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Wrapped in an Enigma: Novelist James A. Michener. . . . . . . . . . 16 Hagen String Quartet at Richardson . . . . . . . . 18 Dr. Adel Ahmed, Who Was Inducted into the New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame, Dies. . . . . . . 35 PU Men’s Hockey Advances to ECAC Quarterfinals. . . . . . . 28 PHS Boys’ Hockey Falls in Public A State Semifinals. . . . . . . . . 31

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Alumni, Students Continue Efforts To Save Westminster Campus But Fate Remains Uncertain A decision has yet to be announced on whether Rider University will sell the Princeton campus of Westminster Choir College, which Rider has owned since 1992. As negotiations continue, efforts to save the 85-year-old musical academy on Walnut Lane have intensified. Constance Fee, chairperson of the Coalition to Save Westminster Choir College, said Tuesday that there are close to 5,000 signatures on two petitions that have been circulated among students, parents, alumni, and others in support of the school. “Some of the comments are just heartwrenching,” she said. “I’m hoping to have them printed out and hand-delivered. Things have developed and grown. We are working full time to explore our options and try to see our way ahead. We are still working to save Westminster.” Rider’s faculty, members of the American Association of University Professors, was scheduled to vote Tuesday on a resolution of “no confidence” in president Gregory G. Dell’Omo. But the vote did not happen, according to Rider spokesperson Kristine A. Brown. “It is our understanding that a vote of no confidence did not take place today,” she said in a statement. “We are encouraged that many of our University faculty, coaches, trainers, and librarians are optimistic that we can work together to discuss our challenges and find solutions that will ensure Rider’s long-term stability and competitiveness. President Dell’Omo remains deeply committed to working with AAUP leadership. He will continue to meet with academic departments and other groups across the University and is open to all ideas that will help the

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The State Board of Education on March 1 approved Princeton Charter School’s (PCS) proposal to expand its enrollment by 76 additional students, but the conflict that has raged in Princeton over the past three months since PCS submitted its application is not over. Princeton Public Schools (PPS) announced yesterday that it will be filing an appeal of the decision with the Appellate Division of the Superior Court, and the Board will also file a request with the Acting Commissioner Kimberley Harrington to stay her decision. “We are filing this appeal on behalf of the students and the taxpayers of the Princeton community,” PPS Superintendent Steve Cochrane said. “It is economically, educationally, and ethically unjust that a majority of the allowable increase in the school budget will, for years to come, fund the expansion of 76 students at the Princeton Charter School, while leaving a much smaller portion for the nearly 3800 students in the growing and far more diverse Princeton Public Schools.” PCS and Princeton Public Schools have also sued each other over violation of the Sunshine Law [Open Public Meetings Act]. Those suits are pending

in State Superior Court. Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert expressed concern that the expansion decision was made at the state rather than local level. “I’ve heard from many residents, who opposed the expansion, who are confused by the decision and outraged,” she said. “This has been an extremely contentious issue for the community, and I believe it was made worse by the process. Decisions like this one about how local tax

dollars are spent should be made at the local level by officials who are accountable to the taxpayers. I’ve heard from Charter School parents, too, who are upset about the backlash. Had this been a community decision, I believe there would have been more opportunity for productive dialogue.” Mr. Cochrane, who last week described the expansion decision as “deeply Continued on Page 10

Local Religious Leaders Respond To Upswing in Anti-Semitic Activity An orange swastika is painted on a sculpture on the Princeton University campus. A Jewish cemetery is desecrated in Philadelphia. Bomb threats are called in to Jewish community centers all over the country, including Cherry Hill. This recent rash of anti-Semitic acts has hit close to home, and local religious leaders are addressing the issue. The Princeton Clergy Association released a letter last week signed by Rabbi Adam Feldman of The Jewish Center of Princeton, the Reverend David A. Davis of Nassau Presbyterian Church, Bob Moore of

The Coalition for Peace Action, and Jana Purkis Brash of Princeton University Methodist Church. “We know of Muslims who feel threatened today by certain policies and statements being made in many public forums and then this week we witnessed acts of hatred directed at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia,” the letter reads. “This is not only disrespectful to the deceased and their families but it also violates so many of our religious traditions of demonstrating honor to people after they pass away Continued on Page 8

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Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker will be joined by State Senate candidate Laurie Poppe and Assembly candidate Roy Freiman in the 2017 race to represent Legislative District 16, it has been announced. Mr. Zwicker defeated Republican Assemblywoman Donna Simon in 2015. Mr. Freiman is a former executive at Prudential Financial. Ms. Poppe is a lawyer and social worker. Both candidates live in Hillsborough. On the Republican slate is Senator Kip Bateman, and Ms. Simon is running for Assembly again. Somerset County Freeholder Mark Caliguire is also a candidate for Assembly. “Two years ago I promised to be an independent voice in Trenton — to make decisions based on evidence, not ideology,” Mr. Zwicker, a scientist at Princeton Plasma Physics Lab, is quoted in a press release from the Princeton Community Democratic Organization. “I stayed true to that promise, putting the interests of the 16th Legislative District and New Jersey ahead of politics. I am working with legislators from both sides of the aisle to expand our innovation economy, make college more affordable, and hold the line on taxes.” Mr. Freiman comented, “As a businessman, I know the most important factor in succeeding is to provide solutions to customers’ issues. I also know that collaboration is the key to finding the best solutions. Yelling at people who disagree with you doesn’t work. New Jersey faces many challenges, from our broken pension system to an economy that is still struggling to produce the good jobs and the careers our state needs to grow. I will use the principles of collaboration to get to the right solutions in the legislature. Working with Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker, we will team up to grow our economy and put the interests of Central Jersey above partisan politics.” Ms. Poppe said, “We need leaders in Trenton who are willing to stand up for what’s right instead of putting special interests ahead of the people they’re supposed to represent. I work with New Jersey families every day, so I know the challenges that hardworking people in our state face, and my experience in collaborative law

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A Community Bulletin Community Options Job Fair: Thursday, March 9 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Daily Plan It, 707 Alexander Road, Building 2, Suite 208, learn about jobs helping people with disabilities. To register, send resume to Meghan.Hunter@comop.org. Pi Day Festivities: The annual celebration of all things Einstein is March 11-14 including live performances, walking tours, and other activities. For a full schedule visit pidayprinceton.com. Meet the Doctors Open House: On Tuesday, March 14 from 4-7 p.m. at 281 Witherspoon Street, Princeton HealthCare System hosts this free event with snacks, screenings, and more. Registration not required, but those who register are enrolled in a drawing for dinner at a local restaurant. www.princetonhcs.org/calendar or (888) 897-8979. Emerald Ash Borer: Treatment Options for Homeowners: At Lawrence Headquarters Branch of Mercer County Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, on Thursday, March 16 at 7 p.m., presents experts with options for dealing with this threat. Registration suggested at (609) 989-6920 or lawprogrs@mcl.org. PCDO Candidate Forum and Endorsement Meeting: Sunday, March 19 at 7:30 p.m., the Princeton Community Democratic Organization meets at Suzanne Patterson Center to endorse candidates for Princeton Council, Senate, Assembly, Sheriff, and Freeholder. Free. www.princetondems.org. Princeton Wedding Showcase: Sunday, March 19 from noon-4 p.m. at the Nassau Inn, an open house featuring music, photography, floral designs, fashions, and more will be held, with door prizes, giveaways, and discounts. Register at www.princetonweddingshow. com. NJDOT Information Session: On Tuesday, March 21 from 4:30-7:30 p.m., there will be a public information session on the Route 206 Stony Brook bridge project at Witherspoon Hall, 400 Witherspoon Street. The project will involve extended closures of Route 206. Library Closed: On Thursday, March 23, Princeton Public Library will be closed for staff development. Register for Princeton Recreation Department activities: Online registration is available for 2017 spring and summer programs including board camp, youth track camp, CP pool membership, and more. There is an early bird discount on select memberships. www.princetonrecreation.com. March for Meals 2017: To help support Meals on Wheels of Mercer County, local establishments including Yankee Doodle Tap Room, Acacia, and Masala Grill will donate a portion of proceeds on selected dates. Visit www.mealsonwheelsmercer.org for details or call (609) 695-3483. Host a Child from the Fresh Air Fund: Anyone interested in hosting a child from New York City’s low income communities this summer can contact Laurie Bershad at (609) 865-5916 or visit www.freshair.org.

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naturally flavored waters and healthy snacks] so it just came naturally,” said Emily. “When we were nine, we entered a local competition and got first place.” “We were ten,” countered Lyla. “No, nine,” said Emily. After some good-natured back-and-forth, the girls agreed to disagree. After joining forces with marketing officer Kelly Ford of Edison Partners, the girls’ career One might not expect two took off. Three appearances on www.princetonmagazinestore.com 13-year-olds to be among the The Rachael Ray Show were experts at this annual event. Continued on Next Page But Emily and Lyla Allen, better known as The Kitchen Twins, aren’t your typical middleschoolers. The Lawrenceville residents, who are seventh graders at Princeton Day School, will be demonstrating the Teorema Collection, a fivepiece set of sleek pots and pans designed by Princeton’s Michael Graves Architecture and Design for the Italian cookware company TVS. “We can’t wait. We’re so excited,” said Emily, who visited the Graves offices on Nassau Street with Lyla and their mother, Cricket, last Friday afternoon. Their long, blond hair in braids, the girls were bristling with energy despite the end of a busy week of school and lacrosse practice. They finish each other’s sentences. “The pans are nonstick, which is so great,” said Lyla as she picked up a sauce 2 pan to demonstrate. “And they’re light-weight,” chimed in Emily, “with a nice grip. We love them.” Cooking risotto Milanese and sauteed asparagus in front of the thousands of visitors likely to stop by their booth at the show is no big deal to Emily and Lyla, who are veterans of such popular television programs as The Today Show, Chopped Junior, and The Rachael Ray Show. The girls have been writPI WEEKEND SALE SHOP HOURS ing a blog since they were nine. Colorful and inviting, it is full of Monday-Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. recipes and advice on where to OPEN SUNDAYS: 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. buy their own kale chips, cutting boards, and aprons. The emphasis is on healthy cooking and eating, and it urges families to cook together and spend time in the kitchen. “We started baking cookies with our grandmother when we were three, and our par102 NASSAU STREET (across from the university) • PRINCETON, NJ • (609) 924-3494 ents were natural food entrewww.landauprinceton.com preneurs [who formerly sold

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followed by the spot on Today. “They came to our house,” said Lyla. “Sheinelle Jones interviewed us for a piece they were doing on young foodies.” The collaboration with the Graves firm came about through a family connection. “We had the opportunity to design a new cookware line, and we were thinking of how to set it up to bring the attention — a unique, novel approach,” said Donald Strum, the company’s principal of product design. “We brainstormed, and Linda Kinsey [principal with the firm] came up with the idea of the twins. Out of all the ideas we had, this was the best. We’re so happy it has worked out.” The girls are on spring break, so the trip to Chicago won’t interfere with classes. “The school is actually very supportive of this,” said Cricket. “Even if it had conflicted, it’s a learning experience for them.” For the Graves firm, debuting the Teorema line at the show is an opportunity to make some further inroads into cookware. “It’s already being well received,” Mr. Sturm said. “We’re looking at it from a design point of view, and the girls have been sort of vetting it for us. The intention is for these to become your ‘go-to’ pans. We looked closely at ergonomics and how they cradle in your hands. We were really influenced by a stalk of celery.” To test the cookware, Lyla and Emily made a lot of omelets and sauteed vegetables. “The great thing about them is that they cook everything so evenly,” said Emily. “And you can rest a spatula on the handle, which is great.” The show is March 18-21. The Kitchen Twins will be demonstrating the Teorema line on March 19. “I think it’s going to be so much fun,” said Lyla. “We’ll be cooking, and that’s what we love to do. It’s our passion.” —Anne Levin

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and honoring religious institutions. These actions must stop.” The letter continues, “In Princeton, we are proud of the multi-faith voices that come together to celebrate certain national holidays and to unite in support of certain values that are key to our religious traditions and to our country. When the times call for us to speak out against religious discrimination and anti-Semitic acts like we have witnessed this week — we do so as well.” The toppling over of headstones at the Mount Carmel cemetery in Philadelphia was particularly troubling to Rabbi Feldman. In his sermon last Saturday, he told congregants at The Jewish Center of Princeton, “I was struck by these atrocious acts not only because they were disrespectful for the deceased and their families, not only because they were performed by cowards who acted in the dark, but also for more personal reasons. My grandparents and great grandparents are buried in a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia, so for me, this hits very close to home.” The Jewish Center has been working in conjunction with the Princeton Police Department to ensure that congregants attending services and students at religious school are safe. “Procedures have been put in place,” said Debbie Orel, director of administration. “The police have been extremely helpful. They have been on site. We’ve told parents we are taking actions, some of which they will

see and some of which they will not.” At Har Sinai Temple in Pennington, a similar scenario is in place. “The police have contacted us twice to be sure everything is okay here,” said Rabbi Stuart Pollack. “They seemed to be concerned in the township about the religious institutions. We’re the only synagogue in Hopewell. We have had no threats, but the police want to make sure there’s a presence here, and they asked for details about times, how many students we have, and that kind of thing so we can feel an increased police presence.” Mr. Pollack has been a rabbi for 40 years. “I have never witnessed this kind of anxiety before,” he said. “I believe that the anti-Semitism is a component of many other different kinds and sources of anxiety as far as our current government is concerned.” Rabbi Feldman last week accompanied students from Princeton High School to the U.S. Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C. His role, he said, was to share some personal accounts he knew from Holocaust survivors and to help the students process their feelings about the experience. “At the end of the day, I shared with them one of my favorite words I learned from my teacher, Paul Winkler, who was a man who dedicated so much of his life to Holocaust education in the state of New Jersey,” he wrote in a letter to the congregation. “The word is ‘upstanders.’ There were not enough upstanders in Europe to do the right thing and today in American we need more upstanders to stand up and speak for what is right.”

Rabbi Pollack of Har Sinai said the upswing in antiSemitic acts is particularly relevant because the holiday of Purim, which commemorates a time when the Jewish people living in Persia were saved from extermination, is March 12 and 13. “The story of Esther is one of the first documents of anti-Semitism,” he said. “We’re reading a document that is 2,500 years old.” The Jewish community centers across the country that have been threatened are patronized by people of different faiths. “The kind of disruption these threats cause is vast, and a goodly portion of their populations are not Jewish,” Rabbi Pollack said. “My belief is that it’s not just an anti-Semitic problem, it’s a communal problem.” The Jewish Community Center of Mercer Bucks did not respond to a request for comment. —Anne Levin

New STEM Program for Girls At John Witherspoon School

On Saturday, March 25 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., female professionals will participate in a DreamDay Workshop hosted by The DreamGirls Initiative. The workshop will be held at the John Witherspoon Middle School, 217 Walnut Lane, and is open to girls in sixth through eighth grade. Attendance is free but registration is necessary. Among companies participating in the workshop are Pepperidge Farm, Estee Lauder, Selective Insurance, and Flavors of North America. Girls will get the opportunity to interact with industry

PROM QUEEN: Over Oscars weekend, more than 50 students of The Hun School’s Community Service Club put on a Hollywood-themed senior prom at Brandywine Senior Living. Attendees were treated to a special dinner, photo booth, jazz performances, and elaborate decorations. Club officer Laura McBryan ’18, left, was happy to hand over flowers to the prom queen Rhoda Kressler, while prom king Chester Parkes looked on. The Senior Prom is the club’s newest event. professionals through handson activities. Participants will also receive free giveaways. The DreamGirls Initiative is a nonprofit program exposing girls ages 11-14 to careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) in inspiring and interactive ways. Founder and President Rashmi Drummond, hopes to slash stereotypes commonly associated with professionals in STEM, while providing a positive message. “Girls have a lot of great ideas about how to make the world better, and pursuing a career in STEM is a great way to make those ideas a reality. There’s just a common misconception about what kinds of things scientists and engineers do, and DreamGirls plans to change

that message,” she said. According to the U.S. Department of Commerce, over the past 10 years, growth in STEM jobs was three times as fast as growth in nonSTEM jobs. STEM workers also command higher wages, while experiencing less joblessness. Although women fill close to half of all jobs in the U.S. economy, they hold less than 25 percent of STEM jobs. This has been the case throughout the past decade, even as college educated women have increased their share of the overall workforce. But the question is, why is there such a discrepancy in women pursuing STEM careers? Extensive research h a s b e e n c o n d u c te d b y n u m e r o u s or g a n i z at i o n s

including Girl Scouts, universities, and the federal government with regards to the gender discrepancy in STEM. “The overarching conclusion,” said Ms. Drummond, “is that girls are interested in science and math, and the majority want to make a difference in the world and to help people. They just don’t know that science and engineering are pathways to help them meet their goals. STEM professionals work in dynamic environments and are charged with solving the world’s problems. We need to get that message out.” Online registration can be completed at https://tinyurl. com/DreamDay2017. Additional information can be requested by emailing dreamsneeddoing@ gmail.com.

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Hundreds of students, faculty members, and others crowded into more than 60 different teach-in sessions at Princeton University’s Frist Campus Center Monday, as part of a Day of Action in responding to new Trump administration policies and the current political climate. The event was organized by Princeton Citizen Scientists ( PCS ), created by graduate students after last November’s election, and Pr inceton Advocates for Justice ( PAJ ), a coalition representing more than 25 different campus organizations advocating for human rights. Dealing with a wide range of issues from local to global — civil rights, knowledge and democracy, international peace and security, climate and environmental challenges, the teach-ins, led mostly by faculty and staff, took place in eleven different locations in the Frist building from 9 a.m. until after 8 p.m. “Don’t Panic, Organize,” “Let’s Figure This Out Together” the posters read, accompanying an array of yellow “Day of Action” t-shirts, as participants moved from session to session throughout the day. They looked over the tables set up in the Frist lobby area: Citizens Climate Lobby, Coalition for Peace Action, Pace Council for Civic Values, Fair Elections Legal Network (voter registration), and many others. “The success of this event exceeded our expectations,” said Paul Gauthier, associate research scholar in geosciences and head of press relations for the Day of Action. “People realized that they are not alone. They can talk to each other. They created

a momentum where people got together and worked with each other, found solutions, and created action. This day was an example of what can be done. We hope others will follow our lead.” PCS co-founder Sebastien Philippe emphasized the dual themes of reflection and action that characterized the proceedings. “Action is great,” he said, “but in this event action has been paired with reflection.” At the evening’s final town hall meeting, Princeton University junior Nicholas Wu, one of the leaders of PAJ, stressed the importance of transitioning from discussion to action. “What’s next for us? ” he asked. “Our goal is to find ways to connect people so they can get involved. We have to turn these conversations into real action. Keep up the fight to protect basic human rights in Princeton and beyond.” Among future initiatives planned are participation in an April 22 March for Science and an April 29 People’s Climate March, both in Washington, D.C., and a Day of Action at MIT on April 18. MIT professor of Brain and CognitiveSciences Roger Levy, speaking at Monday’s evening town hall, noted that he will take back to MIT inspiration and ideas from the Princeton Day of Action. “You should be so proud of yourselves,” he told the organizers and participants. “There was a stunning, impressive quantity, quality, and diversity of events, an inspiring range of activities.” In issuing an invitation for all to attend the April teachins at MIT, he added, “This has been a great experiment in 21st century democracy, the first in a series.”

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Peter Bell Stepping Down As Head of Eden Autism

Eden Autism announced Febr uar y 23 t hat Peter H. Bell will step down as president and chief executive officer, effective April 30, in order to pursue another opportunity outside of New Jersey. The Board has appointed Jennifer Bizub, Eden’s chief operating officer, as interim executive director. “On behalf of the entire Board, I sincerely thank Peter for effecting transformational progress at Eden since joining us in February 2014,” said Patrick Tadie, chair of Eden’s Board of Trustees. “Under Peter’s l e a d e r s h i p, E d e n m a d e significant headway in executing our strategic plan, expanding our residential program; positioning Eden as a leader in the new feefor-service funding model; expediting capital improvements to residential and day facilities; and securing numerous new job placements for the individuals Eden serves. During Peter’s tenure, Eden also received two of its largest contributions leaving our endowment on very solid footing.” “It has been an honor to lead Eden for the past three years, to serve our many students, adult participants and their families, and to work alongside a remarkable board of directors and staff,” said Mr. Bell. “I am very proud of our accomplishments on behalf of our families and employees in pursuit of our mission to improve the lives of individuals with autism. I have no doubt that Eden will continue to be a force in the autism community and a beacon of hope for member families.” Eden’s Board has hired Rober t Half E xecutive Search to begin an internal and external search for Mr. Bell’s successor. As interim executive director, Bizub will work closely with Mr. Bell

over the next two months. “While the Board accepts Peter’s decision to pursue other opportunities for him and his family, we regret his departure. We wish Peter and his family well in their future endeavors and thank them for their contributions to Eden,” said Mr. Tadie. “We have every confidence in Jennifer’s capabilities and leadership while we search for a new president and CEO and look forward to continuing to serve our students, adult participants, and their families without interruption.” ———

Small, local Central Jersey businesses and non-profits focused on sustainability are invited to reserve a spot to highlight services and products through hands-on demonstrations or engaging conversations. The deadline is March 11. Contact Joanne Mullowney of the Ewing Green Team at (609) 883-0862 or jwmullowney@ gmail.com. For m or e i n for m at ion about the event, visit www. mercergreenfest.org. ———

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Mercer Green Fest, the event formerly known as the Living Local Expo, will be held Saturday, March 18, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rider University’s Student Recreation Center in Lawrenceville. The name change is designed to indicate that the day is fun for the whole family and has been expanded to partner with nine communities throughout Mercer County. All Mercer county residents are inv ited to join in. Presenters are the Mercer Cou nt y Sustain ability Coalition which is comprised of Ewing Green Te a m , H op e w e l l G r e e n Team, Lawrence Environmental Resources and Sustainabilty Green Advisory Committee (ERSGAC), Trenton Green Team, Sustainable Lawrence, Sustainable Princeton, West Windsor Environmental Commission Mercer County Office of Sustainability, and the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association. More than 70 eco-friendly businesses will be offering information and incentives to help go green and save money. Visitors can learn about a variety of sustainability issues and community projects such as bike trails; food waste recycling programs; energy efficiency; electric car display; health, exercise and wellness; and science fair projects from area schools. Children can experience Miss Amy’s Band, the Eyes of the Wild traveling zoo, and Art All Day. Entertainment will also include The Grand Falloons, a show about recycling; Solar Man Initiative, interactive experiments with solar energy; and Green Planet Band. Speakers will address energy, climate change, solar panels, and fracking.

the speaker at the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce’s 23rd Annual Albert Einstein Memorial Lecture on Monday, March 20, at the University’s Robertson Hall. This event is free and open to the public; however, individuals must register online at www.princetonchamber. org, due to limited seating. Mr. Haldane is a Eugene Higgins Professor of Physics at Princeton, where he has taught since 1990. He was born in London in 1951 and studied at Cambridge University, where his PhD advisor was Philip Anderson, Nobel Laureate 1977, who brought him to Princeton to finish his thesis. Mr. Haldane shared the 2016 Nobel Prize for physics for his sem inal and initially-controversial work that helped to open up the new field of “topological quantum matter,” currently an extremely active area of theoretical and experimental research. Before coming to Princeton, he had been on the faculty at the University of Southern California and the University of California San Diego, as well as working at Bell Laboratories and the Institut Laue-Langevin in France. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of London, and of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and is a recipient of the Oliver Buckley Prize for Condensed Matter Physics of the American Physical Society, and the Dirac Medal of the International Center for Theoretical Physics. The event will be held from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tickets and sponsorship packages are available. For more infor mation, contact Kate Stevens at (609) 924-1776, ext. 100, kate @princetonchamber.org or visit www. princetonchamber.org.

Police Blotter Police Provide Update On Sept. 2016 Death In Mercer/Hale Area

Last year, on September 15, 2016, family members reported to police that a Chinese National, 69-year-old Xufeng Huang who was visiting Princeton, was missing. Two days later, on September 17, family members and police located Ms. Huang’s body on Mercer Street in the area of Hale Drive, about 10’ off the roadway in a grassy area. The preliminary investigation determined that she was likely struck by a vehicle. A search of all motor vehicle crashes reported on September 15 revealed that a 44-year-old male motorist from Arlington, Virginia contacted the Princeton Police Department a 8:09 p.m. that evening and reported that he was involved in a collision with a deer on Mercer Street in the area of Gallup Road. He was driving a 2007 black Mercedes Benz and investigators went to his home to interview him and collect evidence. The evidence collected was submitted to the NJSP laboratory for forensic testing. The results were recently returned and it was determined that this vehicle had struck Ms. Huang. Investigators from t he Princeton Police Department and the Mercer County Prosecutors Office found no criminal conduct or recklessness on the part of the driver. The investigation revealed that the victim was standing in the traveled portion of the roadway when the crash occurred. The name of the driver is not being released as he was not charged with any offenses related to the crash. ——— On February 28, at 12:57 a.m., a 22-year-old male f rom L aw rencev ille was charged with a traffic summons and receiving stolen property subsequent to a motor vehicle stop on Cherry Hill Road for failure to signal a turn. The suspect was found to be operating a 2003 black Acura TL that was entered NCIC stolen out of Trenton.

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University address the issues before us. Our goals continue to be the same — we are all committed to improving Rider University and maintaining a world-class curriculum with excellent student outcomes. The president is confident in the future of Rider University.” Earlier, Ms. Fee had urged stakeholders to participate in their own vote by registering comments on the Coalition’s Facebook page, emailing the University directly, posting on their own websites, or demanding that “tuition dollars be held in escrow until a plan is presented that saves Westminster and rebuilds trust in the management of Rider University,” she said. According to a release from the Coalition, an alumnus named Pat Guth has said that Westminster will be removed as a beneficiary of her will if the Princeton campus is shut down. “Her actions are being repeated by scores of others who are pledging to not only withhold donations but to seek reimbursement from Rider for donations provided under the false promise of fiscal integrity and Westminster’s presence,” the release reads. R ider com m issioned a study to explore the possibility of selling the 28-acre campus as a way to offset a more than $13 million deficit and merging Westminster into Rider’s Lawrenceville location. A decision was originally planned for last month but has since been pushed to this month or next. Efforts by the Coalition to bring attention to the issue have included a 24-hour music marathon held at Nassau Presby terian Church, an appearance at a meeting of Princeton’s Historical Commission to request that the campus be considered as a historic district, and interviews on several television shows. In the meantime, a partnership between Rider and Jacobs Music/Steinway has been announced, bringing eight Steinway grand pianos to the campus, thanks to an insurance settlement after a flood damaged several instruments. A benefit concert by Michael Feinstein and a master class by pianist Sandra Rivers are also planned. In a Facebook post on the page Keep Westminster Choir College in Princeton, alumnus Jonathan Palmer Lakeland, who chairs Westm i n s ter’s A lu m n i P ia no Task Force, wrote that the arrangement “strengthens our position to remain on the Princeton campus. Such a strengthening of our piano fleet, and a new relationship with Steinway, will help us to attract more piano students, allows us unique fundraising opportunities, and shows that Westminster Choir College in Princeton is a thriving, exciting, and buzzing campus, and must remain in its historical home in Princeton.” —Anne Levin

d i s a p p o i n t i n g,” s t a t e d , “There are some principles worth fighting for. The funding for our children’s education is one of them.” In earlier statements to the community and a formal response to the State DOE, Mr. Cochrane has emphasized the “devastating” financial impact on the District, necessitating cuts in staff and programs. In a statement last week he wrote, “We remain concerned, as well, that the PCS application was designed without the input of our community and that its approval will effectively appropriate $1.2 million in taxes every year, without any vote.” PPS Board President Patrick Sullivan called the Charter School’s proposed expansion “unfair,” “outrageous,” and “an act of vandalism against our community.” He added, “The Charter School Board is celebrating their gain at the expense of the rest of us, but they should be ashamed. This expansion runs exactly counter to what our community wanted and was done with zero input or representation from the affected parties. The Board of Education will fight this expansion with every means at our disposal.” In announcing approvals for 22 New Jersey charter school expansions, State Commissioner Harrington stated, “Many parents continue to choose to send their children to public charter schools, and we remain committed to being responsive to their calls for increased opportunities for their children.” In her letter of approval to PCS to increase enrollment and to implement a weighted lottery, she noted that the State’s comprehensive review of applications included “student performance on statewide assessments, operational stability, fiscal viability, public comment, fiscal impact on sending districts, and other information.” There was no additional comment in the letter concerning voluminous input from the Princeton community, which included a resolution from the Town Council opposing the expansion. In response to requests for further information, State BOE press secretary David Saenz simply stated, “As part of the decision making process, all comments and information from the school district and members of the community are reviewed.” He also confirmed the District’s right to appeal the decision. Charter School Board Chair Paul Josephson applauded the acting commissioner’s decision but acknowledged that the expansion request has “been at the center of a heated debate within our communit y.” He f ur t her stated, “It is unfortunate that school funding laws put our public schools at odds at moments like these, and we reiterate our call that PPS work with us to find a legislative solution that makes us allies in the cause of better public education.” In a statement issued immediately following the decision last week, Mr. Josephson argued that the PCS plan would “have minimal financial impact to the school district,” and he emphasized that “a weighted lottery will

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ensure that more ethnically diverse, socio-economically disadvantaged students are given the opportunity to attend PCS.” Larry Patton, PCS Head, added, “We are working on the timing for the weighted lottery implementation. We want to promote the maximum possible impact of the weighted lottery in increasing the number of economically disadvantaged at PCS.” He mentioned that PCS would be advertising the timing and details of the lottery and expressing its desire to continue to meet with the district to plan and work together. In a posting on Facebook last week, Save Our Schools NJ, an organization of parents and other public education supporters, decried last week’s approval of 22 charter school expansions, calling it the Christie Administration’s “last ditch effort to forcibly privatize New Jersey public schools.” Cla i m i ng t hat char ter school populations are “segregated by income, special needs, English proficiency, race, and ethnicity and that the expansions drain funds from the public school system,” the statement continued, “The sending communities objected and fought these expansions, but their children’s futures do not matter. This is a purely political decision by Christie, who has been clear about his hatred for public education. These indiscriminate and obviously political charter expansions are a perfect example of why the next governor must change New Jersey’s charter school law to require community approval for new and expanding charter schools.” —Donald Gilpin

Free Pruning Demonstration At Terhune Orchards

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n reflecting on how he arrived at his current position as co - ow ner, with his brothers Carlo and Anthony of the Terra Momo Group of local restaurants, Raoul Momo thought about a subject much in the news recently: immigration. “My parents were immigrants,” he said. “They came to America in 1960. I was born in 1961. It’s a melting pot culture. We have the rich food cultures here thanks to immigrants. The fact that my parents were immigrants is part of the history of this country. Immigrants have brought with them the great food cultures, and the melting pot has so much potential for the future.” Including Teresa’s Caffe and Mediterra on Palmer Square, Eno Terra wine bar and restaurant in Kingston, and The Terra Momo Bread Company on Witherspoon Street, the Momo’s restaurant group “all started with Teresa Azario Momo, our mother, who was born in

Bergamo, Italy, and our father, Raul Momo Marmonti, who was born in Chile.” “My mom w as a lw ays cooking. Cooking was a big part of the family culture,” Mr. Momo recalled. “We always knew we’d be in the food business, not necessarily restaurants, but I was always interested in food. I was born in the Bronx, and I remember going to the butcher on Arthur Avenue as a kid.” The family moved to Nanuet in Rockland County, New York, where “Mom opened a deli when I was in high school, and we all worked there.” In 1982, when Raoul was at Rutgers earning a degree in agricultural economics, which he completed the following year, the family opened Teresa II in New Brunswick, the first restaurant in the Terra Momo Group. In 1987 Teresa’s expanded to Princeton on Nassau Street as a pizzeria, then in 1990 moved to its current

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location on Palmer Square. Mediterra followed in 1996, then the Witherspoon Bread Company in 1998. “With Eno Terra in 2008 we opened our most ambitious project just when the recession hit,” Mr. Momo described, but not only has the Terra Momo Group survived and thrived, Mr. Momo reported that they are looking forward to expanding again, with a new restaurant, “a small Mediterra with Spanish tapas” opening in Shrewsbury, New Jersey this summer. Passionate About Food Mr. Momo emphasized the essence of his business. “We’re passionate about the food. That’s our strength. We are always trying to improve the food. And we’ve always loved the land, terra. We go visit the farmers. We make our own bread. We don’t believe you can make good food in huge quantities.” He criticized large restaurant chains with their mass p r o d u c t i o n te c h n i q u e s . “You keep seeing more and more chains, like the restaurants opening on Route One. There’s no way you can serve a quality product in huge quantities. It’s stuff that’s processed. They assemble it.” Though he loves the constant human interactions, Mr. Momo noted that the greatest challenge in his job is working with people. “We employ 220 people,” he explained. “The hardest part for me is working with so many different individuals — the training, the managing. We have 25-30 managers. You have to be there for them. That’s what consumes most of my time.” He pointed out that younger brother Anthony manages Mediterra, older brother Carlo is largely in charge of purchasing and coaching the staff and that he, Raoul, runs the office. “My role is more the business side of it, not to get involved too much in the daily operation.” But whether he actually follows that guideline is questionable. A Day’s Work “My daily routine includes as many visits to each of the localities as possible,” Mr. Momo said. “I stop in at the bakery, see the baker, then I

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go to Mediterra and see how my brother is doing. I talk to managers a lot. There are always facilities issues.” He continued, “As part of the routine, we also dine frequently in our restaurants. The staff gets nervous. I say, ‘Just treat us like customers. We don’t want to be treated differently.’ ‘But you’re the owner,’ they say.” In h is ow n and ot her restaurants, “there’s a lot of eating,” Mr. Momo explained, but he did not hesitate when asked about his favorite food. “I sure miss Mom’s cooking — Mom’s risotto, osso bucco, home-made pasta. That’s where the artisan idea of what we do in our restaurants comes from.” Ms. Momo now lives in Chile. In addition to the multiplicity of daily demands and the number of employees, Mr. Momo noted that changing technology makes his job more difficult. “The way people are buying food is really changing because of technology. Technology is making the biggest impact on our industry. Next we’ll have robots serving food.” Future and Past Mr. Momo has three sons and lives in Princeton with his wife, an administrative law judge with the federal government. He has traveled frequently in Europe and South America, but looks forward to a future trip to Asia. “I’ve read that China is going to have more wine than Chile in the next ten years. I look forward to visiting there.” In looking back on more than 30 years in the food business, Mr. Momo reflected, “It’s been a fulfilling career. Things keep changing. Just when you think you’ve seen it all, something new comes along.” But for Raoul Momo and the Ter ra Momo Group, some things never change. “With big agriculture today, I think we’ve lost something,” he concluded. “We have to get away from so much emphasis on big corporations and back to smaller carefully prepared meals. When you make food in large quantities it’s not the same as that homemade meal. If you want to eat healthy, you’ve got to make it from scratch. I thank Mom and Dad. They brought that culture with them to America.” —Donald Gilpin

FARM FRESH: Raoul Momo (back row on left, in sunglasses) with his brother Carlo (back row third from left) celebrated the end of a week of camp at Fernbrook Farms and Education Center for youngsters from Princeton Young Achievers, one of the community organizations supported by the Terra Momo Group.

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Charter School Claims About PARCC Scores “Methodologically Problematic”

To the Editor: Over the past three months, Princeton Charter School staff, board members and some parents have touted the school’s 2015 PARCC standardized test scores as a justification for expansion, and have used those scores to criticize Princeton Public Schools, and particularly the John Witherspoon middle school. However, their claims are methodologically problematic. First, as multiple studies have documented, standardized test scores are a bad measure of school quality. There are many reasons for this, including the biases built into such tests and the strong relationship between test scores and student demographics. In fact, Seton Hall Professor Chris Tienken has successfully predicted students’ standardized test scores with more than 80 percent accuracy, based solely on the students’ demographic information. On average, students who are low income, have special needs, or are English Language learners score lower on standardized tests, and these groups are all severely underrepresented at the Princeton Charter School. Second, there is no meaningful data in one year of scores from a new test that has not been validated for accuracy or reliability and that has extraordinarily high refusal rates. The PARCC test was administered statewide for the first time in 2015. The New Jersey Department of Education made clear that the first year’s scores would not be used for any consequential purposes and refusal rates across the state soared. For example, at John Witherspoon Middle School, up to 22 percent of the students opted out of PARCC tests, which made the school’s PARCC results useless. Third, while administrators and students across New Jersey’s public schools understood that 2015 was an experimental year for PARCC, and treated it as such, that was not the case at charter schools. The Christie Administration evaluates charter schools primarily on the basis of their standardized test scores, which has led most charter schools to emphasize extensive test preparation. In contrast, PPS PARCC preparation consisted primarily of familiarizing students with the new test’s online format. (As a parent of a JW student at the time, I was very happy that PPS chose to focus classroom time on real learning rather than drilling for a test that the Department of Education had admitted was inconsequential.) Fourth, comparing test results on the PARCC to NJASK (the standardized test that PARCC replaced), is not methodologically feasible. Yet that is precisely the comparison built into the data that PCS touted. PARCC and NJASK tests are structured, administered and scored differently and cannot be compared with any credibility, especially given all the other concerns already noted. Parents who evaluate schools on the basis of standardized test scores may wish to review the Department of Education’s prior years’ school performance reports, which show that the John Witherspoon Middle School performed

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much better than the Princeton Charter School relative to both other schools with similar demographics and the state as a whole. Those parents also may be interested in an analysis conducted by Rutgers Professor Bruce Baker, who examined five years of NJASK test performance for all the K-8 schools across New Jersey, controlling for student demographics and resource levels — factors that we know impact test results. Professor Baker found that all five K-8 Princeton Public Schools outperformed the Princeton Charter School. That analysis is available at: https://schoolfinance101.wordpress.com/2015/01/30/edwriters-try-looking-beyond-propaganda-press-releases-forsuccess-stories/ JuLIA SASS RuBIN Jefferson Road

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To the Editor: Like so many in our town, despite close friendships with families at The Princeton Charter School (PCS), I am deeply disturbed by the decision of the New Jersey Commissioner of Education to allow PCS to expand at this time. This decision is a case of taxation without representation, ignores the Princeton community’s widespread opposition, and fails to take into account two important outstanding legal issues: 1) PCS does not even come close to meeting the state’s requirement of having a student population that is representative of the district, and 2) the PCS Board of Trustees planned and voted on the expansion plan in complete secrecy despite being a publicly-funded entity. New Jersey charter schools are required by law to have a student population that is fairly representative of the districts in which they reside. unfortunately, the Princeton Charter School has failed at this goal for many years. Currently, the district’s K-8 population is 15 percent “free and reduced price lunch” while at PCS that number is 1 percent; non-speech special needs students represent 13 percent of the district K-8 population and only 3 percent at PCS, and students learning English as a second language are 6 percent of district K-8 students and 0 percent at PCS. These disparities also happen to have important per pupil cost implications. One reason for these gross disparities is PCS’s longstanding policy of giving families enrolled at the school preference in its annual lottery. Because of this policy, about half the spots for incoming kindergartners are filled by existing families each year. Rather than eliminating this policy in the interest of diversification, PCS offered to double the lottery weighting of “free and reduced price lunch” children upon expansion. However, this measure is clearly inadequate given the number and magnitude of the gaps that exist. Given state requirements, PCS should have been required to address this problem adequately before being granted an expansion, particularly since the expansion gives a financial windfall to PCS at the expense of the district schools and the thousands of children in them. I urge the DOE to consider this issue seriously. PCS’s unlawful secrecy in devising and voting on its expansion is also a serious matter overlooked by the Commissioner. As a publicly funded entity, PCS is required to follow the Open Public Meetings Act. For this reason, I hope that Princeton Public Schools will prevail in its OPMA lawsuit against PCS and render this unfair expansion decision null and void at this time. LORI WEIR Stuart Road East

PCS Parents Should Examine Their Conscience: Can They Continue to “Choose” a Segregated School?

To the Editor: The New Jersey Commissioner of Education’s decision to allow the expansion of the Princeton Charter School was unjust and contrary to the clear overwhelmingly expressed wishes of the majority of Princeton residents. To those who had been paying attention, it was a terrible disappointment but not really a surprise. From the beginning, the PCS trustees boasted that approval of this expansion was locked up in Trenton. Operating within the laws, and considering the best interests and wishes of the Princeton community, were irrelevant to them. Thanks to the PCS trustees’ politically-orchestrated moneygrab and the Commissioner’s arbitrary rubberstamp approval of the expansion, Princeton experienced the autocratic imposition of the kind of the inequitable “school choice” policies that the Trump-DeVos administration hopes to implement nationwide. This expansion has also revealed just what the ideology of “school choice” really

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Longtime Resident of Little Rocky Hill Concerned About Proposed Compressor

To the Editor: As a resident near the proposed compressor site, the article [“Concerns About Proposed Compressor Draw Some 300 People to Public Forum,” Town Topics. March 1] in my opinion did not address the issue of the many residents who will be affected by this. The article neglected to mention the numerous developments (10) in the area that will be affected by the noise, pollution, and safety hazards of the compressor station site, along with the residents that live along Route 518 and Route 27. The Kingston Trap Rock is an active quarry that blasts on a continuing basis. If there is an explosion in the area there is only a fire company that is composed of volunteers. Additionally, lack of active fire hydrants and low water pressure are a problem in the area. Route 27 is a major State highway that serves as an alternate for Route 1 when there is an accident. This is a heavily travelled road that would have to be shut down in case of evacuation or fire. I would like to point out that Kingston Trap Rock sold some of their property to preserve open space but would consider selling property to have a compressor station right across the road. On one side of Route 518 they are protecting wild life and nature and but not the wild life and nature and lives of many residents and farm animals on the other side of Route 518. The noise level of and pollution would have a negative effect on the well being health and safety of the residents which include: Places of worship: Buddhist Temple and meditation center; Mt. Zion AME Church; Durga Hindu Temple; Islamic Center. These all draw large congregations. Schools: Pre school Route 27; Islamic Center School; Kingston School; Buddhist Temple; Sunday School. The Williams safety record and pipeline/compressor safety record in general is not as benign as Williams TRANCSO makes it out to be. If you check the NOAA weather patterns the wind direction is a southerly wind which will also affect the residents of the Village of Kingston, the central business district of Princeton, Princeton Shopping Center, and many medical facilities. As a real estate agent for the past 32 years I also hope the residents of the area (Franklin, South Brunswick, Montgomery and Princeton) realize that the value of their homes will decrease rapidly. LYNN COLLINS 56-year resident, Little Rocky Hill

Thanks to Residents Attending Cherry Valley Co-op Open House

To the Editor: On behalf of the board of Cherry Valley Cooperative Farm, I want to thank all the Princeton residents who joined us for our Open House on February 25. So many people came out to meet the young farmers, wander the 97-acre property, visit with the baby chickens and sheep, and eat together at the community pot luck. Cherry Valley Cooperative’s vision is irresistibly positive and holistic with a focus on health, wellness, and community. The farm provides Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) shares to the public specializing in vegetables, herbs, flowers, mushrooms, fruit, and berries. But the vision is much bigger than growing and selling produce. We aim to become a community hub — a place to reconnect people to the land through outdoor activities, workshops, special events, yoga, the arts, monthly pot lucks, and more. As the former executive director of Sustainable Princeton, I know how critical it is to take tangible steps to support the environment. I invite Princeton to embrace these young, dynamic farmers and the farmland they are rejuvenating. Planting, harvesting, and sharing meals is a powerful reminder that our earth is precious and we must continue the fight to keep it clean. All are welcome on March 25 to meet the farmers, tour the farm, and share in our monthly pot luck. DIANE M. LANDIS Wheatsheaf Lane

Richard Ford reader.” In Bruce Springsteen’s estimation, Ford, “besides being poignant and hilarious, nails the Jersey Shore perfectly.” For this reading Ford returns to the place that inspired the Frank Bascombe book series, the model for the fictional town of Haddam, in which The Sportswriter and Independence Day are set. For reservations, contact Pat Andres at (609) 8824864 or patandres @ peopleandstories.org. Ticket prices start at $100, with dessert reception included. Sponsors join the author for dinner before the reading for $250. Additional sponsorship opportunities and benefits are also available. For more information, visit peopleandstories.org. ———

Poet Jenny Johnson Reading March 8

Poet and 2016-17 Lewis Center for the Arts Hodder Fellow Jenny Johnson will read from her recently released debut collection of poems, In Full Velvet, as a part of a book release celebration on Wednesday, March 8 at 4:30 p.m. at Princeton University. The reading, followed by a discussion with Johnson and a reception, will take place in the James M. Stewart

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’32 Theater at 185 Nassau Street. Presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing, the event is free and open to the public. In Full Velvet, Ms. Johnson’s debut collection of poems, was released by Sarabande Books in February 2017 and received a Whiting Award. The collection interrogates the nuances of desire, gender, ecology, queer lineage, and community with what the Whiting Awards Committee calls a “subtle mastery of line and rhyme.” Copies of In Full Velvet will be available for purchase before and after the reading. Johnson’s poems have appeared in The Best American Poetry 2012, Los Angeles Review of Books Quarterly, New England Review, Troubling the Line: Trans & Genderqueer Poetry & Poetics, and elsewhere. Currently, she is a Lecturer at the University of Pittsburgh where she teaches writing and gender studies. During her Hodder Fellowship, she has been working on her second book of poems.

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Devorah Heitner, the author of Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World, will be visiting the Princeton Day School campus from March 8 through March 10 to work with Middle School students on the topic of how to foster positive digital citizenship skills. Ms. Heitner, who has a PhD in Media/Technology and Society from Northwestern University and has taught at DePaul University and Northwestern Univer-

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This Princeton Medicine practice includes physicians who are board certified in internal medicine, pulmonology, critical care medicine, gastroenterology and cardiovascular disease. The office is open during convenient hours, with extended weeknight hours coming soon. Medicare and most insurances are accepted, including plans available through the Affordable Care Act. A CHALLENGE FOR WRITERS: The Cotsen Children’s Library challenges children ages 9-14 to write a short, 350-word story that includes the sentence, “The taste was strange, but not unexpected.” Winning stories will be illustrated and published in the Summer 2017 issue of the Picture Book Press and on our Pop Goes the Page creative blog. Additionally, winning authors in our three age categories will enjoy a $50 shopping spree at Labyrinth Books. Contest submissions are due by 3 p.m. on Friday, March 31. For submission requirements, go to: www.princeton.edu/cotsenevents.

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sit y, lectures at schools and organizations all over the country on this topic. She has also written a curriculum used by many independent and public schools called Connecting Wisely: Social Emotional Insights and Skills for Plugged in Kids. At Princeton Day School, Ms. Heitner will conduct s m a l l g r ou p work s h op s with Middle School students and faculty, and meet with deans, counselors, and administrators. In addition, she will speak to parents at a special Parents Association meeting on Thursday, March 9 at 7:30 p.m. For more infor mation, visit: www.raisingdigitalnatives.com. ———

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Extension for Enrollment Lottery Registration Forms Announced Princeton Charter School announces that it has extended the deadline to allow for additional outreach and maximum participation in the lottery for the 2017/2018 school year. The new deadline to register is Monday, April 3, 2017 by 4:00PM, and the lottery will take place on Wednesday, April 5, 2017 at 4:00PM. Princeton Charter School, a high-performing, tuition-free public school, has recently been granted the opportunity to increase its student enrollment and to implement a weighted lottery system. This weighted lottery system gives students from low-income families an increased opportunity to gain entrance through the lottery system. Princeton Charter School will use the following mechanisms to identify families that qualify for the weighted lottery. Any family who can provide evidence of ONE of the following criteria will have his/her lottery number placed into the lottery twice rather than once. 1.The child lives in Princeton public housing. 2.The child lives in Section 8 housing. 3.The child or guardian qualifies for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) or Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) benefits. 4.The child already qualifies for free/reduced lunch at his/her current public school. To learn more about Princeton Charter School or to get a registration form for the upcoming enrollment lottery, please visit www.pcs.K12.nj.us or call (609) 924-0575.

Umbrella is the first-choice for savvy collectors and designers looking for carefully curated home furnishings, antiques, mid century modern furniture, lighting, custom farm tables, and accessories. Based in Hopewell, Umbrella is planning on expanding its reach by opening a pop-up shop location at Judy King Interiors, located at 44 Spring Street in downtown Princeton. The pop-up shop will open its doors on April 1 and continue for three months until June 31. The pop-up shop will be open Thursday-Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. “We are thrilled to partner with Judy King and feel it is a wonderful way to cultivate awareness in Princeton about our flagship location in Hopewell, where we’ve been in business eight years,” say owners of Umbrella, Fay and Linda Sciarra. Linda and Fay are also delighted to collaborate with such an acclaimed interior designer. “Judy has an amazing clientele who we think will love Umbrella’s imaginative vintage inventory. And every customer who comes to shop in Princeton will have the added bonus of a top designer’s eye, her fabric books, and resources for new furniture.” Umbrella’s designer showroom is located on 2 Somerset Street (on the second floor of the Tomato Factory) in Hopewell. The showroom is open Tuesday-Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call (609) 466-2800. ———

Day of Jewish Youth Service Planned by Local Organization

An open letter to our community: On March 1st, Princeton Charter School was notified that after thorough deliberation and careful consideration, the New Jersey Department of Education had granted our request for a 76-student expansion (phased in over 2 years) and the implementation of a weighted lottery system to help better diversify our student population. Keeping with our promise, PCS wishes to work collaboratively with Princeton Public Schools to ensure that this expansion is implemented with minimal impact. We have heard the community and following up on three earlier meetings with the Superintendent and PPS officials, we await the board’s response to our invitation to renew those discussions and work together in the best interests of all Princeton public school students. On behalf of PCS community, we thank all parents, friends and supporters who have publicly advocated for our charter amendment request over the last few months. Your advocacy will allow more Princeton public school students the opportunity to attend the school of their choice starting in Kindergarten. Sincerely, The Board of Trustees of Princeton Charter School

Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County will present J-Serve — International Day of Jewish Youth Service on Sunday, April 2 from 2-4 p.m. Teens in grades 6-12 will help those in need by participating in a variety of mitzvah/social action projects such as baking and cooking for local soup kitchens, assembling packages for children and seniors in the hospital, preparing summer camp grounds for the upcoming season, and more. Community service hours apply. Three locations are available for participation: Adath Israel Congregation, 1958 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville; Beth El Synagogue, 50 Maple Stream Road, East Windsor; and JCC Abrams Camp, 148 Cedarville Road, East Windsor. Pre-registration is required. Contact Celeste Albert at CelesteA@jfcs online.org or (609) 9878100. ———

PHS Senior Winona Guo Wins Coca Cola Scholarship

Princeton High School senior Winona Guo has been named a Coca Cola Scholar by the Coca Cola Scholars Foundation. She is one of 150 students who were selected from more than 86,000 applicants. Ms. Guo will receive a $20,000 college scholarship and will participate in the Coca Cola Scholars Weekend later this spring. Coca Cola Scholars are selected for their superior leadership, service, academics and the positive effect they have had on others in their community.

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“A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Inside an Enigma” — Relating to James A. Michener I have no idea who I am. —James A. Michener (1907-1997) xactly when or where the novelist James Michener came into the world has never been officially documented. Which is why I’ve never had a satisfactory answer to the question I’ve been asked most of my life the moment people hear my last name: “Any relation to the author?” Perhaps the most remarkable instance of this perennial minor dilemma occurred recently at the Doylestown museum that bears Michener’s name. Although I’ve been showing my press card at the admission desk for 13 years in the course of covering close to 30 exhibits, this was the first time I’ve been asked the any-relation question. I gave my usual answer: “Well, uh, um, no, not really, but —” If I have time or energy for the conversation that often follows, I’ll offer the standard storyline, which is that the famous, fabulously successful author was a foundling taken in by a distant cousin of mine, Mabel Michener, a Quaker woman in Doylestown, Pennsylvania who raised him along with a coming, going brood of as many as 13 homeless children. If time permits, I’ll mention the rumor that says he was Mabel’s illegitimate son, a theory expanded on in Stephen J. May’s biography A Writer’s Life (Univ. of Oklahoma Press 2009), which is that he was born out of wedlock to Mabel at her brother’s house in Mount Vernon, New York, on or around February 1, 1907. After she returned to Doylestown, the infant was “delivered” to her care as a foundling. In a 1985 New York Times Magazine profile (“The Michener Phenomenon”), Michener tells Caryn James,”I have no idea who I am. I know what I was told at the time, that I, like all the others, was a foundling. When I applied for a passport in 1931, there was no birth certificate, so the procedure was for the Government to establish with reputable people who I was. Nobody could trace me back farther than 2 years old; the investigation went on for a long time. They did establish that I was in Pennsylvania at the age of 2.” A Heroine out of Dickens According to A Writer’s Life, Mabel Michener was “an impish woman with an unassuming oval face, a dimpled chin, and dark eyes” who “wore her brunette hair parted in the middle and pulled into a bun.” Clearly, May has been looking at the photograph I just viewed online. “Impish”? Why not say “pretty” or “comely”? It’s a sensitive, forthright, intelligent face I could imagine belonging to a heroine out of Dickens, an Amy Dorrit or Esther Summerson. Clearly Mabel was an admirer of Dickens. In the Times Magazine profile, Michener recalls that while “reduced circumstances” forced her to send him to the local poorhouse, “at home he felt loved and was inspired by her reading aloud from 19thcentury novels, particularly Dickens.”

In Michener’s House During last week’s visit to the Michener Museum, I gave most of my attention to the replica of James Michener’s office, located to one side of the front entrance and open to the public at no charge. I’ve looked around his space in the past, but I was usually busy checking out the current exhibit. What drew me in and held me this time was a posted quote from playwright Arthur Miller: “I have seen people reading Michener on airplanes and in airports all over the world and on both sides of the now tattered [Iron] Curtain. And I can’t help feeling, each time I see this, a certain reassurance that the well-advertised despair of our time will be held at bay in these readers.” What Miller’s suggesting is confirmed by another sign quoting Michener himself: “It seems I was born to smile at the world, and such men do not write tragedies.” Of all the writer’s habitats I’ve visited, this one is the most suggestive of an author who only a minute ago left his work space in t he middle of a project. Here’s his big Olympia typewriter with a page half typed still in the roller, pages from a work in progress splayed out on t he s ame desk used in the writing of Sayonara and Caravans. If, like me, y o u’v e b e e n reading A Writer’s Life at the nearby Bucks County Library, the office provides a life-sized visual commentary. For one thing, you’ll find photographs of the nine different houses the author lived in from childhood through high school, mentioned in the book’s account of how “Mabel hooked up with a local real estate agent who installed her and her family in decrepit houses” and “would help her fix the places up,” then relocate her to another house “to resume the process.” Here, too, are shelves of recordings, evidence of his passion for music (particularly opera) that began when Michener’s uncle presented him with a Victrola in the summer of 1914 (“Jim listened spellbound,” May writes, “as the voice of Enrico Caruso rose from the Victrola”). Also on the shelves laden with sets of 78s, LPs, and in-

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numerable 8 track tapes are the speakers of a sound system Michener built himself. Propped nearby is a baseball bat signed by members of the Baltimore Orioles and next to it the cane that he used on long walks near his Bucks County home accompanied by his dogs Java and Burma, whose collars, with bells attached, can also be seen. There are trays teeming with pens and other writerly necessities; drawers holding papers, games (Scrabble is in evidence), and the art reproductions he began cutting out of magazines and pasting on to postcards when he was seven, keeping them in an old shoebox. Among the books on the shelves are numerous classics from the Everyman Library and an immense set of Balzac given to him by his Aunt Laura when he was a boy. Following Pip In A Writer’s Life, May describes how Mabel Michener would emphasize “the artful narrative voice of various authors” as she read to him and the other children on evenings “that were a time of family togetherness.” While Michener found h i s “s u r r o gate fathers” in Dickens, the character he expressly identified with was Pip in Great Expectations: “Pip was an orphan and so was I. His problems were solved by his b e i n g t a ke n into the home of his older sister and her husband. Mine were minimized by my being taken into the hom e of a n almost saintly poor woman …. Therefore I followed young Pip with a magnifying glass, aware at every turn of the brilliant plot” and “the extent to which the happenings might apply to me.” The equivalent of the fortune that came to Pip began coming to Michener when his Bucks County neighbors Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein bought the rights to his first book, Tales of the South Pacific (1947). Michener’s one percent share of the profits of the hit Broadway musical, South Pacific, brought him ten thousand dollars a year for the next 20 years, helping to support the writing of the best-sellers to come.

Kent State When my third novel, Rosamund’s Vision, came out, my editor thought I should send a copy of the bound proofs to Michener for a blurb. I drafted a letter, but I couldn’t go through with it. For one thing, I felt funny introducing myself as a writer who had gone through life being asked “Are you any relation to the writer? ” I thought of telling him that his early autobiographical work The Fires of Spring had been one of my favorite novels in high school and that I was within hailing distance of him when he came to my southern Indiana hometown stumping for Kennedy in 1960, along with Jeff Chandler, Angie Dickinson, and my boyhood hero, Stan Musial. I was standing next to the speakers’ platform looking out at the jeering, sign-waving crowd (We Don’t Want a Red in the White House) when Michener rose to the occasion, took the microphone and said, loud and clear, “Now I see why they call this a depressed area.” Fast forward ten years, however, and Michener was being congratulated by the Nixon White House for his book Kent State : What Happened and Why, in which he blamed an SDS “conspiracy” for the National Guard’s killing of four students and wounding of nine others. Here was a man who had run for Congress as a Democrat taking the side of Nixon and Agnew. I like to think that Nixon’s top aide H.R. Haldeman is right when he suggests that Kent State “began the slide into Watergate, eventually destroying the Nixon administration.” More than anything else, it was Michener’s position on Kent State that made me uncomfortable asking him to read my novel. The Russian Connection Now here we are, a country in crisis, with a demented president firing off childish, churlish messages denouncing his predecessor. In view of all the marches and demonstrations and protests that have taken place since November 8, 2016, how long will it be before some organized force taking its cue from a repressive government opens fire on people expressing freedom of speech and assembly? n case you’re wondering who first came up with the riddle/mystery/enigma line, it was Winston Churchill in a radio broadcast in October 1939. What was the context? “I cannot forecast to you the action of Russia,” he said. “It is a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma; but perhaps there is a key. The key is Russian national interest.” In March 2017, no doubt about it, Russia is the key. —Stuart Mitchner The Michener Art Museum’s new big exhibit is “Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculptural Form, which runs opens March 18 and runs through July 9. The museum is located at 138 South Pine Street in Doylestown. For more information, visit www.michenerartmuseum.org.

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“NASSAU NIGHT”: Local artist James McPhillips is showing his work at Small World Coffee, 254 Nassau Street from March 8 – April 4. The show, titled “Paris and Princeton,” will include original oil paintings and prints of Paris and Princeton locations. Pre-show orders are welcome at JayMcPhillips.com. McPhillips’ work has been celebrated for over a decade in the Princeton, New York City and Bucks County, Pa. areas. Highlights of his art and design career include work for Comedy Central TV, The Guggenheim Museum, Chiat Day TBWA Ad Agency, Princeton’s McCarter Theatre, and more. gan (Branchburg), Grade 7 that were put into producFree Public Exhibits Celebrate Youth Art Month Branchburg Central Middle tion along with over 100

Each year for the past 16 years, in recognition of Youth Art Month, The Center for Contemporary Art has presented exhibitions of Somerset County student work in partnership with Art Educators of New Jersey. Youth Art Month has an extensive history going back to 1961 and is supported by the National Art Education Association. During this month in the state of New Jersey, 21 counties will be celebrating and displaying student artwork. In Somerset County, over 20 art teachers will be participating in Youth Art Month in two exhibitions. Six works of art from Somerset County have been selected for a statewide exhibition at the Statehouse in Trenton where over 100 pieces of student work will be on view from every county in the State. The young artists selected from Somerset County are Beatrice Karl-Gruswitz (Basking Ridge), Grade 5 Liberty Corner School; Grace Tan (Basking Ridge), Grade 5 Mount Prospect School ; Angela Qian ( Princeton), Grade 6 Montgomery Lower Middle School; Elyse Madi-

School; Joshua Gonzalez (Bound Brook), Grade 11 Bound Brook High School; and Shannon L. Kerrigan ( Branchburg ), Grade 12 Somerville High School. Youth Art Month Exhibit Part I runs from March 6-12 and presents students in grades K through 5. Part II features students in grades 6 through 12 and runs from March 14-19. Free public receptions will be held on Sunday, March 12, from 2-3:30 p.m. for Part I and Sunday, March 19, from 2-3:30 p.m. for Part II. Awards presentations during each reception will be held at 2:30 p.m. The exhibitions and receptions will take place at The Center for Contemporary Art, 2020 Burnt Mills Road, Bedminster. ———

Kay Hackett Ceramic Dinnerware On Display at Trenton Museum

To celebr ate Nat iona l Women’s History Month during March 2017, the Trenton City Museum is displaying a collection of ceramic dinnerware created by artist Kay Hackett in the “Thistle” pattern. Kay Hackett is credited with designing 40 Stangl dinnerware patterns

miscellaneous novelty and artware items. She died on March 19, 2016 at the age of 96. According to exhibit curator, David Bosted, “We mourn her passing, but celebrate her legacy of excellence in ceramic design.” Kay Hackett’s many designs for Stangl Pottery were sold nationally from the 1940s through the 1970s, and they remain popular among ceramic collectors today. Stangl Pottery manufactured the Thistle pattern from 1951 to 1967. Visitors can compare “Thistle” to other Kay Hackett designs exhibited in the adjacent Study Gallery at the Museum. Kay Hacket t’s desig ns were often nature-based, such as Thistle, Chicory, Fruit, Garden Flower, and B lu eb er r y. T h e d e s ig n s were hand-painted, making each piece of Stanglware one of a kind. Her designs are charming and festive. Is “Thistle” her greatest design? Visitors can judge for themselves whether they are enchanted by Kay Hackett’s “Thistle” creations. The display was created by David Bosted, Trenton Museum Society trustee, assisted by

Art Times Two, Princeton Brain and Spine, 731 A l e x a n d e r Ro ad , has “Animal Nature” with works by Hetty Baiz, Beatrice Bork, Heather Kern, Nancy Kern, Shirley Kern, Pamela Kogen, and Susan MacQueen through March. (609) 203-4622. Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has the Neighborhood Portrait Quilt on permanent exhibit. Sculptures by Patrick Strzelec are on the Graves Terrace through June 30. “Philip Pearlstein: A Legacy of Influence” is on view through March 26. From March 10-April 30, Friends of Princeton Open Space sponsors a show of photos taken by Frank Sauer at Billy Johnson Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. www.artscouncilofprince ton.org. Artworks, Everett Alley (Stockton Street), Trenton, shows “PrindivilleMoher Group Exhibition” and “Explorations in Geometry: Bill Brookover” through March 25. www. artworkstrenton.com. B er n ste i n G a l l er y, Robertson Hall, Princeton University, Woodrow Wilson School, has “Gods of War,” by Phyllis Plattner, through March 2. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum in Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton, has “Furniture as Art,” four exhibits in one, through March 12. (609) 989-3632. Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Ned Smyth: Moments of Matter” t h roug h Apr i l 2, and other works. www. groundsforsculpture.org. H i s to r i c a l S o c i e t y of Pr inceton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “The Einstein Salon and Innovators Gallery,” and a show on John von Neumann, as well as a permanent exhibit of historic photographs. $4 admission WednesdayS u n d ay, n o o n - 4 p.m . Thursday extended hours till 7 p.m. and free admission 4-7 p.m. www.prince tonhistory.org.

“THISTLE”: Noted ceramicist Kay Hackett’s “Thistle” pattern ceramic dinnerware is on display at the Trenton City Museum until April 2017. Hackett, who passed away last year, designed many pieces for Stangl Pottery from 1951 to 1967. The James A. Michener Art Museum at 138 South Pine Street in Doylestown, Pa., has “Polaris: Northern Explorations in Contemporar y Ar t” through April 23 and “Light and Matter: The Photographic Ob ject” through June 25. Visit w w w.michenerar t museum.org. The Jane Voorhees Z i m m erl i A r t M use um, 71 Hamilton Street, on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, has “Fletcher and the Knobby Boys: Illustrations by Harr y Devlin” through J u n e 2 5. b i t . l y / Z A M MatM. Mor ven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has docentled tours of the historic house and its gardens, furnishings, and artifacts. “Bruce Springsteen : A Photographic Journey” runs through May. www. morven.org. Nassau Presby terian Church, 61 Nassau Street, has “Lenten

S cu lpt ure Show” w it h works by Charles McCollough March 3-April 17. (609) 924-0103. New Jersey State Museum, 205 West State Street, Trenton, has “Toy World,” toys made by New Jersey companies, through April 30. www. statemuseum.nj.gov. The Princeton Universit y A r t Museum has “Revealing Pictures: Photographs f rom t he Christopher E. Olofson Collection” through July 2 and “The Berlin Painter and His World: Athenian Vase-Painting in the Early Fifth Century B.C.” March 4-June 11. (609) 258-3788. Tigerlabs, 252 Nassau Street, shows the work of abstract expressionist Ed Belbruno through March 3. www.tigerlabs.co. Tre nton P ubl ic L i b r a r y, 120 Ac a d e m y S t r e e t , Tr e n t o n , h a s “Walls on Walls,” work inspired by s t reet ar t through April 7. w w w. trentonlib.org/.

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Madeline Walsh of The College of New Jersey. For more information, visit w w w.ellarslie.org or call (609) 989-3632. The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie is located in the middle of the Frederick Law Olmsteddesigned Cadwalader Park, with an entrance on Parkside Avenue, in Trenton. There is no fee for admission although donations are accepted. Museum hours are Wednesday–Saturday, noon – 4 p.m. and Sunday, 1-4 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays, Tuesdays, and municipal holidays.

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Hagen String Quartet Brings 30 Years of Excellence to Princeton

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n the most recent performance last week presented by Princeton University Concerts, it was fitting that the music of Franz Schubert, who played in a family string quartet ensemble, was performed by a mostly family quartet of musicians. The Salzburg-based Hagen String Quartet is comprised of three siblings — violinist Lukas, violist Veronika, and cellist Clemens Hagen — with the quartet completed by violinist Rainer Schmidt. The Hagen Quartet came to Richardson Auditorium last Thursday night to perform Schubert, Shostakovich, and Dvořák, showing the nearly full house that maybe there is something to sibling intuition and musical clairvoyance. Schubert composed his string quartet repertory as a teenager, but in Quartet No. 10 in E-flat Major, the composer’s legendary melodic style was already apparent. The melodic passages in this quartet fell mostly to violinist Lukas Hagen, who consistently played with a sweet and somewhat softer sound. This subtle performing style only endeared the Hagen Quartet more to the audience, as the ensemble brought out Schubert’s individual twist on a popular late 18th-century musical form. Throughout this piece, cellist Clemens Hagen added vibrato selectively, and was well matched with violist Veronika Hagen for an extended galloping rhythmic figure in the first movement. The Hagen Quartet’s interpretation of the second movement’s gypsy feel showed that Schubert was not beyond teasing the players and audience. Initially, the music of the 20th-century Russian Dmitri Shostakovich would seem far removed from early 19th-century Schubert, but Shostakovich was also capable of lighter moments and elegant melodic passages. Even within the structure of 12-tone composition, Shostakovich’s Quartet No. 12 in D-flat Major provided the players an opportunity for rich and poignant lines. Clemens Hagen began the Quartet with a wandering cello line, joined by first vio-

lin and viola with the effect of music rising out of a well. Mr. Schmidt joined the trio with a rich tone, making the second violin part sound indiscernible from that of the viola. The cello part in particular was much more dramatic than in Schubert’s quartet, and the rest of the musicians were consistently precise, even amidst apparent musical chaos. Shostakovich’s second movement extended Allegretto was marked by particularly well-blended violins and viola, complemented by the mournful cello line. The Hagen Quartet devoted the second half of the concert to one work: Antonín Dvořák’s Quartet No. 14 in A-flat Major, a work completed after the composer’s residency in the United States and one which showed polyrhythms and shifting time signatures Dvořák may have absorbed from the 19th-century American musical style. Like the Shostakovich work, this quartet began darkly, but brightened up quickly with a quick theme well played by first violin. The Hagen Quartet kept the musical action moving along, especially bringing out a swirling gypsy feel from the dance-based second movement. Several times in the second movement, the quartet arrived on unison notes simultaneously, creating a dramatic effect contrasting with the quick lines and rhythms. The third movement featured sweet interplay among all instruments, and the four players of the Hagen Quartet cadenced phrases well. Particularly intriguing was a saucy interlude between first and second violins in this movement, followed by a sprightly closing Allegro. The transition to the ending coda of the work ended the concert in grand style. he Hagen Quartet performs with a set of instruments made by Stradivari and known as the “Paganini” quartet, previously played by the Paganini, Cleveland, and Tokyo String Quartets. With a similarly long familial history, the instruments heard Thursday night were as well blended as the musicians of the Hagen String Quartet. —Nancy Plum

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Douglas Kearney Douglas Kearney is a poet and librettist whose collection of writing on poetics and performativity, Mess and Mess and, was a Small Press Distribution Handpicked Selection that Publisher’s Weekly called “an extraordinary book.” His third poetry collection, Patter, examines miscarriage, infertility, and parenthood and was a finalist for the California Book Award in Poetry. He was the guest editor for 2015’s Best American Experimental Writing. Kearney has received a Whiting Writer’s Award and residencies/fellowships from Cave Canem, The Rauschenberg Foundation, and others. He teaches at CalArts. Kirstin Valdez Quade Kirstin Valdez Quade is the author of Night at the Fiestas, which received the John Leonard Prize from the National Book Critics Circle, the Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and a “5 Under 35” award from the National Book Foundation. It was a New York Times Notable Book, and it was named a best book of 2015 by the San Francisco Chronicle. Quade is the recipient of the Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer’s Award and the 2013 Narrative Prize. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Narrative, Guernica, and The Best American Short Stories. She was a Wallace Stegner Fellow at Stanford University, where she also taught as a Jones Lecturer. She has been on the faculty in the M.F.A. programs at University of Michigan and Warren Wilson, and currently teaches Creative Writing at Princeton.

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Bach Chamber Music At Miller Chapel

T he Dr yden E ns emble will celebrate Bach’s 332nd birthday on Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Solebury, Pa. and on Sunday, March 26 at 3 p.m. at Miller Chapel, located on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary. The Dryden Ensemble includes Vita Wallace, violin; Jane McKinley, oboe; Lisa Terry, viola da gamba; Daniel Swenberg, lute and theorbo; and Webb Wiggins, harpsichord, all performing on period instruments. General admission is $25 and free to students with a valid ID. The concert opens with the Trio Sonata in B-flat for violin and viola da gamba by Buxtehude, whom the young Bach walked over 250 miles to hear, followed by a harpsichord suite by Froberger, whose keyboard works also had an influence on Bach. The first half closes with the Suite in A Major for violin and lute ( BW V 1025), a collaborative work in which Bach wrote an elaborate violin part to fit with a lute suite composed by Sylvius Leopold Weiss. Perhaps the idea for this work arose during one of Weiss’s frequent visits to the Bach family in Leipzig. The second half opens with the Quartet in G Minor for oboe, violin, viola da gamba, and continuo by Telemann, who was a personal friend of Bach and godfather to his son Carl Philipp Emanuel. The program ends with Bach’s Trio in D Minor (BWV 527), one of the six organ trios, transcribed for violin, oboe, harpsichord, and continuo. Named in honor of John Dryden, the English poet laureate whose words inspired Baroque composers including Purcell and Handel, the Dryden Ensemble specializes in performing music of the 17th and 18th centuries on period instruments. ———

Dr. Brandau on “Ein Deutsches Requiem”

“Ein Deutsches Requiem: Johannes Brahms’ ‘human’ masterpiece,” will be the topic of a presentation by Ryan James Brandau, artistic director of Princeton Pro Musica, at the meeting of 55-Plus at 10 a.m., Thursday, March 16, at the Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, Princeton. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free, with a $3 donation suggested. Dr. Brandau will explore Johannes Brahms’ most famous choral work, Ein Deutsches Requiem. He will place this work in the historical and musical context of 1860s Europe and in Brahms’ biography to illuminate the significance of this “breakthrough” work in his career. He will consider how the particular origins and special qualities of this masterpiece contribute to its

enduring appeal and timeliness. Ryan James Brandau is the artistic director of the Amor Artis, a 35-voice chamber chorus and baroque orchestra in New York City. He is also artistic director of Princeton Pro Musica and the Monmouth Civic Chorus, both 100-voice symphonic choruses. In addition, Dr. Brandau serves on the faculty of Westminster Choir College. His arrangements and compositions have been featured by choral ensembles around the globe. 55 -Plus was organized in 1986 as a non-sectarian group to promote social contacts and friendships among men and women who are either retired or who have flexible working hours.

THE DRYDEN ENSEMBLE CELEBRATES BACH’S BIRTHDAY: The Dryden Ensemble wraps up its 2016-17 concert series with “Bach’s Birthday” on Saturday, March 25 at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Episcopal Church in Solebury, Pa. and on Sunday, March 26 at 3 p.m. at Miller Chapel, located on the campus of Princeton Theological Seminary. Tickets are $25 general admission and free to students with a valid ID. Tickets may be purchased at the door or online at www.dryden ensemble.org.

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Jerry Bryant PSO Principal Trumpet Jerry Bryant, March 12

On Sunday, March 12 at 4:30 p.m., the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presents its principal trumpet player in “Jerry Bryant and Friends,” the four th and final concert in the orchestra’s 2016-17 Chamber Series at the Institute for Advanced Study. The brass quintet will perform works by J.S. Bach, Duke Ellington, Edward T. Cone, and Zhou Tian. Mr. Br yant is based in New York Cit y and is a member of the New York City Opera and Har tford Symphony Orchestras. He is the principal trumpet of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra and Glimmerglass Opera Festival, where he also serves as orchestra manager. Performing with Mr. Bryant are Donald Batchelder, tr umpet; R.J. Kelley, horn; Thomas Hutchinson, trombone; and Andrew Bove, tuba. Among the ensemble are principal musicians of the New York Cit y Opera and Juilliard faculty members. The concert program features J.S. Bach’s “Contrapunctus IX” from The Art of Fugue and the Rondo from W.A. Mozart’s Horn Concer to No. 2. Russian composer Victor Ewald’s Brass Quintet No. 1 in jects Romantic sentiment. Edward T. Cone, a longt i m e s u pp or te r of b ot h the PSO and the Institute of Advanced Study, composed his Variations on a Fan-Fair for two trumpets, h or n , a n d t r o m b o n e i n 1965. The work precisely captures Cone’s witty, conversational musical style. Zhou Tian’s Night-Shining

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White, for brass quintet, takes inspiration from a Chinese painting of a horse with the same name. Painted during the Tang Dynasty, the piece now hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Tian’s composition reflects his continuous efforts to create a mosaic of his Chinese and American cu lt ural inf luences. T he quintet will also perform Duke Ellington’s ballad Almost Cried, and Selections from West Side Story. The PSO’s Chamber Series is offered in collaboration with the Institute for Advanced Study. Concerts take place at the Institute’s Wolfensohn Hall and are free, with ticketed reservations available to the public three weeks prior to each concert. ———

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The 2017 Princeton Environmental Film Festival opens Monday, March 27, and runs through Sunday, April 2. Now in its 11th year, the award-winning festival features a lineup of 20 acclaimed films with filmmakers and other speakers presented over seven days. Films and additional programs are scheduled both during the day and in the evening at the library, on the Princeton University campus and at the Princeton Garden Theatre. Under the direction of Susan Conlon and Kim Dorman, the festival has grown over the years but remains true to its original focus on films with local as well as regional and international relevance. Films featured this year include “The Islands and the Whales” on Monday, March 27; “Death by a Thousand Cuts” on Tuesday, March 28; “Red Power Energy” and “Catching the Sun” on Wednesday, March 29; “One Big Home” on Thursday, March 30; “The Land Beneath Our Feet,” “Birds of May” (New Jersey premiere) and a student screening of “April and the Extraordinary World” on Friday, March 31; “The Eagle Huntress,” “A Plastic Ocean” and “The Pine Barrens” (a unique performance edition with The Ruins of Friendship Orchestra) on Saturday, April 1; “In Pursuit of Silence,” “Citizen Jane: Battle for the City” and “Look and See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry” on Sunday, April 2, the closing day of the festival. In addition to the films, the festival will offer a panel discussion, “Investing in Community” with a screening of the short film “Small Business Across America” on Tuesday, March 28; Amitav Ghosh, author of “The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable” on Thursday, March 30; and Travis Gale and Wallaby Tales in a program for children and families on Saturday, April 1. Through the generosity of festival sponsors Church & Dwight Co. Inc., The Whole Earth Center of Princeton, Princeton Environmental Institute, The Nature Conservancy, the Princeton Garden Theatre and the Friends of the Princeton Public Library, all PEFF screenings and events are free. For a complete list of festival films, programs and

PRINCETON LIBRARY 2017 ENVIRONMENTAL FILM FESTIVAL: The 2017 Princeton Environmental Film Festival opens Monday, March 27, and runs through Sunday, April 2. Now in its 11th year, the award-winning festival features a lineup of 20 acclaimed films with filmmakers and other speakers presented over seven days. Films and additional programs are scheduled both during the day and in the evening at the library, on the Princeton University campus, and at the Princeton Garden Theatre. speakers, see www.princetonlibrary.org/peff. ———

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Denzel Washvation in New Jersey” with ington and Viola Davis co-star in this adaptation of August Wilson’s Tony Award and Brian Schilling, Associate Pulitzer Prize winning play about the struggles of an African American family living Extension Specialist of Agin Pittsburgh in the 50s. With Mykelti Williamson, Jovan Adepo, Stephen Henderson ricultural Policy within Rutand Russell Hornsby. gers Cooperative Extension. The Great Wall (PG-13 for violence). Action adventure set during the Song dynasty Advance registration is required by calling (609) 921about a soldier of fortune (Matt Damon) who defends the Great Wall of China from a 6748 ext. 105 or emailing swarm of invading dragons with the help of a platoon of elite warriors. With Tian Jing, kristen@princetonhistory. Pedro Pascal, and Willem Dafoe. In English, Mandarin, and Ukrainian with subtitles. org; The Nassau Club, 6 Hidden Figures (PG for mature themes and mild epithets). Adaptation of the MarMercer Street. got Lee Shetterly best seller describing the exploits of three African American unsung 7 p.m.: The Princeton Pubheroines (Taraji P. Henson, Octavia Spencer, and Janelle Monae), NASA mathematilic Schools Special Education cians who played pivotal roles in America’s success against Russia in the space race. PTO hosts a free workshop Cast includes Kevin Costner, Kirsten Dunst, Jim Parsons, and Mahershala Ali. at Littlebrook School for all Princeton parents on the deI Am Not Your Negro (PG-13 for profanity, mature themes, violent images, and velopment of executive funcbrief nudity). Civil rights documentary, narrated by Samuel L. Jackson, examining tioning skills from infancy to James Baldwin’s views on race in America as expressed in an unfinished manuscript adulthood. Parking is availentitled, Remember This House. Featuring archival footage of Dr. Martin Luther King, able in the front and back Jr., Malcolm X, and Medgar Evers. lots of the school. 7:30 p.m.: Contra Dance John Wick: Chapter Two (R for profanity, brief nudity, and pervasive violence). with the Princeton Country Keanu Reeves reprises the title role in this thriller when the former hitman is forced Dancers at the Suzanne Patout of retirement to take on the world’s deadliest assassins. Featuring Laurence Fishterson Center, 45 Stockton burne, John Leguizamo, Bridget Moynahan, and Lance Reddick. Street (repeats weekly). Kong: Skull Island (PG-13 for action, intense violence, and brief profanity). ReThursday, March 9 make of the King Kong series, set in 1971, about an ill-fated expedition to an unchart10 a.m.: Volunteer Infored Polynesian island inhabited by a horde of monsters led by a giant ape. Ensemble mation Session for Court cast includes Samuel L. Jackson, Brie Larson, John C. 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Animated version of the video game has the Caped Crusader (Will Arnett) enlisting the assistance of Robin 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.: Community Options Job Fair at (Michael Cera), Batgirl (Rosario Dawson) and his butler, Alfred (Ralph Fiennes), to the Daily Plan It, located at defend Gotham City from the Joker (Zach Galifianakis) and a host of supervillains. 707 Alexander Road, BuildVoice cast includes Zoe Kravitz, Channing Tatum, Mariah Carey, Adam Devine, Conan ing 2, Suite 208 in PrincO’Brien, and Billy Dee Williams. eton. Community Options Lion (PG-13 for mature themes and some sensuality). Real-life story about a 30-yearworks with individuals with old’s (Dev Patel) search for his long-lost birth mother (Priyanka Bose) and big brother intellectual and developmen(Abhishek Bharate) in India with the help of Google Earth, 25 years after being adopttal disabilities through residential services, social ened by an Australian couple (Nicole Kidman and David Wenham). 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Horror a talk entitled, “Climate Acfilm, directed by M. Night Shyamalan, about three teenage girls (Haley Lu Richardson, tion Under Oppressive ReJessica Sula, and Anya Taylor-Joy) who were kidnapped by a maniac (James McAvoy) gimes” at Robertson Hall who has 24 personalities. Supporting cast includes Kim Director, Brad William Henke, on the Princeton University and Betty Buckley. campus. A United Kingdom (PG-13 for sensuality, profanity, and ethnic slurs). Documentary 8 to 9 p.m.: Julian Zeldrama, set in 1948, recounting the international scandal ignited by the interracial roizer, Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princmance shared by an African prince (David Oyelowo) and a white Londoner (Rosamund eton University, will speak Pike). With Jack Davenport, Tom Felton, Laura Carmichael, and Jessica Oyelowo. on “American Politics in the —Kam Williams Age of Trump” at The Jew-

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ish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street. Non-member entrance fee of $5. Dessert will be served. Friday, March 10 11 a.m.: Free, Tiger Tales for children ages 3-5 at Cotsen Children’s Library (repeats weekly). 12:30 p.m.: Free, Gallery Talk at Princeton University Art Museum on “A Singular Vision: Charles Rohlfs’s Chair and Chest.” 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.: Opening reception, “Mountain Lakes: A Lens on the Seasons” at the Arts Council of Princeton. Sales of photographs will benefit the Friends of Princeton Open Space, which maintains and enhances the Preserve for all to enjoy. 7 p.m.: The Princeton University Muslim Life Program presents Rumi’s Tavern, a space for students and community members to share poetry, stories, songs, and hymns. Snacks and refreshments served. The event will take place at Chancellor Green Café (East Pyne BSE) on the campus of Princeton University). 7 p.m.: REI Princeton Information Session – Learn How You Can Hike 21 Miles in One Day to Help Children with Cancer; 3371 US-1, Lawrenceville. Saturday, March 11 9 a.m.: Pie Eating Contest at McCaffrey’s at the Princeton Shopping Center. 10 a.m.: Surprise Birthday Party for Albert Einstein at Morven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street. 10 a.m.: Read & Explore: Composting at Terhune Orchards. Read stories about helpful worms and look at compost materials. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Cranbury Education Foundation’s Craft Show at Cranbury School, 23 North Main Street. Over 100 quality, juried crafters (also on Sunday, March 12). Noon: Einstein Look-ALike Contest inside the Nassau Inn’s Prince William Ballroom. All contestants ages 13 years and younger are eligible to win $314.15. Noon: Dinky Train Rides with Einstein at the Arts/ Transit Station on Alexander Street. Noon to 5 p.m.: Wine & Art Trail Weekend at Terhune Orchards (also on Sunday, March 12). All winery events will be held in the new Wine Barn. Enjoy the music of Jerry Steel as guests take in the work of the local art community.

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sibilities with the head of the University’s surgical department, and determined that ophthalmology was the right choice for her. Detailed Work “In fact, my uncle was an ophthalmologist, and many of my family members were involved in very detailed work that required careful precision. In ophthalmology, you need to have an affinity for microscopic surgery.” D r. Mie d z ia k ’s ar r iva l at Princeton Eye Group in 1999 was partly through the efforts of Dr. R. David Reynolds, she explains. “I met him when he was a resident at the Wills Eye Center, and he was an instructor there. He was — and is — an oculoplastics specialist at the Princeton Eye Group, and he became my mentor. And, I truly knew that the Princeton Eye Group was a perfect fit for me when I learned that the founder of the group, Dr. Stephen Felton, was born in Lublin, my home town.” Currently, Dr. Miedziak focuses on LASIK, cataract, and cornea surgery. She has two decades of operating room experience, including thousands of procedures. Her work specializes in treating and rebuilding the front part of the eye. She commonly performs corneal transplantation, iris reconstruction, primary and secondary lens implantation as well as LASIK and other refractive laser procedures. Dr. Miedziak is an expert and a pioneer in a recently FDA-approved, revolutionary new procedure known as cornea collagen crosslin k ing, a breakt hrough non-surgical procedure for conditions known as keratoconus and corneal ectasia. As she explains, “Collagen cross-linking is a treatment that utilizes ultra violet (UV) light and vitamin B12 (riboflavin) to strengthen collagen in the human cornea. The aim of the treatment is to arrest the progression of these conditions in an attempt to prevent profound loss of vision or the need for reconstructive surgery such as a corneal transplantation. In keratoconus, the cornea

progressively stretches, resulting in deteriorating vision which cannot be corrected w ith glasses and usually requires correction with custom hard contact lenses or surgery. “T he procedure works by exposing the cornea to a specific wave length of UV light, following the application of vitamin B -12 eye drops. The light interacts with the vitamin B-12 and cornea collagen fibrils, making it stronger and less flexible.” Out-Patient Facility T his treatment is performed to preserve vision and prevent future need for a corneal transplant, and is much less invasive, points out Dr. Miedziak. “It is done in an out-patient facility, and there is no cutting, no knife. It is blade-free. It takes an hour and a half, and the patient is awake and very comfortable. Recovery time is usually a week to 10 days, with physical activity restrictions for a month. Afterward, the patient can go back to wearing glasses. It has been proven successful in arresting keratoconus in 90 to 95 percent of cases.” Collagen cross-linking has been performed in Europe since 1998, and has been a standard of care for keratoconus and corneal ectasia in both Europe and Canada for a decade. In 2011, the U.S. began FDA collagen cros s -lin k ing t r ials. D r. Miedziak was one of only two surgeons in New Jersey to participate in the trials, which led to FDA approval in 2016. “This is one of the true breakthroughs, a very wellresearched, safe procedure, which simplifies how we treat a very serious cornea condition,” reports Dr. Miedziak. “Over the next few decades this procedure alone will make cornea transplants for keratonconus obsolete and improve the quality of life for millions of people worldwide. “Cornea cross-linking can stop the progression of the disease, and it preserves your own tissue. Corneal transplant, which is an organ transplant, introduces someone else’s tissue, increasing a life-long risk of rejection and other serious complications. Since this disease often begins in the

EXPERT EYE CARE: “The advances in ophthalmology are amazing, The spread of inventions and the technology continue all the time. There are so many new ways we can treat eye diseases today and help people improve their vision.” Dr. Anita I. Miedziak is Director of Cornea and Contact Lens Services at the Princeton Eye Group. teens or early 20s, prompt treatment can make a drastic difference in a person’s life. The FDA-approved procedure is now performed at 80 centers across the U.S., and Dr. Miedziak is one of only two surgeons to perform it in New Jersey. She continues to be amazed at the advances in ophthalmology. “Every six months to a year, something new is introduced that can potentially be very helpful. Just think of the advances i n c at arac t pro ce du re s. Years ago, after the surgery, people had to spend three weeks in the hospital, lying on their back with sandbags immobilizing their heads so their retina would not detach since their lenses (cataracts) were removed and not replaced. That is why they needed very thick glasses after the surgery. The intra-ocular lens implants were not widely accepted until the late 1960s. Now, many intra-ocular lens choices are available for patients, and recovery time is very quick.”

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PU Men’s Hoops Produces Historic Weekend, Wraps Up 1st Perfect Ivy Season Since 1997-98

istory was in the air as the Princeton University men’s basketball team hosted Harvard last Friday evening. The legendary Bill Bradley ’65, the program’s all-time leading scorer, was a towering presence courtside, sitting with Princeton athletics director Molly Marcoux Samaan and other luminaries in front row seats as a throng of 3,799 packed Jadwin Gym. The current Tiger squad, for its part, was looking to add another chapter to the lore of the program as a win would result in an outright Ivy League title and keep it on track to achieve a perfect league record for the first time since the 1997-98 season. The contest also marked the beginning of the last weekend at Jadwin for a stellar senior class. A tough, talented Harvard squad, though, wasn’t about to be a willing foil, battling back from a 41-32 halftime deficit to take a 55-53 lead with 11:49 left. The foes were knotted at 69-69 with 1:34 left in regulation before Amir Bell hit a driving lefthanded layup high off the glass with one second left to put Princeton ahead to stay in a hard-earned 73-69 triumph. Princeton head coach Mitch Henderson, who was a star on the 1997-98 team that posted an overall record of 27-2 to go with its 14-0 Ivy mark, was thrilled to see his squad earn the program’s first outright crown since 2003-04 (The 2010-11 team tied for title and then won a playoff game over Harvard) and stay unblemished in league play. “We clinched a share of the title up in Ithaca but tonight is a special night for us, especially for Ste-

ven (Cook) and his fellow seniors because we haven’t had a title here in a while,” said Henderson. “I am really proud of the guys for an outright championship.” While Bell’s circus shot punctuated the win, Henderson noted that the junior guard was hardly alone in his heroics as Myles Stephens’ hustle made the play possible and Cook carried the Tigers most of the night, matching his career high with 30 points. “Amir making the shot doesn’t happen, which is an unbelievable shot, without Myles getting the rebound that gives us the extra possession,” said Henderson. “Steve had a really incredible performance tonight.” Bell, for his part, characterized his shot as a spur of the moment play. “We were just trying to get the last shot and Myles got a big offensive rebound,” said Bell. “We just went for the matchup that would probably be best for us. I was trying to get to the rim and get a ball up on the basket so maybe if I missed we could get an offensive rebound. I was fortunate enough to have it go in.” In reflecting on producing one of the best games of his career, senior star Cook credited his teammates with putting him in position to succeed. “I think we knew going in that it was going to be a big game; Princeton-Harvard is always a battle so we knew what it was going to be like,” said the 6’5, 200-pound Cook, who hit on 13-of-16 shots from the floor with two 3-pointers and some thunderous dunks. “I was just trying to bring some energy. I thought that my teammates did a great

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cludes Khyan Rayner, Alexander Lee, Hans Brase, Peter Miller, and Spencer Weisz in addition to Cook. “I have been coaching long enough now to know that this just doesn’t come around that often. The example they set is great; Steve and his classmates make me want to be a better person. I really feel like they are pulling us up. I have been enjoying being around this group very much and we hope to have a lot of basketball left.” With the Tigers now competing in the Ivy tourney at the Palestra in Philadelphia where they are seeded first and will play fourth-seeded Penn in a semifinal contest on March 11 with the victor advancing to the title game the next day, Henderson is upbeat about his team’s prospects. “We are playing our best basketball right now and there is a lot of basketball left and we want that opportunity to play when everything is on the line,” said Henderson. “I think those guys feel that. We are all trying this tournament on for size for the first time.” —Bill Alden

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WISE MAN: Princeton University men’s basketball player Spencer Weisz dribbles upcourt in a game earlier this season. Last Saturday, senior guard Weisz celebrated the program’s annual Senior Night in style, scoring 13 points as Princeton defeated Dartmouth 85-48. The win was the 17th straight for the Tigers as they improved to 21-6 overall and 14-0 Ivy League. It was the program’s first perfect Ivy campaign since 1997-98. The Tigers will now compete in the Ivy League Tournament at the Palestra in Philadelphia where they are seeded first and will play fourthseeded Penn in a semifinal contest on March 11 with the victor advancing to the title game the next day. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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With PU Men’s Hockey Facing Elimination, Robinson’s Last Second Tally Saved Season It was a leap of faith that saved the season for the Princeton University men’s hockey team. With Princeton having lost 3-2 in overtime to Colgate on Friday in the first game of a best-of-three ECAC Hockey first round series, the Tigers trailed the Raiders 3-2 with five seconds remaining in the third period of game two last Saturday. Tiger defenseman Josh Teves desperately fired the puck towards the net as the seconds ticked down and junior forward Eric Robinson dove through the air to knock a rebound into the back of the net with one second left to knot the game at 3-3 and force overtime. “I actually did take a look at the clock right as Teves picked it up at the point there and saw that there was five seconds left,” recalled

the 6’2, 200-pound Robinson, whose miracle tally triggered a deafening roar from the Hobey Baker Rink crowd as the fans leaped to their feet with many pounding the glass in exultation. “I did have an idea that I needed to get it off pretty quick. I was just sitting backdoor hoping that his point shot would maybe squeak to me or pop out. Kuff (Ryan Kuffner) got a good tip on it and the puck was just sitting right there. I was fortunate enough to get a stick on it; I thought I got pretty good wood on it.” In overtime, the Tigers got the job done as sophomore star Max Veronneau sailed the puck into the top of the net 16:17 into the first extra session to give the Tigers a 4-3 win. “We were all pretty confident heading into OT that we

BUZZER BEATER: Princeton University men’s hockey player Eric Robinson controls the puck last Friday as the Tigers fell 3-2 in overtime to Colgate in opening game of the ECAC Hockey playoffs. A day later, junior forward Robinson scored a goal with one second left in regulation to force overtime and keep Princeton’s season alive. The Tigers went on to prevail 4-3 in overtime and then defeated the Raiders 2-1 on Sunday to win the series. Seventh-seeded Princeton, now 15-14-3, plays at second-seeded and sixth-ranked Union (23-8-3) in the best-of-three ECACH quarterfinal series starting on March 10. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

could get this thing done,” said Robinson. “We were playing well since that first period and we were doing the same things over and over, smothering them dow n low, get ting pucks to the net there.” Princeton had a rough first period, falling behind 2-0 before knotting the contest at 2-2 on second period goals by Jackson Cressey and Kuffner. The Raiders, though, answered with a goal to take a 3-2 lead into the third period. “I think the second period was big for us,” said Robinson. “We kind of regrouped and thought about what we wanted to do as a group. We knew what we needed to do and we came out in the second and showed how we really need to play.” A day later, Pr inceton edged Colgate 2-1 to win the series, earning the seventhseeded Tigers a best- ofthree quarterfinal matchup at second-seeded and sixthranked Union (23-8-3). Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty wasn’t surprised to see his team come through. “We told the guys right here at 11 this morning, there is no other group in my 20 years that I would rather go to war with when the chips are down,” said Fogarty. “They have risen to every occasion when it really meant something.” For Robinson, rising to the occasion on Saturday was a matter of living up to the team’s battling mentality. “It shows our resilience; we have had that all year,” said Robinson, a native of Bellmawr, N.J. who now has 20 points this season with 13 goals and seven assists. “We have been down numerous times this year. We just keep battling back. The message stays the same, we just keep fighting.” —Bill Alden

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“It looked like the teams were getting tired there at the end; they are working so hard for three games. I am just excited for the opportunity for the guys to move on.” Fogarty was particularly excited for his group of seniors, who endured a steady diet of losing as the Tigers posted an overall record of 15-72-6 in their first three seasons. “I am happy for them, they have equaled their career win totals in one season,” said Fogarty. “They have a chance to keep going so I am extremely happy for the team.” Phinney, for his part, is thrilled to get the chance to keep playing with his fellow seniors. “The class has been awesome, especially of late,” asserted Phinney. “The senior line (Ben Foster, Garrett Skrbich, Ryan Siiro) has been unbelievable, just grinding out there. I think we deserve what has happened because we have worked hard all four years and no one gave up. It shows, just like our team hasn’t given up all year. I think it is great for us to win the first playoff series in years.” —Bill Alden

Colton Phinney faltered the loss in the opener to pull badly in his Hobey Baker out the series. Rink debut as goalie for the “The team had goals, to Princeton University men’s have home ice, everything hockey team in November you do with the program 2013, yielding five goals means something ; much over two periods in a 5-0 more for the following year,” loss to Yale. said Fogarty. Last Sunday evening, se“Once you have the expenior star Phinney enjoyed rience of getting the home a Baker finale for the ages, ice, once you have the expemaking 35 saves to help rience of winning a series, it Princeton defeat visiting is strong intangibles to have Colgate 2-1 in the third and for the program. No one in decisive game of a best-of- that dressing room has had three ECAC Hockey first home ice, no one in that round series. dressing room has won a It is the first ECACH series series. You have to learn it win for Princeton, now 15- so we learned. We had to 14-3, since the 2009 play- come back and tonight was offs. The seventh-seeded a gritty effort at the end so Tigers advance to the ECAC every step is positive.” quarterfinals next weekend, The Tigers demonstrated for another best-of-three, a special grit in the second this time at second-seeded game of the series, getting and No. 6 Union (23-8-3), a goal from Eric Robinson who beat Princeton 7-3 and with one second left in regu4-2 earlier this season. lation to force overtime and “It is pretty awesome to go then winning 4-3 in in the out on top,” said Phinney. first extra session to stay “My first game at Baker I got alive. pulled after two periods so “You are one second away tonight was a better perfor- from saying goodbye to the mance for sure.” team and you have a chance Ph in ney pu lle d t h ings to play the third game,” said together this season after Fogarty. some shaky play in the early stages of the campaign. “I struggled to start the year, I was coming off of some offseason surgery so that was a big part of it,” said Phinney, a 6’1, 175-pound native of Chatham, N.J. who now has a goal against average of 3.04 and a save percentage of .908 this season. “Thank God the guys carTo: me ___________________________ ried at the beginning part of the year and then I From: _________________________ Date & Time: __________________ got better as it went along Here is a proof of your ad, scheduled to run ___________________. so it feels pretty good for me now.” check it thoroughly and pay special attention to the following: Please It felt really good for Phin(Your check mark will tell us it’s okay) ney to outduel Colgate senior goalie Charlie Finn in the � Phone number � Address � Expiration Date third game after he had sty-� Fax number mied the Tigers much of the time in the first two games of the series as the Raiders won the opener 3-2 in overtime before losing game two COMING UP BIG: Princeton University men’s hockey goalie 4-3 in overtime after holding Colton Phinney makes a save on Friday night as Princeton a 3-2 lead with one second hosted Colgate in an ECAC Hockey first round best-of-three left in regulation. playoff series. Senior goalie Phinney came up big in the deci“In the last two games, sive third game of the series, making 35 saves to help PrincFinn played really well,” said eton post a 2-1 win over the Raiders. The seventh-seeded Phinney. “He outplayed me Tigers, now 15-14-3 overall, play at second-seeded and No. so I thought it was big for 6 Union (23-8-3) in a best-of-three ECACH quarterfinal series, me to step up and outplay starting on March 10. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) him because he had a really good series.” Fast Food • Take-Out • Dine-In In the third period on SunHunan ~ Szechuan day, Phinney stepped up reMalaysian ~ Vietnamese peatedly, making 15 saves, with several of them being Daily Specials • Catering Available point blank stops. 157 Witherspoon St. • Princeton • Parking in Rear • 609-921-6950 “I was just trying to not think about the clock, just trying to play and just hope for the buzzer to blow and that we would be on top,” said Phinney, who holds the program record for career saves with 3,372. Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty credited Phinney with rising to the occasion on Sunday. “That was his best game of the season; he fought through screens,” said FogFor Over 70 Years arty. Brick • Stone • Stucco • Installation • Restoration “Colton will be the first Preservation of all masonry and concrete structures one to tell you that he wantSmall repairs promptly addressed ed to outplay their senior and tonight he absolutely a.pennacchi.com • 609.394.7354 did. He was the first star. He made some big huge saves 4 Generations of Excellence and especially in the third Proudly serving Princeton since 1947 period when they were putDeal directly with Paul G. Pennacchi Sr. ting on a lot of pressure.” Call Paul at 609.203.0033 Fogarty was proud of how his squad handled the pressure as it bounced back from

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TRIPPED UP: Princeton University women’s hockey player Kelsey Koelzer, left, gets stymied by a foe in recent action. Last Saturday, senior defenseman and team captain Koelzer and the Tigers fell 4-0 to eventual champion Clarkson in the ECAC Hockey semifinals. The defeat left ninth-ranked Princeton with a final record of 20-10-3. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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With Freshman Star D’Orsi Making Sudden Impact, No. 10 PU Women’s Lax Tops Brown, Moves to 4-0 It didn’t take long for highly-touted freshman Tess D’Orsi to make an impact for the Princeton University women’s lacrosse team. In a season-opening 19-3 win over Temple on February 18, D’Orsi scored two goals in the first 12 minutes of the contest. D’Orsi, a member of the US Under-19 Women’s Lacrosse Team and a threetime US Lacrosse AllAmerica in high school at St. Mark’s (Mass.), hasn’t slowed down since her debut. Through Princeton’s first three games, she had nine goals, the second most on the team. “M y te a m m a te s d o n’t treat me like a freshman,” said the 5’4 D’Orsi, a native of Sudbury, Mass., reflecting on her hot start. “We are all just players out there. Once I find my rhythm, I know that everyone has my back and everyone wants me to do well.” Last Saturday in the Ivy League opener against visiting Brown, D’Orsi did very well again, scoring a game -high four goals to help Princeton defeat the Bears 10-7. D’Orsi was fired up for her Ivy debut. “I was really excited going into this first game; I know a couple of girls on the Brown team from high school and my club,” said D’Orsi. “We were expecting that it would be a tough game as any game within our league would be. We worked really hard and came out on top

and that is what matters.” The Tigers kept calm in the face of a Brown rally, as t he B ears rebounded from a 6-1 deficit early in the second half to make it a 9-7 game with 6:47 left in regulation. “Sitting in that lull, we were all talking to each other and picking up each other,” recalled D’Orsi in assessing the w in which improved the 10th-ranked Tigers to 4-0 and saw junior Camille Sullivan score t h r e e g o a l s a n d s e n i or Anna Doherty add two, to help spark the Princeton attack. “We kept our composure when things weren’t going our way and that helped us improve our game for that last 10-15 minutes.” The triumph over Brown marked the second tight win for Princeton in a week as it held off a late Loyola rally in prevailing 15 -14 over the Greyhounds last Wednesday. “We have proven that even when times get tough we can still come out on top; that shows a lot about our team character,” said D’Orsi. “We are a never-give-up team and fight to the last whistle. It is a little scary with those close games, two in one week. At least we have that experience early on in the season and we know how to handle it.” For D’Orsi, a big challenge in handling the transition to college lacrosse has centered on controlling her emotions on the field.

“It is tr ying to keep a level head throughout the game because I am pretty tough on myself throughout the game when I make mistakes,” said D’Orsi. “It is just trying to reset myself and know that all my upperclassmen and my teammates have my back.” Competing with the U.S. p r o g r a m h e l p e d D’O r s i adjust to a higher level of play. “T he U -19 team is re ally intense,” said D’Orsi, who tallied 226 goals and 173 assists during her high school career. “I am used to playing against really fast and physical girls so I think that helped with my transition into college.” With Princeton hosting No. 9 Notre Dame (7-1) on March 11 and No. 5 Penn State (6-0) on March 21 in upcoming action, D’Orsi believes the Tigers are primed to play against the best. “We have been working really hard the first few weeks of our season,” said D’Orsi. “We are willing to take on any challenge; we are excited to get some top 20 teams.” —Bill Alden

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Ivy semifinal on March 11 at the Palestra in Philadelphia with the victor advancing to the title game the next day against the winner of the Penn-Cornell semifinal. Princeton Women’s Hoops ———

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Seeded 2nd for Ivy Tourney

By virtue of beating Harvard 64 - 60 last Fr iday, the Princeton Universit y women’s basketball team clinched the second seed in the upcoming Ivy League Tournament. Freshman star Bella Alarie scored 16 points to lead the way for the Tigers in the win over the Crimson. A night later, Princeton fell 58-56 at Dartmouth to move to 15-11 overall and 9-4 Ivy. The Tigers are slated to play at Penn on March 7 to wrap up regular season action. Princeton will face third-seeded Harvard in an

son made seven saves while her younger sister chipped in a goal as the Tigers defeated No. 16 UC-San Diego 7-5. P r i n c e to n , n o w 11- 0, heads west next week to PU Women’s Water Polo compete in the Roadrunner Goes 3-0 at Harvard Event Invitational from March 18The Johnson sisters, Ash- 19 at Bakersfield, Calif. ——— leigh and Chelsea, led the way as t he 11t h -ranked Princeton Baseball Princeton University wom- Starts 0-4 at Duke en’s water polo team went Taking its lumps in its 4-0 at the Crimson Invita- first action of the season, tional last week to remain the defending Ivy League undefeated on the season. champion Princeton UniverIn a 7-4 win over No. 19 sity baseball team started its Harvard on Friday, junior 2017 campaign by going 0-4 Chelsea scored three goals in a four-game set at Duke while senior Ashleigh made last weekend. 19 saves. In action on SatSophomore star Jesper urday, star goalie Johnson Horsted and freshman Dahad a total of 31 saves as vid Harding each had four Princeton defeated No. 23 hits on the weekend to lead Marist 8-5 and No. 21 Wag- the offense for the Tigers. ner 9-5. On Sunday, John- Princeton fell 3-1 in the

opener on Friday, lost 9-2 and 7-1 in action on Saturday, and then was defeated 6-1 in the finale on Sunday. Princeton returns to action when it plays a four-game set at UNC-Greensboro from March 10-12. ———

PU Men’s Volleyball Sweeps Charleston

Junior Oboh starred as the Princeton University men’s volleyball team posted a pair of wins in a two-game set against visiting Charleston last weekend. Oboh, a junior star, had eight kills and four blocks to help Princeton win 3-0 (2518, 25-23, 25-21), on Friday. A day later, Oboh contributed nine kills and three blocks. The Tigers won 3-2 (25-15, 25-20, 22-25, 1825, 15-11). The Tigers, now 8-7 overall and 6-2 EIVA, play at NJIT on March 10 before hosting Coker on March 11. ———

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Opening its 2017 campaign, the defending Iv y League champion Princeton University softball team went 1-3 at the Houston Hilton Plaza Classic last weekend. The highlight of the weekend for the Tigers came when they beat Sam Houston State 9-5 on Saturday as freshman Megan Donahey went 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI. In earlier action at the event, Princeton fell 12-1 to Louisiana Monroe, 14-1 to Houston, and 16-2 to Wisconsin. The Tigers are next in action when they compete in the Towson Tournament from March 11-12 at Towson, Md. ———

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Alexandra Toth provided a highlight as the Princeton University men’s and women’s squash players competed at the CSA (College Squash Association) Individual Championships last weekend at Hanover, N.H. Senior Toth advanced to the finals of the Holleran Cup North draw where she fell in five games to Cornell’s Margaux Lasty in Sun-

SIX SHOOTER: Princeton University men’s lacrosse player Austin Sims celebrates a goal in recent action. Last Friday, junior midfielder Sims exploded for a career-high six goals to help Princeton rout No. 3 Johns Hopkins 18-7. Sims was later named the Epoch/US Lacrosse Player of the Week for his performance. The Tigers who moved to 3-1 with the victory, were slated to host Quinnipiac on March 7 before playing at Rutgers on March 14. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) day’s final, just missing out on second-team All-America honors. It ended a positive weekend for the Princeton wom en, who had ever y member of the team win at least one match in their respective draws. As for the men, freshman Adhitya Raghavan pushed Trinity No. 2 Rick Penders to the brink in his showdown for First-Team All-America honors with a pair of 11-9 wins, but Penders claimed the fifth game to assure a Top-10 finish. ———

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Princeton Universit y track stars Allison Harris and Adam Kelly have been selected to compete in the 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships, the NCAA Committee said last week. Senior Harris will take part in the women’s pole vault while sophomore Kelly will be in the field for the men’s weight throw, as the top 16 in the country in their events. This is the first time either Harris or Kelly will compete in the indoor national championships. The 2017 NCAA Division I Men’s and Women’s Indoor Track and Field Championships will be held March 10

and 11 in College Station, Texas. This season, Harris set not only the Princeton record but the Ivy League record in the pole vault. Already the record holder in the event, Harris surpassed her own personal best clearing 4.27 (14-0) at the Virginia Tech Challenge on Feb. 18. She is the first woman in the league to clear 14 feet, as she improved on her previous best of 4.20 (13-9.25) from last year. In late February, Harris won her third Ivy League Heps pole vault title, and second consecutive indoor, with a mark of 4.15 (13-7.25). Harris is the first pole vaulter in Princeton history to qualify for the indoor national championships, and just the second pole vaulter to reach the championships. Chelo Canino ’04 competed in the outdoor championships in 2004 finishing in sixth place with a 4.10 (135.50). After competing in the outdoor national championships in the hammer throw last spring, Kelly qualifies for the weight throw. He had the seventh-best throw in the country this season with a 22.62 (74-2.50). That is the second best throw in Princeton history and third best all-time in Ivy League history.

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JORDAN RULES: Princeton University wrestler Jordan Laster, left, battles a foe in a bout earlier this season. Last weekend, senior star Laster won the title at 149 pounds at the 2017 EIWA (Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) Championships at Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pa. Freshman standout Matt Kolodzik prevailed at 141 as the Tigers finished third in the team standings with 113 points, trailing only champion Cornell and runner-up Lehigh. Sophomore Pat D’Arcy took third at 133, sophomore Mike D’Angelo placed third at 157, junior Jonathan Schleifer came in fifth at 174, and senior Ray O’Donnell finished fourth at heavyweight. Laster, Kolodzik, D’Arcy, D’Angelo, Schleifer, and O’Donnell all qualified for the NCAA Championships, which are taking place from March 16-18 in St. Louis. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

As the Princeton High boys’ hockey team started play in the Public A state tournament, it didn’t view being seeded ninth as an impediment to making a deep run in the competition. “When you go into any game, you don’t think about who you are playing or how good they are or anyone they have,” said PHS senior defenseman and assistant captain Tooker Callaway. “It is about what is in your heart and how hard you can work.” P H S d i s p l aye d p l e nt y of heart along with some hard play in the tourney, overcoming eighth-seeded Southern 3-2 in overtime in a second round contest a nd t hen s t u n n i ng top seeded Morris Knolls 5-2 in the quarterfinals to earn a semifinal matchup against 13th-seeded Watchung Hills last Thursday at the Codey Arena in West Orange. In the semis, PHS fell behind the Warriors 1- 0 late in the first period but answered back with a goal by junior Nick Ashcroft to make it a 1-1 game heading into the second. The Little Tigers got going in the second, taking leads of 2-1 and 3-2 but a late Watchung Hills goal made it 3-3 heading into the final period. “It wasn’t really going our way in the first period, we felt we had to address a couple of things,” said Callaway. “In the second period, we really came out hard. We knew what we were doing, we had a game plan. We talked about it in the locker room, we changed the break out. We wanted to get pucks up and out, use our speed, and get our legs moving to press them to make turnovers.” Callaway, for his par t, scored the third PHS goal, battling through a scrum in the crease to poke a rebound into the back of the net. “I was just trying to do my thing and get in the front of the net and screen the goalie and hope that we could get a shot on net and score,” said Callaway. “If they didn’t, maybe I could put it in so that is what happened.” But PHS couldn’t make things happen in the third as the Warriors tallied five minutes into the period to go ahead 4-3 and then added two empty net goals in the last 1:19 of regulation to earn a 6-3 victory. “We knew we had to try and pull away but we just couldn’t do that,” said Callaway. “They just got one. I think it would have been the same if we had gotten one, it would be hard for them to bounce back.” While PHS head coach Terence Miller was disappointed with the outcome, he was proud of his team as it made the program’s firstever appearance in the state semifinals. “We had a hell of a run,” said Miller, whose team ended up outshooting Watchung Hills 34-20 on the evening as it finished the winter with a 19-4-4 record. “It stings. We felt this game was there for the tak-

ing too; that makes it a little worse.” Miller acknowledged that digging an early hole turned the game into an uphill battle for the Little Tigers. “We had a sluggish start; we got a little slow out of the gate in the beginning,” said Miller. “They got the first goal and we were able to tie it. We took the lead and then we couldn’t grab control of the game.” In Miller’s view, if PHS has been able to build on its leads, the result could have been different. “The guys skated hard, as always; that is just the way it goes,” said Miller. “I think it was just a play here or a play there, things could have gone differently. Every time we got that goal, they were able to answer. I thought that was the difference; if we had gotten that two goal lead we would have really settled in.” In ref lecting on PHS’s memorable state tournament ride, Miller credited t he team’s s en iors w it h leading the way.

“It was the seniors, Brendon (McCormick), Eamonn ( McDonald ), Tooker, and Sawyer (Peck) in net, those four really carried us,” said Miller, whose group of seniors also included Zach Bouchenoir, Pascal Meier, and Anthony Trainor. “It was kind of the perfect storm for us, we had a great senior class. We had a couple of good transfer students (Meier and Ashcroft). We had a couple of phenomenal freshmen (Rocco Salvato and Aidan Trainor). All of that together equalled a solid team that was able to make some noise this year.” Although senior star and captain McCormick wanted his career to keep going, he is proud of the legacy that his class is leaving. “It was a great season, all the guys came out and played so it was fun while it lasted,” said McCormick. “Guys had a good time out there, they were great teammates. It is possibly my last game of competitive hockey. It is tough to handle, tough to think about.

It was fun playing so long together. Now we pass the torch.” Callaway, for his part, is leaving with indelible memories of how things came together this winter for the Little Tigers. “They are a bunch of great guys and great hockey players,” said Callaway. “There are big things to come for them in the future and in life. No one had ever done this before and us being the senior class, it pushed us and really made us want it a little more. Being the senior class, we had to lead by example.” In Miller’s view, the great things accomplished by the Lit tle Tigers this w inter won’t be forgotten any time soon. “I told the guys that we took the program to the next level; we hadn’t been in this spot before,” said Miller. “This is the farthest we have ever gotten. The whole school and the whole town and all of the congratulations I have gotten, you could feel it. These guys made a mark. They took it up another notch.” —Bill Alden

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PHS Boys’ Hockey Falls in Public A State Semis, But Historic Run Will Leave Indelible Memories

PARTING SHOT: Princeton High boys’ hockey player Tooker Callaway fires the puck in a game this season. Last Thursday, senior defenseman and assistant captain Callaway scored a goal in a losing cause as ninth-seeded PHS fell 6-3 to 13th-seeded Watchung Hills in the state Public A semis. It was program’s first-ever appearance in the state semis. PHS finished the winter at 19-4-4. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Ch r is t ia n Her zo g w as losing some sleep over the prospects for his Princeton High girls’ hockey team as the winter approached. “My biggest concern a week prior to the season was that we didn’t have a goalie,” said PHS head coach Herzog. “The writing was on the wall for a very long season without a goalie.” Fortunately for Herzog and the Little Tigers, freshman Ella Chauder agreed to fill that void. “Ella jumped into the net and took that for the team,” said Herzog. “She was interested in skating out, she had zero experience at goalie. She did a pretty good job.” B u o y e d b y C h a u d e r’s presence, PHS had a positive experience this winter, posting a 3-10 record. One of t he h igh lights of the season came when Chauder posted her first career shutout in a 7- 0 win over Immaculate Heart Academy in the regular season finale. “I said let’s get your first s h u to u t ,” s a i d H e r z o g. “I was proud of her to be able to finish that, she let in seven goals against Immaculate Heart the last time we played them.” Herzog is proud of the production and leadership he received from senior captain and four-year star Maggie Herring, who won the team’s Coach’s Award this season. “Maggie stepped up in terms of leadership with the girls, especially when people got frustrated,” said Herzog of Herring, who had 13 goals and nine assists this year and ended up with 46 goals and 34 assists in her career. “She has been with the team when we got only one win. She has experienced the tough stuff over the

years and kept the morale up and going. When she is on the ice, she is there to work.” The team’s two other seniors, Ashley Dart and Ella Quainton, worked hard to improve over their four seasons with the program. “When I double-checked for our banquet to make sure that they had been on all four years, they said ‘we were terrible, we couldn’t even stand up, how could you not remember us, all we did was fall, we were full of ice,’” said Herzog, noting that Quainton received the team’s Most Improved award this season. “In terms of how they came along through the four years, it was good to see. Ashley had a breakout season (four goals and two assists). She is always in the right place at the right time to sweep the puck right in.” The addition of freshman Victoria Zammit gave the PHS offense a big boost as she led the team with 25 points on 17 goals and eight assists. “Any time you can get a travel player coming in as a freshman it is an added bonus,” said Herzog of Zammit, who was named the team’s MVP. “In previous years, we have had one strong player and they didn’t have as many people to work with. This year, at least she had a few players she could work with.” One of the team’s other strong players was Zammit’s older sister, junior star defenseman and assistant captain Alexa, who won the team’s Head, Heart, and Hustle award. “Alexa is a hard-nosed player; she is one of those players where you don’t have to give her feedback to tell her ‘you could have done this, or you could have

done that,’” said Herzog of the older Zammit, who tallied 12 points in eight goals and four assists and was named as an All-WIHLMA ( Women’s Interscholastic Hockey League of the MidAtlantic) Miran Division all star. “Without her on defense we would be in a load of trouble. We would not have been able to have Maggie play forward in the beginning of the year. She is the anchor of the defense and I am ecstatic that she got the recognition in our division.” Sophomore forward and assistant captain Olivia Corrodi contributed nine goals, six assists, and a cool head on the ice. “Olivia leads by example on the ice; in comparison to the two other captains, she is a little less vocal,” said Herzog. “She embodies spor tsmanship. You won’t see her taking a greedy penalty, she doesn’t get frustrated. She was selected to get the league’s Rulon-Miller sportsmanship award for our team.” I n Her zog’s v iew, t he team’s ability to stay upbeat and not get frustrated by adversity was evident all winter. “They work hard and they will take the tough losses,” said Herzog. “You can’t break their spirit.” —Bill Alden

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of Rocky Hill, Skillman, and Hopewell, or attend a school in the PLL Boundary Area. The season will run from April 1 through June 10. Preseason team practices will be held from March 27 onwards. Opening Day will be April 1 (both ceremonies and games) and the season will conclude with Championship Saturday and the End of Season Celebration on June 10. Please log onto the PLL website to see the schedules for the league’s divisions, which include: Tee Ball (ages 4-6); Instructional Division (ages 6-8); Rookies Division (ages 7-9); Minors Division (ages 9-10); and Intermediate (ages 11-13). All players registering for the Rookies, Minors, and Intermediate Divisions (ages 7 and up) must attend Mandatory Player Evaluations on Februar y 25 at the Hun School. The registration fee for PLL Spring Baseball 2017 is $205. Each player will receive a full uniform. The registration fee for Tee Ball is $120 (Tee Ball players will receive a cap and jersey). Scholarships are available towards registration fees and the purchase of equipment (gloves and shoes). Please contact Meghan Hedin with any questions about registration, scholarships, or volunteering at meghan.hedin@gmail.com ———

Registration for the Princeton Little League’s (PLL) spring 2017 baseball and tee ball season is now open at www.princetonlittleleague.com. Boys and girls between the ages of 4-13 are eligible to play. In order to be eligible, players must either live within the PLL Boundary Area, which includes parts Dillon Youth Basketball

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In playoff action last Saturday in the 4th/5th grade boys’ division of the Dillon Youth Basketball League, McCaffrey’s edged Conte’s 36-34 as Alex Winters led the way with 15 points. Joshua Trotman and Jake Angelucci each scored 12 points in the loss for Conte’s. Cross Culture beat Bon Appetit 33-24 in the other playoff game in the division. David Bleyman scored 10 points in the win for Cross Culture while Brooks Cahill-Sanidas scored eight points in the loss for Bon Appetit. In non-playoff action, Princeton Pi defeated Alchemist & Barrister 46-42 behind a balanced scoring attack from Henry Doran (16 points), Owen Biggs (11 points) and John Linko (9 points). AJ Surace scored 20 points in the loss for Alchemist & Barrister. I n t h e 6t h / 7t h g r a d e boys’ division, Woodwinds edged Baldino & Brothers 42-35 in a playoff contest. Woodwinds was led by Gabe Majeski’s 16 points. Sam Borovoy scored 16 points in the loss for Baldino & Brothers. In other playoff action in the division, Mason, Griffin & Pierson beat Lependorf & Silverstein 32-20 behind Charlie Howes’s eight points and Jeremy Sallade’s seven points. Peter Hare led the way for Lependorf & Silverstein with eight points. In a non-playoff game, Jefferson Plumbing beat Corner House 51-19. Matthew Singer scored a game-high 31 points in the win for Jefferson Plumbing. Jonah Yuan scored 17 points in a losing cause for Corner House. In the 8th/9th grade boys’ division, the Nets defeated the Sonics 50-45 in regular season action. The Nets got 29 points from Gefan BarCohen with Jake Renda chip-

JERSEY’S FINEST: The Princeton Youth Hockey Association (PYHA) Tigers U10 A team show off their medals after winning the New Jersey Youth Hockey League (NJYHL) state championship. The Tigers defeated the Protec Ducks 5-1 in the title game. The PYHA squad entered the playoffs with a regular season record of 15-1-2 to lead their division. Pictured in the front row, from left to right, are Evan Jacob, Brendan Beatty, Calvin Fenton, Oisin O’Dell, Jack Gordon, Jack Zimet, and Colton Simonds. In the middle row, from left, are Xavier Chang, Jack Trowbridge, George Stournaras, Gavin Frith, Garrett Herndon, and Fife Akinyanmi. In the back row, from left, are Head Coach Mark Trowbridge, Assistant Coach Bob Simonds, and Junior Coach Collin Beatty. ping in 10. Matthew Rinaldi and Oliver Bishop scored 21 points and 14 points, respectively, for the Sonics in the loss. In other action in the division, the Knicks defeated the 76ers. In girls’ division playoff action, Gallagher Risk Management defeated JM Group 40-21. Sammy Renda scored 22 points for Gallagher Risk Management, while Kate Delaney added 12 points in the win. Milan Couillens scored 17 points in a losing cause. In the other playoff game in the division, Majeski Foundation topped Princeton Pettoranello 365. Majeski foundation was paced by a balanced scoring attack from Mojisola Ayodele (16 points) and Tess Silva (12 points). In nonplayoff action, Princeton Dental Group beat Princeton Nassau Pediatrics 18-13 as Lauren Klein scored seven points and Irene Dumitriu added six. ———

Princeton Girls’ Softball Continuing Registration

The Princeton Lit tle League ( PLL) is currently accepting registration for its Princeton Girls’ Softball program at www.princetonlittleleague.com. Girls between the ages of 6-12 are eligible to play softball; the league age is determined by a player’s age as of December 31, 2016. Princeton Girls’ Softball has three age div isions : Rookies — ages 6 to 8; Minors — ages 9 and 10; and Majors — ages 11 and 12. Each division will have pract ice and /or a game once during the week and once on Saturdays. Weekday practice times will depend

upon coaches availability. Saturday games/practices will be between 9-1 p.m. depending on game schedule and coach schedule. The season begins with Opening Ceremonies on April 1 and concludes with the End of Season Celebration on June 10. In order to be eligible, players must either live within the PLL Boundary Area, which includes par ts of Rocky Hill, Skillman, and Hopewell, or attend a school in the PLL Boundary Area. The registration fee is $18 0. C o n t a c t C h r i s s y Brown at cryanbrown14@ gmail.com with any questions about the program or scholarship requests. ———

PHS Baseball Program Holding Annual Clinic

The Princeton High baseball team will be holding its 18th annual Spring Training Youth Baseball Clinic on March 19 from 1: 003:00 p.m. in the New Gym at PHS. The program is open to boys and girls ages 5 - 13 and all levels are welcome. The clinic w ill focus on pitching, catching, throwing, fielding and hitting. All participants must bring their own glove. Weather permitting, some drills may be held outside. P r e - r e g i s te r b y e m a i l to : swati @ lele -sarafin. com, stating your name, child’s name and phone number. The cost is $25 prere g i s t r at ion, $ 30 at the door. Payment on day of clinic is cash or check payable to “PHS Baseball Booster Club.” ———

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Registration is now open for the newly-formed Princeton Cranbury Track Club. The Princeton Cranbury Track Club is a USATF member organization with the goal of helping the area’s young athletes entering grades 3 through 8 to develop in the sport of track and field. This summer, three session groups will take place consisting of six practices in each session. Athletes can register for any or all of the sessions. Practices will be run by experienced coaches as well as volunteer athletes from the Princeton High track program. Participants will have the opportunity to try running, hurdling, jumping, and throwing events. For more information on program specifics and

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Princeton Rec Department Has Spring, Summer Sign-up

The Princeton Recreation Department has activated online registration for its 2017 Spring and Summer programs. The programs include: Day Camp, Teen Travel Camp, B a s ke t b a l l C a m p s a n d Leagues, Skate Board Camp, Youth Track Camp, CP Pool Membership, CP Pool Programs, Kid’s ‘Splash ‘n Dash’ Aquathon, among others. There is an Early-Bird Special Discount on select CP Pool Memberships, Day Camp and Teen Travel Camp registration available until April 7. More information can be found online at www. princetonrecreation.com.

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fessor of divinity at Harvard University. All four siblings graduated from the University of Cambridge, which was a wonderful experience but hard on their parents who remained in Egypt. Adel always talked about how grateful he was to have been able to emigrate to this country as it allowed him to pursue and develop his scientific interests, and Adel’s own parents would have been very proud of his achievements. His father Dr.Abdel-Aziz Ahmed had a distinguished career in Egypt as an electrical and civil engineer and became the first Egyptianborn dean of the engineering depar tment at Cairo University after graduating from Birmingham University, England, with a PhD. and a DSc in electrical engineering. He went on to become the chairman of the Hydro-Electric Power Commission and in that capacity completed his work on the electrification of the original Aswan dam. When Nasser came into power and wanted to build the new Aswan High Dam, Dr. Abdel-Aziz Ahmed expressed some scientific reservations regarding the proposal and fears about its possible effects on the ecology of Egypt. When he asked the government to explore other alternatives, he was ordered by government officials to suppress his views and destroy his research into the matter. Dr. Abdel-A ziz A hmed resigned and went to the Institute of Civil Engineers in London, and delivered a paper there explaining his views. This issue was reported by the journalist

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he went to the famed ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) in Switzerland where he obtained his PhD. He then emigrated with his wife Betty (née BurtonNeckleput) and young son Sam to the United States. He got a job at RCA and they lived in Clinton, New Jersey where his second son Basil was born. While working at RCA he also obtained a Law degree from Seton Hall University, New Jersey. Sadly Betty died of cancer in 1983. In 1989 he married Cecile and moved to Princeton to work at Siemens as a patent lawyer while continuing to invent in his spare time. Adel was an extremely gentle and kind man. He was very widely read in science, history, and literature, and we found great pleasure in his company at family gatherings. At his funeral on February 27, 2017 many of his former colleagues at RCA attended and poured out their love and admiration for him. He also loved music especially Bach and Beethoven. His wife Cecile played the piano and he played the flute and they would play for the family. He is survived by his wife Cecil, his son Sam Burton, and his wife Jenn and their son Logan; his son Basil Burton and his wife Katie, and their son Collin; also by his two stepsons: Hassan and Ahmed and their families. Adel is also survived by his sister Mrs. Giselle Hakki; his brother Dr. Samir Ahmed, professor of electrical engineering at City College; and Dr. Leila Ahmed, pro-

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Florence Logan Voorhees Florence Logan Voorhees, 91, passed away peacefully at home on March 2, 2017. Born in Trenton, New Jersey in 1925, she was the daughter of Robert Leuckel Logan and Ann Gallagher Logan. F lorence at tended St. John’s Grammar School in Trenton and graduated from Cathedral High School in 1943 where she was valedictorian of her class. She then went on to Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey) where she majored in English and history, graduating in 1947 with a Bachelor’s degree in education. For the next 10 years she

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the director of volunteers and ultimately served on the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross, Central Jersey Region. She was also appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Red Cross Blood Services, Penn Jersey Region. Florence never forgot the many happy years she spent at The College of New Jersey both as an undergraduate and as a graduate student. She returned once again, as a member of the Alumni Executive Board, serving from 1993 to 1999. Always interested in children and drawing from a lifetime of experience, she worked tirelessly for over 10 years as a member of the Child Placement Review Board of Mercer County, reviewing the many cases of children, who, under the aegis of DYFS, were in and out of home placements. The funeral will be held Saturday, March 11 at 10 a.m. at the Wilson-Apple Funeral Home in Pennington. Friends and relatives may call at the funeral home Friday, March 10 between the hours of 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. and on Saturday from 9 a.m. until the time of the service. Interment will be in Ewing Church Cemetery, Ewing, New Jersey. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her name may be made to the Mantoloking Fire Department, P.O. Box 214, Mantoloking, NJ 08738.

Barbara Zenel Barbara Gail Winecoff Zenel, a long time resident of Princeton, died peacefully on Friday, March 3, 2017. Born September 27, 1932 to James Edgar Winecoff and Virginia Hahn, Gail grew up in Concord, North Carolina, graduating from Concord High School in 1950. Shor tly thereaf ter she was employed at the Dav id S ar nof f Res earch Center in Princeton. It was there at RCA Laboratories that she met her husband of 33 years, Joseph A. Zenel. Gail was a homemaker who with her husband, Joseph, built a house and a loving home for their four children. An avid fan of nature, Gail loved gardening, cats, and camping along the Atlantic coast from Florida to the northern tip of Newfoundland. Always helpful to others, Gail’s civic-mindedness included volunteering at the American Red Cross, working as a local, state, and federal election

poll worker, leading a Girl Scout troop, participating in the Saint Paul Roman Catholic School PTA and rummage sale, and for decades contributing to the Pr inceton Hospital ( now University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro) Rummage Sale and Hospital Fete, frequently as the planning chair. Gail also worked at the Princeton University tennis cour ts where she enjoyed conversations with the numerous personalities who frequented there. In her latter years, she cherished her grandchildren and after the death of her husband Joseph, Gail enjoyed many a trip with close friends in the Princeton Getaway Club (she was a board member), and especially treasured the company of Vincent Sassman and his extended family with whom she was known as “Grandma Gail.” All remember her wonderful sense of humor. Gail is preceded in death by her parents James and Virginia; husband Joseph; and daughter Susan G. Zenel. Gail is sur vived by son Joseph A. Zenel, Jr., M.D. with his wife Jeanette; son James E. Zenel M.D. with his w ife Mar y ; daughter Julie A. Zenel Moore with her husband David; and five grandchildren Matthew J. Zenel, Alison M. (Zenel) Leiataua, Christine A. Zenel, Katherine Zenel-Langlands, and Douglas Moore.

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02-01-8t storaGe unIts For rent: 10 minutes north of Princeton, in Skillman, Montgomery 22x15 and 22x21 $210 and $280 discounted monthly rent: http://princetonstorage. homestead.com/ or (609) 333-6932. 02-15-6t CleanInG, IronInG, launDry: by Polish women with a lot of experience. Excellent references, own transportation. Please call Inga at (609) 530-1169, leave message. 02-22-6t

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05-04-17 HoMe rePaIr sPeCIalIst: Interior/exterior repairs, carpentry, trim, rotted wood, power washing, painting, deck work, sheet rock/ spackle, gutter & roofing repairs. Punch list is my specialty. 40 years experience. Licensed & insured. Call Creative Woodcraft (609) 586-2130 06-22-17 storaGe sPaCe: 194 Nassau St. 1227 sq. ft. Clean, dry, secure space. Please call (609) 921-6060 for details.

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

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

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49 Humbert Street, Princeton $575,000 Just what everyone wants---a vintage home in the sweet spot of Princeton. Surprisingly large garden is a real treat, as is the updated kitchen, central air and charm galore. LS# 6864724 Call (609)924-1600 Marketed by Robin L. Wallack

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WE BUY CARS Belle Mead Garage (908) 359-8131 Ask for Chris tf WHAT’S A GREAT GIFT FOR A FORMER PRINCETONIAN?

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tf 1 DAY MOVING SAlE! 18 Hamilton Court, Lawrence Township. Saturday, March 11 from 9:303:30. Living room, Lane dining table & chairs, inlaid china cabinet, Rosenthal dishes, crystal, kitchen table & chairs, dishes, Mikasa crystal. Family room sofa, chair & ottoman. Leather chair & ottoman. Costume jewelry, rattan settee & coffee table, bedroom furniture. Clothing, linens, Cabbage Patch dolls & collectible dolls. Ping Pong table. All priced for quick sale. Photos can be seen on estatesales. net, MG Estate Services. 03-08 WRITING COACH for students and adults. University instructor with excellent experience. richardtrenner @gmail.com (908) 420-1070. 02-22-3t PUBlIC NOTICE: Princeton Board of Education Meeting will be on March 16, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. @ 25 Valley Road. The purpose for calling this meeting is to discuss and approve the 2017-2018 Tentative Budget and Personnel Appointment/s. Open to the public and action will be taken. Stephanie Kennedy Board Secretary 03-08

03-01-2t PRINCETON RENTAl: Sunny, 2-3 BR, Western Section. Big windows overlooking elegant private garden. Sliding doors to private terrace. Fireplace, library w/built-in bookcases, cathedral ceiling w/clerestory windows. Oak floors, recessed lighting, central AC. Modern kitchen & 2 baths. Walk to Nassau St. & train. Off-street parking. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright disciple. (609) 924-5245. tf GROWING YOUNG FAMIlY lOOKING FOR A HOME TO CHERISH

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 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 CARPENTRY: General Contracting in Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Licensed and insured. Call Julius Sesztak (609) 466-0732.

HOUSE ClEANING: By experienced Polish lady. Good prices. References available. Own transportation. Honest, reliable, excellent job. Free estimate. Please call Magda, (609) 372-6927. 02-22-4t ARIS’S ClEANING SERVICES: We can make your place sparkle! Providing residential / commercial cleaning services. Great references, bilingual (English/Spanish), reliable with own transportation & reasonable prices. Call Aris for a free estimate: (347) 231-9842. 03-01-3t

tf EXCEllENT BABYSITTER/ DOGSITTER: With references, available in the Princeton area. Please text to (609) 216-5000 tf GUITAR lESSONS available for all levels of students. Individualized courses set by professional musician. (609) 924-8255; www. princetonstudio.net 03-01-3t

and not a tear down turned ‘McMansion’. Min 3 beds/2 baths in Princeton boro/township, understand some work may need to be put into the house. Negotiable up to $600,000. Email NeedPrincetonHome@gmail.com or call Town Topics (609) 924-2200 to leave your contact info. Please no Realtors.

TWO PRINCETON NASSAU ST. OFFICES: 2nd floor five office suite approx. 1,800 SF-$7,070/mo. 3rd floor single office approx. 435 SF-$1,500/mo. Tenant pays electric, landlord pays heat. (609) 213-5029. 02-15-5t

HOME WANTED: Local couple looking to downsize into Princeton (in or adjacent to old Boro). Home with low/no maintenance priced to $700,000. Town homes/first floor condos with off-street parking preferred. Any condition. Buyers will pay brokers fee. Cash sale closing at seller’s convenience. Principals contact Kenneth Verbeyst- Broker Assoc, BHHS Fox Roach Realtors (609) 924-1600 or ken@verbeyst.com

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PENNINGTON BORO2 BR APT FOR RENT: Lovely & spacious apt in heart of historic district. This bright updated gem features eat-in kitchen, living room, hardwood floors, stackable washer/dryer & central air. Separate entrance. Added bonus includes heat, hot & cold water & sewer. Walk to shopping, dining & more. No pets, smoke free. Available now, $1,500/mo. (609) 731-1708. 03-08-3t 92 NASSAU-One Room Office for Rent. 4th floor of Hamilton Jewelers. Overlooking FitzRandolph Gate of Princeton University. (609) 9246294 or ejgursky@comcast.net 03-01-4t SENIOR/ElDER CARE: Experienced, compassionate caregiver/ companion, live-in or out, 24 hours or hourly, English speaking with drivers license, car & excellent references. Will provide personal care, manage medications, errands, light housekeeping, cooking. Call: (215) 9904679 or email Nuc_iko@yahoo.com 03-08-3t MANDARIN TUTOR: Does your child have an interest in learning Mandarin? I maintain a successful practice of individualized tutoring based on a proven one to one method tailored to fit the talents & learning habits of each student. Mandarin can be both fun & challenging. I have watched my students of all ages benefit tremendously from my instructive mentoring methodology. I always see positive results. With a PhD from Wuhan University in China & over 12 years’ experience, I have a proven, exceptional track record as a Chinese born Mandarin tutor. I will teach you Mandarin using an individual approach tailored to meet your needs. If you want your child to do better or if you want to learn Mandarin call me at (609) 915-3782 or email me at yhstack@gmail.com 02-01-8t STORAGE UNITS FOR RENT: 10 minutes north of Princeton, in Skillman, Montgomery 22x15 and 22x21 $210 and $280 discounted monthly rent: http://princetonstorage. homestead.com/ or (609) 333-6932. 02-15-6t

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CONTRERAS PAINTING: Interior, exterior, wallpaper removal, deck staining. 16 years experience. Fully insured, free estimates. Call (609) 954-4836; ronythepainter@live. com 03-01-5t ROSA’S ClEANING SERVICE llC: For houses, apartments, offices, daycare, banks, schools & much more. Has good English, own transportation. 25 years of experience. Cleaning license. References. Please call (609) 751-2188. 03-01-5t EDDY’S lANDSCAPE & HARDSCAPE CORP: Lawn maintenance, spring/fall cleanup, mulching, mowing, fertilizing, pruning, planting, lawn cutting, tree service. Patios, retaining walls, stone construction, drainage, fences, etc. Free Estimates. 10% off. (609) 8474401; edy_davila@msn.com 03-08-13t TOWN TOPICS ClASSIFIEDS GETS TOP RESUlTS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go! We deliver to All of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read. Call (609) 924-2200 ext. 10 for more details.

SUPERIOR HANDYMAN SERVICES: Experienced in all residential home repairs. Free Estimate/References/ Insured. (908) 966-0662 or www. superiorhandymanservices-nj.com 03-08/05-24 SMAll OFFICE SUITENASSAU STREET: with parking. 1839 sq. ft. Please call (609) 921-6060 for details. 06-10-tf TK PAINTING: Interior, exterior. Power-washing, wallpaper removal, plaster repair, Venetian plaster, deck staining. Renovation of kitchen cabinets. Front door and window refinishing. Excellent references. Free estimates. Call (609) 947-3917. 01-18/07-12 ESTATE lIQUIDATION SERVICE: I will clean out attics, basements, garages & houses. Single items to entire estates. No job too big or small. In business over 35 years, serving all of Mercer County. Call (609) 306-0613. 12-27-17

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RESIDENTIAL RENTALS: Princeton – $125/mo. 1 Parking space 2 blocks from Nassau Street. Available now. Princeton – $1,400/mo. Studio with kitchen & bath. Available now. Princeton – $1,500/mo. 1 BR, 1 bath, LR/DR, eat-in kitchen, 1-car garage +1 car parking. Available 5/31/17. Princeton – $1,650/mo. 2nd floor office on Nassau Street with parking. Available now. Princeton – $1,675/mo. 1 BR apartment 2 blocks from Nassau Street with 1 parking space. Available now. Princeton – $2,600/mo. 2 BR, 1.5 baths, LR/DR, eat-in kitchen, full basement w/laundry. Parking in driveway. Available now. Princeton – $2,600/mo. FULLY FURNISHED 1 BR, 1 bath, LR, eat-in kitchen, with 2-car garage. Available now. Montgomery – $3000/mo. 4 BR, 2.5 baths. Fully Furnished House. Available now.

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

We list, We sell, We manage. If you have a house to sell or rent we are ready to service you! Call us for any of your real estate needs and check out our website at:

BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, cameras, silver, costume & fine jewelry. Guitars & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 306-0613. 12-27-17

Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs Commercial/Residential Over 30 Years of Experience •Fully Insured •Free Consultations Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ gmail.com Text (only) (609) 638-6846 Office (609) 216-7936 Princeton References •Green Company HIC #13VH07549500 05-04-17 HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST: Interior/exterior repairs, carpentry, trim, rotted wood, power washing, painting, deck work, sheet rock/ spackle, gutter & roofing repairs. Punch list is my specialty. 40 years experience. Licensed & insured. Call Creative Woodcraft (609) 586-2130 06-22-17 STORAGE SPACE: 194 Nassau St. 1227 sq. ft. Clean, dry, secure space. Please call (609) 921-6060 for details. 06-10-tf NEED SOMETHING DONE?

See our display ads for our available houses for sale.

General contractor. Seminary Degree, 18 years experience in Princeton. Bath renovations, decks, tile, window/door installations, masonry, carpentry & painting. Licensed & insured. References available. (609) 477-9261.

AWARD WINNING SLIPCOVERS Custom fitted in your home. Pillows, cushions, table linens, window treatments, and bedding. Fabrics and hardware. Fran Fox (609) 577-6654

03-09-17 YARD CLEAN UP! Seeding, mulching, trimming, weeding, lawn mowing, planting & much more. Please call (609) 637-0550. 03-30-17

04-06-17 I BUY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469. 08-17-17

If you offer these services, consider placing your ad with Town Topics! Call (609) 924-2200 ext 10

DEADLINE: Tues before 12 noon

1 DAY MOVING SALE! 18 Hamilton Court, Lawrence Township. Saturday, March 11 from 9:303:30. Living room, Lane dining table & chairs, inlaid china cabinet, Rosenthal dishes, crystal, kitchen table & chairs, dishes, Mikasa crystal. Family room sofa, chair & ottoman. Leather chair & ottoman. Costume jewelry, rattan settee & coffee table, bedroom furniture. Clothing, linens, Cabbage Patch dolls & collectible dolls. Ping Pong table. All priced for quick sale. Photos can be seen on estatesales. net, MG Estate Services. 03-08 WRITING COACH for students and adults. University instructor with excellent experience. richardtrenner @gmail.com (908) 420-1070. 02-22-3t PUBLIC NOTICE: Princeton Board of Education Meeting will be on March 16, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. @ 25 Valley Road. The purpose for calling this meeting is to discuss and approve the 2017-2018 Tentative Budget and Personnel Appointment/s. Open to the public and action will be taken. Stephanie Kennedy Board Secretary 03-08 HOME HEALTH AIDE/ COMPANION: NJ certified with 20 years experience. Valid drivers license & references. Looking for employment. Experienced with disabled & elderly. Please call Cindy, (609) 227-9873. 02-22-3t SUMMER RENTAL: Furnished 4-5 BR, 3.5 bath home available June 1-September 30. Located on large private lot in Princeton’s Western section. $3,000/month + utilities, internet & cable TV. Mike (518) 521-7088 or campregis@aol.com 03-08 CAREGIVER AVAILABLE: Live-in. Driver’s license, Green Card, English speaking, 5 years experience, references. Contact (214) 907-1734. 03-01-2t

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

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32 Chambers Street Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 924-1416 Martha F. Stockton, Broker-Owner

IT’S A GREAT TIME TO CLEAN & ORGANIzE YOUR HOME!

WHAT’S A GREAT GIFT FOR A FORMER PRINCETONIAN? A Gift Subscription! We have prices for 1 or 2 years -call (609)924-2200x10 to get more info! tf

PRINCETON RENTAL: Sunny, 2-3 BR, Western Section. Big windows overlooking elegant private garden. Sliding doors to private terrace. Fireplace, library w/built-in bookcases, cathedral ceiling w/clerestory windows. Oak floors, recessed lighting, central AC. Modern kitchen & 2 baths. Walk to Nassau St. & train. Off-street parking. Designed by Frank Lloyd Wright disciple. (609) 924-5245. tf

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 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 CARPENTRY: General Contracting in Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Licensed and insured. Call Julius Sesztak (609) 466-0732. tf EXCELLENT BABYSITTER/ DOGSITTER: With references, available in the Princeton area. Please text to (609) 216-5000 tf GUITAR LESSONS available for all levels of students. Individualized courses set by professional musician. (609) 924-8255; www. princetonstudio.net 03-01-3t HOME WANTED: Local couple looking to downsize into Princeton (in or adjacent to old Boro). Home with low/no maintenance priced to $700,000. Town homes/first floor condos with off-street parking preferred. Any condition. Buyers will pay brokers fee. Cash sale closing at seller’s convenience. Principals contact Kenneth Verbeyst- Broker Assoc, BHHS Fox Roach Realtors (609) 924-1600 or ken@verbeyst.com 03-01-3t TWO PRINCETON NASSAU ST. OFFICES: 2nd floor five office suite approx. 1,800 SF-$7,070/mo. 3rd floor single office approx. 435 SF-$1,500/mo. Tenant pays electric, landlord pays heat. (609) 213-5029. 02-15-5t

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

Employment Opportunities in the Princeton Area HOUSEKEEPER NEEDED: for Hopewell family. Cooking, cleaning, laundry. Monday-Friday from 2-6. Excellent pay for the right candidate. Ask for Kelsey (267) 563-1280. 02-22-3t

ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST, GLOBAL ASSESSMENT (#6214): Ph.D. or Ed.D. in educ & psych, cog psych, stat, educ measurement or rel +1 yr exp. Knowledge & exp through doctoral studies OK. Use reading theory, reading literacy acquisition & dvlpmt, orthographic processing, phonological processing, technological factors in reading comprehension, stat modeling technqs, eye-tracking & stat software apps to conceptualize, propose, & conduct research projs and eval innovative reading assessments. F/T. Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ. Send CV to: Ritu Sahai, Strategic Workforce Analyst, ETS, 660 Rosedale Rd, MS-03D, Princeton, NJ 08541. No calls/recruiters. 03-08

LANDSCAPING ASSISTANT NEEDED: Good pay. Part or full time. Princeton area. (609) 240-5587. 03-01-2t

ASSOCIATE RESEARCH DATA ANALYST (#6213): (Multiple openings) Bach deg in Stat Computing, Comp Sci, Math, Stat or rel +2 yrs exp. Use stat analysis software (SPSS, SAS, or R), comp progrmng, graphing software, spreadsheet software, & data analysis using stat/psychometric techniques to plan, implement, analyze, design, modify, develop, doc & implement techs for executing complex research and development data analyses/methodologies. F/T. Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ. Send CV to: Ritu Sahai, Strategic Workforce Analyst, ETS, 660 Rosedale Rd, MS-03D, Princeton, NJ 08541. No calls/recruiters. 03-08

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AMAZING PRINCETON HOME PRINCETON, A fabulous Colonial in the Western section of Princeton with four bedrooms, three full baths and a fantastic kitchen. Situated on a lovely lot near town, schools and community pool. $1,175,000 Linda Twining 609-439-2282 (cell)

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PRINCETON, A Victorian house located on a desirable “tree street” four PRINCETON, A renovated 5 bedroom, 3 full bath Colonial on a 1.24-acre doors down from Nassau. Charmingly quaint on the outside, the interior property in the Littlebrook School Area w/ gourmet kitchen, living room features a tasteful fusion of the old & modern. $1,049,000 w/ FP, dining room, den & deck. $1,295,000 Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell) Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)

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PRINCETON, Ettl Farm Classic 4 BR/4.5 BA, lg EIK w/ conservatory, den/office, fin. bsmnt, 3-car gar., FP, covered back porch, all BRs w/ en suite BAs, NW facing. $1,499,000

WEST WINDSOR, 5 BR, 3 full- and 2-half BA home facing East on a premium lot w/ over 4,500 sq ft of living space, HW flrs. Dir: Lanwin Blvd. to Concord Dr. to Revere Ct. $899,000

Teresa Cunningham 609-802-3564 (cell) and Barry Layne 609-658-6164 (cell)

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Thursday, March 9th, 6:30 PM | 350 Nassau St., Princeton Presented By Jeffrey Gradone, Esq. Learn what’s involved in mounting a challenge: • We’ll help you determine if you are assessed fairly, so you can decide whether to pursue a formal review. • We’ll go over the grievance process including any options you may have either at the municipal level or through judicial review.

To learn more or to reserve a place, call us at (609) 921-1900.

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145 Ridgeview Circle, Princeton Heidi A. Hartmann, Sales Associate 5 Beds, 5.5 Baths • $1,895,000

10 Scudder Court, Pennington Boro Heidi A. Hartmann, Sales Associate 4 Beds, 2.5 Baths • $775,000

840 Highland Ave, Morrisville Boro Deborah Hornstra, Sales Associate 5 Beds, 2.5 Baths • $630,000

We are thrilled to have this successful professional affiliate with CB Princeton. Call Carina at 908.304.8118 to learn more about the value of your home or to find a new home in the Greater Princeton area.

548 Princeton Kingston Road, Princeton Kathleen Miller, Sales Associate 3 Beds, 2 Baths • $739,000 LI NE ST W IN G

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9 Alpine Drive, Millstone Twp Robin Jackson, Sales Associate 5 Beds, 4.5 Baths • $1,179,000

175 Cedar Lane, Princeton Heidi A. Hartmann, Sales Associate 5 Beds, 3+ Baths • $1,325,000 LI NE ST W IN G

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463 Federal City Road, Hopewell Twp Heidi A. Hartmann, Sales Associate 5 Beds, 3.5 Baths • $2,250,000

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12 Columbia Avenue, Hopewell Boro Charles Watkins, Broker Sales Associate 4 Beds, 2 Baths • $360,000

1 Wildbriar Lane, Lawrence Twp Heidi A. Hartmann, Sales Associate 4 Beds, 3 Baths • $659,000

Why Carina?

Welcome Carina Dowell

• International & local relocation representative • 10 Successful years of real estate sales in Princeton Area • Award winning: NJAR Circle of Excellence 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015 • Graduated University of Stockholm, International marketing and communication • Prior professional experience – Sweden: Financial Controller, Sales Controller & Account Executive top Swedish companies • Born & raised in Sweden

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