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University Combats Anti-Muslim Rhetoric On Multiple Fronts Hate crimes against Muslims in the U.S. have risen in the wake of recent terrorist attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, and the anti-Muslim political rhetoric has persisted.

The nationwide conflict has reverberated in New Jersey, where Governor Chris Christie called on the state to turn away Syrian refugees, including children, and a Rutgers-Eagleton poll early this month said that 45 percent of New Jersey residents do not want New Jersey open to refugees from Syria. Princeton University has not been immune to concerns about Islamophobia and offensive political rhetoric.

An editorial written by the campus organization Muslim Advocates for Social Justice and Individual Dignity (MASJID) in last week’s Daily Princetonian pointed out “xenophobic immigration policies, opportunity barriers, and numerous hate crimes” and called for “the university administration, faculty and students to recognize that we too are affected by the hate, violence, and mistrust being perpetrated toward Muslims and other marginalized communities across the United States.”

The editorial referred to the traditional American values of religious freedom and tolerance and to progress in the cause of civil rights and diversity in this country over the past century, but went on to decry that these “landmark ideals have been shockingly and discouragingly undermined in recent months and years by the Islamophobic rhetoric of the very people we expect to defend these ideals: potential elected officials.”

Many other student groups signed on to the editorial, in solidarity with the MASJID students.

The concerns of MASJID were echoed last week across campus at the Princeton Theological Seminary, where students wrote a petition opposing anti-Muslim rhetoric (and specifically criticizing a call

by Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. to allow arms on his campus in response to terrorist acts). Meanwhile, Princeton Theological Seminary President Craig Barnes joined more than 1600 seminary faculty and leaders throughout the country in issuing “An Appeal to Christians in the United States.”

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

Senate Committee Calls for a Stay on IAS Project

The State Senate Environment and Energy Committee at a hearing in the State House in Trenton yesterday listened to more than two hours of testimony from the Princeton Battlefield Society and its allies, and proceeded to call for the Department of Environmental Protection to issue a stay, pending a meeting with the committee, on all activity at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) proposed building site, “to prevent irreparable harm to the historic site where the Battle of Princeton occurred as well as damage to the existing wetlands.”

Neither the IAS nor the DEP was represented at the hearing.

The IAS project, construction of eight townhouses and seven single-family houses for Institute faculty on a parcel of approximately seven acres, has moved forward in the ground clearing process and many truckloads of sand have been delivered to the property, but no construction has yet commenced.

More than an hour of testimony by Bruce Afran, lawyer for the Princeton Battlefield Society, and evidence from hydrologist Amy Greene, who has identified wetlands on the property, along with commentary from the Civil War Trust and local residents,

convinced the committee that “there are significant issues concerning the proper identification of wetlands at the site where the Institute proposes to build housing.”

Senator Christopher “Kip” Bateman (R16), who first urged the convening of the hearing, Linda Greenstein (D-14) and Bob Smith (D-17), who chairs the committee, all signed the official letter to DEP Commissioner Bob Martin. Mr. Bateman described the testimony as “eye-opening … providing clear and indisputable evidence supporting our fight to protect this hallowed

ground. We simply cannot allow construction crews to bulldoze 238 years of history and irreversibly decimate the surrounding wetlands.”

The DEP originally approved the IAS building plan, but, Mr. Afran, supported by Ms. Greene’s report, called for the DEP to reconsider their approval in the light of evidence of wetlands at the building site.

The Senate committee also wants a reconsideration and answers from the DEP before the IAS project continues.

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Quinn to Run for a Seat on Council, Miller Won’t Run for Council President Tim Quinn, a former president of Princeton Public Schools and the director of communications for Princeton Public Library, announced last week that he will seek a seat on Princeton Council in the next election.

Bernie Miller, a Council member who has served as the governing body’s president for the past three years, said Monday that he will not stand for re-election to that position in 2016 but will continue his term on Council.

Mr. Quinn, a Democrat, currently serves

as an alternate on the town’s Planning Board.

In making his announcement last week, he said, “I want to help build a stronger, more inclusive and sustainable Princeton, where difference is celebrated and where all share in an abundance of municipal services and opportunities. In this stronger Princeton, newcomers will be embraced, and those, like me, who have lived here for a long time can continue to enjoy all our town has to offer.”

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CHRISTMAS EVE AND CANDLELIGHT: An interactive candlelight service for children and families will take place at Princeton United Methodist Church at 4 p .m . on Christmas Eve . Tom Shelton will direct the children’s choir and Rev .

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A Princeton resident since 1990, Mr. Quinn was an editor at The Trenton Times for 15 years before taking a job with the Princeton Public Library, where he has worked since 2000. He was part of a team that helped raise private funding for the library when it was renovated and rebuilt, and has helped increase visibility of the institution in the community.

“I love my job at the library, and it has given me an opportunity to meet people of all different and diverse groups, from our wealthier donors to people who rely on the library for essential services they might not be able to afford,” he said this week. “So my understanding of the town has certainly been deepened and enriched, and my understanding of the history of the town has also been greatly enhanced by working at the library. Under Leslie’s [Burger] leadership, we’ve been able to accomplish a lot, building a sense of community that’s now reflected in the fact that there’s one Princeton where there used to be two.”

Mr. Miller said in a statement that he has decided not to seek re-election to the post of Council president because he believes the practice of not serving more than three years on Council should also apply to the position of president.

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“The Council president acts in an executive role only when the mayor is not available. I also believe that the opportunity to serve as Council president should be rotated amongst the members of Council in order of seniority, so that all members of Council may have the opportunity to serve as Council president.”

There are two three-year terms becoming available on Council. Incumbent Jenny Crumiller, who served on the former Borough Council for three years before being elected to the combined Council, where she is finishing her third year, has said she will seek another term.

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Holiday Trolley Tours: Princeton Tour Company offers one-hour tours of the town by historic trolley on Saturdays through December, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Also, Santa’s Helpers Tours for children. Visit princetontourcompany.com.

Nassau Street Entrance Closed: Through January 4, the Nassau Street entrance to the Princeton University campus for vehicles will be closed during the winter recess. The Nassau Street gate will still open electronically for vehicles exiting from inside campus.

The Faculty Road entrance for vehicles will be open 24 hours a day during this period. Individuals who have questions or who need special accommodations should contact the Department of Public Safety at (609) 258-1000.

Battlefield Walking Tours: On Wednesday, December 30 from 1:30-3:30 p.m., members of the Princeton Battlefield Society will lead a tour of the battlefield and the Clarke House. Meet in the park’s parking area. On Sunday, January 3 from 6:45 -9:30 a.m., experience a real-time tour of the Battle of Princeton as it actually happened on January 3, 1777. Visit www.theprincetonbattlefieldsociety.com.

Affordable Care Act Assistance: At Princeton Public Library on Saturday, January 9 at 11 a.m., an information and enrollment session will be held. Representatives from participating health insurance companies will also be available. The enrollment period ends January 31. A trained navigator will also be at the library on successive dates; call (800) 355-0271 to make an appointment.

Ask-a-Lawyer: At Princeton Public Library on January 13, from 7-8:30 p.m., free legal advice on immigration and other issues will be offered in the second floor conference room. For more information, call (609) 924-9529 ext. 220.

Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) is seeking candidates for its executive board, to be elected at the annual reorganization meeting January 31. Anyone interested should contact co-chairs Bernie Miller (bernardpaulmiller@gmail.com) or Scotia Macrae (swmacrae@yahoo.com) as soon as possible.

Communiversity Applications are now available for the April 17 event. Merchants, food vendors, nonprofits groups, artists, and performers can visit www. artscouncilofprinceton.org to download an application, or call (609) 924-8777.

First Baptist Church of Princeton in partnership with the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) invite members of the community to share a supper every Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Church, located at the corner of John Street and Paul Robeson Place. Meals can either be taken home or eaten at the Church.

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Jonathan Shenk doesn’t limit his client base to houses of worship. But churches, synagogues, and Quaker meetinghouses figure highly in the work done by Greenleaf Painters, the company he founded a decade ago.

Since Mr. Shenk is a former pastor and a self-described “missionary kid” whose parents were Mennonite mis-

sionaries, it makes sense.

The Princeton Junction resident, whose company is based in Lawrenceville, recently completed work on the exterior of Nassau Presbyterian Church, to which he and his family belong. In addition to residential projects, other local jobs have included the Jewish Center of Princeton and Princeton Baptist Church. The Ewing Presbyterian Church, which was considered uninhabitable and listed as one of Preservation New Jersey’s Ten Most Endangered Sites in New Jersey, is another client, as is the Friends Meetinghouse in Trenton.

TOPICS Of the Town As the son of missionaries, Mr. Shenk was born in Somalia and spent much of his childhood in Kenya. “I climbed a lot of trees with my friends there, which might have prepared me for climbing up on ladders to paint,” he said last week while pointing out work he and his crew completed at Nassau Presbyterian Church.

“But I don’t climb up that high anymore,” he added, with a chuckle.

Mr. Shenk has up to 20 employees during the busy summer season. The unseasonably balmy weather has kept the company busier than they usually are this time of year. Mr. Shenk took some time from his schedule this past week to talk about how he made the transition from pastor to painter.

“After college, I became a high school English teacher in New York City,” he recounted. “Then, after being faced with some of the challenges of being in the city, I realized I wanted to revisit my faith. So I went to Union Theological Seminary and became a Presbyterian minister.”

Mr. Shenk and his wife, who is a writer, moved to Princeton Junction after the birth of their son — now a Rutgers University freshman — to be closer to their families. He became the associate pastor of Dutch Neck Presbyterian Church, remaining in the post for six years.

“I got restless,” he said. “I think I wanted to do more physical, tangible stuff. The results of church work can be gratifying, but they are less tangible. And all of

my experience had been in people work up to that time.

It was hard for me to connect with people who were in business and the trades.

And I wanted to learn to do that. It was like learning a new language.”

Having done some painting during high school and college summer vacations, Mr. Shenk looked for a painting crew to join. But it was the off-season, and no one was hiring.

My wife said to me, ‘Why don’t you start your own crew? ’ And that’s what I did,” he said. “My first customers were former parishioners from the church I was leaving.”

Mr. S h e n k na m e d h is new company Holy Roller Painting, but changed it after a few years. “People would invite me to bible study,” he recalled. “They assumed we had a religious affiliation.”

The name was changed to Greenleaf to reflect their commitment to the environment. “I like the image — it’s fresh and new and alive,” he said of the name and logo.

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WALLS AND WINDOWS: Repainting the exterior and reglazing windows at Nassau Presbyterian Church was a recent project for Greenleaf Painters, which counts many houses of worship among its client base. Former pastor Jonathan Shenk started the company a decade ago.

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ing the exterior of the sides and the rear of the building, and a lot of window reglazing. For The Jewish Center of Princeton, they repapered the main lobbies and set up a system for hanging artworks.

For the Princeton Baptist Church, exterior painting and the painting and repair of the steeple were completed in 2012, in preparation for the church’s 125th anniversary celebration last year.

Another significant project is the 1867 Ewing Presbyterian Church, which came close to being torn down because it was structurally unsound. Schulte Restorations has been leading the project, and Greenleaf has done repainting and plaster repairing of the interior.

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Rashika: “Usually my family gets together and we have another big Thanksgiving, so my sister does like another feast all over again for Christmas. Everything is vegan and organic so we have Tofurky and vegan mac and cheese and stuffing and everything. It’s so delicious and so healthy. Most of the ingredients come from Whole Foods Market or the Whole Earth Center right in town. I’m really looking forward to getting together with many different friends and family this Christmas.”

Divij: “It’s a lot of family time, but we usually just spend time watching holiday movies. It’s always A Christmas Story, Elf is a classic, and Jim Carrey’s Grinch is way better than the original version. We’ll just hang out watching movies on Christmas day and open some gifts.”

—(from left) Divij Pandya, Parsippany, and Rashika Satyarthi, Princeton

Will: “My favorite holiday food is a Buche de Noel. I just thought of a tradition — my whole life we have gone into Peterson’s Nursery at Christmas for wreaths and a Christmas tree, and they always give you a gingerbread cookie. I’ve done that every year.”

Skylar: “My favorite holiday tradition is picking out the Christmas tree. We got it from Peterson’s Nursery. My favorite food might be the homemade Bailey’s my family makes.”

—(from left) Skylar Bradley, Lawrenceville, and Will McGuirk, Princeton

Garden Club of Princeton Recognized by Town Council

Princeton Council recognized the century-long commitment of The Garden Club of Princeton, a member club of the Garden Club of America, to the care of historic All Wars Memorial Park, located at the corner of Mercer and Nassau Streets, by presenting the Council’s first service award to the Club on December 7.

Deborah Jordan, president of the club, accepted the award from Mayor Liz Lempert, who said, “We are indebted to The Garden Club of Princeton, a member club of the Garden Club of America, for all they do for the community, especially their recent work in revitalizing the landscaping at the All Wars Memorial. Council was happy to be able to recognize their contributions.”

In addition to regular maintenance and the planting of the front of the park with shrubs and annuals this fall behind the ceremonial bench, the Club replaced dead and dying plantings with native trees and shrubs while preserving viable plantings remaining from the last substantial renovation of the park in 1967. The work will continue in the spring, creating a beautiful and sustainable landscape space, relying upon the latest scholarship on the importance of incorporating native plant material in our landscapes.

Ms. Jordan thanked Lorraine Konopka, Town Arborist; Joanne Diez and Lily Krauss, Landscape Architects, and members of the Princeton Shade Tree Commission; the Delaware & Raritan Greenway Native Plant Nursery, John Mastroianni of Mastroianni Landscaping; Jeff Baumley of Baumley Nursery; Pepper DelTuro of Woodwinds Associates, Inc. and the park neighbors who all aided in the renovation.

Scott: “Traditions, spending time with the family during the holiday.

Traditional food.”

Tom: “Well, first of all, turkey at every holiday. I like eating turkey and taking a nap. This year my daughter and her family are here from California. It’s just nice to all be together for the holidays.”

Sue: “My favorite holiday tradition is going to Christmas Mass. This year we’re going to go to the mass on Christmas Eve at Saint Paul’s on Nassau Street.”

—(from left) Scott Calkins, San Diego; Tom Boyer, Princeton Junction; and Sue Boyer-Calkins, San Diego

Luke: “I would definitely have to say making the gingerbread house and then eating it. My family makes the gingerbread house together on Christmas Eve and then Christmas morning we eat it.”

Tess: “My favorite thing is to make these French potatoes with my mom. They’re layers of cheese and it all comes together and is so good. We do the baking Christmas Eve and serve it during the big brunch on Christmas morning. My favorite tradition would have to be running in and jumping on the beds to wake up my two older brothers on Christmas morning.”

—Luke Berlinghof, Lloyd Harbor, N.Y., and Tess McGuiness, West Trenton

Kyle: “One of my favorite traditions is just getting to see the whole family. On Christmas Eve we go over to my mother’s parents and have dinner and spend time, and then the next morning, we go to my dad’s parents’ house for brunch. We’re very lucky to have most of our cousins and aunts and uncles and of course both grandparents live so close. Christmas we have some nice steak and some crabs. It’s definitely a treat and something we look forward to each year.”

Kelly: “My favorite holiday traditions are hanging stockings on Christmas Eve and reading “‘twas the Night Before Christmas.”

Every Christmas we get a Yule Log for dessert, and it’s my favorite.”

—Kyle and Kelly Fischer, Titusville

In partnership with the community to “reduce our collective carbon footprint,” Princeton Public Schools (PPS) has formed a Green Team and embarked on an initiative to achieve certification from Sustainable Jersey for Schools.

Co-chaired by Superintendent Steve Cochrane and science supervisor Edward Cohen, the PPS Green Team of approximately 20 staff, administrators, parents, community, and board members will advise and support the district’s efforts

to study and adopt practices that integrate sustainability education into the curriculum, professional training, and use of resources.

Assisting PPS in these endeavors will be two grants announced last week to support the Energy Avengers project and to help implement energy curricula in grades K-12: a $10,000 Sustainable Jersey grant funded by the Gardinier Environmental Fund and a $5,000 Science Education Grant from the BASF Corporation.

The Sustainable Jersey grant will fund the purchase of energy tool kits to enable elementary and middle school science classes to collect real-time data about their energy use and consumption for problem-based activities.

The BASF grant contributes to professional development and also to the tool kits. ”Investment in local energy projects will help us make progress toward the goal of a more sustainable and resilient New Jersey,” declared Randall Solomon,co-director of Sustainable Jersey. “Congratulations to the forwardthinking school districts and municipalities that developed these projects.”

Mr. Cochrane stated that, as the Green Team moves forward, “I can’t wait to see students brainstorming solutions to combat global warming and curb emissions.”

In conjunction with the PPS strategic planning emphasis on wellness, a primary focus of the Green Team will be to ensure a safe and

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Princeton Schools’ Green Team Launches Sustainability Initiative

GREEN TEAM ON THEIR WAY: (L to R) Facilities Director Gary Weisman, Assistant Superintendent Bonnie Lehet, Athletics Director John Miranda, PPS parent Jennifer Jang, and Social Studies K-8 Supervisor Tim Charleston participate in the opening meeting of Princeton Schools’ program to achieve Sustainability Certification. healthy environment for students and to encourage them to become leaders in making their schools, communities, and planet healthier places in which to live and work.

“The Sustainable Princeton motto is ‘Change a Habit, Change the World,’” stated Mia Sacks, Sustainable Princeton’s liaison to the team, “and what better place to start than with the children in our schools.” The town of Princeton recently received silver status in the Sustainable Jersey certification process.

Princeton High School biology teacher Paula Jakowlew expressed enthusiasm for the collaboration between the Princeton community and the schools and optimism

for the Green Team’s success. “Parents and students should expect to see not only positive changes that will result in a more earth-friendly PPS,” she said, “but also a deeper connection to the environment that has sustained Princeton.”

Sustainable Jersey for Schools is a certification program for New Jersey public schools that provides tools, training, and financial incentives to support and reward schools as they pursue actions to promote sustainability.

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Brian Eugenio Herrera George Jean Nathan Award Goes to Lewis Center Prof

Brian Eugenio Herrera, assistant professor in the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater at Princeton University, has received the George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism for his book, Latin Numbers: Playing Latino in Twentieth-Century U.S. Popular Performance, which examines Latino representation and Latino artists in American theater and culture. The Nathan Committee took particular note of the analysis of the success and impact of the 1957 musical West Side Story.

The Nathan Award, administered by Cornell University’s Department of English, has been given annually since 1959 for “the best piece of drama criticism during the theatrical year.” Named for theater critic George Jean Nathan, the award realizes his “object and desire to encourage and assist in developing the art of drama criticism and the stimulation of intelligent playgoing.”

Awardees are selected by a majority vote of the heads of the English departments of Cornell, Princeton, and Yale universities. The award carries a $10,000 prize and is considered one of the most generous and distinguished in the American theater.

“I still can’t imagine my name among that august list of Nathan honorees,” said Mr. Herrera. “It’s humbling, really. But I am just so unapologetically proud that this year’s Nathan award recognizes a Latino writer writing about the long history of Latina/o performance in this country.”

Mr. Herrera joined the Princeton faculty in 2012.

His work examines the formation of gender, sexual, and racial identities in and through U.S. popular perfor mance and has been published in many journals, including Theatre Journal,

Modern Drama, The Journal of Dramatic Theory and Criticism, and TDR: The Drama Review. His scholarly work has also been recog n i zed by t he Ford Foundation, the Smithsonian Institute, and the John Randolph & Dora Haynes Foundation. He is currently at work on two other book projects: Starring Miss Virginia Calhoun and Casting: A History.

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Siroka Publishes Novel “My Life With Berti Spranger”

Eva Jana Siroka has published a new novel, My Life with Berti Spranger (Jorge Pinto Books, paper, $14.95). A sequel to Maddalena (2005), it centers on the discovery of a lost memoir.

“The memoir is fictionalized,” said Ms. Siroka, who has a PhD in art history from Princeton, “but is rooted in the culture of Rudolfine Prague and Spranger’s patron’s taste for exotica and erotica.” Spranger’s paintings were recently exhibited at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. “I had been carrying his paintings and drawings in my mind for decades. He is such a fascinating character, a court painter who served a cardinal, a pope, and two Holy Roman Emperors, that I knew he’d be a natural narrator for the sequel to Maddalena, given his privileged position at the Rudolfine court.”

According to Midwest Book Review, My Life with Berti Spranger “is one of those novels that will linger in the mind and memory long after it is finished and set back upon the shelf. Certain to be an enduringly popular addition to personal, community, and academic library Literary Fiction collections … enthusiastically recommended reading.”

A professional artist with works in Nor th America and Europe, Ms. Siroka is cur rently prepar ing t wo ex hibitions in Pr inceton and Toronto. Inspired by Spranger’s original drawings and period prints, she has illustrated the current book and designed its cover.

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IAS Project continued from page one

“We think that any activities on the Princeton Battlefield site should be held off until a discussion takes place between the battlefield people and the DEP to make sure they are in fact protecting the environment,” Mr. Smith stated.

Mr. Afran is cur rently working to reinstate a temporary restraining order to prevent construction while the appeals continue. Describing “a pattern of decept ion,” h e conte n d e d that, although the IAS has a wetlands permit, in obtaining that permit they fraudulently concealed the results of a 1990 survey. Princeton Planning Board approved the IAS site plan, according to Mr. Afran, without questioning the DEP approval.

With wetlands on the site, Mr. Afran explained, the IAS would have to apply for a waiver in order to pursue their building project, “and the DEP is vigorous in not giving such permits.”

Two prom inent voice s spoke out earlier this week in support of IAS, which, according to its December 9 statement, “has received all necessary approvals and permissions from the relevant agencies” and “has taken great care to address all reasonable concerns relative to preservation issues.”

Chad Goerner, who was Princeton Township mayor when the IAS project was approved, expressed his support of IAS and their building project in a letter in this week’s Mailbox on page 11, and James McPherson, Princeton University Pulitzer Prize-winning history professor emeritus, also weighed in on the side of the Institute.

In response to a question about the historical significance of the land in question, Mr. McPherson explained, “A small part of the American attack took place on the land on which the IAS intends to build, but the bulk of the fighting took place on land that is part of the Park and the 200-foot wide buffer zone between the Park and the IAS housing site. A few of the British troops retreated through IAS land, across the golf course, and through land that is now part of the seminary and the University, to Nassau Hall.”

Mr. McPherson, who consulted with IAS in the planning stages of the project, added “The compromise worked out between the IAS

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MORE BATTLEFIELD BATTLES: Princeton Battlefield Society lawyer Bruce Afran argues at Monday’s State Senate hearing that the Institute for Advanced Study must halt its faculty housing construction project on Battlefield land. and David Fischer [ Brandeis University Revolutionary War historian] and me, along with Rush Holt, would preserve 90 percent of the land where the fighting took place.”

Jim Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Trust, a non-profit organization dedicated to preservation of this country’s battlefields, told the Senate committee that the Trust has made two offers to buy the 22-acre Maxwell’s Field property for the appraised price of $3.3 million and then for a price of $4.5 million, but both offers have been turned down and the Institute has declined to meet with the Civil War Trust.

Mr. Lighthizer confirmed Mr. Afran’s description of the Princeton Battlefield as one of the most important historic sites in the country and the scene of the turning point in the American Revolution. Mr. Lighthizer stated that the Trust had saved 42,000 acres in the past 16 years and spent over a quarter of a billion dollars but that “no land that we have saved is more important than this. We want to save the land because it’s a part of our heritage.”

—Donald Gilpin

Police Blotter On December 11, at 10:49 a.m., a Woodside Lane resident reported that an unknown male telephoned her falsely identifying himself as a lawyer representing her son in Colorado arrested for DWI. The unknown male demanded a total of $3,948 to be wired via Western Union to get her son out of jail and cover vehicle damages (the victim’s son had not been arrested).

On December 12, at 10:24 p.m., a Trenton resident reported that on December 11 someone keyed her 2009 Dodge Journey while it was parked in a parking lot on the 200 block of Nassau Street.

On December 12, at 11:19 a.m., a Clearview Avenue resident reported that sometime after December 11 and 15, someone stole her Trek MT 200 bicycle valued at $350 from the south side bike rack at John Wither-

spoon School.

On December 13, at 1:48 a.m., a 35-year-old female from North Brunswick was arrested for DWI, subsequent to a traffic stop on Stockton Street at Library Place.

On December 14, at 9:17 a.m., an Erdman Avenue resident reported that approximately $1,000 was stolen from his PayPal account after hiring an online company “Windows Security” to secure his computer files.

O n D e c e m b e r 15, a t 10 : 42 a.m., a Mountain Avenue resident reported that sometime between December 1 and 15, someone spray painted graffiti on two large boulders and two trees inside Witherspoon Woods Municipal Park on Cherry Hill Road.

On December 16, at 2:14 a.m., a 25-year-old male from Princeton was charged with DWI, subsequent to a vehicle stop on Nassau Street.

On December 16, at 10:18 a.m., The Princeton Fire and Police Depar tments and Princeton First Aid Squad responded to Evergreen Circle for a reported house fire.

The resident extinguished the fire prior to the arrival of emergency personnel. A trace amount of smoke remained in the house. The fire was confined to the basement where Delaware Valley Plumbing and Heating of Trenton had installed a new outside spigot earlier the same morning. Approximately 20 minutes after the work was completed, the homeowner observed flames and smoke coming from the same area and quickly extinguished it using a garden hose and water. The homeowner was uninjured and minor damage was reported in the basement area.

On December 16, at 4:34 p.m., a Hillsborough resident reported his pickup truck was scratched with a key-like object while parked at Princeton Professional Park on Ewing Street.

Unless otherwise noted, individuals arrested were later released.

Trans-Pacific Partnership, Other Trade Treaties Represent Threat to Our Democratic Way of Life

To the Editor: On December 7 the World Trade Organization (WTO) ruled against the U.S. in a challenge from Mexico and Canada regarding our Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) law. This challenge was made possible through the terms of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

The ruling specified that the U.S. faces one billion dollars in trade sanctions annually until it repeals or significantly weakens COOL. COOL is a consumer protection law that informs us where the beef and pork we eat are born, raised, and slaughtered.

The ruling forces us to either abandon this consumer protection or face exorbitant trade sanctions.

It is of great significance that the WTO arbitration tribunals are heavily weighted to favor corporations. Tribunal judges and lawyers come from a corporate background.

Mexico and Canada were representing their meat industries in this suit. Large scale U.S. ranchers also want to see the repeal of COOL. The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is the most current so called “free trade” agreement looming in our very near future. The TPP would strengthen these arbitration panels by elevating corporations to nationhood status, allowing them to directly sue a signatory government. Challenges would be made on the basis that a law, policy or regulation is a “barrier to trade” causing “potential loss of profit.”

This, despite the fact that President Obama insists trade treaties will not change U.S. law.

It is vitally important that Americans educate themselves to the fact that the TPP and other upcoming trade treaties represent a threat to our democratic way of life.

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Battlefield Society’s Memory of the Battle Is “Seriously Flawed or Intentionally Misleading”

Dear Editor: The Princeton Battlefield Society and some of our local state legislators have a seemingly noble desire to preserve history, yet their historical memory of the Battle of Princeton and the Institute for Advanced Study’s (IAS) faculty housing project are either seriously flawed or intentionally misleading. As the former mayor of Princeton Township when the IAS’s project was approved unanimously by the regional planning board, I felt compelled to shed some historical light on this matter.

First, the IAS has made a concerted effort since the early 1970s to preserve and encourage understanding of the Battle of Princeton. In 1973, IAS conveyed 32 acres to the State of New Jersey increasing the Battlefield Park by 60 percent. In recent years, the IAS has agreed to open their land to the public (as part of the faculty housing project) to allow for interpretative tours to increase the understanding of the Battle of Princeton. This additional public-access open space did not exist previously and presents us with a unique opportunity to further enhance the public’s understanding of the battle.

Second, it is important to understand the Battle of Princeton — not just that it was an important battle in our

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It Costs a Lot to Build a Dangerous Road: Thoughts on Reconstruction of the S Bend

To the Editor: In 2011, West Windsor reconstructed the S bend of Alexander road near the boundary line with Princeton, after a lawsuit involving the fatality of a teenage girl. Attempt was made to reduce the sharp curvature and to properly bank the curves. The road was designed, built, accepted, and paid for by West Windsor, with a $190,000 grant from the state. The total cost of the project was roughly $938,000; including $61,000 for design and $43,000 for construction management and inspection by a hired consultant.

Being a civil engineer, it was apparent the first time I drove on the new road, that it was constructed incorrectly, with numerous defects, but most importantly, the road was banked in the wrong direction. The last bend to the right before reaching the canal, is sloped downward toward the outside of the turn, contrary to proper road design. This has a tendency to throw cars toward the outside of the turn, across the center line into the path of oncoming traffic, especially in wet or slippery conditions. In my opinion, the road, as constructed, is now more dangerous than before construction, and there is little doubt that another accident will occur.

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officials to discuss the dangerous conditions. The officials dismissed the conditions as minor, and refused to meet on site. The mayor acknowledged that his son had an accident on the road, yet stated that there is no more money to fix the road.

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New Jersey DOT officials lay the responsibility for proper construction on the Township, and refuse to meet on site.

Typically, an independent surveyor prepares as-built (record) drawings showing how the road was actually built to verify compliance with the design plans. The Township officials made recommendation to the Council for final payment to the contractor a month and half prior to even having the as-built drawings in their possession. The asbuilt drawings, which show discrepancies, were prepared by a surveyor hired by the contractor.

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[Fischer, Washington’s Crossing] This only makes it quite clear that the land from the Clarke House all the way to and including Nassau Hall was the ‘Battlefield.’ The Princeton Battlefield Society and some of our local legislators would best serve our community and our nation by working with the IAS and helping our nation better understand the battle through interpretive tours, signage, and educational events — along the entire route of the battle.

The IAS has received full local and state approvals for the faculty housing it critically needs on land that it owns.

It has also clearly stated its intentions to collaborate with the community, state, and other stakeholders to further enhance our nation’s understanding of the Battle of Princeton. Let’s take advantage of this opportunity and move forward with a more robust educational and tour program on the Battle of Princeton to make sure that its importance is preserved for future generations.

CHAD GOErNEr Former Township Mayor

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The Anne Reid ’72 Gallery at Princeton Day School presents “Syn°Chro°Nous,” which includes the work of more than 200 Lower School students in grades Pre-K through 4. “Syn°Chro°Nous” will be on view from January 11 through January 30. An opening reception will take

for the families of the artists in grades Pre-K through 2.

The reception for families of artists in grades 3 and 4 will be held on Thursday, January 14 from 8:15 to 9:15 a.m. All of the receptions are free and open to the public.

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to teaching in the Lower School benefits our students by reaching across many disciplines. “ The exhibit is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday when school is in session and by appointment on weekends.

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BY DAWN’S EARLY LIGHT: Princeton University’s upcoming exhibition, “By Dawn’s Early Light: Jewish Contributions to American Culture from the Nation’s Founding to the Civil War,” consists of more than 160 books, maps, manuscripts, prints, and paintings, including some of the earliest novels, plays, scientific treatises, and religious works produced by Jews in the United States. The exhibition is based on the loans and gifts to Princeton University from Leonard L. Milberg, Class of 1953, as well as loans from museums, libraries, synagogues, and private collections. The exhibit will open on Saturday, February 23 and be on view through June 12. Pictured above is a work by American-born Thomas Sully, “Rebecca Gratz, 1831,” an oil on panel from The Rosenbach Museum and Library in Philadelphia.

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MAINE VILLAGES AND ROADSIDES: “Linden Frederick: Roadside Tales” will be on view at the Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pa. through March 2016. “Sea Street,” an oil on linen, is pictured above. Frederick’s paintings capture the meditative quiet of Northern New England. His works have been compared to those of Edward Hopper. To learn more, visit http://www. michenerartmuseum.org.

Curated by Lisa Tremper Hanover, “Linden Frederick: Roadside Tales” will be on view at the Michener Museum in Doylestown, Pa. through March 2016. Framed by expansive and expressive skies, Frederick’s paintings of homes, trailer parks, rural roadsides, and motels capture an intense quality of solitude reminiscent of the work of Edward Hopper.

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Artworks, Everett Alley (Stockton Street), Trenton, has “10 x 10” Red Dot E xhibition, “Trenton Blacksmith” photographs by C.J. Harper, and “Chaos and Calm — Ruee Gawarikar” through J a n u a r y 23. w w w.a r t workstrenton.com.

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The Jane Voorhees Z i m m erl i A r t M use um, 71 Hamilton Street, on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, has “ D o n k e y - d o n ke y, Pe tunia, and Other Pals : Drawings by Roger Duvoisin” through June 26, 2016. bit.ly/ZAMMatM. Millstone River Gall e r y , M e r w i c k , 10 0 Pla i n sb oro Ro ad, h as “The Oxen of Hopewell,” photog raphy by A llen Jones, through January 22. (732) 422-3676.

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The Princeton University Art Museum has “Cezanne and the Modern: Masterpieces of European Art from the Pearlman Collection” through January 3. “Sacred Caves of the Silk Road: Ways of Knowing and Re-Creating Dunhuang” is exhibited through January 10.“ P r i n c e to n’s G r e at Persian Book of Kings” is on view through January 24. (609) 258-3788.

The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra Presents Handel’s Oratorio “Messiah”

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here might be as many ways to perform Handel’s oratorio Messiah as there are to cook a holiday turkey — how many “sides” and “dressings” there are to the performance is at the discretion of the conductor from a myriad of choices in historical versions, soloists, phrasing, tempi, and ornamentation. December Messiah performances in Princeton are usually the domain of local choruses, but last weekend conductor Jacques Lacombe brought the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra NJSO) to Richardson Auditorium for a presentation of Handel’s immortal choral/orchestral work.

It was clear from the outset of the performance that Mr. Lacombe was very familiar with the work, exploring unique ideas in instrumentation and selection of arias. For Friday night’s concert, Mr. Lacombe looked back to the 1743 London performances of the piece, with an orchestra resembling Handel’s original ensemble. The New Jersey Symphony Orchestra onstage included chambersized contingents of strings, as well as a pair of trumpets and oboes, a single bassoon, timpani, and both harpsichord and portative organ. Conducting without a baton, Mr. Lacombe began the opening “Overture” with decisive double-dotted rhythms, yet found grace and elegance with small sweeps in the lean string playing.

Choice of vocal soloists makes a huge difference in Messiah performances — the numerous arias and recitatives in the different versions of the work call for a wide range of styles and performance effects.

The NJSO was joined on Friday night by four vocal soloists who clearly took operatic approaches to the 18th-century music. Tenor William Burden had the first task of setting the stage to “prepare ye the way of the Lord,” which he sang with comforting vocal color. Mr. Burden showed no trouble with the vocal runs which are characteristic of this music and easily changed to a more plaintive musical style in the key arias leading up to the oratorio’s climactic moments.

One of the key decisions to be made in presenting this work is which arias to program from among the different versions performed during Handel’s lifetime. Handel originally composed arias for mezzosoprano or bass, and later rescored them for castrato Gaetano Guadagni on his arrival in London in the late 1740s. For

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Music and Theater

A VERY LOYAL CUSTOMER: On Friday, December 18, a group of Starbucks employees performed a concert of festive carols and sing-alongs for one of their most loyal customers, Don Koppinger, and his fellow residents at Memory Care Living in Princeton Junction. A longtime Princeton resident, Koppinger has been going to Starbucks every day for his morning coffee for many years. Pictured (from left) are: Katherine Mooney, Ivett Heffentrager, Mary Bechler, Rafael Sharon, Cheryl Mooney, Lisa Ullmann, Don Brash, and honoree Don Koppinger.

NJ Capital Philharmonic e x c i t i n g , f a m i l i a r, a n d happy music, which is just Rings In the New Year

NJ Capital Philharmonic will ring in 2016 with the a n n u a l N e w Ye a r’s E v e c on c e r t at t h e Wa r M e m or i a l Pat r i ot s T h e ate r in Trenton on December 31 at 8 p.m. The evening’s festiv ities w ill be broadc a s t l i ve a n d h o s te d by r a d i o p e r s on a l it y D av i d Osenberg on W WFM. Music Director and Conductor Daniel Spaldi n g s t ate s, “ T h i s y e a r’s program again focuses entirely on the many fine m u s icia n s who m a ke up the orchestra. It’s full of

while it translated wonderfully to the big screen with a cast that included Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts, I think the stage version is even better,” he said.

T i c k e t s a r e $ 18 f o r a d u l t s , $16 f o r s e n i o r citizens, and $14 for students and children. Free parking is available next to the theater. Tickets may b e p u r c h a s e d o n l i n e at w w w.kelseytheatre.net or by calling the Kelsey box Family Drama “August: office at (609) 570-3333.

Osage County” at MCCC ——— Kelsey Theatre at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) kicks off the new Think Global year with a serious family Buy Local drama that finds humor in even the most fraught moments. PinnWorth Produc- McCarter Presents August tions presents Tracy Letts’ Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson” Pulitzer Prize-winning play A struggle between a famAugust: Osage County on ily’s enduring legacy and its Fridays, January 8 and 15 chance for a brighter future at 8 p.m.; Saturdays, Janu- takes center stage in August ary 9 and 16 at 8 p.m.; and Wilson’s The Piano Lesson, Sundays, January 10 and running January 8 through 17 at 2 p.m.

February 7 at McCarter TheThe Westons are, simply atre. put, a dysfunctional famWinner of the 1990 Puily: parents who have given litzer Prize for Drama and up on each other, siblings Drama Desk Award for Outw it h long sim mer ing re - standing New Play, The Pis ent ment s, and a whole ano Lesson is set in 1930s range of com munication Pittsburgh, revolving around problems with just about the Charles family and the a nyon e r e l ate d to t h e i r fate of an ancient piano covclan. ered in carvings. To reclaim “ I t ’s o n e p a r t A ll i n his family’s legacy, Boy the Family and one par t Willie (Marcus Callender) Medea [the ancient Greek wishes to sell their priceless tragedy],” said PinnWorth heirloom, but will his sister Productions’ Lou J. Stal- Berniece (Miriam A. Hyman) sworth, the show’s produc- and the ghosts of their past er and director. “I’ve been stand in his way? fortunate to cast some of The cast includes Tony Central Jersey’s best tal- Award-winner Cleavant Derent as the Weston family ricks (Dreamgirls) as Wining — a group of women who Boy; Tony Award-nominee puts the fun into dysfunc- John Earl Jelks (August Wiltional.” son’s Radio Golf) as Doaker; T h e c a s t s t a r s S a r i Marcus Callender (Straight R u s k i n , L a u r i e H a r d y, Outta Compton) as Boy WilSally Page, and Kyla Marie lie; David Pegram (BroadMostello Donnelly. way’s War Horse) as Lymon; According to Stalsworth, Shannon Janee A ntalan the script won the 2008 (Broadway’s Caroline, Or Pulitzer Prize for good rea- Change) as Grace; Owiso son. “It has the best dia- Odera (The Roundabout’s logue since Who’s Afraid Overwhelming) as Avery; of Vir g inia Wolf. W i t h and Miriam A. Hyman as equal parts deep anger and Berniece. Rounding out the s h o ck i n g blu nt n e s s, it’s cast as Maretha is Frances laughable dark humor. And Brown, an eleven-year-old Plainsboro native making her McCarter debut.

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The appeal from Christian clergy expressed “a growing alarm that our country is entering a very dangerous period in which some political leaders and some media are directly challenging our most fundamental Christian convictions.” It urged Christians to “resist stereotypes and pledge to work for laws and practices that honor the dignity of all people.”

Advocating a Christian response to refugees from Syria and elsewhere, the appeal claimed that “because of fear our politicians and too many in the media try to win our votes for themselves or their candidates by demonizing the refugee and immigrant” and warned not to “ignore the rich biblical injunctions to welcome the stranger.”

Director of the Muslim Life Program at Princeton, Chaplain Sohaib N. Sultan, stated that “students feel very safe and secure on campus and they feel that they can openly talk.” Elsewhere the situation is more problematic, he admitted. “The national dialogue and the environment that has been created, especially in California, affects deeply the psyche of Muslims and their sense of belonging and their sense of safety,” he said.

Mr. Sultan, who is also advisor to the Muslim Student Association, announced an initiative that the Muslim Life Program will be taking “to build bridges of understanding” and give the community an opportunity to learn more about the Muslim religion. January will be

Open Jummah Month, with an invitation to students and community members to join in a weekly worship gathering on Fridays from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at Princeton University’s Green Hall on Washington Road and William Street.

Also eager to build bridges, Farah Amjad, a senior at Princeton and founding member of MASJID, is working as part of a religiously diverse campus coalition to get visibility and support for the Syrian refugees. “There’s a great lack of knowledge about the situation and a lot of fear and suspicion,” she said, but she hopes to raise awareness on campus concerning the plight of refugees and the dangers of Islamophobia.

“T he ref ugee cr isis is bringing together groups that don’t get along on other issues,” Ms. Amjad said.

MASJID held an Eid banquet in September, and, recently, in collaboration with the Center for Jewish Life and other campus programs, hosted a benefit concert to raise money for refugees.

Having spent the summer of 2014 before her junior year in Jordan working with Syrian refugees on a project supported by a $10,000 g rant f rom Projects for Peace, the Princeton history major spoke from experience about the refugee crisis.

Ms. Amjad and her Princeton classmate Wardah Bari created their 2014 project, “Voices of the Future: Fostering Peace Between Refugee and Native Communities in Jordan,” to provide community outreach to Syrian

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“A big portion of our project was engaging the Jordanian community with the Syrian refugee population,” Ms. Bari explained.

“A lot of the work we did,” Ms. A mjad added, “was about community organizing. We weren’t just going in to work for an NGO; it was about bringing people together.”

Working with the children towards psychological rehabilitation and education, Ms. Bari and Ms. Amjad focused on general education, art, dialogue, and leadership.

“Since they were kids,” Ms. Amjad said, “We wanted to give them a space where they could let go of themselves and have fun while at the same time receive an education.”

Ms. Bari worked with the U.S. State Department Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration last summer and is writing her senior thesis on refugees and the responsibility of the international community.

Agreeing with Ms. Amjad and the Christian community on the need for greater understanding in this country, Ms. Bari stated, “People need education and understanding of histor y. The United States needs to reflect on what its values are.

As a country built on immigrants and tolerance, we have a responsibility.”

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“This is a big problem that’s not going away any time soon,” Ms. Bari said, adding that “those attitudes do exist on this campus, but more implicitly than overtly.”

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2 Princeton Faculty Members Awarded Humanities Grants

On December 14 it was announced that two Princeton University faculty members have been awarded grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH).

Margot Canaday was given $50,400, while Michael Wachtel was awarded $42,000. Ms. Canaday’s project is “LG BT Workers in the Shadow of Civil Rights, 1945-2000,” and is described as a book-length study on the employment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transsexual people in the U.S.’s late 20th-century work force.

Mr. Wachtel’s grant funds

A Biography of Viacheslav Ivanov (1866-1949), Russian Poet and Intellectual and is described as a biography of the influential Russian poet and intellectual, Viacheslav Ivanov (18661949).

The grants are part of the $21.8 million the NEH has awarded to 295 humanities projects in 46 states and the District of Columbia. New Jersey received a total of $264,437. Included are new grants to digitize historical materials held by individuals, give a second life to important out-of-print humanities books, and support public programs on pressing contemporary challenges.

These new NEH grants support vital research, education, and public programs in the humanities, including pioneering chemical testing procedures to safeguard fragile historical materials displayed in museums and the production of a documentary film on the Warsaw Ghetto’s secret archive that preserved 30,000 pages of

diaries, letters, and records documenting the Jew ish community during the Holocaust. This round of funding also marks the first grant awards made under three new NEH grant programs: Common Heritage, Humanities in the Public Square, and Humanities Open Book.

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Calendar Wednesday, December 23 7:30 p.m.: Performance of A Christmas Carol at McCarter Theatre (through December 27).

Thursday, December 24 11 a.m.: Santa arrives at Princeton Airport. Bring an unwrapped gift with a child’s name clearly printed and Santa will distribute it when he arrives at Princeton Airport (Route 206). Participants are also asked to bring an unwrapped gift of clothing, books or toys to be distributed through Mercer County Board of Social Services.

4 p.m.: Family Christmas Service at Princeton United Methodist Church, located at the corner of Nassau and Vandeventer Streets.

5:15 p.m.: Christmas Eve Caroling in Palmer Square including a special appearance

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7 p.m.: A Service of Lessons and Carols at Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church, 124 Witherspoon Street, Princeton.

Friday, December 25 Christmas Day 1 p.m.: Historical re-enactment of George Washington’s 1776 crossing of the Delaware River. Free to attend; Washington Crossing Historic Park, Route 32, Washington Crossing, Pa. Saturday, December 26 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Holiday Open House at Mountain Lakes House in Princeton’s Mountain Lakes Preserve and hosted by Friends of Princeton Open Space. Enjoy hot cider,

festive treats, and miles of wooded trails.

10:30 a.m.: Screening of Dr. Seuss’ How the Grinch Stole Christmas (2000) at Princeton Garden Theatre.

2 to 3 p.m.: Free, Highlights Tour at the Princeton University Art Museum. Tours meet at the entrance to the Museum (repeats daily).

Sunday, December 27 11:30 a.m.: Battle of Trenton re-enactment at the Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack Street, Trenton.

Monday, December 28 Recycling 3 to 5 p.m.: Screening of the Pixar animated film Inside Out (2015) at Princeton Public Library.

Tuesday, December 29 7 to 9 p.m.: Free, Coloring Night for Grownups. Adults are invited to rediscover the joy of coloring with the help of adult coloring books. Colored pencils and other art supplies will be provided; Princeton Public Library.

Wednesday, December 30 1:30 p.m.: Free, Afternoon Walking Tour of Princeton Battlefield State Park led by members of the Princeton Battlefield Society. Tour begins at the Clarke House. To RSVP, email Kip at princetonbattlefieldsocinfo@gmail.com.

Thursday, December 31 9 p.m.: New Year’s Eve Argentine Tango led by Viva Tango. Includes live music, dance, drinks, and dinner. The cost to attend is $50 at the door. To purchase tickets in advance, visit www.vivatango.org.

Friday, January 1 New Year’s Day 11 a.m.: Friends of Princeton Nursery Lands First Day

Hike through Mapleton Preserve. Guests should meet at 145 Mapleton Road in Kingston. This event is free and all are welcome.

7 p.m.: Princeton University women’s ice hockey vs. Brown University at Princeton’s Baker Rink.

Saturday, January 2 10:30 a.m.: Screening of the animated film Despicable Me (2010) at Princeton Garden Theatre.

7 p.m.: Princeton University women’s ice hockey vs.

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7:30 p.m.: Comedian Bobby Collins performs at Catch a Rising Star at Hyatt Regency, located at 102 Carnegie Center in West Windsor. For more information, visit www.catcharisingstar.com.

Sunday, January 3 6:45 a.m.: Real-Time Tour of the Battle of Princeton. Experience the Battle of Princeton as it really happened early in the morning on January 3, 1777. Events begin at the Clarke House. Attendees should wear sturdy shoes and bring a flashlight. The event includes a live musket demonstration. To RSVP, email Kip at princetonbattlefieldsocinfo@gmail.com.

Wednesday, January 6 7 p.m.: Stuart Country Day School and Princeton Academy welcome Dr. Lisa Miller, author of the New York Times bestseller The Spiritual Child. This event is open to the public and free to attend.

The book talk and discussion will take place at Stuart’s Cor Unum Center, located at 12000 Stuart Road in Princeton. For additional information, visit www.stuartschool. org/lisamiller.

WALKING TOUR OF PRINCETON BATTLEFIELD: Join members of the Princeton Battlefield Society (PBS) on Wednesday, December 30 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. for a free walking tour of Clarke House and Princeton Battlefield. Learn about the progress of the battle through its two main phases and how the Patriots were beaten back in the first phase, only to rally under General Washington to win in the Counterattack. PBS will also reveal the details of a recently discovered mass grave, which is the focus of a federal grant. Attendees should RSVP by emailing Kip at princetonbattlefieldsocinfo@gmail.com.

THE SPIRIT OF GIVING: Displaying some of the thousands of toys and gifts collected during the annual Mercer County holiday toy drive are Mercer County Park Rangers Fran Lippincott, Jeffrey Pownall, and Andrew Ridolfi. For security reasons, the Marine could not be named.

This year’s drive was an unprecedented success due to support from such local businesses as PetSmart in Hamilton Township and Atrium Health and Senior Living, which between them donated thousands of toys for less fortunate children. The toys were presented to Marine Corps Reserve representatives for the Toys for Tots Program at the historic Hunt House in Hopewell Township.

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It’s Chet Baker’s Birthday: “He Will Live On in His Music for Anyone Willing to Listen and Feel” A good way to go in this life is to find something you really enjoy doing and then learn to do it better than anybody.

—Chet Baker is the season to be jolly and celebrate Chet Baker, who was born on this date, a day short of Christmas Eve, December 23, 1929. What does the man whose trumpet and voice put West Coast jazz on the map have to do with Christmas? You could ask the same of the weather, with 72 degrees predicted for Christmas Eve, or of Bob Dylan, whose album, Christmas in the Heart, was reviewed here on the same day of the month six years ago.

Online you can join the patrons of an Amsterdam jazz club watching Chet Baker play “Auld Lang Syne” on the last New Year’s Eve of his life, December 31, 1987.

He begins in a tentative, almost desultory way before the momentum of the moment moves him and he makes a gesture to the rhythm section, as if to say really play it, take it to the limit, give it the full measure of your devotion, and with that he dives into the second chorus, bending the notes just so, as only he can do, each one as bright and simple as the lights on a Christmas tree.

The following May 13th he’s found dead on the sidewalk below his room at the Hotel Prins Hendrik in Amsterdam, the death ruled an accident. A plaque outside the hotel says “he will live on in his music for anyone willing to listen and feel.” The room he was staying in, No. 210, is now “The Chet Baker Room.”

Musing on a Dream Besides listening to the music and reading As Though I Had Wings, the “lost memoir,” I’ve been watching Bruce Weber’s frequently cringe-inducing documentary, Let’s Get Lost, in which the stonedout zombie Orpheus is led by a ghoulish retinue of “beautiful creatures” through a demonic “city of dreadful joy.” In both book and film, Baker acknowledges the wages of a drug-dependent life in a matter of fact, unapologetic, this-is-how-it-is manner. One of the calmest, warmest sequences in the film comes when Baker sits musing over the words of a song closely identified with him, “I dim all the lights and I sink in my chair … the smoke from my cigarette climbs through the air … The walls of my room fade away in the blue ….

And I’m deep in a dream of you.” Speaking with a depth of feeling rarely seen in Weber’s freak show, Baker speaks the words as if he were discovering them all over again, “The smoke makes a stairway for you to descend … you come to my arms, may this bliss never end …. Then from the ceiling, sweet music comes stealing …. We glide through a lover’s refrain …. My cigarette burns me, I wake with a start …. Awake or asleep, every memory I’ll keep …. deep in a dream of you.”

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He’s smoking a cigarette, something he does as expressively as he plays; no private eye in any film noir ever made, not even Bogart, smokes with such endgame eloquence, as if the last drag might be his last breath. The voice, too, has a quality no actor, not even Brando, could convey, as he peers at us through the smoke, putting the words together: “It was so beautiful … it was a dream … things like that don’t happen ….”

“Isn’t It Romantic” Now it’s time to go “back back way back to the days before rock and roll,” as Van Morrison sings on his 1991 album Hymns to the Silence, back to Bloomington Indiana when I first heard Gene Sherman, the local DJ, play that hymn to the silence, Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan’s “Moonlight in Vermont,” and felt that a new world of music had been revealed. Soon I was selling Pepsi at college football games for e n o u g h cash to buy pieces of the new world at bandleader Al Cobine’s Turntable Record Shop on Kirkwood Avenue. By t hen we’ d move d i nto a house with a grand piano where my father s howe d m e how to poke out “Isn’t It Romantic,” the opening track on Chet Baker’s first Pacific Jazz EP. My involvement in the music was only marginally influenced by the Dorian Gray glamour of Chet Baker. If anything, I found the high cheekbones and vaguely repellent good looks a bit too close for comfort to Charlie Starkweather. For me, the charisma was in the playing of the ballads, the making of a thing of beauty, and the way his singing complemented it in “I Get Along Without You Very Well” and “Like Someone in Love.” But when it came to charisma, Chet was no match for a kid from Indiana named Jimmy Dean who wore glasses like me and had gone to school upstate with my best friend’s older brother.

Chet Baker was 25 and already winning the Downbeat and Metronome polls when James Dean streamed across the pop culture firmament. “Isn’t It Romantic” was no match for multiple viewings of East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause. It still seems uncanny that Dean came and went in less than a year, dead at 24, and

by that time I’d moved on from Baker and Mulligan to Count Basie’s big band.

A few years later it was John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins, and then, speaking of new worlds, the Beatles.

Absolutely Staggering Those are only among the most obvious reasons it’s taken me so long to move beyond the ballads to an appreciation of Chet Baker’s virtuosity, the fire Charlie Parker was talking about when he warned Dizzy Gillespie and Miles Davis to watch out for “a litle white cat out in California that’s gonna eat you up.” Doug Ramsey’s liner notes to the limited edition Chet Baker Quartet collection sum up the benighted critical consensus that Baker was a “limited” talent, “lyrical … but not really much of a trumpet player.” Ramsey goes on to quote bandmate and musical director pianist Russ Freeman from a 1987 interview: “There would be certain nights, maybe once a week, when it was absolutely staggering.

To t h e e xte n t w h e r e I wou ld sit there … listening to h i m play, and think, ‘W here did that come from? What i s it t h at’s coming out of this guy?

You mean I have to play a solo after that? … [It] didn’t happen all the time, you know, but when it did it was like he’d suddenly got control of the world.”

I heard what Freeman meant on the car stereo driving to and from Kingston last week with the window rolled down to let in another ineffably temperate dreamlike West Coast December day, as tracks like “Swing House” and “Love Me or Leave Me” blended with and transcended the weather, “Swing House” smooth and flawless, the other capped by the dazzling counterpoint of Baker’s bell-clear trumpet scooting in and out and all around the dancing bear of Mulligan’s nimble baritone.

Bix In As Though I had Wings, Baker recalls the time his father gave him a trombone, which he found too cumbersome to play: “After a few weeks, the trombone disappeared and was replaced by a trumpet. It was much more my size, and I was able to get a sound (of sorts) right away …. My dad initially wanted me to

play trombone because he was a great admirer of Jack Teagarden, but his disappointment diminished little by little as he watched my progress on the trumpet — see, he liked Bix, too.” When Baker’s at his best, you can hear the sound Bix got that Eddie Condon compared to “a girl saying yes.”

Ethan Does Chet Reading Baker’s accounts of Army life and of his turbulent stay in the stockade brings to mind another ill-starred trumpet virtuoso, Montgomery Clift’s Prewitt in the film of From Here to Eternity made from James Jones’s novel. Baker himself appeared as a doomed trumpet player in a Korean War B movie called Hell’s Horizon, and in 1960 Robert Wagner played a character clearly modeled on Baker in All the Young Cannibals. Fifty-five years later Princeton comes into the narrative by way of Hun School graduate Ethan Hawke, who pays Chet in Robert Brudeau’s Born to the Blues. Having premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in September, the film will be released here through IFC. In Sunday’s Los Angeles Times, Hawke explains to an interviewer how “Dino De Laurentiis approached Chet to have him play himself in his own movie. So we say: What if that had happened? So I’m playing Chet Baker playing himself in a movie.” Hawke says the film does what jazz loves to do, “to take a standard and riff off it. We took the standard legend of Chet and dug in and explored and riffed.”

Diving for Pearls While it’s unlikely that any film will ever contain as much actual Chet Baker as Let’s Get Lost, you can see him online at Ronnie Scott’s in London playing with Elvis Costello and Van Morrison and you can hear him making something beautiful in Elvis Costello’s 1983 recording “Shipbuilding.”

What Baker creates in and around and all over Costello’s line “diving for pearls” is as eloquently emotional as his playing on that last New Year’s Eve in Amsterdam, which was also the scene of the last interview he ever gave. Speaking about how he much he’s enjoying the occasion, he recalls the various New Years Eves he spent in prison: “I was locked up in 1960, I missed that New Years. But in ‘61 they let me out a month ahead of time so I wouldn’t be in jail over Christmas and New Years.” ou can sample Chet Baker’s “cup of kindness” when he plays “Auld Lang Syne,” making something beautiful, at peace with his demons, for a time.

—Stuart Mitchner Note: The quote at top, from Lets Get Lost, is the lesson Chet Baker says he wanted to “instill” in his children. “The city of dreadful joy” is Aldous Huxley’s term for Los Angeles, from his book Jesting Pilate.”

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Despite Ali’s being able to “Float like a butterfly and sting like a bee” the sport subsequently exacted a devastating toll on the champ. Ali developed a host of neurological disorders as a consequence of taking so many hits to the head.

While fans call it being “punch drunk,” the clinical term for the condition is chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE). Ironically, Will Smith may receive another Oscar nomination for Concussion, a picture in which he plays Dr. Bennet Omalu, the Nigerian born physician who discovered the link between football and brain damage when he was a forensic pathologist in Pennsylvania.

Omalu first recognized something was amiss while performing an autopsy on the Pittsburgh Steelers’ former center Mike Webster (David Morse), who died at 50 while suffering from a combination of amnesia, depression, and dementia. Dr. Omalu was shocked to observe that, as a result of CTE, the Hall of Famer had the brain of a very old man, so he decided to posthumously examine the brains of other National Football League veterans who had also died prematurely.

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ing their skulls had received on the field. Unfortunately, when Omalu tried to go public with his findings, he was threatened and discredited by an army of lawyers and doctors hired by Commissioner Roger Goodell (Luke Wilson) to protect the NFL’s image.

Concussion is reminiscent of The Insider (1999), an exposé recounting the ordeal of the whistleblower who took on the tobacco industry when it was denying any link between smoking and cancer.

The movie was directed by Peter Landesman (Parkland). He adapted it to the screen with the help of investigative journalist Jeanne Marie Laksas from an article titled “Game Brain” that she had written about the attempted cover-up in the October 2009 issue of GQ magazine.

Landesman surrounded Smith with a talented cast, starting with the gifted Gugu Mbatha-Raw as Omalu’s feisty wife Prema. The cast also includes Oscar nominees Alec Baldwin (The Cooler) and Albert Brooks (Broadcast News); and Hill Harper, Richard T. Jones, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje, and Eddie Marsan.

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The Big Short (R for nudity, sexuality, and pervasive profanity). Adaptation of the Michael Lewis best seller of the same name about a quartet of stock market contrarians (Christian Bale, Ryan Gosling, Steve Carell, and Brad Pitt) who accurately predicted the global financial collapse of 2008. With Marisa Tomei, Melissa Leo, and Finn Wittrock.

Bridge of Spies (PG-13 for violence and brief profanity). Cold War thriller about a lawyer (Tom Hanks) recruited by the CIA to represent an American spy (Austin Stowell) whose surveillance plane was shot down behind the Iron Curtain in 1960. With Amy Ryan, Alan Alda, and Eve Hewson.

Brooklyn (PG-13 for a sex scene and brief profanity). Romance drama, set in the 50s, about a homesick immigrant to the U.S. (Saoirse Ronan) who finds herself torn between a suitor (Emory Cohen) she meets in New York and another (Domnhall Gleason) she left behind in Ireland. With Julie Walters, Jim Broadbent, and Michael Zegen.

Carol (R sexuality, nudity, and brief profanity). Cate Blanchett plays the title character in this romance drama, set in New York City in the 50s, as a woman in the midst of a bitter divorce who becomes smitten with a department store clerk (Rooney Mara) she meets while buying a Christmas present for her daughter (Kk Heim). With Sarah Paulson, Kyle Chandler, and Jake Lacy.

Concussion (PG-13 for profanity, mature themes, and disturbing images). Movie about the National Football League’s attempt to discredit the forensic pathologist (Will Smith) whose research established a link between hits to the head and the early onset of a host of neurological disorders in football players.

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The Good Dinosaur (PG for peril, action, and mature themes). Animated adventure about an anthropomorphic apatosaurus (Raymond Ochoa) that is befriended by a caveboy (Jack Bright) after falling into a river and being swept far away from home. Voice cast includes Sam Elliott, Jeffrey Wright, Anna Paquin, and Frances McDormand.

The Hateful Eight (R for profanity, frontal nudity, graphic gore, and a scene of eroticized violence).

Quentin Tarantino directed this post-Civil War movie set in Wyoming about a bounty hunter (Kurt Russell) whose stagecoach runs into trouble while bringing an apprehended fugitive (Jennifer Jason Leigh) to justice.

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The Hunger Games: Mockingjay-Part 2 (PG-13 for action, intense violence, and mature themes).

The series finale finds rebel Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) leading a team of trusted close friends (Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Sam Claflin, and Natalie Dormer) on a mission to assassinate the President (Donald Sutherland) and to free the citizens of Panem. Ensemble cast includes Jeffrey Wright, Woody Harrelson, Julianne Moore, Elizabeth Banks, Stanley Tucci, and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman.

In the Heart of the Sea (PG-13 for action, peril, mature themes, and brief violence). Seafaring adventure, set in 1820, recounting the ramming and sinking of The Essex by a sperm whale, the tragedy which inspired Herman Melville to write Moby Dick. Ensemble cast includes Chris Hemsworth, Brendan Gleeson, Benjamin Walker, Cillian Murphy, Tom Holland, and Ben Whishaw.

Joy (PG-13 for brief profanity). David O. Russell wrote and directed this drama about the cash-strapped single mother (Jennifer Lawrence) who turned her family’s fortunes around by inventing the Miracle Mop. Ensemble cast includes Bradley Cooper, Robert De Niro, Isabella Rossellini, Virginia Madsen, Edgar Ramirez, Diane Ladd, Melissa Rivers, Susan Lucci, and Drena De Niro.

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Macbeth (Unrated). Michael Fassbender assumes the title role in this adaptation of the Shakespeare tragedy about an ambitious general with designs on the throne of the King of Scotland (David Thewlis). Support cast includes Elizabeth Debicki, Marion Cotillard, Sean Harris, and Paddy Considine.

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Point Break (PG-13 for violence, profanity, sexuality, mature themes, and drug use). Remake of the 1991 thriller about an FBI Agent (Luke Bracey) who infiltrates a gang of globe-trotting extreme sports daredevils suspected of staging a string of daring financial market heists. With Edgar Ramirez, Teresa Palmer, and Ray Winstone.

The Revenant (R for profanity, graphic violence, gory images, brief nudity, and a rape). Adaptation of Michael Punke’s tale of survival, set in Wyoming in 1823, about a frontiersman’s harrowing ordeal after being mauled by a bear and left to die in the wilderness by members of his hunting party. Support cast includes Tom Hardy, Domnhall Gleeson and Will Poulter. (In English, French and Native American dialects with subtitles) Room (R for profanity). Adaptation of the Emma Donoghue best seller of the same name about the harrowing ordeal of a young woman (Brie Larson) and the son (Jacob Tremblay) she bore while imprisoned as a sex slave in her kidnapper’s (Sean Bridgers) backyard shed. Support cast includes William H. Macy, Joan Allen, and Amanda Brugel.

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Star Wars: Episode VII — The Force Awakens (PG-13 for violence). Director J.J. Abrams takes charge of the series for the inaugural adventure of a trilogy unfolding three decades after Return of the Jedi.

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Youth (R for profanity, sexuality, and graphic nudity). Surrealistic meditation on mortality by a couple of best friends, one, a composer (Michael Caine), the other, a filmmaker (Harvey Keitel), reflecting on the meaning of life while vacationing in the Swiss Alps. With Rachel Weisz, Paul Dano, and Jane Fonda. In English, Spanish, and Swiss-German with subtitles —Kam Williams

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chieving a major breakthrough at the end of last season, the Princeton University wrestling team saw a program-record five performers qualify for the NCAA Championships.

This season, the Tigers produced another milestone by late November as they won the Navy Classic, highlighted by four individual champions.

In the view of Princeton head coach Chris Ayres, earning the title was a key step in his program’s ascension up the ladder of college wrestling.

“It was huge, we wrestled pretty darn well, to a man we either met our seed or exceeded our seed,” said Ayres, whose individual champions at the competition were junior Jordan Laster (141 pounds), sophomore Jonathan Schleifer (174), senior Abram Ayala (184), and junior Brett Harner (197).

“We definitely over-performed. There were some good teams there with two top-25 teams at the time and we were the champs. I think for the team that was huge. It was like a go-ahead, it was permission, now hey you guys, you can be good if you want to be good.”

Ayres has some huge goals for the Tigers.

“There is a belief we could be really good and the intensity level every year just keeps getting higher and higher because you just have more better kids in the room,” said Ayres, who is in his 10th year at the helm of the Tiger program and was an All-American at Lehigh during his college wrestling career.

“There is a lot of excitement; it has been a long time since we have had a lot of success.

I think the program is ready for it and I think these are the kids that are going to propel it. I think they feel that. For us, the No. 1 thing is that we need All-Americans and we need national champs and those are the goals every year. I think realistically we feel that we could place in the top 3 in the EIWA (Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) tournament. Our lineup is such, that if things come together, we could make a run at the Ivies or even the EIWA but a lot would have to come together. We don’t

limit ourselves to anything really.”

Princeton has faced some fierce competition this season to test its limits, including facing No. 4 Nebraska in the Grapple at the Garden in New York City on November 29 and then taking on No. 13 Illinois later that day. The Tigers acquitted themselves well in those matchups, falling 21-12 to Nebraska and 20-15 to Illinois.

“We have the toughest schedule in the Ivy League; it is not even a question, our schedule is tougher than Cornell’s,” said Ayres, referring to the perennial Ivy League power Big Red. “The whole idea in planning a schedule like this is simply to prepare our guys for the end of the year. If I was concerned about the team’s record, we would not have scheduled those teams. We put them through a meat grinder of a schedule. We split the matches with Illinois but lost on bonus points. We wrestled Nebraska really tough. What I like about that is that the scoreboard was disappointing but we wrestled hard and that is what we preach. It is not about outcomes, it is about the process and going out there and the effort that you put forward. Our guys fought their tails off in those matches so I was real proud of them.”

The team’s effort in pushing Nebraska and Illinois helped vault the Tigers into the Top 25 in the national rankings.

“It hasn’t happened since I have been here and I don’t know when the last time was,” said Ayres, whose team fell out of the poll after a loss to Lehigh in early December and is currently 2-4 in dual match competition.

“It is a step along the way that we need to hit before we can get into the next area so it was big.”

In Ayres’ view, depth has helped Princeton make strides. “We have six guys who could be All-Americans, of course getting there and getting them to do it. is another story,” said Ayres.

“We have really good guys on the team that you can generally count on them to do well.

What is nice about our schedule is that we have wrestled some really, really tough teams so that

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when we get into this second semester, we are going to wrestle some more tough teams but we are not going to see the type of team we have seen this semester. I think the guys are owning that a little bit, they know they have been through something.

I think that for those leaders we are going to make it pay off down the road.”

The Tigers boast two key leaders in junior Harner and senior Chris Perez (149), who was one of Princeton’s five NCAA qualifiers last season along with Harner, Laster, Schleifer, and Ayala.

“Brett Harner has been a TAKING HOLD: Princeton University wrestler Brett Harner controls great leader from the beginning; a foe in recent action. Junior star and co-captain Harner has he was a captain last year as a been a key performer for the Tigers at 197 pounds as Princeton sophomore and he is a captain is continuing its ascension up the ladder of college wrestling. this year as a junior,” said Ay- The Tigers recently won the Navy Classic and have been ranked in the Top-25 nationally this season. Princeton is next in action res.

“Right before Grapple in the when it competes in the prestigious Midlands Championships (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) Garden, we named Chris Per- from December 29-30 at Northwestern. ez as a captain. He has really there and getting him loose. He has been ranked stepped it up this year in terms of being more very high. D’Arcy is just great; he is a tough kid. vocal. He has been really good. Perez is amaz- You can count on him, he is like Mr. Effort. He ing; he leads in competition and creates some is a blue collar type of kid who just goes out competitive fire out there. Those two really have there and does his job every time. You never the team in mind.” have to worry about him losing composure, he While Harner and Perez may be captains, Ay- is pretty steady.” res sees a shared leadership in the room.

Princeton is hoping to do the job next week as “I have been around some good teams at it competes in the prestigious Midlands ChamLehigh and the dynamic here is very similar,” pionships from December 29-30 at Northwestsaid Ayres. ern.

“At times, when you have some decent teams “At the NCAAs, we want to be in the top there will be one great leader and the other guys 20 at the very least, so what that equates to are followers. But this group is very connected at Midlands is probably a top-10 finish,” said to the team portion of it so that is cool to see. Ayres, whose team placed 15th at the 2014 I think each guy, in their own way, is leading Midlands competition. a lot.”

“There are six or seven guys on the team who Having two dynamic young stars in sopho- can place and do well in this tournament. If you more Schleifer and freshman Pat D’Arcy (125) would have told me that I was going to have all makes the group even more formidable. of those champs at Navy, I probably would have “Schleifer is amazing; he is one of the best said it could happen but it is unlikely. I expect guys I have ever coached,” said Ayres. to be in the top 10 or the top 5, something like “He is a little inconsistent but we are working that. I definitely think we are capable of that.” on that; getting him to do what he is capable of —Bill Alden doing is our only job right now, getting him out

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“Knowing that with those shoes to fill, it was coming in and just being aggressive on the boards and attacking the ball up high. I have gotten help from those guys, cleaning up some of the misses too.”

Miller has come through, averaging 6.1 rebounds a game this year after getting 2.4 per contest as a sophomore.

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“I just continue roll hard and know that we have great shooters on the outside so you can’t guard me inside and all of them out there,” said Miller.

“If they decide to cover them, Amir [Bell] is going to find me. I have confidence in these guys to make the right plays.”

W h i le P r i n ce ton h e ad coach Mitch Henders on was a little disappointed in his team’s lack of sharpness against Liberty, he saw the victory as a confidence builder.

“They got an important win for us, we needed this one,” said Henderson. “I thought Pete defensively was where we needed him to be. You pass the test, you get the win and you get a chance to learn a lot. I am happy that we took 39 free throws and figured out a way to win against a team that I think played very well against us.”

The Tigers were greatly helped by the play of junior forward Henry Caruso, who scored a career-high 29 points in the win and also grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.

“Henry does his thing; he makes 29 and 9 look easy,” said Henderson. “It is just another put us on your back type of performance.”

Last Saturday against No. 6 Maryland in Baltimore, M d ., C a r u s o p r o d u c e d

another superb performance with 17 points and four rebounds but it wasn’t enough as the Tigers fell 82-61 to t he power f ul Ter ps and dropped to 6-3.

“We think we can be pretty good and tonight we faced a really good team,” said Henderson, as quoted in a video of the postgame press conference on the Princeton sports website.

“We are are just going to try to figure out what we can learn from it. I really like this team. I think we can be very good so my expectations were pretty high going in for our ability to execute.

I am a little disappointed by our play in the stretch of the game but not overall.”

Miller, who had five points and three rebounds in the loss to the Terps, saw the matchup as a step in Princeton’s ongoing pursuit of excellence.

“I think I have to go about it the same we go about every game and prepare like we normally would, just going about our business the same way,” said Miller, who will look to help Princeton take care of business as it was slated to host Bucknell on December 22 before playing at No. 13 Miami on December 29.

“We are excited, it is going to be fun, it is going to be a good arena and a good environment. We are going to look forward to stepping on the court and competing.”

—Bill Alden

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Junior Forward Miller Stepping Up in the Paint As Princeton Men’s Hoops Making Progress

MILLER’S TIME: Princeton University men’s basketball player Pete Miller, right, drives to the basket in recent action. Junior forward Miller is second on the Tigers in rebounding with 6.1 game, helping Princeton to a 6-3 star. The Tigers were slated to host Bucknell on December 22 before playing at No. 13 Miami on December 29.

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PU Sports Roundup Tiger Squash’s Barton Named a Rhodes Scholar

Princeton University senior men’s squash player Nicholas Barton has been awarded a Rhodes Scholarship for graduate study at the University of Oxford.

Barton, awarded the scholarship in his native Bermuda, joins four Princetonians awarded 2016 U.S. Rhodes Scholarships last month.

The prestigious fellowships fund two to three years of graduate study at Oxford.

Barton, who is completing a bachelor’s degree in astrophysical sciences, plans to pursue a master of science degree in mathematical modeling and scientific computing and an M.Sc. in applied statistics at Oxford.

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Tiger Men’s Water Polo Has 2 Make All-America

Senior center Thomas Nelson and sophomore goalie Vojislav Mitrovic added to their growing list of postseason accolades by each earning a spot on the 2015 Association of Collegiate Water Polo Coaches (ACWPC) AllAmerica teams.

Earning his fourth honorable mention selection, Nelson turned in a stellar senior season, racking up a teamhigh 72 goals to go along with 19 assists, 39 steals, 36 drawn ejections, and 11 blocks. A first-team CWPA All-Southern honoree and the division’s Player of the Year, Nelson’s 72 goals rank four th on the program’s

single-season charts.

Piecing together a career year, Nelson, a native of Walnut Creek, Calif., found the back of the opposing cage in all but two of his 27 appearances and netted at least three goals in a game on 12 occasions.

A three-time Player of the Week this season, Nelson wraps up his career with 199 goals, 59 assists, 153 steals, 78 drawn ejections, and 38 blocks. Nelson’s 199 goals rank sixth in the Tigers’ record book.

Securing his second honorable mention All-America nod, Mitrovic followed up an impressive rookie season with an equally strong sophomore campaign. Posting a 20-5 overall record, Mitrovic turned away 301 of the 502 shots he faced en route to a 0.600 save percentage.

A five-time CWPA Southern Defensive Player of the Week honoree this season, Mitrovic, who hails from Novi Sad, Serbia, joined Nelson as a first-team allconference pick. Making at least 10 saves in 19 of his 25 outings, Mitrovic tied a single-game school record with 20 stops against Johns Hopkins on Nov. 8. Two weeks later, Mitrovic tied the mark with 20 saves against Harvard in the CWPA Championship semifinals.

Mitrovic’s 301 saves in 2015 are the most in any single-season in program history, surpassing Gregory Stoll’s mark of 266 in 1997.

Also posting the third-highest single save total in school history as a freshman (253), Mitrovic already ranks second on the Tigers’ charts in career stops with 554.

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Sparked by Nelson and Mitrovic, the Tigers posted a 22-5 overall record in 2015 en route to their ninth Southern and fourth CWPA Championship. Punching its ticket to a fourth NCAA Tournament as a varsity squad (the Tigers 1992 club team also earned an NCAA berth), Princeton finished 10th in the final CWPA Top20 as the only non-California based institution.

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PU Men’s Soccer Holds Fundraiser

The Princeton University men’s soccer team organized a universit y-w ide indoor 3-vs-3 soccer tournament last week to benefit Derek Watson and the Watson Family.

Derek was “adopted” by the Princeton men’s soccer team in the fall of 2013 through the Friends of Jaclyn Foundation.

T he Fr iends of Jacly n Foundation (FOJ) was created to improve the quality of life for children suffering from pediatric brain tumors.

FOJ pairs a child with a college team so that the child can be involved with the team as much as possible as an honorary member of the team.

The “3x3 Tournament for Derek!” was held on December 4 at Dillon Gym. More than 230 participants made up 70 teams that competed to raise approximately $6,200. The winner of the men’s bracket was “Nutmeg” and the winner of the co-ed bracket was “22 Still Got It.”

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Princeton Athletics 10th in Directors’ Cup

The Princeton University athletics program is currently ranked 10th in the Leerfield Sports Directors’ Cup standings, which ranks Division I athletic programs based on their success in post-season competition.

The Tigers earned points this fall in women’s cross country, men’s cross country, field hockey, men’s water polo, and women’s soccer.

P r i n ce ton i s t h e on ly school in the Top 30 from an FCS league and the only Ivy League school in the Top 50.

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Princeton finished in 41st place a year ago, again as the highest non-Power Five Conference team in Division I. Princeton was in 77th place at the end of the fall in 2014-15.

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His nostrils were caked with blood and his upper lip was swollen but Michael Dowers was all smiles last Fr iday evening af ter he helped the Princeton High boys’ basketball team top W W/ P- S i n t h e s e as on opener.

Making his first career start, versatile senior forward Dowers contributed seven points along with some key rebounds and assists as PHS pulled away to a 57-41 win over the Pirates.

“It was very exciting obviously, having A.J. (older brother and former PHS hoops star A.J. Dowers ) there; I have always wanted to play in there,” said Dowers, reflecting on being in the starting five for the Little Tigers. “Having a packed house made it even better, I got the first three-pointer, that felt good.”

While Dowers didn’t feel so good moments later when he crashed into a WW/P-S player in the paint, getting a bloody nose and a chipped tooth in the collision, he eventually returned to the fray and was on the court as PHS produced a 24-6 third quarter to seize control of a game it was leading just 23-22 at half.

“We switched to a man press instead of a zone, they could shoot pretty well and we switched to man to adjust,” explained Dowers.

“We played well, we closed out on shooters better. We beat them 24-6 in that quarter, we made them put the ball on the floor.”

The team’s one-two punch of senior Matt Hart and junior Zahrion Blue took over the game in the third quarter as Hart scored nine points with Blue contributing 10.

“In practice it is phenomenal to see what they can do,” said Dowers. “I have been playing with Matt since the first basketball game we ever played together in rec league. He is so explosive, he always cuts hard and he finishes so high. There are not a lot of players that can guard both of them and I think it makes us a lot better.”

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takes to help PHS do better.

“Anything coach ( Mark Shelley) tells me,” said the 6’1 Dowers, reflecting on his role “Sometimes it is spread the floor for Matt or opening up the lane for Matt and Z. Other times, it is grabbing rebounds in the middle of the zone. Sometimes if a big guy is on me, I will take him outside. If a big guy goes to Z, I might take a little guy into the post. I love it because I get to play everything.”

Dowers saw the win over W W/P-S as a confidence builder for the Little Tigers.

“South is going to be one of the best shooting teams we are going to see this year so it was a good win,” added Dowers.

“We have to clean up some stuff from the first half; coach has really emphasized that we need to play like we did in the third quarter.”

With his team clinging to a one-point lead at halftime, PHS head coach Shelley had a succinct message during intermission.

“I put two words on the board, attitude and effort,” said Shelley. “Attitude meaning mentality; I thought we were positive but we were thinking we are the better team and need to play more up-tempo. There are teams where we will need to slow it down but this was not that game. We don’t need to go like this with them, walking the ball up the floor. So we really challenged them. We put a couple of our better defenders in to start the second half just to change the tone.”

PHS set the tone early in the second half, starting the third quarter with a 6-0 run and never looking back.

“The thing is we have done that, in our scrimmage with Burlington Township, it was the same thing, we had one incredible quarter,” said Shelley.

“We have just got to put multiple ones together. We were double figures every quarter tonight so I can’t complain.”

OPENING DRIVE: Princeton High boys’ basketball player Michael Dowers drives to the hoop last Friday as PHS topped WW/P-S 57-41 in the season opener for both teams. Senior forward Dowers contributed seven points in the win. The Little Tigers play at Morristown on December 23 and at Montgomery on December 28.

(Photo by John Dowers)

The double-barrel combo of Hart and Blue, who tallied 23 and 15 points, respectively, put the game out of reach.

“Z wasn’t quite himself, he has a little bruise on his leg so he has missed two days of practice,” said Shelley.

“He did have some nice drives. When he and Hart are both on the floor, we are so much harder to defend. Matt is so fundamental, maybe Skye [Ettin] is the last player here who was that fundamental. Matt is that fundamental; he can shoot, he can drive, he hits free throws, and he is good defensively.”

Dowers’ solid grasp of the fundamentals gave the Little Tigers a nice boost.

“Michael did play well,” said Shelley. “He gave us what we needed. We want high single figures, low double figures from him.”

T he L it tle Tigers also played well at the defensive end. “I thought our defense was good in the half court; we went after it and then they adjusted,” said Shelley.

“They have a lot of shooters; we are going to stay zone when we drop but we are going to pressure out more and almost play the zone like an extended man.

The zone looked good in the second half, we didn’t give them many good looks, especially in the third quarter.

If we hadn’t fouled, we may have held them under 40 points.

Shelley credited his guard corps of Sam Serxner, Andrew G old s m it h, Cr is to Silva, and Colin Taylor with triggering the defensive effort.

“I don’t think we need a ton of points from them, I like the fact that we have four of them that are interchangeable,” said Shelley.

“Cristo is a little more offensive-minded but Sam, Colin, and Andrew are more defensive-minded. We put so much pressure on the ball and they don’t get beat off the dribble real easy. Overall I was pleased.”

Coming off the bench, junior forward Justin Marciano helped PHS keep the pressure on the Pirates.

“The one kid I thought did a real good job was Justin Marciano,” said Shelley.

“He helps us inside because he lets Z and Hart not play in the post. He forced a couple of turnovers in the press. He is a good athlete, real coachable.”

In Shelley’s view, it was a good opening night all around for PHS. “You always want to start with a win but pulling away against a team you probably feel like you are better than them one-to-five in terms of talent gives us some confidence,” said Shelley, whose team plays at Morristown on December 23 and at Montgomery on December 28.

Dowers, for his part, believes PHS will keep getting better and better. “I think we have more talent than we have had in a while,” said Dowers.

“I think we have a special bond also, every kid in the locker room gets along. We have all been playing with Clarence [White] with the rec department since we were little so the chemistry is really good.”

—Bill Alden

PHS Boys’ Hockey Taking 4-2-2 Record Into Break, Getting Offensive Boost From Freshman Podgalsky Nathan Podgalsky was a defenseman by trade when he joined the Princeton High boys’ hockey team this winter for his freshman campaign.

But PHS head coach Terence Miller sensed that the newcomer could give a jolt to the offense.

“He had been playing defense with his club team; we like his size and he just goes right to the front of the net,” said Miller.

“He does a lot of good things and causes a lot of havoc. We put him at forward and I saw the way he went to the net and I said he could be more like a power forward for us.”

The move is paying dividends as Podgalsky has caught fire for PHS in recent play, scoring two goals in a 5-0 win over Paul VI on Friday and then contributing two more in a 4-4 tie with Cranford last Saturday evening at Baker Rink. Podgalsky is developing a comfort level with his new spot on the ice.

“It is definitely a bit of a transition, they are two very different positions,” said Podgalsky.

“One is less aggressive and forward is much more in your face. It is definitely fun, I feel like I have improved as a player overall.”

Playing Cranford at Baker Rink on Saturday, Podgalsky had fun. “I felt a little slow in the start but I definitely got my momentum throughout the game,” said Podgalsky.

The precocious freshman helped PHS regain momentum after it fell behind 3-1 on three straight Cranford goals in the second period, tallying a goal with 6:44 left in the period as the Little Tigers cut the lead to 3-2.

“I was devoted and determined,” said Podgalsky. “I just wanted it really bad.”

Showing determination in the third period. PHS knotted the game at 3-3 on a power play by junior star Brendon McCormick and then took a 4-3 lead on Podgalsky’s second goal of the evening.

“He said we are definitely playing well and we are going at it so if we just kept this up, we would win or at least tie,” said Podgalsky.

“That was also just busting it again on the goal.”

PHS head coach Miller liked the way his players busted it collectively in the third period as they rallied to take that lead before settling for the 4-4 stalemate.

“We said let’s come out and tie the game on the lay over on the power play,” said Miller.

“We really wanted to start the period by tying it up right there, which we did.

We regained the momentum and then took the lead. We tried to lock it down, they

got the late one to tie it, but, all in all, we took the entire game as a positive.”

M i l ler s e e s Po dga ls k y as a positive force for the Little Tigers. “He has really had a hot start to his high school career; he had two goals yesterday and he is our second leading scorer,” said Miller.

“For a freshman playing out of position like that, it speaks to his overall hockey ability. He has got the size and strength to do it. He has a nose for the goal and really gets right to the crease.

He keeps fighting.”

J u n i or g o a l i e S aw y e r Peck showed plenty of fight in the crease against Cranford, making 40 saves in the contest.

“I felt Sawyer had a strong game, they threw 44 shots at him,” said Miller. “That shorthanded breakaway he stopped in the third was huge and then we came right back and tied it so instead of going down two, it was 3-3 and we were right back in the game.”

The Little Tigers started the game on a high note as sophomore forward Justin

Joyce tallied late in the first period to give PHS a 1-0 lead.

“J.J. has been huge, he had a great goal tonight,” added Miller. “We have asked him to play a little bit of center for us so he has switched to a brand new position and has done a fantastic job for us. Justin has been really great for us.”

With PHS taking a 4-22 record into the holiday break, Miller is hoping that his team can keep doing a good job when it returns to action by playing Woodbr idge on December 28 in the Old Bridge Tournament.

“I am a little disappointed with the timing because our layoff is coming up,” said Miller. “We are really starting to peak a little bit, hopefully we can carry that over.”

Podgalsky for his part, believes that the Little Tigers will keep coming on.

“I like where we are at, I am loving it actually,” said Podgalsky. “We need to talk more on the ice, coach has been saying it is like a library out there a lot of the time. Also for me personally I have to keep my head up on the ice.”

—Bill Alden

PODCAST: Princeton High boys’ hockey player Nathan Podgalsky controls the puck in a game earlier this season. Freshman forward Podgalsky has caught fire for PHS in recent play, scoring two goals in a 5-0 win over Paul VI on Friday and then contributing two more in a 4-4 tie with with Cranford last Saturday evening at Baker Rink. The Little Tigers, now 4-2-2, are next in action when they play Woodbridge on December 28 in the Old Bridge Tournament.

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With Asplundh Flourishing on Top Line, PDS Boys’ Hockey Back on Winning Track Keith Asplundh has displayed a knack for being in the right place at the right time this w inter for the Princeton Day School boys’ hockey team.

L ast Sat urday as PDS trailed Shady Side Academy (Pa.) 3-2 in the third period of the championship game of the Harry Rulon-Miller ’51 Invitational

STANDING TALL: Princeton Day School boys’ hockey player Connor Fletcher, center, leads the celebration after a goal in recent action. While PDS fell 4-3 in overtime to visiting Shady Side Academy (Pa.) last Saturday in the championship game of the Harry Rulon-Miller ’51 Invitational, the Panthers have enjoyed a big turnaround this season ending December with a 6-21 record after winning three games all season in 2014-15. PDS returns to action when it plays at Malvern Prep (Pa.) on January 4 and at the Hill School (Pa.) on January 6. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

championship game, the junior forward found the back of the net with a power play goal to knot the contest at 3-3.

“It was a great play by Fletch (Connor Fletcher) and Tyler Coffey, they kept it in,” said Asplundh, recalling his goal.

“I was in the crease, they put me in a great spot. It is great playing with them. I just give them the puck and let them work and not get in their way. I just try to not make mistakes.”

Although the Panthers ended up losing 4-3 on a goal early in overtime, Asplundh believes the team is in a good spot as it brings a 6-2-1 record into the holiday break.

“It is definitely a great start; last year we had three wins and this year we have already doubled it so we can build off of this,” said Asplundh, who starred a weekend earlier as PDS finished third at the Albany Academy (N.Y.) Tournament, beating Hoosac School (N.Y.) 7-2, tying the Hill School (Pa.) 2-2, and then edging Lawrenceville 2-1.

“We lost to some of them pretty handily last year so it is great to get back at them and give us confidence when we play them later in the year.”

Asplundh is drawing confidence from being on the same line with senior star Fletcher and prolific sophomore Coffey.

“Just playing with those

two guys, Fletch and Coffey, they definitely put me in spots to succeed,” said Asplundh, who had a goal on Friday as PDS topped Moses Brown (R.I.) 7-2 in the opening round of the tournament.

“I am working on becoming smarter and faster and trying to get better all of the time. Learning from them is definitely a positive. There is some pressure but when you are on with those guys, I try to get open because you will definitely find some chances with them.”

Asplundh’s work over the weekend earned recognition as he was the PDS recipient of the Christopher Reeve ’70 Sportsmanship Award for the tourney.

“It means a lot but I thought a lot of guys could have won it,” said Asplundh.

“It was a great team effort. I am really happy for the team that we took it into overtime and it was a close game.”

In Asplundh’s view, the team’s togetherness helps explain its reversal of fortune from last winter.

“I definitely think we are a closer group,” asserted Asplundh. “We really trust each other on the ice and everyone has each other’s back.”

PDS head coach Scott Bertoli is seeing a deeper commitment from his players to the team and program this winter.

“The one thing that has changed, and I k new it would, is that these kids are invested and that takes time,” said Bertoli.

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That is now apparent to these kids. They see when there are 10, 15 alumni back watching us play this weekend, that it is important to those guys and now it is important to these guys in here. We got outshot pretty significantly for two periods but at the end of the day, we take this game to overtime and we are one shot from winning this hockey game.

Maybe we don’t deserve to win but I give them credit for putting themselves in that position.”

In Bertoli’s view, last winter’s rough season helped steel his young squad for the challenges ahead.

“Last year we were all freshmen and sophomores, now we are sophomores and juniors so that kind of experience and being thrown into the fire last year benefitted us, especially the sophomore class,” said Bertoli.

“That is a talented group.

I think we have already beaten three or four teams that we lost to last year and lost to handily so that is a good feather in their cap.”

The Panthers nearly earned another feather in their cap as they battled Shady Side from beginning to end of the tight title contest. The Panthers took a 1-0 lead on a Jack Mascali goal.

After Shady Side answered with a goal late in the first period and another early in the second, PDS made it a 2-2 game on a goal by Ian Zyvith. The Indians took a 3-2 lead in the waning seconds of the second period.

“They had their way with us territorially for two periods but we were opportunistic when we had our chances and I give our kids credit for that,” said Bertoli.

“We challenged them at intermission between the second and the third; we said you have got 15 minutes to really cap off a tremendous start to the season. They have been the better team for the fist 30 minutes but that doesn’t mean that you can’t go out for 15 minutes and play well and put some pressure on them. I thought we did. I thought we had the better of the play in the third

and we scored the goal to tie it.”

It was not surprising to Bertoli that Asplundh got the tying goal. “Keith is a really smart hockey player and I think what he brings to the table with those other two (Fletcher and Coffey), who are offensively gifted, is that he allows them to kind of freewheel that and take chances offensively,” said Bertoli.

“They are completely comfortable knowing that Keith is going to be defensively responsible but at the same time he has got enough offensive abilities and instincts to make plays and deposit pucks in the back of the net when given the opportunity.

I think that line is working really well, they have done some really good things for us. They have carried the load offensively.”

Star forward Fletcher and junior goalie Logan Kramsky have carried the Panthers.

“I keep harping on the play of Fletcher and Logan Kramsky, those two guys are just great,” asserted Bertoli.

“Logan gives us the chance to win every single game; he stopped 45 pucks today.

Connor Fletcher, at times, is a man on an island by himself. That is big team. They probably had 10 guys over 6 foot. Fletcher is a head taller than every one of the guys on our team and he is a dominant force. It is pretty impressive to watch.”

Bertoli believes the Panthers can keep up their impressive play when they return from holiday break with games at Malvern Prep (Pa.) on January 4 and at Hill on January 6.

“The focus is our league; we had a real good game against Hill and a tight game against Lawrenceville,” said Bertoli, whose team topped Hun 3-2 on December 7 in its Mid-Atlantic Hockey League (MAHL) opener.

“I think that the league is up for grabs this year.

There is no question that we will play five good hockey teams and have a chance to win five games or a chance to lose five games. Playing those teams early and having some success and the guys recognizing, hey this isn’t last year and we have evened the playing field should help. It is a confident group in there, they feel good about themselves.

They are disappointed about today and they should be.”

Asplundh, for his part, is confident that the Panthers will keep rolling come 2016.

“The break is definitely going to help, we are a little banged up,” said Asplundh.

“We will rest up and then we start league play. We have confidence to play the teams we are going to play.

We already beat them so we should be ready to play those teams.”

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Hosting Mater Dei Prep in the championship game of its Harry Rulon-Miller ’51 Invitational last Saturday, the Princeton Day School girls’ hockey team controlled the puck in the first two periods but found itself trailing 1-0.

Kiely French and her teammates were feeling snakebitten, having outshot Mater Dei 19-6 through the first 30 minutes with nothing to show for their efforts.

“We got a little frustrated,” said junior star French.

“Defensively we were skating it up a lot and we had the chances but then we

kept missing and nobody was open. We hit a lot of posts.”

With 1:03 remaining in the third period, French broke the ice for the Panthers, finding the back of the net to knot the contest at 1-1.

“I got it, I shot it; I think it hit off of somebody’s skate and it went in,” said French, recalling her tally. “I was ecstatic, I was really happy.”

Seconds later, though, French and her teammates were unhappy as Mater Dei responded with a goal to pull out a 2-1 win.

FRENCH LESSON: Princeton Day School girls’ hockey player Kiely French controls the puck in recent action. Last Saturday, junior star French scored a goal but it wasn’t enough as PDS fell 2-1 to Mater Dei Prep in the championship game of the Harry Rulon-Miller ’51 Invitational. The Panthers, now 4-3-1, are next in action when they play Pingry on January 5 in the Bridgewater Sports Arena.

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French acknowledged that PDS may have relaxed after her goal.

“I think a lot of us thought there is one minute left and nothing bad is going to happen but obviously that one minute can mean the entire game,” said French.

T hat one bad m inute, though, can’t negate the progress the Panthers have made as they have gotten off to a promising 4-3-1 start. “ We are def in itely on the right track, especially because we have so many new players,” said French, ref lecting on the team’s 19-player roster which includes 14 newcomers.

“It is great, I love it. I knew a lot of them from field hockey so it is fun teaching them how to play another sport that I love.”

The players are having fun learning together. “It is just a great team dynamic because nobody is getting frustrated at each other,” said French.

“We are all helping each other out even though we are at different levels so I think that is good.”

With no seniors on the roster, French and fellow returning juniors, Ashley Cavuto, Annika Asplundh, and Kristi Serafin, have assumed the leadership mantle.

“It is definitely different than last year; we were all sophomores and we didn’t have that one year that the juniors usually have to follow in the seniors’ footsteps,” said French.

“I think because we have all played before, we are taking a really good leadership role; we are always there for each other. We have a big sister, little sister thing and that is really nice. On the ice we are talking a lot and we are helping everybody get in the right position so they know where they should be.”

French has developed a comfort level with playing on defense, getting moved to that position last season after being a forward in club hockey.

“I like it because my entire life I played offense and so last year I was a new defenseman,” said French who had a goal and four assists in a 7-0 win over Princeton High last Wednesday.

“I think this year I have improved a lot from last year.

I know my timing is a lot better and then when I play forward for club hockey, it is better from what I have learned playing defense.”

Even though PDS is not in action until it plays Pingry on January 5, French believes the team can improve over the holidays.

“When we come back, we have a few big league games that we need to win,” said French.

“I know over break a lot of us are going to get together and do sticks and pucks and just work on skills and passing. We want to make sure that we keep the team dynamic and that we are still working as a team even though we know there is this two week lay-off period.”

—Bill Alden

With Princeton Day School boys’ basketball team trailing the George School (Pa.) by 10 points with just four m i n u te s r e m a i n i n g l a s t Wednesday, David Coit was not about to give up.

PDS freshman guard Coit scored two buckets to help bring the Panthers to within four at 47-43. But George held off PDS from there and was able to pull out a 5449 win.

“I was definitely feeling it just by pushing,” said Coit, who ended up with 12 points for the evening.

“I knew I was going to keep attacking; coach [Tim Williams] told me to keep attacking and putting the ball up. We were thinking just keep going hard, box out like everything is the last second. Coach says play like you are down 18 the whole game.”

In reflecting on his transition to high school basketball, Coit acknowledged that it hasn’t been an easy process.

“At first it was hard, I was trying to get the feel of it,” said Coit. “My teammates and coaches definitely pushed me to the limit and more. They keep pushing me and keep staying hard on me, it is good now.”

Coit prides himself on pushing the pace for the Panthers. “My role is to bring energy and keep going hard and even push the leaders as they push me,” said Coit.

In the loss to George, PDS got pushed around as they were outscored 12-4 in the third quarter to dig a 43-31 hole.

“We started out slow on the defensive end, they got offensive rebounds,” said Coit.

“It was offensive rebounds and our energy on defense; we didn’t have the energy so that is what you are going to get.”

While PDS head coach Tim Williams liked the energy he got from his players, he acknowledged that they were deflated by a poor shooting night.

“We talked about it before the game because we we did the same type of thing when we played Solebury; we got down and then all of a sudden we roared back,” said Williams.

“We talked about it before the game and said let’s play like we are 15, 18 points down from the start.

I thought we did; I thought we started off very well but it took some wind out of our sails when we were missing shots and just didn’t build a lead.”

Williams likes the way Coit has started his PDS career.

“David adds some nice energy and he is a great offensive player,” said Williams.

“He has meant a lot to us, he is a tremendous playmaker.”

Junior guard Chase Lewis, a three-year starter for PDS, and junior transfer forward John McArthur have meant a lot to the Panthers as well.

“Chase does a little bit of everything,” said Williams, whose team went 2-1 at the Devils Winter Hoops Classic at Springside Chestnut Hill Academy in Philadelphia over the weekend, beating George 57-43 in a rematch and then topping New Foundations (Pa.) to take fifth with Lewis and McArthur both earning All-Tournament

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In Williams’ view, PDS is getting better and better as it gets more games under its belt.

“It is a lot of new pieces and everybody trying to get used to each other,” said Williams, whose team ends December at 3 -3 and is next in action when it plays at Princeton High on January 4.

“I am really happy; we have some great individual pieces. We do lack a little height; we are still learning to play together. We have made progress every practice and every game and even though we lost this game, I thought we made some progress.”

Coit, for his part, believes that things are coming together for the Panthers.

“We are definitely making progress,” asserted Coit.

“In the first game we were off track, trying to get a feel. In the second game we came good and this game we came good. It is just the little things that we need to work on and we are going to keep getting better.”

—Bill Alden

COIT TOWER: Princeton Day School boys’ basketball player David Coit dribbles around a foe in a game earlier this season. Freshman guard Coit has given PDS a burst of energy and some good playmaking as it has gotten off to a 3-3 start.

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Hun Boys’ Basketball : Jose Morales starred in a losing cause as Hun lost 55-50 to Linden last Sunday in the Hoop Group Tip-Off Showcase at Caldwell University.

Postgraduate guard Morales poured in a game-high 22 points as the Raiders moved to 4-5. Hun is next in action when it plays at Academy of New Church (Pa.) on January 6.

——— Girls’ Basketball: Unable to get its offense going, Hun fell 43-23 to Hill School (Pa.) in the consolation game at the Westtown School (Pa.) Invitational last Saturday.

The Raiders, now 1-7, host Princeton Day School on January 7.

——— Boys’ Hockey : Michael Gavaletz scored a goal to help Hun tie St. Joe’s Prep ( Pa.) 1-1 last T hursday.

Senior goalie Diesel Pelke made 27 saves as the Raiders moved to 1-4-2. Hun will compete in the Purple Puck Tournament in the Washington D.C. area from December 28-31.

PDS Girls’ Basketball: Shayla Stevenson and Bridget Kane led the way as PDS. defeated Doane Academy 58-37 last Monday at the Stuart Basketball Classic.

Junior Stevenson scored 15 points while sophomore Kane chipped in 13 as the Panthers improved to 4-4.

PDS is next in action when it plays at Princeton High on January 4.

PHS Girls’ Basketball : Julia Ryan had a big game in a losing cause as PHS fell 4831 at WW/P-S last Friday in the season opener for both teams. Senior guard Ryan poured in a game-high 15 points. The Little Tigers play at Plainfield on December 28.

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——— Boys’ Swimming: Christian Chiang won two events but it wasn’t enough as PHS fell 98.5-71.5 to Notre Dame last Thursday Senior star Chiang prevailed in the 100 butterfly and the 100 breaststroke while classmate Stephen Kratzer won the 50 freestyle as the Little Tigers moved to 2-3. PHS is next in action when it hosts Hamilton on January 5.

——— Girls’ Swimming: The big four of Madeleine Deardorff, Melinda Tang, Brianna Romaine, and Abbey Berloco dominated as PHS cruised past Notre Dame 105-65 last Thursday. Senior Deardorff won the 200 individual medley and the 100 butterfly while classmate Romaine prevailed in the 50 free and 100 backstroke, junior Tang placed first in the 200 free and 500 free, and sophomore sensat ion B erloco cruised to victories in the 100 free and 100 breaststroke. PHS, now 5-0, hosts Hamilton on January 5.

——— Wrestling: Highlighted by three second-place finishes, PHS took sixth of nine teams in its annual season-opening Garden State Classic last Saturday. Alec Bobchin took second at 120 pounds as did Alex Freda at 152 and Dave Beamer at 170 to lead the Little Tigers. James Verbyst came in third at 145 and Noah Ziegler placed fourth at 220.

Stuart Basketball : Hosting its Stuart Invitational from December 18-21, the Tartans went 2-1 at the competition, topping Capitol Prep Harbor ( Conn.) 66 -23 on Friday and Villa Victoria 69-25 on Saturday before falling 6430 to the Pingry School on Monday. Sophomore guard Jalynn Spaulding scored 14 points to lead Stuart in the loss to Pingry. The Tartans, now 8-1, return to action when they compete in the Wardlaw-Hartridge Christmas Tournament from December 29-30.

Pennington Boys’ Hockey: Continuing its hot start, Pennington defeated WW/P-S 7-0 last Wednesday. Liam Krivcov tallied two goals and two assists to lead the way as the Red Raiders improved to 5-1 and posted their fourth straight win. Pennington hosts the Pingry School on January 6.

Girls’ Basketball: Running into a buzz-saw, Pennington fell 49-22 to Life Center last Thursday. Ayanna Johnson scored eight points in a losing cause as the Red Raiders moved to 5-2. Pennington is next in action when it takes part in the Hopewell/ Molinelli Tournament from December 29-30.

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Beginners will receive instruction each week while more experienced players will participate in a round-robin style tournament. Dates for 2016 are January 10, 17, and 31 and February 14, 21, and 28.

Participants can log onto http://register.communitypass. net/princeton to register. Squash is located under the “Youth & Adult Community Programs” tab. For more information, log onto www.princetonrecre ation.com or call (609) 9219480.

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NBA’s Philadelphia 76ers Holding Hoops Camp at PDS

The Philadelphia 76ers basketball team will offer a Holiday Hoops Camp at the Princeton Day School for players ages 5-to-14 from December 28-30.

Interested parents or players can contact PDS girls’ varsit y basketball coach Kamau Bailey at (917) 6265785 or kamau.bailey @ gmail.com for more information on the camp. Also, visit Sixers Camp at www. sixerscamps.com ———

Mercer Soccer Group Holding Fundraiser

Mercer Oaks Catering and Greater Trenton Friends of Soccer will host a Holiday Party on December 27 to help raise money for cancerstricken John Zegarski.

The former Notre Dame High soccer standout, and brother of N D assistant coach Ziggy Zegarski, John is battling cancer without medical benefits.

Tickets for the event are $50 per person and 100 percent of the proceeds go to help Zegarski’s fight. Cost includes open bar and buffet, games and door prizes, and viewing of NFL games.

The party runs from 1 to 5 p.m. at Mercer Oaks Golf Course.

For further information, call Jim Hines at (609) 2759260, ext. 2.

RED LETTER DAY: Princeton Day School senior Connor Fletcher inks his National Letter of Intent to attend Cornell University and play for the Big Red’s Division 1 men’s lacrosse program.

Pictured in the front row seated with Fletcher, from left to right, are his sister, Riley, and his parents, Nancy and Dan Fletcher. In the back row, from left, are Associate Director of College Counseling Cindy Michalak, Head of School Paul Stellato, Director of Athletics Tim Williams, and PDS boys’ lacrosse head coach coach Rich D’Andrea. Through his first three seasons with the Panthers, star midfielder Fletcher has 63 goals, 56 assists, and 156 ground balls. He was an All-State and All-Prep B selection this past spring. Fletcher also stars for the PDS boys’ soccer and hockey teams. He is a two-time captain of the hockey team and was its leading scorer last winter.

Dillon Youth Basketball December 19 Results

In action last Saturday in the 4th/5th grade boys’ division of the Dillon Youth Basketball League, Jeremy Sallade scored 16 points and Julian Liao added eight as Princeton Pi topped Jefferson Plumbing, 32-31. William Brandt scored 21 points in the loss for Jefferson Plumbing. In other games in the division, Jack Serxner scored 18 points and Jonathan Tao added six as Ace Hardware edged Princeton Youth Sports, 34-33. Matthew Land scored 13 points in a losing cause. Lependorf & Silverstein topped Mason, Griffin & Pierson, 35-10, as Remmick Granozio scored 11 points, Sam Pittman and Alex Winters had 10 apiece.

James Botwood and JihadJasiri Wilder had four points each in the loss. A.J. Surace scored 13 points and Gabriel Jacknow added eight as Princeton Dental topped Conte’s, 32-9. Jude Blaser had four points for Conte’s.

In the 6th/7th grade boys’ division, Andrew Friedman scored 16 points to lead University Orthopedic Associates to a 31-23 w in over Princeton Orthopedic Associates. Ryan Bowen and John Reardon each had five points in the loss. Princeton Pediatrics topped McCaffrey’s, 43-31, as MarShawn Ferguson scored 26 points and Andrew Deluca added eight. Benjamin Barkofsky scored 12 points in the loss. Joshua Snyder and Will Doran scored eight points apiece as Baldino & Brothers defeated Corner House, 31-15. Jake Renda scored seven points in the loss.

In the 8th/9th grade boys’

division, Princeton Restorative nipped Mdetropolis Salon, 32-30, as Denzel Washington had 15 points and Steve Hennessy added nine. Gefan Bar-Cohen had eight points, while Grant Luther and Mustafa Zaman had five points apiece in the loss. Thomas Reid scored 17 points and Tyler De LaLinde added 12 as Princeton Pettoranello defeated Princeton PBA #130, 44 -31. Judd Petrone had 18 points in the loss. Jaylen Johnson scored 26 points to lead Cross Culture to a 44-43 win over Woodwinds. Jay Jackson had 13 points and Juan Shambi added 10 for Woodwinds in the loss.

In the girls’ division, Irene Dumitriu and Shea Sullivan scored 12 points apiece as

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Marcela Near ing scored nine points and Kate Delany added eight in the loss. The Liberty topped the Sky, 228, as Grace Rebak scored 10 points. Macayla Baxter and Yayla Tur added six points each in the win, while Ava Caruso, Kiera Duffy and Freya Patel each scored two points in the loss. Myla Wailoo scored 12 points as the Wings edged the Mystics, 14-10. Lauren Klein had eight points in the loss. Hillary Allen scored 17 points, Mojisola Ayodele had 10 and Sarah Granozio added eight as the Mercury topped the Dream. Casey Serxner and Grace Brown each scored two points for the Dream.

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David Tolman

David Orson Tolman, 72, of Princeton died Monday, November 23, 2015, at University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro.

He had been a resident of Princeton since 2002 and married Dorothy M. Shepard in 2005.

A f ter g raduat ing f rom Brigham Young University and serving a Latter-Day Saints mission in Vienna, Aust r ia, Dav id came to Princeton to do his graduate work. He studied the history and philosophy of science at Princeton University under Thomas Kuhn. David then worked in the budding computer industry. His career titles changed as the industry evolved; he started as a technical writer and retired as a project manager designing complex computer infrastructure systems for large businesses.

A gifted man, David was a fount of information on many subjects, from Einstein to Brahms. He wrote well about history, as well as science. In his retirement, he especially loved to travel and continued to collect knowledge and experiences wherever he went.

Peggy was a volunteer at the Princeton Historical Society and the Princeton University Museum. She was a long time enthusiast of the symphony and the opera.

Peggy is survived by her husband, John; her three children: Shelley Bernard Kuussalo, John (Jay) Bernard Jr., ( Sheila ), Peter Bernard (Heather); grandch i l d r e n, A l l i s on Ku u s salo Gotting (David), Kate Kuussalo Tronzo; Graham Kuussalo (Megan), Lindsey Bernard (deceased), Wesley Bernard, Sam Bernard, Cecelia Bernard; and three great grandchildren, Nathan Tronzo, Noah Tronzo, and Molly Gotting.

Arrangements are under the direction of The Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

Margaret Bernard

Margaret (Peggy) Cecelia Donahue Bernard was born on December 18, 1925 in Barre, Vt. She was the 11th child of parents, William and Rose Boyce Donahue of Webster ville, Vt. She attended Mount St. Mary Academy in Burlington, Vt and St. Joseph College in West Hartford, Conn. Peggy taught public school in Hartford, and West Hartford, Conn., where she met John Bernard.

Peggy married John Frederick Bernard in 1952 in West Hartford, and shortly after, they moved to Upper Montclair, N.J.; later to Hopewell, and finally to Princeton, where she resided in the Princeton area for the rest of her life. Peggy and John also enjoyed spending vacations in their vacation home in Washington, Vt.

Judith C. Leondar Judith C. Leondar, 84, of Princeton, died peacefully on December 18, 2015.

Judy was born and raised in Boston. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in chemistry from Alfred in 1952, and a Master’s degree in library science from Rutgers in 1960. She also attended Columbia University in 1959.

Follow ing graduation f rom A lf re d Un iver s it y, Judy worked briefly for the Bureau of Information Sciences Research at Rutgers University as a research associate and professor. She then worked in agricultural

research for American Cyanamid Company as manager of technical information services, from which she retired in 1991 to spend more time with her husband, Ralph.

She continued to work as a part-time consultant and volunteered extensively.

Judy was active in both scientific and library-oriented societies and gave generously to a host of organizations that she was passionate about. In 2006 she was recognized as a 51- ye ar m e mb er of t h e American Chemical Society. She has served as vice president for the United Way of Princeton, and in 1999, she established an endowment at the American Boy Choir School in Princeton, where she assisted with the school’s science program and worked in fundraising.

Judy volunteered at the University Medical Center of Princeton and was also a leadership level donor for the Design for Healing Campaign for the new campus at Plainsboro and was named the Acute Rehab gymnasium. She also volunteered at SAVE, and was a former president and active member of her local Toastmasters International Club.

Judy was a gourmet chef who loved a good meal. She was passionate about the Slow Food movement and often educated those around her on the importance of local and seasonal consumption.

Interment was at West Roxbury, Mass., on Sunday, December 20, 2015. Relatives and friends are invited to Judy’s Life Celebration on Tuesday, December 29 at the Chapel of Light at the University Medical Center of Princeton from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Memorial contributions may be made to Princeton HealthCare System Foundation, 3626 US Route One, Princeton, NJ

08540 or to Alfred University, One Saxon Drive, Alfred, NY 14802.

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Caroline L. Meuly

Caroline L. Meuly, Esq., died at home on Saturday, December 12, following a long illness.

She was the daughter of Dr. Walter C. Meuly, historian, philanthropist, and conservationist; and Julia M. Meuly, musician and artist.

Her husband, Morris Bruce (Marc) Leavitt, pre-deceased her. She is survived by their son, Jeremy L eav it t, of Highland Park.

As a lifelong resident of Piscataway and of her family’s circa 1750 home, Caroline has, through a generous and thoughtful donation, made it possible for future generations to enjoy access to this significant piece of history. The future Onderdonck-Meuly Museum and gardens will be open to the public for visits, as well as for educational and cultural events.

Caroline spent 35 years as an assistant prosecutor for Middlesex County and was the second woman ever appointed to that position.

She headed many sections including the Juvenile Unit, Pre-Trial Unit, Sex Crimes a n d C h i l d Ab u s e U n i t , Bias/Community Relations Unit and ultimately helped launch Drug Court which finally opened in Middlesex County in 2004. Caroline remained the Drug Court prosecutor actively pushing for Drug Court expansion until her retirement in 2010.

She authored a manual for school personnel on education/criminal justice issues and personally met with teachers and administrators from every Middle and High School in the County.

She also co-chaired the Middlesex County School Violence Task Force formed in

response to the Columbine shootings. The task force promulgated a three-part manual for school personnel and law enforcement officers detailing prevention efforts, disaster response, and aftermath planning.

Caroline taught at the Police Academy and designed and headed the Youth Development Academy, a weekend “boot camp” program for juvenile offenders on probation which consisted of discipline, education, motivation, and self-esteem building. This resulted in saving countless juveniles from becoming adult offenders.

Caroline’s determination to help reform the criminal justice system, especially for non-violent, substance abuse defendants, led her to become involved with A.S.A.P. (Adult Substance Abuse Program) upon her retirement from the prosecutor’s office, first as executive director, then on the Advisory Board and member of the Board of Trustees. She had met with many A.S.A.P. clients through her work as the prosecutor in Drug Court. She most recently became a per diem public defender working exclusively with Drug Court. As an active member of the Drug Court team, she appeared in Drug Court weekly, handled applications, appeals and court related appearances for clients until her failing health necessitated her resignation just a short while ago. Helping clients succeed in Drug Court and achieve recovery was her passion.

Her polished legal abilities and compassion allowed her to help many clients.

Caroline was a member of the New Jersey Bar, U.S. District Court, N.J. and was admitted to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition to her legal interests, she was a committed environmentalist, organic gardener, historic preservation activist, Board member of the Metlar-Bodine Museum, and animal rights proponent. She was a volunteer member of the Board of the Zimmerli Art Museum, president of the Board of Middlesex County Child Assault Prevention (C.A.P), long-time Board member of Rutgers Preparatory School (her alma mater) and twotime president of the New Brunswick Rotary Club (she was the first female president).

Caroline’s legal prowess, compassion, drive, and stylish specter will be missed.

She graduated from Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin and received her Juris Doctor from Boston University School of Law. Memorial service to be held at 2 p.m., Sunday, January 10, 2016 at the Zimmerli Art Museum. Charitable donations can be made to local animal shelters or other charities of personal choice. Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the Jaqui-Kuhn Funeral Home, Highland Park.

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David was the son of Leo Loveland and Verna Bastian Tolman. He was born in Ames, Iowa; on the early death of his father, the Tolman family moved to Provo, Utah. He had one sister, Chr is t ine Tolman E nce, and four brothers: Richard, Glen, Leon, and Brian. A devoted father, he and the late Kathleen Gubler Tolman raised their family in Merchantville, N.J. They had one s on, B enjam in Clark Tolman ; and three daughters: Miriam Tolman Spencer, Margaret Tolman Hatten, and Ruth Tolman.

David had seven grandchildren: John, Rebekah, Lucas, Nathan, Andrew, Seth, and Mirabel.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, Febr uar y 13, 2016. Memo rial contributions may be made to the Marquand Park Foundation. Arrangements are under the direction of the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton, NJ. ———

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Colin Caton Capri Colin Caton Carpi of Penn Valley, Pa., passed away peacefully in the company of family on December 10 th after a prolonged struggle with progressive heart failure. He was born on August 23, 1931, in suburban Philadelphia to Fred and Madeline (Caton) Carpi. A devoted family man he dedicated his later years to helping his children and others of the extended Carpi family. He is survived by his wife of 39 years, Ruth Anne Dirkes of Malvern; daughters Jennifer Moller of Newtown Square; and Lisa Gorsch of Charlottesville, Va.; sons Colin, Jr. of Bala Cynwyd; David of Philadelphia; James of London, U.K., and Peter of Boston; and beloved grandchildren Austin, Spencer, Lindsay, Haley, S ophie, Christopher, Quinn, and Clayton. His brother Clive resides in Alexandria, Va. He was previously married to Laura Pleasants Miller of Gwynedd Valley, Pa. C o l i n w a s a n h o n or s graduate of The Haverford School, Princeton University, and Harvard Business School ( HBS ). At Haverford and Princeton he was a star on the varsity soccer teams. An adventurous type, he spent one summer vacation riding the rails in Canada, seeking employment at various oil drilling sites in Saskatchewan and Alberta, progressing as far north as Yellowknife in the Northwest Territories. While at Princeton his entrepreneurial impulses became evident as manager of the university’s radio station and when, together with several classmates, he designed an automated seeding machine for farming application and obtained a U.S. patent.

Immediately after graduating from HBS he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and completed Navy Officer Candidate School at Newport.

An avid pilot and aviation enthusiast, he was assigned to the staff of the Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics in Washington where he spent the duration of his naval service. His support for a local Great Valley helicopter designer culminated when the new helicopter was used to whisk Colin and first wife Laura away on their honeymoon from the wedding reception in June 1957.

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General Interiors was a major force in the furniture business for nearly 10 years, at which point an acquisition made it the home furnishing division of General Mills.

Colin had always been interested in the technical aspects of evaluating stock prices. After leaving General Interiors, he founded Chartwell, an investment service that, in the pre-internet age, used highly-detailed charts of stock price performance and trends for a subscriber customer base.

He was in the forefront of developments in computer graphics, technology that he needed in order to move Chartwell into the digital world. At Chartwell, as at G eneral Inter iors, Colin dealt with technological gurus and financiers at the top of the business world.

As the son of a senior executive of the renowned Pennsylvania Railroad, Colin retained an interest in railroading throughout his entire life, which was manifested in an enduring hobby. Beginning in his teenage years, when he designed and built an elaborate model train layout, using cardboard scraps, broomsticks and other mundane materials, he continued to build and assemble a large collection of locomotives and rolling stock representative of the grandeur of railroading’s heyday.

Colin pursued lifetime learning. He was equally conversant discussing history, philosophy, economics, mathematics, life and physical sciences, religion, engineering, architecture, music and numerous other realms of knowledge. He was especially interested in specific opportunities within these realms to improve the human condition.

Dedicated to his family, Colin devoted much of his passions and efforts to raising and developing his six children, eight grandchildren, and other family members. He took equal pleasure in meaningfully helping other non-family members who crossed his path. He was a fervent believer in human potential and his greatest joy in life was helping others realize and further their potential. He was a supreme optimist who always had an engaging smile and kind words for everyone he encountered. Colin’s family dearly loved him. They will forever miss the man who loved them deeply and championed them all.

A f u neral ser v ice and burial will be held at Saint Christopher’s Church, 226 Righters Mill Road, Gladwyne, PA on Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 1 p.m. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that any donations be made to St. Christopher’s Church.

Rosetta Trani Archer Rosetta Trani Archer was born July 20, 1934 in Princeton, New Jersey to Rosalie ( Balestrieri) and Antonio Trani. Her mother widowed and married Antonio Pisani who was the father she knew.

Rose passed away suddenly in her home in Monument, Colorado on December 13, 2015 after returning home from surgery recuperation.

Rosetta was known as Rose or Rosie and affectionately called by her nieces and nephews “Zizi.” Rose was preceded in death by her husband, Royal Macklin Archer, her parents, a brother Anthony “Red” Trani, and a sister Agnes Wolf.

Growing up in Princeton, Rose graduated from Princeton High School in 1952.

After high school she attended business classes at Rider College in Trenton.

Her career for over 30 years was at RCA David Sarnoff Research Center in Penn’s Neck. She worked in the human resources department, library, and ultimately managed the “Family Store” where she purchased and sold RCA products that included records, radios, and televisions to employees around the countr y. Her real job there however was employee morale as she was always there to give advice and share stories.

At RCA, she met Royal Archer and they were married in Basil, Switzerland in 1962. They enjoyed many happy years travelling the world together. Interesting trinkets she collected along the way could be in a museum — but each one held a cherished memory for her. Special places dear to her heart were in France, Switzerland, Germany, and Austria.

Royal’s career in the aerospace industry took them to Cape Canaveral, Florida for several years. Upon retirement in 1994, Royal and Rose set tled on a small ranch in Westcliffe, Colorado. They enjoyed their horse Skipper and their donkey Molly for many years. Rose especially loved the mule deer she called “muleys.”

The deer would literally walk up on their porch, knock on the door and ask for horse treats. The folks in Westcliffe will remember Rose’s love of cooking.

As a result of her world t ravels, she b ec ame an amazing cook and would create the most wonderful international dishes to share with her family and friends.

Her fried chicken recipe was frequently requested for picnics. Cuisine and entertaining were her passion.

Upon Royal’s death in 2013 and some health issues, Rose decided to move from Westcliffe to Monument, Colo. to be closer to relatives. Downsizing from a ranch home to an apart-

ment forced a moving sale that was the same week as the Black Forest Fire. Helping with the moving sale, her Black Forest family who were under evacuation orders were receiving messages from friends who had learned that their homes were lost. Rose’s generosity helped several families w it h donated household items and furniture. This act of kindness displays how she lived her life. She “was good” to so many. Once in Monument, she enjoyed time by the pool with her great niece and nephew, decorating her apartment, reading her many food magazines and cook books, family dinners and picnics, watching her beloved Yankees (never missing a game), cheering on her favorite NASCAR drivers, and shopping trips with special friends.

Rose is survived by her sister Amelia “Millie” (Joseph) Ratcliff of Black Forest, Colo. and many nieces and nephews as well as great nieces and nephews, a nd cousi ns. Her n iece Kelly (Jim) Marchbank also of Black Forest helped her along the way.

A graveside service will be held next summer upon the interment of her ashes at the Princeton Cemetery in Princeton. She will be laid to rest with her late husband Royal. A mass celebration of her life will be held at St. Paul’s Church in Princeton.

Information for that will be made available as soon as it is known.

Memorial contributions in her name can be made to Samaritan’s Purse, P.O. Box 300, Boone, NC 28607 where a memorial page has been set up as well at the following link: http://bit. ly/1maO7X6.

Colleen Hargraves Guimes

Colleen Sinclair Hargraves Guimes, 51, of Newtown, Pa., passed away on December 9, 2015, with loving family and friends by her side.

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Colleen graduated from Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pa., in 1987.

She cherished many friends from that time who continued to be vital and loving parts of her life through the years. Happily, she reunited with them at a college reunion in September, rekindling old friendships and reliving wonderful times. She will be sorely missed by so many.

Her professional career began with Princeton Caterers many years ago, and extended to a lifetime of contributions in the food service and hospitality industry with Restaurant Associates and later the Patina Group in New York City. Colleen leaves behind bereaved colleagues, bosses, and friends throughout the industr y.

She had a remarkable ability to organize and manage events and people in a high-pressure environment, all while remaining cheerful and kind, building extraordinary friendships and loyalties along the way.

Colleen married Andrew Guimes of Bensalem, Pa., in 1991. She was welcomed into the Guimes family by loving in-laws, Willie and the late Art Guimes, sisterin-law Sue and niece Crosby, and brother-in-law Les. One of the highlights each year was the family trip to Marco Island, Fla., in January. Col-

leen was a devoted aunt to Crosby, celebrating birthdays and accomplishments, and hosting Crosby when her parents were away. She will be deeply missed by the extended Guimes family.

Colleen was very close to her sisters, Allison and Monica, and their families.

Her brother-in-law John Dix will always cherish his close friendship with her.

Colleen loved recent family vacations on Lake Huron in Cheboygan, Mich., and leaves wonderful memories of her joy in that beautiful place. Colleen had a special relationship with her niece Hillary, who counts Colleen among her best friends. Colleen and her nephew Jack shared a love of movies and enjoyed hanging out together. Colleen loved her niece Isabel and nephew William, and enjoyed being the aunt who spoiled them with treats and many fun outings. All her nieces and nephews will miss her deeply.

C olleen a nd A ndrew’s life together began when they both worked at Prospect House on Princeton’s campus, and was formally launched in a wonderful wedding followed by a honeymoon in Napa Valley, Calif. In recent years, Colleen and Andrew enjoyed a lovely week with friends and colleagues in Florence, Italy. They shared a life and a home for more than 25 years and were gracious and generous hosts. Good food and gatherings of friends and family were highlights of their life together.

Colleen was loved for her generous spirit and big heart. She had a wonderful ability to enjoy life, while making ever yone around her happier. A celebration of Colleen’s life will be held on January 9, 2016 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Prospect House on Princeton University’s campus in Princeton.

Friends and loved ones are welcome. In lieu of flowers, the family would welcome donations in Colleen’s name to the charity or cause of your choice.

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Fully insured. Gutter cleaning available. References available upon request. 30 years experience. (609) 271-8860. tf

ONE DaY HaULING & HOME IMpROVEMENT: We service all of your cleaning & removal needs. Attics, basements, yards, debris & demolition clean up, concrete, junk cars & more. The best for less! Call (609) 743-6065.

12-23 DUpLEX IN pRINCETON: Spacious 2 BR, Princeton School District. Walk to campus, schools, shops, restaurants & transportation. Renovated kitchen W/D in unit, central AC, off-street parking. $2,050/mo. Call (609) 285-3557.

12-16-3t ROOM WaNTED (pRINCETON): Financially limited single male academic needs unfurnished room to be occupied at most 3 days/week. ($250 per mo.) Call anytime (860) 652-9234.

12-16-3t CaLLING aLL CaTS aND DOGS! In Home Pet Sitting. Bonded/Insured.

Booking now for the holidays! Call today for a Complimentary Meet and Greet! (609) 731-5894.

HaNDYMaN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, etc. EPA certified. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www.elegantdesignhandyman.com Call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com tf CaRpENTRY General Contracting. No job too small. Licensed and insured. Call Julius Sesztak (609) 466-0732.

12-09-4t pRINCETON aCaDEMICS TUTOR-COUNSEL-COaCH All grades & subjects. Regular & Special Education. ADHD coaching. Beginning to advanced reading instruction. Test prep- PARCC, SSAT, PSAT, SAT, ACT. School assessments & homework club.

Build self-esteem while learning!

JUDY DINNERMAN, M.A., Reading & Educational Specialist. 35 yrs. experience, U. of Pa. certified, www.princetonacademics.com, (609) 865-1111

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aNTIQUES WaNTED: Estate contents purchased. Kyle Kinter Antiques, Lambertville/Hopewell.

(609) 306-0202.

11-18-8t TIRED OF aN OFFICE paRK? Office space available in historic building overlooking Carnegie Lake.

Princeton address. Furnished or unfurnished. Newly renovated. Free parking. Conference room, kitchenette, receptionist included. Friendly, professional atmosphere. Contact Liz: (609) 514-0514; ez@zuckfish.com 12-23-3t YogaTestprep.com, part yoga, part test prep. ACT/SAT. Meets Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Sign up at info@yogatestprep.com 12-09-8t ROSa’S CLEaNING SERVICE: For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more.

Has goo d English, own transportation. 20 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188 or (609) 610-2485.

12-09-8t TOWN TOpICS CLaSSIFIEDS GETS TOp RESULTS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go!

We deliver to aLL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read.

Call (609) 924-2200 ext. 10 for more details. tf I BUY aLL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469.

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superiorhandymanservices-nj.com 11-11/01-27

BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, silver, jewelry & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 890-1206 , (609) 306-0613.

07-31-16 TK paINTING: Interior, exterior. Power-washing, wallpaper removal, plaster repair, Venetian plaster, deck staining.

Renovation of kitchen cabinets.

Excellent references. Free estimates.

Call (609) 947-3917 10-21/04-13 pRINCETON–213 NaSSaU ST. First floor office suite for lease. 4 rooms, sub-dividable, entry lobby, furnished optional, parking on site.

Weinberg Management (609) 9248535.

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NEED SOMETHING DONE?

General contractor.

Seminary Degree, 17 years experience in the Princeton area. Bath renovations, decks, tile, window/door installations, masonry, carpentry & painting.

Licensed & insured. References available. (609) 477-9261.

02-24-16 FaLL CLEaN Up! Seeding, mulching, trimming, weeding, lawn mowing, planting & much more. Please call (609) 637-0550.

03-25-16 JOES LaNDSCapING INC. OF pRINCETON Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs

Everything! Guitar, bass, drums, percussion, banjo, keyboard, ukulele, mandolin, accordion, microphones, amplifiers, & accessories. Call (609) 306-0613. Local buyer.

07-31-16 MUSIC LESSONS: Voice, piano, guitar, drums, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, 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 02-11-16

WE BUY CaRS Belle Mead Garage

Commercial/Residential

(908) 359-8131

Over 30 Years of Experience •Fully Insured •Free Consultations

Ask for Chris

pRINCETON RESTaURaNT SpaCE FOR LEaSE: 1611 SF available immediately. Please call (609) 921-6060 for details.

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Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ gmail.com Text (only) (609) 638-6846 Office (609) 216-7936 Princeton References •Green Company

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HOME REpaIR SpECIaLIST:

Custom fitted in your home.

CLASSIFIED RATE INFO:

WaNTED: physical Therapist/ Med Dr./Dentist

STORaGE SpaCE: 194 Nassau St. 1227 sq. ft. Clean, dry, secure space. Please call (609) 921-6060 for details.

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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 06-17-16

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HIC #13VH07549500 04-29-16

+/-2,000 SF Space for Rent in Lawrenceville, off of 95 & Princeton Pike, next to the first approved 200 participant Adult Health Daycare Center. Ground Level, plenty of parking. Call for more information.

(609) 921-7655. tf

Pillows, cushions, table linens, window treatments, and bedding.

Fabrics and hardware.

Fran Fox (609) 577-6654 windhamstitches.com

WHaT’S a GREaT GIFT FOR a FORMER pRINCETONIaN? a Gift Subscription!

We have prices for 1 or 2 years -call (609)924-2200x10 to get more info!

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Gina Hookey, Classified Manager

Deadline: 12 pm Tuesday • Payment: All ads must be pre-paid, Cash, credit card, or check. • 25 words or less: $23.25 • each add’l word 15 cents • Surcharge: $15.00 for ads greater than 60 words in length. • 3 weeks: $59.00 • 4 weeks: $76 • 6 weeks: $113 • 6 month and annual discount rates available. • Classifieds by the inch: $26.50/inch • Employment: $33

WE BUY HOMES! • Save On Commission Cost • Cash Deal / 30 Day Closing • No Home Inspection • Fair Market Value Phone: 609.924.7111

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Place an ad with TOWN TOPICS! (609) 924-2200 x10 tf HOUSE FOR RENT: with Princeton address. 3 BR, LR/DR w/fireplace, updated eat-in kitchen, garage, laundry w/washer & dryer, hardwood floors. Includes lawn & snow maintenance. Move-in ready, available now. No pets, smoke free, $2,600. (609) 683-4802.

12-09-3t FIREWOOD: Seasoned Hardwoods & 100% Oak. 1/2 & full cords-Delivered.

Allen’s Tree Service. Trees trimmed/ removed. Free estimates. Call (609) 213-5933.

12-09-3t STORaGE SpaCE: 10 minutes north of Princeton, in the small village of Blawenburg, starting at a $210 discounted monthly rent. For details: http://princetonstorage.homestead. com or (609) 333-6932.

11-18-6t EXCELLENT BaBYSITTER: With references, available in the Princeton area. (609) 216-5000 tf LOLIO’S WINDOW WaSHING & pOWER WaSHING: Free estimate. Next day service.

Fully insured. Gutter cleaning available. References available upon request. 30 years experience. (609) 271-8860. tf

HaNDYMaN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, etc. EPA certified. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www.elegantdesignhandyman.com Call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com tf

ROOM WaNTED (pRINCETON): Financially limited single male academic needs unfurnished room to be occupied at most 3 days/week. ($250 per mo.) Call anytime (860) 652-9234.

12-16-3t CaLLING aLL CaTS aND DOGS! In Home Pet Sitting. Bonded/Insured.

Booking now for the holidays! Call today for a Complimentary Meet and Greet! (609) 731-5894.

CaRpENTRY General Contracting. No job too small. Licensed and insured. Call Julius Sesztak (609) 466-0732. tf TUTORING aVaILaBLE: in Algebra, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, Physics, SAT, ACT & AP. For more information contact Tom at (609) 216-6921. tf HOUSEKEEpER/COOK/ LaUNDRY: Seeking daytime or part-time live-in. Mature, Spanish speaking. Superb reference, (908) 334-8924.

12-09-3t ONE DaY HaULING & HOME IMpROVEMENT: We service all of your cleaning & removal needs. Attics, basements, yards, debris & demolition clean up, concrete, junk cars & more. The best for less! Call (609) 743-6065.

12-23 DUpLEX IN pRINCETON: Spacious 2 BR, Princeton School District. Walk to campus, schools, shops, restaurants & transportation. Renovated kitchen W/D in unit, central AC, off-street parking. $2,050/mo. Call (609) 285-3557.

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12-09-4t pRINCETON aCaDEMICS TUTOR-COUNSEL-COaCH All grades & subjects. Regular & Special Education. ADHD coaching. Beginning to advanced reading instruction. Test prep- PARCC, SSAT, PSAT, SAT, ACT. School assessments & homework club.

Build self-esteem while learning!

JUDY DINNERMAN, M.A., Reading & Educational Specialist. 35 yrs. experience, U. of Pa. certified, www.princetonacademics.com, (609) 865-1111 12-02-5t 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.

12-09-4t HOUSEKEEpING & CLEaNING: By woman with 20 years experience.

Good references, own transportation.

Call Rosa at (609) 516-4449 or (609) 394-2725.

12-23-3t aNTIQUES WaNTED: Estate contents purchased. Kyle Kinter Antiques, Lambertville/Hopewell.

(609) 306-0202.

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TIRED OF aN OFFICE paRK? Office space available in historic building overlooking Carnegie Lake.

Princeton address. Furnished or unfurnished. Newly renovated. Free parking. Conference room, kitchenette, receptionist included. Friendly, professional atmosphere. Contact Liz: (609) 514-0514; ez@zuckfish.com 12-23-3t YogaTestprep.com, part yoga, part test prep. ACT/SAT. Meets Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Sign up at info@yogatestprep.com 12-09-8t ROSa’S CLEaNING SERVICE: For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more.

Has goo d English, own transportation. 20 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188 or (609) 610-2485.

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TOWN TOpICS CLaSSIFIEDS GETS TOp RESULTS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go!

We deliver to aLL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read.

Call (609) 924-2200 ext. 10 for more details. tf I BUY aLL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469.

08-12-16 BUYING all antiques, artwork, coins, jewelry, wristwatches, military, old trunks, clocks, toys, books, furniture, carpets, musical instruments, etc. Serving Princeton for over 25 years. Free appraisals. Time Traveler Antiques and Appraisals, (609) 9247227.

10-28/01-13 SUpERIOR HaNDYMaN SERVICES: Experienced in all residential home repairs. Free Estimate/References/ Insured. (908) 966-0662 or www. superiorhandymanservices-nj.com 11-11/01-27 BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, silver, jewelry & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 890-1206 , (609) 306-0613.

07-31-16 TK paINTING: Interior, exterior. Power-washing, wallpaper removal, plaster repair, Venetian plaster, deck staining.

Renovation of kitchen cabinets.

Excellent references. Free estimates.

Call (609) 947-3917 10-21/04-13 pRINCETON–213 NaSSaU ST. First floor office suite for lease. 4 rooms, sub-dividable, entry lobby, furnished optional, parking on site.

Weinberg Management (609) 9248535.

11-04-tf pRINCETON RESTaURaNT SpaCE FOR LEaSE: 1611 SF available immediately. Please call (609) 921-6060 for details.

06-10-tf STORaGE SpaCE: 194 Nassau St. 1227 sq. ft. Clean, dry, secure space. Please call (609) 921-6060 for details.

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J.O. paINTING & HOME IMpROVEMENTS: Painting for interior & exterior, framing, dry wall, spackle, trims, doors, windows, floors, tiles & more. Call (609) 883-5573.

05-13-16 NaSSaU STREET: Small Office Suites with parking. 390 sq. ft; 1467 sq. ft. Please call (609) 921-6060 for details.

06-10-tf NEED SOMETHING DONE? General contractor.

Seminary Degree, 17 years experience in the Princeton area. Bath renovations, decks, tile, window/door installations, masonry, carpentry & painting.

Licensed & insured. References available. (609) 477-9261.

02-24-16 FaLL CLEaN Up! Seeding, mulching, trimming, weeding, lawn mowing, planting & much more. Please call (609) 637-0550.

03-25-16 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 04-29-16 aWaRD WINNING SLIpCOVERS Custom fitted in your home.

Pillows, cushions, table linens, window treatments, and bedding.

Fabrics and hardware.

Fran Fox (609) 577-6654 windhamstitches.com 03-18-16 OFFICE SUITE FOR LEaSE: 220 Alexander Street, Princeton. ~1,260 usable SF on 2 levels. Weinberg Management, WMC@collegetown. com, (609) 924-8535. tf

HOME REpaIR SpECIaLIST:

pRINCETON: 1 BR DUpLEX House for Rent. $1,575/mo. Parking Available. Call (609) 921-7655. tf

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 06-17-16

BUYING aLL MUSICaL INSTRUMENTS! Everything! Guitar, bass, drums, percussion, banjo, keyboard, ukulele, mandolin, accordion, microphones, amplifiers, & accessories. Call (609) 306-0613. Local buyer.

07-31-16

MUSIC LESSONS: Voice, piano, guitar, drums, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, 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 02-11-16

WE BUY CaRS Belle Mead Garage (908) 359-8131 Ask for Chris tf WaNTED: physical Therapist/ Med Dr./Dentist +/-2,000 SF Space for Rent in Lawrenceville, off of 95 & Princeton Pike, next to the first approved 200 participant Adult Health Daycare Center. Ground Level, plenty of parking. Call for more information.

(609) 921-7655. tf WHaT’S a GREaT GIFT FOR a FORMER pRINCETONIaN? a Gift Subscription!

We have prices for 1 or 2 years -call (609)924-2200x10 to get more info! tf LOOKING TO RENT YOUR HOME OR apaRTMENT? Place an ad with TOWN TOPICS! (609) 924-2200 x10 tf HOUSE FOR RENT: with Princeton address. 3 BR, LR/DR w/fireplace, updated eat-in kitchen, garage, laundry w/washer & dryer, hardwood floors. Includes lawn & snow maintenance. Move-in ready, available now. No pets, smoke free, $2,600. (609) 683-4802.

12-09-3t FIREWOOD: Seasoned Hardwoods & 100% Oak. 1/2 & full cords-Delivered.

Allen’s Tree Service. Trees trimmed/ removed. Free estimates. Call (609) 213-5933.

12-09-3t STORaGE SpaCE: 10 minutes north of Princeton, in the small village of Blawenburg, starting at a $210 discounted monthly rent. For details: http://princetonstorage.homestead. com or (609) 333-6932.

11-18-6t EXCELLENT BaBYSITTER: With references, available in the Princeton area. (609) 216-5000

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

All of Us At Stockton Real Estate Hope Your Holidays Are Full of Joy, Love and Good Health.

We Wish You The Best in 2016! www.stockton-realtor.com

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LOOKING TO RENT YOUR HOME OR apaRTMENT?

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lolIo’S WInDoW WaSHInG & PoWER WaSHInG: Free estimate. Next day service.

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RooM WantED (PRIncEton): Financially limited single male academic needs unfurnished room to be occupied at most 3 days/week. ($250 per mo.) Call anytime (860) 652-9234.

HanDYMan: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, etc. EPA certified. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www.elegantdesignhandyman.com Call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com tf

callInG all catS anD DoGS!

caRPEntRY General Contracting. No job too small. Licensed and insured. Call Julius Sesztak (609) 466-0732. tf tutoRInG aVaIlaBlE: in Algebra, Geometry, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Multivariable Calculus, Differential Equations, Physics, SAT, ACT & AP. For more information contact Tom at (609) 216-6921. tf HouSEkEEPER/cook/ launDRY: Seeking daytime or part-time live-in. Mature, Spanish speaking. Superb reference, (908) 334-8924.

12-09-3t onE DaY HaulInG & HoME IMPRoVEMEnt: We service all of your cleaning & removal needs. Attics, basements, yards, debris & demolition clean up, concrete, junk cars & more. The best for less! Call (609) 743-6065.

12-23

12-16-3t

In Home Pet Sitting. Bonded/Insured.

Booking now for the holidays! Call today for a Complimentary Meet and Greet! (609) 731-5894.

12-09-4t PRIncEton acaDEMIcS tutoR-counSEl-coacH All grades & subjects. Regular & Special Education. ADHD coaching. Beginning to advanced reading instruction. Test prep- PARCC, SSAT, PSAT, SAT, ACT. School assessments & homework club.

Build self-esteem while learning!

JUDY DINNERMAN, M.A., Reading & Educational Specialist. 35 yrs. experience, U. of Pa. certified, www.princetonacademics.com, (609) 865-1111 12-02-5t 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.

12-09-4t HouSEkEEPInG & clEanInG: By woman with 20 years experience.

Good references, own transportation.

Call Rosa at (609) 516-4449 or (609) 394-2725.

DuPlEX In PRIncEton: Spacious 2 BR, Princeton School District. Walk to campus, schools, shops, restaurants & transportation. Renovated kitchen W/D in unit, central AC, off-street parking. $2,050/mo. Call (609) 285-3557.

antIQuES WantED: Estate contents purchased. Kyle Kinter Antiques, Lambertville/Hopewell.

(609) 306-0202.

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A. Pennacchi & Sons Co. Established in 1947

MASON CONTRACTORS RESTORE-PRESERVE-ALL MASONRY

Mercer County's oldest, reliable, experienced firm.

We serve you for all your masonry needs.

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Call us as your past generations did for over 70 years!

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Support your community businesses. Princeton business since 1947.

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tIRED oF an oFFIcE PaRk? Office space available in historic building overlooking Carnegie Lake.

Princeton address. Furnished or unfurnished. Newly renovated. Free parking. Conference room, kitchenette, receptionist included. Friendly, professional atmosphere. Contact Liz: (609) 514-0514; ez@zuckfish.com 12-23-3t YogatestPrep.com, part yoga, part test prep. ACT/SAT. Meets Tuesdays & Thursdays, 6-8 p.m. Sign up at info@yogatestprep.com 12-09-8t RoSa’S clEanInG SERVIcE: For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more.

Has goo d English, own transportation. 20 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188 or (609) 610-2485.

12-09-8t toWn toPIcS claSSIFIEDS GEtS toP RESultS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go!

We deliver to all of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read. call (609) 924-2200 ext. 10 for more details.

I BuY all kInDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469.

08-12-16 BuYInG all antiques, artwork, coins, jewelry, wristwatches, military, old trunks, clocks, toys, books, furniture, carpets, musical instruments, etc. Serving Princeton for over 25 years. Free appraisals. Time Traveler Antiques and Appraisals, (609) 9247227.

10-28/01-13 SuPERIoR HanDYMan SERVIcES: Experienced in all residential home repairs. Free Estimate/References/ Insured. (908) 966-0662 or www. superiorhandymanservices-nj.com 11-11/01-27 BuYInG: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, silver, jewelry & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 890-1206 , (609) 306-0613.

07-31-16 tk PaIntInG: Interior, exterior. Power-washing, wallpaper removal, plaster repair, Venetian plaster, deck staining.

Renovation of kitchen cabinets.

Excellent references. Free estimates. call (609) 947-3917 10-21/04-13 PRIncEton–213 naSSau St. First floor office suite for lease. 4 rooms, sub-dividable, entry lobby, furnished optional, parking on site.

Weinberg Management (609) 9248535.

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Multiple projects are available ranging from $1,295,000 to $1,539,000, built to the highest standard with attention to the finest details!

Call me to schedule a private showing.

There might still be time to customize your home!

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of PRINCETON

343 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ 08540 609-921-9202 Each RE/MAX office is independently owned and operated.

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Employment Opportunities in the Princeton Area

RESIDEntIal REntalS: Princeton – $3600/mo.

3 BR, 2 bath cottage on Picturesque Farm. 2-car garage, central air. Available now.

Hopewell twp – $3000/mo.

4 BR, 2.5 bath, washer/dryer, 2-car garage. Available now.

Princeton – $1750/mo.

Newly renovated Palmer Square Studio. Partially furnished. Rent includes heat & hot water. Available now through August 31, 2016.

Princeton – $1700/mo.

1 BR, 1 bath, LR, kitchen, 1 parking space included. Long-term tenant wanted-2 years.

coMMERcIal REntalS:

DRIVERS: NE Regional Run. $.44cpm. Monthly Bonus. Home Weekly. Complete Benefit Package. Rider Program Immediately. 100% No-Touch. 70% D&H. (888) 406-9046.

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Advertising Sales Full and part time Account Managers

Princeton – $2300/mo.

Nassau Street, 5 room office. Completely renovated. Available now.

needed to work on selling both print and

Princeton – $1650/mo.

Nassau Street. 2nd floor “B”, 3 rooms.

Private 1/2 bath.

Available now.

Ideal candidates will have experience sell-

Princeton – $1600/mo.

Nassau Street. 2nd floor, 3 offices, use of hall powder room. Available now. tf

Thinking about a NEW CONSTRUCTION in Princeton?

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We have customers waiting for houses!

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digital to regional and national accounts. ing advertising in luxury print publications and reside in Central or Northeastern NJ. Compensation is negotiable based on experience.

Send cover letter and resume to: editor@witherspoonmediagroup.com

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

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Call Creative Woodcraft (609) 586-2130 06-17-16 J.o. PaIntInG & HoME IMPRoVEMEntS: Painting for interior & exterior, framing, dry wall, spackle, trims, doors, windows, floors, tiles & more. Call (609) 883-5573.

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with Princeton address. 3 BR, LR/DR w/fireplace, updated eat-in kitchen, garage, laundry w/washer & dryer, hardwood floors. Includes lawn & snow maintenance. Move-in ready, available now. No pets, smoke free, $2,600. (609) 683-4802.

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Allen’s Tree Service. Trees trimmed/ removed. Free estimates. Call (609) 213-5933.

12-09-3t StoRaGE SPacE: 10 minutes north of Princeton, in the small village of Blawenburg, starting at a $210 discounted monthly rent. For details: http://princetonstorage.homestead. com or (609) 333-6932.

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Wishing our clients, colleagues, and friends a Happy Holiday and prosperous New Year!

Our Princeton Sales Associates

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