Town Topics Newspaper, July 8 2020

Volume LXXIV, Number 28

Getting Back To You Pages 20-22 Televising Presidential Conventions Is Topic of “Sundays at the Sarnoff” . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Ticks, Lyme Disease Pose Threats to Locals . . . . . . . . . . 8 Thirty Years in the Company of Cats . . . 13 Princeton Summer Chamber Concerts Opens Online Season . . . . . . . . . . 14 Donahey Provided Excellence, Leadership for PU Softball . . . . . . . . .24 Athletics Director Williams Leaving PDS with Fond Memories . . . . . . . . . . .26

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By Sunrise Corporation For Assisted Living An appeal by the Sunrise Corporation regarding denial of a variance application by the Princeton Zoning Board of Adjustment was resolved last last month in the municipality’s favor by the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey.

Sunrise has been seeking approval to build a senior living facility at the corner of North Harrison Street and Terhune Road, and was trying to reverse the denial of its application to the Zoning Board by arguing that the Board failed to properly apply the test to determine if a variance for an inherently beneficial use, which is one that is considered to serve the public good and promote general welfare, should be granted.

The 4.5-acre corner lot was formerly part of the Princeton Shopping Center, which was subdivided when the complex was sold to Edens in 2012. The parcel was rezoned for Residential Senior Market (RSM) housing in 2015. Princeton’s Master Plan identifies the property as suitable for senior housing because of its proximity to the shopping center, public transportation, and medical offices.

Three years ago, Sunrise submitted Continued on Page 10

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By 8 p .m . last night, July 7, all ballots had been cast in the 2020 primary election, with most local voters mailing in ballots to the Mercer County Board of Elections and only a few completing provisional paper ballots at polling places in town .

Final vote counts for local, state, and national races will not be available for another week, as the Board of Elections will continue to accept ballots that arrive in the mail through July 14, as long as they are postmarked by 8 p .m . July 7 .

In Princeton three Democratic candidates, incumbents David Cohen and Leticia Fraga and challenger Dina Shaw, are running for two positions on the November ballot for Princeton Council . Mark Freda is running unopposed for the Democratic mayoral nomination . No Republicans were on the ballot for nomination for Council or mayor .

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Princeton, Rutgers Detail Changes for Academic Year Princeton and Rutgers universities are among the institutions of higher education that have announced altered academic schedules for the 2020-21 academic year.

Due to the continuing fallout of the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton will reopen at half capacity in the fall, while Rutgers plans to deliver most courses remotely, with a limited number of in-person classes.

“Over the last two months, my colleagues and I have been studying the pandemic and identifying measures we can take to accommodate students on campus,” Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber said in a July 6 message to the University community. “COVID-19 is still a very new disease, and much remains unknown about it. Several points have, however, become clear. Based on the information now available to us, we believe Princeton will be able to offer all of our undergraduate students at least one semester of on-campus education this academic year, but we will need to do much of our teaching online and remotely.”

“We have wanted very fervently to be able to resume some version of a normal semester,” Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway said in a message to the Rutgers community, which takes courses in New Brunswick, Camden, and Newark. However, “because of the ongoing require-

ments for social distancing and guided by our paramount priority of safeguarding the people of our university community, we determined that most courses this fall will have to rely on remote methods of instruction – delivered both in real time and asynchronously.”

Princeton will have first- and third-year students on campus for the fall semester, while sophomores and seniors will be welcomed for the spring term. Most academic instruction will continue to be

online. All undergraduates can complete the entire academic year remotely if they wish. Graduate programs will be held either in person or virtually.

Students can live in dormitories. But the social aspect of undergraduate campus life will be limited by public health guidelines and state rules. That means no big parties, and social distancing in classrooms and public spaces. Students will have to sign a social contract describing their responsibilities. “Our collective Continued on Page 7

PU, PPS, Nonprofits Work Together to Combat Food Insecurities in Mercer County In the face of unprecedented food insecurities brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic, Princeton University is teaming up with Princeton Public Schools (PPS) and three Mercer County nonprofits this summer to provide thousands of meals to local communities.

In launching its six-week Summer Food and Nutrition Program this week, the University is collaborating with PPS, HomeFront, the Rescue Mission of Trenton, and Meals on Wheels of Mercer County to help feed hungry individuals in Princeton; on the Route 1 corridor near Princeton; and in Trenton, Lawrenceville, East Windsor, West Windsor, and Hightstown.

“All of our hearts are lifted at the Mission by the University’s generosity, compassion, and commitment to address food insecurity, particularly during this pandemic which is challenging us like never before,” said Rescue Mission of Trenton Chief Operating Officer Barrett Young.

Princeton University’s Campus Dining, Office of Community and Regional Affairs, and John H. Pace, Jr. ’39 Center for Civic Engagement are working together to provide more than 14,000 meals in the coming weeks to those who are homeless and those in recovery and treatment at the Rescue Mission.

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STREET ART: The Arts Council of Princeton’s inspiring new mural, “Stronger Together,” can be found on the corner of Witherspoon and Spring streets in downtown Princeton .

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PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD Al Maghazehe, PhD, FACHE ∙ President and CEO, Capital Health Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr. ∙ Chairman, Capital Healthcare Corporation Board of Trustees Neighbors, As the region’s leader in providing progressive, quality patient care, Capital Health has been taking an organized approach to meeting the needs of the community during the COVID-19 crisis and going forward as restrictions start to ease. Under guidance recently announced by New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, hospitals in New Jersey were permitted to resume elective surgeries starting Tuesday, May 26. Now we are ready to welcome patients back in a safe, healthy environment.

Through intensive planning to ensure the highest level of patient and visitor safety, our health care professionals at Capital Health are implementing a system of care that meets all requirements for providing great services in a safe environment.

In addition to our usual robust disinfection protocols, we continue to take other necessary precautions to make sure the health and safety of our community and our staff remain our highest priority. We follow Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) guidelines and use isolation precautions for hospitalized patients. We are also taking the following steps to ensure the safety of our patients and staff: … Everyone entering our facilities is required to have their temperature taken. Anyone with a temperature equal to or greater than 100° F is not allowed to enter our facilities. Everyone entering our facilities must also wear a mask.

If they don’t have one, a mask is provided for them. To facilitate social distancing, we’ve created more areas for waiting and registration. In some locations, Plexiglas barriers have been installed to help prevent contamination.

Our staff regularly cleans common areas and high-touch surfaces with hospital-approved disinfectant cleansers.

If you need to use an elevator, occupancy is limited to four (4) people, each positioned in a corner of the elevator. …

We use electronic flagging to identify patients with communicable disease. Any patients moving through the halls on stretchers or in wheelchairs must wear a mask, and clean sheets are placed on all stretchers after each use. All surfaces in patient care areas are cleaned between patients using the hospital-approved disinfectant cleansers. Portable ultraviolet lights are also used in rooms as an added disinfectant measure.

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Only people requiring medical care are allowed to enter our hospitals. Visitors are restricted, with limited exceptions for certain patients. Those with intellectual or cognitive disability, communication barriers, and behavioral concerns, or patients who are under 18 years old may have one designated support person.

Maternity and pediatric patients may have one designated support person with them at all times.

We encourage you to maintain good health by scheduling appointments with your primary care and specialty physicians.

You can be confident that the providers in our Capital Health Medical Group continue to practice all precautionary measures for safety to ensure that all patients, visitors, and staff are protected. However, we realize that not everyone is able to visit with his or her physician. For those patients, Capital Health will continue to offer video visits through secure connections on their computers or smart devices. New and established patients can schedule an appointment with the same providers they see at our offices.

If you or your loved ones are experiencing a medical emergency, we urge you to seek care immediately. On behalf of our health care professionals at Capital Health, we look forward to seeing you again at your next visit, and rest assured that we have safety procedures in place to protect you from infection and provide the highest level of care.

For complete details about the advanced safety measures we have established at our facilities, visit capitalhealth.org/advanced-safety-measures-covid-19.

Sincerely,

Al Maghazehe, PhD, FACHE President & CEO

Samuel J. Plumeri, Jr. Chair, Capital Healthcare Corporation Board of Directors

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A Community Bulletin Library Services: Starting July 8, holds can be placed on most materials in the online category of Princeton Public Library. Pickup will be by reservation along the Sylvia Beach Way sidewalk. The building is still closed. For more information, visit princetonlibrary.org/reopening.

Mindfulness for Teens: A new virtual program for students in rising 7-10th grades begins July 8 and runs till August 19. Classes are held Wednesdays, 4:45-5:15 p.m.; taught by Michelle Moorhead, Mindful schools Certified Mindfulness Instructor. Sponsored by the Princeton Recreation Department.

Contact Nicole Paulucci at npaulucci@princetonnj.gov for more information.

Walk-Up Testing Site: Sante Integrative Pharmacy, 200 Nassau Street, now has a drive-up and walk-in COVID-19 testing available. You must register at DoINeedACovid19test.com. There is no fee.

For more information, call (609) 921-8822.

Speak Up for a Child: Due to the pandemic, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Mercer & Burlington Counties needs more volunteers. CASA recruits, trains, and supervises community volunteers who speak up in Family Court for the best interests of Mercer County children that have been removed from their families due to abuse and/or neglect and placed in the foster care system. A virtual information session is scheduled for July 21, 11 a.m. For more information or to RSVP contact Jill Duffy jduffy@casamercer.org.

Public Speaking for Kids: Speakology presents public speaking and identity exploration training for children ages 10-15, on Zoom. Sessions begin July 21 and 22 and last four weeks, 3-5 p.m. Up to 12 participants each session. Visit speakology.us/registration or email info@danalichtstrahl.com.

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Featuring gifts that are distinctly Princeton POLITICS IN REAL TIME: At an upcoming Zoom discussion, The College of New Jersey’s Sarnoff Center tells the story of the vital role radio and television have played in political conventions.

The first Republican convention to be televised, shown here, was in 1940.

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“Look Before You Vote: Televising the Presidential Conventions” was originally conceived as a pop-up exhibit at the Sarnoff Collection, which is on the campus of The College of New

Jersey (TCNJ) in Ewing. But with the pandemic shuttering museums through the summer at least, plans had to be changed.

The exhibit has been replaced with a digital discus sion. On Ju ly 26 at 1:30 p.m., Sarnoff curator Firoencia Pierri will host a program on the history of broadcasting the conventions, focusing on the technologies that were invented to cover the events.

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“Using tech nolog y for politics has a long and inter t w ined h istor y,” s aid Pierri, a doctoral candidate who has been curator of the collection for two years.

“The first commercial radio broadcast was on election day of the Harding/Cox race in 1920, allowing people to hear the results before they read about it in the newspaper. It proved the power of radio. By 1924, the whole convention process was being aired over two stations run by RCA and AT&T.” The Sarnoff Collection has been located at TCNJ since 2010. The David Sarnoff Research Center, later the Sarnoff Corporation headquarters on Route 1 in West Windsor, was the site of several historic developments, including color television, CMOS integrated circuit technology, and electron microscopy.

The first televised broadcast of a political convention was in 1940. “The conventions have a long history as places where journalists experimented with new inventions,” Pierri said. “I’ll talk about how in 1940, RCA used the broadcast to convince people to buy television sets. They were saying, ‘You have to be informed, so buy a television to watch.

And by the way, buy an RCA TV,’” she said. “It was a similar thing with radios.

RCA would say, ‘listen to the broadcast on a brand new RCA radio. It’s the best way to be an engaged citizen.’ “ A s ig n if ic a nt s eg m ent of the Sarnoff Collection’s audience is retired engineers and physicists,

who also volunteer and help out with programs. With them in mind, Pierri will discuss technical inventions made specifically for political conventions. “The year 1952 was a watershed year, because that’s when NBC went all out with TV technology,” she said. “The broadcast of the Republican convention was the start of the largest and most complex array of television and radio facilities ever assembled, in color and in real time, coast to coast. It was a marvelous feat of engineering.”

Pierri is particularly partial to the “walkie lookie,”

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a backpack-mounted camera that was developed specifically for the conventions by the Sarnoff Research Center in West Windsor. The device was touted in 1952 as a portable TV camera and transmitter. “In fact, it was a 10-pound camera at tached to a 50 -pound transmitter, which was used to do man-in-the-street type interviews,” she said. “It was heavy and not really comfortable to use. But it made a huge difference.”

Pierri’s doctoral degree will be in the history of science. While she does not have training in technology, she has picked up a good bit of knowledge while working as the Sarnoff curator.

According to its website, the collection includes “artifacts related to David Sarnoff’s life; RCA, NBC, Victor Talking Machine Company, and Marconi Wireless Telegraph Company of America; the history of radio, television, broadcasting, audio and video recording and reproduction, electron microscopy, radar, vacuum tubes, transistors, solid-state physics, semiconductors, lasers, liquid-crystal displays, integrated circuits, microprocessors, computers, communications satellites, and other technologies RCA played an important role in inventing and developing; and some of the many people, beside Sarnoff, who made these technologies work.”

D u r i n g n or m a l t i m e s, items are on display and the public is welcome to examine them closely. “We like to have people handle the objects themselves,” said Pierri. “We allow people to look through old magazine articles, among other things. We let them get up close because we display items in small groups, and we can be on hand to keep an eye on how things are handled.”

The “Sundays at the Sarnoff” series are Zoom discussions held the last Sunday of every month, on topics from the intersection of technology, history, and culture. To participate, visit davidsarnoff.tcnj.edu.

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“Heritage Outlook,” the newsletter of the Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society (WJHCS), is now available via its website at www.princetonwjhcs.org. The newsletter includes neighborhood news, a “Person of the Month,” a community calendar, and other features. The current issue includes a memorial to Romus Broadway and an Editorial expressing the WJHCS board’s outrage concerning the murder of George Floyd and others.

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success will depend on all of our individual actions,” wrote Eisgruber.

Graduate students are permitted to stay in campus graduate housing for both semesters.

Students will be tested for COVID-19 when they arrive, and regularly thereafter, overseen by University Health Services. Everyone on campus will have to wear a face covering while indoors except when they are alone in a space or assigned rooms; but not outdoors if a distance of at least six feet is maintained from others.

At Rutgers, on-campus housing will be extremely limited. A small number of courses in the arts, laboratory or field work, and clinical instr uction w ill take place with appropriate health-related precautions, Holloway said. Decisions regarding the upcoming athletic season “will continue to be guided by state requirements and policies developed by the campuses’ respective athletic conferences,” he said.

Princeton’s Department of Athletics will advise the

University’s coaches, staff, and student athletes of a decision on fall athletics on July 8.

Regarding tuition, the University has approved a 10 percent discount for all undergraduates. The discounted rate will be used to calculate financial aid packages for students eligible for aid.

“The University remains committed to ensuring that a Princeton education is affordable for every student even at this time of economic uncertainty,” reads the letter to the community.

“As Provost Deborah Prentice said following the April trustees meeting focused on financial aid: ‘Given the COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting economic challenges, we expect that more of our students will need financial aid and that many students will need additional aid. We are committed to increasing the University’s financial aid budget to meet these needs so a Princeton education remains affordable for all students.’ ” T h e fa l l s e m e s te r at Princeton will start August 31, which is two days earlier than originally scheduled. Fall break will be a

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weekend instead of a full week. Students will leave the campus before Thanksgiving, and the fall semester reading period and exams will be fully remote thereafter. The spring break will also be reduced from a week to a weekend.

No campus visits will be allowed for the fall semester, and tours have been discontinued at the present time. Virtual visits are available via the admission website.

The entire plan is detailed, with several headings, on the University’s website, and more information about virtual instruction and other aspects is still to be announced. “The University will continue to reevaluate its plans in the months ahead,” wrote Eisgruber. “If developments allow, we will invite back more students in the spring.

Unfortunately, it is also possible that matters will get worse. If so, we may have to send students home in the fall or reduce the size of the anticipated campus population in the spring.”

Rutgers will allow on-campus housing in extremely limited cases. Essential student services including academic, health, and wellness counseling will be available remotely, and in person as guidelines allow. The University is continuing to work within state guidelines and with public health experts to reopen offices later this summer. Holloway told the University community that officials are continuing to work toward a time when it is safe for normal operations to resume.

“I can assure you that we will do all we can to move toward that goal, knowing how vital our in-person interactions are to the vibrancy of a university,” he said. “And in the meantime, we will strive to ensure the highest quality academic experience for all our students, who remain at the center of our mission.”

—Anne Levin

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Academic Year Changes

YWCA Stand Against Racism Virtual Run/Walk

The YWCA’s annual Stand Against Racism 5K was canceled this past April due to the pandemic, but the organization is holding a virtual event to support its yearround anti-racist programming. The YWCA Princeton Stand Against Racism Virtual Run/Walk is being held from July 27 to August 10.

Participants can choose a 1k, 5k, or more. There is a minimum fundraising goal of $100. Upon registration, participants get their own fundraising page, which allows them to collect donations. Walking or running can take place any time from July 27 to August 10.

Participants can enter their distances all at once or on multiple days. The July 27 kickoff event will be virtual.

In 2008 YWCA Princeton founded Stand Against Racism, an educational workshop series and rally which has expanded into yearround anti-racism programming as well as programs and services designed in service of its mission “to Eliminate Racism and Empower Women.” Visit www. y wc apr i n c e ton.or g for more information.

Peniel Joseph Author Peniel Joseph Joins in history, where millions of Directors at Rustin Center people have demonstrated

The Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice (BRCSJ) has announced that Peniel Joseph, founding director of the Center for the Study of Race and Democracy at the University of Texas at Austin, has joined the BRCSJ board of directors.

Peniel, whose new book, The Sword and the Shield: the Revolutionary Lives of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr., examines the political lives of the two 20th-century black leaders, is a professor of black power and studies and a prolific author of scholarly books, magazine, and journal articles.

“I am excited and honored to join the board of the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice,” said Peniel.

“At this watershed moment

nationally and globally to end systemic racism, defeat white supremacy, and guarantee black dignity and citizenship, we need allyship in the service of intersectional justice more than ever. I am proud to join in the Rustin Center’s work of building a beloved community where black LGBTQIA lives matter and are central to achieving a country free of injustice, poverty, violence, and inequality.”

The BRCSJ on 21 Wiggins Street in Princeton is a community activist center, educational enclave, and safe space for LGBTQIA kids, intersectional families, and “all our beautifully diverse folks,” according to BRCSJ chief activist Robt SedaSchreiber.

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Ticks, Lyme Disease Pose Threats To Locals, Health Department Warns The Princeton Health Department has seen 195 cases of COVID-19 this year, more than all other diseases investigated by the town, but prior to this pandemic the most prevalent disease investigated by the Health Department was Lyme disease, which averages almost 70 cases per year.

The Princeton Health Department pointed out that the threat posed by ticks go e s far b e yon d Ly m e.

“Almost every Princetonian knows about Lyme disease caused by the bite of the black legged (aka deer) tick, but not all of us know that deer ticks in New Jersey can also carry such diseases as anaplasmosis and babesiosis, and that there are other ticks such as dog ticks and the lone-star ticks that cause their own misery, such as Rocky Mountain spotted fever, ehrlichiosis, and Powassan disease,”

Princeton Health Officer Jeff Grosser and Princeton Health Department Educator Volunteer Francesca Calderone-Steichen wrote in a collaborative email.

They went on to note that mild winters, wet springs, and global warming increase tick infestations and that local residents should take precautions: Grass should be cut short to about three inches. “Ticks prefer woodlands and high grass over open lawns because they prefer moist shade over dry sunny environments,” Grosser and Calderone-Steichen noted.

Field mice are a vector for ticks, and the Health Department recommends the use of “tick tubes,” cardboard tubes stuffed with cotton treated with permethrin, a tick-killing chemical. Mice collect the cotton and take it back to their nests, and the permethrin in the cotton

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Deer control, since deer are also vectors for ticks, can help eliminate ticks. Grosser and Calderone-Steichen suggested that spraying the perimeter of your property once a month with a mixture of natural ingredients that taste terrible to deer helps to prevent encroachment on your property. Several companies in New Jersey will do this spraying, which might — no guarantees — keep deer away and help prevent the spread of ticks.

Spraying pesticides for ticks is controversial, Grosser and Calderone-Steichen warned, because it can also target beneficial insects like honeybees, ladybugs, butterflies, and fireflies. It can also reduce critical food sources for wild birds just when they need them the most, and, if applied incorrectly, can pose a hazard to children and pets.

“If you do decide to, spray, please ask whether the company has a written plan to protect non-target organisms,” the Health Department warns. “Be skeptical and think twice about ‘all organic’ claims, and remember that the use of chemicals can breed insecticide resistance.”

Family pets, Grosser and Calderone-Steichen pointed out, frequently bring ticks into the house. “Check family pets for ticks and remove them if you find them,” they wrote. “Use tick or flea prevention products as directed by your veterinarian.”

When venturing outdoors, t h e H e a lt h D ep ar t m e nt recommends light-colored clothing, long sleeve shirts, pants tucked into socks, and the use of tick repellent on exposed areas. “Do a thorough tick check after coming home,” said Grosser and Calderone-Steichen. “If you find a tick, follow proper procedures for removing it ( See video demonstration at www.youtube.com/ watch?v=oGrK4ZKUfhQ), and tape it to a piece of white paper so it can be identified. Write the date you removed the tick on the paper. Contact your family physician if symptoms develop. Ticks removed within the first 24 to 36 hours after attachment generally do not cause disease.”

Symptoms of Lyme disease include fever, headache, fatigue, and a skin rash called erythema migrans. If left untreated, infection can spread to joints, the heart, and the nervous system. Most cases of Lyme disease can be treated successfully with a few weeks of antibiotics. Many people with early-stage Lyme disease develop a circular rash that looks like a bullseye at the site of the tick bite, usually around three to 30 days after being bitten.

“Princetonians should be on the lookout for ticks until the first hard frost and start of winter,” Grosser and Calderone-Steichen noted.

“A dry summer and fall may decrease tick populations some, but, realistically, they are here to stay. “ As a final word of advice, they wrote, “Protect possums, who are major tick remover s. Accord i ng to

care, education, and legal representation; advocating for the integration of immigrants; and fostering intercultural communication to strengthen our communiLALDEF Director Steps Down; ties. Visit laldef.org for more information.

Search Begins for Successor LALDEF announced July 1 that Dina Paulson-McE- Animal Rescue League wen stepped down as its Gets $15,000 Grant E ASEL Animal Rescue executive director, effective June 30, 2020, to pursue League of Ewing has been other interests. Lorraine awarded a $15,000 grant Goodman, LALDEF’s direc- from the Petco Foundation for tor of marketing and ad- continued support of its shelvancement, will assume the ter operations and adoptions. position of interim executive The Petco Foundation investdirector while the board of ment will help with veterinary trustees conducts a search treatments, including spaying for a new executive director. and neutering, vaccinations, “ We w i s h D i n a w e l l , microchipping, deworming, thank her for her service to and flea treatments, to preLALDEF, and look forward pare animals for adoption. All to seeing what she will do of EASEL’s pets are spayed or next,” said Patricia Fernan- neutered prior to adoption.

“The grant from the Petco dez-Kelly, LALDEF’s board Foundation enables EASEL chair. “We are incredibly grateful that Lorraine, a sea- to continue offering the best soned development profes- veterinary services for the sional and the former devel- dogs and cats in our care,” opment officer of Princeton said Dr. Georgia Arvanitis, AlumniCorps, has agreed EASEL board vice president. to lead the organization “By providing crucial — and while we conduct a search. sometimes lifesaving — mediLALDEF has continued to cal treatment to our animals, provide its vital services we not only improve their to immigrants throughout chances at a healthy life, but the pandemic and is well- we give each one a better oppositioned to reopen the portunity to be adopted into doors of its Trenton office, loving, safe homes.”

EASEL is a nonprofit organiWelcome House/Casa de Bienvenida. We are excited to zation, an all-volunteer, comcontinue to move the orga- munity-based action group nization forward, after three that saves hundreds of homeyears of rapid growth serv- less dogs and cats each year across the central New Jersey ing our community.”

Founded in 2004, t he region. Since 2011, EASEL Latin American Legal De- continues to set new records in fense and Education Fund reducing the number of home( LALDEF) is a social im- less animals. In 2018, EASEL pact organization whose helped 571 cats and 251 dogs mission is to promote the become adopted.

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ngela Siso Stentz, who became t he act ing principal at Johnson Park Elementary School (JP) on July 1, brings to the job experience from more than 20 years in the Princeton Public Schools, along with a love of children, a desire to help make decisions on behalf of all students, and an eagerness to build relationships with the JP community.

Starting in the Princeton Public Schools ( PPS ) in 1999 as a special education teacher in math and Spanish, Siso Stentz became supervisor of student activities in 2005, supervisor of guidance in 2008, and since 2017 she has served as assistant principal at Princeton High School (PHS).

“Angela was an outstanding assistant principal,” said PHS Principal Jessica Baxter. “She always put the students first and has a genuine care for kids, families, and staff. The students, families, and staff at JP are lucky to have her and will form positive relationships with her very quickly. Angela will be greatly missed at PHS, but we are thrilled for her to have this incredible opportunity.”

Changing Plans As a young woman growing up in Brick Township, Siso Stentz thought she wanted to be an attorney and work in family law. “I remember always feeling that I wanted to do something in that field to support families,” she said.

In her senior year at Rutgers University, however, she had the opportunity to work as an intern at schools in New Brunswick. “I loved it,” she recalled, and her life path took a change in direction.

After receiving her undergraduate degree in political science and Spanish at Rutgers, she went back to school that summer and in a year had earned her teacher certification. “That taught me to make a quick decision to do something that I loved and not something that perhaps my parents wanted me to do,” she said. “It was really my decision, and I appreciated the fact that my family went with me on it.”

Though Siso Stentz and her two sisters, who also became teachers, were the only educators in the family, she knew she had made the right choice. “I can’t imagine myself doing anything different,” she said.

She taught for six years at a private school in Howell, New Jersey, before coming to Princeton, where she continued to work as a classroom teacher, but always had a desire to become an administrator.

Decision-Maker “As a special education teacher, I always felt I wanted to be a part of the team that helped make global decisions on behalf of students for a school building and a school district,” she reflected. “I advocated for all students, but I seemed to gravitate towards students who needed somebody to be their supporter, so whether it was special education

Angela Siso Stentz students or English language learners or students who were going through really difficult moments at home, I wanted to support them.”

Siso Stentz noted that as an administrator she has always been determined to make sure, no matter what the program or idea or issue under consideration, “that we were considering all of the students who would be impacted by our decision.”

She is also proud of the fact that in her years in PPS she has had the opportunity to work in many different areas, at different levels, and with many different challenges and experiences — all of which have helped to prepare her for her new role at Johnson Park.

Johnson Park “I feel that I’m ready,” she said. “I’m eager to do something new and exciting and challenging, and I certainly recognize that what we are dealing with as a world with the pandemic and remote learning – making sure that we are teaching and learning and providing access to all students while maintaining our highest level of social-emotional support for students and teachers — is at the forefront of what this next phase of my career will be. I’m really excited to take that on.”

Looking forward to connecting this summer, either vir tually or face-to -face, with members of the JP community, Siso Stentz sees many of her experiences and initiatives in education translating effectively into the elementary setting. She mentioned, in particular, her work with wellness and equity at PHS, which she plans to adapt and develop at JP. “I spent a lot of my career working closely with high school students, and I often thought to myself, ‘If we had only started this conversation — whatever it might be – earlier, by the time they get to the high school level they’d be better equipped, bet ter prepared. T hey’d have developed certain skills or concepts.’ Those concepts can begin at the elementary level so you have a systemic plan for providing education and support, starting as early as possible.”

Siso Stentz had a few examples. “With everything t hat’s happening in our world, we need to have conversations about race, conversations about bias, and really focusing on a couple of foundational skills like building relationships, being kind to one another, being strong with our socialemotional platform, and making sure that we are

who’s been through it, and be collected using hand-op- and sig nage t hroughout w it h h is profes sion our erated bucket augers about the center encouraging the worlds cross a lot,” she said. four inches in diameter, go- practice of safe, six-feet so“It’s been interesting and fun ing to a depth of six feet or cial distancing. MarketFair to have experiences where deeper. This project builds has fitted all entrance and we have to work together for on earlier studies conducted exit handles with NanoSepby Hunter Research, includ- tic self-cleaning skins as an the kids in Princeton.” teaching students some of —Donald Gilpin ing a survey using ground advanced precaution. penetrating radar and sevthese coping mechanisms “We’re excited to welas early as possible, recog- Blueberry-Picking Season eral previous excavations. come our retailers to renizing and appreciating that At Terhune Orchards The samples from this open their storefronts and while we are different from Terhune Orchards on Cold project will be analyzed to look forward to continue each other, we still can be Soil Road boasts a full crop learn more about where on serving our Princeton comrespectful and kind to one of blueberries this year, and the property are especially munity as a trusted place another.” the public is invited to pick important sites for future for shoppers and diners,” said Richard Kenwood, vice She emphasized that the their own. Since the berries excavation. elementary schools need to ripen at different times, the From 1-3 p.m., Hunter Re- president and general mango a step further in talking season is expected to last search staff will be available ager of MarketFair. “We about racial literacy and em- through the next few weeks. to explain the purpose and are strategically reopening bedding these conversations Picking is from 9 a.m. to procedure of the soil auger- with health and safety top naturally in the work the dis- 5 p.m. or as supplies last. ing study to visitors to the of mind, actively following trict is doing with wellness Last pickers may enter the Trent House. Artifacts from local and state guidelines to and combating harassment, patch until 4:45 p.m. There earlier excavations will be incorporate new, safe shopintimidation, and bullying. is no picking on Mondays. on display and Trent House ping practices that will give Visit www.terhuneorchards. staff will conduct hands-on our community peace of The Fall Scenario? mind to resume their lifeThe 2020-21 school year com daily for availability up- activities with school-age styles when they are ready dates as the patch may need children.

All activities are will certainly be unlike any to close for ripening. free, with free parking avail- to return.” other in history, and Siso able in the adjacent lot.

Since mid-March, MarPaying by credit card is Stentz is ready for many unVisitors are reminded that ketFair has prioritized the certainties, rapid changes, requested. Guest must pay and monumental challeng- for all that they pick, and no face masks are to be worn health and safety of its emand social distancing ob- ployees and the larger Princes, as she prepares with her eating is permitted. eton community through Masks are required. No served. colleagues over the next two dogs are allowed. For more months.

The Trent House is at 15 limited operations that ininformation, visit terhuneorMarket Street. Call (609) cluded no -touch takeout “It’s going to be a very 989-3027 for more infor- and delivery options and, busy summer with many, chards.com. beginning in May, low-touch mation. many different scenarios beTrent House is Open curbside pickup for select fore we’re finally done with retailers. As the center reFor Special Program MarketFair Mall Reopens it,” she said. “What we can opens for expanded onsite The Trent House AssoWith Health Protocols say for sure is that returning operations, contactless and ciation is continuing its arMarketFair shopping mall to school, no matter where minimal-touch pickup serchaeological work on the has reopened for business. you are, is not going to be vices will continue to be an Trent House with the supThe 35 retailers in the cennormal. There will be safety option through select retailport of the NJM Insurance ter have expanded health precautions and protocols in ers. place: mask wearing, hand Group. On Thursday July 9, protocols and sanitation the public are invited to visit The center will be open policies in place. washing, hand sanitizer stadaily with hours of operation tions. Things are going to the Trent House Museum Shoppers can expect inlook quite different this year, grounds and learn about this creased frequency of clean- from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and but our first priority is doing new investigation. ing throughout high-traffic Hunter Research, a Tren- are as a nd touch p oi nt s 12 to 6 p.m. on Sundays. what we can so that our stuIndividual retailer hours dents and staff are back in ton-based cultural resources as well as access to hand the building in September.” service firm, will collect and sanitizer stations; required may vary from center hours.

Emphasizing the schools’ analyze soil samples from 30 face covering for shoppers, For a full listing of retailer focus on safety, she contin- locations across the Museum retailers, and employees; hours, visit marketfairmall. com. ued, “We are exploring a grounds. The samples will couple of options of a hybrid model, with some students in the building for a portion of the week, then flip-flop for the other students who are not in the building, with Technology Upgrades Coming to PPS remote learning continuing as well to support what’s goPrinceton Public Schools (PPS) announced two technology purchases last week, a ing on in the classroom. The one-to-one computer and tablet initiative and a new Learning Management System remote part would be an ex(LMS), providing needed upgrades for its existing devices and delivery systems. tension of what’s happening Students in Pre-K and first grade will be provided with iPads; students in second face-to-face.” to fifth grades will receive HP Chromebooks; and students in sixth to 12th grades She cited valuable survey will be issued MacBooks that are compatible with the programs the district curdata from the staff and the rently uses. community, as well as CenPPS currently provides iPads, Chromebooks, and Apple laptops for shared student ter for Disease Control and use, but with sharing devices among students in the COVID-19 era considered a Princeton Health Departhealth risk, sharing will no longer be practiced in the district. ment guidelines to follow.

The plan to move to one-to-one, with a device for every student, was based on She continued, “Our ideal equity for all students, affordability, and practicality in terms of what applications situation would be that our PPS teachers use in the classroom. students are in the building The $2.6 million price tag for the purchases reflects costs over the next five more than they are at home years, and, with low-interest financing, is essentially ”budget neutral,” according and we are providing supto a PPS press release. Yearly payments are equal to what PPS had budgeted for port to address gaps that technology on a yearly basis. we have to address. But our first priority is to make sure Student App Challenge Winners that we are connecting with Three Princeton Charter School (PCS) eighth-graders used their time in quarantine our students, making sure this spring to develop an app to make it easy for senior citizens to contact their that they are well, making caregivers quickly. It can also help users to navigate home or call a help center if sure that they are emotionthey get lost. ally supported. This also Working together, Edward Cao, Anderson Chiang, and Marvin Zhang, all heading goes for our staff.” to Princeton High School this fall, used the MIT App inventor to create a prototype She also mentioned that of their “Mobile Help” application, which they presented in the LiveWell 2020 Stuthey would be prepared to dent App Challenge, a nationwide contest. They won the Honorable Mention Award pivot again and return to with a cash prize of $300, which they are donating to PCS. full-time remote learning, “I’m incredibly proud of Edward, Anderson, and Marvin,” said PCS Assistant Head if necessary, in the face of of School Lisa Eckstrom. “The fact that they won an honorable mention and that further COVID outbreaks. they decided to donate their prize money back to the school to help other students iso Stentz, who is curis remarkable and says so much about their character.” rently enrolled in a doctoral program in PRISM Sophomore to Compete in Continental Science Fair educational leadership at Runqian Wang, a sophomore at Princeton International School of Mathematics Rider University, lives with and Science (PRISM), will be competing in the INSPO Research and Innovation her husband Ben Stentz, the Competition (IRIC), a virtual science fair for the 200 most talented high school Princeton Recreation Destudents in North America. partment director, in HamWang will be presenting his research project “Adaptive Computation of the Proilton. In addition to the fact jection Matrix for Medical Imaging.” According to IRIC Co-Director Peter Zhu, that Ben Stentz shares his Wang is passionate about using technology to assist the healthcare industry. His insights from having come research was on the investigation of a mathematical model that could optimize the through the PPS school syscalculation of medical images. The proposed algorithm could potentially speed up tem, they often find their a CT scan by up to 500 times. paths crossing in their work.

The IRIC science fair offers winning participants trips to Korea, Spain, and New “It’s been fun to get the York City, more than ten internships, and more than $2 million in scholarships and perspective of our school other cash prizes. system through someone

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P rofiles i n e ducation Angela Siso Stentz, New Acting Principal at Johnson Park: “I’m really excited to take that on”

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are 15 or 16 such facilities in the surrounding communities, so there is no reason why there has to be one right in Princeton,” said Cohen. “They sort of dismissed that part of the argument.”

After the Zoning Board turned the application down over a year ago, Sunrise sued and lost the case. The ruling turning down their appeal was filed on June 24. “Because we find nothing arbitrary, capricious, or unreasonable in the Board’s evaluations, we have no basis to reverse the Board,” the ruling reads. “Accordingly, we agree with the trial court and affirm its judgment dismissing Sunrise’s complaint with prejudice.“ “The ruling was an important win for Princeton’s Zoning Board and for the municipality to retain the ability to determine the best use for that property,” said Mayor Liz Lempert. “The site is an ideal location for housing for people who can take advantage of being within easy walking distance of the Princeton Shopping Center. It is now part of the town’s affordable housing plan so that whatever is built there in the future will contribute to a walkable neighborhood near a bustling commercial center.”

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plans to build an assisted living complex, which is not a permitted use in the RSM zone.

The company had initially proposed to build a three-story building of more than 82,000 square feet, but proposed two alternatives while the application was pending. There was some opposition from residents who live near the site, mostly based on size.

“The Zoning Board’s reasoning for turning it down had to do with the fact that this wonderful, walkable location didn’t make sense for assisted living, because the residents wouldn’t be likely to be out walking,” said Princeton Council President David Cohen. “And it wasn’t zoned for it anyway.”

Sunrise Corporation argued that there aren’t enough facilities for assisted living in Princeton, analyzing a 3.5 mile radius around the property and offering that there were more than 850 income-qualified senior households and over 4,000 income-qualified caregiver households in that area.

But there is only one existing assisted living facility with 100 units, which Sunrise said makes the proposed facility an inherently beneficial use.

“But the Board said there

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”T he food we prepare will be serving toddlers at HomeFront to seniors in their 90s through Meals on Wheels,” said Princeton University Campus Dining Assistant Vice President Smitha Haneef. “This is a highly diverse population in and around Princeton. We are going to partner with them to serve people in need in the area with healthy, nutritious, freshly prepared meals.”

The program will offer continuity of employment, including health benefits to campus dining employees who normally work for nine months a year, as the University team prepares approximately 9,500 meals each week from July 7 to August 16 to be distributed to about 1,800 to 2,000 people.

“As one can imagine, COVID-19 brought many challenges to us and those we serve; a higher demand for our meals from the community, and higher food and production costs,” said Meals on Wheels of Mercer County Chief Executive Officer Sasa Olessi Montano.

“This initiative is going to help us redirect some of our precious resources so we may continue to meet the increased demand for our meals all over the county into the future, as it is clear that our seniors must continue to shelter in place for some time. This is a time when those who can must step up and support those who cannot.”

The Summer Food and Nutrition Program will be

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providing 540 meals each week that Meals on Wheels will deliver to homebound individuals throughout the county.

Haneef noted that her chefs and Campus Dining team have been working together to “bring our own philosophy about preparing well balanced, nutritionally dense foods for every meal.” She added, “Many of our staff members have contributed recipes that they would prepare at home with simple ingredients from the pantry. We included those simple recipes on our website as another way to help families preparing healthy, nutritious meals together in the summertime.”

Haneef continued, “This is an effort to provide care for communities. This is Princeton Universit y’s way of sharing our continuing care with our community both in Princeton and in towns around us.”

T he PPS f ree /reduced price lunch program, in collaboration with Send Hunger Packing Princeton (SHUPPrinceton), delivers breakfast and lunch seven days a week and three family dinners per week to about 500 students. In assisting that initiative, the Summer Food and Nutrition Program is preparing and packaging the three-per-week family meals and the weekend breakfasts and lunches. SHUPPrinceton is providing families with a bag of produce once a week. The University contributed $25,000 in April to SHUPPrinceton to support PPS students.

In its collaboration with HomeFront, the Summer Food and Nutrition Program is providing meals to homeless individuals and families living in motel rooms on Route 1 and an additional 200 meals each week for mothers and toddlers living on the HomeFront campus in Lawrence.

“Princeton Universit y’s commitment to the community has been ongoing and growing,” said HomeFront fou n der a n d C EO C on nie Mercer. “It has been extremely helpful to folks devastated by the pandemic and its economic consequences. Getting dinner in the evening, delivered by the HomeFront staff, knowing food will arrive, helps to ease the burden for them.”

Rescue Mission of Trenton CEO Mary Gay AbbottYoung added, “We are so thankful to be in this together with the compassionate, generous leaders at Princeton University, and we look forward to collaborating together in the future.”

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Jewish peer leadership program facilitated by JFCS, to come together and process their new reality.

“It was clear from the early days of shutdown that teens would be deeply impacted by their new reality,” said Albert. “While our in-person meetings were canceled and a majority of programming concluded for the school year, I knew that there would be this audience of teens seeking connection and community.”

T he G e sher L eKe sher Zoom call became a weekly meeting of 20 members of the program. Albert then expanded to Jewish Community Youth Foundation (JCYF), a Jewish youth philanthropy program for teens in grades 8-12. Two weekly JCYF calls were set up, one session for 8th and 9th graders and a second for 10th-12th graders.

Each virtual gathering is a chance for teens to participate in a guided discussion, share about their experiences, and connect with each other. Initial discussions centered on helping the teens adjust to the new routines and responsibilities of remote learning and coping with distancing from peers. As the weeks continued, Albert pivoted the focus to providing engaging opportunities such as virtual service projects and virtual “field trips.”

With the virtual school year ended, Albert recognized that teens would need additional opportunities to fill their time and connect with one another. Summer programming will be open to the broader community for all youth and teens. The JFCS Summer Teen Series focuses on service and personal development.

The “Summer Serve” sessions will offer three opportunities for youth and teens grades 6-12. The first will include a discussion of values and highlight a number of service projects from which participants can choose based on their giving values and interests. The second session will be focused on education and help support the annual JFCS School Supply Drive. Lastly, the third session will be held in partnership with Challah for Hunger Princeton.

Additionally, there will be three college and career focused discussions for 11th grade and above. Sessions will include a career exploration workshop, a panel discussion with college students to share their experiences and answer questions, and a resume and interviewing workshop where students will receive tips on building a resume and promoting their skills and experience.

For details and registration, visit jfcsonline.org.

Virtual Magic Show Teens Find Connection For Hamilton Rotary In JFCS Virtual Gatherings Tickets are now available

The Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County (JCFS) is holding a Summer Teen Series of Zoom gatherings focused on service and personal development.

The idea for the series, which started July 7, grew out of online gatherings facilitated by Celeste Albert, teen program coordinator at JCFS. On March 23, less than two weeks after the statewide shutdown due to coronavirus, Albert organized a Zoom call that was attended by 20 members of Gesher LeKesher, a high school

for “Mercer’s Got Magic,” a virtual fundraising show that will air on Wednesday, July 29, at 7 p.m. and feature magicians, illusionists, and mind readers.

The show can be viewed via Live Stream on television, computer, or favorite electronic device. The family-friendly event is sponsored by the Rotary Club of Robbinsville Hamilton and will benefit the Hamilton Area YMCA, COVID-19 Relief, and other Rotar y charities.

T i c ke t s s t a r t a t $ 2 5 per household, with “Deluxe” and “VIP” upgrades

available, and the ability to donate additional funds to charity. To learn more and to purchase tickets, visit www.MercersGotMagic. com.

Fall Registration Open for Classes At Dorothea’s House

Registration for Princeton’s Dorothea’s House Fall 2020 Language Classes is open. Classes will begin the week of September 14 and will run for 12 weeks.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all fall classes will be taught remotely. Instructors will notify students which internet-based tool to use.

Go to dorotheashouse. org and click on Italian Classes to view the class descriptions, fees, and to register. Register by September 7 to avoid a late fee.

For any questions, email Linda Bruschi at LindaBruschi@dorotheashouse. org or leave a message for Linda at (609) 306-0773 and to receive a return call.

Cooperative Extension Offers Wellness Webinars

Experts from Rutgers Cooperative Extension’s Department of Family & Community Health Sciences are presenting free “Wellness Wednesdays” webinars focusing on a variety of topics related to food, nutrition, and healthy lifestyles.

This series will walk participants through easy steps to add positive health behaviors into the day. Topics include bone health, mindful family meals, eating healthy on a budget, how to satisfy picky eaters, reading nutrition labels, spotting hidden sugars, and more.

Webinars take place every Wednesday at 2 p.m. through August 26. Each session last approximately 45 minutes. Participants will need a computer, tablet, or smartphone with speakers.

Registration is required.

Webinars will be recorded and posted as they become available.

For a complete list of “Wellness Wednesdays” topics and registration links, visit sebsnjaesnews.rutgers. edu/2020/05/wellness-onwednesdays-with-fchs/.

Police Blotter On July 1, at 10:03 p.m., a victim reported that an unknown actor impersonated her boss over email and repeatedly asked for eBay gift cards. The victim purchased a total of $2,400 gift cards from McCaffery’s. After calling her boss later, she discovered it was a scam.

On July 1, at 2:51 p.m., a resident of Redding Circle reported that $3,543 was w ithdraw n from his TD Bank checking account without his authorization.

His account information and N.J. driver’s license information may have been compromised as a result of a mail theft from a USPS postal drop box.

On June 30, at 12: 09 p.m., a victim reported she was uncomfortable, during three separate occasions, when the same unknown male spoke to her and followed her throughout areas in Princeton. The suspect is described as 6’ tall, 170 lbs. with a thin build, black hair, and greenish eyes.

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Slow Streets Affords Pedestrians and Bicyclists Refuge From Speeding Cars

To the Editor: We write to commend Princeton officials for their efforts to ensure social distance while still protecting and strengthening the community’s social fabric.

The Slow Streets pilot program, which the mayor and Council have approved for this summer, will improve safety and encourage outdoor recreation on our own block and several others throughout town.

Here on Patton Avenue, we frequently see cars and trucks that have bypassed the traffic light at Nassau and Harrison in order to speed through our block on their way to Route 1.

Slow Streets will limit Patton and other blocks to local traffic. The program, which only runs through September, does not change existing parking regulations and it does not restrict movement by emergency vehicles. Nor does a Slow Street become a public plaza.

Rather, this is a smart policy that affords pedestrians and bicyclists — many of whom use Patton to access

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a pathway to campus — a little more refuge from speeding cars and trucks.

We are so fortunate to live in a walkable, tight-knit community. And we applaud the town for continuing to improve pedestrian and bike access in spite of — and very much in response to — the COVID crisis.

MEAGAN AND BRIAN LEVINSON Patton Avenue

Alexander Road Project is Success; Provides Great Entrance to Princeton

To the Editor: The Alexander Road project is a great success. The two old bridges over the Canal and Stony Brook have been replaced by two wide bridges with a single rail allowing a long view of each waterway. This provides a great entrance to Princeton. The road has been widened, painted for safety, and also has flowering trees and a sense of open space.

The project involved two municipalities; two design firms are listed on the website. Congratulations to all. Deanna Stockton, the Princeton engineer, followed the project for us.

CLAIRE AND DAVID JACOBUS Cleveland Lane

Addressing Misunderstandings About Slow Streets Initiative

To the Editor, The Slow Streets initiative is part of a larger effort to rebalance our roadways in response to changed patterns of use during the COVID pandemic and the associated shutdown. Fewer cars have been on the road because people have not been commuting to work, either due to layoff, furlough, or because they have been working from home.

Unfortunately, statistics (and our local police) have seen increased reckless behavior by drivers and increased rates of crashes and injuries during this period. At the same time, many more Princetonians of all ages have been out walking and biking, for recreation, for exercise, and/or to get around town.

Strict public health guidelines for social distancing create the need for even more space on the roadway for these users. Our narrow sidewalks do not permit pedestrians to pass each other safely without stepping into the road, and many of our peripheral streets do not even have sidewalks, so pedestrians must be in the road all of the time. New Jersey, Mercer County, and Princeton all have long-standing Complete Streets policies which state that all classes of roadway user are equally entitled to be accommodated in our public rights-of-way. Slow Streets are an attempt not to change behavior but to validate, and formally authorize, the new patterns of roadway use during the pandemic.

Slow Streets, as public rights-of-way, will remain open to the public at all times. Every walker or cyclist from any part of town, or from out of town, will be welcome to use these roadways. Every resident, their guests, and those providing local services will be entitled to use the roads for vehicular access. Public parking regulations will remain unchanged.

The public has been, and continues to be, consulted on the selection and implementation of this low-cost initiative. We have also consulted the Engineering Department, Public Safety, Sustainable Princeton, the schools, and Princeton University’s Office of Transportation and Parking Services. We have researched policies in other towns throughout the state and the country who have already implemented similar programs.

In addition, a detailed set of criteria was created for evaluating the suitability of each proposed Slow Street.

These include: roadway classification in Princeton’s Master Plan, density of the neighborhood served, adequacy of existing facilities for cyclists and pedestrians, connectivity to important destinations in town, and the availability of convenient alternative routes for drivers who might be excluded, among others. Many of the selected roadways serve our less affluent neighborhoods, and are especially welcomed by residents of these neighborhoods who rely on alternative transportation for a variety of reasons.

Princeton’s public schools and Princeton University are extremely concerned about transportation issues as they reopen. School buses and Tiger Transit will be severely constrained by social distancing requirements, and unable to accommodate a fraction of their usual ridership. They realize that they need to encourage dramatic increases in biking and walking to avoid a tsunami of private automobile congestion when students return, hopefully in September.

Improvements to the biking and walking networks in town, including Slow Streets, are seen as critical to the success of this change.

DAVID COHEN Council President LISA SERIEYSSOL Princeton Bicycle Advisory Committee Chair

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Joyce Carol Oates will inter v iew Sheila Koh ler about Kohler’s newly published novel Open Secrets in a Library and Labyrinth Livestream event on July 9 from 7 to 8 p.m. Oates will also discuss her latest book, Night. Sleep. Death.

The Stars.

According to author Carol Goodman, “Open Secrets is a riveting and elegant suspense novel in the tradition of Alfred Hitchcock and Patricia Highsmith. Sheila Kohler’s razor-sharp language dazzles and beguiles.”

Reviewing Night. Sleep.

Death. The Stars in the New York Times, Bret Anthony Johnston finds the novel “squarely in conversation with this moment” while the Guardian comments, “As a portrait of a family and a

The author of six previous novels, Sheila Kohler lives in New York and has taught creative writing at Princeton since 2008. Her work has been featured in the New York Times and O Magazine and included in the Best American Short Stories.

Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, and the National Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction.

Her works include the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, The Falls (winner of the 2005 Prix Femina), and The Gravedigger’s Daughter.

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From Tess to Nora — Thirty Years in the Company of Cats What greater gift than the love of a cat.

—Charles Dickens or the first time since Saddam invaded Kuwait there are no cats in the house. I’ve been adjusting to that enormous absence with the help of In the Company of Cats (British Library 2014), featuring “illustrations through the ages” and choice quotations from poets, writers, and philosophers celebrating feline “mystery and magnificence.”

I’m thinking about two generations of tuxedo cats dating back to Dizzy (19902003), the runt of the litter brought into the world against all odds by the ill-fated, small but mighty tabby Tess (1989-1999), followed after Dizzy’s demise by the adopted twins Nick (2003-2018), and Nora (2003-2020), who died June 25.

Like her namesake in Thomas Hardy’s Tess of the D’Urbervilles, tawny Tess had seen a novel’s worth of adversity when she first showed up at the back door. Because my wife was severely allergic at the time, we fed and housed the little vagabond in a make-shift shelter on the deck.

After disappearing for more than a week (we feared we’d seen the last of her), she showed up pregnant and fiercely determined; now there was no keeping her outside. Our household version of Saddam’s “mother of all battles” was an invasion by the feline force of nature storming from the deck into the kitchen, through two strongbox barricades and up the stairs to this room, where she accomplished her mission on the evening of August 2, 1990, in the same roomy tartan plaid canvas suitcase I’d used on my first summer in Europe.

Tess still haunts this space. A few feet to my left is the spot where she delivered Dizzy and his four siblings, all of whom eventually found homes in the community, except for the jaunty male tuxedo whose place in our family had never really been in doubt. It was for love of Dizzy that my wife finally overcame the allergy that had doomed every previous attempt. Since none of the statements in Company of Cats applies to Tess and her plight, I’m borrowing a line from Mark Twain: “If man could be crossed with the cat it would improve man, but it would deteriorate the cat.”

Dizzy Atmosphere Given that Dizzy was born the day Iraq invaded Kuwait and died during the onset of the U.S. invasion of Iraq 13 years later, I’m having second thoughts about Twain’s remark. None of the infamies wrought by mankind during that time “deteriorated” Tess or the gift of 30 years in the company of cats her invasion of our home made possible.

While the quote that best fits a tuxedo named for jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie might be Saki’s “The cat is domestic

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only as far as suits its own end” and “will not be kennelled or harnessed nor suffer any dictation as to its goings out or comings in,” Dizzy was actually the most devotedly domestic of animals, and the most endearingly doglike, with his jaunty Scots terrier posture, and his way of cocking his head in your direction prior to herding you into bed and curling up beside you. Of course if we’d been able to “kennell” him indoors, he might have lived as long as the homebound sibl i ng s Nick a n d Nora.

Nick at the Window Although he shared something of his trumpetplaying names a k e’s h i p s t e r ambiance, Dizzy’s charms had nothing to do w it h music. And for all Nora’s youthful balletic fantasias and madcap feats, she never pulled off anything comparable to her si x-mont h - old brother’s evening duets w it h u n seen birds in the bushe s out s ide the dining room window. A sudden burst of birdsong would have Nick on his hind legs, both forepaws pressed against the screen, at once fascinated, frustrated, mystified, and delighted by the teasing pleasing sounds, primed to pounce on the singing bushes, until, as if inspired by all the mystifiction, he began mak ing his ow n music, quick, shrill lit tle cr ies, pip i ngs a nd p eepi ngs i n s om e re a lm of sound or song beyond mere mewing.

What Nora Knows Nora didn’t sing, she rarely mewed, but in the last mellow decade of her life, her silent meow became more engaging, more precious, more melodious than her brother’s singing, which was rarely repeated.

Nora’s music was in the depth of her presence as she harmoniously matured into the purest essence of companionability,

a living, breathing absolute, remaining perfectly compactly completely what she was without ever losing the aura of mystery suggested by Jules Verne’s theory that cats “are spirits come to earth who could walk on a cloud without coming through.”

On the other hand, Montaigne’s observation that “you’ll never know as much about your cat as your cat knows about you” speaks to those moments when she’d look up at me with a gaze so steady and potent and direct it seemed to transcend animalhuman boundaries, so much so that I couldn’t see it without recalling the over-the-shoulder lo ok my mot her gave me the day she died.

No doubt the quotation from In the Company of Cats that comes closest to Nora and my conception of our relationship — her devotion to the ritual of joining me on the chaise by the study window, her sensual appreciation of the contours and textures of the landscape of books and paper always there for her (and for me, the materials for articlesin-progress) — is Erasmus Darwin’s “To respect the cat is the beginning of t he ae s t het ic sense.”

Wait, not so fast, “respect” doesn’t fairly convey the mixture of admiration and appreciation that made Nora a visitor in previous columns on Joyce and Schubert. Although she and Nick were named for the witty couple played by William Powell and Myrna Loy in the Thin Man movies, Nora also has no-nonsense qualities in common with James Joyce’s Nora, the love of his life and the inspiration for Molly Bloom. No matter how contentedly she’ll be nuzzling and purring, no matter the depth of those soulful looks, she would plop off the chaise in an instant and walk away. It’s also easy to imagine her scoffing Molly-style (“Who’s he when he’s at home?”) at the likes of Erasmus Darwin. In the end, she’d see through

all these foolish attempts to transpose her into a world of words. Montaigne’s version, the Nora who knows me, might say “don’t get so serious, stop it with the aesthetics and all this anthropomorphic denial: you’re miserable, you’re missing me, so cheer up, remember the games we used to play when I was a kitten! Just look at the cover of the book you keep quoting from, those two cats in nightshirts having a pillow fight, and think how much fun I had pouncing on the shifting shape of your foot under the blanket on those early days when anything that moved was good sport.

Nora at the Window Headed “Tableaux Parisiens,” the Company of Cats image evoking my happiest moments with Nora is Baudelaire’s Cat, an etching from Les Fleurs du Mal showing a man and a cat gazing out a window together at a smoky panorama of Paris. It doesn’t matter that the view from the window she and I were looking through was of a cul de sac in Princeton. Winter or spring, summer or fall, whether watching a few flurries of snow, or leaves falling, she’d be perched on one or another of the various books on the chaise, as often as not the one I was reading or writing about. She shared her step-uncle Dizzy’s fondness for paper, which all our cats preferred over the various gifts of catnip and kitty toys.

Nora’s Music The only real advantage of knowing in advance that an animal you love is going to be mercifully, gently, compassionately put to sleep forever (she hadn’t eaten for over a week; the once peerless acrobat was barely able to get up on the sofa) is that you’re able to savor every last moment in its company. I can’t claim that Nora shared my awareness of how precious our cuddling sessions were. We had many such times together, but these had a quality she seemed to acknowledge every time she looked up at me. What I realize now is that Nora’s “purest essence” was something beyond companionability.

What she above all else is, still is, will always be, is music. or weeks now I’ve been humming, whistling under my breath, hearing in my head a single stream, or strain, of melody, the “beautiful night of love” barcarolle from Offenbach’s Tales of Hoffman. I didn’t know what a barcarolle was until I went looking for the source of the lilting, buoyant, naggingly familiar melodic setting of Bob Dylan’s new song, “I’ve Made Up My Mind to Give Myself to You.” All I know is the music made a fitting farewell lullaby, along with a selective choice of lines from the lyrics like “I’ll see you at sunrise, I’ll see you at dawn, I’ll lay down beside you when everyone’s gone, a love so real a love so true...”

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espite the closing of performance halls in the area, Princeton Summer Chamber Concerts was not about to let its 53 rd season go by. The long-standing presenting organization, which usually stages four chamber concerts in the month of July, has designed a series of “Chamber Music Wednesdays,” in which the performers scheduled for Richardson Auditorium this summer are featured in online mini-concerts.

In the interest of giving area audiences something to look forward to each week, Chamber Concerts has created five Wednesday night offerings which include not only musical presentation, but also the additional elements of history, analysis, and demonstration. The first of these online performances took place last Wednesday night, featuring the young and innovative Diderot String Quartet.

Founded in 2012, the Diderot String Quartet was named after 18 th -century French philosopher Denis Diderot, also an enthusiast of the courtly and galante music of the Baroque Italian composer Luigi Boccherini. The ensemble prides itself on taking a “fresh approach to the works of the 18 th and 19 th centuries,” bringing a shared background for historically informed performance and a passion for the string quartet genre to every concert. For Wednesday evening’s online concert/demonstration, violinists Adriane Post and Johanna Novom, violist Kyle Miller, and cellist Paul Dwyer shared with listeners how the ensemble came together; Post, Novom, and Dwyer met at Oberlin Conservatory, later adding Miller to the Quartet via the Juilliard Historical Performance program. All four of these musicians were interested early on in period stringed instruments, historically informed performance, and whether music from any time period could be played on instruments made in the 18th century.

In an informal manner befitting these unusual concert times, each musician of the Diderot Quartet tackled an element of historical performance practice. Violinist Novom addressed considerations

of style and how players and composers would have expected to perform and hear music in the Romantic style of the 19 th century, especially regarding tempo rubato, a performance technique translated as “stolen time.” Novom discussed various types of rubato and the hierarchy of repeated notes, demonstrating various styles. Violist Kyle Miller tackled the issue of portamento di voce (“carriage of the voice”), a performance technique popular at the beginning of the 19 th century. Portamento involves sliding between notes and was so popular that performances from that time period featured both singers and instrumentalists “sliding all over the place,” as Miller described. The practice became so out of hand that detractors compared the technique to the mewing of a cat. Violinist Adriane Post and cellist Paul Dwyer demonstrated melodic aspects and phrasing of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, which the audience was able to hear in an archival recording of the Diderot Quartet playing the second movement of Mozart’s String Quartet No. 19 in C Major, known as the “Dissonance” quartet. oving live performance to online presentation requires technology with which ensembles and presenters may not have had to deal with in the past. Despite a few technological glitches, the presentation of the Diderot String Quartet by Princeton Summer Chamber Concerts was short and appealing, aided by the informality and personalities of the players, combined with their firm interest in providing the audience with some entertainment and education. Following the live presentations, performances are on a continuous loop and can be accessed on the Chamber Concerts website, enabling audiences to go back and hear something again. The format may be far from ideal, but throughout July, fans of the Summer Chamber Concerts will be able to get a taste of what these imaginative performers will provide when they are able to return to Princeton live next summer.

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COVID-SAFE CREATIVITY: Enrollment is underway for the summer Tomato Patch Visual and Performance Arts Virtual Workshops. In addition to virtual, Mercer Activity Camps will take place on site, in person at the Mercer County Community College West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road, with COVID-19 safety precautions in place.

CARING CREATIVELY: New Jersey educators participating with teaching artists in a George Street Playhouse professional development program.

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George Street Playhouse Receives CARES Funding

George Street Playhouse has received a CARES Act economic stabilization grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities to create the Digital Humanities Teaching Institute, a virtual professional development program for K-12 humanities teachers.

The New Brunswick theater is one of five NEH CARES Act recipients in New Jersey. This grant supports essential operations at more than 300 cultural institutions across the country, and GSP is one of five theaters in the nation that received this award.

Offered at no cost to participants, GSP’s Digital Humanities Teaching Institute was envisioned in response to the new instructional realities presented by COVID-19 school closures. Focusing on developing high-quality distance and blended learning instructional models to serve the diverse needs and circumstances of K-12 students, it will provide up to 50 teachers with the technical knowledge, tools, and arts integration strategies to effectively engage and assess student learning.

“We are all linked together by stories — and as a cultural organization whose mission is to tell the stories of our time, George Street Playhouse is grateful to the National Endowment for the Humanities for this extraordinary opportunity to advance the humanities during this national crisis. GSP’s Digital Humanities Teaching Institute will provide teachers with dynamic, cost-free professional development to create exceptional digital instruction for their students,” said Jim Jack, director of Education and Community Artistic Programming. “Designed to provide economic assistance to and preserve jobs, this grant enables GSP to continue to employ staff and teaching artists who would otherwise have been furloughed during this time.”

GSP’s Digital Humanities Teaching Institute will feature workshops and videos designed for teachers to understand how to use digital technology for effective instruction, assessment, and engagement; creative arts integration strategies to strengthen lesson impact using arts integration methodologies; approaches to effectively design and integrate SEL (Social Emotional Learning) into digital units of study; ongoing professional development through

December 2020 to support new instructional needs and challenges for classroom teachers; and the development of humanities digital units of study for elementary, middle, and high school classes that can be customized for educators. These resources will be available free to educators in New Jersey and throughout the country.

George Street Playhouse’s Artist-in-Residence program annually serves 150 classroom teachers and more than 3,500 students across New Jersey. Anchored in humanities-based instruction, students research the lives and circumstances of individuals and groups wrestling with the complex and conflicting issues of their time.

GSP responded to COVID-19 school closures by shifting all Artist-in-Residence programming in K-12 schools to digital instruction. Using innovative theatre arts integration strategies, GSP teaching artists have effectively used a variety of digital platforms, including Google Classroom, Flipgrid, Edpuzzle, and TikTok to create original plays and musicals with students. By engaging humanities-based instruction through digital theatre arts integration, this spring teachers found significant improvement in student engagement, understanding, and social emotional development.

Blue Curtain To Stream Concerts from Past Years

For nearly two decades, Blue Curtain has been presenting musical talent from around the globe in free concerts in Princeton’s Pettoranello Gardens Amphitheater. Thanks to the pandemic, the tradition takes a year off this summer, but videos of past performances will stream “live” on Facebook and YouTube (Blue Curtain Concerts) on Saturday nights at 8 p.m. for seven weeks starting July 11.

Kicking off the series will be New Jersey’s own Dionne Farris and ending with Eddie Palmieri and his Afro-Caribbean Jazz Sextet performance at Richardson Auditorium.

The schedule includes Dionne Farris on July 11, Casuarina on July 18, Freckle Legend on July 25, Lakou Mizik on August 1, Okan on August 8, The Prodigals on August 15, and Eddie Palmieri and his Afro-Caribbean Jazz Sextet on August 22.

Blue Curtain is a New Jersey nonprofit organization dedicated to presenting the highest quality of culturally

diverse music and dance to audiences in the Princeton area.

Registration Open for Summer Theatre Academy

George Street Playhouse’s popular Summer Theatre Academy, a mainstay of New Brunswick-area youth summer programs, will launch a new series of virtual learning opportunities this July. Registration is still open for sessions that began July 6, but space is limited. A second two-week session starts July 20.

“Following our successful digital Academy classes this spring, we have created a wonderful Virtual Summer Theatre Academy for our students. Our team of professional teaching artists celebrate each student’s artistic expression and provide a fun, exciting environment for them to create theatre, develop friendships, and positively collaborate with others,” said Jim Jack, George Street’s director of Education and Community Artistic Programming.

George Street Playhouse offers opportunities for students aged 5-8, 9-12, and 13-18.

Each class culminates with a virtual sharing, providing an opportunity to invite friends and family via Zoom.

“Our classes are an excellent way to make screen time ‘count.’ Imagination and collaboration are the foundation of our work with students, and it is amazing to see the inventive characters, worlds, and stories they create together. We constantly see an increase in students’ self-confidence, teamwork, and ability to express their thoughts and feelings through theatre,” said Jack.

This year’s opportunities include puppetry through improv, story, and song; Shakespearean soliloquies; creating and starring in an original play with music; STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts, and math) integration; and more.

Visit www.GeorgeStreetPlayhouse.org for information.

Tomato Patch Programs Both Virtual and On-Site

Created for kids in grades 4-12, the program offers virtual or traditional on-campus (in person) one-week or threeweek sessions. All on-site camp activities will include COVID-19 CDC safety-first precautions.

“We received the green light to get our live Mercer Activity On-Campus Camp going, so we are rolling out some amazing in-person workshops for kids age 7 to 17 with extensive COVID-19 precautions in place,” said Kitty Getlik, artistic director for the Kelsey Theatre. “The sessions will allow kids to be kids again and be together in a fun, structured, and safe learning environment.”

Tomato Patch Vir t ua l Workshops began July 6 and Mercer Activity On-Campus Camp begins July 27 with full or half-day activities running Monday through Thursday, with two special Friday programs in theatre. The popular Master Class in Acting will take place live on campus starting July 27.

Tomato Patch’s Virtual Workshops are offered in two three-week sessions with Session I for grades 8-12 and Session II for grades 4-7. The workshops include personalized learning that attracts many returning students year after year.

To register, visit www.tomatopatch.org, or for more information email projects@ mccc.edu. Discounts are available for group registration of two or more students.

Socially Distanced Classes At Dance Connection

The Dance Connection in Hillsborough is offering socially-distanced dance training for kids this summer.

The studio has been closed since March, as per state mandate, with virtual classes being held since April. After searching for a safe place to offer summer classes in person, an open-air space just a few doors down from the

studio, on Jill Court, was found. The studio will be using the two vacant units, in the same building as the main studio space, for the Mini Dance Camp and Dance Intensive classes.

Large garage doors will be open on both sides of the building, giving kids the feeling and safety of being outside, while protecting them from the elements as they learn and socialize.

“We were thrilled to find this space, we were looking for space outside,” said David Kieffer, owner of the studio.

“It’s a perfect space. It’s not open to the sun, and if it rains, we can have classes. We can fit a dozen kids, and they can still be at least six feet apart, probably more. Our landlord was very supportive. They understand there is a need for something like this in the community.”

The first camp this summer is for boys and girls ages 4-9. Families can register for multiple weeks, at $199 per week. Only 12 students will be allowed per week. Each day, dancers will get to take ballet, jazz, and tap. All dancers will get their own individual props to use exclusively during class.

There is no previous experience is necessary.

The camp will run July 1317, July 20-24, July 27-31, August 3-7, August 10-14, and August 17-21. All the mini camps will run from 9-11:30 a.m.

Ballet Intensive 2020 will be held from August 1728, Monday-Thursday, from 2-6:30 p.m. This intensive will also be held in the openair space. The cost is $439 for two weeks. This is a ballet intensive for intermediate and advanced dancers, who will take classical ballet technique class, educational classes, variations and pointe.

A jazz/lyrical/contemporary add-on will be held from 7-8:15 p.m., for $149 for two weeks. Those classes can be done on their own, or as in

addition to the ballet intensive.

“It is about providing this in-person opportunity for the students,” said Kieffer.

“There’s no substitute for an in-person experience if you can have it. Especially for young kids as their brains are developing and growing, they need to see someone else, be with others. I know the kids need to get outside and they need to be safe. They need to interact with other kids, and they need to socialize. People look to places like us for activities to solve these problems.”

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Virtual Events at McCarter Continue Through July

Its stages are dark, but McCarter Theatre Center continues to keep audiences engaged with a variety of digital events this summer.

Every night at 9 p.m. “Club Quarantine,” an underground queer nightclub, invites the public in for a three-hour dance party. Formed by recording artist Andres Sierra, artist/producer DJ Casey MQ, comedian Brad Allen, and digital creative Mingus New, the club allows every participant to have their moment, via Zoom, in the spotlight.

McCarter favorite Mary Chapin Car penter sings “Songs From Home” directly from her kitchen, joined by her adorable Golden Retriever. She also publishes live on her Facebook page. To watch, visit mccarter.org and click on the link.

The dance troupe Catapult, which has been featured on America’s Got Talent, has a unique identity. The dancers work behind a screen to create shadow silhouettes of all sorts of shapes. The troupe is on target to be presented by McCarter once the pandemic ends. In the meantime, audiences are invited to watch their performance on the television show.

For information and links to these events, visit mccarter.org.

Children can participate in theater, dance, vocal music, visual arts, sports, wildernesstraining, and other fun and educational activities with small groups of kids who share their interests at the 2020 Tomato Patch Visual and Performing Arts Virtual Workshops and Mercer Activity Camp, taking place this summer at Mercer VISUAL MAGIC: Catapult, a dance company is among the performances to be viewed digitally County Community College in during McCarter Theatre Center’s summer of online programming.

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Morven Museum & Garden Reopens July 9

“It has been a really remarkable spring,” said Jill Barry, executive director of Morven Museum & Garden.

“We thank all of our supporters for the successes of our plant sales, outdoor tours, and recent 4th of July Jubilee in a Bag. People were tremendously understanding when we canceled Morven in May and continued their support, enabling us to get to where we are today. We are delighted to announce that, after weeks of preparation, we are ready to safely reopen our doors on Thursday, July 9 and welcome our friends back to Morven

Museum & Garden.”

In addition, Mor ven’s popular exhibition, “Dreaming of Utopia: Roosevelt, New Jersey,” has been extended to January 24, 2021. “Our venerable front porch wisteria has even graced us with a second blooming, just in time for our reopening,” Barry added.

Noting that safety is of utmost importance, Morven is following all CDC and local health official guidelines.

Barry went on to note that during the month of July, Morven will welcome its members, known as Friends of Morven, from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. daily, closing from 12:30 to 1:00 p.m. for clean-

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“Our protocols for visitors are meant to ensure the safety of everyone, while inside our galleries and outside in our gardens,” Barry added. For details, visit morven.org.

Barry noted that Morven will be monitoring the guest load in the museum and will limit attendance based on safe movement of all guests. “If we are at or near capacity, you will be informed before you purchase your ticket,” she added.

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Amateur and professional photographers from all of New Jersey and surrounding areas are invited to participate in the 2020 Hunterdon Barns, Bridges, and Buildings Photo Project jointly sponsored by the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce and The Photographers Group.

Throughout this summer, project photographers will explore and create original images of the built environment of Hunterdon County from farms to towns, from old to new. The photos will be compiled, and the best images published in the Chamber’s magazine Hunterdon Living.

“The Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce is excited to participate in this project that will showcase some great sights and destinations that make up the unique and special character of our county,” said Chris Phelan, president of the Hunterdon County Chamber of Commerce.

“The talent that is abundant here in Hunterdon County through our local photography community is something that we want to support and by participating in this project we are able to highlight so many great artists.”

The photographer with the most outstanding images will be profiled and have an article written up about them in the magazine’s online edition. Other photographers will also receive special recognition in the magazine and have their images featured. All the photos that are submitted will be published in an online gallery and become part of the historic archives of Hunterdon County. Depending on how and when we recover from the pandemic, a print exhibition may also be mounted.

This is an opportunity for photographers to create photos for a purpose, be recognized and leave a legacy. To participate in this project, register at Photog raphers.G roup / barns -bridges -buildings /.

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WWAC Virtual Artmaking Party Honors Algava

West Windsor Arts Council (WWAC) is celebrating what would have been Priscilla Snow Algava’s 80th birthday by throwing a virtual

artmaking party from 3-7 p.m. on Saturday, July 18.

All are invited to join this free online event and create art together in a playful, judgmentfree space, view Priscilla’s artwork, and listen to some reggae music. She wouldn’t have wanted it any other way.

Many remember Algava, who died of cancer in 2019, for her love of life as much as for her artwork. She was often found sketching in the Small World Coffee cafe below her Witherspoon Street studio, and she was one of the most welcoming, encouraging and respected artists and teachers in the region. She found joy and beauty everywhere.

“Students would enter her popular classes at the West Windsor Arts Council and say, ‘I can’t draw’ and leave six weeks later exclaiming, ‘I’m an artist!’” says Algava’s daughter Carin, who is organizing the event along with her sister Alisa, artists Heather Barros and Mic Diño Boekelmann, and with support from the West Windsor Arts Council.

The event will kick off with brief instruction and art prompts from Barros. “No artistic experience necessary,” Barros stresses. “We want people to come and celebrate Priscilla and let their creativity run free, just as she would have encouraged them to do.”

An online exhibition of Algava’s artwork, along with a number of works by her former students and colleagues, will be on display at westwindsorarts.org beginning July 13.

Some works will be available for sale with proceeds benefiting the Priscilla Snow Algava Scholarship Fund at West Windsor Arts Council.

“We are deeply honored to have worked with Priscilla and benefited from her generous spirit for so many years,” said Aylin Green, executive director, West Windsor Arts Council. “Through this scholarship, we are able to perpetuate her legacy while providing an opportunity for individuals to take art classes at West Windsor Arts Center who might not have been able to otherwise, due to financial obstacles.”

For more information or to register for this artmaking extravaganza, visit westwindsorarts.org/event/virtual-artmaking-extravaganza/.

Old Barracks Museum Has Reopened To Visitors

The gates at The Old Barracks Museum are open once again. Tickets to see the National Historic Landmark must be pre-purchased online at www.barracks. org at least one day prior to visiting. Masks are required to be worn by visitors, staff, and volunteers at all times.

Visitation is limited to one

group of no more than 10 people at a time to comply with the state of New Jersey’s mandate on capacity reductions. The museum will be open Tuesday through Saturday. Visitation policy and hours are subject to change.

The historic building dates back to 1758 when it was used as winter quarters during the French and Indian War. During the American Revolution, it stood witness to the Battle of Trenton and served as a military hospital to provide smallpox inoculations. Visitors will meet with 18th century tradespeople who showcase the skills required for army life as well as tour the gallery on the history of New Jersey in the French and Indian War, see the bunks where soldiers slept, tour the Officers’ House, see a medical room, and experience the thrill of a musket firing.

Although most visitors associate the building with the Battle of Trenton, the site is no stranger to the history of disease control. Following the famous battle on December 26, 1776, General George Washington designated the barracks as a military field hospital to specialize in the inoculation of soldiers with smallpox. This method of disease control was controversial for its time and pre-dated the discovery of the vaccine.

Visitors will learn about this during their tour.

The Trenton landmark closed its doors on March 14 as a precautionary measure to help control the spread of COVID-19. Since then, the museum has brought its programming to a virtual platform. A new online exhibit titled “When Women Vote: The Old Barracks and the Anti-Suffrage Movement” was launched. This online exhibit is available alongside “Necessary and Proper for the Public Good: How the American Red Cross and the Old Barracks Association partnered to contribute to the World War I effort at home” and “Collection Highlights.” Virtual programming has been available on the Old Barracks Museum’s Facebook page, including shoemaking demonstrations, a history of the Quartering Act, and an explanation of the clothing of middle-class women in the late 18th century.

The financial impact of the closure of the museum has been devastating to the Old Barracks Association, the private nonprofit organization that manages the historic site.

Private donations have been made by the general public, but the loss of visitor revenue presents financial challenges.

To help, visit barracks.org/ donate.

BARRACKS IS BACK: The Trenton landmark Old Barracks Museum, closed since March 14, is now open. Visitors interact with 18th century soldiers and tradespeople.

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The start of the program coincides with the start of National Summer Learning Week, observed this year from July 6-11.

With school and community groups unable to attend PBC’s traditional Summer Br idge programming inperson due to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, Virtual Summer Bridge was created as an opportunity to keep students engaged in both STEAM instruction and social emotional learning, albeit in a much different format than is typically found on the PBC Campus.

“While we would certainly prefer learning and connecting together out-of-doors at our Blairstown Campus, there is still as much a need as ever for young people to continue their learning jour neys throughout the summer. We have specifically designed the Virtual Summer Bridge experience to fill that need in a fun, engaging, and hands-on way,” said Pam Gregory, president and CEO of the Center.

Participating Trenton organizations Mercer Street Friends and Center for Child and Family Achievement are each set to receive a mixture of real-time lessons delivered via Google Classroom and Zoom sessions, with additional asynchronous, selfguided activities also offered each day. Some of the lessons students will take part in include making a popsicle stick catapult; completing a lima bean dissection; creating a pop-up book; and an introduction to Rube Goldberg machines.

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This successful acquisition involves the partnership of significant regional partners. Purchase was accomplished through Delaware Township with support from New Jersey Green Acres funds, and with suppor t from a Hunterdon County nonprofit grant.

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Concierge Medicine

There’s a new trend in healthcare, and it’s gaining momentum in our area.

By Sarah Emily Gilbert (Originally published in Princeton Magazine) Dr. Barbara A. Brown (left) and Dr. Lynne B. Kossow of Princeton Lifestyle Medicine.

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or the past few years, Dr. Lynne B. Kossow and Dr. Barbara A. Brown of Princeton Lifestyle Medicine have offered their patients far more than the traditional primary care practice. Most doctors see 25-30 patients a day for an average of 15 minutes, but Drs. Kossow and Brown see six to eight patients a day for up to an hour. In addition to providing treatment for acute illnesses, the doctors act as their clients’ healthcare coaches through Lifestyle Medicine, a scientific approach to patient wellness by effecting changes in areas such as diet, physical activity, and stress management. With the current shortage of primary care physicians and the abundance of high volume practices, this type of individualized attention is rare. However, by switching to a concierge format, doctors like Kossow and Brown are able to practice medicine that consists of this broad-spectrum care.

Concierge medicine, also known as retainer-based medicine, is an umbrella term for private medical care wherein patients pay an out-of-pocket fee in exchange for enhanced care. Born in the 1990s, concierge medicine was once thought of as a service for the wealthy that charged patients a lofty fee for luxury medicine. In recent years, it has evolved to accommodate patients across all income brackets, leading to expanding interest among patients and their primary care doctors.

According to a survey released by the American Academy of Private Physicians at the AAPP 2015 Fall Summit, more than 45 percent of 862 independent physicians would consider a concierge or similar membership model in the next three years. This may be due in part to our aging population needing increased and varied medical services, leading to an imbalanced patient/doctor ratio. The implementation of the Affordable Care Act has increased the number of insured patients, putting a further strain on primary care doctors. As a result, physicians are often unable to dedicate enough time to each patient. In the hopes of increasing both job and patient satisfaction in a financially sustainable way, primary physicians like Dr. Kossow and Dr. Brown are looking toward concierge medicine.

“Where conventional medicine is failing is in the prevention and reversal of chronic diseases that are becoming an epidemic in the United States today,” explain the doctors. “The current insurance model is built upon a problembased economic reimbursement that encourages doctors to address medical problems very quickly. This leads to most doctors rushing to see 25-30 patients per day in order to make ends meet…This is not how we have ever practiced.

We always want to have the time to address the root cause of diseases that are preventable today.”

Lifestyle Medicine is a 21st century approach to healthcare that consolidates the very best characteristics of traditional medicine with the profound impact of lifestyle behaviors on health. As our program grew, it became readily apparent to us that integrating Lifestyle Medicine into our internal medicine practice was the best way for us to continue to provide exceptional care. We feel that the concierge model is the only way to effectively do that.

Concierge medical practices come in various forms, including those that reject insurance plans all together, but this is not the case for Princeton Lifestyle Medicine. Dr. Kossow and Dr. Brown accept insurance for all covered medical services. In addition, their patients pay an annual fee of $1,500 for the Lifestyle Medicine Concierge program, which gives them access to an elevated level of care. Trained at the Institute of Lifestyle Medicine at Harvard Medical School, the doctors are at the vanguard of their field, having lectured about their practice development model at The Institute of Lifestyle Medicine Conference in 2015. They are also members of the American College of Lifestyle Medicine and the American College of Physicians. They are among the first physicians to become board certified in Lifestyle Medicine, as well as maintaining their board certifications in internal medicine.

Dr. Kossow and Dr. Brown’s practice is unique in that it offers patients comprehensive conventional medical care combined with lifestyle counseling.

Patients interested in a natural approach to disease prevention are provided in-depth, individualized coaching based on their needs. The doctors can assist with everything from quitting smoking to creating a manageable diet and exercise plan.

According to the doctors, this is an evidence-based practice that has been shown to prevent, reverse, or slow down heart attacks, strokes, high blood pressure, diabetes, dementia, and some cancers. The concierge model offers Princeton Lifestyle Medicine patients additional benefits including access to the doctors’ emails, cell phone numbers, and private phone line, extended patient office visits, a one-hour consultation, and same or next day appointments. As a result, patients see Drs. Kossow and Brown not only as accomplished medical doctors, but health advocates, mentors, and even friends.

“Our practice structure allows us to spend more time educating our patients about what may be going on with them medically,” the doctors explain. “We are better able to work with them as partners in their care and advocate for them with their specialists or if they are in the hospital. We provide tremendous support and guidance to them and their caretakers or family. We are happy to have this enhanced communication with our patients. It allows us to make social visits when they are hospitalized at the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro so that we can stay in close touch while they are receiving care.”

Concierge practices like Princeton Lifestyle Medicine focus the healthcare system on its most vital component: the patient-doctor relationship. The model emphasizes quality care instead of quick care, benefitting both parties. Dr. Brown and Kossow are now board certified as specialists in the practice of Lifestyle Medicine and are the only physicians in the Princeton area who are board certified in both Internal Medicine and Lifestyle Medicine. As leaders in both concierge and Lifestyle medicine, it comes as no surprise that Dr. Kossow and Dr. Brown are at the forefront of this effort, bringing Princeton into the future of healthcare.

The Princeton Lifestyle Medicine Concierge Program is $1,500 per year. The fee can be paid monthly, quarterly, biannually, or annually, and credit cards are accepted as payment. All medical services are billed through the patient’s insurance company as usual.

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Now that state restricPredominantly Pink tions are easing on business “I had lost my baby son Hart, and the studio is in openings, in addition to virhis memory, and named for tual classes, FHF is offering him,” explains Orson. “I outdoor classes, with the will hold the love and inspi- proper 6-foot social distancration of my child forever in ing. One-on-one personal my heart, and this strength, training sessions are availgrowth, and love that has able inside the studio.

Sessions are 45 minutes to been created with the studio is something I want to share an hour, and more than 50 different classes are offered. as my mission with you.”

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Displaying Excellence, Leadership for PU Softball, Recent Grad Donahey Has Left a Special Legacy

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really strong group of captains and senior leaders on the team and she was just what everybody wants to be,” said Van Ackeren, whose other senior captains were Allison Harvey and Alex Colon.

“She really does set the tone with how you are going to treat workouts, practices, and any time you are together. If you are not giving 100 percent, it will show because Megan always is.”

In the view of Van Ackeren, Donahey’s influence will carry on with future Tiger teams.

“Our team talks about legacy quite a bit, it is one SAY HEY: Megan Donahey slaps the ball during her career with the Princeton University softball of our team’s values,” said team. Star outfielder Donahey hit .346 this spring in a senior season abbreviated due to the Van Ackeren.

COVID-19 pandemic. Donahey ended up with a career batting average of .362, third-best in “What it really means is program history.

(Photo by Michael Sudhalter, provided courtesy of Princeton’s Office of Athletic Communications) just understanding what you truly awesome,” said Donaother years where she really Zooms all of the time.” inherited and understanding used her soft slap and her hey of the award which went While Donahey is leaving that you are going to leave bunt game to get on base,” Princeton with memories of to women’s basketball star something behind when you said Van Ackeren of Dona- an Ivy title and many other Bella Alarie. graduate. You want to be hey, who ended up with a on-field highlights, it is those “All credit to just the peoproud of whatever version of career batting average of bonds with her teammates ple around me and the Princyou that your teammates re.362, third-best in program that she will remember the eton coaching staff. I have member and talk about after history, piling up 157 hits, most. known coach Van Ackeren you graduate. I think what 80 runs, 45 walks, and 36 since I was 15 years old and “I think freshman year Megan’s teammates would stolen bases along the way. winning the Ivy champion- she has been an incredible say is that she put the team “Then there were other ship at home against Har- support throughout my cabefore herself every single years where she put the ball vard, sweeping the first day reer. My teammates are just day of her career.” in the gap. I think her first was so fun,” said Donahey. so awesome. Without them, That selfless attitude was career hit at Princeton was “That was so awesome; I wouldn’t do anything softreflected in Donahey’s offena triple down the right field that team was super talent- ball-wise. They are such an sive versatility and defensive line in Houston. She has so ed and came together really incredible support system.” prowess. many different tools that she Van Ackeren, for her part, “There were some years used offensively. She is liter- well. I also think the main was not surprised to see highlights are just the team. where she would just punch ally the best outfielder I have Donahey get that final acsingles to left field like it ever coached and one of the You can look at the outcome colade.

To: ___________________________ of the season and say this was her job and there were best ever in the league. She “We haven’t had someone was a great team, like it From: _________________________ Date & Time: ______________________ starts running before the ball was freshman year. But the even nominated in a number is hit.

She has got a phenomHere is a proof of your ad, scheduled to run ___________________. things that I remember most of years and she was absoenal sense for things out looking back were the prac- lutely worthy of that,” ase r e v i d l e C d S A e m s h o a h Please check it thoroughly and pay special attention to the following: r e g s ever in there and puts her body on tices with the team, looking serted Van Ackeren. y Offer , n M o t o e n c t n g i r o the line.

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aving proven to be a model of consistency during her first three seasons for the Princeton University softball team, Megan Donahey was primed to take things to a higher level this spring in her senior campaign.

“Everyone was super optimistic about this year,” said Donahey, who batted .377 as a freshman, .328 as a sophomore, and .385 as a junior.

“We were coming off a tough season, we had lots of injuries late in the season but we were really confident in this squad. The six freshman were just so awesome and we had a really, really good team culture this year.”

With Donahey hitting .346 in the first eight games of the 2020 campaign as Princeton got off to a 4-4 start, that optimism seemed justified.

“For the eight games that we played, they went super well,” said the 5’4 Donahey, a native of Phoenix, Ariz.

“Typically we peak later in the season. We actually did really well in the preIvy season. There wasn’t just one way that we won the games. Sometimes the pitchers would pitch super well and then other times the offense would have an explosion and do really well and we would win the game that way. It just seemed like

all facets of the game were working at different times to make us do really well.”

But as Princeton was getting ready for its annual Florida trip in mid-March, the season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, leaving Donahey and her fellow seniors ruing what might have been.

“It was tough because we really had high hopes for this season and we would have loved to end our careers on a high note,” said Donahey.

“We just loved and invested in this team so much. I think the silver lining of all of this is that we were able to build a culture and a work ethic among the seniors that was really positive and will carry on into the next years.

This event, as unfortunate as it is, it makes the team really, really hungry going forward in the next seasons. It makes you really appreciate any time you get to step on the field. My class and the team just have such high expectations for the program and we are going to be huge supporters of future Princeton softball teams. I think next year’s team is going to be so awesome.”

Princeton head coach Lisa Van Ackeren credits Donahey with taking a key role in creating that culture.

“She just completely took over this year; we had a

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With return to campus protocols still being developed and introduced by Ivy League institutions, the Council of Ivy Presidents intends to announce a final decision regarding the status of intercollegiate athletic activity for the 2020 fall season on July 8.

That decision will be communicated first to Ivy directors of athletics, coaches, and student-athletes, followed by t he w ider Iv y campus community, media, alumni, and the public.

Last Monday, Princeton President Chris Eisgruber issued a statement outlining the University’s protocol model for the 202021 school year. Under the plan, the school will “invite to campus roughly half of Princeton’s undergraduates in each semester, and that offers ever y undergraduate who is able to return to campus the opportunity to be here for at least one semester.” The members of the Class of 2024 and rising juniors will be allowed to return for the fall semester while rising sophomores and seniors can come back to campus for the spring semester.

President Eisgruber noted that “most undergraduate teaching will be online rather than in person even for on-campus students.” In addition, a number of activities will be “unavailable, impermissible, or highly regulated.” He noted, among other things, that parties will not be allowed and masks will be required in indoor spaces.

4 PU Women’s Golfers Earn Scholar Award

Princeton Universit y wom e n’s g olfe r s A l i s on Chang, Anabelle Chang, Tiffany Kong, and Emma Zhao have been recognized as All-American Scholars for the 2019-20 school year, the Women’s Golf Coaches Association recently announced.

PU Women’s Lacrosse Bringing In 7 Freshmen

A group of seven newcomers is set to join the Princeton University women’s lacrosse program, Princeton head coach Chris Sailer said last week.

The Class of 2024 hails from a total of four states — Maryland, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania — with three new Tigers calling New York home. As a group, they combined to earn 12 high school AllAmerican honors and three Ac a d e m i c A l l - A m e r i c a n honors.

“We are thrilled to welcome the Class of 2024 to Princeton Lacrosse,” said Sailer.

“As their bios reveal, they are an exceptional group who show tremendous promise to positively impact our program over the coming years. All seven of them arrive at Princeton having played big roles on highly successful high school programs, and they’re well-prepared for the challenge of top-level Division I lacrosse.

As a group, they are athletic, skilled, confident and eager to learn and compete.”

The group includes : Samant ha DeVito a 5’8 midfielder from Ballston S p a , N.Y., w h o p l ay e d for Ballston Spa; Sammy

Filippi, a 5’4 midfielder/ attacker from Manorville, N.Y., who played for Eastpor t- South Manor High ; Olivia Koch, a 5’9 attacker from Skillman, N.J., who played for The Lawrenceville School; Elise Mueller, a 5’10 attacker from Villanova, Pa., who played for Radnor High; Natalie Pansini, a 5’6 midfielder from Villanova, Pa., who played for The Agnes Irwin School; Paige Vegna, a 5’5 defender Defense from Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y., who played for Cold Spring Harbor High; and Sophie Whiteway a 5’8 midfielder from Potomac, Md., who played for the Holton-Arms School.

Princeton Men’s Hockey Welcoming 6 New Players

Six skaters are set to join the Princeton Universit y men’s hockey program as members of the Class of 2024, Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty said last week.

Three forwards and three defensemen have been added to the team, including five from the United States and one from Canada. The new Tigers hail from Massachusetts, New Jersey, Texas, California, and British Columbia.

“We’re excited to bring these young men into the Princeton Hockey program,” said Fogarty.

“They are dynamic players with skill sets that fit right in with the style of hockey we like to play. These guys have bought in to the opportunities that Princeton provides them in terms of achieving next-level success in hockey and securing an elite education. Myself, the coaching staff, and their teammates can’t wait to have them on campus and par t of our group inside historic Hobey Baker Rink.”

These six newcomers will join a Princeton team which includes eight members remaining from the Tigers’ 2018 ECAC Hockey Championship squad as well as 22 players who were part of last season’s ECACH First Round sweep of Dartmouth.

The six newcomers are: Joe Berg, a 5’11, 185-pound forward from Plano, Texas, who last played for the TriCity Storm ( USHL); Nick

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Lines Carried: ACCLAIMED CREW: Members of the Princeton University women’s open crew team celebrate after winning the 2019 Ivy League championship regatta. Recently, nine members of the program were named as recipients of the Collegiate Rowing Coaches’ Association (CRCA) Scholar Athlete Award. The group includes recent grad Jessica Dyroff, rising junior Roopa Venkatraman, rising junior Isabella Grosgogeat, rising junior Mairead Kilgallon, recent grad Laura Zecca, recent grad Molly Milligan, recent grad Hadley Irwin, rising junior Camille Vandermeer, and rising junior Katherine Ross. The Scholar Athlete Awards requirements were modified for 2020.

Student athletes had to be in their second, third, or fourth year of eligibility, must be ranked performance-wise in the top 50 percent of their team, or in the “NCAA Squad” at the conclusion of the 2020 season, and must have a 3.50 cumulative GPA or higher for their career and through the fall semester for the current competition year. In addition, recent grad Ariane Fong, recent grad Emerson Solms, rising senior Hannah Scott, Milligan, and Irwin were nominated for All-American accolades. Princeton never got to compete in 2020 as the season was canceled before the first regatta due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The honor completes a career sweep for recent grad Alison Chang, who earned recognition all four years of her Princeton career. Chang graduated with her anthropology degree earlier this month and was a finalist for the Class of 1916 Cup, given to the senior student-athlete who has the highest cumulative GPA, and she is the first Princeton player to earn the WGCA honor in all four years in the award’s history, since 1991.

Rising junior Zhao is two for two in earning WGCA recognition, and it is the first honor for rising senior computer science major Anabelle Chang and rising sophomore Kong.

On t he course, Pr ince ton compl e te d it s fa l l 2019 season but saw its spring 2020 season end af ter t wo events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Leaving PDS After Superb 9-Year Run as AD, Williams Heading to Midwest with Fond Memories Speaking in the Southern drawl of his native Tennessee, Tim Williams may have seemed out of place when he came north in 2011 to become the new Director of Upper School Athletics at the Princeton Day School.

But it didn’t take long for the genial Williams to develop a rapport with his new colleagues.

“You come to a new school and you are not sure exactly what you are going to get,” said Williams, who had been the athletic director and boys’ basketball head coach at the Louisville Collegiate School before taking the PDS job.

“The coaches seemed to trust me tentatively to begin with and then they really came to be close. I was close to them and vice versa. We were able to really work in concert together and get the best out of the kids and get the best out of the teams.”

In addition, Williams quickly became close to the PDS student-athletes.

“I love the kids, that is why I got into this business at the start,” said Williams.

“I love going out to the games and practices and bantering back and forth.

My favorite thing is when the kids come back after they have been at college for a year or a couple of years.

They come back and stop by your office just to say hi and let you know how they are doing. I think it is a telltale sign that it is a real healthy program.”

This month, Williams is heading to another program as he will become the new athletic director at the University School of Milwaukee.

For Williams, 50, the move came down to a family decision for his wife, Kristin and their three children, Betsy, Ben, and Bailey.

“We thought it was time to get closer to family; we thought we might go south when this popped up in the Midwest and we realized it was so close to Kristin’s family in Indianapolis,” said Williams.

“Kristin’s family heard that we were thinking of it and her dad called up the visitor’s bureau of Milwaukee and sent me maps and materials.”

Scott Bertoli, the PDS director of Middle School Athletics and boys’ hockey head coach, grew close to Williams over the years.

“He is obviously a warm, friendly Southern guy; he was open and receptive to things and had been working both within our athletic program and in the greater community,” said Bertoli.

“He wasn’t someone who was going to step in and implement change or put his stamp on the program. Over time, he made some changes and adjustments for the better, both for our coaches and our athletes. Personally he encouraged me to seek more professional development opportunities through the NIAAA (National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association).”

Bertoli credit Williams with being flexible in dealing with issues that arose along the way.

“Tim was always open

to collaborate and share thoughts,” added Bertoli.

“We struggled through some difficult times with the whole array of issues that come up on a daily basis, the success of teams, admissions, and trying to create the quality across the programs.”

The best times for Williams came when he got out of the office and was out in the fields and courts with the Panther athletes.

“He is very endearing; he was at the sidelines of a whole slew of games, including some of the sports that weren’t as popular or visible,” said Bertoli.

“He would show up at those sports and support those kids. At the end of the day, he knew that those kids put in the same effort and were just as passionate about their sports. It is just as important and meaningful to those kids, even though it is not as visible as some more high profile sports at PDS, in the county or the state.”

Reflecting his interest in developing those kids, Williams created programs to help athletes grow in other areas.

“One of the things that he implemented and did a really nice job with was this whole student leadership piece, meeting on a bi-weekly basis with our captains of our upper school programs,” said Bertoli.

“He ultimately created the “Panthers Are…” workshop that all of our upper school athletes and some of our middle school athletes attended. We brought in guest speakers, one fall we had Ron Fogarty (the Princeton Universit y men’s hockey head coach). Another time we had six Princeton athletes who came on campus and addressed our student athletes about what it meant to be a student athlete and a visible member of that community and what those responsibilities were above and beyond your performance and character on the field. That was important because he wanted our student athletes to be positive ambassadors for PDS and their teams.”

T he Pant hers enjoyed plenty of on-field success during Williams’ tenure as PDS squads have won 33 county and state Prep championships over the last nine years.

“Under his direction, a number of our teams have had a ton of success,” said Bertoli.

“It speaks to the quality of the coaches and the student athletes. At the end of the day, he is one that is going out, finding and identifying most of those coaches and supporting them as they work with families through the admission process.”

For Williams, one of those titles holds a special place in his heart as he served as the head coach of PDS boys’ hoops team that won the state Prep B championship in the 2015-16 campaign.

“When I was in Louisville, we started off struggling quite a bit and built a really good program over about nine years,” recalled Williams.

“When I came to PDS, the program was already pretty

successful. I was happy to be able to join in on that and take them to the next level.

I don’t think they had won since 1999. We had been close, sometimes the stars just have to line up. It has been tough moving away from coaching but the fact that we were able to put that exclamation point at the end of the sentence has made it more easy for me to not coach.”

As he moved away from coaching, Williams kept busy by providing input in the construction of the school’s new Athletics Center.

“I was happy to be involved from the inception of the planning part; it has been quite an undertaking,” said Williams of the facility which is connected to and surrounding McGraw Rink and will hold four international squash courts, a field house with two all-purpose athletic courts, changing rooms, offices, and concessions.

“People have asked are you sad that you won’t be able to use it and I say no I am happy that it is there and that I was able to have some design influence on what we need and where things should go that kind of stuff.

It is an on the ground perspective — where the locker rooms should be and the training room, equipment rooms, things that you don’t think about that are really pivotal. I was able to help out on how we use the spaces.”

Over the years, Williams exerted influence beyond PDS, taking an active role in state and local athletic organizations.

“I have really grown close with a lot of folks in the state through the NJSIAA (New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association) or WIHLMA (Women’s Interscholastic Hockey League of the Mid-Atlantic), and Mercer County,” said Williams, who served as the head of WIHLMA and ran the MCT boys’ and girls’ tennis tournaments.

“I am a relationship person and that is part of the relationship thing because you know the public/private stuff flares up every few years. If you have the relationships with those ADs, that really helps. They know you do it the right way, that you get involved and that you help out so they stick with you.”

With the COVID-19 pandemic having led to schools being closed in March and the spring sports season being canceled, Williams has missed being around the folks at PDS. “It was tough just staying in touch with everybody,” said Williams.

“I liked being out and seeing the kids and the coaches every day at practices or games. That is just wiped out. I got to see people a couple of times a week on Zoom calls. It is one thing staring at them in a screen versus seeing them in the hallway and talking to them, patting them on the back and seeing them at a game.”

That separation was not what Williams envisioned as he contemplated saying his goodbyes to PDS. “It has definitely been hard not seeing people,” said Williams, noting that the school

held a graduation parade where he was looking to see some people.

“That has been the hardest to me, not being able to see folks. I was at school recently and people were saying where are you going again. They just don’t know because I hadn’t been around and hadn’t been able to talk to them.”

Williams has been able to talk to his successor, Katie Fay, who came to PDS in 2009 as the associate director of the Annual Fund and became the director of Annual Giving in 2010.

“We have been meeting once or twice a week,” said Williams.

“I have put her in touch with the Mercer County and the NJSIAA people. She is already getting her feet wet with the whole thing. She is great. She is a hard worker and really cares about the school.”

In the meantime, Williams is looking forward to getting his feet wet at his new school.

“It is a very similar place to PDS; it has got great ice hockey and it has got great sports,” said Williams’ noting that the USM Head of School Steve Hancock was a former PDS colleague and played a key role in bringing Williams to the Midwest.

“It is a little bit bigger.

They really care about what they do. I am excited to work with those people over there because, like PDS, they pursue excellence. I am really interested in that. Their programs are in a really strong place.”

Even though Williams and his family aren’t slated to arrive in Wisconsin before midJuly, he already has a lot on his plate.

“You have got the normal challenges like getting to know the school culture a little better, learning the Wisconsin Athletics Administration, how the state wide thing goes, that kind of thing,” said Williams.

“This COVID thing throws a new layer and level of complications into transitioning because Wisconsin has summer contact days for a week in July to practice together and we are trying to pull together procedures for that.”

Looking back on his time at PDS, Williams will always cherish how things came together in his initial foray up north.

“I want to say thank you to the folks at PDS for allowing me to be here,” said Williams.

“The families, the coaches, the people in the athletic office and the administrators have been really great. It makes it tough to leave. I hit the ground running when I got here and it has been great ever since. There are always rocky times but we have gotten through them together. It has been a good run.”

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A lthough Blane Soper wasn’t sure what to expect when he tried out for the University of Chicago baseball team, he rose rapidly to a promising start for the squad.

The 2019 Hun School graduate was recruited as a preferred walk-on as pitcher, and Soper not only made the team, but shifted fully to playing outfield, and earned a starting spot and had a fivegame hitting streak to start his collegiate career this spring.

“It was super surreal, a great experience,” said Soper. “I was ecstatic. It was always trying not to be complacent and better myself and contribute to the team in the best way I can.”

During his Hun career, Soper did a little bit of everything but mostly pitched and played left field. UChicago first took interest in him at a showcase event after his junior season in high school, and Soper further impressed them at their camp.

He was admitted to the highly ranked academic school on his own, and came to their fall baseball tryouts as a preferred walk-on, looking to earn his way onto a team past a win over last year’s top-ranked team in Division III (4-3 over Trinity University (Texas) in March, 2019).

“Being a student-athlete in college definitely transforms your college experience,” said Soper.

“I really wanted to play in college and I really wanted to go to a really competitive academic school. UChicago is really exciting for me. Being D-3 and having a good rapport with the coach and him seeing me in the past, I felt good about having that ability to go to a really great school

and also be a student-athlete.

I felt pretty good about myself approaching the tryouts because over the summer I played Legion and I put on a lot of good weight in the weight room.”

Having been a starter for a strong Hun program that regularly produces college players, Soper thought he was well prepared to succeed at the next level.

“The culture at Hun was amazing,” said the 6’0, 170-pound Soper. “We had great coaches and a great senior class. We had a big weight room philosophy and that was huge for me. As a freshman, I definitely lacked physicality to bring my game to the next level and compete against better players.

That culture was huge for work ethic and pushing each other.”

Initially, Soper came to Hun as a catcher before moving around and finding he could contribute best as a pitcher and outfielder. The growth over his previous four years helped him when he went to UChicago.

“Our Hun pitching coach Steve Garrison really helped me out with a lot of outfield drills, he was great,” said Soper.

“That helped with running routes and things like that and getting lots of fly ball exposure. Getting more comfortable in the outfield was huge for me. I’ve always been a pretty solid hitter. Defensively, where to slot me in has always been the question.

The outfield has been a really good fit for me because I used to pitch a lot so my arm is a big part of how I can contribute defensively. Every year, our coach would try to find the best programs in the state to play against. We had four

D-1 commits in my class. We were always playing against great competition and playing at the best level we possibly could and that definitely helped me get better over the years.”

After graduating from Hun, Soper continued to work hard in preparation for college ball. He played American Legion baseball for West Windsor-Plainsboro and he focused on strengthening the weak points of his game.

“The big thing for me has been my speed that I’ve had to work on,” said Soper. “Last summer, I put in a lot of work on that. Also in my hitting, I made some pretty solid leaps and bounds as a contact hitter and getting used to better competition and harder throwers.”

Those steps helped Soper feel better prepared for the fall tryout with UChicago. In many ways, it was like starting over as he had when coming to Hun. “Coming in a freshman and you have to face guys who are 21-22 years old, that’s definitely a big adjustment just in terms of the physical size,” said Soper.

“There’s a big discrepancy.

I caught on pretty quick. I got a lot of at bats over the summer and my high school was really competitive and we played some really competitive teams with some great pitching. It definitely was an adjustment for sure, but I think I adjusted pretty quickly.”

Soper made a strong impression in his first fall on campus. He switched to playing almost exclusively outfield, worked on his hitting, and started to see that he could contribute quickly to the team.

“My self-confidence really

sky rocketed,” said Soper.

“After that good fall ball and making the team, that was a really great experience. Also the coaches showing confidence in me once I started getting the idea that I would have a shot at starting as a freshman after not knowing if I was going to be on the team at all, my confidence shot up. In high school, I was overwhelmed academically a lot. Baseball was super important to me and being in the weight room was too. In college, it was a much more regimented structure. I was hitting every single day of the week. That extra practice definitely helped me get out to that early hitting streak. It’s really unfortunate the season got canceled because it was a great time.”

Thriving in that regimented environment, Soper was in the starting lineup when the season began on February 29 with a game in Imperial, Mo., against Loras College. In Soper’s second at bat, he singled for his first collegiate hit and ended up coming home for his first run in a 5-1 win.

“I was extremely appreciative for the opportunity in the first place,” said Soper.

“In some ways, I was in tryout mode the whole way through. It felt so great to make the team. Trying not to be complacent with that and trying to know that the work isn’t done and still trying to find my way into the lineup helped. I was really hoping to get some at bats here and there. It was crazy when I got the start on Opening Day. Once I got there, it was trying to keep my position, perform and contribute to the team in any way I possibly could.”

Continuing his solid start,

Soper had hits in the next four games as well before finally going hitless in his sixth game. He started all six games, five in left field and one at designated hitter.

“It worked out really nicely because in high school I pretty much exclusively played left field when I played outfield,” said Soper. “They had a vacancy so I got to fill in pretty well.”

His early success made the sudden end of the season sting a little more. Soper had made it through fall tryouts, stayed sharp indoors during the harsh Chicago winter conditions, and he and the team came out strong when the spring blossomed. UChicago was 5-1 when the season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

“It was this big buildup,” said Soper. “Right when things started to get pretty and you started to go outside, everything got canceled. That was really tough. Luckily I’ve got three years ahead of me.

I’m trying to stay prepared for next season and beyond.”

After the season’s cancellation, Soper returned home and continued his classes online. It’s been an adjustment as well for Soper, who takes three lab courses on his premed path. Coursework has kept him busy, and he’s finding ways to work out while following social distancing guidelines, which is important to him given his planned medical future.

“I just think it’s important to listen to the medical professionals who have been studying this their entire life,” said Soper.

“As someone who is interacting with great faculty who have committed themselves

to a life of studying science to better other people’s lives, I think it’s pretty ridiculous to assume there’s some greater conspiracy or anything like that. I think it’s important to listen to those professionals.

Social distancing is tough on all us, but understanding we’re all in this together and trying to get through it and look out for fellow citizens is really important. It’s really a crazy situation. It’s tragic.”

Soper is glad to have gotten a chance to play even a few games to start his college career. His 23 at-bats, five hits, five runs, and four RBIs are highlights that he hopes to build on as he prepares for next season. He will play Legion or a collegiate league this summer, and return as part of a class that gives UChicago strong hopes for its future.

“The first games were huge; getting used to traveling on the road and balancing your coursework and being on the field at the college level is really big,” said Soper.

“Knowing I was able to contribute at the college level was a huge confidence boost for me. It definitely gives me a lot of motivation to continue to better myself for next season, knowing what to expect. Those six games were huge. Building camaraderie around the players was big.

Even in those two weekends, those six games, I think as a group we got so much better. We started adjusting to some of our weaknesses and strengths. That was a huge experience. That definitely was important for my class in particular for building toward our larger goal of winning a conference title.”

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The W W/ P Babe Ruth League is slated to start its 2020 season this week.

The league features two teams from West Windsor and two from Princeton and will be playing two in-house games a week from July 7th through the week of August 3rd.

Games will take place on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday nights at Hilltop Field and Smoyer Park in Princeton and at Ciuffani Field in West Windsor.

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Princeton Rec Department Youth Track Program

The Princeton Recreation Department will be offering a second week of its youth track program.

The session will run from August 3-7, from 8:30 a.m.11:30 a.m. each day and is offered to rising 4th-9th graders.

The track program will be will have the opportunity to facility will not be guaranrun within the guidelines train in their event groups teed from one block of time of the State Department of and refine their technique. to the next. The Rec DepartHealth as well as with guid- On July 15, athletes will ment is scheduling CP Pool ance from the Princeton have the unique opportunity in two-week windows with Health Department. Space to run a time trial, which can the Window No. 1 slated for be used for college recruit- July 13-26. The schedule is limited.

The cost is $91 for Princ- ment or as a baseline for along with various blocks of eton residents and $151 for next season. The time trials time have been posted along Cranbury residents or non- will be conducted using an with the daily fee schedule.

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Henry Read Martin Longtime New Yorker cartoonist Henry Read Martin (who signed his cartoons H. Martin) died on June 30, 2020, just two weeks shy of his 95 th birthday. For a man who had dealt with serious heart issues since he was 15, his sweet, loving, funny ticker sure gave him his money’s worth.

Also known as Hank, Martin was born in Louisville, KY, where he attended public schools until entering Texas Country Day School in Dallas, TX, now known as St. Mark’s School of Texas.

He graduated from Princeton University in 1948, after which he attended the American Academy of Art in Chicago. Hank then headed back East and began his 45year career with The New Yorker magazine. He sold his first drawing — known as a “spot” (the small drawing inside a story) — to The New Yorker in April 1950, though it was another four years before he sold his first cartoon there. He was also a longtime contributor to Punch magazine and The Spectator in England and for 15 years had a daily syndicated newspaper cartoon called “Good News/ Bad News.” Collections of his cartoons included Good News /Bad News and Yak! Yak ! Yak ! Blah ! Blah !

Blah!, both published by Charles Scribner’s Sons.

Hank received the National Cartoonist’s Society’s Gag Cartoon Award in 1978 and also illustrated many books published by Peter Pauper Press.

In 1953 Hank married Edith (Edie) Matthews and they settled in Princeton, NJ, where they raised their t wo daughters and Edie taught pre-school. It was Edie who noticed a sign for a one-room office for rent across the street from the Princeton University Press that became Hank’s studio for close to 40 years. For years he commuted to it on his bicycle and friends often stopped by his window to say hello. Despite working with pen and ink, Hank always wore a coat and tie to work “because you never know when someone is going to stop by and ask you to lunch.” In fact, ever y Thursday for over 10 years, Hank and other Princeton cartoonists such as Arnold Roth, Clarence Brown, and Mike Ramus met regularly for lunch at the (now defunct) Annex Restaurant on Nassau Street.

O n We d ne s days Ha n k would take the bus into New York “to peddle his wares” at The New Yorker, Good Housekeeping, Ladies’ Home Journal, and The Saturday Evening Post.

Wednesday was “Look Day” at The New Yorker where the cartoon editor chose potent ial car toons f rom each artist. Hank capped those days with lunch with the New Yorker cartoonists, a group often consisting of some combination of George Booth, Roz Chast, Sid Harris, Lee Lorenz, Nurit Karlin, Mort Gerberg, Sam Gross, Frank Modell, Jack Ziegler, Warren Miller, and Peter Porges (who usually sold his drawings elsewhere but

Christine Wainwright Ch r i s t i n e Wa i nw r ig ht, known to all as Nina, passed away on June 26, 2020 having waged a brave, threeyear-long battle with cancer.

She was surrounded by her daughter, Alex, her fiancé, John H. (Skip) Warvel III, and close friends. Nina was the daughter of the late Nicholas Biddle Wainwright and Christine (Tina) Henry Wainwright of Gw ynedd, PA. Nina was born in Philadelphia, PA, graduated cum laude from both Germantown Academy and Trinity College in Hartford, CT. She earned her MBA from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

After receiving her MBA, she began her storied career in corporate bond sales at Lehman Brothers in NYC where, as a role model for young women in the world of finance, she rose to the position of Managing Director, an extraordinary accomplishment for a woman at that time. Following her retirement from Lehman Brothers she acted as a consultant for the Rockefeller Foundation.

Nina had a lifelong love for music. She starred in college musicals such as Kiss Me Kate and was the Director of the Wharton Follies while pursuing her MBA. In New York City, she was an active member of the Blue Hill Troupe, and she was on the board of the Singer’s Forum.

When she moved to Princeton, she became active with the Princeton Symphony. As a member of the PSO board, she founded the Pops Series which remains one of the highlights of Princeton’s musical events. As a member of the Westminster Choir College Dean’s Advisor y Council, she was involved with strategic planning of the College. She created the Philip A. Campanella Memorial Scholarship as an endowment to support Westminster Choir College undergraduate voice majors with a minor in musical theater. In collaboration with Phil, her friend, mentor and accompanist, she recorded the album If I Ever Love Again, a valued keepsake for family and friends.

Nina also sat on the board of Andalusia and contributed greatly to the museum which was her family’s ancestral home. Nina was devoted to Andalusia and was a generous benefactor for many years. She took great pride in assisting and advising on the upkeep and horticulture of the property, as well as the family genealogy.

Nina was a passionate athlete and outdoors enthusiast. She was an accomplished figure skater, tennis player, and loved to ski and hike the mountains near her home in Beaver Creek, Colorado. Nina was an experienced equestrian who enjoyed practicing dressage with her horse, Nobby, locally and in the summers exploring on horseback the mountains of Wyoming near her favorite ranch. Her love of nature was reflected in the gardens she lovingly created at her home which were enjoyed by many from her porch.

Nina’s friends were her fa m i ly. S h e d r e w t h e m close to her with her natural charm, generosity, infectious humor, and loyalty.

She never judged differences; she celebrated them.

Nina often said her friends were a prism; they reflected the many facets of what she felt was meaningful in life.

Those who were par t of her sisterhood were grateful. Nina’s greatest joy and accomplishment was her daughter, Alex. She carries and exudes the grace of her mother.

Christine Wainwright is survived by her daughter, Alexandra Henry Wainwright Sowanick, of Princeton, NJ; her fiancé, John H. Warvel, III; her beloved dog, Baxter; her cousins Richard S. Auchincloss, Jr. of St. David’s, PA, Thomas F. D. Auchincloss of St. David’s, PA, Dorothea H. Schnorr of Philadelphia, PA, Ansie S. Monaghan of Princeton, NJ, and James C. Biddle, of Bryn Mawr, PA. A private family service was held near her family home in Gwynedd, PA. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Glioblastoma Foundation, P.O. Box 62066, Durham, N.C., 27715 (email: info@ glioblastomafoundation. org); or SAVE, a friend to homeless animals, 1010

Route 601, Skillman, NJ, 08558 (email: save @savehomelessanimals.org).

Arrangements are under the direction of MatherHodge Funeral Home, Princeton, NJ.

Robert Moody Laughlin Robert Moody Laughlin died in Alexandria, Virginia, as the result of the current pandemic on May 28, 2020.

Bob was born in Princeton, May 29, 1934, the son of Leslie Irwin Laughlin and Roberta Howe Laughlin. He was the youngest of four sons, including Leighton, James, and Ledlie. The family moved to Princeton when Bob’s father was appointed Assistant Dean for Admissions at the University. He built one of the earliest houses on Drakes Corner Road where Bob and his three brothers were raised.

Bob fondly remembered the family turning a part of their Drakes Corner property into a Victor y Garden during World War II. The few Princeton University students still on campus volunteered to work along with Bob and his older brothers to make it a success.

Bob attended the Princeton Country Day School before continuing his education at the South Kent School in Connecticut. He graduated from Princeton University as an English major with the Class of 1956 and went on to Harvard to achieve a PhD in Anthropology in 1963. These two contrasting learning experiences convinced him that Princeton was far more attentive to students than Harvard. He remained a loyal tiger.

While a graduate student Bob married Miriam Elizabeth Wolfe. His graduate experience at Harvard included participation in the Harvard Chiapas Project. This took him and his young family to the highlands of southern Mexico to study the modern Maya and acquire one of its languages. His fascination with the Maya resulted in Bob’s 17-year effort to produce a dictionary of one of the 30 surviving Maya languages. Its 36,000 entries challenged the prevailing mistaken supposition that indigenous American languages possessed limited vocabularies. Bob’s Great Tzotzil Dictionary Of San Lorenzo Zinacantan re mains the largest compilation of any indigenous American language.

Bob’s work with the Maya in Mexico was shared with his wife, Mimi, and their two children, Liana and Reese.

His appointment as curator of Mesoamerican ethnology at the Smithsonian kept him in Washington, D.C., half of each year. Bob and his family spent the other half in San Cristobal de Las Casas, the colonial capital of Chiapas state in Mexico, surrounded

by Maya villages.

Bob’s fascination with the Maya never faltered. His work in the Mexican highlands continued for more than a half centur y. His studies went beyond his dictionary to create works that preserved not only Maya botanic k nowledge, folk tales, and dreams, but also revealed the literary quality of common Maya speech.

These studies were pub lished in acclaimed works which brought the language

to the attention of the world (and the surprising fact that today over six million people still speak one of 30 Maya languages). His dictionary not only aided scholars in cracking the ancient Maya hieroglyphic code, but also spurred the modern Maya to promote literacy in their indigenous languages. This led to the creation of an indigenous cooperative of Maya writers to preserve their literary traditions and produce materials to make literacy in their native languages possible and thus enter the school curriculum.

What followed was a major cultural revival. Bob and Mimi, whose own talents as a writer were turned to the Maya also, eventually created a theater group, which they named Monkey Business Theater, which toured Maya towns with productions in their own languages.

The work of this couple reached beyond traditional ethnographic pursuits to include activism, the creation of indigenous institutions, and env iron mental con cerns. Bob has been feted expansively in Mexico, by his fellow anthropologists and among indigenous people widely. His contribution to academic literature was always outweighed by his interest in producing books with a wide appeal which could change minds about the nature of indigenous A mer icans. One of his more popular books is his Maya Tales From Chiapas, Mexico, published in 2014.

It was Bob’s choice to be interred next to his parents in the Princeton cemetery.

Among his wide range of friends, Bob is fondly remembered happily bestriding the mountain trails in the cloud forests of Chiapas in proper Zinacantan gear: huaraches with recycled tire soles, the pink tunic worn

by Zinacantec men, and a locally crafted disk-like hat heavily beribboned in traditional Maya fashion.

Conrad Schure Optimistic, endlessly curious about the past, and humorous right up to the end, Conrad Schure of Freehold, NJ, and Clinton, CT, died on July 4, 2020 at Connecticut Hospice in Branford, CT, where his family was permitted to be with him in a coastline paradise.

Born in New York City on April 2, 1930, the Great Depression took away the progress of his immigrant parents but not the foundation of a good education and how the determined can rebound. Among the depression tales that were learned from and became legendary, was the tongue in cheek story that he did not have a middle name because that was an extravagance. His parents,

Stanley S. Schure and Tillie Effin Schure, rebuilt an economic base that also pulled an extended family to prosperity. Turning down football scholarships at several wellknown colleges, which his father never forgot, Conrad elected instead to follow a drive to broaden his experiences and chose on his own to go from Elizabeth, NJ, to Montana State University to study engineering.

After graduate school at The George Washington University in Washington, DC, he went to work for the Department of the Navy working on the Navy’s first foray into computers. From there career highlights included working for several Fortune 500 companies such as Burroughs and IBM which took him into the Pentagon regularly. Later he worked on a team that put the first computer system on Wall Street.

Then fine tuning his focus, his career passion became the installation of computer automation systems into hospitals across the country.

Locally, in the Freehold, New Jersey, area, he cofounded Brookside, a swim and tennis club where several generations of families made lasting summer memories. It also functioned as a way for his children and nieces to earn money for their college tuition but also to experience working in and eventually running a service business as part of becoming well rounded individuals.

Jerry (Geraldine Usher) his wife of 44 years predeceased him in 1999. His brother Stephen Schure died in 2003. His stepson Paul Schure passed away in 2015. He is survived by children Patricia Schure and Sari Schure Picard Valenti, both of Freehold; and David Schure and his wife Anne Weber of Princeton, NJ. Four grandchildren: Emily Picard of Freehold, Molly Picard of Washington, DC, Aaron Valenti of Savannah, Georgia, and James Schure a student at RPI in Troy, New York. Of special importance is Sharon Baker, a member of the family for nearly 20 years.

A remarkable collector of art and antiques related to his many passions, ranging from western art, horses, and sailing, to surveying, scientific instruments, and calculating devices. He wrote articles and gave presentations in the U.S. and Europe on what he had learned, often using items from his collections as examples.

Due to safety precautions related to the COVID-19 pandemic, a memorial service celebrating his life will be held when it is safe to gather. If friends and family are so inclined, contributions may be made to a cause of their choice.

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regularly joined the lunch).

It was a long-held tradition: in the 1940s the cartoonists’ lunch included such luminaries as Charles Addams, Charles Saxon, Barney Tobey, Whitney Darrow, and William Steig.

In Princeton, Hank served on the boards of several local Princeton organizations including SAVE, McCarter Theatre, and Friends of the Princeton Public Library.

The Special Collections at Princeton University Library holds over 500 of his original cartoons published in The New Yorker and other public at ions a long w it h 680 pen drawings for the famous New Yorker ‘spots.’

Also included in the collection is a complete set of his illustrated books and other archival materials.

Hank also contributed cartoons and drawings to the Princeton Alumni Weekly as well as other Princeton University-themed mailings throughout his career and into retirement. In addition, the Morgan Library in New York City holds eight of his cartoons in its permanent collection.

Hank and Edie remained in Princeton until moving to Pennswood Village in Newtown, PA, in 1998. Edie predeceased him in 2010. He is survived by his sister Adele Vinsel of Louisville, KY, two daughters, “The BabySitters Club” author Ann M. Martin and Jane Read Martin, as well as son-in-law Douglas McGrath, grandson Henry, and eight nieces and nephews.

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JACK OF ALL TRADES: Paint, drapes, small repairs, etc. If it’s under the sun it can be done. Call Jack (609) 865-0338.

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CLASSIFIED RATE INFO: HOuSE & OFFICE CLEANING: By an experienced Polish lady. Call Barbara (609) 273-4226. Weekly or biweekly. Honest & reliable. References available.

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CREATIVE CLEANING SERVICES:

JOES LANDSCAPING INC. OF PRINCETON

ESTATE LIQuIDATION SERVICE:

All around cleaning services to fit your everyday needs. Very reli able, experienced & educated.

Weekly, biweekly & monthly. Please call Matthew/Karen Geisenhoner at (609) 587-0231; Email creativecleaningservices@outlook. com

Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs Over 45 Years of Experience •Fully Insured •Free Consultations

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.

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FINE PRINCETON ESTATE/ MOVING SALE: 18 Tarkington Ct. Princeton 08540.

9-4 on Thursday 7/9, Friday 7/10, Saturday 7/11 & Sunday 7/12. Antique furniture, tools, kitchen items, several beds, outdoor iron furniture & much, much more! Gary’s Estate Sales (215) 962-7222.

07-08

Irene Lee, Classified Manager

Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ • Deadline: 2pm Tuesday • Payment: All ads must be pre-paid, Cash, credit card, 01-15-21 or check. gmail.com • 25 words or less: $15.00 • each add’l word 15 cents • Surcharge: $15.00 for ads greater than 60 words in length.

Text (only) (609) 638-6846 HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST: PRINCETON ELKS Office (609) 216-7936 • 3 weeks: $40.00 • 4 weeks: $50.00 • 6 weeks: $72.00 • 6 month and annual discount rates available. wILL bE HOLDING AN 05-27-8t Interior/exterior repairs, carpentry, OuTDOOR FLEA MARKET PERSONAL CARE/ Princeton References trim, rotted wood, power washing, • Ads with line spacing: $20.00/inch • all bold face type: $10.00/week COMPANION AVAILAbLE: ROSA’S this Saturday, July 11 from 8-1 & will •Green Company painting, deck work, sheet rock/

MOVING SALE: Saturday July 11 & Sunday July 12. 96 Linden Lane, 8:30-3:00 both days. Rain or shine.

Furniture, like new twin mattress with box spring, kitchen utensils, countertop microwave, school materials, lamps, sports equipment, books.

07-08 FINE PRINCETON ESTATE/ MOVING SALE: 18 Tarkington Ct. Princeton 08540.

9-4 on Thursday 7/9, Friday 7/10, Saturday 7/11 & Sunday 7/12. Antique furniture, tools, kitchen items, several beds, outdoor iron furniture & much, much more! Gary’s Estate Sales (215) 962-7222.

07-08 PRINCETON ELKS wILL bE HOLDING AN OuTDOOR FLEA MARKET this Saturday, July 11 from 8-1 & will have flea markets every Saturday throughout the Summer (weather permitting). Address: 354 Route 518, Skillman, near Route 601. People will be selling a wide variety of items, including: furniture, kitchen, antiques, bric-a-brac, art, linen, jewelry, garden, toys, etc. If you would like to sell, spaces are $10, bring your own table, set up any time after 7:30. No need to reserve ahead of time. Lots of bargains for the shoppers!! For information call: (609) 921-8972.

07-08 PRINCETON– Seeking tenant who will be in residence only parttime for studio apartment on Princeton estate. Big windows with views over magnificent gardens, built-in bookcases & cabinetry, full bath with tub & shower. Separate entrance, parking. Possible use as an office or art studio. (609) 924-5245.

07-08

Looking for employment. References available. Please call Cynthia, (609) 227-9873.

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HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf PROFESSIONAL bAbYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 tf HANDYMAN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, masonry, etc. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www. elegantdesignhandyman.com Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com It’s time for deck rehabilitation & refinishing! You may text to request one of my job videos from my projects & receive it by text or email.

STAY SAFE. tf CARPENTRY/ HOME IMPROVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972.

No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf

For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more.

Has good English, own transportation. 25 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188.

07-01-5t 4 bEDROOM RuSTIC COuNTRY HOME: 10 minutes north of Princeton, in the small village of Blawenburg, Skillman, $2,110 discounted monthly rent: http://princetonrentals. homestead.com or (609) 333-6932.

07-08-6t MuSIC LESSONS ON ZOOM–

06-03-21 buYERS • APPRAISERS • AuCTIONEERS Restoration upholstery & fabric shop.

On-site silver repairs & polishing.

Lamp & fixture rewiring & installation.

Palace Interiors Empire Antiques & Auctions monthly. Call Gene (609) 209-0362.

10-02-20 TOwN TOPICS CLASSIFIEDS GETS TOP RESuLTS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go!

We deliver to ALL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read.

spackle, gutter & roofing repairs.

Punch list is my specialty. 40 years experience. Licensed & insured.

Call Creative Woodcraft (609) 586-2130 07-10-20 wHAT’S A GREAT GIFT FOR A FORMER PRINCETONIAN? A Gift Subscription!

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wE buY CARS Belle Mead Garage (908) 359-8131 Ask for Chris

Learn how to play! Piano, guitar, vocal, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, saxophone, banjo, uke & more. One-on-one, on line, once a week, $32/half hour. CALL TODAY to sign up for a trial lesson!

No zoom account needed.

FARRINGTON’S MuSIC (609) 960-4157; www.farringtonsmusic. com

I buY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469.

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

MOVING SALE: Saturday July 11 & Sunday July 12. 96 Linden Lane, 8:30-3:00 both days. Rain or shine.

Furniture, like new twin mattress with box spring, kitchen utensils, countertop microwave, school materials, lamps, sports equipment, books.

01-15-21

07-08

SuPERIOR HANDYMAN SERVICES: Experienced in all residential home repairs. Free Estimate/References/ Insured. (908) 966-0662 or www. superiorhandymanservices-nj.com

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have flea markets every Saturday throughout the Summer (weather permitting). Address: 354 Route 518, Skillman, near Route 601. People will be selling a wide variety of items, including: furniture, kitchen, antiques, bric-a-brac, art, linen, jewelry, garden, toys, etc. If you would like to sell, spaces are $10, bring your own table, set up any time after 7:30. No need to reserve ahead of time. Lots of bargains for the shoppers!! For information call: (609) 921-8972.

07-08 PRINCETON– Seeking tenant who will be in residence only parttime for studio apartment on Princeton estate. Big windows with views over magnificent gardens, built-in bookcases & cabinetry, full bath with tub & shower. Separate entrance, parking. Possible use as an office or art studio. (609) 924-5245.

07-08 JACK OF ALL TRADES: Paint, drapes, small repairs, etc. If it’s under the sun it can be done. Call Jack (609) 865-0338.

07-08 HOuSE & OFFICE CLEANING: By an experienced Polish lady. Call Barbara (609) 273-4226. Weekly or biweekly. Honest & reliable. References available.

06-10-5t PERSONAL CARE/ COMPANION AVAILAbLE: Looking for employment. References available. Please call Cynthia, (609) 227-9873.

06-24-3t

Specialists

2nd & 3rd Generations

MFG., CO.

609-452-2630

A. Pennacchi & Sons Co. Established in 1947

MASON CONTRACTORS RESTORE-PRESERVE-ALL MASONRY

Mercer County's oldest, reliable, experienced firm.

We serve you for all your masonry needs.

BRICK~STONE~STUCCO NEW~RESTORED 8 Madison Street, Princeton

Opportunity knocks on a very special street! This charming home couldn’t be closer to Princeton’s most popular hang-outs: Small World, Garden Theater, the library and more. A covered porch overlooks the tree-lined sidewalk, while around back, a 2-story garage offers parking and untapped potential in 3 finished rooms. The Tudor home features oak floors, pocket doors and a sunny, updated kitchen with access to the stone patio. Above are 3 sweet bedrooms, 2 full baths $950,000 and a walk-up attic. All in downtown Princeton.

Complete Masonry & Waterproofing Services

Support your community businesses. Princeton business since 1947.

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CLASSIFIED RATE INFO:

Call us as your past generations did for over 72 years!

Paul G. Pennacchi, Sr., Historical Preservationist #5.

Barbara Blackwell Broker Associate

For more information about properties, the market in general, or your home in particular, please give me a call.

Simplest Repair to the Most Grandeur Project, our staff will accommodate your every need!

Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated. Subject To Errors, Omissions, Prior Sale Or Withdrawal Without Notice.

Gina Hookey, Classified Manager

Deadline: Noon Tuesday • Payment: All ads must be pre-paid, Cash, credit card, or check. • 25 words or less: $24.80 • each add’l word 15 cents • Surcharge: $15.00 for ads greater than 60 words in length. • 3 weeks: $63.70 • 4 weeks: $81 • 6 weeks: $121 • 6 month and annual discount rates available. • Employment: $35

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CREATIVE WOODCRAFT, INC. Carpentry & General Home Maintenance

James E. Geisenhoner Home Repair Specialist

609-586-2130

Specializing in the Unique & Unusual CARPENTRY DETAILS ALTERATIONS • ADDITIONS CUSTOM ALTERATIONS HISTORIC RESTORATIONS KITCHENS •BATHS • DECKS

Professional Kitchen and Bath Design Available

609-466-2693

Donald R. Twomey, Diversified Craftsman

SWIMMING POOL SERVICE ~ Pool Repairs & Rebuilds ~ Pool Openings ~ Weekly Service

Call Anytime to Schedule • 908-359-3000 Since 1955

BLACKMAN

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Innovative Planting, Bird-friendly Designs Stone Walls and Terraces FREE CONSULTATION

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Fully insured 15+ Years Experience Call for free estimate Best Prices

American Furniture Exchange

30 Years of Experience!

Antiques – Jewelry – Watches – Guitars – Cameras Books - Coins – Artwork – Diamonds – Furniture Unique Items I Will Buy Single Items to the Entire Estate!

Are You Moving? House Cleanout Service Available!

609-306-0613

Daniel Downs (Owner) Serving all of Mercer County Area

HD

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House Painting Interior/Exterior - Stain & Varnish (Benjamin Moore Green promise products)

Wall Paper Installations and Removal Plaster and Drywall Repairs • Carpentry • Power Wash Attics, Basements, Garage and House Cleaning

Hector Davila

609-227-8928

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References Available Satisfaction Guaranteed!

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Serving the Princeton Area since 1963 Find us on Facebook and Instagram

Open for Business Following COVID-19 recommended safety measures.

Annuals Perennials Outdoor Trees and Shrubs and gardening supplies.

GARDEN CENTER

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A family business famous for quality and service since 1939

3730 Rte. 206 betw. Princeton and Lawrenceville Open Daily & Sunday • 609-924-5770

Highest Quality Seamless Gutters.

Serving the Princeton area for 25 years Experience and Quality Seamless Gutters Installed

3 Gutter Protection Devices that Work!

Free estimates! All work guaranteed in writing!

Easy repeat gutter cleaning service offered without pushy sales or cleaning minimums!

609-921-2299

HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf

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

01-15-21

PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 tf

ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE: I will clean out attics, basements, garages & houses. Single items to entire estates. No job too big or small. In business over 35 years, serving all of Mercer County. Call (609) 306-0613.

01-15-21

HANDYMAN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, masonry, etc. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www. elegantdesignhandyman.com Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com It’s time for deck rehabilitation & refinishing! You may text to request one of my job videos from my projects & receive it by text or email.

STAY SAFE. tf CARPENTRY/ HOME IMPROVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972.

No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf CREATIVE CLEANING SERVICES: All around cleaning services to fit your everyday needs. Very reli able, experienced & educated.

Weekly, biweekly & monthly. Please call Matthew/Karen Geisenhoner at (609) 587-0231; Email creativecleaningservices@outlook. com 05-27-8t ROSA’S CLEANING SERVICE LLC: For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more.

Has good English, own transportation. 25 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188.

07-01-5t 4 BEDROOM RUSTIC COUNTRY HOME: 10 minutes north of Princeton, in the small village of Blawenburg, Skillman, $2,110 discounted monthly rent: http://princetonrentals. homestead.com or (609) 333-6932.

07-08-6t MUSIC LESSONS ON ZOOM– Learn how to play! Piano, guitar, vocal, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, saxophone, banjo, uke & more. One-on-one, on line, once a week, $32/half hour. CALL TODAY to sign up for a trial lesson!

No zoom account needed.

FARRINGTON’S MUSIC (609) 960-4157; www.farringtonsmusic. com 06-17/09-30 SUPERIOR HANDYMAN SERVICES: Experienced in all residential home repairs. Free Estimate/References/ Insured. (908) 966-0662 or www. superiorhandymanservices-nj.com 05-16/08-01 JOES LANDSCAPING INC. OF PRINCETON Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs Commercial/Residential Over 45 Years of Experience •Fully Insured •Free Consultations Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ gmail.com Text (only) (609) 638-6846 Office (609) 216-7936 Princeton References •Green Company HIC #13VH07549500 06-03-21 BUYERS • APPRAISERS • AUCTIONEERS Restoration upholstery & fabric shop.

On-site silver repairs & polishing.

Lamp & fixture rewiring & installation.

Palace Interiors Empire Antiques & Auctions monthly. Call Gene (609) 209-0362.

10-02-20 TOWN TOPICS CLASSIFIEDS GETS TOP RESULTS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go!

We deliver to ALL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read.

(609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com tf I BUY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469.

09-04-20

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 07-10-20 WHAT’S A GREAT GIFT FOR A FORMER PRINCETONIAN? A Gift Subscription!

Call (609) 924-2200 ext 10; circulation@towntopics.com tf

WE BUY CARS Belle Mead Garage (908) 359-8131 Ask for Chris tf MOVING? HAVING A YARD SALE? Advertise with a TOWN TOPICS classified ad!

Call (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com DEADLINE: Tues before 12 noon tf MOVING SALE: Saturday July 11 & Sunday July 12. 96 Linden Lane, 8:30-3:00 both days. Rain or shine.

Furniture, like new twin mattress with box spring, kitchen utensils, countertop microwave, school materials, lamps, sports equipment, books.

07-08 FINE PRINCETON ESTATE/ MOVING SALE: 18 Tarkington Ct. Princeton 08540.

9-4 on Thursday 7/9, Friday 7/10, Saturday 7/11 & Sunday 7/12. Antique furniture, tools, kitchen items, several beds, outdoor iron furniture & much, much more! Gary’s Estate Sales (215) 962-7222.

07-08 PRINCETON ELKS WILL BE HOLDING AN OUTDOOR FLEA MARKET this Saturday, July 11 from 8-1 & will have flea markets every Saturday throughout the Summer (weather permitting). Address: 354 Route 518, Skillman, near Route 601. People will be selling a wide variety of items, including: furniture, kitchen, antiques, bric-a-brac, art, linen, jewelry, garden, toys, etc. If you would like to sell, spaces are $10, bring your own table, set up any time after 7:30. No need to reserve ahead of time. Lots of bargains for the shoppers!! For information call: (609) 921-8972.

07-08 PRINCETON– Seeking tenant who will be in residence only parttime for studio apartment on Princeton estate. Big windows with views over magnificent gardens, built-in bookcases & cabinetry, full bath with tub & shower. Separate entrance, parking. Possible use as an office or art studio. (609) 924-5245.

07-08 JACK OF ALL TRADES: Paint, drapes, small repairs, etc. If it’s under the sun it can be done. Call Jack (609) 865-0338.

07-08 HOUSE & OFFICE CLEANING: By an experienced Polish lady. Call Barbara (609) 273-4226. Weekly or biweekly. Honest & reliable. References available.

06-10-5t PERSONAL CARE/ COMPANION AVAILABLE: Looking for employment. References available. Please call Cynthia, (609) 227-9873.

06-24-3t HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 tf

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Majestically Perched Tudor 4BR/3.1BA 4,286SF 2.49AC Updated Chef’s Kitchen All-Seasons Spa Room with Jacuzzi Finished Lower Level Long-Distance Views Kevin Steiger: 215.519.1746 Solebury Township, PA Kurfiss.com/1001528108 $739,000

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Some realtor groups are moving away from the terms Master Bedroom and Master Bathroom. They’re making the switch due to negative implications and perceptions involving the word, “Master.” Both consumers and real estate professionals alike feel that the term “Master” can have both racist and sexist implications.

Realtors are choosing new descriptive terms including Primary Bedroom and Primary Bath, or Main Bedroom and Main Bath. Some home builders have started using the terms Owner’s Suite or Owner’s Retreat.

Master Bedroom has been used in real estate listings and advertising since the 1920s. It’s largely agreed that the phrase appeared for the first time in the 1926 Sears Catalogue of Homes, in their description of a Dutch Colonial model called The Glen Falls. Many believe that the word “master” was intended to mean the “master of the house,” which would undoubtedly be a male. Some historians feel that the use of the word in this context was not intended to have ties to slavery.

Either way, words have power. If changing one objectionable word can help to bring on positive change, that will be a welcome step forward.

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HANDYMAN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, masonry, etc. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www. elegantdesignhandyman.com Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com It’s time for deck rehabilitation & refinishing! You may text to request one of my job videos from my projects & receive it by text or email. sTAY sAFE. tf CARPENTRY/ HoME IMPRoVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972.

No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf CREATIVE ClEANING sERVICEs: All around cleaning services to fit your everyday needs. Very reli able, experienced & educated.

Weekly, biweekly & monthly. Please call Matthew/Karen Geisenhoner at (609) 587-0231; Email creativecleaningservices@outlook. com 05-27-8t RosA’s ClEANING sERVICE llC: For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more.

Has good English, own transportation. 25 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188.

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