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Cochrane Reviews Referendum Plans, Responds to Concerns

About 100 local residents with a range of concerns and questions about plans for the October 2 Princeton Public Schools facilities bond referendum gathered in John Witherspoon Middle School’s (JWMS) auditorium Monday evening, as Superintendent Steve Cochrane presented “A Vision for Our Schools” and fielded follow-up questions. For about an hour and fifteen minutes, Cochrane described the needs for more space and infrastructure upgrades, for a plan that aligns those improvements with the district’s educational goals, and a plan to optimize the district’s investment in a first-rate, cost-effective education. He shared with the JWMS gathering extensive details on the tentative plans, recently submitted for approval to the State Department of Education (DOE) — plans to increase capacity at Princeton Continued on Page 10

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Second Person Charged in Trenton Festival Shooting A second suspect has been charged in the shooting that closed down Trenton’s Art All Night festival early Sunday morning. Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri announced Tuesday that Davonne White, 26, who remains hospitalized in stable condition, is charged with three weapons offenses. Already charged in the incident is Amir “Mir” Armstrong, 23, who is hospitalized in critical condition. The exchange of gunfire inside the historic Roebling Wire Works just before 3 a.m. Sunday injured 22 people. Tahaij Wells, identifed as a shooter, is said to have been shot and killed by police. The incident is believed to have been gang related and the festival itself was not a target. Despite the tragic event, proponents of the popular 12-year-old festival and supporters of Trenton’s burgeoning arts scene are committed to its return next year. Billed as “24 Hours of Community, Creativity, and Inspiration,” the festival sponsored by Artworks invites anyone

to exhibit art and includes musical performances, interactive art, food trucks, and more. Over 400 people volunteer, in shifts, each year. Some 25,000 people were expected to attend this year’s event, which began at 3 p.m. Saturday and was scheduled to run until 3 p.m. Sunday. The 11-year-old community organization I Am Trenton has been a supporter of Art All Night since it was founded. “We are standing by, trying to be as helpful as we can,” said Vice President Iana Dikidjiva. “In the aftermath of this, I feel people want to have a positive healing conversation on the effect the arts are having. We are big supporters and we anticipate amplifying whatever the donation mechanism is to help Art All Night and Artworks rebuild.” Art All Night administrators did not respond to a request for comment, but a Facebook message posted Sunday morning announcing the cancellation of the remainder of the event read, “We know there are a lot of questions and a lot of speculation at this point. We’re still

trying ourselves to piece this entire situation together …. We’re very shocked. We’re deeply saddened. Our hearts ache and our eyes are blurry but our dedication and resolve to building a better Trenton through community, creativity, and inspiration will never fade. Not tonight. Not ever.” Continued on Page 8

Dillon Gym No Longer Available to Members Of the Community

For decades, members of the local community have been welcome at Princeton University’s Dillon Gymnasium and Stephens Fitness Center. But by the end of the year, use of the pool, squash courts, and other facilities will no longer be open to the public. “Due to space limitations and student demand for the fitness and recreation Continued on Page 8

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ART ALL NIGHT: All was calm at 8 p.m. Saturday, as viewers strolled through the historic Roebling Wire Works building in Trenton to view some 1,500 works by professional and amateur artists. But gun violence disrupted the festival seven hours later. (Photo by Erica M. Cardenas)

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The Future of Westminster Choir College: Affiliation or Independence?

*The Westminster Foundation, Princeton, NJ, Inc. is an independent organization, and is not affiliated with Rider University or Westminster Choir College.

The Princeton community is invited to an open forum: Wednesday, June 27th – 7:00pm Nassau Presbyterian Church 61 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ Since Rider University’s December 2016 announcement of plans to discontinue operating Westminster Choir College at the Princeton campus, there

has been a series of related developments. With great frequency the local, regional and national media have shared information, reports, analysis and opinions regarding Rider’s plan with Beijing Kaiwen Education Technology and potential alternatives regarding Westminster’s future. The Westminster Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, Inc. invites all to a public forum to ask questions, state opinions and exchange ideas related to the future of Westminster Choir College, which has been so valuable to the Princeton community, the region and to the world of music.

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A Community Bulletin Child Car Seat Check-Up: This event was rescheduled from June 2 due to weather issues. It will now be held Saturday, June 23, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., at St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Center, 2381 Lawrenceville Road. Certified technicians do free inspections and examine seats for correct use and installation. Reserve by emailing jmillner@sirc.org or (609) 896-9500 ext. 2215. Memorial Service for Jim Floyd: On Saturday, June 23 at 11 a.m. at Nassau Presbyterian Church 61 Nassau Street. The family of Floyd, a longtime public servant who died May 14, welcomes all members of the community to the service. Open Forum on Westminster Choir College Sale: On Wednesday, June 27 at 7 p.m., at Nassau Presbyterian Church, the Westminster Foundation will host this event open to the community, about Rider University’s proposed sale of Westminster. On hand will be officers from the school’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors, members of Rider and Westminster faculty, students, and others. The church is at 61 Nassau Street. Meet the Mayor: Friday, June 29, 8:30-10 a.m., Mayor Liz Lempert holds open office hours in the lobby of Princeton Public Library, 64 Witherspoon Street. Volunteer with Friends of Princeton Open Space: Help is needed for trail building and ecological restoration around Mountain Lakes. Most of the work is done on weekends. Call (609) 921-2772 or email info@fopos. org to volunteer. Donate for Guatemala Volcano Victims: Princeton’s Human Services Department is collecting first aid supplies, canned foods, personal hygiene, feminine care, and baby products, blankets, and towels through June 21 to send to victims of this recent disaster. Drop off Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., at the office in Monument Hall, 1 Monument Drive.

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“This is your bill. Let’s all have a “shellabration,” said New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, as he signed a bill declaring the bog turtle as the official state reptile before a full house in the Riverside Elementary School gym on Monday afternoon. The event was the culmi-

nation of a two-year effort by students working with science teacher Mark Eastburn at Riverside, with librarian Bevan Jones at Community Park School (CPS), and others throughout the state. Also on hand for the event were state Senator Kip Bateman (R-16), who sponsored the bog turtle bill in the Senate, and Assemblyman A ndrew Zw icker ( D -16 ), who sponsored the bill in the state Assembly. Both the Senate and Assembly passed the bill unanimously this spring before sending it to the governor for his signature.

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“This is now the law of the land,” said Murphy as he held up the bill he had just signed. “The kids never gave up, and I couldn’t give up either, and that’s how this came through,” said Eastburn, who initiated the project when he came back from a workshop in North Carolina in 2016 and told his students that the bog turtle was the North Carolina state reptile. Until Monday New Jersey did not have a state reptile. “This was a matter that demanded our immediate attention,” said fifth-grader Jaime Acevedo, speaking to the audience of students from Riverside and CPS, along with their teachers and an assortment of visiting dignitaries, including turtle researchers and conservationists from throughout the state. Over the past two years, Eastburn and Jones and their students have mounted a campaign to raise awareness of the plight of the bog turtle in New Jersey. They have written hundreds of letters, to students at other schools and to local and state officials, calling for the bog turtle to be protected as the first New Jersey state reptile. The Princeton elementary students joined Bateman to testify in support of his Senate bill on March 26 and, along with Eastburn, testified in favor of the legislation as it passed the state Senate in April. In May they followed through with Zwicker at Assembly hearings and in supporting passage at the final Assem-

bly vote. “This showed us that every person in our state has a voice as long as we are willing to speak up,” said Acevedo. Praising the students and their sustained collaborative efforts, Murphy said, “Who says we can’t get things done? Democrats, Republicans, and the press are united on this issue. Throughout this process you’ve learned that anyone with a good idea can see that idea become a law. You’ve learned that good laws don’t happen fast, and that’s not all bad. We want to make sure that when we do things we do them right. You’ve learned that to make a law you have to work together.”

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Praising the students and noting the bipartisan process in action, Bateman added, ”When you came down to Trenton and testified before the Senate, that was the best testimony I’ve heard. If you were down there more often we’d probably get a lot more done.” Calling for a show of hands for the dozens of student who had come to the statehouse to testify and the hundreds who had written letters, Zwicker noted, “I just want to say that slow and steady wins the race.” Commenting on the success of the project, Eastburn said, “This really challenged the students. I wanted to get my students involved in a way that wasn’t a partisan issue. The students organized themselves in a politically astute way. They reached out to schools across the state to raise awareness. They learned how you get a bill moving and make it happen. They really understood the legislative process, and many now have political ambitions.” He continued, “I also worried about them losing contact with nature and losing concern for nature. It was energizing for me that they could have this passionate concern for nature.” One of the smallest and r a r e s t t u r t l e s i n N or t h America, the bog turtle is endangered in New Jersey. Recognizing the need to protect the turtle from extinction, the U.S. Department of Fish and Wildlife and the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection

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have worked with land owners to preserve bog turtle habitats. Noting that there are possibly as many as 1,000 bog turtles still in New Jersey but that their locations are kept secret, he stated that the new bill and the reptile’s new status “will have a positive impact on the bog turtle populations throughout the state.” Addressing the students, Murphy concluded, “We’re lucky that we have great representatives ready to listen to young adults. Maybe because of this experience one day one of you will decide to run for office so you can be the one to turn someone’s good idea into a bill. Or maybe one of you will become governor and you’ll be able to sign a good bill into law. I’m proud of you, and I congratulate you.” —Donald Gilpin

Brunch for Good Program Supports Community Causes

Brunch For Good is a new in it iat ive t hat combines d is t inc t ive inter nat ional cu isines w it h impor tant community causes. Started this year by Princeton and Hop ewel l re s ident s M ic Boekelmann and Maricel Hermann, three brunches, two focusing on Filipino cuisine and the other Italian, have been held. The causes have included political action and students working for sensible gun control. The most recent brunch featured moder nized favorites from the Philippine Islands fused with selected European influences. Filipino food has been hailed as the next “hot” cuisine, according to The New York

Times and other publications. The brunch included a variety of Filipino-inspired dishes, such as guava and goat cheese mini toasts, pineapple rice cakes, eggs Benedict with Philippine lime hollandaise, sweet and savory crepes, banana-jackfruit spring rolls with creme anglaise, and salted caramel flan. The event benefited Students For Change, a club created at Hopewell Valley High School. Established after the shootings at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida last February, the club was founded by students Alex Franzino and Ethan Block. They wanted to give their peers an opportunity to be involved in the search for sensible gun control. Direct Response “Alex and I started the club in direct response to March For Our Lives in Philadelphia,” explains sophomore Ethan Block, who was one of the speakers at the Philadelphia event. “We began the club because we knew that students at our school wanted to be activists but just didn’t know where to start. We want to give those students the resources they need to feel they can make a difference.” The club advocates for common-sense gun reform on state and federal levels, and offers students a resource where they can learn how to use their political voices and find ways to contribute to and further common sense gun legislation. Fear of a school shoot-

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Most people recall James J. “Jim” Florio from his years as governor of New Jersey. But the Brooklynborn Democrat’s political legacy includes much more than his term in Trenton, which lasted from 1990 to 1994. Pr ior to being elected governor, Florio was a state assemblyman and congressman. He was the architect of the federal Superfund program that would clean up thousands of toxic waste sites around the country. He is also credited with designating the New Jersey Pinelands as a national preserve. It is these achievements, as well as elements of his personal story, that are the focus of Florio’s recently released political memoir, Standing on Pr inciple : Lessons Learned in Public Life. Tonight (June 20) at 7 p.m., he will discuss the

book and his life in politics with journalist Charles Stile at Princeton Public Library. The event is open to the public. “Florio is relevant now,” said Stile, a Princeton resident who is senior political columnist for The Record. “He was much vilified when he left office. Now we have a new activist, liberal governor, so there are the inevitable comparisons to be drawn. He’s very much in vogue now.” Florio was a high school dropout who left school to join the Navy as a teenager. While he had thoughts of becoming a teacher, he decided on the legal profession instead, graduating from Rutgers Law School in Camden. He went on to serve in the state Assembly and in Congress before winning the governor’s race. Florio is a recipient of the Profile in

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Courage Award of the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum. Now 80, he lives in Moorestown and practices law in Cherry Hill. Soon after becoming governor, Florio signed a ban on assault weapons that is still one of the strongest in the country. His unsuccessful run for re-election was opposed by the National R if le Association, which lobbied vigorously to get it rescinded. Florio lost to Republican Christie Whitman. The weapons issue, “was the issue that always defined him and shaped the contours of his term,” Stile said. Florio’s time in office is also remembered for his raising of taxes, by a record $2.8 billion. The tax hike was made in the first six months of his term, to balance the state budget. The challenges involved in that decision are among the topics touched on In his book, which is published by Rutgers University Press in cooperation with the Center on the American Governor, Eagleton Institute of Politics, Rutgers University. “I like the book a lot,” said Stile, who had nearly finished it when talking to Town Topics on Monday. “It’s a fast read. It reawakens some of the memories of that time period — the Carter and Reagan years, and his emergence as a principal activist liberal. The rise of his career is actually fascinating. It’s not a soulsearching memoir. But his main point is, if you build political capital, you’ve got to use it.” —Anne Levin

Recreation Department Campers Will Get Sponsored Lunches

A partnership this summer bet ween t he P r inc eton Children’s Fund, the Princeton Recreation Department, and Send Hunger Packing Princeton is making it possible for as many as 175 public school students to attend the Recreation Department’s summer camps. “Because of the generosit y of our donors and our par tnership with the Princeton Recreation Department, we are able to pr ov i d e a n opp or t u n i t y for our students to attend camp and engage in active a n d c r e at i ve pr o g r a m s, while giving their parents full-day childcare,” said Felicia Spitz of the Princeton Children’s Fund. S e n d H u n g e r Pa c k i n g Princeton (SHUPP), in conjunction with a grant from the United Way of Mercer Count y, is “ happy to be able to provide lunches to all of the PCF-sponsored students at tending the Recreation summer camp programs, as well as feeding kids in the Jump Start program and at the Princeton Nursery School,” said Wendy Vasquez of SHUPP. For more infor mat ion, visit shupprinceton.org or princetonchildrensfund.org.

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School Matters Ten Young People Combatting Prejudice

Ten Princeton students who are working to combat prejudice and promote racial unity were recognized by Not in Our Town at its 2018 Unity Awards 20th Anniversary Event on June 10 at Princeton University’s Carl A. Fields Center. The students were celebrated for being leaders at their schools in activities that range from starting student groups on racial awareness, to organizing a conference, to being active in a group that helped put together a textbook on racial awareness. Award winners included PHS students Hamza Nishtar, Valeria Torres-Olivares, Fedlyne Cleophat, Brianna Silva, Leah Williamson, Nina Tillmann, Zainab Qureshi, and Shane Spring; Princeton Charter School eighth-grader Yayla Tur; and John Witherspoon eighthgrader Mojisola Ayodele.

PHS AP Exam Survey

Student Board of Education representatives Amy Wang and Brian Lu have reported to the Board on the Advanced Placement exam survey completed by 423 students. Seventy-seven percent of the students surveyed took at least one exam this year. Of those who did take an AP exam 36 percent took one exam, 19 percent took two exams, 21 percent took three exams, 11 percent took four exams, 7 percent took five exams, and 6 percent took six or more AP exams. According to Wang and Lu’s report to the Board, the survey indicated that juniors tended to take the most AP courses, and that there is a correlation between students’ stress levels and the numbers of AP exams they took.

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mine also appealed to the school, but didn’t get anywhere.” On the University’s Campus Recreation website, half-year memberships for the general public are listed at $615. Facilities include Dillon Gym, Dillon Pool, Stephens Fitness Center, and the DeNunzio Pool. The letter from the University thanks members for the patronage over the years, and apologizes for the inconvenience t he change may cause. The letter also includes a list of other loc a l re cre at ion faci l it ie s that offer similar services includ ing t he P r inceton YMCA, Princeton Fitness & Wellness, New York Sports Clubs, Pretty Brook Tennis Club, and Life Time Athletic. “The University has always been so welcoming in terms of townies being able to participate in things, so this is certainly a change,” said the member. “We don’t know what we’ll do.” —Anne Levin

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facilities at Dillon Gymnasium and the Stephens Fitness Center, the University will no longer offer gym memberships to the general public as of January 1, 2019,” reads a letter sent to members on June 11. “In order to provide you with a transition period to find new fitness and recreation facilities to meet your needs, as of July 1, 2018 we will offer you the option of a half-year membership for non-University patrons. When the term of that membership option concludes at the end of the 2018, members of the general public will no longer be able to purchase a membership.” One long time member who asked not to be identified said there was no advance notice of the coming cutoff. A Princeton resident, he has been swimming at the Dillon pool for 30 years. “At the midday hour, it’s not crowded,” he said. “I did appeal to the University pointing that out, and they said it was too difficult to divide things up by times. It was a big surprise to us old folks. Another friend of

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Art All Night attracts artists and onlookers from the local area and beyond. Art displayed inside the historic building — some 1,500 pieces this year — comes from amateurs and professionals of all ages. The festival has grown each year, with as much going on outside the Wire Works as on the interior. The building has entrances at each end, and one in the middle. Attendees have been free to move in and out without being checked or searched. Onofri officially announced the charging of White at a gathering Tuesday morning at Trenton’s Friendship Baptist Church. He and other officials, including outgoing Trenton Mayor Eric Jackson, incoming Mayor Reed Gusciora, and members of local clergy, were invited by Pastor John Taylor to join the Capital City Community Coalition to talk about moving forward from the incident. Several politicians have weighed in. On Su nday mor n ing, G over nor Ph il Murphy spoke at Trenton’s Galilee Baptist Church before going with his wife to

visit shooting victims in area hospitals. Murphy had signed six new gun safety bills on June 13. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman ( D -NJ ) sent a letter Tuesday to House Speaker Paul Ryan, requesting recognition for victims of the shooting in the form of votes on gun violence prevention legislation instead of observing a moment of silence on the House floor. “After the tragedies that have claimed lives in cities across the country, most recently Las Vegas, Parkland, Santa Fe, and Sutherland Springs, we tend to stand quietly in the midst of our normally busy votes to honor lives lost, memorializing their names in our records. But the American people want more — specifically, common sense steps aimed at preventing incidents like these in the first place,” Watson Coleman wrote. Her letter lists more than 70 propos als t hat have been introduced but not yet scheduled for debate, including two of her proposals, the STOP Online Ammunition Sales Act of 2017 and the Handgun Licensing and Registration Act. Watson Coleman recently called

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Micah Rasmussen Named To Direct Rebovich Institute

Mic a h R as mus s en has been named the new director of The Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University. Rasmussen has more than 26 years of experience in political, governmental, and public communication and has spent more than 15 years as an adjunct professor of political science. “Micah’s breadth of experience and extensive network inside the State House and out is poised to help expand the awareness and mission of The Rebovich Institute,” says Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs DonnaJean A. Fredeen. As press secretary to Governor James McGreevey, Rasmussen served as the spokesperson and primary media relations official during the governor’s historic resignation, one of New Jersey’s most memorable political crises. He has also led political campaigns for State Senate and Congress and assisted in addressing New Jersey’s notorious traffic problems as the communications director for the state Department of Transportation. Most recently, Rasmussen has been vice president of executive communication for the Chubb Cor poration. He earned a Bachelor of Arts in political science from Rider in 1992, where he wrote his honors thesis on the New Jersey state legislature for the Baccalaureate Honors Program, and a Master of Arts in political science from Rutgers University’s Eagleton Institute of Politics. Rasmussen credits David Rebovich, who founded the Institute he now leads, as helping him to launch into his career. Specifically, Rebovich facilitated Rasmussen’s first political internship, working on a state Senate campaign as an undergraduate. “Dr. Rebovich was a mentor who played an outsized role in shaping the direction of my career,” Rasmussen said. “I couldn’t be happier to be back at Rider and have the opportunity to influence students in a positive and lasting way, just as I was at Rider, and lead the efforts to fulfill the mission of the Institute launched by Dr. Rebovich.” Fo u n d e d i n 2 0 01 b y Professor David Rebovich (1949 –2007), The Rebovich Institute for New Jer-

sey Politics is dedicated to public service and scholarly analysis of gover nment, public policy, campaigns, and elections in New Jersey. The Institute is a dynamic and creative home where students can network, study, and gain practical experience in New Jersey politics. An integral component of the Institute’s success is the active participation of Rider students, including research projects, internships, service learning, job placement, and overall career development. “My goal is to bring that kind of tangible, engaged learning to The Rebovich Institute, where students can learn the practical difference they can make in the civic life of their communities, counties, and states,” Rasmussen said.

Sourlands Hiking Atlas Updates Online Hiking Maps

T he S ourland Cons ervancy has published a new hiking atlas created by former trustee, Kevin Burkman. Burkman is a resident of the Sourland region who specializes in digital mapping for natural resources, urban/environmental planning, and historic land preservation and volunteers as SC’s geographic information systems (GIS) analyst. B u r k m a n c r e a te d t h e Sourland Region Hiking Atlas as a follow-up to Sourland Conservancy’s online hiking maps, which he also developed and continues to update. This new book highlights 24 parks and preserves with hiking trails in the 90-square-mile Sourland region. In addition to shaded relief maps, the atlas also features descriptions for each site, including history, geology, flora and fauna, and information on access and parking. His other work with the Conservancy includes open space analysis, tour maps, and pipeline corridor analysis. Burkman also recently develop e d t he Mapping Application for African American Places, Culture & History to increase public awareness of the role of African Americans in culture and history, across the American landscape. Visit w w w.sourland.org /ssaam to view the interactive map. The data and site descriptions used to produce the Sourland Region Hiking Atlas and online maps were compiled from various state, county, and tow nship agencies, as well as Sourland region land preservation organizations. The 54-page, spiral-bound color hiking atlas is now available for $18 online at www.tiny. cc/SupportSC or at Sourland Conservancy’s office at 83 Princeton Avenue, Hopewell. The online hiking maps may be viewed at w w w.s ou rla n d.or g / sourland-trail-maps. Carolyn Klaube, is ready to lead a Sourland Conservancy hike using the new S ourla nd Re g ion Hi king Atlas. The 54 page color atlas is available for $18 online at w w w.tiny. cc/SupportSC or at Sourland Conservancy’s office at 83 Princeton Avenue, Hopewell. The Sourland Conser vancy gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Bristol Myers-Squibb and Capitol Copy Service for their valuable support towards publication of this atlas.

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High School (PHS); to create a new 5/6 school to free up space at all elementary schools and JWMS; to acquire property at Thanet Circle for administration, transportation, and maintenance facilities; and to add security and HVAC improvements at all buildings. “The needs of our schools are straightforward: more space is needed for a projected increase of 700 to 800 students,” he wrote after Monday night’s meeting. “Basic quality of life improvements, such as clean air and natural light, are needed for those who teach and learn in our schools. For the past two years, the Board and I have been working to create a plan that addresses all of these needs and that does so in ways that align with our educational goals.” The $129.6 million price tag for the bond referendum and its impact on property taxes seemed to be the greatest concern, expressed in both oral and written comments delivered. The estimated tax impact on an average Princeton home assessed at $837,074 would be an additional $295 in the first year, $294 in the second year, $692 in the third year, and $220 in the fourth year, with impact dropping significantly in later years of the 30-year term. One speaker noted that the referendum is Princeton’s largest ever, “three to six times larger, on a per pupil basis than any of the other local districts.” Several participants expressed a need for more communit y involvement,

more discussion, and more transparency in the process. Cochrane referred repeatedly to the district’s ongoing efforts towards communication and community involvement, and pointed out the extensive information on the PPS website. Among other concerns voiced were the operational costs of a new 5/6 building with salaries for new administrative and support personnel; “testing new educational concepts” at taxpayers’ expense; the Cranbury-Princeton send-receive agreement, which was renewed last week; effects of construction disruptions at PHS; and the reliability of the demographic and financial projections. Though the town hall context seemed to encourage the raising of questions and concerns rather than support, one speaker asked, “Why didn’t we do this earlier?” As the BOE looks to receive feedback from the state next month and to continue to refine its plans in the context of continuing discussions within the school and the larger Princeton community, Cochrane reflected, “I value the conversations we are having with our community about the investment in our children and in their future. I look forward to continuing those conversations and to considering various perspectives as we provide a quality and cost-effective education for all the children of this community.” —Donald Gilpin

Former Mayor Marchand Named To Community Options Board

Community Options has recently named Phyllis L. Marchand to the board of

trustees for Community Options Enterprises, which operates several programs as well as entrepreneurial businesses that successfully integrate people with disabilities into the workforce. Marchand served 23 years as an elected official in Princeton Township, and for 12 years as mayor before retiring in 2009. She recently joined the Community Options board to augment production of their new Princeton VASEFUL flower store, scheduled to open on Witherspoon Street in the fall. One of Community Options Enterprises’ innovative programs is the Red Ribbon Academy, located in Wayne and Hillsborough, N. J., which supports adults who have the most fragile medical disabilities in a way that fosters growth and progress. Community Options also has three businesses that provide individuals retail, management, and customer service skills. Presents of Mind is a unique gift shop in Flanders, and The Daily Plan It is a complete office, conference, and copy center with locations in Morristown, Moorestown, and Princeton. Vaseful, located in Edison, is flower shop that offers delivery to anywhere in the world. Marchand was appointed by the Legislature and governor to the D &R Canal Commission and is a former commissioner. Mayor Marchand was president of both the New Jersey League of Municipalities and the New Jersey Association for Elected Women Officials. She was recognized as “Elected Official of the Year” by the New Jersey Municipal Managers Association.

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Pat ti Maslanka is pre paring to ride in her fifth consecutive annual Anchor House Ride for Runaways, setting out from Virginia on July 7 and riding 500 miles back to Trenton by July 14. Maslanka won’t be alone at this 40th annual ride to raise money for Anchor H o u s e , w h i c h p r ov i d e s shelter, school, and outreach to youth ages 12 to 21 from Mercer County and throughout the state. She will be joined by five of her children, one as support and four as riders. It is the fourth year for one son, the third for another, the second for one daughter, and the first for another. A veterinarian and owner of the HomeCare Veterinary Clinic in Rocky Hill, Maslanka recalls hearing about t he A nchor House R ide five years ago at St Paul’s Church. “Five hundred miles — how could I do that?” she said to herself, but she realized that “you break it down in pieces. You ride 25-30 miles, then take a break.” In 2014, her first year, her strongest motivation was her son Mark. “He had just graduated from high school, and I wanted to get to know him better. I also wanted him to give back to kids who hadn’t had the opportunities that he had.” Maslanka recalled that the whole week of riding together was a week of getting to know each other. “I learned more about Mark that week than I had in the previous

18 years, and he had the realization that not all kids had had the advantages he’d had.” A year later in 2015, her son Jeffrey, who had just graduated from Montgomery High School (MHS), joined his mother and brother on the ride, but the following year Mark was sidelined with a knee injury, so it was just Patti and Jeffrey. Then, in 2017, daughter Rebecca graduated from MHS to join the group, and for this year’s ride, daughter Carolyn, a firefighter and EMT who’s turning 18, will also be a part of the family peloton. Oldest son Chris will be on the trip as one of the support personnel, working with the sag wagons and rover cars to check on riders throughout the seven days. As a videographer, he will also be videotaping parts of the ride. Each year, the ride starts from a different location, and this year the riders are dropped off in Harrisonburg, Virginia, with stops in subsequent days in Winchester, Va., Frederick, Md., Gettysburg, Pa., Lancaster, Lansdale, and Trenton. A new feature of this years route is a “loop day,” where the riders stay for two nights in Gettysburg, returning to the same hotel after their usual grueling approximately 75mile daily ride. “Sometimes on the ride, you’re at the absolute max of what you think you can do,” Maslanka said. “They

go out of their way to make it challenging, but they do provide sag stops every 20 miles or so where you can get off your bike and get something to drink or eat.” She added, “But don’t let your muscles cool down. Don’t sit down. Keep moving. If you sit down, it becomes much more difficult. Mark helped me to learn that the first year.” Maslanka went on to describe the daily routine. “You get into a rhythm. You pack up your things early, put them on a truck, and they bring your bags to the hotel for that night.” The family interaction and the importance of the work that Anchor House does remain her greatest incentives. “To spend time together as a family is the whole reason why we do it,” she said, “and my clients have been incredibly responsive.” Maslanka and her family raised about $3,000 for Anchor House in the first year, then $5,000 in the second year, and over $10,000 so far this year. She remembers talking with a young man who received emergency shelter and college tuition from Anchor House. “His family had fallen apart. He was homeless. Then Anchor House helped him to get through college, which he completed this year. It’s great to have the opportunity to see that, to see the impact your contribution has. Wow — it’ll be great to talk with him. He’ll be on the ride this year.”

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Cyclist Brings Her Own Family Peloton To Anchor House “Ride for Runaways”

PATTI’S PELOTON: Patti Maslanka will be joined this year on her fifth Anchor House Ride for Runaways by five of her children. From left, Mark, Patti, Jeff, Rebecca, Christopher, and Carolyn Maslanka. (Their dog Oliver will be staying home.) (Photo Courtesy of Christopher Maslanka) In its “Welcome” to riders, the Anchor House ride committee states, “We believe that the ride is a unique and compelling experience both because of the physical challenge and the emotional connection to a diverse group of people who share a passion for helping the kids of Anchor House.” Maslanka and her family peloton will be among nearly 200 bicyclists and 30 support volunteers participating in this year’s 40th Ride for Runaways. —Donald Gilpin

Ask-a-Lawyer Program Offers Free Advice

Free legal advice on immigration and other issues will be offered to all interested people on Wednesday, June

27, from 7 to 8:30 p.m., in the second-floor Conference Room at the Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. The Ask-a-Law yer Program started in 1999 to meet a need expressed by the local Latino community: access to affordable legal services. This program is offered quarterly by the Latin American Task Force of Princeton. Local attorneys volunteer their time to provide individual private consultations. The lawyers will answer questions in their areas of expertise as far as possible, and make referrals as necessary. Though not definitive legal consultations, this offers an opportunity for a brief review of current appli-

cable law or to get a second opinion. Spanish interpreters will be available. The Ask-a-Law yer Program is co-sponsored by the Latin American Task Force, the Princeton Public Library, and the Mercer County Bar Association. Call (609) 9249529 ext. 1220 for more information.

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Eve Niedergang Thanks Community, Others For Support During June 5 Primary Election

To the Editor: Thank you to all who voted in the June 5 primary election for Princeton Council, and congratulations to Dwaine Williamson, my fellow Democratic nominee, and to Lisa Wu, the Republican nominee. I also want to thank the Executive Board of the Princeton Community Democratic Organization (PCDO), and in particular President Jean Durbin, for providing information about the campaign process to the candidates, and for hosting a debate so that we could present ourselves and our platforms to PCDO members. Scotia MacRae, chair of the Princeton Democratic Municipal Committee (PDMC), also helpfully provided information on the election process to the candidates, and offered an opportunity for all of us to address PDMC members. The participation of Adam Bierman, Michelle Pirone Lambros, Surinder Sharma, Alvin McGowen, and Myrtha Jasmin in this highly competitive primary election showed the openness of the Democratic party in Princeton to candidates with a wide range of ideas for the betterment of Princeton. I urge them to remain involved in the life of our town by bringing their energy, experience, and skills to serve as a volunteer on one of the many municipal boards, committees, or commissions. I owe so much to the members of my fabulous campaign team, who brought great ideas to the table and then worked many, many hours to bring those ideas to fruition. I absolutely could not have done this without you! Thank you also to all who helped by making phone calls or going door-to-door, hosting a coffee or fundraiser, placing a yard sign on their lawn, talking to or emailing friends and neighbors on my behalf, contributing to the campaign, helping with mailings, or signing my endorsement ad. Many, many people played a role in this campaign, which I believe attests to the passion that Princetonians have about our community and our desire to make it better. Finally, thank you to all who took the time to share with me the issues and concerns that are important to you and to our town, whether during scheduled meetings or in an impromptu fashion as I went door to door. I have learned so much from so many of you and really appreciate your commitment to our community. I hope that you will continue to provide your input and your wisdom as we move forward. To those who voted for me on June 5, I am honored by your trust and your faith in me and I promise that I will work hard to live up to it — as well as to earn your vote in November! EVE NIEDERGANG Forester Drive

Council Members Draw Community’s Attention to Win-Win Parking Solution

To the Editor: As our municipality embarks on the process of implementing the recommendations of last year’s parking study, we on Princeton Council would like to bring to the community’s attention one particular opportunity which will soon be available to property owners in neighborhoods close to the center of town. On Monday, June 11, Council voted to approve a contract with Passport Services, a company which provides pay-by-phone capabilities for parking in town. One of the exciting features offered under this contract is the ability of private property owners with surplus parking on their lots to make that parking available to the public at certain times of day, tailored to the specific parking needs of the property owner. This can become a source of additional income to the property owner, as fees paid by those parking in the lot can be channeled to the owner. Churches with spaces underutilized on weekdays and overnight, or business owners with spaces underutilized

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in the evening might equally benefit from such an arrangement. At the same time, it could help the entire community by alleviating parking supply bottlenecks, making trips into town more attractive and convenient for residents, and stimulating patronization of local businesses. If you are a property owner with 10 or more surplus spaces who might be interested in considering such an arrangement, please contact Deanna Stockton, municipal engineer, at dstockton@princetonnj.gov for more information. If you are a member of a church or other organization which might qualify, please raise the possibility with your leadership and encourage them to consider participating. This is a chance for us to come together as a community to help address a pressing need with a real win-win solution. DAVID E. COHEN Councilman JENNY CRUMILLER, Council President

Concerns About Bike Lanes Include Cyclists’ Injuries and Drivers’ Stress

To the Editor: We applaud the recent efforts to make our streets safe for travel by cars, bikes, and pedestrians. In our opinion most of our streets are too narrow to safely accommodate four lanes — two for bikes and two for cars. There is little wiggle room to address the sudden stray garbage can, pile of leaves, or hole in the pavement. Often, in order to pass the cyclist, a car must swerve into the opposite lane or slow down to the bike’s pace as cars back up behind it. Our other concern is the attitude of many cyclists who act as “vehicles” when it is opportune and as “pedestrians” when it is more convenient. The other morning we watched a cyclist ride across the Hamilton Avenue crosswalk, as a car — who at that moment had the right of way — stopped, as it must, for the “pedestrian.” The police car sitting in the Choir College driveway did not intervene. In New Jersey the law states a bicyclist must obey all state and local automotive driving laws. Maybe cyclists should be licensed as drivers so that we are all following the same rules as we learn to share the road. Hopefully we will avoid the fatalities that have caused 82 cities in 34 states to add protected bike lanes in order to help alleviate cyclists’ injuries and drivers’ stress. KATHERINE AND DAVID MILLER Hawthorne Avenue

Thanking Mayor Lempert and Town Council For PRS “Nutritionally Balanced Free Meals”

eton will help our neighboring candidates prevail in their election bids. I want to send out a big thank you to all of my supporters. There is much work to do and I look forward to serving our community in many ways in the coming months and years. MICHELLE PIRONE LAMBROS Grover Avenue

Housing Initiatives Chair, PCH Director Ask for Ideas On Proposed Housing Element, Fair Share Plan

To the Editor: On several occasions, candidates for Municipal Council have been asked their position on Princeton’s obligation to provide its fair share of affordable housing in our region. The candidates have unanimously endorsed going forward and locating affordable housing in several different neighborhoods. These ideas sound like a strong start toward providing much needed additional affordable homes in Princeton, but only hint at the breadth of decisions that all Council, Planning Board, and Zoning Board members will need to make. The current Council submitted a proposed housing element and fair share plan to the Planning Board and the public on May 17 which the Planning Board must adopt or modify for Council endorsement sometime in June. (For upcoming Council and Planning Board meetings, please see the municipal meeting calendar at www.princetonnj. gov/calendar.) With a broad brush, the plan proposes three developments in the northeast, southeast, and southwestern corners of the municipality; two similar developments at or near the shopping center on Harrison Street; and one development on Franklin Avenue across from AvalonBay. Five of the six developments would be inclusionary, to be built by private developers typically with an 80 percent/20 percent mix of market-rate and affordable homes respectively. In all, the plan includes 1,259 proposed new homes, of which 308 would accommodate households eligible for affordable housing. Below are some questions we are asking the candidates so that they can share their thinking on the proposed housing element and fair share plan and on Princeton’s obligation: • What is your view of the proposed housing element and fair share plan to comply with the court’s order? • What do you think about the plan’s inclusionary housing strategy to address part of the obligation? • What do you think about the plan’s distribution of the affordable units within the municipality? • What other creative strategies can you suggest to incentivize private development of inclusionary housing or 100 percent affordable housing? We will be interested to learn what answers the candidates offer to these questions. These questions can also serve as a springboard for the public’s participation in the upcoming Council and Planning Board meetings regarding the housing element and fair share plan. We encourage the public to attend the meetings and offer opinions and feedback. Thank you in advance to the candidates for their responses and to the public for its participation. CAROL GOLDEN Chair, Housing Initiatives of Princeton EDWARD TRUSCELLI Executive Director, Princeton Community Housing

To the Editor: After a Princeton resident voiced concern at several Council meetings during the past year about the cancellation of the lunch program for senior citizens, Town Topics reported that “Nutritionally Balanced Free Meals” are being offered again at the Princeton Senior Center [page 10, June 13]. I would like to thank Mayor Liz Lempert and town Council for reinstating this important program for the elderly in our community who are in nutritional need. According to the article, Mayor Lempert noted that she was thankful to the lady who had brought the fact to her attention that Princeton was no longer offering meals for seniors which “raised concerns and we listened.” Speaking on behalf of senior residents living in affordable housing, I would also like to thank the lady who approached the mayor and Council on this topic. She is my friend Lisa Wu, a senior living in affordable housing and who will be on the November ballot as a candidate for Princeton Council. LINDA SIPPRELLE Victoria Mews Princeton Public Library

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as we are facing some critical issues in our town, and we were fortunate to have so many qualified candidates running. All of us, including the other candidates Surinder Sharma and Adam Bierman, worked hard and ran great campaigns, and most importantly, we were all collegial and respectful of one another. Our town Council race was a stellar example of what our democracy is and should always be. I believe it is a sign of the times that so many of us were willing to step out and run for public office, where we feel we can make a contribution on the local level. While things on the national level are moving in the wrong direction, many of us here felt that we can make a difference and were willing to get involved and run for office. I would like to acknowledge and thank the many supporters who also worked hard to help me during the campaign. Although I did not prevail, I feel it was a win that our message of inclusion was so well received and supported. Gaining 892 votes for me was a strong showing of support and I want to thank each and every voter who believed in our message. I plan to stay engaged in the community and continue to work on our platform goals. There are many ways to be involved, and I will do my best to help wherever I can. Another way to be involved and make a difference is to be involved in the upcoming mid-term elections throughout our state. There are five potential districts that could flip from red to blue, and this is an opportunity to make a huge impact here locally on our national political landscape. I will be helping where I can to raise money and canvass voters in several races. I am sure many in Princ-

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n Michael Robertson’s coda to The Last Utopians: Four Late 19th Century Visionaries and Their Legacy (Princeton Univ, Press 2018), he stresses the necessity of “utopian dreaming” at a time when “nakedly racist and nativist rhetoric” is “permeating political discourse” and “powerful political optimism is in short supply.” Walking around Princeton after reading The Last Utopians, I saw intimations of utopia everywhere and I was wide awake. It’s like music, a subtle, infectious refrain; wherever you go you hear the utopian melody. Take a perfect day in June on Nassau Street (utopia defined online is “a state in which everything is perfect”): you’ve been browsing in one of the best bookstores in the country, you’re carrying a yellow Princeton Record Exchange bag brimming with great music, and you’ve just passed Dohm Alley with its visionary evocations of Blake, Keats, Shelley, Byron, Wordsworth, and Coleridge. Turn the corner and you come to the rustic parklet in front of Small World, a cozy nook with tree-stump tables. You can hear the utopian refrain all over town, in the sunny ambiance of Hinds Plaza after listening to Robertson’s standingroom-only talk at the library; in the utopia of the University Art Museum, in the gardens at Prospect, around the lake, in Marquand Park, or the Institute Woods, or blending with word music on the Poet’s Walk, or on the way to a Hollywood Summer Nights classic at the Garden after eating a sandwich from Olive’s on a bench in front of a world-class university library. And as often as the dissonance of breaking news drowns out the music, it comes back loud and clear on a sunny windy Hinds Plaza afternoon in the passionate words of citizens at the Families Belong Together rally lamenting the atrocities at the border and speaking out against the police-state policies of the Trump administration. Living the Subject According to Robertson, a professor at the College of New Jersey and a Princeton resident, “everyday utopias are as close as a nearby farmers’ market” or the “rundown block in the heart of Trenton” where he spent a morning working in a community garden named after the mural showing “a giant representation of Gandhi.” One of the most engaging features of The Last Utopians is the author’s determination to personally explore and report on the projects of the “contemporary partial utopians” who understand that “utopianism is essential to society, that without it, we’re reduced to a resigned acceptance of a morally intolerable status quo.” After chapters on the visionaries of the title — Edward Bellamy, William Morris, Edward Carpenter, Charlotte Perkins Gilman — and observations on landmark dystopian works like Yevgeny Zamyatin’s We, George Orwell’s 1984, and Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World, Robertson describes first-hand experiences in 21stcentury “intentional communities” like

Twin Oaks in Virginia and Findhorn and Erraid in Scotland. What brought him to the island of Erraid in the Scottish Hebrides was knowing that the community had been “extraordinarily successful in addressing the problem that absorbed William Morris: the alienating nature of modern labor.” Participating in accord with Erraid’s slogan,”Work is love in action,” Robertson spent his week of work in the garden. Other stops on the author’s itinerary include a cohousing project in Washington, D.C., a gay men’s retreat named for Edward Carpenter, and a visit to the Occupy Wall Street encampment in Zuccotti Park on a rainy day in late October 2011. Even this temporary community had “utopian dimensions,” providing, along with other Occupy movements, “millions of observers on television and other media an opportunity to encounter a working anarchist society.” Utopia and the Sixties You didn’t have to be at Woodstock to experience, i n R o b e r t s o n’s words, the “widespread utopianism of the Sixties.” I was among t he atypical first-year graduate students lured to Rutgers after reading Richard Poirier’s Partisan Review essay “Learning from the Beatles.” S g t . P e p p e r ’s L o n e ly H e a r t s Club Band, the 1967 Beatles album that inspired t h e e s s ay, w a s itself a utopian touchstone, and the famous cover, with its fantastical community of artists, writers, composers, sadhus and gurus, cowboys and movie stars, resembles a more elaborate expression of the concept behind Princeton’s Dohm Alley. Of the figures in the montage surrounding the Beatles, Oscar Wilde, H.G. Wells, Bernard Shaw, and Aldous Huxley all make appearances in The Last Utopians. On the Raft Robertson calls William Morris’s utopian novel News from Nowhere (1890) “a journey-book” or “more specifically, a river-book” recalling “the greatest of all river-books,” Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. According to Robertson, Huck and Jim’s raft trip down the Mississippi is “the occasion for some of the most lyrical writing in Mark Twain’s body of work, utopian moments on the raft when Huck and Jim shed their clothes, along with every other marker of civiliza-

tion, lounging in a state of perfect innocence and equality …. In Morris’s dream of the future, water and shore are equally pure and innocent.” On the Pequod Reading about Huck and Jim on the raft reminded me of the community of men aboard the Pequod in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, which contains one of the most rhapsodic utopian passages in American literature. If there’s a utopia of creation, Melville found it in the chapter titled “A Squeeze of the Hand,” where Ishmael is sitting “cross-legged on the deck” with his shipmates as they bathe their hands in sperm whale spermaceti, “those soft, gentle globules of infiltrated tissues” that “discharged all their opulence, like fully ripe grapes their wine.” Feeling “divinely free from all ill-will, or petulance, or malice, of any sort whatsoever,” Melville, as Ishmael, writes: “Squeeze! squeeze! squeeze! all the morning long; I squeezed that sperm till I myself almost melted into it; I squeezed that sperm till a strange sort of insanity came over me; and I found myself unwittingly squeezing my colaborers’ hands in it, mistaking their hands for the gentle globules. Such an abounding, affectionate, friendly, loving feeling did this avocation beget; that at last I was continually squeezing t heir hands, and looking up into their e ye s s e nt i m e n tally; as much as to say, — Oh! my dear fellow be ings, why should we longer cherish any social acerbities, or know the slightest ill-humor or envy! Come; let us squeeze hands all round; nay, let us all squeeze ourselves into each other; let us squeeze ourselves universally into the very milk and sperm of kindness.” Sexing Up the Narrative The sensuous spontaneity of that rhapsody to union suggests one of the primary forces driving the utopian narrative in Morris’s News from Nowhere when one character speaks of “intense and overweening love of the very skin and surface of the earth on which man dwells, such as a lover has in the fair flesh of the woman he loves.” Unlike Edward Bellamy, whose utopia was based on “the assumption that work was a distasteful necessity,” Morris imagines one “in which everyone likes working as much as he does.” Morris advocates “a healthy sensuality, the extinction of any shame associated with

sexuality and the body.” Another character in News from Nowhere claims that “they would as soon think of devising extrinsic rewards for the work of copulation as for other forms of labor.” As Robertson puts it, “In the future according to Morris, road-mending would be as pleasurable as sex.” Although Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s chapter is titled a “Motherly Utopia,” the author of Herland comes across as the most sensually vivid of the last utopians, enjoying passionate physical relationships with both sexes. In a letter to her first husband, she says her task is “to prove that a woman can love and work too.” Seen through his eyes, Gilman has “a classic figure,” is “moral, intellectual and beautiful,” and combines a “warm, soft, sensuous nature” with “moral purity and intellectual brilliance.” The pioneering same-sex poet Edward Carpenter, who published pamphlets on Homogenic Love, Love’s Coming-ofAge, and The Intermediate Sex, would surely have responded to the homoerotic undertones in Melville’s “Squeeze of the Hand” chapter. In fact, it was Carpenter who inspired the project that became The Last Utopians. He had been among the subjects in Robertson’s previous book, Worshipping Walt, a group biography of Walt Whitman’s disciples. What interested Robertson about Carpenter along with his devotion to Whitman was his “utopianism,” the “bold and eccentric and wonderful idea that homosexual men and women constitute the advance guard of the utopian future.” On to William Morris Discussing his next project in an email exchange, Robertson says “I had read News from Nowhere 25 years earlier and admired it. But I knew relatively little about Morris, and researching him, I fell in love with his breadth (all that art, all that poetry, all that politics) and his passion for life.” Robertson wants to write a biography “that can draw in the casual reader — who is likely to know Morris’s designs and little else — and introduce those readers to Morris’s breadth as artist and writer and socialist.” Says Robertson, “News from Nowhere is the culmination of the utopianism that was at the center of Morris’s career from the beginning. His design work, his poetry, his prose, and his political activism all constituted a protest against industrial capitalism and all pointed toward the utopian possibilities of a different world.” Robertson echoes Morris in the last words of The Last Utopians, noting that what was true during their era “is true today: visions of a transformed world, along with efforts to live out some portion of it in the here and now, are crucial to a better future.” eanwhile the dystopian beat goes on, there will be more atrocities, and more Hinds Plaza rallies. The working title of Robertson’s next book is William Morris: The Journey Toward Utopia. —Stuart Mitchner

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4 Elements Wellness at the Shopping Center Offers Variety of Innovative Holistic Therapies

arth, air, fire, and water! These elements are in full force at 4 Elements Wellness in the Princeton Shopping Center. This new wellness center offers an array of holistic therapeutic treatments.

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“This is something I have a passion for,” explains owner Silvia Fedorcikova. “I love holistic and natural therapy. I had done research about innovative treatments, including cryotherapy, and I also learned about the upcoming industry in flotation. “I wanted to expand our wellness center into the concept of four elements — earth, air, fire, and water. Our treatments help boost energy, appearance, and mood. They help you feel and look good.” She and her husband Stan opened the center last November, and 4 Elements Wellness is a new venture for them. They have owned Gallery Tile of Princeton for the past five years, and before that, Silvia worked at Massage Therapy in Hillsborough, becoming general manager. Something New Originally from Slovakia, Fedorcikova has lived in the U.S. for the past 22 years. Gallery Tile had become successful, she says, “and I was looking for something

else. We had a wonderful staff at Gallery Tile — loyal, capable, and trustworthy — so I was able to try something else.” Fedorcikova had specific ideas in mind when she opened 4 Elements. According to the center’s mission statement, the core values are “Pas s ion, I nte g r it y, Commitment, Open-mindedness, Innovation, Inspiration, and Nurture.” Further, the center hopes “to be the premier bespoke supplier of innovative, natural wellness services in the central Jersey area. As a strong believer in the power of holistic medicine, the creator/owner has taken the core of ancient treatments and married that with the latest in innovative technologies. The practices and techniques at 4 Elements have been used for hundreds of years in Europe and shown significant success. Services like those at 4 Elements are offered at medical offices, spas, and wellness centers all over the world.” In addition, “With a commitment to positiv it y, 4 Elements prides itself on treating the body and mind to strengthen the whole person. An elemental, alchemical approach, a seemingly magical process of transformation.” Several treatments are available at 4 Elements, all with a connection to earth, air, fire, and water. Cold Temperatures Cryotherapy is the whole body use of extremely cold

temperatures. Benefits are said to include reduced inflammation, pain relief, improved mobility, and faster recovery from injury. The process also may decrease cellular metabolism and increase cellular survival. In the cold temperature, explains Fedorcikova, the blood vessels quickly constrict, forming a protective layer while the core body temperature is maintained. The process naturally stimulates blood circulation as the body’s hormone, immune, and nervous system are activated. Local cr yotherapy can also be used for accelerated healing of the neck, shoulders, elbows, wrists, hands, back, legs, ankles, and feet. It is believed to be effective for acute and chronic conditions. In addition, cryo facial therapy uses pressurized liquid nitrogen vapors which are applied to the face and neck to stimulate the production of collagen and decrease pore size. Cryo facials have been used to diminish blemishes and scars, speed healing, and improve skin conditions, such as rosacea and dermatitis. The skin can become tightened and more even-toned. Flotation therapy provides ways to calm the mind and relax the body, points out Fedorcikova. The 4 Elements float room is an open tub, including 200 gallons of heated water, infused with approximately 900 pounds of pharmaceutical grade Epsom salt. The density of the

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NATURAL WELL-BEING : “There is nothing like our wellness center in the area, with all the elements we include. Our clients like the whole range of services we offer.” Owner Silvia Fedorcikova (center) of 4 Elements Wellness in the Princeton Shopping Center is shown with staff members Kate Raynor (left) and Christine Flanagan. All staff members have been trained in the correct procedures for the treatments. Prices cover a wide range, from $30 to $80 a session, depending on the treatment. Special packages are offered, which include discounts, and gift cards are also available. In addition, a variety of events are of fered each month, including meditation and sound therapy sessions. Assorted retail products are also popular with customers, notes Fedorcikova. Organic soap, bath salts, candles, hydrogen-infused water, Skinade, and other items are all in stock. Natural Levels Hydrogen-infused water is believed to provide anti-inflammatory and antioxidant benefits, relieve fatigue, boost energy, enhance circulation and cell function, and improve fitness performance and recovery. Skinade is a special daily skincare beverage, which works from within to rebuild and strengthen collagen, boost natural levels of hydration, and help to reduce the appearance of final lines and wrinkles. Silv ia Fedorcikova explains that the benefits of the treatments and these products are typically seen after six to 12 sessions, and then a maintenance plan is recommended to ensure continued improvement. Clients are men and women, and range in age from 13 to 80, she adds. They include people from Princeton and the area. She is pleased

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“Afternoon, After Dark” at lege of Art and Design in Mercer Arts and History Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville Philadelphia, Harrington Grant Applications Available

Artists Richard Harrington and Joseph Zogorski have announced the opening of their joint show, “Afternoon, After Dark,” on Thursday, July 5, at Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville. The exhibit, which runs through Sunday, August 5, fe at u r e s w ate r c o l or, gouache, and acrylic paintings by Harrington, and both color and black and w h i te a r c h i v a l p i g m e n t prints representing Zogorski’s photography. An opening reception with the artists will be held on Saturday, July 14, from 4 to 7 p.m. Harrington, of Newtown, Pa., finds his inspiration for his work in the cars parked on streets in his neighborhood. The title of the exhibition, “Afternoon, After Dark,” “AFTERNOON, AFTER DARK”: Joseph Zogorski’s photograph “Schoodic After Dark,” above, and was initially proposed by Richard Harrington’s painting “Z28,” below, are featured at their joint show at Artists’ Gallery Harrington. “During the in Lambertville. “Afternoon, After Dark” runs July 5 through August 5, with an opening recep- winter months, I star ted taking photos of cars parked tion on Saturday, July 14 from 4 to 7 p.m. under street lamps in my neighborhood,” said Harrington. “I always loved the nighttime paintings of Edward Hopper and Charles Burchfield, and the starkness of the light cast by street lamps inspired me to create my own night scenes. I have always admired the photos that Joe creates using the late day sun and the sky after sunset, and I think our work fits together well for this exhibition.” An associate professor of illustration at Moore Col-

has worked as an illustrator for more than 30 years. “I always enjoyed painting images of vehicles. I try to include them in my work whenever I can; I love the reflection of light off the surfaces of them, especially in the afternoon and early evening.” Zogorski grew up in Newtown Township, Pa., on land his ancestors settled in the early 1900s. A graduate of Temple University, he is an award-winning photographer whose photographs of performance artists have been used on numerous websites and on IMDb, and his various subject matter prints are in several private collections. Combining chief ly traditional black and white photography with years of modern printmaking experience, Zogorski has produced a portfolio of carefully crafted prints often depicting the ephemeral beauty and mystery he continues to find in our special landscape. “I’ve been struck at the consistency of comments about my work being perceived as “peaceful” or “serene.” This has never been a conscious goal, but I’m pleased that my photography seems to have this effect.” Artists’ Gallery is open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., and by appointment. For more information, call (609) 3974588 or visit www.lambertvillearts.com.

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Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes, the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders, and the Division of Culture and Heritage have announced that application forms and guidelines for the FY19 Mercer County LAP grants and the Mercer Count y Histor y Regrant programs are now available on the County’s website: w w w.mercercou nt y. org/departments/cultureand-heritage. The Mercer County Local Arts Program (LAP) grants are available to eligible Mercer County-based nonprofits, libraries, units of local government, and institutions of higher education offering arts programming and events. The Mercer County History Regrants suppor t eligible Countybased nonprofit historical societies, history organizations, local government entities, schools, libraries, and other Mercer County nonprofits offering local historic programming and events. Each program offers either General Operating (GOS) or Special Project (SP) grants to eligible nonprofit organizations and historical sites. Proposed projects to be funded through this FY19 round of grants must take place during the calendar year 2019 (January 1 – December 31). Deadline for submission of the F Y19 grants is July 13. Organizations are encouraged to review the online guidelines for information on eligibility requirements. Grant guidelines and application forms can be found on the Division’s pages on the County website, www. mercercounty.org/departments/culture-and-heritage, under “Grants Information” on the left-hand side of the page. For more information or to request a hard copy of the grants package, contact Tricia Fagan at tfagan@mercercounty.org. The Local Arts Program (LAP) grants are made possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. The County’s History Regrants are made possible with funds from the New Jersey Historical Commission’s County History Partnership Program (CHPP) and Mercer County’s Cultural and Heritage Commission. Both grant programs are administered by the County’s Division of Culture and Heritage and supported by Mercer County.

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“PICTURING PROTEST”: This photo by Bill Pierce, for Princeton Alumni Weekly, was taken at a Washington peace demonstration on November 15, 1969. “Picturing Protest,” on view at the Princeton University Art Museum through October 14, examines the visual framing of political demonstrations around the country and on Princeton’s campus.

“Picturing Protest” Exhibit ages of a student protester photographs by Larry Parslain on the Kent State Uni- sons, and “The Tie That At PU Art Museum T he civ il r ights move ment and the movement against the U.S. war in Vietnam came to a head in the 1960s, inspiring protests across the country. Fifty years after the watershed events of 1968, “Picturing Protest” examines the visual framing of political demonstrations around the country and on Princeton’s campus. At a time when the coverage and circulation of news media were rapidly expanding, many of these photographs became icons of social struggle, fundamentally changing the ways people have visualized the United States ever since. Drawn from Princeton University collections, the images compel viewers to contemplate the capacity of protest, and of art, to imagine, interpret, and cultivate change. “Picturing Protest” will be on view at the museum through October 14. “The 1960s saw the voices of protest rise and cascade around the country,” said James Steward, Nancy A. Nasher–David J. Haemisegger, class of 1976, director. “Through this exhibition, the museum investigates the visual culture of protest 50 years on with an eye towards better understanding the power of photography as a medium for both documenting protest and sometimes participating in it.” “Picturing Protest” presents some 35 works — photographs, video, and prints — by a wide range of artists, including both photojournalists and activists acting as photographers. The exhibition also features archival photographs from Princeton University’s Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library in a section devoted to student anti-war demonstrations on Princeton’s campus. The images in the exhibition document protests from the civil rights, anti-Vietnam War, feminist, and gay rights movements from 1960 to 1970. Among the charged scenes are demonstrators in conflict with police in Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 by Charles Moore; a student vigil at Princeton following the death of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968; Gordon Parks’ photograph of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which appeared in Life magazine; Fred McDarrah’s images of supporters of the women’s liberation movement from 1970; and John Filo’s im-

versity campus in 1970. A concurrent installation at the Princeton University Art Museum, “Photography and Belonging,” explores issues of migration, inclusion, and exclusion, with special attention to the work of three photographers: Lewis Hine’s images of early 20thcentury immigrants in New York ; Roman Vishniac’s portrayal of European Jewish communities in the years before the Holocaust; and Fazal Sheikh’s collaborative portraits of displaced persons in recent decades. The Princeton University Art Museum is located in the heart of the Princeton campus. Admission is free. Museum hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, Fr iday, and Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday noon to 5 p.m.

Area Exhibits A r t T i m e s Tw o , Pr inceton Brain and Spine, 731 A lexander Road Suite 200, has “The Impact of Art: artists find refuge and regeneration through their art” through August. Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has “Interwoven Stories International” through June 23. An artist talk and closing reception is June 23 at 1 p.m. www.artscouncilof princeton.org. B e r n ste i n G a l l e r y, Robertson Hall, Princeton University, has “Beirut: Theater of Dreams,” photography by Manal Abu- Shaneen, through August 15. D&R Greenway Land Tr ust, 1 Preser vation Place, has “Cosmophilia” June 21 through July 25. www.drgreenway.org. E l l a r s l i e , Tr e nton’s Cit y Mu s e u m i n C ad walader Park, Parkside Ave nu e, Tre nton, h as “Ellarslie Open 35” juried exhibit through July 1. www.ellarslie.com. Gallery 14, 14 Mercer Street, Hopewell, has “Indulgences: Loving Cars,”

Binds,” photographs by Carol King, through June 24. w w w.photogaller y 14.com. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has Michael Rees : Synthetic Cells” t h roug h Ju ly 14, a n d o t h e r e x h i b i t s . w w w. groundsforsculpture.org. Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “Einstein Salon and Innovators Gallery,” “ATeam Artists of Trenton,” and other exhibits. $4 admission Wednesday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m. Thursday extended hours till 7 p.m. and free admission 4-7 p.m. www.princeton history.org. James A. Michener A r t Museum at 138 South Pine Street, D oyl e s tow n , Pa., h a s “Rae Sloan Bredin: Harm ony a n d Powe r” on v iew through July 15, and “Vir tually Rudy: New Dimensions in Sculpture” through July 1. “View Finders : Four P h oto g r ap h i c Vo i c e s” runs through August 26, and “American Moderns: The Legacy of Gerry and Marguerite Lenfest” is on view through October 21. w w w.m i c h e n e r a r t museum.org. The Gallery at Mercer County Community College, 1200 Old Trenton Road, West Windsor, has “Mercer C ou nt y A r t is t s 2018” through July 9. Mor ven Museum & G a rd e n , 55 Stockton Street, has “A Gentleman’s Pursuit: The Commodore’s Greenhouse” t h r o u g h O c to b e r 21. www.morven.org. P r i n c e t o n U n i ve r sity Art Museum has “Frank Stella Unbound: Literature and printmaking” through October 23. (609) 258-3788. www. artmuseum.princeton. edu. West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, has “Cross Cultural Currents” through June 22. “Generation Next: The Family Show” runs June 25 through August 17. (609) 716-1931. www. westwindsorarts.org.

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MUSIC REVIEW

Princeton Festival Presents “Madama Butterfly” With Impressive Visuals and Singing

rinceton Festival opened its mainstage opera production this past weekend with an audience favorite in Giacomo Puccini’s Madama Butterfly. Now one of the most popular Italian operas in the repertory, Puccini’s 1904 Butterfly was an unexpected disaster on its premiere night in Milan, leading the composer to revise the opera into the blockbuster it is today. Princeton Festival’s presentation Saturday night at McCarter Theatre Center’s Matthews Theatre was every bit the crowd-pleaser it should be, showcasing several stand-out singers in the process. Some operas lend themselves to restaging in other time periods, but Madama Butterfly is best left in its original timeframe of late 19th-early 20th-century Japan. Set in the harbor town of Nagasaki, Butterfly combined Puccini’s lush orchestrations and melodies with an exotic seaside locale to tug at audience heartstrings. Princeton Festival’s production, sung in Italian with English supertitles, took every advantage of Puccini’s rich melodic writing to convey a poignant storyline. Princeton Festival conductor Richard Tang Yuk began the opera with a clean overture, with crisp pizzicato playing from the strings and brass kept concise so as not to overwhelm the rest of the ensemble in the orchestra pit. Designer Wally Coberg’s opening set, which stayed fairly consistent throughout the production, was an elegant wooden pagoda against a muted backdrop, with sliding doors allowing traffic across the stage. Navy Lieutenant Benjamin Franklin Pinkerton was portrayed as unusually young, which made his naiveté about his marriage to a sight-unseen Butterfly all the more believable. Tenor Matthew White sang the role of Pinkerton with consistent sensitivity, showing particular vocal power late in the opera. White’s voice was well-matched with soprano Yulia Lysenko’s Butterfly, with both performers singing with ease. Lysenko in particular showed that Puccini’s music was written for a voice such as hers; gliding across the stage in quasiplatform flip-flops, Lysenko floated higher musical passages over the orchestral accompaniment and clearly was not afraid to sing at a pianissimo volume to make a theatrical or musical point. There was no doubt that she believed what she was singing — that Pinkerton would return to her. Joined in the first act by a well-blended cho-

rus of fellow geishas, Lysenko consistently matched the drama of the music while onstage almost the entire opera. A powerhouse singer was heard in mezzo-soprano Janara Kellerman, singing the role of Butterfly’s servant Suzuki. Kellerman, well-experienced at heroic mezzo roles, sang Suzuki’s lines solidly to support Butterfly in the first act, then came into her own dramatically in Act III, as Pinkerton’s house of cards came tumbling down and Suzuki struggled to protect Butterfly. Kellerman and Lysenko combined in the second act for an exquisite “Flower Duet” of perfectly matched vocal timbres, followed by an equally as exquisitely set and backlit “Humming Chorus” (with especially touching petals falling from the sky) to close the act. Baritone Paul La Rosa brought a solid vocal performance to the role of Sharpless, the American consul, while tenor Anthony Webb sang the part of marriage broker Goro with an element of jaunty humor. Both of these singers added well to a humorous ensemble scene as a parade of relatives and officials orchestrated the marriage of Butterfly and Pinkerton. The role of Butterfly’s young son Trouble has been double-cast between Spencer Brown and Lionel Burton, with Burton holding his own in the long unspoken role on opening night. Marie Miller’s costumes were subdued in color, with a splash of red used sporadically and effectively in Butterfly’s costumes, and brightly-colored parasols adding some of the only color to the wedding scene. Tang Yuk and the Princeton Festival Orchestra kept the operatic pace moving along well, with violins and harp subtly accompanying Lysenko in Butterfly’s signature “Un Bel Di Vedremo” aria. Throughout the production, there was a great deal of dramatic ebb and flow from both singers and orchestra, with particularly strong musical development in an Act II “Letter” scene between Butterfly and Sharpless. lthough Princeton Festival did not tamper with Puccini’s original dramatic and musical intentions for Madama Butterfly (as other opera companies might have done), under the direction of Stephen LaCosse and conducting of Tang Yuk, this was a story as old as time with music that has held up for more than a century. —Nancy Plum

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FREE FAMILY CONCERT: Award-winning musician and children’s author Jim Gill presents an interactive, energetic concert for the entire family Wednesday, June 27, at 6:30 p.m. at Princeton Public Library. Audience members will clap, sing, dance, and even sneeze along to silly and inspiring songs, rhymes, and games during the hour-long concert. The event is free, but tickets are required and must be reserved in advance through the events calendar at princetonlibrary.org. Children 18 months and under do not need a ticket. All others must present a digital or print copy of their ticket at the door to the Community Room. Due to space limitations, no strollers will be allowed in the Community Room during the concert. Seating will be on the floor, and doors will open at 6:20 p.m. The library is in the Sands Library Building at 65 Witherspoon Street in Princeton. For more information about library programs and services, call (609) 9249529 or visit www.princetonlibrary.org.

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Europium Dancetheater presents Vodka Valley, an avant-garde dance theater production performed at Music Mountain Theater in Lambertville on June 30 and July 1 at 7 p.m. Vodka Valley is a new, one-act performance that takes a look at the irreverent and unflinching folly of daily life usually reserved for small, quirky river towns. Through movement, improvisation, limited words, and musical accompaniment, Vodka Valley aims to explore the emotion and shared experiences of daily living, through several smar t, per t, and cheeky moments one many may find oddly familiar and peculiarly relatable. Vodka Valley is written and directed by Linda Erickson, who has choreographed

Galaxy, and the Performing Company of Ballet Classique among others. She previously co-founded The New York Dance Theater with Frank Ohman, The Touring Company of Patricia McBride and Jean-Pierre Bonnefous, and Dance Galaxy with Judith Fugate and Mehdi Bahiri, and is the founder and artistic director of Europium Dancetheater. Her current work is heavily influenced by the late Pina Bausch, whose style heavily shaped the world of modern dance from the 1970s and beyond. Several members of Europium Dancetheater hail from professional dance and theater backgrounds including Zane Rankin, who has studied with the schools of Martha Graham, Merce Cunningham, and Paul Taylor;

Princeton Summer Theater’s ( PST) 2018 season is officially underway. This week, the 2018 staff and company began rehearsals for the season’s first show, Tick, Tick … Boom!, which opens June 21. Tick, Tick … Boom! tells the autobiographical story of a composer searching for his big break. Fueled by Jonathan Larson’s rock and pop score, this intimate show pulls back the curtain on the man whose breakthrough would change American musical theater forever in an inspiring appeal to follow your dreams. With this production, PST welcomes three actors to its stage: company member Alison Spann as Susan, along w it h g uest ar t ists Isaac Piecuch in the role of Jon, and Chibueze Ihuoma as Michael. Rising Princeton University senior Victoria Davidjohn also makes her PST debut as the show’s director. Performances for Tick, Tick … Boom! run June 21 — July 8 every Thursday — Saturday at 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m., and select Wednesdays at 8 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 for general admission, $24.50 for students and matinees. PST also offers season subscriptions for $79 which ensures a reserved seat for all four main stage shows this season. To order tickets, visit http://www.princetonsummertheater.org/tickets or call the PST box office at (732) 997-0205. ———

Fife & Drum Taptoe Concert Series July 14 and 28

The Old Barracks Museum celebrates history, music, and warm summer evenings with the fourth annual Taptoe Concert Series on July 14 and July 28. The gates open at 7:30 p.m. and the music starts at 8 p.m. to “magically and musically transport you to the 18th century.” Reserved seating

LOVE THY NEIGHBOR?: Mixing elements of plays, dance, Happenings, and silent films, Europium Dancetheater presents “Vodka Valley.” Written, directed, and choreographed by Linda Erickson, it deconstructs life unique to a river town and it examines the folly and the beauty of living with neighbors you love and those you love a little less. The performance is on June 30 and July 1 at 7 p.m. at Music Mountain Theater, which is located at 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. Tickets start at $20.

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uper Fly (1972) was one of the most profitable of the blaxploitation [black exploitation] era movies. Released during the genre’s heyday, the picture was about its iconic title character, Youngblood Priest, a flamboyant cocaine dealer who dressed like a pimp, drove flashy cars, and distributed his wares from a spoon, shaped like a cross, that was draped around his neck. With a modest budget of just $500,000, the film’s boxoffice success led to several sequels, (Super Fly T.N.T. (1973) and The Return of Superfly (1990). With its poor production values, Super Fly was ready to be remade, and this movie is an upgrade that does not disappoint. With the help of Julien Christian Lutz (aka Director X), the movie bears a greater resemblance to McG’s frenetically-paced Charlie’s Angels (2000) and Baz Luhrmann’s interpretation of The Great Gatsby (2013) than to any blaxploitation films made in the 70s. The setting has been shifted to Atlanta, but the basic plotline is otherwise faithful to the source material. The film is narrated by the picture’s protagonist, played by Trevor Jackson (TV’s Grown-ish).

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Wednesday, June 20 2 p.m.: Meeting, Parkinson’s Support Group at Capital Health Medical Hopewell, 1 Capital Way, Pennington. Free. 7 p.m.: Former Governor Jim Florio discusses his life in politics with political columnist Charles Stile at Princeton Public Library. Florio’s book, Standing on Principle: Lessons Learned in Public Life was released in April. 7 p.m.: Indulge your mind and body with the restorative practice of yin yoga and aromatherapy in honor of the summer solstice in the Himalayan Salt Room at 4 Elements Wellness Center at the Princeton Shopping Center. 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Heaven Can Wait (1943) at Princeton Garden Theatre. 8 to 10:30 p.m.: Contra Dance with the Princeton Country Dancers at the Suzanne Patterson Center. General admission is $10 ($5-$10 for students). Thursday, June 21 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Princeton Summer Farmers Market at Hinds Plaza. 10:30 a.m.: Learn to identify and control weeds at Mercer County Connection, 957 Route 33 in Hamilton. Free. 5:30 p.m.: Summer solstice wine and jazz concert at Rutgers Garden, 112 Ryders Lane, North Brunswick. 6 p.m.: Free, Summer Courtyard Concert Series presented by the Arts Council of Princeton at the Princeton Shopping Center. 6 p.m.: Nell Painter discusses his book, Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over at Labyrinth Books of Princeton. 6:30 p.m.: Yoga on the Lawn at the Princeton University Art Museum. Enjoy the healing benefits of yoga outdoors. The instructor will be Debbi Gitterman of YogaStream. Guests should bring their own mat. 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Funny Girl (1968) at Princeton Garden Theatre. 8 p.m.: Princeton Festival presents A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum at Matthews Acting Studio, 185 Nassau Street in

7 p.m.: YWCA Princeton’s Firecracker 5K at ETS Campus, 660 Rosedale Road in Princeton. Online registration is $30. Day of registration is $40. Register online at https://www.ywcaprinceton.org/news-events/5k/. 7:30 p.m.: Princeton University Summer Chamber Concert at Richardson Auditorium. Wednesday, June 27 5 to 8 p.m.: New World wine tasting at Eno Terra in Kingston. 8 to 10:30 p.m.: Contra Dance with the Princeton Country Dancers at the Suzanne Patterson Center. General admission is $10 ($5-$10 for students). Thursday, June 28 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Princeton Summer Farmers Market at Hinds Plaza. 6 to 9:30 p.m.: Independence Day celebration and fireworks at Montgomery High School. 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Jaws (1975) at Princeton Garden Theatre. 8 p.m.: Princeton University Art Museum summer series outdoor screening of West Side Story (1961). Friday, June 29 Noon to 8 p.m.: Stockton Market in Stockton, N.J. includes farm-fresh produce, café, eat-in foodstands, baked goods, local artisans, seafood & meats, guest vendors, and more (also on Saturday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.). 5 to 8 p.m.: Sunset Sips and Sounds at Terhune Orchards. Enjoy Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery’s award-winning wines, wine fare, and relaxing music every Friday night throughout the summer (through September 7). Saturday, June 30 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: West Windsor Community Farmers Market at the Vaughn Drive Parking Lot of the Princeton Junction Train Station in West Windsor. Sunday, July 1 12:30 p.m.: Princeton Garden Theatre’s Lively Arts presents a screening of An Ideal Husband. Monday, July 2 7 p.m.: Sing! A Celebration of Modern A Capella Music at Lawrence Branch of the Mercer County Library System, located at 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.

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CHINESE AMERICAN MUSIC ENSEMBLE: The Chinese American Music Ensemble, an adult chorus, will present a program at the Plainsboro Public Library on Sunday, June 24, at 2 p.m. It is the first of four concerts by New Jersey-based musicians that will be presented on four separate Sundays at 2 p.m., as part of the library’s Community Fusion program. The Plainsboro Library is located at 9 Van Doren Street, Plainsboro, and can be reached at (609) 275-2897 or www.plainsborolibrary.org.

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The Chinese American Music Ensemble, an adult chorus, will present a program at the Plainsboro Public Library on Sunday, June 24, at 2 p.m. It is one of four concer ts by New Jerseybased musicians that will be presented on four separate Sundays at 2 p.m. as part of the library’s Community Fu-

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After Honing Coaching Skills on Dartmouth Staff, Micir Coming Home to PU Women’s Hoops Program

hen Addie Micir arrived at Princeton University in the fall of 2007 and joined the women’s basketball team, she developed an instant rapport with head coach Courtney Banghart. “She has been a mentor of mine since day one when I stepped on campus and she was my coach,” said Micir. The 6’0 native of Newtown, Pa, went on to a brilliant career with the Tigers, finishing with 1,188 points, tied for ninth all-time when she graduated and earning All-Ivy honors in her last three seasons. As a senior captain, Micir became the first player in program history to be named Ivy League Player of the Year after leading the Tigers to their second league crown. As a junior, she was part of the program’s first- ever NCAA Tournament team. After playing pro ball overseas for two years, Micir broke into coaching, joining

the staff of the Dartmouth women;’s hoops program. Even though Micir was working for an Ivy foe, Banghart, a former Dartmouth standout, remained in touch. “We have been in constant contact, even when I was an opposing coach,” said Micir. “She was checking in on me, asking me ‘How are you doing?’ and ‘How can I help?’” Last month, after longtime Princeton assistant Milena Flores decided to leave the staff, Micir heard from Banghart. “She called me and said, we have always talked about theoretically would you ever want to come back here and coach,” said Micir. “She said, theoretical is over, what do you think? We are going to be looking to make a sweet 16 run here, you played on the first NCAA tournament team. We want you come back to coach and she asked me what my answer was and I said ‘yes, yes, yes!’ It was an easy choice

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to make coming back here.” While Micir is thrilled to be taking on the role as an assistant coach on Banghart’s staff, it was hard for her to leave Dartmouth. “It was definitely bittersweet; professionally it is probably time to make a change,” said Micir, who helped Dartmouth go from 5-23 in 2013-14 to 15-12 last winter. “Dartmouth was so, so good to me. I have a lot of friends up there; our players were just incredible people. The experiences I had up there are just awesome. It was such a happy day to be able to get the call home but then you have to make the other call. I talked to Coach Banghart first and I was so thrilled. I immediately called Belle (Dartmouth head coach Belle Noclanes) right after and she was so excited. Then she said ‘let’s talk about exit strategy here’ and it hit me, you can’t have the best of both worlds.”

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Micir hit the ground running when she started her coaching career in the summer of 2013. “Year one was a whirlwind for a lot of different reasons,” recalled Micir. “The program up at Dartmouth wasn’t where we wanted it to be and we had to start a building process there. That wasn’t something I was used to from my first time here. Hopping into recruiting was a little bit tough.” That recruiting effort paid dividends as that group helped spark the Big Green’s resurgence. “We put together a pretty good first recruiting class; they are the class that just graduated this year and they proved to be what we needed to start that turnaround at Dartmouth,” said Micir. “I was a really young assistant coach and they just bought into everything I said and really trusted me in that. I told them when we had our senior dinner that I appreciated them for that because they set the tone for the rest of the people coming after them to do it.” Micir also appreciates the lessons she has learned from head coach Noclanes over the last five years. “She stretches you in every way,” said Micir. “She is super positive but she is still demanding. I learned a different way to coach. What I appreciated about Belle is that each year I had new roles on my plate. She didn’t want me to just settle and get comfortable.” Getting stretched like that helped Micir hone her skills. “I could always teach by showing; that was something I had done my whole career,” said Micir. “I got to do that a little bit my first year, I hopped into practice more. We were trying to raise the level of the program and show people what it was like to drill at a high level. I did more coaching and teaching by showing and now five years later, I am definitely more articulate in the way I can communicate the game and anticipate adjustments.” Banghart, for her part, has seen Micir become a more well-rounded coach. “I think Addie has grown in every measurable way,” said Banghart. “She has always been a coach on the floor. She has a high basketball IQ; she played every position on the floor for us when she was here. She is learning the business in terms of recruiting, the breadth and the depth that requires. She has become really good at that. She is also better with the game, how to actually break it down.” In Banghart’s view, Micir’s Princeton background gives her a special perspective as she joins the Tiger staff.

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HOMECOMING: Addie Micir, center, surveys the action during her role as an assistant coach for the Dartmouth College women’s basketball team. Micir, a 2011 Princeton University alum and former star for the Tigers women’s hoops program, is coming home to serve as an assistant coach for her alma mater. (Photo Courtesy of Princeton’s Office of Athletic Communications) “Addie is not a dynamic athlete, she is a great basketball player,” added Banghart. “She brings a real headiness to our coaching staff. She has such a love for this program and wants to make sure she protects it by bringing in the best players. She is really motivated to do a great job on the recruiting front; she connects with people. Being a Princeton alum and experiencing the success that she has had, she is going to be a really valuable resource to the players. We are psyched to have her back. She was part of the first NCAA team and we would like her to be part of our first Sweet 16 team.” Micir, for her part, is psyched to be back in Princeton. “I went to the Princeton Varsity Club banquet and I ran into so many familiar faces who just continued to say, welcome home, welcome home,” said Micir. “As sad as the drive was, leaving Dartmouth, it was that much more excitement and happiness to be surrounded by the people at this place.” Jumping into her new role, Micir is excited to get into the swing of things. “It is recruiting season; it is always recruiting season, but especially now, we are about to hit the road in July,” said Micir. “We are prepping for that. I am getting on the phone, reintroducing myself to a lot

of my contacts. We are still putting our staff together. We are going to feel each other out a little bit. We have time to figure out what our responsibilities are going to be.” With the Tigers coming off an Ivy League title campaign and boasting junior standout Bella Alarie, last season’s Ivy Player of the Year, along with a pair of sophomore stars in Carlie Littlefield and Abby Meyers, Micir can’t wait until it is time to get on the court with her new charges. “It is quite a crew that I am coming into; they were my scout for the last five years,” said Micir. “When we scout an opponent, we take a look at how can we attack them and that is great coming into coach them. I can tell them this is what other teams are saying about you and how are we going to make some of those growth opportunities and strengths and how are we going to hide some. It will be a good perspective.” Micir is thrilled to have the opportunity to coach with Banghart and fellow assistant Carrie Moore, who previously served as Princeton’s director of basketball operations from 2008-10. “We joke all the time about how much we have grown,” said Micir. “I am excited to learn from them. It is so good to be home, it is the best feeling.” —Bill Alden

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HONOR ROLL: Princeton University women’s lacrosse player Kyla Sears runs upfield in a game this spring. Freshman star Sears earned second-team All-America honors from the Intercollegiate Women’s Lacrosse Coaches Association (IWLCA), the organization announced last week. Sears led Princeton in scoring with 64 goals and 19 assists for 83 points in 19 games. She ranked second nationally in freshmen scoring and 28th overall as she averaging 4.37 points per game. Sears had at least one point in every game this season and had at least a hat trick in 13 games of 19 games. A first-team All-Region, first-team All-Ivy League, and Ivy League All-Tournament team member, Sears has already worked her way into the Princeton and Ivy League records book. Her 64 goals ranks her second in goals in a single season and her 83 points ranks her third in points in a single season. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Putting the finishing touch on a record-breaking freshman campaign for the Princeton Universit y women’s track team, Obiageri Amaechi won the USA Track & Field Junior Championships discus with a new personal best and Ivy League record of 186’11. Her throw broke the previous Ivy League mark held by Josie Natrasevschi of Brown who had a 56.01 (183’ 9) in 2015 and comes just two weeks after Amaechi placed in her first NCAA Championship to earn first-team All-American honors, In her first outing as a Tiger she set the Princeton record and continued to surpass her marks in every meet during the regular season. She was the runner-up at Ivy Heps, won the ECAC Championship and was third at the NCAA East regional in the postseason. The win advances Amaechi to the World Junior Championships in Finland. The IAAF World U20 Cham-

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Tiger Open Rowers Earn Postseason Honors

Having produced a stellar spring season, that included a third straight Ivy League title and a Top -5 finish for the varsity eight at the NCAA Championships, the Princeton University women’s open rowing program is picking up a number of postseason awards. The Collegiate Rowing Coaches Association announced that all-conference honors would replace the allregion awards this spring. Six Tigers received those honors, including first-team selections Claire Collins, Kate Elfers, Emily Kallfelz, and Ellie Sawyer, each of whom are returning members of the Princeton varsity eight which followed up its Ivy League title by finishing

fifth at the national championships. Seniors Melissa Curtis and Isabella Nappa, both of whom helped the 2V win Princeton’s first Ivy gold since 2012, earned secondteam All-Ivy League honors. The CRCA also announced the scholar-athletes for the 2018 season and the Princeton recipients of the 2018 scholar-athlete honors inclu de K r is te n A lbre cht, Lauren Barnard, Rebecca Blevins, Sarah Chang, Jessica Dyroff, Kate Elfers, and Emily Erdos.

Princeton Men’s Lax Earns 2 Scholar Awards

Recently graduated Princeton University men’s lacrosse standouts Tyler Blaisdell and Austin Sim have been named USIL A ( United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association) Scholar All-Americans. Goalie Blaisdell and midf ield er S i m s were b ot h politics majors. In addition, they were multiple-time AllIvy League selections, and each earned first-team AllIvy during his career. Sims was also a third-team AllAmerica and the 20 pick in the Major League Lacrosse draft this year. Blaisdell started the final 47 games of his career in goal for the Tigers, and he finished his career seventh all-time in saves in program history. Sims, an offensive middie his last three years after playing defensive midfield as a freshman, finished with 82 goals and 29 assists for 111 points. He was also the captain of the gold medal-winning U.S. team at the 2016 U-19 championships and of the Tigers this past spring.

ty women’s basketball team has hired Cinnamon Lister and Jessica Imhof. Lister will have the title of assistant coach and Imhof will be the director of basketball operations. This is Lister’s first coaching position while Imhof spent the last two seasons as VCU. Lister has been playing overseas in Morocco and Cyprus for the last three seasons. She has also worked for the Works Sports Academy over the past eight years as a coach and personal basketball trainer. During that time, Lister has been an administrative director and skills instructor at Nike/US Sports Camps. The assistant coach played at Cal-Northridge (2012-15) and Boise State (2010-12). As a two-year starter and co-captain, she helped her squad to back-to-back Big West Tournament titles and NCAA Tournament appearances. While at VCU, Imhof broke down footage for scouting

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Princeton University men’s lacrosse great David Morrow ’93 will be inducted into the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame as part of the nine-member Class of 2018. Morrow is one of the cornerstones of a Princeton men’s lacrosse dynasty and one of the greatest defensive players lacrosse has ever known. In addition to his success as a player, he also has impacted the sport in his role as founder and CEO of Warrior Sports and as one of the driving forces behind the establishment of Major League Lacrosse. Morrow played hockey and lacrosse at Brother Rice High School outside of Detroit, and he considered playing hockey at Princeton after his first fall practices with the lacrosse team. From that beginning, he’d end up being a three-time All-America and two-time national Defenseman of the Year, as well as the National Player of the Year in 1993, his senior year with the Tigers. He remains to this day the last defenseman to win the award. Princeton made its first

NCAA tournament appearance in his freshman year, and the Tigers won the first of their six NCAA titles his junior year. The team returned to the Final Four his senior year. Morrow also was on the U.S. national team for the 1994 and 1998 World Championships, both of which the U.S. won. He was honored this past January with the NCAA’s Silver Anniversary Award, given to several athletes on the 25th anniversary of their graduation for their outstanding achievement as a college athlete and then as a leader professionally and in the community. Morrow will become the 16th member of the program to be enshrined in the U.S. Lacrosse Hall of Fame. The induction ceremony will be held September 29 in Hunt Valley, Md.

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FLYING HIGH: Princeton High boys’ track star Varun Narayan competes in a meet this spring. Last weekend at the New Balance Nationals in Greensboro, N.C., senior star and Carnegie Mellon-bound Narayan posted a mark of 23’ 2.5 in the long jump to finish sixth and earn All-American honors. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional meet, and the state Group 4 title, the Princeton High boys’ track team excelled on the national stage last weekend. Competing at the New Balance Nationals in Greensboro, N.C., two of the boys’ entries earned All-America honors. The boys’ 4xMile relay of senior Will Hare, junior Jackson McCarthy, senior Nick Delaney, and junior Tucker Zullo finished fifth in 17:33.92 to earn AllAmerica status. In addition, senior jumping star and Carnegie Mellon-bound Varun Narayan leaped 23’ 2.5 in the long jump to finish sixth, also earning All-American status. Narayan is the first PHS jumper to ever earn All-American honors at the New Balance meet. In other events, the boys’ sprint medley relay (junior Nils Wildberg, sophomore Matt Perello, junior Jack Whetstone, Delaney) ran 3:31.11 to break the school record by two tenths of a second. The girls 4x400 meter relay ( senior Jackie Patterson, sophomore Colleen Linko, freshman Gabrielle Goddard, sophomore Raina Williamson) ran 3:54.92 to finish third in the Emerging Elite section. Columbiab ou nd Pat ters on clos e d out her high school career with a personal best split of 56.26 on the anchor leg. Patterson, Linko, Goddard, and Williamson also qualified for the prestigious Swedish Relay Championship (100/200/300/400 ) at the New Balance meet, the first time PHS has ever qualified to compete in the event. The quartet posted a time of 2:18.86 to finish in 13th place. —Bill Alden

PHS Boys’ Lax Struggled Down the Stretch, Hampered by Injuries, Inexperienced Lineup When the Princeton High boys’ lacrosse team edged Allentown 6-5 in late April, it reached the .500 mark for the first time this spring as it improved to 5-5. That win turned out to be the high water mark for PHS as it ended the season on a tailspin, losing its last seven games to finish with a 5-12 record. “Losing Ian Jacobs, probably our best player overall, to injury puts your team out of sorts,” said PHS head coach Chip Casto. “You ask people to shift positions and play a little different than they are used to and play a little better kid that they are used to so I think injuries hurt us a little.” Jacobs along with his twin brother, Patrick, and fellow seniors Max Garlock and Ryan Farrell tried their best to keep the team together as the defeats mounted. “The four guys leading the team were all defensemen,” said Casto. “Ian’s injur y makes those guy shift. Max played above himself. Ryan had a great year. Patrick had

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to play the No. 1 attack men and he held his own. I think continually losing wears on you and the guys tried to keep us together. There were a few losses in there to teams of our caliber that we had the potential to win. While PHS is returning its five leading scorers in rising senior Alex Park (24 goals, 8 assists in 2018), rising junior Dylan Westerman (17 goals, 7 assists), rising senior Evan Filion (14 goals, 7 assists), rising senior Ben Drezner (14 goals, 4 assists), and rising sophomore Patrick McDonald (7 goals, 2 assists), it will need to rebuild its defense. “We have the entire offense back,” said Casto, who said that rising senior Carson Giles, Park, and Westerman will be serving as captains next year. “We are basically losing the starting defense and starting longstick. We will

have a whole reload on the defense, so hopefully the goalies (rising senior Joe O’Donnell, rising junior Sam Brandt) are a year better.” In order to get better, the PHS players will be putting in more time over the offseason in sharpening their skills. “We have got more guys playing summer lacrosse than we have ever had, so that should help,” said Casto, noting that the team was playing in the Jersey Strong tournament this month. “We are all kind of down. We are not pointing fingers or blaming anybody.” Wit h PH S b o a s t i n g a strong core of young talent, Casto believes the program will be on the upswing next spring. “We are excited about the rising sophomores, they are 14 kids strong,” said Casto. “They were the JV team and they got a chance to play some higher level competition. I am excited about the future so it is all good.” —Bill Alden

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FILLING IN: Princeton High boys’ lacrosse player Evan Filion heads to goal in a game this spring. Junior midfielder Filion was a bright spot for PHS this season, tallying 21 points on 14 goals and seven assists. The Little Tigers posted a final record of 5-12. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Over the course of the spring, the Stuart Country Day School lacrosse team proved to be a study in persistence. “It really became about everybody doing their part to contribute,” said Stuart head coach Missy Bruvik, whose squad posted a final record of 5-11-1. “Nobody ever gave up all season long. Every day was a positive atmosphere.” Stuart ended the season on a positive note, defeating Steinert 16-7 in its finale in mid-May. “When it was all said and done, it was a great win,” said Bruvik, reflecting on the victory which saw seniors Ali Hannah and Gin Gin Plehn end on a high note as Hannah tallied eight goals against the Spartans with Plehn chipping in three. “Winning that game tells you we had progress with every kid in terms of her skills and knowledge of the

game and just team camaraderie. Every kid was there, they knew it was a varsity and a JV game and needed to be there to really contribute and to show what she learned.” T h e m a n n er i n wh ich the Tartans played against Steiner t also provided a blueprint going forward. “Turnovers certainly hurt us in several games; it was just decision-making on our ow n tur novers and they would counter with a goal,” said Bruvik. “We minimized that, especially in that Steinert game. We had possession, we did a great job of ball control off the draw. We controlled the ball on attack and we were patient. Those were lessons learned that hopefully we take into next year.” The team’s two seniors, Hannah and Plehn, taught some valuable lessons to their younger teammates. “We have 12 underclass-

GINNED UP: Stuart Country Day School lacrosse player Gin Gin Plehn looks for an opening in a game this season. Senior star Plehn enjoyed a productive senior campaign as Stuart went 5-11-1. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

men who wished those two girls were going to be back one more year,” said Bruvik. “That is a tribute to them because when you hear the kids say that that means they appreciate their leadership and their effort. Sometimes they were in awe of their skill level, like I hope I can do that and play this many positions. They were great.” Hannah, who is headed to Rider University where she will be joining its Division I field hockey program, showed a lot of skill this season, as did Plehn. “Ali was upbeat and positive; she still had that passion to play and she wanted to be a leader for the team,” said Bruvik of Hannah who tallied a team-high 70 points on 62 goals and eight assists with Plehn contributing 29 points on 23 goals and six assists. “Gin Gin has a nose for the goal but when we don’t have the ball, she was super aggressive in terms of ‘let’s get this ball back.’ She understands how important it is to get that ball back.” The Tartans will be welc om i n g b ack s om e ke y performers in rising junior Caroline Mullen (13 goals, 5 assists in 2018), rising senior Grace Sheppard (27 goals, 16 assists ), rising sophomore Catherine Martin (12 goals, 7 assists) and rising sophomore goalies Anna Dawson and Morgan John. “Caroline is a key player all around; you can put her pretty much any where on the field,” added Bruvik. “Grace had a wonderful year. Probably the most improved younger player was Catherine Martin. She did it at both ends; she was able to transition the ball. If we started her back on defense, it didn’t matter; she still made her way up to the attack. The goalies are both great kids and they had a great attitude.” In Bruvik’s view, the foundation is in place for Stuart to do some great things going forward. “We had a lot of juniors and a lot of freshmen this year,” said Bruvik. “We are looking forward to 10 more freshmen coming in.” —Bill Alden

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could always bring in Gia. She scrapped together some pitching skills and getting something she could take to the circle. It was good to know that we had her for relief.” It was good for Lano to see junior Hailey Young blossom into a key player and team leader this spring. “Hailey is a silent one; she doesn’t say much unless she is asked or she absolutely has something to say,” said Lano. “She is also a hard worker. She really proved herself in being the first one out to practice every day. She would get the equipment prepared and ready for me for my arrival. She took on a new role; she became the lead center fielder because of her speed. She allowed

herself to slap hit and bunt from the left side for the first time ever.” A first-year player, sophomore Brianna Astbury, a soccer star in the fall, gave the Panthers a lift. “Brianna has been great; she played shortstop a couple of games,” said Lano, noting that he got good contributions from each of his three freshmen Gianna Gasparro, Abigail Weinstein, and Jillian Wexler along with juniors Elisabeth Berman and Guilia Gerschel. “She is a very promising player for having never played before.” Looking ahead, Lano promises to keep pushing his players to get the most out of their ability. “I would certainly love to have more pitching,” said Lano. “I am doing the best I can with what I have got.” —Bill Alden

CONTACT HITTER: Princeton Day School softball player Julie Patterson makes contact in a game this spring. Junior catcher Patterson starred at the plate and in the field for PDS, who posted a final record of 1-9. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Displaying Championship Form in Opener, Packer Hall Tops Apex in Summer Hoops The Packer Hall All-Stars didn’t look like a title contender in the Princeton Depar tment Summer Men’s Basketball League last year when it lost its first three games on the way to a 2-6 regular season record. But the squad caught fire at the right time, advancing to the best-of-three championship series as the seventh seed and then proceeding to sweep top-seeded and defending champion Majeski Foundation to culminate an unlikely title run. Last Monday as Packer Hall opened its 2018 campaign, it didn’t wait to display championship form, cruising to a 72-56 win over Apex Sport. Packer Hall team manager and forward Nick Brackett liked the way the squad handled its business against Apex. “We didn’t play selfishly; we all got to shoot around and we all had some fun,” said Brackett, a former player at The College of New Jersey who is one of several TCNJ alums on the Packer Hall squad.

“We were all laughing, having a good time. We didn’t get down on each other when we made a couple of mistakes. It was a lot of fun and that is what summer basketball should be.” Boasting some key additions to its roster, Packer Hall figures to have a lot of fun this summer. “We have a lot of great players,” said Brackett, noting the team’s roster features such former college performers as Bert McCallam, Rafiq Williams, Khalid Lewis, and Kevin Johnson. Brackett’s brother, Bobby, a former TCNJ standout, and Brett, a former star tight end for Penn State who saw some action in the NFL, have joined the team, which could make for some great family moments. “It is awesome once we can get all three of us playing,” said Brackett. “Bobby is coaching at West Virginia. He will come to a few games; I wanted to put him on the roster for when he gets home. Brett and I have only played organized sports together once. He is five years

older than I am.” In the win over Apex, Brackett played well, scoring 12 points and doing yeoman’s work in the paint. Zavon Johnson and Williams led the way for Packer Hall, tallying 16 points apiece. “I just try to be a vocal leader, I try to keep everybody happy,” said Brackett “I know I am not going to score a lot, it is not my thing any more. I am just trying to keep the camaraderie up, that is what I did at TCNJ. I didn’t play a lot but I try to stay positive and be there for everybody. That is what I am going to try to do here.” Packer Hall will be trying its hardest to win a second straight title. “I know a couple of teams are trying to match up with us; we are not even at our strongest right now,” said Brackett, noting that star guard Lewis, last season’s playoff MVP, wasn’t on hand Monday but should be in action as the season unfolds. “I hope we can repeat but I don’t like to jinx it. That is the goal; we want to have fun but we want to win.” —Bill Alden

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NICK OF TIME: Nick Brackett, right, of the Packer Hall All-Stars battles with Elias Bermudez of Majeski Foundation last summer at the Community Park courts in Princeton Recreation Department Summer Men’s Basketball League action. Last Monday, Brackett scored 12 points to help defending league champion Packer Hall defeat Apex Sport 72-56 in the opening night of the 2018 season. In other action on Monday, Majeski defeated Gomo Health 47-32 and LoyalTees edged NJ Spiritwear 60-55. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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James Arthur Floyd, Sr. James Arthur Floyd, Sr. was bor n in Trenton on March 9, 1922 to John and Adeline Floyd. He died on May 14, 2018 at Brandywine Senior Living at Princeton at the age of 96. He was predeceased by his parents, his sister Daisy Banks, and his beloved wife of 62 years, Fannie Floyd. A private funeral service was held on May 25th. James attended the Trenton Public School System. He attended Trenton Central High School, graduating in 1939, cum laude. He also attended the Trenton School of Industrial Design. He went on to West Virginia State College and graduated in 1944, magna cum laude. He was president of his class. He was also president of Kappa Alpha Psi Frater-

nity during his college years. After graduation, James returned to Trenton and was hired by Stokes Molded Products. In 1946, he married Princeton native Fannie Reeves and moved to Princeton. In Princeton, Jim immediately involved himself in civic affairs and local politics. During those early years he, and others, founded the Trenton Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi. He was elected to the Princeton Township Committee in 1968 and was named Mayor in 1971. In 1972, a promotion required Jim and his wife to move to Cleveland, Ohio. The move was part of his long career with the Electric Storage Battery (ESB) Company, during which he rose from a Jr. Draftsman to Vice President of Personnel, covering domestic and international factories. In 1977, Jim returned to Princeton. In 1982, he retired from ESB and became Vice President of Personnel at the Educational Testing Service (ETS). After implementing needed changes, Jim retired from ETS in 1987. During his life, Jim was a civic activist, serving on many charitable boards and organizing and supporting many causes for the betterment of the community. He advocated tirelessly for education, civil rights, and open housing. He was also a long-serving lay leader of Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church in Princeton. James Floyd, Sr. is surv ive d by h is t wo s on s,

James and Michael ; his granddaughter, Isobel AllenFloyd; his brother, Samuel; and extended family. A memorial service honoring the life of James Floyd, Sr. will be held on Saturday June 23rd at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau St., Princeton, at 11 a.m. Floral arrangements are welcomed. Charitable donations in the memory of James Floyd, Sr. may be made to the Mercer County Community College Foundation — Floyd Scholarship, Princeton Community Housing, The Paul Robeson House of Princeton, and the Corner House Foundation.

Megan, and Emma. Private family ser vices were held at Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton followed by burial in Princeton Cemetery on Tuesday, June 19, 2018. In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the American Cancer Society.

Yefeng Pang Yefeng Pang, 84, passed away peacefully at Rutgers University Hospital in Newark on June 15, 2018, after a courageous 13-month battle with esophageal-stomach cancer. Born in Dalian, China, Yefeng graduated with a B.S. in history from ShanDong University, China and became a history professor of DeZhou University. He came to the U.S. to visit his daughter and granddaughters in 2008 and lived as a resident in the U.S. ever since. He was a bookworm and enjoyed painting, singing, playing piano and violin, and swimming. He is survived by his wife Xuelan Xu of 52 years ; daughter Jingjing of Princeton, New Jersey; son Didi of NanNing China; and three granddaughters, RanYiXiu,

Robert Lathrop Bennett Robert Lathrop Bennett, bor n Apr il 21, 1945 in Princeton, died April 9, 2018 in Huntsville, Alabama, following a short sudden illness. He is survived by daughter, Jennifer (Edward); son, Joshua (Jerica); sisters Susan (Robert) and Katherine; and five grandchildren. His family was by his side during his illness. A burial and funeral service will be held June 30, 2018 at 11 a.m. at the Rocky Hill Cemetery and Trinity Episcopal Church in Rocky Hill, N.J. Robert was the son of Ralph and Jane (Clayton) Bennett. He graduated from Princeton High School in 1963. Upon

graduation he attended Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore (B.S.) and Tufts University in Boston (Ph.D. in Molecular Biology). He completed his post-doctoral work at the University of Connecticut Health Center in Farmington, which led to a faculty appointment and a subsequent faculty appointment at the Albany Medical College in Albany, N.Y. He took a hiatus from academia in the early 1980s to pursue an interest in dairy farming. He returned to the scientific community working for NutraSweet, enjoying many roles in a fermentation plant. After Monsanto purchased NutraSweet, he was transferred to a new plant in Decatur, Alabama. A few years later he made another bold career move, transferring to a Virginia company programming computerized control systems. Following the completion of that job, Bob started contract work on projects all over the country, creating or improving various computer systems which run the process industries (chemical, pharmaceutical, and water purification, among others). He had recently returned to Alabama and continued to consult on projects from home. An accomplished scientist, mathematician, and computer programmer, Bob’s greatest pride and joy were his children, and even more so, his grandchildren who called him “GrandBob” — a name coined by the oldest grandchild. He passed his love of trains, tractors, and music down to his three grandchildren from Jennifer

and Ed, all of whom he loved to spoil. Josh shared his passion for Michigan football, and they generally went to at least one game every year. He was thrilled to watch his grandsons play sports and to be GrandBob the Builder. He would have been over the moon with Josh and Jerica’s recent pregnancy announcement. Bob has been a devoted member of the Episcopal Church throughout his lifetime and enjoyed serving as a deacon and lay-reader as well as participating in many of the churches outreach programs. Bob’s travels around the country allowed him to pursue (and combine) his two favorite hobbies — trains and photography. An accomplished amateur photographer, he loved to hang out at train junctions and watch the trains and photograph them. He loved model railroads and was an avid collector — sadly he never achieved his goal of a whole house model train track! Given his interest in trains and layouts and his computer programming knowledge, it surely would have been amazing! Bob’s cremated remains are to be interred in the Rocky Hill Cemetery, an area he loved and played in as a child. The service will follow in his childhood church. In lieu of flowers, the family is asking that donations be made to the American Heart Association, 7272 Greenville Avenue, Dallas, TX 75231 or the Episcopal Diocese of Alabama, 521 20th Street North, Birmingham, AL 35203.

LouEtta Carroll Santuc- role in the production. Dedication to work and ci, age 102, of Princeton passed away peacefully on caring for others continued Monday, June 11, 2018. during LouEtta’s lifetime. She was born and lived in She worked at the PrincHopewell, until her mar- eton Medical Group for riage to Royal James Car- many years, managing the roll. She and he resided in Records Department. She Princeton for more than 32 was a devoted wife, sisyears until Royal’s passing ter, mother, mother-in-law, grandmother, great-grandin 1973. Prior to her marriage, mother, and friend sharing LouEtta was a conscien- her cooking knowledge, tious employee of N.J. Bell gardening, crafting, and Telephone. During her time sewing talents with all who with the company she per- asked for assistance and formed her operator’s du- she regularly made original ties during the infamous creations which she gifted night of October 30, 1938. to many friends and relaOrson Welles and his Mer- tives. LouEtta remarried after cur y Theater production her husband, Royal passed. performed a radio adaption of H. G. Wells’ The War of She resided in Palm Beach the Worlds. Some listeners County, Florida for several mistook the program to be years with her second husreal, (convinced that Mar- band, John Santucci. She tians were invading Gro- returned to New Jersey afvers Mill, N.J.). They made ter his death to be near her numerous calls to police, family. newspaper of f ices, and LouEtta is survived by her radio stations. The show son, Royal James Carroll II, caused nationwide hyste- his wife Bonnie Lee Carria. During that evening roll and a daughter, Hope LouEtta worked through the Sudlow; her husband, Richentire night tirelessly reas- ard B. Sudlow, and grandsuring callers that the show sons, Royal James Carroll III was not real. and his wife, Janice Carroll; In 1996, when LouEtta Brooke T. Sudlow; grandwas 80 years old, her son daughter Jean Simpson and and daughter-in -law ar- her husband Bob Simpson; ranged for her to appear sister, Adele Larason; and in the PBS American Ex- great-grandchildren, Royal perience production, the James Carroll IV, Johanna Battle of Citizen Kane, Lee Carroll, Caroline Simp( a d o c u m e n t a r y a b o u t son, Willard Simpson, and the battle between Orson Emma Simpson. Welles and William RanA t L o u E t t a’s r e q u e s t dolph Hearst over Welles’ t here w ill be a pr ivate Citizen Kane and Mer- memorial. Arrangements AN the EPISCOPAL PARISH cury Theater production of are under the direction of the radio show). LouEtta TheHoly Mather-Hodge Trinity Church Week Funeral Sunday was fascinated by the film- Home, Princeton.

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• Deadline: 2pm Tuesday • Payment: All05-16-6t ads must be pre-paid, Cash, credit card, or check. THE MAID PROFESSIONALS: tf PIANO FOR SALE: Boston piano Leslie & Nora, cleaning experts. ResiOFFICES WITH than PARKING by Steinway. Upright, black satin • 25 words or less: $15.00 • each add’l word 15 cents • Surcharge: $15.00 for ads greater 60 words in length. HANDYMAN: General duties at Ready for move-in. Renovated and dential & commercial. Free estimates. GARAGE SALE: Saturday, June finish, like new, $5,000. Call (609) your service! High skill levels in inReferences upon request. (609) 218refreshed. 1, 3 and 6 room suites. $40.00 • 4 weeks: $50.00 • 6 weeks: $72.00 • 6 month and annual discount rates available. 23, starting 8 am. 25 •& 3 27 weeks: MacLean 647-0092. door/outdoor painting, sheet rock, Historic Nassau Street Building. 2279, (609) 323-7404. Street, (between Witherspoon & • Ads with06-20 linedeck spacing: • all bold face type: (609) $10.00/week 213-5029. John). Artwork plus frames, tools, work, power $20.00/inch washing & gen04-11/06-27 (deadline Tues @ noon)

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PIANO: Steinway Model L (6’0”). Restored to excellent condition. Ideal for professional musician or serious student. Located in Hopewell Township. $7,000 asking price, call (609) 358-3634 for more information or appointment to audition. 06-20 FOR SALE: 1960’s cherry wood dining table and 4 chairs. $200. Call (609) 924-6481. 06-20 HON OFFICE FURNITURE for sale at half price. Quality like new (credenza, chairs, desk, bookshelves, other). Call/Email for price/ pictures (609) 497-1111/barbrackvm@gmail.com Payment methodONLY, Zelle (through your bank account)/cash/money order-NO PayPal. Please do not contact offering to pay PayPal. Must pick up. SERIOUS BUYERS ONLY. 06-20

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We have prices for 1 or 2 years -call (609)924-2200x10 to get more info! tf WHY NOT HAVE A NEIGHBORHOOD YARD SALE? Make sure to advertise in the TOWN TOPICS to let everyone know! (609) 924-2200 ext 10 (deadline Tues @ noon) tf GARAGE SALE: Saturday, June 23, starting 8 am. 25 & 27 MacLean Street, (between Witherspoon & John). Artwork plus frames, tools, clothes dryer, lawn furniture, bikes, furniture, fax machine & copier, fans, A/C’s, wet dry vac, household goods, books, clothes, shoes, etc. 06-20

SKILLMAN MOVING SALE: 5 Benson Lane, Saturday June 23 from 9:30-3. Decorator quality furniture, high-end decorative accessories, Oriental carpets, beautiful upholstered furniture, Asian items, artwork, china, lamps, too much to list! Photos can be seen on estatesales.net, MG Estate Services. 06-20 YARD/MOVING SALE: Saturday June 23, 8 am-12 noon. Furniture, China, Clothing, Vintage Items. No Junk! 17 Carnahan Place, Princeton. 06-20 AUTHENTIC ESTATE SALE: 2 N. Main Street, Cranbury. Thursday June 21 & Friday June 22 from 9:30-2; Saturday June 23 from 10-2. Antique furniture, Persian carpets, collectibles, china, glassware, lamps, artwork, books, generator, old trunks. Entire house, too much to list! Photos can be seen on estatesales.net, MG Estate Services. 06-20 PENNINGTON MOVING SALE: 321 Pennington Harbourton Road. Friday June 22 & Sat. June 23, 9:30-3:30, Antiques, collectibles, woodworking, power tools/wood, Edison phonograph, sand pail collection, room size rugs, Boehm figurine, Grand piano, car model kits, Waterford lamps, outdoor furniture, wicker & more. For photos visit evelyngordonestatesales.com 06-20 ESTATE SALE: Saturday, June 23, 9 am- 1 pm. 107 Snowden Lane. Beautiful china cabinet, mahogany dining room table, dressers, end tables, desks, twin bed, other furniture. Antique china; small washer/dryer; Necchi sewing machine & cabinet. 06-20 PIANO FOR SALE: Boston piano by Steinway. Upright, black satin finish, like new, $5,000. Call (609) 647-0092. 06-20 PIANO: Steinway Model L (6’0”). Restored to excellent condition. Ideal for professional musician or serious student. Located in Hopewell Township. $7,000 asking price, call (609) 358-3634 for more information or appointment to audition. 06-20 FOR SALE: 1960’s cherry wood dining table and 4 chairs. $200. Call (609) 924-6481. 06-20 HON OFFICE FURNITURE for sale at half price. Quality like new (credenza, chairs, desk, bookshelves, other). Call/Email for price/ pictures (609) 497-1111/barbrackvm@gmail.com Payment methodONLY, Zelle (through your bank account)/cash/money order-NO PayPal. Please do not contact offering to pay PayPal. Must pick up. SERIOUS BUYERS ONLY. 06-20 PIED-Á-TERRE IN PARIS available for one year starting September 1st. $2000/mo. Fully furnished-600 sq. feet. Contact salvagnac@yahoo.fr 06-06-3t HOME HEALTH AIDE/ COMPANION AVAILABLE: NJ certified with 20 years experience. Live-in or out. Valid drivers license & references. Looking for employment, also available night shift. Experienced with disabled & elderly. Please call Inez, (609) 227-9873. 06-06-3t 4 BEDROOM RUSTIC COUNTRY HOME: 10 minutes north of Princeton, in the small village of Blawenburg, Skillman, $2,090 discounted monthly rent: http://princetonrentals. homestead.com or (609) 333-6932. 05-16-6t HANDYMAN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, etc. EPA certified. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www.elegantdesignhandyman.com Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com tf LOLIO’S WINDOW WASHING & POWER WASHING: Free estimate. Next day service. Fully insured. Gutter cleaning available. References available upon request. 30 years experience. (609) 2718860. tf HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf

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FRANKLIN TWP. $755,000 Expanded Toulousse model with 2-story foyer, 2-story FR, gas FP, sun room, Jack & Jill BA, princess suite, prof. landscaping & paver patio. Dir: Dermott Ln. to Dellwood Ln. to Rue Chagall.

LAWRENCE $249,900 Picturesque 3 BR Colonial located on a tree-lined street with an EIK, Family rm, porch & nice sized yard complete this charming home. Near train station, schools & I-95.

Hala Khurram 732-672-6428 (cell)

Victoria Holly 201-790-1939 (cell)

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PRINCETON $1,265,000 A gated entrance leads to this retreat on 2.5 acres. Kitchen features Wolf 6+ burner with professional hood venting out, Miele dishwasher, granite counters and sliding doors lead to multi-tier deck.

PRINCETON $1,199,000 A 5 bedroom, 3 bath home in Riverside. Near elementary school. Features include large living spaces including a sunroom, plus one bedroom suite on the first floor.

Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)

Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)

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PRINCETON $1,099,000 Immaculately maintained home. Renovated kitchen and bathrooms. Oversized bluestone patio & back yard oasis. Mature plantings & trees make this a gardener’s delight. Riverside neighborhood.

PRINCETON $659,000 Move right into this 3 bedroom and 2 bath home. Adorable & efficient “Costwold Cottage” in Riverside on a beautiful property within reach of Carnegie Lake. Features formal living room with hardwood floors.

Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)

Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)

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Montgomery Twp | 6 / 4.5 | $1,125,000 697 Georgetown Franklin Turnpike

Princeton | 4 / 2.5 | $850,000 67 Locust Lane

West Windsor Twp | 4 / 2.5 | $779,000 23 Ginnie Lane

Elizabeth Zuckerman / Stephanie Will Search MLS 1001485308 on CBHomes.com

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Plainsboro Twp | 4 / 2.5 | $615,000 16 Beechtree Lane

Hopewell Twp | 4 / 2.5 | $609,000 3 Van Dyke Rd

Cranbury Twp | 3 / 2 | $435,000 121 Plainsboro Road

Marion Brown Search MLS 1001804534 on CBHomes.com

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Franklin Twp | 3 / 2 | $419,000 2 Honeyman Street

Monroe Twp | 2 / 2 | $325,000 508 Skylark Drive

Hillsborough Twp | 3 / 2 | $293,900 66 Hampton Court

Michael Barasch Search MLS 1001857474 on CBHomes.com

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