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Back-to-School Section Inside See Our Bucks County Section Inside Poet, Painter, Visionary William Blake (Nov. 28, 1757-Aug. 12, 1827), Lives On Through Bob Dylan, Allen Ginsberg, Van Morrison, and Patti Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Princeton Summer Theater Closes 2015 Season with Sarah Ruhl’s Eurydice . . . . . . . . . . 17 In First Season at Stanford Field Hockey, DiTosto Aims to Make Contribution . . . . . . . 30 Nassau Swim Club Thrived at PASDA Meet . . . . . 31
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Safe Streets Weekend Honors Area Leaders With Sports, Other Events Political consultant John Bailey has lived in Denver, Colorado, for several years. But come each August, the New Jersey native heads back to Princeton to take charge of a special weekend that is close to his heart. “I come home every summer to do this,” said Mr. Bailey, talking about The Joint Effort-Princeton Pete Young Sr. Memorial Safe Streets Weekend, which starts Thursday. The four-day series of events and activities is designed to encourage good decision-making skills and recognize residents who have made significant contributions to the community. This year’s program runs through Sunday, August 16, beginning at The Arts Council of Princeton and continuing at the first Baptist Church, Community Park, the Elks Lodge, and the Hank Pannell Center. “The whole concept is to keep neighborhoods safe, develop relationships between the community and police, and convince people to do the right thing,” said Mr. Bailey, who is the former director of the local and national Weed and Seed program. “It started off with [Princeton Police] Chief Federico, and Mayor [Mildred] Trotman. Now, [Princeton Police] Chief Sutter and [municipal administrator] Marc Dashield are taking the lead, and they’re very supportive of the concept. They guide the thinking and help me raise the dollars to make things happen.”
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Princeton residents who relied on NJ Transit’s 655 bus for travel to and from Princeton HealthCare System (PHCS) in Plainsboro will have another resource when the NJ Transit service ceases operations on September 1. Starting August 24, an on-demand taxi service will be available, for free, to patients who live within a half-mile of the former hospital on Witherspoon Street and have no other means of getting to the complex. That radius stretches from the old hospital on Witherspoon Street to Nassau Street, Route 206, Princeton High School, and Valley Road. Hospital administration worked with Princeton’s Health and Human Services staff to come up with the plan after NJ Transit announced plans to halt the 655 bus as part of system-wide cost-cutting efforts. “Princeton HealthCare System is committed to ensuring that all patients have access to the care they need,” said Barry S. Rabner, president and CEO, in an issued statement. “During the Certificate of Need process for the new hospital, we made a commitment to provide access to patients who walked to the former hospital and had no other means of transportation. We are continuing to fulfill that commitment by establishing this on-demand taxi service.” At a meeting of Princeton Council on
Monday night, Carol Norris-Smith, the hospital’s vice-president of marketing and public affairs, said PHCS has spent about $225,000 to support the bus and other transportation for patients since the move from Witherspoon Street to Plainsboro three years ago. That included a $65,000 a year subsidy for the bus and services for those who qualify for RideProvide and Princeton Crosstown. Once NJ Transit announced its plans to dispense with the 655 bus route, hospital and municipal staff began to look for an alternative. Under the new taxi service, patients who have an appointment at the hospital, its community health center, or the Medical Arts Pavilion can call to arrange a door-to-door round trip. Patients are asked to call 24 hours in advance and schedule a pickup time at least half an hour before their appointment time.
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Mixed Use Development in Trenton Could Be a “Game Changer” for City The Roebling Lofts project targeted for a cluster of former industrial buildings along Route 129 in Trenton has been through years of planning and the administrations of three mayors. Those attending a breakfast gathering of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce last week learned that government
funding for the mixed-use development is now in place. The complex predicted by current mayor Eric Jackson to be “a potential game-changer” for the capital city is finally about to break ground. HHG Development Associates detailed plans for putting rental lofts, restaurants, Continued on Page 4
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Bilingual staff members will take calls Monday-Friday, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and two Saturdays each month, 9 a.m. to noon. During the week, the first pickup will be at 7:30 a.m. and the last at 6 p.m. The service will also be available the two Saturdays each month that the community health center is open. As part of the plan to provide transportation to those without other ways to get to the hospital, Princeton University is extending its Tiger Transit service to Plainsboro by adding a stop in Palmer Square. The buses are free to everyone, not just University students and personnel. “We’ve been able to cobble together an alternative that for some people will be better than what the bus was providing,” said Mayor Liz Lempert, before the meeting. “Just a few months ago we weren’t
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Among the activities planned for the weekend are a community reception, a photography exhibit, basketball games and a clinic, a block party, a workout with Olivia’s Wellness Connection, awards ceremonies, and more. Basketball, close to Mr. Bailey’s heart, is a focus. The festival concludes Sunday with an allday series of games followed by a reception. The basketball games are named in memory of Pete Young Senior, “a fixture in the community, a businessman, social activist, and recreation guy,” Mr. Bailey said. “He had a big impact so we decided to do the games in his name. We also have the concept of a gathering, which is to bring Princetonians home
for a weekend. We took the gathering and the games, and merged them into one long weekend of events.” Separate receptions will honor influential African American men and women. But Mr. Bailey stresses that the weekend is not just about one segment of the community. “The events are focused on all citizens, not just blacks,” he said. “Being able to share our history, and reflect on our memories, is very important for all of us.” A Princeton native, Mr. Bailey also spent a portion of his youth in South Brunswick. He worked in Trenton for former Mayor Doug Palmer, when Trenton was the nation’s first Weed and Seed city. It was political consulting work that took him to Denver, where he is also active in neighborhood events.
Mr. Bailey still has family members who live and work in Princeton. Son Kamau Bailey is the head girl’s basketball coach at Princeton Day School, and also works with The Bailey Basketball Academy in Princeton. He is the New Jersey State Director for the 76ers Basketball Camp and the deputy director of the 76ers International Basketball Camps. “The town was good to me,” Mr. Bailey said. “So I feel this is why I have to give something back. I’m connected there. Jim Floyd and Mildred Trotman are my mentors. I’m just a Princeton guy who cares about his community.” For more information, call (609) 647-2297 or (720) 629-0964. —Anne Levin
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offices, and an outdoor piazza into the area that once housed part of the John A. Roebling’s Sons company, a major employer in Trenton’s Chambersburg section from the 1850s to the 1970s. Calling the project “very advanced ” in f inancing, partner Michael Goldstein said the first phase of development will be 138 residential lofts in a building that is one of six on the site. The complex has its own stop on the River Line and easy access to the Trenton Transit Station. The one-bedroom lofts will be energy-efficient with a green roof, solar panels, LED lighting, and induction ranges. Windows will be wall-to-wall and ceilings will be high in the apartments,
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which are targeted to rent for $1,300 at market rate. Twenty-eight moderate income units will rent for $1,150. Young singles and couples are projected to make up more than 90 percent of the tenants. “Authentic, diverse, walkable communities are what millenials are looking for, and that’s what Chambersburg is,” Mr. Goldstein said. He added that while Chambersburg had previously experienced a population decline, an influx of Latinos has begun to reverse the trend. “If I were to say this project had to turn Trenton around all by itself, I might be skeptical,” he said. “But it doesn’t have to. What it’s doing is taking a city that has already turned a corner and is now broadening, accelerating, and morphing that change. We’re also looking at outlying sites owned by the city, the county, and the state. There is potential to make this a massive development.” Partner John Hatch pointed out some recent real estate activity in Trenton, including the new building for Thomas Edison State College’s School of Nursing, and renovations and new construction for Merc e r C ou nt y C om m u n it y College’s downtown campus. Research shows that economic growth is taking place in cities, rather than outlying areas, he added. “If there is going to be continued growth in this region, it is going to be focused in Trenton and that’s incredibly exciting,” he said. HHG partner David Henderson s aid t he s econd phase of the project would include 52 additional lofts, a restaurant, and retail space in a second building, plus a new building. The final phase would center around two existing structures and a new tower, accommodating between 100,000 and 200,000 feet of commercial space, restaurant space, and a parking garage. Offices will be open and preserve the character of the former factories in which they are housed. “ Te a m - o r i e n t e d o p e n space is what they’re looking for,” he said. “These buildings already have that, with tons of natural light.” The ground-floor retail and restaurant space would be designed to open onto a public piazza that the developers envision as a site for numerous cultural events. “We’ve already seen the
draws for Art All Night and the Trenton Punk Rock Flea Market,” Mr. Henderson said. “Imagine a place where practically every weekend, there is something happening.” Funding for the project is from several sources including t he multi-family Economic Redevelopment & Growth and GrowNJ programs, as well as historic tax credits. A recent award of $16.1 million in tax credits, which the developers were pursuing for a decade, has helped get Block 3 off the ground. “It will be a place to be as well as a place to live and a place to work,” Mr. Henderson said. Construction is targeted to begin on Phase One this fall. —Anne Levin
Alzheimer’s Association Walk To Take Place at ETS
The Alzheimer’s Association is inviting the Mercer, Somerset, and Middlesex County area (and beyond) residents to unite in a movement to reclaim the future for millions by participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s ®. The Walk to End Alzheimer’s will take place on Sunday, October 4 in Princeton at ETS. T h e Wa l k to E n d A l zheimer’s is more than a walk. It is an experience for over 2,500 participants in Princeton who will learn about Alzheimer’s disease and how to get involved with this critical cause, from advocacy opportunities and clinical studies enrollment to support programs and services. Walk participants also honor those affected by Alzheimer’s disease with the Promise Garden ceremony. The walk is three miles in length. Guest speaker at the event is KTU Radio personality Cubby Bryant. There will be a special tribute to those who have experienced or are experiencing Alzheimer’s. The disease is a growing epidemic and the nation’s sixth-leading cause of death. As baby boomers age, the number of individuals living with Alzheimer’s disease will rapidly escalate, increasing well beyond today’s more than 5 million Americans to as many as 16 million by 2050. To start or join a team today, visit the Alzheimer’s Association alz.org/walk. To learn more about the disease and available resources, call the toll-free Alzheimer’s Association 24/7 helpline at (800) 272-3900.
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TOPICS Of the Town “It made me consider how many things I take for granted,” said Mark Petrovic, a rising senior at Princeton High School who recently joined his friend Alex Ju on a fundraising bike ride from Princeton to Boston to raise money for Pompe’s Dis ease, which affects two of his classmates. “It was lifechanging for me,” said Arya Jha, a rising sophomore at Princeton Day School who spent a week in Nepal helping those affected by last spring’s devastating earthquake there. Pedaling for Pompe’s T h e i d e a b e h i n d M r. Petrovic’s bike ride was to raise not only funds, but also awareness of Pompe’s Disease. This rare, inherited and often fatal disorder disables the heart and skeletal muscles. Most patients are in wheelchairs and on life suppor t, and medication can cost about $300,000 a year. “There are two siblings in my school who have this disease, and I was in a class with one of them my freshman year,” said Mr. Petrovic, an experienced cyclist. “I had no idea about Pompe’s before I met them. It lingered in the back of my mind, and then the next year I started formulating this idea for the ride. These two students are wheelchair-bound, and one of them can’t talk. The other can do some movements with her hands and can speak a little bit. I wanted to help in any way I could.” The boys made the fundraising trip last week, raising $3,735 on their five-day ride through New England. Mr. Ju’s father trailed them and carried their bags in his car. Most of the funds came from Church & D w ight, where Mr. Petrovic’s mother works; FlightCar, which is his brother’s company; NRG; and Genzyme, which makes a drug for treatment of Pompe’s. All proceeds will go to the United Pompe Foundation, which helps patients and their families with expenses their insurance may not cover. People can still donate to the fundraising effort at gofundme/rideforpompe, Mr. Petrovic said. “This disease
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AID TO NEPAL: Arya Jha, a student at Princeton Day School, spent a week in Nepal helping those affected by the earthquake that devastated the country last April.
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recalled. “I raised around $655 for Save the Children, which is the organization that helps orphaned children in Nepal.” But it wasn’t enough. “I didn’t feel content with myself, because I wasn’t directly helping,” she said. “I started to email a bunch of organizations working actively in Nepal, like The Red Cross, Unicef, and some others. I
got one back from the Association of Youth Organizations in Nepal. It was from the president of the organization, and he said “I want to work with you and could you come to Nepal and work in our office and see how you fit in and see how you fit in in the future.’” After much deliberation, Ms. Jha’s parents agreed to let her go. “They decided to give me the chance to experience life outside the U.S. and also connect to my
roots,” she said. “My parents were immigrants here, from India and Nepal. It was a hard decision for them. They didn’t sleep the entire time I was there.” The fact that Ms. J ha spent part of the week staying with a distant cousin of her father helped ease her parents’ worries. She went to the organization the day after she arrived, and was warmly welcomed. “I was the only English speaker there. I could have worked in the fields with earthquake relief efforts building houses, but that would have required at least 10 days prior notice,” she said. “So I helped with reports that go out to the public to educate them about what’s going on. I updated their Facebook page and wrote reports.” T he exper ience had a huge impact on Ms. Jha. “Even though I didn’t get to work with real life struggling people, every time I went to work, on a motorcycle, we would always drive by big parks with tons of shelters filled with people. You feel like, ‘What am I doing with my life?’ One day I went in and saw kids playing with a soccer ball they made out of paper, having a great time. It hits you that you take life and the things you have for granted.” —Anne Levin Copies of the current
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To the Editor: Over the past year, many residents have discussed this topic at length, especially after the bag fee referendum question on the November ballot passed overwhelmingly in Princeton. The local papers have recently been writing stories about the importance of reducing single use bags in our community, in response to the announcement by The Princeton Merchants Association (PMA) that they are inaugurating their own “ABC Program” for the voluntary reduction of single-use bags. We are happy to see how important the business community thinks this issue is. We are pleased that they have taken some first-step actions towards controlling this global problem at the local level. It’s now clear that the residents and businesses agree that there is a single-use bag issue. The writers of this letter have been leading the conversation about this topic. Our group has for years pushed for an ordinance to place a ten cent fee on both single-use plastic and paper bags, just as so many other towns, counties, states, and countries have done. The draft ordinance was also adopted unanimously by the Princeton Environmental Commission. As you probably know, voluntary programs have been shown to be largely ineffective in reducing the number of single-use bags in circulation or in waste streams. However, the first part of the draft ordinance called for an education campaign, and we are glad to see that the merchant group has started this part of the process. We hope things can be different in Princeton. In the spirit of collaboration, we think the Town, the business community, and residents can work together to achieve the best possible outcome of this program — a truly significant reduction in single-use bags in our community, not just the recycling of bags. While recycling is one of the prongs of “reduce, reuse, recycle,” it is the third and least effective because it does nothing to curb production/ consumption of new bags. Methane, a major emission in the manufacture of plastics, is also a primary contributor to global warming and its disastrous effects. Thus, every attempt should be made to focus on reduction and reuse. Additionally, we hope the Town and business community will be very meticulous with their data collection to demonstrate a decrease in the number of single-use bags used in our community after the roll-out of this program. Lastly, recent discussions have ignored the environmental cost of paper bags, which are actually more costly to produce and ship; they consume more energy. Our draft ordinance focused on all types of single use bags. This is a
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h e y a r e e ve r y where today!” exclaims a Princeton elementary school teacher. Adds another: “We have had many twins come through over the years, with a whopping five sets of twins in kindergarten last year!” And it’s not just in Princeton. According to the National Center for Health Statistics, in the last 20 years, the number of twin births in the U.S. has risen by 75 percent! With so many of these look-a-likes around, the question of the best way to provide twins’ the optimum learning environment has become an increasingly hot topic. Best Policy To separate or not to separate is a subject of debate for parents and schools, especially in the elementary school years, and kindergarten, in particular. Parents, school officials, and the twins themselves weigh in on this, and according to many experts, the best policy can be no set policy. A lthough a number of schools have a program of separating t w ins, others employ a flexible approach, taking into consideration parents’ wishes, twin personalities, dependence on each other, and other factors. It is best explored as a group decision, including parent, child, and school on a case-by-case basis, believes educator and twin
expert Nancy Segal, author of Indivisible By Two. “I really believe if you pay attention to the children, in their own way, they will let you know what is best for them.” Strong points of view exist on both sides of the question, however, and both have supporting evidence. Many twins have distinct individual personalities and different interests, abilities, and behavior. Others, in particular, identical twins, can be much more alike — not only in appearance, but in nearly every way. Together or Separate There are benefits both in keeping twins together and in separating them. When making decisions, consider the following points evidenced by experts. • How well do the twins do in making friends independently? • How dependent on each other are they? • How stressed are they when separated? • Have they been separated in nursery school or preK? • How do they handle comparison? Some advantages of separation include: • Fewer comparisons with each other. • Increased independence and perhaps less competitiveness. • Fewer opportunities for twins to cause interfer-
ence for one another. • More chances to develop their own friends. • Twins, particularly if they are identical, may use their similarity to confuse teachers and enter tain other children, and this can be distracting and disruptive. Tighter Kinship Marlilyn Jardin, who retired last June after teaching kindergarten for 24 years at Littlebrook School, points out that twins are typically separated at Littlebrook, and frequently exhibit different personalities and abilities. “More often than not, one is generally stronger academically than the other. But each has their own strength in other areas. Also, most often, they make new friends, but will ‘touch base’ with each other. And there does seem to be a tighter kinship with the twins.” Ms. Jardin adds that a number of the twins she has taught have been identical, but that “after 24 years of teaching kindergarten, I can only recall two sets of identicals that were so similar in speech pattern, social behavior, academic achievement, and strong dependence on each other. In both cases, they were girls.” Another Littlebrook kindergar ten teacher, Leigh Salle, has been teaching 15 years, and she agrees that many twins are very different socially, academically, and personally.
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“I have to say that twins behave very much like their own individual people. Each twin has his or her own personality and likes and dislikes. Sometimes, they are very, very different. Often, it seems as if one twin excels in one area where the other twin does not. For example, over the years I have noticed that one twin was very artistic and the other was very analytical/math oriented. In another set, one twin was athletic and the other was very academic. In many sets, one twin is very good socially at making friends and the other is very quiet and shy. If they are foreign, sometimes one picks up English quicker than the other. They are so unique and different.” Ms. Salle adds that in many cases, kindergarten is the first year the twins have been separated, and in her experience, they adapt very well. “It is a fantastic year of growth and development. Usually in the playground at lunch recess, they are very happy to see their twin, although I have had cases of one twin tattling on the other. So, in short, there is probably more that is different about twins than you might think.” School Experience In the case of Rebecca Johnson’s six-year-old twin boys, the differences and similarities have added spice to their school experience. As she explains, “In pre-K, when they were four, we had the boys in separate classes, and they did amazingly well. They loved school, had very few behavioral issues,
and progressed quite nicely throughout the school year with very few setbacks.” When the boys were ready for kindergarten, however, the family moved, and the closest school had only one class per grade. “We thought this would be perfect,” continues Ms. Johnson. “They’ll be together, it’s a seven minute walk from our front door. What could go wrong? Everything, apparently! “They started out quiet as new kids do, and went straight to misbehaving in class with each other and other students. They feed off each other, causing disturbances in class and diminishing their own academic success. Worsening test scores, requiring more help, and not seeming to care. When one would misbehave or have a bad day, the other would follow suit. “In hopes that we can counteract the twin shenanigans before they get so out of hand, that it’s uncontrollable, their father and I have decided to go back to separated classes. They’ll go to another school and be attending two separate first grade classes in September. The hope is that they will thrive better apart, as they did in pre-K. “A ls o,” cont i nu e s M s. Johnson, “my boys, as far as interests go, are a world apart. One loves to figure out how things work — what happens and why and how. My other boy couldn’t care less about this but he wants to know everything about everything, and has a thirst for knowledge. As far as academic ability, they aren’t equal. One just thinks differently than the other. It
took one longer to learn to write and to do homework. I think he actually works better when his brother is not around, and that contributes to the problem of their being in the same class. Many Ways “It’s really almost as if one is noticeably the big brother and the other the little brother. They bicker and fight, and share, but 90 percent of the time, they love each other — not that they would ever admit it!” Ms. Johnson adds that one son had clearly been behind the other in many ways. “Really in everything, from pregnancy issues to weight and height to academics.” This is not unusual, explains Dr. Harris Lilienfeld of Delaware Valley Pediatrics in Lawrenceville. He often sees twins in his practice. “Not only can twins have differences in personality, but also in size and medical issues. The causes can be environmental, and also in utero conditions can be factors in accounting for differences. And these differences can be seen in identical as well as fraternal twins.” Of course, differences can be especially obvious if the twins are a boy and girl. Melissa O’Donnell, kindergarten teacher also at Littlebrook is the mother of boy and girl twins who will enter kindergarten in September. “My boy/girl twins are very different,” she points out. “My son is social and active but probably a bit behind academically. My daughter is not nearly as social but much stronger academically. I have noticed a huge improvement with her during play dates over this summer, however. I am so happy they will be separated this year in kindergarten.
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different teachers and classes for their twins’ freshman year. “T he concer n was so cialization as well as the competitive nature it could encourage. Also, the twins were very close, but each had completely different friend groups. I was told that when they were younger, elementary-aged, they were far less likely to have different friend groups. I can also say that each twin performed differently academically, and seemed to work independently.” On the other hand, Ms. Donovan points out that they typically liked the same subjects, which sometimes made the request of separating them more difficult. Differences among twins can occur even in the case of identicals, notes a Princeton mother of eight-year old identical boys. “They have been separated with different teachers starting as three-year-olds in nursery school,” she explains. “Behavior is much better apart, and it helps them form their own identities and friendships. They socialize with other children but typically do so together. At recess at school, they play together in the same big group of kids, and they identify all of the same kids as their friends.” With identicals, there are generally more similarities than differences, In this case, the boys do equally well academically, although “one rushes through his work more than the other one, who is more meticulous in his writing and answers. They like to do similar projects, and typically, they find the same things interesting, and they like to read the same types of
books from the library. “They do like the same TV shows, same video games, same movies, same sports, same foods, same jokes. On the other hand, they do differ sometimes. They have personality differences. One is more easygoing, and the other is a little more sensitive. One is slightly more social, and the other is happier playing independently.” Best Friends She adds that a third boy, four years old, is also part of the family. “He worships the twins, and never mixes them up. All three are quite close. That said, identical twins do have a unique bond: they are the very best of friends!” Best friends is certainly what Patti Adamski and her identical twin sister Ruth Constantine are and have always been. Adults now, they grew up in a Philadelphia suburb and were always separated in classes at school. “We established individuality in class, but the bond between us continues to be strong. We were very close and liked the same things. We did equally well academically, and had similar interests at school. We were both cheerleaders, and we also had the same friends, although in high school, we began to have different friends. “We also liked the same boys,” she adds, “and in fact, we actually dated the same boy at different times.” As identical twins, the temptation to confuse friends and teachers was at times irresistible, Ms. Adamski remembers. “We did switch seats in our eighth grade class, the only one we ever had together. The teacher called on Rut h, and I didn’t answer even though I was in her seat.
We got caught, however! “We also had an uncle who told his neighbor that he had a niece who was a very fast runner. Ruth hid in the back yard behind the house, and I was in the front with my uncle and his neighbor. He said, ‘Watch how fast she can run. Ready, set, go!’ I ran around the side of the house, and Ruth ran from the back to the front in record time. The guy was amazed at the speed, and it was very funny when he found out there were two of us!” Youngest Ages The twins’ bond has continued as adults, and they even married best friends. they also both became event planners, and now own a business together, Inn-timate Events LLC. Similarities and differences between twins are
noticeable even at the very youngest ages, reports a mother of two 27-month old girls. “They are in day care, and have been in the same classroom. The school only has one classroom per age group, so there really wasn’t a decision to be made. As a parent, I was glad they were together so that they could help each other out if they were sad. “When they first started school, they really did not socialize much with other children. I think that they h av e c e r t a i n l y b e c o m e more social with other kids now, although they still tend to play independently from what I can see. They talk about other children when they come home from school, so I know they have friends.” The girls have similar interests for the most part, and appear to be progress-
ing at the same rate, adds their mother. “Since they are so young, we don’t get academic report cards, but they seem to be equal. One is a little more vocal than the other, but they appear to be developing at the same rate. They have the same interests for the most part, and most times, they are best friends.” In the Princeton area, most schools — and parents — seem to opt for separating twins in class, There are benefits to keeping them together, however, and this debate will continue. Strong opinions exist on both sides of the argument. As one mother of twin girls who shared the same classroom, noted, “They’ve done wonderfully together. They have been great partners helping each other, even studying for tests together.”
Another mother had a different opinion regarding her boys. “I feel they are individuals, and from the time my boys were in the second year of nursery school, I had them separated. For them, I just think it’s healthier.” Above all, twins are individuals, and each case, should be looked at individually. Points out a Princeton elementary school teacher, who has observed many twins in school: “Our district’s policy is to put twins in separate classrooms, although I do remember a set of boy/girl twins whom the parents requested be kept together throughout their years in elementary school. I don’t know the reason for that, but they grew up to be successful and talented young adults.” —Jean Stratton
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Registration/Entry Forms for artists wishing to submit work to the 86th Annual Juried Art Exhibition at Phillips’ Mill are now available. Last year, the juried show awarded over $10,000 in prizes. Artists living within a 25 mile radius of Phillips’ Mill are invited to submit their works for a juried acceptance into this prestigious annual art show which began in 1929. Each year over 400 artists respond to this invitation and approximately 200 works are finally accepted. Eligible work must be by a living artist and completed within the last five years. Art work must not have been previously exhibited at the Phillips’ Mill Art Show. Further details regarding eligibility and media are included in the registration form, available online at www.phillipsmill.org. Interested artists should mark their calendars with t he follow ing impor tant
dates. Registration and receiving of art work will take place at the Mill Friday, September 11, from 2 to 7 p.m., and on Saturday, September 12, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Submitted works will be juried Sunday, September 13. The exhibition will be open to the public from Saturday, September 26 to Saturday, October 31 at Phillips’ Mill, located one and a half miles north of New Hope on River Road, Route 32. For more information, call (215) 8620582. ———
Princeton Photography Club Show at Hopewell’s Gallery 14
The Princeton Photography Club (PPC) presents an original photographic exhibit entitled “We Are More Than Our Diseases,” from August 14 through September 6. at Gallery 14, 14 Mercer Street in Hopewell. There will be an opening reception at the Gallery on Friday, August 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. and a “Meet the Photographers,” on Sunday, August 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. This opportunity to meet and talk with the photographers is a way to understand more about each person’s individual path to healing. For
all of the exhibitors, “We Are More Than Our Diseases,” is a very personal show as is evidenced by the images on display. The scope and spirit of the exhibition is captured in the experience of one of the principal exhibitors, Barbara Warren of Yardley, Pennsylvania. A breast cancer survivor, Ms. Warren recently lost a good friend to ovarian cancer. In “We Are More Than Our Diseases” she explores the emotional journey a person makes when he or she has cancer. With early diagnosis and aggressive treatment, 12 years later Barbara is essentially cancer free. Her friend Ann survived 12 years after her diagnosis before succumbing to ovarian cancer. In her series of images, Barbara examines her physical conquest of cancer, Ann’s spiritual conquest of cancer, and the story of their friendship. In addition to Ms. Warren, photographers in the exhibition include Joel Blum of East Windsor; Ilya Genin and Scott Gordon, both of whom live in Yardley, Pennsylvania; Janet Hautau and Vivien Van Natta, both of whom live in Princeton ; Wayne Klaw of Haddon Heights;
Fay Kobland of Cranbury; Randy Koslo of West Windsor; Christine Stadelmeier of Trenton; and Jon Walker of East Millstone. Each artist has his or her own emotional, compelling experience to share through photographic imagery. The exhibition is free and open to the public Saturdays and Sundays, from noon to 5 p.m. For more information, contact Sheila or Carl Geisler at (732) 422-3676 or visit: www.princetonphotoclub.org. For more on Gallery 14, visit: http://photogallery14.com.
Area Exhibits Artworks, Everett Alley (Stockton Street), Trenton, has an Upcycle Exhibition through August 29. Also through that date are a show of youth art from members of the Christian Youth Organization of Mercer, and “Don’t Judge Me,” by Patrick Bowen. www.artworks trenton.com.
B e r n ste i n G a l l e r y, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University, Robertson Hall, has “Narratives: Hearts, Minds & Mythologies” through August 13. www.princeton.edu. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Mu s e u m i n C ad w a lad e r Park, Park s ide Avenu e, Trenton, has “Of Color: The African American Experience” through August 30 and “On Their Walls: Area African American Collectors and Their African American Art” through September 13. Early American Typewriters are on display through November 8 and “John A. Roebling’s Sons Company” is on view through December 6. (609) 989-3632. Historical Society of Pr inceton, Bainbridge House, 158 Nassau Street, has “Princeton’s Portrait: Vintage Photographs from the Historical Society of Princeton” Wednesday-Sunday, noon-4 p.m. The show is also on view at the Updike Farm location, 354 Quaker Road, every first Saturday, noon-4 p.m. $4 admission. www.princetonhistory.org.
The James A. Michener Art Museum at 138 South Pine Street in Doylestown, Pa., has “Herman Leonard: Ja z z Por t rait s” t hrough October 11, and “Iron and Coal, Petroleum and Steel: Indus t r ial A r t f rom t he Steidle Collection” through October 25. Visit www.mi chenerartmuseum.org. T h e J a n e Vo o r h e e s Zimmerli Art Museum, 71 Hamilton Street, on the Rutgers campus in New Brunswick, has “Donkeydonkey, Petunia, and Other Pals: Drawings by Roger Duvoisin” through June 26, 2016. bit.ly/ZAMMatM. Meadow Lakes, Etra Road, East Windsor, has the Mercer County Senior Art Show on display through August 14. www.spring pointsl.org. Mor ven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has docent-led tours of the historic house and its gardens, furnishings, and artifacts. www.morven.org. Pr inceton P ubl ic Lib ra r y, 65 Wit herspoon Street, has drawings by Danielle Bursk and photography by Alan Kesselhaut through September 10. www.prince tonlibrary.org. The Princeton University Art Museum has a major reinstallation of galleries of the ancient Americas. “Painting on Paper: American Watercolors at Princeton” runs through August 30. “Collecting Contemporary, 1960-2015: Selections from the Schorr Collection” is on view through September 30. (609) 258-3788. Tigerlabs, 252 Nassau Street, has an exhibit of photographs by Dan Cordle through September 1. info@ tigerlabs.co.
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REFLECTIONS ON SURVIVAL: Barbara Warren’s thought provoking image will be part of an exhibition by members of the Princeton Photography Club at Gallery 14 in Hopewell from August 14 through September 6. Titled “We Are More Than Our Diseases,” the exhibition includes work that is a personal response to the emotional experiences of each photographer. There will be an opening reception at the Gallery on Friday, August 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. and a “Meet the Photographers,” on Sunday, August 16, from 1 to 3 p.m. The show can be viewed Saturdays and Sundays, from noon to 5 p.m. For more information, contact Sheila or Carl Geisler at (732) 422-3676 or visit: www. princetonphotoclub.org. For more on Gallery 14, visit: http:// photogallery14.com. (Image Courtesy of the Artist).
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Princeton Summer Theater Wraps Up 2015 Season with “Eurydice,” Sarah Ruhl’s Lyrical, Contemporary Spin on the Poignant Greek Myth
n Eurydice (2003), currently playing at Princeton Summer Theater, Sarah Ruhl takes an original slant on this familiar myth of the brilliant musician Orpheus, his bride Eurydice, who dies on their wedding day, and his journey to the Underworld to try to bring her back to life. Ms. Ruhl’s version presents quirky, contemporary characters, relates the story from Eurydice’s perspective and brings the relationship between Eurydice and her father, who does not appear in the original myth, to center stage. The allure of this story throughout the ages is remarkable. It has inspired operas (including the earliest opera in the repertory, Monteverdi’s 1607 Orfeo), numerous plays, movies, ballets, novels, works of visual art, and even video games. The artistic possibilities with a musician as protagonist and the recovery of a deceased loved one from the world of the dead provide endlessly rich, thought-provoking dramatic material. One of the most fascinating, troubling moments in all of western literature is that moment (repeated three times from different viewpoints in Mary Zimmerman’s Metamorphoses staged by PST earlier in the summer) when Orpheus, having successfully persuaded Hades, Lord of the Underworld, to release Eurydice, and having proceeded most of the way up the steep path back to life with his bride following faithfully, looks back in violation of Hades’ command, and Eurydice immediately, irrevocably begins to recede back into the darkness of the Underworld. Was it simply doubt or curiosity that led Orpheus to defy the god’s mandate and pay such a high price? In this version Eurydice seems to be responsible for the transgression, as she calls out to Orpheus, perhaps because she wants to remain with her beloved father in the Underworld rather than move forward with her new husband in the upper world, or maybe because the prospect of returning to life and starting again is too daunting for her to face. Ms. Ruhl’s Eurydice, an off-Broadway hit in 2007, with its intense emotionality, whimsy and charm, mixes a certain surrealism and humor with the poignancy of love and loss. Ms. Ruhl, 40-year-old MacArthur Genius Grant winner, whose other successful plays include The Clean House (2004), Dead Man’s Cell Phone (2008) and In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play) (2009), began her writing career as a poet, and Eurydice is imbued with that poetic sensibility. She once described her plays as “three-dimensional poems.” As designed here by the redoubtable and
resourceful Jeffrey Van Velsor, the set is made up of multi-colored strands of hanging yarn and five inverted umbrellas with lights above the stage, along with a larger umbrella with hanging yarn to depict a “raining elevator.” Inhabited by a wildly bizarre chorus of three speaking stones, the nether world fashioned here aptly fulfills the playwright’s vision, as noted in the script, “closer to Alice in Wonderland than to Hades.” An eclectic, evocative, fascinating array of original sound and music (some derived from Monteverdi’s 1607 opera) composed by Vince DiMura and Steven Tran with Wren Murray on the cello, helps to create the magical world of this play. Eurydice opens with a sweetly romantic scene between Orpheus (Brad Wilson) and Eurydice (Caroline Hertz), then proceeds rapidly to their wedding day. When Eurydice briefly leaves the wedding celebration, a “nasty interesting man” (Ross Baron) lures her to his apartment with a letter he has found, sent to Eurydice on her wedding day from her dead father (Evan Thompson) in the underworld. (The play is dedicated
to Ms. Ruhl’s father, who died in 1994, and she has described this play as a way to “have a few more conversations with him.”) Eurydice soon joins her father in the after-life, after she dies in falling down the apartment stairs. In the Underworld’s river of forgetfulness she loses her memory and her ability to use language, but her loving father re-teaches her and creates for her a special space, a room made out of string. In Hell, in addition to the Lord of the Underworld (Mr. Baron again) who rides in on his red tricycle, she also encounters the strange chorus of three stones — Big Stone (Kanoa Mulling), Little Stone (Maeve Brady) and Loud Stone (Bits Sola) — who, with their broken black umbrellas and ragged motley attire, covered in various shades and shapes of yarn, behave like bratty children and refuse to provide any solace or assistance at all. “Being sad is not allowed. Act like a stone.” Meanwhile, Orpheus, mourning in the upper world, is able to send a letter and even to lower a large book of Shakespeare’s plays for Eurydice in Hell. His ill-fated jour-
ney, however, ends in loss, melancholy, and forgetfulness for the three principal characters, as the stones seem to get the last word and the River Lethe prevails. “How does a person remember to forget?” the father asks. “Dip yourself in the river,” the stones reply. The skillful, smoothly coordinated PST ensemble of seven, under the direction of Princeton University senior Wesley Cornwell, handles this delicate, challenging material with polish, style and intelligence. In the title role, Ms. Hertz is credible in portraying a wide range of emotions and in establishing her relationships with Orpheus, her father and the other curious individuals she encounters. A lighter, more whimsical touch, however, would have enhanced the characterization and the tone of the play, in accordance with Ms. Ruhl’s script notes on the need for Eurydice to play the role “too young,” “too in love” and not “classical.” Mr. Thompson creates a strong, sympathetic, loving father figure, and Mr. Wilson is excellent as the bereft musician husband. The surreal characters here, River Lethe notwithstanding, are unforgettable. Mr. Baron is truly nasty and interesting as the “nasty, interesting man” and suitably provocative on his red tricycle as the Lord of the Underworld. Mr. Mulling, Ms. Brady, and Ms. Sola deliver spirited energy and humor as the three stones, providing a clever spoof on the traditional Greek chorus. Though obviously in a supporting role, they threaten to steal the show. Eric Falcon’s lighting design richly enhances the poetic, surrealistic atmosphere of the production and effectively distinguishes between the different worlds of the play. Costumes by Caitlin Brown, ranging from realistic to fantastical, are colorful and ingenious. Mr. Cornwell brings the production elements together with efficiency and clarity, as the action proceeds swiftly through its numerous scenes in 90-minutes without intermission. wedding is for daughters and fathers,” Eurydice reflects to herself early in the play. “The mothers will dress up, trying to look like DON’T LOOK BACK!: Orpheus (Brad Wilson) defies Hades’ warning not to look back, as his young women. But a wedding is for a fabride Eurydice (Caroline Hertz) follows him out of the Underworld, in Princeton Summer Thether and daughter. They stop being marater’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice” (2003), playing at the Hamilton Murray Theater ried to each other on that day.” Fathers on the Princeton University campus through August 16. and daughters, love and loss, memory and forgetting — this formidable young PST Princeton Summer Theater’s production of Sarah Ruhl’s “Eurydice,” the last Company’s Eurydice delivers an inspired, show of the season, will run Thursday through Sunday, August 13-16, with per- moving, entertaining finale to a superb formances Thursday-Saturday at 8 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday at 2 p.m. at 2015 season. the Hamilton Murray Theater on the University campus. Call (732) 997-0205 or —Donald Gilpin visit www.princetonsummertheater.org for tickets and further information.
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EMERSON STRING QUARTET: Single tickets to all Princeton University Concerts for the 2015-16 season are now on sale exclusively online at www.princetonuniversityconcerts.org. The Emerson String Quartet will open the season on Thursday, September 24 at 8 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium. Patrons will be able to buy tickets by phone or in-person at the box office starting (Photo by Lisa-Marie Mazzucco) Pre-Release Screening of on Tuesday, September 8. Native Rights Documentary “101 Dalmatians” At Dance” won Song of the summer with a full calenPennswood Village in NewYear at the 2014 Academy dar of live shows and speWashington Crossing Theatre town, Pa. presents a pre-reTheater for children con- of Country Music Awards. cial events. Mercer County lease screening of the new tinues at the Washington A 2015 ACM Single of the Park Festival Grounds endocumentary The Doctrine Crossing Open Air Theatre Year nominee as well, Lee compasses over 200,000 of Discovery: Unmasking with six performances of the received his second RIAA square feet of venue space the Domination Code, dimusical Disney’s 101 Dal- certification with his current with a 2,200 square foot, rected by Sheldon Wolfchild state-of-the art performing matians Kids. The musical single “Drinking Class.” (Dakota) on Thursday, AuLocated in West Wind- arts stage with a wide array will be performed on Saturgust 13 at 3 p.m. day at 11 a.m. and Sunday sor in Central New Jersey, of electrical, lighting, sound Narrated by singer-song- at 4 p.m. from August 14 Mercer County Park Fes- and rigging capabilities. writer and Native American through August 23 and is tival Grounds opened this ——— rights activist Buffy Sainte- sponsored by K-9 Resorts Marie, The Doctrine of Dis- Daycare and Luxury Hotel covery exposes how the use located at 656 Easton Road of ancient papal and royal in Horsham, Pa. claims of Christian dominIn a loving home in the ium continue to be used city of London, Dalmatian to this day against original parents, Pongo and Perdita, nations and peoples of the happily raise their Dalmacontinent. The language of Princeton’s Tony® tian puppies, until the monthose precedents applies a strous Cruella DeVille plots Award-Winning Theater Bible-based claim of a right to steal them for her new fur of discovery and dominacoat. All of the dogs of Lontion. don join forces to rescue the The screening will be fol- puppies from the clutches of lowed by a question and an- Cruella and her henchmen. swer session with the film With a cast of dynamic producers about the conyoung actors and actresses tinuing impact of the Docthat will prove to be great trine of Discovery on native entertainment for the entire nations and peoples. family, Disney’s 101 DalmaPennswood Village is locat- tians Kids promises to have ed at 11382 Newtown-Lang- the entire audience on the horne Road in Newtown, Pa. edge of their seats. For more information, call Tickets are $5 for children Adapted for the (215) 968-9110. and adults. Tickets can be stage by ——— purchased at the Open Air Pierre Laville Theatre box office a halfand Emily Mann hour prior to each performance. Directed by For complete infor maEmily Mann tion about the 2015 Summer Season of mainstage shows, children’s theatre productions, directions and Tickets more, visit www.downtownstart pac.com. The Washington t $25! a Crossing Open Air Theatre
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Mercer County Park Festival Grounds announced country singer Lee Brice and special guests will perform at the new amphitheater on August 13, 2015. Located in West Windsor, Mercer County Park Festival Grounds opened earlier this summer with Piano Men, Barenaked Ladies, R5 and other successful concerts and special events. Tickets to see Lee Brice are available by calling (888) 929-7849 or by visiting www.AEGLive.com. The show, produced by AEG Live, is part of Lee Brice’s 2015 Tour in support of his latest album release. A chart-topping Nashvillebased vocalist and acclaimed songwriter, Lee’s “I Don’t
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SEPTEMBER 11 – OCTOBER 11, 2015 Times are tough in the Mississippi Delta, where cotton is king and the summer heat drives desires of every kind. Tennessee Williams’ 1950s film masterpiece, Baby Doll, was condemned in its time for its riveting tale of commercial and erotic vengeance. The American premiere of this theatrical adaptation will ignite the stage with its darkly comic, steamy tale of one delicate girl’s awakening. Opening Night sponsored by
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arvel Comics first brought the Fantastic Four to the big screen a decade ago and followed it up with a sequel a few years later. Since neither generated much in the way of audience enthusiasm, 20th Century Fox has decided to relaunch the series instead of releasing a third installment. The movie was directed by Josh Trank, who was chosen on the strength of his impressive debut with the science fiction thriller Chronicle. The movie stars Michael B. Jordan and Kate Mara as the siblings Johnny and Sue Storm, and Jamie Bell and Miles Teller as their childhood friends Ben Grimm and Reed Richards. Fantastic Four opens by developing a humanizing back story about each member of the title quartet and describing the freak accident that gave them their superpowers. The movie then begins its march to the exciting finale that features a spectacular special effects battle. The point of departure is Oyster Bay, New York in 2007, which is where we find Reed informing his skeptical 5th grade teacher of his plans to teleport himself some day. By the time he’s a senior in high school, Reed has built a prototype with the help of Ben. And even though his Cymatic Matter Shuttle is disqualified from the science fair, the gifted youth is recruited by Dr. Franklin Storm (Reg E. Cathey), who is the director of the Baxter Foun-
dation, a research institute for science and technology prodigies. There, he’s befriended by Johnny and Sue. Along with Ben, the foursome eventually attempt an unsanctioned trip to another dimension through the Quantum Gate that was discovered by Dr. Storm’s protege, Victor (Toby Kebbell). However, something goes horribly wrong, and they inadvertently rip a hole in the time/space continuum. The calamity enables Reed (aka Mr. Fantastic) to stretch and contort his body, Johnny to fly and shoot fireballs, Sue to be invisible and create force fields, and badly disfigured Ben (aka The Thing) to exhibit invincibility and extraordinary strength. However, Victor has developed telekinetic abilities and morphed into the diabolical Dr. Doom, a villain more powerful than any one of the Fantastic Four individually, but not the four of them collectively. That leaves them little choice but to join forces in defense of the planet. The showdown that takes forever to arrive is riveting, although it’s almost an afterthought, since it serves as a setup for the obligatory sequel. Very Good (★★½). Rated PG-13 for action, violence, and profanity. In English and Spanish with subtitles. Running time: 106 minutes. Distributor: 20th Century Fox. —Kam Williams
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AWESOME THINGS CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU CREATE A HOLE IN THE TIME/SPACE CONTINUUM: For example when Ben Grimm (Jamie Bell) morphs into the virtually invincible and incredibly strong being called ‘The Thing.’ Together with his three companions, the foursome combine forces and save the world from the attempts of Dr. Doom to control the planet.
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Wednesday, August 12 10 : 30 to 11: 30 a.m. : Bright Beginnings, a free infor mat ional g roup for parents and caregivers of infants. Each week focuses on a new topic. The cost is $5 to attend; Princeton Fitness and Wellness Center, 1225 State Road, Princeton. 6:30 p.m.: Weekly yoga class at Sourland Cycles, 53 East Broad Street in Hopewell. The cost is $15 to attend. 7 p.m.: Screening of the musical 42nd Street (1933) at Princeton Garden Theatre. Thursday, August 13 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market in Hinds Plaza in downtown Princeton. Local fruits, vegetables, meat, flowers, juice, bread and more (repeats ever y Thursday). 6 p.m.: Blues musician Danielia Cotton performs a free outdoor concert at the Princeton Shopping Center. 7 p.m.: Screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s thriller The Birds (1963) at Princeton Garden Theatre. 7 p.m.: “How Can We Save the Sourlands From White-Tailed Deer? ” presentation at the Sourland Conservancy, located at 95 Hopewell-Pennington Road in Hopewell. The cost is $5 to attend. Call (908) 4284216. Friday, August 14 8:45 p.m.: Free, outdoor screening of the children’s movie Shark Tale at Princeton’s Palmer Square Green. 10 p.m.: Meteor Shower Watch at St. Michael’s Farm Preserve hosted by D&R Greenway Land Trust. RSVP by emailing jwatson@ drgreenway.org. Saturday, August 15 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: West Windsor Community Farmers market, located in the Vaughn Drive Parking Lot at Princeton Junction Train Station.
Sunday, August 16 2 p.m.: Free, Sunday Stories for children ages 2 to 8 at the Princeton Public Library. An adult must be in attendance. 2 to 4 p.m.: 1.9 mile Histor ic Pr inceton Walk ing Tour. Attendees should meet at the Bainbridge House, located at 159 Nassau Street. The cost to attend is $7 per adult and $4 per child (also on August 30). Monday, August 17 4 to 6 p.m.: Free, Ask the Mac Pros information session at the Princeton Public Library (repeats weekly). Tuesday, August 18 9:30 a.m.: Read and Pick: Pears at Terhune Orchards (also at 11 a.m.). Suitable for children ages preschool to 8 years. Pre-registration is requested by calling (609) 924-2310. The cost to attend is $7 per child.
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Directions: In a large mixing bowl, mix cream sugar and shortening until light. Add eggs and beat well. Add peach puree and dry ingredients. Blend well. Stir in vanilla and chopped pecans until blended. Pour into two greased and floured 9x5-inch loaf pans. Bake at 325° for 55 minutes to 1 hour, or until a wooden pick or cake tester inserted in center comes out clean. Let bread cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan. Do you have a recipe to share? Please contact Erin Toto at: erin.toto@towntopics.com.
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9 a.m. to 1 p.m.: The Pennington Farmers Market at the lawn at Rosedale Mills, 101 Route 31 North in Hopewell Township. Noon: Free, Yoga in the Garden at Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton. Noon to 5 p.m.: Sangria Weekends at Terhune Orchards Vineyard and Winery Tasting Room (repeats every Saturday and Sunday in August). 2 to 4 p.m.: Free, outdoor musical per for mance by Chuck Schaeffer at Palmer Square Green in downtown Princeton (every Saturday in August). 7 to 8:30 p.m.: The West Windsor Arts Council welcomes singer-song w r iter Sarah Donner for a free outdoor performance at Nassau Park Pavilion in Lawrenceville (located between Target and Panera).
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Wake up your senses with a delicious breakfast at the Zen Den. Conveniently located downtown, this café offers rich and savory fare such as their fresh quiche or grilled pound cake in a cozy atmosphere complete with perAbout one mile from Fonthill’s formances from local musicians and monthly rotating art exhibits front door sits Mercer’s other castle, The Mercer Museum. Built from local artists. For some of the freshest sea- to house Mercer’s elaborate colfood in the region, come to lection of historical artifacts, the the Lobster Claw Doylestown, a museum now holds more than locally-owned seafood market 50,000 items representing 60 and restaurant that offers tasty early American trades, displayed exactly as Henry Mercer left them fare at great prices. a century ago.
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History This bustling town is filled with pieces of history, including the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works. Built by Henry Mercer to produce handmade tiles, Moravian Continued on page 24
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Relax in one of the 78 guest rooms offered at Hampton Inn Doylestown for the night and don’t forget to recharge yourself the next day with their delicious hot breakfast selection, included in your stay.
Head downtown for a brief tour at the Bucks County Civil War Museum. View unique artifacts from the American Civil War, including an authentic Abraham Lincoln life Home to eclectic shopping, mask. riverside dining, impressive Arts and Culture theater and cultural attracBrowse the masterpieces tions, New Hope is a small town on display at the James A. Mi- with a big city feel. In fact, New chener Art Museum. Home to an Hope was even named one of impressive collection of Pennsyl- “America’s Favorite Towns” by vania Impressionist paintings, this Travel + Leisure.
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Just outside Doylestown, see the Bell Capital of America in Malmark Bellcraftsmen, a familyowned working factory where they’ve been creating handbells for 40 years.
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So near and yet so far. Just two miles south of the New Hope town center is a nationally acclaimed romantic getaway. Nestled on a 5-acre gated estate, The Inn at Bowman’s Hill has been the recipient of the prestigious AAA Four-Diamond award for 9 consecutive years … a perfect combination of romance and diamonds. The inn features just 8 suites and is proof that ‘good things come in small packages!’
Hargrave House is an excellent place to rest your head. Spend a night or two in one of their seven guest suites which offer all the amenities of home and more to There are two new flagship ensure your stay is comfortable suites, the 800 square foot Pentand stress-free. house and the more formal General Washington Suite. Both feature private decks with panoramic views of the manicured grounds. We think the General himself would have approved. Rates include a multi-course, gourmet breakfast with a selection of cooked-to-order entrees. Choices include a scrumptious full-English ‘signature’ breakfast – it may be cholesterol-to-go, but it’s only once! Breakfast can be served by the landscaped pool, in the conservatory, in the rustic dining room or delivered to your suite! A team of massage therapists also offer optional simultaneous couples massage– a wonderful bonding experience in the privacy of your own guestroom. Although just across the river, a stay at the inn offers a faraway experience – a relaxing finish to a fun-filled day in the heart of Bucks County. The Inn at Bowman’s Hill 518 Lurgan Road, New Hope, Pennsylvania, 215/862-8090 theinnatbowmanshill.com. Marsha Brown brings a taste of New Orleans to Bucks County, serving up Creole favorites like fried catfish, po’ boys and gumbo ya-ya in a renovated stone church. The Logan Inn specializes in Mediterranean dishes, including octopus, lamb and Kobe steaks. During the summer months, enjoy al fresco dining along Main Street or venture riverside for waterfront dining along the scenic Delaware River.
Shopping Take a stroll down New Hope’s Main Street and browse through the town’s collection of unique shops and boutiques. Hand-crafted household items, jewelry and pottery are among the many unique gifts available at Heart of the Home. Look your best with the latest European fashions for men and women at Savioni Designer Boutique. Continued on page 26
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Step back in a time with a walk along the towpath in Delaware Canal State Park. The canal, stretching 60 miles from Easton in the north to Bristol in the south, runs through the heart of downtown New Hope
The Raven has become a popular destination among the LGBT community. When summer rolls around, locals and visitors flock to the outdoor pool and cabana.
Ride the rails of history along the New Hope & Ivyland Railroad. A 1925 steam locomotive or powerful diesel engine lead passengers on a 45-minute rides through Bucks County’s picturesque countryside.
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Catch a performance at the historic Bucks County Playhouse. Greats of stage and screen, including Liza Minelli, Robert Redford and Grace Kelly have performed at “America’s Most Famous SumJust a few miles south of town mer Theater” in its 75-year hisis luxurious Inn at Bowman’s Hill. tory. One of the most popular spots This AAA Four-Diamond bed and in town, Havana Restaurant & breakfast offers four rooms and Bar is known for its great Carib- three suites, perfect for a romanbean food and live music, bring- tic weekend getaway.
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If you have a sweet tooth, make sure to stop by the historic Whitehall Building in the borough and satisfy all your candy needs at Snacks by the LB. Tantalize your taste buds with the gourmet olive oils and balsamic vinegars on tap at The Tubby Olive. Taste a few in-house to find your favorites, try out new recipes which feature the store’s best oils or take some home to incorporate into your own cooking.
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site where he crossed the DelaThe former county seat of ware River on Christmas Night Bucks County, Bristol is full of 1776, Washington Crossing His- historic buildings and locations toric Park. just waiting to be discovered. Make sure to travel a few miles From an old movie house turned down the road to Bowman’s Hill into a professional theater to a Tower, a 125-foot-tall monu- variety of ethnic festivals that ment to Washington and his celebrate everyone’s unique troops which offers a gorgeous heritage and everything in be14-mile view of the surrounding tween, Bristol is bustling with exciting activity. area. Also in Washington’s Crossing is the David Library of the American Revolution, a specialized research library which houses an elaborate collection of American historical artifacts and documents dating back to the 1700s.
Arts and Culture Take in a moving performance from the Newtown Arts Company, a nonprofit organization that presents a variety of theatrical shows ranging from classic dramas and comedies to contemporary musicals and everything in between. Catch a flick at the oldest movie theater in the United States, the Newtown Theatre. Since opening in 1906 when it projected the film images of the San Francisco earthquake to a full house of viewers, this theater has remained a vital part of the community. Using a 64-year-old 35 mm film projector, the Theatre shows a variety of movies from independent and foreign films to the classic movies of a bygone era whose posters adorn the walls of the beloved cinema.
Dining
Located on the Delaware River with five dining rooms, a historic tavern and an outdoor riverfront patio, the King George II Inn is a staple of the Bristol community.
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remained nestled in the countryside, delivering an extraordiVisit the Margaret R. Grundy nary dining experience to all of Memorial Museum, where you’ll its guests. get a look at the interior of one If you need some locallyof these beautiful town houses cultivated spirits to go with that is so pristine, you’ll think your meal, look no further than you’re stepping back in time. Unami Ridge Winery. This small, Travel just a few miles away family-run winery specializes to Levittown to visit the former in delectable, European-style home of the affluent Pemberwhite wines as well as expertlyton family, Bolton Mansion. The crafted reds. beautifully-restored 17th century mansion is a great example of History Early Bucks County architecture. Originally settled by the Religious Society of Friends, QuakArts and Culture ertown has been the hub of soRelax by the Delaware River cial activity in the Upper Bucks while you read through generaCounty area throughout the tions of local and international course of its history. books at the Margaret R. Grundy Stop by Knecht’s Covered Memorial Library. You’ll learn more about the history and cul- Bridge. Also known as a “kissture of Bristol, the Grundy family ing bridge,” Knecht’s has been genealogy and your other inter- standing since 1873. ests. Antiquing
Another splendid dining option in Bristol is the Golden Eagle Diner & Bakery. The charm of their brass and wood furnishings creates the perfect atmoLocated just a short walk from sphere to get comfortable and the library in the heart of the enjoy elegant, delicious dining town is Bristol Riverside Theatre. at an affordable cost. The quaint theatre has a large Shopping stage capable of big shows, and Bristol’s Mill Street is lined with provides a cultural hub for the unique shops and boutiques community. such as Another Time Antiques. Oldfashioned furniture, art, jewelry, glassware and other antiquities are still in fashion at this fantastic antique store. Pick up a personalized gift for your loved ones at Great I.D.’s by Anne. This shop specializes in beautiful, custom embroidered gifts for people of all ages that are sure to put a smile on your face, and the faces of your loved ones.
Antique Mall is family-owned Play and operated and holds a variThere’s no better familyety of antiquities ranging from friendly getaway than Sesame furniture and old prints to greetPlace®, the nation’s only theme ing cards and sheet music. park dedicated to the awardStay Here winning children’s television Stay at the newly-constructed show, Sesame Street®. Children Springhill Suites Quakertown big and small will enjoy the and enjoy comfortable over- exciting rides, water attracsized rooms as well as an indoor tions, festivals, parades, colorful shows and everyone’s favorite heated pool to relax in. furry friends.
Langhorne
From its beginnings as a crossroads called Four Lanes End in the 17th century, to the bustling town it is today, Langhorne, PA has always been filled with activities. Whether you’re looking for a family-friendly amusement park, or fine Italian dining, you can find it here.
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Guests at Arirang Hibachi Steakhouse can enjoy delicious With its rich history, it seems Japanese cuisine and a live cookonly natural that Quakertown ing show from expert chefs. is full of unique antique shops For fine Italian dining, look offering visitors an eclectic seno further than Bella Tori at the lection of items. Antiques at 200 Mansion. Relax in the elegant East features multiple dealers, ballroom, or Chefs Parlor and offering a wide range of collectfeast on different selections ables, including Victorian Glasssuch as the Rigatoni Alla Bella, ware, pottery, prints, costume Since William Penn obtained and jewelry, antique toy trains Garlic Rosemary Roasted Rack of Lamb or Veal Parmatori. the first land grant for the area and more. of Quakertown in 1701, this East Broad Antiques is located Shopping workingman’s settlement has just footsteps away and also feaWhether you’re trying to find thrived for hundreds of years tures an assortment of vintage the perfect gift or looking for and continues to give visitors clothing, ceramics, china, toys something unique to add to the charming impression of a and more. your home décor, the Lenox small town set in the quaint Make sure to visit the more Warehouse Store is a must-visit. countryside. than 12,000-square-foot Quak- Featuring items from Lenox, Dining ertown Antique Mall to truly Gorham and Dansk Brands, Stop by The Brick Tavern Inn satisfy your antiquing desire. Lo- there’s something to fit any for a delicious take on American cated in an old hosiery mill, the shopping need and budget. Cuisine. Since 1818, this Inn has
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For even more kid-friendly fun, head to BounceU of Langhorne and enjoy a variety of bouncy attractions perfect for the whole family. Practice your swing during a round of golf at Oxford Valley Golf Course located in nearby Fairless Hills. This public course offers golfers a nine-hole, Par 31 course to test your skills on. Not quite ready for the big leagues yet? Try your hand at a round of miniature golf at Golf Adventure. Enjoy 18 holes of golfing fun and then hit the snack bar for a tasty treat.
Get Outside Enjoy the great outdoors in Langhorne, PA at Core Creek Park. Explore nature trails teeming with wildlife on foot or on horseback, get on the water in a kayak or canoe available to rent on-site or enjoy a relaxing picnic on the lush lakeside greenery. Even man’s best friend can play at the Bucks County OffLeash Dog Park. With two fenced in areas that separate the dogs by weight, Fido is free to run around and make new friends in a safe environment.
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ean Driscoll first laid eyes on the Princ- joyed working together with club teams. We eton University campus in 2004 when he had a similar coaching philosophy and belief in was in town coaching a premier soccer how to get the most out of players. I loved all team and the visit made quite an impression of my experiences in high school, the Olympic on him. Development Program, Regional Staff and club “I stood at the steps of Blair Arch and said soccer. The one uncharted territory was college. this would be the dream job,” recalled Driscoll. After three months with Joe and his team, the “We walked around the top of the campus, we course of my career changed. didn’t even go down to the soccer field. I was After helping Western Connecticut go 18-5-2 dumbfounded by it all.” on the way to an ECAC New England championDriscoll’s dream came true when he was ship, Driscoll took the helm of the Manhattan named the head coach of the Princeton Uni- College women’s program in 2005. versity women’s soccer team earlier this year. “It was a lot of trial and error and learn“The offer came in on a Monday and I was ing as you go,” said Driscoll, who guided the beside myself; I was incredibly humbled to join Jaspers to a 40-41-14 record in five seasons, a university and athletic department with so highlighted by a 12-5-2 campaign in 2006, the much tradition and history,” said Driscoll, 43, best single-season winning percentage in school the successor to Julie Shackford, who stepped history. down last fall after 20 seasons at the helm of “A friend had told me that about 10 percent the program. of what you do as a college head coach is on the “When you think about schools that com- field coaching, as there is so much time spent mand attention for academics and athletics, on recruiting, scouting, video analysis, paperit is places like Stanford, Duke, Notre Dame, work, day to day operations and management and the Ivy League schools. They command of the players. After the first year, I realized an immense amount of respect. There is not he was spot on. Every day I learned something a day that goes by where I don’t think about new. The experience at Manhattan really prethat and how fortunate I am to represent this pared me for the next step in my career. university.” Assuming a slightly different role, Driscoll Upon graduating from Denison University in became the associate head coach at Fairfield 1994 after playing tennis there, Driscoll didn’t University in 2010. During five seasons there, think that coaching soccer was going to end up he helped head coach Jim O’Brien accrue a 51-32-17 record overall and 31-10-6 in the being his destiny. “When I got out of college, a call came from Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, including the AD/former high school coach at my high back-to-back appearances in the MAAC tournaschool, offering me the chance to coach boys’ ment final in 2013 and 2014. “I was an associate head coach, it was good soccer as an assistant,” said Driscoll, a threesport star in soccer, basketball, and tennis at to take a step back at that time in my life; I Green Farms Academy in Green Farms, Conn. had just gotten engaged and was starting a new chapter in my life.” said Driscoll, who is married who decided to focus on tennis in college. “I was looking for a job and I was intrigued. to the former Heather Hathorn, a University of After some reflection and, honestly, out of re- Maine soccer alumna, and has two daughters, spect for my former coach, I decided to do it. Braelyn and Beckett. “It was one of the hardest decisions to leave The head coach was exceptional and instantly became my mentor. His impact was enormous the program that I had built. I loved those kids on my career. I learned the importance of or- and what they gave to our team. In fact, the ganization, attention to detail and discipline. first game we played that year, all the returning Those three months were as influential as any kids got off the bus at the end of the game and hugged me. It remains one of the most touching in my career.” The next fall, Driscoll had to change his focus moments of my career.” Driscoll formed a productive partnership with as he moved to the girls’ varsity team. “The following year, at the same high school, O’Brien during his time at Fairfield. “It was much more collaborative, Jim treated the girls’ varsity head coach had left and the AD asked me if I wanted to replace her,” said me like a co-head coach,” said Driscoll. Driscoll. “He made a lot of promises and he kept his “I said are you out of your mind, I was not word. We worked really well together and, in interested in coaching girls. I had watched many ways, were a perfect complement to one them the year before on the opposite side of another. We both gave up some things that we the field and they didn’t look that enthused. He liked in an effort to offer the team the best said it would be a great opportunity and I took experience possible. I will always be grateful a gamble that truly changed my life in ways I to him for the belief and trust he had in me as a person and a coach. never could have anticipated.” While Driscoll acknowledged that following In taking on that assignment, Driscoll decided Shackford is daunting, he is up for the chalthat he had to show faith in his players. “I learned very quickly that players don’t care lenge. “Julie was great for women’s soccer, she did about you until they know how much you care,” said Driscoll. “I genuinely cared for the kids and they saw that immediately.” Caring for his players produced results as Driscoll put together a sparkling career record of 116-38-13, between stints at New Canaan High School, Brookfield High School, and Greens Farms. Driscoll’s team at New Canaan won state titles Proudly serving in 2001 and 2002, and the 2002 team was ranked No. 3 in the Princeton area the nation as it went 21-0-1. 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a lot of wonderful things for the game, the university and the town of Princeton,” said Driscoll of Shackford, who went 203-115-29 in 20 seasons at Princeton with six Ivy League championships, eight NCAA tournament appearances, and an appearance in the 2004 College Cup Final Four. “She is the only coach who has led an Ivy League women’s soccer team to a final four. You can’t replace someone like that. My job is to continue that tradition to the best of my ability.” In order to continue that tradition, Driscoll is putting in a lot of time on the job. “I can’t say what the future holds, that would be unfair, said Driscoll, noting that he ON POINT: Sean Driscoll makes a point to his players on the Fairwas customarily working from field University women’s soccer team during his tenure as associ7 a.m. to 11 p.m. in his first ate head coach of the program. Next week, Driscoll will be starting months on the job. “However, I preseason training in his first season as head coach of the Princecan promise that I refuse to be ton University women’s soccer squad. Driscoll is the successor to outworked.” Julie Shackford, who stepped down last fall after 20 seasons at the Driscoll’s initial exposure to helm of the program. (Photo Courtesy of Princeton’s Office of Athletic Communications) his Princeton players on the Bringing in Boudreau gave the staff another field came during spring ball and he was imvaluable asset. “As for Kelly, I coached her on a pressed by their work ethic. club team and again for two years at Fairfield,” “The spring season was short, about a onesaid Driscoll. fourth of what I am used to,” said Driscoll, who “She was starting goalie in her junior year is taking over a team that went 7-6-3 overall when I came in. She then went from player and 3-3-1 Ivy in 2014. to assistant coach and that is not easy to do. “The overall work rate, hunger, and desire was at a very high level. There was one session I expected some difficulty, but she is mature beyond her years. I trust her implicitly and she where I had to tell them to back off and dial it is incredibly loyal. She has done a fantastic job, down because the intensity was so high. That thus far, with every aspect of the program. I is what happens when you get highly motivated have told her more than a couple of times that kids with the desire to be the best on the field this transition to Princeton would not have been at the same time.” as seamless and comfortable without her. She Driscoll believes he has assembled a staff that is a true student of the game and has an imcan bring out the best in his players, retaining mensely bright future in this profession.” assistants Mike Poller and Ron Celestin from Looking ahead to preseason training, which Shackford’s regime and adding Kelly Boudreau, starts on August 20, Driscoll is focusing on a former player and assistant coach at Fairbasics. field. “The No. 1 priority is to maintain health, we For Driscoll, keeping Poller and Celestin on have 22 healthy bodies, that is a little small,” board was an easy decision. “Mike is well versed said Driscoll, whose team opens regular season in the club soccer in the country and also knows play by hosting Howard on August 28. the talent in the immediate area very well,” said “We want to focus on enhancing our team Driscoll. chemistry and building a new foundation. De“He and I had coached against each other fense is the first order of business. I like a free for a few years and I always respected his work flowing style with possession and ball movewith his teams. In talking to him about the job, ment, in the attack, but I believe you need to his passion for the game and this program was start with a defensive philosophy and ensure evident. In addition to being a talented coach, he everyone is on the same page. You must have truly loves recruiting and has a tremendous eye a strong base; they scored 35 last year, which for talent. Ron is a legend. I call him ‘the mayor.’ is fantastic, but allowed 31. One of our areas of He has been with the program for over two deconcentration will be to improve the goal differcades and his experience is irreplaceable. He can ential. On the attacking side of things, we want give a comparative analysis of players and the to utilize the multiple options we have on the team’s performance based upon his time in the roster. Our job is to accentuate the gifts that our league, which is invaluable. He also has soccer players have and provide an environment and connections across the country and knows the system that allows them to defend with convicrecruiting process inside and out. Moreover, he tion and attack with creativity and flair.” is a fantastic coach and I feel his ability to bridge —Bill Alden the gap between the old staff and the current one is important as we move forward.”
PU Men’s Hoops Alum Bray Returns to Italy Pro League
Princeton University men’s basketball alum T.J. Bray ’14 will return to Italy for his second season of professional basketball, this time to the country’s north with A.S. Junior Casale. Bray’s new team is based in Casale Monferrato, about halfway between Turin and Milan. Last season, he played with Pallacanestro Trapani, lo c ate d on t he we s ter n coast of Sicily in the country’s southern region. Both teams are in Italy’s A2 Gold division, the second-highest level of professional basketball in the country. For Trapani in 2014-15, Bray averaged 9.5 points and 3.9 rebounds a game, both fifth on the team, while leading the club with three assists per game. He’ll be joining a Casale team that finished the 2014-15 regular season fourth in the 14-team league before reaching the league semifinals. Bray has spent the past t wo summers playing in the NBA Las Vegas Summer League, with Toronto in 2014 and the New York Knicks last month. At Princeton, Bray was a first-team All-Ivy League honoree as a senior after being a part of three postseason-bound Tiger teams and the 2011 Ivy League championship and NCAA Tournament team as a freshman. One of 30 members of Princeton’s 1,000-point club, Bray stands third on the program’s career assist list with 374 (kept since 197475) and holds the program record for assists in a game with 13, set in Princeton’s comeback win at Penn State during his senior season. ———
Princeton Women’s Track Has 6 Make All-Academic
Six members of the Princeton University women’s track team have been named AllAcademic it was announced by U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Earning the honors are rising junior Lizzie Bird, rising junior Megan Curham, rising Daniel Downs Owner
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Seven members of the Princeton University men’s track team have been named A ll-Academic it was announced by U.S. Track & Field and Cross Countr y Coaches Association (USTFCCCA). Earning the honors are rising junior Christopher Cook, r is i ng s ophom ore Noa h Kauppila and Lane Russell, and recent graduates Mike Mazzaccaro, Matt McDonald, Bradley Paternostro, and Scott Rushton. The men’s track and field team also qualified with a cumulative 3.16 GPA to earn USTFCCCA All-Academic team honors. Cook earns his second consecutive all-academic honors. He competed in both the shot put and discus at the NCAA East Regional and finished the indoor season ranked 31st in the shot put. Cook was the runner-up at both the shot put and discus at the indoor and outdoor Heps championships. Kauppila was on the distance medley relay that finished the indoor season ranked 43rd. Russell competed at the NCAA East Regional in the triple jump and finished the indoor season ranked 49th in the event. Mazzaccaro ran the 5k at the NCAA East Regional. He was the Heps runner-up in the event. The 10k Heps champion, McDonald ran the same event at the Regional. He was also ranked 91st in the 3k during the indoor season and was the Heps runner-up in the 5k. Paternostro ran the 1500 at the Regional and had two indoor qualifying rankings. He was 80th in the mile and a member of the 43rdranked DMR. Rushton, for his part, competed in the shot put at the NCAA East Regional in the event. To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the studentathlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met either of the following athletic standards: for the indoor season, a studentathlete must have finished the regular season ranked in the national top 96 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 48 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFRRS.org; for the outdoor season, a student-athlete must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships (including preliminary rounds). ———
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Princeton University athletics and IMG, a global sports, fashion and media operating company, have announced a new multi-year rights representation agreement. Under the agreement, IMG College will manage Princeton’s multi-media rights, including marketing all advertising and sponsorship inventory for Princeton Athletics and producing the radio broadcasts of Tigers football, men’s basketball, and men’s lacrosse. “The Princeton Athletic Department is excited to work with IMG, a national leader in the field of intercollegiate athletic marketing with a proven level of expertise and a track record of success,” said Princeton Director of Athletics Mollie Marcoux. “We look forward to partnering with IMG to build upon our already strong sponsorship program by continuing to identify premier sponsors who align with the Princeton brand and who understand our unique tradition of academic and athletic excellence.” The operation will be directed on-site by General Manager Zack Rosenberg, who joins IMG from the Lakewood Blue Claws, where he oversaw corporate sponsorship sales for the Philadelphia Phillies’ minor league baseball affiliate.
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senior Emily de La Bruyere, rising senior Kathryn Fluehr, rising junior Katie Hanss and rising senior Julia Ratcliffe. The women’s track team also qualified with a cumulative 3.46 GPA to earn USTFCCCA All-Academic team honors. Bird earns her second USTFCCA academic honor as she reached the NCAA Championship in the steeplechase. She finished 22nd in the race. Curham qualified for her success in both indoor and outdoor. She competed in both the NCAA indoor and outdoor national championships and earned All-America honors in each. She was 10th in the indoor 5k and 12th in the outdoor 10k. Curham was also named an all-academic in cross country this year. For the third consecutive season, de La Bruyere makes the list. She competed in the steeplechase at the NCAA East Regional. In addition, de La Bruyere was also a member of the DMR that ranked 48th indoors. Fluehr ran in the 5k at the NCAA East Regional. Her rankings in the indoor 3k and 5k also qualified her athletically. Hanss makes the academic team for the first time, as a member of the 48th-ranked DMR. The 2014 Scholar-Athlete of the Year, Ratcliffe was the national runner-up in the hammer throw. She was also ranked 32nd in the weight throw during in the indoor season. To qualify for the USTFCCCA All-Academic Track and Field Team, the studentathlete must have compiled a cumulative grade point average of 3.25 and have met either of the following athletic standards: for the indoor season, a studentathlete must have finished the regular season ranked in the national top 96 in an individual event or ranked in the national top 48 (collective listing) in a relay event on the official NCAA POP list provided by TFRRS.org; for the outdoor season, a student-athlete must have participated in any round of the NCAA Division I Championships (including preliminary rounds). ———
WORLD’S BEST: Princeton University women’s water polo goalie Ashleigh Johnson thwarts a shot in action this spring during her junior season. Last Friday, Johnson starred as the United States senior women’s water polo team won its fourth FINA World Championship in 12 years with a 5-4 victory over the Netherlands in Kazan, Russia. Named the match MVP and the tournament’s top goalie, Johnson recorded 12 saves, including a crucial penalty shot stop in the fourth period. In seven games for Team USA at the World Championship, Johnson racked up 66 saves. Earlier this summer, Johnson helped the United States to gold medals at the Pan Am Games, the Kushan Cup, and the FINA World League Super Final. Tallying 16 saves in two showings at the Kushan Cup, she turned away 67 shots in the World League before collecting 17 saves in the Pan Am games. The victory at the World Championships gives the Americans reigning claim over the Olympic, World, World Cup, World League, and Pan Am titles, a feat never before achieved in women’s international water polo. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Starting First Season With Stanford Field Hockey, PHS Grad DiTosto Aiming to Make Contribution Having played field hockey, ice hockey, and softball through middle school, Julia DiTosto narrowed her athletic focus when she entered Princeton High in 2011. “I didn’t really take field hockey seriously until my f r e s h m a n y e a r of h i g h school,” said DiTosto. “I joined a club team and it really became a part of my life. I ended up spending every weekend playing. I joined the Impact club out of Drew University and was there as a freshman and a sophomore. In the fall of my junior year, I switched to the Princeton club. DiTosto, a sk illed 5’5 midfielder who impacts the game at both ends of the field, ended up becoming one of the top players in the area, earning All-County and All-State honors. She was named as the 2014 CVC Player of the Year and was also selected as the Midfielder of the Year. This week, DiTosto is hitting the field for the Stanford University field hockey team as she starts preseason practices for her freshman
campaign with the Cardinals. Although DiTosto was initially leaning toward staying home, going to Princeton University and joining its field hockey program, she ultimately decided to head west for college. “Princeton is an amazing school with an amazing program and amazing coaches,” said DiTosto. “I have been liv ing in Princeton for 18 years and I feel that college should be a change of scenery. I had two visits to Stanford, one with my mom and one with my dad. I stayed with a field hockey player each time. I saw one of their games. I also saw other events on campus, like a volleyball game and a concert. Stanford is an amazing place with amazing professors and it is not only successful at academics, it is great at sports.” DiTosto enjoyed a very successful senior season for PHS, helping the Little Tigers go 18-4 as they made the Mercer County Tournament championship game
HEADING WEST: Julia DiTosto patrols the midfield in a game last fall during her senior season with the Princeton High field hockey team. Star midfielder DiTosto, an All-State and AllCounty standout for PHS, is currently hitting the field for the Stanford University field hockey team as she starts preseason practices for her freshman campaign. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
and the North 2, Group 3 sectional semifinal. “I never had such a serious game as that county final,” recalled DiTosto, referring to PHS’s hard-fought 3-1 loss to Lawrenceville. “It was the biggest game of my career and it was special to have that senior year when I was a captain. I am so proud of the team for making it that far.” W hile DiTosto was fo cused on team success, she took pride in the individual honors that she earned last fall. “Field hockey doesn’t get the attention it deserves,” maintained DiTosto, who also starred as a defenseman for the PHS girls’ ice hockey team. “It is cool to get recognition at school for all county and all state. No one realizes that field hockey is a big deal so it is good for them to hear that.” Over the summer, DiTosto has been dividing her attention between conditioning and stickwork. “Club ended in early summer, I have been going to my personal trainer and doing individual stuff with my coach,” said DiTosto. “I had the summer conditioning packet from Stanford so I am also doing that.” With DiTosto joining a Stanford team coming off a 19-3 season in 2014 that saw it make the NCAA quarterfinals for the first time in program history, she is anxious to see where she fits in with her new team. “I am really nervous, I don’t know what to expect,” said DiTosto. “I don’t know how I am going to compare to all these good players. I am expecting to play more defens e and s ome m id field.” Even if DiTosto doesn’t see a lot of playing time, she is determined to be an asset to the Stanford squad. “I am looking to make a contribution, whether on the field, on the bench, or in the locker room,” said DiTosto. “I am looking forward to being part of a team. It is definitely a team on the rise, it is exciting.” —Bill Alden
After Making Solid Debut for Brown Field Hockey, PDS Alum Quigley Excited for 2015 Campaign When Emma Quigley began the recruiting process for college field hockey, one school jumped to the top of her list. “I started sophomore year, looking at and researching schools,” said Quigley, a former Princeton Day School standout who recorded 44 goals and 20 assists in her career with the Panthers, earning All-Prep and AllCounty honors. “I loved Brown from the start. I thought it was a bit of a reach academically because it is such a great school. I e-mailed the coach as a sophomore. My dad went to grad school there. I loved the campus.” With some support from PDS head coach Tracey Arndt, Quigley ended up finding a spot at Brown. “Jill (Brown head coach Jill Reeve) knew Tracey from Penn State and the U.S. national team,” said Quigley. “She was amazing helping me, sending Jill e-mails.” Last fall, Quigley enjoyed a solid freshman campaign for the Bears, appearing in 12 games at forward and scoring a goal. Next week, Quigley will start her second preseason camp, steeled by what she learned last summer. “It was hard, any college freshman is nervous going in and playing a sport is even more pressure,” said Quigley. “It was such a higher level than anything I had played, it was definitely an adjustment.” Hitting the field in the season opener last Sep tember against Bryant, the 5’3 Quigley was a bundle of nerves. “I was totally stressed and over whelmed,” said Quigley. “I was also really excited to start my college career. I had worked so hard in school and in club to get to that point.” Quigley learned that she had to work faster on the
field at the college level. “You have three or four seconds to react, the game is so much faster,” said Quigley. “You have to make decisions much quicker, every second counts with dodging and reacting. It is about getting quicker touches and playing the ball quicker.” One of Quigley’s most memorable touches last fall came when she scored a goal against Lehigh in a 4-2 win in mid-October. “T hat ball star ted out on top of circle and I got a tip,” recalled Quigley. “I was in the right spot at the right time. It was great. As a freshman, I got a lot of playing time but it was good to have a goal. It gives you confidence.” A nother good moment for Quigley took place a week after the Lehigh game when she came home to play against Princeton University at Bedford Field. “I had played there in my junior year at PDS in the junior premier outdoor league so it was familiar,” said Quigley. “In high school, I looked up to all those college girls playing on the field and now I was a D-1 athlete competing against them.” While Brown had an uneven season in 2014, going 9-8 overall and 1-6 in Ivy League play, Quigley believes things are looking up for the program. “We looked at it as a building season, it is a stepping stone for this year,” said Quigley. “We learned a lot.” As for her play individually, Quigley learned a lot last fall. “I think I improved in ball speed, stick skills, and overall understanding of the game and what Jill wants us to do,” said Quigley. This spring, the Bears showed improvement coll e c t ive ly. “ We h ad t wo weekend tournaments, the first one was not so great but the second one was awe-
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BEARING DOWN: Emma Quigley goes after the ball in action last fall during her freshman season for the Brown University field hockey team. Former Princeton Day School star Quigley made 12 appearances and scored a goal in her debut campaign for the Bears. Next week, she starts preseason practice for her sophomore season. (Photo Courtesy of Brown’s Office of Athletic Communications)
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in the 25-meter free and 25 back while Lexi Hoffman placed second in the 25 free and third in the 25 back. “What a difference a year makes,” added Sawin. “Last year they were little, nervous five-year-olds. They got taller and they have a lot more confidence.” Margaret Hill made a big difference for the Lemmings in the girls’ 12-and-under division, placing first in the 50 free, 50 fly, and 100 IM. “Her goal this year was to win everything she swims, she goes out with a lot of determination,” said Sawin, referring to Hill. “She is very mature and will help when you need it. She will organize the younger kids even through she is only three years older than some of them. She swims year-round, she is one of our hardest workers.” Sinjin Scozzaro gave the Lemmings some good work in the boys’ 6-and-under division, taking second in both the 25 free and 25 back. “Sinjin is great, he comes from a swimming family,” noted Sawin. “I think his father grew up at the pool; he is following in his footsteps. He practices with the 9-10 year olds a lot. He swims laps for hours. You pick a stroke and he can swim anything.” As for the 10-and-under boys’ group, Daniel Baytin
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WILLPOWER: Nassau Swim Club Lemmings standout Will Kinney displays his breaststroke form. Kinney, who also stars for the Princeton High boys’ swim team, came up big for the Lemmings at the Princeton Area Swimming and Diving Association (PASDA) championship meet. He won the boys’ 18-and-under division 50 freestyle and finished second in both the 50 backstroke and 50 breaststroke as Nassau placed second of five teams in the Division 2 standings at the meet. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) led the way, taking first in both the 25 breast and the 100 IM. Simon Sheppard was a standout in the 12-and-under division, taking second in the 50 back and fifth in the 50 free. “Daniel has grown; he is super tall,” said Sawin. “He has the perfect swimmer’s body; he was made to be a swimmer. He has a great stroke and great technique and with his size, he just cuts through the water. Simon is an anchor on the relays and he gave us some good swims.” A pair of sisters, Rachel Adlai-Gail and Becca AdlaiGail, came up big for the club’s teenage girls. Rachel won the girls’ 14-and-under 100 IM and was the runner up in the 50 fly while older sister, Becca, took first in the 100 IM, second in 50 fly, and fourth in the 50 free. “They are great, they help as coaches,” added Sawin, referring to the Adlai-Gails.
“Swimming is their thing, they swim all year round, they are swimmers through and through.” Another top swimmer for the Lemmings was Isabelle Monaghan, who won the girls’ 14-and-under the 50 back. “Isabelle is tall and she is made to swim; she comes in and cleans up in races,” said Sawin. “I had her swim up at 17 in some dual meets and she did well. She also plays water polo. She went to Junior Olympics for water polo the next day after PASDA. I am sure she is good at water polo, but if she just did swimming, she could do really well.” In the boys’ 18-and-under division, Princeton High standout Will Kinney did really well, winning the 50 free and finishing second in both the 50 back and 50 breast. “Will also coaches so he was really busy this summer,” said Sawin. “To swim those
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The 2015 Safe Streets basketball clinic and games will be taking place on August 13-16 at the Community Park basketball courts. This series of skills clinics, basketball games, and celebrations held in the memory of Pete Young, Sr., seeks to bring youth together with community organizations, concerned citizens, law enforcement, and businesses to support positive programs for youth basketball skill development and neighborhood safety in the Princeton community. The Joint Effort Princeton
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AWARDS SEASON: Cole McManimon delivers a pitch this spring during his senior season for the Princeton Day School baseball team. The Lehigh University-bound McManimon enjoyed a big summer for the Broad Street Park Post 313 squad in the Mercer County American Legion League (MCALL). Starring on the mound and at the plate, McManimon shared the MCALL Joe Logue Player of the Year honor with Zack Gakeler of Bordentown Post 26. McManimon won the league’s Lou Masella Pitcher of the Year award, going 7-0 with a 0.96 ERA and 49 strikeouts. He also received the league’s Don Cermele $1,000 scholarship. McManimon’s heroics helped Post 313 tie Hamilton Post 31 for first in the MCALL regular season standings and win the District 3 title on the way to the state’s Final 8. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Joan Dawe Joan Budny Jenkins Dawe passed away on July 25, 2015 of natural causes at age 83. She died peacefully in her home in Hinchley Wood, Surrey, England. Joan, formerly of Princeton, was born September 5, 1931. Her parents were Edward and Joan Budny. In 1949, Joan graduated from Miss Fine’s School in Princeton, and in 1951 she graduated from Harcum College in Bryn Mawr, Pa. She was known for her social and organizational skills. Joan loved bridge and singing. She was in the glee club at Miss Fine’s and Harcum. She sang in various church choirs in London until just recently. She was very active in the Princess Alice Hospice charity, which later paid her back with excellent palliative care during her last days. After college, Joan moved to New York City, where she was executive secretary for the architect I.M. Pei. In 1960 she married Anthony Jenkins, who was a director of R. K. Harrison and Co. Ltd. and an underwriting member of Lloyds, London. After a Princeton wedding at the Present Day Club, the couple took the Ile de France to London, where she lived ever since. In the 1970’s, Joan was very active as the president of the American Women’s Club in London. Mr. Jenkins passed away in the early 1990’s and Joan later remarried Roger Dawe, comptroller of Bovis, the international construction company. Later he was Lord Mayor of Westminster. The couple then lived in Sotogrande, Spain as well as London. Mr. Dawe passed away in April 2011. Joan had no children and is survived by her brother Roger of Stuart, Fla.; nephew Trevor Budny of Philadelphia; niece Joslin Parris of Barbados; and great-nephew Carl Muller of Richmond, Va. Joan was pre-deceased by her brother Carl, niece Karen Muller, and greatnephew Ryan Muller. On her English side, she is survived by nephew, Col. Barry W. Jenkins and niece Victoria Jenkins Blunt; and nephews Barnaby and Lucas Dawe. Funeral services were held at the Church of the Holy Name in Esher August 10 and a “Celebration of Life” ceremony will be held at the Royal Automobile Club in Epsom on September 16. J o a n’s a s h e s w i l l b e brought from England and interred with a small ceremony at the family plot at St. Paul’s Cemetery in Princ-
tory, breed characteristics (including detailed descriptions of the corded coat and its care), breed standard, and all aspects of breeding and health care from birth to old age. It is regarded as the definitive publication of this distinctive breed. She is survived by 3 children: Dore J. Levy of Providence, R.I.; Noah R. Levy of Whitehouse Station, N.J.; Amos M. Levy of New York City; and 7 grandchildren. A gathering at her home will take place on October 10, 2015. Please contact one of the children for information. Contributions in her memory should be sent to the Middle Atlantic State Komondor Club Rescue Fund, care of M.A.S.K.C., Inc., 10 Lafayette Avenue, Voorhees, N.J. 08043.
Joy C. Levy Joy C. Levy died peacefully in her home in Princeton on May 20, 2015. Born in Galveston Texas on August 23, 1924, she attended Wellesley College, where she majored in mathematics, then did graduate work in fine arts at Harvard, where she studied the origins of mathematical perspective in northern medieval art. She taught art history at Bryn Mawr College, then mathematics to middle school children, focusing especially on children with learning differences. Joy taught for many years at Princeton Day School and at the Educational Therapy Clinic in Princeton. Beginning in 1967, with the arrival of a Komondor puppy from Hungary (Ch. Szentivani Ingo (“Duna”)), Joy became a tireless scholar and breeder of the Komondor, a rare and ancient livestock guard dog from Hungary. She co-founded the Middle Atlantic States Komondor Club with her husband, sociologist Marion J. Levy Jr. (1918-2002). She edited, published, and was chief w riter for the M . A . S . K .C . N e w s f r o m 1974-2005. Joy was noted repeatedly for her contributions to canine journalism. In 1977, Joy published The Komondor in the United States, 1937-1976, the first history of the breed in English. Beyond breed-specific issues, Joy addressed health problems of all kinds, from hip dysplasia to bloat and torsion, from skin infections to the parvovirus. In gratitude for arranging the delivery of parvovirus vaccine to Hungary during an epidemic, Joy received the Hu ngar ia n Ken nel Club Gold Medal Master Breeders award for “saving the breed in Hungary.” She also dedicated herself to learning Hungarian in order to be able to correspond with experts in their native language. Joy translated many crucial Hungarian works into English (c.f. Irene Evers, Our National Treasure, the Hungarian Komondor; and Zoltan Kenez The Komondor Defined and a Description of the Shepherd Dog, 1992). She also translated works from the French (Anna and Laurent Rasz-Caroff, An Incredible Dog: the Komondor and Other Hungarian Shepherd Dogs [with Charlotte Bell], 1991). In 2006, Joy published Komondor: a Comprehensive Owner’s Guide, which covers his-
Mary Brown Hamingson Mary Brown Hamingson, known to all as Sandy, died on August 6, 2015. Born Mary Elsie Dunn in Terre Haute, Ind. on January 6, 1923, she was the only child of Della and William Dunn. In 1946, she married Donald G. Brown, who died in 1985. They had three daughters, Beverly Louise Brown of London, England; the late Elizabeth Brown Pryor; and Peggy A. Brown of Philadelphia. In 1989 she married Donald F. Hamingson who died in 1998. A graduate of Purdue University, Sandy was an architectural historian, specializing in New Jersey. She was co-author of Gateways to Architecture in Union County, New Jersey and a co-founder of Preservation New Jersey. She lectured throughout the state at various universities, the Newark Museum, and the South Orange-Maplewood Adult School. She was one of New Jersey’s representatives to the National Trust for Historic Preservation and served on the board of advisors as regional vice-president. She was also an active docent and member of the board of trustees at Drumthwacket, the governor’s residence. Arrangements are by Mather-Hodge Funeral Home of Princeton, N.J.
Terry David Vaughn Te r r y D a v i d Va u g h n , 68, of Princeton, died last Thursday, August 6, 2015 of a stroke suffered three days previously. He died at the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. Born in Denver, Colo. on January 9, 1947, he is survived by his children, Alexander and Elizabeth, and his sister, Genevieve. A graduate of Colorado S t ate U n i v e r s i t y, Te r r y earned a master’s degree in English from the University of Michigan, and an MBA at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. He was a powerful force i n s cholarly publ is h i ng,
an unfailingly thoughtful, c h e e r f u l, a n d g e n e r o u s friend, and a caring father and brother. Terry began his publishing career in 1971 as a sales representative for the thencollege department at Oxford University Press (OUP). He served as Eastern Regional Sales Manager and as Acting National Sales Manager at OUP until 1984, when he left for Boston, and had a oneyear stint as an international treasury consultant at Digital Equipment in Acton, Mass. Terry returned to publishing in the grand manner in 1985 when he joined The MIT Press, first as economics editor and later as executive editor for economics, finance, and business. During his 15 years at MIT, he built an economics and finance list that was considered the gold standard for its time and remains one of the truly outstanding lists in all of scholarly publishing. Terry’s list of authors at MIT Press included numerous Nobel Prize-winners as well as many other distinguished economists, and Terry was the epitome of the trans-Atlantic editor. Intellectually, his MIT list was marked by an extraordinary combination of eminent European as well as North American authors, reflecting the exciting interplay of international ideas that marked the field during those years. The MIT Press economics list under Terry’s direction achieved worldwide distinction. Following his MIT years, in 2000 Terr y moved to Princeton, where he joined Princeton University Press and served as PUP’s editorin-chief until July of 2003. W hile at Pr inceton he helped oversee the integration of the Press’s U.S. and European editorial operations. Then, later that year, Terry returned to Oxford University Press, his original publishing home, and concluded his career there as Oxford’s economics editor. He retired from OUP in 2013. Terr y’s sudden passing is a terrible loss for all of us, family and colleagues. Those who knew Terry professionally — his authors as well as his fellow publishers — will remember him as a model economics editor, intensely interested in the content and direction of the field, possessed of the highest standards and superb taste, and fiercely competitive. But most of all everyone in his life will remember him as a friend: warm, considerate, and big of heart. Last but certainly not least was his whimsical sense of humor, appreciated by all who knew him. Funeral services will begin on Wednesday, August 12, 2015 at 4 : 30 p.m., star ting with the Rosar y at Mather Hodge Funeral H o m e , 4 0 Va n d e v e n te r Avenue, Pr inceton, N. J. 08542, followed at 5 to 7 p.m. with a viewing at the same location. A Funeral Mass will be held on Thursday, August 13, , 2015 at 9:30 a.m. at St Paul’s Catholic Church, 214 Nassau Street, Princeton, N.J. 08542, followed immediately by a recep tion at Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton (one block from St. Paul’s Church). He will be buried in Plymouth, Mass., next to his late wife, Anne Patenaude.
Grant Wiggins Grant Palmer Wiggins, born Grant Palmer Gittinger, died suddenly on May 26, 2015 in West Hartford, Connecticut. He was 64 and had recently moved from Hopewell Township where he had lived for 13 years. He and his family previously resided in Pennington. Grant Wiggins became a professional provocateur in the field of education following an uneven academic performance in prep school, at St. John’s College, and at the Harvard Graduate School of Education. His unwillingness to toe the line in high school, college, and graduate school may have given his adult professional perspective a freshness and believability that stoked the fire of his admirers. He seemed to identify with those students who didn’t, or couldn’t, rise to meet certain challenges. He understood that often there was more learning and cognitive stimulation to be found in band practice and soccer games than in the rote performance standards of conventional coursework. His voice seemed to resonate among many students and their teachers. While it didn’t strike a happy chord with all listeners, by many accounts at his public memorial gathering at Harlem Village Academies in New York on August 1, 2015, he listened and responded to every person who cared to comment on his views. He was born on August 16, 1950 in New York City to William and Dorothy Katz Gittinger. Raised in Queens until the age of nine when his father died in a commercial aviation accident, he was then adopted by his stepfather, Guy Wiggins. With his mother and stepfather, Grant then lived in Washington, D.C., Mexico City, and Switzerland as his new father’s postings with the State Department required. Following college at St. John’s in Annapolis, Maryland, Grant returned to his alma mater Loomis Chaffee, by then a coed independent school, in Windsor, Connecticut. For nearly 10 years he taught courses in philosophy and religion and coached baseball, soccer, and cross country. His work as a provocateur may have taken root at Loomis Chaffee. It fully flowered during his years with the Coalition of Essential Schools at Brown University and then in consulting work and writing he did in partnership with Holly Houston, Jay McTighe, and many gifted teachers who were drawn to his message about curriculum design undertaken with the explicit expectations for student learning foremost in the designer’s mind. His workshops were in demand by educators across the country
and internationally. Grant wrote and co-authored several books, including Educative Assessment, Assessing Student Performance, Understanding by Design, Schooling by Design, and more than a dozen texts published by Pearson Publishing. Grant leaves four children: Alexis Shaak Wiggins (Juan Diego Estrada) of Spain and Saudi Arabia; Justin William Houston Wiggins of New York; Ian Richmond Houston Wiggins of New York and New Jersey; and Priscilla Sarah Houston Wiggins of New Jersey, New York, and California. Two grandsons, Elios and Amadeo. His mother and father, Dorothy and Guy Wiggins, of New York. Brothers Guy (Rose) and Noel (Shoshana) of New York, and nieces Anya and Leah, and nephew Jack. Grant’s w idow, Denise Wilbur, survives him. His previous marriages ended in divorce. He was loved by his family and admired by the many teachers who experimented with and enhanced his thinking through their application of ‘backwards design’ in their classrooms.
James Brown James Brown age 80 of Princeton passed away on August 6, 2015 at the University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro. He was born on March 15, 1935 in Philadelphia, Pa. He was educated at BOK Vocation High School in Philadelphia and then started his career working for Princeton University, Cytogen, and Pharmacopia until his retirement. James joined Refuge Church of Christ in Philadelphia where he was a member of the Usher Board and Ministry of Music, playing the trombone and singing. He attended Mount Pisgah AME in Princeton and then became a member of Morning Star of Princeton serving as a Deacon. Son of the late George and Estelle Brown, husband of the late Jennie Brown, father of the late Diane Brown, and Melvin Miller. James leaves to cherish him two sisters Margaret Brown and Mildred Rogers and one brother-in-law Hilliard Rodgers; one daughter Harriet Brown; three sons James Brown Jr., William M. Brown Sr. (Sonya) and Charles E. Brown; 20 grandchildren; 11 great grandchildren; a host of nieces, nephews, other relatives; and friends. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, August 14, 2015 at Mt. Pisgah A.M.E Church, 170 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, N.J. Calling hours will be from 9 a.m. until the time of service at the church. Interment will take place at Princeton Cemeter y. Arrangements are by the Hughes Funeral Home of Trenton, N.J.
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DIRECTORY Scott M. Moore of
M
E’S CONSTRUCTIO R O O N HOME IMPROVEMENTS LLC
CARPENTER • BUILDER • CABINET MAKER COMPLETE HOME RENOVATIONS • ADDITIONS
609.924.6777
Certified Renovator
FREE ESTIMATES Family serving Princeton 100 years.
License # 13VH03282100
JULIUS H. GROSS Julius says:
ELECTRICAL INC.
This is the best time of the year to call Julius to discuss your important painting and carpentry needs.
Residential & Commercial ELECTRICAL CONTRACTOR
PAINTING
FALL PLANNING STARTS NOW WHEN YOU’VE TRIED THE REST, COME TO THE BEST!
609-924-1474
BLACKMAN
Julius is a 2008 Historic Residential Restoration Award Winner.
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FRESH IDEAS
Innovative Planting, Bird-friendly Designs Stone Walls and Terraces FREE CONSULTATION
609-683-4013
Highest Quality Seamless Gutters. Serving the Princeton area for 25 years
CREATIVE WOODCRAFT, INC. Carpentry & General Home Maintenance
James E. Geisenhoner Home Repair Specialist
609-586-2130
We Fix Front Steps, We Restore Old Looking Concrete,
We fix all masonry problems... it’s our passion! HARDSCAPE RENOVATION AND REPAIR 609-751-3039
puregreenoutdoor@gmail.com fully insured • N.J. home improvement contractor #13VH06880500 Re-New is a division of Pure Green Outdoor Services, LLC
— An EPA Certified Company —
Gutter Services of NJ EMERGENCY CALLS • QUICK RESPONSE
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Serving all of Mercer County and surrounding areas.
609-947-4667 Satisfaction Guaranteed www.gutterservicesofnj.com — FULLY INSURED —
www.cifellielectrical.com Renovations Service Panel Upgrades Paddle Fans
LANDSCAPING PRINCETON, NJ
CIFELLI
Experience and Quality Seamless Gutters Installed
3 Gutter Protection Devices that Work! Free estimates! All work guaranteed in writing!
Easy repeat gutter cleaning service offered without pushy sales or cleaning minimums!
609-921-2299
G SERVIC EANIN E L C for Houses, Apartments,
Offices, Daycare, Banks, Schools & more. Understands English • Own transportation. 20 years of experience. Cleaning License • References .
Authorized dealer for sales, installation and startup
609-921-3238 Lic #11509A Bonded and Insured
Serving Princeton and surrounding areas
Specializing in the Unique & Unusual CARPENTRY DETAILS ALTERATIONS • ADDITIONS CUSTOM ALTERATIONS HISTORIC RESTORATIONS KITCHENS •BATHS • DECKS
Professional Kitchen and Bath Design Available
609-466-2693
Donald R. Twomey, Diversified Craftsman
Please call 609-858-4296 732-430-5865
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE Landscaping • Pruning • Edging • Mulching
& S T A I N I N G C O M P A N Y , I N C.
RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL Interior and Exterior • Painting • Staining • Powerwashing FREE ESTIMATES • FULLY INSURED • LOCAL REFERENCES
609-683-7522 www.olympicpaintingco.com
FAMILY OWNED AND OPERATED
Serving the greater Princeton area for over 25 years
Free Estimates
Call Franco 609-510-8477
JULIUS Sesztak Carpentry 609-466-0732 www.jsesztakbuilders.com
Add... Restore... Renew... Local references upon request.
OLYMPIC PAINTING
Licensed; Insured.
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“Yes, we also rescreen screens regular & pawproof.”
45 Spring St • Downtown Princeton • 924-2880
908.359.8388
Route 206 • Belle Mead
WHEN YOUR HOME HASN'T SOLD: IS BEING A LANDLORD A GOOD IDEA? Selling a home can be a nerve-wracking experience, especially when your home hasn't been attracting a lot of interest or worse, you've already scheduled your own move. That's when some homeowners decide to try renting their home out and becoming a landlord – after all, having all that lovely monthly rent flowing into the coffers sounds pretty appealing. But is it? Being a landlord comes with plenty of headaches, including tenants who don't pay, wear and tear you can't recoup through security deposits, and a whole host of paperwork and legal responsibilities that must be adhered to. New Jersey landlord-tenant laws are especially complex; run afoul of them, and you could wind up losing rent payments or incurring steep fines. For most sellers, lowering their home's price is a much less risky and less costly step to take. But if being a landlord still sounds appealing, take some time to cruise the web and read up – not just the success stories, but the horror stories as well. And if you do decide to take the jump, be sure you know your exit strategy if being a landlord turns out to be more hassle than it's worth.
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PRINCETON LUXURY APT FOR RENT: 36 Moore Street, Unit #1. 1 BR, twolevels, all amenities. Weinberg Management. Available September 1st, $1,850/mo. (609) 924-8535. 08-12-tf
BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, silver, jewelry & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 890-1206 , (609) 306-0613.
OFFICE SUITE FOR LEASE: 220 Alexander Street, Princeton. ~1,260 usable SF on 2 levels. Weinberg Management, WMC@collegetown. com, (609) 924-8535. tf
PRINCETON RETAIL STORE for lease. 72 Witherspoon Street. Ideal Location, Approx. 640 SF. $3,000 per month. Weinberg Management, (609) 924-8535.
PRINCETON: 1 BR DUPLEX House for Rent. $1,575/mo. Parking Available. Call (609) 921-7655. tf HANDYMAN: For all home repairs. 35 years experience. Specializing in kitchens, baths, basements, flooring, ceramic tile, painting, drywall. No job too large or too small! Free estimates. Licensed & insured. Call (908) 966-0662 www.superiorhandymanservicesnj.com 05-27/08-12 BUYING ALL MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS! Everything! Guitar, bass, drums, percussion, banjo, keyboard, ukulele, mandolin, accordion, microphones, amplifiers, & accessories. Call (609) 306-0613. Local buyer. 07-31-16 MUSIC LESSONS: Voice, piano, guitar, drums, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, saxophone, banjo, mandolin, uke & more. One-on-one. $32/ half hour. Ongoing music camps. CALL TODAY! FARRINGTON’S MUSIC, Montgomery (609) 9248282; West Windsor (609) 897-0032, www.farringtonsmusic.com 02-11-16
SELL YOUR HOME NOW
07-31-16
05-27-tf NEED A PLUMBER? Master Plumber Phillip E. Gantner for plumbing, heating & mechanical. Residential & commercial. NJ License: B 106867. (609) 943-1315 (cell); pgantner47@gmail.com tf EDDY’S LANDSCAPE & HARDSCAPE CORP: Lawn maintenance, spring/fall cleanup, mulching, mowing, rototilling, fertilizing, pruning, planting, lawn cutting, tree service. Patios, walls retain, stone construction, drainage, fences, etc. Free Estimates. 10% off. (609) 213-3770; edy_davila@msn.com 03-04/11-25
• NO HOMEOWNER INSPECTION
• WE PAY TOP DOLLAR
• NO REAL ESTATE COMMISSIONS
• WE BUY HOMES IN ANY CONDITION
• NO HIDDEN COSTS
• WE BUY VACANT LAND
• NO HASSLE
• QUICK AND EASY CLOSING
• FREE NO OBLIGATION QUOTE
Phone 609-430-3080
www.heritagehomesprinceton.com heritagehomesbuilders@gmail.com Igor L. Barsky, Lawrence Barsky STOCKTON REAL ESTATE… A Princeton Tradition Experience ✦ Honesty ✦ Integrity 32 Chambers Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 (800) 763-1416 ✦ (609) 924-1416
Physical Therapist/ Med Dr./Dentist +/-2,000 SF Space for Rent in Lawrenceville, off of 95 & Princeton Pike, next to the first approved 200 participant Adult Health Daycare Center. Ground Level, plenty of parking. Call for more information. (609) 921-7655. tf
IF YOU LOVE TO ENTERTAIN, YOU’LL LOVE THIS HOUSE
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RESIDENTIAL RENTALS: Princeton – $3600/mo. 3 BR, 2 bath cottage on Picturesque Farm. 2-car garage, central air. Available September 5, 2015 Montgomery – $3000/mo. Furnished house. Short-term lease thru June 2016. 4 BR, 2 bath, LR/ kitchen, 2-car garage. Available August 17, 2015. Princeton – $2200/mo. Duplex, 2 BR, 1 bath, LR, kitchen. Available now. Princeton – $1700/mo. 1 BR, 1 bath, rent includes heat, hot water & 1 parking space. Available now. Princeton – $1500/mo. 1 BR, 1 bath. Rent includes heat, water. No parking. Available now.
COMMERCIAL RENTALS: Princeton – $2950/mo. Nassau Street, 2-story OFFICE. Parking. Available now. Princeton – $2300/mo. Nassau Street, 5 room office. Completely renovated. Available now.
Princeton – $1600/mo. Nassau Street. 2nd floor, 3 offices, use of hall powder room. Available now.
We have customers waiting for houses! STOCKTON MEANS FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE. We list, We sell, We manage. If you have a house to sell or rent we are ready to service you! Call us for any of your real estate needs and check out our website at:
WE BUY CARS Belle Mead Garage (908) 359-8131
http://www.stockton-realtor.com tf
PRINCETON-NASSAU STREET-OFFICE SPACE: $575/month plus parking available. (609) 921-7655. tf WHAT’S A GREAT GIFT FOR A FORMER PRINCETONIAN? A Gift Subscription! We have prices for 1 or 2 years -call (609)924-2200x10 to get more info! tf SUMMER IS HERE! GARAGE SALE + TOWN TOPICS CLASSIFIED = GREAT WEEKEND! Put an ad in the TOWN TOPICS to let everyone know! (609) 924-2200 ext 10 tf
See our display ads for our available houses for sale.
32 Chambers Street Princeton, NJ 08542 (609) 924-1416 Martha F. Stockton, Broker-Owner YARD SALE: Saturday, August 15th, starting at 8 am. 25 & 27 MacLean Street, (between Witherspoon & John). Apt. size refrigerators, new twin beds, furniture, toys, books, clothes, shoes, outdoor furniture... 08-12 GARAGE SALE: Saturday, August 15th from 9-12. 455 Ewing Street, off Terhune Road, Princeton. Rain or shine!! Furniture, antiques, vintage cat items, kitchen, linen, art, etc! Downsizing! 08-12 BEDROOM FURNITURE SALE: Beautiful Thornwood Mission Oak bedroom set, only $1,800. Qn-size Captain’s bed w/2 reading lights & headboard bookshelves, $850. Desk w/hutch & chair, $375. Bureau w/2 cedar drawers, $225. Bedside table, $140. Filing cabinet (doubles as bedside table), $140. Bookshelf, $175. (609) 439-1358. 08-12
Employment Opportunities in the Princeton Area INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS COORDINATOR:
This spacious home is the perfect place for parties. The stunning kitchen is a delight for entertaining or just building peanut and jelly sandwiches. There are 3 bedrooms, 2 full and 2 half baths and state-of-the-art features throughout. All this on a marvelous piece of property in Hopewell Township not far from town center. $659,000
CURRENT RENTALS
Princeton – $1650/mo. Nassau Street. 2nd floor “B”, 3 rooms. Private 1/2 bath. Available now.
WANTED:
Ask for Chris
• WE PAY CASH
STOCKTON REAL ESTATE, LLC
CRANBURY, NJ Financial overview including P&L responsibility; review communic w/clients during assignmts; ensure company operational policy followed; ensure timely & accurate invoicing; manage bus dvlpt activities in Eastern Europe; report on expansion project progress; interface betw field & laboratory staff & customers; confirm quantities w/terminal personnel; ensure terminals & pipeline co have analytical certificates requested clients; analyze existing business ops; estimate costs; monitor expenses against budgets; analyze workload, personnel, resources to maximize efficiency; devise models, policies, procedures for analyses and inspection of petrol & chemicals to attain the most profitable & efficient methods & procedures for delivering services. 2 yr exp in job offered. Fax resume to HR Mgr AmSpec (908) 275-0156. 08-12-2t
PART-TIME RETAIL at Landau on Nassau Street. Flexible schedule. Kids going back to school? Recently retired? Stay busy! No experience necessary. Pleasant personality required. Call (609) 9243494 & ask for Robert. 08-12
PART-TIME SEXTON: Trinity Church, Princeton is looking for a part-time Sexton to work weekday evenings. This position includes general custodial duties. Must be 18 years or older, possess a high school diploma or GED & excellent people skills, ability to lift 50 lbs. & work independently. Please contact Pat Hawkins at hawkinsp@trinity princeton.org to apply. 07-29-3t
PART-TIME PROGRAM ASSOCIATE position available in local nonprofit to manage literature project in collaboration with libraries. Call (609) 393-3230 for details. 08-05-2t
PROXY NEEDED to copy documents. Princeton Library and documents reviewing experience required. Payment/hours negotiated in advance. Email name and phone number to davdixon@ttu. edu 08-12
a Princeton tradition!
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BELLE MEAD, This home has an impeccable view, nestled on a wooded, sunlit lot, located in a prime spot at the end of a cul-de-sac on a sought-after street in Wellington Estates. $810,000 Dannielle Pearson 609-213-8719 (cell)
PRINCETON, This 3 BR, 1.5 BA home features wood flrs throughout, an open living room & dining room, both kitchen & bath updated, 2-car off-street parking and yard with patio. $739,000 Teresa Cunningham 609-802-3564 (cell)
SLEEK AND MODERN
RARE RIVERSIDE GEM
PRINCETON, New Price! Danish Design at its best w/ large kitchen, Scandinavian ‘see through’ stairs, BRs w/ cathedral ceilings, a full finished basement w/ exercise rm, family rm, X-box rm & laundry rm. $785,000 Ingela Kostenbader 609-902-5302 (cell)
PRINCETON, Expanded 4 bedroom, 3 full and one-half bath Colonial in coveted Riverside area with plenty of natural light and views of Lake Carnegie with hardwood floors throughout. $1,250,000 Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)
MODERN PRINCETON HOME
COLONIAL IN WEST WINDSOR
PRINCETON, Features hardwood floors, FLR & DR, kitchen with SS appliances, a MBR with MBA, Jacuzzi & WIC. Upstairs 2 BRs share an updated hall BA. Fin. basement has a media/rec. rm & office. $1,295,000 Beatrice Bloom 609-577-2989 (cell)
WEST WINDSOR, This brick-front home with 2-story entry foyer features 4 BRs, 2 full and 2 half BAs, an updated kitchen (2010), a family room with fireplace, a MBR & a full finished basement. $869,000 Donna Reilly 609-462-3737 (cell)
Princeton Office
350 Nassau Street • 609-921-1900 www.weichert.com
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