Volume LXXII, Number 4
“The Commodore’s Greenhouse” Exhibit at Morven . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Freshmen Start Cryptocurrency Service . . . . . . 7 Cosmic Education at Princeton Montessori School . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Windows on the Great War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Stones in His Pockets at McCarter Theatre . . . . 16 NJSO’s Winter Festival Concert . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Princeton Native Paul Sigmund, Former MC Freeholder, Dies . . . . . 32 Former PU Hoops Star Brase Finds a Home at Iowa State . . . . . . . . . 25 Freshman Samaan Starring for PHS Girls’ Hockey . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Freshman Ayres Bringing Girl Power to PHS Wrestling . . . . . . . . . . 27 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach Realtors . .20, 21 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 23 Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Classified Ads. . . . . . . 33 Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Music/Theater . . . . . . 16 New To Us . . . . . . . . . 13 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 32 Service Directory . . . . 36 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Sustainable Head Urges Climate Action Plan To Reduce Emissions
Sustainable Princeton Executive Director Molly Jones, in a speech at the Universalist Unitarian Church Monday night, described the challenges of climate change, outlined Princeton’s Climate Action Plan (CAP), and explained how citizens can most effectively get involved. In the presentation hosted by Indivisible Princeton, Jones emphasized, “Climate change is not a silver bullet problem. It’s a silver buckshot problem. There are many small things we can do.” Jones noted that Princeton took action immediately in responding to the Trump administration’s withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement and other actions designed to roll back Obama-era environmental policies. Mayor Liz Lempert signed on to a Climate Mayors agreement; Sustainable Princeton, in coordination with local authorities, is leading an effort to develop a community CAP; and Princeton University is working towards its goal of achieving 1990 emissions levels by 2020. She pointed out that “most people think that climate change will harm Americans, but they don’t think it will happen to them. It’s a problem that someone else has.” She noted, however, that the reality of climate change at its current pace will mean that while we currently average six days per year of temperatures over 95 degrees, by 2060 it will be 23 days and by 2100 49 days per year. Continuing to set forth the consequences of climate change, Jones mentioned the increasing frequency and aggressiveness of storms and flooding, costly and dangerous infrastructure damage, major property damage, devastation to local habitats, and health implications, including increases in vector-borne illnesses (ticks and mosquitoes), asthma, and stress-related mental health effects. She proceeded to present necessary steps to reduce carbon emissions. First, she said, is to quantify greenhouse gas emissions, tracking where emissions are coming from, and providing a means for measuring progress. Next she urged setting an overarching goal for emissions reductions, for example a decrease of 80 percent emissions by 2050 or a return to 1990 levels by 2020. The target areas to be measured against quantifiable goals would be transportation, buildings, land use and Continued on Page 4
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Wednesday, January 24, 2018
Community Collaboration Features Migrations A community collaboration of more than 30 organizations in and around Princeton will explore the theme of migrations in a variety exhibitions, performances, lectures, and other programs from February through May. “We shaped the theme of migrations in order to invite as many nonprofit organizations as possible to participate,” said Princeton University Art Museum Director James Steward, who initiated the idea. “Immigration and its real world consequences are so much in our minds that we wanted to open a conversation that includes the migrations of animals and even of ideas, and in doing so increase the resonance across ideas and organizations.”
The varied participating organizations include the Princeton University Art Museum, the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, McCarter Theatre, the Historical Society of Princeton (HSP), the Witherspoon-Jackson Historical and Cultural Society, Womanspace, the Princeton Public Library (PPL), the Arts Council of Princeton, and many more University and community institutions. Among the events scheduled are a Princeton University Art Museum exhibition on “Migration and Material Alchemy,” January 27 through July 29, that features 12 contemporary artists who address issues such as cultural continuity, the AIDS crisis, environmental degradation, and population displacement; a February
1 author talk at PPL with Pulitzer Prizewinning writer Sonia Nazario about the dangers that Latin American children face while journeying across Mexico to reunite with parents living in the United States; and a Princeton University lecture series, “Migration and Human Values,” by five prominent scholars in the humanities and social sciences discussing ethical implications of migration and immigration research from different points of view. There will also be a HSP exhibition, “Rex Goreleigh: Migrant Worker’s Witness,” featuring the work of the African-American artist known for his Migrant Series, which brought to light the difficult conditions faced by African-American migrant Continued on Page 10
Griggs Farm Update, Parking Are Focus Of Council Meeting
A TIME OUT ON A NICE DAY: A gentleman catches up on the news in “The Newspaper Reader,” J. Seward Johnson Jr.’s bronze sculpture set near the Princeton Battle Monument. This past weekend provided warmer weather to enjoy outdoor activities. (Photo by Erica M. Cardenas)
Since the December 27 fire at the Griggs Farm complex that took the life of one resident and displaced 35 others, the local community has responded with food, clothing, and funds. But the needs of the residents, who will be out of their homes for a period estimated at 10 months to a year, continue. Ed Truscelli, executive director of Princeton Community Housing Development Corporation, which owns and manages the affordable housing section of Griggs Farm, reported to Princeton Council at its Monday, January 22 meeting that while the community’s response has been “overwhelming,” lodging is still needed for those who are still in an extended stay hotel on U.S. 1. Monday’s meeting also included a report from the consultant that has been working on a parking study for the town, and an update on the municipal budget, among other matters. Truscelli informed the governing body about the status of Griggs Farm residents who have been displaced since the fire. “It will take about a year for the building to be restored, led by the Griggs Farm condo association,” he told the governing body. “We are trying to assist displaced residents to find housing for that period. We are building a list of housing opportunities. People want to stay in town if they can.” Some local homeowners have offered rooms in their homes, but more are Continued on Page 10