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Princeton Day School Presents Alumni Award To Robert S. Mueller III Last week was an eventful one for former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III. On Wednesday, Mr. Mueller was appointed by the Justice Department as special counsel to investigate ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, and on Saturday he was honored (in absentia) with Princeton Day School’s (PDS) Alumni Achievement Award as a member of the class of 1959 at Princeton Country Day School (PCDS), one of the founding schools of PDS. Of course, at the time of his selection for the alumni award earlier this year, neither Mr. Mueller nor PDS could have realized the fortuitous timing of the award in conjunction with his historic appointment. “I am honored to be a part of your ceremonies today,” Mr. Mueller said in videotaped remarks presented at the PDS ceremony Saturday evening, “and to join the distinguished list of individuals who have received the honor before me. I have very fond memories of my teachers and classmates and teammates from Princeton Country Day School.” Mr. Mueller played on the soccer, ice hockey, and baseball teams at PCDS and would ride his bicycle from his family’s home near the graduate college and Springdale Golf Course to the PCDS campus on Broadmead Street. He noted, “The campus has seen many innovations since my time in the classrooms on Broadmead, but some things have not changed: the tradition, the values, the strong academic foundation that are still present in the graduates of Princeton Day School.” Mr. Mueller’s family moved to Philadelphia after his eighth grade year, and he went to St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire for secondary school, then on to Princeton University, where he graduated with a degree in politics in 1966. He went on to receive a master’s degree in international relations from New York University, then served three years in the Marine Corps, where he received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal for service in Vietnam. He returned to the U.S. to earn a law degree from the University of Virginia in 1973. After more than two decades of distinguished service in private practice and in the U.S. Department of Justice, including positions as assistant attorney general for Continued on Page 14

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Under construction since 2013, Princeton University’s Arts and Transit Project is starting to look more like a complex of modernist buildings and pedestrian plazas than a construction site. The $330 million project is nearing completion right on schedule, with buildings targeted to open for the coming academic year. A weekend of events celebrating the new facilities is planned for October 6-8. During the past few weeks, fences and netting that protected the construction site have been removed, providing a new view of the buildings and pathways. “It is definitely starting to feel that there is a new phase here,” said Kristin Appelget, the University’s director of community and regional affairs. “People are expressing excitement and a sense of how they will see themselves in the space. It is still hard to imagine the venues, because they aren’t finished yet. But the landscaping is underway and you can get a real sense of how the plantings are going to fit into the site.” New buildings to house the Lewis Center for the Arts and the University’s Department of Music, designed by architect Steven Holl, are the focus of the Arts and Transit neighborhood. The new Princeton train station and Wawa market,

designed by Rick Joy, opened in 2014, while the Dinky Bar and Kitchen began serving customers in the former train station building last year. Cargaux, a French bistro in the second former train station structure, is scheduled to open in June. Both restaurants are run by The Fenwick Hospitality Group. The Arts and Transit project was controversial and resulted in litigation because of opposition to the move of the train station. Also causing complaints from some local residents was the de-

molition of several houses, some dating back to the 1860s, to make room for the new buildings. The University offered the houses free to anyone willing to move them, but there were no takers because of the complicated logistics involved. Performance venues of the complex will include a black box theater, an experimental media studio, a dance studio, a music rehearsal room, and a performance hall with an orchestra pit. Also part of the Continued on Page 13

Fate of Veblen Houses in Herrontown Woods Remains Uncertain as Conflict Continues The Veblen house and cottage in the Herrontown Woods nature preserve remain on the Mercer County agenda for demolition despite a positive meeting last week between Princeton officials and the Friends of Herrontown Woods (FOHW) preservation group, which is seeking to take over the property and make needed repairs. “Everybody on Council is looking for some sort of way forward that makes sense and that helps enhance the park,” said Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert. “I think we’re getting closer. I’m optimistic we can

find a way forward.” FOHW President Steve Hiltner, who, along with members of his board, met with the mayor, Council member Jo Butler, and the town management staff, also expressed optimism, describing “a very heartening discussion.” Mercer County, however, which owns the houses and 82 acres which were donated decades ago by renowned mathematician Oscar Veblen and his wife, is less optimistic about the future prospects for the houses, which it reports as being Continued on Page 14

TAKING SHAPE: Construction continues at Princeton University’s Arts and Transit Project as the Lewis Center for the Arts nears completion. The building that will be used as rehearsal and performance space for the Music Department is in the foreground. (Image Courtesy of Princeton University)

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t hey were f irs t- g raders. Each student has a partner from the other school. In the cur rent context of Muslim bans, immigration orders from the White House, and widespread reports of Islamophobia, the PFS -NUI alliance is a remarkable demonstration of friendship and cross-cultural rapport and understanding. “This is a relationship that we cherish,” said Imam Arafa, NUI head of school. “The children have been together for so long and look forward to these events. For them to share this experience is huge. Look at the faces. They’re happy. I sometimes see children who have left PFS but come up to me asking about their pen pals or their partners, the children they were meeting up with every year at Noor-Ul-Iman, so it stays with them.” L ater in the week, 29 NUI 12th-graders and their teachers traveled to PFS to

meet with about 50 Friends’ sixth-, seventh-, and eighthgraders. NUI enrolls more than 500 students from preK to 12th grade, PFS just 125 from Pre-K to eighth grade. “I want to help clear up misconceptions about Islam,” said Harith Siddiqui, NUI senior on his fourth visit to PFS since he was in third grade. “It’s a good thing to have a relationship between a Muslim and a nonMuslim school. They get to know real Muslims. Their only perception of Muslims might have been through stereotypes and the media. If they hear Muslim now they won’t think just about guns and turbans. They see normal kids like us.” Bilal Syed, also a senior at NUI, added, “In coming here and people meeting us and seeing who we are and what we believe in, we can help them get a better understanding of what our religion means. It’s sad, but a high percentage of Americans have never had one-to-one

interaction with a Muslim. So when they meet with us they get a better understanding. This is important.” Hasan Amer, who looks for ward to studying and playing soccer at the American University in Marbella, Spain next fall after his graduation from NUI, shared happy memories of his visits to PFS. “I remember fun soccer games and the cider and doughnuts. I remember sitting on the floor in the music room and playing songs and singing and hanging out with other kids.” He continued, “This is very important. Our school is isolating. We pray at noon and we do our thing, but then we come here and we see other people. We play. We socialize. We have fun. We don’t see any differences between us.” A s t he st udents gat h ered in the Quaker Meeting House, the theme was “Truth Over Fear: Countering Islamophobia,” and the NUI seniors were prepared and articulate in delivering

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To the Editor: These are just a few (and obviously with condensed inPhyllIS TEITElbaum On behalf of the Friends of Princeton Open Space, I want formation) attainable actions which can be adopted by you, hawthorne avenue to thank the arts Council of Princeton and our wonderful me, and 1+ 1+ 1+1 ........... and on and on, building the supporter, photographer Frank Sauer, for collaborating in foundation for a step by step growing impact. the presentation of the exhibition called “mountain lakes: So, I say, let’s all take a look around us and ask — “What a lens on the Seasons” that was shown at the arts Council else can I learn to change to be a better citizen and confrom march 7 through april 30. Collaborations among in- tribute to the health of our planet?” dividuals and organizations that care about our community To the Editor: JuDITh K. RObInSOn With chaos and uncertainty roiling the nation, many vot- are the lifeblood of Princeton. Salem Court ers in Princeton have woken up to the responsibilities we although Frank is not a professional, his beautiful color bear as citizens in a democracy. and sepia photos of the mountain lakes recreation area Fortunately, this June, we the people have an opportu- could stand up to any taken by one who makes photogranity to elect leticia Fraga as part of a joint campaign (with phy his or her career. The exhibition received wonderful David Cohen) to serve in our local government. Through reviews both in the press and in the court of public opinion. To the Editor: her actions and commitments, Fraga demonstrates the Thanks to Frank, we raised almost $1,500 through sales of I write in very strong support of David Cohen for Princhighest democratic values: honesty, diligence, fairness, his photos to further FOPOS’s mission of preserving open eton Council in the Democratic Party primary election on space, stewarding natural resources, and educating the June 6. David is a persuasive, calm, extremely insightful and a commitment to the public good. It has been my privilege to work with leticia on the hu- public about environmental issues. much of this work hap- and accurate voice for those who care about the future of man Services Commission and on the board of the latin pens at the billy Johnson mountain lakes nature Preserve, Princeton. he understands the needs of small independent american legal Defense and Education Foundation for the where FOPOS has its headquarters and for which it holds businesses as well as our urgent need to work together with the university to plan for a community that can remain inbetter part of five years. These are only two of the many the conservation easement, so the synergy was perfect. We particularly thank maria Evans of the arts Council clusive and less car-centric. he stands with many of us who civic institutions through which leticia has made a profound and lasting impact for the good of our community. for making this exhibition possible and helping us with agree that the Princeton Zoning Code should support the as a colleague, I can attest to leticia’s keen interest in everything from hanging materials to payment logistics. tenets of Smart Growth and provide for increased density, the wellbeing of all Princeton residents. Whether you are Princeton and the arts Council are fortunate to have such mixed use, open space, economical construction, public a fellow parent of a child in our schools, a senior citizen a dedicated person expanding our artistic horizons. and transit, decreased parking requirements, public-private getting by on a fixed income, a local merchant or profes- FOPOS is so lucky that people like Frank and maria truly off-street shared parking, and more variety and choice sional, a commuter, a first responder, a member of the care about mountain lakes and its future. We also are of housing, affordable to low, moderate, middle income university community, a public employee, or one of the grateful to everyone who purchased a photograph and families and individuals. ShElDOn STuRGES low-wage service and retail workers who keep this town made a donation to our mission. We hope that those who Cameron Court running, your voice matters and leticia wants to hear it. enjoyed the exhibition will come soon to mountain lakes She will listen actively, ask questions, and pursue solutions. to see the inspiration for Frank’s work and ours. WEnDy maGER, That is how she works. American Furniture Exchange FOPOS President Over the past months many of us have felt moved to roll up our sleeves and wade into electoral politics and social justice campaigns as never before. In that spirit, I urge you to vote for leticia Fraga who is poised to become the first latina (or, as we now say, latinx) member of the Council. The timing couldn’t be better. Whether your Princeton is a To the Editor: 30 Years of There is no one quick fix to reduce the increase in the pastoral village, a bourgeoning university town or a buzzing Experience! mini metropolis, there is no substitute for a government Global Warming trend. Every angle has to be explored for actions that can be practically applied. you and I have the by and for the people. Antiques – Jewelry – Watches – Guitars – Cameras a vote for Fraga is a vote for integrity, fairness, and choice of either doing something positive or opting out of Books - Coins – Artwork – Diamonds – Furniture the responsibility by saying “What I do doesn’t matter.” To hard work. Unique Items anaSTaSIa mann me, not making any effort, whatever the size, ultimately adds up to shirking any commitment to future generations I Will Buy Single Items to the Entire Estate! lilac lane for survival. Are You Moving? House Cleanout Service Available! Okay — where can we start? at GROunD level! • Stop using the unregulated super-polluting leaf blowers. To the Editor: • Use a rake and benefit from the exercise. Daniel Downs (Owner) Serving all of Mercer County Area now that Town Topics has introduced its new theater critic [Donald h. Sanborn III], this moment shouldn’t pass without pausing to celebrate the 34 years of skillful reviews by Town Topic’s retiring critic, Donald Gilpin. For more than three decades the Princeton community has had the benefit of mr. Gilpin’s thoroughly researched, thoughtful, and energetic reviews of Princeton area theater. he covered all the mcCarter productions, the work of Princeton university’s Theatre Intime, as well as work by Princeton Summer Theatre, Princeton Community Players, Trenton’s We are celebrating National Bike Month! Five times in May we will wait at a Passage Theatre and the Princeton Rep Company. Charrandomly chosen Princeton street corner to give the first 6 bicyclists who ride by WONDERING acteristically, mr. Gilpin addressed the history of the play, WHERE WE fitting the work into the context of the playwright’s work over $40 in gift certificates from local businesses. 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The First Church of Christ, Scientist, located at 16 Bayard Lane, is being repaired, restored, and renewed. Bregenzer Brothers, a family-owned local contracting firm known for artisan skills and attention to detail, is replacing the slate roof and steeple. “We have been working with the church for many years and feel privileged to be included in this significant restoration project,” said Mike Brezenger. The church building was designed by Chorlton and Martin Architects of Princeton. Richard Chorlton and John Gibson Martin created a Colonial-style structure meant to be a symbol of the dignity and beauty of Christian Science while being sensitive to its surroundings. As early as 1910, a small band of Christian Scientists in Princeton began to meet weekly and to hold religious services. By 1950, the membership had grown significantly to fill every pew at the first service in the new church edifice at 16 Bayard Lane. Visit www.csprinceton.org for more information.

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Terhune Orchards Hosts a Reunion For Peace Corps Alumni and Prospects Pa m a nd G ar y Mou nt spent the first three years of their marriage in the Peace Corps. Married only a month, the couple, who dated all through Princeton High School, set off in 1967 for a remote island in Micronesia. There, and on smaller islands in the western Pacific Ocean chain, they did agricultural work, taught, and helped build a water tank, among other tasks. It was an unforgettable experience for the Mounts, who since 1975 have been the proprietors of Terhune O r c h a r d s o n C ol d S o i l Road. On June 4, they will PEACE CORPS MEMORIES: Pam and Gary Mount of Terhune Orchards volunteered in Micronesia revisit those roots with felfor the Peace Corps back in the late 1960s. Gary, above and below, helped build an outrigger low Peace Corps alumni and canoe in the time-honored tradition of the islands. (Photos Courtesy of Pam and Gary Mount) help create connections with new volunteers. The RPCV (Returned Peace Corps Volunteers) Family Picnic is being held at Terhune from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Food, children’s activities, an “Around the World” display from different countries of service, storytelling, and remarks by Peace Corps President Glenn Blumhorst are among the highlights planned for the day. “After we came back from Micronesia, we just kept walking. We went ever ywhere,” Ms. Mount recalled last week. “We visited with lots of Peace Corps volunteers along the way. And

we have kept in touch over the years. We haven’t hosted one of these gatherings for years, so we’re looking forward to it.” The idea of getting Peace Corps alumni together is as much about sharing anecdotes from the past as it is about supporting those currently in the field. “At the picnic, we’ll have a little send-off for people who are leaving for their first tour,” Ms. Mount said. “And the storytelling will be about the kinds of things people are supporting around the world. The Peace Corps, to its credit, has gotten more organized with volunteers. It turns out that a lot of people who are returned volunteers are interested and committed to supporting the new ones who may be going to the country they [the returned volunteers] served in, or doing something they are interested in.” The Mounts received their Peace Corps training in Micronesia, which Ms. Mount describes as “the size of the United States except its almost all blue.” The couple were first assigned to Yap, the largest of the islands. About nine months later, they were sent to remote, outer islands where they worked and learned a bit of the language. “We had a perfect experience,” Ms. Mount said. “The people were happy to have us there.

They were very interesting. It was exciting.” Returning home after their Peace Corps service and more travels, the Mounts settled in the local area. “We lived in the suburbs for awhile, but that wasn’t for us. One day we saw a sign at the end of the driveway [of what is now Terhune Orchards] that it was for sale by owner. So that was that. We’ve been here ever since,” Ms. Mount said. Those attending the picn ic, wh ich w ill be held rain or shine, are asked to bring food and a beverage to share. Ethnic dishes are welcome. Prospective volunteers will receive a send-off and recently returned volunteers will be welcome. For more information, contact Doug Garantina at rpcvnj. social@gmail.com. “Ours is a typical Peace Corps story. It was really life-changing for us, and I know other volunteers feel the same. This whole movement of return volunteers is not just about keeping in touch,” Ms. Mount said. “It’s also about supporting the Peace Corps volunteers in the field right now. That’s one of the main reasons to get everyone together. And it’s great to have that gettogether right here.” —Anne Levin

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Street and raised $25,000 to be distributed to Send Hunger Packing Princeton and Meals on W heels of Mercer County. This year’s truck lineup included the Feed Truck, Fork in the Road, Kona Ice, Maddalena’s Cheesecake, Suzie’s Rolling Wrappers, Dump N’ Roll, Mama Dude’s, and Omninon, as well as many other trucks. In addition to the food trucks, there were also lawn games, a face painting station run by student volunteers, and a silent auction where participants could bid on prizes donated by local stores and restaurants. Event- goers were also entertained by DJs playing music by the street, as well as performances by many local groups such as Más Flow, Sympoh, Sensemaya, the Princeton Universit y Wildcats, and the Princeton Nassoons. TruckFest is the result of a collaboration between all of Princeton’s historic eating clubs, spearheaded by the clubs’ Community Service Chairs, who have been planning and organizing the event since September. This year marks the fourth year TruckFest has been held. In

its inaugural year, TruckFest donated $20,000 to Send Hunger Packing Princeton, and in its second year it decided to donate its proceeds to two organizations: Send Hunger Packing Princeton, and Meals on W heels of Mercer County. Last year 5000 people at tended TruckFest, and TruckFest raised $33,000 for Send Hunger Packing Princeton and Meals on Wheels. This year, TruckFest has again decided to support these two institutions.

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William Rosen According to his wife Jeanine, “a large chunk” of her late husband William Rosen’s Miracle Cure (Viking $28) was written “on the old second floor” of the Princeton Public Library. Subtitled The Creation of Antibiotics and the Birth of Modern Medicine, the book’s heroic backstory is touched on in the acknowledgments, where the author writes, “Shortly after I began researching what would become Miracle Cure, I was diagnosed with a rare and highly aggressive form of cancer. After thanking the doctors and nurses who ‘literally kept me alive long enough to complete Miracle

Cure,’ Mr. Rosen, who died in April 2016, notes that it’s “perhaps, a little ironic that a book that documents the birth of the modern pharmaceutical firm should have been so dependent on the products of its maturity.” According to a review of Miracle Cure in Nature, “William Rosen delivers reams of science at a thrilleresque pace. The experimentalists — Gerhard Domagk and Howard Florey among them — are vividly portrayed, as are the patients cured, the pharmaceutical corporations created and the moment in 1943 when bacteriologist Mary Hunt found the ancestor of all penicillin used today, on a mouldy melon.” A starred review in Publishers Weekly comments, “Former publisher and editor Rosen tackles a dazzling chapter of modern medical history in this chronicle of the discoveries that opened the age of antibiotics and gave humankind its first effective tool to fight back in an ‘eons-long war’ with infectious disease …. Rosen’s thoughtful, scholarly, and engaging history is a powerful testament to this fight.” The author of The Third Horseman, Justinian’s Flea,

Yiyun Li Yiyun Li Will Join Lewis Center Faculty

Award-winning writer Yiyun Li will join the Lewis Center for the Art’s Program in Creative Writing faculty at Princeton University in September 2017. She has been appointed as a full professor of creative writing and will be teaching undergraduate creative writing workshops. Ms. Li’s debut short story collection, A Thousand Years of Good Prayers, won the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award, PEN/ Heming way Award, The Guardian First Book Award, and California Book Award for first fiction. Her novel, The Vagrants, won the gold medal of California Book Award for fiction, and was shortlisted for International Dublin Literary Award. Gold Boy, Emerald Girl, her second collection, was a finalist of Story Prize and shortlisted for the Frank O’C o n n or I n te r n at i o n a l Short Story Award. A MacArthur Foundation Fellow, she was named by The New Yorker as one of the “20 under 40” fiction writers to watch.

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the Criminal Division, acting deputy attorney general, and the U.S. attorney in San Francisco, Mr. Mueller was named the sixth director of the FBI on September 4, 2001, a week before the 9/11 terrorist attacks. He is credited with transforming the FBI from an organization investigating criminal activity to a national security organization that addresses national and international security service. Working with both Republican and Democratic presidents, Mr. Mueller served until 2013, a two-year extension beyond his ten-year term, which was readily approved by Congress at the request of President Obama. James B. Comey, who was abruptly fired by Mr. Trump two weeks ago, was Mr. Mueller’s successor as FBI chief. After leaving his post at the FBI in 2013, Mr. Mueller became a partner at WilmerHale in Washington, D.C., where his practice focused on investigations, cr isis management, privacy, and cybersecurity work. Mr. Mu el ler has b e e n widely acclaimed for his integrity, his record of service, and stellar reputation as a prosecutor. “Bob deserves Alumni of the Year recognition from all the schools he ever attended,” said John Keker, founder and partner of the California law firm Keker, Van Nest & Peters, who knew Mr. Mueller at Princ-

eton when they were undergraduates and later faced off against him as defense counsel when Mr. Mueller was assistant U.S. attorney in the 1970s and 80s. “I have known Bob Mueller for more than 50 years,” Mr. Keker said, “and couldn’t be happier that he has taken this on. His conclusions will be the honest truth, no spin, no holds barred, no political interference. We went to college together, were Marine infantry platoon leaders in Vietnam at close to the same time, tried cases against one another when he returned to California. I have no doubt whatsoever about B ob ’s integrity, honesty, love for the country and the rule of law, and ability to get to the bottom of whatever went on regarding Russia and the election.” Another former schoolmate (who preferred to remain anonymous), a year ahead of Mr. Mueller at St. Paul’s, Princeton and UVA Law School, recalled, “he was unimpeachable — no pretensions, a humble man. I have great admiration for him. We had an epic tennis match in law school. He is such a public servant, never seeks the limelight.” In writing about Mr. Mueller last month for the PDS Journal, Linda Stefanelli concluded, “He believes that keeping one’s values intact is simple, whether fighting a war, upholding the law, or responding to a national crisis,” and she quoted Mr. Mueller: “You just hang on to your core beliefs.” —Donald Gilpin

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Bob Dylan and JFK at 76 and 100: Parallel Universes, Strange Countries, and Dark Dreams A song is like a dream, and you try to make it come true. They’re like strange countries you have to enter. —Bob Dylan, from Chronicles: Volume One s it any wonder that songs, dreams, strange countries, and parallel universes are on my mind the morning after watching the return of David Lynch’s 27-year-long interrupted dream, Twin Peaks, on Showtime Sunday night? On top of that, today, May 24, is Bob Dylan’s 76th birthday. In fact, the original motive for this column was the 100th birthday of John F. Kennedy next Monday, May 29, and while it’s too soon to say anything about the reincarnation of the show frequently credited with inspiring the Golden Age of the Television Series, it’s worth nothing that Eagle Scout David Lynch was present for the inauguration of JFK, which coincided with his 15th birthday, January 20, 1961. The parallel universe that my wife and I happen to be living in at the moment, however, is the Amazon series based on Philip K. Dick’s The Man in the High Castle, which is set in 1962, except there’s no President Kennedy, America has lost World War II, and the country has been divided between the Greater Nazi Reich and the Japanese Pacific States, meaning swastikas on the sky signs of Times Square, the shadow of the Rising Sun on the Golden Gate Bridge. But if the Axis powers won the war in 1947, why begin the story 15 years later in 1962? I have the answer in my hands: President Kennedy’s Oct. 22, 1962 speech to the nation about the presence of Soviet missiles in Cuba, which is among the documents reproduced in A Vision for America: JFK in Words and Pictures (Harper $45), a massive, richly illustrated anthology edited by Stephen Kennedy Smith and Douglas Brinkley, the first words of which are, with minor adjustments, from Shelley’s Prometheus Unbound: “To hope till hope creates from its own wreck the thing it contemplates.” The book includes reflections by a host of commentators, from the Dalai Lama’s prayer for freedom, peace, prosperity, and happiness to Don DeLillo’s evocation of the moment in Dallas “that would change the way we live and think, day to day, year to year.” A Vision for America is nothing less than an elaborately documented celebration of the American dream the media called Camelot. And in case readers in May 2017 doubt that something so improbable actually happened, the book offers nearly 500 pages of evidence. McCain Was There Among the millions listening to Kennedy’s announcement of the “quarantine of all offensive military equipment under shipment to Cuba” was future senator John McCain, then a pilot on the USS Enterprise, the Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft and the first to reach the blockade being formed in the waters off Cuba, as McCain writes in his contribution to JFK: “For a few days, we believed we were going into action. It would have been my first combat experience …. I can still feel … the pride of thinking that I was among a select

number whom the glamorous, inspiring American leader was counting on to do the job …. He was the man who issued my personal summons to history, and who seemed in that moment to be the very best man for the job.” Maureen Dowd on JFK How strange to think of a “glamorous, inspiring” president in these trumpestuous times. Maureen Dowd’s account of “JFK, cub reporter” opens by recalling that he “not only liked to hang out with journalists but actually was one.” Kennedy saw journalism as “a noble calling, one that was important to educating the public and protecting the national interest.” He also enjoyed the company of reporters “because they were more raffish than oth-

and was wary of the U.S.S.R., “though he could never have foretold how that country would bring him to the brink of war when he got to the White House.” Greenwich Village 1961 While Bob Dylan isn’t a contributor to JFK in Words and Pictures, there’s a Dylanesque edge to Norman Mailer’s vision of Kennedy as existential hero, highlighted by a quote about the president’s “patina of that other life, the second American life, the long electric night with the fires of neon leading down the highway to the murmur of jazz.” When I came to New York in January 1961, my first year away from home coincided with the first year of Kennedy’s term; one reason I relate to Dylan’s recollections in Chronicles is know-

ers.” As for the stories he wished “they didn’t write” and of which he sometimes disapproved, he nevertheless knew “that we could not do the job at all in a free society without a very very active press.” Commenting on the “Serviceman’s View” columns the 28-year-old Kennedy wrote for the Hearst syndicate in 1945, Dowd notes that he’s “not afraid to call it as he sees it, using clean, lucid prose and showing a knowledge of history and a love of sports metaphors.” She adds that he would have been “terrific at Twitter”

ing he arrived in the city at the same time, living in the same Manhattan neighborhood, sharing the “feeling of destiny,” for “America was changing” and “New York was as good a place to be as any.” That’s how it was for me living in the Village at the dawn of the sixties, listening to jazz in the clubs and the folk singers, possibly including Dylan, in Washington Square while working at the literary heart of the scene, the Eighth Street Bookshop. Although the Cuban Missile Crisis weighs down one of Dylan’s most unin-

spired lyrics “all about the fearful night we thought the world would end,” JFK makes a lively entrance in “I Shall Be Free” from The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan: “Well my telephone rang it would not stop/It’s President Kennedy callin me up/He said ‘my friend Bob, what do we need to make the country grow?’/I said ‘My friend John, Brigitte Bardot ….’” The album, Dylan’s second, came out in late May 1963, half a year before Dallas. Nov. 22, 1963 According to Anthony Scaduto’s “intimate biography,” Bob Dylan was scheduled to perform in upstate New York the day after the assassination. The first song on the set was “The Times They Are a Changin’,” a Dylan dream with words like “There’s a battle outside and it is ragin’/ It’ll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls” and “The line it is drawn/the curse it is cast.” Dylan was worried, thinking, “‘How can I open with that song? I’ll get rocks thrown at me. That was just too much for the day after the assassination. But I had to sing it. My whole concert takes off from there.’” The audience’s reaction amazed him: “‘Something had just gone haywire in the country and they were applauding that song. And I couldn’t understand why they were clapping or why I wrote that song even. I couldn’t understand anything. For me, it was just insane.’” According to Scaduto, when Dylan returned to the Village, he “watched the national tragedy through the rest of the weekend and into the Monday morning funeral.” Through it all “Dylan sat and watched and said little, just feeling the emotion of it. He drank a little wine, and played Berlioz’s Requiem over and over.” Toward the end of Chronicles, Dylan recalls his mother’s response to Kennedy’s visit to Hibbing during the 1960 campaign, when “eighteen thousand people had turned out to see him … he was a ray of light” and gave “a heroic speech” that “brought people a lot of hope.” Dylan adds: “If I had been a voting man, I would have voted for Kennedy just for coming there. I wished I could have seen him.” Singing on the Schoolbus Bob Dylan’s recipe for making songs come true reminds me of “Row Row Row Your Boat,” the round we used to sing on the schoolbus along with kids all over America, singing “Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, life is but a dream.” The great thing about the song was how you could play around with the words, turning life into “school,” but the word you loved somehow, the one that made it fun, was dream. Maybe that’s one reason grownups have a weakness for dark dreams like Twin Peaks and The Man In the High Castle. r maybe it’s because these shows make it easier to live with the “can this really be happening?” chaos of Trump’s Washington. It could be worse. We could have lost the war, and that shining knight of the FBI, Dale Cooper, could be trapped in the Red Lodge while his murderous longhaired doppelgänger roams the land. —Stuart Mitchner

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“GOING ON A TRIP TO THE BALTIMORE AQUARIUM”: This acrylic on canvas painting by Dennis Bernhardt can be viewed, along with many others, at A.R.T. Princeton’s new home in the Princeton Shopping Center. The program is now in a large, bright studio space with easy wheelchair access and plenty of parking. If you are in the neighborhood, stop by on a Saturday and take a peek. A.R.T. is also now on Instagram. Follow them at www.instagram.com/artisticreal izations for pictures and updates straight from the studio. For more information, visit www.hamiltonjewelers.com/ watchfair. ———

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This June the Gourgaud Gallery at 23-A North Main Street in Cranbury will host an exhibit, “Small Works by Watercolorists Unlimited,” featuring small watercolor paintings (under 11”x 17” framed) by Watercolorists Unlimited, a group of 13 New Jersey artists who meet monthly to critique work together. Each month the group chooses a new subject to paint, and then meets at the end of the month for lunch and a formal critique. Many of the artists have been active in the group for more than 20 years. There will be several paintings from each artist on exhibit, and most works will be for sale. An artist’s reception will be held on Sunday, June 4 from 1 to 3 p.m. There will be refreshments, and many of the artists will be present. The show will be on exhibit from June 4-30, Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and on Sunday, June 18 from 1 to 3 p.m.

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Combining his profession as a photographer and his enthusiasm for wrist watches, Mr. Moore has gained recognition as an ar tist and created a criticallyacclaimed body of work. A graduate of the photography program at Fitchburg State University, Mr. Moore specializes in watch and macro photography. He works with the watch industry in New York City and often contributes to watch industry publications, including the RedBar Crew’s Collectors’ Perspective. The exhibition is currently on display at the National Watch & Clock Museum in Columbia, Pa. Hamilton Jewelers will host the annual Watch Fair Event during Princeton University’s Alumni Weekend, and the event draws hundreds of guests from all around the globe. Hamilton Jewelers is a family-owned and operated firm with locations in Princeton and Palm Beach, Fla.

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Area Exhibits Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has “Shared Energies: Cells, Stars, and the Fluidity in Between” through June 10. Sculptures by Patrick Strzelec are on the Graves Terrace through June 30. “Nassau Hall to Hoagie Haven: Princeton Paintings by James McPhillips” is on view through August 1. www.artscouncilof princeton.org. Artworks, Everett Alley ( Sto ck ton St reet ) , Trenton, shows “Ins and Outs, A Visual Story of Trenton High,” through June 3. w w w.ar t works trenton.com. D & R G r e e n w a y, 1 Preservation Place, has “D&R Preserves Through t he S e as ons” t hrough J u n e 16. ( 6 0 9 ) 924 4646. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum in Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton, has The Ellarslie Open through June 25. (609) 989-3632. Grounds for Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Elyn Zimmerman : Wind, Water, Stone” through August 27, and other works. www. groundsforsculpture.org. Historical Society of Princeton, 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 Wednesday-Sunday, noon- 4 p.m. Thursday ex te n de d hou r s t i l l 7 p.m. and free admission 4-7 p.m. www.princeton history.org. The James A. Michener Art Museum at 138 South Pine Street in Doylestown, Pa., has “Light and Matter: The P h oto g r ap h i c O bj e c t” t h rough Ju ne 25 a nd “Charles Sheeler: Fashion, Photography, and Sculp-

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Music and Theater Former Ballerina Kyra Nichols Leaving Princeton for Academia Princeton resident Kyra Nichols, a former principal dancer with the New York City Ballet, has been named to the faculty of the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music in Bloomington, Ind. Ms. Nichols and her husband David Gray, who is the executive director of Pennsylvania Ballet, have lived in Princeton with their two sons for 18 years. Ms. Nichols was most recently a ballet mistress at Pennsylvania Ballet. “This is the most prestigious [dance] teaching job in a university in the country,” Mr. Gray said last week. “Kyra is incredibly flattered. To be in that pantheon, following Violette Verdy [famed ballerina who held the position until her death last year] — it’s wonderful.” Ms. Nichols will be a professor of music ( ballet), holding the Kathy Ziliak A nderson Chair in B al let, previously held by Ms. Verdy. Also hired was Carla Korbes, a former member of the New York City Ballet and a principal dancer with Seattle’s Pacific Northwest Ballet. Ms. Korbes will become an associate professor

of music (ballet). Both appointments begin August 1. Indiana Universit y be gan courting Ms. Nichols in the first week of March. She flew to Bloomington and taught classes. “She loved it,” Mr. Gray said of his wife. “They are putting together a really positive team of people. All of this is so ironic,” he continued, “because Kyra’s father was a biophysics professor at [ University of California] Berkeley. Her mother was a dancer, and Kyra followed her career, which meant she didn’t go to college. Her father always worried about that. And here she is, a tenured professor. Somewhere, her dad is looking down and hopefully enjoying this immensely.” T he couple’s house in Princeton, which they remodeled extensively, includes a spacious dance studio. They were concerned about finding a buyer, but they needn’t have worried. “It sold in three days, assuming the sale goes through,” Mr. Gray said. Ms. Nichols danced with the New York City Ballet for 33 years, working with

legendary choreographers G eorge B a la nch i ne a nd Jerome Robbins. She and Mr. Gray, who met when he worked in the ballet company’s press department, married in 1989 and moved to Princeton some 11 years later. Mr. Gray grew up in Princeton and graduated from Princeton High School in 1977. Since retiring from the stage in 2007, Ms. Nichols has taught widely, including coaching students in her home studio. At Pennsylvania Ballet, she coached dancers in works by Mr. Balanchine and Mr. Robbins. “I am so honored to be following in the footsteps of such great ballerinas as Patricia McBride and Violette Verdy,” she said in a press release from Indiana University. “The ballet program at the Jacobs School of Music is the most respected program at any college in the country and I am so excited to get to be a part of it.” The University’s Jacobs School of Music Dean Gwyn Richards commented, “She will bring unparalleled talent to the school. It would be

difficult to identify another individual who brings with her this kind of experience and artistry. When we consider her stellar tenure as a principal dancer, her postperformance career staging ballets around the country and working w ith Pennsylvania Ballet, and now her eagerness to bring her knowledge and wisdom to the students, we are proud to make such an addition to our faculty.” Mr. Gray served as interim executive director of Pennsylvania Ballet for a year before being appointed to the permanent position there three years ago. He feels good about the company’s accomplishments under his direction. “It’s the idea of leaving a campground cleaner than you found it,” he said. “We finished 12 percent ahead of last year. We’ve broadened the donor base. We have a lot of donors stepping up. I’m hoping to get the musicians’ contract done while I’m still here. And it’s a great opportunity for the next person. I’m hopeful that the search process will turn up someone for the next phase of Pennsylvania Ballet.” A published author, Mr. Gray said he looks forward to hav ing time to w r ite again, while also getting back to arts management consulting. A s for leaving Princeton? “It’s bittersweet,” he said. “I grew up here. And it’s sad leaving our house. It’s tough to walk away from something you’ve made exactly how you want. But Kyra is so excited and folks there are, too, so it’s an instant community. And in many ways, Princeton and Bloomington are very similar. But Bloomington has more limestone.” —Anne Levin

McCarter Partners With Princeton University

McCarter Theatre Center is proud to announce its participation in a new partnership with Princeton University, commissioning seven professional playwrights to write short plays to be presented with the 2017 launch of the Princeton and Slavery Project. An impressive collection of award-winning playwrights will take part in this project, including Nathan Alan Davis, Jackie Sibblies Drury, Dipika

Kyra Nichols and David Gray, shown here in the ballet studio of the Princeton home they are about to leave, are moving to Bloomington, Ind., where Ms. Nichols has joined the faculty of the prestigious Jacobs School of Music. (Photo by Andrew Wilkinson) Guha, recently announced MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellow Brandon Jacobs-Jenkins, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Emily Mann, and Regina Taylor. The public readings will be directed by Patricia McGregor. These commissions are made possible by generous support from Mathematica Policy Research, the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, and the Princeton University Histories Fund. The plays will be developed in response to research conducted by Princeton Professor of History Martha A. Sandweiss, University Archivist Daniel Linke, and a team of undergraduates and doctoral history students. Playwrights will have access to historical material, letters, and artifacts and will collaborate directly with scholars. A public reading of the plays will anchor an academic symposium coinciding with the national rollout of the Princeton and Slavery Project, planned for November 2017. Regarding McCarter’s involvement, Princeton and Slaver y Project Director Martha A. Sandweiss says “From the start, we’ve wanted to bring our findings to a broad public in ways that extend well beyond the con-

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ventional academic symposium. The historical records sometimes fall flat, remaining silent when we so want to hear our characters’ voices. This is where the playwrights’ imaginations come in. I see our work together as a true collaboration, leading to a richer and more imaginative, but historically grounded, understanding of the past.” Brian Greenfield, executive director of the New Jersey Council for the Humanities, agrees. “Initiatives like the McCarter Theatre Princeton and Slavery Project exemplify how exploration of the humanities can fuel artistic production. The collaborative elements in the project will encourage both project and community participants to engage deeply with history and reflect on the relationship between the past and our contemporary culture.” Spearheaded by Martha A. Sandweiss (Princeton history professor and author of Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line), the Princeton and Slavery Project is engaged with the documentary evidence which links the history of Princeton University to the institution of slavery in the U.S. The correlation between slavery and America’s first centers of learning has been a topic of great discussion for more than a decade, including Brown University’s seminal Slavery and Justice program and Rutgers University’s Scarlet and Black project. Princeton University, however, holds a unique position in the history of American slavery and freedom with a student population from the southern states exceeding that of other eastern universities, reaching as high as 60 percent in the antebellum years. Years of research, archives, and detailed findings will be made public in the fall of 2017, when a website, art installations, exhibitions, and student projects carried out by university departments and community cultural partners will spark a broad range of conversations on campus and beyond. For more information on the Princeton and Slavery Project, including biographies for all playwrights, academic representatives, and funders, please visit www. mccarter.org.

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Jane Cox Jane Cox Nominated For Second Tony Award

Jane Cox, director of the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater at Princeton University, has been nominated for a Tony Award for her lighting design of the Broadway production of August Wilson’s play Jitney. In addition to her work as a professional lighting designer, Ms. Cox has served as a lecturer in the Program in Theater since 2007 and was appointed as director in July 2016. The Tony Awards are given for Broadway productions and performances and are selected by a committee made up of select members of the American Theatre Wing, The Broadway League, the Dramatists Guild, Actors’ Equity Association, United Scenic Artists, and the Society of Stage Directors and Choreographers. Jane Cox has received numerous awards for her work as a lighting designer and recently received the Ruth Morley Design Award from the League of Professional Theatre Women and was nominated for a Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Lighting Design for a Musical for the recent Broadway revival of The Color Purple, directed by fellow Princeton faculty member John Doyle. Originally hailing from Dublin, Ireland, Ms. Cox has taught courses at New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts graduate program in theater design; Vassar College; Sarah Lawrence College; University

Tickets are now on sale for all 22 per formances in the 13th season of The Princeton Festival, which runs June 3-25. The offerings cover a broad range of genres and styles, from Baroque concerts played on period instruments to contemporary ballet and an orchestral concert of music from Disney movies. Full descriptions of all 2017 Princeton Festival performances and other events are available on the Festival’s website, with instructions for ordering tickets by phone, email, or online at www.princetonfestival.org. ———

Mercer County Symphonic Band Spring Concert

The Mercer County Symphonic Band will present its annual Spring Concert on Wednesday, May 31, at 7:30 p.m. at Mercer County Community College’s (MCCC ) Kelsey Theatre. The theater is located on the college’s West Windsor campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road. Admission is free. The concert will include a rich assortment of music by American composers, including works by Leonard Bernstein, Leroy A nderson, Johnny Mercer, Benny Goodman, and John Phillip Sousa. The band will also present a traditional Irish ballad and the Russian Sailors’ Dance from the Red Poppy ballet. ———

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Artistic director Lewis R. Baratz and La Fiocco announce their 2016-17 season finale, “Saints, Sinners, and Shepherds: A Baroque

Soirée” featuring soprano Laura Heimes and baritone Brian Ming Chu, in songs, duets, and instrumental works by Purcell, Vivaldi, Hall, Williams, Brehy, Caldara, and Handel. The concerts will be held on Saturday, June 3, 7:30 p.m., at United Methodist Church, 7 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton, and on Sunday, June 4, 3 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 6587 Upper York Road, Solebury (New Hope), Pa. Tickets are $25 General, $10 Students. Free for children 12 and younger when accompanied by an adult. Available at the door (check or cash), or at lafiocco.org. ———

choreography by Mark Roxey. Music, dance, and spoken word capture the essence of the stories and lives of 22 breast cancer survivors interviewed by Roxey and his team. At least six of the storytellers will share the stage with the professional artists of Roxey Ballet as featured artists. The dancers will be accompanied by live music, performed by Gina Milo, Desirée Rodriguez, and Aurelia Williams. In addition to the dance production, visitors will have a chance to view about a dozYINGHUA INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM: On May en healing gardens created by 13, 2017, Sruti Bapatla of Plainsboro and Madeline Epstein artists, surrounding the East of West Windsor performed with the All-State Intermediate and West galleries. These will include a poetry garden, Orchestra performing Mendelssohn, Tchaikovsky, Vaughn WilDance Performance a music garden, a reflection liams, and Dvorak. Students who were invited to perform with And Healing Trails the All-State orchestra underwent two rounds of rigorous audiD&R Greenway Land Trust, garden, and a “bad hair day” tions – first for the regional orchestras, then for the All-State garden. Robert Wood Johnson UniOrchestra. ——— versity Hospital Hamilton, the Breast Cancer Resource Center of the YWCA Princeton, Roxey Ballet, Grounds for Sculpture, and Princeton Photography Club are partPROVIDING PERSONALIZED AND SOPHISTICATED SERVICE nering for a performance of Dance for Life: Personal StoFOR OUR FAMILY LAW CLIENTS ries of Triumph, with original choreography, music and lyrics by Roxey Ballet, June 4 Our practice group offers a complete range of litigation and mediation services relating at Grounds For Sculpture, to divorce, cohabitation, custody, financial issues and all other family law matters. 80 Sculptor’s Way, Hamilton. Performances will take place at 2:30 and 4:30 p.m. Tickets cost $100 and will help raise money for an interactive “healing trail” that will integrate nature and the outdoors into a restorative, health-giving journey. Tickets Lydia Fabbro Keephart, Esq. John A. Hartmann, III, Esq. Nicole J. Huckerby, Esq. include admission to Grounds Chair, The Family Law Practice Group For Sculpture, the performance, and a reception. For more information or to purchase tickets, call (609) 249-7527 or visit www.rwjuhhfoundation.org. To learn more about the D&R Greenway healing trails, visit www. drgreenway.org. Nicole Crismale, Esq. Jennifer R. Haythorn, Esq. Jillian A. Frost, Esq. Dance for Life: Personal Stories of Triumph is a world • SINCE 1929 • premiere of dance, music, art, and theater celebrating the lives of breast cancer * survivors. It is a song-cycle/ * ballet conceived and created by Mark Roxey with original 100 Nassau Park Boulevard, Suite 111, Princeton, NJ 08540 music by songwriting team 609-520-0900 | www.pralaw.com Robert Maggio (music) and Matthew Hardy (lyrics), and

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Calendar Wednesday, May 24 7 p.m.: Author Sam DaleyHarris delivers at talk entitled, “Writing Checks, Signing Petitions, and Protest Marches: Is That All There Is?” at Princeton Public Library. 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Suspicion (1941) at Princeton Garden Theatre. 7:30 p.m.: Meeting, Princeton Country Dancers at the Suzanne Patterson Center in Princeton. Thursday, May 25 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Shop local produce and baked goods at the Princeton Farmers Market at Hinds Plaza (repeats weekly).

5:30 p.m.: Wine & Design at The Farmhouse Store of Princeton. Join the talented interior designers for on-site immediate design services. This month’s theme is beach houses. Guests are encouraged to bring photos and measurements for extra insight. 6 p.m.: Joyce Carol Oates discusses her latest novel, A Book of American Martyrs at Labyrinth Books in Princeton. 6 p.m.: Girls Night Out at McCarter Theatre. Painting instruction and materials will be provided by Pinot’s Palette. Activities will be followed by a performance of “Intimate Apparel” at 7:30 p.m. 7:30 p.m.: Screening of The Blues Brothers (1980) at Princeton Garden Theatre.

Friday, May 26 11 a.m.: Tiger Tales at Cotsen Children’s Library at Princeton University. 8 p.m.: The Yardley Players present “The Little Mermaid” at Mercer County Community College’s Kelsey Theatre. Saturday, May 27 8 a.m.: Washington Crossing Audubon Society birding field trip to the Negri-Nepote Grassland Preserve in Franklin Township. Contact Brad Merritt at (609) 921-8964 for additional information. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: West Windsor Community Farmers Market at the Vaughn Drive Parking Lot of the Princeton Junction Train Station (repeats weekly). 10 a.m.: Start of Princeton’s Memorial Day Parade on the corner of Princeton Avenue and Nassau Street. A ceremony will begin at Princeton Monument Hall at 11 a.m. 10 a.m.: Swim Into Summer Event at Athleta at Princeton’s MarketFair Mall. Try on over 50 new styles of swimsuits (all day). Noon: Free, Yoga in the Garden at Morven Museum, taught by Gemma Farrell of Gratitude Yoga in Princeton.

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8:30 p.m.: Chris Harford and The Band of Changes performs at Small World Coffee’s Witherspoon Street location. Sunday, May 28 1 to 4 p.m.: Spring Music Series at Terhune Orchards. Come enjoy live music and wine tastings on the farm. 3 p.m.: Sunday Stories for children ages 2-8 at Princeton Public Library. Monday, May 29 Memorial Day 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.: Summer BBQ at Peacock Café at Grounds for Sculpture. Enjoy all-American grilled favorites followed by an ice cream sundae. Park admission is required and café fees apply. Tuesday, May 30 7:30 p.m.: International Folk Dance at the YWCA Princeton. Lesson followed by dance. No partner needed. The cost to attend is $5. Wednesday, May 31 6:30 p.m.: The Princeton Festival’s production of Beethoven’s “Fidelio” will share their personal experiences with the audience during an interactive forum at Princeton Theological Seminary’s Scheide Hall Gambrell Room. 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Chinatown (1974) at Princeton Garden Theatre. 7:30 p.m.: Meeting, Princeton Country Dancers at the Suzanne Patterson Center in Princeton. Thursday, June 1 10 a.m.: Start of Princeton University Reunions Weekend, which attracts nearly 25,000 alumni, family, and friends for talks, picnics, parties, concerts, and the one and only P-rade (through June 4). 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Shop local produce and baked goods at the Princeton Farmers Market at Hinds Plaza (repeats weekly). 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Twentieth Century (1934) at Princeton Garden Theatre. Friday, June 2 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.:

Art-in-Nature Hortisculpture Tours at Grounds for Sculpture in honor of New Jersey Public Garden and Arboretum Day. Free with park admission. 2 p.m.: Join collector Christopher E. Olofson, Class of 1992, as he discusses his passion for contemporary narrative photography from around the world; Princeton University Art Museum. 3:30 p.m.: Reunions Organ Concert at Princeton University Chapel. 5 to 8 p.m.: Sunset Sips & Sounds at Terhune Orchards Winery, 330 Cold Soil Road in Princeton. 7:30 p.m.: To celebrate 40 years of jazz performance at Princeton High School the Band Parent’s Association (BPA) will be hosting a reunion at the Cranbury Inn on Main Street in Cranbury. All Band alumni are encouraged to bring their instruments and sit with the 2017 State Champion Studio Band as they provide the evening entertainment. The cost is $40 per person and includes a lengthy list of appetizers, soft drinks, desserts, coffee, and tea. There will also be a cash bar. 8 p.m.: Ryan Sarno performs at Small World Coffee’s Witherspoon Street location. Saturday, June 3 Recycling 8:30 a.m.: Central New Jersey Let Me Run SpringFest 5K at Hopewell Elementary School. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: West Windsor Community Farmers Market at the Vaughn Drive Parking Lot of the Princeton Junction Train Station (repeats weekly). 4 p.m.: Candlelight Yin Yoga at Gratitude Yoga in Princeton. The yoga practice will be accompanied by meditation and therapeutic essential oils. Sunday, June 4 4 p.m.: Princeton Festival Screening of Quartet (2012) at Princeton Garden Theatre. 4 p.m.: Signer-songwriter Sarah Donner kicks off the

Sounds of Summer series with an indie folk pop concert at Hinds Plaza. 4 to 7 p.m.: Sankara Eye Foundation (the largest eye care provider in India) presents Andaz Mera Nirala by Surmaii, a live Golden Era Music Concert with a unique audio-visual presentation. General admission is $35. For tickets, visit www.giftofvision.org; Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, 1200 Stuart Road, Princeton. Monday, June 5 7 to 9 p.m.: Members of Not In Our Town hold a forum on “Continuing Conversations on Race and White Privilege: Everything You Wanted to Know About Race and Were Afraid to Ask” at Princeton Public Library. Free. Tuesday, June 6 9:30 a.m.: Read & Pick: Strawberries at Terhune Orchards. This program combines storytime with picking fruit (also at 11 a.m.). 8 to 9 p.m.: Local artist Ifat Shatzky will speak about her artwork in “Molded By My Native Landscape: Israel’s Influence On My Art” at The Jewish Center of Princeton. Dessert will be served. The non-member entrance fee is $5. Wednesday, June 7 6 p.m.: New York Times bestselling author Christina Baker Kline reads from and signs copies of her latest novel, A Piece of the World. 7:30 p.m.: Meeting, Princeton Country Dancers at the Suzanne Patterson Center in Princeton. 7:30 p.m.: Screening of The Unsinkable Molly Brown (1964) at Princeton Garden Theatre. Thursday, June 8 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Shop local produce and baked goods at the Princeton Farmers Market at Hinds Plaza (repeats weekly). Friday, June 9 5 to 8 p.m.: Sunset Sips & Sounds at Terhune Orchards Winery, 330 Cold Soil Road in Princeton.

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rugs, pillows, photo frames, and framed art to glassware, earthenware, and furniture is available. With their superb taste and the ability to present the merchandise so engagingly, Mr. Zayas and Ms. Philo have focused on a selection that is both practical and imaginative. The items at Blue Raccoon emphasize form and function, decorative and durable. “We make sure that our products are both beautiful and useful,” points out Ms. Philo. “We do our best to offer things not found everywhere else, and we try to be as unique as possible. Our customers have great taste, and we always have their preferences in mind. Items are both domestic and imported, and handcrafted choices are a big focus for us. “Many of our items are made in the U.S., including all of our upholstery. We know its quality, we know where it’s from, how it’s made, and that they take their work seriously. That is our signature. “A lot of our accessories are artisanal, such as the solid beeswax candles, made by hand,” continues Ms. Philo. “They are smokeless and take a very long time to burn. They are also so beautifully crafted that they can be a purely decorative item. We have another line of candles from Tatina, a company in Chicago. They are made by a self-taught parfumer, who creates her own scents. They are fabulous, unique.” Another intriguing item is an organic beeswax cloth, used to wrap food and store leftovers, says Ms. Philo. “It’s made of cloth, tree

NEW BEGINNINGS: Every season is delightful at Blue Raccoon, but spring, with its focus on hope, new beginnings, and transformation, is especially welcome at this iconic home, gifts, and design store in Lambertville. Owner and creative designer Nelson Zayas (left) and manager Cindy Philo are shown in front of a series of handcrafted items, made in the U.S.A., from the store’s wonderfully eclectic selection. resin, and jojoba oil. It can be reused (just washed with cold water), and it lasts for a year. Then, it can be recycled or composted. This is a new item, and it is also available in sandwich wraps.” Hard-to-Resist In fact, every time one looks around, another hardto-resist item pops up. For example: “S’Well Bottles.” In a variety of colors and designs, t hese beverage bottles will keep a drink cold or hot for 24 hours. In two sizes, 17 or 25 ounce, they are fun and functional at $35 or $45. “They are really wonderful and so popular,” reports Ms. Philo. “They also help to reduce the use of plastic bottles, and the company partners with UNICEF U.S.A., committing $ 800,000 to help provide clean and safe

water to the world’s most vulnerable communities.” Dog owners will be delighted to find “Mr. Dog New York,” a line of very sturdy dog toys, which are handmade in the U.S. In addition, and also handmade, food and water bowls, designed to keep the contents from dripping onto the floor, are available from Portland, Oregon. Cookbooks, cocktail books, tea towels, and trays are among the wide-ranging selection, as is the extensive line of Savon Noir French cleaning products made with olive oil. Another cleaning product company, Caldrea, offers everything from dish soap and room freshener sprays to countertop cleaners, laundry detergent, and more — all with lovely fragrances. A super cleaning dustertype tool from France is sure to please the most discriminating housekeeper. With a DISTINCTIVE SELECTIONS OF DISTINCTIVE SELECTIONS OF long handle of French birch wood, it features a silk brush WOODS, FINISHES AND STYLES WOODS, FINISHES AND STYLES at the end, which offers INSPIRING CUSTOM DESIGNS INSPIRING CUSTOM DESIGNS cleaning opportunities in the tightest places. It lasts PROJECT MANAGEMENT a lifetime, says Ms. Philo. PROJECT MANAGEMENT Photo frames abound, inFROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION DISTINCTIVE SELECTIONS OF FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION cluding a most unusual modSELECTIONS OF el, with a solid brass frame, WOODS,DISTINCTIVE FINISHES AND STYLES highlighting a floating feathWOODS, FINISHES AND STYLES INSPIRING CUSTOM DESIGNS er within. The feather can INSPIRING CUSTOM DESIGNS be removed and replaced PROJECT MANAGEMENT by a photo, or retained for FROM CONCEPT COMPLETION PROJECTTO MANAGEMENT a very appealing decorative look. FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION Farm Tables Furniture, lamps, and rugs are favorites at the store, with the Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams line and the Rowe Furniture sofas and chairs especially popular. In addition, Blue Raccoon offers its own line of custommade farm tables, including solid cherry for fine dining, and the more informal pine (from different barns) and hard wood combination. The Chilewich Rug Company in Georgia has a terrific line of vinyl-type indoor/ outdoor rugs in assorted sizes: runners, door mats, utility, and large full-size. 48 West Broad Street • Hopewell, NJ 08525 • p: 609.466.1445 • f: 609.466.1499 • tobiasdesignllc.com come in a variety of 48 West Broad Street • Hopewell, NJ 08525 • p: 609.466.1445 • f: 609.466.1499 • tobiasdesignllc.com “They designs, can be shaken, vacuumed, or hosed off,” says Ms. Philo. “They are very durable, and the line also 48 West Broad Street • Hopewell, NJ 08525 • p: 609.466.1445 • f: 609.466.1499 • tobiasdesignllc.com offers placemats.” C o ck t a i l n ap k i n s, te a 48 West Broad Street • Hopewell, NJ 08525 • p: 609.466.1445 • f: 609.466.1499 • tobiasdesignllc.com towels, glassware (including platinum-rimmed Loren

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PU Women’s Lax Edged in NCAA Quarters, Fighting Penn State to the End in 14-12 Loss

hen the Princeton University women’s lacrosse team hosted Penn State in late March, it found itself trailing 5-0 with 26:45 left in the first half. While the Tigers did regroup as the game went on, that early deficit proved pivotal as they ended up suffering a 13-8 loss to the Nittany Lions. Earning a rematch with Penn State in the NCAA quarterfinals last Sunday at University Park, Pa., Princeton was determined to be in the game from the start. “We were just really trying to compete hard and be stronger right out of the gate,” said Princeton head coach Chris Sailer. “The last time, they ran over us early and we dug ourselves a hole. We are such a different team at this point. We just wanted to play our best lacrosse.” In round two, the fifthseeded Tigers found themselves knotted at 2-2 with the fourth-seeded Nittany Lions six minutes into the contest, the first tie of a game that turned into a classic nail-biter. Playing some of its best and hardest lacrosse of the season, Princeton battled Penn State tooth and nail in a game that saw nine ties and seven lead changes. Although Princeton came up on the short end, losing 14-12 to the Nittany Lions to end the spring at 15-4, Sailer credited her players

for giving their all. “It was everything a quarterfinal game should be,” said Sailer. “It is a shame that one of those teams couldn’t make the Final 4. It was a great game. It really showcased some tremendous athleticism and teamwork from both teams.” The Tigers showcased their offensive balance as senior star Olivia Hompe tallied three goals in the defeat with sophomore Elizabeth George and junior Ellie McNulty each chipping in two and sophomore Allie Rogers, freshman Tess D’Orsi, junior Colby Chanenchuk, senior Anna Doherty, and sophomore Kathryn Hallett contributing one apiece. “Olivia has had a phenomenal year and career and has gotten so much attention but we have had a number of other kids who have put in key goals and assists for us,” said Sailer. Senior goalie Ellie DeGarmo keyed the defense, making 16 saves with a number of stops coming on pointblank shots. “Ellie had a phenomenal game again; she has been so consistent this year,” said Sailer. “Penn State is a powerful club, they have some kids who are just tall and strong. I thought our defense did a great job and Ellie made some awesome saves.” Sailer praised Penn State with doing a good job down the stretch as it overcame

a 12-11 Princeton lead to score the final three goals of the contest and earn the victory. “I think draw controls were a difference and we got a yellow card called on us so they had a man up advantage and they were able to get a shot clock reset,” said Sailer. “We did have two opportunities. We had that great breakaway pass to [Elizabeth] George that I was sure was going to be a goal and somehow it seemed to hit the back of the goalie’s foot. We had another shot in transition with Olivia so we did have opportunities but we didn’t have the ball as much in the last few minutes of the game.” Over the course of the spring, the Tigers continually seized opportunities. “I thought the season was great, to be able to compete as well as we did early on against what was arguably the toughest schedule we have had in program history and to get big wins against Virginia, Loyola, Notre Dame, and Syracuse was just phenomenal,” said Sailer. “We finished with the third highest RPI in the country, which is a testament to the strength of our schedule.” Building on that fast start, Princeton got stronger and stronger as the season went on, looking particularly sharp as it beat Penn and Cornell to win the Ivy League tournament in early May.

“Looking back to our games in mid-March, even though we had some big wins, we just continued to get better and better,” added Sailer. “You saw different kids come on really strong at the end of the year. I am glad at how some of our middies stepped up. Anna Doherty, Elizabeth George, and Kathryn Hallett really came on strong at the end of the year. Ellie McNulty had a really good game on Sunday at Penn State.” In Sailer’s view, the team’s improvement was due, in large part, to the influence of its senior class. “All six of them have been so integral to our success over the years, they were such great leaders for the team,” said Sailer, whose senior class includes Maddie Rodriguez, Amanda Level, and Jeanie Dwindle in addition to DeGarmo, Doherty, and Hompe. “They are such calm competitors and such hard competitors. They set a great example for the returning kids as to how to lead as a senior class. It is a huge void in terms of play on the field but we are excited with the group that we have returning and the freshmen coming in.” Sailer is confident that her returning players will follow that example as Princeton looks to build on this year’s success. “We always have determined and driven kids but this year it was a cut above,”

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Princeton Softball Eliminated in NCAA Regional, Competing Hard but Not Satisfied With Performance

As it competed in the Tallahassee, Fla. regional of the NCAA tournament last weekend, the Princeton Universit y sof tball team was looking to make a statement. “W hen we win the Iv y League, we get to represent not just Princeton but the whole league,” said Princeton head coach Lisa Van Ackeren. “We have a really competitive league that doesn’t get a ton of exposure across the country so it is a real opportunity to show what our league is made of. The goal is to play your best and not to play scared.” Facing host No. 4 Florida State in its opening game on Friday, Princeton showed no fear as it loaded the bases in the top of the first inning. T he Tigers were unable to capitalize, however, as FSU’s Jessica Burroughs, the ACC Pitcher of the Year, got a strikeout to end the rally. The Tigers never really threatened again as they fell 3-0 to the Seminoles, managing just one hit in

the evening. “You are not going to get a lot of opportunities against a pitcher like Jessica Burroughs, it was a tough one to not get a run across in the first inning,” said Van Ackeren. P r i n ce ton s e n ior s t ar pitcher Claire Klausner, the Ivy Pitcher of the Year, showed her toughness, going six innings and surrendering three earned runs on eight hits with a strikeout and three walks. “Claire was absolutely phenomenal, holding that team to three runs,” said Van Ackeren. “People don’t do t hat against Florida State. She was super tough. Thankfully she kept us in the game all the way up until the end. That first inning was really our best opportunity to score.” A day later, the Tigers faced Jacksonville State and dug an early 6-0 hole on the way to a 10-2 defeat in six innings. “We wanted to compete well and to win,” said Van Ackeren, reflecting on the

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each of them spoke about how different the team dynamic is now than it was when they arrived as freshmen and how much more competitive everyone is. W hen t hey step on t he field, they expect to win and that wasn’t the case when they came in their freshman year so they are proud of that.” Van Ackeren is expecting her returning players to show that same competitive fire next year. “I think for the underclassmen, they feel like we have unfinished business now, to win a game, and compete to the best of our ability,” said Van Ackeren. “A lot of them will feel unsatisfied, par ticularly with our game two effort. I am thankful for that because that can be very motivating.” Bill Alden

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Former Princeton University star softball player Lori Dickerson Fouché ’91 and and men’s basketball standout Frank Sowinski ’78 will be honored at the Gary Walters ’67 PVC (Princeton Varsity Club) Awards Banquet on June 1. Dickerson Fouché, the president of Prudential Annuities, which manufactures variable and fixed annuities and distributes them through independent financial planners, will be given the Class of 1967 PVC Citizen Athlete Award, presented by the PVC for selfless and noble contributions to sport and society. Dickerson Fouché, a 1991 Princeton grad, was a fourtime softball varsity letter winner; named captain her senior year; selected twotime All-Iv y League and two-time NCAA Division I regional All-America; and winner of the Cindy Cohen Award for leadership. During her time at Princeton, the softball team was threetime Ivy League Champion. After leaving Princeton, she continued her education, earning a Master’s in Business Administration from Harvard University. T he for mer three -time Ivy Champion was recently named to The Network Journal’s 2014 class of “25 Influential Black Women in Business” and Fortune’s “Most Powerful Women.” She also was named one of Business

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the Faculty Advisory Committee on Athletics. A member of t wo Iv y League championship teams, Sowinski was named Ivy Player of the Year and was an All-East selection in 1977. He achieved second team Academic All-American and first team All-Ivy honors in 1977 and 1978. After the New Jersey Nets drafted him following his senior season, Sow inski played professional basketball in Italy and Spain. He later received his Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Virginia. Currently, Sowinski is the Lead Independent Director of Buckeye Pipeline Company where he chairs the nominating and corporate governance committee, and is a member of the audit committee. He is also on the Board of Directors of CDK Global, an inter national software company, where he chairs the audit committee. In addition, the former Tiger is a Management Affiliate of MidOcean Partners, a private equity firm, and was Vice-Chairman and a member of the Board of Directors of two portfolio companies. ———

PU Hoops’ Star Alarie Makes U.S. U-19 Team

Adding another line to her already impressive resume, Princeton University women’s basketball star Bella Alarie has been named to the USA Women’s Basketball U-19 2017 FIBA World Cup Team. Rising sophomore Alarie is coming off a superb debut season in which she was named as the Ivy League Rookie of the Year and first team All-Ivy League player. The 6’4 Alarie, a native of Bethesda, Md., led the Tigers in scoring (12.6), rebounding (8.0), three-point field goal percentage (.379) and blocks (1.7). She was fourth in the conference in blocks and defensive rebounds (177), fifth in rebounds, sixth in three-point field goal percentage, seventh in points (377), eighth in offensive rebounds (64),

ninth in field goals (139) and field goal percentage (.432) and 10th in points per game. Fol low i ng a t wo - we ek training camp from July 7th21st, the 12-member U-19 National Team will participate in the 2017 FIBA U-19 World Cup from July 22-30 in Udine and Cividale del Fruili, Italy. The U-19 squad is coached by Suzie McConnell-Serio of Pittsburgh. She is assisted by Kamie Ethridge from Northern Colorado and Charlotte Smith from Elon. USA was placed in Group A and will open against Mali on July 22, face China on July 23 and cap the preliminary round against host Italy on July 25. Following the preliminary round, teams will be seeded according to group play, and all participating teams will advance to the July 26 round of 16. Winners will advance to the July 28 medal quarterfinals, while the remaining teams will continue playing out for classification. The medal semifinals will be held July 29, and the gold and bronze medal games are slated for July 30. ———

Princeton Golfer Walton Completes NCAA Play

Princeton University women’s golf star Maya Walton wrapped up play at the at the NCA A Women’s Golf Championships at Rich Harvest Farms in Sugar Grove, Ill. last Monday. Fresh man star Walton fired a final-round score of seven-over 79 to finish at +29 and tie for 113th in the 132-player field. ———

Princeton Men’s Track Sending 14 to Regional

Showing its depth, the Princeton University men’s track and field team had 14 athletes qualify for the NCAA East Regional to be held at the University of Kentucky from May 25-27. T h e T ig er p er for m er s who will be competing on the track in Lexington, Ky. include Josh Freeman in the 400, the trio of William Paulson, Noah Kauppila and Garrett O’Toole in the 1500, William Bertrand in

NATIONAL NEWS: Tom Schreiber ’14 heads upfield during his legendary career with the Princeton University men’s lacrosse team. Schreiber and former Tiger standout goalie Tyler Fiorito ’12, along with current Princeton assistant coach Jesse Bernhardt, have been named to the 59-player tryout pool for the U.S. national team for the 2018 World Championships, which will be held in Israel. Schreiber, a four-time first-team All-Ivy League selection and three-time first-team All-America, is the only midfielder in program history to have reached 200 career points. Fiorito, one of the top goalies in program history, was the 2012 Ivy League Player of the Year after leading Princeton to a 6-0 Ivy record and NCAA tournament berth. Bernhardt graduated from Maryland in 2013 and just completed his first season as defensive coordinator for the Tigers. The tryout process will continue through the fall with the final roster including 23 players. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

the 10,000, Joey Daniels in the 110 hurdles, and Greg Leeper in the 400 hurdles. In the field events, Princeton is sending Adam Kelly in the hammer throw, Mitchel Charles in the shot put, Jared Bell in the discus, Xavier Bledsoe in the high jump, Stefan Amokwandoh in the triple jump, and the duo of August Kiles and Ben Gaylord in the pole vault. The Tigers will be aiming to qualify for the NCAA championships, which take place in Eugene, Ore. from June 7-10. ———

PU Women’s Track Has 8 in Regional

Senior stars Julia Ratcliffe and Allison Harris headline a group of eight athletes from the Princeton University women’s track team who have qualified for the NCAA East Regional, which is taking place at the University of Kentucky from May 25-27. Ratcliffe will compete in the hammer throw, an event where she won the NCAA title in 2014 and was the runner-up in 2015. Harris

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Making the Most of the Talent on Hand, PHS Boys’ Tennis Produces 14-5 Record The spring ended on a down note last week for the Princeton High boys’ tennis team as it fell to Summit in the North 2 Group 3 sectional quarterfinals and to Hopewell Valley in its regular season finale. But in reflecting on the season, PHS head coach Sarah Hibbert liked the way her players rose to the occasion as the squad posted a 14-5 record. “C o n s i d e r i n g t h at w e didn’t have the strength that we were expecting returning for us and that we wound up with only one full-time starter out of last year’s seven, we had a very good season,” said Hibbert. “The guys worked really hard, we pulled together. We had a couple of really good wins, particularly the one over Hightstown (on April 21) when it came down to three third sets and everyone was able to win a third set to pull out a 3-2 victory.” In the 3.5-1.5 loss to fifthseeded Summit on May 16 in the sectional, the fourthseeded Little Tigers got a win from junior Kevin Yang at first singles with sophomore Simon Hwang’s match at second singles being declared a draw.

“Summit had done very well t his year and t hey looked like they had strength in their lineup,” said Hibbert. “I knew it would come down to playing well and we had a shot. We won at the top of the lineup and we were close at doubles. We weren’t playing as well as we could have that day, unfortunately.” In reflecting on the season-ending 3-2 defeat to Hopewell last Wednesday, Hibbert liked the way her players fought to the end. “Hopewell was ranked ahead of us; they have been considered t he stronger team all season,” said Hibbert. “I knew we had a shot with them. I didn’t think they were that much better than we were; they were just a little bit better that day.” Over the spring, PHS got a strong effort from the four seniors who played doubles with Ares Alivisatos and Matt Danielson at first doubles and Nikhil Vasireddi and Mihir Somaiya at second doubles. “They have all been a part of the program for a long time so it was nice for

ON THE BALL: Princeton High boys’ tennis player Kevin Yang slams a backhand in recent action. Junior Yang’s superb play at first singles helped PHS go 14-5 this season and advance to the North 2 Group 3 sectional quarterfinals. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

them as seniors to all get the chance to play doubles,” said Hibbert. “At the start of the season it looked like it was going to be a real dogfight between all of them to decide who was going to get a spot and then when the lineup shook out the way it did, they were all able to contribute.” Junior Yang made a major contribution at first singles. “He did step into the No. 1 role, he played really well,” said Hibbert. “He was able to win a lot of big matches for us considering that he moved from three to one in a very tough county. He did a great job; I think he will just continue to get stronger for his senior year.” Sophomore Hwang had a strong spring as he moved up to second singles. “Simon had a really great season, he stepped into that No. 2 role and he played with the best of them,” said Hibbert. “He hits the ball well, he is a sophomore as well so he has a lot of potential for us in the future.” In the third singles spot, freshman Brandon Peng showed potential as well. “Brandon definitely grew a lot this season,” said Hibbert. “He started with some good wins at the beginning of the season. As a freshman, he got a lot of experience playing singles.” The experience gained this spring by the team’s singles players had Hibbert excited about things going forward. “We definitely have a foundation for strength in the future,” said Hibbert, noting that there were eight freshmen in the program this season. “We won the matches we should have and we were able to pull out a couple of matches that maybe it wasn’t sure if we would win. There was good team bonding and good team camaraderie as they all had to step up and they did.” —Bill Alden

PHS Boys’ Track Narrowly Misses County Crown, But Displays Talent, Character Across the Board Ben Samara knew that the Princeton High boys’ track team was in for a dogfight as it went after the title at the Mercer County Championships last Saturday. “Going into the meet we anticipated that it was going to be a four or five horse race, there is a lot of parity in the league,” said Samara, the associate head coach of the PHS boys’ and girls’ teams. “We thought it was us, WW/P-North, Nottingham, Ewing, and Hamilton. We had it as a five point meet spread over five teams so everybody was really, really close but then when we looked at the entries the night before the meet, you could really see where North was loading up in a lot of different events. That is when I said this is really going to come down to North and us.” S a m a r a ’s p r e d i c t i o n proved correct as PHS and the Northern Knight waged one of the tightest and most dramatic battles in meet history with WW/P-North prevailing 92-91 in the competition held at Steinert High. On one hand, the Little Tigers were bitterly disappointed to come up one point shy of the title. “It is really tough because we could see how badly the guys wanted it,” said Samara. “It is really hard for athletes who have only been there for a few years to fully understand the history behind what we were talking about and really wanting a county title for the first time in 35 years. You could see it in their eyes that they wanted it every bit as bad as the coaching staff did and they were every bit as devastated.” On the other hand, Samara was extremely proud of how his athletes competed. “Every single person who was there knew what they needed to do and went

beyond that,” asserted Samara. “I have always said that the distance guys are our backbone but in track and field, they are not going to be able to do it by themselves. We have taken a big leap forward between our jumpers, our throwers, and Simon [Schenk] in the pole vault. They have really backed those guys up; that has allowed us to get as close as we did.” As usual, the distance running tandem of senior Alex Roth and junior Will Hare set the pace for the Little Tigers. Senior Roth took first in the 3,200 with a time of 9:30.44 and second in the 1,600 in 4:20.96. Junior Hare, for his part, was second in the 3,200 in 9:31.93 and placed third in the 1,600 with a time of 4:21.82. “They are so reliable, the fact that they are there consistently and fairly healthy week to week is a testament to the base work they do,” said Samara. “They are just workhorses, they know what they need to do and they go and do it every single week. We did exactly what we needed to do in the mile and two-mile. There is never a question that they are going to put those points on the board. We don’t even think about it. With as volatile as those distance races can be, that is a real luxury.” Samara pointed to junior Nick Delaney as an unsung hero for the Little Tigers. “Nick Delaney was absolutely incredible, we were missing some people and Nick really stepped up into the void,” said Samara of Delaney, who took fourth in the 800 in 1:59.12 and help PHS place fourth in the 4x800 and sixth in the 4x400. “He anchored our 4x800 and got us some points there and he came back in the 800 and still broke two minutes. He anchored the 4x400 and didn’t have anything left, except heart. He just really grinded us to a point in the 4x400. If anyone left it all out there, it was Nick Delaney.” Junior throwing star Paul Brennan piled up big points for PHS, winning the discus with a heave of 172’1 and taking second in the shot put at 49’5. “Paul was disappointed to barely lose the shot put there ; that was the first event that he did,” said

Samara. “He is not used to losing and when he took that loss in the shot, you can see which way Paul Brennan is going to go. He came out and had back-to-back personal bests in the discus. He won the discuss by 30 feet, that is a really good sign for him that he is not going to crack under the adversity. He is going go and do more than what he has to do, so good for him.” The team’s pair of star jumpers, sophomore Nils Wildberg and junior Varun Narayan, did more than Samara expected. Wildberg won the long jump with a leap of 22’0 and took fourth in the triple jump with a best of 41’1. Narayan placed fourth in the long jump at 21’0.5 and finished third in the triple jump with a leap of 42’7. “T hey have developed themselves, we never thought they would get to this level so fast,” said Samara, who also got a fourth place finish from freshman Schenk in the pole vault. “Nils had two weeks where he was jumping way over 22 feet but he was just fouling by a toe over and over. His jumps still kept going up and we just had this feeling before counties that he could do somet h ing big here. Nils and Var un came in and where other guys were jumping 18 feet to 20 feet back and fourth, they were just consistent every single jump. Varun had a personal record with his 21’0.5. Nils also had a PR, 22 feet is a huge personal best for him. Nils put every ounce of himself into every jump that he takes. He is the definition of leaving it all out there. For him to get a county championship as a sophomore is just absolutely incredible.” Samara is expecting his athletes to give their all again this weekend as they compete in the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional meet at Hillsborough from May 26-27. “The pressure is on because I think Franklin is such a heavy favorite in that meet, I don’t think we are going to worry about a team title there,” said Samara. “The county meet was our championship. We have a host of guys who really want to get through to groups in that sectional meet. It is definitely the toughest sectional in the state, especially for the distance races, so it is going to be a really exciting weekend.” —Bill Alden

TAKING HIS SHOT: Princeton High boys’ track star thrower Paul Brennan competes at the shot put in a meet earlier this spring. Last Saturday at the Mercer County Championships, sophomore star Brennan won the discus and took second in the shot put to help PHS take second in the team standings. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Over the course of of his career with the Princeton Day School boys’ lacrosse team, Jack A maral has grown into a leader of its defensive unit. “I started as a shortstick freshman year and then I made a move to longstick at the beginning of junior year,” said Amaral. “Last year we had great senior leadership that I got to lean on and learn a lot from and this year I was able to implement that.” Last Wednesday, co-captain Amaral implemented

that knowledge, keying a stifling defensive effort as top-seeded PDS defeated third-seeded Rutgers Prep 11-2 in the state Prep B title game. It was the second straight Prep B crown for the Panthers, who earlier won the Mercer County Tournament for the second year in a row. Amaral helped set the tone for PDS, scooping up a ground ball on the opening face-off and advancing the ball upfield, leading to a goal by Will Brossman as PDS took an early 1-0

lead. “That is a great way to get the energy up, especially on the first face-off,” said Amaral. “We went down and scored and that was good.” The PDS offense had its game plan down, methodically pick ing apar t t he Rutgers Prep defense as it built a 7-1 advantage by halftime. “It is control tempo, we don’t have a lot of depth on the team so we know that we have got to conserve legs,” said Amaral. “They did a great job of controlling the tempo and finishing when they had their opportunities.” On the defensive end, PDS was in control as well. “We watched a lot of film on these guys, we knew they had a couple of gunners on their team so I think our defense did a great job with figuring out what their tendencies are and preparing for them,” said Amaral. “I think we executed and Greeny [sophomore goalie Connor Green] played great; he made a couple of great saves.” Despite jumping out to a big lead, the Panthers weren’t about to let up. “We talked about not getting ahead of ourselves,” said A maral. “A ny t hing can happen, especially in the game of lacrosse, where a game can swing just like that. So at every timeout, we had to refocus ourselves and just take a breath.”

Helping PDS take a second straight Prep B title, its third in four years, along with the two straight MCT crowns, has been a special experience for Amaral. “That is incredible, we have come a long way in this program,” said Amaral, who has been at PDS since kindergarten and is heading to Gettysburg College this fall where he will be playing for its men’s lax team. “We are a really, really tight knit group that plays together and loves being with each other. It says a lot going back to back in the MCTs and Prep and three preps in the last four years. It is unbelievable; I would have never expected it. Growing up and watching these guys and then to be able to be on the field and see little kids who I used to be like watching us. It is interesting to come full circle.” PDS head coach R ich D’Andrea liked watching his team’s offensive execution in the win as junior Elon Tuckman (4 goals, 2 assists) and senior Will Brossman (3 goals, 3 assists) led the way. “Rutgers Prep runs that great 3-3 zone, we have seen it for a number of years,” said D’Andrea. “We came out and generated some looks that I really liked in the first quarter. Elon and Will were really good. When you go against a zone of that caliber, you have to be really methodic a l a n d re a l ly p at i e nt. These guys needed to keep it simple. We had a pretty clear-cut plan coming into this and we were lucky that we did execute it.”

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point we have strung together some really talented classes back to back here. That is important and the kids buy into it. Every team is a little bit different but they are part of this common thread, they love each other, and they are part of this brotherhood.” In reflecting on the 2017 campaign, D’Andrea was proud of how his players developed into a powerhouse as the spring unfolded. “This year’s team, without expressing it, felt tremendous pressure coming into the season coming on the heels of last year’s 15-1 team,” said D’Andrea. “It was a big personality senior class last year. These guys had a quiet way of going about it in a very different way. You look at the course of the year, they found a cadence to the year that was perfect for them. At the beginning of the year, we had a sense of what the roles were going to be. They grew in different directions and the guys got a good sense of how they could best serve the team and everyone really bought into that selfless mentality.” In Amaral’s view, it is that selfless mentality that has paved the way to success for the Panthers. “I think that it is our motto of ‘together,’ every year we play together,” said Amaral. “We know the types of players that we have and we know how to play with each other. Our coaches do a really great job of getting the most out of all of us.” —Bill Alden

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Senior Standout Mills Goes Out With a Bang As PDS Girls’ Lax Wins 3rd Prep B Crown Before Morgan Mills even came to Princeton Day School, she sensed that there was something special about its girls’ lacrosse program. “When I was visiting PDS from England, coach [Jill] Thomas brought me into the lacrosse meeting and said this is a prospective freshman looking to come here and made me feel comfortable with the team even before I decided to come here,” said Mills. “I think that speaks to her as a coach and the entire PDS community, just that they are willing to go the extra mile.” Last week, senior star Mills ended her PDS career with an extra special performance, tallying

eight goals and two assists to help the second-seeded Panthers defeat four thseeded Montclair Kimberley Academy 19-13 in the state Prep B championship game on May 16. “It feels incredible, especially in my last game,” said Mills, reflecting on her performance as the Panthers won their third straight Prep B crown and finished the spring with a 10-4 record. “PDS has given me so much so I am glad I can give a little back to the lacrosse program and be able to finish on such a high.” In the win over MKA, the Panthers started the game on a high, jumping out to a 6-1 lead midway through the first half.

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“The big concentration we have had for all of our games is to get out of the gate,” said Mills. “I think today was the first time we immediately started the game and knew exactly what we had to do.” Mills knows that she has a special on-field partnership with junior star Madison Mundenar, who tallied nine points on seven goals and two assists in the title game. “It is fantastic knowing that Madison is always going to work incredibly hard to get open and she is always the one who is flashing for cuts, looking for feeds,” said Mills. “With everyone on the team, we have a great chemistry. It is a testament to all of the team bonding that we do, both on the field and off that we really trust one another to be there.” That trust came in handy as MKA narrowed the PDS lead to 11-8 at halftime and the Panthers looked to regroup for the second half. “It was just keep our heads, maintain our focus, and not let them creep back in when we had the nice lead to begin with,” said Mills. “It was just nice to take a deep breath and reconvene with our coaches, get a little water break, and really repeat what we knew we needed to do going into the game.” Mills and classmate Abby Atkeson, the team’s

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Alanna Pearson was looking to come out firing as the Hun School softball team hosted Blair Academy in the state Prep A title game last Thursday. “We all k new we had to come out and play our hardest,” said junior pitcher Pearson, noting that the rivals had split their two regular season meetings “They have pretty good bats throughout the lineup. I had to just keep throwing my stuff, go to my rise, and mix in my curve and change up to keep them off balance.” Pearson was sharp in the top of the first inning, retiring the Buccaneers in order on two ground outs and a strikeout. Then in the bottom of the first, Hun scored four runs to seize the momentum. “ P i tc h i n g - w i s e h av i n g those four runs, I knew we had set the tone for the other team that we were coming out to fight,” said Pearson. “We would definitely win that game but we couldn’t let up.” The Raiders didn’t let up, scoring three more runs in the bottom of the seventh with Person contributing a double in the rally. “I knew the way she (Jessie Schable) was going to pitch to me,” said Pearson,

reflecting on her big hit on a day which saw her go 2-for-3 with two runs scored. “She was going to go off-speed so I just went with the pitch.” Armed with the 7-0 lead, Pearson kept pitching superbly despite the 90 degree heat. “Even though it was pretty hot and humid, I usually pitch well in this weat her,” said Pearson, who struck out the side in the fifth inning. “I had my mind focused and tuned in the whole game.” In the top of the seventh, Pearson worked out of a jam with two strikeouts to put the final touches on a 7-0 triumph as Hun earned its first Prep A crown since 2004 and ended the season with a 14-2 record. “It was getting a little bit rocky but I knew I had good defenders behind me because in the previous inning our left side carried us through that inning,” said Pearson, who ended up hurling a four-hit shutout with nine strikeouts. For Pearson, who transferred to Hun this past fall, there was a sense that her new team could accomplish some special things this spring. “I came from Immaculata so I don’t know what winning a championship is like,” said Pearson.

BRINGING HER A-GAME: Hun School softball pitcher Alanna Pearson fires the ball in the state Prep A title game against the Blair Academy last Thursday. Junior star Pearson hurled a fourhit shutout with nine strikeouts as Hun prevailed 7-0, earning its first Prep A crown since 2004. She also went 2-for-3 with a double and two runs at the plate to help herself out. The Raiders ended the spring with a 14-2 record. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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“In travel ball, I do because I have had those moments. It is a great group of girls and I knew we could do it from the start.” The bonds formed between the players before they had even played a game helped pave the way to the title. “The coaches make us get involved with each other,” said Pearson. “In Florida down in our spring training, we all just hung out and had a great time and that set the tone for the entire season.” Longtime Hun head coach Kathy Quirk was expecting an entirely different type game in the final after both teams dominated in semifinal victories. “Their pitcher struck out 14 of Lawrenceville’s kids and my pitcher struck out 14 of Peddie so we were going to come in and it was going to be a pitchers’ duel,” said Quirk. The way her hitters came out swinging against Blair heartened Quirk. “We just jumped on her and we did what we have been doing all season long, we have been hitting the ball,” said Quirk, who got two hits and two RBIs from sophomore star Meghan Donohue in the win with senior star Julie Fassl chipping in a hit and a run, freshman Gigi Venizelos going 2-for-4 with two runs and an RBI, and freshman Abby Zucatti contributing two RBIs. “I was a little ner vous because she is a very powerful pitcher but when we jumped out to a 3-0 lead. I just thought, ‘Oh wow, this not what I expected.’ I don’t breathe easy until the game is over.” Having Pearson battling in the circle helped Hun breathe easily as a team. “Alanna has just done a great job,” said Quirk. “If one of her teammates makes an error and there is a person on base she just comes back and fires it harder. They just pick each other up.” Quirk was fired up to see her program break through with its first Prep A crown in 13 years. “It is special,” said Quirk, who hugged her players one by one in the postgame celebration. “We have lost in the semifinals, we have lost in the finals and we finally were able to capitalize.” In Quirk’s view, the title run was sparked by a blend of work ethic and camaraderie. “They just work hard, they work together, and they support each other,” said Quirk. Pearson, for her part, was proud of how the Raiders got better and better as the spring went on. “There were some blips and we didn’t come out strong hitting-wise,” said Pearson. “With all of the practice we have had and with our coaches being on us, we just progressed together as a team.” —Bill Alden

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Riding Pitching of Hernandez-Burt, Hot Hitting, Hun Baseball Wins 2nd Straight Prep A Crown For Joaquin HernandezBurt and Mike Pedota, sticking to basics was the overriding theme as the Hun School baseball team pursued a second consecutive state Prep A title. With second-seeded Hun playing at top-seeded Lawrenceville in the final round last Sunday, needing just one win to clinch the title in the double-elimination competition, post-graduate pitcher Hernandez-Burt took the mound looking to keep it simple. “Last game, I struggled with my command; I was worrying about my mechanics,” said Hernandez-Burt, a former Princeton High star. “I tried to come out today and not think about mechanics. I was trying to throw as hard as I can and just throw through the mitt.” Meanwhile, senior third baseman Pedota, a fixture at the top of the Hun batting order, focused on making contact at the plate. “Going into the game, all we want to do it to put the ball into play and make things happen,” said Pedota. Mission accomplished on both counts as Hun rolled to a 15-3 win to defend its title and end the season at 13-10. The Raiders jumped out to a 6-1 lead after three innings while Hernandez-Burt kept the Big Red hitters at bay, striking out four and giving up six hits and two runs over six innings. Hun posted five runs in the sixth and three in the seventh to turn the game into a rout. “I think my slider was working,” said HernandezBurt in assessing his outing. “I was really getting them out in front and getting swings and misses on that.” With Hun getting out to the big early lead, Hernandez-Burt was able to relax on the mound. “It helps a lot,” said Hernandez-Burt. “We struggled against this team in the past. In the beginning of the year we lost some close games (1-0 on March 30 and 3-2 on April 20) to them so getting ahead was letting them know we are here to decide it.” Hun’s aggressiveness at the plate proved decisive as the Raiders got production up and down the order. “Everybody put the ball into play and we did a tremendous job,” said Pedota, who ended up going 3-for-5 with a double, two runs and an RBI. “We were hitting during the week during practice and our coach [Tom Monfiletto] was just telling us that since February to now we have been hitting so much better. I guess that shows in the games.” Hun head coach Monfiletto, for his part, had his players clear their heads coming into the Prep A competition. “We had a tough stretch,” said Monfiletto, noting that Hun suffered two losses to Nottingham and a defeat to Allentown in the week before the Prep A tourney. “We gave them Friday off and Saturday off and they had Sunday off. I said when

you come back on Monday, it is a brand new season. In each game, we swung the bats really, really well It is awesome to see how hard they work and the progression throughout the season.” Hav ing defe ate d Blair Academy 12-3 on May 17 in its Prep A opener and Lawrenceville 11-3 on Saturday to bring a 2-0 record into the final round, Hun was poised to wrap up the title in the first game on Sunday. “We came in really confident today,” said Monfiletto, whose team pounded out 16 hits in the win over the Big Red with Matt Moore, Chris Pontrella, Ryan Strype, and Chris Sumners each getting two hits. “I think we understood that the two losses we had against them were a little bit unlucky. They did a great job in both of those games but we felt like we were the better team. We came out today and they played like the better team.” Monfiletto was thrilled to see Hernandez-Burt do a good job on the mound in the finale. “Joaquin certainly saved his best for last, we had a feeling about it,” said Monfiletto. “I think he appreciated how we gave him the ball in the clincher. We said this is it, go win a championship.” For Monfiletto, who is in his first year at the helm of the Hun program after succeeding the legendary Bill McQuade upon his retirement last spring, winning the championship in his debut season was special. “It is great to continue what coach McQuade was able to finish last year,” said Monfiletto, still wet from getting doused with the water bucket by his players in the postgame celebration.

“It is a great way to end the season. I wish we could play 20 more games because I feel like we are playing our best baseball right now.” In reflecting on his team’s title run, Monfiletto pointed to resilience as a defining quality of the squad. “Our ability to bounce back from tough losses and keep our confidence and continuing to progress offensively throughout the season led to our best atbats at the end of the year,” said Monfiletto. The positive leadership displayed by t he team’s group of seniors helped hold things together for Hun through the spring. “We didn’t have five or six Division I guys out here; they played together,” said Monfiletto, whose Class of 2017 includes Blake Brown, Matt Moore, Ryan Moore, Ryan Strype, Cam Cavanaugh, and Chris Sumners in addition to Hernandez-Burt and Pedota. “I really feel like they got along. This group of seniors was a hard-working tight knit group that supported one another. They have done a phenomenal job of leaving a legacy of being mentally tough and resilient.” Hernandez-Burt felt that support, quickly developing tight bonds with his Hun teammates. “Coming here and winning is amazing; it is the best feeling,” said Hernandez-Burt. “We are family now. I am really close friends with all of them and I will be close friends for a long time.” One of his new friends, Pedota, saw that family feeling as a key element in the title repeat. “Last year we were able to do it for our seniors and now it is for us,” said Pedota. “It was awesome. This team is special, everybody is in it together. We are brothers.” —Bill Alden

COMING UP BIG: Hun School baseball player Joaquin Hernandez-Burt delivers a pitch in the final round of the state Prep A tournament last Sunday. Post-graduate pitcher Hernandez-Burt, a former Princeton High standout, starred as Hun defeated Lawrenceville 15-3 last Sunday to clinch the title, striking out four and giving up six hits and two runs over six innings to get the win. It was the second straight Prep A title for Hun, who ended the season at 13-10. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Boys’ Lacrosse: Battling to the end, Hun fell 15-10 to the Haverford School (Pa.) in the Inter-Ac Invitational quarterfinals last Wednesday. The defeat lef t the Raiders with a final record of 8-7.

Baseball: Running into a buzz-saw, top-seeded Pennington fell 10-0 to sixthseeded Newark Academy in the state Prep B championship game last Thursday. The Red Raiders found themselves behind 8-0 by the fourth inning and managed only four hits in ending the spring with a 12-6 record.

Lawrenceville Boys’ Lacrosse: Will Cabrera tallied two goals and an an assist but it wasn’t nearly enough as Lawrenceville lost 19-7 to Malvern Prep (Pa.) in the quarterfinals of the Inter-Ac Invitational last Wednesday. The Big Red fell trailed 7-1 at the end of the first quarter and couldn’t dig out of that hole as they finished the season with a 15-6 record. ——— G irls’ L acrosse : Chloe Jones came up big as Lawrenceville defeated Germantown Academy (Pa.) 21-16 last Wednesday in its season finale. Jones tallied six goals and an assist for the Big Red, who ended the spring with a record of 20-2

PHS Baseball: Failing to hold on to a 2-1 lead in the sixth inning, PHS fell 3-2 to WW/ P-North last Thursday in its season finale. The defeat left the Little Tigers with a final record of 6-17-1. ——— Softball: Unable to get its bats going, 15th-seeded PHS fell 7-0 to second-seeded Marlboro in the opening round of the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional last T hurs day. Jordan G u idi went 1-for-3 for the Little Tigers in a losing cause as they finished their season with a 5-16 record. ———

Girls’ Lacrosse: Mariana Lopez- Ona triggered the offense as second-seeded PHS rolled to an 18-2 win over seventh-seeded Brick Memorial in the quarterfinals of the Central Jersey, Group 4 Tournament last Thursday. Sophomore star Lopez-Ona tallied five goals and an asset as the Little Tigers improved to 14-7. PHS is slated to host third-seeded Rancocas Valley in the sectional semis on May 23. ——— Girls’ Track: Jackie Patterson starred as PHS placed ninth of 17 teams at the Mercer County Championships last Saturday at Steinert High. Junior Patterson took second in the 400 meters and helped the 4x400 relay place first. She was joined on the relay by freshmen Colleen Linko, Justice Taylor, and Michelle Vassilev. Senior Noa Levy took sixth in the 400 hurdles to provide another highlight for the Little Tigers.

PDS Boys’ Tennis: Lex Decker led the way as PDS excelled in the first day of competition in the state Prep B tournament last Sunday. Junior star Decker advanced to the finals at first singles to help the Panthers end the preliminary round in first place as they seek a fifth straight Prep B crown. He will be joined in the finals by teammates Christopher Delaney at second singles, Vivek Sharma at third singles, along with the pair of Ari Nagelberg and Leo Nye at second doubles. The tourney was slated to conclude on May 24 at Wardlaw-Hartridge.

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The Princeton Recreation Department is offering an American Red Cross Lifeguard Re-Certification Course at Community Park Pool in Princeton. This course is available to current lifeguards that need to recertify their lifeguard training. Lifeguards are required to recertify every two years. The course will be taught by a Rec Department staff person with current American Red Cross Instructor Certification. The course fee is $150 and the program is open to both Princeton residents and nonresidents. All training materials are included. Course dates are June 6 and 8 from 5-9 p.m. at the Community Park Pool complex. Participants must attend both sessions. Space in the program is limited. Individuals can register online at: register.communitypass.net/princeton. The course is located under the Tab “2017 Bluefish Swim/ Dive & Youth/Adult Water Programs.” For more info, visit www.princetonrecreation.com or call (609) 921-9480. ———

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The Princeton Recreation Department is offering a CPR/AED/First Aid Training Course this June. The American Red Cross First Aid/CPR/AED program helps participants recognize and respond appropriately

to cardiac, breathing and first aid emergencies. The courses in this program teach skills that participants need to know to give immediate care to a suddenly injured or ill person until more advanced medical personnel arrive and take over. This program certifies participants in first aid, Adult and Child CPR and AED to meet the various training needs of a diverse audience and is offered in a traditional classroom format. The course costs $83/person and is open to anyone that is 15 years of age and older. Course dates are June 19 and June 21 from 6:309:30 p.m. in the Lower Level Conference Room of the Recreation Department Building at 380 Witherspoon Street. Participants must attend both sessions.

Space in the program is limited. Individuals can register online at: register.communitypass.net/princeton. The course is located under the Tab “2017 Community Programs.” For more info, visit www.princetonrecreation.com or call (609) 921-9480. ———

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HIGHLIGHT GOAL: Princeton High boys’ lacrosse player Justin Marciano, right, celebrates with Dylan Westerman after a goal in recent action. Last Saturday, senior midfielder Marciano scored the winning tally as sixth-seeded PHS stunned thirdseeded Northern Highlands 3-2 in the quarterfinals of the North Jersey, Group 3 tournament. In upcoming action, the Little Tigers, now 10-8, play at second-seeded Roxbury in a semifinal contest on May 24. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Track: Michelle Kwafo provided a highlight as Stuart competed in the Mercer County Championships last Saturday at Steinert High. Junior Kwafo placed third in the 100-meter hurdles as the Tartans came in 17th in the team standings. In addition, senior Casey Nelson took sixth in the 3,200. Stuart was slated to wrap up its season by competing in the state Prep B track meet on May 23 at Newark Academy.

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Lee Robotti Magdalena (Lee) Robotti, 95, of Rocky Hill passed away on Saturday, May 20, 2017 at her home with her family. Born in Raritan, N.J., Lee was a graduate of Somerville High School and Rider College, and was employed as an executive secretary in New York prior to her marriage to John S. Robotti in 1945, while he was serving in the U.S. Navy. They moved to their current home in Rocky Hill in 1949 where Lee helped run The Gable Tavern, a family owned and operated local restaurant and bar. She was a founding member and past president of the Princeton Elks Ladies Auxiliary and was currently serving as a trustee. She was very active in the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA). Lee was a charter member and past president of John Basilone Unit 280, past president of Somerset County ALA, and past state president of the ALA, Department of N.J. She later served as ALA national executive committeewoman and past president of the “8&40” of Somerset County. For many years, she served as an executive committee member and counselor at N.J. Girls State, held each year at Rider College, and for over 30 years, served as chairlady of the N.J. State American Legion Auxiliary Convention held each year in Wildwood, N.J. She was also active in Rocky Hill, having served on the Somerset County election board for many years, also a past president of the Rocky Hill Fire Company Ladies Auxiliary and a current member of the Montgomery Township Senior Citizens. Lee was pre-deceased by her husband John S. Robotti; her parents Louis V. and Josephine (Perantoni) Curcio; brother Victor Curcio; and sister Virginia Jannuzzi. She is survived by daughter and son-in-law Diane and Wayne Rudolph of Belle Mead; son and daughter-inlaw Louis and Dr. Cynthia Robotti of Va.; grandchildren Renee Rudolph and Chris Meyer of Rocky Hill; Caitlyn and Michael Bellezza of Mass.; Dr. Meredith and John Heiner of Va.; Amy and James Hyland of Fords; and Jill and Michael Jernee of Spotswood; great-grandchildren Miles B ellezza,

tening jars of jam and beets and beans. There were bars of homemade soap wrapped in brown paper in the closet. Planting and grooming roses and shrubs came naturally to her. Lily of the valley bouquets were on the dining room table, followed by azalea and violets and other perennials that came into bloom. Martha worked until she was 80 years old. She worked for Mrs. Ju n ius Morgan of Constitution Hill, Princeton and then Mrs. Gerard Lambert of Princeton. She remained w ith Mrs. Lambert for thirty years. Donations may be made to C ompas s ionate C are Hospice Foundation, 248 E. Chestnut Hill Rd. Suite 4, Newark, Delaware 19713.

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Sarah Heiner, Corinne and Chris Hyland, and Kyle and Brandon Jernee. Also many nieces, nephews, and great nieces and nephews. Visitation will be at the Hillsborough Funeral Home, 796 U.S. H ighway 206 Hillsborough, NJ 08844 on Wednesday, May 24, from 2 to 4 p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. and on Thursday, May 25, from 10 to 11 a.m. Funeral Mass to be held 11:30 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Church, 47 Skillman Road. Skillman, NJ, followed by burial at Rocky Hill Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Lee’s name to either the “Elks National Foundation”, Princeton Elks Lodge #2129 PO Box 217 Blawenburg, NJ 08504, or the “American Legion Auxiliary Past Presidents Parley Fund” (for Nurses Scholarships), ALA Dept. of NJ, 1540 Kuser Rd. Suite A-8 Hamilton, NJ 08619.

Garlie A. Forehand Jr., age 84, of Princeton died of natural causes on Sunday, May 14, 2017 at home. Born in Richmond Va., he was a resident of Princeton since 1973. Garlie was retired from Educational Testing Services where he had served for many years as the head of the psychometrics department. Son of Garlie A. and Edith B. Forehand. Father of the late Thomas A. Forehand, he is survived by his wife of 60 years, Emma (Costello) Forehand; two sons Michael W. and Joseph L. Forehand; daughter Karen E. Michael; daughters-in-law Lydia Harris and Elizabeth Connor; son-in law Jeff Michael; a brother John Forehand; his niece, Cathy McNutt; and two grandchildren, Jeremy Forehand and Miranda Bermejo. Funeral services are private under the direction of the Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton. ———

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Douglas J. Binder, M.D., 65, of Lawrenceville and New York, N.Y., cherished husband of Rana B. Binder, and devoted father of Caroline A. Binder and Lillie G. Binder, passed away on May 11, 2017. He will be remembered by his family, friends, and patients for his boundless energy, sense of humor, his whistle while he worked, and for his love of old Hollywood films, theater and dance, classic cars, and his beloved fluffy white dogs, Muffin and Bunnie. He will be deeply missed

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for the next 60 years. Mrs. Abelson was engaged full time with home and family until 1970, when she began working as a substitute teacher and home instructor with Princeton Regional Schools. She studied at Trenton State College (now The College of New Jersey) and earned her certification in special education in 1972. She spent 15 years which she characterized as “truly memorable and rewarding” as a special education teacher with the Princeton School for Exceptional Children. The school was located at the time at the Princeton Unitarian-Universalist Church. She worked diligently and patiently with middle school and high school students, whose own schools had cast them aside at a time when special education was a far less developed field. Many of these students went on to complete high school and even college and continued to consult her for many years thereafter. The colleagues she met while teaching remained among her most cherished friends. Following retirement from teaching, Mrs. Abelson provided day care for two of her grandchildren. This experience made her especially

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DIRECTORY OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church 124 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ AN EPISCOPAL PARISH

10:00 a.m. Worship Service

Trinity Church SundayHoly Week 8:00&a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I Easter Schedule

10:00 a.m. Children’s Sunday School and Youth Bible Study Adult Bible Classes (A multi-ethnic congregation)

9:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II Wednesday, March 10:00 a.m. Sunday School for23 All Ages Holy Eucharist, Rite II, 12:00 pm 11:00 a.m. Eucharist, Rite II Holy Eucharist, Rite Holy II with Prayers for Healing, 5:30 pm Tenebrae 7:00 pm 5:00 p.m. Service, Holy Eucharist

609-924-1666 • Fax 609-924-0365 witherspoonchurch.org

Tuesday Thursday March 24 12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I Holy Eucharist, Rite II, 12:00 pm

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The. Rev. Paul Jeanes III, Rector The Rev. Nancy J. Hagner, Associate • Mr. Tom Whittemore, Director of Music

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33 Mercer St.Prayer Princeton www.trinityprinceton.org The Book 609-924-2277 Service for Good Friday, 7:00 am The Prayer Book Service for Good Friday, 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm Stations of the Cross, 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm Evening Prayer, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm The Prayer Book Service for Good Friday, 7:00 pm 214 Nassau Street, Princeton

St. Paul’s Paul’s Catholic Catholic Church Church St.

214 Nassau Street, Princeton Msgr. Walter Rosie, Nolan, Pastor Msgr. Joseph Saturday, MarchPastor 26 Msgr. Walter Nolan, Pastor Easter Egg Hunt, 3:00 5:30 pm Saturday Vigil Mass: p.m. The Great Vigil of Easter, 7:00 pmp.m. Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:30 Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 and 5:00 p.m. Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 and 5:00 Mass in Spanish: at 7:00 p.m. p.m. Sunday,Sunday March 27 Mass in Holy Spanish: Sunday at 7:00 p.m. Eucharist, Rite I, 7:30 am Festive Choral Eucharist, Rite II, 9:00 am Festive Choral Eucharist, Rite II, 11:00 am

Wherever you are on your journey of faith, you are always welcome to worship with us at:

First Church of Christ, Scientist, Princeton 16 Bayard Lane, Princeton 609-924-5801 – www.csprinceton.org

Sunday Church Service, Sunday School and Nursery at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday Testimony Meeting and Nursery at 7:30 p.m.

¡Eres siempre bienvenido! Christian Science Reading Room

178 Nassau Street, Princeton

609-924-0919 – Open Monday through Saturday from 10 - 4

An Anglican/Episcopal Parish www.allsaintsprinceton.org 16 All Saints’ Road Princeton 609-921-2420

Follow us on: SUNDAY Holy Eucharist 8 AM & 10:15 AM* *Sunday School; childcare provided Christian Formation for Children, Youth & Adults 9:00 AM WEDNESDAY Holy Eucharist 9:30 AM The Rev. Dr. Hugh E. Brown, III, Rector Thomas Colao, Music Director and Organist Hillary Pearson, Christian Formation Director located N. of the Princeton Shopping Center, off Terhune/VanDyke Rds.

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FLEA MARKET: Saturday May 27th, 9 am until 1, at Princeton First Aid Squad, 237 North Harrison Street, next to Princeton Shopping Center. Over 30 vendors selling antiques, bric-a-brac, small appliances, art, linen, kitchen, toys, furniture, books, jewelry, clothes, etc., refreshments, too!! Rain or shine!!! 05-24 ESTATE SALE: 4597 Route 27, Kingston, NJ 08528. Next to Post Office. 2nd floor of dental office, enter from front. Saturday May 27 & Sunday May 28 from 11-3. Antique bronze statues, paintings, lamps, chandeliers, men’s gold watches & much more. 05-24 MOVING SALE: Saturday May 27 from 8-1. 42 Allison Road, Princeton. Furniture, rugs, artwork, garden tools, collectibles & more! 05-24 GARAGE SALE: Saturday May 27th from 9-2. 132 Carter Road, Princeton (across from Kale’s Nursery). Designer handbags, clothes, mirrors, chandeliers, lamps, chairs, stools, artwork, drums, exercise equipment & household items. 05-24 FOR SALE: 1991 MERCEDES 190E 2.3 Excellent condition. Only 93,000 miles, $3,200. (609) 658-6510. 05-24 IKEA QN. SZ. BED FOR SALE: Myrbacka, memory foam firm mattress & boxspring. Used less than 6 mos. Original price $499, asking $150. (609) 240-4039. 05-24 STORAGE GARAGE: Located near central Princeton business vicinity. Private & secure, $95/month. Call (609) 575-2912 or (609) 924-0633. 05-10-3t ***FOR SALE*** Pool table, slate top, 6’, $600. Olympic weight set, 7’ bar, curl bar & bench, $500. Ping-pong table top, $50. If interested call (732) 740-8664. tf 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. 04-26-5t

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ADIRONDACK CHALET & GUEST CABIN: Weekly summer rental on pristine St. Regis Lake only minutes from the charming resort town of Lake Placid. Sleeps up to 12. Includes canoe, row & sail boats. Beautiful mountain views. Mike at (609) 688-0368 or (518) 521-7088. 05-24

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YArD/MOVING SALE: Saturday May 27, 9-1. 209 Moore Street. Table, chairs, bookcases, cabinets, lamps, camping tent kitchen items, garden items, sports items, tools, collectibles, linens, pictures & frames, books, electronics, LPs & CDs, stuffed animal collection. No kid stuff. No early birds. 05-24

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fLEA MArKEt: Saturday May 27th, 9 am until 1, at Princeton First Aid Squad, 237 North Harrison Street, next to Princeton Shopping Center. Over 30 vendors selling antiques, bric-a-brac, small appliances, art, linen, kitchen, toys, furniture, books, jewelry, clothes, etc., refreshments, too!! Rain or shine!!! 05-24

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Excellent condition. Only 93,000 miles, $3,200. (609) 658-6510. 05-24 IKEA QN. SZ. BED fOr SALE: Myrbacka, memory foam firm mattress & boxspring. Used less than 6 mos. Original price $499, asking $150. (609) 240-4039. 05-24 StOrAGE GArAGE: Located near central Princeton business vicinity. Private & secure, $95/month. Call (609) 575-2912 or (609) 924-0633.

ADIrONDACK CHALEt & GUESt CABIN: Weekly summer rental on pristine St. Regis Lake only minutes from the charming resort town of Lake Placid. Sleeps up to 12. Includes canoe, row & sail boats. Beautiful mountain views. Mike at (609) 688-0368 or (518) 521-7088. 05-24 HOME IMPrOVEMENt: General contracting. Small & large construction work, framing, drywall finished to paint, tile, kitchens, baths, decks & handyman items. References, licensed & insured. Immediate response, Steve (609) 613-0197. 05-24

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3 BedrooM aPt in HoPeWell For rent: Beautiful 3 BR townhouse in center of Hopewell Borough. Wooden floors, abundant light, & parking. $2,060 plus utilities. Call (908) 874-5400 Ext. 802 for more details. 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 1 BedrooM aPts near nassau st. For rent: Available starting 7/1/2017 located in Princeton Borough “tree” streets. Wooden floors. Abundant light. All available apartments are located within one block of Nassau St. Apartments range from $1,700-$1,900 plus utilities. Call (908) 874-5400 Ext. 802 for more details. tf

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candelaria HousecleaninG serVice: Houses, Apartments, Offices. Honest and responsible person. Years of experience. Free estimates. (609) 310-2048. 05-17-17 contreras PaintinG: Interior, exterior, wallpaper removal, deck staining. 16 years experience. Fully insured, free estimates. Call (609) 954-4836; ronythepainter@live. com 05-03-5t 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. 05-03-5t cleaninG, ironinG, laundrY: by Polish women with a lot of experience. Excellent references, own transportation. Please call Inga at (609) 530-1169, leave message. 05-03-6t Princeton toWnHouse For rent: In Griggs Farm development, Princeton Township. End unit, 3 BR, 2.5 baths, hardwood on 1st floor, fireplace, 2 parking spaces. $2,200/mo. (609) 430-0424 or rubyt.law@gmail. com 05-24-3t

For Over 70 Years

Brick • Stone • Stucco • Installation • Restoration Preservation of all masonry and concrete structures Small repairs promptly addressed

a.pennacchi.com • 609.394.7354 4 Generations of Excellence Proudly serving Princeton since 1947 Deal directly with Paul G. Pennacchi Sr. Call Paul at 609.203.0033

kinGston oFFices aVailaBle: 4475 Route 27, Princeton, NJ 08540, next to Bank of America. Professional offices, very quiet location, just renovated, waiting room on each floor, street signage space, utilities included, parking: •318 sf office available full time, fully furnished, $920/mo. •138 sf office available 3 days & shared weekends, $350/mo. •139 sf office 2 days & shared weekends, $280/mo. (609) 454-5909. 05-24-3t

OPEN HOUSE: Sunday, June 4th 12:00 - 2:00 p.m. Flexible, Inspiring Space To Live/Work In Town

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residential rentals: Princeton – $1,600/mo. 1 BR, 1 bath. Fully Furnished apartment. Available now. Princeton – $1,650/mo. 2nd floor office on Nassau Street with parking. Available now. Princeton – $1,750/mo. Furnished Studio in Palmer Square Elevator Building. Available 6/1/17 for 12 mo. lease. Princeton – $1,800/mo. 1 BR, 1 bath, LR, kitchen, convenient location, off-street parking. Available 6/5/17. Princeton – $1,900/mo. 1 BR, 1 bath, LR, kitchen. 1 parking space. Landlord to install laundry. If tenant does not want laundry, rent may be $1,800/mo. without laundry. Available 7/10/17. Princeton address-Franklin twp – $1,950/mo. 3 BR, 1 bath renovated home with LR, DR, kitchen. Fenced-in backyard. Available July 2017. Princeton – $3,600/mo. SHORT-TERM RENTAL. FULLY FURNISHED house with 3 BR, 3.5 baths. Walk to everything from this gracious brick house. Available now through 10/31/17.

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

For rent: Lovely 3 BR, center hall Colonial. Well maintained. Hardwood floors throughout. Full attic & basement. Off-street parking. Close to town & schools. No pets. $3,300/mo. plus utilities. (609) 737-2520. 05-24-3t cHildcare: Seeking a part-time childcare position. Over 20 yrs. of dependable, professional & dedicated care. Resume & references available. Parishioner of St. Paul’s. (609) 883-3947, Alice Ann. 05-03-7t

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laWn Maintenance: Prune shrubs, mulch, cut grass, weed, leaf clean up and removal. Call (609) 954-1810. 04-05-13t need soMetHinG done? Experienced Contractor/Handyman. Seminary Degree, 19 years experience in Princeton. Bath renovations, decks, tile, window/door installations, masonry, carpentry & painting. Licensed & insured. References available. (609) 477-9261. 05-03-5t

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.

Carolyn V. Kirch realtor ®, Sales Associate 908.420.1208 cell ckirch@callawayhenderson.com carolynkirch.callawayhenderson.com

The ideal candidate will: • Have newspaper, magazine, and social media experience. • Adhere to daily and weekly newspaper, magazine, and website deadlines. • Conduct professional interviews and write multipage articles for our print and digital publications. • Collaborate with Witherspoon Media Group's sales staff to produce advertising-driven editorial. • Use social media to promote Witherspoon Media Group's print and digital publications. This part-time position is based out of our Kingston, NJ office. Submit resume, writing samples, and cover letter to: lynn.smith@witherspoonmediagroup.com

32 chambers street Princeton, nJ 08542 (609) 924-1416 Martha F. stockton, Broker-owner

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

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Witherspoon Media Group is looking for a parttime experienced newspaper and magazine writer to produce regular content for our magazine's, newspaper, and digital publications.

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ADVERTISING SALES Witherspoon Media Group is looking for advertising sales representatives to generate sales for our luxury magazines, newspaper, and digital business. The ideal candidate will: • Be responsible for servicing and growing key accounts and maximizing opportunities for each publication, all websites, and all digital products. • Collaborate with the sales and management team to develop growth opportunities. • Prepare strategic sales communications and presentations for both print and digital. • Develop industry-based knowledge and understanding including circulation, audience, readership, etc. • Prepare detailed sales reports for tracking current customers' activity and maintain pipeline activity using our custom Spacemaster system. The positions are full- and part-time and based out of our Kingston, NJ office. College degree in marketing or sales is preferred. Track record of developing successful sales strategies and knowledge of print and digital media products is a plus. Compensation is negotiable based on experience. Fantastic benefits and great work environment. Submit cover letter and resume to: r.broomer@witherspoonmediagroup.com

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LAWRENCE TWP. $379,000 This Lawrenceville home in Nassau II is just what you are looking for! This modern split-level home with 4 BRs and 3 full BAs has character along with many updates and upgrades.

LAWRENCE TWP. $379,900 This 4 BR, 2 1/2 BA Chopin model, single-family home in Liberty Green offers granite countertops with breakfast bar in the kitchen and 9 foot ceilings on the main floor.

Elizabeth “Beth” Russell 609-203-3270 (cell)

Abdulbaset Abdulla 609-851-1670 (cell)

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PRINCETON $475,000 This 2 BR, 1 BA Ranch has an attached garage, Japanese maples and specimen plantings. The land slopes gradually down to Harry’s Brook Branch 2 and is in a FEMA-designated, AE flood zone.

PRINCETON $799,000 Live in Princeton for a fraction of the price! This pre-Colonial 4 bedroom, 3 full- and 1-half bath home is set on over 4.5 acres of land. Newer kitchen has been remodeled and updated.

Ann Harwood 609-921-3060 (cell)

Kari Adams-Riddick 609-213-0276 (cell)

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PRINCETON $899,000 A Princeton “tree streets” beauty with updated 4 BR, 2 BA Victorian in the heart of the old Boro. The attic has been renovated into a large, studio-style space. Great home, not to be missed!

PRINCETON $1,119,500 This Colonial offers formal living and dining rooms, gourmet kitchen, family room overlooking yard, study with fireplace, master suite, 2 walk-in closets, hardwood floors and a finished basement.

Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)

Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)

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2 Meridan Court, West Windsor Twp Donna Reilly & Ellen Calman, Sales Associate 5 Beds, 3.5 Baths • $811,000

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9 Dana Court, South Brunswick Twp Patricia O'Connell, Sales Associate 4 Beds, 2.5 Baths • $619,000

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56 Spruce Street ,West Windsor Twp Donna Reilly & Ellen Calman, Sales Associates 5 Beds, 3.5 Baths • $899,900

14 Normandy Court, Montgomery Twp Elizabeth Zuckerman and Stephanie Will, Sales Associates 4 Beds, 3.5 Baths • $1,050,000

16 Magnolia Court, Monroe Twp Deanna Anderson, Sales Associate 5 Beds, 3.5 Baths • $749,000 LI NEW ST IN G

51Clarke Court, Princeton Heidi A. Hartmann, Sales Associate 4 Beds, 4+ Baths • $1,625,000 LI NEW ST IN G

451Riverside Drive, Princeton Heidi A. Hartmann, Sales Associate 5 Beds 5.5 Baths • $2,150,000

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33H Foxboro Court, Montgomery Twp Elizabeth Zuckerman and Stephanie Will, Sales Associates 2 Beds, 2.5 Baths • $345,000

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