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Dining and Entertainment Pages 32 - 33 PHS Teacher Competes on Jeopardy . . . . . . . . 5 Slave Dwelling Project at Morven . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Book on Talking to Kids About Cancer . . . . . . . 12 “Dear Christine” Arrives at Egypt Station . . . . 23 PSO Tribute to Leonard Bernstein . . . . . . . . . . 24 Salt Paper Ketchup Premieres at Passage Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . 28 PHS Football Edges Cherry Hill East to End 21-Game Skid . . . . . . 39 Martin Starring as Stuart Field Hockey Produces 6-2 Start . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Planners Recommend Redevelopment Zone For Seminary Properties In the second step of a process that would allow Princeton Theological Seminary to redevelop portions of its campus, the Princeton Planning Board voted unanimously Thursday, September 27 to recommend designating it as a redevelopment zone. This tool would allow the town to be more proactive in planning, in turn giving the public a greater ability to provide input and be more involved in the process, according to Jim Constantine and Chris Cosenza of the company LRK Inc., consultants on the project. Princeton Council voted last June to direct the Planning Board to study whether the campus should be designated as an area in need of redevelopment. The seminary’s Tennant-Roberts campus on Stockton Street and the Erdman Center on Library Place were studied by the consultants, who described several of the nine sites as outdated and in need of improvements, prone to flooding, and other problems. Half of the properties are within the Mercer Hill historic district. Some of them front on Stockton Street, while others front on Edgehill Street, Library Place, and Mercer Street. Princeton used the redevelopment statute in the past for the construction of Hinds Plaza. It has also been utilized when the former FMC campus on Route 1 was turned into the location of Princeton HealthCare System, as well as in locations including Princeton Junction, West Windsor, Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township, Ewing and Hamilton Townships, and elsewhere, said Constantine. “It allows a different process than traditional rezoning,” he said. “You can have proactive public participation. You can include non-contiguous properties. You can do a very site-specific conceptual plan. That’s where it’s different from zoning. It gives great control over design. You can engage a qualified developer, which you can’t in traditional zoning. There is a great protection of community interests.” As she did at the Council meeting last June, Edgehill Street resident Elizabeth Brown expressed concern about the three Charles Steadman houses and other historic buildings in the area recommended for the redevelopment zone. She has been told by representatives of the Seminary that they intend to preserve
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Student Needs, Economic Stress Clash
“There is a perfect storm in Princeton,” said Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood Association (WJNA) Co-chair Leighton Newlin in introducing Saturday’s community conversation on the Princeton Public Schools referendum. “Many people are in distress with rising taxes, and at the same time the schools are in need.” With the Princeton Board of Education (BOE) approaching a special session next Tuesday, October 9, by the end of which they intend to finalize the ballot question for a December 11 referendum vote, what that ballot question will include, and how it will be presented remain in doubt. Newlin described the clash as “the most significant issue our town has faced in years.” Also in doubt is the answer to the
question posed in the WJNA announcement of the forum: “Can we arrive at a solution or compromise that works for all?” What is not in doubt is “the challenge,” as PPS has presented it, of “balancing student needs in aging schools” with the stressed economic context in the town of Princeton. With the most recent new building, John Witherspoon Middle School, constructed in 1965 and Princeton High School more than 90 years old, there is a compelling argument for renovations. Superintendent Steve Cochrane described to the gathering of about 100 at the Witherspoon Presbyterian Church the PPS’s needs for safety and security, health and wellness, and space for learning.
He also noted the economic reality of exceptional economic diversity in Princeton, high property values, yearly reassessments, new limits on property tax deductions, already high taxes, and three more years remaining on PPS’s existing debt. Despite the economic adversity, however, Cochrane stated that with demographic projections predicting 700 to 800 more students in the next eight years, “Doing nothing is not an option.” The “current consideration” of the BOE is to narrow the scope of its original plan for a $129.6M referendum package, to focus on the most essential projects: security, HVAC upgrades, PHS renovations, and athletic basics with four new classrooms and guidance department renovations at PHS, as well as the construction of a new school at Valley Road and the purchase and basic renovation of the Thanet Road Continued on Page 8
U .S . Diplomat Calls for American Ingenuity to Foster World Peace
AGING SCHOOL: The Witherspoon-Jackson Neighborhood Association hosted a community conversation on Saturday on the Princeton Public Schools referendum, which includes proposed renovations and possible expansion at Princeton High School . Participants discuss their feelings about the referendum in this week’s Town Talk on Page 6 . (Photo by Erica M. Cardenas)
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In a talk at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs (WWS) Monday, Rick Barton, former United States ambassador and now lecturer at WWS, called for innovative thinking, relying on American ingenuity to break our “losing streak” and make progress in international relations. Promoting his new book, Peace Works: America’s Unifying Role in a Turbulent World, Barton contended, “we are a country that is advantaged in the world, and we should be able to do more than we have been able to do” in helping to build peace in the world. Drawing on more than 30 years of service in global conflict, including more than 40 crisis zones around the globe since 1994, Barton provided analysis, stories, and hard evidence to support his belief that “we have to be grounded in the local people. We have to immerse ourselves in the communities. Start with understanding the local people.” In responding to questions from graduate scholar Caitlin Quinn, Barton advocated using American ingenuity to take creative risks. “The U.S. should think like a venture capitalist, not a pension manager,” he said. He cited examples from Iraq, Afghanistan, Nigeria, and the Continued on Page 14
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Mercer County residents can dispose of unneeded and expired prescription drugs during the National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day on Saturday, October 27, by bringing them to the parking lot across from the Mercer
County Administration Building, 640 South Broad Street, Trenton, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. The goal is to help local residents rid their medicine cabinets of unused and easily abused opioid painkillers, in addition to any other unneeded prescription medications. Hypodermic needles or liquid solutions are not accepted. Addiction or accidental misuse can sometimes happen right from your own medicine cabinet,” said Sheriff Jack Kemler. “So, please look through your medicine cabinet and gather up any unused or expired medications, especially any opioid painkillers.” National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day aims to provide a safe, convenient, and responsible method for disposing of unneeded and expired prescription pills. The program held each spring and fall is conducted by the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office with the assistance of the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration. For more information, contact the Mercer County Sheriff’s Office at (609) 989-6111.
Corrections Lady and the Shallot (“It’s New to Us,” September 26) is open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday. They are closed on Sunday. ——— In a story titled “Council Wants NJ Transit To Address Dinky Suspension” (September 26), John Kilbride was incorrectly identifed as a resident of Princeton. Mr. Kilbride is a resident of East Windsor.
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A Community Bulletin Dinky Service Replacement: NJ Transit has announced that the Dinky train service between Princeton and Princeton Junction will be replaced by buses on weekdays and weekends starting October 14, so that Positive Train Control (PTC) equipment can be installed. Projected completion is mid-January. Clothing Drive: Through October 9, bring gently used clothing and shoes to the lobby of Princeton Family YMCA on Paul Robeson Place. The donations benefit the Rescue Mission of Trenton. Princeton Board of Education Forum: Thursday, October 4, 7 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Road. Candidates will answer questions from the audience in a forum sponsored by the League of Women Voters and videotaped by Princeton Community TV for rebroadcast and posting at VOTE411.org and lwvprinceton.org. Blood Drive: On Sunday, October 7 from 7:45 a.m. to 1:45 p.m. at The Jewish Center, 435 Nassau Street, donate blood if you are between 17 and 75 years of age. Visit http://tinyurl.com/tjc08540 to make an appointment. Honoring Marvin and Ingrid Reed: On Sunday, October 7 at 4:30 p.m., the 2018 Annual Leslie “Bud” Vivian Award for Community Service will be presented at Princeton Public Library. Open to the public. The Mayor’s Bike Ride: Postponed from last month, the ride is now scheduled for Sunday, October 7 starting at 11 a.m. in Community Park South. Join Mayor Liz Lempert on the annual ride through town, stopping at Mountain Lakes House. Cyclists of all ages welcomed and helmets are required. Flu Clinic: On Tuesday, October 9 from 1-6 p.m. at the Suzanne Paterson Building, 45 Stockton Street, the annual flu immunization clinic and health fair will be held. Make an appointment at (609) 924-7108. Free to Princeton employees. Additional clinics will be held November 2 and 9 at Witherspoon Hall. Princeton’s Energy Future: Can Princeton Be Carbon Free? Panel discussion at Princeton Public Library Wednesday, October 17, 7-8:30 p.m., sponsored by Sustainable Princeton. Visit sustain ableprinceton.org for details.
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Watching Jeopardy each evening is a ritual for many, particularly for families who enjoy learning, and showing off and testing their knowledge of just about everything. This Thursday the local Jeopardy television audience will be especially large,
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as watch parties of Princeton High School students and recent graduates tune in to see their social studies teacher Kian Barry match wits with two opponents. At 7 p.m. on ABC, Barry will be seen introducing himself to legendary host Alex Trebek, and testing his knowledge of a wide range of trivia. “Ever yone is extremely excited,” said the 32-yearold Hopewell resident. “I didn’t really bring it up at school. I felt a little uncomfortable. I wanted to be a little more modest, but my students found out by a couple of means. They look up their teachers and they find things out.” He added, “I showed them my picture with Alex Trebek, and the kids are very enthusiastic.” After successfully completing an online test, a written test, a simulated game, and an interview, Barry, who teaches advanced placement (AP) world history and AP European history at PHS, got the word last June that he’d been chosen to be on the show. He flew out to Los Angeles in July for the taping. “They tape five episodes a day, so I got to watch episodes before I went on,” he recalled. “Walking onto the set was surreal. The first time you get behind the podium and look out and see the Jeopardy board is an amazing experience.” B ar r y had to s ig n a n agreement not to divulge details about the game before Thursday night’s show, but he was eager to talk about the experience in general. “I thought I’d be way more nervous than I was,” he said. I was most nervous during the interview. That was the most unprepared I was for anything. I stumbled over my words. That’s the first time you ever meet Alex Trebek, due to regulations that were established after cheating scandals came out in the 1950s game shows. You don’t meet Alex until that moment, and you don’t know what he’s going to say.” He continued, “Other than that, it was so much fun. The hardest part wasn’t recalling details to answer the questions, but rather managing and getting control over the buzzer. Timing the buzzer is the most important part of the game. All of us knew
the answers for most of the questions, and we were all trying to buzz in. It’s just whether or not you get the timing right. If you buzz in too early, you’re locked out. And there’s really no way to practice that.” Early Signs of “Jeopardy” Prowess “From an early age I liked to memorize things,” said Barry, who grew up in East Brunswick and graduated from Rutgers University. “Maybe it was in second grade memorizing all the presidents or the countries of the world. I had to learn the state capitals in second grade, so I decided to learn Continued on Next Page
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“JEOPARDY” MAVENS: “Jeopardy” host Alex Trebek and Princeton High School social studies teacher Kian Barry share a moment on the set during the July taping of a show that will air this Thursday, October 4 at 7 p.m. on ABC. (Photo Courtesy of Kian Barry)
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all the world capitals and the presidents. I fell in love with that idea of memorizing things. I also liked the stories associated with them, and I liked history. So I built a strong associative memory.” Barry has been watching Jeopardy for many years. “As a young kid, I remember trying to get in any answers I could, and ultimately trying to be better than my parents. At some point there was not much competition any more. Every day at seven someone would yell and say Jeopardy was on and we would all run in there.” Barry credits his parents for instilling some of the skills he possesses as a history teacher and Jeopardy expert. His mother, a retired Federal Express service manager, “is very inquisitive and good at memorizing things,” he notes. “She’s the person who always remembers everybody’s half birthday. She contributed a lot to my ability to memorize things, both intentionally and accidentally.” Barry’s father, a retired golf teaching pro, was a history major. “They really emphasized the importance of learning and knowledge — that there was an inherent value in knowing things.” Barry observed that his interest in knowing things, in trivia, and in history were all connected. “You start to seek out other kinds of information. So you build this Rolodex in your head,” he said. “I’ve been indiscriminately curious about many different subjects, and that’s what makes someone good at trivia. It’s also what makes a well-rounded and curious person.” It was this curiosity and thirst for knowing things that led Barry to his chosen career. When he started college he thought he’d eventually go to law school, “but midway through college I realized that law school wasn’t what I really wanted, so I decided to go back to get my teaching degree, and since then I’ve fallen in love with the profession.” In his third year in the social studies department at PHS after starting out teaching at South Brunswick High School and Chatham High School, Barry, who works primarily with juniors and seniors, stated, “I really love being in the classroom every day. I love the excitement of being able to teach kids who have never heard about the things I’m talking about. I continue to learn a great deal every year. The courses challenge me and the students challenge me.” He added, “The students have been fantastic. I try to present things in a fun way. The students have responded well, and I feel really at home here.” Barry, who recently bought a house in Hopewell and is planning to get married next summer, looks forward to his ongoing career in the classroom at PHS. “I really like my job,” he said. “I love where I am and have high hopes I’ll be there for a long time.” A f ter T hurs day n ight, Jeopardy, except when he watches it weeknights on TV, might not figure prominently in Barry’s future, but knowledge, history, and education will. “I’ll never be on Jeopardy again,” he reflected, “but I really like trivia and I’ll still do the same kinds of things. It’s just who I am.” —Donald Gilpin
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“I support the part of the referendum to address the critical facility needs of the six schools. This will cost $27 million, and I will support at another point a reasonable plan to expand the capacity of the schools to meet any overcrowding situations.” —Daniel Dart, Princeton
“I’m sad that the can has been kicked down the road this far, and we’re
at a point where it’s something that we need instead of something that we want. I know it’s going to put financial pressure on a lot of us. I’m sad that the students are dealing with overcrowding.” —Cheryl Fitzgerald, Princeton
“Sustainable Princeton is highly supportive of the energy efficiency
measures that are included with the work being done within the school’s improvements. The energy savings are included in the energy savings improvement plan, which is a $19 million plan outside the cost of the referendum. Energy is an operations savings, so the more we make our buildings more energy efficient, it’s a longterm savings in our building cost.” —Molly Jones, Sustainable Princeton
“I’m opposed to the referendum on how it has been presented because
I think it should be proposed closer to the community’s point of view. Questions need to be answered, and they haven’t been. I think this is very critical.” —Mary Clurnman, Princeton
“I feel that the referendum has not been researched thoroughly enough
so far, and I think there are some better options being discussed in local neighborhoods. The high school absolutely needs some upgrades, and I’m in favor for those additions. There has been no feasibility study done on whether this $129 million bond issue is feasible.” —Don Greenburg, Princeton
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property to house administration, maintenance, and transportation departments. PPS would continue to plan for more extensive expansion at PHS, but would throttle back on implementation. The total bill for the narrowed proposal would be $82.5M, with that plan possibly divided into two questions to be voted on separately: No. 1 including just the essentials at $27M and No. 2 including the 5/6 school and the purchase of Thanet. State aid figures are pending, but the tax impact for individual homeowners would be significantly reduced with the narrowed scope of referendum plans. BOE Chair Patrick Sullivan echoed other calls for compromise and seeking common ground. “What can we come together and agree on today?” he asked. “The schools need upgrades. How can we come together and find common ground? It’s a financially stressful time. We need a compromise. How can we find common ground that’s right for our children and also for vulnerable tax payers? We want to break up the referendum question in a way that allows people to compromise.” Compromise, however, is not on everyone’s agenda. A community group calling itself Yes for Princeton Schools (Y4PS) has gathered more than 450 signatures on a petition in response to the BOE’s suggestion that they might reduce the referendum and postpone expansion and some renovations at PHS. “If the PHS expansion is
not part of the December 2018 referendum, the group fears it is unlikely that Princeton voters will have another opportunity to approve the necessary funding before overcrowding in the high school becomes intolerable and leads to drastic measures, such as morning and evening shifts for students,” Y4PS stated in an October 1 press release. The discussion Saturday, which included many speakers and a wide range of perspectives, continued for about four hours. Last Tuesday’s BOE meeting, devoted mostly to questions and commentary on the referendum, continued for more than five hours. And the discussion continues. “Caught in the middle of all this are the children,” Newlin noted. “If the children aren’t winners, then we are all losers.” Calling for some “outof-the-box thinking,” Newlin went on, “How about if we the community rally behind our children and the schools and petition Princeton University to help us finance this situation, with a $30M gift and a $30M low-interest or no-interest loan?” Cochrane summed up the BOE’s dilemma as it works to compose a ballot question that provides a suitable choice for Princeton residents when they vote on December 11. The Board continues to listen to the community,” he wrote in an email Tuesday. “Following their consideration to narrow the scope of the referendum, they are hearing more and more from those who recognize the need to expand the capacity of the high school and to make
more substantial renovations to that building. “At the same time they are hearing the voices of those concerned about the tax impact of the debt payment, particularly in year three, of the pay-down schedule associated with the full referendum. That tax impact will affect some households more than others, and one solution discussed on Saturday was to create a private fund to assist those homeowners.” He concluded, “There was a belief expressed at the session on Saturday that we can come together as a town to find the right way forward — one that will support the needs of our children and continue to honor the diversity of our town. I believe we will find that path.” —Donald Gilpin
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County Seeks Nominations least one year. Nomination this partnership will add great For Women of Achievement forms and further information value to our program, providThe Mercer County Commission on the Status of Women is seeking nominations for its 2019 Woman of Achievement and Young Woman of Achievement awards program. The Commission, which was established in 1976 to support the development of policies and programs for Mercer County women, is accepting nominations for these awards until Friday, November 9. The Woman of Achievement Award was established to honor a Mercer County resident who volunteers her time to make the county a better place to live, work, and raise a family. The Young Woman of Achievement Award honors a high school student for her outstanding volunteer work within the county. “In Mercer County we are blessed by an abundance of female role models of all ages who volunteer their time and effort to countless good causes, and this is an opportunity to spotlight those deserving women and to thank them for their commitment,” said Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes. Nominees must be Mercer County residents and have performed their volunteer work within the county for the same organization for at
can be found on the Mercer County website or by calling (609) 989-6719 or emailing womenscommission@mercercounty.org. Awards will be presented at a reception on Tuesday, March 26.
J&J Immersion Program Focuses on STEM Challenge
Johnson and Johnson and AWIS New Jersey have partnered to offer “Johnson and Johnson Immersion Program” to the 2018 New Jersey Women in STEM Entrepreneurship Challenge participants. The immersion program will offer an opportunity to the female founders to access an entrepreneurship training module created by Johnson and Johnson leadership. The Johnson and Johnson team spearheading this initiative includes Anna Prilutsky, vice president, Global Baby R&D; Catherine Salerno, vice president of R&D, Global InMarket Product Support; John Bell, vice president of external innovation J&J Consumer R&D; Sandrine Alvarado, senior director, Global Baby R&D; and Mona Nair, vice president of North America R&D and Deployment for Consumer. “We are very excited to work with Johnson and Johnson as
ing an industrial training perspective to the participants,” said Kamana Misra PhD, president AWIS New Jersey. The partnership was facilitated by our Entrepreneurship Advisory Board member Vidya Kishore, head of HR, US Demand Generation at Johnson and Johnson. Misra added “our Advisory Board has a strategic composition where each member has significantly added value to the program. It is an example of what great team work can achieve.” The New Jersey Women in STEM Entrepreneurship Challenge is designed to encourage women who have embraced or plan to lead STEM entrepreneurial ventures. For the first cohort, in addition to cash awards, all eligible participants had an opportunity to participate in the NJIT NSF I-Corps NJ Center for Innovation summer accelerator. Participants were also eligible to receive mini grants up to $2,000 supported by a grant from National Science Foundation. The summer accelerator participation was facilitated by Judith Sheft, associate vice president technology & enterprise development, New Jersey Innovation Institute @ NJIT and an Advisory Board Member for the entrepreneurship outreach.
School Matters PPS and Charter School Settle Lawsuits
The Princeton Public Schools (PPS) and the Princeton Charter School (PCS) have reached resolution on their respective lawsuits, and have affirmed their future collaboration. Their agreement, approved by PCS on September 12 and PPS on September 25, calls for an end to all suits and complaints between the parties, and also includes a credit of $60,000 from PCS to PPS to be paid over the next two years. Both PPS and PCS had sued the other over alleged violations of the open public meetings act (OPMA, the sunshine law), and PPS had also appealed a decision by the New Jersey acting commissioner of education to approve the PCS plan to add 76 new students. “Princeton has two strong public school systems within its borders: Princeton Public Schools and Princeton Charter School,” said PCS School Head Lawrence Patton. “Both districts are pleased to settle the litigation between them and move forward in their missions to serve the children of the families of Princeton.” Looking forward to progress in the relationship between the two schools and also in funding policy at the state level, PPS Superintendent Steve Cochrane agreed. “We are thrilled for this opportunity to move forward together. We want to collaborate on what we can learn from each other. We want to collaborate with the new commissioner of education on his stated commitment to improve the school funding formula. Most importantly we want to collaborate in ways to benefit and support the students we share.” In additional legal matters, a Mercer County Superior Court judge last week dismissed a law suit filed against PPS by Joel Schwartz and Corrine O’Hara of Princeton concerning the use of an electronic voting system at the June 12 Board of Education meeting. Judge Mary Jacobson ruled that the PPS BOE’s use of an electronic voting system does not violate the state’s sunshine law (OPMA).
Somers Named Distinguished Endowed Faculty Chair at Hun
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PDS Names Four New Trustees
Four new members joined the Princeton Day School Board of Trustees last month. In welcoming the new members, Board Chair and Alumna Rebecca Bushnell observed, “We are so fortunate to have such a talented group of new trustees. Each will bring a different background and new perspective to the important work we do throughout the year.” The new board members include Sandy Bing, former faculty member, administrator, past parent, and past trustee, who served as head of the upper school for 18 years, two of which (1982 and 1985) he was acting headmaster; Alanna Bocklage, current parent of two lower school students and president elect of the PDS Parent Association; Anita Gupta, also a parent of two lower school students and a boardcertified anesthesiologist, pain specialist, and pharmacologist; and Jake Silverman, a 1989 PDS alumnus and president of Duff & Phelps, global financial firm based in New York City. In other PDS news, Middle School Head Renee Price has been appointed assistant head of school for academic life, a position she will take on in addition to her current post, according to Head of School Paul Stellato.
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With Princeton Public School Buildings In State of Decay, Improvements Can’t Wait
Arts Council Thanks Sponsors of Sept. 22 Member of Affordable Housing Board Bollywood Event at Princeton Shopping Center Supports Neidergang and Williamson
To the Editor: On Saturday, September 22 the Arts Council of Princeton hosted the fourth annual An Evening with Bollywood event at the Princeton Shopping Center. It was a magical evening celebrating Indian culture for the more than 1,000 attendees who enjoyed an open bazaar market, Bollywood dance performance, and a lively Bollywood-inspired dance party to top off the night. This event would not be possible without the generous support of EDENS, Princeton Shopping Center, Uma Kapoor, whose NachNation dance troupe delighted the audience with their live performance, and the Arts Council staff and volunteers, who worked tirelessly to ensure that it was a great evening for everyone. And, thank you to the community for supporting this event — the outpouring of enthusiasm was amazing to see. Fall is a busy time for us. Some of the community’s favorite family-friendly events are coming up, such as Finding the Great Pumpkin and Day of the Dead; both at the Princeton Shopping Center — and, the 30-plus year tradition of the Hometown Halloween Parade on Palmer Square. As always, these events are free and open to everyone. The community support of the Arts Council continues to be outstanding. On behalf of the staff and trustees, I thank you for helping to support our mission of “Building Community Through the Arts.” JIM LEVINE Interim Executive Director, Arts Council of Princeton
To the Editor: Princeton Public School buildings are in a state of decay and inadequate for today’s students, never mind tomorrow’s. Many of our students perform well despite the lousy facilities — certainly not because of them. Rankings and average test scores don’t tell the whole story. They don’t measure the opportunities lost because there isn’t enough space to offer an elective course or special subject; they don’t measure the failure of an instructor to provide adequate attention to a student falling behind because they have too many charges; and they definitely don’t measure the level of anxiety felt by adolescents navigating crowded hallways and cafeterias in addition to their own educational futures. It is understandable that residents would voice concern about the proposed facilities improvements in light of an already high tax burden. But much of the dialogue around the opposition, including from parents with children in the public schools, demonstrates an unfounded lack of trust in the elected volunteer school board to devise a reasonable plan to address our current facilities problems. A School Board seat is not usually a stepping-stone to higher political office. There is no motive to misuse taxpayer resources. Lack of trust in the Board of Education, especially from the school system’s natural proponents, serves only to make it far less likely necessary improvements will be made. Princeton is a great town for many reasons. But unless we trust our elected representatives and seriously invest in our To the Editor: school buildings, public education won’t be one of them. When my family moved to Jefferson Road in 2011, there JOE ARNS were no young children on our block. Today there are 15, Philip Drive ranging from the 7-month-old next door to the fifth grader across the street. Our block is living the demographic changes happening in Princeton. Young families are moving in, many of them attracted to our town’s reputation for strong public schools. That reputation — and, most To the Editor: important, the educational futures of our children — now I support the letter on Princeton’s Composting program hang in the balance. [“Sabotaged by Poor Communication,” Mailbox, Sept. 26]. The Board of Education has crafted a comprehensive I have always believed in composting and recycling. It is $129.6 million referendum proposal to bring our facilities a priority of mine to care for the Earth that we have been into the 21st century and to make space for the 700 adprivileged to inherit, and leave it in good shape for our ditional children expected to enter the district by 2027. descendants. After my move just over two years ago, we Now they need to put it up for a public vote. But some decided to use the Princeton Green Bucket program instead squeaky wheels have gotten the Board’s attention and they of maintaining our own compost heap. may vote to scale back the referendum by more than one I have always been grateful for the services which our third at their Oct. 9 meeting. This new proposal would local (high) taxes provide for us. Compared to many town- have two questions: the first ($27 million) would include ships, these are excellent. However in over two years upgrades to security, HVAC, and mechanical systems at I have never had a single communication from the Green all schools, and the second ($55 million) would include Bucket Program reminding us of the rules. I was told that the building of a new 5/6 school to alleviate overcrowding composted soil will be available to members of the program at the elementary schools and John Witherspoon Middle in the spring, and an email would be sent as to its avail- School. Any major renovation of Princeton High School ability. I NEVER received this. ($47 million) would be shoved off to an unspecified later I would suggest communicating with brightly colored date. Parsing out the referendum this way sends a message stickers placed on the bin when needed, or even an active to the community that overcrowding is not a real issue. email program would help correct our “plastics problem.” Have you visited PHS lately? Students can barely get to I hope that improved communication will support and class on time because of the sheer numbers circulating maintain this vital sevice. through the narrow, 1920s-era hallways. Kids are losing YVONNE MACDONALD out on popular computer science classes and chemistry Leabrook Lane labs because there’s no room in which to teach them. In fact, PHS is already nearly 200 students over capacity, and the middle school is 125 students over capacity — and growing. If we do nothing, my second grader may enter a middle school in 2022 that is 48 percent over capacity. In 2027, when he is a junior in high school, PHS may be 39 percent over capacity. Meanwhile, our Board would be consumed by putting together yet another referendum for another year, rather than focusing on equity, improving curricula, and hiring and training teachers. The reputation of Princeton’s schools would suffer, and potentially our home values too. I urge the Board to allow Princeton voters to decide which improvements to fund by putting the full proposal, including a major renovation of PHS, up to a public vote. Please join the 400 residents who’ve signed the Yes for Princeton Schools petition at www.yes4princetonschools. org if you also wish to have a voice in how our schools grow. If you’re undecided, please go see for yourself and be part of the discussion. Take a parent-led tour of PHS on Oct. 6 (tours leave from the flagpole at 9:15 a.m., 10:30 a.m., and 11:45 a.m.) or attend the Oct. 11 community info session at 7:30 p.m. in the JW auditorium. The kids are coming. Voters need to decide in what kind Theodore Davis of schools we will educate them. NICOLE PEZOLD-HANCOCK St. Bartholomew's Jefferson Road
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To the Editor: Of the major challenges facing the Princeton community, finding and providing for an affordable home is high on the list. This community has always supported affordable housing not just as an ideal, but also followed through with construction such as Griggs Farm and Washington Oaks. I have been involved with providing and maintaining affordable housing for more than 25 years as a member of the Princeton Affordable Housing Board and a commissioner on the Princeton Housing Authority. As the community is aware, the town has an obligation to provide a total of 753 units of affordable housing by 2025. Achieving this goal will require the community’s traditional commitment to affordable housing and leadership supporting its construction. Fortunately, two candidates for Princeton Council, Eve Niedergang and Dwaine Williamson, are committed to affordable housing and will work hard to insure that the town meets its affordable housing obligation. They deserve this community’s support. ALVIN MCGOWEN Race Street
Ideas to Help Solve Overcrowding In Schools and Reduce Cost of Bond
To the Editor: A major objective of the PPS referendum is to eliminate the overcrowding in all schools. The following ideas will help to solve that problem and simultaneously reduce the cost of the referendum bond. To achieve these savings, PPS and the BOE could: 1. Add a second floor in each of the K-5 schools. 2. Convert all K-5 schools to become a K-6 School. 3. Keep in place the Valley Road School complex with the administration and the busses until the Westminster CC status is finalized. If as is hoped the lawsuit will chase away the current buyers, PPS could buy from WCC five acres of land overlooking the Middle School and then sell the VRS complex for an estimated $20-25M. 4. Remove the plan to build a new 5/6 school from the referendum. This removal will reduce the size of the bond by $40M, and will save another $2-4M of future annual operating expenses for new staff, a/c, heating, etc. 5. Remove the plan to purchase the Thanet property. Not only will it reduce the cost of the referendum by $12.6M, it also will restore the loss (PPS is a nonprofit org.) of the $230,000 in taxes the current owners pay the town of Princeton. More so, it will eliminate the need for PPS to become a landlord. 6. Since the High School population will not grow in the next three years, remove the $16.2M expansion cost from the referendum and restudy the future demographics of the H.S. to determine future needs. 7. Vote NOW to issue a $27M bond to immediately start all needed physical plant repairs, renovations, safety features, HVAC work, etc. The latter should be coordinated with 1 above. 8. Commence a study to determine the costs of 1 and 2 above. Then, review the need and cost of any project listed in the referendum excluding 4, 5, 6, and 7 above. The current total cost estimate of these projects is: $129.6M minus ($40M+$12.6M+$16.2M+$27M) = $33.8M. PPS will get the space needed, but the winners will be the Princeton tax payers whose previous estimated referendum tax impact will be reduced by about 50 percent. The cost details could be worked out in a few months by PPS, BOE, and members of the Princeton community. It is thus suggested that to explore all new ideas, new costs and newly revised plans, the second referendum should be postponed to April 2019. RALPH PERRY Random Road (Presented to the Princeton Public School Board of Education Sept. 25, 2018)
League of Women Voters Announces Public Forum With Board Candidates
To the Editor: It’s election time, and the League of Women Voters is compiling the responses of candidates— from Senate to Princeton Council and School Board — for its online Voters’ Guide, www.VOTE411.org. Princeton voters will be able to see their entire ballot on VOTE411 starting the week of October 8. On Thursday, October 4 at 7 p.m., candidates for the Princeton Board of Education will answer questions from the audience in a forum at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation, 50 Cherry Hill Road. Princeton Community TV will videotape the event, to be rebroadcast and posted at wvprinceton.org and VOTE411. The deadline to register is October 16. More information and forms for registering or requesting mail-in ballots can be found at lwvprinceton.org. The League hopes voters will attend the October 4 Board of Education forum, visit VOTE411, and, most important, VOTE on November 6. CHRYSTAL SCHIVELL League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area, Monroe Lane
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Books “Finding Einstein’s Brain” Subject of Labyrinth Event Library Live at Labyrinth will host Princeton resident Dr. Frederick Lepore discussing his book, Finding Einstein’s Brain on Wednesday, October 10 at 6 p.m. Follow ing his death in 1955, Einstein’s brain was removed and preserved, but has never been fully or systematically studied. In fact, the sections are not even all in one place, and some are mysteriously unaccounted for. Labyrinth and the Princeton Public Library invite you to come hear about the afterlife of Einstein’s brain, the controversy surrounding its use, and what its study represents for brain and/or intelligence studies. A c c o r d i n g to S c i e n c e Magazine, “With this original book, [ Lepore ] gives Einstein’s brain a second life and offers the reader a rare opportunity to discover the distinctive features of a genius’s brain, while insisting
on the explanatory gap that still exists between brain and mind.” Brain Journal comments: “Finding Einstein’s Brain isn’t just about neuroanatomy …. It also contains wonderful discussions about relativity, other aspects of physics, and the personalities of the physicists Einstein hung out with. Lepore’s writing combines erudition, unexpected asides to the reader, and occasional interjections of humour.” Frederick Lepore is a professor of neurology and ophthalmology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Jersey. He is a clinical neuro-ophthalmologist, designer of the Optic Nerve Test Card, and has written over 125 scientific publications including “Dissecting Genius — Einstein’s Brain and the Search for the Neural Basis of Intellect.”
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Labyrinth and Princeton University’s Alumni Association will present “She Roars: Four Princeton Alumnae Authors Present Their Books” featuring Katherine Chen, Marie Marquardt, Liza Mundy, and Laura Vanderkam. The event will take place on Thursday, October 4 at 2 p.m. Katherine Chen is the author of the novel Mary B: An Untold Story of Pride and Prejudice. Marie Marquardt, whos e prev ious books include Dream Things True and The Radius of Us, is chair of El Refugio, a nonprofit that serves detained immigrants and their families. Liza Mundy, the author of Code Girls: The Untold Story of the American Women Code Breakers of World War II, is a former reporter at The Washington Post and contributes to numerous publications including The Atlantic, TIME, and The New York Times. The author of Off the Clock: Feel Less Busy While Getting More Done, Laura Vanderkam is the bestselling author of What the Most Successful People Do Before Breakfast. Her work has appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, Fortune, and other publications.
Hermione Hoby, Seniors Reading at Labyrinth
British author, journalist, and cultural critic Hermione Hoby and five seniors in the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing at Princeton University will read from their work at 6 p.m. on Friday, October 5 at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street. The reading is part of the C. K. Wil-
liams Reading Series, named in honor of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Awardwinning poet who served on Princeton’s creative writing faculty for 20 years. The series showcases senior thesis students of the Program in Creative Writing alongside established writers as special guests. Featuring student writers Sonia Joseph, Simi Prasad, Jordan Salama, Carson Welch, and Max West, the event is free and open to the public. Hermione Hoby’s debut novel, Neon in Daylight, published earlier this year by Catapult in the United States and Weidenfeld & Nicolson in the United Kingdom, was called “a radiant first novel” by The New York Times. She writes about culture, especially books, film, music, and gender, for the Guardian, The New Yorker, The New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement, and others. She teaches in the creative writing department at Columbia University.
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Why were some of the students killed during protests in the 1960s considered “martyrs” while others were labeled “delinquents” or “looters”? Alison Isenberg, professor of history and codirector of the Princeton-Mellon Initiative in Architecture, Urbanism, & the Humanities, examines the Join us for a creative of art-making by thePart exhibition photography of urbanday youth unrest andand fatalactivities violenceinspired in the 1960s. of the Nature’s Nation: Art and Environment. Refreshments will be Picturing served. 1968/2018: Cities American on the Edge series. In conjunction with the exhibition Protest. A reception the Museum free and open tointhe public will follow.
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With statistics suggesting that about one in eight women in the United States will develop invasive breast cancer during her lifetime, October — Breast Cancer Awareness Month — has become a key time for advocates of research, care, and advances in genetic testing. Among them is Shannon Pulaski, a Millstone native who has written a book to help parents start a conversation with children about their family’s health history. Mom Genes, published in August by Cure Media Group, is a direct result of Pulaski doing just that with her 7-year-old twin daughters and 4-year-old son. “This book is two-fold,” said Pulaski, who will read from the book at 11 a.m. on Friday at Princeton Playspace, 745 Alexander Road. “It’s for kids, but also for adults who can maybe step back and consider what is in their family tree. I’m hoping not only to help have that conversation between parents and children, but also to change the way people communicate with doctors about their family history, because it is so important.” Pulaski knows this only too well. When her twins were infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) seven years ago, she learned that her mother had been diagnosed with ovarian cancer. Pulaski got herself tested for the BRCA gene and learned she was carrying the gene mutation that greatly increases the risk of developing cancer.
“My chance of getting breast cancer was 72 percent, and ovarian cancer about 40 percent,” she said. “So it really triggered a need for me to understand how I could be more vigilant and proactive about my health, especially as a mom.” That vigilance means Pulaski is a frequent visitor to doctors’ offices. “Because I’m proactive and a BCRA carrier, I’m there all the time,” she said. “So my children have questions. I decided to start talking to them about it, but I didn’t want to overwhelm them or introduce topics that I think are beyond what they need to know.” Mother and children began sketching pictures together. “We had all of these drawings and conversations,” Pulaski said. “And I thought, maybe we should make a book out of this. So we pieced it together, as a family, and it began to look like a good idea. I ended up hiring an illustrator, but the kids created the context for the final illustrations.” Family health history is “a constant conversation in the house now,” added Pulaski. “It’s about understanding that your genes can impact your health, and you need to understand that. I’m making my children better, stronger, and more active participants in their health.”
The picture book is intended as a starting point for what can be difficult conversations. It includes interactive elements such as a search and find game and a simple family tree for young children. Future editions of the series are planned, focusing on specific genetic predispositions. The book is available on amazon. com. Pulaski, who is an attorney as well as an author and patient advocate, volunteers as an educational ambassador for Bright Pink, a nonprofit advocacy organization focused on early detection and prevention of breast and ovarian cancers. She also serves on the Young Leadership Council for The Basser Center for BRCA at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a strong advocate for genetic testing, which is getting more specific all the time. “Almost every time I talk to someone, there is a story about their family or someone they know,” she said. “With all of these advances in the genetics field, everything is changing and in the future, we’ll all have a lot more options. And once a patient understands this, they can get in front and advocate for themselves and their families and make informed decisions.” —Anne Levin
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Balkans in the 1990s, however, warning, “Don’t send a single soldier until you know at least 100 people in the country.” Barton was the first assistant secretary of state for the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations (201114), U.S. ambassador to the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations in New York (2009-11), senior advisor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (2002-9), deputy high commissioner for refugees at the United Nations (1999-2001), and founding director of USAID’s Office of Transition Initiatives (1994-
99). He is currently codirector of the Scholars in the Nation’s Service Initiative at Princeton University. In presenting his case on the proper focus for U.S. resources, Bar ton posed the question to his audience : “Would you rather see $500M spent on a new embassy in Baghdad or on training 500 people to learn the language and work in the country to connect with the local residents?” Contrary to the audience’s vote and the arguments of Barton’s book, the U.S. built the embassy (at a final cost of about $700M). “We’re much better off working with local people,” Barton continued. “We have to expand our trust.” He
went on to talk about the silent majorities of people we need to connect with in many countries: “women and young people who are motivating a lot of the change, business people. These are populations that are available for us to team up with. We need to connect with these populations where they are.” He noted that after his many years in the diplomatic world, “My dependence on the local people is much greater than it has ever been.” Among his examples of successful efforts to achieve local changes, he described commercials purchased on Sarajevo TV amidst the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s;
seeking to get into people’s minds with the message “Make Peace Your Future”; and the development of a reality show, Dawn in the Creeks, that ran on all five Nigerian TV networks to capture the public imagination and counter the dangerous, pro-violence national narrative. In discussing the current status of the United Nations, in response to a question from the audience, Barton was surprisingly optimistic. “A moment like this is a great moment for the U.N. to step up. There is a vacuum in world leadership. It has to seize this opportunity and make some changes. The Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is a skilled politician who can take advantage of this moment. I’m hopeful.” As far as problems on the domestic front are concerned, Barton recommended some of the same techniques that have worked on the person-to-person level locally overseas. “Star t w it h get t ing to know 100 Americans you didn’t know a year ago,” he said. “We have our own echo chambers in this country. We have to make sure we hear other people and understand their arguments.” Barton’s final word to the WWS audience was to get interested and engaged. “Read the book and take action,” he said. —Donald Gilpin
HSP Commemorates School Integration Anniversary
PEACE WORKS: Ambassador Rick Barton introduced his new book and called for American inTo commemorate the 70th genuity and a venture capitalist way of thinking to help foster peace throughout the world, in anniversary of the “Princea conversation with graduate scholar Caitlin Quinn at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson ton Plan,” the Historical SoSchool of Public and International Affairs on Monday. ciety of Princeton (HSP) is
hosting a panel discussion at its Updike Farmstead headquarters on Thursday, October 18, at 7 p.m. A school integration process that went on to be nationally recognized, the Princeton Plan combined two elementary schools, the Nassau Street School, and the Witherspoon School, in 1948. The discussion will contextualize the event in the broader national and regional historical context of desegregation, as well as inform about the local impact and national reverberations of the Princeton Plan. Featured speakers are Kevin M. Kruse, professor of history at Princeton University, and local historian Shirley Satterfield, a member of the first integrated class at the Nassau Street School. “This event promises to be an engaging exploration of this powerful time in our history,” said Izzy Kasdin, HSP executive director. “We’re so lucky to have two speakers who will provide insights that range from hyper-local to national on the topic of desegregation.” This program is presented in conjunction with exhibitions about the Princeton Plan at the Historical Society of Princeton and the P r i n ce ton Ro om at t h e Princeton Public Librar y this fall. This program is free and open to the public, thanks to support from the New Jersey Commission on Holocaust Education and Genocide Studies. Space is limited, and advance registration on HSP’s website, www.princetonhistory.org, is recommended.
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Dav id Ig nat ius, t w ice weekly foreign affairs columnist for The Washington Post, analyst for NBC, and a New York Times bestselling author, will give a public talk, “America and the World in 2018: A Journalist’s Personal Tour,” at Princeton University on Wednesday, October 3 at 4:30 p.m. in Rober tson Hall’s Author Lewis Auditorium. In addition to his regular reporting on the foreign affairs policies of the Trump ad m in is t rat ion, Ig nat ius has turned his experiences reporting on the CIA into 10 spy novels. Previously, he has served as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal and executive editor of the International Herald Tribune. He has published articles in Foreign Affairs, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic, and The New Republic. A regular guest on Morning Joe, Ignatius has appeared on Face the Nation, Fareed Zakaria GPS, and Meet the Press. As The Post’s foreign editor, he supervised the paper’s Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait. A book sale and signing of Ignatius’ new high-tech spy novel The Quantum Spy (2017) will follow the discussion. Ignatius is visiting the Woodrow Wilson School as part of its Christian A. Johnson Endeavor Foundation Leadership through Mentorship Program.
Naval Historian Lectures On First Submarine
On Thursday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m., naval historian Chuck Veit will give a free illustrated lecture on the Alligator, the Navy’s first submarine. The talk will take place at the Unitarian Universalist Church on Route 546 in Titusville. The story of the Alligator, its missions, and its loss, is told against the history of underwater vessels in the first half of the 19th century. In the late 1850s, on the Delaware River at Philadelphia and on Rancocas Creek in New Jersey, an immigrant French engineer named Brutus de Villeroi built a submarine. It was to be used
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You are Invited to the Party of the Century At the 11th hour, on the 11th day, of the 11th month of 1918, World War I came to an end. The 28th U.S. president, Woodrow Wilson, would go down in history for leading America through the Great War. Please join Robert Carr, Founder and CEO of Give Something Back, to honor the 100th anniversary of the conclusion of World War I at his home, the historic residence of Woodrow Wilson. In the pursuit of happiness, come and enjoy a lively part of your afternoon, complete with displays of memorabilia, live entertainment and a special guest appearance by Woodrow Wilson himself. Proceeds will help provide college scholarships, mentoring and hope to students who have faced fierce childhood challenges such as foster care, homelessness or the incarceration of a parent. Sunday, November 11, 2018 from 1:00 P.M. to 6:00 P.M.
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Art
“MOBY AND JULIET”: The paintings of Rye Tippett are on view in “If It Was the Moon,” running October 6 to 27 at Morpeth Contemporary in Hopewell. A reception is Saturday, October 6 from 6 to 8 p.m.
“WONDERLAND”: Glitch artist Phillip McConnell and expressive pop artist Chris Ernst will collaborate via playing off each other’s unique styles in “The Remix,” running October 7 to 26 at Gourgaud Gallery in Cranbury. An opening reception is Sunday, October 7 from 1 to 3 p.m.
“The Remix” Exhibit At Gourgaud Gallery
The Gourgaud Gallery, located in Town Hall, 23-A North Main Street in Cranbury, presents “The Remix,” an exhibit on view October 7 through October 26. A reception is Sunday, October 7 from 1 to 3 p.m. A remix is a piece of media which has been altered from its original state by adding, removing, and/or changing pieces of the item. This style is mainly seen in music, but applies to visual art as well. When two artists with vastly different styles seek each other out to create a new style of mixed media only one thing can come from it. For “The Remix”, Omn7 abstract surrealist glitch ar tist Phillip McConnell and expressive pop artist
Chris Ernst will collaborate via playing off each other’s unique styles. While McConnell specializes in glitch art — a digital art form, Ernst specializes in expressionist pop art which works largely in acrylic paint. Each artist will create roughly five-10 of their pieces to be “remixed” by the other. Some glitched pieces will become paintings and some paintings will be digitally altered to become entirely reimagined pieces. Each style will play off the other. The expressive goal of the show is to highlight the many ranges of expression that can be found when remixing an existing piece of art. The artwork is for sale, with 20 percent of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury
Arts Council is accepted as payment. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday October 7 and 21, from 1 to 3 p.m. For more information, visit www.cranburyartscouncil.org.
“If It Was the Moon” at Morpeth Contemporary
Morpeth Contemporary, at 43 West Broad Street in Hopewell, presents the works of Rye Tippett in “If It Was the Moon.” The exhibit runs October 6 to October 27. A reception is Saturday, October 6 from 6 to 8 p.m. Tippett is largely a selftaught painter, intensely obser vant, who explores themes both light and dark, humorous, and eerie. He is a Bucks County native for whom, as for the Pennsylvania Impressionists, the traditional repre-
sentation of earth and sky is a matter of basic formal vocabulary. What separates Tippett is that his landscapes are stages for the unexpected: a whale, warship, or train may hover in his air, and spirits roam his woods. The mythological imagery and dreamlike scenes reveal an affinity for the Symbolist Movement of the late-19th century and its artists — Redon, Klimt, Bocklin, and others. Tippett calls this latest exhibit “If It Was the Moon,” and the moon can appear “out of nowhere,” as he puts it, the moon whose “light dances late at night,” the moon that “just creates imagination” is as good a symbol as any for the unnameable magic in all real art. Morpeth Contemporary is located at 43 West Broad Street in Hopewell. For more information, call (609) 333-9393 or visit www.morpethcontemporary.com.
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A new art exhibit, “Trenton Art Puzzle,” featuring the work of nearly 200 individuals, opens October 5 in the BSB Gallery at 143 East State, Trenton. The exhibit will be on display through October 26. BSB Gallery is open Thursday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The Trenton Art Puzzle was developed to engage Old Trenton neighborhood residents in an art-making activity, while also developing their awareness for the iconic shape of the city of Trenton. In several paint sessions offered throughout the neighborhood to people of all ages and backgrounds, the artists provided blank puzzle pieces cut out in the shape of the city. All participants were encouraged to paint their experiences, their hopes for their community, representations of neighborhood landmarks, symbols of their cultural identity, or simply beautiful abstract expressions. “As members of the Trenton artist community, we believe that art is a powerful tool to facilitate dialogue and catalyze positive
change. We are thankful for all our community partners for their participation and suppor t of this project,” said curators Aylin Green and Bruce Lindsay. The exhibition of these painted puzzle pieces prov id e s a n out le t for t h e thought and work of each of these community members. It provides the opportunity to come together and be seen as the total sum of their efforts together. During the exhibition of the puzzles, the interior and exterior elements can be mixed in an ongoing evolution. “It is excit ing to host ‘Trenton Art Puzzle,’” said Tom Gilmour, executive director of the Trenton Downtow n A ssociation. “T his unique exhibit is a homegrown reflection of the buzz generated by the continuous exhibitions that highlight the extraordinary work being created in Trenton. The Trenton Downtown Association opened the BSB Gallery to support the Creek to Canal Creative District and provide a platform to showcase all the amazing Trenton artists.” For more infor mat ion, visit bsbgallery.com.
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“ABOVE AND BEYOND”: Oil paintings by Maxine Shore and Bill Jersey will be on display at Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville from October 4 through November 6. An opening reception is October 6, 5 to 7 p.m.
“Above and Beyond” At Artists’ Gallery
Artists Maxine Shore and Bill Jersey will exhibit oil paintings expressing their personal visions of landscape that go above and beyond the natural world in “Above and Beyond,” on view October 4 through November 4 at Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville. An opening reception is Saturday, October 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. Maxine Shore is an awardwinning artist who has exhibited her work throughout the United States and is included in many private, public, and corporate collections. She is a contemporary colorist who uses color and light in an effort to transform the ordinary into the extraordinary. Inspiration for her paintings often comes from travel to places near and far that spark her imagination. Shore is more interested in interpreting how a place makes her feel than simply reproducing how it looks. “In my art, nature provides a springboard for the color and light I envision in my imagination,” she says. “Reflections of light on water, the way a breeze animates a scene, the filtering of light through leaves — these natural phenomena illustrate what I enjoy exploring in my paintings. Painting has given me tremendous pleasure and I am delighted that my work elicits that joy in others.” Bill Jersey’s route to success as a painter was very different from that of most artists. As a child, art became his escape from the constraints of a fundamentalist upbringing. A short stint in the Navy gave him a chance to attend a Christian college as an art major. But the religious film company that hired him was contracted to make its first commercial feature. It became the iconic horror film, The Blob, on which Jersey was the art director. But documentaries, not features, became Jersey’s career. For 60 years he produced award-w inning films for networks and PBS, yet art was always his passion. When Bill and his wife moved to Lambertville in 2008, art became his primary focus. The gallery is open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment. For more information, visit www.lambertvillearts.com.
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D & R Greenway Land Trust’s Marie L. Matthews Gallery hosts the art exhibition “Delaware Dreams: Return to the River” through November 9. Place-based artists include Anne AboHarb, Bob Bar ish, Kate Graves, Erica Harney, and Frank Sauer. Curator Diana Moore has gathered a multimedia extravaganza honoring the Delaware River and its historic, multiproductive valley. Rarities feature Kate Grave’s sculptures of legendary sturgeon and Frank Sauer’s close-up portraits of fig buttercups and wood anemones. The gallery walls are studded with Bob Barish’s evocations of Delaware River and Canal bridges from the 1800s to the 21st century. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: D&R Greenway is at One Preser vation Place, Pr inceton, of f Rosedale Road. For more information, visit www.drgreenway.org.
Area Exhibits A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Br idge Street, L amber tville, has “Above and Beyond: Maxine Shore and Bill Jersey” October 4 through November 4. An opening reception is October 6, 5 to 7 p.m. www.lambertvillearts. com. Arts Council of Prince to n , 102 Wit herspoon Street, has “Annual Members Exhibition” through October 6. www.artscouncil ofprinceton.org. Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall, Princeton University, has “Civil Rights in Comics” through November 15. Blawenberg Café Gall e r y , 391 R o u t e 518 , Blawenberg, has “Inspired by Love” through November 12. www.alantaback.com. D & R Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, has “Species on the Edge” through October 12 and “Delaware Dreams: Return to the River” through November 9. www.drgreenway. org.
Park, Park s ide Avenu e, Trenton, has “Pushing 40” through November 10 and “40-for-40” through January. www.ellarslie.com. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “James Carl: oof” through January 5, “James Carl: woof” and “Masayuki Koorida: Sculpture” through March 17, and other exhibits. w w w.groundsforsculp ture.org. Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “Einstein Salon and Innovators Gallery,” “Princeton’s Portrait,” and other exhibits. $4 admission Wednesday-Sunday, noon4 p.m. Thursday extended hours till 7 p.m. and free admission 4-7 p.m. www. princetonhistory.org. James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “American Moderns: The Legacy of Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest” through October 21 and “30 Years: Art at the Michener, 1988-2018” through January 6. www.michenerart museum.org. M or p e t h C o n te m p o ra r y, 42 Broad St reet, Hopewell, has “If It Was the Moon” October 6 to 27. A reception is October 6, 6 to 8 p.m. www.morpeth contemporary.com. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “A Gentleman’s Pursuit: The Commodore’s Greenhouse” through October 21. www.morven.org. Pr inceton Universit y Art Museum has “Frank Stella Unbound: Literature and Printmaking” through October 23. ( 609 ) 258 378 8. w w w.ar t m u s e u m. princeton.edu. We s t W i n d s o r A r t s C e n te r, 952 A lexander Road, has “STEAM Series: [sin ‘Thedik] Landscape” through November 2. (609) 716-1931. www.westwindsor arts.org.
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Carlo Coppola’s The Pestilence of 1656 Reflections on Art and Illness
Thursday, October 11, 5:30 pm | 10 McCosh Hall Join us for a discussion of Carlo Coppola’s The Pestilence of 1656 and the role that images play in shaping our responses to illness. Cosponsored by the Humanities Council. Speakers include:
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Hilary A. Parker, the assistant vice president and chief of staff in the Office of the President, will become the vice president and secretary of the University effective July 1, 2019, upon the retirement of Robert K. Durkee, who has been serving in that role since 2004. The appointment was approved by the board of trustees at their Sept. 22 meeting on the recommendation of President Christopher L. Eisgruber. Durkee, a member of the Princeton Class of 1969, began working at the University in 1972 as assistant to the president. In 1978 he was appointed vice president for public affairs, a position he held until February 2018. In 2004 he took on the added responsibilities of vice president and secretary. He will formally retire from the University upon the completion of the current academic year. “In a Princeton career spanning five decades, Bob Durkee has rendered incomparable service to this University,” Eisgruber said. “He has counseled five presidents wisely, written innumerable statements beautifully, and worked diligently and effectively on countless matters critical to the University’s well-being and future. Princeton has many loyal alumni, but few in its history have done so much for their alma mater as Bob Durkee.” “For my four years as an undergraduate and my 47 years in Nassau Hall, Princeton has given me almost daily opportunities to learn, to grow, and to work with students, faculty, staff, alumni, presidents, trustees, neighbors, and others to help shape and strengthen this University, in support of the values for which it stands. For this I am deeply grateful,” Durkee said. As assistant vice president and chief of staff, Parker, a member of the Princeton Class of 2001, plays an important role in advancing the University’s strategic priorities and works closely with Eisgruber and other senior leaders on a range of projects that require the president’s attention. In a reorganization that will merge the offices of the president and the vice president and secretary, Parker will retain several elements of her current portfolio when she assumes the role of vice president and secretary. She will continue to manage selected projects related to the University’s strategic initiatives, major development priorities and presidential outreach. She will also assume the University secretary’s portfolio, which includes administrative responsibility for the board of trustees of the University and oversight of the official convocations of the University. “A s my as sis tant v ice president and chief of staff, Hilary Parker has made outstanding contributions to our strategic planning process and to the initiatives that emerged from it,” Eisgruber said. “I am delighted that she will maintain these responsibilities in her new role, and I am confident that she will execute the secretary’s additional responsibilities with distinction.” Eisgruber said that the assistant vice president and
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“Dear Christine” Arrives at Paul McCartney’s “Egypt Station”
rying to remember the last time I spent all day glued to the TV, the best I can do is September 11, 2001. Last Thursday my attention was focused on a 51-year-old stranger who was tenuously holding her own under the glare of the national spotlight. As she spoke shyly but unsparingly about the most traumatic moment of her life, I found myself pulling for her as if she were an old friend. When the first half of the Senate hearing on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh was adjourned, I searched online for the song I’d been thinking of during the cross-examination’s most stressful moments. All it took was typing in “Dear Christine,” by Klaatu, a Canadian group named after the traveler from another world in The Day the Earth Stood Still. Love songs like this one live and breathe with feeling and make you instantly emotional, particularly if you’ve just spent a supremely intense period of time empathizing with a woman named Christine. The McCartney Connection Klaatu’s claim to fame was a mediadriven rumor similar to the Paul McCartney-Is-Dead hoax that came to a head 50 years ago. A series of clues put together by a journalist and disseminated by various DJs suggested that the band’s 1976 debut LP was actually a disguised Beatles reunion album secretly recorded after the Break-Up Heard Round the World. Although “Dear Christine” appeared on Klaatu’s third album, released in 1978, the depth of feeling expressed reminds me of a McCartney ballad called “I’m Carrying,” one of his most beautiful and least known compositions. Unmentioned in any of the four McCartney biographies available at the Princeton Public Library and hidden away on the 1978 Wings album London Town, the song comes and goes almost before you have time to realize that the glowing essence of film romance has been put to music and delivered in just under three minutes. “Dear Christine” is a more symphonic expression of the same emotion: an entire relationship rendered in miniature. The singer is away at sea, “in the King’s service,” writing “with quill in hand ... to bridge the endless blue”: “Dear Christine I hold you dearly/If only you could hear me/I send my love sincerely.” So, with keyboard in hand, I’m sending this message of admiration and appreciation. Paul Lives! The irony of that morbid half-centuryold exercise in Beatles paranoia is that Paul has not only survived John and George by decades, he’s still making instantly recognizable McCartney music on his latest release Egypt Station (Capitol). While there’s nothing here to equal the aching poignance of “I’m Carrying,” the sense of something personal and deeply felt surfaces in “Do It Now,” which was inspired by his father, and “Confidante,” a loving tribute to his old Martin guitar. He explains the back story for both songs online in “Words Between The Tracks.” “‘Do It Now’” was my dad’s big catch phrase …. So this has always been in my
mind. So I’m on a journey … I’ve been invited to go, I’m going in my imagination, somewhere, and the idea is if I don’t do it now, I may never get to this place …. My dad would have said, ‘Go on this journey now. Don’t leave it too late.” “Confidante” might be John Lennon (“I fell out of love with you/And brought our romance to an end”), except for the reference to “my under-the-staircase friend,” which McCartney clarifies by talking about the time “when we first got guitars” and the Martin was “like a friend, a mate” you could tell your “secret thoughts and troubles to.” As it happens, John’s friendship actually is evoked, if inadvertently, in the idea of “longlost anthems” chanted in “our imaginary world.”
“Hand in Hand” on that piano (“which is special to me”). To this day he keeps both the piano and the Martin guitar within reach. The Cover The cover of Egypt Station is a bolder, brighter incarnation of a painting McCartney did after viewing images from a reference book about Egypt; thus the two sunflowers, the ibex with its elongated horns, the cedar tree, the sitting dog. The idea for a title came from the resemblance of the lines at the bottom to railway tracks. The colors have a pleasingly primal purity, something like the visual equivalent of what Bob Dylan was talking about in 2007 when he spoke of McCartney’s “effortless melodies … that’s what you have
Family Values “Do It Now” makes a familial match of sorts with “Let It Be,” the inspirational anthem Paul wrote for his mother Mary, who died in 1956. In Philip Norman’s biography, Jim McCartney gets credit for both phrases. Whenever “Paul or his brother Mike wanted to postpone a boring task,” their father’s response was always “D.I.N., Do it now”; if they were quarrelling, he’d tell them to ‘Let it be.” In fact, Paul brought Mike along on the journey, citing him at the beginning (“My brother told me/Life’s not a pain”) and end (“I’ve been taken for my younger brother”). In the liner notes he wrote for his previous album New (2013), McCartney says that some songs “came as late night inspirations when I played my dad’s old piano.” According to his comment between the tracks of Egypt Station, he also composed
to be in awe of …. Everything that comes out of his mouth is just framed in melody.” Looking for the Beatles After more than a week of listening in the car, the kitchen, and the living room, I’m still coming to terms with Egypt Station. Like previous McCartney solo LPs, this may be as close as we can come in the 21st century to the experience of opening and playing a new Beatles album, although nothing I’ve heard has the Beatlesque dimensions of numbers like “Friends to Go” from Chaos and Creation in the Backyard (2005), “Only Mama Knows” on Memory Almost Full (2007), and the title song from New (2013). After playng Egypt Station yet again, I put on Rubber Soul to see if I thought any of the new songs would have made the cut. Helped by improved production values, an infectious romp like “Come
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On To Me” seems a sure thing, as does “Dominoes,” which could be the most interesting composition on the album and one I think the other Beatles would have admired. After lines like “As time goes by, we’ll laugh and cry/It’s in the past” and “We broke the code and walked the road/That never ends,” the domino effect is simulated in the chorus, “And lines of dominoes are falling/Into place ignoring everything in their way/And all the telephones keep calling/Constantly imploring us to come out and play.” There’s a sense that the Beatles are the “we” that laughed and cried in the past, broke the code, and walked the long and winding road that never ends. “Despite Repeated Warnings” The longest and most musically ambitious piece on Egypt Station bears a title that resonates even more today than it would have after the 2016 election. In his between-the-tracks comment claiming that climate change is the subject, McCartney doesn’t name “the person symbolic of certain politicians” who calls global warming “a hoax,” but there’s a hint of Trump in the first lines (“Despite repeated warnings/Of dangers up ahead/The captain won’t be listening to what’s been said”), and he’s unmistakably there in the upbeat call to arms: “How can we stop him/Grab the key and lock him up/If we can do it/We can save the day.” McCartney imagines the Titanic and “a mad daft captain” who knows the iceberg’s up ahead and plows right on anyway. The piece ends with a triumphant mutiny: “So we gather around him/Now the ropes that have bound him/ Prove that he should have listened/To the will of the people.” The last lines are repeated in a rousing call to resistance, “It’s the will of the people.” “Is Your Conscience All Right?” After watching the ugly, dissonant second half of the Senate hearings on the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh, I wasn’t thinking about music of any kind, least of all a love song evoked by the grace under fire of the morning witness. What would be appropriate? Maybe some heavy metal from the period when Brett Kavanaugh was going through kegs and blacking out? Or how about “Death on Two Legs” by Queen — “Is your conscience all right?/Does it plague you at night?/Do you feel good?” gypt Station offers some sing-along remedies for the current state of affairs. For the courage of Christine, “She’s a rock.” For ranting in-your-face white Republican senators, there’s the song Paul wrote for his grandkids in regard to bullies and trolls. It’s called “Who Cares?” and begins, “Did you ever get hurt by the words people say/And the things that they do when they’re picking on you?” After a reference to “the games that they play” comes the chorus: “Who cares what the idiots say? Who cares about the pain in your heart? Who cares about you? I do.” —Stuart Mitchner
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Princeton Symphony Orchestra Opens Season With Tribute to Leonard Bernstein
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here is a lot of Leonard Bernstein in concert halls these days ; in commemoration of the 100th anniversary of the iconic composer’s birth, performers worldwide are participating in Bernstein at 100, a two-year global celebration. Princeton Symphony Orchestra joined the party this past weekend at Richardson Auditorium by devoting the opening concert of the 2018-19 season to music of the American legend. A clear sign of growth and success, Princeton Symphony Orchestra has expanded its classical series to two performances of several of the classical concerts this season. Saturday night’s performance (the concert was repeated Sunday afternoon) brought several of Bernstein’s more popular works to life, featuring two stellar solo performers. For this opening concert, Princeton Symphony music director Rossen Milanov chose to focus on Bernstein’s stage works. Among the most popular of these is On the Town, a high-spirited musical Bernstein created while America was in the throes of World War II. Later made into a successful movie starring Gene Kelly and Frank Sinatra, On the Town was derived from a 1944 ballet score. The Three Dance Episodes presented by PSO Saturday night gave the ensemble the opportunity to capture the saucy elements of the music while emphasizing Bernstein’s syncopated rhythms, which always keep both performers and audience off-kilter. Milanov built dynamics in the opening “Dance of the Greater Lover” slowly, with crisp brass punctuating lush string music. The second “Pax de Deux” Episode, played in a slow and languorous tempo, was marked by elegant solos from trumpeter Jerry Bryant and English horn player Lauren Williams. As evidenced throughout the entire evening; clarinets play a prominent role in Bernstein’s stage music, which clarinetist Phillip Solomon reaffirmed in the third Dance Episode. Aided by jazz color from alto saxophonist Bryan McNamara, Milanov closed the Dance Episodes by whipping the orchestra into a musical frenzy in a raucous yet contained ending. Bernstein’s most immortal stage production is without a doubt West Side Story, which was represented Saturday night by the West Side Story Suite for Violin and Orchestra, arranged by award-winning Broadway orchestrator William David
Brohn. Featured in this performance was guest soloist Daniel Rowland, whose playing exploited all the ranges and characteristics of the violin. Brohn arranged the solo violin part of this Suite in virtuosic fashion, well capturing the melodies and dramatic conflicts of Bernstein’s musical. Rowland’s solo line began in an improvisatory style, but he showed himself just as capable of conveying a sweet love tune as a fiery passage laden with double-stops. Rowland played an especially elegant obbligato line to the dance music of Tony and Maria. “Tonight” was conveyed as a series of graceful duets among Rowland, principal cellist Alistair MacRae, and concertmaster Basia Danilow. Rowland’s closing cadenza was full of virtuosic fireworks and quick double-stops, as Milanov brought the Suite to a close with a spirited recall of the jazzier themes in the music. Bernstein’s setting of Voltaire’s Candide was first performed in 1956 and since that time has been a popular stage attraction, both in its entirety and through excerpts of the overture and vocal selections. PSO presented a crisp rendition of the overture, and saved the show-stopper for soprano Meghan Picerno, who sang “Glitter and be Gay.” Satirical and comic in its storyline, this aria is loaded with stratospheric ranges for the soprano, including multiple notes above high C. Picerno did not flinch from any of it, casually sauntering onstage in character and gradually becoming mad as a hatter in an aria bordering on insanity. This aria harked back to the era when composers used coloratura writing to convey demonic possession, and Picerno used the whole stage (including a few willing participants in the audience) to convey her obsession with jewelry and the finer things of life. “Glitter and be Gay” is one of the most difficult arias in the repertory, and Picerno clearly has it well within her wheelhouse. n exuberant Candide Suite, arranged by Charlie Harmon, closed the concert, featuring instrumental solos by MacRae, hornist Douglas Lundeen, and oboist Nathan Mills. Expansion of the classical concert series to Saturday night looked to be a success for Princeton Symphony, and the ensemble is off to a great start for the new season. —Nancy Plum
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Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s next classical series performances will be on Saturday and Sunday, October 27, 28, with performances of Beethoven’s six piano concertos in the two concerts. Conducted by Marcelo Lehninger, they will feature piano soloist Inon Barnatan. For information visit www.princeton symphony.org.
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Princeton University Orchestra’s first concerts of the season are October 20 at 7:30 p.m. and October 21 at 3 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium on the campus. Ruth Ochs conducts the program, which features concerto competition winner Henry Peters ’20 on marimba. On Tuesday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m., the orchestra presents the Orchestra of the Accademia Teatro Alla Scala on their United States tour, also at Richardson. Ivan Fisher, internationally known conductor, leads the orchestra. The October 20 and 21 concerts pay tribute to Leon-
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suite. The program also includes Hector Berlioz’s Symphony Fantastique and contemporary French composer Emanual Sejourne’s Concerto for Marimba and Strings. Soloist Peters, a junior in the computer science department, said, “I’m thrilled to be able to play a concerto with the full orchestra. Many people have never heard a marimba concerto before, and I’m excited to be able to show this great piece to so many people.” Tickets are $15 ($5 for s t u d e nt s ) . Vis it m u s i c . princeton.edu or call (609) 258-9220. The program for the Orchestra of the Accademia Teatro Alla Scala is Rossini’s overture to La gazza ladra, Mendelssohn’s fourth symphony and Tchaikovsky’s fifth symphony. The touring orchestra has performed at theaters and festivals across the globe, led by such conductors as Zubin Mehta, Yuri Temirkanov, Fabio Luisi, and Gustavo Dudamel. This concert is free, but tickets are required. Visit music.princeton.edu or call (609) 258-9220.
2018-19 Season Announced By Jazz at Princeton University
Jazz at Princeton University begins its season November 14 and continues performances through May 11. Guest artists include Blue Note Records trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, legendar y voc alis t Nnen na Freelon, and Grammy winner and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington. Faculty leading groups include Jazz at Princeton head Rudresh Mahanthappa, Trineice Robinson-Martin, Jay Clayton, Matthew Parrish, and Darcy James Argue. In April, Jazz at Princeton will present Princeton University’s first-ever outdoor Jazz Festival. “This year’s Jazz at Princeton program is going to be extraordi-
Justine Aronson Westminster Symphonic Choir Presents “Romantic Revelries”
The Westminster Symphonic Choir, joined by the Westminster Festival Orchestra and Westminster Choir College student soloists and conducted by Joe Miller, will present a concert of opera arias and choruses titled “Romantic Revelries” on Saturday, October 13 at 8 p.m. at the Princeton Meadow Church and Event Center. They will be joined by guest artist and Westminster alumna Justine Aronson, soprano. The program will feature selections from some of opera’s most well known works, including Verdi’s Il Trovatore, Tchaikovsky’s Eugene Onegin, Donizetti’s Lucia di L ammer mo or, Puccini’s La Bohème and Strauss’s Die Fledermaus. Tickets are $35 for adults and $25 for students and seniors and are available by phone at (609) 921-2663 or online at www.rider.edu/ arts. The Westminster Symphonic Choir has recorded and performed with major orchestras under virtually ever y internationally acclaimed conductor of the past 85 years. It is composed of juniors, seniors, and graduate students at We s t m i ns ter Choir Col lege. In addition to this performance, the ensemble’s 2018 -19 season includes performances of Handel’s Messiah with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Jona-
Clamantis Choir from Estonia, singing both Gregorian Chant and contemporary music based on Gregorian Chant, and including the A merican premiere of a new work by composer Arvo Pärt. On November 30 and December 1, composer and cellist Zoë Keating, will be performing long musical phrases on her cello, using various technologies to record them on the spot, superimpose them, and build up dense layers of melodies that collide dramatically on top of each other. On February 1 and 2, the young tenor Nicholas Phan will sing Franz Schubert’s 1823 “Die Schöne Müllerin,” accompanied by pianist Myra Huang. The season will conclude on March 8 and 9 as film and theater actor Paul Lazar delivers John Cage’s revolutionary lecture “Indeterminacy,” accompanied by and coexisting with Cage’s rhythmically propulsive percussion music, performed by Sandbox Percussion. Composer Dav id L ang
became artist-in-residence in July 2016 and continues his appointment in 2018– 19 to pursue his creative and intellectual work and exchange ideas with scholars from all disciplines. As part of the program, Lang curates the Edward T. Cone Concert Series, named for noted composer, teacher, pianist, and author Edward T. Cone, a supporter of the arts and humanities at the Institute and elsewhere. The Artist-in-Residence program was established in 1994 to underscore the Institute’s dedication to scholarly and artistic endeavors. All concerts in the series will take place at 8 p.m. in Wolfensohn Hall at the Institute. Concert talks, providing discussions of the music in the program and related topics, will be held each Friday following the performance. The concerts are free and open to the public, but tickets must be reserved online. Seating is limited. For further information about tickets and the Institute’s Artistin-Residence program, visit www.ias.edu/air.
CLASSICAL AND COMICAL: American Repertory Ballet (ARB)
presents “Coppelia” at the State Theatre in New Brunswick Rum & Onions Plans Halloween Contra Dance on Friday, October 19 at 8 p.m. The three-act ballet about mis-
Costumes are encouraged at the 39th Halloween Contra Dance being held Saturday, October 27 by Rum & Onions at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road. D u ga n M u r p hy i s t h e caller and music is by the more than 40 players of Rum & Onions, led by Bob Pasquarello. An afternoon dance for experienced dancers is at 3 p.m. A potluck supper begins at 6 p.m., followed by the evening dance from 7:30 to 11 p.m., with a refreshment break at 9 p.m. Participants must bring s of t- s ole d, non - mark i ng shoes that are carried rather than worn into the gym. The shoe policy will be strictly enforced. For more information, or to volunteer at the event, visit www.princetoncountrydancers.org or call (908) 359-4837.
taken identity tells the light-hearted story of Franz, a village boy engaged to Swanhilda, who becomes infatuated with a life-like doll created by the eccentric inventor, Dr. Coppelius. The ballet was originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon in 1870. ARB’s Shaye Firer and Aldair Monteiro are pictured in the lead roles here. Visit stnj.org for tickets.
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Edward T. Cone Concerts Announced for Institute
The 2018–19 Edward T. Cone Concert Series, curated by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer David Lang, begins this month. In his third season as artist-in-residence at the Institute for Advanced Study, Lang will guide participants through programs performed by Vox Clamantis Choir, Zoë Keating, Nicholas Phan, and a joint concert by Paul Lazar and Sandbox Percussion. The season will open on October 19 and 20 with the Grammy Award-winning Vox
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PIANO RECITAL: On Sunday, October 14, Kairy Koshoeva presents a program of Bach, Mozart, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff at Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike. The concert is at 3 p.m. Koshoeva has won prizes around the globe for her playing, and in 2003 was named Honored Artist of her native country Kyrgyzstan. Admission is $20 ($10 students).
than Cohen, and Mozart’s Requiem in D Minor with the Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Bernard Labadie and the New York Philharmonic conducted by Manfred Honek. Miller is conductor of the Westminster Choir and the We s t m i ns ter S y mphon ic Choir. He is also director of choral activities at Westminster Choir College of Rider University. In addition to his responsibilities at Westminster, Dr. Miller is artistic director for choral activities for the Spoleto Festival USA and director of the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir. He is also founder and conductor of the Westminster Summer Choral Festival Chamber Choir, a program that offers professional-level choral and vocal artists the opportunity to explore challenging works for one week each summer on the Westminster campus. A r o n s o n’s r e p e r t o i r e spans the traditional and the contemporary, with performances that embrace the unexpected. She has appeared in concert as a soloist with Lucerne Festival Academy, Bang on a Can Summer Festival, Bard Music Festival, String Orchestra of Brooklyn, Carlsbad Music Festival, Brightwork New Music, Princeton Pro Musica, Reno Kantorei, Choral Arts Society of Philadelphia, Masterwork Chorale and the Westminster Summer Festival. For the HEAR NOW Music Festival, Aronson premiered William Kraft’s orchestrations of his Settings of Pierrot Lunaire, a performance for which she received critical acclaim. Tickets are $35 for adults and $25 for students and seniors and are available by phone at (609) 921-2663 or online at www.rider.edu/ arts.
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nary,” said Mahanthappa. “With the contribution of so many of jazz’s most articulate voices — both as guest artists and ensemble leaders — we are thrilled to offer performances that will engage, inspire, and entertain students, educators and the community at large. I am also excited that we’ll be hosting our first outdoor jazz festival.” Jazz at Princeton’s six major student ensembles include the Creative Large Ensemble directed by Darcy James Argue, Small Groups I and A directed by Mahanthappa, Small Group X directed by Matthew Parrish, the Jazz Vocal Collective directed by Trineice Robinson-Martin, and the Vocal Improvisation Ensemble directed by Jay Clayton. The first concert in the series is Wednesday, November 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the Taplin Auditorium of Fine Hall. The Jazz Vocal Collective, Jazz at Princeton’s elite vocal jazz ensemble directed by Trineice Robinson-Martin, performs original arrangements of classic and contemporary jazz compositions. Admission is free. For more information and tickets, viisit https://music. princeton.edu/events/jazzvocal-collective-1.
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A City Restaurant Confronts Gentrification in “Salt Pepper Ketchup”; Edgy, Probing Drama Receives a Strong Premiere at Passage Theatre
assage Theatre is opening its season with the first professional production of Salt Pepper Ketchup. Playwright Josh Wilder was born and raised in Philadelphia, where the play is set; this is reflected by the script’s urgent realism. Director Jerrell L. Henderson, who directed the equally thought-provoking Caged for Passage’s previous season, has elicited uniformly strong performances from the gifted cast. In the Point Breeze neighborhood, John Wu runs the Superstar Chinese-American Takeout; he plans to purchase the building as soon as he is able to get a loan. His wife Linda, who also is Chinese-American, cooks the meals and attempts to keep the restaurant clean. As portrayed by Chuja Seo, Linda is comparatively soft-spoken, but her body language — particularly when she taps the wastebasket with a dust pail — clearly conveys her mood. The first thing the audience sees is Colin McIlvaine’s elaborate scenery. Various Chinese meals clearly are for sale, as are candies and soft drinks. The brick wall is grease-stained, and in addition to the furniture, a wastebasket is visible in one corner. This amount of detail will prove to be integral to the story. As the national anthem blares over the sound system, John places American flags on his walls. Ostensibly this is to celebrate passing his citizenship test, but it also can be interpreted as claiming territory. Fenton Li infuses John with gruff resolve. He is a man determined to defend every inch of his space. As such he is a natural adversary for Paul, a white man who enters to sell memberships to the New Bold Community CoOp, an establishment that sells expensive health food. As Paul, Justin Pietropaolo consistently lets the smooth-talking character test the personal space of others — just as the co-op is intruding on the neighborhood. CeCe, an African American woman, is one of the Wus’ most loyal customers. Her child’s picture is one of several that hangs on the plexiglass that separates the kitchen from the dining area. In front of John, Paul points out to her the amount of money she is spending at the restaurant, and contrasts it with the co-op’s $100 membership fee. CeCe is put off by the cost of the membership, but Paul offers her a payment plan of $20 a month. She accepts, in an
attempt to eat more healthily, nourish her child, and take advantage of the potential the co-op appears to offer. Kendra Holloway gives CeCe a brisk, matter-of-fact demeanor. Linda expresses dissatisfaction with John’s lack of participation in maintaining the restaurant, and with their life. She is interested in Paul’s offers of affiliation with the co-op, and is frustrated by John’s dismissal of them. She shows John a letter rejecting their application for a loan, and chides him for not working with a Chinese bank, as she has urged him to do. We learn that the Wus are working to enable their son to be with them. For a price, Raheem and Tommy — two African Americans who are regular customers of the Wus — offer to scare Paul away. The performances by Jaron C. Battle as Raheem, and Mark Christie as Tommy, make clear that their characters are shrewd, bitter, and have experienced similar situations many times. Boodah, who is CeCe’s cousin, quietly urges John not to listen to them. However, John reluctantly accepts their offer, offering them food as a “down payment.” He calls Paul and requests a meeting after closing time. At the meeting, Paul tells the Wus that the co-op is interested in partnering with them, so that they can adapt as developers effect changes in the neighborhood. John
is suspicious, but Linda persuades him to sign the contract. Not unlike CeCe, she pragmatically decides that a more secure future lies in accepting the changes that Paul is bringing, rather than fighting them. CeCe storms in to demand that Paul refund her money. She is incensed by the coop’s price for apples ($2.50 apiece), and quips that they didn’t “come from Eden.” She also is upset that the cashier, Megan, told her that the co-op has not been approved to accept food stamps, and that “not everybody uses” them. Paul declines the refund, but offers her a gift card. She calls Boodah, tells him that she is being robbed, and asks him to come to the restaurant. Until this point, Boodah has been something of a calming influence. However, his instinct to protect his cousin momentarily changes him; he and Tommy assault Paul. Throughout most of the play, Richard Bradford plays Boodah as a man of thoughtful reserve, so the character’s actions here are the shock they need to be. The police arrive and arrest Boodah, Tommy, and CeCe. Paul protests that he is working at the co-op to pay off his student loans; “And there are no jobs available. So I live here and I’m trying to make the best out of it,” he protests to the audience. After the intermission, we see that the restaurant has been thoroughly changed. The wall has been painted, and decora-
“SALT PEPPER KETCHUP”: Performances are underway for “Salt Pepper Ketchup.” Directed by Jerrell L. Henderson, the play runs through October 14 at Passage Theatre. Paul (Justin Pietropaolo, left), a representative of a food co-op, shows restaurant owners John Wu (Fenton Li) and his wife Linda (Chuja Seo) an article about their new partnership — but the results are different from what has been promised. (Photo by Jeff Stewart) “Salt Pepper Ketchup” will play at Passage Theatre in the Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street in Trenton, through October 14. For tickets, show times, and information call (609) 392-0766 or visit passagetheatre.org.
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tions have been added to reflect stereotypical perceptions about Asian culture. Because the sets are so detailed, we can see how much time John has spent establishing his business, and how much has now been changed against his will. Linda is pleased that the walls are clean, but John is infuriated by the changes in décor — though Paul reminds him that their contract permits the renovations. The situation does not improve when the Wus meet Megan, the cashier whom CeCe encountered. She has been promoted to a managerial position, and sent to discuss changes in menu and pricing at the restaurant. Miriam White infuses Megan with sprightly eagerness. When CeCe enters to apply for a job, Megan is receptive, and John decisively undercuts her authority by decisively hiring CeCe. Paul, however, objects to employing “a criminal.” The conflict worsens when Megan’s peanut allergies affect her, and Paul decides that Linda should no longer be in charge of the kitchen. Like CeCe, she has tried to be part of a system that ultimately spits her out. Wilder’s script is multilayered, and explores numerous themes. Gentrification, and racial tensions fueled by economic practices that disadvantage minorities, are focal points of the play. However, differences in motivation within the disparate communities complicate relationships between the realistic characters. The gatekeepers — John, Tommy, and Raheem — oppose the changes to the neighborhood. The pragmatists, Linda and CeCe, try to work with those who are bringing the change. The play underlines the necessity of solidarity to preserve a community. To an extent, Paul and Megan genuinely want to connect with the community their business is affecting, but they lack the cultural or societal understanding to do it meaningfully. Ultimately, that is what Salt Pepper Ketchup contributes; it facilitates conversation within communities about the issues it addresses. Indeed, it is worth audience members’ time to stay for the stimulating post-show discussions. his production is a collaboration between Passage, and Philadelphia’s InterAct Theatre Company, where it will be staged after the run in Trenton has ended. —Donald H. Sanborn III
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Catch a Rising Star, the comedy club at the Hyatt Princeton, has announced its roster of comics for the current season. The club begins its fall season Friday and Saturday, October 5 and 6 with Chris Laker. Named a New Face at the Montreal Just for Laughs Comedy Festival in 2011, Laker recently appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live!. He has hosted a variety of shows (The Show at The Creek and the Cave, The Laker Awards ) and podcasts : “This Week in Jackin’,” “Heteronormative,” and “Overslept.” This past year Laker has been opening for Mike Birbiglia on his “Working, It Out” and “The New One” tours. Next is “clean com ic” Steve Schaffer, on October 12-13. He has appeared on television shows including VH1’s Stand Up Spotlight, Comedy Central ’s The A-List, FOX’s Comic Strip Live, Evening at the Improv and NBC’s The Tonight Show. In Atlantic City and Las Vegas, Schaffer has
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f painting is on your summer agenda, Princeton’s new Kucker Haney Paint store at 47B State Road is the place to go. “We focus on being a fullser v ice Benjamin Moore dealership. We walk customers through their project from beginning to end, from start to finish,” explains Sue Haws, Kucker Haney Paint color consultant. “This includes interior and exterior, and painting furniture. We bring professional knowledge to help customers with their entire project.”
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Jus t op ene d i n Apr i l, Kucker Haney Paint is the third paint store owned by Jim Haws. These include one in Hamilton and another in East Windsor. Kucker Haney has a long history. The business was founded in 1950 in Trenton as Haney Paint Center by Blll Haney and former employees of the Hooper Paint Company. In 1957, Don Haws, president of Haney Paint, merged the store with Tom Kucker of Kucker Paint, forming the current company. Major Supplier In time, the business became a major supplier of
coatings to commercial contractors and industry. Needing to expand, it moved to its current location in Hamilton in 1976, and then to East Windsor in 2014. Jim Haws joined the company in 1986, and is now president. The Princeton Store is a Benjamin Moore “Store of the Future, featuring all the Benjamin Moore colors in a 24-foot wall of color,” says Sue Haws. “The Benjamin Moore company is dedicated to independent dealers, those independently owned and operated. At Kucker Haney, we believe that the personal touch and expert advice, along with our premium quality products, allows us to compete effectively with the larger box stores. “At Kucker Haney, our employees provide quality ‘how to’ information, accurate color matching, and technical support for customer projects. They take time to address customers by name and are attentive to supplying them with the correct products to complete their projects. We will try to answer every question, and we are all about personal attention to the customers’ needs.” Princeton is a good match for Kucker Haney, she adds. “S ome B enjam in Moore dealerships had closed in the area, and we thought this would be a good opportunity. We are the only full-service Benjamin Moore
dealer in t he Pr inceton area.” The store is filled with an array of paint and painting supplies. Interior and exterior paints are available, as are stains, faux finishing products, wallpaper, brushes, and a complete range of painting supplies. “Benjamin Moore is set apart by better color retention (less fading), durability, and it is environmentally green. It has low or zero VOC (volatile organic compounds). Kucker Haney strives to offer the latest technology — from industrial, residential, and architectural coatings to the newer low odor, low and zero VOC interior and exterior waterborne paints,” explains Sue Haws. Color Trends “We also stay on top of color trends. There are color trends in paint, as in everything — fashion, interiors, etc. The current color of the year is Caliente (red). Gray is popular now for interiors, and it’s a nice neutral. We also see lots of white, off white, cream, etc.” Including accent colors on walls is a favorite of many customers these days. “A focal wall is when you want to focus on that particular wall, adding different colors,” she points out. “This became popular when the open concept in interior design began to catch on, and it adds interest.”
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Wallpaper is also ver y popular today, she adds, and Kucker Haney has a big selection, with many sample books. “Wallpaper is another way to create a focal point in the room,” Customers will certainly find everything they need in this store, and with a convenient, accessible arrangement of products both for retail and commercial clients. The 24 feet of paint color samples is like a rainbow of vibrant possibilities. Brushes of all kinds and sizes, Old Master stains, Modern Masters faux finishing products, Zinsser primers, sandpaper, solvents, sponges and sprayers, chalked paint for refinishing furniture, finishing products to fill in cracks on furniture — the list goes on. Sponge finishing, glitter paint (especially popular for kids’ rooms), and cleaning supplies are all available. There is paint for metal surfaces and a variety of colors for concrete floors. If you need it, Kucker Haney has it! Paint is available in quart and gallon sizes (fivegallon for contractors). Many Services “It is very important to clean the brushes after use,” points out Haws. “Brushes using waterborne paint can be cleaned in water, those using oil paint with a solvent (thinner).” Among the many services at Kucker Haney is the opportunity to take a paint test sample home to try out the color in the client’s own environment and decor. In
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New Kucker Haney Paint Store on State Road Offers Full Range of Benjamin Moore Products
PAINTING PREFERENCE: “We are a full-service Benjamin Moore paint company. Benjamin Moore is paint like no other! It is environmentally green, with zero VOC, long-lasting, and durable.” Staff members at the new Kucker Haney Paint store on State Road look forward to sharing their quality Benjamin Moore products with customers. Shownfrom left are Kelly Poper, Sue Haws, and Scott Lucas. addition, people can bring in pictures of their rooms and get advice from the staff. “The choices are very dependent on personal taste,” notes Haws. “T here are many variables when painting and so many different products. Application and preparation are so important. “Also, regarding cost, we have a number of options to fit different budgets. And we have sales and promotions as well.” The Kucker Haney stores have helped many loyal customers over the years, she adds, and a growing group of clients has found the Princeton store. “We are very encouraged. There has been such a positive response. Customers are coming from Princeton and the area, including Hillsborough, Bucks County, etc. They are excited about
having a full service Benjamin Moore dealership here. They love the products and appreciate the helpful and knowledgeable service we offer. “We believe we are set apart not only by our high quality products and attentive service, but because we live and work in the communities. We are familiar with what is needed, and we have always been active in the communities and try to give back. “We look forward to growing the business, selling more paint, and welcoming more customers. We enjoy meeting everyone and helping them with their projects.” Kucker Haney Paint is open Monday through Friday 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Saturday 8 to 5. (609) 2122900. —Jean Stratton
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arly in the second quarter of its Ivy League opener at Columbia last Friday evening, the Princeton University football team was clinging to a 13-10 lead over the Lions. With Columbia having marched 75 yards to score a touchdown to draw within three points and 14:51 remaining in the first half, it seemed like the momentum could be shifting to the hosts. But Princeton senior quarterback John Lovett shifted into high gear, rushing for a one-yard touchdown, hitting Stephen Carlson for a sixyard TD pass, and engineering a 58-yard march in the waning moments of the half that ended with a Nicola Ramos field goal as the Tigers turned the tight contest into a 30-10 lead by halftime. That 17-0 run proved pivotal for No. 23 Princeton, which went on to win 45-10 over the Lions before 5,327 at Robert Kraft Field in improving to 3-0 overall. “We had a nice drive and a touchdown and then an interception followed by a touchdown and then got the ball again and got a field goal,” said Princeton head coach Bob Surace. “Then we got the ball to start the second half and we got a long run by Collin Eaddy and a 13-10 game is now 3810. That is sometimes how it goes; we had a really good stretch there. Our effort was
so good and you kind of felt like we are close to getting this thing in our favor.” The Tiger ground attack, which rolled up 360 yards, was particularly impressive considering that Columbia entered the evening yielding just 35 yards a game on the ground to rank second in the nation in rushing defense. “I thought we were going to do better than 35; we had a really good plan and I thought we looked good in practice,” said Surace. “I wasn’t expecting 360. We weren’t going to ignore the run just because they are really stout. We did some really nice things schematically. The players bought into it and prepared real well. We really finished our runs; that was a huge part of it as well.” The play of Lovett, who rushed for a career-high 174 yards with two touchdowns and passed for 135 yards and two scores, was a huge factor in Princeton’s success. “There is a comfort level with the great quarterbacks,” said Surace of Lovett, who was later named the Ivy Offensive Player of the Week, the sixth time he has earned the honor, which matches him with Keith Elias ‘94 and Quinn Epperly ‘15 for eighth-most all-time Player of the Week honors in league history. “We have had a few of them in the past few years; they take the entire team up
with their energy level, their confidence, and their poise. The receivers run their routes harder, the line blocks harder, and the backs finish their runs harder. John just exudes that with some of the plays he made in terms of effort.” Sophomore running back Eaddy made some great plays, gaining a career-high 102 yards on six carries, highlighted by the 66-yard TD jaunt early in the third quarter. “It just seemed like every time we needed a first down, he was going down the field for 12 yards,” said Surace. “Collin has practiced well; he had a terrific camp. We feel that he and Charlie [Volker] have given us a really nice one-two punch.” The Tiger defense enjoyed another nice effort as junior defensive back T.J. Floyd had two interceptions and senior lineman Mike Wagner came up with two sacks. “I thought they are playing a young quarterback and if we can disrupt him, we may have some opportunities for turnovers,” said Surace, whose team held the Lions to 80 yards rushing and 133 passing. “T.J. Floyd made two terrific plays on interceptions. Wagner has been a terrific guy in terms of pass rush throughout his career, and the strip sack he had was a really nice play.” In reflecting on the team’s dominant 3-0 start, which
has seen it outscore its foes 146-26, Surace credited the defense with setting an aggressive tone. “I love our effort, we are just running to the ball on defense,” said Surace, citing the play of Jeremiah Tyler, Tom Johnson, Mark Fossati, and Ben Ellis. “Those guys in the middle of the field are really hustling. We are making errors here or there; we are not perfect but we are overcoming the imperfections because of our effort and that has stood out.” Surace is also getting a very good effort on the other side of the ball.“Offensively it is just the finish,” said Surace. “Our running backs are finishing their runs, our linemen are making blocks, and our receivers are finishing catches. We are doing a good job with that; those are good qualities to have. If you have talented players and they do those things and they execute, you have a good chance to be successful.” Princeton will need keep doing those things in order to be successful as it hosts Lehigh (1-3) this Saturday. “The second we get a relaxed mode or think we have arrived, we are not going to get there,” said Surace. “We have a lot of good senior leaders who understand that the hour or two hours we practice has to be essential so that we are locked in. We handled the first three weeks really well with the preparation. If we are going to be successful this week we are going to have to do the same thing.
TOUGH LOVE: Princeton University quarterback John Lovett looks for an opening in a 2016 game. Last Friday evening at Columbia, senior star Lovett rushed for a career-high 174 yards with two touchdowns and passed for 135 yards and two scores to help Princeton roll to a 45-10 win over the Lions in the Ivy League opener for both teams. The 23rd-ranked Tigers, now 3-0 overall, host Lehigh (1-3) on October 6. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
It doesn’t mean we are going to win if we prepare, but if we don’t prepare, we are not going to win.” While the Mountain Hawks uncharacteristically bring a losing record into the contest, Surace knows they are a dangerous foe, having defeats to such formidable teams as Navy and Villanova. “Lehigh has played an incredible schedule; they are
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Natalie Grossi recorded her third straight shutout and the 21st of her career for the Princeton University women’s soccer team as it hosted Dartmouth last Saturday afternoon. But junior goalie Grossi was disappointed with the outcome as Princeton played the Big Green to a scoreless stalemate through regulation and 20 minutes of overtime, moving to 6-2-2 overall and 1-0-1 Ivy League. “It is tough because now it is just a battle; we wanted to go 7-0 in the Ivy League and now that won’t be the case,” said Grossi, a native of Woodbridge, Ontario, who now has six shutouts this season and a 0.43 goals against average. “It is still in our hands if we beat Columbia (currently 5-4-1 overall, 2-0 Ivy). Obviously you want to have a perfect Ivy season. It is a little setback.” Grossi liked the way the Princeton defense battled in the draw with Dartmouth. “Defensively we played well, we never lost hope,”
said Grossi. “All they had was the counter attack. Our back four kept them to hardly any shots on goal. They played it well.” In the overtime, the Tigers generated plenty of chances, outshooting the Big Green 10-0 and getting an apparent goal by Gaby Juarez waved off by an offsides call. “It was just do or die, put everything on the line,” said Grossi, reflecting on a game which saw the Tigers build a 29-3 edge in shots on the day. “We did have opportunities more than we had in the game, but we didn’t get the ball in the back of the net unfortunately.” Going forward, Princeton needs to get better at cashing in opportunities. “I think this year all of the other teams are scouting us better,” said Grossi. “T hree of our leading goal scorers (Mimi Asom, Abby Givens, and Courtney O’Brien) were coming back, I think we had a set game plan, but now we have to find other ways to score.” Wit h on ly one s tar ter
coming back on defense, Grossi has been more vocal on the field this fall. “It was more of a leadership role coming in this year; of my back four, only Lucy [Rickerson] was really a returning starter there last year. We didn’t know who was going to be in the back four, and now it is a set rotation of five,” said Grossi, noting that Olivia Sheppard, Emily Hilliard-Arce, Eve Hewins, and Tatum Gee have joined Rickerson in the defensive rotation. “They have been doing a great job too. They have really been stepping up into their roles. I have to stay involved by communication;
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Star Goalie Grossi Records 3rd Straight Shutout As PU Women’s Soccer Ties Dartmouth 0-0
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Sparked by O’Toole’s Production Off the Bench, PU Men’s Soccer Ties Dartmouth in Ivy Opener After being sidelined due to injury for the first four games this season for the Princeton University men’s soccer team, Kevin O’Toole is looking to make up for lost time. L as t S at urday agains t visiting Dartmouth in the Ivy League opener for both te a m s, s ophomore m id fielder O’Toole came off the bench some 24 minutes into the contest and made his presence felt immediately, assisting on a goal by Sean
McGowan and then finding the back of the net himself as the Tigers overcame a 2-0 deficit to make it a 2-2 game at halftime. “I tried to make the most of my minutes when I came on,” said O’Toole. “I got in and I was going for every ball in the box.” The disqualification of Dar tmouth goalie Har r y Stusnick at the 35:20 mark of the first half gave Princeton a lift. “It definitely changed the
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is always going to put the ball on the frame so I tried to get it to him. On my goal, I was a little lucky. It was a great ball from [ Bryan] Prudil. I tried to cut my defender off with a touch inside and it deflected back off me and in.” Despite its one-man advantage, Princeton was not able to put the ball in the goal the rest of the game as the teams played to a 2-2 draw through regulation and 20 minutes of overtime and the Tigers moved to 4-4-1 overall and 0-0-1 Ivy. “It is frustrating that we didn’t get the win in the second half,” said O’Toole. “We had our chances and I thought we were the better team after that. In the overtime, Cole hit the post, Gaby [Paniagua] had a good chance, and we had a corner at the end.” Getting the chance to see some extended playing time was a plus for O’Toole. “I am starting to work back into fitness; this is the longest game I have played to date,” said O’Toole, who logged 86 minutes in the contest. “The Ivy League games are always the best to play in; the intensity is always there.” W hile Princeton didn’t get the win, securing the tie keeps it very much in contention for the league crown. “We still control our own destiny; we have to get a w in against ever y other team,” said O’Toole. “This one stings a little bit just because of the circumstances.” In O’Toole’s view, the circumstances Princeton faced Sat urday reinforced t he mentality that it needs to seize control of games from the outset. “It is just a good lesson that we have to play a full, complete 90-minute game; we can’t afford to go down two goals,” said O’Toole, who will look to get on the scoresheet again as the Tigers resume Ivy play by hosting Brown on October 6. “There are definitely a lot of positives, but the biggest takeaway is that we have to play for the first 20 minutes.” —Bill Alden
CLEAR SAILING: Princeton University field hockey player Clara Roth races past a foe in a game earlier this season. Last Sunday, sophomore star Roth scored a goal to help No. 5 Princeton defeat 24th-ranked Boston University 3-1. The Tigers, now 8-3 overall and 2-0 Ivy League, plays at Columbia on October 5 and at No. 2 UConn on October 7. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) out the Big 10 and Missouri and Texas A&M out of the SEC. Five-time DII national champions Grand Valley State took second place with 79 points. PU Women’s Volleyball The Tigers are next in acImproves to 3-0 in Ivy Play tion when they host their S p a r k e d b y M a g g i e Princeton Invitational on O’Connell, the Princeton October 12 at the West University women’s volley- Windsor Fields. ball team defeated Yale 3-1 last Saturday evening. Tiger Men’s Water Polo Junior O’Connell contrib- Edged by Harvard uted 21 kills help the TiRyan Wilson starred in a gers prevail 25-23, 25-23, losing cause as the 12th22-25, 25-14 and improve ranked Princeton University to 10 - 4 overall and 3- 0 men’s water polo team fell Ivy League. She was later 13-12 in overtime to No. 7 named the Ivy Player of the Harvard last Sunday at DeWeek. Nunzio Pool. Princeton plays at DartSenior star Wilson tallied mouth on October 5 and at three goals and three assists Harvard on October 6. for the Tigers, who moved to 9-3. PU Women’s Cross Country Pr inceton plays at St. Wins Lakefront Race Francis Brooklyn on OctoGillian Wagner set the ber 3, at MIT and Harvard pace as the Princeton Uni- on October 6, and at Brown versity women’s cross coun- on October 7. try team placed first at the Loyola Lakefront Invitation- Tiger Men’s Golf al in Chicago last Saturday. 3rd at Yale Tourney Freshman star Wagner Evan Quinn starred as the clocked a time of 17:00.17 Princeton University men’s over the 5,000-meter course golf team finished third of to finish fourth overall with the 14 teams at Yale’s Macsophomore Melia Chitten- Donald Cup last weekend in den taking 11th place over- New Haven, Conn. all at 17:16.87. Junior Quinn tied for ninth Princeton posted a score with a 2-under 208 in the of 65 to take first in a meet three-round event. t h at fe at u r e d 32 ot h e r No. 17 Illinois finished at squads, including Illinois, 15-under to lead runnerNebraska and Ohio State up Yale by seven strokes. Princeton had a team score of +7 in taking third. The Tigers are next in action when they face Harvard and Yale at the Rockaway Hunting Club in Lawrence, N.Y. on October 13.
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Emma Zhao came up big as the Princeton University women’s golf team placed third of 12 teams at its annual Princeton Invitational at the Springdale Golf Club last weekend. Freshman Zhao carded a one-under 143 to finish second individually in the tworound event. In the team competition, Penn State won the title with a score of +12, eight strokes better than runnerup Georgetown. The Tigers posted a +23 in finishing third. Pr inceton heads south next weekend to compete in the Old Dominion Fall Invite from October 5-7 at the Princess Anne Country Club in Virginia Beach, Va.
L ocked in a 14 -14 tie against Cherr y Hill East with 9:06 remaining in the fourth quarter last Saturday, the Princeton High football team got the ball at its 29yard line and was primed to end its 21-game losing streak. Starting just his second game at quarterback, junior Judd Petrone was sticking to basics as the Little Tigers started the possession. “It was just score a touchdown,” said Petrone. When the PHS drive stalled with a third down and 11 at its 28, Petrone took matters into his hands, lofting a pass to senior receiver Tyler Komis for a 26yard gain. “I saw the corner come up and I told him to go back,” recalled Petrone. “I threw it up and he caught and he made a good play.” Petrone made two straight good plays, hitting senior running back Jaylen Johnson for a 14-yard gain on a pass play and then gaining nine yards on a scramble as the Little Tigers advanced to the Cherry Hill East 23. From there, senior Stephen Hennessy made a pair of six-yard runs to the five and then Johnson did the rest, bulling into the middle of the line for three yard and then two and the go-ahead touchdown. Stoppi ng t he C ougar s after they advanced to the PHS 26, the Little Tigers ran out the clock to prevail 2114 and improve to 1-3, cel-
ebrating their first win since beating Hightstown 33-0 on September 16, 2016. “Jaylen gave a great effort,” said Petrone. “The whole team gave a great effort; it was a good team win.” For Petrone, who began the season at receiver after losing a battle for the starting quarterback spot in preseason, getting switched into the signal caller role after the first two games has turned out well. “It has been good; coach [ Charlie ] Gallagher gave me the opportunity,” said Petrone, who completed 8-of-9 passes for 91 yards in the victory. “I knew the offense because I ran quarterback all summer. I was comfortable.” PHS head coach Gallagher liked the good character displayed by his squad as it overcame an early 7-0 deficit, facing a determined Cherry Hill East squad that entered the game mired in a 31-game losing streak. “We preach to the guys every week; it is one play, we forget about it and we move on to the next play,” said Gallagher. “They scored but so what? You watch the NFL, you watch college football and people score all of the time. Somebody has to score first but that doesn’t mean they are going to win the football game.” Johnson’s contr ibution was key to the PHS win as he rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns.
BREAKING THROUGH: Princeton High football player Jaylen Johnson fights for extra yardage in recent action. Last Saturday, senior star Johnson rushed for 77 yards and two touchdowns to help PHS defeat Cherry Hill East 21-14, snapping a 21-game losing streak. The Little Tigers, now 1-3, play at Lawrence High on October 5. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
“Jaylen is a workhorse; we need him in the game and we just keep feeding him the ball,” said Gallagher. “It might be two yards, it might be one yard or he might break off for seven. He also had a couple of nice catches. That is the style of offense that we are running We are just going to have keep pounding it and wear down those defense.” Gallagher likes the way Petrone is running the Little Tiger offense. “Judd is getting more comfortable; what a great throw to Tyler,” said Gallagher. “We had a great quarterback duel with Jay [Jackson] and Judd. We tried Jay and he did some really nice things and then it was try out Judd. It is all about getting down the field. Judd could do that.” In the waning moments of the win over Cherry Hill East, the PHS defense came up big as the Cougars drove deep into Little Tiger territory. “Evan A ngelucci com ing off the side and hitting that quarterback at the last second was big; Judd had a great breakup,” said Gallagher. “There were a lot of great individual efforts but at the same time they all pulled together as a team. I am really happy about that.” While Gallagher was happy to see the program break its losing streak, his sights are set on the future. “We are just trying to focus on the win; we have been battling and the bottom line is that we got there,” said Gallagher, whose team will go after a second straight win as it plays at Lawrence on October 5. “There is no doubt that we could use a couple of more bodies, but we are happy with the bodies that we have got. We are going to continue to build this program. We had a lot of fans in the stands today. We brought the Princeton Junior Football League guys in here today and hopefully they stayed for the whole game because it was a great game and that motivates the kids to keep coming out.” Petrone, for his part, is confident that PHS build on the triumph. “It brings us confidence that we can win a football game,” said Petrone. “I will remember the good effort and how we never quit. Hopefully we can win next week.” —Bill Alden
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Lependorf/Johnson Prevail at First Doubles As PHS Girls’ Tennis Finishes 2nd at MCT Jordan Johnson is a senior and Bella Lependorf is a freshman but that age difference didn’t prevent them from developing an instant chemistry when they were paired together to play first doubles for the Princeton High girls’ tennis team this fall. “It is total fun; I love Bella, she is a great player,” said Johnson. “She makes great volleys and can get to a lot of the balls at the net.” Lependorf, for her part, looks up to Johnson. “It is really nice having Jordan as a partner; she is like a mentor to me,” said Lependorf. “She is a really consistent player, which helps a lot.” Display ing consistency and grit, the pair captured the first doubles title at the Mercer County Tournament last Thursday, rallying to beat Allison Li and Anya Shar ma of W W/ P- South 3-6, 6-4, 6-2 in the semis and then edging Sabrina Chang and Kirthi Chigurupati of W W/P-North 7-6, 6-3 in the final. Their title helped PHS take second of 19 schools in the team standing as it scored 18.5 points w ith Hightstown tallying 25.5 to win its third straight county crown at the event held at the Mercer County Park tennis complex. In the championship match, coming through in the first set tiebreaker set the tone for the first doubles pair. “That was a critical turning point for us; I feel like it could have gone any way, I am just glad we won it,” said Johnson. “We were communicating well; we were just getting to all of the balls.” Lependorf’s volleying skill helped the team put away a lot of balls. “We started poaching a lot more at the net,” said Lependorf. “It was so exciting.” For Johnson, getting a title at the MCT is the culmination of a long struggle to earn a spot in the PHS lineup. “This is my first year on varsity,” said Johnson, noting she played JV in her first three years at PHS. “It means a lot to be able to just come and win this.” As a newcomer to the squad, Lependorf wasn’t sure what to expect heading into the MCT. “I didn’t think this would happen; it is just amazing,” said Lependorf. PHS head coach Sarah Hibbert was proud of the way Johnson and Lependorf made things happen. “T hey really played a great tournament, they had a tough draw all the way through,” said Hibbert, noting that the pair topped teams f rom Pedd ie and Princeton Day School to advance to the semis. “They had to work hard the whole time. I told them when we saw their draw that if you get through these early rounds, it will prepare you better for the later ones.” Getting the early lead in the final was key for Johnson and Lependorf. “Winning the tiebreak really helped; any time you can put a set in your pocket it gives you a little more confidence for what comes next,” said Hibbert. “There was good ten-
nis being played, they really communicated well.” In Hibbert’s view, Lependorf and Johnson are a good match in terms of their respective tennis backgrounds. “Bella comes in with a strong game as well; she has played more singles so it is getting her comfortable with the net and the doubles game strategy,” said Hibbert. “Jordan has played a lot of doubles. It is nice watching them click. For a new pairing to come together like this and win the county tournament is fantastic for them.” At third singles, junior Nicole Samios overcame an early deficit to post a straight set win over Jackie Drozd of Hun in the third place match. “Nicole was dow n 1- 4 in the first set and coach [ Christian ] Herzog and I were talking to her at different times and said you are never out of this,” recalled Hibbert, whose second doubles team of junior Sora Sato and senior Adriana Todorov placed fourth in their flight. “It is just a couple of little things; you have been really close. You have just got to
believe, stay tough, and fight for every point and don’t give it up. It was really nice for Nicole to fight for that third place point.” With PHS getting seeded third in the upcoming state Group 4 Central Jersey sectional, Hibbert believes that the fighting hard at the MCT will help her team in that tourney. “Playing good teams is always helpful to give you a test of what it is to come with states,” said Hibbert. “We still have half of our season left. It was a good showing and overall we just want to keep playing as well as we can and winning as much as we can and we will see what happens.” For Lependorf, the county tournament experience was a good prep for her states debut. “I think this really raised my confidence. Being able to beat all of these good players makes me feel really good going into states,” said Lependorf. Johnson is primed to end her PHS career on a high note. “We were able to play some really good players here,” said Johnson. “The last match was amazing; those players were great. That really prepared us so we can see what everyone is like.” —Bill Alden
DOUBLE TAKE: Princeton High first doubles players Bella Lependorf, left, and Jordan Johnson celebrate a point last week at the Mercer County Tournament. The pair of freshman Lependorf and senior Johnson went on to win their flight at the MCT, defeating Sabrina Chang and Kirthi Chigurupati of WW/P-North 7-6, 6-3 in the final. The victory by Lependorf and Johnson helped PHS take second of 19 schools in the team standings at the event held at the Mercer County Park tennis complex. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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With Smukler Surging in Final Campaign, PDS Girls’ Soccer Tops Lawrenceville 3-0 Brooke Smukler got herself in the right place at the right time for the Princeton Day School girls’ soccer team as it played at the Lawrenceville School last Thursday. Early in the first half in the matchup of rivals, senior forward Smukler found the back of the net to give PDS a 1-0 lead. “Ariana [Jones] did a really nice job of using her body and physicality; she used her head, which she is great at, and just got it up there,” said Smukler. “T hen A li Surace and some other girls in the middle just bodied some people and the goalie came out and I hit it into the left corner.” Minutes later, Smukler helped set up a goal by Ava Mattson. “We all crashed the goal; I was charging the goalie and took her out of the play,” recalled Smukler. “Ava came in and slid it in there and that was nice.” Holding off a charge by the Big Red, PDS ended up winning 3-0 as Jones added a late goal. “You never really know, especially with Lawrenceville, we have always been big rivals with them,” said Smuk-
ler, whose goal gave her tallies in four straight games. “We definitely wanted to keep up our energy and not drop because you never know what is coming with them. The third goal was really crucial. Ariana stepped up and got that for us because Lawrenceville was pushing pretty hard in the second half.” Deter m ined to have a big senior season, Smukler pushed hard over the offseason to be at her best. “I tried to stay fit this sumner; I did the fitness packet,” said Smukler. “I definitely want this and I want a big year for our team. I think just my energy has been really high.” With the Panthers improving to 7-1-1 with a 3-1 win at the shipley School (Pa.) last Saturday, it appears that they are on track to a very big year. “We have been working on communication on the field,” said Smukler. “That has really helped across the field. Our cohesiveness as a team has really gotten better and our energy has been up there. We have been really hyped up for all of these games.”
FINISHING TOUCH: Princeton Day School girls’ soccer player Brooke Smukler, left, controls the ball in a 2017 game. Last Thursday, senior forward Smukler tallied a goal and an assist to help PDS defeat Lawrenceville 3-0. The Panthers, who topped the Shipley School (Pa.) 3-1 last Saturday to improve to 7-1-1, play at the Hill School (Pa.) on October 3 before hosting Pingry on October 5 and Springside Chestnut Hill (Pa.) on October 9. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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PDS head coach Pat Trombetta likes the hypedup play he has been getting from Smukler. “Brooke’s energy on the field is contagious, which is great to watch,” said Trombetta. “She is doing a good job, whether holding the ball up as a target player or actually receiving the ball on the run and going to goal. Her game this year has completely come together. She is a physical presence out there and worked on her fitness. She is having a very good year.” Junior forward Jones has become a dangerous presence for PDS around the goal. “Ariana is excellent. She finished the second half of last season well and we wanted her to play throughout this season the way she finished last season,” said Trombetta of Jones, who scored all three goals in PDS’ win over Shipley last Saturday. “We are seeing that; she is a threat any time she gets the ball on her feet.” In reflecting on the win over Lawrenceville, Trombetta liked what he saw at both ends of the field. “The thing that impressed me the most was that we had a complete game all around, offensively and defensively,” said Trombetta. “We won some big games previously but I think this game, from star t to finish, was probably our best game.” A surplus of talent through the roster has been another factor in the team’s strong start. “We are getting a lot of contributions off the bench,” said Trombetta, noting that freshmen A isly n Macco, Mattson, and Surace have been putting in some good minutes. “I haven’t had a team with this kind of depth as far as bringing players off the bench and making instant contributions.” Junior goalie Riley Felsher has been making a big contribution. “We have been working with Riley getting off the line and coming off the line aggressively,” said Trombetta of Felsher, who recorded eight saves against Lawrenceville. “She is a whole different keeper; she has been coming on recently for us. I think it is her fourth or fifth clean sheet this year.” With the Panthers playing at the Hill School (Pa.) on October 3 before hosting Pingry on October 5 and Springside Chestnut Hill (Pa.) on October 9, Trombetta is looking for his team to keep up its aggressive play. “We know what October brings as far as the schedule, so we want some momentum going into that,” said Trombetta. “We are starting to come together. It is nice to see that offensive attack. It is fun team to watch.” Smukler, for her par t, senses that PDS could end up having a lot of fun this fall. “We want to come out with a championship this year,” said Smukler. “I think we are getting better each game and we are getting solid wins against solid teams.” —Bill Alden
Marshall Survives Marathon Final Match at MCT, Taking 3rd Singles as PDS Girls’ Tennis Places 7th In mid-September, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya set the world record for the marathon, clocking a time of 2:01.39 in winning the Berlin Marathon. Last Thursday at the Mercer Count y Tournament, Princeton Day School girls’ tennis player Grace Marshall found herself in a marathon match that ended up lasting nearly twice as long as Kipchoge’s landmark run, playing four hours to defeat Melissa Liu of WW/PSouth 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the third singles championship match. W h i le ju n ior Mar s ha l l sensed that she was in for a long match against Liu, she had no idea of how grueling the contest would end up being. “I saw her playing before; she was on the court next to me during her semifinal match,” said Marshall, whose victory helped PDS place seventh of 19 schools in the team standings at the event held at the Mercer County Park tennis complex and won by Hightstown. “I did see that she was really good at getting the ball back and she didn’t hit with a lot of power. That is what I was expecting but I didn’t expect for it to go on that long.” After losing the first set, Marshall realized that she had to change her approach
to extend the match. “I had to take a step back and adjust how I was playing; I was just going for a little bit too much and was hitting balls out,” said Marshall. “So it was more me making the mistakes and her hitting a lot of good shots.” In the third set, Marshall trailed 4-1 and she drew on her second set rally to keep her from giving up. “She just had to hold her serve and she could win the whole thing; what I was telling myself is that I came back to win the second set and I didn’t want to be playing this long match and have it go to nothing,” said Marshall. “I worked really hard to get the second set and I knew that I just had to get the third set to just finish that.” Seeing her work pay off with a hard-earned title was sweet for Marshall. “Before the tournament, I was really confident and was hoping that I would be able to win because both doubles teams from PDS won last year,” said Marshall. “I really wanted to win and I had a lot of passion going into it. I was so happy that I came out of that four hour long match being the winner. It meant a lot to me.” Harnessing her passion on the cour t has helped Marshall become tougher to beat.
GRACE UNDER PRESSURE: Princeton Day School girls’ tennis player Grace Marshall hits a forehand in action last week at the Mercer County Tournament. Junior Marshall took first in third singles, outlasting Melissa Liu of WW/P-South 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 in the final. Marshall’s victory helped PDS place seventh of 19 schools in the team standings at the event, held at the Mercer County Park tennis complex. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
“I would be a little bit more upset last year when I was losing,” said Marshall. “Even in the first set of this final match I was getting a little upset with myself because I didn’t go into it wanting to lose the first set. I think when I am playing and I don’t get as mad, I play a lot better because I am calmer. That is something that has improved from last year.” PDS head coach Will Asch credited Marshall with keeping her composure in the final. “Grace represented the school very well; she is a battler,” said Asch. “It says a lot about her character that she is willing to battle out a match like this instead of hitting the ball like crazy and losing patience.” Freshman Robyn K arch ere - S u n d isplaye d character, making it to the semis of the first singles consolation back draw. “She is learning; a big part of it is dealing with nerves,” said Asch. “She is a young player and you are not used to playing when it counts and playing for your team. They feel it, they want to win for the their team.” The second doubles team of junior Zaiya Gandhi and sophomore Gabrielle Namouni came through for the team, winning the consolation back draw in their flight. “We worked very hard yesterday on practice; we got a little break with the rain day,” said Asch. “Gabby is a very good athlete and has started to hit her forehand much better.” In Asch’s view, working hard at the MCT will play dividends for the PDS players over the rest of the fall. “It is great for them to make them better players; we are in here to win too,” said Asch. “We had a couple of close matches that I thought we could have won. The girls fought hard in every match; nobody ever gave up. That is all you can really ask.” Marshall, for her part, is looking forward to fighting for a Prep B title. “I want to try and win Prep Bs as well; there are different schools competing in it and I know some of them are really strong,” said Marshall. “I have the same goal; hopefully I don’t encounter a four-hour match to do it.” —Bill Alden
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Catherine Martin came into this fall determined to become an impact player in her sophomore season with the St uar t Countr y Day School field hockey team. “I just needed to step up my game,” said Martin, who worked with the USA Field Hockey Futures Program over the summer. “I wanted to show my team that I could be a leader and help everyone else out by improving myself.” Last week, Martin demonst rated t hat improve ment, scoring the lone goal as Stuart edged local rival Hun School 1-0 on September 25. The tally came with just seconds left in the first half as the players fought through a downpour. “We all knew where the ball needed to go and that was the back of backboard of the cage,” said Martin. Generating eight penalty corners in the first half to none for Hun, the Tartans felt the tally was coming. “We did really well on the field; everyone was spread out,” said Martin. “We were all communicating; everyone was on the same page. Every single time we believe it is going to get into cage.” Overcoming the weather and Hun was a big plus for Stuart. “It is a great confidence boost,” said Martin. “We knew what we wanted; it was hard but we pushed through.” With the Tartans getting off to a 6-2 start, they are gaining more and more confidence as the fall unfolds. “We started the season great,” said Martin. “The freshmen have been a great addition to the team; they are doing so well.” Reflecting on the win over Hun, Stuart head coach Missy Bruvik tipped her hat to both squads. “We did a great job considering the conditions,” said Bruvik. “I want to commend both teams, all of the kids that were on the field
played through the conditions. Hun is always well coached; every single kid just played hockey.” Bruvik likes the way Martin has been playing in her sophomore campaign. “Catherine does not stop; she has done such a good job in terms of finding the back of the goal,” said Bruvik. “She makes the keeper have to make a good save because she doesn’t blast it right in her line. She is great at changing the line of the ball. On that goal, she got the ball inside and put it in the right hand corner.” The back three of seniors Priscilla Francois and Breasia Williams along with freshman Adrianna Palmer has been adept as keeping Stuart’s foes away from goal. “They made some great runs out of the back on well hit balls,” said Bruvik. “They found their way through and found some really good lanes. They are very poised back there. Priscilla and Bre are doing that every game and Adrianna is so steady.” Having moved to goalie from attack, senior Emma Shaw has emerged as a
steadying presence for the Tartans. “We had Emma in the cage for a preseason game and we saw a lot of potential there and she won the job,” said Bruvik. “I think Emma being in goal sums up the whole team. She is very, very selfless. It comes very naturally to her.” The squad’s combination of a selfless attitude and relentless play has resulted in its success so far this fall. “The kids are working together well; they know each other’s games pretty well,” said Bruvik, whose team hosts Peddie on October 3 and Mt. St. Mary’s on October 5. “The chemistry is great; I don’t just mean the kids on the field, I absolutely mean the entire group. What I am most happy with is the consistency of play. We have not had a letdown. We are maintaining that 60-minute game, which is really hard to do.” Martin, for her part, believes that Stuart isn’t about to let down. “We are keeping the intensity up and we are going to be aggressive like we have always been,” said Martin. —Bill Alden
Hun Girls’ Tennis Finishes Fifth at MCT, As New Coach Balson Enjoys Positive Debut Going through his first Mercer County Tournament as the head coach of the Hun School girls’ tennis team, Antonio Balson gained some valuable knowledge from the competition last week. “It is good to see where we stand,” said Balson, who previously coached at the Seacrest Country Day School in Naples, Fla. “This is a good learning experience for me and the team. It is good place to figure out where everybody is at.” Sophomore Sophia Lin ended up in a good place for the Raiders, coming in fourth at first singles last Thursday to help Hun take fifth of 19 schools in the team standings of the competition held at the Mercer County Park tennis complex and won by Hightstown. “Sophia had a heck of a first day; she played well over seven sets,” said Balson, reflecting on Lin’s performance in the preliminary rounds of the tournament on September 24. “She didn’t get a bye so she played an eight-game pro set in her first match which she won. She dropped the first set and then went on to win the next two sets.
It was phenomenal. For her third match, she again dropped the first set and went ahead and won the next two sets,. She played a tremendous round on the first day.” W h ile L in d id n’t have a great day in the final rounds, losing in straight sets to eventual champion Avnika Naraparaju of Hightstown in the semis and then dropping a three-setter to Dharsini Rangaswamy of Lawrence High in the third place match, Balson believes the sophomore has a lot of potential. “She is a very good all around player,” said Balson. “She has a sweet serve. She moves well, she is very good on her feet. I am very happy with here.” Balson is also happy with the progress being made
by junior Jack ie Drozd, who placed fourth at third singles. “Jack ie has made tre mendous improvement; keep in mind the she didn’t even play singles last year, she was playing doubles,” said Balson. “She worked super, super hard and really improved from last year. At this stage, she is working a lot on her mental game, adapting to different opponents, getting used to playing singles. It is a big jump for her to go from doubles to playing singles. She is doing well, I am very impressed with her performance.” Balson, for his part, is enjoying a super start with the Hun program. “Overall, I am happy to be here,” said Balson. “I am ver y happy with the team and the girls. They are very enthusiastic and a very tight-knit group.” —Bill Alden
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Hun Football: Rebounding from a loss to Steubenville High (Ohio) two weeks ago, Hun d efe ate d t h e H ave r ford School (Pa.) 33-7 last Saturday. The Raiders, now 2-1, host Blair Academy on October 6. ——— Field Hockey: Unable to get its offense going, Hun fell 4-0 at Lawrence High last Thursday. The Raiders, now 1-5, are next in action
when they host Blair Academy on October 6. ——— Boys’ Soccer: Displaying a balanced attack, Hun rolled to a 5-1 won over George School (Pa.) last Saturday. Amar Anand, Zach Wellman, Elijah Smarr, Luke McManimon, and Brain Spencer all scored goals as the Raiders improved to 3-3. Hun plays at the Pingry School on October 4 before hosting Blair Academy on October 6 and Princeton Day School on October 9. Girls’ Soccer: Nicole Angelini scored a goal in a losing cause as Hun fell 3-1 to East
Brunswick last Saturday. The Raiders, now 2-4, host Episcopal Academy ( Pa.) on October 4 and the Blair Academy on October 6.
Lawrenceville Football: Despite a solid per for mance by r unning back Jordan Bailey, Lawrenceville fell 28-0 to the Germantown Academy (Pa.) last Saturday. Bailey rushed for 80 yards as the Big Red dropped to 0-4. Lawrenceville plays at Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) on October 7.
B o y s’ S o c c e r : Com ing through in a tight rivalry game, Lawrenceville defeated Princeton Day School 2-0 last Thursday. The Big Red, now 3-4-1, play at St. Benedict’s on October 3 and at Mercersburg Academy (Pa.) on October 7.
PDS Field Hockey: Senior stars Sasha Sindhwani and Val Radvany triggered the offense as PDS defeated Pennington 9-0 last Monday. S i nd hwa n i ta llie d t hree goals and two assists while Radvany contributed three goals and an assist for the Panthers, who improved to 6-2. PDS plays at the Hill School (Pa.) on October 3 before hosting Robbinsville on October 6 and the Hun School on October 9.
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Football : Staging a dramatic rally from a 14-point deficit, Pennington edged Pingry School 43-42 last Sat urday. Dante Wilson rushed for five touchdowns as the Red Raiders scored the last 15 points of the contest after trailing 42-28. Pennington, now 3-1, hosts King Low Heywood Thomas (Conn.) on October 6. ——— Girls’ Soccer: Sophia Kavulich played well, but it wasn’t enough as Pennington fell 1-0 Episcopal Academy ( Pa.) last Saturday. Goalie Kavulich made five saves for the Red Raiders, who dropped to 7-2-1. Pennington hosts Peddie on October 3 and Wall Township on October 6.
PHS Field Hockey : Mariana Lopez-Ona triggered the offense as PHS cruised to a 7-0 win over Hightstown last
GETTING A LEG UP: Princeton Day School boys’ soccer player Wesley Leggett controls the ball in recent action. Last Saturday, senior star forward and UConn-bound Leggett tallied a goal and an assist as PDS defeated Gill St. Bernard’s 3-1. The Panthers, who lost 4-2 to Pennington on Monday to fall to 5-41, host Old Bridge on October 3 and Pingry on October 6 before playing at the Hun School on October 9. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) Saturday. Senior star and Michigan-bound Lopez-Ona scored three goals for the Little Tigers, who improved to 8-0. PHS plays at Lawrence on October 4 and at Notre Dame on October 9. ——— Boys’ Soccer: An overtime goal by Grant Luther made the difference as PHS defeated Hamilton West 2-1 last Monday. The Little Tigers, now 4-3-2, play at Hightstown on October 3, hosts Hopewell Valley on October 6, and plays at Lawrence on October 9. ——— Girls’ Soccer: Showing offensive balance, PHS defeated Hamilton West 6-0 last Monday. Camille Franklin, Vanessa Ponce, Sophia Lis, Lily Gabriella, Christina Tkac, and Kirin Kunukkasseril all scored goals in the victory as the Little Tigers improved to 5-3-2. PHS hosts Hightstown on October 3 and Lawrence on October 9. ——— Girls’ Volleyball: Gillian Hauschild played well in a losing cause as PHS fell 2-0 to Lawrenceville last Monday. Junior star Hauschild had five kills, three assists, and three digs for the Little Tigers, who moved to 12-3. PHS hosts Hopewell Valley on October 4, plays at Montgomery on October 5, and hosts Rancocas Valley on October 9.
Stuart Tennis: Holly Zhuang provided a highlight as Stuart fell 4-1 to Peddie School last Monday. Zhuang posted a straight-set win at third singles for the Tartans, who moved to 2-3. In upcoming action, Stuart plays at Trinity Hall on October 4, hosts Princeton Day School on October 5, and plays at Pennington on October 9.
Local Sports Princeton Junior Football Recent Results
In action last Sunday in the Princeton Junior Football League’s (PJFL) senior division (ages 11-14), Patrick Suryanarayan ran for two touchdowns with Corey Woodson and Will Brandt, each scoring one to lead Trattoria Procaccini past Princeton PBA-130 61-44. Tarak Jayachandran and Will Brandt each had two TD receptions in the win with Kian Bragg adding another. Corey Woodson and Will Brandt both threw scoring strikes.
For Princeton PBA, Jake Angelucci and Matthew Baglio passed for touchdowns while Alex Winters and Aidan Liao scored both through the air and on the ground. Quarterback Rohan Sheth led Team Ironshore to a 3418 win over Pure with one rushing touchdown and four touchdown passes, three to Jihad-Jasiri Wilder and one to Christian Paul. Julian Liao ran for one touchdown and threw for two to Jake Richter and Marty Brophy in a losing cause for Pure. Petrone Associates posted a 31-20 win over Small World Coffee. Jeremy Sallade led the way for Petrone with three touchdown passes. Gordon Grandbouche had one TD catch and ran for two other scores in the win while Jett Branagh and Travis Petrone each added a score. Nate March scored a TD for Small World with Nico Cucchi contributing one touchdown on the ground and one through the air off a pass from Isaiah Nazario in the defeat. In PJFL junior division games (ages 8-10), Christine’s Hope Green edged Microbilt Gold 7-6. Ezra Lerman scored a touchdown and threw the extra point pass to Micah Brox to make the difference for the victors while Kirthi Suryanarayan scored a rushing TD for Microbilt. DZS Clinical Blue posted a 25-0 win over AIG Black with touchdowns from Koby Smith, Phineas Choe, Ryan von Roemer, and Jack McGuire. Colton Monica ran for a touchdown and caught two touchdown passes from Theofile Jomier to lead the Narraganset Bay Broncos past Chubb Insurance White 24-0. Evan Raphael also added a touchdown for the Broncos. In the league’s rookie division (ages 6-7), the COE Smiles Fire Dragons tied the University Orthopaedics Big Blue 28-28. Clark Eddleman and John Monica scored two TDs apiece for the Fire Dragons while Teaghan Frechette scored two touchdowns with Mason Merse and Charlie Crotty adding touchdowns for Big Blue. The COE Smiles Fun Red tied University Orthopaedics Super Eagles 21-21. Cooper Casto, Kaayan Shah, and Michael Shaver scored touchdowns for the Red Fun while Grayson Babich, Sean Devlin, and Deacon Sands scored for the Super Eagles. The University Orthopaedics Eagles and the COE Smiles Fireballs played to a 14-14 tie. George Rieger and Devin Seligman tallied touchdowns for the Fireballs with Devin Jayachandran and Carmello Thompson scoring for the Eagles.
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It is with great sadness that the family of Nicole L. Gordon announces her passing on Monday, October 1, at the age of 42 years. After fighting for 11 years to recover from a series of devastating strokes, her body no longer had the strength to continue. Nicole, widow to Seward Wojciech Piasecki, will be lov ingly remembered by her mother and step-father, Joanne C. Gordon and Elias Malavet; her father and step-mother, Elliot B. Gordon and Linda Gordon; her brother and sister-in-law, Gregory P. Gordon and Dr. Freya Emspak; her sister and brother-in-law, Elizabeth A. Hall and Christopher Hall; and her niece and nephews, Simone G ordon, Dex ter Gordon, Charles Hall, and James Hall. Nicole attended the Chapin School, Princeton Day School, and graduated summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa from Connecticut College with a BA in Art History. She was talented, artistic, had a flare for high fashion, and was a free spirit who loved her family, horses, Magic Mike, and Ancient Aliens. A Fu n e r a l S e r v i c e i n memory of Nicole will be held on Friday, October 5th at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, NJ. Visitation starting at 10 a.m., service at 2 p.m. followed by burial at Princeton Cemetery. Share memories and extend condolences at The KimbleFuneralHome.com.
Diane E. Glinka, of Dunstable, MA, passed away September 23, 2018, surrounded by her family, after a sudden illness. Loving mother, sister, teacher, and friend. Born in Princeton, NJ to Elizabeth N. Glinka and Matthew J. Glinka, Diane was a graduate of Princeton High School and Boston University School of Fine Arts, and received her Master’s in Education from UMass Lowell. Devoted mother to her adored children, Michael McAuliffe and Emily McAuliffe of Dunstable, MA; loving sister of Elaine Glinka of Cartersville, GA, Charlotte Glinka and brother-in-law Charles Alexander of Boston, and Sarah Glinka-Endicott of Ann Arbor, MI. Also survived by her newfound love, Eric Leonard, as well as her niece, nephews, cousins, and many close friends. Vibrant and talented school teacher, and creative and supportive colleague, most recently at the GrotonDunstable Regional Middle School. Her students often said she was their favorite teacher. Avid golfer with a great group of friends at the Long Meadow Golf Club. Passionate about music, especially Motown, Aretha, the Beatles, and Jazz. Private piano teacher, accompanist at St. John’s Baptist Church in Woburn, MA, and former piano player with the Old Enuff to Know Better Band. A star has gone out in the night sky, and the world is dimmer now for all who love her.
Memorial Service for Jean Millis Gilpin and Professor Robert George Gilpin Jr. A memorial service will be held to remember and celebrate the lives of Jean and Bob Gilpin on Saturday, October 13, 2018, at 11 a.m. in the Princeton University Chapel, followed by a reception hosted by the Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination at Princeton University. Please RSVP by Monday, October 8 to princeton memorial@gilp.in; for more information visit www.perkins parker.com/obituary/robert-gilpin-jr.
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he will consider how Zionism and Palestinian nationalism have related to Jerusalem and why Jerusalem may be the most complicated of all the issues hindering IsraeliPalestinian peace. The course is open to the community and costs $72 for Jewish Center members; $108 for others. For more information, call (609) 9210100 Ext. 200 or info@the jewishcenter.org.
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Religion Blessing of the Animals At Lambertville Church
Saint Francis’ Day will be celebrated on the afternoon of Sunday, October 7, at 4 p.m. at Saint Andrew’s Church, Lambertville, with a special Evensong to celebrate Saint Francis of Assisi and a special outdoor Blessing of the Animals at 1 p.m. The Rev. Daniel Somers will preside at the event, to be held on the church grounds; if the weather is inclement, it will be conducted in the church. All are invited to bring their pets, photographs of them, or stuffed toys representing them. The service will honor those pets that are with us, as well as those who have befriended us in the past and whose memories linger. Why does Saint Andrew’s bless pets in honor of St. Francis? Saint Francis was born in Italy in the 12th century to a family of great wealth. As a youth he aspired to military glory, but this desire was never realized as he had various encounters with the poor that pricked the youthful Francis’ conscience. He decided to renounce his earthly possessions and live simply, despite his father’s intense opposition.
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Francis embraced all of God’s creation, living among the poor and caring for animals. One of Francis’ gifts is the Christmas crèche, something he had built to help the townspeople experience Christmas in a more personal way. After building a small stable and putting people inside to portray the Holy Family, he added the animals, the sheep, goats, and cattle. It is reported that, when asked why, he simply said, “Surely the animals praised the new Messiah just as the shepherds and angels did.” Saint Andrew’s Church is located at the corner of Margaret Frances York and Main Streets in Nilsen Galick Lambertville, New Jersey. Margaret Frances Nilsen For more information, visit Galick, 90, of Griggstown standrewslambertville.org died Wednesday, September or call (609) 397-2425. 26, 2018 at Penn Medicine History of Jerusalem Princeton Medical Center. Is Topic of Lectures Born in Brooklyn, NY, she A series of talks by Jonawas a resident of Griggstown than Marc Gribetz, an asfor over 80 years. Frances sistant professor of near was the church secretary eastern and Judaic studies for Griggstown Reformed at Princeton University, is Church. She was a nature planned for October 4, 18, enthusiast, folk artist, and 25, and November 8 at The painter. Jewish Center of Princeton, Daughter of the late Frode 435 Nassau Street. Winter Elias and Margaret This past May, a building (Ruud) Nilsen, wife of the in a small city in the Middle late Vincent T. Galick, she East was renamed and fitis survived by two daughters ted with new signs. In anBarbara L. Campbell and ticipation of this change, Wendy Neusner, and three de m on s t r at ion s er upte d grandchildren Kather ine throughout the world and Neusner, Claire Campbell, the United Nations General and Christian Campbell. Assembly held an emergency Funeral services were held session, declaring the name at Griggstow n Reformed change “null and void” by Church. Frances was buried a vote of 128 to 9. On the alongside her late husband day of the renaming, more Vincent in the Rocky Hill than 60 people were killed Cemetery. in ongoing protests intensiMemorial contributions fied by the change. In nearly may be made to Griggstown any other city, such a fierce Refor med Church, 1065 global reaction to renaming Canal Road, Princeton, NJ 08540. Arrangements were under the direction of M.J. Murphy Funeral Home, Monmouth Junction.
Celebration of Diane’s life was held Thursday, September 27, 2018, at the Long Meadow Golf Club, 165 Havilah Street, Lowell, MA. In lieu of flowers, you may make a donation to a fund that will be used to help teachers pay privately for school supplies that are not in the school’s budget: Groton-Dunstable Regional School District, 344 Main Street, Groton, MA 01450, memo line: Diane Glinka Fu nd. A r ra ngem ent s by McGaffigan Family Funeral Home, 37 Main Street Pepperell, MA. Please see www. mcgaffiganfuneral.com.
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123 MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY, 10/7 1-4 PM 123 MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON 4 4 bedrooms, bedrooms, 2.5 2.5 baths, baths, colonial, colonial, updated updated throughout. NEW LISTING Lawrence Twp $399,000 throughout.
123 123 MAIN MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 4 bedrooms, bedrooms, 2.5 2.5 baths, baths, colonial, colonial, updated updated throughout. NEW PRICE Hopewell Twp $590,000 throughout.
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In the Estates at Princeton Jct, “The Heritage Collection” 4 Princeton.
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123 123 MAIN MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, baths, NEW PRICE West2.5 Windsor $835,000 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, colonial, colonial, updated updated throughout. Welcome Home! 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath home on a tree-lined throughout. cul de sac, parklike grounds! Minutes to Trains to NY and Phil, major road and shopping. Must see!
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Fully renovated building, smart design, in the heart of for professional or medical offices 609-555-0000
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123 123 MAIN MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, Windsor 2.5 $599,900 4West bedrooms, 2.5 baths, baths, colonial, colonial, updated updated throughout. 4BR, 2.5BA, 2 car garage custom built colonial, in serene and throughout. picturesque wooded lot in West Windsor. New windows, hardwood fl, finished basement, private wooded backyard,
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Spacious 4 BR, 2.5 BTH Colonial, situated on .40 acres corner to Princeton & Trains.
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Move in!4 Beds, 2.5 Baths Double-lot. Solar Smart Home.
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123 123 MAIN MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, 2.5 Windsor Twp $310,000 4East bedrooms, 2.5 baths, baths, colonial, colonial, updated updated throughout. 2 BR 2.5 BA end unit townhome sits at the back end of a throughout. cul-de-sac & is perhaps the best location in this development.
123 123 MAIN MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, Boro2.5 $448,728 4Pennington bedrooms, 2.5 baths, baths, colonial, colonial, updated updated throughout. The Rosedale Home Design features 2300 sq ft of spacious throughout. living, complete with 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths and a one car
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ROOM FOR RENT: Princeton. Close to University, shared kitchen, male only. $500/month. (609) 2409837. 09-12-4t HOUSE FOR RENT: Littlebrook School, brick ranch, 3 BR (all cornered), 2 bath, LR, DR, 2-car garage, back yard patio. October occupancy, $2,950/mo. (609) 608-8474; (609) 921-7675. 09-26-2t OFFICES WITH PARKING Ready for move-in. Renovated and refreshed. 1, 3 and 6 room suites. Historic Nassau Street Building. (609) 213-5029. 09-05-5t APARTMENT FOR RENT: Lawrenceville, NJ. 4 room, 1 bath, 2nd floor apt. Private home, separate entrance, attic storage, use of yard, enclosed porch, covered patio & grill, self-controlled HVAC. No smoking or pets, 1 mo. security, available immediately. $1,400/mo. plus utilities. (609) 575-0463. 10-03
123 MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON Lawrence Twp STREET, PENNINGTON $579,000 123 MAIN 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, colonial, updated 4 bedroom, 2 and 1/2 home, situated on professionally 4 bedrooms, 2.5bath baths, colonial, updated landscaped lot on a quiet cul-de-sac, with mature trees and throughout. throughout. shrubs, a fully-fenced yard with a Trex deck, and backing to
123 MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON Lawrence Twp STREET, PENNINGTON $239,900 123 MAIN 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, colonial, updated 3 BED 2 Bath. Wide picture window w built in window 4Sunny bedrooms, 2.5 baths, colonial, updated seat. DR/kitchen area lots of garden appeal. Newer french throughout. throughout. door access to patio. Fin. basement. Newer roof. Low assoc
123 STREET, EwingMAIN Twp $187,500 123 MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, baths, updated its commuter 2.5 friendly locationcolonial, to a floorplan that is just 4From bedrooms, 2.5 baths, colonial, updated right, this 2 bedroom, 1 and ½ bath South Fork townhouse is throughout. throughout. all about convenience and today’s busy lifestyle.
123 MAIN STREET, Pennington Boro $526,000 123 MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, baths, updated by the 2.5 current owner, colonial, this 3 bedroom, 2 bath, 4Renovated bedrooms, 2.5 baths, colonial, updated 1942 cottage near the quaint downtown of Pennington throughout. throughout. combines mid-century charm with the amenities sought by
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PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 tf HOME IMPROVEMENT: Princeton based general contractor. Small & large construction work, framing, drywall finished to paint, tile, kitchens, baths, decks & handyman items. References, licensed & insured. Immediate response, Steve (609) 613-0197. 10-03 PERSONAL ORGANIZER: Certified organizer with lots of experience. Eager to declutter and organize closets and rooms in your home. Call Jenny at (732) 715-4664. 09-26-3t
SEEKING TEMPORARY SINGLE ROOM OR LONG TERM ONE-BEDROOM/TWO- BEDROOM RENTAL: Early retired gentleman of arts & antiques, substance & good taste, his books, few art pieces & plants (no family or pets), need to immediately relocate, to a temporary single room or long term one-bedroom/twobedroom private space (with decentsize closets), in a well maintained home, cottage, or ranch house, in a quiet residential setting, within 10 miles or so from Princeton. Long term commitment is offered & desired. If your house is on the market, please do not respond. (I do not wish to keep packing & moving again soon!) (609) 731-1120.
COMMERCIAL SPACE: Office Suite Available for Sublet Featuring: •up to 1,967 square feet •6 rooms+storage area •$14/square foot+$286 electric fee •available thru 12/2019 •furnished with phones, security camera, desks & chairs if desired •Location: 700-block State Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 •For more details, please call (609) 212-2111.
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09-26-3t OFFICE SPACE on Witherspoon Street: Approximately 950 square feet of private office suite. Suite has 4 offices. Located across from Princeton municipal building. $1,700/ month rent. Utilities included. Email recruitingwr@gmail.com
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RESIDENTIAL & OFFICE RENTALS: Princeton Office – $1,600/mo. 2nd floor with PARKING. Available now. Princeton Office – $2,200/mo. 5-rooms with powder room. Front-toback on 1st floor. Available now. Princeton – $1,650/mo. 1 BR, 1 bath, eat-in kitchen. Available now. Princeton – $1,700/mo. 1 BR, 1 new bathroom, LR, dining area, kitchen, new carpet. Available now. Princeton Apt. – $1,900/mo. 2nd floor apt. 1 BR, 1 bath, LR, kitchen. Available now. Princeton Address-$2,650/mo. Montgomery Twp. Blue Ribbon Schools. 3 BR, 2.5 bath townhouse. Fully furnished. Available now. Princeton – $3,400/mo. Stunning 2 BR, 2 bath apartment. Terrific Nassau Street location. Parking included. Available now.
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Remodeling offers the benefit of sprucing up your home and putting the finishes in your home to your own taste and specification. You can do one room at a time and budgeting accordingly. Remember, it is important to consult the Township to see if permits are required to do the remodeling in your home as well as your real estate agent to make sure your investment will pay back.
STOCKTON MEANS FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE. We list, We sell, We manage. If you have a house to sell or rent we are ready to service you! Call us for any of your real estate needs and check out our website at: http://www.stockton-realtor.com See our display ads for our available houses for sale.
Moving, requires a different type of effort. There are two parts to this making this decision: 1) You will need to ready your home for sale; 2) You will be actively looking to find your new home and identifying the three L’s “Location, Location, Location.” Contact your real estate agent to figure out the value of your current home and what homes are available to purchase.
CARETAKER: Montgomery family seeks experienced person for Caretaker position at their small farm. Must be able to handle garden work & have at least 5 yrs. of experience with good references. Call: (917) 796-7965 or email contigo198@ gmail.com 09-26-2t
ADMINISTRATIVE POSITION: Architecture firm hiring part-time. Proficient in Outlook and Adobe programs, graphic design knowledge preferred. Bachelor’s Degree required. Submit cover letter and resume jobs@joshuazinder.com 10-03
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32 Chambers Street Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 924-1416 Martha F. Stockton, Broker-Owner
You love the three L’s of your current home. The town is where you want to be, the home is in the neighborhood you want to live in and the home is in that perfect spot within the neighborhood. You decide to tear it down and build your dream home. If this is the route you are taking be sure to hire an architect and a licensed contractor to manage the process.
HOUSECLEANING BY LENA: Excellent and professional job. Many years of experience. References available. Please call (609) 671-9880. 10-03-4t 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. 10-03-5t
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HAMILTON TWP. $419,500 NEW PRICE! Pristine 4 BR, 2 1/2 Bath Colonial on a cul-de-sac. Family room with fireplace. Full finished basement. 2-car garage. Shows like a model home. Dir: Wilbert Way to Holland Terrace.
HOPEWELL $749,000 New Construction in Hopewell Boro! This luxury home features 4 BRs/2.5 baths located 3 blocks from town. Open floor plan, high-end kitchen and high quality finishes, located on a charming street.
Jean Budny 609-915-7073 (cell)
Vanessa Reina 609-352-3912 (cell)
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PRINCETON $1,050,000 Center Hall Colonial welcomes you w/ professional landscaping. Updated gourmet eat-in-kitchen w/ granite countertops and custom cabinetry. Partially finished basement. Back yard with bluestone patio.
PRINCETON $949,000 A bright, sunlit contemporary w/ newly installed kitchen that has island w/ breakfast bar. Hardwood floors t/o 2nd floor & most of the 1st floor. Also has 2-car attached garage.
Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)
Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)
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PRINCETON $599,000 Move right into this 3-bedroom, 2-bath home. Adorable & efficient “Cotswold Cottage” in Riverside on a beautiful property within reach of Carnegie Lake. Features formal living room with hardwood floors.
TITUSVILLE $998,000 Elegant Custom designed brick-front home in Hopewell Ridge area offers a remarkable open floor plan, many unique custom features and lovely décor throughout!
Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)
Mary Saba 732-239-4641 (cell)
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Princeton | 4 / 3.5 | $2,200,000 25 Haslet Avenue
Princeton | 4 / 3.5 | $1,225,000 9 Fairway Drive
Montgomery Twp | 4 / 3.5 | $1,195,000 50 Blue Heron Way
Deanna Anderson Search 1002121120 on CBHomes.com
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Cranbury Twp | 3 / 2.5 | $985,000 6 N Main Street
Cranbury | 5 / 3.5 | $849,000 31 Bodine Drive
West Windsor Twp | 5 / 3+ | $775,000 2 Eastern Drive
Donna Reilly & Ellen Calman Search 1002064374 on CBHomes.com
Deanna Anderson Search 1002275242 on CBHomes.com
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South Brunswick | 5 / 4.5 | $750,000 5 Pinter Lane
Hopewell Twp | 4 / 2.5 | $599,999 3 Van Dyke Rd
Montgomery Twp | 3 / 2.5 | $572,000 1085 Cherry Hill Road
Armando Perez Search 1002275072 on CBHomes.com
Rosaria Lawlor Search 3478717 on CBHomes.com
Elizabeth Zuckerman / Stephanie Will Search 1002165264 on CBHomes.com
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