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Health Care Highlights Page 24 Trio of Pests Threaten Local Trees. . . . . . . . . 5 Mercer County Parks and Golf Courses Reopen . . . . . . . . . . 12 Seminary Provides Rooms For Those Who Need to Isolate . . . . . 13 Holding Up Walt Whitman's Mirror . . . 16 McCarter Honors Emily Mann with Online Tribute . . . . . 17 PU Hoops Star Alarie Primed to Make Impact in WNBA . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 PHS Grad Shane Returns to Lacrosse with Coaching Role at Harvard . . . . . 29

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Lockdown Continues, But Town and State Start to Open Up The Princeton Health Department (PHD) reported Tuesday a total of 133 COVID-19 cases in Princeton, with 61 active positive cases in isolation and 62 cases that have recovered. There have been 10 COVID-19-related deaths in Princeton, five of them at the Princeton Care Center (PCC) and two at Acorn Glen assisted living facility. “We are continuing to see decreases where we want, hospitalizations and a decreasing percentage of new daily cases,” said Princeton Health Officer Jeff Grosser. “This said, we need to continue to urge residents to stay vigilant. For the past seven weeks we have employed social distancing measures never seen before. After nearly six weeks of dedicated effort, just in the past several days we are seeing decreases in epidemiological metrics that demonstrate outbreak slow down.” Princeton’s long-term care facilities, however, remain a major concern, with 31 confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported at PCC and 14 positive tests at Acorn Glen, according to the New Jersey Department of Health (NJDOH). “Unfortunately, we are continuing to see older adults succumb to COVID-19, particularly in long-term care centers,” Grosser wrote in an email. “COVID-19 is tragically severe in older populations.” Grosser emphasized the complexity of the problem. “COVID-19 tends to have a high level of communicability with a relatively long onset of disease,” he noted. “One can be exposed and not become symptomatic for seven to 14 days after. This presents an issue in long-term care centers where there is constant interchange amongst staff and patients.” PCC and Acorn Glen have, in following PHD instructions, separated individuals, both staff and patients, based on symptoms and potential exposures to confirmed COVID-19 cases. “The strategy has helped, but it isn’t the only answer,” Grosser said. “The facilities have to be vigilant about personal protective equipment, ensuring staff stay home if ill, and testing staff and patients for COVID-19.” The PHD is following NJDOH long-term care facility guidance and communicating with each facility several times each day to help work through the outbreak. Following Gov. Phil Murphy’s first steps to lift the lockdown last weekend in Continued on Page 8

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Princeton Businesses Prepare for Post-Pandemic Back before COVID-19, Patricia’s Hair Design washed, cut, colored, and set the hair styles of eight to 10 customers a day, five days a week. Now, the East Nassau Street salon is preparing to cater to half that number. Pre-coronavirus, The Meetinghouse restaurant on Witherspoon Street was serving up to 180 people at a time, especially on weekends. Now, the owners are contemplating a future of smaller groups of diners, in revamped configurations. As Princeton’s business community awaits the green light from Gov. Phil Murphy to reopen — not expected anytime soon — preparations are underway for what is sure to be an altered environment. The safety of customers and staff is everyone’s priority. But fewer guests means less revenue. For nonprofits, the challenge is how to accommodate a smaller number of visitors. “We will have limits on the number of people we can have in the store at one time,” said Andrew Siegel, president of Hamilton Jewelers on Nassau Street. “Believe me, I hope that’s a problem we’re going to have. I hope the town will be busy and bustling. There’s no playbook for this.” The jewelry store will still be “experience-based,” said Siegel. “Our goal through all of this is that we want people

to feel the Hamilton experience, no matter how they choose to shop. It should feel unmistakably like our store, our company, our business. So the curbside pickup program will still be personable and understanding of the customers’ needs.” The store will have special Hamilton Jewelers masks for customers who arrive without face coverings. Trying on jewelry will be a different experience. “If you want to try something on, every item in the case will have been pre-sanitized. And when we take it out, we’ll hand it to

Leading the battles — medical, economic, societal — against the coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic have been the individual states and their governors. And one of the most powerful tools assisting the states has been the State Health and Value Strategies program (SHVS), a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) project based at Princeton University’s Center for Health and Wellbeing. “We’ve pivoted to help states respond to COVID,” said SHVS Program Director Heather Howard, who is a lecturer in public affairs at Princeton University’s Woodrow

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Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, former New Jersey commissioner of Health and Senior Services, and a former Princeton councilwoman. In normal times the SHVS provides technical assistance on a variety of health issues — like implementation of the Affordable Care Act, expanding the Medicaid program, and expanding access to substance abuse treatment — but the current crisis has created dire needs that the SHVS has quickly responded to. State governments are working to Continued on Page 10

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TREES IN DANGER: The hemlock woolly adelgid, a tiny black insect with a white ring around its perimeter, manifests its presence this time of year when it produces egg sacs that look like a white cottony substances on the bottom of the needles. (Photo courtesy of Wikipedia)

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Robert Wells, Wells Tree and Landscape founder and associate director of the Morris Arboretum at the Universit y of Pennsylvania, noted that the hemlock woolly adelgid (HWA), native to East Asia, has been around for 30 - 40 years. Hemlocks face many challenges, he said, but pockets of hemlocks have adapted and are doing quite well. Princeton Arborist Taylor Sapudar com mented on the HWA problem, but suggested that hemlocks, more prevalent in New England, are not currently the Princeton tree community’s greatest concern. “I don’t see hemlocks planted as much now as in the 1940s, ’50s, and ’60s,” he said. “On older properties, in the Western Section of town, on Boudinot and Library Place, you see a lot of them, many hemlock hedges planted in the 1960s, but in developments now you don’t see them.” Sapudar pointed out that infestations of the HWA appear in the form of a white cottony substance, the insect’s egg sacs, showing up at this time of year on the underside of the leaves. “Look for a small white cotton substance,” he said, “but don’t confuse that substance with the natural underside of the hemlock leaf, which displays t wo white lines called lenticels that are like the lungs of the leaf.” Sapudar recommended contacting a local arborist who has the equipment to apply the horticultural oil to suffocate the insect if signs of HWA are detected on the hemlock leaves. “Home Depot sells horticultural soap that you can spray, but a homeowner is not going to be able to apply it as efficiently and effectively as a local tree care company with the compressors and guns that can spray a big tree,” he said. Wells also recommended a professional application

of oils or soaps and warned against the use of pesticides, which can do more h a r m t h a n g o o d i f ap plied sloppily. He stated that hemlocks can be kept healthy for many years with proper attention and careful use of horticultural oils and soaps. T h e H WA , r e l ate d to aphids, is only about a millimeter in size — a flat, black oval with a ring of white wax around its perimeter. The insect injures the tree by sucking up plant sap and introducing a toxin into the tree that eventually damages the vascular system. Hemlocks suf fer ing f rom prev ious stresses, if untreated, could succumb to this damage in as little as three years. Continued on Next Page

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â&#x20AC;&#x153;If people are going to plant them, they should be prepared to do a spray twice a year to keep the adelgid off,â&#x20AC;? Sapudar said. It is the emerald ash borer (EAB), however, that poses the direst threat. Wells and Sapudar agree on the EABâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s devastating effects on Princetonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ash trees. â&#x20AC;&#x153;We saw it coming more than 10 years ago,â&#x20AC;? said Wells. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There were predictions that it would kill every ash out there, and thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s doing.â&#x20AC;? Wells described the EAB as a â&#x20AC;&#x153;secretive borer,â&#x20AC;? visible only when it emerges in the spring but probably present whenever woodpeckers are heard pecking away the bark to uncover them. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Almost every ash tree will be affected,â&#x20AC;? Wells said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re goners.â&#x20AC;? Wells advised that ash trees be taken care of preemptively by either being treated or taken out. â&#x20AC;&#x153;By the time you see the effects, itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s too late,â&#x20AC;? he said. Wells noted that trees that had been treated were surviving. He cited 17 ashes in Marquand Park that have been treated proactively in three cycles, now every other year, and are currently thriving. Sapudar pointed out that the municipality treated a number of ashes last spring, but for the most part the plan is for mass removal. â&#x20AC;&#x153;If theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re there they mostly have the EAB, and weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re removing them, but weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re also working on replacing trees as well,â&#x20AC;? he said. Princeton Council has allocated funds for removing the larger trees and problematic trees that the Department of Public works cannot handle in-house. Another non-native Asian species, the spotted lanternfly, has appeared locally in the last couple of years, spreading quite rapidly, Wells said. Sapudar added that they had been seen on ailanthus trees in Princeton. They can cause significant damage to trees. When they feed they take in a lot of material and excrete it back out again as a sugary substance called honeydew. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes a big mess and is attractive to other small insects, including wasps and bees,â&#x20AC;? said Wells. The biggest lanternf ly threat, Wells said, is to agriculture: grapes and apples in particular. â&#x20AC;&#x153;For homeowners,â&#x20AC;? Wells said, â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not much of a threat at all.â&#x20AC;? The spotted lanternfly is approximately one-inch long with gray and black spotted forewings and hindwings that are contrasting patches of red and black with a white band. The abdomen is yellow with broad black bands, and the legs and head are black. â&#x20AC;&#x201D;Donald Gilpin

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touching books, Labyrinth will have lots of hand sanitizers available. The staff has been wearing masks and gloves while doing online sales, and that will continue. “We will ask the same of customers,” said von Motlke. “And that raises the question of supplies. We’ve started to order masks, little by little. But we don’t want to hoard. I also think that people are starting to have their own masks, so that makes it easier.” Labyrinth is spacious but its aisles are narrow. Fewer tables of books, shields at the registers and information counters, and removal of seating are among the m e as u re s pla n ne d. T he bookstore will still have outside tables. “But they will be spaced differently,” said von Moltke. “We want to use some of that space for curbside pickup or some sort of selling outside. All of these things mean extra cost and extra work. It’s a more complex way of operating, and how do we afford it? That’s the big unknown.” Like Labyrinth, Homestead Princeton on Palmer Square is spacious. But the store still faces challenges. “We’ll be limiting our capacity when it comes to those coming in and out, and of course will follow CDC guidelines,” said owner Ron Menapace. “We’ll prop the doors open. We want to keep things as safe as possible for our customers. Luckily, we have some elbow room.” So does The Meetinghouse, where owners Amar Gautam and Amanda Maher have been rethinking how to ser ve customers once reopening is allowed. The restaurant has kept staff on during the closure, to prepare meals for takeout and for community members in need. “Fortunately for everyone, this is happening in May as opposed to January,” said Maher. “We can still get a significant amount of people if we use our outdoor space while also using the indoor space, always maintaining safe distancing. We’re thinking about a different plan of what the outside will look like, with trees, pots, and other things between tables to have separation. We’re also sourcing Meetinghouse masks for our front-of-house staff. And we’re thinking about where to put hand sanitizer and looking into different technologies for ridding the air of bacteria.” Guatam has been keeping a close eye on how restaurants are handling reopening in states where it is now permitted. “You want to strike a

balance between people being careful and, at the same time, wanting to sit across the table from each other with a drink in their hand,” said Maher. “We’re conscious of trying to meld those experiences together.” Patricia’s Hair Design has a patio outside its back door. Owner Patty Chiavoni is considering setting up a tent with two chairs underneath, possibly taking care of some clients outside. That would be in addition to the interior of the store, where only one or two customers will likely be allowed at a time. “We’ll have to spread them out. In between appointments, I might have to have them sit in their cars, and call them on their cell phones when we’re ready for them,” she said. “What else can we do?” As someone who suffers from asthma, Chiavoni is hoping to get some special surgical masks to wear when she is working on clients. Air filter cleaners and keeping windows open are other ways of keeping the salon safe. “It will be a whole new way of working,” Chiavoni said. “It is definitely a challenge.” James Steward, director of the Princeton University Art Museum, has been engaged in what he calls “scenario planning” in preparation for the time when the institution can open its doors to the public. A big part is understanding what social distancing in a museum environment would look like. “To actually enforce social distancing and not put each other at risk, we’ll have a heavily enforced visitor capacity. Security staff and others who are on the floor will have to enforce this, and they have been undergoing training,” Steward said. “We’ve also been thinking about how we might provide a separate entry, or possibly special viewing hours for people who are at risk — kind of like what the supermarkets are doing.” The museum has a second entrance on its west side, which is now for visitors who have physical challenges. As a public space that attracts more than 2,000 people a day in normal times, Princeton Public Librar y is particularly challenged by the idea of limiting the number of visitors. Staff has been planning for multiple scenarios for what is often called “the communit y’s living room,” ranging from curbside pickup of materials ordered online to a limited reopening, adhering to whatever social distancing regulations are in place at that time, according to Executive Director Jennifer Podolsky.

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allowing parks and golf courses to reopen with restrictions, Princeton Police Chief Nick Sutter reported that Princeton locals have been successful in handling social distancing and other restrictions. “Princeton is doing great,” Sutter wrote in an email Tuesday. “Residents are taking the precautions very seriously and paying attention to all state and local mandates for their own protection. I am very glad that our residents are now able to responsibly enjoy our beautiful recreation areas as the weather becomes nicer.” Sutter said there had been a few complaints about social distancing, but no enforcement issues so far. In looking ahead to the gradual opening of businesses and other facilities, Sutter noted areas of possible concern. “As our town ‘opens up’ and more people use our roadways and once again visit our stores, restaurants, and attractions, challenges for our first responders will become more complex,” he said. “We are always planning four weeks ahead, so we are ready for these challenges.”

He continued, “One major priority is containing any outbreaks in our department to as few people as possible. With more contacts by our officers I have to assume the possibility of transmission increases to some extent. This becomes more difficult as call volume increases and we slowly come out of our continuity plan.” The PPD had 14 officers quarantined at one point, but all have been released from quarantine without illness. “Safety of our officers and the public is the highest priority for us,” Sutter said. Citing the help and guidance of the Princeton health officer and Board of Health, Sutter expressed confidence that “we will come out of this crisis in good shape and more prepared for challenges we will face in the future.” The NJDOH on Tuesday reported 4,743 Mercer County residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 and a total of 280 deaths from COVID-19 complications. In his daily press briefing on Tuesday, Murphy announced that total COVID-19-related deaths had increased to 8,244 with 130,593 total cases, including 334 new COVID -19-related deaths

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and 2,494 new positive tests in New Jersey in the previous 24 hours. He noted, however, that there is still a delay in reporting cases from the weekend, and the actual numbers of infections probably far surpass confirmed case numbers because of testing back-ups and the fact that the state is testing only symptomatic residents. Murphy emphasized that the numbers of hospitalizations for confirmed or suspected COVID-19 cases has been steadily declining, a 36 percent drop from its April 14 peak, and that that number is a key indicator of progress. Of the 5,328 COVID-19 patients reported hospitalized Monday night, 1,534 were in critical or intensive care and 1,169 were on ventilators. Murphy has ordered all New Jersey public and private schools closed for the rest of the academic year. Princeton University President Christopher Eisgruber announced on Monday, May 4, that the University, which started its remote learning on March 23, would proceed with the fall 2020 semester as scheduled, but would wait until July to decide whether to proceed with classes virtually or with students back on the campus again. For more information, visit princetoncovid.org or covid19.nj.gov. —Donald Gilpin

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Mayoral Candidate Freda To Host Virtual Events

Mark Freda, democratic candidate for P r inceton mayor, will host a virtual meet and greet on Facebook Live on Thursday, May 7 at 2 p.m. This week’s event is the first in a series of virtual meet and greets that the campaign has planned in the coming weeks. “I look forward to connecting with people in real time,” said Freda. “I’ll be answering questions about impor tant decisions facing our town in the coming years, my leadership experience, and my positions on current issues.” This week, Freda plans to

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Linguist/philosopher/historian Noam Chomsky and w riter/professor Michael Klare have been confirmed as speakers for the two-part Virtual Annual Membership Gathering being held by the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) next month. Chomsky will speak on Wednesday, June 10 at 7 p.m., and Klare will talk on Sunday, June 14 at 3 p.m. on his recent article in The Nation about how the climate and nuclear weapon crises are closely intertwined. T he s e t wo event s are open to CFPA members who have contributed their 2020 membership. Registration is not yet open for either part of the gathering, but will be in the near future. CFPA members who register must pay a fee in addition to their membership. For more information, visit www.peacecoalition.org.

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Schools are not buildings. They are people. They are the trusting, caring relationships forged among staff, students, and families. In recent weeks, the four walls of our schools have changed, but the commitment and dedication of our Princeton Public Schools educators have not. With adaptability, resilience, and imagination, they are guiding their students through this unchartered territory. Courage, kindness, hope, and heroism. These are the attributes that will carry us throug h this crisis and are the qualities remarkably embodied by the teachers and staff of the Princeton Public Schools. Whether we are in the classroom or 6-feet apart, we appreciate and thank our educators with all of our hearts.

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develop strategies and policies to combat the virus and to address the growing needs of their constituents, and the SHVS is supporting states through webinars and a new resources website, lending advice and expert analysis. Goals of the SHVS program include encouraging the uninsured or underinsured to seek testing and treatment for COVID -19, reducing gaps in Medicaid coverage, addressing the needs of vulnerable populations, and establishing new and effective communication channels. “This is so hard for states,” said Howard in a phone interview on Monday. “The brunt of the response has fallen on the states, and to help them learn from each other has been valuable. We’ve had hundreds of state officials attending our webinars. The fewest states we’ve had on any webinar has been 44, so we’re getting almost all the states, which says to me they’re hungry for information tools. They’re drinking from a fire hose in their response so far.” In an April 1 press release

she stated, “States are on the front lines in responding to COVID-19. In addition to the public health measures put into place around the country, state departments of insurance, Medicaid programs, and state-based insurance marketplaces are being tasked with identifying policies and action steps that can be taken to expand coverage for treatment, reduce consumer out-of-pocket spending, increase access to telemedicine, protect vulnerable populations, and expand provider capacity.” Howard continued, “The novel pandemic has placed unprecedented burdens on state health programs and systems. Those stresses are compounded by the economic downturn, which will star ve state budgets just when states need resources the most.” Howard pointed out that states are trying to understand what the federal stimulus and relief bills mean for them, what federal funding is available, and whether newly relaxed rules can help them in their response. “They’re hungry for information,” she said. A recent online webinar on federal stimulus bills attracted representatives

from 48 different states. A webinar coming up this Thursday, May 7, “Health E q u i t y a n d C OV I D -19 : Tracking and Taking Action to Address Disparities,” will focus on providing help to vulnerable populations that are disproportionately impacted by the pandemic. The SHVS website (www. shvs.org), which Howard described as “a one-stop source for states to access federal guidance and to be able to see what other states are doing,” is designed to ensure that state policymakers have access to evidence-based resources for decision-making. State officials and others are encouraged to share materials, topics of concern, and questions with other states, and the website has been expanding rapidly with a wide range of information, exper t perspectives, and data analysis. “The website is designed to support states seeking to make coverage and essential services available to all their residents, especially highrisk and vulnerable people, during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Howard said. She went on to highlight t wo challenges currently facing the SHVS program

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out people,” Howard said. “They have to use federal money where they can. Helping states navigate that has been our focus.” She pointed out that the RWJF has been a strong partner in helping the SHVS to address the coronavirus crisis. “They have supported us with additional resources to help us pivot and provide additional support to states,” she said. Howard noted that her team of five has been “all hands on deck” since the beginning of the pandemic and has quickly adapted to focus on the rapidly-changing crisis. RWJ F S en ior Prog ram Officer Tara Oakman emphasized the impor tance of the SHVS in the current pandemic and in the longterm effort to improve health care. “The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is proud to invest in the State Health and Value Strategies program because of the essential, timely, and evidencebased help that Heather Howard and her team are able to provide to state officials,” she wrote in an email. “This help has always been valuable to states in ensuring that their Medicaid and

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Mercer County Reopens Parks and Golf Courses, With Restrictions

Last week, Gov. Phil Murphy signed an executive order reopening state parks and golf courses closed due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The order, which went into effect May 2, allows county governments to determine which of their parks to make available to the public again. Mercer County opted to

reopen county parks and golf courses for passive recreation only. That means walking, running, fishing, biking, and boating on the lake in Mercer County Park are permitted. But public gatherings and sports events are still off limits. Social distancing is being enforced. “We understand that New Jerseyans want to get out-

side and get some fresh air as the weather warms up,” Murphy said last week. “However, this should not serve as an open invitation to rush back to normalcy and break the necessar y social distancing measures we’ve put in place. This approach will also bring New Jersey in line with our neighboring states, which will

PARK PERFECTION: Mercer County Park in West Windsor is among the public parks and golf courses now open to visitors, but with certain restrictions in place.

discourage residents from needlessly crossing state lines for recreation.” State parks and forests have similar specifications. They are open for fishing, hunting, boating, canoeing, hiking, walking, running or jogging, biking, birdwatching, and horseback riding. B ut picn ic are as, play grounds, swimming, pavilions, restrooms, and visitor centers are closed. Social distancing is required except with family members, romantic partners, or caretakers. No sports or contact activities are allowed. The count y’s four golf courses are open and operating at reduced capacity. Tee times are extended to 16 minutes apart, and the use of golf carts is limited to one person unless being shared by immediate family members, caretakers, household members, or romantic partners. Pro shops and other buildings remain closed. Benches, water coolers, and ball washers have been removed. The use of caddies is prohibited. Murphy wants those visiting parks and golf courses to wear face coverings, though it is not mandated as part of the executive order. But officials have the right to mandate the wearing of face coverings depending on how well people maintain social distancing and other recommendations on staying safe. “To be clear, we can’t have everyone rush out to a park or golf course,” Murphy said. “Social distancing will be strongly enforced. We want you to stay close to home. Go to a park that is near you.” —Anne Levin

Akin Care Earns SAGECare Credential

Akin Care Senior Services has announced that it is the first home care in New Jersey to earn its SAGECare credential. SAGECare is a division of SAGE, the country’s oldest and largest nonprofit organization dedicated to improving the lives of LGBT older adults. SAGECare provides LGBT competency training and consulting on LGBT aging issues to service providers. When surveyed, 9 out of 10 LGBT people feared discrimination in care settings if providers knew their sexual orientation or gender identity, according to sageusa.org, and LGBTQ Seniors face many unique challenges in the later years of life. Akin Care Senior Services,

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Catherine McDonnell, a student at Princeton High School, and Saniya Patel, from School District, have been selected to share the Elly the West Windsor-Plainsboro and Giorgio Petronio Scholarship-Stony Brook Garden Club Environmental Award 2020 with its $1,000 first-place prize. McDonnell, a Cranbury resident, was honored for her scientific research in examining the effect of microplastics on marine ecosystems. Patel, from Plainsboro, was acclaimed for her involvement in environmental advocacy as organizer of climate action initiatives.

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With remote learning replacing the school classroom during the current crisis, Hun School juniors Elizabeth Ji and Devon Pasieka have created Study Engine, a free virtual peer tutoring program designed to provide individualized help for elementary and middle school students. Ji and Pasieka have developed an application system to pair up young student applicants and their parents with volunteer Hun School student tutors. A video call between the parent and the Hun student volunteer takes place in order to convey additional information and answer questions on both sides. Tutoring sessions then take place via video chat one to three times per week for 30-45 minutes each. The response from Hun School families and beyond has grown steadily over the past three weeks since the program’s inception. “Now we are seeing Hun families asking to send Study Engine to their friends who are outside of the local community because they want to get involved,” said Pasieka. For more information or an application, email studyengine2020@gmail.com.

During a report to Princeton Council at its April 27 meeting, Municipal Health Officer Jeff Grosser stressed the need for isolation once someone has been exposed to the coronavirus (COVID-19). This need is particularly acute in parts of town where people live close together and have no place to separate themselves from fellow neighbors or family members, he said. To address the situation, Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) has made hotel-like rooms in the Erdman Center on Library Place available. This arrangement was facilitated by retired Princeton Police officer Jorge Narvaez, who now works in public safety for PTS; Princeton Police Chief Nick Sutter; the town’s Human Services Department; and Sustainable Princeton. So far, only two rooms are occupied. But a greater need is anticipated. “The use of the Seminary housing is extremely important as many families are unable to isolate at home for numerous reasons,” said Melissa Urias, Princeton’s Human Services director. “As COVID-19 testing increases and becomes more readily available, the need to house residents at the Seminary is essential for flattening the curve.” “We had anticipated that this might be a need,” said Councilwoman Leticia Fraga, who serves as liaison to the town’s Board of Health, Human Services, and Public Safety departments, among others. “We have many families living in close quarters, some even with unrelated people living

together. So if someone is exposed, how are they going to self-isolate? Most of us are lucky enough to have an extra room to do that, and family members to take care of us. But others are not.” Two weekends ago, Fraga was made aware of a family that needed to find a place to isolate in a hurry. They also needed linens, towels, and toiletries. Since the Erdman Center had already been used by first responders who had been exposed to the virus and didn’t want to take it home to their families, it seemed a logical place. Once it comes to the attention of Fraga or other community liaisons, the process is put into place. “People can reach out to Human Services or the Health Department, and Sustainable Princeton is helping coordinate the logistics of getting someone housed,” Fraga said. “We’re putting the word out in multiple languages on social media. But because not everybody uses social media or reads newsletters, we have a safety net in place to make sure no one falls through the cracks. People should know there are resources available, and we are here to help everyone.” Once the initial cases were identified, housing was secured and emergency kits were put together. Fraga said while she gets calls for assistance nearly every day, she also hears daily from people who want to help. New sheets, warm blankets, pillows, toiletries, and towels are needed. Board games are also requested, since only some of the rooms have televisions and PTS does not want people

congregating in public rooms on the first floor. A box outside of Monument Hall will collect donations, which Sustainable Princeton will distribute. For residents needing to quarantine either at home or at the Seminary, Human Services is connecting them with organizations that can provide them with home delivery of food. “These include Share My Meals, the Princeton Mobile Food Pantry, Arm in Arm, and Jewish Family and Children Services,” said Urias. “We have also been able to provide residents with essential goods they need while quarantined for at least two weeks, and can assist them with payment of essential bills through the Coronavirus Emergency Relief Fund.” —Anne Levin

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With the change of this year’s New Jersey Primary Election date to July 7, Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami-Covello recommends voting by mail as an option for voting without fear of spreading COVID-19. Gov. Phil Murphy issued the order to move the Primary Election from its previous date, which was June 2. “As election officials, we need to ensure a clean, safe, and fair election,” SollamiCovello said. “Voting by mail,

which is a safe practice, is the best way to do that in these unprecedented times.” Voters have until June 16 to register to vote in time for the Primary. The last day to register for the County Clerk’s Office to receive a vote-by-mail application by mail in time for the Primary Election is June 30. However, past this date, voters can still walk into the www.astepinstone.com County Clerk’s office, located on 209 South Broad Street, Trenton, until July 6 at 3 p.m. and obtain a vote-by-mail ballot. Votes will be counted as long as they are postmarked by Election Day and received no later than 48 hours after the polls close on July 7. Polls are scheduled at this time to be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. on July 7. However, the governor may make the www.hopewellmotors.com decision to close all or some polling locations in favor of accepting more vote-by-mail ballots. Download an application at nj.gov/state/elections/vote-bymail.shtml or call (609) 989 6494 to receive one in order to vote in July, November, or in all future elections. The earli est ballots for the Primary Election will be mailed out by mid-June. The County Clerk’s Office www.sourlandcycles.com would like to remind residents that their goal as Mercer election officials is to ensure that the democratic process con tinues uninterrupted and that voters’ voices be heard and Martin Center for Dance recorded.

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Montessori Schools Well Prepared to Meet Remote Learning Challenge

To the Editor: An expected side effect of the current global pandemic is its impact on our educational system. For many schools, and especially for schools with younger children, the overnight transformation to online learning has been our biggest challenge in a century. The impact of this drastic shift has brought to life the shortcomings and limitations of the traditional educational approach. Montessori schools are well prepared to meet this remote learning challenge. The basis of Montessori is to follow the natural inclination of a child to learn and to allow their intrinsic motivation to bloom. Montessori students hone their independence, love of learning, and thinking skills from an early age. Our students and families are faring especially well right now because self-discipline is critical for successful remote learning. Montessori students are used to long stretches of uninterrupted work cycles where they experiment, create, and

apply their knowledge independently. They’ve developed a deep sense of agency through the empowering environments their teachers have designed over the many months or years they’ve been in the school. As Dr. Maria Montessori reminds us, even now, “The child who has never learned to work by himself, to set goals for his own acts, or to be the master of his own force of will is recognizable in the adult who lets others guide his will and feels a constant need for approval of others.” What are Montessori schools finding in these early weeks of remote learning? Reports from the American Montessori Society are showing that many parents are blown away by how adaptive their child has been to at-home learning, how self-motivated they are to complete the work provided by their teachers, how strong the bonds are, and how deep the respect is between their peers and teachers when they come together for virtual class time. They are amazed to see students leading meetings, rather than teachers, and peer-to-peer help on projects and work. At the younger levels, including toddler and preschool-aged children, parents have shared that getting an inside peek at the purposeful work their children are doing has reaffirmed their belief in a Montessori education. And what about when schools reopen? Most schools will face the dilemma of whether to advance certain children to the next grade level. Montessori schools will not face this problem as Montessori’s multi-age, three-year program

cycles allow the teacher to “follow the child” over a broader span of time. Our teachers will have the time and means to keep children advancing to grade level and beyond without worrying about a homogenized curriculum. Adaptability and a belief that learning is lifelong and requires a growth-mindset are central to the Montessori philosophy. As remote learning continues into late spring and possibly beyond, Montessori schools will continue to learn, assess, and perfect this model so that we’re able to meet the call should another situation like this occur, but, even more important, so that a Montessori education may be more accessible to all. MICHELLE MORRISON Head of School, Princeton Montessori School

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To the Editor: Given the headwinds we’re facing in Washington — and more to the point, given the Trump administration’s views on energy — we need all to take on the mantle for advocating for a more sustainable environmental future. Governor Murphy’s Energy Master Plan, finalized in January, is centered on a goal of reaching a 100% clean energy future by 2050. More pressingly, New Jersey will need to ramp up clean, renewable energy use to 50% of our electricity demand by 2030. That means every community will need to assist in a transition from dirty, polluting fossil fuels to a renewable future. New Jersey communities like Princeton can lead the way forward for this transition to clean, renewable energy by moving towards a Renewable Energy Aggregation program. Other communities across the state have embraced this model, and Princeton would help bolster the demand for other towns to follow by moving forward with this program. Princeton’s PCRE program is aligned with Environment New Jersey’s 100% Renewable campaign which is focused on three areas where we can make the most progress: college and university campuses, cities and states, and Congress. Changing our energy markets requires state and federal action, but the ripple effects of town and local action can build up a local movement to expand the reach of clean, renewable energy. The moment of climate urgency is now and actions like this are a piece in helping to turn the tide. DOUG O’MALLEY Director, Environment New Jersey Trenton

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To the Editor: The April 29th Mailbox of Town Topics included several letters reacting — both pro and con — to the Princeton Community Renewable Energy Program (PCRE). That, in and of itself, suggests that any decision should have been made with far more public input. This town is blessed with many brilliant people; shouldn’t we have heard from more of them before a contract was signed with ConstellationNewEnergy (CNe)? The town may have been working on the PCRE for months/years, but it only appeared on the public’s radar in the last two weeks, and feels rushed. Commissions and boards are not a substitute for the general public. This decision process should have been given broader coverage and publicity in advance. The town phone system could have reached every resident and announced Zoom-type meetings in advance of the decision. My elected officials should have been leading several well-publicized community-wide open discussions about possible changes to our electric utility. Would it not have been better to hear from all sides and hash out any differences before a decision is made? As bad as the decision was, the choice of vendor was worse. In a survey of the top 25 US retail electric providers (REPs) surveyed, CNe tied for the lowest JDPowers price and customer satisfaction scores, with a score of 2/5. Other REPs serving New Jersey had 4/5 and 5/5 customer satisfaction scores (www.electricchoice.com/ blog/25-top-providers-part-1/). A look at Yelp (www.yelp. com/biz/constellation-energy-baltimore-5) revealed many deeply upset and frustrated customers. While telephoning a utility company is often daunting, this REP stood out for particularly poor service. And considering that many town residents may not opt-out immediately, they will face an unpleasant process just to restore things to the way they were. I am opting out now, just so I don’t have to call CNe later. I cannot imagine the amount of the honoraria that REP lobbyists gave to our state legislators to mandate that each and every town deciding on a provider must have their citizenry opt-out rather than opt-in, but it was honoraria well spent. DAVE SALTZMAN Montadale Drive

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To the Editor, I want to publicly thank everyone at the Princeton Care Center on Bunn Drive. A year ago, my father was admitted to their rehabilitation program after being hospitalized with a bronchial illness complicated by Lewy Body Dementia. We met with the doctors at the hospital regarding hospice, because he couldn’t walk and had to relearn basic skills. The doctors, however, directed us to Princeton Care Center where my dad received great care. They treated my dad with respect and kindness — they listened to him. They placed him with a roommate who was an excellent companion. They gave my dad a purpose, created realistic goals for him, and everyday he grew stronger. They also taught our family how important and essential our visits were with my dad’s healing process. They taught us how to provide him with the support he needed to get better and he still is with us today. Because of their care, my dad was able to see his grandkids play sports, enjoy visits from his brothers and sister, spend time outside and take walks with the people he loves and celebrate holidays with his family. We celebrated his 79th birthday with a singing telegram and his eyes were glassy and his heart was full. He said it was one of the best presents he ever received. Unfortunately, I have been reading and hearing unkind comments about the staff and the Princeton Care Center (PCC) facility and it fills my heart with sorrow. First of all, isn’t this the time when we all need to draw from our inner resources and do whatever we can to be kind and patient with each other? Every day the staff gets up and goes to work to provide the elderly and the sick with care and compassion. While the uncertainty of COVID-19 feels daunting to everyone, we must remember the sacrifice the PCC staff is making to provide care to a population of folk who do not have the immune system to properly battle the

COVID-19 virus. I find it devastating for the patients, families, and the staff that visitors are not allowed. This is a crucial part of the healing process that everyone depends on. The absence of family and friends makes it more challenging for the staff to provide quality care to their patients. It is my hope that this letter will remind everyone to honor the “heroes“ at Princeton Care Center who care for our elders and to remember the sacrifices they are making on the front line. If it weren’t for the staff of the Princeton Care Center, my Dad would not be with us today. JILLISON BROPHY AND FAMILY Cleveland Lane

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Holding Whitman’s Mirror Up to the “Very Age and Body of the Time” There is certainly not one government in Europe but is now watching the war in this country, with the ardent prayer that the United States may be effectually split, crippled, and dismember’d by it. —Walt Whitman, circa 1864 t was when the current administration seemed to be inciting civil unrest in the name of liberty that I began rereading the 1861-1865 entries in Walt Whitman’s Specimen Days in America, where he calls “the war of attempted secession ... the distinguishing event” of his time. In his notes to the volume he assembled in the early 1880s, the “specimens” were “impromptu jottings” collected during visits to “the sick and wounded of the army, both on the field and in the hospitals in and around Washington city.” Given the science-driven nature of the ongoing, noend-in-sight “war” against the coronavirus, it’s worth noting that the poet’s use of the clinical word “specimens” refers to “persons, sights, occurrences in camp, by the bed-side, and not seldom by the corpses of the dead.” Some entries “were scratch’d down ... while watching, or waiting, or tending somebody amid those scenes,” and are left just as he “threw them by after the war, blotch’d here and there with more than one blood-stain, hurriedly written, ... not seldom amid the excitement of uncertainty, or defeat, or of action, or getting ready for it, or a march.” Musings on a Mask As soon as I tie on the mask, an ordinary walk becomes a wartime narrative. Sensing someone else almost directly behind me, I obey the social distancing guidelines and move to my left, out of the way, and as he passes, we exchange a look, a shared awareness that there’s a war going on and we’re living in the so-called epicenter, with more fatalities per capita at this moment than any other state. This being the first time I’ve been out for a walk with a piece of Scotch plaid tied over my nose and mouth, I’m imagining masked versions of everyone from Mickey Mouse to Mozart, Darwin to Dostoevsky, including my own history from the bandanna-masked outlaw in boyhood shoot-outs and sword fights to the surgical-masked, blissed-out father witnessing the birth of a son. Mainly, I’m hearing Bob Dylan’s voice as if through a densely-woven mask as he growls his way past “the cities of the plague” to “the last outback at the world’s end” in “Ain’t Talkin,’” the haunting endgame song on Modern Times, an album recorded 15 years ago. Another

track on my pandemic playlist is “Murder Most Foul,” Dylan’s epic meditation on the Kennedy assassination, the title lifted from Shakespeare and presented as a gift to “fans and followers” along with the uncharacteristically empathetic advisory “stay safe, stay observant.” Holding Up the Mirror It’s thanks to Dylan’s move from “Murder Most Foul” to his most recent release “I Contain Multitudes” that this column begins in the month when both Dylan and Whitman were born, their birthdays a week apart, May 24-31. More to the point is the way the poet who tended the wounded on the field and in the hospitals evokes the health care workers who are the soldiers of the hour risking everything in the front lines of a leaderless war. In fact, the passage from Shakespeare best suited to the occasion is Hamlet’s speech to the players, where he says the “purpose of playing ... both at the first and now, was and is to hold, as ‘twere, the mirror up to nature; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure.” If there was ever a time to hold W hitman’s mirror up to nature, it’s now. Only the original, undisputed, container of multitudes can say, “You will hardly know who I am or what I mean, / But I shall be good health to you nevertheless, / And filter and fibre your blood.” As for empathy: “I do not ask the wounded person how he feels, I myself become the wounded person.” The catch is that Whitman’s mirror, like Shakespeare’s, is large enough to reflect clowns and kings, fools and knaves, its surface susceptible to mysterious distortions, complications, and contradictions like the one in the penultimate 51st section of “Song of Myself” leading to the boast Dylan borrows for a song. “Do I contradict myself? / Very well, then, I contradict myself; / (I am large — I contain multitudes.)”

All through Leaves of Grass, Whitman becomes what he contains, which is to say everything and everybody, including Dylan and his borrowed multitudes. He can be as sly, secretive and sinister as Dylan’s persona in “Ain’t Talking.” At the same time, in the moment, in life, “at the first and now,” he can be the embodiment of compassion, as in the bedside notes collected in Specimen Days, where he gives the full measure of his devotion to wounded and dying soldiers, whether they fought for or against the Union. The only known recording of Whitman reading in his own voice can be found on YouTube. You can hear just the hint of a broad New York accent as the 70-year-old reads from a six-line poem titled “America” celebrating “equal daughters, equal sons, / All, all alike endear’d, grown, ungrown, young or old / Strong, ample, fair, enduring, capable, r i c h . / Pe r e n n i a l with the Earth, with Freedom L aw and Love....” By then, he was living in New Jersey, listed in the Camden Director y of 1877 as “Whitman, Walt, Poet.” Looking back in Specimen Days, he claims that the war not only “substantially settled the question of disunion,” but “was of eternal importance” for revealing that down in the depths “of New World humanity there had form’d and harden’d a primal hardpan of national Union will, determin’d and in the majority, refusing to be tamper’d with or argued against, confronting all emergencies, and capable at any time of bursting all surface bonds, and breaking out like an earthquake.” Paying a Visit I’ve only been able to read an online preview of poet Mark Doty’s new book What Is the Grass: Walt Whitman in My Life (Norton $25.95), which he will be discussing in a joint Labyrinth and Library livestream presentation tonight, Wednesday, May 6 at 6 p.m.

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In his preface, “Apparition,” Doty recalls a 1996 visit to Whitman’s house, now a museum operated by the state, as it was when I visited earlier in the decade. Doty found it hard “to feel any sort of vitality transmitted forward” until he noticed a stuffed bird, perhaps “some sort of small parrot” on the topmost shelf in a glass display case. “Firmly dead as he was, maybe all the more so for having been made immortal, he was nonetheless the first sign of the actual life lived here.” Doty pictures the bird alive: “I thought of him climbing up a wool-sleeved arm toward Walt’s shoulder, where he could sit there above the famous open collar.” Slipping “out of himself for a moment,” Doty imagines looking through the eyes of Whitman’s “green friend when those eyes were still living gel. I saw the pinkish, wrinkled skin of a robust old man’s neck, right before me, comforting, and suddenly I could smell his warm skin, dusted with talc from his bath.” My version of the “vitality transmitted forward” was the enthusiasm of my guide. It may be that I, too, slipped out of myself for a moment, seeing her as a double for Diana Ross, with a flower in her hair and wrists bedecked with bangles and bracelets. Whoever she was, she’d developed a lively relationship with the man whose home she was showing me, and I’m sure that Whitman would have liked her as much as she seemed to like him. She talked about the man as if she’d grown up playing at his feet or sitting on his lap in his rocking chair, which she couldn’t help laughing at as she pointed out the photo of himself he’d had framed and attached to the back. “Look at him,” her laughter said. “He’s flirting with us!” And so he was, “out of the cradle endlessly rocking” and endlessly making eyes at the world. pstairs, as she showed me the bed he died in, she was still smiling, as if the idea of death were no less amusing than the idea of having a picture of yourself in your own rocking chair. When I asked about the battered black object poking out from beneath Whitman’s death bed, she pulled it fully into view. “This is his bath tub,” she said. “Well, not exactly the actual tub, but the tub that held the tub he took his baths in. You know, to catch the overflow.” Maybe Mark Doty picked up on Walt’s overflow when he imagined smelling the robust old poet’s “warm skin, dusted with talc from his bath.” —Stuart Mitchner

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he arts — and the theatre — are mitting champion” of “new voices and visions, with the smell of wood” from which “characters not a luxury,” asserts Emily Mann. especially those that historically have been mar- emerge from the dark, like rays of sunlight.” “They are essential for the health of ginalized, if not totally absent [from] the stage.” Ben Vereen, who appeared in McCarter’s world the soul.” Other speakers included playwright Stephen premiere of Fetch Clay, Make Man (2009), as This comment was included in a segment of Wadsworth, playwright (translation and adapta- well as An Evening with Ben Vereen (2010), a video that was shown during a livestreamed tion) and director of Marivaux’s The Game of Love serenaded Mann with an excerpt of “For Good” tribute to Mann, who in 2019 announced her and Chance (1997); Marina Carr, playwright of from the musical Wicked. Vereen augmented decision to step down from her dual position as Phaedra Backwards (2011), the world premiere composer-lyricist Stephen Schwartz’s lyrics: “I McCarter Theatre’s artistic director and resi- of which Mann directed; costume designer Jen- know I’m who I am today because I knew you, dent playwright. Because current restrictions nifer von Mayrhauser; stage supervisor Stephen Emily Mann.” necessitated by COVID-19 rendered a live gala Howe; and producer Mara Isaacs, who served as Kecia Lewis, who performed in Betsey Brown, impossible, McCarter hosted Saturday night’s McCarter’s producing director from 1995-2013. also adapted a song: “Thank You” by Ray Boltz. heartfelt event via Zoom, as well as the theatre’s Actor Blair Brown recalled Mann’s boldness “You directed me in a play,” Lewis sang. “Every Facebook page. in adapting The Tempest for McCarter’s 2003 week you’d take time with me before rehearsals A slideshow was presented before and after production. Brown was cast as the protagonist start, and one week when you helped me, passion the event, featuring candid photos and produc- Prospero (renamed “Prospera”). This gender- for directing was birthed in my heart.” tion stills. Music by jazz trumpeter, composer, blind casting seemed risky at the time; a major A 10-minute video intercut production photos and arranger Baikida Carroll — who composed American playwright told Brown, “You can’t with comments by Mann and her colleagues. Forthe score for the musical Betsey Brown (1991), do this.” mer President of the Board of Trustees Liz Fillo, one of Mann’s first McCarter productions — acFormer artist-in-residence Nilo Cruz is the play- who was part of the search committee that apcompanied this montage. wright of Anna in the Tropics. Directed by Mann, pointed Mann, reflected that she was an unlikely, The event served as a retrospective, featur- the 2003 production opened the Berlind The- even risky, choice in 1990. “She was young; was ing effusive plaudits from colleagues who have atre. Cruz recited a poem he had written to thank a woman, when women were not leading a lot worked with Mann throughout her 30-year as- Mann. Cruz’s verse postulated “a circular stage, of theatres in this country,” Fillo observed. “She sociation with the theatre. Managing director Michael Rosenberg began the program by welcoming “over a thousand” viewers. He recalled meeting Mann in the mid-90s, when McCarter presented his West Village theatre company’s production of George Kaufman’ and Ring Lardner’s play June Moon. President of the Board of Trustees Robert J. Caruso reminded the audience that when Mann arrived in 1990, the auditorium now called the Matthews Theatre was McCarter’s only performance space. (The smaller, more intimate Berlind opened, at Mann’s behest, in 2003.) Caruso also announced that a program Mann created — the McCarter LAB, a “creative incubator” which has provided artistic and financial support to new plays — will be renamed for her. Caruso ended his remarks by raising a cocktail-filled glass to Mann. Honorary Trustee Peter J. Ventimiglia praised Mann’s “artistic vision” and “commitment to the arts, and arts education,” referring to McCarter’s in-school programs and student matinees. Joann CELEBRATING 30 YEARS: Emily Mann, McCarter’s outgoing artistic director and resident Mitchell, another honorary trustee (and former playwright, delivered heartfelt remarks to conclude an online gala celebrating her 30-year (Photo by Matt Pilsner) board president), described Mann as an “unre- tenure with the theatre.

was political, and she was an activist. We thought, ‘Why not? Let’s take a risk.’ Well, the risk really paid off; four years later we won the Tony for the Best Regional Theatre in the country.” The video also featured testimonials from playwrights Eleanor Burgess, Tarell Alvin McCraney, Regina Taylor, and Doug Wright; lighting designer Jane Cox (director of theatre at Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts); actors Suzanne Bertish, Christine Lahti, David Hyde Pierce, and Jimmy Smits; and Edward Matthews, former president of McCarter’s Board of Trustees. Mann’s sister, Carol, also spoke on the video. “You pushed the envelope — in writing politically important plays, and in directing and producing cutting-edge work by others,” she said. “I can’t wait to see what you do next.” Visibly moved by the outpouring of praise, Mann delivered closing remarks that lasted a little over 12 minutes. Thanking all of the speakers for “this beautiful evening,” she described Princeton as her “artistic … personal, and spiritual home.” In addition to having been able to cultivate her dual passion for writing and directing, she is particularly grateful to have been “able to nurture and support the work of the artists I most admire, many of whom you heard from tonight.” She also expressed appreciation for McCarter’s audience, who “believed in my vision” of “the classic repertoire seen as if new; and new work seen as if it were already a classic.” Mann concluded her comments with a quote from Gloria Steinem, the subject of her play Gloria: A Life, with which McCarter opened this past season: “I’m not passing my torch, thank you. I’m using my torch to light the torches of other people.” With this Mann welcomed incoming artistic director Sarah Rasmussen: “May she enjoy this extraordinary audience, community, and staff as much as I have. Long may she blaze.” sserting her intention to continue writing and directing, Mann — echoing Caruso earlier in the evening — raised a champagnefilled glass, “To the future. As uncertain as it may seem right now, theatres have been closed before by plague. Remember, they reopen!” —Donald H. Sanborn III

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L ast week would have been the annual All-School Spring Concert at Stuart Country Day School of the

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Virtual Voices Hosts Conversation with Mann

T h e fare wel l of E m i ly Mann, who is depar t ing McCarter Theatre after 30 years as artistic director, continues Wednesday, May 6 at 7 p.m. with an event sponsored by the Historical Society of Princeton. The Virtual Voices of Princeton ser ies presents Mann in conversation with producer Mara Isaacs. The live event is billed as an intimate conversation in which the two longtime colleagues and friends reflect on the influence of Princeton on their professional lives, their experiences together at McCarter, and the COVID-19 crisis. T he Voices of Pr inceton project collects, shares, and archives the stor ies and memor ies of Pr incetonians. Voices of Princeton stories are available online and in the collection of the Histor ical Society of Princeton. This program is presented in partnership with the Princeton Public Library, the Historical Society of Princeton, and McCar ter Theatre Center. To register, visit princetonhistory.org.

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National Doctors Day is an annual event that reminds us to recognize the physicians in our lives and express our gratitude for the amazing work they do every day. We all know that a career in health care is demanding during the best of times, but as we move past Doctors Day 2020 and confront the unprecedented health crisis we find ourselves in, it’s important to recognize all of our health care workers on the front lines. Health care professionals here at Capital Health and ever y where are facing incredible challenges in dealing directly with the COVID -19 outbreak. And while those challenges are certainly daunting, the critical services that are part of the everyday work of health care still need to be provided. Through it all, our team is digging deep and doing whatever it takes to care for our patients and families and keep our community safe and well. There’s an old saying that tells us our true nature is revealed in times of adversity, and the response we’re seeing from our health care workers throughout Capital Health during this crisis confirms what we already knew. Your professionalism and expertise are unmatched and your devotion to our patients and the community we serve is limitless. On behalf of Capital Health’s senior leadership and board of directors, as well as our community, thank you for your heroic efforts as we work through this crisis and beyond.

professionals. This care team devotes themselves to knowing each individual and their families with the aim of providing the utmost care and attention. Each house at Morris Hall Meadows is staffed by a team of universal workers who are present at all times for the needs, care, and comfort of the elders. Each worker is carefully selected for her or his ability to provide compassionate care to each individual, and to thoughtfully monitor the elders’ well-being. They work in concert with the clinical support staff to constantly provide optimal care to each person in residence. Morris Hall Meadows is a Medicare and Medicaid approved skilled nursing facility. Elders will have access to a vast array of services, further complemented by the therapy resources of St. L aw rence Rehabilitation Center. Transportation, spiritual care, security, and a stimulating array of daily activities will all help to make life at Morris Hall Meadows enjoyable and fulfilling. Morris Hall Meadows is located at One Bishops’ Drive, Lawrenceville. (609) 8960006; morrishall.org.

Pine Run Retirement Community

Pine Run Retirement Community is a vibrant senior living and continuing care residential community nestled in the heart of Central Bucks County, Pennsylvania. Owned and operated by Doylestown Health, Pine Run offers a full spectrum of independent living, personal care, memory care, and nursing and rehabilitative care. We take great pride how our associates and villagers

together nurture a community where everyone is welcomed and everyone is valued. Energy and enthusiasm for life can be seen throughout our campuses. During National Nurses Week, we especially want to thank our nursing team and all who support their heroic efforts. Superheroes all, our health care team has gone above and beyond the call of duty to ensure that our villagers and patients remain connected with their families, receive outstanding care, and continue to live a full life during these difficult times. We are Pine Run Proud of our nursing team, who were superheroes long before the pandemic and who have stepped up to fight proudly side-by-side for the health, safety, and well-being of our villagers and patients. Their sacrifices and selfless dedication to our community inspires us all. On behalf of our leadership team, associates, villagers, families, and community, THANK YOU to all nurses both here at Pine Run and everywhere for all that you do every day. 777 Ferry Road, D oyl e s tow n , Pa. ; ( 8 0 0 ) 992.8992; pinerun.org.

St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center

For close to 50 years, physical rehabilitation has been our specialty. As a 116-bed, private, not-for-profit physical rehabilitation hospital, we offer a wide range of acute and sub-acute physical rehabilitation services and programs on both an inpatient and outpatient basis. Therapies include physical and occupational therapy, speech therapy, therapeutic recreation, and social and psychological services.

SIDE-BY-SIDE: Xanilyn and her father Valentine Red both work at St. Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick. We also offer specialized programs for brain Injury, stroke, neurologic disorders, orthopedics, Parkinsonism, amputees, vestibular/ balance rehabilitation, and a driver program. St. Lawrence also manages medically complex patients needing cardiac or post-operative management. St. Lawrence is able to effectively treat complex medical cases due to a skilled staff, including our physiatrists, who are our attending physicians specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation. Our five full-time physiatrists on staff all have over 20 years of experience. The medical staff also includes over 60 specialists and internal medicine physicians who contribute to the high quality of care. Patients and their families can benefit from a team approach to rehabilitation, which helps the patient attain positive outcomes and maximizes his or her independence. St. Lawrence also has a state-ofthe-art Outpatient Therapy Department, which includes a spacious gym, private examination and treatment rooms, lounge and splinting area, and an on-site apartment for training with activities of daily living. St. Lawrence is the only rehabilitation facility in Mercer County which has earned T he Joi nt C om m is s ion’s Gold Seal of Approval for its Hospital Accreditation Program, Nursing Care Center Accreditation Program, and was awarded a Certificate of Distinction for Post-Acute Care. The accreditation is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to providing safe, high quality patient care and St. Lawrence is pleased to be recognized at this level. St. Lawrence has also been awarded a five star overall rating by CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) each year since that rating system was estab lished. We have also been recognized by U.S. News & World Report as one of the Best Nursing Homes: ShortTer m Rehabilitation. We earned Best Nursing Homes status by achieving a rating

of “High Performing,” the highest possible rating, for Short-Term Rehabilitation. U.S. News gives the designation of Best Nursing Home only to those facilities that satisfy U.S. News’s assessment of the appropriate use of key services and consistent performance in quality measures and we are among the 19 percent of U.S. skilled nursing facilities that have been recognized as a Best Nursing Home. The care of our patients is our priority and we are proud to be recognized for our commitment to the highest level of care. SLRC is located at 2381 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville. Visit Slrc.org.

St. Peter’s University Hospital

Valentine Red has been a respiratory therapist at Saint Peter’s University Hospital in New Brunswick for 20 years. His daughter, Xanilyn (pronounced Zan-a-lynn) is an intensive care nurse at Saint Peter’s. Just before the crisis, Xanilyn was planning to move from the family home in New Jersey where she lives with her parents to New York City, but the COVID-19 crisis has changed all that. Together they’re fighting the COVID-19 virus, side-by-side in the intensive care unit, where Saint Peter’s most vulnerable patients are fighting not only to breathe, but for their lives. For Xanilyn, the crisis has meant putting her plans on hold, but the silver lining is that she’s doing what she loves and fighting the crisis alongside her dad. The two are on the front lines dealing with the sickest of the sick, but when asked about being called “heroes,” they are incredibly humble. Xanilyn says, “I don’t even think we deserve the title of hero, it’s just us doing our day-today thing.” Her dad Valentine said, “Ever yb o dy t hat’s doing the right thing right now is a hero, even those that are just staying home to ensure others are safe.” Perhaps Xanilyn’s sentiment sums it up best, “This is really where I need to be right now.”

amily businesses were once the mainstay of shopping across the country, and certainly in New Jersey. As times and shopping strategies have changed, fewer and fewer of these once prolific establishments now define the streetscapes of our towns and neighborhoods.

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How special it is then when a longtime familyowned and operated business continues to serve its customers. Rosedale Mills, located at 101 Route 31 North (at Titus Mill Road), is such an establishment. Now known as an “America’s Country Store” and designated as a Purina Company Signature Design (the only one in New Jersey), it offers a spacious 12,000-square-foot setting. Although a state-of-the-art facility, it still retains the feeling of a country store, reminiscent of the feed and general merchandise stores of the 19th and early 20th centuries. Indeed, Rosedale Mills has a long history, dating to the mid-1850s, when it was a water-powered feed and sawmill. Originally located on Carter Road near Rosedale Road, the mill may have derived its name from the abundance of roses in the area. Pet and Garden Joseph Hunt (great-grandfather of current owner John Hart Jr.) owned the mill from 1902 until 1943, when it was moved to Alexander Road. After John Hart Sr. took over in 1950, the focus became feed for cattle. But as farmers began to sell their land, the emphasis shifted to pet and garden supplies. Also, supplies for horses

became important, and a variety of equine needs were — and are — a significant part of the business. Of course, other changes have occurred over the years, and now pet food and products, bird feeders and supplies, and gardening needs are increasingly in demand. “Bird feeding has become more and more popular,” reports John Hart Jr., who grew up in the family business. “Many people used to feed birds only in the winter, but now they’re doing it year-round. They enjoy watching them come to the feeders. We have all kinds of bird feed, as well as bird houses and feeders, including special feeders for hummingbirds.” “People are also more interested in gardening now,” he continues. “They want to spend more time in their backyard gardens. There is increasing interest in organic gardening too, as people want safe food. It can also be a fun family activity, and gardening is known to be a way to relieve stress.” Stress relief is especially important today, as people try to find ways to cope with COVID-19, and the necessity of spending more time at home. Being outside can be helpful, and watching the beauty of a garden unfold after careful planting and tending is certainly a welcome sight. Safe Distance Although the coronavirus is on everyone’s mind, customers are continuing to come to the store, says Hart. “They are being careful — keeping a safe distance, and wearing masks, but they still like to come in, and everyone — all our staff, as well as the customers — is being very careful. “We also offer curbside pick-up service, if customers call ahead with an order, and, in addition, we deliver.” Another area that has be-

come an especially significant part of Rosedale Mills’ business is pet food and pet supplies. Forty different high-quality brands of cat and dog food are available, as well as a large variety of dog collars, leashes, coats, and assorted pet beds, cat perches, litter boxes, and pet toys of all kinds. People want healt h ier food for their pets now, points out Hart, and Rosedale offers a complete range of choices. A Pet Parlor grooming center is available for dogs of all breeds and sizes, and Rosedale is also host to pet adoptions every three weeks. It serves as the location for various animal organi zat ions, including SAVE, which bring in dogs for adoption. This has become even more impor tant now, as m a ny m or e p e op l e a r e adopting dogs and cats during the COVID-19 outbreak. Since they must spend more time at home, individuals and families are seeking the companionship and comfort of four-legged friends. Wide Supply A not her prog ram t hat Rosedale supports is Curbside Kibble, in association with Crossings Animal Society (CAS). This program helps ensure that families in need will be able to feed their pets. Those who wish to help can become a sponsor by donating the cost of a family’s pet food for one month or longer. Information on this program is available at TheCrossingsAnimalSociety.com. Rosedale Mills also prov ide s a w ide s upply of equine and livestock feed and products, including halters and bedding for horses, as well as health care remedies. In addition, the store is also involved in a program to help families in need provide food for their horses. Increasing numbers of people are opting to have

fresh eggs produced from their own chickens, reports Hart. “This is getting really popular, and we are selling lots of chicks of all kinds. As people have started getting interested in organic food and eating healthier, they now want their own eggs, right in their own backyard. This is not just people on farms; it is in neighborhoods all over the area, including Princeton. “We just got in 250 twoday-old chicks of various breeds, and they are now available for purchase. We also sell a lot of different chicken coops.” Wanting fresh produce is another important trend today, and for serious fresh food buf fs t his involves planting their own vegetable garden, he adds. Rosedale has long been a supplier of seeds, vegetable plants, and herbs — and of course, for flower gardens, too. “Now is the time when you can plant cold crops, such as lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower, and peas,” he explains. “As for the flowers — the annuals — such as impatiens, petunias, geraniums, etc. — shouldn’t be planted until mid-May, when the chance of frost is gone.” “Deer Diner” All the gardening needs — including mulch, topsoil, pot ting soil, peat moss, grass seed, fertilizers, and so on — are available, along with a full range of garden tools, pots, and planters. Deer and rabbit repellants are in full supply and are necessary to prevent the garden from becoming a popular “deer diner” or Peter Rabbit favorite! In addition, a selection of outdoor furniture, patio umbrellas, and grills is also on hand, as are outdoor sheds, which are also very popular. Excellent storage areas for lawn mowers, tools, and other items, the sheds are under the management of Bill Hart, John’s brother. Rosedale also features a fishing section, including fishing rods, bait, and other supplies, and recently added is a hardware store-type set-

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FULL SERVICE: “Rosedale is not just a pet store, or just a feed store, or just a garden store. It is all of these — but more. We have a very loyal clientele. They really appreciate the one-stop shopping we offer with all the pet, horse, and livestock products, and garden needs, as well as our great selection of bird feeders, houses, and feed — and so much more.” John Hart Jr., owner of Rosedale Mills in Pennington, shown with business partner Beth Scheuerlein, looks forward to helping customers in person, with delivery or drive-thru pick-up service. ting, with a variety of hardware items such as nails, screws, tools, and paint all in stock. Being part of the comm u n it y i s i mp or t a nt to Rosedale, and has always been a priority, notes Hart. “We sponsor a number of regional organizations, including animal shelters such as SAVE and others, baseball and football teams, the Girl Scouts, and other area groups.” In addition, he has his own local FM radio commercial on WPST 94.5 in which he regularly shares information about Rosedale’s products and services. Knowledgeable Service Like many brick-and-mortar establishments today, Rosedale Mills faces the challenge of online competition As Hart points out, however, “People forget when they order online that they can’t get the advice and personal attention that we offer, and that they can get when they actually come here. It’s our years of experience and knowledgeable service that sets us apart.” In addition, Rosedale Mills

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Having Grown Into a Force for PU Women’s Hoops, Alarie Aiming to Make Impact for the WNBA’s Wings Bella Alarie woke up on April 17 and tried to go about her usual day with breakfast at her home in Bethesda, Md., time with her parents and two younger brothers, and some academic work. Although her thesis was due in just one week, it wasn’t foremost on the mind of the Princeton University senior star forward who by that midday was feeling anxious about the upcoming WNBA draft. “It was definitely not a productive thesis day,” said Alarie. “It was very hectic and there was a lot to get done. I had my family to help me out and get ready. I was so excited for 7 o’clock to come, I felt like it was taking so long and the day was going so slow. I was so excited when it got to 7 o’clock. It was a lot of mixed emotions honestly with excitement and nerves and all that. The whole day, it wasn’t exactly what I imagined my draft day would look like, but all the emotions I would have felt on a stage in New York, they were all the same.” Alarie was thrilled to be chosen fifth overall by the Dallas Wings, matching the highest selection ever of an Ivy League player, equaling that of Harvard’s Allison Feaster, who was picked fifth by the Los Angeles Sparks 22 years earlier. “I’m super proud of myself and happy; that’s a huge accomplishment,” said Alarie. “I’m really grateful that I was selected that high and they believed in me. And to come out of the Ivy League,

there haven’t been a lot, but I do have great players to look up to from Princeton like Leslie Robinson and Blake Dietrich who have had WNBA experience. It’s a huge honor. I definitely take it seriously because I do want to represent Princeton and the Ivy League as best I can and it’s been like 20 years since we’ve had a first-round pick out of our league. I have a lot of honor and pride and I want to make the most of it. It’s really special and it’s a testament to all the coaches and teammates and all the development and time they put into making me better. You can’t do it alone.” Developing Situation Although Alarie developed into an historic pick while at Princeton, she did not have the WNBA in mind when she entered college as the 83rdranked high school senior out of National Cathedral School. She will graduate as the Princeton program’s alltime leading scorer, (1,703) its leader in blocked shots (249), and in double-doubles (40). She averaged 17.5 points and 8.6 rebounds per game this year. “Coming out of high school, I was pretty underrecruited and underestimated as a player,” said Alarie. “Obviously I had a lot of growth over the last four years and transformed myself as a player physically and added more skills. Being at Princeton, which is often underestimated nationally as a mid-major school, we have trouble moving up in the top 25 just because of the league we’re from, it’s really special

that I was able to get picked so high in the WNBA draft. It shows there are great players in this league and there’s great competition.” Over her college career, Alarie dominated the Ivies, leading the Tigers to three straight Ivy League championships. She burst onto the scene as the Ivy Rookie of the Year, then won three straight Ivy Player of the Year awards. She is the first Ivy player to be two-time AllAmerica. “I was really, really happy for Bella,” said Princeton head coach Carla Berube. “I know she’s put in a lot of work on her game and to see it sort of play out the way it did was just awesome. She had an incredible four-year career at Princeton, in the Ivy League, and as a part of USA basketball. I’m really, really happy for her to have been a top-five draft pick in what came to be a really deep and strong draft class.” To rise to that level, Alarie had to augment her game. A guard when she began high school, she grew nine inches before coming to Princeton. She retained guard skills, but then-Tigers head coach Courtney Banghart helped her build up her post game and focused on increasing Alarie’s strength — two developments that helped to push her to a new level. “That chip on your shoulder makes you work harder,” said Alarie. “If I had come out of high school with a higher ranking, who’s to say that would have made me less motivated, I think I would have

WINGING IT: Bella Alarie depicted in the uniform of the Dallas Wings of the WNBA. After a superb senior season for the Princeton University women’s basketball team which saw Alarie help the Tigers go 26-1, she was chosen by the Wings as the fifth pick in the first round of the 2020 WNBA Draft in mid-April. (Photo by Jarrod Allison/Dallas Wings) still been motivated, but it does give you that little extra edge to work harder and prove those rankings wrong. At the end of the day, you can go to Princeton and also be a first-round draft pick. I think that’s really special.” National Exposure Making the U-19 USA women’s team following her first collegiate season gave Alarie a big boost of confidence. That selection helped to put pro basketball on her radar for the first time and had scouts looking at her. “I remember having a conversation with Coach Banghart after my freshman year,” said Alarie. “I had gotten to play on that U-19 USA team and

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had a lot of experience with a lot of the girls who were also picked in the draft this year, which is cool. She said, you’re actually generating a lot of interest from the WNBA, you have great skills, you have these things to work on but you’re a really interesting prospect. Hearing that made me believe it could be real. Obviously there was a lot of work to be done. That’s when it became a more realistic dream to me.” By the time that Berube took over Princeton this year, Alarie was a seasoned, confident player and the new coach inherited a leader who wasn’t shying away from the loftiest of career goals. “I had heard a lot about her and I knew her through USA Basketball,” said Berube, who saw Alarie up close for the first time when she played against Berube’s U-17 team two years ago.

“The greatest piece that I saw was just, one, her level of maturity and leadership and the work ethic she brought every day. She has a unique ability to inspire those around her to play at a really high level and also her teammates want to follow her, as a student and as an athlete and a leader in the community. There were days where she just dominated practice. It was fun just to watch what she was capable of doing and dominate in a lot of different ways – from the 3, from not being able to defend her inside, defensively she could change possessions and you could see it in games. It was fun to see that all play out this year.” Turning Heads in Texas The Wings were among the WNBA teams that came to see Alarie in action beginning in her junior year. They kept close tabs on her

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her actual height. She’s 6’5” and listed at 6’4.” It’s usually the other way around. But she’s long too at 6’5.” She was one of the best defensive players in the country on one of the best defensive teams in the country. She has the ability to guard down in the low block. She’ll have to get a little stronger in that regard in our league. She also has the ability to get out and guard on the perimeter which is really important in pick-and-rolls in our league. She can shoot the ball with great range to the 3-point line, which for our league is important. She’s really good at the trailing 3. And because she’s sort of had a late growth spurt — she played a lot of guard in high school — so her ball skills for her size are really exceptional.” Believing that Alarie possesses all the tools to be successful in the WNBA, Berube is looking forward to seeing how Alarie develops further and how she helps her next team. “Versatility doesn’t just mean she can play inside and outside,” said Berube. “There are things for the next level that she can transfer and it’ll translate well. I also think she’ll bring a great help with culture to a WNBA team. She’s extremely coachable. She has a great way about her. She might be having a bad day, but she’s going to come to work and you don’t know she’s having a bad day. She has a great outlook on life. She loves the game. She loves being the unselfish player. She loves helping her teammates. With the Wings and a lot of the WNBA teams, I think that was a big selling point that she’s a great person and someone you want in your locker room, you want in your foxhole.” Playing internationally was important to Alarie’s growth as well as it gave her more experience than just playing for Princeton and introduced her to more challenges. “While she hasn’t had as much of an opportunity to play the ‘highest’ level of

competition, she’s had opportunity,” said Bibb. “When she’s had that opportunity, she’s shown really well. We’re not really concerned about the step up for her vs. the step up for anyone else. Anyone coming from college to the WNBA, there’s a big adjustment. I don’t think the adjustment for her will be any bigger than for anyone else.” Ready to Go Alarie is looking forward to getting started. With her thesis completed, she can now shift her focus on her chosen profession as one of the few in the world with the opportunity to play in the WNBA. “It is crazy,” said Alarie. “Just thinking about my teammates — Arike (Ogunbowale) who I watched hit two amazing buzzer-beaters for Notre Dame — there are some really talented players that I get to play alongside. Then there are these players that I’ve looked up to since I was little and I’m going to be on the court with them. I’m just excited. I know I’m going to feel the same way when I step on the court playing against them. It’s really surreal to realize that could be happening soon.” The WNBA season has been postponed until at least June 1, and there are other unknowns for her. Alarie is gathering information on options to play overseas as well, a regular practice of WNBA players after their season concludes, and something she views as critical to continuing her development. She is looking forward to her first pro games with the Wings. “I want to set goals for myself,” said Alarie. “Being a high pick for a team means they want me to impact them as soon as possible. It’ll take hard work. I do have things I want to work on in the meantime before I get to Dallas so I can be the best player possible. I do think I could make an impact.” —Justin Feil

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development over her final two years as they prepared for this year’s draft. “We saw her plenty,” said Greg Bibb, the Wings CEO and president. “The unique thing about our league is you don’t have a lot of opportunity to talk to the player directly before the draft, but we had a couple really good conversations with her, had an opportunity to talk to her family. The dad (former NBA player and Duke standout Mark Alarie) obviously understands the business. He was a good resource for us. She’s a super intelligent individual, high basketball IQ, really values the game and looks at it as her life’s work. She prioritizes it. She’s going to be a really good addition for a lot of reasons on the court and off the court for us.” Alarie was one of three first-round picks for Dallas as the Wings selected Oregon junior Satou Sabally second overall and Tyasha Harris of South Carolina seventh. They also took Luisa Geiselsoder of Germany with the No. 21 pick. The Wings will be very young, and they like Alarie’s maturity and ability to fit in. “A lot of the kids in the draft class played with her in USA Basketball at one of the different age groups,” said Bibb. “When we go through our pre-draft interviews, one of the lines of questioning we go down with anyone we know that played USA Basketball — obviously we ask about their experience — but we cross-check and ask them about their teammates on USA Basketball and see if we can find any helpful information about that experience relative to other players. Bella really showed well in terms of the comments and feedback we received from her former USA Basketball teammates.” Prepping for the Pros With Princeton ordering its students to leave campus in mid-March due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Alarie has been working out at her house to prepare for a jump to the WNBA. She shoots in her backyard and lifts weights in her basement, dealing with the new normal prompted by the coronavirus pandemic. “For the past few weeks, it’s been a lot of Zoom meetings with a lot of coaches from different WNBA teams or phone calls or FaceTimes,” explained Alarie. “They have watched me play basketball a lot, but they also don’t know me as a person as well. They can ask my coaches and people that know me. A big part was getting to know me as a person, and I ended up talking to them and getting to know their coaching styles and programs and how I would fit into whatever they were trying to do. It was busy talking to different coaches.” On the court, the Wings were looking for versatile players and Sabally and Alarie both fit the bill as long athletic players who can shoot the ball well, along with being able to compete at the defensive end. “There’s a few things we really like about Bella, and versatility is one of them,” said Bibb. “Obviously she’s one of the few players whose programlisted height is shorter than

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PU Sports Roundup Tiger Women’s Hockey Names a Trio of Captains

Coming off a season that saw it produce a programrecord 26 wins, an ECAC Hockey tournament title, and a second consecutive NCAA tournament berth, the Princeton University women’s hockey program has named its captains for the upcoming 2020-21 campaign. Rising junior forward Sarah Fillier will serve as captain while rising senior forwards Sharon Frankel and Shannon Griffin will be the squad’s alternate captains. Fillier will be a captain for the second consecutive year. The 5’5 native of Georgetown, Ontario tallied 22 goals and 35 assists for 57 points last winter to help the Tigers go 26-6-1. She now has 44 goals and 70 assists in career, to stand more than halfway to the program’s career records for assists (122) and points (218) . Fillier’s sophomore season saw her become Princeton’s first two-time AllAmerica, earning AHCA second-team honors, while earn-

ing first-team All-Ivy League, first-team All-ECAC, secondteam All-USCHO, finish as one of three finalists for each of the ECAC Best Forward and Player of the Year honors, and as a top-10 finalist for the Patty Kazmaier Award for the second straight year. Frankel, a 5’1 native of West Hartford, Conn., produced her best season stat-wise as a junior, scoring nine goals and adding 15 assists for 24 points, all career-best totals. Frankel had a pair of two-goal games in the 2019-20 campaign, at Union on November 15 and against St. Lawrence on November 23. The St. Lawrence game saw her add an assist for a season-high three points, and only a few weeks later, Frankel began a five-game point-scoring streak that saw her score eight total points against No. 5 Ohio State, Saint Anselm (two games), at Dartmouth, and at No. 9 Harvard. Griffin also had her best statistical season of her career as a junior, scoring six goals with six assists for 12 points, all career-high totals. The 5’5 Griffin, who hails from Arlington, Mass., had a two-goal, threepoint game against Saint Anselm on January 4 and scored a goal in the ECACH semifinal on March 7 against No.

7 Clarkson to help Princeton win 5-1. She had an assist the next day against No. 1 Cornell as the Tigers rallied to top the Big Red 3-2 in overtime to win the ECACH tournament title for the first time in program history.

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A trio of Princeton University men’s ice hockey players have been selected to serve as captains for the 2020-21 season as recently announced by Tiger head coach Ron Fogarty. Rising senior Matthew Thom has been elected captain and will be joined by classmates Luke Keenan and Jake Paganelli, who have been named alternate captains. “The leadership group on a hockey team is vital, and we are excited to have Matthew, Luke and Jake serve as captains next season,” said Fogarty. “They have each played important minutes for Princeton over their careers, helping us to an ECAC championship in 2018 and a playoff series sweep of Dartmouth this year. They represent everything that is great about Princeton Hockey and are more than deserving of this honor.” Thom, a 6’3, 200-pound

defenseman from Oakville, Ontario, has played in 89 career games with 25 points (7 goals, 18 assists). He had nine points over 27 games last winter, matching his career high. Keenan, a 6’1, 196-pound center from Courtice, Ontario, has played 97 career games for the Tigers. He will enter his senior season with 12 career goals and 18 career assists for 30 points. The 2019-20 season was a breakout campaign for Keenan as he set career highs in goals (7), assists (11), and points (18). Paganelli, a 5’11, 175-pound forward from Verona, N.J., has skated in 94 career games for Princeton. This past season, he had a career-high 11 points with three goals and eight assists. He will enter his senior season with 29 career points (7 goals, 22 assists).

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HIGH ACHIEVER: Princeton University men’s lacrosse player George Baughan heads up the field in a 2019 game. Junior star defender and team co-captain Baughan was recently named by Princeton Athletics and PNC Bank as one of the Spring 2020 PNC Bank Student-Athlete Achiever Award recipients along with women’s lightweight senior rower Emma Hopkins. Baughan, a 6’1, 195-pound native of Wyndmoor, Pa., was selected as an Inside Lacrosse All-American, and finished the abbreviated 2020 campaign with a team-high eight caused turnovers and 10 ground balls in four appearances. His 2.0 caused turnovers-per-game ranked No. 1 in the Ivy League and No. 14 in the nation. Hopkins, a native of Stillwater, N.Y., was a three-time medalist at Eastern Sprints for the Tigers, highlighted by a gold medal with the varsity 8 in 2019. She also was a part of three medal-winning boats at the IRA National Championship Regatta, securing silver in 2019 to go with bronze medals in 2017 and 2018. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Mira Shane seemed to have it all after graduating from the University of Michigan last spring. After a jam-packed four years in Ann Arbor which saw Shane star as goalie for the Michigan women’s lacrosse team, perform in the 58 Greene a cappella group, serve as the president of M i ch iga n’s At h l e te s for Community Transformation, and oversee mental health initiatives for the Student Athlete Advisory Committee, she landed a corporate job with Anheuser-Busch. But after working a few months for the brewing giant at its headquarters in St. Louis, Mo., Shane decided something was missing in her life. “I had all of these cool plans to do the corporate thing and it really didn’t end up being me which is totally OK,” said Shane, a girls’ lacrosse and basketball star for Princeton High who set Michigan program career records in wins (24), career saves (360), and career save percentage (.451), getting named as an Inside Lacrosse honorable mention All-American in her senior season as the Wolverines went 16-4. “I realized three months in that this isn’t Mira. I need a little bit more energy, passion and something I really want to get up for every morning and I knew that was going to lie in lacrosse.” Following that passion, Shane decided to get back into the game as a coach and ended up heading east to join the staff of the Harvard women’s lax team as a volunteer assistant, aided by a Michigan connection and admiration for Harvard head coach Devon Wills, a former All-American goalie for Dartmouth. “Becca Block, who is an assistant at Harvard, was an assistant at Michigan so I already knew her,” said Shane.

“I have idolized Devon since I was a little fifth grade goalie finding my way. Devon was my idol and all of the rest is history; she was looking for a goalie coach slash volunteer assistant and it worked out.” Joining the program last November, Shane’s main duties center on tutoring the Harvard goalies and providing inspiration to the squad collectively. “I am helping the goalies as best I can and hopping in too from time to time at practice; I have still got it a little bit,” said Shane, who has a day job in Boston, handling the social media for Verb, an energy bar start-up. “It takes a little while to warm up. I am a scout goalie for when Devon asks. I am just trying to bring some good positive vibes; it is a really great opportunity to be in the Ivy League. I would say that my overall motto of coaching is just channel the way that I played, so that was through energy and this high intensity of being loud and positive. The way I coach is kind of the way I played in that I want people to feel that same passion about the game that I did.” Before the 2020 campaign was canceled in late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shane was all over t he Boston area as she juggled her job at Verb with coaching. “I try to get to practice four or five days a week and then catching our games during the weekend or even our games during the week,” said Shane. “I am thankful for the T in Boston and my little moped that I had in Ann Arbor has now followed me to Boston. I was just leaving work early at 2:00 or 3:00 and busting it to practice by 3:00 or 4:00. I wanted to be as present as possible if I was going to make the coaching work with a full-time job.”

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For Shane, working on the sideline during games proved to be a highlight for her. “Game days are cool and exciting; every program is different so it was different than the Michigan program’s game day but equally as pumped with adrenaline,” said Shane. “I was definitely animated. Somedays I would hold the iPad and try to do playbacks for offense or defense. I would also be right there with Becca alongside our defense. Devon and I would handle goalie warmup. It is just trying to give the energy where I can, giving some mega good vibes for our defense that works so hard in the season that we had.” U t i l i z i n g h e r e n e r g y, Shane developed a ritual to celebrate Crimson goals. “One of my main game day things was doing high fives on the sidelines after every goal scored with me and all of the other coaches,” said Shane. “I would go to Devon and then Kenzie (assistant coach Kenzie Kent) and then Becca and then sometimes I would dance on the sidelines to get the girls going.” Over the course of the season, Shane fine-tuned her coaching approach. “I started to transition from being a player to what are the elements I can bring in from my game as a player to being a sturdy and reliable coach,” said Shane, who has been training goalies for years, giving private lessons through the Ultimate Lacrosse club and Miracle GoalKeeping, which she owns and operates. “There are ups and downs with every game but as a coach it was a total learning experience to try to stay balanced and stay calm and positive for the other coaches alongside me.” In Shane’s view, the Harvard squad was heading in a

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Returning to Lacrosse After Brief Corporate Stint, PHS Grad Shane Takes Coaching Role at Harvard

BACK IN THE GAME: Mira Shane guards the net in a 2019 game during her senior season playing goalie for the University of Michigan women’s lacrosse team. After a superb career for the Wolverines, Princeton High grad Shane has returned to the game, joining the Harvard women’s lax program last fall as a volunteer coach. (Photo provided courtesy of Michigan Photography) positive direction before the season was halted. “I felt it hard core, we were making moves and I think we had really turned over a new leaf for the second part of the season and getting ready for Ivy League play,” said Shane, reflecting on a campaign that saw Harvard go 3-3 overall, with a tight 9-8 loss to Cornell in its only Ivy League contest. “We were really starting to connect and finish. We knew that we had it and we were going to be winners. We were going to make statement wins coming up.” Not getting to finish the 2020 campaign was a hard pill for the Crimson to swallow. “I think it was heartbreaking for us and for everybody; sports are so important to how we keep hope in a lot of different things in our lives,” said Shane. “It wasn’t going to be the season that we had hoped for so what we just told the girls was thank you; we had to go back to gratitude because they really did give it

their all. For the part of the fall that I was there and in the season, I could see that they have made the connection of, OK, this is the team that we are going to be now. We just tried to go back to being thankful for having each other and for having our health in a really, really tough time. It was a bummer that the season ended so early and especially for our seniors. They worked so hard. All of us were so empathetic and sympathetic to them.” In dealing with these tough times, the Harvard coaches and players are staying connected virtually. “We are doing some Zoom meetings ; we had a nice Zoom meeting last week where we met dif ferent pets of the household,” said Shane. “We are keeping it light and fun for everybody involved. It has been good to stay in touch with the other coaches too and just make sure that everyone is keeping the spirits high as we progress through this time.”

Shane, for her part, is feeling a deeper sense of gratitude for all of the good things lacrosse has given her over the years. “It has given me a whole new lens into why it is important to be thankful every day, having our health, and being able to gather and have a community in lacrosse and beyond that,” said Shane. “I love the other coaches because t hose are relationships that I now have far beyond lacrosse. I am learning from the awesome players at Harvard too and how hard they work. I can’t thank the people enough, whether it was from Princeton High and all of those coaches and teammates and my teammates and coaches at Michigan that have molded me to be the coach and person that I am. It just gives me extreme focus to be thankful for why we play the game that we love and why we gather for any sports event and cheer on our favorite team.” —Bill Alden

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With Governor Reopening N.J. Golf Courses, Local Clubs Welcome Back Throng of Players By issuing Executive Order 133 last Thursday, Gov. P h i l M u r p hy u n l e a s h e d thousands of golfers to tee off across New Jersey last weekend after courses had been closed since late March due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the terms of the order, parks, and golf courses were reopened on Saturday morning with Murphy ack nowledging t hat “we understand that New Jerseyans want to get outside and get some fresh air as the weather warms up,” but

adding that “this should not serve as an open invitation to rush back to normalcy and break the necessar y social distancing measures we’ve put in place.” Local clubs did experience a rush as golfers wasted no time booking starting times as soon as they could. At TPC Jasna Polana on Province Line Road, members reserved all openings for Saturday within minutes of the club’s website opening its online tee sheet on Thursday evening.

In an email to members, Jasna Polana club management noted that “while we knew the demand to play golf would be the highest in our history, we would not imagine the starting sheet would be completely booked within six minutes.” As for the Mercer County Park Commission’s four golf courses, its online booking service temporarily crashed Thursday evening due to the volume of players looking to reserve tee times for Saturday.

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OPEN FOR BUSINESS: Princeton Country Club course manager Jack Sceri was ready to greet golfers last Saturday. With Gov. Phil Murphy reopening courses across the state, effective May 2, the Mercer County Park Commission golf course website’s online booking service temporarily crashed Thursday evening due to the volume of players looking to reserve tee times for the weekend. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) tional restrictions as necessary to limit person-to-person interactions. The order also recommended, but does not order, that employees, players, and other individuals on the golf course wear cloth face coverings while on the golf course. Additionally, the order clarifies that miniature golf courses and driving ranges must remain closed. As Mur phy announced the decision to reopen the

courses, he warned golfers that he reserved the right to rescind the order if they did not behave and follow the guidelines. But w it h players used to following the intricate Rules of Golf which cover etiquette, definitions, and include 34 detailed rules of play, they should be able to navigate the social distancing guidelines and stay on course. —Bill Alden

With Schools Closed for Year, Spring Sports Officially Canceled

In the wake of Gov. Phil Murphy’s announcement last Monday that schools across New Jersey will remain closed for the rest of the 2019-20 academic year, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) has officially canceled the state’s high school spring sports season. “This decision was not made lightly and we are disappointed for the thousands of New Jersey student-athletes who will be unable to compete this spring,” said the NJSIAA in a statement issued Monday. “While we remained hopeful to the end, and left open every possibility, competition simply is not feasible given the circumstances. Looking ahead, the NJSIAA added that it “will continue developing plans for the potential restarting of scholastic sports during the fall season.”

Recreation Department Delays CP Pool Season

The start of the 2020 Community Park (CP) Pool season is being delayed until at least June 13 due to the COVID-19 outbreak, the Princeton Recreation Department said last week. An update regarding the status of a June 13 opening will be provided on or around May 22. As of May 1, all CP Pool registration options have been temporarily suspended until further notice. When registration resumes, both pro-rated and early-bird fees

But the organization did leave the door open for local leagues to conduct regular season activities as well as local district, and possibly state all-star tournament play in consultation with local and state health officials “as certain states and municipalities begin their phased approaches to reopening.” To that end, District 12, which administers Lit tle League baseball and softball in the Greater Mercer County area, including the Princeton Little League ( PLL) programs, is still hoping to play ball this summer. “We are going to do everything possible to have our leagues in N.J. District 12 conduct a regular season at some point this season,” said District 12 administrator David J. Edwards as quoted last week in the Trentonian. “Obviously, this will all depend on when the state and local governments start to open up again, and our confidence in being able to provide a safe environment for all involved. Depending on the timing, and after consulting with our member leagues, we would absolutely run a District Tournament if we’re able.” Currently, all Little League activities are postponed nationwide through May 11.

Little League Cancels World Series Princeton Half Marathon But District 12 Hoping for Season Holding Registration

In another causality of the COVID-19 pandemic, Little League International said last Thursday that it had “made the difficult and disappointing decision” to cancel its seven World Series tournaments and its 82 respective regional qualifying events.

Registration is currently open for the 8th Annual HiTOPS Princeton Half Marathon which is scheduled to take place on October 25 starting at 7 a.m. on a course that begins at Paul Robeson Way and winds its way through Princeton. In keeping w ith the

organization’s commitment to build and support inclusive communities, the event will be among the few USATF (USA Track & Field) sanctioned races to offer runners the option to identify as non-binary, female, or male when registering. Top finisher and age group awards will now include female, male, and non-binary finishers. The field is limited to 1,750 runners and each competitor receives a medal, T-shirt, and discounted entry to the Keg & Eggs after-party at the Alchemist & Barrister. A $150 gift card to Hamilton Jewelers will be awarded to the top male, female, and non-binary finisher. Age group awards for top three in 5-year age groups from 14 to 85 and over (male, female, non-binary), with

the top Princeton employee finisher (male, female, nonbinary) name to be engraved on the Mayor’s Cup. The event is the single largest fundraising event of the year for HiTOPS – supporting the work it does in fostering strong and healthy young people of all identities by providing inclusive and youth-informed sex education and LGBTQ+ support throughout New Jersey. In addition, one can help HiTOPS reach its f undraising goal by adding a HiTOPS fundraiser to the run, contributing to a runner-fundraiser, or by making a direct donation to the HiTOPS Good Runner Fund. Runners that raise $250 run for free via a registration refund and the top fundraiser will be designated as the

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will be reflected in the new pricing. In addition, residents who already purchased a 2020 CP Pool membership will be contacted directly by the Princeton Recreation Department regarding a pro-rated refund or a pro-rated credit for future use. While municipal offices remain closed to the public at this time, questions can be emailed to recreation@princetonnj.gov Operation of public pools in New Jersey remains prohibited by Gov. Phil Murphy’s executive orders, and based on the governor’s ‘Road Map’ plan, it is unlikely that these restrictions will be lifted this month. With the Rec Department’s top priority being the safety and health of both pool patrons and the 100+ CP Pool employees, discussions are ongoing at the State Department of Health and the CDC about what restrictions, recommendations and /or guidelines might eventually be made regarding pool operations in 2020. Topics under consideration include use of face-coverings, social distancing, establishing a reduced maximum capacity of visitors in the facility, restrictions on group activities, and significant changes to cleaning/sanitizing protocols.

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ward IV (Virginia MoodieWoodward ) of Bethesda, MD ; Seth Warner Woodward (Jennifer Terra ) of Hailey, ID; and Anne Dulles Woodward (Britt Miller) of North Port, FL. He and Pam raised their children in his hometown of Princeton, New Jersey. The marriage ended in divorce in 1982. Taylor worked on Wall Street as an associate at Cadwalader, Wickersham, & Taft in New York City until 1968, when he joined the legal department at the multinational health care company Johnson & Johnson. There he worked on both domestic and international assignments, becoming International Counsel and eventually Corporate Secretary for the firm. Shortly before his death, upon hearing that Johnson & Johnson was working on a COVID-19 vaccine, he remarked how proud he was to have worked for that company. Taylor married Barbara Hauter at a poolside ceremony at their Hopewell, New Jersey, home in 1993. The next year, they moved to Santa Barbara, CA — a city Taylor had fallen in love with on a trip with his son a few years prior. While in retirement there, Taylor served on the boards of S.E.E. International, The Channel Islands YMCA, the Montecito Shores Homeowners Association, and the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara. Taylor and Barbara also

enjoyed cycling and hiking trips across Europe. Taylor wryly noted that these trips seemed to involve fewer miles and nicer accommodations as the years passed. Recently, they took eight of their grandchildren on trips to Italy. A t P r i n c e t o n , Ta y l o r played on the Ivy League championship varsity lacrosse team. He took up distance running in his forties, qualifying for and running the Boston Marathon three times. In retirement, he developed a love for golf, which he enjoyed at La Cumbre Country Club (where he served as president of the Board) and The Valley Club of Montecito. He also served for 25 years as an official for the Southern California Golf Association, which in 2016 gave him the Jim House Award, its highest volunteer honor. In addition to his children and his wife, Taylor is survived by his sister Helen Ewing of Baltimore, MD, his brother Donald Woodward of Gainesville, FL, his step-daughter Melora Myslik Balson (Andrew) of West Newton, MA, his step-daughter-in-law, Susan Bogue Myslik, of Boston, MA, and ten grandchildren: Lilly and Natalie Woodward; Beverly Woodward; Maggie Bogue Myslik; and Alan, Philip, Isabelle, John, Robert, and Martha Balson. He was preceded in death by his stepson, Robert Hauter Myslik. For those who have asked, Taylor loved his work with the Scholarship Foundation of Santa Barbara and would be honored to have any memorial donations be directed to that organization.

Noy, Sierra, Dawson, Taylor, Preston, Brandon, Jake, Dani, Sandara, Emma, and Tyler Sihavong as part of her family. Hope will be deeply missed and forever loved. She will be buried next to Charlie in a private ceremony at the Princeton Cemetery. Extend condolences and share memories at TheKimble FuneralHome.com

Hope E. Schreiber

Hope E. Schreiber passed away on April 27, 2020, at Stonebridge at Montgomery, Skillman, N.J. She was an energetic 95. J. Taylor Woodward III Hope was born in Toronto J. Taylor Woodward III on October 6, 1924, to Jopassed away in Boston on seph and Hetty Dorman. Her April 23, 2020 from periphfamily later moved to Brookeral T-cell lymphoma. His lyn, N.Y., where her sisters wife, Barbara Hauter, was Heather and Valerie were able to be with him when born. Hope attended Bay he died. Ridge High School and graduTaylor was born on Sepated in 1941. She then worked tember 10, 1940 in New for Chase National Bank. York City to John Taylor In June 1944, Hope marWoodward Jr. and Helried Charles Schreiber and en Ashbrook Woodward. they moved to Corning, N.Y., Raised in Rye, New York, where they raised three chiland Princeton, New Jersey, dren — Donald, Nancy, and Taylor graduated from PrincStephen — and lived happily eton Country Day School in for over 40 years. 1954, Phillips Exeter AcadHop e was involved in emy in 1958, Princeton Unia n u m b e r of v o l u n te e r versity in 1962, and Harvard and civic organizations in Law School in 1965. Corning including the Girl While at Harvard, he marS cout s, t he Re d Cros s, ried the late Pamela Warner Christ Church, the Salvation with whom he had three Army, the Corning Hospital, children: John Taylor Woodand Corning Futures. She also worked for a number of years for Corning Community College and then for her own business, Affiliated Services. In 1986, Hope and Charlie moved to Princeton, N.J., after Charlie retired from Corning, Inc. 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February 28, 1954April 7, 2020 It is with profound sadness that we announce the death of Jacob (Jay) David Caras. Born in Long Beach, New York, raised in Princeton, NJ, Jay attended Carnegie Mellon University. Jay made his way west and settled in Seattle to work in the tech industry in 1989. Referred to as a pioneer of USB Audio, Jay was considered an influencer throughout the field of audio technology. Jay traveled the world and had endless stories from India, Italy, China, Japan, Singapore, and more. While Jay loved to think about, discuss, and create new audio technology, his interests and talents could not be limited by that one area. Jay loved to cook and prepare meals friends and family requested and discussed for years. He was an avid cyclist and while he experienced some health setbacks, looked forward to the day when he could bike with his family on the many trails he loved throughout Seattle. When Jay took an interest in something, he devoted himself to learning everything he could about it. One year it was sunflowers, creating a forest on the deck along with an irrigation system to make sure they all received enough water. While many would agree t hat Jay was li kely t he smartest person they ever met, those who knew him recall how gentle he was. After seeing a show about the energy hummingbirds expend while flapping their w ings while eating, Jay bought hummingbird feeders that would allow them to rest while eating. He was quietly caring about friends and neighbors, wanting to help wherever he could. Jay was inventive, creative, thoughtful, kind, loving, and generous. He was devoted to his family and had a dry sense of humor with impeccable timing. He was the epitome of “still waters r un deep,” never

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Barbara Reed Delafield Barbara R. Delafield of Hopewell Township, passed away on May 1, due to complications of the COVID-19 virus, at Artis Senior Living of Princeton Junction. She was 83 years old. Barby was born in New York City on May 31, 1936, the daughter of Elizabeth Bayly deSaussure and Will ia m B ar ton Re e d, a n d the stepdaughter of Edmund Brooke. A graduate of Holton Arms School of Bethesda, MD, she attended Wheaton College, Norton, MA, in 1958. She was married to, and divorced from, Maturin Livingston Delafield; a marriage that produced a son “Livy” who suffered from Osteogenesis Imperfecta and predeceased his mother in 1999. Barby was a former president of the Stony Brook Garden Club of Princeton, and a Garden Club of America judge for which she was invited to judge competitions in Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Dallas. She also loved being invited by museums to interpret works of art into creative arrangements. The Princeton University Art Museum, Montclair Art Museum, Art Museum of Dallas, and especially, the University Museum of Archeology and Anthropology were favorite challenges. Together with her friend Angie Austin, Barby served on the Competitive Classes Committee at the Philadelphia Flower Show and was responsible for helping exhibitors present their entries for judging, and insuring that the entries remained in good condition each day of the show. In 1982, Barby helped start the Princeton Flower Shop. She enjoyed creating wedding flowers and started her own business, “Occasions,” in 2000. A member of the Historical Society of Princeton, she served on its board for several years, helped organize the Fall House Tours, and helped with the Society’s bookkeeping. Barby was also a “stream watcher” for the Stony Brook Millstone Watershed for over 20 years. In 2014, Barby participated in the Hopewell Valley Arts Council display of 50-plus decorated oxen commemorating the set tlement of Hopewell Township. Her “Ox Tops” creation earned a “Most Creative” award. Barby owned and trained AKC award-winning English Cocker Spaniels, “Maggie” and “Minute.” Maggie earned honors in Obedience and Utility Dog Excellence, and was also a Therapy Dog for 10 years, visiting nursing homes and comforting families of the 9-11 tragedy.

Minute earned a title in Utility Dog Excellence, but was more renowned for trying to catch fish in the Adirondack ponds. There will be no services due to the COVID-19 restrictions. Burial will be at Princeton Cemetery. Memorial contributions in her memory may be made to: the D &R Greenway Land Tr us t and /or t he Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association. While we await the time when we can safely come together to celebrate her life please take this time to embrace her memories. Till we meet again... Extend condolences and share memories at TheKimbleFuneralHome.com.

Thomas Patrick Roche, Jr. Professor Thomas Patrick Roche, Jr., 89, passed peacefully after a long illness on May 3, 2020 in Beachwood, Ohio. Born April 19, 1931 in New Haven, Connecticut, to the late Thomas Patrick Roche, Sr. and K at herine Walsh Roche, Thomas is survived by his loving husband, Robert H. “Bo” Smith; his youngest sister Katherine Roche Bozelko and her husband, Ronald F. Bozelko; three nieces, Chandra Bozelko of Orange, Connecticut, Alana (Paul) Choquette of Chevy Chase, Maryland, and Jana (Christopher) Simmons of Plymouth, Minnesota; and two grandnieces, Alair Choquette and Mair Simmons and a grandnephew, Paul Choquette IV. He was predeceased by his younger sister, Nancy K. Roche of Bethesda, Maryland. After graduating as valed ic tor ia n f rom Ha m de n Hall Country Day School in Hamden, Connecticut, Tom received his bachelor’s degree from Yale University in 1953. He went on to earn a master’s degree and a PhD in English from Princeton University in 1958 and was appointed to be a professor in 1960. Until 2003, he was the Murray Professor of English Literature at Princeton. Tom was a favorite professor to students for decades, enthralling them with his wit and enthusiasm for English literature. After teaching for 43 years at his beloved P r inceton, Tom and B o spent three years as Visiting Professors at Arizona State University, three years at the

University of Notre Dame, and then became the Gerard Manley Hopkins Professors of English at John Carroll University in University Heights, Ohio until Tom’s death. At each university, a “Tom and Bo class” quickly became one of the most popular on campus. They won a Teacher of Year Award at John Carroll University as recently as 2019. He was a foremost expert in epic poetry, particularly Edmund Spenser’s The Faerie Queene, verse presented to Queen Elizabeth I. Along with numerous academic journal articles, Tom published several books, including the seminal treatment of the poem entitled The Kindly Flame: A Study of the Third and Fourth Books of Spenser’s Faerie Queene in 1964 and the Editorial Apparatus to it in 1984, Petrarch and the English Sonnet Sequences in 1989, and Petrarch in English in 2006. He was also the founder and co-editor for many years of Spenser Studies: A Renaissance Poetry Annual. He was working on a book about the role of the Muses in art history at the time of his death. In addition to teaching many br illiant st udents, Tom studied with and under some illustrious writers and academics. He was C. S. Lewis’s first American student at Cambridge University in England, where his fellow students and best friends were Harold Bloom, the future American literary critic, and Ted Hughes, the future Poet Laureate of England and husband of Sylvia Plath. Tom, Harold, and Ted were known as “The Three Musketeers.” A memorial service will be planned when it is appropriate for people to gather. Memorial contributions can be made to the Department of English, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08544; the Department of English at John Carroll University, Un iver s it y He ig ht s, OH 44118; or any local animal shelter. Professor Roche’s family expresses its gratitude to the entire staff at Menorah Park Nursing Care

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Larry Richard Grisham Larr y Richard Grisham passed away peacefully at home May 4, 2020 after battling pancreatic cancer. Larry was born February 2, 1949 in the small town of Henderson, Texas. He was the only child of Eva Fay (Powell) Grisham and James Marian Grisham. James was a pharmacist, at first working in a large drugstore where Larry loved to visit the lunch counter and had his first “job” straightening the magazines, and later owned a small pharmacy after the family moved to

Lufkin, Texas. Larry often recalled this time fondly as time spent with his grandparents, who lived on a farm and where he was charged w it h fee d ing t he ch ickens. Larry would ride their horse, Old Buckshot (who had earned his name), and who also gave Larry a lifelong respect, although not affection, for horses. Larry was a gifted student and graduated at the top of his high school class. While in high school he was named a Westinghouse Science Fellow and, as part of the program, spent the summer before college working at the Bureau of Standards in Washington, DC. Larry then chose to attend the University of Texas, Austin, where he studied physics and worked part-time at the geology building. He often spent his free time hiking, caving, and going on adventures in Texas and Mexico. During his first two weeks of classes at UT, Larry met Jacqueline Criswell — they were on a double blind date (with other people) — but Jacqueline was charmed by Larry’s wit, stories, and intelligence and became his life partner and wife of over 40 years. In 1971, Larry was named a Rhodes Scholar and he and Jacqueline moved to Oxford, England, so he could pursue his PhD in physics. They loved their time in Oxford and used Larry’s academic breaks to travel to the English Lake District, Switzerland, Austria, Norway, and Greece. Larry and Jacqueline particularly loved the Lake District, and wed there in a small ceremony in 1972.

After graduating from Oxford with high honors, Larry was offered and accepted a position at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory at Princeton University. During his time, he worked on numerous international collaborations, including with India, Japan, France, and the UK. During these busy years, he and Jacqueline became the proud parents of Austin Grisham, Dr. Rachel Grisham, and Hilary Grisham Goodwill. They have also been happy in recent years to welcome Jonathon Goodwill and Michael Gapen as sons-in-law, and have been especially delighted to become grandparents to Grace, Mimi, Molly, and Danny Gapen. Upon his retirement from Princeton University, Larry was offered, and happily accepted, a position with the company Twinleaf, founded by, as he commonly said, “his two best graduate students.” He greatly enjoyed his time with the company until his health began to fail. As anyone who ever met Larry would attest to, he had an amazing memory and wealth of knowledge. He could easily speak on any number of subjects — and often for a very long time! Larry was always very generous, both with his time, in providing knowledge and advice, and financially, by supporting multiple charitable organizations. He will be dearly missed by family and friends. Inter ment w ill be pr iv ate. A r r a n g e m e n t s b y Blackwell Memorial Home. For condolences, go to blackwellmh.com.

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Muriel Vogel Moss Muriel Vogel Moss, 87, of Princeton, New Jersey, died on Sunday, April 26, 2020 at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center. Dr. Moss was a model for future generations of women, having been an executive and founder of a successful company during a period when there were few women at her level of management. A New Yorker by birth and a longtime resident of New York, she had lived in Princeton for the last two decades. Shortly after their marriage in 1989, Dr. Moss, w i t h h e r h u s b a n d , D r. Leonard Moss, a psychiatrist, founded the Human Effectiveness Group, Inc., an international human resources consulting firm. She worked with Fortune 500 companies worldwide in the areas of assessment, executive development, and career transition counseling. She pioneered working with women executives, helping them with executive coaching, conf lict resolut ion, and other issues pertinent to women at a time when there were few guidelines and little support for their careers. Her devotion to helping women was evident throughout her life. During the years of an earlier

marriage which ended in divorce, she lived in White Plains, NY, and worked for the city’s board of education for ten years heading a program for unwed mothers. She was also a frequent speaker on issues of women in the workplace and career management for women. Dr. Moss broke ground as a female corporate executive in her own right. Before 1989 she was an executive vice president of Fuchs, Cuthrell & Co, Inc., a human resources consulting firm headquartered in New York with offices in Hackensack, NJ, where she was also Director of Mid-Atlantic Operations. Earlier, she was Vice President for Human Resources for Lytel Incorporated, a start-up high tech electronics company where her responsibility was to hire 200 staff members to implement expansion of the business including engineers, administrators, and supervisors within the space of little over two years. In addition to her corporate career, Dr. Moss was an expert in teacher education. She held various positions in the New Jersey State Department of Education from 1978-1982 where she was the principal advisor to the Commissioner of Education on matters of higher education. She also held the title of Director of Teacher Education Evaluation. Her major accomplishment in that role was to modernize the standards and processes for evaluating all undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs in the state. During that period, she served as a member of the New Jersey Commission on Employment and Training appointed by Governors Kean and Florio. She also became well known on a national level as a program development specialist for the National Teacher Corps

for which she did training and development, and traveled the country to evaluate national, state, and local programs funded by government and private sources. Dr. Moss was born in the Pelham Bay section of the Bron x on S eptember 7, 1932, the daughter of the late Morris Laufer and the late Ida Raich. Her father was the president of Laufer & Rothbaum, a wholesale f u r n it u re a n d hardw are company in Man hat tan. She received her BA from New York University, where she was elected to Phi Beta Kappa ; her MA in Early Childhood Education, also from New York University; and her PhD in Urban Education/Policy Analysis from Fordham University. As an undergraduate, she majored in English and Spanish. After graduation from college, her proficiency in Spanish led her to live in Cuba for a period of time. There, she earned her living as a journalist. She remained fluent, and later in her life, often found her Spanish useful, as the United States became more Spanish speaking. Dr. Moss was also devoted to the community and the visual arts — particularly to prints. She and her husband were well known for their collection of modern and contemporary prints. In addition they actively supported artists who made prints. Dr. Moss and her husband were the founding co-chairs of the Adv isor y Council for the Rutgers University Center for Innovative Print and Paper, now the Brodsky Center and located at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. She also served as an officer for the Print Club of New York for many years where she organized events that featured emerging print artists, often launching their careers and public recognition.

She is survived by three children, David Vogel, a law ye r i n S e at t le, WA ; Robert Vogel, a lawyer in Washington, DC; and Dr. Laura Vogel, a psychiatrist in Amherst, MA; as well as five grandchildren, Steven Farber, San Francisco, CA; Jason Farber, Baltimore, MD; Rebecca Vogel, Washington, DC; and Claire Vogel and Jack Vogel, San Luis Obispo, CA A virtual funeral service was held on Tuesday, April 28 with a later in-person celebration of her life planned for after the COVID-19 crisis allows gatherings to take place.

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Susan Irene Hauser, later Bishop, was 93 years old when she died peacefully in Princeton on Sunday morning, April 26, 2020. Sue was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on October 25, 1926, to Irene Marie Melgaard Hauser and Walter Urban Hauser. Almost four years later, Irene and Walter had a second daughter, Jane Elizabeth, later known as Jane Pejsa. Sue’s parents and her sister preceded her in death. After West High School Susan left Minneapolis for

Mou nt Holyoke C ol le g e where she g raduated in 1948 with a B.A in Philosophy and a minor in Art. Susan married Ty Bishop and they moved to New York City. Sue worked while her husband attended medical school. Susan and Ty later divorced. A talented ar t is t, S ue worked as a book designer at a series of premier publishers through her career, starting in New York in the commercial domain and quickly moving to her long tenure in the academic world. Sue was also very eager to experience and understand other cultures, art, and food, and she traveled widely throughout her working and retirement years. In the 1960s Sue worked for Colu mbia Universit y Press, during which time she lived in Columbia University faculty housing by the campus in Manhattan, close to Harlem. She was a dedicated adopted New Yorker and, when her outof-town family fretted about the dangers of the Big Apple, Susan ignored them and lived a rich cultural life with her friends for many years. Finally, when a friend was mugged in the elevator of Sue’s building, she changed her plans and moved to Baltimore, Maryland, to join Johns Hopkins Press in the late 1970s. In Baltimore her home life was grounded in her big studio, with beautiful old wood floors, walls of windows, and room for drawing board, her art and photography. In the early 1990s Sue made the move to Princeton, New Jersey, to join Princeton University Press. There she bought a tiny, charming stone cottage, a gem hidden in a quiet neighborhood of lovely houses and neighbors close to campus. Sue quickly filled her nest with cooking, reading,

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and art from her travels, every inch of space carefully thought out, and from there built her community of friends and activities that she treasured for the decades she spent there. Sue did not have children, but she played important roles in the lives of her sister Jane’s children, Ilse and Franz, who was also her godson. In Princeton her beloved niece-in-law Conchita came often to visit and assist her, and the two traveled together on some memorable adventures, including to NYC and to Paris. Susan enjoyed many trips to Virginia to Franz and Conchita, and occasional forays to Colorado to visit Ilse. A fiercely independent woman, Sue was always determined to meet life’s challenges on her own terms. Due to her self-determination and generous support from her community, Sue was able to complete life in her own home until almost to the end of her time in the world. Susan is sur vived by her lov ing godson-nephew Franz Gayl, by Franz’s wife and Sue’s good friend, Conchita Gayl, by her niece Ilse Gayl and her husband James Logan, and by her extended family of Melgaard and Hauser cousins of multiple generations. Her family is exceptionally grateful to the people who supported Sue so thoroughly, especially during her later years in Princeton. Sue’s w ishes were to be cremated and her ashes interred next to the graves of her parents and her sister at Lakewood Cemetery in Minneapolis. Special thanks are extended to Kimble Funeral Home staff for their kind and compassionate sup port throughout. Memorial services will be announced later.

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Opportunity knocks on a very special street! This charming home couldn’t be closer to Princeton’s most popular hang-outs: Small World, Garden Theater, the library and more. A covered porch overlooks the tree-lined sidewalk, while around back, a 2-story garage offers parking and untapped potential in 3 finished rooms. The Tudor home features oak floors, pocket doors and a sunny, updated kitchen with access to the stone patio. Above are 3 sweet bedrooms, 2 full baths and a walk-up attic. All in downtown Princeton. $998,000

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Here is the place where happy memories are made! Four acres in Elm Ridge Park provide the bucolic background for one of Hopewell Township’s treasures. Historic colonial has 4 bedrooms and 3.5 baths. Original pine floors provide the perfect foil for your carpets and furniture, and will surely present them as a perfect package. Architect-designed eat-in kitchen has a special dining area, and there is, of course, a formal dining room, as well. Just think — you have your vintage house, your pond, and room to roam, a super-cool guesthouse to use when company comes (or use it for your private studio), and an incredible party barn for when we will party once again! What more could you possibly want? $1,395,000

We are pleased to present this four bedroom colonial on Balcort Drive in Princeton. Living on a cul-de-sac is fun for everyone — whether you take a stroll down the attractive street, or learn to ride your bike on it, it’s quiet and safe. Balcort is especially appealing in that it connects to another neighborhood solely by foot, thus providing additional friends for your children, or even for yourself, completely without any traffic! The house itself has large rooms and tons of light, and the backyard is just waiting for your garden ideas. Spacious eat-in kitchen opens to the breakfast room, and the formal living room has sliding doors, making entertaining and grilling out a cinch! There is easy access to the rear garden, as well as from the breakfast room. Upstairs, all four bedrooms are large and airy. There are three and one half baths, including an ensuite bathroom in the MBR. $750,000

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Custom built by the original owners who still live there today, this quality home in Lawrence Township has a Princeton address, an inground pool, gorgeous gardens on five acres, and the perfect location! Lovingly cared for, and having every bell and whistle, this house is ready for you to move right in! 5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths, and special features throughout. As you enter the house, the floor-through view goes straight to the back garden and pool. The public rooms on this floor are gracious, and generous in size. Whether you are entertaining in the formal living room, having a guests for dinner in the dining room, or hanging out in the family room adjacent to the eat-in kitchen, there is plenty of space for everyone. Upstairs study/bedroom has an open loft overlooking the sunroom — dramatic and graceful! $999,999

Just what you have been requesting — an updated contemporary in Lawrenceville’s sought-after Province Hill, an elegant gated community with a Princeton address and a terrific location! Situated on an interior street, this sophisticated home has been professionally landscaped and maintained. Granite kitchen counters, beautiful oak floors, and vaulted ceilings add to the drama and appeal of this recently renovated home. Three bedrooms, den, full basement, and deck. MBR has a large walk-in closet and all bathrooms have been beautifully remodeled. Freshly painted, and ready for its new owner! $695,000

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