Volume LXXII, Number 33
Princeton Area Life Pages 10-15 Mary Moss Playground Reopens . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Jim Floyd Memorial Lecture a Highlight of Joint Effort Celebration . . . . . 9 When Music Was Bigger Than Life . . . . . . . . . . 20 Litvak Taking Helm of PU Men’s Water Polo Program . . . . . . . . . . 25 PDS Grad Uche Starting Career with Bucknell Men’s Soccer . . . . . . . 28
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Five Candidates Compete for Three School Board Seats
When Princeton voters go to the polls on November 6, the much discussed facilities referendum won’t be the only important question they face in determining the future of thousands of Princeton Public Schools (PPS) children. Also on the ballot will be five candidates vying for three positions on the Board of Education (BOE). Two one-term incumbents, Betsy Baglio and Dafna Kendal, and three new hopefuls, Mary Clurman, Daniel J. Dart, and Brian J. McDonald, are all seeking three-year terms on the ten-member board. Clurman, 76, who has lived in Princeton for the past ten years, is a retired Montessori teacher, child care consultant to major New Jersey hospitals, child care grant winner and administrator, and professional association board member. Continued on Page 8
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Carnegie Lake Drowning Under Investigation A 23-year-old man died Friday after jumping into Lake Carnegie off the dock near the boat launch. Talven Page, of Trenton, swam a few moments before disappearing under the water and failed to resurface, according to the Princeton Police Department. The matter remains under investigation by the department’s Detective Bureau. Police were notified at 2:52 p.m. Friday,
August 10, by a friend of Page, who said he saw him enter the water. The police arrived three minutes later, and two officers entered the water and searched the area. “The officers observed bubbles come to the surface as the third officer probed the area with a pole from the dock,” reads a press release issued Monday. “One of the officers went underwater and located the victim, grabbed him by the arm and
pulled him to the surface where all three officers and Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad members put the victim on the dock and immediately began CPR at 3:03 p.m.” Page was subsequently taken to Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, and was pronounced dead there at 3:54 p.m. despite efforts by medical staff. —Anne Levin
More Back and Forth Claims About Proposed Westminster Sale
As the sale of Westminster Choir College (WCC) by Rider University remains unresolved, those in favor and those opposed to the transaction continue to publicize their positions. A public forum on Wednesday, August 29 at Nassau Presbyterian Church will provide an update on the situation, which includes two pending lawsuits against the University. In recent weeks, Rider’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors (AAUP) has been circulating a pe-
tition to segments of the higher education and classical music communities asking for support in their opposition to the proposed sale. Rider wants to sell the 22acre Westminster campus to the Chinese company known as Kaiwen Education. Days after release of the petition, a press release on August 8 announced the creation of the nonprofit Westminster Choir College Acquisition Corporation (WCCAC), naming Larry Livingston as its interim president (Livingston had been
hired last January as the project manager for the sale). The release said that Rider had entered into a binding agreement with Kaiwen Education to purchase the music school, and that the new nonprofit will take over the operation of Westminster on June 30, 2019 once the transaction is complete. “Kaiwen’s vision is to sustain and grow WCC’s reputation as a world-class music school, while maintaining it as an artistically preeminent, academically rigorous, Continued on Page 4
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COMMUNITY NIGHT OUT: Members of the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad displayed their emergency tools and equipment last Tuesday at the annual event at Community Park Pool. The Princeton Police Department, PBS Local #130, and Princeton Recreation Department hosted the festivities, which also featured free swimming, hot dogs, bottled water, and ice cream as well as K-9 demonstrations, games, and a dunk tank. Participants share how they would show appreciation for first responders in this week’s Town Talk on page 6. (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)
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