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Along came COVID 19, the lockdown, and the shift to working, shopping and schooling from home. Suddenly the suburbs, with single-family houses and big yards, became the rage, and the real estate market heated up.

“The bottom line is that the ‘burbs’ are back,” says Jim Hughes, the former dean of Rutgers University’s Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy and a nationally recognized expert on demographics, housing, and regional economics.

Hughes recently sat down with New Jersey Conservation Foundation via video conference to discuss changes to New Jersey’s landscape since the COVID-19 pandemic started, and what the future might bring.

As he points out, no one could have predicted the changes roiling the world in 2020. The new year kicked off what seemed to be the next “Roaring Twenties,” with a

strong U.S. economy and record employment.

With the March lockdown, schools switched to remote learning, most retail businesses shut down, and one in five New Jersey jobs disappeared. For those lucky enough to have a job, nearly all but essential workers worked from home.

The pandemic was an “unforeseen assassin,” Hughes said, wiping out 10 years’ worth of job growth: “We were saving lives by sacrificing livelihoods.”

As coronavirus rates dropped over the summer, many stores, restaurants, and businesses reopened … while others succumbed to economic losses. Many schools reopened for in-person classes this fall, although some closed up again after experiencing COVID flareups.

What does a post-pandemic future hold for New Jersey? Here are some of Hughes’s thoughts: The demise of commuting.

Coronavirus, Hughes said, exposed commuting to work by car or train to be “an outmoded system.

Work is an activity, it’s not a place.”

He feels that “the least likely scenario” is that every organization will bring back every employee to work in an office — especially if many workers have long commutes. He predicts a mix of working from home and working from regional hubs or resource centers.

Less crowded offices. Expect to see fewer employees sharing tight dense work spaces, said Hughes.

Pre-pandemic, the average office had about 200 square feet of space per employee and was continuing to shrink. The trend now is probably 400 square feet per employee.

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SURVIVAL GUIDE Friday, October 23

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here’s a stark difference between living on the campus of the exclusive Lawrenceville School and being a high school student in the city of Trenton, but for HomeWorks Trenton co-founder Natalie Tung her experience with the former inspired her to improve the experience for the latter.

Tung speaks about her organization’s mission in a Zoom webinar hosted by Gotham City Networking on Friday, October 23, from 12:30 to 2 p.m. Register in advance to princetongotham@joshuazinder.com for instructions on accessing the webinar.

HomeWorks Trenton is a free, after-school residential program for marginalized high school girls in Trenton. Tung, who came to Lawrenceville as a boarding student from Hong Kong, felt empowered by her experience living with 40 girls there and was inspired to replicate that sort of community.

Tung went on to Princeton University, Class of 2018, where as a sophomore pursuing a teaching certificate and an English degree

she founded HomeWorks with an aim to foster a community of young women dedicated to civic engagement in their home communities and beyond.

Since 2016 Tung has run three programs with 26 participants, raised over $475,000 in cash and in-kind donations, and built a team of four full-time and two part-time staff, board members, interns and volunteers.

For more information visit www.homeworkstrenton.org.

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re-registration is now open for Phase 3 of the New Jersey Economic Development Authority’s Small Business Emergency Assistance Grant Program. The grants are funded by $70 million in CARES Act funding, some of which has been specifically set aside for businesses most impacted by the pandemic, including restaurants, micro-businesses, and businesses based in Opportunity Zone eligible census tracts.

Pre-registration is required by Tuesday, October 27, in order to receive an application for funding.

Any business or nonprofit located in New Jersey, including homebased businesses, with 50 or fewer full-time equivalent employees is eligible to receive grant funding during Phase 3, even if the business has previously received funding through the program.

Phase 3 also increases the amount of funding available to businesses, with awards based on the number of full-time employees a business has. Micro-businesses with five or fewer full-timers and

Natalie Tung (back row, third from right) speaks on her HomeWorks program in an October 23 Gotham Network webinar. sole proprietorships will receive $5,000; businesses with six to 25 employees will receive $10,000; and businesses with 26 to 50 employees will receive $15,000.

The award amounts increase to $10,000, $15,000, and $20,000 for business classified as “Food Services and Drinking Places” under the same parameters for number of employees.

Awards will be based on a business’s maximum employee count from the past six quarters of wage reporting. Funds must be used to reimburse lost revenue and may not be used for capital expenses.

The $70 million will be allocated as follows: $35 million will support businesses classified as “Food Services and Drinking Places”; $15 million will support “microbusinesses” that have five or fewer full-time equivalent employees; and the remaining $20 million will be available to support any eligible business.

The NJEDA expects the program to be oversubscribed and will release applications on a rolling basis. Applications for restaurants open Thursday, October 29, at 9 a.m.; for micro-businesses on Friday, October 30, at 9 a.m.; and for all other businesses on Monday, November 2, at 9 a.m.

Applications for each category will be open for one week and will be accepted on a first-come, firstserved basis.

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Business Meetings Wednesday, October 21

resources for recovery, New Jersey business Action Center. www.nj.gov/state/bac. Free webcast to provide New Jersey businesses with an update on programs to help them through recovery from disruptions caused

by COVID-19. Free. Noon.

Thursday, October 22

business After business Virtual Networking, Princeton Mercer regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber.org. Re-engage with chamber friends for virtual networking, cocktails, and connections. Attendees present a 30-second commercial and participate in breakout discussion groups. Register. $25; $15 members. 5 to 7 p.m.

Intellectual Property basics for Small business, Princeton SCOre. princeton.score.org. Intellectual property attorney Frank Taney leads a webinar on how to identify the varieties of Intellectual Property (IP); how ownership of IP arises; how IP rights are perfected, protected, and enforced; and how to buy, sell and license IP. Register. Free. 6:30 p.m.

Friday, October 23

JobSeekers, Professional Service Group of Mercer County. www.psgofmercercounty.org.

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Finding Opportunities As a Freelancer, Princeton SCOre. princeton.score.org. Alex Freund on how to develop your game plan to as to gain an edge on “hidden” jobs. Register. Free. 6:30 p.m.

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utdoor seating has certainly saved the day for many restaurants this year. But now that the weather is getting colder, and indoor seating capacity remains at 25 percent, our beloved downtown Trenton restaurants are bracing for a tough winter.

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tor of the Philadelphia Area Great Careers Group, presents on developing tactics and resources to differentiate yourself and find positions faster. 9:45 a.m. to noon.

Trenton economic Development Series, Princeton Mercer regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber. org. “Healthcare Innovation in the Capital City.” Keynote presentation by Gregory Paulson of Trenton Health Team; panel discussion with Kemi Alli of Henry J. Austin Health Center, Nicole McGrath-Barnes of the KinderSmile Foundation, Daniel P. Moen of St. Francis Medical Center, and Eric I. Schwartz of Capital Health, moderated by Marygrace Billek, Mercer County human services director. Opening remarks by Mayor Reed Gusciora. Register. $15. Noon to 1:30 p.m.

Webinar, Gotham Princeton Networking Group. www.gothamnetworking.com. Natalie Tung of HomeWorks Trenton speaks on her organization’s mission. Register to princetongotham@joshuazinder.com. 12:30 to 2 p.m.

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many millennials were drawn to dense, walkable cities where they could live, work, and play. But millennials — now 24 to 39 years Continued from page 2 old — had already started moving out to accommodate growing families. “New York is ic, Hughes pointed out, how many people a great place to live, unless you have two kids will feel safe and comfortable in a crowded and are living in a shoebox,” Hughes noted. workplace?

The pandemic accelerated the migration, as Retail meltdown. In the retail world, homes also became places for work, school, Hughes predicts a continued decline of brick- fitness and entertainment. Whether the new and-mortar stores as e-commerce surges. popularity of suburbia is a long-term trend “Clicks have rapidly been replacing bricks,” remains to be seen, said Hughes. he noted. At the same time, massive wareNew Jersey exodus. It also remains to be houses and fulfillment centers for e-retailers seen how the pandemic will affect the outare popping up all over, including a billion migration of New Jersey residents to other square feet in New Jersey. places. From 2010 to 2018, about 442,000 These warehouses can represent a new residents moved out of New Jersey, or 147 threat to open spaces, but many have been people a day. “That’s a lot of housing that’s built on previously developed land such as not needed,” Hughes commented. The outold industrial parcels in Perth Amboy. Fortumigration has been somewhat offset by new nately, we do not have a shortage of such residents from internationsites. Hughes believes al immigration. some of the state’s vacant The only thing certain is The pandemic accelshopping centers can be more uncertainty as New erated the migration re-purposed for the local Jersey and the world work stage of e-commerce deof millennials from cit- to eliminate COVID-19. livery, known as “last-mile ies to suburbs, but it Finally, the state has not delivery.” come close to digesting remains to be seen if Open space. Because this long-lasting pandemthe trend will persist. of New Jersey’s excess reic-driven economic and tail and commercial infrademographic change. It’s structure, Hughes doesn’t possible that suburban resforesee a push toward more building in undeidential development pressures will intensiveloped areas. It’s possible, he said, that the fy, raising the specter of sprawl, a word that state may be able to get rid of some unneeded had been fading from use. New Jersey may blacktop and restore those acres as green have to confront it again, hopefully in a much spaces. Converting office parks to public nasmarter fashion than in the postwar decades. ture parks has already been done in places Understanding these trends should help New like the Mount Rose Preserve in Mercer Jersey reshape its future, rebuild more effiCounty, and the pandemic has deepened pubciently, and get comfortable with a “new norlic appreciation for parks and open spaces. mal.”

Solar power. One trend Hughes finds disTo learn more about preserving New Jerturbing is building solar facilities on produc- sey’s land and natural resources, visit the tive farmland. “Why the heck would we do New Jersey Conservation Foundation webthat when we have a billion square feet of site at www.njconservation.org or contact me rooftops?” he asked. Since solar panels are at info@njconservation.org. becoming lighter and less expensive, he said, For more information and to read Dr. smart building owners will consider invest- Hughes’ recent economic reports go to blousing in rooftop systems. “We could be the tein.rutgers.edu/tag/james-w-hughes.

Saudi Arabia of solar power if we take advanMichele S. Byers tage of our roof space.”

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Event Listings: E-mail events@princetoninfo.com

Film

Combahee Experimental: Celebrating Black Women’s Experimental Filmmaking, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University. arts.princeton.edu/visfilm-series. Zoom webinar on “The Black Surreal” with multimedia artist Simone Leigh and Black feminist theorist of visual culture and contemporary art Tina Campt, with guests Nuotama Bodomo and Madeleine Hunt-Ehrlich. Register. Free. 6 p.m.

Events for each day are divided into two categories: socially distanced, in-person gatherings, and virtual gatherings taking place online. Visit venue websites for information about how to access the events. To include your event in this section email events@princetoninfo.com.

Wednesday October 21

Literati

In Person Gardens

Garden Tours, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.morven.org. Docent-led what’s in bloom tours.

Face masks and registration required. Tours available Wednesdays through Saturdays. $10. Box lunch available for additional $20.

Masks required. Register. 11 a.m.

Health

Blood Drive, New Jersey Blood Services, Hightstown American Legion, 895 Route 130 North, East Windsor, 800-933-2566. www.nybloodcenter.org. 1:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Virtual

Classical Music

Downtown Lunchtime Recital Series, First Reformed Church of New Brunswick. www.facebook.com/FRCNewBrunswick.

Emily Sensenbach-Gopal plays solo organ works including Cesar Franck’s Piece heroique, Florence Price’s “The Goblin and the Mosquito,” to the propulsive rhythm of Adolphus Hailstork’s “Prelude” (Suite for Organ).

Livestreamed via Facebook.

12:15 p.m.

Live Music

Bob Egan and Friends Virtual Piano Bar. www.bobeganentertainment.com. Bob Egan and Friends perform music of the Rat Pack.

Visit www.facebook.com/onlinePianoBar. 8 p.m.

Good Causes

Virtual Information Session, CASA for Children of Mercer & Burlington Counties. www. casamb.org. Information on the non-profit organization that recruits, trains, and supervises community volunteers who speak up in Family Court for the best interests of children that have been removed from their families due to abuse and/or neglect and placed in the foster care system. Register by email to jduffy@casamercer. org. 11 a.m.

Art Against Racism Memorial.Monument.Movement, a nationwide art project addressing racial justice organized by Princeton artist Rhinold Ponder and Rutgers professor emerita Judith Brodsky, launches with a livestream on Saturday, October 24.

The event features a video gallery as well as guest speakers, music, poetry, and more. Pictured: ‘New Day Same Message’ by Phillip McConnell.

History

When Women Lost the Vote, Morven Museum & Garden & Historical Society of Princeton. www.princetonhistory.org. Marcela Micucci, curatorial fellow at the Museum of the American Revolution discusses her museum’s exhibition, When Women Lost the Vote, which includes a portrait of Morven’s Annis Boudinot Stockton. Register. $15. 4:30 p.m.

Lectures

Book Talk, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. spia.princeton.edu. Peter Baker, chief White House correspondent for The New York Times, and Susan Glasser, founding editor of Politico Magazine, discuss their book, “The Man Who Ran Washington: The Life and Times of James A. Baker III.” Register for Zoom presentation. Free. 1:30 p.m.

Annual Dance and Philosophy Lecture, Center for Women in the Arts and Humanities, Rutgers University. cwah.rutgers. edu. Featuring Halifu Osumare, professor emerita of African American and African Studies at University of California, Davis.

She has been a dancer, choreographer, arts administrator, and scholar of black popular culture for more than 40 years. Via Zoom.

Register. 4 to 5 p.m.

Living Aum Shinrikyo After Leaving It: Time, Emotion, and Community, Center for the Study of Religion, Princeton University. eap.princeton.edu/events.

Erica Baffelli of the University of

Manchester speaks about former members of a group who launched a sarin gas attack in the Tokyo subway in 1995. Register.

4:30 p.m.

Sustainable Princeton: Going Beyond, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org.

Jonathan Ratner, sector adviser for clean energy and green finance for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, and Princeton Councilwoman Michelle Pirone Lambros discuss sustainability and economic growth in an event moderated by Yamile Slebi, board president of Sustainable Princeton. 7 to 8 p.m.

Socials

Library Drawing Party, Mercer County Library. www.facebook. com/mclsnj. Follow along for a librarian-led drawing lesson, then share your finished work. For all ages. 7 p.m.

Thursday October 22 In Person Live Music

Music and Vino, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Sahara Moon presents folk/jazz/ blues with indie flare. 6 to 9 p.m.

John Bianculli Trio, Americana Kitchen & Bar, 356 Route 130, East Windsor. John Bianculli Trio with Sue Williams on bass and Tom Baker on drums. Indoor and heated outdoor dining available. 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Farm Markets

Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue Lot, Princeton. www.princetonfarmersmarket. com. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, baked goods, and artisanal products. Face coverings and social distancing required. 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Outdoor Action

Kayak Nature Tours, Mercer County Park Commission, Mercer County Marina, 334 South Post Road, West Windsor. www. mercercountyparks.org. Participants will kayak along the lake shore and in the coves to encounter basking turtles, feeding songbirds, and even carnivorous plants. Boats, binoculars, and life vests provided. Basic kayak instruction is provided before the tour. For ages 16 and up. Register. $30; $25 for Mercer County residents. 1 to 4 p.m.

Virtual

On Stage

Mental Amusements, Bristol Riverside Theater. www.brtstage.org. Interactive, virtual mind-reading show by mentalist Vinny DePonto. Recommended for ages 16 and up. Front row tick-

Jennifer Carlson and Michael Sierra-Arvalo, Labyrinth Books. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Jennifer Carlson, a professor of sociology, government, and public policy at the University of Arizona, discusses her book, “Policing the Second Amendment,” with Michael Sierra-Arevalo, a sociologist at the University of TexasAustin. Register. 7 p.m.

Faith

Great Minds Salon: Environmental Advocacy in the Age of Covid-19: Challenges and Opportunities, Jewish Center of Princeton. www.thejewishcenter.org.

Led by Tirza S. Wahrman, an attorney in private practice who serves as a director of the Environmental Law Section of the New Jersey Bar. Register to adulteducation@thejewishcenter.org.

8 p.m.

Gardens

Thursday Night Nature, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, New Hope, Pennsylvania. www. bhwp.org. Series of guest lectures via Zoom continues with “Owls” with Tyler Christensen. Register. $15. 7 to 8 p.m.

Wellness

We Are What We Eat, The Suppers Programs. www.thesuppersprograms.org. Dr. Aly Cohen, a board certified rheumatologist, integrative medicine specialist, and environmental health expert, gives tips for how to make safer, smarter lifestyle choices. Register. 4 to 5 p.m.

History

The Justice Bell & Women’s Fight for the Vote Panel Discussion & Viewing, Morven Museum & Garden & Historical Society of Princeton. www.princetonhistory.org. Panel discussion with Justice Bell Foundation Executive Director Amanda Owen and Justice Bell creator Katharine Wentworth Ruschenberger’s great niece Sandi Tatnall, and Historical Society of Princeton’s Curator Stephanie Schwartz following the screening of the celebrated documentary, Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s Fight for the Vote, telling the story of a band of intrepid women and their one-ton bronze bell that became a celebrated icon of the women’s suffrage movement. Register. $10. 6 p.m.

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Write Your Own History: Vote

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s New Jersey voters complete their mail-in ballots in advance of a unique 2020 Election Day, many upcoming events focus on the history of voting, both nationally and locally.

In addition to Maxine Susman’s poem at right, the theme of women’s suffrage is highlighted by the current digital exhibit offered by the Historical Society of Princeton and Princeton Public Library.

In honor of the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment to the Constitution, which granted women the right to vote, the exhibit looks back on how the fight for women’s suffrage played out in Princeton in 1919 and 1920. But the story starts in 1915, when efforts focused on amending state constitutions, and a key referendum on woman suffrage was to be held in New Jersey.

The town of Princeton became a national focus. Then-U.S. president Woodrow Wilson was to return to Princeton to cast his vote on the issue. Pro- and anti-suffrage groups formed in town and published letters in local and national publications. There were aggressive campaigns to educate male voters by both sides.

When Woodrow Wilson announced his intention to vote in favor of women’s suffrage — despite maintaining his opposition to the change at a national level — the suffragists thought their battle was won. But instead it was defeated in Princeton by a 14 percent margin.

After defeat at the state level, focus returned to a federal constitutional amendment, and women turned their focus to aiding the war effort.

When the 19th amendment was ratified by the state in February, 1920, the Princeton area was still deeply divided on the issue.

Despite these divisions, with women’s suffrage written into law, women came together to embrace

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Lectures

Morality: A Natural History, 55-Plus Club of Princeton. www. princeton.com/groups/55plus.

Meeting and presentation via Zoom with Roger Moseley. Free; $3 donation requested. 10 a.m.

Lectures on Public Policy Series, Institute for Advanced Study. www.ias.edu/ias-PublicPolicy2020. Nicholas Lehman, professor of journalism at Columbia University, gives a talk on Zoom titled “The Financial Economy: Where It Came From and What Might Come Next.” Register. Free. 5:30 p.m.

Artist Talk, Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Duane Michals, a photographer known for his work with series, multiple exposures, and the use of text in his images, leads a discussion on metaphysics, personal identity, the nature of memory, photography, and filmmaking. Free via Zoom. 5:30 p.m.

Autumn Evening Series, New Jersey State Museum. www. statemuseum.nj.gov. Virtual conversations between museum curators and staff. Each program features a thematic drink creation, spirited dialogue, and a round of trivia via Zoom. Topic: Ghosts of NJ Past. Register. Free. 8 p.m.

Socials

Art Making: Gestures & Expressions, Arts Council of Princeton & Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum.princeton. edu. Artist Barbara DiLorenzo teaches via Zoom. Free. 8 p.m.

their new civic responsibility. Historical Society materials cite an oped published in the Trenton Evening Times in August, 1920, by Claire Kulp Oliphant, a leading anti-suffragist, in which she wrote: “Until this time there have been three groups of woman — suffragist, anti-suffragists and the indifferent, uninterested ones ... All that is changed. The 19th amendment is now the supreme law of the land, and every woman should feel that it is her duty to vote and vote intelligently and conscientiously.”

A related event, titled “Memory and the Woman Suffragists,” takes place Thursday, November 12, at 6 p.m. featuring Ann Gordon, a professor emerita of history at Rutgers. Register online.

To view the full exhibit, visit w w w.p rin ceton h i s tory.org/ princeton-and-womens-suffrage.

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omen’s suffrage is also the topic of two events presented by the Historical Society in conjunction with Morven Museum and Gardens On Wednesday, October 21, at 4:30 p.m. Marcela Micucci, a curatorial fellow at the Museum of the American Revolution discusses her museum’s exhibition, “When Women Lost the Vote,” which includes a portrait of longtime Morven resident Annis Boudinot Stockton (pictured above).

The exhibit, on view at the museum in Philadelphia through April 25, 2021, covers the little-known history of the nation’s first female voters: the women of New Jersey, who could vote legally in the garden state from 1776 to 1807. Register via EventBrite, $15.

A second presentation follows on Thursday, October 22, featuring a screening of “Finding Justice: The Untold Story of Women’s

Friday October 23 In Person Live Music

Music and Vino, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

The Lifters with classic rock. 6 to 9 p.m.

Art

After Rain, Princeton Academy of Art, Stockton Learning Center, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. Solo exhibit by Irene Feng, a student at Stuart Country Day School, with works that reflect her identity as a Chinese American art student submersed in western culture in addition to her attempts to re-connect to her Chinese heritage, nature and ideas regarding societal advancements. 5 p.m.

On Stage

Dracula, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville, 609-397-3337. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Bram Stoker’s classic. Socially distanced seating for 50 patrons and 20 drive-in spots for vehicles. Virtual viewing available. 8 p.m.

Film

Carpool Cinema, Acme Screening Room, 204 North Union Street, Lambertville. www.acmescreeningroom.org. Parking lot screening of “Beetlejuice.” Register. $30 per car. 7 p.m.

Suffrage Author’s note: This poem takes place in 1936, during the Great Depression and before the Presidential election, while my mother Florence Levin was in medical school and about to vote for the first time. I think it has striking parallels to what’s happening now, weeks before our own election.

She’s on the bus headed for the Clinic where mothers with infants wait in line, she thinks, I’m only one generation ahead of them, she can see row on row of high school classmates receiving diplomas, a sea of immigrant parents behind them, citizens who pledge allegiance, pay taxes, obey the laws, Fight for the Vote” and discussion with Amanda Owen, executive director of the Justice Bell Foundation. Stephanie Schwartz of the Historical Society follows with a lecture on the history of women’s suffrage in Princeton. Register via EventBrite, $10. Visit www. prince­tonhistory.org.

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ith much voting occurring away from physical voting booths due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, much discussions has centered on the technology that will ensure votes are securely cast and counted as well as on when a final result will be known.

The art of projecting election results is not new, but modern computing tools have made it easier.

Florencia Pierri, curator of the Sarnoff Collection at the College of New Jersey in Ewing, presents a Zoom-based talk titled “Operation Ballot: Electronics and Elections” on Sunday, October 25, at 1:30 p.m.

The free lecture covers the history of computer-based election projections, beginning with the 1952 race between Harry S. Truman and Adlai Stevenson, in which UNIVAC, an early commercial computer, predicted the election outcome. For more information visit davidsarnoff.tcnj.edu.

Food & Dining

The Mechanic Street Revolution: Ben Franklin Wit & Wisdom, Mountaintop Marketing, West Mechanic Street, New Hope, PA. mechanicstreetrevolution.eventbrite.com. Meet, eat, and drink with re-enactors who have made it their passion to become informed about the American Revolution and its rich history in the Delaware River towns. Register. $60 to $75 includes three-course dinner, one adult beverage, and presentation. Social distancing measures required. 5:30 p.m.

For Families

Corn Maze, Howell Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell, 609397-2555. www.howellfarm.org.

Four-acre maze with the theme “bridges of Mercer County” with two miles of paths, victory bridge, games, and more. Courtyard with pumpkins, food tent, private hayrides, and more. Register. $10.

Noon to 8 p.m.

Virtual

Classical Music

Virtual Season Preview, Capital Singers of Trenton, 609-4342781. www.capitalsingers.org.

Live recordings, chat with conductor Vinroy Brown, and guest appearances. Register. $20. 7 p.m.

On Stage

Mental Amusements, Bristol Riverside Theater. www.brtstage.org. Interactive, virtual mind-reading show by mentalist Vinny DePonto. Recommended for ages 16 and up. Front row tickets, $50, allow for audience participation. General admission $35.

8 and 10:30 p.m.

and she remembers being small perched high on her father’s shoulders, seeing Mama march with all the women down the middle of Fifth Avenue, banners with a million signatures— her father throwing back his head laughing What a country! Women! Jews!

How her parents in ’32 walked arm-in-arm to vote for Roosevelt. The only thing to fear is fear itself— not true, look around, plenty to be scared of, bank lines, bread lines, clinic lines, the other day she joined a group of women around a Union table, LEARN TO VOTE in English and Yiddish, Register here— what’s it like inside the booth?

Private, she thinks, you draw the curtain as for someone in labor giving birth— It’s her stop next, she has time and change for a sandwich at the automat, in a week she’ll stand in line to vote.

— Maxine Susman Susman, a Kingston resident, is the author of seven poetry books.

The poem above is from “My Mother’s Medicine,” which tells the story of her mother, Florence Carol Levin, a young Jewish girl from Brooklyn who graduated during the Great Depression from the only all-women’s medical school in the country.

Susman appears along with Juditha Dowd for a virtual poetry presentation through Princeton Public Library on Wednesday, October 28, at 7 p.m. featuring their works centering the lives and stories of women. For more information visit www.princetonlibrary.org.

For Seniors

FYI Seminar, Princeton Senior Resource Center. www.princetonsenior.org. Ken Wolski, executive director of the Coalition for Medical Marijuana-New Jersey, explains the ins and outs of medical marijuana via Zoom. Register.

Free. 11:45 a.m.

Saturday October 24 In Person Live Music

Fall Music, Palmer Square Green, Princeton. www.palmersquare.com. Duo from Kindred Spirit plays classic rock, folk, and jazz. Free. Noon to 2:30 p.m.

Music and Vino, Hopewell Valley Vineyards, 46 Yard Road, Pennington, 609-737-4465. www. hopewellvalleyvineyards.com.

Victor Tarassov and Yannaki Arriaza with Spanish guitar in the afternoon, Catmoondaddy with pock/pop in the evening. 1 to 4 and 6 to 9 p.m.

Rob Messina, Working Dog Winery, 610 Windsor Perrineville Road, East Windsor, 609-3716000. www.workingdogwinerynj. com. Free live music. Wine available for purchase. 1 to 5 p.m.

Art

Princeton Makes Art, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Join Princeton’s first ever Augmented Reality Art Challenge by downloading the Just a Line app that

Katrina Kormanki is part of a string trio from the Boheme Opera NJ Orchestra performing outdoors at Diamond’s in Yardville on Sunday, October 25. allows you to draw on top of any location in Princeton. Submit your work using the hashtag #princetonmakesARt on Instagram to be entered into a drawing for a prize package. Noon to 8 p.m.

On Stage

Dracula, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville, 609-397-3337. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Bram Stoker’s classic. Socially distanced seating for 50 patrons. Virtual viewing available. 3 p.m.

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Off the Presses: ‘Policing the Second Amendment’

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ennifer Carlson immediately gets to the point of her just released book, “Policing the Second Amendment: Guns, Law Enforcement, and the Politics of Race”: “This book is an attempt to unravel the relationship among legitimate violence, public law enforcement, and race through the lens of gun politics and gun policy.”

A timely topic for a nation grappling with gun policies, police brutality, urban unrest, white supremacists plotting to undermine a state government, and a president stoking political division while calling for law and order, the Princeton University Press book and its author will be the focus of a Thursday, October 22, streaming event hosted

by Labyrinth Books and Princeton Public Library.

Carlson is an associate professor of sociology and government and public policy at the University of Arizona who has previously taken aim at American gun use in her 2015 book “Citizen-Protectors: The Everyday Politics of Guns in an Age of Decline.”

She also has written about gun use for the Wall Street Journal and Washington Post and oversees National Science Foundation-funded projects examining gun violence survival and the 2020 surge of U.S. gun purchases.

Carlson says her above mentioned unraveling was done by exploring “contemporary American gun politics, gun policy, and gun practice across state and society (and back again).”

That led her to see how “race shapes not only how gun politics unfold but also how public policies regarding guns are mobilized to distinguish between legitimate violence and criminal violence. This distinction has profound consequences for how we live and die by, and how we debate and deliberate about, guns — whether guns on the hips of private civilians or guns in the hands of the police.”

The book was created in part through interviews with dozens of police chiefs “who agreed to share their perspective and experience on gun politics, gun policy, gun violence, and gun law enforcement.”

The result, she says, is a book that “claims that within the United States, coercive social control is organized by racialized understandings of gun violence. And it shows that, although the contemporary terrain reflects a historical legacy of racial domination in the United States, the racial delineations between legitimate versus illegitimate violence and between public versus private legitimate violence are actively reproduced and, at times, resisted.”

Carlson then focuses on “three key brokers that play crucial roles in staking out the boundaries of legitimate violence for private and public gun wielders. The first is the NRA. Although the organization is known for its transformation of the cultural and legal landscape of gun rights among private civilians, it has also advocated on behalf of police as professional gun wielders since the early 20th century.

“The second is police chiefs. Although they may not be on the front lines of gun law enforcement in the sense of conducting regular stops and searches, they are uniquely and acutely attuned to the complex politics surrounding gun policy by virtue of their accountability to the their respective agencies, to the politicians who appoint them, and the broader public on whose behalf they serve.

“The third is gun board administrators who issue, reject, revoke,

by Dan Aubrey and suspend gun carry licenses. Although gun boards exist in only a few states, they provide a rare window into understanding how representatives of the state — here again, public law enforcement — broker the boundaries of legitimate violence for private civilians looking to wield legitimate violence in the form of a concealed firearm.”

Carlson says each of these brokers provides a vital vantage point to unravel “gun talk,” or, as she puts it, “discourses through which we make sense of guns, including criminal guns and lawful guns as well as private civilian guns and police guns.”

She says such talk provides a means of “tracing sensibilities regarding the social dynamics of legitimate violence. Who has the capacity for it, and based on what statuses or qualifications? In what contexts? And according to what norms, justifications, or authority?”

The above, along with her studies of NRA practices and gun board polices, has led Carlson to examine two brands of “gun talk” that link the politics of guns with the politics of the police through two references: “gun militarism and gun populism.”

The references are significant as Carlson writes, “I hope to convince the readers that these terms are more useful than the usual terms of

Jennifer Carlson’s 296-page book is a both an authoritative and accessible read. the gun debate (i.e. “gun control” and “gun rights”) for understanding the surprising affinities and aversions among those invested in the politics of guns.

“Under gun militarism, the division between state and society is deepened with regard to legitimate violence, and this chasm is galvanized by racialized imagery of a ‘bad guy with a gun’ to justify aggressive gun law enforcement.

“In contrast, under gun populism, the boundary between state and society is blurred with regard to legitimate violence, and the putatively color-blind imagery of the ‘good guy with a gun’ is mobilized to justify expanded gun access.

“Always coexisting, oftentimes complementary, and sometimes dueling, these two racial frames serve as guideposts in mapping out contemporary gun talk.”

Carlson says the two frames show that current U.S. debate regarding guns as “much more than a disagreement over private gun regulations” but “a debate about the license for and the limit of legitimate violence — of private civilians as well as the state.”

Broken into several sections, the 296-page book is a both an authoritative and accessible read.

It also provides a perspective missing in other public discourse.

For example, in the chapter “Gun Politics in Blue,” Carlson examines the NRA’s involvement with American police and gun control debates — and touches on the tough-on-crime rhetoric heard during the current presidential election.

“The often-overlooked common ground of the gun control and the guns rights lobbies in the late 20th century: both endorsed policies that harshly sanction the kinds of gun criminals associated with urban street crime. But where the gun control lobby aimed to further re-

Jennifer Carlson speaks on her new book, ‘Policing the Second Amendment,’ in a virtual event hosted by Labyrinth Books on Thursday, October 22. strict gun access in communication with these measures, the NRA sought to otherwise expand gun access.

“For the NRA to win back the allegiance of the police with the platform the organization doubled down on ‘tough on crime’ rhetoric and subtly reminded cops that gun control was supported by liberals — and liberals were notoriously soft on crime. They also institutionalized the relationships between police and the NRA that could better weather the dicey moments when gun rights appeared to endanger police. Finally, the NRA pushed one step further . . . it made good on its message that gun rights could directly benefit police . . . to make sure that (the police) had access to, and were trained in, the kind of firepower they felt they needed as police, both on and off duty.”

In “War on Guns,” a term Carlson says she uses in place of “gun policy,” she examines a “tangled web of policies, practices, strategies, and sensibilities that all aim to establish a state — that is, a police — monopoly on legitimate violence. The war on guns is made possible by the prisms through which urban gun violence is viewed by the public and the police alike, one that delimits gun violence as a particular kind of problem and that racializes gun offenders as particular kinds of people.”

In a section examining what makes a gun illegal in the first place, Carlson says the definition is “legally, socially, and morally complicated. This is, perhaps, because illegal guns are never just about guns themselves but also about the people wielding them, as evidenced by the lengthy list of attributes that disqualify a person from possessing or purchasing a gun, including a felony record, age, a documented history of severe mental illness, and dependency on illicit substance.

She then focuses on race, noting that “early gun laws and gun customs enforced a color line that equated freedom, citizenship, and arms-bearing with whiteness,” and touches on “racial tropes that mark guns in the hands of black and brown hands as inexorable threats to public safety, public order, and police power.”

In “When the Government Doesn’t come Knocking,” Carlson analyzes “gun populism as a distinct form of gun talk, whereby, police understand private armed civilians as productive of social order alongside institutionalized law enforcement.”

She also notes, “Police are not as interested in a strict monopoly on

legitimate violence as accounts of gun militarism might suggest. Instead, they tend to accommodate the reality — and accept the broad benefits — of a widely armed populace, sympathizing with legal gun carriers, and even understanding them as protective of social order.”

She later adds, “Gun populism helps us unravel how and why mainstream gun rights sensibilities resonate with police as law enforcers. Under gun populism, police may undermine the state’s monopoly on legitimate violence as they tout their alienation from legislators or emphasize their alignment with legally armed civilians . . . Police may take on these stances not to undermined police legitimacy but to enhance it . . . In this way, police may well benefit from the politics of private self-defense by

Carlson argues that the current gun debate is more than a disagreement over private gun regulations. It’s ‘a debate about the license for and limit of legitimate violence.’ deriving from it a justificatory gun talk regarding state use of violence.”

After compelling and supported instance after instance about guns and “gun talk,” Carlson offers three paths to address gun violence in the United States.

The first one continues to debate gun politics and the politics of the police as separate concerns, refusing to see how the politics of race shapes both of the issues in ways that add up to the broader question

of legitimate violence in American Society.

Her second route takes a “reform-minded approach to the politics of the police” in a manner that identifies “the ‘bad apples’ in law enforcement as well as ensure that ‘good guys’ have guns while ‘bad guys’ do not” while circumventing “the broader issue of legitimate violence by focusing on reforms that largely aim to address criminal or illegitimate violence.”

And, finally, a third path “that considers gun politics and the politics of the police as co-constitutive — can meaningfully advance public debates and public policy about the place of gun violence, whether legitimate or criminal in American Society.”

Her last thought on the subject is that “together, gun populism and gun militarism form a foundation for reinforcing stark racial divisions surrounding how we live and how we die; how we disparately defend and protect lives; and whose deaths are recognized as worth grieving. There is an alternative to the reductive, unproductive debate about gun violence in the United States, and it starts by refusing to see the gun debate and police reform as isolated political projects.”

The book and event are part of that important discussion at an important time.

“Policing the Second Amendment: Guns, Law Enforcement, and the Politics of Race,” Princeton University Press, $29.95.

Author Jennifer Carlson will be in discussion with Michael SierraArvalo, University of Texas sociology professor and author of “Peril on Patrol: Danger, Death, and U.S. Policing,” a livestream event presented by Labyrinth Books and Princeton Public Library. Thursday, October 22, 7 p.m. Free. Register at www.labyrinthbooks. com.

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Area Record Shops Get to Turn Up the Volume

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ecord shops in the area that had been quieted by the pandemic get to turn up their volume with upcoming Record Store Days on Saturdays, October 24 and November 28.

Record Store Day events are part of an effort that started in 2008 to draw attention to the nearly 1,400 independent record shops around the world.

“This is a day for the people who make up the world of the record store — the staff, the customers, and the artists — to come together and celebrate the unique culture of a record store and the special role these independently owned stores play in their communities,” notes a statement from the Record Store Days group founded by several independent record store workers.

While usually an annual oneday event, this year the pandemic has organizers promoting several smaller events called RSD Drops.

They’re designed to help shops provide new releases without the party atmosphere that attracts hundreds of music enthusiasts.

With a little help from the U.S.1 archives, we’re joining the celebration by highlighting the reopened shops participating in the low-key — yet important — festivities.

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on Lambert is the owner of Clockwise from above, Randy Now of the Man the Princeton Record Exchange on Tulane Street in Princeton.

Cave and John Chrambanis from the Record ColHe purchased the 40-year-old lector, both in Bordentown, and Jon Lambert of community fixture from founder the Princeton Record Exchange.

Barry Weisfeld, who first started selling records at the Princeton University Store.

Records range in price from bar- ees (there were 15 before COV- Farnsworth Avenue in Bordengain-bin items under $5 to genuine ID-19). town, and he asked the owner if he rarities that are $800 or more. The Princeton Record Exchange, could buy the building outright. store sells 30 to 50,000 items a In addition to vinyl, CDs, and South 20 Tulane Street, Princeton, month, with about half being CDs, DVDs, the Record Collector has current hours, Monday through 40 percent vinyl, and the rest held hundreds of successful inDVDs. Rock, jazz, and classical Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., and store concerts with strong regional Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

609-921are its bestselling genres. and national acts ranging from the As U.S. 1 reported about the 0881 or www.prex.com. nationally known to the regionally genres, “There is general rock known. (which he says always has been his The first big shows were Pete he Record Collector in Borbest on-average seller), jazz, clasBest (the Beatles’ first drummer) dentown’s John Chrambanis sical, opera, country, funk, and and Peter Tork of the Monkees and various crossover genres, though learned to harness his financial re- organized with the assistance of sources working with his father at the store doesn’t get too specific.”

Randy Ellis — aka Randy Now. The article further notes that the family’s Trenton restaurants, As Chrambanis told U.S. 1, “part of the Record Exchange’s al- including the New Presto and Old “Randy and I were booking almost Tavern. lure is a simple fact from EconomAccording to another U.S. 1 re- two shows a week with opening ics 101 — a business’ share of the acts, so you’re looking at four market is partially determined by port, “Born and raised in Trenton, bands a week times 50-some Chrambanis says he has always the amount of competition. Apart weeks. We did that for a couple of from the Record Collector in Bor- had an interest in music.

“The opportunity (to work with years, and then Randy left, and now dentown, which specializes in live music) came from his friend Tom he’s doing his own thing.” music as much as The Record Collector, 358 Giraldi. He had the pre-recorded a small record Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown. kind, the Record store on South Open Saturday, October 24, 10 Record Store Days Exchange has Broad Street in a.m. to 5 p.m. Regular hours, Frivery little compeare a time for music Trenton but day and Saturday, noon to 5 p.m. tition. For years it lovers ‘to come toand Sunday, noon to 4 p.m. 609was also workshared Downtown ing in his fa- 324-0880 or www.the-record-colgether and celebrate Princeton with ther’s uphol- lector.com.

Sam Goody, a the unique culture of stery business. mainstream chain a record store and the In a move that that, like most of helped both of t the Man Cave in Bordenspecial role these inits kind, went belthem, Chram- town, Randy Now is continuing to ly up when the Independently owned banis bought do what he has done for decades: ternet and iPod stores play in their the shop for promoting shows, DJ-ing in clubs, made it possible $10,000.” hosting radio shows, selling recommunities.’ to download He said his cords, and staying connected to 2,000 songs into business was many styles of music. something the good on South Those old enough to remember size of a small Broad Street, but “I just needed a the glory days of Trenton’s City Post-It pad.”

There is general rock (which he larger space, and it didn’t make Gardens music scene in the 1980s says always has been his best on- sense to me to be paying such high are also likely to remember proaverage seller), jazz, classical, op- rent for such a small space, so first moter Randy Now. Born and raised in Bordentown, era, country, funk, and various we ended up going across the river crossover genres, though the store to Morrisville, right on the corner Now, whose real name is Randy Elpast the ‘Trenton Makes’ bridge, lis, says in a past interview that he doesn’t get too specific.

You will, for example, find elec- and then we had to leave that place was working as a mailman in his tronica, but there are no further because the landlord didn’t keep up early 20s when he spotted a notice breakdowns into trance, trip-hop, the building. We looked around for in a local newspaper for this new a building we could buy, but at that club called City Gardens on Caland down-tempo.

Lambert worked in the store for time everything was so expensive.” houn Street, a rough area of TrenFinally in 2006 he saw the “for ton.

35 years prior to owning it and at“I saw the ad and called up the tempting to steer it and its employ- rent” sign for a building at 358

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guy and I said ‘I’m a new wave DJ.’ I was kicking around a couple of other bars in central Jersey, and it wasn’t going over. I wasn’t playing Led Zeppelin and ZZ Top, I was playing the B-52s and Ramones and Talking Heads,” he says. Now began DJ-ing at City Gardens one night a week and gradually began to draw larger and larger crowds to his new wave dance party nights.

Asked why he changed his last name from Ellis to Now, he said, “somehow in the late ’70s everyone had a stage name, so I came up with ‘Now.’ Glad I came up with that idea, as 30-plus years later, I’m still Randy Now!” As noted, Ellis spent four years booking concerts and helping to establish the Record Collector before deciding to take the plunge and open his own shop.

There, he says, he “sells all kind of stuff you don’t really need, like specialty candies and sodas in bottles and CDs and DVDs, as well as pendants, posters, and memorabilia.”

During non-pandemic times, Now also produces events that include Jersey-centric comedian Uncle Floyd Vivino, keyboardist David Sancious from Bruce Springsteen’s E-Street Band, Larry Kirwan from Irish rock band Black 47 with Irish poet Paul Muldoon, blues musicians John Hammond and Rory Block, and dozens of other comedi-

ans and multi-dimensional performing artists.

Randy Now’s Man Cave, 134 Farnsworth Avenue, Bordentown.

Open Saturday, October 24, noon to 6 p.m. Current hours are Thursdays through Saturdays, noon to 9 p.m. and Sundays, noon to 4:30 p.m. 609-424-3766 or www.mancavenj.com.

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s Record Store Day organizers point out, “A participating store is defined as a brick and mortar retailer whose main primary business focuses on full time, stand-alone physical store locations, with a major commitment to music retail, and whose company is independently owned, and not publicly traded. (In other words, we’re dealing with real, live, physical, indie record stores — not online retailers or corporate behemoths).”

The hard reality of such an enterprise was something brought up recently by Prince­ton Record Exchange’s Lambert during an appearance on an MSNBC business segment and his statement to political leaders, “If you truly want to help small business owners, I’m begging you for some sort of rent relief. That to me is the number one issue.”

The second may be people who love records to stop in on days other than Record Store Days.

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OPPortunities

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Film

Park-In Movie, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Parking lot film screening of “Scream” to be viewed from your car via FM radio frequency. Register. $25 per vehicle. 7 p.m.

Carpool Cinema, Acme Screening room, 204 North Union Street, Lambertville. www.acmescreeningroom.org. Parking lot screening of “The Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Register. $30 per car. 8 p.m.

Good Causes

bike Drive, robbinsville Hamilton rotary Club, Friendly’s, Foxmoor Shopping Center, 1031 Washington Boulevard, Robbinsville, 609-577-2536. www.rhrotary.org. Collecting used bikes to donate to the Boys & Girls Club Bike Exchange. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Food & Dining

The Mechanic Street revolution: ben Franklin Wit & Wisdom, Mountaintop Marketing, West Mechanic Street, New Hope, PA. mechanicstrevolution10-18. eventbrite.com. Meet, eat, and drink with re-enactors. Register. $40 includes lunch, one adult beverage, and presentation. Social distancing measures required. Noon, or 1:30 or 3 p.m.

Farm Markets

Farmers Market, Montgomery Friends of Open Space, Village Shopping Center, 1340 Route 206 South, Skillman, 609-915-0817. www.montgomeryfriends.org. Jersey Fresh produce and farm products, baked goods, chicken, eggs, sausage, and more. One person per family. Face covering and social distancing required. 9 a.m. to noon.

Pennington Farmers Market, rosedale Mills, 101 Route 31, Pennington. www.penningtonfarmersmarket.org. Face masks required for everyone over age 2.

Social distancing measures in place. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, Vaughn Drive Lot, Princeton Junction Train Station. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket. org. Vendors sell fresh produce, meats, baked goods, and more.

Yes We Can! food drive ongoing.

Face masks required. Bring your own bags. Limit of two shoppers per family. 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

History

Harrowing History, bordentown Historical Society, Divine Word Missionaries, 101 Park Street, Bordentown. www.bordentownhistory.org. Six of Bordentown’s most shocking 19th and early 20th century true tales come to life. Held outdoors under a tent.

Register at brownpapertickets. com. 6 to 7:30 p.m.

For Families

Family Fun Fall Weekends, Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road, Princeton, 609-924-2310. www.terhuneorchards.com. Activities for kids including adventure barn, hay bale maze, pony rides,

pumpkin picking & painting, pedal tractors, and exploring the farm trail. Live music, apple products, wine, and more. Timed entry ticket required. $10; children under 3 free. 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Pumpkin Painting Party, Color Me Mine, Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street, Princeton. princeton.colormemine.com. Choose a Halloween or fall-themed piece and paint outdoors under the covered walkway. Register. $5 studio fee; kids in costume paint free. 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Corn Maze, Howell Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell, 609397-2555. www.howellfarm.org.

Four-acre maze with the theme “bridges of Mercer County” with two miles of paths, victory bridge, games, and more. Courtyard with pumpkins, food tent, private hayrides, and more. Register. $10.

Noon to 8 p.m.

Socials

Day of the Dead Art Workshop: Sugar Skulls, Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, Princeton. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Outdoor workshops to learn about this culturally rich holiday and the traditional folk arts associated with it. Register. $30 to $35. 3 to 5 p.m.

Virtual Art

Livestream Launch, Art Against racism: Memorial.Monument.

Movement. www.artagainstracism.org. Live and pre-recorded video of music, poetry, performance, and interviews on the themes of racial and social justice, as well as a virtual video gallery of artwork. The artists behind the artwork talk about what motivated them and what this moment in time means, and why it is so important to vote. 8 p.m.

Featured guests will include poet and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, who will give a spoken word performance; artist, writer, and scholar Nell Painter; Philadelphia Mural Arts founder Jane Golden; emerging rapper Echezona, whose music is a rallying cry for social change and racial justice; poets Michelle Black Smith-Tompkins, Gail Mitchell, and David Herrstrom; folk artist David Brahinsky; Congressman Hank Johnson, of Georgia; and Kansas City mural artist and Black Summer 2020 curator Harold Smith. There will be live video of public art from muralists in Milwaukee, Trenton, Kansas City, San Diego, Bridgeport and Newark.

Family Theater

Milk & Cookies, State Theater New Jersey. www.stnj.org. Charlotte Blake Alston shares her African and African American tales via video. Link to recording will be active through December 23. 10 a.m.

Good Causes

Cooking with CASA, CASA for Children Mercer burlington. www.casamb.org. “Kid-Friendly Pasta Making” with Chef Michael Scipione. First in a series of virtual cooking classes with renowned chefs to support CASA’s mission and work with children in foster care. Register. $25. 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

Live performances of ‘Dracula’ continue at Lambertville’s Music Mountain Theater through November 1.

Benefit Galas

At Home 2020: A Gala Celebration, bucks County Playhouse. www.buckscountyplayhouse.org.

Virtual benefit featuring a musical presentation and interview by Bucks County Playhouse executive producer Robyn Goodman with musical icon Cyndi Lauper.

Home-delivered picnic basket and Zoom pre-show happy hour available. Register. Packages start at $600. 7 p.m.

Lectures

Family Mathematics Talk, Institute for Advanced Study. www. ias.edu/ias-FamilyScience2020.

Brown University math professor Richard Schwartz speaks with children about infinite geometric space, reads from his book “Life on the Infinite Farm,” and leads a question-and-answer session via Zoom. Register. Free. 11 a.m.

Sunday October 25

Call for Walkers The Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) has launched its 2020-’21 Journey to the Moon.

This virtual event brings people together to collectively hike and bike 238,000 miles to the moon.

Participants can log miles on or off the LHT by biking, walking, jogging, skating, walking the dog, or even from a treadmill or spin bike. All ages and fitness levels are welcome, and groups are encouraged. The LHT also hopes to inspire participants to reach out to friends and family around the world, joining the community in its efforts to Journey to the Moon. With Halloween around the corner, participants are encouraged to log miles in costume and upload photos and videos or share them on social media (#LHTJourneytotheMoon).

Each mile will count as 22 miles — the total length of the

LHT — making the virtual journey 10,818 miles. Journey to the Moon continues through March 1, 2021. Participants can log their miles using the Journey to the Moon uploader and view the Journey to the Moon tracker to check collective progress. They are also invited to follow the Journey to the Moon Facebook Group for updates, fun facts, and to share progress (#LHTJourneytotheMoon). For more information visit www.lhtrail.org.

Call for Books Snuggles for Children, a New Jersey-based nonprofit with a mission of offering love and support to fight the adversity faced by foster children, is holding a book drive on Saturday, October 31, at 5 Chesapeake Court, Princeton Junction, from 2 to 5 p.m. For more information visit www.snugglesforchildren.org.

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Corn Maze, Howell Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell, 609397-2555. www.howellfarm.org.

Four-acre maze with the theme “bridges of Mercer County” with two miles of paths, victory bridge, games, and more. Courtyard with pumpkins, food tent, private hayrides, and more. Register. $10.

Noon to 4 p.m.

Outdoor Action

Park Foliage Hike, Washington Crossing State Park, 335 Washington Crossing Pennington Road, Titusville, 609-737-0609.

Naturalist-guided 3.5 to 4 mile hike taking on the park’s natural and historic areas, and several interesting and remote sections of the park during the fall foliage season. Wear sturdy footwear.

Bring drinking water, a snack, and a pair of binoculars (if you wish).

Ages 9 and up. Register. Free.

1:30 to 4 p.m.

Walk & Talk, Friends of Princeton Open Space. www.fopos.org.

Walk with ecological artist Susan Hoenig to see the White Oak + American Chestnut Leaf Sculptures in the Mountain Lakes Nature Preserve. Wear a mask and comfortable walking shoes that can get dirty. Register. $5. 2 to 3:30 p.m.

Virtual

Literati

Small Talk: G. Scott Clemons, Friends of the Princeton University Library. libcal.princeton. edu/calendar/events/6955633. G. Scott Clemons presents from his collection to illustrate the history and influence of the Aldine Press, founded in 15th-century Venice, on the worlds of editing, printing, typography, book design, binding and collecting. Clemons is recognized as a world-renowned collector and author, the director of the Journal of the History of Ideas, and a magna cum laude graduate of Princeton University. Register.

3 p.m.

Faith

Jerusalem: City of the Book, Allen and Joan Bildner Center for the Study of Jewish Life, Rutgers University. bildnercenter.rutgers.edu. Benjamin Balint, coauthor of Jerusalem: City of the Book, discusses unusual caretakers of Jewish library collections; Father Columba Stewart, executive director of the Hill Museum & Manuscript Library at Saint John’s University, talks about rare early Christian and Islamic manuscripts; and Bedross Der Matossian, associate professor of history at the University of NebraskaLincoln and president of the Society for Armenian Studies, explores literary treasures of Armenian Jerusalem. The panel also addresses how libraries and archives continue to play a critical role in preserving history and culture, and showcases current efforts to digitize and preserve endangered documents. Register.

Free. 2 p.m.

A Taste of Kabbalah, Jewish Center of Princeton. www.thejewishcenter.org. Daniel Matt, Ph.D., explores some of the essential teachings of Kabbalah, the

Jewish mystical tradition. Free.

Register to adulteducation@thejewishcenter.org for Zoom link.

3:30 p.m.

Lectures

Operation Ballot: Electronics and Elections, The Sarnoff Collection, College of New Jersey. davidsarnoff.tcnj.edu. Join the Sarnoff Collection curator for this special, pre-election talk about the history of computer predictions from the 1952 UNIVAC stunt to NBC’s “Operation Ballot.” Via Zoom. 1:30 p.m.

Schools

Virtual Middle School Open House, The Pennington School, 609-737-6128. www.pennington. org/admission/open-house. Information for prospective students in grades 6 to 8 and their families.

Register. 1 to 3 p.m.

Monday October 26 In Person

Thompson Management

www.thompsonmanagementllc.com 609-921-7655

Whitehorse Commercial Park, 127 Route 206, Hamilton Township, NJ 779-2,369 SF • For Lease • Office/Flex • Ample Parking • Conv. Access to I-195/295

Farm Markets

Greenwood Avenue Farmers Market, , Corner of Hudson and Greenwood Avenue, 609-2789677. www.greenwoodavefm.org.

Fresh produce, vegetables, tropical fruit, meat, and eggs. Reserved for seniors and people with disabilities, noon to 1 p.m.

Free youth meals served 1 to 3 p.m. Noon to 4 p.m.

50 Princeton-Hightstown Road, Princeton Jct.

Mercer Corporate Park, Robbinsville

5128 SF office/research for lease • Easy access to 130/TPK/195/295

Tuesday October 27

In Person

On Stage

Gardens

Mental Amusements, Bristol Riverside Theater. www.brtstage.org. Interactive, virtual mind-reading show by mentalist Vinny DePonto. Recommended for ages 16 and up. Front row tickets, $50, allow for audience participation. General admission $35.

8 p.m.

Literati

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Literati

Wellness

Book Talk, Princeton School of Public and International Affairs. spia.princeton.edu. Charlotte Alter, national correspondent for TIME Magazine; and Julian Zelizer, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University, discuss Alter’s “The Ones We’ve Been Waiting For: How a New Generation of Leaders Will Transform America.” Register for Zoom information. Free. 4:30 p.m.

Living on the International Space Station, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org. Paul Cirillo, a volunteer outreach ambassador for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shares photographs and information about how astronauts live and work in space.

Register to hopeprogs@mcl.org for GoToMeeting link. 7 p.m.

The Technology of Broadcast Television and Its Impact - Past, Present, and Future, The Sarnoff Collection, College of New Jersey. davidsarnoff.tcnj.edu.

Glenn Reitmeier reviews the history of television standards in the US and discusses the fundamental aspects of the technology used in each generation of standards.

Via Zoom. 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday October 28

Virtual

Caroline Walker Bynum in Conversation with Brooke Holmes, Labyrinth Books. www.labyrinthbooks.com. Caroline Walker Bynum, an historian at the Institute for Advanced Study, discusses her book, “Dissimilar Similitudes: Devotional Objects in Late Medieval Europe,” with Brooke Holmes, a professor of classics at Princeton. Register. 6 p.m.

Lectures 346-1,872 SF office for lease • Walking distance to the train station Close proximity to Route 1

The Phillips’ Mill Art Show continues in Stockton through November 1. Pictured works by exhibiting artists are ‘Vines at Canal Water’ by Leni PaquetMorante, left, and ‘Cliffs and Phlox’ by Amanda Penecale.

Nutritional Strategies for Gastrointestinal Health, Suppers Program, The Suppers Programs. www.thesuppersprograms.org. Dr. Julie Pantelick leads a discussion and Q&A about nutritional strategies that can help your digestive system function more efficiently and improve your overall health and sense of well-being. Register. 4 to 5 p.m.

Lectures

Sourland ‘Train Station’ Seminar Series, Sourland Conservancy. www.sourland.org. “The Natural Web: Who Needs Plants?” with Mary Anne Borge. Register at tiny. cc/SC2020Train. 7 p.m.

Creating Inclusive Schools for LGBT+ Students, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Thomas Foley and Jen Simon of Princeton Unified Middle School discuss the importance of creating inclusive schools for LGBT+ students with author Kryss Shane of “The Educator’s Guide to LGBT+ Inclusion.” 7 to 8 p.m.

Garden Tours, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.morven.org. Docent-led what’s in bloom tours.

Tours available Wednesdays through Saturdays. $10. Box lunch available for additional $20.

Masks required. Register. 11 a.m.

Virtual

Live Music

Bob Egan and Friends Virtual Piano Bar. www.bobeganentertainment.com. Bob Egan and Friends perform Halloween-themed music. Visit www.facebook.com/onlinePianoBar. 8 p.m.

Literati

Poetry Reading, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary. org. Poets Maxine Susman and Juditha Dowd read from their works which center the lives and stories of women. Audience Q&A to follow. 7 to 8:30 p.m.

For Teens

Careers Without College Panel, Princeton Learning Cooperative. www.princetonlearningcooperative.org. Zoom-based panel discussion and community conversation about the kinds of careers young people can pursue without a college degree. Question and answer to follow. Register. Free. 7 p.m.

Politics

Who and What Will Likely Shape the Outcome of the Election?, Princeton Public Library. www. princetonlibrary.org. New Jersey political analyst Ingrid Reed hosts the second in a three session series. Register for Crowdcast presentation. 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

Socials

Library Drawing Party, Mercer County Library. www.facebook. com/mclsnj. Follow along for a librarian-led drawing lesson, then share your finished work. For all ages. 7 p.m.

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Trenton City Museum and the Courage to Reopen

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renton Museum Society president Joan Perkes seems to offer a slight smile beneath her mask as she says the word, “Stressful.”

That’s how she sums up the preparations for the society’s recent Trenton City Museum reopening and the installation of the current show “The Conversation Continues” on view through the end of November.

Located in the capital city’s Cadwalader Park and operated through a partnership with the City of Trenton and the nonprofit TMS, the Trenton City Museum is just one of a small number of area museums and galleries that took advantage of Governor Phil Murphy’s guidelines allowing visual art venues to reopen.

Perkes’ stress was related to concerns about the museum’s role in the community and the visitors.

“We can’t be led by fear, but we need to be led by vigilance,” says Perkes, a New Hope resident who has been volunteering with the museum for eight years — including the most recent five as president of the TMS. “Our demographics and volunteers are older, so we want to protect them and ourselves as best we can,” she says.

That protection — in addition to the normal protocol of wearing a mask, washing hands, and standing six feet apart — requires visitors to visit the museum website to schedule a time slot, have temperatures taken upon arrival, sign in, and provide an email address.

“That’s so we can provide contract tracing, if worse comes to worse,” Perkes says.

While visitor requests are starting to come in — Perkes says upwards to 40 already registered for the weekend ahead — she says those who are still unsure about venturing out can view the exhibition online, a practice fine-tuned over the past several months.

Like many New Jersey cultural centers, the TCM was forced to close in mid-March. The closure ended the museum’s then current exhibition “If These Quilts Could Talk: A juried exhibit of the Prince­ ton Sankofa Stitchers MQG and the Friendly Quilters of Bucks County.”

“When the museum was closed, the quilters left their art here,” Perkes says. “It was four months later when we were able to come back to the museum. The quilters never came back in. When the city allowed us in on a very restrictive basis we arranged time to remove the quilts.”

Despite a season of uncertainty, she says the museum committee members learned to adjust as they moved forward.

“It was pre-planned,” Perkes says. “We leave ourselves flexibility in case something unexpected presents itself, but generally we’re two years out.

“Everything was timed,” she says, adding that regionally known artist and curator Madeline Shellaby “had the courage to reopen the show.”

by Dan Aubrey The exhibition involves 16 active regional artists whose work has been installed next to other works to encourage the viewer to “make connections and find similarities beyond differences,” writes Shellaby.

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erkes says her involvement with the museum occurred through a type of osmosis.

“My background career is in the art world,” says the independent gallery operator and artists representative. “One of the (TMS) trustees was a client in a different venue and then became a friend. He asked if I would co-curate a show at the museum. I curated a show myself, and was asked if I would be on the arts selection committee. Then I was asked if I would chair the committee, but I had to be on the board, and that is how I ended up on the board.”

She says there were unexpected surprises.

That includes realizing “how quickly I became enamored with Trenton and the people I met. By coming here I learned what Trenton is all about — and it isn’t the buildings. The volunteers love the city’s history and the park. And there isn’t a person on the board who isn’t committed to the Trenton City Museum and what a treasure it is to the city.”

Another surprise was a recent revelation. “When I was working out our next show I realized that I had crossed the Atlantic and Pacific for art when I just could have crossed the Delaware River. I have found in New Jersey and the Trenton area an aesthetics I hadn’t found in Bucks County. If you’re dealing with a collector you always look for the new thing, and I think it stared in the most unlikely spot.”

Speaking more on her background, Perkes says, “I started in the gallery business. I was hired to run a gallery in Philadelphia. There was a second gallery in New Hope.

That was in the late 1960s. When the galleries moved to the Laceworks in Lambertville, I moved to Bucks County.”

The formerly married director says, “After my daughter was born I decided that being in a gallery per se was to not what I wanted to do. I wanted to work with artists and took their work to art fairs and developed gallery and collector connections.”

Looking at her experiences, she says, “Being involved in the arts has tentacles that move out. I do appraisals and work with corporations. I’ve taken clients to Europe to collect. My life was completely enveloped by what I did in the art world. It was both a livelihood and

deep passion that made me comfortable anywhere I had been.”

The South Philadelphia native of an Italian home keeper mother and Atlantic Richfield (ARCO) employee father says the initial seed for her art career was planted in grade school.

“I went to Catholic school, and every other Friday we had picture study and poetry and I thought that it would be in my future. The picture was about the study of the artist’s life, and we would analyze a painting.”

Then as a liberal arts student at Temple University, she took her first art history class and saw something that changed her life. “It was the cave paintings that made me think that I was going into the arts.

I just had a visceral reaction. Something awakened in me. I can’t tell you what it was. I just said, ‘Oh my god. This is the most amazing thing I have ever seen. I want this in my life.’”

H

er sophomore year in Italy, where she soaked up history and visited her mother’s hometown, convinced her that she was on the right track. “It helped me hone that sense that it was where I belong.”

Turning to the topic of art education, including art history, Perkes says that the museum is looking to connect with youth to help. “The arts are important to young people.

Literature and music are lifesaving experiences. I firmly believe that we need to reach children — we can’t save everybody but we can save many.”

The arts’ ability to help people become critical problem solvers also seems to have given Perkes the ability to find some unexpected benefits of the pandemic. “I feel it’s a very creative moment. When we closed the museum I wrote a letter

With new safety measures in place, Joan Perkes and the Trenton City Museum are welcoming visitors back to its physical space while continuing to offer exhibition materials online. to the board members and said they should use it as a creative time and to think about where we’re going.

It’s always important to look at a direction — you can modify it at any time — but you should look at where we’re going. I said it was a time to think about what we’re doing and come back renewed. When the world becomes dark, you have to reach for what makes it bright.

“There is also a learning curve.

With people hesitant to go to public spaces, our relationship with social media and websites is important.

But there is always a learning curve to that — before this we never thought of virtual exhibitions. Now every exhibition we plan will have a virtual component. We’re doing catalogs on line. Interviews are in the works — everything we may have had for a show that was in the museum will have a component online.”

It also helped her focus on the ongoing challenges facing all cultural organizations. “It’s how to be relevant,” she says, “How to examine our place in the community and do it better. As times change, we need to keep a dialogue open.”

She says she and the board are also “looking for fun things that engage people.” That includes the upcoming series of exhibitions, including the December 5 show tentatively called “Women Trenton Style” and an upcoming anniversary.

“In 2023 the TCM will be 50 years old, and we’re looking at how we can make that a unifying thing.

And we are going to be reaching

Reopening the Trenton City Museum comes with a learning curve.

‘Before this we never thought of virtual exhibitions. Now every exhibition we plan will have a virtual component. We’re doing catalogs on line. Interviews are in the works — everything we may have had for a show that was in the museum will have a component online.’

out to past trustees and past experiences. It’s a big anniversary for us, and we’re looking at it now,” Perkes says.

She says as they move towards that anniversary, TMS “received a three-year capacity building grant from the PACF’s Bunbury Fund,” something that “comes at a crucial time as the Trenton Museum Society is aggressively working to embrace and meet the challenges and its position in a changing world.”

Perkes shares several thoughts on the formula for her long career in the arts — one that now combines her own clients and her volunteer work at TCM. “The magical thing about being involved in the arts is that it makes you a citizen of the world. There isn’t a place you go that you don’t always feel at home. That’s something I learned early on. I don’t know if I found the arts or the arts found me.”

Another is the opportunity to be creative. “Since I don’t paint and don’t write, my creative expression is how to piece things together. I look at a project as an empty canvas where something is waiting to be created. That’s how I think about everything — like my life. I never know where something will take me. I am tuned to unexpected encounters.”

But the third is more direct. “I love people. I love talking to them.

I love hearing their ideas. There is such a source of information that I love to reach out. I just plain love people. I don’t know how to explain it,” she says — definitely smiling through her mask.

The Conversation Continues, Trenton City Museum, Cadwalader Park, Trenton. On view through November, Saturdays, noon to 4 p.m., and Sundays, 1 to 4 p.m., also on view online. 609-9893632 or www.ellarslie.org.

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Life in the Fast Lane Billtrust to Merge, Go Public

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illtrust, the Lawrence-based provider of business-to-business payment processing solutions, announced its merger with South Mountain Merger Corporation.

The combined company, to be known as BTRS Holdings, is expected to trade on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The deal is expected to close in early 2021.

Flint Lane, founder and CEO of Billtrust, will continue to lead the company along with president Steve Pinado and chief financial officer Mark Shifke.

New York-based South Mountain Merger Corporation is a type of blank check company known as a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC. It raises funds through an initial public offering in order to finance a merger with or acquisition of an existing company.

South Mountain’s deal with Billtrust values the combined company at $1.3 billion and will leave it with $200 million in cash. Current Billtrust equity holders will receive a combination of cash and stock from the transaction.

“Over the last 19 years, we have built comprehensive B2B commerce solutions across the value chain, creating real business outcomes and significant value for our customers, while making it easy for them to get paid,” Lane said in a statement. “As we begin our journey as a public company, we are thrilled to partner with the South Mountain team and know we will benefit from their extensive indus-

Edited by Sara Hastings try experience.

“We believe [accounts receivable] is ripe for innovation, and together we will continue to invest in opportunities to scale the business, growing both organically and inorganically, as we seek to tackle the large total addressable market. As a leader in AR automation, we believe Billtrust is well-positioned to own a disproportionate share.”

Billtrust, 1009 Lenox Drive, Lawrenceville 08648. 609235-1010. Flint Lane, founder and CEO. www.billtrust. com.

Management Moves

Mercer Street Friends, the nonprofit addressing poverty in the

greater Trenton area with a focus on food, families, and education, has announced a new slate of officers on its board of trustees.

Ken Blackwell is the new chair, and Glenda Gracia-Rivera is vice chair. They join Wendy B. Kane, secretary, and Jaap Ketting, treasurer, who have both served on the board since 2014.

Blackwell, who learned of Mercer Street Friends’ work through his involvement in the Yardley Friends Meeting, first joined the board in 2017. He is the CEO of InKlaritas, a Carnegie Centerbased team and leadership development practice. He earned his bachelor’s degree at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

“I look forward to helping our

staff and volunteers expand awareness within our communities about the power of Mercer Street Friends’ programs and the resources we offer to those seeking life of independence and self-sufficiency,” Blackwell said in a statement Gracia-Rivera, a Trenton native, discovered Mercer Street Friends as a high school intern during her time at Princeton Day School. She is now director of professional development and training at the Rutgers Center for Women and Work.

Her professional works lends her to a particular interest in Mercer Street Friends’ education efforts. “As an educator and trainer that focuses on issues of diversity, equity, and inclusion, the Mercer Street Friends Trenton Community School initiative resonates with me as a unique model. It offers a powerful framework for addressing inequities and provides opportunities to help students navigate barriers so they can thrive not just academically, but mentally, socially, and emotionally.”

Mercer Street Friends, 151 Mercer Street, Trenton 08611. 609-396-1506. Bernie Flynn, CEO. www.mercerstreetfriends.org.

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ioclinica, a Carnegie Center-based firm that provides technological and clinical science expertise for the development and management of clinical trials, has combined its medical and scientific affairs units with an expansion of its chief medical officer position.

The new organizational struc-

Flint Lane, center, at the opening of Billtrust’s Lawrence headquarters in 2018. ture will be overseen by Dr. Michael O’Neal, who has been head of oncology for the firm since 2006. Working under O’Neal will be leaders in specific therapeutic areas. O’Neal, a board certified radiologist, has been with Bioclinica since 2004.

“Transitioning to this new operating design would not be possible without the collective capabilities of our medical and scientific affairs teams,” Bioclinica chairman and CEO Euan Menzies said in a statement. “This will allow us to continue to provide superior support and service for all clients, while also looking to drive improved utilization of technology across all aspects of our work.”

Bioclinica, 211 Carnegie Center Drive, Princeton 08540.

877-632-9432. Euan Menzies, chairman and CEO. www.bioclinica.com.

Deaths Marvin Reed, 89, on October 12. The Rutgers graduate and longtime Princeton resident worked for

Marvin Reed. the New Jersey Education Association in Trenton and served as mayor of Princeton Borough for 13 years.

Thomas C. Pinto, 76, on October 11. He was a court officer for Mercer County for 44 years.

Charles M. Giambelluca, 77, on October 9. He was the head of photo engraving at the Times of Trenton before opening the Mercer Locker Room sporting goods store.

Penelope Brouwer, 67, on October 15. She retired as a vice president at Thomas Edison State College.

Mario DiFiore, 70, on October 40. After a long career at the state Department of Transportation he worked at Princeton Country Club.

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