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With COVID-19 case numbers locally continuing to trend down and vaccination numbers climbing, health officials are expressing some guarded optimism, and New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is talking about lifting restrictions, at least “incrementally,” in the coming weeks and months. “It has taken a few months of vaccinations, but I believe our data is beginning to reflect vaccinations in our community,” said Princeton Health Officer Jeff Grosser. “Despite the increase in vaccinations in New Jersey, the pandemic is not over yet.” Grosser went on to point out that those who are testing positive — five in the previous seven days, 15 in the previous 14 days, according to the Princeton Health Department’s April 19 report — are on average less than 30 years old and unvaccinated because they were previously not eligible. With everyone 16 and older who lives, works, or studies in New Jersey eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine as of April 19, health officials expect the average age of positive cases to continue to decline. About 36 percent of New Jersey adults, about 2.5 million, have already been vaccinated, and more than one-half, about 3.8 million, have received at least one dose. It is New Jersey’s goal to vaccinate about 4.7 million people, about 70 percent of the state’s adults, by the end of June. The Princeton Health Department has provided vaccinations offsite at senior congregate housing sites over the past two months. “Many of our Princeton residents were seeking ‘local’ shots because of a myriad of barriers to get to regional/ mega or other vaccine sites for a shot,” said Grosser. Health officials will provide vaccines at another community location beginning next week and will continue to work to contact those who have not been able to find vaccinations. Grosser stated that he has seen “a bit of a slowdown in demand for the vaccine,” but he pointed out that the expansion of eligibility to those 16 and older, along with increased community education on the importance of vaccinations, should increase demand.” The health department is once again receiving regular shipments of Moderna vaccine and will continue to have appointments available to the Continued on Page 12

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Planning Board to Consider Redevelopment Study Is the North Harrison Redevelopment Study Area, which includes Princeton Shopping Center, an “area in need of redevelopment?” The Princeton Planning Board will take on the question at a special virtual meeting Thursday, April 22 at 7:30 p.m. Their recommendation then goes to Princeton Council, which will consider the issue at its meeting on April 26. Visit princetonnj. gov for the links. The 42.2-acre area in question includes the wooded lot to the north of the shopping center on the corner of Terhune Road and Harrison Street, the shopping center itself, Grover Park, and the three buildings that were formerly occupied by Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad. Zoning has already been decided for the two affordable housing sites located within this parcel — one at Harrison Street and Terhune Road; the other on the south side of the shopping center, currently a parking lot bordering the Clearview Avenue neighborhood. AvalonBay has been selected by Edens, which owns the shopping center, to develop the latter. Should the properties be designated as a non-condemnation redevelopment area, the municipality would be able to choose a redeveloper, allowing input on

design, parking, circulation, sustainability, and other aspects. The redevelopment authority can also provide tax abatements on improvements and create a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) program for the area, with the PILOT money going to the municipality. Some members of the public have expressed concerns that the designation is not the right path for Princeton to follow. Council members Mia Sacks and David Cohen, who have been working on the

issue along with Councilwoman Michelle Pirone Lambros, said Monday that they believe there is a misconception that redevelopment is only a response to blight, and can translate to higher property taxes. “An area in need of redevelopment doesn’t necessarily mean there is blight,” said Sacks. “That was originally what the statute was for, but there is another alternative, which is redevelopment in noncondemnation. We feel strongly that we need to think of this area holistically. The Continued on Page 8

PCDO Panelists Say It’s Time For Investment in Public Goods, Services “Investment vs. Austerity: Government Response to Economic Downturns” was the issue on the table Sunday night, April 18, at a Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) Zoom meeting, but the discussion quickly focused not on whether to spend the money, but how to spend the money effectively to help people most in need of government services. With the federal government making investments in public goods and services on a scale not seen in decades, the panelists — Sheila Reynertson, New Jersey Policy Perspective (NJPP) senior

policy analyst; Deborah Cornavaca, Gov. Phil Murphy’s deputy chief of staff; and Nedia Morsy, organizing director at Make the Road New Jersey — seemed to join forces in exploring ways to combat the unequal impact of the pandemic and to break down barriers and put prosperity within everyone’s reach. Acknowledging the meeting’s bias towards the need for New Jersey to invest its way out of the crisis rather than go the route of austerity, Cornavaca emphasized, “But how we do it is the really important Continued on Page 14

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nity for those interested in learning how to ride a bike, or to obtain one at an affordable price,” said Park Commission Executive Director Aaron T. Watson. “We are thrilled with the turnout from the event and hope to see this effort expand more within our park system.” The Bike Exchange, located in the Capitol Plaza Shopping Center on Olden Avenue in Ewing, collects used bikes to refurbish and sell at a discounted rate. Its goal is to promote health and biking, and all proceeds go to support the Boys & Girls Clubs of Mercer County. The Park Commission set up the drive at three locations in Hopewell Township, West Windsor, and Hamilton

County. Donors took advantage of the chance to clean out their sheds and garages, with the added benefit of supporting the organization. Some sadly parted with bikes that had given them joy for decades. Others brought in bikes that their children had quickly outgrown. Donors also dropped off tires, air pumps and bicycle helmets — all products the Bike Exchange can use. T he Bike E xchange is open Thursdays from 5 to 7:45 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3:45 p.m. It is a volunteer-led establishment and will accept bikes in any condition for donation. For more information, v isit bgcmercer.org / bgcbike-exchange.

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KEEPING IT GREEN: Earth Week 2021 events are geared toward sustainability and allowing scenes like this one, in which a bee visits a New England Aster, to continue.

Earth Week 2021 Events Are In-Person and Online

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2021. From Zoom webinars to hands-on, participatory events, the goal is to raise awareness of the environm e nt’s f rag i l it y a nd do something about it. In the courtyard of Princeton Shopping Center on Saturday, April 24 from 12-3 p.m., Sustainable Princeton hosts a Sustainable Landscaping Mini-Expo to share the best practices of sustainable landscaping. Among the topics are electric landscaping equipment, organic lawn care techniques, native plants, sustainable landscaping, and mulching.

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The Watershed Institute, D&R Greenway Land Trust, and the town’s Shade Tree and Environmental commissions will be on hand. There is plenty of space to socially distance, but attendees are asked to wear a mask. Also on Saturday, a “Delay is Denial” fossil fuel divestment rally is planned for 1 p.m. starting at Princeton University’s FitzRandolph Gate on Nassau Street. The rally is being held as the University’s Resources Committee moves to recommend that the board of trustees divest the endowment from fossil fuels and reinvest responsibly. “Following its p u b l i c r e c o m m e n d at i o n in early May, the board is slated to take up the divestment issue sometime in the coming months,” according to divestprinceton.com. Since last week, the New Jersey Student Sustainability Coalition has been holding events centered on the proposed env ironmental rights amendment to New Jersey’s constitution. “The New Jersey Green Amendment would recognize and protect the rights to pure water, clean air, a stable climate, and healthy environments for all people including future generations,” reads a statement from the group. “Organized by and for students for a constitutional amendment that will safeguard our futures, we encourage you to join one or all of these events to learn more and help advance the NJ Green Amendment movement.” These Zoom events culminate Saturday, April 24 from 12-1 p.m. w ith an

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best way is the redevelopment statute.” Cohen said, “The alternative to redevelopment is sprawl. This is the way we encourage developers to re-use the infrastructure.” There have also been questions about why Grover Park was included in the properties to be considered. A study conducted by planning consultant Carlos Rodriguez said the park was included because it is adjacent to the shopping center and other properties in the study area, and impacted by

them in terms of drainage and circulation. Design for a Crowded Planet, which is Rodriguez’s firm, undertook the study after Council approved a resolution last December to ask the Planning Board to study the area. Sacks added in an email on Tuesday, “In 2019, in response to changing market conditions, New Jersey expanded the Local Housing and Redevelopment Law to encourage the redevelopment of underutilized retail districts, shopping centers, and suburban office parks. The law provides municipalities with effective tools for economic

revitalization and we are eager to partner with the owners of Princeton Shopping Center in this process. The PSC has changed very little since it was built in 1953, and it is time to usher it into the 21st century. We look forward to working with the community in a public process to re-envision how the center can best meet the daily needs of today’s residents.” Built in 1953, the shopping center has a vacancy rate of more than 20 percent. The redevelopment and PILOT process could incentivize the shopping center to make changes that would hopefully result in increased

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commercial revenue, in turn relieving some of the tax burden on homeowners, the Council members said. “A co-benefit of the ability to negotiate a PILOT is that it enables the town to use the revenue received in creative ways, such as funding school facility enhancements and upgrades in a more cost effective way,” said Sacks. “Given the Princeton schools’ significant needs, that will increase as children move into the affordable units and enter the schools, this is a crucial aspect of the town’s plan.” Edens bought the shopping center in 2012, before the town and the state passed some rigorous legislation on stormwater mitigation. The redevelopment designation would enable the town to ask the developers to implement major improvements in controlling the problem, at the shopping center and Grover Park. It could also create opportunities related to design. “There is a stream that runs under the shopping center, and we are hoping to be able to daylight it,” said Cohen. “It could be such a focus, to have people eating outside, in the courtyard, next to a babbling brook.” The “area in need” designation would be the first step in a process that must be completed by the Planning Board and Council. “This is a really exciting thing we’re doing, and we’re trying to get the town excited,” said Sacks. “We feel it is our obligation in setting the town’s future.” —Anne Levin

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Once COVID-19 restrictions are lifted, it will acc o m m o d a te u p to 3 0 0 guests for sit-down affairs. A pre-existing approved plan for the property is being revised to accommodate new requirements for coronavirus protocols. Hansen, who has been serving the Princeton and Bucks Count y communities for more than 25 years, recog n i zed t here was a scarcity of sizable premium event spaces in the Princeton area. “I believe that our farmhouse venue will provide a world class event space worthy of the community,” Hansen said. The venue is being designed by Studio Hillier. Construction will begin late summer 2021, with completion slated for the summer of 2022. T he Pr inceton Farmhouse will include a full-ser vice catering and event facility, a commissary kitchen, and offices. Studio Hillier’s plan is to raise the event space roof to create an airy modern structure. The new design will incor p or ate what Ha n s e n refers to as “the look and feel of a New England farm compound with a Princeton aesthetic.” A large deck will provide additional outdoor space when weather per mits. T he far m house

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Princeton Family YMCA Kicks Off Annual Campaign

T h e P r i nce ton Fa m i ly YMCA has begun its annual fundraising campaign. The yearly donation drive raises crucial funds that keep the organization healthy and allow it to continue its work in the community, delivering essential services to a wide range of people of all backgrounds. “I feel deeply about the Princeton YMCA because it is one of the few institutions in our town that brings the entire community together,” said Prashanth Jayachandran, chair of the Board of Directors. “I am proud and honored to be part of an organization that has such a broad and meaningful impact on so many people in the greater Princeton community.” Throughout much of 2020 and since the start of this year, the Princeton Family YMCA has supported delivery of food and meals to those in need, offered the only summer camp in Princeton during the summer, reopened its doors safely to members in September, and provided afterschool support and distanced learning, along with mental health boosts. These programs and more are made possible by the support of donors in the community, especially to the Y’s Annual Campaign. Proceeds provide memberships and critical programming to people of all backgrounds who might not otherwise be able to afford fees, improving their lives and quality of life, and subsidize essential programs such as Princeton Young Achievers which are low cost or free to participants. Each year, the Princeton Family YMCA provides financial assistance to hundreds of local youth and families in need; prior to the pandemic, the Y provided an average of $500,000 in direct assistance and subsidized programs annually. Financial assistance requests are now rising to unprecedented levels and the Y, through its annual fund-raising, wants to be there for those who are in need. Members of the community who would like to support the Princeton Family YMCA’s Annual Campaign and its efforts to strengthen the community, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, can make a donation at princetonymca. org/donate.

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I Am Trenton Community Foundation Awards $50,000 to 17 Nonprofits Since 2010, the I Am Trenton Community Foundation (IAT) has invested more than $300,000 in nearly 200 grass roots projects run by residents of the capital city. S o m e r e c i p i e n t s, l i ke Friends of the Trenton Free Public Library, Arm In Arm, and Artworks Trenton, have familiar names. Others, like Sheltered Yoga, Timbuk2 Academy, and the Puerto Rican Parade of Trenton, have a less visible profile. They are all on the radar of the all-volunteer nonprofit, which raises money from individual donors and private funders for citywide grants. Thanks to recent infusions of $25,000 from the G eraldine R. Dodge Foundation and more than $18,000 from the Princeton University Black Leadership Coalition, IAT has granted $50,000 to 17 nonprofits — its most generous yet. “We’re proud of all of them,” said Raj Manimaran, IAT board president. “There are hundreds of nonprofits in the city, and a lot of people doing really great things. Finding ways to collaborate

and share is really important. We are focused on the belief that Trentonians have the vision to make the city better.” Among the grantees is 16-year-old Zanobia Shaw, who who will be leading United Front, a youth empowerment initiative engaging other Trenton High School students. “We are really excited to have our youngest grantee so far,” Manimaran said. “She has great ideas for workshops and training in the city to inform awareness and take action.” IAT’s goal is to celebrate and improve the city and advance social justice, particularly in the context of the pandemic. The organization is a booster of the city, but acknowledges its problems. “This past year was a time of turmoil leading to change in our country, our city, and our community,” Manimaran said in a press release. “We are proud to support Trenton residents working together to address inequality by engaging with our past to improve our future. These projects will make a lasting

difference in our community.” Grants range from $500 to $2,500. Among them: Passage Theatre Company, for production of a new play about the history of the Hedgepeth-Williams Middle School and its effect on racial integration of school systems throughout the country; Mighty Writers, a bilingual learning loss prevention program ; and Habiyb Ali Shu’Aib, a photographer who will create positive images of Trenton residents and install them on abandoned buildings. Also Adam Nawrot, for the Trenton Makes Video Series, a collection of short films showcasing local craftspeople; the Garden State Agrihood Project, for the Capital City Farm Urban Youth Environmental Stewards ; Trenton Music Makers, for its Juneteenth Collaboration with Trenton musicians Ahmad Shakir and Josue Lora to produce original performances; Trenton Cycling Revolution, for a D&R Canal Trail Bike Fixing Station; and others.

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D&R Greenway Invites Public to Virtual Gala

The French Ambassador to the United States, Phillipe Etienne, will join D&R Greenway’s annual celebration of land preservation at its May 16 Virtual Gala from 4:30 to 5:30 pm. The event will feature Point Breeze, the former estate of Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, the exiled King of Spain. Located in Bordentown, Point Breeze once drew famous dignitar ies from Spain and France, as well as founders and notables of the newly independent United States of America. D&R Greenway invites the public to join the celebration virtually. Surprise speakers will share the importance of this property from the perspective of 13,000 years of history. Guests will learn of archeological finds and future plans, and historical artifacts that will be displayed in the soon-to-open museum. The celebration w ill recognize the pres ence of Native Americans who lived along this promontor y on the Delaware River. Acknowledging the 60 t h A nniversar y of t he New Jersey Green Acres Program, a major partner in the land’s preservation, will be the director of the statewide program, Martha Sapp, who has been involved in state land preservation for 34 years. The Gala’s highlight will be the presentation of D&R Greenway’s premiere 2021 Donald B. Jones Conservation Award to Bordentown City Mayor James L. Lynch Jr., who will share his thoughts about saving this property from warehouse and housing development. The award is granted annually to a person who embodies D&R Greenway’s mission to inspire a conservation ethic. “After all my years in Bordentown, I must say preserving this special land feels like a wonderful victory,” Lynch said. “To be honored by D&R Greenway with this meaningful award makes it feel all that more real.” Sponsors of the event will be invited to small, special interest gatherings on the property to meet the mayor and view features when it is safe to gather in the

summer and fall of this year. To join in virtual and actual Greenway Gala festivities with a sponsorship, contact Nancy Faherty at (609) 4624057, or e-mail Deb Kilmer at dkilmer@drgreenway.org. Point Breeze today features vistas of the Delaware River and Crosswicks Creek, with trees from Bonaparte’s time. During the Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte era, Point Breeze was a social, intellectual, and political mecca. The exiled King of Spain and older brother of Napoleon, Emperor of France, Joseph’s frequent visitors included the General of Waterloo; Michael Bouvier, ancestor of Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis; and Stephen Girard, who was the first millionaire in America and a major philanthropist. John James Audubon visited his friend, the renowned ornithologist Charles Lucien Bonaparte, at Point Breeze. The estate was known for its gardens, which Joseph opened to the community for public enjoyment. The G ard e n er’s H ou s e, now owned by D&R Greenway L and Tr us t, w ill be re stored to showcase exhibits with surrounding gardens. Bonaparte’s gardener, Augustus Mathelin, introduced asparagus for the first time to colonial America, and Joseph Bonaparte was fond of artichokes growing in the garden. Visit drgreenway.org for more information.

Rider Training Program Geared to Veterans, Military

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YWCA Princeton to Host Virtual Stand Against Racism

Y WC A P r i n c e to n w i l l hold its 13 th annual Stand Against Racism vir tually April 22–25. The week of virtual programming centers around the national YWCA Stand Against Racism theme, “From Declarations to C h a n g e : A d d r e s s i n g Racism as a Public Health Crisis,” and will include a panel discussion, youth rally and open mic, a day of action via social media, and will conclude with a call to action to urge legislators to acknowledge racism as a public health crisis. All events are free and open to the public. “There are numerous, interconnected ways that systemic racism is detrimental to the health and well-being of communities of color,” said YWCA Princeton CEO Tay Walker. “As an organization that provides childcare and resources for breast cancer survivors, we’re particularly troubled by disparities in maternal health and cancer screenings, and we look for ward to working with our community to raise awareness and advocate for change.” Pa nelis t s i nclude L is a Asare from New Jersey’s Dept. of Health, Dr. Nathalie Edmond from Mindful and Multicultural Counseling, Ryan P. Haygood from New Jersey’s Institute for Social Justice, and Gwendolyn Krol from the Municipality of Princeton. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman has provided an introductory video to begin the event. The panel will be moderated by YWCA Princeton Board members Laila Wilson and Melanie Lowe Hoffman. The Youth Rally and Open Mic on Friday, April 23 is a safe space for youth in Mercer County and beyond to share thoughts, feelings, and experiences related to racism and inequity. Registration for the events and resources to take action against inequity is available at ywcaprinceton.org/sar21.

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“Universities should encourage students to get vaccinated as well as provide opportunities for students to receive vaccinations if they are able,” Grosser said. The NJDOH will be hosting a free virtual town hall on “Saving Lives with the COVID -19 Vaccine” next Tuesday, April 27 at 7 p.m. It will be moderated by Dr. Meg Fisher, special adviser to NJDOH Commissioner Judith Persichilli, and will feature Dr. Irini Daskalaki of Princeton University Health Services; Dr. Hafeza Shaikh of the Cherry Hill Free Clinic; and Dr. Tamara Green, a

community, he added. Grosser declined to weigh in on the question of whether he would endorse vaccine passports or whether he supported Rutgers University’s requirement and Princeton University’s requirement, announced April 20, that on-campus students in the fall of 2021 be vaccinated. He did say that the health department continues to work alongside Princeton University as they evaluate their campus community for COVID-19 vaccinations.

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Mercer, Penn Princeton Health Partner on Vaccination Program

The County of Mercer and Penn Medicine Princeton Health are partnering to expand the availability of COVID-19 vaccination opportunities in Mercer County, announced Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes. “This public-private partnership will provide convenient and free vaccinations to our residents, and we are excited to have Princeton Health come onboard to help us meet the needs of the community during this pandemic,” he said. Beginning May 6, Princeton Health will manage the second of Mercer County’s fixed-base vaccination sites, located at the lounge at Mercer County Park’s rink. In addition, Princeton Health will provide staff to operate Mercer County’s new mobile unit, which will schedule community-based vaccination clinics at locations throughout the county to vaccinate underserved and hard-to-reach populations, such as the elderly or those without transportation. The other vaccination clinic, in collaboration with Capital Health, is at CURE Arena in Trenton. “COVID-19 is the greatest public health challenge in our lifetime, and vaccinating as many members of our community as possible is a crucial step forward,” said Princeton Health CEO James Demetriades. “We are excited to work with Mercer County to build on our efforts to date, which have included administering more than 25,000 vaccines to community members and our staff. This initiative has included providing pop-up clinics at more than a dozen locations across Mercer,

Middlesex and Somerset counties, where we administered 2,300 vaccines to educators and school employees.” The next phase of the community-based vaccination program will include deploying the new mobile unit to locations on the eastern side of Mercer County, where there is a large older adult population and community diversity. “Among my priorities is ensuring equitable access to vaccinations, and just as FEMA was able to target high-need communities in Trenton, which was hit particularly hard by the virus, we must ensure that all residents have ease of access and availability to the vaccine. We are grateful to our newest health partner, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, for this important collaboration,” Hughes said. For the past couple of months, Mercer County has operated a COVID-19 vaccination clinic at the gymnasium of Mercer County Community College’s West Windsor Campus in conjunction with the college and municipal health depar tments. The site has relied heavily on MCCC nursing students and volunteers to administer vaccine to residents. With nursing students preparing to leave at the end of the spring semester in early May, the County is transitioning its MCCC vaccination site to the lounge area in the skating center, which is in proximity to the previous site, is a countyowned venue, and has space and parking convenient for elderly residents and individuals with disabilities. At the fixed sites, vaccination appointments will be required, and individuals must be registered in the New Jersey Vaccination Scheduling System (NJVSS). Visit covidvaccine.nj.gov to register for a vaccine appointment.

LALDEF Announces New Executive Director

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American Immigration Policy Is Topic of Virtual Program

“Opening the Talent Pipeline: Strategies for Reforming American Immigration Policy to Advance New Jersey’s Economy” is the topic of a program on Friday, April 30, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The virtual event is presented by the New Jersey Business Immigrant Coalition in partnership with the New Jersey Business and Industry Association and Einstein’s Alley. Immigration experts, political leaders, and industry representatives will discuss the importance of employment-based immigration to the American economy. Follow ing open ing re marks by Michelle Siekerka, president and CEO of the New Jersey Business and Industry Association; and Katherine Kish, executive director of Einstein’s Alley; the keynote speaker will be Jorge Lima, senior vice president of policy at Americans for Prosperity. Participants in the panel discussion are Vicki Clark, executive director of the Cape May County Chamber of Commerce; Ali Bokhari, global mobilit y manager at Unilever Corporation ; Miriam Feldblum, executive director of the Presidents; Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration; Neil Dornbaum, partner and cochair, corporate immigration and global mobility, Connell-Foley; and Theresa Cardinal Brown, managing director, Immigration and cross-border policy, Bipartisan Policy Center; Attorney Ryan Stark Lilienthal, on the steering committee of the New Jersey Immigration Coalition, is moderator. Visit info @njbusinessimmigration.org for more information.

James Demetriades: Leading Penn Medicine Princeton Health Through the Pandemic

ames Demetriades, who became CEO of Penn M e d i c i n e P r i n c e to n Health ( PMPH ) on March 1, is leading the growing medical center through the second year of a pandemic and into a future of transformations that he continues to pilot. In an April 13 phone interview, he noted that he and PMPH learned many lessons over the past year as they confronted the unpredictable onslaught of COVID-19. Demetriades, however, in his 18th year at the hospital, already had plenty of experience in observing and participating in dramatic transformations. His role has grown and changed along with the medical center’s grow th and change over the years. T hough he feels some nostalgia for the days of the old Princeton Medical Center on Witherspoon Street, before the move to Route 1 in Plainsboro in 2012, Demetriades emphasized the importance of the growth. “I loved being in the center of town,” he said. “I certainly miss being able to stroll up Witherspoon Street to Nassau Street. But we’ve built a health campus that spans across an individual’s life cycle, from the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia specialty office building to the hospital, which is the anchor tenant of our campus. We have sickness and wellness services, independent living, skilled nursing, assisted living and memory care, childhood and adult daycare.” He continued, “Over the past 10 plus years we’ve created an integrated campus that, once complete, will represent a $1.5 billion asset to the residents of central New Jersey. Add to that our large behavioral health continuum with our 110-bed behavioral health hospital on Her rontow n Road and another six outpatient facilities throughout the state.” He pointed out the limitations of the Witherspoon hospital location with demand and technology increasing rapidly and no space for expansion in town. Early in his career Demetriades started at what was then Princeton Hospital in the finance department doing contract negotiations and running different facets of the organization. “I’ve been so fortunate to be part of this organization from a personal growth perspective,” he said. “I was lucky enough to link up with an executive who saw a spark in me to get into operations and running departments. I’ve steadily progressed up the chain of command.” D e m e t r iade s m os t re cently served as senior vice president and chief operating officer at PMPH before taking the step up to CEO. “The people are what make this organization what it is,” he said, “and that’s why

I’ve stayed so long. We have the most committed nurses, doctors, support staff, and other frontline clinicians. It’s a special organization from that perspective. I feel so fortunate, especially in a time when most people spend only a handful of years with an organization and move on.” Pandemic Response Demetr iades descr ibed some of the upheavals at PM PH t r iggere d by t he waves of COVID-19. “Wave 1 really hit Princeton, and we were kind of at the vanguard of COVID. We were at the tip of the spear. We saw a very sharp uptick during wave 1 in late March and early April last year. We hit our high water mark with about 90 COVID patients in house. We exceeded the capacity of our critical care unit. “We set up our recovery room, which is ICU capable, into a satellite critical care unit and we were managing patients in both our normal critical unit and in our recovery room. Medical staff members heeded the call and supported the effort, with our anesthesia team and other medical staff providers trained in critical care medicine supporting our ICU physicians.” He continued, “It was an all-hands-on-deck mentality. The other heroes in this were the incredible nursing staff and all of our caregivers. We had people redeployed from areas like the operating room and ambulator y care practices — nurses and technicians and care providers — to support the care of COVID patients throughout the hospital.” Fortunately, wave 2 has been a different story. “It’s no longer the novel coronavirus for us,” Demetriades said. “Therapeutics have evolved. At the beginning we were using hydroxychloroquine and we were moving people to be vented faster, but now we have therapeutics like remdesivir and dexamethasone that are very valuable treatment regimens. We are infusing monoclonal antibodies for particular high-risk populations, and these have been valuable assets for our treatment of patients.” Noting that the average length of stay in the hospital for COVID patients is now much lower than it was a year ago, Demetriades added, ”The mortality is absolutely much lower and our numbers have been much lower and much more manageable in this second wave that started in November and began to wane in March.” Patient numbers in the second wave at PMPH never rose above the mid40s. C OV I D -19 h a s t au g ht some valuable lessons, according to Demetriades. “What we’ve learned over the past 13 months has been invaluable, and the whole U.S. health care system has

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learned an awful lot and will be as prepared as possible for whatever could come at us. It’s been a trying year.” Telehealth O n e m aj o r t r a n s i t i o n during the pandemic has involved an increasing reliance on Telehealth, especially in the area of behavioral health. “In March and April last year we quickly pivoted, both in the primary care and specialty side, to move to a very heavy Telehealth model,” Demetriades said. “One of our most notable areas to transition was our outpatient behavioral health, and because of rules around social distancing and the nature of outpatient behavioral health we have largely stayed on a Telehealth platform throughout this pandemic. We’ve done more than 80,000 outpatient Telehealth visits and group therapy sessions.” PMPH has also established significant programs in COVID-19 testing and vaccinations. “We’ve served as a major community resource for our private practice physicians to refer their patients for testing, and we’ve administered 20,000 doses of vaccine here, an accomplishment we’re really proud of.” In battling the pandemic, PMPH has also learned a few lessons about managing inventory and essential supplies. “Hospital organizations around the country really prided themselves on being just-in-time inventory

management systems, with very low inventory of products in-house because the sophistication of technology makes it very easy to order supplies and get them when needed,” said Demetriades. “But when you face a pandemic and every item of PPE becomes scarce in a matter of days, we had to spend the time between wave 1 and wave 2 of COVID building our stockpile of PPE to continuously protect our employees and medical staff.” The greatest transformation initiated by the impact of the pandemic, however, is in the realm of technology, which has changed healthcare and how it is delivered forever, said Demetriades. “We are continuously evolving into a community-centric strategy as opposed to an inst it ut ion - cent r ic st rategy,” he added. “Traditionally people expect to go to a hospital when they need care, but the new demand is for more and more care where people are. That is part of our strategy moving forward.” Psychological Impact Demetriades went on to emphasize the psychological effects of the pandemic on the hospital staff. “It took us some time to realize it and a little bit of time to respond to it,” he said. “We are very fortunate to have a very robust religious ministry department here, and we’ve been working with a local crisis counselor to support our staff. We have also been able to take advantage of resources that the broader Penn Medicine community has for provider and employee wellness. That’s been critical for our staff.”

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James Demetriades The “outpouring of support from the community,” Demetriades noted, has also been a major factor for the staff. “Seeing that they are so well supported and respected for going to battle every day with COVID has really been critical,” he said. E xpres sing h is excite ment in moving for ward into the future with PMPH, Demetriades stated, “We’ve built the foundation or the springboard for our future success.” He went on to describe “four key imperatives” on which that success depends. Quality of medical care and continuously improving that quality is essential, he said, “to continue to be the undisputed regional leader in quality.” Growth and access constitute Demetriades’ second imperative in terms of

level of services, types of services, geographic reach, and bringing care to where patients are. His third imperative focuses on the community’s exp er ience w it h PM PH. “They want the cutting-edge technology and they want the best providers, but they also want to have relationships with their care team and a relationship with the organization,” he noted. emet r iades’ four t h imperative is a focus on the employees of PMPH. “It includes our ability to continue to recruit the best and brightest throughout the organization, and I want more people to have the opportunities to grow in their careers much as I have in this organization,” he said. —Donald Gilpin

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piece to drill down on. How we do it to undo systemic racism, how we do it to address systemic sexism, and to lift up voices that have been marginalized, to make sure that everybody gets a piece of a growing pie. These are the challenges that have been put in front of us, and I guarantee we stand a better chance of success with all of your involvement.” Reynertson agreed, citing “growing evidence that when you invest rather than cut the social and physical infrastructures that are necessary to protect the health and economic well-being of our people and our communities, you have a better overall economic recovery.” Emphasizing inequities that must be addressed, Morsy, leader of a grassroots organization with offices in Elizabeth, Passaic, and Perth Amboy, stated, “Investment is a question of racial justice, economic opportunity, and the community’s survival, Black and brown people’s survival.” Morsy, who supervises Make the Road’s Youth Power Project and Student Success Center and has been named one of Insider NJ’s top millennial leaders of 2018 and 2019, called for “investing in bold and transformative ways to prevent the worst racial and economic inequality crisis of our century.”

Reynertson pointed out the value of investments in local capital improvements and infrastructure projects. “You put people to work,” she said. “They benefit. The suppliers benefit. The users benefit. The community benefits. That’s the recipe for growing a local economy. Get money into the pipeline and it multiplies across the community — a win-win for everybody.” Emphasizing the importance of long-term planning and the engagement of the whole community in planning and follow-through, Cornavaca urged a focus not just on relief and recovery but also on “reimagination.” “We want to support relief,” she said, sharing her perspectives from the governor’s office. “And we want to make sure we put ourselves on a long-term sustainable path to recovery.” She described this point in time as “an opportunity to reimagine.” “Community voices have to be part of reimagining what it will be like five to ten years from now. How do we get to a better place using the investment money that we have? If we do that we stand a great chance to bring a new kind of equity and justice to our communities.” Cornavaca highlighted schools, public libraries, and outdoor spaces like public parks as important targets of investment that would pay off richly in benefits to people and communities. “These are

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the spaces where people can really benefit,” she said. In responding to a PCDO question about the advisability of raising the 2 percent cap on property taxes, Cornavaca was noncommittal, noting that the governor had not taken a position on that question, but she returned to her recurring theme of community engagement and inclusion in the decision-making processes. “If we were to raise taxes, it would have to be done within a framework of deep community collaboration and input so that those investments are truly reflective of what the community wants and needs and it’s done with equity and in a way that lifts everybody up. We have to do it in a way that those dollars come back to the community and in a way that they are decided on collectively.” Cornavaca urged the Zoom audience to “dream big, but in prioritizing be realistic” and to make sure to take the time to build consensus and to “ensure that there’s a longterm community commitment to those decisions.” She noted that Princeton is likely to be a leading example in the state. “The rest of the state is going to be looking at what you’re doing as a role model and example of what we all could be doing writ large,” she said. In responding to a PCDO question about helping to advance progressive initiatives, Morsy called for a redirecting of government funds as one of the things young people have been fighting for. She emphasized the need to invest in resources for Black and brown communities and in college-access

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programming, after-school programming, school counselors, and mental health resources. “That’s what we need to invest in, not more police or more security or metal detectors,” she said. “The segregation and inequality of most school districts is intense. In closing, Reynertson pointed out how these discussions about using stimulus money to advance the cause of equity in the state “reinforce everything that we’ve been fighting for at NJPP for years.” She added, “We’ve recognized that it’s OK to be unapologetically bold about wanting people to have lives of dignity and prosperity and not just get by but get ahead.” In her final remarks, Cornavaca described Princeton as “a community of deeply engaged people who want to serve and contribute to the community and to the state at large.” She continued, “I would ask you to continue to lead in that and bring additional people along to become more involved, because that’s the way we will succeed.” There were about 45 participants involved in Sunday’s Zoom meeting, which was moderated by PCDO President Afsheen Shamsi, with Programming Committee Chair Tim Quinn moderating the follow-up Q&A session. —Donald Gilpin

Jewish Center Participates In Project of Remembrance

Members of The Jewish Center Princeton gathered outside the building on Sunday, April 11 for a memorial ceremony to remember the 1.5 million children who died in the Holocaust. Over 250 daffodils were planted back in October in their honor, along the side of the building. The Daffodil Project is a worldwide effort to remember the children of the Holocaust by planting 1.5 million daffodils around the world, one for each child who died, as well as to remember the children who are suffering from humanitarian crises taking place in the world today. Daf fodils were chosen because of their yellow bell that resembles the Star of David, the symbol of Judaism, as well as the yellow stars the Jewish people were required to wear during the Holocaust. Yellow is also the

color of remembrance and hope. The Jewish Center is one of over 266 locations that participated in The Daffodil Project around the globe. The project was created by Am Yisrael Chai, a nonprofit organization based in Atlanta. At The Jewish Center, people were given small daffodil cut outs to put on their jackets, each with the name of a child who died in the Holocaust. Pamela Zaifman, leader of the project, did the introduction, followed by six children, one for every million people who were killed in the Holocaust, who each read a poem from a child who was in a concentration camp or ghetto. Rabbi Elliot Schoenberg then spoke, before a plaque was unveiled against the outer wall of the building. “This experience has been very meaningful not only to the ladies who helped initiate The Daffodil Project here, but to everyone at the synagogue. The memorial felt even more symbolic with the bright flowers against the gloomy day,” said Joel Berger, executive director of The Jewish Center.

Police Blotter On April 18, at 3:50 a.m., three Princeton University st udents repor ted being victims of an armed robbery with handguns, outside of a dormitory on campus on Elm Drive. They described the suspects as two males w it h dark complex ions, 5’10 to 5’11 tall, and wearing dark clothing. The suspects approached them and brandished revolvers while demanding their property. The suspects fled the area on foot, and a search did not yield results. The Princeton University Department of Public Safety is investigating. On April 17, at 7:07 p.m., a 31-year-old female from Watchung was charged with DWI, subsequent to a report of a two-car motor vehicle accident on Vandeventer Avenue. On April 10, at 7:16 a.m., a resident of Parkside Drive reported that, between 9 p.m. on April 9, and 7:15 a.m. on April 10, someone entered his unlocked vehicle parked in his driveway

but no items were reported missing. On April 10, at 5 p.m. a resident of Gallup Road reported that, between April 9 and 10, someone entered two of his unlocked vehicles in the driveway and rummaged through them. On April 10, at 11:18 a.m., a resident of Gallup Road reported that, between April 9 and 10, someone entered his unlocked vehicle in the driveway and rummaged through it. On April 11, at 12:58 p.m., a resident of Linden Lane reported that between April 9 and 10, someone entered his unlocked vehicle parked in the driveway and rummaged through it. On April 11, at 11:32 a.m., a resident of Jefferson Road reported that she was emailing someone online who she thought was her friend. The unknown perpetrator was asking her to send them various gift cards via email and she did. She realized later that it was not her friend, but she had already sent a total of $2,950. On April 10 and 11, at various times, people who parked their unlocked vehicles in driveways or open garages at their homes, on Nassau Street, Mercer Street, and Parkside Drive, reported the vehicles were entered and items and currency were stolen. On April 7, at 2:25 p.m., a resident of Bunn Drive repor ted that, sometime within the last five days, someone stole his Panasonic electric bike from a parking garage near his apartment complex. It was later located and recovered by Westampton PD. On April 6, at 12:58 p.m., someone reported leaving a beige canvas bag briefly unattended inside a shopping cart in a store on the 300 block of Nassau Street, and the bag was stolen. He suspected a male leaving the scene on a bike. The loss of items reported is $510. On April 6, at 11:49 a.m. a resident of Redding Circle reported meeting a man online and he sent her a check for $14,000. He asked her to reimburse him for $4,900 worth of that money via Cash App and Google Play gift cards. She did so and then realized the check never cleared. Unless otherwise noted, individuals arrested were later released.

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PART OF A WORLDWIDE EFFORT: The Jewish Center joined more than 266 locations to plant daffodils in remembrance of the 1.5 million children who died in the Holocaust. The memorial started with an introduction from Pamela Zaifman, the leader of The Daffodil Project at The Jewish Center, who shared that both of her parents were Holocaust survivors.

Artificial Rubber Crumb Ground Cover Should Be Removed from Guyot Walk

To the Editor: The toddler playground on the Guyot Walk is extremely popular. It’s used daily, year-round. Although on school property, with donated plastic play equipment, no one claims responsibility for its upkeep. Local residents periodically prune bushes and remove dead branches from the Walk, but improving the play area is a different task. Although a Princeton Future poll has confirmed it as a favorite refuge for all residents, no part of the Guyot Walk is on the list of Town Parks (princetonnj.gov/Facilities). Nor does it belong to FOPOS, which protects only “nonactive” spaces: not kids biking to schools, seniors walking dogs, alone or with each other; or parents guiding strollers. What used to be called the Parks and Recreation Department is now just the Recreation Department, focused on competitive sports. Princeton has no parks commissioner. The current move seems to be toward a commissioner of open space, but what about mere parks? The Walk provides all that a park provides and more. It’s always peacefully quiet, with organized sports separate but close by. While Mary Moss and Barbara Sigmund Parks are proudly claimed by the town, the Guyot Walk and playground are not. Neighbors periodically remove fallen branches, the town installed trash cans a year or so ago and, if called, will repair a broken fence or pull trash from the brook. Otherwise, this tiny area, unique in Princeton, is officially ignored. Now that artificial turf may be banned from our parks (thanks to neighbors of Smoyer, Johnson, and Hilltop Parks), we should also get rid of the rubber crumb surfacing in this little gem of a park. The crumbs, known to contain noxious chemicals, not only threaten our toddlers but spill across the walk into the stream, which apparently flows into the aquifer and thus into the town’s drinking water. Thanks to long tradition, we have great parks for residents of all ages. But there’s no place like the Guyot Walk. That it provides a haven for so many, from all over town, should spur us all to take care of it. Let’s begin by removing the worst part: the aging, unsightly and probably increasingly unhealthy rubber crumb ground cover. MARY CLURMAN Harris Road

To the Editor: The Princeton Environmental Commission (PEC) would like to express sincere appreciation to the volunteers who rolled up their sleeves and reached into the muck to support Princeton’s Stream Cleanup, which was held at Grover Park on Saturday, April 17. The stream cleanup was in partnership with The Watershed Institute and organized by Erin Stretz, assistant director of science and stewardship. There were approximately 90 volunteers registered and an estimated 1,694 lbs. of trash and recyclables collected for proper disposal. The cleanup would not have been complete without the Public Works Department, which is directed by Dan Van Mater, who ensured the fruition of a neat and tidy cleanup after the volunteers’ efforts were exhausted. We are always delighted to witness extensive community involvement when it comes to the care of our local environment, and for Mother Earth as a whole. Mayor Mark Freda even rolled up his sleeves, and may have carried out the most weight given his find of several cinder blocks gathered on the stream banks. Councilwoman Eve Niedergang was wearing two hats in support of the cleanup as she was checking-in volunteers as a Watershed Institute employee. The Watershed Institute Executive Director Jim Waltman, Board members Scott Sillars (chair) and Mike Hornsby, as well as long time Watershed Institute volunteer Mary Joan Gaynor, WWF-Princeton High School group, Hopewell Valley’s Central High School group, TCNJ engineering fraternity Theta Tau, and three girl scout troops were among those supporting Princeton’s stream cleanup at Grover Park this year. Due to the amount of litter, this was the second time for the Grover Park location to be chosen for the annual stream cleanup event. The Princeton community will witness a cleaner environment if we ALL do our part. PEC hopes these efforts will gain more traction with New Jersey’s Plastic Pollution Reduction legislation in effect, and as local merchants make the transition away from plastics and other single-use materials, and customers adapt to more sustainable practices and behaviors. Lastly but certainly not least, PEC would like to extend appreciation to the 21 individuals who were on the waitlist but due to pandemic safety protocols were unable to join us. Please keep your eyes out for future environmental volunteer opportunities as they will be plentiful this year. Although there is no need to wait for an organized event — simply extend environmental care in your daily actions. Again sincere appreciation to ALL of you! TAMMY L. SANDS Chair, Princeton Environmental Commission PAM PODGER Marketing Manager, The Watershed Institute

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NATIONAL VOLUNTEER WEEK APRIL 18–24, 2021 At PSRC, volunteers are essential to everything we do, every day. Even though our programs have been virtual for a year, we still have a highly active volunteer program. We are so grateful for their time and dedication to the seniors in our community. The compliments that we receive from participants about our volunteers describe their patience, kindness, expertise, and wonderful sense of humor.

There are many volunteers from high schools, universities, and community organizations that help PSRC meet our mission. A special thank you goes to all the Bloomberg volunteers for helping with virtual tech assistance in the Evergreen Forum classes. We have a brand new volunteer opportunity called Vaccine Navigator. We are pairing volunteers with older adults that are having trouble getting a vaccine appointment. If you are interested in volunteering, please send an email to vaccine@princetonsenior.org.

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Energy Innovation Bill Can Help Mitigate Unwelcome Trend of Climate Change

To the Editor: As we in Princeton observe the 51st anniversary of Earth Day this week, the issue of climate change continues to be an existential threat to our global environment. And New Jerseyans should be especially concerned about the warming trend because, according to experts (such as Rutgers University climate scientist Anthony Broccoli, and David Robinson the N.J. state climatologist), our state is one of the two fastest-warming in the Lower 48. Relating this alarming but abstract fact to our local lived experience, I wondered: when was the last time it was safe to ice skate outdoors in Princeton on natural ice? We remember some lovely winters past, when the town turned out to glide long distances on Lake Carnegie. But — despite all that snow this winter — it turns out that our most recent opportunity to skate on the lake was six years ago. In an April 7 post, the Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University featured a study project by undergraduate Grace Liu, investigating the question, “Is Lake Carnegie Showing a Climate Trend?” The conclusion: yes. With impressively thorough original research (including in the archives of Town Topics) Liu, working with advisors at the High Meadows Environmental Institute, found a clear historic pattern of decreasing ice on our local lake, as the average winter temperature in N.J. has gradually risen. Here is a tangible local effect of climate change in our town. What can we do politically to mitigate this unwelcome trend? Fortunately, the current presidential administration is planning to take action on climate change in many ways. And all of these strategies can be bolstered by adding in one most effective measure: placing a fee on carbon that is collected and returned to households. This pricing clearly signals to the market that fossil fuel burning must decrease, while the rebate protects individual consumers against rising energy costs. There is now a bill in the House of Representatives to accomplish this: the Energy Innovation and Carbon Dividend Act, H.R. 2307, which has 41 cosponsors already — including two NJ Representatives. I’m grateful to our Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman for having co-sponsored its predecessor bill in the last Congress, and hope that she will soon re-join these colleagues to co-sponsor the current Energy Innovation bill. Carbon pricing is popular, as is outdoor ice skating, so let’s support both! CAROLINE (CALLIE) HANCOCK Volunteer, Citizens’ Climate Lobby, Princeton Chapter Laurel Road

League of Women Voters Announces Forum; Encourages Civic Engagement

To the Editor: The three Democratic candidates running for New Jersey Assembly in Legislative District 16 will meet in a virtual forum on Thursday, May 6 at 7:30 p.m. To view the webinar live, register at TheMontyNews.com. Questions for the candidates may be emailed to the League of Women Voters at lwvprinceton@gmail.com by April 30. A recording of the forum will be posted at VOTE411.org and at lwvprinceton.org and will be rebroadcast by Princeton Community TV. See lwvprinceton. org for up-to-date information and broadcast times. The deadline to register for the June 8 Primary Election is May 18. Voters may apply for a Mail-In Ballot by mail up to seven days prior to the election. Please note: citizens who are on parole or probation may now vote, but they must register or re-register if they had registered before incarceration. The League of Women Voters encourages civic engagement. Board (poll) workers are needed for the Primary Election and for the General Election, when early voting will require many more board workers. Students aged 16-17 may work half-days if their parents and school give permission. Shifts are 6 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 to 8:15 p.m., with a 30-minute break and compensation of $100. Students aged 18 and adults registered to vote may work half-days 5:15a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1 to 8:15 p.m. at $100 with no break or full days at $200 with an hour break. Contact your county board of elections for an application. Students should ask whether a special student application is required. Chrystal Schivell League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area Monroe Lane

Supporting Efforts to Bring New Life to Princeton Shopping Center

To the Editor: I write in support of efforts to bring new life to the Princeton Shopping Center (PSC), and I hope that members of the Planning Board and Council will designate this an “area in need of redevelopment” in their upcoming meetings. When I first moved into town, the PSC seemed to me a dull fixture of the suburbs. But there were two things I failed to appreciate: (1) the real charm of the center and what it has meant to the Princeton community; and (2) how much work is needed to improve commerce and the physical structure. With downtown Princeton nearby, I’d never expected my wife, son, and I to spend so much time at the PSC. Before the pandemic, we attended the concerts and the arts-and-culture festivals. During the pandemic, we eat outside — protected from the rain — at Lillipies and The Blue Bears. It’s easy to dismiss the PSC as a relic of the 1950s. But there are few other sites in the area that combine basic needs (the supermarket, the hardware store, the pediatrician) and local flare. The problem is that, without concerted action, the PSC really will become a relic. The roof is often in need of repairs.

There is flooding, as the complex was built in an era before stormwater concerns. And, even pre-COVID, there were a number of vacant storefronts. What’s more, North Harrison Street is experiencing new and exciting change. Plans for housing developments are already in the works on the south side of the PSC, and also to the north near Terhune Road. It’s a corridor that will offer more density and more affordable living options. The PSC is smack in the middle of all this change — and the “area in need of redevelopment” designation would allow it to grow and evolve with the rest of the North Harrison community. The designation would give the property owner more flexibility to fix up and redesign the complex. Just look at Hinds Plaza, which was itself the product of redevelopment two decades ago. That designation allowed for public-private collaboration and significant community input in order to create our town’s most vibrant space. When it comes to the PSC, the residents of North Harrison deserve a smart and sustainable, 21st-century commercial hub — not one that is mostly one-story and completely surrounded by giant (and rarely filled) parking lots. We should aim high: for more street frontage and greater bike and pedestrian access. But we also need to respect the history and the character of the PSC. These things do matter. So let’s keep internal courtyards that allow children to play safely. Let’s keep important anchors like McCaffrey’s while continuing to make smaller storefront space available to mom-and-pop shops and new local ventures. In short, local officials have an opportunity to usher North Harrison into the future without losing sight of what made it so attractive in the first place. Brian Levinson Patton Avenue

Kudos for Princeton Resiliency Fund Program to Help Small Businesses

To the Editor: I was pleased to read about the success of the Princeton Resiliency Fund in issuing grants to help our local business community stay open during the pandemic [“Resiliency Fund Was a Lifesaver for Many Local Small Businesses,” April 7, page 1]. However, I am somewhat concerned for the small businesses in the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, none of whom were mentioned in this article and a few of whom I know are still suffering residual effects from the months-long lock down. Is it possible for the Princeton Chamber of Commerce, Princeton Council, or any other Princeton organization to arrange for some Spanish speakers to reach out to those business owners to ensure that they have applied for all the financial help or grants for which they are eligible? If the small bodegas and other businesses go under, it will have a ripple effect throughout that community, for there are some residents who do not drive and rely on these businesses to buy their groceries during the pandemic. If this has already happened, great, but I am getting the sense that more help is needed. Anyway, kudos to a great program supporting our business community, and to everyone in Princeton, please shop local and include the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood in the equation. BONNIE SCHULTZ Longview Drive

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Books “A Brief History of Earth” America and Abroad. Friedensohn will bring a global With Knoll and Maloof

Geologist Andrew H. Knoll will discuss his latest book, A Brief History of Earth: Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters (Custom House), with Princeton associate professor of geology Adam Maloof on Thursday, April 22, from 7 to 8 p.m. via Crowdcast. Visit princetonlibrary.org for the link. According to Booklist, A Brief History of Earth “is a sublime chronicle of our planet’s formation and beginnings, the perhaps unlikely yet awe-inspiring interactions that created life, diverse and abundant, and mass extinctions and recoveries.” The Fisher Professor of Natural History at Harvard University, Kroll is also the author of Life on a Young Planet, for which he received the Phi Beta Kappa Book Award in Science. Maloof ’s research areas include Earth history and paleoclimate. The Earth Day event is presented in par tnership with High Meadows Environmental Institute and is par t of Princeton Public Library’s participation in Resilient Communities: Libraries Respond to Climate Change, a pilot program of the American Library Association.

Virtual Book Lovers Luncheon Features Author Erin French

The 2021 Book Lovers Luncheon, hosted by the Friends of the Princeton Public Library, will be held virtually on Thursday, April 29, from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Tickets for the annual event are on sale now through the library’s website. Proceeds benefit the library. Erin French, owner of the acclaimed restaurant The Lost Kitchen in Freedom, Maine, and author of the recently released memoir Finding Freedom: A Cook’s Story ; Remaking a Life from Scratch, is this year’s featured speaker. French’s story is a hard-fought one with multiple rock-bottoms. Her book reveals the passion and courage she needed to reinvent herself and slowly rebuild her personal and culinary life around the solace she found in food — as a source of comfort, a sense of place and as a way of bringing goodness to the world. French will be joined in conversation by Doris Friedensohn, professor emerita at New Jersey City University who is also the author of a food-related memoir, Eating as I Go: Scenes from

and academic perspective to the discussion with French about her book and her relationship with food. After the talk, participants will be invited to stay online to discuss French’s book in small groups including librarians from Princeton Public Library. Ticket options include boxed lunches, prepared by Occasions by Cintron, that feature the Spring Bread Salad from French’s cookbook The Lost Kitchen. Cheeses from Cherry Grove Farm and a Maine-inspired blueberry tart dessert are also part of the lunch that can be picked up from 9:30-10:30 a.m. at Nassau Presbyterian Church. Tickets include signed copies of Finding Freedom. Attendees will be entered into a prize draw for a chance to win a copy of The Lost Kitchen. Additional information is available at princetonlibrary. org/booklovers.

Toni Morrison Lectures Feature Jesmyn Ward

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Sounding the Oscars from Riz Ahmed to Susan Hayward

escribing the long strange trip behind the making of Best Picture nominee Sound of Metal, director Darius Marder tells screendaily.com, “Hollywood didn’t want to hear about two things — heavy metal and deaf people. Hollywood loves to pat itself on the back for representing this, that, or the other, but when you’re trying to do it, man, it got no love. It was the end of a conversation before it even began.” Seventy-six years ago, after seeing a rough cut of Johnny Belinda, Warner Bros. boss Jack Warner reportedly told the film’s director, Jean Negulesco, “We invented talking pictures, and you make a picture about a deaf and dumb girl!’’ The girl was played by Jane Wyman, whose Best Actress Oscar was among 12 Academy Award nominations Warner was referring to when he phoned Negulesco afterward and said, “Well, kid, we did it again! Next time we do a picture we’re gonna get fourteen nominations!” As Neguelsco points out in The Celluloid Muse: Hollywood Directors Speak, this cozy familial “we” came in spite of the fact that Warner had fired the director when he was about to shoot the film’s last scene. Extending the Ending Sound of Metal is the only film among this year’s nominees I wish I could have seen in a theater. The last scene channels the “this-is-the-way-the-world-ends” last stanza of T.S. Eliot’s “The Hollow Men,” except for ending not with a whimper but with the distorted cacophony of a church tower bell beating out the hour. A cinematic experience that began with a crashbang full-force fury of heavy-metal drumming ends with the drummer, Ruben Stone (Riz Ahmed) sitting on a bench listening to the dissonant fragments of a world of shattered sound, in which the bell in the tower he’s glaring at delivers one slow soggy heavy blow after another, splashbang-crash, splash-bang-crash, as if the bell ringer were producing a sick-joke mockery of Ruben’s former occupation. You’re watching with him, in his head, when he puts an end to the charade by detaching himself from the super expensive cochlear implants, plunging himself, his surroundings, and the film into silence. This is an ending that belongs in a theater. It needs to resonate; it’s too large for a living room. And how would an audience of in-the-moment witnesses react to the film’s protagonist taking matters into his own hands and shutting off the sound? After being shocked, disabled, humbled, enlightened, confused, and challenged by

the storyline, Ruben takes full possession of the film, it’s all his now, as he makes the final move. The audience knows he’s got another life waiting in America, a community, and a culture, and it’s likely that as the significance of the moment sinks in, there would have been applause, perhaps cheers. S i n c e O s c a r - s av v y Amazon Studios did not release Sound of Metal (2019) until November 2020, half a year after the pandemic shut down theaters, chances are you will never know how it feels to walk directly from the film into the outside world with all its sounds and sights and with your senses stirred and your perceptions heightened. Referring to the psychic impact of the pandemic, Ahmed told t he Wash ing ton Post, “For me, actually, it’s a journey that’s very similar to the one that Ruben goes on — Ruben and our society, both workaholics suddenly sent into lockdown, a kind of purgatory, by a health crisis that forces them to reassess what really matters, and who they are, and what gives them worth.” “I Want To Live” My wife and I were sitting on the sofa in what we call the TV Room when Ruben muted the world. Given the loss of theatrical space, the impact was seriously diminished; even so, we agreed it was a strong film, well worth seeing, etc. etc. Promising Young Woman, another Oscar nominee we’d seen a night or two before, had inspired a less subdued response (Do you believe it? Are they kidding? She’s great but what a mess! etc. etc.). As for Mank, The Trial of the Chicago 7, and Borat Subsequent Moviefilm, among other candidates for the top award, we’d have probably agreed on a score somewhere in the mid-70s on the Metacritic scale, with only Nomadland topping 80. For better or worse, any one of those films would have had additional impact if seen in the theater.

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Meanwhile, I was thinking of a film that had an ending like Sound of Metal — a character with a hearing aid turns it off, reacting to something that just happened, like saying, “That’s enough. I don’t want to hear any more of this noise.” Closing my eyes, I could almost see it: cars in a parking lot, honking, a chaotic scene, something that never should have happened had happened, a circus atmosphere, some great injustice, shades of USA 2021, only this was the mid1950s, the building in t h e b ackg r ou n d w as San Quentin, yes, and the film was I Want To Live; a woman had just been put to death in the gas chamber after being teased by a series of last minute calls rejecting clemency. The man with the hearing aid was the reporter who fanned the flames of outrage consuming the condemned woman before coming over to her side. He had just been handed a message from Barbara Graham thanking him for his help. You hear her voice as he reads it, so that the last words of the film are Susan Hayward’s. The cars keep honking, the reporter turns off his hearing aid, shutting out the world. I had to talk my wife i nto s e e i ng t h e f i l m again. She was sure she remembered it too well. The TCM print was brilliant. So was Hayward’s Oscar-winning performance, and Robert Wise’s direction, and the state of the art film noir cinematography, and the gas chamber sequence, every detail cinematically flawless, beyond documentary, beyond the term biopic, and beyond most of this year’s nominees, including Sound of Metal. This was filmmaking on another level. Containing Multitudes Speaking of higher levels, Hayward’s performance is worthy of Whitman’s line, recently reprised by Bob Dylan, as in she “contains multitudes.” At the time I saw

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the film, at 19, she was one of my favorite actresses, which is only a classier way of saying I had a post-adolescent crush on her. She was sexy, spirited, funny, and cool. You get a sense of the range she was covering in I Want To Live from producer Walter Wanger’s description of Barbara Graham, as quoted in an August 1958 Los Angeles Examiner interview: “She was a bright girl, a stupid girl, a sexually attractive girl, a feminine girl. She had a wonderful heart. She was also a pathological liar. She had good taste in books and music. She was a good mother and, sometimes, not a good mother. She had a sense of humor that never left her to her dying moments.” I found the quote in Dennis Bingham’s excellent essay on the film, wherein he gives examples of Hayward as Graham, a part she plays with “selfconscious panache ... at various times the heroine in distress” and “the tough woman who won’t let hostile men touch her, who won’t break down during a police ‘third degree,’ who insists on her way in the most institutional circumstances, playing jazz and wearing negligees in prison, simply to keep her own identity.” And don’t forget her little boy’s stuffed tiger, which she has close at hand almost to the gas chamber. What Movies Can Do ll I know is that when I first saw the film I just sat there while the theater emptied. I was devastated, I couldn’t move, and when I managed to walk out of the building, I experienced something like what I tried to envision for audiences exiting Sound of Metal. The Monroe County courthouse in Bloomington, Indiana, became a temporary adjunct of San Quentin, the cars going along and around the courthouse square like the detestable vehicles condemned to silence when the reporter turned off his hearing aid. As I walked myself back to life again, “rounding the Square” as my friends and I used to say of that epitome of midwestern boredom, I began to see the familiar scene with the eyes of a survivor. Everything looked almost absurdly brilliant, really as if the power of cinema had magically rewritten history bringing a lastminute reprieve. This was what movies did, and when I turned on the television a few months later on Oscar night, there was Susan Hayward smiling and holding the statuette high, like Barbara Graham holding her child’s stuffed tiger in sweet spirited defiance of her fate. —Stuart Mitchner

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Boheme Opera NJ Continues Virtual Series with Survey of “Pygmalion” Story

oheme Opera NJ continued its virtual series of concerts at Monroe Township Librar y this past week with a program tracing the history of the “Pygmalion” theme through theater, opera, and musicals. In a program launched on Wednesday, April 14 entitled “I Could Have Danced 2,000 Years” and narrated by Boheme Opera President Jerrold Kalstein, four performers presented readings and musical selections dating back more than two centuries. H is tor ic a l ly, t h e s tor y w h ich b e came the blockbuster musical My Fair Lady began in the first decade A.D. with a 15-book Latin narrative poem by the Roman writer Ovid. Chronicling the history of the world from creation to the deification of Julius Caesar, Ovid’s Metamorphoses included the Greek mythological story of Pygmalion, a king and sculptor who fell in love with a statue he had created. Boheme Opera began their broadcast with a reading by actress Virginia Barrie of Ovid’s poetry, translated into English. Throughout the broadcast, arias, and musical theater selections alternated with readings by Barrie, performed in costume to represent specific time periods. The first operatic treatment of Ovid’s story was Jean-Philippe Rameau’s 1748 one-movement “acte de ballet” Pigmalion, which used four characters to tell the tale of the sculptor who brought his statue to life. Soprano Eve Edwards, who has performed extensively throughout the region, including with Boheme Opera NJ in the past, sang Cupid’s aria from the fourth “Scène” of Rameau’s work. Accompanied by Boheme Opera managing director Sandra Milstein Pucciatti, Edwards sang expressively, holding her own in an aria which was extremely high in register and required a great deal of air to maneuver the long melodic lines. Edwards brought the audience into the 19 th century with a selection from Franz von Suppé’s 1865 operetta Die schőne Galathée. This time playing the role of the statue, Edwards well conveyed the sauciness of von Suppé’s music in the statue’s opening aria. Baritone Charles

Schneider, currently on the voice faculty of both the Westminster School of the Arts at Rider and The Lawrenceville School, continued von Suppé’s storyline with an aria of the “wealthy donor” who purchases the statue. Von Suppé complicated the plot by turning the live statue back into stone when the resulting figure is a little more independent-minded than either the sculptor or donor had intended. Also accompanied by Pucciatti, Schneider well handled the “pattersong” style which was prevalent in 19 th century light opera. Edwards closed the tribute to von Suppé’s treatment of the story with a spirited rendition of the title character’s “Trinklied.” George Bernard Shaw’s 1913 play Pygmalion is usually cited as the inspiration for Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Lowe’s 1956 My Fair Lady. Shaw changed the title character from a sculptor to a phonetics professor, and the statue to an English flower girl. In Boheme Opera’s broadcast, Barrie returned as the flower girl Eliza Doolittle to recite from Shaw’s play, followed by Edwards, also dressed as Eliza, singing “Wouldn’t it be Loverly? ” The songs from this musical theater production fit well in Edwards’ voice, and she was able to convey the character effectively in this song, as well as the signature “I Could Have Danced All Night.” Schneider returned as Henry Higgins, singing “I’ve Grown Accustomed to Her Face” with lyricism and good command of the music. he broadcast closed with two dramatic readings — one from Barrie playing the role of playwright Shaw, quoting from his own writings; and Kalstein reading from the end of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. Although only featuring four performers, Boheme Opera NJ’s virtual presentation was well balanced between drama and music, and flowed well. Wednesday’s performance successfully fulfilled the company’s mission to use this virtual “lecture/performance series” to introduce new music and theatrical background to their audience and provide the company’s roster of singers a chance to perform. —Nancy Plum

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Theater Program Collaboration students to write new songs Princeton Festival Announces About Strangers in Quarantine throughout the semester in- Live and Streamed Concerts

KEEPING ON THEIR TOES: Annie Johnson of American Repertory Ballet performs in Amy Seiwert’s “World, Interrupted.” (Photo by Edvardo Patino) to a rigorous COVID-19 testing emerging artists, a commitAmerican Repertory Ballet Announces Virtual Programs schedule. Each piece is being ment that will continue to grow

American Repertory Ballet will kick off its 2021 Digital Spring Season on April 23 with a series of original ballets. These new works will be available to local and global audiences, in the comfort of their homes. The three pieces featured are all world premieres, each created between January – March 2021. Dancers rehearsed in designated “pods” while choreographers worked both in-studio and over Zoom. “With strict safety protocols in place, conditions were less than ideal or familiar,” said Julie Diana Hench, executive director. “But the experience of being able to work together again inspired a sense of joy, hope, gratitude, and newfound creativity.” This month, these new works by Ryoko Tanaka (Saudade), Colby Damon (Loop), and Amy Seiwert (World, Interrupted) were filmed onstage at the New Brunswick Performing Arts Center where dancers, staff, and crew followed CDC, state, and local health and safety guidelines, in addition

released separately, with artist interviews, rehearsal footage, and behind-the-scenes content, and will be available to stream for 10 days. During the pandemic, ARB artists continued working at home, outdoors, wherever possible. The dancers created a short film called repeat that highlighted their many talents, from videography, to film editing, choreography — and music composition. Haley Wright, who was then a member of ARB2, is an accomplished pianist and had written a piece that the dancers used for this project. “As ARB planned to step back into the studio and onstage, the idea of creating a new work that reflected on shared experiences over the past year seemed like an interesting and relevant way to launch our 2021 spring season,” said Hench. Tanaka and Wright were inv ited to create a new work together, their first professional commission. “ARB is very interested in giving a platform to new and

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PSO Spring Chamber Concerts at Morven

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) will hold a series of live chamber music concerts on successive Thursdays in May at 6 p.m. on the grounds of Morven Museum & Garden. The four-concert series offers performances by the orchestra’s string players, the duo of “Boyd Meets Girl,” Momenta Quartet, and the PSO Brass Quintet. Outdoor seating consists of marked-off, socially distanced “pods” for up to two people, and masks are required at all times in keeping with current state health guidelines. The Thursday, May 6 seriesopening concert “Springtime Strings” showcases the PSO Strings. On the program are Jessie Montgomery’s Strum and Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings. On May 13, “Boyd Meets Girl“ features the duo of Australian guitarist Rupert Boyd and American cellist Laura Metcalf. The pair are known for an eclectic and engaging range of repertoire. Momenta Quartet performs May 20. The quartet’s artistic vision encompasses contemporary music of all aesthetic backgrounds alongside great music from the recent and distant past. Its members are EmilieAnne Gendron and Alex Shiozaki, violins, Stephanie Griffin, viola, and Michael Haas, cello. Concluding the spring series on May 27, the “America the Beautiful” concert includes works by American composers performed by the PSO Brass Quintet. Quintet members are Jerry Bryant and Thomas Cook, trumpets, Lars Wendt, trombone, Jonathan Clark, horn, and Jonathan Fowler, tuba. The opening concert will be at Morven Museum & Garden’s Education Center; the remaining three concerts will be at the adjacent Pool House, both with outdoor seating. Morven is at 55 Stockton Street. Patrons should plan on bringing their own lawn chairs or blankets to sit on. Tickets are available for $35/pod at princetonsymphony.org or by calling (609) 497-0020.

The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater at Princeton University is collaborating with Fordham University, Purchase College, and the University of Massachusetts-Amherst on A Passage in Relief, a virtual theatrical response to Naomi Wallace’s play One Flea Spare. Wa l l a c e’s p l ay, ab o u t strangers quarantining toge t h er d u r i ng L on don’s 17th-Century Great Plague, provoked this artistic departure about our own communities’ social iniquities, abuses of power, classism, racism, fake science, and questions about who can afford to survive a plague and the boundaries of gender and the body. The production, devised, written and performed by the students and led by Princeton faculty member Elena Araoz, will be performed live on April 26 at 1:30 and 8 p.m. Audiences will be invited to view and contribute to a living online image and chat board starting a week before the performances. The event is free and open to the public and will be open captioned.

Princeton Students to Perform Songs from Atelier Course

Students in Princeton University’s spring course “How to Write a Song,” offered by the Princeton Atelier in the Lewis Center for the Arts, will present original songs at a virtual concert on April 27 at 4:30 p.m. via Zoom Webinar. The students will perform selected new work written over the past semester. The concert is free and open to the public and will be live captioned. Visit arts.princeton. edu for the link. Co-taught this semester by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon and Bridget Kearney, a founding member of the band Lake Street Dive, this popular course required

spired by a broad range of varying emotions. Each week the students, all with varying levels of literary and musical backgrounds, split into different groupings of two to four participants and wrote lyrics and composed tunes on an assigned emotional topic such as joy, despair, defiance, or desire. At each class, the students performed their pieces for Muldoon, Kearney, and their classmates, who then provided critiques. Guest critics and singer-songwriters joined the class to share their experience and to listen to and provide feedback to the student songwriters, including a surprise virtual visit in February by Sir Paul McCartney. The former Beatle Zoomed with the class for two hours on February 16, listening to and critiquing the work created that week by the class’s teams, offering advice, sharing anecdotes, and leading the discussion. Other guest visitors to the class this semester included music critic Jon Pareles of The New York Times, music producer Cautious Clay, and singer-songwriter Maggie Rogers. “This semester was truly unforgettable, said Kearney. “I was astounded week after week by how much beauty and how much truth came blaring through my Zoom audio. Circumstance prevented us from meeting in person, but everyone really rose to the occasion and learned a lot of music production skills in addition to honing their songwriting craft. The silver lining is that at the end of the semester we now have archived recordings of many albums worth of incredible songs! The concert will be an opportunity to share some of our class favorite songs with a wider audience for the first, but certainly not the last, time.”

The Princeton Festival today announced that tickets for its 17th season, running June 2-20, are now available for purchase through its website (www.princetonfestival.org) or by phone at (609) 759-1979. There will be four livestreamed events from Morven Museum & Garden, including two concerts of Baroque music on period instruments and two evenings of favorite opera arias and ensembles. A decision on whether to admit limited, socially distanced in-person audiences to these events is pending. Exclusively virtual events include programs created specifically for the Festival by Concordia Chamber Players and the Chicago-based artists’ collective Kosmologia, as well as the finals of the 15th annual international piano compet it ion. T he Festival will also stream a new series of its free lectures and artists’ panels beginning June 2. “We are dedicated to bringing the excitement of live performance to our audiences,” said Gregory Geehern, Acting Artistic Director. “This year’s live streams feature superb artists in lively and engaging music, and we hope to open them to in-person attendance if the pandemic restrictions p er m it. O n l i n e v ie wer s should certainly check out the recorded concerts, which are done as video works of art in their own right.” Buyers can purchase admission to individual events or opt for a season pass at significant savings. Virtual tickets for the live-streamed events may be upgraded to in-person seats depending on availability. Full descriptions of all offerings are available on the Festival website, with instructions for ordering tickets by phone or online.

GOING LATIN: A virtual Salsa Basics class with instructor Elvis Ruiz is being offered on Thursday, April 29 at 7 p.m. by State Theatre New Jersey in support of its Community Engagement programs. Ruiz, from Alma Montuno Latin Dance in Dunellen, will teach basic salsa steps and how to combine them in different patterns. Admission is $10. Register at STNJ.org.

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“COMMUNISM THROUGH THE LENS”: This untitled photo by Zenta Dzividzinska is part of an upcoming exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. The museum invites the public to a free virtual celebration on Thursday, April 29 at 5 p.m. photog raphy dur ing t he Women Photographers Are Focus of Upcoming Exhibition 20th century. Drawn entirely T he up com i ng ex h ibi tion “Communism Through the L ens : Ever yday Life Captured by Women Photographers in the Dodge C o l l e c t i o n” h i g h l i g h t s t he u nique – and of ten overlooked – photographic innovations by women who shaped the history of

from the Norton and Nancy Dodge Collection of Nonconformist Art from the Soviet Union at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University, “Communism Through t he L ens” spans almost the entirety of the Soviet Union’s history – from the 1920s through the 1990s

– and offers a historical examination of how women photographers interpreted life in the communist state. Though the museum remains closed to the public until further notice, the Zimmerli invites the public to a free Virtual Exhibition Celebration for “Communism Through the Lens: Everyday Life Captured by Women Photographers in the Dodge Collection” on Thursday, April 29, at 5 p.m. Zoom registration is open at go. rutgers.edu/throughthelens. The program features an exhibition overview by Maria Garth, Dodge Fellow at the Zimmerli and Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Art History at Rutgers, who organized the exhibition; followed by a roundtable discussion and audience Q&A session. Guest speakers include Alise Tifentale, Riga Stradins University, and Mark Svede, The Ohio State University. The event is moderated by Julia Tulovsky, curator at the Zimmerli, and Jane Sharp, research curator at the Zimmerli and professor of art history at Rutgers. Exploring themes of polit ical ar t, docu mentar y p h o to g r ap h y, a n d g e n der, “Communism Through the Lens” presents a historical perspective on everyday life in the Sov iet Union with more than 130 objects, the majority of which have never been exhibited in the United States. An online exhibition debuts in the spring of 2021. The full exhibition is scheduled to be on view at the Zimmerli during the fall of 2021, with additional details announced during the summer.

The Russian Revolution of 1917 changed the political and aesthetic stakes of artistic production. Beginning in the 1920s, women photographers became part of the burgeoning photojournalism profession, exhibiting and publishing their work. A new generation of Soviet photographers, born in the 1940s and 1950s, pressed beyond the boundaries of Socialist Realism by creating nonconformist photography that rejected official norms. “These works draw viewers into the worlds of everyday Soviet citizens and their daily triumphs and struggles, which, to an extent, are allegories of life under communism,” said Garth. “Despite the Soviet Union’s official rhetoric of gender equality, women of both generations shared a range of personal and professional challenges in advancing their careers as photographers.” The exhibition is divided into five thematic sections: workers and labor; experimenting with the medium; gender and the body; identity and the self; portraiture and fantasy. “ We are g ratef u l t hat the fellow program supports emerging scholars to conduct pr imar y research in the Dodge Collection, delving into topics and themes that often have been overlooked by history,” stated Sharp, who has supervised Garth’s research in the Dodge Collection. “It also provides them practical experience in developing exhibitions from an initial idea through installation, as well as all the related activities that occur across the museum.” For more information, visit zimmerlimuseum.rutgers.edu.

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T he Pr inceton University Art Museum invites the community to a virtual gala gathering on Saturday, May 1 at 7 p.m. in recognition of the Museum’s recent successes and even brighter future. Drawing inspiration from the its globe-spanning collections, the Museum will celebrate the transformative power of great art with a live Zoom presentation, “A Global Gathering.” The Annual Gala is the Museum’s sole fundraising event of the year. Proceeds from the event support the wide range of education, engagement, and scholarly programs that the Museum offers — free of charge — each year.

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The Arts Council of Princeton presents Pr inceton Pecha, bringing local artists together to share their work in a virtual program inspired by PechaKucha, a lively, upbeat format created in Japan that is designed for more show and less talk. Featured artists during this April 27, 8-9:15 p.m. program include Susan Hockaday, Pietro del Fabro, Hetty Baiz, Jim Perry, Leon Rainbow, and Vaishali Pundir. Each artist will show 20 slides for 20 seconds each (about 7 minutes per artist), exhibiting for the audience an array of visual expression. “We are blessed in Princeton with many remarkable artists, who blaze trails in visual expression through a rich array of media and content,” said moderator Ryan Lillienthal. “We hope programs like Princeton Pecha facilitate opportunities for artists to share their work with the community and amplify the many ways they add to the woven tapestry of community conversation.” Registration is free at artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Area Exhibits Check websites for information on safety protocols. A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Br idge Street, L amber tville, has “Imagining Space” t hrough May 2. G aller y hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com. Arts Council of Prince to n , 102 Wit herspoon Street, has “A Voice to Be Heard” through May 8. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. artscouncilofprinceton.org. D & R Greenway Land Trust, One Preservation Place, has t he ongoi ng virtual galleries “Trail of Breadcr umbs : Nat ure in Fairytales” and “Portraits of Preservation: James Fiorentino Art.” The center is currently closed to the public. drgreenway.org. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum in Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton,

has “On the Forefront: Trenton’s Junior 1, 1916” through April 24 and “Women Artists, Trenton Style” through June 6. Visit ellarslie.org for museum hours and timed entry tickets. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Rebirth: Kang Muxiang,” “Bruce Beasley: Sixty Year Retrospective, 1960-2020,” and other exhibits. Hours are Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Timed tickets required. Indoor buildings are closed to the public. groundsforsculpture.org. Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “A Virtual Tour of Hamilton’s Princeton” and the “Histor y @ Home” ser ies. princetonhistory.org. James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “Essential Work 2020: A Community Portrait” through July 11 and “Through the Lens: Modern Photography in the Delaware Valley” through August 15. The museum is open to the public. michenerartmuseum.org. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “In Nature’s Realm : The Art of Gerard Rutgers Hardenberg” through January 9 and the online exhibit “Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints Of New Jersey, 1761–1898.” Open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. morven.org. Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack Street, Trenton, has the ongoing virtual exhibits “A Symbol of New Jersey to the World: The Old Barracks at the World’s Fair, ” “When Women Vote — The Old Barracks and the AntiSuffrage Movement,” and “Necessary and Proper for the Public Good.” The museum is temporarily closed to the public. barracks.org. Pr inceton Universit y Art Museum has the online exhibits “Looking at 17th -Century Dutch Painting,” “Life Magazine and the Power of Photography,” “The Eclectic Eye: A Tribute to Duane Wilder,” and more, along w it h many online events. The museum is currently closed to the public. artmuseum.princeton.edu. West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, has “2021 WWAC Member Show: Floral Persuasion,” online and in the gallery by appointment through May 14. westwindsorarts.org.

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Wednesday, April 21 8:30-9:30 a.m.: Princeton Regional Chamber presents Business Before Business Virtual Speed Networking. Princetonmercer.org. 12-1 p.m.: Signature meeting of The Suppers Program with Sarah Pipher and Kim Walter. Virtual lunch hour meeting. Free. Thesuppersprograms.org. 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting. Princetonlibrary. org. Thursday, April 22 10-11:30 a.m.: Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber presents “Shaping the Future vs. Grinding Through the Present,” part of Women in the Workplace. Live virtual event. $25 members; $35 non-members. Pr inceton mercer.org. 7 p.m.: “A World Within Worlds: The Music of Anthony Mordechai Tzvi Russell,” performance and presentation via Zoom, moderated by cultural historian Josh Kun, sponsored by The Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life. Register at BildnerCenter.Rutgers.edu. 7 p.m.: Princeton Environmental Film Festival Author Event; Andrew H. Knoll in conversation w ith Adam Maloof. Free. Princetonlibrary.org. 7-8 p.m.: Stand Against Racism Event: Thought-Provoking Talks. Free panel discussion on how systematic racism contributes to health disparities and impacts local communities of color. Register at ywca.princeton.org/ sar21. 7:30 p.m.: “From Frozen Chosen to the Hebrew Hammer: The Inspiring Story of Israel’s Olympic Bobsled and Skeleton Team.” Virtual event presented by David Greaves and Larry Sidney, sponsored by the Jewish Center Pr inceton. Email info@thejewishcenter.org to reserve. Free and open to the community. Friday, April 23 12:30 p.m.: “Catalyzing the Billions for a Green Recovery,” free virtual webinar presented by Princeton University’s Department of the Asian Development Bank. Princeton.edu. 7 p.m.: T he Mar ianne Solivan Quartet performs a vir tual jazz concer t,

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Industry Association and Einstein’s Alley. Info @ njbusinessimmigration.org. 7-8 p.m.: Virtual Adaptive Spring Dance Party for adults and teens, 13 and older. Hosted by DJ Redline Steven Knox, sponsored by Princeton Special Sports, Princeton Recreation Department and other agencies. Register by April 28 at pssnj.org. 7 p.m.: Saxophonist Jerry Weldon, Hammond organist Kyle Koehler, and drummer Jerome Jennings of the Jerry Weldon Trio perform a virtual jazz concert presented by Plainsboro Public Library. Plainsborolibrary. org. 7:30 p.m.: Vir tual Ar t Auction and Cinco de Mayo themed gift basket auction, fundraiser for the Robbinsville Hamilton Rotary Club Foundation. Info and free registration at www.rhrotaryorg/art auction. 7: 3 0 p.m . : V i r t u a l Dance Party presented by P r i n c e t o n Fo l k D a n c e . Princetonfolkdance.org. 8 p.m. : Spr ing Dance Festival presented by Princeton University seniors from the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance. Free Zoom event w ith filmed dance works. Arts. Princeton.edu. Monday, May 3 6 p.m.: Jhumpa Lahiri and Alessandro Giammei in conversation of the novel Whereabouts, sponsored by Labyrinth Books and Princeton Public Library. $28 including a signed copy of the book. Labyrinthbooks.com. 7:30 p.m.: ”Growing Vegetables and Herbs in Containers,” sponsored by The Jewish Center Princeton. With Margaret Pickoff, horticulturist. Register at info@ thejewishcenter.org. Wednesday, May 5 7-8:30 p.m.: “Going Beyond: Climate Action and Local Environmental Quality,” webinar presented by Sustainable Princeton to learn about improving local air, water, and ecosystems. Sustainableprinceton.org.

Thursday, May 6 6-7 p.m.: Abbie Gardner performs via Zoom for “Save the Sourlands.” $10. Sourland.org. 7 p.m.: “Mental Health 2021: Telling Our Stories, Coping with COVID, and How to Reach Out,” virtual panel discussion presented by Princeton Public Library and McCarter Theatre Center. Moderated by Debbie Bisno, McCarter resident producer, w ith panelists Kimme Carlos, Dr. Calvin R. Chin, and Whitney B. Ross. Princetonlibrary.org. 7: 30 p.m. : Fr iends of Princeton Nursery Lands annual meeting and program by Anne Price on the Plainsboro Preserve, via Zoom. https://fpnl.org. Saturday, May 8 1 p.m.: “Spring Into Action” day of outdoor recreation, local natural and cultural history and a meal on site or to go, in support of P r i nce ton - B la ir s tow n Center’s mission to serve young people from historically marginalized communities. At Princeton Friends School, 470 Quaker Road. https://conta.cc/2PWa6FP. Monday, May 10 Recycling Tuesday, May 11 6 p.m.: Jonathan Haslam and Dav id Foglesong in conversation, “The Spectre of War: International Communism and the Origins of World War II.” Presented by Labyrinth Books and the Institute for Advanced Study. Virtual event. Labyrinthbooks.com. Thursday, May 13 9:30 -11 a.m.: “Moving Forward: Life Beyond the Pandemic,” presented by Princeton Mercer Regional chamber as part of the Virtual Regional Healthcare Symposium. Keynote speaker is Dr. Brian McDonough, medical editor for K Y W newsradio 1060. Princetonmercer.org. Saturday, May 15 10 a.m.-5 p.m. : Tren ton Punk Rock Flea Market, Cure Insurance Arena Parking Lot, Trenton. $7.

@TrentonPRFM on Instagram. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.: SAVE, A Friend to Homeless Animals, holds an outdoor popup shop with several area vendors to raise funds for a new vehicle. At 1010 Route 601, Skillman. $20. Savehomelessanimals.org. Sunday, May 16 2 p.m.: Chef Walter Staib gives a virtual presentation, “A Taste of History,” sponsored by the Trent House Association. $10 for members ; $15 non-members. https://bit.ly/3mCAOzL. Wednesday, May 19 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting. Princetonlibrary.org. Thursday, May 20 12 p.m.: Central NJ Women in Development hosts monthly roundtable, “Social Listening.” Presented by Devon McGuinness. Free to members, $15 non-members. ht tps ://w idmercer. org/events. Friday, May 21 7:15-9 p.m.: West Windsor Arts Council opening reception for the 2021 Faculty/Student show. Virtual event. Westwindsorarts.org. Monday, May 24 Recycling Thursday, June 3 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 7 p.m.: Virtual “Eyes on Eagles” panel discussion w it h fo otage of e agle s’ nests, by Mercer County Park Commission. Focused on eagle behavior, biology, and conservation. Mercercountyparks.org. Saturday, June 5 8 a.m.-2 p.m.: Household waste collection and electronics recycling. For Mercer County residents, at Dempster Fire School, 350 Lawrence Station Road. Mcianj. org or (609) 278-8086. Monday, June 7 Recycling Wednesday, June 16 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting. Princetonlibrary.org.

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sponsored by Plainsboro Public Library. With vocalist Solivan, guitarist Leandro Pellegrino, bass player Steve Wood, and drummer Jay Sawyer. Plainsborolibrary.org. Saturday, April 24 10 a.m.-12 p.m.: Westrick Music Academy hosts a virtual master class with Broadway actress Eryn LeCroy. $15. Westrickmusic. org/workshops. 12-3 p.m.: Sustainable L a n d s c ap i n g M i n i - E x p o a t P r i n c e to n S h o p p i n g Center. Outdoor event focused on electric lawn care equipment, organic lawn care techniques, and nat ive plants. S us tainable princeton.org. Monday, April 26 Recycling 1:30 and 8 p.m.: “A Passage in Relief,” presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater. Free vir tual event. Ar ts. Princeton.edu. 6-7 p.m.: “Starting Your Own Vegetable Garden,” presented by The Suppers Programs. Free webinar with Anne Macaulay. Thesuppersprograms.org. Tuesday, April 27 4:30 p.m.: Concert of New Songs, presented virtually by Lewis Center for the Arts’ Princeton Atelier. Princeton University students from the course “How to Write a Song,” taught by Paul Muldoon, perform. Ar ts. Princeton.edu. 6 p.m.: Jesmyn Ward, in conversation with Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., is presented by Princeton University’s Toni Morrison Lectures. Registration required. Princeton. edu. Wednesday, April 28 1 p.m.: Boheme Opera NJ presents “Let Us Entertain You,” free Zoom event sponsored by Monroe Township Library. Selections from musicals by Jule Style including Funny Girl and Gypsy. Register at monroetwplibrary. org. 4:30 p.m.: Creative Writing Seniors Reading: Poetry, Translation, and Screenwriting. Presented by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts. Free virtual event. Arts.princeton.edu. Thursday, April 29 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 11 a.m.: Virtual fundraiser for Princeton Public Library. Erin French, chef/author/ restaurant owner of The

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iving Life to the fullest in a secure and vibrant setting is the goal of residents at Brandywine Living at Princeton, says Executive Director Sharon Moore. “I have the honor and privilege to serve seniors every day. It’s the opportunity to impact someone’s day in some way, sharing kind words and exchanging warm smiles. Personal connections with our residents is an integral part of my day. We take pride in making a real difference in our residents’ lives. My passion is helping our residents live their best life.”

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B r a n d y w i n e L i v i n g at Princeton opened in 2011 at 155 Raymond Road, and offers many opportunities for residents to be as active and engaged as they wish, while at the same time providing a complete range of health care, medical supervision, physical therapy and more. Brandywine at Princeton is one of 32 Brandywine Living communities in the Northeast, and one of two in Princeton. As a leading provider of quality care for older adults, Brandywine offers assisted living, including nurses on-site 24 hours a day, as well as a special “Reflections” program for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementia conditions. It also provides short-term respite care. Peace of Mind 124 residents can be accommodated in studio, and one or two bedroom apartments, featuring up-to-date appointments and appliances. “B r a n d y w i n e’s s e t t i n g allows residents to age in place with the peace of mind of knowing that the supportive services they may eventually need are available to them,” says Holly Ballarotto, Brandywine Living chief of staff. “Because of this, we have residents of all ages. While most move into assisted living when in need of some assistance, usually in their eighties, we also have many residents who are well over 100.” “Every resident has different needs,” she adds. “Some need very little supportive service, and move in to enjoy a vibrant community of neighbors, and don’t want to be bothered with the upkeep of a large house or worrying about cooking every meal. Others require more assistance with their daily activities.” T h is can include help with a variety of needs and services, such as bathing, dressing, grooming, a personal wellness plan, fitness classes, and an emergency response system, etc. Help with scheduling and transportation to medical appointments are also accessible. In addition, weekly housekeeping, all utilities, and basic cable TV are all available. Brandywine has a unique and f lexible dining pro gram, very much appreciated by residents. It is all

day restaurant-style dining, enabling residents to select whatever time they wish to eat. The main dining room is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., the bistro 24 hours a day, offering snacks and beverages, and a pub is available for Happy Hour and specific events. Lifestyle Choices T he at tractive outdoor landscaping offers colorful gardens and plantings, and walkways for residents. And, the lifestyle choices are abundant! There is really something for everyone’s personal interest, hobby, or ability. A library stocked with best sellers (there is also a book club), game room with pool table, activity room with arts and crafts, cards, computer, on-site movies, as well as outings to museums and restaurants in the area are among the opportunities for residents. Amenities include a fullservice beauty salon, barber shop, and in addition, residents’ apartments are checked every day to make sure everything is secure. It’s never too late to learn something new, and Brandywine offers monthly classes on a variety of educational subjects, often led by university professors. A number of signature programs are unique to Brandywine. For example, “Escapades ... For Life” offers a special program of creative and fun activities, including “Karaoke Knights” for those who like to sing, and “Card Sharks” for those handy with a game of bridge, poker, or gin. “Artists’ Palette” is for painters at all levels and “Curtain Call” and “Center Stage” provide one-act plays, and spotlight entertainers on stage at Brandywine.

New Memories “My job is so enjoyable because I have the opportunity every day to make people smile, laugh, and engage them in the past ‘escapades’ they still enjoy,” says Stephanie Gaber, Escapades producer. “I look forward to coming to work every day because I really enjoy spending time with the residents. It doesn’t feel like work. Together, we are making new memories every day.” “Reflections” is another Signature Program, which provides a unique, stimulating, supportive environment for residents with dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and other related memory care needs. The env ironment is designed to be safe and secure, with patience, kindness, and compassion being the hallmarks. Specific programs include “The Butterfly Program,” tailored around the unique abilities of each resident, also “My Life, My Story,” which explores the person’s life and the unfinished story yet to be told. The resident’s life history is told and celebrated every day, and programs are designed around each person’s special interests. “The Promenade Club” ensures that those residents capable of maintaining an active lifestyle can participate in activities offered to those in general assisted living. Other programs are “Music Is Magic,” which offers music every day, and “Connections: A Family Day Experience,” in which monthly connections bring family and residents together to spend time, and engage with each other. COV ID, of course, has been a challenge for ever yone, and cer tain ly

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Chloe Ayres was thrilled to win a third state wrestling title, but was even happier with the news that came a few days before it. The Princeton High School senior was accepted to Princeton University, where she plans to continue wrestling. “I would say probably getting into Princeton was bigger,” said Ayres. “That’s been a goal of mine since fourth grade so it’s been a long time coming. The state title was definitely up there too.” Ayres has a bigger platform in mind as she looks to the higher levels of wrestling. She will continue to develop her own wrestling, but also is fully invested in working toward opening Division I wrestling up for women to inspire young girls to take up the sport about which she’s so passionate. Opening up more opportunities for women to wrestle would be a bigger win than any on the mat. “It’s definitely a process to develop women’s wrestling at that level,” said Ayres. “It’s similar to how it was a process in New Jersey, maybe on a larger scale. But I think it’s undeniable that it’s going to happen at some point. It’s just a matter of time. With the growth you’ve seen in the state, you can be sure if we develop programs at the collegiate level, parents will be more likely to put their kids into this sport at a younger age and it’ll just grow high school wrestling as well and it’ll continue to build on each other. I have no doubt it’ll be happening. It’s just a matter of when.” During her high school career, Ayres has developed into a role model on the mats. She did not get serious about wrestling until eighth grade, but has transformed herself into one of the top young wrestlers in the country. It’s a testament to her work ethic and an example of the possibilities for women if given the opportunity. “Chloe is looking to be that person that starts something bigger,” said PHS head coach Jess Monzo.

“She’s trying to be that trendsetter for Princeton wrestling. Hopefully she’s going to continue her career at Princeton University. Hopefully Princeton can start a program for her and other girls in the area doing just as good things. This women’s program isn’t something that just popped in for a couple years. It’s going to stay for a long time.” Ayres is one of two girls on the PHS team along with two-time state qualifier Ava Rose, who is a sophomore. Ayres has set a high standard. She was a perfect 26-0 against girls in her career, and also competed against boys in the regular season. “Chloe put the time in during the last year,” said Monzo. “She traveled to get matches and she made it a point to seek out the best competition across the country knowing at the next level, she’ll see some of those girls later on. It tested her to let her know where she’s at and what she needed to work on and improve on.” Ay r e s p i n n e d C e d a r Creek’s Riley Lerner in the 114-pound state final to close her career unbeaten in state matches. Ayres also won titles last year before the COVID-19 pandemic shut down competitions and as a sophomore in the first year that girls wrestling competed in its own division. “The goals for myself were a little bit different this year just because it is my third time going into it,” said Ayres. “I really wanted to show what I could do. I’ve been putting a lot of time into the room even during COVID-19. I think this year my goal was a little bit bigger in that I wanted to show the level that I could wrestle on and showcase my technique that I’ve been working on. It was a little more technically focused than just getting the win. I also wanted to put on a show and make it interesting to watch and show that women’s wrestling has grown a lot in New Jersey.” Ayres’ parents, Chris and Lori, have a lot to do with the sport’s growth. They worked with the NJSIAA to

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help girls to have their own state division as they saw their own daughter get more into the sport. They continue to push for more opportunities. Chris, the head coach of Princeton University wrestling, and Lori, who is an organizer of DI Women’s Wrestling, are looking to create opportunities for women to wrestle at the highest level in college. They also have a son, Atticus, who is getting more involved in the sport at the middle school level now. “It’s sort of our family business I guess you could say,” said Chloe Ayres. “I love my family and I’m very close to all of them. To see how much effort my mom and dad have put in to creating more opportunities at the state level for women has meant the world to me. I’m so thankful for all that they’ve done for the sport. I think we’re going to continue together to build opportunities for women in high school and at the collegiate level as well. I’m really excited to see where that goes.” Ayres is one of the bright young faces pushing for more opportunities for her peers and younger girls. There are 87 collegiate wrestling programs, but only two that are Division 1 for women. Participation numbers show that other sports with fewer high school participants have more Division 1 teams than women’s wrestling. Women’s wrestling is playing catch-up, but is considered an emerging sport by the NCAA. “The goal is just to provide opportunities,” said Chris Ayres. “I hate to say this, but wrestling, the community, has done a really bad job of advocating for women. Most people would say we supported women. But we never really pushed for it. My new thing is you have to advocate for women. And you have to try to create opportunities for them.” This fall, Chloe Ayres will join another woman, Demetra Yancopoulos, on the Princeton University men’s roster. They also will compete in the national tournament for women through Princeton’s club program. Ayres will also train at the New Jersey Regional Training Center. Opportunities and exposure are everything to the sport’s growth. Six years ago Chloe Ayres wasn’t even wrestling, in part because she didn’t see other girls wrestling. “I really wish I had gotten into it sooner, but I didn’t really see it as an option for myself,” said Ayres. “I think that’s part of the reason I’m so determined to show girls that it is an option so they get into it at a younger age and we continue to develop a higher level of wrestling for women. That’s definitely been an inspiration for me, seeing younger girls getting into it and seeing that this is their place and they can definitely compete in this sport and be successful. I didn’t necessarily see that when I was younger.” And while Ayres is an inspiration to others, she is constantly inspired by those

GOING TO THE MAT: Princeton High senior wrestling star Chloe Ayres enjoys the moment after she won the 114-pound New Jersey state girls’ wrestling title on April 10 at Phillipsburg High, joined by New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) representatives Howie O’Neal and Colleen Maguire near the mat. It was the third straight state crown for Ayres, who is headed to Princeton University this fall where she is looking to get a women’s club wrestling program off the ground. (Photo provided by Chloe Ayres) following in her footsteps. She is hopeful that others will join. “It’s hard to be a girl in a male-dominated sport,” said Ayres. “It’s becoming easier and more welcoming but it’s still difficult in a lot of circumstances. I’m so proud of the younger girls who have had the courage to join their middle school and elementary school and even high school teams. It does take a lot of confidence and courage. I’m inspired by all the girls that are confident enough to be a part of it.” Ayres wants other girls to take the chance to get involved in wrestling sooner. Having a more visible girls state tournament – even though this year’s was moved from Atlantic City to Phillipsburg High and spectators were limited – has been a big step that has helped at the state level. “I’m so proud and thankful to be a part of the development of the tournament the past three years,” said Ayres. “The girls that have been brave enough to come out in this beginning sort of time, the trial and error time, have really set the stage for girls to join the sport at a younger age. The level of wrestling is only going to continue to grow. I’m so proud to have been a part of that. Seeing girls have a role model to look up to wasn’t something that I really had when I was younger so I didn’t really see myself as being in the sport despite being constantly surrounded by it because I didn’t have any role models. Now there’s an abundance of women in the sport and hopefully that will encourage more girls to come out for the sport. I’m really proud to be a part of that and to hopefully have given some girls the confidence to join the sport because it gives you so much.” Ayres has witnessed first-

hand the development of the sport. Her wins were dominant, a product of her relentless training program and added mental conditioning to foster confidence on the mat, but she has seen an improvement across the state in a short time. “Not only have the numbers gone up, but I’ve seen such a difference in the level of wrestling that girls are presenting,” Ayres said. “I think girls are feeling more comfortable and feeling accepted in the sport so they’re coming to their practices and the boys practices and there’s more girls practices as well. I think the level of wrestling has gone up so much. You see girls applying pretty advanced techniques that you definitely wouldn’t have seen in the first year as much. As time goes on, we’re going to continue to approach a high level of wrestling that exists in other states where the state tournament has been sanctioned a bit longer.” With her high school career behind her, Ayres is focused on her own next steps on the mat as well. She won’t compete in folkstyle wrestling again after the state tournament, but will move back to focusing on freestyle to prepare for the World Team Trials in May. She will also compete in the national championships in Fargo, N.D., this summer before beginning her career at Princeton University, where she will be coached full-time by her father. “I actually have a lot of experience with the dynamic of my dad being my coach because in the spring, summer, and fall, he’s my fulltime coach,” said Ayres. “I have some club coaches as well but I would say he’s my dominant coach. That’s where I learn most of the techniques I use. And he’s usually in charge of my

training schedule. He is amazing. He is really good at navigating the line between coach and dad and knowing when to be emotionally supportive and when to give coaching advice. It’s the dynamic that works best for me.” Ayres’ father helped her hone her wrestling skills to become a three-time state champion. It sealed her legacy at PHS while introducing a new level of visibility for girls wrestling at the high school level. “The numbers are growing tremendously,” said Monzo. “The girls are getting better and better. The sky’s the limit for that. She’s happy to be one of the first pioneers to start it. Her name might be in the record books forever, but there’s going to be some more accomplishments later on with some bigger names. We’re not going to forget the first or second one.” Chloe Ayres would love to see more of the same happen at the next level. As she competes for her father and thrives in the support of her family, she will push to promote expanded opportunities for future women wrestlers. “While I probably won’t have the full Division 1 experience, I just want other girls to have the opportunity honestly,” said Ayres. “Even if it happens a year after I graduate, I’ll be so excited because we’ve been fighting for it for a long time and I want to see girls have the ability to compete at the Division 1 level. Even if I’m not a part of that, I know I’ll have the ability to compete and train in the sport that I love in college in anyway. I’m really hoping that opportunity will develop eventually for the little girls wondering if they’ll have that opportunity in college.” —Justin Feil

Tiger Hoops Alum Cannady Signs 2-Way Deal with Magic

A f te r or i g i n a l l y s i g n ing a 10-day contract with the Orlando Magic, former Princeton University men’s basketball star Devin Cannady ’20 has re-signed with the organization on a twoway deal. C a n nady, a 6’2, 183-pound guard, has made the most of his opportunities w ith Orlando, scoring eight points and going two-for-two on three-point shots and had one block in five against the San Antonio Spurs on April 12. He added four points in seven minutes against Milwaukee Bucks on April 11 and scored his first NBA points with two free throws on April 7 against the Washington Wizards. Cannady also appeared in t wo preseason games with the Magic ahead of the 2020-21 season, scoring three points with one block, one assist and one rebound in a game against the Atlanta Hawks. Cannady also added three points and one rebound against the Charlotte Hornets in a second appearance. Following his preseason s t i n t w i t h O r l a n d o, h e helped lead the Lakeland Magic, Orlando’s NBA G L eag ue af f iliate, to t he league title and became the first undrafted G League Finals MVP. He scored a game-high 22 points on 9-for-17 shooting from the f loor and 4 -for-9 shooting from three-point range along with six rebounds and four assists in the Magic’s 97-78 triumph over the Delaware Blue Coats in the G League Championship Game on March 11. On the season, he averaged 11.7 points, 2.8 rebounds, and 2.7 assists per game. In Cannady’s first season in the NBA G League, he played for the Long Island Nets and averaged 14.4 points, 3.9 rebounds, and 2.6 assists per game. Cannady is one of nine Princeton men’s basketball alumni currently playing professional basketball. During his college career, Cannady earned a pair of All-Ivy League honors and finished as Princeton’s fifthleading all-time scorer with 1,515 points.

The Princeton University field hockey team has added former North Carolina and U.S. national team star, Caitlin (Poppy) Van Sickle, to its staff as an assistant coach, the program said last week. Van Sickle comes from Powerhouse Field Hockey Club in Wayne, Pa., where she was the Director of Coaching. Over her international career, Van Sickle recorded 148 caps with for the U.S. from 2013-19. She helped the U.S. earn a bronze medal at the 2019 Pan American Games and a fifth-place finish at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. She was teammates on the national squad with Princeton alumnae Kat Sharkey ‘13, Katie Reinprecht ‘13, and Julia Reinprecht ‘14. Van Sickle graduated from North Carolina in 2013 following a superb career with the Tar Heels. Her last three years included three straight Team Most Valuable Player Awards, First-Team A ll America accolades, ACC Defensive Player of the Year honors, All-ACC, and AllACC Tournament selections. In addition, she was named the 2012 ACC Tournament MVP and helped the squad win consecutive ACC titles in 2011-12. The Tar Heels played in the NCAA championship game all four years of her career, highlighted by winning the 2009 title. “We are excited to welcome Caitlin to the Princeton family,” said Princeton head coach Carla Tagliente. “H e r pr o g r e s s i ve a n d current hockey knowledge paired with her experience as a formidable defender on the world stage will be so valuable for our talented Tiger defenders. She is a natural leader that has had success at every level that she has played at. As a threetime All-American, National Champion, and Olympian, Caitlin has the experience and proven track record to be a valuable mentor to our student-athletes as they work to achieve their academic and athletic goals.” Van Sickle, for her part, is thrilled to be joining the Princeton program. “I am beyond excited to become the new assistant coach at Princeton,” said Van Sickle. “I wanted to first thank C arla Tagl iente for t he

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in 2014. McClure helped Jamaica make its first FIFA Women’s World Cup as the team finished third at the 2018 CONCACAF Women’s Championship, behind only the U.S. and Canada. The W WC bid clincher came in the third-place match against Panama, where McClure helped Jamaica win the penalty-kick shootout Tiger Women’s Soccer Names 4-2 with a pair of saves. accomplished program. The success Carla and the team of student athletes have had in the last few seasons is a tribute to the strength and support of the athletic department. I am anxious and thrilled to get on campus to meet the team and get the ball rolling for what I know will be another successful season for the Tigers.”

WWC against Australia. “It’s a privilege to start my college coaching career at Princeton,” said McClure. “The women’s program has a strong legacy of outstanding student-athletes and I look forward to providing mentorship and guidance to these young women. I’m excited to learn from (head coach) Sean (Driscoll)

leaders of tomorrow and continue the success of the program.” With Princeton, McClure will be joining a program that won the Ivy League and made the NCAA tournament in three of the five seasons competed under Driscoll, including a run to the NCAA quarterfinals in 2017 and the second round in 2015.

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Nicole McClure, an eightyear pro goalkeeper who helped Jamaica to the 2019 FIFA Women’s World Cup, has joined the Princeton women’s soccer staff as an assistant coach. McClure began her collegiate career at the University of Hawaii, helping the team to Western Athletic Conference regular-season and tournament championships as a freshman in 2007. McClure transferred to South Florida for her final two seasons, posting goals-against averages of 0.89 and 1.24 in 2010 and 2011 as the team’s starting keeper. The 2010 season saw McClure and the Bulls win the Big East tournament and advance to the second round of the NCAAs. As a pro, McClure played from 2012 through 2019 with teams in Iceland, Switzerland, Sweden, Norway, Croatia, Israel, France, and the U.K. Her national team experience with Jamaica began with the U-20 team in

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Coming into the 2021 season, the Princeton High boys’ swimming team amounted to a hardy band of brothers trying to scrape together a full lineup while the PHS girls’ squad was stocked with talent with the main question being how to deploy the resources at its disposal. Although the teams had different make-ups, they ended up in the same place as they both posted 12-0 records. PHS head coach Carly Misiewicz, who guided both squads, was pleasantly surprised by how her swimmers competed this winter. “The season was fun; I wasn’t really sure going in what it was going to be like with all of the restrictions and with virtual meets and what not,” said Misiewicz. “The kids really surprised me with how much they really got excited to get up and race.” While the boys’ squad was undermanned in terms of numbers, it boasted quality performers who were willing to swim wherever needed. “I told them all that in the beginning of the season, guys we are hurting for numbers this year so don’t be surprised if you are going to be in different events week after week,” said Misiewicz. The all hands on deck mentality resonated with the squad. “We really tried to utilize our versatility,” said Misiewicz. “All of our guys can do almost anything — people like Owen Tennant, Julian Velazquez, Dan Baytin, and Will Murray. Alex Shaw this

year really surprised us, coming up in a lot of different events. It was not just the sprints, he did the 500 a couple of times for us and the butterfly even.” Choosing Wednesday as their day for virtual meets, which entailed each team swimming separately at their pool and then sharing times to calculate the score, helped focus the team. “I think what kind of helped is that we did only have six virtual meet days rather than had we chosen to swim this 12 virtual meet days,” said Misiewicz, noting that sophomore star Baytin set a school record in the 100 breaststroke this season with a time of 58.43. “I think it would have been a lot more mentally challenging, not that they could not have handled it.” In reflecting on the squad’s undefeated run, Misiewicz credited the boys with rising to the challenges they faced. “I think the versatility and the fact that everyone was so excited just to be able to have a season and just to be able to get up and race were keys,” said Misiewicz. “It gave them a little bit of a sense of normalcy, I know I felt that way. The guys as a whole took it and ran with it. They got fired up, they used every opportunity to race to their full advantage.” The team’s most exciting meet of the season came when the Tigers edged WW/ P-North 86-84 despite winning just two of eight individual events (Tennant in the 200 individual merely and Henry Xu in the 1000 breaststroke). “I think the WW/P-North

meet was a turning point, not so much like a wake-up call but telling us that we are pretty good this year,” said Misiewicz. “T he numbers may be low but we got seconds and thirds and did well in the relays. I remember scoring that meet out and I can’t believe it came out that way. I got to enter it on NJ.com and it is like we didn’t win anything.” Seeing the boys win all of their meets was special for Misiewicz. “I was so happy for them, I am so proud of them,” said Misiewicz. “It was look what we can do, with even just a small group of guys. We don’t need that number, you just need that drive and that determination. They have had it since the beginning.” T he team’s quar tet of seniors Tennant, Murray, Andy Liu, and Alvaro Lopez helped spark that drive. “Andy got injured towards the end of last season and wasn’t able to finish out the championship portion of the season,” said Misiewicz. “He did a lot of lifting and a lot of strengthening and conditioning to get ready and prepared for this season. For Owen, it was really just about being able to have fun. He got that college piece out of the way, when he committed to Colorado College. That allowed him to relax and just have fun. Will was great in the sprints, the 50 free, the 100 free, the 100 fly and all of the relays that he has been a part of as well.”

With such standouts as sophomore Baytin, sophom ore Vela z q u e z, j u n ior Shaw, freshman Xu, and freshman Alvin Tien returning, Misiewicz is confident the team can build on this winter’s success. “The juniors and seniors helped lay that foundation, all the club kids know each other too,” said Misiewicz. “They want to be part of the team and this is what we did this year. It was cool. I was a club swimmer and a high school swimmer so I totally understand. That is why I think so many kids have said that they appreciate being on the team. I know what they are going through, you want to be part of both but that high school team gives you that fun atmosphere. There is pride in swimming for the school.” Misiewicz took a lot of pride in what her girls team accomplished as its closest meet of the season was a 121- 49 win over W W/ PNorth on February 25. “I said it after every meet, if we only had a state tournament, the girls would be a dominant force,” said Misiewicz. “I don’t think we scored less than 100 points in any meet. The girls had so much fun.” Like the boys, the girls squad featured a number of all-around swimmers. “The girls are all so extremely versatile as well, there are so many people who can do so many different events,” said Misiewicz. “Last year I had a lot of 50 freestylers and 100 freestylers but this year for example I had someone like Courtney Weber who can do distance, can do sprints, can do IM, can do breaststroke,

and can do freestyle. She really can do anything. It was the same thing with Beatrice Cai, and Abby Walden. I was very pleasantly surprised by freshman Kyleigh Tangen. She won a lot of races.” As Misiewicz mixed and matched her lineup, the team kept routing opponents. “T he girls were dominant; even when I would try to change lineups and put people in different events, it was always the same result,” said Misiewicz. “They were so excited to race.” The squad’s two seniors, Ella Caddeau and Emily Bauser, proved to be special people as well as talented swimmers. “I would have loved to have Ella for all four years, she is an all-around great person,” said Misiew icz, noting that Caddeau spent two years away from the program to focus on club swimming. “Ella reached out to me before the last meet. She did really well in her club meet the weekend before. She dropped two seconds in her 100 back and said that I would really like to go for the record if that is possible and I said absolutely and she

got the record [with a time of 57.64]. Emily has always been someone who has been on those B relays for us and has definitely been a major point contributor. This year we switched things up a little bit with her. I put her in some more sprint stuff rather than IM just to see how she did and she really liked it. She and Jordyn Weber were my go-to girls this year whenever I needed to get a message out or ask the team a question.” Looking ahead, Misiewicz likes the foundation she has in place with the girls’ program. “We are really graduating two people; I am very excited about the girls for next year,” said Misiewicz. “It is funny because the freshmen and sophomores are the closest in age to the current 8th graders and they are saying like this person is coming next year, she can do this and this and this. There are people coming.” In the end, Misiewicz was excited about what both teams achieved this winter. “I could not have been more happier and proud of them as a whole, both teams across the board.” —Bill Alden

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Both PHS Swim Teams Produce 12-0 Campaigns As Boys Overcame Lack of Depth, Girls Dominated

FLYING HIGH: Princeton High boys’ swimmer Julian Velazquez displays his butterfly form in a race this season. Sophomore Velazquez starred as PHS went 12-0 this season. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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As the Princeton High boys’ lacrosse has hit the field this spring after having its 2020 season canceled due to the pandemic, the squad’s seniors are looking to make the most of their final campaign. “We are fortunate to have a lot of seniors who missed their junior year so this is super valuable to them,” said PHS head coach Chip Casto, whose team gets its 2021 campaign underway this week by play ing at Hopewell Valley on April 20, hosting Notre Dame on April 22, and then playing at Allentown on April 26. “They have come to the understanding that this really is something that I love to do and this might be my last year doing it. They have been very, very upbeat, on time, and energetic.” The pair of junior Will Doran and senior Pat McDonald along with freshman Patrick Kenah should

provide energy on attack. “Will and Pat are our two studs,” said Casto. “We may actually have a freshman starter in Patrick. He is very special, he is just a polished player. We are really excited about him.” Casto is looking for junior John O’Donnell, senior Nevin Motto, senior Sid Suppiah, and junior Owen Deming to spearhead the midfield. “John is a hockey player, he is probably going to be like our Swiss Army knife,” added Casto. “He is going to play a little bit of everything, he is really, solid. Nevin is a kid who does all of the basic things really well. Our big middie this year is going to be Sid, he has been in the weight room for two years. He is strong, he wants to play. He has been great. Owen has switched to shortstick this year and he has been doing really well.” On defense, the quartet of

DOWN PAT: Princeton High boys’ lacrosse Patrick McDonald cradles the ball in a 2018 game. Senior attackman McDonald figures to be a go-to scorer for PHS this spring. The Tigers get their 2021 campaign underway this week by playing at Hopewell Valley on April 20, hosting Notre Dame on April 22, and then playing at Allentown on April 26. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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senior Lucas Kirby, senior Simon Sheppard, junior Will Erickson, and junior Andrew Koehler should be leading the way. “They communicate really well and they love the defensive mentality,” said Casto. “They have brought a lot of energy to practice, challenging the offensive players.” Senior Austin Micale, a star ice hockey player, is emerging as a force at goalie for PHS. “We have the Trentonian hockey defenseman of the year in Austin,” said Casto. “I was thinking he would be just a good goalie but the way he is stepping into the ball, he has put in extra time to improve. He has taken a lot of shots. His sophomore year was his first year and he played JV goalie. He was like a hockey guy with kick saves. On his own, though, he worked on his technique. He is technically a pretty good lacrosse goalie and he is hockey tough.” Heading into the 2021 campaign, Casto is looking to get his squad to be efficient and tactically sound. “We have got to be injury free, like everybody else,” said Casto. “With our numbers, we have to manage the game a whole lot better, that gray area of when do you let them speed up and when do you slow them down. You have got to work on all of those situations day-to-day and game-to-game.” With PHS featuring seven seniors and eight juniors, Casto believes that experience will pay dividends. “I am really happy to have the core be seniors and some really experienced juniors because they can take coaching and apply it right away and understand what we are trying to do,” said Casto. “We have been going almost every day double sessions on spring break. You have got to get to know each other and jell. It has been great. The seniors are really conscious of trying to keep a culture that we have had, helping each other out. They have been great in maintaining what coach Stanton [former head coach and current assistant coach Peter Stanton] started. He is an historian and a philosopher, he is the long term thinker.” —Bill Alden

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Resurrecting “Cohesive Unit” Rallying Cry, PHS Girls’ Lax Primed for 2021 Campaign Using the slogan “cohesive unit” as a rallying cry two years ago, the Princeton High girls’ lacrosse team produced a spectacular campaign, winning the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional title and posting an 18-3 record. With the 2020 season having been canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the squad is resurrecting that phrase to provide inspiration as it gets back on the field this spring. “That gave us a lot of power in relying on each other; we used to write it on our hands,” said PHS head coach Meg ( Reilly ) Dunleavy. “So ‘cohesive unit’ is definitely our motto again this year. I think it is going to ring more true than it ever has because it is not one clear standout player. It is multiple players with a lot of speed and a lot of skill who need to be doing a lot of different things.” Just being able to play together again has resulted in cohesion for PHS. “There is just so much joy to be out on the turf again,” said Dunleavy, whose team opens its 2021 campaign by hosting Allentown on April 23. “They are all so positive, the attitude is so positive, encouraging and excited. They are thrilled to be back and with each other finally after missing last year. I have never seen so much energy before in a practice.” The program’s winning mentalit y remains intact despite the lost season. “There are lot of girls coming back that are raised on that,” said Dunleavy, a former PHS girls’ lax standout herself. “The culture remains competitive with the positive encouragement for each other.” PHS boasts the offensive firepower to be competitive, starting with the onetwo punch of senior Shoshi Henderson and junior Kate Becker. “Shoshi is looking the best I have ever seen her, she has all the skills that she always had but now she has a big burst of leadership and confidence,” said Dunleavy, noting that Henderson is headed to Pomona College where she will be playing for its women’s lax program. “Shoshi is a low attacker and she is phenomenal but this year she is going to have to be playing midfield. It is the same thing with Kate, she is going to be playing midfield and attack. Kate is super strong, believe it or not, she is even faster than she was as a freshman. She has so much poise and confidence and has a very high lax IQ. She sees the field super well, she knows three steps ahead what is going to happen.” Junior Cartee O’Brien and a pair of freshmen, Riley Devlin and Sharon Henderson should also make things happen around goal. “Cardee has always played attack, she is one of those players who can always sneakily get open,” said Dunleavy. “She is a good cutter, she is somehow always open in the middle. We don’t know

how she does it. Riley is a great athlete, I am very excited to see her. I had never met her before at middle school because of COVID. She was an awesome surprise. We have Shoshi’s little sister, Sharon Henderson, she will be playing attack and midfield. She plays a lot like Shoshi, having a strong shot.” Junior star defender Grace Rebak will help the Tigers at both ends of the field. “Grace is ver y capable of bringing it across the restraining line and being in the settled attack,” said Dunleavy. “Someone will pull back for Grace and then we will switch. You will see her in the mix in the settled attack, she is not afraid to go all the way up from defense.” The PHS defense will be led by junior goalie Gigi Peloso, who emerged a star from day one during her freshman campaign in 2019. “Gigi is even more proactive and aggressive than she was as a freshman,” said Dunleavy. “She comes out of the cage so often and she can clear to the opposite goal. She is phenomenal. She is the next Mira [former PHS and University of Michigan star goalie Mira Shane] with that intimidation factor. Two years ago she broke her stick because she smacks it against the cage to get fired up. She is just a beast. We

are so excited to have two more years of her.” The trio of Rebak, junior Sarah Glenn, and sophomore Catie Samaan will patrol things in front of Peloso. “Grace is a very smart player because she is able to slide quickly,” said Dunleavy. “She sees where her teammates need to be and is very communicative. She will direct the defense. Sarah is a strong defender. She is the most positive player, she makes ever ybody upbeat and helps people forget when they make mistakes. Catie will be back on low defense with them. She is a very physical player and I like her physical strength.” W h ile PHS may ma ke some mistakes in the early going as it fits the pieces tougher, Dunleavy believes the squad is poised for a strong campaign. “We are going to have to see a lot of flexibility in terms of position movement,” said Dunleavy. “People are going to be rotating a lot and learning new positions. It is definitely a learning year in terms where you sit best on the field and where you can contribute best for the team. It is also going to be about speed which is something that I am seeing more so than I ever had in tryouts. We need to utilize the speed that we have and use that towards our advantage. We are going to want to see very quick transitions.” —Bill Alden

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With Seniors Showing Sense of Urgency, PHS Boys’ Lax Excited for Chance to Play

SHOWING OFF: Princeton High girls’ lacrosse player Shoshi Henderson heads upfield during a 2019 game. Senior star Henderson is primed for a big final campaign for PHS. The Tigers open regular season play by hosting Allentown on April 23. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Applegate Displays His Pitching, Batting Prowess, As Hun Baseball Rolls Past Lawrenceville 10-0 After pitching and hitting the Hun School baseball team to a 10-0 win over Lawrenceville last Wednesday, Carson Applegate autographed a baseball for the home plate umpire. In the only misstep of a day, which saw the junior star hurl five scoreless innings of two-hit ball while striking out 12 and walking just one and pounding out three hits, Applegate’s handwriting was a bit sloppy. “It was a poor signature,”

said Applegate with a chuckle, noting that he has known the umpire for years. Coming into the game against Lawrenceville, Applegate was primed for a big day. “This was our first home game in about two years,” said Applegate. “I have been t hin k ing about this game since the schedule came out. Luckily I was able to pitch today. I probably didn’t say a word

the whole day because I was so focused and so excited to play. It is great being back on the field.” In the top of the first inning, Applegate struck out three batters and then in the bottom of the frame he led off with a single, stole two bases and scored the game’s first run. An inning later, he smacked a run-scoring triple off the center field fence. “I love leading off, I love starting a game off,” said Applegate, who ended up

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3-for-4 at the plate with two runs scored and an RBI. “Today, I didn’t even take batting practice. The triple felt great, I just got under it a little bit. I have been work ing on keeping my hands smooth and keeping my hands through the ball. It felt pretty good. As I slide into third, I did a little fist pump to the dugout, just seeing all of the guys excited is awesome.” Applegate was also excited about his mound effort. “I was really confident today, I was pretty locked in,” said Applegate, who has committed to attend the University of Kentucky and play for its Division I baseball program. “I had my guys behind me. Tyler Tucker making the play at second, Ben Petrone at shortstop, Carson Wehner at third, Ryan DiMaggio at first, and my outfield. Mike Smith did a great job catching me too. I was bouncing some curveballs and changeups. My slider was working pretty well today and so was my fastball, my two seam. The changeup was good in the first inning but I have got to work on it.” In assessing his progress on the mound, Applegate credited Hun assistant coach Steve Garrison, a former Raider star who went on to pitch in the pro ranks, including a stint with the New York Yankees, with being a major influence. “Coach Garrison has been awesome; he taught me my slider, I just started throwing it when we had our preseason, probably about a month or two ago,” said Applegate “That is what he does, he is just a great mentor. He has been through ever ything, pitching in the bigs. He is just a great guy, he is very calm but he gets on you when he needs to.” Hun head coach Tom Monfiletto sees Applegate as a great spark for the Hun hitting attack from the leadoff spot. “He is a complete hitter, he is aggressive and he is an outstanding plus runner as well,” said Monfiletto. “He is the perfect combination for that role.”

With Applegate having pitched a five-inning perfect game in an 11-0 win over Blair Academy on April 5 in his first outing of the season, Monfiletto was impressed by how the junior built on that performance in the win over the Big Red. “He was locked in today on the mound, he was 100 percent locked in,” said Monfiletto. “You could tell in pregame that he was going to bring his best today. We knew we had to because Lawrenceville has a very good team this year. He brought his best and it was great.” T he R aiders, who im proved to 5-1 with a 7-0 win over the Blair Academy last Saturday, are clearly off to a great start. “A lot of it is the work that the kids did in the offseason on their own,” said Monfiletto, reflecting on the team’s performance so far in 2021. “There was a lot of ownership in the preparation for his season. That was amazing and was something that we as coaches were really, really happy with. When we started practicing, we hit the ground running. There wasn’t much rust, we really got right into it.” Against L aw rencev ille, Hun got right into it with their bats, building a 7-0 lead through three innings with Jackson Kraemer capping the offensive outburst with a two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth to end the game on the 10-run rule. “I was really happy with the approaches of a lot of our guys, the hits were gap to gap in the middle of the field which is something we work on all of the time,” explained Monfiletto. “If you can stay in the middle of the field you can adjust to some other pitches. Carson had a couple to the center field, left center. DiMaggio’s was to right center. I was really happy with that. Even with two strikes, we were able to square up the ball a lot. I was very, very happy with that.” With Applegate and DiMaggio hav ing each

throw n no -hit ters this spring, Monfiletto is also very happy with his mound corps. “It has been great, a lot of credit to coach Garrison; I do not coach our pitchers, that is all him,” said Monfiletto, adding that postgraduate Trevor Kobr y n looked sharp in his Hun debut, striking out two as he pitched the sixth inning against Lawrenceville. “Our catcher Mike Smith has had some great games behind the plate, Mike Jolly had a great game behind the plate in Carson’s game against Blair. It is something that they really care about and they really work hard with it. There is a purposeful plan for them throughout the week and we stick to it. We also like to work with them on what they like to do and how they like to prepare so it has been working out so far.” Noting that Hun is facing a tough gauntlet of foes in the coming weeks, Monfiletto is hoping his players will maintain an upbeat mentality when they hit some bumps in the road. “The biggest concern is that the energy is fantastic throughout games like this,” said Monfiletto, whose team hosts the Hill School (Pa.) on April 21 and the Perkiomen School (Pa.) on April 23, plays Trenton Catholic on April 24 at Veteran’s Park, and then hosts the Peddie School on April 27. “Can we keep that up when things don’t go our way because pretty soon things are not going to roll our way. We need to understand that we are never out of any game and that we need to stay up through the ups and downs.” In Applegate’s view, the Raiders will be energized by the tough competition. “We have got a real rigorous schedule,” said Applegate. “I am very confident in our guys. We are going to be pretty good this year, we are going to do a lot of good stuff.” —Bill Alden

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CARSON SHOW: Hun School baseball player Carson Applegate takes a big swing in a game earlier this season. Last Wednesday, junior star Applegate pitched and hit Hun to a 10-0 win over Lawrenceville. The Raiders, who improved to 5-1 with a 7-0 win over Blair Academy last Saturday, host Hill School (Pa.) on April 21, Perkiomen School (Pa.) on April 23, plays Trenton Catholic on April 24 at Veteran’s Park, and then host the Peddie School on April 27. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

After the Hun School softball team got blanked 4-0 by the Lawrenceville School last Wednesday, Lexi Kobryn and her Raider teammates were determined to get offensive. “We took it to heart, the next couple days of practice, we had a purpose,” said Hun freshman standout Kobryn. “We really focused on our hitting.” Hosting the Blair Academy last Saturday, the Raiders didn’t waste any time showing the fruits of their labor, scoring four runs in the first inning on the way to an 11-1 victory and improving to 4-1. “We just showed Blair we are here to play,” said Kobryn, noting that Hun had defeated Blair 1-0 a week earlier. “ Fr o m o u r 1- 0 g a m e against them w ith same pitcher [Mallory Allen], that wasn’t good enough.” Kobr y n, for her par t, helped get the hit parade going, pounding out a runscoring single in the first inning to give the Raiders a 1-0 lead. In the fourth, she blasted a triple to left center to plate two more runs, not content to get a base on balls. “The three balls got me, it was a 3-1 count and I am not letting her walk me,”

said Kobryn, who ended the day going 2-for-3 with two runs and three RBIs. “I hit the next pitch; I thought it was going over. It felt nice.” Handling the pitching for the Raiders, Kobryn did a nice job in the circle, coming up with six strikeouts, no walks, yielding six hits and one run in five innings of work as the game ended in the fifth on the 10-run rule. “I came out and I just wanted to shut them down and I did,” said Kobryn. “My curve and my screwball were working, I threw a lot of that today.” Kobryn has been sharing the mound duties for Hun this spring with fellow freshman Jamie Staub and the tandem has been thriving. “We get along very well and it is good to not just have the pressure on one person,” said Kobryn. “It is good to always have someone back there who can help you out.” Things have been going well overall for Kobryn in joining the Hun program. “It has been good, I really like the team and the coaches,” said Kobryn. “I am always excited to come to practice and the games every day.” Hun head coach Kathy Quirk was excited by her squad’s batting prowess in

the win over Blair. “We have been spending the past three days just hitting,” said Quirk, whose team pounded out 15 hits on the day with Nora Shea going 3-for-3 with two runs and three RBIs, leadoff hitter Kat Xiong going 3-for-4 with two runs, and Staub contributing two hits, one run, and one RBI. “We have hardly done any fielding, we have done tee work and we watched a video. When Kat led off with the first hit, that set the tone. They all were hitting. It is the first time I think we have ever beaten Blair by 10 runs. It is always a close game.” Quirk liked the way Kobryn shut down the Blair hitters with her pitching. “I thought Lexi did a great job on the mound today,” said Quirk. “She showed great composure.” T h e te a m’s f r e s h m a n pitching duo has been doing a great job for the Raiders. “It has been nice to be able to rotate the two of them; I have never done it before and I have always said I am going to,” said Quirk, noting that Kobryn stars at shortstop when she

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isn’t pitching. “They both throw different pitches.” With Hun having won four of its five games this spring, Quirk believes her squad can have a very nice season. “I am happy at the way we are playing; we were disappointed in the Lawrenceville game because in the sixth inning we had the bases loaded and no outs,” said Quirk, whose team hosts the Hill School (Pa.) on April 21 before playing at Penn Charter (Pa.) on April 24, and at the Peddie School on April 27. “We just couldn’t capitalize but that is OK. I think we learned from it and we have been working hard from it. I am hoping we will keep capitalizing like we did today.” Kobryn, for her part, believes Hun will keep up the good work. “We have been playing well every game and if we play the same way, we will make it far,” said Kobryn. “We just have to keep up our hitting, we were just building on each other today. We have been solid in the field so we need to keep that up too.” —Bill Alden

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SPECIAL DELIVERY: Hun School softball player Lexi Kobryn delivers a pitch in recent action. Last Saturday, freshman Kobryn had six strikeouts, no walks, yielded six hits and one run in five innings as Hun defeated the Blair Academy 11-1. She helped herself at the plate, going 2-for-3 with a triple, two runs and three RBIs as the Raiders improved to 4-1. Hun hosts the Hill School (Pa.) on April 21 before playing at Penn Charter (Pa.) on April 24 and at the Peddie School on April 27. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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After Paying His Dues For Hun Boys’ Lacrosse, Junior Wright Stars As Raiders Edge PDS in Opener Evan Wright has paid his dues in working his way up the ranks for the Hun School boys’ lacrosse team. “In my freshman year, we had so many D-I commits and had a great team and I didn’t really get on the field,” said junior attackman Wright. “I learned from the older guys, they were really good leaders. They really taught me what it meant to be on a good varsity team.” Applying those lessons, Wright worked hard during the pandemic after the 2020 season was canceled. “We actually bought our own rack and have a home gym in my garage,” said Wright. “My brother came home from college and got me in the weight room and I put on 20 pounds. I started getting out on the field this winter.” Last Thursday, Wright and his Hun teammates were thrilled to finally be back in action as they played Princeton Day School on their season opener. “To get back on the field feels great,” said Wright. “We actually just came off quarantine, we had three or four practices coming into this game.” Wright ended up making a great impact in his first start, scoring two goals in the second half to help Hun rally from a 3-1 deficit at intermission to pull out an 8-6 victory. In reflecting on the game, Wright acknowledged that Hun got off to a sluggish start. “We knew we weren’t playing our game, we had first game jitters, I guess,” said Wright. “We weren’t catching, we weren’t throwing, we weren’t really running plays. We had to settle down, communicate, and just execute.” Over the last 24 minutes

of the contest, Wright found himself in the right place at the right time, scoring Hun’s third and fifth goals. “My te a m m ate s re a l ly opened me up,” said Wright. “We were moving the ball better, I was getting looks. Ev e r y b o d y w a s g e t t i n g looks. We were passing and it opened up opportunities for everybody.” Hun head coach Jim Stagnitta, a longtime college and pro coach who was making his debut guiding a high school program, liked the way his players seized opportunity down the stretch of the contest. “The guys played with a little more confidence and a little more sense of urgency,” said Stagnitta, who has 32 years of coaching experience, including nine years at the helm of Rutgers, and most recently led the Whipsnakes Lacrosse Club to a second Premier Lacrosse League title. “I have been doing this a long time. We threw some things in as we went. We started to set the picks up top to get our hands free and we had some success with that. They started to short us down here so we brought that guy up. We wanted to attack a little bit in unsettled. We rode a little bit harder, we pushed up on the ride.” Stagnitta credited Wright with being a key guy in the rally. “He is not an attackman and he has to play attack,” said Stagnitta, who got a goal and an assist from Randall Brown in the win with Matthew Dorrian tallying two goals and Andrew Heubeck, Corbin Minard, and Ryan Donahue adding one apiece. “He is getting better and better at it.” Noting that it was the first varsity action for many of his players with the 2020 season having been can-

celed, Stagnitta was proud of his squad’s resolve. “ T h e s e g u y s h a v e n’t played varsity before, there were t wo f re sh m en out there,” said Stagnitta. “They didn’t play last year and the year before it was a pretty good team and they never saw the field. I was really impressed with their ability to come back and the resiliency they showed in the second half because that is what you don’t know.” Going forward, Stagnitta is confident that his players will get more out of their ability as the season unfolds. “It is a little bit hard for me sometimes because I have coached college and professionally, you can tell them to do something and they will do it,” said Stagnitta, whose squad fell 12-7 to Academy of New Church (Pa.) on Friday and plays at St. Joseph’s (Metuchen) on April 23. “What I have learned with these guys is that they just need to learn how to do the f undamental things, like move their feet and not throw the ball to someone who is covered. What we have to focus on is just the little things and keep it simple.” While Hun will keep working on mastering the fundamentals, the big thing about Thursday was simply getting back on the field. “Any time you win it is good, it beats the alternative; I was just really proud of the way they came back,” said Stagnitta. “It is just nice for them to be able to play. I am proud of them, they did a nice job. It is not going to be pretty but they are getting better.” Wright, for his part, believes that Hun will ultimately produce a pretty brand of lacrosse. “We definitely have to focus on the little things,” said Wright. “It is catching, throwing and just hitting singles.” —Bill Alden

Although PDS Boys’ Lax Falls 8-6 to Hun in Opener, Panthers See Return to Action as Positive Experience Even though the Princeton Day School boys’ lacrosse team dropped an 8-6 nailbiter to local rival Hun in its season opener last Thursday afternoon, it was still a triumphant day for the program. “No matter what, today was a win for both teams and for lacrosse in this area; it was great just to be back playing again,” said PDS head coach Joe Moore. “For our guys, we looked at it last night and it has been 706 days since we have last put on the jerseys. For us, we kind of rallied around that. It was a win for us, the first game of the season. Whether we won or lost on the scoreboard, we were winning because we were learning more about each other.” Sparked by a stingy defense led by goalie Eric Gellasch and star defender Gibson Linnehan, the scoreboard looked good for the Panthers at halftime as they led 3-1. “Defensively, everything that happened was pretty much expected,” said Moore.

“Our defense played really well. Eric in net made some amazing saves, he was awesome. Gibson is a do-it-all kind of guy, he can do everything. Our defense was incredible, I could not have asked for more from them.” Wi t h H u n s t a r t i n g to dominate at the face-off X in the second half, the PDS defense got worn down and the Raiders rallied for the hard-earned 8-6 victory. “Defensively, I think we kind of lost our legs; we played a lot of defense today,” acknowledged Moore. “They were getting the ball every possession so we had very little offense and our guys got tired at the end of the day. Their guys also stepped up, guys we didn’t see in the first half were making plays in the second half.” There were some bright spots on offense for PDS as senior standout and Providence College commit Linnehan scored three goals with senior Xander Gardner and sophomore Oliver Hall adding one apiece and freshman Charlie Hogshire contributing a goal and two assists.

“Charlie was great and Xander was awesome,” said Moore. “Some of the younger guys did well. Logan [Herrmann] had a couple of great shots. Sebastian [Rzeczycki] played confidently. We were pretty balanced on offense with Gibby down there. It is the first game so those guys are just getting settled in, a lot of them have never played a high school game before.” While the outcome of the opener was disappointing, Moore is confident that his squad will build on the effort. “We will watch film and study ourselves more than anything; luckily we will see Hun in May so we will have a chance to play them again,” said Moore, whose team fell 7-5 to Springside Chestnut Hill (Pa.) last Saturday and will look to get on the winning track as it plays at the Pennington School on April 22 and then hosts Lawrenceville School on April 24. “We are focusing on us more than anything and controlling what we can control and seeing if we can beat some of these teams.” —Bill Alden

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Girls’ Lax: Olivia Kim and Priscilla Stelmach led the way as Hun defeated Pennington 11-4 last Wednesday. Kim and Stelmach each tallied three goals and an assist in the victory. On Saturday, Hun came up just short of a third straight win, falling 12-11 at the Blair Academy. The Raiders, now 3-2, host Princeton Day School on April 23.

Stuart Volleyball: Aleah James had 21 digs and eight service points but it wasn’t enough as Stuart fell 2-1 (25-21, 1525, 8-25) to Rutgers Prep last Wednesday. The Tartans rebounded with a 2-0 win over Stem Civic last Friday to improve to 7-4.

Lawrenceville Softball: Continuing its hot start, Lawrenceville defeated Blair Academy 8-3 last Monday. The Big Red, now 4-0, host Peddie School on April 21 and Lenape Regional on April 24 before playing at Donovan Catholic High on April 26. Girls’ Lacrosse: Sparked by Caroline Foster, Lawrenceville defeated Shipley School (Pa.) 16-6 last Friday. Foster tallied three goals and three assists in the win for the Big Red. On Sunday, Lawrenceville defeated Kent School (Conn.) 16-6 in improving to 3-0. In up-

Pennington Baseball: Earning its first win of the season, Pennington defeated Princeton Day School 9-3 last Monday. The Red Raiders built a 5-1 lead by the third inning and then tacked on four runs in the bottom of the sixth to seal the deal. Pennington, now 1-2, plays at Peddie School on April 21, hosts Lawrenceville on April 23, and then plays at Pingry School on April 24. Girls’ Lacrosse: Sparked by Bridget Lawn, Pennington defeated George School (Pa.) 11-6 last Friday. Lawn tallied three goals and two assists to help the Red Raiders improve to 3-2. Pennington hosts Blair Academy on April 21 before playing at Stuart Country Day on April 26.

PDS Baseball: Falling behind 5 -1 by the third inning, PDS lost 9-3 to Pennington School last Monday. In upcoming action, the Panthers, now 0-2, play at Gill St. Bernard’s on April 23, host St. Thomas Aquinas on April 24, play at Blair Academy on April 26, and then host the Lawrenceville School on April 27. S of tba l l : Star t ing its 2021 campaign with a bang, PDS defeated Pennington 19-1 in its season opener last Thursday. Freshman Adriana Salzano led the

way, pitching a no-hitter w ith five str ikeouts and three walks in six innings while also pounding out three hits with three RBIs. PDS hosts the Lawrenceville School on April 22 and Pennington on April 26. Girls’ Volleyball: PDS fell 2-0 to the Blair Academy last Wednesday. The Panthers, now 0 - 6, host Notre Dame on April 21 before playing at Rutgers Prep on April 22 and at Blair on April 24. Girls’ Soccer: Longtime head coach Pat Trombetta announced last week that he is stepping down from the post after a stellar 14-season tenure guiding the program. Trombetta coached the Panthers to eight state Prep B titles, including six straight through 2019, the last year the tourney was played, and the Mercer County Tournament title in 2013. The Panthers compiled a 177-62-19 record (.686) during his time at the helm of the program.

( P r i nceton H igh, P r i nc eton Day School, and Hun School). Players must be born on or after January 1, 2002. For information on fees and further details on the program, one can contact Jon Durbin at his gmail address listed above.

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The 12th edition of the Princeton 5K race will be held virtually this year. Participants may run or walk 3.1 miles between May 1 and May 15 on a course of their choice. There will be race T-shirts which will be available on May 8 at the Princeton Running Company, 108 Nassau St. In addition, race bibs can be uploaded and printed. One can also upload results to be considered for awards.

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and Master’s in Counselling degrees from the College of New Jersey. Jill loved meeting and talking to new people and old friends and she looked at the world and approached all people with curiosity and openness. She was passionate about helping people in need and worked as a counselor at Catholic Charities in Trenton, NJ, Jewish Family & Children’s Services in Lakewood, NJ, and Princeton House in Princeton, NJ. S h e l ov e d e v e r y t h i n g about Princeton and lived in the area for nearly 50 years. She loved books and reading and was an active supporter of the Princeton Public Library and was very active in Community Without Walls ( CW W ) in Princeton into her 80s. Jill is sur v ived by her b r ot h e r J o n H i n d e n of Cherry Hill, NJ; her daughter Wendy Wasserman Perello and her husband Joseph Perello, of Princeton, NJ; her son Marc Wasserman and his wife Aimee Hartstein of South Orange, NJ; and three grandsons, Matthew Perello, Julian Perello, and Ari Wasserman. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, funeral services are private. A memorial service will be announced later this spring. Memorial contributions may be made to Lil Bub’s Big Fund (goodjobbub.org) which advocates for special needs companion animals and builds a community that celebrates and fosters the human animal bond. To s e n d c o n d o l e n c e s to the family v isit Jill’s obituary page at Orlands MemorialChapel.com.

Gordon A. Jacoby

Born November 8, 1934 in NYC, Gordon A. Jacoby died of cancer at home in Princeton on April 7, 2021. He leaves his wife of almost 58 years, M. Elaine Jacoby, Esq., his son, David N. Jacoby of Boulder, CO, and his daughter, Rebecca A. Jacoby, of Philadelphia. Shiva visitations and services were held on April 11 and April 12 at his home. The family is planning a celebration of his life in late summer or early fall. Certain themes arise from memories of his life: adventure, theatre and all the arts, gardening/farming, food and Jill Wasserman above all, family; an improv J i l l W a s s e r m a n , o f model and then had a stint as specialist who reduced both Princeton, NJ, passed away a private detective before she adults and children to hyson Friday, April 16, 2021 started a career as a fashion terical laughter, flâneur exsurrounded by her loving buyer for a number of leadtraordinaire, traveler, mentor family. 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adopted David when he went to Paris to study for a year. G ordon never stopped gardening. He made friends at the greenhouses at Rutgers and learned to grow seeds under lights in the basement in Montclair. So it was natural for him to want a farm, and when Rebecca went to college, Gordon and Elaine bought a 10-acre farm near Stockton, NJ. Gordon farmed for 11 years, when Elaine prevailed on him to retire to the Princeton area where they could enjoy more cultural pursuits and resume traveling in the summers, as well as in winter. They settled in Pennington, where Gordon went back to coaching actors, executives, and foreign students at Princeton University, becoming an enthusiastic teacher of American speech in the ESL program at the YWCA and a member of the Evergreen Forum faculty at PSRC. He was also a strong supporter of the Princeton Art Museum and in recent years an enthusiastic traveler with Elaine on Docent Assn. trips to Germany and Italy. Road Scholar took them, most memorably, to the Netherlands and Belgium, to the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary, China, and Turkey. Gordon maintained a productive garden in Pennington, giving extra seedlings to friends, as well as untold amounts of his favorite kale. He joined a writers’ group, RATTS, doing readings of his stories at the Mercer County Library and publishing one in the annual fiction edition of US 1 News. In 2018 Gordon and Elaine moved to the Avalon Apartments in Princeton, where they enjoyed being in the center of town, joining the Garden Theatre, frequenting restaurants in town and McCarter Theatre – until the pandemic shut down most of those favorite haunts. So Gordon’s last year was a bittersweet one, as he and Elaine still took drives and walks, until his illness required him to enter hospice at home. Family remained preeminent, as Rebecca made weekly trips from Philadelphia to help and David and his fiancée, Zen Nickle, came from Boulder, CO. He enjoyed Zoom visits with step grandsons, Adam and Nick Snow, and talks with his nephews Seth and Philip Aaronson and beloved friends Jerry and Janet Eber. As his son, David, said, “He was a man of the streets and of the earth” but most of all a lover of people.

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September 24, 1992 – April 7, 2021 Peter Drago, 28 years old, was killed by a drunk driver on April 7 in North Carolina on his adventure journey home from Florida. His parents, Michael and Meghan, as well as his two brothers, Henry and George, are profoundly affected by this tragic loss. Peter grew up in New Jersey attending Princeton Day School, The Cambridge School, and Princeton Latin Academy. He graduated f rom Not re Da m e H igh School and received his Bachelor of Fine Arts in Sculpture from The Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University, where he earned the Paul Robeson Award for Emerging Young Artists. Peter was a gifted artist and mechanic with a specialty in restoring vintage British automobiles. Peter’s passing has scarred his immediate family, neighbors, and his many friends from college, high school,

the Society of French Teachers of New Jersey, and was honored with the Ordre des Palmes Académiques, an order of knighthood bestowed by the French government on exceptional academics and cultural figures. In Syracuse, Anita fell in love with Albert Sicroff, a brilliant young Hispanist and philosopher whose research provided the excuse for years in France and Spain. Days after their marriage in August 1947, they left for France, residing in the outskirts of Paris — a dream come true! They were joined by Wipsy, an English cocker spaniel, and later by their sons, Elan, Seth, and Jonathan. Anita had a successful career as professor of French and Spanish, and later English as a second language, at Fisk University, Adelphi, Trenton State, Rider, Mercer County Community College, Middlesex, and Rutgers. After more than 30 years of marriage, Anita spread her wings, embarking on new professional and romantic ventures. Her Corporate Language Institute landed lucrative contracts for customized instruction in a range of communication skills; clients included AT&T Bell Laboratories, Educational Testing Service, BASF, Mitsubishi, American Express, PSE&G, and many others. A n i t a w a s a d e v o te d daughter, mother, spouse, f r iend, teacher, mentor, colleague, and dog-owner. She loved music, art, history, animals, and travel. She was kind, witty, competent, adventurous, humane, convivial, curious, intellectual,

Anita Sicroff In the early hours of April 6, Dr. Anita Edith Sicroff passed away at Alcoeur Gardens at Toms River in south Jersey. She was 96, an early survivor of Covid-19, and — but for Alzheimer’s — in excellent health and spirits. Born in 1924 to Rose and Paul Grossman, Anita grew up in the Bronx. Anita loved animals, and expected early on to be a biologist, but fell under the spell of French and French literature in her early teens. She majored in French and Spanish at Hunter College High School and Hunter College in New York, and undertook graduate studies at Syracuse University (French and Philosophy), the University of Madrid, Middlebury College, and Vanderbilt (MA and PhD in French and Spanish literature). Anita was a gifted scholar and teacher: she was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, served as president of

loyal, grounded. She was fortunate to find these same qualities in Jean Houston, her partner for 32 years. A n i t a S i c r of f w i l l b e missed by all who knew her. In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Frank Perley Reiche Frank Perley Reiche, 91, a longtime resident of Princeton and the surrounding communities of Pennington and Plainsboro, died peacefully at The Elms of Cranbur y on April 17, 2021. Raised in Bristol, Connecticut, he attended Bristol High School and then matriculated to Williams College, graduating with a Political Economics major in 1951. He subsequently earned a L.L.B. degree from Columbia University School of Law, a M.A. degree in Foreign Affairs from George Washington University, and a L.L.M. degree in Taxation from New York University School of Law. Frank was active in the U.S. Navy from 1952-1956 and in the naval reserves from 1960-1966. Moving to Princeton, New Jersey, he

joined the law firm Smith, Stratton, Wise & Heher as an Associate from 19621964 and a Partner from 1964-1979. In 1979, President Jimmy Carter nominated and the U.S. Senate confirmed him to a six-year term on the Federal Election Commission (FEC), including a year as FEC chairperson in 1982. When his FEC term ended, he returned to New Jersey as a practicing attorney with law firms based in Lawrenceville and West Trenton. He then became Of Counsel to the law firm Archer & Greiner (now Archer Law) in its Princeton office. Throughout his legal profession, Frank specialized in tax law, estate planning, and charitable giving. He also wrote extensively on campaign finance law. Frank was engaged in a variety of philanthropic and charitable activities on both a local and national level. He was a member of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel where he served at one time as New Jersey chairperson, acted as a Director of the Center for Responsive Politics, and was appointed as the first chairperson of the New Jersey Election Law Enforcement Commission by Governor William Cahill. Frank was former national chairperson of planned giving for Williams College and a former trustee of Wells College. Locally, he was former trustee emeritus at

the Center of Theological Inquiry, former trustee of Westminster Choir College, and former member of the Stuart Country Day School Advisor Board. Frank was a devoted husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and uncle. He was married to Janet Taylor Reiche for 67 years. He is survived by Janet; his daughter Cynthia Schumacker of New tow n S quare, Pennsylvania; his son Dean Reiche of Pennington, New Jersey; his two grandsons A lexander Schumacker of Honolulu, Hawaii and Christopher Reiche of New York, New York; two greatgranddaughters; and nieces and nephews. A private family burial service will be held on Saturday, April 24 at Princeton Cemetery. A memorial service for family and friends is planned for a future date at the Lawrenceville Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to either the Princeton Medical Center Foundation, 5 Plainsboro Road, Suite 365, Plainsboro, New Jersey 08536 or Williams College, 75 Park Street, Williamstown, Massachusetts 01267. Contributions can include the notation “in memory of Frank Reiche.” Arrangements are under the direction of MatherHodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

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and 18 summers at Nassau Swim Club. Also mourning is his extended family. He was loved by all who knew him. There will be a celebration of his life and a retrospective of his artwork on Sunday, May 2, 2021, at The Boathouse at Mercer Lake in Mercer County Community Park from 11 a.m. – 3 p.m. There will be plenty of outdoor space for Covid-19 concerns: https://www.boathouseatmercerlake.com. Peter embraced his dyslexia and learned how to advocate for himself. In lieu of flowers, we believe he would appreciate donations made in his honor to Learning Alley: https://learningally.org.

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