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Democrat Murphy Wins; Republican Guadagno Wins; Two Will Race for Governor In the primary races for governor, the only contested clashes on the ballot in Princeton, Phil Murphy, former Goldman Sachs executive and ambassador to Germany, easily defeated his Democratic opponents, and New Jersey Lieutenant Governor Kim Guadagno eked out a close victory over Assemblyman Jack Ciattarelli to gain the Republican nomination. According to unofficial results, Mr. Murphy and Ms. Guadagno will be the candidates in the November 7 election for the four-year term to succeed Governor Chris Christie. According to the Mercer County Clerk’s Office, with 94 percent (228 of 243) of districts reporting, Mr. Murphy received 10,488 votes or 45 percent of the vote, while John Wisniewski got 5,784 or 25 percent in the Democratic primary. Jim Johnson earned 5,396 votes, Raymond J. Lesniak 746, Bill Brennan 482, and Mark Zinna 158. For the GOP, Ms. Guadagno received 2,272 votes or 40 percent, Mr. Ciattarelli 2,073 or 36 percent, Hirsh Singyh 557, Steven Rogers 543, and Joseph R. Rullo 252. In the vote for two open positions for a three-year term on Princeton Council, Leticia Fraga and David E. Cohen, both Democrats, were unopposed. There were no Republican candidates. Unopposed winners in the 16th District State Senate primary were incumbent Christopher “Kip” Bateman for the Republicans and Democrat Laurie Poppe. In the races for the nomination for two New Jersey General Assembly seats in the 16th District, also unopposed in both parties, incumbent Andrew Zwicker and Roy Freiman will represent the Democrats and Donna M. Simon and Mark Caliguire will represent the Republicans. In the election for sheriff, John A. “Jack” Kemler will be on the ballot for the Democrats in November, and Charles “Chuck” Farina will run for the Republicans. In the race for two positions on the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Lucylle R.S. Walter and John A. Cimino will run for the Democrats and Jeff Hewitson and Michelle Noone will represent the GOP. —Donald Gilpin

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Princeton University held its 270th commencement ceremony on the green in front of Nassau Hall yesterday morning. A total of 1,268 seniors were awarded undergraduate degrees, three from former classes, and 988 students were recognized with graduate degrees. The University also gave honorary degrees to five individuals for their contributions to public service, the sciences, athletics, education, and the humanities. Recognized were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, basketball star and social activist; Juliet Villareal Garcia, the first Mexican-American woman president of a U.S. college or university; Pamela Matson, an academic leader in environmental science; Bunker Roy, Indian social activist and educator; and Jeremiah P. Ostriker, astrophysicist and former provost of Princeton University who helped establish its pioneering financial aid program. President Christopher L. Eisgruber, the University’s 20th president, presided over the event and addressed the graduates. The full text of his talk is as follows: In a few minutes, all of you will march through FitzRandolph Gate as newly minted graduates of this University. Before you do, it is my privilege to say a few words to you about the path that lies ahead.

In doing so, I continue a venerable Princeton tradition that permits the president to have the first word to each entering class at Opening Exercises and the last word to each graduating class at Commencement. Those of you who arrived in September 2013 and heard my Opening Exercises address may perhaps recall something I told you then: namely, that I could not remember a word of what the University president said to my class when it entered Princeton in September 1979. I wish

I could say that Commencement was different, and that I remembered vividly the speech the president delivered almost exactly 34 years ago, on June 7, 1983. It was a good speech, I can tell you that — but I can tell you that only because I re-read the speech about four weeks ago when I was preparing these remarks. I cannot honestly tell you that I remember hearing it delivered. I do, however, remember well the man who delivered it: Princeton’s 17th Continued on Page 6

Teachers’ Contract Extension Agreement Is Close to Resolution The Princeton School Board and the teachers’ union are ironing out the final details of a two-year extension to the current contract that would carry through to the end of the 2020 school year. Seeking to avoid the kind of conflict and public demonstrations that characterized the contentious negotiations over the current contract, which were finally resolved two years ago, the board and the Princeton Regional Education Association (PREA) have laid the groundwork to reach an agreement at least a year before the contract expires on June 30, 2018.

The tentative agreement, which was achieved in a series of meetings between representatives of the board and representatives of the teachers’ union over the past three weeks, calls for 2.63 percent overall annual salary increase, in line with the final year of the current contract, and the same rate of health benefits collection and shared savings as in the current contract. The next step is to agree on the specifics of the salary guide and the distribution of the increase among teachers with Continued on Page 4

I LOVE A P-RADE: Grand Marshal Dan Lopresti, Princeton *87, leads the Princeton University P-rade on Saturday afternoon during Reunions weekend . He is followed by alumni in festive attire grouped by graduating class, starting by tradition with the 25th reunion class . Participants share why they came for Reunions weekend in this week’s Town Talk, and more photos are featured on page 18 . (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)

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varying degrees of experience. Once that is complete the PREA general membership will meet for ratification, after which the agreement will be presented for approval at the next board meeting. Both sides are hoping to reach a final agreement in the next two weeks. “Instead of expiring at the end of next year, the contract will extend through 2020,” Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Superintendent Steve Cochrane announced at the last board meeting. “And instead of spending our next year embroiled in negotiations, the board, the teachers, our schools, and our community will all be focused on fulfilling the goals of our strategic plan and on preparing our students to lead lives of joy and purpose.” PREA Co-Presidents Theresa Cross, John McCann, and Renee Szporn echoed the superintendent’s comments in a statement this week: “We anticipate finalizing the contract extension shortly and putting the contract extension before our membership for a vote. In the future, we look forward to a partnership with administration, parents, the community, and the Board of Education to continue the fantastic work accomplished in Princeton Public Schools on behalf of our students.” The PREA co-presidents and the superintendent have been meeting monthly during the past year “to share information, solve potential problems, and develop a common vision for moving

our district forward,” according to Mr. Cochrane. “From the beginning,” he added, “the PREA leadership had expressed their hope of laying the groundwork for smooth and productive contract negotiations when that time came. When I floated the idea of extending the current contract, the PREA leadership was immediately receptive. The goal of all parties has been to keep the focus on the positive direction of the district and the important work contained in our strategic plan.” In his remarks at the board meeting, Mr. Cochrane went on to thank the leaders of the teachers’ union “for their strong and consistent commitment to working collaboratively to solve problems, enhance wellness, and deepen learning — for staff and students. I am very appreciative of what we have already accomplished together. I am grateful for the focus on collaborating in the best interest of our kids. And I look forward to what we will be able to achieve in the years to come.” —Donald Gilpin

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served to be breathing in an agonal manner. Due to the knowledge that victim may have been experiencing an overdose from a suspected opioid, officers prepared the nasal Naloxone Hydrochloride (Narcan) kit for administration to the victim. Upon the arrival of Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad members, a second dose of Narcan was administered. As first responders prepared to apply the A.E.D., the patient suddenly regained full consciousness as the Narcan took effect. The victim was referred to Recovery Advocates of America for treatment as part of the Princeton Police Department’s Princeton C.A.R.E. (Community Addiction Recovery Effort) Program. It should be noted that under the provisions of the NJ Overdose Protection Act, overdose victims and those persons reporting the overdose are not charged with a crime pertaining to the use and possession of drugs at the time of the overdose. ——— On May 22, at 4:18 p.m., a victim reported that someone stole a child’s bike from his back patio on the 100 block of East Merwick Court. The bike is described as a grey and orange Raleigh valued at over $200. On May 23, at 9:41 a.m., a victim reported that on May 11 between 12:30 and 2 p.m. someone stole his John Deere leaf blower valued at $180 from the rear yard of his worksite on Quaker Road. On May 24, at 8:08 a.m., a 60-year-old female from Princeton was charged with driving under the influence

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A Princeton tradition! Correction In an article titled “Growth of Grass Roots Troupe Has Taken Founders by Surprise” in the May 31 issue of Town Topics, the beneficiary of a fundraiser taking place June 12 was incorrectly identified as Planned Parenthood. The correct name is Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey, which is the c(4) advocacy organization of the Planned Parenthood affiliates in New Jersey. The featured speakers at the event are Christine Sadovy, the legislative and political director of Planned Parenthood Action Fund of New Jersey; and Sean Hoey, the organization’s field director.

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president, William G. Bowen *58. Bill Bowen passed away last October, at the age of 83. He was a giant on this campus and a giant in higher education. His theme on the day that I graduated evoked the informal motto that is carved into this front campus. “You will find,” he said, “countless ways to give new life to … one of Princeton’s most important traditions: a tradition of service.” My classmates and I took those words to heart, as I hope you will, and as Bill certainly did. Over the course of a ceaselessly productive life, Bill was a powerful and effective advocate for coeducation, the excellence of the faculty, racial and socioeconomic inclusivity, and the freedom of speech. He improved this University tremendously, and his scholarly work aided the cause of equal opportunity across this country. Princeton seeks at these Commencement ceremonies to offer you models for how you might use your education to make a difference in the world. That is why, each year, we present honorary degrees to people who have in various ways served our nation and humanity. Bill Bowen himself received an honorary degree from Princeton almost exactly 30 years ago, and he remains a model worth emulating, not only for his success as a scholar, teacher, and leader, but also for his values, his compassion, and, not least, his resilient optimism. Dr. Harold Fernandez ’89 told me a memorable story earlier this year about Bill’s

values and compassion. Dr. Fernandez was one of the speakers at the ¡Adelante Tigres! conference celebrating Princeton’s Latino alumni. Harold described how he journeyed across harrowing seas at age 13 to come to the United States from his native Colombia. He arrived undocumented, and he entered Princeton with a fake green card and a phony social security number. During Harold’s freshman year, his status was discovered, and he feared that he would be expelled from the University and deported from the country. Harold turned for help to a faculty mentor, Professor Arcadio Díaz-Quiñones, who brought his predicament to President Bowen’s attention. Bill Bowen arranged for Princeton’s immigration attorney to defend Harold and personally supported his cause. He also enlisted the help of Associate Dean Nancy Kanach, who, as it happens, will retire this month after 36 years at Princeton devoted to educating and assisting our students. President Bowen, Dean Kanach, and others provided Harold with a University scholarship to replace the federal financial aid he had lost. Harold eventually won legal residency. He graduated magna cum laude and received the P y ne Pr ize, t he highest honor that this University conveys on undergraduates. He is now a heart surgeon whose medical skills have saved many lives. At ¡Adelante Tigres!, Harold Fernandez told me how grateful he was to President Bowen for his assistance and his empathy. Empathy, observed Dr. Fernandez, is

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something much needed, and all too lacking in today’s public discourse about immigration and many other topics. I agree with Dr. Fernandez, and I am confident that Bill Bowen would have agreed as well. In his 1981 Commencement address, Bill observed that “[s]anity, both personal and national, requires a capacity to think clearly; but it requires no less a capacity to care about other people, to acknowledge weakness, to derive strength from friendship and from love, to give as well as to take.” Overcoming the fractious politics and bitter disagreements of our day will require empathy ; it w ill require friendship and love; it will require an ability to connect and collaborate together. It will also demand that we find a way to restore and rebuild faith in the institutions, of government and of society, that allow us to take on projects together. That is no easy task, for we live at a time when confidence in our shared institutions is ebbing. People are losing faith not only in government, but also in business, journalism, and non-profit organizations. This year’s edition of the Edelman Trust Barometer, a widely cited measure of attitudes toward institutions, reported that “trust is in crisis around the world.” Bill Bowen understood the importance of institutions in our lives, and he had a great love for this institution of higher learning where he spent so much of his life. As he entered the final year of his presidency he reflected on the role of Princeton and other institutions. “Institutions,” he said at Commencement in 1986, “exist to allow us to band together in support of larger purposes; they permit a continuity otherwise impossible to achieve; and they allow a magnification of individual efforts.” Bill recognized that, despite the great value of institutions, they were at constant risk of erosion by the powerful currents of a diverse and individualist society. “Learning to make the accommodations that institutional affiliation requires is not always easy,” he remarked, especially for people like our students, who have been encouraged to cultivate “critical habits of thought and a fierce independence.” “But,” Bill continued, “there is a need to cooperate and collaborate, as well as to strike out on one’s own, if important societal ends are to be served.” I hope you have the courage to believe in our institutions; to maintain, repair, and improve them; and to sustain them for the future. It is all too tempting to complain about our institutions’ failures — whether on environmental protection, health care, education, or international affairs. It is harder to see their essential role in securing the freedoms and opportunities that we cherish. But, as Bill rightly said, we need our institutions because they enable us to pursue larger purposes together. They are not perfect, not even close to perfect, but they are the best means we have to address shared problems and pursue shared aspirations. And certainly we should seize every opportunity to Continued on Next Page

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“Why did you come to Princeton University Reunions weekend?” (Photographs by Charles R. Plohn)

“It’s my 25th reunion. It’s the big one, you get to see a lot of classmates, and you get to march at the front of the P-rade. It’s been a great weekend.” —Albert Lin, Muscatine, Iowa, Princeton ’92

Julia: “Well, I am so happy to be here with all of my classmates and with my roommate, Linda, who came all the way from California. We don’t get to see each other very often, so it’s very special to celebrate together.” Lisa: “I came back to see friends and to be a part of the Alumni Faculty Forum.” Linda: “I am so happy to be back here at Princeton, see friends, and see all of the beautiful updates around campus. It’s wonderful to see the diversity on campus as well.” —From left: Julia Sharpe, Saunderstown, R.I., Princeton ’76; Lisa Gornick, New York, N.Y., Princeton ’77; and Linda Morton, San Diego, Calif., Princeton ’77

Gwendolyn: “I come back to see all of the amazing people. I get to see our classmates and our grandparent class. There’s no place like Princeton and it really is like being back home.” Tyler: “I wanted to see everybody and hear how and what they’re doing. It’s a great chance to visit and catch that Princeton magic again.” Justin: “You don’t get too many opportunities to see a man who is both a member of the Great Class of 1966 and an honorary member of the class of 2016, Charles J. Plohn, Jr. It’s great to see alumni and my classmates alike.” —From left: Gwendolyn Lee, Los Angeles, Calif.; Tyler Lawrence, Franklin, Tenn.; and Justin Ziegler, Union, all Princeton ’16

Robinson: “I came back to see classmates, which is the main reason we all come back. It’s a very special time. I was honored to have an opportunity to give a talk to my classmates on housing development, which is my profession.” Peter: “Because I wouldn’t miss it for anything. I am class treasurer and responsible for collecting all of the money that we contribute.” —Robinson Brown, left, Berkeley, Calif., Princeton ’67 with Peter Holzer, Princeton, Princeton ’67

Tom: “Because this is the best party around, and I live 20 miles away. I’d be a fool not to come here.” Preston: “I come back every year because I am on the board of trustees of the Cloister Inn. Each year during reunions, we have our annual meeting, and I march in the P-rade and catch up with friends while I can.” —Tom Swift, left, Neshanic Station, Princeton ’76 with Preston Granbery, New Vernon, Princeton ’69

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work together, for the world today is a bewildering and anxious place. You are, of course, not the first graduates to confront such a world as you pass through FitzRandolph Gate. Indeed, here I can quote from what Bill said in those 1979 Opening Exercises remarks to my entering class, the words that I could not remember. He observed then that “[i]t is in many ways a somber time, and I think we do well to recognize that reality — not as a justification for opting out, but as a prelude to considering how various individuals and institutions, including this University, can make a constructive difference.” That was Bill’s way: to recognize challenges clearly and respond constructively. “Onward!” was Bill’s favorite exhortation, one he would utter in the wake of successes and setbacks alike. As you move onward from this place, I wish you above all else a measure of Bill’s indefatigable optimism, of the conviction that we can and must work together to improve the world, and that learning, teaching, and the pursuit of knowledge are an essential part of what it takes to do good. In that spirit, although I said earlier that Princeton tradition affords me the privilege of having the last word at the Universit y’s Commencement, I am going to yield that privilege to my late predecessor. I will leave you with the parting thoughts that he offered at Commencement in 1980. He spoke about the place of learning at this University and in the lives of our graduates, and he closed with these words. The place of learning, he said, “should be … a large and lasting one, consistent in character and scale with the values … of this University from which you are now to take your leave. May it be a place able to accommodate the fun of learning as well as the effort all true learning requires. May its boundaries be set not by what we think we know now, but by a lifelong curiosity and an abiding appreciation for ideas — for their elusiveness, to be sure, but also for their power, their beauty, and their capacity to enrich our lives and the lives of others.” To all of you who today receive degrees from this University, from all of us here on the platform, congratulations to the Great Class of 2017! Onward!

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Cherry Valley Cooperative Growing Into Its New Location “You know, the food that we’re eating is just devoid of nutrients, and it’s devoid of f lavor,” L auren Nag y says, perched on a plastic chair in the greenhouse of the Cherry Valley Cooperative. Rows of carrots, Swiss chard, kale, and all manner of other vegetable sit in starter trays stretching to the back of the facility in a patchwork of greens. A barrel-sized bucket of “compost tea” brews, gurgling nearby. Ms. Nagy explains that much of the flavor and aroma of fruits and vegetables is influenced and enriched by soil life. She says that largescale agricultural producers tend to neglect soil quality, to the detriment of their produce. “People just don’t want to eat it — because it sucks,” she says, “We’re trying to make people like food again.” The Cherry Valley Cooperative, which bills itself as a “Center for Permaculture & Holistic Wellness,” is in the midst of its first growing season at 619 Cherry Valley Road, Princeton. Formerly known as Cooperative 518, the Cherry Valley Coopera-

tive is a farm and wellness center run as a producer’s cooperative. Their desire to farm sustainably informs their focus on permaculture — an agricultural movement that seeks to promote health and fertility by mimicking natural systems and working with the ecology of a particular location rather than imposing upon it with synthetic fertilizers and the like. By way of example, Ms. Nagy points to the swales they’ve dug in their fields — furrows that take advantage of the land’s changes in elevation to channel rainwater and irrigate their crops naturally. Ms. Nagy met her cofounder and fiancé Alec Gioseffi in 2012 at Canal Farm in Kingston, which supplies produce to the Terra Momo Restaurant Group. Af ter working there together for a season, the two decided to strike out on their own and began to farm a portion of the nine-acre plot in Franklin Township that would become Coop 518. By last year, Coop 518 had outgrown that original location. So last summer,

with the help of Pinakin Pathak, CEO of the stone importing business OHM I nter nat iona l, t h e co op bought its current plot off of Cherry Valley Road: 97 acres of fields, woods, and wetlands. In anticipation of the beginning of its Commu nit y Suppor ted Ag r i culture program (a weekly produce subscription service) and the opening of its farm store — both later this month — the Cherry Valley Coop has a wealth of crops in the ground: broccoli, cabbage, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, Swiss chard, kale, collard greens, beets, carrots, bok choi, and more. The farm also keeps sheep, pigs, chickens, and guinea hens. But the coop members are not content to simply work the land. Ms. Nagy holds yoga classes on the farm. Chris Moran, who is a personal trainer in addition to his work on the farm, hosts “playful movement” parkour classes in the prop erty’s woods, and Samuel Steward practices massage and sound therapy when he’s not tending the fields.

The Cherry Valley Cooperative prepares for its first harvest at its new location. (Photo by Rachel Steinhauser)

The coop hosts a monthly potluck dinner, open to all comers, which Ms. Nagy hopes will be a first step in their broader community outreach and nutrition education initiatives. Collec t ively, t he coop members are a young crew, mostly in their mid- to late20s, and their energy and idealism are palpable. On the edge of the property, near the grove of evergreens where they are cultivating shiitake mushrooms, the coop has begun to build a “yurt village” for a small core cohort of members to live on site. In the future, time and funds permitting, they aim to restore the historic barn on their property (constructed around 1780), and construct a new building with offices, a commercial kitchen, and a yoga studio. Ms. Nagy says she dreams of turning Cherry Valley Coop into a full-blown eco resort someday, complete with a bed and breakfast. For now, though, they are focused on delivering a first harvest at the new location. And despite the occasional setback — a spell of unusually cold spring weather here, a popped tractor tire there — things are going well so far. “There’s a lot of grace here,” Ms. Nagy says. —Doug Wallack

Mercer County Cultural Festival and Food Truck Rally

In celebration of Mercer County’s ethnic and cultural diversity, County Executive Brian M. Hughes and the Board of Chosen Freeholders will present the seventh annual Cultural Festival and Food Truck Rally on Saturday, June 17, at Mercer County Park in West Windsor. The festival, to be held from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m., will celebrate diverse cultures with live music and traditional dance performances, food trucks and a biergarten, art demonstrations, heritage crafters, American Indians with handmade tepees, and pony rides and other activities for children. The festival will feature live music by Gruppo Nos-

tra (Italian), Spooky Handy Trio (Americana), Polkadelphia ( Polish), Angel Rios and His Orchestra (Puerto Rican), and Kombo Latino ( Latin), as well as dance performances by Egun Mode (African), Trenton Terpsichorians Hellenic Dance, Shen Yun Chinese Lion Dancers, Janosik Polish Dance, Nos Pos de Ouro (Brazilian and Capoeira), Shishya School (Indian), and Lisa Botalico Fiesta Flamenca (Spanish and Latin American). Admission and parking are free. For more information, please call the Mercer County Division of Culture and Heritage at (609) 2782712 or e-mail culturalfestival@mercercounty.org. ———

Ware Malcomb Moves to Larger Office

The Princeton office of Ware Malcomb, an awardwinning international design firm, has relocated to a new, larger location at 188 Nassau Street, 2nd Floor, Suite 1. The move accommodates the firm’s growing client and employee base in the area. Ware Malcomb’s Princeton office will continue to be led by Marlyn Zucosky, director of interior architecture and design. Ms. Zucosky has 30 years of experience in commercial office, education, hospitality, retail, and residential interiors – 19 of which have been spent in the Princeton market. “Since the opening of the office in 2016, we have been focused on growing the firm’s presence in the Princeton market and beyond,” said Ms. Zucosky. “This move to a larger office space will allow for that continued growth.” Ware Malcomb opened its first New Jersey office in Woodbridge in 2005 and has completed over 500 projects throughout the state. Key clients in the firm’s Princeton office include Boston Properties, Ivy Realty, and Vision Real Estate. Select clients ser viced by Ware Malcomb’s Woodbridge office include: L’Oreal, Fratelli Beretta, Lexus, and Medline, among many others.

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All In A DAy’s Work Gita Varadarajan: Teacher, Author, World Changer Rhode Island celebrated “Save Me a Seat Day” on May 13, 2017 in honor of a recently published book co-authored by Riverside School second grade teacher Gita Varadarajan. As part of the One State, One Book initiative and Kids Reading Across Rhode Island 2017 for students in grades three to six, the special day included an event at the state house with the authors, writing workshops, book signings, family activities, and even Indian dance and cricket demonstrations related to the cross-cultural theme of the book. The stor y of t wo fif th graders — Joe and Ravi — struggling to find their way, Save Me a Seat, published by Scholastic Press, “is

about adventures between cultures, it’s about fitting in, it’s about diverse voices, diverse authors,” said Ms. Varadarajan. “It was a very happy moment for me when they announced that May 13 would be ‘Save Me a Seat Day,’” Ms. Varadarajan added, pointing out that it was on May 13 seven years earlier that she, with her husband and two young sons, first set foot on American soil. But the stories of her life, her teaching career, and the development of her creative imagination started much earlier, in India, where she was born. Stories “I grew up with my grandparents,” she described. “My dad worked on a tea planta-

tion in a remote part of the country where there were no schools, so I lived with my grandparents. My grandfather was a professor of engineering in the military and a master storyteller. I listened to a lot of stories when I was growing up. “Every Sunday afternoon we would gather around him, my brothers and cousins and I, and listen to him tell about worlds that we could only imagine : big white mansions, lavish balls, ladies in white gowns dancing, and butlers serving them. He took us back to the British Raj. He had a fascination for that kind of life.” The seeds of Ms. Varadarajan’s career as a novelist were planted early. “So I started to see the world through stories. I saw a lot of stories around me, and I created a lot of stories in my head,” Ms. Varadarajan recalled. “I was very shy and quiet in school. I read a lot of literature that excited me at the time.” Teaching Ms. Varadarajan started her teaching career in the Midd le E ast, mov ing to Dubai with her new husband to teach in a Pakistani school where she was one of only two Indian teachers. In the classroom, she readily overcame her minority status. “I found that the relationship between the teacher and the student was sacred. The boundaries created outside withered away in the classroom.” Almost immediately, she

realized she wanted to be a teacher for the rest of her career. “Ever since then I’ve been teaching,” she said. “I went back to India, had my two sons, and I continued to teach.” T hen, in 2010, a new chapter began in her life. Her husband, working for a technology company, got an opportunity for a new job in the U.S., “so he said we should go and discover a new land, a new culture,” she said. So with about 15 years of teaching experience and a flourishing career in charge of curriculum for a number of schools in Bangalore behind her, she headed to America. “So I gave up everything, very sadly, but I went to the U.S. very excited for a new life and a new beginning,” she explained. Earning her master’s degree in literacy education from Teachers’ College at Columbia University, Ms. Varadarajan, who now lives in West Windsor with her husband and two sons — one a junior at Rutgers next year, the other a senior at West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North — was delighted to find a position teaching second grade at Riverside. “I wanted a place where I thought my voice could be heard and also the voices of all the children that I teach,” she said. “I like Riverside a lot, because it’s a small school and it has a family feeling. We’re able to do some excellent things because of the small size of the school.” Noting the significance of being the only South Asian teacher in the school, Ms. Varadarajan went on to

SAVE HER A SEAT: Gita Varadarajan, second grade teacher at Riverside School, has co-authored a book, “Save Me a Seat,” that Rhode island selected for this year’s Kids Reading Across Rhode Island initiative. She looks forward to her ongoing career as an author and educator. point out, “A diverse teaching staff is something that America definitely needs at this time, to reflect the diversity in our country and ensure that we do not make assumptions about each other’s cultures. We’ve seen the demographics of the students change overnight. Now it’s time for the demographics of the teaching staff to also undergo change.” Changing the World Teaching and writing will both be important in Ms. Varadarajan’s future career. She looks forward to another collaborative endeavor with Sarah Weeks, co-author of Save Me a Seat, and she has plans to broaden her teaching experience. “I’d love to write more,” she said. “I hope I can partner with Sarah again, and this time write something about girls. It can change the world. It’s a safe space to open up the conversation about change. There’s a whole conversation about diverse books, but I think diverse authors is important too.” In the fall of 2017, Ms. Varadarajan also plans to teach a course to prison in-

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Asking Princetonians to Follow Mayor Lempert’s Commitment to Slowing Disastrous Climate Change

New Free Breakfasts Program Taking Place At Witherspoon Presbyterian Street Church

To the Editor: After several months of planning and discussions, we are pleased to announce the commencement of a new and free breakfast program that will begin on Tuesday, June 27, at the Witherspoon Presbyterian Street Church. The collaborators of this new initiative includes Princeton Cornerstone Community Kitchen, Princeton Human Services and Send Hunger Packing Princeton, the Witherspoon Presbyterian Street Church, and the Trenton Department of Parks and Recreation. First, we’d like to acknowledge our gratefulness to the Church for their enthusiastic willingness to host the breakfast all summer long. And second, we’d like to thank Trenton’s Fiah Gussin, Trenton Parks and Recreation, for the support she has provided in helping us get the program approved by the USDA. The meals will be available from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m. Monday through Friday throughout the summer. They are available for youths 18 years of age and younger. The meals need to be consumed on the premises. The address is 124 Witherspoon Street, the corner of Witherspoon and Quarry Streets. Children will be greeted at the door. This new program is an exciting addition to the already robust and growing sources of food and meals in our Princeton Community. More information can be obtained by calling the Human Services office at (609) 688-2055. LARRy APPERSon Cornerstone Kitchen RoSS WiSniCK Send Hunger Packing Princeton

To the Editor: Princetonians should be proud to accept responsibility for doing as a municipality what the federal government has spurned: the Paris Accord of 2015. “Climate Mayors,” including our Mayor Liz Lempert, are now 187 mayors representing 52 million Americans. They have all stated a commitment to “adopt, honor, and uphold the commitments to the goals enshrined in the Paris Agreement.” This group is spearheaded by Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles. The governors of California, Washington, and new york have initiated a separate but parallel group, all of them aiming to hold global warming to not more than 1.5 degrees Celsius annually and to reduce carbon emissions annually as well. At least nine states have joined with these cities to resist the follies at the top of the federal heap. These states include Massachusetts, California, oregon, new york, Colorado, Washington, Connecticut, Virginia, and Rhode island as, night by night, more officials choose to oppose by bathing their capital buildings in green, as Paris did on the first night of this massive failure for the planet. We ask Princetonians to follow Mayor Lempert’s lead and commitment to slowing the speed of disastrous climate change and global warming. As the noted anthropologist Jane Goodall has recently said, we must have time to invent solutions to the problems we have haplessly made since the beginning of the industrial Revolution. We live in what has been called “the Anthropocene Epoch”: as homo sapiens we have the power to destroy ourselves and everything else on our globe; as Elizabeth Kolbert has written in The Sixth Extinction (2014), no living creature before us has ever had that power. To the fullest extent possible, Princetonians must heed the strictures of the Union of Concerned Scientists, the natural Resources Defense Council, the World Wildlife Fund, and many other comparable groups in the U.S. We have great confidence in Mayor Lempert, Princeton Council, and Sustainable Princeton to lead us all in understanding what we must do next, and all the time. SoPHiE GLoViER, Drakes Corner Road HEiDi FiCTEnbAUM, Carnahan Place DAniEL A. HARRiS, Dodds Lane GRACE L. SinDEn, Ridgeview Circle MATTHEW WASSERMAn, DISCOVERING PRINCETON: This familiar Princeton image gracMeadowbrook Drive es the title page of “Discovering Princeton: A Photographic Guide with Five Walking Tours” by photographer Wiebke Martens and historian Jennifer Jang, who will launch Library Live at Labyrinth with an appearance at Labyrinth Books on Tuesday, June 13, at 6 p.m.

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For Princeton Council: The Time is Right for Leticia Fraga and She Is Right for the Time

To the Editor: Leticia Fraga will bring a sharp, focused, and independent mind to Princeton Council. in a town largely Democratic it is important that issues both large and small be vetted honestly and with great transparency. How easy it can be at times when there is lack of opposition to rubber stamp ideas and policies without really taking time to fully understand their impact and implications. Leticia’s unique understanding of community partnerships will serve her well by allowing more voices to be heard and greater inclusion in a town that desperately needs it. As Princeton goes from a town to a small city, managing its growth will become crucial. our schools, our traffic issues, our affordable housing and our affordability, our diversity, our accountability, our law enforcement will all be challenged to respond to a variety of needs in the days ahead. Leticia’s fresh perspective, her background in outreach and education, her sensitivity to human concerns, and her understanding of the application of civil rights will round out our panel of municipal leadership to provide across the board accountability. Serving on council requires commitment and dedication and concern for others. it is time consuming and at times full of stress. Leticia has demonstrated the unique ability to remain cool under pressure and takes the necessary time to both examine and look deeply at issues with regard to causes and effects. She will exhibit great care and thoughtfulness when making decisions and will speak truth to power when necessary. i expect her to be a strong voice for what is right in our town and also a strong voice against what she believes is wrong. it is with great confidence that i endorse her candidacy, her commitment, her knowledge, and her level of expertise and understanding. The time is right for her and she is right for the time. LEiGHTon nEWLin birch Avenue

“Discovering Princeton” Launches Summer Library Live at Labyrinth Princeton residents Photographer Wiebke Martens and historian Jennifer Jang will launch the summer edition of the Library Live at Labyrinth series with an appearance at Labyrinth books on Tuesday, June 13, at 6 p.m. They will discuss and show images from their new guidebook Discovering Princeton: A Photographic Guide with Five Walking Tours. The presentation will be followed by a 7 p.m. walking tour of the Princeton University campus. Discovering Princeton features five fully-illustrated walking tours of Princeton University as well as its more modern sections; downtown Princeton, including some of its oldest neighborhoods; and the campuses of Princeton Theological Seminary and the institute for Advanced Study. Each walk highlights the town’s history, varied architecture, and a multitude of local attractions, ranging from museums and theaters to parks and playgrounds. For those who want to roam a bit farther, ideas for short outings and longer excursions in the greater Princeton area are included. According to Jon Hlafter, Princeton University Architect Emeritus, “over the years the town and gown community of Princeton has

been the subject of many publicat ions, var y ing in scope and purpose. What distinguishes this new work from what has come before is its fine balance of photographic artistry with a concise, easily-readable literary style. Together, they capture elegantly both the breadth and the ever-changing nature of the place. For anyone who would like to know more about this unique community, Discovering Princeton offers an easily-accessible, multi-faceted epiphany.” Wiebke Martens is a fine arts photographer with a focus on landscape and architectural photography. Her work has been exhibited in new Jersey and Pennsylvania, and she is a licensed artist by Princeton University. Since moving to Princeton with her family ten years ago she has immersed herself in this town, wandering the streets, camera in hand, and exploring its history. Jennifer Jang, a museum educ at ion consu ltant in Princeton, holds a doctorate in American civilization. Animating history is her specialty, and she has worked at a variety of institutions, including the Historical Society of Princeton, where she designed walking tours for children and adults. This is their first collaboration.

David Library Hosts Talk by Van Buskirk

Historian Judith L. Van buskirk will present a lecture titled after her book, Standing in Their Own Light: African American Patriots in the American Revolution, at the David Library of the American Revolution on Wednesday, June 14 at 7:30 p.m. it will be held in the Library’s lecture hall located at 1201 River Road, Washington Crossing. Admission is free, but reservations are required and can be made by calling (215) 493-6776 ext. 100, or by sending an email to rsvp@ dlar.org. Judith Van buskirk is professor of history at the State University of new york, Cortland. She is the author of Generous Enemies: Patriots and Loyalists in Revolutionary New York. in 2002, at a Fourth of July lecture she gave in Mount Vernon, new york, Ms. Van buskirk met two African Americans who were veterans of the Pacific theater in World War ii. She realized they had stories to tell, and referred them to a project at Rutgers University, which at the time was collecting soldier testimonies from the Second World War. but she also remembered her Uncle bud, who died at age 19 in okinawa. “All that is left of him is a box with a few belongings, including a Purple Heart. He never got to tell his story,” she says. “The veterans of Mount Vernon and my uncle blended together and inspired me to look into the forgotten veterans of the country’s founding war — the American Revolution.” Following 13 years of research and writing, Standing in Their Own Light was published this year by the University of oklahoma Press for its “Campaigns and Commanders” imprint. Much of the research for the book took place at the David Library using its collection of service and pension records from the Revolutionary War. The David Library is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the study of American history between 1750 and 1800. over the years it has awarded residential research fellowships to nearly 200 scholars of Early America. Professor Van buskirk was a David Library Fellow in 1995 and 2003. ———

Sci Fi Convention Features Lafferty

The Lawrence Headquarters branch of the Mercer County Library System will be host-

ing the world’s only science fiction convention devoted to the work of legendary author R. A. Lafferty. The event will take place on Saturday, June 10 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. The library will have panel discussions introducing readers to Lafferty’s work, a presentation by the artist Anthony Rhodes discussing his Lafferty-inspired art, and discussions of Lafferty’s influential novel, Fourth Mansion. The Lawrence Headquarters branch is located at 2751 brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville. Refreshments will be served. Registration is suggested online through EventKeeper. For more information about the library’s programs call (609) 989-6920, or visit www.mcl.org. ———

Christina Baker Kline At Arts Council Soiree

The Arts Council of Princeton’s second annual Summer Reading Soiree celebrates the love of both reading and art. The evening features Christina baker Kline, new york Times bestselling author of The Orphan Train, who will discuss and sign copies of her latest novel, A Piece of the World. The book is a fictionalized memoir of the woman in the famed Andrew Wyeth painting Christina’s World. Attendees can stroll the exhibits at the Arts Council while beverages will be provided by Cool Vines, along with a variety of appetizers from local chefs, desserts from Ritzy bakes, and sorbet from the bent spoon. The first 50 attendees will receive a limited edition wooden bookmark and all who attend can enter a drawing to win prizes donated by local merchants. This event is co-sponsored by the library, Labyrinth books, and the Arts Council of Princeton.

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William Carlos Williams and Jim Jarmusch in Paterson — The Poem as a Way of Life Thinking, writing, talking constantly about the poem as a way of life …. —William Carlos Williams, from The Autobiography magine pitching this idea to a Hollywood producer: “It’s a film about a week in the life of a New Jersey bus driver who writes poetry, he’s living with a lovely woman and her English bulldog and when he goes out at night to walk the dog, he stops by a bar and has a few beers.” Long pause. The producer is waiting to hear when does the guy hold up the bar or turn out to be a serial killer who leaves poems attached to his victims, or at least, when does the girl get raped or killed. No such luck. Nobody gets hurt, unless you count what happens to the notebook the bus driver writes his poems in. When the producer’s eyes stop rolling, he asks what happens to the notebook. “Sorry,” says the writer/director. “I don’t wanta give away the plot.” Then, seeing that the producer is hyperventilating, he fills him in: “It’s the dog. The dog’s jealous of the poet. His name is Marvin. He’s amazing. Looks like Winston Churchill after a full meal.” Pause. “It’s, like, a slice of life film about poetry and love and dogs and things like that.” In the real world, Jim Jarmusch got all the backing he needed for his latest film, Paterson, and Marvin won the Palme Dog Award at Cannes for the best performance by a canine. “A Beautiful Idea” Several decades ago when I was writing a novel about poetry and love in an imaginary New Jersey city roughly based on a combination of Paterson and New Brunswick, I tried to read William Carlos Williams’s book-length poem Paterson (New Directions 1946-1958). In a TIME interview Jim Jarmusch admits that the book “goes over my head, I don’t understand a lot of it. But at the beginning of it, a man is a metaphor for the city of Paterson, and vice-versa. And I thought that’s just a beautiful idea.” Me, too. That’s why I finally stuck with the book to the end, that and the idea of a renowned poet who was still practicing medicine when Paterson won the first National Book Award in 1950. “No Ideas But in Things” In a 1950 radio interview with Mary Margaret McBride, Williams recites “The Red Wheelbarrow,” after claiming that it’s the only one of his poems he knows by heart: so much depends upon

a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens

W hen he’s finished, Williams tells McBride that the poem’s message is a variation on the opening line of Keats’s Endymion, “A thing of beauty/is a joy forever.” After quoting Keats, the primary influence on his early work, Williams speaks of “the secret satisfaction” of finding things of beauty “in the commonest places if your eyes are open.” “Thing” is a word to reckon with when reading Paterson. It’s there in the poem’s credo, which contains the seed of Jarmusch’s film: “Say it! No ideas but in things. Mr./Paterson has gone away/to rest and write. Inside the bus one sees/ his thoughts sitting and standing.” Evidence of the term’s adaptability is apparent in The Autobiography when Williams calls his fellow poet and Penn classmate Ezra Pound “the livest, most intelligent and unexplainable thing I’d ever seen.” The Lunchbox From what I’ve read of Williams’s autobiographical writings, I think he would approve of Jarmusch’s concept and the way the bus driver’s poetry is presented. Nicely, sol idly, thingly played by an actor who happ e n s to be named Adam Driver, Pater s on is first seen not just writing a poem but literally holding it in his hand, fingering the thing, the object, a box of Ohio Blue Tip matches whose size, compactness, and design inform the love p o e m h e ’s composing for his beauteous Laura (Golshifteh Farahani). Next we see him in the driver’s seat of the bus a moment before starting it up for the day’s run, pen in hand, writing the poem in his “secret notebook.” He’s working at it again during a lunch break. The deliberation with which he pronounces and forms the words as he writes brings poetry down to earth in the everyday working world where his lunchbox displays a photo of beautiful Laura next to an image of grim Dante. When the TIME interviewer asked Jarmusch who his favorite poets were, Dante was at the top of the list because he “wrote in vernacular.

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threaten to break the spell of the poem before it has time to take hold. What to make of a letter that begins “In regard to the poems I left with you; will you be so kind as to return them to me at my new address?” You wonder why this, and why so early and why after so singularly thematic a line (“…only one man — like a city”)? Are these letters the poet’s inventions? If not, where do they come from? Unless your copy has notes, it takes some online searching to find that Williams has incorporated portions of actual letters from a woman named Marcia Nardi. Which leaves you pondering the ethics of an established poet using personal communications in his own work without acknowledgment. There’s nothing comparable in Jarmusch’s film unless you count the charming scene where Paterson listens to a poem read by a ten-year-old girl who finds it “awesome” that a bus driver has heard of Emily Dickinson. Later, Paterson mentions the incident to Laura and recites the girl’s poem, which was actually written by Jarmusch himself. Open Borders The imaginary Hollywood producer listening to a pitch for Paterson would have some issues with Laura. Like how did a Jersey bus driver end up living with this drop-dead beautiful foreigner? And what kind of a name is Golshifteh Farahani? She’s Iranian? From the Axis of Evil? Then how did she get into the country? Maybe she’s an ISIS plant? That would at least give some heft to the plotless plot. If you’re familiar with Jim Jarmusch’s previous work you know that in his world the borders are always open, and it’s not America first, it’s America everywhere. In Paterson’s closing scene, the bus driver receives a soul-saving gift from a Japanese poet (Masatoshi Nagazse) visiting the city immortalized by his hero William Carlos Williams. There’s something like poetry in knowing that this is the same actor who visited the city immortalized by his hero Elvis Presley some 25 years earlier in Mystery Train. Such things happen in Jarmusch’s America, where an actress from Tehran who played in an underground rock band when rock music and singing by women were banned in Iran ends up as the devoted, deliriously creative, cupcake-baking lover of a bus driver in Paterson, N.J. (At one time forbidden to travel outside Iran, Farahani now lives in Paris.) t’s likely that William Carlos Williams would have approved of Farahani, for there are versions of Laura all through his Paterson, including the one in Book Five who stops the poet in his tracks. She’s neither short, nor tall, nor old nor young; her grey eyes “looked straight before her,” her hair “gathered simply” behind her ears under “a shapeless hat” -- and then she disappears, gone before he can ask her, “What are you doing on the streets of Paterson?” He has “a thousand questions” for her. Is she married, does she have any children, what’s her name, this “lonely and intelligent woman: “Have you read anything that I have written?/all for you.” —Stuart Mitchner

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Art MCCC’s Trenton Gallery Presents “Beloved Trenton”

The Gallery at JKC, Mercer County Community College’s new exhibit space in downtown Trenton, is proud to present “Beloved Trenton” by photographer Habiyb Ali Shu’A ib. The show r uns from Monday, June 19 to Monday, July 17. A reception and artist’s talk takes place Friday, June 23, from 5 to 8 p.m., with the talk to start at 5:30 p.m. The Gallery is located in Trenton Hall at 137 North Broad Street (across the street from the James Kerney Building). Gallery hours are Tuesdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Wednesdays, noon to 6 p.m.; and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mr. Shu’Aib was born and raised in Trenton. At age 9 his parents gave him a disposable camera, which ignited his love for photography and photographing the city he calls home. JKC Gallery Director Michael Chovan-Dalton, coordinator of the MCCC photography and digital imaging program, said he selected to showcase Habiyb’s work because “he shows us Trenton as home as opposed to Trenton as problems, which is often how photographers depict the city. He fits well with the goal of the gallery to be both an opportunity for up-and-coming photographers and a destination for more established photographers. Habiyb is part of the vibrancy of the Trenton art scene that the gallery and I am excited to be a part of.” Mr. Chovan-Dalton notes that Mr. Shu’Aib’s photographs depict Trenton with honesty, affection, familiarity, and curiosity. “Trenton can be a complicated place to describe because it is a city that struggles with its identity and it is perceived differently by those who only know it through the media,

by those who work here but live elsewhere, by those who left here, by those who moved here, and by those who never left,” Mr. ChovanDalton said, adding that Mr. Shu’Aib’s work reads like a journal about the place in which he grew up. “The viewer, in turn, is given an experience that may reflect our own perceptions of Trenton but also remind us of something familiar and beloved in our own travels,” he said. Mr. Shu’Aib’s work has b een fe at ure d reg u larly around the area in recent years, including Trenton’s Art All Night and Art All Day, Trenton 365 Show (WIMG 1300), “Soul of The Message” with SAGE Coalition at Casa Cultura Gallery, “Trenton Makes” at Capital Health Medical Center, “I See Stor y tellers” exhibit at Hopewell Valley Vineyards, and, most recently, the “Anthracite Fields” art exhibition at Roebling Wire Works. For more information, visit www.mccc.edu/JKCgallery. ———

“Impulse” Seesaws at Grounds For Sculpture

Grounds For Sculpture ( G FS ) is feat ur ing “Im pulse,” a new installation at the 42-acre sculpture park comprised of 15 giant seesaws that will transform the southern end of the Great Lawn into a vast, illuminated interactive art playground. “Impulse” will be at GFS for one month only, and will be open to the public from June 11-July 9. This special installation is part of GFS’s ongoing 25 th anniversary pop-up events. Extended hours until 9 p.m. on Friday and Saturday evenings will allow guests to enjoy the full spectacle that “Impulse” provides after dark. “Impulse” debuted in Montreal in the Quartier des Spectacles in 2015 during Luminotherapie, an annual winter festival showcasing technological, artistic, and cultural innovations, and inspired by Montrealers’ love of outdoor play — regardless of the weather. It was

created by architect Lola Sheppard and lighting designer Conner Sampson, with sound design by Mitchell Akiyama. “‘Impulse’ will add new dimensions of fun for visitors of all ages,” says GFS E xecutive Director Gar y Schneider. “We’re thrilled to host such a dynamic and interactive art installation, and to be able to offer our guests that much more reason to visit the sculpture park after dark.” To activate the giant illuminated and sound-producing seesaws, visitors sit astride them like any other seesaw. Once in motion, the built-in lights and speakers produce a harmonious sequence of sounds and lights, resulting in a constantly evolving ephemeral composition. “Impulse” has been on view internationally in London, Brussels, and Lugano, and in the United States in Scottsdale, Baltimore, and Chicago. After departing GFS, it will travel to Jerusalem, Detroit, and Calgary. For more information, visit www.groundsforsculpture.org. ———

INTERACTIVE ART PLAYGROUND: “Impulse,” a new installation at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, features 15 giant seesaws that, once in motion, produce a harmonious sequence of sounds and lights. It will be at GFS from June 11-July 9. The above photo shows “Impulse” at Leicester Square Gardens in London, as part of the Pause and Play Festival. (Photo by James Munson)

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The New Jersey Arts Annual is a unique series of exhibitions highlighting the works of visual artists and crafts people in the state. Chosen for their excellence, these artists present works of drawing, photography, sculpture, painting, ceramics, glass, metal, wood, and mixed media. Fine Art and Crafts exhibitions are presented in alternating years, and rotate among the major museums in the state. In 2017, to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a “Special Edition” exhibition is being presented by the New Jersey State Museum. Over its history, more than 1,300 artists, crafts people, or folk arts apprentices have received grants from or participated in exhibitions sponsored by the State Arts Council. This exhibition highlights some of those artists and the con-

Weaving Workshop for Youth at NPC

Arnando Sosa, 2015 New Jersey Folk Artist of the Year and current artist-inresidence at Nassau Presbyterian Church (NPC) in Princeton, will lead a special weaving workshop for Mercer County youth on June 10 at NPC. This introduction to the art of Guatemalan folk weaving is open to youths in grades 4 through 12 (as of September 2017). A morning workshop (10 a.m.–noon) or afternoon workshop (1–3 p.m.) is available to 10 weavers each, working together on five table looms. Armando Sosa began his weaving career as a child in his native Guatemala, helping his father and grandfather work their looms. The brilliant color of yarns inspired him to continue in the family weaving tradition, and later to incorporate the

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ith last Saturday night’s concert by Concordia Chamber Players, this year’s Princeton Festival is off and running. The Concordia ensemble brought only four instrumentalists to this opening concert of Princeton Festival’s 2017 season, but violinist Emily Daggett Smith, violist Ayane Kozasa, cellist Michelle Djokic, and pianist William Wolfram filled Princeton Theological Seminary’s Miller Chapel with a full orchestral-level sound in music both Romantic and contemporary. The string musicians of Concordia Chamber Players began the concert with a tribute to an 18th-century giant by a late 20th-century composer. American composer Aaron Jay Kernis is renowned for his imaginative approach to orchestral color and instrumentation, and his 1991 Mozart En Route (Or, A Little Traveling Music) takes Mozart’s concept for the well-known A Little Night Music to new levels. The opening passages from Ms. Daggett Smith were almost Irish in character, with a driving rhythm from Ms. Kozasa and quick playing from Ms. Djokic. The three players together executed precise and sharp sforzandi and collectively maintained an element of swing throughout the piece. Although in one movement, this work contained several contrasting sections, and the trio of Concordia Players easily shifted among the moods and musical styles. Ms. Daggett Smith and Ms. Djokic were joined by pianist William Wolfram to play Ludwig van Beethoven’s 1808 Piano Trio in D Major, a performance that confirmed the Concordia ensemble’s musical identity as a well-oiled chamber machine. Beginning with a fiery entrance, which resounded in the chapel, the trio of players passed musical material easily among themselves. Ms. Daggett Smith’s violin playing soared more in this piece than in the Kernis work, accompanied by very steady keyboard playing from Mr. Wolfram. The three players watched one another continuously, knowing instinctively when to build the dynamics

and when to get out of one another’s way. The second movement Largo assai (nicknamed the Ghost movement) was marked by clean thirds between violin and cello and a mournful melodic line begun in the cello, with typical Beethoven false entrances creating additional suspense. A well-played cadenza-like passage from the piano led to a more peaceful ending. Tension in the closing movement was created by harmonic suspensions among the players. Mr. Wolfram, playing an instrument whose upper register especially rang in the hall, was particularly impressive in this movement of continuous motion. All four players came together for a piano quartet by Richard Strauss, a composer more known for massive orchestral works than chamber music. Strauss’s Piano Quartet in C minor showed very lush orchestral writing, even if only for four instruments, with moments of serenity and lightness interspersed with jarring shifts in what was very complex music. Ms. Kozasa played particularly expressively, with delicate phrase endings, and Mr. Wolfram led the music well from the keyboard. In this work, Strauss avoided the calm and songlike inner movements characteristic of the 19th century, but pastoral sections between violin and viola provided contrast to the piece. One could hear more expansive musical forms in the music, with particular shades of Strauss’s later Der Rosenkavalier in the third movement. Throughout the work, lush melodies were heard from all instruments, and Mr. Wolfram was particularly effective at subtly changing the dynamics a and leading the way through the music. rinceton Festival’s offerings this year range from opera to Broadway to jazz, with lectures, movies, and dance in between. Concordia Chamber Players’ opening concert started the Festival off well, and has paved the way for a month of varied and exciting music. —Nancy Plum

Princeton Festival’s 2017 season continues with performances of instrumental, vocal, and choral music, and performances of Beethoven’s opera “Fidelio” and Broadway’s “Man of La Mancha.” For information visit www.princetonfestival.org.

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The Historical Society of played spirited shows since of La Mancha, the finals Princeton (HSP) will host 2001, combining selections of a competition for young its sixth annual Concert from the Stones, Faces, The pianists, and a free lecture Under the Stars fundraiser Band, Zeppelin, and Hum- series. On Friday, June 9 at 8 on Saturday, June 10, from ble Pie in rock clubs around p.m. in Richardson Audito6:30–10 p.m. at the Updike New York. N e t pr o c e e d s f r om A rium, the Princeton Festival Farmstead. This year’s event will feature live performanc- Concert Under the Stars Pops Orchestra strikes up es by four local bands: Stony support the Society’s mis- the band for the first-ever Brook Bluegrass Band, Grav- sion to serve as a hub for Festival Pops concert. The ity Hill, East Coast Ambush, cultural enrichment, expe- orchestra will play songs and The Goods. Jammin’ riential education, and the f r om D i s n e y m ov i e s to Crepes will serve a dinner stewardship of collections match scenes from the films menu prepared with local in- and places. HSP shares its on a big screen. “Disney in gredients. Local craft beers collections and programs in Concert: Around the World” history education with di- will be narrated by singer/ will also be available. Stony Brook Bluegrass verse audiences, aiming to actress and Princeton High Band will open the event, enhance community vitality School choral director Sarah with their unique fusion of and build historical literacy Pelletier. Rising young conmusic from across the Ap- — cornerstones of healthy ductor, composer, arranger, and pianist Brian Eads will palachian Region. Stony civic culture. Tickets to the event are lead familiar, well-loved Brook’s repertoire combines traditional bluegrass with available online at w w w. songs from The Little Merre-interpretations of coun- pr inceton h is tor y.org, or maid, Mary Poppins, Beautry and rock tunes from the by phone: (609) 921-6748 ty and the Beast, Pirates of the Caribbean, and other members’ collective youths. x105. favorites. ——— Grav it y Hill blends an Man of La Mancha opens eclectic mix of late ’60s pop, Second Week of on Saturday evening June 10 folk rock, punk, post-punk, Princeton Festival at 8 p.m. in Matthews Acting ’90s alternative, and conThe Princeton Festival Studio at 185 Nassau Street, temporary dance rock. moves into its second week Princeton for the first of ten East Coast Ambush is an with a number of season performances. Based on the acoustic project formed by highlights, including the classic novel Don Quixote local musicians, playing a multi-media event of a full by Miguel de Cer vantes, sprinkling of original maorchestra playing popular VOICES_TownTopics_3.375x4.5c:Layout 1 5/22/17 3:20 PM Page the musical follows Quixote terial within a variety of Disney songs along with as an old man nearing his death who fantasizes that he is a knight-errant striving to make a better world. He is driven by “The Impossible Dream” while he and his faithful servant Sancho Panza take to the road to battle evil and mankind’s wrongs. The adventures they encounter, comic and moving, are punctuated with songs such as “Dulcinea,” “It’s Randall Thompson All the Same,” “Little Bird” Frostiana and of course “The ImposRochelle Ellis, soprano sible Dream.” There will be Mischa Bouvier, baritone additional performances of VOICES Chorale with Man of La Mancha on June the Riverside Symphonia 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, and 24 at 8 p.m., with matinees on Lyn Ransom, conductor June 11, 18, 24, and 25 at 4 p.m. Nearly 200 accomplished Friday June 16, 2017, 8 pm pianists from age 6 to their Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University early 20s will compete for 68 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08544 cash, and trophies in the Tickets $45, $35, and $25 Festival’s Competition for Young Artists. The finals Purchase online: https://tickets.princeton.edu/ Event: To Comfort the Human Spirit of the competition will take By Telephone: Princeton University Ticketing 609-258-9220

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The festival is on June 17, Sourland Music Festival 3-10 p.m. (Rain date Sunday, At Hillsborough Country Club The Sourland Music Festival will take place on June 17 at the Hillsborough Country Club, with a lineup that includes seven New Jersey bands with music that spans blues, folk, jazz, and rock: The John Ginty Band, JD Malone and The Experts, Lisa Bouchelle, Tom Tallitsch, Russell Norkevich, Karl Dietel 5, and The High Hearts. Apart from the music, there will be a variety of familyfriendly activities: a climbing wall, the Bouncy Kingdom, and a bike test track by Sourland Cycles. Restoration Technologies of Belvidere will hold a (mini) barnbuilding demonstration. New to the festival this year, Cool Critters will feature hands-on activities with real Sourland animals and demonstrations: turtles, snakes, birds, bugs, bats, bees and alpacas — a feature made possible by the event’s nonprofit partners in conservation. Adult tickets start at $25 in advance, and proceeds support the Sourland Conservancy in its efforts to protect and support the unique ecology, history, and culture of the Sourland Mountain region. The festival is a community event where families, friends, and neighbors come together to enjoy music, food, and drink, explore and enjoy the outdoors, and help protect the beautiful Sourland Mountain — the largest forest in central New Jersey.

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Mill Ballet School Welcomes Summer Faculty

Mill Ballet announces that Christine McDowell will join as a guest instructor for the Choreographic Workshop during Summer Dance 2017. The Mill Ballet School’s Choreographic Workshop has become a place where young aspiring dancers can work closely with the outstanding faculty of the Mill Ballet School and guest artists. Ms. McDowell received her BA in history from Boston University and her MFA in performance and choreography from New York University. During her time at Boston University, Ms. McDowell choreographed and performed on campus with the student-run organization, Dance Theater Group, and performed professionally with the contemporary company Dance Visions, led by Margot Parsons. “The choreographic workshop is a program for intermediate through advanced students that allows the student dancer to build on their technique, and develop their artistic and performing skills by learning new choreographic works,” says Melissa Roxey, director of the Mill Ballet School. The goal of the program is to give each individual a better insight into the art of dance. Afternoons will be spent working closely with Mill Ballet faculty on original works as well as the restaging of some classics. Students will present the choreographic works in a showcase at the end of the four week program. For more information about the Mill Ballet School, and Summer Dance 2017, visit www.millballetschool.com or call (609) 397-7244. ———

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place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, June 11 at the Clark Center in the Lawrenceville School. The Jacobs Music-sponsored event will honor winners and their teachers in six age categories. A free reception will follow the final round. New this year, the winner of the grand prize for the most outstanding performer in the competition will get a free trip to a Tanglewood Festival concert and master class, accompanied by a parent and a teacher. T h i s y e a r ’s o p e r a i s Beethoven’s Fidelio, with performances on June 18 and 25. To expand their enjoyment of the opera, musiclovers can take advantage of three free talks. First, Scott Burnham, professor emeritus at Princeton University, will give a talk “On the Heroic in Beethoven’s Fidelio,” on Tuesday, June 13 at 7 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library. Second, Dr. Timothy Urban, who teaches at Rider University, will speak on “Rescued by Beethoven’s Fidelio” on Wednesday, June 14 at 7 p.m. in the West Windsor Library and on Thursday, June 15 at 7:30 p.m. at the Princeton Public Library. And finally, Marianne Grey will give a talk on “Leonore, A New Kind of Heroine” on Wednesday, June 14 at 7 p.m. at Lawrence Library. For more information and to purchase tickets visit www.princetonfestival. org. To purchase tickets by phone, call McCarter Theatre at (609) 258-2787.

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Women’s College Club Scholarship Awards

The Women’s College Club of Princeton held its annual Awards Tea in May. Now in its 101st year, the club has continued to help outstanding young women obtain higher education and this year awarded $29,000 in scholarships. There were twelve recipients from four Princeton high schools. The Ramona S. Peyton Award in honor of a former member was presented to Katherine Bristol of the Hun School, who will attend The College of William and Mary. The Marjory White Memorial Scholarship in honor of a former member was granted to Alexis Davis of Princeton Day School, who will attend Ithaca Coll e g e. T h e L u n a K ays e r Scholarship was given to Molly Rodas of Princeton High School, who will attend Kean University. The Harriet Peterson Award was given to Anna Cincotta of Princeton High School, who will attend Gettysburg College; and the Molly Updike Award was given to Isabel Roemer of Princeton High School, who will attend Georgetown University. T h e Wom e n’s C ol l e g e Club of Princeton Scholarships were given to Michelle Mendez-Castor of Princeton Day School, who will attend Villanova University and to Alexxa Newman of Stuart Day School, who will attend the University of Texas at Austin. Recipients of The Women’s College Club Scholarships from Princeton High School are Fia Miller, who will attend Parsons School of Design; Jamaica Ponder, who will attend Northwestern; Maria Servis, who will attend Rowan University; and Lourdes Zamora, who will attend Marymount Manhattan College. The Florence Bell Hillier Prize was awarded to Winona Guo of Princeton High School, who will attend Harvard University.

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PRINCETON SEMINARY CLASS OF 2017: Princeton Theological Seminary’s 205th commencement was held on May 20 in the Princeton University Chapel, where 180 students were awarded 193 degrees. The Class of 2017 comes from 13 countries including Egypt, Germany, India, Kenya, Liberia, Malaysia, Mexico, Myanmar, Nigeria, Peru, South Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand; 30 states; and Washington D.C. Graduates will serve as pastors in churches, as hospital and prison chaplains, and in the mission field. They will teach in urban schools, minister on college campuses, and continue their studies, both in the U.S. and abroad.

Celebrating Excellence In Education The 2016-2017 school year has been filled with numerous student accomplishments, district recognition, and outstanding work reflecting the talents of our educators and support staff. Among the many achievements this year, students and staff have received the following recognition: • PHS junior Sreyashi Ghosh who was named as one of the 100 recipients of the Emperor Science Award, sponsored by PBS LearningMedia and Stand Up To Cancer. • The children’s book, Save Me a Seat, which was co-written by Riverside 2nd grade teacher Gita Varadarajan, was chosen for this year’s Reading Across Rhode Island initiative. Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo officially proclaimed 5/13/17 as Save Me a Seat Day. • PHS 10th grader Helena Wolk and JW 8th graders Olivia Gomez and Leah Schmult won the grand prizes at the first-ever Walnut Lane Film Festival. • The PHS Odyssey of the Mind team advanced to the World Finals competition. • On April 26th, the Euro Challenge team placed second in final round of the Euro Challenge competition. • During John Witherspoon Middle School’s Spirit Week, JW students and staff raised nearly $5,000 to benefit children who are fighting cancer. • PHS Senior Winona Guo was named a 2017 Presidential Scholar. • JW 7th grader Angelina Chen was named a recipient of the Gold Key in 2017 Scholastic Art and Writing Awards for the Northeast Region. • With the help of more than 15 local businesses, JW students collected a total of 6675 pounds of food to donate to local food pantries. • PHS senior Julia Madden received the Outstanding Senior in French Award from the American Association of Teachers of French. • The PHS Studio Band and Jazz Combo took home first place in the renowned Berklee Jazz Festival competition. • Three PHS students signed letters of intent to play NCAA Division I athletics: Noa Levy will be attending Lehigh University as a member of the track team; Alex Roth will be attending the University of Pennsylvania as a member of the track team; and Zeno Mazzacato will be attending Rutgers University as a member of the soccer team. • In their third varsity season, the Girls Volleyball team won the West Jersey Interscholastic Volleyball League title. • The PHS Cheerleading team holds the title of CVC “All Music Non-Tumbling” Champions. • PHS Field Hockey won the division title for the 6th year in a row. • PHS Boy Cross Country had a record-breaking 2016 season, including winning the Meet of Champions and the Mercer County Championships, clinching PHS’s first county title since 1992. The team then went on to place seventh in a deep field at Nike Regionals Northeast, ending the season ranked as the #1 team in New Jersey. • The PHS Boys Soccer team won the CVC League Championship and were the Mercer Country Tournament Co-Champions. • The PHS Girls Fencing Team won the team relay events at the United Fencing Conference Championship for both Foil and Epee. • PHS Boys Hockey was undefeated in its league, winning the CVC and reaching the Public A State Tournament Semi-final for the first time in the team’s history. • PHS Boys Winter Track won the sectional championship. Alex Roth and Will Hare finished 2nd and 3rd in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions 3200m race and both finished the season ranked among the top 10 high school athletes nationally for the 3200m. • Three PHS athletes took home county championships in Winter Track: Alex Roth - 3200m, Paul Brennan - Shot Put, and Simon Schenk - Pole Vault. Brennan was the #1 sophomore thrower in New Jersey and ranked in the top 15 nationally. Schenk recorded the best freshman vault in the state (13-0), which made him one of the top 15 freshman vaulters in the US. • PHS senior James Verbeyst became the first wrestler in PHS history to win over 100 matches. Verbeyst and sophomore Alec Bobchin both won District titles, and Bobchin was the first wrestler in 12 years to qualify for the state tournament. Coach Rashone Johnson also became the school’s winningest wrestling coach with 135 wins. • PHS Boys Lacrosse players Johnny Lopez Ona and Eamonn McDonald both notched their 100th goal. Lopez Ona was also recognized by the National Body for US Lacrosse as an Academic All-American. • At the Mercer County Tournament, Swim team senior Melinda Tang broke the county record in the 100 Fly. • PHS Ice Hockey player Brendan McCormick was selected as the CVC Player of the Month for January 2017 by the New Jersey Devils. • PHS Boys Basketball player Zohrian Blue reached his career goal of 1,000 points. • PHS celebrated the success of its students on June 1st at the annual Gold Key awards for PHS seniors and juniors. The awards are given based on students’ character, leadership, and service to the school and community.

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Senior Gold Key Recipients: Hilola Agzamova, Ares Alivisatos, Isaiah Anagbo, Amanda Bank, Rose Bell, Nathalie Bussemaker, Joe Coonan, Brendan DeMilt, Aaron DiGregorio, Benjamin Dodge, Abby Emison, Andrew Goldsmith, Katherine Griffin, Matt Hawes, Stephanie Hu, Nathanial Hyman, Angela Kim, Emily Kleinbart, Gwen Koehler, Noa Levy, Amy Lin, Siyang Liu, Georgia McLean, Eli Meisel, Ethan Neuwirth Guerra, Collin Nichols, Alexa Podolsky, Jamaica Ponder, Stefan Pophristic, Ella Quainton, Isabel Roemer, Nina Sachdev, Talen Sehgal, Grace Seward, Carolina Soto, Theo Trevisan, Daniel Tse, Lenin Zavaleta Lopez, and Keri Zhang Junior Gold Key Recipients: Ines Aitsahalia, Lauren Almstead, Thomas Brinkman, Rutha Chivate, Fedlyne Cleophat, Margaret Evered, Sreyashi Ghosh, Yoselin Hernandez, Simran Kaur, Diane Li, Sophie Mann-Shafir, Lachlan McCarty, Lana Musa, Adam Olkin, Wilson Perez, Brianna Silva, Celia Silver, Melanie Smith, Valeria Torres-Olivares, Amy Wang, Leda Wang, and Aileen Wu Congratulations to all on their achievements!

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or individuals facing a disability or special needs, each day brings challenges that are ever-present. Whether the person is a child or adult, whether the challenges are physical, intellectual, or emotional, each individual must persevere to enjoy a quality of life and sense of independence that so many of us take for granted, Fortunately, many programs are available to provide support, disseminate information, and direction to resources. Local agencies, federal and state governments, schools, YMCA/ YWCA, community recreation programs, and camps are all ready to help special needs individuals to develop skills, participate to the best of their ability, and to feel included as an important member of the team or activity group. Such programs are increasingly offered in schools, including the Bridge Academy in Lawrenceville. An independent nonprofit school, it enrolls students ages 8 to 18 with language-based difficulties, such as dyslexia, auditory processing disorder, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder), and dysgraphia. The Bridge Academy is designed to help students “‘bridge the

gap’ between their potential and performance,” explains Development Director Kim Bruno. “The school is well-known and respected for its unique ability to remediate student weaknesses, encourage independent learning strategies, and help maximize potential. Students are best described as ‘bright students who learn differently.’ These students are of average to above-average intelligence but thrive and learn best in more accommodating educational settings. The school’s educational expertise attracts students from more than 32 different school districts in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.” Multi-Sensory Ms. Bruno points out that the Orton-Gillingham method is the foundation of the language arts program. Small group instruction, with a 3 to 1 student-staff ratio, is an important focus, she adds. “Multi-sensory teaching techniques are employed to address individual learning styles while a supportive and nurturing environment fosters each student’s academic and social growth “Orton-Gillingham instructional approach has proved to

be highly successful for students with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities. The Bridge Academy is one of only 13 schools in the nation (and the only one in New Jersey) that is accredited by the Orton-Gillingham Practitioners and Educators.” A comprehensive curriculum includes language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, art, physical education/health, career orientation, speech, counseling, and occupational therapy. Technology is fully utilized at the school with the use of student laptop and classroom interactive Smart Boards. “Opportunities for student involvement in non-academic and extra-curricular services and activities are encouraged, and provided through periodic school-sponsored events as well as student participation in sports and events sponsored at and by the sending districts,” continues Ms. Bruno. “Also, as the schedule allows, students aged 14 and older are enrolled in Career Orientations, designed to explore school to post-school activities, including vocational training, career exploration, and entry into community or four-year colleges. This

program has been highly effective, with 87 percent of the students pursuing a college education.” As Ms, Bruno points out, a hallmark of the Bridge Academy is “the commitment, collegiality, and depth of knowledge of the staff and faculty, The teachers consistently show sensitivity and understanding to students as they learn together. “They celebrate each child’s talents, successes, and build

upon a strong community including students, parents, family members, child study team members, and professionals. The Bridge Academy is a student-centered, aca demically challenging school with clear expectations and learning foundations.” Sports Programs In addition to the regular school program five days a week from September to June, after-school and summer tutoring, a summer remedial

reading program, and summer teacher training in OrtonGillingham multi-sensory are also offered. Sports programs have always been a way to emphasize the value of teamwork and the necessary contribution of each individual, and good sportsmanship. Often, however, those with special needs and disabilities have been left out of such activities. With the advent of Special Continued on Next Page

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Olympics and various school and community programs, now children and adults with these challenges are welcome to participate. Such a program is Princeton Special Spots (PSS), an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization which provides sports for special needs children 6 and up, and social programs for special needs adults and teens. Founded in 2001 as the Challenger Division of Princeton Little League, offering youth baseball to children with special needs, it added basketball in 2003, and reorganized as an independent nonprofit entity. Soccer was added in

2004, and the program now offers youth sports three seasons during the year. “PSS began partnering with the Princeton Recreation Department ( PRD ) in 2008 to offer monthly dances for adults and teens,” explains Co-Founder and Co-President Deborah Martin- Norcross. “The dances now draw more than 70 participants each month, and some have lived in our community for years, The dances culminate with a Spring Formal in May, and a pool party and barbecue at the Community Park Pool in June. “In addition to these regular programs, PSS and PRD occasionally run other activities, which have included an

international pot luck dinner and two Arts Showcases, the second of which is also supported by the Arts Council of Princeton. In these showcases, adults and teens with special needs were able to display their talents in the visual and performing arts.” One-on-One “Our programs are run by adult volunteers with the assistance of more than 75 student volunteers or ‘buddies’,” continues Ms. Martin-Norcross. “These extraordinary college, high school, and middle school students interact one-on-one with our participants in all of our programs, providing peer leadership and social camaraderie no coach or chaperone can replicate.

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The participants have a range of special needs and challenges, she adds. “Some have physical disabilities, such as cerebral palsy, mobility, sight, hearing, or speaking impairments. Others have cognitive or attention-related issues, including autism, Down syndrome, developmental delays, ADHD, Williams syndrome, Kabuki syndrome, Angelman syndrome, and other conditions.” Participants must be at least 6 years old to play in the youth sports programs, and most players continue to be involved through their 20s. The dances for adults and teens include teen-aged participants to those in their mid-60s, reports Ms. MartinNorcross. Basketball is played in winter, baseball in spring, and soccer in the fall. Each season is 10 weeks, with sessions on Sundays from noon to 1:30 p.m. at various locations. Dances are held one Friday a month from September through June. Ms. Martin-Norcross believes the benefits of PSS cover many areas. As she points out, ”In our youth sports programs, in addition to teaching the skills required for each sport, we focus on providing our players with a place where they can succeed, take pride in their individual accomplishments, understand the importance of teamwork, and especially, good sportsmanship, and generally derive the same benefits of being part of a team that typical kids enjoy,” Also, she adds, “As people with special needs age out of the school system, there are fewer opportunities for them to socialize. The dances are one way we try to fill that gap. We provide supported settings for social interaction that are not otherwise readily available to the adults with special needs living in the Princeton area. We are told that even participants who don’t love dancing look forward to coming every month, if only to listen to music and share a pizza with their friends, PSS and PRD plan to continue working to open up more of these opportunities for this segment of our community,” Important Benefits In addition to Ms MartinNorcross, officers of the PSS board include Co-President John Pecora, Vice President Ann Diver, Treasurer Carmine Conti, and Secretary Hana Oresky.

Yoga has long been known as a unique path to relaxation as well as an excellent form of exercise. It can also offer important benefits for children and adults with special needs. Be Inspired Yoga in Pennington, founded by Fran Swart, a yoga therapist, offers a full range of yoga opportunities. Ms. Swart works with people of all ages and specializes with children and families with special needs. Her mission is to help them feel better and enjoy a better quality of life. “With yoga therapy, I am often able to help people who haven’t gotten lasting results from anything else they’ve tried,” she explains. “One of the biggest benefits clients get from working with me is being with someone who doesn’t judge and doesn’t just see a

body or behavior that needs to be fixed, Instead, I see a person who has many strengths and gifts, with some challenges, from mild to severe, that get in the way of their living the fullest life possible. “I use yoga therapy to work with individuals and families who deal with a wide range of challenges, strengths, and special needs. These can include autism, ADHD, learning delays, Down syndrome, cancer, anxiety, depression, deficits in receptive and expressive language, and physical challenges associated with special needs, as well as those arising from chronic pain or injury. “Working together with families and children, we build on strengths to achieve consistent, positive, and Continued on Next Page

The Bridge Academy •Dyslexia •ADHD •Auditory Processing •Dysgraphia •Orton-Gillingham Instruction •3:1 Student to Teacher Ratio •Summer Teacher Training Programs The Bridge Academy is a New Jersey approved school serving students with language-based learning disabilities. It is the only accredited Orton Gillingham program in New Jersey.

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Unicorn Riding is a horseback riding program designed for children and adults with special needs. Directed by Occupational Therapist Erin Hurley, we strive to create an environment maximizing independence. Our organization was created in 1987 and we opened our brand new facility in September 2016 in Pennington.

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noticeable results in the following areas: balance, coordination, trying new things, paying attention, communicating, taking interest in other people, motor planning, emotional outbursts, impulsive behavior, sleep issues, anxiety, depression, chronic stress, chronic pain or injuries, migraine

headaches, body awareness, and improved reading and writing skills.” Yoga therapy uses simple movements and breathing exercises to improve movement and breathing, points out Ms, Swart. “Consciously moving and breathing with deliberate attention are forms of mindfulness meditation. These meditation practices increase self-awareness and help you

identify and take steps toward a happier life. Regardless of your personal challenges or circumstances, life-changing shifts are possible for everyone, and anyone can do it and immediately enjoy the benefits.” At Ease Private yoga therapy sessions are one hour, and focus on the individual’s needs and

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goals. Ms. Swart also provides home yoga therapy programs for every client. “Practicing at home helps integrate what you’re learning into your everyday life. You will quickly develop the skills you need to feel better, happier, and more at ease. No matter what reason brings you to yoga therapy, you will feel better, and be empowered to shape the direction your life is taking,” Be Inspired Yoga’s many clients are enthusiastic about its customized program. As the teacher of an autistic student reports, “Fran is mindful of his abilities, and adjusts her teaching style and instruction based on his strengths and challenges. He continues to make progress in developing his body awareness, range of motion, balance, coordination, strength, and concentration.” Adds the mother of a child

with special needs, “Fran’s unfailingly patient and encouraging attitude makes space for carefully tuning in to what is really going on.” Healing Process Many individuals facing the challenges of special needs have established a significant bond with horses. This is true for children and adults, and riding has benefitted them in various ways, including physically and emotionally. Unicorn Therapeutic Riding in Pennington offers a full range of equine-related opportunities — from riding to caring for the horse. “Our mission is to facilitate growth and rehabilitation through the connection to horses. Horses are powerful animals in the healing process and can instill confidence in students, whether through riding or just equine interaction,”

points out Erin Hurley, Unicorn founder and director. A registered/licensed occupational therapist, Ms. Hurley began riding as a young girl, and has conducted therapeutic riding in New Jersey since 1988. She opened Unicorn Therapeutic Riding, relocating to Pennington, in September 2016. “We are a nonprofit program dedicated to enhancing the lives of children and adults with special needs,” she explains. “Set on over 18 acres, our brand-new facility includes a fully-enclosed indoor riding arena with viewing area, seven-stall barn with tack room and wash stall.” Special needs students from 3 years old to 20-plus come to Unicorn where they can bond with the horses and learn a variety of riding skills. Continued on Next Page

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“Unicorn Therapeutic Riding is a program for children and adults to gain physical and cognitive strength through riding and interacting with horses. Through the assistance of trained professionals, students will have personalized sessions with one of our therapeutic riding horses,” says Ms. Hurley. Horseback riding and equine interaction have been shown to help students in many areas, she adds. “The benefits are many, ranging from improving muscle strength, balance, coordination, focus, and range of motion to strengthening the core, promoting positive sensory stimulation, enhancing social skills, and increasing confidence and self-esteem — all combined wth a sense of control and having fun.” Tried and True “We have horses that are tried and true and suitable to our needs,” continues Ms. Hurley. “They have been specially trained as therapeutic horses, and experienced working with individuals with special needs. They don’t mind loud noises or unexpected behavior. Our horses are very forgiving. With Unicorn Therapeutic Riding, the horse becomes the partner for treatment.” Classes are 30 or 45 minutes, depending on the student. In some cases, students ride alone, under the supervision of Ms Hurley or one of the other instructors. For very young children, a leader walks in front the horse, with two other helpers, one on each side of the horse. Ms. Hurley notes that although some children are initially apprehensive, they soon bond with the horse and look forward to the next ride. She adds that the program can benefit many disabilities. Some of these include abuse issues, ADHD, anxiety, autism, cerebral palsy, demen-

tia, depression, development delay, genetic syndromes, traumatic brain injuries, behavioral issues, physical injuries, and post traumatic stress disorder, Riders of all ages and abilities are welcome. As Ms, Hurley says, “No previous riding experience is required, We will customize a program to meet individual student needs, and smaller and larger horses are available. Riding occurs yearround in our indoor arena.” In addition to riding, some of the students learn to saddle the horse, brush, groom, and feed the animal. “We want our students to develop confidence and become as independent as possible,” points out Ms. Hurley. “Horses are amazing animals, and our wonderful staff and volunteers promote success for our students in learning a new skill.” A special pleasure currently awaits students and visitors to Unicorn. The group of six horses has been joined by the arrival of a three-month-old colt, born in March to one of the regular stable occupants, Sugar Magnolia. The playful and charming newcomer will eventually be trained to take his place as a therapeutic horse. School Project Everyone can use a sidekick! Someone you can count on, someone to take your part, someone to trust; a mentor, a best friend. That is the premise underlying Sidekicks Support Services. This Hamilton-based organization was founded by Niko Antonellos in 2012 when he was a senior in college. As he explains, “It started out as a school project for my entrepreneurship class, and I have been working on SideKicks ever since.” Over the years, it has become indispensable to many families with special needs members. Primarily serving Mercer County, it also helps

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people in Ocean, Monmouth, and Middlesex counties. “Sidekicks was started to give individuals with disabilities the opportunity to attain meaningful relationships and to get the chance to be part of a community. I also started it because I wanted to give families time, comfort, and peace of mind by providing a reliable support outlet,” says Mr. Antonellos. “Social networks and social interaction are key elements of happiness, wealth, and prosperity. By providing mentors and companions, we envision individuals having the opportunity to enjoy daily activities and community offerings, We envision parents having extra support around the home or when needing to tend to personal and professional needs. “We provide Medicaid- and insurance-funded programs, such as individual support services, employment support, career planning, and community-based supports. Sidekicks is an approved provider through the Division of Developmental Disabilities, Department of Children and Families, Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield, and Aetna.” Daily Living Among the services offered by Sidekicks are mentorship, companionship, assistance with daily living, engaging in activities in the home or in the community, and respite, “We do a lot of things with our individuals,” reports Mr. Antonellos. “Whether it’s working on activities of daily living, self care, going out into the community, going to events, and participating in games and activities, etc. We work with individuals from four years old and up, and provide services for people with conditions such as autism, spectrum disorder, Down Syndrome, physical handicaps, behavior disorders, anxiety, and ADHD, among other challenges. “Our services ate provided in the homes of the family and in the community, Our sessions are typically anywhere from two to five hours at a time, but we also have Sidekicks who work for longer periods of time or for the day. In addition, we also do overnight stays.” The Sidekicks staff includes 75 part-time and three fulltime members, adds Mr. Antonellos. All are pre-screened and receive special training. In addition, six board-certified behavior analysts work with the Sidekicks. “Everyone’s needs, interests, and goals are different,” he points out. “Our services are tailored to fit each individual’s unique ambitions. The goal of our program is to promote personal growth and development, and an experience that is safe, engaging, and fulfilling.” Those who interact with and help special needs individuals are noted for their patience, compassion, and concern for others. As Mr. Antonellos says, “I believe individuals with disabilities are superheroes for overcoming obstacles and challenges on a daily basis, They truly are an inspiration to me, and are a daily reminder that the relationships we have with others are a major key to happiness. I just want to give people an opportunity for that happiness through meaningful relationships.” —Jean Stratton

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Desperate Survivors Lead Spartan Existence in Suspense Thriller Paul (Joel Edgerton) managed to find a safe refuge for his family that was far from the rest of humanity in order to escape the deadly plague that has been decimating the Earth’s population. At least that’s what he thought, until his wife Sarah’s (Carmen Ejogo) father somehow caught the disease. After she and their son (Kelvin Harrison, Jr.) said their goodbyes while wearing germ-proof respirators, Paul shot his father-in-law and cremated the body in order to prevent it from infecting them. As the body was being cremated, Travis the 17-year-old grandson, comforted himself by telling his pet dog Stanley “Don’t worry, I’m going to take care of you.” Unfortunately, Stanley is the next to die in It Comes at Night, a suspense thriller that is set inside a darkened cabin in the woods. The movie was written and directed by Trey Edward Shults who made an impressive debut a few years ago with Krisha. Also, of local interest, Princeton native

Jonathan Yi was the assistant location manager for the film. The plot thickens when a family of refugees, desperate for shelter and food, shows up. Against his better judgment, Paul invites the strangers to share their already meager rations, after he accepts their assurances that none of them is infected. The family’s Patriarch Will (Christopher Abbott) reassures Paul that they’re healthy, but there’s something suspicious about the way Will’s wife, Kim (Riley Keough), keeps their baby covered up. Events proceed uneventfully, until things mysteriously start to happen in the middle of the night. Excellent (HHHH). Rated R for profanity, violence, and disturbing images. Running time: 97 minutes. Production Studio: Animal Kingdom. Distributor: A24. —Kam Williams

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Animated comedy about a precocious infant (Alec Baldwin) who teams up with his 7-year-old brother (Miles Christopher Bakshi) to foil the plan of a diabolical CEO (Steve Buscemi) who is determined to destabilize feelings of love around the world. Voice cast includes Jimmy Kimmel, Lisa Kudrow, Tobey Maguire, ViviAnn Yee, and Eric Bell Jr. Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie (PG for pervasive, mildly rude humor). Ed Helms is the voice of the title character in this screen version of the animated TV series about two fourth grade pranksters (Kevin Hart and Thomas Middleditch) who hypnotize their principal into believing he’s the tighty-whities wearing hero of the comic book they’ve created. With Jordan Peele, Nick Kroll, and Sugar Lyn Beard. Churchill (PG for mature themes, brief battle scene images, pervasive smoking, and some mild epithets). Brian Cox plays the legendary British prime minister in this World War II film showing the 96 hours leading up to the D-Day assault on Normandy. With John Slattery as General Dwight Eisenhower, James Purefoy as King George VI, and Julian Wadham as General Bernard Montgomery. Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul (PG for rude humor). The fourth movie in the series inspired by Jeff Kinney’s children’s book series features a new cast and finds the Heffley family embarking on an eventful road trip to visit grandma on her 90th birthday. Co-starring Jason Drucker, Charlie Wright, Alicia Silverstone, and Tom Everett Scott. Everything, Everything (PG-13 for mature themes and brief sensuality). An enchanting, bittersweet, romance about the love that blossoms between a sickly girl (Amandla Stenburg) who is growing up in an antiseptic bubble and the chivalrous Prince Charming (Nick Robinson) who moves in next door. With Anika Noni Rose, Ana de la Reguera, and Taylor Hickson. The Fate of the Furious (PG-13 for profanity, suggestive content, and violence and destruction). Eighth movie in the Fast and Furious series finds Dom (Vin Diesel) and Letty (Michelle Rodriguez) settling down after their honeymoon when a mysterious woman (Charlize Theron) seduces him into a criminal betrayal of those closest to him. Ensemble cast includes Helen Mirren, Tyrese, Ludacris, Dwayne Johnson, Jason Statham, Kurt Russell, and Scott Eastwood. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 (PG-13 for action, violence, profanity, and suggestive content). The sequel finds the Marvel Comics superheroes embarking on another intergalactic adventure to the outer reaches of the cosmos. Ensemble cast includes Chris Pratt, Bradley Cooper, Zoe Saldana, Vin Diesel, Sly Stallone, and Kurt Russell. It Comes at Night (R for profanity, violence, and disturbing images). 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The Mummy (PG-13 for action, violence, partial nudity, scary images, and suggestive content). Sofia Boutella has the title role in this remake of the horror series about an ancient princess entombed for millennia in a crypt buried deep in the desert who is suddenly revived and is a terrifying malevolent force. Co-starring Tom Cruise, Russell Crowe, Courtney B. Vance, and Annabelle Wallis. My Cousin Rachel (PG-13 for sexuality and brief profanity). Adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s classic novel about an Englishman (Sam Claflin) who finds himself falling in love with his cousin (Rachel Weisz) whom he suspects murdered his guardian (Iain Glen). With Holliday Grainger, Andrew Knott, and Poppy Lee Friar. Norman (R for profanity). Richard Gere has the title role as a wheeler-dealer whose stature in New York’s Jewish community rises after he helps an ambitious politician (Lior Ashkenazi) become prime minister of Israel. With Steve Buscemi, Michael Sheen, Charlotte Gainsbourg, and Hank Azaria. In English and Hebrew with subtitles. Paris Can Wait (PG for smoking, mature themes, and mild epithets). Eleanor Coppola makes her directorial debut with this romantic comedy about a housewife (Diane Lane) in a miserable marriage who gets a new lease on life when she embarks on a carefree jaunt from Cannes to Paris with her husband’s (Alec Baldwin) business partner (Arnaud Viand). With Cedric Monnet, Elise Tielrooy, Elodie Navarre, and Pierre Cuq. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (PG-13 for violence and suggestive content). Johnny Depp is back as Captain Jack Sparrow in a swashbuckling adventure in which the Black Pearl is pursued by a ghost ship with a zombie crew under the command of an old nemesis (Javier Bardem). With Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush, and Kaya Scodelario. Snatched (R for sexuality, brief nudity, pervasive profanity, and crude humor). Comedy about an uptight mother (Goldie Hawn) who joins her recently dumped daughter (Amy Schumer) for a getaway to a supposed paradise, only to have their exotic vacation turn into a nightmare. Cast includes Wanda Sykes, Joan Cusack, and Christopher Meloni. Their Finest (R for profanity and sexuality). Dramatic comedy, set in London during World War II, about a young woman (Gemma Arterton) who was enlisted to write scripts for British propaganda films and who finds herself falling for the movies’ handsome producer (Sam Claflin). With Bill Nighy, Jake Lacy, and Eddie Marsan. The Wedding Plan (PG for mature themes). Romantic comedy about a jilted Jewish bride (Noa Koler) who instead of cancelling the wedding, enlists the assistance of matchmakers in her desperate attempt to find another mate in a month. With Dafi Alferon, Oded Leopold, Udi Persi and Ronny Merhavi. In Hebrew with subtitles. Wonder Woman (PG-13 for action, violence, and suggestive content). Latest version of the DC Comics superheroine. Set during World War I, the Amazon warrior princess (Gal Gadot) is rescuing a downed American pilot (Chris Pine) and accompanying him to London where she joins the fight on the side of the Allies. Cast include Robin Wright, Danny Huston, and David Thewlis. The Zookeeper’s Wife (PG-13 for violence, disturbing images, mature themes, smoking, sexuality, and brief nudity). Jessica Chastain plays the title character in this movie set in Poland during World War II, about how a fearless woman hid hundreds of Jews during the Holocaust on the grounds of the Warsaw Zoo. Cast includes Daniel Bruhl, Johan Heldenbergh, and Timothy Radford. —Kam Williams

Wednesday, June 7 6 p.m.: New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline reads from and signs copies of her latest novel, A Piece of the World. 7: 3 0 p . m . : M e e t i n g , Princeton Country Dancers at the Suzanne Patterson Center in Princeton. 7: 30 p.m . : S c r e e n i n g of The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) at Princeton Garden Theatre. Thursday, June 8 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Shop local produce and baked go o ds at t he P r i nceton Farmers Market at Hinds Plaza (repeats weekly). 7:30 p.m.: Screening of The Big Sleep (1946) at Princeton Garden Theatre. Friday, June 9 5 to 8 p.m.: Sunset Sips & Sounds at Terhune Orchards Winery, 330 Cold Soil Road in Princeton. Saturday, June 10 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: West Windsor Community Farmers Market at the Vaughn Drive Parking Lot of the Princeton Junction Train Station (repeats weekly). 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Knit in Public Day. Bring your knitting and crocheting projects and join in on this four-hour celebration of Worldwide Knit in Public Day. Drop in any time and knit for as long as preferred. Knitters of all experiences levels welcomed. Hinds Plaza.

7:30 p.m.: Screening of Wayne’s World (1992) at Princeton Garden Theatre. Thursday, June 15 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Shop local produce and baked goods at the Princeton Farmers Market at Hinds Plaza (repeats weekly). 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.: Jill Kwasny, MS, RDN discusses “Healthy Grilling: Tips and Tricks” in the upstairs

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Sunday, June 11 2 p.m.: Metuchen-based Raconteur Radio presents a staged radio play of “Casablanca” featuring theatrical lighting, costumes, and vintage commercials. Free to attend; Princeton Public Library. 7 p.m.: Generations of Artists: Roosevelt, NJ, a short documentary about a central New Jersey arts community that has continued through three generations, premieres at the Summer 2017 New Jersey Film Festival, Voorhees Hall #105, 71 Hamilton Street/ College Avenue Campus, Rutgers Universit y, New Brunswick. Special guest appearance by filmmaker Ilene Dube. $9-$12. Monday, June 12 Recycling 7 to 9 p.m.: The author, journalist and broadcaster, David Baron, will discuss and sign copies of his book, American Eclipse. Princeton Public Library. Free to attend. Tuesday, June 13 6 to 8 p.m.: Photographer Wiebke Martens and historian Jennifer Jang will discuss and show images from their new guidebook, Discovering Princeton: A Photographic Guide with Five Walking Tours. The presentation will be followed by a 7 p.m. historic walking tour of Princeton University campus. Labyrinth Books. Wednesday, June 14 12 p.m.: Flag Day. Public ceremony on the plaza at the Princeton Municipal Building. Free to attend.

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“When customers come to our showroom, they experience every option there is: modern or traditional, rustic, sleek, elegant, or informal,” says Ms. Furman. “We have something to offer for every taste and style.” O p e ne d i n Nove mb er, Princeton Home Center, located at 746 Alexander Road, offers a spacious showroom (5,000 square feet), and is filled with a splendid array of sample kitchens and bathrooms. Upto-date in every respect, the samples display every style, color, and exciting new look available in design today. The company previously operated online for 15 years, focusing on bathroom vanities. It expanded its emphasis to include kitchens, “basically because of an unhappy kitchen renovation experienced by our owner,” explains Ms. Furman.

New Focus “He was remodeling his own kitchen, and had a terrible experience,” recalls Ms. Furman. “There were delays, mistakes, no-shows, etc. Unfortunately, this was not unusual, he learned, and this led him to open his own company with a new focus on kitchens as well as bathrooms. The company’s goal was to turn a personal disappointment into an opportunity to benefit many different families. That’s why we created Princeton Home Center, because you shouldn’t have to choose between price, quality, or design. We saw a need for good customer service in the kitchen industry.” Princeton Home Center is a full design and sales center, she adds. “We offer onestop shopping for customers. We provide everything except appliances. We are there for every step of the project, including installation, and we have amazing contractors, who meet our high standards.” Ms. Furman is very encouraged with the enthusiastic customer response since Princeton Home Center opened. Clients are from all over the area, and include singles, couples, and families. “Also,” she reports, “if older people are downsizing and moving to a smaller home, they still may want to enlarge the kitchen or bathroom. Recently, one couple came to us just two hours after closing on their new

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size is one of the major motivations for a remodel, reports Ms. Furman. “The main reason is storage, storage, storage! People want more room and space.” And so many organizational systems are available now, with all kinds of hideaway spaces that can take all the clutter off the countertops and store it out of sight where no one can ever see it. There are pantry organizers, in-cabinet garbage bins, double-sided drawer storage, pot and pan organizers, lazy Susan-style organizers that rotate and pull out, double-layered flatware organizers — the list goes on and on. “Another reason kitchen renovations are so popular today is the desire for the open concept,” adds Ms. Furman. “Homeowners are taking down walls, and people want the kitchen to flow into the family room, etc.” Islands of all kinds are in demand, she continues. “There are varied looks in island countertops, including a leather-like finish (which is very popular) or polished style. You also see a lot of mixing and matching: for example, an unpolished island, but then polished countertops elsewhere. It gives a mixed look, which many homeowners like. “People really like islands. Some serve as an eating area, with chairs and stools, some have built-in microwaves or cook tops. The choices are amazing.” Soapstone and Quartz Another thing, points out Ms. Furman, “The biggest movement is getting away f rom t radit ional granite

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many bathrooms, and steam showers are highly popular, reports Ms. Furman. “They have multiple shower heads and jets. It’s like having a spa in your own home, and they are becoming more affordable.” Important brands at P r inceton Home Center include Oliveri sinks from Australia, which offer accessories for pasta strainers, cutting boards, etc.; also the complete Wolf line of cabinets and Hanssem cabinets, (both made in the U.S.), and Sunnywood cabinets from abroad; also, Mandeli vanities, sinks, and accessories; and James Martin high quality vanities. For those interested in a “one and only” look, top-ofthe-line solid copper kitchen and bathroom sinks, tubs, and such from Premium Copper are available. In addition, Oliveri offers highend gold and gun metal kitchen sinks. These all certainly make a statement, and as Ms. Furman points out, “You don’t need a giant kitchen to make a statement. What we can offer is a complete selection to meet your individual needs and taste. Our customer service is special, and I enjoy the interaction with our customers so much. Helping guide them to the outcome they want is my biggest pleasure. We know it can be hard to choose and make decisions. We will help in every way. We want people to feel comfortable in their home. “And I want them to know that they can count on us. If we say you will have cabinets in three days, you will have cabinets in three days! “So many people complain that the biggest hurdle in general today is to get someone’s attention,” continues Ms. Furman. “That’s not how it is here. Every customer who comes in, regardless of their budget, is our biggest and best customer!” Princeton Home Center also offers financing. Hours are Monday, Thursday, Friday 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday 9 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Saturday and Sunday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. (800) 245-8756. Website : w w w.pr inceton homecenter.com. —Jean Stratton

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Not only did Princeton’s sizable international population respond favorably, its homegrown citizens were just as enthusiastic. Then, in 1989, Michel Lemmerling became the owner, and brought with him an established family tradition of experience in the gourmet food business from Belgium. “Lemmerling’s of Louvain existed for 102 years,” said Mr. Lemmerling. “My great-grandfather started it in 1887, and I was the fourth generation to be involved. It began as a cheese shop, and then gradually added other other gourmet items.” Quality-Sensitive After nearly 20 years as ow n er, Mr. L e m m erl i ng turned over the reins to Bill Lettier, who came on board in 2008. “Bon Appetit is an institution, deeply rooted in Princeton,” points out Mr. Lettier. Formerly a vice president at Dean & Deluca, the international chain of upscale gourmet markets, he was ready to have a new adventure. “I saw this as an opportunity. I am very passionate about what I do, and it’s an honor to be part of the Bon Appetit tradition.” Mr. Lettier has continued to emphasize the quality Bon Appetit has always exemplified. “I am qualitysensitive. It has to be good to be here, and we look for ward to continuing to improve all the time. As owner/operator, you have to challenge yourself constantly. When you have the concept in your mind, how do you make that happen? How do you make this day better than the day before? What new dishes, what new products do you introduce? What new customer service can you offer?” Well aware of Bon Appetit’s distinguished history and special place in the Princeton community, Mr. Lettier notes that “The Andersens had established a wonderful business, and Michel Lemmerling had handled his products with care and respect. He was also a Taste Fromage (cheese master), and he was an expert

with the cheese selection. We have more than 250 cheeses from around the world, and they are second to none.” In the nearly nine years Mr. Lettier has been in charge, Bon Appetit has continued to evolve. Over time, he has made some additions to Bon Appetit’s operation and product lines. “We put in additional registers, and added an espresso bar by the bakery, with latte, cappuccino, etc. We also now make crepes to order, and we have fresh baked bread every 20 minutes. We sell 200 loaves every day! I love to see the look on someone’s face when they get a hot baguette. They just love them. We also have scones and croissants, which are very popular. Last year, we added Babeth’s Feast, special frozen entrees from France. These are high quality and in demand.” In addition, in 2012, he introduced the Bon Appetit Café in Princeton Forrestal Village. Now a favorite there, it specializes in crepes, salads, sandwiches, and a variety of healthy fresh gourmet food with a European flavor. “You want to stay cutting edge,” explains Mr. Lettier. “Early in my career, one of my mentors said, ‘You must stay in step, watch the market, and you can’t be rigid. Watch the customers, and let the store be what it wants to be.” Unique Shoppers And the customers love Bon Appetit (both the Princeton Shopping Center flagship store and the Forrestal Cafe). They come from Princeton and the area, and some come in two or three times a day, reports Mr. Lettier. “It’s a very interesting clientele. We have unique shoppers here, who will often come in for one special item that they can’t get elsewhere. One lady comes in for chocolate button candies from the U.K., others like the scones and shortbread, and another comes in for the special Easter bread, Colomba Mandorlata allo Zabaione, from Italy. “Another thing, licorice is very popular here. I am selling more licorice than ever, and we have it from all over — Finland, Australia, Holland, etc. “Often, when customers have traveled and enjoyed something special abroad, they will come in and tell me about it, and I will try to get it. People in Princeton are well-traveled and well-educated. They have developed a quality food palate.” Mr. Lettier is very proud of Bon Appetit’s prepared food and meat departments, which continue to offer a top - of-the-line selection. Especially popular are the Italian prosciutto, Spanish

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Is your sweet tooth irresistible? If so, Bon Appetit is the place to be. That the store is a “visual feast” is well-known, and nowhere is this more apparent than in the gorgeous displays of gourmet preserves, jams, jellies, maple syrup, candied ginger, beautifully packaged cookies and biscuits, and of course, chocolate. From bars to boxes, Bon Appetit’s fine chocolates from all over the world are an unending source of pleasure. Bon Appetit’s bakery department, which is displayed in mouthwatering splendor, offers cakes, tarts, pies, cookies, strudels, and most recently, crepes made-toorder, including both sweet and savory. In addition, its selection of macarons and madeleines are a highlight for many customers. For bagel lovers who crave the “real thing,” Bon Appetit offers genuine New Yorkstyle — kettle-boiled, plankbaked, and preservative-free bagels. Don’t forget Bon Appetit’s selection of assorted nuts, oils, and vinegars; olives, caviar, and an unending variety of gourmet specialties. Coffees (including Bon Appetit’s own blend of beans) and teas galore will satisfy every taste, and a current highlight is the special coldbrewed coffee. Gift baskets are very popular items, and a wonderful selection of ready-to-go or custom-made baskets are available for a memorable gift for someone special. Pride of Ownership Prices at Bon Apptetit are at all levels, with items from 99¢ and up. Sandwiches and

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ick Mead gave up lacrosse to start rowing as a freshman at the Episcopal Academy in Newtown Square, Pa. Initially, Mead wasn’t sure if he had made the right decision. “I didn’t like it the first couple of months but I think that is pretty typical of rowing when you are first starting” said Mead. “It is not very much fun. You are learning all the new things, you are getting blisters on your hands, and you are not going very fast.” But with his father having rowed at Princeton and his mother and brother having rowed at Penn, Mead was destined to excel as an oarsman. He became a star at Episcopal, helping its 4+ win the 2013 Scholastic Rowing Association of America title. Mead also competed with the men’s US 8+ at the 2013 Junior World Championships in Trakai, Lithuania. “After my junior year, I did a summer with the U.S. development team,” said Mead. “At that point I was still pretty rough around the edges. I had picked up the sport only a couple of years before. A lot of other guys were more experienced but I was pretty big and fairly strong so they kept me around and taught me a few things. The next summer, I actually made the junior team and raced. It is an amazing way to get accustomed to what college rowing is going to be like.” Following in his father’s footsteps, Mead came to Princeton in 2013 and joined its men’s

heavyweight program. He quickly moved up the ranks, rowing for the second varsity 8 as a freshman and then moving up to the varsity 8 as a sophomore. Serving as a team captain this season, Mead wrapped up his Princeton rowing career last weekend at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships in Sacramento, Calif. In reflecting on his adjustment to the rigors of college rowing as a freshman, Mead applied the lessons he learned from competing for the U.S. “I think one of the biggest challenges is losing to these people on a regular basis, your peers and teammates,” said Mead. “It can be sort of demoralizing to lose seat races, lose Erg pieces when you aren’t real used to it. Freshman year taught me to have the long view and know that you can lose in practice to your teammates but that is just a sign that you have things you need to do to get better. It is not like an indictment of your entire rowing career and how good you are.” Mead ended up having a very good year as a freshman, stroking the 2V to a silver medal at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) National Championships. He moved up to the varsity 8 as a sophomore, rowing from the 6 seat as the boat took bronze at the IRA Championships. In his junior season, he helped the varsity eight win another bronze medal at the IRA regatta.

“After training at Princeton for one year, having that step up from my high school, I got a lot better a lot quicker,” said Mead, recalling his move up to the top boat. “I came in the fall and I was ready to make the leap up to the varsity. I trained really hard over the summer and had that goal in mind coming in. It was definitely a jump up technically because some of the guys in that boat, like Tim Masters, had won medals at U23s for Australia. I was ready fitnesswise and mentally to make that jump.” In preparing for his senior campaign, Mead had another stint with the national rowing program. “I tried for U23s pretty much right after finishing IRAs,” said Mead. “We didn’t have a great result at the end of the summer but again I learned a lot from being around guys from different programs and seeing how their training was, what they felt about the stroke, and how to move boats. It definitely helped me when I came back this fall.” Serving as the team captain this season gave Mead the chance to apply some of those lessons. “It is a lot more work than I anticipated. I think that is one of the fun parts about being captain, organizing things and doing all the behind the scenes work to make everyone else have a good time and to make sure that things run smoothly,” said Mead. “In the fall, it was definitely

a lot of logistical work. It took some time to get used to but in terms of giving back to a team that I felt in the last four years has done so much for me is a really exciting opportunity.” The understated Mead sought to set the tone for the program this year through his work ethic. “I would say I am a little quieter than last year’s captain, Martin Barakso, who was a larger than life figure,” said Mead. “I try to play into my strengths, leading by example. I tried to do a lot of extra work and quietly push guys in the right direction. I also had the help of a great senior class so I rely on those guys a lot too.” The Tiger varsity 8 started the season going in the right direction, going 4-0 before suffering narrow defeats to Harvard and Yale in successive weeks. At the Eastern Sprints, Princeton finished third behind winner Yale and runner-up Harvard. “I think just that no matter how much progress you make as a team that you have to recognize that all your other competitors are also doing the same thing and that they are working just as hard as you,” said Mead in assessing the top boat’s performance. “You have to not only get better and faster but get better and faster than your competitors are going to be.” As Princeton prepared for the IRA regatta, it went outside the box to get better. “We switched things up a lot after sprints; we went into mixed lineups after sprints for four or five days,” said Mead. “We didn’t have a 1V or a 2V, it was even 8s. We did a lot of

NICK OF TIME: Princeton University men’s heavyweight rower Nick Mead, center, pulls hard in recent action for the varsity 8. Last Sunday, senior captain Mead ended his Princeton career by helping the varsity 8 place fourth in the grand final at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) national championship regatta in Sacramento, Calif. (Photo Courtesy of Princeton’s Office of Athletic Communications) practices, side by side, running even speed, switching guys back and forth, changing combinations and ended up with this new lineup which is pretty radically different than the one we raced with at sprints.” Although the top boat ended up fourth in the IRA grand final, it executed its race plan coming into the competition. “There are so many more teams and so many teams have made progress, pretty much every race is going to take a big effort,” said Mead, looking ahead to a race which saw Yale take first as it clocked a time of 5:29.900 over the 2,000-meter course on Lake Natoma with Washington finishing second in 5:29.969 and Harvard taking third in 5:33.455, edging Princeton, which came in at 5:33.786. “That is part of the reason why it is so exciting. So we are looking at this point, day to day, win the heat and make the A final in the semis. If we make the A final, which we think we

are capable of, at that point we will throw everything we have at it and go for the win.” Although Mead didn’t get a medal in his final race for Princeton, he believes he has gained something more important from rowing in college. “In the last four years, this team has been very formative in who I am,” said Mead. “I owe that to my teammates and my coaches; rowing has been the defining experience of my Princeton career.” With that experience as a foundation, Mead is looking to accomplish even more in the sport. “I have been recently invited to join the senior team camp,” said Mead, noting that he will be training in Princeton. “I will still be around, which is exciting. I will get to see some of the guys who are younger than me next year. I am excited to keep rowing and have some success with the U.S. team.” —Bill Alden

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male athlete while Weisz received the 2017 William Winston Roper Trophy as Princeton’s outstanding senior male athlete. Johnson, who has twice been named the top women’s water polo player in the world, is one of two Princeton athletes ever to win an Olympic gold medal and then return to compete as a Tiger, along with Bill Bradley ’65. Johnson was the goalie on the United States team that won gold at last summer’s Rio Olympics. A s P r inceton’s goalie, Johnson, a native of Miami, Fla., finished her career with a 100-17 record, along with a school-record 1,362 saves and a .693 save percentage. She is a 19-time Collegiate Water Polo A s s o ciat ion (CWPA) Defensive Player of the Week award winner, a four-time first-team allconference player and the CWPA Player of the Year. Internationally, she allowed just 28 goals, made 51 saves and was named the tournament’s top goalkeeper in Rio. Johnson was also the first-ever African-American to make the U.S. national team. A finalist for the 2017 AAU Sullivan Award as the nation’s top amateur athlete,

assists and 200 3-pointers. His play this winter helped lead Princeton to a 14-0 Ivy League season, the program’s first since 1998; a 19-game winning streak, the second-longest in program history; the first championship of the first-ever Ivy L eag ue tour nament and within two points of fifthseeded and 14th-ranked Notre Dame in the NCAA tournament as the Tigers fell 60-58 to end the winter at 23-7. No player in program history has recorded a tripledouble, but Weisz came close on a few occasions during his senior season. Against Saint

Joseph’s in mid-December, he had 10 points, 11 rebounds, and eight assists, just two shy of the statistical milestone. Against Cal Poly on New Year’s Eve, it was nine points, eight rebounds, and seven assists. At Yale in mid-February, he had nine points, seven rebounds, and eight assists. Weisz also tied a program record with 13 assists in a single game in a win over Liberty in early December. Weisz ended his career as t he pro g ra m’s 12t h leading all-time scorer with 1,241 career points, fifth in 3-pointers made with 209, eighth in rebounds w ith

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Pr inceton, Kampersal earned both All-ECAC and All-Ivy League honors as a four-year letterwinner and team captain of the men’s hockey team. He was drafted by the New York Islanders in the 1998 NHL Draft in the 10th round. Princeton will begin conducting an immediate search for Kampersal’s successor. ———

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existing junior national team setup. Princeton’s nine representatives are tied for the most in the country with Duke University. The Tigers went 12-8 in 2016 and reached the NCAA Tournament for the ninth straight season. They received an at-large bid to the tournament for the first time in program history and reached the Final Four for the seventh time. ———

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BRONZE STARS: The Princeton University women’s lightweight varsity 8 show off the medals they earned for taking third in the grand final at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) national championship regatta last Sunday in Sacramento, Calf. The Tigers covered the 2,000-meter course on Lake Natoma in 6:32.890 as Stanford took first in 6:25.396 and Boston University was second in 6:30.608. It was the first medal for the varsity 8 in the IRA competition since 2011. (Photo Courtesy of Princeton University’s Office of Athletic Communications) honoree, has left a lasting legacy of leadership and service during his time at Princeton. Cook has raised money for the Gidel Mother of Mercy Hospital in Sudan to help fund scholarships to support the training of additional medical personnel. Additionally, he has served as a business operations intern for the anti-poverty Heartland Alliance in his hometown of Chicago, helping to reorganize the group’s business operations systems at Heartland’s health clinic. In recognition of his service and contributions on the court, Cook was one of five Division I basketball players named to the Allstate NABC Good Works Team, where he was formally recognized at the 2017 NCAA Men’s Basketball Final Four. Cook is an economics major from Winnetka, Ill. Hompe, a first-team AllA m e r i c a a n d P r i n c e ton women’s lacrosse all-time leading scorer, has epitomized the values of achieve, serve and lead both on the field and in her community. This two-year team captain has served on campus as an Arabic Language Peer Tutor, a Women’s Mentorship Program Pod Member, a member of the International Relations Council and a member of Princeton Students for Gender Equality. Additionally, Hompe has served as the President of the Varsity Student-Athlete Advisory Committee ( VSA AC ) and helped conceived and implement the “All Stripes, One Streak” campaign in support of diversity and inclusion in Princeton Athletics. For her many contributions, Hompe was one of 10 students selected to the Princeton University 2017 Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative (SINSI Graduate Fellowship). Hompe is a Woodrow Wilson School major from New Canaan, Conn. McKenna ser ved as an assistant captain for the women ice hockey team this past season, yet her impact as a leader extended well beyond the ice. McKenna has been an active member of the Varsity StudentAthlete Advisory Committee (VSA AC ), and a frequent participant as part of several service initiatives under the Princeton Varsity Club, including Reading with the Tigers and Weapons of Mass Construction. Additionally, McKenna has organized an annual fundraising event wrapped around a home women’s ice hockey game, helping to raise funds for colon cancer, mental health awareness, and in support of

former teammate Denna Laing who was paralyzed while playing professional hockey. During the summer of 2016, McKenna spent 8 weeks in Nepal teaching English in a government school as part of the WorldTeach Summer Program. McKenna is an economics major from Burr Ridge, Ill. Michael walked on to the men’s heavyweight rowing team as a 16-year old freshman and wasted little time in making an impact with his team and the greater community. During his freshman year, Michael started a Special Olympics rowing program in concert with the Special Olympics of New Jersey, the first of its kind. Four years later, there are now more than 100 Special Olympic rowers in New Jersey alone, and the model created by Michael is being implemented by the Special Olympics at numerous boathouses across the country. Additionally, Michael has helped integrate the Special Olympics efforts with the men’s heavyweight rowing program, including a student-led event as part of the annual Crash-P’s indoor training session. Michael is an economics major from Nevada City, Calif. Reeves, a three-time Ivy League champion and captain of this year’s Final Four field hockey team, has dedicated herself to service both on campus and abroad. Reeves has ser ved as a Student-Athlete Wellness Leader and President of the Student Athlete Service Council (SASC), partnering with local school and organizations such as HomeFront, Community House and Habitat for Humanity to provide service opportunities for Princeton student-athletes across all varsity teams. During the summer of 2016, Reeves travelled to Rio de Janiero in Brazil, where she worked in a maternal and childcare hospital to study the clinical implications of the Zika virus and its impact on pregnant women. Reeves is an ecology and evolutionary biology major from Vancouver, B.C. ———

PU Men’s Heavyweights 4th in IRA Grand Final

Just missing out on a medal, the Princeton University men’s heavyweight varsity 8 took fourth in the grand final at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) nationals championship regatta in Sacramento, Calif. last Sunday. Yale came in first as it clocked a time of 5:29.900

over the 2,000-meter course on Lake Natoma with Washington finishing second in 5:29.969 and Harvard taking third in 5:33.455, edging Princeton, which came in at 5:33.786. The second varsity 8 and and varsity 4 both made the medal stand as they each placed third. In the 2V race, Washington took first in 5:38.654 with California second 5:40.720 and Princeton third in 5:40.777. Washington also won the V4 race as it came in at 6:23.811, followed by California at 6:28.354 and Princeton at 6:34.310. ———

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Princeton University women’s squash player Ashley Richards was named last week as this year’s winner of the 1916 Cup. The award, which was given by the Class of 1916 on the occasion of its 50th reunion, is presented to the senior varsity letter winner with the highest academic standing. Richards, an English major from Greenwich, Conn. has been an example of perseverance over her four years with the women’s squash team. Besides achieving at the highest level in the classroom, Richards continued to develop her squash game while adding depth to the team. Her progress was rewarded this past season, as she made her varsity debut a winning one in an early-season team victory at Jadwin. ———

Tiger Men’s Lightweights 5th in IRA Varsity 8 Final

Battling hard to the end, the Princeton Universit y men’s lightweight varsity 8 took fifth in the grand final at the Intercollegiate Rowing Association ( IR A) nationals championship regatta in Sacramento, Calif. last Sunday. Cornell covered the 2,0 0 0 - m e te r c ou r s e on Lake Natoma 5:40.172 to win the title with Penn taking second in 5:41.087, Yale coming in third at 5:43.072, Harvard finishing fourth in 5:43.321, and Princeton clocking 5:45.778 for its fifth place finish. The lightweight four without coxswain provided a highlight, taking bronze as Princeton earned a medal in that division for a third straight year. The Tigers, who won gold in 2015 and silver last year in this event, defeated Cornell by more than seven seconds to place second to Harvard.

When Kate Weeks committed to attend Boston College and join its women’s lacrosse team, she was hoping to get in on the ground floor of something big. “In my gut, I thought that this team wanted to win more than they wanted to do anything else in their life,” said Weeks, a former Hun School standout who started her BC career in the fall of 2013. “It was an unbelievable passion that other maybe more established programs didn’t have. I wanted to be part of growth instead of going to an already established program.” Weeks, a 5’9 attacker, grew into a star for the Eagles, going from five goals as a freshman to eight as a sophomore, 43 as a junior, and 76 this spring in her final campaign. The increase in Weeks’s production mirrored a rise in fortunes for BC, who advanced to the NCAA championship game this spring as it made the program’s first-ever appearance in the February. In reflecting on her progress, Weeks believes she was steeled by her early struggles. “I don’t even know what happened; I think something just clicked with me and I was ready,” said Weeks. “I worked so hard at that and now that my career is over and thinking back I would rather have it happen like that. I like that I had to work my tail off to get where I was my junior and senior year. It wasn’t fun at the time but I wouldn’t trade it for anything.” As for BC, the team had to work hard to find an offensive rhythm, coming off a 10-9 season in 2016. “We had to find our own identity as a team because we lost Sarah Mannelly; she was a Tewaaraton finalist,” said Weeks. “We had to find a new f low and how ever yone could contribute in a different way. The pressure is on every year to be the first one to break through the glass ceiling and make it to the final 4, let alone a national championship game.” Weeks got into the flow early on this spring, scoring five goals in a seasonopening 19-8 win over Holy Cross and then tallying a carer-high eight on an 18-10 victory over Massachusetts in the next game. “Game by game, I stayed focused on the process,” said Weeks, who ended with 106 points this spring on 76 goals and 30 assists. “I was focusing on the game and winning at the end and doing whatever I had to do to help us win.” A f ter los i ng 15 -12 to Duke on April 8 to drop to 10-5, the Eagles sharpened

their focus. “That was a huge wake-up call to us because that was a game we could have won,” said Weeks. “We just faced some adversity and because of that adversity everyone just kind of buckled down and something clicked. Our coaches said it too, like something clicked and and what was happening with this group. We still don’t know what it was. It was unbelievable and we realized that we could do it.” Earning an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, BC took its attack to a higher level, beating Canisius 21-9 and Syracuse 21-10 to advance to the quarterfinals. “We worked ten times harder because we knew people were going to be scouting our offense,” said Weeks. “So with that, going into the NCAAs, our thing was to stay grounded. The coaches told us: ‘You stay humble, you stay focused and just do your job.’” In the quarters against seventh-ranked USC, the Eagles kept rolling with a 20-14 win. “When we beat USC to make it to the Final Four, that was ever ything that you wish for the program and wish for yourself,” said Weeks, who tallied three goals and six assists in the victory. “It was what you dreamed of as a little kid.” As icing on cake, the Final Four was being held in Gillette Stadium, about 30 miles away from Boston. “It was such a motivation for us too, our team kept saying before going into Syracuse, we want to go home,” said Weeks. “We wanted to play at Gillette, it was unbelievable. All of the police officers at Gillette, everyone we saw, it just felt like the whole world was rooting for Boston College.” That special homecoming nearly came to a premature end as BC trailed Navy 9-6 in the semis at halftime before pulling out a 16-15 win. “The message at halftime was stern ; we were just not playing well at all, we weren’t playing how we usually play,” said Weeks “We were shooting shots that were bad shots. Our coaches separated us into offense and defense and they said you guys talk and figure out why you are good and you have to start doing it again. We had to refocus, the Navy team was good.” We ek s a n d h er te a m mates were excited to get a rematch in the title game with top-ranked and undefeated Maryland, which had beaten the Eagles 21-13 on April 8.

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“We respect Maryland a lot; they have a very good program and ver y good coaches,” said Weeks. “But we were in the mindset that we just made it to the finals too, we were more than qualified to be there with them. Everyone was looking at us as the underdogs but our team was so focused and so hungry, we did not see ourselves as the underdogs at all. Our coach’s message to us was that with a team like Maryland, you have to attack them early, you don’t have time to hold back in the first half.” Displaying that hunger, BC battled Maryland to a 5-5 stalemate in the first half. The Terps started the second half with a 5-0 run but the Eagles didn’t fold, narrowing the gap to 11-10 with 14:00 left in regulation before falling 16-13. “You can’t get into a gap with them or with any team in the NCAA tournament,” said Weeks, who had two goals and an assist in her college finale as the Eagles ended the spring with a 17-7 record. “That definitely killed us a little bit.” While the defeat to Maryland stings, Weeks won’t dwell on that when she looks back at this spring. “We are all huge competitors to the farthest sense. Losing is not OK with us,” said Weeks. “Just being with the girls was the main thing. We kept saying the thing that pushed us to the Final Four in the tournament is that we wanted to spend another week with our best friends. We didn’t want to leave each other so we just fought, blood, sweat, and tears. That is what I will always remember.” The historic NCAA breakthrough can’t be taken away from the squad. “Being the first team to do that to break through the glass ceiling means a lot in the end,” said Weeks. “We owe it to our alumni because they created the foundation of this program and that is why we were able to go as far as we did.” In assessing her brilliant final campaign, Weeks knows that she owes a lot to her teammates and coaches. “A lot of my goals are assisted,” noted Weeks, crediting BC head coach Acacia Walker and assistant coach Jen Kent with having a huge influence on her game. “The reason I was able to have such a successful season statistically was that the girls around me were absolutely great.” Hav ing also enjoyed a

EAGLE EYE: Kate Weeks prepares to unload the ball in recent action for the Boston College women’s lacrosse team Weeks, a former Hun School standout, enjoyed a big senior campaign this spring for the Eagles, scoring 76 goals to help BC reach the NCAA championship game. (Photo by John Quackenbos/BC Athletics)

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also losing three games in that final stretch to finish with a final record of 6-17-1, Roberts acknowledged that his squad was plagued by uneven play this spring. “One day we would pitch and wouldn’t hit, the next day we would play defense and the next day we wouldn’t do any of the above,” said Roberts. “It was just inconsistency up and down.” PHS got a consistent effort from seniors Dan Gross and Teddy Marttila in their final campaigns. “Dan was a great hitter for

SMOOTH TRANSFER: Princeton High baseball player Jaedyn Paria takes a swing in recent action. Junior transfer Paria emerged as a catalyst this spring for PHS, playing center field and providing production at the top of the batting order. The Little Tigers finished with a final record of 6-17-1. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

us; he played a lot his junior year and then this year; he did great for us,” said Roberts of outfielder Gross, who hit .288 this spring with four doubles and six RBIs. “Marttila came to us last year; he played good defense for us both years so their contributions were very good.” Junior outfielder Paul Cooke produced another very good year, hitting a team-high .438 with a homer, a triple, five doubles, and 18 RBIs. “He led the way for the third year in a row, he has 90 hits through three years,” said Roberts. “He is just tremendous. He made the Carpenter Cup this year. Offensively, he understands what he is doing, he has a plan, and he executes the plan. He ropes the ball all over the place and then when he gets on, he is a great baserunner. He stole 16 bases this year.” The trio of junior transfer outfielder Jaedyn Paria, junior catcher Alec Silverman, and sophomore outfielder Eli Okoye executed well throughout the spring. “Paria and Silverman had wonderful years,” said Roberts of Paria, who hit .347 with 19 runs, and Silverman, a .361 hitter this spring with eight doubles and seven RBIs. “Jaedyn was a great addition and Alec’s improvement from last year to this year was amazing, I think he raised his average 140 or 150 points. Eli Okoye, a sophomore came on strong for us in the outfield.

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He ended up with almost 40 at-bats and hit .341.” As for the team’s mound cor ps, t he Lit tle Tigers will return freshman Teddy Durbin, junior Mike Ramirez, and sophomore Ben Amon. “Durbin was our most consistent guy this year,” said Roberts. “We would like Mike to go back to last year. We look for Ben Amon to step up a little more.” With so many young players seeing action this spring for PHS, there were some growing pains. “They have to learn to not give away things for free, making the routine play when it counts,” said Roberts. “We were awesome when the pressure was off but when the pressure was on, I can only count a handful

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Nicole Esi Adabunu Analise Grace Alexander Andrea Virginia Amaro Gabriella Elizabeth Arata Sarah Oneira Benedith James Morgan Bitterman Myles Jordan Browne Annie Elizabeth Brunner Brennan D. Bull Emma Marie Campisi Alexandra Mary Cantaffa Bridget Mary Carmichael Catherine Mia Carnevale Nicholas Andrew Castagna Isabelle Theresa Celentano Evan Chan Adam Edgar Charles Kelly Joan Clark Josefina Costa Gerrit McClure Crater William Geoffrey Cromarty Brian Robert Daniels Dawson Hunter DeCoff Jyotirmoy Joseph Dev Pedro Becker Dolabella Max Emilio Drucker Devon Taylor Duch Laura Tamris Ensminger Alexis Dyane Federico Jacob Adin Feldstein Hannah Carol Fingerman Nina Jodko Fitzgerald Kyle Earl Galloway Zonghao Gao

Matthew Robert Reardon Derek James Gimbel Thomas Carter Reilly Ian James Ellis Gregg Demarest John Rice Tara Lynn Hessenthaler Alexander Cole Richards Rebecca Suzanne Hofing Kaitlyn Melissa Rooney Isabella Iorio Cate Manges Rush Liam Stephen Keenan Alexander Reed Saltstein Sean Michael Kelly Zachary Ryan Samuel Jenna Ning Krause William Louis Santarsiero Liam Johnston Krivcov Julia Rose Santoro Enmanuel Lamadrid Thomas Nicholas Scanlan Michelle Lazzaro Colin Parker Schostak Madelyn Kate Levine Kathleen Bree Seiler Jake Dylan Levinson Lingxi Shang Siyi Li Joshua Benjamin Shavel Max Ethan Lomas Josephine Lydon Sheeran Marjorie Merrill Long Noah Samuel Silverman Giang Huong Luong Sophia Anne Song Hengshou Ma Alexandra Henry Wainwright Sowanick John William Martinides Chynna Nyrii Stallworth Brycen Louis Martz Phillip Weilong Su Molly Maureen McLaughlin David Tokpah, Jr. Robert Liam McNeil Chelsea Marie Vickers Carolyn Maureen McWhirter Andrew Ross Wallman Scott Rowland Meggitt Chase Cabot Williams Hunter Ezra Meyer-Hanover Barrett Ziquan Wong Kate Maya Michaelson Nyhsere Unique Woodson Ian Marshall Amir Moini Yunfang Xiao John Anthony Morano Xinwen Xu Dominic Antonio Morency Alexandra Michelle Zahn Nicholas Joshua Osagie Haochen Zhang Elizabeth Blagden Paige Helen Zhou Shaan Samir Patel Junquan Zong Bridget Miranda Piersol Kyra Grace Quilty

The Pennington Class of 2017 will be matriculating at the following colleges and universities: University of Alabama; American University (4); Amherst College (2); Austin College; Boston University (2); Brown University; University of California, Berkeley; University of California, Riverside; University of Chicago; Clemson University; Colby College; Colorado State University; Connecticut College; Cornell University; University of Delaware; University of Denver; Dickinson College (4); Drew University; Drexel University (3); Elon University (2); Franklin & Marshall College (3); Georgetown University; Gettysburg College; Hampton University; Hobart and William Smith Colleges; Ithaca College (2); Johns Hopkins University; La Salle University; Lafayette College (2); Lehigh University; Loyola University, Maryland; Marist College (2); Marshall University; University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Middlebury College; Montclair State University; Muhlenberg College; University of New Haven; New York University (3); University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; Northeastern University (2); Ohio State University; Pace University, New York City; Pennsylvania State University, Abington; Pennsylvania State University, College Park (2); Providence College (2); Purdue University; Rhodes College; Rochester Institute of Technology; Roger Williams University; Rowan University; Rutgers University, New Brunswick (4); Savannah College of Art and Design; School of Visual Arts; University of South Carolina; Stevens Institute of Technology; Stockton University; Syracuse University (3); Temple University (2); Tufts University; Union College, New York; University of Tennessee, Knoxville (2); University of Utah; Vanderbilt University; University of Vermont (2); Villanova University; University of Virginia; Virginia Tech; Wake Forest University; Washington University in St. Louis; Wellesley College; Wesleyan University

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Missy Bruvik felt good about her Stuart Country Day lacrosse team before it even started regular season play. “I think the kids felt much more prepared this year going into the season, having had that opportunity to go to Florida,” said Stuart head coach Bruvik, referring to the squad’s preseason trip. “They felt it was much more a team effort this year in terms of camaraderie and touches on the ball. When you play lacrosse that is a good thing. You want to get everyone involved, feeling that they see ball and they are ready when their time comes.” Facing some adversit y down the stretch as Stuart got hit with a string of injuries right before postseason play, a number of players got to see action. The Tartans fell 16-10 to Trinity Hall in the opening round of the state Prep B tourney and lost 16-8 to Hightstown in a first-round contest in the Mercer County Tournament. “We were dow n t hree starters and I think at one point, we were down four,” said Bruvik, whose team topped Hamilton 17-9 in a MCT consolation game on May 6 before dropping its last four games to end the Care & Rehabilitation Center spring at 6-10. “A game is a game and it gave other kids opportunities to step up and I just 256 Nassau Street, Princeton • 609-921-0620 thought the kids because www.nassaustreetseafood.com of how hard they worked all season, they continued to battle. We had a tough schedule.” I n B r u v i k ’s v i e w, t h e squad’s unity helped it hold Rehabilitation Center things together to the end. “This early chemistry was The Luxor Pavilion at MERWICK really important to them, the numbers were up,” said Bruvik. “I think made a difference in their whole mental attitude in terms of taking the field every time we played.” provides a full range Bruvik credited her core of seniors with setting a posiof complex medical and rehabilitative tive tone. sub-acute services. Our physician-directed “It was a great senior interdisciplinary clinical team develops

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The Princeton Recreation Department is offering a CPR/AED/First Aid Training Course this June. The American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED program helps participants recognize and respond appropriately to cardiac, breathing, and first aid emergencies. The courses in this program teach skills that participants need to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. This program certifies participants in first aid, Adult and Child CPR, and AED to meet the various training needs of a diverse audience and is offered in a traditional classroom format. The course costs $ 83/ person and is open to anyone who is 15 years of age and older. Course dates are June 19 and June 21 from 6:30-9:30 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room of the Recreation Department Building at 380 Witherspoon Street. Participants must attend both sessions. Space in the program is limited. Individuals can register online at: http://register.communitypass.net/ princeton. The course is located under the Tab “2017 Community Programs.” For more info, visit www.princetonrecreation.com or call (609) 921-9480.

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Donald Patrick Dowd Donald Patrick Dowd, 88, died on Monday, May 29 at home after a two-year battle with cancer and a long struggle with dementia. Vera, his wife of 58 years, and his children, Lisa and Stephen, were by his side. Don was born in Dublin, Ireland on January 21, 1929, the only child of Bridget (née Flynn) and Matthew Dowd. Living with his grandmother and separated from his parents during World War II, he left Ireland after the war to join them and to work and study in Manchester, England. He studied mechanical engineering at Salford University at night while starting his long career with Simon Engineering in the daytime. He immigrated to Canada to open their office, moving to Toronto in 1958. Not long after that he met Vera, and they married in 1959. Don’s career at a number of

Phyllis Phox Phyllis Phox, 87, of Princeton, died on Friday, May 26, 2017 of complications from Parkinson’s disease. She was born and raised in Bronx, N.Y. Phyllis Bowman married James “Alfred” Phox on June 28, 1952 at the Episcopal Church of the Crucifixion in Harlem. They had three children: twins Pamela and James Jr. and a young son, Lance. Phyllis and Al loved to travel, whether it was to Dad’s movie locations or just on vacations to explore other cultures. They visited more than 35 countries and roamed from East to the Great Wall and Sydney to Machu Picchu and the Galapagos Islands in the West, from Stockholm and Montreal in the North to Bariloche and Portillo in the South. Dad’s work on feature films occasionally allowed them to reside for several months in Beirut, Lagos, Martha’s Vineyard, and Saint Paul de Vence. Phyllis visited every continent except for Antarctica. “Too cold,” she said. Besides being a stay-at-

home mother, she worked as a part-time cashier at John Witherspoon Middle School. Phyllis was a very active member of Trinity Church for more than 60 years. During that time she served on their Altar Guild and worked tirelessly on their annual rummage sale fundraiser. Up until the end she was actively monitoring the preparations for this fall’s event. Married for 65 years, besides her husband, Mrs. Phox is survived by a daughter, Pamela of Denver, Colo.; two sons, Lance of Long Branch, N.J. and James of Oakland, Calif.; a son-in-law, Reid; daughters -in-law Andrea and Kimberly; a sister, Edna Harleston of Orlando, Fla.; two grandchildren, Thayer and Sara; and many nieces and nephews. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to Trinity Church-Rummage Sale, 33 Mercer St., Princeton, NJ 08540, in her name would be appreciated. Your gift will be distributed to the many area nonprofits that support those in need. Her memorial service is scheduled for Trinity Church, June 10 at 11 a.m.

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engineering firms and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey took the family on a journey to Chicago, Connecticut, back to Toronto, and finally to the Princeton area for the last 40 years. After his retirement, Don became engaged in the community. He greatly enjoyed contributing to Princeton by volunteering his expertise on local traffic and transportation issues and serving on the executive board of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization until his energy and attention waned. A generous and kind man with charm and wit to spare, he had the luck and spirit of the Irish. He had two close calls, sur v iv ing a 1980 Amtrak accident and the 9/11 attack on the World Trade Center. He connected with people with ease and without judgment and had friends from all walks of life. His love of poetry, history, politics, and music was deep and self taught. Golf was a treasured pastime. He is survived by Vera, Lisa, and Stephen (Tania); and his grandsons, Campbell, Fraser, and Colin. Burial will be in the family plot in Toronto. The family wishes to thank the caregivers and volunteers of Princeton Hospice and Janet and Nora for their compassionate care in his final weeks and days. Memorial contributions may be made to the American Cancer Society or the Alzheimer’s Association. Arrangements are under the direction of MatherHodge funeral home, Princeton. ———

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214 Nassau Street, Princeton Msgr. Walter Rosie, Nolan, Pastor Msgr. Joseph Saturday, MarchPastor 26 Msgr. Walter Nolan, Pastor Easter Egg Hunt, 3:00 5:30 pm Saturday Vigil Mass: p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter, 7:00 pmp.m. Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:30 Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 and 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 and 5:00 Mass in Spanish: at 7:00 p.m. p.m. Sunday,Sunday March 27 Mass in Holy Spanish: Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Eucharist, Rite I, 7:30 am Festive Choral Eucharist, Rite II, 9:00 am Festive Choral Eucharist, Rite II, 11:00 am

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SMALL OFFICE SUITENASSAU STREET: with parking. 1839 sq. ft. Please call (609) 921-6060 for details. 06-10-tf TK PAINTING: Interior, exterior. Power-washing, wallpaper removal, plaster repair, Venetian plaster, deck staining. Renovation of kitchen cabinets. Front door and window refinishing. Excellent references. Free estimates. Call (609) 947-3917. 01-18/07-12 ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE: I will clean out attics, basements, garages & houses. Single items to entire estates. No job too big or small. In business over 35 years, serving all of Mercer County. Call (609) 306-0613. 12-27-17 MUSIC LESSONS: Voice, piano, guitar, drums, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, saxophone, banjo, mandolin, uke & more. One-on-one. $32/ half hour. Ongoing music camps. CALL TODAY! FARRINGTON’S MUSIC, Montgomery (609) 9248282; West Windsor (609) 897-0032, www.farringtonsmusic.com 07-13-17

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I BUY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469. 08-17-17 BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, cameras, silver, costume & fine jewelry. Guitars & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 306-0613.

NEW LISTING West Windsor $579,900 WOW! Gorgeous fully renovate ranch with pool, Picturque setting win West Windsor Town ship. Top rated schools. Fabulous kitchen and Baths, New Roof, New HVAC, Freshly painted. Great Value. ID#6958497 609-921-2700

NEW PRICE Lawrenceville $499,000 This 4,000sq ft home sits on over 1.5 acre on a secluded street, 6 BR, 4.5 BA, Close to ETS, BMS, I-95, Rt 1. 62 acre Village Park & Lawrence-Hopewell Trail. ID#6965445 609-921-2700

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Exceptional 4BR, 2.5BA, 3 car garage stunning sunlit colonial, in serene and picturesque at Princeton Manor. 2-story foyer, new Andersen windows, hardwood fl & carpets. Sunroom, private wooded backyard and much more.

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NEW PRICE Chesterfield $440,000 Stunning 4 bdr 2.5 bth E facing corner property! Numerous upgrades throughout, 1st fl office, Amazing kitchen, open floor plan. Same block as elementary school. ID#6953888 609-921-2700

12-27-17 HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST: Interior/exterior repairs, carpentry, trim, rotted wood, power washing, painting, deck work, sheet rock/ spackle, gutter & roofing repairs. Punch list is my specialty. 40 years experience. Licensed & insured. Call Creative Woodcraft (609) 586-2130 06-22-17

Rocky Hill $399,900 Rocky Hill – Commercial building - Village Residential Zoning. Truss construction with open floor plan. ID# 6768074 609-921-2700

NEW PRICE Hopewell Boro $650,000 4BR 2 ½ BT. There is room for everyone and everything in this sought after location! This is a house you will love to call home. ID# 6959829 609-737-1500

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Welcome to Smiths Crossing at Brandon Farms! This Colonial style home has great value -- one of the largest lots in Smiths Crossing. There is plenty of room to enjoy the indoors as well as outdoors!

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Lawrence Twp. $600,000 Situated in the Greater Princeton Area this charming Colonial Cape is sure to please. Updates include kitchen & baths with flexible floor plan all set on private lot w/ custom pool in ground pool. ID# 6941111 609-737-1500

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WE BUY CARS Belle Mead Garage (908) 359-8131 Ask for Chris tf Hopewell Twp. $450,000 This classic 4 BR 2 ½ BT Colonial on the Hopewell Township border has it all. Family room includes a wood burning brick fireplace and 2 skylights. 2 car attached garage with automatic openers ID# 6981762 609-737-1500

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Montgomery Twp. $899,000 A charming home with beautifully landscaped backyard, “bright & light” interior, open floor plan & convenient location offers options for all. LS# 6992774 Call (609) 924-1600 Marketed by Roberta Parker

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4505 Province Line Road, Lawrence Twp. $788,800 5 BR, 4/2 BA “country manor” on 3+ acres w/Princeton address. Updated kit, office, 1st floor BR & BA, sun room, WO bsmt, IG pool, barn & more. LS# 6989949 Call (609) 924-1600 Marketed by Donna M. Murray

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West Windsor Twp. $695,000 GROVER’S MILL ESTATES PRIME LOCATION! 4BR, 2.5BA pristine and stately colonial w/beautiful backyard & in-ground pool! LS# 6994058 Call (609)924-1600 Marketed by Eva Petruzziello

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330 State Road, Princeton $474,888 3BR, 1.5BA cottage a short distance from downtown Princeton situated on approx. 71 bucolic acres. Many wonderful possibilities! LS# 6992919 Call (609) 924-1600 Marketed by Kathleen Murphy

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MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE: Saturday, June 10 from 9-3. 105 Leabrook Lane (off Snowden). Furniture, double kayak, electronics & household items galore! 06-07 FLEA MARKET & FISH FRY: Saturday, June 10th starting at 8 am. 170 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ. (Corner of Witherspoon & MacLean Streets). Tables are available for rent to vendors, call (609) 947-3009. 06-07 PRINCETON MOVING SALE: 48 Pheasant Hill Road. Friday & Saturday June 9 & 10 from 9:30-3:30. High end furnishings, custom furniture, Restoration Hardware, collection of quality contemporary art, Lauter Baby Grand piano, decorative accessories, studio furnishings, too much to list! Photos can be seen on estatesales.net, MG Estate Services. 06-07 FOR SALE: 1990 full-size Travel Trailer. Good condition. Sleeps 6. $3,800. (609) 915-3198. 06-07 KAYAK FOR SALE: Bright yellow Swift Touring Kayak; 15’10”, made of Goldenglass & Keviar, 45 lbs., cost $1,695 in 2002, plus paddle, $85. Excellent condition, best offer. (609) 430-9230. 06-07 CLEANING, IRONING, LAUNDRY: by Polish women with a lot of experience. Excellent references, own transportation. Please call Inga at (609) 530-1169, leave message. 05-03-6t HOUSECLEANING LADIES: Gonzalez & Lopez. We speak English & Spanish. Have good references available & own transportation. Please call or text to (609) 336-1995 or (609) 533-8793. 05-31-2t PRINCETON TOWNHOUSE FOR RENT: In Griggs Farm development, Princeton Township. End unit, 3 BR, 2.5 baths, hardwood on 1st floor, fireplace, 2 parking spaces. $2,200/mo. (609) 430-0424 or rubyt.law@gmail. com 05-24-3t

This wonderfully located Winchester I-style Villa with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, and a 1-car garage features a private setting with easy access to the community walking trail; bucolic backyard boasting a serene patio space; eat-in kitchen with a center island and newly upgraded countertops; and a full dining room, which can easily be converted into a den area. This style of home also offers plentiful closet space throughout and a full attic to fulfill all your storage needs. Discover what the active adult community and stress-free living at Princeton Windrows has to offer you today!

This large one-bedroom/one bath apartment-style condominium offers a sunny location on a corner of the second floor of Windrows Hall and boasts gorgeous views from the balcony. This lovely open floorplan features a full-size kitchen, master suite with walk-in closet, and spacious living room with a westerly view. Apartment living at Windrows offers convenient access to all the wonderful amenities, social events, classes, lectures, and sophisticated cuisine served in various dining venues. Come see the vibrant lifestyle enjoyed by the residents of Princeton Windrows today!

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KINGSTON OFFICES AVAILABLE: 4475 Route 27, Princeton, NJ 08540, next to Bank of America. Professional offices, very quiet location, just renovated, waiting room on each floor, street signage space, utilities included, parking: •318 sf office available full time, fully furnished, $920/mo. •138 sf office available 3 days & shared weekends, $350/mo. •139 sf office 2 days & shared weekends, $280/mo. (609) 454-5909. 05-24-3t

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Employment Opportunities in the Princeton Area CONTRIBUTING EDITOR NEEDED Witherspoon Media Group is looking for a parttime experienced newspaper and magazine writer to produce regular content for our magazines, newspaper, and digital publications. The ideal candidate will: • Have newspaper, magazine, and social media experience. • Adhere to daily and weekly newspaper, magazine, and website deadlines. • Conduct professional interviews and write multipage articles for our print and digital publications. • Collaborate with Witherspoon Media Group's sales staff to produce advertising-driven editorial. • Use social media to promote Witherspoon Media Group's print and digital publications. This part-time position is based out of our Kingston, NJ office. Submit resume, writing samples, and cover letter to: lynn.smith@witherspoonmediagroup.com

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This five bedroom, four full- and one-half bathroom home lies at the end of a cul-desac surrounded by mature trees and shrubs. Features include a dramatic, double height living room with fireplace, a formal dining room which is connected to the kitchen/ breakfast area, a large kitchen with center island and Thermador cooktop. The home also includes a finished basement and a first-floor master bedroom. This property is not to be missed. Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)

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This 3 BR, 2.5 BA Colonial has an EIK, LR WITH wood-burning FP and large windows looking over the front yard. Back yard is beautifully landscaped. Dir: S Main Street to E Welling Ave.

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