Volume LXXV, Number 45
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Council Votes in Favor Of Resolution For Liquor License Transfer
JZA+D Architects Move to W-J District . . . . . . . . . 5 Unofficial Election Results are In; Count Continues . . . . . . . . 12 Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week . . . . 14 PSO Returns to McCarter For Live Performance . .17 McCarter Presents How To Raise a Freeman Online . . . . . . . . . . 18 PU Women’s Hoops Fired Up to Tip Off 2021-22 Campaign . . . . . . . . . 25 PHS Boys’ Cross Country Uses Depth to Win Sectional Title . . . . . . 29
John Dryden (1631-1700) Is Rediscovered at the PPL Book Sale . . . . . 16 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach Realtors . .20, 21 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 24 Classified Ads . . . . . . 35 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Music Review . . . . . . . 17 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 34 Performing Arts . . . . . 19 Police Blotter . . . . . . . . 8 Real Estate . . . . . . . . 35 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Theater Review . . . . . . 18 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . 6
At a meeting Monday night, Princeton Council voted in favor of a resolution allowing Claridge Wine and Liquor to transfer its liquor license from its current location in Princeton Shopping Center to 102 Nassau Street, formerly the site of Landau’s, where it plans to relocate. Carried over from the previous meeting, the resolution has been opposed by some businesses and members of the community who cited concerns over delivery trucks and traffic congestion. But several customers of the store spoke in favor of the move. Councilmembers voted 5-1 for the transfer, with Michelle Pirone Lambros casting the only opposing vote. The meeting also included updates on the Witherspoon Street improvement project and plans for demolition and construction related to the Graduate Hotel at 20 Nassau Street. The governing body approved the $8.9 million bond ordinance allowing the acquisition of the 150-acre Lanwin property, and voted in favor of an agreement with Rider University allowing the town to rent parking spaces at the former location of Westminster Choir College. A presentation was made informing Council about efforts to create a dog park in Princeton. Councilmembers gave the go-ahead to a task force to continue its efforts, and were especially interested in the idea of creating small parks in different neighborhoods rather than one large park, creating accessibility to those who don’t have cars. The dog park topic first came up in 2013. A task force was formed in August 2019, and a petition was put together, gathering more than 350 signatures. Efforts to pursue the issue were slowed by the pandemic, but have resumed. Calvin Chin, of the task force, delivered a power point presentation, saying dog parks promote community among neighbors, and socialization among dogs. While dog parks exist in Rocky Hill and other nearby towns, there are none in Princeton. Installing small, neighborhood parks would simply involve installing a fence, Chin said, estimating the price tag at just over $10,000. The task force has looked at rules of dog parks in other locations Continued on Page 8
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Two Fatalities in Route 27 Crash Two people died and one was critically injured following a motor vehicle crash on Princeton Kingston Road (Route 27) near Carnegie Drive, on Sunday afternoon, November 7. The accident followed a car theft incident and took the lives of a 15-year-old juvenile from Newark, whose name has not been released; and Jodi Marcou, 61, of Kendall Park. Marcou, who was driving westbound on Route 27, was struck head-on by a stolen vehicle driven by the 15-year-old. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the stolen car, 14, also from Newark, was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center and is in critical condition, according to information from the Princeton Police Department. According to her profile posted on LinkedIn, Marcou was a development specialist at Rutgers University and had previously been coordinator of the Rutgers Jewish Film Festival. She graduated from Rider University in 1980. The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and Princeton Police Department (PPD) released a statement Monday detailing the incident, which started when the police department was called at 12:40 p.m. to a residence on the 100 block of Clover
Lane for an attempted motor vehicle theft. “The victim reported that three unknown suspects entered his vehicle in an attempt to steal the vehicle, which was parked in the driveway. The suspects were driving a 2015 black Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was later determined to be stolen out of Pequannock Township,” reads the statement. “While PPD was on scene investigating the attempted theft, the Jeep Grand Cherokee was observed traveling west on Clover Lane, followed by a 2015
Land Rover Range Rover. It was reported at that time that the Range Rover was just stolen from a residence on Dodds Lane.” According to the statement, the investigating officer returned to his vehicle and followed behind the Range Rover on Clover Lane. The Jeep Grand Cherokee drove away in an unknown direction. The Range Rover suddenly accelerated at a high rate of speed and the officer attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop. A pursuit ensued but was terminated on Continued on Page 8
Simone Campbell, “Nun on the Bus,” To Headline CFPA Multifaith Service
When I called Sister Simone Campbell at the time we had agreed on last Friday morning, there was no answer. The renowned social justice advocate, executive director of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice for almost 17 years, and leader of Nuns on the Bus will be delivering the sermon at the annual Multifaith Service for Peace, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) in the Princeton University Chapel on Sunday, November 14 at 11 a.m. She wasn’t “on the bus” Friday morning, but what she was doing was directly related to the spirit of the Nuns on the Bus
project, which she has led since 2012, as well as her work for social justice since the 1960s, and the topic of her upcoming sermon, which is titled “Brave Peace in Turbulent Times.” “What helps me and maybe it would help others in these times is talking to neighbors, talking to others about how they are doing, and showing concern for them,” she said when she returned my call. She had been detained in conversation in the laundry room of her building with a woman she hadn’t seen in months whose father had died of COVID-19. Continued on Page 10
HUN-REAL: Members of the Hun School girls’ soccer team scream for joy last Wednesday after they edged perennial power Pennington School 4-3 in overtime to win the state Prep A title game. Top-seeded Hun rallied from a late 3-2 deficit to pull out the victory over second-seeded Pennington and earn the program’s first Prep A crown since 2014. For details on the game, see page 31. (Photo by Jamie McKee/The Hun School)
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