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Princeton Theological Seminary Redevelopment Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PU Scholars Win International Awards . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Nature’s Nation Gives Way to Gravity’s Rainbow . . . . . . . . . 21 A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre . . . 22 Alarie Returns with a Bang for PU Women’s Hoops . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Patterson Leading the Way for PDS Girls’ Hockey . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Former Princeton Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins Writes Memoir . . . . . . 18 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach Realtor . . .14, 15 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 31 Classified Ads . . . . . . 46 Dining & Entertainment. . . 29 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Music/Theater . . . . . . 23 New To Us . . . . . . . . . 36 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 45 Police Blotter . . . . . . . . 4 Religion . . . . . . . . . . . 45 School Matters . . . . . . 11 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . 6 Wedding . . . . . . . . . . . 8

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Voters Pass $26.9 Million Schools Referendum

Travelers on New Jersey Transit (NJT) know all about delays, cancellations, aging trains, and not enough engineers to run them. And local commuters, faced with the ongoing suspension of Dinky train service between Princeton and Princeton Junction, are all too familiar with the agency’s woes. According to a recent announcement by NJT, some relief may be in sight. Last week, the agency revealed plans to launch a “customer focused communications initiative.” The new effort “focuses on addressing customer needs, providing more timely information, and improving all customer touchpoints including announcements, station and facility conditions, and the onboard experience.” More specifically, NJT plans to purchase 113 new multi-level cars and 182 new buses. The mobile app is being upgraded. There will be new touch-screen interactive information kiosks at four stations, but alas, not Princeton, as part of a pilot program. As for the problem of hiring and retaining personnel, there have been “successful recruiting efforts to attract additional bus operators and locomotive engineers,” the release reads. “Since January 1 [2018], more than 300 new bus operators have been hired and more than 5,000 applications for locomotive engineers have been received.” The agency also states that four new locomotive engineer training classes are underway, with 13 engineers anticipated to graduate in May, 2019, and three additional classes graduating before the end of 2019. The average “cycle time” on procurements has been reduced by 20 percent compared to 2017 and 40 percent compared to 2016, it says. “Under the Murphy administration, NJ Transit has made remarkable progress on the federally mandated Positive Train Control (PTC) installation,” it continues. “In January, NJ Transit was at just 12 percent completion. NJ Transit is now at approximately 93 percent completion.” It is the installation of PTC, not on the Dinky line, but in other parts of the Continued on Page 8

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Princeton voters passed a $26.9 million Princeton Public Schools facilities referendum bond yesterday by a vote of 2,186 to 1,613, according to unofficial results at press time. Provisional ballots have not yet been counted. Though fewer voters turned out for this one-question, “yes” or “no” vote than for the November 6 election, there has been a significant show of interest in the community over the much-debated proposed renovations and upgrades to the Princeton Public Schools (PPS). Polls at Community Park Elementary School, Riverside Elementary, Johnson Park Elementary, and Littlebrook Elementary were open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. School officials have noted that this $26.9 million bond, scaled down from an original proposal of almost $130 million, will address the district’s most immediate and urgent needs, including safety, security, and HVAC upgrades in all the schools, as well as the creation of four additional classrooms at Princeton High School (PHS), along with a new dining center on the main floor, increased space for athletics, and improved space for student counseling. The Princeton Board of Education (BOE) has described this referendum

as an initial step in addressing the challenges of aging buildings and growing student population, with the youngest building, John Witherspoon Middle School, built in 1965 and the oldest, PHS, dating back to 1927. None were designed to address today’s security concerns or HVAC needs. The BOE has planned for ongoing discussion with the community in the coming year, looking to another referendum on the ballot next fall, possibly seeking funding for expansion of the PHS building and a new 5/6 school. Anticipated impact on property taxes of this new bond is approximately $57

additional in the first year, 2020, for an average assessed home of $837,074, according to the PPS website. Subsequent year estimated additional costs would be about $61 in 2021, about $106 in 2022, then sizable reductions in 2023 and beyond after debt from a previous bond has been retired. The BOE anticipates debt service aid from the state of New Jersey to cover 27 percent of the cost of the bond. Construction on the proposed upgrades and renovations in the schools are scheduled to begin in the spring of 2019. —Donald Gilpin

Symposium on Indigenous Communities Examines Discrimination, Climate Change Tanya Talaga, journalist and author of the recent bestseller Seven Fallen Feathers: Racism, Death, and Hard Truths in a Northern City, told the stories of the seven fallen feathers and how she had come to write a book about the seven indigenous high school students who died in Thunder Bay, Ontario between 2000 and 2011. Speaking to an audience of about 60 in the Princeton Public Library community room last Thursday

evening at the opening of the twoday International Symposium on Indigenous Communities and Climate Change, Talaga, a reporter for the Toronto Star and the only indigenous national print journalist in Canada, described how her proposed newspaper story on why indigenous people don’t vote turned into a project that lasted many years and led her into the lives of the seven students and their world. Continued on Page 10

CELEBRATION ON THE SQUARE: Thursday evening marked the fifth night of Hanukkah and the Annual Menorah Lighting on Palmer Square. The event, led by Rabbi Adam Feldman and Cantor Jeff Warschauer of The Jewish Center of Princeton, also featured holiday food and live music. Participants share their favorite Hanukkah gifts in this week’s Town Talk on page 6. (Photo by Erica M. Cardenas)

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Edgehill Street. Organized by an ad hoc committee of P r i nce ton’s Pla n n i ng Board studying whether the Seminary’s Tennent campus should be declared an area in need of redevelopment, the gatherings were designed to hear input from neighbors as well as to provide information. At the second meeting held on Monday night at the Seminary’s Erdman Center, residents of Edgehill Street and Hibben Road seemed especially concerned about traffic issues that already exist.

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The Seminary owns 30 homes in the neighborhood, which is part of the Mercer Hill Historic District. “So it’s important to us to respect the residential scale,” Berg said. Constantine said Stockton and Mercer streets, which border the campus, are important gateways to the town. Ullman said on Tuesday, “This area is both beautiful and historically preserved to some extent. It’s very important. There is probably no one in town who doesn’t think it is a place of value, or who would disagree that the Seminary and its historical posture is not a valuable part of the town.”

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The Seminary announced a proposal in January of 2017 to study the possibility of a comprehensive master plan that would consolidate the school on one campus in Princeton. Currently, there are residential buildings behind MarketFair in West Windsor. Among the key items in the proposal are reducing the size of the student body by 30 or 40 percent for eight to 10 years, building apartments for married and single students, renovating Hodge Hall and Brown Hall to include private bathrooms, replacing or renovating the Mackay Center, and renovating Alexander Hall with office space for the entire faculty and some of the administration. Residents also expressed concerns about the size of the buildings that might replace existing ones, the number of students, the number of cars that would be on the campus, and where parking would be located. “They also wanted to know how they can keep participating in the process,” said Ullman. “What are the mechanisms for ongoing involvement? We want to provide that. There are several different entities involved, and our intention is to figure out as many ways we can to get people involved. It’s just a matter of absorbing all of the concerns of the neighbors and working out a plan that responds appropriately.” A set of meetings will be held in January at dates to be determined. Following those, the ad hoc committee will work with the consultants on the next steps for coming up with a recommendation to the Planning Board before a final vote by Princeton Council. —Anne Levin

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“What are your favorite Hanukkah gifts so far this year?” (Asked Thursday at the Annual Menorah Lighting on Palmer Square) (Photographs by Erica M. Cardenas)

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Todd: “A new pair of sneakers.” Mackenzie: “Rain boots.” Abby: “My raincoat, because I needed one.” —Todd, Mackenzie, and Abby Povell, Pennington

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NJT system, that is responsible for the temporary replacement of the Dinky trains with buses. The suspension began in October and is targeted to end in mid-January. PTC, which is an automated braking system, must be installed throughout the state by the end of this month, according to the federal mandate. A representative of NJT told Princeton Council last fall that the Dinky shutdown was necessary in order to use Dinky equipment and personnel to help with the installation elsewhere in the system. Concerned not only about immediate effects of the shutdown but also the future of the Dinky line, the organization Save the Dinky wrote to NJT Executive Director Kevin Corbett in October to ask him to reconsider closing down the line for an extended period. More recently, Mayor Liz Lempert and Assemblymen Roy Freiman and Daniel R. Benson met with NJT representatives to ask the agency to immediately reinstate the Dinky line. Commuters have complained that the buses that have replaced the line during the hiatus take too long, and that drivers were not waiting for trains running late before leaving Princeton Junction for the drive back to Princeton. L emper t, Benson, and Freiman were told that immediate reinstatement was not possible due to labor contracts, among other reasons. But bus drivers would be advised of the commuters’ concerns.

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The goal is to have a more convenient parking system that makes it easier to find a spot by increasing available street parking in areas where demand is highest. Princeton’s new meters now accept credit card and app payment, in addition to coins, making it easier to pay. Meter rates are structured to encourage longer-term parkers to use spots in the Spring Street Garage or a few blocks outside of the central core where parking is cheaper and time limits are either 3-hours or don’t apply. That helps to increase turnover in the center of town so that customers have an easier time finding parking near the businesses they patronize. The reports and data collected that inform the new policies can be found on the town website at www.princetonnj.gov/parking.

Why are you charging for Sunday parking?

In 2009, the former Borough began charging for metered parking in the downtown on Sundays (1-8pm). The new parking rules expand Sunday parking regulations to include Nassau Street. That said, parking in the 2-hour zones is FREE on Sundays in December for the holiday shopping season.

Why have the hours changed?

Meter hours begin later in the morning (at 9am instead of 8am or 7am previously) in order to encourage residents to take advantage of free parking and low parking demand to run early morning errands. Hours extend later into the evening to help manage the higher demand.

How did you determine the new rates?

Rates hadn’t increased in 10 years. The new rate structure was established after a thorough analysis which factored in the cost of the new equipment and credit card processing. That analysis can also be found on the municipal website: www.princetonnj.gov/parking. Council will be reviewing the rate structure in April and then annually to determine whether changes are warranted. A benefit of the new meter technology is it generates the data needed to analyze parking performance and also makes it easier to make adjustments.

Why is there a fee to use the app?

The per-use app surcharge, which goes directly to app vendor Passport, is an industry standard. For example, the ParkMobile app charges a 50-cent transaction fee at the Princeton Junction lot in West Windsor. The app is offered as an optional convenience. The 35-cent Passport surcharge only applies when using the app.

Why are the 30-minute meters located in so many spots? The wider availability of 30-minute meters – approximately one per block increases the likelihood that someone who needs to quickly pop into an establishment can find an empty parking spot.

Why is there a minimum credit card charge at the meter?

The minimum charge for using a credit card at the meters is $1. A credit card minimum is necessary to cover the costs of the transaction. Most stores require a minimum purchase for credit card payment for the same reason – and their credit card minimums tend to be much higher than $1. Each credit card transaction at a parking meter incurs a variable fee averaging a 30-cent flat fee plus an additional 2.08 percent, paid for by the municipality.

What happened to the grace period?

The previous parking system included an eight-minute grace period at many meters. This grace period was not widely known by residents, was not promoted to visitors, and is not a common feature of other downtown parking systems. Those who pay using the Park Princeton app can opt to have alerts sent to their mobile phones when the parking session is expiring. ParkPrinceton.ppprk.com

How are you addressing the glitches with the meters?

This is a new system for our community and we are working with our vendors to resolve the technology glitches so that it may be utilized to the fullest capacity. Most of the issues that have been reported to us have been fixed. Please report additional problems to Access Princeton at accessprinceton@princetonnj.gov or 609-924-4141.

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“The kids died over a span of 11 years from 2000 to 2011, and there had been no news stories,” she said. “I couldn’t capture the story about what was happening in Thunder Bay.” By the spring of 2015, Talaga was finally ready to w r ite her book, and she received advice from a tribal grand chief, who told her to “start your story with Chanie Wenjack,” a 12-year-old who froze to death on the railway tracks in 1966 after running away from a residential school. An inquest was held with no participation from his family and little follow up from the authorities. The Indian Residential Schools, designed for the purpose of assimilation, were closed in 1996, but Talaga sees their legacy of human rights violations in the more recent history of Thunder Bay, where the seven students who died were hundreds of miles from their families, forced to le ave hom e b e c au s e there was no high school on their reserves. The students, frequently subjected to racist treatment, died from various causes, five of them found dead in the rivers surrounding L ake Superior. Police investigations provided few satisfactory explanations. Talaga reported briefly on the stor y of each of their lives and their deaths. She went on to report on the response from the local authorities, with some new policies passed, a new mayor and new council in Thunder Bay, and the hope of a new vision. She described greater awareness and some productive discussion in the community, but ongoing frustration and sadness over the losses, “two steps forward and two steps back.” “Why is it like this? ” a mother of one of the dece as e d s t u de nt s as ke d. “Why are we not treated like human beings?” Talaga noted that the indigenous population of Thunder Bay has grown to about 15 percent of the 110,000 total, but the population of the Thunder Bay jail is about 100 percent indigenous. Focusing on her story of Thunder Bay and the seven high school students, Talaga left others, indigenous scholars and journalists, on Thursday and in a full day of speeches and discussion at Princeton University’s Betts Auditorium on Friday, to point out the destructive effects of climate change on indigenous communities. Seniors from Stuart Countr y Day of the Sac r e d H e a r t , w h o h av e been studying indigenous peoples in North America, opened Thursday night’s meeting with the reading of a “land acknowledgement” they have drafted to honor the Lenni Lenape and to acknowledge that all of Princeton rests on Lenni Lenape land. “We honor the Lenape and other Indigenous caretakers of these lands and waters, the elders who lived here before, the Indigenous today, and the generations to come,” the acknowledgement states.

Follow ing the t wo - day event, C andis C allison, jour nalism profes sor at the University of British Columbia, a visiting professor at Princeton University this year as the Pathy Distinguished Visitor in Canadian Studies, and author of a recent book on How Climate Change Comes to Matter, expressed optimism. “We all feel like we started something important here,” she said. “A lot of momentum has been created, and I’m grateful for all the support.” She noted in particular Princeton’s Humanities Council Fund for Canadian Studies, the Program in Journalism, and the Princeton Environmental Institute, as sponsors of the event. Simon Morrison, Princeton University music professor, director of Canadian Studies, and organizer of the symposium, stated his hope that the event would help motivate the creation of an Indigenous Studies program at Princeton. “The larger, greater issue, framing and undergirding the symposium, is the increasing focus on, and advocacy for, environmental justice, what’s being called a ‘New Green Deal,’ among the high school, undergraduate, and graduate student populations of our community. I agree that it should be indigenous-led.” Top i c s h i g h l i g hte d i n speeches and discussion at the symposium included indigenous knowledge systems and frameworks for justice and sustainable development; indigenous reporting on climate change and environment-related conflicts; indigenous media and social movements; forced removal from land, intergenerational trauma, and legacies of the residential school systems; territorial disputes, community well being and food sovereignty; and impacts of the Canadian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. “Native people know so much about climate change because we are people who move according to the seasons and we need to do so safely,” stated Michigan State University Philosophy and Community Sustainability Professor Kyle Powys Whyte, a featured speaker on both Thursday and Friday. Pointing out a stark contrast between what indigenous communities used to b e, bas e d on move ment and migration, and what they are today, he described the destructive effects of colonialism, industry, and climate change. —Donald Gilpin

Screech Owls Released at D&R Greenway

In early November, two five -month- old Easter n S c r e e ch O w l s we r e r e leased on D&R Greenway Land Trust’s Cedar Ridge Preserve in Hopewell. Raptor Trust Executive Director Chris Soucy and staff joined D&R Greenway to observe the creatures as they flew to find their new home while dusk settled onto the preserve. D & R Greenway trustee James Fiorentino, also a trustee of the Raptor Trust, put the two nonprofits together in a new partnership that resulted in the release. In preparation, D&R Greenway erected two screech owl boxes. Common east of the Rockies in woods, suburbs, and parks, the Eastern Screech Owl is found wherever trees are, and they readily accept nest boxes. T hese supremely camouflaged birds hide out in nooks and tree crannies through the day. Cedar Ridge is one of D&R Greenway’s first preserves — the land was protected by a donated easement almost 30 years ago. Later, it was purchased and expanded by D&R Greenway, with trails and entrances from both Van Dyke and Stonybrook roads. It was selected as a suitable habitat for the birds. Soucy explained that the 5-month-old owls were orphans. He said that many people bring nestlings to the Trust when they fall out of trees or are pushed out of their homes. The Trust fed and cared for the screech owls, voracious eaters that feed on two mice per day — or “any t hing smaller than them that they hunt at night with their very focused eyes.” Linda Mead, D &R Greenway president and CEO, and Diana Huns of East Amwell were chosen by Soucy to hold and release the two screech owls. “Holding the 4.5 ounce warm and fuzzy creat ures was a u n ique and moving experience,” says Mead, finding it, “just thrilling to be a part of completing the loop to bring these owls back into the natural ecosystem.” After all participants had a chance to see the two owls up close, one a gray morph and the other red, they were released into the preserve, quickly flapping their wings as they took off into the night sky. Visitors to the preserve can listen for their unique call, which sounds almost like a laugh. “It’s a perfect way to describe how the screech owls must feel now that they’re back in nature,” notes Mead. To learn more, visit www. drgreenway.org.

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The Princeton Day School (PDS) campus food service has been awarded the highest rating of four stars from the Green Restaurant Association (GRA). PDS is one of only three secondary schools and 30 restaurants in the country to achieve the four-star status. “We started the qualifying process in 2011,” said PDS Sustainability Coordinator Liz Cutler, “and everyone has worked hard to make our food services more sustainable according to GRA standards.” Cutler noted that Flik Independent School Dining Director Brian Mochnal, Chef Mason Irving, the Flik staff, and PDS Building and Grounds “have been amazing partners in this endeavor.” She emphasized PDS’ progress in the areas of water efficiency, waste reduction and recycling, sustainable durable goods and building materials, sustainable food, energy, reusables and environmentally preferable disposables, chemical and pollution reduction, and transparency and education.

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Pen Pal Project Connects Waldorf Students with the World Waldorf School of Princeton (WSP) students have joined a global initiative to connect with over 1,000 Waldorf Schools all around the world. Students are writing and designing unique postcards to send to each of their sister schools around the world. The halls of WSP are decorated with postcards from other participating schools alongside a map that marks the origin of each card. Each postcard contains an illustration or anecdote that communicates something about the students, telling or showing something about their country, community, or values. “This has been an inspiring exercise for the children,” said WSP Arts Teacher Pamela Shafer. “They are gaining an awareness of something larger than themselves, understanding their place in history and the history of the school. When they see the pins on the map they feel connected to their peers around the world.” The postcards will be completed and mailed to all the schools in time to kick off the 100th anniversary of Waldorf education in 2019.

St. Paul Eighth Grader Wins Holocaust Essay Contest St. Paul School of Princeton (SPS) eighth-grader Claire King has been named a winner in the Fifth Annual Holocaust Essay Competition, sponsored by Fegelson-Young-Feinberg Post 697 Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A. King, who read her essay at the recent awards ceremony, received her honor from Allan Silverberg, chair of the Holocaust Remembrance program. The essay reflected on the childhood experiences of Holocaust survivor Daniel Goldsmith, who spoke at SPS last spring as a culmination of the SPS Holocaust Studies Program.

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Nine Princeton University Scholars Win Coveted International Awards

Joining the distinguished ranks of Princeton University’s four 2019 Rhodes Scholars were three recent winners of Marshall Scholarships for graduate study in the U.K., four Schwarzman Scholarships for study in Beijing, a Mitchell Scholarship winner who will be studying in Ireland, and a Rangel Fellowship winner for graduate work in international affairs. Princeton 2017 alumnus Ararat Gocmen and seniors Jonah Herzog-Arbeitman and Myrial Holbrook have been named Marshall Scholars for 2019, members of a group of 48 chosen from more than 1,000 applicants. Gocmen, a history major from Bergen County, N.J., has been working since graduation as an analyst in the Portfolio Analytics Group at BlackRock. He will attend University College London (UCL) to pursue an M.Sc. in economics and a master’s degree in the history of political thought and intellectual history, jointly administered by UCL and Queen Mary University of London. At Princeton, Gocmen, who looks forward to a career as a history professor, was cofounder and president of the Princeton Armenian Society, captain of the Princeton Federal Reserve Challenge Team, and served in editorial roles at The Princeton Progressive and Princeton Historical Review. He won the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence, the Laurence Hutton Prize for history, and the Andre Maman Prize for his senior thesis. Herzog-Arbeitman, a physics major from Northampton, Mass., who is working toward certificates in applied and computational mathematics and creative writing, will pursue an M.Sc. in theoretical and mathematical physics at the University of Oxford in his first year, then move to the University of Nottingham to work towards an M.Phil. Both a physicist and a poet, Herzog-Arbeitman earned several awards from the physics department at Princeton and is also a member of Princeton’s humanistic studies society, and received the Sophomore Award in Poetry from the Lewis Center for the Arts in 2017. Holbrook, a comparative literature major from Lewis Center, Ohio, will be seeking an M.Phil. in education, focusing on critical approaches to children’s literature, at the University of Cambridge. This will be followed by an M. Litt. in creative writing at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. Holbrook, who looks forward to eventually earning her Ph.D. in comparative literature and continuing to write creatively, particularly children’s literature, has traveled widely and participated in a range of international programs. She spent the fall semester of her junior year at University College London and last summer completed her senior thesis research in London at the archives of the Dickens Museum. Awarded the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence in 2017, Holbrook has served as managing editor of Innovation, Princeton’s student-led science organization, and as a student adviser on the Campus Dining Advisory Board. She is also a staff writer for the Nassau Literary Review, editor of Tortoise, and a volunteer with Community House Big Sibs Program.

Schwarzman Scholars Heading to Beijing after graduation for a one-year master’s program in economics, business, international studies, and public policy taught in English at Tsinghua University will be Princeton seniors Paul Greenbaum, Esham Macauley, Amanda Morrison, and Rebekah Ninan. These Schwarzman Scholarship winners join a class of 147 students selected from more than 2,800 applicants from around the world. Greenbaum, a Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs major from Boiling Springs, Pa., is working towards certificates in African studies and diplomacy and will be pursuing studies in post-conflict stabilization and reconstruction. A midshipman in Princeton’s joint Naval Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program with Rutgers University, Greenbaum looks forward to commissioning as a surface warfare officer, nuclear propulsion option. At Princeton he has received an award for outstanding independent work in the Woodrow Wilson School and a grant to pursue research for his thesis on the impact of China investment in sub-Saharan Africa. He is an undergraduate fellow with Princeton’s Center for International Security Studies and has participated in language immersion programs in India and Tanzania, and in Princeton’s PIIRS Global Seminar in Beijing. Greenbaum is also co-captain of Princeton’s men’s varsity water polo team. Macauley, a Lawrence Township, N.J., politics major, who is also seeking certificates in African studies and East Asian studies, plans to explore relations between China and Africa. He has interned at Barclay’s Investment Bank and Kybora Emerging Markets and received a J.P. Morgan Chase Sophomore Development Fellowship. He participated in Beijing Normal University’s Mandarin Immersion Program and is cofounder and president of Princeton’s China Social Impact Project. Macauley is president of Princeton’s Black Men’s Student Association and former outreach director of the African Students Association. Morrison, Woodrow Wilson School major from Helena, Mont., earning certificates in East Asian studies and visual arts (film production), looks forward to studying developments in the Chinese feminist movement and plans to work on visual storytelling and political affairs. She is completing a documentary on the work of Chinese feminist Li Maizi. Morrison is a recipient of the Mallach Senior Thesis Fund from the Lewis Center for the Arts, where she is a film editing teaching assistant. She completed the Chinese language immersion program Princeton in Beijing and worked as a legal intern at the U.S. Asia Law Institute in New York City. She is president of 1080princeton, a student visual journalism organization; a student leader on Vote100; and a magazine editor for Business Today. Ninan, a politics major from Franklin, Tenn., earning a certificate in South Asian studies, plans to study economic and diplomatic relations between China and South Asia. She has worked as a re-

search fellow for the program on Religion, Diplomacy, and International Relations and for the project on Gender in the Global Community. Ninan has interned for UNICEF and Legacies of War; and as an intern for the U.S. Department of State she did research for the Bureau of Population, Refugee, and Migration, Asia Team. She has also worked with the State Department’s Office of Pakistan Affairs. A 2018 Liman Undergraduate Fellow, Ninan has served as president of the American Whig-Cliosophic Society and director of the Adlai Tournament for the Princeton Debate Panel. She is a residential college adviser for Wilson College. Mitchell Scholar Recently named as one of only 12 George J. Mitchell Scholars, Princeton senior Anabel Barry will be studying philosophy and literature next year at University College Dublin (UCD). The Southport, Conn., English major, also pursuing certificates in European cultural studies, humanistic studies, and theater, plans to pursue a Ph.D. in literature after completing her master’s at UCD. She looks forward to being a literary critic and nonfiction writer with a career in academia. Barry was a Princeton Breadloaf Fellow at Oxford University this past summer. She has worked as a set designer on productions at the Lewis Center for the Arts, at Theatre Intime, and at the Princeton Shakespeare Company. She has won the George B. Wood Legacy Junior Prize for academic achievement, the Shapiro Prize for Academic Excellence, and several awards from the Princeton English department. Barry is co-editor-in-chief of the Nassau Literary Review, a fellow in the Writing Center, the undergraduate coordinator of the Princeton chapter of Minorities and Philosophy, and a peer academic advisor at Whitman College. Rangel Fellowship Michael Wisner, politics major from Polk, Pa., with a specialization in international relations and anticipated certificates in African studies, history and diplomacy, Latin American studies, and Spanish language and culture, has been named a 2019 Rangel Fellow. He will begin a two-year graduate program next fall with an internship on Capitol Hill or overseas at a U.S. embassy or consulate, and then join the State Department Foreign Service. A U.S. State Department program administered by Howard University, the Rangel Fellowship grants recipients up to $37,500 each year for academic studies and living expenses and up to $10,000 each summer for internshiprelated support. Wisner has interned as a teacher for the Ashinaga Africa Initiative in Uganda, and he has had a summer internship with the U.S. Department of State in Tanzania. He has also spent a summer in Greece and a semester in Argentina as an ESL instructor. Since 2016 he has taught ESL at the Resource Center of Catholic Charities in Trenton. —Donald Gilpin

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Among the memorable experiences Rabbi Dov Peretz Elkins has had in his fiveplus decades as a spiritual leader, the 13 years he spent at The Jewish Center of Princeton rank high. Elkins was the congregation’s rabbi from 1992 to 2005, a period he is detailing in a memoir that is part of a book to be released next year. “I met an amazing number of very world-class people during that time, both in the congregation and in visitors to the congregation,” Elkins said during a phone conversation from his home in Jerusalem, where he moved three years ago. “These were people of very high intelligence. They knew I was

an expert in my field, just as they were experts in theirs. But it was challenging, because I had to be on a very high intellectual level and I worked very hard at that.” The memoir, Princeton Pantheon, is par t of A Rabbi’s Memoir: Journey to Jerusalem, which will be published next year. In the meantime, Elkins has two books coming out in February: The Holy Brothers, which is a translation of a book by Simcha Raz; and the fictional Four Rabbis at Lunch. Elkins has published 51 other books, including the best seller Chicken Soup for the Jewish Soul with Jack Canfield, and Mark Victor Hansen.

“Just about every year, one or two comes out,” he said. “During the last two years, I have been translating some wonderful Hebrew books that I think should be receiving wider attention among English-speaking readers. I just finished translating Simcha Raz’s sixth book. It’s really nice to be in that group. I translate, I write, and I also have a newsletter that rabbis around the country subscribe to, giving rabbis ideas for their sermons.” Born and raised in Philadelphia, Elkins was rabbi of congregations in Cleveland, Ohio and Rochester, New York before coming to Princeton. While at The Jewish Center, he served as

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gregants who impressed him included former Princeton University president Harold Shapiro, an active member who frequently lectured ; Princeton University astrophysicist and MacAr thur Foundation scholar David Spergel; and Institute of Advanced Study theoretical physicist Edward Witten. Elkins remained in town for a decade after retiring. “Princeton is a small university town that has its own, special personality,” he said. “The academic life, and the extraordinar y number of people who are such amazing individuals, are remarkable.“ In Four Rabbis at Lunch, one Orthodox, two Conservative, and one Reformed rabbi (three male, one female) meet for lunch once a week to discuss problems they have in their congregations. It is a setting that Elkins knows well. “Rabbis always consult with each other,” he said. “Especially now with social media and a list-serve for Conservative rabbis, I get 5 to 10 emails a day. The book deals with theology, Jewish law, congregational business, dealing with lay people, dealing with boards of directors, and things of that nature. I expect it to be a big hit.” —Anne Levin

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Mercer County Community College has taken a major step toward the expansion of bachelor’s degree options in Mercer County with the groundbreaking of the new Universit y Center on its West Windsor Campus. When the University Center opens in the spring of 2020, the $ 8.4 million, 22,000-square-foot facility will serve as the MCCC headquarters for five of the region’s four-year institutions: William Paterson, Rutgers, Fairleigh Dickinson, Felician, and Wilmington universities, with Wilmington also offering bachelor’s degree programs on MCCC’s James Kerney Campus in Trenton. C u r r e n t l y, b a c h e l o r ’s degree programs offered on the MCCC campus are housed individually across multiple locations. With the new University Center building, all five institutions will be housed in a central location where they can offer a variety of programs and classes at MCCC, as well as admissions, advising, and counseling. “Today we celebrate another milestone for the college: expanding affordability and accessibility of a baccalaureate experience for the benefit of our residents, our communities, and our economy,” said MCCC President Dr. Jianping Wang, at the groundbreaking. “Students will now have the opportunity to pursue a four-year degree at a fraction of the cost, and with the convenience of staying close to home.” Wang went on to say that by completing the first two years of college at Mercer and then transferring to a four-year program with a University Center partner on the MCCC campus, the savings would be substantial. Students could retain their part-time jobs, save on travel or relocation, and will receive tuition discounts by enrolling with a partner institution.

“Through this par tnership, a four-year degree is even more within reach,” Wang said. Funding for the project was made possible through the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders and County Executive Brian M. Hughes. In 2016, Hughes created the Mercer County Partnership for Educational At tainment, which Wang chaired. In announcing the commission, Hughes noted at t he t ime : “Improv ing educational attainment is probably the single most important thing we can do for the future of our region.” The new University Center will be constructed adjacent to the existing Fine Arts Building on the northwest area of the West Windsor Campus. Construction will begin in early 2019, with an anticipated opening date in the spring of 2020.

Vigil and Potluck For Peace in Yemen

The Princeton-based Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) will hold a Candlelight Vigil for Peace in Yemen on Tuesday, December 18 from 5 to 6 p.m. on the sidewalk adjacent to Nassau Street in the front of Palmer Square. Some battery powered candles will be available, but attendees are free to bring their own, as well as posters about Peace in Yemen. A Potluck for Peace will follow the vigil from 6 to 7 p.m. in the Assembly Room of Nas s au P re sby ter ia n Church, 61 Nassau Street. Those bringing dishes may drop them off at the church starting at 4:30 p.m. However, attendees are asked not to stay parked at the church afterwards, so it is available for the church’s programs. Follow i ng t he Pot luck there will be a Peace Program from 7 to 8:30 p.m. including a talk by Representative-elect Tom Malinowski (D-7). Malinowski’s talk will be followed by a questionand-answer period. Those wanting to guarantee seats at t his special prog ram must reserve in advance at http://bit.ly/TomCFPA. The program w ill also include Music for Peace presented by David Brahinsky and Friends; as well as Sharleen Leahey. Peace items such as children’s peace books, rainbow caps, T-shirts, and bumper stickers will be for sale as holiday gifts. All three events are free and open to the public. Those interested are encouraged to come to any one or combination of the three events. For further information, call (609) 924-5022 or visit peacecoalition.org. “ We w a r m l y w e l c o m e all those wanting to share in this three-part holiday event, whether or not they are CFPA members or have prev iously at tended our events,” said CFPA Executive Director the Rev. Robert Moore. “We are excited that Rep.-elect Malinowski, who was shown on CFPA’s Peace Voter Guide to be significantly better on gun safety and peace issues than his opponent, will be the keynote speaker. We also are pleased that such talented musicians will present peaceful music, and encourage all interested people to join us.”

SOUP FOR THE TROOPS: On November 18 at Drumthwacket, Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy celebrated the 243rd birthday of the U.S. Marines. From left: Joe Hagan, CEO of Original Soupman and founder of nonprofit “Soup for Troops”; Gov. Phil Murphy; First Lady Tammy Murphy; and U.S Marine “Gunnery” Mario Monaco. (Photo by Diane Lilli)

DANCE LIKE THE FOUNDING FATHERS: On Friday, December 28 at 7 p.m. in the historic Masonic Temple, 100 Barrack Street in Trenton, a Colonial Ball is planned for those who want to learn dances of the Revolutionary War era. Re-enactors in period dress will be on hand to teach the steps. Visit www.barracks.org for information (Photo Courtesy of Old Barracks Musem)

The U.S. Marine Corps celebrated its 243rd birthday on Sunday, November 18 at Drumthwacket, the official governors’ mansion. On hand were numerous members of the U.S. Marines, including “Gunnery” Mario Monaco, who organizes the annual event; former New Jersey Governor Jim McGreevey with his father Jack McGreevey, a World War II and Korean War veteran; hundreds of U.S. veterans; CEO of N.J.-based Original Soupman and nonprofit “Soup for Troops” Joe Hagan, and Troop 9 of the Boy Scouts, from Caldwell. The brisk weather brought long lines of veterans to the Original Soupman cart, located at the outdoor venue. U.S. Marines who served in numerous wars and conflicts were on hand to catch up with friends and honor their fellow veterans. Murphy told the crowd that Jack McGreevey “enlisted at 17 in the U.S. Marine Corps., and served in World War II and in Korea.” The governor then spoke of his own patriotic family life and how his parents took him to serve Thanksgiving to veterans in different parts of the world, where they lived since their father was in service during their childhood. Regarding the many Marines on hand, the governor said he is always grateful for their service. Honored at the event was guest of honor Lt. Col. John M. Chacko Jr. Also called up to the podium was CEO of Original Soupman Joe Hagan, who had been helping serve hot soups to the

for Troops, a program that donates free shelf-stable Tetra Paks of soups to veterans and their families.

Calling All Superheroes For Mini Mitzvah Event

The Jewish Family and Children’s Service and The Jewish Center of Princeton’s Mini Mit z vah Cor ps are holding a Mini Mitzvah Playdate on Sunday, December 16, from 2:15 to 4:15 p.m. at Princeton Playspace, 745 Alexander Road. This event is open to the community. Children up to 6 years old and their families will build breakfast bags for seniors and then stay to play. Admission, at the door, is $15 per child or $5 per child with a food donation. All food items must be marked kosher. RSVP by December 12. S i g n u p i n a d v a n c e for f o o d d o n a t i o n i te m s @ http://signup.com /go/ QWCnwbC Participants are urged to wear their Mini Mitzvah Corps superhero cape to the event. Those who don’t have them can buy them at $10 each at the event.

Verizon Awards Grants To Community Foundation

Verizon has awarded the Pr inceton Area Commu nity Foundation a $25,000 grant for its new All Kids Thrive initiative, a program working to reduce chronic absenteeism in Central New Jersey, putting kids on a path to better adult lives. “We want to express our deep appreciation to Verizon for their support, as we work to improve the lives of

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Jeffrey M. Vega, president and CEO of the Community Foundation. “Studies show children who miss 10 percent or more of the school year — at least two days a month — often lag behind their peers at every level: from early childhood, when chronic absenteeism erodes the benefits of pre-K, to high school, where chronically absent students are more likely to drop out.” Pover ty, homelessness, a n d ch ron ic i l l n e s s are among the risk factors for chronic absenteeism. The Community Foundation recently announced it would award $3 million in grants to keep kids in school. Ten partnerships between schools and nonprofits in Mercer County, working to reduce chronic absenteeism, will receive All Kids Thrive grants of $300,000 each, payable over five years. “At the heart of the Verizon Foundation mission is the idea that every child can make a positive impact on the world, and we are dedicated to ensuring that all our children have every conceivable opportunity to be successful,” said Rose Stuckey Kirk, chief corporate social responsibility officer for Verizon. “Verizon is committed to supporting initiatives like All Kids Thrive to help our next generation realize a brighter future.” In addition to Verizon, NJM Insurance Group and The George H. and Estelle M. Sands Foundation have pledged financial support to All Kids Thrive.

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New Parking System Is an Affront To Town Merchants and Citizens

To the Editor: Being a merchant is difficult. Being a merchant in Princeton is extra difficult. Town Council and the mayor’s office can’t possibly spend any time in town. The new parking debacle is an affront to our merchants and citizens. It’s frightening that our leadership made significant investments in parking studies, focus groups and questionnaires and then proceeded with the poorest implementation that I could imagine. We have a different parking system, not a state-of-the-art parking system. Let me count the ways: • We lost the grace period. • Rates increased significantly, now a cup of coffee is a dollar more — 30 minute meters — 27 minutes for a dollar — no grace period, so you put more in. • You can’t get unused time back like you could with the old parking card. • There is a 35-cent courtesy charge to use the app and it doesn’t work for less that $1. • We lost two parking spaces at every crosswalk. • We lost about 25 parking spaces to new loading zones. • Trucks still block a traffic lane or park in metered spots, exacerbating the loss of paid parking spaces. • The parking app is different than the one at the Dinky and almost everywhere else from here to Philadelphia. Wake up, it’s not a success, it’s a failure. Talk to us please. LOU VALENTE Hunter Road

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To the Editor: A critical wetland structure on the Princeton Ridge is under imminent threat. These wetlands — which support a tributary to Mountain Lakes and habitat for a wide variety of wildlife — stretch across several acres near the corner of Ridgeview Road and the Great Road. Last year, a developer built a 5,000-square-foot home on the corner property at 410 Ridgeview directly abutting wetland areas delineated by New Jersey’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Now the same developer is asking Princeton for permission to build another large home on the adjoining 3-acre lot at 394 Ridgeview Road. The property is zoned for 4-acre construction, so a vari-

Joyce Carol Oates Reading From New Novel at Labyrinth Dec. 18 Joyce Carol Oates will be discussing and reading from her new novel, Hazards of Time Travel (HarperCollins $26.99) at Labyrinth Books on Tuesday, December 18 at 6 p.m. According to Ron Charles in the Washington Post, readers “may be intrigued to see Oates’s sly efforts to create a time-loop. Her history-shifting story suggests that the alarming epoch we’re stuck in now resembles that golden era we’re still romanticizing. America’s old paranoia about nuclear war with the Soviet Union anticipated our unending War on Terror, an existential threat sufficient to justify any abuse of civil rights, any level of surveillance, any mechanism of exclusion ....Nothing — including a happy ending — is as it seems in this accelerating swirl of political and academic satire, sci-

ence fiction and romantic melodrama. At 80, after more than 40 novels, Oates is still casting some awfully dark magic.” Joyce Carol Oates is a recipient of the National Medal of Humanities, the National Book Critics Circle Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award, the National Book Award, and the PEN/Malamud Award for Excellence in Short Fiction, and has been several times nominated for the Pulitzer Prize. Her works include the national bestsellers We Were the Mulvaneys, Blonde, which was nominated for the National Book Award, and the New York Times bestseller The Falls, which won the 2005 Prix Femina. She is the professor of the humanities emerita at Princeton University and writer-inresidence at NYU.

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Lidia Bastianich, Emmy award-winning public television host, best-selling cookbook author, restaurateur, and owner of a flourishing food and enter tainment business, will speak about her memoir, My American Dream: A Life of Love, Family, and Food (Knopf, 2018), at Dorothea’s House from 3 to 5 p.m. on Sunday, February 24. The program is a special fundraising event to benefit the Dorothea’s House scholarship program, which provides college tuition assistance to selected Princeton High School students. The $75 per person admission will include a copy of My American Dream, which may be autographed at the event. Additional books will be available for sale at the event for $20. My American Dream relates Bastianich’s upbringing in Pola (now Pula in Croatia), a formerly Italian city under Tito’s communist regime, and the family’s escape to Trieste before arriving in the United States. Bastianich learned Italian cooking from her grandmother and began working in restaurants as a teenager in New York, the first step in her own American dream. Among her cookbooks, coauthored with her daughter Tanya, are Lidia’s Celebrate Like an Italian and Lidia’s Mastering the Art of Italian Cuisine. She is the owner/ co-owner, with Tanya, of four New York City restaurants: Felidia, Becco, Esca, and Del Posto, as well as Lidia’s Pittsburgh and Lidia’s Kansas City. She is also a partner in Eataly NYC, Chicago, Boston, Los Angeles, and Sao Paolo, Brazil. Together with Tanya and son-in-law Corrado, she also has developed a line of artisanal pastas and all-natural sauces, which are sold nationwide. Seating for this event is extremely limited. Reservations will be filled on a firstcome, first-served basis with a limit of two tickets per person. When seating is no longer available, checks will be returned. Interested participants are urged to make a reservation early by sending name, address, phone number, and a check payable to Dorothea’s House mailed to Eleanor Pinelli, 143 Mountain Avenue,

dress and must be presented at the event. Dorothea’s House is located at 120 John Street. Participants are encouraged to bring food for a reception following the talk.

Cold War America Discussed Dec. 13

Erika Lorraine Milam and Miguel Centeno will be at L abyrinth Books talking about Milam’s new work Creatures of Cain : The Hunt for Human Nature in Cold War America (Princeton Univ. Press $29.95) on Thursday, December 13 at 6 p.m. This event is cosponsored by Princeton University’s Humanities Council. After World War II, the question of how to define a universal human nature took on new urgency. Creatures of Cain charts the rise and fall in Cold War America of a theory that attributed man’s evolutionary success to his unique capacity for murder. Erika Milam and her colleague Miguel Centeno will debate Milam’s book, which argues that the legacy of the killer ape persists today in the conviction that science can resolve the essential dilemmas of human nature. Lorraine Daston, director of the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, says that “Milam’s magisterial account of the sciences of human nature in Cold War America weaves together ideas and politics, vivid personalities and scientific evidence, mass-media hype and arduous fieldwork, educational reform and daring movies, all against the background of the tumultuous decades between Sputnik and Watergate. It is a very human story about trying to understand what it means to be human. It is also a whopping good read.” Erika Lorraine Milam is professor of history at Princeton University. She is the author of Looking for a Few Good Males: Female Choice in Evolutionary Biology. Miguel Centeno is professor of sociology and international affairs at Princeton. His books include Blood and Debt: War and Statemaking in Latin America, and The Other Mirror: Grand Theory and Latin America. His latest books are Global Capitalism; Discrimination in an Unequal World, and War and Society.

Thomas Pynchon Drops In and “Nature’s Nation” Gives Way to “Gravity’s Rainbow”

renders the metaphor “not only verbally graceful, but also objectively true.” The Demon “passes his data on to the sensitive and the sensitive must reply in kind,” which Oedipa tries but fails to do, unable to share in such “hallucinations.” When the explicator of entropy suggests sex might help enlighten her, Oedipa hops into her Impala and drives off, “faced with a metaphor of God knew how many parts; more than two anyway.” Slothropian Disseminations Near the end of Gravity’s Rainbow, Tyrone Slothrop, the primary protagonist and authorial surrogate, has been scattered into fragments that have “grown into consistent personae of their own.” Only Pig Bodine, a lifelong player in the Pynchon roadshow, “can still see Slothrop as any sort of integral creature.” Himself a master of clandestine disseminations known for his resistence to being photographed, the author suggests that an image of Slothrop may be seen on the back of “the only record album ever put out by The Fool, an English rock group.” In the photo seven musicians are posed “in the arrogant style of the early Stones, near an old rocket-bomb site, out in the East End, South of the River” in London. “There is no way to tell which of the faces is Slothrop’s: the only printed credit that might apply to him is ‘Harmonica, kazoo — a friend.’” Some 500 pages earlier, however, Pynchon sneaks in a self-portrait of a “slightly bucktoothed and angular American, who is dancing now from stoop to English stoop, lank as a street-puppet in the wind.” This figure bears an eerie resemblance to the character who stepped through the window of a dream I had in the mid1970s, around the time the real Tom Pynchon was dropping in on some real-life friends in Santa Barbara to watch slides of India. “Something for Everyone” That’s what I wrote on top of page 516, which brings together John Dillinger, Clark Gable, William Powell, and “bitchy little Melvin Purvis” of the FBI, plus Fritz Lang’s Der müde Tod (1921) with its “last Rilke-elegaic shot of weary Death leading two lovers

he first thing you see when you walk into Nature’s Nation: American Art and Environment at the Princeton University Art Museum could be called an act of war. Or you could downgrade it to a metaphor for climate change like the one recently used by scientists comparing greenhouse gas emissions to “a speeding freight train.” However you frame the dynamic, it happens as your eyes move from the majesty of Albert Bierstadt’s Bridal Veil Falls, Yosemite (ca. 1871-73) to Valerie Hegarty’s travesty Fallen Bierstadt (2007). According to an online video narrated by Hegarty, she painted her own version of the Bierstadt and then, in effect, blew it up, leaving a hole in the bottom half, the remains scattered in a pile of papier-mâché debris on the gallery floor that museum aides have to occasionally rearrange. The artist says her intention was to simulate “acts of entropy, as if maybe the painting went over the falls and was left to decay.” The moment I saw the demolished Bierstadt, I thought of my demolished copy of Thomas Pynchon’s 1973 novel Gravity’s Rainbow, which I have finally finished after decades of trying, thanks to what Hegarty might call acts of entropy. While my 45-year-old copy of the first Viking paperback edition looks like it went over Bridal Veil Falls with the butchered Bierstadt, I rescued it, let it dry, and gave it a home. I find its decripitude companionable. I like a book that lets me know it’s there; you could even say it has a voice since every time I turn one of its water-rippled pages, it makes a small sound, a sort of creak, like the crackle of the embers in a dying fire. Also, it’s solidly intact, all 760 creaking crackling pages of it, although the front and back covers are either torn or wrinkled at the corners and the spine is faded and frayed. This is not a novel to be read with kid gloves on or at arm’s length. You need to ease into it like the weather-beaten, dirt-stained denim jacket you wore on the road in the sixties. The faint brown water line trailing along the outer edge of each page tells you it’s been around, lived a life of its own, many lives. This is the real McCoy, not some publisher’s stunt like the worn-and-torn-but-notreally faux 1980s edition of Netflix’s Stranger Things that just surfaced on the New York Times best-seller list. Maxwell’s Demon Merely mention the e-word and into the room comes Thomas Pynchon, whose previous books at the time were V (1963) and The Crying of Lot 49 (1966), in which Oedipa Mass learns that entropy is a metaphor connecting “the world of thermodynamics to the world of information.” This fusing of heat engines and communication happens when “Maxwell’s Demon”

away through the forget-me-nots.” Fifteen pages later in this teeming India of science, cinema, virtuoso rhetoric, and occasional soft-core porn, Pynchon screens a movie called Doper’s Creed, the title music sung by Nelson Eddy as “two trail-weary cowboys Basil Rathbone and S.Z. (‘Cuddles’) Sakall” ride into a town guarded by the town sheriff, cast as “the Midget who played the lead in Freaks.” These comic cameos that mainly movie buffs will relate to remind me of the bizarre pairings Joyce dreams up for Leopold Bloom in the Nighttown chapter of Ulysses. It’s the literary cinema of Gravity’s Rainbow that moves me; the “world of thermodynamics” leaves me stranded somewhere between fixed quantity A and quantity B. Behind the multidimensional entropy metaphors and formulae, there seems to be a cabal of writers, physicists, movie buffs, and culture vultures collaborating in a narrative that spins from sophomoric humor to genius prose in the same two-page span. There’s room for everyone, from King Kong to Mickey Mouse, whose 90th birthday is being celebrated this year and whose familiar falsetto can be heard in a relatively straight passage about Slothrop’s childhood in the Berkshires. Here he’s dreaming about birds, a flock of snow buntings in a storm, he’s worried about them (“Poor little guys”) and feels his father “squeeze his hand through its wool mitten” as he tells little Tyrone not to worry because “their blood and their feathers keep them warm.” Slothrop wakes up aware of some flab on his stomach, and suddenly we’re back to the cartoon hyperbole of “an invisible kingdom of flab, a million cells-at-large, and they all know who he is — soon as he’s unconscious, they start up, every one, piping in high horrible little Mickey Mouse voices, hey fellas! hey c’mon, let’s all go over to Slothrop’s, the big sap ain’t doing anything but laying on his ass.” Pynchon’s Cinema Now let’s dive into a characteristic Gravity’s Rainbow rhapsody (the italics and ellipsis are Pynchon’s). Midway through a paragraph beginning with the smile of a man “being theatrical

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“ A C h r i s t m a s C a r o l ” i s a n U p l i f t i n g Tr e a t f o r t h e H o l i d a y s ; McCarter’s Annual Production Celebrates Community Spirit

Christmas Carol has returned to McCarter Theatre. To fully experience this annual production, audiences should arrive well before curtain time. Dressed in costumes that evoke Dickensian London, adult members of the community ensemble circulate the lobby. They are eager to discuss a model of the set, or to serenade anyone who will join them in a spirited rendition of “Jingle Bells.” Caroling continues after the performance has begun. The ensemble leads the audience in singing “In Dulci Jubilo.” A banner bearing the inscription “London, 1843” is placed in front of the curtain. Ebenezer Scrooge irritably removes the banner; he wants nothing to do with the place or time to which he belongs. Paradoxically, this later helps to redeem him, giving him a way to connect with an important member of his community. The diverse, talented cast combines professional actors, who are members of Actors’ Equity Association, with nonprofessional performers who comprise a community ensemble (for ages 14 and older) and a young ensemble. Giving community thespians the opportunity to perform with seasoned actors would be commendable in any event, but what makes it so effective here is that it illustrates themes inherent in Dickens’ dialogue, particularly Old Marley’s admonition, “It is required of every man that the spirit within him should walk… among his fellow men.” Director Adam Immerwahr’s staging lets the cast do this throughout the production. Audience members periodically find characters next to them in the aisles. Greg Wood returns to command the stage in the role of Scrooge. Last year I wrote that Wood “nimbly finesses the character’s transition from crusty miserliness to childlike joy.” That remains true, but equally notable is the extent to which Wood’s line delivery reveals Scrooge’s vulnerability. Even before the visits from the ghosts, we realize that painful experiences have shaped his behavior. There also is an emphasis on physicality. Scrooge uses his cane as a bludgeon, and irritably flings his cloak at another character. When he meets Marley’s ghost, he leaps behind the bed. Frank X is outstanding in his intense performance as Old Marley. Young Zahra Lohoue is impish but probing as the Ghost of Christmas Past. Adele Batchelder is equally memorable as the merry but acerbic Ghost of Christmas Present. Paul Deo Jr. succeeds in his dual portrayal of the ambitious Young Marley and the eerie, nimble Ghost of Christmas Future. Sharina Martin shines as Mrs. Cratchit, mixing maternal warmth with firmness and a hint of anger. The cast is well rounded out by Jon

Norman Schneider as the gracious, sincere Bob Cratchit; Sue Jin Song as Mrs. Dilber, Scrooge’s equally patient housekeeper; Billy Finn as Fred, Scrooge’s exuberant nephew; Steven Rattazzi and Anne L. Nathan as the generous Fezziwgs; and Sam Roman as the boy Scrooge. Playwright David Thompson’s adaptation alters or omits some plot details from the novel, particularly those pertaining to Scrooge’s past. Mostly this is beneficial; it keeps the pacing tight, and gives the theatrical elements — especially dance — ample room to advance the story. What remains is a sense that Scrooge is remembering crucial events in his life that have accumulated to embitter him. More stage time could be given to Scrooge’s sister, Fan, who is given an expressive portrayal by Tess Ammerman. Her segment feels a bit rushed, and seeing more of Scrooge’s boyhood could enhance our understanding of his character. However, it is during Scrooge’s encounter with Fan that she gives him a present: a snow globe that is a music box. She tells him that he can enjoy Christmas any time he looks at it. This poignant scene is a clever interpolation of Thompson’s; the snow globe becomes an apt metaphor for Scrooge’s Christmas sprit.

It will be crucial in a later scene, powerfully rendered by special effects designer Jeremy Chernick and lighting designer Lap Chi Chu. The concept of Fan’s gift influences other production elements. For Scrooge’s meeting with the Ghost of Christmas Present, Daniel Ostling’s glittery scenery evokes a snow globe. When Scrooge as a young man dances to “Greensleeves” with Belle, the woman who becomes his fiancée, their dance is graceful but mechanical — like ballerinas in a music box. Exquisitely choreographed by Lorin Latarro, and performed by Zeke Edmonds as Young Scrooge and Kristin Villanueva as Belle, this latter scene remains a highlight of the show. Traditional songs such as “Greensleeves” and “Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming” are seamlessly interspersed with the incidental music by the late Michael Friedman. Friedman’s underscoring is by turns joyous, much of it suggests an Irish jig, and foreboding. Late in the show, the orchestra takes up the melody played by the snow globe. As excellent as the music is, there are moments — particularly in the first act — where it could be a bit softer. At times it can overpower the dialogue, especially lines delivered by child actors. Young ensemble members Ethan Chang,

“A CHRISTMAS CAROL”: Performances are underway for “A Christmas Carol.” Directed by Adam Immerwahr, the play runs through December 29 at McCarter’s Matthews Theatre. Bob Cratchit (Jon Norman Schneider, second from left) and Mrs. Cratchit (Sharin Martin, back right) celebrate with their children, played by members of the young ensemble (from left): Alexander Perez, Ethan Chang, Romy Johnson, and Alicianna Rodriguez. (Photo by Mark Garvin) A Christmas Carol will play at McCarter’s Matthews Theatre, 91 University Place in Princeton, through December 29. For tickets, show times, and further information call (609) 258-2787 or visit mccarter.org.

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Alicianna Rodriguez, and Romy Johnson give the scenes in the Cratchit home much of their tenderness. Martin Pallacan is jubilant as Archie, and Uriah Amacker is entertaining as the excited Delivery Boy. The child actors’ effectiveness is not limited to the sentimental moments. Vyshakh Thejaswi and Julianna Pallacan are eerie as, respectively, Ignorance and Want. The ending of the Ghost of Christmas Present’s segment is at least as unsettling than the scenes that follow. The grim and morbid aspects of the story are not downplayed, but the joyful moments come from undercutting those darker elements. Linda Cho’s costumes illustrate this; one of the solicitors wears a gray outfit that is accented by red and green. Scrooge’s drab brown coat is contrasted by the bright pink dress worn by Mrs. Fezziwig, a character who is determined to spread Christmas cheer. Ostling’s scenery makes clear that, although Scrooge later will see his grave, spiritually he already is dead when the story begins. The doorway to his home rises out of the floor, bearing inescapable resemblance to a tombstone. The sets are, by turns, detailed and economical. In the past, when Scrooge has his life ahead of him, the stage is bare; when the Ghost of Christmas Past leaves him, his walls oppressively surround him. In the final scene, we see silhouettes of London buildings; his doorway now leads to the community around him. Lap Chi Chu’s lighting is striking in the latter half of the play, as the Ghost of Christmas Future bolts from one side of the stage to the other. In the final scene, the lighting works in tandem with the scenery and staging to create attractive stage pictures that evoke paintings by artists such as Eastman Johnson. There is a tender scene at the end in which Wood, and Alexander Perez as Tiny Tim, are particularly moving: Scrooge gives Tiny Tim the snow globe. When we meet Scrooge, he disdains being a part of his time; at the end, he redeems himself by giving away the object that he was told makes it possible — through imagination — to escape the constraints of time and place. eside the community interaction, it is with this consistent level of attention to subtext that McCarter Theatre’s A Christmas Carol stands out. There is a satisfying alchemy of theme and production that makes it magical to watch. The show is a festive celebration of community, theater, and the holidays. —Donald H. Sanborn III

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HAPPY NEW YEAR: For the 13th year in a row, State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick celebrates the new year with “Salute to Vienna,” a concert on New Year’s Eve starting at 6 p.m. Conductor Christoph Campestrini and The Strauss Symphony of America head the program, which also includes members of the Europaballett St. Polten and International Champion Ballroom Dancers. $55-$125. www.stnj.org. hann Strauss, Gioacchino present a series of showings Spend New Year’s Eve With Capital Philharmonic Rossini, Jaromir Weinberg- of dances, new choreogra-

The annual New Year’s Eve Concert by the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey will be held at Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton starting at 8 p.m. on Monday, December 31. Daniel Spalding, the organization’s music director, conducts, with WWFM radio personality David Osenberg and soprano Grace Gilday as guests. A pre-concert will be performed on the theater’s famous Moeller T heater Organ by Brett Miller from 7:10 to 7:40 p.m. The program will include works by John Williams, Jo-

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er, Dimitri Shostakovich, Richard Rodgers, Leonard Bernstein, Victor Herbert, and George Gershwin. Gilday has appeared with Tri Cities Opera, Opera Camerata of Washington, Opera NOVA, and Le Festival Lyrique de Belle-Ile-enMer in France, among other companies. Tickets range from $30$75. Visit www.capitalphilharmonic.org or call (215) 893-1999. Parking is free.

phy, and visual artworks created by students during the past semester on December 12 and 14 and January 17 in various locations in the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus. All performances are free and open to the public. On Wednesday, December 12 at 1 p.m. in the Forum, there will be a presentation from “Introduction to Contemporary Dance,” taught by Alexandra Beller. In this course, students tried on varEnd of Semester Showings ious identities within dance For Program in Dance — mover, creator, performer, The Lewis Center for the writer, historian — in an atArts’ Program in Dance will tempt to learn holistically

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ographer Susan Marshall and Program in Visual Arts director and sculptor Martha Friedman. Students in this interdisciplinary course created sculptures that relate directly to the body and compel performance, interaction, and movement. The class considers how context informs perceptions of the borders bet ween performance, bodies, and objects.

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Work will be on view January 17-31 in the Hurley Gallery at the Lewis Arts complex. For more information on these events, the Program in Dance, or any of the more than 100 performances, exhibitions, readings, screenings, concerts, and lectures presented annually by the Lewis Center for the Arts, most of them free, visit arts. princeton.edu.

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about contemporary dance. Following at 3:15 p.m. in the Hearst Dance Theater there will be a presentation from “The American Dance Experience and Africanist Dance Practices,” a popular studio course taught by Dyane Harvey-Salaam that introduces students to American dance aesthetics and practices, with a focus on how its evolution has been influenced by African American choreographers and dancers. Students will present new choreography they have created on Friday, December 14 starting at 11:30 a.m. in the Hearst Dance Theater from the first section of “Choreography Workshop I” taught by Rebecca Lazier and “Choreography Workshop II” taught by Dean Moss. Students in Rebecca Stenn’s “Choreography Workshop III” will show new work along with the second section of Lazier’s “Choreography Workshop I” at 2 p.m. also in the Hearst Dance Theater. Focusing on contemporary practices and performance, students in these courses worked in movement-based laboratories and presented original choreography each week. Students also learned to discuss and critique the work of their peers, combining readings and viewings to contextualize their studies. Throughout the semester, students learned decisionmaking choreographic skills and developed dance pieces around central ideas. On Thursday, January 17 at 3 p.m., students will present work from “Body and Object: Making Art that is both Sculpture and Dance,” co-taught by Program in Dance director and chore-

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Workshop on “Messiah” choreographer Will Rawls, novelist Chimamanda Ngozi the 2015 Drinking Gourd and poet Nicole Sealey are Adichie, playwright and ac- Chapbook Poetr y Pr ize. Presented by Tenacre

A daylong workshop on Handel’s Messiah will be led by Robert Rockabrand at Princeton Day School on Saturday, December 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program is free and lunch is provided. Tenacre is the sponsor of the “Handel’s Messiah: An Enduring Celebration,” which will explore Handel’s creative genius and the famed threepart oratorio that has captivated singers and audiences for more than 250 years. The program is billed as a lecture/demonstration. Rockabrand is a graduate and former faculty members of Westminster Choir College. He has also taught at Ball State University, Principia College, and the North Carolina School of the Arts. To register, visit w w w. tenacre.org/discovery or call (609) 279-2335.

Hodder Fellows Announced By Lewis Center for the Arts

The Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University has announced the selection of five Mary MacKall Gwinn Ho dder Fellows for t he 2019-2020 academic year. Visual artist Ryan Gander, writer Kaitlyn Greenidge, play wright Hansol Jung,

this year’s recipients of the Hodder Fellowship, created to provide artists and humanists in the early stages of their careers an opportunity to undertake significant new work. In making the announcement, Michael Cadden, chair of the Lewis Center, said, “Mrs. Hodder recognized the need for what she called ‘studious leisure’ to give people the time they need to tackle major projects. Her model was John Milton’s father, who underwrote the research necessary to the creation of Paradise Lost. In the University’s role as a patron of the arts, we’re happy to welcome these five talented artists to the Princeton community. We hope they experience their Hodder year as ‘paradise regained.’” Hodder Fellows may be writers, composers, choreographers, visual artists, performance artists, or other kinds of artists or humanists who have, as the program outlines, “much more than ordinary intellectual and literary gifts.” Artists from anywhere may apply in the early fall each year for the following academic year. Past Hodder Fellows have included Librarian of Congress James H. Billington,

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tor Danai Gurira, choreographer Nora Chipaumire, and composer and lyricist Michael Friedman. Gander has established a reputation as a maker of artworks that materialize in a vast array of forms involving a questioning of language and knowledge, as well as a reinvention of both the modes of appearance and the means by which an artwork is created. His major exhibitions include Liverpool Biennale 2018; Sydney Biennale 2018; Performa 15, New York City; Panorama, High Line, New York City; Esperluette, Palais de Tokyo, Paris; dOCUMENTA (13), Kassel, Germany; the 54th International Venice Biennale; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City; Public Art Fund, Central Park, New York City; National Museum of Ar t Osaka, Osaka, Japan; and Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado. Greenidge’s debut novel, We Love You, Charlie Freeman (A lgonquin Books ), was one of The New York Times critics’ Top 10 Books of 2016. Her w riting has appeared in Vogue, Glamour, Wall Street Journal, Elle.com, Buzzfeed, Transition Magazine, Virg in ia Quar terly Rev iew, The Believer, and American Short Fiction. She is the recipient of fellowships from the Whiting Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Jung is a playwright and director from South Ko rea. Her plays include Wild Goose Dreams, produced at The Public Theater and La Jolla Playhouse; Cardboard Piano, produced at Humana Festival at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Among the Dead at Ma-Yi Theatre; and No More Sad Things, which had its co-world premiere at Sideshow Theatre, Chicago, and Boise Contemporary Theatre. She has received commissions from the National Theater in London, La Jolla Playhouse, Playwrights Horizons, Seattle Repertory, Ma-Yi Theatre Company, Artists Repertory, and the Play On! project at Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Rawls is a choreographer and writer who interweaves dance and language to investigate the poetics of blackness, ambiguit y, and abstraction. His work has been presented at High Line Art, New York (2018); Danspace Project, New York (2012 and 2018); Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Oregon (2017); The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York (2017); M o M A P S1, N e w Yo r k (2016); ImPulsTanz, Vienna, Austria (2016), Prix Jardin d’Europe (2016); Performa 15, New York (2015); and T he Cho colate Fac tor y, New York (2013). He has received a Guggenheim Fellowship (2017), a Robert Rauschenberg Foundation Residency (2017), and a Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant (2015). Sealey, born in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, and raised in Apopka, Florida, is the author of Ordinary Beast, a finalist for the 2018 PEN Open Book Award and the 2018 Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, and The Animal After Whom Other Animals Are Named, winner of

Her other honors include the Stanley Kunitz Memorial Prize from The American Poetry Review, a Daniel Varoujan Award, and the Poetry International Prize, as well as fellowships from the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, CantoMundo, Cave Canem, MacDowell Colony, and the Poetry Project. In addition to creating new work, Hodder Fellows may engage in lectures, readings, per for mances, exhibitions and other events at the Lewis Center for the Arts. Visit arts.princeton. edu for more information.

Student Jazz Ensemble At Lewis Center Event

Jazz at Princeton University, along with saxophonist/composer Rudresh Mahanthappa, presents Small Group X on Thursday, January 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Lee Rehearsal Room, Lewis Arts Complex. The ensemble evokes the small group tradition of Art Blakey groups of the 1950s and 1960s, and is directed by bassist Matthew Parrish. The concert highlights the group’s improvisation and interaction skills as a sextet and featured trio groupings. Admission is free. For information visit https://music. princeton.edu/events/jazzsmall-group-x-1. Born in central California, Parrish has performed and recorded with Regina Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Paquito D’Rivera, Houston Person, Clark Terry, Etta Jones, Miri Ben-Ari, James Williams, Harry Sweets Edison, James Newton, Gary Thomas, Greg Osby, Stefon Harris, and Orrin Evans, among other jazz greats. He has recorded over 50 works, including his debut CD Circles (2000) and his recent recordings with Karine Aguiar, as well as a recording with Houston Person entitled Rain or Shine on Highnote Records. Jazz at Princeton University, under the direction of Rudresh Mahanthappa, s e r ve s to pr om ote t h i s uniquely American music as a contemporary and relevant art form. The goals are to convey the vast musical and social history of jazz, establish a strong theoretical and stylistic foundation with regard to improvisation and composition, and emphasize the development of individual expression and creativity. Offerings of this program include academic course work, performing ensembles, master classes, private study, and independent projects. They also have the opportunity to participate in academic courses from the music department curriculum that encourage the study of the historical, social, theoretical, stylistic, and creative issues that pertain to the jazz idiom.

Gilbert & Sullivan At Choral Reading

Choral singers are welcome to join in a reading of Gilbert & Sullivan’s Yeoman of the Guard, on Sunday, January 13 starting at 3 p.m. The Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs is holding the event at the Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Princeton, Route 206 at Cherry Hill Road. Lee Milhous will conduct the reading. A choir rehearsal is at 3 p.m., followed by

600 YEARS OF JOYFUL MUSIC: Guitar duo Newman and Oltman will perform at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 50 York Street, in Lambertville, on Sunday, December 16 at 3 p.m. “A Christmas Pastorale” starring Michael Newman and Laura Oltman benefits restoration work at the church. Visit www.standrewslambertville.org for tickets and information. the reading at 4 p.m. There are no auditions, and all choral singers are welcome. Vocal scores will be provided, along with refreshments at intermission. The meetings of the Society are informal readings in which any musically-interested person may join the chorus. Conductors usually do some preparation with the chorus before the singthrough. This varies from minimal snatches for wellknown pieces to a complete review for unfamiliar works. Admission is $10 for singers or annual membership; free for students and nonsinging guests. For more information, visit http:www. princetonol.com/groups/ psma/.

Dr. King Celebrated At McCarter Event

On January 18, McCarter Theatre Center will present multi-genre recording artist Damien Sneed and his blend of classical jazz, and gospel music with “We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.” Inspired by the words and action of Dr. King, “We Shall Overcome” features repertoire from across the African American music traditions that have inspired generations of civil rights activists and defenders, interwoven with spoken word from Dr. King’s speeches. The year 2019 marks the 35th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which was signed into law and made a federal holiday in 1983. “I look forward to honoring the life and legacy of the great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., in my upcoming tour as well as many other great artists and public figures who used their voices and their art to let the world know that one day we will truly overcome,” said Sneed. Joining him w ill be an ensemble of multi- genre vocalists and instr umentalists, including Chenee Campbell (vocalist), Markita Knight (vocalist), Ayana George (vocalist), Anitra McKinney (vocalist), and Qu in n Brow n ( vocalist ) , along with special guests, classical recording artists Patrice Eaton, and Audrey

DuBois Harris. The musicians include Mark Clark ( d r u m s ) , J oh n M at t h e w Clark (bass), and Marquéz Cassidy (keyboards). Sneed is a pianist, organist, conductor, composer, producer, arranger, vocal coach, and arts educator whose work spans multiple genres. He has worked with classical, jazz, pop, and R&B legends including the late Aretha Franklin, Wynton Marsalis, Jessye Norman, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Ashford & Simpson, Lawrence Brownlee, and many others. He is about to release his forthcoming recording Damien Sneed: We Shall Overcome. His most recent release was the 2018 set, The Three Sides of Damien Sneed: Classical, Jazz and Sanctified Soul. Tickets start at $25 and can be purchased online at mccarter.org, by phone at (609) 258-2787, or in person at the McCarter ticket office.

Princeton Jazz Fest Will Celebrate Sinatra

The theme for the 2019 P r inceton Ja z z Fes t, to be held at Princeton High School April 12 and 13, is “Celebrating Sinatra.” Students from area middle and high schools will have the opportunity to attend clinics with Legends in Concert star Brian Duprey, perform at the festival, and be adjudicated by top jazz performers and educators. All participating bands also attend a concert featuring Duprey and the award-winning PHS Studio Band. The Jazz Festival is a major fundraising event for the PHS Band Parents Association, which provides financial and volunteer support to the PHS band program. Duprey is a Sinatra aficionado and impersonator who has studied the late singer’s walk, talk, sense of humor, and voice. The original Frank Sinatra charts will be recreated with Duprey and the Studio Band. Local businesses wishi ng to adver t is e i n t he festival program can visi t h t t p s : //g o o.g l /f o r m s /4MKWAEWeMA2gUTxq1. Orders placed before December 31 receive a discount.

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“BRIDGE BETWEEN TWO SEASONS”: This photograph by Kevin Haines was chosen as the winner of the Delaware River Basin Commission’s Fall 2018 Photo Contest. The image will be featured on the commission’s website and social media sites, and also be published in its annual report. The Winter Photo Contest begins on December 21, with a deadline of February 15. cember 29, from 1 to 3 p.m. BSB Gallery is located at 143 East State Street in Trenton. Hours are Thursday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., with additional hours throughout Patriots Week. For more information, visit www.bsbgallery.com.

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“RESTORATION WREATH”: This piece by Kathleen Hurley Liao is featured in “Winter SOULstice,” an artist member exhibit at Visual Stream Gallery Collective, 7 North Main Street, Unit 1, Lambertville. Participating artists also include Alia Bensliman, Aylin Green, Bruce Lindsay, and Howard Michaels — all exhibiting new works inspired by the myths, moods, and soul of the season. An opening reception is Sunday, December 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information, email visualstreamarts@gmail.com. The exhibit also features “Revolutionary Resolve” can patriotism. At BSB Gallery in Trenton “Revolutionary Resolve” works on loan from Illia In commemoration of Patriots Week, Trenton’s celebration for its historic role in the Revolutionary War, BSB Gallery in Trenton now features “Revolutionary Resolve,” an exhibition displaying both modern interpretations and historic works of art discussing the revolutionary time period and Ameri-

combines artwork provided by various organizations throughout the City of Trenton, alongside modern artworks submitted by local artists. Participating artists include Billy Dee, Kevin Hogan, Rob Keephart, Phillip McConnell, Jeff Stewart, and Andrew Wilkinson.

Barger’s personal mural archives, the personal collection of Sally Lane, Trent House, Terracycle, Trentontonia, and The Old Barracks Museum. “Revolutionary Resolve” will be on display through January 12. Free admission. A mural artist talk with Illia Barger is Saturday, De-

The Delaware River Basin Commission (DRBC) has announced that Kevin Haines’ photograph, titled Bridge B etwe en Tw o S e a s ons , was chosen as the winner of the commission’s Fall 2018 Photo Contest. Forty-three photographs were submitted by 12 individuals for the contest. “I have been hiking, canoeing, and photographing the Delaware River since 1972 and love every trip,” said Kevin Haines of Brick. “I appreciate the DRBC hosting this photo contest that features one of our most beautiful natural resources, the Delaware River.”

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The winning image was chosen by a judging panel of four DRBC staff members and will be featured on the commission’s website at www.nj.gov/drbc/basin/photo/photo-contest.html and on DR BC’s social media sites. The photo will also be published in the commission’s 2018 annual report. “We thank everyone who entered this season’s photo contest,” said DRBC Executive Director Steve Tambini. “W hile there were many great entries to choose from, Kevin’s photo stood out for its juxtaposition of the red metal bridge with its natural surroundings, a unique perspective that enhances the photo’s composition of a landscape transitioning to fall.” The purpose of DRBC’s seasonal photo contest is to highlight amateur and professional photography “representing the beauty, diversity, function, and significance of the water resources” of the Delaware River Basin, a 13,539-square mile watershed. The Winter Photo Contest will begin on December 21 and has a deadline of February 15, 2019. Complete contest details, including instructions on how to submit photographs, are available on DRBC’s website at the above link. The DRBC is a federal/interstate government agency responsible for managing the water resources within the Delaware River Basin without regard to political boundaries. The five commission members are the governors of the basin states (Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania) and the commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Nor th Atlantic Div ision, who represents the federal government. For more information, visit www.drbc.gov.

PU Art Museum Collaborates With Trenton Public Schools

A group of third graders from the Trenton Public School District are represented in an exhibition in Washington, D.C., of works of art by children from across the country. The four New Jersey students are among the 100 third-grade students who participate each year in the Frances Lange Public Schools Program, a partnership between the Princeton University Art Museum and the Trenton Public Schools. Organized by the Association of Art Museum Directors (AAMD), of which the

Princeton Universit y Ar t Museum is a member, the national exhibition features works produced as a part of these children’s participation in art education programs organized collaboratively by art museums and their local schools. The exhibition will be on view at the U.S. Department of Education through January 2. The Princeton University Art Museum is the only institution to have participated in each of the four AAMD exhibitions at the Department of Education’s headquarters since they began six years ago. “The Princeton University Art Museum has long been committed to engaging our broader communities through deep and sustained teaching and learning opportunities,” said James Steward, Nancy A. Nasher– David J. Haemisegger, Class of 1976, director. “We are proud to be able to highlight these educational efforts and the work of these terrific students at a national level through AAMD’s exemplary program.” The students in the Frances Lange Public Schools Program visit the Princeton University Art Museum eight times through the academic year to learn about the history of world culture through works of art on view in the galleries. Back in their classrooms, the students keep journals and create their own works of art inspired by their visits to the Museum. The program culminates with a regional exhibition of the students’ work. “I believe that this experience for the students is truly life changing,” said Suzanne Hatley, an art teacher at Parker Elementary, who has worked with the children participating in the Frances Lange Public Schools Program. “The exposure to the Princeton University Art Museum’s amazing collections and the connections forged with the docents is unforgettable. It gives meaning to all of the stories, myths, and even movies that the students have seen. I know that they feel very special to be part of the program.” The four works of art on view in Washington, D.C., by students from two elementary schools in the Trenton Public School District are three masks of clay, paint, feathers, raffia, pipe cleaners, and beads inspired by masks in the Museum’s African art collection, and a still-life drawing in pastel.

The Trenton Artists Workshop Association (TAWA) will present the exhibition “Persistence” at the Plainsboro Public Library January 4 to January 31. A reception and artist talk are set for Sunday, January 20 from 1 to 4 p.m. “Per s is tence” fe at u re s work by regional artists who demonstrate persistence despite what are commonly perceived as obstacles: age, illness, and physical and neurological problems. In addition to providing a venue for artists to come together and share work, “Persistence” is designed to encourage others by showing how these artists use art to enhance their lives and continue their pursuit of art.

Exhibiting artists will include Priscilla Snow Algava, a Princeton-based artist who works mainly in mono-prints and painting and is inspired by nature and the human spirit and figure. She has exhibited in various galleries in New York City, Philadelphia, and New Jersey as well as internationally. Agalva has been receiving treatment for cancer over the past two years. Justin Jedrzejczyk is a Trenton area artist and has shown his work locally and in New York City. He mainly does portraits, using friends as models in everyday settings and paints in acrylic on canvas. Over the past several years, he has been dealing with a neurological problem that has affected his eyesight. Ken Alexander is a self-

human experience in various settings. Despite being visually impaired, he uses vivid colors in his work and tends to use abstraction in representing his figures. Mark Wilkie, a Hamilton native, uses various detailed shapes and works in pen and pencil, and has a neurological classification. Mel Leipzig is an awardwinning artist. He is a painter who dedicates his career to painting people in their ow n env iron m ent s. T he 83-year-old Leipzig shows that age is no obstacle to new work. Karey Maurice is a Princeton-based artist who works in multiple mediums and works in the style of neo pop, and suffers from a spinal cord degeneration. He studied visual arts at Mercer County Community College with Mel Leipzig and Frank Rivera and mentored under New York-based pop artist Keith Haring. Curator Byron Aubrey is a Trenton-born Hamilton resident who is active in drawing, photography, and painting who studies visual arts at Mercer County Community College. He studied and was mentored under Pricilla Algava and Mel Leipzig and has a neurological classification. This is the first show he has curated. TAWA is a Greater Trenton nonprofit organization and has a history of more than 30 years exhibiting in such venues as the New Jersey State Museum, Trenton City Museum, Artworks Trenton, Prince Street Gallery in New York City, and more.

Area Exhibits Art for Healing Gallery, Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, has “Reflections of Light: Lucy Graves McVicker,” through March 1. A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Illuminations” through January 6. www.lambertvillearts.com. Arts Council of Princet o n , 102 W i t h e r s p o o n Street, has “Clear the Studio,” a benefit exhibition, December 15 to 21. www. artscouncilofprinceton.org. D & R Greenway Land Tr u s t , 1 P r e s e r v a t i o n Place, has “Lovely as a Tree” through January 25. www.

drgreenway.org. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City M u s e u m i n C ad w a lad e r Park, Park s ide Avenu e, Trenton, has “40-for-40” through January, “Changing Face/Changing Place” through January 13, and the Garden State Watercolor Society’s “49th Annual Juried Show” through January 20. www.ellarslie.com. Firestone Library, Cotsen Children’s Library, 1 Washington Road, has “Wizarding 101” through January 4. www.library.princeton.edu. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “James Carl: oof” through January 5, “James Carl: woof” and “Masayuki Koorida: Sculpture” through March 17, and other exhibits. www. groundsforsculpture.org.

Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “Woodrow Wilson and the Great War,” “Princeton’s Portrait,” and other exhibits. $4 admission WednesdaySunday, 12-4 p.m. Thursday extended hours till 7 p.m. and free admission 4-7 p.m. www.princetonhistory.org. James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “30 Years: Art at the w, 1988-2018” through January 6, “Leslie Poontz: Integration” through February 17, and “Frank Hyder: The Janis Project” through February 23. www.michenerartmuseum.org. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “Masters of Illusion” through May 19. www.morven.org.

Nassau Club, 6 Mercer Street, has “In Wilderness” through January 6. Present Day Club, 72 Stockton Street, has photos by award-winning photographer India Blake through December 21. Pr inceton Universit y Art Museum has “Nature’s Nation: American Art and the Environment” through January 6 and “Picturing Place in Japan” through February 24. ( 609 ) 258378 8. w w w.ar t m u s e u m. princeton.edu. We s t W i n d s o r A r t s C e n te r, 952 A lexander Road, has “Off the Wall 2018: An Affordable Art Exhibit” through December 21. (609) 716-1931. www. westwindsorarts.org.

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idows was a British TV series which enjoyed a two-year run from 1983 to 1985. Created by legendary English author Lynda La Plante (Prime Suspect), the popular crime show was nominated for a BAFTA award in the Best Television Drama category. In 2002, ABC turned Widows into a four-part miniseries starring Brooke Shields and Rosie Perez, but that substantially-revised overhaul failed to resonate with the American audience. Now, Academy Award-winning director Steve McQueen (for 12 Years a Slave) has brought a much more faithful adaptation to the screen, although the setting has been shifted from London to Chicago. McQueen assembled an A-list ensemble featuring Oscar-winners Viola Davis (for Fences) and Robert Duvall (for Tender Mercies), as well as nominees Liam Neeson (for Schindler’s List), Daniel Kaluuya (for Get Out) and Jacki Weaver (for Silver Linings Playbook and Animal Kingdom). The impressive cast also includes Colin Farrell and Michelle Rodriguez. Not long past the point of departure, veteran bank robber Harry Rawlings (Neeson) masterminds a robbery in which he and his partners perish. Trouble is, Harry died indebted to a couple of South Side mobsters (Kaluuya and Brian Tyree Henry) to the tune of $2 million.

Given a month to come up with cash (or else), Harry’s widow Veronica (Davis) hatches a plan to raise the money by burglarizing a safe in the mansion of a well-connected family headed by corrupt Windy City alderman Tom Mulligan (Duvall). To that end, she recruits a couple of the other grieving widows (Michelle Rodriguez and Elizabeth Debicki) and a getaway driver (Cynthia Erivo) with promises of a multimillion-dollar payday. The plot proceeds to thicken in convincing fashion while touching on such timely themes as politics, loyalty, race, and class. Since it would be a crime in itself to spoil the ensuing developments even one iota, suffice to say McQueen slowly ratchets up the tension in a searing, multi-layered suspense thriller not to be missed. With the help of a delicious script expertly executed by a coterie of her talented co-stars, the incomparable Ms. Davis steals the show and delivers yet another Oscarquality performance. Excellent (H H H H). Rated R for violence, sexuality, nudity, and pervasive profanity. In English and Spanish with subtitles. Running time: 129 minutes. Production Studios: Regency Enterprises/Film4/See-Saw Films/New Regency Pictures. Studio: 20th Century Fox —Kam Williams

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HATCHING A PLAN: A group of women led by Viola Davis, center facing, decide to follow in their late husbands’ felonious footsteps in the wake of a botched bank heist in Widows. The film was adapted from a British TV series of the same name. (Photo courtesy of 20th Century Fox)

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AT THE CINEMA Beautiful Boy (R for profanity, brief sexuality, and pervasive drug use). Real-life tale recounting a father’s (Steve Carell) frustration caring for his meth-addicted son (Timothee Chalamet). With Maura Tierney, Amy Ryan, Timothy Hutton, and LisaGay Hamilton.

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Wednesday, December 12 7: 3 0 p . m . : “ H o l i d a y Chestnuts and Singalong” with Westminster Community Orchestra, at Annis Playhou s e, We s t m i n s ter Choir College, 101 Walnut Lane. Ruth Ochs conducts this family event including a “Hallelujah” chorus singalong. Free; free-will donations of non-perishable foods will go to area food pantries. 8 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Mark Widmer with Palmer’s Square. $10. (908) 359-4837. Thursday, December 13 12 : 3 0 p.m . : S w e d i s h clarinetist Martin Frost and pianist Henrik Måwel participate in a Live Music Meditation, free, in Richardson Auditorium. 5:30-7:30 p.m.: Poetry workshop at D&R Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, with poet Maxine Susman. Free but registration required at rsvp@drgreenway.org. 8 p.m.: Clarinetist Martin Frost and pianist Henrik Mawel perform works by Poulenc, Vivaldi, and Brahms at Richardson Auditorium. princetonuniversityconcerts.org. Friday, December 14 7 to 10 p.m.: Big Band Dance with the PHS bands a t t h e P r i n c e to n H i g h School Cafeteria, Walnut Lane. Adults $10; seniors/ students $5. 8:15 p.m.: The Princeton Folk Music Society presents blues guitarist Elijah Wald in “Dylan Goes Electric!” at Christ Congregational Church, 50 Walnut Lane. $5-$20. www.princetonfolk. org. Saturday, December 15 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: West Windsor Winter Farmers’ Market at Windsor Athletic Club, 99 Clarksville Road. 10 a.m.: “Jammin with S a n t a ,” f u n d r a i s e r b y Princeton High School Studio Band, benefits Trenton Music Makers. At Princeton High School cafeteria. $10 donation suggested ; col-

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tunes. Free. wccpnj.org. 3 p.m.: Voices Chorale NJ presents “A Winter’s Night” at Pennington Presbyterian Church, 13 S out h Main Street, Pennington. www. voiceschoralenj.org. 3 p.m.: Greater Princeton Youth Orchestra Community Concert, at Montgomery High School Performing Arts Center, Skillman. Works by Elgar, Franck, Mendelssohn, Meyer. www. gpyo.org. 4 p.m.: The Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs gathers at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Princeton, Route 206 at Cherry Hill Road, to sing. No auditions, no rehearsal, just the joy of song. $10 for guests; members and students free. Tuesday, December 18 5 p.m.: Candlelight Vigil for Peace, followed by potluck dinner, music, and a talk by Representative-Elect Tom Malinowski, supporting peace in Yemen, at the front of Palmer Square. w w w. peacecoalition.org. 7:30 p.m.: Princeton United Methodist Church has a Longest Night Service “for those celebrating Christmas in a minor key.” Nassau Street at Vandeventer. www. PrincetonUMC.org. Wednesday, December 19 7 to 8:30 p.m.: Sustainable Princeton will host discussion around building a climate-friendly community, “Why Is It Too Far To Walk? Building a Climate-Friendly Princeton” at Princeton Public Library. Free. www.sustainableprinceton.org. 7 p.m.: Winter Solstice Drum Celebration at RWJH Fitness Center, 3100 Quakerbridge Road, Hamilton. $15. Register at (609) 5845900. 8 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Mark Hillegonds with the Princeton Pickup Band. $10. (908) 359-4837. Thursday, December 20 10 a.m.: “Saved by Raoul Wallenberg, the Angel of Budapest” is the topic of a talk by Vera Goodkin at a meeting of the 55-Plus Club at the Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. Free; $3 donation suggested. 7 p.m.: Classical guitarist

Stanley W. Alexandrowicz performs at Lawrence Headquarters Branch of Mercer County Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike. Register by emailing lawprogs @ mcl.org or visit www.mcl.org. Friday, December 21 8-11 p.m.: The Joel Zelnick Trio plays at the Salt Creek Grille, 1 Rockingham Row, Princeton Forrestal Center. (609) 419-4200. 8 p.m.: The Princeton S y m p h on i c B r a s s plays carols, Christmas classics, Hanukkah music, and more at Hillman Per for mance

Center, Westminster Choir College, 101 Walnut Lane. $5-$17. www.psbrass.com. Sunday, December 23 5 p.m.: Princeton United Met hodist Church, Nas sau Street at Vandeventer, presents “Alleluia! A Child is Born,” singers and instrumentalists. www.PrincetonUMC.com. Monday, December 24 Recycling Tuesday, December 25 1 p.m.: Christmas Day Crossing Reenactment at Washington Crossing State

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Popular Highbar Boutique on Palmer Square Offers Engaging Selection of Women’s Fashion What is your fashion style? Your best look? Your signature color? A visit to Highbar Boutique, the charming women’s boutique at 7 Palmer Square West, will both help you un-

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derscore your established style, or if you need advice for a new look, assist you in discovering your best fashion focus. The pop-up store opened in October, and offers a fascinating selection of women’s apparel, accessories, and gift items. Owner Jill Wargo is also proprietor of a second Highbar Boutique, which she opened in Cranbury in 2017. The Princeton pop-up is scheduled to be open through December 31. Success Story Wargo’s fashion story is intriguing. After a 25-year career in health care administration, she wanted to make a change. “The time was right to start something new, and I always loved fashion and design,” she explains. After a success story in Cranbury, she decided to open another shop in Princeton. “We have many customers from Princeton at the Cranbury store, and they said they would love to have us set up a Princeton location. We believe we are filling a need here. Our customers like the idea of a specialty shop, and they like a carefully curated selection of women’s apparel and gifts. They are looking for an individual style and for good

quality that is timeless. And they really appreciate our customer service.” They will certainly find all of the above at Highbar Boutique. An engaging selection awaits: a variety of jackets, tops of all kinds, dresses, pants, ponchos, sweaters, and wraps as well as scarves, hats, handbags, jewelry, and assorted gift items. It is a perfect place to visit for holiday gift shopping or to find just the right fashion ensemble for a party or event. “We have choices for all ages — our customers tend to be between 30 and 80!” points out Wargo, adding that one will definitely not see someone else wearing the same outfit. Highbar Boutique emphasizes individuality, not department store mass marketing. “The most important thing about Highbar Boutique is the fit,” emphasizes Wargo. “Everything we have is flattering to a woman’s body, and the look is appropriate and stylish. We definitely offer appropriately-fitted apparel. You will get the right fit and the right size here. Our sizes range from 2 to 14, extra-small to extralarge. Also, with our items, you can easily dress up or dress down.” Right Selection “Our philosophy is to emphasize what looks good on you — color, cut, length. It’s ver y indiv idual. You don’t need to follow fashion trends. After all, they can change year to year, or next season.” To find just the right selection for her clientele, Wargo travels to several fashion shows — including in New York, Los Angeles, Atlanta,

and Dallas — at least four times a year. Making choices at these shows can be challenging, but she has definite standards, and customers, to consider. “In my mind, I’m buying for a specific customer. I have come to know my clients’ tastes and style. Customers often tell us they feel as if we are their personal shopper. We know what they are looking for, we know what they look like, and we know their price points.” Quality is extremely important, and, as she notes, that focus was instrumental in the selection of the boutique’s name. “In my previous career in the health industry, my colleagues always told me that I keep the bar high. Standards are important to me, so I chose the name Highbar Boutique.” Her customers have certainly come to appreciate her dedication both to the quality of the selection and to them, with the emphasis on superior customer service. One-On-One “We have absolutely great customers. They have been so suppor tive. They will often ask for advice about what to wear for an upcoming party or event, and then they’ll come back and tell us all about it. We know the customers by name, and they love the one-on-one shopping experience we offer.” Because the Highbar Boutique selection is special and unique, there seems to be a customer for everything, she adds, and there are some current favorites. “Wraps are an especially big item for us. They are always popular, and they can fit a variety of

figures. A great idea for the holidays is our baby alpaca wrap, a real specialty.” Other items in demand include a lovely olive velvet top, which is a superb look when paired with pants in a gentle floral pattern in the same color motif. An embroidered jacket featuring a black, white, silver, and gold theme with mesh accent is another outstanding look, especially with black pants — perfect for holiday party. Another show-stopper is the ruffled collar feature seen both on dresses and tops in colorful patterns. “This brings flattering detail and attention to the neckline, and really frames the face,” says Wargo. “It is very popular with the younger to the older customers. They have all been really clamoring for it!” Chenille sweaters, embellished jeans, and jackets galore are also mainstays of the selection. The eyecatching fitted faux leather Moto jacket, available in several colors, features stylish hardware, and is a big favorite with shoppers. Holiday Favorite Highbar Boutique offers items in every color, with red always a holiday and winter favorite, notes Wargo. There are red cloaks and capes, and in the window display, an irresistible red poncho, accented with rhinestone detail. Accessories include an array of scarves in all sizes and looks, including the popular oversized “boyfriend” style, as well as the infinity scarf. Jewelry is another highlight, with bracelets, earrings, and necklaces offered in all sizes and styles. Chunky and delicate, dramatic to subtle — all are an individual statement piece. The selection of gift items offers a range of choices

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FASHION FORWARD: “We focus on quality, style, versatility, wearability, and the right price. We offer boutique lines not found in department stores,” says Jill Wargo, owner of Highbar Boutique on Palmer Square. “What I have in the store is something I would wear, buy, want to receive, or give as a gift.” Shown is one of the store’s holiday window displays. appropriate for hostess and holiday gifts. Many feature Princeton orange and black and tiger themes, which will certainly please University alums, faculty, and friends. Beautifully-packaged soaps are offered along with lotions and hand creams; a ls o, p opu lar Mar ip o s a napkin boxes and weights, and a water bottle with tiger and colorful floral motif, are among many other choices. Prices cover a wide range, from $38 to $275 and everything in between. There are also frequent sales. In addition, a VIP program offers special savings, and customers will also appreciate the elegant gift packaging. And for last minute shoppers, a

gift card is always an excellent choice. Wargo is delighted with the warm welcome Highbar Boutique has received, and looks forward to having a permanent home on Palmer Square and to becoming an integral part of the Princeton community. She especially wants customers to know that “Highbar Boutique will always be here to help you present your best self.” The shop is open seven days, Monday through Wednesday, and Saturday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Thursday and Friday 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; and Sunday 12 to 5 p.m. (908) 337-3737; it can also be found on Facebook. —Jean Stratton

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Alarie Returns with a Bang for PU Women’s Hoops, Sparking Tigers to 54-42 Victory over Quinnipiac

Bella Alarie came back in a big way. The reigning Ivy League Player of the Year returned after missing the first nine games this season for Princeton University women’s basketball team due to a broken arm to score 16 points and snare a career-high 19 rebounds in the Tigers’ 5442 win over Quinnipiac at Jadwin Gym last Saturday evening. “I was happy to be back,” said Alarie. “I love playing here. It feels really comfortable being back here. It felt good for sure.” The Tigers improved to 3-7 and won back-to-back games for the first time this season while adding a huge piece to their lineup. Princeton is still without injured junior Taylor Baur, who hasn’t played since having 10 points and nine rebounds in the first game of the year. “Grace (Stone) got to be a guard,” said Princeton head coach Courtney Banghart. “Sydney Jordan is out of position too but she’s more versatile. When Taylor comes back, then Syd gets to be a guard. We’re still a little out of position, but now only one is out of position instead of three.” Alarie’s addition changed plenty for the Tigers. She brought added scoring (tying Carlie Littlefield for teamhigh Saturday), rebounding (Princeton had its largest rebound advantage of the year, 43-31), defense (two blocks and two steals) and just a presence on the court after a month away. “I’m really happy to have given the younger players a chance to step up and get really comfortable on the floor,” said Alarie, a 6’4 native of Bethesda, Md. “It’s given me time to focus on my left hand, on my

leadership off the court and getting stronger, I’ve spent a lot of time doing. I can see now where the gaps are, and I can come in and play how I play and just bringing rebounds to the team is going to add a lot.” Alarie’s rebounding was a difference maker. She had double-digit rebounds before she had 10 points. She was only 5-for-14 from the floor, though she connected on her only 3-pointer attempted and hit 5-of-7 free throws. She had five of her six turnovers in the first 15 minutes. “I did feel rusty missing layups I wouldn’t normally miss, things like that,” said Alarie. “I hit my first 3. I knew my controllable today was rebounds and how I defended. If I hit no shots today, that would have been OK because I knew I was going to play hard. I’m glad we were able to come through with a win.” Senior guard Gabrielle Rush had 11 points and four steals while sophomore Littlefield, in addition to her scoring, had a pair of assists without a single turnover, and picked up three steals. Princeton held Quinnipiac’s leading scorer, Jen Fay, 10 points under her average until a basket in the final minute. The Bobcats, who lost by a point to then-No. 10 Texas last month, fell to 4-5. “They’re a really quality team,” said Alarie said. “We knew this would be a battle. I’m glad we came out with a win.” In her first game back, Alarie also passed several tests on her healed arm. With 1:49 left in the second quarter, she fell hard after being fouled while corralling her seventh rebound of the half and Banghart and Princeton’s fans held their collective breath before she

popped up. “When I’m playing, I’m so in the moment, I just want to play hard and if I fall, I fall,” said Alarie. “I’m just going to hustle as much as possible. As much as I know she [Banghart] doesn’t want me falling, diving for balls, I’m still going to do it and give my 110 percent effort. I’m sure it made her nervous, but the first time you fall it sort of washes away the scares of anything happening again. I’m fine. We’re all good.” Princeton jumped out to a 14-7 first-quarter lead, but was up just 23-21 at halftime. It was 30-28 midway through the third quarter when Princeton put together a 12-0 run to take control of the contest. “I think it’s just energy and locking down on defense,” said Alarie. “I don’t really know the stats, but they scored 10 points or less. It comes down to defensive stops and generating energy from those stops. Two offensive rebounds by Jordan led to a 3-pointer from Littlefield that put Princeton up, 34-28. The lead grew on back-to-back steals that led to two free throws for Julia Cunningham and a layup for Littlefield to build the Tigers’ first 10-point lead of the game, 38-28, with 2:35 left in the third quarter. Littlefield made two more free throws and Jordan’s runner made it 42-28 before Quinnipiac’s last-second score ended the quarter. Princeton’s lead never shrunk below nine points in the fourth quarter. “This allows you to have a really good win when you’re healthy,” said Banghart. “If we’re lucky enough to make the tournament, we hope the committee isn’t putting too much stake in the team we were when we weren’t

healthy. This is a really good win to have.” Alarie’s return make Princeton a different team as Tigers can use her imposing presence at both ends. “She’s just an alter-er,” said Banghart of Alarie, who was later named the Ivy League Player of the Week. “She’s an excellent defender. She doesn’t get a lot of credit for that. She’s an excellent defender. And then offensively, she draws a crowd so other shooters get open shots. She’s still finding her rhythm with that. She’s a ball magnet, so the benefit is it takes all the defense away and really helps us. She’s just a huge piece of who we are. She’s the best player in the league and we played without it for this whole season so far.” Banghart expects that Alarie will be even better as she adjusts to playing again, noting that she had just four practices before her return. “We knew she’d be out until early December basically,” said Banghart. “So there’s two months – November is to get our depth for league play and December is to start moving.” The Tigers will be better too as they get closer to full strength. “We have a really experienced team, and when me and my classmate Taylor are out, we lose a bunch of players who have played a lot of minutes before,” Alarie said. “For the freshmen, they’ve had that chance and now they’re coming in with even more energy and they can see the way we play and how we want to compete every day.” Early season injuries have paved the way for more playing time for their heralded freshmen. Baur and senior Qalea Ismail are still out, but with Alarie back, the Tigers took a step toward being the top contender they envision for Ivy League play. “We have great depth

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HAPPY RETURN: Princeton University women’s basketball player Bella Alarie goes up for a shot in a game last winter. This past Saturday against visiting Quinnipiac, junior star and reigning Ivy League Player of the Year Alarie made her season debut after being sidelined for nine games due to a broken arm. Alarie picked up where she left off last year, scoring 16 points and grabbing a career-high 19 rebounds to help Princeton prevail 54-42. She was later named the Ivy League Player of the Week. The Tigers, now 3-7, host Marist on December 15. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) now,” said Banghart, whose team was slated to play at Monmouth on December 11 before hosting Marist on December 15. “Taylor will be back soon and when she’s back you have another big, and Sydney Jordan can move to a guard and you’re way deeper. Bella can play guard and we can go really big and put Kira (Emsbo) in. We like our depth.” The depth starts with wel-

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coming back their top player. Alarie was nervous but thrilled to be contributing on the court again. “I feel like I have a lot to prove coming back as Player of the Year and I have high expectations for myself,” said Alarie. “Coming into this game I was nervous that I wouldn’t meet my expectations. I think it turned out pretty well. I wish I hit more shots.” —Justin Feil

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With Aririguzoh Emerging as Inside Force, PU Men’s Hoops Heading in Right Direction Richmond Aririguzoh was a definite work in progress offensively in his first two seasons on the Princeton University men’s basketball team. While the 6’9, 230-pound Aririguzoh, a former star for Trenton Catholic Academy, possessed the size and athleticism to pound the boards and run the floor, his low-post game lacked polish. He averaged 1.5 points a game in 13 appearances as a freshman and 2.7 points in 27 contests last year. Coming into this winter, junior center Aririguzoh put his nose to the grindstone in an effort to become more of force offensively. “I think the team and everybody is just helping me come along,” said Aririguzoh. “The coaches are working with me individually and making sure I stay confident and keep going. I think my big thing has been my footwork and making sure my pivot is right there.” Last Wednesday against visiting Saint Joseph’s, Aririguzoh displayed the fruits of that labor, scoring a career-high 14 points, going 3-for-3 from the floor and 8-for-8 from the foul

line as the Tigers fell 92-82. “I have been putting them up after practices,” said Aririguzoh, reflecting on his success at the foul line. “After some poor performances I just made a conscious effort to get in there with the coaches and just shoot them. I just have to keep being aggressive.” W h ile Pr inceton head coach Mitch Henderson was disappointed by the outcome against the Hawks, he was pleased with the aggressiveness shown by his players. “We weren’t at our best tonight, but I am very proud,” said Henderson, whose team trailed 39-36 at halftime and drew to within 80-74 with 3:12 left in regulation, but couldn’t hold off St. Joe’s as it hit 18-of-31 shots in the second half. “We’ve got a lot to learn but I am very proud of Richmond’s performance tonight and Jerome [DesRosiers] off the bench. We’re coming together. I like the team. I think we can be really good.” Henderson believes that Aririguzoh is becoming very

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good. “He’s worked hard and he’s deserving,” said Henderson. “He is playing without fear, which is one of the keys. The schedule at this point doesn’t give us any breaks, but we just want to get better every single day and he does that. He embodies that for our group.” Ar ir igu zoh showed no fear as he looked forward to playing against St. John’s at Madison Square Garden last Sunday. “I’ve never played in a place like that and that’s what college basketball is all about, playing in these great basketball atmospheres,” said Aririguzoh, who is averaging 9.8 points and 5.3 rebounds a game this season. “We hope to make the most of it and continue to grow. It’s a test.” Matching his career-high of 14 points and grabbing six rebounds, Aririguzoh made the most of game as Princeton battled hard before losing 8974. With Princeton, now 4-4, facing Iona at Atlantic City on December 15 and playing at No. 2 Duke on December 18, Henderson is optimistic going forward. “I feel really good; I tell these guys all the time and I don’t know if they believe me, but I believe we can be very good,” said Henderson, who got 17 points from Jaelin Llewellyn on Sunday as he made his college debut after being sidelined due to injury and illness. “We have a lot of nice pieces.” —Bill Alden

RISING FORCE: Princeton University men’s basketball player Richmond Aririguzoh heads to the basket in recent action. Junior center Aririguzoh is emerging as an inside force this winter for the Tigers. The former Trenton Catholic Academy standout scored a career-high 14 points in a 92-82 loss to the visiting Saint Joseph’s last Wednesday and then matched that output in an 89-74 loss to St. John’s last Sunday in Madison Square Garden in New York City. Princeton, now 4-4, faces Iona at Atlantic City on December 15 and then plays at No. 2 Duke on December 18. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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PU Women’s Swimming Falls to Columbia

A late rally fell short as the Princeton University women’s swimming team lost to Columbia 160-140 last Friday in New York City. After Columbia won the first eight events of the meet, Princeton got wins from Sophia Peifer in 1-meter diving, Cathy Teng in the 100 freestyle, Stephanie Nelson in the 200 backstroke, Shaelyn Choi in the 200 breaststroke, and Elaine Zhou in the 100 butterfly. The Lions, however, were able to hold off Princeton in a pair of closely Princeton Men’s Squash contested final events to pull Defeats No. 9 Drexel 6-3 out the 20-point win. Showing its depth, the Princeton, now 6-1 overall and 4-1 Ivy League, returns to action when it swims at Rutgers on January 11.

Princeton University men’s squash team defeated No. 9 Drexel 6-3 last Wednesday. The Tigers lost at the top three spots in the lineup but claimed the bottom six matches to secure the victory and improve to 3-3. Princeton returns to action when it plays at Brown on January 12 and at Yale on January 13 to get its Ivy League campaign underway.

Tiger Women’s Squash Sweeps Drexel, Now 6-0

Emme Leonard provided a highlight as the third-ranked Princeton University women’s squash team defeated Drexel 9-0 last Wednesday. Sophomore Leonard pulled out a five-game win at No. 6 to help the Tigers improve to 6-0. Princeton is next in action when it plays at No. 2 Trinity on January 10.

Tiger Men’s Swimming Defeats Columbia

Slumping Tiger Men’s Hockey Falls Twice to ASU, Will Look to Snap 7-Game Slide Against Penn State It didn’t take long for a struggling Princeton University men’s hockey team to dig a hole as it hosted No. 19 Arizona Stare last Friday at Hobey Baker Rink in the opener of of a two-game set between the foes. Coming into the evening mired in a five-game losing streak, Princeton yielded a goal in the first 15 seconds of the contest and found itself trailing 2-0 by the end of the first period. “We were very soft in the first period; on the very first shift, we come down in bad coverage,” said Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty. “That is inexcusable, we have to be ready to go from puck drop.” The Tigers were ready to go in the second period, generating a slew of scoring opportunities as they outshot the Sun Devils 21-8 but it

was to no avail as they didn’t find the back of the net. “We played well, you can’t spot a team 2-0,” said Fogarty. “It is hockey. The goalie stands tall; [Joey] Daccord played well in goal for them [45 saves]. He made some great saves; he made some point blank ones.” Princeton outshot the Sun Devils 12-7 in the third period but couldn’t solve Daccord as Arizona State added two unanswered goals. “It was a good second period but you get judged on wins and losses and that is another loss,” said Fogarty. “You have to bounce back and be ready to go tomorrow.” A night later, Princeton fell behind 2-0 once again but bounced back to even the game at 2-2 in the second period on goals by senior stars Ryan Kuffner and

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5’7. In the pole vault, freshman Hanne Borstlap claimed the win with a mark of 12’ 3.5. Sophomore Obiageri Amaechi won the shot put with a best heave of 51’ 4.5. As for the Tiger men, sophomore Jeffrey Hollis won the high jump with a PR 7’ 0.5, the fifth best mark at Princeton all time. In the shot put, sophomore Kelton Chastuluk was the top collegian with a PR throw 56’ 11.5. Freshman Will Drury was the top collegiate in the pole vault, clearing 15’3. Senior Stefan Amokwandah won the triple jump with a mark of 48’ 2.75. The Princeton track athletes are next in action on January 6 when they host Navy for a dual meet

Max Veronneau. Neither team scored in the remainder of regulation, but the Sun Devils broke through with a tally in overtime to post a 3-2 victory. With Princeton, now 3-81, facing high-powered and ninth-ranked Penn State (115-1) on December 15 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, the Tigers will have to shore things up along the blue line. “You never know if you are going to score a goal but you can control the defensive zone,” said Fogarty, whose team lost to the Nittany Lions 4-2 in its season opener on October 26. “You have to make sure that the defensive zone is very strong and shots come from the outside. There were too many shots from the inside.” —Bill Alden

Raunak Khosla, Tyler Lin, and Levy Nathan each posted double wins to help the Princeton University men’s swimming team defeat Columbia 161.5-138.5 last Friday in New York City. Freshman Khosla won the 200 butterfly and 200 individual medley while junior Lin prevailed in both the 100 and 200 breaststroke races and sophomore Nathan placed first in the 500 and 1,000 freestyle races. Princeton, now 6-0 overall and 4-0 Ivy League, is next in action when it hosts Navy on January 5.

Princeton Wrestling Tops Virginia

Patrick Brucki produced a big moment as the Princeton University wrestling team defeated Virginia 28-15 last Saturday in Charlottesville, Va. Sophomore star Brucki, ranked No. 5 nationally at 197 pounds, pinned No. 11 Jay Aiello 65 seconds into the bout. Other victors for Princeton included Travis Stefanik at 174, Kevin Parker at 184, Patrick Glory at 125, Marshall Keller at 141, and Matthew Kolodzik at 149. Princeton, now 2-3, hosts Rider on December 20

Princeton Track Athletes Excel at Invitational

Producing a number of superb performances, the Princeton University track program excelled at its annual New Year’s Invitational at Jadwin Gym last Saturday. On the women’s side, sophomore Katie DiFrancesco set the school record in the 300 at 39.44. DiFrancesco led off a 1-2-3-4 Princeton finish in the 300 as she surpassed teammate Ashely Willingham for the fastest time in Princeton history. Willingham, who now ranks second with a 39.91, was the runner-up at 40.44. Freshman Emma Daugher ty won the high jump in her first collegiate competition with a jump of You can now purchase a copy of

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DEVIL OF A TIME: Princeton University men’s hockey player Alex Riche, right, goes after the puck in recent action. Last Saturday against visiting Arizona State, senior forward Riche contributed an assist in a losing cause as Princeton fell 3-2 to the No. 19 Sun Devils to get swept in the two-game set between the foes, having lost 4-0 a night earlier. The Tigers, who have now suffered seven straight losses to drop to 3-8-1 overall, face No. 9 Penn State (11-5-1 overall) on December 15 at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

GROUP EFFORT: Princeton University women’s hockey players celebrate after notching a goal in a game earlier this season. Last Saturday, Princeton defeated Union 4-0 as it improved to 9-2-3 overall and 8-0-2 ECAC Hockey and remained in first place in the league standings. The Tigers are unbeaten in their last 12 games, going 9-0-3 since October 26 - matching a program record and holding the longest current unbeaten streak in the nation. Princeton, now ranked No. 6 nationally, is next in action when its hosts Merrimack for a two-game set on December 30 and 31.

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Looking to Build on Last Winter’s Progress, PHS Girls’ Hoops Poised for Banner Campaign Last winter, the Princeton High girls’ basketball team made big progress in its first campaign under the guidance of Dave Kosa. PHS posted a 14-14 record in 2017-18, a marked improvement on the 6-20 mark posted in the previous season, and earned its first win in the state tournament since the mid-1990s when it defeated South Brunswick in the opening round of the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional. As Kosa looks ahead to his second season at the helm, he believes the team is poised to build on last year’s progress. “We keep on pointing to our banner in the gym,

there is nothing on that banner and we want to be the first team to put something on there,” said Kosa. “With a lot of experience back, it is just really exciting to see what is going to happen this year.” Featuring the return of most of its top players, the team is on the same page. “ We h ave g r e at te a m chemistr y t his year; we have been developing that from last year,” said Kosa, whose team opens its 201819 campaign by hosting Hopewell Valley on December 14. “We played in the summer league and did really well. There is a confidence and a trust out there and we have

ON POINT: Princeton High girls’ basketball player Shaylah Marciano gets ready to unload the ball in a game last season. Junior point guard Marciano figures to be a catalyst for the PHS offense this winter. The Little Tigers open their 2018-19 campaign by hosting Hopewell Valley on December 14. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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to keep building it day by day. We are very unselfish, we are going to be cheering for one another. It is not going to matter as to who gets the most rebounds or the most points. Everybody is going to be looking to perform their role.” The one-two punch of senior stars Erin Devine and Catherine Dyevich at forward should draw a lot of cheers. “They are very versatile; they are interchangeable in our offense, either can play the four or the five and they can both step outside and knock down the three,” said Kosa. “Both do a good job of rebounding the ball for us and that makes them more dangerous. Cat averaged close to averaging a doubledouble last year. Erin has really stepped up her game. She can step outside and she also takes the ball to the hole. She has developed a pull up now.” The versatility provided by senior twins Anna and Olivia Intartaglia in the backcourt is another plus for the Little Tigers. “Anna is more of a point guard and more of a shooter,” said Kosa. “Olivia is more of a slasher and take the ball to the basket kind of a player with her aggressiveness and quickness. As far as getting by people off the dribble, sometimes last year she was just like a one-man press break; we got the ball to her and just let her go.” Junior point guard Shaylah Marciano, a star soccer goalie and lacrosse attacker, has a knack for getting her teammates the ball. “Shaylah does some special things out on the court; her vision is just spectacular sometimes, she will thread passes,” said Kosa. “We are looking for her to improve her shot a little bit. She is a true point guard where she just finds people. She anticipates so well; she has the goalie instincts. She just sees everything in front of her developing before it even happens so that is an added plus for us.” The Little Tigers are developing some depth with junior Eva Petrone, senior Ella Kotsen, and freshman Hillary Allen coming off the bench. “We have Eva; she is so athletic,” added Kosa. “Ella is back and we might have her play a little four when she comes in. Hillar y is probably going to get some time for us; she has come on. She has picked up our system really quickly and is a heady player, which is a nice luxury to have. I love going eight deep and developing girls for the future too.” Kosa believes his squad can pick up where it left off last winter. “It is a matter of continuing to do the little things and understanding that the little things are what got us here; we can’t forget those,” said Kosa. “The pieces are there for us this year to take that next step but we have to go out and do it. We have to earn it. We have multiple girls who can score. We play sound defense, which was one of our strong points last year. That is one thing we like to hang out hat on - being solid defensively so we can be in every ball game.” —Bill Alden

Emphasizing a High Energy, Up Tempo Approach, PHS Boys’ Hoops Primed for Bounce-Back Season Coming off a disappointing 4-21 campaign last winter, the Princeton High boys’ basketball team is hungry to get back on the winning track. “Everyone has come in a little more focused; they are ready,” said PHS Head Coach Pat Noone. “They want to get back to where we were two years ago (12-14 record) and not last year. It has been high energy. We have some returning guys playing well and the young guys are enjoying it.” Noone is depending on two of his returning guys, senior Jaylen Johnson and junior Jay Jackson, to provide some punch in the paint at forward. “Jaylen is getting there; he is coming off a good football season so he is working hard to get in basketball shape,” said Noone, noting that junior Judd Petrone is also in the mix at forward. “Jay Jackson has really made a turn; he is much better. He has really been performing well. I like the way he is playing; he is taking a leadership role too so that is a real positive. They will be rotating through the post.” Noone sees his backcourt of senior Brendan Rougas, junior Riley McMahon, junior Jack Suozzi, and junior Gefen Bar-Cohen as a positive for the Little Tigers. “Brendan is looking good, his shot is looking good,” said Noone. “He is trying to play college ball next year. Riley has taken some steps for ward. Jack has been playing really well, he has been a pleasant surprise for us. Gefen has taken great

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JAY TRAIN: Princeton High boys’ basketball player Jaylen Johnson heads to the hoop in a game last winter. PHS will he relying on senior forward Johnson to provide inside scoring this winter. The Little Tigers tip off their 2018-19 campaign by playing at Hopewell Valley on December 14. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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their goalie was good,” said Patterson. “My teammates are great; Natalie (Celso) made a good pass to me when I had that breakaway. I definitely used my players and the wide space of the ice.” Having rolled to an 11-0 win over Westfield in its season opener on November 19, the Panthers were excited to get a stiffer test with their matchup against Pingry. “It s howe d ou r dept h more; I think our defense a nd Ji l lia n Wex ler, ou r goalie, played a really good game,” said Patterson. “She had some amazing saves so that was really helpful.” Excelling at both ends of

LEADING THE WAY: Princeton Day School girls’ hockey player Julie Patterson controls the puck in game last year. Last Wednesday, senior forward and captain Patterson scored two goals to help PDS defeat Pingry 5-1. The Panthers, who fell 3-0 to Portledge School (N.Y.) last Monday to move to 2-2, head to Maryland this weekend to play the Holton-Arms School (Md.) on December 14 and 15 and Georgetown Visitation Prep (D.C.) on December 15. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

the ice should help PDS going forward. “Our team is a little bit younger but coming off two wins now is definitely a confidence booster for us and our season,” said Patterson. “It will be a good start for us and show our progress.” Patterson has made a lot of progress individually over her four seasons with the program. “I have been taking lessons and playing travel ; I have been growing with PDS’s team,” said Patterson, who will playing at the next level, having committed to attend Wilkes University and play for its Division III women’s hockey program. “Coach [Lorna] Cook is amazing; she helps me so much and then the team — everyone helps each other on our skills. We work on it in practice really well and I am excited to play in college.” Cook, for her part, is excited to see Patterson grow into a team leader. “Watching her mature on and off the ice has been great; it has been a thing to keep pushing her to get the most of the experience here,” said Cook. “She is a natural goal scorer; that is what she brings to the team and always brought. Now it is just a matter of making sure that she is stepping into that leadership role even more too.” Sophomore goalie Wexler stepped up against Pingry, making 27 saves and just missing out on a shutout as the Big Blue tallied with 23 seconds remaining in the contest. “Jillian has improved tremendously; she earned the shutout today, but obviously it didn’t work,” said Cook. “She had so many ridiculous saves, where it was ‘how did she get to that?’” Cook saw improvement in her defensive crew over the course of the Pingry game. “That was our first test for our defense, and we have a

younger corps on defense there; I would put them all together as a group,” said Cook, referring to junior Caroline Haggerty, junior Annabel Thomas, freshman Natalie Celso, and sophomore Hannah Chloe. “It is each of them trying to learn to play to their strengths more and how to work together. We gave up some rushes, but I think it was great for us to get that experience, where they have to realize ‘now how do I change my gap and how do I make a play here?’” A sense of togetherness is helping the Panthers produce good work on the ice. “They love being around each other; last year you could see it coming together for the group, and it is a lot of the same group,” said Cook, whose team who fell 3- 0 to Por tledge School (N.Y.) last Monday to move to 2-2 and heads to Maryland this weekend to play the Holton-Ar ms School (Md.) on December 14 and 15 and Georgetown Visitation Prep (D.C.) on December 15. “This year it is even more because we have additional players that have fit right it in.” In Patterson’s view, PDS is headed in the right direction. “I think it will be good if we keep working and digging in at practice,” said Patterson, noting that the Panthers are looking forward to the program’s annual Harry Rulon-Miller Invitational, which is slated to take place January 5-6. “We will be a good team to play for our season and our competition if we keep working and everyone keeps growing.” —Bill Alden

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Fair Finding a Home with Stuart Hoops, Providing Post Presence for the Tartans L a i la Fa ir s t r uggle d through a lost season in 2017-18 as a knee injury prevented her from taking the court in her freshman campaign with the Middlesex High girls’ basketball team. Turning the page, Fair transferred to Stuart Countr y Day School and has found a home with its hoops program. “Coming to Stuart there were a lot more opportunities for me, academically and for college,” said Fair. “I am looking into my future now. Basketball-wise, it has been good. They have been really welcoming to me.” Last week as Stuart played at the Hun School, the 6’3 Fair was very good, contributing 10 points, 14 rebounds, five assists, and four blocks as Stuart rolled to a 62-33 win over the Raiders in the December 4 contest. In reflecting on the team’s performance against Hun, Fair noted that she and senior star Bey-Shana Clark have formed a potent partnership in the post for the Tartans. “It is amazing what we can do because it is two bigs on the team and you never actually have that,” said Fair of Clark, who chipped in 14 points, 10 rebounds, and four steals in the victory. “You get to work the highlow situation and you get a lot more assists. It makes the game a lot easier. It opens up not just us but the guards too. We get the opportunity

to shoot open straight up.” Fair is relishing the opportunity to get back on the court after recovering from her knee injury. “I feel really good, there might be times where it hurts, but you have to push through,” said Fair, who is still wearing a brace on her left knee. Fair is pushing herself to be a more versatile player. “I am working on being a more effective player around the foul line,” said Fair. Stuart head coach Justin Leith believes that Fair helps make the Tartans a more effective team. “Her size and her athletic ability are great and she has a real knack for the game,” said Leith, noting that Fair had two slick assists down the stretch against Hun. “She can rebound well and she really sees the floor. She is a game changer for our program.” The arrival of Fair gives Stuart more options in the paint. “It helped alleviate the pressure against Pennington,” said Leith, referring to Stuart’s 54-53 overtime loss to Pennington in the opening round of the Peddie Tip-Off tournament on November 30. “It wasn’t just Bey down there banging with Leah Johnson, they have got to pick their poison. Our first scrimmage certainly wasn’t as good as today and even our last game wasn’t as good as it was today. I think that they are going to continue to really improve.”

While Stuart got another superb effort from sophomore guard Nia Melv in, who has 17 points, seven rebounds, and seven steals against Hun, Leith was also heartened by the play of sophomore Aleah James and junior Jasmine Hansford in the backcourt. “A le a h is anot her k id this year; she is just so improved, it is wonderful,” said Leith of James who had 11 points, five rebounds, and five steals while Hansford chipped in four points, four rebounds, and six assists. “Jasmine has been struggling a little bit. She hit a jumper at the end today so we shot ourselves out of that. She has been great.” G o i n g fo r w a r d , L e i t h wants his players to focus on making daily progress, not the win-loss record. “We took a step forward today; I don’t care about the score, but the things that

we were doing,” said Leith, whose team, now 2-1, hosts Princeton Day School on December 12 before playing in the Mercersburg Academy ( Pa.) Tip-Off Tournament from December 14-15 and then hosting Montgomery on December 18. “We want to improve in all areas. We have a very tough schedule, especially when we get into January, so we can’t afford to skip a beat. We have to continue to look to improve every game, regardless of who we are playing.” In Fair’s view, the Tartans showed improvement from their performance over the opening weekend of the season. “I think we built on the Peddie Tournament, even though it was a tough loss on Friday [to Pennington]. We regrouped ourselves and got back together,” said Fair. “We brought each other back up. It might have taken some time, but eventually we got there.” —Bill Alden

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Brian Nelson soaked in some valuable lessons over his first three seasons with the Hun School boys’ hockey program. Looking up to such stars and team leaders as Blake Brown, Tanner Preston, and Kyle Mandleur, Nelson was ready to follow in their footsteps when he was named captain for the 2018 -19 season. “It is a huge honor, it is something I wanted to do since I was a freshman,” said Nelson, reflecting on assuming the role of captain. “It

has been great to follow them, I definitely learned a lot.” Showing his leadership with a sizzling start offensively, Nelson scored five goals in a 6-2 win over Bergen Catholic on December 3 and added two goals in a 5-3 loss to LaSalle College High (Pa.) last Thursday. “I have just been lucky, the bounces have been going my way,” said Nelson, who plays club hockey for the Princeton Youth Hockey Association (PYHA) Tigers. “I am feeling it right now.

I have been working hard in practice. I have been in good form, it is nice to put the puck in the net. The wins are more important, that is what I am looking to get.” Last Friday against Malver n Prep ( Pa. ), Nelson kept up his hot start, tallying a goal and an assist, but it didn’t result in a win as Hun fell behind 2-0 by early in the second period on the way to a 5-2 defeat. “We just didn’t come out ready to go,” said Nelson. “We had a tough loss yesterday; we should have come

out better.” With Hun trailing 2-0, Nelson cut the lead in half, tallying a goal with 4:37 left in the second period. “We set it up nice on the power play; I was just sneaking back door, tapping my stick looking for a pass there and then Alexis [Landry] tossed it over and I was able to get a quick one timer,” said Nelson. “It was a good play all around. We have been working on the power play this year. We just need to get more chances and some goals.” In the third period, the Raiders took a timeout with 7:15 remaining in regulation as head coach Ian McNally tried to light a fire under his players but Malvern was able to hold off Hun and add a goal on a counter attack to take a 4-1 lead on the way to the victory. “We needed a quick goal there; the shifts were too long,” said Nelson, who picked up an assist on a goal by Aidan McDowell late in the third period. “I don’t know what went wrong; we didn’t have the energy today.” With the Raiders slated to host Lawrenceville on December 11 and Princeton Day School on December 18, Nelson knows that Hun has to bring energy from the start. “We could have won that game ; we just came out sloppy,” said Nelson. “We know that we can’t take any team lightly. It is just, bear down and play for your brothers. We have just got to work on our team chemistry and get goals all throughout the lineup. We have to stay out of the box, that is another big thing. LaSalle was 3-for-4 on the power play and Malvern was 2-for-3 on the power play today.” —Bill Alden

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sists for the Raiders, who now 2-2-1, play in the Taft improved to 2-2. Hun hosts School (Conn.) tournament the Baldwin School (Pa.) on from December 12-14. December 12 and the Padua Academy (Del.) on December 15 before playing at Boys’ Basketball: An- Germantown Friends (Pa.) drew Seager came up big as on December 17. Hun defeated the Solebury School (Pa.) 70-58 in a conGirls’ Basketball: Taylor solation game at the Peddie Blunt came up big to help School Invitational TournaPennington edge Caraval ment last Saturday. PostAcademy (Del.) 70-68 last graduate Seager poured in Fr iday. Blunt scored 19 33 points for the Raiders. points and had seven reBoys’ Basketball: WrapHun ended up taking fifth bounds as the Red Raiders ping up its appearance in place in the tournament via improved to 4-0. Penningthe Peddie School Invitaforfeit as Our Savior Luton plays at Friends Central tional Tournament on a high theran (N.Y.) didn’t show (Pa.) on December 14 and note, Lawrenceville defeated up for the game on Sunday. at Trenton Catholic on Dethe Solebury School 73-43 The Raiders, now 3-4, play cember 17. in a consolation contest at Pennington on December last Sunday. The Big Red, Boys’ Hockey: Andrew 12 and at the Perkiomen School (Pa.) on December who improved to 4-3 with Stournaras starred in a los15 before hosting Solebury the win, are next in action ing cause as Pennington when they compete in the fell 5-4 to the Episcopal on December 18. Kingswood Oxford School Academy (Pa.) last Monday. Girls’ Basketball:Jada (Conn.) tournament from Stournaras tallied two goals Jones produced a superb December 12-16. for the Red Raiders, who all-around game to help Hun dropped to 2-1. Pennington Girls’ Hockey: Posting top Princeton Day School plays at Chestnut Hill Acadits second straight win, Law60-22 last Monday. Senior emy (Pa.) on December 12 guard Jones had 14 points, renceville defeated Shady and at Episcopal on DecemSide Academy ( Pa.) 2-1 nine rebounds, and four aslast Sunday. The Big Red, ber 17.

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Fred I. Greenstein Fred I. Greenstein, 88, of Princeton, NJ, died peacefully at home, from complications from a form of Parkinson’s disease, on December 3, 2018. His family was with him in his final days. He was Professor Emeritus of Politics at Princeton University. He received his BA from Antioch College in 1953 and served in the Army during the Korean conflict. After discharge, he attended Yale University on the GI Bill, earning his PhD in 1960, and pursued postdoctoral study at the New York Psychoanalytic Institute (1961- 62 ). Pro fessor Greenstein was best known for his contributions to the systematic study of political psychology and for its application to presidential decision-making and leadership. During his long career, he wrote numerous scholarly articles and seven books. His early work related to children’s political development. His most well-known books are The Hidden Hand Presidency: Eisenhower as Leader, a break-through assessment

and husband Eric Hollman, and their children, Benjamin and Sam. He is also survived by his sister, Betty Greene, as well as a large extended family of nieces, nephews, and cousins. A private service for family will take place on December 16, 2018 at Kimble Funeral Home, with interment following at Princeton Cemetery. A public memorial service will take place in the spring. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his memory to Antioch College, Yellow Springs, Ohio, or to a charity of your choice.

MA, and Marion DeMaria of Boise, ID; her sons, Alex Peebles-Capin and Henry Peebles-Capin of Brookline, MA, and their father, John Capin of Mexico City; and many friends. A memor ial ser v ice is planned for January 5 in Brookline, MA. Donations in her memory may be made to Planned Parenthood.

A committed Christian, she was a longtime member of Stone Hill Church in Princeton (formerly Westerly Road) and served there in many capacities. A funeral service will be held at Stone Hill Church of Princeton on Saturday, December 15 at 11 a.m., preceded by visitation with her family at 10 a.m. in the library. Graveside ser vices and interment will be held at Wo o d law n C e m e te r y i n Nashville, Tennessee, with her parents and older brother who preceded her in death. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be sent to Stone Hill Church, 1025 Bunn Drive, Princeton, New Jersey 08540.

Martha Graves DeBardeleben Martha Graves DeBardeleben, 92, passed away on December 8th at home after a brief illness. She was a resident of Princeton and Lawrenceville for the last Margaret Ellen Peebles 42 years. Born in Atlanta, Margaret Ellen Peebles Georgia, she grew up in died October 28, 2018, at Nashville, Tennessee, where the age of 56, after a long she was graduated Summa struggle against alcohol ad- Cum Laude from Vanderbilt Universit y. She also diction. completed a Master’s deEllen was born in Princ- g r e e f r o m H u n t i n g d o n eton, attended Princeton C ol l e g e, p u b l i s h e d t wo public schools, and gradu- books, and was granted a ated from Princeton Uni- patent by the U.S. Patent versity in 1984. She was a office. She was trained as talented writer and worked a counselor at the Christian for a variety of publishing Counseling and Educational companies during her life, Foundation and Rider Unibeginning with a summer versity and saw people on in Town Topics’ front office a weekly basis in her home when she was at Princeton High School, and culminat- office. She married John T. Deing at Harvard Business Review where she was a senior Bardeleben Jr. and raised three children, John Thomas III, editor. She is survived by her par- Charles Graves, and Eve Deents, Jim and Alison Peebles Bardeleben Roebuck. She enof Princeton; sisters Lesley joyed 14 grandchildren and 15 great-grandchildren. AN of EPISCOPAL Peebles Northampton,PARISH

Cape Town, South Africa, born to a loving and supportive family that encouraged her strong and independent spirit. The same spirit that allowed her, at 25, to sail to America as one of on ly t wo fema le crew members on The Yankee, a famous clipper ship. Pam’s elegance and charm drew people to her and fostered many lifelong friendships. It also sparked her relationship with Richard, whom she mar r ied, and decided to call A mer ica her new home. She was an avid tennis player, fabulous dancer, brilliant cook, and enjoyed enter taining her fr iends and family. Pam also dedicated many years to volunteering for numerous charities, in particular Princeton University’s Art Museum and McCarter Theatre. However, Pam’s greatest love and joy was her children and grandchildren. Through her love, support, and teachings, she shared her strong and independent spirit. She taught them how to be good people who are both resilient and caring. Pam taught them about the beauty and fun we can embrace during life’s journey — a legacy that continues to be passed on. After 92 years her journey has ended, but her spirit lives on. A Memorial Service will be held Saturday, Decemb er 15 at 2 : 30 p.m. at Tr init y Church in Pr inceton, NJ. Interment will be at the convenience of the family. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to A lzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders Association, Inc., 225 N. Michigan Ave., 17th Fl., Chicago, IL 60601. Arrangements are under the direction of the MatherHodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

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of Eisenhower’s presidential leadership style, and The Presidential Difference : Leadership Style from FDR to Barack Obama, in which he used six criteria to judge a president’s effectiveness in leading the nation. He received numerous professional awards. His work is often cited by both scholars and journalists, and he was frequently sought out by the press for his keen political insight and analysis. Prior to joining the faculty at Princeton in 1973, Professor Greenstein taught at Yale 1960 to 1962 and at Wesleyan University from 1962 to 1973. He was an active member of the American Political Science Association, serving on many committees and panels. He was a charter member of the International Society of Political Psychology, serving as vice president from 1990 to 1992 and as president from 1996 to 1997. He mentored numerous graduate students and was known for his willingness to provide prompt, meticulous, and constructive comments on any work submitted to him by students and colleagues. A f te r h e re t ire d f rom Princeton in 2001, Professor Greenstein continued to write and publish scholarly works. Avocationally, he was a jazz aficionado, enjoyed classic and foreign film, traveling, and walking in the woods with family or friends. In addition to his w ife of 61 years, Barbara E. Greenstein, he is survived by his son Michael Greenstein and wife Nettie Kurtz Greenstein, and their children Emma and Nathan; his daughter Amy Greenstein Dahn and husband William O. Dahn, and their children, Ryan and Cor y ; and his daughter Jessica Greenstein

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Pamela V. Hargrave, 92, of Princeton, NJ, passed away peacefully on December 3, 2018 at home surrounded by her loving family. She is survived by her children, Noeline Baruch, Dav id ( A n ne ) Harg rave, and Gillian (Michael Leone) Hargrave ; grandchildren, Andy, Alexander (Anna ), and Wyck Baruch; Charles, Mackenzie, and Caroline Hargrave; sibling, Noeline D e l a h u n t ; s i s te r - i n - l aw, Pe gg y Fra m e ; brot her s in-law, Tom Hargrave and Bud Frame; and numerous nieces and nephews. She is predeceased by Richard D. Hargrave. Pam’s journey began in

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BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, cameras, silver, costume & fine jewelry. Guitars & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 306-0613.

ANTIQUE CAR FOR SALE: 1955 Thunderbird, red with red & white interior. Standard transmission, 3-speed transmission, 2 tops. $32,500 or B.O. (609) 647-0041.

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NEW LISTING with Open House TODAY 29 Wilton Street, Princeton • 11-1 pm

A Riverside area gem that is ready for occupancy. Living Room with gas fireplace, Dining area and state-of-the-art Kitchen, plus a Bedroom with Full Bath on the Main Floor. Upstairs there are three additional bedrooms-The Master Bedroom has a private bath and a walk-in closet, and the other full bathroom is tucked between 2 bedrooms for access $1,158,000 from either room. There is a lovely private back yard with a garage for parking. .

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Deadline: 12 pm Tuesday • Payment: All ads must be pre-paid, Cash, credit card, or check. • 25 words or less: $23.95 • each add’l word 15 cents • Surcharge: $15.00 for ads greater than 60 words in length. • 3 weeks: $61.00 • 4 weeks: $78 • 6 weeks: $116 • 6 month and annual discount rates available. • Employment: $34

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RESIDENTIAL & OFFICE RENTALS: Princeton Office – $2,200/mo. 5-rooms with powder room. Front-toback on 1st floor. Available now. Princeton Office – $2,300/mo. Nassau Street. 2nd floor. With parking. Available now. Princeton Apt. – $1,900/mo. 2nd floor apt. 1 BR, 1 bath, LR, kitchen. Available now. Princeton Address-$2,650/mo. Montgomery Twp. Blue Ribbon Schools. 3 BR, 2.5 bath townhouse. Fully furnished. Available now. Princeton – $2,750/mo. Griggs Farm, 3+ story Town House. 3 BR, 2 full & 2 half baths. Available now.

We have customers waiting for houses! STOCKTON MEANS FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE.

We list, We sell, We manage. If you have a house to sell or rent we are ready to service you! Call us for any of your real estate needs and check out our website at: http://www.stockton-realtor.com See our display ads for our available houses for sale.

32 CHAMBERS STREET PRINCETON, NJ 08542 (609) 924-1416 MARTHA F. STOCKTON, BROKER-OWNER

MÄRKLIN Z-GAUGE ENTHUSIASTS: 3 terrific Christmas presents! 1. Beautiful Christmas Starter Set, with locomotive & car. Complete in its own box. Battery powered. 2. Complete Faller Z-Gauge Mountain Railroad. Figure-Eight. Battery powered. 3. 2 Brand-new Germanmade acrylic Z-Gauge vitrines. Each 23”. Never used. Make me an offer. (609) 250-7088. 11-28-3t 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FOR SALE. Loaded, 4-wheel drive. $3,250. (609) 647-0041. 12-12-2t OFFICE SPACE on Witherspoon Street: Approximately 950 square feet of private office suite. Suite has 4 offices. Located across from Princeton municipal building. $1,700/ month rent. Utilities included. Email recruitingwr@gmail.com 11-21-4t PRINCETON MATH TUTOR: SAT/ACT/SSAT/GRE/GMAT HS-College Math. 8 Years Experience. Email Erica at: info.ecardenas@gmail.com tf HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf

Christina “Elvina” Grant Sales Associate, REALTOR®

“For me a house or an apartment License #13VH02102300

becomes a home when you add one set of four legs, a happy tail, and that indescribable measure of love that we call a dog." —Roger A. Caras

PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 tf

Heidi Joseph Sales Associate, REALTOR® Office: 609.924.1600 Mobile: 609.613.1663 heidi.joseph@foxroach.com

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LICENSED MASSAGE THERAPIST: Therapeutic neuromuscular treatment. E.g. deep tissue, cupping, Swedish massages. New customer discount. (609) 977-2870. healingmassagebyroman.com 12-05-3t HOUSE CLEANING: By an experienced Polish lady. Call Barbara (609) 273-4226. Weekly or biweekly. Honest & reliable. References available.

FOR RENT IN PRINCETON: Quiet, bright, 1st floor, 2 BR apartment, w/walk-out 2 room basement for multiple uses. W/D, private patio overlooking park, walk to town, parking, no pets. $1,875/mo. + utilities. Available immediately. (609) 9244710. 12-12-3t EXPERIENCED ELDERLY CARE:

APARTMENT FOR RENT: Princeton IAS neighborhood. New, 1 bedroom, private. Walk, bike to campus, town, Dinky & IAS. $2,000/mo. (609) 558-9611.

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in beautiful historic building. Princeton address. Free parking. Conference room, kitchenette and receptionist included. Contact Liz: (609) 514-0514; ez@zuckfish.com

Patient, reliable, responsible. I’m available for shopping, errands, appointments & all phases of companion care. Experienced & excellent references. Call Elsa at (609) 8651349.

10-31-12t ROSA’S CLEANING SERVICE LLC: For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more. Has good English, own transportation. 25 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188. 12-05-4t CONTRERAS PAINTING: Interior, exterior, wallpaper removal, deck staining. 16 years experience. Fully insured, free estimates. Call (609) 954-4836; ronythepainter@ live.com

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Custom made pillows, cushions. Window treatments, slipcovers. Table linens and bedding. Fabrics and hardware.

CLEANING BY POLISH LADY: For houses and small offices. Flexible, reliable, local. Excellent references. Please call Yola (609) 558-9393.

Fran Fox (609) 577-6654 windhamstitches.com

04-25-19 MUSIC LESSONS: Voice, piano, guitar, drums, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, saxophone, banjo, mandolin, uke & more. One-on-one. $32/ half hour. Ongoing music camps. CALL TODAY! FARRINGTON’S MUSIC, Montgomery (609) 9248282; West Windsor (609) 897-0032, www.farringtonsmusic.com

You’re invited to join us for answers to this and other real estate questions. Saturday, December 15th at 11:00AM Weichert Princeton Office 350 Nassau Street RSVP: PrincetonMarketSeminar.com

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Painting for interior & exterior, framing, dry wall, spackle, trims, doors, windows, floors, tiles & more. 20 years experience. Call (609) 305-7822.

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HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST: Interior/exterior repairs, carpentry, trim, rotted wood, power washing, painting, deck work, sheet rock/ spackle, gutter & roofing repairs. Punch list is my specialty. 40 years experience. Licensed & insured. Call Creative Woodcraft (609) 586-2130 07-04-19 JOES LANDSCAPING INC. OF PRINCETON Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs Commercial/Residential Over 30 Years of Experience •Fully Insured •Free Consultations Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ gmail.com Text (only) (609) 638-6846 Office (609) 216-7936 Princeton References •Green Company HIC #13VH07549500 05-16-19 BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, cameras, silver, costume & fine jewelry. Guitars & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 306-0613. 12-31-18 ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE: I will clean out attics, basements, garages & houses. Single items to entire estates. No job too big or small. In business over 35 years, serving all of Mercer County. Call (609) 306-0613. 12-31-18

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Taking care of Princeton’s trees

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STOCKTON REAL ESTATE… A Princeton Tradition Experience ✦ Honesty ✦ Integrity 32 Chambers Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 (800) 763-1416 ✦ (609) 924-1416

OPERA TICKETS: The Magic Flute, Lincoln Center, NYC, January 1, 2019, 3:30 p.m. Seats: GR TIER row C 102 & 104. $175 each. (609) 454-3734. 12-12-3t BERNINA AURORA 430 sewing machine for sale. Like new. Call (609) 227-9974. 12-12 ANTIQUE CAR FOR SALE: 1955 Thunderbird, red with red & white interior. Standard transmission, 3-speed transmission, 2 tops. $32,500 or B.O. (609) 647-0041. 12-12-3t MÄRKLIN Z-GAUGE ENTHUSIASTS: 3 terrific Christmas presents! 1. Beautiful Christmas Starter Set, with locomotive & car. Complete in its own box. Battery powered. 2. Complete Faller Z-Gauge Mountain Railroad. Figure-Eight. Battery powered. 3. 2 Brand-new Germanmade acrylic Z-Gauge vitrines. Each 23”. Never used. Make me an offer. (609) 250-7088. 11-28-3t 2004 CHEVY TRAILBLAZER FOR SALE. Loaded, 4-wheel drive. $3,250. (609) 647-0041. 12-12-2t OFFICE SPACE on Witherspoon Street: Approximately 950 square feet of private office suite. Suite has 4 offices. Located across from Princeton municipal building. $1,700/ month rent. Utilities included. Email recruitingwr@gmail.com 11-21-4t

Stockton Real Estate, LLC And Associates are grateful for your continued loyalty. We wish to express our warmest appreciation and extend our best wishes for a very happy holiday season and for the year 2019. www.stockton-realtor.com

Warmest Wishes for a Joyful Holiday Season 2019 will bring new hopes and opportunities. Could one of these homes in Princeton be in your future? Downtown or the edge of town - two bedroom or five bedroom - there is a home for everyone in our beautiful community.

Located in the heart of downtown Princeton in an enclave of seven exciting green sensitive homes designed by J. Robert Hillier, this stunning four story home with elevator, two car parking and private yard offers contemporary living at its best. $965,000

An immediate surrounding of trees offers effortless beauty and privacy for this brick-front Princeton Ridge home with a walk-out, finished basement. Hardwood floors, tall windows, a bevy of French doors and 5 comfy bedrooms... all the elements of a forever home! $1,498,000

“Real estate has been the perfect profession for me, a lifelong Princetonian with a love of architecture and people. As a broker associate for over 30 years, I have guided sellers and buyers in Princeton and the surrounding communities through the ups and downs of the real estate market. Educating and supporting my clients - past, present, and future - are my primary goals. Real estate is my passion and every day brings new relationships and opportunities.” — Barbara

Barbara Blackwell Broker Associate 4 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08542

(609) 921-1050 Office (609) 915-5000 Cell bblackwell@callawayhenderson.com For more information about properties, the market in general, or your home in particular, please give me a call. Each Office Is Independently Owned And Operated. Subject To Errors, Omissions, Prior Sale Or Withdrawal Without Notice.

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BLACKMAN

LANDSCAPING FRESH IDEAS

Innovative Planting, Bird-friendly Designs Stone Walls and Terraces FREE CONSULTATION

PRINCETON, NJ

609-683-4013

The ideal candidate will: • Establish new and grow key accounts and maximize opportunities for each publication, all websites, and all digital products. • Collaborate with the sales and management team to develop growth opportunities. • Prepare strategic sales communications and presentations for both print and digital. • Develop industry-based knowledge and understanding, including circulation, audience, readership, and more. • Prepare detailed sales reports for tracking current customers’ activity and maintain pipeline activity using our custom CRM system.

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Highest Quality Seamless Gutters. Serving the Princeton area for 25 years Experience and Quality Seamless Gutters Installed

3 Gutter Protection Devices that Work! Free estimates! All work guaranteed in writing!

Easy repeat gutter cleaning service offered without pushy sales or cleaning minimums!

609-921-2299

Positions are full- and part-time and based out of our Kingston, N.J. office. Track record of developing 11/9/18 strategies 1:42 PM successful sales and knowledge of print and digital media is a plus. Compensation is negotiable based on experience. Fantastic benefits and a great work environment. Please submit cover letter and resume to: lynn.smith@witherspoonmediagroup.com melissa.bilyeu@witherspoonmediagroup.com

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PRINCETON $2,395,000 Exquisite home designed by architect Bill Feinman and built by Princeton Design Guild on a beautiful wooded Littlebrook lot. The home has every possible upgrade and convenience, including handcrafted cabinetry, built-ins, and moulding throughout. The finished basement has a wet bar, bathroom, craft room, office space, music room and storage. Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)

NEW PRICE

PRINCETON LANDING

PENNINGTON $799,500 This Beautiful President`s Hill home features a 2-story grand entrance & family room, hdwd floors throughout 1st floor, finished basement, and organic veg garden are just some compliments of this amazing home.

PLAINSBORO $436,000 Immaculately maintained home in Princeton Landing. Renovated kitchen and bathrooms. Hdwd floors on 1st floor and a finished basement. This home offers an abundance of natural light.

Yuen L. “Ivy” Huang 609-933-9988 (cell)

Vanessa Reina 609-352-3912 (cell)

CLASSIC COLONIAL

NEW PRICE

PRINCETON $985,000 Charming, updated, center hall Colonial welcomes you with professional, mature landscaping. Fully updated gourmet EIK with granite countertops and custom cabinetry. Large back yard with bluestone patio.

PRINCETON $795,000 Experience a beautiful retreat combined with the joy of Princeton living! Completely renovated home in the Littlebrook area. Renovations include new roof, new bathrooms, updated kitchen and much more!

Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)

Princeton Office | 609-921-1900

R E A L T O R S

COLDWELL BANKER INSTITUTE AREA

PRISTINE

RIVERSEDGE

Princeton | 4 / 3.5 | $1,950,000 25 Haslet Avenue

Montgomery Twp | 5 / 4.5 | $1,080,000 25 Woodland Drive

Montgomery Twp | 4 / 2.5 | $799,900 97 Southfield Drive

Deanna Anderson Search 1002121120 on CBHomes.com

Elizabeth Zuckerman / Stephanie Will Search 3482584 on CBHomes.com

Ziqi “Lynn” Li Search NJSO100022 on CBHomes.com

SOPHISTICATION & STYLE

ROOM FOR ALL

NEWLY PRICED

Hopewell Twp | 4 / 4 | $775,000 75 Van Dyke Road

South Brunswick Twp | 5 / 4.5 | $699,000 108 Beekman Road

Monroe Twp | 3 / 3 | $519,900 164 Diamond Spring Drive

William Chulamanis Search 1000406252 on CBHomes.com

Kathleen Miller Search NJMX100102 on CBHomes.com

Barbara Iskowitz Search 1006069122 on CBHomes.com

SERENE SETTING

IN-TOWN

PARK LIKE SETTING

Ewing Twp | 4 / 2/5 | $529,900 7 Anne Marie Drive

Lawrenceville | 5 / 2.5 | $459,900 3 Woodlane Road

Hamilton Twp | 4 / 1.5 | $325,000 191 Elton Avenue

Lynn Collins Search 1010010776 on CBHomes.com

Ziqi “Lynn” Li Search 1007537714 on CBHomes.com

Heidi A. Hartmann Search NJME100708 on CBHomes.com

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