Volume LXXI, Number 16
All Things Spring Pages 21-26 Anthracite Fields comes to Trenton’s Roebling Wireworks. . . . . . . . . . 5 Princeton Abbey Talk Focuses on Funeral Industry. . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Chuck Berry and Jim Jarmusch Put Poetry in Motion . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Lewis Center Presents Into the Woods at McCarter Theatre. . . . 16 Abigail Washburn, Béla Fleck at Richardson Auditorium . . . . . . . . 17 PU Women’s Open Crew Excited by 7-0 Start. . 29 Tuckman Becoming GoTo Player for PDS Boys’ Lax. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Julie Fassl Starring for Hun School Softball. . 35 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Classified Ads. . . . . . . . 38 Clubs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Mailbox. . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Music/Theater . . . . . . . 16 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . . 37 Police Blotter. . . . . . . . . 7 Real Estate . . . . . . . . . 38 Service Directory . . . . . 28 Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Topics of the Town . . . . . 5 Town Talk. . . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Angela Siso Stentz Named New PHS Assistant Principal Angela Siso Stentz, Princeton Public Schools (PPS) supervisor of guidance for K-12, has been appointed assistant principal at Princeton High School (PHS). She will replace Lori Lotz, who will be retiring from that position on July 1. In the district since 2000, first as a special education teacher in math and Spanish and for the past ten years in guidance, Ms. Siso Stentz looks forward to using her experience and knowledge and the relationships she’s developed across the district to help in her work with students in the high school. “I’ve had an opportunity to see the district perspective,” she said, “and that knowledge and awareness, knowing where the students are coming from, will help me fill in gaps and work with students, parents, colleagues, and others.” Ms. Siso Stentz, who was supervisor of student activities at PHS, is particularly eager to focus more directly on working with students in her new role, both inside and outside the classroom. “I’m looking forward to enjoying myself in working more closely with students and their families,” she said. “As guidance director I worked district-wide, focusing on programs and staff, sometimes not engaging with students that much. I’m looking forward to helping students with the challenges in their lives and celebrating their accomplishments. I’m especially interested in getting involved in extra-curricular activities and athletics.” Ms. Siso Stentz also noted that, as assistant principal, “I’ll be shifting the way I collaborate with teachers and staff. I’ll be more of a support for their work in the classroom. I’m energized about the fact that I will be collaborating with them in that capacity.” Currently a doctoral candidate in educational leadership and a member of the PHS leadership team, Ms. Siso Stentz has a bachelor’s degree in science and Spanish and a master’s degree in education. “I know Angela will bring to her new position the same passion, care, and common sense that she has demonstrated in such abundance as our supervisor of guidance,” said PPS Superintendent Steve Cochrane. Ms. Siso Stentz enthusiastically embraces the district’s recent emphasis on Continued on Page 10
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March for Science to Highlight Education, Community
Along with some 500 cities and towns across America, Princeton will hold a March for Science this Saturday — Earth Day — in solidarity with the March for Science taking place in Washington. D.C. The local event, which begins at Hinds Plaza at 10 a.m., will focus on education and community, with an hour of speakers and science-related activities preceding a march to the Princeton Battle Monument. “We’ll salute the bust of Einstein on the way,” said Princeton resident Nicole Pezold-Hancock, who got the idea for the local march soon after the inauguration of President Donald Trump. “I’m not a scientist, but I’m a science supporter,” she continued. “When it became clear that there was going to be a very different approach to climate science, and just a general lack of interest or dismissiveness
about scientific research, I started to get concerned.” Ms. Pezold-Hancock, who comes from a family of scientists and physicians, began talking with friends about holding a local march. “I live in a place where science is a huge part of our economy, not just with Princeton University but with the major laboratories located here,” she said. “When I heard this rumbling about having a march in Washington in support of robust funding for science and free communication of scientific ideas, I thought, my God, Princeton has to have its own march.” Her idea snowballed. As of this Monday, 800 people were registered to attend the local event. About 1,000 are expected, weather permitting, Ms. Pezold-Hancock said. The rally at Hinds Plaza will include speakers Robert Goldston, a professor of
astrophysical sciences at Princeton University; and Samuel Wang, a professor of molecular biology and neuroscience, also at the University. Kevin Wilkes, local architect and activist, is master of ceremonies. Science activities will be led by the Princeton Family YMCA, enrichment program scienceSeeds, C.H.A.O.S. Lab of the University’s School of Architecture, the University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment, and others. “Kids can make ‘gooey garbage,’ which is very hands-on,” Ms. Pezold-Hancock said. “And the C.H.A.O.S. Lab will do a bike-powered blender making smoothies. There will be an Ask-the-Scientist Table where people can find about science careers. So it’s almost like a science festival for the first hour.” Continued on Page 8
Arbor Day Celebrations Teach Children to Care For “Community Forest”
SPRING ON THE GREEN: There are many places to enjoy Princeton in the spring, including Cannon Green behind Nassau Hall at Princeton University. A variety of responses to favorite things about spring in Princeton can be found in this week’s Town Talk. (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)
Third graders from all five of Princeton’s elementary schools are spending some time outdoors this week and next. They are learning what it takes to plant a tree and — more importantly — keep it healthy. It’s all part of the annual commemoration of Arbor Day, which is officially April 28. Saving trees is a particularly relevant issue in Princeton, where emerald ash borer beetles have been destroying ash trees across the area. The Princeton school events began Tuesday morning at Princeton Charter School and will wind up Friday, April 28 at Johnson Park School. Focusing on the young is the key to ensuring the future of Princeton’s “community forest,” said Lorraine Konopka, the town’s arborist. Ms. Konopka, Mayor Liz Lempert, members of Princeton Council and the Shade Tree Commission are among those who will be on hand to help children plant Cercis candensis trees, better known as eastern redbud, on the grounds of each school. “We want to introduce children to the idea of taking care of our earth where we live,” Ms. Konopka said. “Kids have to realize that trees need to be cared for, that you have to water them and replant them.” Each child will be given a small Norway spruce seedling to take home and plant. The tree crew from Princeton’s Continued on Page 4
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