Town Topics Newspaper, March 15, 2023

Hughes Won’t Run For Another Term As County Executive

Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes has decided to end his campaign for an additional term. First elected to the post in 2004, Hughes has opted to step down after losing the endorsements of the Mercer County Democratic Organization and Princeton Community Democratic Organization to Assemblyman Dan Benson (D-Hamilton).

Originally vowing to continue his election campaign, Hughes released a statement on Wednesday, March 8. “I’ve said throughout this campaign that I’ve never run against a fellow Democrat, and despite the fact that I’m being challenged in this race, it has become clear that the best path forward for Mercer Democrats is for me to step aside,” he said. “I do not make this decision lightly, after more than 20 years in public office ghting for this county and every last resident.”

Benson issued a statement thanking Hughes for his public service. “I appreciate his outreach to me and his offer of support and assistance,” he said. “With the path ahead clear, it’s time for our party to come together. I’m excited to work with all of Mercer County to build the next chapter in county government.”

Hughes is the son of former Governor and Supreme Court Chief Justice Richard J. Hughes, and has lived in Mercer County most of his life, both in Trenton and in Princeton. Prior to becoming county executive, he served as deputy executive director of the Governor’s Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse.

Under his leadership, more than 5,700 acres of open space have been preserved. The county has “built a thriving economy from the bottom up, and turned Mercer into a transit hub for the entire region through Trenton-Mercer Airport,” reads the statement from Hughes’ office.

“It is home to an award-winning parks system visited by more than two million people every year, and has completed groundbreaking infrastructure projects providing good-paying, union jobs.”

Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ) commented, “I would like to take a moment to thank my friend Brian Hughes for his tremendous service to our county and our Democratic party,” she said. “It wasn’t that long ago that Mercer County was Republican-dominated, and Brian was among the rst to step

Council Votes to Introduce $72.46M Budget

At its meeting Monday night, Princeton Council voted to introduce a budget of $72.46 million for 2023. The anticipated tax levy is approximately $39.7 million, which is an increase of about $1.27 million over the previous year. A public hearing on the budget is April 10.

Council also voted at the meeting to pay the public relations rm Taft Communications up to $50,250 to redesign and manage the municipality’s newsletter starting April 1. Before voting in favor of the sixmonth contract, which can be renewed for an additional six months, some members of Council and Mayor Mark Freda commented that the price tag for the contract was high.

“I just think it’s expensive for what we’re going to get,” Freda said. Councilwoman Michelle Pirone Lambros responded that the newsletter will have written stories instead of cut-and-paste items. “It’s a reset,” she said. “So eventually, we’ll have a staff person do this. We need better outreach, and that’s the main focus.”

Council members say they frequently hear from the public that they have not been informed about municipal matters. Revamping the newsletter is an effort to

be more transparent. Originally hired last September to review the town’s communications strategy, Taft issued a survey to determine the effectiveness of the existing, twice-weekly newsletter. Pirone told Council that 91 percent of those who responded said they read it at least once a week; less people read it twice a week.

“The overarching response is that it’s too long,” she said. “They would like to see more links, more FAQs, and make it more mobile-friendly.”

Councilman Leighton Newlin and Councilwoman Eve Niedergang said they had heard from members of the public who thought the $50,250 gure was too high.

“But I’m voting yes because of the importance of our communication, understanding it is for a six-month period,” said Newlin. Councilwoman Leticia Fraga said she was hopeful part of the outreach will also include efforts to reach residents who don’t speak English.

Taft Communications, which is based in

Housing Initiatives of Princeton Embarks On “Ambitious” Plan to Expand Services

Even for someone on the verge of homelessness, affordable housing is not just a simple matter of signing up. Qualifying may depend on income level, getting a degree, building a credit score, or obtaining a car to get to a job.

A newly adopted Housing Initiatives of Princeton (HIP) strategic plan charts a three-year path that will enable more clients to navigate the complex process.

“We have seen the transformational effect we’ve had on families’ lives and most

signi cantly on the futures of the children,” said HIP Board Chair Liz Lempert in a press release. Although HIP has depended on a “scrappy and all-volunteer past,” she said, the organization is “compelled to take our service to a new level in order to respond to the overwhelming need resulting from the current housing crisis and the economic traumatic effect of the pandemic.”

Affordable housing, she pointed out, “is not as simple as having your name on a waiting list. “People might not realize that

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PUNCHING THEIR TICKET: Members of the Princeton University men’s basketball team celebrate after they defeated Yale 74-65 in the final of the Ivy Madness postseason tournament last Sunday at Jadwin Gym. The win clinched Princeton’s first trip to the NCAA tournament since 2017. The Tigers, now 21-8, are seeded 15th in the NCAA tourney and will face second-seeded Arizona in a first-round contest on March 16 in Sacramento, Calif. The Princeton women’s hoops team also prevailed at Ivy Madness, topping Harvard 54-48 in their final on Saturday. The Tigers, now 23-5, are seeded 10th in the NCAA tourney and will face seventh-seeded N.C. State in a first-round contest on March 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more details on the wins, see pages 23-25. (Photo provided courtesy of Princeton Athletics)

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Daniel H. Weiss, president and chief executive officer of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, is a scholar of art history and former president of Lafayette College and Haverford College.

Hear him in conversation with IAS Director David Nirenberg as they discuss Weiss’s latest book, his work, and the state of culture and higher education in the world today.

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“PATH OF THE PANTHER”: The documentary directed by Eric Bendick is one of 22 films illuminating a range of environmental issues that will be shown at the Princeton Environmental Film Festival March 24 to 31.

Sustainability, Conservation Take the Screen At Library’s Environmental Film Festival

Princeton Environmental Film Festival (PEFF). The festival, which will be held March 24 to 31, is a signature event of the Princeton Public Library.

The 22 films, including 11 feature-length documentaries and 11 short films (one is a short narrative film), will be screened in person in the library’s Community Room and virtually, with some films available in both formats. Selections being screened virtually will be available to view through April 2. One film will be screened at the Princeton Garden Theatre on March 30.

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“The films get better and better,” said Susan Conlon, festival co-director with Kim Dorman, both library staff members. “The public seems more interested in documentary films. The films are stronger and better and the public has an appetite for them.”

The festival also serves to make connections to organizations. “Many times after a film, a viewer will say, ‘What can I do?’ and will try to connect with a nonprofit organization, so they are learning about the topic and making community connections,” said Dorman.

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working partnership between small farmers and plant biologists as they develop disease- and climate-resistant food crops to support New Jersey’s food system, as family farms race against climate change. Filmmaker Dena Seidel, a social scientist, is the science outreach specialist for the Rutgers Marine Science Department. Fields of Devotion will be screened on Saturday, March 25 at 11 a.m. Seidel and others will take part at a post-screening Q & A.

Many people live their entire lives without ever seeing the Milky Way because of light pollution,

and Princeton University

astrophysicist Gaspar Bakos wants to change that.

Bakos, one of a growing number of experts championing simple, commonsense changes to outdoor lighting that can dramatically reduce light pollution. Dark Sacred Night, by local filmmaker Jared Flesher, will be shown on Wednesday, March 29 at 7 p.m. Bakos and Flesher will participate in a postscreening Q & A. Since 2011, Flesher has had eight films in the festival, this will be his ninth. His most recent feature film, Pine Mud, won the 2022 Mid-Atlantic Emmy Award for Documentary.

Recognizing that food waste is among the main contributions to greenhouse gas emissions, a group of Princeton High School students use larvae of the black soldier fly to bioremediate discarded food. Their research made Princeton High School a National Grand Prize Winner in the Samsung Solve for Tomorrow Contest, and is the subject of The Bug That Brings Us Together, shown as part of a block of short films on Tuesday, March 28 at 4 p.m.

Other highlights in the festival include Path of the Panther on Friday, March 24 at 7 p.m., in which National Geographic photographer Carlton Ward Jr. captures images of the endangered and elusive Florida panther, which aids his efforts to protect the species and restore some of its habitat. Cinematographer Katie Bryden will answer questions after the showing.

Trailblazing London fashion designer Amy Powney is on a mission to create

a sustainable collection from field to finished garment and transform the way we engage with fashion in Fashion Reimagined on Saturday, March 25 at 4 p.m. Prior to the screening, “Thrift that Fit,” an interactive panel presentation by local thrift store enthusiasts on how to create a more sustainable wardrobe, takes place at 3 p.m.

Three Indigenous leaders from the Amazon try to keep their ways of being in the world alive in Stepping Softly on the Earth, on Sunday, March 26 at 1:30 p.m. In the film, the three narrate the threats to their territories from largescale mining, monoculture, oil extraction, logging and the construction of hydroelectric plants. Filmmaker Marcos Colon will take part in a post-screening Q & A.

Wild Beauty: Mustang Spirit of the West is a sweeping, immersive journey into the world of wild horses that illuminates both their profound beauty and the desperate plight they face in the Western United States. The screening on Sunday, March 26 at 3:30 p.m. will be followed by a Q & A with filmmaker Ashley Avis.

In Pleistocene Park , a Russian scientist and his son endeavor to restore the Ice Age “mammoth steppe” ecosystem by bringing thousands of formerly indigenous wildlife back to Siberia’s Plesitocene Park. It will be screened on Tuesday, March 28 at 6 p.m.

The documentary All That Breathes follows two brothers who run a bird hospital dedicated to rescuing the

While the films were originally shown completely in person, and then online during the pandemic, the films are now screened in a multi-platform arena, which expands the viewership.

Conlon and Dorman said that even though audiences are now used to films on-demand, audiences are looking forward to seeing a film “in a community,” which is a different viewing experience.

Conlon and Dorman curate and present films with local, regional, and international relevance. “Some of the filmmakers might have international exposure, but we also want to see what is happening in New Jersey and put a spotlight on our own environment.”

The festival has several films with a New Jersey connection. These include a film that follows the unique

Busy Beavers Present Challenges

Close to Areas with Human Activity

A robust area beaver population provides an ecological benefit, but also presents challenges to open spaces, as the beavers’ sharp teeth can fell a variety of trees, sometimes causing flooding in urbanized areas.

While damming streams to create ponds for building away from human activity can result in more ecological growth by providing a healthier riparian buffer and bird habitat, chewing on softwood and hardwood tree species where human activity and infrastructure are present has been problematic, according to Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS), a longtime nonprofit group that supports space for preservation and protecting natural resources. This activity has occurred in Pettoranello Gardens, and more recently in adjoining Mountain Lakes Preserve.

A solution may have been found, balancing the interests of the beavers, the habitat, and humans. That solution — a pond leveler and tree protection — has seemed to deter the beavers, said Cindy Taylor, open space manager for the municipality.

“We’ve had some success,” Taylor said of a pond leveling project. “It seems to deter them [the beavers], but not 100 percent. We’re still testing and experimenting with the paint/sand ratio (as a tree protector) and we’re observing and learning as we go. We’ll continue to observe and take a population count when possible.”

The tree damage seems to have decreased as well. “We saw a lot less tree damage during fall/winter 20222023 as compared to fall/ winter 2021-2022,” she said. “I do visit in the late afternoons to look for activity, but haven’t seen active individuals recently to get an idea of a population count.”

While beavers nearly disappeared from New Jersey in the early 1900s, their population has increased due to legislative protections and trapping limitations, according to FOPOS.

The municipality became aware of the problem in November 2021, said Taylor.

“Residents reported tree damage in and along the pond in Community Park North.

“Part of the life cycle of beavers is that they’ll choose an area along a stream bank and dam it up, creating channels to move through it to get more wood. Beavers feel safest when they’re in the water, so that’s what they’ll do; dam it up, flood an area, and build a lodge with an underwater entrance to help protect them from predators. Usually they’ll stay in an area as long as they have enough food to eat, but eventually they move on, the dam breaks, and what you’re left with is a meadow, because all the trees in an area have either been felled or die because of flooding.”

In Pettoranello Gardens, the beaver activity was causing flooding in a fairly

urbanized area. “When they were damming on the pond, water continued to flow in, go around the spillway, and cause erosion and other issues,” said Taylor. “If this were happening in an area where humans did not have infrastructure it would have been fine. But we’re trying to balance the ecological benefits of preserving their habitat with the presence of the human infrastructure that needs to be maintained.”

FOPOS became involved when the staffs in the municipal departments of Animal Control, Public Health, Recreation, Public Works, Open Space, and Engineering reviewed possible options for managing the situation. Trapping and humanely killing or trapping and relocating the beaver were rejected, said Taylor. Taylor was familiar with pond levelers — devices designed to prevent pond flooding — and identified companies that provide and install them. “It offered the possibility of allowing the beavers to live their lives without causing further flood damage,” she said.

The pond leveler that was installed is designed to prevent beavers from disrupting the flow of water over the spillway at Pettoranello Pond, and will result in the pond controlled at a safe level.

In addition to the flooding, Taylor noted that the other concern that needed to be addressed was the felling of trees along the edge of the pond that anchor the

shoreline and help maintain water quality by serving as a barrier against runoff, a concern which had spread to the lake shore in adjoining Mountain Lakes Preserve as well. Taylor said she was most concerned with maintaining trees around the edge of the pond for shade, with an approach that protects the trees rather than removing the beavers.

Anna Corichi, FOPOS’ director of natural resources and stewardship, said that FOPOS volunteers have painted trees with a mixture of latex paint and sand, a recommended technique. Caging the trees with wire fencing is also an option, but takes away from the aesthetic.

“We did start mitigating the trees that surround Pettoranello Pond and Mountain Lake to discourage the beaver from felling trees,” Corichi said in a press release. “The painting started at Pettoranello last spring, and at Mountain Lake when beaver activity was observed last fall. We’ve also caged some larger trees at Mountain Lake that are too laborintensive to paint.”

“Whether in the riparian zone or not, our interest is in preserving trees and their ability to store carbon, and as much forested habitat with as much connectivity as possible,” Corichi continued. “We’re a nature preserve and our mission is to support wildlife and preserve their habitat, and if not here, where is there a better place for beaver to make a home?”

Corichi said an additional lesson is that “without the support of volunteers willing

to pick up a paint brush or a roll of fencing and pitch in, we can never balance the competing issues of protecting the beaver population, habitat, and water quality.”

Taylor said she has received good feedback. “I’ve chatted with many residents who frequently walk Pettoranello Gardens that

expressed the enjoyment they had from watching the beavers,” she said. “Beavers are charismatic fauna, and people seemed really excited that they could quietly enjoy and observe these creatures within walking distance from an urbanized area of Princeton.”

—Wendy Greenberg

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BUSY VOLUNTEERS: A volunteer at Friends of Princeton Open Space (FOPOS) paints a latex paint and sand mixture on trees to prevent damage from beavers’ sharp teeth, at Pettoranello Gardens. The municipality of Princeton and FOPOS have worked together to find a solution to challenges presented by the beaver population felling trees.

Hughes continued from page one up and successfully take on the challenge to slowly advance our Democratic values reflective of Mercer County’s residents. His work for our party is only matched by the remarkable job he did in leading our county government to provide outstanding services for every resident, even as he focused on making Mercer County affordable.”

Watson Coleman added, “I applaud the selfless decision of Brian’s to not put our county through the burden of a primary. Today it is time for each of us to stand with Dan Benson in his campaign to be our next county executive. It’s time for us all to unite to make sure we don’t allow Mercer County to turn red again.”

Reflecting on his time in office, Hughes said, “Twenty years ago, I took on the Republican machine in Mercer and won. I’m deeply proud of the fact that since I took office, Republicans have not won a single countywide race. We pushed back Republican rule and turned Mercer into a model for progressive leadership for the entire state.”

He added, “At a time when extremist MAGA Republicans threaten our democracy and our most sacred constitutional principles, the stakes of this race could not be higher. To ensure our record of success continues in Mercer County, it’s time to unify for the good of the party. I believe Dan Benson has demonstrated his commitment to this county and our party, and he has my support in his campaign for county executive.”

Hughes was honored Sunday by the Delaware Valley Chapter of the National

Football Foundation, which named him the 2022 Robert F. Casciola Distinguished American Award recipient. The award is named for the All-Ivy League tackle for Princeton University, who spent 20 years in the college coaching ranks as an assistant coach at Princeton and Dartmouth College, and then as head coach at the University of Connecticut and Princeton. The award ceremony was held at the Princeton Marriott at Forrestal.

The award recognized Hughes’ commitment to people from all walks of life.

“While I may not have done for the sport of football what Bob Casciola has, it has been my honor to serve the people of Mercer County and to dedicate myself to making a positive impact on society by uplifting all people, especially the underserved,” Hughes said. “To the scholar athletes, the things you do off the field will always be as important as what you do on the field. I encourage you to dream big, chase your dream, and strive to be the great citizens this country needs.”

—Anne Levin

Housing Initiatives continued from page one they have to have reasonably good credit and a minimum income.”

That’s where HIP comes in. Under the strategic plan, the organization will be able to help more clients, with the goal of increasing “its long-term, sustainable impact on Princeton’s rentburdened and housing-insecure population,” said Lempert, the former mayor of Princeton.

Programming, governance, and paid staff and volunteers, are HIP’s priorities, according to a recent press release. Specifically laid out is the goal to add three more transitional housing units to its current seven. Additionally, the organization would like to add more advocacy and communication to clients and those who need the services, employment opportunities, and more support services including counseling in personal finance.

To achieve its goals, HIP plans to raise money from donations and to seek grants, doubling its budget over four years.

HIP provides transitional housing to low-income working families and individuals facing homelessness, typically for about 12 to 24 months. HIP is the only provider of transitional housing in Princeton, offering temporary housing and support services to those on the verge of homelessness.

The organization, however, “is more than transitional housing,” said Lempert. “It’s wraparound services. A case worker will work with a client on what they want to accomplish, such as paying down debts, getting a

degree. The overall goal is to get into affordable housing in Princeton.” The program for clients is one to two years long, aligning with the often two-year wait for housing, Lempert pointed out.

The group was started some 20 years ago at Trinity Church, she said. While it started as a faith-based organization, it evolved into a community nonprofit.

“It has grown significantly over the last several years,” said Lempert. Five years ago, the total rental assistance was $20,000. For the past two years it has been $500,000, after partnering with a community block grant. Some clients are referred by social services agencies; some through a general search of housing options.

According to HIP Executive Director Kathleen Gittleman, the TrentonPrinceton area is the fifth most segregated metro area by race or ethnicity in the country, and by income. Trenton’s median income is $30,000; Princeton’s is $130,000. “We look forward to the support from our longtime friends,” said Gittleman, “as well as generating support from new friends who have become increasingly aware of the necessity of mitigating the severe wealth and housing gap in this region.”

Lempert said the group has “learned a lot from our clients. We want to do a better job for supporters, change the system and make it work better.”

The group has found that more mental health services are needed, and that rents are exceedingly high. Collaboration between agencies has been working, such

as the Princeton Housing Stability Coalition and Arm

In Arm. “The idea behind the rental assistance program is to pool resources to stretch funding,” she said.

“It’s easier for clients if the assistance came from one organization.”

The “ambitious” strategic plan was supported by a grant from the Princeton Area Community Foundation Bunbury Fund.

“We want Princeton to be a place where people can afford to live,” said Lempert. “The need grows every day. What we find with rental assistance because rents are so high, that more people are living paycheck to paycheck, and anything that happens that isn’t according to plan, like a car breakdown, or illness, has a ripple effect. These things are going to happen, and can cause a downward spiral.

“Our organization tried to provide a support structure before a potential downward spiral. Intervening in a stage in a family’s life can change the trajectory.”

For more information, visit housinginitiativesofprinceton.org.

HIP is one of the beneficiaries of a March 23 event at 6 p.m. at Nassau Presbyterian Church, when board member Matthew Desmond speaks on his book, Poverty, by America , written with Keeanga Yamahtta-Taylor; and introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Andrea Elliott. The event is co-presented by Labyrinth Books and Princeton Public Library. HIP and HomeFront will be beneficiaries

of the book sale proceeds. Desmond is a professor of sociology at Princeton University and the author of four books including Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City, and is the principal investigator of The Eviction Lab at Princeton. Taylor’s Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award. This event is free but ticketed. One can reserve tickets at povertybyamerica. eventbrite.com, and order a copy of the book to picked up at the door. To order a book to be shipped, write to order.labyrinth@gmail.com.

—Wendy Greenberg

Council Votes

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The 2023 budget was described by Sandy Webb, the town’s chief financial officer. Costs for trash collection and health coverage have increased dramatically, and multiple street improvements and capital projects have also figured into the mix.

The town did not raise taxes during the pandemic.

Pirone stressed on Tuesday that the proposed budget is a worst-case scenario. “We introduced it at the highest tax rate, but we are working to reducing it down to half the increase, which is in line with the cost-of-living adjustment we’ve done in prior years,” she said. “All of this is still in the works.”

—Anne Levin

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New Board Members

At Sustainable Princeton

Sustainable Princeton has announced the addition of two new members to its board of trustees.

Eve Coulson, who previously served on the board for six years, has been named board president, taking over the role from Yamile Slebi. The organization also welcomed Greg Evans, a Princeton resident and the corporate director of sustainability for Penn Medicine, to the board.

“A healthy nonprofit requires a healthy transition of its board, and we are lucky to have the best of the best serve on our board,” said Executive Director Christine Symington. “We are so grateful for Yamile Slebi’s tireless work as she terms off from serving as a trustee and board president. Her passion and positivity were especially appreciated during the pandemic years. I’m looking forward to working with Eve and Greg.

“Eve has been a longtime supporter of Sustainable Princeton and has modeled her home as an example of how residents can work to protect the local ecosystem in their yards. Greg brings incredible institutional knowledge and experience and does incredible work for Penn Medicine. We’re thrilled to have both of them join as leaders.”

In addition to welcoming new board members, Sustainable Princeton also welcomed new team members in 2022, including Elana Berk, communications and outreach manager; Lisa Nicolaison, project manager; and Becca Goldman,

operations coordinator.

Program Manager Jenny Ludmer continues to work with the municipality and Princeton Public Schools to help them reach their sustainability goals.

For more information, visit Sustainableprinceton.org.

Mercer County Teens Raise Funds for College Programs

The Mercer County Chapter of Jack & Jill of America, Inc. teen group raised $13,000 in just four days via a Double Good Popcorn sale to support local college readiness programs.

Double Good Pop-Up Store fundraising is a fourday virtual fundraiser where 50 percent of the proceeds are paid to Double Good Popcorn company. The teens have designated the sale’s net proceeds of $6,500 to be donated to Trenton organizations Young Scholars Institute and Boys & Girls Club of Mercer County.

“The Double Good popcorn fundraiser was a great opportunity to help Young Scholars Institute and the Boys and Girls Club assist high school students on their path to College,” said Kendall Henderson, the president of the Jack & Jill teen group. “Education is really important, and I’m glad that we can give back and help people have easier access to it.”

The teen group’s Foundation Chair is Imani Laird of West Windsor. There are 29 teens in the Mercer County Chapter, and the group is actively supported by Lead Teen Advisors Fatima Scipio of Lawrence and Anissa Henderson of Robbinsville. Both are chapter mothers.

DEMONSTRATING THEIR COMMITMENT: Teens from the Mercer County chapter of Jack & Jill America Inc. have proven themselves to be star fundraisers.

Henderson is the mother to teen group president Kendall, and Scipio’s son Jordan is the teen group’s corresponding secretary.

Following the teen group’s lead, the chapter’s mothers are also planning their own fundraiser to benefit a local nonprofit. On Saturday, April 29, they will present “An Evening in Monte Carlo” at the Trenton Country Club featuring poker, blackjack, and dinner and dancing. Sponsorships for the fundraiser are still available, however individual tickets are sold out.

Currently led by chapter president Carol Williams of Princeton, the Mercer County chapter of Jack & Jill was chartered in July 1990. Jack and Jill of America, Inc. was founded in 1938 to nurture future African American leaders by stimulating the growth and development of children through educational, cultural, civic,

recreational, health, and social programs inspired by mothers. Jack and Jill is considered the largest African American family organization in the nation representing 40,000 family members, which includes mother members, fathers, and children ages 2-19.

Run and FunFest

In Skillman Park

The Montgomery/Rocky Hill Rotary and the Montgomery Business Association have announced the return of two community events happening together on one day. The Run with Rotary and Montgomery FunFest will be held in Skillman Park on April 30, starting at 8:30 a.m.

The joint event features a 5K run, one-mile ramble, games, live music, food vendors, arts and crafts, a 50/50 raffle, local EMS and fire crews, and more. Runner registration

for individuals and teams is available online until April 26 at montgomeryrotary. org, or in person the day of the race.

Runners can register as individuals or teams. At the close of online registration, the three teams with the most runners will be awarded funds ($500, $350 or $150) to be given to their chosen nonprofit. The team with the most runners registered at the close of early registration, March 31 at 11:59 p.m., will be awarded $250 for their chosen nonprofit.

Vendors, exhibitors, and organizations interested in showcasing their businesses can get forms to register at montgomeryrotary.org. Volunteers can sign up by emailing info@montgomeryrotary.org.

Think Global Buy Local

“Seniors for Seniors” Program Pairs Members of Two Generations

A program developed during the pandemic targets seniors of two generations — those in their final year of high school, and those who were in high school decades ago.

“Seniors for Seniors” was initiated by students at Corner House, pairing one member of each generation with one from the other. Still going strong in its third year, the program has fostered warm relationships that are valued by both.

“It’s so heartwarming to hear their stories,” said Riva Levy, prevention coordinator at Corner House, which prevents and treats alcohol and drug addiction among teenagers. “It’s amazing how well it works.”

When the pandemic shut down schools and community centers, Teen Leadership students at Corner House were looking for ways to stay connected. Members of the Student Board came up with the idea of pairing students from area high schools with members of the Princeton Senior Resource Center.

“They thought about all these senior citizens who were stuck in their homes,” said Levy. “They contacted the

Senior Resource Center, and it came together. They meet weekly, mostly on Zoom, and we do a picnic at the end of the year.”

Levy acts as matchmaker.

“One of the senior citizens was a music teacher, and I paired her with one of the girls who is in choir,” she said. “Another was an English teacher, and one of the girls likes to write poetry, so I put them together. I just find things they have in common.”

Hadar Irit Hazan, a senior at Princeton High School, looks forward to her chats with 78-year-old Maxine Finger.

“We talk about things happening in our lives,” Hadar said.

“I love it, because I am a high school senior, and I have a lot to talk about. She has a lot of life experience. We talk about drama with my friends, and she understands. She has grandchildren and she really knows what’s up. It’s not like she’s my therapist or anything, but I really don’t talk to adults on a regular basis. She’s a friend and a mentor.” For Finger, the chats are just as valuable. This is her second year in the program.

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“Last year I had another student, and we became close,” she said. “She’s at Wellesley now, and we keep in touch.”

Interacting with Hadar is equally fulfi lling. “She’s delightful,” Finger said. “It’s good for me. It makes me feel young. I feel like I’m helping and doing something worthwhile. I love it. It’s very enlightening for me. I enjoy being with this generation. I have two daughters, and I do well with females in general.

I love hearing their stories, and the stuff they’re going through. It’s so nice that they confide in me. Perhaps they don’t want to speak to their parents, or perhaps they do. But it makes me feel good they want to share it with me.”

Both Hadar and Finger are Jewish, which creates an additional link. “Being Jewish and Israeli are a big part of my identity,” said Hadar. “She knows the holidays I celebrate. It’s nice to have someone to share that with.”

There are currently 10 pairs in the program. Participants are currently all female, though past pairings included males.

While the initiative started because of the pandemic and is not directly related to the Corner House mission of preventing addiction, it fits in.

“When you do for others, you feel good about it, and you make others feel good, without the need to use drugs or alcohol,” said Levy. “The students say, ‘I love my senior.’ And I think the senior citizens feel the same.”

—Anne Levin

PU to Make Voluntary Contributions to PPS

Princeton University will contribute more than $14.6 million to Princeton Public Schools (PPS) over the next five years. The annual voluntary contributions will exceed the amount the schools received from voluntary property tax payments the University made in previous years.

For decades, the University has voluntarily paid taxes on properties that were eligible for exemption from taxes under state law. The University has now claimed, and was granted, tax exemption for certain properties previously left voluntarily on the tax rolls.

To make up the lost property tax revenue, Princeton will contribute $2,250,000 to the Princeton Public Schools this year and intends to increase the amount annually by 4 percent. The contribution will also include an additional $500,000 each year to help fund strategic priorities identified in the district’s strategic plan. For 2023, the total contribution will be $2,750,000.

The timing of the University’s contribution coincides with the finalization of the school district’s strategic planning process. The PPS administration has identified recurring and one-time expenditures that will enable the district to meet goals focusing on mental health, enrichment, high performance systems, and evidence-based staffing.

“The substantial increase of our support for Princeton Public Schools reflects the University’s ongoing

commitment to its community,” said Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber. “The excellence of Princeton’s schools is a point of pride for all of us who work and live here.

The community and University have a strong shared interest in maintaining the health and quality of our local school system.”

“Having strong partnerships in our community makes all the difference as Princeton Public Schools moves forward with its strategic plan,” said PPS Superintendent Carol Kelley. “I would like to thank and applaud Princeton University for their generous investment in the important objectives of the PPS Strategic Plan and for their commitment to our public schools and our community. Having a specific funding amount set for the next five years enables us to support our students and to make wise, long-term decisions.”

In addition to conversations with PPS, University representatives have been meeting with representatives of the Municipality of Princeton. The University’s most recent two-year contribution commitment to the Municipality of Princeton concluded at the end of 2022, and town and University officials have been developing the terms of a new voluntary contribution framework.

As one component of that broader framework, the University has indicated that, as with the schools, starting in 2023 it intends to provide the Municipality of Princeton with revenue that exceeds the amount of

property taxes the University had previously paid to the municipality for properties that were recently granted tax-exemption.

Hilary Parker, vice president and secretary, and Kristin Appelget, assistant vice president for community and regional affairs, led the discussions with school officials on behalf of Princeton University.

Summer Jobs Available Through Human Services

Princeton Human Services has opened up the application process for the annual Summer Youth Employment Program, which has provided numerous working opportunities to youth in Princeton over the years.

In 2022, jobs were provided to nearly 30 students in municipal departments and local nonprofits, including job-readiness training, financial coaching, and career development.

Participants must live in Princeton and be between the ages of 14 and 18 as of July 5, 2023. Family income must not exceed 400 percent of the 2022 U.S. federal poverty level. Participants work 25 hours a week and earn minimum wage ($12.93 per hour) for eight weeks during the summer.

Applications are available at the Princeton Human Services office in Monmument Hall, or can be downloaded online at princetonnj. gov/755/Summer-Youth-Employment-Program . The deadline is Friday, April 28. Call (609) 688-2055 with questions or send an email to humanservices@ princetonnj.gov.

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Zoning Board Meeting Will Address Application for Coffee Roasting Variance

To the Editor:

I’m writing to alert residents of the Witherspoon-Jackson and Community Park neighborhoods to an upcoming meeting of the Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment (ZBA) next Wednesday, March 22 at 7:30 p.m.

At that meeting, the ZBA will continue hearing an application for a zoning variance to operate a coffee roasting facility at 300 Witherspoon Street (the old Packet building).

In case readers don’t know, coffee “roasting” is not the same thing as “brewing.” Roasting removes (and puts into the air) various unpleasant smelling chemicals, so that what we brew in our kitchens can smell and taste good.

According to the Centers for Disease Control National Institute for Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH) bulletin on coffee roasting, the process “naturally releases diacetyl, 2,3-pentanedione, other volatile organic compounds (VOC’s), and gases such as carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide.” The bulletin goes on to discuss the impacts of airborne coffee dust on persons with asthma.

These VOC coffee roasting emissions do not have a pleasant smell. The applicant acknowledges a possible odor problem and proposes to partially scrub their emissions by means of an afterburner (Clean Stream Company, Tampa, Fla.), which removes some but by no means all emissions, according to company sales literature.

Once airborne emissions are picked up by prevailing winds, all people who live, work, or study in lower Witherspoon-Jackson, at Community Park School, at Community Park Pool, or in residential areas east and west of the roasting site are at risk of smelling/breathing VOC emissions and noxious fumes that have escaped the partial scrubbing of the afterburner.

This variance is needed because existing zoning prohibits “food processing” and “manufacturing” in all sections of Princeton. The applicant is proposing to roast coffee not only for use on his premises, but also for packaging and sale to other businesses, such as “restaurants and other cafes.” Opponents to the granting of the variance believe that this activity is classic “food processing,” and is exactly what our zoning laws are intended to prevent.

If you feel air quality is a meaningful issue to you, then I urge you to attend the Zoom-only meeting of the ZBA at 7:30 p.m. on March 22 by logging on to https://us02web. zoom.us/j/86931653534. (More log-in information is at princetonnj.gov.)

Whether you think coffee roasting is a good idea or a bad idea, please take the time to become informed and, if you desire, register your opinion during the public comment session at the March 22 ZBA Zoom meeting.

OWEN LEACH Witherspoon Street

“Welcome to Princeton” Signs Should Recognize Lenni Lenape as Initial Inhabitants

To the Editor:

At a time when our community increasingly acknowledges that the lands we live on were the ancestral home of the Lenni Lenape, it was disappointing to see a front page photo in the March 8 Town Topics of a sign that perpetuates the idea that no one lived in Princeton until Europeans arrived in 1683.

“Welcome to Princeton, Settled in 1683” are the words on the seven signs greeting residents and visitors on the major roadways leading into Princeton, but the Lenni Lenape lived here long before that.

Beginning last fall, interested residents have encouraged municipal officials to remove the reference to the date of European settlement on these signs and replace it with a

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recognition that these lands were initially inhabited and cared for by the Lenni Lenape.

This matter has been discussed by the Civil Rights Commission, but to my knowledge no action has yet been taken by that commission or by mayor and Council. Until action is taken, it would be best not to give prominent display to the message the signs convey.

ROBERT DURKEE Maclean Circle

Proposed Four-Story Building Will Diminish Openness, Feeling of Nassau/Harrison

To the Editor:

I would like to add my voice to the more than 500 people concerned about the proposed development at the intersection of Harrison and Nassau streets. Most of the arguments against the project have already been well advanced, but I would like to add a personal note that others may also feel. Specifically, I often pass this intersection walking into town and enjoy its sense of openness and feeling for Princeton’s unique history that the intersection evokes. I feel a four-story building looming over this important gateway to Princeton will greatly diminish these qualities.

I do also want to echo the concerns about traffic; the last thing this intersection needs is additional cars funneling onto Harrison street at that immediate corner. Turning onto Harrison from the side of the street of the proposed development Is already quite challenging. The proposed development will undoubtedly exacerbate this problem.

LYDIA FRANK Riverside Drive

Helpful Neighbors are Example of Why Princeton is a Great Town

To the Editor:

I was reminded today of one of the reasons Princeton is a great town. I had a quiet knock on my door — a neighbor out walking her dog wanted me to know that I had a flat tire on the rear passenger side of my car, so I would have been unlikely to see it. Thank you for going out of your way to let me know!

And then, as my son and I were struggling to take off the tire, John, a previously unknown neighbor, pulled over to ask if we needed help. He was a wealth of knowledge and equipment. He took us through the process — not only taking off our tire, but then he fixed it for us, inflated the tire, and helped to put it back on the car. My new plan is to have a full tire repair kit in each car — now that I know what is needed.

This is a perfect example of the great people who live in this town. Thanks to both of you!

ANNE-MARIE MAMAN Moore Street

Municipal Waste Team Responds to Letter Regarding New Garbage System

To the Editor:

This is in response to the letter “Wondering Who Benefits

From New Garbage Collection System” [Mailbox, March 8]. Municipal trash collection programs are governed by state law. Contracting with a trash hauler requires preparing detailed bid specifications using the state’s Uniform Bid Specification, soliciting and receiving bids, analyzing those bids, and then awarding the contract to the lowest acceptable bidder. There are no negotiations beyond this process — the municipality sets the collection parameters, and the bidder must meet them.

In the last few years of our previous contract, which expired in January 2023, Princeton experienced approximately 20 percent increases in the cost of the collection service due to pandemic-related shortages of labor and materials. Trash haulers have been unable to hire and retain personnel, and on-the-job injuries further exacerbate the problem. At the same time, other New Jersey municipalities were reporting that their collection contract fees were increasing by 60 to 100 percent when they solicited bids for unchanged collection programs. As such, the governing body worked to contain additional costs and act as a good

steward of the environment. These steps include uniform carts and bulk waste collection by reservation.

The new waste collection contract requires that households use a new 32- or 64-gallon trash cart. Princeton staff and a waste management consultant determined that a 64-gallon cart is more than sufficient to contain the 0.75 tons of trash generated on average by a Princeton residence each year. If a residence generates more waste, they can request another cart and pay an annual fee to offset the additional extra trash disposal fee that Princeton will incur. By changing the system to a uniform cart-based collection, the hauler now can choose to use automated equipment for trash pickup in much of Princeton. Automated collections typically require less labor and result in fewer injuries to workers.

Additionally, to control costs, Princeton specified in the bid that bulk pickup would occur by reservation. With the reservation system, a dedicated truck can go directly to those homes with bulk items, saving fuel, time, and effort and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. When a reservation is requested, the homeowner is provided with the date of pick up — usually the following Wednesday.

The trash program changes proposed by Princeton — uniform carts, cart-based collection, and bulk pickup by reservation — resulted in a service bid that increased the Municipality’s costs by approximately 50 percent instead of a potential 60-100 percent increase as realized by other municipalities.

We encourage the public to review Council meeting recordings from May 23, August 8, November 14, and December 12, 2022, on the Municipality’s YouTube channel and to go to princetonnj.gov/1359/Trash-Collection to learn more about the changes made to trash collection services. We also encourage the public to sign up for the town newsletter at princetonnj.gov/728/Mayor-and-Council-Newsletter to stay informed about what is happening in town.

Development Would Not Improve Nassau Harrison Intersection, Surrounding Area

To the Editor:

I can’t imagine how any development could improve the Nassau/Harrison intersection and/or the surrounding area. The car traffic is heavy and constant; it’s a dangerous place for pedestrians to cross.

How about negotiating with the University for some of that open land down on Harrison Street at Faculty Road?

Urging Legislators, Council Members To Support NJ Electoral Reform Bills

To the Editor:

The afternoon of Saturday, March 11 found a good number of New Jersey citizens from all parts of the state (on Zoom and in person) demonstrating their interest in electoral reform in New Jersey by attending Sen. Shirley Turner’s event, “Reducing Election Costs and Assuring Elected Officials are Approved by the Majority of Voters.”

She described two bills, S3546 — “Ending the County Line for N.J.’s Primaries” and S3369 —“Municipal and School Board Voting Options Act.” The first opens New Jersey’s primary ballots to all qualified candidates, ending so-called “ballot Siberia” for those who don’t get the county party organization nod. The second is New Jersey’s bottoms-up way to allow municipalities to use rankedchoice voting in their municipal and/or school board elections. Both are important in increasing voter participation and representation.

The Q&A period reflected the importance the attendees place on their votes being meaningful in New Jersey elections. Both of these changes would make New Jersey elections more democratic by giving each candidate an equal opportunity to receive a majority of votes. Tell your New Jersey legislators and your town Council members to support these reforms, for democracy’s sake. SUSAN COLBY Bunn Drive

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“Left Is Not Woke” is Subject Of Nieman-Wilentz Discussion

Philosopher Susan Neiman and Princeton University historian Sean Wilentz will discuss Neiman’s new book, Left Is Not Woke (Polity $25) on March 20 at 6 p.m. at Labyrinth Books. The in-person event is cosponsored by the Institute for Advanced Study.

According to Thomas Chatterton Williams, contributing writer at The Atlantic, “Susan Neiman is one of our most careful and principled thinkers on the genuine left. In this nuanced and impassioned plea for universalism she has done a public service for readers of every political stripe. If an alliance of conservatives, liberals, and progressives is to succeed in fending off an increasingly undemocratic far right, lucid thinking is our only hope. Left Is Not Woke is an urgent and powerful intervention into one of the most pressing struggles of our time.”

Neiman is an American philosopher and writer who has written extensively on the Enlightenment, moral philosophy, metaphysics, and politics. Currently, she is director of the Einstein Forum in Potsdam. Her books include Evil in Modern Thought: An Alternative History of Philosophy ; Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists ; and most Learning from the

Germans: Race and the Memory of Evil.

Wilentz is professor of History at Princeton University. His major work to date is the Bancroft prize-winning The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln. His most recent book is No Property in Man: Slavery and Antislavery at the Nation’s Founding

Poet Marilyn Chin Reading at Lewis Center

The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing presents a reading by the 2022-2023 Theodore H. Holmes ’51 and Bernice Holmes Visiting Poet Marilyn Chin on March 21 at 5 p.m. in the Drapkin Studio at the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus. The reading is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.

A winner of the Ruth Lilly Prize for lifetime achievement in poetry, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and five Pushcart Prizes, Chin has been teaching introductory and advanced courses in poetry at Princeton this academic year.

Her work concerns her experiences as a feminist and Asian American woman. Her books of poetry include the forthcoming collection, Sage (May 2023); A Portrait of the Self as Nation (2018); Hard Love Province (2014), winner of the Anisfield-Wolf Book

Award; Rhapsody in Plain Yellow (2002); The Phoenix Gone, The Terrace Empty (1994); and Dwarf Bamboo (1987).

Henry Louis Gates, chair of the Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards, said, “Even as Chin laments, she heals. Even as she protests and berates, she disarms. As she bemoans the violent treatment of women, she evokes sisterhood. With biting sarcasm and caustic tone (just two of the weapons in her rhetorical arsenal), she makes individual despair an allegory for society’s ills, in a larger process of unifying opposites, formally joining East with West.”

Chin’s work has been featured in The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women, The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry, The Penguin Anthology of 20th Century Poetry, The Best American Poetry, and in the series The Language of Life and Poetry in America on PBS. In addition to writing poetry and fiction, she has translated poetry by various Asian writers and edited anthologies of Asian American writing like Dissident Song (1991) and Asian American Poetry: The Next Generation (2004). She presently serves as a chancellor of the Academy of American Poets.

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March 19 Library Brunch

Features Cathleen Schine

Cathleen Schine will be reading from her latest novel, Künstlers in Paradise (Holt $26.99), on Sunday, March 19 from 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library. Doors will open at 10:45 a.m. for coffee and pastries. Participants should enter the Community Room via the doors on Hinds Plaza.

“Reading like a cross between Leopoldstadt and Down and Out in Beverly Hills,” according to Publishers Weekly, Künstlers in Paradise “does the trick as an emotionally resonant meditation on family, memory, and the need for stories.”

Schine is the author of The Grammarians , The Three Weissmanns of Westport , and The Love Letter, among other novels. She has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, and The New York Times Book Review. She lives in Los Angeles.

Brutus is Shakespeare’s first intellectual, and the enigmas of his nature are multiform.

—Harold Bloom

Since Bill Nighy’s Oscar-nominated performance in Living is fresh in my mind, I’m beginning with him instead of Julius Caesar, who was assassinated on this day, the Ides of March, 44 BC. Nighy’s one of those actors who is always worth watching and listening to, like James Mason, whose only Best Actor nomination was for his role in A Star Is Born (1955), two years after he played Brutus in MGM’s Julius Caesar. Close your eyes and listen and these are two of the rare actors in film you can hear, so distinctive are their voices and ways of speaking. And in Living, Nighy sings! The film would be worth seeing if only for the moment the terminally ill character he plays comes to life singing the Scottish folk song, “The Rowan Tree.”

“Some Sweet Kid”

With the Oscars in my rear-view mirror, I’m thinking of Louis Calhern (18951956), who played the title role in Julius Caesar the same year he won a Best Actor nomination for his performance as Oliver Wendell Holmes in The Magnificent Yankee (1953).

Given the enduring popularity of the Marx Brothers, longtime moviegoers may remember Calhern (if at all) as ambassador Trentino of Sylvania trading slaps and insults with Groucho Marx’s Rufus T. Firefly in Duck Soup (1933). Although he gives one of his most nuanced performances as Alonzo Emmerich, the double-crossing lawyer in The Asphalt Jungle (1950), Calhern is probably best remembered for the reflected glory of a few brief scenes with a then relatively unknown Marilyn Monroe. “Some sweet kid,” he says to himself about his mistress, thoughtfully savoring each word. The last time he says it is after she fails to give him the alibi he needed. As he walks off with the cops, she looks up, asking “Uncle Lon” if they can still have their trip to Florida. Patting her shoulder, he says, “Don’t worry, baby. You’ll have plenty of trips.” In that moment he’s like a deeply corrupt, world-weary sage of cinema sending a star to her fate.

James Mason’s Brutus

Looking ahead to next week’s Bryn Mawr-Wellesley book sale, I’m thinking of the scene in Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar that comes near the end of Act IV, after the deed has been done, it’s night, and Brutus is in his tent reading a book while trying to find his place: “let me see, is not the leaf turn’d down where I left reading? Here it is, I think.”

In the 1953 film Brutus is played by James Mason, who seems abstracted in this scene, human, vulnerable, like any reader who may have lost his place.

During the assassination he’s actually backing away from the violence, appalled by the murderous reality of the plan he cast his lot with, and only when Caesar staggers toward him as if to fall at his feet for mercy does Brutus deliver the coup de grace, shoving a knife deep into the man rumored to be his natural father. In Adrian Goldsworthy’s biography, Caesar’s dying words are “You too, my child,” rather than “Et tu, Brute.”

Mason Reads Caesar

Thinking back on the fabulously complex Hollywood story in which James Mason the actor plays his part, I’m reminded of the scene a decade later when as Humbert Humbert he’s reading Poe aloud to Lolita in Stanley Kubrick’s brilliant film. (In the best of all possible awards ceremonies, Mason would have won the 1962 Best Actor and Lolita Best Picture over Gregory Peck and To Kill a Mockingbird ). Now here he is, book in hand, about to be visited by the Ghost of Caesar. What would he want to be reading at such a moment?

Let’s imagine “the noblest Roman of them all” is penitently studying Caesar’s commentary, The Gallic Wars. After all, this is an actor who studied classics at Cambridge; even if he’s not reading in Caesar’s actual book at that moment, he could have spent some time with it ahead of the scene, on the set, or back at the hotel, priming himself for the shock of the “monstrous apparition” sending him to his fate on the plains of Philippi. And surely the passage most likely to engage him would be the one about the Druids, who believe “that souls do not become extinct, but pass after death from one body to another” and “that men by this tenet are in a great degree excited to valor, the fear of death being disregarded,” that they “likewise discuss and impart to the youth many things respecting the stars and their motion, respecting the extent of the world and of our earth, respecting the nature of things, respecting the power and the majesty of the immortal gods.”

And since I’m already reading so much into Mason’s Brutus, it’s more than likely that a man of his intelligence would

notice parallels between Caesar’s Druids and Shakespeare’s Romans, not least in Caesar’s final speech, about being “constant as the northern star” in a sky “painted with innumerable sparks” that are “all fire and every one doth shine” and that “there’s but one in all doth hold his place,” that “only one” is “unassailable, holds on his rank / Unshaked of motion: and that I am he.”

Book Sale Serendipity

The last time my column coincided with the Ides of March was in a preview of the 2017 BM-W book sale, the 2023 version of which begins next Wednesday, March 22. Although I don’t yet know anything about items of special interest at the upcoming sale, there’s no doubt that Shakespeare will be there in force, along with the usual solid stock of books on cinema and the theater. Music is also always a strong subject area, so there may even be something on Lester Young, the poet of the tenor sax who died on the Ides of March 1959. And speaking of poets, you know William Butler Yeats will be there. I still have his Collected Poems, bought years ago at the sale structured around the late Peter Oppenheimer’s magnificent donation, with a printed inscription in Peter’s hand, from Yeats: “Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle, a man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.”

Book Sales as big as Bryn Mawr-Wellesley’s — not to mention the Friends of the Library’s — are hotbeds of serendipity. With so many possibilities to choose from, people find favorite books they didn’t even know they wanted. It’s thanks to Caesar that I found “Long-Legged Fly,” a late poem by Yeats that begins, “That civilization may not sink, / Its great battle lost,” and takes on Caesar, Helen of Troy, and Michelangelo in three 10-line stanzas. The first stanza ends, “Our master Caesar is in the tent / Where the maps are spread, / His eyes fixed upon nothing, / A hand under his head.” In the second stanza, on Helen, “She thinks, part woman, three parts child, / That nobody looks; her feet / Practice a tinker shuffle / Picked up on

the street.” The third stanza: “Shut the door of the Pope’s chapel, / Keep those children out, / There on that scaffolding reclines / Michael Angelo, / With no more sound than the mice make / His hand moves to and fro.” Each stanza closes with this couplet: “Like a long-legged fly upon the stream / His [her] mind moves upon the silence.”

Awards and Lists

With YouTube at hand, I took a quick, pained peek at the roundly panned 1970 Julius Caesar with John Gielgud in the title role (he was Cassius in the 1953 version) and Jason Robards as a hungover-looking Brutus. Robards took a beating from reviewers only a year after his charming, one-for-the-books performance as Cheyenne in Sergio Leone’s Once Upon a Time in the West , which received not a single Oscar nomination. Leone, a great director whose reputation was blindsided by the mindless typecasting of him as a maker of “spaghetti westerns,” brings to mind the New York Times’ recent intensive analysis of Sight and Sound’s Top 100 movie lists of 2012 and 2022. Leone’s masterpiece, ranked at 78 on the 2012 list, barely made the top 100 in 2022, which rates Chantal Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman, 23, Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles (1975) as, in effect, “the greatest film of all time.” All you can do is tell yourself “okay, this is a life lesson, nothing lasts forever, all things must pass, and anyway, nobody’s perfect,” as Joe E. Brown says at the end of Some Like It Hot , in which Jack Lemmon and Billy Wilder won Best Actor and Director Oscars. Awards, honors, and 100 Best lists were made to be challenged, adored and despised — and of course to make money.

In Synch with the Academy

One time I was in synch with the Academy was on March 25, 1954, at the 26th Oscar ceremonies, when Best Picture, Director, Supporting Actor and Actress, and Cinematographer went to From Here to Eternity, the only film except for A Hard Day’s Night that I sat through twice the first time I saw it (such casual violations of the law were possible in those pre-cineplex days). I felt personally invested in the film because James Jones’s novel was the first great “serious” reading experience of my life. Nor did I hold it against the Academy that Montgomery Clift lost Best Actor to William Holden in Stalag 17, a film I also admired. Two of the greatest casting moves the studios ever made were Clift as Prewitt and Frank Sinatra as Maggio. If Sinatra had been denied an Oscar, I’d have savaged the Academy in my high school newspaper, where I had a column called Stu’s Views On Entertainment.

—Stuart Mitchner

Sunday, March 26, 2023

3PM & 6PM Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall

TICKETS: PUC.PRINCETON.EDU | 609.258.9220

$40 General $10 Students

Whether you are seeking a concert date or a concert buddy, connect over a shared love of music before enjoying a performance together by the Chiaroscuro String Quartet.

Sunday, March 26, 2023

Speed Dating: 1PM Social Event | 3PM Concert

Find Your Friends: 4PM Social Event | 6PM Concert

Princeton University Campus

Tickets and more information: puc.princeton.edu/do-re-meet

MUSIC REVIEW

Princeton Symphony Orchestra Presents Unique World Premiere

This past weekend, Princeton Symphony Orchestra presented the world premiere of a piece featuring instruments rarely heard in orchestral works. Led by guest conductor Sameer Patel, the Orchestra performed American composer and violinist William Harvey’s Seven Decisions of Gandhi with the composer as violin soloist, musical artist Dibyarka Chatterjee playing the Hindustani tabla, with the added orchestral color of the sitar, played by Snehesh Nag. Saturday night’s performance (the concert was repeated Sunday afternoon) teamed Harvey’s work with late 19th-century Russian music of Alexander Borodin and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, taking the audience at Richardson Auditorium on a musical ride of dynamic contrasts and rich orchestral writing.

Following a spirited performance of Alexander Borodin’s “Polovtsian Dances” from the opera Prince Igor, conductor Patel led the instrumentalists in Harvey’s emotional and creatively scored Seven Decisions of Gandhi, a concerto for violin and orchestra. A violinist, composer, and conductor, Harvey has successfully pursued all three of these tracks in his career and has explored performance and music in some of the more underrepresented areas of the world. Rooted in the concept that we are all defined by our decisions, Seven Decisions of Gandhi musically captured seven decisions made by global nonviolence icon Mohandas K. Gandhi throughout his lifetime. Dedicated to Gandhi’s granddaughter, Harvey’s 2020 work is based on what the composer called “magisterial biographies,” as well as his own experience performing in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and India.

Harvey cleverly wove Gandhi’s life into the piece. Individual movements represented key moments in the Gandhi’s life, culminating in a momentous tragedy in the struggle for human rights and Gandhi’s own emergence from exile to rejoin the fight for self-rule. Specific instruments depicted a wide range of characters, including conflicting religions, tools of daily life, and opposing nationalities. Harvey also incorporated traditional Hindi sung prayers into the music, and the culture was reaffirmed by the tabla and sitar.

The Hindustani tabla is a pair of twin hand drums (although player Chatterjee had an additional drum) and is a key instrument in certain devotional traditions. The separate drums seemed to be pitched differently; seated on the floor, Chatterjee

added both percussion and tonal color to the music. Harvey scored the tabla into the movement depicting Gandhi’s commitment to nationalism, as well as the final section describing Gandhi’s 1930 “Salt March.” The closing movement in particular captured history with the use of hymns of the time, as Harvey and Chatterjee were joined by Snehesh Nag playing resonant and crystalline sitar lines. As solo violinist, Harvey maneuvered extended improvisatory and technically difficult passages, showing his solid training from Juilliard and Indiana University. The fifth movement “Khadi” was a poignant commentary featuring Harvey and harpist André Tarantiles in a simple yet affecting segment which could easily be excerpted for performance on its own. Expressive wind and brass solos abounded throughout Harvey’s orchestration, including from clarinetist Pascal Archer, flutist Anthony Trionfo, and tuba player Jon Fowler. Patel paired Harvey’s programmatic concerto with another storytelling piece. Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 6 in B Minor showed the composer’s lush orchestration in a work said to depict forbidden love. In Saturday night’s performance, Patel allowed the Orchestra a great deal of room for expression, beginning with bassoonist Nik Hooks’ plaintive opening solo. The first movement progressed with a sense of urgency, with each repetition of the thematic material changing the mood slightly. The orchestral texture was well colored by clarinetist Archer and bass clarinetist Gi Woo Lee, and clean trombone sectional playing added to the dramatic ebb and flow.

The second movement “Waltz” was sufficiently quirky in 5/4 time, with wide variety in dynamics. This work was unusual in that the third movement “Allegro” sounded more like a closing than the final “Adagio,” prompting the audience to show their appreciation early for Patel’s crystal clear conducting and imaginative approach to the music. The Orchestra closed the symphony well, with players reaching into the depth of their instruments’ registers to convey Tchaikovsky’s despair. As with many of this composer’s orchestral works, brass chorales gave the music a distinctively Russian flavor, as Patel and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra successfully ended the evening with music low in the string sections.

—Nancy Plum

Princeton Symphony Orchestra will present its next Classical Series concerts on Saturday, May 13 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 14 at 4 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium. Conducted by Rossen Milanov, these concerts will feature violist Roberto Díaz and music of Julia Perry, George Gershwin, and Hector Berlioz. Ticket information can be obtained by visiting princetonsymphony.org.

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A Teenager Meets a Mysterious Friend at Rehab Camp in “Clean Slate”; Passage Theatre Partners with Rider to Present World Premiere Musical

Passage Theatre has partnered with Rider University to present a world premiere musical, Clean Slate . The book is by David Lee White; the music and lyrics are by Kate Brennan. Artistic Director C. Ryanne Domingues directs the production, which was staged at Rider University two weeks before its presentation at Passage.

A feisty, embittered thief, 17-year-old Andi (portrayed by Ellie Pearlman) is sent to a rehabilitation camp, Clean Slate, when her overwhelmed foster mothers Sarah (Miriam White) and Gina (Jessy Gruver) no longer know how to discipline her.

Andi is not the character’s real name. Like all participants at Clean Slate, she is assigned a nickname on arrival, to protect her privacy. Per camp tradition, the nicknames are based on Greek mythology.

At Clean Slate, Andi meets four other teenagers with difficult pasts. Leo (played by Avery Gallagher at the March 11 performance, filling in for Tiffany Beckford) is a would-be teacher’s pet who wants those around her to be as strong as she thinks she is, and she lets that make her into a bully; she has assaulted a dance class teammate.

The other camp participants include Iggy (Maclain Rhine), who set fire to his school, but has astounding knowledge about astronomy and mythology; the social media-obsessed Dion (Nicolle Duffy), who consumes and distributes drugs (her brownies have a secret ingredient); and the silent, enigmatic August (Ricky Cardenas).

The group is supervised by the affable but matter-of-fact, no-nonsense head counselor Herc (Kaedon Knight). Herc tells the campers that if their participation in the program is successful, their offenses in their records will be erased — hence the camp’s name. If they fail, however, they will be sent to a juvenile detention center.

This paradigm — a group of troubled characters whose actions result in forced participation in a program that is super vised by a well-meaning leader whom they find irritating and unrelatable — is some what reminiscent of a musical that Pas sage presented last year, Group!

But Group! tends to give equal weight to all of its program’s participants. Slate interests us in all of the campers, but it also establishes Andi as its protagonist (until the epilogue, Sara and Gina are the only onstage family members).

Clean Slate also adds a supernatural component. When the some of the cur rent participants consider trying to run away from the camp, disembodied, whis pering voices warningly advise them, “Go to sleep.” Onstage with the current participants of Clean Slate are the Echoes

(performed by Samantha Ringor, Carly Walton, Lane LaVonne, Nico Nazal, and Caroline Merten), the spirits of others who have participated in camps on the land.

Later, Andi meets and (reluctantly) befriends Cassie (Rylee Carpenter), who appears to be Andi’s age — but who camped on the property 17 years earlier. We learn that Cassie went missing when she was a camper at the harsh, ironically named Teen Recovery Academy. Andi and Cassie talk in secret at night; and Andi, under the cover of creating a story in a journal in which Clean Slate participants are required to write their thoughts, records Cassie’s oral autobiography.

This element — the intersection of past and present — echoes several stories seen in other media. American Horror Story: 1984 (2019) is set at a summer camp that reopens 14 years after a massacre; ghosts of past campers interact with living ones. Here, it is not conclusive that the slightly eerie, but benevolent spirits are ghosts of campers who have died — only that they are echoes from the past.

Bella Mazzoni’s set considers the large number of people who have passed through these woods; in imitation of foliage, plastic bottles hang above the stage. The forest has absorbed elements of humanity.

Domingues tends to demarcate past and present by placing the Echoes behind the current campers. As Andi and her fellow campers sing, the Echoes often dance to Alison Liney’s flowing, energetic

subdued hues — such as gray and beige — that blend in with Todd Loyd’s lighting (which often immerses them in green).

Cassie’s costume is an exception to the demarcation between past and present. Although her jacket is green, her shirt is bright pink. She belongs to the past with the Echoes in the forest, but her spirit is determined to break free of its own time, and connect with Andi.

Brennan’s attractive score is a mixture of uptempo pop-flavored songs (in which the restlessness is the point) and smooth ballads. The composer takes care to ensure that the high — youthful — energy is not allowed to dissipate when the mood becomes reflective. The music is enhanced by Josh Totora’s orchestrations, which favor expressive strings. The capable musical direction is by Louis Danowsky.

The show opens with a crucial six-note motif that leads into the mystic “Echoes Opera.” This is followed by the syncopated, ironically titled “Slow Down, in which the reluctant campers are dispatched to Clean Slate. “Cut ‘em Down,” a pithy, stylized production number for Herc and an ensemble of hostile adults, sounds like a playfully dark piece that Danny Elfman might write for a Tim Burton film.

It is revealed that Andi is Cassie’s daughter; Andi was taken by social services right before Cassie was sent to camp (their full nicknames are Cassiopeia and Andromeda). In “Lullaby,” we learn the significance of the opening notes: they comprise the melody of a song Cassie sang to Andi be -

“Get in Line”; and Cassie and Andi’s “Once in This World,” in which the two women share their life stories. Andi’s remark that she “stole and she stole, to assemble the pieces she lost” astutely encapsulates her story.

“Still Life,” a duet for Sarah and Gina, has a pretty melody, but the lyrics do not make it entirely clear (at least to this writer) how the foster mothers arrive at their decision to visit the camp. Conversational, rather than poetic, lyrics — that could give the two characters more distinct points of view — would help. On the other hand, the poetic lyrics to the “Lullaby” are effective in capturing the reunion of mother and daughter.

In staging the piece, Domingues is careful to keep physical space between Andi and Cassie, reflecting the time distance between them — so that it is significant when the two characters meet in the center of the stage, and touch one another. At a camp that aims to offer fresh starts, a mother and daughter are offered a cosmic second chance to bond.

The cast is a mixture of professional actors (Equity members Gruver and White) and Rider University students, most of whom are musical theater majors. The students have solid vocal talent. Gallagher gives the tough-talking Leo’s sweeping “Get in Line” all of the vocal power it requires, making the number a standout. Carpenter and Pearlman are particularly lovely in the brisk but poignant “Once in This World” and placid, haunting “Lullaby.” The ensemble’s voices blend nicely together, serving Brennan’s rich harmonies well.

As a librettist, White is skilled at writing a substantial script — with distinct, wellrounded characters — that nevertheless gives the music and lyrics the space they need to serve the story (not always an easy balance to achieve).

What could heighten the book’s effectiveness is if certain parts of the plot were developed, and not just presented (with the audience being asked to accept them at face value). An example is the epilogue, which is sweet but raises questions, particularly when the adult Cassie turns up. What happened to her after she disappeared from camp? Answering that question would offer rich story material. t is a testament to the story, and engaging characters that Brennan and White have created, that there are several moments that feel as though they have potential for rich material that has not yet been tapped. It is exciting to wonder how the creative team will develop the show from here, and one hopes that Clean Slate , a show about second chances, will have many more chances to reach audiences.

—Donald H.

Sanborn III

“Clean Slate” will be available to stream from Passage Theatre March 21-26. For tickets and more information call (609) 392-0766 or visit passagetheatre.org.

Performing Arts

violinists Louise Ayrton and Augusta McKay Lodge, violist Manami Mizumoto, cellist Bruno Philippe, double bassist Douglas Balliett, and harpsichordist Elliott Figg.

“With Jupiter, I wanted to bring together a group of exceptional musicians from the new generation, [whom I] encountered while working with a large number of ensembles,” said Dunford. “All of the artists invited to take part in the project are brilliant masters of their instruments, and some of them are already renowned soloists. The great freedom that they have all acquired during their projects, the choices in their explorations and a shared knowledge of music will mean we can perform the various repertoires in question with passion, power and emotion.”

“I am thrilled that the young Jupiter Ensemble, which has already made a tremendous splash across Europe, will make one of their earliest performances in the United States here in Princeton,” said PUC Director Marna Seltzer. “Their youthful energy and unique approach to early music are irresistible, adding an important voice to the conversation about the timeless relevancy of these works across centuries.

MAKING A LOCAL DEBUT: The Jupiter Ensemble is “All Vivaldi” at a concert presented by Princeton University Concerts March 30.

Jupiter Ensemble Performs

At Richardson Auditorium

The members of the Jupiter Ensemble make their debut at Princeton University Concerts (PUC) with an “All Vivaldi” concert on Thursday, March 30, at 7:30 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium, Alexander Hall.

Led by Thomas Dunford, alongside mezzo-soprano Lea Desandre, the group reimagines what an early music ensemble can be by bringing together a new generation of soloists to reveal the passionate and cutting-edge side of music written centuries ago. In this upcoming

program at Princeton University Concerts, they will guide listeners through an array of Antonio Vivaldi’s baroque innovations, including music that may surprise contemporary audiences with its virtuosity.

The other members of the Jupiter Ensemble include

PERGOLESI & BACH

A memorial to those lost during the pandemic featuring soprano Teresa Wakim and mezzo-soprano Kristen Dubenion-Smith in Bach arias and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater

Tickets are $10-$40. Visit puc.princeton.edu or call (609) 258-9220.

PHS Alumnus Stars

In Off-Broadway Play

Hollywood actor and Princeton High School alumnus (’97) Rhys Coiro is in the cast of the offBroadway play The Coast Starlight , written by Keith Bunin and directed by Tyne Rafaefi, at Lincoln Center through April 16.

Jazz in June Lineup

Announced by McCarter McCarter Theatre has released the schedule for the returning 2023 Jazz in June festival, featuring six premiere events over three weekends.

The series begins with the 2023 Grammy Award Winner for Best New Artist, Samara Joy, on Friday, June 2. The full roster includes Chuco Valdes and Paquito D’Rivera on Friday, June 9; 19-year-old piano virtuoso Joey Alexander on Saturday, June 10; Blue Note tenor saxophonist Melissa Aldana on Friday, June 16; and composer Maria Schneider and her 18-member ensemble on Saturday, June 17. Concerts begin at 8 p.m.

Clarinetist and composer Oran Etkin presents Timbalooloo, a special family event, on Saturday, June 3 at 11 a.m.

Bristol Riverside Theatre

Presents Musical “Cabaret”

Beginning March 21, Bristol Riverside Theatre presents the Tony Awardwinning musical Cabaret by John Kander and Fred Ebb at its mainstage theater, 120 Radcliffe Street, Bristol, Pa. Performances run through April 16.

Forced to cancel the production’s original 2020 presentation due to the pandemic, former artistic director Keith Baker is returning to direct Cabaret.

Saturday, March 25 3 pm | Trinity Episcopal Church, Solebury, PA

Sunday, March 26 3 pm | Princeton Theological Seminary Chapel

Rhys

Coiro

Among Coiro’s previous credits are HBO’s Entourage , the movie Hustlers , television’s Law in Order: Special Victims Unit , and the Disney TV series She Hulk: Attorney at Law

Coiro started acting in middle school when he attended what was then named John Witherspoon Middle School. He continued his training and love for acting by attending classes at McCarter Theatre and starring in plays at Princeton High School.

The 44-year-old lives in Atlanta, is married to director Kat Coiro, and has three children. The Coast Starlight is not the first time Coiro has appeared at Lincoln Center. After graduating from Carnegie Mellon University, where he met his wife, he landed the role of Eddie Bellhop in the Lincoln Center revival of George S. Kauffman’s Dinner at Eight

“We are thrilled to continue the legacy of McCarter’s beloved Jazz Series,” said Paula Abreu, director of special programming. “The 2023 Jazz in June series will bring an exciting roster of jazz musicians to Princeton, with concerts by an outstanding new generation of artists as well as legends who continue to pave the way.”

McCarter Theatre is at 91 University Place. Tickets start at $25 and are now on sale at McCarter.org. Patrons can save 20 percent off tickets when they purchase all five events, save 15 percent off when they select four events, or save 10 percent off when they select three events, with a three- or five-event McCarter Choice Pass. Discount cannot be applied to previously purchased tickets and are not valid on tickets for Timbalooloo

“ Cabaret is one of the most exhilarating and groundbreaking musicals ever written,” he said. “It captures an era with a story that prompted the most melodic and unforgettable songs of its time. Great works always revise themselves as time puts new lenses in front of them, and Cabaret has more to say to us than ever before. BRT’s production reflects those changes with an energy and invention and quality of cast that truly honors the spirit of the original.”

In the show, which debuted in 1966, characters must adapt quickly as the world around them falls into chaos.

The March 23 opening performance is followed by a catered reception. At the March 24 show, there are complimentary appetizers and beer. The show on March 29 begins at 6:30 p.m. with Wine Down Wednesday, which includes crudites, desserts, and wine. The April 6 performance, Thirsty Thursday, includes an hour of complimentary snacks and beer before the show.

Tickets are available at brtstage.org of by calling (215) 785-0100.

(Photo by Angeline Moizard)

JAZZ LEGENDS: Chucho Valdes, left, and Paquito D’Rivera are among the artists coming to McCarter Theatre this season.

(Photo by OCP Photography)

began in 2012 to help the victims of the east Japan earthquake and tsunami, and to foster friendship through singing.

“We are excited to share the sound and spirit of one of America’s great choirs for such a beautiful cause,” said James Jordan, the conductor of the Westminster Choir.

Other artists scheduled to appear include Ensemble Sakura-Note conducted by Naoto Aizawa; Chor. UTANONE conducted by Masaya Ishiwaka; and The Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York conducted by Vasyl Hrechynsky.

the lawn in front of Princeton’s Richardson Auditorium, begin at 12 p.m. A ticketed event with the Creative Large Ensemble and special guest Rufus Reid takes place at 8 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium. Visit music.princeton.edu/event/jazz-festival-2023 for a full roster of performances.

Artists Discuss Challenges At Atelier Series Event

Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts presents the next event in The Atelier@Large conversation series that brings guest artists to campus to discuss the challenges they face in making art in the modern world. This event at the James Stewart Film Theater on March 24 at 7:30 p.m., concludes the 2022-23 series.

in the context of a semesterlong course that culminates in the public presentation of the new work. Recent artists have included Stew, Laurie Anderson, the improv group Baby Wants Candy, and the Wakka Wakka Puppet Theatre. The Atelier@Large series, established in 2021, is an extension of the Princeton Atelier that brings guest artists to campus to speak on art’s role in the modern world.

Princeton University Concerts

Presents Celebrated Duo

U.K.-based violinist Alina Ibragimova is one of the few European violin stars to not have appeared on the Princeton University Concerts (PUC) series. Her recital debut, delayed for several years by the pandemic, will finally take place on Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium, with pianist Cédric Tiberghien. The duo has existed since 2005 when they were in their early 20s as BBC Radio 3 New Generation Artists. At Princeton, they will perform Robert Schumann’s first two violin sonatas interspersed with Felix Mendelssohn’s Violin Sonata in F Minor, Opus 4, which he wrote when he was just 14; and Anton Webern’s Four Pieces for Violin and Piano, Opus 7.

Ibragimova, who performs music from baroque to contemporary on both period and modern instruments, will first come to PUC on March 26 with her string quartet, the Chiaroscuro Quartet, which performs on gut-stringed instruments with historic bows. This performance will take place as part of the Performances Up Close series with audience seated on stage in hour-long concerts at 3 and 6 p.m.

“Alina Ibragimova is the epitome of a generous artist,” said PUC Director Marna Seltzer. “She is the ultimate collaborator, as evidenced by both her

Tickets from $10-$40 are available at puc.princeton. edu or by calling (609) 2589220.

Ensemble From Zurich Performs Range of Works State Theatre New Jersey presents Daniel Hope with Zurich Chamber Orchestra on Tuesday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m. Tickets range from $17.50-$70.

Music Director and violinist Hope leads the 76-yearold music institution, Zurich Chamber Orchestra (ZCO). A protégé of violinist/conductor Yehudi Menuhin, Hope is the first instrumentalist to be named music director of the ZCO. Conducting from the violin, Hope leads the orchestra in a program featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’ The Lark Ascending ; “Waltz of Moment” from Silent Music by Ukrainian composer Valentin Silvestrov; as well as Elgar’s Introduction and Allegro and Mendelssohn’s D minor violin concerto.

The program ends with Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for String Orchestra .

In the 1940s, music student Edmond de Stoutz used his free time to regularly meet with a number of friends and make music together. The joy of pursuing their creative ideals and the group’s shared passion for chamber music gave rise to the desire of forming a chamber orchestra. This led to the first public concert of the ZCO in Zurich in 1945.

AN ANTICIPATED DEBUT: Delayed by the pandemic, star violinist Alina Ibragimova, left, appears with pianist Cedric Tiberghien at Richardson Auditorium on April 6 at 7:30 p.m. appearances with PUC this season — with Chiaroscuro String Quartet on March 26 and with Cédric Tiberghien on April 6. PUC strives to present a wide array of chamber music experiences and I am so grateful to Alina for giving us the opportunity to experience her artistry in both duo and quartet formats. Her debut has been planned for a long time, and twice forestalled by the pandemic, so it is especially gratifying to have her with us twice this season.”

For over 50 years, de Stoutz was inspiring and holding together the orchestra community. After his era, the conductors Howard Griffiths, Muhai Tang, and Sir Roger Norrington shaped the sound and musical ideas of the ZCO.

Today, the ZCO regularly visits international festivals in leading concert halls, tours throughout Europe, America, Asia, and South Africa, and releases CDs.

State Theatre New Jersey is at 15 Livingston avenue. Visit STNJ.org for tickets.

Westminster Choir At Carnegie Hall

The Westminster Choir will perform in the New York Chorus Festival at Carnegie Hall on March 30 at 8 p.m. The event will take place in Carnegie Hall’s Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, one of the national historic landmark’s three venues.

The New York Chorus Festival is an international choral charity concert that

Additional artists are expected to be added. The master of c eremonies is Kaoriko Kuge, a senior anchor/ reporter at Fujisankei Communications International based in New York City.

Founded in 1920, the Westminster Choir is composed of students at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. The ensemble’s 2022-23 season also includes a spring tour in Ohio and Pennsylvania that will feature appearances by the choir’s tenors and basses with the Pittsburgh Symphony, as well as a concert at the choir’s founding church in Dayton, Ohio.

Recent seasons have included concert tours in Beijing, China and Spain, as well as participation in the World Symposium on Choral Music in Barcelona and groundbreaking performances of Julia Wolfe’s Pulitzer Prize-winning Anthracite Fields at the historic Roebling WireWorks as part of Westminster’s Transforming Space project.

For more information, visit carnegiehall.org.

University Jazz Festival has Free and Ticketed Events

Jazz at Princeton University, led by saxophonist/ composer Rudresh Mahanthappa, presents the annual Princeton University Jazz Festival on Saturday, April 15.

The festival features Artemis, Jazz at Princeton’s chair Rudresh Mahanthappa and his Bird Calls ensemble, and Rufus Reid with the Creative Large Ensemble. Guest artists are Greg Tardy, Michael Dease, and Jon Irabagon, who will play with Princeton’s student groups.

Free daytime performances, to be held outdoors on

Broadway actor and mime

Bill Bowers, graphic novelist and The New Yorker cartoonist E.S. Glenn, and poet/playwright Claudia Rankine will join in discussion with Pulitzer Prizewinning poet Paul Muldoon, Princeton’s Howard G.B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities and Director of the Princeton Atelier. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required through University Ticketing at tickets.princeton.edu.

The Princeton Atelier, directed by Muldoon, brings professional artists from different disciplines together with Princeton faculty and students to create new work

“There’s a notion still doing the rounds,” says Muldoon, “that art is primarily a source of comfort and joy. That it’s all about salve, maybe even salvation. For many artists the true solace comes through their acceptance that art is in fact most interesting when it is most disruptive. The change a work of art represents often seems minor, but it may have major repercussions.”

The James Stewart Film Theater is at 185 Nassau Street. The event is free and open to the public, but tickets are required through University Ticketing at tickets.princeton.edu.

Winners of Competition

Perform with Philharmonic Violinist Lorenzo Mazzamuto and pianist Angela Zhang have won the top honors in Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey’s inaugural Emerging Artists Concerto Competition, which acknowledges the talents and skills of young artists in the Greater Trenton area.

The two will perform with the orchestra on Saturday, March 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the ballroom of Patriots’ Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton. Mazzamuto wil be featured in Vivaldi’s The Seasons , and Zhang will perform the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto Number 3.

The concert is part of the orchestra’s new chamber concert series. For tickets, visit capitalphilharmonic. org.

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By joining our CSA, you are supporting the mission of our farm, which is to grow nutritious food and to provide a place of farm education for the community. Our farm welcomes volunteers from the community as well as students from local schools including the Waldorf School of Princeton as well as abroad.

Our rates for the CSA membership are among the lowest in the area We offer individual shares (for 1-2 people) for $700 ($28/week) and family shares (for 3-4 people) for $900 ($36/week).

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The CSA runs from May 25th- November 9th. Produce can be picked up every Thursday during this 25 week period from 12-5PM.

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“Mindscapes and More” Solo Exhibit at Small World Coffee

“Mindscapes and More,” a solo exhibition by Spriha Gupta, is on view at Small World Coffee, 14 Nassau Street, through April 4. An opening reception is on Friday, March 17 from 5 to

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man-made barriers. She feels that art can pull one out of isolation in so many ways and illuminate the interior world that resides in each one of us while engaging in a dialogue. The uniqueness of her works comes through various textures that she creates by building layer upon layer with a variety of materials, most of which are found objects.

During her process of creation, materials are layered and washed with acrylic paints in some areas, and other gel and modelling mediums are also used to give it an almost three-dimensional feel. Techniques of decoupage can also be seen in some pieces. She is always learning and experimenting with new materials. None of the paintings are preconceived and flow from her brush onto the canvas with a freedom of the mind and soul. One can feel transported into the painting living and breathing each color and mood.

Gupta has works in private collections across the globe and has exhibited in national and international exhibits. She currently has her studio at Princeton Makes, an artist cooperative in the Princeton Shopping Center. For more information, visit

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“MINDSCAPES AND MORE”: Works by mixed media artist Spriha Gupta are on view at Small World Coffee, 14 Nassau Street, through April 4. An opening reception is on March 17 from 5 to 7 p.m.

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“AXIS MUNDI”: The New Hope Arts Center: New Hope Arts has expanded its Outdoor Sculpture Project in celebration of its 20

“NIGHT FORMS: INFINITE WAVE”: The site-specific, multi-sensory experience on view at Grounds For Sculpture in Hamilton is now in its final weeks and will close on Sunday, April 2. The exhibition activates the sculpture park with 12 sound and light installations, creating an interactive, immersive environment during evening hours. (David

Final Weeks to See “Night Forms” at GFS

“Night Forms: Infinite Wave,” the site-specific, multi-sensory experience on view at Grounds For Sculpture (GFS) since November 2022, is now in its final weeks and will close on Sunday, April 2. This second installment of Grounds

For Sculpture’s partnership with Philadelphia-based Klip Collective activates the sculpture park with 12 sound and light installations, creating an interactive, immersive environment during evening hours that is designed to engage visitors with GFS’s art and horticultural collections.

Lighting, sound, and video projection mapping, a process pioneered by Klip Collective, provide the exhibition’s evening landscape. Unique dialogues with specific works of art in the collection — including Carlos Dorrien’s The Nine Muses and sculptures by Bruce Beasley, Elizabeth StrongCuevas, and Isaac Witkin — offer new perspectives on the works of art and multidimensional space. “Night Forms: Infinite Wave” also reinterprets popular works, such as Frog Head Rainbow featuring artist Michelle Post’s sculpture The Oligarchs.

Visitors can take part in the exhibition by interacting with two of the installations on view: at Bruce Beasley’s work Dorion, a joystick, when moved, seems to alter the projection and provides a heightened sense of illusion; and in the amphitheater, two musical xylophones that can be played by visitors create a corresponding ripple effect through the installation.

at groundsforsculpture.org/ night-forms-tickets. Advance online tickets are required for entry.

Grounds For Sculpture is located at 80 Sculptors Way in Hamilton. For more information, visit groundsforsculpture.org.

“Stories from Trenton’s Past” At Trent House Museum

The Trent House Association will open a new exhibit, “Stories from Trenton’s Past – Immigrant Workers at Roebling Factories,” on Sunday, March 26 at 2 p.m. focusing on immigrants who worked in Trenton’s Roebling factories during the first half of the 20th century. At the opening, sociology students from The College of New Jersey will present their research on the lives of some of these workers. The William Trent House Museum is located at 15 Market Street, across from the Hughes Justice Complex, in Trenton. Space in the Trent House Visitor Center is limited and pre-registration for this free program is required at tinyurl.com/THMarch26.

workers born in Italy will be illustrated and examples of how the Roebling records can be used in classrooms to make the history of immigration to the United States come alive will be shared. For more information, visit williamtrenthouse.org.

“Art From Art News Writers” Concludes with Artists’ Talk

The Trenton Artists Workshop Association (TAWA) and the Trenton Free Public Library’s current exhibition “Art from Art News Writers and Photojournalists” concludes on Saturday, March 25 with a 3 p.m. artists’ talk.

Library is located at 120 Academy Street and is located in the Creek2Canal Trenton Arts District. Hours are Mondays through Thursdays, 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Friday and Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information on the library, call (609) 392-7188. More information on the Trenton Artists Workshop Association can be found on the organization’s Facebook page.

Area Exhibits

Art@Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street, has “Cycle of Creativity: Allison Saar and the Toni Morrison Papers” through July 9. artmuseum. princeton.edu.

Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Metamorphosis” through March 31. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com.

Art on Hulfish, 11 Hulfish Street, has “You Belong Here: Place, People, and Purpose in Latinx Photography” through May 7. artmuseum.princeton.edu.

Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has “Train of Thoughts” through April 15. artscouncilofprinceton.org.

David Scott Gallery at BHHS Fox & Roach, Realtors, 253 Nassau Street, has works by Léni PaquetMorante through April 15. An opening reception is on March 19 from 2 to 5 p.m. davidscottfineart@gmail. com.

D&R Greenway Land Trust Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place, has “Land, Light, Spirit” through April 21 in the Marie L. Matthews Gallery. drgreenway.org.

Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum in Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, has “Trustees Collecting” through April 15. ellarslie. org.

Ficus Above, 235 Nassau Street, has “Winter’s Hearth” through March 26. ficusbv.com.

Gallery 14 Fine Art Photography, 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, has “Meditative Imagery” through April 2. gallery14.org.

Gourgaud Gallery, 23AA North Main Street, Cranbury, has “Youth Art Exhibition” through March 29. cranburyartscouncil.org.

Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Nightforms: Infinite Wave” by Kip Collective through April 2, among other exhibits. Timed tickets required. groundsforsculpture.org.

Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “Walé Oyéjidé: Flight of the Dreamer” through April 23 and “Mid-Century to Manga: The Modern Japanese Print in America” through July 30. michenerartmuseum.org .

Milberg Gallery, Princeton University Library, has “Toni Morrison: Sites of Memory” through June 4. library. princeton.edu.

Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has the online exhibits “Slavery at Morven,” “Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of New Jersey, 1761–1898,” and others. morven.org.

The Nassau Club, 6 Mercer Street, has “Christine Seo: Princeton Solo Show” through June 4. christineseo.com.

Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, has “Manifesting Love: Prints and Poetry” and “In Between Doodles” through March 25. princetonlibrary.org.

Artworks Trenton, 19 Everett Alley, Trenton, has “The Women’s Caucus for Art” and “Metal Lucidity” through April 15. An opening reception is on March 18 from 6 to 8 p.m. artworkstrenton.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

Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, has “Spriha Gupta: Mindscapes and More” through April 4. An opening reception is on March 17 from 5 to 7 p.m. Bird photography by Ted Sumers is at the 254 Nassau Street location through April 4. smallworldcoffee.com.

West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, has “GR8 Works Fundraising Art Show” through March 25. westwindsorarts.org.

Like Trenton today, Trenton in the early and middle decades of the 20th century was the destination for immigrants seeking jobs and a better life. The John A. Roebling & Sons company employed many immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe in their factories. The discovery of boxes of worker records opened a window on their lives. Students from The College of New Jersey will present their research exploring why the nationality of immigrant workers was recorded as hyphenated American — such as Italian-American — in some cases but not in others. The lives of two

The artists/journalists participating in the exhibition and artist talk are: Ricardo Barros, noted Princetonbased photographer and contributor to Icon magazine, Bucks County, Pa.; Ilene Dube, West Windsor painter, filmmaker, and contributor to various tristate regional publications; John Gummere, Morrisville, Pa., painter and arts writer for Trenton Journal; Aubrey Kauffman, Ewing, photographer, State of the Arts video journalist, and contributing writer for U.S. 1; Thomas Kelly, Hamilton-based painter and contributing writer to the Community News Service; and Janet Purcell of Hopewell, a painter and longtime arts columnist for the Times of Trenton.

TAWA is a Greater Trenton nonprofit organization and has a 40-year history organizing exhibits in such venues as the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton City Museum, Artworks Trenton, Prince Street Gallery in New York City, and others. The exhibition was coordinated by artist Elizabeth Aubrey.

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“STORIES FROM TRENTON’S PAST”: The Trent House Association will host an exhibit opening and talk on Sunday, March 26 at 2 p.m. at the William Trent House Museum in Trenton.

Mark Your Calendar TOWN TOPICS

Wednesday, March 15

4:30 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, in the Community Room unless otherwise noted. 65 Witherspoon Street. Princetonlibrary.org.

7 p.m.: Jazz saxophonist Tia Fuller performs at Lawrence High School Auditorium, 2525 Princeton Pike, with pianist Alexis Lombre, bassist Laura-Simone Martin, and drummer Allison Miller. Presented by the Queen Amina Music Club. Free.

8-10:30 p.m .: Princeton Country Dancers presents a contra dance at the Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Dave Roppu with Contragenarians. $15. Princetoncountrydancers.org.

Thursday, March 16

10 a.m.: The 55-Plus Club of Princeton meets at The Jewish Center Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, to hear Princeton University economist Burton Malkiel speak on “A Random Walk Down Wall Street.”

Hybrid meeting; to join on Zoom visit Princetonol.com/ groups/55plus

12 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory faculty members Phyllis Lehrer, piano; Melissa Bohl, oboe; and Craig Levesque, horn; perform music by William Grant Still, Carl Reinecke, and Levesque. At Nassau Presbyterian Church, 60 Nassau Street. Free.

Friday, March 17

9 a.m.: 9th Annual observance of St. Peas Day, featuring a pea planting party to kick off the gardening season, at Trenton Farmers Market, 960 Spruce Street, Lawrence Township. Hosted by SandyK & Partners, the festivities include prizes for green attire and biggest/ smallest green thumb, along with pea planting packets for take home growing and a live pea planting demonstration. First-come, first-served; onsite registration. Also at 1 p.m. and 5 p.m.

12:30-2 p.m.: Princeton networking event

at Trattoria Procaccini, 354 Nassau Street. Guest speaker is Isaac Kremer, executive director of Experience Princeton. Reservations required. Gothamnetworking.com.

7:30 p.m.: Princeton Charter School presents at the school auditorium, 100 Bunn Drive. $11. Fpcsch. ejoinme.org/PCSAnnieJr.

8 p.m .: The duo Rakish performs at Christ Congregation Church, 50 Walnut Lane, in a concert presented by the Princeton Folk Music Society. $5-$25. Princetonfolk.org.

8 p.m .: Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, presents the play A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. KelseyTheatre.org.

8 p.m.: ActorsNet presents the A.A. Milne play The Dover Road, at the Heritage Center Theatre, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Actorsnetbucks.org.

Saturday, March 18

10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Community Roundtable on future development at the Princeton

Theological Seminary campus, at Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street. Summary of process to date and overview of properties included in the designated area. Open to the public, who can offer their comments. More information: email jlesko@princetonnj.gov.

10 a.m.-12 p.m. and

1-3 p.m.: Help Friends of Princeton Open Space restore the lakeshore at Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. Volunteer land stewards are needed to remove invasive plants and make room for more native plantings this spring. Fopos.org.

11 a.m.-5 p.m.: The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice holds a first anniversary celebration open house, at 12 Stockton Street. Open to the community. Rustincenter.org.

12-5 p.m .: Winery Weekend Music Series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Live music from 1-4 p.m. with Allan Willcockson. Wine, light bites, and more. Terhuneorchards.com.

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2 and 7:30 p.m.: Princeton Charter School presents Annie Jr. at the school auditorium, 100 Bunn Drive. $11. Fpcsch.ejoinme.org/ PCSAnnieJr.

3 p.m .: “That Physics Show,” for ages 5 and up in the Community Room at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. David Maiullo demonstrates the magic of physics. Princetonlibrary.org.

7:30 p.m .: Violinist Lorenzo Mazzamuto and pianist Angela Zhang, winners of Capital Philharmonic New Jersey’s inaugural Emerging Artists Competition, perform in the ballroom of Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton. Vivaldi’s The Seasons and the first movement of Beethoven’s Piano Concerto Number 3 are on the program. Capitalphilharmonic.org.

8 p.m .: Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, presents the play A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. KelseyTheatre.org.

8 p.m.: ActorsNet presents the A.A. Milne play The Dover Road, at the Heritage Center Theatre, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Actorsnetbucks.org.

8-11 p.m . Central Jersey Dance Society presents a No Name Dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Open dancing to California Mix. East Coast Swing, West Coast Swing, Night Club 2-Step, Hustle, and Latin music. A hustle lesson is taught by Donna Boyle from 7-8 p.m. $15 ($10 students with ID). Centraljerseydance.org.

Sunday, March 19 11 a.m.-2:30 p.m.: Courthouse Quilters holds a workshop. At 6:30 p.m., a guild meeting is held, including a lecture by Amy Cross on the history of the Jim Hamilton Memorial Shad Festival and Scholarship Program. At Hunterdon County Complex, 314 State Route 12, Building 2, Flemington. Courthousequilters.org.

12-5 p.m .: Winery Weekend Music Series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Live music from 1-4 p.m. with Bill Flemer. Wine, light bites, and more. Terhuneorchards.com.

1 p.m .: Free carillon concert at Cleveland Tower on the Princeton University graduate campus; listen from outside the tower. University Carillonneur Lisa Lonie and guest artists perform.

2 p.m.: People & Stories/ Gente Y Cuentos holds its annual benefit, “An Afternoon with Jennifer Egan,” at Mackay Lounge, Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer Street. Peopleandstories.org/gala2023.

2 p.m .: Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College, West Windsor, presents the play A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder. KelseyTheatre.org.

2 p.m.: ActorsNet presents the A.A. Milne play The Dover Road, at the Heritage Center Theatre, 635 North Delmorr Avenue, Morrisville, Pa. Actorsnetbucks.org.

4 p.m.: Dotty Westgate and Friends perform at Java Jam coffeehouse, Princeton Makes artist cooperative, Princeton Shopping Center. Free. Songs from the ’20s and ’30s in the New Orleans Dixieland tradition. Free.

Monday, March 20

1-3 p.m.: The Women’s College Club of Princeton meets at Morven Museum Education Center, 55 Stockton Street. Dr. Allen Silverman speaks about pain management, pain evaluation, patient rights, realistic expectation, and achieving functionality. Free. WCPNJ.org.

6 p.m.: Susan Neiman and Sean Wilentz appear at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, for a discussion on Neiman’s book Left is Not Woke. Free. Labyrinthbooks.com.

Tuesday, March 21

10 a.m.: Read and Explore: Getting Ready for Spring. At Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. After storytime, each participating child will plant seeds to take home. $12. Terhuneorchards.com.

5 p.m.: Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize-winning writer and 2022-2023 Holmes Poet Marilyn Chin reads from her work at the Drapkin Studio, Lewis Arts complex, Princeton University. Free. Arts. princeton.edu.

7-8 p.m.: Janet Mandel speaks on “Frida Kahlo: Dreams, Demons, and Devotion” at Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell. Free.

7:30 p.m .: Daniel Hope with the Zurich Chamber Orchestra is at State Theatre New Jersey, 15 Livingston Avenue, New Brunswick. $17.50-$70. STNJ.org.

Wednesday, March 22 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale at Stuart Country Day School, 1200 Stuart Road. $30 (other days free). Bmandwbooks.com.

2:30-4 p.m.: Creative Aging: Acupuncture: An Ancient Art for a Modern Clinical Age, at Hopewell Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell. Acupuncture and its methodologies. Redlibrary.org.

8-10:30 p.m .: Princeton Country Dancers presents a contra dance at the Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. John Krumm with Princeton Pickup Band. $15. Princetoncountrydancers.org.

Thursday, March 23 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market at the Dinky train station lot. Local farms, baked goods, artisan foods, gifts, and more. Free parking.

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Overcoming Nemesis Yale in Ivy Madness Final, PU Men’s Hoops Makes NCAAs, Will Face Arizona

The third time proved to be the charm for the Princeton University men’s basketball team as it hosted nemesis Yale in the final of the Ivy Madness postseason tournament last Sunday.

After having lost 87-65 at Yale on January 28 and then suffering a brutal 93-83 overtime defeat to the Bulldogs in mid-February which saw Princeton squander a 63-44 second half lead, the Tigers turned the tables on their rival when it mattered most.

Jumping out to a 12-0 lead before a raucous throng of 3,607 at Jadwin Gym, the Tigers rode a stingy defense and an efficient offense to win 74-65 to earn the Ivy tournament crown and clinch their first NCAA bid since 2017.

Princeton, now 21-8, is seeded 15th in the NCAA tourney and will face second-seeded Pac-12 powerhouse Arizona (28-6) in a first round contest on March 16 in Sacramento, Calif.

“We weren’t the best group all season, we started off rough; we got better and better as the season went on, starting with the loss to Yale here three weeks ago that really opened us up in a really brutal way,” said Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson, whose team edged Penn 77-70 in the Ivy semis on Saturday to set up the clash with the Bulldogs.

“We won at Harvard after we coughed up a big lead. We figured out a way to come back from down 18 against Penn and clinch the title. I thought we played really well this weekend.”

In the view of Tiger senior star Tosan Evbuomwan, starting with the 12-0 run was critical for Princeton as it looked to get over the hump against Yale, who defeated the Tigers in the final of last year’s Ivy tournament.

“It was nice, we huddle up before the game when we go on the court and we were like ‘let’s get off to a good start here, let’s string together stops and get good shots,’” said Evbuomwan. “We executed the whole game, but it really started in the first four minutes of the game. We got ourselves off to a great start and that set the tone for the game.”

Henderson pointed to a buzzer-beating three-pointer by freshman star Caden Pierce at the end of the first half to put Princeton up 3329 as a game-changing moment.

“It was a big shot by Caden, we had nice momentum going into halftime,” said Henderson. “They had the ball to start the second half. I thought in the second half, we really tightened up on the defensive end. It can get chippy, winning the league is so hard. The coaching is so good. The kids are usually really locked in on what they need to do, especially this year. Yale is very good.”

The play of the 6’8, 219-pound Evbuomwan, who tallied 21 points with five rebounds and four assists in the final and was

named All-Tournament and the event’s Most Outstanding Player, made things hard for the Bulldogs.

“This has been a challenge with Tosan for three years to get him to impose his physical will on the game,” said Henderson. “I thought we took strength from that this weekend and him imposing himself. We will never have anyone around here who is a good a passer as him for a long time at his size. He is a very difficult kid to cover.”

In addition to his stellar offense, Evbuomwan imposed his will at the defensive end on Yale star John Poulakidas, who torched Princeton for 19 points in the January contest and 30 points in the OT win. With Evbuomwan dogging Poulakidas all over the court, he was held to seven points on 2-of-7 shooting.

“We all locked in on him as a team, I think it is just team defense really and that is what it has been all season,” said Evbuomwan, reflecting on the defensive effort. “It is never one guy’s job — guys are always in there helping one another. We do a great job of that and supporting each other. It gave me confidence to press up and take some of his shots away.”

Suffering a heartbreaking 66-64 loss to Yale in last year’s Ivy Madness gave the Tigers extra motivation coming into Sunday.

“You really don’t stop thinking about that, losing in the final and being so close and having it taken away from you,” said Evbuomwan. “That is what you try to lock in on every year throughout the year and in tough times whatever it may be. It is what you think about and having a chance to do this is unreal.”

Tiger junior guard Matt Allocco credited Evbuomwan with helping to keep Princeton locked in.

“It was pretty inspiring, everyone knows that Tosan is pretty special offensively,” said Allocco. “Today in particular, I thought he was unbelievable. When he plays like that, he is the best player in the league on both ends. He was terrific today and just willed us and carried us.”

Getting physical helped carry the Tigers to victory as they outrebounded Yale 3631 and took some charges at key points of the contest.

“It was not just today but we try to be every game,” said Allocco, who ended up with 15 points and seven rebounds in the victory.

“If you are the more physical team and you control the boards I think you have a great shot to beat anybody, but physically they are really tough. Yale is a good team and they have been in this

position before. We knew it was going to take everything that we had. It was an unbelievable game and I thought we did a great job of playing tough, staying in the moment, rebounding, and just making winning plays.”

Henderson credited the precocious Pierce with making winning plays to go along with Evbuomwan and Allocco.

“We are so lucky, he is a Big 10, Big 12 high major player in every sense of the word,” said Henderson of Pierce, who had 12 points and 10 rebounds against Yale and was an All-Tournament selection.

“From the minute he stepped on campus, he was good at the things that are so hard for freshman. He is tough and physical. It helps that one of his brothers is a receiver for the Colts and another one has played basketball professionally. There is something in the air in that family. We really needed that spot badly this year, we have had some injuries and some issues on the team where we just lost guys. He stepped up in a big way.”

The influence of legendary Princeton coach Peter Carril, who passed away this past August, helped Henderson guide his charges to the title.

“I thought about him a lot, we were wearing the bowtie patch this year,” said Henderson. “He likes to see teams improve and get better. So much of what I say is him regurgitated; it should be asterisked to coach Carril. A lot of this is honoring him. There is a through line to him and we have that picture of him up in the rafters. He would be very proud.”

Henderson is proud of the growth he saw in his team this winter.

“I think your record is important but the coolest thing about coaching is these kids and to watch them grow,” said Henderson. “It is not just me, it is them, they have lost to Yale too. We have done it together and then we beat them today together. Even if we had lost today, I would be so proud of them and I told them so but sometimes it goes your way. That is a really good team we beat, they have been on top of the league for a long time. Now it is our turn to represent the league in the tournament.”

For Henderson, a former Tiger standout who helped Princeton make three NCAA tournaments from 1996-98, returning to March Madness is the best way to end the season.

“I say often that we put all of our chips into winning the league but we really want to go to the NCAAs,” said Henderson. “That is what we want, that is what the school wants, that is what

everybody wants in the program. It is the best thing to do, it is one of the coolest things in sports. A lot of people who were here today have played in that tournament and are used to watching us play in that tournament. I think about it a lot and I am proud of the guys to give us a chance to be there. We want to represent with a good group of guys on a national level. We are really excited to be doing this, there is nothing better.”

Evbuomwan, a native of Newcastle, England, is excited to be ending his Tiger journey with the trip from Jadwin to the NCAAs.

“Coming here, you are always playing for something bigger than yourself,” said Evbuomwan. “This place does so much for each of us individually so being able to give back in any way and put up another banner as a group is just an amazing feeling. Being able to do that on our home court is even better.”

Allocco, for his part, vows that the Tigers will give their all in the program’s 26th appearance in the national tourney.

“It is a tremendous accomplishment but there is still basketball to be played which is the beauty of it,” said Allocco. “We are not done yet. We are happy to be in this position, but I don’t think we are satisfied. Whoever we get matched up against, I am expecting it to be a great game and we are going to compete.”

— Bill Alden

FLYING HIGH: Princeton University men’s basketball player Tosan Evbuomwan flies to the hoop last Saturday as Princeton defeated Penn 77-70 in the Ivy Madness postseason tournament semis. A day later, senior star Evbuomwan tallied 21 points with five rebounds and four assists to help the Tigers defeat Yale 74-65 in the final. Princeton, now 21-8, is seeded 15th in the NCAA tourney and will face second-seeded Arizona in a first round contest on March 16 in Sacramento, Calif. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Riding Stifling Defense to Ivy Madness Championship, PU Women’s Hoops Playing NC State in NCAA Opener

When the Princeton University women’s basketball team lost its first two Ivy League games this season after having won 42 straight league contests, it looked like the setbacks could herald a changing of the guard at the top of the Ivy heap.

But showing resolve, Princeton responded to the defeats to Harvard and Columbia by winning its next 12 league games to share the regular season Ivy title with the Lions. Last weekend at the friendly confi nes of Jadwin Gym, the Tigers capped their run at the Ivy Madness postseason tournament, beating Penn 6047 last Friday in the semis and then rallying from an 11-point second half defi cit to edge Harvard 54-48 in the fi nal a day later.

Princeton, who improved to 23-5 overall as it posted its 15th-straight win, will now head west to start play in the NCAA tournament where it is seeded 10th and will face seventh-seeded N.C. State (20-11) in a first-round contest on March 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah.

In the view of Tiger junior forward Ellie Mitchell, those defeats to start the Ivy campaign served as a wake-up call for the proud program which had won fi ve straight Ivy regular season titles and the last three Ivy tournaments played coming into the weekend.

“I think that was good for us in a way; you can’t take anything for granted, you have really got to work,” said

Mitchell. “It is a 40-minute game, there are a lot of ups and downs. We put ourselves in various situations. We know that no matter what the score is, the game is not fi nished until that last buzzer sounds. We have a lot of trust in each other, we work really well together. I think it is just a lot of effort. We just want to always outwork the other team, that is what we try and do.”

Princeton head coach Carla Berube credited her squad with developing a deeper level of trust as it dealt with adversity.

“When the chips were down in the middle of the season at Harvard and against Columbia and in some of our games in the non conference, we didn’t come together like we are now, so this has been a work in progress,” said Berube. “Just because we saw success last year, it doesn’t just roll over into the next season. It takes time, it takes work to develop the important chemistry that you need and they did that. They come to work and they love to play together, they love the game, no matter what is happening in the game.”

In the final against Harvard last Saturday, the Tigers displayed their game, making a rally reminiscent of regular season meeting on February 24 which saw Princeton trailing 30-20 at halftime before pulling out a 51-47 victory.

In Mitchell’s view, that chemistry and the success down the stretch helped propel Princeton over Harvard

in the fi nal.

“We faced a lot of adversity this year so to be able to show up tonight, you never want to leave it to chance,” said Mitchell, refl ecting on the fi nal which saw the Tigers behind 32-23 at half and 42-31 midway through the third quarter. “We won the regular season, we wanted to win the tournament so we got it done today and it is really exciting.”

Playing a key role in the win, Mitchell, the leading rebounder in the league with 11.0 caroms a game, got it done at the offensive end as well as on the boards with a double-double of 10 points and 15 rebounds.

“I have said time and again, I am always trying to get better, trying to be more confident,” said Mitchell, who also had a double-double in the semis with 10 points and 12 rebounds and was named to the All-Tournament team. “It goes back to my teammates and my coaches, they have a lot of faith in me. They say shoot the ball, it is going to go in, you make them all of the time.”

In the last minute of the contest, Mitchell hit some big shots as she coolly drained two free throws to give Princeton a 51-48 lead.

“I am walking up to the foul line, I have struggled through my career with foul shots,” said the 6’1 Mitchell, a native of Chevy Chase, Md., who has a career free throw percentage of .470.

“We practice situations like this all of the time in prac-

AMONG EQUALS

tice. All of my teammates came up to me and said you have got this, just put it in, they are going in. We love you, you have got this. I was trying not to think too much. When I overthink, I get into my head. I had a great end result, so who knows.”

Tiger junior guard Kaitlyn Chen, who also made the All-Tournament team and was named the event’s Most Outstanding Player, never doubted that Princeton was going to get the win.

“I think we did a really good job of coming together in those really important minutes of the game,” said Chen, who had 21 points and six rebounds in the fi nal. “In key points of the game, we look at each other and we know it is time to go. We really play well as a unit.”

Berube, for her part, saw the determination in her players’ eyes as they made their rally.

“It was just like yesterday, you look at them in the huddle and they are looking back saying there is no way we are losing,” recalled Berube. “They stuck together. We relied on our defense once again to get really, really big stops, big rebounds. We found a way to score against a really tough Crimson defense. We had to put it all out there. We were resilient and tough and gritty and all of those things to stay focused and poised, going down 11 in the third quarter.”

In the fourth quarter, Princeton produced a defensive masterclass, outscoring Harvard 17-4 and holding it to 1-of-12 shooting from the floor, employing a full-court press at points to help fluster the Crimson.

“For the most part it was just play together, get the stops we need,” said Berube, reflecting on the message she imparted to her squad. “We needed to move more on offense. We got very stagnant in the third quarter and parts of the second quarter. We have got to just share the ball and make plays for each other and fi nally our defense woke up. It was so much better, we rebounded better. I do think our press changed the momentum a little bit. We got some turnovers. It was nothing that we haven’t said all year. They just came together at the right time and we pulled that out.”

The scrappy play of Mitchell at both ends helped the Tigers pull out the win.

“I am so happy that she is scoring a little bit; the way she impacts the game on both ends of the floor is just amazing and fun to watch,” said Berube. “I get to watch it every single day in practice because what you see in games is what I see in practices. Sometimes I am like Ellie, ‘stop diving, let’s take care of our body.’ That is the type of player I like to coach.”

With Princeton having upset Kentucky 69-62 in the first round of last year’s NCAA tourney, Mitchell believes the Tigers are primed to give N.C. State a battle when the squads meet in Salt Lake City.

“Last year we put ourselves on the map, I think it was great for Ivy League basketball,” said Mitchell. “It shows that the Ivy League is a real competitive league. We can compete with these big programs. I think we just scratched at the surface of

what we can do. We are excited for the opportunity. We are going to give it our all, it is going to be a good fight.”

Chen, for her part, feels that the sting of falling 5655 to host Indiana in the second round after the win over Kentucky will spur Princeton to a big run.

“We are all super excited,” said Chen. “We got that feeling after losing to Indiana last year, we want to win one more game. We want to be in the Sweet 16. I think we are going to use that and hopefully that will help push us into the next round.”

Berube will be emphasizing the business-like approach that has carried the Tigers to this point.

“We are going to just take it one game at a time, like we do in the regular season,” said Berube. “That experience that we had last year was amazing and there is a lot to build on.”

In Berube’s view, the team’s experience of bouncing back from the rocky Ivy start should serve it well in Utah.

“We talked about climbing this mountain that we started at the bottom in late December and just kept climbing, working and getting better,” said Berube. “Now we are at the peak with both the regular season and the tournament titles. It was certainly different. It was not easy, not that the other two were easy by any means. That makes it really sweet that we came from that point and just came together. It was really important for us to do it together and fi gure it out together.”

— Bill Alden

DEFENSIVE STAND: Princeton University women’s basketball player Ellie Mitchell defends a Penn player last Friday in the semifinals of the Ivy Madness postseason tournament at Jadwin Gym. Princeton defeated Penn 60-47 and then went on to rally from an 11-point second half deficit to edge Harvard 54-48 in the final a day later. The Tigers, who improved to 23-5 overall, will now head west to start play in the NCAA tournament where they are seeded 10th and will face seventhseeded N.C. State in a first-round contest on March 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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PU Hoops Teams Both Won Ivy Madness Titles, Jadwin Gym Fans Helped Spur the Tigers to Victory

While the Princeton University basketball players were excited to have the Ivy Madness postseason tournament being held on their home court last weekend for the first time, the Tigers knew that playing at Jadwin Gym guaranteed nothing.

Princeton women’s hoops junior forward Ellie Mitchell vowed that the Tigers would keep their focus and tune out some of the distractions of being at home.

“It is a really cool experience, obviously we don’t have to deal with all of the traveling but at the same time we are thinking of it as an away trip, a business trip,” said Mitchell.

The Tiger women proceeded to take care of business, defeating Penn 60-47 in the semis on Friday and then rallying to edge Harvard 5448 in the final a day later. Crowds of 2,238 showed up for semi and 1,922 filed into Jadwin a day later for the final. Thunderous chants of “defense, defense” down the stretch helped spur the Tigers to victory on both days.

After the final, fans stayed on hand to join in the championship celebration which featured confetti raining down in the court, huge screams, hoisting the trophy, and cutting down the nets.

“It is great that we can have our students and our local fans come and fill up the gym,” said Mitchell. “It is a really cool atmosphere.”

The gym was full of Tiger hoops alums and such luminaries as Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgru -

ber, former Tiger star and head coach John Thomson III, and Princeton Athletic Director John Mack took in the action from courtside seats.

Tiger junior guard Kaitlyn Chen did enjoy the convenience of not being in a hotel.

“This is a really exciting experience for us to have this at home,” said Chen. “It is nice to sleep in your own bed at night too so that is great.”

Princeton head coach Carla Berube admired the way her players kept in the moment amid the hoopla at Jadwin.

“They are doing a good job because if you are at home there could be more distractions because of all of your friends and family,” said Berube.

“They are doing a really good job of staying focused and knowing what the task is and what our goal is.”

After it was over, Berube expressed her gratitude for how the special homestand played out.

“It is thank you to the Ivy League, this is so well run and thanks to our University for putting it on,” said Berube, whose team will be far from home in the NCAA tournament where it is seeded 10th and will face seventh-seeded N.C. State in a first-round contest on March 17 in Salt Lake City, Utah. “I know it was a lot, it was just a tremendous experience for all of us.”

Following suit, the Tiger men enjoyed a tremendous experience as well, topping

Penn 77-70 in the semis on Saturday afternoon and then overcoming nemesis Yale 74-65 in a tense final a day later.

It marks the first year since 2011 that both Princeton hoops teams will be going to the NCAA tourney. The Tiger men will also be heading west for the national tournament as they are seeded 15th and will face second-seeded Arizona in a first round contest on March 16 in Sacramento, Calif.

Tiger head coach Mitch Henderson, a 1998 Princeton alum who helped the program win three Ivy crowns during his playing days, relished the weekend at Jadwin.

“It was just an unbelievable atmosphere, thanks to the Ivy League and all of the fans that came out,” said Henderson, whose team drew a crew of 4,509 for semi showdown against arch rival Penn and 3,607 for the clash against Yale. “I want to say thank you to the Ivy League office. I have been in all different parts of it and different locations and it has always been done right. It is an incredible experience for the student-athletes. There is a lot of effort that goes into this. The work is done on the weekend. I am just thankful to the Ivy office and then to our own staff, John Mack and his administrative staff.”

Tiger junior guard Matt Allocco credited the Jadwin throngs with helping the Tigers come through in the tight contests.

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tight, just listen to the crowd and we have all of that sup port behind us.”

For Princeton senior star Tosan Evboumwan, a native of England, Jadwin has be come his new home.

“It is amazing, even more amazing to do it at home,” said Evbuomwan. “Princeton is my home, Newcastle is my second home at this point. The guys were amazing, it means the world. I think it was a great performance from us, everyone chipped in, everyone made huge plays down the stretch.”

Grasping one of the nets cut down in the postgame celebration and his Ivy champion T-shirt drenched from getting doused in the festivities, Henderson smiled as he reflected on coming through before the home fans.

“One of the facilities guys came up to me a week ago and said thanks for making it so this can be worthwhile and I was like ugh,” said Henderson. “He said the same thing to me tonight after we won. I am just so proud of the group and the team.”

There was no place like home for the Tiger teams and supporters on a week end of madness they will never forget.

CROWD PLEASER: Princeton University men’s basketball player Caden Pierce goes up for a layup against Penn last Saturday in the semifinals of the Ivy Madness postseason tournament. Freshman forward Pierce starred as Princeton edged Penn 77-70 and then went on to defeat Yale 74-65 in the final a day later. The event, which was held at Jadwin Gym for the first time, drew more than 4,000 fans to the women’s semis and final and more than 8,000 to the men’s semis and finals.

(Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Adding to Tradition of Family Athletic Success at Princeton, Mueller Emerging as Key Performer for PU Women’s Lax

Ellie Mueller came to Princeton University like her father, but she has competed in lacrosse not basketball like Kit Mueller, the former men s hoops star who was named a Legend of the Ivy League this winter.

The women ’ s lacrosse team is grateful for that after seeing significant returns from finally using the junior attacker to take the draw control. Last Friday, Mueller, who was taking the draw for the first time in her college career, had nine draw controls to help the No. 16 Tigers defeat No. 20 USC 11-8 at Class of 1952 Stadium.

“ I thought it went really well,” said Mueller. “We definitely saw in the first couple games those possessions are huge. So anyway that we can get in there and win those, or make it 50-50 — I know we went over a little bit in this game which was great — but any chance we can get to have even possessions with the other team is massive. It takes the pressure off our defense. I ’m just really happy everyone worked and hunted the ball really hard. It was fun.”

Princeton improved to 3-2 overall by bouncing back from a 15-10 loss to Yale on March 4 in its Ivy League opener. The Tigers host No, 25 Penn State (52) this Saturday at Class of 1952 Stadium before three straight road games.

“ They ’re always great, athletic, fast,” said Mueller of Penn State. “ We’re looking forward to seeing them

next week. It ’s exciting to have a good week ahead of practice to work over spring break without any other distractions. I think we’re looking forward to making more progress. The win against USC was great, but we still have more work to do for the season.”

Improving the draw control was a huge point of emphasis after the Yale loss left them .500. Draw controls were a significant factor in that loss as the Bulldogs owned a 22-6 advantage, and something that the Tigers worked to fix.

“ That really was our focus all week,” said Princeton head coach Jenn Cook. “ It was really about draw possessions and playing what we see and what we know we’re going to see.”

Princeton ranked last in Division I with a 30 percent draw control percentage after the loss to Yale. They turned to 5’10 Mueller, who had been a basketball star at Radnor (Pa.) and left as the school ’s all-time leading scorer and rebounder, but also had more than 250 goals and 250 draw controls in high school lacrosse. She relied on that athletic background and her instincts to do well against USC.

I took the draw in high school,” said Mueller. “ I ’ m on the draw team for our team. We have a bunch of great draw takers and a bunch of great circle girls. I ’ d never taken a draw in a game. Luckily this was a pretty opportunistic

matchup for me, being a big girl and able to box her out because she wanted to win it to herself.”

Princeton had a 16-7 draw control advantage against USC led by Mueller s debut. Kari Buonanno won four draw controls, Samantha DeVito had two, and Sammy Filippi had one.

“ Our circle girls played amazing,” said Mueller. “ It was Kari, Sam DeVito, Sammy, getting into girls and boxing out, and we had a lot of success. It was very exciting.”

It was only the second game this season in which Princeton has had doubledigit draw controls. They had 14 in their win over highly regarded Rutgers. Mueller found success winning the ball herself or getting it to teammates.

“Ellie was thrown in there and she did incredible,” said Cook. “I think we found the first part of that solution and we ’re going to continue to look for solutions throughout the season. I think it comes back to looking at the little pieces that lead to possession and lead to success in games.”

Princeton had seen Mueller take the draw a few times in fall ball, and was willing to try her in a game after some more practice in the week ahead of USC. Kerrin Maurer, the associate head coach who focuses on the draw team, liked Mueller ’ s combination of hand speed and height as the team continued to evaluate potential answers.

“ Sometimes your true attackers have the hand speed,” said Cook. “ You look at kids that are feeding the ball and they have to be able to get it out of their stick quick. I think that had always been in the back of our minds, looking at kids, where they are on field and what ’s required of them to be in certain positions. If you’re a low crease kid and you ’re expected to make a feed on a dime, you probably have a quick release which means you probably have quick hands. Ellie was a basketball kid so she just reads and hunts the ball well.”

Mueller was happy to have the opportunity to help the team more. Last year, she was one of the top six scorers for the Tigers on the attack. She remains an offensive threat on pace to at least meet last year ’ s production.

“ Last year was my first time playing low crease,” said Mueller. “ I really like the role. I’ve been learning how I can best help our team that way, looking for those feeds and the drives around the crease and now working with our new freshman Jami [MacDonald], she’s amazing down the left. I’m learning a lot from her and learning a lot from my other attackers. It s been really fun to integrate more into the offense and feel like I ’m playing a role there.”

Mueller looks to be adding a bigger responsibility on the draw. Though the Tigers may need different matchups, taking the draw control may be the biggest way that she can help the team going forward. It ’ s a big change.

“It was crazy to take every one,” said Mueller. “ That ’ s something I had to adjust to, but it was fun to be involved in that 50-50 ball and then come down to the offensive end. It was a different look. I enjoyed it.”

Princeton still ranks 89 th of 125 Division I teams in possession time, but Mueller ’s draw success helped the Tigers take some pressure off their defense, which has been under constant fire this year. At the defensive end, Princeton goalie Amelia Hughes continued her strong start. The freshman made 14 saves, and ranks second in the country at 12.25 saves per game after facing quite a barrage through five games.

“Amelia has been so steady in cage and composed and

really seeing the ball, saving the ball,” said Cook. “ She’s making really good choices off the clear as well. Her play has been incredible and shored up the defensive side of the ball. I also think our defenders have grown in leaps and bounds from our first game.”

Princeton’s defense has been under pressure with so little possession. The Tigers have worked to become a unit that works better together in covering opponents and setting up shots that Hughes can handle thanks to working with goalie coach Molly Dougherty. Princeton has tightened its defense each week.

“I think it’s two-fold,” said Cook. “Amelia’s been playing incredible and just is so composed. I credit Coach Molly for doing a ton of scout work with our goalies, but I also credit our D for growing where we needed to grow from that first game until now. And my hope is that that continues and we continually evolve and get better week by week throughout the season.”

At the offensive end, it was a balanced attack that helped Princeton by USC. Grace Tauckus had two goals and an assist, McKenzie Blake, Kate Mulham, and DeVito all had two goals apiece and Jami MacDonald and Buonanno each had two points on a goal and assist.

“ When you scout us offensively, it’s extremely difficult,” said Cook. “If you take away a Jami, then you ’ ve got a McKenzie. If you take away Grace, then you’ve got Jami. It’s tough. Us sharing the ball and spreading the ball and really setting each

other up for success has been fantastic.”

Princeton is still working on being more efficient on offense. They are 37th in the country in the percentage of shots that they score on, and can be more dangerous if they limit turnovers — they had 22 as a team against USC — and are more focused shooting. They will have more chances to improve those areas if they can continue to gain possessions on the draw, and that area of development was key against USC.

“In general, the big difference maker for us was the draw, as simple as that,” said Cook. “It’s possessions and taking care of the ball on the clear and getting some stops. We did that to give our attack the opportunity to have the ball in their sticks even with some turnover hiccups that they had.”

The improvements and a top-20 win have the Tigers feeling better as they head into a tough stretch with Big Ten opponents Penn State and Maryland. If they can come up with possessions, and get more scoring chances, it will take some pressure off the defense and give Princeton a chance against anyone.

“ I think we’re growing as a team in confidence,” said Mueller. “ On both sides of the ball, we work really well together and we communicate really well. That’s a big tribute to our coaches Jenn, Kerrin, and Molly who are out there every day with us, really pushing us to achieve our potential, and I think that we ’re going to keep growing throughout the season under their leadership. We’re all really excited.”

— Justin Feil

QUICK DRAW: Princeton University women’s lacrosse player Ellie Mueller goes after the ball in recent action. Last Saturday, junior Mueller scored a goal and had nine draw controls to help Princeton defeat USC 11-8. The Tigers, now 3-2, host Penn State on March 18. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

PU Sports Roundup

Tiger Men’s Lax Loses to Rutgers in OT

Coulter Mackesy tallied three goals and three assists, but it was not enough as Princeton University men’s lacrosse team fell 1413 to Rutgers in overtime last Saturday.

Princeton, now 2-3, plays at Penn on March 18 in the Ivy League opener for both teams.

PU Men’s Hockey Falls To Harvard in ECAH Quarters

Running into a buzz saw, the ninth-seeded Princeton University men’s hockey team got swept at secondseeded Harvard last weekend in an ECAC Hockey best-of-three quarterfinal series.

The Tigers fell 6-1 in the opener on Friday as David Jacobs scored the lone goal in the loss. A night later, Princeton lost 6-1 again as Matt Hayami tallied a third

The Tigers finished the winter with an overall record of 13-19. Princeton

Baseball Defeats Richmond

Brendan Cumming starred as the Princeton University baseball team defeated Richmond 8-3 last Monday. Senior outfielder Cumming pounded out three hits with two runs and two RBIs to help the Tiger improved to 3-8.

In upcoming action, Princeton plays at Old Dominion on March 15 and then heads to Spartanburg, S.C., where it faces Cincinnati on March 17 and 18 and S.C. Upstate on March 17 and 19.

PU Women’s Water Polo Goes 4-0 at San Diego Event

Continuing its sizzling start, the 13th-ranked Princeton University women’s water polo team went 4-0 at the Aztec Invitational last weekend at San Diego State University.

On Saturday, the Tigers defeated No. 22 SDSU 15-8 and Siena 21-13 to open the event.

A day later, the Tigers defeated Westcliff 18-3 before edging No. 15 UC San Diego

Princeton, now 16-1, plays at No. 23 Pomona-Pitzer on March 15 and then heads to Los Angeles to compete in the Loyola Marymount Invitational on March 18.

Tiger Men’s Volleyball

Edges NJIT 3-2

Nyherowo Omene starred as the Princeton University men’s volleyball team defeated NJIT 3-2 last Saturday.

Sophomore Omene had a match-high 16 kills to help the Tigers prevail 14-25, 2225, 25-20, 25-16, 15-11.

Princeton, now 8-8 overall and 3-2 EIVA, play two matches at Grand Canyon University on March 15 and 17.

PU Softball Starts

1-3 in Spring Games

Dropping a pair of nailbiters, the Princeton University softball team went 1-3 last weekend to start action in the Spring Games at Madeira Beach, Fla.

Princeton started the event Saturday by falling 6-0 to Iowa before defeating Lafayette 3-1. A day later, the Tigers lost 3-2 to South Alabama and 5-3 to Lehigh.

In upcoming action, Princeton, now 4-10, will continue play in the Spring Games by playing Chattanooga and Lehigh on March 15. The Tigers will head north to host Yale for a doubleheader on March 18 and a single game on March 19 to start Ivy League play.

Tiger Football’s Iosivas Shines at NFL Combine

Displaying his athleticism, Princeton University football star receiver Andrew Iosivas excelled at the NFL Scouting Combine held earlier this month in Indianapolis, Ind.

Iosivas, who was measured at 6’3 and 205 pounds early in the combine, produced a 40-yard dash time of 4.43.

His 10-yard split was 1.52 seconds while his vertical jump was 39 inches. His broad jump came in at 10’8.

The Tiger’s 20-yard shuttle (4.12) was the second fastest time among wide receivers at the combine while his 19 reps of the bench press at 225 pounds placed him fifth.

VAULTING TO A RECORD: Princeton University men’s track star Sondre Guttormsen shows off the trophy he earned for placing first in the men’s pole vault last Friday at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, N.M. Senior Guttormsen cleared 6.00 meters (19’8 1/4) to win the competition. It was the second straight NCAA indoor title for Guttormsen and his winning mark equaled the collegiate record set in 2021 by K.C. Lightfoot of Baylor. Other Tigers excelled at the meet as Sam Rodman took ninth in a preliminary heat in the 800 meters and freshman Greg Foster placed 15th in the long jump. (Photo by Elijah Agurs, provided courtesy of Princeton Athletics)

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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 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 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 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):

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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.

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Young PHS Girls’ Hoops Squad Showed Its Potential With Stirring Run to Mercer County Invitational Title

For the Princeton High girls’ basketball team, winning the Mercer County Invitational in the last week of the season was a major confidence builder for the young squad.

“It was very exciting; we were prepping for that and we definitely got on a little bit of a run,” said PHS head coach Dave Kosa, whose team topped Princeton Day School 48-32 in the MCI quarterfinals on February 11 before edging Hopewell Valley 33-30 in the semis three days later and edging Steinert 41-39 on February 17 in the final in the tourney which was ‘B’ bracket of the Mercer County Tournament.

“I think the one thing with each of those games was that we held teams under 40 points,” said Kosa. “In the entire season, out of the 25 games, I counted 16 times where we held the opponent under 40. We are really proud of the way we play defense. It is something we really emphasized in the prior years. With this young bunch, they really bought into it.”

In the win over Steinert, who had topped PHS 53-42 in a regular season contest on January 13, PHS made a dramatic late rally to pull out the victory.

“It was just us being able to handle their pressure. I think in the first game, we turned the ball over 20 some times,” said Kosa, who got 14 points from junior star Riley Devlin in the win. “We hung in there, we battled. It

was kind of improbable. We were down six with a minute and a half left. Scoring the last eight points, it just goes to show you our resilience. It was very encouraging and that was great for the girls. It is the first ever, it is something they can’t take away from you.”

The Tigers battled in the first round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey, Group 4 sectional but it wasn’t enough as 12th-seeded PHS fell 7134 to fifth-seeded Jackson Memorial to finish the season with a 13-12 record.

“I knew they were very strong, they were defending champs last year,” said Kosa of Jackson Memorial, which went on to win the sectional.

“I knew it was going to be tough. It was just to use it as a learning experience as far as how hard we have to work. We have to get bigger, faster, stronger.”

Over the last four years, PHS has gotten a big contribution from Rachel Luo, who scored 197 points with 63 rebounds and 52 assists this winter in her final campaign with the program.

“Even though we only had one senior in Rachel, we are going to lose a lot from her graduation,” said Kosa. “She can handle the ball, she is able to pass it and to shoot it. She defends really well. It showed in the games she wasn’t there because I think we were 1-3. She had a great career for us and we wish her the best and just

showing what a great student-athlete — she is going West Point.”

The Tigers have a great foundation in place with a pair of junior stars in Riley Devlin, who was second on the team in points (249) and first in assists (68), and Gabby Bannett, who scored 136 points and grabbed 133 rebounds.

“We had seven freshmen on the varsity, three or four played a lot and two juniors, Gabby and Riley, coming back next year,” said Kosa. “Riley did a great job as a point guard. Gabby did a great job as far as doing a little bit of everything for us.”

Freshman Anna Winters emerged as a star in her debut campaign, scoring a team-high 296 points with 133 rebounds.

“Anna just took off, it was great to see,” said Kosa. “She is still learning. She can score inside, she can score outside. Her moves inside are really hard to stop and the thing is, she is so physically tough. I am hoping that the other girls feed off of that. She really improved her shot this year a lot and is developing a three-point shot. She really got a lot more consistent as the season went on. Anna, Riley, and Gabby — that is three really experienced girls going into next year.”

In addition, other young players such as freshman forward Katie Sharkey (86 points, 73 rebounds, and sophomore forward Luna

Bar-Cohen (81 points, a team-high 140 rebounds) showed improvement.

“There is definitely potential there, hopefully playing against the tough competition and against Jackson, they are going to really put their nose to the grindstone this summer,” said Kosa. “That is what we have to do,

we have to get better during the summer.”

Looking ahead, Kosa believes the Tigers can get better and better.

“I am really excited about the future; it is not just the varsity team, the JV team went 12-10,” said Kosa. “A lot of the freshmen who

didn’t get to play varsity played JV so they got a lot of good experience. It gives us depth which is something we haven’t had in a while. Hopefully we can some good eighth graders coming and really establish the program from a number of standpoints.”

—Bill Alden

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WINTER STORM: Princeton High girls’ basketball player Anna Winters drives to the basket in a game this winter. Freshman forward Winters emerged as star for PHS in her debut campaign, leading the Tigers in scoring with 296 points. PHS posted a final record of 13-12, winning the Mercer County Invitational along the way.

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Plagued by Inability To Score Against Top Foes, PDS Boys’ Hockey Had Frustrating Campaign

Scott Bertoli doesn’t mince words when he assesses how this winter went for his Princeton Day School boys’ hockey team.

“It was frustrating in a lot of respects,” said PDS head coach Bertoli, whose team went 7-11-3 and advanced to the NJSIAA Non-Public quarterfinals. “We had a group that was capable of winning and having more success than we did. Ultimately, our inability to score forced us to play a certain way and not always intentionally.”

The issues with scoring left the Panthers scrambling on defense.

“A lot of it was confidence; you just exert so much energy to find the back of the net and it doesn’t come and you overextend yourself and you start to take unnecessary chances,” said Bertoli. “You do that against top players, you are going to get exposed. It is crushing to outplay a team and outshoot a team and you look at the scoreboard in the first period and you are behind. You don’t always have what you need left in tank to back-check and put the appropriate pressure on. A lot of time because our defensemen are involved on offense and it is not the defending 2-on-1s. We just gave up a ton of goals in transition.”

A season-ending 8-4 loss to Gloucester Catholic in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Asso -

quarterfinals exemplified the issues that plagued the Panthers.

“They play up tempo, they take chances and there isn’t a real structure to their game,” said Bertoli of Gloucester Catholic who tied PDS 5-5 and then posted 8-2 and 7-3 wins over the Panthers in three previous meetings this season. “It lends itself to us having a ton of zone time and our struggles to score are really exacerbated. We get tons of chances and the puck doesn’t leave their zone and then when it does … their top kids prey on those opportunities and we get caught up. I think five, if not six, of the goals they scored were off of the rush and two of them were on a power play.”

PDS did keep battling to the final buzzer in the setback.

“We had three goals in third period against Gloucester; the shots are what they are, I am more concerned with quality scoring chances,” added Bertoli. “Through the middle of the period, we were down 6-2 and we probably had 25 grade A scoring chances. They probably had 12 or 15 and they had six goals at that point.”

The squad’s group of seniors — Cole Fenton (1 goal, 1 assist in 2022-23), Rosh Nissangaratchie (5 goals, 4 assists), Will Brown (3 goals, 10 assists), Ace Ewanchyna (4 goals, 3 assists), Oliver Hall 4 goals,

6 assists), Ryan Vandal (4 goals, 3 assists), and Nick Bruno (2 assists) — gave the Panthers plenty of quality play over their careers.

“It is a big group; playing here is important for them, I think that was pretty obvious,” said Bertoli. “It was a hard year for them. Like so many of us, we had high expectations. It was a good group. Our seniors continued to buy in and to play hard. They are a group of kids that is fun to be around, they have fun with each other. I enjoy watching them play other sports and being a part of the greater community. They have had some big moments. I thought for the most part they played really, really well in some really important games like the Christian Brothers game (a 2-2 tie on January 23) and the Lawrenceville game (an 8-2 loss on February 2). Even though the score got away from us against Lawrenceville, I thought they played great.”

While the overall record wasn’t great this year, Bertoli liked the way his players competed as they faced a gauntlet of top teams in the state playing in the high-powered Gordon Conference.

“At the end of the day, would I love to sit here and have more wins than losses and potentially be playing for a state championship, 100 percent,” said Bertoli. “But I love the fact that our kids are challenged every game. They are just going to get so much more out of that. They were always excited for the challenge”

With a group of returners featuring juniors Connor Stratton (2 goals, 5 assists), Han Shin (8 goals, 5 assists), Riley Schmidt (4 goals, 8 assists), and Liam Jackson (10 goals, 20 assists) along with sophomores Wyatt Ewanchyna (10 assists), Max Guche (3 assists), Calvin Fenton (214 saves and .826 save percentage in goal), Hart Nowakoski, and Colton Simonds (1 goal, 2 assists) and freshmen Brady Logue (11 goals, 9 assists) and Filip Kacmarsky (3 goals), the Panthers should be ready for the challenges ahead.

“We do have a talented group, a really nice group of young players,” said Bertoli.

Displaying Resilience, Competitive Spirit, PDS Girls’ Hockey Advanced to State Semis

As the Princeton Day School girls’ hockey team hosted Summit in the quarterfinal round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) girls’ s tate tournament , Julie DeSimone anticipated a nail-biter.

“Every matchup with Summit this year has been a really hard-fought battle,” said PDS head coach Julie DeSimone, whose team tied Summit 2-2 and then posted a pair of 2-0 wins over the Hilltoppers in three previous meetings this season. “We kind of knew that we said at the beginning of the game that whoever scored the first goal here is going to win the game.”

Sure enough, the foes ended up in a defensive battle with PDS prevailing 1-0 in overtime in the February 27 contest.

“The girls worked hard right up until the end,” said DeSimone, who was in her first year guiding the program after having served as an assistant for the previous four seasons. “We were really, really happy with that effort.”

DeSimone was happy to see sophomore forward Grace Ulrich notch the winning goal in the contest.

“Grace really showed up big for us; she has always been a player we really value,” said DeSimone. “She came into her own this season and we were really happy with her contribution at the end of the year especially. We needed her because we didn’t have a deep bench.

The tournament run for PDS ended with a 5-0 loss in the state semis to Morristown-Beard, who went on to win the state title. Junior goalie Brigid Milligan starred in a losing cause, making 46 saves.

was something that really hurt us in the beginning of the season,” said DeSimone.

“The defense was really able to overcome some of those challenges and just be a little more consistent. We also did better getting pucks in the net. Towards the end of the season, we were able to score some more goals and be a little more aggressive offensively. I think those two things are what kept us in some of those tougher games.”

The squad’s seniors — Claire Meehan (6 goals, 1 assist in 2022-23), Lauren Chase (2 goals, 6 assists), Nora Appleby (6 assists), and Danielle Im — helped keep things positive for the Panthers.

“We will miss all of them tremendously, both on the ice and off the ice,” said DeSimone. “They were a really big part of our program these last four years.”

The quartet bought different things to the program.

“It was really sad to see Claire miss out on the end of the season. She has been another really consistent and important player on the ice, so that was a big loss for us on the ice, but also just for her as a senior, you don’t want to see that,” said DeSimone.

“Lauren has always been such a strong two-way player, not only our strongest defenseman but also a goal scorer for us. That is going to be a big loss for sure. Nora has been consistent and just a big part of the team. As the captain, we will miss her leadership. She will go on to play club hockey in college so I am excited for her. Danielle is a brand new to hockey player and she has grown tremendously. She was a great teammate and we will miss her.

Emily McCann (2 goals, 2 assists), Logan Harrison (5 goals, 9 assists), Lily Ryan (1 goal, 2 assists), Isabel Cook (1 goal, 2 assists), Ceci Schell (2 assists), Madison Trend (1 goal), and Milligan (281 saves, .921 save percentage) along with sophomores Eibhleann Knox (13 goals, 4 assists), Aerin Bruno (2 assists), and Ulrich (3 goals, 5 assists) and freshmen Brynn Dandy (3 goals, 2 assists) and Mariana Lee.

“We have a ton of juniors this year with Emily, Logan, Lily, Isabel, and Brigid so we are looking to have a big senior group next year,” said DeSimone. “We have good talent in younger classes. Brynn in her first year was great for us. Marianna also really stepped up when we needed her. She really worked hard. Grace, Aerin, and Eibhleann are all sophomores. We have got a lot of players who are going to be with us.”

In reflecting on her first year at the helm of the program, DeSimone liked the way everyone worked together.

“I knew that this was going to be a real collaborative effort with the coaching staff and I could not have asked for more from all three of those guys,” said DeSimone, whose staff included Jamie Davis, Mike Adams, and Shavonne Leacy. “We all worked together to make the season successful. I think overall it went well. It is a really good group and we have really developed a nice community around the program. I am proud of that.”

The team’s returning group is hungry to some big things next winter.

er Ace Ewanchyna controls the puck in a game this winter. Senior star Ewanchyna produced a superb final campaign for PDS as went 7-11-3 and advanced to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) NonPublic quarterfinals.

“I would say we are a little light at the varsity level because there are only 11 or 12 kids coming back but in some respects it is more manageable. Everyone will play. Hopefully we will have a really good talented group of freshmen coming in and hopefully some of them are ready to step in and play right away like Brady and Filip.”

In order for the Panthers to take steps forward next season, Bertoli believes his players need to focus on being more connected and committed.

“I think the biggest thing for me is trying to develop a stronger sense of team and get everyone pulling in the same direction,” said Bertoli. “As a younger kid, playing in this top division in the Gordon Conference, you are going to be playing older, better kids all of the time. There is a gap there, they need to put the work in to narrow that gap. These kids are talented enough and I think they are fully committed to do what they need to do to close that gap.”

—Bill Alden

“Brigid absolutely kept us in this season, we had so many really tight games that would not have been tight without her,” said DeSim one. “We could not have been happier with her this season and that was true right up until the end. MoBeard did get five but she faced so many shots. She has been great all year and I know she was frustrated by that game.”

While the loss to MoBeard was frustrating, par ticularly since PDS reached the championship game last winter, DeSimone was proud of what the Panthers accom plished as they went 7-6-3.

“We were all a little dis appointed to not be in that state final but we also have to think about the fact that we did make it to the semifinals, that is a successful season,” said DeSimone. “We were happy that we made it as far as we did. We had a lot of battles, we had a lot of close games. We also had a lot of injuries that really affected us and our ability to play our best game. I think that at the end of the day, we still came out in a good place and looking forward to improving in that next year.”

In DeSimone’s view, the Panthers improved at both ends of the ice over the course of the season.

“I think we cleaned up our defensive mistakes towards the end of the season — that

DeSimone is excited about her group of returners which includes juniors

“The girls were disappointed to not be in that final,” said DeSimone. “That was the reaction and already it is ‘OK next year we are going to get them.’ They are already thinking about how to get to that place next year, so that is nice.”

—Bill Alden

NET GAIN: Princeton Day School girls’ hockey goalie Brigid Milligan turns away a shot against Summit in a 1-0 overtime win in the quarterfinal round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) girls’ state tournament. PDS, which went on to fall 5-0 to eventual champion Morristown-Beard in the state semis, ended the winter with a

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Enjoying Nice Stretch Run to APAC Semis, Hun Boys’ Hockey Posted 11-13 Record

Heading into the final week of the season, the Hun School boys’ hockey team had plenty to play for and it rose to the occasion with two key wins.

Hun defeated Malvern Prep (Pa.) 5-2 in the first round of the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference (APAC) playoffs and then posted a 5-2 victory over local rival Princeton Day School in a regular season meeting before falling 5-1 to La Salle College High (Pa.) in the APAC semis.

In the playoff win, Hun posted its third straight victory over Malvern Prep this winter, having previously topped the Friars 4-2 and 2-1 in two regular season meetings.

“It was a good stretch, it is hard to win three times in a row against a team,” said Hun head coach Ian McNally, who got two goals from Brendan Marino in the win with Vincent Gregoire, Ryan Levesque, and Elian Estulin adding one apiece. “I think by the third game we were somewhat in their heads. Once we got up again I think was it going to take here to stay up the whole game.”

Against PDS, Hun jumped out to a 3-0 second period lead on the way to the victory.

“That was nice, usually we end up playing earlier in the year and you don’t know what you have yet and then you don’t get to play again,” said McNally, who got two goals from both Marino and Levesque in the win. “It ended up being an end of the year thing. We got out and we got up and we just never looked back. I think the guys were kind of feeling too good and it was a six or seven minute stretch where they were coming. That was their shot and then as soon

as it went 4-1, I think you could feel the wind come out of their sails. They were clawing back and they were still down.”

The stretch run ended on a down note as Hun fell 5-1 to La Salle College High in the APAC semis on February 22 to finish the winter with an 11-13 record.

“We had been feeling it for a week and half and then the game started, they scored earlier and we just couldn’t quite find it,” said McNally. “We had just as many shots and scoring chances, it is not like we were out-played. That is the story against La Salle. You look at the scoresheet and we lost 5-1 and it is, ‘what, it didn’t seem to be playing out that way.’ We just didn’t score on our chances and they did.”

Although Hun fell short of a winning season, McNally believed the positives outweighed the negatives.

“In terms of wins and losses, I think this is the second time we have been below .500 since I have been here,” said McNally. “In a way, it seemed like it is one of the weaker years but it didn’t feel like that. It was an enjoyable group. We kept going through these pockets of good and some pretty memorable things where we win a big game and go on a run. We would feel stale for a while and then we would get it back going again, a 12-12 record seems a lot more suitable. It is not like we were getting thumped by anybody. I would say with this group, the better the team we played, the better we played. In those moments, we showed what the potential was.”

The squad’s large crew of seniors, Andrew Stournaras

(1 goal, 3 assists), Vincent Gregoire (2 goals, 5 assists), Simon Gregoire (1 goal, 1 assist), Charles Guida (2 goals, 5 assists), Mark Gall (7 goals, 6 assists), T.J. Walsh (2 goals, 5 assists), Josh Sosner (3 goals, 5 assists), Estulin (17 goals, 16 assists), Scott Richmond (5 goals, 5 assists), and Stephen Chen (380 saves, .927 save percentage in goal), had a lot of good moments for the Raiders.

“That is always going to be tough, it is hard to turn over a whole varsity team,” said McNally. “I would have liked to have had them win the championship so they could feel that. With the COVID years, we had two seasons where we didn’t really get to play a real playoff thing. That win over Malvern was probably the first win in a playoff game for those guys. I think they felt pretty good about that. It is a class where we went through the progression because as you add guys later on and it grows every year and it morphs. They came together nicely.”

Featuring a solid core of juniors in Justin LaPlante (17 goals, 21 assists), Levesque (7 goals, 16 assists), Marino (11 goals, 8 assists), Charles Etienne Jette (4 goals, 3 assists), and Julien Arseneault (307 saves, .875 save percentage), Hun has a nice foundation in place for next year.

“We have what could be a first line — the defense is going to be the area we are losing, they are all out two years in a row,” said McNally. “Julien is coming back at goal. It is not desperate but there are some holes to fill. Our JV is stronger but younger than usual. We have eighth and ninth graders who are local kids and are close.”

—Bill Alden

Local Sports

Princeton 5K Race Slated for March 18

The Princeton 5K is returning on March 18 for its 14th year.

The event annually brings together athletes — young and old, big and small, fast and not as fast — to run or walk while supporting the Princeton High cross-country and track programs.

The in-person race starts in front of the Princeton Middle School at 217 Walnut Lane at 8:30 a.m. The event will also include a 300-meter kids dash for all children under the age of 10.

Alternatively, there is a virtual option to participate between March 18-25. One can choose when and where to run (or walk) the 5K in that time period.

To register and get more information on the event, log onto runsignup.com/ Race/Info/NJ/Princeton/ PrincetonNJ5K . Registration is also available in-person on race day.

The Princeton 5K is the largest annual fundraiser for the Princeton High School Cross Country Track and Field Booster (PHSCCTF) a 501(c)(3). All donations directly support the PHS boys’ and girls’ cross-country and track teams.

Dillon Youth Hoops Title Game Results

In the championship game last Saturday in the Boys’ 4th-5th grade division of the Dillon Youth Basketball League, fourth-seeded Proof Pizza edged Ivy Rehab 3029 in overtime. Theo Henderson tallied 26 points for Proof while Dylan Chambers and Hugh Kelly each had seven points for Ivy Rehab.

In the Boys’ 6th-7th grade division final, secondseeded Le Kiosk defeated top-seeded Corner House 33-20. Ryan Tague led Le Kiosk with 12 points while Joe Vales added 11 points in the win. Quinton deFaria tallied a team-high 13 points for Corner House.

In the Boys’ 8th-10th grade division final, the second-seeded Sixers posted a 52-43 win over the top-seeded Nets. Andrew Spies and Harvey Smith led a balanced scoring attack for the Sixers with 13 points each. Isaiah Spencer had 18 for the Nets.

In the Girls’ d ivision title game, fourth-seeded Woodwinds nipped second-seeded Ficus 16-13. Elisa Schemmann scored eight points to lead the way for Woodwinds while Julia Belardo and Heidi Johnson each had five points for Ficus.

Recreation Department

Offering Summer Jobs

Applications for all Princeton Recreation Department 2023 seasonal and summer employment opportunities are now available on the department’s website.

Seasonal employment opportunities are available for the following positions: day camp counselor, day camp supervisor, day camp assistant director, teen travel camp counselor, Community Park Pool lifeguard/swim instructor, Community Park Pool manager, Community Park Pool customer service, and seasonal park maintenance.

Instructions on how to apply as well as job descriptions can be found online at princetonrecreation.com under “Seasonal Employment.” All interested job seekers are encouraged to apply.

Princeton Athletic Club

Holding 6K Run

April 15

The Princeton Athletic Club will be holding a 6,000-meter cross- country run at the Institute Woods on April 15

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

The entry fee is $33 plus a $2.80 fee until March 24, including the optional T-shirt. The fee increases after March 24. Same day registration is $55 and will be limited to credit card only – no cash – and space available. This event is chip timed. All abilities are invited, including those who prefer to walk the course.

Online registration and full event details are available at princetonac.org.

The Princeton Athletic Club is a nonprofit running club for the community. The club, an all-volunteer organization, promotes running

for the fun and health of it and stages several running events each year.

Hopewell Valley PTO Holding Bunny Hop 5K

The Hopewell Valley Central High PTO will be holding the inaugural Hopewell Valley Bunny Hop 5K Run/ Walk on April 22 at Washington Crossing State Park.

The event has a checkin time of 8 a.m. and a 9 a.m. race start. In addition to providing the community with a fun way to welcome spring, the Bunny Hop also supports fundraising efforts for the Class of 2024 Post Prom.

For more than 25 years, parent volunteers, in cooperation with the HVCHS PTO, school administrators, and the Hopewell Valley Municipal Alliance, have organized a large-scale event known as Post Prom. This event provides an alcoholand drug-free alternative for all HoVal students and their guests following the senior prom. The parent volunteers also plan several other senior year events, including Senior Sunrise, Senior Sunset, and various senior week activities. The cost of these events is covered entirely by the support of parents, local businesses, and community organizations.

Participation awards are being given to the top HVRSD elementary school ($300), the top grade at Timberlane Middle School ($400), and top grade at Hopewell Valley High ($500).

All registrants are able to affiliate with one of these groups, as appropriate. The top three finishers (male/ female) of each age group will be awarded chocolate bunnies provided by David Bradley Chocolatier. Log onto hvbunnyhop5K. com for more information and to register.

Princeton High senior football player Jake Richter, right, and PHS head coach Charlie Gallagher are all smiles after Richter was honored as one of 21 local high school scholar-leader-athletes at the National Football Foundation Delaware Valley Chapter’s 61st Annual George Wah ScholarLeader-Athlete Awards Ceremony last Sunday. Richter played on the offensive and defensive lines for PHS and also handled the punting duties. Off the field, Richter has been honored with the PHS Gold Key Award, All-Academic Team Honor, and is the Heisman High School Scholar school winner. In addition, he is the co-founder and president of

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the PHS Architecture Club, serves on the PHS Art and Science Courtyard renovation committee, and both works and volunteers at The Jewish Center’s Religious School as a teaching assistant. This fall, Richter will be attending Syracuse University’s School of Architecture, having received the SU Architecture Portfolio Award.

IN STRIDE: Hun School boys’ hockey player Vincent Gregoire streaks up the ice in recent action. Senior defenseman Gregoire helped Hun go 11-13 this winter as it advanced to the Atlantic Prep Athletic Conference (APAC) semifinals. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Obituaries

1991), and Dynamic Human Resources Systems: Cross National Comparisons (Walter de Gruyter, 1997). He was the founding President of the University Council of Industrial Relations and Human Resources Programs, an organization whose members are the heads of academic programs in the field of industrial relations and human resource management. At the time of his retirement, he was the School’s Director of International Programs, and developed graduate programs in human resource management with organizations in China, Singapore, and Indonesia.

James Paul Begin

James Paul Begin was born on April 19, 1938 and died on March 4, 2023 at age 84.

Born in Greenville, Ohio, Jim was a resident of Princeton, NJ, for 51 years. He joined Rutgers University’s Institute of Management and Labor Relations as an Assistant Professor in 1969 after receiving a PhD in Management from Purdue University. He served as Director of the Institute of Management and Labor Relations (later the School of Management & Labor Relations) at Rutgers from 1979 until 1990 and was named a Distinguished Professor in 1982. He retired from Rutgers in 1999. Jim was an active labor arbitrator and mediator throughout his career at Rutgers University, and was elected to the National Academy of Arbitrators. He also held appointments as a visiting scholar at the University of Warwick, UK, and the Department of Economics at Princeton University.

Jim was a prolific author in the field of industrial relations and human resource management. Among his books are a text with Edwin Beal , The Practice of Collective Bargaining (Irwin, 1982, 1989), Strategic Employment Policy: An Organizational Systems Perspective (Prentice-Hall,

Burial will be in Princeton Cemetery in Princeton, NJ, at a later date. A celebration of life will be held locally in Washington, D.C. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Battlefield Trust.

Bill served in the U.S. Navy after college and moved to Princeton, NJ where he taught mathematics at Princeton High School (PHS) from 1960 until his retirement in 2000. Bill also served as an Adjunct Professor at The College of New Jersey and Mercer County Community College.

tours of the venue, a role he took very seriously.

To round out his tennis experience, Bill served as a USTA Tennis Official and officiated at collegiate matches and tournaments in Middle States as well as the Women’s National Grass Courts at Marion Cricket Club.

After retiring from Rutgers University, Jim enjoyed visiting battlefi elds, particularly those of the Civil War. He visited most eastern Civil War battlefields and supported organizations that worked to preserve those sites.

Jim was active in the Princeton community, having served on the Princeton Township Zoning Board for several terms and on the Board of the Princeton Adult School as well. His favorite volunteer activity, however, was as a coach for youth baseball in Princeton and a strong supporter of the baseball teams of John Witherspoon School and Princeton High School. His son, Robert, played baseball for the Princeton Public Schools and local youth baseball, and Jim provided informal coaching support and assistance for the coaches throughout Robert’s baseball career in Princeton.

Jim was called to active duty in the U.S. Navy in 1957, and served until 1959 on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific. He had a lifelong love for sailing and the sea.

In 2020, Jim and his wife, Barbara Lee, moved to Washington, D.C., to be near their son, Robert and his wife, Rachel Snyderman. In addition to Barbara, Robert, and Rachel, Jim leaves two grandchildren, Elias and Emmanuelle Begin, and his sister, Jean Capelli Lindsay of Los Alamos, NM.

William Davis Humes, respected and admired for his courage, graciousness, and integrity, lived life to the fullest for 86 years until February 28, 2023. He is survived by his loving wife of 49 years, Anne Baxter Humes; beloved sons Colin Cigarran (Jane Settles Cigarran) of Corvallis, Oregon, and Jason Cigarran (Elisabeth Browning Cigarran) of Atlanta, Georgia; and grandson Anton William Cigarran; together with friends, near and far, and students whose lives were enriched by Bill’s mentorship and teaching.

Bill was the youngest son of Edward and Doris McCaffrey Humes. He was predeceased by his parents and his sister Alice Humes Umlauf. He was very close to his brothers Edward and Harry and his many nieces and nephews, who survive him.

Born in Girardville, Pennsylvania, Bill graduated from Girardville High School, and then studied mathematics at Lycoming College where he earned an A.B. degree and where he played basketball for four years. He went to graduate school at Northwestern University while in the U.S. Navy and earned MEd and EDM Math Education degrees from Rutgers University.

In addition to teaching math at PHS, Bill hoped to coach basketball. While there was no opening at the time for a basketball coach, there was an opening as coach of the Boys Tennis Team. Bill was interested but knew nothing about tennis so the Athletic Director told him to call Eve Kraft, Director of the Princeton Tennis Program (PTP). That call changed Bill’s life. He learned tennis teaching beginners at PTP, and taught there for more than 40 years. Eve became a lifelong friend, teacher, and mentor.

Bill went on to coach the PHS Boys Tennis Team for 16 years and the Girls Tennis Team for 22 years, garnering more than 650 wins for his teams. He treasured his years coaching tennis. On the court, Bill competed, never giving up, as he did in life, winning singles and doubles tournaments.

He was a member of the International Club and played on teams in Canada and the U.S. for many years.

The Director of Tennis at Bedens Brook Country Club for 20 years, Bill also taught beginner tennis at the Princeton Adult School, rigging up a court in the high school gymnasium. He introduced tennis to more than 1,300 adults over 35 years.

Bill was an active tennis volunteer at the local, county, state, and national levels. At the national level, he served on the USTA Davis Cup/Federation Cup Committee and with his wife Anne, who managed the USTA Office of the President, traveled the world attending Davis Cup and Fed Cup ties and other tennis tournaments. He volunteered at the US Open and took great delight leading

Bill relished the outdoors. He hiked the mountains of Pennsylvania, the Grand Canyon, rim to rim, and completed 1,700 miles of the Appalachian Trail over the years. He also enjoyed fishing, particularly fly fishing, and was an active member of the Lake Solitude Club in High Point, NJ. At Pretty Brook, he taught youngsters how to fish in the Club’s pond.

He was always happy in the company of his labs, Sport, and later Callie.

Bill was elected to several Halls of Fame including Princeton High School Athletics, Mercer County Tennis, and USTA Middle States. He was awarded the prestigious USTA Eve Kraft National Community Tennis Award and the Mangan Award, Middle States’ highest award for volunteer service in the section.

Bill was a cherished member of the Pretty Brook Tennis Club for 55 years. He is recognized on Pretty Brook’s Wall of Fame for winning 10 doubles championships and in 1983, he earned the Triple Crown, winning the singles, doubles and mixed doubles titles. He loved playing singles and doubles and later in life became a doubles specialist and organizer of games for members. Soft spoken and sincere, Bill will be remembered for his sportsmanship.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Princeton Tennis Program: ptp.org, 92 Washington Road, Princeton, NJ 08540. Burial will be private. Family and friends are invited to join in a celebration of Bill’s life on Saturday, April 15 from 2 to 4 p.m. at Springdale Golf Club (1895 Clubhouse Drive) in Princeton.

Arrangements are under the director of Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

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VIOLET CLEANING SERVICE. Professional experience, reliable. Great references. English-speaking cleaning lady. (609) 575-4535.

We deliver to ALL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas. (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com tf

dential & commercial. Free estimates. References upon request. (609) 2182279, (609) 323-7404.

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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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HOME HEALTH AIDE/COMPANION AVAILABLE: NJ certified and experienced. Live-in or live-out. Driver’s license. References available. Please call Cindy, (609) 227-9873.

03-22

HOUSECLEANING: By experienced Polish lady. Good prices. References available. Please call (609) 310-0034.

03-29

LOOKING TO IMPROVE YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

Are you in a “toleration-ship”? That’s where I come in! Jena Jake Relationship Coach, therapist, author, podcast host. Email Jenajake@me.com or call (732) 682-3111.

03-29

HANDYMAN: Painting, landscaping, drapes, etc. Call Jack: (609) 8650338.

03-22

FOR RENT: ATTRACTIVE ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, 342 Nassau Street, Princeton. Recently purchased, renovated and part of a small mixed use commercial/residential complex at corner of Nassau & Harrison Streets. Parking available “on site” with public bus service nearby. Separate entrance, gas appliances. Competitive rental/lease terms + electric. Email: william@wfking.com.

03-15

Offering professional cleaning services in the Princeton community for more than 28 years! Weekly, biweekly, monthly, move-in/move-out services for houses, apartments, offices & condos. As well as, GREEN cleaning options! Outstanding references, reliable, licensed & trustworthy. If you are looking for a phenomenal, thorough & consistent cleaning, don’t hesitate to call (609) 751-2188.

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HANDYMAN–CARPENTER:

Painting, hang cabinets & paintings, kitchen & bath rehab. Tile work, masonry. Porch & deck, replace rot, from floors to doors to ceilings. Shelving & hook-ups. ELEGANT REMODELING. You name it, indoor, outdoor tasks. Repair holes left by plumbers & electricians for sheetrock repair. RE agents welcome. Sale of home ‘checklist’ specialist. Mercer, Hunterdon, 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.

ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE:

• Ads with line spacing: $20.00/inch•all bold face type: $10.00/week

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

WE BUY CARS Belle Mead Garage (908) 359-8131 Ask for Chris

EXPERIENCED ELDER CARE for your loved one. Compassionate caregiver with 16 years experience will assist with personal care, medication, meals, drive to medical appointments, shopping. Many local references. Call or text (609) 9779407.

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. tf

LOLIO’S WINDOW WASHING & POWER WASHING: Free estimate. Next day service. Fully insured. Gutter cleaning available. References available upon request. 30 years experience. (609) 271-8860.

JOES LANDSCAPING INC. OF PRINCETON

Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs

Commercial/Residential

Over 45 Years of Experience

• Fully Insured • Free Consultations

Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ gmail.com

Text (only): (609) 356-9201

Office: (609) 216-7936

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EXPERIENCED AND PROFESSIONAL CAREGIVER Available Part-Time With Excellent References in the Greater Princeton Area (609) 216-5000 tf VIOLET CLEANING SERVICE. Professional experience, reliable. Great references. English-speaking cleaning lady. (609) 575-4535. 04-26

HOME HEALTH AIDE/COMPANION AVAILABLE: NJ certified and experienced. Live-in or live-out. Driver’s license. References available. Please call Cindy, (609) 227-9873.

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I BUY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty

Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469.

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BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, cameras, silver, costume & fine jewelry. Guitars & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 306-0613.

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HOME CARE: Live in, live out. Experienced Polish woman, speaks English. References and car. Please call for more info - Teresa Agnas: (609) 516-4725. 03-15

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Leslie & Nora, cleaning experts. Residential & commercial. Free estimates. References upon request. (609) 2182279, (609) 323-7404.

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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 tf

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HOUSECLEANING: By experienced Polish lady. Good prices. References available. Please call (609) 310-0034.

03-29

LOOKING TO IMPROVE YOUR RELATIONSHIP?

Are you in a “toleration-ship”? That’s where I come in! Jena Jake Relationship Coach, therapist, author, podcast host. Email Jenajake@me.com or call (732) 682-3111.

03-29

HANDYMAN: Painting, landscaping, drapes, etc. Call Jack: (609) 8650338.

03-22

FOR RENT: ATTRACTIVE ONE BEDROOM APARTMENT, 342 Nassau Street, Princeton. Recently purchased, renovated and part of a small mixed use commercial/residential complex at corner of Nassau & Harrison Streets. Parking available “on site” with public bus service nearby. Separate entrance, gas appliances. Competitive rental/lease terms + electric. Email: william@wfking.com.

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All phases of home improvement. Serving the Princeton area for over 30 yrs. No

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