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Town Names Director Of Emergency Services At Council Meeting The appointment of Michael Yeh as Princeton’s new director of emergency and safety services was announced at Princeton Council’s virtual meeting on Monday, August 10. Since the passing of former Emergency Services Director Robert Gregory last January, Princeton Police Chief Nicholas Sutter has been acting as the town’s director of emergency management. Yeh, who was Rider University’s Commander of Emergency Management and Special Operations since 2013, will be coordinating Princeton’s emergency management while overseeing the Fire Prevention, Housing Inspection offices, and the Fire Department. The director also serves as the liaison to the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad. “He comes with a wealth of knowledge,” Municipal Administrator Marc Dashield said before introducing Yeh, via Zoom, at the meeting. In a press release, Dashield added, “Michael’s experience and expertise in emergency services will be critical as we continue to manage our current public health emergency.” Yeh’s appointment will become effective on August 24, which is the date of Council’s next meeting. “I’m very excited about this step, and engaging with the Princeton community to refine our preparedness,” he said, “and working with the community to identify any areas of concern they have.” Also at the meeting, Princeton Police Captain Chris Morgan delivered the 2019 Annual Police Department Report, which is nearly 80 pages long. “This is by far the most comprehensive report we’ve put together,” he said. “There is a significant amount of data. We’re very aware that there is significant amount of concern in the community about the police. But this is our way of being transparent — having a dialogue and open conversation, and moving from there.” Among the topics Morgan cited as most important are marijuana arrests, probable cause searches, and use of force. The full report is available on the municipal website, princetonnj.gov. Council voted to introduce three ordinances. One updates an existing ordinance for tree protection zones, clarifying and better defining the way contractors are supposed to protect trees on neighboring properties during construction. It Continued on Page 7

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Power Now Fully Restored for Princeton At a meeting of Princeton Council Monday evening, Deanna Stockton, the town’s municipal engineer, got word that power was back on at the last remaining location where it had been knocked out by Tropical Storm Isaias nearly a week earlier. “I’m very happy to report that all of the PSE&G outages have been restored so we have full electrical operation,” she said. “When we started the meeting, we still had one outage on the map, but now that’s fixed.” Most locations had power restored by Friday. But just after the storm on Tuesday, August 4, multiple roads were closed as a result of fallen trees and wires. Power and cell service outages were widespread. Among the roads blocked were Pheasant Hill Road near Province Line Road, Laurel Road, Cleveland Lane, Herrontown Road, North Harrison Street, Walker Drive, and Drakes Corner Road. Trees were suspended on wires at several locations. Traffic signals were out on North Harrison Street at Terhune, Valley, and Mt. Lucas roads. The municipal building was open for people who sought relief from the heat or needed to charge devices. More than one million New Jersey homes and businesses were left in the dark by the storm’s rain and winds. New

Jersey was part of Isaias’ path up the East Coast, battering Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania before hitting New York and New England. One person in Maryland, one in New York, and two others in North Carolina died as a result of the storm. More than 20 tornadoes were reported from North Carolina to New Jersey. Surf City on Long Beach Island reported a wind gust of 109 miles per hour. Gov. Phil Murphy urged New Jersey residents to stay off the roads during the

storm. New Jersey Transit suspended service as of midday Tuesday. At the Monday Council meeting, Mayor Liz Lempert thanked municipal staff for their response to the storm. “It was a huge event to hit Princeton, and it was complicated by having COVID on top of it, so a lot of responses had to be rethought and reconfigured,” she said. “Given the challenges, we acted creatively.” Earlier in the day, Lempert said she was Continued on Page 7

Planning and Discussion Move Forward on John Witherspoon Middle School Name Change The movement to rename John Witherspoon Middle School (JWMS) seemed to gain momentum at Princeton Public Schools‘ (PPS) second scheduled session of community input on Monday night, as more than 50 people participated on the Zoom call. Support for a name change appeared almost universal, among Board of Education (BOE) members as well as community participants, though there was a range of opinions about when and how that change should take place. “We appreciate the community comment and we want to move forward with

the process,” said PPS Interim Superintendent Barry Galasso, pointing out that the BOE policy committee must first change the district policy on naming, and then the process of choosing a new name could go forward. “That could happen quickly,” Galasso said, and he noted that JWMS could have a temporary generic name – Princeton Unified Middle School was suggested – during the “teachable” interim period as the community considered a new permanent name. Suggestions for permanent names Continued on Page 7

UPROOTED: This tree on the Westminster Choir College campus was among the many casualties of Tropical Storm Isaias, which slammed Princeton with heavy rain and winds on Tuesday, August 4 . By Monday night, all power had been restored . (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)

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Peach season is underway at Terhune Orchards on Cold Soil Road, where owner Pam Mount is holding her annual Canning and Freezing Class on Thursday, August 13 at 10 a.m. Peaches love heat, so the current, hot summer has led to a bounty of fruit that is especially sweet and juicy, according to Mount. In order to maintain social distancing for this in-person demonstration, space will be limited. Tickets are $10 and can be reserved by visiting terhuneorchards.org. The event will also be livestreamed on Facebook for those unable to attend. A video of the session will be on Terhune’s weekly email to customers.

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A Community Bulletin Free Masks: “Mask ambassadors” will be handing out free face coverings Monday, August 17 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Hinds Plaza next to Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street; and Friday, August 28 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of the Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street. Princeton Recreation Department Girls Basketball Clinic: From August 17-19 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., this program is offered to rising 4th-9th graders. The program will be run within the guidelines of the New Jersey Department of Health as well as with guidance from the Princeton Health Department. Email questions to npaulucci@princetonnj.gov. or visit princetonrecreation.com for details. Princeton Recreation Department Cross Country Program: Open to rising 9th-12th graders, held weekdays from Aug 17-Aug 28 at Greenway Meadows Park from 8:30-11 a.m. Visit princetonrecreation.com for more information under “Track Programs.” The program will be run within the guidelines of the New Jersey Department of Health as well as with guidance from the Princeton Health Department. Email npaulucci@princetonnj.gov with questions.

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and black spots, has recently been identified in at least six sightings in Princeton as part of Princeton’s BioBlitz. Though it has two pairs of wings, it jumps more than it flies. It’s an invasive species, destructive to crops and trees, especially maples, willows, and other smooth bark trees — at least 70 host species. And spotted lanternflies are extremely annoying pests, according to Bob Dolan, mid-Atlantic territory manager of Rainbow Tree Care Scientific Advancement in Montgomery County, Pa.

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“I am an EMT with Princeton First Aid & Rescue, and I was assigned to a call out on Herrontown Road. On our way, we had to divert to a different route because of trees and wires down. As we were treating the patient, there were branches falling around us and onto the house. We had to carry the patient out, unfortunately, along a very long sidewalk through the storm. As we were leaving another tree fell and blocked the bend near Bunn Drive. So, what normally would have been a much shorter response was turned into a longer and more challenging one.” —David Illion, East Brunswick

Jen: “We here at LiLLiPiES, and the entire Princeton Shopping Center, were definitely affected by the storm. By Thursday morning, we realized we were going to have to purge the entire inventory and all our hard work that we had prepped. So, it will take some time to come back from these past several days. But, luckily our customers have been so supportive and generous. This really is such a special community and we are so grateful to be a part of it and to serve. “ —Sara and Jen Carson, Princeton

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Ben: “In regards to the pool, our biggest issue was that we lost power, like a lot of this part of town did. So, we worked late into that Tuesday evening kind of nursing the pools until the power came back on. And then the next morning, there were about 20 people working here to get the pool back online and get the place clean. It was a collaborative and monumental effort to be operating again on Wednesday morning. But, all in all, we made it out OK thanks to a lot of extra effort by Vikki and her team and the maintenance team.” Vikki: “It was a collaborative effort and I am so proud of the efforts of the team here. Everybody just pulled their weight and we made it through.” —Ben Stentz, Hamilton with Vikki Caines, Princeton

Deirde: “We live right off of Witherspoon Street, and I thought that since we may have been on the old hospital grid, we would not lose power at all. But losing it for only four hours, we were very lucky compared to a lot of people. It was great because we were able to help a bunch of friends who didn’t have power. My parents also came to stay with us. They live in Kingston and were without power until Thursday night.” —Reid, Andrew, Rose, and Deirde Goodrich, Princeton

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also addresses an increase in tree replacement fees, which were put in place in 2016. A second ordinance geared to outdoor dining during the pandemic broadens the original measure to include retail businesses and service establishments, and extends it until the end of 2020. A third ordinance amends the definition of an accessory dwelling unit, allowing for separate owners on a property instead of one owner for the principal dwelling and the accessory dwelling. Council voted to approve a Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) for the development of affordable housing on the Franklin Avenue properties. Responding to some comments from residents that they have not been included in the planning process, which could add between 80 and 160 units to the site, Councilwoman Mia Sacks said the plan is in its early stages and public participation will be a priority. “This is a MOA, not a development agreement,” she said, adding that she and fellow subcommittee members Michele Pirone Lambros and David Cohen are considering setting up an email account where people can send ideas, or a website which would display different concepts and allow comment. The process will begin with consideration of recommendations on the development complied by members of the group Princeton Future. Another resolution approved an amendment to the redevelopment agreement between the municipality and AvalonBay Communities, which is building an apartment complex on Thanet Road. The developer has agreed to contribute $500,000 for sustainable transportation initiatives. “We really appreciate this gesture from AvalonBay and we’re looking forward to planning for that,” said Sacks. Also, Council voted in favor of a resolution authorizing the temporary removal of up to four on-street parking spaces on Pine Street to accommodate outdoor dining at Blue Point Grill and Small World Coffee. —Anne Levin

told by officials from PSE&G that the storm was not as bad as Hurricane Sandy, which hit in 2012, but on par with Hurricane Irene, which pummeled Princeton in 2011. “It was one of our worst storm events in terms of the number of people who lost power for more than 24 hours,” she said. “When it is more than Princeton that is impacted, and we have to share resources with surrounding communities, the response can be slow.” Before the pandemic, people were able to rely on Princeton Public Library as a place of refuge during storms. But the library building has been closed since March. “The challenge now is how we respond and provide services to the community when we are complicated by COVID,” Lempert said. “People have been relying more than usual on the internet. So even if they had the power come back on, some of the cellular sites had not had power restored. This storm was definitely more challenging because of that. Everyone has been trapped in their homes. Everyone has had it. In terms of emotional fortitude, we are all spent and exhausted.” —Anne Levin

have included Betsey Stockton, who founded the first school to teach Black children in Princeton; Toni Morrison, who lived in Princeton and taught at Princeton University; Princeton actor and activist Paul Robeson; recently deceased Congressman John Lewis; local Princeton historian Shirley Satterfield; and former first lady and Princeton University graduate Michelle Obama. At an earlier meeting, Princeton High School science teacher Joy Barnes Johnson suggested the idea of “hallways as pathways,” with the hallways at JWMS named to honor people who have impacted the community and the world in ways that reflect the values of the community. Community members and BOE members agreed that the name change should be part of a larger process of taking action to promote social justice and anti-racism in the school and the larger community. The BOE was scheduled to discuss the JWMS renaming issue further at its regularly scheduled meeting last night, and the policy committee is scheduled to meet on Thursday, August 13, when it could take a significant step in the process. PPS alumnus Geoffrey Allen, who started a petition last month to remove slaveowning, anti-abolitionist John Witherspoon’s name from the school and at last count had 1,557 supporting signatures, would like to see action sooner rather than later. “Now is the time to make the decision,” he said at Monday night’s meeting. “Why are we still in this phase having this discussion?” The petition states: “The town of Princeton has made clear demonstration of their solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement, and Princeton Public Schools has issued multiple statements claiming to counter racism for the sake of all Black

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Joint Effort Weighs In On 2020 Election: “A Moral Moment and Movement” A virtual forum of more than 20 area elected officials and candidates highlighted Joint Effor t (JE ) Princeton Safe Streets’ Saturday, August 8 gathering, with speakers sharing their vision of the future as they called for dramatic change with less than three months to go before the critical November elections. “Our existence, our future, our dreams, and our hopes for generations to come are on the line,” said C ong re s s woma n B on n ie Watson Coleman, as she rallied some hundred participants to support Joe Biden and Democrats at all levels on November 3. Hosted by JE and the Capital City Area Black Caucus (CCABC), the forum, titled “Why the 2020 Election is so Important,” was the penultimate event of more than a week of Joint Effort Safe Streets 2020 events celebrating Black history and culture and the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood. JE 2020 concluded on Sunday evening, August 9 with a Cynthia “Chip” Fisher and Romus Broadway

Memorial Virtual Art Exh ibit- C ol lag e S l i d e s h ow and community reception, a tribute to Romus Broadway, the presentation of awards, the Jim Floyd Memor ial Lecture, and a gospel music hour. In her speech, Watson Coleman emphasized how much — including access to health care, education, housing, jobs, economic equality, and racial justice — is at stake in the upcoming election. “This is a time when we’re going to encounter such impediments to getting the vote out that we have to be smart and strategic. We have to be working with one another and we have to be communicating and connecting,” she said. She noted that she’s “ridin with Biden,” but she’s also holding him accountable. She also stressed the importance of winning Senate and House elections and ensuring a thorough census count. “This is a moral moment and movement,” she said. “We need to go bold and go bad or go home. It won’t be easy, but it’s important to

save our country, to return to a decent, dignified, and compassionate country — to have somebody in there who knows how to get us through a pandemic without hundreds of thousands dying unnecessarily. That’s what’s on the line in this election.” Other speakers shared Wat s on C ole m a n’s con cerns and echoed many of her comments. “We’ve got to get this done,” said Princeton Democratic Party Chair Thomas Parker. “It’s about unity. We cannot rest on our laurels. We have young folks out in the streets fighting for their future, protesting what is happening, and they are not going to put up with anything but the truth.” Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert called for this election to become a chance “to reset the course.” She continued, “We have the opportunity to rethink so many structures in this country. How do we rebuild in a way where we’re all healthier, where our environment is more sustainable, where our economy is stronger and fairer, and where we have a society that’s more equitable?”

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encourage all Princeton citizens to do more and be more in the name of race relations in our town.” He added, “It’s a challenge to me to do more and be more, and I’m passing that challenge on. It’s a question of how much do you care. The problems that Princeton faces are the problems of the nation. It’s a microcosm of America. Make this a better place to work, live, play, and raise a family.” —Donald Gilpin

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The COVID-19 pandemic Whole Foods Donates To Rider Campus Pantry has increased the demand Rider University’s on-campus pantry received more than $4,000 from Whole Foods Market as part of its Nickels for Nonprofits Program. The program collects five cents per bag from those who shop w ith reusable bags. The Rider Resource Pantry was selected as the recipient of the funds collected during the first half of 2020 from the Whole Foods Market store on U.S. Route 1. “We are very thankful for the generosit y of W hole Foods and its shoppers,” said Joan Liptrot, director of service and civic engagement at Rider. “The pantry’s mission and Whole Foods’ mission are similar — to care about our communities by feeding those in need. The donation will help us ensure we can continue to meet the needs of our students.” The donation will aid the R ider Re s ou rce Pa nt r y, which provides food, clothing, toiletries, and school supplies to resource-insecure students. “Students will be more successful if they’re not worried about where their next meal is coming from,” said Joe Anselmi, Princeton Whole Foods Market team leader. “Our team is proud to provide local students a hand-up when it’s needed.” Food insecurity is a growing issue on college campuses. According to recent reports, it is estimated that nearly half of American undergraduates exper ience food insecurity while pursuing college degrees. Lack of access to essentials has also been found to negatively impact students’ educational efforts. Established in 2018, the Rider Resource Pantry has served hundreds of students. In the 2019-20 school year alone, nearly 200 students accessed the pantry for food and necessar y supplies. Even during the coronavirus outbreak, the pantry continued to assist 57 students in need. The community-based pantry is solely reliant on donations. Gourmet Dining, the University’s food service provider, helps stock the pantry with an annual donation of $5,000 and various campus organizations collect donations throughout the year. Gourmet Dining also allows students to donate unused guest passes to students in need to access the dining hall. In 2019, the pantry became a participant of Panera Bread’s Day-End Dough-Nation

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populations appear greater now than they did just a month ago,” Eisgruber wrote. “Reopening efforts in New Jersey and elsewhere have demonstrated how difficult it is to contain the disease. Where schools and universities have started to bring back students, COVID cases have rapidly followed.” Should the school be able to welcome back students in the spring, the highest priority would be members of the class of 2021. “We hope we will also be able to bring back additional students. We cannot, however, make any guarantees,” Eisgruber wrote. “We will communicate with you about the spring semester in the weeks and months ahead. Please know that we are doing everything we can to make possible a residential semester in the spring.” R ider’s “Resolved and Ready” plan was built on the premise that New Jersey would have moved to Stage 3 of its multi-phase reopening plan by the start of the academic year. But that has not happened, and the school is planning on all-remote instruction for the entire fall semester. Still, students who have received confirmation of on-campus housing can continue to live at the school if they choose to do so, Rider President Gregory Dell’Omo wrote in a letter to students. “This fall we will continue to provide quality student services to meet student needs. Offices will be staffed, as necessary, to support student and operational needs,” Dell’Omo wrote. “As has been the practice during remote learning in

late spring and summer, all campus offices will also be accessible remotely via email, phone, and Zoom interfaces. These include all of our student support services such as the Student Navigation Office, Registrar, One Stop Services, Financial Aid, Academic Success Center, Center for Career Development and Success, Residence Life, Student Accessibility and Support Services, Student Health Center, Counseling Services, and Center for Diversity and Inclusion, just to name a few.” There are limited exceptions that may be made to the all-remote rule, for a small number of science labs and computer labs. A decision will be issued soon, Dell’Omo said. No theatre, dance, and music classes can be offered in person during the continuation of Stage 2. The College of New Jersey (TCNJ) also revised its plans for fall. While originally scheduled to have some students on campus in the fall, Gov. Phil Murphy’s recent decision to keep New Jersey in Stage 2 of reopening places too many restrictions on campus operations. As a result, all fall 2020 courses will be offered remotely. The school will house a small number of residential students on campus and will further reduce in-person, on-campus activity. “To the incoming Class of 2024, I know this is not how you envisioned spending your first semester of college, especially after ending your senior year of high school remotely,” wrote TCNJ President Kathryn A. Foster. “Please know that we are developing new Welcome Week plans for you. Consistent with state

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Suggesting That Government Launch Program to Place Power Wires Underground

To The Editor: My wife and I are senior citizens and we live on Governors Lane in Princeton. Last week, we endured another power outage because of the storm. Power outages are very frightening for all, but especially for seniors who sense a feeling of abandonment and helplessness during that sort of experience. Several years ago we went to Amsterdam, Holland, for a one-week vacation. Amsterdam is a city of culture, great restaurants, beer, museums, and lots of great activities. While on a tour outside the city with a Dutch guide, we noticed that there were no power wires, on poles, anywhere. No wires crossing roads, highways, streets. And when there is a storm or inclement weather, no power outages. Our guide explained to us that the government of Holland decided, about ten years before we were there, to launch a government-sponsored campaign to place all wires underground. Good for the environment, good for everyone’s welfare. Driving in Mercer County and many other communities not only in New Jersey, but across America, we see a network of wires crossing highways, streets, and roads in a confused “spaghetti-like” fashion. When there is a storm with strong winds such as we recently experienced, poles that hold these wires are vulnerable to fall down, damaging the power wires and causing dangerous power outages. I do not know why our government cannot launch a multibillion-dollar program to take away all the poles and place the power wires underground. A program such as this would employ hundreds of thousands of people, pay them good wages, and they would pay taxes on their earnings. It would be a win-win for all. If money is needed for a program such as this, maybe our government could raise taxes, yes raise taxes, on the population of Americans who are millionaires and billionaires. People such as Donald Trump, Betsy DeVos, Wilbur Ross, Steve Mnuchin, Elaine Chao, Nancy Pelosi, and many others who may or may not be in government who can easily afford to help fund a program that would help all Americans. President Eisenhower, who I consider to be a great, very underrated president, launched the interstate highway system. It was a multi-billion-dollar expenditure. The money came from user fees, in the form of gas taxes, that replenished the Highway Trust Fund. The burden on the U.S. Treasury was minor. Think of where we would be without great highways like Interstate 95 that we all use and enable us to travel easily, safely, across our country.

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Talking to Landscapers About Leaf Blower Usage Can Really Work

To the Editor: The Board of Health and the Princeton Environmental Commission suggested that we talk to our landscapers and ask them to limit or discontinue their use of gas-powered leaf blowers [“Protecting Landscaping Workers and Our Air Quality: You Can Help,” Mailbox, August 5]. I can testify from personal experience that doing that can really work. I talked to my landscaper. I asked him to completely stop using leaf blowers but to continue mowing my lawn. He was glad to do this. The result: when he works on my lawn, there is no longer any noise or pollution from leaf blowers that would damage his health and disturb my neighbors. I next encouraged my landscaper to buy battery-powered equipment. He now mows my lawn with a battery-powered mower. The result: when he mows my lawn, there is less noise and no pollution. He does most of the work himself. I’m glad that he is no longer subjected to pollution from a gas-powered mower because of his work for me. In addition, his new battery-powered mower is less expensive for him to run and maintain than his old gas-powered mower. In the summer he mows, and he leaves the grass clippings on the lawn. The grass clippings soon disappear. In the fall he mows, and he mulches fallen leaves into the lawn. The leaves are cut up into tiny bits that soon disappear. The grass clippings and mulched leaves nourish the lawn. They are good for the lawn. He charges me a small amount more in the fall because mulching leaves can sometimes require several passes of the mower. Otherwise his prices are the same as before. He’s happy, I’m happy, and my neighbors are happy. For more information, see quietprinceton.org. PHYLLIS TEITELBAUM Hawthorne Avenue

Urging Citizens to Support Any Ordinance That Reduces Use of Gas Leaf Blowers

To the Editor: As supporters of Quiet Princeton, we add our voice to the cry to ban gas-powered leaf blowers. That they are deafeningly noisy, produce poisonous pollutants, and blow fine particulates of all sorts into our air is well documented as are the potential solutions — electric blowers, raking, letting leaves mulch on the lawn, and so on. Action against these awful contraptions is long overdue and needs to be swift in commission. It is indeed good news that Princeton’s Board of Health is taking this issue seriously and the prospect of an ordinance to limit their use is more than welcome. However, it should be noted that the use of gas-powered leaf blowers extends well beyond summer. They are now commonly used year-round. Therefore, the health of our citizens also needs to be protected year-round. As one recent correspondent pointed out, they are used as snow blowers in the winter. But it doesn’t end there. Building contractors use them for cleaning up small amounts of debris, often pushing a couple of shovels full of dirt the length of their site creating clouds of dust as they go. Cleanup in our public parks is handled in a similar way. They are used for leaf cleanup from fall, sometimes into winter. Men on roof tops commonly use them to clean gutters at almost any time of the year. We urge our fellow citizens to support any ordinance that reduces the use of gas leaf blowers and to support a wider ban. Remember, our health is still affected well outside of summertime. ROBERT AND LAURIE HEBDITCH Hickory Court

Noting it’s Past Time for Regulation on Noisy Leaf Blowers, Which Should be Banned

To the Editor: There is rarely a day when I am not bombarded by the roar of industrial mowers, the whine of weed-whackers, edgers, and, finally, blowers. It often goes on all day and is so noisy that I get in my car and leave. But inevitably, wherever I end up, there are more landscapers making more noise. Even beautiful wooded trails, such as at Mountain Lakes, back up to houses where the noise of blowers pierce the solitude of a quiet nature hike. I can tell you, having worked in landscaping, that fall leaves can be raked in the same amount of time as being blown around, with no cost to anyone’s sanity, work productivity, or health. In my complex, even pine needles (wonderfully fragrant) are blown away and replaced by mulch. In a misguided attempt to blow every single leaf out of a bed or lawn, landscrapers (no typo) often blow everything else to bits, defying the whole purpose of their work. It is past time for some regulation of these noisy tools. In addition to banning blowers in summer, I would like to see them banned year round. And many industrial mowers are more powerful than they need to be. I would like to see their decibels lowered and regulated if possible. JUDY CLARK Griggs Drive

Expecting Quick Action to Solve Problem of Gas Powered Leaf Blowers

To the Editor: I am delighted to read that the Princeton Board of Health and the Princeton Environmental Commission are taking a stand regarding the toxic uses of gas powered leaf blowers. The health of our citizens and our planet should not be compromised, even if homeowners (many of whom live in houses worth over a million dollars) have to pay more for services from their landscapers. There are plenty of reliable statistics about fine particles in the air causing life threatening conditions, particularly for people with lung conditions, including COVID-19. Also, unburned gasoline released into the air contributes to pollution and global warming. Now that our town agencies are making their opinions heard, let’s expect quick action to solve this problem. PEGGY SKEMER Robert Road

Noting Array of Occupational Hazards Associated With Landscaping Beyond Nuisance Issues

To the Editor: I greatly appreciate the Board of Health and Environmental Commission’s interest in worker health and safety [“Protecting Landscaping Workers and Our Air Quality: You Can Help,” Mailbox, August 5]. They bring attention to occupational hazards that landscapers may encounter, specifically noise and particulate exposures. Landscaping presents many hazards to workers, including amputations; electrical shock; heat and cold stress; ergonomic; noise exposure; pesticide and other chemical exposure; vehicular accidents; and slips, trips, and falls. Deaths have occurred associated with vehicular and heavy-equipment accidents, falls, electrocution, and heat stroke (source: www.osha.gov/SLTC/landscaping/hazards. html#pesticideschemicals). Commercial landscapers are obligated to comply with OSHA laws, and public entities in New Jersey fall under PEOSH laws ensuring a safe workplace, which includes training for workers on safe work practices. Employers interested in understanding their legal obligations can obtain assistance thru OSHA’s Office of Small Business Assistance (www.osha.gov/contactus/byoffice/ osba). EVAN ANDERSON, MPH, CIH John Street

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Painting Phantoms on the Darkness with Thomas De Quincey and Herman Melville

hen Tropical Storm Isaias knocked out our power last Tuesday morning, I already had Thomas De Quincey’s Confessions of an English Opium Eater and Herman Melville’s Journal of a Visit to London and the Continent close at hand, along with flashlights, battery-operated lanterns, and a portable CD player. Besides the fact that both writers have sailed similarly stormy seas of thought, I knew we’d be printing on August 12, three days before De Quincey’s August 15th birthday and two weeks after the 201st birthday of Herman Melville, who discovered the Opium Eater on his way to writing Moby-Dick. Painting in the Dark When Confessions first appeared in the September 1821 issue of London Magazine, elegantly addressed to the “Courteous Reader,” Melville was 2 years old, a reader in the making who would bond with the book in London shortly before Christmas 1849. A hop, skip, and a virtual jump later, it’s August 2020 and De Quincey’s lighting this grateful reader’s way through the after-midnight darkness of a power outage. Taking occasional breaks from the book, I become an impromptu cinematographer, moving the flashlight beam around the living room, poking holes in the darkness and zooming in on details: the densely shadowed corner of a print from Goya’s Disasters of War; a fragment of winding road on a large Art Nouveau vase; flowered fireplace tiles; the bronze glimmer of the andirons; and above the mantle an oil painting of a night scene by an unknown artist, a firelit shoreline, a boat being unloaded by spectral figures, the scene becoming gloomier, more sinister as the flashlight sweeps over it. Picking up where I left off in the book, it’s as if De Quincey’s been reading my mind, setting the scene, asking if “the reader is aware” that children have the power of painting phantoms “upon the darkness,” a power that in some is “simply a mechanical affection of the eye” while “others have a voluntary or semivoluntary power to dismiss or to summon them” (my italics because we were told the power would be restored by now, c’mon PSE&G, give us back our power, power, power!), and after a child informs De Quincey that when he tells the phantoms to go, they go, but that sometimes they come when doesn’t want them to come, the Opium Eater assures him that he has “as unlimited a command over apparitions as a Roman centurion over his soldiers.” Picturing the confused and by now perhaps terrified child, I’m reminded this is the same man who was found by one of his daughters one evening sitting at his desk with his hair on fire. Night Music Meanwhile as De Quincey’s describing how a theater suddenly “lighted up” within his brain, presenting “nightly spectacles of more than earthly splendour,” I’m busy putting together a phantasmal music hall of my own with some headphones and an Insignia CD-player from Best Buy.

Wishfully thinking that history might repeat itself, I’m tempted to begin my program of night music with Fairport Convention’s Sandy Denny, who was singing when the living room lights came suddenly gloriously on during the Superstorm Sandy power outage of 2012. I go with Moby’s Wait for Me instead, a more fitting choice anyway since Richard Melville Hall was named Moby at birth as a gesture to his great-great-great-great uncle’s signature work. Listening to the choral orchestral majesty of “A Seated Night” with headphones is the musical equivalent of a De Quincey ecstasy, or, more to the point, a Ralph Vaughan Williams fantasia created on equipment in a Lower East Side apartment by a former club DJ who wrote the background music for the first year of the 21st century. By 2009, Moby wanted to focus on making something that he loved, “without really being concerned about how it might be received by the marketplace.” T he result, acc or d i n g to h i s online diar y, is “a qu ieter and more melodic and more mournful and more personal record” not to mention t h a t “s o m e o f the songs sound pret t y amazing in headphones.” I t ’s a l l t h e more amazing to h av e h e a r d “A Seated Night” for the first time 33,000 feet above the Atlantic on a flight to England. Never mind the superlatives, ever yt h i n g’s r i c h e r, deep er, darker with music of “more than earthly splendour” in your ears while you paint flashlight phantoms on the walls of a pitchdark living room. “The Fun of Life” Thanks to Melville’s oldest grandchild (presumably Moby’s great-great aunt) Eleanor Melville Metcalf, I’ve been reading around in Cycle and Epicycle (Harvard 1953), her collection of Melville’s correspondence, along with the aforementioned Journal of a Visit to London and the Continent (Harvard 1948), which she edited and annotated with a nicely balanced mixture of familial pride and sweetly earnest scholarly diligence. Toward the end of Cycle and Epicycle, she offers a “more personal” view of her grandfather in her account of childhood outings to Central Park, where “the joy of all existence was best expressed by running down the hills, head back, skirts flying in the wind” while he followed

“more slowly” behind her, calling, “Look out, or the cop may catch you!” Four decades later, “Tittery-Eye” (his nickname for her) expresses her sense of “the man who moves through these pages” with an epigraph from the British writer, H.M. Tomlinson: “Our peering curiosity is the measure of his mastership. His contribution to the fun of life, and his deepening of its mystery, only quicken interest in his person, and desire to examine his relics for traces of his secrets.” “A Most Wondrous Book” The traces of Melville’s secrets I found in the Journal date to his last weekend in London before the return voyage to America. While he’s not averse to the use of superlatives, as when referring to a “glorious dinner” now and then, there’s nothing remotely comparable to his enthusiasm for De Quincey’s Confessions. On December 21, 1849, while waiting in someo n e ’s o f f i c e , where he’d gone “to see about my money,” he “ran o u t, & at l a s t got hold of ‘The Opium Eater’ & began it in the of f ice. A won derful thing, that book.” On the af ternoon of S u nday D e cember 23, he’s so w rapped up “re ad i ng t h e ‘O p i u m E a t e r’ b y t h e f i r e ,” that he’s forced t o “e m p l o y a f a s h i o n ab l e ... evasion of visitors.” The next entry is at 3:30 p.m.: “Have just this moment finished the ‘Opium E ater.’ A mos t wondrous book.” The next, penultimate entry begins “After finishing the marvelous book yesterday, sallied out for a walk about dusk.” “The Counterpane” Considering that Melville binged on The Opium Eater the last week of the year before he began writing Moby-Dick, a reader can find immediate evidence of De Quincey’s presence in introductory material like the “Etymology” supplied by the pale Usher who “loved to dust the old grammars” that “somehow mildly reminded him of his mortality” and in the prose of the introductory “Extract” supplied by a Sub-Sub Librarian, “who appears to have gone through the long Vaticans and street-stalls of the earth, picking up whatever random allusions to whales he could anyways find in any book whatsoever, sacred or profane.” The symbiotic electricity is most evident in the passage from the fourth chapter, “The Counterpane,” where Ishmael

awakens with Queequeg’s arm thrown over him and recalls a childhood moment that seems haunted by De Quincey’s passage about painting phantoms on the darkness: “At last I must have fallen into a troubled nightmare of a doze; and slowly waking from it — half steeped in dreams — I opened my eyes, and the before sunlit room was now wrapped in outer darkness. Instantly I felt a shock running through all my frame; nothing was to be seen, and nothing was to be heard; but a supernatural hand seemed placed in mine. My arm hung over the counterpane, and the nameless, unimaginable, silent form or phantom, to which the hand belonged, seemed closely seated by my bed-side.” Backyard Theatrics We have several outdoor variations on the phantom theatre that suddenly “lighted up” within DeQuincey’s brain, presenting us with daily spectacles of “more than earthly splendour.” We’re down to two avian venues after a raccoon nicknamed Hurricane Rocky for the Beatles song toppled the original Edwardian music hall and a skinny replacement billed as the “squirrel buster.” As for the suet feeder, which still has to be brought in overnight to prevent nocturnal raids, the theater analogy doesn’t quite hold; you might as well try staging a play in a knight’s visored helmet. Deprived for three nights of cable access to the current addiction (The Bureau), we sit for hours on the deck gazing at our bird feeder combination of Paris Opera House, Shakespeare’s Globe, and Circus tent, the so-called “Absolute Squirrel Proof Feeder” with its adjustable counterweight around the back, and feed platters guaranteed to shut tight when large birds or squirrels arrive. Advertised for use year round, it’s said to be the cardinals’ favorite, with the balance adjusted against access to “greedy squirrels, blue jays, and grackles.” he catch is if you shut out the squirrels and grackles, it’s like staging King Lear without the Fool, Richard the Third without Richard, the Tempest without Ariel and Caliban, and the Symphonie Fantastique without Berlioz. Above all, you need the squirrels, one in particular, though I’m not sure which anthropomorphic hero does justice to such skill and tenacity. Whether it lands on the green roof of the feeder from some adjoining precipice, or after ascending the nearest tree, this display of power and energy that needs no PSE&G draws cheers from the audience on the deck, especially when Super Squirrel hangs there pounding the “shut-tight” trays until they rain sunflower seeds. Such moments defy hyperbole. When a chipmunk comes on the scene, it’s pure Walt Disney, but add some croaking grackles and a goldfinch flashing, darting, and swooping overhead and it’s Paradise Lost — or Paradise Regained. —Stuart Mitchner

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CELEBRATING CULTURE: Christina and Andrés of 123 Andrés are among the performers at the upcoming online festival that gives an in-depth look at the arts in New Brunswick. (Photo by David Rugeles)

Virtual Festival Celebrates New Brunswick Arts, Culture

On Saturday, August 15 from 3-7 p.m. the inaugural, virtual New Brunswick HEART Festival will be presented by State Theatre New Jersey, New Brunswick Cultural Center, New Brunswick Performing Arts Center (NBPAC), and Above Art Studios. Hosted by New Jersey Radio Hall of Famer Bert Baron and co-founder of CPR Live, Sharon Gordon, the event was created to celebrate the vibrant arts and history that New Brunswick and the County of Middlesex has to offer. To watch, go to tinyurl. com/NBHEARTFestival. The online festivities will

include music, dance, and spoken word performances; a behind-the-scenes look inside the local theater and visual arts scene; a closeup of Middlesex County’s history; interviews with artists and arts and community leaders; a craft-making session; yoga; and more. “We are so proud and honored to bring together so many amazing arts and com mu nit y par t ners for the first ever New Brunswick HEART festival,” said festival organizers Tracey O’Reggio-Clark from New Brunswick Cultural Center and the Arts Institute of Middlesex Count y; Kelly Blithe from State Theatre New Jersey; and Dontae Muse from Above Art

Studios. “As many arts institutions are struggling during this global pandemic, it is more important than ever to showcase the arts and the profound impact that they have on our lives and our community.” Performers include 123 Andrés, the Latin duo Christina and Andrés, presented by the State Theatre; New Brunswick band Sonido Latino, led by Manuel Castaneda,; jazz group Jerry Weldon Quartet, presented by New Br unsw ick Jazz Project; Silent Knight, local emcee from the Band Called Fuse; spoken word poet Justan Mitchell; classical singer Elise Brancheau; tap dancer Omar Edwards from Crossroads Theatre Company’s FLY; emcee DRKBXT; and the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra. Other events and activities include a behind-thes c e n e s l o o k at N B PAC member company George Street Playhouse and an interview with Managing Director Kelly Ryman; a yoga session with Carla Haynes from Garden of Healing; an intro to ballet class led by American Repertory Ballet; a virtual tour of Above Art Studios by Co-Founder Dontae Muse; a butterfly craftmaking session with Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University; and poems on social justice, written and performed by New Brunswick Public School students, hosted by the Civic League of Greater New Brunswick. The festival also includes an in-depth look at East Jersey Old Town featuring an interview with Middlesex County, Division Head-Historic Sites and History Services Mark Nonesteid; and a virtual tour

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Gillian Murphy to Teach Virtual Ballet Class

Princeton Ballet School presents ballet star Gillian Murphy as part of its Virtual Master Class series on Friday, August 14, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The class is open to the community and designed for intermediate and advanced dancers ages 13 and older. The fee is $25. Register at arballet.org. Mur phy is a pr incipal dancer with American Ballet Theatre and was principal guest artist with Royal New Zealand Ballet for three seasons. As a guest artist, she has appeared throughout the United States and worldwide with companies including the Mariinsky Ballet and Royal Swedish Ballet. In 2009, The Princess Grace Foundation awarded her its highest honor. “Princeton Ballet School’s Virtual Master Class Series brings renowned guest teachers from all over the world to our students via Zoom,” said Executive Director Julie Diana Hench. “We’re thrilled that Gillian Murphy will be joining us for class this week. It’s a great opportunity for students at PBS and dancers in the community to be inspired and learn from such an incredible, iconic artist.” The virtual Master Class Series will continue with guest artists through the 2020 -2021 school year. Registration is now open for the Fall session at Princeton Ballet School, the official school of American Repertory Ballet. Classes begin September 9, offering in-person and online instruction for all levels ages 3 through adult. The school’s safety measures have been developed in accordance with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and state and local guidelines. All recommended protocols are being implemented during the School’s phased reopening to help protect the health of students, employees, and the community.

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of New Brunswick murals, put together by the New Brunswick Community Arts Council. For more infor mation, visit newbrunswickarts.org or call (908) 917-2862.

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Boheme Opera NJ (BONJ), wh ich recent ly received grants through the New Jersey Council on the Arts and the Roma Bank Community Foundation, has been busy with its virtual programming, much of which highlights productions, singers, and professionals from a 31-year history. Although live performances are currently prohibited due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the opera company has completed the first two of its podcast series, as well as the first in a series of educational streaming events, and is now preparing a second streaming event. The podcasts are entitled “Worthy of note: Conversations,” and are hosted by BONJ President Jerry Kalstein and Artistic Director Joseph Pucciatti. The first podcast, a conversation with Maestro Pucciatti, is an overview of the founding and history. The company is now entering its 32nd season.

STAR TEACHER: American Ballet Theatre principal dancer Gillian Murphy will deliver a master class this week. (Photo by Eduardo Patino) The second podcast is “A conversation with American bass-baritone Edward Bogusz: the quintessential Sacristan and Don Pasquale.” Bogusz shares his experiences on the Boheme Opera NJ main stage since the company’s inaugural season.

August 1 at https://youtu. be/nhV-3DjB5zM. The second, “Youth in Opera,” is co-hosted by Boheme Opera NJ and its newly established partner, the Boheme Opera NJ Guild, a 501c3 nonprofit event fundraising organization supporting Boheme Opera NJ. This presentation will stream recorded live performances by seven of the company’s professional choristers, featuring various opera composers and demonstrating one of the company’s mission components, the advancement of singing careers. Featured will be tenor Emmanuel Acosta, soprano Cecelia Tepping, tenor Mathew Tartza, soprano Lara Gaare, soprano Rachel Cetel, bass-baritone Kevin Patrick, and soprano Emmanuel Acosta Amber Nicole Johnson. It The educational streaming will be posted in mid-August events are entitled “Who’s on multiple platforms. Afraid of Opera,” hosted by Pucciatti and engineered by Johannes Lang. The first gives a narrated account of Puccini’s Madama Butterfly, w it h backgrou nd and synopsis, plus archive photos and recorded live excerpts from BONJ’s 2002 main stage production in the historical Patriots Theater at the Trenton War Memorial. This streaming event premiered on Boheme Opera New Jersey YouTube on

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Both series are planning to announce continuous appearances through the remainder of the summer and into the fall. Boheme Opera NJ is hoping to perform its main stage production of Verdi’s Rigoletto in spring of 2021 on the campus of The College of New Jersey, based upon pending governmental directives. Visit www.bohemeopera.com for information.

Vocalist Sarah Dash To Give Virtual Concert

On August 16 at 8 p.m., the vocalist known as Trenton’s “music ambassador” will give a concert online to celebrate her birthday. Sarah Dash, a Trenton native, was one-third of the group LaBelle, known for the hit single “Lady Marmalade.” In addition to her musical career, she is a motivational speaker, educator, and humanitarian. As a solo artist, the Grammy Hall of Fame inductee once topped the international dance char ts with the song “Sinner Man” and has collaborated with such ar tists as Nile Rodgers, Sylvester, and The Rolling Stones (appearing on the Stones’ 1989 album Steel Wheels). Dash was also the only female member of Keith Richards’ super group, The X-Pensive Winos. “We are not only excited that we can bring this show to our community, but also proud to bring our community to the world as part of this coast-to-coast virtual concert series,” said Meaghan Singletary, development and project manager for the Trenton Downtown Association. “This is just the kind of joyful evening we all need right now. We are incredibly grateful to our sponsor NJM Insurance, and we are especially thankful to New Jersey State Council on the Arts for reallocating funds from the 2020 Levitt AMP Music Series to allow us to present this event.” Visit lev it tamp.org for more information.

Online Trivia Night With Pissi Myles

On Wednesday, August 19 at 7 p.m., State Theatre New

Jersey is hosting 2000s Online Trivia Night via Zoom, with hostess Pissi Myles. Proceeds raised will support State Theatre’s Community Engagement programs. A minimum donation of $5 allows patrons to participate in the trivia challenge. Hosted by drag comedian Myles, the trivia challenge covers the music, movies, musicals, and pop culture of the early 2000s. The trivia will be composed of 60 multiple-choice questions. The first-place winner gets a $150 State Theatre gift certificate and the second-place winner gets a State Theatre swag bag. Myles is the 2014 Cycle 4 winner of Mimi Imurst’s Philly Drag Wars, and earned the title of Best Drag Hostess in Philadelphia in 2014 at the Beacon Lights Awards after successfully producing a series of comedy shows. She hosts the podcast “My Spooky Gay Family” alongside her sister. Myles produces weekly shows in New York City and is known to make guest appearances throughout Philadelphia, Connecticut, and New Jersey. In 2019, Myles partnered with the streaming news app Happs to cover Donald Tr u m p’s i m p e a c h m e n t . Donning a red mini dress and a patriotic updo, Myles caused a stir on Capitol Hill, leading to stories from The Wash i ng ton Pos t, N B C, and The New York Post. She received thoughtful words of support from actress Missi Pyle, George Takei, and RuPaul. She has also reported at the democratic debates for Happs, inter v iew ing presidential hopefuls Kamala Harris and Cory Booker. To sign up for Trivia Night, go to STNJ.org/Trivia.

Results of Aerosol Study of Pandemic’s Impact on Arts

An aerosol study commissioned by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS ), the College Band Directors National Association (CBDNA), with the support of Arts Ed NJ and a coalition of more than 125 performing arts organizations, has generated a second set of preliminary results that provides further optimism for the mitigation of coronavirus’ impact on performing arts activities. Preceded by initial results released July 13 that centered on aerosol pathways from a soprano singer and subjects playing four different musical instruments, the second phase of experimentation investigated aerosol from additional singers and instruments, as well as theater performers. A final report, which will incorporate more testing on the aforementioned areas along with speech and debate activities and an aerobic simulation, is expected with the completion of the study in December. “The goal of this study from the beginning was to identify the issues of aerosol production in performing arts activities, and to find a way forward so these activities will survive the pandemic,” said study co-chair Dr. Mark Spede, CBDNA president and Clemson University director of bands. “We are identifying ways performing arts participants can meet in person with the lowest risk possible.” Po w e r e d b y r e s e a r c h teams at the University of Colorado and the University of Maryland, the study’s second round of findings is highlighted by five principal

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BASH FOR DASH: A “Sarah Dash Birthday Bash” will be live-streamed Sunday, August 16 by the Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series.

takeaways related to masks, the New Jersey State Coun- and artists enrich our lives distance, time, air flow, and cil on the Arts on “Keep and communities, and I’m hygiene with the goal of Jersey Arts Alive,” a digi- thrilled that the Keep Jercreating the safest possible tal campaign to build sup- sey Arts Alive initiative will environment for bringing port for keeping the state’s celebrate our arts industry.” performing arts back into ar t s i n s t it ut ion s af loat. Two rounds of federal classrooms, band rooms, re- Amid the COVID-19 pan- CARES Act funding, which hearsal spaces, performance demic, theaters, museums, reached arts and humanities halls, and on athletic fields. galleries, performing arts organizations throughout The most recent findings centers, dance studios and the state in May and July for performing ar ts par- other groups have already 2020, totaled $900,000 ticipants in music, band, lost over $30 million in rev- to cover personnel and fachoir, speech, and theater enue. New Jersey residents cilities costs. ArtPride has reinforced the masking mea- are urged to voice their on- also created an active COsures from the original study going support for the arts at VID -19 resources page results. Those results found KeepJerseyArtsAlive.org. for artists and arts organizaThe campaign website tions, which includes various that affixing masks to participants and applying bell offers state- and county- grant opportunities. cover “masks” to musical wide arts impact data to ilThe state routinely supinstruments significantly re- lustrate how the arts affect ports the arts through comduced the range of aerosol every corner of the state – pet it ive g rants awarded including generating $662 by the State Arts Council particle emissions. Personal masks should be million for New Jersey’s (nearly $16 million in 2019), well-fitting, multi-layered, economy. According to the funded via a portion of New washable or disposable, and site, New Jersey’s nonprofit Jersey’s hotel/motel occuTo: ___________________________ surgical in style. Ideally, bell arts sector brings 8.3 mil- pancy fee. covers should be made of lion people to its downtowns “A comprehensive recovFrom: _________________________ Date & Time: __________________ non-stretchy material that and fuels 22,000 jobs. The ery is one that positions the Here is a proofEfficiency of your ad,arts scheduled run ___________________. are also atocritical com- arts industry to endure this has a Minimum ponent to education, pro- crisis Repor ting Value ( MERV ) continue to proPlease check it thoroughly and pay special attention to theand following: of 13 — a rating known to viding essential skills to 1.1 vide opportunities for safe (Your check willand tell million us it’s okay) students statewide. and meaningful connection protect againstmark cough sneeze, bacteria, and virus Campaign organizers aim for New Jersey communiheighten aware� Phone numberany type� to Fax numberpublic � Address � Expiration Date particles. 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“GRATITUDE”: This painting by Alayne Sahar is featured in the Garden State Watercolor Society’s 50th Anniversary Juried Exhibition, “Out of the Wild,” which can be viewed online through September 30. The exhibit, in partnership with D&R Greenway Land Trust, is being held in conjunction with a virtual artists’ talk and a family-friendly scavenger hunt. For more information, visit www.gswcs.com or www.drgreenway.org. capacities, and social disH i s to r i c a l S o c i e t y tancing for onsite visitors. of Pr inceton, Updike In accordance with the BorFarmstead, 354 Quaker ough of Doylestown, masks Road, has “A Virtual Tour will be required in all indoor of Hamilton’s Princeton” spaces. and the “History@Home” Check websites for in- series. princetonhistory. Visit michenerartmuseum. formation on safety pro- org. org to view available timestocols. lots and learn more about James A. Michener Art Council of Princ- Art Museum, 138 South the Museum’s safety guideeton, 102 Witherspoon Pine Street, Doylestown, lines. Street, has “The Princ- Pa., has “Selma Bortner Annual Artsbridge Outdoor eton Paper Crane Proj- — The Journey” through ect” through August 29. August 30, “Ponstingl: Art Sale Returns Aug. 30 In this year of cancel- Gallery hours are Tuesday Dreams of Past Futures” ations, the annual Ar ts - through Friday 1:30-4:30 through September 27, bridge Outdoor Art Sale re- p.m. and Saturday 12- 4 and “Rising Tides: Contemturns! Art collectors and art p.m. artscouncilofprinc- porary Art and the Ecology lovers are invited Sunday, eton.org. of Water” through January D&R Greenway Land 10. The museum is now August 30, to the Prallsville Mills at 33 Risler Street Trust, One Preservation open to the public. miin Stockton from 11 a.m.- Place, has “Garden State chenerartmuseum.org. 4 p.m., rain or shine. If it Watercolor Society’s 50th Mor ven Museum & rains, the exhibit will be held Anniversary Virtual Jur- G a rd e n , 55 Stockton inside the mill. There is no ied Exhibition: Out of the Street, has “Dreaming of Wild,” through Septem- Utopia: Roosevelt, New Jerentry fee. The works for sale in- ber 30 and the ongoing sey” through January 24. clude paintings, sculpture, virtual galleries “Trail of Open daily from 10 a.m. to photography, jewelry, and Breadcrumbs: Nature in 4 p.m. morven.org. crafts. Most works will be Fairytales” and “Portraits Old Barracks Museum, priced less than $300. A of Preservation: James 101 Barrack Street, Trenwell-regarded event with Fiorentino Art.” The cen- ton, has the ongoing virtual something for everyone, the ter is currently closed to exhibit “When Women Vote Artsbridge Outdoor Sale of- the public. drgreenway. — The Old Barracks and the fers visitors a great gift for org. Anti-Suffrage Movement.” E l l a r s l i e , Trenton’s The museum is currently that special person in your Cit y Mu s e u m i n C ad - closed to the public. barlife, including yourself. In addition to the art show, walader Park, Parkside racks.org. visiting the historic Pralls- Ave nu e, Tre nton, h as Princeton University ville Mills, along the Dela- the ongoing virtual exhibit Art Museum has a virware River, will make for a “Not Quite Open: The Art tual tour of “Life Magazine nice summer Sunday outing. of Sheltering in Place.” The and the Power of PhotograIt’s also a great chance to museum is currently closed phy” along with many online support local artists in the to the public. ellarslie.org. events. The museum is curGrounds For Sculp- rently closed to the public. community, whose exhibition opportunities have been ture, 80 Sculptors Way, artmuseum.princeton. severely limited by the pan- Ham ilton, has “Br uce edu. Beasley: Sixty Year Retdemic. West Windsor Ar ts In an effor t to protect rospective, 1960-2020,” Council, 952 Alexander artists and patrons, masks and other exhibits. Hours Road, has the online exand social distancing will be are T hurs day t hrough hibit “See Beauty EveryMonday, 10 a.m. to 6 mandatory. where” through August For m or e i n for m at ion p.m. Timed ticked re - 28. The center is curabout Artsbridge, visit arts- quired. Indoor buildings rently closed to the pubare closed to the public. bridgeonline.com. groundsforsculpture.org. lic. westwindsorarts.org.

Area Exhibits

“THIS TOO SHALL PASS”: This painting by Sarah Bernotas is featured in an exhibition of artwork by Hopewell Valley Arts Council members. “This Too Shall Pass” is on view at the Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn, 15 East Broad Street, through October 29.

“This Too Shall Pass” Exhibit at HV Bistro

The Hopewell Valley Arts Council now presents “This Too Shall Pass,” its annual members show featuring 40+ pieces created during the health crisis. “This Too Shall Pass” highlights local artists’ dive into creativity and reflection during these difficult times. The artwork will be on display through October 29 at the Hopewell Valley Bistro & Inn at 15 East Broad Street, Hopewell. Social distancing and state-mandated safety practices will be in place. For hours and dining inquiries go to hopewellbistro.com. For m or e i n for m at ion about the Hopewell Valley Ar ts Council, visit hvartscouncil.org.

Michener Art Museum Brings Art to the Streets

As people are spending more time outside, the Michener Ar t Museum has “painted” Doylestown, Pa., with reproductions of its

artwork strategically placed throughout the town for a free outdoor exhibition, entitled “Paint Dtown.” This project, funded through the generosity of Art Bridges and fully supported by the Borough of Doylestown, was imagined to delight passersby with a source of inspiration and information at a time when many cultural institutions remain closed due to the pandemic. The Michener curatorial team carefully selected 16 works of art from its permanent collection to be reproduced and collaborated with other Museum departments to offer various ways to engage audiences. A digital map highlighting all locations and complete audio tour can be accessed through the Michener website at michenerartmuseum. org or the Michener app. Social media enthusiasts can also share their experiences by posting a photo and tagging the Museum’s Facebook, Instagram, or

Twitter accounts. “We are so fortunate to have a resource like the Michener Art Museum in the heart of Doylestown to help promote what an extraordinary place it is to live and visit,” said Doylestown Mayor Ron Strouse. “This exhibition is a wonderful oppor tunity to showcase the town — and the strong sense of community — while supporting all the local businesses that are making every effort to survive in current conditions.” The Michener staff has made the health and wellbeing of v isitors, mem bers, staff, and volunteers a top priority and officially reopened its doors to the public on July 23, but found “Paint Dtown” to be a nice way share its collection with the public. The Museum is closely following CDC recommendations and has taken new measures to ensure a safe and enjoyable experience, including the implementation of timed ticketing, limited

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Wednesday, August 12 8 : 30 -9 : 30 a.m. : Business Before Breakfast Virtual Event, sponsored by the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber, presents Assembly man A ndrew Zw icker f r o m P r i n c e to n P l a s m a Physics Laboratory, speaking on “Science, Technology & Innovation: Key Tools to Reboot the Economy & Vitality of Small Business.” Visit princetonchamber.org to register. 11:30 a.m.: Demo Day at the Keller Center, online. Students from the eL ab Accelerator Program present their entrepreneurial ventures. Visit kellercenter. princeton/edu to register. 6-7 p.m.: Princeton Family YMCA presents Candace Mariso, technical recruiter at Google, as part of its virtual “Paths to Success” interview series for students 6th grade and up. Register at sur vey monkey.com /r/ B77YKFF. Thursday, August 13 8 p.m.: “The Flags We Fly,” talk via Zoom on the s c i e n c e b e h i n d l ay e r e d shots, Icons of the New Jersey flag, Betsy Ross and the Quilting Revolution, Understanding LGBTQIA and modern Civil Rights flags. Part of the New Jersey State Museum’s Summer Evening Series. Visit state.nj.us / state/museum/. Friday, August 14 5-8 p.m.: Sunset Sips and Sounds series at Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road. With Acoustic Douvover. terhuneorchards.com. Saturday, August 15 11 a.m.: Represent.Us

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New Jersey Chapter meeting on Zoom. The agenda includes a short film featuring Represent.Us co-founder Josh Silver talking about corruption, gerrymandering, and ranked-choice voting. Followed by Q&A. Visit represent.us for registration information. 1-4 p.m.: Weekend Music Series at Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road. With Kara & Corey. terhuneorchards. com. Sunday, August 16 1-4 p.m.: Weekend Music series at Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road. With Jerry Steele. terhuneorchards. com. Wednesday, August 19 5-7 p.m.: Business After Business Virtual Event, presented by the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber. Visit princetonchamber.org to register. 6-7 p.m.: Princeton Family YMCA presents Lionel Arteaga, NASA oceanographer, as part of its virtual “Paths to Success” interv iew ser ies for students sixth grade and up. Register at surveymonkey.com/r/ B77YKFF. Friday, August 21 5-8 p.m.: Sunset Sips and Sounds series at Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road. With Jerry Steele. terhuneorchards.com. Saturday, August 22 1-4 p.m.: Weekend Music series at Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road. With Brian Bortnick. terhuneorchards.com. Saturday, August 23 1-4 p.m.: Weekend Music series at Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road. With Barbara Lin Band. terhuneorchards.com. Wednesday, August 26 6-7 p.m.: Princeton Family

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Amber Spa & Salon has always been popular lo cal destination. Operating since 2002, this recipient of the Town Topics Readers’ Choice Award continues to provide exceptional quality treatments for skin, hair, body, and nails. Amber Spa’s cosmetic s tore of fer s pre s t ig iou s brands like SkinCeuticals, Yon-Ka, Obagi, Environ, Dr. Hauschka, Alterna, Loreal, and Ouidad, to only name a few. All products are also available online. The boutique setting was always an asset, and now allows Amber Spa to modify its practices to ensure clients receive the same choices and quality in

services in a safe and stressfree environment. Thorough sanitization procedures as well as screenings are being conducted for all clients and staff members, and all rooms are have state-of-theart ventilation systems and ozone disinfection devices. To ensure social distancing, only one or two stylists are working at the same time. During these taxing times, self-care is more important than ever, whether it’s a massage to help relieve mental and physical stress or a facial to help relieve skin irritation and breakouts associated with the prolonged use of face masks. The most popular ser vices include Hydra-facial, SkinCeuticals

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Aunt Chubby’s Luncheonette

Aunt Chubby’s Luncheonette is open for outdoor dining and takeout! Come join us at our garden tables for dinner on Wednesdays (5-8 p.m.) or breakfast and lunch T hursday t hrough Saturday (8 a.m.-3 p.m.). Our menu features all your favorites plus weekly specials made with fresh local produce. Try our selection of

delicious house-baked desserts and spend time with friends and family in a safe and welcoming space. Chubby’s is a Hopewell institution, providing delicious food and a place for neighbors to come together. In March, we partnered with the Calvary Baptist Church to create the Chubby’s Project, and have delivered over 1,500 meals to local folks who need it most. These meals are nutritious, delicious, and made with love! We a ls o del iver we ek ly grocery bags with pantry staples and fresh produce. Volunteers deliver the food, assist with household tasks, and provide human connection in this time of distance. Wa n t to h e l p ? E v e r y penny counts! If you’d like to donate, checks can be made out to Calvary Baptist Church with “Chubby’s Project” in the memo line. Checks can be sent to Aunt Chubby’s, 1 Railroad Place, Hopewell, NJ 08525 or dropped off at Chubby’s during business hours. We hope to see you soon!

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Old Glor y Detailing is based in Hopewell, pro vides services such as washing, polishing, shampooing, paint correction, odor removal, ding repair, headlight restoration, and window tinting. Offering Taher Modarressi, MD services in the Hopewell Endocrinologist shop or via mobile rigs, Old Diabetes & Endocrine Glory Detailing helps clients Associates of Hunterdon fall in love with their vehicle Endocrinology is evolv- all over again! (609) 433ing rapidly. Treatment of 6532; oldglorydetailingpdr. com.

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The Pennington Studio for Dance

The Pennington Studio for Dance (TPS ), nestled between Route 31 and Main Street at the Straube Center in Pennington, is flourishing in its fifth year in their community. The Studio’s mission is to provide the community with strong and inspiring dance programs for all ages, while emphasizing proper technique and nurturing the artistic spirit in each student. TPS offers instruction in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, hip-hop, acrobatics, kinderdance, and pre-school dance. There are classes for all levels and all ages. Their compassionate and qualified faculty have extensive backgrounds in performing and teaching. Their teachers foster positive and healthy relationships in the lives of their students, and strive to create lasting partnerships with families. What sets TPS apart is the exposure the students have to classical and contemporary techniques, while being encouraged to find their voice through art. Discipline, passion, and respect are just some of the characteristics they strive to instill in their students through an education in the arts.

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Several programs are taking place in the next several weeks at the Preserve and Nursery of Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve in New Hope, Pa. Some programs are open, others are virtual. Wild Gentle Yoga: Yoga to Connect with Yourself and Nature will be held Wednesdays, August 19 – October 7 from 8 – 9 a.m. The pay-what-youwish program is led by volunteer naturalist Priscilla Hayes, a certified yoga teacher, for gentle yoga that builds body awareness, strength, flexibility, and a better understanding of how humans connect to and reflect natural systems. Each session will include a series of breath exercises, asanas (physical poses), and a guided meditation on connection to nature. Each week will feature a themed body/ mind focus, including breath, importance of posture, heart center, hips, arms, spine and fascia connections. The virtual program Knowing Native Plants: The Amazing Aster Family Part 1, Confusing Yellow Composites is Saturday, August 29, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Fees are $15 for members and $20 for non-members. Naturalist Mary Anne Borge will focus

on the late summer and fall blooming confusing yellow composites, including goldenrods, sunflowers, coneflowers, and beggar-ticks. She will cover the features that make aster family members unique, as well as the relationships these plants have with the insects, birds, and other animals that

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After Guiding PDS Boys’ Hoops to State Prep B Title, PU Alum Davis Taking Winning Touch to Lawrenceville

oug Davis knows something about winning titles. During his career with The Hun School boys’ basketball program, sharpshooting guard Davis helped the Raiders win state Prep A and Mid-Atlantic Prep League championships in 2007. Going across town to Princeton for college, Davis started from day one with the Tigers and provided one of the greatest highlights in program history, draining a buzzer-beater to beat Harvard an Ivy League championship playoff game in 2011 during his junior season. Getting into coaching, Davis started at the Berkshire School (Mass.) and then returned to the area to take the helm of the Princeton Day School boys’ basketball program in 2018 and guided the Panthers to the state Prep B title this past winter. Now, Davis is bringing his championship touch down Route 206 as he recently became the new head coach of the Lawrenceville School boys’ hoops program, succeeding longtime coach Ron Kane. “I want to be at the top of this league again, that is definitely going to require some buy-in from the players but it is definitely doable with all of the resources that Lawrenceville has,” said Davis, reflecting on his vision for the program that posted a 6-19 record in the 2019-20 campaign.

“It is an amazing place to be. I truly believe that if we set our goals and sights on winning again, we can do it.” Davis certainly got his PDS players to buy in last winter as a gritty Panthers squad went 14-11 on the way to earning its first Prep B crown since 2016. “I think of the growth of the players from my first year to the second year, there was a jump that a lot of guys had to make,” said Davis, whose squad defeated the Doane Academy 64-50 in a hardfought championship game in February. “I am thinking of Jaylin [Champion-Adams], I am thinking of Jomar [Meekins], I am thinking of Dameon [Samuels]. Bringing Ethan [Garita] into the fold was huge. Doing all of those things never imagining something like this would happen but those guys definitely played their tails off in those two years.” Over his two seasons at PDS, Davis grew as a coach. “I am looking at where I started at the Berkshire School, that was my first coaching gig, and then moving from Berkshire to PDS, and now from PDS to Lawrenceville,” said Davis. “I think the things that I have learned in my experience are just how to deal with different players. I learned how to coach each player differently, which was really cool. It is coaching that system but tailoring it to your players.”

Learning that there might be an opening at Lawrenceville, Davis thought that would be a cool opportunity. “When I heard that Ron stepped down, I wanted to make sure that it was real,” said Davis. “I knew that he was there for 30 years and was this just a rumor and when they said it wasn’t, then it was alright well then maybe there is some interest on my part. I didn’t know where they were in the process. Then it was just loose conversations back and forth, making it and finalizing it.” In July, Lawrenceville announced that Davis had gotten the job. “Our selection of Doug is the culmination of a search process in which several highly qualified candidates were considered,” said Lawrenceville Athletic Director Tripp Welborne in a statement on the school’s website. “In choosing the next head coach, in addition to a proven track record, competitive spirit, integrity, and winning attitude; we were looking for a person who understands the unique culture and experience of the current basketball landscape within boarding schools. We are confident that Doug embodies all of these characteristics.” In reflecting on coming to Lawrenceville, where he will also be teaching history and working in admissions in addition to coaching, Davis

knows a fair amount about the school’s culture. “I have been playing against Lawrenceville since I was a freshman in high school,” said Davis. “I have played against Joakim Noah (a former Lawrenceville star who went on to help Florida win two NCAA titles and then play in the NBA). I have seen these guys play so I am very familiar with the program and familiar with the league. I will be working at admissions too and the running joke is how well can you sell Lawrenceville as a Hun guy. I will be able to figure something out, there is too much here.” While the Big Red struggled last winter, Davis sees potential in the returning players. “There is still a good core group of guys coming back,” said Davis, whose PDS squad posted a 63-42 win over Lawrenceville in early January. “I am starting to build those relationships, talking to them and their parents. It is developing those relationships all over again with a different group and try to get them to play at 110 percent every time. It has been mostly emails and text messages and some phone calls. We are working on adding Zoom chats.” Having built a special relationship over the years with his Hun coach, Jon Stone, Davis is primed for more chances to battle Stone, particularly after PDS fell 53-52 on a buzzer beater to the Raiders in February. “That is going to be fun, we talked about that PDS game

SEEING RED: Doug Davis shouts out instructions in a 2019 game during his tenure as the head coach of the Princeton Day School boys’ basketball team. Davis, a former Princeton University men’s hoops star who guided PDS to its first state Prep B title this past winter, is heading down Route 206 to take the helm of the Lawrenceville School boys’ hoops program. He will be succeeding longtime Big Red coach Ron Kane. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

right after it,” said Davis. “One thing I will say about coach Stone is that he is a great coach and mentor for me. Every time we get out there, it has been fun for me to coach against him. We are definitely going to try to get wins this time.” Looking ahead, Davis is

hoping to get a lot of wins for Lawrenceville. “I see this being a chance to get my feet down and get really settled,” said Davis. “This is something we are going to try to build out for a while. I don’t know if it will be 30 years like Ron.” —Bill Alden

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PU Going Remote Only in Fall, Canceling Fall Training

Reversing a previous plan to welcome half of its students to campus for each semester, Princeton University said Friday that it has decided that its undergraduate program will be fully remote for the fall semester. In a statement explaining the decision, President Christopher Eisgruber said that the “pandemic’s impact in New Jersey has led us to conclude that we cannot provide a genuinely meaningful on-campus

RACE FOR JUSTICE: Princeton University field hockey player Clara Roth, center, controls the ball in a game last fall. Rising senior star Roth and her teammates recently held a virtual 5K run to help raise money for the Black Women in Sport Foundation. The squad gathered 176 donors and raised a total of $5,893. “We are so privileged as student-athletes at Princeton to have a large platform to speak out against racial injustice,” said Roth. “We want to use this platform to promote inclusivity and equal opportunity in our sport. Partnering up with an organization like the Black Women in Sport Foundation, which works to increase access to our sport and grow the game of field hockey within BIPOC communities, means so much to us.” Established in 1992, the BWSF is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to increase the involvement of Black women and girls in all aspects of sport, including athletics, coaching and administration. It also enrolls girls and boys in the programs conducted throughout the city of Philadelphia and surrounding areas. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

the earliest. Winter and spring sports calendars were to be decided at a later date with the possibility that fall sports could take place in the spring. In the wake of the decision Friday, Princeton student athletes will have to continue training at home with many contemplating whether to take a leave of absence for the 2020-21 school year.

PU Alums Robinson, Fedun Primed for NHL Playoffs

Former Princeton University men’s ice hockey players Eric Robinson ’18 and Taylor Fedun ’11 are primed for the first round of Stanley Cup Playoffs. Forward Robinson helped the Columbus Blue Jackets edge the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in a best-of-five Qualifying Round series. The seventhseeded Blue Jackets will now face the second-seeded Tam-

pa Bay Lightning in a bestof-seven Eastern Conference series that was slated to start on August 11. Defenseman Fedun is skating for the Dallas Stars, who went 1-2 in three round-robin games to end up seeded third in the Western Conference and will take on sixth-seeded Calgary Flames in a best-ofseven series, also scheduled to start August 11. A third Tiger alum, Jeff Halpern ‘99, is currently an assistant coach with the Tampa Bay Lightning, ensuring that at least one former Tiger will make it to the Eastern Conference Semifinals.

Tiger Men’s Lax Alums Thwarted in PLL Tourney

Princeton University men’s lacrosse alums, Tom Schreiber ’14, Ryan Ambler ’16, and Zach Currier ’17 were thwarted in their quest to

come away with the title at the Premier Lacrosse League (PLL) Championship Series last week at Zions Bank Stadium in Herriman, Utah. Schreiber and Ambler playing for the Archers, guided by former Princeton men’s lax head coach Chris Bates, fell 13-9 to the Chaos in a semifinal contest last Thursday. Star midfielder Schreiber tallied two goals and an assist in the defeat. In the Elimination Round opener on August 4, Schreiber had three goals and two assists while midfielder Ambler contributed a goal and an assist as the Archers defeated Atlas 11-9 to make the semis Midfielder Currier, for his part, tallied one goal and one assist in a losing cause as his Waterdogs fell 11-8 to the Redwoods in their the Elimination Round opener on August 4.

Freshman Pansini Named High School All-American

Incoming Princeton University women’s lacrosse player freshman Natalie Pansini has been named a 2020 Under Armour All-American, adding one final accolade to her high school career before heading to college. Already a two-time US Lacrosse All-American, star midfielder Pansini, a native of Villanova, Pa., was ranked No. 17 in the Class of 2020 by Inside Lacrosse after a stellar career at The Agnes Irwin School outside Philadelphia. She graduated with 189 goals, 91 assists, 280 points, 311 draw controls, 170 ground balls, and 100 caused turnovers during her high school career. In 2017 and 2018, she was part of state championship teams at Agnes Irwin, reaching the state finals two other times.

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Learning from Rocky Debut for TCNJ Baseball, PHS Grad Amon Armed for Success on the Mound Ben Amon experienced a baptism of fire in his first start on the mound for The College of New Jersey baseball team. Former Princeton High star Amon gave up five runs in the first inning at Ursinus as he made his college debut on March 4. “That was 100 percent a great learning experience; I went out in the first inning having the same mindset as in high school ball,” said Amon, ref lecting on the rocky start. “I thought I could just throw my stuff and it will be good enough to get them out. I quickly learned in that first inning that wasn’t going to be the case.” Settling down after that early barrage which saw Ursinus bang out five hits, including a two-run homer, Amon yielded only two hits

and picked up six strikeouts over the next six innings as TCNJ fell 5-3. “Instead of trying to ramp up my energy and velocity, I really focused on just hitting the spots, trusting my stuff and going along with coach’s [Dean Glus] calls,” said the 6’5, 150 -pound right-hander Amon. “He calls everything and it worked out a lot better in the second start.” In his second start five days later, Amon was a lot better, going seven innings with 10 strikeouts and no earned runs as the Lions pulled out an 8-7 win in 10 innings over Gwynedd Mercy. “I definitely came out with the mentality that it is me versus you and I am going to beat you at your game,” said Amon. “Just talking to the coaches

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range in my last start was up to 88.” After the season was halted, Amon and his teammates stayed in touch virtually. “We were having Zoom calls bi-weekly, just talking about what is happening right now and what is going to happen in the fall and how we are going to go about that,” said Amon. “We had a couple of Zoom calls to talk to each other and see how everybody is doing.” Work ing out at home, Amon was able to do things to keep himself sharp physically. “Our strength and conditioning coach sent out guides, it is all stuff you can do w ithout weights, benches or squat racks,” added Amon, who will have to keep training that way as TCNJ canceled all fall sports and is having remote-only classes for the upcoming semester. “That has been really helpful, having a plan to what you do. I have also been throwing with Alec Silverman (former PHS catcher).” Even though Amon has only two college starts under his belt, he feels that gives him plenty to build on going forward. “Having some game experience is very valuable,” said Amon, who is getting experience this summer pitching for the New Brunswick Matrix of the ABCCL (Atlantic Baseball Confederation College League) where he was tied for third in the league in strikeouts with 30 Ks in 22 innings pitched. “Having the first inning against Ursinus out of the way, you have that mentality that you have been there before and that you have prepared for this. You have a good start under your belt and you need to continue on that same track.” In Amon’s view, TCNJ is on track for some big things when it gets back on the diamond. “I think more than anything, our team is going to be bonded closer,” said Amon. “A bunch of guys on the team have been talking and I think we are going to be an even stronger group next year with the mentality that every game could be our last together and just play 110 percent for the whole season. We are going to have a really good team next year and I think we are going to have a strong season.” —Bill Alden

Mercer County Schools Cancel Fall Tournaments

Joining five other New Jersey counties, athletic directors of Mercer County high schools said earlier this month that they will not be holding any cou nt y w ide tourneys this fall. Previously, athletic directors in Somerset, Bergen, Morris, Middlesex, and Essex counties had canceled or postponed county competitions. The administrators have noted that the highly condensed fall regular season as approved by the New Jersey Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) (October 1 through November 22) would make trying to schedule additional competition impractical. W hile Mercer did cancel its countywide events, the athletic directors of its schools believe that a modified conference championship could be possible since the Colonial Valley Conference (CVC) has 14 teams split into two divisions. In the fall season, the county typically holds tournaments and/or championships in field hockey, cross country, girls’ tennis, girls’ soccer, and boys’ soccer.

Princeton Athletic Club Holding Trail Run Sept. 7

The Princeton Athletic Club (PAC) has rescheduled its Institute Woods 6K for Labor Day, Monday, September 7. The run starts at 10 a.m. from the Princeton Friends School and the event is limited to 200 participants. The run will be chip timed. Athletes have the option of a traditional competitive start or an individual time trial start. All abilities are invited, including those who prefer to walk the course. Accommodations are in place to address the public health situation and conform to New Jersey guidelines for outdoor sports activities.

Recreation Department Offering Girls’ Hoops Camp

Due to high demand, the Princeton Recreation Department is holding a second girls’ basketball clinic slated to take place from August 17-19. The added program will be held at the Community Park courts from 9 a.m. to noon and is open to rising 4th-9th graders. The clinic director is Princeton High girls’ basketball head coach Dave Kosa. The fee is $75 for Princeton residents and $125 for non-residents. Space is limited and participants must bring their own basketball. Register online at https:// register.communitypass. net/princeton under “2020 Youth Sports Programs.”

Recreation Department Holding Cross Country Clinic

Building on the success of its high school track clinic held earlier this summer, the Princeton Recreation Department is offering a program for cross country runners. The clinic will be run by Princeton High track coaches Ben Samara and Jim Smirk. The program is open to rising 9th-12th graders, and will be held weekdays from August 17-28 at Greenway Meadows Park from 8:30-11 a.m. The clinic will be conducted within the guidelines of the State Department of Health as well as with guidance from the Princeton Health Department. Individuals can register online at http://register. communitypass.net/princeton. The course is located

Bouncing Back from Tough Defeat In Opener, WWP Babe Ruth 15s Advance in State Tourney

under the tab “2020 Summ er Yout h S p or t s P ro grams.” Log onto princetonrecreation.com for more information under “Track Andrew Liggio realized Programs.” E-mail Nicole Paulucci at that his West Windsor Plainsnpaulucci@princetonnj.gov boro Babe Ruth 15-year-old all-star team was in for a for more information. challenge as it faced host Recreation Department Hamilton /Northern BurlHolding USSI Camps ington at Switlik Park in the The Princeton Recreation Southern New Jersey State Department is partnering tourney. with US Sports Institute “Hamilton is a great team, (USSI) to offer two weeks of it is well coached and they a multi-sport program and a have been together for three one-week soccer program for years,” said WWP manager boys and girls ages 5 to 11 at Liggio. Community Park South. “They have gone through The multi-sport partici- the states back-to-back years pants will learn key skills and have played in the Midthrough small-sided scrim- Atlantic tournament. They mages in sports such as la- have everyone back.” crosse, soccer, t-ball, and While WWP fell behind 2-0 track and field. Soccer parin the bottom of the second ticipants will develop skills inning, Liggio wasn’t discourin passing, dribbling, shootaged. ing, defending, and more. “I liked how the boys came The USSI is a full-time out and played defense,” said professional sports provider Liggio, whose squad includes that works with Recreation Princeton residents Jude BlaDepartments and commuser, Jackson Durbin, Daniel nity organizations all over Harlan, Leyton Shroff, Jonathe country. All programs than Tao, and Jake Zuckerare taught by USSI staff in man. “I think our bats were a safe and structured ena little sleepy to start.” vironment that allow parIn the top of the third, ticipants to experience a the bats woke up a bit as variety of sports while emphasizing fun. Adaptations Durbin reached first base are in place to ensure social on a throwing error and distancing and to prevent Jack Liggio followed with a single. But WWP couldn’t sharing of equipment. push across a run and never The soccer camp r uns threatened after that on the from August 24-28 while the way to a 5-0 loss. multi-sports program runs The team’s trio of pitchers, during the weeks of August 17-21 and August 31-Sep- John Pacifico, Tao, and Blaser, tember 3 (4-day week). All programs will run from 9 a.m. - noon daily. The cost of the multi-sport program is $175 for Princeton residents or $208 for non-residents for the fiveday week of August 17-21 and $145 for Princeton residents or $172 for non-residents for the four-day week of August 31-September 3. The cost for the soccer program is $175 for Princeton residents or $208 for nonresidents. Register online at https:// register.communitypass. net/princeton under “2020 Youth Sports Programs.”

helped keep the contest tight. “I liked our pitching and what I saw from all three kids,” said Liggio. “Pacifico had a little bit of butterflies. It was his first time in the state tournament, but then he geared down in the meat of their order and in the second inning he came back stronger. He had a little fatigue when he got to 60 pitches. Jude was fantastic, seven batters faced and a first strike on all but one. He really sets the table for himself, he is very efficient.” Although WWP was disappointed to come away with a defeat in its opener, Liggio saw plenty of positives. “We gave them a 5-0 game on their field; I would have loved to win but it was our first game and their second of the tournament,” said Liggio. “For a first game, I will take it. We will look to improve on that for the second game. The outfield played fantastic in my opinion. There were a couple of bad hops in the infield. It is a double elimination tournament so now our backs are against the wall. I am confident that we can play Monday and play on Tuesday. We are looking to strike first, take the lead, and build on from there.” W W P did just that on

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Online registration and full details regarding the event and race protocols are available at www.princetonac. org. The entry fee is $35 until August 16, including the optional T-shirt. The fee increases after August 16. The PAC is a nonprofit running club for the community. The club, an all-volunteer organization, promotes running for the fun and health of it and stages several running events each year.

Monday evening, posting an impressive 6-0 win over Lawrence, earning a rematch with Hamilton/NB on August 11 with the victor advancing to the championship round against Atlantic Shore on Wednesday. In the victory, Robert Rossi allowed just three hits over 4 and 1/3 innings with Harlan coming on in relief to finish off the shutout. Tao sparked the offense, blasting a three-run homer that cleared the left field wall and traveled about 330 feet with Aiden Castillo knocking in two runs. But no matter what happens over the rest of the tournament, Liggio’s players are thrilled to on the diamond. “As much of a hot mess that 2020 is, I am so glad that Jon Durbin, our league president, was able to put together a season quickly,” said Liggio. “We had a nice five-week, 10-game season. For the kids who want to play all-star like these, especially for the 15s in my group, it is their last year on Babe Ruth so to get together for a competitive tournament is great. I know only five leagues came to the state tournament but to get this level of play for them is a good treat for the boys in a tough year.” —Bill Alden

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IN THE SWING: Jackson Durbin of the West Windsor Plainsboro Babe Ruth 15-year-old all-star team follows through on a swing last weekend at the Southern New Jersey State tourney. After falling 5-0 to host Hamilton/Northern Burlington last Saturday in its opening game of the double-elimination competition, WWP topped Lawrence 6-0 on Monday. The squad is slated to get a rematch with Hamilton/NB on August 11 with the winner advancing to the championship round against Atlantic Shore on Wednesday. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Since state r ules have prohibited indoor dining because of COVID-19, restaurants have had to adapt and meet the moment with new possibilities. Olives, the popular Gourmet Bakery & Deli at 22 Witherspoon Street, is one of those that now offers dining al fresco, and co-owners and brothers Adam and Nick Angelakis are pleased with the result, and also that Pr inceton of f icials have stepped up to make it happen. “I want to give credit to Mayor L emper t and t he Princeton Council,” says Adam A ngela k is. “T hey worked hard to make outside dining possible, and they have worked closely with the business community.” Working Together “I also want to compliment the Arts Council, and artistic director Maria Evans and her team. They have done a wonderful job of painting and beautifying the street.” He also points out that, in many ways, the challenge of the virus has actually brought out the best in people. “There has been a lot of sharing, with Witherspoon Street businesses working together as neighbors and supporting each other. Frank from the A & B, Michael from Mezzaluna, Jessica from Small World Coffee, and Husam from Mamoun’s — they have all been so supportive, helping each other. “And Jack Morrison, owner of several restaurants in town, has been especially helpful and supportive in setting up the Witherspoon outdoor dining format.” Olives, which has been a mainstay on Witherspoon Street for 25 years, is a favorite stop for its many longtime customers. “I have always appreciated our customers and enjoy spending time with them,” reports Angelakis. “They have been so loyal, and many have become friends over the years. “Our specialty is healthy prepared food, and everything is made from scratch. We use the healthiest, freshest ingredients, and we offer soups, salads, sandwiches, and lunches and dinners to

go, including seafood, chicken, pasta, and vegetarian dishes.” “Healthy eating is definitely popular today, and healthier dishes are in demand,” he adds. “We have healthy breakfasts, lunches, and dinners, and specials every day, including hot food and fresh salads, and box lunches to go.” Greek Specialties Customers have favorites among the wide range of choices, including the Greek specialties, which reflect Olives’ heritage. Olives features such traditional Greek favorites as Spanakopita, the classic Greek spinach pie; Moussaka, the Greek casserole with eggplant, potatoes, ground beef, and béchamel sauce; and also Greek Chicken with lemon, garlic, and oregano. Special desserts such as the traditional baklava and Greek butter cookies are also all available. Popular summer soups include Gazpacho, Strawberry Lime, and Broccoli Cheddar. The half-sandwich and soup or salad combinations are always in demand, and the Buffalo Chicken Mac and Cheese is one of the biggest favorites on the menu. Specials include the Greek Chicken Platter over tossed salad or vegetables and rice; Grilled Salmon Platter over tossed salad or veggies and rice; Pasta with prosciutto, peas, and parmesan; Penne with chicken, mozzarella, and basil ; Chicken Parmesan Platter; and Grilled Salmon with tomato and basil. Olives’ extensive range of choices offers something for everyone’s taste, with seafood, chicken, and pasta all available, and also Middle Eastern favorites, such as Hu m mus, G rape L eaves stuffed with rice, and Tabouli, among others. And of course, living up to its name, Olives offers a wonderful assortment of olives, including jalapeno, Kalamata, and split green. Far and Wide The bakery’s desserts are known far and wide, and include cakes, pies, cookies, tarts, bars and brownies, and cannoli, as well as breakfast favorites, such as muffins, coffee cake, scones, and Greek sweet bread. In addit ion, t here are many fans of Olives’ bagels, which are delivered fresh from Brooklyn seven days a week. Prices are known to be reasonable, including bagels from $1, sandwiches from $6.95, and entrees from $7.95. Catering — both corporate and residential — has become a big part of Olives’ business, and as a full-service off-premise caterer, it provides a full package for

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all sizes and types of events. Olives offers several dining options, points out Angelakis. “People can come in and select what they want; they can eat outside; they can pick up their order curbside or inside, or we can deliver to their home or office. For delivery, they just need to download the apps, Doordash or Snackpass.” “Also,” he continues, “we have always emphasized cleanliness, and now we are taking even extra precautions, and when customers come inside, they follow all the rules, including wearing masks and social distancing.” Warm Hospitality Kali Oreski — enjoy your meal! It’s what the Greeks say when they sit down to eat, and it’s the same sentiment Olives extends to every customer. That spirit of warm hospitality infuses the Olives experience, and has

been apparent from the time this special gourmet bakery and deli opened its doors. Now Adam and Nick Angelakis see that same spirit of hospitality visible among the outdoor eater ies all along Witherspoon Street. “We are witnessing a real community effort and togetherness. Somehow, the virus has created this sense of community and cooperation, and customers are really appreciating it. There is a lot more patience and kindness. “Of course, we are looking forward to the virus being gone and getting back to normal or the ‘new’ normal,’ but in the meantime, we are all doing the best we can and taking one day at a time.” lives is open Monday through Saturday 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (609) 921-1569. Website: www.olivesprinceton. com. —Jean Stratton

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Edward J. McCabe, Jr. Susan C. McCabe Edward J. McCabe, Jr. (Ted), 85, of Princeton died suddenly on Friday, July 31, 2020. Born in New York, NY, he was the son of the late Dr. Edward J. McCabe and Mary (Webster) McCabe. Ted was preceded in death by his sister, the late Patricia (McCabe) O’Connell, and is survived by his younger sister Mary Sue (McCabe) Virtue. Three days later, Susan C. McCabe (Susie), 83, of Princeton died Monday, August 3,

2020 at home surrounded by her loving family. Born in Chicago, IL, daughter of the late George Shepard Chappell Jr. and Caroline (Smith) Chappell. Her death was preceded by her sister, the late Barbara (Chappell) Copello and her brother, the late George S. Chappell, III. The McCabes have been residents of Princeton since 1966. Ted enjoyed a successful investment banking career before retirement. Susie was

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a co-founder and president of SAVE Animal Rescue for over 20 years, and worked for over 30 years as Manager of Talbots, Princeton. She also served on Board of Trustees for The Hun School. Ted was a graduate of The Canterbury School and The University of Vermont ’56, where he was a member of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity and the Men’s Basketball Team. Ted proudly served in the United States Marine Corps as Ranger Captain. Susie was a graduate of Miss Porter’s School and Smith College ’58. Ted and Susie spent their days enjoying their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchild. Both avid sports fans, the McCabes didn’t miss a game of their beloved New York Yankees. They are survived by sons E. Michael McCabe and Christopher James McCabe (Helen); daughters Pamela McCabe Haley, Sheila Shumway McCabe, and Wendy McCabe Messick (Scott); grandchildren Christopher H. Grey (Kate), Spencer M. Grey (Ashley), Olivia L. McCabe, Faye W. Haley, Andrew E. Haley, Grace C. Haley, Oliver M. McCabe, Benjamin H. McCabe, Molly J. McCabe, Charlotte C. McCabe, and Miles E. McCabe; and great-grandchild George Edward Grey. A private celebration of life will be held in Martha’s Vineyard at a later date. Donations in their honor may be made to: SAVE - A Friend to Homeless Animals, 1010 Route 601, Skillman, NJ 08558 or Vineyard Trust, PO Box 5277, Edgartown, MA 02539, or Huntington’s Disease Society of America (HDSA.org).

Dr. Klaus Georg Florey Dr. Klaus Georg Florey, noted biochemist and pharmaceutical scientist, died at home in Princeton, New Jersey, on August 4 surrounded by family. He was 101. He was a Princeton resident for 62 years. Dr. Florey served as the head of Analytical Research and Development for Bristol-Myers Squibb, where he spent over 30 years of his career. As an expert advisor for the World Health Organization (W.H.O.), Dr. Florey shared his knowledge with developing nations across the world and served on the W.H.O. Expert Advisory Panel on the International Pharmacopoeia from 1976-93. He was also active on the Revision Committee for the United States Pharmacopeia, 1970-95. From 1980-81, he served as President of the Academy of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and in 1983 he was elected Chairman of the Council of Scientific Society Presidents, the center for national science leadership and policy development, headquartered in Washington, D.C. As a leader

in pharmaceutical science, Dr. Florey was awarded the Research Achievement Award from the American Pharmaceutical Association Foundation in 1987 and the Distinguished Service Award from the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists in 1990, where he served as Academy Fellow. In recognition of his scientific contributions, he was elected as Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a lifetime honor. Over his long career, Dr. Florey was perhaps best known for creating the annual book series, Analytical Profiles of Drug Substances, a resource used worldwide and for which he served 22 years as the editor. Born on July 4, 1919 in Dresden, Germany, Klaus was the eldest son of Friedrich Georg Florey and Margarethe Pick. He completed the Academic Gymnasium in Coburg, Germany, before receiving a Master’s degree in Chemistry at the University of Heidelberg. Klaus’ mother was of Jewish ancestry, and his family was therefore persecuted during WWII. Miraculously, Klaus survived the war and he and his brother Peter made the decision to leave Germany. In 1947, Klaus traveled by refugee ship organized by the World Council of Churches to New York City and began his new life in the United States. He became a naturalized U.S. citizen in 1952 and went on to receive his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of Pennsylvania in 1954. Klaus’ curiosity never

waned. He always had a book by his side and explored a wide range of literature, translating his favorite German literary works into English. He was an avid traveler and enjoyed many adventures with his family in the Alps and across the globe. He had a lifelong love of classical music and art, regularly attending concert series in Princeton and New York and frequently visiting the Metropolitan Museum of Art. In 1991, he joined the Princeton University Art Museum Docent Association, leading tours and serving as the association’s archivist. Dr. Florey is survived by his beloved wife of 64 years, Anne Major Florey; his children, Peter Georg Florey and his wife Patricia Dalmazio, Andrea Florey Bradford and her husband Samuel C. Bradford, and five grandchildren, John Florey and his wife Katie, Michael Florey and his wife Jessica, Stephanie Bradford and her fiancé Kevin Toth, Sarah Bradford, and Elisabeth Bradford, and three step-grandchildren, Anthony-John Scordio, Marco Scordio, and JonPaul Scordio. A memorial gathering will be held in the future. Gifts in Dr. Florey’s honor may be made to the Princeton University Art Museum Docent Association, Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton, NJ, 08544-1018.

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prevalent ly displayed as many people display their college diplomas. She had always been active in her church from the days of her youth and on, especially while her children were growing up, working in their gardens and planning and r unning events through the years. Ruth was an extraordinary gardener, crafter, and baker. She applied all these skills to benefit her church in addition to her home. Her home gardens were the envy of the neighborhood. She was also k now n for her parties with homemade everything and neighbors and church friends always looked forward to her annual super bowl party. In the winter months, gardening was replaced by Ruth’s crafting and during Kristin’s early years she would make her fancy lined dresses. She later expanded her craf ting to make lovable stuffed animals and dolls which many kids of neighbors, friends, and relatives proudly displayed bearing the “Made by Ruth” name tag on them. S he p er for me d an ad miral job of raising t wo great children as a caring mother that lived for her children, later adding her three grandchildren to the list. In addition to being a loving wife and mother of two, she also loved her m a ny d o g s t h rou g h t h e years, especially cocker spaniels and retrievers. Ru t h w a s a l s o a ve r y strong person and fighter, both in her faith and determination. She suffered a debilitating stroke 15 years ago that left her paralyzed

on her entire left side and a poor prognosis. This stole from her those things she loved to do ; the gardening, baking, and crafting. Following her stroke, her son was to be married in the coming nine months and she was deter mined to dance at his wedding. Through true grit, determination, her faith, and fighting spirit, she achieved that objective which doctors did not believe was possible. Pre-deceased by her p a r e nt s, Wi l l i a m C h r i s tian Kenneweg and Meta A s chof f Ke n n ewe g ; s ib lings William Ken neweg ( Red Hook, N Y ), Edward Kenneweg ( Prescott, AZ ), Dor is Kenneweg Nichols ( Norwalk, CT), and Howard Kenneweg ( Brooklyn, N Y ) ; she is sur v ived by her husband of 61 years, Robert Bruns (Belle Mead, NJ); children Kristin Bruns Chenwor th ( G eoffrey ) of S c h n e c k s v i l l e , PA , a n d Kirk Lars Bruns (Colleen) o f Wa i t s f i e l d , V T; a n d three grandchildren, Megan Chenworth (Chicago, I L ) , A n d r e w C h e nwor t h ( Nor t hampton, PA ) , and Stephen Chenworth (Cleveland, OH). A private funeral for immediate family was held August 4th at Christ the King Lutheran Church, in Kendall Park, NJ, with a private burial at Rocky Hill Cemetery, Rocky Hill, NJ. Memorial contributions may be made to Guiding Eyes for the Blind in Yorktown Heights, NY, Christ the King Lutheran Church in Kendall Park, NY, or via random acts of kindness to others, as Ruth loved to do.

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Cintra Carter Sander December 12, 1929 – August 3, 2020

Cintra Carter Sander was born in Bryn Mawr, PA, on December 19, 1929. She left Pennsylvania and moved to Princeton when she married Dr. Richard Huber, a PHD and noted scholar at Princeton University. Unlike many in her generation, Cintra went to college at the art school of Philadelphia, University of the Arts, and became a commercial illustrator. She went on to use her talent for years, illustrating artwork for over 52 Princeton charities and advertising agencies. She was most proud of her work at The Neuro Psychiatric Institute, where she taught the groundbreaking techniques of art therapy to patients. Cintra’s name was always of interest. When asked, Cintra would reply that her name “Cintra” had been given to the eldest daughter in each generation of her family since 1843. Originating with the daughter of Israel P. Hutchinson, who was nominated to a

diplomatic post in Portugal by President James Madison; Cintra Sander is the fourth generation to carry on the tradition. Her granddaughter Cintra McGauley Sedalik is the sixth Cintra who recently got married in Sintra*, Portugal, at Monserrate Palace. (*spelling was changed in 1900.) Cintra lived in Princeton for ma ny dec ade s u nt i l she moved to Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, to be with her daughter Cintra H. McGauley and her late husband Lawrence P. McGauley, Esq., and her grandchildren. She settled into the lovely Florida sunshine for many years where she was a popular Marsh Landing resident and an active Garden Club leader. She was also a great participant in The Woman’s Club. Mrs. Sander is survived by her three children Cintra Huber McGauley and the late Lawrence P. McGauley Esq., Richard Miller Huber Jr. and Lucile Olson Huber, Casilda Carter Huber and Capt. Bill Campbell. She is also survived by her four grandchildren Cintra McGauley Sedalik, Gillan Richard McGauley, Richard Miller Huber III, and Alexandra Lucile Huber. Mrs. Sander is also survived by her beloved nephews Michael R. E. Carter, George W. Scudder, and stepson Whitney Sander. The family will hold a celebration of Cintra’s life when it is safe to do so. Perhaps on her birthday, which is in December, because many friends will need to travel.

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The romance grew through the years and they were married when Bob graduated from Lehigh University. Bob was then commis sioned in the Air Force and the newlyweds headed off to their first assignment in Omaha, NE. Ruth enjoyed a good life in Omaha, joining one of the city’s top law firms and working with a great staff of attorneys on some of the city’s largest c a s e s. S h e w a s t r e ate d well by B ob ’s A ir Force colleagues as the officers a n d t h e ir w ive s t re ate d Ruth and Bob as their kids, always very kind and accom modat ing, ma k ing t he you ng mar r ie d cou ple feel comfor table and welcomed. Rut h became f r iends w it h many great people in Omaha, many of whom remained great friends through the years. Following Bob’s resignation from the Air Force, he joined IBM in Bethesda, MD, where they spent the next three years and celebrated the birth of their daughter, Kristin. Bob was then transferred “home” to N Y to work at IBM’s Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY. There, Ruth established her roots for 29 years and during that time their son, Kirk Lars, was bor n. Both children grew up there until they went off to college. Later, Bob took advantage of an early retirement from IBM and joined Continental Insurance Co. in the Princeton, NJ, area where they have resided for the past 26 years. Ruth’s faith was extremely impor tant to her. Her baptismal cer tificate was

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609-921-2299 LET’S TALK REAL ESTATE... QUICK IDEAS FOR YOUR HOME OFFICE Are you working remotely because of the current pandemic? If you will be working from home on a regular basis, consider dedicating an area of your home as a more permanent workspace. The good news: you don’t need an entire room to create a functional home office. As long as you have internet and a good Wi-Fi connection, adapting a corner of your living room, dining room, or a spare bedroom works well. If you primarily use a laptop, you can use a compact workspace such as a small table, or one end of your kitchen table. But if you need a large monitor or desktop system, you’ll need a larger desk or table. Be sure to include a writing space if you take a lot of notes. Here are a few other must-haves to create a comfortable, ergonomic space:

• A proper office chair with good back support. • Good light sources. Both overhead lighting and a desk lamp are essential. • Wireless headphones allow you to get up and walk around while on the phone or listening to a webinar.

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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 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. 08-05-4t HOUSE FOR RENT: Nestled on historic country estate. Princeton address in Lawrence Township. 3 BR, LR/DR w/fireplace, eat-in kitchen, garage, laundry, hardwood floors. Includes lawn & snow maintenance. Move-in ready. No pets, smoke free, $2,500. Available Sept 1st. (609) 731-6904. 08-12-3t CREATIVE CLEANING SERVICES: All around cleaning services to fit your everyday needs. Very reli able, experienced & educated. Weekly, biweekly & monthly. Please call Matthew/Karen Geisenhoner at (609) 587-0231; Email creativecleaningservices@outlook. com 07-22-8t HOUSECLEANING: Experienced, English speaking, great references, reliable with own transportation. Weekly & bi-weekly cleaning. Green cleaning available. Susan, (732) 8733168. I have my own PPE for your protection. 07-29-8t 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 07-15-21 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 08-12/10-28 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

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GENEROUS PAYHELP NEEDED: Looking for a person using cosmetics & clothes detergent without fragrance in order to come & help a retired woman for a couple of hours in a nice Princeton home. (609) 9337779. 08-05-2t

PART-TIME SUPPORT STAFF NEEDED: We are looking for warm, caring, energetic, reliable & responsible individuals to work in a team teaching environment. The hours are 12 to 6 pm, M-F. Experience working with children is required. A CDA, AA degree or more is a plus. If you love working with children, UNOW offers you the opportunity to develop your skills in a pleasant school setting. Under the supervision of the classroom staff, part-time support staff will nurture & care for children from 3 mos. to 5 yrs. Salary is $17.50 hr. Please no phone calls. Email resumes to sbertran@princeton.edu 08-12-3t

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(#6501): Ph.D. or Ed.D. in quant methods, quant psych, educ msrmnt & stat, or rel + 1 yr exp. Exp gained via adv deg research OK. Conceptualize, propose, obtain funding for, & direct R&D projects evaluating measurement & explanatory models suitable for int’l large scale survey assessments. F/T. Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ. Send CV to: Ritu Sahai, ETS, 660 Rosedale Rd, MS10J, Princeton, NJ 08541. No calls/ recruiters. 08-12

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(#6506): Master’s deg (or forgn equiv) in Comp Sci, Engnrng, or rel + 3 yrs exp (or Bach deg + 5 yrs exp). Use DevOps tools, SDLC, App/Web Servers to dvlp & validate IT systems architecture, solution design, methods, processes & best practices. F/T.Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ. Send CV to: Ritu Sahai, Immigration & Relo Coordinator, ETS, 660 Rosedale Rd, MS-10J, Princeton, NJ 08541. No calls/recruiters. 08-12

RESEARCH USER SPECIALIST

(#6493): Master’s deg in Human Dvlpmt, Cognitive Studies, Comp Sci, Humancomputer Interaction, Graphic Dsgn, or Web Dsgn + 5 yrs exp. Exp gained through adv deg research OK. Use prototyping; usability studies & evals; dsgn, usability & accessibility standards to design & evaluate assessment & learning software apps that are visually engaging, accessible and easy to use. F/T. Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ. Send CV to: Ritu Sahai, Immigration & Relo Coordinator, ETS, 660 Rosedale Rd, MS-10J, Princeton, NJ 08541. No calls/recruiters. 08-12

PART-TIME PAID BOOKKEEPER: (6-8 hrs/week) wanted to support both the Princeton Public Library Foundation & the Friends of the Princeton Public Library volunteer organizations. They will work closely with both organizations & the library’s development office to ensure accurate recordkeeping. The bookkeeper will maintain financial records, recording all transactions, including regular reconciliations for bank & investment accounts & be responsible for the preparation of year-end analysis required by external accountant & auditors. Ideal candidate should be experienced in all facets of non-profit accounting & willing to come into the office (restrictions permitting) when needed. Please email CV & references to nkatz@outlook.com 08-12

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(#6503): Ph.D. (or all but dissertation) +3 yrs exp. Use psychometric & stat analysis software to plan, coordinate, conduct statistical work for score reporting & data interpretation of testing programs. F/T. Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ. Send CV to: Ritu Sahai, ETS, 660 Rosedale Rd, MS-10J, Princeton, NJ 08541. No calls/recruiters. 08-12

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(#6495): Master’s deg in Educ Psych; Educ, Educ Measuremt, or rel + 5 yrs exp (or Bach + 7). Coordinate assessment design & implementation processes across groups by documenting decisions, monitor implementation of plans, problem-solving, consistency across subject-areas. May telecommute from any location in continental USA. F/T. Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ. Send CV to: Ritu Sahai, ETS, 660 Rosedale Rd, MS-10J, Princeton, NJ 08541. No calls/recruiters. 08-12

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