Town Topics Newspaper, November 2, 2022

Local Talent is a Mainstay At Small World Coffee 5

HomeFront Holiday Market Kicks Off Hunger, Homelessness Awareness Week 12

Banner Attacking School Board Appears Near Shopping Center 14

Local Donation Campaigns Underway 16

Driving Through Stevie Nicks Country with Simon Morrison 23

Weekend Gala Celebrates Anniversaries of Theatre Intime, PST 24

PU Men’s Basketball Tipping Off Season by Hosting Hofstra 36

Villamil Helps PHS Girls’ Volleyball Win BCSL Title, Advance in States 40

Navigating Roundabout On Rosedale Road Has Caused Some Confusion

The re-opening of Rosedale Road in August, following construction of a roundabout at General Johnson Drive and Greenway Meadows near Johnson Park School, was a relief to motorists and nearby residents. The three-month project was designed to make the intersection safer for everyone, especially after a resident was fatally struck by a motorist while crossing at the pedestrian crosswalk in August 2021.

For the most part, reactions to the completed project have been positive. But some concerns aired by a few residents have prompted Princeton’s Assistant Municipal Engineer Jim Purcell to clarify some of the features, and regulations, related to the roundabout.

The project is a roundabout, not a trafc circle, said Purcell. Traffic circles were originally built to allow traffic to enter at roadway speeds. “One of the rst in the world was Columbus Circle in New York City,” said Purcell. “They are large, with multiple lanes. Pennington Circle and Brunswick Circle are more local examples.”

There is some confusion about how to enter and exit a roundabout. “Vehicles entering are required to yield to those already in the roundabout,” Purcell said. “Those in the roundabout should not stop while traveling through. Not everyone knows this.”

Speci cally, the Rosedale Road project is a “mini-roundabout,” which is meant to allow the majority of traffic to maneuver around the central island at a slow speed. These scaled-down versions are built in areas where a conventional roundabout cannot be constructed due to constraints such as physical obstructions

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COVID, Flu, RSV — Three Viruses Threaten

As the fall u season hits earlier and with more than its usual force, it threatens to converge with a new surge in COVID-19 cases and higher-than-ever levels of the respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) in children.

Public health officials have warned of the possibility of a “tripledemic” of u, COVID-19, and RSV, with colder weather approaching, more indoor gatherings on the schedule, and most masking and social distancing restrictions relaxed.

In a November 1 email, Princeton Deputy Administrator for Health and Human Services Jeff Grosser reported that local emergency department visits associated with in uenza-like illnesses are higher this week than last week and higher than they were this week last year, that RSV cases have been increasing rapidly through the month of October, and that reported COVID-19 case numbers have been moving upwards — New Jersey cases up 15 percent in the past two weeks —though Mercer County and Princeton have recently remained on the “low” level of CDC COVID-19 community transmission.

Grosser discussed possible causes for the increased threats from the three most prominent viruses currently circulating.

He cited “the de-escalation in pandemic-related community precautions,” like mask wearing and physical distancing, as “likely a huge driver in why we are seeing this increase in respiratory illnesses.”

Grosser also noted the vulnerable immune systems of many babies, who are most susceptible to RSV. “A highly vulnerable population of babies and children may have been sheltered during pandemic lockdowns, which has led to immune systems that might not be as prepared to

ght various respiratory viruses,” he said. Before COVID-19, in worse in uenza and RSV years, the country would see more than 35,000 hospitalizations and 3,000 deaths per week, Grosser pointed out. “We witnessed a remarkable decline in respiratory illnesses like RSV and u as the pandemic shut down schools, day cares, and businesses,” he said. “But as public gatherings increased and locations opened, we observed an increase in these cases back in the summer of 2021,

Early Voting Continues, Election Next Week; Five BOE Candidates Ramp Up for Final Push

Election Day 2022, November 8, is less than a week away, and many ballots have already been cast in early voting, which started last Saturday and continues through Sunday, November 6.

“It’s going really well,” said Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello in an October 31 phone conversation. “We don’t have a huge turnout yet, but people are early voting. We’d like to see higher numbers voting early, but people are still getting used to the new system.”

There are three ways to vote in the upcoming election: early in person, by mail, or at your polling place on Election Day.

Registered voters can cast their ballots early at any one of seven early voting locations throughout Mercer County. There is a Princeton early voting location at the Princeton Shopping Center, and other locations can be found at vote.nj.gov

To vote by mail, voters can apply for and return a vote-by-mail ballot by following instructions at vote.nj.gov or by contacting the county clerk at mercercounty.org.

The third option is to vote in person at your designated polling place (see vote. nj.gov.) between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 8.

HOMETOWN HALLOWEEN PARADE: Arts Council of Princeton Executive Director Adam Welch, left, and Princeton Mayor Mark Freda led the way Friday evening as the parade made its way from Palmer Square to the Princeton Family YMCA, where the festivities continued. Participants share their all-time favorite Halloween costumes in this week’s Town Talk on page 6. (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)

FREE UPCOMING HEALTH EDUCATION EVENTS

Introduction to Tai Chi

Thursday, November 10, 2022 | 6 p.m.

Location: Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center, One Capital Way, Pennington, NJ 08534

Tai chi is a way of life that helps you to relax your body to reduce stress, release tension, and improve breathing, balance, and coordination. With these benefits, you are able to sleep better and heighten your body awareness, which gives you more energy and allows your body to stay connected. Robert Langley, a tai chi instructor from the Capital Health Wellness Center, will lead this program and help you experience tai chi for the first time! Please wear comfortable clothing.

Register by calling 609.394.4153 or register online at capitalhealth.org/events. Class size is limited. Please register early.

NOTE: As this event is held in-person at a health care facility, all attendees are required to wear facemasks indoors except when actively eating or drinking. This is in compliance with guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention and the New Jersey Department of Health and is subject to change.

Healthy Holiday Eating

Thursday, November 17, 2022 | 6 p.m.

Location: Zoom Meeting

The holidays have the potential to throw you off your eating plan, so join Registered Dietitian LONI PERESZLENYI from the Capital Health Wellness Center for some clever tricks on how to navigate parties and family time and make smart food and drink choices. In addition to Loni’s creative holiday hacks, she will also share some of her favorite healthy holiday recipes.

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Wednesday, November 30, 2022 | 6 p.m. Zoom Meeting

THE SHOULDER: DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT

Thursday, December 1, 2022 | 6 p.m. Zoom Meeting

WHAT’S NEW WITH MEDICARE? Monday, December 5, 2022 | 2 p.m. Zoom Meeting

HOLISTIC APPROACH TO ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION Wednesday, December 7, 2022 | 6 p.m. Zoom Meeting

BABYSITTING CLASS

Wednesday, December 28, 2022 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

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Topics In Brief A Community Bulletin

Diwali Food Drive: The Princeton YMCA is collecting non-perishable foods to donate to local shelters through November 10, to celebrate Diwali, the Festival of Lights. Canned fruits, soups, and vegetables; cereal boxes; coffee and tea; cookies and crackers; pasta and pasta sauce; peanut butter; rice; and sugar can be left in the lobby area, 59 Paul Robeson Place. Princetonymca.org.

Winter Coat and Clothing Drive : Princeton Public Schools are collecting gently used children’s, men’s, and women’s clothing, coats, shoes, boots, bedding, blankets, hats, gloves, mittens, and more through November 4, at any of the public schools. Items should be dropped off in bags labeling the goods. Distribution is November 5.

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.

Community Visioning Survey : The next phase of surveys related to Princeton’s effort to update its Master Plan is available through Sunday, November 6. Visit princetonnj.gov for the link.

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.

Poll Workers Needed : For the upcoming election on November 8, as well as early voting locations. Compensation ranges from $200-$300 per day. Minors 16-18 can also work a full day at the polls on election day. Apply at (609) 989-6522 or by emailing BoardofElections@mercercounty.org.

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.

WHEELS ON THE TRAIL: The threat of rain didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of children aged 12 and under and their families turning out for the Lawrence Hopewell Trail’s Annual Trail and Treat Bike Ride on Sunday, October 23. Some 80 youngsters and parents turned out for the event in Village Park in Lawrence Township, where face-painting, Halloween games, a magician, and live music were part of the event. A quarter-mile loop was geared to riders aged 6 and under, while a one-mile ride challenged children 6 to 12.

(Photo by Alexandra Pais)

Roster of Local Talent Is A Mainstay at Small World

Since opening Small World Coffee on Witherspoon Street in 1993, Jessica Durrie’s mission has been about more than creating the perfect lattes, cappuccinos, flat whites, and macchiatos.

“It’s about coffee, of course,” she said. “But it’s really about building

community through coffee. And in order to build a rich community, it has always been important to me to bring in the arts.”

Small World has presented local musicians and exhibited local artists since its earliest days. On weekend evenings this month, the popular coffee house, which has a sister location on Nassau Street, will present performers in a range of styles, from Latin jazz to pop nostalgia and more.

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“We’ve dedicated wall space to visual art, and Saturday nights and some Fridays to music,” Durrie said. “It gives musicians a local venue, and it provides the community with a place to see random musicians that they might not realize are just out their back door.”

The first band to play Small World was led by local musician Chris Harford, known for his “Band of Changes.” Harford, who has his own recording studio in Hopewell, has returned many times to perform.

“Chris has such a depth of connection in the music industry, and is so loved by everybody, which has been a big factor for us,” Durrie said. “We’ve had members of Ween perform at the café, which was just wild. Also, we’ve had Joe Russo of [the band] Joe Russo’s Almost Dead play here a number of times with Chris. In our early years, we had The Spin Doctors. It was insane — really packed. And it was a lot of fun.”

Durrie is especially proud to be presenting the Nick Cosaboom Quartet this Friday and Saturday, November 4 and 5, doing Latin jazz from Puerto Rico. Cosaboom, a percussionist, is her son.

“He went to the Conservatorio de Musica de Puerto Rico in San Juan for five years, and was the only American from the mainland who was there,” Durrie said.

“It’s an amazing conservatory, but nobody knows about it. We’re flying in four musicians, who are fellow graduates of the conservatory, to play with him.”

Other performers coming to the café this month are

Darla Rich Jazz on November 12, cellist Dan Kassel on November 18, guitarist Tom Trovas on November 19, and B.D. Lenz playing jazz, funk, Latin, and rock on November 26.

Durrie leaves the selection of talent to Small World’s General Manager Vin Jule, who is a musician. A link on the website smallworldcoffee.com allows people to submit suggestions for musical shows and visual art exhibits.

Another community event at Small World is the annual Open Mic Night, organized by the Corner House Student Board and usually held in the spring. “We’ve

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done it about nine years in a row, for high school kids from both public and private schools,” said Durrie. “It is literally one of the sweet est nights of the year. It’s always packed. They’re sit ting all over the place. It’s a beautiful thing, where the kids are so supportive of one another. It’s great to be able to house that kind of event.”

Musical performances are from 6-7:30 p.m., al ways free. “Depending on the musicians and their personal marketing efforts, it can get quite crowded,” said Durrie. “Other times, it’s more mellow.”

The performers are al ways paid. “We have had an amazing roster of talent over the years, including lo cal musicians who fill stadi ums and other large venues yet still enjoying performing at our humble café,” Durrie said. “We try to create an environment that enriches both the musical acts and the audience.’’

Navigating the pandem ic, and more recently the reconstruction of Wither spoon Street, has been a challenge. “I think people’s patience is starting to grow thin,” Durrie said. “Foot traffic is down. But all of us, the merchants, are trying to look to the future.”

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Police Blotter

On October 30, at 2:33 a.m., subsequent to a mo tor vehicle stop on Washing ton Road for speeding, an 18-year-old Trenton female was placed under arrest for hindering apprehension, af ter providing false pedigree information on several occa sions, according to police. She was transported to po lice headquarters where she was processed, charged ac cordingly, and released with a mandatory court date.

On October 29, at 2:44 p.m., a Hulfish Street resi dent reported that an some one used an unknown object to scratch a passenger side fender, both passenger side doors and the hood of her vehicle that was parked in the Griggs Corner Yard be tween 8:30 and 9:30 a.m. on October 18. The Detec tive Bureau is investigating.

On October 24, at 4:03 p.m., an Arreton Road resi dent reported that a pack age containing an Apple iPhone she ordered was stolen. The package was to be delivered to her residence but she never received it, al though it was signed for with a digital signature showing it was delivered. The Detective Bureau is investigating.

On October 23, at 8:29 p.m., police patrols respond ed to a report of a fight be tween three individuals on Witherspoon Street. Further investigation revealed that a 42-year-old Trenton male assaulted another person, ripped a gold necklace off his neck, and threatened him, before fleeing the area. The Trenton male was located and subsequently ar rested. He was processed, charged accordingly, and transported to the Mercer County Corrections Center.

Unless otherwise noted, individuals arrested were later released.

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Question of the Week:

“What is your all-time favorite Halloween costume?”

(Asked Friday at the Hometown Halloween Parade) (Photos by Charles R. Plohn)

Maks: “My favorite is Spider-Man.” Anna: “I think the skeleton costume is my favorite.” Kyryl: “I actually have two, but I think Pikachu from Pokémon.” —Maks, Anna, and Kyryl Miliaieva, Princeton

Brian: “A few years ago, we were the characters from Inside Out. That has been our all-time favorite so far.”

—Eleanor Murray, Sheri Wilbanks, and Brian Murray, Princeton

Nil: “I like being Hermione from Harry Potter and zombies from Descendants.” Sarper: “Anything from Star Wars and Sherlock Holmes.” —Nil and Sarper Ozharar, Pennington

Harlow: “My favorite Halloween costume is a spacesuit.” Hunter: “A cat costume.”

—Harlow Cooley and Hunter Ahmed, Princeton

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“My all-time favorite is probably being a ketchup bottle.” —Everett Cole, Princeton

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even though we typically see these illnesses as fall and winter viruses.”

RSV is a common respira tory virus that usually causes mild, cold-like symptoms, Grosser explained. But it can be serious, especially for infants and older adults. It is the most common cause of bronchiolitis and pneumo nia in children younger than 1 in the United States. One or two out of every 100 chil dren younger than 6 months of age with RSV infection may need to be hospitalized.

Older adults who get very sick from RSV may need to be hospitalized. Because of weakened immune systems older adults are at greater risk for serious complica tions from RSV.

Grosser offered advice for Princeton residents and oth ers who are eager to combat these three and other infec tious diseases. “Much of the population knows how to reduce COVID-19 transmis sion,” he wrote. “The com munity has heard from us on how to do this, and many residents, businesses, and schools have gone above and beyond keeping outbreaks and disease transmission from happening. This is a great thing and exactly what we as a health department would hope the community would do, especially since many of these precautions are also effective against other respiratory infections like RSV and flu.”

He continued, “Masking, indoor air ventilation and fil tration, physical distancing, and of course staying home from school or work or other gatherings if you’re not feel ing well are measures that will help curb community transmission.”

—Donald Gilpin

Research to be Presented At Hunterdon History Meeting

Gina Sampaio and RobbieLynn Mwangi were combing through some files last year at the Lebanon Township Museum when they hap pened upon some curious notes from the 1980s writ ten by former students of the New Hampton School.

The students were shar ing memories of life in New Hampton in the early 1900s, and several notes referenced “the Indian boys” going to school or working on farms there. One note in particular caught their eye. It read, in part, “Indian boys from the Carlisle School went here.”

That sparked the duo to research more, and they’ll share the results of their efforts at the Hunterdon County Historical Society’s annual fall meeting on Sun day, November 6 at 2 p.m.

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The researchers discov ered that between 1892 and 1918, Carlisle students were sent to live and work on white-owned New Hampton farms as part of an “Outing Program” from the school in Pennsylvania.

“The goal of the Carlisle Indian School was to ‘Kill the Indian to Save the Man,’ and the Outing program was designed for further immer sion into Western culture,” said Sampaio, the curator of the Lebanon Township Muse um. “The students would be sent to live with and work for white families where they’d be expected to speak English, attend Christian church and Sunday School, and dress in Western-style clothing. We believe that all parts of our history, even the shameful parts, must be taught. It’s also imperative that we real ize that United States history never only happens in one state, it’s the collective his tory of our nation and we’re often connected in ways we don’t realize.”

Visit hunterdonhistory.org for more information.

Rescue Plan Act Funds

Going to Local Towns Mercer County Execu tive Brian M. Hughes and County Commissioner Chair Nina D. Melker together an nounced recently that Mer cer County will set aside $3 million from its American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) al location to assist Mercer mu nicipalities with programs and services aimed at older adults, veterans, and people with disabilities.

“Commissioner Melker and I are pleased to further support our 12 towns, and these funds for the munici palities will go a long way toward supporting our resi dents in need,” Hughes said at a news conference at Mer cer County’s Hopewell Val ley Golf Club.

“This set-aside grant pro gram to provide additional funds directly to our local municipalities is a win for all of our residents and taxpay ers here in Mercer County,” Melker added.

Specifically, the set-aside must be used to support, create, or augment munici pal programs and services in the areas of health, social services, and transportation. The program will be admin istered by GrantWorks, the firm managing the county ARPA allocation, which provides ARPA program compliance, documentation management, and reporting.

Under the federal ARPA, Mercer County received $71.25 million in fiscal re covery funds intended to combat the COVID-19 pan demic.

“As decided through a col laborative process, Mercer County plans to distribute our allocation in such a way to ensure we touch as many of our residents as possible, especially those most dis proportionately affected by the COVID-19 pandemic,” Hughes said.

Among the county pro grams under development are a new grant assistance program for small business es; more transportation op portunities to job sites; and expungement services to

give those who are eligible a fresh start. The county is also creating a more robust health department in re sponse to numerous public health challenges.

“Commissioner Melker and I recognize that mean ingful and effective change can only occur when we work together, and we are excited to hear from the mayors about projects, pro grams and solutions that will strengthen our communi ties,” Hughes said.

In attendance were Mayors Janice Mironov, East Wind sor; Bert Steinmann, Ewing; Jeff Martin, Hamilton; Paul Anzano, Hopewell Borough; John Ryan, Lawrence; and Courtney Peters-Manning, Hopewell Township. Coun ty Commissioners attending were Lucylle Walter, Ter rance Stokes. and Samuel Frisby.

Also in attendance were individuals representing the disability and disability rights community including Steve Cook, executive direc tor of The Arc Mercer, along with staff and clients; from the veterans community, Larry Rosenthal, New Jer sey state commander of the Jewish War Veterans, and Luddie Austin, state com mander of the New Jersey

VFW; and members of the aging community.

In addition to the Mercer County ARPA allocation, municipalities received other ARPA funds. Princeton got $6,057,088; East Windsor received $2,680,560; Ew ing, $6,070,873; Hamilton, $16,894,038; Hightstown, $521,023; Hopewell Bor ough, $187,230; Hopewell Township, $1,741,165; Law rence, $3,186,161; Penning ton, $253,046; Robbins ville, $1,428,591; Trenton, $73,786,424; and West Windsor, $2,740,187.

Fund for Irish Studies

Presents Manchan Magan

Princeton University’s Fund for Irish Studies concludes its fall 2022 lecture series with “Listen to the Land Speak: Lost Wisdom of the Land and Language of Ireland,” a lec ture exploring the insight and hidden wisdom of native Irish culture by bestselling writer and documentary-maker Manchán Magan.

Speak, Magan sets out on a journey through bogs, across rivers, and over mountains, to trace the footsteps of ances tors who were deeply con nected to the land. In so do ing, he uncovers the ancient myths that shaped Irish na tional identity and became embedded in the lands that have endured through mil lennia — through ice ages, famines, and floods.

In his accompanying lec ture, Magan shares inspira tion from Irish language, landscape, and mythology, exploring the insight and hid den wisdom native Irish cul ture offers to both the people of Ireland and to the world.

Medical Cannabis Training At Community College

Mercer County Community College’s Division of Lifelong Learning is offering a new health profession program in medical cannabis training November 7-December 5, on Zoom.

The 15-hour non-credit class includes five sessions that run Monday evenings 6- 9 p.m. The course will be offered through MCCC’s Center for Continuing Stud ies, and students will receive a certificate upon completion. To help increase access to in dustry training, a number of scholarships funded by the New Jersey Cannabis Trade Association are available.

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The conversation will take place on Friday, November 11 at 4:30 p.m. at the James Stewart Film Theater at 185 Nassau Street. Visiting Leon ard L. Milberg ’53 Professor in Irish Letters and chair of the Fund for Irish Studies

Fintan O’Toole provides an introduction. The event is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.

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Magan’s books, Thirty-Two Words for Field (2020) and Tree Dogs, Banshee Fingers and Other Words for Na ture (2021) are best-sellers. His latest book, Listen to the Land Speak: A Journey into the Wisdom of What Lies Be neath Us, was published in June. In addition, Magan has written two novels and books on his travels in Africa, In dia, and South America. He writes occasionally for The Irish Times, reports on trav el for various radio programs in Ireland, and has presented dozens of documentaries on issues of world culture for TG4, RTÉ and the Travel Channel.

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The program is intended for anyone interested in seeking employment in the cannabis profession or curious about this budding industry in New Jersey. “There is a real need for business owners to fill jobs and this course helps provide the first steps toward gaining a foothold in this emerging industry,” said Sarah Trent, course instructor and owner of Valley Wellness, a newly permitted medical dispensa ry in Somerset County. “The program is designed to help individuals hit the ground run ning on the first day on the job – whether that is in the dispensary, cultivation site, testing lab, or ancillary busi ness.”

The cost for the five-session live virtual course is $500. Anyone 18 or over may enroll, but those interested in schol arships must meet income qualifications and fill out the application at mccc.edu/can nabis in order to be consid ered. Scholarship recipients are guaranteed an interview with a cannabis business in New Jersey upon completion of the course and receiving the certificate. In addition, tu ition will be sponsored for up to five veterans who complete the course.

ASSISTING MUNICIPALITIES: Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes, right, and County Com missioner Chair Nina D. Melker, second from right, recently presented a ceremonial check for $3 million to Mercer County mayors.

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Early Voting Continues

The most hotly contested local election is the Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Board of Education race, with five con tenders for three seats. Two incumbents are running unop posed for two seats on Princ eton Council, and Princeton voters are also weighing in on the contests for representative

in the U.S. Congress and for two Mercer County Commis sioners. There are no local, county, or statewide questions on the ballot for Princeton vot ers this year.

In the school board race, two new candidates — Mar garita “Rita” Rafalovsky and Lishian “Lisa” Wu — are chal lenging three incumbents — Debbie Bronfeld, Susan Kant er, and Dafna Kendal. Voters

can choose three names on the ballot, and the three larg est vote-getters will win seats for a three-year term begin ning January 1, 2023.

The challengers have been citing declining student test scores and school rankings, and are calling for greater transparency and change, while the incumbents have emphasized accomplishments in the PPS over the past three

years and success in navigat ing the challenges of the pan demic.

In the election for Princ eton Council, Democrat in cumbents Michelle Pirone Lambros and Mia Sacks are running unopposed for threeyear terms in two open seats.

Also on the ballot for Princ eton residents is the election for the New Jersey 12th Dis trict seat in the U.S. House of Representatives, where Dem ocrat Bonnie Watson Cole man is running for her fifth term in Congress against firsttime challenger Republican Darius Mayfield and a thirdparty Libertarian candidate, C. Lynn Genrich.

There are four candidates running for two seats on the Mercer County Board of Commissioners, two Demo crats, incumbent Nina Melker and new candidate Cathleen Lewis, and two Republicans, Michael Chianese and Andrew Kotula.

Covello emphasized the im portance of next week’s elec tions, both locally and nation ally. “The entire Congress is up for re-election and this is going to have an impact on the direction our country is going to take in the future,” she said.

—Donald Gilpin

Princeton Public Library Hosts Marchand Lecture

Anne-Marie Slaughter and Jill Dolan are the fea tured speakers at the Phyllis Marchand Leadership Lec ture on Monday, November 28 at 7 p.m. at Princeton Public Library. The March and Lecture, dedicated to “inspiring excellence in com munity based leadership,” is an annual library event held in honor of Phyllis Marchand, Princeton Township’s longest serving mayor and a leader and leadership mentor in the community for five decades.

Slaughter, Bert G. Kerstet ter ’66 University Professor Emerita of Politics and Inter national Affairs at Princeton University and CEO of New America; and Dolan, Dean of the College at Princeton University will engage each other and audience members in a conversation about creat ing the next wave of female leaders while confronting the ongoing struggle for true equality.

In spite of the fact that significant time, effort and money have been invested in formulating strategies for advancing women in the workplace, today there are still relatively few women in high leadership posi tions in business, politics and academia. Slaughter and Dolan will explore how to advance the role of women in all sectors of society, how to protect women’s rights, and other issues relevant to women’s future and their leadership roles and respon sibilities.

From 2002 to 2009, Slaughter served as the dean of Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School

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The Princeton Senior Resource Center (PSRC) is pleased to launch the community-wide Capital Campaign, Dollar-for-Dollar Match up to $400,000, in support of The Nancy S. Klath Center for Lifelong Learning at 101 Poor Farm Road, Princeton.

Our vision is a world-class, multi-site senior center, serving older adults in the greater Princeton area for decades to come.

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We are extremely grateful to our lead donors and community/corporate partners who have pledged over $4.6 million to this campaign (over 86%).

We are now turning to you, the greater Princeton community, seeking support for this campaign and for the elders in our community.

To donate and for more information on the PSRC Lifelong Learning Capital Campaign, visit princetonsenior.org/lifelong-learning-capital-campaign.

The Princeton Senior Resource Center (PSRC) is a community nonprofit that exists to help older adults thrive. We invite you to support seniors in our community by joining us in the Lifelong Learning Capital Campaign. Gifts may be given online at princetonsenior.link/Lifelong-Learning-Capital-Campaign, or contact Lisa Adler in our development office at ladler@princetonsenior.org, or call 609.751.9699, ext. 103, to learn more!

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Banner Attacking School Board Appears Near Shopping Center

A large banner attacking Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Board of Education initiatives — and specifically attacking current candidates for re-election Debbie Bronfeld, Susan Kanter and Dafna Kendal — was installed across from the Princeton Shopping Center on the corner of Valley Road and Ewing Street on the morning of November 1.

“Phony Equity, Gender Confusion, Reverse

Racism” the banner reads, “Eagerly approved by Board of Education. Bronfeld, Kanter, Kendal vote them Out!” The banner is apparently a criticism of the board’s initiatives in promoting equity, teaching sex education, and seeking to combat racism.

“Princeton is a welcoming community, and there’s no place for that kind of hate here,” said Kendal, who is president of the

Board. “There has been an undercurrent of racism and anti-LGBTQ sentiment during this campaign, and this is further evidence of that.”

The individual or group that created and placed the banner remains anonymous. A website noted on the banner contains a post by Princeton resident Junglien Chen, which criticizes PPS Superintendent Carol Kelley for implementing agendas of “phony equity,” “gender confusion,” and “reverse racism” at her previous job at Oak Park Elementary School District 97 in Illinois.

At press time Tuesday it was not clear whether the creators of the banner received permission to put it up or if the banner, which was taken down then restored at one point in the day, would remain.

—Donald Gilpin

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“A conventional roundabout there would have required taking land from both the Greenway Meadows Park and the open space on the north side of the road,” he said.

Roundabouts reduce crashes and slow traffic down to speeds that result in less severe results if crashes do happen. According to a statistic Purcell cites from the Federal Highway Administration, modern roundabouts reduce severe crashes at intersections by an average of 80 percent.

Before the roundabout was built, pedestrians crossing Rosedale Road often experienced difficulty. Eighty-two-year-old Pinghua Xu, the man who was killed at the site last year, had activated the pedestrian crossing signal before attempting to cross the road but was struck by the driver of an SUV.

Motorists leaving Johnson Park School during drop-off and pick-up experienced significant delays and difficulty in turning on to Rosedale Road. Risky behavior was often a result, leading to crashes.

A few residents have complained that the signs in and around the roundabout are not visible. Others have expressed concerns about speeding on approaches to the roundabout. “I go through there twice a day on my way to and from work, and I haven’t seen any problems,” said Purcell.

The basic rules of the roundabout are “Slow, Look, Yield.” There are speed reduction signs, yield signs, and pavement markings to help. “Keep looking around and checking the crosswalks to see if anyone is waiting to cross of is already crossing. Be ready to stop and let them safely finish,” Purcell said, adding that drivers must yield to traffic already in the roundabout. “Drivers and bicyclists in the roundabout have the right of way,” he said. “Bicycles can use the full lane — do not pass them in the roundabout.”

—Anne Levin

Two Events Planned

By Bayard Rustin Center

The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice (BRCSJ) will once again host its First Friday gatherings on Friday, November 4 at their new headquarters at 12 Stockton Street.

Starting the day with its “Welcomin’ the Community Breakfast,” which is inspired by the Black Panthers’ People’s Free Food Program, this event will feature a visit by Congressman Andy Kim to share some coffee, fruit, bagel, or vegan breakfast treats. Breakfast will be offered from 8-10 a.m.

That evening at 7 p.m., the BRCSJ presents the First Friday Folk Live In-Person Benefit Concert featuring local folk musician David Brahinsky with friends Noemi Bolton and Guy DeRosa as they share “Story-Songs to Warm the Heart, Simulate the Mind and Tickle the Fancy.” This special show will feature works by Tom Waits, Guy Clark, Gordon Lightfoot, Richard Thompson, Greg Brown, and Arlo Guthrie (to usher in the Thanksgiving Season with “Alice’s Restaurant”).

Brahinsky is a singer, songwriter, and guitarist who has been playing music from the folk tradition for over 40 years. He is one of the founders of the Roosevelt Arts Project and has served as the lead singer for The Roosevelt String Band for the last 25 years.

Tickets for this benefit concert will be pay-whatyou-can at the door. All proceeds benefit the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice. For more information, visit Rustincenter.org.

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OBJECTIONABLE UTTERANCE: The banner seen here appeared Tuesday morning across from the Princeton Shopping Center at the corner of Valley Road and Ewing Street, criticizing recent Princeton Public Schools Board of Education initiatives and candidates for re-election. School Board President Dafna Kendal said, “There’s no place for that kind of hate here.”

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Donation Campaigns Are Underway For Food, Toys, Clothing, and More

Between the effects of the pandemic and ongoing economic challenges, the need for donations as the winter holidays approach is greater than usual. Several Princeton-based campaigns are currently underway, asking members of the public to help those who need help with food, clothing, holiday gifts for children, household essentials, and more.

“We always have families in need in our community,” said Rhodalynn Jones, Princeton’s Human Services director. “This year, I think because of the impact of the pandemic, there is a lot.”

For the past 24 years. Human Services has run a Holiday Gift Drive for needy Princeton children. Donors have until November 18 to sponsor a child’s wish list by purchasing one or two gifts, not exceeding $75 in total, for children up to age 12.

This year, Human Services is asking people to also consider donating a gift card to help the families who have been impacted by the pandemic and related issues. “The wish list items are for the children,” said Jones. “But because of the aftermath of the pandemic, we also ask if donors would be interested in helping the families, most often by donating a gift card in whatever amount they are able to give.”

Children don’t always limit their wish lists to action figures and other toys. “Sometimes they ask for winter wear — clothes, sneakers,” said Jones. “We’ve gotten requests for bedding. They

need a lot of essential items. But that is not to say we don’t see a lot of requests for toys, books, and records as well.”

The Human Services department has an outreach coordinator who goes to food pantries and other sites to distribute flyers with information about the gift drive. “We also work with other charities, and the schools, to get the information out there,” said Jones. “We try to be creative about it.”

Visit princetonnj.gov/753/ Holiday-Gift-Drive for more information.

Friday, November 4 is the last day to donate to Princeton Public Schools’ Winter Coat and Clothing Drive, with distribution set for the following day. Gently used children’s, men’s, and women’s clothing — coats, shoes, boots, bedding, blankets, hats, gloves, mittens, and more — can be dropped off in bags, separated and labeled by category, at any of the public schools. Volunteers are needed to help with the sorting process. The clothing will be distributed on Saturday, November 5 from 7:3010:30 a.m. at Community Park Elementary School.

The Princeton YMCA is offering several opportunities to be charitable during the next several weeks. In honor of the Diwali Festival

of Lights observance, nonperishable foods are being collected through November 10 to donate to local shelters.

Canned fruits, soups, and vegetables; boxes of cereal, coffee, and tea; cookies and crackers; pasta and pasta sauce; peanut butter; rice; and sugar can be left in the lobby area at 59 Paul Robeson Place.

A box next to the Diwali collection site is for donations of travel-sized hygiene items to support troops deployed across the world. Beginning in December, the YMCA will install a “giving tree” in the lobby, hung with little mitten ornaments bearing the names children and the gifts they would like to receive. Visit princetonymca.org for more information.

Donations of a different sort are needed by the American Red Cross. The Central New Jersey Blood Donation Center at 707 Alexander Road, Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center, Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center in Plainsboro, and Beth El Synagogue in East Windsor are among the sites where blood and platelets are being collected to keep supplies from dropping ahead of the holidays. Type O blood is especially needed. Visit Redcrossblood.org for more information.

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Laura Wooten Hall Dedicated, Honors Princeton Poll Worker

Laura Wooten Hall, named in memory of the former Princeton resident who volunteered at New Jersey election polls for 79 years, was officially dedicated on October 26. At the time of her death in March 2019 at age 98, Wooten was recog nized as the longest serving election poll worker in the United States.

The dedication ceremony honored Wooten’s “extraor dinary contributions to our nation and the democratic process,” as inscribed on a new plaque on the building on the Princeton University campus along Washington Road. She was a member

of the University’s campus dining staff for more than 27 years.

The gathering included Princeton Mayor Mark Fre da and U.S. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman, along with an assortment of other state, county, and local officials, members of the Wooten family, friends, faculty, staff, and students.

“Laura Wooten’s story offers a powerful example of the positive impact that one remarkable person can have through lifelong dedi cation to public service and civic values,” said Princ eton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber, as quoted in a University press release. “We hope that

Speaking on behalf of the family, Wooten’s daughter Yvonne Hill noted that the naming of the building will ensure that her mother’s legacy endures. “Through Laura Wooten’s story, gen erations of families, com munities, and students may be inspired to become world changers just by doing their part. Princeton University students and staff may now enter the doors of Laura Wooten Hall recognizing that they too can ignite change,” she said.

Freda said, “The mes sage she sent to everyone is that voting is important, participation is important, overcoming challenges is important, and you do have a voice when you vote.”

In July 2021 New Jersey enacted “Laura Wooten’s Law,” providing civics guide lines for middle schools and promoting students’ under standing of constitutional democracy in America and a citizen’s role in a demo cratic society.

Program at Jewish Center On Holocaust Rescues

On November 9 at 7 p.m., the Jewish Center of Princ eton is hosting a Zoom pre sentation, “Balm in Gilead: How Black Soldiers Rescued Young Holocaust Survivors,” by former ambassador to Albania, John L. Withers II, who will tell his father’s sto ry of hope in the aftermath of World War II.

Courage, Community,” brought to this area by The Jewish Center. The primary focus will be on how in 1945, Withers’ father and the oth er members of an all-Black U.S. Army quartermaster company risked sheltering two young Dachau concen tration camp survivors in contravention of military policy, and the subsequent reunion between his father and one of the young men, many decades later.

Withers’ talk is based on his recent book, Balm in Gilead: A Story from the War, in which he relates this and other of his father’s ex periences from World War II, and also reflects on life growing up during Jim Crow in Greensboro, N.C.

In re-creating his father’s experiences, Withers de scribes how he and the men of the company assisted the survivors of Dachau onto trucks to bring them to a displaced persons (DP) camp. He writes, “Coldness pierced Withers’ limbs. Here was slavery, displayed in all its horror in the wretched mob before him. Slavery, his people’s primordial fear. Primeval memory, violently resurrected; repressed im ages, vividly revived.”

In addition to being ambassador to Albania, Withers also served posts in the Netherlands, Nigeria, Russia (just as communism fell), Latvia, and Slovenia, as well as such domestic assignments as special as sistant to the deputy secre tary of state and director of the operations center. For his work in support of Al banian democracy, the Al banian city of Vlora named him an honorary citizen as it marked the 100th anniver sary of the country’s inde pendence in 2012.

A high school classmate of Princeton resident Wil ma Solomon, Withers spent much of his childhood abroad with his Foreign Service parents, including assignments in Laos, Thai land, Burma, Korea, Ethio pia, Kenya, and India. On returning to America, he earned a B.A. from Harvard in 1970; a master’s degree in East Asian Studies at Mc Gill in 1975; and a Ph.D. in the History of Modern China from Yale in 1983.

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COMMITMENT TO SERVICE: Laura Wooten’s grandson Caasi Love, left, assistant director of financial planning for the Princeton University School of Engineering and Applied Sci ence, shakes hands with Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber at the October 26 dedication ceremony for Laura Wooten Hall, named in honor of Love’s grandmother, who served 79 consecutive years as a volunteer election poll worker. They are surrounded by family and friends as well as state, county, local, and University officials, faculty, staff, and students. (Photo by Princeton University, Denise Applewhite) generations of Princetonians are inspired by the story of her extraordinary contribu tions as they explore ways that they too can serve our nation and humanity.”

Día de los Muertos

Celebrated at Arts Council

The Arts Council of Princ eton (ACP) continues its decades-long tradition of cel ebrating Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, with a free, outdoor community fes tival on Saturday, November 5 from 3-5 p.m.

Día de los Muertos is observed in Mexico and throughout the world this time of year, when family and friends gather to remember and honor those who have passed before us. Day of the Dead is not a solemn occa sion, but a holiday of joyful celebration.

The Arts Council connects the traditions of this cultur ally-rich celebration with the Princeton community by building an altar dedicated to loved ones, making sugar skulls, and decorating with

This family-friendly festival will also highlight folk dance by El Grupo De Danza Folk lorica La Sagrada Familia, music by Mariachi Oro de Mexico, and food by El Sabor Oaxaqueño. Mexican folk art will inspire hands-on activi ties for children to introduce themes of Day of the Dead, such as monarch butterflies, La Catrina, and Nichos.

“The Arts Council of Princ eton is honored to have host ed our community’s Día de los Muertos celebrations for more than 20 years”, said Maria Evans, ACP artistic director. “This year is extra special: we have six large, custom-painted skulls cre ated by local artists on dis play in our parking lot as a pop-up public art installa tion. We could not pull off

this beautiful and meaningful event without the help of the Torres-Olivares family who, every year, make hundreds of sugar skulls, design and build our altar, and help plan the event.”

The ACP is located at 102 Witherspoon Street. For more information, visit artscouncilofprinceton.org or call (609) 924-8777.

Rider University Announces Public Phase of Campaign

Rider University launched the public phase of Trans forming Students – Trans forming Lives: The Cam paign for Rider University, the largest fundraising cam paign in its 157-year his tory, during an on-campus celebration at Homecoming on October 29. The cam paign seeks to raise $80 million to increase scholarship support, build Rider’s

endowment, update campus facilities and fuel student suc cess by strengthening the An nual Fund.

President Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D., told alum ni and friends gathered for the announcement that they were key to the campaign’s success. “This bold under taking will indeed provide us with resources to continue to transform the lives of our stu dents,” he said. I couldn’t be happier to be celebrating this news with all of you who, like us, believe in Rider. We ask you to join us on this historic journey by supporting the campaign at any level.”

The university has raised more than $76 million toward its overall goal with 37 new endowed scholarships creat ed since the campaign began in 2018. During this quiet phase, Rider received several of its largest gifts to date for scholarships, business, sci ence, technology, and ath letics. The public phase will emphasize community par ticipation by inviting Rider supporters to contribute any amount to the campaign’s three priorities, which include supporting campus projects, building the endowment, and increasing contributions to the annual fund.

To further support the cam paign launch, Rider hosts its second annual Day of Giv ing on November 3, encour aging even more members of the Rider community to come together to make a difference for students now and in the years to come. So far, more than 14,000 donors have sup ported the campaign, includ ing close to 5,500 first-time donors. To date the campaign has brought in 16 gifts of $1 million or more, and raised

more than $20 million from the Board of Trustees.

Rider alumni have driven the leadership phase of the campaign. Norm ’64 and Elaine Brodsky made the larg est gift in Rider history of $10 million, which led to the naming of the Norm Brodsky College of Business in 2019.

The College of Arts and Sciences was also generously impacted by a donor. Before he unexpectedly passed away in 2021, Mike Hennessy ’82 designated his $4 million gift, the largest ever received for the sciences, in honor of his late wife, Patti ’82, to

support the expansion of the Mike and Patti Hennessy Science and Technology Cen ter. Wayne Canastra ‘72 and University Trustee Jill Ham mer Canastra ’72 gave $4.5 million, including the largest gift for athletics and a gift to support multiple athletic proj ects, backing the University’s campaign to elevate Alumni Gym into a modern NCAA Division I arena.

Prior to this, Rider hosted only one other fundrais ing campaign. That effort, “Preparing for Success,” concluded in 2003, raising $55 million.

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CONTINUING A TRADITION: The Arts Council of Princeton celebrates Día de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) with a free community event featuring Mariachi, sugar skull decorating, folk dance, and art activities on Saturday, November 5 from 3-5 p.m. celosia and cempasuchil flowers.

BOE Candidate Rita Rafalovsky Has a Forward-Thinking Mindset

To the Editor:

As a PPS parent, I would like to express my support for Margarita “Rita” Rafalovsky as a candidate for the Board of Education. Like many families, our family chose to live in Princeton for its excellent schools and its diverse and inclusive culture. We have had a good experience with the public schools until last May when we learned about the school district’s plan for a math curriculum change.

The suggestion of removing advanced math courses from an external consultant hired by the school district, as well as the district’s reluctance to release the consultant’s full report to parents, made us concerned about the district’s direction.

Today’s world is seeing rapid technology development. Our children will face new sets of challenges and likely take on new kinds of jobs. High-quality public education is vital in preparing our children for the workforce of the future and for a fulfilling life. Princeton’s reputation of school excellence has been built upon the hard work and dedica tion of students, teachers, and families over the years. It’s important for Board members not to rest on the district’s past success, and not to lose focus on academic excellence for all of our children when balancing difference goals.

Rita sees this and understands it. She has a forwardthinking mindset when it comes to education for our chil dren. She focuses on the work and not the talk; the real results instead of wishful thinking. Thanks to her years of corporate experience, she is keen in identifying problem ar eas and proactively searching for community resources and effective solutions with measurable outcomes. Rita thinks that education is the greatest equalizer, to which I cannot agree more. She came to this country at a young age, grew up in a poor neighborhood, and struggled academically and financially before getting herself into college and landing a successful career. She understood the types of school and community programs that would help children like her, and she has the will to help future generations reach their potential. Our school district will benefit greatly by having Rita on the School Board.

JULIE ZHU Bertrand Drive

Wondering About Princeton’s Plan for Bicycles and Scooters — and Pedestrians

To the Editor:

Princeton prides itself as being forward-thinking with a strong sense of community. A town like Princeton should be expected to encourage and protect transportation diver sity, but it consistently fails at the latter. Bicycle and (the growing number of) scooter riders have little protection on our major thoroughfares. Our busy cross streets, like Witherspoon, Hamilton-Wiggins, Nassau, and Harrison, along with several narrow residential streets, accommodate riders only by painting BLVD on the streets.

Most local riders are students and young families. With the volume and speed of auto traffic on these roads, it is natural that riders avoid the risk and turn to sidewalks, few of which are designated for use by bicycles, and I can

only assume this extends to scooters. Allowing bicycles and scooters on busy, often narrow sidewalks poses serious risks for pedestrians. Forcing them to busy streets without designated bike lanes poses serious risks for the riders.

Nassau Street is a special case. For many years there were signs, albeit small ones, explicitly barring riders from the sidewalks, at least on the business side of the street. Princeton appears not to invest in safety officers to enforce “downtown” rules, so even on busy weekends, adherence to this ban has been spotty. Especially with the rapid growth in motorized scooters on campus, sidewalk competition between riders and pedestrians is now common throughout the downtown. It is now rare to walk Nassau Street and not witness bicycles and scooters weaving in and out of groups of pedestrians.

What are Princeton’s policy and plans for these issues as the town, rightly, encourages transportation diversity and is, in fact, witnessing a real growth in bicycle and scooter use? How do we calm auto traffic and add safe lanes on our streets for bicycles and scooters? How can we protect pedestrians on town sidewalks? Can Princeton’s governing bodies clarify, monitor, and manage the rights and safety of all groups, balancing mobility with safety?

STUART KERACHSKY Moore Street

Traffic Safety Committee Shares Challenges, Accomplishments in Making Roads Safer

To the Editor:

We would like to respond to Mr. Kerachsky’s letter to share both the challenges and some of the measures we are taking to improve safety for diverse roadway users in Princeton.

The municipality has had in place a Complete Streets policy since at least 2013, establishing the principle that all road ways must be designed to consider and accommodate the needs of all users. After several abortive attempts to install bicycle facilities during a few roadway redesigns in the fol lowing years, in 2016, we hired an engineering consultant to develop specific recommendations for an entire network of bike facilities, so the entire community could see the rationale behind when and where specific types of facilities should be provided — bike lanes, shared side paths, bike boulevards, and other share-the-road signage. These were incorporated into the Community Master Plan in 2017. Subsequently we commissioned an in-depth study of the Robeson-WigginsHamilton corridor to assess the practical aspects of how to achieve a truly viable design solution. Other detailed studies are planned for other major corridors in the coming years, such as Harrison Street, Washington Road, and Nassau Street.

While the current Master Plan calls for improvements to be made on each road as they come up for reconstruction during the regular cycle of roadway maintenance, and as funding becomes available, Council has recognized that dangerous locations should receive priority, and has adopted a commit ment to Vision Zero, which focuses on elimination of deaths and serious injuries on our roads through data-based decision making. The Vision Zero Task Force is working on recom mendations not only for Complete Streets design changes to our road system, but also policies concerning micro-mobility, street lighting, traffic signal timing, and speed limit adjust ments to further these safety goals. It is anticipated that many of these recommendations will make their way into the Master Plan, which is currently undergoing a long-awaited overhaul, and ultimately into our municipal code.

Why is it so difficult to accomplish these goals, and why does it take so long? At the root of the challenge lie our old and modestly scaled, tree-lined roadways. Newer suburbs

which were mostly farmland only 50 years ago, were planned with generous public rights-of-way, which can welcome ample car travel lanes, parallel parking, buffered bicycle lanes, and dedicated pedestrian sidewalks all within the public realm. In Princeton, by contrast, we must try to squeeze all users into our much narrower rights-of-way, and if we don’t want to cut down our gorgeous, environmentally beneficial street trees, we are left working in even narrower existing cartways. Every new accommodation for a new class of user often means removing a convenience that longtime users are accustomed to and hold dear. Working out the details takes time.

We are all on the same side — please bear with us as we strive to make Princeton the welcoming, safe place for all roadway users we dream it can be.

DAVID COHEN

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Supporting Rafalovsky and Wu for Election to PPS Board of Education

To the Editor:

Three Board of Education (BOE) positions will be elect ed from five candidates (Rita Rafalovsky, Lisa Wu, Susan Kanter, Debbie Bronfeld, and Dafna Kendal) on November 8. The BOE election is particularly important for the Princ eton community not only because half of our property tax goes to PPS, but also because the BOE is critical in setting the strategy and path for how our children are educated for their futures.

The quality of the public schools is a very important component of qualify of life living in Princeton. Our family moved to Princeton just across a street from Montgomery 15 years ago, and the decision was mainly driven by the quality and reputation of PPS at that time. As our kid grew up and went through PPS, we observed obvious (sometimes concerning) changes in the school district. Because of these growing concerns shared with many families, we have paid a lot attention to the BOE election and attended a couple BOE candidate forums including the first Princeton Asian American Forum meeting with these five candidates.

Carefully listening to all candidates’ plans for PPS and answers to audience questions, we decided to support Rita and Lisa for the following reasons: First, Rita and Lisa share the same concern that the PPS national ranking dropped from No. 94 in 2009 to No. 490 in 2022 (U.S. News) and they want to improve PPS ranking as one of their BOE goals. Second, both Rita and Lisa emphasize that PPS needs to make study interesting and attractive to students and make them enjoy learning without lowering the quality and rigor. Third, both Rita and Lisa want to increase and improve the transparency and prompt communications between PPS administration and student families in areas such as edu cation material content (e.g. sex education materials, etc.), teachers’ teaching quality evaluation, and plans to recruit/ retain high performance teachers.

Finally, voting is a precious right and privilege in this great country. All of us should go and vote for the community and for ourselves.

WEI WU YING ZENG Maidenhead Road

Extending Thanks to Shopping Center for Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale Space

To the Editor:

The board of the nonprofit Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale extends its warm thanks to the Princeton Shopping Center for making space available for its October 15 popup children’s book sale.

With hundreds of titles for toddlers to teens, parents and teachers found a large selection of like-new books to choose from, most priced around $2.

Our partnership with the shopping center and its owner, Edens, benefits those buying books as well as the scholar ship students for whom we raise funds. Thank you!

KATHYRN MORRIS President, Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale Witherspoon Street

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Think Shipping Containers When Casting Your Vote in School Board Election

To the Editor:

The School Board election is only one week away. When we choose our representatives to lead our school district, we should think about shipping containers. Let me explain. Since its invention in the mid-20th century, standardized shipping containers probably have done more than any thing in shaping the economic and political landscape of the world today. The era of globalization ushered in by the container shipping industry also relentlessly exposed the weakness of the K-12 education in the U.S. For a long time, the majority of the high school graduates received enough education to work in a factory and earn a wage that could support a family. However, when a pair of sneakers could be shipped in a container from China to the U.S. for less than 25 cents, workers in the U.S. were no longer protected by geography. For many of these workers who lost out in the global labor force competition, the education they received didn’t prepare them well enough to acquire new marketable skills and regain full participation in society. That was the mistake our public education must not repeat. Parents, educators, and policymakers should expect that students today will encounter their generation’s “shipping container” in their lifetimes. Is it artificial intelligence? Will college-educated white-collar professionals be at risk? We won’t know for sure. But the only way to better prepare our students for the inevitable technology disruptions is to help them build a solid foundation of knowledge and become lifelong learners.

Board of Education candidate Rita Rafalovsky under stands the urgent need to restore PPS’ focus on excellence. As a first-time candidate, the amount of effort she puts in to understand the performance, operations, and planning process of our school district is truly remarkable. And it showed in the comments she made at various candidate forums. Mrs. Rafalovsky has well-thought-out ideas on how to improve our school district. Her prior experience in banking and management consulting would be a valuable asset in guiding PPS’ planning process, making data-driven decisions and benchmarking performance. Mrs. Rafalovsky also understands that pursuing excellence doesn’t have to come at the expense of the well-being of students and maintaining academic rigor isn’t about coddling a few pre cocious students. Instead, it’s about giving all students the best opportunity to succeed and find purposes in life.

I admire Mrs. Ravalovsky’s courage and determination to take on the challenge. This is no easy task. But if there is one place in the nation where substantial improvement in public education can happen it would be Princeton, one of the most-educated towns in the country and a community that has generously supported our schools. Let’s lead the way and elect Mrs. Rita Rafalovsky to School Board.

JIAN CHEN Stone Cliff Road

Kendal’s Achievements on BOE Have Significantly, Positively Impacted Community

To the Editor:

I am writing to support Dafna Kendal’s candidacy for re-election to the Board of Education. One of my children is a junior at Princeton High School and the other is a freshman in college; both were Princeton Public Schools students since kindergarten. I have known Dafna for more than 11 years, and throughout her Board terms I have been continually impressed by Dafna’s incredible work ethic (she is a lawyer in her day job), her profound appreciation for our hard-working teachers, and her deep commitment to providing a first-rate public education to all of Princeton’s children.

Dafna’s achievements during her six years on the Board have significantly and positively impacted our community, including measures to improve Board transparency, to a strong and consistent focus on student achievement across all groups, and to diversifying revenue streams for the dis trict which has saved taxpayers millions of dollars in the process.

As a family physician, I would like to focus in particular on Dafna’s achievements with regard to students’ physical and mental health. I have been in touch with Dafna over the past three years, and I have seen firsthand the amazing amount of effort she has put into keeping our students safe and physically in the classroom as much as possible through out the pandemic. Dafna connected with health experts, worked with local institutions of higher learning, spoke with colleagues throughout the state, and stayed in constant con tact with our administration and our teachers. Dafna’s clear focus on the well-being of our school population, together with her tireless efforts on their behalf, was crucial in the district’s efforts to get our children and teachers back in the classroom as quickly and as safely as possible.

More recently, Dafna has turned her attention and energy towards students’ mental health, which — as I know from my own practice — has suffered in Princeton over the past three years, just as it has all around the country. This fall, for instance, Dafna and the other members of the Board moved quickly to hire another mental health provider to supple ment our existing staff, adding an essential resource for our children and their families during this difficult time. Dafna’s quick response to this evident need in our community is just one example of the ways in which her care and attention to our students, and her “roll-up-her-sleeves” approach to governance, has helped all of us over the past six years.

I am grateful for all that Dafna has done for all students in the Princeton Public Schools, and I encourage you to join me in voting for her this November!

ABIGAIL ROSE Wheatsheaf Lane

Princeton Mobile Food Pantry Thanks All All Who Supported Oktoberfest Fundraiser

To the Editor:

The board of the Princeton Mobile Food Pantry would like to thank everyone who joined us on October 6 at our Oktoberfest fundraiser. Held in the beautiful Present Day Club and entertained by Musicworksnyc Arts and DJ James Myricks, our guests enjoyed German food, beer, and wine while supporting our Princeton neighbors.

Princeton Mobile Food Pantry (PMFP) is a 501(c)3 orga nization that provides food and other support to the underresourced members of the Princeton community. Our focus is to support families with children in the Princeton Public Schools. PMFP currently serves over 200 families by pro viding fresh food deliveries twice per month.

Many thanks to Baxter Construction and the Snack Family Giving Fund, our gold sponsors, along with all of our other sponsors and partners for their support of this event and our mission. This amazing group of volunteers, donors, and partners continue to help PMFP to grow our support network.

To learn more about the Princeton Mobile Food Pantry please visit pmfpantry.org.

THE BOARD OF THE PRINCETON MOBILE FOOD PANTRY Newlin Road Kanter Will Continue to Prioritize Student, Community Interests While Improving PPS

To the Editor:

We have known Susan Kanter for many years and can share what makes her a standout candidate for the Board of Edu cation. Throughout her roles as a corporate leader, mother, school volunteer, community organizer, and current member of the School Board, she consistently comes up with practical, effective solutions to complex problems.

Balancing the interests of the Princeton K-12 students and the community at large, Susan is a consensus builder that balances the needs of diverse stakeholders. She is flexible and eager to hear other points of view even if they differ from her own. When addressing even the thorniest issues, she engages in an articulate, fact-based, thoughtful way that invites others to work towards a common understanding and equitable solutions.

In each endeavor, Susan engages hands-on and tackles chal lenges no matter how large or small. Susan’s first term started as COVID hit, and she demonstrated the ability to make fast, effective, and creative decisions in the absence of perfect infor mation and precedent. She is excited to have the opportunity to focus on improving our student’s academic achievement as well as their social and emotional health, which has been tested over the last few years. Susan is also committed to ensuring that our facilities are properly maintained for the health of our students and the money it saves taxpayers in the long run. She is also a proponent of continued sustain ability initiatives and getting solid plans in place to support Princeton’s future growth.

These are just some of the many traits that have allowed Su san to become a productive and valued member of the School Board. Please join us on November 8th at the polls and vote for Susan Kanter for the Princeton Board of Education. She is the candidate who will continue to prioritize student and com munity interests while improving Princeton’s Public Schools.

BETH HIRSCHMAN Ettl Circle KAREN REID Westcott Road

PPS Test Results Indicate That District is Doing a Fine Job in Dealing with Challenges

To the Editor: Princeton Public Schools’ administrators reported last week that the actual numbers based on the NJSLA and ACT, SAT, and AP tests indicate that students were do ing well despite the pandemic [“PPS Test Scores Remain Strong Despite U.S. Drops,” page 1, October 26], and noted, “We see numbers trending in a positive direction with a few exceptions.”

This is great news, especially taking into account the unique student population in Princeton. Success means helping ALL students thrive. Approximately 13 percent of Princeton students receive free or reduced lunch, compared with 5 percent in West Windsor-Plainsboro and 4 percent in Montgomery. In Montgomery, the racial demographic distribution is 52.8 percent Asian, 34.7 percent White, and 6.3 percent Hispanic. In West Windsor-Plainsboro, the distribution is even greater, with 71.4 percent Asian, 16.4 percent White, 5 percent African American, and 4.8 percent Hispanic. For PPS, the numbers are dramatically different, with 48.6 percent White, 6 percent Black, 21.4 percent Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander, and 15.8 percent Hispanic.

The challenges for PPS are great and the test results indicate that the district is doing a fine job in dealing with such challenges. Our neighboring districts do not have comparable challenges and, as such, can report perfor mance data which is very different.

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Driving Through Stevie Nicks Country with Simon Morrison

For the moon never beams without bringing me dreams

Of the beautiful Annabelle Lee

—Edgar Allan Poe

Like a heartbeat drives you mad In the stillness of remembering what you had...

—Stevie Nicks, from “Dreams”

A sked in a publisher’s Q&A what in spired him to write Mirror in the Sky: The Life and Music of Ste vie Nicks (University of California Press 2022), Princeton professor Simon Morri son, a scholar of Russian music and dance, says he got the idea about six years ago while talking with people who love her song “Dreams” — “just because they do, without needing or wanting to explain the love.” Morrison says that while he feels the same way, writing about the song and the singer “meant thinking about that love” rather than “leaving it be.” His plan was to write about Nicks by “exploring her creativity and immense power as a per former” while “focusing on her process, her sources of inspiration, and the bond she has created with her audience as a truth-teller.”

“Poe, Edgar Allan”

The Irish singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor briefly channels “Dreams” in her memoir Rememberings (2021), writ ing, “I’m like Stevie Nicks. She keeps her visions to herself.” After reading O’Connor’s response to the death of Elvis Presley in 1977 (she was 11: “I need a new father now that Elvis is gone”), I searched for Presley in the index to Mirror in the Sky , where I found “Poe, Edgar Allan” and discovered that when Nicks’s Senior English teacher at Menlo-Atherton High asked the class to analyze Poe’s “Annabel Lee,” Stevie turned the poem into a song that she, in Morrison’s words, “held close for decades,” finally recording it “once she had exorcised the demons of the past, the bad loves, the toxic habits.” Composed when Nicks was 17, “Annabelle Lee” rises gloriously from the undead almost half a century later in her solo album In Your Dreams (2011).

Having heard the wonders Nicks and producer Dave Stewart achieve in “Anna bel Lee,” — Morrison quotes Stewart on “Stevie’s obsession” with Poe — I’d like to think that Vladimir Nabokov’s “Divine Edgar” would be entranced by Nicks’s rap turous singing and the majestic orchestra tion. Nabokov shares her obsession with Poe, having based the first incarnation of Lolita on “Annabelle Lee.” As someone

who once claimed he was “as American as April in Arizona,” Nabokov would no doubt have been delighted to know that Nicks was born in Phoenix and that as a child paid frequent visits to a grandmother who lived in a town called Ajo.

Tender and Fierce

An example of what Morrison means by focusing on Nicks’s process is his discus sion of “Lady,” the song I celebrated in last weeks’ column. Like “Annabelle Lee,” it had two lives, having been first composed and performed in 1971. Referring to the 2014 recording in the album 24 Karat Gold , the version I heard, Morri son finds that it “benefits from the richer lower-range timbre of her pres ent-day voice.” In the seventies and eighties, Nicks sang the song in a “mezzo-soprano register,” able to “navigate the oc tave a half above and a half be low middle C” — which is the sort of terminology that benighted laymen like myself find hard to fathom; when, however, Morrison refers to the way she keeps “her trademark fierceness and tenderness intact,” he’s describing what I heard the first time “Dreams” came over the car radio. What I find especially moving about “Lady” — the “what is to become of me” cry in the night — goes deeper than fierce ness and tenderness. As Morrison says, it’s the “breakout moment at the heart of the song.” When he mentions the line “knockin’ on doors when there’s nobody there,” how ever, it’s without reference to the breath she takes before singing the final “there.” What struck me the first time I heard the song is the lonely distance Nicks puts between “no body” and “there.” As sung when she first performed the song at 23, the pause might have seemed performative; at 66, sung with all the power of “her present-day voice,” she sounds not only “wearied,” as Morrison puts it, but on the verge of a life-or-death moment, as “she gives a final push before the lights go out.”

The First Time

I received a review copy of Mirror in the Sky in early September and have been living with it ever since, reading it from the beginning as well as prowling around in it (and in the music), a tourist in Ste vie Nicks country, which is located some where north of Ajo, Arizona, in Nabokov’s America. Now I’m in the car again, as I was the first time I heard her voice, some where in the seventies, the radio turned up high, she’s singing “Dreams,” and it’s love at first listen, even though I don’t know who she is or where she’s coming from. I’m on the New Jersey Turn pike and the voice on the car radio is singing “remem ber what you had and what you lost” and I’m thinking “just keep your eyes on the road.”

this woman “taken by the wind” is like a cat in the dark, then she is the darkness, everyone’s singing Rhiannon Rhiannon Rhiannon “taken by the sky,” as I pull off the big road into a suburb of Trenton, park, and listen and listen. The singer is both storyteller and title character, the siren, the femme fatale, the Welsh witch she mentions in an interview on inher ownwords.com.

“Landslide”

DISTINCTIVE SELECTIONS OF WOODS, FINISHES AND STYLES

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INSPIRING CUSTOM DESIGNS PROJECT MANAGEMENT FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION

The girl sing ing “Dreams” in the car was a visitation, about which the DJ of fered no details. I didn’t know the Buckingham-Nicks Fleetwood Mac, although I’d en joyed the previous incarnation in al bums like Future Games and Bare Trees . The last five years of the 1970s, it was “Be Careful There’s a Baby in the House” (as Loudon Wainwright Jr. was singing at the time), and I wasn’t buying records.

“Rhiannon”

Last month I ducked into the Record Exchange to buy CDs of Nicks’s first two albums with Fleetwood Mac, Rumours (1977) and the so-called “white album” (1975), which begins with two tracks of good solid rock and roll, nothing par ticularly noteworthy, and then suddenly a new world of music happens, a new sound, a new voice, so fresh, so strange, so immediately addictive, all the more when you’re driving (yes, I’m in the car again, on I-295). “Rhiannon rings like a bell through the night and wouldn’t you love to love her?” It’s an early October afternoon, suddenly Poe’s on board, and

Half an hour later, I’m still parked, lis tening again and again to “Landslide,” the song that gives Simon Morrison his title (“O mirror in the sky, what is love?”) as well as inspiring one of his most appeal ingly open, non-musicologically apprecia tive passages: “The song is easy to sing, because the melody forgives imprecision and encourages adaptation, as we would hope of life itself. Its status as a classic reflects how far and wide it has circulat ed.” Earlier in the paragraph, he describes how he words “conceal and reveal, as does snow, blanketing specific details while re vealing overall shapes. The tune outlines things buried below the surface.”

Quoted on inherownwords.com., Ste vie Nicks says “the legend of Rhian non is about the song of the birds that take away pain and relieve suffering. That’s what music is to me.” As for what music is to her alter ego and early guide, Edgar Allan Poe: “Shadows of Shadows passing ... It is now 1831... and as always, I am absorbed with a delicate thought. It is how poetry has indefinite sensations to which end, music is an essential, since the comprehension of sweet sound is our most indefinite conception. Music, when com bined with a pleasurable idea, is poetry. Music without the idea is simply music. Without music or an intriguing idea, color becomes pallour, man becomes carcass, home becomes catacomb, and the dead are but for a moment motionless.”

—Stuart Mitchner

Simon Morrison will be reading from Mirror in the Sky and talking about Ste vie Nicks at Labyrinth Books on Thurs day, November 10 at 6 p.m. On Friday November 4, in the library’s Commu nity Room, there will be a Stevie Nicks tribute, produced by Rob Freeman. The special after hours event (7-9 p.m.) will include 16 of her greatest songs and fea ture local vocalists and musicians. The show is presented by Labyrinth Books in partnership with the Einstein Alley Musicians Collaborative.

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Weekend Gala Celebrates Anniversaries of Theatre Intime and PST; “Wicked” Librettist Holzman to Deliver Keynote Address at Banquet

Princeton University’s Theatre Intime was founded by a group of Princeton undergraduates in 1920. The Friends of Theatre Intime had hoped to schedule a centennial celebration for the fall of 2020, but the pandemic halted those plans.

However, after a two-year delay, “A Triple Anniversary Weekend” will be held from November 4-6. This commemorates the centennial of Theatre Intime, the 50th anniversary of Princeton Summer Theater, and the Hamilton Murray Theater’s cen tennial as a venue. The event’s website describes the celebration as a “reunion of Princeton theater-makers across the years.”

To ensure that the Princeton community can participate, a Community Pass ($50) is available. This pass provides admission to all events except the alumni meals.

A centerpiece of the reunion will be a gala dinner, “Théâtre Intime’s 100th & PST’s 50th Banquet Fete,” at which Win nie Holzman will be the keynote speaker. Among numerous writing credits, Holz man is especially known as the creator of the television series My So-Called Life ; and as the librettist of the musical Wicked Acting credits include Thirtysomething, Roswell, and Curb Your Enthusiasm

A Hamilton Murray Theater Centen nial Film Festival will run throughout the weekend. The anniversary celebration’s website describes the festival as a “mix of full production features and short subjects expressly created for the festival.” The films will “play on big screens on campus throughout the celebration weekend.”

Friday’s events will include a “Welcome & Convocation” at Richardson Hall (this event is free and open to all, though reg istration is required); an “Intime & PST Archive & Exhibition” at Mudd Library, during which memorabilia such as pro grams, photos, letters, and newspaper ar ticles will be on display; and an “Alumni Piano Bar,” a cabaret session at which pianists will be available to accompany any participants who would like to sing.

On Saturday there will be “Alumni AllStars” panel discussions featuring alumni who work in the entertainment industry. The conversations are titled “Storytellers” and “How Theater influenced my (nontheater) career.” The gala dinner, at which Holzman will deliver the keynote address, will take place on Saturday evening.

Saturday also will feature a concert per formance by composer and jazz pianist Barry Miles, in commemoration of the re cording artist’s first performances on the Hamilton Murray stage. The anniversary celebration’s website notes that during his time at Theatre Intime, Miles “scored shows including the world premiere musical Mira cle, and his landmark jazz concerts helped anchor the founding seasons of PST.”

A ticket to the celebration includes ad mission to the opening weekend of Theatre Intime’s upcoming production of Twelfth Night. Shakespeare’s comedy follows the romantic entanglements of Viola, who is separated from her twin brother in a ship wreck. The theater’s website describes the ensuing “love triangles, cross-dressing, and plenty of mistaken identities.”

History

Theatre Intime’s website notes that in February of 1920, a “group of Princeton student thespians staged their first pro duction. Their theater was a dormitory room. Their curtain — a blanket — hung over a string. An eager audience of four watched an intrepid cast of five perform a parody of Nijinsky and the Ballet Russe.”

The website adds that the “goal for the 1921-1922 season was a real theatre building: Murray Hall, a chapel then used by the Philadelphia Society. Theatre In time … takes its name from the French word for “intimate,” the best word to de scribe the 200-seat theater.”

In addition to Holzman, notable past members have included actor Jimmy Stew art; and Mark Nelson, an actor who is a lecturer in theater at Princeton’s Lewis Center for the Arts.

“Working on a Theatre Intime show is an incredibly well-rounded experience,”

remarks Elliot Lee, a senior. Although cur rently no longer with the company this semester, Lee has filled multiple positions in the past. He has been original projects director (2019-2020), general manager (2020-2021), and media manager (20212022).

“No matter your role, you can watch the peers around you build up this show from scratch and manage every aspect of the theater you’re working in,” Lee writes in an email. “Working with Intime led me to learn about many invaluable facets of running a theater, from handling a box office and arranging a season of shows to building set pieces and planning festivals.”

Originally known as Summer Intime, Princeton Summer Theater was formed in 1968. Like Theatre Intime, it was founded by undergraduates, and its venue is the Hamilton Murray Theater.

Keynote Speaker Winnie Holzman

Holzman, who graduated in 1976, start ed acting in Theatre Intime productions when she was a sophomore, and continued “through the rest of my time at Princeton,” she recalls to this writer during a phone in terview. “I was in shows during the school year, and then — very memorably, for me — I did Summer Intime.”

“That was really special in a lot of ways.” Holzman says, adding, “All of it was

wonderful; I got a lot out of all my experi ences at Intime. But the summer Intime series is very all-encompassing. You live there, and you’re working at it as a job. You’re creating this summer-long experi ence, putting on shows continuously … getting into a dialogue with the town — with the community. That stands out in my mind as very special.”

But Holzman is quick to emphasize that the entire Theatre Intime experience is “special for me, because even then I dreamed of having a career in theater. So it was a great training ground, in a lot of ways.”

Holzman appeared with Mark Nelson in a two-hander: Murray Schisgal’s oneact play The Typists. The duo also acted together in Brian Friel’s Lovers , which Holzman describes as a “lovely one-act play. Another standout in my mind is The Glass Menagerie, which I did with the late Eric Zwemer ”

“You can’t get better at performing by reading a book about it; you have to just do it,” Holzman points out, when asked how the experience of performing in the Hamilton Murray Theater helped her grow as an artist. “What was great is that there is the opportunity to do it. It’s a small theater, obviously — hence the name — and in a small theater there’s something personal about it. You could feel people’s reactions. Truthfully, it just felt ideal. Be cause it was small, you could feel good about whoever showed up!”

Asked whether she would be willing to offer a hint as to what she will say in her keynote address, Holzman laughs and says, “I’d rather not; I want people to come to it fresh. But it’s going to be personal.”

She adds that in writing it, she was aware of the “people who have come be fore me” and the “people who will come after me — the entire community of stu dents who found a place to create at The atre Intime. So my aim was both to make it personal to me, but also to reach out to the whole community.”

Asked what she particularly wants read ers to know, she says, “Obviously — I hope it’s obvious — I have great affection and love for the place. I think it’s a very unique place; it’s wonderful for people to go and see plays there, and support the students that are currently working there.”

H olzman reflects, “I think it’s the perfect size, for the kind of enter prise that it is. One of the things that’s really special about it is that it’s entirely student-run. It’s ambitious for a bunch of students to run a theater, in an ongoing fashion. But that’s been happen ing for a hundred years!”

—Donald H. Sanborn III

For registration, more information, and a schedule of events for the anniversary celebration (honoring Theatre Intime and PST), an alumni reunion that runs November 4-6, visit hmt100.org. For tickets or more information about Theatre Intime’s upcoming production of “Twelfth Night,” which runs November 4-13,

theatreintime.org.

A TRIPLE ANNIVERSARY WEEKEND: The 100th anniversary of Theatre Intime, and the 50th anniversary of Princeton Summer Theater (PST), will be honored at a three-day reunion of alumni “Princeton theater-makers.” Both troupes mount their productions at the Hamilton Murray Theater in Murray-Dodge Hall, above, where Theatre Intime has performed since their 1921-1922 season. (Photo by Bill Charrier ‘69. Courtesy of Friends of Intime)

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State Theatre New Jersey presents Ailey II, the 12-mem ber second company of the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, to State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick, on Thursday, November 10 at 8 p.m. Tick ets range from $29-$49

Ailey II combines a rigor ous touring schedule with ex tensive community outreach programs. The company con tinues to expand the bridge from the studio to the stage for talented young perform ers from The Ailey School under Artistic Director Fran cesca Harper, who took her first dance steps at the school

where her mother was direc tor from 1984-2010.

“I am excited for audi ences far and near to expe rience the power and grace of these 12 superbly gifted dancers in remarkable works by a variety of powerful cho reographic voices,” she said.

“It’s an honor to lead Ailey II into its next era, keeping Alvin Ailey’s legacy of art istry and generosity moving forward while nurturing the next generation of perform ing artists on a journey of discovery.”

The program includes works by Yannick Lebrun, William Forsythe, Robert Bat tle, and Harper. Visit STNJ. org for tickets.

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Come Blow Your Horn at Mercer County Community Col lege’s Kelsey Theatre on weekends November 4-13. Kelsey Theatre will be ac cepting new, unwrapped toy donations in the lobby for the annual Marine Corps Toys for Tots gift drive.

“ Come Blow Your Horn opened in 1961 and was a smash hit on Broadway,” said Kitty Getlik, artistic director of Kelsey Theatre.

“It is Neil Simon’s first play, and it undeniably sows the seeds for Simon’s genius.

The play became a hit mov ie starring Frank Sinatra. Shows are Friday, Novem ber 4, 8 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, November 5 and 6, 2 p.m.; Friday and Satur day, November 11 and 12, 8 p.m.; and Sunday, Novem ber 13, 2 p.m.

Tickets are $20-$22. Visit KelseyTheatre.org or call (609) 570-3333.

Dryden Ensemble Presents “Versailles: Intrigue & Envy”

The Dryden Ensemble opens its new season with “Versailles: Intrigue & Envy.” Performances will take place on Saturday, November 12 at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church Solebury, 6587 Upper York Road, Solebury, Pa; and on Sunday, November 13 at 3 p.m. at Seminary Chapel, located on the campus of the Princeton Theological Semi nary, 64 Mercer Street.

The script recounts tales of court intrigues, the original d’Artagnan (captain of the Musketeers), Louis XIV’s per secution of the Protestants, poisonings in Paris, and the invasion of England by Wil liam of Orange. The players will perform music by JeanBaptiste Lully and François Couperin, keyboard solos by Louis Couperin, lute solos by Jacque Gallot and others, and movements from Marin Mara is’s Pièces en trio as well as his Suite in B Minor for bass viol, performed by Lisa Terry, a virtuoso player of that in strument.

bee’s A Delicate Balance at McCarter Theatre, has per formed with Ethan Hawke in Chekhov›s Ivanhov at Classic Stage in N.Y., on Broadway in Equus, Othello, Henry V, and The Merchant of Venice, and off-Broadway in Stevie, Ashes (Obie Award), Mary Stuart, A Whistle in the Dark (Obie Award), and many others.

“Versailles: Intrigue & Envy” features actors Roberta Maxwell and Paul Hecht in a dramatic musical entertain ment combining music from the court of Louis XIV with readings from the celebrated letters of Madame de Sévigné and from letters and memoirs

Sound Journey with Ruth Cunningham

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Maxwell, known to Princeton audiences for the role of Edna in Edward Al

Sound Journey

Hecht made his debut on Broadway as the Player in Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead (Tony nomination 1968). Other Broadway ap pearances include Night & Day with Maggie Smith , In vention of Love (Tom Stop pard), 1776 (original compa ny), The Rothschilds, Shaw’s Caesar & Cleopatra , and Pirandello’s Henry IV (both with Rex Harrison). TV audi ence members may recognize him from his appearances over the years as Charles in and as several unsavory characters on Law

The Dryden Ensemble in cludes Jane McKinley, oboe; Vita Wallace, violin; Lisa

SIMON’S FIRST COMEDY: The cast of “Come Blow Your Horn,” Neil Simon’s semi-autobiograph ical first play is coming to Kelsey Theatre’s stage on weekends November 4-13.

RISING DANCE STARS: Meagan King is among the members of Ailey II, coming to State Theatre New Jersey on November 10. (Photo by Nir Arieli)

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In Princeton Junction

West Windsor Arts is welcoming back singersongwriter Avi Wisnia for a special night of music and storytelling on Saturday, November 5, 7 p.m. at 952 Alexander Road in Princeton Junction.

The concert will be a homecoming for the awardwinning musician, who has strong and sentimental ties to the West Windsor community. It was at the art center that Wisnia, whose music is an eclectic blend of 1950s West Coast jazz, acoustic American folk, Brazilian bossa nova, and contemporary piano pop, performed a decade ago upon the release of his debut album, Something New.

Wisnia is returning to West Windsor Arts with an ensemble of musicians to celebrate the release of his new album, Catching Leaves. Produced by bassist/conductor Ken Pendergast, Catching Leaves is a collection of songs about living in the moment and surrendering to forces beyond our control.

“This is a very special concert for so many reasons,”

said Aylin Green, executive director of the arts center.

We are honored that Avi considers us his hometown venue, and to have the chance to present an evening of music that brings us together and feeds the soul. We all really need that right now.”

This is Wisnia’s first concert with a full band in a while, with musicians featured on his new album.

“This is a return to music for me. It is great to come back to my hometown and see people I know and meet people as well to create an amazing communal experience. Many of the songs are very personal,” he said. “The reason I am doing this concert now and at the West Windsor Arts Center is that I just released my first fulllength studio album in 10 years.”

Many in the West Windsor community know Wisnia’s father, Rabbi Eric Wisnia, who served as the leader of Congregation Beth Chaim in Princeton Junction for several decades, before retiring in 2019. His grandfather, Cantor David Wisnia, who served at Har Sinai congregation in Trenton (now Pennington) for 23 years, was a Holocaust survivor, educator, and lecturer who died last year.

“My audience and my fans (in West Windsor) have watched me grow up, and have been waiting for new material. For me, making music is a way to connect with and create community. It’s why I love what I do,” Wisnia said.

Registration is $25 in advance and $30 at the door. Seating is limited. For more information, visit westwindsorarts.org/event/avi-wisnia.

Richardson Chamber Players Perform “Bohemian Café”

On Sunday, November 13 at 3 p.m., the Princeton University performance faculty members comprising the Richardson Chamber Players will play chamber works inspired by Bohemia in Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall on Princeton’s campus. The concert will include works by Bohuslav Martinu, Gabriel Fauré, Louise Farrenc, and Stacy Garrop.

The program takes its name from Garrop’s piece for wind quintet and double bass, “Bohemian Café,” which she wrote imagining herself “sitting at an outdoor café in a plaza in Prague, drinking coffee, watching street musicians set up around the plaza, and listening to assorted strands of music wafting through the air.”

The performers are Sarah Shin, flute; Liam Boisset, oboe; Jo-Ann Sternberg, clarinet; Christopher Komer, horn; Robert Wagner, bassoon; Eric Wyrick, violin; Jessica Thompson, viola; Tomoko Fujita, cello; Jack Hill, bass; and Alan Feinberg, piano.

“Bohemia is a part of the Czech Republic, but it’s more about being this artistic, free-thinking, creative person,” said bassoonist Robert Wagner, who co-curated the program. “Maybe a good analogy for us would be the Beat Generation in the ’60s which is both a place, and this overall artistic vision which pulled people together from various places. We are also proud to showcase the work of two female composers on this program: Stacy Garrop, whose piece Bohemian Café inspired the name of the program, and groundbreaking Louise Farrenc, the first female professor at the Conservatoire in Paris.”

Tickets are $10-$20 and can be purchased at puc. princeton.edu.

Performance Gallery Presents Evening of Poetry and Song

Soul Selects presents an evening of poetry and song with Paul Muldoon, Chris Harford, and Ray Kubian at the opening of Studio 17, an art and music gallery at 17 Seminary Avenue in Hopewell, on Friday, November 11. Doors open at 7 p.m.

Muldoon has been a Princeton University professor since 1987. He is the author of fourteen poetry collections. Howdie-Skelp, published in 2021 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, is now available in paperback. Muldoon writes song lyrics for his rock band Rogue Oliphant, whose third album Highlights of the Low Life was released digitally by Soul Selects in March 2022. Soul Selects’ new three-record vinyl edition of the album will be on sale at Studio 17 on the night of the show.

Singer-songwriter and

Studio 17 proprietor Harford began his music career in the 1980s with the Boston and London-based rock band Three Colors. His solo debut Be Headed was released by Elektra Records in 1992. His latest album, Shimmering Waste, is available from Soul Selects. He collaborates and performs with Muldoon in Rogue Oliphant.

Kubian is the drummer, as well as a singer and songwriter, for Rogue Oliphant.

He is a member of numerous other musical acts including Electric Six, Dean Ween Group, and Chris Forsyth & The Solar Motel Band. Ray and his wife Alexis Moon perform as the duo Naughty Clouds.

Soul Selects is a record label in Hopewell. Artists include dub music collective Blanc du Blanc and deep funk outfit Solid Bronze. Tickets to the show are $20 in advance. Visit soulselects. com/tours.

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MAKING A HOMETOWN STOP: Singer/songwriter Avi Wisnia returns to West Windsor Arts for a program of music and story-telling.

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Flemington Free Public Library Presents Works by Local Artists

The Flemington Free Public Library and Readington Parks and Recreation presents “Art Overlook,” an exhibition featuring art by adult students studying painting with artist Charles David Viera at classes held at the Dobozynski Farm in Readington Township. The exhibition is on view November 7 through December 10, with an opening reception on November 12 from 12 to 2 p.m.

“I think the public will enjoy this exhibition as it includes many paintings of local landscapes, portraits and a variety subjects interpreted in a number of diverse styles of easel painting,” said Viera. “Most of my students are women and men that are retired from the workforce or balancing jobs and family responsibilities.

I think that demographic is a creative source that is sometimes overlooked and this exhibition will shine a spotlight on those artists. Many of the artists exhibiting are cultivating exhibitions in other venues and several were recently represented in exhibitions at the Ellarslie Museum, West Windsor Arts Council, and the Phillips’ Mill.”

Inez Bastido Kline, one of the artists in the exhibition, said, “I love the Dobozynski Farm Park for outdoor painting. No matter where you look there is something interesting to capture from any angle. Indoor painting is also a lot of fun. The still lives and other projects really pushed the envelope for me. I have been a student with Charles for years.“

The Flemington Free

Public Library is located at 118 Main Street in Flemington. For more information, visit charlesdavidviera.com or readingtonrecreation.org.

“Escape from Reality” at Plainsboro Library Gallery

Artist Nancie Gunkelman describes the work she did during the pandemic as “bingeing on collage.” Beginning November 5, the gallery at Plainsboro Public Library will exhibit 13 of her colorful mixed media collages in a show entitled “Escape from Reality.” The exhibition will continue through December 24.

The collages are a departure (“escape”) from Gunkelman’s usual style. “Normally I paint and draw and most of my work is representational,” she said. The collages, paper on canvas, are more

abstract than representa-

tional. Gunkelman describes them as “very imaginative and emotional.”

“Most artists reach a point where they want to refresh whatever they are working on, to change direction and get to another plateau,” she continues.

She promises that the collages, while abstract, contain elements that viewers will recognize. “I don’t want people to be intimidated, but to be open to a gut reaction, to a couple of minutes of visual experience,” she said.

A trained medical illustrator who began her career at the San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital, Gunkelman later served in the Peace Corps, designing educational materials for the Medical Training Center in Nairobi, Kenya. She has also worked on health education programs for the United Nations and for nonprofit organizations in Jamaica, Somalia, Sao Tome and Principe, and Nigeria.

“I love bright, bold colors,” she said, noting that in her time overseas, she experienced “a whole ambiance of bright patterns and designs and spontaneous people.”

In a June 2019 show at the Plainsboro Library Gallery that was a tribute to the Peace Corps, Gunkelman showed large scale paintings of the people and landscapes encountered during her time abroad.

She has exhibited internationally at venues including the United Nations; the U.S. Information Service in Gabon, West Africa; the Jamaica Art Institute, Kingston, Jamaica; and Gallery Matatu and the East African Women’s League in Kenya.

Locally, Gunkelman has shown at the Rutgers Art Library, Georgian Court University, the Monroe Township Library, Educational Testing Service, Artworks, Princeton

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University Club, Grounds For Sculpture, and a number of other venues. She serves as the cultural arts commissioner for Monroe Township and organizes and curates the township’s annual juried art show.

Viewers will have an opportunity to meet the artist on opening day, November 5, from 2-4 p.m. She said she looks forward to speaking with people one-on-one and talking about her work.

The Plainsboro Library Gallery is located at 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro. For more information, call (609) 2752897.

Flemington Fine Artisans Show at Stangl Factory

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The curated show and sale will feature a selection of 35 local artists bringing work in fine art, ceramics, glass, jewelry, home décor, fiber art, wood, and more.

It will feature a mix of previous and new artists to the show. The historic Stangl Factory at 4 Stangl Road in Flemington is full of character, and provides a beautiful setting for displaying things made by hand.

Flemington Fine Artisans Show is dedicated to growing the local arts and crafts scene by featuring high quality and distinctive value. The show is free and open to the public. Free parking. For more information, visit FlemingtonFineArtisansShow.com.

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“PLAYTIME”: This oil painting by Mary Lou Thomas is featured in “Art Overlook,” a group exhibition of works by students of Charles David Viera, on view November 7 through December 10 at the Flemington Free Public Library.

“MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE”: This mixed media collage by Nancie Gunkelman is part of “Escape from Reality,” on view November 5 through December 3 at the Plainsboro Library Gallery.

“BULLET THE BLUE SKY”: Jackie Neale, whose work is shown here, and Mel Evans will be featured at the “Twosday Talks” photography presentation on November 8 at 6:30 p.m. The event will be held both in person at Mercer County Community College’s JKC Gallery in Trenton and online via Zoom.

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JKC Gallery Hosts “Tuesday Talks” Photography Presentation Mercer County Community College’s James Kerney Campus (JKC) Gallery at 137 North Broad Street in Trenton hosts its next “Twosday Talks” photography presentation November 8 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. This month will feature

works and presentations by artists Mel Evans and Jackie Neale. Talks will take place live and on the Zoom conferencing platform. All are invited to register at jkcgallery. online.

“Twosday Talks” is curated by Heather Palecek and Habiyb Shu’Aib and hosted by Professor Michael Chovan-Dalton, director of JKC Gallery.

Chovan-Dalton said, “This will be our last ‘Twosday Talks’ of the semester and I am pleased to welcome artists Jackie Neale and Mel Evans who will share their works and discuss their personal approaches to artistic expression.”

Neale is a Brooklyn- and Philadelphia-based artist, photographer, imaging

specialist, photo director, and producer who is inspired through interpersonal relationships and the barrier that disappears/appears once a camera is introduced to the mix. Also an author, Neale focuses on using historical, traditional, digital and experimental processes for multimedia documentary portrait projects. A professor of photography at Saint Joseph’s University and New York Film Academy in New York City, Neale is known for her work in social activism and chronicling the experience of immigration in the U.S. and Europe.

Exhibitions of Neale’s photographs have been mounted in galleries and museums throughout the United States. She has appeared on National Public Radio, and in the documentary Time Zero: The Last Year of Polaroid Film. Her work has been published in magazines across the United States, online, and in collateral for the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Neale has recently raised funds to selfpublish her photo book, #SubwaySeries.

Evans joins “Twosday Talks” with a 40-year history of photojournalism. Making photographs nearly every workday of his life, Evans’ goal is to

make every photograph as interesting and artful as the situation allows. Thousands of Evans’ images have been published in newspapers, magazines, and websites in the United States and around the globe.

Retired from the Associated Press in 2017, Evans continues to take editorial and commercial assignments while segueing into newer projects that satisfy his own creative pursuits and desires. Currently, he is focused on taking a serious approach to alternative and historic processes in large format in his words, “trying to learn as much as possible from and honor those who went before.”

For more information, visit JKCGallery.online

Art by Phyllis E. Wright at Stuart Country Day School

Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart has announced that the fall gallery exhibition in Stuart’s Considine Gallery, “Daily Paintings: COVID-19 & Beyond,” will feature a collection of abstract paintings by art teacher Phyllis E. Wright, who began painting as a daily, meditative ritual during COVID-19 lockdown — and hasn’t stopped. What started as one simple painting in March 2020 — while navigating virtual art classes — has now evolved into nearly 1,000 daily paintings representing Wright’s journey to capture her everchanging feelings and moods throughout the pandemic.

The public is invited to view the art faculty show on display in Stuart’s Considine Gallery, from November 6 through November 22. The gallery is open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, when school is in session. An opening reception is on Sunday, November 6 from 1 to 3 p.m.

“I began to paint every afternoon, finding an ever-growing audience of supportive, appreciative Facebook followers with whom to share my work,” said Wright on the origin of the work. “I still paint every day. For me, it is a meditation. It is a way to connect with others. It is my way of expressing my evolving emotions, moods, and responses to the news. We have all lived through myriad world-shifting events in these last years. Though my work is largely abstract, in my paintings, these events are reflected in color, balance, space, texture, movement, scale, rhythm, harmony, dissonance, or some blend of these elements.”

Wright received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Carnegie Mellon University and her Master of Fine Arts from The George Washington University in Washington, D.C. She lived in Baltimore for 20 years, teaching for a decade at the George Washington University. She returned to hometown Princeton in 2003,

where she has been teaching art to middle and upper school students at Stuart since 2007. She loves to travel, paint, make prints, take photos, and work en plein air with oil pastels. To learn more, visit phylliswrightart.com.

Stuart County Day School of the Sacred Heart is located at 1200 Stuart Road. For more information, visit stuartschool.org.

Grounds For Sculpture Awarded Grant from NJTT Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) in Hamilton was recently awarded a Cooperative Marketing Grant by the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel & Tourism (NJTT). The grant will help raise the visibility of Grounds For Sculpture in New Jersey and beyond by supporting its year-round marketing efforts.

“Funding from the New Jersey Department of State, Division of Travel and Tourism helps GFS draw visitors to New Jersey and explore what the region has to offer,” said Gary Garrido Schneider. “We’re excited for the 2023 calendar at GFS, which will start with ‘Night Forms: Infi nite Wave’ and lead into our spring exhibitions, ‘Local Voices: Memories, Stories and Portraits’ and ‘Spiral Q: The Parade.’ This support will also help us further promote our unique blend of art and nature, and our 2023 exhibitions’ associated programming.”

“Night Forms: Infinite Wave” by Klip Collective is a reimagined light and sound nightscape, now in its second year; it will be on view from November 25 through April 2, 2023. Both “Local Voices: Memories, Stories and Portraits” and “Spiral Q: The Parade” are part of GFS’s inaugural Perspectives series and will be open from April 23, 2023 through January 7, 2023. For “Local Voices.” GFS is partnering with Madhusmita Bora, a folk and traditional artist, teacher, and trained journalist, to showcase oral histories featuring a range of diverse and uniquely personal stories from the New Jersey Indian American community. “Spiral Q: The Parade” will highlight Philadelphia based Spiral Q’s rich history of processions and approaches to individual and community expression, such as memorial tributes, wearable structures, and large scale puppetry.

This Cooperative Marketing Grant Program is a collaboration between NJTT and the New Jersey travel industry; the goal of this collaboration is to promote New Jersey as a premier travel destination. The Grant is awarded to organizations that demonstrate significant interest in the New Jersey tourism industry.

For more information, visit groundsforsculpture.org.

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WWA Presents “Holiday Market,” “Artists for Ukraine” Exhibits West Windsor Arts presents the 12th annual “Off the Wall Holiday Market” where you can support local, do good, and have fun while holiday shopping. The show features over 100 works of original art by 47 artists, all priced at $400 or less, and a large selection of handcrafted items made by 11 artisans including jewelry, women’s accessories, ceramics, and one-of-a-kind notecards.

In addition, “Artists for Ukraine,” a special fundraiser and exhibition organized by Madelaine Shellaby and Ilene Dube, will include a group of 12 artists who have chosen to donate 100 percent of their proceeds to raise funds for Ukraine. The artists include Tasha Branham, Anne Elliott, Susan Hockaday, Eileen HohmuthLemonick, James Jansma, Shirley Kern, Joy Kreves, Marsha Levin-Rojer, Ryan Lilienthal, Andrew Wilkinson, Emily Vickers, and Shellaby.

“Off the Wall” artists include Zakia Aziz Ahmed, Meta Dunkly Arnold, Nicky Belletier, Seema Bhattacharjee, Sharri Carlin, Kimberly Ducote-Schimmel, Deborah Eater, Toby Ehrlich, Carlo Fiorentini, Gary David Fournier, Angel Gardner, Noreen Gelling, Lisa Gottesman, Anuradha Gurumurthy, D.J. Haslett, Marzena Haupa, Marina Hill, Audrey Jakab & Alejando Berlin, Abigail Johnson, Margaret Kalvar-Bushnell, Mita Karnik, Naina Bhalla, Shipra Khare, Nelly Kouzmina, Joy Kreves, Renee Kumar, Lori Langsner, Yun Li, Christopher Mac Kinnon, Denise McDaniel, Sujatha Mohan, the-O, Hilary Peirce, Helene Plank, William Plank, Pratibha Raju, Arleen RamosSzatmary, Rupa Sanbui, Kirsten Sanford, Monica Sebald Kennedy, Aleksandra Seletskaya, Christine Seo, Kelly Silver, J. Marion Simmons, Margaret Simpson, Sumi, Mary Lou Thomas, and Jane Yuan.

“Off the Wall” artisans include Nomeda Aniukstis — Jademon; Kim Casper and Kristina Chadwick — Kristina’s Handmade Ceramics & Jewelry; Nelly Kouzmina — Feltinelli LLC; Merry Madover Jewelry; Georgina Ramirez Alzaga — Punto y Amor; Discover A New Future by Faith Saunders; Creative Ceramics by Christa

Schneider; Leslie Schott — Working Cord Studio; and Merle Slyhoff Pottery.

West Windsor Arts welcomes visitors to “Off the Wall” on the following dates: November 19, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. for WWA Members Only Shopping Spree; November 20, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. for Opening Day, everyone is welcome for inperson shopping; December 3 and 4, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. each day for Sunflower Weekend; December 10 and 11, 12:30 to 5:30 p.m. each day for Artists for Ukraine Weekend with Ukrainian pastries and a presentation and demo for all by puppet maker Irena Gobernik; and December 17 and 18 , 12:30 to 5:30 pm each day.

Both shows run through January 7. Private appointments and gallery tours available upon request by sending an email to info@ westwindsorarts.org. All of the artwork can be viewed online where work can be purchased through a secure online payment system.

West Windsor Arts is located at 952 Alexander Road in Princeton Junction. For more information, call (609) 716-1931 or visit westwindsorarts.org.

Area Exhibits

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

Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Emotional Odyssey” through November 6. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com.

Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish Street, has “Time’s Relentless Melt” through November 6. artmuseum.princeton.edu.

Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has “Inked!” through November 5 and “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 “Emergence: Expanding in Light,” photographs by Lisa Granozio, through November 4. lagphotography.com.

Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum in Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, has “In Honor of Old Trees” through November 13, “Mercer County Photography 2022” through November 27, and “The Stacy-Trent Hotel” through November 28. ellarslie.org.

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.

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.

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” November 2 through December 6. An opening reception is Thursday, December 3 from 6 to 8 p.m. “Rupesh Varghese” is at the 254 Nassau Street location through November 1. 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.

“CLIMATE CHANGE LANDSCAPE” This work by Susan Hockaday is featured in “Artists for Ukraine,” a special fundraiser and exhibition on view, along with “Off the Wall Holiday Market,” at West Windsor Arts through January 7.

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Mark Your Calendar Town Topics

Wednesday, November 2

6 p.m.: Paul Galvez and Ewa Lajer-Burchaarth dis cuss Courbet’s Landscapes: The Origins of Modern Paintings at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street. Also presented online. Laby rinthbooks.com.

7 p.m.: Princeton Public Library hosts a virtual dis cussion of the book You are Not Expected to Under stand This: How 26 Lines of Code Changed the World with editor Torie Bosch. Register at Princetonlibrary. org.

8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers present a contra dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monu ment Drive. Donna Hunt with Contra Rebels. $10. Princetoncountrydancers. com.

Thursday, November 3 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers’ Market is at the Dinky train station parking lot, across from the Wawa. Princetonfarmersmarket. com.

11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.: Month ly luncheon of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber at Princeton Marriott at For restal, 100 College Road East. University architect Ron McCoy is guest speaker. Princetonmercerchamber. org.

6:30 p.m.: Authors Jimmy Soni and Rob Goodman dis cuss their book A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Info Age. In person at Morven, 55 Stock ton Street; also available via Zoom. Morven.org.

6-8 p.m.: Opening recep tion for the photo exhibit “Perspectives on Preserva tion: Capturing Fine Details and Sweeping Views of the Mountain Lakes Preserve” selected from submissions made to Friends of Princ eton Open Space. At Small World Coffee, 14 Wither spoon Street. The show is on view through December 4.

6 p.m.: Gene Jarrett and Simon Gikandi discuss Paul Laurence Dunbar: The Life and Times of a Caged Bird at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street. Also present ed online. Labyrinthbooks. com.

7:30 p.m.: The Brentano String Quartet performs mu sic by Dvorak, William Grant Still, Charles Ives, George Walker, and Steven Mackey at Richardson Auditorium. $10-$50. Puc.princeton.edu. Friday, November 4

7:30-10 a.m.: Trenton Economic Development Series: Re-envisioning the Waterfront, presentation at Cooper’s Riverview, 50

Riverview Executive Park, Route 29, Trenton. Spon sored by Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber. Princ etonmercerchamber.org.

7 p.m.: An Evening with Matthew Perry, at the Hy att Regency Princeton, 102 Carnegie Center Drive. $45. The actor discusses his new book. Eventbrite.com.

7 p.m.: A Tribute to Stevie Nicks, with local vocalists and musicians. At Princeton Public Library, 65 Wither spoon Street. Princetonli brary.org.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton Charter School presents “It’s a Wonderful Life, Live Radio Play!” at the school, 100 Bunn Drive. Presented by the Charter School’s WBFR Playhouse Radio Sta tion. $10. Princetoncharter.

org 8 p.m.: The musical Tootsie is at the State The atre New Jersey, 15 Livings ton Avenue, New Brunswick. STNJ.org.

8 p.m.: Campelot , the Princeton University Tri angle Show, is at McCart er Theatre, 91 University Place. $10-$35. Triangle show.com/tickets.

Saturday, November 5

12-5 p.m.: Winery Week end Music Series at Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Win ery, 330 Cold Soil Road.

Brian Botnick plays from 1-4 p.m. terhuneorchards. com.

2 p.m.: Fall Musical The atre Cabaret at Rider Uni versity Bart Luedeke Center Theater, Route 206, Law rence Township. Rider.edu.

2 and 7:30 p.m.: Prince ton Charter School presents “It’s a Wonderful Life, Live Radio Play!” at the school, 100 Bunn Drive. Presented by the Charter School’s WBFR Playhouse Radio Sta tion. $10. Princetoncharter. org.

2 and 8 p.m.: The musical Tootsie is at the State The atre New Jersey, 15 Livings ton Avenue, New Brunswick. STNJ.org.

3-5 p.m.: Day of the Dead celebration at the Arts Council of Princeton, 105 Witherspoon Street. Fami ly-friendly outdoor festival with Mariachi, folk dance, food, and hands-on projects inspired by traditional folk art. Artscouncilofprinceton. org.

6 p.m.: AOY Comedy Night at Yardley Country Club, 1010 Reading Avenue, Yardley, Pa. Fundraiser for AOY Art Center with live, silent, and chance auctions. $85. Marc Kaye is MC. Aoy arts.org.

7-11 p.m.: Housing Ini tiatives of Princeton’s an nual “Rent Party” at Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road. Food, music, danc ing; fundraiser to help low-income families avoid homelessness. Visit info@ housinginitiativesofprinc eton.org.

7 p.m.: Singer/songwriter Avi Wisnia performs at West Windsor Arts, 952 Alexan der Road. $25-$30. West windsorarts.org.

8 p.m.: Campelot , the Princeton University Tri angle Show, is at McCart er Theatre, 91 University Place. $10-$35. Triangle show.com/tickets.

Sunday, November 6

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 a.m.-4 p.m.: Fleming ton Fine Artisans Show at Stangl Factory, 4 Stangl Road, Flemington. Works by 35 local artists in ceramics, glass, jewelry, home décor, fiber art, wood, and more.

12-5 p.m.: Winery Week end Music Series at Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Win ery, 330 Cold Soil Road. Andy Koontz and Kevin Mc Closkey play from 1-4 p.m. terhuneorchards.com.

2 p.m.: The musical Tootsie is at the State The atre New Jersey, 15 Livings ton Avenue, New Brunswick. STNJ.org.

2 p.m.: Organ concert and hymn sing at Lutheran Church of the Messiah, 407 Nassau Street. Eric Plutz, university organist for Princ eton University, is the solo ist. The program includes

music from the 16th century to the present. Free. (609) 924-3642.

2 p.m.: Campelot , the Princeton University Tri angle Show, is at McCart er Theatre, 91 University Place. $10-$35. Triangle show.com/tickets.

2 p.m.: Hunterdon Histori cal Society holds its annual fall meeting at Flemington United Methodist Church, 116 Main Street. Two mem bers will discuss research about the Carlisle Indian School. Free. Hunterdonhis tory.org.

3 p.m.: The Concordia Chamber Players perform at Trinity Church, 6587 Upper York Road, Solebury, Pa. “The Degenerates” features string quartets by Mendels sohn, Alexander Zemlinsky, and Florence Price. Concor diaplayers.org.

5 p.m.: Choral Evensong at All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints’ Road. The choir is joined by the choir from the Church of the Holy Spirit in Harleysville, Pa. as they pre pare for a joint residency at Exeter Cathedral in the U.K. Music by Charles Villiers Stanford, Howard Helvey, and Margaret Burk will be played, followed by a light reception. Free will offering will be taken.

7 p.m.: Rhett Miller per forms at Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Av enue, Hopewell. $30-$35. Hopewelltheater.com.

7:30 p.m.: Fall Musical Theatre Cabaret at Rider University Bart Luedeke Center Theater, Route 206, Lawrence Township. Rider. edu.

Monday, November 7

Recycling

7 p.m.: Author Rebecca Solnit discusses recent works at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, and online. Pre sented by the library and Labyrinth Books. Labyrinth books.com.

Tuesday, November 8

7:30-9 p.m.: The Prince ton Recorder Society meets at Kingston Presbyterian Church, 4498 Route 27, and on Zoom. For more informa tion, contact jtanne1200@ gmail.com

7:30 p.m.: “The First Black Holes in the Universe: Searching for the HighestRedshift Quasars,” online presentation by Princeton University Professor Michael Strauss, sponsored by the Amateur Astronomers As sociation of Princeton. Free. At Peyton Hall on the Uni versity campus, or online. Princetonastronomy.org.

8-11 p.m.: English Coun try Dance, sponsored by Princeton Country Danc ers, at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Scott Higgs with Hold the Mustard.

Wednesday, November 9

6 p.m.: D. Graham Bur nett, Jeff Dolven, and Mi chael Wood discuss “A Bird in the Hand: The Work of ESTAR (SER)” at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street,

and online. Labyrinthbooks. com.

7 p.m.: “Balm in Gilead: How Black Soldiers Rescued Young Holocaust Survivors,” program by former ambas sador to Albania John L. Withers II. Presented by The Jewish Center via Zoom. Re serve by emailing linda.op penheim@gmail.com.

7:30 p.m.: “Healing with Music” series continues at Richardson Auditorium, hosted by author Clemency Burton-Hill and featuring cellist Joshua Roman. $10$40. Puc.princeton.edu.

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

6 p.m.: Simon Morrison and Mindy Gonzalez-Back en discuss Morrison’s book Mirror in the Sky: The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street and online. Labyrinthbooks.com.

6:45 p.m.: Learn public speaking with Mercer’s Best Toastmasters Club, Law rence Community Center, 295 Eggert Crossing Road, Lawrence Township. Mer cersbest.toastmastersclubs. org.

7 p.m.: Biologist Larissa Smith presents a program on bald eagles, sponsored by the Sourland Conser vancy. Free. Virtual event. Sourland.org.

7:30 p.m.: Uruguayan musician Jorge Drexler per forms at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. $45$85. Mccarter.org.

Friday, November 11

10 a.m.-2 p.m.: The Hunt erdon County Rug Artisans Guild meets at Raritan Township Police Depart ment building, 2 Municipal Drive, Flemington. Guests are welcome. Hcrag.com. 8 p.m.: The Hot Sardines perform jazz at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. $35-$45. Mccarter.org.

Saturday, November 12

9 a.m.: Princeton Future meeting at Erdman Hall, 20 Library Place. The topic is mobility: walking, bicy cling, scooters, cars, buses, and the Dinky. Open to all. Princetonfuture.org.

10 a.m.-1:30 p.m.: Princ eton Public Library hosts Youth Community Service Launch Pad, led by staff and high school peer lead ers. Princetonlibrary.org. 12-5 p.m.: Winery Week end Music Series at Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Win ery, 330 Cold Soil Road. On the Fly plays from 1-4 p.m. terhuneorchards.com.

2-4 p.m.: Dutch culinary historian Peter G. Rose lectures on “From Garden to Table” at Montgomery Library, 100 Community Drive, Skillman. Free. Li brary@vanharlingen.org.

3 p.m.: Westminster Jubi lee Singers 25th Anniversary Concert, Liquid Church, 545 Meadow Road. Conducted by Vinroy Brown. Rider.edu.

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3 p.m.: Sugar Skull! at McCarter Theatre, 91 Uni versity Place. Musical family adventure celebration of Dia de los Muertos. $15-$45. McCarter.org.

3 p.m.: Author Gita Varadarajan talks about her picture book My Bin dy in this event for adults and children. At Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street; also presented online. Laby rinthbooks.com.

7 p.m.: Jersey Harmony Chorus performs “Fall in Love Again” in the Byron Barn, 626 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro. Four-part har mony, a cappella music. Followed by appetizers and desserts. $25 in advance, or $30 at the door (cash only). Eventbrite.com.

7:30 p.m.: The Dryden Ensemble presents “Ver sailles: Intrigue and Envy” at Trinity Episcopal Church, 6587 Upper York Road, Solebury, Pa. With actors Roberta Maxwell and Paul Hecht. $25 (free for stu dents). Drydenensemble. org.

Sunday, November 13

7-11 a.m.: 10th Annual HiTOPS Marathon, 13.1mile course through historic Princeton. Can also be done virtually between November 13-27. Benefits HiTOPS. Hi TOPSPrincetonhalf.com.

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.

12-5 p.m.: Winery Week end Music Series at Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Win ery, 330 Cold Soil Road. Mike and Laura play from 1-4 p.m. terhuneorchards. com.

3 p.m.: The Richardson Chamber Players: Bohemian Café, at Richardson Audito rium. $10-$20. Puc.prince ton.edu or (609) 258-2800.

3 p.m.: The Princeton branch of The EnglishSpeaking Union presents a lecture by member Ronald Schnur, “The London Gen tleman’s Club,” at Princeton Senior Resource Center, 101 Poor Farm Road. Free.

3 p.m.: The Dryden En semble presents “Versailles: Intrigue and Envy” at Princ eton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer Street. With ac tors Roberta Maxwell and Paul Hecht. $25 (free for students). Drydenensemble. org.

4 p.m.: Westminster Choir Fall Concert, Bristol Chapel, 101 Walnut Lane. James Jordan conducts. Rider.edu.

Monday, November 14 7:30 p.m.: “Lifelong Learning: Were Ezra and Nehemiah Real People?” In-person and virtual event sponsored by The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nas sau Street. Led by Temple University Professor Mark Leuchter. Registration re quired at TheJewishCenter. org.

Tuesday, November 15 7 p.m.: Community Men tal Health program, ”Re silience,” at Montgomery Evangelical Free Church, 246 Belle Mead Griggstown Road, Belle Mead. Free.

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, Rider University Moore Library, Route 206, Lawrence Township. Vinroy Brown and Kathy Shaw con duct. Rider.edu.

6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meet either in the Library’s Community Room or via Zoom. Princetonlibrary.org.

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.

7 p.m.: Mayor’s Wellness Book Discussion at Princ eton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street; also available virtually. Togeth er: The Healing Power of Human Connection in a Sometimes Lonely World, with Dr. Vivek Murthy. Reg ister at princetonlibrary.org.

Friday, November 18

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.

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

Saturday, November 19

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.

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.

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.

Friday, November 25

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.

Sunday, November 27

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

for the Arts, at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre, 91 Univer sity Place. Works by Ronald K. Brown, Susan Marshall, Caili Quan, Rashaun Mitch ell & Silas Riener, Davalois Fearon, Sun Kim, and Mi chael J. Love. $12-$17. Mc Carter.org.

3 p.m.: Boheme Opera presents Engelbert Hump erdinck’s Hansel and Gretel at Kendall Theater, College of New Jersey, Ewing. With the Princeton Boychoir. $15$50. Bohemeopera.org.

7:30 p.m.: Martina Mc Bride brings “The Joy of Christmas Tour 2022” to the State Theatre New Jer sey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. $49-$129. Stnj.org.

4 p.m.: Westminster Con cert Bell Choir conducted by Kathy Shaw, at Rider Uni versity’s Gill Chapel, Route 206, Lawrence Township. Rider.edu.

Monday, December 5

Recycling

Thursday, December 8

6:45 p.m.: Learn public speaking with Mercer’s Best Toastmasters Club, Lawrence Community Center, 295 Egg ert Crossing Road, Lawrence Township. Mercersbest.toast mastersclubs.org.

Friday, December 9

7:30 p.m.: The Choirs of Westminster Choir Col lege present “An Evening of Readings and Carols: 30th Anniversary.” At Princeton University Chapel. Rider. edu.

Rebecca Solnit

sor James Forman about Shelby’s new book Idea of Prison Abolition in a virtual event presented by Princeton Public Library. Register at Princetonlibrary. org.

Friday, December 2

8 p.m.: Princeton Dance Festival, from Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre, 91 Univer sity Place. Works by Ronald K. Brown, Susan Marshall, Caili Quan, Rashaun Mitch ell & Silas Riener, Davalois Fearon, Sun Kim, and Mi chael J. Love. $12-$17. Mc Carter.org.

Saturday, December 3

2 and 8 p.m.: Princeton Dance Festival, from Princ eton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts, at Mc Carter’s Berlind Theatre, 91 University Place. Works by Ronald K. Brown, Su san Marshall, Caili Quan, Rashaun Mitchell & Silas Ri ener, Davalois Fearon, Sun Kim, and Michael J. Love. $12-$17. McCarter.org.

4 p.m.: Westminster Con cert Bell Choir conducted by Kathy Shaw, fall concert at Rider University’s Gill Cha pel, Route 206, Lawrence Township. Rider.edu.

Sunday, December 4

2 p.m.: Princeton Dance Festival, from Princeton University’s Lewis Center

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Handsome New Look For Kitchen Cabinets Is Available From Cabinet Painting Guru

The kitchen is the heart of the home, and no matter how large or small, it is so often the favorite gathering place, not only for family, but also for friends and neighbors.

IT’S NEW To Us

Having it function efficiently for the cook is the major priority, but eye appeal adds so much to the overall comfort level, especially considering the many hours spent within its confines.

Kevin Casey, founder and owner of Cabinet Painting Guru, headquartered in Pennington, wants to help you make your kitchen even better.

Painting kitchen cabinets is his company’s specialty,

and he and his staff can create an entire new look with the application of fine quality paint.

Lighter Colors

“Painting can offer a great turnaround, and it is very cost-effective,” Casey points out. “We are known for fine finishing, and we are now using Milesi, an excellent paint from Italy. It is an industrial coating, known for durability, available in any color, and very good for kitchens, which have such high traffic.

Different types of paint finishes are offered, including matte, satin, and semigloss, he adds, and right now, satin is the most popular. People are also looking for lighter colors, such as white, light gray, and greige (gray-beige).

There is no question that Kevin Casey knows all about paint, but he also knows so much more! His previous experience in different careers enables him to bring

an unusual level of expertise to his customers.

Even as a boy, he showed the beginnings of a talented entrepreneur. Growing up on Long Island, N.Y., he started a house painting business while he was in high school, and continued it during college, adding friends to his team each summer. And as he notes, “I actually had the largest house painting business on Long Island!”

Majoring in math at the College of the Holy Cross, he went on to earn a master’s degree in business management at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. This was accomplished while he was a captain in the U.S. Air Force, serving as a navigator in B-52 bombers.

He then went on to hold various sales leadership roles, building markets for new cancer screening tests, including the PSA test for prostate cancer.

In 1999, Casey was the first entrepreneur to bring photo sharing to the internet. His venture-funded software company was very successful. As he says, “If you get a link to see images from a wedding or event that you attended, chances are you are enjoying the technology platform that my team and I pioneered.”

When he sold the software company in 2012, he headed in a new direction. Starting with painting his own kitchen cabinets.

“I always like to have a purpose, to be involved in constructive activities, and I like to pay attention to detail,” he reports. “I decided to redo the kitchen, and I thought I’d like to turn my golden oak cabinets into a more modern shade of white.”

Everyone was so pleased with the results, that one thing led to another, and soon another new flourishing business was on tap for Kevin.

Describing his approach

KITCHEN CABINETS: “We are set apart by the quality of our work and our excellent staff. People feel as if they’ve hired a family. There is a high comfort level, and customers often comment on how personable our staff is, and, of course, on the excellent quality of their work.” Kevin Casey, left, founder and owner of Cabinet Painting Guru, is shown with Adam Elsayed, Jarod Chamberlain, and Max Ronollo, three of his five colleagues, in a recently completed kitchen.

to the work, he explains that communication with the customers is uppermost. “This is very important,” he says.

“Some customers appreciate a face-to-face meeting in the beginning, and others communicate online. We do a lot online, and people can see all the images of our work on our website, including a video.

“We offer very high quality work, and our standards are very high. We use an 18-step process. Prepping is everything, including cleaning and sanding before painting. Our customers are those who appreciate quality, attention to detail, and completely understand that you get what you pay for — especially when it comes to cabinet painting.

Core Values

“Our team brings the following five core READY values to our projects every day:

RESPECT: We respect you, your time, and your kitchen refinishing project.

EXPERIENCE: Our team has decades of experience doing detailed painting.

AFFORDABLE: Cabinet Painting Guru will save you up to 75 percent over replacing or refacing. Less money, less dust, and no waiting weeks or months for new cabinets to arrive.

DEPENDABLE: We know the importance of delivery on time, on target, and on budget. You can depend on us to get your kitchen cabinet refinishing project right!

YOU: Your project. Your home. Your budget. Your timeline. This project is about YOU.”

Casey reports that the company is currently very busy, with projects booked eight to 12 weeks in advance.

“We were very busy during COVID,” he adds. “People were staying home so much more, and they wanted their house and kitchen to look nice. Also, in addition to painting, we do backsplashes, countertops, and door and drawer replacements. We have a talented kitchen designer who can help if the client wants a special new look. Customers really appreciate that we can

offer them expert help in so many areas to achieve their vision.”

“They know that they can depend on us, and this is so important,” continues Casey, “The experts on our staff are all full-time employees, licensed, insured, have workman’s compensation, and they are well paid. This can be a real career for them.”

Technology Evolution

A typical job takes five days, he says, and he notes that the quality of the paint has become even better in the 10 years since he opened Cabinet Painting Guru.

“Over the past 40 years, painting technology has continued to evolve,” he says. “It has made the paint stronger and more durable, and especially able to withstand high use and traffic, such as in the kitchen.

“Keeping up with the demand for our business is our main challenge, and, of course, we are very fortunate to be so busy. There are many requests for our work in Princeton, central New Jersey, and Bucks County, Pa.”

When he does have some spare time from his busy schedule, Casey enjoys his longtime hobby of painting watercolors. Having taken art classes at the age of 12, he developed not only a liking for art, but a real talent for painting, especially watercolors. His painting of The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach, Fla., is a case in point. It has been greatly admired by the owners of the hotel, and having taken him 100 hours to complete, it is a tribute to his talent and to his attention to detail. After experiencing a career with so many facets, Kevin Casey says he is very happy in this current enterprise. Cabinet Painting Guru makes him and his customers happy.

A s he observes, “What I most enjoy is seeing the smiles on the customers’ faces when they view the finished work. This is so rewarding.”

For more information, call (215) 982-0131. Website: cabinetpaintingguru.com

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With an Emphasis on Paying Attention to Detail, PU Men’s Hoops Excited for Opening Test Against Hofstra

For Mitch Henderson, paying attention to de tail figures to be a key to success this winter for his Princeton University men’s basketball team.

“We have to be able to play with poise but also there is a focus on the littlest things that make a team go that are rarely obvious when you are playing,” said Princeton head coach Henderson, who guided the Tigers to a 23-7 record last winter as it won the Ivy League regular sea son title and made the NIT.

“The main thing I want to see is can we take that step forward on doing the littlest things — a deflection, a dif ference in a half step defen sively, getting your hands on a ball that maybe you should not have gotten. I think we will be able to make shots and we will be able to score around the rim.”

With Princeton hosting Hofstra on November 7 in its season opener, Hender son believes his squad has been taking steps forward.

“Preseason for us is a really short in one way be cause we lost a lot of pieces from a year ago so we have to piece together what works in practice,” said Hender son. “We are really itching to get going. I love working with the team, they have been responsive, focused. There is a lot of humility with the group. It is led by Tosan Evbuomwan, Ryan Langborg, and Matt Allocco. They have been around, they have seen it, and they know what to do.”

Princeton will be depend ing on the one-two punch of senior Langborg (10.7 points, 3.5 rebounds a game in 2021-22) and junior Alloc co (4.1 points, 2.8 rebounds) to lead the way at guard.

“Starting with Matt and Ryan in the backcourt, they are two veterans who have played in really significant games,” said Henderson. “It is time for them to take over.

Year to year, it is just time for the next group to take a big step.”

Henderson believes that sophomore guard Blake Peters (1.3 points, 0.9 re bounds) can make a big jump this season, coming off a summer which saw him help the U.S. open men’s hoops team win a gold medal in the Maccabiah Games.

“I expect him to make a major contribution to us on and off the floor,” said Hen derson, noting that sopho more Darius Gakwasi (3.1 points, 1.3 rebounds) should also see time in the back court. “He is able to shoot the ball really well. He is do ing more than that which is what we have asked him to do. He needs to keep work ing on the other parts of his game, the little things that contribute towards winning.”

Former Hun School stand out Jack Scott and Xaivian Lee figure to spearhead a good group of freshman guards that also includes Deven Austin.

“The freshmen are all good, I expect all of them to help us,” said Henderson. “Jack has got a little bit of everything, he can do it all. He is an excellent passer. He gets it, he is an all-around player. Xaivian is very fast.”

In the frontcourt, Evbuom wan did it all for the Tigers last winter, getting named the Ivy Player of the Year. The 6’8, 219-pound forward from Newcastle, England averaged 16.0 points, 6.7 rebound and 5.1 assists a game.

“We went into the opener a year ago not knowing that we would play this way with him being what he is,” said Henderson of Evbuomwan, whose assist total of 142 in 2021-22 was the secondbest single-season mark in program history. “That was really a development that happened over the course of the season. His perimeter game has really taken off. He is such a good passer.”

Henderson believes that powerful 6’9, 235-pound senior Keeshawn Kellman (5.0 points, 2.4 rebounds) could emerge as a force this winter for the Tigers.

“Keeshawn has taken a big jump, we really haven’t had him for two years,” said Henderson, noting that Kell man was plagued by injury last winter and only played eight games. “He is doing great, he is a physical pres ence around the basket. He is learning how to make his impact felt on possession af ter possession. He just needs time doing that and then do ing it with Tosan. That will be the fun part of that this season for us, to see those two guys together.”

Two other returners, sophomore Mason Hooks (3.1 points,. 1.7 rebounds) and junior Zach Martini (2.2 points, 1.6 rebounds), should see time in the paint.

“Mason has been big, solid contributor for us; he really knows how to play the game,” said Henderson. “Zach is a physical pres ence. We expect them both to make really big contribu tions.”

The Tigers will be looking for a pair of freshman Caden Pierce and Vernon Collins along with sophomore Phi lip Byriel and senior Jacob O’Connell to also contribute in the frontcourt.

“Caden played guard on his high school team but he has the ability to switch,” said Henderson. “He is a big 6’6 physical, tough kid that has good discipline. We can play him in multiple dif ferent positions defensively which really helps us. Ver non, Philip and Jacob will also see minutes.”

In hosting Hofstra to tip off the season, Princeton is facing a tough test.

“I think it is a great open er for college basketball people,” said Henderson of Hofstra who went 21-11 last winter and defeated Prince

ton 81-77 in early Decem ber. “They are really well coached, Speedy Claxton is the head coach. It is a diffi cult matchup. They have this kid, Aaron Estrada, a lefty who can score in a lot of dif ferent kinds of ways. They are a difficult matchup, they are highly competitive.”

With Princeton hosting the Ivy postseason tournament at Jadwin Gym in March, the Tigers are determined to be

in the title mix as the cam paign unfolds.

“Last year was a fun year for the team; we got off to slow starts a lot but it really came together and it was a terrific, historic offensive sea son,” said Henderson, whose team set a program record last season when it averaged 79.8 points a game.

“I don’t expect that but I expect us to be better de

fensively than a year ago. It is a very different team. You go through the year as your seniors and leaders go. I have high expectations for that group. Like we do each year, it is here is what we have got and we are going to put everything on the table in terms of trying to get a cham pionship out of it. As long as keep learning and growing, we have got a shot.”

—Bill Alden

TO THE HOOP: Princeton University men’s basketball player Tosan Evbuomwan looks to get a shot off in the point during a game last season. Senior star Evbuomwan, the Ivy League Player of the Year last winter, is primed to produce a big final campaign for the Tigers. Princeton tips off its 2022-23 campaign by hosting Hofstra on November 7. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Senior Standouts Jester, Iosivas Make Big Plays

As PU Football Routs Cornell 35-9, Improves to 7-0

With the Princeton University football team having given up a touchdown to visiting Cornell in the third quarter last Saturday to see its lead shrink to 19-9 and the Big Red going for a twopoint conversion, it looked like the tide could be turning against the Tigers.

But Princeton senior linebacker Matt Jester turned the tables on Cornell, picking off a deflected pass on the PAT in the end zone and sprinting 105 yards down the sideline, hurdling a Big Red player in the process, to put Princeton up 21-9.

“Liam [Johnson] tipped that to me, props to him; I caught it in stride and did my best to get as much as I could,” said Jester, whose scoring jaunt made the ESPN College Football Final’s top five plays of the day. “I was able to get the sideline and got two points for our team so that was good feeling. That (hurdling) was just heat of the moment, that is what I decided to do.”

The Tigers never looked back from there, pulling away to a 35-9 win before a homecoming crowd of 7,652 at Princeton Stadium, improving to 7-0 overall and 4-0 Ivy League. Princeton ended the day as the only undefeated Ivy team as Penn fell 34-31 to Brown to stop to 6-1 overall, 3-1 Ivy.

Supplementing Jester’s takeaway, Princeton forced five turnovers on the day with four interceptions and a recovered fumble.

“Turnovers are always the goals, five of them, that was a really awesome feeling,” said Jester, a 6’4, 250-pound native of Spring, Texas. “Half the turnovers don’t happen if the other 10 guys on the team aren’t doing their job. It takes 11 guys to win any game on defense. You like to see that everybody is eating and everybody is making plays. Everybody shares the burden of making plays. I can always count on those guys to do their job and I hope that they can count on me.”

For a few moments in the third quarter, it looked like Jester wasn’t going to be able to do his job as he left the game with a leg injury.

“I had a slight knee thing but it ended up being alright,” said Jester. “It didn’t bother me the rest of the game, so that was nice.”

It was another nice defensive effort for Princeton which came into the game ranked first in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) in turnover margin (+2.0) and second in both rushing defense (57.0 yards per game) and scoring defense (11.3 points over game).

“I feel like we have played pretty hard every game,” said Jester, reflecting on the defensive effort. “I don’t know what the stats show. I just love going out there every week with my guys and playing alongside them.”

With the Tigers improving to 7-0, Jester loves how the team is clicking across the board.

“We are selfless; we play our roles very well,” said Jester. “Guys play for each other, guys play with heart, passion and they play out

of love for the guy next to them. I really just love the team chemistry we have. We always have to credit the offense too, they play their butts off every week.”

One of the Princeton’s offensive stars, senior receiver Andrei Iosivas had another big game, making 10 catches for 155 yards and two touchdowns.

The 6’3, 200-pound Iosivas, a native of Honolulu, Hawaii, helped spark the Tigers as they got off to a sluggish start with the rivals knotted in a scoreless stalemate heading into the second quarter.

After an apparent Iosivas TD catch was ruled out of bounds early in the second quarter, Princeton quarterback Blake Stenstrom went right back to the star wideout, hitting him on a 15-yard scoring strike. Later in the quarter, Iosivas scored his second touchdown on a 36yard reception as the Tigers built a 12-3 halftime lead.

“Sometimes things don’t work out as you plan, we just had to figure this thing out and then get rolling,” said Iosivas.

“I know I did wrong on the first one so I corrected it in the second one and it became a touchdown so that was nice. On the second one, the safety came down because we had a dig route, [Carson] Bobo pulled the safety and that allowed me to run free basically.”

Over the course of the fall, Iosivas has developed a connection with first-year starting QB Stenstrom, who ended up hitting on 17-of28 passes for 228 yards and two touchdowns against Cornell.

“I have been blessed with a great quarterback and we have become more and more comfortable as the season has gone on,” said Iosivas. “He puts the ball in places that only I can get it. He trusts us, that is the biggest thing for a receiver and a quarterback. He trusts me and I trust him so you just have to go out there and make plays.”

In making plays on Saturday, Iosivas snagged his 100th career reception along the way.

“I didn’t know about it until after,” said a smiling Iosivas, who now has 109 catches for the Tigers. “I kind of go and just play. It is a nice mark to hit but I am always looking for the win.”

Playing with fellow senior receiver Dylan Classi has helped Iosivas as the two have formed a potent onetwo punch.

“We feed off each other, I would like to think that we are the best combo in the league,” said Iosivas who has 50 catches to lead Ivy receivers with Classi at sixth with 35. “Statistically we are up there. We feed off each other. One guy opens up the other guy. We trust each other to do what we need to do, blocking, running routes.”

Iosivas’ stats and athleticism as an All-American in the heptathlon for the Princeton track team has him on the radar of NFL scouts and on the Senior Bowl and East-West Shrine Game watch lists.

“It is really great, it is a culmination of all the work I have put in,” said Iosivas, referring to that attention.

“The coaches help me to be in that position as do all of the players around me. I just focus on the game. When I go into the game, I just know what I can do and everything will fall into place.”

Princeton head coach Bob Surace credited his squad’s consistent intensity with helping things to fall into place against Cornell.

“When you play with that effort, win or lose, you are proud of guys, you can feel good about yourself,” said Surace, whose team is now ranked No. 17 nationally in the American Football Coaches Association (AFCA) FCS Coaches’ Poll. “When you play with that effort and you have guys like Andrei and Matt with that talent, you might make a few big plays too.”

The turnovers made a big difference as Cornell ended up outgaining Princeton 433 yards to 288 on the day.

“They are good, every game they had played but one has been down to the last minute,” said Surace, who got an 89-yard interception return for a TD from Liam Johnson along with picks from Michael Ruttlen Jr., C.J. Wall, and Dawson De Iuliis. “They control the clock, they limit possessions. The turnovers today were huge. They are a tough team to play against; their quarterback (Jameson Wang) is tremendously athletic. He had thrown one interception coming into his game. We got him in the red zone early, we got him a couple of other times. That was huge.”

The big plays by Iosivas proved to be huge. “He is a tremendous player, not just with the ball in his hands,” said Surace. “It is his blocking, it is running off other things. He had another terrific game.”

Jester’s 105-yard PAT return was a tremendous moment for the Tigers.

“With his hustle, his effort, he has been so steady for us,” said Surace of Jester. “It doesn’t always show up on the highlights but that play will show up on the highlights. He is a legit athlete. He has been doing it for a long time.”

The Princeton defense has been steady all season long.

“They play hard, there is nobody who is throwing off these amazing stats but the group effort is there,” said Surace, whose star linebacker Johnson was later named the Ivy Defensive Player of the Week. “It is the 50 year anniversary of the 72 Dolphins. They were nicknamed the No-Name defense. I am not saying we are the Dolphins but nobody is putting up these wow stats. They are playing so well as a group. We misplayed some corner routes today and there were great throws by the quarterback. Nobody panicked, they just go to the next play. I think we have some pretty good depth. Coach [Steve] Verbit is rotating all these d-linemen in.”

The Tiger secondary, which had been a question

mark entering the season, has emerged as a good unit.

“They are replacing a lot of three or four-year starters,” said Surace. “From spring on, they have been so disciplined. We are going to have to continue to do that.”

Playing with discipline will be critical as Princeton hosts Dartmouth (2-5 overall, 1-3 Ivy) this Saturday.

“I told the guys, that was a pretty rough feeling last year; I didn’t feel I led them as well as I could have,” said Surace, referring to a 31-7 loss to the Big Green last fall, Princeton’s only defeat in a 9-1 campaign.

“They have a tremendous coach (Buddy Teevens) and a tremendous team. We are going to have to have a great week this week and buckle down.”

Jester and his teammates are primed to buckle down and produce another great effort as they look to remain undefeated.

“We will take some time to enjoy this one and start looking at the film tomorrow,” said Jester. “I am sure we will get a good game plan for them. It will be nice to have them back at Princeton for a home game. We are really looking forward to playing those guys — they are a good team.”

— Bill Alden

SEEING RED: Princeton University football player Matt Jester shows his intensity last Saturday as the Tigers hosted Cornell. Senior linebacker Jester returned a botched Big Red two-point conversion 100 yards to help Princeton win 35-9. The No. 22 Tigers, now 7-0 overall and 4-0 Ivy League, host Dartmouth (2-5 overall, 1-3 Ivy) on November 5. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Battle-Tested Cunningham Primed for Big Senior Year

As No. 24 PU Women’s Hoops Hosts Temple in Opener

Julia Cunningham is ac customed to big expecta tions with the Princeton University women’s basket ball team.

The stakes feel even high er for the senior and her Ti ger teammates, but maybe it’s only from the outside after they became the first Ivy League team to garner an AP preseason top-25 ranking. Last month, Princ eton was selected as No. 24 after returning all but one starter from last year’s 25-5 team that reached the NCAA tournament second round. They face a loaded non-conference schedule that begins with them host ing Temple on November 7.

“Looking at the rankings is great, and we’re making history in that regard, but I think we take that in and appreciate it for the time being, but then we realize it puts a big target on our back going into non-confer ence play,” said star guard Cunningham, a 5’11 native of Watchung. “It means a lot for teams to beat a Top 25 team. Looking at it from that perspective, I think it also makes us pretty hungry and competitive.”

In the first week of the season, they will host Tem ple and then Villanova on November 11. They are fo cusing on a strong start and trying not to look ahead to marquee matchups at Tex as on November 27 and at UConn on December 8. Seven of the non-conference games will send Princeton on the road, starting with a test at Seton Hall on Novem ber 14.

“It’s another really tough one but that’s what we want to do,” said Princeton coach Carla Berube, who guided the Tigers to a 25-5 overall record and 14-0 Ivy League last winter on the way to winning the Ivy postseason tournament and upsetting Kentucky in the first round of the NCAA tournament be fore falling to Indiana in the next round.

“We want to play against the best that we can and really see where we’re at. Through tough games, it shows where your weak nesses are so we can be where we want to be come March. Just starting with Temple and Villanova and Seton Hall, they’re all really strong teams and programs so we’re going to be tested early on. That’s what we want. We want to be battletested so we’re ready for the Ivy League and beyond. We’re looking forward to it. I’m sure people are look ing at UConn and Texas but we’re looking at Temple and that’s all that matters.”

Cunningham, a first-team All-Ivy selection last year as she averaged 13.4 points and 5.4 rebounds a game, is one of four starters that return along with regulars Kaitlyn Chen, Grace Stone, and Ellie Mitchell. All of them averaged at least 29 minutes per game last year.

Princeton only graduated one player who saw any time last year, but it was an im portant performer in Abby Meyers who is finishing her college career at Maryland as a graduate transfer after leading Princeton in scoring and three-pointers and get ting named as the Ivy Player of the Year.

“We have a great founda tion and losing Abby obvi ously leaves some points on the board for people,” said Cunningham, who will serve as a captain for the second straight year. “I think it’s also a really great opportunity. We have really great scorers and I think this season you’re going to see a very balanced scoring front. I think there’s going to be a different leading scor er every game, kind of just depending on what defense the other team is playing, who they’re focusing on. I think those are the hardest teams to play. You have to pick your poison – what are you going to give up? Points on the inside, points on the

outside. In that regard, it’s going to be really balanced.”

Princeton doesn’t need many points to stay in games because of Berube’s emphasis on defense. The Tigers were fourth in the country last year in scoring defense at 51.5 points per game, and their defensive efforts remain a huge point of emphasis as part of their winning formula.

“I think you can’t really change what you do, you can’t change what got you to where you are,” said Berube. “You still have to have that underdog mentality, that chip on your shoulder men tality, and be competing ev ery day whether we’re going against each other in prac tice, or in the first game, or you’re going against Texas or UConn or whoever, we have to have the same mind set. They know to come in every day with great energy and ready to work and get better. We’re certainly not in the form we need to be to be successful. It’s about getting better every day and taking steps forward. We’re not talking about the rankings, anything like that. We’re staying true to who we are and what’s made us suc cessful.”

Princeton’s returning veterans give them a great starting point to the year. The Tigers have hit the ground running in the fall preseason. They feel better about their starting point than a year ago when they returned from not having a season in 2020-21 due to COVID-19 pandemic.

“Coming back from the COVID year, it was almost like everyone was a fresh man,” said Cunningham, who took a leave of ab sence from school during the 2020-21 school year to preserve a year of eligibil ity. “This year, we have this foundation, we have a lot of players that played a lot of minutes last year and I think starting with that founda

tion it makes it easier for everyone to learn. The first and second years benefit from that as well. It short ens the learning curve a bit and makes things a little easier than coming back to basically a new system after COVID.”

Even with a lot return ing, the Tigers could see in creased contributions from some players that have im proved since last year. Some younger players stand to earn increased playing time with a strong start to the season.

“A Paige Morton is go ing to step up into a bigger role,” said Berube. “Chet Nweke as well could be in a bigger role. And maybe a Parker Hill. Some players that didn’t get as much time but with the work they put in this summer and in the pre season they’ve made some great gains. So we’re look ing forward to seeing what they can do for us.”

Three new first-year play ers will also face the chal lenge to break into the rota tion for the Tigers. Forwards Tabitha Amanze and Taylor Charles and guard Madison St. Rose are the lone addi tions to the Princeton roster this season.

“I think you might see some freshmen impact,” said Berube. “We’ll see ex actly who and what they can bring. It’s certainly a veteran team with a lot of returners but I do think there’s room for first-years to step in and make a great impact.”

The veterans, too, are ex pected to be a year older and better. They will help make up for the loss of Meyer’s gifted scoring.

“Everyone has to pick up a little bit more than they did last year and that’s what they want to be striving for anyway,” said Berube. “You don’t want to be stuck where you were last year. You worked really hard this summer and in the offseason to be better. And I think they really have elevated their games.”

Their experience can’t be overlooked. The veteran core

led by the seniors Cunning ham, Connolly, Kira Emsbo, Stone and Lexi Weger is a big part of the reason Princ eton is a dangerous team, one that has earned national attention. They haven’t lost an Ivy game since February 8, 2019 (a 96-86 defeat to Yale), and will be trying to push the Tigers to a fifth straight Ivy championship.

together and on the right track and working really hard in the weight room and on the court. They’ve been amazing. There are five of them and they are sort of the face of the program.”

Their senior season al ready has a great start ing point with the historic top-25 ranking to open the year. With a tough non-con ference schedule, they have plenty of opportunities to prove themselves and de liver a special season.

Open Houses at the Princeton Eating Clubs

Open Houses at the Princeton Eating Clubs

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 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 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

“They have been here a long time; they were here the year before I got here and I feel like I’ve been here a long time,” said Berube. “They’re awesome. They know how this all works and how it works at Princ eton. They’ve been great role models on the court and off the court for their younger teammates. They’ve had a huge influence on our program. We’re heavy into putting a lot of onus on our leaders, that this is their team and they’ve done a fabulous job of keeping us

“Even when I came in as a freshman there were al ways high expectations and really lofty goals we’d set for ourselves as individuals and as a team at the beginning of every season,” said Cun ningham. “That just comes with the personalities you get of Princeton student-ath letes and the coaching staffs we’ve had. In that regard, not much has changed.”

—Justin Feil

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

Sun., Nov. 13th: Cannon Club, Cap & Gown Club, Colonial Club, Ivy Club, Terrace Club, Tower Club

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

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

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 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 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.

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

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

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

LOOKING FORWARD: Princeton University women’s basketball player Julia Cunningham looks to pass the ball in a game last season. Senior star Cunningham figures to be a key performer for Princeton his season. The Tigers tip off their 2022-23 cam paign by hosting Temple on November 7. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

well in stretches over the weekend.

“I thought our d had re ally good gaps, our d-zone was really good,” said Mo rey. “Last night and to night, there a couple of breakdowns but you can’t expect them to play a per fect game.”

Sophomore goalie Jennifer Olnowich showed progress from Friday to Saturday.

“I think she battled; she probably was a little bit ner vous for her first weekend,” said Morey. “I thought she bounced back really well today and did pretty much what we asked of her.”

With Princeton playing at Brown on November 4 and at Yale on November 5, Mo rey believes her team will bounce back from its tough opening weekend.

“It is just going to be get ting that puck to go our way once they have more chem istry together,” said Morey.

“There were probably five goals left on the table from our top line. In a couple of weeks, those aren’t going to be left there, they are going to be in net. We were the only team there this weekend that hadn’t played yet but you could see the speed, energy, the relentless style, and the physicality. They have all of that — the rest will come.”

—Bill Alden

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With Senior Villamil Providing Skill, Positive Mindset, PHS Girls’ Volleyball Wins BCSL, Advances in States

Heading north to Princeton last year from Miami, Sarah Villamil was looking to broaden her horizons.

“I love going to new places and meeting new people,” said Villamil. “That is such a crazy opportunity. This move allowed me to experience new things that would not have been possible if I had stayed.”

Last week, senior star Villamil enjoyed some special experiences for the Princeton High girls’ volleyball team.

On October 25, Villamil helped PHS roll to the Burlington County Scholastic League (BCSL) tournament title as the Tigers topped Sterling 2-0 (25-5, 25-14) in the semis and then defeated Notre Dame 2-0 (25-21, 25-19) in the championship game.

A day later, Villamil and her classmates were honored as the program held a special Senior Night Lights ceremony when it hosted Lenape in the regular season fi nale.

Last Saturday, Villamil contributed seven kills as third-seeded PHS defeated 14th-seeded Lakewood 2-0 (25-12, 25-9) in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group 3 Central Jersey sectional and improved to 19-4. The Tigers were slated to host sixth-seeded Woodbridge in the sectional quarterfi nal on November 1 with the victor advancing to the semis on November 4.

For Villamil, winning the

BCSL title was a highlight of her volleyball career.

“That was so amazing,” said Villamil. “It really means something, having been in the sport so long to fi nally get rewarded at something you have worked so hard. It is like the cherry at top.”

With PHS winning each match in straight sets in the tournament, Villamil believed that the squad produced some of its best work of the season.

“Our communication was very high, we were putting out our best skill,” said Villamil. “We can always be better, but I do think it was some our cleanest sets. For the program, it is great to be recognized for all of the hard work we have put in all season and to have something that shows the hard work was worth it. It is really rewarding, it is such a good feeling.”

The program’s Senior Night proved to be another rewarding moment for Villamil.

“It was this last walk, thinking about when I started playing volleyball in seventh grade in middle school,” said Villamil. “It is a recognition of the love I have for the sport. I am just happy to have a legacy.”

Even though PHS fell to Lenape 2-0 (25-20, 25-15), Villamil had a great time taking the court with her classmates, Rachel Hoffman, Emily Wu, Sophia Tsang, Macaela Wilton, Sarah Bielaus, and Annie Zhao.

“Personally I had so much

fun playing this game, I was having the time of my life,” said Villamil. “We are going into states. It is not going to be how we have been playing all season. We are going to have to play games where we are down. We have to learn how to have good energy, keep it up and get it done.”

The experience of winning the BCSL championship helped Princeton get off to a good start in the state tournament.

“It is making sure we are maintaining our energy and communication at our highest level,” said Villamil.

“Winning the title this week shows us how to play in the playoffs and what we can improve on. Now we know how to play with higher stakes.”

PHS head coach Patty Manhart liked the way her players came through in the BCSL competition.

“It was so great to get the tournament back — they took a two-year hiatus during COVID,” said Manhart.

“I was telling the girls, ‘two years ago, the last time the tournament ran, we won. So this is a chance to defend the title.’ It meant a lot to the girls. They have been wanting to add some hardware to the trophy case.”

In winning that trophy, PHS took care of business.

“It helps having played the teams two times before in the regular season,” said Manhart. “The girls play club with the girls from Notre Dame. They know them, they know their tendencies. They knew what to expect so

they knew how to get the job done, and we were confi dent that they could do it.”

Manhart credits that team’s seniors with helping to keep the Tigers on a winning track.

“They are the most reliable, positive, uplifting group,” said Manhart. “They are just such a strong group of people. I know they are always going to bring their A-game, work hard, and make everyone around them better. Losing that group of girls that led the program so much and developed since a strong culture will be hard. But we have got a young group coming up and they have learned a lot of good lessons from them. They are great role models.”

Villamil has emerged as one of the best role models

in the class. “In this sport, it is all about momentum and it is all about energy,” said Manhart. “You need that person on the court who can keep your team up and Sarah V. has always been that person for us. She gives her whole heart and soul to everything she does. She is a Renaissance woman, she does it all.”

Winning the BCSL gives PHS momentum heading into states.

“It is a boost of confidence, especially when there are a lot of younger girls on varsity,” said Manhart. “We have been working all year for this high stakes match and it was let’s see how you do and they did great. I am confident they can play at the same level and continue to elevate. That was exciting to see to see in

the BCSL championship.”

Manhart believes that the Tigers will reach a higher level as it goes for a sectional crown.

“We haven’t seen those teams in the regular season, and we will be working to see what they have and fi gure out their tendencies to get ready,” said Manhart.

“At the end of the day, we play our game. We do what we do but knowing what to expect is defi nitely going to help us.”

Villamil, for her part, is ready to play her game to the end.

“For me, it is leave it all on the court and go out with a bang and have fun doing it,” said Villamil. “What else are you going to do?”

— Bill Alden

JUMPING FOR JOY: Princeton High girls’ volleyball player Sarah Villamil jumps for joy to celebrate a win earlier this season. Last Saturday, senior star Villamil contributed seven kills to help third-seeded PHS defeat 14th-seeded Lakewood 2-0 (25-12, 25-9) in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Group 3 Central Jersey sectional. PHS, who improved to 19-4 with the victory, was slated to host sixth-seeded Woodbridge in the sectional quarterfinal on November 1 with the winner advancing to the semis on November 4. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Sparked by Finishing Kick from Senior Standout Kreipke, PHS Girls’ Cross Country 5th in Sectional, Making Groups

Lucy Kreipke is done with Thompson Park, but her lasting memory of her most challenging course is a good one, part of shaping a positive start to her final high school season.

The Princeton High senior held on for eighth place individually in 19:50.60 to help the Tigers squad to fifth place at the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional meet Saturday. Depleted by injury and illness, PHS narrowly captured the final automatic qualifying team spot by just two points over Montgomery High, and will advance to compete in the Group 4 state championship meet at Holmdel Park this Saturday.

“ Cross country is my favorite season,” said Kreipke.

“ It ’s such a great team dynamic and everything. It ’ s very meaningful to go back and be there for groups and have the whole team with us and try to get everyone healthy and make that effort to be on the line and be able to make a good showing at groups.”

PHS had to fight for each finishing spot to get through the sectional meet. Kreipke was just four-hundredths of a second ahead of her closest finisher. She ran almost six seconds faster than she had at Thompson Park the week before in the Mercer County Championships, and she would have liked to have gone even faster at sectionals when the Tigers needed every possible spot.

“ In the very final stretch, I was focusing on catching this girl right in front of me and I think the South Brunswick girl was also sprinting right at the end,” said Kreipke. “ Her teammates were screaming. I didn’t notice she was anywhere near me until we crossed the line literally at the same time. I didn’t realize how close they were. But I ’m very glad it was just those couple hundredths of a second. That could have made the points different.”

Kyleigh Tangen was 11th in 19:53.29, only 2.6 seconds ahead of 12 th place. The junior was a big part of keeping Kreipke pushing hard through the final mile of the race.

“ It was so great having Kyleigh around me while we were running,” said Kreipke. “We ran together most of the race, and it’s so nice to have your teammates around you. It was nice to have a good race and be able to end it on a happy note. I just wish I could have raced faster.”

Senior Robin Roth, still coming back from illness, took 14th in 20:06.34, 3.5 seconds better than 15 th Freshman Avery Ellen Bahr took 50 seconds off from her county time the week before to run 21:17.75, outleaning a Hightstown runner with the same time for the 30 th spot. Junior Emma Smirk ran a 45-second personal record on the course of 24:32.60 for 84th to round out the scoring, and Tessa Thai was 85th in 24:36.86. PHS didn’t have enough healthy bodies to field a seventh runner.

“ Everybody had to carry their own load and deal with their own challenges,” said PHS head coach Jim

Smirk. “ We talked when we huddled up today before we raced, that we weren’t going to win this with one big thing but lots of small things. We kept talking about get the small win, and if we get the small win, good things will happen. When you’re into the 14th or 16th in your depth spot to field six runners, you’re looking to put together something special just to get out. I ’ m super happy with it. I think the girls are thrilled, especially our top three veterans – Lucy, Kyleigh, and Robin.”

The PHS boys captured second place in their sectional race, coming up only three points shy of firstplace Montgomery. Senior Marty Brophy finished third individually in 16:05.37 to lead three PHS seniors.

Senior Charlie Howes ran 16:47.98 for 13 th , senior Zach Deng was 21st , junior Max Dunlap was 26 th and freshman Braedyn Capone placed 39 th to finish their scoring. Freshman Atticus Ayres was 70 th and sophomore Felix Farrugia was 80 th

“ Certainly we ’re really happy with a second-place finish,” said Smirk. “ When you looked at the whole season and which teams are moving up and which teams are moving back, we looked like were going to be a little further down the race performance there before the race. A secondplace finish is great for us. The fact that it came down to a couple points – certainly we would have loved to be on the other side of that –but Montgomery is a good team. They ’ve raced really hard teams all year. I think they were probably a little underrated based on how successful they were against those really strong teams.”

Both the boys and the girls will be looking to move on from the Group 4 state meet to the Meet of Champions. It ’s a complicated advancement procedure with only the top team in each group plus the top 10 individual finishers in each group guaranteed to go through, then it comes down to wildcards for the next eight fastest teams overall from across all groups, plus the top 30 individuals overall from across all groups that are not already going with a team qualifier. The boys by virtue of being the healthier of the two PHS teams probably have the better chance to advance.

“ I think we ’re in a good spot,” said Smirk. “ We have a chance to perform at or above where we were this week. We have some things to sort out, but that ’s why we have practice all week. I don’t think they ’re major things. The training has been going well. It’s a little bit of tactical decision making we need to work on, the technical skill sets we need to clean up. From there we’ ll be able to put ourselves in a good position.”

Kreipke will be looking for her second MOC appearance. She and the Tigers eventually reached the MOC last year after her teammates helped her recover from an off day at Thompson in sectionals. Kreipke was only Princeton’s fourth finisher

last year, 28th overall.

“A year ago, she got to the top of the last hill and she looked down at her feet,” said Smirk. “ Today, she came to the top of the hill and accelerated hard over the top and just flew down the backside of it. She fought for it and that’s what happens. You keep fighting for it and four-hundredths of a second is maybe two widths of a hair.”

Kreipke also had a challenging spring track and field season that didn’t meet her expectations. Much of it she blames on not finding herself in a good headspace before races and training. But she came through the tough year with a better outlook for her final season of high school running.

“ This season, I think I ’ ve grown in just being able to trust my training and trust what I ’m doing and being able to have a little bit more confidence in my abilities and such,” said Kreipke.

“And from that I ’ve been less anxious leading up to races and having a better outlook on it and even having a better outlook after a race, even if it’s a bad race or one where the time wasn’t as good or tactically if it was a little tough, being able to look back and see what I can change from there. It ’ s comforting more so to me not to think too much about honestly how I did not enjoy the spring track season, but more so to think about how I’ve grown since then.”

Kreipke has found her passion for running again. She is hoping to continue running next year at Smith College after enjoying a strong senior year for PHS. Reaching the groups was particularly meaningful for the Tigers, given that they weren’t sure they would make it out of sectionals this year. They were walking back to their tent, prepared for the possibility that they wouldn’t advance when they heard their names announced as the fifth team.

“ We all started jumping up and down and screaming,” said Kreipke. “I think everyone around us was wondering why we were screaming since we only got fifth place. But we were so happy and so relieved that we made it out. It was definitely nervewracking. The entire team was going in thinking, let’s try to make it out individually because who even knows for the team? We’re all so relieved and everyone ran great so I’m excited that we get to be back as a team at Holmdel for groups.”

Now the Tigers turn their attention to the famed Holmdel course and the challenging Group 4 state competition. Each runner knows it’s possible this could be their final race of the season, but they are trying to extend their year together.

“ Who knows if we’ ll make it out as a team or if anyone will make it individually, but it’s going to be so great to be back there as a whole team,” said Kreipke. “ It ’s going to be awesome trying to get Clare (Johnson) healthy so she can race at groups because she was really not able to race at sectionals. It’ d be amazing if she could have a good last race at Holmdel.

It ’s meaningful to all of us to be able to be back there. And Holmdel is universally on the team considered a fun course to run and we’ve always had fun races there. We’re all excited to go back.”

Kreipke ran 20:24 at the Shore Coaches meet on October 1 at Holmdel. It was one second better than she ran there at last year’s MOC. And Kreipke is a lot happier to be on the Holmdel course than she was for Thompson.

“My overall goal is to at least get out of groups and get to go to Meet of Champs one more time,” said Kreipke. “Honestly, it’s at its core such a fun race. I really do love the course of Holmdel. There’s always some time-related goals. I really would love to finish my high school career with being able to go sub-20:00 at Holmdel. Who knows if that’s really in the cards? I hope I’m physically capable of doing that, it’s more so mentally getting in the right mindset. I just want to have fun with it and hopefully that’s enough to have a good race and get out to Meet of Champs. Who knows if it’s in the cards to have a team come out to Meet of Champs this year? I hope. The team has been just so great this year. It would be great for all of us or any of us to get to go again.”

Kreipke finds herself marveling that she is already a senior, and how grown up she and her past and current teammates are. She still looks at Tangen as a freshman though she’s a junior. Kreipke’s own career has developed steadily. She broke in as a freshman who had the chance to run at the group meet, ran through the COVID-shortened 2020 schedule, reached the MOC for the first time last year and now has the chance to cap her fall with another MOC appearance.

“I’m happy with this season just because I’m finding more joy in actually running,” said Kreipke. “It’s always been a mantra of our team to run happy and find what you enjoy in running. I’ve definitely struggled with that in the past and wondered, why am I actually doing this, and what is it about the sport that actually makes me happy besides the people on the team. I’ve been just been happier out on my runs or doing workouts and finding more peace with the sport and running as a thing instead of focusing too much on the times or the places and getting into a bad headspace. I’ve been more at peace which is a nice way to end my years of cross country for the high school.”

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BREAKING LOOSE: Princeton High girls’ cross country runner Lucy Kreipke displays her form in a race earlier this season. Last Saturday, senior standout Kreipke made a big finishing kick to take eighth individually in the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional meet at Thompson Park. Kreipke’s heroics helped PHS place fifth in the team standings, qualifying for a spot in the in the Group 4 state meet on November 5 at Holmdel Park. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Hun Boys’ Soccer Falls to Pennington in Prep A Semis, Bounces Back to Top Peddie 3-0, Clinch MAPL Title

It was the third and final in stallment of a trilogy when the second-seeded Hun School boys’ soccer team hosted third-seeded Pennington in the Prep A state semis last Thursday.

In late September, Hun topped Pennington 3-0 in a regular season contest. On October 18, the Red Hawks turned the tables on the Raiders in the Mercer County Tournament, pulling out a 1-0 win over Hun with a late goal on the way to winning the county crown.

So when the rivals met last Thursday in the rubber match, Hun head coach Pat Quirk didn’t tinker with his game plan

“We didn’t think we had to change much from the two previous games,” said Quirk.

Yet in a big change from the earlier meetings, Pennington charged ahead early on, tak ing a 2-0 lead in the first half.

At halftime, Quirk urged his players to keep pressing forward.

“We were just trying to con tinue to bring a little more energy and just try to create a little bit more,” said Quirk.

“We had opportunities in the first half, we just didn’t finish them.”

It was the Red Hawks, how ever, who did the finishing, scoring two goals in the first four minutes of the second half on the way to a 4-0 win.

“They made a couple of good saves,” said Quirk. “We continued to hold the ball and move it. That is what we were trying to do. They just outplayed us today.”

Quirk credited junior Mi chael D’Aulerio, senior Will Zeng, junior Joey Bucchere, and senior Mass Verduci with starring for the Raiders in a losing cause.

“Michael played really well in the back, I thought he did

awesome,” said Quirk. “Will played well in the midfield. Joey had some good runs. I thought Mass up top worked his butt off and battled non stop. He was never going to give up.”

Two days later, Verduci’s hard work paid dividends as he tallied two goals and an as sist to help Hun defeat Peddie 3-0 in its season finale. The Raiders, who improved to 12-4-2 with the win, clinched at least a share of the MidAtlantic Prep League (MAPL) title with the Hill School (Pa.) needing a win over Law renceville on November 5 to tie Hun for the crown.

Looking ahead to the Ped die game, Quirk believed that his squad would be primed to finish with a bang.

“It is Senior Day, it is a cel ebration,” said Quirk. “It is a chance to win back-to-back MAPL titles, which we haven’t done in a long time.”

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GOING TO MASS: Hun School boys’ soccer player Mass Verduci, left, goes after the ball in recent action. Last Saturday, senior star Verduci tallied two goals and an assist as Hun defeated Peddie 3-0 in its season finale. The Raiders, who improved to 12-4-2 with the win, clinched at least a share of the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) title with the win. Earlier in the week, secondseeded Hun fell 4-0 to third-seeded Pennington in the Prep A state semis. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Football: Producing another dominant performance, Hun defeated the Peddie School 48-7 last Saturday. The Raiders, who have outscored their foes 359-55 this year, improved to 8-0. Hun will look to complete the 2022 campaign undefeated when it hosts the Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) on November 12 in its season finale.

Field Hockey : Avery Barrett starred as Hun defeated Peddie School 7-0 last Saturday. Barrett tallied three goals to help the Raiders improve to 9-7. Hun, which fell 4-0 to the Blair Academy last Thursday in the Prep A state semis, was slated to complete its season by playing at the Germantown Academy (Pa.) on November 1.

Girls’ Soccer : Ending the season on a high note, Hun defeated the Peddie School 2-1 last Saturday in its finale. The Raiders finished the fall with a 8-7-2 record.

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Football: Posting its fourth straight victory, Lawrenceville defeated the Hotchkiss School (Conn.) 41-16 last Saturday. The Big Red, now 6-2, host the Hill School (Pa.) on November 5 in its season finale.

Field Hockey : Mia Kincade and Amelie Deng

scored goals as secondseeded Lawrenceville edged third-seeded Kent Place 2-0 in the Prep A state semis last Thursday. The Big Red, who fell 2-1 to the Blair Academy in a regular season game last Saturday to move to 11-5, were slated to play at top-seeded Blair on November 1 in the Prep A state title game. In addition, the Big Red will be hosting the Agnes Irwin School (Pa.) on November 2 and Hill School (Pa.) on November 5.

0-1. Pennington will host second-seeded Oak Knoll in the Prep A state final on November 2.

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early 2-0 hole, 16th-seeded PHS fell 3-0 to top-seeded Howell in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 4 sectional last Thursday. The Tigers finished the fall with an 8-8-1 record.

Football : Sparked by Tommy Surtz, Pennington defeated Morrisville High 42-13 last Friday. Surtz rushed for 178 yards and two touchdowns as the Red Hawks improved to 6-2. Pennington plays at the Tower Hill School (Del.) on November 5 in its season finale.

Boys’ Soccer : Pablo Carnicer Cozar starred as thirdseeded Pennington defeated second-seeded Hun 4-0 in the Prep A state semifinals last Thursday. Carnicer Cozar tallied two goals as the Red Hawks improved to 133-1. Pennington plays at top-seeded St. Benedict’s in the Prep A state title game on November 2.

Pennington PHS

Field Hockey : Jadyn Huff starred in a losing cause as second-seeded PDS fell 5-2 to top-seeded Montclair Kimberley Academy in the Prep B state title game last Thursday. Senior star Huff tallied a goal and an assist as the Panthers moved to 7-8. PDS will now start play in the Non-Public North Jersey sectional where it is seeded seventh and will host tenth-seeded Mount St. Mary in a first round contest win November 2.

Boys’ Soccer: Getting its offense going, ninth-seeded PDS defeated eighth-seeded Calvary Christian 5-1 in the fi rst round of the Non-Public A South Jersey sectional last Monday. The Panthers, now 3-10-4, play at top-seeded St. Rose in the sectional quarterfinals on November 2.

Girls’ Soccer : Unable to get its offense going, 11th-seeded PHS lost 2-0 at sixth-seeded Manalapan 2-0 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 4 sectional last Wednesday. The Tigers ended the season with a final record of 8-8-2.

Girls’ Tennis : Winning each match in straight sets, PHS defeated Allentown 5-0 last Friday. The Tigers, who improved to 14-3 with the victory, were slated to complete their 2022 campaign by hosting Lawrence High on November 1.

Local Sports

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 season will take place from JanuaryMarch 2023 and games will be held Saturday mornings at the Hun School. The program is a recreational league intended for players of all skill and experience levels. “Dillon Basketball” is about playing the game the right way, teamwork, and having fun.

To register, log onto register.communitypass.net/ princeton under “2022/2023 Winter Sports Programs.” Registration is open until January 2 or until divisions are at capacity. More information can be found online at princetonrecreation.com.

Princeton Junior Football Recent Results

In playoff action last Sunday in the Princeton Junior Football League (PJFL) Seniors division (ages 1114) , t he Tamasi Shell Steelers defeated the Princeton Global Jets 34-8 in the wildcard round. For the Steelers, Ryan von Roemer threw touchdown passes to Jaden Brown, Langsdon Hinds, and Thomas Horner. Koby Smith and Eli Salganik threw TDs to Miles Oakman and Jack Maguire. Peter Pessutti scored the lone touchdown for the Jets with

Ryan Stone adding the two point conversion.

The DZS Clinical Cardinals defeated the Petrone Associates Colts 41-35 in double overtime. Julian Frevert threw touchdown passes to Jayden Staley, Will Arns, and the decisive score in double overtime to Manuel Tellez. Frevert also rushed for two touchdowns and Arns ran for one.

In the Juniors division (ages 8-10) playoff games, t he Mercato Ravens defeated the Sunoco Steelers 3014. The Ravens were led by strong quarterback play from Alex Spies and Bryce Davison, Aiden Spies’ two TD catches, and Everett Cole’s rushing TD. For the Steelers, Michael Kshirsagar caught a TD pass from Hugh Kelly and Ilan Spiegel connected with Connor Widener for a score.

The Woodwinds Bengals defeated the PREA Lions 18-7 as Teddy Hogshire made two touchdown receptions and Theo Salganik rushed for a TD. For the Lions, William Vermut scored a rushing TD. The DZS Clinical Packers defeated the PBA 130 Raiders 36-31 as Henry Ambra and Malcolm Harris led the way. The Petrone Associates Chiefs edged the McCaffrey’s Eagles 14-12.

Girls’ Soccer : Morgan Kotch had a huge game to help top-seeded Pennington defeat fourth-seeded Blair Academy 5-1 in the Prep A state semifinals last Thursday. Kotch tallied four goals in the win for the Red Hawks, now 15-

Football: Tyler Goldberg scored a touchdown but it wasn’t nearly enough as PHS fell 42-7 to Red Bank Regional last Thursday night in a New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Invitational game. The defeat left the Tigers with a final record of 1-9.

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The Dillon Youth Basketball 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 non-residents who attend school in Princeton.

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WEEDING OUT THE COMPETITION: Princeton Day School girls’ soccer player Abby Weed, left, races upfield in recent action. Last Saturday, junior forward Weed tallied two goals to help sixth-seeded PDS defeat 11th-seeded Mount St. Mary 5-0 in the opening round of the NonPublic A South Jersey sectional. The Panthers, who improved to 12-6 with the win, were slated to play at third-seeded Immaculata in the quarterfinals on November 1 with the victor advancing to the semis on November 5.

(Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Lifelong resident of Princeton, Susan Behr Travers, passed away in early October at the age of 80 years (young) surrounded by family and loved ones.

She is survived by her children, Kimberly Behr (Travers) Hansen (Irving, TX) and Benjamin Howell Travers (Mill Valley, CA); grandchildren, Timothy Hansen, Mary Hansen, Alexis Travers, Elizabeth Travers, and Christopher Travers; siblings, Lynn (Behr) Sanford (Princeton, NJ), Sally (Behr) Ogden Fisher (Palm Beach, FL), and Elaine (Behr) King (Dover, MA).

ROSE — having been raised by and loved by this beautiful woman.

THORN — watching her suffer so terribly these last six months and losing her in early October.

BUD — anxiously awaiting

the day when we can see her again in her heavenly garden (which we’re sure will be spectacular!).

Rest in Grace, Mom/Nonnie/Susie. We will always be forever grateful for your love. Your adventures have only just begun…

Thank you to all of her caregivers, medical and hospice care teams, friends and family that have helped us through these last six months. You are all heaven sent.

We will be having a celebration of life service at a later date, but, in lieu of flowers, please consider making a donation to your local Master Gardeners, Nature Center, Animal Rescue Center, or favorite National Park in honor of mom’s love of nature, fur babies, and the great outdoors.

Prayers, Peace, Love, and Strength.

Marion died peacefully on Sunday, October 23, 2022. Barbara was born in Bridgewater, NJ, and resided in New Jersey until 2021 when she moved to West Palm Beach, Florida, to be near family and friends. She loved the life she created at Lourdes McKeen and all of her new friends there.

Barbara attended Somerville High School and then pursued her lifelong dream to become a nurse. Graduating from Orange Memorial Nursing School in 1964, she joined several of her sisters and brother with a career in medicine. She worked as an operating room nurse for 35 years and then as a volunteer hospice nurse. Above all, Barbara was known for her ability to connect with people. She was the kindest person in any room and her melodic soothing voice was characteristic of her personality. Barbara loved

to share laughter and joy, always with a twinkle in her dancing blue eyes and her magnetic charm at the forefront.

An avid traveler, Barbara had managed to visit many exotic places, including five of the seven continents. Among her favorites were Paris, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, and Italy. Since her husband was a former surgeon, the two made jewelry-making into a hobby and would visit faraway places looking for unique gems.

Barbara loved spending the summers in Nantucket, MA, with her family and created a lifetime of memories there with her beloved grandchildren, George, Teddy, Campbell, and Barbara (Lolly) and blond dachshunds Sugar and Honey that never left her side.

She is predeceased by her husband Dr. Russell Marion and parents Elizabeth and Thomas Quincy Kinney. She is survived by a daughter, Beth Kahora Taylor and sonin-law, George “Beau” Taylor; grandchildren, George, Theodore “Teddy,” William “Campbell,” and Barbara “Lolly”; sisters Kathy, Joyce, Rose, Nancy and brother Richard “Duke”; beloved nieces and nephews; and two lifelong friends, Betsy and Maryann. She will be missed immeasurably.

Services were at Quattlebaum Funeral Home, 6411 Parker Avenue, West Palm Beach, FL on Tuesday, November 1.

Church Service will be Wednesday, November 2 at 9 a.m. at Royal Ponciana Chapel, 60 Coconut Row, Palm Beach, FL.

Lucienne “Loulette” Wolfson

It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our beloved wife, mother, grandmother, aunt, and sister, Lucienne “Loulette” Wolfson, 82, on Tuesday, October 25, 2022, following a courageous, hard-fought battle with cancer.

Born in Bordeaux France, to Nissim and Marie Dray, she met the love of her life, the late Dr. Joseph Wolfson, DDS, in Bordeaux and moved to the U.S. with him in 1962 to begin their

family. Recognized by many as Lou Lou, she has always been well-known for her spirited disposition, unwavering strength, and sense of humor. She tackled many professional roles throughout her life, including ballet teacher, dress shop owner in the Princeton area, and fashion management in New York City.

She is survived by her three daughters, Erika Cosentino, Daniele Cardelia, and Nicole Deluca, and six grandchildren — Drew, Bridget, Patrick, Alyssa, Charlotte, and Jack — the lights of her life, as well as her seven brothers and sisters.

Funeral services were on Friday, October 28 at Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. Interment was private at Washington Crossing Veterans Cemetery.

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We are proud to present this beautifully appointed, architect-designed home in a delightful Princeton enclave known as The Glen. Nestled into a professionally landscaped lot, it is secluded and peaceful, whether you are inside or outside. The current owners have been wonderful stewards of this special property, beginning with the welcoming bluestone path and generous front patio. Upon entering the house, burnished oak floors, walls of windows, and recessed lights emphasize the generous rooms, all with an open floor plan. The gracious living room has a volume ceiling and attractive fireplace, and the family room has custom built-in shelves and cupboards. The adjacent dining room is open to both the kitchen and family room, making entertaining a breeze. All of these rooms overlook the gorgeous grounds and the bluestone terrace, complete with built-in seating surround, is accessible from the kitchen’s sliding glass doors. In the kitchen, you will find a multi-burner stove, beautiful cabinetry with self-closing drawers, pendant lights over the eating island, and quartz counters. The powder room has a beautiful tile floor. Also on the main level, there is a study with built-ins, volume ceiling, and an adorable window seat abutting a wall of windows. One of the stellar features of this house is the primary first floor bedroom and bath. There are many closets, including a huge walk-in closet and island. The bathroom has a heated floor, jetted tub, and adjacent shower with seating. Upstairs, two additional bedrooms, a game or study area, and a giant cedar closet with additional storage provide family or guest rooms. The open second floor balcony looks down over the public spaces, adding drama and light to an already exciting floor plan. Two-car garage, generator, basement, and great location make this offering very special, indeed! A house loved by its owners, and just waiting for the next owners to carry on the tradition.

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HOUSE CLEANING: Polish woman with experience. Good references. English speaking. Please call Iwona at (609) 947-2958.

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FENCE INSTALLATION AND REPAIR WOOD • WIRE • VINYL FENCING Best price on jobs that can start im mediately. Fully insured. Call or text: (215) 824-5005.

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HOUSECLEANING: By experi enced Polish lady. Good prices. Ref erences available. Please call (609) 392-5960.

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FOR SALE: One bedroom, MOD ERATE INCOME condo. Asking $131,239. Located in Windsor Haven, West Windsor Twp. NJ. Maximum annual income $68,665. Email: 31ketleyapt9@gmail.com for application/ information.

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CLASSIC, ORIGINAL CHANEL JACKET, double-breasted, navy blue, gold buttons, approx. size 12. 22 inch arm length from shoulder. Asking $800. Call (732) 754-8751.

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COMPANION/CAREGIVER: Compassionate and caring certified nurse’s aide available for live in/live out. I also have a driver’s license. Ex cellent references. (609) 531-6021; (856) 325-0989.

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YARD SALE: Saturday, Novem ber 5, starting at 9 am. 25 MacLean Street, Princeton. Winter coats and jackets, Pashmina scarf collection, artworks and frames, bed comforter sets, vacuum cleaners, bikes, furni ture, AV equipment.

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YOGA AND MEDITATION: Ex pert Private Instruction in Princeton. Singles or small group. Also baseball specific conditioning and training for pitchers and position players. 609921-5257 or phoran12@outlook.com.

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LOOKING TO BUY vintage cloth ing for period costume. 1980s and earlier. Few pieces to entire attic. Men, women and children. Call Terri: 609-851-3754.

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ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE: I will clean out attics, basements, garages & houses. Single items to entire estates. No job too big or small. In business over 35 years, serving all of Mercer County. Call (609) 306-0613. 06-28-23

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deck, replace rot, from floors to doors to ceilings. Shelving & hook-ups. ELEGANT REMODEL ING. You name it, indoor, outdoor tasks. Repair holes left by plumbers & electricians for sheetrock repair. RE agents welcome. Sale of home ‘checklist’ specialist. Mercer, Hunt erdon, Bucks counties. 1/2 day to 1 month assignments. CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED, Covid 19 compliant. Active business since 1998. Videos of past jobs available. Call Roeland, (609) 933-9240.

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HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST: Interior/exterior repairs, carpentry, trim, rotted wood, power washing, painting, deck work, sheet rock/ spackle, gutter & roofing repairs. Punch list is my specialty. 40 years experience. Licensed & insured. Call Creative Woodcraft (609) 586-2130

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MOVING? TOO MUCH STUFF IN YOUR BASEMENT?

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Call (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com DEADLINE: Tues before 12 noon

HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best! Call (609) 356-2951 or (609) 751-1396.

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1225 W Leesport Rd, Leesport, Pennsylvania Berks County | $1,250,000

contemporary, 28 plus acres w/ stunning panoramic views, indoor heated pool w/ vaulted glass ceiling, 5 bedrooms, 5 full baths, nearly 8,300 sq ft of living space, finished lower level, wraparound deck, exposed stone walls, angled wood ceilings, and so much more.

One-of-a-kind

Open House Host: Anne M. Lusk, Realtor 100 Foxshire Dr, Lancaster, PA 17601 717-291-9101 | www.annelusk.com

Each Office is Independently Owned and Operated.

The word “magnificent” immediately comes to mind when describing this 3 bedroom, 4 ½ bath Victorian, built in 1894, and beautifully renovated in 2012. With restored original and new hardwood floors throughout the home, and recessed lighting in virtually every room, no detail has been overlooked. The gourmet kitchen has quartz counters, a Subzero refrigerator, a

Set on more than 3 acres, with scenic views from every window, this custom 4 bedroom and 2.5 bath home is anything but cookie-cutter. Original hardwood flooring graces every room at every level, including in the fabulous “Spyglass Design” renovated kitchen. Spacious, practical, and elegant, the kitchen’s Neff “soft close” cabinetry is adorned with Labradorite Blue Granite counters and surrounded with stainless appliances, including a 5-burner GE Monogram Stove Top, Subzero Refrigerator, Miele Dishwasher, and Thermador Wall Oven and Warming Drawer. Ideal for entertaining and cozy gatherings, the dining room and great room flow easily from the kitchen. The dining room leads to an enclosed porch with a ceiling fan/lights, further leading to a Trex deck and hot tub, as well as an outdoor kitchen consisting of a Wolf Grill, SubZero Refrigerator and Stainless Sink. The great room has vaulted ceilings, large windows, and a wood burning fireplace. A large music room/living room, a contemporary powder room, and a large mudroom off the garage, complete the main level. Upstairs are four bedrooms, including a large owner’s suite with a walk-in closet, and an ensuite bathroom that is ready for a new owner’s personal touches. There is no lack of storage in this creative, one-of-a-kind home. This home has a brand new HVAC systemCarrier furnace and AC (2022) and most of the lower level hardwood flooring is recently refinished. The roof is approximately 8 years old. The three-car garage, large driveway that can accommodate more than six vehicles, and wonderful yard space, all add to what makes this home a true delight.

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surround every entryway. Every door in this home is 5/4 solid wood with classic glass doorknobs. And so much more! What truly makes this home one of a kind is the indoor regulation length 75-foot heated, salt water, concrete and tiled lap pool, surrounded by a mahogany deck and fieldstone walls. Only a short stroll to The Lawrenceville School and The Gingered Peach Bakery, this Lawrenceville gem truly must be seen to be fully appreciated! Price Upon Request.

word “magnificent” immediately comes to mind when describing this 3 bedroom, 4 ½ bath Victorian, built in 1894, and beautifully renovated in 2012. With restored original and new hardwood floors throughout the home, and recessed lighting in virtually every room, no detail has been overlooked. The gourmet kitchen has quartz counters, a Subzero refrigerator, a Fisher-Paykel twodrawer dishwasher, a sink garbage disposal and a suite of Wolf appliances. An alcove with pocket doors has become a pantry with its own Subzero wine fridge. Each bedroom has its own bathroom and every bathroom has been tastefully designed and updated with marble tile flooring and walls, high efficiency Toto ADA-compliant toilets, and Rohl imported German-made metal hardware. The rooms are filled with light. Five-inch crown moldings adorn the living room, dining room and most bedrooms, and similar moldings surround every entryway. Every door in this home is 5/4 solid wood with classic glass doorknobs. And so much more! What truly makes this home one of a kind is the indoor regulation length 75-foot heated, salt water, concrete and tiled lap pool, surrounded by a mahogany deck and fieldstone walls. Only a short stroll to The Lawrenceville School and The Gingered Peach Bakery, this Lawrenceville gem truly must be seen to be fully appreciated! Price Upon Request.

Office - (NJ) 866-201-6210 ext 1563 (PA) 888-397-7352

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Office - (NJ) 866-201-6210 ext 1563 (PA) 888-397-7352 Cell - 732-829-3577

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National Real Estate Markets Shift While NJ Trends Stay Localized

Real estate markets are shifting in favor of buyers in many locations around the nation as rising interest rates remain a key factor. But in New Jersey, markets remain very localized as areas with considerable demand continue to experience low inventories of homes.

As we approach the final weeks of the year, the increase in mortgage rates is limiting budgets and financing options for many buyers, who in some cases are pulling out of the current market. According to new national real estate reports, pending home sales were down 10.2% nationwide in September.

Meanwhile, in New Jersey, in September median home prices slipped lower from the previous month. However, on a year to year basis, median prices statewide were 7.1% higher than they were a year ago. Inventories are still lower in many markets. Prices remain strong in the most desirable markets, despite increases in interest rates.

Prospective buyers who are still looking to make a purchase before the end of the year should be prepared by securing a mortgage pre approval before they seriously begin to look at homes. Sellers won’t consider an offer without a pre approval letter. Meanwhile, buyers may want to widen their search to more areas.

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HOUSE FOR RENT: One-of-a-kind spacious dairy barn conversion with Princeton address, on private estate. Open floor plan, 3 BR, 2 bath, breathtaking 2nd floor versatile room. Fireplace, 2-car garage, central air. Includes lawn maintenance & snow removal. No pets, smoke free, $3,500. Available November 1. (609) 7316904. 11-09

THE MAID PROFESSIONALS: Leslie & Nora, cleaning experts. Residential & commercial. Free estimates. References upon request. (609) 2182279, (609) 323-7404. 03-29-23

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