Volume LXXIII, Number 32
Along the River Pages 22-24 “Woodstock 50: A Look Back” at Princeton Public Library . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Cargot Brasserie to Become Roots Ocean Prime . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Princeton Oncologist Dies After Washington Road Accident . . . . . . . . . . . 11 PU Women’s Hoops Star Alarie Heading to Pan Am Games . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 CP Bluefish Swim Team Cruises to 5th Straight PASDA Crown . . . . . . 30
Celebrating Herman Melville’s 200th Birthday . . . . . . . . . 14 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach Realtors . .20, 21 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 18 Classified Ads . . . . . . 33 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Music/Theater . . . . . . 15 New To Us . . . . . . . . . 25 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 32 Police Blotter . . . . . . . . 4 Real Estate . . . . . . . . 33 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Council Votes in Favor Of Biodigester Donation to Restart Organics Program Princeton Council approved a resolution at its Monday meeting to accept the donation of a biodigester from MetLife Stadium, in order to reactivate the town’s curbside organics program, which halted early this year. While the biodigester is being given to the town, it will cost some $20,000 to move it and repair rust and dents. During the public comment portion of the meeting, several residents spoke in favor of the purchase, while others said more information is needed before a decision is made. But MetLife made it clear that a decision was needed right away if the donation was to take place, said Municipal Administrator Marc Dashield. The vote, following statements from Council members as well as the public, was 4-1 in favor. Councilwoman Eve Niedergang, who acknowledged she was “raining on everyone’s parade,” cast the negative vote. “It’s just so much more complicated than it seemed to me originally,” said Niedergang, who spent time at Princeton University’s biodigester, asking questions about its operation and maintenance. She was told that running the biodigester, which would be sited at a farm as yet unnamed, would require a full-time job. Niedergang said she had concerns about who would own the biodigester, runoff it might cause, and other potential issues. A biodigester digests organic material biologically. The connection with MetLife was made by local architect Joshua Zinder, who spoke in favor of the project. “This is about changing lives for the future,” he said. “This is a one-of-a-kind opportunity, and I encourage Princeton to move forward.” According to Dashield, there are three options for running the biodigester. It could be a public/private partnership, a private operation, or a public operation. In the latter, the municipality would haul the organic waste to a farm where the biodigester would be located, and do the processing. That option would cost about $316,000 a year, which is approximately $50,000 less than the cost of the program before it was discontinued due to problems with the private hauler. Some 900 families were members of the former program, paying $65 a year to Continued on Page 9
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Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison Dies at 88 Toni Morrison, a world-renowned writer and Nobel laureate with strong ties to Princeton, died the evening of Monday, August 5 at New York City’s Montefiore Medical Center. Morrison was the Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, at Princeton University. According to an article on the University’s website, she joined the faculty in 1989 and was a member of the creative writing program until transferring to emeritus status in 2006. The website published a statement from Morrison’s family. “It is with profound sadness we share that, following a short illness, our adored mother and grandmother, Toni Morrison, passed away peacefully last night surrounded by family and friends,” the statement said. “She was an extremely devoted mother, grandmother, and aunt who reveled in being with her family and friends. The consummate writer who treasured the written word, whether her own, her students, or others, she read voraciously and was most at home when writing. Although her passing represents
a tremendous loss, we are grateful she had a long, well-lived life.” Morrison’s first novel, The Bluest Eye, was published when she was 40. That, and others she wrote, have been translated into at least 20 languages. After The Bluest Eye in 1970, Morrison wrote Sula (1973), Song of Solomon (1977), Tar Baby (1981), Beloved (1987), Jazz (1992), Paradise (1997), Love (2003), A Mercy (2008), Home (2012), and God Help the Child (2015). Her latest book,
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations, was published early this year. In addition to the Nobel Prize, Morrison won a Pulitzer Prize for Beloved in 1988 and a National Book Critics Circle Award for Song of Solomon in 1978. In May 2019, she received the gold medal from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. She was awarded the American Continued on Page 10
Nakashima Speaks at Hinds Plaza Rally Commemorating Hiroshima, Nagasaki
Monday evening’s commemoration of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki took on a broad, timely message as speakers addressed immigrant detention at the U.S. southern border; recent U.S. shootings in Dayton, Ohio, and El Paso, Texas; and nuclear crises between the U.S. and Iran and North Korea. The event on Hinds Plaza, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA),
began with the peaceful strains of the shakuhachi, a Japanese flute played by Glenn Swann, and ended in candlelight. A minute of silence was observed at 7:15 p.m., which corresponded to 8:15 a.m. on August 6, 1945, when the bomb was dropped on Hiroshima (the Nagasaki bomb was dropped August 9). “Unfortunately, there is no guarantee Continued on Page 8
FESTIVAL ON THE FARM: The 101st Annual Mercer Country 4-H Fair, held last weekend at Howell Living History Farm in Hopewell Township, featured hayrides, animal shows, pony rides, music, magic shows, exhibits, homemade ice cream, and farm tours . Fairgoers share their favorite part of the event in this week’s Town Talk on page 6 . (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)
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