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Local Eateries Pitch In During Nursery School Renovation . . . . . . . . . . .5 Public Meetings on Seminary Redevelopment Continue . . . . . . . . . . .10 W .S . Merwin in Princeton and Manhattan . . . . . . .14 The Gods of Comedy Premieres at McCarter Theatre . . . . . . . . . . . .16 PU Wrestler Glory Primed for Shot at NCAA Championships . . . . . . 29 Hun Swimming Produced Breakthrough Campaign . . . . . . . . . . 34

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Students Strike For Climate Action, Join Global Movement

Urging action to combat climate change, more than 40 Princeton High School students, joined by about a dozen middle school and elementary school students and about 15 more from Princeton University, gathered in Hinds Plaza then marched to Nassau Hall last Friday. The demonstrators, seeking to draw attention to youth voices and opinions on climate change and participate in the international strike, carried signs urging such messages as “This Is Our World,” “Stop Global Warming,” “You Are Stealing Our Future,” and “Make Earth Cool Again.” In a collaboration between Princeton High School Democrats in Action (DIA) and various Princeton University climate groups, the demonstrators made phone calls, collected petition signatures, and wrote letters to U.S. Senator Robert Menendez, urging him to support the Green New Deal. District 12 Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman and N.J. U.S. Senator Cory Booker are both co-sponsors of the Green New Deal, but Menendez has not signed on. “Climate change is one of the biggest issues facing my generation,” said PHS junior Ella Norman, vice president of DIA and lead organizer of this Youth Climate Action Strike. “Climate change has disproportionately hurt areas with higher populations of people of color and people who are less wealthy and powerful.” Referring to environmental disasters in Puerto Rico and Flint, Michigan, Norman noted, “My generation sees this as an injustice. Many of us are too young to vote and too young to hold office. However, by the time our generation becomes old enough to do these things, it will be too late.” She continued, “Now is the time to pass radical climate action legislation, such as the Green New Deal, in order to ensure that our future planet will be a healthy and habitable place for all members of my generation and future generations.” PHS Principal Gary Snyder, though not willing to mitigate the importance of student attendance or condone the class cuts, expressed support for the students participating in the strike. “The usual procedure of parent notification and follow-up with student occurs for a class absence,” he wrote in an email. Continued on Page 9

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Princeton Dems Vote To Support Three Candidates In a candidate forum and endorsement meeting Sunday night, the Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO) voted to support, but not endorse, three candidates for two open positions on Princeton Council. With 165 ballots cast and voters’ first and second choices ranked equally, Mia Sacks received 97 first and second rank votes (59 percent), incumbent Tim Quinn 95 votes (58 percent), and Michelle Pirone Lambros 66 votes (40 percent). Sixty percent was required to win PCDO endorsement, 40 percent for support. A fourth Democratic candidate, Adam Bierman, will also be running in the June 4 primary, but declined to participate in the endorsement process because of the dues requirement ($5-$15) to vote. “There is a need to get money out of the process,” he wrote in a letter to Town Topics. At a subsequent meeting of the elected members of the Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee on Monday night, 33 committee members representing the 22 voting districts of Princeton, also voting with a ranked voting system, voted to recommend to the chair of the Mercer County Democratic Committee the following ballot order in the Democratic column on the June primary

ballot: Quinn, with 99 points; Sacks, with 97 points; Lambros, with 83 points; and Bierman with 47 points. The two highest-ranked candidates, Quinn and Sacks, receive the designation “Regular Democratic Organization” on the ballot. In presenting the outcome of the Municipal Committee (MuniComm) vote, MuniComm Chair Scotia W. MacRae expressed her appreciation to the candidates. “Running for office is a difficult process, and I applaud

you all for taking the step of entering a competitive race to become a public servant,” she said. Sunday night’s full-house session at the Suzanne Patterson Resource Center gave the three candidates a chance to present their platforms and respond to questions raised by the audience, with Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker moderating the proceedings. Continued on Page 9

LALDEF FUTURO Mentoring Program Receives $75,000 Grant for Women, Girls

The Princeton Area Community Foundation’s (PACF) Fund for Women and Girls will provide the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF) with $75,000 to sustain and expand its FUTURO Mentoring Program over the next three years. “With the help of the Princeton Area Community Foundation, the women and girls of our FUTURO program will receive the empowerment necessary to graduate high school, matriculate into a fouryear institution, and become leaders in society,” said LALDEF Executive Director Adriana Abizadeh. In a week full of news about unfair

advantages for wealthy college applicants and the multifarious means used by some rich parents to buy access to colleges and universities, last week’s announcement from LALDEF was welcomed by FUTURO Program Manager Tulia Jiminez-Vergara. “What we do is important because many of our young people are immigrants or children of immigrants, many of whom have never attended college,” she said. She continued, “Through our efforts, they have been able to aspire to higher academic and professional goals that they may never have imagined without our help and encouragement. We show them the Continued on Page 8

PUNCHING THEIR TICKET: Members of the Princeton University women’s basketball team celebrate after they defeated Penn 65-54 in the Ivy League championship game last Sunday in New Haven, Conn ., thereby punching their ticket to the upcoming NCAA tournament . The Tigers, now 22-9, were selected as a No . 11 seed in the Greensboro Region and will face 6th-seeded Kentucky in a first-round contest on March 23 in Raleigh, N .C . For more details on the Ivy title run and NCAA matchup, see page 28 . (Photo by Noel Valero)

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TREASURE HUNT: Book lovers searched through thousands of volumes in more than 60 categories at this year’s Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale, held March 15-19 at Princeton Day School. Started in 1931, the annual sale is the longest-running and largest usedbook-selling endeavor on the East Coast. (Photo by Emily Reeves)

Summer Jobs: Princeton is hiring youth 14-18 for summer employment in a variety of positions, at $15-$18 per hour. Visit princetonnj.gov for more information. Citizenship Classes: The Latin American Task Force offers clases to prepare immigrants for the Naturalization Interview required to become a U.S. citizen, at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, Wednesdays from 7-8:30 p.m. for eight weeks starting April 30. Free. Call (609) 924-9529 ext. 1220. Bridge Replacement: Mercer County is replacing two structures on Route 518 over a branch of Bedens Brook in Hopewell Township, located between Elm and Aunt Molly roads. The project is expected to take approximately until mid-August, weather permitting. Alexander Road Closure: To allow PSE&G to prepare for the replacement of the bridges on Alexander Road, the street is closed through March 24 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekdays, and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on weekends. Household Chemical and Electronic Waste Disposal Day: For Mercer County residents, Saturday, March 30 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at John T. Dempster Fire School, 350 Lawrence Station Road. Visit http://www.mcianj.org/content/119/304/default. aspx for information on what is accepted. Special Meeting on Transportation: At Witherspoon Hall on Monday, April 1 at 7 p.m., Princeton Council, members of boards and commissions related to transportation, Sustainable Princeton, the town’s Human Services and Board of Health will be in attendance. Special Working Session on Parking: Princeton Council will hold a meeting devoted entirely to the parking changes on Monday, April 15 at 7 p.m. in Witherspoon Hall. Nominations Needed: The Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce is seeking nominations for its annual Women of Achievement Awards. The deadline is March 29. The ceremony will take place at Jasna Polana on June 20. Visit www.princetonchamber.org for information. Ask-a-Lawyer: On Wednesday, March 27 from 7 to 8:30 p.m., free legal advice on immigration and other issues will be offered free at Princeton Public Library’s 2nd floor conference room. Call (609) 924-9529 ext. 1220 for information. The library is at 65 Witherspoon Street. Free Income Tax Assistance: AARP Tax-Aide offers free tax preparation assistance at Princeton Senior Resource Center (609) 924-7108 and Nassau Presbyterian Church (bilingual assistance). Call for appointments at PSRC; walk-ins are welcome at the church. Spring Rabies Clinic: Princeton Health Department offers this service for cats and dogs of any New Jersey resident at the Princeton Fire Department, 363 Witherspoon Street, on Saturday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to noon. Also offered are microchip services for $25. For information, visit princetonnj.gov/health. Pirates Swim Team Tryouts: At the Princeton YMCA, Paul Robeson Place, Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and 24, 2:30-3:30 p.m. Visit pirates@princetonymca. org for details and to register. Save Saplings: Help protect the next generation of forest plants from deer at Baldpate Mountain on Saturday, March 30, from 9:30-12 p.m. Learn skills to be used in home and local projects. Presented by Sourland Conservancy’s Stewardship Advisor Jared Rosenbaum. Register at www.tiny.cc/SCSavingSaplings.

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STEPPING UP TO THE PLATE: Rosanda Wong, executive director of Princeton Nursery School, and some members of the student body accepted lunch bags Tuesday from Will Caton of Chopt, which is among several restaurants that is serving lunch to the kids during a two-week renovation of the school’s kitchen. (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)

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Local Eateries Pitch In During Princeton Nursery School Renovation With 37,000 meals to feed to 46 hungry children each year, the kitchen at Princeton Nursery School is a busy place. But making sure those 3- and 4-year-olds get

breakfast, a hot lunch, and a snack each day has become a challenge as the kitchen, in a building that is over 90 years old, has deteriorated. Thanks to a recent fundraising drive, the school is installing a brand new, $ 50,000 kitchen w ith a commercial grade oven, refr igerators, freezers, dishwashers, and stainless steel shelving. The t wo week project got underway last week, and should be finished by the end of this week. Meanwhile, who is feeding the kids? Local restaurants, that’s who.

ty,” said Will Caton, of the eatery. “We do this kind of thing with our New York location and it’s good to pay it forward here in Princeton. I went with how healthy I wanted to go while keeping in mind what these little kids would really want. I’m waiting to hear how it went.” Princeton Nursery School has been a fixture on Leigh Avenue, in the WitherspoonJ a c k s o n n e i g h b or h o o d , since a wealthy Princeton resident founded it for working mothers who desperately needed a place for their Continued on Next Page

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On t he f irst day, PJ’s Pancake House provided pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, and fresh fruit. LiLLiPies, on schedule for this week, is making turkey sandwiches, ham sandwiches, and of course, peanut butter and jelly, packed with an apple from Terhune Orchards and a freshly baked cookie. Others that have stepped up are McCaffrey’s Catering, Pizza Star, Surf Taco, Nomad Pizza, and Chopt. “We reached out to various local restaurants and eateries, and every single lunch has been covered,” said Rosanda Wong, the school’s executive director. “They are all so willing to work with us, making sure the food is child-friendly. Every place we have asked says of course, they can help. Bringing in food every day would have cost a fortune for us.” Jen Carson, owner of LiLLiPies, was more than happy to help. “I was so moved by their mission and immediately said yes when they asked,” she said. “I wasn’t sure how we were going to pull it off, but I knew we just had to do it. We’re baking off some extra pain de mie, which is white bread, because kids seem to like white bread best.” From the salad restaurant Chopt, the children were given Kale Caesar Wraps with fresh parmesan and a Fuji apple. “It’s great to give back to our communi-

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preschool-aged children to go during the day. More than nine decades later, the need is still there. Many of the students are neighborhood residents whose parents walk them to school before putting in a full day of work. “We couldn’t close the school during the renovation, because our families need us,” said Wong. “The contractors — Elrath Construcion, Singer Appliances, and Ici Flooring — have been great, working around us. But of course, we haven’t had a kitchen during the project.” The new kitchen will be up to commercial code. It will have more space for storage, which has been desperately needed. “We’ll have open shelves, very open and modern,” said Wong. “We’ll have a three-bay sink. Everything will be new and clean.” Restaurateur Raoul Momo recommended the contracto r s . “ T h e y h av e b e e n so pleasant,” said Wong. “They understand they are in a building with 3- and 4-year-olds. There has been no cursing, no noises. Dust has been kept to a minimum. And they are very impressed with the lunches.” The project has been funded by The Burke Foundation and the family of Christopher and Leslie Kuenne. Princeton University also provided a donation. T h e c h i l d r e n a r e n ot bothered by the disruption. “They’re enjoying it,” said Wong. “Our parents are happy, too. They tell us, the first thing out of the kids’ mouths when they get home from school is what they had for lunch that day.” —Anne Levin

Question of the Week: “What special finds have you discovered today?” (Asked Saturday at the Bryn Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale at Princeton Day School) (Photographs by Emily Reeves)

“In the old and unusual, there were a lot of hundred-year-old books with the boards and bindings in good shape.” —Manny Cortez, Princeton

“Biographies. I love art books — we found some coffee table books. We were in France — we found a lot of books about painters from France.” —Mariana Mendez, Skillman

Police Blotter On March 17, at 4:20 p.m., a victim reported that at about 2:47 p.m. their wallet containing $120 in cash was stolen from their purse while they were a patron at Triumph Brewing Company on Nassau Street. The suspect was captured on multiple security cameras and is described as a heavyset black female, about 5’8, wearing a black ball cap, long-sleeve purple shirt, and a large tan bag. The suspect attempted to use the victim’s stolen credit card at the CVS on Nassau Street after the theft. On March 15, at 9:41 p.m., Princeton University Department of Public Safety reported that a naked male was just seen riding a bike in the area of Western Way. A witness described the male as white or Hispanic, between 20 and 30 years old, with shoulderlength sandy brown hair. In addition, on March 14, it was reported to Public Safety that a male matching that description was seen peering into a bedroom window between 8:30 and 8:50 p.m. On March 14, at 7:16 p.m., a 19-year-old female passenger from Kendall Park was charged with possession of under 50 grams of marijuana, subsequent to a vehicle stop on Nassau Street for failure of the driver to wear a seatbelt. Unless otherwise noted, individuals arrested were later released.

“I collect music, so I found some old Broadway songs, classical songs, and some choral music.” —Kevin Lash, Princeton

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Sara: “We have found travel books and books for kids. We found Berenstain Bears books and board books for the baby.” — Sara, Greyson, and Rowen Rice, Kingwood Township

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possibilities and give them the opportunity to go further than their parents have been able to.” FUTURO mentors high school juniors and seniors, and follows them through college. College application guidance, SAT preparation, tutoring, community service opportunities, and financial literacy workshops provided by FUTURO all help the students to be better equipped to enter higher education. Jiminez-Vergara reported that all of the 15 high school seniors she is cur rently working with have received acceptance let ters f rom pres t ig ious u n iversit ies. Since its inception in 2009, FUTURO has enrolled more than 65 students, who have collectively received more than $600,000 in scholarships. Students graduating

from high school in 2019 will obtain at least another $400,000 in scholarship funds. “We will achieve a 100 percent high school graduation rate and have historically had 92 percent of our students matriculating in college in the fall directly following their school graduation,” Jimenez-Vergara noted. ”We have a broad n e t work of a lu m n i w h o have graduated from college and who are currently employed in any number of fields from nonprofits to accounting firms to banks, the armed services, and the government.” F U T U R O C o o r d i n a to r Liliana Morenilla oversees F U T U RO’s f ir s t P r i n c e ton cohort, a group of 14 Princeton High School juniors. She described the diverse group — from Mexico, Guatemala, Ghana, Cameroon, Taiwan, and China — as “fantastic kids — very engaged. They work very, very hard, and their parents are very supportive.” She added, “For all of them to be in college in two years — that’s my dream and my white hair.” Morenilla pointed out that expectations are very high for juniors at PHS, with SAT tests, lots of homework, numerous AP courses, and high competition over GPAs. In addition to academics, Morenilla works with her students to prepare for college visits and interviews and “anything that has to do with getting ready for college.” Destinations for recent college visits with her students have included Princeton University, TCNJ, Rutgers, NYU, and Temple. Praising the support of Princeton University under-

graduate volunteer tutors, Princeton Public Schools (PPS), and LALDEF, Morenilla, who also serves as bilingual parent liaison for PPS, said, “It’s important for these kids to know they have someone to back them up. I’m very proud of them. These are kids who really really try. It’s very rewarding to know that we’re all on the same page.” To be eligible for admission into FUTURO students must be residents of Trenton or Princeton, a rising junior (currently a sophomore) in high school, with a GPA of 3.0 or above, family income at or below 80 percent of the Area Median Income, and a first- or second-generation immigrant. LALDEF notes that Hispanic residents in Trenton have a 50 percent high school graduation rate. In Trenton 12 percent of all residents hold at least a bachelor’s degree, but only about 5 percent of Hispanic residents hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. T h e PA C F p r o m o t e s philant hropy and builds community across Mercer County and central New Jersey, helping people and companies make effective charitable gifts and awards grants to nonprofits. Since its founding in 1991 it has made grants of more than $126 million. —Donald Gilpin

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Each candidate delivered a two-minute opening speech. Eight questions followed — about individual qualifications, local issues, politics, and personal preferences, including such topics as parking, affordability, composting, inclusiveness and town-gown relationships — with each candidate allowed up to two minutes to respond. Each candidate finished with a twominute statement. “The theme of my campaign is listening and leading,” said Quinn, emphasizing his experience with one term on Council, as well as previous experience on the Planning Board and many years on the Board of Education. “I’ve taken leadership roles and made many tough decisions, always informed by close listening.” Quinn mentioned his concerns with affordability, hold-

ing the line on property taxes, and continuing the work he has begun on Council. Sacks, who is active in many local organizations, claimed that the town of Princeton is at “a critical point,” and “we need to come together.” She pointed out her focus on zoning and creating affordable housing, and she emphasized her proven skills as a communicator with an extensive background in working with nonprofits. A member of the Princeton Planning Board, she serves on the Master Plan subcommittee and will chair the Subdivision Committee. Sacks called for “better coordinated processes that lead to better outcomes.” Highlighting her background as a successful businesswoman and entrepreneur, Lambros noted the importance of maintaining diversity, providing affordable real estate, and bringing in new rev-

enue streams. She described herself as a creative collaborator who can successfully bring stakeholders together. Citing “economic vitality concerns for the small business community,” Lambros noted that she is “someone who has opened and run my own business, and I know how they open and stay open.” In a letter to PCDO members following Sunday’s meeting, PCDO President Jean Y. Durbin thanked the candidates and PCDO members for their successful participation. “As we turn towards the primary election on June 4, 2019, we know the candidate forum and endorsement meeting provided an opportunity for the candidates to be heard, refine their platforms, and reach the largest pool of Democratic voters in our community in true grassroots fashion,” she said. —Donald Gilpin

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Acknowledging that significant learning often takes place outside the walls of the school, Snyder continued, “We teach and aspire for our young people to be critical thinkers, problem-solvers, communicators, networkers, and activists for a better world, so when they tell us that they want to take an informed stance on an important issue and have their voices heard, we try to guide, advise, and support them in a way that lets them know we

care, but without stifling their voices. This generation of high school students is knowledgeable and active in making its positions known.” In an email Monday, Norman wrote, “I was very happy and impressed with how many young people came to the protest. I hope that our rally energized everyone who came and encouraged them to take ownership of the climate action movement in their own lives. Young people are often shut down when talking about climate change because we’re ‘too young to understand the

science.’ But that shouldn’t stop us from being part of the conversation. It’s enough for us to know that climate change is an urgent issue that our society needs to address now.” First inspired by a 16-yearold Swedish girl named Greta Thunberg, student climate action protests have spread across Europe in the last several months, and last Friday thousands turned out around the globe, dramatizing a generation gap in attitudes towards the threat of climate change. —Donald Gilpin

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“THIS IS OUR WORLD”: About 70 students from Princeton schools and Princeton University participated in Friday’s Youth Climate Action Strike, starting in Hinds Plaza and proceeding up Witherspoon Street to Nassau Hall. As part of an international day of demonstrations, the students demanded attention to youth voices and opinions on climate action and a more vigorous response to climate change. (Photo by Blessing Jegede)

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Public sessions on Princeton Theological S e m i n a r y ’s p l a n t o redevelop portions of its campus continued last week at Witherspoon Hall. A series of charrettes, or interdisciplinary planning meetings, were held March 13-15, allowing consultants and members of the public to p r o v i d e m o r e i n p u t to t h e P l a n n i n g B o a r d subcommittee that has been studying the proposal. The committee will meet this Friday, at 10 a.m., again at Witherspoon Hall, to have an in-depth conversation about last week’s events. While the meeting is open to the public, additional comments will not be taken at that time. “During the charrettes we were mostly quiet, listening to what people had to say,” said David Cohen, who is on the committee and is also a member of Princeton Council. “This will be our chance to hear from each other what reactions are to the plan.” T h e m a i n q u e s t ion i s whet her t he S em inar y’s Ten nent c a mpu s at t he wester n edge of tow n should be declared an area in need of redevelopment. In previous public meetings, neighbors who live on E dgeh ill St reet, Hibben Road, and the surrounding

area expressed concerns about traffic, among other issues. The consultants LRK Inc. have been working on the plan for the town, and Ewing Cole Architects have been hired by the Seminary. The school announced a proposal in January of 2017 to study the possibility of a comprehensive master plan that would consolidate activities on one campus in Princeton. Currently, there are residential buildings behind MarketFair in West W i n d s o r. P l a n s w o u l d involve renovations of some buildings and construction of new apar tments. The Seminary owns 30 homes in the neighborhood, which is part of the Mercer Hill Historic District. Mercer and Stockton streets, which border the campus, are considered important gateways to Princeton. The three evening meetings last week included presentations and reports. D ay t i m e wor k s e s s i o n s were held Wednesday and Thursday. In all, five different plans were presented on Thursday night. “They were quite different from each other in the way they were characterized,” said Cohen. “One was mostly centered around the neighborhood input. Another was most inspired by the Seminary’s concerns. The third was

mostly directed by comments of the Historic Preservation committee, and the fourth was a bit of an outlier, involving outside-the-box response to neighborhood concer ns about traf f ic.” The fifth presentation was an independent one from architect Joel Schwartz. Cohen said there were some negative comments from some neighbors, but it was in objection to aspects that had already been discarded. “For most of the neighbors and other members of the public, the direction we’re headed in is seen as responsive,” he said. “I think it’s sort of an optimal reconciliation of the different interests of the stakeholders — the Seminar y, the town, the n e i g h b or h o o d , a n d t h e larger community.” W hile it was originally hop e d t hat t h e ad ho c committee would be able to make a recommendation to the Planning Board on m ov i n g for w ard w it h a design by this time, there is still some uncertainty on when that will happen. “The design team pulled elements of all the schemes together on Thursday night. We have to see if we want to see a variation on that, or just what we want to do,” Cohen said. —Anne Levin

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Keel Featured in NASW Magazine Princeton High School (PHS) Social Worker and Coordinator of Student and Family Services Lenora Keel was recently featured in the National Association of Social Workers (NASW)-NJ monthly magazine. In the NASW-NJ article, Keel, who is advisor for the Minority Student Achievement Network student leadership group, described her work at PHS. “Every day I have the ability and the opportunity to lift someone up, to empower, to challenge, to guide, and to be a light for someone who is struggling to find their way out of the dark,” she said. “Every day, I have the opportunity to make a difference.” Describing school social workers as “the unsung heroes of our community,” NASWNJ Executive Director Jennifer Thompson stated, “I realized that the moment my kindergartner came home from school to talk about shelter in place. It’s social workers like Ms. Keel who are not only helping our children make sense of what this means to them, but supporting us parents as we struggle to understand a world which is so drastically different than the one we grew up in.”

WW-P South and Community MS Win NJ Science Olympiad Community Middle School (West Windsor) and West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South teams, winners in the March 12 State Finals held at Middlesex County College, will be going to the 2019 Science Olympiad National Tournament at Cornell University on June 1. The top Science Olympiad teams, representing 27 middle schools and 27 high school from all over New Jersey, participated in the state finals. West WindsorPlainsboro North finished second, Montgomery High School third, and Princeton High School was fourth in the high school division. Designed to encourage students’ interest in science and technology, the competition includes tests, firing bottle rockets, launching gliders, racing self-propelled cars, and more.

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The University’s statement recognized Krueger as having a commitment to public service. “His contributions to the nation included serving as President Clinton’s Chief Economist at the Department of Labor, and as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Economic Policy and chair of the White House Council of Economic Advisers under President Obama.” On Twitter, Clinton wrote, “Alan Krueger was a brilliant economist for the public interest—from his research proving that raising the minimum wage doesn’t increase unemployment, to his recent work showing that America’s opioid epidemic has increased it. My thoughts are with his family. We lost him too soon.” Obama issued a statement on Monday, calling Krueger “someone who was deeper than numbers of a screen or charts on a page. He had a perpetual smile and a gentle spirit, even when he was correcting you.” Information about a public celebration of Krueger’s life and legacy will be released at a future date. A statement from his family reads, “It is with tremendous sadness we share that Professor Alan B. Krueger, beloved husband, father, son, brother, and Princeton professor of economics took his own life over the weekend. The family requests the time and space to grieve and remember him. In lieu of flowers, we encourage those wishing to honor Alan to make a contribution to the charity of their choice.” —Anne Levin

How will artificial intelligence affect our world? Edward W. Felten will address that subject at Princeton United Methodist Church ( PUMC) on Sunday, April 14, at 8 a.m. in Fellowship Hall. His topic: “The projected effects of Artificial Intelligence on our economy and the social implications of those effects.” All are welcome to the hot breakfast, prepared by Ian Macdonald and served by the United Methodist Men. A $5 donation is requested. Felten is Princeton University’s Robert E. Kahn Professor of Computer Science and Public Affairs and founding director of the Center for I nfor mat ion Te ch nolo g y Policy, which hosts the blog Freedom to Tinker. He is a co-founder of Offchain Labs, Inc., a blockchain technology startup. He is also a member of the United States Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board. In 2015-2017 he served in the White House as deputy U.S. chief technology officer. Previously he served as the first chief technologist at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission. His research interests include computer security and

A la n B. K r u e g e r, t h e James Madison Professor of Political Economy at Princeton University and an economic aide to Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, was found dead on Saturday, March 16, at his home in Princeton. The cause was suicide, according to his family, in a statement released by the University. The University community, politicians, and educators from across the nation expressed shock and sadness at the news. “Alan was recognized as a true leader in his field, known and admired for both his research and writing,” reads a statement from the University. Krueger was best known for his work in the early 1990s on the effects of minimum wage. A Livingston native, he was a labor economist by training who favored an emphasis on data rather than theory. “Having known Alan for many years, this is a personal loss for me, as I know it is for so many others,” said Cecilia Rouse, dean of the Woodrow Wilson School and Lawrence and Shirley Katzman and Lewis and Anna Ernst Professor in the Economics of Education and professor of economics and public affairs. “Alan changed the field of economics with his innovative empirical approach to studying a wide range of topics from the minimum wage and education, to terrorism and ticket prices at rock concerts. He also was a diligent and dedicated public servant, a true embodiment of our School’s mission. This is an extremely sad loss for our community.”

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Supporting Michelle Lambros, A Fresh Face with New Ideas

To the Editor: One of the reasons I have found living in Princeton to be different from living elsewhere is the variety and depth of contacts I have found possible here. Conversation is lively and intelligent, and people seek earnestly for answers to real problems, both personal and national. But I think the most remarkable person I have met is Michelle Pirone Lambros. As a member of her campaign’s kitchen cabinet, I’ve seen how she receives the suggestions of a lively group of committed volunteers, all typical of the personalities I’ve encountered in 10 years here. She says little. She listens, she rejects ideas that might offend and explores ideas that make good sense. She takes notes, asks questions. She assigns to herself the task of getting answers, and to reaching out for help from further knowledgeable contacts. When offered help, she has specific assignments and responds freely. “Can you find this out?” “Can you research that?” In other words, Michelle models responsive government. A campaign is a model for action: a problem, a challenge, questions, sorting through of resources, an idea, an action, and results. Michelle’s education and entrepreneurial experience extend beyond the limits of Princeton. She brings not only her family and personal history of deep Princeton roots but also her broad experience in finding solutions within cultures as diverse as Florida, the Middle East, Washington, D.C., and Mexico. It’s not enough to know Princeton. To solve intractable problems we will have to go beyond what we know to understand what we do not yet know, to find answers. Michelle is the best example I have seen of that kind of candidate. MARY CLURMAN Harris Road

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To the Editor: Last year China, the biggest importer of plastic waste, stopped buying most recycled waste, sending the recycling industry in the U.S. into turmoil. Before the ban, China took in 45 percent of the world’s plastic waste imports for recycling. Most people in Princeton make an effort to put plastic bottles and other items into recycling bins. But in the past three months, much of plastic recyclables have been loaded onto trucks, and taken to landfills. This new reality especially threatens communities who live near dumping sites. The rest is being sent to Southeast Asian countries who do not have the infrastructure to manage the waste, contributing to the vast amount of plastic in our oceans. In New Jersey, GDB International, a recycling and sustainability company based in New Brunswick, is retooling moving from one that exported to China to one that will making each community responsible for the plastic waste it produces. Plastic can be recycled only a limited number of times, and is difficult to recycle. Each variety of plastic requires a different recycling process, and plastics are made from thousands of different formulas. Even the seven most common types of plastic used in consumer manufacturing — stamped on the bottom with a number inside a triangle — have a variety of resin composition, color, transparency, weight, shape, and size that complicates and often pre-

vents recycling. Plastic films and bags further complicate recycling centers efforts to separate materials as they wrap around the rotating shafts that help separate paper from cans and bottles. In my lifetime, single use plastic bags, invented in 1965 and introduced into grocery stores in the 1980s have become ubiquitous. According to the Wall Street Journal, 100 billion plastic bags pass through the hands of U.S. consumers every year with only 1-5 percent being recycled. I personally spent about eight hours this past January picking up at least eight barrels of garbage along the trails of Mountain Lakes Preserve with approximately a third of the volume being plastic. Part of the solution must be a reduction in use and production of plastic. Several N.J. towns have already taken action including Avalon, Beach Haven, Brigantine, Harvey Cedars, Lambertville, Long Beach Township, Longport, Somers Point, Stafford Township, Stone Harbor, and Ventnor. New Jersey seems poised on the threshold of implementing policy to move our entire state in the right direction, Senate Bill 2776 and A-4330 introduced in June of 2018 to ban stores from handing out single-use plastic shopping bags, plastic drinking straws, and polystyrene food containers (like foam takeout clamshells). The bill would also create a 10-cent fee on single-use paper bags, which would finance a new “Plastic Pollution Prevention Fund.” The Princeton Environmental Commission passed a resolution in September of 2018 urging Governor Murphy and the Legislature to ban single use plastic bags and promote reusable bags. I urge Princetonians to sign the petition of support for this comprehensive bill at http://bit.ly/pvanjec and call your representative to let them know you support this bill. HEIDI FICHTENBAUM Carnahan Place

Princeton Environmental Commission Reports on Town’s Drinking Water

To the Editor: As members of the Princeton Environmental Commission, we often hear questions from residents about the safety of our town’s drinking water. As a result, we invited Scott Baxter-Green, manager Water Quality & Environmental Compliance for New Jersey American Water, to our February public meeting. We are grateful to Mr. BaxterGreen for attending and wanted to pass along some of the information he shared with us to the community. Did you know that unless you have a well, the water that comes out of your tap has traveled all the way from Bridgewater, N.J., where the New Jersey American Water treatment plant is located? Their water sources include the Raritan River, the Millstone River and the D&R Canal. New Jersey American Water provides an annual report on the quality of our water that you can find via this link: http://amwater.com/njaw/water-quality/water-quality-reports/raritan. If you live in a home that was built before 1935 that may still contain lead piping, or in a home that was built before 1985 that has copper piping that may have lead solder, it would be wise to test your water for lead using a lab certified by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. We have put a link to a list of labs on the PEC web page: https://www.princetonnj.gov/ boards-committees/environmental-commission. Dwellings with well water should test annually for coliform bacteria, nitrates, pH, sodium, chloride, fluoride, sulfate, iron, manganese, total dissolved solids, and hardness. Princeton residents and homeowners can support clean and safe drinking water by restricting or eliminating harmful landscaping practices such as the use of synthetic pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers, and preventing household hazardous wastes like unused pharmaceuticals, oils, and lubricants from entering the waterways. Learn more and take action by joining The Watershed Institute’s River

Friendly Resident Program or by taking the Great Healthy Yard Project Pledge. Lastly, we invite you to participate in a stream clean up either with The Watershed Institute in Princeton on Saturday, April 6 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at Grover Park (no registration necessary), or closer to the plant that treats our drinking water with Raritan Headwaters on April 13 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Register and select a location by visiting https://www.raritanheadwaters.org/streamcleanup/. SOPHIE GLOVIER (CHAIR) Drakes Corner Road HEIDI FICHTENBAUM (VICE-CHAIR) Carnahan Place TAMMY L. SANDS (COMMISSIONER) Winant Road

Send Hunger Packing Princeton Reports On Johnson fundraiser

To the Editor: Now in its sixth year, Send Hunger Packing Princeton (SHUPP) held its first adult fundraiser at The Johnson Education Center in Princeton. SHUPP was started with its primary mission to provide weekend meals to school children in Princeton. The concept was to, in part, supplement the meals some children receive at school Monday through Friday. SHUPP’s motto is “Because a child should hunger for knowledge, not breakfast.” Today, SHUPP has grown to include other programs such as providing snacks to school counselors to give out as needed, funding lunches at summer programs such as Princeton Recreation Camp and the Pre K Jumpstart program at Johnson Park School, as well as a number of other programs as the need becomes evident. Food is a high priority, especially food for children, and the Princeton community responds to this need year after year and this commitment was clear at the sold-out fundraiser. The evening consisted of cocktails and hors d’oeuvres followed by an inspirational speech by Breana Newton, a SHUPP board member and Princeton native who spoke of the mostly undetected challenge of food insecurity that existed during her childhood. It was followed by a video tribute to honoree Ross Wishnick, Princeton Human Services chair and founder of SHUPP. Ross spoke of the 2012 origins of SHUPP, their partnership with Mercer Street Friends, and their reaching a new milestone this past year, being granted their own 501(c)3 non-profit status by the IRS. Through the generosity of the Princeton community, over $20,000 was raised. This amount will provide meals for 60 Princeton children for an entire school year. SHUPP currently provides meals for 170 children, which represents about one-third of all kids who could benefit from the program. Thank you to the generosity of the Princeton community who have sustained this program for six years. The SHUPP Board looks forward to further collaboration in the years to come. WENDY VASQUEZ Audubon Lane

“Raising the Region’s Water IQ” On UN’s World Water Day

To the Editor: The United Nations is marking March 22 as World Water Day with the message of leaving no one behind in its global campaign for clean, safe drinking water that is available when needed for all. At the local level, The Watershed Institute will be marking this campaign on Saturday, March 23 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. with events and programs for all ages that focus on our local water and natural environment. We believe that the best way to improve local stewardship of our water is to raise local awareness. We call this “Raising the Region’s Water IQ.” We are so fortunate to live in a place where clean, safe tap water is so abundant and such an incredible resource that is often taken for granted. Many people don’t know that the vast majority of our drinking water comes from our local rivers, including the Stony Brook, Millstone, and Delaware. The other source is groundwater which has percolated from the surface. These days, we should recommit ourselves to various strategies to preserve water quality in this region. Our drinking water is affected by human activities, including pesticides, fertilizers, spilled oil, pet waste, and other pollution that is carried into our waterways during storms. This polluted stormwater must be managed to help control flooding and treated before it becomes our drinking water. Currently, the Watershed is working with the municipality of Princeton to further strengthen its Stormwater Ordinance to capture polluted stormwater runoff from redevelopment projects, and is also part of a coalition The community music school of Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University The community music school of Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University The community music school Westminster College ofofthe of Rider University The community musicof school of Westminster College of the Arts RiderArts University that is urging Governor Murphy to sign into law the Flood Defense Act. Recently passed by the state legislature, this act would permit the creation of “stormwater utilities” that would manage stormwater on a regional or local level 609-921-7104 • www.rider.edu/conservatorycamps 609-921-7104 • www.rider.edu/conservatorycamps rather than on a lot-by-lot or development-by-development basis as is done currently. Funding for stormwater utilities 609-921-7104 • www.rider.edu/conservatorycamps 609-921-7104 • www.rider.edu/conservatorycamps would come from an assessment on impervious ground cover instead of from local taxes. The Watershed Institute is celebrating its 70th year of The community music school of Westminster College of the Arts of Rider University protecting your water and local environment this year. Join in the celebration on March 23 as we recognize World Water Day! SCOTT SILLARS Patton Avenue 609-921-7104 • www.rider.edu/conservatorycamps Chair, Board of Trustees The Watershed Institute

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To the Editor: Recent actions by the municipality of Princeton have made the already overcrowded and dangerous intersections at Cherry Hill, Mt. Lucas, and Route 206 even worse. What’s more, the new, oversized fueling station significantly and negatively alters the character of the area. The closure of Terhune Road between Mt. Lucas and Route 206 has created even more traffic congestion. Now all cars coming from Valley and Terhune Roads that want to turn left onto Route 206 must do so at the traffic light where they have to wait for east-bound traffic on Cherry Hill Road to clear the intersection. At a Zoning Board hearing in 2018 on the new First Aid & Rescue Squad building, representatives of the Rescue Squad and the Zoning Department indicated that the municipality had studied the effect of closing Terhune Road and that the state would be redoing the intersection which they believed would alleviate the traffic problems. Terhune Road is now closed and there isn’t a hint of intersection improvements by the state. Surely these should have occurred before putting a shovel in the ground and closing Terhune Road. And why did we have to destroy an attractive greenspace graced with sculptures created and donated by the family of a local architect and sculptor? To put in a fueling station? Really? As near as we can tell the town never publicized its plan to relocate and substantially enlarge what had been a relatively inconspicuous, small fueling station in this residential zone (R-6). There’s no record of the municipality informing the neighbors in the immediate area about the final plans. Surely some notice, even if not legally required, would have been diplomatic. Passing mention of a “slightly larger” fueling pump with a “roof” at a Zoning Board hearing is severely lacking in candor. There must be other sites where the traffic isn’t already too congested and where the large fueling pump and huge canopy would fit better into the surroundings. In fact, the public record shows that the Site Plan Review Advisory Board strongly advised the town to relocate the fueling station out of the area. We ask the mayor and council to move the fueling station to a more suitable site. This is a travesty and frankly should not stand. It’s never too late to correct an egregious error. CATE AND JIM LITVACK JOHN AND SUE HURLEY DANA AND ALBERTO MOLINA LINDSAY CASTO MARIA SHCHELKOVA AND YAKOV PROKOSHIN ROB CERUTTI AND CALLIE HANCOCK DUNBAR BIRNEY AND LOUISE SENIOR ADRIENNE AND DOUG RUBIN CELIA M. TAZELAAR ELENA DOTSENKO AND KONSTANTIN STYRKAS (All the above residents of Laurel Road) LOUISA AND AUSTIN CLAYTON Mt. Lucas Road HUCK FAIRMAN Mt. Lucas Road KATERINA VISNJIC AND MARK IOFFE Terhune Road

University Should Have Open Discussion About Dillon Closing

To the Editor: I am writing a final update concerning Princeton University terminating general public memberships at Dillon Gym. As of mid-February, all public memberships have been cancelled. Initially, the University’s argument was that it is doing this to relieve overcrowding at the gym. A number of people wrote in after that, arguing that this is not the case. Speak with anyone who actually goes there on a regular basis and you will find that they don’t agree either and many actually find the argument laughable. The University seemed to have realized this and changed their story to one in which they just don’t want to maintain a gym program for the general public. Aside from contradicting their initial PR statements about their commitment to the community, this change in direction plus their unwillingness to even grandfather in those who have been members for decades begs the question: What is the real reason? It’s been mentioned privately that the University is actually presenting the public with a straw dog argument to deflect from their true reason for eliminating the public from Dillon Gym – to protect their non-profit, tax-free status on the facility. If this is the case it bears further explanation and investigation by the press. It’s obvious that the University considers the public, many whom remain friends with their former Princeton “family” members, little more than collateral damage in this much larger issue. They must feel that the fact that Dillon is an athletic rather than an academic building leaves it open to tax liability. Reserving it exclusively for university use presumably eliminates the problem. In light of the other public activities that go on there, including summer camps, you have to wonder who is next. If this is not the reason Dillon has closed to public members, the University should have an open, honest discussion about what that reason is and not make up two poorly thought out excuses. If the University fails to respond honestly and openly, it must be willing to sacrifice its credibility and status within the community in the eyes of the public. Depending on their true priorities, in their minds this is probably not too high a price to pay for what they receive in return. BRIAN PHILIPPI Rocky Hill

Labyrinth Presents Talk On “War for Peace”

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Oversized Fueling Station Negatively Alters Character of Intersection

Murad Idris, Andrew Cole, and Dan-el Padilla Peralta will be discussing Idris’s book, War for Peace: Genealogies of a Violent Ideal in Western and Islamic Thought at Labyrinth Books on Tuesday, March 26 at 6 Marianne Farrin Discusses Memoir at Labyrinth p.m. Marianne Farrin will be Banu Bargu, the author of at Labyrinth to discuss her Starve and Immolate: The book, From Berlin to HolPolitics of Human Weaplywood — and Beyond on ons, comments: “A bold and Monday, March 25 at 6 p.m. powerful voice who dares to Born to a Danish mother question the ideal of peace, Murad Idris takes us on a and a German father in journey in the history of po- 1938 Berlin, Farrin’s earlilitical thought to show how est memories include her war and peace have been mother’s severe warning: inextricably inter t w ined. “Don’t say anything to anyFig ures like t he infidel, one at any time.” Later, she the barbarian, the nomad, remembers their apartment and the pirate emerge as being destroyed by a bomb the vivid correlates of the in 1943. After the author’s brother, the neighbor, and father went missing in the the friend on a moral and war, her mother took her, moralizing terrain in which her little sister, Irene, and peace authorizes and justi- a baby brother affected by fies war. This is an essential Down syndrome to Denand captivating read, which mark, where their mother provocatively suggests that found a new community in peace is not just a solution the Mormon Church and soon secured visas and pasbut also a problem.” sage to America. After living Murad Idris is an assistant in Salt Lake City, they evenprofessor of politics, Univertually settled in California, sity of Virginia and co-edliving in a small cottage just itor of forthcoming Oxford off Hollywood Boulevard. Handbook of Comparative Marianne Farrin rode a bicyPolitical Theory. Currently, Jazz Great Dexter Gordon he is a member of the In- cle across America when she stitute for Advanced Study. was 61 and is the translator Subject of Labyrinth Event Andrew Cole is professor of of Roosevelt, a RevolutionMaxine Gordon will be at tualized and augmented by English at Princeton Univer- ary with Common Sense, by Labyrinth on Wednesday, material from inter v iews sity. His most recent book is Helmut Magers. March 27 at 6 p.m. to talk Maxine Gordon conducted about her book, Sophisti- with the tenor saxophone ®� cated Giant: The Life and masters Sonny Rollins and Legacy of Dexter Gordon Jimmy Heath, the record est. 1946 with author/musician Rich- producers Bruce Lundvall ard Lawn. The program is and Michael Cucsuna, and Downsizing? Call me! co-sponsored by All about others.” Jazz and by Jazz at PrincMaxine Gordon is an eton University independent scholar with Maxine Gordon has com- a lifetime career working Sales Associate pleted t he book — par t with jazz musicians. As an 609-933-7886 biog raphy, par t h istor y, oral historian and archivist jbudwig@glorianilson.com par t memoir — that her in the fields of jazz and Aflate husband began. Ac- r ic an A mer ic an cu lt ural cording to David Hadju in history, Richard Lawn rethe New York Times, she cently retired as dean of “astutely frames the fiery the College of Performing daring of Dexter Gordon’s Arts at The University of generat ion of bebop in - the Arts in Philadelphia. As novator s i n t he contex t a member of the Nova Saxof rising black conscious- ophone Quartet, he has reness and creative agency corded on the Musical Heriin midcentury America … tage Society, Crystal, and Sophisticated Giant is a Equilibrium labels. He is work of considerable so - the author of The Jazz Enphistication, the first-per- semble Directors Manual, son testimony of its subject Jazz Theory and Practice, employed with affectionate and Experiencing Jazz. discipline, smartly contex-

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BOOK REVIEW

“Bowing Not Knowing to What”: With W.S. Merwin (1927-2019) in Princeton and Manhattan

en years ago, my column about the Bryn Mawr Wellesley book sale featured poet and Princeton graduate W.S. Merwin’s memoir, Summer Doorways (2005), with its recollection of student life in the 1940s. Those were the days when poets Merwin and Galway Kinnell were waiting tables (“the only two waiters who had been on the job for so long without being promoted”) and frequenting the Parnassus Bookshop “in a house along Nassau Street.” The shop was run by Keene and Anne Fleck, who told Merwin about the proposed Creative Writing Program just getting started under R.P. Blackmur. At her urging, he wrote to Blackmur and asked to be admitted to the course. Blackmur’s assistant was a poet named John Berryman. The rest, as they say, is history. Climbing Mt. Princeton Curious to learn more about that bookshop on Nassau Street, I did some cyberspace browsing and found, as if on a table at a virtual Bryn Mawr, a volume called Breaking Through Clouds by Richard F. Fleck, who grew up in Princeton. In his account of climbing Mount Princeton (14,204 feet) in the Sawatch Range of the Rockies, Fleck recalls sitting in “the warmth and comfort” of his parents’ bookshop listening to “young poets” like Merwin, Kinnell, and William Meredith. After coming away empty-handed on my mainly reportorial visit to the preview morning of this year’s book sale, I returned Saturday with the news of Merwin’s death fresh in mind and found a copy of his 1999 collection The River Sound abandoned on the discard table. Opening the volume at random to “Testimony,” which takes up 58 of the collection’s 133 pages, I found myself once again in Princeton with Merwin and Kinnell in those days “when we were too young/for the war.” The line that jumped out at me, however, referred to Mike Keeley (“we have been friends since both of us/were beginning to shave”), a clear signal that it was time to contact poet, translator, novelist and Professor Emeritus of English Edmund Keeley for his thoughts about Merwin. Bartleby On Horseback Keeley’s friendship with “Bill Merwin” began when they lived across from one another at Dod Hall in 1945, their freshman year. That year they both decided to join the Navy. I learned from Keeley that the brevity of

Merwin’s career in the service was due to his refusal to obey orders. Do this, do that, whatever the command was, Merwin’s response was polite but firm, which made me think of the mysterious intransigence of Herman Melville’s character Bartleby the Scrivener, who was politely principled to a maddening extreme, his stock response to the most reasonable requests being “I would prefer not to.” When Merwin told his commanding officers, in effect, “I would prefer not to,” he was sent to the chaplin and eventually landed, like Bartleby, in a psychiatric hospital, from which he returned to the university and his pal Keeley, both of whom graduated with the class of 1948. The more I heard about Merwin’s rebellious behavior, the more I thought of Bartleby’s mantra. If the powers that be said he should stop riding a horse around Lake Carnegie, it was “I would prefer not to,” and again when he was asked to teach or to fulfill the re quirements for a postgraduate degree. Even in later years when friends visiting or housesitting expected him to terminate the cockroaches in his rent-controlled Greenwich Village apartment, it was “I would prefer not to.” You get a glimpse of Keeley’s housesitting duties among the legacies in “Testimony,” where Merwin leaves for his friend Mike’s “free uncontested use/what stretch of Morton Street may please/him best and his own choice of neighbors/ and a magic wand to ease/his vacuum cleaner up the stairs.” The comment Keeley sent to the Merwin Conservancy in Hawaii puts their relationship in a more elegaic light: “From our young days at Princeton, through our shared time in the Village and on and off beyond, you remained unfailingly faithful to poetry, translation, the causes of peace and justice, and most of all to

friendship for those who came to know your abiding sense of humor and your devotion to the best things discoverable in the real and imaginative worlds you chose to make yours and ours.” 227 Waverly Place I owe a debt of thanks to the Bryn Mawr Wellesley book sale and especially to the person or persons who decided against buying The River Sound. While most buyers and sellers might prefer volumes more clearly reflective of Merwin’s connection to the natural world and his devotion to matters political, botanical, ecological and environmental, I can’t imagine a collection more inspired and inspirational than one centered on ambitious works like “Lament for the Makers,” “Suite in the Key of Forgetting,” and “Testimony,” not to mention “Ceremony After an Amputation” — the “single vanished part of my left hand bit of bone finger-end index ...you who touched whatever I could touch of the beginning/and were how I touched and who remembered the sense of it ... you who did as well as we could through all the hours at piano/ and who helped undo the bras and found our way to the treasure.” T h e n t h e r e ’s “Sixth Floor Walk-Up,” where “once I called up a friend on Morton Street/to tell him that all the windows facing/west down the avenue were reflecting/a red building flaming like a torch/somewhere over near the old post office/on Christopher Street the sirens were converging/ all the bells clanging and the sky was clear.” It doesn’t take long to realize that the river in The River Song is the Hudson or else is metaphorically embedded with other semblances of nature in “227 Waverly Place,” where “long I have known/ the lights of that valley at every hour/ through that unwashed pane and have

watched with no/conclusion its river flowing toward me/straight from the featureless distance coming/closer darkening swelling growing distinct/speeding up as it passed below me toward/the tunnel all that time through all that time/ taking itself through its sound which became/part of my own before long the unrolling/rumble the iron solos and the sirens/all subsiding in the small hours to voices/echoing from the sidewalks a rustling/in the rushes along banks and the loose/glass vibrated like a remembering bee/as the north wind slipped under the winter sill/at the small table by the window....” There are no less evocative glimpses of Merwin’s “one city,” all through the many pleasures of “Testimony,” where “there is more left than we can use/of this still unfinished city/running its old film Mercury/poised at corners over the pulse/that pounds as the living hurry/ already late for somewhere else.” This is, after all, the city of his birth, “the Manhattan for which I had/no name the moment I was born/bit after bit had orbited/into place and was being torn/ down and I would see it return/as glittering reflections cast/in clusters high adrift in turn/through their towers of blowing dust.” Fifty Years Ago Written in 1967, “For the Anniversary of My Death” begins “Every year without knowing it I have passed the day/When the last fires will wave to me” and ends, “I will no longer/Find myself in life as in a strange garment/Surprised at the earth/And the love of one woman/And the shamelessness of men/As today writing after three days of rain/Hearing the wren sing and the falling cease/And bowing not knowing to what.” —Stuart Mitchner Note on Mt. Princeton: It was so named because the first recorded ascent was performed by Princeton alum William A. Libbey III (18551927,), who accomplished the feat a month after graduating with the class of 1877. If wikipedia can be trusted, Libbey was also responsible for the adoption of orange and black as the school colors, eventually becoming a professor of Physical Geography who resided in Thanet Lodge, also known as Greenholm, now the home of the Lewis School.

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The Gods of Comedy

THEATER REVIEW

A Classics Professor is Visited by “The Gods of Comedy”; Ken Ludwig’s Delightful Farce Premieres at McCarter Theatre

cCarter Theatre is presenting the world premiere of The Gods of Comedy. In this delightful farce by Ken Ludwig, a classics professor makes a mistake that threatens her career, as well as her romantic interest in a colleague. She is visited by Dionysus, the God of Wine and Revelry; and Thalia, the Muse of Comedy and Idyllic Poetry. They are magical, have a passing familiarity with American pop culture, and come when they are needed. They also are impulsive and disaster-prone. The young, independent, and ambitious professor Daphne Rain, who is planning to direct a production of Medea as part of her tenure folio, is visiting the island of Naxos. She is closely observed by Aristide, an eager merchant, who serves as a narrator at the beginning of the play. “You are here leading students for the summer, but … you do not join them on their happy excursions,” Aristide gently chides Daphne. “You worry too much, you lack confidence, and your mother is very concerned about you.” Daphne contradicts him, and immediately receives a phone call from her mother. After Daphne saves the life of a member of Aristide’s family, he presents her with an amulet that he says will enable her to call on the gods for help. Ralph Sargent, a Hellenistic studies professor who has been hired as the head of Daphne’s department, also is in Greece. He has discovered fragments of Andromeda, a tragedy by Euripides, most of which has been lost. However, as Ralph notes, it opens with the princess Andromeda chained to a rock as a sacrifice to the sea monster Cetus. She is rescued by Perseus, “Slayer of the Gorgon.” Back at the university, Dean Trickett is excited about the discovery of the Andromeda fragment, which she plans to tout during alumni weekend, which she has decided will have an ancient Greek theme. A donor she particularly hopes to impress is Brooklyn de Wolfe, an alumna who has become a movie star. Brooklyn is suitably dazzled by the discovery of the Andromeda fragments, and envisions Euripides’ play as the subject of her next film. Ralph wants to avoid carrying the rare manuscript around the campus, and entrusts it to Daphne for safekeeping. Before stepping out of her office, she leaves it on her desk. It accidentally falls to the floor when Aleksi, a Russian émigré who is one of the university’s custodians, enters to clean the room. Despite Aleksi’s own passion for ancient culture, he mistakes the manuscript for trash — and starts to shred its pages. He leaves to use a shredder that is more powerful than the one in Daphne’s office. When Daphne returns and discovers that the manuscript is missing, she desperately tries the amulet. Dionysus and Thalia enter through Daphne’s bookcase, as we hear the opening notes of the majestic Star Wars theme. Their mandate from Zeus is to give Daph-

ne adventure, and a happy ending. Brad Oscar and Jessie Cannizzaro form an outstanding comic duo. The exuberant, feisty lust for life that Oscar brings to Dionysus, paired with the impish charm with which Cannizzaro infuses Thalia, keeps the audience eager to follow their antics. Shay Vawn as Daphne, and Jevon McFerrin as Ralph, are tasked with making the serious, driven professors an engaging contrast to these jesters. They succeed by accentuating their characters’ shared reverence for the classics — and the mutual ambition that tests their relationship. McFerrin and Vawn are particularly moving in a sequence during which the professors are awed by a quote from Ovid. The brash Dionysus is delighted to learn about the debauchery that often takes place on a college campus. Thalia is fond

of mortals — particularly mortal men — and has to correct Dionysus’ memory as to which century they are visiting. To Daphne’s amazement, neither seems particularly well versed in the ancient Greek classics. Their fallibility becomes inescapable when they accidentally summon Ares, in a sequence that is given eye-popping visual effects by lighting designer Brian Gale, and illusion designer Jim Steinmeyer. As Daphne attempts to focus on retrieving the manuscript, her playful visitors distract her with a rousing rendition of the university’s fight song. At first reluctantly, then enthusiastically, she joins in the singing. The Gods of Comedy is not a musical. However, Ludwig is a librettist whose musical theater credits include Crazy for You. Like his previous McCarter produc-

tion, Murder on the Orient Express, this show demonstrates its playwright’s knowledge of the genre. The function of musical theater songs is to highlight a character’s development, and the university fight song fulfills that purpose. Eventually Thalia and Dionysus concoct an unorthodox, risky plan to solve the problem of the manuscript; as might be expected, the scheme involves mistaken identities. They also enable Daphne to discover some things about Ralph. George Psomas succeeds in all three of his roles: Aristide, the equally earnest Aleksi, and Ares, an archetypically macho soldier imitative of Miles Gloriosus in the Sondheim musical A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum. Psomas is particularly entertaining when Aristide, as narrator, describes the professors’ return flight to America. Keira Naughton is charming as the blithe but determined Dean Trickett. As the glamorous, beguiling Brooklyn, Steffanie Leigh is especially amusing in a scene in which Dionysus disguises himself by taking the movie star’s form; Leigh does a good imitation of Oscar’s performance when Dionysus, as Brooklyn, treats the audience to a full-throated rendition of “Tomorrow” from Annie. Linda Roethke’s costumes are ravishing, particularly the opulent gowns in which Dionysus and Thalia first appear. These are an apt contrast to the tasteful, constricting outfits for Daphne. Like Jason Sherwood’s sets, the costumes use a bold palette consisting largely of white and red, interspersed with blue and gold. In keeping with the bright mood, Daphne’s office has large windows that allow plenty of light into the room. The stage pictures are particularly lovely during the second act, as elegant lampposts flank trees, whose leaves have turned red for autumn, that have been accented by Gale’s festive lighting. The characters, several of whom are wearing white, mingle in front of an august statue. In a show where the action often is chaotic, this creates a surprisingly peaceful series of tableaux. Director Amanda Dehnert, who previously has collaborated with Ludwig on another McCarter production, Baskerville, keeps the action, and the jokes, moving at a brisk pace. This probably has the benefit of giving audiences scant time to question certain plot points. Why is Aleksi, who cares about literature, so ready to assume that papers in a professor’s office are trash, even if they have fallen from a desk? Daphne, a young intellectual in 2019, is surprisingly quick to accept the possibility that the amulet could work. owever, these are minor quibbles. “THE GODS OF COMEDY”: Performances are underway for “The Gods of Comedy.” Directed by Ludwig’s witty, refreshing script Amanda Dehnert, the play runs through March 31 at McCarter’s Matthews Theatre. Classics celebrates the magic of the theater, professor Daphne Rain (Shay Vawn, right) is visited by Dionysus (Brad Oscar, left) and Thalia while deftly blending archetypes from an(Jessie Cannizzaro). (Photo by T. Charles Erickson) cient Greek (and Roman) plays with those from Broadway comedies. From this, the Presented in association with The Old Globe, “The Gods of Comedy” will play at McCarter’s Mat- cast delivers tour-de-force performances thews Theatre, 91 University Place in Princeton, through March 31. For tickets, show times, and marked by impeccable comic timing. further information call (609) 258-2787 or visit mccarter.org. —Donald H. Sanborn III

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PULITZER WINNER: “Rent,” the award-winning rock musical by Jonathan Larson that reimagines the opera “La Boheme,” is on the road to celebrate its 20th anniversary. New Brunswick’s State Theatre is among the stops, with three performances April 2-4. Tickets are $35-$98. Visit stnj.org for information and tickets.

Women Film Editors In Multimedia Talk

A new website highlighting the untold history of women film editors is celebrated with a multimedia talk at Princeton Garden Theatre on Tuesday, March 26, at 7:30 p.m. Filmmaker and Princeton University Professor of Visual Arts Su Friedrich will lead the program on “Edited by,” which surveys 139 women film editors who invented, developed, finetuned, and revolutionized the art of film editing. The program is presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Visual Arts. Friedrich’s development of the website began a year ago when she read a chapter in a textbook about major milestones in film editing and found that the director of each film was named, but not the editor. This led her to investigate who those editors were, and to discover that almost half of them were women. Further investigation found that there was no book or website resource that detailed the fact that women editors were central players in the evolving film industry and were instrumental in the development of the technologies, practices and tools that revolutionized the art of film editing. Tickets are free for Princeton University faculty, students, and staff with ID at the box office in advance or the night of event. The program is also free for Garden Theatre members. General admission tickets are available through the Garden Theatre box office in person or online at https://princetongardentheatre.org/ films/edited-by-women.

Pegasus Theatre Company Presents Dietz Play

Pegasus Theatre Company’s production of Fiction by Steven Dietz will run April 5-14 at the West Windsor Arts Center. The play explores questions of how the revelation of secrets affects a marriage. Linda and Michael Waterman are happily married writers. When Linda is diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor, she asks Michael if she can read his journals. This sets off a series of events that blur the boundaries between past and present, fact and fiction, trust

and betrayal. The couple’s capacity for forgiveness is tested, and they are forced to face the consequences of their actions. Fiction uses flashbacks, journal entries, confessions, and confrontations to reveal its story. “It’s a kind of hall of mirrors that reflects this couple’s life together,” said actress Jennifer Nasta Zefutie (Linda). “It’s full of twists and turns that leave you questioning what to believe and whether unconditional love is possible despite our flaws.” “Audiences will enjoy Fiction’s beautiful storytelling, its complex yet relatable characters, and a plotline full of surprising twists and turns,” said David C. Neal (Michael). “I wish I could eavesdrop from the back seat of every audience member’s car as they drive home so that I could hear them sort through the journey of this incredibly written play.” Pegasus Theatre Company’s past productions include the East Coast premiere of Human Error by Eric Pfeffinger, Bakersfield Mist by Stephen Sachs, and Chapter Two by Neil Simon. Fiction will be performed Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m., Sundays at 2 p.m., and Thursday at 1 p.m. at the West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction. Tickets are $24-28 and can be purchased online at www. PegasusTheatreNJ.org or by calling (609) 759-0045.

McCarter Holds Auditions For “A Christmas Carol”

McCarter Theatre Center will hold auditions for local actors to take part in next December’s performances of A Christmas Carol at locations including McCarter, the College of New Jersey, Mercer County Community C ol le ge, a nd M id d le s ex County Vo-Tech. Auditions for the ensemble, ages 14 and up, will be held between April 7 and 15. The group is made up of local performers who perform alongside the professional acting company. They fill the streets of London, dance with the Fezziwigs, carol at Scrooge’s doorstep, and bring Christmas cheer to every corner of the theater. The 2019 Community Ensemble will include a wide cross-section of diverse and talented people from the

communities that surround McCarter, people of all ages, physical abilities, races, genders, and levels of experience. All are welcome, no experience or preparation required. Auditions for children ages 5-13 will be held in the fall. For more infor mation, times and dates, and locations, visit www.mccarter. org/achristmascarol.

Boheme Opera NJ Presents “Aida”

On Friday, April 5 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, April 7 at 3 p.m., Boheme Opera NJ will celebrate its 30th Anniversary with a full-staged production of Giuseppe Verdi’s Aida, at Kendall Theater, College of New Jersey, in Ewing Township. The opera takes place in ancient Egypt and tells the story of the love of Radames, captain of the Pharaoh’s guard, for Aida, a princess of Ethiopia and daughter of Egypt’s worst enemy, King Amonasro. Completing a love triangle, the Pharaoh’s daughter, Amneris, covets Radames for herself, causing intense moments of jealousy and bitterness. The production, which is conducted by Boheme Opera artistic director Joseph Pucciatti, include dancers from Princeton Youth Ballet choreographed by Risa Kaplowitz. English supertitles are provided by Tom Getty. There are pre-curtain talks in the theater one hour prior to performances. Starring in the title role is lyrico spinto soprano Marsha Thompson, who gained attention for her voice as First Prize Winner of the Opera Orchestra of New York Vocal Competition. Making her Boheme Opera NJ debut, Thompson has performed the role Sieglinde in Die Walküre with Trillogy Opera Company, the title role in Aida with Opera Theater of the Rockies, and Abigaille in Nabucco with Union Avenue Opera in St. Louis. Making his role debut as Radames is tenor Todd Wilander, who has sung over 70 opera roles throughout the USA and in 15 countries. He made his Metropolitan Opera debut in 2007 as Arturo in a new production of Lucia di Lammermoor under the baton of James Levine, and has returned for eight seasons, thus far, singing Ensemble 15

The noontime series Westminster Conservatory at Nassau w ill continue on Thursday, March 21 at 12:15 p.m. with a program of music for oboe, English horn, viola, and piano. The performers are Melissa Bohl, oboe and English horn; Marjorie Selden, viola; and Christopher McWilliams, piano. The program will feature music by Robert Kahn, Christopher McWilliams, Frank Bridge, and Paul Hindemith. The recital will take place in the Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street, and is open to the public free of charge. Bohl is the principal oboist of the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey, the Orchestra of St. Peter-by-the-Sea, the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra and the American Repertory Ballet Orchestra. She plays oboe and English horn with the Plainfield Symphony and performs regularly with many other area musical organizations, including TOPICS the Garden State Symphonic Band and the Central Jersey Symphonic Orchestra.

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AUTISM-FRIENDLY: “B-The Underwater Bubble Show,” coming to the State Theatre in New Brunswick March 30 at 2 and 5 p.m., is an autism-friendly, relaxed performance in a sensoryfriendly environment. Inspired by childhood standards like “Alice in Wonderland,” “The Little Mermaid,” and “Peter Pan,” each classic tale represents a journey of a kid who grows up and learns something. Tickets are $15-$35. Visit stnj.org. The theater is at 15 Livingston Avenue.

Lewis Center Presents Senior Dance Concert

Piano Sonata in C Major No. 21, Op. 53 ‘Waldstein’; a transcription of Saint-Saëns’ Danse macabre for two pianos; Albert Franz Doppler’s Andante and Rondo Op. 25 for two flutes and piano, and selections from Dvorák’s Slavonic Dances. The program will also feature Schubert lieder, including An den Mond and An die Musik. The concert is titled for the seconda song, which may be considered a “hymn of devotion for the world’s lovers of music.” This theme unifies the program, bringing together these various pieces which are all mainstays of the repertoire. For more information, visit www.rider.edu/arts.

10 people, 4 things is the title of a collaborative senior dance concert featuring choreography by t wo Pr inceton Universit y seniors, and performance of new works by established choreo g rapher s S ha n non Gillen and Loni Landon. The performances are March 28 and 29 at 8:30 p.m. and March 30 at 2 and 8:30 p.m. at the Hearst Dance Theater in the Lewis Arts complex on the campus. The dance cer tificate program requires students to undertake a rigorous course of study that includes courses in modern, contemporary, ballet, experimental, urban, and African dance techniques, as well as choreography, dance theory, and history, and participate in performance opportunities including the annual Dance Festival. The dance certificate is pursued in addition to a student’s major area of s t udy. 10 p e o p le , 4 thing s i s a n opportunity for seniors to collaborate on producing their own choreography and to work with professional Bill Staines choreographers. Tickets are $10-$17. Call Folk Music Society (609) 258-9220 or buy tickets Presents Bill Staines at the door. The Princeton Folk Music Society presents an evening Westminster Conservatory w it h singer Bill Staines, Presents “An die Musik” on Friday, April 12 at 8:15 The 2018-2019 Westminster p.m. The concert is at Christ Conservatory Faculty Recital Congregation Church, 50 S e r i e s c ont i n u e s w it h a Walnut Lane. performance titled An die Stai ne s is a n i nt i mate Musik on Sunday, March 24 at 3 p.m. in Bristol Chapel on the performer out of the folk scene campus of Westminster Choir of the ’60s, encouraging his College of Rider University, at audience to sing with him on 101 Walnut Lane. Performers his chorus songs. He will mix in include Katherine McClure, traditional tunes with his own flute; Sandra Olson, flute; contemporary folk ballads. Elem Eley, baritone; Larissa Staines has 26 recordings Korkina, piano; Esma Pasic- to his credit and has written Filipovic, piano, and Vladimir over 300 songs, many of which have been recorded by Valjarevic, piano. Peter, Paul, and Mary; Makem The program includes Pouand Clancy; Nanci Griffith; lenc’s Sonate pour flûte et Glen Yarborough; and Jerry piano, FP 164; Beethoven’s Jeff Walker. His music is

sung at campfires and folk music gatherings, in homes and churches, all around the country. Tickets, available at the door, are $20 ($15 members, $10 students under 22, $5 children). Doors open at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call (609) 799-0944 or visit info @ princetonfolk.org, or www.princetonfolk.org.

Australian Orchestra Returns to Richardson

Princeton University Concerts will present the Australian Chamber Orchestra on Thursday, April 11 at 8 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium, joined pianist Paul Lewis. The 18-member orchestra will play the new Concerto Grosso by American composer Samuel Adams, paired with Mozart’s “Elvira Madigan” Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467, and an arrangement of Brahms’ String Sextet in G Major, Op. 36. At 7 p.m., Princeton University Concerts Director Marna Seltzer will announce the series’ 2019-20 season in a pre-concert event free to all concert ticket-holders. Paul Lewis will also present the final Live Music Meditation of the 2018-19 season at 12:30 p.m. on April 11, guided by Princeton University Associate Dean of Religious Life Matthew Weiner, in Richardson Auditorium. This is a free and un-ticketed opportunity to experience worldclass music on a personal level while meditating to live music performed by the pianist. No experience is necessary. Concert tickets are $10$55, available online at princetonuniversityconcerts.org, by phone at (609) 258-9220, or in person two hours prior to the concert at the Richardson Auditorium Box Office.

“Nixon in China” a Highlight of Festival

Tickets are on sale for t he 2019 season of T he Princeton Festival, which

runs June 7-30. This 15th anniversary season offers 22 performances of nine events. On the schedule are John Adams’s opera Ni xon in China; the Princeton debut of Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Jazzmeia Horn; 13 performances of the musical She Loves Me ; pianist Rachel Cheung, finalist and Audience Award winner at the 2017 Van Clibur n piano competition; music by Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and Kodály from the Concordia Chamber Players ; periodinstrument Princeton Festival B a r o q u e O r ch e s t r a i n a chamber performance and a full orchestra concert and choral music by J.S. Bach and Antonio Vivaldi, accompanied by the Baroque Orchestra; as well as the final round of the Festival’s piano competition. A series of free events are offered, including eight lectures relevant to the music being performed, the popular Artists’ Round Table featuring per for mers and directors of the opera and musical, a reading of contemporary Chinese poetry, and a season preview. In addition, there will be two workshops: one on opera and another, limited to high school students, on performing in musicals. “People who think they d o n’ t l i k e o p e r a , a n d especially modern opera, owe it to themselves to experience Nixon in China,” said Richard Tang Yu k, t he Fes t ival ’s executive and artistic director. “It is approachable, American, and very moving. The score integrates classical, jazz, and popular music, and the drama is a poetic and moving story of human frailties and aspirations.” For more information and a link to ticket sales (handled by McCarter Theatre), visit www.princetonfestival.org. To purchase tickets by phone, call (609) 258-2787.

Orchard Farm Organics Plans Special Concert

In a benefit for the Waldorf School, the Thales Trio will perform at the Orchard Farm Organics Musicale Saturday, April 6 at Orchard Farm Organics, 1052 Cherry Hill Road. An afternoon family show is from 3-5:30 p.m., followed by an evening show, for adults 21 and up, from 7-9:30 p.m. T h e T h a l e s Tr i o h a s performed as part of concert series at Trinity Church in Princeton, and across the Eastern seaboard at venues including Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland; St. Pau l ’s on t he G reen in Nor walk, Connecticut; and the Gellman Room at Richmond Public Library and Trinity Lutheran Church in Richmond, Virginia. I n ad d it ion, t h e y have presented house concerts at numerous private residences. Currently appearing in their third season as a full piano trio, the ensemble is named for the famous mathematician and philosopher Thales of Milet us. T hales’ t heorem states: If A, B, and C are points on a circle where the line AC is a diameter of the circle, then the angle ABC is a right angle. The musicians have been thrilled to “complete the triangle” by joining together to form a trio. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the event pages for the Family Show and Evening Show. Due to limited seating, advance purchase is recommended.

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The Trenton Film Society’s 11th annual Trenton Film Festival will return to the Mill Hill Playhouse Thursday, March 28 through Sunday March 31. Fifty-four films from 11 different countries, selected by a panel of jurors from 157 submissions, will be screened at the four-day event. The festival will feature a variety of genres including documentaries, narratives, animat ion, spoken word, music videos, and more, by filmmakers from as close as Trenton, and other parts of New Jersey to as far away as Japan and Iran. The festival will open on Thursday, March 28, at 6 p.m. with the narrative short, Cheat Proof, about a man and woman trying to stave off an affair by confessing their deepest, darkest secrets. Following

cocktails, and rejection. A second screening of narrative shorts begins at 8:15 p.m. The festival continues on Friday with a similar schedule; screenings at 6 p.m. and 8:30 pm. Saturday is a full day with new films screening at 11 a.m., and 1, 3, 5:15, and 7:15 p.m. Sunday screenings are at 1, 3, and 5 p.m. A reception and presentation of awards in all categories, including the James Solheim Award for Best Film, will be held at the closing night ceremony on Sunday at 6:30 p.m. For a detailed schedule and a full description of the films, visit www.trentonfilmsociety. org. Tickets are available for $8 per screening or $25 for an all-access pass for the entire festival. All screenings will be at the Mill Hill Playhouse, 205 East Front Street, Trenton.

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“MERMAID”: This painting by Elena Chestnykh is featured in “Distance and Happiness, Dreams and Time,” at Artworks Trenton through April 13. The exhibit showcases four artists working in two-dimensional figurative art that considers images of women.

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Artworks Trenton presents “Distance and Happiness, Dreams and Time,” curated by Jeff Evans, on view through April 13. The exhibition presents four artists working in twodimensional pictorial art, and specifically figurative art that considers images of women. The artists are at once local, national, and international citizens, some with direct ties to the Delaware Valley and the greater Trenton area. This exhibition engages visitors in a dialogue regarding evocative images, influence, and disparate styles of figurative painting. Curator Jeff Evans says, “This exhibition intends to engage local artists and visitors in a dialogue of how one subject, women, can evoke and span multiple feelings and emotions. The use of the female form throughout art history, in all cultures, has carried with it a myriad of emotions and been used to represent countless stories in fact and fiction.” Exhibiting ar tist Buket Savci wrote, “My recent work is about the fleeting moments of pure joy and happiness. I create paintings addressing the ephemeral-

as a metaphor for our shortlived contentment.” Participating artists are Elena Chestnykh, Jeff Evans, Gary Giordano, and Buket Savci. For more information, visit w w w.artworkstrenton.org.

“Voices of the Marsh” At Tulpehaking Center

“Voices of the Marsh,” a public art exhibit showcasing photography of the Abbott Marshlands, is on display through September 15 at the Tulpehaking Nature Center in Hamilton. Visitors to the center can experience the beauty of the Abbott Marshlands through different perspectives of the featured photographers. “‘Voices of the Marsh’ has a great selection of photos from past program participants, and park patrons from throughout the c o m m u n i t y” s a i d M a r y Leck, Friends for the Abbott Marshlands executive committee member. “All of the photos on display give a great representation of the marsh, and we are thrilled with the participation in this year’s exhibit.” The Tulpehaking Nature Center is located at 157 Westcott Avenue in Hamil-

A display featuring the Trenton skyline, created by Mercer County Community College (MCCC ) horticulture, graphic design, and art students, scored a silver medal in the educational category at the recent Philadelphia Flower Show. Mercer horticulture students, along with members of the graphic design and art clubs, put in the extra effort to send an important message to city dwellers: just because their urban landscape is mostly paved doesn’t mean they can’t enjoy an environment rich with plants and flowers. That gave rise to this year’s display, “The Power of a Rooftop Oasis.” Months in the making, the final details for the MCCC display resulted in a facsimile of a rooftop garden in downtown Trenton, all set in perspective by a massive 23-foot skyline mural created by graphic design and art students, with the “Makes and Takes” bridge as the centerpiece. Other backdrops gave the illusion of actually standing on the roof of a downtown building, with a series of posters to educate the Flower Show’s visitors about plants that flourish in pots. Professor Amy Ricco, coordinator of MCCC’s Horticulture/Plant Science Program, said the Philadelphia Horticulture Society specifically asked each educational institution to select a topic that would inform the public. The MCCC display included hundreds of potted flowers — both annuals and perennials — plus trees (evergreen and deciduous), and herb and vegetable plants, all selected because of their ability to thrive in containers. “Our involvement in the Flower Show continues to be a great opportunity for students,” Ricco said. “It’s a great experience, and an invaluable addition to their resumes and portfolios as they move toward professional careers.”

“URBAN OASIS”: The Philadelphia Flower Show display designed by Mercer County Community College students, which featured the Trenton Skyline and plants that grow well in containers, won a silver medal in the educational category.

“Miracles on the Border” tended hours till 7 p.m. M o r p e t h C o n t e m and free admission 4-7 porary, 43 West Broad Lecture at Art Museum

In conjunction with the exhibition “Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants to the United States” at the Pr inceton Un iver s it y A r t Mus eu m, Douglas S. Massey, Prince ton’s He n r y G . Br ya nt P rofe s s or of S o c iolo g y, and Jorgé Durand, professor of anthropology at the University of Guadalajara, co-directors of the Mexican Migration Project, will speak on the experiences of Mex ican m ig rants on Thursday, April 4 at 5 p.m. in 10 McCosh Hall. The event is cosponsored by the Migration Lab’s Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series and the Mexican Migration Project. A reception in the Museum will follow. Admission is free.

p.m. www.princetonhistor y.org. James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of A m e r i c a n D e s i g n” through May 5 and “Nakashima Looks : Studio Furniture” through July 7. www.michenerartmuseum.org. Millstone River Gallery, at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Facilit y, 10 0 Plainsboro Road, has “Gifts from the Sea,” photographs by Tasha O’Neill with poems by Cool Women, t hrough May 2.

St reet, Hopewell, has “Saunter” through March 31. w w w.morpethcom temporarycom. Mor ven Museum & G a rd e n , 55 Stockton Street, has “Masters of Illusion” through May 19. www.morven.org. P rese nt Day Club, 72 Stockton Street, has w o r k s b y p a s te l a r tis t Don na G rat kowsk i through April 30. Princeton University Art Museum has “Gainsborough’s Family Album” through June 9 and “Miracles on the Border: Retablos of Mexican Migrants” through July 7. www.artmuseum.princeton.edu.

Area Exhibits

Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Awakenings” through March 31. www. lambertvillearts.com. Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has “Riverside Silos/Shaping Spaces” March 23 through May 4. An artist talk is March 23 from 2-3 p.m., followed by an opening reception from 3-5 p.m. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. D&R Greenway Land Trust, 1 Preservation Place, has “Healing Trails” through April 5 and “A n imal E xpo” through April 12. www. drgreenway.org. E l l a r s l i e , Tre nton’s Cit y Mu s e u m i n C ad walader Park, Parkside Ave nu e, Tre nton, h as “From Durer to Digital and 3-D: The Metamorphosis of the Printed Image” through April 28. www.ellarslie.org. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “The Act of Drawing” through March 31, and other exhibits. www.groundsforsculpture.org. H i s to r i c a l S o c i e t y of P r inc eton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “A Mor n ing a t t h e U p d i k e Fa r m s t e a d ,” “ P r i n c e t o n ’s P o r t r a i t ,” a n d o t h e r “VOICES OF THE MARSH”: This photo by Maria Reim is featured in an exhibit showcasing phoexhibits. $4 admission tography of the Abbott Marshlands, on view now through September 15 at the Tulpehaking Wednesday-Sunday, Nature Center in Hamilton. 12- 4 p.m. Thursday ex-

“THE OTHER SIDE”: The Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, will present the works of Jane Adriance and Alan Klawans April 4 through May 6. Both artists use different mediums to express themselves from different points of view. Adriance paints with watercolors, while Klawans uses his computer and a digital camera to depict strong and bold abstractions. An opening reception is April 6, 3-6 p.m.

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Elba Makes Directorial Debut with Coming-of-Age Drama Dennis “D” Campbell (Aml Ameen) grew up in the slums of Kingston, Jamaica, in the seventies in a neighborhood infested with drugs. Orphaned at an early age, he was raised by an older brother he admired, Jerry (Everaldo Creary). Besides serving as a surrogate father, Jerry was a peacemaker who risked his life pressuring the gangs ruining the community to end their bloody turf war. But Dennis was left traumatized at 13 when his sibling was shot and killed by Clancy (Raheem Edwards), a young member of the Tappa crew. Fast forward some years later, and we find D doing the bidding of King Fox (Sheldon Shepherd), the leader of Spicer, Tappa’s rival gang. When he is asked to smuggle a kilo of cocaine on a plane bound for London, he leaps at the opportunity because not only does Clancy live

there now, so does D’s daughter (Myla-Rae HutchinsonDunwell). So, the risky assignment will afford him an opportunity to avenge his brother’s murder while reuniting with loved ones. That is the intriguing set up of Yardie, a coming-ofage drama marking the noteworthy directorial debut of Idris Elba. Adapted from Victor Headley’s 1992 novel of the same name, the film is narrated by its intrepid protagonist, a conflicted soul eternally torn between good and evil. A gritty tale of survival slightly marred by a tendency to telegraph its punches. Very Good (H H H). Unrated. Running time: 101 minutes. Production Companies: Warp Films/BFI Film Fund/ Studio Canal. Distributor: Rialto Pictures. —Kam Williams

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Alita: Battle Angel (PG-13 for action, violence, and brief profanity). Rosa Salazar tackles the title role in this post-apocalyptic sci-fi as a cyborg with amnesia recruited by a compassionate scientist (Christoph Waltz) to break the world’s cycle of death and destruction. Cast includes Mahershala Ali, Jennifer Connelly, Jackie Earle Haley, and Michelle Rodriguez. Apollo 11 (Unrated). IMAX documentary revisiting NASA’s historic 1969 mission, the first spaceflight to land on the moon. Featuring archival footage of astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins. Captain Marvel (PG-13 for action, violence, and brief suggestive language). Twenty-first installment in the Marvel Cinematic Universe stars Brie Larson in the title role as a former fighter pilot turned superhero who finds herself at the center of the maelstrom when a galactic conflict erupts on Earth between two alien races. Cast includes Samuel L. Jackson, Gemma Chan, Annette Bening, and Djimon Hounson. Captive State (PG-13 for action, violence, sexuality, brief profanity, and drug use). Sci-fi thriller unfolding in a Chicago neighborhood about a decade after it was occupied by an extraterrestrial force. Co-starring John Goodman, Vera Farmiga, KiKi Layne, Alan Ruck, and Machine Gun Kelly. Everybody Knows (R for profanity). Introspective drama about a married woman (Penelope Cruz) who rendezvous with an ex-boyfriend (Javier Bardem) to reminisce about what might have been when she returns to her tiny hometown without her husband (Ricardo Darin) for her younger sister’s (Inma Cuesta) wedding. With Eduard Fernandez, Barbara Lennie, and Elvira Minguez. (In Spanish, English and Catalan with subtitles.) Fighting with My Family (PG-13 for sexuality, violence, crude humor, drug use, and pervasive profanity). Fact-based comedy about a couple of retired pro wrestlers (Nick Frost and Lena Headey) whose children (Florence Pugh and Jack Lowden) dream of following in their parents’ footsteps. With Dwayne Johnson, Vince Vaughn, and Stephen Merchant. Five Feet Apart (PG-13 for profanity, mature themes, and suggestive material). Romance drama about a couple of teenagers with cystic fibrosis (Haley Lu Richardson and Cole Sprouse) who fall in love while been treated in a hospital. With Moises Arias, Parminder Nagra, and Claire Forlani. Green Book (PG-13 for violence, mature themes, profanity, racial slurs, smoking, and suggestive material). Best Picture winner, set in the sixties, about the friendship forged between a black classical pianist (Mahershala Ali) and his white chauffeur (Viggo Mortensen) driving around the Deep South during Jim Crow segregation. With Linda Cardellini, Don Stark, and P.J. Byrne. Greta (R for violence and disturbing images). Suspense thriller, set in NYC, about a naive young woman (Chloe Grace Moretz) who unwittingly befriends a widow with an evil agenda (Isabelle Huppert) whose pocketbook she found on the subway. With Maika Monroe, Colm Feore, and Stephen Rea. How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World (PG for action and mild rude humor). Final installment in the animated fantasy trilogy finds Hiccup (Jay Baruchel) and Toothless embarking on an epic journey to protect their peaceful village from the darkest threat it has ever faced. Voice cast includes America Ferrara, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Kristen Wiig, Gerard Butler, and Craig Ferguson. Isn’t It Romantic (PG-13 for profanity, sexuality, and a drug reference). Satirical fantasy, set in NYC, about an Australian architect (Rebel Wilson) who wakes up trapped in a romantic comedy after being knocked unconscious by a mugger on a subway platform. Supporting cast includes Liam Hemsworth, Adam Devine, and Priyanka Chopra. The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part (PG for crude humor). Animated musical adventure finds the citizens of Bricksburg facing a new threat, namely, invaders from outer space. Voice cast includes Will Arnett, Tiffany Haddish, Alison Brie, Chris Pratt, and Elizabeth Banks. A Madea Family Funeral (PG-13 for profanity, crude sexuality, and pervasive drug use). Tyler Perry’s back in drag as a sassy granny for this raucous comedy set in rural Georgia where a joyous family reunion is unexpectedly marred by tragedy. Co-starring Cassi Davis, Patrice Lovely, and Mike Tyson. Nancy Drew and the Hidden Staircase (PG for peril, mild epithets, mature themes, and suggestive material). Sophia Lillis stars in the title role in this adaptation of the second novel in Carolyn Keene’s classic mystery series which finds the teen sleuth teaming with her friends (Zoe Renee and Mackenzie Graham) to solve a case of paranormal activity in a haunted house. Supporting cast includes Linda Lavin, Laura Wiggins, Andrea Anders, and Sam Trammell. They Shall Not Grow Old (R for graphic images). World War I documentary commemorating the centennial of the conflict and featuring previously unseen footage. Directed by Peter Jackson. Transit (Unrated). Adaptation of Anna Segher’s novel of the same name, set in Marseilles, about a German refugee (Franz Rogowski) who falls in love with the widow (Paula Beer) of the recently-deceased writer whose identity he’s assumed. Cast includes Godehard Giese, Lilien Batman, and Maryam Zaree. (In German, French, and sign language.) Us (R for violence, terror, and profanity). Jordan Peele wrote and directed this suspense thriller, set in Santa Cruz, about a vacationing family that finds itself haunted by identical strangers. Co-starring Lupita Nyong’o, Winston Duke, Elisabeth Moss, and Anna Diop. The Wedding Guest (R for profanity, violence, and brief nudity). Dev Patel plays the title character in this suspense thriller about a shadowy figure who travels from England to Pakistan to kidnap a Muslim bride-to-be (Radhike Apte). With Jim Sarbh, Harish Khanna, and Nish Nathwani. Wonder Park (PG for action and mature themes). Animated fantasy about a motherless 10-year-old (Brianna Denski) who discovers that the magical amusement park she’s been imagining really exists in the forest outside of her math camp. Voice cast includes Jennifer Garner, Matthew Broderick, Kenan Thompson, John Oliver, and Dr. Ken Jeong. —Kam Williams

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Wednesday, March 20 7 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting. 65 Witherspoon Street. 8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers has a Contra Dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. With Bob Isaacs and Raise the Roof. Free. www. princetoncountrydancers.org. Thursday, March 21 5-6:30 p.m.: Meditation Talk and Walk through Greenway Meadows Park; meet at the Johnson Education Center. Led by Andrea Fereshteh, author of In the Company of Trees. Free but RSVP: (609) 924-4646 or rsvp@drgreenway.org. 7 p.m.: Dirk Evers lectures on “Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe of Human Flourishing?” at Center for Theological Inquiry, Luce Hall, 50 Stockton Street. 7:30-9:30 a.m.: “Growing in Trenton: The State Treasurers’ Perspective,” sponsored by the Princeton Area Chamber of Commerce, at Trenton Country Club, 201 Sullivan Way, West Trenton. State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muio is the speaker. www.princetonchamber.org. Saturday, March 23 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.: Fitness Fest at Princeton Fitness and Wellness, Plainsboro. Over 20 classes, demos, health screenings, kids’ classes and activities, and other events focused on fitness and health; plus on-site local vendors. 10 a.m.: At Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road, “Read & Explore: Getting Ready for Spring.” www.terhuneorchards.org. 4-6 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers “The Wonderful World of Waltz,” with Ret Turner and Peggy Leiby, at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. $8. Followed by potluck. (908) 3594837. 7 p.m.: Movie Night and Discussion at the American College of Orgonomy, 4419 Route 27, Kingston. The film is Beautiful Boy; discussion is with Dee Apple and Susan Marcel. Free. www.acomovienight.com. Sunday, March 24 12-3 p.m.: The HopewellKeroka Alliance holds its 10th annual large flea market at Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington. Contact hopewell.keroka.alliance@gmail.com for more information. 1-4 p.m.: At Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road, Winery Sunday Music Series presents Kingston Ridge. www.terhuneorchards.org. 2-5 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers celebrate Jeff Gauthier and Miranda Weinberg’s marriage. Mixed English Country Dance and Contras. Free. Cake at the break. (908) 359-4837. 3 p.m.: Violinist Alexandre Djokic and pianist Roburt Gaidos perform at 1867 Sanctuary, 101 Scotch Road, Ewing. $5-$15. 1867sanctuary.org/ticket-info/. Monday, March 25 8 : 3 0 -10 a . m . : P r i n c eton Learning Cooperative holds an open house at 16 All Saints Road. Free Visit info@Princetonlearning cooperative.org for more information.

“H om ag e,” at M or ve n’s Stockton Education Center, 55 Stockton Street. Music, conversation, and light refreshment. Free. 7:30 p.m.: La Fiocco period instrument ensemble performs music and dance of the late Renaissance, Baroque, and early Classical era at Christ Congregation, 50 Walnut Lane. $10-$25. lafiocco.org. Sunday, March 31 1 p.m.: Abrcadabra! Family Magic Show at Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road (Route 206). $8-$12 (kids 3 and under free). Close-up magic and stage show. 1-4 p.m.: At Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road, Winery Sunday Music Series presents Bill O’Neal and Andy Koontz. terhuneorchards.com. 1:15 p.m.: Book Launch: “ U. S.1 Wor k s h e e t s” at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. The U.S. 1 Poets’ Cooperative launches Volume 64 of its journal with works by 134 poets. Monday, April 1 Recycling Thursday, April 4 8 p.m.: The Takacs String Quartet performs at Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University. $10-$55. princetonuniversityconcerts.org. Friday, April 5 9 : 45 a.m. : T he Piano Teachers Forum meets at Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville. Jazz pianist Jeremy Siskin gives a presentation. Coffee at 9:15 a.m. Saturday, April 6 10 a.m.-1 p.m. : We s t Windsor Farmers Market at Windsor Athletic Club, 99 Clarksville Road. Music by George & Eddie; Fresh Food Drive to benefit Arm in Arm Food Pantries. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Sunday, April 7 12:30 -2 p.m.: J-Ser ve, at Beth El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor. International Day of Jewish Youth Service, for teens in grades 6-12 helping in a variety of social action projects. Registration is required at jserveor g/2019projectregistration/ princeton. 1-4 p.m.: At Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road, Winery Sunday Music Series presents Maggs and Bud. www.terhuneorchards.org 5 p.m. : At Dorot hea’s House, 120 John Street, Princeton University graduate Katherine Wilson talks about her memoir, Only in Naples : Lessons in Food and Famiglia from My Italian Mother-in-law. Free. Monday, April 8 1 p.m.: At Monroe Township Library, 4 Municipal Plaza, Monroe, Chamber Music for Winds. Free. Sunday, April 14 8 a.m.: Ed Felten speaks on “The projected effects of Artificial Intelligence on our economy and the social implications of those effects,” at Princeton United Methodist Church, 7 Vandeventer Avenue. Suggested brea k fas t donat ion, $ 5. PrincetonUMC.org. 1-4 p.m.: At Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road, Winery Sunday Music Series presents O’Neil & Martin. www.terhuneorchards.org Monday, April 15 Recycling

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4:30 p.m.: Jay Butler, fellow in Princeton University’s Program in Law and Public Affairs, gives a free lecture at Wallace Hall, Room 300, “The Corporate Keepers of International Law.” Tuesday, March 26 7:30 p.m.: “The Talmud: A Biography,” talk by Northwestern University Professor Barry Scott Wimpfheimer, at The Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. $10; free for members. (609) 921-0100 ext. 200. Wednesday, March 27 12:30 p.m.: Adam Mount of the Federation of American Scientists gives a free lect ure, “W hat to Do if North Korea Won’t Disarm: Reassessing Allied Policy.” At 221 Nassau Street. 5:30 p.m. at Wolfensohn Hall, Institute of Advanced Study, Rana Mitter lectures on “Brexit: Jolly Old Storm Clouds, Britain and Europe, 1919-2019.” 7-8:30 p.m.: Ask-a-Lawyer program offers free advice on immigration and other issues at Princeton Public Library’s 2nd floor conference room. The library is at 65 Witherspoon Street. (609) 924-9529 ext. 1220. 8-10:30 p.m.: Princeton Country Dancers holds a Contra Dance at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Sue Gola with Dr. Twamley’s Audio Snakes. $10 (free for age 35 and under). www.princetoncountrydancers.org. Thursday, March 28 10 a.m.: Meeting of the 55-Plus Club with talk, “How Do We Prepare Our Students f rom P r e s ch o ol - C ol l e g e with Social-Emotional Civil Discourse and Civil Engagement,” by Rutgers professor Maurice J. Elias. At The Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. 11 a.m.: Still-life Stew Storytime at Morven, 55 Stockton Street, for ages 3-6. Kids make their own still-life paintings to take home, along with a recipe for stew. Register at https:// www.eventbrite.com/e/ storytime-at-morven-tickets-53099381680. 11 a.m-2:30 p.m.: Spring Break Chess Tournament at Princeton Public Library, 65 Wit herspoon St reet. For ages 6-12, conducted by U.S. Chess Federation National Master Ben Johnson. Registration required at www.princetonlibrary.org. 12:30 p.m.: University of Wisconsin professor Timothy Donohue speaks about t he sustainable biomass production of f uels and chemicals, at Maeder Hall, Andlinger Center, 92 Olden Street. Free. 5:30 p.m.: The Princeton Chamb er Music S ociet y presents “Portraits of England,” in conjunction with the Gainsborough exhibit. Friday, March 29 3 p.m.: Dog Man Party at Princeton Public Library Community Room, 65 Witherspoon Street. Kids 5-12 are invited to celebrate Dog Man, the part-human, partdog hero of the Davd Pilkey series with crafts, games, and activities. 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library screens the film Ready Player One, in the Community Room. 65 Witherspoon Street. www.princetonlibrary.org. Saturday, March 30 3 p.m.: New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra Salon:

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abrielle Rush couldn’t find a shooting rhythm in her final regular season weekend for the Princeton University women’s basketball team. The sharpshooting senior guard went a combined 4-of25 from the floor, including 1-of-15 from the three-point line, as Princeton topped Brown 88-68 and Yale 8068 on March 8-9 to clinch a share of the Ivy League title and the top seed for the league’s postseason tournament. Last weekend, though, Rush was on target as Princeton rolled to the title at the Ivy tournament at Yale. Rush went 4-of-5 for the floor and scored 12 points as the Tigers topped Cornell 68-47 in the semis on Saturday and then made 6-of-11 shots and totaled 18 points as Princeton defeated Penn 65-54 a day later in the final, earning its second straight Ivy tourney title. “I was disappointed; I didn’t really play that well or shoot that well last weekend, so I was excited for this weekend because I knew these were the games that really mattered and where the team was going to need me the most,” said Rush, a 5’10 native of Hinsdale, Ill. “Thankfully shots just dropped for me and my teammates were finding me.” By coming through when it mattered, the Tigers, now 22-9, earned the league’s automatic berth to the upcoming NCAA tournament, where it is seeded 11th in the Greensboro

Regional and will face 6thseeded Kentucky (24-7) in a first round contest on Match 23 in Raleigh, N.C. While shots were dropping for Rush and the Tigers in the win over Penn, it was their defense that made the difference down the stretch as Princeton outscored the Quakers 21-7 in the fourth quarter. “I think we held them to one basket the last time in the fourth quarter when we played them (a 68-53 win on February 26) so we knew that we could do that and everyone just really locked down,” said Rush, who was one of four Tigers named to the Ivy All-Tournament team along with sophomore Carlie Littlefield, freshman Julia Cunningham, and junior star Alarie, chosen as the tourney’s Most Outstanding Performer for the second straight year. “We wanted it so badly; it was now our third time playing them so it feels like we know them pretty well. We were ready to get after it.” Going through an up-anddown campaign which saw Princeton start 1-7 overall and go 2-2 in its first four Ivy games helped make the Tigers ready to shine last weekend. “I was a little bit disappointed because I would love to have another go at those teams full strength and where we are now,” said Rush. “We also really had a tough schedule; it helped us in the long run to play those teams.”

Serving as co-captain with classmate Sydney Jordan, Rush helped keep the Tigers on the right track through the ebbs and flows. “Sydney and me are lifelong friends and we have worked through this year,” said Rush, who came into 2018-19 with zero career starts and has ended up starting all 31 games this season, averaging 12.5 points a contest. “It has been a tough year for sure. We complement each other super well and we have done a pretty good job of leading this team. It is exciting to see the growth that we made together and as a team.” In the view of Rush, Princeton’s 77-57 loss to Maryland in the NCAA tourney last year was a key growing experience for the team. “It gives us a little chip on our shoulder for the ones who were there last year because we obviously didn’t put on the best show that we wanted to and we didn’t really display ourselves the way that we wanted to,” said Rush. “It is exciting to be back and to show the country how far we have come as a team and how we are ready to go. We are getting healthier and healthier and we are playing with each other more and more. Now, everyone knows just how high they need to throw the ball to Bella [Alarie], who likes to catch it on the outside shot, who likes the layup, just little things like that. We are getting used to each other and it is exciting because it is making

us all so much better.” In reflecting on her team’s performance at the Ivy tourney, Princeton head coach Courtney Banghart liked the way her players responded across the board. “To beat a good team, you all have to be contributing and that was one of our key focuses,” said Banghart. “Everybody contributed. Bella was the star that we needed her to be and everybody else brought what they were supposed to bring.” Banghart tipped her hat to Rush and Jordan for their steady contributions this winter. “They are the only two to play every game; there is a competitiveness to them that infiltrated our team,” said Banghart. “That has been our guide, they just compete. What they weren’t always able to do necessarily on the stat sheet, they made sure that we were competing. Their competitive legacy is what I will be grateful for.” The Tigers needed that competitive spirit as they faced a bumpy road this winter with Alarie sidelined for the first nine games due to a broken arm. “When we were 2-2 in the league, I knew it was an uphill battle but we found a way,” said Banghart, “We had to win 20 of 22 and 12 in a row. You are playing from behind, then you are tied up, then you have to clinch it and then you have got come and win a tournament.” The Tigers face another uphill battle in the clash against Kentucky with the victor slated to face the winner of the matchup between 3rd-seeded N.C. State and

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14th-seeded Maine in the second round. “I know they are a tall team full of athletes,” said Banghart, who has guided the Tigers to eight NCAA Tournaments since 2010 with Princeton topping Green Bay 80-70 in the 2015 tourney, becoming just the second Ivy team to ever post a win in the event. “Part of postseason success is frequency. So hopefully the frequency gives us a comfort level that we belong.” With being uncomfortable having been the norm for the Tigers this winter, Banghart believes her team is ready for the challenge presented by the Wildcats. “The way this year has been, they have had to fight, grit, grab, and claw all year because of how we started,” said Banghart.

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Princeton Wrestling Freshman Standout Glory Primed for First Shot at NCAA Championship it from the beginning. That’s Glory. He came in and he was ready to be one of the best wrestlers in the country right away.” Glory improved to 26-4 when he avenged one of his four losses with a 10-8 win in the EIWA title match over Cornell’s Vito Arujau, who had won their dual meet match at Cor nell. Glor y marched through the first t wo EI WA matches w ith pins and then came back in the semifinal to stop Penn’s Carmen Ferrante to set up a rematch with Arujau. “It’s a great feeling,” said Glory. “Coming in, obviously I wanted to get some revenge from the loss during the year. Really it’s just another stepping stone for next weekend. That’s how we always viewed it. It’s great to get the win. We’re looking forward to next weekend. That’s really what matters to us. I’m excited to know I can do it and I’m able to compete with the top kids in the country and there’s no reason to believe I can’t go out and do it.” Brucki, too, won to avenge a loss at Cornell. He beat Cornell’s Benjamin Honis, 8 - 6, for t he 197-pou nd E I WA ch a mpion s h ip. Kolodzik fought back from a low-scoring semifinal for third at 149 pounds. Monday also showed resolve in coming back for third place at 157 pounds. Princeton finished third as a team as well with 122.5 pounds, trailing only champion Lehigh (153 points) and runner-up Cornell (139 points). “For the team, I’m really happy with where we are,” said Ayres. “I really don’t know if we could have had a better Day 1. I was shocked to look up at the scoreboard at the end of Day 1 and see we weren’t in first. It was like, ‘What do we have to do? ’ We had a great day. Then came Day 2 and we had a disastrous session 3. What was amazing was we bounced back and had a great Session 4. If we could find some consistency at the NCAAs with how we’re performing, we could be in top 10.” The young Tigers are coming on strong at the end of the season, forming a foundation that has Princeton’s

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Patrick Glory takes pride in standing atop the podium at the EIWA (Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) Championships on March 9 in Binghamton, N.Y. But what the Princeton University freshman really wants is to be standing at the top of another one when the NCAA Championships conclude this Saturday in Pittsburgh, Pa. “It’s something I’ve been waiting for my whole life,” said Glory, a native of Randolph, N.J. “It’s something I’ve been dreaming of. When you’re in third or fourth grade, you think, ‘Imagine how cool it would be to wrestle at the NCA A championships, imagine how cool it would be to win a national title.’ I’ve dreamed about me standing on the podium and winning the national title and jumping into my coach’s arms and talking to my family afterward. It’s something I’ve been looking forward to since I was 8-9 years old. And now it’s here.” As the NCAA Championships get underway this week, Glory is the No. 7 seed at 125 pounds, one of six Princeton wrestlers to make the nationals. Sophomore Patrick Brucki (197), Glory, junior Matthew Kolodzik (149), and freshman Quincy Monday (157) all qualified by virtue of their EIWA success, while freshman Travis Stefanik (174) and junior Kevin Parker (184) earned at-large bids. P r i nce ton h e ad coach Chris Ayres had the sense that the program’s freshman group was going to be something special. “It was the 8th ranked recruiting class,” said Ayres, who was named Ivy League Head Coach of the Year for the third time in four years. “As a coach, you really don’t know what you’re going to get until they actually get in your room. We could tell from Day 1, these kids are special. They’re really tight too. Marshall Keller started as well so we had four of them starting. These kids are good, but they have to find some consistency. Travis and Quincy kind of found that late. Marshall was still trying to figure it out. There’s one kid that had

whole mindset was I’d be “He’s easily one of the on Brandon W hitman of at the peak of my abilities top 5 most coachable kids North Carolina. Kolodzik is and techniques. I feel like we’ve had here. We’ll say, the fifth seed and faces MiI’m getting to that point and ‘Can you try to do this? ’ chael Sprague of American, next weekend I’ll be a dan- And he’ll do it in a match whom he beat in the EIWA future looking bright. gerous weapon.” that day whereas some kids Championships consolation “I’ve known these kids G l or y s h owe d s i g n i f i - it takes the whole summer round. for four months now, and it cant improvement in how to get them to do something “I think we have three seems like I’ve known them he wrestled Arujau for the we’re teaching them. Pat has g uys t hat cou ld w in an my whole life,” said Glory. EIWA title, taking the les- been making adjustments NCA A title,” said Ayres. “It’s pretty incredible the sons lear ned from their every weekend.” “Will they? I don’t know, camaraderie we have just first meeting and wrestling Glor y’s latest improve- but Pat is one of those three in our freshman class, and smarter. ments earned him an EIWA guys. There’s no one that he in our whole team. We’re “G et ting my hands on crow n, giv ing him some can’t beat. It’s fun to be a pretty young for the most him in the regular season momentum as he heads to freshman and a true freshpart. I think we have four was definitely good for me nationals man. It’s like, ‘What do I upperclassmen w restling to get a reference to how he “It’s def in itely helpf u l have to lose? I have three regularly for us. 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PU Men’s Hockey Falls Short in ECACH, Senior Stars Headed to Professional Ranks Having played a key role in the resurgence of the Princeton University men’s hockey program which saw the Tigers win the ECAC Hockey tour nament last winter, the team’s seniors weren’t about to go down without a fight as they faced playoff elimination earlier this month. Playing at Brown in the best-of-three ECACH first round series, Princeton lost the first game 3-0 on March 8 and trailed 5-2 with 4:37 left in regulation a day later. But with senior stars Max Veronneau, Ryan Kuffner, Josh Teves and Alex Riche hitting the ice together, the Tigers produced a dramatic comeback, scoring three goals in 3:48 to knot the game at 5-5 and force overtime. “Our team is resilient and we never give up or quit, so you always believe there is an opportunity,” said Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty, who got a goal and an assist apiece from Riche, Kuffner and junior Jackson Cressey in the rally with Veronneau adding an assist. “The guys were really excited to have the opportunity to go into overtime.” Princeton got opportunities to win as the game went into a third overtime but ended up falling 6-5 when Brown found the back of the net 3:30 into the final session. “It was a great comeback; once it is in overtime, you just sit back as a coach and

let them play,” said Fogarty, whose team ended the winter with an overall record of 10-18-3. “You can’t really do anything. It was a unique experience to be a part of but a disappointing result. T he Tigers are say ing goodbye to a unique senior group, which featured Kuffner, Veronneau, Teves, and Riche along with Austin Shaw and Spencer Kryczka. “It was a great six-man senior class,” said Fogarty. “They are very instrumental in our march towards the championship last year. And because of our success and our constant rise over the past four years, it has helped with the recruiting.” The seniors are already being recruited by the pros as Kuffner, Princeton’s alltime leading goal scorer with 75 and second in points with 152, signed a two-year entry-level contract with the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings. Veronneau, the fourth-highest scorer in program history with 144 points on 52 goals and 92 assists, entered into a two-year entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators and made his NHL debut on March 14 in Ottawa’s 2-0 win over St. Louis. Last Saturday, Veronneau tallied his first NHL point, picking up an assist as Ottawa defeated Toronto 6-2. Teves, second in points by a Tiger defenseman with 85 on 16 goals and 69 assists, inked a one-year entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks.

“We had those three guys sign yesterday, which is a great, great day, seeing them move on and utilize Princeton to reach their academic and athletic goals,” said Fogarty. Although Princeton didn’t achieve its collective goals this winter of winning the ECACH and going to the NCAA tournament, it played an entertaining brand of hockey. “While it is a disappointing overall season for us, I still liked a lot of things that we did,” said Fogarty. “We kept ourselves in 29 of the 31 games. We really gave ourselves an opportunity to win. It was just a couple of bounces here or there. You can’t expect to win every game. You have to be prepared to have an opportunity to win and I think we did that this year.” With a solid core of young players returning, Princeton is prepared to do some big things in the future “I am looking forward to next year,” said Fogarty, who welcomes back juniors Cressey, Derek Topatigh, and Liam Grande, along with sophomores Jake Paganelli, Mark Paolini, Reid Yochim, and goalie Ryan Ferland, as well as freshmen Corey A ndonovsk i, Christian O’Neill, Matt Kellenberger, and goalie Jeremie Forget. “I like where we are moving towards next season. I am confident with the group we have coming back and the insertion of the first year players.” —Bill Alden

PU Women’s Hockey Falls in NCAA Quarterfinal, Sees Defeat as Lesson for Team on the Rise When the Princeton University women’s hockey team played at Minnesota in the 2016 NCAA quarterfinals, the Tigers got on the scoreboard first but then yielded six unanswered goals on the way to a 6-2 loss. Last Saturday, when Princeton headed to Minnesota for a rematch in the 2019 NCAA quarters, it took an early 1-0 lead on a goal by freshman star Sarah Fillier. This time, the game turned into a nail-biter rather than a rout. After Minnesota forged ahead 2-1 in the second period, Princeton knotted the game at 2-2 on another tally by Fillion. The contest stayed deadlocked at 2-2 until midway through the third period when Minnesota went ahead 3-2 with 8:13 remaining in regulation. Princeton eventually pulled goalie Steph Neatby to get an extra attacker in the ice and generated excellent chances by Maggie Connors and Sharon Frankel but couldn’t find the back of the net. The Gophers proceeded to tack on two empty net goals in the last 1:06 to make it a 5-2 final. Princeton senior defenseman and co-captain Stephanie Sucharda was proud of how the Tigers pushed the Gophers in contrast to their previous meeting. “Freshman year we came

in and got that lucky goal and after that, it was Minnesota’s game,” said Sucharda, as quoted on the Princeton sports website. “I think this year we were right with them and we had a pretty even game. We had our fair share of chances and I don’t think it was very similar to my freshman year at all.” W hile Princeton didn’t c as h i n it s late ch a n c es, Sucharda saw the performance as a sign of success to come. “It’s very tough; but I think the prep work we did to put ourselves in that position, to tie the No. 2 team in the country, that we were inches away from that,” added Sucharda. “I think that says a lot about our program and especially moving forward I think our future is looking really good.” P r i nce ton h e ad coach Cara Morey saw the defeat as a potential blessing in disguise for a program the rise, reflecting on the end of a superb campaign which saw the Tigers go 20-8-5 and set a team-record unbeaten streak of 20 as they rose to fourth in the national rankings. “I know that this was a critical learning experience that the majorit y of our team is going to take forward next year,” said Morey

in her postgame comments included on the Princeton website. “We graduate four seniors [Sucharda, Karlie Lund, Keiko DeClerck, and Kimiko Marinacci] so the bulk of our team is back and the bulk of this team went through some really critical experiences today that we haven’t had. You know when you’re playing a program like Minnesota, who is consistently in this position, and in their home rink, you’re going to have to play that much better to win because they’ve been through these mo ments so many times. They can weather the storm and bounce back. They have resiliency to them because they’ve been here, they’ve done it, and there’s a calm to that. For our players it’s pretty new.” Ret ur ning its top four scorers in Fillier (22 goals, 35 assists), freshman Connors (26 goals, 17 assists), junior Carly Bullock (21 goals, 22 assists), and junior Claire Thompson (9 goals, 19 assists), Princeton appears poised to enjoy a lot of good moments next winter. “I think next year we’re going to have a good chance of winning this game,” asserted Morey. “Next year when that critical time comes, we’ve already been though it once, and I think this is going to make all our players stronger.” —Bill Alden

GOAL ORIENTED: Princeton University women’s hockey player Sarah Fillier chases down the PRO QUALITY: Princeton University men’s hockey player Ryan Kuffner heads up the ice in re- puck in recent action. Last Saturday, freshman star forward Filler scored both goals for cent action. Senior star Kuffner ended his college career by tallying two goals and two assists Princeton as it fell 5-2 to second-seeded Minnesota in the NCAA quarterfinals. The Tigers in Princeton’s 6-5 triple overtime loss to Brown on March 9 as the Tigers were swept in best-of- ended the winter with a record of 20-8-5. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) three ECAC Hockey first round playoff series. Last week, Kuffner, Princeton’s all-time leading goal scorer with 75, signed a two-year entry-level contract with the NHL’s Detroit Red Wings. Classmate and star forward Max Veronneau entered into a two-year entry-level contract with the Ottawa Senators and made his NHL debut on March 14 in Ottawa’s 2-0 win over St. Louis. Last Saturday, Veronneau tallied his first NHL point, picking up an assist as the Senators defeated Toronto 6-2. A third senior, defenseman Josh Teves, inked a one-year entry-level contract with the Vancouver Canucks. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Michael Sowers achieved a milestone to provide a highlight as the Princeton University men’s lacrosse team fell 19-10 at Penn last Saturday in the Ivy League opener for both teams. Junior star Sowers reached the 200-point mark for his career in his 34th game, by far the fastest any Princeton player had hit that milestone. Princeton, now 2-4 overall and 0-1 Ivy, hosts Yale on March 23 and Denver on March 26, the later game marking the return of legendary former Tiger head coach Bill Tierney to Class of 52 Stadium.

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David Harding contributed an RBI as the Princeton University baseball team fell 4-1 at Richmond last Monday. Junior outfielder Harding plated a run in the top of the fifth inning with a single to give Princeton a 1-0 lead, but Richmond responded with two runs in the bottom of the fifth and the sixth to earn the victory. The Tigers, who moved to 3-9 with the loss, play at Old Dominion on March 20 before starting Ivy League action by hosting Dartmouth for a doubleheader on March 23 and a single game on March 24.

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Ali Blanchard’s pitching gem helped the Princeton University softball go 2-2 at the South Florida tournament last weekend in Clearwater, Fla. Freshman Blanchard hurled a no-hitter in an 8-0 win over Towson on Sunday, striking out seven and walking three in six innings. She also struck out eight in a 9-4 loss to Buffalo on Saturday. She was later named the Ivy League Pitcher and Rookie of the Week. In other action over the weekend, Princeton fell 9-1 to North Florida on Sunday and topped Butler 6-4 on Saturday with Allie Reynolds getting the win for the Tigers in that contest and Keeley Walsh powering the offense with two hits and two RBIs. Princeton, now 3-10 plays at Stetson on March 20 before starting Ivy League action by hosting Yale for a doubleheader on March 23

and for a single game on made the list of qualifiers March 24. announced last week. Senior épée Wesley JohnPU Women’s Golf son, junior épée Wesley 12th At Augusta Event Maya Walton led the way Yuan, sophomore épée Tatias the Princeton University jana Stewart, sophomore sawomen’s golf team placed ber Daniel Kwak, freshman 12th in the Valspar Augusta foil Mohamed Hamza, and Invitational last weekend at freshman foil Cameron Levy the Forest Hills Golf Club in will represent Princeton. Each Tiger will compete in Augusta, Ga. Junior star Walton fired 23 bouts with each win conan 11-over 227 in the three- tributing a point toward the round event to tie for 43rd team’s total, and the team in the individual standings. title is awarded to the team with the most points bePrinceton had an overall tween both male and female score of +60 in taking 12th fencers. Teams are able to in the competition won by qualify up to 12 fencers with Texas Tech at -4. performance at last week’s The Tigers are next in ac- NCAA regional counting for tion when they compete in 60 percent toward qualificathe Harvard Invitational in tion and the regular season Orlando, Fla. from March counting toward the remain30-31. ing 40 percent. Princeton Men’s Golf This w ill be Johnson’s 11th At Mission Inn Tourney third NCAA championship, Sparked by Sam Clay- as he finished 14th in 2018 man, the Princeton Univer- and ear ned A ll-A mer ica sity men’s golf team placed honors with a third-place 11th of 18 teams in the Mis- f in ish in 2017. Stewar t sion Inn Spring Spectacular earned All-America honors last weekend at the Mission with a seventh-place finish Inn Resort in Howey-In-The- last year and Kwak finished 13th in 2018 in the first apHills, Fla. Sophomore Clayman card- pearance for each. This year ed a 6-over 222 in the three- will be the first NCAA apround event to tie for 28th pearance for Yuan, Hamza, in the individual standings. and Levy. T he NCA A Champion Princeton had an overall ships are set for March 21score of +34 in taking 11th at the competition won by 24 in Cleveland, Ohio. Kansas State at -16. Princeton Divers The Tigers are next in Qualify for NCAAs action when they host the Princeton University men’s Princeton Invitational from diving star Colten Young will April 6-7 at the Springdale return to the NCAA ChamGolf Club. pionships later this month Princeton Fencing Team thanks to a runner-up finish in the platform competition Sending 6 to NCAAs Six members of the Princ- at the Zone A Championeton University fencing team ships last week in Annapowill be heading to the NCAA lis, Md. S o p h o m o r e Yo u n g, a C h a m p i o n s h i p s , h av i n g

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junior Mimi Lin qualified in the 1-meter final. W h ile You ng’s of f icial qualification happened on the platform, his top -12 finishes in both the 1- and 3-meter events this week will allow him to compete in all three events at the NCAA Championships.

DOGGED PURSUIT: Princeton University men’s basketball player Richmond Aririguzoh heads to the hoop in recent action. Last Saturday, junior star Aririguzoh contributed a career-high 24 points and eight rebounds in a losing cause as third-seeded Princeton fell 83-77 to second-seeded Yale in the semifinals of the Ivy League postseason tournament. The Bulldogs went on to defeat Harvard 97-85 in the title game to earn the league’s automatic berth to the NCAA tourney. Aririguzoh was later named to the Ivy All-Tournament Team. The Tigers ended the winter with a final record of 16-12 overall. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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versity women’s water polo team went 2-2 at the Loyola Marymount Invitational last weekend in Los Angeles, Calif. Junior Castellano tallied 11 goals on the weekend for the Tigers as they topped Cal State-East Bay 12-7 and fell 11-9 to No. 19 San Jose State in action on Friday before topping Pomona-Pizer 13-9 and losing 10-7 to No. 12 Loyola Marymount in games on Saturday. P r i n c e to n , n ow 13 - 6, w raps up it s C alifor n ia swing by playing at Concordia in Irvine, Calif on March 20 at Long Beach State on March 21.

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With Focus on Individual Development, PHS Girls’ Hockey Displayed Progress Christian Herzog emphasized development this winter as he guided his Princeton High girls’ hockey team. “I knew in terms of talent, I was going to deal with a difficult year in terms of the wins,” said PHS head coach Herzog. “I was looking for individual players to shine when given their moment.” W hile the Tigers went 3-13, with all three wins coming against the Lawrenceville ‘B’ team, Herzog saw progress. “We are trying to make those baby steps; when you get a bunch of new players into a program, it is very hard to turn the wheel 100 percent left or 100 percent right and make those changes,” said Herzog. “I think of it as more trying to steer that cruise ship, going a little slower on the changes. I know which direction I want to head in the long term.” PHS got 100 percent effort from junior star defenseman and assistant captain Victoria Zammit, the team’s MVP and leading scorer with 33 points on 26 goals and seven assists. “You can’t ask for a better ice hockey player,” said Herzog of Zammit, who was

named to the WIHLMA Miran Division All-Star team. “You talk about a coachable athlete and somebody who has bought into the program. She gives her all every shift and every game. Her mood is the same; she never says I don’t feel well or I can’t do this. She made it very clear at the beginning of the season that she was going to put this team first. She never loafs.” The squad’s other assistant captain, senior Catherine Liu, along with senior captain Olivia Corrodi, helped Zammit keep things together. “Cathy Liu was more of a quiet leader; she is not the in-your-face type,” said Herzog. “Olivia is more vocal, more Xs and Os. She is intense when it comes to saying we need to do this, we need to do that and talking about what the goals are. Collectively, from a captain’s standpoint, they brought good leadership together.” Herzog credited his other seniors, the Mavoides twins, Morgan and Megan; Sarah Pag a n o ; a n d A n g e l i q u e Bencivenga with showing intensity. “Our Rookie of the Year went to a field hockey player, Morgan Mavoides, who came

out this year,” said Herzog. “She had three goals and three assists. Megan was on a tear at the start of the season but got sidelined by illness. Our Head, Heart, Hustle award went to Sarah Pagano. She has played a little defense, a little forward, depending on what we need or who is missing. She is a great kid. She works hard all of the time, makes all of the practices, and never makes an excuse. The Coaches

award went to Angelique Bencivenga.” Such returning players as junior Lydia Cohen, freshman Grace Rebak, and freshman Emma Traylor had some shining moments this winter. “Lydia Cohen did well, she has a chance of coming back in a leadership role next year,” said Herzog, who will also be welcoming back junior goalie Ella Chauder. “Grace Rebak is a field hockey player who had played some hockey before. I had a few girls who never had skated that did well. Emma Traylor in the long term can be a strong

player. It will depend on how much effort she puts into it outside.” Heartened by the effort he got from his players despite the paucity of wins, Herzog sees good things ahead for the program. “I am optimistic about next year; I was surprised by the gains that some of the field hockey girls made in a short duration,” said Herzog. “This year we had the least amount of practices in compared to previous years, I want to increase those numbers next year. They need the ice time.” —Bill Alden

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Things didn’t look very promising for the Princeton Day School girls’ hockey team is it headed into winter break in December. PDS brought a 2-6 record into the holidays, hampered by a string of injuries to key players. With the goal of a winning season appearing out of reach, the Panthers went back to basics. “We just tried each week to work on little things that we wanted get better at and using the games as guides to how did we do with those t hings,” said PDS head coach Lorna Cook. “For the most part, I think we were pretty happy with our progress. We started playing a lot better and got our game together at the end of the year.” The squad’s attention to detail paid off as it went 10-6 in last 16 games to end up with a 12-12 record and showed that progress with some stirring postseason efforts. The Panther fought fought valiantly in state Prep semis before losing 3-2 to MorristownBeard and then edged Holton Arms 2-1 in the WIHLMA (Women’s Interscholastic Hockey League of the Mid-Atlantic) Miran Division semis before falling 3-0 to Rye Country Day (N.Y.) in the final. In Cook’s view, the team’s performance against MoBeard was a highlight of the winter. “In my opinion, it was our best game of the season,” maintained Cook, whose team build a 2-1 lead in the second period against the Crimson before yield-

ing two unanswered goals in the period. “I think we really focused a lot on just putting together our best effort at the right time. With our team it makes a big difference who is out. It was rough going for a while. We had a lot of young players who got opportunities that way. We were really excited to have everybody healthy for that game. We had a great third period, their goalie played really well for them.” The injury bug hit when the Panthers faced Holton Arms in the WIHLMA contest as sophomore star Hailey Wexler was a late scratch but they persevered in pulling out the victory. “We had to make adjust quickly and count on our players to step up and they did that in the Holton game,” said Cook. Senior star forward and team captain Julie Patterson stepped up throughout the winter and her career as a four-year star for the program. “It is obviously going to be a big hole to fill for next year; she is just a physical presence on the ice,” said Cook of Patterson who led PDS in scoring with 37 points on 25 goals and 12 assists and will be continuing her hockey career next winter at Wilkes University. “She just wants to score. She has the drive to do whatever it takes to put the puck into the net when you are in a tough spot like that Holton game. She buried two for us and got us the win. Those are things that are going to be hard to replace. We are hopeful

that she left her mark on the younger players and they are going to be able to figure out how they can fill that role as well.” The squad’s other seniors, Sasha Sindhwani, Flynn Gorman, and Bryn April, also played important roles. “I love the senior class we have had this year, they just work so hard; they are good kids and teammates,” said Cook. “They listen and they really try to do what we are asking of them. They find any way they can to contribute.” The Panthers got a big contribution from the Wexler twins, goalie Jillian and forward Hailey. “Jillian obv iously is a beast in net; sometimes the team over relies on her and when that is the case, you have to come back at it and make sure that we are playing better in front of her,” said Cook. “I think she deserves that and we are going to keep working at it. For Hailey, lacrosse is her main sport but she still brought it every day for hockey, trying to do her best. As the season went on, she was having more and more fun too and that makes a big difference. PDS had other sopho mores who made a difference in Hannah Choe, Maisie Henderson, Aaliyah Sayed, and Jules Romano. “Hannah had a really good season for us, she stepped up too; she plays unafraid, blocks a lot of shots and is there to compete at every opportunity,” said Cook.

DOWN PAT: Princeton Day School girls’ hockey player Julie Patterson controls the puck in a game this season. Senior star forward and team captain Patterson led PDS in scoring with 37 points on 25 goals and 12 assists, helping the Panthers post a 12-12 final record. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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now, but we had her at cenOne of the team’s newCook is excited to see ter because we really need- comers, freshman Nata- more development in the number Fax number � Address � Expiration Date ed�aPhone defensive center. That� lie Celso, showed marked PDS program, which has is where we used her at the progress this season. historically featured a mix end of the year and I think “Natalie had to come up of veteran hockey players that is why our team started huge for us down in Mary- and athletic neophytes. picking up the pace. Aali- land as far as what she was “The way we approach yah had a good year, she able to do on the ice for it is that we welcome new improved a lot. Jules has us,” said Cook, noting that players and we do things that determination of do- the squad’s other freshmen, together as a team,” said ing whatever it takes to get Becca Wilner, Cour tney Cook. from point A to point B.” Richter, Lizzie Thomas, and “But we also do things Another set of twins, Car- Franny Gallagher all made that are separate so that oline and Charlotte Hagger- strides this winter. “She they have to keep working ty, led a junior group which stepped up that weekend on their skills.” also included Ellie Scho- and kept going from there. —Bill Alden field, Annabel Thomas, and Brianna Astbury. “The Haggerty twins were a huge part of our success this year; Caroline really stepped up at defenseman for us, she was reliable and tough,” said Cook. “She got better at handling the puck, creating time and space for herself. Charlotte was balancing the school play with the season so it was a little tough on her. She competes so hard every time she is on the ice. She had this inner drive to make sure that she was working as hard as possible. For Ellie, it is not just the speed she brings, it is her compete level. She loves to backcheck, she wants to get that puck back. She understands how important it is to have possession. Annabel had a great year for us too; she had to step up when we were missing people on our trip to Maryland and played really well. It was a bummer how early she got hurt. Bri keeps improving; I love seeing how her soccer sense translates

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Highlighted by First-Ever County Team Crown, Hun Swimming Enjoyed Breakthrough Season Boasting a core of six standouts, the Hun School girls’ swimming team put the program on the map this year. Showing their talent and ver s at i l it y, Hu n’s hardy crew of junior Marie-Eve Hebert, sophomore Becca Della Rocca, junior Abbie Danko, senior Izzy Peel, junior Grace Davis, and freshman Hannah Davis cruised to the team title at the Mercer County Championships, earning the school’s first-ever county swimming crown. Building on that effort, the Raiders went on to excel at the state Prep meet, the Mid-Atlantic Prep League ( MAPL) Invitational, and the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships. Noting that the program didn’t have enough swimmers in the past to field separate boys’ and girls’ teams, Hun head coach Joan Nuse was proud of what her female crew accomplished. “It was so nice to be able to have a girls’ team and then to have them do so well,” said Nuse, whose team went undefeated in dual meet competition. “It was very exciting.” As the season unfolded, the Raiders kept producing exciting performances.

Hun placed fourth at the Prep meet with Hebert taking third in the 200 freestyle and Peel placing third in the 100 breaststroke. At the MAPL meet, the Raiders placed fourth as Della Rocca won the 100 butterfly and Danko took first in the 200 individual medley. Culminating the season at the Easterns, Hun took 13th of the 31 teams that scored points. Peel led the way with a sixth place in the 100 breast and making the finals in the 50 free. Hebert advanced to the finals in the 100 and 200 free while Danko was a finalist in the 100 back and 200 IM and Della Rocca made the finals in the 100 butterfly. Hun made the finals in all three relays at Easterns with the 200 medley relay consisting of Danko, Peel, Della Rocca, and Hannah Davis, the 200 free relay including Peel, Grace Davis, Hannah Davis, and Hebert, and the 400 free relay featuring Grace Davis, Danko, Della Rocca, and Hebert. In addition to t ur ning heads in local swimming circles, the Raiders garnered attention on campus. “Not only did we let other people in the area know that we have a team, we let our own school know,” said Nuse.

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“They don’t ever see us because we aren’t there; it was nice that people were aware that we were there. We actually had some members of the faculty who came out to states which was really nice. It was nice to have people talking to us about sw im m ing ; it was much more out there.” Taking sixth place at the 100 breast at the Easterns was a nice finish for senior transfer Peel. “She did great for us; it was really exciting at Easterns, she made the ‘A’ final and they make a really big deal about it,” said Nuse. “For her to come in and do what she did was awesome. She really brought a lot with her because she came in second in counties in both the 50 and the breaststroke but she is a really good backstroker as well so we could use her various places.” The arrival of junior standout Hebert, who came to the school from Canada, proved to be a big plus in and out of the water for the team. “Marie-Eve is great as a swimmer and is great as a person,” said Nuse. “She brings such a wonderful attitude with her and puts in a lot of effort everywhere she goes. Everyone on the team just loves her.” In Nuse’s view, the girls’ squad has great prospects going forward. “We have a really good group,” said Nuse. “It is weird to be thinking about the fact that Abbie and

Grace Davis are going to be seniors. They have been here when the team started to come up so they are really a big part of why this has happened.” Good things also hap pened this winter for the boy’s team as it lost only one dual meet. “The boys did great, they really have some along,” said Nuse. “In the past, they have been helped by having the club girls with them. This year they were totally on their own. We only had one club swimmer on the boys and they just put in the effort in practice everyday and did a wonderful job. They have a great attitude.” Post-graduate star Arturo Rodrigues gave the Raiders a special effort day in, day out. “Arturo did sprints and fly but he could really do anything,” said Nuse

“In our regular meets, I had him swim the IM. We took him and Josh [Nguyen] to the Easterns so they got to have that experience. He is just such a nice person, he has that great attitude. Every time he went out there he wanted to improve and he was just so supportive of everyone else.” The Hun boys should keep improving as they welcome back some some key performers. “The main people we have back are Josh, Andrew Petty, and Jake DiAndrea,” said Nuse. “T hey w ill be seniors. Gabe Huang is a freshman who did really well for us too as did George Bailey, who just finished his sophomore season.” Hun also boasted star divers in freshman Rowland Law ver and Beth Evaldi, who rounded out the squad.

“They train on their own, we don’t have a dive coach in the program,” said Nuse of Lawver who took second at Easterns with Evaldi finishing seventh. “They do have to come to six practices with us to be able to dive officially as part of Hun. They piled up a lot of points; it was great having them.” Looking ahead, Nuse believes the program can keep piling up wins. “As long as we have the numbers stay where they are or continue to improve, we should be doing well,” said Nuse. “It is hard every year because you have a certain number of kids who don’t come back. I already know a couple of eighth graders who I teach who swim and are going to be coming in and that is really nice.” —Bill Alden

ABBIE ROAD: Hun School swimmer Abbie Danko heads to victory in the 200 individual medley at the Mercer County Championships in late January. Junior star Danko helped the Hun girls’ squad enjoy a breakthrough season as it took first at the county meet for the program’s firstever team title at the competition and then excelled at state Prep meet, the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) Invitational and the Eastern Interscholastic Swimming and Diving Championships. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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In championship game action last Saturday in the 4th/5th grade boys’ division of the Dillon Youth Basketball League, Corner House edged PBA #130, 4140. Leone Westrick tallied 19 points to spark Corner House to the title. Asher DeLue scored 26 points in a losing cause for PBA#130. In the title game in the 6th/7th grade boys’ division, Lependorf & Silverstein defeated Majeski Foundation 41-32. Lependorf was led by Tarak Jayachandra, who scored 15 points, while Jihad Jasiri Wilder added 12. Majeski was led by Owen Biggs 17 points. In t he 8t h -10 t h grade boys’ division championship game, the Spurs topped the Lakers, 49-38. Jeremy Sallade led the Spurs with 16 points while Spencer Hamilton tallied a game-high 23 points for the Lakers in the loss. In the title contest in the girls’ division, Princeton Pettoranello nipped Jefferson Plumbing 20-19. Sneha Kumar and Naomi Fields led a balanced offense for the victors, scoring five points apiece. Betaneya Tsegay tallied a game-high 13 points for Jefferson Plumbing.

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Richard Stoll Armstrong

The Reverend Dr. Richard Stoll Armstrong, 18 days shy of his 95th birthday, died peacefully at his home at the Princeton Windrows in Plainsboro Tow nship, NJ, on March 11, 2019, surrounded by his children and beloved caregiver. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 29, 1924, he was the second child of Elsie Stoll Armstrong and Herbert Eustace Armstrong, Sr. Dick, as he was known to his family and friends, grew up in Baltimore and attended McDonogh School, a semi-militar y academy in Owings Mills, Maryland, where his father was head of the upper school mathematics department, athletic director, and head coach of the varsity football, baseball, and ice hockey teams. Dick excelled at sports while at McDonogh, playing for the varsity football, basketball, and baseball teams. He was captain of the baseball team, co-captain of the basketball team, and starting left end on the football team. He was the leading pitcher and center fielder for McDonogh’s 1942 baseball team, which he led in hits, extra base hits, and runs that year. A f ter g raduat ing f rom McDonogh in 1942, Dick was awarded a Maryland Regional baseball scholarship to Princeton University, where he majored in economics. He played varsity basketball one season and varsity baseball on five different teams, including two war-time summer seasons, and was the only freshman on the 1943 baseball team. He was awarded the Underclassman Cup in 1943. Having enlisted in the U.S. Navy in December, 1942, Dick was assigned to a V-12 unit at Princeton as an Apprentice Seaman, and was ordered to the Navy Supply Corps School in the Midshipmen /Officers Course (MOC) at Harvard School of Business Administration in June, 1944. He was commissioned as an Ensign that October, and after graduating from the MOC in May, 1945, was assigned to the USS Chandeleur as Disbursing Officer, and later promoted to Supply Officer. Dick was Honorably Discharged as Lt. (jg) from the U.S. Navy in July, 1946 and in September of that year, re-entered Princeton University as a senior under the G.I. Bill, graduating in June, 1947 (class of 1946). Dick’s senior thesis on “The Unionization of Baseball” was cited in the Senate Antitrust Hearings on Major

League Baseball in 1958. Af ter graduation, Dick signed with the American League’s Philadelphia Athletics as a pitcher and utility infielder and was assigned to their Martinsville, Virginia, farm club in the Carolina League, later moving up to the Lancaster, PA Red Roses in the Interstate League. In September, 1947, Dick was offered and accepted a front office position with the Athletics’ Farm Department. In January, 1948, Dick married the love of his life, Margaret Frances Childs (Wellesley, 1947) in a ceremony held in the Princeton University Chapel, Princeton, NJ, and together they embarked on his exciting career as a baseball front of f i c e e xe c u t i ve d u r i n g which he served as the Business Manager for the minor league Portsmouth Athletics in the Ohio-Indiana League (1948-1949), and then as the first Public Relations Director for two major league clubs, the Philadelphia Athletics (1949-1952) and Baltimore Orioles (1953-1955). In between his stints with the two clubs, Dick accepted an offer to become Copy and Plans Director of the W. Wallace Orr Advertising Agency in Philadelphia. While with the agency, Dick’s versatile writing talents were used to create presentations for potential clients, plan and produce major advertising programs, write copy for radio and television commercials, newspaper and magazine ads, and write, produce, and participate in singing commercials. He also co-produced and directed a television sports show featuring the National Football League’s Philadelphia Eagles called The Eagles’ Nest. In October, 1953, Dick was lured back into professional baseball when he had the opportunity to establish the first public relations depar tment for the new American League Baltimore Orioles, where his father had also been appointed Business Manager. Among Dick’s then innovative ideas as the Orioles’ first PR Director were creating the first “live” Major League mascot, “Mr. Oriole,” who made his debut in 1954 (ten years before the creation of the New York Mets’ mascot, “Mr. Met”), and developing the first Major League club fan survey. A permanent “Dick Armstrong Collection” has been established at the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York, comprising photographs, correspondence, and other memorabilia from both his and his father’s years in professional baseball, as well as an oral history Dick dictated for the Hall. A dramatic “Damascus Road” experience during spring training in 1955 led Dick to leave his promising career in baseball for the pastoral ministry, a moving first person account of which is told in his book A Sense of Being Called. After graduating from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1958, Dick began his pastorate career, serving as Pastor of both the Oak Lane Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, PA (1958-1968) and Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, IN (1974-1980), and Minister of Worship at t he Interdenom inat ional Congregation of Pennswood

Village in New tow n, PA (2002-2018), where he was still preaching at the age of 94 up until his retirement due to his cancer diagnosis. In addition, Dick was Interim Preacher for several congregations in Pennsylvania and New Jersey and often was a guest preacher at many different churches around the country. Dick’s book The Oak Lane Story and film that followed recount the renewal of the urban Philadelphia church he served that became a racially inclusive congregation through a service-oriented outreach to the community. The story inspired congregations throughout the United States and abroad to view their parish as a mission field. Having first matriculated as a student, Dick returned to Princeton Theological Seminary twice, first in an administrative capacity as Director of Development and later Vice President (1968-1974) and then in a faculty position as the first occupant of the Ashenfelter Chair of Ministry and Evangelism (1980-1990 ). He retired with emeritus status in 1990, but continued to be active in various ministries throughout the world. He served in South Africa as a member of the advisory committee for the Centre for Contextual Ministry at Pretoria University, where he assisted with the peaceful transition for black ministers who had limited educational opportunities due to apartheid. Dick also ser ved as vice president and then president of the Academy for Evangelism and Theological Education (1987-1991), as well as editor of the Academy’s journal (1991-1997). Dick was an exceptionally creative person who w rote poetr y and music t hroughout his life. His song “The Connie Mack Swing,” published in 1950 as par t of the year-long Golden Jubilee celebration Dick created to commemorate legendary Philadelphia Athletics’ owner/manager Connie Mack ’s 50 years with the club, became the A’s unofficial theme song while the club was still in Philadelphia. Two of Dick’s songs are in Princeton University’s songbook, Carmina Princetonia, and his first hymn, written for a music course he took at Princeton seminary, was published in the United States’ Armed Forces Hymnal. In 1996 he was commissioned to write a song commemorating the 50th reunion of Princeton Universit y’s Bicentennial Class of 1946, which was introduced by the Princeton University Band and sung by the Princeton Nassoons. His song “Tigertown Blues,” written while he was a member of the Nassoons in 1946 and for many years the group’s unofficial theme song, was featured in the 2013 film Admission starring Paul Rudd and Tina Fey. A prolific w r iter, Dick authored numerous books and articles drawing upon his varied background as a Navy veteran, major league baseball front office executive, advertising copy and plans director, radio broadcaster, development officer, journal editor, teacher, coach, and pastor. At the time of his death Dick had more than four dozen unfin-

ished book projects, including nearly 3,000 pages of unpublished poetry. In addition to his awards for athletic and academic ach ievem ent du r i ng h is school and college years, Dick received many other honors as an adult. He was the first recipient of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes’ (FCA) “Distinguished Service Award” in 1965, and later received the FCA’s “Branch Rickey Memorial Award” (1973) and “Life Trustee Award” (1981). The FCA, founded in 1954, was an organization Dick was instrumental in getting established and was involved with for the rest of his life: he was an officer and member of its National Board of Trustees; established the Philadelphia, Princeton, and Livingston (NJ) chapters of the FCA and assisted in the establishment of chapters in Baltimore and other cities; and served in a variety of capacities for the organization’s annual national conferences from 1958-1974. On four separate occasions Dick was invited by the Board of Trustees to become the President of the FCA; however, work and family obligations prevented Dick from accepting the position each time. Among Dick’s other major awards and honors were the “Outstanding Service Award” from the Indiana Chapter of the National Conference of Christians and Jews (1980); the Friends of Princeton Baseball’s “Robert L. Peters Award” (1990); the first recipient of the Academy for Evangelism in Theological Education’s “Charles Grandison Finney Award” (1997); the National Council of Presbyterian Men’s “Horizon 21 Award for Leadership Service” (1999); and the Albert Nelson Marquis Who’s Who “Lifetime Achievement Award” (2017). Dick served on the Board of many not-for-profit, religious, and sports organizations, including the FCA; Princeton Theological Seminary; McDonogh School; American Boychoir School; and the Indianapolis Indians baseball club, the AAA affiliate of the American League Cleveland Indians. He was elected to the Maryland Oldtimers Baseball Association Hall of Fame in 1994, and the McDonogh School Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997. As busy as he was with his work and volunteer activities, Dick was devoted to his wife and family. He and Margie were married for almost 66 years, prior to her death in 2013. Dick always said that he was in love with Margie “even before I met her,” because she was the “girl of my dreams” who embodied all the qualities he admired and was seeking in a life partner. Together they had five children, three of whom survive, and at the time of his death Dick was the proud and loving grandfather of seven and greatgrandfather of six, with a seventh on the way. Dick and Margie loved to travel, taking their young family all over the United States, and in later years le ad i ng g roup s of fa m ily members and friends on many international tours, including to Eastern and Central Europe, Australia and New Zealand, and the Holy Land. Margie also accompanied Dick on his speaking and teaching engagements

throughout North America and abroad; they were an inseparable pair, joined at the heart and through their deep faith. A poet, pioneer, pastor, preacher, professor, author, singer/songwriter, and a man of many firsts who always tried to do his best in all things, Dick will be missed by family, friends, colleagues, and former students all over the world. Dick is survived by his sonin-law, Michael Kanarek; his son and daughter-in-law Andrew and Caroline Armstrong; his son and daughter-in-law William (Woody) and Christine Armstrong; his daughter and son-inlaw the Reverend Elsie and Thomas Rhodes; his grandson Derek Kanarek and his wife Rebecca; his grandson Graham Kanarek and his wife Marnie; his grandson Orion Kanarek; his granddaughter Alyssa McGlinn and her husband Francis; his granddaughter Olivia Armstrong; his grandson Seth Olsen and his wife Mary; his grandson Samuel Rhodes; his great-grandsons Charlie, Will, Elliott, Gabriel, and Julian; step-great-grandson Chili; and a large extended family of nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was predeceased by his devoted wife of nearly 66 years, Margaret Childs Armstrong, brother Herbert Eustace Armstrong, Jr., daughter Ellen Armstrong Kanarek, and son Richard Stoll Armstrong, Jr. Arrangements by the Mather Hodge Funeral Home, Pr inceton, NJ (matherhodge.com). Burial will be private. A memorial service is planned for 1:30 p.m. on May 9, 2019 at Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological Seminary, 64 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08542. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to the Childs and Armstrong Family Scholarship Fund at Princeton Theological Seminary (ptsem.edu), to the Armstrong Family Scholarship Fund at McDonogh School (mcdonogh.org), or to Seasons Hospice Foundation (seasons.org).

Catherine C. Blackwell Catherine C. Blackwell, 106 ½, of Hopewell, NJ, passed away peacefully on February 25, 2019, at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center, Plainsboro, NJ. Mrs. Blackwell was married to Norman P. Blackwell for 42 years. She met Norman when the taxi she was riding in broke down in front of the Broad Street Garage. Norman was employed at the garage and later purchased it. Mrs. Blackwell worked closely with her husband as a partner in addition to doing the bookkeeping, running errands for her husband like picking up parts in Newark and Staten Island, and she even sold cars. She loved American History, singing in the church choir and the Hopewell Valley Chorus, dogs, driving cars, and wearing hats and gloves. Mrs. Blackwell was a member of the Hopewell Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary for 77 years, and a member of the Order of the Eastern Star. Predeceased by her parents James and Catherine (Deasy) Cunningham, her husband Norman, and grandchildren, Jon A. Zuccarello and Amy B. Dula, she is survived by her daughters and sons-in-law, Catherine B. and Joseph D. Zuccarello and Dr. Nora L. and Dr. David J. Dula; her grandchildren Michael J. Zuccarello and wife Jeannette M., Kate A. Zuccarello, Dr. Molly E. Guzic and spouse Dr. Nicholas Guzic, Dr. Brian D. Dula and Kelly M. Dula; and great-grandchildren Justin M. and Anthony J. Zuccarello, Ava E. and Emily N. Guzic, and Serena R., Ashton J., Alaina W., and Tristan B. Dula and Special Family Friend Roberta Schott. Funeral services will be held on Friday, April 5, at Mather Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton, NJ. Visitation at 10 a.m. and service at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery, Hopewell, NJ. Memorial Contributions may be made in her name to Hopewell Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary, P.O. Box 253, Hopewell, NJ 08525 or SAVE Animal Shelter, 1010 Route 601, Skillman, NJ 08558.

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Gert Paul Volpp Gert Paul Volpp of Princeton, 88, died February 8 in Philadelphia. Born in Lörrach, Germany, in July 1930, he was the second son of the late Anna Zeller and Otto Volpp. He received his Ph.D. degree summa cum laude from the University of Basel with a doctoral thesis on the structure of the African arrow poison ouabagenin (“Zur Konstitution des Ouabeginins”) under the direction of Nobel Laureate Thaddeus Reichstein. He arrived in the U.S. in 1958 to begin a five-year postdoctoral fellowship in chemistry at Harvard University, where he engaged in a total synthesis of colchicine with Nobel Laureate Robert Burns Woodward. At Harvard he met Ching Yuan, a postdoctoral fellow working with Nobel Laureate Konrad Bloch. The two were married in Oxford, England, where Ching, originally from Beijing, had a second postdoctoral fellowship with Sir Ewart Jones. They settled in Princeton in 1963, where they raised four children. Gert lived in Princeton for 55 years. In 1963 Gert began a 38-

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Laura Kruskal Laura Kruskal, renowned and beloved creator and teacher of origami, died on February 6, 2019 at the age of 95. Laura was a sparkling personality, who drew people to her and impressed them with her unique charm. She wrote and sang origami songs, like the “International Origami Anthem,” and performed origami raps as she taught her original paper fold models, whether to students in schools and libraries or to origami enthusiasts at conventions. Laura received her undergraduate degree with a biology major and chemistr y minor from Hunter College, and her master’s degree from New York University. She was introduced to origami by her motherin-law, the late Lillian Oppenheimer, who popularized origami in the United States. It was also through Lillian that Laura was introduced to her husband of 56 years, the

late Martin David Kruskal. L aura literally thought outside of the box, as she cre ate d or iga m i mo dels which could be folded from a rectangle rather than from the traditional square. She started this technique as she traveled the world, often to exotic places, with Martin David, a world-famous mathematician and physicist. It wasn’t always easy to find origami paper, but letter-sized computer paper was plentiful, and her creations worked equally well with pages from magazines, which made them very accessible. Laura taught her original origami models for years in the Princeton area and around the world, not only at origami conventions, libraries, and schools, but also in prisons, in restaurants, in buses, and anywhere where people were intrigued by her and her art. Laura is survived by her three children, Karen Kruskal (and daughter-in-law, Sheera Strick), Kerry Kruskal, and Clyde Kruskal; five grandchildren, David Strick (and his wife, Jennifer Levy), Emma Kruskal, Alexander Kruskal, Justin Kruskal, and Rebecca Kruskal; and two great grandchildren, Ryan Strick and Lyla Strick. (Photograph by Andrew Cribb)

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2409 Windrow Drive This newly renovated and custom designed three-bedroom penthouse apartment with spectacular views of Princeton is accented by natural hardwood flooring and elegant fixtures and finishes throughout. A flowing open floor plan design features an open, gourmet eat-in kitchen, spacious master bedroom, and guest bedroom suites with large walk-in closets, walk-in showers, and a private dressing room. Offered at $950,000

2035 Windrow Drive This beautiful custom combination apartment located on the Terrace level of Windrows Hall has been recently renovated with tasteful fixtures and finishes throughout. Two master bedroom suites along with a spacious den and two family rooms beckon you to host that next soirée. Enjoy the ease of access to two lovely outdoor patios - a wonderful convenience for all pet owners. Offered at $865,000 *All homes located in Plainsboro Township. Subject to errors and omissions.

Princeton Windrows Realty | 2000 Windrow Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540 | 609-520-3700 | www.princetonwindrows.com

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Merlynn Hale Dixon

hood years to her senior years at her family’s summer home in Wales, Massachusetts, located on a beautiful country lake surrounded by generations of memories of her great-grandparents, grandparents, and her mother. Her children and grandchildren have wonderful memories of time spent with her at Wales, enjoying the summers sw imming, boating, playing games, and picnicking. Merlynn was a fabulous cook! Merlynn was a talented artist, painting countless paintings of her familiar and beautiful surroundings and her beloved pets. During her years living in Princeton Merlynn was involved in many community activities, including as a teacher of yoga at the YMCA, participating in painting classes at the Princeton Senior Resource Center, volunteering at Witherspoon Public Library, and very active in the Trinity Church of Princeton. We will always remember the sweet companionship Merlynn had throughout her life with her cats. Each one living solo with her for up to 19 years at a time. Sunny, Christie, Lucy, then Tomas. Merlynn’s last few years were spent living at Stoneb r i d g e at M o n tg o m e r y, where she was lov ingly cared for. A memorial service celebrating her life will be held on Saturday, June 22, 2019 at 11:30 a.m. at Trinit y Church, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton. Extend condolences and share memories at TheKimbleFuneralHome.com.

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Deacon Michael David Ross, Ph.D. Deacon Michael Dav id Ross, Ph.D., 78, a former Professor and Academic Dean at the Pontifical College Josephinum, died Sunday evening, March 3, 2019, while hospitalized in Honolulu, Hawaii, of kidney failure and complications from severe pancreatitis. A sign in his room asked that he be addressed as “Deacon Mike,” reflecting his commitment to and love for the Church. Deacon Mike was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., in 1940, to Sidney Ross and Lee (Genud) Ross, both first-generation Americans of Jewish descent. As members of the Communist Party, his parents worked actively with poor and marginalized people for democracy and justice, providing role models for their children’s lifetimes of social justice service. The Ross family moved to Baldwin, Long Island, in 1948, where Michael graduated high school. He then attended Antioch College, class of 1963, where he majored in and taught history at an Antioch summer program. Following graduation, he attended Columbia University, where he earned

a Ph.D. in political science, and went on to teach and serve as Assistant Dean at Columbia College. In college and during a year abroad at Leeds University in England, Michael was a leader in civil rights activities, helping to integrate a barbershop in Yellow Springs, Ohio, and to desegregate public accommodations in both countries. While studying and teaching, he also participated in community programs at a dr ug rehabilitat ion program for young adults in New York City. Michael transitioned to working as an administrator for several psychiatric hospitals in New York and New Jersey. He was the Acting Chief Executive Officer of Ancora Psychiatric Hospital and the CEO of both Greystone and Marlboro Hospitals in New Jersey, from 1981–1994. In 1990, Michael converted to Catholicism and returned to school to enrich his education and capacity for religious service. He was ordained as a Deacon in the Church on May 14, 1994, and served diaconal ministry at St. Paul’s Church, Princeton, N.J. (1994–2003). In 2003, he earned a second Ph.D., in theology from the Catholic University of America.In 2003, Deacon Mike moved to Columbus, Ohio, to become a systematic theology professor at the Pontifical College Josephinum. He was later appointed Josephinum’s Academic Dean and then its Provost. While in Columbus, he served at St. Mary Parish, Columbus (2003–2007) and St. Joan of Arc Parish, Powell (2007–2014). After retirement from the college, he remained active with the Josephinum Distance Learning Program, which he had founded in 2008.

Deacon Mike and his wife, Betty, moved to Kona, Hawaii, in 2014, where he served as the Coordinator of Spiritual Formation for the Deacon Program of the Diocese of Honolulu, and an instructor and advisor for the Office of Permanent Deacon Formation. During this time, he also served as the President of the Board of Directors of West Hawaii Habitat for Humanity. He was actively serving in ministry at St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Kona at the time of his death. Deacon Mike is survived by his wife of over 45 years, Betty David Ross; his beloved son, Damon Ross; his first wife and Damon’s birth mother, Jean Ross ; and Jean’s husband, John Womack; his daughter-in-law, Cylin; his grandson, August; his sister, Randy Ross; his nieces, Tara and Shivani Ganguly; his grand-nephew, Sidney Roth-Ganguly; and his godchildren, Yvette Minear, her husband, Josh, and Michael “Mowgli” Bunce. His energy, kindness and wit, and his example of scholarship, service, and love of family and community, continue to live on in those who survive him, and inspire those who have been privileged to know him. We will never forget him. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, March 30, 2019, at St. Michael’s Catholic Church in Kailua Kona, Hawaii. Visitation at 9 a.m., Mass at 10 a.m., and reception at 11 a.m. In lieu of flowers, please consider donating to the following organizations that Michael was deeply involved in: The local chapter of Habitat for Humanity in Kailua Kona, PO Box 4619, Kailua Kona, HI 96745; or St. Michael’s Catholic Church, 75-5769 Ali’I Drive, Kailua Kona, HI 96740, in memo: debt reduction.

Dr. Thomas John “Jack” McNeill

tal Group partner and New Jersey Dental Association officer. Jack drew respect as an excellent dentist graced with a gentle touch. In the tradition of a family doctor, he ensured his patients’ comfort 24/7. Jack’s easy warmth, humility, generosity, and dry humor charmed all he met. Socializing, outdoor play, and a deep appreciation of nature kept Jack vibrant. A trickster, Jack wound jolly tales. He eagerly shared life’s joys with his children and especially his three grandchildren. Quite an athlete throughout life, Jack enjoyed all variety of sports with a jaunty, competitive spirit. He treasured biking with a buddy to the D&R Canal towpath and lazing along its banks, #1 hoagie and magazine in-hand. He was doe-eyed over Karin’s lakeside forest home in Vermont. Greathearted with time and strength, Jack led countless moving days when his parents and next generation changed residences. At home, Jack tended his yard in any weather, ready to chat with neighbors passing the yard edge along a historic shortcut between streets. Through Jack’s stewardship and neighbors’ efforts the path is now an official Town right-of-way. In commemoration, family and neighbors have named the path “Jack’s Peaceful Passage.” Celebrate Jack’s life on Tuesday March 26, 5-8 p.m. at Mountain Lakes House located at 57 Mountain Avenue, Princeton, NJ. In lieu of flowers, please donate to the D&R Greenway Land Trust.

Dr. Thomas John “Jack” McNeill, D.D.S., at 84 years passed peacefully March 12, 2019 in Princeton Hospital hospice. He will be forever adored by his wife Peggy “My Bride” mar r ied 60 years; son Keith, wife Toffee Albina, their children Claire and Ross; daughter Karin, husband Benjamin Bashore, Ben’s son Thomas; siblings William McNeill, Samuel McNeill (passed 2016), Kathleen Coffman, and their families ; Peggy’s brother Robert Davis and family; Peggy’s sister Lynn Davis; e x te n d e d f a m i l y ac r o s s the U.S., Ireland, England, and Australia; plus friends from his dental practice and sports activities. Jack was born in July 1934 to John and May McNeill who immigrated from Ireland in the late 1920s. Raised in Gloucester, New Jersey, he graduated from Gloucester High School, Ursinus College, and University of Pennsylvania School of Dentistry. Jack served 11 years in the U.S. Army. As Lieutenant Colonel in Vietnam 1969-1970 he ran a dental MASH unit outside Patricia Rasche Saigon and joined helicopter missions retrieving soldiers McPherson injured in jungle combat. Patricia Rasche McPherT h e f a m i l y m ov e d to son, a resident of Princeton Princeton in 1970, where for 56 years, died peacefully Jack was a Princeton Den- in her sleep on March 16,

2019, at Brandywine Assisted Living in Pennington, New Jersey. Born in St. Peter, Minnesota on September 2, 1936, Pat graduated from Northwestern School of Nursing in Minneapolis in 1957 and began a career as a registered nurse at the St. Peter State Hospital the same year. In 1958 she moved with her husband James McPherson to Baltimore, where she worked as a research assistant in the Department of Epidemiology at Johns Hopkins Hospital while her husband pursue d g raduate s t udy at Johns Hopkins University. In 1962 she came to Princeton, where Jim taught histor y at the universit y and she served as director of Princeton Homemakers Services and subsequently worked as a nurse at New Jers ey Neurops ych iat r ic Hospital and Carrier Clinic. Sensitive to human needs and dedicated to a life of service, she was also a deacon and elder at Nassau Presbyterian Church and originated there the monthly hunger offering which has helped feed hungry people in many lands for more than 40 years. Pat is survived by her husband, a brother William Rasche, a daughter Jenny Long, and three grandchildren: Gwynne, James, and Anne. A memorial service to celebrate Pat's life will take place at 11 a.m. April 13 at Pennington Presbyterian Church, 13 South Main Street. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to P r i n c e to n H o s p i c e , 8 8 Princeton-Hightstown Road, P r i nce ton Ju nc t ion, NJ 08550. Arrangements are by the Wilson-Apple Funeral Home, 2560 Pennington Road, Pennington. Condolences are welcome at www. wilsonapple.com.

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Includes heat & water. 1 BR, 1 bath, the Princeton overNo 25laundry years or parking. . INSTITUTIONAL • RESIDENTIALServing • HISTORICAL WORKcommunity LR, for Kitchen. 03-13-2t Available ASAP. Serving the Princeton community for over 25 years INSTITUTIONAL • RESIDENTIAL • HISTORICAL WORK Princeton – $2,750/mo. FOR RENT IN PRINCETON: INSTITUTIONAL • RESIDENTIAL • HISTORICAL WORK Griggs Farm, 3+ story town house. Bright, quiet, 1st floor, 2 BR apart1st floor family room w/fireplace, ✧ ✧ bath. 2nd floor LR Dining area, ment, w/walk-out 2 room basement half Kitchen & half bath. 3rd floor, 3 BR, 2 for multiple uses. W/D, private patio full baths. Available now. overlooking park, walk to town, park✧ ing, no pets. $1,850/mo. + utilities. ✧ ✧ We have customers Available immediately. (609) 924waiting for houses! 4710. ✧ STOCKTON MEANS FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE. 03-06-3t We list, We sell, We manage. If you have a house to sell or rent we PRINCETONare ready to service you! Call us PSYCHOTHERAPY OFFICES: for any of your real estate needs Part-time & full-time psychotherapy and check out our website at: offices in professional office suite at http://www.stockton-realtor.com 1000 Herrontown Road, Princeton Seedo our display We also do ads for our We also NJ 08540. Contact: Dr. Arnold Washavailable houses for sale. Gutter work work and Roof Gutter andMaintenance Roof Maintenance ton, (609) 497-0433 or awashton@ 32 CHAMBERS STREET thewashtongroup.com PRINCETON, NJ 08542

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CURRENT RENTALS

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Since 1955

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SPRING IS HERE! GARAGE SALE + TOWN TOPICS CLASSIFIED = GREAT WEEKEND! Put an ad in the TOWN TOPICS to let everyone know! Call (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com DEADLINE: Tues before 12 noon tf FOR SALE: Dorothea Greenbaum hanging metal sculpture of a partial nude figure. Princeton sculptor 1940s. FOR SALE: First Edition Garbedian biography of Einstein (1939) signed by Einstein to Professor Leo Macy 1939. rc@chenarch.com 03-20 FSBO: CARRY-ON TRAILER 5’x8’ with Ramp Gate, Clean NJ Title, Payload capacity: 1,650 lbs, 12” tires rated 990 lbs each, 1-7/8” coupler with safety chain. Made in the USA, Delivery Not Available, Buyer must pick up from Skillman address. Please text seller at: (917) 254-6941 tf ANTIQUE TOOLS & HARDWARE FOR SALE: Wood & Metal Planes, Saws, Brace & Auger Bits, Beam Auger Boring Machine, Levels, Tap & Dye Set, Rim & Mortice Locks, Plate & Thumb Latches, Glass Brass & Ceramic Knobs, ca1915 Sconces. For appointment: plp4319@gmail. com, (609) 439-7700 call or text. 03-20

thedral ceiling, central A/C, private entrance, plenty of parking, tenants own patio, garden setting, NYC bus, convenient location, no pets, non-smoker. Available now. $2,295/month incl. utilities. 1 year lease required. Call (609) 924-2345. 03-06-3t SKILLMAN HOME FOR RENT: 2 BR, 1 bath. Available April 15. $1,600/mo. plus utilities. Call (609) 608-2456. 03-06-3t HOME IMPROVEMENT: Princeton based general contractor. Small & large construction work, framing, drywall finished to paint, tile, kitchens, baths, decks & handyman items. References, licensed & insured. Immediate response, Steve (609) 613-0197. 03-20 PRINCETON MATH TUTOR: SAT/ACT/SSAT/GRE/GMAT HS-College Math. 8 Years Experience. Email Erica at: info.ecardenas@gmail.com tf HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 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 Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com tf CARPENTRY/ HOME IMPROVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf LANDSCAPE SERVICES: Leaf clean up, weeding, shrub trimming & removal. Garden bed edging, planting. Mulch, stone & top soil installed. Licensed & insured. (732) 423-7566. 03-13-3t

TECHNICAL LEAD

JOB CODE 1019: (CitiusTech, Princeton, NJ) Resp for-analysis/dvlpg/implementing/ Test’gHealthcare Integrat’n projts using Interface Engines & underlying technologies. Gather rqmts & Coord w/various stake holders during the interface dvlpmt cycle. Assist User Acceptance test’g & suppt the interface post go live. Doc tech, configurat’ns & User aspects of the interfaces. Uses tools such as MSSQL, Intersyst Ensemble, Mirth Connect, MySQL & Healthcare Standards like HL7, CDA, IHE, FHIR. Bach’s deg in Comp Sci/ Eng. or a rel fld +5yrs of progress exp. Location: Princeton, NJ & various unanticipatd loc’ns w/inthe U.S., reloc maybe rqd. Please refer to job code & email res to: us_jobs@ citiustech.com 03-20

QUALITY ASSURANCE MANAGER

JOB CODE CT 22018: (CitiusTech, Princeton, NJ) Perf Interface test’g for clients as well as assist’g w/user acceptance test’g to ensure qual integrat’n. Resp for test plan, test mgmt & execut’n. Use tools such as SQL Srvr, SOAP UI, .Net, JIRA. Bach’s deg in Comp Sci./Eng. or a rel fld + 5yrs of overall progress IT exp. in the QA fld which incl at least 2yrs. of exp. in the skill sets listed above.Loc’n: Princeton, NJ & various unanticipatd loc’ns w/inthe U.S., reloc maybe rqd. Please refer to job code & email res to: us_jobs@ citiustech.com 03-20

TECHNICAL LEAD

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JOB CODE 122018: (CitiusTech, Princeton, NJ) Anlyz the data & needs of the client that incl dvlpmt, automat’n, maintenance of claims, enrollmnt & authorizat’n data. Dsgn & dvlp bus solut’ns using SQL objts like comp stored procedure, trigger, functions, views & tables. Articulates & transforms high level bus rqmts to implemnt as per the client’s rqmts. Point of contact for mgmt, manipulat’n & transformat’n of necessary data. Uses tool such as SSIS, SQL Srvr. Bach’s deg in Comp Sci/Eng.or rel or frgn equiv + 5yrs of progress wrk exp. Loc’n:Princeton, NJ & various unanticipatd loc’n w/ in the U.S., reloc maybe rqd. Please refer to job code & email res to: us_jobs@citiustech.com 03-20

TECHNICAL SPECIALIST

TOWN TOPICS

TECHNICAL LEAD

JOB CODE 36102 (CitiusTech, Princeton, NJ) wrks in the healthcare domain. Resp for high level tech dsgn docs. Dsgns d/b structures for rprtg applic & dsgns rprts & multi-dimensional cubes. Wrks on dvlpg & suppt’g BI solutns & documentat’n. Monitor’g cubes, dashboards & ETL jobs. Product’n environmt deploymnts & troubleshoot’g. Uses tools such as IBM Congas, Visual Studio, SSAS & BI Rprtg tools & SQL Srvr. Bach’s deg in Comp Sci./IT/Eng. or frgn equiv + 5yrs of exp. Loc’n: Princeton, NJ & various unanticipatd loc’ns w/ in the U.S., reloc maybe rqd. Please refer to job code & email res to: us_jobs@citiustech.com 03-20

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OFFICES WITH PARKING Ready for move-in. Renovated and refreshed. 1, 3 and 6 room suites. Historic Nassau Street Building. (609) 213-5029. 02-27-5t

HOME IMPROVEMENTS by Morton Berk. General carpentry. Specializing in all interior trimwork. Call (215) 801-5256.

PRINCETON OFFICE with parking lot, furnished, available 4 days/ week as sublet. Integrative health practitioners utilize rest of space. $450/month for use on M, F, Sat, Sun. Other arrangement may be possible. Email: pberk500@gmail.com or Text: (732) 740-5573. 03-13-3t

HOUSE CLEANING: By an experienced Polish lady. Call Barbara (609) 273-4226. Weekly or biweekly. Honest & reliable. References available.

NJ certified with 20 years experience. Live-in or out. Valid drivers license & references. Looking for employment, also available night shift. Experienced with disabled & elderly. Please call Cindy, (609) 227-9873.

03-20-3t

02-27-6t HOME HEALTH AIDE/ COMPANION AVAILABLE:

OFFICE SPACE on Witherspoon Street: Approximately 950 square feet of private office suite. Suite has 4 offices. Located across from Princeton municipal building. $1,700/ month rent. Utilities included. Email recruitingwr@gmail.com

PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE in beautiful historic building. Princeton address. Free parking. Conference room, kitchenette and receptionist included. Contact Liz: (609) 514-0514; ez@zuckfish.com 01-23-12t

03-13-4t

HOUSECLEANING: Experienced, English speaking, great references, reliable with own transportation. Weekly & bi-weekly cleaning. Green cleaning available. Susan, (732) 8733168. 03-13-8t

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WE BUY CARS Belle Mead Garage (908) 359-8131 Ask for Chris

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This Riverside area gem offers Living Room with fireplace, Dining Area, State-of-the-Art Kitchen, Bedroom with Full Bath on the main floor. Upstairs three additional Bedrooms. The Master Bedroom has a private Bath and another Full Bath is tucked between two Bedrooms for access from either room – for a total of 4 Bedrooms and Three Baths. Lovely private yard with patio. $1,159,000 www.stockton-realtor.com

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PRINCETON $1,899,000 New Price of $1,899,000. Best value in Princeton’s Western Section, also 1/3 mile from downtown and campus. Built in 1874 on University Place, the house was originally used as lodging for University guests. It then became home to three of the college`s early eating clubs. Moved in 1908 to its current location on one of Princeton`s most sought-after residential streets, it is close to town and campus. This is an opportunity to own a piece of Princeton history. Totally updated and renovated, the home is in move-in condition Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)

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LAWRENCEVILLE $450,000 Amazing 2,589 SF Brick Ranch on a picturesque acre. 2-story barn. Craftsmanship throughout. Must see to appreciate. Redesigned kitchen & baths. Dir: Princeton Pike to #3000. Jean Budny 609-915-7073 (cell)

PRINCETON $1,699,000 Move right in, well-appointed in Princeton’s Riverside section. From the dramatic 10 ft ceiling on 1st flr & 9ft on 2nd, to detailed moulding in many of the rooms this 5 BR, 3 BA home is ready for its new owner. Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)

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PRINCETON $1,165,000 Set on over 2 wooded acres in Princeton, light-filled & beautiful 4 BR, 3.5 bath Colonial offers it all: large traditional rooms, renovated gourmet kitchen, hardwood floors throughout and a finished basement. Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)

PRINCETON $725,000 Just minutes from heart of Princeton, charming & fully updated Cape Cod style home. A classic home with 4 BRs & 2-full baths is light & airy with hardwood floors throughout. Dir: Mt. Lucas Road to Laurel Road. Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)

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