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Several Western Section Homes are on the Market . . . . . . . . . . 5 PU Summer Chamber Concerts Closes 51st Season . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Celebrating 50 Years of Hey Jude . . . . . . . . . 19 Princeton Summer Theater Presents The Children’s Hour . . . . 26 PU Women’s Rower Kallfelz Takes Silver at U-23 Worlds . . . . . . . 27 LoyalTees Wins Summer Men’s Hoops Title . . . . 30

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University Stands Firm On Gym Memberships Earlier this summer, Princeton University informed members of the local community who have been using the school’s Dillon Gymnasium and Stephens Fitness Center that they would no longer be able to buy memberships for use of the pool, squash courts, and other facilities. That did not go over well. But despite an outcry among this group and appeals to the University to reconsider, the decision is firm. As of January 1, 2019, the gym memberships will no longer be offered to the general public, some of whom have been using the pool for decades. “We understand the disappointment regarding the decision to no longer offer general memberships to these facilities,” wrote University spokesman Michael Hotchkiss in an email when asked if the University was planning to reconsider. “This decision was not made lightly or quickly. We know participants valued the program, but we are confident alternatives are available.” A letter sent to members in June read, “Due to space constraints and growing demand from students, faculty, and staff on campus fitness and recreation facilities, the University determined it will no longer offer gym memberships to the general public starting January 1, 2019. Fortunately there are numerous fitness and recreation facilities available in town and nearby offering similar programs and facilities that had been available on campus.” In letters to Town Topics’ Mailbox, several people have expressed their disappointment that the pool, in particular, would no longer be available. A letter on July 3 said the closing was announced without informing anyone affected by the decision until it was too late, calling it “a swift, simplistic, and secretive decision that was also the ultimate in hypocrisy.” On July 25, another reader wrote “at the very least the University should allow all grandfathered members to continue their membership until such time that the directors sitting in their lofty towers can figure out how to embrace our community in the way it deserves.” In its June letter, the University apologized to members of any inconvenience and thanked them for their patronage over the years. It also included a list of

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As it prepares to launch its ten-day summer program on Thursday, 2018 Joint Effort Safe Streets (JE) has announced the names of honorees who will be recognized during this year’s celebration, “The Black Community in Princeton: Our Stories Lived But Seldom Heard.” During the August 2-12 festivities, the JE program will present the Jim Floyd Memorial Lifetime Achievement Awards to Jimmy and Audrey Mack and Johnnie and Micheal Hill. The Princeton Public Library (PPL), the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP), and Moriah Akrong will also be honored, receiving Mildred Trotman Community Service Awards. “All of this year’s award recipients have

made significant contributions to the Witherspoon-Jackson and the Princeton community and are more than worthy of this recognition,” said Princeton Councilman Lance Liverman. “The contributions of community institutions like Princeton Public Library and the Arts Council are huge. Jimmy and Audrey Mack have been contributing to our community for years. The recognition of Johnnie and Micheal Hill, two of the most versatile and talented women ever to come from this town, is long, long overdue as well as is the acknowledgement of Moriah Akrong, a future leader among our young adults. Good selections.” Liverman was recognized by JE at a

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special event in his honor in March, after announcing that he will retire from Council at the end of this year. In addition to the awards, there will also be JE book scholarships presented to Denise Spivey (Stockton University) and Zahrion Blue (Lincoln University) and a special Youth Recognition Award to recent Princeton High School graduate Amira Jackson. JE gets underway Thursday at 6 p.m. with a concert by Amazin’ Grace and the Grace Little Band, sponsored by the ACP, in the courtyard of the Princeton Shopping Center. The host committee will hold a community gathering at the Elks Lodge on Birch Avenue Thursday evening following the concert. On Friday at 10 a.m. a youth basketball clinic will take place on the Community Park (CP) basketball courts. At 5:30 p.m. Friday there will be a JE Kick-off Continued on Page 8

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Two Princeton residents have initiated a lawsuit against the Princeton Board of Education (BOE), charging a violation of the New Jersey Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), known as the “Sunshine Law.” Filed by Corrine O’Hara and Joel Schwartz in Mercer County Superior Court on July 27, the complaint concerns the manner in which the BOE voted to renew a sending-receiving agreement (SRA) with the Cranbury Board of Education by which Cranbury students attend Princeton High School. As a result of the computer voting method used by the BOE, the public cannot witness who votes yes, who votes no, and who abstains, according to the complaint. Princeton Public Schools Superintendent Steve Cochrane defended the Board’s use of electronic voting procedures and questioned the basis of the lawsuit, which he characterized as “less about democracy and more about disruption.” He stated that a conversation would have been more appropriate than a lawsuit for resolving any concerns that the complainants may have had. Cochrane noted that PPS “is one of many districts throughout the country utilizing BoardDocs for the electronic management of its meetings. The electronic Continued on Page 8

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A Community Bulletin Annual Backpack Drive: The Princeton Human Services Commission is collecting backpacks and school supplies for Princeton schoolchildren entering kindergarten through sixth grade. Drop off by August 10 at the Commission’s office, 1 Monument Drive. Jersey Cares School Supply Campaign: Drop off supplies Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-8 p.m. and Saturday/ Sunday 3-8 p.m. at Salt Creek Grille, Forrestal Village, through August 22. For a list of requested supplies, visit www.jerseycares.org/School_Supply_Drive. Butterfly Festival: On Saturday, August 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Watershed Reserve in Hopewell Township has games and activities, food, music, the butterfly and bug parade, and insect zoo, hay rides, and more. Visit thewatershed.org/butterfly-festival. Community Night Out: On Tuesday, August 7 from 5-8 p.m. at Community Park Pool on Witherspoon Street, the Princeton Police Department, PBS Local #130 and Princeton Recreation Department host the annual free event. Free swim, hot dogs and bottled water, souvenirs, and ice cream will be available. Displays of emergency tools and equipment, K-9 demonstrations, games, and dunking police officers in the tank are planned. Call (609) 921-9480 for more information. McCarter Block Party: Wednesday, August 22 from 5-8 p.m. (rain date August 23), McCarter Theatre Center hosts its annual free event for the public with live music, theater games, kids’ activities, and access to ticket offers. Lots of food and drink from local eateries will be for sale. www.mccarter.org.

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There appears to be a glut of seven-figure mansions available in Princeton’s Western Section. No less than five are advertised for sale on Library Place. Four more of these palatial homes, a favorite of gawkers on tours of the town, are up

for grabs on Hodge Road, around the corner. A few more have “For Sale” signs on Morven Place and Cleveland Lane. W h i le cha ng e s i n t h e new ta x laws, prop er t y taxes that can reach more than $60,000, the pending School Board referendum, and changing demographics add in to the equation, local real estate agents say the situation is normal and no crisis is at hand. “It’s a convergence of a few things,” said Judson R. Henderson, whose Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty is handling a majority of the listings in the neighborhood. “I’m having this conversation a lot, but we are close to deals on a number of them and we recently put one under contract.”

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Bigger homes usually take longer to sell. “If you look at who those sellers are, they no longer have kids in the school system or sources of income anymore,” Henderson continued. “There are 41 properties listed above $2 million in Mercer County through June. Last year, there were 37. There just happens to be a lot of them on Library Place.” Gerri Grassi, vice president and broker manager with Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices/Fox & Roach Realtors, said houses in the $2.5 million category and up usually take longer to unload. “Right now, our statistics show that the $1.5 to $2 million homes take 11 months, while above that it’s over a year.” Grassi cites changes in the economy of China, which has been an active market for these homes in the past. “So we’re not getting wonderful people in China to come so much right now,” she said. “And then we have the new tax law that puts a cap on the amount you can deduct. The state is talking about trying to come up with some other ways to appropriate the money, but nothing has been done.” Most of the houses in the Western Section boast distinguished historical and architectural pedigrees. Richard Morris Hunt, architect of The Breakers in Newport,

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“We’ve been here almost 20 years. We’re getting older and we need to downsize,” said Heilner. “But we love our house. It’s beautiful.” Heilner thinks that the psychological impact of the tax law change is hurting sales. “I made some calculations, and for people who can really afford to buy houses that cost $2 million and up, the change in the tax law is not so huge,” he said. “It hurts, but you may be taking a standard deduction because that was doubled. Tax rates for people in high income brackets were reduced somewhat.” Grassi thinks some of the houses in the Western Section are overpriced. “The buyer is discerning before they even come to a real estate professional,” she said. “We used to be in charge of educating them. Now, the internet does that. So they’ve researched everything, and they’re looking at prices, at a scale. They’ll wait for prices to come down.” On July 16, a three-alarm fire tore through the roof of the nine-bedroom house at 140 Hodge Road. Luckily, no one was home. In fact, the house was unoccupied, and the previous owner had tried repeatedly to sell it. Would these mansions in the Western Section ever be divided up into multiple dwellings? “With the municipality talking about rezoning, it would be interesting to see if anything would ever be done to accommodate that,” said Henderson. “But I don’t expect that to happen.” Grassi thinks those serious about selling will reconsider the prices they are asking. “The others who are not will return to the market and wait it out, if they can,” she said. “That is the thought pattern of a lot of them, and that’s fine. That’s what makes the market move. The ones who really do not need to sell will come off [the market], and those who are serious will price their homes correctly.” —Anne Levin

Chamber Seeks Applicants For Development Fund Grants

In partnership with the Princeton Area Community Foundation and the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation, the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce’s Community Development Fund has opened its 2018 grant applications. Applicants must be a 501c3 nonprofit organization headquartered in the Princeton/Mercer Region. Grant awards between $5,000 and $10,000 can be requested. Applications must be completed and submitted by close of business on September 14. “The Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce is the only Chamber in the region to partner and create a program to support not-for-profit organizations with direct grants,” said Peter Crowley, president and CEO of the Chamber. “More than 12 percent of our members are not-forprofit organizations and we continue to support them in a direct way. We believe that a vibrant nonprofit community is key to a healthy regional economy.” For more information on applying for a grant, visit http://pacf.org/princetonregional-chamber-commercecommunity- developmentfund/.

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Elaine: “Halo Pub. The chocolate chip.” Ruth: “Lemon sorbet.” Naomi: “Chocolate.” Gabriel: “Strawberry.” —Elaine, Ruth, Naomi, and Gabriel Getzel, Princeton

Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora prefers the title “collaborator in chief” to “mayor.” Since his inauguration July 1, the former New Jersey assemblyman has been putting his energies into creating partnerships with various public, private, and educational organizations to rejuvenate the capital city, he told members of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce Tuesday morning. It was standing room only at the Trenton County Club, where members and guests gathered to hear Gusciora talk about his plans. He focused on four challenges: water, public safety, education, and economic development. Gusciora also detailed a program in which Trenton would collaborate with area institutions of higher learning, giving them a greater presence in the city. “Within an hour of me contacting five institutions of higher learning, Princeton University was in,” he said. “The next day, we had six colleges interested. Each of them can have an innovative education center, which is a connection to the capital city.” Fixing the ongoing safety issues of Trenton Water Works, which serves Hamilton, Ewing, Lawrence, and Hopewell townships as well as the city, Gusciora said bringing on former West Windsor mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, who worked as water supply administra-

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he hopes to reach the former level of 400 officers, he said. With 70 percent of Trenton’s third grade public school students not reading at the third grade level, Gusciora acknowledged that the schools are in need of serious help. He is hoping for better results by extending the school day and the school year for students from kindergarten through third grade. Economic development is a priority, with a nationwide search for a director underway, Gusciora said. He said the city’s glut of houses that are vacant and in disrepair should be taken down,

but Trenton is working with Isles, Habitat for Humanity, and former prisoners returning to the workforce to stabilize those that are able to be saved. Gusciora cited two offers to renovate Trenton’s long-shuttered, historic Eagle Tavern as an example of renewed interest in the city. Trenton’s arts scene, which provides “low cost, high return,” Gusciora said, presents significant potential. The War Memorial auditorium, which was extensively renovated by the state and is on the National Register of Historic Places, is underutilized and will be more vigorously mar-

keted as a venue. The annual Art All Night festival, during which a shooting broke out and one person was killed last month, will return next summer, “bigger and better,” he added. A project to uncover, or “daylight” portions of the Assunpink Creek, covered over decades ago for development that never happened, will double the outdoor space near Mill Hill Park and downtown offices, Gusciora said, comparing it to a project in Providence, R.I. The mayor’s transition team, which includes Senator Shirley Turner, former

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Reception at Studio Hillier with music, food, networking, and historical updates. Featured events on Saturday, August 4 will include a tour of Witherspoon-Jackson (W-J) historic sites led by W-J Historical and Cultural Society Director Shirley Satterfield starting at 10 a.m. at First Baptist Church. A Community Cabaret DinnerDance will take place Saturday night at the Princeton Country Club at 8 p.m., with free complimentary dinner served at 7:30 for the first 100 people. At 5 p.m. the following day, Sunday, August 5, area choirs and soloists, including the First Baptist Church Choir, will perform in a Gospel Music Fest. “I Remember When” The second week of JE will feature an historical discussion on service to community, “I Remember When,” a look at the lives of Paul Robeson, Jim Floyd, Albert Hinds, Do-

ris Burell, Jossie Broadway, Pete Young, Ruth Parker, Barbara Hill, and more, telling family stories at the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, August 7. On Wednesday, August 8, the JE award recipients will be honored at the ACP at 6:30 p.m., reception starting at 5:30 p.m., along with a panel discussion, “Courageous Conversation on Race—Is America or Princeton Possible?: What Are We Saying to Each Other and About Each Other,” with panelists Joan Hill, Leighton Newlin, and Satterfield. and an accompanying art exhibit by Aaron Fisher and Community Collage presentation by Romus Broadway. Floyd Memorial Lecture A highlight of the JE celebrations, the Jim Floyd Memorial Lecture will include two parts, starting at 9 a.m. on Saturday, August 11 at the Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church. The first hour will be an open community discussion on the school

referendum with concerned citizens, elected officials, and community leaders participating; and the second part will be a conversation with futurist Chet Sisk on “Blacks and the Future and Current World Paradigm Shifts.” On Sunday, August 12 the Pete Young Sr. Memorial Basketball Games will start at 10 a.m. and continue throughout the day at CP. Additional events will include a Not In Our Town film presentation on August 6 at the PPL at 6:30 p.m., Olivia’s Workouts at Community Park on Saturdays August 4 and 11 at 9 a.m., and Frances and Chip’s community yard gathering on Saturdays August 4 and 11 at 9 a.m. on Maclean Street. “Since last year’s event we have lost a giant of our community,” said JE lead organizer John Bailey, who praised Floyd as a personal mentor and guide. “No one has given more in community service in my lifetime than Jim Floyd and Lance Liverman. There are echoes of our ancestors

in our ears, and we have to stand up and be counted.” Satterfield, also a lead organizer, added, “With this summer’s program focus of ‘service to community,’ what better community servant to honor than Jim Floyd. This community will miss this giant of a man, who has the status of Paul Robeson and Albert Hinds.” Bailey went on to emphasize the JE focus on “hindsight, insight, and foresight.” Noting the success of last year’s event, he mentioned the goal of again “engaging the community in a positive manner, giving them a sense of who they are and where they are,” in order “to lay a foundation for those who follow.” He concluded, “We have a responsibility to this historic place called Princeton. We want to engage the Witherspoon-Jackson community and the Princeton community to look at its past and present, what it has done, and what it is doing currently.” —Donald Gilpin

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voting procedure associated with BoardDocs is one the district has been using appropriately and transparently. All votes are made in public and recorded in real time. The votes of individual Board members are displayed on the large screen at the front of the Board meeting room. In addition, any member of the public can go to the BoardDocs website and see how each Board member voted as soon as the vote is complete.” The Board adopted a system of electronic voting last year, with no verbal roll call vote. Critics of the electronic system have complained that the results posted on the screen are not easily visible, especially from the back of the room. The complaint, charging “secrecy and lack of transparency in voting,” calls for a “do-over” of the SRA vote, with at least one month’s advance notice, and a “voice vote in which it is clear to

anyone present, or watching remotely, exactly how each Board member voted, and with an exact tally provided immediately,” O’Hara said. The complaint states that “as a result of the Board’s use of devices or laptops, its members are permitted to cast secret ballots,” in violation of the OPMA. “All decisions made by the Board — the referendum, educational policy, equity issues, the SRA — should be made clearly, transparently, and with full accountability,” O’Hara added. “No other public body in Princeton votes in this way,” Schwartz said. “All the other public bodies utilize a voting methodology which complies with the OPMA and by which anyone witnessing the vote is made readily aware, in the moment, who voted and in what manner.” T he complaint f ur t her calls on the Court to permanently restrict the Board from use of electronic devices “to cast secret ballots during public meetings, and to void such votes previously taken by the Board.” A hearing has been scheduled by Judge Mary Jacobson for September 27. Cochrane raised doubts about the need for court intervention to address O’Hara and Schwartz’s concerns. “Mr. Schwartz has attended numerous Board meetings and is aware of how individual votes are displayed,” Cochrane said. “If he had a question or suggestion regarding the voting process, he did not voice that publicly or in the numerous private conversations he has had with me over the last several months. I wish he had. “There is a place for lawsuits and there is also a place for common sense and conversation. If Mr. Schwartz had a concern about transparency, or wanted the results of a particular vote to be read aloud by the board secretary, he could simply have asked.” C o ch r a n e we nt on to discuss his chagrin at the ramifications of the lawsuit which “not only calls into question the vote on the extensively discussed partnership with Cranbury, but it also attempts to call into question every vote taken by the Board in the last year, including personnel decisions, special education placements, policy revisions, and resources and materials purchased for our classrooms. There is exciting and impor tant work ahead of us in the Princeton Public Schools. I would like nothing more than to focus our time and resources on those efforts.” —Donald Gilpin

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To the Editor: The property tax burden that will be imposed by the Board of Education proposal, despite the obfuscation by the BOE and the conflict-of-interest supporters, can only be accurately categorized as “massive.” There has been increasing public debate and opinion; however, the most serious questions and comments seem to be from those most seriously taxed, with no benefit to be derived, while the support is from those most immediately benefited, with or without tax consequences. As has been pointed out by Janet Wolinetz in her letter to the editor [Mailbox, July 25], as well as others, The BOE has been largely opaque on details of this proposal in the public fora. These important questions have been largely ignored: What is the current ranking of our school system, educationally and per student costs, vis-à-vis past rankings? What are the educational goals of this proposal? Where is the evidence that this proposal will achieve those goals? What are the parameters that will be monitored to measure the success or failure to achieve those goals? Who will have oversight of the execution of the projects envisioned? What are the safeguards against cost and time overruns? Will this “upgrade” last any longer than the recent, costly renovation of the high school? Anecdotal experiences aside, overcrowding, less than desirable facilities, understaffing, etc. are chronic problems in a system based on an antiquated and descriminatory method of financing education. “Baby Boomers” went through similar, and possibly worse (split sessions, unqualified teachers, lack of text books) yet school systems still managed to put a man on the moon and make our country the world’s leader in innovation and technology across the board of endeavors, which begs the questions — is it the school’s facilities or is it the students that determine scholastic achievement? The tax-paying voters must have much more in-depth information on the proposed referendum as well as alternatives to it that may well serve the same objectives. But first, we need to know those objectives and the BOE needs to understand that there is a bottom to the well of taxation and we are perilously close to it. The federal tax law overall must also be considered since the increase in the municipal tax burden, should this referendum pass, will be at the expense of other spending, not for all Princetonians, not for the municipality nor the county, whose taxes are in addition to the school tax, but only for Princetonians who are property owners. Is representation without taxation any less a tyranny than taxation without representation? One final question. Princeton is a great community in which to live and learn, and for many reasons. Our neighbor, the University, is one of those reasons, but it is also a significant beneficiary of all this community offers, including the school system to which it sends the children of its graduate students and professors. Where is this “neighbor” in the BOE proposal? MARC MALBERG Autumn Hill Road

Audit Report Represents Excellent First Step, Replacing Denial, Striving for Educational Equity

Princeton Has a Crisis Brewing Due To New Tax Law, PRS School Board Management

To the Editor: Make no mistake about it. Princeton has a crisis brewing. First, over 20 homes priced at over $2 million, some way over $2 million, are for sale in Princeton and more are added daily to the sell lists. While there are many reasons for this, some experts are saying it is primarily because the new tax law limits property tax deductions to $10,000. Many of these homes have been for sale for a long time and buyers are not lining up to pay $70,000 and more in property taxes. If multiple homes are sold at much lower prices, then the assessment tax bills for those homes will go down, putting more pressure on moderate and low income home owners’ taxes. Second, everyone and particularly every educator understands that the high level of achievement in Princeton schools is a direct result of the overtly high level of parental involvement in education (a college town) and the high quality of teachers. Very few other factors make a difference. Third, no Princeton School Board and no superintendent has ever said “how can we make the schools better without hiring new staff or by building new facilities?” They never say “how can we be more creative with what we have?” They never say “can we cut administrators and use that money more responsibly?” They never ask “can we give our town a better education for the buck?” They always want more, they always hide behind the mantle of the need of providing a better education. We vote for School Board members to be responsible guardians of our communities’ educational needs. They hire a superintendent to manage the system. Our citizens do not have unlimited funds to support our schools. Better management and thoughtful creativity is needed in a time of crisis, not throwing an additional $129 million on structures. STEPHEN T. SCHREIBER Prospect Avenue

To the Editor: Based on Paul Gorski’s Equity Literacy Framework, Princeton Public Schools (PPS) is at step one: recognizing bias. If heeded, these audit results provide the road map to navigate the four steps of equity literacy: recognize, respond, and redress biases and inequities, which culminate in creating and sustaining equitable classrooms, schools, and institutional cultures. Results: • Princeton High School reflects the system as a whole which underscores the need for equity literacy districtwide. To the Editor: • Princeton Public Schools’ (PPS) equity mission stateI attended the recent Princeton Zoning Board meeting ment exists, but is not understood. Comparatively, PPS’ where I watched the Board vote to allow yet another tear down in our town, this the second on my small cul-de-sac occupied by modest dwellings. The proposed replacement home is similar to the other tear-down/build-up on our block. Actually, it’s almost identical save for the garage being on the left side of the home as opposed to the right. I guess that’s what passes for innovation and unique style in Princeton these days. My neighbors and I attended the meeting and voiced our concerns. Some members of the Board were sympathetic but essentially said that their hands were tied and that the Council must change the ordinance if Princetonians want a different outcome. People need to take an active role in getting changes through the Council, we were told. In preparing to attend tonight’s meeting, I did some googling around and came upon a New York Times article that made mention of Princeton’s efforts to grapple with the teardown issue. That article was from 2005. The reality is that plenty of citizens have voiced concerns to the Council over the years (and, yes, are doing so presently), but nothing gets done. While I find the situation to be frustrating in many ways,

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what really gets me is the municipality’s hypocrisy. Larger homes use more energy (yes, even with energy efficiency upgrades) and get filled with more stuff, stuff that has to be created and shipped before used. In other words, lots of energy use. And that’s to say nothing of the wastefulness of demolishing what are often perfectly fine structures, featuring perfectly adequate kitchen cabinets, built-in shelving, etc., etc. So, here’s my piece: Princeton, stop talking to me about composting my organics and recycling my trash and riding my bike and managing my yard waste until you’re willing to do something about the teardowns. Want to take a stand on climate change? Let’s deal with the elephant on the block. PATRICIA BERHAU Morgan Place

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mission statement on student well-being is common knowledge. • Despite strong academic outcomes, disparities persist among students in the following sub groups: special education, low socio-economic, and English language learners. • Current perception: disparities exist in discipline and academic expectations. Perception is powerful, creates reality, and therefore, demands attention. • More parents than students (especially students of color) express feelings of welcome and belonging. • Academic pressure and competition undermine equity. “Princeton is a small town with big people,” which creates barriers to relationships. Equitable education requires that influence be balanced among parents and guardians. • PPS’ curriculum and instruction is at the additive stage of equity literacy (adding a course here, a training there). Goal: transformation of PPS’ entire curriculum and instruction from within reflecting the gold standard of equity literacy. Recommendations are clear and fourfold: • Focus on building community and relationships: “collective versus individual achievement.” • Build internal educational leadership capacity: respond to every incident of bias versus parental influence. • Build culturally responsive teaching practices and educational equity. • Recruit and retain a culturally diverse staff. Achieving educational equity in PPS is not a sprint, but a marathon; there are no quick fixes. Courage and perseverance are required to name, confront, and dismantle institutional biases and inequities. PPS is commended for enlisting the knowledge and expertise of Marceline Dubose. Her team has created the roadmap for providing PPS students with an excellent and equitable education. I whole-heartedly support PPS efforts on this marathon, thus far, and look forward to its continued progress toward sustained educational equity. MARY BETH CHARTERS Leabrook Lane

To the Editor: Based on our recent greenhouse gas inventory, we know that transportation sources are responsible for 32.27 percent of Princeton’s greenhouse gas emissions. With this knowledge, we greatly applaud the Princeton Bike Advisory Committee’s recent Beta Bike Lane and its impact on creating a safe riding artery to the downtown district. It was inspiring to take part in this collaborative effort and it demonstrated what we can do as a community when we come together to make Princeton a better place to live and work. We fully encourage the Princeton Council to move forward towards creating a permanent bike lane. With the majority of Princeton residences within 2.5 miles to downtown, a reasonable distance for bike riding, we have a great opportunity to reduce our environmental impact by leaving vehicles at home for in-town travel. In addition to reducing emissions, commuting by bike has numerous health benefits as it provides built-in daily exercise that burns calories, improves cardiovascular fitness, lowers blood pressure, and builds muscle. It is critical that Princeton evolve with the times. Making Princeton a more walkable, bikeable town will attract new residents and visitors, particularly car-weary younger generations. We must, as a community, support the environmental, health, and cost benefits of creating safe lanes for biking. Climate change is a problem to which are all contributing and our daily choices impact the footprint we are leaving. MOLLY JONES AND CHRISTINE SYMINGTON Sustainable Princeton

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To the Editor: I write as someone who has just been defined as a member of an “older crowd,” yet I still have a son going into eighth grade in the Princeton school system. I have lived in Princeton for 41 years, and raised a daughter who also attended public school here. From my own experiences and what I have observed or heard from family over the years is that quality of education has little to do with facilities but mostly to do with teachers and to some degree size of classes. Money could be better spent, and far less of it, hiring more good teachers and not “improving facilities,” buying or building for cafeterias, administrators, recreation, maintenance, and transportation. THOMAS DACOSTA KAUFMANN Mercer Street

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our patients, provided by a competent and caring team of professionals. We also offer an innovative Business to Business Vision Plan which requires no premium, allowing an employer to offer eye health care at dramatically reduced rates to their staff and families adding to the wellness of the workplace. Visit www.hleyevisionplan.com for more information. Hopewell Eye Associates is located at 84 East Broad Street, Hopewell; (609) 4660055. Lambertville Eye Associates is at 16 South Franklin Street, Lambertville; (609) 397-7020. Our offices accept the majority of medical insurances and vision plans; while also offering similar savings programs available at most optical retailers. Ken net h Da n iels, OD FA AO NJ27OA4913000 ; Mimi L ee Par ma, Ph D, O D N J 2 7O A 5 679 0 0 0 ; Nadine Hermann, OD NJ27OA00639600, Surgical Consultants – Princeton Eye Group.

Hopewell Motors

Hopewell Motors is your local dealership that cares. We have been in the Hopewell area for quite some time now, and we love providing our friends and neighbors with the vehicles that they need. We want you to feel right at home when you come to our dealership, and we will always greet you with a friendly smile. We take the time to make sure that you get everything you need. Hopewell Motors is a no-pressure dealership. Sit back, relax, and let us do the work. We will find you the perfect vehicle at the perfect price. Hopewell Motors serves Hopewell and the surrounding community. Very few dealerships in the Hopewell area can match our inventory of top-quality, pre-owned vehicles, or our customer service experience. We will work with our customers to find the ideal vehicle to fit their needs, and the financing options they need to get behind the wheel. Our inventory at Hopewell Motors features a variety of vehicles from many different manufacturers. Regardless of your needs as an owner or

driver, Hopewell Motors will have a vehicle up to the challenge. When your car needs service or maintenance, you need to get it taken care of right away. At Hopewell Motors, we are here to help. We can provide your car with all the maintenance and service that it needs right here in Hopewell. Our team has the experience and the training to tackle any problem that may come up. Oil changes are our specialty, and doing engine work is our passion. Let us get to work for you. Hopewell Motors is located at 49 East Broad Street in Hopewell. (609) 466-1550; www.hopewellmotors.com.

Horizon Audiology

Horizon Audiology is proud to welcome Dr. Lisa Petino to its team. An audiologist for over two decades, Dr. Petino received her Doctorate in Audiology (Au.D.) from the University of Florida. She said that her favorite part of audiology is, “When patients tell me what they just started to hear again, after having forgotten the sounds around them. I had a patient mention that she could hear the water hit the shower door for the first time. She always saw the water hit, but never knew it made a sound. That part never gets old for me.” Dr. Petino and Dr. Brady, owner of Horizon Audiology, are longtime colleagues with an extensive history of working together to improve their patients’ hearing and quality of life. When asked what she is looking forward to at Horizon, Dr. Petino said she is most excited to work with Dr. Brady again. Both doctors are experts in the field and will combine their experience to treat patients with outstanding, individualized care. Considering meeting Dr. Petino? You might be interested to know that Dr. Petino attributes her outstanding success in patient care to her ability to listen to patients and understand their greatest challenges. She’s committed to helping all patients hear to the best of their abilities. Dr. Petino is willing to do whatever it takes to help patients hear better.

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Mathnasium of Pennington

As summer vacation comes to an end, you are probably making plans for the next school year. If math class is a concern, please make time to speak with Jennifer Zhang, the center director of Mathnasium of Pennington, today. If you are a current Mathnasium member, you may wonder,

“Was the math my child did over the summer enough?” During the conference, Jennifer will share your child’s progress from the summer, and help create a path for the school year. If you are not currently enrolled, she will talk with you about your child’s experience and feelings about math. Continued on Page 15

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Introducing our Introducing our Introducing our newest Audiologist, newest Audiologist, newest Audiologist, Dr. Lisa Petino Au.D, Dr. Lisa Petino Au.D, Dr. Lisa with Petino over 2Au.D, with 22 with over over decades providing decades decades providing providing outstanding patient outstanding outstanding patient care! patient care! care!

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A Tradition of Quality since 1963

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Live Music • Food & Beer Garden Games & Activities • Kids Crafts Insect Zoo • Hay Rides • Nature Walks Butterfly & Bug Parade • Electric Train Car Displays • Live Fish • & More 31 Titus Mill Rd, Pennington

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ARTISTS AND ARTISANS AT WORK

pyglass Design is an idea-based design firm. Regardless of the size and the budget we bring the best mix of imagination, hi-grade products, and teamleading project execution to every job. We are the leading kitchen design firm in the region. Since 1995, we’ve brought our unique vision and diverse team of stylists, craftsmen, and contractors to repeatedly apply the finest skills and best value for our clients everywhere across the entire US, the Caribbean, and even Moscow. From downtown Hopewell to Oquossoc, Maine, we can execute both design and construction. How do we benefit you? We are known to be excellent listeners, exploring your needs in great detail, ultimately creating a result that exceeds your expectation. We like to hold real-time workshop design sessions with you; on the spot, real-time, and together. Our process is unique to your needs, at that exact point in time. Over the years many of our customers have returned to Spyglass for subsequent projects. Together, we bring fresh ideas to meet their ever-changing needs; they see their homes evolve with the style and technology of the time. Starting as a kitchen and bath specialty firm, our client base has turned to Spyglass for the same vision and craftsmanship for all their other needs, from space reconfiguration to interior and exterior design. We have an over-arching view of the largest, and even the most modest of projects; offering a unique take on how this new work will dovetail with your existing home and lifestyle. Everything is done with a carefully established budget in mind. An affordable project that is not just a dream. We are well-regarded in the kitchen industry by our brands and partners. Few firms of our type have deeper connections to the kitchen industry: from appliances, to hardware, counters, and plumbing, and, of course, cabinetry. We have strong professional relationships with name brand manufacturers and distributors. Spyglass can make things happen that many others cannot. From idea to detail, the Spyglass Team will carry through our plans to a carefully finished project, providing decades of impressive performance and great enjoyment. NJ BBB - A+

Follow us to our new loft showroom, coming Q1 2019, on the 2nd floor of 31 West Broad Street, where we’ve been for nearly 23 years.

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SUMMER | 2018 Dear neighbors, We are Hopewell Valley Golf Club and we have been a proud part of this community since 1927. For most of our history, we were member owned and operated. Since November of 2015, my company Spirit Golf Management entered into an agreement to purchase the course with a small group of investors. In August 2016, we closed on the purchase of the course. We love being part of this community and we began instantly to make improvements so that we could welcome you in. It was our hope coming in that there would be an opportunity to preserve this beautiful land and that would provide the needed capital investment to secure the future of this historic property. Without the opportunity to preserve the land, our goals haven’t faltered and we remain committed to great course conditions, open space, fresh food, community events and making you feel really comfortable here. Over the years, you may have driven by us wondering what was down that private driveway. We invite you to drive down and meet us. We are affordable, welcoming, casual, fun, and friendly. We are always happy to make new friends and invite you to stop by even to just say hello. Every week we have events that are open to the public. Tuesday is Ladies’ day. Join in with the guys on Wednesday evenings for a quick nine holes after work or come by Friday night for couples’ Nine and Dine. Find out why the pool is the place to be this time of year. There are lots of games, hammocks, live music events and we are really proud of our award winning swim team. It is a very social scene and chances are good you will run into friends. Stop in and see Jason or Kevin at the bar and then sit under the twinkle lights on the deck. The first Friday of each month we have live music. You can always count on our weekly food specials prepared by Chef Brian. We have some perfect spaces for you to hold events.; from business meetings to birthday parties, from weddings to Bat Mitzvahs. Ask for Colleen and she will give you a tour of the updated ballroom and outdoor spaces that make for the perfect setting for your next event. Our membership remains the core component of the club’s future and it is our hopes to continue to grow and engage more of you. We are grateful for the members who have stood by us and continue to support the idea of opening the doors to allow more of you to experience this amazing and natural beauty of this historic property. We are your club Hopewell and if open space and preservation is important to you we invite you to embrace the club as part of this community. There are so many wonderful memories and stories we hear and we invite you to start making your own. To learn more about our golf passes and membership programs, please call Dave Gilman, Membership Director at 609-466-9070. Sincerely, Mike Attara & Staff mattara@hvgc.com Share Your Hopewell Valley Golf & Country Club Story and win a chance at dinner for four at our Baron Dillon Grille! Drawing at end of August. Winner annouced on our website at hvgcc.com

A country club atmosphere with the community at heart. Open to the Public.

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Come for a visit and see what you’re missing. Find out about our tiered membership programs. A great value at any cost!

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HOPEWELL VALLEY GOLF & COUNTRY CLUB • 114 PENNINGTON HOPEWELL ROAD • HOPEWELL, NJ 08525

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In the meantime, we have compiled a list of common questions and concerns that can help you think about what we should talk about. Again, please make time to speak with us about your child. Questions: What math level or course should my child be in school? How can I prepare my child for going back to math class in school? How do I know if my child is struggling in math? How are school behavior and math linked? What do I do for my child who is advanced in math? How is Mathnasium different than other tutoring options? Every child and every situation is unique. These questions will help you think about your children’s math education. Make an appointment with Jennifer to discuss your specific details. Give us a call at (609) 483-6284.

Dr. Mark McDonough Orthodontist

specializing in orthodontic care since 1994. Our kind, caring, and talented team has made great smiles happen for more than 6,000 satisfied patients. To ensure that you receive the most effective care, we utilize the best techniques and the latest advancements in the orthodontic industry, such as invisible ceramic braces and Invisalign®, dental lasers, temporary anchorage devices, and the iTero® digital scanner. Whether you’re an adult, adolescent or child, our knowledgeable doctor and team are committed to helping you achieve the healthy, beautiful smile you deserve. Our orthodontic team is simply the best! Our eight team members have 158 years of combined experience, and many members have been with Dr. McDonough for more than 15 years. It is the expertise and experience of the orthodontist and his team that determines the success of your treatment. We believe “You Deserve a Beautiful Smile” is not a just catchphrase, but what we strive to do every day. In addition to Best Orthodontist by Town Topics, our office is routinely selected by New Jersey Monthly as one of “N.J.’s Top Dentists” and New Jersey Family magazine as one of “N.J.’s Favorite Kids’ Docs.” We are very passionate about your smile and proud to be acknowledged for doing what we love to do! Dr. Mark W. McDonough Orthodontist, 245 S. Main Street, Pennington; (609) 730-1414. www. bracez4you.com.

The Right Treatment, at the Right Time, by the Right Doctor. Dr. Mark McDonough, experienced board-certified orthodontist in Pennington, was voted the 2017 Town Topics Readers’ Choice winner for Best Orthodontist. From the warm welcome of our team to the comfort that you are receiving the best, most innovative treatment options, you will not find a better way to achieve a more confident and healthy smile than at Dr. Mark McDonough Regent Flooring, Orthodontics. Dr. McDonough Kitchen and Bath is a smile expert and a As one of Pennington’s board-certified orthodontist, oldest businesses, Regent

Our accomplished instructors teach with passion and share a wealth of experience while emphasizing proper technique and nurturing the artistic spirit in each student Summer Dance Intensive Aug.20-24/Ages 11+ Save $25 with this Ad Fall Registration is Now Open!

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Flooring, Kitchen and Bath has long been the choice of area residents to provide quality products and installation of the many products we sell. Since 1963 we have been locally owned and operated by the same family, and are committed to providing the same level of quality and service for many years to come. Please stop by our expanded showroom featuring our latest designs in kitchen and baths. Visit us on Facebook and our new website at www.regentfloorcovering.com. Regent Flooring, Kitchen and Bath is located at 7 Route 31 North, Pennington; (609) 737-2466.

Restaurant Bonne Assiette

Nestled in the quaint town of Pennington, Restaurant Bonne Assiette offers modern and classic French fare. Open for lunch and dinner, we are a BYOB, so come in, bring your favorite bottle of vin, and join us for a unique gastronomic experience. Our enclosed patio dining is open for the summer. We feature grass-fed aged meats, free range organic poultry, sustainable seafood and fishes, organic produce, and in-house made gluten-free dressings and sauces. Vegetarian and vegan meals available upon request Reservations available at www.opentable.com or call the restaurant at (609) 737-7174.

Rosedale Mills

Welcome to Rosedale Mills, your one-stop town and country store. Since 1950, our familyowned business has serviced the needs of Central New Jersey and Bucks County Pennsylvania residents. That’s over 65 years!

Our store offers a unique merchandise mix of small animal and pet foods, horse and livestock needs, lawn and garden equipment and supplies, wild bird feeders and seeds, plus so much more. That’s why we are America’s County Store! Rosedale Mills is located at 101 Route 31 North, Pennington. (609) 737- 2008; www. rosedalemills.com.

The Front Porch

Located at 24 South Main Street in Pennington, The Front Porch features a beautiful, thoughtful assortment of wedding, engagement, shower, baby, and hostess gifts. Many of these can be personalized with quick turnaround. We have gifts for all ages — newborn to 95! Brands include Alex and Ani, Brighton, Mariposa, Vera Bradley, Scout, Inis of Ireland, Pura Vida, Powerbeads by jen, Mantraband, Kissy Kissy, Magnetic Me, Jelly Cat and Smathers, and Branson — just to name a few of our favorites. Our friendly staff will greet and assist you with all your shopping needs. Your gift is ready to give in our signature gift wrap, and don’t forget the greeting cards — our selection is fabulous. New items arrive daily, and phone orders are welcome. Come see us and experience The Front Porch touch. (609) 737-0071.

pre-school dance, boys class, and children-teen voice classes. There are classes for beginners to advanced students of all age ranges. Our compassionate and qualified faculty have extensive backgrounds in performing and teaching. We value local community and seek out performance opportunities within the community. Our faculty fosters positive and healthy relationships in the lives of our students,

while striving to create lasting partnerships with families. As artists, we look to collaborate with other local artists and organizations for the benefit of our community. The Pennington Studio is the place to attend when choosing a quality dance and voice education for your child. Visit us: www. thepenningtonstudio.com. Contact us: info@thepenningtonstudio.com; (609) 226-7469.

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Our mission is to provide our community with strong and inspiring dance, art, and vocal programs. We emphasize proper technique and nurture the artistic spirit in each student. The Studio offers instruction in ballet, jazz, tap, contemporary, hip-hop,

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Hamilton Jewelers, Longtime Princeton Mainstay, Welcomes Fourth Generation to Family Business

amilton Jewelers is a Princeton treasure. A longtime Princeton establishment, it opened its doors here in 1986. Its history extends well beyond that date, however.

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Founded in 1912 in Trenton, it was purchased by Irving Siegel in 1927. He laid the foundation on which his son Martin, and later his grandson Hank, built the thriving business that Hamilton has become today. Ir ving Siegel’s commitment to excellence continued when Irving’s son Martin joined his father in 1955, bringing his own insight and business skill to broaden the merchandise assortment and open additional locations in the market. In 1982, Hank, currently president and CEO, joined Hamilton, and contributed his own expertise to enhance the Hamilton brand, raise the bar in every aspect of the business, and expand the Hamilton signature to a broader audience. In addition to its Princeton location, there are Hamilton Jewelers stores in Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Fourth Generation Now, Hank’s son Andrew Siegel is the fourth generation of the Siegel family to become part of the business. Joining the firm in June 2017, he is director of business strategy and operations. In fact, his history with the company dates to well before then. Born in Trenton, he grew up in Princeton and became familiar with the Hamilton operation at an early age. As he says, “We were always doing something at the store. I really started helping when I

was in high school, working in the service department, learning about the repairs, etc. “I loved the personal part and interacting with people. I enjoyed both working with the staff and with the customers.” After graduating from Emory University, Siegel took a different path, and for seven years worked for the Alexander Group, a revenue growth consulting firm specializing in sales effectiveness and business strategy. Headquartered in Atlanta, the company has Fortune 500 clients around the world. While there, he worked with more than 40 clients to grow revenue through various projects that improved the way companies serve their customers. He traveled extensively in the U.S. and abroad, and as he obser ves, “I loved the prospect of going to all the different companies in one job. Every two to six months, I’d see a different company and different industry. Everything from retail to medical, pharmaceutical, insurance to missile defense. It was a challenge, but a challenge I gladly accepted. I have always loved taking on a new challenge.” New Challenge Then after seven years, it became time for a new challenge. As much as he enjoyed the Alexander Group experience, he decided it was time to come “home.” “I got to the point, seven years in, when I felt I had gathered the experience and knowledge, and it was time for something new. I knew I wanted to come back. My family was all here, and many strings were tugging me back in a positive way. “I made my case to my father and told him I was ready to take on my role in the family business, and my hope was to bring my experience from the outside world here.”

As director of business strategy and operations, Siegel is involved in many aspects of the business, he explains. In particular, he will provide analytical and strategic insights to encourage innovation and growth opportunities, as well as assist in achieving established Ham ilton company -w ide business objectives across all areas of the organization. “There are three main categories I’m involved in,” he points out. “One is strategic planning. Where do we need to go and how do we get there? Two, general business management, and doing the day-to-day business management with my father; and three, processing improvements — that is, finding the means to make it easier and more efficient for our clients and our employees. We want to offer the very best shopping experience for our clients.” Ha m i lton is a sp e cia l place, he believes: one that established a respected reputation over many years. It is also a happy business to be in! “We celebrate milestones here — engagements, weddings, anniversaries, etc. We’re a family here at Hamilton, and the staff will find opportunities both for personal and professional growth. We care so much about giving people a chance to spread their wings here. True Authorities “Many of the staff have been here since the beginning,” he continues. “We like to think that it is a nice mix of opportunities. People can establish themselves as true authorities in different areas. All our staff is knowledgeable in every area, but they have expertise in specific areas. “Here’s our goal. You come into the store, you want the Hamilton knowledge and authority and a quality product. Then, when customers join the Hamilton

family, it’s not just a transaction, it’s a true experience, with help from a professional expert in the field. You are taken care of for whatever you have come in for. The experience will be the same for any gift or any purchase for any occasion. We help you to find the perfect item, and we strive every day to earn your loyalty.” The speed of technological change has — and is — affecting the way business is conducted around the world, and it has certainly had an impact on retail. As Siegel points out, “In our business, it helps to actually see the product. But today, people want convenience, and they want to shop how they want to shop. Our job is to provide the best Hamilton experience no matter how clients shop. Business has to adapt. “One of the things we have done is to set forth initiatives to help our staff and clients have easier online access. We are always upgrading our website, and we have created a new technology to improve the online shopping experience. With our online shopping, we offer the same knowledge and trust, the same experience and brand that you find when you are in the store. We have created a technology in which we actually have a live person speak to you when you visit our website.” Indeed, Hamilton’s distinctive selection of quality jewelry, fine watches, and giftware attracts customers both in the store and online. Fine Craftsmanship “We are a destination s h o p p i n g e x p e r i e n c e ,” points out Siegel. “We are always looking at the product offering, and while we always remain ‘classic,’ we continue to find new, fresh, and interesting items. We have styles for all tastes, and with a price range for your budget.” He notes that watches are currently big sellers, as are engagement rings. “Watches have never been more popular. There is something

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FAMILY TRADITION: “I wanted to be part of the family’s legacy and the company’s legacy. It means everything. I am so proud to be here and to be able to learn from my grandfather and father, and the best people in the industry.” Andrew Siegel (right), shown with his grandfather Martin Siegel (center) and father Hank Siegel, represents the fourth generation of the Siegel family to be part of Hamilton Jewelers’ operation. about a fine timepiece. The craftsmanship is appreciated. We see the idea of lasting craftsmanship being appreciated even more today. Items that stand the test of time, and the appreciation of the artisans who are creating them. There is more of a desire for handmade items, and it is exciting to see this. Hamilton is unique because we have artisans on our staff. We have hand engravers, jewelers, watchmakers, and hand polishers on-site in the store.” Siegel has a special of fondness for engagement rings (perhaps because he is now engaged himself). As he says, “My favorite interaction is the presentation of engagement rings. It’s such a happy experience. You are beginning your journey with us, and seeing the rings for the first time. It’s a way for us to start a real relationship with clients. “Engagement rings are always a big part of the business, and the sourcing is important to people. They want to know that the piece came from a reputable place – where it was mined, where it was cut. Hamilton is certified by the Responsible Jewelry Council (RJC), an international organization. We were the first independent jeweler to be certified by RJC.” He is excited about the upcoming remodel of the store scheduled for the next 18 months. It has already begun, and the emphasis will be on a beautiful new look throughout the entire store, which will also offer added convenience for customers. The store’s long history and reputation are a source of great pride for Siegel, and he is grateful to the loyal clientele for their patronage over the years. “We have had generations of customers in the same family. Clients will come in and say ‘I bought something from your father or your grandfather.’ It’s a personal connection. It speaks to trust and the reputation we have built over 106 years.” Consummate Gentleman “I am also excited to see young people in their 20s

come in and say ‘I want to get something nice, somet h ing special,” he said. “There is always an excitement in welcoming our clients, including the next generation of Hamilton clients. “I am so proud of our legacy,” he continues. “My great-grandfather was able to see the business through the Depression. He adapted and sold other things in addition to jewelry, and he was always a consummate gentleman in business dealings. My grandfather and father continued to expand the business and built on the foundation Irving had provided. And now, I can be part of it.” Siegel also points out the importance Hamilton has placed on community involvement and service. “We have always supported the community. You have to be part of the community. We not only work here, we live here. We support and contribute to more than 100 organizations.” Over many years, the Siegel family has created an ongoing successful business, adapting to changing times, but always keeping quality and service their most important priority. And now Andrew Siegel, the fourth generation of the family, is ready to continue that impressive tradition. “I am honored to join Hamilton and to preserve our unique attributes in the marketplace while helping us continue to innovate in a changing world, just as my great-grandfather, grandfather, and father have done before me. I look forward to carrying on our distinguishing characteristics of family-ownership and an uncompromising dedication to our 106-year-old core values of relationships, responsibility, expertise, integrity, distinctive service, and enduring value.” For more information on Ham ilton Jewelers, c all (609) 683-4200. Website: www.hamiltonjewelers.com. —Jean Stratton

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“HEBRIDES 8”: Artist Malcolm Bray presents a new series of paintings on paper opening August 10 at Galerie Stockton in the Stockton Market. The works are from his “Hebrides” series, inspired by the coastline of Scotland.

Malcolm Bray Paintings At Galerie Stockton

Opening August 10, Malcolm Bray presents a new series of paintings on paper at Galerie Stockton in the Stockton Market at 19 Bridge Street. Bray, who was born in England and now lives in the Stockton area, will present a group of large works from his “Hebrides” series, inspired by the coastline of Scotland. Bray writes, “Tucked away on the North West side of Scotland this fractured coastline is littered with islands, some drifting away from history. Celticness is everywhere, superimposed beyond memory…”

Galerie Stockton is run by G ar y Snyder, a New York City gallerist who has opened a small gallery in the Stockton Market that focuses on works on paper. This will be the second exhibition at Galerie Stockton — the first exhibition focused on works from the 1920s through the 1950s by Josef Meierhans. Malcolm Bray was born 1958 in Kingston upon Hull, East Yorkshire, England. From an early age, Bray received close attention from a number of his teachers who recognized his natural drawing ability in the art classroom, and introduced him

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Mercer County Communit y College’s ( MCCC’s ) James Kerney Campus Gallery (JKCG ) in downtown Trenton has announced the opening of “Loss Event,” an exhibit by photographer Ryann Casey, who has created a series based in the U.S. National Park system. The show runs August 1 through Friday, September 7. A community reception and artist’s talk will be held Thursday, September 6 from 5 to 7 p.m., with the talk to start at 6 p.m. A p p r o x i m a t e l y 13 o f Casey’s large-scale, stereo card-style photos, measuring 30x40 inches, will be on display. Each of her photos features two prints side by side that explore the intersection of personal loss and environmental degradation through the filter of memory and grief. J KC G G a l l e r y D i r e c tor and Curator Michael Chovan-Dalton, coordinator of the MCCC Photography and Digital Imaging program, said stereo cards were a 19th century technique that allowed viewers to see images in 3D. “Casey’s format pays tribute to great Western landscape photographers of the 19th and early 20th century like Timothy O’Sullivan, Carleton Watkins, and Edward Muybridge,” he said. “This double view of a scene allows her to use the dual image style to share personal and public grief in the same place and the same time.”

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to the great art of the past. Bray studied at Hull College of Art in England, and immigrated to the United States in 1984. Shor tly thereafter he began exhibiting in the New Hope area, w inning numerous local awards. He has exhibited in New York City at Cheryl Hazan Gallery and Spanierman Modern. His work was recently included in an exhibition, “The Bigger Picture,” at Ellarslie Mansion, Cadwalader Park, in Trenton.

“LOSS EVENT”: Ryann Casey’s photography exhibit, based on the U.S. National Park system, is at the James Kerney Campus Gallery at Mercer County Community College’s Trenton Campus through September 7. Each of her photos features two prints side by side that explore the intersection of personal loss and environmental degradation through the filter of memory and grief. Chovan-Dalton notes that Casey’s work comes from a deeply personal place. “She lost a close friend who worked for the National Park Service, someone who inspired her love of the outdoors and these monuments to nature,” he said. “At the time she was grieving that loss, the newly appointed secretary of the interior, Ryan Zinke, began reopening public land to oil, gas, and coal exploration, while decreasing the size of public spaces declared by the previous administration.” Casey is a Philadelphia/ N e w J e r s e y - b a s e d a r tist, curator, and organizer. She has exhibited in and around Philadelphia and New York City. She works as an adjunct professor of photography, art history, and critical theory in New Jersey, including at MCCC. She holds a BA in photography with a minor in gender studies from Stockton University and an MFA/ MS in photography and art history from Pratt Institute. J KCG is lo c ate d i n MCCC’s Trenton Hall, 137 North Broad Street, across the street from the Kerney Building. Hours for this exhibit are Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.; Wednesdays, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. More infor mat ion, v isit w w w. mccc.edu/JKCgallery.

Area Exhibits Art Times Two, Princeton Brain and Spine, 731 Alexander 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 “Photography by Larry Parsons” and “Places by John Carney,” both at Princeton Public Library through September 15. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Bernstein Gallery, Rober tson Hall, Princeton University, has “Beirut: Theater of Dreams,” photography by Manal AbuShaneen, through August 15. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum in Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton, has “Airing Out the Attic” through September 9 and “40-for-40” through January 2019. www.ellarslie.com. Grounds For Sculpture, 8 0 S c u l p t o r s Wa y, Ham ilton, has “Masayuki Koorida: Sculpture” through March 17, 2019, and other exhibits. www. groundsforsculpture.org.

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Princeton University Summer Chamber Concerts Closes Season with Sold-out Performance

rinceton University Summer Chamber Concerts has celebrated its 51st season with innovative programming this year. The series closed its 2018 season last week by reverting to its classical roots with a return visit from the Daedalus Quartet, an ensemble with a strong performance and recording history of both 19th century and contemporary music. Violinists Min-Young Kim and Matilda Kaul, violist Jessica Thompson, and cellist Thomas Kraines presented a very recent American piece sandwiched between two pillars of the Classical period in Richardson Auditorium last Wednesday night, mesmerizing a sold-out house with sophisticated and refined playing. The Daedalus Quartet showed its command of standard string quartet repertory from the outset with a performance of Ludwig van Beethoven’s String Quartet A Major, Opus 18, No. 5, a piece also presented in Princeton last year by the Takács Quartet as part of that ensemble’s Beethoven series. Beginning with spirited upbeat violin strokes, the Daedalus musicians played this traditionally Viennese work intimately, as if teasing the audience to come closer. Kim’s playing as first violin was especially light and fluid, floating above the other three players as the ensemble brought out the dynamic contrasts in the opening movement. A musically enchanting conversation between the two violins marked the second movement “menuetto,” with Kim continually driving the direction of the phrases. Throughout this piece, running notes were well articulated, and in the third movement, a particularly rich melody was provided by violist Thompson. The ensemble overall had no trouble bringing out Beethoven’s humor in the work, with an especially delicate closing. American composer Fred Lerdahl, a composition professor and music theorist based at Columbia University, has a solid history with the Daedalus Quartet and has composed several works for them. Lerdahl’s Princeton connections stem from his studies with Milton Babbitt and Edward Cone at the University in the 1960s, and his awards include

numerous times as a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for Music. He composed his 2016 one-movement Chaconne for the Daedalus Quartet, incorporating a number of Bach-like musical elements into the piece. A chaconne by definition is a composition based on a repeated pattern in the bass, and while this may have been the case in Lerdahl’s Chaconne, all tradition was lost in an ethereal upper string palette and whirling textures among all the players. Lerdahl’s Chaconne began high in the violins, played drily and softly by Kim and Kaul. The Daedalus musicians were cohesive as the piece began to gel, and the work was marked by violins swirling in tandem. ohannes Brahms’ 1876 String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat Major was considered by the composer himself to be a light-hearted diversion from his monumental first symphony, which premiered a week later than this work. As played by the Daedalus Quartet, this piece was chipper and clean, with repetitive passages well handled, and dramatic playing provided when needed. The “inner voices” of violinist Kaul and violist Thompson led the musical action of the first movement, while Kim played a haunting and poignant melody in the second movement “andante.” Brahms composed this quartet for a cellist, and allegedly tried to tease the cellist into switching to the less popular viola by scoring a spirited gypsy melody for the viola in the third movement, and the muted playing of the Daedalus violinists and cellist allowed Thompson’s viola lines to emerge. The subtle accompaniment from the other three players matched the viola timbre perfectly. The fourth movement featured well-tuned violins in thirds against an undulating viola with graceful duets among the instruments. There were numerous changing moods during this closing movement, and the Daedalus Quartet proved consistently why this ensemble is popular in performance and recording, and why the Quartet’s visits to Princeton are always audience favorites. —Nancy Plum

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Celebrating 50 Years of “Hey Jude” They still represent the twentieth century’s greatest romance. — Derek Taylor, introducing The Beatles Anthology 3. ifty years ago today the Beatles completed the recording of “Hey Jude” at Trident Studios in St. Anne’s Court off Wardour Street. I first heard “the Sistine Chapel of Rock and Roll” while driving a ‘62 Chevy Corvair along Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge well before the record’s official August 26th release. I’d been about to turn off the radio because the reception was breaking up (no wonder, if you believe Ralph Nader, who declared the Corvair one of the “most dangerous cars in history”) when out of a storm of static comes “Hey Jude” loud and clear, as if by magic, no build-up, no hype, no DJ preamble, just Paul McCartney calling me to attention, for in the shock of the moment, it sounded like “Hey you!” I swerved to the right, parking at a crazy angle in a no-parking zone, listening and listening and listening, three, four, five, six, seven minutes, but who’s counting when McCartney’s riffing in an ecstasy over a 40 piece orchestra and a chorus of thousands and it’s all happening right there in my poor defamed Corvair. It happens that “Hey Jude” actually began in a car. McCartney was driving out to Weybridge to see John Lennon’s estranged wife, Cynthia, and their five-year-old son Julian, who might need a bit of cheering up, thinks Uncle Paul, as he plays around with a tune, “Hey, Jules, don’t feel bad....” something like that. Driving a car is “a good time to get ideas,” says Paul in a 1984 online interview. I like knowing that a song dreamed up in a car came to me in a car. Except Paul was driving an Aston Martin and I was driving a Chevy Corvair. “Jude” as “Moby Dick” Forget the Sistine Chapel, Beethoven’s Fifth, and other such summations of the “Hey Jude” experience, for me it was like reading Moby Dick in seven minutes. My excuse for the hyperbole is that today, August first, is also Herman Melville’s birthday (his 200th is coming up next year), and when you compare how the song works with what happens to most first-time readers of Melville’s masterpiece, the analogy isn’t as absurd as it sounds. Moby Dick opens with jaunty Ishmael calling you on board as if nothing more were in store but a colorfully written whaling adventure. It’s the most inviting beginning in American literature, as casual as a friendly nudge on the shoulder and a jovial “Here we go!” True, there are sinister inklings, shadows, deep organ tones, forebodings, along the way, but it’s not until Chapter XLI, the one titled “Moby Dick,” that you begin to reckon with the depths to come. You can see it happening in the Modern Library edition I read in college. Up to that point my penciled underlinings and asterisks had been like the dutiful markings of any reasonably attentive student. On page 266, suddenly everything is underlined and the asterisks

swarm like shooting stars. On the chapter’s last page I’ve written “In All of Us!!!!” next to the words, “how all this came to be — what the White Whale was to them,” meaning the crew of the Pequod, “or how to their unconscious understandings, also, in some dim, unsuspectful way, he might have seemed the gliding great demon of the seas of life.” At this point, as if he knows exactly what you’re thinking, Melville adds, “all this to explain, would be to dive deeper than Ishmael can go.” I can still feel the old excitement—it’s as if Ishmael were saying, “Here you are, mate, I’m gone, you’re on your own, God knows what’s next, you’re a member of the crew now.” An Anthem for Everyone “In All of Us!!!” — that sophomoric exclamation also expresses what happens in “Hey Jude” when the orchestra comes massively richly into action around the three minute mark like the shanghaied crew of McCartney’s Pequod as he dives shouting into the nir vana of the coda with what sounds like all t he world s i ng ing along. Hearing it the first time in the embattled summer of 1968, you feel part of something greater than y o u r s e l f, a piece of recorded music multitudes are hear ing and w ill be hearing on into the summer of 2018 and beyond. Fifteen years ago thousands sang along as Paul performed at the Colosseum in Rome before playing it for 100,000 Russians singing joyfully along in Red Square on May 24, 2003. The same thing happened when the crowds gathered in December 1980 across from the Dakota Hotel in New York singing “Hey Jude” on the night John Lennon died. John’s in the Song Writing in the Los Angeles Times shortly after Lennon was killed, the late great rock visionary Lester Bangs says of the crowd singing “Hey Jude” outside the Dakota: “What do you think the real — cynical, sneeringly sarcastic, witheringly witty iconoclastic — John Lennon would have said about that?” True, John was all those things, but he was also devoted to the idea that he played a pivotal role in the writing of the song that he considered McCartrney’s best. Well aware of the often quoted back story, that “Hey Jude” was written for his son Julian as a way to help him deal

with the breakup of his parents’ marriage, Lennon told Playboy: “I always heard it as a song to me...Yoko’s just come into the picture. He’s saying, ‘Hey Jude’ — ’Hey John.’ I know I’m sounding like one of those fans who reads things into it, but you can hear it as a song to me. The words ‘go out and get her’ — subconsciously he was saying, ‘Go ahead, leave me.’ On a conscious level, he didn’t want me to go ahead. The angel in him was saying , ‘Bless you.’ The devil in him didn’t like it at all, because he didn’t want to lose his partner.” In fact, if any one individual deserves credit for inspiring the iconoclastic audacity of that sublime rave-up at the end it was John. Whenever McCartney felt himself getting “too-pretty” to suit John, he’d give vent to his rock and roll demon in songs like “Helter Skelter” and “Why Don’t We Do It In the Road,” both also recorded in the summer of ‘68. The fragile but formidable Paul-John dynamic is evident in what was the writingon-the-wall year for the Beatles. You can hear it i n J o h n’s joyously unhinged rocker “Hey Bulldog,” recorded that February, and while t h e r e’s n o evidence that the “Hey” in “Hey Jude” is meant to echo that raucous done-in-aday session, Paul is said to have inspired the title change from “Hey Bullfrog” by barking during the chorus. You can hear it all happening on the record, two old friends kicking around a riff, jiving and jousting. Better yet you can see it online in the video, Paul and John singing howling laughing face to face and side by side, having a ball. If you want to see the raw power that made the Beatles a sensation, there it is. Yes, it’s John’s song, just as “Jude” is Paul’s, but the essence of it is in the sharing. John’s “Hey Jude” “Hey Bulldog” was the last record the Beatles made before their sojurn with the Maharishi in India, which is where Lennon wrote a song with a motive similar to the one behind “Hey Jude.” If Paul’s song was meant to lift Julian’s spirits, John’s song for Prudence Farrow, Mia’s sister, was intended to gently coax her out of self-imposed seclusion in Rishikesh, where she was “trying to find God quicker than anyone else,” as Lennon told Playboy. You can see why the

song is one of Julian Lennon’s favorites; in it he likely heard the sort of inspirational message he always wanted from his father, which is why Paul knew to write a caring song for him. “Dear Prudence” was recorded on August 28, 1968, two days before “Hey Jude” was released as a single. Though the lyric sounds greetingcard insipid (“the sky is blue, it’s beautiful, and so are you”), John’s peerless singing and the way the arrangement builds and builds to an emotional crescendo (Paul was on drums that day) results in something ultimately even more moving than the extravagant coda that ends “Hey Jude.” Hardy’s Jude The studio run through of “Hey Jude” in Volume 3 of The Beatles Anthology begins with a brief piano intro of the sort that might preface a radio melodrama, John announcing, “From the heart of the black country,” with Paul jubilantly picking it up, as in the punchline of a private joke, “When I was a robber in Boston Place,” which is followed by a little tuneful musing (“You gathered round me with your fond embrace”) and then, all the more astonishing to be coming out of this whimsical esoterica, Paul simply straightforwardly sings “Hey Jude.” Derek Taylor’s liner notes attempt a translation: the Black Country is “the name of the old smoke-stack industrial region in the middle of England” while Boston Place is the small London street where the Beatles’ company Apple had just installed an electronics laboratory. More important, “the Beatles had been running along Boston Place for the title sequence of A Hard Day’s Night.” What strikes me about this hint of a kind of ongoing compositional narrative between the two is knowing that they grew up sharing, aware of, absorbed by, the narrative of England. This is why English majors like myself instinctively connect the song’s Jude to the beaten-down, class-crucified Thomas Hardy character, Jude Fawley. Although McCartney’s biographer Philip Norman notes the “echo of Thomas Hardy’s tragic novel, Jude the Obscure,” Paul usually claims the change from Julian’s nickname “Jules” to “Jude” came about because it worked better with the lyric. The greatness of the song is reflected in the various heightened responses of listeners going all out to do it justice. I’ve never been able to track down the Rolling Stone reviewer who compared “Hey Jude” with headphones to the Sistine Chapel, but for one British friend of mine, “the song is 100 percent Thomas Hardy.” He and his wife had been reading the novels in the late sixties while “hitching across Wessex during the harvest in a mood of Hardyesque angst made more bitter by the golden apocalypse all around. The song was everywhere on the wireless at the time.” —Stuart Mitchner

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Calendar Wednesday, August 1

6 p.m.: Twilight Walking Tours at Morven Museum. Explore Morven in the early evening light. $5 to attend. Register at www. morven.org or call (609) 924-8144. 8 p.m.: Princeton Summer Theater stages a performance of The Children’s Hour about how one child throws a girls’ boarding school into chaos (through August 5). Performances take place at Hamilton Murray Theater on Princeton University’s campus. For ticketing information, call (732) 997-0205. 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).

blanket and chairs. 6 to 8 p.m.: The Arts Council of Princeton presents a musical performance by the Grace Little Band at the Princeton Shopping Center. Free to attend. Guests should bring their own lawnchair. 7:30 p.m.: Screening of Beetlejuice (1988) at Princeton Garden Theatre. Friday, August 3

Sunday, August 5

3 p.m.: Dive deeper into the Princeton University Art Museum’s special exhibitions with a free docentled tour of “Frank Stella Unbound: Literature and Printmaking and Picturing Protest.” 3 to 5:30 p.m.: Island Wines, A Social Tasting at Eno Terra in Kingston. To RSVP, visit http://enoterra.com/calendar/enoterra.

9 a.m.: Baby Boot Camp in Palmer Square provides fitness, nutrition, and community support for moms. This innovative 60-minute stroller routine uses interval-based training for a Monday, August 6 full-body workout that will Recycling get you sweating. Free to attend. Tuesday, August 7 Noon to 8 p.m.: Stock7 p.m.: Writers receive ton Market in Stockton in- constructive feedback at cludes farm-fresh produce, these Writers Room sescafé, eat-in foodstands, sions at the Princeton Pubbaked goods, local arti- lic Library. Participants can sans, seafood, meats, guest read from their work and vendors, and more (also on members will offer suggesSaturday from 9 a.m. to 4 tions. Participants range p.m. and Sunday from 10 from published authors to Thursday, August 2 those looking to improve 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Princ- a.m. to 4 p.m.). 5 to 8 p.m.: Sunset Sips their skills. eton Summer Farmers Marand Sounds at Terhune OrWednesday, August 8 ket at Hinds Plaza. chards. Enjoy Terhune Or7:30 p.m.: Screening 1 p.m.: Looking for a few _____ good books at the Princ- chards Vineyard and Win- of Sleepless in Seattle award-winning wines, (1993) at Princeton Gareton Public Library and &ery’s ______ Date Time: ______________________ don’t know where to be- wine fare, and relaxing den Theatre. gin? Join readers’ services music every Friday night 8 to 10:30 p.m.: Contra eduled to Kristin run ___________________. librarian Friberg for throughout the summer Dance with the Princeton a tour of resources to help (through September 7). Country Dancers at the 8:45 p.m.: Screening of Suzanne Patterson Center. payyou special the following: find your attention next favorite to book or to keep up with Walt Disney’s Mary Pop- General admission is $10 pins outdoors on Palmer ($5-$10 for students). authors. okay) 5 p.m.: Don’t miss out Square Green. Free admisThursday, August 9 on the best prices of the sion. Bring your own blan10 a.m. to 3 p.m.: Princkets and lawn chairs. season at Palmer Square’s eton Summer umber ❑ Address ❑ Expiration Date Farmers MarSaturday, August 4 Summer Sale all weekend ket at Hinds Plaza. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: West long (through Sunday, Au5 to 9 p.m.: Celebrate Windsor Community Farmgust 5). summer with live entertain5 to 9 p.m.: Celebrate ers Market at the Vaughn ment every Thursday night summer with live entertain- Drive Parking Lot of the in Palmer Square. ment every Thursday night Princeton Junction Train 6 to 8 p.m.: The Arts CounStation in West Windsor. in Palmer Square. cil of Princeton presents a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Pay 6 p.m.: Annual Summer musical performance by Eco It Forward Event in PrincPicnic on the Lawn at the Del Sur at the Princeton Princeton University Art eton’s Palmer Square to Shopping Center. Free to benefit Dress for Success Museum. Enjoy barbeque attend. Guests should bring fare, exhibition tours, of Central New Jersey (7 their own lawnchair. and family-friendly activi- Counties). What would 7:30 p.m.: Screening of ties. Co-sponsored by the you wear to a job interJailhouse Rock (1957) at Princeton YMCA. Stay view? That is exactly the Princeton Garden Theatre. type of clothing that Dress until sunset for the last of Friday, August 10 the outdoor summer film for Success is looking for. 9 a.m.: Baby Boot Camp screenings, The Lion King. Those who donate will reBe sure to bring your own ceive an exclusive Palmer in Palmer Square provides fitSquare Shopping Pass ness, nutrition, and community support for moms. This LESSONS • RENTALS • INSTRUMENTS & MORE innovative 60-minute stroller routine uses interval-based training for a full-body workout that will get you sweating. Free to attend. Montgomery Center • Rte 206 • 609-924-8282 • www.farringtonsmusic.com Next to ShopRite • 5 miles from Downtown • Free Parking Give Your Child the Music Advantage

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First-time candidates Mary Clurman, Daniel Dart, and Brian McDonald, and incumbents Betsy Baglio and Dafna Kendal, will be vying for three seats on the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education (BOE) in the November election, the Mercer County Clerk’s Office reported at Monday’s filing deadline. BOE President Patrick Sullivan will be stepping down at the end of the year after more than six years on the Board. Seeking a second term, both Baglio and Kendal were elected to the BOE in 2015.

Mark Shelley Named New Riverside Principal

Princeton High School humanities supervisor Mark Shelley will be the next principal at Riverside Elementary School, starting on August 1, Princeton Public Schools (PPS) announced last week. Shelley has more than 20 years of teaching experience, national board certification, New Jersey training as an instructional coach, as well as experience coaching both basketball and cross-country during his time as a teacher at PHS. As humanities supervisor, Shelley was instrumental in reconceiving the summer reading program and expanding the exploration of diverse genres and cultures, and he helped to infuse racial literacy and non-dominant narratives into the social studies curriculum. Shelley worked closely with the special education supervisor to support co-teaching teams within his department. “Mark is a true instructional leader whose kindness and care for children and adults is apparent in all he says and does,” said PPS Superintendent Steve Cochrane. “His intelligence, integrity, and deep desire to learn with and from others make him an exemplary educator and leader. He is joining a truly caring community at Riverside.”

Hun Teacher Participates in D.C. C-Span Conference

Hun School social studies teacher Joanna Hallac attended a C-SPAN Educators’ Conference in Washington, D.C. July 26-27 for an immersive experience with CSPAN’s educational resources. She was one of 30 high school teachers selected from across the country. At the conference teachers heard from guest speakers and explored C-SPAN Classroom’s free teaching resources. The participants discovered how to incorporate these resources into their curriculums and create engaging learning experiences for students.

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that includes promotions from your favorite store. Collection will be held at 19 Hulfish Street (through Sunday, August 5). 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: Just Peachy Farm Festival at Terhune Orchards. Sample peachy treats at Pam’s Everything Food Tent, Eat a Peach Scavenger Hunt, pony rides, wagon rides, children’s games, and farm fresh foods (also on Sunday, August 5). 10:30 a.m.: Stories, songs, and rhymes for children and their families at the Princeton Public Library. 10:30 a.m.: Screening of Bee Movie (2007) at Princeton Garden Theatre. 11 a.m.: Join members of Princeton High School’s Girls Who Code club and other teens interested in learning about programming at the Technology Center on the second floor of the Princeton Public Library. Reserve a spot (limited to 18) at princetonlibrary.org or bring your own device. Noon to 2 p.m.: Palmer Square’s Summerstage presents a free live musical performance by Strictly 60’s.

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HERE COMES THE FUN: On August 7 at 7:30 p.m., Princeton Garden Theatre is hosting a singalong screening of the film “Yellow Submarine.” A brand-new restoration for this psychedelic cartoon’s 50th anniversary, all the lyrics are onscreen. John, Paul, George, and Ringo get animated in this underwater adventure featuring some of the Beatles’ most celebrated music. Songs include “Eleanor Rigby,” “When I’m 64,” “All You Need is Love,” and many other Beatles tunes. Producer George Martin composed the film’s orchestral score. For more information and tickets, visit princetongardentheatre.org or call (609) 279-1999.

Trenton Music Makers, formerly known in the Capital region as Trenton Community Music School, has been chosen by El Sistema USA, the national membership organization for programs ef fe c t i n g s o c ia l ch a n g e through music, as part of its first “PRESTO” (Program for Rising El Sistema Organizations) cohort. PRESTO grantees will receive $67,500 in funding over three years, in addition to mentoring and technical assistance in maximizing the social-development impacts that are associated with ambitious musical pursuit.

ers to open two new program sites in partnership with the Trenton Public Schools: a string sectional at Trenton Central High School, to enrich the orchestra program led by Joseph Pucciatti; and a pre-orchestra program for second graders at Jefferson Elementary School, to be co-taught by strings teacher Peg Banks, and Jefferson’s music teacher, Jason Hui. For 2018-19, Trenton Music Makers is positioned to reach students in the grades two-12, as these new sites join the two that are already thriving at Grant Elementary School and Dunn Middle School.

“The Children’s Hour” by Princeton Summer Theater

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Princeton Ballet School (PBS), the official school of American Repertory Ballet, is now enrolling students for fall 2018. Among the nation’s largest and most respected nonprofit dance schools, Princeton Ballet School offers classes for ages 3 and up. Classes begin September 10. PBS offers live musical accompaniment for its early childhood and ballet classes and believes that every student deserves the opportunity to dance, regardless of financial ability. Last year, PBS awarded nearly $200,000 in need-based and merit scholarships. PBS early childhood classes are designed specifically for young dancers from ages 3 to 8 and include Hand in Hand, Beginning Dance, and Children Ballet classes. PBS provides a Pre-Professional Program for advanced students as well as a two-year Trainee Program, and is the bridge between the student phase of training and that of a professional career. Trainees are under consideration for ARB2, a development company for talented young dancers, after their first year in the program. The school offers open enrollment classes in a number of disciplines including ballet, modern dance, hip hop, CardioBallet, ComBo (conditioning for the mind and body), and more. PBS also provides classes designed exclusively for the male dancers of all levels. Beginning, intermediate, and advanced classes are available. Boys will study in both their own classes and their level class with the rest of the students. Students have the op portunity to audition for American Repertory Ballet’s Nutcracker and participate in the school’s end-of-year full-length ballet. Princeton Ballet School’s s yl lab u s r e m a i n s b as e d on the same one that was created and developed by Mary Pat Robertson over her 30-year tenure running the school. Truly a labor of love, this excellent training tool has catapulted many st udents into successf ul dance careers. Princeton Ballet School can be reached at ( 609 ) 921-7758.

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Princeton Summer Theater ( PST ) continues its 2018 season with The Children’s Hour. This American classic by Lillian Hellman (The Little Foxes) depicts a world where rules are rigid, rumors fly faster than truth, and the hint of scandal is enough to bring two schoolteachers’ lives crashing down. Director Maeli Goren’s take on The Children’s Hour is rooted in the deeply political context in which the play was written. In her director’s note, she explains how “during the development of the play, Hitler came to power in Germany, the KKK continued its resurgence throughout the United States, and the tides of nationalism, racism, xenophobia, and homophobia rose steadily worldwide.” She finds the world of The Children’s Hour to be “obsessed with how to be good: how good people look, dress, grow up, speak, and love. It’s a world where goodness is a costume we put on, and the fabric can be easily torn by those around us. A familiar place where in order to guard our own goodness, we need to be able to point our fingers at the folks who are bad.” Company members Allison Spann, Maeve Brady, E Nora Harper JerimijenkoConley, Carol Lee, Lydia Watt, Rebecca Wei-Hsieh, and Chamari White-Mink will be returning to the stage in this production and will be joined by a new company member, Evan Gedrich. Per for ma nce s for The Children’s Hour run through August 5 Wednesday - Saturday at 8 p.m., and Saturdays and Sundays at 2 p.m. Tickets are $29.50 for general admission, $24.50

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Sierra Boggess and Andrew Veenstra in The Age of Innocence, photo by T. Charles Erickson Made possible by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment of the Arts.

DOM FLEMONS AT HOPEWELL THEATER: On Wednesday, August 8 at 7:30 p.m., Hopewell Theater is hosting folk musician Dom Flemons. “That’s the thing about the blues, and string-band music is the same way — it grabs to a root and it brings you out of whatever spot [you’re in],” he said in an interview with NPR host Terry Gross. “Then you can project out that energy through the songs — and it was joyful.”

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THEATER REVIEW

A Student’s Lie Disrupts Her Teachers’ Lives in “The Children’s Hour”; Princeton Summer Theater Offers a Bold Production of Lillian Hellman’s Play

he Children’s Hour is an edgy drama set in an all-girls boarding school. One of the students tells a malicious lie that disrupts the school, as well as the lives of the two women who run it. Another student is portrayed by a doll, manipulated by the actor who plays the fiancé of one of the teachers. Directed by Maeli Goren, Princeton Summer Theater’s bold production emphasizes the theatricality inherent in Lillian Hellman’s 1934 play. Two teachers, Karen Wright and Martha Dobie, have built a girls’ boarding school in a renovated farmhouse. They run the school with the rather unwelcome assistance of Martha’s aunt, Lily Mortar. In the first scene, Lily — with limited success — is teaching elocution and sewing to students such as Peggy Rogers, Evelyn Munn, and Rosalie Wells. Other students include Lois Fisher — who is portrayed by the doll operated by the actor who plays Karen’s fiancé, Dr. Joseph Cardin — and Mary Tilford, a mischievous girl who is very late for class. Mary elicits leniency by saying that she gathered flowers while taking a walk, and presenting them to Lily. However, Karen points out that there was an identical bouquet in the garbage that morning. Karen forbids Mary to leave the school grounds, and Mary threatens to tell her grandmother “how everybody treats me here.” Upon being sent to her room, Mary feigns illness. The set by Jeffrey Van Velsor is painstakingly symmetrical. One has the sense that this world is orderly — but the orderliness is fragile. Indeed, the symmetry is ruined when a character kicks one of the doors out of frustration at Mary’s behavior. While Dr. Cardin, who is Mary’s cousin as well as Karen’s fiancé, examines Mary, Martha offers to give Lily money to pay for a trip abroad. Offended by the transparent attempt to send her away, Lily shouts that Martha becomes jealous and irritable whenever Joe is around. Evelyn and Peggy, who have been eavesdropping to learn about Mary’s condition, overhear the ensuing argument. After being pronounced healthy by Dr. Cardin, Mary draws information about the quarrel out of her classmates. She makes her way to the home of Amelia Tilford, her doting, indulgent grandmother, and pleads to stay with her. As the scene changes from the school to Amelia’s home, Maeve Brady expressively sings “Stormy Weather” as she transforms from Peggy into Amelia. Amelia insists on sending Mary back to school, so Mary uses the information overheard by her classmates to persuade her grandmother that Martha and Karen are les-

bians. Amelia calls the parents of the other students, who are pulled out of the school. Rosalie’s mother is out of the country, so she stays at Amelia’s house —despite the mutual dislike between Rosalie and Mary. Karen and Martha go to Amelia’s house to confront her, and Dr. Cardin interrogates Mary, whose story has a flaw that is pointed out by Karen. Taking advantage of the fact that Rosalie borrowed some jewelry without permission, Mary blackmails her into corroborating the lies she has invented — and pretends to have been covering for her. Martha and Karen announce their intention to sue Amelia for libel. Once we see the extent to which Mary is able to manipulate multiple characters, the opening scene’s use of puppetry becomes apt. It immediately establishes Goren’s style, and as an exploration of concepts such as manipulation and facades, the use of the doll is an inventive device. E Harper Nora Jeremijenko-Conley’s performance as Mary is operatic in the best sense. In a heartbeat her tone of voice alternates be-

tween defiant and obsequious, shrill and dulcet. Mary is a repugnant character, but she is entertaining to watch. Lydia Watt as Karen, and Allison Spann as Martha, contrast this with performances that are more reserved, letting subtle body language express a variety of emotions. These actors are deliberate in their choices early in the play, which gives them room to crescendo and give the final act the emotional power it requires. Maeve Brady delivers a similarly nuanced portrayal of Amelia. Carol Lee is equally satisfying as Amelia’s taciturn but steely maid, Agatha, who, unlike her boss, never is fooled by Mary. Evan Gedrich is entertaining in his gender-bending performance as Lois, and his portrayal of Dr. Cardin is a boyish mixture of flippancy and earnestness that suits the character. The cast is ably rounded out by Chamari White-Mink as Lily, and Rebecca Wei Hsieh as Rosalie and a rude grocery boy. The transition between the last two acts is marked by the interpolation of another song. Spann delivers a soulful, aching rendition of

“THE CHILDREN’S HOUR”: Performances are underway for Princeton Summer Theater’s production of “The Children’s Hour.” Directed by Maeli Goren, the play runs through August 5 at Princeton University’s Hamilton Murray Theater. Teachers Karen Wright (Lydia Watt, left) and Martha Dobie (Allison Spann) face the calamity that is caused by a student’s malicious lie. (Photo by Aaron Olkin) “The Children’s Hour” will play at the Hamilton Murray Theater in Murray Dodge Hall, Princeton University, through August 5. For tickets, show times, and further information call (732) 997-0205 or visit http://www.princetonsummertheater.org/childrenshour.

“All of Me,” as one character causes a startling change of appearance in another. After the trial, the rumor persists that Martha and Karen are lovers. In the final act, they confront the impact this has on their lives. Karen, in particular, is forced to re-examine her relationships with both Martha and Dr. Cardin. Watt shines in Karen’s final exchanges with both characters, as well as a last encounter with Amelia. To the question of whether Karen has romantic feelings for Martha, Goren explicitly offers an answer in a coda she has added. In tandem with Megan Berry’s lighting, the sound design by Naveen Bhatia heightens the emotional impact of crucial scenes. The costumes by Julia Peiperl —based on a color palette mostly consisting of white, dark blue, and gray — evoke the time period while supporting gender fluidity, a component of Goren’s staging. Lillian Hellman (1905-1984) dedicated the script of The Children’s Hour, her first play, to mystery writer Dashiell Hammett — with whom she was romantically involved — who suggested the subject matter. Hellman adapted the plot from “the story of an early nineteenthcentury Scottish court case about two female schoolteachers accused by a disgruntled young pupil of ‘unnatural affection’ for each other,” Hellman biographer Alice Kessler-Harris notes in A Difficult Woman (Bloomsbury Press, 2012). Hellman began writing the play “in 1932 at the age of 26, three years after the stock market crashed and launched the Great Depression,” Goren adds in her program notes. “During the development of the play … the tides of nationalism, racism, xenophobia, and homophobia rose steadily worldwide.” Goren frequently eschews realism to explore the alienation effect espoused by Bertolt Brecht, the German playwright and director who was a contemporary of Hellman. This is exemplified by the use of dual roles, the interpolation of songs, and having the actors don wigs and move scenery in full view of the audience. These techniques were designed to distance the audience emotionally from the action and characters. owever, the convincing performances Goren has elicited from her lead actors ensure that their characters — and the calamitous situations they face — are vivid. Also, the students are given less to do late in the show, but the staging uses them to great effect, particularly at the play’s chilling climax. The direction and performances highlight the poignancy of Hellman’s script. —Donald H. Sanborn III

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Taking 2nd in Single Sculls at U-23 Worlds, PU Crew Star Kallfelz Continues Rapid Rise

mily Kallfelz enjoyed success in rowing before she ever got on the water. Making her debut as a high school junior in the sport by competing in the 2014 Crash-B, an indoor rowing event based on ergometer times, Kallfelz placed eighth. “I did a bunch of sports beforehand, soccer, swimming, sailing, and I did some triathlons when I was younger,” said Kallfelz, a native of Jamestown R.I., who was a multi-sport star at St. George’s School. “My school didn’t even have a rowing team. My parents both rowed in college at Cornell and they were like, ‘maybe you should try it out, you might like it. It is kind of fun.’” Once Kallfelz got on the water that spring, she had a lot of fun, ending up competing for the U.S. at the 2014 World Junior Championships and placed seventh as the stroke of the quadruple sculls. A few months later, she won 2014 Head of the Charles in the single sculls and set course record and then won the 2015 Youth Nationals in both singles and doubles (with younger sister Eliza). In the fall of 2015, Kallfelz joined the Princeton University women’s open crew program and started to excel in a team environment.

“I had never really trained that hard or for that long before,” said Kallfelz. “It was really cool to be around really strong, fit women like that.” Fitting in right away, Kallfelz made the varsity eight as a freshman and has helped the top boat win three straight Ivy League titles. Last weekend, rising senior Kallfelz showed her strength on an international stage, taking second in the single sculls at the U-23 World Championships in Poznan, Poland. Coming off a strong junior campaign, which saw the Tigers take fifth at the NCAA championships in addition to the Ivy crown gave Kallfelz confidence going into this summer. “It was a huge point of change and attitude toward training for the championship; we did a big volume increase,” said Kallfelz. “All of us look back on this year and say it was a huge improvement for us. As a team, we all feel like we are going in the right direction.” The increased training came in handy when Kallfelz turned her attention to sculling after the end of the college season. “This winter, we were all erging since we weren’t in the boat, it was individual training,” said Kallfelz. “I was focusing on get-

ting my erg score down and building power because I am a smaller person in the boat. That has really helped me coming into this summer, being more powerful and more fit.” Despite that improved conditioning, Kallfelz still faced an adjustment period in getting up to top speed in the single. “Going from an eight to a single is the biggest transition, it takes three or four weeks to get used to the single again,” explained Kallfelz. “Racing in the eight is about six and a half minutes long. There is not much pressure, it is not a very heavy load. In a single, you are racing around eight minutes and you have a lot more weight. You are lifting a lot more. It is tough; it is really hard on your body because it is so much more pressure on everything. You get cramped up, you have back issues and hamstring issues.” Overcoming those issues, Kallfelz advanced to the single sculls final at the U.S. Senior Trials on Lake Mercer in early July and cruised to victory, clocking a time of 7:48.33 over the 2,000-meter course to defeat runnerup Elizabeth Sharis by nearly 10 seconds and punch her ticket to Poland. “I went into trial definitely prepared for a really hard race; I didn’t taper, which

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was a little risky,” said Kallfelz. “I didn’t feel like I raced super well. I definitely had areas to improve in all of my races there.” In order to improve heading into the U-23 competition, Kallfelz trained in the Boston area with former Princeton rowing standout Gevvie Stone ’17, who took silver in the women’s single sculls at the 2016 Summer Olympics. “She is a great role model and training partner, it is amazing to train with her,” said Kallfelz of Stone. “She is awesome. She is helping me out a lot.” Before heading over to Poland, Kallfelz was feeling some nerves. “I am excited but before competition, I start feeling not good,” said Kallfelz, who took third in the event at the 2017 U-23 worlds. “I am antsy and ready to go. I start overanalyzing every aspect of my rowing. I have to relax. It is one step at a time, it is hard to tell how good your competition is. Some years it is really competitive, some years it is less competitive. I am focusing on one race at a time, getting to the semis and hopefully getting into the finals and then throwing down the best race I can in the finals.” Making the A final, Kallfelz threw down a superb race, coming in at 7:31.60, just over three seconds behind the winning time of 7:28.34 clocked by Samantha Voss of New Zealand.

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SILVER STREAK: Emily Kallfelz competes in a race in the Princeton University women’s open varsity eight this spring. Last weekend, rising senior Kallfelz took second in the single sculls at the U-23 World Championships in Poznan, Poland. (Photo provided courtesy of Princeton’s Office of Athletic Communications)

“My starts are typically not so good, so I was trying to make sure I stayed in the pack at the start and then build throughout the middle of the race,” Kallfelz said after the race to USRowing. “It got bumpy, and I struggled a lot with the bumps. That’s where she got me. I took a few diggers, and I couldn’t get the rate back up. It’s a good learning experience.” In the view of Kallfelz, her experience on the world stage this summer has served as great preparation for her final season at Princeton. “It is nice to be able to put your head down and be working for a goal as opposed to saying ‘I need to pull a 5k in four months,’” said Kallfelz, who was just

one of four rowers in the program to medal at the U-23 competition as rising sophomore Hannah Scott earned a silver medal on the British pairs while rising senior Claire Collins and rising junior Hadley Irwin helped the U.S. women’s eight place take bronze. “We will be feeding off the momentum from last year. We are going to miss all of our seniors that just graduated, but I think we are also setting ourselves up to do really well for this coming season. Our seniors this coming year are great; everyone is such great leader and a great role model. I think we have a really good point to be starting from.” —Bill Alden

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After Superb Career with PU Field Hockey, Caro Finding Niche with U.S. National Team Over her career with the Princeton University field hockey team, Cat Caro patiently worked her way up the ranks of the squad. In her first three seasons with the Tigers, she scored a total of 18 goals in gradually gaining a bigger role in the team’s offense. As a senior in the fall of 2016, she emerged as the focal point of the attack, scoring 18 goals on the way to being voted as the Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year, getting named as a first-team AllAmerican, and helping the Tigers advance to the NCAA Final 4. In reflecting on her big senior campaign, Caro said it was mainly a function of team play. “It is just how the year played out and the penalty corners that I was on,” said Caro, a 5’5 native of Martinsville, N.J. “As a team, we were super cohesive and everyone played their roles. I may have scored the goals at the end of the day, but it was everyone doing their part and owning their roles.” Months after graduating in June, 2017, Caro started the

process of finding her role with a new squad, moving to Lancaster, Pa., to start playing with the U.S. Women’s National Team. “Joining any new team, you are coming and you are trying to figure it out and learn your place again,” said Caro, who was officially added to the senior team’s roster that December, having previously played for the U.S. U-19 and U-17 programs. “It is basically like being a freshman all over again. Physically the challenges are being fitter and getting faster and being able to play the game at such a high level.” Caro has proven to be up to the challenge, making her national team debut on January 27 against powerhouse Netherlands and then playing in test series against Chile and Argentina. The presence of former Princeton star Kat Sharkey ’13 has eased Caro’s transition to the national program. “Kat is an amazing person and player; it is great to have her as a resource and help me get my feet underneath me,” said midfielder

NATIONAL PRESENCE: Cat Caro, right, goes after the ball in the fall of 2016 during her senior season on the Princeton University field hockey team. After earning Ivy League Offensive Player of the Year honors and getting named as a first-team All-American that season, Caro joined the U.S. Women’s National Team shortly after her graduation in June, 2017. This year, she has made 11 appearances for the U.S. squad, notching her first goal for the squad against Chile in a test series this April. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Caro, who has made 11 appearances so far for the U.S. and notched her first goal for the squad against Chile this April. “She has seen it all; she knows how to roll with the punches and she is arguably one of the best on the team now. I am learning everything from her, from off the field stuff to on the field stuff.” For Caro, making her debut against the Netherlands team proved to be a memorable experience. “It was definitely surreal, playing the No. 1 team in the world for my first cap; it was definitely something I will never forget,” said Caro. “The excitement of actually singing your national anthem with your team; I think it all set in what was actually happening. The whole day, everyone was so supportive. All of my teammates were saying ‘this is your first cap, enjoy every moment of it.’” Caro cer tainly enjoyed getting her first goal, coming through against Chile in April. “It was a two-versus-one against the goalie so really I was thinking don’t miss,” said Caro. “It was special hearing your name on the loudspeaker; having everyone cheering for you means a lot. I couldn’t have done it without my teammates. It was another special moment I won’t forget.” While the U.S. went 0-3 in its series at Argentina, Caro believes the team is on the right track. “I think if you look at the team coming from our series against Holland al the way to our series with Argentina, we have made a lot of strides,” said Caro, who did not make the trip to London this month as the U.S. competed in the Vitality Women’s Hockey World Cup where it didn’t advance out of pool play. “We have worked out some of the kinks, not necessarily what you will see in the score line but if you were to watch the games you would see the progress we have made as a team.” In reflecting on her experience so far with the national program, Caro believes she is making progress. “I am still finding it a little bit; I am a younger player but I am being positive and encouraging everyone so that at the end of the day we become a stronger, better, closer team,” said Caro.

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“I am more comfortable in the environment. I am going with the flow of the game, enjoying it and just focusing more on the game than oh my gosh, I am on the team.” Looking ahead, Caro is shooting to make the U.S. team for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. “Being on the team in 2020 is the long term goal,” said Caro. “There are so many goals that I have in terms of steps along the way.” —Bill Alden

PU Sports Roundup PU Soccer Freshman Playing in U-20 World Cup

Incoming Princeton Unive r s i t y wo m e n’s s o c c e r freshman player Gabi Juarez is competing for Mexico at the F IFA U -20 Women’s World Cup in France beginning on August 5. Star for ward Juarez, a native of Tustin, Calif., has previously played for the U17 Mexico National Team, helping it make the quarterfinals at the 2015 FIFA U17 World Cup. In the upcoming 16-team U-20 tournament, Mexico will be playing in Group B with North Korea, England, and Brazil. The Mexican team will open against Brazil on August 5, followed t hree days later w it h a match against North Korea and again on August 12 with the final group-stage match against England. The top two teams from each of the four groups will advance to the knockout stage, which will begin August 16 for the Group B runner-up against the winner from Group A (France, Ghana, New Zealand, Netherlands) and on August 17 for the Group B w inner against the Group A runner-up. The semifinals will be August 20 with the final and third-place game set for August 24.

Princeton Rowers Shine at U-23 Worlds

Several Princeton University rowers earned medals last weekend at the U-23 World Championships in Poznan, Poland. R is i ng r isi ng wom en’s open crew sophomore Hannah Scott earned a silver medal competing for the British pairs while two of her teammates, rising senior Claire Collins and rising junior Hadley Irwin, helped the U.S. women’s eight earn bronze. Another women’s open star, rising senior Emily Kallfelz, took silver in the women’s single sculls. Men’s heavyweight rising junior star David BewickeCopley and the British M8+ concluded the regatta by winning silver in its A final.

Princeton Diving Program Names Letsinger as Coach

Sean Letsinger, a former standout diver at the University of Tennessee and a head coach at the University of Richmond, was named last week to guide the Princeton University men’s and women’s diving program. Letsinger comes to Princeton from Richmond, where h e s e r ve d as t h e h e ad coach for five years and was named the Atlantic 10 2016 Diving Coach of the Year. His coaching career has spanned both the col-

WORLD LEADER: Princeton University fencing star Katharine Holmes ’17 takes a break from a workout in the Tiger fencing room at Jadwin Gym. Last week, Holmes and the U.S. women’s épée team won gold at the Senior World Championships in Wuxi, China. The U.S. team, which included sisters Courtney and Kelley Hurley, and Amanda Sirico in addition to Holmes, started as the seventh seed and won five matches to claim the title. On the way to the title, Holmes and her teammates beat Russia 27-25 in the semis and then edged South Korea 18-17 in the final. Another former Tiger standout, Eliza Stone ’13, tied for third in the individual women’s saber competition, going 5-1 in pool bouts to earn the 23rd seed in a field of 101. In the knockout rounds, Stone won four times to reach the semifinals, where her run ended against Russia’s Sofia Pozdniakova, the eventual champion. (Photo provided courtesy of Princeton’s Office of Athletic Communications)

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By the time she was 10 years old, Nicole Angelini decided that she was ready to make a deeper commitment to soccer and joined the high-powered Player Development Academy program in Somerset. “I was on a travel team in Hamilton, but I wanted to step it up,” said Angelini, now a rising junior at the Hun School. “My dad asked me if I wanted to play more seriously and how much I actually liked it. I wanted to take it up a notch and PDA was pretty close. It was a different level.” Thriving in the program, gritty midfielder Angelini helped her PDA South ’02 16-U girls’ squad reach the highest level of club soccer last month as it won the US Club Soccer Girls NPL (National Premier Leagues) National Championship in Aurora, Colo. The PDA team brought skill, balance, and hunger into the competition. “We have extremely talented players; I have never been on a team with better players than right now,” said Angelini. “It was depth, with the people who came in as substitutes, the level never dropped. In past years, we had a little bit of a drop off in players. Two years ago, the national was in Colorado

and we made it to the semifinal and lost on PKs. Last year in Indiana, we made it to the semifinals again and lost in overtime so it felt really good to win this year.” The squad was primed to put those disappointing losses in the rear view mirror, showing its form in group play by defeating Real Edge Select (Colo.) 7-0, Northern Steel Storm (Pa.) 5-1, and Weston FC (Fla.) 3-2 to earn a spot in the semis. “We said we have to make it out of our group, but once we got to the semifinals and finals, we knew there would be more competition and there would be better games,” said Angelini. “We definitely got prepared and we were ready for that.” After defeating FC USA (Mass.) 3-0 in the semis, Angelini and her teammates faced GPS (Mass.) in the title game. “I was definitely a little nervous being on that field but it is very fun playing with my team,” said Angelini. “We have a great time.” Angelini produced a great moment in the final, hitting a first half penally kick to put PDA ahead 1-0. “I was a little nervous,” said Angelini, noting that she had missed a penally kick in the semis. “I felt pretty confident because my team was con-

fident enough in me to have me take it.” Sparked by A ngelin i ’s goal, PDA eventually pulled away to a 5-0 victory and the national title. “It was 1- 0 the whole first half and a little bit into the second half so it was a pretty close game the whole game,” recalled Angelini. “We ended up scoring a couple of goals by wearing them down. We pulled away a little bit, but it was definitely a tough game. We had to really work for it.” Seeing the team’s work pay off with a national title was special for Angelini. “It felt really good; we worked so hard all of the years to get there but finally being able to have something to show for it,” said Angelini. “Even just getting to the finals, which is something we haven’t been able to do in a couple of years. It is all amazing; it made up for all of them.” In Angelini’s view, PDA South’s self belief made it tough to beat. “No matter who we play, this team always rises to the challenge,” said Angelini. “There is not a single team that we think we couldn’t beat. We go into every game knowing that we can win. We just have to go out there and do it and I think that helps us win more games when you have that confidence.” Coming through in the clutch on a national stage has been a confidence builder for Angelini. “It helps being in those pressure situations and having to rise to the challenge,” said Angelini. “Having a PK in the first half of the national championship when it was still 0-0 was pretty nerve-wracking. Going up there and getting it makes me a lot better, knowing that I can do it. When that kind of situation arises again, I know that I can do it and I will do it.” Wit h Hu n’s pre s e as on training starting in a few weeks, Angelini is looking to do some big things this fall. “Being an upperclassman this year, I hope to be one of the leader figures on the team and hopefully we can win some more games,” said Angelini, who helped the Raiders win the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) title and reach the state Prep A title game in 2017. —Bill Alden

Using Skill, Unity to Make Dream Come True, PFC Boca U16 Boys’ Team Wins U.S. Club Title As his Princeton Football Club (PFC) Boca U-16 (2002) got ready to start play in the U.S. Club National Cup in Aurora, Colo. last month, Yordan Hristov urged his players to savor the experience. “I said, ‘guys look where you are, we are at the highest stage; you had a dream and this is where we are at the moment,’” said PFC Boca head coach Hristov. “I want you to enjoy every second of it. This is the toughest competition of all of them but with the way we play and ever ybody’s contribution, we have a phenomenal chance of achieving something that you are going to remember for the rest of your life, that you are going to tell stories about to your kids and your grandchildren.” Making some memories that will last for a lifetime, the club proceeded to go 3-0 in group play, defeating the South Dakota United Crew 2-0, GPS Charleston (S.C) 1-0, and Y-16 International (Ind.) 2-1 to earn a spot in the national final where it top the FC Cardinals Man City (N.C.) 3-1. In reflecting on the team’s success, Hristov attributed much of it a ball possession style and unselfish play. “It is a constant ball movement with relentless passing; basically the ball circulates through the entire group of players,” said Hristov, who got goals from Jose Rodriguez-Chacon, Ian Pompliano, Herbert Ramirez,

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Brandon Sagbo, and Daniel Ingersoll in group play. “It is always going to where there is open space. It is never individual-based style, we are a team-oriented group. We always to move the ball. We always try to make it as hard for possible for the opposition to get the ball.” Com ing into t he f inal against the Cardinals, PFC Boca was more than ready for the challenge. “We did a little homework on that team,” said Hristov, noting there was a day between the semis and final, giving his staff the chance to scout the FC Cardinals. “We prepared ; we did some planning and then we had a team meeting and we discussed who were the key players, what were the tendencies, and how are they trying to play. We had a plan going into final.” After jumping out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Ingersoll and Sagbo, PFC Boca yielded a second-half tally and experienced some anxious moments down the stretch of the contest. “We got to a little bit of an interesting time; they were trying to create something, they pushed us hard,” said Hristov. “There were a few minutes with a lack of composure from our side. They pressed with numbers, they left two players behind but they opened up opportunities for us.” But Princeton High’s Pompliano cashed in an oppor-

tunity to make 3-1 and end the Cardinals’ charge. “He was very composed; he went through the defender a couple of times, he took it from one side and touched it to the other,” said Hristov. “It was beautiful; the defender was on the ground, he put it in the goal, and that was it.” Achieving the goal of a national title was a breakthrough for PFC Boca and the club as a whole. “This is the highest achievement that we, as a team and the club, have accomplished; this is very exciting, not just for the players on the team but for the entire club and the entire PFC community,” said Hristov, noting he was getting e-mails and texts from club families throughout the competition. “We had a PFC camp going and we streamed the game live through FaceTime and right before the game, about 30 of those young players were all singing and supporting the team. That really motivated the players; they were like, we have got to get this, look at that, everyone is behind us.” In Hristov’s view, one of the most exciting aspects of coaching the squad was seeing how the players supported each other. “T hey go to d if ferent schools but once they come to the training sessions and the games, they are together, enjoying every minute of it,” said Hristov. “They have fun and they realize when they have to step it up and compete, they do that together.” —Bill Alden

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With Davidson Going Into Attack Mode, LoyalTees Fought Back in Summer Hoops After Nick Davidson and his LoyalTees teammates fell to NJ Spir it wear in the opening contest of the best-of-three championship series in the Princeton Recreation Department Men’s Summer Basketball League, they brought a scrappy approach into game two. “In t he f irst game we came out a little lackadaisical; we were trying to feel them out a little bit and they ended up pouncing on us,” said Davidson, reflecting on the team’s 70-67 loss in the opener on July 23 at the Princeton High gym. “We tried to hit them and

put the pedal to the metal all day today. My philosophy is turnovers and boards. If you win that battle, you win.” Dav idson, the league’s regular season MVP, took matters into his own hands two nights later in game two, tallying 23 points to help LoyalTees win 82-73 and force a third and decisive game. “I was trying to attack the rim to see how they were going to call things; it was a very physical game today,” said Davidson, who picked up a welt under his left eye bat tling in the paint. “I would rather have a physi-

NICK OF TIME: Nick Davidson of LoyalTees grabs the ball in action last week against NJ Spiritwear in the best-of-three championship series in the Princeton Recreation Department Men’s Summer Basketball League. Davidson helped LoyalTees win the series, scoring 29 points as the team defeated NJ Spiritwear 76-60 in the third and deciding game last Friday at the Hun School gym. Davidson was named as the winner of the league’s Foreal Wooden Playoff MVP award. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

cal game than a soft game any day, so I felt that was good. My three ball wasn’t falling so I attacked the rim.” In addition, Davidson displayed his passing skills, making several deft feeds as LoyalTees showed its offensive balance in the win with Vince Anfield scoring 21 points and former Princeton High standout Zahrion Blue chipping in 18. “I a ls o t r y to ge t my te a m m ate s t h e ba l l b e cause I am seeing a lot of double teams,” added the 6’6, 220-pound Davidson, a former Rancocas Valley High star who finished his college career at Division II Bloomfield College last winter with a total of 1,924 points. “If they double team me, they are going to be in for a long day. I will find my guys and my guys are great at cutting.” The team’s defensive intensity helped it keep going in the title series. “We just had to make a priority of playing mano-a mano defense,” said Davidson. “We were there for help, but you have to stop the man that is in front of you; I thought we did a good job of weathering their storm.” On Friday night at the Hun School gym, LoyalTees stormed to the title, pulling away to a 76 - 60 win as Davidson scored 29 points to earn the league’s Foreal Wooden Playoff MVP award. “We are just a really gritty team; I feel like we bring it every night,” said Davidson. “I love my guys; we work hard and it shows.” —Bill Alden

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LOYALTY REWARD: Davon Black of LoyalTees, right, puts the pressure on John McArthur of NJ Spiritwear last week in the opening game of the best-of-three championship series in the Princeton Recreation Department Men’s Summer Basketball League. Former Princeton High star Black helped LoyalTees earn the title as it defeated NJ Spiritwear 76-60 in game three of the series last Friday night at the Hun School gym. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Lizzy Hare starred to help the Community Park Bluefish take first of eight teams at the Princeton-Area Swimming and Diving Association (PASDA) diving championship meet on July 18 at the CP Pool. Hare took second in the 18 - a n d - u n d e r g i rl s a n d third in the 18-and-under girls’ open divisions. Mia Bitterman won the 6-under girls’ category while Ada Kilian placed second in the 10-and-under girls’ division. As for the boys, Justin Blake finished second in the 8-and-under division, while Justin Miller placed third in the 12-and-under category, and Brian Manners took third in the 14-and-under division. CP accumulated 430.5 points to edge runner-up

Ben Franklin Swim Club, ciation (PASDA) championwhich totaled 420. ship meet last week. On the girls’ side, Nava Nassau Lemmings Brennan-Witter won mul6th in PASDA Diving tiple events in the 8-andArmann Singhal and Au- under division, as did Juliet rav Singhal performed well Wei at 10 -and-under. As as the Nassau Swim Club for the boys, Daniel BayLemmings placed sixth of tin piled up wins in the eight teams at the Princeton- 12-and-under while Lorne Area Swimming and Diving Wight was a multiple victor Association (PASDA) diving at 14-and-under and Oliver championship meet on July Gassman picked up a pair 18 at the CP Pool. of victories in the 18-andArmann took second in under category. t he 10 - a nd - u nder b oys, Nassau scored 1,269.50 with Aurav coming in just points in taking fourth while behind to place third. Kim Ben Franklin Swim team Wei starred for the girls, fin- placed first with 1,849.50. ishing fourth in the 14-andunder division. Princeton Family YMCA Nassau tallied 144 points 3rd in PASDA Division 3 in taking sixth as the CP Ve r o n i q u e D i B l a s i o, Bluefish won the meet with Odhran McDermott, and 430.5. Gabe Nembhard came up big as the Princeton Family Nassau Lemmings YMCA Pirates placed third in Division 3 at the Princ4th PASDA Meet Producing a number of eton-Area Swimming and superb performances, the Diving Association (PASDA) Nassau Swim Club Lem- championship meet last mings placed fourth in Divi- week. sion 2 at the Princeton-Area DiBlasio won three races Swimming and Diving Asso-

in the 18-and-under girls’ category while McDermott matched that feat with three victories the 10-and-under boys and Nembhard picked up three wins in the 14-andunder boys’ division. Pr inceton totaled 889 points to take third with the Cherry Valley Country Club winning the division as it scored 1,340.50.

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APPRECIATION DAY: Princeton University wrestling head coach Chris Ayres accepts a Certificate of Appreciation from Princeton Council member Leticia Fraga at the council’s July 23 meeting. Ayres, who is entering his 13th season guiding the Tiger program, has been active in the Princeton Wrestling Club (PWC), serving as an assistant coach for the youth organization that includes the PWC Youth (grades 3-8) and Tiger Cub (K-2) programs. PWC families showed up in force at the meeting to help honor Ayres.

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WIGHT WATER: Coll Wight of the Community Park Bluefish displays his butterfly form in a meet earlier this summer. Last week, Wight helped the Bluefish take first in Division 1 at the Princeton-Area Swimming and Diving Association (PASDA) championship meet. Wight placed first in the 12-and-under 50 backstroke and 100 individual medley in the competition held at the John Witherspoon Middle School pool from July 23-24.The Bluefish piled up 3,934.50 points with the Lawrenceville Swim Association taking second with 2,030. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Charles Rosenbury Erdman III Charles Rosenbury Erdman III passed away peacefully surrounded by members of his family on July 20, 2018 at his residence at Eskaton Retirement Comm u n i t y i n S a c r a m e n to, CA. He was 94 years old. He is preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Joyce West Erdman, and his brother Harold. He is survived by his five children: Cully, Dick, Lucy, Sarah Lowis, and Calvin Erdman, and his brothers Peter, David, and Michael. Charlie, as he was known, was born on Sept. 7, 1923 in Princeton, NJ where his father was a professor at Princeton University and

mayor of the same town. Charlie attended the university and graduated in 1946 after an interlude serving in WWII, where he saw combat in General Bradley’s 9th army in France, Holland, and Germany. The family maintained a summer residence in Edgartown, Martha’s Vineyard in MA, where Charlie met and married Joyce Ann West in 1949, who was born and raised there. They soon thereafter started their family and moved to East Dorset, VT where they built and ran a motel for many years in the southern Green Mountains where Charlie imbued his passion for skiing and the idyllic country life he so loved to his whole fam-

ily. Upon retirement, he and Joyce moved to Stowe, VT and began spending winters in Lake Tahoe, CA and summers back at their beloved Edgar tow n, and enjoyed many extended visits at both places with their children and grandchildren. Charlie also became part of the Eskaton Retirement community in his later years where he spent 18 years, making many new friends in this closing chapter of his life. Family was always the center of Charlie’s life, as was a good party, and he maintained a large circle of friends throughout his long life. His good humor, generosity, boundless energy, and can-do attitude affected everyone around him and brought out the best in people. But above all his love of his family will always be remembered by those who knew him; he was a larger than life figure whom his children will always cherish and for whom he will always hold a special place in our hearts and memories.

Richard K. Thompson Richard K. Thompson, 74, passed away on Tuesday, July 24, after a prolonged battle with a rare cancer. He is survived by his wife, Ellen Kubacki Thompson, his son James E. Thompson, and his younger sister, Jeanne L. McNutt.

A native Califor nian, R ichard had been a 40 plus year resident of the Princeton area. An Eagle Scout himself, he served as Scoutmaster of Troop 88, in Princeton, for many years. Along with his wife Ellen, he co-chaired the Parish Life Committee at Trinity Episcopal Church, served as an usher, and was a member of the Vestry. He also served as a Board member of the Peddie Parents Association during the years his son attended. Richard graduated from California State University at Fullerton and, in 1994, was made an honorary alumnus of Miami University, in Ohio, for his philanthropic work. He worked in the metals industry for most of his career. He held patents for several metal fasteners. He worked in sales and marketing for Alcoa; as a General Manager for National Steel, in Delanco, New Jersey; was a partner in I. Ganz Scrap Metal Inc., in Brooklyn, NY; and traveled the world doing countertrade work for Eastman Kodak Company and his own business, Princeton Global Trade, Inc. He held a private pilot’s license and served his country in the Air Force during the Vietnam Era. He was proud to have his son follow in his footsteps, also serving in the Air Force, after graduating from the United States Air Force Academy. Richard was a voracious reader and avid golfer. He and his family were members of the Bedens Brook C ou nt r y Club for ma ny years. In retirement, he served as a Managing Director of Grupo Pinhal USA, a Brazilian commodities company, and was a sales and marketing advisor for MIT International, a Vietnamese company. He also enjoyed time spent with students at Rutgers University.

He will be buried at the Princeton Abbey & Cemetery at a future date. At his request, there will not be a service. It was his wish that donations made in his memor y be made to the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania or the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey.

William Ashley Morrill William Ashley Morrill, age 88, died on July 25, 2018 at his home in Pennswood Village, Newtown, PA, from complications of Parkinson’s disease. Born in Bronxville, New York, to now deceased Katharine Anderson Morrill and Ashley Baker Morrill, M.D., (both offspring of Methodist Bishops), Bill attended the Bronxville School ( K-12). He graduated in 1952 from Wesleyan University, majoring in government, and got his Masters in Public Administration in 1953 from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs, Syracuse University. He is also pre-deceased by h is brot her, R ichard Baker Morrill, and his former wife, Lois Birrell Morrill. He is survived by his wife, Nancy Porter Morrill, and four daughters: Margaret K. Morrill Gates of Madrid, NY (Cedric); Carolyn R. Cummins of Sabael, NY (Joseph); Elizabeth Darcie

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Mildred A. Weigel Mildred A. Weigel, 78, of West Windsor, passed away at home on Monday, July 30, 2018. Born and raised in Princeton, Milly spent virtually her entire life in the Princeton area. After graduating from Princeton High School, she worked in the family business before embarking on a rewarding 42-year career as a tax preparer for H&R Block. Milly loved animals and was a longtime supporter of Pet Rescue of Mercer County. She had a special place in her hear t, compelling her to adopt several rescued dogs over the years. Milly also loved Ireland and all things Irish, in homage to her dear departed mother, Helen ( McHugh ) Weigel, who im m igrated to the United States from County Galway in the 1920s. Milly of ten told stories of her experiences growing up on Witherspoon Street, where her father, the late Charles Weigel, owned and operated Rockwood Dairy. Milly is also predeceased by her sister, Helen Leavitt. Milly is survived by her cousins, Kathleen and William Kur t z of Lusby, Maryland; June and James Melvin, of Keymar, Maryland; Frederick (Fred) and Mariellen Otterbacher, of Crofton, Mar yland ; John and Leigh Otterbacher, of Edgewater, Maryland; and William and Carol Pascoe of O c a la, F lor id a ; g o d daughter, Charlotte Diane ( Dee ) Taylor Strauss, of King George, Virginia; and a group of very dear and cherished friends. Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 2, 2018, at 11 a.m. in the Kimble Funeral Home, 1 Hamilton Avenue, Princeton, NJ, followed by burial at Princeton Cemetery. Visiting hours at the funeral home will be immediately preceding the funeral service on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. Cont r ibut ions to Pet Rescue of Mercer, Nassau Presbyterian Church, or a charity of choice are appreciated.

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4/5 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. 06-27-6t HOUSE FOR RENT: Nestled on country estate. Lawrence Township with Princeton address. 3 BR, LR/DR w/fireplace, eat-in kitchen, garage, laundry, hardwood floors. Includes lawn & snow maintenance. Move-in ready. No pets, smoke free, $2,300. (609) 731-6904. 07-18-3t

123 123 MAIN MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, Lawrenceville $589,999 4 bedrooms, 2.5 2.5 baths, baths, colonial, colonial, updated updated throughout. Expanded Alexander Model in the desirable Lawrenceville throughout. Green. New bath rooms, hardwood floors, freshly painted and a great backyard! See it today!

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123 123 MAIN MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, Twp2.5 $569,000 4Robbinsville bedrooms, 2.5 baths, baths, colonial, colonial, updated updated throughout. Completely renovated 4 bdr 3 bth home in a desirable throughout. location. Engineered wood flrs, gorgeous gray and white kit., FP, 2 decks overlooking a spectacular yard. Bonus rm for

$870,000 storage or exercise area. $870,000 MLS#1001979158

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123 123 MAIN MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, updated 4Titusville bedrooms, 2.5 2.5 baths, baths, colonial, colonial,$3,488,000 updated throughout. 8-bedroom, 6.5-bath converted 1790’s Dutch barn with throughout. every imaginable amenity. A historic backdrop, a convenient location, the ultimate in privacy with sweeping views of an

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123 123 MAIN MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, $149,000 4Trenton bedrooms, 2.5 2.5 baths, baths, colonial, colonial, updated updated throughout. 5 bedroom, 2 and ½ bathroom traditional style townhouse throughout. in Chambersburg within Trenton. Off Street parking with 3 offices downstairs, large spacious apartment upstairs, third

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123 MAIN Hopewell $645,000 123 MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, 2.5 colonial, Photos do not do justice this unique 3766 sq ftupdated stone front 4 bedrooms, 2.5 tobaths, baths, colonial, updated ranch with large must-see 2-story addition. 5 BR, 4 full baths. throughout. throughout. Top notch Hopewell Schools. Convenient commute to NYC/

123 MAIN Lambertville $21,600 123 MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, baths, colonial, 2nd floor2.5 commercial space availableupdated for rent in 4Spacious bedrooms, 2.5 baths, colonial, updated Lambertville. Includes heat, electric, water, sewer, trash and throughout. throughout. cable. Lots of options and parking for 30+ cars

123 MAIN Lawrence $1,600 123 MAIN STREET, STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, 2.5 colonial, 2 Bedroom, Bathroom townhomeupdated in Society 4Spacious bedrooms, 2.5 2baths, baths, colonial, updated Hill in Lawrence. Includes passes to pool, tennis courts and throughout. throughout. clubhouse. Minutes from restaurants, walking trails and parks.

123 STREET, RockyMAIN Hill $269,900 123 MAIN STREET, PENNINGTON PENNINGTON 4 bedrooms, baths, colonial, updated 1 and ½2.5 bathroom semi-detached home in Rocky 42Hillbedroom, bedrooms, 2.5 baths, colonial, updated borough. Meticulously maintained with hardwood floors throughout. throughout. throughout and fresh paint. A commuters dream, surrounded

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PRINCETON | Traditional with a contemporary edge, this luxurious, spacious Pondview Manor home has been updated and customized with every amenity one might desire. This four bedroom home features an expansive open floor plan with airy, light-filled rooms, high ceilings and walls of windows offering peaceful views. The sheer volume of space is revealed upon entry into its two-story living room and adjoining dining room with custom cabinetry. The open kitchen-family room is equipped with high-end appliances, granite counters and a large island. Sunlight pours through multiple glass doors that open to a beautiful bluestone terrace and deck. The well-located library offers a gas fireplace. Nearby is the first floor master bedroom with custom dressing room and lavish bathroom. Convenient mud room and laundry room complete the first floor. Upstairs there is a one bedroom suite and two more bedrooms sharing a generously-sized bathroom. Enjoy the ease of maintenance-free living within easy access to walking trails and the beautiful ponds that are part of the Woodfield Reservation, yet minutes to downtown Princeton. Offered for sale at $1,300,000 or for rent at $7,000 per month

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PRINCETON: Large, private, onebedroom apartment on Princeton estate. Magnificent gardens, bright, elegant, newly redone. 18 windows, expansive views. New luxury kitchen, granite countertops. Washer-dryer, recessed spotlights, large closets, AC, Italian tile floors. Parking. (609) 924-4332. 08-01 HOPEWELL COMMERCIAL for rent: 1400 SF, $2,500/mo. Includes NNN. Contact Jonathan Lamond (609) 947-0769. 07-18-tf 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 Cindy, (609) 227-9873. 07-18-3t HANDYMAN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, etc. EPA certified. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www.elegantdesignhandyman.com Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com tf

HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf CARPENTRY: General Contracting in Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Insured. Call Julius Sesztak (609) 466-0732. tf HOME IMPROVEMENT: Princeton based general contractor. Small & large construction work, framing, drywall finished to paint, tile, kitchens, baths, decks & handyman items. References, licensed & insured. Immediate response, Steve (609) 613-0197. 08-01 PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 tf PAINTING BY PAUL LLC: Interior, exterior. Wallpaper removal, light carpentry, power washing, deck staining, renovation of kitchen cabinets. Free estimates. Fully insured. Local references. Cell (609) 468-2433. Email paulkowalski00@gmail.com 06-20-8t

IDEAS THAT WILL ENCOURAGE OFFERS Make sure the lawn is mowed and the gardens are weeded. If you have hardscape, be sure that the path to the home is debris free and inviting. Power wash the exterior, and have the windows washed inside and out. The front door should be freshly painted in an inviting color. Be sure to touch up the trim. If you have outdoor lighting fixtures, be sure they are clear of cobwebs and rust. A clean & fresh smelling home is key. Be sure to clean your home, ceiling to baseboards, and everywhere in between. If this seems like a daunting task, there are services that will gladly make your home sparkle. Paint in one of the most inexpensive ways to freshen up your home. Be sure to pick neutral colors, so buyers can imagine themselves moving right in. Let the light in! Take down dated drapery and shades. Natural light is inviting and visually increases the size of a room. Replace dated lighting fixtures consistent with the style of your home. Declutter and remove large pieces of furniture. Each room should have a clear path to walk through. Remember you are trying to show off the functionality of the room.

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RESIDENTIAL & OFFICE RENTALS: Princeton Office – $1,600/mo. 2nd floor with PARKING. Available now. Princeton Office – $2,200/mo. 5-rooms with powder room. Front-toback on 1st floor. Available now. Princeton Apt. – $1,700/mo. 2nd floor apt. 1 BR, 1 bath, LR, eat-in kitchen. Available now. Princeton Apt. – $1,700/mo. 1 BR, 1 bath, LR, dining area, kitchen. Available 9/9/18. Ewing – $1,800/mo. 3 BR, 2.5 bath house, central air, garage +2-car parking. Move-in condition. Available 9/1/18. Princeton Apt. – $1,900/mo. Plus utilities. 1 BR, 1 bath, LR, kitchen. Available 8/10/18. Hillsboro Twp. – $2,600/mo. Plus utilities. 3 BR, 2 bath converted barn. FULLY FURNISHED. LR w/fireplace, extended DR, kitchen. MB, sitting room & bath on 1st floor. Upstairs 2 BR, 2 bath + family room. Available September 2018. Princeton Address-$2,650/mo. Montgomery Twp. Blue Ribbon Schools. 3 BR, 2.5 bath townhouse. Fully furnished. Available 8/4/18. Princeton – $3,400/mo. Stunning 2 BR, 2 bath apartment. Terrific Nassau Street location. Available now. Princeton – $3,600/mo. Brand new & beautiful 2 BR, 2 bath apartment. Deck, laundry room. Available now.

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PRINCETON $1,499,000 This renovated 4 bedroom, 4.5 bath Colonial has fenced 2-acre yard with tennis court, pool & patio. Features hardwood floors, two fireplaces, gourmet kitchen with granite countertops. Finished basement includes bath & offers flexible space for entertainment, exercise, or recreation area. Master bedroom features a vaulted ceiling, two large closets and spacious bath. Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)

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PLAINSBORO $442,000 Single-family home in desirable Princeton Landing. Renovated kitchen & bathrooms. HW flrs on 1st flr & finished basement. This 2BR/2.5BA home offers lots of natural light. Dir: Route 1 to Sayre Dr. Vanessa Reina 609-352-3912 (cell)

PRINCETON $1,590,000 Spacious two-story family room w/ floor-to-ceiling windows. The kitchen boasts a Quartz center island, breakfast area and backyard views. 5 bedrooms and finished basement w/ full bath. Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)

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PRINCETON $1,099,000 Immaculately maintained 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath home. Renovated kitchen and bathrooms. Oversized bluestone patio and amazing back yard. Riverside neighborhood. Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)

PRINCETON $798,000 Delightful 3 BR, 1.5 BA home in the heart of Princeton with lots of natural light, hardwood floors, built-ins, and charming front porch. The yard is a peaceful oasis, with mature plantings, and a flagstone patio. Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)

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