Volume LXXIV, Number 18
Mr. Rogers’ Neighbors Kindness Project . . . . . 5 Rabara Pilates Studio Stays Busy . . . . . . . . 10 Remembering Lee Konitz and April on Duke Ellington's Birthday . . 14 Beyond Broadway Celebrates Community Theatre . . . . . . . . . . 15 Analyzing Dream Matchup of ’15 vs ’20 PU Women’s Hoops Teams . . . . . . . 21 Hun School Formally Cancels its Spring Sports Season . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PPS Assistant Superintendent Annie Kosek To Retire in June . . . . . . . 11 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach Realtors . . 16,17 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Classified Ads . . . . . . 28 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 12 New To Us . . . . . . . . . 20 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 26 Performing Arts . . . . . 18 Police Blotter . . . . . . . . 7 Real Estate . . . . . . . . 28 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Council Passes Budget, Considers How to Operate Once Reopening is Underway Princeton Council voted unanimously at its virtual meeting on Monday, April 27, to adopt the 2020 municipal budget that was re-introduced at its last meeting. Amended in light of the pandemic and its impact on the local economy, the $64 million budget has no tax increase. The ongoing shutdown has presented numerous challenges to the municipality. The town’s administrator Marc Dashield delivered an update on how these challenges are being met, and how operations will continue once Witherspoon Hall is reopened. Staff has been working remotely in some cases, while others have been in the building on alternative work schedules to complete necessary tasks. The departments involved in health, safety, and public works are on site, and the recreation department continues to maintain public parks and take care of trash and recycling. Those paying taxes this quarter are urged to do it online or by mail. For those who cannot do so, a drop box is in place in the lobby of the police department. Dashield said a committee of municipal employees has begun to look at what municipal services will look like once the building officially reopens. “They will investigate and then make recommendations on things like social distancing, child care, high risk employees, and long-term infection prevention strategies,” he said. Glass shields are being installed in different departments to protect employees and visitors. Building inspections are being carried out using FaceTime when possible. Regarding fire prevention inspections, the town is now requiring affidavits confirming the existence of smoke detectors so that buyers of homes can close on their purchases. As has become the norm at Council meetings since the pandemic began, there were reports from Princeton Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser and Princeton Board of Health Chair Dr. George DiFerxes importance & home delivof custom bothe ering stressed dinando. ery Now offBoth contact tracing, which tracks the contacts of infected people and notifies them of exposure. “This is our number one tool in regard to how we oney do disease investigations,” rook said Grosser. “In Princeton, we are very rganic arm • •
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As COVID-19 cases and related death numbers start to level off and New Jersey, gradually and cautiously, looks forward to Gov. Phil Murphy’s “Road Back” plan, Princeton University has announced the establishment of a fund to support community relief efforts related to COVID-19, with an initial commitment of $1 million to support immediate needs in the municipality of Princeton. “The focus will be on contributions to organizations that distribute directly to other nonprofits or, where appropriate, businesses, and to partnerships of community organizations working collaboratively to address current needs,” the University wrote in a statement Tuesday afternoon. A University committee has made recommendations and Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber and Provost Deborah Prentice have approved initial disbursements from the fund of $400,000 to the Princeton Area
Community Foundation COVID Relief Fund and $100,000 to the Princeton Children’s Fund Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund. “The remaining $500,000 will be distributed as additional contribution opportunities emerge,” the University announcement stated. Noting significant impacts of the crisis in communities where the University is located, the announcement stated, “The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in immense financial pressures for nonprofits and service organizations; businesses, particularly small businesses; and individuals and families.” It continued, “The University will use the fund to contribute to relief and recovery efforts already underway, and those that will emerge in the coming months. The fund is designed to distribute funds to partner organizations that provide grants, services, and other forms of direct
support to local organizations, businesses, and families.” In addition to its contributions through the relief fund, the University has been working to assist the local community in a number of ways, the announcement pointed out , including direct support to organizations fighting food insecurity, donations of personal protective equipment (PPE), hosting blood drives, providing perishable food items to local food kitchens, and faculty and staff volunteering in the community. The University made a $25,000 contribution to Send Hunger Packing Princeton (SHUPPrinceton) to support the nonprofit group’s collaboration in feeding qualified Princeton Public Schools (PPS) students. The University also donated 15 mini-fridges to the PPS and SHUPPrinceton to support their family meal distributions. The Princeton Area Community Foundation COVID Relief Fund was established Continued on Page 7
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Early this week, Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled his plan to start New Jersey’s recovery from the COVID-19 shutdown. While the stay-at-home order for residents remains in effect until further notice, local businesses are starting to consider how and when they will reopen. Some, like Olives on Witherspoon Street, have already taken the step. Just what the town’s reopening might look like is among the topics to be discussed at the next Virtual Princeton Business Forum of the Princeton Merchants Association (PMA), being held Thursday, April 30 at 10 a.m. via Zoom. Results of a survey that went out to local businesses will also be considered. The PMA has been holding online gatherings nearly every Thursday since non-essential businesses were ordered to close last month. These well-attended meetings, moderated by Princeton University Art Museum Director James Steward, have included various guest speakers, always with a focus on how to ride out the COVID-19 crisis and stay afloat. Last week, political scientist and Princeton University Professor Anne Marie Slaughter shared ideas about a fund to help nonprofits and businesses with resilience and renewal.
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In its third week of operation, the Mr. Rogers’ Neighbors Kindness Project, founded by local volunteer Blair Miller, allows the Princeton community to support struggling neighbors and participating businesses each time they order takeout, purchase books or toys, or shop at McCaffrey’s market. The program encourages patrons of local stores and restaurants to add an extra meal, book, or toy to their phone or online orders. These items are then delivered to the Free Store/Tienda Gratis for distribution on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays from noon to 2 p.m. “It’s a win-win-win,” said Miller. “Our food insecure neighbors will receive a warm meal and other necessities, our local businesses fighting to survive the adverse impacts of COVID-19 will see a boost in sales, and our kind neighbors who want to help will have an avenue through which to do so.” The response so far has been “an amazing community effort,” she says. “It really connects the community in a wonderful way.” She describes people coming up to her in the aisles of McCaffrey’s asking how they can get involved, and people helping her unload groceries in the parking lot wanting to join in as volunteers and contributors. “Community members have been showing an overwhelming amount of support, which has really been heartwarming,” she says. Miller, a longtime volunteer at homeless shelters and other social service agencies, suddenly saw some of those places close as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. She grew concerned that their clients would not have enough to eat. Miller is a pianist and the founder and CEO of ConductAction, a company focused on advocacy of classical music. She realized she had some time on her hands after being laid off from her work at the Princeton University Art Museum.
“So I started to make bagged lunches with a handwritten message of hope and I personally delivered them to our food-insecure neighbors,” she said. “While preparing these bags, I realized the crisis extended to local businesses, too. In a time of isolation and hardship, my goal is to connect our neighbors in need, our neighbors who want to help, and our neighboring businesses so we can strengthen our community together.” Miller decided to team up with McCaffrey’s to invite customers to add a “neighbors’ bag” to their purchase at checkout. Each pre-packaged brown bag, costing between $5 and $20, was left in a bin for Miller to retrieve each morning.
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CONNECTING NEIGHBORS: Blair Miller, founder of Mr. Rogers’ Neighbors Kindness Project, prepares to distribute bags of food and other necessities at the Free Store/Tienda Gratis, also known as Studio Hillier, on Witherspoon Street. More than 1,500 “neighbors bags” have been made available in this project for neighbors in need, local businesses, and community members looking to help.
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The scope of the project grew quickly — more than 700 bags sold at McCaffrey’s in the first week — and Miller’s vision grew too. “I wanted to get food to people and I wanted to do it quickly. I wondered, ‘How can I get food and other items to those in need and at the same time support local businesses?’” That’s when she reached out to Ross Wishnick, founder of Send Hunger Packing Princeton (SHUPPrinceton) and chair of Princeton Human Services. On Friday, April 10 they talked on the phone, Wishnick recalled. “I said, ‘The Mr. Rogers’ Neighbors Project is great, and I support it 100 percent, and I have an idea. Let’s open up the Mr. Rogers’ Project Free Store. We’ll keep your goods there and distribute them.’ She said, ‘Where?’ and I said, ‘I don’t know.’” Wishnick decided to call Studio Hillier principal Bob Hillier, a Town Topics shareholder, and ask if Hillier could find them a place to park and distribute their goods in the Witherspoon neighborhood. Hillier Operations Manager Oliver Pelosi answered the phone. He loved the idea. Hillier loved the idea. And within an hour, Miller and Wishnick had their Free Store/Tienda Gratis location at Studio Hillier’s main office with its welcoming courtyard and big garage door entrance. Three days later they were in operation, with Pelosi, designer Dustin Bailey, property manager Jerry Prete, and other Hillier employees lending a hand. Kindly Creative graphic designer Onolee Oberrender designed the Mr. Rogers’ Neighbors Kindness Project logo and the signs that have been placed around town. “Blair has a really good idea,” Wishnick said. “The concept is buy one, buy one. Buy one for yourself. Buy one for the Free Store. You’re supporting your favorite store and you’re supporting an anonymous person. We have a web of caring people who are interrelating to be supportive of the community.” Miller added, “The whole point and premise is to get people to feel connected as neighbors. I really want a neighbor to feel that when they sit down to have a warm meal made by a local restaurant or when they’re using these products and opening these bags, they really feel connected even though they’re in isolation.” For those who are sick or immobile, volunteers will make deliveries. To request a delivery, email blair@mrrogersneighbors.com. So far, participating Neighbors’ Businesses, where you can add on something extra for a neighbor in need, include The Bent Spoon, Jammin’ Crepes, jaZams, Labyrinth Books, Local Greek, Milk & Cookies, Nomad Pizza, Princeton Soup & Sandwich, Tortugas, Small World, Sprouts, and Tiger Noodles. Or you can buy a neighbors’ bag at McCaffrey’s or donate directly to Mr. Rogers’ Neighbors Kindness Project on GoFundMe. For more information, visit www.mrrogersneighbors.com. Local Greek sold more than 40 extra meals within its first two days of participation. “Blair Miller has a vision,” said Wishnick. —Donald Gilpin
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Minna: “Jackbox and board games.” Danny: “I’ve played a lot of Codenames and Jackbox.” Grace: “Puzzles.” —Minna, Danny, and Grace Kim, Somerset
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to provide support to community organizations actively engaged in addressing issues elevated during the crisis, including food and housing insecurity, reduced and lost income, child care, and behavioral and mental health needs. The Princeton Children’s Fund Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund provides financial support to economically disadvantaged local families and individuals in need of assistance with rent, utility bills, child care, and medical expenses. Local COVID-19 Cases COVID-19-related deaths in Princeton have risen to eight over the last few days, with the Princeton Health Department (PHD) on April 27 reporting the deaths of two men, both with pre-existing medical conditions, one in his 70s and the other in his 80s. The death of a woman in her 70s was reported on Sunday. Four of the Princeton COVID-19-related deaths have occurred at Princeton Care Center and one at Acorn Glen assisted living facility. PHD officials have been working closely with the staff of those facilities to ensure that New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH) guidelines on controlling outbreaks of COVID-19 are being met. The PHD reported Monday, April 27, a total of 112 COVID-19 cases in Princeton, just two additional in the previous 24 hours, with 48 active cases in isolation and 56 cases that have recovered. The NJDOH announced 3,605 Mercer County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 as of April 28 and a total of 212 COVID-19-related deaths in the county. In his daily coronavirus press briefing on Tuesday, April 28, Murphy announced 402 new deaths for a total of 6,442, with 113,856 total confirmed cases, an additional 2,887 positive cases since Monday’s report. Not all of the new cases and deaths occurred in the previous day, Murphy noted, and the Tuesday numbers often seem higher because of weekend delays in reporting. COVID-19 testing continues to be backed up several days and the state is only testing symptomatic residents, so the actual numbers of infections probably far surpass those confirmed case numbers, both Murphy and Princeton Health Officer Jeff Grosser have said. Grosser noted that Princeton intends to be ready to follow Murphy’s six-point plan to put the state on the road to recovery, “The Road Back: Restoring Economic Health Through Public Health,” which he announced Monday. Murphy emphasized that his stay-at-home executive order would remain in effect in its entirety until further notice and that six principles would guide the process for lifting restrictions. “Each day, a cohort of the Princeton Office of Emergency Management provides one another a situational update on our local response, new state guidelines, national trends, and international efforts to control this pandemic,” Grosser wrote in an email Tuesday. “Beginning in midMarch, the group began setting aside time to begin discussions on how the town can plan for the lifting of various
executive orders by the governor. Fortunately, our discussions have covered just about all of the six key principles to restore New Jersey’s economic health through public health.” The principles include demonstrating sustained reductions in new COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations; expanding testing capacity; implementing robust contact tracing; establishing safe places and resources for isolation and quarantine; executing a responsible economic restart; and ensuring resiliency in order to be prepared for the possibility of a resurgence. “New Jersey, but Princeton in particular, rises up when it comes to resiliency,” Grosser said. “And I’m proud to be part of a town where challenges are met with innovative solutions fueled by hard work and ingenuity.” For more information, visit princetoncovid.org or covid19.nj.gov. —Donald Gilpin
Convalescent Plasma Donations Sought
RWJBarnabas Health is seeking convalescent plasma donations from former patients and others who have fully recovered from COVID-19 for its convalescent plasma program. The blood plasma collected from people who have recovered from COVID-19 is used in the treatment of patients currently infected with the virus. The convalescent plasma is transfused into patients who match the stringent criteria and who have serious or immediately life-threatening COVID-19 infections. All RWJBarnabas Health acute care hospitals are participating in the Mayo Clinic’s clinical trial, as well as selected patients who will be in the individual experimental arm, on the use of convalescent plasma for treatment of COVID-19 patients. The hospitals do not collect convalescent plasma. The plasma is obtained from the blood banks with which RWJBarnabas Health has contracts – the American Red Cross and the New York Blood Center – where the convalescent plasma is collected. Patients who have recovered at RWJBarnabas Health facilities are being notified of this collection process. Requests that donations be directed to a specific patient are not being accepted at this time. On March 25, the Food and Drug Administration authorized compassionate use of convalescent plasma for patients infected with the coronavirus that causes the
COVID-19 disease. The effectiveness of such treatments has not yet been proven in treating COVID-19 and the convalescent plasma therapy remains an experimental procedure. The limiting factors to this procedure include the amount of product available due to low levels of antibodies, the need to match convalescent plasma to a patient’s blood type -- the same as any blood product -- and the twoweek wait the donor must be negative after recovering from COVID-19. The American Red Cross and the New York Blood center, in conjunction with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), are looking for volunteers of fully recovered COVID-19 patients to sign up to donate plasma to help current patients. To learn more, visit redcrossblood.org/ donate-blood/dlp/plasmadonations-from-recoveredcovid-19-patients.html or nybc.org/covidplasma.
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Rabara Pilates Studio Stays Busy Despite Temporary Shutdown When the order came from Gov. Phil Murphy last month to close all non-essential businesses due to the pandemic, Anthony Rabara worried that his Pilates studio might not survive the shutdown. Rabara Pilates, which is across from Princeton Airport, has been offering group classes, private, and semi-private lessons in the popular exercise method since Rabara opened the studio over two decades ago. His concer ns, it t ur ns out, were unfounded. Since switching to online classes via Zoom, Rabara has been teaching not only his regular students, but a growing list of Pilates enthusiasts from as far as Israel, Australia,
and South America. Rabara is one of the original eight master teachers trained by Romana Kryzanowska, the successor to founder Joseph Pilates. He has taught workshops all over the world, gaining a global reputation among Pilates practitioners for rigorous teaching of the method in only its purest form. Once world got out that he would be offering instruction online, the schedule started filling up, especially for private sessions. “What I’ve come to realize is that this is actually a very good medium,” Rabara said last week after teaching a private lesson online to an instructor in Scranton, Pa. “I can see details as if
I’m standing right in front of them. And I’m very concentrated, because I’m looking right at them, not distracted by other things going on in the studio.” German-born fitness trainer Joseph Pilates developed his exercise system a century ago, to rehabilitate World War I veterans while sequestered in an internment camp in England. The method is based on proper postural alignment, balance, and core strength. After moving to New York, Pilates and his wife, Clara, opened a studio that became popular with dancers, athletes, and actors. For decades, it was the only place to learn the technique. Pilates died in 1967.
GOING GLOBAL: For Princeton Pilates instructor Anthony Rabara, left, the mandatory shutdown order has turned out much better than he feared, gaining him clients from across the world.
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A ballet and modern dancer, Rabara first went to the studio in 1979 for treatment of an injury. Kryzanowska rehabilitated him, quickly recognizing his affinity for the system and asking him to help her teach. When she began her certification program, Rabara was among the first to graduate. He moved to Trenton in 1987 and began offering classes in the Princeton area. He teaches regular clients and also mentors students enrolled in the Romana’s Pilates Teacher Certificate Program. Before she died in 2014, Kr yzanowska led special workshops in Rabara’s Princeton studio on a few occasions, drawing a standingroom-only crowd. “So many people have expressed to me that Romana was the queen of Pilates, and always has been,” said Rabara. “That’s not just because she worked with Joe. It’s also because of how influential she was in making Pilates so important for so many people. As I began teaching, especially working for years with some people who had major physical challenges, I realized how wonderful the system is, and the genius of this man who created it. And Romana made sure to continue his tradition.” While the shutdown continues, Rabara is teaching all of the 40-minute mat classes. Private and semiprivate lessons are shared by him and some of the regular instructors from the studio. Fees range from $20 for a mat class to $75 for a private lesson. The mat classes are given at different levels, from “basic to intermediate” to “intermediate to advanced.” The “mixed” category allows all levels to participate. “At this point, people are responsible for themselves,” Rabara said. “They know that if they don’t know an exercise, they can leave it out. So it kind of works itself out.” Rabara is not the only Pilates instructor who has been offering online classes, but he is among the most sought after. Just how much of the online instruction he will continue once he is able to welcome staff and clients back to the studio remains to be determined. “We’ll have to see,” he said. “But one thing I’m sure of is that once the studios reopen, people are going to be physically stronger than before. And that is definitely not what was expected.” —Anne Levin
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fortunate to have staff devoted to getting to the bottom of where these infections came from, and trying to limit the spread. We have to continue to urge people to socially distance and wear a mask. We have to continue to do this. This is working, but it is not a fast process.” DiFerdinando said that typically when a person is contacted about possible exposure, they are offered treatment in return. But the current situation is particularly challenging because there is no antiviral medication or vaccine. “Between now and when we have a vaccine, it is going to take all our brains and emotional ability to work through this,” he said. “That’s my biggest message to the Council tonight.” Mayor Liz Lempert said the next Council meeting on May 11 will take a second look at the governing body’s goals and priorities and examine what should be the focus and what might be worth postponing until 2021. An increase in contact tracing and efforts to make sidewalks wide enough to provide proper social distancing are among actions that are likely to take precedence in the current environment. —Anne Levin
The fund is still in the planning stages. “We’re looking at these kinds of funds in other places. It can be done,” said Slaughter. “It is happening elsewhere. We want to set it up in such a way that it would be maximally credible.” Mayor Liz Lempert urged those at the meeting to weigh in as the fund is under discussion. “The point of this fund, fundamentally, is to help out local businesses, so it’s important to hear from folks what would be most helpful short term, mediu m ter m, and long term,” she said. “Please feel free to reach out. There’s no point in setting up a project with goals if we don’t know what’s most needed by local merchants.” Slaughter urged thinking about new ways to do business, and new ways to connect. If such a fund is created, there could be opportunities to submit applications on how a business wants to transform. “Some of this is entrepreneurship, and some is about how you could change your supply chain,” she said. Lempert said this week that while the fund is still only a concept, there is a recognition that the local business community is going to need help emerging from the shutdown. “It’s going to be a different world,” she said. “How do we locally invest in adaptations that are going to create a local economy that’s more sustainable and equitable? Is there a way to do that with this fund?” Among the logistical challenges are structuring the fund so that its donations can be tax deductible. “The good thing is that we have a lot of great minds trying to think about how to do this,” said Lempert. “But how do we do it where we really are investing in the future? Are there ways that could further strengthen partnerships that already exist? Are there ways to make stronger ties between our businesses? So if a business needs supplies, is there a local supplier instead of one coming from outside? Can we help encourage that?” The meeting also included a presentation by Amulya Garga of SCORE Princeton, offering advice about free assistance with starting up and maintaining businesses from the organization’s 36 mentors. Several attendees commented on the frustrations of tr ying to obtain as s is t a nce f rom fe dera l programs, which will be addressed again at this week’s meeting. Princeton University senior Sunny Singh Sandhu delivered an update on Tigers for Nassau, formed to help local businesses create websites or implement gift card platforms. Sandhu said he has mobilized about 40 students to help with the effort. To register for this week’s PMA meeting, visit princetonmerchants.org. The forums are open to all. —Anne Levin
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A nna Gonzalez Kosek, Princeton Public Schools ( PPS ) assistant super intendent for curriculum and instruction, praised by PPS Board of Education President Beth Behrend for “her intellect, her professionalism, her warmth, and ability to work well with teachers and staff,” announced last week that she will be stepping down at the end of June. In addition to a new ass i s t a n t s u p e r i n te n d e n t , the PPS is looking for an
interim superintendent to take charge on July 1, rep l a c i n g S u p e r i n te n d e n t Steve Cochrane, who in February announced his upcoming retirement. Kosek said that her retirement plans have been in place since last August and were not affected by COVID-19 or by Cochrane’s retirement. Kosek will be retiring after what she described as a “long and rewarding” 41year career in education, including 14 years as principal of Littlebrook School before
moving to PPS central administration in 2017. “I’ve always loved a good challenge,” Kosek wrote in a letter to the PPS staff. “I have loved every minute of the past 17 years as both pr incipal of L it t lebrook School and as assistant superintendent, and because of that I do hope to work in public or higher education in some capacity.” Kosek recalled some of her fondest memories in Princeton from her years as principal at Littlebrook,
WINNING TEAM: Superintendent Steve Cochrane and Assistant Superintendent for Curriculum and Instruction Annie Gonzalez Kosek have led the Princeton Public Schools over the past few years. Both will be stepping down at the end of June. Kosek, described by Cochrane as “one of the most outstanding educators with whom I have ever worked,” announced her retirement last week after 17 years at PPS. (Photo courtesy of Princeton Public Schools)
which was selected as a Blue Ribbon School under her leadership. “I think the things I miss most from those years,” she wrote in an email, “are the birthday lunches with students (how well I got to know them!), the school morning meetings when the whole school community came together in friendship and celebration (I loved the annual Service Learning Celebration), and listening to students read or share their projects with me with such excitement and wide-eyed wonder. Yes, I’ll miss those small important things the most.” Cochrane, who worked with Kosek in the Hopewell Valley school district where she started out as an elementary school teacher, then a K-12 staff developer and a K-8 supervisor of language arts before she came to PPS in 2003, described Kosek as “one of the most outstanding educators with whom I have ever worked.” He continued, in a message to the PPS community, “She is a force. Annie is motivated by two passions. She rejoices, first and foremost, in her relationships with students, staff, and families. She also relishes the challenge of changing cultures, programs, and systems. Her efforts are always driven by doing what is right for kids. And her efforts are always collaborative. She listens, and then she leads.” Cochrane noted Kosek’s leadership in the implementation of remote learning for the entire district during the current pandemic; her overseeing of a program review process for all subjects ; her work in updating the
curriculum, now available in an electronic database; her implementation of a new s cho ol - w ide e n r ich m e nt program ; revision of the elementary school report card; and implementation of a summer academy for professional development by teachers for teachers. Cochrane emphasized Kosek’s role in providing professional development related to equity, with a focus on culturally responsive teaching and differentiated instruction. “Bottom line: All of our children have been impacted by her work — and will continue to be,” Cochrane wrote. Asked what she might advise the new leaders of the PPS who will be taking over on July 1, Kosek responded, “You’re in this together — with an extraordinary Board of Education, remarkable educators and support staff, and an involved community. While very challenging, our current situation is supported by a solid foundation, clear and articulated values, and, through Superintendent Cochrane’s visionary leadership, a shared mission to prepare students for joyful, purposeful, and compassionate lives.” She continued, “Rely on all of that in decision-making, but also recognize the many silver linings in the form of opportunities for learning and possibilities for growth that this experience has brought.” —Donald Gilpin
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The Princeton Senior Resource Center ( PSRC ), in partnership with the Greater Mercer TMA and Ride Provide, is offering a food delivery service exclusively for senior citizens. The Safe-4-Seniors Home Delivery Service is a temporary program being offered during this crisis so that seniors can receive safe, no-contact deliver y from local food establishments for a low cost. The pickup and delivery must be within Mercer County, Plainsboro, and the southern portion of Montgomery. Hours for delivery would be between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Subsidized by PSRC, the cost is $5 per delivery. Deliveries are limited to within the same town (i.e. Lawrence to Lawrence) or an adjacent town (Princeton to Lawrence). To participate, register at the PSRC website, princetonsenior.org. There is an initial limit of four vouchers per household. Once registered with purchased vouchers, schedule curbside pickup f rom a grocery store, farm stand, pharmacy, restaurant, etc. within the defined area and call Ride Provide at (609) 452-5144 to schedule a delivery. Advance notice of at least 24 hours is requested, however same-day requests will try to be filled if a driver is available. Make your reservation with Ride Provide as soon as a pickup time slot is secured. Visit princetonsenior.org for more details.
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Thanking the Many, Many Essential Workers Who Have Kept Us All Going
To the Editor: By the time that this pandemic is past, we will have many to thank for their efforts to get us all through in one piece. I live in Princeton and work at Penn Medicine Princeton Healthcare Center. We have seen the tremendous impact of COVID-19 at the hospital. Health care workers have been widely acknowledged and thanked as frontline workers, but I am writing today to thank the many, many other essential workers who have kept us all going. These include restaurant owners and staff who are providing drive up or delivered meals to all of us, gas stations, truckers, mail carriers, and delivery workers. The outpouring of community restaurant support for health care workers at the hospital is overwhelming. After shelter, there is nothing we all need more than food. I want to especially single out grocery stores, their operators, and workers for thanks during this crisis. My own local store, McCaffrey’s, is a shining example, and it was after shopping early this morning that I decided to write. McCaffrey’s has done a great job keeping the shelves stocked and customers moving through the store. They have given us all the confidence that we don’t have to buy in panic worrying that what is on the shelf today won’t be back again for some time. As we shelter in our homes, we need reassurance that the structures that keep our society in one piece still exist. Fortunately, they do, through the daily work of so many people. DONALD F. DENNY JR., MD Nassau Street
Noting Residents Should “Without Hesitation” Opt Out of PCRE Program
To the Editor: In an April 14 press release the municipality of Princeton announced the Princeton Community Renewable Energy (PCRE) Program, having signed a contract with Constellation NewEnergy (CNE) on behalf of Princeton residents to provide electricity that is slightly less (3.5%) expensive and with a 50% (compared to the current 24%) renewable energy content, with 100% renewable content available at a slightly higher price. Princeton residents who have PSE&G as their electricity supplier are automatically enrolled in this Program but may opt out at any time. Unfortunately, what the PCRE Program actually offers is significantly dirtier electricity with a true renewable energy content of less than 4%. By law all New Jersey energy suppliers must provide an Environmental Information Disclosure Statement which lists the
fuels used to generate the electricity they supply. This enables consumers to compare suppliers and use a supplier that sells cleaner electricity. Suppliers such as CNE that make no effort to provide cleaner energy are allowed use the average power plant fuel usage over the entire grid. Suppliers such as PSE&G that do claim to provide cleaner energy must supply proof to the NJ Bureau of Public Utilities which in turn validates this assertion. These Disclosure Statements are available on the CNE and PSE&G websites. Comparing these two Disclosure Statements shows that CNE electricity is generated by burning 42% more coal than PSE&G. Choosing CNE as an energy supplier will therefore result in a 14% increase in carbon emissions, a 23% increase in sulfur oxides emissions, an 18% increase in nitrogen oxides emissions in addition to higher particulate emissions (PM2.5) as well as higher mercury and other toxic metals emissions, compared to PSE&G. Renewable energy content for both suppliers is less than 4%, virtually inconsequential. The stated renewable energy content (50/100/24%) of both suppliers is conjured up by combining the fossil and nuclear generated power with renewable energy certificates (RECs) costing probably less than 0.2 cents/kWh. A REC certifies that 1 megawatt hour of renewable electricity has been generated; the electricity itself is immediately sold. Meanwhile the certificate, really just a wisp in the ether, is sold separately.Originally, this was a way for the renewable generator to improve its economic viability. Over time, the REC has taken on an almost spiritual significance and is now alleged to represent the positive environmental attributes of renewable energy. In reality it has become part of a phantasmagorical marketing scheme that magically transforms fossil and nuclear electricity into renewable energy itself. As shown by the Disclosure Statements of both suppliers, this is complete fakery. The only good news is that this is only an 18-month contract, and the damage to the environment will be minimal. Princeton residents should not be fooled by this bait and switch scheme. To avoid increasing emissions from their electricity consumption, they should without hesitation opt out of the PCRE Program. Also, the municipality should, at least in a token nod to reality, change the name of the Program to the Princeton Community Energy Program. ALFRED CAVALLO Western Way
Renewable Energy Program a “Step Forward” for the Princeton Community
To the Editor: The Princeton Community Renewable Energy (PCRE) program sends a clear message that our community has a preference for renewable energy sources in our region. Princeton joins the ranks of cities like San Francisco to lead the transition away from fossil fuels to cleaner, renewable energy through this community energy aggregation program. Similar programs are also employed by Sierra Club Ready for 100 cities to achieve their renewable energy goals.
The PCRE program was identified as a priority by the Energy Working Group of the Princeton Climate Action Plan — a plan that drew on the expertise of over 50 community members and topic experts. The development of this program was overseen by a task force including members from the Princeton Council, Environmental Commission, and Sustainable Princeton and was informed by community members with years of experience in the electricity markets. We want to address some of the concerns expressed about this program. Electricity markets are complex and no single tool will accelerate the transition away from fossil fuels. The PCRE program benefits our environment by encouraging investment in more renewable energy supply. Regardless of who one designates as a power purchaser, all electricity supplied to Princeton homes comes from the same pool of regional electrons. The claim that electricity provided by Constellation through the PCRE program is “dirtier” than PSE&G’s is erroneous. An analogy is buying Fair Trade coffee. Once Fair Trade has certified that coffee, it doesn’t matter if it was bought at Whole Foods or a gas station mini-mart, it’s still Fair Trade, no matter what else that retailer sells. And the more people buy Fair Trade coffee; the more farmers get a fair price for their crop. Through this program, we are purchasing Renewable Energy Credits (RECs) to support environmentally responsible energy sources. For the base PCRE program, RECs will be purchased for 50% of our community’s electricity usage. RECs are the industrystandard means to assign a financial value to the environmental benefits of clean energy production. This tool provides NJ communities with the opportunity to support the development of renewable energy generation. Some have expressed concern about the financial impact of this program on PSE&G. The utility PSE&G does not own power plants and does not generate electricity; they purchase power in the same way as PCRE. PSE&G is required by law to pass the cost of its energy supply directly to customers without a mark-up. Power generation is a separate business from delivery. By law, PSE&G sets the fees for this service to ensure they cover customer services such as meter readings, billing, and service restoration. This program will not affect the power delivery service received from PSE&G. The bottom line: This action by Princeton stimulates a green economy and, therefore, green jobs, and accelerates the installation of renewable energy infrastructure faster than would otherwise happen. It is a step forward for the community but not the only step we need to take. Sustainable Princeton continues to explore additional ways to encourage the development of renewable energy sources. Those residents who are able to opt-up and increase the number of RECs purchased to cover 100% of their energy usage will help accelerate the regional transition to a pollution-free energy infrastructure even faster. BOARD OF TRUSTEES Sustainable Princeton
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To the Editor: Our town Council means well, but they’ve been sold a bill of goods that they’re presenting to us as the Princeton Community Renewable Energy Program. Contrary to the marketing hype, buying your power from Constellation NewEnergy will NOT reduce the amount of fossil fuels used to generate the power in the electric power grid, and it will not reduce pollution from local power plants. What it WILL do is reduce revenue to our local utility company, and instead send that revenue to Houston, Texas. In New Jersey, electricity suppliers are now required to provide 21 percent of their power from renewable sources. New Jersey renewable power generators — from large commercial operations to small residential roof-top solar arrays such as the one on my home — receive one Renewable Energy Credit from the NJ BPU for every 1,000 kWh they generate. The way electricity suppliers satisfy the renewable sourcing requirement is by purchasing those credits, which allow them to (literally) take the credit for generating that power, even though they do not own the generators. Both PSE&G and Constellation NewEnergy actually produce only a tiny fraction of their power from renewable sources. The only way either company is able to claim to provide a significant amount of electricity from renewable sources is by purchasing the credit for that power from independently-owned renewable power generators. Constellation NewEnergy does not generate 50 percent of their power from renewable sources; they generate electricity from a mix of sources (including more from coal-burning power plants than PSE&G), and make it look “clean” with purchased credits. Since they sell electricity in 16 states, they can pretend that the electricity they sell in New Jersey is “from” renewable sources, while the power they sell in other areas is “from” fossil-fuel sources. In actuality, it is all from one grid — the same grid as the power supplied by PSE&G. PSE&G cannot play the same shell game, since they sell their power only in New Jersey; they have no territory where they can dump “dirty” power while reserving the “clean” power for Princeton. Meanwhile, under the deal offered to us, PSE&G still has to maintain and repair the grid, maintain the connections to all of our homes, read our meters, and send out their repair crews in all weather, while Constellation NewEnergy syphons off PSE&G’s income from generating and supplying power. That’s not going to work for long; pretty soon PSE&G will have to raise their connection fees, just to maintain the infrastructure — and we can all kiss the trivial cost savings from switching to Constellation NewEnergy goodbye. Don’t fall for Constellation NewEnergy’s shell game. When you receive the “invitation to join” the Princeton Community Renewable Energy Program, return the reply card or call 1 (833) 961-0753 to OPT OUT. BEVERLY WILSON Terhune Road
reflect the averages for the region as a whole, not the actual composition of their energy portfolio; as such, the EID cannot be used as a basis of comparison with other energy providers. Bottom line, the actual electrons supplied to Princeton households will not change with participation in the program, so no increase in pollution will result from the PCRE initiative. Implementing a Renewable Government Energy Aggregation Plan was identified as an important goal in Princeton’s Climate Action Plan. Its implementation will help us to achieve our goal of reducing our town’s greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. DAVID E. COHEN, Princeton Council President SOPHIE GLOVIER, Chair, Princeton Environmental Commission HEIDI FICHTENBAUM, Vice Chair, Princeton Environmental Commission ANNE SOOS, Member, Princeton Environmental Commission CHRISTINE SYMINGTON, Program Director, Sustainable Princeton
Foundation, Interested Parties Need to Develop Creative Ways to Keep Westminster in Princeton
To the Editor: I have been troubled by the ongoing resistance of the Westminster Foundation and some members of the community to Rider University’s plan to move the Westminster Choir College campus to Lawrenceville [Westminster Foundation Filing an Appeal to Dismissal of Lawsuits, April 22, page 1]. I am a longtime resident of the Princeton area with ties to and affection for both the institutions. The talented organist and choir director at my childhood church, Nassau Presbyterian, was a Choir College faculty member. I have enjoyed the Westminster Conservatory’s Opera Outings for many years. I have an MBA degree from Rider. There are several aspects of the situation that do not make sense to me. First, there seems to be little recognition of or gratitude for Rider’s rescue of the Choir College in 1992. The Choir College was, as the New York Times put it in a March 7, 1993 article: “Staggering under a $2.5 million debt. Its borrowing power had been exhausted, its enrollment was declining, and its physical plant was in decay.” The merger with Rider provided the Choir College with “a new lease on life.” Second, there appears to be no concern for the nonChoir College students at Rider. The Choir College’s student body represents a small percentage of the student population at Rider. Rider must consider the needs and requirements of the entire student base, not just one small sub-group. Finally, the ongoing turmoil cannot be helpful to the Choir College’s recruiting and admissions efforts. The institution was already facing a tough market, which the pandemic can only have made considerably worse. It seems to me that a much more productive activity than lawsuits would be for the Foundation and interested parties to develop creative ways to keep the campus in Princeton, via partnerships, financial arrangements, or their own investment, for example. Absent such alternatives, and recognizing their difficulty based on Rider’s recent experiences, it would be better to work with Rider to resolve the issues raised in the lawsuits, rather than suing To the Editor: On behalf of the Princeton Environmental Commission the University. DAWN COOPER ROSSO Subcommittee who worked on the municipality’s renewable Rolling Hill Road, Skillman energy aggregation program, we would like to respond to Beverly Wilson’s and Al Cavallo’s letters suggesting that participation in Princeton’s Community Renewable Energy (PCRE) program will undermine PSE&G’s finances and contribute to worsened pollution. As background, the PCRE program’s goal is to provide To the Editor: As I write this on Earth Day 2020, I find myself thinking electricity supply with higher renewable energy content back to Earth Day 1970. On that day, 50 years ago, after than PSE&G at a lower price and no change to the level of service. The program utilizes Renewable Energy Cer- participating in the first Earth Day Rally, a number of us tificates (RECs). A REC represents the environmental went down to Carnegie Lake. A badly deteriorated road ran attributes, but not the electrons, of 1Mwh of renewable along the north shore of the lake from Washington Road energy on the electric grid. RECs are a widely accepted to Broadmead. With the support of the University, we dug mechanism that create a market for the positive attributes up portions of the old road and planted trees to enhance of clean energy, allowing these assets to be traded effi- the beauty and cleanliness of the lakeshore. Those small events, and thousands more like them around ciently, something otherwise impossible in a region with a unified electrical grid. RECs are strictly regulated to ensure the country, marked the beginning of an environmental that they reflect the generation of clean energy and that movement that led to the creation of the Environmental they can only be used once. We use this kind of symbolic Protection Agency, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, “currency” to represent value all the time in our daily lives the Toxic Substances Control Act, the Endangered Species – stock certificates, deeds, even a $20 bill. RECs are no Act, and many other milestones in the protection of our different. If we reject all such tools of the trade, we will health and well-being, all of which the current administrafind ourselves in a barter economy. Sustainable Jersey, an tion is tragically dismantling. organization whose purpose is to promote sustainability Paradoxically, the COVID-19 pandemic, as horrible as it and sustainable practices by municipalities, has endorsed is, is having one beneficial effect. I’m sure I’m not the only the purchase and retirement of RECs as the means of pro- one to have noticed how clean our air has been in the last viding enhanced renewable content for energy aggregation few weeks because of fewer cars and trucks on the roads programs, recognizing that, while imperfect, it is currently and fewer planes in the air. (Residents of Northern India the most feasible mechanism available to municipalities are reportedly able to get views of the Himalayas for the to support the renewable energy market, which in turn first time in decades.) supports investment in generation of new clean energy. I’m certainly not suggesting that the economy should Ms. Wilson’s concerns about PSE&G’s profitability are remain shut down any longer than is necessary to keep us based on a misunderstanding of energy markets in our region. When the decision was made 20 years ago to creThinking of selling ate competition between energy suppliers, the regulators your home? 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safe from the current pandemic; but this beautifully clear air does offer a hint of the air quality that we might be able to achieve once we adopt responsible environmental policies that wean us from our addiction to fossil fuels. So I propose that on this Earth Day we commit ourselves to two goals: first, to remove the current White House occupant at the ballot box in November, and having done so, restore the environmental protections that the administration is so determined to undermine; and second, to continue to build on the environmental gains that have been made in the last 50 years, so that in the decades to come our grandchildren will inherit a cleaner and more sustainable planet. BILL DIX Snowden Lane
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To the Editor: Video messages from our mayor and other officials on the princetoncovid.org website end with the message: “Remember, we’re all in this together.” The Garden Club of Princeton has taken this message to heart and has decided to use money from its Community Trust Account to help fellow Princetonians in new ways in a time of extraordinary need. In the past, the account has been used to finance various plantings to beautify All Wars Memorial Park, to enhance children’s outdoor experiences at the YMCA, and to encourage pollinators at Greenway Meadows Park. This spring, however, the Club saw a need to use its money in a different way, one not closely tied to The GCP’s traditional mission, but clearly tied to its sense of community. We decided to make a significant gift to each of three organizations, two that address food insecurity and another that deals with housing insecurity, as people in Princeton struggle economically during the pandemic. Once the idea was proposed, it was quickly adopted by the Executive Committee and then the full Club. Individual members asked for information so they could give supplemental donations. We are writing to encourage other groups to consider going a bit out of their usual lane in this emergency, and to expect there will be similar enthusiasm among their members. If we demonstrate by our actions that we really are all in this together, we surely will come out the other side a stronger community. ROBIN GOSNELL President, The Garden Club of Princeton
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Remembering Lee Konitz and April on Duke Ellington’s Birthday The Summer of ’41 ket a Tasket” with a chorus of scatting We’ll sigh goodbye to all we ever had My search for the roots of “I’ll Remem- slaphappy white passengers while Bud Alone where we have walked together... —from “I’ll Remember April” ber April” took me on a long strange trip and Lou are hanging for dear life to the backside of the bus, and when Ella calls f I’ve been compulsively whistling, hum- from October 1951 back to the summer of for other colors for her little yellow bas1941. I’d assumed that a “a beautiful and ming, thinking “I’ll Remember April” ket, Lou the lovable goof sticks his head lately, it’s not because my mother and American” standard covered by so many through the rear window and inexplicably great players and singers had to be the my son were born April 20 and 28, or beyells “Cerise!” cause my father died April 14, or because work of some big name composer in the Great American Songbook. But the lyric is America! Hollywood! Bud and Lou and Duke Ellington was born on April 29, in 1899, or because jazz great Lee Konitz another story. This is not “How High the Ella (and uncredited Dorothy Dandridge died of the coronavirus on April 15, or Moon,” where words and music commingle in a dance sequence), passengers on the even because Shakespeare arrived and like drunken lovers. Or “Autumn in New same bus. The two white stars not only departed on April 23. Any month with so York.” Or “Stardust.” The best compli- riding in the back of the bus, but hanging Shakespearean a claim to fame is surely ment you can pay Patricia Johnston and on outside it. In Brendan Behan’s New Don Raye’s lyric is that it makes some York (1964), he quotes the journalist Dorworth whistling about. kind of accidentally-on-purpose metaphys- othy Thompson’s response when she was Kerouac and Konitz ical sense within the compelling flow of asked what she thought of the American My recent fixation on this great Ameri- Gene DePaul’s music. Anyway what were people: “It depends on whether you mean can standard — I mean the music, not Johnston, Raye, and DePaul to do when Franklin D. Roosevelt or Al Capone.” Or, the labored lyric — began on the night tasked with composing a romantic ballad say, Abbott and Costello. For today’s verat Birdland in early October 1951 when for an Abbott and Costello dude ranch sion, just fill in the blanks. Jack Kerouac watched “in amazement” as western comedy musical called Ride ‘Em All Too Resonant Lee Konitz took “complete command” of Cowboy, to be sung on horseback under a On the same sheltering-at-home night the song Kerouac instinctively puts in the starry sky by a dude ranch cowboy to his I rode the A Train from Harlem to La present tense as “I Remember April.” First cowgirl lover as La Land, I was noted in his journal six years before the endless herds of reading Ben publication of On the Road, it’s a char- Hollywood cattle Hecht’s all too acteristic, blissfully contradictory free- stream noiselessresonant introassociation streaming of his Manhattan- ly over hill and duction to 1001 based jazz consciousness reimagined in dale in the moonAfter noons in narrative form in Visions of Cody when lit background? New York, dated he follows “the famous alto jazzman down Ponder the July 1941, sugthe street” after spotting him in “that bar words. This is the gesting that “the on the northeast corner of 49th and Sixth summer before prospects for the Avenue which is in a real old building that P e a r l H a r b o r. reappearance in nobody ever notices because it forms the You’re a lre ady the world of any pebble at the hem of the shoe of the im- a l o n e w h e r e char m or amimense tall man which is the RCA build- y o u’v e w a l ke d able sanity are ing.” together, you’ve still remote. In Following Kerouac through a wildly free- lost ever y thing fact, it is certain form meditation on Konitz’s solo in the you e ve r had, that before this journal, you go from the player standing y o u d o n’t s a y volume is printed “with the alto on his gut, leaning to it goodbye you sigh the human sky slightly like Charlie Parker the Master but it, but you can will have turned more tense and his ideas more white” to s t ill rememb er blacker than it “a 12th-century monk, some Buxtehudi- April and be glad? And where else does is today. Hunger, death and danger are an scholar of the dank gloomy cathedrals a lovely day lengthen into evening but in daily enlarging their domain and daily our practicing and practicing endlessly in the America half a year before December 7, country approaches gingerly its desperTo: ___________________________ bosom of the great formal school in which 1941? What a mix — warm lips, autumn ate but illumined destiny.” As for democFrom: _________________________ Date & Time: ______________________ he is not only an apprentice but a startling and her sorrow, fire and glowing ashes, racy, its “very goofiness, unfairness, and innovator in the first flush ofHere his wild, flames thatad, livescheduled such a little while, but above all its dangerousness have served to is aunproof of your to run ___________________. disciplined, crazily creative artistic youth you won’t be lonely, you’ll remember April strengthen our sense of freedom.” And in Please checkand it thoroughly and pay special attention to the following: (with admiring old organ monks watching smile. The melodic line blows right spite of the “many virulent diseases ... like from the background).” After blowing a (Your check mark willawkward tell us it’s okay) smile, as if to the present day Nazis ... that have raged by that end-stop series of “beautiful, sad, long phrases, in say there’s nothing past or future or con- from time to time in the human spirit,” fact long sentences that leave�you hanging ditional about what’s all happening now the “patient Phone number � Fax number � Address � Expiration Date as always recovered rather in wonder,” Konitz “suddenly reveals the in the player’s present. suddenly, tossed his tombstone out the solution,” a weirdly dazzling combination Ella on the Bus window, and capered happily off.” of musicianly foresight and hindsight “that This is what I find online after searching Hecht ends the introduction by “lookat last gives you the complete university education” in the structure of the song, for the source of music I’ve been inces- ing ahead to the time when the world is “a beautiful and American structure” that santly whistling in the dark of late April restored to sanity,” well aware that “whatleads inevitably to Kerouac’s realization 2020 with the coronavirus death toll on ever the greeds and cruelties and imper(as if you didn’t already know) that Konitz the way to surpassing Vietnam. Even as fections of that world we will win back, as “is doing exactly what I’m doing ... and I begin to wonder about the jazz associa- long as it subscribes to ideas better than here I’ve been worried all along that peo- tion, my YouTube journey, which began its deeds, to dreams finer than its realities, ple wouldn’t understand this new work of with a video clip of a ride on the A Train it will be good enough to live in again. mine.” He means of course the work in on Duke Ellington’s birthday, leads to a It will suffer as it always has from cold, dude-ranch bus ride with Ella Fitzgerald hunger, and injustice. And it will be full progress that became On the Road. sashaying down the aisle singing “A Tis- of hypocrites and hysterics. But compare
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he biggest revelation for me teams. Ross Kline assures the actor porwas the combination of seri- traying Diana, a mother suffering from ousness and fun that I saw at bipolar disorder in Next To Normal, that every rehearsal I witnessed at Kelsey the character’s pain is coming across. FerTheatre,” says Princeton University pro- rara helps the actor playing Seymour — fessor Stacy Wolf, author of Beyond the mild-mannered protagonist of Little Broadway: The Pleasure and Promise of Shop of Horrors — understand that his Musical Theatre Across America (Oxford character is actually the villain of the University Press, 2020). “I loved witness- piece. ing those emotions sitting together.” Keenan Westcott re-choreographs the Kelsey is the focus of “Community choral finale to the first act of Into the Theatre,” the fourth chapter of Beyond Woods during a difficult rehearsal, after Broadway. As its title suggests, the book watching the members of the ensemble examines productions by organizations repeatedly collide. The revised, simpler throughout the country. Wolf’s research steps solve the problem. Wolf remembers included visits to Wor thington High that the director “was frustrated, but he School in Minnesota; the Zilker Summer didn’t show it at all! He just fixed it.” Theatre in Texas; and the Candlelight A key difference between community Dinner Playhouse in Colorado. theatre and its professional counterpart is Although Wolf lives fairly close to that the actors are volunteers, who juggle Kelsey, which is on the campus of Mercer their families and day jobs with their pasCounty Community College in West Wind- sion for performing. So the directors have sor, she did not always intend for it to be to be particularly understanding about isthe focus of the chapter about commu- sues such as scheduling conflicts. nity theatre. “Originally, I assumed that “It was always clear to me, at every step I would write about a number of different of the process, that people were chooscommunity theatres across the country, ing to be there,” Wolf says. “The phrase and examine how they operate differ- ‘labor of love’ captures what I found so ently,” Wolf says. inspiring; people were working and workThat approach would have resembled ing hard, but it was not their day job. that of the following chapter, “The Sound They were doing this out of love.” of Music at Outdoor Summer Musical Kelsey increases the accessibility of muTheatres,” which includes the Open Air sicals, both to patrons and practitioners. Theatre in Washington Audiences pay far less to Crossing, Pa., plus outsee recent shows such as door theatres in Austin, Next to Normal than they Texas, and Marin, Calif. would to see the BroadHowever, once Wolf way production, and more started spending time at diverse actors are getting Kelsey she discovered opportunities to perform. that it is “a consortium of Keenan Westcott was 12 different companies,” determined to bring In whose productions are the Heights, a musical scheduled and overseen that calls for Latinx acby Kitty Getlik, Kelsey’s tors, to Kelsey; the theartistic director and manatre presented the show in ager. “Each show runs for 2016. For that production six performances over two at least one actor traveled weekends,” Wolf writes. over an hour for the op“After the curtain falls on por t u n it y to p er for m. the second Sunday afterMost productions, such noon, the cast and crew as Ross Kline’s 2019 The immediately strike the set Sound of Music, tend to … then, by early evening, c as t p er for m er s f rom the next show loads in.” Hamilton, Lawrenceville, Replacing one show or Princeton Junction — with another on consecuthough participants have tive weekends means that come from places as far “Kelsey as a theatrical inas Bucks County. stitution does a remarkDespite the financial able amount of work, bedevastation that social cause there are all these distancing requirements d i f fe r e nt c om p a n i e s,” are imposing on theatres Wolf says. “A t ypical, such as Kelsey, Wolf bebusy community theatre lieves that “people will would do maybe four to come back with a hunsix shows a year.” dred times more passion, The “Community Thecommitment, and desire atre” chapter follows proto make theatre together. Stacy Wolf (Photo by Justin Goldberg) ductions by three of the This current situation will 12 companies, and observes the work of in no way diminish the creative energy.” the directors. Frank Ferrara directs PlayWolf reflects, “I think that we see the ful Theatre Productions’ Little Shop of value of being in the same space at the Horrors; Kyrus Keenan Westcott helms same time, more than we ever did before, Into the Woods for the Pennington Play- and the importance of what theatre can ers; and Kat Ross Kline directs Pierrot do.” She hopes that Beyond Broadway Productions’ Next to Normal. gives readers “a newfound appreciation “I decided that I wanted to center the of the pleasures of musical theatre, and chapter on the directors’ work and the dif- of artistic activity where they live.” ferent kinds of theoretical and conceptual Kelsey Theatre has hosted the Kelsey issues that come up around directing at a Awards, an annual event honoring the community theatre,” Wolf says. “So I fo- casts and creative teams from each of cused on the idea of community, the idea the 12 companies. As Beyond Broadof professionalism, and the idea of labor way notes, the awards have included Outand leisure. Once I found that framework, standing Lighting Designer, Outstanding I saw that I had more than enough mate- Ensemble Performer, and Outstanding rial — too much, really — so I decided to Villainous Performance. (Keenan Westfocus on Kelsey.” cott exuberantly emceed the first presenWith the immediacy of a reality TV tation that Wolf attended.) show, readers are taken behind the scenes ccording to Kelsey’s website, the to observe the three companies as they 2020 Kelsey Awards have been rework through every phase of production: scheduled for August 8. Whether show selection, auditions, rehearsals, and or not this year’s presentation is able to returning rented props after the final per- take place, Beyond Broadway offers temformance. “One of the goals of the book porarily homebound theatre aficionados was to share with non-theatre people how a chance to learn about Kelsey’s past theatre is made,” Wolf says. “I wanted to accomplishments, and to appreciate the highlight the labor, the repetition, and the crucial role live theatre plays in building pleasure of making a show.” and maintaining communities. Each musical brings its own idiosyncra—Donald H. Sanborn III sies and challenges for the directors to finesse with their casts and production
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future show ticket purchases and will remain valid up to five years from the date of purchase. Also, Flex Tickets give buyers an exclusive pre-sale period where they can order show tickets one day before the general public, ensuring that they get some of the best seats in the house. This pre-sale privilege will be available for any show announced between now and December 31, 2020. Flex Tickets can be redeemed online, by phone, or at the State Theatre Guest Services Office at 15 Livingston Avenue, when it reopens. For information, visit STNJ.org/FlexTickets.
State Theatre NJ Holds Broadway Singing Contest
Sarah Rasmussen among many others. New Artistic Director In 2018, the Star Tribune For McCarter Theatre
McCarter Theatre Center has announced the appointment of Sarah Rasmussen as its new artistic director, effective August 1. Rasmussen is currently artistic director of the Jungle Theater in Minneapolis. “The search committee was impressed with Sarah’s commitments to inclusive artistry and inventive stor ytelling,” said McCarter Board Chair Robert Caruso, who co-chaired the search for a new ar tistic director with board member Jill Dolan. “McCarter looks forward to how she — partnering with managing director Mike Rosenberg — will expand the theatre’s audiences with innovative programming and original content.” Rasmussen will succeed Emily Mann, who is departing from McCarter after 30 years leading the theatre. “I have long admired Emily and her legacy of commissioning and developing new work,” said Rasmussen. “I am energized by the conversations I’ve had with McCarter board, staff and community about this next chapter. And, as a former professor, I look forward to the possibilities between the theater and Princeton University.” Mann said, “I am so very happy to light the torch of my successor, Sarah Rasmussen, and wish her a glorious tenure as McCarter’s new artistic director.” Rasmussen star ted her first theater company at 14 in her hometown of Sisseton, South Dakota, after seeing a production at the Guthrie Theater in Minneapolis. She took over leadership of the Jungle Theater in 2015, succeeding founder Bain Boehlke, who had led the theater for 25 years. She commissioned new work, staged celebrated early productions of The Wolves, The Oldest Boy and Ride the Cyclone; and produced hit shows such Miss Bennet: Christmas at Pemberley, The Wickhams and School Girls; or, The African Mean Girls Play,
named her “Artist of the Year” in Minnesota. That same year, she also became an inaugural recipient of the BOLD Theater Women’s Leadership Circle grant, which supports the development of female artistic leaders in theater. Prior to serving as artistic director at the Jungle, Rasmussen was resident director for Oregon Shakespeare Festival’s Black Swan Lab new work development program, and head of the M.F.A. Directing program at The University of Texas at Austin. She has directed at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, the Guthrie Theater, Dallas Theater Center, Actors Theater of Louisville, and La Jolla Playhouse. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College, and her master’s degree from the University of California, San Diego.
State Theatre New Jersey Announces Flex Tickets
To continue to engage its patrons and offer incentive for ret ur ned at tendance when the theater re-opens, New Brunswick’s State Theatre has created a new ticket program called Flex Tickets. The program allows patrons the ability to buy a ticket now, receive 20 percent in value above what they pay, and get a special pre-sale period for future shows. Flex Tickets can be used for all shows sold through State Theatre New Jersey. Flex Tickets are good for all performances sold directly by the State Theatre and offer 20 percent added value. For every $50 Flex Ticket purchased, there is an additional $10 added, bringing the total value to $60 that can be redeemed for future show tickets. And with each additional ticket purchased, the bonus increases: Buy two Flex Tickets ($100) and receive a $20 bonus; buy three Flex Tickets and receive a $30 bonus; and so on. The Flex Ticket value can be applied to all
State Theatre New Jersey announces the State Theatre New Jersey Broadway Singing Contest as part of Culture Fix, its webpage of arts-related content, video, and activities for the whole family during the current COVID-19 crisis. While the stage is currently silent, the theater is busy behind the scenes planning for the day that it will once again be able to present Broadway shows. The Broadway Singing Contest has been set in anticipation of the soon-to-be-announced State Theatre New Jersey’s 2020-21 Broadway Series. The winner will win two Golden Tickets to all five of the State Theatre’s main Broadway Series shows in the 2020-21 Broadway Series. All contestants must record a video of themselves singing a Broadway song. T he song cou ld be any Broadway show of their choice. The video should be uploaded to YouTube, and the video link, along with contact information, must be filled out on the State Theatre’s website. Contestants will be narrowed down to three finalists by State Theatre staff. All three finalists’ performances will be posted on State Theatre’s online channels to be voted on by the general public. The winner with the most votes will be announced at the same time as the State Theatre’s 2020-21 Broadway Series. Contestants must be at least 15 years old to enter. For more information, visit STNJ.org/broadwaysinging-contest.
Vinroy Brown Jr. To Lead Trenton Children’s Chorus
The Trenton Children’s Chorus (TCC) has announced that Vinroy D. Brown, Jr. will take over as artistic director, starting this summer.
Vinroy D. Brown Jr.
“On behalf of the entire board and the entire organization, we are thrilled to have Vinroy join us as our next artistic director,” said board
Co-Presidents Jill Jackson Carr and Nora Schultz. “With his outstanding music skills, his energy and enthusiasm, and his strong commitment to connecting communities through music, Vinroy was a unanimous choice. We are confident that Vinroy will carry on the TCC 30-year legacy and lead the Trenton Children’s Chorus into its next era.” TCC will be hosting a free “Meet Our New Artistic Director” livestream session on Tuesday, May 5 at 5 p.m. More information is available at trentonchildrenschorus. org. Brown has credits in conducting, sacred music, and music education. He is a member of the sacred music faculty at Westminster Choir College, where he conducts the Westminster Jubilee Singers. A church musician, he is director of music and worship Arts at Elmwood United Presbyterian Church in East Orange. He is the founder and artistic director of the Elmwood Concert Singers and is artistic director and conductor of the Capital Singers of Trenton. “This appointment holds special meaning for me,” said Brown. “I’ve been connected to the TCC family since my undergraduate years at Westminster Choir College, as a guest conductor and soloist. Being able to serve this great organization as its artistic director is nothing but a dream realized. I look forward to the possibilities for this next chapter in the life of TCC and my own.” Current Artistic Director Patricia Thel said, “Vinroy has an uncanny ability to inspire students, and share with them his love of music and music education. I’m proud to pass on the baton to him and look forward to seeing what the future has in store for this muchbeloved organization.” Brown holds membership in the National Association for Music Education, American Choral Directors Association, National Collegiate Choral Organization, and the National Association of Negro Musicians, Inc. He holds the Master of Arts in practical theology degree from Regent University, and Bachelor of Music degrees in sacred music and music education from Westminster Choir College. “Music is community. It is creating time and space for community. For me, the communities of music that I’ve been blessed to be a part of have added much to my life. I have been transformed by the power of music and I aim to help facilitate those life changing moments for others just like others have done for me,” said Brown. In a city with a 33 percent drop-out rate, Trenton Children’s Chorus (TCC) demonstrates that teaching children and youth to make music transfers the essential tools for success in academic, social, and workplace endeavors. The most tangible impact of participation in TCC is the fact that 100 percent of choristers who stay with the program through high school, graduate and go on to college. From music education and performance opportunities, to academic support, leadership training, mentoring, summer camp placement, and college scholarships, TCC leverages the transformative power of music to help children reach their full potential. The mission of TCC is empowering the academic, social, and
spiritual lives of children through artistry in music. To learn more, visit trentonchildrenschorus.org.
Lewis Center Announces University Arts Fellows
Theater director Will Davis and writer Danez Smith have been named Princeton University Arts Fellows for 2020-22 by the Lewis Center for the Arts and will begin two years of teaching and community collaboration in September.
Will Davis The Arts Fellows program of the Lewis Center provides support for early-career artists who have demonstrated both extraordinary promise and a record of achievement in their fields with the opportunity to further their work while teaching within a liberal arts context. Funded in part by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the David E. Kelley ’79 Society of Fellows Fund, and the Maurice R. Greenberg Scholarship Fund, fellows are selected for a two-year residency to teach a course each semester or, in lieu of a course, to undertake an artistic assignment that deeply engages undergraduate students, such as directing a play, conducting a music ensemble, or choreographing a dance piece. Fellows are expected to be active members of the University’s intellectual and artistic community while in residence; in return, they are provided the resources and spaces necessary for their work.
Danez Smith Davis and Smith were selected from a large, diverse, and multi-talented pool of over 500 applicants in dance, music, creative writing, theater, and the visual arts. “We had our strongest pool of applicants ever this year, across all disciplines,” said Stacy Wolf, director of fellowships, professor of theater, and director of the Program in Music Theater. “Danez and Will will be phenomenal additions to our community as artists and as teachers, and we’re thrilled to support their work for the next two years. We’re especially happy to share good news, which we all need during these challenging times.” Davis is a trans-identified director and choreographer focused on physically
adventurous new work for the stage. His off-Broadway credits include Road Show at Encores! Off-Center; India Pale Ale at Manhattan Theatre Club; Bobbie Clearly at Roundabout Underground; Charm at MCC Theater; Men on Boats at Clubbed Thumb and at Playwrights Horizons, which received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination; and Duat at Soho Rep. In the fall, he will collaborate with another artist to teach a new, multidisciplinary course, Maximizing the Minimal. The class, part of the Princeton Atelier, will explore how to make theater with simple tools. Danez Smith is a black, queer, poz writer and performer from St. Paul, Minnesota. Smith is the author of Homie (Graywolf Press, 2020); Don’t Call Us Dead (Graywolf Press, 2017), winner of the Forward Prize for Best Collection, the Midwest Booksellers Choice Award, and a finalist for the National Book Award; and [insert] boy (YesYes Books, 2014), winner of the Kate Tufts Discovery Award and the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Poetry. In the fall Smith will teach a creative writing course on writing and performance.
Princeton Festival Offers Daily Poetry Readings
In celebration of April as Poetry Month, the Princeton Festival is presenting video readings by 12 widely published poets from the U.S., Japan, and China on Facebook (facebook.com/princetonfest), Instagram (instagram. com/princetonfest), and the Festival website (princetonfestival.org/performance/ poetry-reading-series/). The Festival series features a different poet every day, reading a poem on the general topic of women. Each reading will take approximately one minute. All videos are also collected on the website for later viewing. “We had an enthusiastic response to our poetry readings in 2018 and 2019,” said Richard Tang Yuk, executive and artistic director of the Princeton Festival. “The COVID-19 crisis prevents us from having live performances at this time, but we hope that these virtual poetry readings will uplift and inspire us all. These readings are the first of several digital performances we plan to offer in place of our regular season.” The series began April 26 with Yasuhiro Yotsumoto of Japan. Other participants from Japan include Shuntaro Tanikawa, the country’s most renowned contemporary poet; Mari Kashiwagi, who gave the first Festival poetry reading two years ago; Miho Nanaka, who lives in the U.S. and writes in English; and Toshiko Hirata, a novelist as well as a poet. Xue Di, the well-known Chinese poet who drew a large audience at the 2019 Festival, also participates in the virtual event. Chinese and Japaneselanguage readings will be subtitled in English. Participating American poets are Randall Mann; Christopher Merrill, who directs the University of Iowa’s International Writing Program; Wayne Miller, editor of the University of Colorado publication Copper Nickel; Kathryn Nuernberger; Kevin Prufer; and Jonathan Wells, who read the English versions of Xue Di’s poetry at the 2019 Princeton Festival poetry reading. For more information, visit princetonfestival.org or call (609) 759-1979.
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“OLD WORLD REFLECTIONS”: This photo by Robert Horvath, taken at the Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve, won second prize in the annual Friends of Princeton Open Space Give Thanks to Nature Photo Contest. For more information, visit fopos.org.
“THE TILED HALLWAY”: This painting by Lucretia E. McGuff-Silverman won second prize in the West Windsor Arts Council’s “2020 Member Show: Built Environment.” The exhibit is on view at westwindsorarts.org, with a virtual tour on May 8 at 7:15 p.m. with the juror and artists on hand to discuss their work.
WW Arts Council Presents Virtual Member Show
The West Windsor Arts Council’s ( W WAC ) 2020 Member Show: Built Environment features the dynamic work of 22 artists showing how they incorporate structures into their work. Artwork featured in the online show considers the built environment as a source of inspiration as it reflects identity, ancientness, modernity, interstitial space-built forms, and the architectural design. The exhibition is on view on the West Windsor Arts Council’s website ( westwindsorarts.org). A virtual tour is set for May 8 at 7:15 p.m. with the juror and artists on hand to discuss their work. The juror, Alexandra Schoenberg, is both an architect and an artist with a studio in East Orange. Schoenberg was born in Cali, Colombia. She pursued architecture studies at Universidad Javeriana in Bogota graduating in 1986. Her training in technical drafting and architectural rendering greatly influenced her art practice and love for pencil drawing. Schoenberg moved to the United States in 1987, working for several architect firms. She earned her MFA degree in 2014 from Montclair State University where she embraced the techniques of architecture drafting as an art medium. She has exhibited widely. In her art practice, different tropes of architectural representation collide to expose the mechanics of how we observe the world. The exhibition was an open call to WWAC members and features three prize winners, chosen by the juror. Shoenberg explains her choices: First Prize — Joy Kreves, Bee Habitat: “Ms. Kreves’ work inspires us to understand ourselves and our built environment by opening a window into the work of animal architecture. That the images are through the lens of a kaleidoscope is doubly effective because it tessellates and reflects at the same time and helps us see why architecture springs first from acute observation of nature. Bee Habitat also underscores the fragility of our environment and the importance of
preserving the balance of the planet that we share.” Second Prize — Lucretia E. McGuff-Silverman, The Tiled Hallway: “This painting is about the joy of a ‘lived in’ place. How we make the spaces we occupy ours. I could not help but think of the quote by Winston Churchill: ‘We shape our buildings ; thereafter they shape us.’ With the maximalist approach, saturated bright colors, and easy strokes Ms. MgCuff-Silverman has given personality to this interior painting.” T h ird P r i ze — Mar t in S chwar t z, Crane in the City: “Even if one did not know that the image is of the Freedom Tower in New York City, it is an image that makes you uneasy as in a premonition, as in a storm that is brewing. The dramatic perspective and very sharp lines of composition all straight sleek and geometric, contrast with the sky and clouds reflecting in the glass. This contrast illustrates the nature/culture divide between the sharp man made that is designed and calculated and the fluid clouds that are undetermined and changing.” The artists featured in the show include Zakia Ahmed,
Meta Dunkly Arnold, J Bettina, Nancy Collings, Johanna Ericson, Carlo Fiorentini, D.J. Haslett, Carole Jury, Joy Kreves, Eleni Litt, Judith Mazzucco, Lucretia E. McGuff-Silverman, Lena Okrainets, William Plank, Maia Reim, Karen Repka, Martin Schwartz, Deirdre Sheean, Jennifer Tungol, Zina Umyn, Barbara Weinfield, and Julian Weitzenfeld. For i n for m at ion, v i s it www.westwindsorarts.org.
HV Arts Council Card Project Bolsters Spirits
Since early Apr il, t he Hopewell Valley Arts Council and more than 40 of its members and local artists have been providing their creative images for “Thinking of You” cards to some of those in our community most in need of healing and
human connection. So far, the organization has delivered more than 420 cards created by 42 participating artists. “We all have a role we can play during this health crisis,” said Carol Lipson, HV Arts Council executive director. “The phrase ‘it takes a village’ is more true now than ever. Artists and creative individuals’ unique talents can have a positive and palpable impact on the mental health of a community through the sharing of art.” HV Arts Council “Thinking of You” cards contain cheerful artwork created by local artists and printed by Lipson, who cuts them out and ties on a colorful ribbon. Cards are then included in food packages distributed by the new Hopewell Valley Mobile Food Pantry, in meal packages delivered by F.I.S.H. (Friends in Service Here)/Meals on Wheels to home-bound individuals in Hopewell Valley, and to senior residents at Brandywine Living Pennington.
“They really brightened up many residents’ doors ... and a few used them for bookmarkers,” wrote Hilary Murray, director of community relations for Brandywine Living Pennington. “We will all get through this unusual time together, and it’s moments like these that we look to our neighbors for hope and with gratitude.” “We’re feeding the body, and you’re feeding the soul,” Pennington Mayor and HV Mobile Food Pantry Coordinator Joe Lawver said of the project. “A s long as t h e fo o d pantry exists, we will provide the cards each week,”
Lipson explained. “Until Brandywine Living Pennington can receive visitors, we will continue every other week. We’re working to simply bring a smile to a face or inspire hope with reminders of the beauty of life.” Throughout the COVID-19 crisis, HV Arts Council has provided virtual community outreach through its website and social media — including their Daily Dose of Art — that offers everyday artistic inspiration for all, cabinfever busting activities, and services and information for artists. For more information, visit www.hvartscouncil.org.
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hat interesting new career opportunities can always be in one’s future is certainly evidenced by the experience of Art Mazzei.
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After 30 years teaching English in the New York School system, he is now founding partner of Addison Wolfe Real Estate, the company he established in 2006. L ocated at 550 Union Square in New Hope, Pa., it is a boutique company with 50 realtors on the roster, covering an area including New Hope, all of Bucks County, the Lehigh Valley, Center City Philadelphia, and parts of New Jersey. How did such a dramatic change transpire? As Art Mazzei recalls, “When I was in my childhood, I guess that the first makings of a realtor developed. My father was a contractor, and nothing to me was more exciting than visiting a new home under construction and the smell of pine.” “Kingdom for a Horse” But then, as he points out, his life took a different turn
when he launched a career in teaching. As he says, however, “While I graded compositions and listened to Richard III rant about a ‘kingdom for a horse,’ I reflected on my past and knew that salesmanship needed to be in my future. Then my real estate career began, and, somehow, I managed to juggle my educational career with the world of real estate ‘metes and bounds.’” He was able to work in real estate on the weekends while still teaching. Then, his real estate career took off as he rose to the No. 2 position in a prominent Bucks County real estate firm, and ultimately to the No. 1 sales position in the company with 80 agents. The opportunity to establish his own firm arose, and, in 2006, he opened Addison Wolfe. The name has a special significance for the former English teacher, and, as he explains, “Since I was creating a totally new office, I wanted to create instant sophistication and provenance. Having been an English teacher in New York for many years, I selected Addison as a literary name and Wolfe because it was more aggressive than a fox (which was already used in real estate). I added an ‘e’ to
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Listing and selling properties is what Mazzei likes to do best, along with the chance to meet and interact with a diverse group of clients. “I personally cover from Yardley through Northampton County and Lehigh,” he says. “I enjoy being with my clients and the ‘thrill of the hunt’ to find them a home. Because I taught high school for so many years, being with people who are asking questions and are a challenge is something I thrive on. “Also, being a teacher created a sense of the unexpected, adjusting to personalities, tremendous patience, appreciation of details, and a camaraderie with other people.” “Virtual Viewing” The challenges in the real estate industry, while always a factor, are exacerbated today with the coronavirus. The anxiety of not knowing when things will return to a “kind” of normalcy has created uncertainty. Visiting houses in person is not an option now, and as Mazzei points out “virtual viewing” is the norm. “A ll offices have been closed, and we are not permitted to show properties,” he says. “Instead, we have been doing virtual tours, YouTube videos, etc. to keep in touch both with buyers and sellers. They are looking online and emailing or texting with questions. They are not permitted to visit the office or houses as of today.” Once people can actually go into a house, Mazzei believes the outlook will improve. “I think the market will be brisk once the ban is lifted. People who have been looking online will want to go see the property firsthand. You can only look through the shop window for so long before you crave to sample the product!”
PERFECT PROPERTIES: “We’re a boutique real estate firm because we are a privately-owned company and are not associated with a franchise or large corporate organization.” This offers Addison Wolfe Real Estate more freedom and flexibility in decision-making and operation, points out founding partner Art Mazzei. Helping people to find that special house that is just right for them is Art Mazzei’s priority. In these times, as people are challenged to “stay put,” the environment and comfort of one’s home is even more important. Riverfront Hamlet “The challenge is educating people about the values of properties,” he explains. In respect to Bucks County, that is a significant issue, and pricing is a factor. “It takes a while for people to realize that Bucks Count y is perfect if you need to travel to New York, the Princeton area, or Center City Philadelphia. What was once a sleepy riverfront hamlet is now bustling with restaurants, major hotels, a famous theater, and galleries. “In a way, I know that it will never be ‘normal’ again as we remember. But when the original grist mill burned down in the late 1700s, the new one was rechristened
‘new hope.’ There will always be an exciting and effervescent soul to this town.” Mazzei is referring to the fact that the current New Hope name (the town was known by several different names in its early history) came into use following a fire in 1790 that destroyed several mills in the area. Their reconstruction was considered a “new hope.” s he looks forward to continuing to help clients in their quest for a new home, he wants to remind them, “Working with you will be my pleasure and developing a reciprocity of understanding with each other will also be a significant part of our relationship. I assure you that I will not bore you with the introspection of Hamlet, but I can guarantee that I will be more of a salesman than Willy Loman.” Addison Wolfe Real Estate can be reached at (215) 862-5500. Website: AddisonWolfe.com. —Jean Stratton
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he Princeton University women’s basketball team was left with a number of what-ifs following the cancellation of the NCAA tournament in midMarch due to the coronavirus pandemic. In a postscript to an historic season that saw Princeton dominate the Ivy League and barge its way into the Top 25, there is a lingering hypothetical what-if. In the same vein as water cooler debates over which storied NBA teams could have beaten the 1997-98 Chicago Bulls, the subject of the ESPN documentary The Last Dance, strong opinions are sparked by the question of how would the 2019-20 Tigers team fare against the 2014-15 Princeton team in a matchup of the two best seasons in program history. Former Princeton players and coaches — rather reluctantly — compared their teams, always with the caveat that they were each other’s biggest fans, not rivals in any way. “I really wish this year’s team could’ve made their run in the tourney,” said Annie Tarakchian, who starred for the 2015 team before graduating in 2016 and returning to her home state of California. “We were all so looking forward to that and gearing up to go wherever the games were seeded.” Reaching New Heights The 2015 team set a new program standard five years ago as it rose to No. 13 in the national rankings. The Tigers went 30-0 overall and 14-0 Ivy in the regular season and (after being grossly undervalued as a No. 8 seed by the selection committee) won a first-round NCA A tournament game for the first time in program history, defeating Green Bay 80-70 before falling 85-70 to top-seeded Maryland to finish 31-1. Princeton standouts Blake Dietrick, Alex Wheatley, and Tarakchian were all first-team All-Ivy League selections, with Dietrick getting named as the Ivy Player of the Year and later going on to play in the WNBA. “I watched them play all the time as a high schooler,” said Princeton senior star Bella Alarie. “They’re a great team. They were so fun to watch. They played amazing in the NCAA tournament. I’m from Maryland so I got to see them play at UMD. I know what they’re capable of. They’re a super talented group. I do think our defense would be a really interesting matchup against their offense. They had people firing from all cylinders. That was one thing that I was impressed by watching them — they had a ton of weapons at different levels with Blake and Wheatley and Annie and all of them.” In addition to their firstteam All-Ivy trio, the 2015 team also started guards Michelle Miller, a first-team All-Ivy selection the next year, and Amanda Berntsen. They brought Vanessa Smith, who would start
the following two years, off the bench along with Taylor Williams and Mariah Smith. Leslie Robinson, a freshman at the time and a future first-team All-Ivy selection in 2018, barely saw the court, because the team was so deep. Their strength of schedule was ranked 83rd and they had the country’s 10th best RPI ranking. The 2015 went 4 -1 vs. 1-50 ranked RPI teams with their best win over RPI No. 23 Green Bay in first round of the NCAA tournament. They also knocked off RPI Nos. 39 Pitt, No. 44 Duquesne, No. 49 American, and No. 54 Michigan. “I t h o u g h t t h e y w e r e fierce, especially how Blake leads their team, they were not going to lose,” said P r inceton s en ior Taylor Baur. “No matter who they were playing against, they did not want to lose. It didn’t matter if it was a Power 5 school or a smaller conference, they were out there to compete and show everyone what Princeton basketball was about.” For The Defense The 2020 team, for its part, won its final 22 games to finish 26-1 overall and 14-0 Ivy. Its one loss came in a 77-75 overtime defeat at Iowa. For the rest of the year, the Tigers never surrendered more t han 55 points in a game as they climbed to No. 17/22 in the national polls. “I think my favorite part of this team’s game is their defense,” said W heatley, who graduated in 2016 and was back to complete graduate studies at Princeton this year. “They just shut teams down — every board and stop and loose ball.” This season’s Tigers were paced by Alarie, the threetime Ivy Player of the Year and first women player in league history to ever be named All-America twice. She was selected fifth in the WNBA draft on April 17, matching the highest pick ever for an Ivy player. She’s good enough to be a first-name celebrity in the Ivies — hearing “Bella” is enough. “She’s as good as this league is going to see,” said Penn head coach Mike McLaughlin, who has had the unenviable task of facing both squads during his tenure with the Quakers. “I’m disappointed that the league got canceled, but I wasn’t excited to see her again.” Alarie was part of a potent 1-2 punch with Carlie Littlefield, the junior point guard who has started all three of her years. Both have shown steady development to become elite level players. “I was really impressed,” said Wheatley. “Bella manages to have ‘quiet’ doubledoubles, just monster stat lines against every team’s best. I’ve always been a big fan of Carlie’s game too. The team is fun to watch!” Rounding out the other 2020 starters, Baur was at forward with Julia Cunningham and Grace Stone playing at the guard spots. Abby
Meyers, one of the highest ranked recruits in Princeton history, came off the bench after returning from a knee injury along with sophomore guard Maggie Connolly and freshman forward Ellie Mitchell. Their 83rd strength of schedule equaled exactly that of 2015 and their ninth-ranked RPI was one spot higher even though they didn’t face as much top55 competition as did 2015. The 2020 team’s best win was over a No. 35 ranked Florida Gulf Coast team that went 27-3. They also beat No. 54 Marist. They were robbed of the chance to show any more on a higher level when the NCAA tournament was canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak. “I was looking forward to seeing them in the tourney and was very disappointed for them when that opportunity was no longer possible,” said Miller, who after graduating in 2016 is in her third year of medical school at UCLA. By The Numbers The hypothetical historic matchup on paper breaks down into a great offensive team versus a great defensive team. The 2015 team scored 104 points in one game. They tallied 96 against Harvard, the thirdbest team in the Ivies that year. They averaged more than 75 points per game, shot a gaudy 40.5 percent from 3-point range as a team, and hovered close to 50 percent in overall field goal percentage (49.1). They beat teams by an average of 23.2 points per game, and the outcomes were often without doubt by halftime. “Looking at the numbers I think clearly we have the edge offensively, like if you look at the field goal and 3-point shooting percent-
POINT COUNTERPOINT: Star point guard Blake Dietrick, left, triggered the 2014-15 Princeton University women’s basketball team to a 31-1 record in a senior campaign that saw her get named as the Ivy League Player of the Year while junior guard Carlie Littlefield was a first-team All-Ivy performer this winter as the Tigers went 26-1. (Photos by Frank Wojciechowski) ages,” said Miller. “Opponent field goal and 3-point percentages are actually similar. They do significantly better with turnovers and way better with turnover margin though.” The 2020 team led the country in defensive points allowed per game at 47.6. Their ability to turn over teams and convert enabled them to average more than 71 points per game and thus actually create a slightly higher scoring margin than 2015 at 23.6 points per game. “Our defense is a lot different even from our years past,” said Baur. “We just worked on it a lot, the communication and intensity with which we approached the defensive end. People say defense wins championships. As a collective, everyone individually bought into the defensive end along with the five out to the court. It really translated.”
T he 2020 team didn’t shoot the 3-pointer at as high a percentage as 2015 did (33.3 compared 40.5 percent), but did average just slightly more made 3s per game than 2015, 6.6 to 6.3. And the 2020 team’s plus-5 advantage in turnover margin could result in more scoring chances, one reason for their confidence. “I think we’d have a great scout on them and be super locked in,” Alarie said. “I think we could potentially shut them down. I think it’d be a really good matchup. Our team is very talented offensively as well. Guarding Carlie — I know Blake’s a great defender, Carlie’s awesome too and she’d try to lock her down.” The 2015 team showed its offensive diversity over the season with Dietrick being the leading scorer 13 times, Miller 10 times, Wheatley eight times, Tarakchian three times, and two
others twice. The 2020 team had only three games where someone other than Alarie or Littlefield led them in scoring, which could speak to the duo’s talent or to a difference in the teams’ abilities. “Numbers-wise we scored more points, but they held opponents to fewer points,” said Dietrick. “Obviously I’m biased, but if the teams went head-tohead I think the 2015 team pulls it out by a point or two. I just think we were slightly more balanced with our scoring attack, so we are harder to defend than just focusing on stopping one or two players. We also shot the three at a really high percentage which is hard to guard.” Banghart’s Breakdown Courtney Banghart, the former Princeton head coach who recruited all of the players on both teams before leaving to take over as the
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North Carolina head coach after the 2018-2019 season, sees similarities in both of the teams in terms of star power and roster depth. The differences are in how they played with 2015 using an up-tempo game and a variety of play-makers and scorers that could overwhelm teams while 2020 frustrated teams with their defensive discipline, their length, and athleticism. “That (2015) team could score at an elite level, which you need when you play top teams,” said Banghart in a message. “But the 2020 is better built defensively — better athletes on that end. Annie and Michelle weren’t as athletic, but they can score more than Grace and Julia.” T he 2015 team was a more mature and battletested group overall than 2020. This year’s squad team started one senior superstar in Alarie, a veteran Littlefield, a senior in her first year starting, and then two sophomores. The 2015 team started a senior star in Dietrick and four experienced juniors in at least their second years of starting. “They knew how to play,” said McL aughlin. “T hey knew how to win. Blake Dietrick was tough down the stretch. They were just so solid. As the year went on, I remember we played them right at the end, and they just played so well together. Courtney did a good job. They were defensively solid and they kept the game simple and they were really, really good at that they did.” Head-To-Head Getting deeper into the h e ad - to - h e ad i n d iv i d u a l matchups would present some fantastic battles highlighted by A lar ie versus W heatley at the for ward spot and Littlefield versus Dietrick at point guard. “Blake and Carlie — two of the best to ever do it in the orange and black,” said Banghart. “Relentless, tough, reliable, competitors.” The dynamic point guards share more similarities than differences in how they orchestrated the attacks of
their team. Dietrick, who a ls o playe d lacros s e at P r inceton, was t he one senior in the 2015 starting lineup. She is heading into her fifth season in the WNBA. Littlefield has continued to improve each season on both ends. “Blake was a little bit of a better athlete overall,” said McLaughlin. “She’s gone on to still have a very good career. Defensively, Carlie Littlefield is more tenacious and she just puts her head down and plays. She really grinds the game out defensively and she finds a way to score as well. She can shoot the three, she can go by you. Blake Dietrick was a little bit bigger and as she got older, she got really, really good. By the end of her career, she was one of the top players in our league.” While Dietrick headlined the 2015 team out of the point guard spot, Alarie did so as a versatile forward with guard skills for the 2020 team. Alarie’s teammates drew confidence from her, and McLaughlin thinks she could tip the scales. “I thought just because Bella was so good this year’s team to me was the better team,” added McLaughlin. “Just because she was such a difference-maker on both ends of the floor. She was tough to guard on the offensive side because she could do so many things, and defensively she disrupted the game with her size and length and her ability to guard a little on the perimeter and guard the rim. I thought she was the difference-maker. I would give the small hand to this group from 2020.” He further explained that the defensive ability of the 2020 team under the tutelage of defensive-minded new head coach Carla Berube would present a significant challenge. “This year, Carlie at the point of attack defensively, and with Bella in the back, it’s just really tough to compete against,” McLaughlin said. “Carlie can guard your point guard, she can guard your best shooting guard, she can guard a wing, and just the way she played — they switched out on the perimeter — they were just
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so, so solid defensively. I think the reason their scores were lower is because it just took a while to get a good shot against them. They just were really difficult to score against, and they reduced the number of possessions because it takes a while to be able to get a good shot against them. I don’t know if you can simply compare that just because they scored more in 2015, they were better. I think their style of play this year was just so difficult to play against.” Maybe McLaughlin is a prisoner of the moment, but nobody is doubting Alarie’s skill set and the potential problems the best player on the floor would present. The 2015 team just believes in Wheatley’s ability to limit her. “I’m obv iously biased, Wheats is my best friend,” said Miller. “I would say that they (Penn) don’t have anyone with the combination of athleticism and physicality that Wheats had as a defender.” Miller pointed to Wheatley’s ability to defend the likes of Temi Fagbenle, a f irs t-team A ll - Iv y s elec tion for Harvard, who was pushed to second team in 2015. Fagbenle is 6’4 and was selected in the third round of the WNBA, but she’s decidedly less versatile than Alarie, who in addition to being an imposing post player is also a capable 3-point shooter. “I think Wheats would be able to limit Bella enough for us to win overall,” said Miller. “Bella has a unique versatility to her game and obv iously bet ter outside and midrange shooting, but in the post I’d take Wheats based on physicality. And yes, definitely running the f loor, W heats was elite. Bella is a great player and I don’t think anyone can stop her per se, it’s just about limiting her. I think Wheats is a good enough defender to limit her without having to send a double team, which is also key. Many Ivy teams have to double her.” Wheatley would not rely solely on posting up to score and try to draw fouls on Alarie, with Dietrick raving about the way that Wheatley ran the floor better than opposing post players to create advantages in other ways. “I loved transitions, Blake’s right about that,” Wheatley said. “Someone would have to deal with my transition game.” The rest of the hypothetical matchups are no less intriguing. Tarakchian, whom Banghart said was “as versatile and reliable on O as Grace Stone is on D,” would be a tr icky matchup for Baur. Baur is plenty athletic with the ability to run the floor like Wheatley, according to Banghart, and Baur would try to use her height edge against Tarakchian at both ends of the floor. Fellow New Jersey natives Berntsen and Cunningham would square up as wing players who make open shots. Stone, a superb defender, would match up with Miller, who Banghart called the “best midrange shooter I’ve ever coached.” Miller, for her part, concedes that the defensive prowess of the 2020 squad could be an X-factor. “I think if you go matchup by matchup, we win most
INSIDE STUFF: Two of the tougher inside players for the Princeton University women’s hoops program in recent years have been Annie Tarakchian, left, shown snaring a rebound in the 2014-15 season and Taylor Baur heading to the basket in a game this season. (Photos by Frank Wojciechowski)
MATCHING WITS: Courtney Banghart, left, surveys the action in game during the 2014-15 season when she was named National Coach of the Year as she led the Tigers to a 30-0 regular season while Carla Berube makes a point this winter in a debut campaign that saw the Tigers go 26-1. (Photos by Frank Wojciechowski) of the individual matchups,” said Miller. “But I think the question I would have that I can’t really deter m ine just from looking at stats is, what exactly made their defense so highly rated this year and how would that translate to our hypothetical matchup?” The benches too — with 2015 led by the explosive Vanessa Smith and 2020 keyed by a stellar 3-point threat Abby Meyers — could swing the game either way b y g i v i n g t h e i r te a m a spark. Both teams had firepower coming in that was unmatched in Ivy play. “Both second groups win the league by a landslide,” s a i d B a n g h a r t . “M ay b e it’s a toss-up. But to win in March, you don’t need depth.” And The Winner Is… With the team numbers being so close in some aspects and seemingly perfectly countering each other in other facets, who wins this dream matchup? “I don’t t h i n k a nyon e from either team all the way down the bench would say the other would win,” said Tarakchian. “There’s pride and belief in your team that runs deep.” There is pride reflected in the answers of players from both teams when probed to pick a winner. Their competitive side that made them
such winners comes out. “I know this is a bit subjective, but there is something to be said about a team that can go undefeated for a whole season,” said Dietrick of her 2015 team. “There’s just something special going on there. No doubt the current team is special too, but every game we found a way to w in. Someone different would step up. I think that’s what made us really special.” The 2020 team feels similarly about its own makeup. The few chances to get a glimpse of how the teams would fare are skewed by their different years. Alarie and Baur were only in high school when they faced some 2015 team members as recruits. “I remember being so much smaller and not as strong and clearly a high schooler playing against them,” said Baur. Alarie’s game, too, grew immensely upon her arrival to Princeton. Dietrick returned last year to play with Alarie and Littlefield when Alarie was preparing for international 3-on-3 competition. “I’ve done a few workouts with Bella and Carlie,” said Dietrick. “But those were recent, and I’d like to think I’ve improved a bit since college so it’s kind of hard to judge.”
Lining up against each ot her might be possible in the future, not just for Alarie and Dietrick in the WNBA. Princeton Reunions bring together Princeton friends and classmates and host the PU women’s annual alumni game. With the cancellation of Reunions this year, the potential opportunity to pair players from the two most historically outstanding teams is another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic. “It’d be a really, really good game,” said Alarie. “I have to say we would win because we’d play as hard as we could. I can’t talk bad about my own team. I think it’d be an awesome, awesome matchup.” T h e 2 015 a n d 2 0 2 0 Princeton teams are two of the best in program history. That much is definite, but determining which was best could be a subject of lighthearted debate for years to come. “All I know for certain is that it would be a fun game to both play and watch,” said Tarakchian. “Princeton basketball is special in its own right so all 10 players on the floor having that Tiger energy would make for a real good battle. Good thing we’re all actually on the same team.” —Justin Feil
PU Lax Star Sowers Headed to Duke
Having entered the NCAA transfer portal in the wake of Princeton University’s decision to not allow spring sports athletes to withdraw and re-enroll for another year of eligibilit y, Tiger men’s senior lacrosse star Michael Sowers is apparently headed to Duke for the 2021 season. According to a report on the Inside Lacrosse (IL) website, Sowers will be joining the Duke men’s lax program pending admission to the school. The four-time AllAmerican is expected to enroll in a one-year business program in Duke’s graduate school. Multiple sources told IL that Sowers had been making calls over the weekend to inform other college suitors of his decision. After entering the portal earlier this month, Sowers had been contacted by more than 20 Division I programs. S owers averaged 9.4 points per game in 2020 to lead Division I, piling up 47 points (16 goals, 31 assists), leading the country in assists and points while also setting an Ivy League record with a 14-point game (3 goals, 11 assists) against Colgate in a 20-11 win on February 18. His production helped Princeton go 5-0 this spring and rise to No. 3 in the IL media poll. After the season was canceled, Sowers was named by Inside Lacrosse as its Men’s DI Player of the Year. Over his sensational run with the program, Sowers, a 5’9, 175-pound native of Dresher, Pa., became the first Princeton player to hit the 300-point mark, ending the season at 302 career points, ranking him 16th alltime in Division I with his 181 career assists ranking eighth. At Duke, Sowers should be
10 Princeton Athletes Make Winter Academic All-Ivy
A group of 10 Princeton University student-athletes have been named to the 2019-20 winter All-Ivy Academic squad. Those honored included: senior men’s basketball star Richmond Aririguzoh, an ecology and evolutionary biology major; Joey Daniels, a senior hurdling standout who studies economics; Patrick Glory a sophomore star wrestler who hasn’t declared a major; Julian Knott, a junior fencer studying computer science; Charlie Minns, a senior standout diver majoring in physics; Bella Alarie, a senior women’s basketball star and three-time Ivy Player of the Year studying history; Carlie Littlefield, a standout junior point guard for the women’s basketball team majoring in economics; Elle Ruggiero, a sophomore women’s squash player who hasn’t decided on a major; Claire Thompson, a senior star defenseman for the women’s hockey team studying ecology and evolutionary biology; and Mimi Lin, a senior diver majoring in swimming and diving. The honorees were starters or key reserves on an officially recognized varsity team with 3.0 or better cumulative grade point averages. Each institution nominated eligible studentathletes
PU Volleyball’s Huhmann Named All-America
Princeton University men’s volleyball senior star George Huhmann has been named by the American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) as an All-American for the third time in his career. Huhmann, a 6’11 native of St. Louis, Mo., who was also named to the All-Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball As-
sociation (EIVA) first team, garnered All-America Honorable Mention honors for the third straight season. The EIVA Player of the Year in 2019 and the EIVA Rookie of the Year in 2017, Huhmann garnered All-EIVA first team honors in each of his four seasons. Huhmann joined the 1,000-kill club in the Tigers’ match against UCLA in early January. He led the EIVA in service aces per set with 0.56 and also ranked inside the topfive in points (243), points per set (4.42), kills (186), kills per set (3.38), and service aces (31). Huhmann had 11 matches with at least 10 kills as the Tigers went 9-6 overall and 7-2 EIVA before the season was halted due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Tiger Men’s Golfer Quinn Named All-Region
Princeton University men’s golf senior star Evan Quinn has been named a PING allregion honoree for the second time in his career. Quinn, a native of Morristown, is the third Tiger in the last eight seasons to be named an all-region honoree twice, joining Quinn Prchal ‘17 (2013, 2016) and Greg Jarmas ‘14 (2013, 2014). Quinn’s stroke average was a career-best 73-even this season, as he competed in four events in the fall and the duals against Duke in the spring. In the second round of the Jerry Pate National Intercollegiate last October, he carded his low round of the season with a 69, one of the three occasions in the fall in which he led the team. In Princeton’s lone event of the spring, he defeated Duke’s Adrien Pendaries, ranked second in the nation at the time, in a dual match.
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SIGNING ON: Princeton University quarterback Kevin Davidson rolls out in a 2019 game. Last Saturday evening, senior Davidson signed a free agent contract with the Cleveland Browns after the completion of the 2020 NFL Draft. The 6’4, 225-pound Davidson, a native of Danville, Calif., enjoyed a superb final campaign for Princeton last fall in his only season as a starter. He completed 209-of-313 passes for 2,569 yards and 20 touchdowns, earning honorable mention All-Ivy League honors as the Tigers went 8-2 overall and 5-2 Ivy. Davidson connected on seven touchdown passes in a 56-23 win over Bucknell on September 28 to set an Ivy single-game record. He will be joining former Princeton teammate, tight end Stephen Carlson ’19, on the Browns. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Hun School Formally Cancels its Spring Sports Season; PDS, Stuart on Hold, Awaiting Update from Governor As schools across New Jersey were shut down by Gov. Phil Murphy in March due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Hun School was hopeful that it could hold an abbreviated spring sports season starting in May. But with Governor Murphy’s later decision to extend the school closure to May 15, time has run out on Hun and it formally canceled its spring campaign last week. “We tried to hold off as long as we could,” said Hun Director of Athletics Bill Quirk of the decision, which comes in the wake of the Peddie School and the Lawrenceville School having previously pulled the plug on their spring seasons. “Once the governor kept moving that date back with us being scheduled to graduate on May 27, by the time we would come back, there would be only nine days of school.” For Quirk, who also serves as an assistant coach of the Hun softball team, the cancellation was a tough pill to swallow. “Spring is one of those seasons where you see the kids working out all the time from September on,” said Quirk “The teaser was that the majority of them got to go on their spring break trips and then they come home and find out that basically was your season. It is disheartening.” In trying to salvage the season, Quirk had been in frequent contact with administrators and fellow athletic directors. “There are a lot of people out there thinking ‘hey since there are no sports,
you guys are just sitting around,’” said Quirk. “That is not happening, there is a lot of work. As my wife Kathy says to me, you are sitting in front of that computer more than you do when you are in the office. I am busy between Zoom meetings with the administration on a weekly basis and on the state level, with both public and independent meetings. We were trying to save things. Now is the time where we are trying to schedule for the fall.” Even though there have been no games, matches, or meets, the Hun coaches and athletes have tried their best to keep active. “We have a strength and conditioning staff so they have set up programs for the kids,” added Quirk “The coaches have done some of their own and they have been in contact. Tracey (Co-Athletic Director Tracey Arndt) and I try to stay in contact on a weekly basis with the coaches to see how they are doing. It has been very hard to keep everybody motivated; the one thing I am learning from all of this is people like to be in contact with people.” Over at the Princeton Day School, its spring athletics program is in a holding pattern depending on Gov. Murphy’s next move. “Our plan is to follow the governor’s decision,” said PDS Upper School Director of Athletics Tim Williams. “We hope to retry after the 15th and see where we are at the point. We would definitely love to have something to celebrate our seniors.” With no games hav ing been played so far t his spring, Williams has made
sure to recognize seniors and other spring athletes through social media shoutouts. “We have had senior spotlights; when all of this happened, we had postcards tweeted of all the spring seniors, saying whatever team they on,” said Williams. “Then I did a postcard of the teams with a list of names. Then we did other postcards for the seniors playing sports at college because we were not able to do a college signing picture.” The PDS athletics staff has kept busy remotely. “Our coaches have done a really nice job of using the technology available,” said Williams. “We were using Google Meet and they are doing that a couple of times a week. They are always communicating and sharing their weekly workouts. Coaches have also been reaching out to the kids individually as well. I have been holding Google meetings a couple of times a week with the coaches and then once a week we are doing our coaches roundtable and getting everybody together and talking about stuff.” Across Great Road from PDS, Stuart Country Day School is likewise holding out hope for some spring sports. “Just like for the school, it goes hand in hand; we are waiting for the governor to make his announcement on what is going to happen after May 15th,” said Stuart Athletic Director Justin Leith. If students can return to school in May, Leith would like to put together some competition, no matter how brief.
GAME OFF: Hun School Director of Athletics Bill Quirk, left, and his wife, Kathy, discuss strategy in their roles as coaches of the Hun softball team during a game in the 2016 season. Last week, Quirk and the school’s administration formally canceled its 2020 spring sports season, concluding that it would not have time to compete in the wake of Gov. Phil Murphy’s decision to keep schools closed through May 15 due to the coronavirus pandemic. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) “With all the ADs that I speak with, everybody would really like to give the seniors a send-off,” said Leith. “Of course we feel for all of the students who don’t get to participate in athletics this spring but particularly for those seniors. It would
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be nice to have something, we just don’t know what that is going to be. It may just be one weekend.” In the meantime, the Stuar t coaches are keeping their athletes busy virtually. “All of our coaches have given the kids stuff to do on their own,” said Leith. “It varies by team. I have been very clear to the coaches that they need to stay within the state guidelines on social distancing and make sure that they are not meeting up together.” Once everyone can be together again on the field, Leith believes there will be a feeling of joy. “Initially, I think there may be some apprehension but after that it will be celebrated by everyone,” said Leith. “It is something that has never happened in anyone’s lifetime. We will look back on it and cherish the time you do have out there because it can just get turned off.” Williams, for his part, believes that the resumption of games will lead people to cherish all that is involved in
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Norman Peter Herzberg Everyone who knew Norman Herzberg, mathematician, was shocked and saddened by his sudden death after a short illness. He died March 29 at his home in Princeton with his wife of 52 years, Barbara, by his side. He was 82 years old. Born in 1937 deep in the heart of Brooklyn to the late Hans and Herta Herzberg, he leaves a brother, Edward, of Hazlitt, N.J., a sister, Susan Leon, of Baldwin, Long Island, as well as cousins, nieces, and nephews. After graduating early from James Madison High School in Brooklyn in 1954, Norman attended Columbia University, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1958. He then headed to M.I.T., where he earned his doctorate in mathematics in 1965. He joined the Institute of Defense Analyses in Princeton in 1967 and worked there, contributing numerous classified papers, until his retirement in 2000. Norman was a devoted and companionable husband to Barbara, whom he met on a blind date in 1964 when she was in the original company of the Loeb theater (now A.R.T.) in Cambridge, Mass. He used to leave his motorcycle helmet on her dressing table to let her know he was up in the light booth watching the show. They were married in the M.I.T. chapel in 1967 and subsequently moved to Princeton in 1968 after a summer of math conference in Monterey, Calif. They traveled extensively together often to Greece and its islands, but also to Malta, Madeira, Morocco, Mexico, China, Egypt, India, the British Isles, France, Italy, or as his wife used to say, “anywhere that stuff was older” than she. Norman was an avid and skilled photographer and documented their travels in vivid detail. He loved mathematics, computer technology, travel, good conversation. Until he lost his hearing in 1965, he greatly enjoyed classical music and fondly recalled waiting in the freezing rain for stand-
ing room at the Metropolitan Opera, Symphony Hall, or a theater. As one can perhaps tell from his photo, he also enjoyed conviviality and good food. His wife says, “He was the best charcoal cook in the business.” He valiantly battled his hearing loss to remain connected and involved in the community. He belonged to Community Without Walls House 2, where he was on the Steering Committee, keeping the membership list up to date. He was also a remarkably good reader participating in the CWW 2 Play Reading group. He will be very much missed for his wit, his hearty laugh, and his more than incisive and perceptive insights into everything. Donations may be made in Normans’ name to Feeding America, Doctors Without Borders, or any other charity that works towards abating human suffering. There will be some kind of memorial when the current social distancing is no longer in effect.
Anthony Tabell Anthony (Tony) Tabell, 88, of Exeter, NH, and formerly of Princeton, NJ, died peacefully on Monday, April 27, 2020. He was born in 1931 in Brooklyn, NY, to Edmund W. and Margaret (Suydam) Tabell. He grew up in Riverside, CT, and graduated from St Luke’s School and Colgate University, Class of 1952. After serving in the Army, he joined his father at Walston
and Company where he consulted with a variety of institutions and pursued technical market research, inspired largely by his father Edmund. In 1965, he became senior vice-president, a member of the board of directors, and the director of technical research at Walston and Company. Tony was one of the earliest practitioners of technical market analysis, having learned the value of point and figure charts from his father Edmund, and subsequently shifting to computer models as early as the late 50s and early 60s. In an interview with Professor Andrew Lo of MIT, Mr. Tabell commented that “I liked computers. I liked sitting down and writing computer programs in assembly language… it was a natural marriage with what I was doing with technical analysis, because technical analysis is analysis of data… I’m probably one of the first people who tried to evaluate stock price returns on a computer, necessarily a mainframe.” Tony also authored the Tabell Market Letter, a weekly publication he took over from his father, after his death, in 1965. The letter, a Wall Street institution since 1944, boasted a circulation of over 100,000. In addition, he was a founding member of the Market Technicians Association (now the CMT) and served as its president from 1975-76. He was a member of its board of directors until his retirement in 1993. In 1970, Mr. Tabell left Walston and Company in NYC to form, with Matt Delafield and Ashton Harvey, the Princeton, NJ, brokerage firm of Delafield Harvey Tabell which initially operated as a division of Janney Montgomery Scott. The firm’s steady success caught the attention, in 1991, of the US Trust Company, and soon after, DHT merged with USTrust. Tony was also an enthusiastic traveler and adventurer, a trait he passed down to his children and grandchildren. He and his wife, Ellen (Molwitz) Tabell, visited all seven continents, and especially enjoyed travels to Antarctica and eastern Africa, to which they journeyed three times on different family safaris. An avid skier and mountain climber, he skied throughout Europe and the western states, but was happiest in New England where he spent many hours on the slopes of Killington and Okemo with his daughters and grandchildren. Tony, who grew up rooting for the Brooklyn Dodgers, was also a long-suffering fan of the New York Mets and counted their 1969 World Series victory as one of the happiest days of his life. In 1985, his tongue-in-cheek theory about the correlation of the team’s success and the stock market’s dips was picked up by the AP and appeared in newspapers across the country. In addition to Ellen, his high school sweetheart and wife of 66 years, Tony is survived by his three daughters, Meg (John) Kasprak of Brunswick, ME, Roberta (Bob) Jordan of West Bath, ME, and Sarah (Steve) Nocka of Wellesley, MA. He will also be missed by his grandchildren Alex Kasprak, Nick Kasprak and his wife Emily, Chris Kasprak and his husband Danny, Molly Jordan and her husband, Andrew, Sarah Jordan, and Andrew, Kristen, and Thomas Nocka.
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Carolyn L. Patko, 86, of Franklin Township passed away peacefully Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at the Center for Hope, Scotch Plains, NJ. B or n 1933 i n B r o o klyn, NY, her family moved to Griggstown, NJ, in the early 1940’s. She resided most of her life in Franklin Township, Somerset County where she was a member of Six Mile Run Reformed Church in Franklin Park. After raising her three children, Carolyn worked as a secretary for many years at the Westminster Choir College and the Princeton Theological Seminary, both in Princeton, NJ. She was co-owner of the Yellow Rose Country/Western Bar, Manville, NJ, from 1987 thru 1997. As a graduate of Princeton High School, she was a dedicated member of the Class of 1951 Reunion Committee. She was past president of the Little Rocky Hill Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary. Carolyn was very talented and creative. In her retirement she enjoyed making things for her grandchildren. Besides stitching many projects and knitting many afghans, gloves, and hats, she was an avid painter, crafter, and cake decorator and a published poet. She even taught herself how to play the guitar. Carolyn’s legacy and spirit live on through her loving family. She leaves behind her two sons and two daughters-in-law James J. and Kimberly Patko of Kendall Park, NJ, Joseph R. and Bridget Patko of Superior, MT, and four grandchildren, Amber Patko, April Patko, A idan Pat ko, and Molly Patko. Daughter of the late Eugene and Florence Tornquist, wife of the late Joseph S. Patko, mother of the late Carol L. Patko, sister of the late Robert Tornquist, Jean Rutter-Levesque. Arrangements are under the direction of the M.J. M u r p hy Fu n e r a l H om e, Monmouth Junction. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, a memorial service will be held at a later date.
Betty Sander Thompson, 90 formerly of Plainsboro, NJ, and most recently a resident at Stonebridge of Montgomery, Skillman, NJ, passed peacefully in her home on April 21, 2020. Born June 26, 1929 in Glenville, WV, Betty spent the later part of her childhood in Gulfport, MS. She is predeceased by her husband Robert L. Thompson, Sr. and her parents John and Alice Sander. Upon graduation from high school in Gulfport, MS, in 1947, Betty embarked on her future career by taking the “Hummingbird” train by herself to enter the University of Cincinnati’s School of Nursing. She graduated in June 1951 with a bachelor’s of science degree in Nursing. She played the flute in the orchestra at the University of Cincinnati and there she met fellow flute player, Robert Thompson, who became the love of her life! They went on to marry and spent 64 wonderful years together. B e t t y, a n av i d te n n i s player, was involved in the USTA (United States Tennis Association) as an umpire and referee. In fact she was recruited back in 1979 to attend the first official USTA umpire’s certification clinic. In 1988 Betty received the Edwin Mellor Award for outstanding service as an umpire for the Middle States, USTA. Over the years she worked at a number of professional, collegiate, and junior tournaments as a line umpire, chair umpire, referee, and tournament director. In 2010 Betty retired and was recognized for her 32 years of service. Betty was an active member of the P.E.O. Sisterhood, most recently Chapter AE of Princeton, NJ., she was recognized as a 50 year member in 2016. PEO was always near and dear to Betty’s heart, she cherished the many relationships she developed and always valued the impact the educational projects had on those women benefiting from them. Betty was also a member of the Nassau Presbyterian Church. Betty is sur vived by her five children, Robert Thompson, Jr. and his wife Mary Beth, Sandra Pollock, Susan Kurtain and her husband Bill, Steven Thompson, Laurie Randow, her adopted daughter Kathy Cook and her husband Tom, her brother James Sander and her sister Nancy Royalty. She is survived by 16 loving grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren. Betty was a remarkable woman whose strength instilled confidence in those who knew and loved her. She was an attentive and loving wife and mother. She will be missed dearly by her family.
Joseph P. Moore Jos eph P. Moore, 78, passed away Wednesday, April 22, 2020 at home, surrounded by family. A full obituary and Celebration of Life will be held at a later date.
Al Angrisani Government and Corporate Leader, Author, Philanthropist, and B e l o v e d Fa t h e r a n d Grandfather Albert (Al) Angrisani, 70, peacefully passed away on Thursday, April 23, at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center of Plainsboro, NJ. Born in Newark NJ, he lived much of his life in Princeton. Throughout his life, Al held both government and cor porate posit ions. He served as the Assistant U.S. Secretary of Labor under President Ronald Reagan from 1980 to 1984. He was the architect of the Job Training Partnership Act of 1982, which was one of the nation’s first public/private partnerships and played a major role in the economic recovery plan that created 16 million new jobs. As a corporate leader, he led numerous successful public companies in his decades-long career including Harris Interactive, Inc., Greenfield Online/Ciao, and Total Research among others. Al was most proud of securing both their shareholder value and jobs for thousands of employees. As an author, Al penned two books that became immediately popular in the business world. The first, Win One for the Shareholders, is a widely used primer for businesses struggling to survive in the competitive corporate world. His second book, From Last to First, drew on his own personal experiences to coach both individuals and businesses in building wealth and success. Al was also a regular commentator on national business news programs including CNBC, Fox Business, Newsmax, and Bloomberg TV. Finally — and most importantly — he was a beloved fat her and g randfat her, known as “Papa” to his seven grandchildren, Aiden, Reed, and Mabel Fratangelo, Landon and Noelle Nielsen, Cortland and Reese Gautieri. He is survived by three daughters and their husbands, Catherine and (Jason) Nielsen, Sarah and ( Glenn ) Fratangelo, and Elizabeth and (Eric) Gautieri, two brothers and two sisters, Frank, Russell and Marion Angrisani and Frances Lein. A private graveside service will be held, with a memorial service to be held at a later date. As an expression of sympathy, memorial contributions may be sent to: The Ronald Reagan Foundation (reaganfoundation.org) or a charity of your choice.
Scott McVay Petrone died after a year-long illness on April 21, 2020, at his home in New York City. He was 47. Known for his many deep friendships, care, and support of others, and his athleticism and love of sports, Scott will be dearly missed by his family and friends. Scott was born in Princeton, NJ, on January 15, 1973 a nd at te nde d t h e Princeton Public Schools, graduating from Princeton High School in 1991. Remarkably, Scott earned 12 varsity letters at Princeton High School, lettering in soccer, swimming, and baseball from freshman through senior year. He captained his soccer, swimming, and baseball teams and earned All-State honors in soccer. Scott attended Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, and graduated with a B.A. degree in economics. At Claremont, Scott was captain of the baseball team, earned four varsit y let ters, and was awarded the Arce Award for athletics. After graduation, Scott embarked on a successful Wall Street career which began as a clerk on the New York Stock Exchange where he was the youngest head clerk in his firm’s history. He then held senior positions at Prudential Securities and Lazard Capital Markets as a convertible bond trader with responsibility for institutional sales, market making, capital commitment, and compliance. Golf was a central part of Scott’s adult life and his friends and family have many cherished memories of the hours (sometimes full days) spent with Scott on the golf course and at Springdale Golf Club in particular where Scott was the Club Champion in 2012. Scott often walked away with the annual Petrone Open trophy and spent many hours organizing this much-loved family event. Scott was also known to his friends and family for his encyclopedic knowledge of NYC and every restaurant that was worth visiting. You could call Scott with a destination and he would recommend a handful of excellent restaurants close by and sometimes pull strings to make a reservation for you. Scott loved good food and wanted to make sure that everyone was taken care of
Mildred Mario 1939-2020
Mildred Martha Daume Mario, formerly of Princeton and known to everyone as Millie, died April 17th in Key West after a year-long battle with cancer. She was 80. Born in Brooklyn to German immigrant parents who fled the collapsing Weimar Republic in 1930, she was educated in New York City public schools, and was awarded a scholarship to Hunter College. Her mother, who did not believe girls should go to college, insisted her youngest daughter join the workforce, so she embarked on a brief career as an executive secretary at CBS and Bristol Myers in Manhattan, jobs for which she freely admitted in later years she was not well suited. In 1961 she married Ernest Mario of Clifton, NJ, whose best friend, Bob Stier, had married Millie’s elder sister Edith a few years before. The couple relocated to Rhode Island, where Ernie earned his PhD and their sons Christopher and Gregory were born. In 1966 they moved to Rochester, NY, where Ernie began his career in the pharmaceutical industry. Their third son, Jeremy, was born in Rochester. In 1972 the family returned to New Jersey, first to Cher-
ry Hill, then to Bridgewater, and finally to Princeton. In Princeton, Millie embarked on what would become a life-long devotion to historic preservation with the restoration of the Belford House, a landmark 1934 Tudor Revival on North Road she restored long before historic preservation became fashionable. Ernie’s career took the couple to North Carolina and then London, where Ernie was chief executive of Glaxo in the late 1980s and early 1990s. At that time, it was still customary for the wife of a British chief executive to act as an ambassador for the company, a role Millie adopted with passion and skill, and for which she was paid one pound per year. As she later said, when she was first diagnosed with Stage IV cancer in March, 2019, “I’m a girl from Brooklyn who has traveled the world by private jet and I have been everywhere. I’ve had an amazing life.” In Palo Alto, Millie took on her most ambitious restoration project, the John Adams Squire House. A 1904 Classical Revival landmark that had fallen into serious disrepair and had avoided the wrecking ball more than once, the project would lead to Millie’s appointment to the Palo Alto Historic Resources Board, which she would be chair for eight years. She also joined the board of the California Preservation Foundation, a statewide historic preservation advocacy and educational organization, eventually serving as president. Ernie and Millie returned to the east coast to be nearer to their children and grandchildren in 2001, eventually settling in Key West. Millie is survived by her three sons and eight grandchildren: Christopher’s daughter Millicent, of Washington, DC; Gregory’s children Griffin, Chloe, Madeleine, and Brigitte, of Miami; and Jeremy’s children Gretchen, Reid, and Charles, of Durham, NC. Millie was an exceptional wife, a loving if strict German mother, and she doted on her grandchildren. The bacon and French toast breakfasts she made for them is a memory that her grandchildren will always treasure and that her loving daughters-in-law will never be able to replicate. Millie was uniquely tough, strong, wise, patient, opinionated, and kind. She saw the best in everyone, was generous with her affection and her time, and would have done absolutely anything for her grandchildren. She loved the beach, the daily crossword, Scrabble, exercise, her three sisters (Elizabeth Knocklein of Garner, NC; the late Edith Stier of Clifton, NJ; and Anna Daume of Ridgewood, NJ), a good Black Russian, and was absolutely insistent that the entire family would be together for Christmas and the Fourth of July each year. A memorial is planned in Princeton this fall.
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Jean Marilyn (Farncombe) Davidson Jean Marilyn (Farncombe) Davidson, age 76, passed away on Sunday, April 19, 2020 in Littleton, MA. Jean had a smile that could light up a room and a laugh that was infectious, even in her later years as dementia took hold of her. She will be dearly missed by all that came to know and love her. Born on August 14, 1943 in Galt (now Cambridge), Ontario, Jean was one of four children born to the late John Ross and Luella May (Furlong) Farncombe. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ronald William Crosby Davidson, in 2016 and her younger brother, George Farncombe, in 2008. Jean’s early years were spent on a farm in southern Ontario where her father was a farm hand. Growing up on the farm, she learned the importance of family, the value of hard work, and how to be resourceful and appreciate the simple gifts that you are blessed with. When she was in high school, her parents bought a general store and it was there that she met her future husband, Ron, in 1961, when she was home from nursing school for the weekend. One week after Ron graduated from McMaster University, they married on May 18, 1963 and moved to Princeton, NJ, where Ron pursued his graduate studies at Princeton University. Together, as a young married couple, Jean and Ron left ever ything that they knew — their families and their country — to build a new life, filled with hope, promise, adventure, and opportunity in the United States. While Ron’s career moved them all over the country, Jean built a home and raised their two children while working as an X-ray technician and then, later, as a mammographer. Jean loved traveling and enjoyed sharing her love of creative projects with others, often hosting dinner parties, cooking, baking, sewing, quilting, and making stained glass. Jean was very giving and thoughtful and made everyone feel truly special — sending handwritten letters or homemade cards, favorite recipes, articles, and homemade gifts with special notes that continue to be treasured. She embodied kindness, compassion, creativity, and humor. Jean is survived by her daughter and son-in-law, Cynthia and Greg Premru of Groton, M A, and her son Ron Davidson, Jr. of Princeton, NJ; her brother and sister-in-law Jack and Margare t Far ncomb e of
Kemptville, Ontario; and her sister Linda Beckham of Brantford, Ontario. She is also survived by four grandchildren – William and Leo Premru of Groton, MA; and Crosby and Cayley Davidson, of Princeton, NJ. Her extended family includes several nieces and nephews and grand-nieces and grand-nephews in Ontario, Canada. We are grateful for the wonderful staff who provided caring assistance to Jean over her last four years and care and comfort in her final days. A celebration of Jean’s life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider a memorial gift to the Alzheimers Research Program at McLean Hospital. Checks should be made payable to “McLean Hospital” and sent to 115 Mill Street, Mail Stop 126, Belmont, MA 02478. Online gifts can be made at https:// www.mcleanhospital.org/ give. Please note “in memory of Jean Davidson” in the memo field. Arrangements are under the care of Badger Funeral Home. To share a memory or offer condolences, please visit www. badgerfuneral. com.
Nigel Paul Longshaw Paul Longshaw, 66, died unexpectedly in his sleep early in the morning of April 15, 2020. He had recently been diagnosed with pulmonary fibrosis. Born in Chipping Norton, England, Paul visited Princeton in 1985 on a lark and instantly made it his permanent home with his wife, Cille (née Koch). Longstanding Princeton res-
idents and lifelong travelers, their itineraries invariably traced the paths of revered architects. A member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA), Paul forged a 40year career as an architect first in the U.K. and subsequently in the U.S., working with international teams to produce award-winning, state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities for leading pharmaceutical firms in the U.S. and abroad. As a senior project architect and technical lead at Jacobs Engineering in Conshohocken, PA, for nearly 25 years, Paul took particular joy in mentoring young architects, instilling the highest standards for design and construction practices. Paul’s passion for dis tinctive design permeated every aspect of his life.Taking the lead with his Canon camera around his neck, he eagerly enticed friends and family to accompany him on walkabouts to marvel at exemplary buildings across the Princeton campus; admire glassy new structures shoulder-to-shoulder with neo-classical landmarks in Manhattan; or delight in the surprise of each new summer pavilion at the Serpentine in London. B e yon d h i s ke e n e ye, Paul will also be remembered for his admit tedly e cle c t ic m u s ic a l prefer ences ranging from Frank Zappa to Billy Strayhorn to Jenny Lewis, his talents as a photographer, his generosity, and his predilection for a proper English pint. In addition to his wife of 30 years, he leaves behind cherished extended family in the U.K. and U.S. and an exceptional constellation of lifelong friendships far and wide. His ashes will be interred in t he Pardee Memor ial Garden at Princeton Cemetery. A memorial celebration will be planned at a later date. If you wish to make a contribution in Paul’s memory, the British Heart Foundation, Philabundance, Trenton A r e a S ou p K itch e n (TASK), and Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad are among the many organizations he supported.
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SUPERIOR HANDYMAN SERVICES: Due to the current environment that we all are facing, business will resume when the state gives the all clear. Be careful! Be safe! (908) 966-0662 or www. superiorhandymanservices-nj.com 04-01-5t A BIG DECK for a small price Riverview Construction Princeton, NJ All phases of home improvement. (609) 468-7594 04-22-3t CREATIVE CLEANING SERVICES: All around cleaning services to fit your everyday needs. Very reli able, experienced & educated. Weekly, biweekly & monthly. Please call Matthew/Karen Geisenhoner at (609) 587-0231; Email creativecleaningservices@outlook. com 04-01-8t TOWN TOPICS CLASSIFIEDS GETS TOP RESULTS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go! We deliver to ALL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read. (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com tf BUYERS • APPRAISERS • AUCTIONEERS Restoration upholstery & fabric shop. On-site silver repairs & polishing. Lamp & fixture rewiring & installation. Palace Interiors Empire Antiques & Auctions monthly. Call Gene (609) 209-0362. 10-02-20 I BUY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469. 09-04-20 TK PAINTING: Interior, exterior. Power-washing, wallpaper removal, plaster repair, Venetian plaster, deck staining. Renovation of kitchen cabinets. Front door & window refinishing. Excellent references. Free estimates. Call (609) 947-3917. 12-18/06-10 BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, cameras, silver, costume & fine jewelry. Guitars & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 306-0613. 01-15-21 ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE: I will clean out attics, basements, garages & houses. Single items to entire estates. No job too big or small. In business over 35 years, serving all of Mercer County. Call (609) 306-0613. 01-15-21
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Dear Neighbors, Friends, and Clients,
We advertise these properties for sale with no intention to disrespect the gravity of the COVID-19 situation we are all facing, as we have some clients that need our services now more than ever. We hope that you and your loved ones are safe and sound at this time, and our thoughts and prayers are with those whose lives are most affected. Sincerely,
The Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty Team
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