Town Topics Newspaper, November 16, 2022

Town Agrees To Asbestos Removal At Veblen House

At its Monday, November 14 meeting

Princeton Council passed unanimously a resolution authorizing payment of up to $43,850 to complete an asbestos abatement project at the Veblen House in Herrontown Woods.

“This is a big step ahead for us,” said Friends of Herrontown Woods (FOHW) Board President Stephen Hiltner, noting the assistance of town officials led by Municipal Open Space Manager Cindy Taylor, as well as Land Use Engineer Jim Purcell and Deputy Administrator and Municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton.

“They’ve been great to work with as we prepare for the removal, protecting the house’s custom woodwork and identifying the location of asbestos-coated heat ducts in the walls,” Hiltner added.

In 2017 Mercer County, which owned the Veblen property, was planning to demolish the buildings at Herrontown Woods, but Hiltner and the FOHW were able to persuade the town to take ownership of Herrontown Woods along with $100,000 that would be held by the town in case demolition became necessary in the future.

“The town is expecting us to raise all funds needed to repair and repurpose the buildings, but because asbestos would need to be removed even if the Veblen House were to be demolished, the town has agreed to pay for the removal,” Hiltner said.

He continued, “The removal of the asbestos will create a clean slate for us to begin renovations. We’re grateful to the town for helping us with all of this.”

Herrontown Woods, “Princeton’s rst and most whimsical nature preserve,” as described on its website, is located on land donated by famed Princeton University mathematician and Institute for Advanced Study co-founder Oswald Veblen (1880-1960) and his wife Elizabeth in 1957. It includes almost 100 acres as well as the deteriorating Veblen House, Cottage, and a barn.

FOHW is planning to create a gathering space for meetings and events on the rst oor of the house, and to renovate the upstairs for offices and a caretaker’s residence. Plans for the cottage are less de nite, but Hiltner noted that, having started out as an 1875 small landholder’s farmhouse, it should “be re ective of a simpler lifestyle.”

Local Election Outcomes Look Clearer

Incumbents Susan Kanter, Dafna Kendal, and Debbie Bronfeld appear to be winners in the 2022 Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Board of Education (BOE) election, though provisional and some mail-in ballots are still to be counted. The result will not be official until certi ed by the county clerk by November 21.

Voting machine failures and a problem with temporarily missing ballots from three Princeton precincts delayed the count, but by late Friday afternoon, November 11, ballots from the three precincts had been tallied, along with those of Princeton’s 19 other precincts, early votes, and mail-ins that arrived by Election Day on November 8.

Kanter with 3,744 votes (24.9 percent), Kendal with 3,516 votes (23.4 percent), and Bronfeld with 3,325 votes (22.1 percent) seem to have secured re-election for another three-year term on the PPS Board. Challengers Margarita “Rita” Rafalovsky with 2,716 votes (18.1 percent) and Lishian “Lisa” Wu with 1,733 votes (11.5 percent) have fallen short.

The leading incumbents chose not to comment on the election, and significance of vote totals, until the results are official.

In the election for two seats on Princeton

Council, Democrats Mia Sacks and Michelle Pirone Lambros were running unopposed for a second term. Sacks has so far received 5,496 votes, Lambros 5,405.

Democrats Cathleen Lewis with 47,560 votes (31.7 percent) and incumbent Nina Melker with 48,209 votes (32.1 percent) appear to have won election to the Mercer County Board of Commissioners, defeating Republican challengers Michael Chianese, who won 27,648 votes

(18.4 percent) and Andrew Kotula Jr. with 26,796 (17.8 percent).

In the Congressional election for New Jersey’s 12th district, incumbent Democrat Bonnie Watson Coleman has handily defeated challengers Darius May eld, a Republican, and Lynn Genrich, an Independent. Coleman has registered 93,947 votes (60.2 percent) to 60,523 (38.8 percent) for May eld and 1,487 (1 percent) for Genrich.

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Princeton Future Engages the Public, Urges: “Speak Up! Have Your Say!”

The topic was circulation and mobility in the town of Princeton, and the discussion was lively on Saturday, November 12 in Erdman Hall of the Princeton Theological Seminary’s Cooper Center in a threehour open public meeting sponsored by Princeton Future.

One in a series of Princeton Future’s listening sessions “to inform and engage residents as the town prepares its new Community Master Plan,” the work of the group is “intended to complement the official master planning process by the Princeton Planning Board.”

“It’s really about listening to what the

people in town have to say, and the more we can do to help the town make the decisions that are the most appropriate the better off we’ll be,” said Tony Nelessen, Rutgers University professor emeritus of urban design and a member of the Council of Princeton Future.

Nelessen, who led Saturday’s workshop, continued, “We’re saying this is what people told us. You should consider this in some form or another and allow it to help you make these decisions that have to be made in order to keep the town the kind of town everybody wants now, and into the future.”

VETERANS DAY OBSERVANCE: An in-person service on Friday morning at the Princeton University Chapel was followed by a swearing-in ceremony on the steps for new cadets and midshipmen, conducted by the Princeton ROTC programs. At noon, American Legion Post 218 held a Centennial Charter Celebration. Attendees share why the celebration is important to them in this week’s Town Talk on page 6.

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Topics In Brief

A Community Bulletin

PSE&G Public Workshop: On Saturday, November 19 from 10 a.m.-12 p.m., representatives from the utility will speak about the new gas system upgrade project in Princeton, at the Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street. Call (833) 661-6400 with questions.

PFARS is Recruiting: Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad is holding a virtual information session for volunteer squad members on Monday, November 21 at 6 p.m. Find out more at pfars.org/volunteer.

Master Plan Open House: The public is invited to Princeton Public Library’s Com munity Room, 65 Witherspoon Street, on Wednesday, November 30 from 4-7 p.m. to listen to ideas, ask questions, and contribute thoughts on the updating of the town’s master plan. Visit engage.princeton.masterplan.org for more information.

Call for Land Stewards: Join the Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) for morning (9 a.m.-12 p.m.) or afternoon (1-4 p.m.) volunteer sessions under the guid ance of FOPOS’ Director of Natural Resources and Stewardship, to assist with critical restoration projects at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. Weekday and weekend sessions available. Visit fopos.org/getinvolved.

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

Survey on Food Waste and Organics : The municipality is considering changes to the residential waste collection system to contain costs and decrease the carbon footprint. A survey to share feedback is available at accessprinceton@princetonnj.gov

Holiday Gift Drive : Princeton Human Services seeks donors for holiday gifts to go to needy children, up to age 12, not to exceed $75 (one to two gifts). Donations for gift cards are also sought. Visit princetonnj.gov/753/Holiday-Gift-Drive by November 18.

COVID-19 Care Kits for Princeton Families : Low/moderate income families in Princeton can get these kits, which include tests and materials to respond to COVID-19, such as one-use thermometers, an oximeter, and extra household items. They are available for pickup at Princeton Human Services by calling (609) 688-2055. Certain eligibility requirements apply.

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

Flu Shot Clinics : Several clinics are being held throughout the fall at different area locations. For a full list, email healthdepartment@princetonnj.gov.

Gas Leaf Blowers : Are now permitted through December 15 from 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Mondays-Fridays and through 5 p.m. Saturdays. No use on Sundays or Thanksgiving.

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RIPARIAN RESTORATION: A group of volunteers from WuXi Biologics in Cranbury recently assembled at the Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Preserve’s riparian project areas to plant red twig dogwood and other natives along the bank. The area was previously infested with Japanese honeysuckle vine. Visit fopos.org/getinvolved for information about volunteering with the effort.

Making Connections Through Love of Music Is Goal of Princeton University Concerts’ Series

During the pandemic, Marna Seltzer and Dasha Koltunyuk had a regular date watching the televi sion series The Bachelor together, from their respec tive homes. The popular

show about looking for love gave Seltzer, the director of Princeton University Con certs (PUC), and Koltunyuk, PUC’s outreach manager, an idea: Why not a concert se ries built around bringing people together for romance or companionship?

That germ of an idea has morphed into “Do-Re-Meet — Social Events for Music Lovers,” a three-concert se ries that begins December 13 with an evening geared to those seeking hetero sexual connections, includ ing a concert by tenThing Brass Ensemble. It contin ues March 26 with a ses sion for individuals looking for friendship, and a concert by the Chiaroscuro Quartet; and concludes April 12 with an event for LGBTQ+ musicloving singles at a concert featuring jazz vocalist Cecile McLorin Salvant.

Maclean House. Next is the holiday concert by tenTh ing Brass Ensemble, part of PUC’s “Up Close” series, next door at Richardson Au ditorium. The participants, who are divided into three age groups (“Do” is 24-39, “Re” is 40-59, and “Mi” is 60-plus) will sit together at a special section in the bal cony, near the stage.

The March 26 concert will be preceded by Find Your Friends, a “speed-friending” event.

The April 12 performance follows an LGBTQ+ Single

“We wanted to make sure the program was inclusive and didn’t leave anybody out,” said Seltzer. “If people from different interests and age groups are looking to connect with others for love, friendship, or making work connections, we want them to be a part of this.”

Once Seltzer and Kol tunyuk, who met her hus band at a concert, settled on the idea, they started brainstorming. “We be gan googling around about speed-dating, and we found this company The Singles Group run by Risa Glaser Grimaldi,” said Seltzer. “We called her, and she immedi ately wanted to meet with us. It turns out she is a mu sic lover. Her brother is the conductor of the Juilliard Pre-College Orchestra. It was just meant to be.”

Grimaldi is enthusiastic about the concept. “I’m so excited, because after 16 years of running all kinds of singles groups, this is the first one that’s music-orient ed,” she said. “I’m thrilled, because meeting people with a common interest is the best way to go.”

The December 13 event begins with eight-minute speed-dating and ice-break er games at the University’s

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MUSICAL MATCHMAKING: The stage of Richardson Auditorium, shown here at a performance by the Calidore String Quartet, will be the setting for Princeton University Concerts’ upcoming “Do-Re-Meet” series of social events for music lovers. (Photo by Andrew Wilkinson)

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Mingle, presented in partnership with the Princeton University Gender + Sexuality Resource Center. In each instance, participants fill out forms expressing interest in someone they have met; Grimaldi hands back any pairings the following day. “Seventy percent of the people who come to my events get at least one match,” she said. “Even if it’s making a friend, that’s the best basis for a relationship.”

PUC is fully back in business since the pandemic. “I was really struck, during lockdown, by the number of people who told me they were missing the people who sat around them at concerts, even though they don’t know them outside the concert hall,” Seltzer said. “I’ve always been fascinated by the simple and beautiful idea that music is a great convener, and it brings together people of all backgrounds and ages. If you’re passionate about anything, you suddenly have something in common. We’re always trying to find ways to explore this.”

While PUC concerts are widely attended by students and older patrons, there is a missing middle that the series hopes to attract. “The hardest group of people for us to get to is the 30-50 somethings,” said Seltzer. “Students come in droves, and older people who are retired and have spare time are always here. But that middle period, when life is really busy — that is a really hard nut to crack. We’ve wanted to have something that gave an opportunity for working people who are busy, and who we don’t see very much in the concert hall. We’re hoping this series will help with that.”

Tickets for the Do-Re-Mi events and ensuing concerts are $50 ($20 for students). Patrons already holding tickets to events of the Performances Up Close series can add the Do-Re-Mi experience by visiting puc.princeton.edu or calling (609) 258-2800.

It was at a PUC Performances Up Close event that Koltunyuk met her husband, composer/pianist Gregg Kallor, several years ago. “We happened to sit next to each other at a performance by the Escher String Quartet, and it was love at first note,” she said in a press release. “I so hope that these Do-Re-Meet events will help others find that same incredibly deep connection – whether romantic or platonic — that music can so magically foster.”

That’s the goal. “Of course, in the long term, we’re hoping to have ‘DoRe-Met,’” said Seltzer.

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Question of the Week:

Why is today’s celebration important to you?

(Asked at the American Legion Post 218 Centennial Charter Celebration on Veterans Day) (Photos by Charles R. Plohn)

“Veterans Day is an important day for those who have donned the uniform so that we can continue to enjoy freedoms in this country. The centennial celebration is important because it is a historic African American Legion Post that was created just after WWI. The member who it is named in honor of, Charles Robinson, was a Navy officer who gave his life.”

“This is a very important day to honor all of the past, current, and present veterans.”

“It is important because it is commemorating Charles Robinson, and the 100th anniversary of the charter for the historic African American Legion Post 218. For the first time we are seeing it being redeveloped, and that means a lot to many people based on the legacy and cultural heritage that was left behind in Princeton.”

“It’s important to me because this is a wonderful and historic American Legion Post 218. Charles Robinson was killed on the seas in 1918, and we need to honor and celebrate the fact that this Post was established 100 years ago in his name because of his service. We started Operation Phoenix to work to preserve the past 100 years of history and carry it through the next 100.”

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Lex: “I’ve spent a great deal of time through my work with Habitat for Humanity helping veterans find new homes. Seeing a celebration of something like an American Legion Post that has such a history and a want to save it, is very inspiring and very important to me.”

Kam: “Veterans Day is important to me because I was not born in this country. I was in the service and stand shoulder to shoulder with a fellow soldier. It’s my way of keeping a promise on Veterans Day and every day to thank and help the veteran community.”

—Lex Kochmann, Princeton with Kam Amir-Zafari, Hillsborough

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Municipal Employees Recognized for Milestones

At Princeton’s Annual Service Awards Ceremony

Each year, the Municipal ity of Princeton pays tribute to those who have reached employment milestones — five years, 10 years, 20, 25, 30, and retirement. From vehicle maintenance and construction to police and serving on Princeton Council, these individuals get special recognition.

The municipality held the 2022 Employee Service Awards Ceremony on Mon day, November 14, at the Suzanne Patterson Center, honoring 36 people who have given nearly 400 years of combined service to the town. Deb Mercantini, a municipal employee and longtime Princeton Envi ronmental Commission sec retary who died last March, was honored posthumously.

Mayor Mark Freda, who was in attendance along with members of Coun cil, praised the employees for their past and ongoing contributions. “I congratu late these individuals on reaching important career milestones,” he said. “Their dedication is inspiring, and we are all grateful for their day-to-day commitment to

our community and to the Municipality of Princeton.”

Later in the day at a meet ing of the Council, Princeton Police Captain Jonathan Bucchere was sworn in as new police chief, and Lieu tenant Christopher Tash was sworn in as new po lice captain. Because of the pandemic, the most recent swearing-in ceremony, two years ago, was held virtually.

Monday’s event took place at the beginning of the Coun cil meeting, starting with an honor guard procession in front of an audience of nearly 50 people. Bucchere replaces the recently retired Chief Christopher Morgan, who was in the audience, as was his predecessor, former Chief Nicholas Sutter.

The employees who are re tiring are: Thomas R. Mur ray III, police (31 years); Olivia R. Kidd, finance (31 years); Joseph Sekeras, buildings and grounds (26 years); Keith Wood, sewer (24 years); Joseph P. Scul lion, recreation (15 years); Richard Decker, engineering

For 30 years: Lily K. Huie, finance. For 25 years: Jef frey Torres, sewer; Shan non Lawson, police; Susan Shapiro, court; John Paul Pettenati, construction; and Rosanna A. Roberto, engi neering. For 20 Years: Dar ryl Hemingway, road repair; Martin Hopkins, vehicle maintenance; Dawn Mount, clerk; and Christopher D. King, police. For 15 years: Jonathan E. Myzie, police; Christine Candelario, con struction; Jennifer S. Ger ing, police; and Christopher Donnelly, police.

For 10 years : John Mc Carthy III, court; Daniel Hudson, police; Raymond McDowell, recreation; Craig Humble, police. For five years: David Cohen, Coun cilmember; Leticia Fraga, Councilmember; Janell Co lombo, construction; Ash ley Levins, police; Michael Miceli, police; James Eu femia, police; Adam Santos, police; Joseph Novak, fire inspection; Nicole Paulucci, recreation; Dennis Moreen, sewer; and Matthew Jones,

EMPLOYMENT MILESTONES: Members of the Princeton Police Department were among the mu nicipal employees honored for their service on Monday. From left: Chief Jonathan Bucchere, Captain Christopher Tash, Sergeant Thomas Murray, Detective Sergeant Ben Gering, Officer Jennifer S. Gering, and Patrolman Jonathan Myzie.

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Saturday’s participants divided into nine teams, and each team focused on a large map of a particular section of town. Colored markers and symbols were provided to designate what streets and routes participants thought needed various types of improvements, and where bus stops and parking should be.

As Nelessen led the group through a series of 92 PowerPoint slides, the groups responded to 11 different questions about traffic congestion and noise, the location of dangerous intersections, where transit loops should go, where pedestrian

spaces should be located, what streets should be prioritized for bicycle improvements, and where parking and mixed-use parking structures might be situated.

“People were really very thoughtful,” said Nelessen. “There was a tremendous amount of discussion in all of the nine groups, and the teams gave us very serious input.”

Nelessen and his Princeton Future colleagues will be synthesizing and processing the responses in the coming weeks. “I saw a lot of things that I think we’re going to find that all nine teams have in common, things that we’ll explore in the next step in the process,” he said.

Princeton Future is eager to pass along the ideas and responses from these sessions to the town’s decisionmakers on Princeton Council, the Planning Board, and elsewhere. A number of those leaders participate in Princeton Future workshops and listening sessions.

“The discussions and debate that have happened at Princeton Future events give rise to good ideas and even great ones. Looking forward to hearing some of those today,” said Municipal Planning Board Chair Louise Wilson at a March 5 Princeton Future meeting.

“I also want to emphasize that the board understands and appreciates and values Princeton Future’s intense

interest in the process and the outcome. We are eager to hear all ideas and insights — all the hopes, dreams, desires, and concerns that are shared here today.”

Princeton Councilman David Cohen, who participated in Saturday’s meeting, described it as “a great session,” and he learned about something called “on-demand transit.” Cohen explained, “I have heard it alluded to in concept, but had no idea that there are towns which have actually implemented such systems.”

He continued, “It is a variation on Uber, but much less expensive because it is not door-to-door, but rather point-to-point. You call to request a ride and then walk to your nearest ‘station.’ Stations are located all over town. The van is then routed to your destination while also picking up other passengers along the way who have also requested rides — much more efficient than regular Ubers because the vehicle is more often shared, spreading the cost burden. This is not a replacement for more traditional mass transit, but rather a means for covering portions of town which lack the density of riders to support traditional mass transit.”

Nelessen, who has presented urban design workshops in about 300 other towns over the past decades, noted that participants on Saturday were particularly impressed with the idea of mixed-use parking structures, which have the possibility of retail properties down below, parking in the middle, and housing up above. “I showed them

several examples of that, and then I told them that these would have to be temporary because over time, as the transportation system got developed and Princeton became more sustainable, these parking structures would be used for housing or farming or some other use, so they would have to be temporary,” he said. “Everybody got into that idea.”

Another manifestation of Princeton Future at work is currently on display in Dohm Alley off Nassau Street, where four large posters illustrate the results of listening sessions that took place earlier this year. The exhibit is titled “What Areas of Princeton Are Susceptible to Change?” and the photos, color-coded maps, and text show potential land use for certain areas in town based on recommendations from participants engaged in April and September workshops.

“I have always been of the belief in all this work that people here know this town better than anybody,” said Nelessen. “You shouldn’t be telling people what they want their town to be. You should let them make some decisions, and I have found through the 40, almost 50, years that I’ve done this that if you ask people the question, they’ll give a pretty good answer, and that’s what happened Saturday. I have a lot of faith that what people told us is the right thing.”

—Donald Gilpin

Morven Seeks Leads

For Upcoming Exhibit

Morven Museum & Garden is in the middle of a year of researching the history of the enslaved people at Morven. Sharece Blakney, a specialized researcher with whom the museum has contracted, has uncovered some threads staff members are looking forward to introducing to audiences in the coming months.

“We found a mystery that I am hoping some good old ‘ask the neighbors’ legwork may help us solve,” said Executive Director Jill Barry. Blakney found that Pero Stockton is listed in the 1830 Federal Census as being between the ages of 55 and 100.

There are two other people in the household (both free and non-white), a woman between the ages of 36 and 55 and a girl under 10. He lived next door to Peter Miller and his family. Miller was a free Black man living in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood.

“We don’t know if he is related to any of our people, but his name and location suggest he may be,” said Barry. “Does anyone know about Pero and his people?”

Blakney is also looking for a 1830 Princeton City Directory to borrow, if anyone has access to one. To contact Barry with information, call (609) 924-8144 ext. 100.

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PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE: Chris Knigge, left, along with Princeton Councilmembers David Cohen and Michelle Pirone Lambros, worked on issues of traffi c, transit, pedestrians, bicycles, and parking as one of nine teams at a November 12 workshop and listening session sponsored by Princeton Future. (Photo courtesy of Princeton Future)

He added, “It was used by Veblen as a study, with a wood stove, and Einstein and other friends would come by sometimes. We’d like the cottage to be a place for learning about nature, about the Veblens, and about the small landholder culture of the Princeton Ridge.”

Hiltner pointed out that FOHW has also been working closely with the town on invasive species control. Over the past few years the New Jersey Invasive Species Strike Team, hired by the town, has been working to diminish a two-acre clone of wisteria that has been killing trees. FOHW board member Inge Regan recently initiated an Invasive Species of the Month Club to combat invasive species in Herrontown Woods.

“The idea is that volunteers

unfamiliar with plants need only be able to identify one invasive at a time,” said Hiltner. “Their first project was to cut winged euonymus to restore vistas along the Red Trail. In late October they switched to oriental photinia, because it’s easy to identify by its fall color. This past Sunday we began work to cut the portions of the giant wisteria clone that the town’s contractors had not had time to reach. One volunteer in particular, Bill Jemas, recently retired, has been going after the wisteria with particular zeal.”

Hiltner noted that FOHW, with the help of town arborist Taylor Sapudar, had also completed major work in removal of fallen or dead trees, including two giant dead ash trees that were threatening the little red barn next to the Veblen Cottage.

—Donald Gilpin

Princeton Business Partnership Holds Small Business Saturday

The Princeton Business Partnership has been selected as a “Neighborhood Champion” for Small Business Saturday, to be held on November 26. First observed in 2010, this nationwide promotion is held the Saturday after Thanksgiving each year. The event encourages holiday shoppers to support brick-and-mortar businesses that are small and local.

“Small businesses are the heart of our local communities,” said Lilian Mauro, regional director, Small Business Development Center at The College of New Jersey.

“Besides providing goods and services, they help with employment and injecting life in our neighborhoods. This kind of outreach and promotion of small businesses is a great way of showing our appreciation for their contributions to the economy and their presence in the marketplace.”

The National Retail Federation reported 51 million people shopped on Small Business Saturday in 2021, spending $23.3 billion.

“Small businesses provide a superior level of service and attention to detail that big box stores simply can’t match, whether it’s to shop for jewelry and home products or to patronize one of the many small businesses, restaurants, and cafes in Princeton,” said Andrew Siegel of Hamilton Jewelers.

The Princeton Business Partnership was formed in 2022 to shape, maintain, and grow a flourishing Princeton economy for residents and visitors. Teams

have been working to enhance holiday lighting and decorations, organize entertainment, and help prepare businesses for Small Business Saturday.

The Partnership will hold a “Recharge Before Small Business Saturday” event on November 26 from 8-11 a.m. Business community members will be joined by officials from the Small Business Development Center. Complimentary coffee and breakfast will be available. RSVP by contacting Isaac Kremer at isaac@ princetonbusiness.org.

Master Plan Open House

At Princeton Public Library

The work on Princeton’s Master Plan update continues with an open house on Wednesday, November 30, from 4-7 p.m., in the Princeton Public Library Community Room located at 65 Witherspoon Street. The event will give the public an in-person opportunity to listen to ideas, ask questions, and contribute.

“We invite all in the Princeton community to drop in, respond to some visual prompts, and share feedback and ideas about future land use, mobility, conservation and economic vitality,” said Louise Wilson, Princeton Planning Board chair and member of the 13-person Princeton Master Plan Steering Committee.

Attendees can stop by any time during the three hours to learn about the Master Plan process, existing conditions, and highlights from the most recent Community Visioning public survey. The Municipality of Princeton Planning Department and members of the Master

Plan Steering Committee will be on hand to answer questions, and there will be translators for Spanish and Chinese speakers. Masks are optional.

Nearly 5,000 responses were collected from the two public surveys this past summer and fall. The first “Tell Us What You Want” Consumer survey focused on economic development and consumer preferences, while the second Community Visioning survey focused on housing, development, parks, transportation, and sustainability, and all other elements of the Master Plan. More information about the elements of the Master Plan, meetings and events, and project team can be found at engage.princetonmasterplan. org, where people can also sign up to receive process updates.

Work will unfold over the next seven to nine months, with a lot of opportunity for public input, said Tim Quinn, vice chair of the Planning Board and chair of the Master Plan Subcommittee, which ultimately will recommend the Master Plan update to the full board.

“We want all voices to be heard,” said Quinn. “Robust civic involvement is crucially important in formulating overarching Master Plan goals and principles, and preparing for detailed decisionmaking and specifi c recommendations regarding land use, mobility, conservation, and preservation.”

Committee meetings are virtual and open to the public with dates, times, and registration information available on the webpage.

Plainsboro Library Event On Women and Retirement

On Monday, November 21 at 7 p.m., the Plainsboro Public Library will hold a free Zoom webinar on retirement planning, designed specifically for women. Mark Lange, a speaker from the nonprofit Society for Financial Awareness (SOFA), an organization founded in 1993 to promote “financial comfort,” will focus on issues that women approaching retirement need to consider.

A professional with more than 35 years in the financial industry, Lange specializes in working with people transitioning from work to retirement. His topics on November 21 will include understanding women and money, understanding divorce and widowhood, understanding retirement and estate planning, and understanding risk management.

Registration is required for this Zoom event , the last in a series of four webinars that SOFA has conducted at the library. For more information and to register, visit plainsborolibrary.org.

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Covello expressed disap pointment at the failure of county voting machines and the delays incurred, but de clared that she had full con fidence in a reliable vote count. “We’ll count them all,” she said.

She noted that the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office is conducting an investiga tion. “Election officials have no suspicion of any purpose ful wrongdoing, but we need to have the matter reviewed to determine if there was an error or malicious intent,” she said.

Mercer County Execu tive Brian Hughes, in a No vember 12 announcement, called for a “thorough public review” of what went wrong in the voting and a “com prehensive overhaul of the elections process in Mercer County.”

Hughes stated his support for the investigation by the county prosecutor, but not ed, “We also need a more thorough and public review. We’ve got too many people in control and the quality of our elections has suffered as a result, undermining peo ple’s faith in the democratic process.”

He added, “We must fundamentally change the management of the election process in Mercer County because it is clearly not working.”

—Donald Gilpin

Hopewell Harvest Fair Awards $14K in Grants

This past September, the Hopewell Harvest Fair re turned from a two-year CO VID-19 hiatus, and was able to award a total of $14,000 in community grants to all 12 grant applicants.

“It was a joy for the whole committee to be able to bring the community back together after two long years,” said Heidi Wilenius, president of the fair. “The energy and enthusiasm of the fairgoers was invigorating. The fair is a perfect embodiment of the community spirit that makes Hopewell such a wonderful place to live, and we are all so grateful to our fellow vol unteers and fair sponsors for making this day possible.”

The Harvest Fair Grants Committee is awarding grants to AdvocacyNJ, The Chubby’s Project, EASEL Animal Res cue, Girl Scouts of Central & Southern NJ – Hopewell Val ley Service Unit, Hopewell Quarry, Hopewell Valley Central High School (scholar ship funds), Hopewell Valley Chorus, Hopewell Valley Edu cation Foundation, Hopewell Youth Collective, I Support the Girls, Inspired Threads, and Sourland Conservancy. Visit hopewellharvestfair.org for more information.

Springpoint Earns Credential

For LGBTQ+ Training

Meadow Lakes recently earned the Platinum SAGEC are LGBTQ+ Aging Cultural Competency Credential.

In total, staff members from nine Springpoint Life Plan Communities throughout New Jersey and Springpoint Choice completed this train ing.

Springpoint, the senior liv ing provider, has always been committed to prioritizing di versity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including the support and care of LGBTQ+ older adults. To underscore this commitment, the orga nization made it a priority to receive formal training to stay relevant and learn how to better connect and care for the LGBTQ+ aging com munity.

Last year, Gov. Phil Murphy signed the LGBTQI+ Senior Bill of Rights, establishing specific rights and protec tions for LGBTQI+ older adults and individuals living with HIV in assisted living and memory care communi ties, comprehensive personal care homes, residential health care facilities, and nursing homes. The law requires fa cility administrators and staff members to undergo training on caring for LGBTQI+ older adults and those living with HIV, as well as on preven tion discrimination based on sexual orientation, status, or gender identity. Springpoint’s training and completion of the SAGECare LGBTQ+ Ag ing Cultural Competency Credential fulfills this state requirement.

SAGECare is a division of SAGE, the country’s oldest and largest non-profit or ganization dedicated to im proving the lives of LGBTQ+ older adults. As part of the SAGECare training, Meadow Lakes staff members received an overview on the vari ous rights and protections

extended to LGBTQ+ older adults. They also reviewed case studies and videos of real individuals which gave them a better understanding why some LGBTQ+ older adults may choose not to come out. The SAGECare certification gives Spring point staff members access to local and national resources which offer best practices for creating communities that welcome LGBTQ+ older adults, their loved ones, and their caregivers.

“The law establishes a great baseline for caring for all older adults in New Jersey,” said Nic Watson, SAGECare’s managing director, “It’s great to see Springpoint use that as a jumping off point to ensure the entire staff has the train ing to provide the best pos sible care for LGBTQ+ older adults; and for everyone.”

Remembering Barbara Herzberg, Teacher And Friend to Many in Princeton Community

To the Editor:

Barbara Herzberg, a brilliant, exuberant teacher and friend to many in the Princeton Community and beyond, died on October 24, 2022.

Town Topics profiled Barbara several years ago in an article entitled “Princeton Resident Barbara Herzberg Shares Love of Theater and Teaching” (see towntopics. com/jul2606/stratton.html).

Another Town Topics article noted Barbara’s role as a founder and mainstay in Evergreen Forum — “From Islam to Wordsworth to ‘Genesis’: Evergreen Forum Celebrates 10 Years” (see towntopics.com/oct2010/other1.php).

Looking forward to more about Barbara.

ELLEN GILBERT

Stuart Road East

Sharing Gratitude For James Litton’s Sensitivity, Humor, and Graciousness

To the Editor:

I read with profound sadness the obituary of Dr. James Litton in last week’s Town Topics [November 9, page 41].

In 1997, my 9-year-old son, Ben Donati, was brave enough to audition for The American Boychoir School and lucky enough to be chosen to sing under the guidance of Jim Litton. For the next four years, until he graduated, Ben learned fine musicianship and an accompanying stage pres ence which enabled him, together with his ABS friends,

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to perform both locally and throughout the country.

Jim taught Ben patience, good manners, and a love for music that continues to define Ben as an adult. As a parent who entrusted my young son to Jim Litton during those years, I was grateful back then for Jim’s sensitivity, humor, and graciousness, and I am grateful to Jim now, as I realize how his lessons have stayed with Ben all these years later.

DANA LIEBMANN Pelham Street

Thanking All Who Were Involved In Local Veterans Day Events

To the Editor:

Veterans Day, November 11, 2022 was a momentous day in Princeton occasioned by two wonderful and impor tant commemorations: the annual Veterans Day Service that is jointly sponsored by Princeton University and the town’s Spirit of Princeton organization, and the Centennial Charter Celebration of American Legion Post 218–Charles W. Robinson.

The service at the University was inspirational with a keynote address by the Reverend Dr. Deborah Blanks, pastor of Princeton’s Mount Pisgah AME Church, followed by a swearing in of nearly 100 ROTC Army, Navy, and Air Force cadets on the steps of the University Chapel. I was filled with hope that the founding values and principles of our country and indeed democracy itself “shall not perish from the earth.”

The inspiration and hope I felt continued at noon with the Centennial Charter Celebration of the American Le gion Post 218, named for Charles W. Robinson, an African American son of Princeton who enlisted and served in the Navy in the First World War and was killed when his ship was torpedoed. The Post received its charter on November 15, 1922 and has served hundreds of veterans and this community for 100 years. The values and principles of its charter and constitution continue to inspire its mem bers and friends to rebuild, renew, and reclaim its legacy through the Operation Phoenix initiative.

I want to thank all who were involved in both of these events and who helped make Veterans Day in Princeton an extraordinary day of remembrance, celebration, and commitment.

HENDRICKS S. DAVIS Project Manager, Operation Phoenix John Street

Princeton Public Library Book Brunch

Set for November 20

The Princeton Public Li brary will host a book brunch in the Community Room on Sunday, November 20, from 10:45 a.m. to 12 p.m. New Jersey native Matthew Quick, bestselling author of The Silver Linings Play book , will be in discussion with Amy Jo Burns, author of the memoir Cinderland and the novel Shiner. They will be talking about Quick’s new book We Are the Light (Avid Reader Press/Simon & Schuster).

This is a hybrid event, of fered both in person and virtually. To attend virtually and watch the livestream on YouTube, contact princeton library.libnet.info/event. No registration is required to at tend in person. Doors will open at 10:45 a.m. for cof fee and pastries. Enter the Community Room via the doors on Hinds Plaza. The talk will begin at 11 a.m.

According to Karin Ta nabe in The Washington Post, “When you read Quick, you don’t feel guilty if your tears are mixed with

laughter …. His skill at crafting an engaging nar rative around trauma is as strong as ever .... We Are the Light is a reminder that grief is complex and that we shouldn’t be afraid to grasp the hands stretched out to help us. As the title points out, even in the dark, there can be light.”

Quick’s The Silver Lin ings Playbook was made into an Oscar-winning film; other books include The Good Luck of Right Now, Love May Fail, The Reason You’re Alive, and four young adult novels. His work has been translated into more than 30 languages. Quick lives with his wife, the novel ist Alicia Bessette, on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.

Burns’ novel Shiner was a Barnes & Noble Discover Pick and NPR Best Book of the year. Her writing has ap peared in The Paris Review Daily, Tin House, Elle, Good Housekeeping, Plough shares, Electric Literature, Literary Hub, and the an thology Not That Bad

On Winning and Losing, Baseball, Politics, and Dr. Hofmann’s Discovery

I believe that if people would learn to use LSD’s vision-inducing capability more wisely, under suitable conditions, in medical practice and in conjunction with meditation, then in the future this problem child could become a wonder child.

—Dr. Albert Hofmann (1906-2008) Lately it’s all about winning and losing, baseball and politics, the Phillies roaring into the World Series with seemingly unstoppable momentum and losing it in six games while across the state in Pittsburgh, the Pirates are losing 100 games for the second year in a row. Three days later as America goes to the polls, Pennsylvania Republicans are rolling down the yellow brick road to Oz, until a giant in a hoodie blocks the way. He’s from a town near Pittsburgh, half a year this side of a stroke, his communication skills may be flawed, his control can be concerning, but in pitching terms, he’s still got good stuff, plus he’s come back from the brink and when he says he stands for anyone that ever got knocked down and got back up, it means something. And when he says health care came through for him and should be there for everyone who needs it, he knows because he’s been there. Meanwhile, the Dr. Oz express is spinning its wheels as the yellow brick road turns to dust and the vision of the Emerald City Senate vanishes, leaving nothing behind but a Mar-a-Lago mirage fading in the Red State sky.

The Fox

A fox crossed my path twice in broad daylight on Election Day. He looked to be a thoughtful, modest, easygoing, philosophical sort of animal the way he moved, like the word philosophical come to life, a five-syllable fox, a serious word-fox. Although I only saw him for a moment, both times, having slowed instinctively, no need for screeching brakes, no cause for alarm, the sight of a fox trotting across Harrison Street left me feeling stupidly, irresponsibly hopeful, something I remembered later that night when the Dems rallied nationwide. After doing some cursory online research about foxes and omens, I found a website — aboutspiritual. com — that says seeing a fox is not only a good sign, it may indicate “the appearance of a new perspective in your life.”

Finding Dr. Hofmann

My encounter with the fox coincided with my weekly quest for people and events linked to the date of the coming issue. After a spin of the massive Wikipedia wheel, I landed on November 16, 1938, the day LSD was first synthesized by Albert Hofmann at the Sandoz Laboratories in Basel This was a connection worth celebrating. You may wonder what Dr. Hofmann’s discovery has to do with

surprise election victories or finding hope in feel-good foxes. Like it or not, for better or worse, that formula, that three-letter acronym translated “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” by the Beatles, sings with the spirit of the psychedelic sixties, which is when I came of age, met my wife, saw the world, and the world revealed by Hofmann.

The prevailing wonder of the era above and beyond any chemical compound is something Hofmann himself envisioned as a boy. In his introduction to LSD: My Problem Child (McGraw-Hill 1980, translated by Jonathan Ott), he recalls a childhood moment walking on a forest path on Martinsberg above Baden, Switzerland, when “all at once everything appeared in an uncommonly clear light.” The experience convinced him of the existence “of a miraculous, powerful, unfathomable reality that was hidden from everyday sight.”

As a boy, he used to hope that he might one day convey the experience to others in poetry or paintings. Not being a poet or a painter, he found the means in middle age, through a link established between his work as a chemist and the “euphoric experiences” of his boyhood.

Problem/Wonder Siblings

In last week’s Waste Land “playlist” of literary events and celebrities circa November 7-14, I omitted some notable individuals who make a good fit with Hofmann and his “problem/wonder child,” including Vachel Lindsay, born November 10, 1879, who writes in Adventures While Preaching the Gospel of Beauty (1914): “I have crossed the mystic border. I have left Earth. I have entered Wonderland.” Then there’s November 13, 1862, the day that Lewis Carroll began writing Alice in Wonderland. Twelve years earlier on November 13, 1850, Robert Louis Stevenson, the creator of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was born. The brew that Dr. Jekyll cooks up with horrifying consequences is the fictional precursor of Hofmann’s “problem child,” which is why Stevenson’s novel is used to introduce the online HowStuffWorks list of 10 scientists, including Dr. Hofmann, “who were their own guinea pigs.”

It was not until April 19, 1943, however, that Hofmann himself actually experienced the heaven and hell of LSD-25. For five years the compound he discovered in 1938 lay dormant in the lab, and who knows, it might never have been given to the world — or uncaged — depending on whether you’re

talking about the doctor’s “problem child” or his “wonder child.”

“

Was I Dying?”

Dr. Hofmann’s first physical contact with LSD-25 in April 1943 happened by accident when a portion of the solution absorbed by his fingertips provided a sneak preview. Returning from the laboratory in the middle of the afternoon, he was affected by “a remarkable restlessness, combined with a slight dizziness.” In a dreamlike state, with eyes closed, he perceived “an uninterrupted stream of fantastic pictures, extraordinary shapes with intense, kaleidoscopic play of colors. After some two hours this condition faded away.”

No wonder, then, that he decides to perform a “self-experiment” the following Tuesday at 4:20. Within an hour, he begins feeling “dizziness, anxiety, visual distortions, symptoms of paralysis, desire to laugh.” It’s at this point that he fi nds writing the last words a “great effort” and drops the pen.

According to a supplementary report written two days later: “I had to struggle to speak intelligibly. I asked my laboratory assistant, who was informed of the self-experiment, to escort me home.” On the way, his condition “began to assume threatening forms.” At home, he asks his assistant to summon the family doctor and request milk from the neighbors (“I chose milk as a nonspecific antidote for poisoning”). The lady next door bringing him milk is “no longer Mrs. R., but rather a malevolent, insidious witch with a colored mask.” He refers to “these demonic transformations of the outer world” as “the alterations that I perceived in myself, in my inner being. Every exertion of my will, every attempt to put an end to the disintegration of the outer world and the dissolution of my ego, seemed to be wasted effort.” The lines that follow recall passages from Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde : “A demon had invaded me, had taken possession of my body, mind, and soul. I jumped up and screamed, trying to free myself from him, but then sank down again and lay helpless on the sofa.”

The substance he created has “vanquished” him. He’s afraid he’s going insane, taken to “another world, another place, another time.” His body seems to be “without sensation, lifeless, strange.” He wonders, “Was I dying? Was this the transition?”

Another reflection takes shape, “an idea full of bitter irony: if I was now forced to leave this world prematurely, it was because of this Lysergic acid diethylamide that I myself had brought forth into the world.”

In fact, Dr. Hofmann didn’t “leave this world” until April 29, 2008, at the age of 102.

Into the Garden

Eventually the “problem child” made way for the “wonder child,” as “little by little,” he could begin to enjoy the unprecedented colors and plays of shapes” behind his closed eyes. “Kaleidoscopic, fantastic images” surged in on him, “alternating, variegated, opening and then closing themselves in circles and spirals, exploding in colored fountains, rearranging and hybridizing themselves in constant flux.” Next morning when he walked out into the garden, the sun was shining after a spring rain, “everything glistened and sparkled in a fresh light” and the world “was as if newly created.”

Winning and Losing

The problem/wonder conundrum brings me back to winning and losing, politics and baseball, omens and foxes, and the “fresh light” of the morning after the election. I’m thinking of the Phillies again, the wonder of hitting five home runs in one game to take the lead in the series, only to run into the insurmountable problem of a no hitter, the second in World Series history, suffered in front of an overflow home crowd anticipating a championship that never happened. Then four days later, to know the wonder of Senator-elect John Fetterman and Governor-elect Josh Shapiro, feeling hope again after dreading the worst. I should know better by now.

Baseball

and politics also has me thinking of the mass shooting at the June 2017 practice session for the annual Congressional Baseball Game for Charity. I’d forgotten the details, except that thenHouse-Majority-Whip Steve Scalise was seriously wounded by a left-wing political activist. Mainly I’d forgotten that had the Capitol Police not been there to protect Scalise, it would have been “a massacre” or so said various witnesses, including Senator Rand Paul. The expressions of support for Scalise from both sides of the aisle fit with the wonder/ problem conundrum. One worth mentioning was from Former Representative Gabby Giffords (D-Arizona), who survived being shot in the head in 2011. She sent a tweet that read “My heart is with my former colleagues, their families and staff, and the US Capitol Police — public servants and heroes today and every day.”

—Stuart Mitchner

MUSIC REVIEW

NJSO Begins 100th Anniversary Celebrations with Concert at NJPAC

Anything lasting 100 years deserves recognition. Centenaries are observed by individuals, civic organizations and even buildings, but in these times, a musical organization which has thrived for 100 years merits a particular reason to celebrate. On November 27, 1922, a new-formed orchestral ensemble of 19 string players gave a modest concert of Purcell, Saint-Saëns, and Victor Herbert at New Jersey’s Montclair Art Museum. Almost 100 years later to the day, what is now New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) presented a concert featuring a world-renowned cellist in a state-of-the-art concert hall to an audience of more than 2,500. Over the past century, NJSO has grown in tandem with the state of New Jersey to a full orchestra with fi ve concert homes in the state, as well as a virtual presence. Currently under the musical leadership of conductor Xian Zhang, NJSO kicked off its 100th anniversary festivities this past Saturday night at Newark’s New Jersey Performing Arts Center with a sold-out gala and concert highlighting the orchestra players and guest cellist Yo-Yo Ma.

Saturday night’s performance at NJPAC included accolades from community and political leaders fi tting for the occasion, as well as a contemporary work cocommissioned by NJSO from legendary jazz trumpeter Wynton Marsalis. Premiered by the orchestra last January, Marsalis’ Herald, Holler and Hallelujah was scored for 19 brass and percussion players, paying tribute to the original members of the NJSO. Playing from boxes on one side of the hall and led by conductor Xian Zhang from the stage, the brass players were joined by fi ve percussionists who added rhythmic drive and character to the music. Marsalis drew this work’s musical influence from marching band and big band styles, as well as his trademark mastery of jazz. With the brass ensemble on one side facing across the hall, the unorthodox harmonies of the piece were occasionally diffuse in the space, but the passages that captured the New Orleans “second line” funeral tradition worked particularly well.

While the Marsalis piece was rooted in truly American jazz and blues, the work which featured Ma with New Jersey Symphony was infl uenced by the composer’s time in New York City. Czech composer Antonín Dvorák spent several years in New York City in the 1890s, and although his Cello Concerto in B minor was completed when he had returned to Europe, the concept for the work was from Dvorák’s time in the United States. Ma’s career has been as much about collaboration as solo

concertizing, and his performance of this concerto with NJSO was a true partnership from the opening rolling passages. Conductor Zhang led soloist and orchestra in a dramatic fi rst movement, with Ma’s exquisite solo lines well punctuated by the winds. Fast moving solo passages spoke well in the hall, and Ma effectively handled shifts between lyrical and more frenetic styles. The fi rst movement “Allegro” was also marked by a clean quartet of horns and clear solo wind lines, including from clarinetist Pascal Archer and flutist Bart Feller. Cello and flute were often in duet throughout the concerto, and despite the distance between the two players, Ma and Feller were in solid communication and dialog.

The second movement “Adagio” quoted from one of Dvorák’s own songs, played by Ma in the high cello register. This particular song was a favorite of Dvorák’s sister-in-law, and when she died prematurely, Dvorák coupled the treatment of this song with an elegiac coda later in the third movement. Ma dipped into the cello’s lower register in the second movement, gracefully answered by clarinetist Archer with a contrasting melody. Ma’s cadenza to the movement featured dramatic double stops as well as an elegant duet with flutist Feller. Concertmaster violinist Eric Wyrick was featured in a duet with Ma in the joyful closing movement, with Dvorák’s poignant musical tribute to his sister-in-law bracketed by emotional passages of triumph.

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra further cemented its identity as an artistic collaborator by featuring dancers from New Jersey Ballet in three excerpts from Alberto Ginastera’s Estancia Suite . The South American estancia , a large cattle ranch with a lifestyle of its own, has been a staple of Argentine rural life for centuries. Ginastera’s ballet dances depicted the life of the gauchos (cowboys), and in colorful costumes, the New Jersey Ballet dancers matched the energy and spirit of the NJSO players. NJSO closed the celebratory concert by showcasing the ensemble’s own Youth Orchestra, which draws from students from throughout the greater Newark area.

One hundredth anniversary commemorations are rare occurrences, and especially after the past few years in the performing arts, New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will hopefully revel in its accomplishments and achievements over the past century and continue to celebrate throughout the season.

—Nancy Plum

New Jersey Symphony Orchestra will present its next Princeton performance on Friday, December 16 at 8 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium. Conducted by Xian Zhang, this concert will include G.F. Handel’s oratorio Messiah, featuring four vocal soloists and the Montclair State University Singers. Ticket information can be at njsymphony.org.

Icelandic Pianist Presents “Mozart & Contemporaries”

Pianist Vikingur Ólafsson brings his trademark ability to breathe new life into classical convention to Richardson Auditorium on Sunday, November 20 at 3 p.m. His program, “Mozart & Contemporaries,” presented by Princeton University Concerts (PUC), invites audiences to rediscover Mozart by setting his work within the framework of his contemporaries.

The recent Deutsche Grammophon recording of this program has topped international charts, been streamed over two hundred million times, and won several awards.

“This is an artist that I have

been very eager to bring to Princeton for a while,” said PUC Director Marna Seltzer.

“I had the opportunity to hear this very same program live at Carnegie Hall last year and I was completely spellbound. Víkingur has such a refreshing and sincere voice; he cares deeply about his listeners and their experience of his programs, and I cannot wait for our audience to experience his magic in the fi rst of what I hope will be several visits to Princeton.”

Ticketholders are invited to attend a free 2 p.m. preconcert lecture by Princeton University Emeritus Professor Scott Burnham.

“The way Ólafsson contextualizes Mozart within his time is so in line with PUC’s

values — with our own mission to frame live music within the context of the present day,” said Seltzer. “Ólafsson has said that he wants to allow audiences to ‘see all music as contemporary music.’ To that, we here at PUC say, ‘Yes!’ Scott Burnham will undoubtedly bring remarkable aspects of Mozart’s music and Ólasson’s unique approach to the composer to an even more brilliant light. Great minds, great musician, great music … It’s going to be a thrilling Sunday afternoon in Richardson Auditorium.”

Full-priced tickets are sold out. Turned-back and obstructed view seats may be available. Call (609) 2582800 for more information.

Salsa Dance Music Group

Comes

to New Brunswick

The State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick, presents the return of Colombian salsa kings Grupo Niche on Saturday, November 19 at 8 p.m. Often called the “Salsa Experience,” the band performs a range of up-tempo dance music as well as romantic numbers.

Founded in 1980 by Jairo Varela and Alexis Loano in Bogota, Colombia, Grupo Niche is one of Latin America’s most popular acts. Their first major success was the release of Querer es Poder and the single “Buenaventura y Caney.” In 1984, the band produced its signature song “Cali Pachanguero,” a hit tribute to the world salsa capital. Other hits include “Cali Ají,” “Sin Sentimientos,” “Una Aventura,” and “Gotas de Lluvia.”

Visit STNJ.org for tickets, which range from $25$155.

Westminster Conservatory Faculty Perform Music of Franz Schubert

On Thursday, November 17 at 12:15 p.m., “Westminster Conservatory at Nassau” will continue with a recital centered on music of Franz Schubert. Three Westminster Conservatory of Music faculty members will perform: pianists Ena Bronstein Barton and Phyllis Alpert Lehrer, and Melissa Bohl, oboe. The recital will take place in the Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. It is open to the public free of charge; masking is optional.

The program comprises Schubert’s Impromptu in E-flat, D. 899, op. 99 for solo piano, Schubert’s Divertimento à la Hongroise, op. 54 for piano four hands, and Twelve Variations on a Theme of Franz Schubert

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Bohl is the principal oboist of the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, the Orchestra of St. Peter-by-the-Sea, the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra, and the American Repertory Ballet Orchestra. She plays oboe and English horn with the Plainfield Symphony and performs regularly with many other area musical organizations, including the Garden State Symphonic Band and the Central Jersey Symphonic Orchestra. At Westminster Conservatory she teaches oboe and is head of the woodwind, brass, and percussion department.

Born in Santiago, Chile, Barton began her career in South America, touring her native continent. After winning a national piano competition, she traveled to New York to study with Claudio Arrau and Rafael de Silva. Since her New York debut at Town Hall, Barton’s career has taken her across the globe. Barton taught at California State University-

Fresno for 13 years. She was artist-in-residence at Monterey Peninsula College in California and has conducted master classes at the University of Veracruz in Xalapa, Mexico, and in Santiago, Chile. For many years she served as head of the piano department at Westminster Conservatory and as a member of the piano faculty of Westminster Choir College of Rider University.

Lehrer has given master classes, workshops, and enjoyed an active concert career as a soloist and collaborative artist in the U.S., Canada, Central and South America, Asia and Europe. Lehrer is a professor emerita of piano at Westminster Choir College of Rider University and continues to serve on the faculty of Westminster Conservatory. Her collaboration of over 35 years with duo piano partner Barton includes two CDs featuring duets of Mozart, Schubert and Debussy, and two-piano works of Laurie Altman, Mozart, Schumann, and Rachmaninoff.

“MOZART & CONTEMPORARIES”: Pianist Vikingur Ólafsson makes his Princeton University Concerts debut on November 20 at Richardson Auditorium. (Photo by Ari Magg)

SALSA AT THE STATE: Grupo Niche, Colombian salsa kings, come to the State Theatre New Jersey on November 19.

for oboe and piano by Leone Sinigaglia.

Families will have the option of a virtual tour at 11:00 AM via Zoom, or an in-person open house at 1:00 PM starting in the gym.

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Performing Arts

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Orchestra’s Holiday Concert

Includes Songs From Stage, Screen

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) holds its Holiday POPS! Concert, fea turing Broadway singer Ja net Dacal ( In the Heights, Prince of Broadway, Won derland, The Band’s Visit National Tour), on Decem ber 17 at 3 and 6 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium. PSO Music Director Rossen Milanov conducts.

Dacal performs songs from the stage and screen, while the Princeton High School Choir adds its voic es to traditional carols. Or chestral pieces include Nigel Hess’ A Christmas Over ture , music from Engelbert Humperdinck’s Hansel and Gretel , and Leroy Ander son’s A Christmas Festi val and Sleigh Ride

Los Angeles native Dacal began her musical career under the wing of Grammy winning artist Gloria Este fan, recording background vocals on a number of her al bums. She is currently star ring as Dina in the National Tour of the The Band’s Visit . She has starred in

several Broadway produc tions, most recently Prince of Broadway , directed by Harold Prince. She has also appeared in Evita, Kiss of The Spiderwoman , and In the Heights

The Princeton High School Choir has performed extensively in North Ameri ca and Europe. One of five performing ensembles, the 85 members of the choir are selected after auditions of nearly 250 voices in the high school’s choral program.

Tickets for Holiday POPS range from $20-$80; Youths 5-17 receive a 50% discount with an adult purchase. Vis it princetonsymphony.org or call (609) 497-0020.

Westminster Symphonic Choir To Sing “Messiah” in Spanish Rider University’s West minster Symphonic Choir, under the direction of Dr. James Jordan, conductor, will perform El Mesías: Handel’s Messiah for a New World on Sunday, No vember 20 at Christ Church NYC, 524 Park Avenue, in Manhattan. The choir will be joined by the Orches tra of St. Luke’s, and the performance will be led by guest conductor Ruben

Valenzuela, artistic director of the Bach Collegium San Diego.

“I am so pleased for Sym phonic Choir to be working in collaboration with Mae stro Valenzuela and the Or chestra of St. Luke’s on this project,” said Jason Vodicka ’03, ’09, associate dean of Rider’s College of Arts and Sciences and associate pro fessor of music education at Westminster Choir College. “Hearing Handel’s Messiah sung in Spanish brings a fresh, new perspective to the work, and the opportu nity for our students to work with these world class musi cians is second to none.”

In 2020, Bach Collegium San Diego commissioned Mario Montenegro, director of Centro Cultural Tijuana’s choral ensemble, to make a Spanish language transla tion. Two years later, under Valenzuela’s direction, the Bach Collegium performed El Mesías: Handel’s Mes siah for a New World for the very first time.

“In programming for the Westminster Symphonic Choir this year, I wanted to do a work that speaks to our world and our time,” said Jordan. “After looking at the carefully constructed libretto and its musicality for singers, it became clear that this was a project that West minster must do. And the fact that we are doing it with the extraordinary Orchestra of St. Luke’s in the stunning space of Christ Church NYC, makes quite the package.”

The performance will fea ture soloists soprano Estelí Gomez, a founding member of the vocal ensemble Room ful of Teeth, as well as three Westminster Choir College alumni — mezzo-soprano Lucia Bradford ’03, ’04; tenor Austin Turner ’16; and bass Steven Kirby ’02, ’04. Students from The Frank Sinatra School of the Arts and members of the Trenton Children’s Chorus will join the Westminster Symphonic Choir as a chorus for several of the work’s movements. The Orchestra of St. Luke’s will perform on period in struments.

Valenzuela has been an artist in residence at West minster Choir College for the week leading up to the performance and will give an open lecture on El Me sías and its significance. He delivered a lecture at Rider on November 14, which was livestreamed.

Marking the Holidays

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New Jersey celebrates the holiday sea son on Thursday, Decem ber 1 at 8 p.m. with Patti LaBelle, who will perform holiday classics and her hit songs. Tickets are $49$209.

LaBelle has performed a variety of genres throughout her versatile career includ ing rhythm and blues rendi tions, pop standards, and spiritual sonnets. Her hits include “If Only You Knew,” “When You Talk About Love,” “New Attitude,” “Stir It Up,” and “Lady Marma lade.”

In addition to her busy touring schedule, LaBelle has written six books, Don’t Block the Blessings , La Belle Cuisine: Recipes to Sing About , Patti’s Pearls , Patti LaBelle’s Lite Cuisine, Recipes for the Good Life and Desserts LaBelle . Re cently, she released a 20th anniversary edition of her New York Times best-selling cookbook , LaBelle Cuisine, featuring three new recipes.

Additionally, LaBelle has been featured in popular films and television pro grams including A Sol dier’s Story, A Different World , American Horror Story , Empire , Star, and The Kominsky Method , and starred in her own TV series, Out All Night . She has also appeared on Danc ing with the Stars and The

Masked Singer, and starred in Broadway productions of Your Arms Too Short to Box with God , Fela, and After Midnight.

The State Theatre is at 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick. Visit STNJ.org for tickets and more infor mation.

Princeton Girlchoir Celebrates “Children Making a Difference”

Princeton Girlchoir will host its 15th annual “Chil dren Making a Difference” benefit concert at Nassau Presbyterian Church on No vember 19 at 7 p.m. This year, these young musicians have chosen to give the pro ceeds of their concert to support children affected by the war in Ukraine through a donation to the Ukraini an Federation of America (UFA).

According to the United Nations, over five million children need humanitarian assistance because of the war in Ukraine, with “con sequences for children at a scale and speed not seen since World War II.” Twothirds of Ukrainian children have been displaced, and approximately 8,000 have been found separated from their parents.

UFA is a nonprofit organi zation based in Philadelphia that has aided Ukrainians for 30 years in Ukraine and the U.S. Funds raised at the con cert will help provide medi cal care, supplies, and crisis response for children affect ed by the war in Ukraine. Through the assistance of UFA member Dr. Zenia Chernyk, a nephrologist in

Philadelphia, volunteer ef forts have included medical supplies and equipment col lected and airlifted to hospi tals in Ukraine, recruitment of 36 volunteer trauma sur geons and ER physicians to go to Ukraine to treat the wounded and sick, sponsor ship of a K-9 therapy pro gram, and sponsorship of a fleet of ambulances at the Anna Mazurenko Children’s Health Center to transport injured children to hospitals in Ukraine and other coun tries. The Mazurenko Center employs pediatric psycholo gists to treat traumatized children and their families.

Over the past 15 years, the annual concert has raised nearly $40,000 in support of causes including Trenton Food Pantry, RWJ Children’s Cancer Unit, Make a Wish New Jersey, and Home Front. Donations will be ac cepted at the door in lieu of tickets.

This special concert will be led by PGC Associate Di rector Tom Shelton and Ar tistic Director Director Lyn nel Joy Jenkins. The girls of PGC range in age from 8 to 18. Selected by audi tion, they come from numer ous schools in central New Jersey and eastern Pennsyl vania. They attend weekly rehearsals where they find their voices, build confi dence, and build a lifelong love of singing together.

Visit WestrickMusic.org for more information.

7:30 p.m.; and Sunday, November 20 at 3 p.m. at the school’s Performing Arts Center, 151 Moore Street. Tickets are $5-$10. Visit princetondrama@ludus.com.

Patti LaBelle State Theatre

SONGS OF THE SEASON: Broadway singer Janet Dacal is guest artist with the Princeton Symphony Orchestra at its annual Holiday POPS! Concert, which is conducted by Rossen Milanov and also features the Princeton High School Choir.

HOLIDAY CONCERT: Celebrated songstress Patti LaBelle performs holiday classics at the State Theatre New Jersey December 1.

COMIC WHODUNIT: Described as “part Monty Python, part Sherlock Holmes,” “The Play That Goes Wrong” is presented by Princeton High School Spectacle Theatre Thursday-Saturday, No vember 17-19 at

WESTMINSTER IN NEW YORK: A rehearsal of “El Mesias: Handel’s Messiah for a New World” led by Tyler Weakland, assistant conductor of the Westminster Symphonic Choir. (Photo by Peter G. Borg/Rider University)

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Beginning November 19, the Princeton University

Museum will present “Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts,” the first major U.S. survey of one of the most renowned con temporary

based in Af rica today. The exhibition —

to one of the best-known photographers from the Afri can continent on the interna tional scene.

Fosso’s intimate self-por traits, which he began shoot ing when he was about 13, ex plore identity, social history, and the impact of colonialism on the African continent. The

earliest work in the exhibition, which includes more than 20 pictures drawn mostly from The Walther Collection, was shot in 1975, when the young Fosso opened his first studio in the Central African Repub lic. After spending each day taking pictures of clients, Fosso used leftover film to take self-confident photos of himself to send to his grand mother in Nigeria.

In 1997 Fosso, by then an established artist, earned a commission from the French retailer Tati for 12 self-por traits wearing the styles of the day. The images — the first Fosso took in color — depict the artist as a golfer, a lifeguard, and a bourgeois woman, among other per sonalities, suggesting the flexibility of identity, social class, and gender. The series earned him the moniker “the man with a thousand faces.”

Just over a decade later, Fos so broadened his interest in identity with his series Afri can Spirits (2008), wherein he dressed himself up as 14 icons of Black liberation (in cluding Martin Luther King Jr., Angela Davis, Muham mad Ali, and Malcolm X) to

celebrate and pay homage to their transformative political work. Works from both series, drawn from The Walther Col lection, will be on view.

The exhibition continues with images from the past decade that consider Africa as a crossroads of the world. In Emperor of Africa (2013), Fosso reimagines himself as the Chinese revolutionary leader Mao Zedong as a com ment on the widespread pres ence of Chinese investment across the African continent today. Another work, Black Pope (2017), depicts the art ist holding a large cross and posing as the head of the Catholic church, thereby re flecting on Christianity’s deep influence on African societies and political structures while also asking audiences to imagine what a Black pope could look like.

“This exhibition is an over due opportunity for us in the United States to familiarize ourselves with Samuel Fosso’s remarkable work and career,” said James Steward, Nancy A. Nasher–David J. Hae misegger, Class of 1976, Di rector. “His photographs are poignant reflections on the

complexities of modern life, the shifting nature of identity, and the interconnectedness of modern nations and societies that have only become more relevant in recent years.”

Art on Hulfish, located at 11 Hulfish Street, is open daily. Admission is free. For more information, visit artmu seum.princeton.edu.

Holiday Boutique Returns To Trenton City Museum

Holiday shoppers and art and craft lovers are invited to the Holiday Boutique at Tren ton City Museum at Ellarslie on Saturday, November 19, from 12 to 6 p.m. and Sunday, No vember 20, from 12 to 5 p.m. Back for the first time since 2019, the museum’s Holiday Boutique will feature an array of vendors offering a wide va riety of gifts, art, home decor, jewelry, clothing and accesso ries, pottery and woodcraft, Trenton memorabilia, and more.

Trenton City Museum at El larslie Mansion is located in Trenton’s Cadwalader Park off of Parkside Avenue. Plenty of parking. Details at ellarslie.org or (609) 989-1191.

“Sam Fosso” Photography Exhibit at Art on Hulfish

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“LIBERATED AMERICAN WOMAN OF THE 1970S”: This 1997 work is featured in “Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts,” on view November 19 through January 29 at the Princeton University Art Museum’s Art on Hulfish gallery in Palmer Square.

curated by Princeton Univer sity Professor Chika OkekeAgulu with Silma Berrada, Lawrence Chamunorwa, Maia Julis, and Iheanyi Onwueg bucha — will be on view at Art on Hulfish in downtown Princeton through January 29 and will offer U.S. au diences an introduction

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POP-UP ART SALE: The Garden State Watercolor Society will again host its Art Sale at 19 Hul fish Street in Palmer Square, beginning on November 17. An opening reception is on Saturday, November 19 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m.

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“In Celebration of Old Trees” Exhibit at Terhune

The “In Celebration of Old Trees” art show will be on view in Terhune Orchards’ 200-year-old barn from November 19 through December 11. In the exhibit, 34 paintings and photographs by noted artists tell the story of Terhune’s century-old apple trees. Michael Madigan, wellknown local artist, judged the entries. Joelle Hofbauer received Best in Show for her work Stormy Skies Over Apple Trees. She and all the artists will be honored at a reception on Saturday, November 19 from 1-3 p.m.

Some of the artists will be available to discuss their work with the public at the

reception. Select pieces will be for sale. No admission fee is required.

Visitors are invited to stay for a tour of the old apple tree orchard led by Pam and Gary Mount. Gary Mount will give a short reading from his book, A Farmer’s Life, featuring the chapter “Joy of Planting Trees.”

The exhibit will be on view on Saturdays and Sundays from 12 to 5 p.m. through December 11.

Terhune Orchards is located at 330 Cold Soil Road. For more information, call (609) 923-2310 or visit terhunerochards.com.

Pamela Somer-Pagan Opens Artist Talks Series

On Thursday, November 17, at 7 p.m., artist Pamela Somer-Pagan will open the

new Artist Talks series at Princeton Makes in the Princeton Shopping Center. Princeton Makes member SomerPagan, a resin artist known for abstract works, will share insights into her practice, techniques, and process, in addition to demonstrating how she creates her pieces.

The Princeton Makes Artist Talks series, part of the cooperative’s new programming initiatives, will provide the public a monthly opportunity, every third Thursday, to learn about and from its creatives.

Somer-Pagan’s creative focus is abstract resin art. She likes her abstractions to bring joy, often through geometric shapes. “My training and background are in fashion design, and as a result I bring shapes, color, and line to all of my artwork,” said

Somer-Pagan. “These things inspire me and make me happy. I like my art to be modern, bright, and clean to inspire happiness. I am drawn to simple and clean, but never basic.”

She was educated in fashion and design at the University of Cincinnati’s College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning; the Fashion Institute of Technology; and Parsons School of Design. Her work can be found in homes from the New York/ New Jersey area, Florida, the Midwest, Canada, and Israel, to name a few.

Somer-Pagan will demonstrate and talk in-depth about her unique technique and approach to art making.

“Resin art is made without conventional brushes and is considered an advanced art for the ‘new age’ — a modern art,” said Somer-Pagan. “Without brushes, I sometimes must spin, tilt, and or blow on each canvas to

achieve my desired results. At the same time, I am inspired by nature and the shapes, colors, and moods it can evoke: the beach, a sunset, or even a storm. I experiment with color and technique to create a sense of movement in all my paintings and in different lights or at different times of day, the viewer may see an entirely different piece.”

The event will begin with a reception, with light refreshments, at 6:30 p.m. Artwork by all cooperative artists will be available for purchase.

For more information, visit princetonmakes.com.

Works by David Meadow At The Present Day Club

The Present Day Club now presents local artist David Meadow in a one-man exhibition featuring more than 55 acrylic and watercolor paintings.

Meadow, whose work has been accepted by many juried shows including those at

Phillips’ Mill, Ellarslie, and Artists of Yardley, is considered one of the area’s up-andcoming artists. His art spans realism to Impressionism, employing light and color to draw the viewer into the setting.

“I want my art to be accessible and pleasing to view, while conveying some aspect of the human condition,” said Meadow. “As a lifelong resident of the area, the settings are often based on scenes I know well in New York, Philadelphia, and closer to home in New Hope, Lambertville, and the Sourland Mountains. I was excited to be able to show many of my works in one setting when T he Present Day Club opportunity was presented to me.”

The show is on view through December 16 at The Present Day Club, 72 Stockton Street. Call (609) 9241014 for gallery hours.

To see his artwork online, visit davidmeadow.com.

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“STORMY SKIES OVER APPLE TREES”: This work by Joelle Hofbauer was awarded Best In Show at the “In Celebration of Old Trees” art show, on view November 19 through December 11 at Terhune Orchards. An opening reception is on Saturday, November 19 from 1-3 p.m.

ARTIST TALKS SERIES: Member artist Pamela Somer-Pagan will open the new series at Princeton Makes in the Princeton Shopping Center on November 17 at 7 p.m. Somer-Pagan, a resin artist, will share insights into her practice, techniques, and process, in addition to demonstrating how she creates her pieces.

“BEST FRIENDS”: Acrylic and watercolor paintings by Princeton artist David Meadow are on view at The Present Day Club on Stockton Street through December 16.

“Intersection:

Four Voices in Absraction” Now on View

“Intersection: Four Voices in Abstraction,” on view through January 27 at The Gallery at Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach , features the work of Hunterdon Art Museum member artists Terri Fraser, Jim Irvine, Florence Moonan, and Catherine Suttle. Each has a history of receiving awards, selection for multiple exhibitions, and being acquired for private collections.

Curator David Lawson said, “With this group of four very distinct voices, I wanted to not only explore the more tangible intersection of their vocabulary through materials and technique, but also the broader context of how we all commune at the crossroads of our collective, creative unconscious as audience, critic, curator, and creator. I believe that in that space there is a shared conversation that connects, engages, and elevates us. I do hope you’ll enjoy the collection from this viewpoint and find your own ways of connecting the myriad elements at play.”

Fraser shares stories through visual art. She loves the interrelationship between nature and humanity, and is

forever looking for new ways to reveal their infl uences on each other. “When I create, I feel my way through the tensions and interactions of the natural and human worlds colliding, overlapping, expanding, projecting — ultimately giving voice to a myriad of vibrating networks,” she said. Each work has its own story, like each human.

Acknowledging this and allowing each to be heard is her way of unveiling connections between them, and between them and herself.

Irvine remembers starting his creative journey early, using a paper clip to etch into doorways. His goal is to create art that engages the viewer, by exploring tension between opposing forces of the natural and abstract, the emotional and representational — as well as that between layers of paint, color, white space, and mark-making. These relationships produce something a bit unexpected, inviting one in until they can almost touch it.

Moonan’s career dates from the late 1980s and includes painting, mixed media, and sculpture. She is noted for her tactile abstract Venetian plaster paintings. The driving force behind her

work is a narrative drawn from her personal history, the natural world, travel, and above all, music. Her creative process involves tapping into her instincts to discover and create an expressive language using color and texture. The unique qualities of Venetian plaster, her current medium of choice, allow her to produce surfaces that reveal fragmented patterns and rich textures.

Suttle draws from painters of the mid-20th century, primarily abstract expressionists. The post-painterly abstractionists attract her because of the way they force viewers to challenge expectations. She draws upon Milton Avery’s compositions of simple shapes, awkwardness, and harmonious combinations. Richard Diebenkorn’s “New Mexico” paintings influence the way her paintings are layered, revealing an underlying structure in untethered space. The outcome of drawing upon these artists are paintings that focus on the potency of color, provide surprise in an environment of equilibrium, and engross the viewer who notices the subtle nuances that inhabit the field.

An artists’ reception will be held on Sunday, December 4, from 2-5 p.m.

Area Exhibits

Art@Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street, has “Alexis Rockman: Shipwrecks” through November 27. artmuseum.princeton.edu.

Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Painting the Light” through December 4. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com.

Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish Street, has “Samuel Fosso: Affirmative Acts” November 19 through January 29. artmuseum.princeton. edu.

Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has “Retrieving the Life and Art of James Wilson Edwards and a Circle of Black Artists” through December 3. artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices/Fox & Roach, Realtors, 253 Nassau Street, has “Intersection: Four Voices in Abstraction” through January 27. An artists’ reception will be held on Sunday, December 4, from 2-5 p.m.

Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum in Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, has “Mercer County Photography 2022” through November 27, and “The Stacy-Trent

Hotel” through November 28. ellarslie.org.

Friend Center for Engineering Education, Princeton University, has Ricardo Barros’ “An Entanglement of Time and Space,” through December 31. ricardobarros.com/entanglement.

Gallery 14 Fine Art Photography, 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, has “THE Question! — A Photography Journey” through November 20. gallery14.org.

Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Roberto Lugo: The Village Potter” through January 8, 2023, and “Fragile: Earth” through January 8, 2023, among other exhibits. Timed tickets required. 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

JKC Gallery, 137 North Broad Street, Trenton, has “Ara Oshagan: How the World Might Be” through December 2. jkcgallery.online.

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

Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “Ma Bell: The Mother

of Invention in New Jersey” through March and the online exhibits “Slavery at Morven,” “Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of New Jersey, 1761–1898,” and others. morven.org.

The Present Day Club, 72 Stockton Street, has watercolors and acrylics by Princeton artist David Meadow through December 16. Gallery hours can be obtained by calling (609) 9241014. davidmeadow.com

Princeton Public Library , 65 Witherspoon Street, has “Salvadoran Art: A Father and Son Exhibit” and “Uprooted Trees, Magicicadas and Climate Change” through November 27. princetonlibrary.org.

Princeton University Library has “Records of Resistance: Documenting Global Activism 1933-2021” through December 11. library.princeton.edu

Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, has “Perspectives on Preservation” through December 6. “Rupesh Varghese” is at the 254 Nassau Street location through December 6. smallworldcoffee.com.

West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, has “Off the Wall Holiday Market” and “Artists for Ukraine” through January 7. westwindsorarts.org.

Presentations will be held in-person and virtually via Zoom. In-person attendees will receive a signed copy of the author’s most recent book.

Please register at least one week in advance.

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“CAROUSEL”: Jim Irvine’s mixed media work is featured in “Intersection: Four Voices in Abstraction,” on exhibit through January 27 at The Gallery at Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach. An artists’ reception will be held on December 4 from 2-5 p.m.

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The Gallery at Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach is located at 253 Nassau Street, across from Blue Point Grill.

Mark Your Calendar

Town Topics

Wednesday, November 16

4:30-7:30 p.m.: Panel Discussion: “How to Build an Effective Company from Academics. How is this Trend Reflected in New Jersey, and How Can it be Accelerated?” at Princeton Innovation Center Biolabs, 303A College Road East. Boehringer Ingelheim Acad emy and Networking Recep tion. Princetonbiolabs.com.

5:30 p.m.: Celebration of Lights featuring the West minster Jubilee Singers and Westminster Concert Bell Choir, at Rider University Moore Library, Route 206, Lawrence Township. Vinroy Brown and Kathy Shaw con duct. Rider.edu.

7:30 p.m.: Internationale Bachadaemie of Stuttgart, at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. $40-$60. Mccarter.org.

8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers present a contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monu ment Drive. Michael Karch er with Night Moves. $10. Princetoncountrydancers. org.

Thursday, November 17

10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers’ Market is at the Dinky train station parking lot, across from the Wawa. Princetonfarmersmarket.com.

10 a.m.: The 55-Plus Club of Princeton meets at the Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. Gregg Kallor, composer and pianist, will speak on “The Creation of a Frankenstein Opera.” Also available online. Princetonol. com/groups/55plus.

7 p.m.: Mayor’s Wellness Book Discussion at Prince ton Public Library, 65 With erspoon Street; also avail able virtually. Together: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, with Dr. Vivek Murthy. Register at princ etonlibrary.org.

7 p.m.: New Jersey Story telling Network presents “Tel lebration: Stories of Commu nity” in the Community Room of Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. The event is focused on a theme of community and gratitude and ends with a “slam” ses sion on gratitude. Donations for Princeton Mobile Food Pantry will be collected. Princetonlibrary.org.

7 p.m.: Artist Pamela Somer-Pagan will open the new Artist Talks series at Princeton Makes in the Princ eton Shopping Center. Event begins with a reception at 6:30 p.m. Princetonmakes. com.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton High School Spectacle Theatre

presents The Play That Goes Wrong at the PHS Performing Arts Center, 151 Moore Street. Tickets are $10 for adults/$5 for students/seniors. princeton drama.ludus.com.

Friday, November 18

7 p.m.: Westminster Con servatory of Music gala ben efit concert at Hillman Hall on the campus, 101 Walnut Lane. Performances by stu dents, teachers, alumni, and friends. Rider.edu/Westmin ster-conservatory.

7:30 p.m.: Cendrillon ( Cinderella ) chamber oper etta with dialogue in three acts by Pauline Viardot, is performed at Rider Univer sity’s Yvonne Theater, Route 206, Lawrence Township. Rider.edu.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton High School Spectacle Theatre presents The Play That Goes Wrong at the PHS Performing Arts Center, 151 Moore Street. Tickets are $10 for adults/$5 for students/seniors. princeton drama.ludus.com.

8 p.m.: Michael Glabiacki of Rusted Root with Dirk Miller, at Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell. $35. Hopewell theater.com.

8 p.m.: The Princeton Folk Music Society presents

guitarist, banjo player, fid dler, and vocalist Bruce Mol sky at Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane. $5-$20. Princetonfolk.org.

8 p.m.: Princeton Pianists Ensemble presents “Rev erie” at Richardson Audi torium. $8-$15. Tickets. princeton.edu. Saturday, November 19

9 a.m.-1 p.m.: Indoor Flea Market held by the Prince ton Elks at 354 Route 518, Skillman. Holiday items, fur niture, kitchen items, tools, bric-a-brac, art, linen, jew elry, toys, and more. (609) 921-8972.

12-5 p.m.: “Winery with Music, Firepits, and Mulled Wine” at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. S’mores and hot cocoa kits are avail able and the Barn Door Café is open. Live music from 1-4 p.m. From 1-3 p.m., the opening of “In Celebration of Trees” art show will take place. Terhuneorchards.com.

7-8 p.m.: Princeton Girlchoir performs a benefit concert for Ukrainian Federa tion of America to help the children of Ukraine, at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nas sau Street. Donate at the door. Email info@Westrickmusic.org for more information.

7:30 p.m.: Cendrillon (Cinderella ), chamber oper etta with dialogue in three acts by Pauline Viardot, is performed at Rider Univer sity’s Yvonne Theater, Route 206, Lawrence Township. Rider.edu.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton High School Spectacle Theatre presents The Play That Goes Wrong at the PHS Performing Arts Center, 151 Moore Street. Tickets are $10 for adults/$5 for students/seniors. princeton drama.ludus.com.

8 p.m.: An Intimate Eve ning with Dessa, at McCart er Theatre, 91 University Place. $35. Mccarter.org. Sunday, November 20 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: Hunterdon Land Trust Farmers’ Market at Dvoor Farm, 111 Mine Street, Flemington. Fresh, organic offerings from 20 farmers and vendors. Morn ing yoga; music. Hunterdon landtrust.org.

10:45 a.m.: Book brunch featuring author Matthew Quick discussing and sign ing copies of his book We Are the Light, at Princeton Public Library, 65 Wither spoon Street. Princetonli brary.org.

12-5 p.m.: “Winery with Music, Firepits, and Mulled Wine” at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. S’mores and hot cocoa kits are avail able and the Barn Door Café is open. Live music from 1-4 p.m. Terhuneorchards.com.

12:30-5:30 p.m.: Off the Wall Holiday Market, West Windsor Arts Council, 952 Alexander Road. Westwind sorarts.org.

1 p.m.: Princeton Univer sity Carillonneur Lisa Lonie performs a concert at Princ eton University’s Graduate Tower. Listen from outside the tower, rain or shine.

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1:30-4:30 p.m.: Open houses at the Princeton Uni versity eating clubs on Pros pect Street. Charter Club, Cloister Inn, Cottage Club, Quadrangle Club, and Tiger Inn will be open. No reserva tions necessary. Princeton prospectfoundation.org.

3 p.m.: Princeton High School Spectacle Theatre presents The Play That Goes Wrong at the PHS Performing Arts Center, 151 Moore Street. Tickets are $10 for adults/$5 for students/seniors. princeton drama.ludus.com.

3-5 p.m.: Family dance sponsored by Princeton Country Dancers, at Su zanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. $7. Princ etoncountrydancers.org.

Monday, November 21 Recycling

1-3 p.m.: The Women’s College Club of Princeton meets at Morven Education Center, 55 Stockton Street.

Joyce Felsenfeld, docent at the Princeton Univer sity Art Museum, presents “American Art: Visualizing America through Art.” Free. WCCPNJ.org.

Wednesday, November 23

8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers present a contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monu ment Drive. Sue Gola & Mind the Gap. $10. Princ etoncountrydancers.org.

Thursday, November 24 10-11:30 a.m.: The Friends of Princeton Nurs ery Lands hold their annual Thanksgiving Day Walk in Mapleton Preserve, 145 Mapleton Road, Kingston. Led by Karen Linder, with a theme of birds. Fpnl.org.

Friday, November 25

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: “Trim Your Home for the Holi days,” at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Trees and wreaths; barnyard ani mals, farm trail, and more. From 12-5 p.m., Terhune celebrates Holiday Wine Trail Weekend. Terhuneor chards.com.

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Covered Bridge Artisans 28th Annual Fall Studio Tour, self-guided at studios in Lambertville, Stockton, Sergeantsville, and Solebury, Pa. Covered bridgeartisans.com.

2 and 7:30 p.m.: Ameri can Repertory Ballet per forms The Nutcracker at McCarter Theatre, 91 Uni versity Place. $35-$65. Mc carter.org.

5-6 p.m.: Annual tree lighting in Palmer Square. The band Don’t Call Me Francis and the Flying Ivo ries will play; holiday sin galong; Santa appearance; and more. Palmersquare. com.

Saturday, November 26

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: “Trim Your Home for the Holi days,” at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Trees and wreaths; barnyard ani mals, farm trail, and more.

From 12-5 p.m., Terhune celebrates Holiday Wine Trail Weekend. Terhuneor chards.com.

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Covered Bridge Artisans 28th Annual Fall Studio Tour, self-guided at studios in Lambertville, Stockton, Sergeantsville, and Solebury, Pa. Covered bridgeartisans.com.

12-2 p.m.: Harmonics Quartet entertains on Palm er Square. Palmersquare. com.

Sunday, November 27

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: “Trim Your Home for the Holi days,” at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Trees and wreaths; barnyard ani mals, farm trail, and more. From 12-5 p.m., Terhune celebrates Holiday Wine Trail Weekend. Terhuneor chards.com.

10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Covered Bridge Artisans 28th Annual Fall Studio Tour, self-guided at studios in Lambertville, Stockton, Sergeantsville, and Solebury, Pa. Covered bridgeartisans.com.

12-2 p.m.: Courtney’s Car olers entertain on Palmer Square. Palmersquare.com.

1 p.m.: Holiday WreathMaking Workshop at Mor ven, 55 Stockton Street. Led by horticulturalist Louise Senior. $45-$55 including one wreath. Morven.org.

1 p.m.: Princeton Univer sity Carillonneur Lisa Lonie performs a concert at Princ eton University’s Graduate Tower. Listen from outside the tower, rain or shine.

2 p.m.: American Reperto ry Ballet performs The Nut cracker at McCarter The atre, 91 University Place. $35-$65. Mccarter.org.

3-4 p.m.: Faoilean, a local Irish Trad Trio, presents mu sic from their forthcoming debut album at Princeton Public Library, 65 Wither spoon Street. Princetonli brary.org.

Wednesday, November 30

4-7 p.m.: Princeton Mas ter Plan Open House, at Princeton Public Library’s Community Room, 65 Witherspoon Street. Listen to ideas, ask questions, and share feedback. Engage. princetonmasterplan.org.

8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers presents a contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monu ment Drive. Bob Isaacs with Raise the Roof. $10 (free for 35 and younger). Princeton countrydancers.org.

8 p.m.: Author Tommie Shelby is in conversation with Yale University professor James Forman about Shelby’s new book The Idea of Prison Abolition in a virtual event presented by Princeton Pub lic Library. Register at Princ etonlibrary.org.

Thursday, December 1 8 p.m.: Patti LaBelle per forms a holiday concert at the State Theatre New Jer sey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. $49-$209. Stnj.org.

Friday, December 2 12-5 p.m.: Fine Art and Ar tistic Crafts Holiday Bazaar at The Artists of Bristol Gal lery, 216 Mill Street, Bristol, Pa. Artistsofbristol.com.

Dog and Cat Adoptions and Fostering Programs

EASEL — Ewing Ani mal Shelter Exten sion League — has a mission. It is to help stray, abandoned, transferred, and surrendered dogs and cats to find a happy home, and in the interim, to provide them with a caring, healthy, and safe environment.

cages with an opening to an even roomier space, and are also walked mornings and afternoons. In addition, there is a large outdoor play area, where they can have more exercise and socializa tion.

On Saturdays, a “pack walk” is held with many dogs joining together for a lengthy walkabout, adds Phillips.

Not all adopters want kit tens or puppies, notes Phil lips. “Some people want an older animal, who is calmer and does not have to be trained. Also, others will take end-of-life animals, which is very kind.”

Companion and Playmate

Founded in 2008, and es tablished in its current loca tion at 4 Jake Garzio Drive in Ewing in 2013, it is a nokill shelter. As a nonprofit volunteer animal welfare organization, it is dedicated to ending the euthanasia of unwanted animals in Mercer County through collabora tive coalitions and commu nity alliances.

“We are the only shelter in Ewing,” points out Mark Phillips, director of animal services. “We are both a place to take animals and a place to get animals. Cur rently, we have 40 cats and 13 dogs in the shelter. We also have 20 cats (mostly kittens) in foster care.”

The animals are brought to the shelter by animal con trol officers. They may have been found abandoned, or people have reported see ing a stray. They can also be transferred from other shelters. At times, owners may be forced to surrender a pet for a variety of reasons, reports Phillips.

Health Issues

“Sometimes, it can be for financial reasons,” says Phillips. “Sadly, people may have lost their home or have other financial difficulties, and have to bring in their dog or cat.”

When an animal arrives at the shelter, it is examined by a veterinarian for health is sues, and assessed for be havior. In the case of a dog, how does it interact with other dogs, with humans? Is it aggressive? Calm? Is it ultimately adoptable?

Dogs are kept in large

Cats are housed in large cages, which include a litter box, a soft bed, and assorted toys of different sizes. Op portunities for cats to roam outside their cages are also available.

The fostering program en ables kittens to live tempo rarily with a family in a home environment, explains Phil lips. “Infant and very young kittens stay with the family typically for six weeks, after which they return to EASEL to await adoption.”

Short-term Stays

This is helpful for a num ber of reasons, including when the volume of cats at the shelter is high, and also in cases when temporary homes are needed to care for sick, infant, or undersocialized animals.

“We also have short-term stays,” adds Phillips. “Dogs and cats can go to a fam ily for a weekend or a week. The people will provide a report on the animal’s be havior, and its likes and dis likes. It is a chance to try out the dog or cat in a home environment.”

Those wanting to adopt an animal may fill out an ap plication available online at EASEL’s website. It includes questions about the family’s or individual’s lifestyle. Are there children in the house hold? Other pets? What kind of life will the animal have? Will it live in a house or apartment? Is this the first time the applicant will have had a pet?

What type of dog or cat are they interested in? Spe cific breed? High energy or calm? Young or older?

The next step is to come to the shelter for a meeting with a staff member and see the animals.

In the case of kittens, Phil lips adds that if there are no other cats in the household, EASEL does not allow a kit ten to be adopted singly. The reasoning is that it is better for it to have com panionship, a playmate for socialization. Also, as he explains, “Kittens need to learn proper play from other cats. We want to avoid hav ing kittens learn that biting and scratching hands are ac ceptable forms of play.”

Costs for adoption are: adult dogs $250; small breed dogs $300; and pup pies $400. Adult cats are $100; seniors $75; and kit tens $135. The cost is $200 for two kittens.

The fees help to support the shelter’s work, and also include spay/neuter servic es, injections, microchip, and heartworm prevention medicine for the animal.

The adoption level re mains steady, says Phillips, who adds that EASEL was very busy during COVID-19, when many people wanted to adopt an animal. There were 1,300 cats and 350 dogs adopted in 2020.

Also, he points out, “If people are interested in adopting, it’s a great idea for them to come in and volunteer. They can see the animals and learn about our program. Of course, also, the more adoptions we have, the more people learn about us.”

Adopters are from all over Mercer County, as well as Pennsylvania, he adds. They are all ages, single, couples, and families.

Special Events

Another way prospective adopters can see the ani mals is through the special event programs held by EA SEL.

“I started an adoption

event at pet shops,” reports Phillips. “People get to see the dogs and cats out of the shelter. We do this at stores in the area, including Con cord Pets in Princeton, Bag of Bones Barkery in Ham ilton, and Rosedale Mills in Hopewell, which are all once-a-month venues. We also have cats in cages at PetSmart in the Nassau Park Boulevard shopping center all week long, so it is like an off-site adoption center for us.”

Phillips, who grew up with animals, knows he is in the right place. After adopting a dog from the Trenton Ani mal Shelter, he later volun teered with the former Ew ing Shelter, and found that he loved working with ani mals. He is closely involved with them in his role as di rector of animal services at EASEL, and he admits to becoming attached to many of the shelter’s four-legged inhabitants.

“I certainly will miss some of them, but seeing the ani mal get a good home is most important, and my biggest satisfaction is the adoption,” he says.

Phillips is very proud of the EASEL staff and the volunteers, whose dedica tion, enthusiasm, and ef fort are the foundation of the shelter’s work. “Many of the volunteers have been with us for a long time,” he says. “Also, the move to this location has been very posi tive. We have more volun teers and more adoptions. We currently have more than 50 active volunteers and 12 part-time employees.”

Looking ahead, Phillips hopes eventually to establish a Mercer County-wide shel ter. “Our goal is to build a larger facility to save more animals in need while they await adoption,” he says. “When people surrender their pet, or lost animals are brought to the shelter,

we need more space to ac commodate that need. A new and larger shelter will continue our core values of compassion, commitment, integrity, and generosity to help local animals and their human caregivers.”

EASEL is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday 12 to 3 p.m., with additional Thursday hours 5 to 7 p.m.

Those wishing to adopt, volunteer, or foster may call (609) 883 0540 or visit easelnj. org. Monetary donations are especially helpful, but there is also a wish list of needed items at easelnj.org/ wish-list.

—Jean Stratton

loved and well read since 1946

MERCER COUNTY REACHES CRITICAL OVER-POPULATION IN ANIMAL SHELTER

Due to a nationwide decline of pet adoptions in 2022 – a stark contrast from the upsurge during the height of the pandemic – animal shelters are suffering tremendously with overcrowding, lack of funds, and limited resources.

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Providing a foster home or offering day-care to a homeless pet while they wait for their permanent hope does not only help over-filled shelters to keep a manageable count of animals but also provides invaluable benefits to the dog and its prospective new family. EASEL provides training, behavior and medical support, and basic supplies including veterinary care to foster families.

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For more information, please visit www.easelnj.org 609.883.0540

COMPASSIONATE CARE: “I want to emphasize the role of volunteers as part of our overall mission. EASEL relies on volunteers for some of our crucial operations. Adoptions, intake, training, off-site events, follow-up calls, and fostering are all primarily run by volunteers. The relationship between our staff and volunteers has been instrumental in the success of EASEL.” Mark Phillips, EASEL Animal Rescue League’s director of animal services, is shown with Pinky, a longtime shelter dog with some medical issues, and, from left, Director of Operations Lori Cima and Assistant Manager Andrea Dunks.

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PU Football Falls 24-20 at Yale to Suffer First Defeat, Tigers Hosting Penn in Finale with Ivy Title on the Line

It was a battle of Ivy League football heavy weights when Princeton played at Yale last Saturday in the 144th meeting of the ancient rivals.

No. 16 Princeton came into the contest at 8-0, 5-0 Ivy while Yale was 6-2, 4-1 Ivy, coming off a 69-17 dis mantling of Brown a week earlier.

The showdown at the sto ried Yale Bowl proved to be a slugfest from the start as the squads each went on long marches in their first possession only to see them halted by interceptions.

“We executed a lot of good plays on the first drive, we got to the 24,” said Prince ton head coach Bob Surace. “We were against the wind so it was going to be tough to make a field goal into the wind. We did a double move and it was probably going to be a touchdown and the re ceiver trips. Then they do a great job on their first drive and we tip a ball and it gets intercepted.”

Yale took a 7-0 lead early in the second quarter, but the Tigers got off the mat with a pair of scoring march es to take a 14-7 lead into halftime.

“We really only had four drives on the first half; we scored on the last two and felt really good,” said Surace, whose team got on the board with a 42-yard TD pass from Blake Stenstrom to Mike Axelrood and then took the lead on a 28-yard scoring strike from Sten strom to Dylan Classi. “They were doing some good things offensively. Our defense was doing a good job as they got near the 50. We felt pretty good about how we were playing.”

But in what ended up be ing the knockout blow, Yale had a very good third quar ter, scoring 17 unanswered points and then holding off a late Princeton charge to earn a 24-20 victory before a sun-splashed crowd of 7,500.

While Princeton saw its chances of a perfect cam paign dashed, it will still play for an Ivy title as it hosts Penn (7-2 overall, 4-2 Ivy) on Saturday in the season finale. Yale, for its part, will play at Harvard (6-3 overall, 4-2 Ivy). If Penn and Har vard both prevail, it will re sult in the first-ever four-way tie for the league crown.

In reflecting on the night mare third quarter, Surace acknowledged that some faulty execution doomed the Tigers.

“We let it get away from us with some missed respon sibilities, which was so un characteristic for us,” said Surace. “They had three runs for about 100 yards in the third quarter. We had been really good and respon sibility-conscious and they got us, so credit to them. We are going to have to make some corrections and we did in the fourth quarter, but that 17-point swing re ally, really hurt us.”

In a pivotal third quarter sequence that helped swing the game to the Bulldogs, Princeton didn’t convert

on a fourth and one at its own 44 and Yale cashed in with a field goal to go ahead 17-14. On the next posses sion, the Tigers had a punt blocked and the Bulldogs took advantage by march ing 59 yard in six plays with QB Nolan Grooms culminat ing the drive with a 19-yard TD jaunt to make it a 24-14 game with 1:27 in the third quarter.

Displaying its resilience, Princeton answered back as Stenstrom hit tight end Carson Bobo with a 22-yard touchdown pass with 10:42 left in regulation.

“It was a really nice play by Blake; we did a good job on pass protection most of the day but they beat us on that one,” said Surace of Stenstrom, who connected on 34-of-52 passes for 367 yards and three touchdowns on the day. “The play was supposed to go to Bobo any way — it should have been a much easier throw. Blake had to roll to his right and it was supposed to go to the left. It made it a much harder throw, going out of the pocket to your right and throwing to your left. That was a heck of a play by him.

Carson did a great job too.”

But in a second key special teams miscue, a blocked PAT by Yale left Princeton need ing a TD to have a chance at victory.

Producing one last flurry, the Tigers marched 65 yards in 12 plays to get to the Yale 15 and get one last shot at the end zone with five sec onds left in the game. A pass from Stenstrom intended for Classi flew high and incom plete and the Tigers were grounded with their first loss of the season.

“We executed the twominute drill really well, we did a great job,” said Surace, reflecting on his team’s dramatic last-minute drive. “They were dropping back eight guys and we took what they gave us. We got first downs. Dylan made a great catch to get us to the 15. Unfortunately that play started with 11 seconds and there was only five on the clock and now you have only one play. That was the play we wanted. Dylan and An drei [Iosivas] lined up there, they covered it. The line backer was playing deep so he could keep Dylan in front of him.”

In analyzing the setback, Surace rued his team’s lack of sharpness in key mo ments.

“Our league has such par ity; it just goes to show that if you are a tad bit slop pier, the game is going to be like this one with two good teams,” said Surace. “It is going to come down to the finish line — they played better. I thought our effort was terrific, there are no moral victories. There is disappointment on our side, celebration on theirs when a game comes down to the end like that. We are all frustrated. Things we have done all year, re sponsibilities in that third quarter, for whatever rea son, we were letting down. They did some things that were really good and we didn’t handle them as well as we could have.”

Looking ahead to the clash against Penn, Surace knows the Quakers will be hard to handle.

“Offensively we are go ing to see a lot of the same downhill running, they have a terrific offensive line, they are moving people in the run game,” said Surace, whose team surrendered 297 yards on the ground in the loss to Yale after yielding just 69.5 rushing yards a game coming into Saturday.

“Their quarterback (Aid an Sayin) is playing out standing. He gets rid of the ball, he is accurate, and he makes big plays. He is play ing at a high level. They have some big play receiv ers. We are going to have to do a great job in our cover age. Their defensive front seven is playing really good football. They are getting to the quarterback and they are stopping the run. They have some tremendous ath letes on the back end.”

Surace is confident that Tigers will bounce back and play some really good football as they go after a second straight Ivy title.

“It is a very resilient group, they know what is ahead of us,” said Surace. “We want to be playing meaningful football at the end of the year. These guys just really enjoy going out there — the preparation, the lifts, the practices, and the locker room. The process doesn’t change, whether you are playing for a title or not. We have got to get back to work. It is a really good group of lead ers. They will have a good message. What you have to do is move forward.”

—Bill Alden

BUTTING HEADS: Princeton University football player Ryan Butler looks to break a tackle in re cent action. Last Saturday, freshman running back Butler and the Tigers were stymied as they fell 24-20 at Yale to suffer their first defeat of the season. While Princeton, now 8-1 overall and 5-1 Ivy, saw its chances of a perfect campaign dashed, it will still play for an Ivy title as it hosts Penn (7-2, 4-2 Ivy) on Saturday in the season finale. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

After 2 Runner-Up Finishes at NCAA Finals Last Year, Princeton Wrestling Determined to Take Next Step

For Chris Ayres, falling short of his goal to win an NCAA title during his Lehigh University wrestling career put him on the path to coaching.

“It was an ending goal and then when I didn’t do it; I felt I had more to do in the sport and now I think I am where I belong,” said Princeton University wrestling head coach Ayres, who placed sixth at 157 pounds at the NCAAs in his senior season at Lehigh. “I think I am very analytical in the areas that I failed in. I worked on them to teach other people so maybe they wouldn’t make those mistakes. I am still chasing it. We had some national champs at Lehigh when I coached there. Here at Princeton, it feels like it is a little more invested because I have been here so long and it has been such an uphill climb. Not doing it helped me become a really good coach.”

Last winter, Ayres nearly guided two of his wrestlers to NCAA titles as Patrick Glory took second at 125 pounds in the national fi nal and Quincy Monday was the runner-up at 157.

“It is proof of concept; I know we do the right things, we can produce Olympic champions and national champions,” said Ayres. “Quincy and Pat proved it to themselves because we hadn’t had anyone in the finals. It has been year after year, we keep doing things we haven’t done before. Those guys getting to the finals was one of those things. One of the interesting things is that we have never really taken steps backwards where we didn’t do things we hadn’t done before. That should just make everyone excited that we are going to do something bigger this year and what that bigger thing is.”

With Princeton opening its dual match season by wrestling at Indiana this Friday, Ayres believes his squad will make an early statement.

“We have a good team, there haven’t been too many changes,” said Ayres, whose squad features a special group of seniors including Marshall Keller, Travis

Stefanik, Grant Cuomo, and Jake Marsh in addition to Glory and Monday. “It feels really good. It was tough going in the beginning. It has been widely advertised that we were about 0-37. The beginning was tough but the motto is “gentle pressure relentlessly applied” which we have done. We are in an amazing spot, it is like this brick-by-brick thing. This is my 17th year, this is what I have expected.”

The vibe in the Tiger wrestling room during preseason has Ayres feeling very good.

“It is amazing; I feel like this in the best Princeton team in terms of just the collective movement towards a certain goal,” said Ayres. “Everyone is rowing in the right direction, not that other teams weren’t doing that. It is just we are going a little faster, that is the thing.”

There is no mystery as to Princeton’s goals this winter.

“We need to win Easterns, I am tired of taking third,” said Ayres, whose team took third at the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association (EIWA) Championships last winter, tying its best fi nish since its 1978 title, along with third-place fi nishes in 2017, 2018, and 2019.

“The last year we won it was ’78, so it has been a while. We need a national champion or national champions, we haven’t done that in a while. It is a storied program, there are tons of success but we need to start having national champions. We can take home a trophy, we can be top four. If we have multiple national champions, you are in the mix literally. We talk about it, why not us. We could win a national title.

It is not like hey, we want to be competitive, we want to win national titles. That is what this thing is about. We work hard. Everybody in the program and all of the coaches, that is what we expect.”

In order to be battle-tested as it pursues those goals, Princeton has put together a challenging non-conference schedule, featuring four Big Ten foes (Indiana, Wisconsin, Michigan State, and Rutgers) along with Oregon State,

Arizona State, Rider, Lehigh, and Bucknell.

“Our goal every year is to wrestle the best teams in the country; it is getting more challenging just because we are really good,” said Ayres.

“Big Ten teams have tough schedules and I think a lot of time they have to question if they want to schedule us because they could lose. So to get teams that we got, we are grateful for that. There are teams that didn’t get on our schedule that we wanted on our schedule and we will keep trying. But we are happy with our schedule.

It is a very good schedule, we have some great home matches. This is the first year we are all in Jadwin, we are fully ticketed. That is really important for our program’s development. Back in the 0-17 days we were in a small gym with not that many fans. We just hope to continue that growth.”

As Princeton has grown into a power, it has earned a higher profi le in the college wrestling world.

“The perception has changed, I think that is by design,” said Ayres. “We have a brand. Our guys believe in our system. We believe in what we say and we try to bring a good product to the table. This is a sports but we also believe that it is entertainment. We want to put people in the stands, we want people to come and be about Princeton wrestling, If you follow social media, you see we work hard at it and we have fun with it. That draws

people in. There are a lot of people who want to be part of this program now.”

The duals at Jadwin Gym have become must-see events, drawing fired up crowds in the 2,000 range.

“We are a hot ticket,” said Ayres. “We view this as a sport where we want put on a show. We just have to win, people like coming to watch winners. Early on when we had a dual, the coaching staff did everything. We did the promotions, the coaches were throwing shirts into the stands. We are a thing now. When people look at the growth of the program,

they want to point to one thing that changes everything. It is not one thing, it is everything. Every single day we work to promote the program.”

Ayres is looking for his stellar crew of seniors to make an indelible impact on the program in their final campaign.

“There has been a couple of classes like this; Brett Harner’s class was very similar, getting us to a new place,” said Ayres, who believes this year’s freshman class has the potential to do some big things as well, starting this winter.

“This one is special though with the amount of AllAmericans, the placements in Easterns and what they have done individually. I think they are carrying the program to a new level and this is their last year to put a stamp on something, but I think there is legacy. It is not the end of an era, what they give back to the younger kids and what they set in their mind is legacy. It is not really the end of anything. They are going to pass the torch to the next set of kids and I think those kids are going to keep it rolling.”

— Bill Alden

EYEING SUCCESS: Princeton University wrestling head coach Chris Ayres, right, and associate head coach Joe Dubuque display their intensity in a 2020 dual match. Ayres and Dubuque are expecting big things from their wrestlers this winter as Princeton comes off a historic 2021-22 campaign that saw Patrick Glory take second in the NCAA Championships at 125 pounds and Quincy Monday place second at 157. The Tigers have their first dual of the 2022-23 season when they wrestle at Indiana on November 18.

(Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

With Olympian Fillier Finding a Rhythm in her Return, PU Women’s Hockey Posts Weekend Sweep

Sarah Fillier took a two-year hiatus from the Princeton Uni versity women’s hockey team to join the Canadian women’s national team and emerged as an international star in the process.

High-scoring forward Fillier helped Canada win the Inter national Ice Hockey Federa tion (IIHF) World Champion ships in 2021 and 2022 as well as the gold medal at the 2022 Beijing Olympics. At the Olympics, Fillier tallied eight goals to rank second among all players in the tournament, and had 11 points to stand sixth.

For Fillier, earning Olympic gold proved to be a highlight of her time away from Princeton.

“A lot has happened; I think winning Olympic gold is a highlight for sure,” said Fillier, a 5’5 native of Georgetown, Ontario. “That is what I grew up dreaming about. Every deci sion I made in hockey and the decision to come to Princeton was with that in mind. For it to come true and happen, was the coolest experience of my life.”

It is cool for junior Fillier to be back at Princeton to resume her college career.

“It has been exciting, it has been a long wait to come back,” said Fillier. “I have been waiting to come back. To be back on campus and in school and playing with the girls has been a lot of fun.”

Playing with twin sister Kay la, who is in her senior year at Princeton, has been particu larly fun for Fillier.

“It has been great, if COVID didn’t happen and I was away at the Olympics, we would have never had the chance to play together for her senior year,” said Fillier. “It is nice. We grew up playing hockey together. To see her grow as a player and a person and watch her develop from a fan’s point of view, it is just really cool to see her live her dream out.”

Living out her dreams on the world stage had helped Fillier grow as player.

“I think I am a completely different player, training and playing with national team players for two years, girls that

of Syracuse are 10 years older with a lot of national experience, I brought a lot of strength to my game and a lot more speed,” said Fil lier. “At the international level, if you are not quick and explo sive, you really have no time to make plays or make any good decisions. I think those two are the biggest things for me — strength and speed.”

Fillier’s strength and speed has been put to the test this winter as Princeton’s foes have been customarily throwing two or three defenders at her.

“It gives me a bit of a flash back to midget hockey in Canada,” said Fillier. “People would post players on me to try to get under my skin a bit and whenever I have the puck, throw a lot of pressure and bodies. I think back and this is happening six or seven years later. I have some experi ence with it so hopefully that works out.

Last weekend as Princeton hosted Syracuse for a twogame set, things worked out for Fillier. She tallied a goal and an assist as the Tigers prevailed 4-2 on Friday and then added an assist in a 1-0 Princeton win a day later.

“For me, it is just trying to adapt my game to be effective at the college level, it is still a work in progress but it is nice to see some success,” said Fil lier, who has been playing on a line with freshmen Katherine Khramtsov and Issy Wunder.

“There have been a lot of conversations with Cara [Princeton head coach Morey] about how to adapt my game.

I need to slow down a bit, I need to work open being solid defensively. My line is playing a lot of minutes so it is just about conserving energy and making smart reads. The college game is really so much different from international. Personally I ex pect a little bit more of myself but hopefully with some more experience with my linemates and a bit more work on my game myself, we can get a bit more offense.”

While Fillier is not currently on a line with Maggie Con nors, who she played with a lot in her first two seasons with

Princeton, she is enjoying be ing reunited with her.

“Maggie is an exciting player to watch; if you watch her goal against Syracuse, it is definitely a highlight reel, Top 10 goal,” said Fillier. “That is what you can expect from Maggie every weekend. It has been great, we have a ton of chemistry. I think we can always go back to that as linemates.”

While it is exciting to have Fillier back on the squad, Princeton head coach Morey acknowledges that her star forward has been adjusting to all the attention she is getting from opponents.

“She has been getting points for us the whole time,” said Morey of Fillier, who is Princ eton’s leading scorer with six points on three goals and three assists and had totaled 114 points on 44 goals and 70 assists in her first two college seasons. “It is just whatever people’s expectations are. She is still over a point a game even though our team hasn’t been scoring as much. She is double and triple-teamed every night.”

Starting the set against Syra cuse by scoring three goals in the first period on Friday gave the Tigers a shot in the arm.

“We needed that, we knew the dam was going to break at some point,” said Morey. “They were all really nice goals too, it wasn’t anything flukey.”

Going on to get the weekend sweep was a nice step forward for the squad, which is now 3-3 overall and 1-3 ECAC Hockey.

“We started our season probably harder than anyone else in the country with three top-10 teams in our first four games,” said Morey. “It is go ing to help us in the end, but it never feels good when you are 1-3 to start your season. They needed to play some good hockey and come out with a couple of wins.”

Morey acknowledges it will take a while for the Tigers to get fully in synch.

“We are getting there, I think we are still a couple of months away from being where we want to be,” said Morey. “There are so many young players right up front right now. I think it is going to be the second semester where you see the team that we know we have.”

With Princeton hosting St. Lawrence on November 18 and Clarkson on November 19, Morey knows her team will be getting tested once again.

“We are still focusing on us a lot because we need to do what we do well,” said Morey. “Our league is the best league in the country, so it so going to be crazy. It is going to be two really hard games again. Clarkson is a top-10 team in the country so there is our fourth one in eight games. St. Lawrence is always one of the most difficult teams, they play so hard. They are unpredict able so that is what is tricky as a coach.”

In Fillier’s view, sweeping Syracuse should help the Ti gers do well as they get back into ECACH action.

With Stone Looking to Make the Most of Final Season, Tiger Women’s Basketball Produces Solid 2-1 Start

Grace Stone struggled a bit on the opening night of her final season for the Princeton University women’s basket ball team.

While Princeton defeated Temple 67-49 on November 7 in its season opener, senior guard Stone was cold, going 1-for-6 from the floor with three points in 24 minutes of action.

Last Friday as Princeton hosted Villanova, Stone started out sizzling, scoring 15 points in the first quarter, including four 3-pointers, as the Tigers led 21-20 heading into the second.

“I was just trying to be ag gressive, just taking whatever the defense gave me,” said Stone, a 5’11 native of Glen Cove, N.Y., who averaged 9.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, and 2.4 assists last season. “I was just finding open spots and just trying to shoot in my rhythm. Every game is different, every team is different. They were giving me the three so I de cided to take them.”

Princeton, though, had trouble guarding Villanova in the second quarter as the Wildcats outscored the Tigers 21-9 to build a 41-30 halftime lead.

“We had a scout, we knew what we were doing,” said Stone. “I think it was a communications thing, that comes with games early in the season. It is something we definitely need to work on moving forward.”

Tightening up things on the defensive end, Princeton seized momentum in the third quarter as it narrowed the gap by outscoring Vil lanova 19-12 to narrow the gap to 53-49 heading into the fourth.

“It was just us trying to string together stops in the first three minutes of the second half,” said Stone. “I think we did that in the third quarter, it was just keeping it consistent and keeping that momentum.”

The Tigers forged ahead 59-57 with 4:02 left in reg ulation, but Villanova an swered with a 12-0 run to earn a 69-59 triumph before a crowd of 1,061 at Jadwin Gym.

“We were feeling good, I think were executing our plays well in the third quarter,” said Stone, who ended up with 17 points, two rebounds, and two assists in the loss. “We were getting good, open shots and then it is just about starting the fourth quarter the way we started the third. We struggled with that a little. They just made tough shots; [Maddy] Siegrist (who scored a gamehigh 32 points for Villanova) is really good.”

Although the final result was tough for the Tigers, Stone wasn’t fazed by the setback.

they are running and playing hard. It is really important.”

Stone is determined to play hard all winter long in her fi nal campaign for the Tigers.

“It is exciting, it feels like I have been at Princeton for ever now,” said Stone. “It is my fifth year as a Tiger. I am really just trying to enjoy ev ery moment of it.”

Princeton head coach Carla Berube knew the Tigers were in for an exciting challenge in the clash with the Wildcats.

“They are a very, very good team with just a phenomenal player in Maddy Siegrist,” said Berube. “They are just well-coached. They run their sets very well, they execute well. It was going to be a tough defensive matchup for us.”

As Princeton took the lead in the fourth quarter, Berube believes the Tigers could pull out a win.

“We were feeling good, we were feeling confident, we talked about what we needed to do to keep building on the little lead that we did have,” said Berube. “I thought when Siegrist went out with four fouls, we would get some better opportunities. We were getting some stops, we just couldn’t make shots. We had great looks. They made plays when we didn’t. They made the shots, that is basketball.”

Stone made shots to help Princeton get off to a good start.

“Grace was on fire from the three, she was awesome,” said Berube. “She is capable of doing that. We have a lot of different scorers. That was her night behind the arc in the first half. She had a really great game.”

Sophomore forward Paige Morton had a good game, tallying 10 points and five rebounds.

“Paige is great, she is more confident and stronger,” said Berube of Morton, who helped spark the third quar ter rally. “She is a really great 6’2, 6’3 frame to go to inside. I am looking forward to the season she will have.”

Berube knows that senior guard Julia Cunningham is going to have a great season for the Tigers.

“She fought back there, she had a tough first half with her shooting but she found her rhythm and made some big shots,” said Berube of Cun ningham, who tallied a teamhigh 18 points against Villa nova with six rebounds and three assists. “Julia is Julia and we will always get great things from her as well.”

Berube expected Princ eton to fight back against Seton Hall and the Tigers did just that, sparked by ju nior forward Ellie Mitchell, who scored eight points and grabbed a career-high 23 re bounds in the win over the Pirates.

“I trust my players and have confidence in them that they will bounce back from this, this is not a defining game,” said Berube, whose team hosts Fordham on November 16 and then plays at Buffalo on November 19.

“It will make us better. They are upset, they are com petitors. They want to win ev ery game, that is the mindset every game. They are doing OK, we have to turn the page quickly. There is no time to sulk at all.”

Stone, for her part, believes Princeton will get better and better as the season unfolds.

“This team is really close, we get along with each other so well,” said Stone. “On the basketball court, we are find ing each other more and we are getting more used to each other’s tendencies and work ing together. I think things are going up for us.”

—Bill Alden

RETURN ENGAGEMENT: Princeton University women’s hockey player Sarah Fillier controls the puck in recent action. Junior forward Fillier starred as Princeton swept a two-game set against Syracuse last weekend. She tallied a goal and an assist as the Tigers prevailed 4-2 on Friday and then added an assist in a 1-0 Princeton win a day later. Fillier, who is returning to Princeton after a two-year hiatus which saw her help the Cana dian national women’s team win two world championships and an Olympic gold medal, is leading Princeton in scoring with six points on three goals and three assists. The Tigers, now 3-3 overall and 1-3 ECAC Hockey, host St. Lawrence on November 18 and Clarkson on November 19.

“This weekend was what we needed, walking away with two wins,” said Fillier. “We wanted just to be able to build confi dence out of these games. Get ting everyone on our roster in and playing and gaining some experience is a perfect shift into Clarkson and St. Law rence. I think we need to build on all of the positive things that we did this weekend. It is just continuing to build that of fensive chemistry and bearing down on scoring chances.”

—Bill Alden

“It is just one game, it doesn’t define our season,” said Stone. “We have to turn the page. It is really just about bouncing back and getting better at the things we need to work on.”

On Monday, the Tigers did bounce back, topping Seton Hall 62-58 to improve to 2-1.

“I think our defense is going to be really big,” said Stone, looking ahead to the contest which saw her score seven points with four rebounds and an assist. “We have to make sure that we are com municating on all the actions

STONE AGE: Princeton University women’s basketball play er Grace Stone looks to pass the ball in recent action. Last Friday, senior Stone scored 17 points in a losing cause as Princeton fell 69-59 to Villanova. Stone and the Tigers bounced back on Monday as the Tigers topped Seton Hall 62-58 to improve to 2-1. In upcoming action, Princeton hosts Fordham on November 16 and then plays at Buffalo on November 19.

(Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

(Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Tiger Men’s Hockey Posts Weekend Sweep

Ethan Pearson came up big as the Princeton Univer sity men’s hockey team post ed two wins last weekend, defeating Yale 3-0 on Friday and then edging Brown 1-0 a day later.

Sophomore goalie Pear son made 25 saves in the win over the Bulldogs on Fri day and then had 21 saves against the Bears in posting his second straight shutout.

Pearson was later named the ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week for his stellar weekend. He now leads the NCAA in both goals-against average (0.67) and save per centage (.976) and his two shutouts rank No. 4 in the country.

The Tigers, now 2-3 over all and 2-3 ECACH, have a home-and-home set against Quinnipiac with Princeton hosting the Bobcats on No vember 18 and then playing them at Hamden, Conn., a night later.

Women’s Volleyball Defeats Cornell, Shares Ivy Title

Melina Mahood starred to help the Princeton Uni versity women’s volleyball team defeat Cornell 3-0 last Saturday to wrap up regular season action.

Senior standout Mahood had a team-high 14 as the Tigers prevailed 25-21, 2521, 25-21 and won its 19th Ivy League title, sharing the crown with Yale.

Princeton, now 21-3 overall and 13-1 Ivy, will

now compete in the Ivy postseason tournament in New Haven, Conn. which will determine the league’s automatic berth in the up coming NCAA tournament. The Tigers will face Brown in a semifinal contest on November 18 with the vic tor advancing to the final a day later.

PU Men’s Cross Country 3rd in NCAA Regional Connor Nisbet set the pace as the 17th-ranked Princeton University men’s cross country team placed third in the NCAA Mid-At lantic Regional last Friday at University Park, Pa.

Junior Nisbet finished fifth individually, covering the 10,000-meter course in a time of 30:08.8.

Princeton totaled 73 points in placing third at the event won by Villanova with 36 points followed by Georgetown with 58.

Nisbet and the Tigers will be racing again in Stillwa ter, Okla., on November 19 after being selected as an at-large team to advance to the NCAA Division I Cham pionships.

PU Women’s Cross Country 4th in NCAA Regional

Abby Loveys had a big day to help the Princeton University women’s cross country team finish fourth at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional last Friday at Uni versity Park, Pa.

Senior Loveys placed third individually, clocking a time of 20:41.9 over the 6,000-meter course.

In the team standings, No. 13 Georgetown came out on top with 37 points. No. 29 West Virginia was second with 75 points, Penn took

Princeton Men’s Soccer Falls to Penn in Finale

Unable to get its offense going, the Princeton Uni versity men’s soccer team fell 3-0 to visiting Penn last Saturday in its season finale.

The Tigers finish the fall at 6-6-4 overall and 1-3-3 Ivy League.

PU Football Star Iosivas

Invited to Senior Bowl

Princeton University se nior star wide receiver An drei Iosivas has been invited to the Reese’s Senior Bowl, an all-star game that show cases top NFL Draft pros pects who have completed their college eligibility.

Iosivas, a 6’3, 200-pound native of Honolulu, Hawaii, is having a career season, surpassing his personal best in catches (64), yards (912), and touchdowns (six). For his career, Iosivas has 123 receptions for 1,878 yards and 16 touchdowns. His 16 touchdowns are tied for third all-time in program history while his 1,878 yards are fifth and his 114 catches are 12th.

The senior captain would only be the third Princeton player to play in the Senior Bowl (Hollie Donan, 1951 and Caraun Reid, 2014). He would also be the first Ivy League representative since 2016.

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FALL FROM GRACE: Princeton University field hockey player Grace Schulze takes a tumble in a game earlier this season. Last Friday, junior Schulze contributed a goal and an assist in a losing cause as Princeton fell 5-2 to Syracuse in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Tigers, who won their 27th Ivy League title and went 7-0 in league play, finished the fall with a 13-5 overall record.

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third with 106 points, and Princeton totaled 114 points in taking fourth.

Lovey’s outstanding per formance at the regional qualified her for the NCAA Championship meet on No vember 19 in Stillwater, Okla., as a top-four run ner who was not a part of a team that automatically advanced.

PHS Girls’ Volleyball Falls in Sectional Final, Future Looks Bright with Core of Young Stars

Competing in the pro gram’s first-ever sectional final, the Princeton High girls’ volleyball team got off to a good start as it played at Colt’s Neck.

Third-seeded PHS won the first set 25-17 over the top-seeded Cougars in the New Jersey State Interscho lastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group 3 Central Jersey title game on Novem ber 8.

“We served tough, we passed well and that allowed us to run a consistent of fense,” said PHS head coach Patty Manhart. “We kept them out of system so they really weren’t giving us their best attack coming over.”

Colts Neck, though, went on the attack after that, tak ing the next two sets, 25-21 and 25-18, to win the match.

“In the second set right away, we fell into a hole on serve receive and when that happens it is tough,” said Manhart. “Even though it happened early in the game, going down eight points, that is just a really big deficit to overcome. Even though we did chip away and get closer,

there are certain things that another team picks on. It is hard to make up for it.”

While the defeat stung, get ting to the sectional final was a special breakthrough for the players.

“It is exciting, it meant so much to the girls,” said Man hart, whose team finished the fall with a 21-5 record. “We don’t have any titles in the state sectional or playoffs on the banners in our gym. The banner has a league cham pionship and they all badly wanted to add a state sec tional to that.”

In assessing the setback, Manhart acknowledged that the Tigers felt the stress of the high stakes contest.

“I don’t know if it was inex perience and the pressure,” said Manhart who got 13 kills and 10 digs from freshman star Naomi Lygas against Colts Neck with senior Sarah Villamil chipping in six kills and 10 digs and sophomore Lois Matsukawa coming up with two kills, seven digs, and 30 assists. “We hadn’t been at that point. It is that newness for us that hurt us. It was definitely a lot of

pressure and maybe it is not being used to playing under that pressure.”

In Manhart’s view, her re turning players will benefit from the experience.

“Colts Neck is a good exam ple; they have been here be fore, they have done it before,” said Manhart. “They have the confidence and the mindset, so I think that is something that we learn from.”

Looking at the season over all which saw PHS win the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) tournament title along the way, Manhart sees the loss to Colts Neck as a catalyst to even more suc cess in the future.

“I was expecting to have a good group of girls, I had been hearing about the fresh man class that was coming in and I knew who wasn’t grad uating from last year,” said Manhart.

“I was expecting that strength in our league so I am excited, but that was an expected win. The thing that would have been cool was to win the state playoff, which they were capable of do ing. They agreed afterward that Colts Neck was a beat able team, we were evenly matched. The girls are really hungry to build on that in the future.”

The squad’s senior group played a key role in building the team into a powerhouse this fall.

“They just loved the pro gram so much; I think that really helps everyone on the team to just want to come and support each other, to

be there for one another and for their team,” said Manhart, whose Class of 2023 includes Rachel Hoffman, Emily Wu, Sophia Tsang, Macaela Wil ton, Sarah Bielaus, and Annie Zhao in addition to Villamil.

“Just knowing how positive that group is and they really keep each other up. They give each other feedback, they trust each other,” said Man hart. “In our last practice, I really liked hearing how much the team meant to everybody and how much they liked be ing with one another. Those are things that make me hap py; that overall the girls still have a good experience even though what we ended on.”

With such returning stand outs as sophomore Pearl Agel, freshman Kaelin Bo betich, freshman Ashley Chester, and freshman Char lotte Woods in addition to Lygas and Matsukawa, Man hart is very happy about the program’s prospects going forward.

“So many of them are play ing club, they are playing beach, and they are working out continually so I just keep imagining what they are go ing to be like coming back year after year,” said Man hart. “It is just really crazy. They are all such solid play ers. I am excited to see this group of girls again over the summer because they are all going to be better than they already are. I am try ing to wrap my head around what will that even look like. I know they take the sport seriously and they are going to be recruited. They all have a lot of exciting things com ing up in their own volleyball careers. It is a lot to look for ward to.”

—Bill Alden

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POWER HITTER: Princeton High girls’ volleyball star Naomi Lygas makes a hit in recent action. Last week, freshman star Lygas contributed 13 kills and 10 digs in a losing cause as third-seeded PHS fell 2-1 to top-seeded Colts Neck in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic As sociation (NJSIAA) Group 3 Central Jersey sectional final. The defeat in the November 8 contest left the Tigers with a final record of 21-5. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

With New Coach Mazzei Instilling Work Ethic, PDS Girls’ Cross Country Won 1st Prep B Crown

Mike Mazzei brought an intensity and work ethic to the Princeton Day School cross country team as he took the helm of the program this fall.

Having walked on to the Rider University track and cross country program after competing at Middlesex County College, Mazzei developed into a star for the Broncs, culminating his career by helping the team’s 4x800-meter relay to a gold medal at the 2021 Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) Outdoor Championships and taking seventh in the 800 at that meet.

“The coach at Rider gave me an opportunity and when I met with him, he said I blew him way with how passionate I was to be great,” said Mazzei. “I made something out of myself. I put the work in and started to be one of the better runners on the team.”

Drawing on his Rider experience, Mazzei had high aspirations for PDS in his debut season.

“I came to PDS and my goal was to win Prep championship,” said Mazzei, who helped coach the PDS track program this past spring and had previously coached at his high school alma mater St Thomas Aquinas (formerly known as Bishop Ahr). “When I was in college, I always wanted to win conference titles.”

Mazzei helped the Panthers achieve that goal as the PDS girls’ squad placed first in the Prep B state meet on November 1 at the Blair Academy. The Panthers had a team score of 37 with runner up Rutgers Prep coming in at 80, producing a dominant performance in earning the girls program’s first-ever Prep B crown.

Junior star Emily McCann set the pace for PDS, placing second individually in a time of 20:15 over the 5,000-meter course. Junior Jesse Hollander was next for the Panthers, coming in fourth followed by junior Harleen Sandu in sixth, junior Brooke Law in 16th, and freshman Riya Mani in 20th.

“We did the taper right, that was the goal,” said Mazzei. “We wanted to be in our best shape at that meet. That was the meet that we wanted to win the whole season. I knew we had a shot to win.”

Having McCann at the front of the pack was key for the Panthers.

“It is amazing how she has performed, she was already a star of the program,” said Mazzei of McCain who competed individually in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Meet of Champions last Saturday. at Holmdel Park and took 62nd in a time of 20:24 over the 5,000-meter course. “I feel like this year she took it to a new level. I was really happy to see that. She was always a good runner, now she is starting to get to that elite in the state. I have coached good runners and I wanted to make them great. Emily was the first person I had who was already great who I could help reach an elite level.”

Taking a page out of their coach’s book, McCann and Sandu put in a lot of work over the offseason to get better, pushing up their weekly mileage.

“Emily and Harleen reacted very well to it when we started preseason and went into the fall season,” said Mazzei. “We were around 35 miles with some down weeks. One week towards the end of the summer training, we had 50 miles and that was it. That was our highest week that we had and then we started going down.”

It took a total team effort for the Panthers to win the Prep B meet.

“We had a good shot of winning this but we have to be focused, our one through five spots are what matters,” said Mazzei, whose team went on to place 11th in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public A championship meet on November 5 at Holmdel Park.

“We made it work. We had a good first five and we had a sixth and seventh where if one person dropped out, we could still win. Emily fell down the hill and still finished second. It said so much about her character. She was hurt but she has grit. That was the good thing to show the team, even if Emily dropped out we would still have won the race. That shows how strong our team is.”

Hollander showed grit as she was sidelined by a leg injury for most of the fall but was able to come up big at the end.

“Jess is a good athlete and a great runner; she was already doing good mileage at the start, she was right next to Emily in the workouts,” said Mazzei. “She had to cross train and all of that stuff. She got put in a boot. She was biking and swimming. I told her realistically all we need you for is Preps, we should make it a goal to be back for Preps and that is what we did. She ran one dual meet before Preps and was our first girl that day because Emily didn’t run.”

While the PDS boys didn’t achieve Mazzei’s goal as they took third at the Prep B meet, they still had an encouraging performance.

Newark Academy placed first with a score of 38, followed by Montclair Kimberley Academy at 44 and the Panthers coming in at 69 for third.

Junior Arun Patel set the pace for the PDS, taking seventh individually in a time of 18:26 over the 5,000-meter course with Ben Jerris coming in ninth, freshman Grayson McLaughlin placing 11th, senior Will Brown next in 14th and freshman Alexander Chia in 28th.

“Going into that race we thought we had a chance but Newark Academy had strong team,” said Mazzei. “We went out there and we gave it our all. We all had fun.”

Mazzei had fun watching Patel’s progress this fall.

“Arun had a good summer; he didn’t do exactly what we wanted in the fall season, he didn’t feel satisfied with what he was doing,” said Mazzei. “He still ran well for

us. When we needed him to step up, he stepped up. He got seventh at the Preps, it was his first top ten there.”

Senior Jerris stepped up in his final campaign. “Ben was a phenomenal runner and a phenomenal leader,” said Mazzei of Jerris, who placed 16th individually at the NJSIAA Non-Public A championship meet on November 5 at Holmdel Park to help PDS take fifth in the team standings.

“He was one of our captains, he was a great senior. I think he ran 22 minutes his first year. He improved each year and he was very good by his senior year. He dropped his time. He was one of those kids that over the summer, everything I gave him to do, he did it. He is great runner. He is one of those people who shows that hard work pays off.”

Looking ahead, the Panthers have plenty to work with. “We have a lot of young talent,” said Mazzei.

“Alex and Grayson will be more developed next year and we will have Arun as a senior. Tom Poljevka was

our third guy for the majority of the year and he improved a lot. He had a leg injury near the end.”

With the talent in place on both teams, Mazzei has

ambitious goals for next fall.

“What we are going for next year is the double,” said Mazzei. “We want to win the Prep championship for girls and guys. We have

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a strong core. I saw them this fall and will have a better idea of what to do with them this summer. I am excited for that.”

— Bill Alden

SPOILS OF VICTORY: Members of the Princeton Day School girls’ cross country team display the trophies they earned for placing first in the Prep B state meet on November 1 at the Blair Academy. Pictured, from left, are assistant coach Chris Devlin, Jesse Hollander, Maddy Weinstein, Emily McCann, Natalia Soffer, Brooke Law, Harleen Sandu, Riya Mani, Jamie Crease, assistant coach Kelly Clark, and head coach Mike Mazzei. It marked the first Prep B title for the girls’ cross country program.

(Photo provided by Mike Mazzei)

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Senior QB Lainez Ends Hun Football Career in Style, Starring as Raiders Top Wyoming Seminary to Finish 9-0

Marco Lainez III fulfilled a promise when he helped the Hun School football team complete another unbeaten season.

Senior quarterback Lainez was 10-for-16 for 222 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for 96 yards as well to help the Raiders rout Wy oming Seminary (Pa.) 54-20 last Saturday to finish 9-0 for the second consecutive season. It sent Lainez and 15 classmates on the Hun roster out as winners in their last 19 straight games.

“ Before the game, I knew I had one more thing to do,” said Lainez, a Montgomery resident. “ I said, ‘no mat ter what, if you throw nine interceptions or 10 touch downs, just keep swinging, you have to finish the job.’ When we finished the job, I just thought, I’m going to miss these guys so much. We’ve sacrificed so much for this. It was awesome.”

Lainez and the Raiders last lost a game on Hallow een 2020, in the COVID-19 pandemic shortened season. Hun fell to Malvern (Pa.) 10-8 that day, and Lainez never forgot it.

“ I threw four intercep tions,” said Lainez. “ I was probably the sole reason we lost that game. I walked off that field and said, I never want to feel like this again. So I devoted as much time as I could to winning. I just wanted to win every game.”

Mission accomplished in memorable fashion. The Raiders were absolutely dominant in their second straight unbeaten year. They outscored teams, 413-75, this fall. They broke out to a 21-0 lead against Wyoming before the visitors returned a kickoff for a touchdown. Hun added two more scores

by halftime to shut down any hopes of a comeback.

“ It was a physical game,” said Hun head coach Todd Smith. “I think even though some of our scores were lop sided, it doesn’t mean they weren’t physical. Wyoming Sem, and Cheshire and Brunswick and Salisbury, those were all super physical games for our kids. It was good football.”

Kamar Archie, JT Good man, Dom DeLuzio, and Owen Wafle all scored rushing touchdowns, Lo gan Blake caught a pair of touchdown passes and Liam Thorpe and Bryce Kania each caught a touchdown toss in the balanced attack Saturday. DeLuzio ran for 129 yards and Archie ran for 116. Blake led receivers with 82 yards in the air on four catches.

“ We have such a great group of kids, they’re great kids on top of being great football players,” said Smith. “And they’re all super un selfish. It’s team-first. They understand they all contrib ute. If you look at our team season statistics, we’ll have four guys that have rushed over 500 yards. Everybody touches the ball and they produce. I think we’ve had 22 guys catch a ball this year. It’s just great to see how they’ve adopted this mentality that each team has had, and they’ve passed it on to the next one that comes after them.”

The defense again made it impossible for Wyoming to bounce back from the early deficit. Wafle and Kole Briehler had two sacks apiece and Dante Barone added another from the front four that also includes Logan Howland. Dillon Buc chere intercepted a pass.

“ This year, our defense was brought up to a com pletely different level, and it started with the defensive line,” said Smith. “ The four kids we had up front this year were just absolutely dominating. They wreaked havoc on any team we played, it didn’t matter what style of play they had. They just completely changed the game and altered offensive game plans week in and week out.”

The defense created op portunities that enabled Lainez and the offense to capitalize on over and over. Lainez was able to display his growth throughout his third season with the Raid ers. He can see a clear dif ference in the way he played in his final scholastic season from when he debuted for Hun.

“ My sophomore year I was pretty much a gun slinger,” said Lainez. “ I would run around and try to make plays as much as I can. I would just throw the ball up, scramble around. I didn’t use my legs as much and I didn’t know how to read defenses. Through coach Smith and coach Raz (Anthony Racioppi), I sat around them and learned the game and I learned what to do, how to take care of the ball, where to go with the ball in certain situations. Situational awareness was a really big thing that I think I’ve improved, and you can see the leap from my stats from my sophomore year un til now my junior and senior year.”

Lainez finished this sea son with career highs of 2,182 yards passing and 23 touchdowns. He also rushed for 573 yards and five more scores. The Wyoming game was the third this season in which he passed for four touchdowns. He was one of the seniors that set the tone for the team from the offseason workouts to week long practice prep to game day attitude and composure.

“As a leader, he’s stepped up and taken over that role,” said Smith. “I think the kids look up to him. He com mands the huddle and they respect him and love him, and that’s great. From an Xs and Os standpoint, he’s taken his game to another level.”

Smith credits Lainez’s growth to his dedication to film study and being able to apply his new knowledge on the field. Since that 2020 Malvern game, the 6’3, 225-pound quarterback has thrown just five intercep tions in two seasons total, including only two as a ju nior.

“ I took care of the ball more,” said Lainez. “ Then this year they wanted me to push the ball to our play makers more instead of last year, when it was take what

they give me. This year, it was let’s see if we can push it down the field more to these guys because we have a lot of weapons. I was tak ing calculated risks where as my sophomore year it was just naive risks and I’d just throw it. I definitely think the growth mentally and emotionally helped the physical side.”

Lainez’s develop ment put the four-star quar terback in demand. Last De cember, he made a verbal commitment to attend Iowa. He is preparing to make the jump to the next level. His gut feeling was that Iowa was the right place for him when he visited the Big Ten school and it will present new opportunities to grow.

“ It was a really magical place when I went out there,” said Lainez. The people in the building were very friend ly, but they also demand a lot from you and they want you to succeed. They also want to develop you into the best man you can be off the field and the best player you can be on the field. That’s very valuable to anything — you want to find out how good you can become. This is a great spot for me to see how good I can become. The coaches, I love them. (Offen sive coordinator) coach Brian Ferentz, just being around those guys and picking their brains about the football world, (offensive analyst) Jon Budmayr, I just can’t wait to learn as much as I can from him and soak everything up.”

Smith says that the adjust ments that Lainez will have

to make at the next level are the same as any of his play ers — getting used to the speed of the game and the overall size of players. At the quarterback spot, that’s even tougher.

“ Things are going to come flying at him and they’re going to be even faster and kids are going to be bigger,” said Smith. “ He might not be able to take off and run as much as he does. We al ways encourage him to go out of bounds and he refuses to do that. He might want to step out of bounds when he gets into the Big Ten season next year and save himself for another play. But he’s a real physical kid, a real instinctual kid. If he wasn’t playing offense, he’d be an All-American linebacker for sure. That’s the mentality he takes when he carries the ball.”

Even though Lainez played quarterback, he didn’t want any of his teammates to think of him as softer or spe cial, and his running style reflected that. That mindset Lainez says comes from his dad, who starred at lineback er for Union College, setting the career tackles record for the program and getting in ducted into the school’s Hall of Fame in 2007. Lainez has one defensive tackle in his high school career — on the prevent defense when he played for Montgomery High before coming to Hun. Lainez acknowledges that he may have to be a little smarter when he scrambles at Iowa, where he hopes to make his mark.

I just want to do whatever it takes to see how good I can become mentally, physi cally and emotionally,” said Lainez. “I also can’t wait to learn around those guys who are already there. Those guys are really talented. It’s

a blessing to just being in the room with them, going in there and learning and being teammates with the guys and also seeing how good I can become. It’s just a great opportunity.”

Hun will look to continue its winning ways without the likes of Lainez and a senior class that Smith termed “special.” They stepped into new roles this year to sus tain the success of the un beaten season before, and they maintained a standard for Hun football.

“ It’s not about replacing them,” said Smith. We’re not trying to replicate any of these kids. We’re just trying to find somebody new and adjust what we do to them. We have a lot of great kids on the team com ing back. Year in and year out, it’s what we do. This senior class has been exem plary in all the attributes we want in all of our players. They’ve just done a great job of that.”

Lainez is one of the lon gest tenured players at Hun. A three-year starter, he leaves some of the big gest shoes to fill at a key spot. He leaves a legacy of winning with a like-minded group that brought out the best in him as a competitor and enabled him to develop significantly over his career.

“ There are so many guys in that locker room that I just love to death and they push me in certain ways that you can’t find anywhere else,” said Lainez. “ I’m going to miss being around the guys and competing with them in practice and then going to war with them. That’s the best part — when you step in the huddle and there are 10 sets of eyes on you and you’re all sharing one goal.”

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MAKING HIS MARK: Hun School quarterback Marco Lainez III fires a pass in a 2021 game. Last Saturday, senior star and Iowa-bound Lainez connected on 10-of-16 passes for 222 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 96 yards as the Raiders rolled over Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) 54-20 to finish 9-0 for the second consecutive season. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Boys’ Cross Country : Marty Brophy ran well as he competed at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJ SIAA) Meet of Champions last Saturday. Senior Brophy clocked a time of 16:22 over the 5,000-meter course at Holmdel Park to finish 19th individually. Brophy had qualified for the meet as an individual.

Girls’ Cross Country : Robin Roth produced a solid performance racing in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions last Saturday. Senior Roth covered the 5,000-meter course at Holmdel Park in a time of 20:36 to take 80th. Roth had made the meet as an individual.

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Rec Department Holding Sign Up for Dillon Hoops

The Princeton Recreation Department is now taking registrations for the 2023 Dillon Youth Basketball League.

The Dillon Youth Bas ketball League is a storied program for the Princeton community that is entering its 51st season. The league consists of both games and clinics. It is open to boys and girls in grades 4-10 who are Princeton residents and nonresidents who attend school in Princeton.

The Dillon season will take place from January-March 2023 and games will be held Saturday mornings at the Hun School. The program is a recreational league in tended for players of all skill and experience levels. “Dil lon Basketball” is about play ing the game the right way, teamwork, and having fun.

To register, log onto reg ister.communitypass.net/ princeton under “2022/2023 Winter Sports Programs.”

Registration is open until January 2 or until divisions are at capacity. More in formation can be found at princetonrecreation.com.

Princeton Rec Department Opens Pickleball Courts

The Princeton Recreation Department has opened four pickleball courts at Commu nity Park South behind the CP Elementary School and the CP Pool.

The courts will be available

on a first come/first served basis and will be open daily from dawn to dusk, weath er permitting. The courts, which include portable nets, are there on a trial basis through April 1, 2023. There is no fee for using them.

A combination of tennis, ping pong, and badminton, pickleball offers an aerobic workout like tennis, but the courts are smaller, don’t demand the speed required by tennis, and result in a lower-impact game. Played with lightweight paddles and balls similar to wiffle balls, pickleball doesn’t impose the torque on elbows and shoul ders that tennis does.

In 2021 and 2022 the Sports and Fitness Industry Association (SFIA) asserted that pickleball had become the fastest growing sport in the United States two years in a row. Over those years the number of players in creased almost 40 percent to 4.8 million players. Some estimates predict there could be as many as 40 million players by the end of the decade.

For more information and questions, log into princeton recreation.com or email rec reation@oprincetonnj.gov.

Princeton Athletic Club

Holding 6K Run on Dec. 3

The Princeton Athletic Club will be holding its annual Win ter Wonder Run at the Insti tute Woods on December 3.

The 6,000-meter run starts at 10 a.m. from Princeton Friends School and is limited to 200 participants.

The entry fee is $35 until November 11, including the optional T-shirt. The fee in creases after November 11.

Same day registration will be limited to credit card only — no cash — and space avail able. This event is chip timed. All abilities are invited, includ ing those who prefer to walk the course. A portion of the proceeds benefits Princeton High Fencing Team, whose members will assist on the event crew.

Online registration and full details are available at princ etonac.org.

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 Girls’ Cross Country 11th at Meet of Champions

Capping a historic cam paign, the Wilberforce School girls’ cross country squad placed 11th in the girls’ team standings at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Meet of Champions last Saturday at Holmdel Park.

Sophomore Adeline Ed wards led the way for Wilber force, placing 45th in a time of 20:12 over the 5,000-me ter course. Senior Sophia Park came in 69th in 20:28 while freshman Laura Sallade took 91st in 20:55.

The Wolverine girls had previously placed first in both the Mercer County Champi onships and the NJSIAA Non-Public B Group champi onship meet.

As for the Wilberforce boys, senior Jeremy Sallade placed 93rd in 17:20 while junior Caleb Brox finished 102nd in 17:30 as they had qualified for the meet as individuals.

back row, from left, are coaches Jim Barr, Dan Hanley, and Jon Besler.

Open Houses at the

Open Houses at the Princeton Eating Clubs

Prospect Foundation is pleased to announce free public access to Princeton University’s iconic eating clubs where generations of students have taken meals and social ized in historic and architecturally significant clubhouses that date as far back as 1895. Upcoming open houses will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on the following dates (no reservations are required):

Sun., Oct. 6th: Cannon Club, Colonial Club, Cottage Club, Quadrangle Club, Terrace Club, Tower Club

Princeton Prospect Foundation is pleased to announce free public access to Princeton University’s iconic eating clubs where generations of students have taken meals and social ized in historic and architecturally significant clubhouses that date as far back as 1895. Upcoming open houses will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on the following dates (no reservations are required):

Princeton Prospect Foundation is pleased to announce free public access to Princeton University’s iconic eating clubs where generations of students have taken meals and socialized in historic and architecturally significant clubhouses that date as far back as 1895. Upcoming open houses will take place from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. on the following date (no reservations are required):

Sun., Oct. 20th: Cap & Gown Club, Charter Club, Cloister Inn, Ivy Club, Tiger Inn

Sun., Nov. 20th: Charter Club, Cloister Inn, Cottage

Sun., Oct. 6th: Cannon Club, Colonial Club, Cottage Club, Quadrangle Club, Terrace Club, Tower Club

The fascinating origins and evolution of the clubs, along with many archival images and spectacular photos, are presented in The Princeton Eating Clubs, written by awardwinning author Clifford W. Zink in 2017. This beautiful book is available at Labyrinth Books and the Princeton University Store, and on Amazon.

Sun., Oct. 20th: Cap & Gown Club, Charter Club, Cloister Inn, Ivy Club, Tiger Inn

The fascinating origins and evolution of the clubs, along with many archival images and spectacular photos, are presented in The Princeton Eating Clubs, written by awardwinning author Clifford W. Zink in 2017. This beautiful book is available at Labyrinth Books and the Princeton University Store, and on Amazon.

The fascinating origins and evolu tion of the clubs, along with many archival images and spectacular photos, are presented in The Princ eton Eating Clubs, written by awardwinning author Clifford W. Zink in 2017. This beautiful book is available at Labyrinth Books and the Princeton University Store, and on Amazon.

For more information, go to: http://princetonprospectfoundation.org

For more information, go to: http://princetonprospectfoundation.org

For more information, go to: http://princetonprospectfoundation.org

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CHIEFS OF STATE: Members of the Petrone Associates Chiefs enjoy the moment after they topped the Woodwinds Bengals 28-18 in the championship game of the Princeton Junior Foot ball League (PJFL) Juniors division (ages 8-10) earlier this month. Pictured in the front row, from left, are Jax Cherian, Nate Shackney, Sam Frole, Ethan Friedlich, Corrine Lesnik, Nathan Besler, and Jagger Kapoor. In the middle row, from left, are Noah Kusminsky, Luke Branagh, Christian Barr, Hudson Hanley, Jayden Morelli, and Alexander Shah. In the

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