty, whose team opens the season by playing at Harvard on November 3. “I am quite confident that we are going to have a good year.” The positive vibe around the team as it has prepared for the season has been giving Fogarty confidence. “I love our preseason; it is high energy with high expectations from our group,” said Fogarty. “They are working very hard and meticulously on areas to be ready for the season.” Fogarty is expecting energetic play from his corps of forwards. “I see a group of 15 forwards that can be interchangeable,”
said Fogarty. “They are all playing hard, heavy on the puck, and have goal; scoring ability. I can tell you I love this group. I really like what we have up front with all four classes. They have really come together as a team with a unified goal.” That group is led by seniors Ian Murphy (15 goals and 15 assists in 2023-24), Nick Seitz (9 goals, 6 assists), Adam Robbins (5 goals, 9 assists), Joe Berg (3 goals, 1 assist), and Mackenzie Merriman “I see five seniors on our roster that will be playing each night up front; that gives us a lot more experience than we have over the last couple of years coming out of COVID,” said Fogarty. “Then we are returning with Brendan Gorman (5 goals, 15 assists), he had a terrific first year. Jack Cronin (12 goals, 6 assists) is a power play and a 5-on-5 threat.” The squad’s blue liners are spearheaded by seniors Mike Kennedy (1 goal, 4 assists) and Nick Carabin (1 goal, 10 assists). “The two seniors are great leaders for the team,” said Fogarty, whose retuning defensemen also include junior Noah de la Durantaye (4 goals, 13 assists) and sophomore Nick Marciano (1 goals, 1 assist). “Mike and Nick are hard workers and the heart and soul of that d-corps and the rest of the guys follow. It is all collective, our structure is good. We can still clean up a little. We are ahead of schedule on the defensive part of it. We just have to be a little bit better offensively.” At goalie, Princeton features junior Pearson (2.71 goals against average, .903
Arthur Smith. “Ethan looks really good and so does Connor and Arthur; it is the deepest we have been in goal since I have been here, all three can play,” said Fogarty. “Ethan deserves the opportunity to come back from his injury and start for us against Harvard. Connor and Arthur are very good goaltenders and capable of taking the net. I am confident that I can put them in any time.” In Fogarty’s view, piling up some wins in the early going will be critical for this year’s squad to develop confidence. “Success is going to be getting off to a good start; it took us time last year for our modified system and structure to take place and we didn’t have the best start in the first three weekends,” said Fogarty. “You look at the first five of the six games. It is half of the Ivy schedule and that is important for us to capture those wins right away, and then we play the defending ECAC Hockey champions in Colgate. Our first six games are critical for us to obtain one of our goals, to win an Ivy championship, and then to see what we can do against the defending champions Colgate.” Opening at Harvard this Friday night will give the Tigers an immediate litmus test. “We are excited for it, every year you have new teams and new players,” said Fogarty. “It is game No. 1, period No. 1, against Harvard. They are going to have a skilled team again, they will reload. We have to worry about what we need to do to be successful in that game.” —Bill Alden
MURPHY’S LAW: Princeton University men’s hockey player Ian Murphy controls the puck in a game last season. Senior forward Murphy figures to trigger the Tiger offense this season after leading Princeton in scoring last year with 30 points on 15 goals and 15 assists. The Tigers start their 2023-24 season by playing at Harvard on November 3. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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roceeding with confi“Now she’s more in that and you have these moments With Former Lawrence Star Schenck Coming Up Big, pdence,” said Schenck. “It’s zone and her defense she’s of clarity, like (Friday) night finally coming together for realizing generates a lot,” where you could see how The strength of sched- said Tagliente. “She can be much it’s worth it, and a year PU Field Hockey Edges Yale, Earns Spot in Ivy Tourney us. ule is good. Even though we very disruptive with her de- ago if I hadn’t gone through
Talia Schenck and the Princeton University field hockey team have been through ups and downs. Last Friday was definitely a high note. Schenck scored the first goal of the game for the Tigers who went on to win a must-win game, 2-1, in overtime at Yale on a goal by Bridget Murphy. The winner of the game earned the fourth and final spot for the inaugural Ivy League Tournament, while the loser’s season was finished. The champion of the tournament will receive the league’s automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA tournament. “We’re really excited to rewrite what’s happened this Ivy season because we want more for ourselves than to be third,” said Schenck, a sophomore who starred at nearby Lawrence High before coming to Princeton. “We’re excited to have another chance to prove ourselves. T hat’s what’s so great about having the Ivy tournament introduced this year.” Third-seeded Princeton faces second-seeded Cornell in the second game of the Ivy tournament on November 3 at Harvard. The host and top-seeded Crimson will take on fourth-seeded Penn. Princeton defeated Cornell in the regular season on penalty strokes after the teams tied, 2-2. The final is slated for November 5 “Cornell is a great team and I’m sure it’ll be another close game just because it’s a tour nament game and we are both skilled,” said Schenck. “Hopefully it doesn’t go into shootouts again. I think last time we played Cornell, we did so much preparation and it really showed in our game on the set plays. Not much has
changed. It’s only been a few weeks. We’ll be in a great spot again, and I think it’ll be a good matchup.” Schenck’s strong play Friday helped put the Tigers in position to compete for an Ivy tournament crown and spot in the NCAA tournament if they can win it. Princeton looked afraid to make mistakes in a scoreless first half that extended into the third quarter before Schenck finally broke through with a goal in the fourth quarter. “Talia had the best game of her career in the second half,” said Princeton head coach Carla Tagliente. “T hat re a l ly lo os e n e d everyone up on the team from there. And then Ottilie (Sykes) is playing better and Helena (Große) is playing better, and everyone is playing better. Ella Hampson is another one. She and Talia just picked the team up and put us on their shoulders and pushed it. When you have some courageous players like that, then it’s easier for others. We don’t have a Beth Yeager this year that can just make plays in moments. We haven’t had anyone step up yet. This was the first game when we just had two players step up and make plays.” Schenck and the Tigers are looking to build on the momentum of two straight Ivy wins when their backs were up against the wall. Princeton was 3-2 in league play when it went on the road to beat Dartmouth, then won the do-or-die game at Yale. The wins were impressive from a young team that had high expectations. “After the game, it ranks up there, even with being in final fours and national championsh ip game s of just being so proud of them
and seeing their joy coming through,” said Tagliente. “It was a special moment for them.” Princeton is 7-8 overall, 5-2 in the Ivies after battling through inexperience, injuries and many difficult tests to reach the Ivy tournament. The win at Yale was the fifth overtime game that they’ve played this season. Ten of their 15 games have been decided by one goal. “It’s b een hard,” s aid Schenck. “The ones that are one-goal games that we come out on the wrong side of it, it’s been kind of frustrating having it be so tense. Or if we feel like we put together a good game and it’s so close, it’s been a little frustrating. We just have to take it day by day and not let the numbers control our team and our confidence. It shows things to work through — sustaining our attack and increasing our opportunities. It’s just been a little frustrating, but it’s not a reflection of how capable we are as a team.” Princeton has a chance to avenge an Ivy loss if they advance to the Ivy tournament final against either Harvard or Penn, both of whom upended the Tigers in the regular season. First, the Tigers have to get by Cornell which is looking for revenge. “The goal for us needs to be to shut down their biggest threat and to really lock down penalty corners, but also dial in,” said Tagliente. “They have other threats. They’re a pretty good team. We have to expand our focus a little bit and pay attention to the whole field.” The Tigers feel like they’re still growing as a team. The Ivy tournament allows them to continue to develop. “ We’v e p u t t h e r e cord behind us and we’re
struggle with it, it helps us improve so much throughout the season.” Schenck too has come through some tough moments as an individual in the early stages of her college career. She made the short trip up Princeton Pike from Lawrence, and the jump to college field hockey came with new challenges for a player who was the first from New Jersey to ever score 100 goals in a high school season. She had a pair of goals and two assists in her first college season while appearing in 17 games. “This year has gone a lot smoother for me,” said Schenck, who has three goals and an assist so far this fall. “Last year was such a shock — socially, academically, field hockey-wise, all of that. It was hard and a lot to adjust to in those first couple months when you’re trying to perform your best. I was lucky to get good playing time last year to gain some experience because the college level is so different.” Schenck star ted five times as a freshman. She has started every game this season and jumped into a bigger role that includes not only playing her usual forward spot but also helping to fill time in the midfield. Schenck says picking up the tactical side of college field hockey was a challenge in her first year, and after a year she’s able to focus more on just playing and not thinking so much.
fense and creating more attack. She’s still in the early life stages of her growth, but what you saw against Yale, I see in snippets in practice, and we know she could be one of the best players in the country. But that’s a big thing to say to her right now. She needs to take it one step at a time, and some of it is just experience and some of it is psychological, which she’s starting to get. When you see a player start to make the turn on that, it’s nice to see.” Schenck credits her growth to being a part of the Princeton program. She came in a well accomplished player at the high school level, but had to raise her level and learn to fit into college play. She has focused on film study, improving her game knowledge and building her skills while navigating the highs and lows of each practice and game. “I think when people say you grow so much as a person coming to college and playing D-I sports, you don’t understand what they mean until you go through it,” said Schenck. “As much as there’s a struggle in the beginning, and it can hurt at times, I’m shocked at how much it’s helped me grow. Mentally the strength that I’ve had to push through things in life, it’s made me feel like a stronger person. I feel like I’ve become better at connecting with people. The whole experience shapes you. It’s very hard to describe. It’s mentally taxing, but you come out of it
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that I wouldn’t be able to mentally sustain myself for the 60 minutes. It’s the most rewarding experience.” Schenck feels more settled in now in her second season. She continues to develop and could be among the best players in the country with further growth, said Tagliente. Schenck has taken steps forward this year and is adjusting to being able to contribute in either midfield or forward positions. “I enjoy playing both,” said Schenck. “Opportunities to shoot come for both mids and forwards. It doesn’t bother me much, I’m having fun either way. In the midfield, I get to run a little more and dribble which I love to do. At forward, I like to press the defenders more. Either way it’s fun for me and I enjoy it, and as long as it’s helping the team.” Schenck has enjoyed plenty of support from the local community. Her club team and her high school team are close by as is her family. “I just think it’s great for them to see that even though field hockey might not be the biggest thing in Central Jersey, you can make the most of the programs we have here,” said Schenck. “I love Princeton and the town around it. A lot of my family lives here so I see them a lot. I love to be here and I hope people can look at what I’ve done and see that you can make so much out of playing sports here.” —Justin Feil
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4-7-3 overall and 1-3-2 Ivy League with the loss, will play at Penn on November 4 in the regular season finale.
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Edged by Columbia Despite building an 11-8 Tiger Men’s Cross Country edge in shots, the Princeton Wins Ivy League Heps University women’s soccer
Nicholas Bendtsen led the way as the Princeton University men’s cross country team placed first at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships last Saturday in Boston, Mass. Junior Bendtsen placed fourth individually, covering the 8,000-meter course in a time of 24:08.5. Senior Jarrett Kirk was the next Tiger finisher, taking seventh while senior Connor Nisbet took eighth. In the team standings, Princeton had a winning score of 40 with Harvard taking second in 43. The Tigers will next be in action when they compete in the NCAA Regionals on November 10 in Bethlehem, Pa.
PU Women’s Cross Country 2nd at Ivy League Heps
Paced by Fiona Max, the Princeton University women’s cross country team took second at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships last Saturday in Boston, Mass. Max placed seventh individually, clocking a time of 21:01 over the 6,000-meter course. In the team standings, Harvard posted a winning score of 47 with the Tigers coming at 73 in taking second. Princeton returns to action when it takes part in the NCAA Regionals on November 10 in Bethlehem, Pa.
team fell 1-0 to Columbia last Saturday. T he T iger s, now 9 - 4 3 overall and 4 -2-1 Iv y League, will be taking part in the inaugural Ivy postseason tournament next weekend where they are seeded third and will face secondseeded Harvard in a semifinal contest on November 3 at Brown with the victor advancing to the title game on November 5 against the winner of the Brown-Columbia semi. The winner of the tourney earns the league’s automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA tournament.
Tiger Women’s Hockey Defeated by Clarkson
Unable to get its offense going, the Princeton University women’s hockey team fell 1-0 at Clarkson last Saturday. Freshman goalie Uma Corniea made 24 saves in a losing cause as the Tigers moved to 3-3 overall and 1-3 ECAC Hockey. Princeton hosts Harvard on November 3 and Dartmouth on November 4.
PU Women’s Volleyball Edges Brown 3-1
Lucia Scalamandre starred as the Princeton University women’s volleyball team topped Brown 3-1 last Saturday. Sophomore Scalamandre contributed a match-high 15 kills to help the Tigers prevail 16-25, Princeton Men’s Soccer 25-23, 25-21, 25-12. Princeton, now 10-8 overall Edged 2-1 by Harvard Will Francis scored the and 7-3 Ivy League, plays at lone goal for the Princeton Cornell on November 3 and Un iversit y men’s soccer at Columbia in November 4. team as it fell 2-1 to Harvard Tiger Men’s Water Polo last Saturday. Splits with MIT, Harvard The Tigers, who moved to It was a split decision for
the No. 6 Princeton University men’s water polo team in action last Sunday as it topped MIT 16-11 before falling 14-13 in overtime to No. 11 Harvard. T he Tigers, now 23 -5 overall and 7-1 Northeast Wate r Polo C on fe r e n c e (NWPC), host LIU and Iona on November 4.
PU Women’s Rugby Falls 27-19 to Queens
Hannah Mulligan, Celia Watson, and Amelia Clarke scored tries in a losing cause as the Princeton University women’s rugby team fell 2719 to Queens University in Charlotte, N.C. last Saturday. The Tigers, now 0-5, host Dartmouth on November 4 in their season finale.
Princeton Rowers Excel At Head of Charles
A s P r i n c e to n U n i v e r sit y rowers competed at the Head of Charles regatta earlier this month in Boston, Mass., the men’s heavyweight 4 provided a highlight. The Tiger boat of Keelan Good, Nic McAdam, Sam Kleiner, Kian Aminian, and We s l e y H i r s ch m a n won their fours event clocking a time of 16 :33.46 over t he 4,800 -meter course with Penn taking second in 16 :47.6 and Georgetown coming in third at 16:47.98. The Tiger men’s heavyweight 8 A boat posted the second-best collegiate time at 14:27.95 in their division, just behind Harvard (14:26.41). As for the Princeton men’s lightweights, their 8 A boat raced across the line at 15:09.1, sixth best in the event. The Tiger women’s open 8 A crew clocked a time of 16:55.23, eighth among collegiate boats. The women’s lightweight A Four Boat was third in 19:09.30 among 11 collegiate entries.
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While Nick Matese was frustrated when the Princeton Hugh boys’ soccer team got edged 2-1 by nationallyranked Pennington in the Mercer County Tournament final on October 21, he saw the squad’s performance as a plus going into the state tournament. “After the game we were really disappointed but we were really proud with our effort, especially in the second half,” said PHS senior defender and co-captain Matese. “I was really impressed, especially with our midfield. They went toe-to-toe with those guys, it was unbelievable. We played some of the best we have played this year. We want to be snowballing wins going into the playoffs, but having that kind of confidence boosting that we can play with the best of the best was a good thing.” As the top-seeded Tigers hosted 16th-seeded Montgomery last Wednesday in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 4 sectional, Matese and his teammates were determined to take care of business and get back on the winning track. “It was just get the job done, one game at a time,” said Matese. “Anything can happen. In my previous two years we have gone out in the first round.” While the PHS offense was sluggish in the really going, the Tigers broke through as sophomore Chase Hamerschlag made a big run and blasted a shot into the back of the net. “I think there was a little bit of frustration in the first few plays,” said Matese. “We didn’t get things going, people were a little bit nervous. Getting that first goal calmed us down.” In the second half, junior Azariah Breitman tallied three goals as PHS got rolling and went on to a 4-0 win. “He was definitely trying to
get us all focused in on this game,” said Matese. “He really came out strong, especially in the second half.” The Tiger back four of Matese, Jamie Reynolds, Patrick Kenah, and Connor Hewitt along with goalie Nicholas Holmelund was strong as usual, leading the way as PHS posted its 16th shutout of the season. “I think our team all together takes pride in not allowing goals,” said Matese who helped the Tigers record another shutout as they topped eighth-seeded Jackson Memorial 3-0 last Saturday in the sectional quarterfinals as they improved to 18-2 and will host fourth-seeded Monroe in a semifinal contest on November 1 with the victor advancing to the final on November 4. “We knew even if things might not start going our way offensively, if we can just lock it down we will be in the game. That is our mindset every game.” Matese looks to bring a unfl appable mindset to the pitch. “I definitely like to lead by example, I am vocal on the field,” said Matese. “I try to calm the team down and be a solid presence.” PHS head coach Ryan Walsh acknowledged that his squad was a bit nervy in the early going against Montgomery. “We were trying to come out with a fast start here, I thought it was a little bit slow,” said Walsh. “Montgomery did some things well and we had to adjust a little bit. I thought in the second half we really found our groove. We were keeping the ball a lot better and putting the ball in the back of the net.” Walsh credited Breitman with getting into a one-man groove in the second half. “Azariah has had a phenomenal year, he has scored some big goals for us and is such a gamer,” said Walsh. “He spent a lot of time last
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Sparked by Senior Star Matese’s Stellar Play at Center Back, PHS Boys’ Soccer Posts 2 Shutouts in Making Sectional Semis week defending for us, so it was good to see him score some goals here.” Hamerschlag’s goal was also good to see for Walsh. “He has a great year coming off the bench,” said Walsh. “He is an energy guy, he is only a sophomore. He is a young kid but he is big, strong and when he comes on they call it hammer time.” The Tiger defense put the hammer down on the Cougars. “Our shape was good overall,” said Walsh. “We kept them off the scoreboard and that is the important part there.” Surviving and advancing was the most important thing for the Tigers. “The first one is always tricky in a Group 4 tournament,” said Walsh. “Every game is a challenge because of the mixture of the Colonial Valley Conference, Greater Middlesex Conference, and the Shore Conference. All of those conferences are so different in their styles. When it is intermingling, there are weird matchups.” Matese, for his part, believes that PHS will be up for the challenges ahead. “It is still going to be one game at a time, no opponent is too weak for us,” said Matese. “We have to make sure that we come out strong every game. We definitely want to go as far as we can because we have big hopes for this group right now. We want to enjoy every moment that we can.” —Bill Alden
NICK OF TIME: Princeton High boys’ soccer player Nick Matese, left, battles a foe in a game earlier this season. Senior center back and co-captain Matese has helped PHS get off to a superb start in state tournament action. Competing in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 4 tournament, the top-seeded Tigers defeated 16th-seeded Montgomery 4-0 in a first round contest on October 25 and then blanked eighth-seeded Jackson Memorial 3-0 in a quarterfinal last Saturday. PHS, now 18-2, hosts fourth-seeded Monroe in the semifinals on November 1 with the victor advancing to the sectional final on November 4. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Every team is going After Rolling to 2nd Straight BCSL Championship, granted. to come out to play, looking for an upset. We have to bring A-game to every game, PHS Girls’ Volleyball Primed for Big Run in States our that is just the position we
Rolling to a 2-0 win (25-10, 25-15) over Northern Burlington in Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) tournament semis, the Princeton High girls’ volleyball was primed to close the deal when it hosted Notre Dame in the final last week. “The girls have been in a good place, we have two months of matches under our belts,” said PHS head coach Patty Manhart. “We were happy with how they played against Northern Burlington.” But Manhart was not happy with how the Tigers started in the final against Notre Dame, a team it had already defeated twice in regular season. “In that first set, it felt like there were a lot of unforced errors on our side,” said Manhart, reflecting on the October 24 match. “That may come from that same mentality, we have been here before, maybe we don’t have to work as hard, and just not being totally tuned in.” The Tigers got tuned in, pulling away to a 2-0 win (2519, 25-15), earning its second straight BCSL crown in the process and improving to 25-1. “It just took us a little bit into that first set before I feel like we turned it on,” said Manhart. “It was smooth sailing in set two. There were some hitting errors and service errors, things that we control on our side and that we had figured out by the second set.” The squad’s sophomore hitters, Kaelin Bobetich and Naomi Lygas, dominated at the net against the Irish as
Bobetich contributed 11 kills, two blocks, and seven digs while Lygas chipped in 11 kills and eight digs. “It is really nice that we can have a balanced attack on the right side and the outside; Kaelin has also been getting more swings even out of the back row,” said Manhart. “It is great being able to have that mix of hitters. I don’t think we have had an off game from Naomi, and that is so impressive because she is a sophomore. Every other coach after the game says I can’t believe she is a sophomore. She is such a big part of every win that we earn as a team.” Junior stars Lois Matsukawa and Pearl Agel were also a big part of the win in the BCSL final. Matsukawa triggered the offense with 22 assists and 11 digs while libero Agel had 14 digs in sparking the defensive effort. “Lois is fast, she is smart and she is consistent; as long as she is healthy, we are in a good place,” said Manhart. “Pearl doesn’t get enough credit. It is tough when you are a libero, you just get to do the dirty work. You don’t get the glamour of racking up kills but her job is so crucial. We need her to be solid on serve receive, solid on defense and that is what allows us to do what we do. While Manhart was proud of the second straight BCSL title, she is looking forward to the upcoming state tournament. “It feels good for me ; at this point that was an
expected title just because we return so many people from the 2022 squad,” said Manhart. “I am not trying to get ahead of myself but I want to do something new. I want a state title.” The Tigers will start their pursuit of that title this week as they compete in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 3 tournament where they are seeded first and were slated to host ninth-seeded Colts Neck in a quarterfinal contest on October 31 with victor advancing to the semis on November 2. “I hope that they feel good about where we are as a team and I hope we feel confident but we are still scouting the opponents,” said Manhart, whose team is currently ranked fourth in the state by NJ.com. “We spent a day watching film from everyone we could face against in our section. We are going to take every match seriously. The No 1 seed is nice, we love hosting and we love being home but the message is that we can’t take anything for
are in.” Over the last few weeks, the Tigers have steeled themselves for a big run, facing a gauntlet of tough foes from all over the state. “When we play a top ranked team in the state, the girls bring it,” said Manhart. “We are going in No. 1 and I need them to bring that same mentality that they bring against teams like Lenape, like Southern, like Hunterdon Central — that is the biggest thing. It is always that mental piece of like, no matter who is on the other side, you are bringing that all-out energy and mentality to the match.” With PHS having advanced to the sectional final in 2022 where it fell 2-1 to Colts Neck, the Tiger players are hungry for the rematch with the Cougars. “It was the first time we had made it that far and we were kind of young,” said Manhart. “It went to three last year against Colts Neck, so we knew we could do it. Now they are coming to us so we have to bring it.” —Bill Alden
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For Adriana Salzano, her stellar career with the Princeton Day School girls’ soccer team reached the do-ordie stage last Friday as the squad started play in the Non-Public A South Jersey tournament. With PDS having lost 1-0 to Steinert in the Mercer County Tournament quarterfinals and having been edged by the Blair Academy in a shootout in the quarterfinal round of the Prep state tourney, senior star midfielder Salzano was down to her last competition as a Panther when the team hosted Donovan Catholic last Friday to open play in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) South Jersey Non-Public A tournament. “This is knockout, win or go home; we knew that we needed to come out here and kill the game immediately,” said Salzano. “That was our main goal, come out with fire and intensity and get it done.” T he Pant hers misf ired early on as they generated a slew of opportunities but failed to find the back of the net. “It is something we have worked on the entire season — finishing,” said Salzano. “We had a lot of chances and we didn’t capitalize.” With 8:07 left in the first half, sophomore Juliana Hartman scored to break the ice for PDS. “That definitely relaxed us, we were a little bit frantic before,” said Salzano. In the last minute of the half, Salzano doubled the Panther lead as she nudged a ball past the Donovan Catholic goalie after it pinballed through the box. “Sometimes it is not the prettiest goal but to put it in the back of the net, that is all that matters,” said Salzano. In the second half, PDS put two more in the back of t he net as f resh man
Ava Katz scored twice to help the Panthers pull away to a 4-1 win, improving to 14-3-1. PDS was slated to host 13th-seeded Mount St. Mary in the quarterfinals on October 31 with the victor advancing to the semis on November 2. After the Griffins scored a goal early in the second half to make it a 2-1 game, Salzano set up Katz’s first tally, slotting a free kick to the freshman star. “We looked at each other and we said we need to come out and respond to that,” said Salzano. “That is something we have been good at the entire season. I just set the ball up. I saw the gap and it was like you know what, I am going to put this right in front of her. I wanted her to get a foot on it and put it in the net and that is exactly what happened.” The play of Katz has been a big plus this fall as she has tallied five goals and a teamhigh 14 assists. “She has been really amazing for us, she has definitely been an impact player,” said Salzano, who has a team-high 13 goals along with four assists. “I love to work with her on the field.” While getting the tournament win was a confidence builder for the Panthers after their tough postseason setbacks, Salzano knew the victory didn’t guarantee anything going forward. “We can’t take anything for granted,” said Salzano. “We can’t come back out here and think it is going to be a smooth ride from here on out. We have to come back even harder on Tuesday.” In Salzano’s view, PDS can produce a special ride in the Non-Public competition. “I definitely think we can, we have so much talent individually and then collectively,” said Salzano. “When we come out here, it is like all t he pu zzle piece s jus t go toget her
FINAL PUSH: Princeton Day School girls’ soccer player Adriana Salzano, left, controls the ball in a game earlier this season. Last Friday, senior star and Monmouth commit Salzano tallied a goal and an assist as fifth-seeded PDS topped 12th-seeded Donovan Catholic 4-1 in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) South Jersey Non-Public A tournament. The Panthers, who improved to 143-1 with the win, were slated to host 13th-seeded Mount St. Mary in the quarterfinals on October 31 with the victor advancing to the semis on November 2. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
Pettit sees Salzano as a key piece of that puzzle. “She has been very good; she has been typical Dre, playing wherever we have needed her,” said Pettit. “Jules has been injured and Dre has been playing a little defensive mid the last few weeks. Today was her first game back in her more natural spot at attacking midfielder, which is good because she links up so much of the play and brings so many things through. She can hold the play up and connect with AK (Katz) up top. She can bring the wide players in.” Katz has been very good as well. “W hat she has done has been incredible; we had high hopes as the beginning of the year and I thought she could do it but you never know coming into high school,” said Pettit. “As the year has gone, she has grown in confidence, she has had some success. She has 14 assists and she has started adding goals lately. She has been such a focal point for our attack which has really helped us. She has really gone under the radar because a lot of people focus on Abby [Weed] or Dre. For her to come in and do that and do it so well has been a huge positive.” The Panther defense has also been a positive this fall. “We have been very good defensively,” said Pettit. “We have had nine or 10 clean sheets.” With PDS boasting a balanced attack to go along with the stingy defense, Pettit believes the Panthers can earn a title in its last tournament of the season. “ We haven’t g iven up many goals and we have created a lot of chances,” said Pettit. “It comes down to the first half, where against the better teams, you are not going to get 10 chances. We need to be more clinical and I think if we can do that, we can really make a good run. I think all of the games will be close because we have got a good defensive record. We are well set up and everyone knows their roles. This group deserves it, they have the talent. It is just can we convert some of those chances. The chances are falling to six or seven players so we just need one or two of those to get confident. It is good that AK got a couple of goals today, Dre got another goal. So hopefully that confidence does come.” Salzano is confident that she can make her final days in a PDS uniform memorable. “That has been in the back of my mind, this could be my last game, the next one could be,” said Salzano, who is headed to Monmouth University next fall and will be playing for its women’s soccer program. “I have to come out here and do whatever I can to not make it be my last game. To get this title, that is what I am working for right now. I want to go out with a bang. We are not done yet, we still have stuff to take care of.” —Bill Alden
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With powerhouse Montclair Kimberley Academy returning to the Prep B state girls’ tennis tournament this fall after not competing in the event last year, the Princeton Day School squad faced a challenge as it went after the title. While MKA, ranked third in the state by NJ.com, advanced to final in all five flights of the competition, PDS was not far behind as made four finals. Unable to overcome the Cougars’ advantage, the Pant hers did produce a major highlight as the second doubles pair of Kavita Amin and Zarna Kalra won their flight. MK A totaled 14 points to win the team title with PDS amassing 10 to take second in the competition which wrapped up last Wednesday at WardlawHartridge. “The last time MKA was in the tournament, they swept it, we didn’t have any championships,” said Panther head coach Michael Augsberger. “Last year we got a couple but MKA took the tournament off. This year, to be able to get one from them, that is a big sign of progress for our girls.” T he pair of A min and Kalra came up big in their second doubles final, rallying to top MKA’s Lauren Chung and Ellen Nowak 3-6, 7-5, (10-6). “Kav ita has really im proved a lot and it says a lot about Zarna as a freshm a n,” s a id Augsb er ger. “They make a great team and we would like to be able to keep them together next year at first doubles. In the final, Kavita really showed her volleying prowess and incredible footwork. We saw the point the year, I think, both sides agreed to it. It was the middle of the tiebreak, it was back and forth with Kavita and their net player with incredibly short twitch volleys back and forth. This went on for like 30 strokes — it was an incredible point. We managed to get that one.” Showing great promise, freshman Prisha Tiwari advanced to the Prep B final at third singles. “To be finalist as a freshman year, we are really looking forward to her upside,” said Augsberger of Tiwari who fell in straight sets to MKA’s Katie Chung in the final. “She takes it so seriously and she loves it so much and it means so much to her. She clearly wants to be a college player, and she is focusing on it.” S e n ior K r i s t i n a Wa n g made the final at second singles to end her last postseason for the Panthers on a high note. “Kristina did a great job against the Gill player in the semifinal — her backhand was on fire and that continued through the week,” said Augsberger of Wang, who also lost in straight sets in the final. “She ended up playing MKA’s No. 3 (Amara Bhatia) who was playing at No. 2 in the final. Kristina was matching her pace, but the pace just did not bother her at all. I saw a couple of points where Kristina hit that signature backhand and her opponent would just flick it back sharp
angle cross court. It was like, ‘what do you do with that? ’ She came over and she wasn’t in down spirits. We talked about it and we said, ‘You are playing well, there is nothing you can do differently.’ She is top class.” At first doubles, seniors Ashlyn Du and Hannah Park also produced a memorable run as they played their way to the final before falling to the MKA pair of Hannah Lewis and Ellie LoPiccolo. “They beat Rutgers Prep in the semis, another repeat of what happened in the state (team ) tournament,” said Augsberger. “They had the confidence to do it because they had done it before — this time they were about to iron out some of the issues we had the first time. Against MKA, one of the players was more the baseline player and the taller of the two was just incredible with her volleys. Anything to her forehand side she would put it away. We tried to lob a little more in the second set to change up the look, it worked a little bit better. We were trying to give them a scare and get a third set tiebreak.” Last Thursday, PDS ended the season last by falling 4-1 to Princeton High to finish with a 14-5 record in dual match play. Wang provided a highlight in the match, prevailing at second singles to get the lone win for the Panthers and end her career on a high note. “There is a number of situations in conference — if you take three teams,
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I definitely think we could PDS Girls’ Tennis Places 2nd in Prep B State Tourney each of the teams has beaten Senior Standout Salzano Looking to Go Out with a Bang, so make a title run.” the other,” said Augsberger, Starring as PDS Girls’ Soccer Makes Non-Public Quarters PDS head coach Chris As 2nd Doubles Pair Earns Title to Provide Highlight reflecting on the program’s
first season in the Colonial Valley Conference. “We beat Robbinsville and Robbinsville beat Princeton and then Princeton beat us. It really depends on what happens on the day, Princeton played better.” Saying goodbye to his trio of seniors — Wang, Du, and Park — is going to be tough for Augsberger. “We are going to miss them,” said Augsberger. “I have been able to grow up with them as a coach. I have seen them grow up.” L ook ing a head, Augs berger believes his group of returners can grow into something special. “It is positive for the future for Prisha to show the kind of competitive drive that she had this year,” said Augsberger. “The upside is incredible, her potential is great. To be able to have Arya [Kalra] next year is great, after the leap she made this year from doubles into first singles. That is really difficult to do, she is going to be able to improve a lot. The second doubles championship is clearly the highlight of the season. We are happy with the way Kavita’s footwork has come along. Her dedication and the positive outlook she has about things as well as her volleys. Zarna is a freshman, coming in first day of tryouts, we knew she was going to be a starter. To have three more years being able to improve from where she is at now, that is really promising.” —Bill Alden
FRESH APPROACH: Princeton Day School girls’ tennis player Prisha Tiwari smacks a forehand in a match this fall. Last week, freshman Tiwari advanced to the third singles final at the Prep B state tournament, helping the Panthers take second in the team standings behind champion Montclair Kimberley Academy. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Hun Football : Jumping out to a 28 -7 halftime lead, Hun defeated the Peddie School 56-13 last Saturday. The Raiders, now 7-1, host Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) on November 4 to wrap up their 2023 season. Boys’ Soccer: Michael D’Aulerio came up big as Hun edged Peddie 1-0 last Saturday. D’Aulerio scored the lone goal of the contest as the Raiders improved to 9-8-1. Hun will host the Lawrenceville School on November 1 to conclude its 2023 season. Girls’ Soccer: Failing to get its offense going, Hun fell 3-0 to Peddie last Saturday. The Raiders, now 2-10, will host the Germantown Academy (Pa.) on November 1 in their season finale.
Lawrenceville Fo o tb a l l : Po s t i n g it s fourth straight win, Lawr e n c e v i l l e d e fe ate d t h e Hotchkiss School (Conn.) 33-14 last Saturday. The Big Red, who improved to 5-3 with the win, will play at the Hill School (Pa.) on November 4 in their season finale. Field Hockey : Price Donaldson scored the lone
Girls’ Volleyball: Ending the regular season action on a down note, PDS fell 2-0 (17-25, 16-25) to Mt. St. Mary on October 12. In upcoming action, the Panthers, now 8-11, will be competing in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public Group B tournament where they are seeded 11th and will play at sixth-seeded Timothy ChrisField Hockey: Clicking at tian in a first round contest both ends of the field, third- on November 1. seeded PDS defeated 14thseeded Dwight-Englewood 9-0 in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public North Jersey tournament last Friday. The Panthers, who imFootball : Producing a proved to 14-3-1 with the dominate performance, Penwin, will host sixth-seeded nington defeated Harriton St. Elizabeth in a quarterfi- High (Pa.) 42-14 last Friday. nal contest on November 1 The Red Hawks, now 6-1, with the victor advancing to will host Long Island Lutherthe semis on November 4. an (N.Y.) on November 3 in Boys’ Soccer: Sparked its season finale. by Gyan Gautam and Hart Boys’ Soccer: Sparked Liu-Nowakoski, 10th-seeded by Matty Lynch, top-seeded PDS rolled to a 10-0 win at Pennington defeated fifthseventh-seeded Gloucester seeded Hun School 7-2 in Catholic in first round of the the Prep state semis last New Jersey State Interscho- T hurs day. Ly nch tallied lastic Athletic Association three goals to help the Red (NJSIAA) Non-Public B South Hawks improve to 14 - 0. Jersey tournament last Friday. Pennington will face secondGautam scored three goals seeded St. Benedict’s in the while Liu-Nowakoski tallied Prep final on November 1 two goals and three assists at Roberts Stadium on the as the Panthers improved to campus of Princeton Uni2-15-1. PDS was slated to versity. play at second-seeded Doane Girls’ Soccer: Morgan Academy in a quarterfinal Kotch and Hailey Adamsky contest on October 31 with came up big as top-seeded the winner moving on to the Pennington edged secondsemis on November 3. seeded Rutgers Prep 2-1 in the Prep state final last Monday. Kotch and Adamsky each scored goals to help the Red Hawks finish the fall at 20-0. goal for Lawrenceville as it fell 5-1 to the Blair Academy last Saturday. The Big Red, now 6-6-1, will conclude their season by playing at the Hill School (Pa.) on November 4.
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The Princeton High School Athletic Hall of Fame Committee has announced its 15th induction class. The Class of 2023 includes: Carl Lutz ’31, an AllState football and basketball player and captain of the ’31 Class B state title basketball squad; Peter Nichols ’74, a star runner who competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor track, and broke 8 course records during his senior cross country season; Allen Bryant ’10, an AllState midfielder in lacrosse who was CVC Player of the Year in ’10 and a starting defender on the Group 3 state title soccer team and earned Group 3 all-state recognition; Michelle Bazile ’14, an All-State performer who is the school record holder in the shot put and discus and the winner of the shot put in 2014 at the Meet of Champions; the 1931 boys’ basketball team which won the Class B state title; the 2012 boys’ swimming team which won the Division B state title and was the Star Ledger’s top-ranked team in N.J.; coach Greg Hand, the longtime head coach of girls’ soccer and the boys’ and girls’ swimming teams who also served as the throws coach for track and field; and contributor Bill Alden, the longtime sports editor of the Town Topics who has been covering PHS athletics for more than two decades. The Hall of Fame Awards
dinner and banquet will take place at Mercer Oaks Country Club in West Windsor on November 11 from 6-10 p.m. Seats for the event are $65 and all proceeds go towards scholarships for current PHS student-athletes. Individuals interested in attending the banquet, placing an ad in the banquet program, or contributing to the scholarship fund can email the Hall of Fame Committee at PrincetonHighHoF@ gmail.com The Hall of Fame Committee would like to hear from relatives of the 1931 boys’ basketball team (coach George Tindall and players Carl Lutz, Leroy “Roy” Page, John Tindall, Joseph Richards, Randolph “Bud” Applegate, William Saunders (Sanders), Peter Marx, Har r y C apla n, Ru dolph Ehart, and team manager Bill Stonaker). Please contact the Hall of Fame Committee by email at PrincetonHighHof@gmail.com. For more information on the PHS Hall of Fame, visit princetonhs.rschoolteams. com/page/3142.
Princeton Junior Football League Playoff Results
In first round playoff action last week in the Princeton Junior Football League ( PJ F L ) S e n ior s d iv is ion (Grades 7-8), the Mercato Broncos topped the PBA 130 Eagles 32-25. For the Broncos, Luke Giannatasio connected on touchdown passes to Bree Green and Oliver Scriven. Green also ran for two scores. As for the Eagles, Dylan Chambers, Zephaniah Chambers, and Reggie Wright each ran for touchdowns while Mathew Robinson threw a
touchdown pass to Jack Bailey. The TSS Photo Vikings defeated the Petrone Steelers 24-13 as Eli Salganik and AJ Davidson accounted for the scoring to spark the victors. For the Steelers, Roy Bellace rushed for two TDs. In the Super Juniors division ( Grades 5 - 6), the PBA-130 Broncos topped the Christine’s Hope Giants 34-12. Christian Barr had t wo r ushing touchdow ns and a passing TD to Charlie Belli in the win. Teddy Hogshire and Leo Kahn each contributed rushing TDs for the Broncos. As for the Giants, Bryce Davison and Michael Kshirsagar scored rushing touchdowns. The Beslar Cardinals defeated the Princeton Global Eagles 35-7. Leo Miele rushed for two touchdowns and had TD passes to Aiyan McCollum and Miles Aboumeri in the win. Luca Agosto connected with Ali Redjal for the Eagles touchdown. In Juniors division (Grades 3-4) playoff action, the Lululemon Eagles defeated the Christine’s Hope Giants, 3312. Brian Wilson, Connor Widener, Benjamin Shockey, and Nathan Besler each scored touchdowns for the Eagles in the win. As for the Giants, Rehm Casto made a touchdown grab and Max Pitts rushed for the other TD. The UOA Cardinals topped the Petrone Steelers 27-6. James Armstrong threw two touchdown passes and ran for another to lead the Cardinals while Connor Ryan added a running and receiving TD and Killian Shay had a TD reception. The Steelers got on the board with a touchdown run by Nazir Rollins.
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NO QUIT: Hun School field hockey goalie Norah Kempson sprawls to guard the cage in recent action. Last Monday, senior star and Lehigh commit Kempson made nine saves as second-seeded Hun fell to top-seeded Montclair Kimberley in Prep state final in a penalty shootout after the teams tied 1-1 through regulation and overtime. The Raiders, who moved to 15-4 with the defeat, play at Germantown Academy (Pa.) on November 1 in their season finale. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Field Hockey: Delaney Keegan, Sara-Cate Walker, and Erin Liggio each scored two goals as second-seeded PHS topped 15th-seeded Montgomery 6-0 last Friday in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) North Jersey Group 4 sectional. The Tigers, now 15-2, will host seventh-seeded Old Bridge in a quarterfinal contest on November 1 with the victor advancing to the semifinal round on November 4. Girls’ Soccer: Olivia DeLuca made 10 saves in a losing cause as ninth-seeded PHS fell 2-0 at eighth-seeded Hillsborough in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Group 4 sectional last Thursday The defeat left the Tigers with a final record of 10-9-1. Girls’ Tennis: Ending its 2023 season on a high note, PHS defeated Princeton Day School 4-1 last Thursday in its season finale. The Tigers won at first singles and third singles and prevailed in both doubles matches with each of the victories coming in straight sets. Phoebe Decker posted a 6-2, 6-2 victory at first singles with Kate Qin winning 6-4, 6-3 at third singles. The first doubles team of Maya-Alexandra Todorov and Ashna Bushan won 6-2, 6-4 while the second doubles pair of Scarlett Cai and Sophia Bruhn posted a 6-4, 6-3 win. PHS finished the season with a 13-4 record.
GREAT EIGHT: Members of the Princeton National Rowing Association’s Mercer Juniors men’s varsity 8 are all smiles after they placed fifth in the Men’s Youth Eights division at the Head of Charles (HOC) regatta earlier this month in Boston, Mass. In junior events, the top five teams in each event get medals and this is the first time that the Mercer men’s varsity 8 has medaled at the HOC. The boat included Henry Alston, Owen Brown, Braden Hendrickson, Nathan Myers, Theo Balavoine, Aaditya Chowdhary, Francis McGrath, Charles Huckel, and coxswain Gabrielle Zammit. The Mercer Juniors had also had two varsity men’s 4s take 10th and 15th at the event in their division. In addition, the Mercer women’s varsity 8 finished 19th and its varsity 4 finished 17th at the regatta. HOC is the world’s largest rowing regatta with 790 rowing clubs and more than 10,000 rowers from all over the world competing in the three-day event.
Dr. William F. Besser Revered, respected, and renowned for his professional and personal accomplishments affecting thousands of Princeton-area residents over the course of decades, Dr. William F. Besser, MD, 93, died of cancer on October 28, 2023, in his home. Bill, an obstetrician and gynecologist in Princeton for half a century, and Ruth, his wife of 73 years, were residents of the Princeton community for more than 60 years. His wisdom, skills, ethics, and integrity defined his years in private practice and his affiliation with Princeton Hospital, now known as Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center. He maintained a leadership role in the hospital’s Bioethics Committee since the committee’s establishment more than 40 years ago.
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