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Princeton Council passed an ordinance Monday night to re-establish a Civil Rights Commission. The proposal to form the Commission, which previously existed from 1968 to 1998, was officially introduced last month. Before the vote was taken, there was considerable discussion among Council and members of a subcommittee of the town’s Human Services department about the intake process for those registering complaints of discrimination, and the setting up of outside mediation should an issue not be internally resolved. The subcommittee has worked on the issue for the past two years. Mayor Liz Lempert and Council President Lance Liverman met with the subcommittee earlier in the day. Before opening up the discussion at the Council meeting, Ms. Lempert stressed the fact that the complaint process isn’t the only focus of the proposed Commission. Other duties have to do with public outreach and how to improve internal operations, she said. After municipal administrator Marc Dashield delivered a summary of the proposed civil rights complaint process, some members of the committee voiced concerns. John Heilner addressed what he called “a whole new twist” to the proceedings, specifically about the duties of an Affirmative Action Officer. “Our subcommittee never considered that the Affirmative Action officer would handle complaints from the public,” he said. “Our entire two-year-plus discussions have assumed that the Affirmative Action officer is only to handle complaints from municipal employees.” Leticia Fraga, who chaired the subcommittee, said she was not comfortable with some aspects of the complaint process. “I want to see this ordinance passed sooner rather than later, but I want to see it done right,” she said. Tom Parker, another subcommittee member, echoed Ms. Fraga’s concerns. Linda Oppenheim, co-chair of the anti-discriminatory organization Not In Our Town, told Council she supports the creation of the commission, but some aspects need strengthening. Daniel Harris asked the governing body to table the ordinance until language of its guidelines is properly incorporated. Continued on Page 14
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Princeton President William Bowen Dies
William G. Bowen, who died last Thursday at his home in Princeton at the age of 83, not only shaped Princeton University, where he served as an economics professor, provost, then president for 15 years, but also the world of U.S. higher education, which he wrote about and influenced significantly throughout his long, productive career. Mr. Bowen was Princeton University’s 17th president during an often tumultuous period from 1972 to 1988, overseeing the first admission of women and major expansions in academics. From Princeton he moved to the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, where he served as president from 1988 to 2006, leading its support for the humanities, undergraduate and graduate education, the arts, and culture. “Bill made an astounding array of contributions to the way that we understand and improve higher education in this country,” the Mellon Foundation noted in a tribute to Mr. Bowen. “He did so with infectious enthusiasm and exceptional intelligence.” As Princeton president, Mr. Bowen led
the university through years of steady academic growth. In part on the strength of a five-year, $410.5 million capital campaign (original goal: $275 million), he was able to enrich the arts and humanities and enlarge the faculty, while expanding Firestone Library, doubling the art museum’s capacity, and strengthening the University’s standing in life sciences and computer science.
Besides being a staunch advocate for coeducation at Princeton, Mr. Bowen sought to recruit more minority students and to change the longstanding dominance of all-male eating clubs on the social scene by introducing a residential college system for undergraduates. Perhaps the most influential of more than 20 books he authored or Continued on Page 37
Princeton Future Investigates Health Data To Promote Improved Eating and Lifestyle
In working to first assess then improve the health of the community, Princeton Future (PF) is creating a Princeton Health Corps as it embarks on a long-term project in collaboration with the Board of Health. At an opening public gathering in the Library Community Room on Saturday morning, participants discussed: “How does the Princeton community’s lifestyle impact the health of its citizens?” With a focus on dietary habits and physical activ-
ity, Princeton Future set forth its plan to help “collect, manage, analyze, and disseminate health-related data for decisions about all of us: the residents, the students and the employees of our community.” Rick Weiss, Board of Health member, Princeton Future Council member and president of Viocare Inc., emphasized the importance of gathering valid data on diet and lifestyle from all parts of the community. “You need to know what we’re doing Continued on Page 18
OCTOBER ART: Finding the Great Pumpkin was the theme Saturday at the Princeton Shopping Center, which featured pumpkin painting and carving, cookie decorating, and live music. The Halloween event was hosted by the Shopping Center and the Arts Council of Princeton. Favorite costumes are discussed in this week’s Town Talk. (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)
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Mary Jacobs Library’s 11th Annual Fundraiser
The Mary Jacobs Memorial Library Foundation will host its 11th annual food and wine fundraising event at the Mary Jacobs Memorial Library, 64 Washington Street, Rocky Hill, on Saturday, November 5, from 7 to 10 p.m. This year, the evening will feature a menu highlighting cuisine richly inspired by Italy, and thoughtfully paired with Italian wines. Live music by Acoustic Road, Jeff Friedman and Matt Robinson, a silent auction, and a wine pull. Sponsorships are still available and include two tickets to the event. Please contact foundation@maryjacobslibrary.org for more information. Tickets for the event are on sale for $100. They may be purchased at the Mary Jacobs Memorial Library or online: http://maryjacobs. org/events/food-wine.
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FUN WITH DONALD AND HILLARY: The Second City comedy troupe pokes fun at the presidential campaign with a show at NJPAC on October 29. Princeton-bred Carley Moseley, fourth from left, is a member of the cast.
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this Saturday night, October 29, says it all. “I’m sitting here watching part of the speech Trump gave laying out his first 100 days in office,” said Ms. Moseley, who grew up in Princeton. She spoke last weekend from a hotel in Michigan, where the troupe was appearing as part of its current tour.
TOPICS Of the Town “With Trump, it’s just been insane,” she continued. “In this show, we have plenty of direct references to him and Hillary and a lot of blackouts and really quick scenes. They give us an opportunity to use punch lines as they’re happening. It’s very funny. Or let’s say, it would be funny if it weren’t so awful and dangerous. It’s just unreal.” Ms. Moseley, whose grandfather is Dr. Roger Moseley, was in town a few weeks ago to attend a memorial service for her grandmother, Caroline Moseley, who died in June. “It was hard,” she said of the service. “But it was great to meet so many people who were part of my grandmother’s life.” A 2006 graduate of Princeton High School, Ms. Moseley appeared in a few plays while a student. “But I wasn’t very good at it,” she said. “I think the only real acting I did was Mercy Lewis in The Crucible.” She credits her drama teacher, Pat Wray, with sending her on her current path. “She was so great and so generous, and cast me in weird, comedic relief parts,” Ms. Moseley said. “And then when I got to college, I was in a sketch comedy group. I majored in Art History at Vassar, and I really did love school, but my favorite thing was writing and performing with my friends.” During her senior year at Vassar, Ms. Moseley attended the annual Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival. Chicago is one of the training centers for Second City, t he 47- year- old comedy club, theatre, and school of improvisation. “I’m embarrassed to say that I really didn’t know what Second City was,” she admits. “But I saw one of their shows, and some other groups. And while I was there, I de-
cided that when I graduated I would try out.” She auditioned, she got in, and she moved to Chicago. Second Cit y, which also has centers in Toronto and Los Angeles, has been the launching pad for scores of actors and comedy performers including Martin Short, Bill Murray, Tina Fey, Gilda Radner, and John Candy. The premise is built upon improvisation, but there is structure involved as well. “We write a lot of the shows. They are almost entirely scripted, but are generated through improvisation,” Ms. Moseley said. “So I might come in to rehearsal one day and say, ‘I want to Continued on Next Page
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write a scene about Donald Trump on a bus.’ And then in rehearsal, we’d improvise on the idea. Things get tweaked. We bring in different characters. And at some point, a bit of a script is generated. It’s kind of this evermoving and shifting thing. Seeing a show develop that way is really cool, especially now with the campaigns going on. To respond to that in real time is fun for us. It keeps our work fresh and makes the audience feel we’re doing our job.” The troupe travels all over the country, including locations that might not look favorably on Trump-trashing. “My cast and myself are definitely on the liberal side of things,” Ms. Moseley said. “It’s interesting. When we go to places that are definitely not liberal, and we’re driving past 15 Trump/Pence signs in the same week he’s assaulting women and banning Muslims, it’s weird. But we do a piece in one of the shows where the whole point is to reach across political lines.” As part of Second City shows, cast members ask the audience questions. “I’ve asked what they like most in the world, and people have yelled out ‘the idea of Hillary behind bars.’ People are so angry. There is so much in this campaign that has been hateful. But for every incident like that, there are many more that feel much better,” she said. “It’s good to remember that people are a whole bunch of things. Some make me upset, but most are okay.” Ms. Moseley is looking forward to the crowd of friends and family who are planning to attend the NJPAC show this weekend. “A big chunk of family is coming,” she said. “I’ve never performed in New Jersey with Second City, so I’m just so excited. Selfishly, I wish we could stay for a week and have dinner at my dad’s house and a slumber party at my mom’s, but that won’t happen. But I can’t wait!” —Anne Levin
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Alison: “I’m probably most proud of my Meryl Streep costume. I’m a big fan, I mean, who isn’t? I always worked with what I had to make my Halloween costumes, so I picked out some clothes and did my hair a certain way and just walked around with an air about it.” Dana: “All time favorite, I was a Tootsie Roll. It was my favorite candy, and my mom helped me make the costume out of cardboard but I sort of had to roll into the family van because I couldn’t sit in it. And I had this frill stuck up in my face and I wore little pigtails. It was the craziest costume but also my favorite ever. When we were kids all of our costumes were homemade. My parents were amazing and made it so much fun for us.” —(from left) Alison DiDonato, Princeton, and Dana Caro, Robbinsville
Lola: “A witch!” Michelle: “My favorite always was being a clown.” —(from left) Lola and Michelle Caruso, Princeton
“My favorite is a duck. My favorite animal.” —(from left) Natalie Tsai and Kuan-Juei Su, West Windsor
Roman Road Rally Is Topic At Dorothea’s House
“Road to Roma” will be the topic of a lecture by architect and automobile enthusiast Lawrence Tarantino at Dorothea’s House on Sunday, November 6, at 5 p.m. Those attending can follow the Mille Miglia, an Italian vintage road rally, as Mr. Tarantino takes the audience on an illustrated tour of Italy’s beautiful cities, villages, and countryside along the route. Having attended the event multiple times as spectator, journalist, photographer, and participant, Mr. Tarantino will explain the history of the race and display memorabilia. Dorothea’s House is located at 120 John Street. The lecture is free and open to the public. Doors open at 4:45 p.m. Seating is limited and programs frequently fill to capacity. Participants are encouraged to bring refreshments to share at the reception following the program.
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Ava: “A butterfly fairy!” Amy: “My all-time favorite Halloween costume was a Geisha.” —(from left) Ava and Amy Cedeno, Ewing
J.T.: “Astronaut!” Joe: “Dracula, a classic!” Laurie: “I’m going with the classics too, something like a scary vampire.” —J.T. (center), Laurie (top left) and Joe Reinhardt, Mercerville
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All In A DAy’s Work “With Public Health It’s a Marathon”: Jeff Grosser, Princeton Health Department Jeff Grosser, 32-year-old New Jersey native, came to head the Princeton Health Department in April 2014. He live s in Burling ton County with his wife and three daughters, ages five, three and eight months. In his scarce free time, he loves going to the beach and surfing on Long Beach Island (LBI, where his parents live), playing soccer and coaching his daughters. He almost chose a career in professional soccer over public health. As Jeff looks to the future, he looks forward to “making Pr inc eton the healthiest town in New Jersey. When I wake up that’s what I’m thinking about.” Here, in his own words, Jeff talks about how he became a health officer and how he does his job “to preserve, promote and improve the health and well-being of the people, wildlife and environment of Princeton.” Early Influences grew up in Hopewell for seven years, with two older siblings, then my family moved to Fairfax, Virginia for seven years, then back to Medford, New Jersey when I was 14. My initial interest in medicine and the environment started in LBI because in going to the beach, being around the ocean, you’re outdoors and you get a sense of how the environment interacts with humans. My dad was a mechanical
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engineer at Mobil labs, and that’s where I got some of my environmental insights. I noticed how careful he was in handling various oils and gases as we were growing up. He would always educate us on the harmful effects of gas and being careful with things like that. While playing soccer in high school, I got the idea that I wanted to be healthy, that the way I treated my body as an adolescent would probably carr y over into adulthood. Playing soccer was important to me — not only from the love that I had for the game, but also it was keeping me healthy. I was a High School All-American at Shawnee High School and the New Jersey State Player of the Year. I was recruited by several schools but decided to go to Johns Hopkins because of its reputation in medicine and public health. I wanted to be a pediatrician, because when I was growing up I always worried about going to the pediatrician and I wanted to be the kind of pediatrician that kids wouldn’t be worried to go see. Hopkins has such a strong program in public health and I learned to love the school’s motto: “Saving lives, millions at a time.” It’s about sav ing populations, and when I learned about the environmental health aspect, I realized this is what I want to study. I was fascinated by how much a particular environment or community
could affect a person. A Crossroad W hen I finished up at Hopkins, playing soccer and earning a public health degree, I came to a crossroad. I always wanted to be a professional athlete. I played semiprofessional soccer for a team in Baltimore as I was finishing up senior year, and I also worked as assistant coach at Hopkins. Also, Hopkins has a fantastic program where you go for a fifth year and get a masters from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. So I said, this is great, I get to play with the semi-pro soccer team, coach a team, and go to graduate school. I got a masters, focusing on environmental earth science, and I was also becoming more of a coach and a player. But I had to decide: either I’m going to go on with coaching or I’m going into public health, either help young people on the soccer field or help populations. So I thought, where will I have a greater effect? where will I do the greater good? — and that’s why I went into public health. I know my mom, who’s a middle school principal in Tabernacle, N.J., probably wanted me to play soccer forever, but unfortunately you have to give up certain things, or at least put them on the shelf until later. Fortunately now I’m coaching
again, and I’m coaching two of my daughters. They needed coaches so bad for the mini-munchkin soccer team, and my wife and I both played soccer in college and they knew we’d be interested in coaching, so our deal was, we’ll coach, but we need the 3-year-old as well as the 5-year-old to play. So the 3-year-old’s playing and she’s prett y scrappy. She doesn’t let anybody get in her way, so it’s been lots of fun. It’s provided a good foundation for our girls. We decided we’re not so interested in whether they play soccer or not. We just want them KEEPING PRINCETON HEALTHY: Jeff Grosser, Princeton Health to find something they want Officer, is always on the go in his “constantly evolving job” of overseeing the Municipal Health Department. to do. for and provide the infor- to get them to eat healthy Princeton Health Department mation that you need to im- and take care of themselves. I worked in the Burlington prove health outcomes. The Chronic diseases are one of County Health Department Board of Health here is so our largest concerns. before coming to Princeton. fantastic with their expertise The animal control officer The county health depart- that we always have some- is also under the jurisdiction ment was great because you one in our corner to assist of the health department, learn how to do things on us with things we may not and his main responsibila large scale, but what you know. ity, besides picking up stray lose a little bit of — I realDoctors are primarily con- dogs and cats, is rabies conized when I got to Princeton cerned with protecting the trol. We work closely with — is the idea that you can individual, but our concern him. He is the officer who make a local impact. That’s at the Health Department is comes out to your house if why I love it here. You can with the larger community. you have a bat. He’ll take create a program or a plan That’s what got me into this it to the laboratory to get that’s going to help individu- field. I love the idea of pro- it tested for rabies and let als, and you can make that tecting whole populations, you know if you should go impact quickly. I also love protecting as many people to the emergency room to the idea of community, the as you can w ith the re- get treated. idea of knowing the people sources you have. The work Planning, emergency planyou’re working with and the of Princeton Health Depart- ning in conjunction with the people in town knowing who ment often goes unnoticed Mercer County and New Jeryou are. because if you don’t have sey Departments of Health, What Princeton brings to outbreaks, you’re doing your is around the clock for us. the table, more than any job and there’s no story. We try to ensure that resiother municipality, is its acOur department also has a dents will be taken care of tion, its progressive action. large health education com- in low probability, high-risk It’s not a sleepy town. It has ponent. Many diseases can events like outbreaks, or such great experts in their be prevented only through anything on a mass scale. fields that you can always lifestyle or eating habits. We Response Mode find somebody who knows put an emphasis on trying to If there’s a food-borne exactly what you’re looking get individuals active, trying Continued on Page 13
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said of the original property owner. “No expense was spared.” The house that Woodrow Wilson and family occupied at 82 Library Place is one of the few in the United States to have been designed and built by a U.S. president. Wilson was president of Princeton University before moving to Washington. “It was meticulously designed by Wilson and his wife,” said Ms. Kasdin. “Bob Carr [current owner] did some research and found all sorts of wonder ful cor respon dence about the design decisions.” T he research revealed that the future U.S. president and his wife didn’t have the deep pockets that one might expect. “They didn’t have much money and had to make a lot of compromises,” Ms. Kasdin said. “You can see the cost- cut ting measures they took. They wanted to have a separate servants’ staircase, but they couldn’t afford it and they were disappointed in that. Some of the features are from the Sears catalogue. It’s so interesting because the perception of Library Place is that everything is the best.” This is not to say that the house, which has been on the tour before, lacks in grandeur. Today, it has a modern kitchen, a roomsized mural in the dining room, and an historic sleeping porch, among other features. Also open for visitors is a
house at 1 Haslet Avenue, which was designed as a replica of the St. George Tucker house in Colonial Williamsburg. Katie Eastridge created the interiors, which boast American colonial furniture, contemporary art, and antiques. Ms. Eastridge’s business, the Eastr idge Design Home, is also on the tour, at the other end of town. Painted charcoal gray as par t of its renovation by Ms. Eastridge, the building at 342 Nassau Street was built in 1730. The tour also includes 150 Mercer Street, a 19th century home that sits in the location of a proposed, but never built, entrance to Princeton University’s Graduate College. The house has modern interiors and a landscaped back patio complete with a koi pond. Tickets to the tour are $45 for members of the Historical Society; $50 for non-members. Proceeds go to the organization’s core mission activities throughout the year. Visit w w w. princetonhistory.org or call (609) 921-6748 ext. 105 to purchase tickets. “It’s great to be able to celebrate people who respect the integrity and history of their homes, as well as those who take a historic home and, if it’s not practical as a residence, turn it into something else,” said Ms. Kasdin. “That’s how historic preservation needs to function.” —Anne Levin
STAR OF THE SHOWPLACES: Part of the original Moses Taylor Pyne estate, this house at 505 Mercer Road has a dairy barn with floor-to-ceiling tilework by Rafael Guastavino, whose work is in some New York City subway stations. The 1901 home is among five on this year’s Historical Society of Princeton House Tour. (Photo by Izzy Kasdin)
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Ever y fall for the past 15 years, The Historical Society of Princeton has searched out eye-catching residences to feature on its annual fundraiser, the House Tour. T his year’s crop of five, the first since Izzy Kasdin took over as executive director last May, combines the historically significant with the adaptively re-used. The tour is Saturday, November 5 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. “We tr y to find a balance, and this is a great selection,” said Ms. Kasdin. “T here is t he Woo drow Wilson house at 82 Library Place, which has been stunningly restored. And there is the house at 342 Nassau Street that is now home to Eastridge Design — a new take on one of the oldest, intact Georgian houses in Princeton.” Ms. Kasdin is especially excited to have the unique proper t y at 505 Mercer Road on the tour for the first time. Originally part of the estate that is now Drumthwacket, the house has a former dairy barn that is “just stunning,” she said. “It was a model farm at one time. Some of the tilework is done by Rafael Guastavino, who did the tilework in some New York City subway stations and Ellis Island.” Architect Glen Fries modernized and renovated the h ou s e, w h i ch w as bu i lt in 1901 and was home to George Weigel, proprietor of the dairy farm. The adjacent barn is “classic Moses Taylor Pyne,” Ms. Kasdin
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Mailbox A Letter to Mayor Lempert, Council From Members of Not in Our Town
To the Editor: We, the undersigned members of the board of Princeton’s antiracism, interfaith organization Not in Our Town (NIOT), write to comment on the proposed ordinance that would once again establish a separate Civil Rights Commission in Princeton. The proposal is good, and NIOT’s members support it. At the same time, we have one strong suggestion for a change in the current draft. As you know, the principal reason for a Civil Rights Commission is to increase awareness about continuing discrimination, ongoing stereotyping, and subtle forms of racism. The ordinance calls for the commission, among other tasks, to “develop mutual understanding and respect among all racial, religious, cultural, and ethnic groups in Princeton and work to prevent discrimination practices against such groups.” That’s all good. The proposed ordinance also calls for the commission to “aid in seeing that no person is deprived of equal services in this municipality,” and it gives the commission a role — in appropriate cases — in informally resolving the complaints of persons claiming to be aggrieved. This provision is also good, but it leads to our strong suggestion. Currently, and the proposed ordinance makes no change in this practice, any complaint about discrimination is filed with the Human Services Department of the town. Certainly that route to make a complaint is fine, and we ourselves have confidence in the Human Services Department. But we cannot assume, and Council should not assume, that each and every potential complainant will have confidence in any particular office of municipal government, nor should we further burden the Human Services Department by making it the sole repository for citizens’ complaints. Moreover, it’s conceivable that a complaint may even be against the Human Services Department, or there may be a perception that the staff would be hard pressed to
make a finding against the very entity responsible for its livelihood. Because of this potential, we believe that the ordinance should include an alternative route for complaints, a second way to file, so that any person who feels aggrieved may be confident and comfortable in making their complaint. Filing the complaint directly with the new civil rights commission seems to be the obvious alternative route, and there should be a paragraph added to the ordinance that authorizes the commission to accept complaints directly. We applaud the Council for re-establishing this commission, and we look forward to its success as Princeton continues its effort to overcome any and all instances of discrimination. Providing an alternate route for complaints is yet another way to help assure that the aims of this ordinance will be met. ZIAD A. AHMED, BARBARA F. FOx, TED FETTER, FERN SPRuIll, WIlMA SOlOMON, JOyCE TuRNER
School Board Candidate Martin Says That Greatest Problem Is Funding
To the Editor: I moved to Princeton in 2007 with my family after living abroad in Europe for six years; my wife, Maria Sophocles, wanted to open up a medical practice in a community where we could be in striking distance of our parents, and we both needed to have access to top quality public education. Princeton was the obvious choice for us since we are from the suburbs of New york and Philadelphia respectively, and upon arrival in Princeton we enrolled our four children in Johnson Park. Today we have a sophomore in college, a senior and a sophomore at Princeton High School, and an 8th grader at the Princeton Charter School. Our children have benefited from the school system, and for nearly 10 years we have been collecting facts and opinions from friends, parents, and people in the community about what they believe are the strengths and areas for improvement in the Princeton Public Schools. While there are many great ideas, one of the greatest challenges is funding. I have decided to run for the Board of Education because I believe I can help find alternative sources of funding for the district without leaning on the existing tax base. Any community with a strong school system wrestles with how to maintain the quality without taxing its residents to death. And since Princeton has a large number of residents who send their children to private schools, and still others who are here primarily for the university, the tax question is even more difficult because not everyone is benefitting directly from the public school system. And yet, even with the current 2 percent property tax cap, taxes will double for residents in the next 35 years. My proposal is simple: let’s raise an endowment. I have served on multiple boards in my professional life, and have raised money for the last 25 years. An endowment can tap into different donors than the Princeton Education Foundation and help provide a reliable income stream to complement other fundraising initiatives. There are many examples of great public schools that have created endowments, and there is no reason we could not do the same for Princeton Public Schools. If elected to the School Board, I will make this a priority. Since three of my children will still be graduating from PHS, I have a vested interest in improving the school system; as someone who hopes to retire here someday, I also have a strong desire to make Princeton an affordable option. An endowment is not the only answer, but most certainly could be part of the solution.
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I hope on November 8 you will give me the opportunity to give back to the community and elect me to Board of Education. AlEx MARTIN Hun Road
Stankiewicz Is a Thoughtful, Analytical Thinker Who Is Also a Consensus Builder
To the Editor: We strongly endorse Greg Stankiewicz’s candidacy for the Princeton Board of Education. Over the past 30 years that we have known him, Greg has impressed us as a thoughtful and analytical thinker who is also a consensus builder. From his previous experience with the New york City Board of Education where he focused on issues of equity in funding, to his more recent work with non-profit community development financial institutions that served low income communities in New Jersey, Greg formulates opinions and makes decisions that are in the best interest of the whole community. Greg believes in the right of every child to receive an equal educational opportunity, regardless of race, socio-economic background, or intellectual ability. His previous experience will be very helpful in solving the growing student population issue that the district is currently facing. If class sizes continue to grow, it will become more difficult for teachers to teach effectively and for children to learn to the best of their abilities, especially those with learning differences. Greg would be a staunch advocate for his trusted constituency, the very children who represent our future. Princeton would be lucky to have an intelligent and hardworking individual like Greg Stankiewicz making sound decisions as a member of the Princeton Board of Education. BETSy AND DARMA IE Carriage Way
Debbie Bronfeld Wants to Ensure That Each Child In Princeton Is Valued and Safe
To the Editor: I am writing to support Debbie Bronfeld for the Board of Education (BOE) elections this November. I have known Debbie for over 10 years; as a volunteer at school and as a friend. She is a true supporter of the Princeton Public Schools and a true believer in our town. During our children’s elementary years, Debbie volunteered as room parent, library volunteer, garden club, field day, and has been an integral part of the Board on PTO. During her years as vice-president of Community Service, she worked on service learning projects for each of the six grades at littlebrook, food drives with themes that operated all year long, clothing drives and uNICEF. The communication between her and the teachers and the parents was vital in order to be so successful. During our children’s time at John Witherspoon and PHS, she was integral to the annual Book Fair, engaged in Super Saturday, and volunteered to help with Prom and PHS Band Events. Being a part of her children’s school lives, both as a parent and volunteer, she discovered that she really wanted to make a difference in school. She attended BOE meetings during the teacher contract negotiations as she wanted to voice her support for the teachers and for the programs for our younger children and those children coming up behind ours. She attended town meetings during the AvalonBay planning as the population entering would affect the population of our schools. Her main platform is to preserve the quality of education for our students despite the growth in enrollment and the challenges of the school budget. She wants our school system to continue its success. And most importantly, she wants to ensure that each child is valued and each child is safe in our schools. BEvERly KuO-HAMIlTON Franklin Avenue
There Is Absolutely No Excuse For Anyone to Text While Driving
To the Editor: Having lived in the Princeton area for the past 12 years, I’ve always been impressed with the passion at which my fellow residents take up certain issues. I may not always agree with their opinions, but no one can deny the passion. I’d like to highlight a safety-related issue that will be virtually impossible for anyone to take the other side. It’s the epidemic that exists in our town with texting while driving. As an avid runner, it’s very likely you’ve seen me running through the neighborhood on a weekend morning. What I see, unfortunately, is an unbelievable amount of people who are texting while driving. This behavior needs to stop. There’s absolutely no excuse for anyone to ever text while driving. If you’re looking down at your phone, then you’re not looking at the road. I see people blatantly holding up their phones directly in front of their faces, believing they have a better chance of reading their phones in addition to seeing the road. I can assure you both cannot be seen at the same time. My children will soon be getting old enough to ride their bikes around the neighborhood on their own. The fear I have of them being run over by a distracted driver will very likely prolong my letting them ride on their own. I see our police “hiding” out looking for speeding cars, giving out tickets. While I applaud those efforts, what steps are being taken to reduce distracted driving? Stand anywhere along a busy Princeton street and watch 100 cars go by. Tell me how many are texting. Something needs to be done. Mayor lempert and town council, what are you doing to keep my family safe? BRET JACKNOW Farrand Road
To the Editor: It took a few hours to figure out why they would take our shoelaces and belts. Another day to comprehend why trash cans held paper bags, not plastic, why towel hooks behind bathroom doors swiveled to prevent their staying upright, why towel racks and shower curtain hooks were absent, why they confiscated bags with straps and disallowed hand sanitizers and Q-tips, why they observed us as we shaved, and why they inspected our rooms every 15 minutes, during the first 24 hours, sometimes longer. Yet it took no time at all to see how a community of patients struggling with anxiety, depression, addiction or more could develop a bonding affinity and love for one another at the Princeton House In-Patient facility. Regardless of who we were, our professions, socio-economic background, gender, religious or sexual identity, or our propensity for self-harm, we were each like anyone else, and we are each like you as well. If you disagree, look into yourself deeply, we are none of us much different from one another. Two weeks ago I was terrified to walk into a ‘psychiatric hospital’ — yet it was no ‘cuckoo’s nest’ — rather a safe sharing space — and walking out with increased awareness and self-recognition is an affirmation of the importance of caring for our most crucial asset — our minds. I lost two friends to suicide last year, both in Princeton, and last month mourned the loss of Owen Bardzilowski — one of two students lost to suicide within five years at Princeton High School. Whether or not you know someone with a mental illness, and regardless of your perception of your own mental health, I’m certain there’s a good reason why you should partake in a conversation on mental health and suicide prevention. Over 40 of your neighbors attended a community forum on suicide prevention this past Sunday in Princeton. Please get involved by sharing your own story creatively on November 12 at the IYCC Poetry Slam (www.iyiprinceton.com) and by supporting SPEAK OUT, Princeton Teens at their first community meeting on December 3 (www.speakoutprincetonteens.com). There is #NOSTIGMA in walking through vulnerability — isn’t THAT how we get to the door of courage? ADNAN SHAMSI Nassau Street
Candidate Peter Marks Is a Problem-Solver Who Understands Princeton’s Challenges
To the Editor: Peter Marks, who is running for mayor of Princeton, is a lifelong resident and a problem-solver who understands Princeton’s current challenges — challenges that will determine our town’s future for years to come. Marks believes that current local policies are incoherent. Although support of “sustainability,” “diversity,” and “affordability” are voiced, there is no concern for the unsustainable burden of population growth which will result when the many huge housing developments are completed. Marks realizes that if this continued development is permitted, the character of our cherished Princeton neighborhoods and the small town feel of the community will be forever lost. To begin to solve the threat of over development, Marks, as mayor, will ensure that differing Borough and Township zoning regulations will be combined and rationalized after over four years of delay under the current administration. (Can you imagine that consolidation is still nor complete?) I love Princeton and for this reason I’m supporting Peter Marks for mayor and I urge you to do so as well. JOHN IRvING Longview Drive
Pointing Out Mayor Lempert’s Current and Future Initiatives
To the Editor: Any leader up for our vote to continue in office should be asked two questions: What did you accomplish on our behalf in the past? What do you want to help us achieve in the years ahead? In my opinion, the answers that Liz Lempert can provide to each question more than justify both our thanks — and our votes — on November 8th. During her first term, Mayor Lempert steered us on a steady course through the legal and administrative intricacies of the first municipal consolidation in New Jersey in over a century. Almost as important: the president of Princeton University now meets regularly with the governing body to cooperate in planning for the future. In matters of traffic and transportation alone, the pay-off is already measurable. The municipality and the university are hard at work to create an integrated, convenient local transit service to help people get around town and reduce vehicular traffic on our streets. Next spring a municipal bike share program will complement the university’s already popular service and help lessen traffic still further. The town has launched a “Complete Streets” planning process (in which the university participates) to provide for balanced convenience and safety of pedestrians, bicyclists, and motorists alike. Further, Princeton was the first community to initiate the state’s “Safe Routes to Schools” program and the first in New Jersey to take up the U.S. Department of Transportation’s “Safer People, Safer Streets” challenge. Result: a “Street Smart” local campaign is already in its early stages. The list of current and future initiatives goes on: • At the municipality’s urging, 20 percent of the university’s Merwick-Stanworth apartments are affordable housing open to non-university residents. • Zoning and building regulations of the former borough and township are now under examination to determine how they might be modified and harmonized to protect neighborhood character. • An analysis of ways to improve our downtown streetscape is underway. •A comprehensive bicycle route plan is nearing completion.
Specific plans (the first in the state endorsed by the World Health Organization) are in place to help ensure that the community remains “age-friendly” as the numbers of seniors in our population increase. In my view, even this partial inventory of actions taken and actions planned fully warrants a vote for Liz Lempert to keep us on track toward a still better future in an already wonderful town. RALPH WIDNER Elm Road
Peter Marks Appreciates What Makes Our Town the Outstanding Place It Is
To the Editor: All Princeton residents know our town is special! It’s safe, welcoming and walkable. Our schools, the Princeton Public Library, Princeton University and the Art Museum, McCarter Theater, and Labyrinth Books, among other entities, provide residents with standout educational, cultural, and intellectual opportunities. Peter Marks cherishes and wants to preserve these entities and can be counted on to do so. He was born and raised in Princeton, attended its public schools and understands and appreciates what makes our town the outstanding place it is and how to keep it that way. As mayor, Peter Marks will halt over-development, preserve the neighborly character of neighborhoods, and enhance the green belt encircling the town. He will reduce onerous permit application fees and trim municipal spending by focusing on essential services. Peter Marks is a problem solver with the vision, leadership, and dynamism that will ensure that Princeton stays the special town that it is today. Please join me in keeping Princeton special by voting for Peter Marks on November 8. DOUG MILES Poe Road
HomeFront Bears Witness to Families Unable to House, Feed, Clothe Their Kids
To the Editor: Over 2,100 homeless or formerly homeless kids went back to school with new clothes, new shoes, and new back packs filled with necessary school supplies because of the wonderful caring community we live in. I am once again deeply gratified to report that HomeFront’s Back to School campaign was met with overwhelming support from Mercer County residents. Many individuals, corporations, congregations, and organizations contributed generously so that HomeFront kids were able to start the new school year with confidence and a feeling of fitting in. HomeFront bears witness daily to families who are unable to house, feed, or clothe their children. While the back to school donations may seem like a small step, they contribute greatly to the children’s self-esteem, which is a critical foundation for their success. The donations also fit into a much bigger picture of getting these children to school and helping them to stay there to finish their educations — and ultimately for them to become productive, self-sufficient adults. Thank you for all you do for these children. It is a delight to see their excitement as they begin their day with a full backpack and a new outfit. With your caring support, we are fighting poverty and have hope that we can end it one day. CONNIE MERCER Executive Director, HomeFront
Thanks to Everyone Who Helped Make The Friends Book Sale a Pleasure for All
To the Editor: The Friends of Princeton Public Library held their Annual Book Sale on October 14-16 and enjoyed a beautiful fall weekend with booklovers from near and far. The Book Sale is the culmination of months of work by dedicated volunteers, and depends on the generous donations of Library supporters throughout the year. We would like to thank the wonderful staff at Princeton Public Library, whose knowledge and commitment was crucial to the success of this event. We are especially thankful to the Development Department and Buildings Department for their guidance and wholehearted assistance, and to the Teen Advisory Board for their enthusiastic involvement. We would also like to acknowledge the generous support of our friends at Princeton Public Schools, the Arts Council of Princeton, Corner House, Princeton University, McCaffreys, and Witherspoon Grill. The large team of book-loving volunteers who worked so hard and with such spirit made this event an absolute pleasure for all involved, from the youngest child picking out a book for the first time, to the knowledgeable collector searching for a special find. Thanks to our generous Princeton community whose support once again increased the amount raised for the Library. Even more heartwarming was the sight of the many Princeton residents heading home with bags full of treasures, and smiles. SEvA KRAMER AND CLAIRE BERTRAND Co-Chairs of the Friends of the Princeton Public Library Annual Book Sale
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illness outbreak at a particular restaurant, that’s when we go into response mode. We go in to inspect. We see if they’re not sanitizing properly. We see if there’s somebody working there who’s sick. We see if any of their food supply is tainted in any way. Princeton is a town that people travel to, so there are people coming here from all over the world — almost a million visitors each year. Individuals who come into restaurants are also possible causes of spreading diseases. When we go into response mode, it may be because we have an inclination that there’s a potential outbreak, or even a single case of a highly contagious disease, li ke m e asle s. You s tar t thinking about logistics. Who was in the area? How do we contact them? Who’s been immunized? How do we get this information out beyond our municipality? How do we ensure that this outbreak is contained with just one or two individuals? We are a staff of five fulltime employees, but when we’re in response mode it’s all hands on deck. We call in public health nurses. We call in registered environmental health specialists (food inspectors) to help us. Registrars help with media inquiries. And possibly we get the police involved if it comes to a quarantine situation to ensure the person stays put in their home. For instance, with the Ebola crisis in 2014, we had to expand the hours that public nurses were working, monitoring individuals who were potentially exposed. Unfortunately you’re always going to have emerging new diseases brought here from around the world — some of which, like Ebola, we thought we’d never see. But that’s the mission: don’t let that disease spread. If you’re doing that, you’re on the right track. That’s at the heart of everything. If it’s a highly contagious disease I would touch base with the Board of Health ( BOH ), doctors who have expertise in these diseases, or with regional epidemiologists, provided through the
state health department. We want individuals to be educated on everything — on chronic diseases, the signs and symptoms of heart attacks, strokes, breast cancer — and to make sure that people are getting proper screening for these diseases. For infectious diseases, it’s difficult to know what you have, so we want individuals to seek medical attention as soon as possible, as soon as they feel something abnormal. The BOH and the Health Department are working together to get people to stop smoking. Smoking is the single most modifiable health decision people make. The biggest concern in Princeton is chronic disease. Unlike infectious diseases, you don’t hear about chronic diseases all at once. They might be part of a more complicated situation. Maybe we need more walking paths, or more farmers’ markets, or more individuals to advocate for healthy eating. We’ve been working for over a year towards public health accreditation, a set of practice standards above and beyond the state standards. We hope to complete the process in 2017. This set of standards, designed by public health professionals and the Center for Disease Control (CDC), is helping us strive for greatness when it comes to the services we provide for public health. It’s been tremendous as a map for how this department should operate. Ult imately w it h public health it’s a marathon, not a quick sprint. We can’t solve all the problems at once, which, unfor tunately for someone impatient like me, gets trying, but you have to stay focused on the greater good and how we can help. —Donald Gilpin
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C o u n c i l m e m b e r s e xpressed some reservations about certain features. Jo Butler was unhappy that she and her colleagues did not receive copies of the refined ordinance until just before the meeting, and wanted to put it on the agenda for the next Council meeting on November 14. But Ms. Lempert said that agenda is already too crowded. Ms. Butler and Patrick Simon ultimately voted against passing the ordinance, but were outvoted by Lance Liverman, Heather Howard, and Jenny Crumiller. “Doing rather than not doing it is preferable,” said Ms. Crumiller. “Let’s get it on the books and work out the policies later.” “Most people have no problems w ith the ordinance. It’s the policies and procedures” that are a problem, said Mr. Liverman, suggesting it be passed but with a timeline for working out those problems. The purpose of the commission is to provide informal conflict resolution and mediation. Mr. Heilner thanked Council for devoting time to the issue. “We can all agree that we want Princeton to be in the forefront of civil rights, and have a process that is proactive and accessible to all,” he said, “especially during this time of national tension over civil rights matters.” —Anne Levin
55-Plus Club Meeting Explores Arab Culture
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an Arab City” will be the topic of a presentation by Lawrence Rosen, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Anthropology at Princeton University. The talk will take place at the meeting of the 55-Plus Club at 10 a.m., Thursday, November 3, at the Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, Princeton. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, with a $3 donation suggested. Prof. Rosen will tr y to show people some of the distinctive features about Arab culture and society in an attempt to give some depth to what we read in the press and to make more human the everyday life of people in that part of the world. Lawrence Rosen is the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of A nt hropology at Princeton University, where he has taught since 1977, and Adjunct Professor of Law at Columbia. A native of Cincinnati, he earned his BA at Brandeis University and his PhD and JD at the University of Chicago. As an anthropologist he has worked on Arab social life and Islamic law; as an attorney he has worked mostly on the rights of indigenous peoples and American socio-legal issues. He is a member of the bar of the State of North Carolina and the U.S. Supreme Court. At Princeton, Rosen has received the President’s Distinguished Award for Teaching, the Ombudsman’s Award for Civility, the President’s Committee on the Status of Women Award, and the Princeton University Women’s Organization Award. He teaches courses
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Books Little Free Library’s “Take a Book, Leave a Book” Has Come to Princeton With a Variety of Choices In case you haven’t heard, in addition to Princeton University’s Firestone Library and our own outstanding public library, Princeton is now home to the Little Free Library (LFL) movement. A series of mail box-sized structures, placed in front of the homeowner’s property near the street, can be seen around town. They are filled with books for passersby to borrow, take home, return, or pass on to other readers, if they wish. The idea to “take a book, leave a book” originated in Wisconsin in 2009, when Todd Bol built a small wooden replica of a school house, mounted it on a post in his front yard, and filled it with books. It was a memorial to his late mother, a school teacher and book lover. Mr. Bol built several more, and gave them to friends. Each had a sign, saying “Free B o ok s.” His ide a struck a chord, and people were soon sharing books as well as meeting new neighbors in the process. It became so popular that he formed a partnership with Rick Brooks to determine the future of the project. Every State They were inspired by Andrew Carnegie, who established 2,509 free libraries around the turn of the 19th centur y, and they hoped to exceed that number. As
popu lar it y cont inued to grow, LFL attracted national publicity, and by the end of 2011, there were 400 LFLs across the U.S. The next year, it was established as a Wisconsin non-profit corporation. That one small structure that Mr. Bol built in 2009 has led to many thousands more! By January of 2016, the total number of LFLs worldwide was more than 40,000. They are located in every state of the U.S. and in 70 different countries. People have learned about LFLs in various ways; sometimes word-of-mouth, sometimes by seeing what they thought was an interesting looking mailbox, only to discover the structure was filled with books. Princeton resident Laura R. Jacobus first noticed one in Connecticut as she was driving to Maine. “I also saw one on Prospect Street in Princeton, and got interested in it,” she recalls. “I googled it, found the website, and it seemed like a neat idea. When I first found out about it, it reminded me in a way of Scout and Jem finding the ‘little surprises’ Boo Radley left them in To Kill A Mockingbird.” In the three years since Ms. Jacobus installed her L F L at her home, “T he B a r r a c k s”, o n E d g e h i l l Road, many passersby have
enjoyed sharing her books and their own. She has also met a number of the book lovers who stop by, and feels she is making new friends. “It’s a nice way to meet people and make a friend. I remember one of the first people to stop by had a red backpack, and then a lot more people have asked about it. I’m planning to set up another too, either next to the one on my property or at a friend’s house. The new one will focus on children‘s books.” Marquand Park Children’s books are also emphasized at the large LFL that was recently constructed at Marquand Park, Princeton’s 17-acre registered arboretum. The brainchild of Bob Wells, president of the Marquand Park Foundation Board and founder of Wells Tree and Landscape, this LFL is unique in that it was constructed upon and partially within the massive stump of a very special cucumber magnolia tree (magnolia acuminta). “It was an historic tree — there is a picture of the Princeton University baseball team from the 1890s with it,” explains Mr. Wells. “I kept looking at it and thought this is a neat thing. We could build a Little Free Library here. Other old tree stumps had been carved into various kinds of art work.
BEST BOOKS: “When I buy books, they become my friends. But if I don’t read them again, the Little Free Library is a wonderful way to share and pass them on.” Laura R. Jacobus is shown by the Little Free Library she installed by her home on Edgehill Road. “I first encountered a Little Free Library at the Outer Banks last year on vacation, and was immediately taken with the concept. I thought it would be a great way to repurpose the old hollow cucumber stump. I always felt that the seams and curves of the stump had a certain charm to them. “One of the central features and at tractions of Marquand Park is the giant sandbox and playground,” continues Mr. Wells, who is an associate director at the Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, where he
teaches and consults about arboriculture and urban forestry. “The park is constantly in use and is a great asset to the community as a safe and restful place to bring your children. My thought was that a Little Free Library filled with children’s books would be a great addition and offer just the right touch of magic for Marquand. “We got permission from the Parks and Recreation Department to transform the stump into the Little Free Library, and I brought the idea to the Marquand Park Foundation Board,
asking for their support and got an enthusiastic ‘Yes.’ I then reached out to Guillaume ( Gui ) Nelessen, a gifted cabinet maker, who built it for us.” Unusual History The Marquand Park LFL is set apart not only by its unusual history but by its size. Substantially larger than the typical LFL, it is six feet tall, and can hold more than 300 books as well as one or two small children. “Gui designed it to fit partially into the hollow stump with an overhanging roof to Continued on Next Page
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keep it dry,” explains Mr. Wells. “Built of red cedar, the masterful design and execution are his, and it is both functional and beautiful. Since its construction, it has been very busy. What is really neat is that in warm weather, many mothers will take the time to read to their children in the park and not even take a book home.” In addition, a number of pint-sized readers have been seen sitting inside the structure, enjoying a new-found book in this very special reading nook. Mr. Wells registered the LFL on-line and became the steward of the library. As such, he stops in every other day to check on the contents and restock it, if needed. Books for all ages fill the LFL at 256 Snowden Lane. Established by Alexandra Bar-Cohen a year ago, it has attracted a lot of interest, says Ms. Bar-Cohen, who first saw a LFL in New Orleans. “It was 10 years after Katrina, and I was there with the Jewish Center helping in the Lower Ninth Ward. Despite all the destruction and damage there, someone had put up a Little Free Library. It showed the significance of books in people’s lives even in the poorest section of New Orleans. “I love reading,” she continues. “I have a background in literature, and always had a secret desire to be a librarian. My kids are voracious readers, and I also love the
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community aspect of the Little Free Library.” Two Shelves Ms. Bar-Cohen consulted the LFL website and placed an order to become registered. A local carpenter handled the assembly and construction. “What was especially important was that I wanted two shelves, so we could have a substantial number of books (it easily holds 40), including children’s books. I have been so pleased with the community involvement, and all ages seem to be enjoying it. I keep an eye on how it’s doing, and restock it, if necessary. So far, it’s doing very well, with people taking one and leaving one. It makes me smile when I come into the driveway and see people using it.” O t her P r i nce ton L F L s include structures on Leabrook Lane, Prospect Street, Dempsey Avenue, as well as at Morven, with more in the works. The public library supports the LFL concept, and donated the first batch of books to Marquand Park, notes Kim Dorman, the library’s community engagement representative. “For us, the Little Free Library is an additional way of spreading information and instilling the joy of reading. We are delighted to encourage such a program.” In addition to those in Princeton, many LFLs can be found elsewhere in New Jersey, including in Skillman. Jim Corio set up a structure three months ago outside his home on Hollow Road. “I was on my way to pick up my grandson, and saw this little library near Flemington,” he reports. “I thought it really seemed like a nice idea, and it would be fun to build one. I checked it out on the internet, found the information about registering for one, and decided to do it, and build it myself. Successful Movement “I’m a carpenter, and I got the wood from Home Depot, followed the plans,
and put it together. I think it is a wonderful way to share books. People are stopping by, including those riding their bikes. Even with the internet and Kindles, people still like to hold a book in their hands. I’m thinking of adding some magazines and other publications, too. It was fun to build it, and I really like seeing people enjoying it. It’s nice for the community.” While LFL has been an extraordinarily successful movement, it has occasionally and surprisingly met opposition from individuals and municipalities because of the interpretation of various local regulations. Areas in Wisconsin, Kansas, and Louisiana have raised objections. In most cases, however, they have been overturned, common sense has prevailed, and the Little Free Libraries have been able to function effectively. Princeton residents have enthusiastically embraced the concept, pointing out a number of benefits. Said a history buff, “Although the circumstances are different, it reminds me of the Victory Book Campaign I read about during World War II, when libraries, publishers, and individuals all came together to send millions and millions of free small paperbacks to Americans serving in the military overseas. It was a hugely successful operation.” A Snowden Lane resident pointed out the opportunity to meet new neighbors. “Through the Little Free Library in my neighborhood, I met people I had never even known were here. In addition to the pleasure of finding new books, I found new neighbors!” Perhaps if you take a walk through your own neighborhood, you will discover a Little Free Library — something unexpected, similar to those “little surprises” found in To Kill A Mockingbird. For further information, c o n s u l t w w w.l i t t l e f r e e l i brary.org. —Jean Stratton
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Poet Billy Collins Speaking At Seminary Library Nov. 2 Former U.S. Poet Laureate Billy Collins will appear at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, in the Iain R Torrance Atrium, Princeton Theological Seminary Library, 25 Library Place in Princeton. He will read from his new book of poems and engage in a conversation with Princeton Seminary President M. Craig Barnes about the nature of poetry, the task of writing, and connections between poetry and faith. Admission is free and the event is open to the public. Parking is available in the lot behind the library. Called “America’s favorite poet” by The Wall Street Journal, Mr. Collins has just come out with The Rain in Portugal (Random House), which Booklist finds “disarmingly playful and wistfully candid.” His work has appeared in a variety of periodicals including The New Yorker, The Paris Review, and The American Scholar; he is a Guggenheim fellow and a New York Library “Literary Lion.” His other books include Questions About Angels (University of Pittsburgh Press, 1999), The Art of Drowning (University Pittsburgh Press, 1995), Sailing Alone Around the Room: New & Selected Poems (Random House, 2002), Nine Horses ( Random House, 2003 ), The Trouble With Poetry and Other Poems (Random House, 2007), Ballistics ( Random House, 2010 ), Horoscopes for the Dead ( Random House, 2012 ), as well as a collection of his haiku, She Was Just Seventeen (Modern Haiku
Press, 2006). In June 2001, Mr. Collins was appointed United States Poet Laureate 2001–2003. In January 2004, he was named New York State Poet Laureate 2004–06. He is a distinguished professor of English at Lehman College of the City University of New York. M. Craig Barnes is the seventh president of Princeton Theological Seminary and the author of The Pastor as Minor Poet: Texts and Subtexts In the Ministerial Life (Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2008), which explores poetry as a metaphor for pastoral ministry. ———
Award-Winning Author Will Read at TCNJ
The College of New Jersey’s Visiting Writers Series will be hosting its second event of the fall semester with a public reading by author Charles Baxter. The event will be on Tuesday, November 1 at 12:30 p.m. in TCNJ’s Education Building, Room 115. Currently a professor at the University of Minnesota, Charles Baxter has released a variety of short stories and novels, including his most recent collection There’s Something I Want You to Do: Stories, a finalist for The Story Prize. The Philadelphia Inquirer says, “Few writers, if any, are as capable of pursuing such an inevitable truth as this — and in so graceful, subdued, and artful a manner — as Charles Baxter.” A reception will be held after the reading with a book
signing and refreshments. The book will be available for purchase at the event and at TCNJ’s Barnes & Noble bookstore. This event is sponsored by INK and funded by the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at The College of New Jersey. ———
Marina Budhos Reading At East Pyne October 27
Award-winning writer Marina Budhos will present a reading from her new novel, Watched, and take part in a discussion about her work on Thursday, October 27 at 4:30 p.m. in Room 010 in the East Pyne building on the Princeton University campus. The event has been organized by Princeton Arts Fellow and filmmaker Afia Serena Nathaniel, and the conversation will be moderated by Program in Creative Writing faculty member and screenwriter Christina Lazaridi. The event is free and open to the public. Watched follows the story of an immigrant teen, Naeem, as he attempts to nav igate New York Cit y amidst racial profiling, surveillance of Muslim communities, and post-9/11 tension. Copies of Watched will be available for sale and signed by the author at the conclusion of the event. Marina Budhos is an author of both fiction and nonfiction, exploring the situations and perspectives of immigrants and Muslim communities in the post9/11 era. Her other works include young adult literature such as Tell Us We’re Home and Ask Me No Questions and nonfiction such as Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom & Science, which was a 2010 Los Angeles Times Book Award Finalist and was coauthored with her husband Marc Aronson. ———
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COMING TO SEMINARY: Called “America’s favorite poet” by The Wall Street Journal, Billy Collins will be reading from his work and conversing with Princeton Seminary President M. Craig Barnes at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 2, in the Iain R Torrance Atrium, Princeton Theological Seminary Library.
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Once Upon a Time in New York City — Goodbye Checker Cabs, Hello NoMad Hotel There again was my lost city, wrapped cool in its mystery and promise. —F. Scott Fitzgerald he singer songwriter Rosanne Cash was 14 when she recognized New York City in her own image. The moment of truth came at a leather goods store in Greenwich Village where she’d been taken by her father, “who had a lifelong love affair with the city and kept an apartment on Central Park South.” She was standing in front of a mirror trying on the green suede jacket he’d had made to order for her, “light pouring in the windows from busy Bleecker Street” when everything clicked. “That was my real self there in the mirror …. I belonged here. It was more than an idea; it was a sharp ache and a calling that tugged at me … until I pulled my entire life apart to come home.” She made the move 23 years later, in 1991. She’d been living in Nashville for most of the 1980s, frustrated because she wasn’t writing the songs or making the records she really wanted to make; then she recorded Interiors, which she thought was “the best work” of her life, and the record label “utterly rejected it.” At the same time, her marriage was falling apart, she was despondent: “Only one thing made sense: New York.” Of all the pieces in Sari Botton’s collection, Never Can Say Goodbye: Writers On Their Unshakable Love for New York (Touchstone 2014), Cash’s seems the most truly felt, the most perceptive. Her account of the lessons she learns as she becomes a loving student of New York is earnest and infectious. Looking into the history of the Washington Square of Henry James’s day makes possible the “little secret thrill” she feels when she walks through the park. She reads Jane Jacobs “who helped block the proposed Lower Manhattan Expressway” and she laments the razing of old buildings and churches that came with the extension of Seventh Avenue; her visits to the map room at the New York Public Library help her develop “a growing sense of territoriality” during the decade in which she realizes “that living elsewhere was no longer even a tiny option in the farthest corner of the smallest part of my mind.” She also remarries and raises children, doing her best to live with the changes in her Chelsea neighborhood, the demolitions, the multimillion-dollar condos, the “ultra-upscale private school.” She becomes for a time “the Disgruntled New Yorker.” When she asks younger people if they ever wonder about her New York or the one before that, or the one before that, they tell her, “We wonder how we ever found each other without cell phones.” Lamenting for lost objects like Checker Cabs, Bonwit Teller hatboxes, and the old Penn Station, “tears come,” and taxis are her “favorite place to cry,” the drivers passing her tissues through the partition without being asked. Then one day, after
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she’s “20 years a New Yorker,” a driver recognizes her and says he’s been waiting decades for her to get into his taxi. “I reviewed your album Interiors for Rolling Stone,” he tells her. “It should have been the lead review.” Only in New York, in the second decade of the 21st century when Englishspeaking cabbies are becoming a rarity, would you find the writer who reviewed the album that gave Rosanne Cash “the courage to come to New York.” As she puts it, “My heart swelled. Past and future came together, gleaming in the rearview mirror, powering the headlights.” Kids in the City Cash’s essay coincides with impressions of a recent stay at the Hotel NoMad that brought my own New York past and future together. My memories had already been stirred by the article in Sunday’s Times on growing up in New York (“What M a ke s a C i t y Kid”) as well as the piece in Never Can Say Goodbye by Whoopi G oldberg, who grew up in the Chelsea Projects. On a trip to Germany when she was very young ( “way before I was famous”) she realizes that she “already knew all about the area, the food, the language, the Black Forest” just from growing up in the “big, fun, exciting classroom” of the city: “I had been everywhere before I’d actually gone anywhere.” One of the “city kids,” a 12-year-old “theater nerd,” loves Times Square “because it’s so loud.” I was a only a little older when I bonded with another Times Square. A Japanese tourist standing on the corner of Broadway and 42nd once actually asked me the way to Times Square. It seemed misleading to say “Turn around, there it is” because for me that was a half-lie. Gone were the Astor Hotel, the Camel’s sign, the automats and penny arcades, and, saddest of all, the big movie houses with their glittering marquees and giant billboards. Though many of the legit theatres on the side streets have survived, they’ve never held the same fascination for me, even though my life as a show biz nerd began with the sheer joy of watching Ray Bolger sing and dance his Where’s Charley show-stopper “Once in Love with Amy” at the St. James. Having spent altogether no more than four years of my life actually residing in
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(until they were thrown out for disruptive behavior) or that Holden Caulfield, who would change my reading life five years later, met his date Sally under the Biltmore clock. In 1981 when the Biltmore was gutted in spite of its landmark status and concerted protests by preservationists, I felt something like what Rosanne Cash felt during those tearful cab rides. I’ve lost count of the New York hotels I’ve stayed at since that Christmas week at the Biltmore, but nearly all of them have literary/show biz associations, not only the obvious ones like the Chelsea, the Algonquin, and the Warwick, but Kenmore Hall where Nathanael West was the night clerk; the Gramercy Park, where Humphrey Bogart lived with his first wife; the Library, where my wife and I celebrated an anniversary on the Paranormal Floor, and the Walton, where we spent the weeks before our marriage chasing cockroaches out of the oven. While there have been numerous convention stays at Hiltons and Sheratons over the years, our choice for special nights in the bosom of old New York was the 110-year-old Belleclaire on Broadway and 77th, and just two weeks ago the relatively new NoMad on Broadway and 28th, which has brought new life to a French Renaissance limestone building with a Beaux-Arts cupola from the same period. Drinking at The Library The Library at the NoMad merges the mystiques of the book and the city, of literature as life-form unto itself. Here you can have drinks in a bibliophile’s dream where a spiral staircase leads to softly lit tiers of volume-laden shelves aglow behind glass panels, book-filled walls rising in spacious heights and depths of elegantly bookish ambiance. In the NoMad’s lively, cozy, convivial, anything-but-silent Library, drinks and talk and motion are the story of the hour. While the hotel’s other bars are open to the public, this atmospheric enclave is for guests only. To be enjoying so special a space you have to be actually putting your head on the pillow at the NoMad and maybe dreaming dreams of old New York or perhaps Paris, given Jacques Garcia’s guest room decor. he NoMad’s Library is a microcosm of the city itself if you think of buildings as books and vice-versa, old and new, some rare volumes side by side with shiny new ones, still there to be read, or, if you can afford the hotels, lived in. Even if you’re not among the one percent, you can splurge for a suite at the No-Mad, as my wife and I recently did. Next morning it’s only a short walk to the Yorkshire moors and Haworth where the Brontë sisters are in residence at the Morgan Library and Museum. In New York, there’s still and always room for Anyone and Everyone, any time and every time. —Stuart Mitchner
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the city, I’m not fully qualified to say I grew up there, but what Rosanne Cash terms “the calling” began tugging me during my ninth-grade year at McBurney School. Weekday mornings it was the rush-hour subway crush from East 53rd to Columbus Circle with a change at Seventh Avenue, but walking home I could fill my eyes with Times Square. On winter evenings the lights of the Great White Way would already be aglow. Everyone and Anyone Rosanne Cash’s love letter to the city reminds me of one of the essential elements of the New York mystique, which is knowing that Everyone who was Anyone has walked these streets, whether it’s Jackie Gleason saying “Hi kid” to me once on my way to school or Johnny Cash living on Central Park South. And it’s fun to think that Johnny’s city-wise daughter could be in one of those Yellow Cabs passing by. Not that “everyone” has to have been famous. All you need do is look through Brandon Stanton’s Humans of New York to see how many people no one ever heard of help make New York New York. Like my mother riding the El to her job with the N.Y. Crime Commission at 15 Park Row, and my father riding subways west and uptown to study a medieval manuscript at Columbia’s Low Library. Meanwhile it’s best to keep in mind the present-day reality of a Manhattan occupied in all senses of the term by one-percenters and developers putting up banal high-rise living spaces for the rich and famous. If you want to live at 15 Park Row where my mother used to work, known in its 19th-century day as the tallest building in the world, you can apparently rent a one bedroom apartment for $4,995. The apartment we rented for $125 a month at 224 East 53 appears to be going for around $7,000 these days, assuming you can get on the waiting list. From Biltmore to NoMad This writer’s New York story began with my wide-eyed first look at the concourse of Grand Central Station on the Christmastime morning my parents and I arrived from Indianapolis. I was 10. We spent a week at the Biltmore Hotel, all 22-plus stories of it — a very New York play on words when you think of it — stories you can read and stories you can live on. My literary range at the time being somewhere between Freddy the Pig and the Hardy Boys, it didn’t matter to me that Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald had honeymooned at the same hotel
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As the initiative moves ahead in the coming year, according to Mr. Wilkes, “We plan to build upon that survey and expand with recommendations and suggestions for healthy living. We can achieve this goal, which means we can live longer and we can live well.” Princeton-based Viocare Inc., which specializes in nutrition analysis and dietary assessment software, will be creating and administering the questionnaire. “People have busy lives,” Mr. Weiss said, “but this will be a simple, quick survey. I urge people to participate. The more people who participate, the more valuable the results will be.” Setting the larger framework for the ensuing discussion, Princeton Council member Heather Howard
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led off Saturday’s meeting by confronting the question “Where is Healthcare Going? ” A member of the Board of Health and lecturer at the Woodrow Wilson School, Ms. Howard provided an overview of the success of the Affordable Care Act in greatly reducing the number of New Jersey’s uninsured. She also noted, however, that the United States, which spends more money for health care than any other nation but ranks only in the middle in terms of overall results, needs to spend more money on maintaining healthy lifestyles and diets. G eorge DiFer nando, a physician and also a member of the Princeton Board of Health, described the functioning of the public health system and the Board’s goal “to promote and protect the health of the community.” commenting on Princeton Future’s health initiative, he emphasized, “We must collaborate to survive.” Mr. Weiss, in his remarks on “the Quality of a Healthy Diet,” pointed out that the U.S. population falls short in terms of both dietar y patterns and physical activity guidelines. Too much saturated fat, salt, and sugar seem to be the major culprits
in the American diet. Mr. Weiss stated, “The foundation of behavior change is a clear understanding of where you are starting from.” “Princeton is such a wonderful community,” Mr. Wilkes concluded, “we want everyone to live as long as possible to enjoy it.” To learn more about the Princeton Future initiative or to sign up to join the Princeton Health Corps team, email PFCouncil @aol.com. —Donald Gilpin
Nassau Hockey Hosts Try Hockey for Free Day
On Saturday, November 12, Nassau Hockey hosts Try Hockey For Free Day. Boys and girls ages 4 to 9 are encouraged to come try youth ice hockey as part of Come Play Hockey Month by USA Hockey. The event will be held at the Lisa McGraw Ice Rink at Princeton Day School from 10 to 11 a.m. This event is free and open to the public. The Try Hockey For Free Day program is designed to introduce kids to the sport of ice hockey. No previous experience is required and all skill levels are invited to come out and try hockey for the day. Equipment will be provided.
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Pre-Check Program Offered At Trenton-Mercer Airport
Trenton-Mercer Airport in Ewing Township is now one of only two airports in New Jersey to offer TSA PreCheck, a program that allows low-risk travelers to experience expedited security screening at TTN and other participating airports. “This is more great news for Trenton-Mercer Airport, which is building a reputation as a far more convenient alternative to the metropolitan mega-airports,” said Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes. “We pride ourselves on convenience and will continue to look for ways to make air travel as hassle free as possible, while adhering to all safety standards set forth by the TSA and our airlines, Frontier and Allegiant.” Privileges enable Transportation Security Administration (TSA) PreCheck
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Six Honored At YMCA’s Centennial Awards
On October 27, in the Princeton Family YMCA’s D o dge G y m nas iu m, t h e YMCA honored five individuals and one institution for their commitment to youth development in the Princeton region and beyond, as part of the ninth annual Centennial Awards program. Each year, the Y selects a theme that corresponds to one of its three areas of focus: youth development, healthy living, and social responsibility. This year’s reception recognized the work of Thomas Espenshade, a Princeton University sociologist and researcher; Robert O. Carr, the creator of a scholarship foundation that funds Pell grant eligible student’s tuition; Lenora Keel, a longtime dedicated high school social worker; Joanne Parker, a Princeton resident and youth group leader committed to engaging neighborhood youth; Tonie Forbes, a Montgomery resident committed to mentoring and equitable educational opportunities; and Princeton Special Sports, an institution providing equal opportunities and safe athletic programming and spaces for children with special needs. The awards presentation was conducted entirely by young people involved with YMCA programs. The teens ser ved as the program’s moderators and presented t he awards. B efore t he event, each presenter interviewed his or her honoree and learned about his/her work, passions, and accomplishments that have shaped his or her character. This year’s presenters were Lucynda Amo, age 14, Princeton; Nicholas Borghi, age 17, Dayton; Evelyn Kirby, age 11, Lawrence; Tazee Ma hj ie d, age 14, Tre n ton; Kimberly Rojas, age 16, Princeton; and Sophia Sharpless, age 17, Montgomery.
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Painter, Michael Madigan and sculptor, Donna McCullough are exhibiting at Morpeth Contemporary Gallery and Frame Studio, located at 43 West Broad Street in Hopewell, until November 13. Gallery hours are Wednesday-Saturday, 11 a.m.–6 p.m. and noon–5 p.m. on Sunday. Michael Madigan’s paintings hint at places: the margin of the Great Oceans, the sea coasts of Western Ireland, and the American Pacific Northwest. Neither abstract nor representational, his color-rich works evoke sacred lands and rugged shorelines. At once vivid and blurred, foreground-intensive and distant, they explore the inter______________ action of memory and sense of place. ______________ Date & Time: ______________________ As a former instructor at our ad, scheduled to run ___________________. Artworks in Princeton and Trenton, Madigan has partoughly and pay special attention to the following: nered with various local arts ll tell us it’s okay) councils for this exhibition. The Princeton, West Wind� Fax number � Address � Expiration Date sor, Trenton, and Hopewell Valley Art Councils have each selected a painting, and the associated arts council will receive a portion of the proceeds when sold. His work is in numerous collections including The Carnegie Institute, Musee de Beaux Arts, and nearer to “MAKAH I”: Michael Madigan will be exhibiting his paintings, like the one pictured here, at home Bristol Myers Squibb, Morpeth Contermporary Gallery in Hopewell alongside sculptor, Donna McCullough. Their Sandler O’Neil, and Johnson works are on display until November 13. & Johnson. Donna McCullough creates dresses and animals using steel, scrap metal, and found Fast Food • Take-Out • Dine-In objects. Initially inspired Hunan ~ Szechuan by Edward Degas’ “Little Malaysian ~ Vietnamese Dancer,” her freestanding dresses — devoid of inhabitDaily Specials • Catering Available 908.359.8388 157 Witherspoon St. • Princeton • Parking in Rear • 609-921-6950 Route 206 • Belle Mead ants — range from feminine
Calling on her own experience as a woman navigating the corporate world, she threads “resiliency and steely resolve” into her work. In 2012, McCullough received the “Recognition of Excellence” Award from the James Renwick Alliance. Previous exhibitions sites include the Corcoran Museum of Art, the Art Museum of the Americas, the Hickory Museum of Art, the International Museum of the Horse, the Grounds for Sculpture, and the United States Botanic Garden. For more information on Morpeth Contemporary and its current exhibit call (609) 333-9393 or visit morpethcontemporary.com. ———
43rd Annual Craft Show At Hopewell Train Station
Celebrating its 43rd year, Transformations, a three-
cal Hopewell Train Station, 2 Railroad Place, Hopewell. Hours are Friday, November 6 (noon–8 p.m.) and Saturday and Sunday (10 a.m.–5 p.m.). There will be a wineand-cheese reception on Friday at 6 p.m. Transformations participating artists are: Connie Bracci-McIndoe, ceramics; David Duthie, hand-blown glass; Karin Hope Geoghan, origami flower sculpture; Bernard Hohlfeld, turned wood; Susan Nadelson, hand-spun yarn; Teri Nalbone, fiber art; Peter Pearson, stained glass panels and boxes; Ellie Rock, handmade children’s items; Sandra Schmitz, felted handbags; Sally Stang, pressed flower mosaics and jewelry; Mindy Trost, handmade books and boxes; Amy Turner, handwoven shawls and scarves; and Sandy Webberking, sculpture for the garden.
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“CAN ROBOTS BECOME CONSCIOUS?”: This drawing and digital collage is included in Judith Brodsky’s exhibit titled “The Twenty Most Important Scientific Questions of the 21st Century” in the Rider University Art Gallery Thursday, October 27 through Sunday, December 11. Learn more at www.rider.edu/arts.
Area Exhibits Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has the Neighborhood Portrait Quilt on permanent exhibit. Sculptures by Patrick Strzelec are on the Graves Terrace through June 30. www.artscouncil ofprinceton.org. Artworks, Everett Alley (Stockton Street), Trenton, has “Art of Darkness” in its three galleries through October. www.artworkstrenton.com. Bernstein Gallery, Robertson Hall, Princeton University, has “In the Nation’s Service? Woodrow Wilson Revisited” through October 28. RevisitWilson@princeton.edu. Chambers Walk Cafe, 2667 Main Street, Lawrenceville, shows “Paintings, Photographs and Prints” by Mary Waltham, inspired by D&R Greenway preserved lands, November 1-December 30 during opening hours. Considine Gallery, Stuart School, 1200 Stuart Road, has a faculty art exhibit by Andrew Wilkinson, Deborah Land, and Phyllis E. Wright through November 22. www.stuart school.org.
Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum in Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton, has “Tertulia: Honoring Local and Regional Latin Artists” through November 13. (609) 9893632. Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has Paul Henry Ramirez’s “RATTLE,” a sitespecific installation, on view through January 8, “Ayami Aoyama: Silence,” “Ned Smyth: Moments of Matter”: through April 2, 2017, and other works on view. www.groundsforsculpture. org. Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “The Einstein Salon and Innovators Gallery,” and a show on John von Neumann, as well as a permanent exhibit of historic photographs. $4 admission Wednesday-Sunday, noon4 p.m. Thursday extended hours till 7 p.m. and free admission 4-7 p.m. www.prince tonhistory.org. The James A. Michener Art Museum at 138 South Pine Street in Doylestown, Pa., has “Jonathan Hertzel: When Sparks Fly” through December 31, and “Shifting the Limits: Robert Engman’s Structural Sculpture” through February 5. Visit www.michener
artmuseum.org. M o r p e t h G a l l e r y, 43 West Broad Street, Hopewell, has paintings by Michael Madigan and sculpture by Donna McCullough through November 13. info @ morpeth contemporary.com. The Princeton University Art Museum has “A Material Legacy: The Nancy A. Nasher and David J. Haemisegger Collection of Contemporary Art” through October 30. “Remember Me: Shakespeare and his Legacy” runs through December 31. “Contemporary Stories: Revisiting South Asian Narratives” runs through January 22. (609) 258-3788. South Brunswick Arts Commission, municipal building, 540 Route 522, Monmouth Junction, has “Rhythm, Texture, Color,” through January 12. sbarts. org or (732) 329-4000 ext. 7635. Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, 31 Titus Mill Road, Pennington, has “H2O,” with works inspired by water by 30 artists, through November 9. (609) 737-3735. Tigerlabs, 252 Nassau Street, has works by Ryan Lilienthal on display through January 1. info@ tigerlabs.co.
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“READY FOR WINTER”: Tatiana Rodionova, a member of the Suburban Artist Guild, created the watercolor pictured here. She is among the artists exhibiting in Gourgaud Gallery’s latest show.
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“MY NASSAU STREET”: Over 100 completed pages like Anne Brener’s “My Nassau Street” will be on display at the Arts Council of Princeton’s Taplin Gallery as part of “Interwoven Stories,” a community-based stitching project, from October 29 through November 30.
ACP Presents Community generosity, diversity, spirit, Based Stitching Project commitment, and creativity The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) presents Interwoven Stories, a culminating exhibition of the communitybased stitching project created by ACP Anne Reeves Artistin-Residence Diana Weymar. Visitors can expect to view more than 100 fabric “pages” — designed to look like traditional 3-holed line paper — hand-stitched with places, people, and memories. Beginning in March 2016, Weymar created and distributed more than 200 pages to com m u n it y m e mb er s of all ages and held multiple workshops at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts and the Princeton Public Library. Participants have stitched personal memories, depictions of loved ones, and favorite stores long-closed, among many other subjects. Of the project, Weymar says, “It is the nature of socially engaged art to present a project to a community while not knowing how it will be received or executed. It is an open question. The response to this project has exceeded our wildest expectations … each page is a gift to the community. They speak to the
of this community”. Interwoven Stories will be on view in ACP’s Taplin Gallery from October 29 through November 30, with an opening reception on Saturday, October 29 from 3-5 p.m. at the Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. Parking is available in the Spring and Hulfish Street Garages and at metered parking spots along Witherspoon Street and Paul Robeson Place. For more information, please visit artscouncilofprinceton.org or call (609) 9248777. The Arts Council of Princeton, founded in 1967, is a non profit organization with a mission of building community through the Arts. Housed in the landmark Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, designed by architect Michael Graves, the ACP fulfills its mission by presenting a wide range of programs including exhibitions, performances, free community cultural events, and studio-based classes and workshops in a wide range of media. Arts Council of Princeton programs are designed to be high-quality,
“OCTOBER”: D&R Greenway Land Trust will benefit from the artworks sold in their exhibit, “Our Countryside: Paintings, Photographs, and Prints by Mary Waltham,” at Chambers Walk Café on Main Street in Lawrenceville. Pictured here is one of Waltham’s oil paintings, which like most of her work, is inspired by nature.
D&R Greenway Land Trust both inspired and will benefit from the sales from Our Countr yside : Paintings, Photographs and Prints by Mary Waltham, at Chambers Walk Café, 2667 Main Street, Lawrenceville, November 1 through December 30. Much of the artwork was made on D&R Greenway’s preserved lands in central New Jersey. Fifty percent of sales will support D&R Greenway’s preservation and stewardship mission. The exhibit is on view during café hours: 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. daily, and 6-9 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays. “I love how Mary’s artwork depicts landscapes so important to our community character,” says Linda Mead, president and CEO. “She has been most generous to us in past exhibits and with this one, honoring our preservation of 20,000 acres in central New Jersey.” “I am excited to be in a position to support D &R Greenway in this way once again,” says Princeton-based Waltham, “raising awareness and spreading the word of D&R Greenway’s mission, as well as supporting a private local restaurant that serves local farm-to-table ingredients, often raised on preserved land. It is intended to be a three-way win!” After a career as a biologist and in science publishing, Waltham brings a distinctly different perspective to nature, her inspiration. Born and educated in England, Waltham grew up on a farm in a small village in Dorset, a rural county immortalized in Thomas Hardy’s novels and poetry. “My work is a continuum of this early experience and is rooted in the natural environment,” she says. “I explore the countryside from my own deep familiarity with and knowledge of particular places and processes.” Her practice is often driven by walking outdoors. “Walking is a meditation that enables me to immerse myself in a place and then to work imaginatively in my art practice,” she says. “Artistic expression about nature is anything but an escape from reality. It is a pressing commentary on the state of our planet and the politics and policies that shape public debate about our environment, and the questions we need to confront. My intention is to contribute to this rise in interest and to spark new conversations, by bringing the landscape to life. I hope those who experience my work will discover a renewed feeling of intimacy with the natural environment. Fundamentally my work is about the beauty of what we can have around us.” Waltham’s recent juried shows have been at the Philadelphia Sketch Club, the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie, Artworks Trenton, and the Arts Council of Princeton. She won a 2012 Mercer County Purchase Prize. For more information about Chambers Walk Café, phone (609) 896-5995. To learn more about D&R Greenway and land preservation in central New Jersey, visit www. drgreenway.org.
“The Art of Contrasts” solo exhibition by Robert M. Baum Live Sculpting Demonstration on Nov 5 from 11am to 4pm On view Nov. 1 to Dec. 31 Gallery 13 North 13 North Union Street Lambertville, NJ 08530 www.Gallery13North.com Mon-Sat: 10am-6pm; Sun 12pm-5pm
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tender and faint violins, setting a pensive and reflective mood from the outset. He built the drama in the music slowly, with broad conducting gestures emphasizing smooth string playing. Most impressive were poignant solos from oboist Tiffany Huang and clarinetist Brian Kang, especially Ms. Huang’s playing against quick pizzicato playing from the strings. The party music of the “Festival at the Capulets” was quite celebratory, with a musical effect which easily recalled the world of opera. Eight percussionists (including two triangles and two tambourines) and a broad melody heard from the brass brought the raucous party to its height, and Ms. Huang’s solo at the close of the movement reminded the audience that this story was about Romeo. The “Love Scene” moved along quickly, with precise winds and a slow-building intensity to the movement. The orchestra brought out the youthful exuberance characterizing the young lovers, and the movement was brought gracefully to a close. Ruth Ochs led the orchestra in the substantial work which closed the program, and which featured Princeton University senior Samantha Cody, winner of the University’s Concerto Competition last year, as solo violinist. Dmitri Shostakovich’s Concerto for Violin No. 1 in A Minor was a nonstop journey through intensity and pathos, reflecting the composer’s neverending struggle to express his creativity in a repressive political environment. Ms. Ochs began the opening melody of the first movement deliberately, with Ms. Cody playing the solo line almost as if to herself. A very thoughtful player, Ms. Cody played pensively and with a continual element of sadness which no doubt captured the circumstances under which this piece was written. hroughout the solo violin par t (which was almost nonstop), Ms. Cody provided a melancholy character, especially taking her time in the third movement cadenza. The violin part in this concerto requires virtuosity, but it was virtuosity of emotion in addition to technique. Ms. Cody was well up to the task, accompanied by an orchestra always in control of the varied moods of the piece, and both orchestra and soloist brought the concert to a brilliant close. —Nancy Plum
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ORLI SHAHAM, PIANO & HOST
Meet the instruments in the woodwind family. Aaron Copland’s “Hoedown” will set your toes tapping and you’ll be riveted by the classic musical tale “Peter and the Wolf.” Plus music by Johann Sebastian Bach, and more. Stay afterwards to jam with the musicians. WINDSYNC
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maker who works at the intersection of ethnography, contemporary art, and political documentary. His current project, The Reagan Years, explores a prolific actor’s defining role: Leader of the Free World. The Cinema Today series is supported through the John Sacret Young ’69 Lecture Series fund. Sacret Young is a 1969 graduate of Princeton and an author, pro d u cer, d ire c tor, a n d screenwriter. He is perhaps best known for co-creating, A NIGHT OF MAGIC: Legendary comedic magicians Penn and along with William F. Broyles Teller will perform at the State Theatre of NJ in New Brunswick Jr., China Beach, the crition Thursday, October 27 at 8 p.m. The duo has been performcally acclaimed A BC-T V ing at the Rio All-Suite Hotel & Casino since 2001, making drama series about medics them one of the longest running shows in Las Vegas history. and nurses during the Vietnam War, and for his work Currently, they host the hit series Penn & Teller: Fool Us! for on the television drama The the CW Network on which up-and-comers and magic veterans try to fool Penn and Teller for a chance to star in the duo’s Las West Wing. Vegas show. To purchase tickets, visit www.statetheatrenj. To learn more about these org or call (732) 246-7469. screenings visit arts.prince ton.edu. p.m.; Saturday, October 29 & Dragons notebook, how——— at 2 p.m. and 7:30 p.m.; ever, she stumbles into a SHIRLEY: The Lewis Center for the Arts and Princeton Garden Theatre present a special screenand Sunday, October 30 journey of discovery and ing of Gustav Deutsch’s “Shirley: Visions of Reality,” based on painter Edward Hopper’s work. Rider Presents Fantasy at 2 p.m. The production, action-packed adventure in “She Kills Monsters” The event will take place at Princeton Garden Theatre on Thursday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. Rider Theater will present directed by Trent Blanton, the imaginary world that Taking Edward Hopper’s dents, faculty and staff may his own temperament in Qui Nguyen’s She Kills Mon- will be performed by Rider was Tilly’s refuge. Paintings as Inspiration reserve a free ticket at http:// the empty cityscapes, land- sters in the Yvonne Theater University students. Tickets are $20 for adults The Program in Visual Arts arts.princeton.edu/cinemato scapes, and isolated figures on the campus of R ider A comedic romp into the and $10 for students and sehe chose to paint. His work in the Lewis Center for the day. University in Lawrenceville, world of fantasy role-play- niors and can be purchased demonstrates that realism is Shirley: Visions of RealArts at Princeton University October 26 through 30. A ing games, She Kills Mon- at the door, or at the box and the Princeton Garden ity, released by Deutsch and not merely a literal or pho- preview performance will sters tells the story of Ag- office at (609) 896-7775, Theatre will present a special Schimek in 2013, explores tographic copying of what be Wednesday, October 26 nes Evans as she leaves her or online at www.rider.edu/ screening of Gustav Deutsch’s the life of a single woman we see, but an interpretive at 7:30 p.m., and perfor- childhood home in Ohio fol- arts. General admission preShirley: Visions of Reality, through three eras in Ameri- rendering. mances will be Thursday, lowing the death of Tilly, her view tickets are $9 and are The Cinema Today series October 27 at 7:30 p.m.; teenage sister. When Ag- only available at the door. based on painter Edward Hop- can history. Taking 13 of Edper’s work, as a part of the ward Hopper’s paintings as has been organized by Princ- Friday, October 28 at 7:30 nes finds Tilly’s Dungeons new collaborative film series inspiration, the film follows eton Arts Fellow Pacho Velez Cinema Today. Followed by Shirley from the 1930s to and Director of the Program an in-person discussion with the 1960s, her experiences in Visual Arts Joe Scanlan director Deutsch and the film’s and beliefs bringing Hop- in collaboration with the Garden Theatre. Deutsch scenic artist Hanna Schimek, per’s work to life. the screening will begin at H opp e r i s w i d e l y a c - is a multimedia filmmaker 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oc- knowledged as the most whose work has spanned tober 27 at the Garden The- important realist painter photography, architecture, atre. Tickets are available to of 20th-century America. installations, and music prothe public at princetongarden But his vision of reality was duction. theatre.org. Princeton stu- a selective one, reflecting Schimek is a graphic artist, painter, and filmmaker with an interest in interdisciplinary art projects through exhibitions, installations, and photography. She has collaborated with Deutsch since 1985. Schimek co- ENGLISH TEA TO BENEFIT TRINITY CHURCH CHOIR’S TRIP: A formal English tea will be offered founded the Aegina Acad- on Sunday, November 6 from 3 to 4:30 p.m. at Trinity Church to benefit the Church Choirs’ July emy alongside Deutsch, 2017 trip to Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral. The combined Trinity Choirs (which creating a cultural forum for include children) will be the choir-in-residence during their trip to the English cathedrals and the arts and sciences aimed will sing daily services for a week at both Westminster and Canterbury. Following the tea, all are invited to the sanctuary to listen to the Trinity Choirs sing the service of Choral Evensong. at “democratizing” art. Velez is a 2015-17 Princ- Reserved tickets for the English tea are $30 ($35 on the day of the event) and $15 for children eton Arts Fellow and a film- ages 12 and under. To make a reservation, email trinitychurchtea@gmail.com. For more information, call (609) 924-2277.
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o one has ever accused Tyler Perry of being short on ideas. The prolific writer/director has been the brains behind plays, movies, and television shows. But he would be the first to admit that he was not the source of inspiration for Boo! A Madea Halloween, the ninth in the Madea series about the sassy sermonizing granny. The idea originated with Chris Rock, who featured a fake poster for a film with the identical title in his 2014 comedy Top Five. Because the joke went viral, Tyler decided why not get back in drag and make a movie to meet the demand generated by the buzz. However, Boo! definitely has a different feel from the previous Madea movies. It is not a typical Tyler Perry morality play but instead is a rudderless, kitchen sink comedy that seizes on any excuse for a laugh. Madea is no longer a Bible thumping role model who interferes on behalf of an underdog in distress. True, one minute, she’s promoting old-fashioned values. However, in the next scene she is exposing her breasts to frat boys. The film does have a rudimentary plot about Madea’s
17-year-old grand-niece, Tiffany (Diamond White). However the idea is presented at the opening of the film and promptly abandoned. It’s Halloween, and the headstrong high schooler and her girlfriends hope to attend a party at the Upsilon Theta frat house. Since her divorced father (also played by Perry) will be otherwise occupied, it falls to Madea to babysit Tiffany, to make sure the rebellious teen never leaves the house. Madea arrives with an entourage of amusing misfits, including Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis), Hattie (Patrice Lovely), and Uncle Joe (also played by Perry). Soon, silly Halloween one-liners, non sequiturs, slapstick, and sight gags appear at a fast and furious rate. Unfortunately, many of the punchlines are likely to be lost on those unable to decipher the often inscrutable exchanges. Good (HH). Rated PG-13 for drug use, suggestive content, profanity, ethnic slurs, scary images, and mature themes. Running time: 103 minutes. Distributor: Lions gate Films. —Kam Williams
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WE’VE GOTTA KEEP TIFFANY OUT OF TROUBLE: Tiffany’s Aunt Bam (Cassi Davis, left) and her grandmother Madea (Tyler Perry) are doing their best to keep Tiffany from getting into trouble at the Upsilon Theta fraternity’s Halloween party. (Photo Credit: Guy D’Alema)
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The Accountant (R for graphic violence and pervasive profanity). Ben Affleck plays the title character in this film about a CPA with Aspberger’s Syndrome who morphs into a bloodthirsty assassin after being double-crossed by mobster clients. Ensemble cast includes Anna Kendrick, J.K. Simmons, John Lithgow, and Jeffrey Tambor.
Wednesday, October 26 8:30 a.m.: Sustainable Princeton’s October Great Ideas Event at Princeton Public Library on “Building a More Sustainable Princeton: What We Can Learn From Other Communities.” A complimentary light breakfast will be provided. 7:30 p.m.: Meeting, Princeton Country Dancers Contra Dance at the Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive, Princeton (instruction followed by dance). The cost to attend is $8. 7:30 p.m.: Meeting, Princeton Photography Club at D&R Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, Princeton. Free. Thursday, October 27 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Outdoor Princeton Farmers Market at Hinds Plaza in downtown Princeton (repeats weekly). 5 p.m.: African American Studies scholars Imani Perry, Eddie S. Glaude Jr., KeeangaYamahtta Taylor, and Marc Lamont Hill in conversation. Free; Princeton University, Carl A. Fields Center. 6 p.m.: Thursday Evening Jazz at Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington. 6:30 p.m.: Jewish Family & Children Services present the documentary Screenagers: Growing Up in the Digital Age at Chapin School, 4101 Princeton Pike, Princeton. 7 p.m.: Princeton Board of Education Candidate Forum at John Witherspoon Middle School, 217 Walnut Lane, Princeton. 7 p.m.: Archaeological and Historical Research Presentation led by the Princeton Battlefield Society (PBS) and its consultants, archaeologist Wade Catts and historian Dr. Robert Selig. The event will be held at the newly renovated old Borough Council Room in Monument Hall, 45 Stockton Street (also known as 1 Monument Drive). 8 p.m.: Pianists Daniil Trifonov and Sergei Babayan perform at Richardson Auditorium. Friday, October 28 10:30 a.m.: Meeting, Support Group for Caregivers and Families with Alzheimer’s Disease at Plainsboro Library, 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro. 5 p.m.: The Arts Council of Princeton presents the Annual Hometown Halloween Parade. The parade will start at Palmer Square Green and make its way through downtown Princeton to the YMCA. The festivities continue at the YMCA with live
American Honey (R for graphic sexuality, nudity, profanity, and teen drug and alcohol abuse). Movie about a troubled runaway (Sasha Lane) who joins a team of doorto-door salesmen who party when not hawking magazine subscriptions while driving across the American Midwest. With Shia LaBeouf, Riley Keough, and Arielle Holmes. The Birth of a Nation (R for brief nudity and disturbing violence). Nate Parker directed, cowrote, and stars in this biopic about Nat Turner, a literate slave inspired by the Bible to lead a rebellion in Southampton County, Virginia in 1831. Cast includes Aja Naomi King, Armie Hammer, Aunjanue Ellis, Gabrielle Union, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Jackie Earle Haley.
Boo! A Madea Halloween (PG-13 for drug use, suggestive content, profanity, scary images, and mature themes). Tyler Perry is back in drag for an adventure which finds the sassy, pistol-packing granny protecting her great-niece (Diamond White) and friends from paranormal poltergeists, ghosts, ghouls, and zombies. Cast includes Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, Yousef Arakat, and Andre Hall. Certain Women (R for profanity). Drama about a trio of females (Laura Dern, Michelle Williams, and Kristen Stewart) whose lives intersect in a small town in Montana. Cast includes Jared Harris, James Le Gros, and Lily Gladstone. Deepwater Horizon (PG-13 for intense action sequences, disturbing images, and brief profanity). A movie recreating the real-life events surrounding the 2010 explosion of the offshore oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico which claimed the lives of 11 crewmen and led to the worst crude oil spill in U.S. history. Co-starring Mark Wahlberg, Kate Hudson, Kurt Russell, and John Malkovich.
Denial (PG-13 for mature themes and brief profanity). Drama recounting Deborah Lipstadt’s (Rachel Weisz) legal battle with Holocaust denier David Irving (Timothy Spall) over whether or not Hitler and his minions really murdered millions in the gas chambers during World War II. With Tom Wilkinson, Andrew Scott, and Jack Lowden. The Dressmaker (R for brief profanity and a scene of violence). Kate Winslet handles the title role in this drama, set in 1926, as a fashion designer who falls in love with a local man with a heart of gold (Liam Hemsworth) and transforms her hometown upon returning to Australia to care for her ailing, long-estranged mother (Judy Davis). Cast includes Hugo Weaving, Kerry Fox, and Sarah Snook. The Girl on the Train (R for sexuality, nudity, profanity, and violence). Emily Blunt plays the title character in this adaptation of Paula Hawkins’ best-selling psychological thriller about a recent divorcée who becomes embroiled in the mysterious disappearance of a former neighbor (Haley Bennett). With Rebecca Ferguson, Justin Theroux, Lisa Kudrow, Luke Evans, and Allison Janney.
Harry & Snowman (Unrated). Documentary recounting the exploits of Dutch immigrant Harry DeLeyer who in two years turned an Amish plow horse headed for the glue factory into a Triple Crown-winner in the world of show jumping. Inferno (PG-13 for action, violence, profanity, disturbing images, mature themes, and brief sensuality). Third film in The Da Vinci Code series has symbologist Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks) suffering from amnesia and on the run with his physician (Felicity Jones) from a billionaire geneticist (Ben Foster) who has a diabolical plan to depopulate the planet. With Omar Sy, Irfan Khan, Ana Ularu, and Sidse Babett Knudsen. Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (PG-13 for violence, bloody images, profanity, and mature themes). Tom Cruise reprises the title role in this sequel that finds the soldier of fortune on the run while trying to clear his name of murder. With Cobie Smulders, Robert Knepper, Danika Yarosh, and Aldis Hodge. Keeping Up with the Joneses (PG-13 for sexuality, violence, and brief profanity). Comedy about a suburban couple (Zach Galifianakis and Isla Fisher) who become embroiled in an international espionage plot after unwittingly befriending their new neighbors (Gal Gadot and Jon Hamm) who happen to be government spies. Featuring Maribeth Monroe, Patton Oswalt, Matt Walsh, and Michael Liu. Kevin Hart: What Now? (R for pervasive profanity and some sexual references). Movie in which the stand-up comic brings his humor to Philadelphia where he performs at Lincoln Financial Field in front of a sold-out crowd of 50,000. The Magnificent Seven (PG-13 for intense violence, smoking, profanity, and suggestive material). Remake of the 1960 classic Western about a team of gunslingers recruited by a desperate widow (Haley Bennett) to defend her tiny frontier town from a ruthless gang of outlaws. Co-starring Denzel Washington, Peter Sarsgaard, Ethan Hawke, Chris Pratt, Vincent D’Onofrio, Byung-hun Lee, and Manuel Garcia-Rulfo.
A Man Called Ove (PG-13 for profanity, mature themes, and disturbing images). Dramatic comedy, set in Sweden, about a 59-year-old curmudgeon (Rolf Lassgard) who finds himself forging a friendship with a pregnant new neighbor (Bahar Pars) and her family. With Zozan Akgun, Tobias Almborg, and Filip Berg. In Swedish and Persian with subtitles. Middle School: The Worst Years of My Life (PG for mature themes, mild epithets, and rude humor). Comedy based on the James Patterson novel of the same name about a teen (Griffin Gluck) who, with the help of his best friend (Thomas Barbusca), tries to break every rule in his new school’s code of conduct. Support cast includes Rob Riggle, Lauren Graham, and Isabela Moner. Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children (PG-13 for intense violence, peril, and action sequences). Tim Burton directed this adaptation of Ransom Riggs’s best-selling children’s novel about a 16-year-old orphan (Asa Butterfield) who uncovers a terrifying reality when he travels to a Welsh orphanage located on a mysterious island. Cast includes Samuel L. Jackson, Eva Green, Chris O’Dowd, Dame Judi Dench, Allison Janney, and Terence Stamp.
Ouija: Origin of Evil (PG-13 for terror, mature themes, and disturbing images). Prequel, set in Los Angelas in 1967, in which a family which regrets staging a seance to contact its dearly-departed patriarch when one of his daughter’s (Lulu Wilson) becomes possessed by a demonic spirit. Cast includes Lin Shaye, Elizabeth Reaser, and Annalise Basso. Queen of Katwe (PG for an accident scene, mature themes, and suggestive material). Madina Malwanga portrays the title character of this biopic, Phionsa Mutesi, the Ugandan chess prodigy who overcomes poverty and misogyny to become a grandmaster with the help of a volunteer (David Oyelowo) who organizes a chess club in her humble village. With Lupita N’yongo, Martin Kabanza, and Taryn Kyaze. Storks (PG for mild action and mature themes). Animated comedy about a flock of storks that abandons its traditional mission to deliver packages for a global corporate giant. Plot thickens when a rising star (Andy Samberg) risks a promotion promised by his boss (Kelsey Grammer) by attempting to make his first ever baby drop after accidentally manufacturing an adorable, little bundle of joy. Voice cast includes Jennifer Aniston, Ty Burrell, Keegan-Michael key, Jordan Peele, and Danny Trejo. Sully (PG-13 for peril and brief profanity). Tom Hanks portrays Sully Sullenberger in Clint Eastwood’s re-enactment of the US Airways pilot’s heroic crash landing of his crippled plane on the Hudson River in January of 2009. Cast includes Laura Linney, Aaron Eckhart and Anna Gunn. —Kam Williams
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Sunday, October 30 12:30 p.m.: Screening of National Theatre Live’s Frankenstein at Princeton Garden Theatre. 1 p.m.: Halloween Recital on the Carillon Bells at Grover Cleveland Tower. Selections include music from Harry Potter, Boellman’s famous Toccata from Suite Gothique, and more fun favorites. Rain or shine. 1 p.m.: Music Creativity Workshop at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. Guests are invited to use their voices, simple percussion, and instruments to make improvisational music. 2 to 4 p.m.: Walking Tour led by the Historical Society of Princeton. Tours meet at Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street. 3 p.m.: Neuropsychiatrist and author Daniel J. Siegel discusses and signs copies of his book Mind: A Journey to the Heart of Human Being at Princeton Public Library. This event is part of the Kenneth and Audrey Gould Lecture Series. 3 p.m.: Bass-baritone Mark Moliterno performs in recital with pianist Barbara GonzalezPalmer at Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir College. 4 p.m.: Princeton Pro Musica presents Haydn Lord Nelson Mass with works by Brahms, Mendelssohn, and more. Precurtain talk begins at 3 p.m. To purchase tickets, call (609) 683-5122; Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium. Monday, October 31 Recycling 6:30 p.m.: Princeton SCORE presents a workshop on “Social Media for Small Businesses” at West Windsor Library. 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Halloween (1978) at Princeton Garden Theatre. Tuesday, November 1 7:30 p.m.: Kingston Historical Society Annual Meeting at the Laurel Avenue School/Yinghua School, 25 Laurel Avenue in Kingston. After a brief business meeting there will be an illustrated presentation on “The Schools of Kingston.” Wednesday, November 2 7 p.m.: Princeton Symphony Orchestra presents a discussion of Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony “Pathetique” with guest conductor Jayce Ogren at Princeton Public Library. 7 p.m.: Free, Real Estate Seminar presented by Coldwell Banker of Princeton at the Mary Jacobs Library in Rocky Hill. 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Wendy and Lucy (2008) at Princeton Garden Theatre.
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music, a bounce house, food, and crafts. 6 p.m.: Wear your costume to a screening of Goosebumps at the Princeton Public Library. A costume-contest will follow the movie. Free. 7:30 p.m.: Jersey Dance’s Fall Semi-Formal at the West Windsor Arts Center (WWAC), 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. Student performances, open dancing, and catered hors d’oeuvres. BYOB. Dress to impress! The cost to attend is $40 per person. RSVP by emailing go.dancing@jerseydance.com or call (609) 3758468. 7:30 p.m.: Live performance of The Rocky Horror Show at Bucks County Playhouse, 70 South Main Street, New Hope (also at 11:30 p.m.). 8 p.m.: Xian Zhang debuts as Music Director of the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra (NJSO) with music by Tchaikovsky at Richardson Auditorium. Saturday, October 29 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market, 675 South Clinton Avenue in Trenton. Over 200 vendors selling vintage, handmade, vinyl, and more (also on Sunday, October 30). 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Garden historian and NJ-based author Marta McDowell discusses her book, All the Presidents’ Gardens at Mary Jacobs Memorial Library, 64 Washington Street, Rocky Hill. 3 to 5 p.m.: The Arts Council of Princeton presents the Opening Reception of “Interwoven Stories: A Community Stitching Project.” More than 100 3-hole fabric pages, stitched with memories, place, and people, will be assembled together for this one-time group show; Paul Robeson Center for the Arts, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. 7:30 p.m.: Momentary Quartet performs a concert of “Piano and Brass Original Improvisations” at Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton. 7:30 p.m.: PHS 101: The College Fund’s “Oktoberfest for a Cause” benefit at Princeton’s Cloister Inn Club. The nonprofit is dedicated to helping Princeton High School graduates with the financial needs of attending college. Tickets can be purchased at http:// fund101.org/Oktoberfest. 8 p.m.: Singer-songwriter Dar Williams performs in a benefit concert to celebrate Isles Inc.’s 35th anniversary at Nassau Presbyterian Church. Isles is a Trenton-based non-profit that fosters self-reliant families and sustainable communities. Purchase tickets at www.isles. org/dar.
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The Rutgers Jewish Film Festival is expanding, and it will feature more films than ever before as well as three new venues during its 17th annual run. The festival, October 30 through November 13, brings New Jersey a diverse slate of award-winning international films, including a United States premiere and four New Jersey premieres. Discussions with filmmakers, scholars, and other noteworthy speakers enrich the film going experience. The new venues are: Rutgers Business School, 100 Rockefeller Road, Piscataway Township (Livingston Campus; conveniently located off Route 18 north, near the Rutgers Athletic Center (free parking); AMC Loews New Brunswick 18, 17 U.S. Highway 1, New Brunswick; and Princeton Garden Theatre, 160 Nassau Street, Princeton. The festival is sponsored by Rutgers’ Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life. T hrough dramatic and documentary films, the festival explores a broad range of topics, including Israeli society, history, and culture: the diverse landscape of Israeli cuisine; business partnerships and relationships between Israelis and Arabs; and the struggle of an HIV-positive gay man who must deal with the fears and prejudices of his family. In addition, a special sneak preview of On the Map will shed light on the multilayered significance of the Maccabi Tel Aviv basketball team’s 1977 victory in the European cup. The New Jersey premiere of the Israeli film One Week and a Day opens the festival. The film, which won numerous awards at this year’s Jerusalem Film Festival, including Best Israeli Feature Film, manages to inject humor into a moving
ing). Opening night includes a buffet dinner and dessert reception for festival sponsors. An additional screening of the film will be held at Princeton Garden Theatre on November 9. The festival features two thrillers: One tells the story of the Sabena flight hijacking in 1972; the other deals with the German perspective in bringing Adolf Eichmann to justice. Two Jewish artists in America will be highlighted in separate documentaries: Norman Lear, the television icon, and Eva Hesse, who is posthumously celebrated as one of the most important artists of the second half of the 20th century. Finally, a number of both dramatic and documentary films featured in the festival relate in different ways to the Holocaust: From the New Jersey premiere of the Greek drama Cloudy Sunday, which tells the story of forbidden love set against the backdrop of German-occupied Thessaloniki; to the New Jersey premiere of the American documentar y Germans and Jews, which looks at postwar Germany’s Jewish population, the relationship between Jews and non-Jews there, and difficult issues of memory, guilt, identity, and redemption. Closing night features the United States premiere of The Women’s Balcony, a new Israeli drama that explores gender roles in a devout Orthodox community in Jerusalem. An additional matinee screening will be held on November 1 at AMC Loews New Brunswick 18. For festival schedule and ticket information, or to purchase tickets online, visit BildnerCenter.Rutgers. edu. Film tickets are priced from $6 to $13. Advance ticket purchase is strongly recommended as screenings often sell out prior to the festival.
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ith the Princeton University football team trailing Harvard 14-0 at halftime last Saturday in a clash of Ivy League unbeatens, it got a spark from an unlikely source. “Durelle Napier is a guy who had played for us a lot when he had been healthy but he had a number of injuries and he is a student assistant right now,” said Princeton head coach Bob Surace. “He pours his heart into the field and into his
teammates. I thought I had my Knute Rockne win one for the Gipper speech and about a minute before I was about to start, Durelle was as emotional as could be. I just said to the guys, here is a guy who is not medically able to play ever again and he feels like this. We have to do it. We walked out of that tunnel and I thought we took the field with the emotion that I was really hoping to see to start the second half.” Drawing on that emotion, Princeton proceeded to start
the half with a 15-play, 80yard drive that culminated with a John Lovett one-yard touchdown run to make it a 14-7 game. Later in the quarter, the Tigers narrowed the gap to 14-10 on a 32-yard field goal by Tavish Rice. After Harvard added a field goal with 6:00 remaining in regulation to go up 17-10, Princeton responded with another scoring march that ended with a Lovett four-yard TD run to make it 17-17 and force overtime. The Tigers started the extra session with a 25-yard field goal by Rice to go up 20-17 but ended up with a defeat as Harvard quarterback Joe Viviano scored on a 1-yard run to give the Crimson a 23-20 win before 9,963 at Princeton Stadium. In reflecting on the setback which left his team at 4-2 overall and 2-1 Ivy, Surace lauded his squad’s character. “The result obviously wasn’t what we wanted; I told the guys in the locker room what concerns me is having a team and having a group of guys who represent Princeton football and a group of guys that everyone can be proud of,” said Surace. “I couldn’t be more pleased with that, regardless of what happens the rest of the year. If we come out and do the things the way we do, there is not another group of guys I have ever coached I would
rather be around and that is how I feel about them.” Harvard head coach Tim Murphy agreed that Surace had plenty of reason to feel good about his players. “It was a great college football game, Princeton certainly didn’t deserve to lose, it was a great coaching job by them,” said Murphy, whose team moved to 5-1 overall and 3-0 Ivy with the win. “Their kids played unbelievably hard and, in the end, we just made one more play than they did.” The Tigers got some great play from its defense with junior defensive end Kurt Holuba leading the way with a career-best 10 tackles and three sacks as he later earned Ivy Defensive Player of the Week honors. “I thought our D-line in general played a heckuva game,” said Surace, whose defensive unit had three interceptions and a fumble recovery on the day. “Kurt is an outstanding player and he is going up against a left tackle (Max Rich) who is a potential NFL player. He is awesome but they have four other guys who are terrific as well. That is an outstanding offensive line that we went up against. For somebody who loves football to watch that interior play and to see that really terrific O-line against our D-line and guys like Kurt, Ty Desire, Henry Schlossberg, and Brannon Jones and see how they competed, that is something I will always take out of this game.” Senior safety and tri-captain
Dorian Williams liked the way the Tiger defense competed. “I think our defense played well, at certain times we had little lapses and they capitalized on those,” said Williams. “Outside of that, I think our defense played tremendous. It was a great effort. In the overtime stand we couldn’t hold up. Hopefully we can capitalize off that next week and improve.” In the view of senior running back and tri-captain, Rhattigan, the Tigers were primed to make a big effort as it hit the field to begin the third quarter. “It was very important for us to come out in the second half and get back to playing fast and physical, that is what we needed to do,” said Rhattigan. “We just needed to be faster and play harder so that is what we were talking about in the locker room and what we tried to come out and do in the second half.” Surace credited junior quarterback Lovett with helping the Tigers play hard. “John leaves his heart on the field, you see the passion he plays with,” said Surace who got 128 yards total offense and two touchdowns from the triple threat Lovett as the Tigers outgained Harvard 323-317 on the day. “It is really inspiring and it is not just the touchdown runs, it is when he catches the ball and he is just looking to get an extra yard. I think
that mentality is contagious. It didn’t show up in the result but it shows up when you are watching a game with a team that is just playing their hearts out.” Williams, for his part, believes that Princeton will keep playing its heart out as it looks to get past the sting of the defeat to the Crimson. “Harvard still has to go through four more teams and we still have to go through four more teams too so the season is not over,” said Williams. “There are still a lot of games to be played out so we are going to do what we can to make sure that we control our own destiny, that is all that we can do at this point.” With Princeton playing at Cornell (3-3 overall, 1-2 Ivy) on October 29, Surace is confident that his team will keep doing its best. “You have to go back to work the next day and that is the mentality we have to have,” said Surace. “I want to see us practice the way we have practiced and keep playing as hard. There are things that I am going to lose sleep over that I could have done and I think we all feel that. At the end of the day, if this team can go back with that same mentality and keep getting better at doing those things, I will have a team, regardless of where we finish in the standings, that I have never been prouder of.” —Bill Alden
DEFENSIVE FORCE: Princeton University football player Kurt Holuba heads upfield in recent action. Last Saturday, junior defensive end Holuba recorded a career-best 10 tackles and three sacks in a losing cause as Princeton fell 23-20 in overtime to visiting Harvard. Holuba was later named the Ivy Defensive Player of the Week for his performance The Tigers, now 4-2 overall and 2-1 Ivy League, play at Cornell (3-3 overall, 1-2 Ivy) on October 29. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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PU Men’s Hockey Excited to Start Season, Sees Pieces in Place to Move Up Standings In his first two years guiding the Princeton University men’s hockey team, Ron Fogarty has preached patience as he has built the foundation to get the program back on the winning track.
After going 4-23-3 in his debut season and 5-23-3 last winter, Fogarty is seeing signs in the preseason that his team is on the cusp of turning the corner. “The practices have been
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There is cause for op timism with the return of sophomore forwards Ryan Kuffner (5 goals and 15 assists in 2015-16) sophomore Max Veronneau (11 goals, 6 assists), and Alex Riche (2 goals, 6 assists). “The line of Kuffner, Veronneau, and Riche is back, they are more experienced, they know what to expect,” said Fogarty. “They had a summer in getting better and preparing because they know what it is going to be like in the grind of the season. It is going to open up some of the space for the freshman to maneuver when the other teams are going to be paying particular attention to the sophomore group.” Fogarty is looking to junior forward Eric Robinson (7 goals, 4 assists) to open things up at the offensive end. “Robinson is definitely standing out, he is utilizing his assets better, which is his speed to be in areas and not to take him out of spots,” said Fogarty. Over the last three seasons, the program’s chief asset has been senior goalie Colton Phinney, who had a 2.86 goals against average and a .924 save percentage last winter as he made a program single-season record 1,058 saves and earned second-team All-Ivy League honors. “I wish we were playing the last couple of weeks with Colton, he has looked great in goal,” said Fogarty. “He had the shoulder surgery in the summer and it is 100 percent healed. His focus for practice is equal and even better than his focus in the games last year. This is his last opportunity as a free agent; this season is imperative for him for his pro aspirations.” Princeton boasts a solid cor ps of defensemen in front of Phinney with such battle-tested veterans as senior Tommy Davis (1 goal, 4 assists), senior Quin Pompi (1 goal, 5 assists), junior Joe Grabowski (1 goal, 7 assists ), junior Matt Nelson (2 assists), and sophomore Josh Teves (2 goals, 5
assists) along with promising freshman Derek Topatigh. “The good thing that we have is an older, experienced defensemen group,” said Fogarty. “We have seniors and juniors returning with Teves as the only sophomore. We brought on a very good defenseman Derek Topatigh to help out too. The whole group looks good. Tommy has grown. Quin doesn’t get lot of recognition but he has been very solid for us the last couple of years.” In order to get on the winning track, the Tigers need to be more solid in thwarting their foes. “We have to be stronger underneath the puck, we still chased it last year and people got very good scoring chances against Colton,” said Fogarty. “We gave up a lot of shots, many were from the outside but we gave up a lot of grade A chances. That window went down towards the end of the season, we need to continue that trend.” The opening weekend will be a homecoming for Fogarty as he coached seven seasons at Adrian College in Michigan before taking the helm at Princeton. “It will be a good bonding trip for the entire team to play on the road against Michigan State and Team USA,” said Fogarty. “We will know what to expect after we see what we have. I am excited to go back to Michigan and see some friends ; it will be pretty fun.” Fogar t y is expecting a f un w inter. “We believe that there are a lot of good things now and we can start scratching the surface and move up the standings,” said Fogarty. “We have seen a lot of growth here over the past two years to where we are right now. I am really excited for the season to get going because we have some pieces to the puzzle in place now where we envisioned this program was going to get back to the realization of its winning ways.” —Bill Alden
SUPER SAVER: Princeton University men’s hockey goalie Colton Phinney makes a save in action last year on his way to producing a program single-season record 1,058 stops and earning second-team All-Ivy League honors. The Tigers will be depending on Phinney to stand tall again between the pipes this season as they look to improve on the 5-23-3 record they posted last season. Princeton opens its 201617 campaign by playing at Michigan State on October 28 and facing the U.S. Under-18 team in an exhibition game a day later in Plymouth, Mich. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
After enduring weeks of grueling preseason training, the Princeton University women’s hockey team was primed for the regular season as it played a twogame set at Prov idence College to open its 2016-17 campaign. “They had been practicing for so long and so they were pumped up to play a real game,” said Princeton head coach Jeff Kampersal. “We had a ver y com petitive scrimmage against
Cornell but it is not the same as going through the anthem and the starting lineups and all of that.” The seventh-ranked Tigers showed their competitive fire, starting slowly but pulling away to 4-2 and 7-3 wins over the Friars. “This weekend, we really exploded in both third periods,” said Kampersal. “I do think we are one of the better conditioned teams. We were last year and I am assuming we are
this year. We had two good third periods.” Princeton also showed resilience to go with its production, overcoming early deficits in each win. “They scored first and we answered and that was important, that actually happened both games,” noted Kampersal. Contini helps spark the Princeton scoring, tallying two goals in the opener and then adding a goal and two assists a day later. “Molly is just so clever and so smart, she plays to her strengths,” said Kampersal. “In the second game she could have had maybe seven assists. She was on, she set up people with scoring chances and I thought their goalie played really well. Molly was just on the puck a lot making good passes; that is what her role is, to create offense and make her teammates better.” On Sunday, the Tigers exploded for one of the better periods in program history offensively, scoring five goals over the last 20 minutes of the contest as Carly Bullock, Karlie Lund, Morgan Sly, Audrey Potts, and Contini all scored. “I knew we were getting chances so it was just a matter of time where we were going to get something; we had a couple of posts this weekend and near scoring plays,” said Kampersal, whose team last hit the seven-goal mark in a 7-1 win over Yale on November 5, 2010. “The fourth goal right after the third goal broke their back a little bit. They were very good games but they were kind of crazy, meaning that we are not necessarily used to all the penalties. We are trying to figure that out. We were playing 5-on4, 5-on-3, and then 4-on-4 and even though you had a lead it wasn’t necessarily
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PU Women’s Soccer Edged by Harvard
Despite building a 16-5 edge in shots, the Princeton University women’s soccer team fell 1-0 to visiting Harvard last Saturday. The Crimson scored a goal at the 3:02 mark of the contest and that held up as the game winner. The Tigers, now 9- 4-1 overall and 1-3-1 Ivy League, will resume league play with a game at Cornell on October 29. ———
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Senior Alex Dombrowski came up big as the Princeton University golf team placed seventh of 12 schools at the Georgetown Intercollegiate held last week at the Members Club at Four Streams course in Beallsville, Md. D ombrows k i c arde d a
final-round 75 to finish at even-par 213, tying for 11th overall in the three-round event. In the team standings, Notre Dame placed first at -6 with Princeton posting a score of +20 in taking seventh. Princeton will wrap its fall slate at the Warrior Princeville Makai Invitational in Kauai, Hawaii from October 30-November 1.
Tiger Men’s Soccer Falls to Harvard
Patrick Barba had a big game in a losing cause as the Princeton Universit y men’s soccer team lost 3-2 to visiting Harvard last Saturday. Senior defender and team captain Barba had a goal and an assist with classmate Greg Seifert adding the other Tiger goal. Princeton, now 6-7-1 overall and 0-3-1 Ivy League, plays at Cornell on October 29. ———
PU Women’s Volleyball Posts 12th Straight Win
Cara Mattaliano starred as the Princeton University women’s volleyball team topped Penn 3-0 last Friday to win its 12th match in a row. Senior star Mat taliano recorded a match-high 14 kills, including the 1,000th of her stellar career, to help the Tigers prevail 25-18, 2516, 25-17. Princeton, now 14-3 overall and 8-0 Ivy League, plays at Dartmouth on October 28 and
CRIMSON TIDE: Princeton University field player Cat Caro heads upfield in recent action. Last Saturday against No. 20 Harvard, senior star Caro tallied a goal and an assist but it wasn’t enough as the 11th-ranked Tigers fell 3-2 to the Crimson in overtime after rallying from a 2-0 deficit at halftime. Princeton, now 9-6 overall and 4-1 Ivy League, plays at Cornell on October 29. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Even though Maggie Herring’s career with the Princeton High girls’ tennis team ended in defeat as she and partner Nicole Samios fell in straight sets at first doubles to Ridge in the state Group 4 semis last Thursday, she wasn’t hanging her head. “They were really good,” said senior standout Herring with a smile. “It was a fun match because it was our last match playing together.” For Herring, pairing up with Samios this fall proved to be a fun experience. “It has been a great season, I have a f reshman partner so I am sort of integrating her into the varsity lineup,” said Herring, who played at second doubles last season. “It is just staying positive if she gets down. I have to build her up and teach her that you can’t let yourself get down on one point. We try to win every point and try to just focus on what is at hand.” That focus helped PHS win a sectional title as it returned to the state Final 4 after making it for four straight seasons between from 2011-14. “That was really exciting because I have never been on the varsity team when they did get to sectional fi-
nals,” said Herring. “That was really great, a lot of people in school kept congratulating us.” Herring has enjoyed competing with the people on the PHS squad. “The tennis team is a really good team for bonding,” noted Herring, who also stars for the PHS girls’ ice hockey team. “All of the girls are focused on their own skills so there is less team building but you get more friendships out of it. Everyone is so sweet and it is a great community to be part of.” Freshman f irst singles star Samantha Singer was thrilled to be part of a team that won a sectional title. “We put a lot of hard work into it so it meant a lot that we were able to pull it off,” said Singer. “It was just a good experience.” Playing in the first singles spot has helped Singer’s game grow faster. “It has been great; to get to play all of the top players is really good,” added Singer. “I hope to be in this position next year and keep working for it. It is definitely a lot of great match play, which is really helpful. It is getting those serves and everything down and using more smarts while playing.”
YOUNG SINGER: Princeton High girls’ tennis player Samantha Singer hits a backhand in a recent match. Last Thursday, freshman Singer battled valiantly in a 6-3, 6-0 defeat to Kruti Navin of Ridge at first singles as PHS fell 4-1 to the Red Devils in the state Group 4 semifinals. The defeat left the Little Tigers with a final record of 17-3. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
In her match against Ridge in the state semis, Singer gained some valuable experience. “I thought I played well in the first set,” said Singer. “I just got a little mentally down in the second. It was a pretty good match, she was a good player.” In Singer’s view, the Little Tigers have very good prospects going forward. “I definitely think it was a good experience, we can build from this and get confidence from this,” said Singer. PHS head coach Christian Herzog hoped for a more positive outcome against Ridge, the eventual Group 4 state champions. “This wasn’t the result we were hoping for, we thought it would be a lot closer of a match,” said Herzog, whose team finished the season with a 17-3 record. The highlight of the match for PHS came at second singles where senior Elise Gerdes pulled out a 6-4, 1-6, 10-8 win over Ridge’s Chrissie Giberna. “I think that the one takeaway for me with regard to the team was that it was good to see Elise as a senior to have her opportunity on the grand stage to finish it,” said Herzog. “I am happy for her that this is how she is going to graduate; she had the opportunity to win in the tiebreaker to take it. She has worked hard the whole season.” Over the course of the season, PHS has worked hard collectively to come through in a number of tough matches. “I couldn’t be more proud of the girls in terms of their accomplishments and camaraderie and willingness to fight tooth and nail to get as far as we can,” said Herzog. “We had to win a lot of those 3-2 matches. That is another testament to our willingness to put the gears down and move forward.” With Singer and fellow freshmen Samios and third singles star Spencer Watts all coming back, the Little Tigers figure to accomplish a lot in upcoming seasons. “Obviously our goal in the beginning of the season was to be better than we were last season,” said Herzog, who also has sophomore second doubles player Adriana Todorova slated to return. “We got lucky with some talent coming in. Looking to next year we can definitely build on this. Obviously the lineup is going to flip around; we have some kids we can work with and still remain competitive.” The graduation of Herring, Gerdes, and second doubles player Brinda Suppiah, though, will leave a void in the PHS lineup. “T hey are t hree great girls, they will definitely be missed,” said Herzog. “It is going to be difficult, you will never replace the personalities. Brinda is more that silent leader. Elise is more vocal, she wants everyone to feel comfortable and feel part of the team. You get the vocal part with Maggie. They all add something to the mix; you hope that you get someone with the same willingness to buy into the team and shared goals and leadership.” —Bill Alden
Senior McLean Primed for Final Push in States After PHS Field Hockey Loses in MCT Semis Georgia McLean liked the way things were going early on as the fourth-seeded Princeton High field hockey team battled eighth-seeded Lawrenceville last Thursday evening in the Mercer County Tournament semifinals. “I felt like we were really ready for the game,” said PHS senior midfielder McLean. “Both teams came out really strong.” Through 12 minutes, the teams were locked in a scoreless stalemate in the contest which took place under the lights at the Mercer County Community College. But showing its strength on the ball, Lawrenceville scored with 17:54 left in the half and added two more tallies in the next five minutes to take a 3-0 lead and seize the momentum. “I think they had possession and we are used to getting possession,” said McLean. “That is definitely something that we are going to work on in the future.” The Big Red added another goal to make it 4-0 at half and then added two goals in the last 7:05 of regulation as they earned a 6-0 victory. While McLean was disappointed by the result, she was proud of the way the Little Tigers battled in the second half. “T he s e cond ha lf, we played up,” said McLean. “I think every single player on our team has so much heart from Jamaica Ponder in the back to Avery Peterson up front, we all play really hard. I know we are going to take this loss not as a negative but as a positive. As our coach (Heather Serverson) always says, win or learn, and we definitely are going to learn in this situation.” The gritty McLean looks to show heart all over the field from her midfield position. “I really love to play all different positions; I think that is what is great about field hockey is when you are on the field, you can do anything,” said McLean, who also stars for the PHS girls’ lacrosse team. “You can play defense and suddenly you are on offense; it is really a fun game like that.” Making it back to the MCT semis was a fun experience for McLean. “I am really proud of the team for making it to the semifinals; we have played in the semifinals the past four years,” said McLean. “I remember when I was a freshman we played against Hopewell and that was a tough loss as well. We have such great team chemistry. I think that is how we are really going to learn from this; we are going to come together and we are not going to push each other apart.” In McLean’s view, PHS has
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is to come out stronger than we did before and with a little bit more intensity,” said McLean. “We call it animalistic intensity. We have this motto called ‘beasts not girls,’ and we are definitely going to come out as beasts this time.” —Bill Alden
SEEING RED: Princeton High field hockey star Georgia McLean heads up the field last Thursday as fourth-seeded PHS faced eighth-seeded Lawrenceville in the semifinals of the Mercer County Tournament. Senior midfielder McLean and the Little Tigers fell behind 3-0 midway through the first half and couldn’t dig out of that hole as they lost 6-0 to the Big Red, the eventual county champion. The Little Tigers, who moved to 13-3-1 with the loss, will host Freehold on October 27 and play at Pennington on October 29 before starting action in the state tournament. PHS is seeded second in the North 2, Group 4 sectional and is slated to host a second-round contest on October 31. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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PHS Girls’ Tennis Falls Short in State Semis But Defeat Doesn’t Dim Positive Experience
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Senior Stalwart French Savored the Moment As PDS Field Hockey Advanced to MCT Finals Kiely French couldn’t stop smiling after the Princeton Day School field hockey team rallied to edge Allentown 3-2 in overtime last Thursday evening in the Mercer County Tournament semifinals. It was a surreal moment for French, the senior stalwart of the program who hung in there through some lean times as the Panthers posted a 2-14 record in her sophomore year and then went 6-13-1 last fall. “I am immensely happy; it is just this great feeling of joy to see the juniors and sophomores grow,” said French. “On the field I am the lone senior. It is insane how far we have come just during the season. I am so happy.” The second-seeded Panthers showed how far they have come in the semis, rallying from deficits of 1-0 and 2-1 against third-seeded and defending champion Allentown to pull out a 3-2 nailbiter on an overtime goal by Sasha Sindhwani. “When they first jumped out, I think it was definitely
a surprise,” said French. “We know how to get back the lead; we definitely know how to recuperate from them scoring. We go hard, that is how we play, that is Panther field hockey.” After falling behind 2-1 with 7:20 left in regulation, the Panthers forced overtime on a goal by Gretchen Lindenfeldar with 3:13 remaining and were ready to play the 7-on-7 extra time format rather than the regular 11 players. “It is totally different,” said French of overtime. “When we played Germantown Academy (Pa.) it was 2-2 and we went to 7-on-7. We didn’t have to because it wasn’t a league game. We just wanted to for preparation and that definitely helped today. From that, we learned what we needed to do.” As the season star ted, French had the feeling the Panthers could learn from their 5-2-1 finish in 2015. “We were starting to come on that path,” said French. “I think we had the momentum from last year and with
the help of everybody else, we have improved an insane amount this year.” Leading the team’s back line, French helps keep the Panther defense in order. “At the beginning of the season I talked so much more,” said French. “I directed people where to go. I still do that but everybody is starting to fall into place automatically. Everybody is on the same page.” Although PDS fell 3-0 to eighth-seeded Lawrenceville in the MCT final, French believes the Panthers are on the right track as they will end the season by competing in the state Prep B tourney where they are seeded first and host fourth-seeded Pennington in the semifinals on October 27 with the winner advancing to the title game on October 30, “We have to keep playing our game and PDS Panther field hockey,” said French, who also stars for the PDS girls’ hockey and softball teams. “It is just playing hard and having heart, I think as long as we keep that up we will be fine.” —Bill Alden
STICKING WITH IT: Princeton Day School field hockey player Kiely French, left, marks a foe from Allentown last Thursday as the teams met in the semifinals of the Mercer County Tournament. Senior defender and captain French helped the second-seeded Panthers pull out a 3-2 win in overtime against the third-seeded and defending champion Redbirds. PDS fell 3-0 to eighth-seeded Lawrenceville School in the MCT title game on Saturday. The Panthers, now 14-4, will be competing in the state Prep B tourney where they are seeded first and host fourthseeded Pennington in the semifinals on October 27 with the winner advancing to the title game on October 30. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
PDS Field Hockey Falls to Lawrenceville in MCTs But Showed Marked Progress in Run to Title Game On October 1, the Princeton Day School field hockey team battled Lawrenceville tooth and nail before falling 1-0. L ast Saturday, exactly three weeks later, the rivals met in the Mercer County Tournament championship game and it appeared that another tense contest was in the offing. Nearly 10 minutes into the title game held at Mercer County Community College, the teams were locked in a scoreless stalemate. But eighth-seeded Lawrenceville tallied with 20:42 left in the half and then added another score to build a 2-0 lead over the second-seeded Panthers by halftime. PDS head coach Heather Farlow acknowledged that some defensive lapses put her squad in a hole. “Their first two goals were off corners and we don’t typically get scored on in those situations,” said Farlow. “It was just unfortunate.” Fortunes didn’t change for PDS in the second half as Lawrenceville added another tally with 25:25 left in regulation as it went on to earn a 3-0 win and its fourth county title in five years. “I don’t think we played as well as we did in the semifinal on Thursday,” said Farlow, referring to her squad’s come-from-behind 3-2 win in overtime against thirdseeded and defending champion Allentown. “It is our first time here in a long time. We needed to be mentally tough and have some kids step up and play probably their best games and we didn’t have that today.” Despite being down by
three goals for most of the second half, PDS produced some offensive forays as s op h om ore G we n A l l e n hit the post with one shot and the Panthers generated some penalty corners in the waning moments of the contest. “I think we showed that we were perfectly capable of creating offensive opportunities,” said Farlow, whose team was outshot 19-7 in the contest as it moved to 14-4 on the season. “We didn’t do that over a long span of time.” While the final result was disappointing, advancing to the county final marked improvement for a program that posted a 2-14 record in
2014 and went 6-13-1 last fall and made it to the MCT championship game in 1998 when it won the crown. “We have made a lot of progress,” said Farlow. “We are a young team, we only have one senior (defender Kiely French) on the field. This is a team that should get better and better.” With PDS seeded first in the state Prep B tourney, the squad’s progression this season could still be capped with a title. “We have Pennington on Thursday so we are trying to focus on that and go after that Prep B title,” said Farlow, whose team would host the championship game on October 30 if it can defeat the fourth-seeded Red Raiders in the semis. “We have some things to work on.” —Bill Alden
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Raiders proceeded to roll up a 28-7 lead. “No mat ter what, we are going to keep going,” said Strycharz. “I think the team did a great job of not letting the emotions get into their heads and keeping an even keel.” After the Big Red narrowed the gap to 28-13 at half, emotions ran high for Hun at intermission. “We had some inspiring words in the locker room,” recalled Strycharz. “They were still in the game, they were doing a great job. We thought we were the better team and we really felt that we could be playing better so we said everyone has got to be doing their jobs and we are going to come out with a win.” The Raiders did their
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With Cedeno Triggering Offensive Outburst, PDS Boys’ Soccer Rolls Into Prep B Semis David Cedeno and his teammates on the Princeton Day School boys’ soccer team were on a mission as they hosted Golda Och in the opening round of the state Prep B tournament last Thursday. “We were definitely excited because it is tournament time and all the momentum was coming into this game,” said senior midfielder Cedeno. “What we want to do is to go out and completely out-work, out-score, outpossess the competition, and be the better team in every situation.” The second-seeded Panthers came out and dominated seventh-seeded G olda Och, controlling possession and generating a number of scoring opportunities but had nothing to show for it as the game remained scoreless for the first 31 minutes of action. “We had a couple of unlucky chances,” said Cedeno. “Some were going a little wide, the keeper had a couple of good saves. We were winning every thing but it wasn’t reflected on the scoreboard.” Cedeno got the Panthers on the board, blasting in a goal with 8:42 left in the half and Diego Garcia added another just 29 seconds later. “We just wanted to score,” said Cedeno. “I am glad I got the first one and then everybody else started putting them in. We got the first couple and then the ball starting rolling in.” With a 2-0 lead at halftime, the Panthers didn’t want to let up. “We just had a good team talk with the coach and with our captains and it was let’s go
out there and completely win this game because at 2-0 any team can come back,” said Cedeno. The Panthers produced a complete effort, pulling away to an 8-0 win and advancing to the semifinals where they will host sixthseeded Morristown Beard on October 26 with the winner heading to the title game on October 30. Cedeno added a goal and three assists in the second half onslaught as he found his form after struggling with knee problems last fall. “Coming off an injury from last year, it was a bit difficult warming up and getting in,” said Cedeno, who scored a goal as sixthseeded PDS fell on penalty kicks to 11th-seeded Notre Dame last Thursday in the first round of the Mercer Count y Tournament after the teams tied at 2-2 through regulation and overtime. “I feel like I am 100 percent; I am ready to take on anyone and as a team we are ready to take on any team we play.” The Panthers have shown an ability to alter their style of play depending on the circumstances. “It is understanding different competition, different teams, and how they play,” said Cedeno. “Then it is using their strengths and weaknesses against them.” PDS head coach Ollie Hilliker liked the strong effort he got from his players in the second half against Golda Och. “Once we broke the ice, the flow went,” said Hilliker. “We had a lot of players who got on the score sheet,
which is always good. We kept our shape right and we moved the ball well. We finished our chances, which we didn’t do early on in the first half.” Hilliker credited Cedeno with getting things moving for PDS. “Dave has been brilliant, he had a little knock the last couple of weeks and he had not played too much the last 10 days,” said Hilliker. “We have rested him a lot this last week, he hasn’t played too much. This was really his first game back playing, it was nice for him to get some confidence and show some quality.” As PDS, now 10-5-3 after tying Robbinsville 3-3 last Monday in an MCT consolation contest, heads into the Prep B semis, Hilliker believes that facing such high quality teams as Penning ton, Peddie, and South Kent (Conn.) over the course of the season will pay off at crunch time. “We have had some ups and down, we have had some good challenges,” said Hilliker. “ We h a v e c o m p e t e d against top teams and maybe we haven’t got the results but we have competed. I think that is important for us to know that we can give anyone a game when it comes to it, anything can happen.” Cedeno, for his part, is hoping good things will happen in his final week with the program. “I think as a senior, I am trying to motivate the younger kids, trying to be out there and be a positive figure for our team,” said Cedeno. “This is our last playoff run so we want something.” —Bill Alden
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Little Tigers improved to 171. PHS will face top-seeded Pennington in the MCT title game on October 27 at The College of New Jersey. ——— Girls’ Soccer: Unable to get its offense going, sixthseeded PHS fell 3 - 0 to third-seeded Princeton Day School in the Mercer County Tournament quarterfinals last Saturday. Goalie Shaylah Marciano made seven saves in a losing cause as the Little Tigers dropped to 10-6.
PDS THEY’RE NO. 1: Players on the Princeton High girls’ volleyball team celebrate after winning the the 2nd Annual “Spiketoberfest” WJIVL (West Jersey Interscholastic Volleyball League) Tournament last weekend at Moorestown High. Going undefeated in the double elimination tournament format, PHS edged WW/P-S 2-1 in the championship match. Last Monday, the Little Tigers topped Notre Dame 2-1 to improve to 15-4 on the season. Pictured in the top row, from left to right, are: head coach Patty Manhart, Sara Vigiano, Noa Levy, Gillian Hauschild, Anna Cao, Ally Garthe, Alexandra Colón, Rachel Cheng, and assistant coach Cecilia Birge. In the middle row, from left, are Viva Bell and Julia Thomson. In the bottom row, from left, are Kim Cheng, Natalia Drobnjak, Amanda Rubin, Annie Sullivan-Crowley, and Nicole Barrales.
Lawrenceville Football : Diassa Diakite starred in a losing cause as Lawrenceville fell 46-13 at Hun last Saturday night. Diakite rushed for 46 yards and scored a touchdown for the Big Red, who dropped to 1-5 with the defeat. Lawrenceville hosts Blair on October 29. ——— Field Hockey: Tess Maloney led the way as eighthseeded Lawrenceville topped second-seeded Princeton Day School 3-0 last Saturday in the Mercer County Tournament title game. Maloney scored a goal in the championship contest and was named the MVP of the tournament. Lawrenceville, who improved to 10-4 with the win, will be taking part on the state Prep A tournament where it is seeded first and will host fourth-seeded Peddie School in the semifinals on October 26. The Big Red will also be hosting Blair Academy on October 29 in regular season action.
Hun Field Hockey: Julis Fassl triggered the offense as Hun defeated Moorestown Friends 3-2 last Monday. Senior star Fassl had a goal and two assists to help the Raiders improve to 7- 8. Hun starts action in the state Prep A tournament this week where it is seeded third and slated to play at second-seeded Blair Academy in the semifinals on October 26. The Raiders will also be playing at Peddie on October 29 in a regular season game. ———
Boys’ Soccer: Patrick Nally starred in a losing cause as Hun fell 2-1 to Lawrenceville last Saturday. Senior standout Nally scored the lone goal for the Raiders, who moved to 5-9. In upcoming action, Hun is competing in the state Prep A tournament where it is seeded sixth and slated to play at No. 3 St. Benedict’s in an opening round game on October 27. The Raiders are also scheduled to play at Peddie on October 29 in a regular season game. ——— G irls’ Soccer : Br yonna Worthy and Julia Salerno scored goals as Hun defeated Lawrenceville 2-1 last Saturday. The Raiders, who improved to 5-7-2 with the win, will start play in the state Prep A tournament where it is seeded fourth and will host fifth-seeded Blair Academy in an opening round matchup on October 27. Hun is also scheduled to play at Peddie on October 29 in a regular season game.
Pennington Boys’ Soccer: Ibrahima Diop came up big as topseeded Pennington defeated 12th-seeded Steinert 3-0 in the Mercer County Tournament semifinals last Monday. Diop tallied two goals for the Red Raiders, who improved to 13-0-2. Pennington will face second-seeded Princeton High in the MCT championship game on October 27 at The College of New Jersey. In addition, the Red Raiders will be taking part in the state Prep A tournament where they seeded first and will host the winner of the Blair/Lawrenceville opening round contest in the semifinals on November 1. ———
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Stuart Field Hockey: Unable to get its offense going, Stuart fell 2-0 to Notre Dame last Monday. Senior goalie Alexxa Newman made three saves as the Tartans moved to 3-10-2. Stuart will continue action in the state Prep B tournament where it is seeded seventh and will play at second-seeded Montclair Kimberly Academy in a semifinal contest on October 26 with the winner advancing to the finals on October 30. The Tartans are also scheduled to host the Baldwin School (Pa.) on October 28 in a regular season contest.
PHS Football: Squandering an early lead, PHS fell 42-27 at Northern Burlington last Friday evening. The Little Tigers led 19-14 late in the second quarter but surrendered 28 unanswered points as they dropped to 1-6. PHS hosts Ewing on October 29. ——— Boys’ Soccer: Noam Davidov came up big as secondseeded PHS edged thirdseeded Hopewell Valley 1-0 in the Mercer County Tournament semifinals last Monday evening. Junior for ward Dav idov scored the lone goal of the contest while junior goalie Patrick Jacobs made six saves in earning the shutout as the
Girls’ Soccer: Grace Barbara starred as third-seeded PDS topped second-seeded Pennington in a shootout after the teams tied 1-1 through regulation and overtime in the Mercer County Tournament semifinals. Junior goalie Barbara made five saves in regulation and overtime and then stopped two shots in the shootout for the Panthers, who improved to 15-0-1. Brooke Smukler scored the goal in regulation for PDS, who will now face top-seeded Hopewell Valley in the MCT title game on October 27 at The College of New Jersey. The Panthers will also compete in the state Prep B tournament this week where they are seeded first and will host fourth-seeded Newark Academy in the semis on October 28 with the victor advancing to the title game on October 30. ——— Girls’ Tennis: Touria Salvati advanced to final in second singles while the pair of Tarika Kumar and Grace Marshall made it to the first doubles finals to provide highlights as PDS ended up fourth in the team standings at the state Prep B tournament.
Local Sports PHS Athletics Hall of Fame Holding Induction Dinner
The Princeton High Athletics Hall of Fame is holding the induction dinner for its 11th class of honorees. Those being cited include: athletes — John “Chauncey” Rossi ’38 (deceased) Estuardo Ramirez ’99, and John Ryan ’07; coach/athlete — Bill Cirullo ’66 (deceased), and teams — 1972 boys’ tennis and 1974 boys’ cross country. The induction will be held on November 19 at the Mercer Oaks Country Club, 725 Village Road West, West Windsor with cocktails and social hour from 6 to 7 p.m. and dinner and the induction ceremony to follow from 7 to 10 p.m. Tickets for the evening are $55 and must be purchased prior to the event. No tickets will be sold at the door. Persons who wish to purchase a ticket or make a donation towards Friends of Princeton Athletics’ scholarship fund should contact Bob James at (609) 921-0946 or rfjames44@aol.com. The goal of the Hall of Fame is to perpetuate the memory of those athletes, teams, coaches, and supporters who have brought distinction, honor, and excellence
to athletics at PHS. To date, 115 individuals and 16 teams have been honored. ———
St. Paul School PTA 5k Run on November 5
The St. Paul School PTA is holding its First Annual LION’S CHASE 5k Run / Walk and 1k Fun Run on November 5 in the West Picnic Area of Mercer County Park. Runners of all ages are invited to run or walk to help raise funds to benefit St. Paul School in Princeton. The 1k Fun Run for children up to age 10 has a starting time of 9 a.m. with an entrance fee of $15 per child. The 5k Run/Walk begins at 9:30 a.m. and all ages are welcome to participate. One can register online at www.spsprinceton.org. Those who register online by October 25 are guaranteed a tee shirt. The entrance fee is $25 per person with online registration or $30 on the day of the event. Registration on November 5 begins at 8 a.m. The event concludes with an awards ceremony at 11 a.m. For questions or additional information, contact Michele Cano at mcano@spsprinceton.org or (609) 921-7587 Ext.149 ———
Angelucci scored for the Ducks on a QB sweep. As for the Spartans, Christian Paul connected with Ellington Hinds for a TD pass. The AIG Tar Heels cruised to a 26-0 win over the Trattoria Procaccini Bulldogs. Connor Hewitt scored two touchdowns to spark the offense for the Tar Heels. In the rookie division (ages 6-7), the Black Swarm defeated the Black Jaguars 2821 as Gus Shapiro scored two touchdowns with Ryan Von Roemer and Car ter Price adding one apiece. John Monica, Harvey Smith, and Ezra Lerman had touchdowns for the Black Jaguars. The Tigers defeated the GoPros 28-21 as Rowan Connor had two touchdowns while Sean Devlin and Michah Brox each scored one. as for the GoPros, Courtney Whitest had two touchdowns with Jake Winn adding one. Chr ist ine’s Hope Tigers edged the Christine’s Hope Wizards 7-0. The Tigers’ Shane Mayer scored the lone touchdown of the contest. A rookie division result that ran in the October 19, 2016 edition at page 35 should have listed Will Bednar as scoring three touchdowns to lead Christine’s Hope Dominators to a 21-14 win over Christine’s Hope Dragons. ———
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the Princeton Junior Football League’s (PJFL) senior division (ages 11-14), the Majeski Foundation Texans defeated the Pure Insurance Panthers 38-32. Jaxon Petrone threw five touchdown passes for the Texans in the win. Gabe Majeski and Marty Brophy caught two TD passes each with Evan Bell adding another. Jake Renda and Nico Cucchi starred in a losing cause for the Panthers as they scored two touchdowns apiece. The Teresa Cafe Steelers edged the Chubb Insurance Saints 19-18. Julian Liao threw a touchdown pass for the Steelers while Michio Patafio rushed for two scores. For the Saints, Peter Knigge, Peter Hare, and Zander DeLuca scored touchdowns. The Bai Jets topped the Petrone Associate Seahawks 30-12. The Jets got touchdowns from Jeremy Sallade, Drew Pianka, Henri Maman, and David Dorini. For the Seahawks, Dylan Angelucci had a touchdown run and Ryan Cruser made an interception return for a touchdown. In the junior division (ages 8-10), the Princeton PBA 130 Hawkeyes defeated the Graylyn Design Fighting Irish 32-17. Travis Petrone had two touchdowns for the Hawkeyes while Jonny Feldman, James Tziaris-Over and Phineas Chuo had one each. Henry Doran scored two touchdowns for the Irish in a losing cause. The Naragansett Bay Spartans tied the AYCO Ducks 6-6. Jake
The Princeton Recreation Department is now taking registration for the 201617 Dillon Youth Basketball League. The Dillon Youth Basketball League is open to boys and girls in 4th through 9th grade and is entering its 46th season. The program is a partnership between the Princeton Recreation Depar tment and Pr ince ton University. The Dillon League is recreational in nature. All players will play in every game regardless of their skill level or whether they attend the informal practice sessions. To register, please visit http://register.communitypass.net/princeton. Dillon Yout h B as ke tba l l is located under “2016/2017 Fall/Winter Youth Sports.” Registration is complete once division player limi t s a r e r e a c h e d or N o vember 15t h, whichever comes f irst. More information can be found onl i n e a t w w w. p r i n c e t o n recreation.com. ———
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co-authored, Mr. Bowen’s The Shape of the River: LongTerm Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admission (1998), written with former Harvard president Derek Bok, has shaped much of the nation’s thinking on affirmative action in college admissions. Based on data on thousands of students of different races and concluding that race-conscious admission policies are effective, The Shape of the River has had far-reaching impact — from college admissions offices to the Supreme Court — where it has been cited frequently in rulings that support affirmative action. Other issues that Mr. Bowen focused on at the Mellon Foundation and brought to the attention of the world of higher education through his books include the impact of athletic departments on college education, graduation rates, the rising costs of education and the power of digital technologies. Mr. Bowen was born in 1933 in Cincinnati. The first member of his family to go to college, he graduated from Denison University in Granville, Ohio in 1955. He went on to Princeton University, where he earned his doctorate in economics in only three years and joined the Princeton faculty in 1958. He began a fiveyear term as provost in 1967 under Robert Goheen, and at the age of 38 succeeded Mr. Goheen as president in 1972. He held a joint appointment as professor in the Economics Department
and in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and continued to teach a section of introductory economics even after becoming University president. He was often seen wearing tennis shoes and riding around campus on his bicycle. “Bill Bowen was a true giant of higher education,” said Princeton President Christopher L. Eisgruber, as quoted on the University website. “First as provost then as president of Princeton, he enhanced this university’s research profile, diversified its student body, and added to its resources. He was a formidable leader, conversant and engaged with every aspect of Princeton’s operations, unflinching in his commitment to excellence, and fiercely devoted to this University’s defining values. Bill touched every corner of this great University, and his prodigious energy and intellect have benefited generations of Princetonians …. I owe Bill a great debt, as do many others who passed through this University that he loved so dearly.” Mr. Bowen is survived by his wife Mary Ellen of Princeton; a son David Bowen of Scarsdale, New York; a daughter Karen Bowen-Imhof of Antwerp, Belgium; and five grandchildren. A memorial service will be held at 1:30 p.m., Sunday, December 11 in the Princeton University Chapel. In lieu of flowers the family has suggested contributions to the Sir W. Arthur Lewis Fund at Princeton, which provides support for graduate students. —Donald Gilpin
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Lucile “Lockie” Stafford Proctor, 78, passed away peacefully on Friday, October 21, 2016, after a short battle with lung cancer. A viewing will take place Saturday, October 29, 2016 from 9 a.m. to noon at Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, followed by a service to be held at Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton at 1 p.m. Burial and reception will follow. Lockie is survived by her four children, Perry (Debbie) Crisfield, Holly (Rick) Callanan, Lucy Proctor, and Toby ( Darcy) Proctor; six grandchildren, Jay, Ryan, Cori, Allie, Ella, and Jack; and her three brothers, Paul, Tim, and Mark Stafford and their families. She was predeceased by her brother, Todd Stafford. Lockie was born in Philadelphia, to Lucile Fenn and Paul Tutt Stafford, and was raised in Princeton, where she lived her entire childhood and most of her adult life. Her father was a professor at the university, and her mother was an artist and active in the community. Lockie followed in her parents’ footsteps through her pursuit and support of education and her devotion to the Princeton community. She attended Miss Fine’s School (now Princeton Day School) and then Wellesley College from which she graduated in 1960 with a BA in English. She remained active in alumni activities of both schools, attended all of her reunions, and held numerous leadership positions in the Wellesley College Club of Central New Jersey. She had a passion for learning, and endeavored to further her education by taking John R. Knapsack courses at Princeton UniJohn R. Knapsack passed versity and the University of Nevada. Most importantly away on October 23, 2016. she traveled the world with He was born on October her mother and retained a 31, 1934 in Paterson, New Jersey to William and Anna Deblock Knapsack. John is survived by his wife, Patricia, of over 50 years; his daughters Tricia Grover and Shawn Culver; his son Brant Knapsack and five grandchildren : Lee, Kaylin, Brendan, Makenna, and Duncan. John grew up in Fairlawn, New Jersey where he graduated from Fairlawn High School in 1952. After high “Fine Quality Home Furnishings school, John attended Upat Substantial Savings” sala College where he was a member of the Theta Ep4621 Route 27 silon fraternity and graduKingston, NJ ated with a BA in business in 609-924-0147 1956. Shortly after college, John served in the United www.riderfurniture.com States Army and was staMon-Fri 10-6; tioned in Germany for four Sat 10-5; Sun 12-5 years. After completing his AmEx, M/C & Visa enlistment, John was an offi-
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Robert J. Fischer (Bob), 88, of Skillman, passed away peacefully on Sunday, October 16th, at The Skilled Nursing facility in Stonebridge at Montgomery Retirement Community. Born in Trenton, he was a long time resident of Trenton and Princeton, as well as Cutler, Maine. He was the son of the late Ferdearle and Emily (Elinger) Fischer; and brother of the late Bill, Emily, and Ferd Fischer. Bob graduated from Trenton High School, earned a Bachelor of Science degree from Colgate University and a Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine with a specialty in oral surgery. He served in the Marine Corps for 3 years as a radio technician and was honorably discharged as a corporal in the 8th Marine Regiment. Bob completed his residency at Bellevue Hospital in New York City where he served as chief resident of the oral surgery service. He practiced oral surgery in Trenton for 35 years and was very active in the dental community. He served as president of the Mercer Dental Society and was a Fellow of the American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons. He was on the staff of Mercer Medical Center, the former Trenton Psychiatric Hospital, Princeton Hospital (University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro), Hamilton Hospital, Hunterdon Medical Center, Saint Frances Hospital, and Saint Mary Hospital in Langhorne Pa. From 1987 to 1993, Robert served on the board of Mercer hospital (Capitol Health Systems). In 1959, he joined the State of New Jersey as Director of Dentistry and in 1973 he earned his license to practice dentistry in the State of Maine. While in Maine he practiced dentistry near his summer residence in Cutler, Maine and was instrumental in establishing Lubec’s Regional Medical Center.
He was predeceased by his wife of 59 years, Patricia Ann Fischer (Vesey); is survived by her son and daughterin-law, Jeffery Fischer and Veronica Fischer, of Windsor, Conn.; her daughter and son-in-law, Carol Fischer Lowenstein and Duane Lowenstein of Andover, Mass.; and her son, Kenneth Fischer of Plantsville, Conn. He was the loving grandfather to Cheryl, Gregory, and Suzanne Fischer; David, Emily, and Peter Lowenstein; Jacqueline and Thomas Fischer; and great- granddaughter Addison Meyers. He loved to travel, play tennis, and spend time with family and friends in Cutler Harbor on the Bold Coast of Maine. Friends are invited to join the family for a celebration of Bob’s life to be held at 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 5, at Stonebridge at Montgomery, 100 Hollinshead Spring Road, Skillman, NJ 08558, ( 609 ) 759-3606. Donations can be sent in lieu of flowers to the Cutler United Methodist Church, in Cutler, Maine. Arrangements are under the direction of the MatherHodge Funeral Home, Princeton. ———
Guy Diviaio, Jr. Guy Diviaio, Jr, 91, of Skillman passed away Friday, October 21, 2016 at home surrounded by his loving family. Born in Princeton, he was a lifelong Princeton area resident. He was a United States World War II veteran who served during the D-Day Invasion. Guy was a selfemployed builder and mason contractor and owner of Hillside Builders of Skillman. He was an avid hunter, fisherman, and outdoorsman. Son of the late Guy and Benedetta Diviaio, husband of the late Evelyn Diviaio, and father of the late Gregory A. Diviaio. He is survived by his two sons and daughters-in-law, Guy T. and Sue Diviaio, and Gary and Linda Diviaio; four grandchildren and their spouses Michael and Danielle Diviaio, Christopher and Katherine Diviaio; Alison Diviaio and Bradley O’Mara; and Brandon Diviaio; and two greatgrandchildren, Dominick Diviaio and Finn O’Mara. Visitation will be held from 9 to 11 a.m. on Saturday, October 29 at The MatherHodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08542. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Saturday, October 29 at 11:30 a.m. at St. Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton. Burial will follow in the Church cemetery.
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love for travel by sharing it with her family. Her passions were many, and numerous community organizations were the beneficiaries of her boundless energy and commitment. She served on the Montgomery Township Board of Education for nine years and held the position of president. She was a singer, board member, and passionate supporter of Princeton Pro Musica. She was an active member of Trinity Church, where she served on the Altar Guild, and the Present Day Club, where she regularly played bridge, loved the book group, and enjoyed their many activities. One would think there would be barely any time left for anything else, but her involvement with the Stony Brook Garden Club (SBGC) and the Garden Club of America (GCA) eclipsed all her other activities. She became a member of the SBGC 26 years ago, was president in 1999-2000, and won the Adra Fairman Daffodil Award 13 times. She became certified as a national judge for the Garden Club of America and was presented with the GCA’s 2014 Horticultural Award. A summar y of her life wou ld not b e comple te without mentioning so many other things that shaped her life: her many pets, especially those misbehaving dogs; her summers in Cotuit, Massachusetts and at the Basin Harbor Club in Vermont; her love of books, bridge, everything Christmas, opera, theater, the Yankees and cooking; her membership in the Huguenot Society and interest in family history; her many “collections” of stamps, marble clocks, shoes, reading glasses, and catalogs (to name a few); and her tremendous pride in the achievements of her children and grandchildren. Her “calling card” summed it up perfectly. She was a “singer, student, politico, dog lover, gardener, cook, leader, mom, grandmom, and friend,” who was loved dearly and will be missed by many. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Lockie’s name to any of the organizations mentioned above where you may have shared a connection with Lockie. Extend condolences and share remembrances at TheKimbleFuneralHome.com. ———
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PENNINGTON ESTATE SALE: Donald Reid Bryant. Antique furniture, linen press, sideboard, small tables, chairs, armoire. Unbelievable amount of china; Spode, Quimper, Lenox, Baccarat crystal. Library, garden room, art, oriental carpets, antique wood stove, too much to list! 1st of 3 sales. Thursday, Friday, Saturday October 27, 28, 29 from 9:30-3. Please bring wrappings. 16 E. Delaware Avenue, Pennington. Photos can be seen on estatesales.net, MG Estate Services. 10-26 YARD SALE: Saturday, October 29, starting 8 am. 25 & 27 MacLean Street, (between Witherspoon & John). Computer equipment, stereos, designer handbags, bikes, books, clothes, toys, furniture, vinyl record albums, CDs, collectible “Gone with the Wind” Barbie doll, Murano glass, Lenox, Hummel, Zuni Indian collectibles, 3’x2’ marble slab, lots of artwork. 10-26 GARAGE SALE: Something for everyone! 276 Christopher Drive in Ettl Farm. Friday 10/28 9-4; Saturday 10/29 9-4; Sunday 10/30 9-3. Books, cds, dvds, shoes, sports equipment, furniture, electronics, beautiful dresses, tools, etc...much more! Don’t miss out! No Early Birds Please! 10-26 YARD SALE: 255 South Harrison Street. Saturday, October 29th, 9-2. Home & kitchen items; furnishings; many children’s things; American Girl items; TV’s; vacuums; printer; cookbooks; jewelry/accessories; MUCH more! No early birds or parking in driveway please! 10-26 DINING RM CHAIRS FOR SALE: In time for the holidays! 8 carved mahogany 1890-1900’s dining room chairs. Great condition, $1,500. Leave a message (609) 921-6599. 10-26 FOR SALE: Wing chair; bedroom set with inlay from Italy; DR set; French Provincial oak table; (2) pole lights 18”x36”; Iron fountain; other items for sale. All items can be seen at princetonkiosk.com; (609) 466-0732. 10-26 MOVING SALE: Lenox Holiday Pattern, 43 pieces china $300. Lenox Monroe Pattern, 47 pieces china $300. Extra side dishes, wine glasses, water goblets available. (609) 737-9039. 10-26 SWIMMING POOL CLOSINGS: • Closing • Safety Covers • Service • Rebuilds • Vinyl • Concrete • Removals. Since 1955. (908) 3593000. 10-12-8t PERSONAL ASSISTANT AVAILABLE: Highly educated woman expertise in wellness, fitness, research, gardening, dogs. Not a health aide but very kind and empathic. References. (609) 921-7244. 10-12-3t FOR SALE IN PRINCETON: Best area. Large beautiful home, famous architect, great trees. Two lots. 50’ pool. Steinway Grand. Reduced 1.375M. Contact agent Alison Covello, (609) 462-0686. 10-05-4t ROSA’S CLEANING SERVICE: For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more. Has good English, own transportation. 20 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188 or (609) 610-2485. 09-07-25t
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PRINCETON: Large, private, onebedroom apartment on Princeton estate. Magnificent gardens. Bright, elegant, newly redone. 18 windows, expansive views. New luxury kitchen, granite countertops. Washer-dryer, recessed spotlights, large closets, AC, Italian tile floors. Parking. (609) 924-4332. tf
HOUSE CLEANING: European High Quality House Cleaning. Great Experience & Good References. Free Estimates. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Reasonable Prices. Call Elvira (609) 695-6441 or (609) 213-9997. 10-05-12t FIREWOOD FOR SALE: Cut & split, seasoned, delivered & dumped when you are home. Normal size 14”-18”. $200 delivered & dumped. (908) 359-3000. 10-12-8t TIRED OF AN OFFICE PARK? Office space available in historic building overlooking Carnegie Lake. Princeton address. Furnished or unfurnished. Newly renovated. Free parking. Conference room, kitchenette, receptionist included. Friendly, professional atmosphere. Contact Liz: (609) 514-0514; ez@zuckfish.com 09-07-26t HOUSECLEANING: Experienced, English speaking, great references, reliable with own transportation. Weekly & bi-weekly cleaning. Green cleaning available. Susan, (732) 8733168. 10-12-8t HOME IMPROVEMENT: Small & large construction work, framing, drywall finished to paint, tile, kitchens, baths, decks & handyman items. References, licensed & insured. Immediate response, (609) 613-0197. 10-26 LAWN MAINTENANCE: Prune shrubs, mulch, cut grass, weed, leaf clean up and removal. Call (609) 9541810. 09-07-13t
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This expansive home is located in the Princeton Walk Enclave not far from Princeton in S. Brunswick Twp. There are 4 bedrooms, 2-1/2 baths, and state-of-the-art features throughout – including eat-in kitchen, floor-to-ceiling bay windows, fireplace, and gleaming hardwood floors. It provides indoor and outdoor pools, tennis courts and fitness room. Carefree Living in an elegant house. $498,000 Virtual Tour: www.realestateshows.com/1329836
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GARAGE SALE: Something for everyone! 276 Christopher Drive in Ettl Farm. Friday 10/28 9-4; Saturday 10/29 9-4; Sunday 10/30 9-3. Books, cds, dvds, shoes, sports equipment, furniture, electronics, beautiful dresses, tools, etc...much more! Don’t miss out! No Early Birds Please! 10-26
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32 chambers street Princeton, nJ 08542 (609) 924-1416 Martha F. stockton, Broker-owner For sale: Wing chair; bedroom set with inlay from Italy; DR set; French Provincial oak table; (2) pole lights 18”x36”; Iron fountain; other items for sale. All items can be seen at princetonkiosk.com; (609) 466-0732. 10-26 MoVinG sale: Lenox Holiday Pattern, 43 pieces china $300. Lenox Monroe Pattern, 47 pieces china $300. Extra side dishes, wine glasses, water goblets available. (609) 737-9039. 10-26
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Need a helper during weekdays for an 11-month old child. General duties include: watching child, laundry/ dishes & minor cleaning. Can be flexible on hours & days/week. (713) 367-2871. 10-19-4t
The Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton is hiring an external communications specialist to help us share the message & programs of our congregation in the broader community. 10 hours/wk. position, flexible hours. Send resume to hr@ uuprinceton.org 10-19-3t
suBstitute suPPort staFF needed: We are looking for warm, nurturing, energetic, reliable & responsible individuals to work in a team teaching situation. Under the supervision of our classroom staff, the substitute cares for children ranging from 3 month-to almost 5 years. This is an “on call” position with variable hours 8:306:00 pm. Experience working with young children. AA degree or more a plus. Please no phone calls-email resume to sbertran@princeton.edu 10-12-3t
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NEW PRINCETON LISTING On a beautiful piece of property in a great Princeton neighborhood, this spacious house offers 4 bedrooms and 4 full bathrooms. The first floor has Living Room, Dining Room, Kitchen, master bedroom, plus 2 other bedrooms. The second floor has bedroom, bath and sitting room. It is enhanced by wood floors, walk-out basement an two-car garage. $824,000
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CRANBURY, Four Seasons active-adult community. Features open flr plan w/ 2 BRs, den, LR, DR & FR. Overlooks Park, offers tennis pool & more. Professional décor, pristine condition. $400,000
HOPEWEll TWP., This 4 BR, 3 full and 1-half BA home makes for a relaxing retreat from the hustle & bustle of today’s world. Featuring wellproportioned rooms & wonderful views. $949,000
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lAWRENCE TWP., This stunning 5 BR, 6 BA custom-built home features a chef’s kitchen, formal sitting parlor and beautiful sunroom with private entry onto the patio. $1,415,000
MONTGOMERY TWP., This home offers wd flrs, updtd kit., newer HVAC, windows & master BA, wood-burning FP, built-in garage and rear paver patio w/ garden. $335,000
Kari Adams - Riddick 609-213-0276 (cell)
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PRiNCETON, Home has an enclosed porch that is the width of the house, kit. w/ cstm cabs., marble herringbone backsplash, quartz cntrs & high-end applcs. Dir: Nassau St. to Murray Pl. $1,295,000
PRiNCETON, This 3-year-old Colonial is within walking distance to schools, CP pool, Princeton Shopping center & town. Upgrades include SS appliances and a fully finished basement. $1,450,000
ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)
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