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Voters, Candidates Reflect on Election Results In a closely contested Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Board of Education (BOE) election, two challengers, Eleanor Hubbard and Adam Bierman, and an incumbent, Beth Behrend, have won the three available seats, defeating two-term incumbent Michele Tuck-Ponder and challenger Rene Obregon Jr. Provisional and late mail-in ballots are still being counted, and the outcome will not be official until November 22, when Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello intends to certify the results. Hubbard was the top vote-getter with 4,120 votes (24.98 percent), followed by Behrend at 3,369 (20.43 percent), Bierman at 3,276 (19.86 percent), Obregon 3,215 (19.49 percent), and Tuck-Ponder 2,514 (15.24 percent). Princeton voters also approved the PPS $13 million facilities bond proposal by a 70.6 percent to 29.4 percent margin. Election Day, November 7, was a
big day for Democrats locally, in the 16th district where they won senate and assembly seats, in several Mercer County races, and statewide, where they reinforced their longtime control of the New Jersey legislature, In a year where the Princeton school district faced a number of upheavals, from the sudden and controversial dismissal of the Princeton High School principal in March to the resignation of the superintendent last month, there were differing interpretations of the election results and what the Princeton voters were saying is open to debate. Obregon, who fell just short of winning the third place spot, read the election outcome as “a pretty clear message to the current BOE that their direction of travel, communication, transparency, and recent decisions is not aligned with the broader community.” In a November 11 email he went on to
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After hearing from more than 30 of the approximately 160 people who signed on to the November 9 public hearing held over Zoom about the proposed Master Plan, the Princeton Planning Board opted to continue the hearing to its next meeting on November 30 before making a decision on whether to vote in favor of the plan. In the meantime, the Master Plan is the focus of a meeting on Saturday, November 18 of the non-governmental community group Princeton Future, being held from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Community Room of Princeton Public Library. The meeting, also available virtually at princetonlibrary.libnet.info/event/9547479, is billed as a conversation rather than an opportunity for comments limited to three minutes, as is the format at municipal meetings. The topics include the issues cited frequently at the November 9 meeting. The housing crisis — specifically affordable and missing middle housing — is key. Questions to be explored involve housing types, teardowns, maintaining the high caliber of Princeton schools, parking issues, and protecting green spaces. New Jersey’s Municipal Land Use Law requires the adoption of a Master Plan, and Princeton’s has not been updated since 1996. The draft of the new document was 18 months in the making and was formally shared with the public at the end of October. Comments from the public at the November 9 meeting of the Planning Board ranged from favorable to unfavorable, with some offering constructive criticism. Nearly all who spoke acknowledged the work that went into the plan, and thanked those involved for their efforts. But some serious concerns were aired. Hibben Road resident Jo Butler, a former member of Princeton Council who is active in the Princeton Coalition for Responsible Development, said the meeting was “something less than democratic. We can’t see who is in attendance, and we have no way of connecting with people. None of us have the ability to read the room, including the planners. I have heard from a number of speakers I wish I could have applauded. As the former liaison to the Historic Preservation Commission (HPC), I am appalled at the lack of their active participation
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SOMETHING TO SHOUT ABOUT: Princeton High boys’ soccer players, from left, Nick Matese, Jamie Reynolds, and Nicholas Holmelund, celebrate after PHS defeated Kearny 3-2 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group 4 state final last Saturday at Franklin High. It was the program’s first state title since 2012 and fourth overall. For more details on the championship run, see page 27. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Kathie Foster has been appointed acting superintendent of the Princeton Public Schools beginning November 14, during the leave of absence of Superintendent Carol Kelley, whose resignation goes into effect August 31, 2024. Foster, who served as interim principal at Princeton High School (PHS) from March through September this year and as the district’s interim assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction from December 2021 through June 2022, was officially appointed acting superintendent by a 9-0 vote of the Board of Education at a special meeting lasting less than 10 minutes on Monday, November 13. She will be paid a per diem rate of $1,100. “We know Kathie to be a kind leader, a creative problem-solver, and an effective communicator,” the BOE wrote in a November 8 email to the PPS community. “We are confident that Kathie will keep the best interests of all students at the forefront, and that she will provide experienced and steady leadership to all administrators and staff.” Foster, who served as superintendent of schools in Robbinsville from 2016 until her retirement in 2020, stepped in as PHS interim principal in March just before spring break, following the sudden dismissal of Frank Chmiel. Continued on Page 12
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“That article in the Times was the seed of it,” Durrie said about the upcoming month of celebratory events. “One thing that has always been important to me has been the ability to create a sense of belonging. It’s probably a result of my upbringing — we moved a lot. We decided we would use this anniversary to tell a story that shows how when a group of people in a community support each other, have open arms and open hearts, and work together, we feel that sense of belonging. And that makes us more capable of thriving and flourishing.” The actual anniversary of Small World is December 22. On that afternoon, two of the original employees will make a guest appearance behind the counter, slices of celebratory cake from Olives will be served, and a drawing for the winner of a Moccamaster KBG Coffee Maker will be held. Additional events are being held throughout the town, throughout the month. There are 12 participating businesses and organizations. The Arts Council of Princeton has sponsored a special mural by artist and Small World employee Jacqui Alexander on Spring Street. The Bent Spoon is using Small World Coffee NOLA extract for a unique ice cream f lavor. Lucy’s Kitchen is giving a free drink card to the first 30 people to buy a bag of coffee. McCarter Theatre is serving Small World drinks at performances of A Christmas Carol. Princeton Public Librar y has two events planned. Jammin’ Crepes, JaZams,
Labyrinth Books, LiLLiPiEs Bakery, Princeton Record Exchange, the Whole Earth Center, and Mistral restaurant are also taking part. Starting December 1, customers can participate in the “Better Together Stroll,” picking up a punch card with all of the merchants taking part. The first 30 people to return their fully stamped cards to Small World will get a goody bag of treats, and be eligible in the Moccamaster prize drawing. “I could have included a lot more businesses, but we decided to focus on an awesome handful with whom we’ve worked on a lot of things. I think it’s a great
saw the ‘For Sale’ sign in the window at 14 Witherspoon Street had been changed to ‘For Rent.’ I ran into the owner, Al Bonin, and asked him if we could talk when I got back. He was willing to rent to me as long as my dad signed the lease.” The lease was signed in the beginning of August 1993, and the work began. “We did it at lightning speed, and I think our naivete made it happen,” Durrie said. “Now that I understand the building depar tment process, I know how unusual that was. My brothers, both of whom had gone to architecture school, came out from Michigan and built the café for us.” Small World quickly bec a m e p op u la r, a n d t h e café eventually expanded next door. A second store was opened at 254 Nassau Street. But after 10 years, the couple divorced. “We thought about selling for a minute, but we didn’t,” Durrie said. Small World’s small-town vision has remained the same. “I have to remind my employees now, 30 years in, that we’re still grassroots,” Durrie said. “We have never wavered from our style of service and the way Brant roasts the coffee. There is always refinement, and the menu has expanded, but the ethos has always been to create a place of belonging and great energy, and serve coffee very well.” The pandemic posed a particular challenge. “It ties into how I chose to celebrate this anniversary, because the amount that I
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way to celebrate,” Durrie said. Durrie was 25 and her partner Brant Cosaboom was 27 when, after a year of searching, they settled on Princeton as a location for a community-oriented coffee shop. Durrie, who had graduated from Cornell University’s School of Hotel and Restaurant Administration, met Cosaboom, a graduate of the University of Michigan’s biological psychology program, when both were working at the Expresso Royale in Ann Arbor, Mich. The two became a couple and have since married and divorced, but remain business partners. Cosaboom runs Small World Roasters in Rocky Hill. “We found Princeton kind of by accident,” Durrie said. “We had written it off as not right when we did all of the demographic research, because it was so small. But then Brant’s mom and dad moved here, and we came out for Thanksgiving. We could just tell immediately that it was the perfect town. And I guess not being from this region, I didn’t understand the density of this area. New Jersey is just a series of towns. So the population of 30,000 was clearly not a problem.” While they searched for a location, Durrie waitressed as the Main Street restaurant, and Cosaboom worked at Firestone Library. “We pounded the pavement to find a willing landlord to rent to a 25-year-old and a 27-year-old with no experience,” Durrie said. “I was almost giving up hope, and was on my way to Knoxville to look at a place, when I
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was able to lean into my fellow merchants in town was so significant,” Durrie said. “There is no way Brant and I could have gotten Small World through the pan demic without that kind of merchant community. Before we closed for a period, I remember being in the office at JaZams with Joanne [Farrugia] and Laurent [Chapius], owner of Princeton Corkscrew Wine Shop, and sitting at the little children’s table, trying to figure out what to do. And through the entire pandemic, that didn’t end. The perpetual touching base and problem-solving together was so important.” Dur r ie estimates “several thousand” people have worked as baristas at Small World. Currently, there are 45 people on staff. With many Princeton University students behind the counter, turnover is about 40 percent a year. The head trainer has been with the company since 1994, and some of the baristas have been on staff for two decades. “There’s a lot of institutional knowledge in our comp a ny,” D u r r i e s a i d. “That’s why Small World feels the way it does.” A written statement by Durrie at the Spring Street mural location ends with these words: We know that, as social beings, the sense of connection is indispensable for our mental and physical well-being. In an era overcast with loneliness, we hope this mural inspires you to dive in. Reach out, include others, make new friends, keep an open heart, and acknowledge the inherent human need for belonging. Your community is right here, lean into it and watch it grow.” For a list of participating merchants and anniversary events, visit smallworldcoffee.com. —Anne Levin
Holiday Events Planned At Princeton MarketFair
Photos with Santa, commu n it y event s, holiday themed décor, and cooking decorating are among the activities taking place at MarketFair mall this season. The events begin w ith Santa’s arrival on Friday, November 24, from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Photos with him are available through December 24. Pet photos with Santa can be taken November 26, December 3, and December 10 from 4-6 p.m. Sensory Santa is December 3 from 10-11 a.m. Music al enter tain ment w it h var ious bands and choirs takes place November 29, December 2, and December 6. Cooking decorating with Mrs. Claus is December 6, 13, and 20 from 5-6:30 p.m. Pet adoptions are December 9 and 10, and holiday gift wrapping is available several different dates in December. The Wish Tree is up from November 24 to December 24. For exact dates, times, and schedules, visit marketfairshoppes.com. The mall is located at 3535 U.S. Highway 1.
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“Who are you thinking about this Veterans Day? (Asked Friday morning at the Veterans Day Service at Princeton University Chapel) (Photos by Charles R. Plohn)
“I’m thinking about the entire veteran community and, in particular, some of the Marines from Yankee 72, who were part of my previous unit, VMGR 452 in Newburgh, N.Y.” —Christopher Lawrence, Princeton
“I’m memorializing my late father, also Spencer Reynolds, who served in the Princeton ROTC and then in the Army, including in the Korean and Vietnam wars.” —Spencer Reynolds, Princeton
“Colonel Robert de Marcellus, who was an infantry platoon commander in Korea, right out of college, and was awarded a Purple Heart. He is 94 years old and he is going to commission my son into the Navy in the spring. As amazing an infantry officer as he was, he was an equally amazing father and now grandfather. Proudly, all four of his sons served in the military, and now four grandsons — out of 21 total grandchildren — are currently in the ROTC program.” —Robert de Marcellus, Hopewell
Abraham: “I moved the U.S. about 20 years ago and raised my sons here, and when my son made the decision that he would like to join the Army and the ROTC, I was surprised. But it made me think about how much I have truly admired the way this country stands behind our service men and women. I am very proud of him, and the other service men and women have our full support and utmost respect and appreciation.” Benjamin: “I have a friend whose dad passed away in the Army, so I am thinking of him. I am also here to support and celebrate my brother, who was sworn in as a member of the U.S. Army during today’s ceremony.” —Abraham and Benjamin Kurin, Hillsborough
William: “We’d like to mention our first ROTC instructor, Master Sgt. John Kirby, U.S. Army. He taught us everything we know from an ROTC curriculum: infantry tactics, leadership, teamwork, and team development. He retired last year, so we were among the group of his last students. We hope he is enjoying retirement.” —William Goldberg, Washington, D.C., with Varun Deb, Hillsborough, and Jonathan Lin, Cranbury
Five years ago, Rian Julka’s mother was diagnosed with an aggressive form of Parkinson’s disease ( PD). When the pandemic forced the family into lockdown a few years later, Julka — then a middle school student at New York Cit y’s Tr init y School — knew that her condition made his family especially compromised.
Rian Julka J u l k a p u t to g e t h e r a spreadsheet to help his mother. Through social media, the spreadsheet evolved into a resource for people all over Manhattan who were coping with lockdown. The spreadsheet helped them find what they needed, and post what they could offer others. Word got out, and local press outlets picked up the story. While still in middle school, Julka was recognized for his efforts by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine. Since then, the family has moved from Manhattan to Princeton. Julka is a junior at The Lawrenceville School.
The spreadsheet became the inspiration for moversandshakers.info, a website developed by Julka that offers Parkinson’s patients information on medical research, clinical trials, and tips to slow down progression of the disease. The site also sponsors a podcast that is hosted on Apple and Spotify. “Over the summer, I spent time each day working on this,” Julka said. “But it wasn’t hard, because I’m in touch with my mother’s circle of Parkinson’s people, and I’ve gotten to know what they really need. Especially for younger people like my mother, who was diagnosed at 42, I want to build a community and be a backbone for people with the disease.” Content for the site has been developed not only from research into Parkinson’s, but from discussions with patients and caretakers who attended the sixth World Parkinson Congress in Barcelona this past July. “Communicating with them was the biggest thing in making this website,” Julka said. Julka has also designed and posted free PD buttons, kits, and lanyards that people with Parkinson’s can wear to make others aware of their condition. Another of his efforts is the development of a QR code that offers free training for those working with Parkinson’s patients. “These are short modules for first responders, trainers, caregivers, and treatment providers curated from PD experts,” he said.
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WATCHING AND LISTENING: The recent eastern screech owl walk sponsored by Friends of Princeton Open Space was a sellout.
Evening Nature Walk Draws Record Crowd
On November 3, 21 people gathered with Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) and South Jersey Wildlife Tours for an evening eastern screech owl walk. Guided by wildlife expert Joe Moore of South Jersey Wildlife Tours, participants walked the trails of the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Preserve and adjoining Pettoranello Gardens, looking
and listening for nocturnal neighbors. While strolling the trails after dark, Moore called at tent ion to an eas ter n s cre e ch owl ’s s ig nat u re “whinny” call, a call that he described as sounding like a horse neighing off in the distance. “The call is commonly used by the owl to warn intr uders, such as other screech owls, bigger owls, and humans, to keep their
distance,” Moore said. “I’d be willing to bet there is a great horned owl somewhere on the Preserve. We are also in the migration period for northern saw-whet owls and they are known to frequent the Princeton area. They’re the smallest owl found in New Jersey and hard to track down, so keep your eyes and ears peeled!” Visit fopos.org for more information.
T he latest in t he Phil lips’ Mill Community Association’s Literary Salon series w ill take place on Sunday, November 19 with an afternoon of dramatic monologues starting at 3 p.m. at Ph i llips’ Mi ll i n New Hope, Pa. The event is open to anyone interested in performing a 2-3 minute monologue, and will also feature a selection of local actors performing monologues. “We had very enthusiastic feedback from the audience when we did a monologuethemed salon last year, so we decided to do it again,” said author John McDonnell, who runs the Literary Salon for the Mill. As usual with the salons, audience discussion is encouraged. These salons are designed to bring creative people together to stimulate discussion, spark ideas, and network. The audience is welcome to bring food and drinks, and mingling is encouraged. Anyone interested in attending or performing a 2-3 minute dramatic monologue should contact John McDonnell at mcdonnellw r ite @
is free, but a donation of $5 per person is appreciated. The historic Phillips’ Mill is located at 2619 River Road in New Hope, Pa.
Native American Government Is Topic of Video Series
The Trent House Association will premiere a video on Native American government and sovereignty with an introduction and background provided by its scriptwriter and narrator Brianna Dagostino. This free event will be held on Saturday, November 18 at 12 p.m. in the Trent House Visitor Center, 15 Market Street, Trenton (across from the Hughes Justice Complex). Free parking is available behind the museum property. Produced with funding from the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, this video is the first of a series intended to inform teenagers and adults about the history, culture, and contemporary life of the Lenape people of New Jersey. The Trent House team includes B r ia n n a D ag o s t i n o a n d Trinity Norwood, members of the Nanticoke LenniLenape Tribe; Karelle Hall,
Brianna Dagostino member of the Nanticoke Tr ibe of D elaware ; and Christopher Matthews, professor of anthropology at Montclair State University. Dagostino recently ob tained her master’s degree in history from Rowan University, submitting “Tribal R ights are Impor tant Rights”: The Origins, Travails, and Impact of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribe v. the State of New Jersey” as her thesis. She lectures throughout the East Coast, instilling appreciation of the Nanticoke Lenape people. Visit williamtrenthouse. org for more information.
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living expenses for just one month if they lost their primary source of income. “These are people living on the edge,” she said. “They’re working, but they’re at the risk of homelessness if a car breaks down, somebody gets sick, or somebody passes away.” To afford a two-bedroom apartment in Mercer County, you have to make more than $33 an hour, Cubano pointed out, and the minimum wage is just $14.13 per hour. “A lot of folks don’t have anything left at the end of the month,” she added. HomeFront, active in the community since 1991, provides shelter every night to more than 450 individuals, mostly children. It provides emergency and permanent housing, homelessness prevention funds, and additional wraparound services to families who are facing food insecurity and homelessness. A highlight of Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week at HomeFront is the Holiday Shop, fashion show, SewingSpace/ArtSpace reception, and open house on Wednesday, November 15 from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Lawrenceville headquarters, 1880 Princeton Avenue. For the event, some of the HomeFront SewingSpace program participants are staging a fashion show featuring their original clothing creations. “Our clients have created these fashion clothing items,” said Cubano. “They’re really incredible. That’s part of our therapeutic art program.” She continued, “We have an eight-week free sewing curriculum, where we teach sewing. All of these women have participated in that curriculum and at the end of the eight weeks they’re given a sewing machine as a gift. They have made their own clothing from head to toe. It’s really empowering for them and their families.” Cubano descr ibed one
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anti-incumbent sentiment, but I’m not sure it’s that easy (or true), given Beth Behrend’s reelection.” She continued, “I think the majority of voters in this town are thoughtful and used their votes to support individuals who demonstrated a desire to support the needs of the students and our district overall after a tumultuous couple of years.” Durbin emphasized that the BOE is “limited in both speech and action,” constrained by many different laws and codes and contractual obligations, and can “implement policy to ensure that the schools are well run — but they don’t run the schools.” Tuck-Ponder, noting that she was the top vote-getter in the election three years ago but came in last this year, speculated that “the majority of voters had different motivations and priorities in this election.” The only African American BOE member, TuckPonder said, “My platform of ‘Equit y and Equalit y’ clearly did not resonate with voters as it has in the past. I am concerned about the absence of racial diversity on the BOE, but I am hopeful that the members, both old and new, will address ongoing disparities in PPS.” Hubbard, the top vote-getter, saw a number of positive messages in the Princeton election results. “I was heartened by the easy passage of the referendum,” she wrote. “To me, that signals that our community stands firmly behind our public
schools, despite the corrosive effect of pandemic closures and the controversies of the last few years. We are a diverse community, but valuing public education is a common thread.” She continued, in her November 12 email, “As a candidate I drew support from the widest range of constituencies because I favor approaches that benefit everyone, including our most vulnerable students: steady, positive leadership; careful planning; and excellent curriculum and instruction. People in our community don’t agree on everything, but there is a lot of common ground because we all care about the kids. With humility, cooperation, and hard work, I’m hopeful that we’ll be able to build on that common ground and make incremental, positive progress for our children.” Pamela Str u m, parent of two PHS students and a speaker at a number of rallies and BOE meetings during the past year, was less optimistic, citing mistakes made by the Board and claiming that they had “wasted hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars,” had “created an environment of secrecy,” and had “lost the trust of many in our community.” She wrote in an email, ”I would like to know what they are going to do to regain our trust.” B ehrend, who w ill be serving her third three-year term on the BOE, acknowledged the challenges going forward. “We have critical work ahead, as a Board and as a community, in navigating both growth and fiscal sustainability,” she wrote.
“I look forward to continued progress with my colleagues, in collaboration with community partners, in meeting the needs of all of our students — with Eleanor Hubbard and Adam Bierman bringing their perspectives and experience to the team.” Bierman emphasized, “The issues we’ve raised will keep guiding my advocacy for accountable, student-focused leadership,” and thanked voters for their support and engagement. He declined to comment further, however, until the vote counting is complete and the results are certified. In the 16th legislative district race for New Jersey state senate, incumbent Democrat Andrew Zwicker defeated his Republican challenger Michael Pap pas by 31,955 votes (55.4 percent) to 24,889 (43.1 percent), with Libertarian Richard J. Byrne running a distant third, 850 votes (1.5 percent), according to the latest unofficial tallies from the Associated Press. With two positions up for grabs in the state assembly 16th district, incumbent Democrat Roy Freiman and Mitchelle Drulis, also a Democrat, outdistanced their Republican rivals, Grace Zhang and Ross Traphagen. Most recent unofficial counts indicate that Freiman has 31,501 votes (27.8 percent), Drulis 30,995 ( 27.4 p e r c e nt ) , Zhang 25,547 (22.5 percent), and Traphagen 25,279 (22.3 percent). In the race for Mercer County executive, taking the seat that Brian Hughes has held for the past 20 years, Democrat Dan Benson coasted to victory with a lead so
far of 46,703 (69.60 percent) to 20,401 (30.40 percent) over Republican Lisa Marie Richford. In the Mercer County sheriff contest, Democrat John “Jack” Kemler has won a fifth term with 46,540 (69.3 percent) votes so far, besting Republican Bryan “Bucky” Boccanfuso with 19,030 votes (28.33 percent), and unaffiliated Drew L. Cifrodelli with 1,591 votes (2.37 percent). The incumbent Democrats on the Mercer County Board of Commissioners also held onto their seats, as Lucylle Walter and John Cimino received 45,441 (34.33 percent) and 45,450 (34.44 percent) votes respectively to 20,920 (15.80 percent) and 20,558 (15.53 percent) votes respectively for their Republican challengers Joseph Stillwell and Denise “Neicy” Turner. Unopposed Democratic incumbents David Cohen and Leticia Fraga have successfully reclaimed their seats on Princeton Council for a third three-year term. Covello reported that the 2023 voting in Mercer County proceeded smoothly, with just a few glitches with the new voting machines. She noted that tech teams from the county election offices “were able to address the problems without issue and get the polls back up and running.” she is looking forward to certifying the results on November 22 after the counting of the final ballots. —Donald Gilpin
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The Trent House Association will host a virtual lecture from Scotland on Sunday, December 10, at 1 p.m. James Mackay will share details of the life of the merchant William Trent during the 1600s and his family, which included his son for whom the city of Trenton is named.
James Mackay Members of the public can hear this free program at tinyrul.com/TrentHouseTalkDec10. Trent was a merchant and entrepreneur based in the port of Inverness in the 1600s, coming to prominence during its occupation by Cromwell’s army. He married Issobell Stewart, daughter of a prominent Inverness merchant, in 1662
and they had seven children. William and Issobell’s son, William, moved to the American colonies and established a trading business in the Philadelphia and New Jersey area. This son William purchased 1,000 acres at the Falls of the Delaware and built his home there in 1719, now the William Trent House Museum. Mackay is chairman of the Kirkmichael Trust, formed by the community within the Black Isle in the North of Scotland, close to Inverness. Having successfully restored the medieval Kirkmichael property and established an award-winning display of pre-Reformation ornate gravestones within it, Mackay and the Trust now raise awareness of important heritage sites by telling the story behind the families of the area. A recent story is a detailed examination of the life and times of the Trent merchant family of Inverness and Edinburgh in the 1600s. Author of numerous books and articles, Mackay is a familiar figure at venues across the Highlands as a lively historical lecturer, with the emphasis on the “story” within “history.”
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in this process.” Butler wasn’t the only person to express concerns about historic preservation. Resident Roger Shatzkin, who is on the HPC, commented that the proposed plan’s list of historic sites as priorities for preservation differs from the HPC’s list. “We would have greatly appreciated having this discussion prior to tonight,” he said. “We did not have the opportunity, and it’s something we think we could resolve quickly had we had such a discussion.” Emily Escott, a resident of the Jugtown neighborhood, said she bought her house because of the district’s charm. While the goal of affordable housing is well-intentioned, “I feel as though the historic preservation aspect is being brushed aside, which is very concerning,” she said. E xper ience Pr inceton president Aubrey Haines praised the plan for its efforts “to bring about posit ive changes wh ich w ill encourage innovation, experiential retail, expanded outdoor dining, affordable housing for the employees of local businesses, and new parking opportunities, including the utilization of underused lots and preservation of the unique character of Princeton.” He added, though, that the plan’s intention to avoid adding new parking capacity is not realistic and needs to be amended. “Current capacity does not meet current need, and given the plan’s ambitions for growth, current capacity will certainly
not meet future need.” Architect/developer Joshua Zinder praised the plan, but added, “I do believe you are missing one element under the economic development section based on the current ordinances, overlays, and plans. And that is the encouragement of Witherspoon Street as a secondary commercial corridor within town.” Builder Tom Pinneo called the plan “breathtaking in its scope and vision” in its depiction of the competing interests in Princeton. “Look, if you don’t want more density, this is not your Master Plan,” he said. “But if we’re going to successfully navigate the complex challenges ahead of us, I believe this nearly 300page document provides us with broad contours of what we need to keep top of mind to begin the long work of implementation.” Resident A.J. Smith commented that houses on his street, where several famous architects once lived, have been torn down. “When I look at our neighborhood, and what the caption says today, it says eight houses per acre on a one-block street that has nothing like that now. So I just want to understand what that really means. One of the things that makes Princeton unique is that all of the neighborhoods have their own character. And this zoning is going to destroy them.” A video of the four-hour meeting is available on the town’s YouTube channel. To read the proposed plan, visit princetonnj.gov/339/ Mas ter - Pla n or e ngage. princetonmasterplan.org. —Anne Levin
Breast Care Center Receives Local Support
On Saturday, October 28, the Rothwell and Henderson families and Pennington Quality Market hosted a one-day shopping event donating five percent of the day’s proceeds to Capital Health’s Center for Comprehensive Breast Care. In its ninth consecutive year, this event has raised nearly $ 47,0 0 0 to ben efit services and programs available to the women (and men) cared for at the Capital Health Center for Comprehensive Breast Care. The family-owned Pennington Quality Market is committed to supporting the community. “With profound gratitude and appreciation, Capital Health thanks the Rothwell and Henderson families, as well as Pennington Quality Market, for their continued commitment to patient care and for generously supporting the Cancer Center,” said Capital Health President and CEO Al Maghazehe. “My mother’s death from breast cancer 30 years ago taught all of us the importance of raising awareness to educate women on early breast care and benefit services,” said Mike Rothwell of Pennington Quality Market. “It was a pleasure to work with you and your talented team from Capital Health on this very important event. My sisters, Barbara and Terri, are both survivors. Together we take great personal pride in the success we achieve each year for Hope is in the Bag.” The Capital Health Center for Comprehensive Breast Care provides a complete
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Flower Show Theme Is “United by Flowers”
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society has unveiled the theme of the 2024 PHS Philadelphia Flower Show: “United by Flowers.” The 195th PHS Philadelphia Flower Show will be held March 2–10 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. “Un ite d by F lower s” c e l e b r a te s t h e c o l o r f u l communit y that comes
together to share in their love of gardening, flowers, and plants, and the impact they make all year round. The theme emphasizes the unity that blooms each spring at the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show, when hundreds of thousands from the region, nation, and the world come together to experience the power, beauty, and joy of gardening. This year’s theme honors all of the people at the heart of the Flower Show — from professional designers to amateur competitors, from fashionistas in floral attire looking for the ultimate selfie, to generations of families
and crowds of friends who make it an annual tradition that ushers in the season. “In a world where loneliness has become an epidemic, the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show brings people together to connect over their shared love of gardening and floral beauty,” said PHS Vice President and Creative Director Seth Pearsoll. “It is a place where magic happens, and where people from all walks of life come together as one. This growing community represents the essence of ‘United by Flowers.’” For ticket information, visit tickets.phsonline.org.
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Her leadership is student-centered and kindness-focused. She brings a lot of mindfulness and wants to meet the students, so it’s been really great.” The Tower article, titled “Kathie Foster’s short time at PHS focuses on student well-being,” goes on to note that in her role as interim PHS principal Foster emphasized mental health and maintaining a balance between academic stress and personal time to regroup. In the article Foster described herself as “a passionate supporter of public education.” She stated, “It’s about activating your voice, you know, empowering students, creating student leaders to go out in the world and contribute.” Foster holds a bachelor of arts degree from Hope College in Michigan, a master of arts in educational leadership from Rider University, and a doctorate in education from the University of Pennsylvania. She was an eighth grade math teacher for 17 years at the start of her career before moving into administrative roles in Robbinsville as Pond Road Middle School principal, assistant superintendent, then superintendent. —Donald Gilpin
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Cecilia Birge, who was PHS assistant principal when Foster served there and is now PHS principal, praised Foster in an April 2023 article published in The Tower, the PHS student newspaper. “I think her transition has been seamless,” said Birge, as quoted in The Tower. “Schools are not run by the individual — [they’re] run by a team. And we’re very lucky that we have a really good team. She’s so mindful of Princeton culture — academically, athletically, artistically, and politically.”
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Mental Health Association Honors Frank A. Ghinassi
The Mental Health Association in New Jersey (MHANJ ) has announced that Frank A. Ghinassi has been chosen as an honoree for its 23rd Annual Evening of Excellence, to be held Wednesday, November 15 at the Park Savoy Estate in Florham Park. Ghinassi, of Princeton, is being honored for his leadership and pioneering work in behavioral health research. “Since the start of his tenure at RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, Dr. Ghinassi has worked to advance clinical research for behavioral health treatment, raising the hope for potential new medications and therapies to help people living with mental health and substance use conditions,” said Carolyn Beauchamp, president and CEO of the Mental Health Association in New Jersey. “I’ve had the good fortune, along with the talented teams at RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care, to lead the strategic development and implementation of a statewide system of behavioral health and addictions treatment and services,” said Ghinassi. “The RWJBarnabas Health and Rutgers affiliation has also made it possible to combine this mission of clinical service with the opportunity to train the next generation of health care providers, while advancing the science through programmatic, federally funded research.” In his current position, Ghinassi spearheads comprehensive research projects. Under his leadership,
federally funded research capacity has expanded from $1M to $20M. The projects are based on societal need, and almost always involve a new service initiative. For example, in response to the youth mental health crisis, plans are underway to build a new residential treatment facility for young adults living with mood and anxiety conditions. This facility, which is made possible through private donations, will be located on Rutgers University’s Cook Campus and is slated to open within the next year or so. Prior to joining UBHC, Ghinassi was the vice president for qualit y, patient safety, regulatory compliance, and health information management at Wester n Psychiatr ic Institute and Clinic of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Presbyterian Shadyside, where he was a member of the Executive Management Group. Ghinassi also served as an associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine where he was actively involved in the training of psychiatric residents and doctoral psychology interns. His awards include the 2 0 07 N a t i o n a l Q u a l i t y Award from NABH for his leadership on key projects, committees, and expert panels aimed at improving the measurement and delivery of behavioral health care. He received the Leadership and Advocacy Recognition Award from the New Jersey Association of Mental Health and Addiction Agencies in 2020 and was recognized on NJBIZ’s list of New Jersey’s 2022 Healthcare Heroes.
Police Blotter On November 7 at 2:09 p.m., an individual reported that they were waiting at a bus stop on North Harrison Street when they were approached by an unknown male who asked for money. After refusing, the male pulled out a knife, held
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League of Women Voters Shares Thanks for Support in Reaching Voters
To the Editor: The League of Women Voters of the Greater Princeton Area (LWV-GPA) has been working steadily this past year to remind folks that the League is still here, and we thank Don Gilpin for helping us reach more voters in one day, via his November 1 article [Election 2023 is in Home Stretch; Vole Early or on Nov. 7,” page 1], than we reached over months. We also found unexpected and very welcome support this fall from the J.McLaughlin store on Witherspoon Street. They donated a percentage of sales to our nonprofit LWVGPA on October 21, and I would like to publicly thank them for their generosity and support of our organization. Community spirit is strong in Princeton. JEAN NITZBERG Convener-Spokesperson, LWV of the Greater Princeton Area Tally Road, Hamilton
Experience Princeton Board Writes in Support of Community Master Plan
To the Editor: On behalf of the board of directors of Experience Princeton, I am pleased to submit the following findings of our Economic Development Team: Experience Princeton supports the Master Plan presented by the Master Plan Committee to the Planning Board last Thursday. We are pleased to see that many of the general themes that our teams have included in their work plans for the coming year are also a part of the various components recommended in the report. We look forward to working with the municipal staff and any future committee charged with implementing the various aspects of the Master Plan to bring about positive changes which will encourage innovation, experiential retail, expanded outdoor dining, affordable housing for the employees of local businesses, new parking opportunities including the utilization of underused lots and preservation of the unique character of Princeton. We would like to note that on page 24 of the plan, recommendations No. 69 and No. 70 encourage economic development goals of expanding Princeton’s role as a regional destination. We would ask for the prioritization of more specific initiatives. There is a need for the infrastructure to accommodate workforce housing, reasonable traffic grids which facilitate smooth in and out automobile movement, wayfinding, and informational signage. Additionally, sufficient parking is of paramount importance for the survival of current businesses downtown and for attracting new merchants. The stated principal in the Master Plan to “avoid [the] the necessity of adding new parking capacity” reflects laudable sustainability concerns but is not realistic and needs to be amended. Current capacity does not meet current need, and given the plan’s ambitions for growth, current capacity will certainly not meet future need. Merchants rely on visitors from all over Mercer County and the region, for whom biking, ride sharing, and public transportation are not and will not be
adequate options. However, all these concerns, both sustainability and parking capacity objectives, can be met in the form of structured parking. The latter are part of the bigger mobility picture, but providing additional parking capacity is urgent, crucial, and unavoidable. We want to thank everyone who contributed to the creation of this very detailed Master Plan and again stress that we look forward to working with the Planning Board, Historic Preservation Committee, Zoning, Council, and all municipal staff to achieve positive results for all the Princeton community. AUBREY HAINES President, Experience Princeton Nassau Street
All Are Stewards of Princeton, Make Sure Changes are Guided, Thoughtful
To the Editor: 1. It is clear that the Princeton Master Plan and Reexamination Report leans heavily in favor of development and to its credit uses every opportunity to recommend against sprawl. What many Princeton residents may not know however, is the emphasis on creation of new housing is the direct result of needing to meet affordable housing creation. 2. Despite allowing the affordable housing shortage to become a critical situation, there is a common sentiment around town that adding affordable units is the correct thing because there is real appreciation for the social and cultural benefits of mixing in more residents that qualify for affordable housing. 3. Private development is being counted on to fill the vast number of affordable housing units needed. Every multi-unit development must use a formula where a minimum of 20 percent of the new units will be designated as affordable. It is a very slow process to reach the obligation imposed by the court case of over 800 units. A different approach could be for the municipality to be the creator of the affordable units. Control on the pace of “land clearing” would be gained and alleviate the current scattershot development by private forces. 4. Coming back to not encouraging sprawl, significant pressure is placed on the downtown and Princeton Shopping Center neighborhoods to accommodate much more dense concentration of new units in place of existing units. This will dramatically change the character of these areas which have a pleasant balance of “voids and solids’’ or houses and open yard space. These spaces with trees and gardens are appreciated by all, even if just passing through. 5. In terms of historic preservation, added development pressure will make purchase prices higher and the economic balance of investing in preserving character too hard for the typical property owner. Princeton will see a shift in ownership patterns to small developers and real estate investment trusts instead of individuals. The pressure to keep and preserve older structures — a Princeton tradition — could become tragic. This unintended consequence will be widespread. It will erase one of the very basic qualities about Princeton, the existence of our shared past evidenced by the unique and varied houses and other interesting structures such as stables, small shops, open side yards with ancient roses, statues, arbors, bits of fence or steps set into slope, as examples. Already several developers have presented the very same building for several locations in older neighborhoods where tearing down an existing house with character and erecting a building that does not relate to its setting.
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6. All of us are just stewards of this magnificent place. Let’s make sure that the changes that do come before us are guided and as thoughtful as possible. To use a term that was in the report, “gentle infill” needs to be that and not just a label. ANNE WEBER FAIA, Columbia University masters of architecture and graduate program in historic preservation DAVID SCHURE Columbia University graduate program in historic preservation Stockton Street
Historic Preservation Should Be Better Envisioned in Master Plan
To the Editor: The members of the Planning Board, the planning staff, and the steering committee deserve our thanks for their efforts on the Master Plan, which has many good components. However, the preservation provisions are surprisingly weak and in some places confusing and inaccurate, and they need adjusting to appropriately balance the anticipated new growth with Princeton’s unique historic character. The weak presentation of preservation starts in Outreach Section 1.2 with the heading “Historic preservation is important and should be easier.” Easier reads pejoratively, as if there is something wrong with preservation here, and it belies findings in the Plan’s community survey wherein a total of 54 percent of respondents agreed that preservation efforts “should be expanded” or “strike the right balance between preservation and development.” Only 14.5 percent thought that preservation is a “hinder to growth and development.” An appropriate vision for Princeton’s historic resources in the Master Plan is “Historic preservation is important and should be improved.” In Land Use Goals Section 1.8 preservation is only mentioned in Goal 3 under the heading “Remove barriers to increased residential density.” Just as Land Use Goal 6 calls for protection of our natural resources, preservation in Princeton warrants a similar Land Use Goal, a No. 10 to be added — “Protect and preserve historic sites and districts by ensuring that new development follows local and national preservation guidelines.” To improve project reviews, the Historic Preservation Goals in Section 1.8 and Historic Preservation Recommendations in Section 8.7 should specifically include adopting design guidelines following the Secretary of the Interior’s Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties, as is standard in other historic towns in New Jersey and elsewhere, to give the Historic Preservation Commission and property owners proven guidance on appropriate alterations and new construction affecting historic properties. Current historic sites and districts on the state and national registers and those locally designated are confusingly presented and incompletely mapped under Community Facilities Section 5.6 and in the Historic Preservation Element Section 8.2. These current historic sites and districts should be clearly and accurately presented to help the public understand their extent and locations. Historic Resources for Potential Local Designation Section 8.5 needs much review to carefully itemize and prioritize sites and districts based on the potential impact of new development, including on the Vandeventer/Wiggins/ Madison and Tree streets areas and others. Regarding potential impact, Section 8.6 “Impact of Other Elements of the Master Plan on Historic Preservation,” does not identify any. We have already seen examples of impacts and this section needs to follow the Municipal Code by analyzing the potential impact of the anticipated new development on historic sites and districts. With these and other weaknesses, I strongly recommend that the Planning Board and staff meet further with the Historic Preservation officer and commission to appropriately present preservation in the Master Plan. While it imagines much new development, the Master Plan must also articulate a fitting vision for good stewardship of Princeton’s unique historic character and resources. CLIFFORD W. ZINK Aiken Avenue
BOE Should Select a Current PPS Principal to Be Next Superintendent
To the Editor: We recently learned that the current PPS superintendent will be taking a leave of absence until next August. I am writing to recommend that the PPS Board of Education select one of the current PPS school principals to be the next superintendent. We have tremendous talent locally, so there is no need to do another nationwide search with the associated cost and expense. The current principals understand the school district and are very well known to us. Selecting a local principal would also avoid the potential downside of doing another nationwide search only to select someone else who isn’t able to serve their full term. Our current school principals are fantastic. Let’s select one to be the next superintendent. CHARLES LARSEN Overbrook Drive
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To the Editor: This past week, I narrowly avoided a car accident on Snowden Lane. A massive leaf pile obstructed my lane near a bend in the road. A car came round the curve just as I pulled into the oncoming lane to avoid the illegal leaf pile. I hit the brakes, and was nearly rear-ended by a car following too close behind. I reported the road hazard to the police, and also to Princeton’s compliance officer, hired two years ago. The leaf pile was soon pushed back to the 3-foot limit from the curb. Danger averted, one might say, but an accident almost happened, and hours of town staff time were used to deal with one leaf pile. Violations are rampant around town, with many piles extending 8 feet or more into the pavement, causing cars to swerve and pushing bicyclists out into traffic. The compliance officer’s job is time-consuming and nearly impossible. Warnings are necessary even for repeat offenders, and fines are insufficient to change behavior. There are other downsides to loose piles of leaves in the street, paramount among them being the hideous din of gas-powered leaf blowers that can ruin an otherwise glorious autumn day. Princeton’s ban on gas-powered leaf blowers is only seasonal, lifted for two months in spring and fall. This fall, I’ve been acutely aware of a stark contrast between nature preserves and residential areas in how leaves are managed. At Herrontown Woods, leaves are a gift, each subtly different in shape and color, falling where they may to recycle nutrients and protect the ground through the winter. But as I work there, I can hear the unrelenting drone of a war on leaves coming from town. In neighborhoods, custodial crews tasked with enforcing hyper simplicity and neatness strip properties of every last leaf, depositing them in huge piles on the streets. Sustainable Princeton calls these loose street pilings “the least sustainable option,” and lists the many alternatives available, among them mulch mowing, leaf corrals, and containerized collections. But it is a mistake to imagine that more education will get us anywhere. Undermining that education is town policy, which continues to allow and enable “the least sustainable option.” Real education will begin after the town bans loose pilings and the gaspowered leaf blowers that create them, combined with improved containerized collection. Then, and only then, will homeowners and landscapers learn to adopt the many solutions waiting all along. In the movie Groundhog Day, the main character is destined to live the same day over and over until he finally gets it right. I’m afraid Princeton is caught in its own version of Groundhog Day, as we suffer through the same raucous, hazardous, costly purging year after year. Among the many beneficiaries of change will be the landscape crews who, relieved of heavy exposure to fumes and high decibels, will no longer feel obligated to spend two deafening hours blowing wet leaves from the backyard out into the street. STEVE HILTNER North Harrison Street
Master Plan Pays Too Little Attention To Importance of Historic Preservation
To the Editor: After a year of effort, Princeton has a proposed new Master Plan (MP), setting forth the vision and policies for land use and addressing the manner and locations in which development, conservation, and preservation occur. The new MP becomes the basis for land use ordinances, such as zoning. Despite the year-long process, with input from a town survey, a variety of interested citizen groups, business interests, and at open meetings, the draft Master Plan was first released to the public on October 30, just 10 days ahead of its consideration by the Planning Board on November 9. Spirited and extensive public comment at that meeting delayed a vote until the next Planning Board meeting of November 30. The cost of living in Princeton is a real concern for all of us and is a theme in the MP. Making housing affordable for
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the “Missing Middle” and expanding Affordable Housing are laudable goals of the MP. The new MP proposes markedly increased housing density believing it will decrease the cost of housing. I predict the opposite, that our taxes will ultimately rise, and that the housing goals will be unmet. There is a tremendous demand for housing in Princeton, and our property values are high as are our rental costs. In new developments, 80 percent of new units are market rate. Princeton is a desirable address for many reasons, including schools, history, and livability. It will take a long time for the pent-up demand to live in Princeton to be filled before market prices perhaps decrease. In the meantime, denser housing throughout town will primarily increase development of market rate housing to the benefit of developers but to no benefit of the town at large. Why would we want this at the expense of traffic, increased school costs, and a more urban environment? The backers of the new MP believe that homeowners will benignly add housing to their property and leave existing homes in place. I think it quite likely instead that the increased flexibility in adding housing to existing properties will incentivize developers to purchase single family homes, tear them down, and convert to multifamily housing on the existing lot. Every teardown is a potential affordable property lost as more expensive development replaces it. The MP pays too little attention to the importance of historic preservation and is too willing to trade density for the historic “character” of the town. The importance of historic preservation needs to be strengthened throughout the MP. It was painfully clear at the Planning Board meeting that the Historic Preservation Commission had been largely excluded from the process. Members of town staff and others have repeatedly reassured us that the MP is “just” a guide and does not change existing ordinances. Commenters were labeled hysterical by one of the Planning Board members, but the MP once finalized is both the guide and becomes the justification for future policy changes including zoning. Let’s be very sure that what is approved can achieve our collective goals. DON DENNY Nassau Street
in density accommodated by this Plan impact our already congested schools, an issue that will become even more apparent after the Shopping Center housing is complete? How will a new school(s) be funded? What about the accompanying demand on emergency services and infrastructure such density will bring? Where is the Land Use Goal included that looks to protect our treasured neighborhoods, including our historic districts, ensuring development is compatible in scale and form? Affordable housing requirements notwithstanding, when were the residents of Princeton asked whether or not we are in support of exponentially increasing the density of our town? I don’t recall a public referendum on any ballot asking us if we were agreeable to transforming our community to what will essentially become a city. Surely the opportunity to provide public comment at last week’s meeting, once we finally could review the tangible recommendations included, was intended to validate that the Planning Board’s direction aligned with the will of the residents? But that is not what transpired at all. After four hours, where the aforementioned concerns were raised in the majority, the chairwomen indicated the only edits they would consider were factual errors, as opposed to any real directional change in the Plan itself. The only exception seemed to be a commitment to hopefully entertain input from the town’s own Historic Preservation Commission, which the meeting served to highlight was blatantly ignored. Instead, it was reiterated that the Plan would not change zoning overnight, even telling us to “calm down.” Specific zoning ordinances to come would be voted on by the Council. Do they consider residents so naïve to not understand that a town’s Master Plan is a record of public policy, to which future zoning ordinances, and variance requests will look towards for guidance? That means the profit-driven developer purchasing the lot next door to you, ordinance or not, will refer to the Master Plan’s intentions as justification for approval. The town Council should immediately intervene, listen to their residents, and rework the plan to reflect a more balanced approach to growth. MAGGIE DEPENBROCK Nassau Street
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Plan Should Be Reworked to Reflect More Balanced Approach to Growth
To the Editor: After listening to the Planning Board meeting held virtually on November 9, I am writing to not only highlight concerns of the Master Plan, but also to express my confusion and disappointment with the purpose of the forum. As many residents did, I too participated in the public input process leading up to the draft Plan’s actual publication on October 30. I also read the draft Plan, all 237 pages, in the 10 days provided. Upon review, the priority of the Plan is undoubtedly focused on allowing for growth by easing land use zoning to allow for significant incremental density — primarily focused in the neighborhoods within, or abutting, the former Borough. What I heard in the far majority last Thursday, however, highlighted many other priorities by residents, some of the very same themes I heard in abundance at the Listening Sessions. Themes that have been minimized in the draft, or wholly ignored. How will the dramatic increase
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the development of bioethics. In Ethics in the Real World (Princeton University Press, $18.95), Singer dissects important current events in a few hundred words. An updated and expanded edition of the book, originally published in 2016, was released this year. “Peter Singer is among the most vital moral voices of our time,” writes author Larissa MacFarquhar. “He urges us to confront not only the question of what we should not do, but also the harder and larger questions of what we should do, and how much we owe to others.” Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University and the recipient of the Berggruen Prize for ideas that shape human selfunderstanding. He is the author of Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, and The Life You Can Save. The annual Kenneth and Audrey Gould Lecture series was endowed by Princeton residents Dr. Kenneth and Audrey Gould in 2013 with the intent to present speakers on topics relating to the mind. Kenneth Gould practiced pediatrics, psychiatry, and psychoanalysis in Princeton for more than 40 years. He died in December 2014. Library’s Gould Lecture Series Features Audrey Gould, founder of Gould Group at Wells Philosopher Peter Singer on Nov. 19 the Fargo Advisors, continues Philosopher and bioethics to 1 p.m. The event is part this series in his memory. professor Peter Singer will of the Kenneth and Audrey discuss the new edition of Gould Lecture series. Doors Late PU President Subject his book, Ethics in the Real open at 10:30 a.m. for cof- Of Author Talk at Library Former Princeton UniWorld: 90 Essays on Things fee and pastries. That Matter, in the PrincSinger has been called one versity President William eton Public Library’s Com- of the world’s most influential G. Bowen faced several munity Room on Sunday, — and controversial — phi- complex challenges facing November 19 from 11 a.m. losophers, who contributed to higher education, including
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PU Press Poets Are Featured at Reading
Labyrinth Books and the Princeton University Press present an evening of readings by the poets whose collections are the most recent in the Press’s Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets. Professor Susan Stewart, who edited the series, will introduce the poets. The event, on Tuesday, November 28 at 6 p.m. at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, will also celebrate Stewart, an acclaimed poet, critic, and translator, whose tenure as editor of this series is coming to a close. The event is cosponsored by Princeton’s Humanities Council and English Department. Poet Simon West offers a
blend of the external and the intimate. In this new collection, Prickly Moses ($19.95 paperback), the Australian poet and Italianist delights in the transforming and endlessly varied powers of naming and speaking. West is the author of four previous collections of poetry, including Carol and Ahoy and The Ladder, which was shortlisted for the Australian Prime Ministers Literary Awards. In Aurora Amer icana ($19.95 paperback), Myronn Hardy, an American poet who moved back to the U.S. after living in Morocco, reflects on exile and return as he describes the experience of leaving North Africa and rediscovering a North America both recognizable and unrecognizable. Hardy is the author of five previous books of poems, including Radioactive Starlings. His work has appeared in the New York Times Magazine, Poetry, the New Republic, and the Baffler, among other publications, and has won many prizes. He teaches at Bates College.
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Thoughts on “Now and Then” and the Beatles
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pproaching the “last Beatles’ song,” hand, looking at the clock that said Now my first thought is how well the title and Then.... I said, ‘I think this is George “Now and Then” fits the occasion. saying it’s OK.’” The dominant line, “It’s all because of Seen in the psychedelic “Then” of the you,” works for people who have lived multi-colored, multi-faceted world of Sgt. more than half a century with the group as Pepper, Lucy in the Sky, Penny Lane, and I have, as well as our generation’s children Yellow Submarine, this miniature clockand grandchildren, like the 23-year-old tower has a whimsical Beatles ambiance who says “I was 1 when George Harrison that would make it a good fit among the died” in a November 3 New York Times ar- enchanted objects in the music video for ticle about Gen Z Beatles fans on TikTok. Harrison’s 1987 hit recording “Got My Mind Set On You.” As he sits in a chair The Romance In last Sunday’s Times (“At the Heart of strumming an acoustic guitar, George is the Last Beatles Song, A Love Story”), Ian surrounded by a fantastical curiosity shop Leslie views “Now and Then” in the con- of objects that come dancing and nodding text of the book he’s writing about Lennon to life with the music: a stuffed squirrel, a and McCartney’s “love story in songs.” mounted stag, various knick-knacks, and a While he seems to agree that “their love grandfather clock that begins the dance by story is “our love story, too” and that swaying hugely back and forth to the beat. “their songs still permeate our lives,” LesAbout the Demo lie views “Now and Then” as a song based The original demo, which can be heard on Lennon’s last words to McCartney in on YouTube, was recorded on a casthe hallway of the Dakota, “Think about sette marked “Now me every now and then, old friend.” How- + Then” by John in ever, highlighting the romance inevitably the late 1970s. One distracts from the fact that the song and crucial detail of the the official video with its doctored clips back stor y is that of Beatles “now and then” is being pre- the bridge sung by sented to the world as a technologically John was lef t out achieved Beatles reunion. While George when the demo was Harrison’s searing guitar was the defining “worked on anew” by force in the 1994 “reunion” that produced Peter Jackson using “Free As a Bird,” this time it’s Paul who the software system “came up with a slide guitar part played he’d developed for on a lap steel guitar,” according to the G et Back, k now n liner notes, “in homage to George,” who as Machine Assisted had dismissed “Now and Then” as “rub- Learning, or MAL. bish” when they first tried to work with Although not all the the demo in the late nineties. words are clear, Lennon sings them feelGeorge Says “OK” Fortunately, the “Now and Then” pack- ingly, gently, hauntingly: “I don’t wanna age includes a message from Harrison’s lose you, oh no, abuse you or confuse you, wife Olivia and son Dhani conveying his oh no, sweet darlin” — words that would spiritual approval of 2023’s restoration, have seemed too personal in a product which comes with an insert featuring the marketed as “the last Beatles record.” image of a clock with a steeple on top and Whoever “sweet darlin” refers to, it’s not NOW THEN in the center with a pair of Paul or George or Ringo. The quality in John’s voice dice between the two words. On the insert etonloving n nctender, i s composing r P o was f ihe t o reminds me that this above this charming piece of “found art” c y e t l l cosharing the Dakota apartment ocieGiffin song while by an Oregon sculptor named nd l SChris a a c s i r m with Yoko and Sean. To be a father with isto scrawledp“Now is a facsimile e of H John’s and rogra e f th Apparently h t a newborn son had to have been a tranThen”olyric. George bought rt ppaoshop s u scendently unique for someone the sculpture from in Providence, s siexperience s d ba e y e l c k who had been swept up in the delirium of o R.I., in 1997, when Dhani was a student e e Pr w n a Beatlemania during the early years of his at Brown, and it’s been in the family e oever s a e l since. Recently Olivia to have first son Julian’s life. What I hear above e rdecided i“Ill was w s a closer look at it. putting it on all is Lennon the new father, loving and e Hous the mantelpiece,” she recalls, “when the unguarded, his voice probably not unlike phone rang. It’s Paul, and he begins to re- what Sean may have heard at 4 or 5, the mind me of this third song with ‘Real Love’ bedtime-story reading voice. But in this and ‘Free As a Bird.’ I said ‘I remember case John is also singing for himself or it.’ He said, ‘It’s called ‘Now and Then.’ the ear of the world as poignantly as only I’m standing there with the phone in one he can sing, as he does on songs ranging
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from “If I Fell” to “In My Life” to “Jealous Guy” and its first incarnation, “Child of Nature.” Whether you hear it before or after the demo, the reconstituted “Now and Then” sustains its compelling power; if anything, the contrast between the “then” of the cassette and the “now” of the finished version actually amplifies the magnitude of the accomplishment, taking it into the world of 2023 and untold future worlds of listeners. “Beautiful Boy” After hearing the raw, in-the-moment demo and its symphonic resurrection, I’m listening for the first time in 43 years to “Beautiful Boy,” the lullaby for Sean that John included on Double Fantasy, which he and Yoko had finished recording a few weeks before he was killed. Again, I’m thinking of John in the Dakota writing this touching song in roughly the same space-time-span as “Now a nd T hen.” I’m also thinking of personal history, of how it felt on the night of December 8, 1980, still absorbing the news, listening to “Beautiful Boy” on the car radio, thinking of my own son, born half a year after Sean, knowing that John and I had most likely shared some of the same experiences: the bedtime or naptime lullabies and stories; the bathing, and changing, and walking around with him in your arms after he wakes up at all hours. “Beautiful Boy” is still a hard song to listen to, but not the way it was that night, hearing John sing to Sean, telling him “close your eyes have no fear the monster’s gone,” telling him “I can hardly wait to see you come of age” and to “take my hand before you cross the street.” The line I couldn’t get past then was “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making plans.” If I’d been emotionally strong enough to listen to the song all the way through, I’d have heard the last lines, “Darling, darling, darling / Darling Sean.” If you listen to the demo and put it together with “Beautiful Boy,” you know that “Now and Then” began with Sean. “A Bit of 2001?” In John Lennon’s September 17, 1968 interview with Rolling Stone’s Jonathan
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Cott, he gives an account of the way he and Paul “turn each other on.” Talking about “A Day in the Life, “a good piece of work between Paul and me. I had the ‘I read the news today’ bit, and it turned Paul on, because now and then [my italics] we really turn each other on with a bit of song, and he just said ‘yeah’ — bang, bang, like that. It just sort of happened beautifully, and we arranged it and rehearsed it, which we don’t often do, the afternoon before.... It was a real groove, the whole scene on that one. Paul sang half of it and I sang half. I needed a middle eight for it, but that would have been forcing it, all the rest had come out smooth, flowing, no trouble, and to write a middle eight would have been trouble ... but instead Paul already had one there. It’s a bit of a 2001, you know.” Meaning what, I wonder? Now we know 2001 is the year George died, three months after 9/11. Was it a nod to Kubrick’s film? Or “a bit of 2001” in the context of “A Day in the Life,” a song about a man “who blew his mind out in a car”? Perhaps the whole Sgt. Pepper recording session was “a bit of 2001?” Ringo It could be thanks to “a bit of 2001” that Ringo Starr survived two long childhood bouts of life-threatening illness to become the Beatles drummer and then so much more. Yes, John and Paul and George were all in their way absolutely essential, but without Ringo, the Beatles don’t happen. Imagine A Hard Day’s Night, without Ringo strolling about in jaunty cap and roomy trench coat like a character out of Truffaut’s 400 Blows. And one of the greatest moments in Beatles music is the sound of Ringo’s voice booming “What would you do if I sang out of tune?” from “With a Little Help from my Friends,” which kicked off Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. And it’s Ringo who closes out The White Album with a softly sung “Good Night” lullaby, ending with a whisper. Then and Now, now and then, Ringo was the first Beatle, born three months before John on July 7, 1940. November 14, 1851 here’s a now and then in the most famous last paragraph in American literature, from Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick, which was published 172 years ago yesterday, November 14, 1851: “Now small fowls flew screaming over the yet yawning gulf, a sullen white surf beat against its steep sides; then all collapsed, and the great shroud of the sea rolled on as it rolled five thousand years ago.” —Stuart Mitchner
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The Princeton University Chapel Choir in Concert Sunday, November 19 2:30 pm Princeton University Chapel The Princeton University Chapel Choir presents a program celebrating the patron saint of musicians, with works by Henry Purcell, Gerald Finzi, Abbie Betinis, and Joan Szymko. Nicole Aldrich, director, with Eric Plutz, University Organist. Free admission.
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rinceton Symphony Orchestra returned choral music to its repertory this past weekend with a performance of a newlyreimagined edition of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s popular Requiem. Since Mozart’s untimely death in 1791 left the work incomplete, scholars have attempted to second-guess the composer and provide an alternative completion adhering to Mozart’s intent and historical character. Conductor Rossen Milanov and Princeton Symphony Orchestra brought this rendition of Mozart’s immortal masterpiece to Richardson Auditorium this past weekend, with composer Gregory Spears’ addition of three new movements to the mass for the dead. Joining the Orchestra for Saturday night’s performance (the concert was repeated Sunday afternoon) were four vocal soloists and Westminster Symphonic Choir. Princeton Symphony Orchestra paired the Requiem with a 21st-century work inspired by a string quartet of Mozart contemporary Franz Joseph Haydn. Caroline Shaw’s 2011 Entr’acte for string orchestra incorporated contemporary musical effects into a classically-structured piece, including passages reminiscent of J.S. Bach. Milanov led the Orchestra in a feathery opening to Shaw’s one-movement work, allowing the music to quickly become powerful while maintaining a lean quality. Concertmaster Basia Danilow and principal cellist Alistair MacRae played an intense duet against relentless pizzicati of the other players, and MacRae’s graceful lute-like playing delicately brought Shaw’s unique and appealing work to a close. As listeners know from movies and urban legend, Mozart only composed small portions of Requiem before he died in December 1791. The Requiem usually heard today was a version finished by fellow Austrian composer and conductor Franz Xaver Süssmayr, completed as he thought Mozart would have if he had lived. Composer Gregory Spears aimed to return the work to its original intention as a Requiem, and in the same way that Mozart looked to the past for his inspiration, Spears drew from the more than 200 years of artistic evolution since Mozart’s death to create music informed by different sources and time periods. Mozart scored his work for chorus, orchestra, and four vocal soloists. Joining Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Westminster Symphonic Choir were soprano Abigail Rethwisch, mezzo-soprano Chelsea Laggan, tenor Carlos Enrique Santelli, and baritone Eric McKeever. All soloists brought operatic experience with them to the performance, with Rethwisch and Laggan commanding the stage compellingly. Rethwisch sang with a more dramatic tone than the score called for at times, but she and Laggan blended together particularly well in the quartet. McKeever excelled at lyrical upper-register passages, especially in the “Recordare” quartet. Spears
honored the 18th-century Viennese church tradition of setting the “Benediction” at least partly for solo quartet, and the quartet contrasted well with the Choir. The Westminster Choir College history has been tumultuous over recent years, especially with the school’s relocation to the Rider University campus. With a highlyselective student body of more than 400 at its peak, Westminster was known for graduating highly-skilled vocal performers who became career singers. Part of the students’ education was participation in Westminster’s choral ensembles, including the flagship 150-voice Symphonic Choir. The instability of the past five years has possibly affected the school’s ensembles most of all, with the roster of Symphonic Choir falling to half of what it had been. The Symphonic Choir which joined Princeton Symphony this past weekend was 70 singers, but under Dr. James Jordan’s preparation was no less well-trained than Westminster choruses of the past. The fewer numbers, especially among tenors and basses, led to the lower voices being lost in thick orchestration, and vocal fatigue no doubt contributed to tuning issues in the soprano section toward the work’s close, but the chorus had its share of high points. The ensemble performed its best in the ethereal passages of the “Lacrimosa” and “Benedictus” movements, singing with the clear and well-tuned choral tone for which the school’s ensembles have always been known. The choral runs throughout the Requiem, such the quick-moving opening “Kyrie,” had clearly been well-drilled into the ensemble. Conductor Milanov led an Orchestra which was true to Mozart’s style, as well as Spears’ contemporary objectives. Clarinetists Pascal Archer and Gi Lee intriguingly played basset horns, 18th-century members of the clarinet family, adding a rich color to the texture. Vladislav Petrachev provided a regal tenor trombone solo to accompany baritone McKeever’s rendition of “Tuba Mirum,” while the full Orchestra demonstrated crisp and historically accurate playing throughout. pears acknowledges that his updated movements may not sound like Mozart, but rather pay homage to the juxtaposition of old and new musical styles which Mozart also used. The “Sanctus” was dark and dramatic, with rolling choral triplets at times hard to hear over the orchestration. Plaintive triplets returned in a dissonant “Agnus Dei,” with the music returning to Mozart’s original passages to close the work. With this edition, Spears joins an illustrious lineage of composers who have sought to transform Mozart’s genius from scraps of unfinished phrases to performable form, and with this past weekend’s performances, Milanov and Princeton Symphony Orchestra brought together well the past and the present. —Nancy Plum
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Princeton Symphony Orchestra will present two Holiday Pops! concerts on Saturday, December 16 at 3 and 6 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium. Conducted by John Devlin, these performances will feature vocalist Morgan James, as well as the Princeton High School Choir. Ticket information can be found at www.princetonsymphony.org.
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James grew up listening to everyone from Joni Mitchell to Paul Simon to Prince to Aretha Franklin. After graduating from The Juilliard School with a classical music degree, and performing in the original companies of five Broadway productions, she began writing and recording her own music. Meeting her mentor Berry Gordy Jr. led to a record deal at Epic Records, where she recorded and released her solo album Hunter in 2014. In addition to her five studio albums, James recorded and released a full album cover of Joni Mitchell’s seminal Blue as well as The Beatles’ White Album to celebrate its 50th anniversary. T icke t s are $ 20 - $ 95 ; youths 5-17 receive a 50 percent discount with an adult purchase. Visit princetonsymphony.org. GATSBY GLAMOUR: Princeton High School’s production of “The Great Gatsby,” adapted by Gary Peterson, is on stage this weekend at the school’s Performing Arts Center on Moore Street.
PHS Spectacle Theatre Brings “Gatsby” to Stage include 10 No. 1 singles with some of today’s biggest Shelander is trained in Mon-
HOLIDAY TUNES: Vocalist Morgan James is the soloist at the Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s (PSO) annual Holiday POPS! Concert on December 16 at Richardson Auditorium. Shows are at 3 and 6 p.m.
Holiday Favorites, Sing-Along great Broadway stars,” said Devlin. “Having worked with At Annual PSO Concert
Vocalist Morgan James joins the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) at the orchestra’s December 16 Holiday POPS! Concert, taking place on December 16 at 3 and 6 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium. Morgan will sing holiday favorites, while the Princeton High School Choir carries the traditional carol sing-along, inviting the audience to join in. T he prog ram includes Steve Allen’s “Cool Yule” and Mariah Carey’s version of “All I Want for Christmas,” plus jazz-infused versions of “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” and “Santa Claus is Coming to Town.” Leroy Anderson’s ” Christmas Festival “and “Sleigh Ride” are also included. John Devlin returns to the PSO from West Virginia’s Wheeling Symphony Orchestra to conduct both performances. “I love returning to one of my favorite musical homes with the PSO, and I know how much our audience loves
Morgan James previously, I know that she is the perfect fit for this great holiday tradition, blending classic holiday selections with some new versions that capture the greatness of American music. We can’t wait to celebrate the season with everyone together, and to share the magic of live music.” In his fourth season as music director of the Wheeling Symphony Orchestra, Devlin is only the ninth conductor in its 90-year history to hold that title. He was recently named a recipient of the 2023 Georg Solti Foundation Career Assistance Award. He is a frequent guest conductor with major orchestras across the nation. His engagements include performances with t he Nat ional Sy mphony Orchestra, the Louisville Orchestra, the Hawaii Symphony Orchestra, the Columbus Symphony, the Omaha Symphony, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, and the American Reper tor y Ballet.
A stage adaptation of F. Scot t Fitzgerald’s iconic novel The Great Gatsby will be performed by the PHS Spectacle Theatre at Princeton High School’s Performing Arts Center this weekend. Shows are Thursday-Saturday, November 1618 at 7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, November 19 at 2 p.m. Playwright Gary Peterson adapted the novel, which captures the glamour of the Roaring ’20s. The production is double-cast, with each cast performing two shows. Members of the PHS Studio Band are also taking part. The production contains sensitive subject matter, depicts some violence onstage, and is most appropriate for ages 13 and up. Tickets are $10-$15 and are available at princetondrama.ludus.com. Those for whom the cost presents a financial hardship are asked to contact patricklenihan@ princetonk12.org.
and 27 Top 40 hits, including “Carlene,” “Just Another Day in Paradise,” “Six-Pack Summer,” “W hen I Love You,” and many more. His song writing career blossomed in the mid-1990s when he landed a publishing contract with EMI and penned hits for Collin Raye (“Little Red Rodeo”), Alan Jackson (“Right on the Money”), Tim McGraw (“My Next Thirty Years,” “For a Little While” ), Jo Dee Messina (“Bye Bye, Alright”), and Blackhawk ( “Postmarked Birmingham”). Vassar’s Songs From The Cellar TV show airs on the Circle Network and features artists, songwriters, entertainers, and athletes. Each show features conversations and musical collaborations
stars. The State Theatre is at 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick. Visit STNJ.org for tickets.
Holiday Variety Show From Cirque du Soleil
State Theatre New Jersey presents “A Magical Cirque Christmas — A Holiday Variety Show” on Friday, December 1 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $39-$99. This production features world-class acrobats, contortionists, and aerialists performing to a holiday musical score. Featured acts include Jonathan Rinny (rolla bolla, unicycle, juggling performer) and Aryn Shelander (contortionist and aerial foot archer). Rinny is a fourthgeneration circus ar tist.
golian contortion and is the creator of aerial archery. “This year, we have reimagined every aspect of ‘A Magical Cirque Christmas.’ Our team of visionary artists and creators have crafted a show that promises to mesmerize audiences of all ages,” said Co -Directors Louanne Madorma and Mark “Swany” Swanhart. “Get ready for a fusion of holiday charm, a musical sleighride, and visual breathtaking performances. We believe that Christmas is a time for making memories so mark your calendars for the most anticipated A Magical Cirque Christmas ever.” The State Theatre is at 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick. Visit stnj.org for tickets.
Holiday Songs and More At Tillis, Vassar Concert
State Theatre New Jersey presents “Pam Tillis & Phil Vassar: Holidays and Hits” on Thursday, November 30 at 8 p.m. The country singersongwriters will perform holiday hits and their hit songs. Tickets range from $29-$99. A singer-songwriter whose compositions have been covered in country, R&B, bluegrass, and rock as well as an actor with a long list of film, TV, and stage credits, Tillis is the daughter of country music legend Mel Tillis and multi-media artist Doris Tillis. Her 1991 debut country album, Put Yourself In My Place, went gold and yielded two No. 1 and two Top 5 singles. Her next three albums were all certified platinum. She achieved six No. 1 songs during the 1990s including “Shake the Sugar Tree,” “Mi Vida Loca,” “When You Walk In The Room,” “In Between Dances,” “Don’t Tell Me What To Do,” and her signature song, “Maybe It Was Memphis.” She has appeared in the films The Thing Called Love and The Neon Highway; the Broadway production of Smokey Joe’s Café; and TV shows LA Law, Diagnosis: Murder, Promised Land, Drag Race, Nashville, and Fairwood. She wrote seven of the 11 tracks on her latest album, Looking for PAM AND PHIL: “Holidays and Hits” is the title of the concert a Feeling. Pam Tillis, seen here, and Phil Vassar are bringing to State Vassar’s signature songs Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick on November 30.
GRAVITY DEFYING: Cirque’s holiday show, coming to New Brunswick’s State Theatre New Jersey, is filled with acrobats, contortionists, and aerialists.
A MONTH OF “NUTCRACKER”: The “Waltz of the Flowers” is a highlight of the New York City Ballet’s production of the classic holiday work, choreographed by George Balanchine, at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center November 24-December 31. Visit nycb.com for tickets. (Photo by Erin Baiano)
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“FESTIVAL OF TREES”: Morven’s annual winter exhibition is on display through January 7. The “TREVI FOUNTAIN, ITALY”: This painting by Robert Hazzon is offered in West Windsor Arts’ Anmuseum’s Winter Garden Party fundraiser will take place on Thursday, November 30 from 6 to nual Off the Wall Holiday Market, running through December 23. 8 p.m. residents of Princeton’s AfPrinceton Makes Talks Series Off the Wall Holiday Annual “Festival Of Trees” warm glow of fire pits in the Sergeantsv ille Firehouse Market at WW Arts Features Artist Lenora Kandiner rican American neighborReturns to Morven Museum beautifully lit garden. Partici- Events Center. All studios West Windsor Arts pres- On Saturday, November hood, as well as with most Morven’s annual winter ex- pants will then step inside the a r e l o c ate d w i t h i n f i ve ents its annual Off the Wall 18 at 6 p.m., artist Lenora prominent Black leaders of hibition, “Festival of Trees,” Museum to enjoy the exhibit miles of Stockton. Visitors Holiday Market through De- Kandiner will be the fea- the mid-20th century. The exhibit will be on view is back now through Janu- and vote on their favorite tree can visit the workshops, cember 23, highlighting more tured speaker for the “Inshop for distinctive gifts, than 100 original and afford- side the Ar tist’s Studio” in The Jewish Center lobby, ary 7. A Princeton holiday or mantel display. T he 2023 “Festival of and learn from each artist able artworks and hundreds series at Princeton Makes 435 Nassau Street, from Notradition, visitors will enjoy the museum’s elegant gal- Trees” is sponsored by Bax- about how and where they of handcrafted items made by in the Princeton Shopping vember 18 to December 19. leries, mantels, and porches ter Construction, Capital create their work. artisans including jewelry, ac- Center. Kandiner, a foundTitled “Albert Einstein: T he ide a for t he tour cessories, ceramics, and one- ing member of the Princeton Champion of Racial Justice festively decorated for the Health, Keller Williams Reholidays by local businesses, alty Princeton, Ronica A. started with a group of six of-a-kind items for the home. Makes artist cooperative, is and Equality,” the exhibit garden clubs, and nonprofit Bregenzer Architect LLC, area artists 30 years ago. New this year is a special a multi-skilled creative who will include 11 panels of text PNC Private Bank, and Cal- Each was a professional in focus on supporting No- specializes in polymer and and photos. organizations. T he 2023 “Festival of laway Henderson Sotheby’s their craft and worked in vember as Arts and Health mixed media. The kickoff for the exhibit unique, rural, historic stu- month. Shoppers can encourTrees” decorators include International Realty. Kandiner, during her long will be a “Lunch & Learn” Morven Museum & Garden dio settings. They decided age healthy hearts with pur- career in information tech- following services on SatContemporary Garden Club of Princeton, HomeFront’s is located at 55 Stockton to create a tour that intro- chases from a special pop-up nology, discovered polymer urday, November 18, startS e w i n g S p a c e P r o g r a m , Street. It is open Wednes- duced people to their re- section of donated artwork. clay, and found a medium ing at around noon. Guest Lawrenceville Main Street day through Sunday from mote locations and allowed Funds raised will support where she could create in sp e a ker s w i l l b e PE M S Landscaping Committee, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For tickets for a direct relationship the construction of a new the little free time she had President Elizabeth Penick Mount Laurel Garden Club, and more information, visit with the artist. Visitors get Cardiac Catheterization Lab available. After she creates Ro m a n au x a n d WJ H C S the chance to tour the stuNeshanic Garden Club, Not- morven.org. a unique pattern in polymer, President Shirley Satterdio, see work in progress, at Robert Wood Johnson Uni- often from a rainbow of iri- field. Advance registration tingham Garden Club of versity Hospital in Hamilton. Hamilton Township, Princ- Covered Bridge Artisans Host discuss new commissions, This project is a continuation descent colors, she produces is requested for the “Lunch eton First Aid and Rescue 29th Annual Fall Studio Tour and buy finished work. of West Windsor Arts’ rela- a wide variety of functional & Learn,” to plan for food. Over the last 29 years, tionship with RWJBarnabas and decorative items — such Held November 24, 25, Squad, Princeton Garden After mid-December, the Theatre, SAVE – A Friend and 26 from 10 a.m. to 5 returning visitors have en- Health, Hamilton. In the past as ballpoint pens, sketch exhibit will move to other to Homeless Animals, Stony p.m. each day, the 29th joyed seeing the ar tists’ West Windsor Arts has col- pencils, bracelets and ear- sites across central New JerBrook Garden Club, The annual Covered Bridge Ar- work evolve and the circle laborated on projects such as rings. sey through mid-2024. Garden Club of Princeton, tisans Fall Studio Tour is a of ex hibitors g row. T he Art Kits for a Cause and proHer designs are of ten “The mainstream press in The Present Day Club, West self-guided driving tour lo- group has a great depth viding musicians to perform based on the environment. the mid-20th century reported Trenton Garden Club, and cated in the Delaware River of variety with 24 artisans in their cancer treatment fa- “I am inspired by nature, on nearly everything Einstein Valley of lower Hunterdon working in glass, jewelry, cility. ToobyDoo Princeton. but especially by the gink- did, except for his involvement ceramics, photography, cast and Bucks counties. The In celebration of the exhibiArtists donated work for go tree, because ginkgo is with the African American tion and the holiday season, studio tour will take place bronze, painting, weaving, this special fundraising proj- a survivor,” said Kandiner. community,” said Satterfield. Morven’s “Festival of Trees” in seven professional art- bookbinding, woodworking, ect by taking on the challenge Not only is it ancient, but the “Our exhibit highlights this Winter Garden Party will ists’ studios in the Lambert- quilting, and more. to create art with the theme ginkgo trees at ground zero largely unknown aspect of his For m or e i n for m at i o n of “Whoever your heart beats at Hiroshima survived the life in Princeton.” take place on Thursday, No- ville, Stockton, Sergeantsvember 30 from 6 to 8 p.m. v ille, and S olebur y and and a map, visit covered- for, our hearts beat for you” atomic blast and bloomed Satterfield is a lifelong with hearty hors d’oeuvres New Hope, Pa., along with bridgeartisans.com. (RWJBarnabas Health Car- the next spring. There is no resident of the Witherspoon14 additional artists at the and spirited beverages in the diac Care). One hundred more powerful symbol of re- Jackson neighborhood and percent of the artist’s por- silience.” a childhood acquaintance of She has ex hibited her Einstein. tion of the sale will go to the Cardiac Care unit. This part polymer work at the Arts Romanaux said PEMS was of the Off the Wall Holiday Council of Princeton; West proud to collaborate with Market opens on Sunday, No- Windsor Arts Council; the the Witherspoon- Jackson vember 19 and will be avail- Montgomery Center for the Historical and Cultural Soable throughout the show, Arts; Artworks in Park City, ciety for the exhibit. Utah; Rice Gallery at Mcwhile art lasts. “When it opens in 2026, West Windsor Arts wel- Daniel College in Westmin- ours will primarily be a scister, Md.; and at the gallercomes visitors to Off the ence museum, but visitors Wall on the following dates: ies of International Polymer will need some context about Clay Association conferencNovember 18, 2:30 to 5:30 Einstein’s life in Princeton,” p.m. — WWA members only es in Baltimore, Atlanta, and Romanaux said. “They’ll find King of Prussia. shopping spree; November it in a small introductory Kandiner’s talk will focus 19, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. — museum gallery which will Opening Day, everyone is on her life, artistic practice, include information about welcome for in-person shop- and creative process. This his life here, including his ping; November 25, 10 a.m. month she is the featured friendships in the African to 4 p.m. — special Thanks- artist at Princeton Makes; American community.” giving weekend shopping her work is highlighted in For questions or more day; and December 3 and the retail space. information, contact Joel 4, December 10 and 11, and The event will begin with a December 17 and 18 from reception, with light refresh- Berger, executive director, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. each day. ments, at 6 p.m. Artwork by at ( 609 ) 921- 0100 x205 or jberger@ thejewishcenPrivate appointments and all cooperative artists will be ter.org. To register for the gallery tours available upon available for purchase. “Lunch & Learn” on Norequest by sending an email For more information, visit vember 18, email ekovit@ to info @ westwindsorarts. princetonmakes.com. thejewishcenter.org. org. All of the artwork can be viewed online, where work Einstein Exhibit Coming to can be purchased through a The Jewish Center Nov. 18 secure online payment sysThe proposed Princeton tem. Einstein Museum of SciWest Windsor Arts is at 952 ence ( PEMS ) has teamed Alexander Road, Princeton up with the WitherspoonJunction. For more informa- Jackson Historical and Cul“PARTRIDGE IN A PEAR TREE”: Hand-painted glass pieces by Karen Caldwell of Sunflower Glass tion, call (609) 716-1931 or tural Society (WJHCS) for Studio in Stockton are among the works featured in the 29th Annual Covered Bridge Artisans visit westwindsorarts.org. an exhibit detailing Albert Fall Studio Tour, to be held November 24, 25, and 26. Einstein’s relationship with
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Ghada Amer Named New art history and the history ACP Artist-in-Residence of painting in particular are The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) has announced artist Ghada Amer as a longter m ar tist-in -residence, working in the studio spaces at the Arts Council to produce a new body of clay and print works. A m e r ’s w i d e - r a n g i n g practice spans painting, cast sculpture, ceramics, works on paper, and garden and mixed-media installations. Fur ther, she often collaborates with her longtime friend Reza Farkhondeh. Recognizing both that women are taught to model behaviors and traits shaped by others, and that
shaped largely by expressions of masculinity, Amer’s work actively subverts these frameworks through both aesthetics and content. Her practice explores the complicated nature of identity as it is developed through cultural and religious norms as well as personal longings and understandings of the self. Amer was born in Cairo, Egypt, and moved to Nice, France, when she was 11 years old. She remained in France to fur ther her education and completed both of her undergraduate requirements and MFA at
r e l a t i o n s h i p w i t h AC P Executive Director Adam We l c h . “ I a m l o o k i n g for ward to my residency at t h e A r t s C ou n c i l of Princeton with Adam and continuing exploring challenging techniques,” said Amer. “He is the only one who can help with this very difficult series.” Welch echoes her excitement. “Many artists currently converging on the medium generally do so in a manner distinct from their other art practice,” said Welch. “Ghada set out to close the distance across her mediums in her quest to express a vision and develop a language that is uniquely her own, uniquely female.” Amer will also collaborate with Farkhondeh to work with ACP Master Printer Dave DiMarchi to create a limited print edition. To l e a r n m o r e , v i s i t artscouncilofprinceton.org.
Area Exhibits Ar t @ Bainbr idge, 158 Nassau Street, has “Threading Memories” through January 7. artmuseum.princeton.edu. A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Br idge Street, L amber tville, has “Mixed Realities” through December 3. An opening reception is on Saturday, November 11 from 3 to 6 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com. Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish Street, has “The Ten Commandments of Renée
Cox” November 18 through January 28. An open house is on November 18 from 1 to 4 p.m. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has “ M a y Yo u B e H a p p y ” through December 2 in the Taplin Gallery. An opening reception is on November 18 f r o m 3 t o 5 p. m . Artscouncilofprinceton.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” through November 29. cranburyartscouncil.org. G roun d s For S c ul p ture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Local Voices: Memories, Stories, and Portraits” and “Spiral Q: The Parade” through January 7 and “That’s Worth Celebrating: The Life and Work of the Johnson Family” through the end of 2024, among other exhibits. groundsforsculpture.org. Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “Einstein Salon and Innovator’s Gallery,” “Princeton’s Portrait,” and other exhibits. Museum hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m., Thursday to 7 p.m. princetonhistory.org. Michener Art Museum, 138 S out h Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “Never Broken: Visualizing Lenape Histories” through January 14 and “Ethel Wallace: Modern Rebel” through March 10. michenerartmuseum.org.
M or p e t h C o n te m p o rary, 43 West Broad Street, Hopewell, has “Light Touch” through November 19. morpethcontemporary.com. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “Fe s t iva l of Tre e s” through January 7, “Striking Beauty” 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. Pr inceton P ubl ic Libra r y, 65 Wit herspoon Street, has “Through the S to 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. Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, Princeton Universit y, has “Nobody Turn Us Around: The Freedom Rides and Selma to Montgomery Marches: Selections from the John Doar Papers” through March 31. library.princeton.edu. Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, has “Meghan Tatuskar” through December 5. Prints and illustrations by Brett Martin are at the 254 Nassau Street location through December 5. smallworldcoffee.com. 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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ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: Internationally renowned artist Ghada Amer is joining the Arts Council of Princeton as a long-term artist-in-residence.
Villa Arson École Nationale Supérieure in Nice (1989), during which she also studied abroad at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Mass., in 1987. In 1991 she moved to Paris to complete a post-diploma at the Institut des Hautes Études en Arts Plastiques. Following early recognition in France, she was invited to the United States in 1996 for a residency at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. She has since then been based in New York. Amer’s work is in public collections around the world. Over the next two years, she w ill produce large ceramic wall hangings. To attain greater structural strength, Amer uses a craggy sculpture clay body mixed with paper pulp. Liquefied colored clay is painted on the surface to contrast with the earthy tan clay, creating fluid and painterly swatches of color. The bold contour lines demarcating her figures are fashioned with inlaid colored porcelain, some smoothed and smeared into the incised lines, while others are rhythmically pressed into place leaving behind a pattern of her fingerprints. The destructive forces of fire and heat inherent in ceramic processes, juxtapose expressionist gestures of color with resplendent porcelain inlay. The result evokes both nature and culture to form a rugged yet graceful beauty, creating an elegant tension. Amer folds, tears, bends, and warps the forms to add a further layer of psychological tension in the work. Amer will continue her 3 -plus year working
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Mark Your Calendar TOWN TOPICS Wednesday, November 15 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, in the Community Room unless otherwise noted. Princetonlibrary.org. 6:30-8:30 p.m.: Performance to celebrate Diwali by the Shishya Dancing School, at Lawrence Headquarters Branch of Mercer County Libraries, 2751 Brunswick Pike. Mcl.org. 6:15 p.m.: NBC political correspondent Steve Kornacki takes part in a post-election discussion with Micah Rasmussen, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University, in Lynch Adler Hall, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence Township. Rider.edu. 7:30 p.m.: Musician Jon Batiste and author Suleika Jaouad appear at “The Beat Goes On: Healing from Cancer through Music,” moderated by Deborah Amos, at Richardson Auditorium. Presented by Princeton University Concerts. (609) 258-2800.
parking for one hour in Spring Street Garage. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 10 a.m.: T he 55 - Plus Club of Princeton meets at the Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. Oksana Nesteren ko, law professor from Ukraine and visiting lecturer at Princeton University, speaks on “Unbreakable Resolve : CSOs and Ukraine’s Anti-Corruption Reforms in Rebuilding.” In person and online. Princetonol.com/groups/55plus. 12:15 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory at Nassau series continues with a recital by flutists Ellen Fisher Deerberg and Kevin Willois; and pianist Patricia Tupta Landy at Nas s au P r e s by te r ia n Church, 61 Nassau Street. Free. Rider.edu. 7:30 p.m. : PHS Spectacle Theatre presents The Great Gatsby! at the Princeton High School Performing Arts Center, 151 Moore Street. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students/ seniors at princetondrama. Thursday, November 16 ludus.com. The production contains sensitive subject 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Princmatter, and is most approeton Farmers’ Market is at priate for age 13 and up. Hinds Plaza. Organic produce, pasture-raised meat Friday, November 17 and eggs, bread, empana7 p.m. : Filmmaker das, pickles, flowers, and more. SNAP/EBT accepted Jared Flesher’s latest work, on eligible purchases. Free Sugar House Yantra: Life
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is a Canvas is screened and followed by a Q & A with Flesher and the film’s subject, transgender artist Charlize Katzenbach, who produces maple syrup on her farm. At Princeton Public Librar y, 65 Witherspoon Street. Princetonlibrary.org. 7 p.m.: Artist Diana Weymar and the Arts Council of Princeton’s Interwoven Stories of Healing with Music, embroidery workshop capturing stories of healing with music, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. Artscouncilofprinceton.org. 7:30 p.m.: Westminster Opera Theatre presents Suor Angelica and Hermit Songs, at Yvonne Theater, Rider University, Lawrence Township. $5-$25. (609) 896-7775. 7:30 p.m.: PHS Spectacle Theatre presents The Great Gatsby! at the Princeton High School Performing Arts Center, 151 Moore Street. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students/ seniors at princetondrama. ludus.com. The production contains sensitive subject matter, and is most appropriate for age 13 and up. 8 p.m. : The Princeton Folk Music Society presents House of Hamill, indie Irish folk trio, at Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane. $5-$25. Princetonfolk.org.
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Saturday, November 18 9 a.m.-12 p.m.: Princeton Future holds a public discussion on the proposed municipal Master Plan, at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Princetonfuture.org. 9 a.m.-2 p.m.: Indoor Craf t a nd F le a Marke t, Princeton Elks, 354 Route 518, Skillman. 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., Mark Miklos performs. Terhuneorchards.com. 12 p.m.: Video on Native American government and sovereignty premieres at the Trent House Visitor Center, 15 Market Street, Trenton. Free. Williamtrenthouse.org. 6 p.m. : Ar tist Lenora Kandiner is the featured spea ker for t he “Inside the Artist’s Studio” series at Princeton Makes in the Princeton Shopping Center. Princetonmakes.com. 7:30 p.m.: Westminster Opera Theatre presents Suor Angelica and Hermit Songs, at Yvonne Theater, Rider University, Lawrence Township. $5-$25. (609) 896-7775. 7:30 p.m.: PHS Spectacle Theatre presents The Great Gatsby! at the Princeton High School Performing Arts Center, 151 Moore Street. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students/ seniors at princetondrama. ludus.com. The production contains sensitive subject matter, and is most appropriate for age 13 and up.
High School Per for ming Ar ts Center, 151 Moore Street. Tickets are $15 for adults and $10 for students/ seniors at princetondrama. ludus.com. The production contains sensitive subject matter, and is most appropriate for age 13 and up. 3 p.m.: Phillips’ Mill Community Association’s Literary Salon, an afternoon of dramatic monologues open to anyone interested in performing, plus local actors. Bring food and drinks. To sign up to perform, email mcdonnellwrite@gmail.com. $5 donation suggested. 2619 River Road, New Hope, Pa. 4 p.m . : G at her ing in solidarity with the October 7 hostages, and a call for their release. Organized by a grassroots group of Israelis in Princeton. Hinds Plaza. 7:30 p.m.: Westminster Jubilee Singers, “Let the Church Roll On!” at Gill Chapel, Rider University, Lawrence Township. $15$20. (609) 896-7775. Monday, November 20 Recycling 1-3 p.m.: The Women’s College Club of Princeton meets at Morven’s Stockton Education Center, 55 S to ck ton S t re e t. A d a m Fisch, senior research scientist at Google DeepMind, gives a talk about artificial intelligence. Wccpnj.org.
Tuesday, November 21 6 p.m.: Princeton University professor emeritus Nancy Malkiel discusses her recently published biography of William G. Bowen with fellow historian David CanSunday, November 19 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Photo nadine at Princeton Public ops with Santa and Holiday Librar y, 65 Witherspoon Horses at Journey’s End Street. Princetonlibrary.org. Farm, 79 Old Clinton Road, Flemington. Fundraiser for Thursday, November 23 9 a . m . : 13t h a n n u a l Team Velvet, equine therapy nonprofit. $15 per car. Hopewell Valley 5K Turkey Trot, Rosedale Park, PenningTeamvelvet.com. 11 a.m.-4 p.m.: Court- ton. Hopewellturkeytrot.org. house Quilters Guild hosts Friday, November 24 a workshop to make quilted placemats for Meals on 12-5 p.m.: Holiday Wine Wheels. Followed by a lecture Trail Weekend at Terhune Orand exhibit from 6:30-8:30 chards, 330 Cold Soil Road. p.m. by Michael Ross, who Wine, fire pits, family activitaught himself to sew and quilt ties, and more. Music by Jerry 40 years ago. At Hunterdon Steele. Terhuneorchards.com. County Complex, 314 Route 2 and 7 p.m.: American 12, Building 1, Flemington. Repertory Ballet’s The NutCourthousequilters.org. cracker, at McCarter The11 a.m.: Princeton Univer- atre, 91 University Place. sity professor Peter Singer Arballet.org. discusses the new edition of 5 p.m.: Annual tree lighthis book Ethics in the Real ing in Palmer Square. The World at Princeton Public vocal harmony group SenLibrar y, 65 Witherspoon sational Soul Cruisers and Street. Princetonlibrary.org. the Flying Ivories’ Dueling 12-5 p.m.: Winery Week- Pianos will entertain, along end Music series at Terhune with Santa, the Princeton Orchards, 330 Cold Soil High School Choir, and othRoad. Wine, light fare, music, ers. Palmersquare.com. and more. From 1-4 p.m., Michael Montemurro performs. Saturday, November 25 Terhuneorchards.com. 10 a.m.: First annual LiL12:30-5:30 p.m.: Off LiPiES Bakery Holiday Fest, the Wall Holiday Market Princeton Shopping Center. and Affordable Show at West Carols, music from local a Windsor Arts, 952 Alexander cappella singers, Storytime Road. Over 100 works of art with Jeff, visit from Santa, and artisan items on display gift basket drawing, signed and available for purchase. copies of Pie For My BirthWestwindsorarts.org. day by Jen Carson and Sofia 2 p.m.: PHS Spectacle Schreiber, and more. Theatre presents The Great 12-5 p.m.: Holiday Wine Gatsby! at the Princeton Trail Weekend at Terhune
Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Wine, fire pits, family activities, and more. Music by Sarah Teti. Terhuneorchards.com. 1 and 6 p.m.: American Repertory Ballet’s The Nutcracker, at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. Arballet.org. 1-4 p.m. : Winery with music, firepits, and mulled wine, at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Music by Jerry Steele. Terhuneorchards.com. 2 p.m . : Roxey B allet presents The Nutcracker at Villa Victoria, 376 West Upper Ferry Road, Ewing. Roxeyballet.org/nutcracker. 2 and 5 p.m.: “The Underwater Bubble Show” is at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. $19-$39. Stnj.org. Sunday, November 26 1 p.m.: American Repertory Ballet’s The Nutcracker, at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. Arballet.org. 1-4 p.m. : Winery with music, firepits, and mulled wine, at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Music by Sarah Teti. Terhuneorchards.com. 2 p.m.: Roxey Ballet presents The Nutcracker at Villa Victoria, 376 West Upper Ferry Road, Ewing. Roxeyballet.org/nutcracker. 4 p.m . : G at her ing in solidarity with the October 7 hostages, and a call for their release. Organized by a grassroots group of Israelis in Princeton. Hinds Plaza. 7:30 p.m.: Soprano Sarah Brightman performs with orchestra and choir in “A Christmas Sy mphony” at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. $69-$199. Stnj.org. Monday, November 27 6 p.m. : Travel w r iter Thomas Swick talks and signs copies of his memoir Falling into Place: A Story of Love, Poland, and the Making of a Travel Writer at Princeton Public Library, 65 Wit herspoon St reet. Princetonlibrary.org. Tuesday, November 28 10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Workshop on creating scented bars of soap, at West Windsor Ar ts, 952 Alexander Road. $46-$50. Westwindsorarts.org. 7-8:30 p.m.: Artist collaboration session at West Windsor Arts, 952 Alexander Road. Free to $10. Re g i s t r at ion n e c e s s ar y. Westwindsorarts.org. 6 p.m.: Susan Stewart and PUP Poets Simon West and Myron Hardy in “Prickly Moses: Poems & Aurora Americana: Poems,” at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street. Labyrinthbooks.com. Wednesday, November 29 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.: Lunch and Shop at the Greenwood House Holiday Boutique, Cobblestone Creek, 2170 Lawrenceville Road. Boutique is free, lunch is $30.
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exi Hiltunen and Tyler McCamey could feel the pressure rising at opposite ends of the Roberts Stadium pitch. The Princeton University women’s soccer team’s NCAA tournament first round game Friday against visiting Michigan remained scoreless through the first half and as the clock ticked toward the final 15 minutes of regulation. The Tigers had chances, twice hitting the cross bar, but hadn’t been able to score. “I think I personally was a bit frustrated,” said senior forward Hiltunen. “I had one breakaway a few minutes prior and was kind of pulled back and wasn’t able to get the shot I needed to. So I was a little frustrated after that one. But we had had quite a few opportunities in that little span of time, so I think it honestly was about to come. Myself, I had that breakaway, and I believe Pietra (Tordin) had one right before I was able to score as well. I think it was coming, it was just a matter of time. That’s when it comes down to grit honestly.” At the other end, Michigan had also had some chances, but junior goalie McCamey had turned them away and the Wolverines twice hit posts. There was the feeling that a goal at either end would make all the difference. “I would definitely say it’s pretty stressful,” said McCamey. “The pressure definitely starts to mount, especially in the closing minutes – you start to realize someone’s going to have to come out of this on top. So it’s about keeping everybody locked in and staying focused yourself and knowing you’re going to have to make a big play soon and making sure you’re up to the task when you’re called upon.” With 11 minutes remaining in regulation, Hiltunen took a centering pass from Aria Nagai and tried a leftfooted shot that was blocked by a Michigan defender right back to her and she quickly used her right foot to deposit a shot past the diving Michigan goalie and into the lower right corner. It was the senior’s sixth goal of the season and 12th of her career in her final game at home. “I would probably say it’s my biggest goal,” said Hiltunen. “I don’t think we’ve been in a situation like this where it’s honestly come down to one goal like that. I would definitely rank it at the top.” McCamey made the goal stand up as the game-winner when she made a diving save with under five minutes left to preserve a 1-0 shutout win. McCamey finished with six saves for her fifth shutout of the season and the Tigers improved to 10-5-3 overall. “You get a shutout and you talk about the goalkeeper, but the defense starts with Lexi and it goes through the whole field,” said McCamey. “I thought our whole team was so dedicated to having a really strong defensive game,
everybody put so much hard work into it, and we really just didn’t give them a lot of chances. They got a few off the post that luckily went our way. I think it was such a tremendous group effort so getting a shutout was huge obviously.” It’s the second time in three seasons that Princeton began an NCAA tournament with a shutout at home. Two years ago, it was a win over Vermont at home when Hiltunen was just a sophomore in her first season (there was no Ivy season in her freshman year due to COVID-19 restrictions). The Tigers have now advanced to the second round for the fifth time in their last six trips to the NCAAs. “I think pressure adds a lot to any environment, and the way that you can handle pressure is obviously based on personality type as well as experience,” said Hiltunen. “Being in the situation that we are in now previously has really helped me for that. I personally love playing under high stakes, high pressure. I think it creates such an enjoyable atmosphere, and it makes everything in my abilities mean so much more when it comes down to it. Having that under my belt — quite a few of us now have that where we’ve been under the pressure and felt it and a lot of us really enjoy it – I think that’s really useful for us.” Princeton advances to the NCAA tournament second round at Texas Tech (16-14) on Friday. With a victory, they would face the North Carolina-Alabama winner in the round of 16 on Sunday, also at Texas Tech. The Tigers will be underdogs against Texas Tech after hosting Michigan. “I think going into Friday everyone is super excited,” said McCamey. “We’ve had a few games this year – Georgetown (a 3-2 win on September 14) is a good example – where we went in as an underdog, and we’re kind of fueled by that and get a lot of inspiration from that. This week it’s about staying focused, staying locked in, enjoying the moment and enjoying the time together and knowing that we’re going to have to do a lot, but we’ll do whatever it takes to keep trying to elongate our season.” Hiltunen was happy to be able to provide the goal to extend Princeton’s season. The biggest goal of her career came in a big spot and the impact of it made the tally that much more special. “It means a lot in terms of the work I’ve been putting in,” said Hiltunen. “My one goal doesn’t equate to the hundred other things that people had to do to make that happen. I think my position is one that’s extremely defensive most of the time and I’m not really touching the ball. It’s a lot of our midfield, and outside forwards and defense all doing a lot more than I am a lot of the time. It’s mostly about when I’m in that position I need to be able to finish it. I got it, but it’s moreover the team that got it.”
Princeton was coming off its only two-game losing streak of the season. The Tigers had fallen 1-0 to Columbia on Senior Night at home, then lost 4-2 in the Ivy League Tournament semifinals to Harvard but had a strong resume and received a home game for the NCAAs. Princeton just had to regroup to get by Michigan. “The Ivy League Tournament definitely didn’t go the way that we wanted it to,” said McCamey. “When we got the bid and the seed to be at home for the NCAA, it was the spark that we needed to say, ‘Let’s go make this count.’ We had to put the Ivy tournament weekend behind us and go make our mark in this game, which luckily we were able to do. I think we made it a great night.” It’s a game that Hiltunen will long remember. She set a goal at the start of the season to try to enjoy the year more. Her goal helped a strong Princeton senior class win what was ultimately their final home game. “It was a really historic moment,” said Hiltunen, a native of West Palm Beach, Fla. “The whole game was honestly still right now a blur to me. I think the atmosphere here makes it so incredible to play in. Having that be my last game at home, it was just the best way we could have gone out of it. So I’m really grateful for that, and that our season wasn’t over, and our last game prior to that was not our last home game. Having the incredible fans that were there and just the atmosphere as a whole especially it being a high stakes game like it was, was really incredible to be a part of.” For McCamey, it was her first real NCAA experience. She was a backup in the Tigers’ last NCAA run. She has built off last year’s first season of starting to become more reliable and confident. “Goalkeeping is a lot about experience,” said McCamey, who hails from Atlanta, Ga. “Grace Barbara (a former Princeton Day School standout) was in my freshman year. She did a great job. Trying to fill in those shoes last year as a sophomore, I think a lot it was just trying to get my feet under me and trying to get into the college pace. This year, like Sean said, I think it’s a more confident year for me. I’ve had a season under my belt so I’m going into knowing more what to expect and how to own my space in the box.” The Tigers are feeling good about the way they are playing after their NCAA win. It’s been a season with some ups and downs, but Princeton has set its sights on continuing to play together. “I think we are at our peak right now, which is where we need to be now at the right time, which is all that’s important no matter what happened during the season,” said Hiltunen. “I think that’s the best thing that could have happened, and we’re on the right track.” Princeton’s win Friday added to their confidence,
TUNED IN: Princeton University women’s soccer player Lexi Hiltunen, right, goes after the ball in a game earlier this season. Last Friday night, senior forward Hiltunen scored the lone goal as Princeton defeated Michigan in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Tigers, now 10-5-3, will play at Texas Tech (16-1-4) on November 17 in a second round contest. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) which it will need going into the next round. Texas Tech got a late goal for a 1-0 win over Florida Gulf Coast in its NCAA first round victory. Princeton lost to Texas Tech, 3-0, in the 2018 NCAA tournament and will
be an underdog. “I think it gives more of an edge,” said Hiltunen.“Being an underdog in anything, it gives you an impression at least to other people of nothing to lose mentality, but it honestly drives us
forward and it shows we have something to prove and playing with that chip on our shoulder of our last season and just showing the country that we are a name that you shouldn’t be overlooking.” —Justin Feil
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Senior QB Stenstrom Undergoes Emotional Roller-Coaster As PU Football Falls to Yale in OT, Ending Ivy Title Hopes Blake Stenstrom experienced an emotional rollercoaster as the Princeton Universit y football team hosted Yale last Saturday in his last home game as a Tiger. The day started with the annual Senior Day ceremony as Stenstrom and his classmate were introduced one by one before the game, escorted by their families onto the field. “It is really special to play at Princeton, it has been a fantastic experience,” said q u a r te r b ack S te n s t r om , who transferred to Princeton from Colorado. “I think the culture of the team is what stands out, and just the guys who are on it. I am super honored to have been part of Princeton football for three year. I am going to miss the guys and the relationships I have built with them. You can’t put into words just how amazing my experience has been. It has been a blessing and I will miss it for sure.” Entering the day needing a win to stay in the Ivy League title race, Princeton found itself in an uphill battle with the Bulldogs. The Tigers fought back from deficits of 7-0, 21-14, and 28-21 to knot the game at 28-28 and force overtime. Yale went on to prevail 3628 in double overtime as the Tigers dropped to 4-5 overall and 3-3 Ivy. Af ter wards, a subdued Stenstrom had no qualms with the way the Tigers battled but he acknowledged that they shot themselves
in the foot at times. “I am proud of the way our guys fought, Yale is a really good team,” said Stenstrom. “We didn’t play disciplined enough, we made some mistakes that really hurt us. Football is game that comes dow n re a l ly clos e one s sometimes. The reason we love it is you get to play in these awesome games. The reason it hurts so much is because we love it so much. The losses sting, but I am proud of our guys.” With Princeton trailing 21-14 early in the fourth q u ar ter, S te n s t rom a n d Luke Colella came up with an awesome play as they connected on a 75-yard flea flicker touchdown pass. “That was great, we dialed that up in practice, we saw how aggressive they were being,” said Stenstrom. “It was a flea flicker, a classic play and Colella did a great job of catching and running. We ran it last year versus Harvard and scored on it there. There are different variations. We put it in this week and it was a great play.” In the waning moments of the fourth quarter, Stenstrom helped engineer a 16play, 75-yard scoring march as Princeton knotted the game at 28-28 and forced overtime. “We have had a lot of late fourth quarter drives this year,” said Stenstrom. “The guys have been believing all of the way through — nobody has showed any lack of resolve. Guys didn’t blink
and we finished the drive. I am proud of the way our guys fought and got in the end zone there in the fourth quarter.” A key play in the drive came on a fourth down and 18 with 1:57 left when Stenstrom hit Tamatoa Falatea with a 19-yard pass. “It is what do you see, they dropped out of there in coverage and somebody came free and I was able to make him miss,” said Stenstrom, who ended the day by connecting on 20-of–36 passes for 240 yards and one touchdown. “Tamatoa made a great play, working back to my vision and catching the ball for a first down.” After neither team scored in their first overtime possession, Yale forged ahead 36-28 on a three-yard run by Joshua Pitsenberger and a two-point conversion. The Tigers then got down to the Yale 12-yard line and had a fourth and eight. At that point, Stenstrom fired a pass to Tyler Picinic which was broken up to end the game. “The DB behind him made a really good play, coming back and making a play on the ball,” said Stenstrom, reflecting on the final play. “I will watch the film — I don’t know if I would have gone anywhere else on my read.” Princeton head coach Bob Surace credited his squad with playing hard to the end. “The penalties set us back a little, and we just kept fighting back,” said Surace. “The guys have been doing
LAST FLING: Princeton University quarterback Blake Stenstrom fires a pass last Saturday as Princeton hosted Yale. Playing in his final home game as a Tiger, senior Stenstrom connected on 20-of-36 passes for 240 yards and one touchdown in a losing cause as Princeton fell 36-28 to the Bulldogs in double overtime to get knocked out of the Ivy League title race. The Tigers, now 4-5 overall and 3-3 Ivy, play at Penn (6-3, 3-3 Ivy) on November 18 in their season finale. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
that all year. All you can ask is that they prepare as hard as they can and they do that; that you leave everything on the field, they do that. We are just a little bit short in these games.” I n t h e f ir s t over t i m e, Princeton eschewed a field goal attempt and unsuccessfully went for it on fourth and two as Surace acknowledged that his defense was running on empty. “I thought that was one of these iffy analytical things, do you go for it on the first one on the two,” said Surace. “We came into the game with some injuries and we had some during the game. I was a little bit worried that we are running out of gas. We gave up a touchdown in the third quarter and we had three freshmen and three sophomore on the field against an offense that is one of the best in the league. 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you don’t get better than those guys. They fight.” The Tigers will be in for a big fight this Saturday as they conclude their season by playing at Penn ( 6 -3 overall, 3-3-Ivy). “We always correct mistakes the next day and then you move on to the next opponent,” said Surace. “Our guys will practice great this week. I guarantee you the will practice great because Penn has played well all year. They are a very good team and if we don’t, it will be embarrassing.” Stenstrom, for his part, its confident that the Tigers will be fired up to end the fall with a victory. “If this team is the team I believe it to be, we are going to come out and we are
going to attack practice regardless of what awaits us,” said Stenstrom. “The guys are going to fight and go out on a high note. One of the things I will miss is the culture of this team. We didn’t blink, we fought all of the way through. There were a lot of tough ones this season and at the end of last season and the guys have never quit. That is what I am really proud of.” —Bill Alden
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While the Princeton University men’s basketball program lost some key players to graduation from the squad that made a run to the NCAA Sweet 16 last March, the 2023-24 team appears to retained one of the chief qualities that led to that success. Opening the season on November 6 by topping Rutgers 68-61 in the Jersey Jam at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton, the Tigers displayed the resilience that made them so hard to beat last season down the stretch last winter. “I thought we played with a real understanding of what it was going to take to win, they made a couple of runs but we were able to withstand them,” said Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson. “It was a terrific environment. We were able play with some poise down the stretch. We have got a group that you see is tough.” In Henderson’s view, that toughness stems from his battle-tested veterans. “It is simply a testament to the older guys in the group. There is very little room in our practices for anything other than what you saw in the game,” said Henderson. “It starts with [Matt] Allocco and [Zach] Martini, but now [Caden] Pierce, [Blake] Peters, and [Xaivian] Lee are all understanding that there is a standard to which we play. It is a carryover from where we were last season. That is to me what we have always seen with Princeton basketball.”
In the win over Rutgers, Allocco and Lee played very well. Senior guard and cocaptain Allocco tallied 21 points with nine rebounds while sophomore guard Lee contributed 16 points and five assists. “He is everything on the floor that you would want out of a senior in college basketball,” said Henderson of Allocco. “Xaivian is learning to take the right kinds of steps where needed. He had a great summer. Xaivian is poised to have a great year in some ways. In other ways he has shown us that he wants to be coached and he wants to improve.” Playing at Hofstra last Friday, the Tigers showed improvement as they posted a 74-67 win over the Pride. “It is a game that has bitten us in the last few years — they do a great job; they are going to be good in a very difficult conference,” said Henderson. “We see a lot of the CAA (Coastal Athletic Association) teams this year and we know that they are tough. We turned the ball over a lot in the first half but took care of the ball in the second half, just like against Rutgers. I think we had two, maybe three turnovers in the second half. What you like to see is toughness on the road up front and the ability to understand what it is going to take to win. There is a maturity there.” Sophomore forward Pierce is maturing into a star, tallying a career-high 26 points
along with 15 rebounds in the win over the Pride. He was later named the Iv y League Player of the Week. “I have never seen anybody do what he is doing, and yet that is normal now around here,” said Henderson of Pierce who was later named the Ivy League Player of the Week. “I see improvement game-to - game and that is all we have asked. He is a great teammate; he has got such a welcoming spirit but he plays like he is mad at the ball. It is a joy to watch.” The Tigers also got a good game against Hofstra from junior guard Peters, who tallied 15 points with two rebounds and one assist. “Blake is playing w ith such confidence; he is very clear-headed person and he thrives knowing where he stands,” said Henderson. “He knows the way we feel about the way he is playing, he is playing within himself but also with lots of confidence. It is dangerous because every guy has a little bit of a different skill set but starting with Mush (Allocco), the objective is quite clear with this group. It is all about whatever it takes to win.” Playing at Duquesne (30) on November 15 and at Monmouth (1-1) on November 18, Princeton will need to play well to come away with wins in those contests. “D uque sne is anot her quality, high level oppon e nt,” s a id He n der s on, whose team will wrap up the road swing with a game
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With Battle-Tested Veterans Displaying Toughness, Tiger Men’s Basketball Produces Superb 2-0 Start
STRONG START: Princeton University men’s basketball player Caden Pierce dribbles upcourt in a recent practice session. Last Friday, sophomore forward Pierce scored a career-high 26 points and had 15 rebounds to help Princeton defeat Hofstra 74-67. He was later named the Ivy League Player of the Week. The Tigers, now 2-0, play at Duquesne on November 15 and at Monmouth on November 18. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) at Old Dominion on November 22. “They are very well coached, they have been turning people over. They just beat College of Charleston by 18, which is
a really great win. We are going to their place and it will be tough. Monmouth has improved, I love playing there. I love King (head coach King Rice) and he has
got his son on the team now. We have three more road games in a row against very difficult opponents.” —Bill Alden
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Tiger Men’s Hockey Defeats Brown
Sparked by Tyler Rubin, the Princeton Universit y men’s hockey team defeated Brown 3-2 in overtime last Saturday night at Hobey Baker Rink. Sophomore defenseman Rubin got an assist on the game-tying goal by Joe Berg with 1:05 left in the third person and then tallied the winning goal on OT to help the Tigers improve to 2-11 overall and 2-1-1 ECAC Hockey. Rubin was later named ECACH Defender of the Week for the first time in his career. Princeton hosts Colgate on November 17 and Cornell on November 18.
PU Women’s Hockey Sweeps Mercyhurst
Emerson O’Leary came up big to help the Princeton University women’s hockey team sweep a two-game set against Mercyhurst last weekend. On Friday, sophomore forward O’Leary tallied two goals as Princeton prevailed 4-2. A day later, she picked up two assists to help the Tigers post a 5-1 victory. Princeton, now 6-3-1 overall, plays at Colgate on November 17 and at Cornell on November 18.
Maya Satchell led the way as the Princeton University women’s volleyball team defeated Harvard 3-1 last Saturday in its regular season finale. Coming up big on her Senior Night, Satchell contributed a match-high 19 kills to help the Tigers prevail 2522, 16-25, 25-22, 26-24. Princeton, now 14-8 overall and 11-3 Ivy League, is next in action when it competes in the Ivy postseason tournament at Yale. The Tigers are seeded second and will face third-seeded Brown in a semifinal contest on November 17 with the victor advancing to the final on November 19 against the winner of the semifinal matchup between top-seeded Yale and fourth-seeded Harvard. The winner of the tournament earns the league’s automatic bid to the upcoming NCAA tournament.
Princeton Men’s Cross Country Places 1st at NCAA Regional
Nicholas Bendtsen set the pace as the Princeton University men’s cross country team finished first at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic regional last Friday in Bethlehem, Pa. Junior Bendtsen came in fourth individually, covering the 10,000-meter course in a time of 29:29.2. Senior Jarrett Kirk was next for the Tigers taking sixth in 29:31.5 with senior Connor Nisbet finishing eighth in 29.31.6.
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In the team standings, Princeton had a winning score of 41 with Villanova coming in at 73 to take second. Princeton will conclude its season by competing in the NCAA Championships on November 18 in Charlottesville, Va.
PU Women’s Cross Country Takes 6th at NCAA Regional
Seniors Fiona Max and Margaret Liebich led the way as the Princeton University women’s cross country team took sixth at the NCAA MidAtlantic regional last Friday in Bethlehem, Pa. Ma x f inished 18t h in d iv idually, cover ing t he 6,000 -meter course in a time of 20 :20.6 with Liebich just behind in 19th at 20:21.8. In the team standings, Princeton had a score of 140 with Villanova totaling a winning score of 48.
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SKYE HIGH: Princeton University women’s basketball player Skye Belker guards a foe in recent action. in recent action. Last Sunday, freshman guard Belker scored a team-high 18 points to help Princeton defeat Middle Tennessee 65-60. In upcoming action, the Tigers, now 2-0, play at UCLA on November 17 and at University of San Diego on November 19. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Six years ago, the Princeton High boys’ soccer team fell to Kearny High 3-1 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group 4 championship game. Last Saturday when the two powerhouses clashed in a rematch at this year’s Group 4 final at Franklin H i g h, PH S d i d n’t w a s te a n y t i m e , s h o w i n g t h at things could be different in round two. Tiger freshman star Harvey Smith scored a goal 14 seconds into the game on an assist from senior standout Pasquale Carusone. “It is a set play and we ran it a couple of times this year. We scored 17 seconds into Hopewell on the exact same play (in a 2-0 win on September 19),” said Walsh. “It is one of those things where you put the ball into the mixer. It is so early in the game — the other team is a little panicky and sometimes it works.” But displaying its pedigree, Kear ny responded with two unanswered goals at the 12th and 14th minute of the contest. “I was really impressed by Kearney; you are in a state final and you give up a goal 14 seconds in and they didn’t blink,” said Walsh. “We knew it was going to be a back-and-forth game — they got into the run of things a little bit there.” Over the final 40 minutes of the game, PHS was the more impressive side, getting a goal from Carusone early in the half and a gamewinner from junior Archie Smith with three minutes remaining in regulation as PHS prevailed 3-2. It was the first state crown for Tigers and the fourth state title overall for the program. PHS ended the fall with a 22-2 record. In addition to the timely goals, a defensive tweak helped PHS overcome the Kardinals. “There was a big gap between our back four. Kearny
did a good job of leaving a guy high off of the shoulder of one our center backs which a lot of teams haven’t done this year,” said Walsh. “Our backs were staying a little deeper, we were just emphasizing to Nick Matese to step a little bit and squeeze that gap. It helped a lot.” The goal from Carusone was a big help for the Tigers. “It was Harvey [Smith] who put a ball into the box, he flipped it over the top of the defender and Pasquale got in and the hit a volley with his left foot to score,” said Walsh. The winning score resulted from a scrappy effort by Archie Smith as he battled a Kearney defender for the ball and squirted the ball into the back of the net. “You could see the buildup coming. Archie wasn’t really in behind, he was fighting that guy off,” recalled Walsh. “He and that guy were just battling for 15 yards, the goal was a desire goal. That kid was not going to be stopped, it was just so amazing.” The Tiger defense held the fort from there, setting off a raucous postgame celebration as the PHS players mobbed each other and then ran over to the stands to enjoy the moment with their supporters on hand. “The moment itself was indescribable,” said Walsh. “I was so happy for the boys — these seniors have been through a lot.” The squad’s senior group — which included Saif Mobin-Uddin, Jamie Reynolds, Matthew Kim, Felipe Matar Grandi, Enea Meloni, Brandon Urias, and Patrick Kenah in addition to Carusone and Matese — experienced a lot of ups and downs in their journey to a title. “Their first year we didn’t even have a freshman team because it was the COVID y e a r,” s a i d Wa l s h . “A s freshmen, they had virtual school and had no soccer. Then last year as juniors
Felipe had the ankle injury.” One of those seniors, midfielder and co-captain Matar Grandi, sensed things coming together as the fall unfolded. “A lot of us have been playing together for a long time,” said Matar Grandi after the Tigers defeated Washington Township 4-0 in the Group 4 semis last Wednesday to punch their ticket to the state final. “Adding Pasquale and Harvey helped us a lot. They are phenomenal players. We just had some missing pieces that we didn’t have last year, and we all grew older. We have all connected very well — we are having the best season possible.” Carusone, who joined the program this fall after focusing on club soccer the last three years, made an instant connection with his teammates. “This is like living the perfect season,” said Carusone as he looked ahead to the state final. “I feel like I fit well in this role for the team, I fit as a goal scorer.” In reflecting on the team’s success this fall, Carusone attributed it, in part, to a selfless attitude on the part of the team’s veterans. “It is definitely our leadership, everyone besides the captains is willing to take a step and lead,” said Carusone, who led the team with 28 goals. “Matt Kim is not a captain, but he definitely takes a step to leadership. Jamie Reynolds is the same way. You don’t have to be a captain to be a leader. It is not everyone for themselves, it is everyone playing for the team like a family.” In Walsh’s view, being on the same page from the start led to the historic finish. “In the offseason we got together and these guys were not going to stopped,” said Walsh. “All they wanted to do was win. The entire team had this great desire to win. I think that is what made the team.” —Bill Alden
For Felipe Matar Grandi, some practice made perfect for him as the Princeton High boys’ soccer team hosted Washington Township in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group 4 state semis last Wednesday afternoon. With PHS leading Washington 1-0 in the second half, senior midfielder and co-captain Matar Grandi got position near the goal and with a ball flying towards him, he leaped up and headed the ball into the back of the net. “It felt great, I saw it coming; we have been working on headers all season and I was like we have to put one in,” said Matar Grandi. “I told Walsh (PHS head coach Ryan Walsh) it is coming in a big moment. I just headed it and it went in.” The Tigers kept coming, pulling away to a 4-0 win over Washington and punching their ticket to the state final. “We have one game left senior year, it feels awesome to help the team, scoring in a big game,” said Matar Grandi. “It is the last game on this field for me.” In t he early stages of contest, PHS generated a slew of scoring chances but
found themselves in a scoreless draw at halftime. Matar Grandi and his teammates remained confident depute not finding the back of the net over the first 40 minutes of the contest. “We had total control,” said Matar Grandi. “We knew it was coming, we knew we had to put one in the back of the net. It was just make no mistakes and stay focused the whole game.” Two minutes into the second half, Pasquale Carusone scored on a header to break the ice and PHS never looked back. “We just play our game, we are going to get in, let’s finish it,” said Matar Grandi. “We knew once we got one, more were going to come. That is how it went.” O ver h is PH S c are er, Matar Grandi has come a long way. “Since I was a sophomore in this program, I have just been growing in it both as a player and as a person,” said Matar Grandi. “All the coaches really helped me grow. Walsh has been phenomenal this year.” Tiger head coach Walsh was thrilled to see Matar Grandi’s hard work pay off with the goal against Washington. “Felipe is such an emotional player, he gives
everything he has in every training session and every ga m e, you c a n s e e it,” said Walsh. “It is so good to see him score because the role he is playing for us right now is a lot of the dirty work. He is playing an outside mid for us. We have him tucked in a little bit, he is too good defensively to put him up too high. We want him to break plays. He is not always our go-to goal scorer. When he puts one in the back of the net, it is great to see.” Serving as a team co-captain along with classmate Nick Matese, Matar Grandi has been a great experience for him. “It is a privilege,” said Matar Grandi. “The guys are awesome. I am friends with all of them, we all have a great connection. I love winning.” Heading into the state final against Kearny, Matar Grandi was confident that the Tigers would keep winning and he was correct as PHS rallied for a 3-2 win to earn the program’s first state title since 2012 and fourth overall. “I think we go in with confidence like we have all season,” said Matar Grandi, looking ahead to the championship contest. “We are going to play our game and we are going to kick butt. We are going to win.” —Bill Alden
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and Felipe both had Senior Matar Grandi Enjoyed Memorable Home Finale, PHS Boys’ Soccer Produces Dramatic 2nd Half Rally, Nick season-ending injuries. Nick Edging Kearny 3-2 in NJSIAA Group 4 State Final had the knee injur y and Getting Goal as PHS Boys’ Soccer Rolled in State Semi
GRAND SLAM: Princeton High boys’ soccer player Felipe Matar Grandi goes after the ball in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group 4 final last Saturday at Franklin High. Senior midfielder and co-captain Matar Grandi helped PHS top Kearny 3-2 as the Tigers won their first state title since 2012 and fourth overall. Matar Grandi tallied a goal as PHS topped Washington Township 4-0 in the state semis on last Wednesday to punch its ticket to the final. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
JUNCTION BARBER SHOP RALLY TIME: Princeton High boys’ soccer player Pasquale Carusone, right, controls the ball as PHS battled Kearny High in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group 4 championship game last Saturday at Franklin High. Senior Carusone scored a second half goal as the Tigers rallied to a 3-2 win over the Kardinals to win their first state title since 2012. It was the fourth state crown for the program. PHS finished the fall with a 22-2 record. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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As the libero for the Princeton High girls’ volleyball team, Pearl Agel stands out among her teammates as she wears a different color jersey and can only play on the back row under the rules of the sport. While some may see the position as somewhat thankless with no chance to get the glory of blasting kills at the net, junior Agel relishes doing the dirty work of diving for digs and setting up her teammates. “At first, I was more into hitting and stuff … but because of my height it is kind of difficult, but also I was good at passing,” said Agel. “I know it is something that is overlooked, passing, but it is something that I enjoy a lot. I love to help the other people.” Last Sunday, Agel helped PHS culminate a dominate campaign as it topped Millburn 2-0 (25-21, 25-12) in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group 3 final at Franklin High last Sunday. It was the first-ever state title for the team, which ended the fall with a 30-1 record. With a huge throng of supporters on hand at the Franklin gym, many of them waving blue pom-poms, the Tigers concentrated on the task at hand. “We were really excited and we have been waiting a long time for this,” said Agel. “I think we are a bit nervous, but we were just really focused on playing well. We weren’t trying to focus on the gym or the new environment. We were just going to play our game.” The scrappy Agel played
her game, diving all over the court for digs and setting up her teammates. “I have been struggling with deep corners this year. Today I was focusing on little things that can help me get better,” said Agel who ended the match with 11 digs, six service points, and one assist. “I think that really showed this game.” The Tigers struggled in the latter stages of the first set as Millburn went on a 5-0 run to narrow the PHS lead to 23-18 and prompt it to call a timeout. “I think the timeout there was to give us a second to breathe,” said Agel. “Sometimes when we get deep in to the 20s in the set, we get a little overconfident. It was, ‘Reset, we need to finish it up.’” Holding off the Millers to win the set 25-21, the Tigers finished the deal with a dominant 25-12 second set. “It was, ‘We just need to end this, this is such an important game,’” said Agel. “We wanted to show them who is boss.” Agel nearly ended the match as PHS went on a 3-0 run to go up 24-11 with her serving. “That was good, I have always wanted to do that,” said Agel. “I was really excited, I was just looking to get it over. I missed an earlier serve, so my priority was not to miss the first couple. At the end I tried to go for an ace, but I missed the short spot.” The Tigers closed the deal and mobbed each other in the middle of the court to celebrate the historical moment. “Since we are a new team, I think after last year we
knew that we wanted to go all of the way,” said Agel, noting that PHS had fallen 2-1 to Colts Neck in the sectional final to end the 2022 season. “We had never done that before. After we got a little taste of it, there was no way we were not going all of the way this year. That has been our goal the entire time.” In reflecting on the qualities that helped PHS achieve that goal, Agel pointed to a special team chemistry. “We are really well connected, we just enjoy what we do,” said team co-captain Agel, who ended the fall with a team-high 297 digs along with 68 assists. “We all love each so much, and we just have fun. That is what makes playing volleyball so much better and it makes us play so much better.” The Tigers played their best in the state tournament, winning each match in two sets with the first set against Millburn being their closest of the championship run, In Agel’s view, playing a tough schedule steeled PHS for the state tourney. “I think that came from playing really big Group 4 teams,” said Agel. “After that we have been focused on beating big teams and doing stuff like that.” PHS head coach Patt y Manhart saw that gauntlet of foes which included such powers as Southern, Williamstown, Paul VI, Lenape, and Hunterdon Central, among others, gave the Tigers a lot of confidence as they headed into the state tourney. “ We p l a y e d a r e a l l y rough schedule, it got us into good shape going into
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a decent margin. I feel that gave them that extra bit of confidence to know that we are probably the best team going into it and we proved it.” In the match against Millburn, it took a while for PHS to find its top form. “I feel like I saw some ner ves in that first set. There were a lot of Millburn points scored off of our mistakes,” said Manhart. “The good news was that we built up such a lead that we could make those mistakes and still be in good shape. As a coach, if the other team is ripping off serves, you want to do something.” In the second set, the Tigers cut down on the service mistakes as they rolled to the title. “That was just playing our game, they got it out of them,” said Manhart. “I told them that we miss our serves when we do something different. We were trying to be safe, but we are a tough serving team so we need to come back and do the same thing consistently. If you are in your head thinking that I don’t want to miss this serve, that is not going to be good. In the second set, I feel like they figured it out as a team so I happy with the way they played.” Manhart was very happy with the way Agel played in the final. “We knew this team hit across the court and she was ready for them,” said Man har t. “It was b eing ready mentally and physically. Pearl was there and kept those points and rallies alive. It just makes such big difference for us.” The PHS front row trio of sophomores Naomi Lygas, Charlotte Woods, and Kaelin Bobetich also made a difference against the Millers. Lygas had five kills and six digs in the win with Woods coming up with eight kills and six digs and Bobetich contributing seven kills, three blocks, and four digs. “When Naomi gets up to that front row, we can get a little bit of a lead built up,” said Manhart. “We are a balanced team — that is what gets you to this point. That
PEARL JAM: Princeton High girls’ volleyball libero Pearl Agel lofts a pass in state tournament action. Last Sunday, junior Agel contributed 11 digs, six service points, and one assist to help PHS defeat Millburn 2-0 (25-21, 25-12) in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group 3 final at Franklin High. The Tigers went 30-1 as they earned the first state crown in program history. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) is what helps you win, having multiple people on your team that can get the job done.” Manhart credited Mackenzie Lyle with playing a key role in helping the Tigers win though her upbeat attitude. “ We had g re at s en ior leadership from Mackenzie Lyle,” said Manhart. “She is really the heart of this team. You can see how much it meant to the team for her to get that trophy.” It meant a lot of Manhart to see the program reach the championship summit as it went from a club team to varsity competition in 2014. “That is something I have to keep wrapping my head arou n d,” s a id Ma n har t. “When I got hired at PHS, I said, ‘Do you have a girls’ team I can coach? ’ and it was no, so I said, ‘OK, let’s start it’ and we got it going the next year. We take a lot of pride in this program, but it is so much what the
girls do outside — one coach can’t do it alone. It is so much of the girls and their attitude and their ethic.” Basking in the glow of the championship win, Manhart believes the Tigers can keep doing great things. “I think my biggest feeling has been impatience because I have known that the team has been capable of getting to this point, but just being impatient to make it here and play,” said Manhart. “I am very happy, and knowing that we are returning the majority of our players, the expectation is to do it again. That is how I am feeling.” Agel is also feeling confident that the Tigers can produce a title repeat. “I definitely want to come back again and I want to play a really hard team and we want to do so well next year,” said Agel. “I think we have a lot of potential to do that.” —Bill Alden
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CELEBRATING HISTORY: Members of the Princeton High girls’ volleyball team celebrate after they defeated Moorestown 2-0 (25-17, 25-12) in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 3 sectional final on November 7. It marked the first sectional crown for the Tigers who went on to win the Group 3 state championship with a 2-0 (25-21, 25-12) win over Millburn last Sunday. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
For Mackenzie Brodel, it was a prayer answered and a dream come true, while Ella McLaren was rendered speechless. Sophomores Brodel and McLaren played key roles last Fr iday night as the Princeton Day School girls’ soccer team defeated Mount St. Dominic 2-0 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public A state final at Franklin High. Brodel scored a goal early in the second half to put PDS up 1-0 and McLaren helped anchor a stingy PDS defense that stifled the highpowered Lion attack. With the foes locked in a scoreless tie headed into the second half, PDS was determined to break through. “We were just doing the same thing that we always do,” said Brodel. “We were just looking to get the ball in the back of the net.” Brodel got the ball into the back of the net 1:16 into the half, lofting a volley over the Mount St. Dominic goalie. “I saw the ball coming at me and just touched it and prayed,” said Brodel, reflecting on her tally. “I was just hoping it was somewhere near the goal.” Midway through the secon d h a lf, t h e Pa nt h e r s struck again as sophomore Juliana Hartman slotted the ball into the back of the net to put PDS up 2-0. “I feel like we really held together and we just wanted it a lot more,” said Brodel. “The second goal just really set it up and cemented it down. It was good.” For Brodel, coming through in the title game was a very good moment.
“I have been dreaming about this night since I started,” said Brodel. “I was dreaming about it last night. I was making up scenarios in my head before I fell asleep. I wanted it really bad — I was hungry for it.” At the other end of the field, McLaren and the PDS defenders were focused on containing Mount St. Dominic stars Gianna Camporeale and Lena Tusche, who came into the game having scored 29 and 19 goals, respectively. “We knew that they were going to be very good; me and Tochi [Owunna] were going to have to cover each other and communicate with each other,” said McLaren. “They were technically very good and very fast. I think we played good against them. We were able to throw in a slide tackle or step in at the right moment or just cover each other with the long balls and their speed.” In the second half, the Panthers held the fort as the Lions furiously pressed forward after PDS forged ahead. “That is something we have been working on all season, there have been a couple of games where teams have scored on us in the last couple of minutes,” said McLaren. “We were just trying to stay calm, play our own game and get it out, go to the corners, and just give it our everything to the last minute.” Over the course of the fall, McLaren has developed a special partnership at center back with senior star Owunna. “Me and Tochi work so well together; our chemistry is really great back there,” said McLaren.
RISING TO THE OCCASION: Princeton Day School girls’ soccer player Ella McLaren, left, heads the ball as PDS battled St. John Vianney in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public A South tournament. The Panthers went on to win the South tournament and last Friday and earned the Non-Public A title as they defeated Mount St. Dominic 2-0 in the state final at Franklin High. It was the first-ever Non-Public state title for the program. The Panthers finished the fall at 17-2-3. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
“We just know what each other is going to do. It is like we have twin telepathy.” Coming down the stretch in the Non-Public tournament, the Panthers pro duced their best work of the season. “I think every game has been very good. I feel like this game we gave everything,” said McLaren, who kissed the state championship trophy in the postgame celebration. “We really wanted this win, I think that paid off with the score. I don’t even know how to put it into words. I am just so happy we won, I don’t know what to say.” At halftime, PDS head coach Chris Pettit implored his squad to stick to their game. “If we are going to win this game, we are going to have to win it for ourselves playing our style,” said Pettit. “When we have the ball, we have to be aware of their players but we don’t have to be frightened of them. If we have the ball, at that point we control our own destiny. I think you saw more of that in the second half.” The goal by Brodel set the tone of the second half for the Panthers. “That gave us a big lift and settled us down; I feel like the second half, you are always going to get nervous, it is always going to be frantic,” said Pettit. “They had a loud crowd here yelling and what not. It was tough in that sense, but I thought we actually did a lot better in the second half with passing the ball around and doing more of that.” The play of McLaren and O w u n na sp e arhe ade d a superb defensive effort by PDS. “The defensive rock this entire season has been built on them,” said Pettit, whose goalie Shelby Ruf made four saves in the win. “We have got a lot of great individual defenders but when you put them all together, collectively they are even better than the sum of their individual parts. Ella is phenomenal in the air, phenomenal in the tackle, and reads the game. Tochi reads the game really well and covers ground for Ella. Those guys individually just love defending. For them to not give up a goal, make that tackle, get that block — that is their goal. They take real pride in that, so that has been huge.” Pettit was proud of the way his players rose to the occasion in the championship run. “I don’t know what it was, we had a couple of tough losses and this has really sharpened our focus,” said Pettit. “I think coming into states, we were struggling even when we were winning. We were struggling
switched. It was win or go home and we are not done yet. It was 80 minutes, 80 minutes, 80 minutes, which was phenomenal.” Guiding the Panthers to their first-ever Non-Public state title was phenomenal experience for Pettit. “It is huge; we have only been here three years and we are definitely ahead of schedule,” said Pettit, whose team finished the fall with a 17-2-3 record. “It was obviously a goal for us. When we came, we had 17 kids and only eight or nine of them played club. I think we had nine wins in the first year so to go from that to this in three years is definitely ahead of schedule. Now we are here and we have to keep it going and build from here. It is exciting.” In Pettit’s view, building a strong team unity was a huge factor in the squad’s success this fall. “We focused a lot on the chemistry and the culture and I give the seniors great credit,” says Pettit. “A lot of time for the high school seniors it is, ‘Oh it is my senior year. It is my this, it is my that.’ This group of seniors hasn’t done that at all, they have actually stepped back and said it is about us, it is about we. As a result, all of the younger players have had the room to feel like this is theirs and they have really bloomed because of that.” Pettit credited senior star Adriana Salzano with playing a key role in creating that positive environment.
Salzano. “She leads and is one of those seniors who has allowed everybody else to grow. In preseason, even though she was fitter than everybody else, she would slow down and push everybody else along. It has
into a family over the fall. “It is our team bond, we have a great bond, there are no groups or cliques,” said Brodel. “It is just all a big family and that has brought us together on the field.” —Bill Alden
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PDS Cross Country: Emily McCann had a big day as she ran in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association ( NJSIA A) Meet of Champions (MOC) last Saturday at Holmdel Park. Senior star and Northeastern commit McCann placed 23rd in t he g irls’ race, covering the 5,000-meter course in a time of 19:19. In addition, senior Harleen Sandu competed for PDS in the race and took 129th in 21:06. As for the PDS boys,
freshman Edward Letko ran PHS ended the fall with a in the MOC and placed final record of 17-3. 161st in a time of 19:43. Boys’ Cross Country: Senior Maxwell Dunlap ran well as he competed in his final New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Meet of Champions meet last Saturday at Holmdel Park. DunField Hockey: Running lap placed 61st individually into a buzz saw, second- in a time of 16:48 over the seeded PHS lost 4 - 0 to 5,000 -meter course. Anfifth-seeded Ridge in the other senior, Joshua BarziNew Jersey State Inter- lai, was the next finisher for scholastic Athletic Associa- the Tigers, taking 103rd in tion (NJSIAA) North Jersey 17:12. Group 4 sectional final last Girls’ Cross Country: week. Senior goalie Annie G r ace He g e d u s s e t t h e Callahan made 14 saves in pace as PHS placed 13th a losing cause for the Tigers in the girls’ team standings in the November 7 contest. at the New Jersey State
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LIONHEARTED: The Christine’s Hope Lions show off the trophy they earned for defeating the TSS Photo Vikings 34-21 in the championship game of the Princeton Junior Football League (PJFL) Seniors (Grades 7-8) division on November 5. Pictured, from left, are coach Ellinton Hinds, Isaac Stuckey, Liam McCloskey, coach Jon Stone, John Monica, Jonah Long, Alex Spies, coach Jamie Monica, Cooper Casto, Jamie Monica, coach Brian McCloskey, and Ryan Stone. Not pictured is Gabriel Zuev.
VIKING WARRIORS: Members of the TSS Photography Vikings celebrate after they edged the Petrone Steelers 20-13 in the Princeton Junior Football League (PJFL) Super Juniors division (Grades 5-6) title game on November 5. Pictured, from left, are Aidyn Shah, Eva-Marie (Emmy) Moorhead, Henry Bombrdieri, Joseph Miller, Liam Gering, Samuel Frole, Beckett Williams, and Jax Cherian. Not pictured are Luke Branagh, Eric Bruhn, Hanley Hudson, Luciana Velez, and coaches Daniel Hanley and William Branagh.
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I n te r s c h o l a s t i c A t h l e t i c Association (NJSIAA) Meet of Champions meet last Saturday at Holmdel Park. Freshman Hegedus took 44th individually, clocking a t i m e o f 19 : 5 5 o v e r the 5,000 -meter course. S ophomore Kajol Kar ra was the next finisher for the Tigers, coming in 111th in 20 :49 while freshman Eowyn Deess placed 114th in 20:52. Union Catholic had a team score of 31 to win the meet with PHS totaling 293 in taking 13th.
Local Sports Goto Takes 1st for 2nd Year At Princeton Half Marathon
Setting the pace at the 11th annual HiTOPS Princeton Half Marathon last Sunday morning, Kanato Goto placed first out of 1,409 finishers. Princeton resident Goto, 34, covered the challenging 13.1 mile course in a time of 1:09:56. It marked the second straight year that Goto won the race. Sunaina Danziger, 27, was the top female finisher, taking 24th overall in a time of 1:26:04. The top nonbinary finisher was Nicholas Joswick, 27, of Lambertville,
who took 135th overall in 1:38:28. Princeton High girls’ cross country standout Kyleigh Tangen, who competed in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Meet of Champions at Holmdel Park on Saturday, placed 127th in 1:37.47 and second in the 15-19 girls age group. The event drew 470 runners from Princeton plus r u n ners f rom 31 s tate s and 11 countries. The local Princeton community played a large role in the event’s success. Among the community organizations who helped stage the race included the Municipality of Princeton and Mayor Mark Freda, the Princeton Police, the Princeton Health Depar tment, Pr inceton University, the Princeton Clergy Association, Princeton Public Works, Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad, Princeton Fire, the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office, Fire Police Officers, Westminster Choir College Security, and Medcycle. In addition, the race volunteers and race director, Courtney Newman, made a major contribution to the race.
the Institute Woods on December 2. T h e 6,0 0 0 - m e te r r u n starts at 10 a.m. from Princeton Friends School and is limited to 200 participants. This event is chip timed. All abilities are invited, including those who prefer to walk the course. Online registration and full details regarding the event are available at princetonac.org. Same day registration will be limited to credit card only — no cash — and space available. The Princeton Athletic Club is a nonprofit running club for the community. The club, an all-volunteer organization, promotes running for the fun and health of it and stages several running events each year.
Wilberforce School Runners Compete at Meet of Champions
Caleb Brox wrapped up his final season for the Wilberforce School cross country squad by competing in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Meet of Champions meet last Saturday at Holmdel Park. Senior Brox was the top finisher for Wilberforce in the boys’ race, taking 104th, Princeton Athletic Club clocking time of 17:12 over Holding 6K Run on Dec. 2 the 5,000-meter course. The Princeton Athletic As for the Wilberforce girls, Club will be holding its an- sophomore Eve Szeliga led the nual Winter Wonder Run at way, placing 92nd in 20:38.
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FLYING HIGH: Players on the UOA Cardinals are all smiles after they defeated the Lululemon Eagles 26-21 in championship game of the Princeton Junior Football League (PJFL) Juniors division (Grades 3-4). Pictured, from left, are Alberto Buzali, Ed Arnold, James Armstrong, Carson Smith, Max Reeves, Killian Shay, Connor Ryan, Kaden Taffer, Matthias Barthelemy, and Rory Powers. Not pictured are coaches Justin Taffer and Philip Arnold.
Joyce Howe Joyce Howe, 65, passed away on November 6 at home in Princeton, NJ, after a nine-year battle with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. Alex Levine, her husband of 35 years, was at her side. Manhattan-born, she grew up in Queens, first behind her father’s laundry in Jackson Heights, then in Corona. A proud 1976 graduate of Stuy vesant High School, she attended SUNY Buffalo, majoring in English, the school newspaper, and rock concerts and club shows. She returned to New York and worked for The New York Times, then Glamour Magazine, first as a flunky, later as a writer and editor, and began an 18-year career freelancing for countless publications and working for government agencies and nonprofits. Much of her writing dealt with women’s and Asian American issues. She and Alex lived in the East Village, Paris, Berkeley, Aix-en-Provence, and Oakland before moving to Princeton in 2002. Joyce love d b e i ng a n adoptive Princetonian almost as much as she loved considering herself a lifelong New Yorker. Her utter devotion to her daughters, Nathalie and Jade, included working at Community Park School in a variety of volunteer positions. Later, she ran the Power Lunch reading program and worked as an instructional assistant (and was a proud PRESSA member). She was also a passionate volunteer with D emocrat ic pre sident ial campaigns throughout her life, including with the PCDO in 2004, 2008, and 2012. Joyce was a familiar face at each and every church rummage sale and countless garage sales, at the Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, and in a comfortable chair near the magazines at Princeton Public Library, which she never left without visiting the used bookstore. She loved walking around town. Her favorite haunts included the Record Exchange, the Nearly New Shop, Tomo Sushi, Another Angle, the Garden Theatre and Montgomery Cinemas, McCarter Theatre, and anywhere she could meet a friend for coffee. She loved bumping into neighbors at Conte’s and Main Street, whose closing she lamented, along with those of Abel Bagel, Jordan’s, Micawber Books, and Jane. She never missed a CP, JW, or PHS musical, orchestra, or choir concert, talent show, or cabaret night. She was also an avid Town Topics reader. Predeceased by her parents and sister Mary, she is
Alfred Lavern Bush
earliest surviving book from ancient America. B u s h b e c a m e Cu r ator of Western Americana at Princeton University’s Firestone Library in 1971 and served in that position for over 35 years. During his tenure he enlarged the size of the collection tenfold, expanded the collections of Native American materials, and added an important photographic archive. With Lee Clark Mitchell, he published The Photograph and the American Indian (1994) in conjunction with a major exhibition at Firestone Library. In 2006, following his retirement, the Princeton University Library Chronicle devoted an entire volume to Bush’s contributions to Native American studies. Equally at home in Princeton and in the American Southwest, Bush worked tirelessly to recruit Native American students and acted as an undergraduate advisor and friend to many. In 2020 he received the Princeton University Alumni Award, a rare honor for a non-alumnus, for his interest in and commitment to Native American students. Throughout his life, Bush remained an active researcher and essay writer. Alfred Bush ser ved for three decades on the editorial board of the Princeton University Librar y Chronicle, and was its editor from 1962 to 1977. He was elected an Honorary Member of the Friends in June 2023. Bush was also founding editor of Princeton History, first issued in 1971. In 2019 he was made an Honorary Lifetime Member of the Western History Association. He served until his death on the Visiting Committee of the Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Alfred Bush had a genius for friendship. He took great pleasure in introducing his many diverse friends to one another, thus creating new webs of friendship that now span Mexico and the United States. He is sur v ived by h is brother Ver non Bush of American Fork, Utah, and his sister Peggy Arnold of Grand Junction, Colorado; his adopted son Paul Tioux of Santa Fe, New Mexico; and numerous nieces, nephews, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. At Alfred’s request there will be no funeral or memorial service. Donations in his honor may be made to the Friends of Princeton University Library or the School for Advanced Research, Santa Fe, NM.
A lfred L avern Bush of Princeton died at home on November 9, 2023. He was born in 1933 in Denver, Colorado, into a fifth-generation Mormon family. An avid mountain climber in his youth, Bush graduated from Brigham Young University in 1957 where he continued graduate studies in archaeology before joining the Fifth University Archaeological Society excavations at the Mayan site of Aguacatal in Campeche, Mexico, in the winter of 1958. The following summer he was a student at the Institute for Archival and Historical Management at Radcliffe College. Bush served in the Medical Service Corps of the U.S. Army in the Panama Canal Zone. A lfred Bush moved to Princeton in 1958 to become an editor of the Papers of Thomas Jefferson. In the course of his research, he discovered a lost 1800 portrait of Jefferson by Rembrandt Peale, which was announced in his monograph The Life Portraits of Thomas Jefferson (1962). This portrait of President Jefferson now hangs in the White House and is featured on the Jefferson nickel. In 1971 Bush proposed and organized an exhibition of ancient Mayan hiero glyphic texts at the Grolier Club in New York — a show that exhibited a purported fourth surviving Maya codex. Highly controversial, the codex underwent nearly Reinhard Paul50 years of extensive testGunter Kruegel ing before Mexican authorities declared it genuine in 1939 - 2023 September 2018. Referred Re i n h a r d Pau l - G u n te r to as the Grolier Codex, it Kruegel, 84, passed away dates from the 11th century in Elizabeth City, N.C., on and is now recognized as the September 27 after a long
struggle with the aftereffects of Covid and other health issues. Reinhard was born in Bad Godesberg, Germany, to Gottwald Hugo Reinhard and Eleonore (née Hunninghaus) Kruegel on June 2, 1939, the youngest of five children. Reinhard is missed dearly by his family and friends. He is survived by his wife of 52 years, Linda Kruegel, his children and grandchildren: Michele ( Lincoln Cairns ) Kruegel and their daughter, Tallulah; Brian (Jenn) Kruegel and their daughter, Lahna. He also leaves behind his sisters Helga Waldinger and Gudrun Graff, his brother Hartmann Kruegel, numerous in-laws, and nieces and nephews across the United States, Germany, and Canada. He was preceded in death by his parents as well as his sister, Lore Grohsgart. Reinhard grew up in postWWII Germany. After serving in the German Nav y under NATO from 1957-61 he immigrated to Ontario, Canada, where his brother, Hartmann, and his family had established roots. He studied data processing before moving to Chicago in 1963 where he worked during the day at Continental Coffee. At night, Reinhard took classes at Lakeview High School to improve his English. D ue to h is de d ic at ion and hard work, Continental Coffee transferred Reinhard to their New Jersey location where he managed the office as well as the data processing and credit departments. This is where he met Linda and they started their family. Reinhard shared his passion for downhill skiing with Linda, Michele, and Brian. As a couple, Reinhard and Linda spent their off-hours ballroom dancing and playing tennis. Reinhard’s lifelong love of soccer motivated him to teach his son and anyone else who wanted to learn how to play the game. He turned his passion into action by getting involved with the Princeton Soccer Association and was one of the first parents to bring professional coaching to the fledgling club. A steward of the game, Reinhard blew his whistle or raised his flag as a referee for hundreds of matches at the club and high school levels. In 1976, Reinhard became a naturalized U.S. citizen and his name is listed on the American Immigrant Wall of Honor on Ellis Island. Reinhard earned his GED at Hackensack High School in N.J., later receiving his BS in Business Administration at Thomas Edison University in 1989. After a fulfilling career at Continental Coffee, he was Vice President of Information Technology at Brunswick Bank and Trust until retiring. Reinhard was at the forefront of computer programming. As a Certified Network Engineer, he contributed to the seamless transition of Y2K spending countless hours testing code and analyzing data. His efforts helped ensure customers had the proper balances in their accounts on January 1, 2000. After retirement, he was happy to remind people of how he paid his dues and didn’t want to troubleshoot problems with cell phones, computers, or television remotes. Reinhard and Linda moved to Hertford, N.C., shortly after retiring. They made
amazing new friends and filled their time with engaging activities. Reinhard sang bass with the Albemarle Chorale and volunteered for the Community Emergency Response Team (CERT). He enjoyed playing tennis, golf, and poker, bicycling, bowling, reading voraciously, solving sudoku, and complaining about North Carolina drivers. Reinhard loved going to
the opera and enjoyed classical music. He could name any piece playing on the radio and its composer, usually before the DJ announced it. A de d ic ate d hu sba n d, father, grandfather, and friend, he was always ready with a glass of champagne to celebrate moments big and small alike. His booming voice and big heart will never be forgotten.
In Loving Memory Ennio and Gina Lieggi Dad, you left us on a Sunday morning, November 13, 2022. Mom followed 49 days later on Sunday, January 1, 2023. You courted in Italy and Princeton, married in Princeton, lived in Princeton, worked in Princeton, and raised your family in Princeton. Dad, you worked from 1947 to 2010 at all the best venues in Princeton, with the title Chef! Now, a year later, you are missed by your children, your grandchildren, and greatgrandchildren. Rest in Peace. You are at peace together forever and ever in the firmament of Heaven. Love, Your fourth son, Peter Felix John Lieggi
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survived by her loving husband and daughters Nathalie Levine (Anna Rose Gable) of Highland Park, NJ, and Jade Levine (Julia Lubey) of Manhattan; by her sisters Joan and Janet of Queens; her sister- and brother-inlaw Lisa and Jim Levine of Princeton; her nephews Zeke and Elijah Levine and niece Freddie Levine; and countless other relatives and friends in Princeton, New York, the Bay Area, and around the country. Her k ind, lov ing, and devoted caregivers Ayishatu Ibrahim and Mariama Sumareh, whom we cannot thank enough, helped us through many difficult years and knew how to make Joyce laugh. We also thank the staff of Penn MedicinePrinceton Home Care for years of steadfast and compassionate support. A celebration of her life will be held in Princeton in early 2024. Anyone so inclined is invited to contribute in her memory to 101fund.org, which sup ports Princeton High School graduates with need-based college aid. Joyce taught and loved many of them, and they loved her back.
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There’s a new trend in healthcare, and it’s gaining momentum in our area. By Sarah Emily Gilbert (Originally published in Princeton Magazine)
Dr. Francis Rehor, Dr. Barbara A. Brown (left) and Dr. Lynne B. Kossow, and Dr. Emily Kossow Sandberg of Princeton Lifestyle Medicine.
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or the past several years, Dr. Lynne B. Kossow, Dr. Barbara A. Brown, and Dr. Francis E Rehor have offered their patients far more than the traditional primary care practice. Most doctors see 25-30 patients per day for an average of 15 minutes, Drs. Kossow, Brown, and Rehor see 6-8 patients per day. In addition to providing treatment for acute illnesses, the doctors act as their clients’ healthcare coaches through Lifestyle Medicine, a scientific approach to patient wellness by effecting changes in areas such as diet, physical activity, and stress management. With the current shortage of primary care physicians and the abundance of high-volume practices, this type of individualized attention is rare. However, by switching to a concierge format, doctors like the ones at Princeton Lifestyle Medicine are able to practice medicine that consists of this broad-spectrum care. Concierge medicine, also known as retainer-based medicine, is an umbrella term for private medical care wherein patients pay an out-ofpocket fee in exchange for enhanced care. Born in the 1990s, concierge medicine was once thought of as a service for the wealthy that charged patients a lofty fee for luxury medicine. In recent years, it has evolved to accommodate patients across all income brackets, leading to expanding interest among patients and their primary care doctors. According to a survey released by the American Academy of Private Physicians at the AAPP 2015 Fall Summit, more than 45 percent of 862 independent physicians would consider a concierge or similar membership model in the next three years. This may be due in part to our aging population needing increased and varied medical services, leading to an imbalanced patient/doctor ratio. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act has increased the number of insured patients, putting a further strain on primary care doctors. As a result, physicians are often unable to dedicate enough time to each patient. In the hopes of increasing both job and patient satisfaction in a financially sustainable way, primary care physicians are looking toward concierge medicine. “Where conventional medicine is failing is in the prevention and reversal of chronic diseases that are becoming an epidemic in the United States today,” explain the doctors. “The current insurance model is built upon a problem-based economic reimbursement that encourages doctors to address medical problems very quickly. This leads to most doctors rushing to see 25-30 patients per day in order to make ends meet…This is not how we have ever practiced. We always want to have the time to address the root cause of diseases that are preventable today.” Lifestyle Medicine is a 21st century approach to healthcare that consolidates the very best characteristics of traditional medicine with the profound impact of lifestyle behaviors on health. Lifestyle Medicine is an evidence-based practice that has been shown to prevent, reverse, or slow down heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, diabetes, dementia, and some cancers.
Concierge medical practices come in various forms, including those that reject insurance plans all together, but this is not the case for Princeton Lifestyle Medicine. All the doctors there accept insurance for all covered medical services. In addition, their patients pay an annual fee of $1,800 for the Lifestyle Medicine Concierge program, which gives them access to an elevated level of care. The founders of Princeton Lifestyle Medicine trained at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School. They are at the vanguard of their field, having lectured about their practice development model at The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine Conference in 2015. They are also members of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the American College of Physicians. They are among the first physicians to become board certified in Lifestyle Medicine, as well as maintaining their board certifications in internal medicine. This practice is unique in that it offers patients comprehensive conventional medical care combined with lifestyle counseling. Patients interested in a natural approach to disease prevention are provided in-depth, individualized coaching based on their needs. The doctors can assist with everything from quitting smoking to creating a manageable diet and exercise plan. The concierge model offers Princeton Lifestyle Medicine patients additional benefits including access to the doctors’ emails, cell phone numbers, a private phone line, extended patient office visits, and same or next day appointments. Their patients see their physician not only as accomplished medical doctors, but health advocates, mentors, and even friends. “Our practice structure allows us to spend more time educating our patients about what may be going on with them medically,” the doctors explain. “We are better able to work with them as partners in their care and advocate for them with their specialists or if they are in the hospital. We provide tremendous support and guidance to them and their caretakers or family. We greatly value this enhanced communication with our patients. Princeton Lifestyle Medicine physicians include the two original founders, Dr. Lynne Kossow and Dr. Barbara Brown, as well as Dr. Francis Rehor who joined the practice in 2015.” Dr. Emily Kossow Sandberg joined Princeton Lifestyle Medicine in April of 2022. Concierge practices like Princeton Lifestyle Medicine focus the healthcare system on its most vital component: the patient-doctor relationship. The model emphasizes quality care instead of quick care, benefitting both parties. Princeton Lifestyle Medicine has the only physicians in the Princeton area who are board certified in both Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. As leaders in both concierge and Lifestyle medicine, it comes as no surprise that Princeton Lifestyle medicine is at the forefront of this effort, bringing Princeton into the future of healthcare.
The Princeton Lifestyle Medicine Concierge Program is $1,800 per year. The fee can be paid monthly, quarterly, biannually, or annually, and credit cards are accepted as payment. All medical services are billed through the patient’s insurance company as usual. Princeton Lifestyle Medicine is located at 731 Alexander Road, Suite 201 in Princeton, New Jersey. For more information call 609.655.3800 or visit www.princetonlifestylemedicine.com. — Paid Advertisement —