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• Being under the influence of hen New Jersey residents voted decisively for the legaliza- marijuana or hashish; tion of recreational marijuana dur• Failure to make lawful disposiing this past November’s election, tion of marijuana or hashish; the task immediately fell on the • Use or possession with intent state legislature to create the laws to use drug paraphernalia, involvthat would regulate New Jersey’s ing only marijuana or hashish; newest legal industry. But one • Possession of a controlled danthing had to be made clear: until those bills are written, voted on, gerous substance while operating a and signed into law, lighting up on motor vehicle, involving only marthe street or adding marijuana ijuana or hashish; and • Any disorderly persons offense plants to your backyard garden is or petty disorderly persons offense still illegal.

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To compensate for the winter weather, restaurants have taken to installing bubble-like structures and portable heaters to enclose tables and keep the elements at bay.

But it turns out that it’s not as simple as erecting a tent. New guidance issued by the state Department of Community Affairs noted that most of these tents are not up to construction code with regard to their ability to withstand snowfall, heavy winds, and other winter weather.

“It should be noted that most of the Uniform Fire Code (UFC) tents already erected will not meet the structural provisions of Chapter 31 of the building subcode of the UCC,” the guidance notes, “especially in relation to the winter conditions and snow loads. The local construction office may issue a variation to allow the tent to remain.”

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Business owners would also be required to file a “snow plan” that would be executed should weather conditions exceed those permitted under the variation granted.

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ounders and investors share their experience in startup success in a virtual panel discussion cosponsored by the Foundation for Health Advancement (FHA) and Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs on Wednesday, December 2, at 2 p.m.

The program, titled “Navigating the Path to Startup Success,” is part of the ongoing Innovate and Impact series that seeks to provide education, share best practices and lessons learned, and offer networking opportunities for entrepreneurs, innovators, investors, researchers, students, and businesses. Registration is required for the free program via EventBrite. Visit www.princetonbiolabs.com for more information.

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Prior to assuming his role at FHA, Golubieski, a CPA, was the CFO of Array Medical, a medical device startup that developed a novel blood test for platelet function and was subsequently acquired.

John Frankel is the founder of New York City-based ff Venture Capital, which specializes in providing seed and early-stage funding to technology companies. He previously spent 21 years with Goldman Sachs.

Michael Johnson is the founder of Visikol, a bio-imaging company he founded as a PhD candidate in applied microbiology at Rutgers that has since been spun-off from the university.

Brian Mulhall founded and led Whitehouse Analytical Laboratories, a facility that served the quality control testing needs of the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. He grew the company from three employees in a small space to a 48-employee firm in over 24,000 square feet that was ultimately acquired by the publicly traded Albany Molecular Research.

Mulhall now acts as an equity investor in pharma-related startups, including Visikol, to which he is also a consultant.

Ari Rabban is the co-founder and CEO of Phone.com, a cloud communications service provider based in New Jersey. He previously served a senior executive at Vo-

Mike Wiley, left, moderates, and Jim Golubieksi, above, serves as a panelist in a program aimed a helping start-ups achieve success held by the Foundation for Health Advancement on Wednesday, December 2. calTec Communications and helped found, manage and sell three VoIP businesses. He is on the boards of USPharma Labs and the New Jersey Technology Council.

The panel will be moderated by Mike Wiley, the vice president of the New Jersey Health Foundation and Foundation Venture Capital Group.

He previously worked in business development, new venture financing, program/product development, commercial contracting, and intellectual property/technology licensing for organizations such as the New Jersey Economic Development Authority, Rutgers University’s Office of Corporate Liaison and Technology Transfer, and Lucent Technologies.

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hile the formal surroundings of Jasna Polana will be replaced by Zoom windows, the mood will still be celebratory as the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce holds its annual Business Leadership Awards Gala on Thursday, December 3, at 4:30 p.m. Cost: $50, $40 members. Register at www.princetonmercerchamer.org.

This year’s honorees are: Business Leader of the Year; Matthew Furner, president, North America, at Firmenich, the global fragrances and flavors company with a location on Plainsboro Road.

Furner has been with Firmenich since 2005 and has served in his current role for nearly four years.

He earned bachelor’s degree from Brigham Young University and a law degree from Georgetown.

Community Leader of the Year: Joyce Campbell, executive director of Trenton Area Soup Kitchen, which has faced greatly increased demand for its services in light of the COVID-19 pandemic while also having to alter its operations to accommodate pandemic-related restrictions (U.S. 1, November 18).

Campbell has been with TASK since 2016 and previously worked more than 20 years as associate executive director for external affairs at Catholic Charities in Trenton.

She holds a master’s in social work from Rutgers.

Entrepreneur Leader of the Year: Chaya Pamula, president and CEO of PamTen Inc., an IT solutions company based on Research Way. Innovator of the Year: Janssen Pharmaceuticals, a division of Johnson & Johnson with a location in Titusville.

Business Meetings Wednesday, December 2

Navigating the Path to Startup Success, Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs. www.princetonbiolabs.com. Hear from founders and their investors who will share their lessons learned and successful steps in taking an idea from conceptual development through commercial launch, growth and eventual exit. Gain valuable insight on how to maximize resources and avoid common mistakes from our seasoned panelists who have experience in numerous business segments and stages of company development. 2 p.m.

Thursday, December 3

Virtual Business Leadership Awards Gala, Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber.org. The Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber recognizes outstanding leaders who have demonstrated their support and commitment to the Community and to our business region, especially In light of the vast challenges that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented. Award winners are Matthew Furner of Firmenich, Business Leader of the Year; Joyce Campbell of TASK, Community Leader of the Year; Chaya Pamula of PamTen, Entrepreneur Leader of the Year; and Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Innovator of the Year. In addition, lifetime achievement awards will be presented to Len Smith, co-founder, WithumSmith+Brown, and Chris Tarr, partner, Stevens & Lee. Register. $50; $40 members. 4:30 p.m.

Friday, December 4

JobSeekers, Professional Service Group of Mercer County. www.psgofmercercounty.org. Entrepreneur Jeff Bonaldi, founder of The Explorer’s Passage, draws on his own experience to present key considerations when deciding to start a new business that aligns with your passion. 9:45 a.m. to noon.

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Independent business Alliance Live Webinar, Princeton Mercer regional Chamber of Commerce. www.princetonmercerchamber.org. Panel discussion on “Small Businesses Banding Together through COVID” includes Gary Schneider, executive director of Grounds For Sculpture; Chris Murphy, owner of The Front Porch; and Kathy Klockenbrink, co-owner of Jammin’ Crepes.

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Tuesday, December 8

WIbA Holiday Networking, Princeton Mercer regional Chamber of Commerce. www. princetonmercerchamber.org.

The Women in Business Alliance kicks off the holiday season virtually. Make a festive drink and wear a statement necklace to share some Zoom fashion. Register. $25, $15 members. 10 a.m.

JobSeekers. sites.google.com/ site/njjobseekers. Virtual meeting for those seeking employment.

7:30 to 8:30 p.m.

by Susan Van Dongen

t’s 2020, a year that ends in a zero, so I’ve been thinking, “10 years since this, 20 since that, a scary 30 years since something else.”

Forty years ago is the real landmark for me, however, and December 8 is the date lodged in my memory. That was the Monday night John Lennon was gunned down in front of the Dakota Hotel in NYC, where he lived with wife Yoko Ono and their young son Sean.

I was on the air at WQSU-FM at Susquehanna University in Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania, playing records from 10 p.m. to 1 a.m. We were excited about recent releases

by Dire Straits (Making Movies), Bruce Springsteen (The River), The Clash (Sandinista), Talking Heads (Remain in Light), and Double Fantasy by Lennon and Ono. Longtime Lennon fans were delighted to hear him after an absence from the music business, especially “Just Like Starting over Again.”

Along with spinning music, announcing song titles, etc., I had to keep an ear out for news coming from the antique monstrosity that was the AP machine. This massive device was so noisy it had to be kept in a special closet so the din wouldn’t be heard over the live portion of our broadcasts.

Like a ticker tape but much larger, and smelling like aged metal and machine oil, the AP “wire” churned out news copy on cheap

beige paper, its bells ringing from time to time. Most record-playing folks at ‘QSU ignored the old thing, especially at night.

This particular evening though, the AP machine wouldn’t stop, and about an hour into my show, the bells went off repeatedly. I was not a journalism major, so I didn’t know what the “ding-ding-ding” meant. But I knew something must be happening, beyond the usual truck mishap on Routes 11-15 in Shamokin Dam.

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came out of the studio to check the wire, and read the very bad news: “Former Beatle John Lennon has been shot in New York City.”

Stunned, I went back on the air and shared the bulletin, chose another song, a long one so I could gather my thoughts.

Soon after however, there were more bells and more distress from the metal contraption. First, “John Lennon has been rushed to the Emergency Room at St. Luke’sRoosevelt Hospital.”

Next, “John Lennon is in critical condition.”

Then, the machine’s bells rang what seemed to be non-stop, and went silent, as though the thing had died from the effort. I had a sick feeling when I read, “John Lennon has been pronounced dead.”

Shocked but too numb to be sad,

I went back to the studio, opened up the mic, and told the listeners that John was gone.

I still had a show to run, so I invited listeners to call, make requests, talk things out a little. My friend Beth checked in, requested Elton John’s “Funeral for a Friend.”

People phoned, several were crying, a few more asked for Beatles/Lennon songs. One man was sobbing and yelling at the same time, very angry. He wanted to go hurt the person who killed John Lennon.

I kept on working until signing off and powering the station down at 1 a.m.

Then I went home and thought, “What just happened?”

Forty years later, I am still trying to process that night, and I miss John so much.

Today as I write this, my eyes are welling up with tears thinking about the unnecessary violence, of us fans losing our old friend, the snarky, sexy Beatle.

Wouldn’t Lennon have had a few choice words for our current wind-bag, self-involved politicians? A clever comeback for the more insane stuff on social media?

A peaceful song or kind thought to soften the nightmare of COVID-19 and self-isolation?

Here’s to you John Winston Ono Lennon, October 9, 1940, to December 8, 1980. “So long ago, was it just a dream?”

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Wednesday December 2 Event Listings: E-mail events@princetoninfo.com 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.

In Person Art

Festival of Trees, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.morven. org. Annual showcase of a juried collection of trees and mantles displayed throughout the museum’s galleries in addition to outdoor displays and lights. Free with museum admission. Continues daily through January 10, 2021.

10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Classical Music

Lecture Performance Series, Boheme Opera NJ, Monroe Public Library. www.monroetwplibrary. org. “A Night in Vienna” features music of composers Johann Strauss, Sigmund Romberg, Rudolf Friml, Kurt Weill and others.

Free performance via Zoom. 1 p.m.

Literati

Author Talk, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org. Join author, Nev March, as she discusses her debut novel, “Murder in Old Bombay.” March is the recent winner of the Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America Award for Best

Faith

In Good Cheer The Harmonics Quartet, a New York-based four a cappella group, brings its joyful music to Princeton’s Palmer Square on Saturday and Sunday, December 5 and 6. Watch out for Santa strolling the square.

First Crime Fiction. After a long career in business analysis, in 2015 she returned to her passion, writing fiction, and now teaches creative writing at Rutgers-Osher Institute. Register by email to hopeprogs@mcl.org for GoTo Meeting link. 7 p.m.

Short Story Discussion: ‘A Burglar’s Christmas’ by Willa Cather, Mercer County Library. www. facebook.com/mclsnj. Join the discussion group, which focuses on a different short story the first Wednesday of every month. View the story at https://tinyurl.com/ MCLSShort23. 8 p.m.

Good Causes

Virtual Groundbreaking, State Theater of New Jersey, New Brunswick. www.stnj.org/nextstage. Celebration of the start of the theater’s major renovations as part the Next Stage Campaign streamed via Facebook. Speakers include State Theater President & CEO Sarah K. Chaplin and Board Chair Scott Fergang; Next Stage Campaign Co-Chairs Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners Director Ron Rios and New Brunswick Mayor Jim Cahill; and Next Stage Campaign Honorary Chair and musician, Michael Feinstein. Noon.

Mental Health

Strategies for Beating the Blues, Mercer County Library. www. mcl.org. Experiencing increased stress and anxiety, especially during the holiday season, can negatively impact your emotional and physical health. Join Jamie Winters, LSW, Primary Therapist, Senior Link Program with Princeton House Behavioral Health, for an uplifting program on recognizing the signs of depression and learning ways to cope with life’s stressors in a healthier way. Register by email to hopeprogs@mcl.org for

GoTo Meeting link. 7 p.m.

Lectures

Going Beyond: Climate Action and Public Health & Safety, Sustainable Princeton, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Panel discussion on how Princeton’s health and safety can be improved and how its climate action goals can be advanced. Panelists include Betsy Marshall, occupational and environmental epidemiologist at Rutgers; Nick Angarone, bureau chief of the Climate and Flood Resilience Program at the NJ Department of Environmental Protection; and Michael Yeh, director of Emergency and Safety Services for the Municipality of Princeton.

Nicole Bronzan, senior communications officer of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, moderates.

Register. 7 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 December 3 In Person Benefit Galas

Festival of Trees Winter Wonderland, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www.morven.org. Holiday preview party features a “Winter Wonderland” theme with cocktails, music, and hors d’oeuvres

held outdoors with fire pits on Morven’s back lawn surrounded by an array of holiday lights.

Dress warmly and wear a mask.

Register. $175. 5:30 to 8 p.m.

Farm Markets

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

Virtual Dance

Princeton Dance Festival Reimagined, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University. arts. princeton.edu/dance-reimagined.

New works created for a virtual environment led by professional choreographers Peter Chu, Francesca Harper, Rebecca Lazier, Dean Moss, Silas Riener, and Olivier Tarpaga. Works explore the intersections of dance and multimedia performance, digital animation, filmmaking, site-based work, and music. Each evening is a completely different and unique experience followed by a question and answer session with the choreographers. Free. Register for Zoom link. 8 p.m.

Literati

Book Talk, School of Public & International Affairs, Princeton University. spia.princeton.edu. G. John Ikenberry, professor of politics and international affairs, “A World Safe for Democracy: Liberal Internationalism and the Crises of Global Order.” Register for Zoom access. Free. Noon.

The Future of the Conservative Movement in the United States, Jewish Center of Princeton. www.thejewishcenter.org. With Rabbi Bradley Artson, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, and Rabbi Annie Tucker, mooderated by Rabbi Elliot Schoenberg. Register to adulteducation@thejewishcenter.org for Zoom link. Free. 7:30 p.m.

Lectures

40 Years of Drug Decriminalization, 55-Plus Club of Princeton. www.princeton.com/ groups/55plus. Meeting and presentation via Zoom with Douglas Husak, professor of philosophy or law and moral philosophy at Rutgers. Free; $3 donation requested. 10 a.m.

Friday December 4 In Person Live Music

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

Winery Catz with pop/rock. 5 to 8 p.m.

On Stage

Fruitcakes, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Original comedy based on the 1979 French play “Le Pere Noel est une Ordure,” and the 1994 film “Mixed Nuts.” Socially distanced seating for 50 patrons and drive-in viewing for 20 vehicles. Virtual viewing available for home audience. 8 p.m.

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Elegies: A Song Cycle, Rider Musical Theater. www.rider.edu/ about/events/elegies-song-cycle.

Composer William Finn’s work pays tribute to a disparate group that includes impresario Joe

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Soprano Eve Edwards, left, performs in Boheme Opera’s ‘Night in Vienna’ virtual performance offered by Monroe Public Library on Wednesday, December 2. On Wednesday, December 9, mezzo-soprano Amy Maude Helfer is part of Boheme’s ‘Unique Broadway’ program.

Papp, actors Peggy Hewitt and Jack Eric Williams, a teacher, the Korean family who ran a deli frequented by Finn, relatives in New Jersey, friends, long-lost pets, and, in a moving sequence, Finn’s mother. Presented online with direction by Stephanie Bond and Mike Bond. Register. Free. 7:30 p.m.

Dance

Princeton Dance Festival Reimagined, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University. arts. princeton.edu/dance-reimagined.

New works created for a virtual environment led by professional choreographers Peter Chu, Francesca Harper, Rebecca Lazier, Dean Moss, Silas Riener, and Olivier Tarpaga. Works explore the intersections of dance and multimedia performance, digital animation, filmmaking, site-based work, and music. Each evening is a completely different and unique experience followed by a question and answer session with the choreographers. Free. Register for Zoom link. 8 p.m.

Literati

Reading by Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Fund for Irish Studies, Princeton University. fis.princeton.edu. Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, professor emeritus in the School of English at Trinity College Dublin and winner of the 2020 Irish Times/Poetry Now Award, reads her poetry. Register for Zoom access. Free. 4:30 p.m.

Community Reading: “A Christmas Carol” by Charles Dickens, McCarter Theater, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. Join as a reader or a listener as the community reads this beloved tale together from start to finish. Registration required. Free.

6 to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday December 5 In Person Live Music

Holiday Music, Palmer Square, Princeton. www.plamersquare. com. Harmonics Quartet performs. Noon to 2 p.m.

On Stage

Fruitcakes, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Original comedy based on the 1979 French play “Le Pere Noel est une Ordure,” and the 1994 film “Mixed Nuts.” Socially distanced seating for 50 patrons.

Virtual viewing available for home audience. 3 p.m.

Farm Markets

West Windsor Community Farmers’ Market, MarketFair Parking Lot, 3535 Route 1 at Meadow Road, West Windsor. www.westwindsorfarmersmarket.org. Ven-

dors sell fresh produce, seafood, meat, eggs, mushrooms, fibers, cheese, pasta, honey, soups, chocolates, and more. Masks required. Pre-ordering available. 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Outdoor Action

Christmas on the Farm, Howell Living History Farm, 101 Hunter Road, Titusville, 609-737-3299. www.howellfarm.org. Bell-decked horses, tree cuttings and decorations, and a visit from Santa. Register for timed entry. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Socials

Holiday Wreath Workshop, Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, 1635 River Road, New Hope, PA. www.bhwp.org. Workshop with hands-on instruction to make a festive holiday wreath out of natural materials and native plants, including juniper, white pine, and holly. Register. Ages 14 and up. $65 includes all materials. 10 a.m. to noon and 2 to 4 p.m.

Sports

Winter Wonder Run, Princeton Athletic Club, Princeton Friends School, Quaker Road, Princeton. www.princetonac.org. 6k run on maintained natural surface trails.

Limited to 200 runners. Register. $40. 10 a.m.

Virtual

Classical Music

Holiday POPS!, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, 609-4970020. www.princetonsymphony. org. Family-friendly concert featuring holiday favorites by PSO musicians, the Prineton High School Choir, and twin pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton, dances by American Repertory Ballet, and more. Register. Free.

7 p.m.

Live Music

Beth El Belts Broadway, Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor, 609-443-4454. www.bethel.net.

An evening of Broadway “Name that Tune” via Zoom with a live music performance and prizes.

Register. 7 p.m.

Pop Music

Elegies: A Song Cycle, Rider Musical Theater. www.rider.edu/ about/events/elegies-song-cycle.

Composer William Finn’s work pays tribute to a disparate group that includes impresario Joe Papp, actors Peggy Hewitt and Jack Eric Williams, a teacher, the Korean family who ran a deli frequented by Finn, relatives in New Jersey, friends, long-lost pets, and, in a moving sequence, Finn’s mother. Presented online with direction by Stephanie Bond and Mike Bond. Register. Free. 7:30 p.m.

Art

Annual Studio Tour “From Home”, Covered Bridge Artisans, 609-397-1535. www.cov-

Call for Art

Call for Films

Call for Stories

The West Windsor Arts Council is calling artists to participate in its Harmony Visual Arts Show. WWAC invites artists to explore the idea of balance disrupted and harmony restored as it relates to personal experience, beliefs, or observations.

The opening ceremony for the event will occur online on Friday, January 15 from 7:15 PM to 9:00 PM. Exhibit dates will be from Monday, January 11 to Friday, February 26.

Up to 3 works of art can be submitted for a fee of $20 for WWAC members $25 for non-members.

The submission deadline for all artwork is Sunday, December 13.

For more information regarding the exhibition and eligibility requirements visit www.westwindsorarts.org/exhibition/harmony-art-show or call 609-7161931. WWAC is located at 952 Alexander Road, Princeton Junction.

Submissions are being accepted for the 2021 Princeton Environmental Film Festival (PEFF), a signature Princeton Public Library event featuring films and filmmaker presentations which explore sustainability and environmental issues. The festival will be presented in two main sessions in 2021 with special screenings taking place throughout the year.

Entries received by January 15 will be considered for both the allvirtual session in April and the festival’s second session in October. The October session will also be presented in a virtual format but will feature some live events if restrictions on public gatherings are lifted. The submission deadline for the October session is July 15.

An entry form and additional information about PEFF is available at www.princetonlibrary. org/peff. There is no fee to submit a film for consideration.

State Theatre New Jersey (STNJ) announces Share Your Story — an open call for members of the public to share their STNJ stories in celebration of its upcoming 100th anniversary. Since 1921, the STNJ has been providing inspiration and entertainment to generations of audiences and millions of people. Now, STNJ is looking to its audiences to share their personal stories and meaningful STNJ experiences by uploading a written story, photo, and/or video to www.stnj.org/explore/share-your-story. In addition to uploading stories online, stories can be shared by patrons directly on social media by using #STNJ100.

Each month leading up to the 100th anniversary in December, 2021, State Theatre will select stories from the submissions to feature on its website and on social media channels.

eredbridgeartisans.com. Artists share new work with visitors via Zoom. Participating artists include porcelain potter Katherine Hackl of Swan Street Studio; painters Bill Jersey and Annelies van Dommelen, sculptors Jeanine Pennell of Bonetown Studio and Dave Cann and Constance Bassett of Moorland Studio; glass artists Karen and Geoff Caldwell of Sunflower Glass Studio; and others.

11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Dance

Princeton Dance Festival Reimagined, Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University. arts. princeton.edu/dance-reimagined.

New works created for a virtual environment led by professional choreographers Peter Chu, Francesca Harper, Rebecca Lazier, Dean Moss, Silas Riener, and Olivier Tarpaga. Works explore the intersections of dance and multimedia performance, digital animation, filmmaking, site-based work, and music. Each evening is a completely different and unique experience followed by a question and answer session with the choreographers. Free. Register for Zoom link. 8 p.m.

On Stage

The Work of Adrienne Kennedy: Inspiration & Influence, McCarter Theater. www.mccarter. org. Virtual premiere of “Ohio State Murders,” the third theatrical release in a four-part series honoring the noted American playwright. The play blends captivating monologue with haunting memories as a poignant reminder of human cruelty, past and present. Register. $15. Recording available through February 21, 2021.

Lectures

Collecting Art 101, Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Three fine arts specialists share tips on how to begin and maintain your own art collection. Register individually for each session. 1 p.m.: Collecting Photography with Sarah Morthland, certified member, Appraisers Association of America; 2:30 p.m.: Collecting Prints with Cora Michael, owner/principal, Cora Michael Fine Art LLC; 4 p.m.: Collecting 20th-Century American Painting with Jonathan Spies, former gallery director, Menconi + Schoelkopf. 1 to 5 p.m.

Sunday December 6 In Person Live Music

Holiday Music, Palmer Square, Princeton. www.plamersquare. com. Harmonics Quartet performs. Noon to 2 p.m.

On Stage

Fruitcakes, Music Mountain Theater, 1483 State Route 179, Lambertville. www.musicmountaintheatre.org. Original comedy based on the 1979 French play “Le Pere Noel est une Ordure,” and the 1994 film “Mixed Nuts.” Socially distanced seating for 50 patrons.

Virtual viewing available for home audience. 3 p.m.

Virtual

Classical Music

Lockdown Inspiration, Westminster Conservatory. www.rider. edu/about/events/urska-haule-fegus-lockdown-inspiration. Westminster Conservatory faculty member Urska Haule Fegus, violin, is joined by and guest composer Tim Keyes to present “Lockdown Inspiration – Sample Embraces the Real.” The program includes compositions by J.S. Bach, E. Morricone, and the world premiere of “The Park” for violin and piano by Tim Keyes. 3 p.m.

Holiday POPS!, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, 609-4970020. www.princetonsymphony. org. Family-friendly concert featuring holiday favorites by PSO musicians, the Prineton High School Choir, and twin pianists Continued on following page

Film

Saturday Night at the Movies: Fiddler on the Roof, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org.

Borrow the featured title from the Hoopla catalog with a Mercer County Library card and watch it in the virtual company of your community. 8 p.m.

Good Causes

Beyond Words, Friends of Princeton Public Library. www.prince­ tonlibrary.org. Annual library benefit takes place virtually as a three-part speaker series, continuing January 9. Bakari Sellers, author of “My Vanishing Country: A Memoir,” a journey through the South’s past, present, and future and a tribute to his father’s legacy, in conversation with Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman. Register. $240 and up includes all three online events. 7 p.m.

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his shaken up year is get- lection of trees and mantels decoting an equally shaken schedule of rated by area garden clubs and nonpresentations to help us celebrate profit partners displayed in the muone of the most unusual holiday seum’s galleries throughout the mansion-turned-museum. seasons in recent history.

It’s also a good way to connect to Ranging from the very old fashioned to the very newest of technol- one of the region’s most historic ogy and presented in physical buildings — the home of Declaraspace or digitally remote, the fol- tion of Independence signer Richlowing events are designed to keep ard Stockton and the target of Britsomething in all of us bright with ish vengeance during the January hope during a very troublesome 3, 1777, Battle of Princeton.

Morven Museum & Garden, 55 year.

Heading this year’s list is a re- Stockton Street, Princeton, is open gional holiday tradition that never Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Festival of Trees goes out of fashion.

Howell Farm’s Christmas on the included with Museum admission Farm is set for Saturday, December of $10; $8 for seniors; free for friends of Morven and children 6 5, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

The annual free event at one of and under.

For additional information and the area’s treasures features bellassociated Fesdecked horses, tival of Trees tree cuttings and Ranging from the programming, decorations, and both virtual and a visit from Sanvery old fashioned to in-person, visit ta, all on this livthe very newest of www.morven. ing history farm technology, these org. located in a hilly valley near the Skating On events are designed Delaware River.

The Square — to keep something in Of course, this Palmer Square, all of us bright with year will also feathat is — is ture social disback through hope during a very tancing as orgaFebruary 27. troublesome year. nizers say the The outdoor event adheres to synthetic skatState of New Jering rink that sey guidelines for public events. takes up a pool-sized area is located That includes visitors being re- on Hulfish Street, right behind the quired to carry masks at all times Nassau Inn. Perfect for little ones, and wear them when social dis- its general hours are Thursdays and tancing is not possible.

Fridays, 4 to 7 p.m. and Saturdays Nevertheless this holiday visit to and Sundays, noon to 3 p.m. and 4 a farm stirs memories of old New to 7 p.m. But look out for holiday Jersey — and can create new ones. hours: December 21 through 23, Howell Farm is located at 101 noon to 3 p.m. and closed on ChristHunter Road, Titusville. 609-737- mas.

3299 or www.howellfarm.org.

Admission per person is $10 cash or $12 credit card. While skates are included in the fee, skatere are some other area ers are welcome to bring their own. events happening in actual space Masks and social distancing are reand time: quired. For more information, visit Morven Museum & Garden’s www.palmersquare.com/holiFestival of Trees is on view in the days. historic Princeton home through Hamilton Township’s annual January 10.

Winter Wonderland continues The annual event is a juried col-

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Holiday cheer can be found outdoors at Howell Farm’s Christmas on the Farm, top left, and Palmer Square’s skating rink, above. At right, Louis Palena adapted Music Mountain Theater’s staging of ‘Fruitcake.’ this year with some pandemiccaused modifications. Organizers are calling it “Hamilton’s Holidays in the Park” and invite visitors to take in the annual decorations, lights, and music that light up Kuser Farm Park by either walking through the park on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, December 4, 5, and 6, or participating in evening drive-throughs set from December 6 to January 1. For more details, visit www.hamiltonnj.com.

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cCarter Theatre in Princeton added a new twist to home theater this year when it created a way to allow theater patrons disappointed by the pandemic-related closure of the annual “A Christmas Carol” to bring Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and a host of ghosts home for the holidays with “A Christmas Carol @HOME.” McCarter staff calls it “a curated box to create your own version of Dickens’ classic. Inside are individually wrapped envelopes with scenes that can be performed in person (or over Zoom), character sketch postcards to paint, color, send or frame — and ‘conversation cards’ to spark discussion around

the story’s timeless themes and connect them with our current moment.”

Boxes cost $40 each with a $5 handling fee and must order by December 7 (or while supplies last) to ensure delivery by December 24.

More details can be found at www. mccarter.org.

George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick and Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope are presenting a new streaming version of “A Christmas Carol.”

Developed by Broadway producer Hunter Arnold (“Kinky Boots”) and his innovative live streaming company On The Stage and La Jolla Playhouse, the production features Tony Award-winning actor Jefferson Mays, who plays more than 50 roles in what

producers call a “virtuosic, master class of a performance.”

The production is available through January 3 through either George Street or Bucks County websites. Tickets are $50 (additional fees and taxes also apply). A percentage of the price goes to support the theater offering it through their websites: www.bcptheater. org or www.georgestreetplayhouse.org.

Actors’ NET Theater in Morrisville, now in its 25th season, is premiering an online video presentation of “Dear Brutus,” a midsummer’s night fantasy by “Peter Pan” creator J.M. Barrie.

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Top, Trenton’s Capital Singers, left, and Westminster’s choirs are presenting their traditional holiday concerts in virtual formats this year. Above left, Roxey Ballet has created its own Nutcracker channel with a made for television production and numerous bonus features. Dancers from American Repertory Ballet, right, are part of Princeton Symphony Orchestra’s free virtual Holiday POPS! performances. materials say the play “combines the technology of Zoom for socially distanced interior scenes, with exterior scenes filmed in a local woodland under strict adherence to safe distance standards.”

The cast of regional performers is Ken Ammerman, Cheryl Doyle, Joe Doyle, Matt Duchnowski, Mary Kierst, Charlotte Kirkby, Michael Krahel, Nyiema Lunsford, Cat Miller, Nicholas Pecht, and Maryalice Rubins-Topoleski.

For the schedule of free performances www.actorsnetbucks. org.

Music Mountain Theater, the community theater in Lambertville, has two holiday offerings.

The first is an in-theater presentation of “Fruitcake,” a dark comedy look at the life behind the scenes of a crisis hotline on Christmas Eve. Originally created by the French theater collective Le Splendid, the play was adapted by co-artistic director Louis Palena.

The show — produced with seats blocked off to accommodate social distancing yet allowing family and friends to sit together — runs Fridays at 8 p.m. and Saturdays and Sundays at 3 p.m., from December 4 through 13. Friday night presentations will also be streamed. Tickets are $25.

Music Mountain has also created a streaming production. “Frosty the Snowman,” promoted as an MMT Film Original, is a musical written and composed by Palena and filmed by Morrisville filmmaker Damian Bartolacci. The story involves a group of children who try to preserve a living snowman by taking him to the North Pole. Streaming is now available

and continues through January 1.

Tickets are $25 and include multiviewings.

Music Mountain Theatre, 1483 Route 179, Lambertville. 609-3973337 or www.musicmountaintheatre.org.

are good to January 1. For more information, go to www.roxeyballet. org/virtual-performances.

Dance

rinceton Symphony Orchestra is presenting its annual “Holiday POPS!” in a virtual format for free.

The festive event, available weekends from December 5 through 20, features holiday favorites performed by pianists Christina and Michelle Naughton, dancers of the American Repertory Ballet, and PSO musicians led by music director Rossen Milanov. Also appearing are members of the Princeton High School Choir under the direction of Vincent Metallo.

The program includes selections from Tchaikovsky’s “The Nutcracker,” holiday favorites played by the PSO woodwind quintet, and Leroy Anderson’s “Sleigh Ride” recorded by the PSO brass ensemble in Princeton’s Palmer Square.

The Princeton High School Choir performs Eric Whitacre’s “Sing Gently,” and a piano trio including PSO concertmaster Basia Danilow accompanies American Repertory Ballet dancers Nanako Yamamoto and Jonathan Montepara, as they perform “The Nutcracker’s” grand pas de deux.

Access to the Holiday POPS! virtual concert is free with registration available for specific time slots of 2, 4, and 7 p.m. on select dates.

A digital program book will be available in advance to enhance the audience experience. For broadcast access: 609-497-0020 or

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he Roxey Ballet, a professional dance company in Lambertville, presents its annual version of “The Nutcracker” in a made-fortelevision film available for viewing through the company’s “Nutcracker Channel” through January 1.

This new production, directed by company co-founder Mark Roxey, features more than 200 hand-made costumes designed by Alicia Worden and Ana Vichnevetsk — including new personalized costume masks for each role. The performers are a combination of professionals from around the world and young performers from Lambertville, New Hope, Hopewell, Pennington, Ewing, and Princeton.

Channel subscribers also receive live-streamed rehearsals, cast and crew interviews, the Sugar Plum Fairy Adventure Series, a Senior Living Dance Class, and an additional production of The Year of the Women Choreography Lab featuring five New Jersey-based choreographers creating socially conscious works showcasing women’s issues: disability rights, women’s health initiatives, bullying, and the cultural condition.

Subscriptions cost $99.99 and

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The Capital Singers of Trenton will present a virtual version of its annual “Winter Songs” concerts on Sunday, December 6, at 4 p.m.

The 14th installment of a Lessons and Carols-styled holiday event features classic songs and works by choral composers Arvo Part and David Willcocks.

Vinroy D. Brown conducts, and guests include the Trenton Children’s Chorus Training Choir and singer, composer, and reverend William N. Heard of Kaighn Avenue Baptist Church of Camden.

Tickets are $10. www.capitalsingers.org/home Westminster Choir College presents the digital “Holidays with Westminster” on Saturday, December 12, at 8 p.m. The presentation includes the Westminster Chapel Choir, Westminster Concert Bell Choir, the Jubilee Singers.

Westminster Kantorei, Westminster Symphonic Choir, and Westminster Williamson Voices Treble Ensemble.

Free online viewing begins Saturday, December 12, at 8 p.m. with the concert available for viewing through the holiday season. For more information or link onto the concert, visit www.rider.edu/ about/events/holidays-westminster.

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he annual Revolutionary War recreations of the historically important battles waged in the region have been canceled because of the large number of people they in-

volve and attract.

Missing in action this year is the popular Washington Crossing on Christmas Day and its mid-December public dress rehearsal. As crossing organizers noted, “Out of concern for public safety and due to Department of Conservation and Natural Resources’ crowd-size restrictions related to COVID-19, the two public Delaware River crossing reenactments will not be held in December at Washington Crossing Historic Park.

“Because the reenactments require months of planning and coordination among hundreds of reenactors, park staff members, and volunteers, a decision had to be made well in advance. We are as disappointed as you are that this much-loved annual event cannot be held in the usual manner this year.

“However, to keep the tradition alive, we will debut a special prerecorded crossing video on Christmas Day. You can tune in this video on the park’s Facebook page or YouTube. Please stay tuned for more details.”

The Trent House Association will present the Practitioners of Musick in a virtual performance honoring the Scottish heritage of Trenton’s namesake, William Trent. The concert accents the Battle of Trenton by focusing on the music that George Washington and his family enjoyed. The program is set for Saturday, December 26, at 1 p.m.. and can be viewed via Zoom at https://bit.ly/39mqPK9. Suggested donations of $10 can be made at www.willliamtrenthouse. org/donation.html.

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he pandemic may be put- gives the Princeton one its name. ting a cloud over the 2020 holiday While Morolda stopped the seseason, but at the Cranbury Station ries in 2011, she continues to disGallery on Hulfish Street in Princ- play the work and use her original eton it’s still the most wonderful watercolor paintings as the source time of the year. of the collection of small prints — That’s where owner/operator approximately 8 inches by 5 inches Kathleen Morolda’s series of holi- — displayed and sold in her shop. day images based on the lyrics of Other seasonal images of snow“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of men and Christmas trees can be the Year” are on back on view, seen along the walls where she along with other holiday themed hosts Zoom sessions that help virimages, in her shop’s windows and tual attendees create holiday cards on its walls.

— like the Princeton holiday cards Morolda says she started the se- she sells along with her own work ries in 1997 by pairing a stylized and paintings by Sydney Neuwirth. watercolor of a row of snow-covWith holiday ered homes with tunes serving as the song’s shortbackground muFor many bricks-andened title — sic in her shop, “The Most Wonmortar retailers ‘the Morolda is sitderful Time.” internet was killing us ting at a work She then foltable to share in the first place,’ lowed up the some thoughts next year by couMorolda says. But hone by pling a seasonal30-some years now the pandemic ly decked home in the art busihas created ‘the perwith the song ness. line “When fect storm.’

Looking out friends come to the window oncall.” to Palmer From there Square, she says, “The shopping is Morolda continued an annual mix- done for Christmas. No one has ing of quaint holiday-ish scenes shopping bags.” with lyric snippets — “With those She says for many bricks-andHoliday Greetings,” “Glad Happy mortar retailers “the internet was Meetings,” and “Christmases, killing us in the first place.” But Long, Long, Ago.” now the pandemic has created “the Then she added her own twist by perfect storm.” bringing the season closer to home And while this year may not be by using images from closer to the most wonderful for business home and from the region — that owners of all types, she mentions includes the tree lighting at Palmer her supportive clients and is putSquare, crowds gathering to attend ting her hopes on a future in framMcCarter Theater’s “A Christmas ing. “Not everyone is going to have Carol,” holiday shopping on Hul- works professionally framed, but fish Street, and the seasonal shops there are enough. We cut the frames in downtown Cranbury — near and the glass. And just before you where she lives outside of town and came a lady called and needed operates her original gallery that things done before Christmas.”

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Christina and Michelle Naughton, dances

by American Repertory Ballet, and more.

Register. Free. 4 p.m.

Jazz & Blues

Virtual Concert, South Brunswick Public Library. www.explorelmxac.org/authors-athome. Carrie Jackson & Her Jazzin’ All Star Ensemble swing and perform the music of jazz legends such as Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Louis Armstrong, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and selections from the Great American Song Boo. Register. Free. 2 p.m.

Pop Music

Elegies: A Song Cycle, Rider Musical Theater. www.rider.edu/about/events/elegies-song-cycle. Composer William Finn’s work pays tribute to a disparate group that includes impresario Joe Papp, actors Peggy Hewitt and Jack Eric Williams, a teacher, the Korean family who ran a deli frequented

by Finn, relatives in New Jersey, friends, long-lost pets, and, in a moving sequence, Finn’s mother. Presented online with direction by Stephanie Bond and Mike Bond.

Register. Free. 2 p.m.

World Music

Winter Songs XIV Virtual Concert, Capital Singers of Trenton. www.capitalsingers. org. “Lessons and Carols” performance includes music of John Rutter, Arvo Part, Roland Carter, Adolphus Hailstork, and others.

Vinroy Brown conducts with special guests, the Trenton Children’s Chorus Training Choir. Register. $10. 4 p.m.

Faith

Unraveling the Complexities of the Israeli Legal System, Jewish Center of Princeton. www.thejewishcenter.org. Presentation by Alexander Kaye, assistant professor of Israel studies at Brandeis University.

Q&A follows. Free. Register to adulteduca-

After estimating that framing is 85 percent of her business, she looks over at the wall of paintings and says that for the past several years she has seen a drop in selling artwork and likened it to a slot machine and luck. “If I sold a painting I’d go ‘Wow!’ Framing is the bread and butter.”

Yet artwork sales do happen, and Morolda points to several framed Palmer Square tree lightings selected as gifts to family members who now live across the nation but last celebrated together at the lighting.

Asked about the inspiration for the holiday selections, Morolda the

tion@thejewishcenter.org for Zoom access.

7 p.m.

Lectures

Who Was Here in December 1776?, Washington Crossing State Park, 215493-4076. www.washingtoncrossingpark. org. Curator Kimberly McCarty speaks on the soldiers and civilians who participated in the days surrounding the crossing that turned the tide of the Revolutionary War. Register for Zoom access. 7 to 3:30 p.m.

Monday December 7 Virtual On Stage

Chasing Grace, Rider Musical Theater. www.rider.edu/about/events/chasinggrace. A new musical by Elizabeth Addison, directed by DeMone Seraphin with musical direction by Nick Place. Free online viewing. Register. 6:30 p.m.

Literati

Book Discussion: “Pointed Roofs”, Princeton Public Library. www.princetonlibrary.org. The “Shakespeare and Company Project” conducts a discussion of the first book of Richardson’s 13-volume “Pilgrimage” series. The discussion is part of a series of explorations of titles frequently borrowed from Shakespeare and Company in Paris. Register. Free. 11 a.m. to noon.

Faith

Christian Faith and How It Applies To the Major Issues of Our Time, Jewish Center of Princeton. www.thejewishcenter.org.

First of two sessions led by the Rev. Dr. Deborah K. Blanks. Focus on the interaction between faith, moral values, and some of the difficult challenges of today, including systemic racism and the violence and intol-

artist — who unabashedly celebrates the bright and familiar — lets Morolda the business owner answer, “My rent. I make (the works) small. Nobody wants that to be the focal point of their living room. It’s a nice gift.” The prints go for $30, $75 matted, and around $125 framed.

She says she sold prints and cards during the tree lighting but that won’t happen this year, and she hopes people will visit during her reduced hours — supported by the Palmer Square Association that required specific hours.

She also says she has appointment hours, instituted when pan-

Kathleen Morolda’s bread-and-butter is framing, but she also sells her paintings at her Cranbury Station Gallery. demic measures were implemented and she had to reduce staff.

“From what the people are telling me, they appreciate the appointments. People feel secure (about maintaining social distancing), so that’s been good. I don’t have enough business to have two

erance so evident in our society. Free. Register to adulteducation@thejewishcenter. org. 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday December 8 Virtual On Stage

Chasing Grace, Rider Musical Theater. www.rider.edu/about/events/chasinggrace. A new musical by Elizabeth Addison, directed by DeMone Seraphin with musical direction by Nick Place. Free online viewing. Register. 6:30 p.m.

Literati

Lupe Wong Won’t Dance, Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund. www.laldef.org. Reading and Q&A with Donna Barbara Higuera’s “Lupe Wong Won’t Dance,” a young adult novel that tells the story of a determined middle school girl who needs an A in all her classes in order to meet her favorite pitcher, Fu Li Hernandez, who’s Chinacan/Mexinese, just like she is.

Register at tfaforms.com/4862645. Free. 4 p.m.

Literati

Peter Singer and Andrew Chignell in Conversation, Princeton Public Library & Labyrinth Books. www.labyrinthbooks. com. Princeton bioethicist Peter Singer discusses his book, “Why Vegan?” with Andrew Chignell, professor of religion and philosophy at Princeton. Register. 6 p.m.

Poet Eilean Ni Chuilleanain gives a reading via Zoom as part of a Princeton Fund for Irish Studies presentation on Friday, December 4. dermatitis, psoriasis, rosacea, and other disorders. 7 p.m.

Wednesday December 9

Health

Common Winter Skin Ailments, Mercer County Library. www.mcl.org. Join Dr. Parmvir Singh, a dermatologist at Aura Dermatology in Robbinsville, for a discussion on common winter skin ailments. The discussion will focus on xerosis, eczema, hand

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people here. By doing the appointment they have my undivided attention.”

She says she was lucky that before the pandemic hit, she had a number of framing jobs in the works, and other jobs come in what she sees as gestures to help her. “(The pandemic) has bought out the nicest people.”

To give an example, she says a woman from West Windsor called and asked her to frame a set a pictures taken by her handicapped daughter who was moving into a new apartment. “She did the whole apartment in the girl’s photographs.

We the mother saw them she cried.

I know she called me because she wanted to give me business. I have so many people who want us to succeed.”

She also has the support of organizations. “Princeton University has been good to me. They’ve given me a lot of framing work,” she says, noting that she is a preferred vendor and certified woman business owner.

“I hit a nerve with the paint parties,” Morolda says about another way of keeping the gallery viable.

It started several years ago when one of her gallery employees attended one as part of a series of wedding activities and had a positive experience.

Morolda says she tried it just as venues offering wine and painting sessions were opening in the area.

“It really took off. It wasn’t a paint and sip. You were welcome to bring what you wanted. But I wanted an older crowd.”

In addition to becoming teambuilding experiences and fundraising opportunities for groups, she also saw individuals coming in for personal benefit. One was stress reduction or mood improvement.

“On open house nights, they would come by themselves. Painting doesn’t have to take talent, it relaxes them.”

It also builds human connections. “There are times when someone signed up because they have breast cancer. Then someone else says they to, too.”

While looking forward to the re-

turn of the physical parties, she says she is finding that people are being creative in organizing virtual painting events, such as the area grandmother who is organizing one so her children and grandchildren around the country can participate by Zoom and share images.

Morolda’s interest in art and wellbeing are connected to her upbringing.

Born in West Orange and raised in Woodbridge, New Jersey, she was the daughter of a nurse, who gave up the profession to raise her children, and a father who worked in transit advertising.

“Both were artistic. My mother was very creative. My father didn’t draw but came up with the concepts

‘I was a business trying to find a goal,’ Morolda says. ‘I had the shop but didn’t know what to do with it. I wanted to paint, but I had the starving artist in my mind.’ for the buses and subways,” she says.

She then adds, “My father always had signs. They were silkscreened then. If they were flawed, I could draw on them. And there was a smell of the paint. I loved the smell and the artwork on the signs.

I used to look at the paintings. The colors were always brighter than they needed to be.”

While she was attracted to art and focused on it at high school, she followed her parents’ warnings about a life in the arts. “My dad used to say when he needed an artist the line was around the block.

But when he needed someone to run the business he couldn’t find anyone.”

She says she decided to get a business degree from Middlesex County College first and then look for her way into the arts.

That path came when she got a job working in the art department

Festival of Trees, Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, Princeton. www. morven.org. Annual showcase of a juried collection of trees and mantles displayed throughout the museum’s galleries in addition to outdoor displays and lights. Free with museum admission. Continues daily through January 10, 2021. 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Virtual

Live Music

A Sweet and Savory Chanukah, Beth El Synagogue of East Windsor, 609-4434454. www.bethel.net. Learn how to make some traditional and not so traditional applesauce and potato latkes. While the latkes are sizzling, explore some fascinating Chanukah food customs from around the world with a registered dietitian. Via Zoom. Register. 8:30 p.m.

Pop Music

Lecture Performance Series, Boheme Opera NJ, Monroe Public Library. www.

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Morolda’s holidayspecific offerings include greeting cards and paintings such as ‘The Happiest Season of All,’ above. for the Central Intelligence Agency in Washington and attending night art classes at George Washington University.

“We made films on how to file documents and made signs. We used clip art,” she says about her first CIA experience.

It was followed by returning to the New York City area to work in a division that compiled information regarding American businesses overseas and then participating in public event planning.

“It was nothing exciting,” she says of her years with the organization. “But it was pretty cool. I would love to tell you spy stories, but I don’t have any.”

She says her move to Cranbury and Princeton came through her husband’s career in agriculture.

Also raised in Woodbridge, her husband had studied agriculture at Rutgers University in New Brunswick. His advisor lived in Cranbury, and Morolda would visit the town with her husband. They decided to live there when he took a job working for Ocean Spray. He eventually worked for and retired from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

The house they purchased 41 years ago had a blacksmith shop that the couple converted and gave Morolda the opportunity to do what she says she always wanted to do: start her own business.

“I was a business trying to find a goal,” she says. “I had the shop but didn’t know what to do with it. I wanted to paint, but I had the starving artist in my mind.”

Then she remembered an experience she had in Washington, D.C., and bought an inexpensive print of Andrew Wyeth’s “Christina’s World” and decided to have it framed. And while she had not con-

monroetwplibrary.org. “Unique Broadway” features music from West Side Story, Fiddler on the Roof, Trouble in Tahiti, Yentl, and more. Free performance via Zoom. 1 p.m.

On Stage

Chasing Grace, Rider Musical Theater. www.rider.edu/about/events/chasinggrace. A new musical by Elizabeth Addison, directed by DeMone Seraphin with musical direction by Nick Place. Free online viewing. Register. 6:30 p.m.

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2020 Excellence in Prevention Awards, Mercer Council on Alcoholism and Drug Addiction. www.mercercouncil.org. Virtual event celebrating the prevention efforts of community partners. Honorees include Jon Adams, athletic director at Nottingham High School in Hamilton; Carol J. Feldman, founder of Shine and Inspire; Rob Fiorello of PEI Kids and the Mercer County Gang Task Force; The Peer Institute at The College of New Jersey; and Gianna Anselmo, winner of the Geetha Arulmohan Scholar-

sidered the cost of framing, she was intrigued by how the frame made the picture “look beautiful. And the guy who owned the frame shop said it was good way to make money and then you could paint.”

She says she started the gallery and started working with interior designers to find painters who would do small images. But when one wasn’t able to deliver, she says she decided to do it herself. “It was just what she wanted, so it gave me some encouragement. I started painting and someone from (an artwork distribution company) came and said, ‘This is yours?’”

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he result was that they worked out an arrangement for a series on the season that was printed and on sale in East Coast art shops.

After expanding her gallery in Princeton, she saw a need to create Princeton images that could easily fit into a visitor’s suitcase and said that up until the last few years her works sold well at Princeton University’s reunions, now more relegated to the university campus, and the pre-pandemic holiday season.

“What I love is watercolor,” she says about her preferred medium.

“You get more money for oils, but watercolors are more difficult. I do both. My real love is the watercolor.”

She says, “Almost all my paintings are from photographs. I got the

ship Award. Register for Zoom access. 9 a.m.

Lectures

Lunchtime Gallery Series, West Windsor Arts Council & Princeton University Art Museum, 609-716-1931. www.westwindsorarts.org. Octogenarian David Hockney continues to create exciting art that incorporates cutting edge technology into his multimedia work. Anna Dombrowski, docent at PUAM, discusses a new work in the PUAM collection that features imagery of his evolving practice in a talk titled “David Hockney’s Take on the Artist in His Studio.”

Register. $10; free for WWAC members. 1 p.m.

Socials

Meeting, Union Toastmasters. www.tmclub6520.org. Learn how to be a powerful presenter and achieve mastery in the art and science of public speaking in an engaging and fun environment. Email secretary@ tmclub6520.org for link to join online meeting. 6 p.m.

inspiration from walking around and talking a picture and seeing what I could do with it. I liked to do a lot of flowers.” The Princeton scenes were made by listing requests by visitors looking for specific places.

In addition to her own work, Morolda also carries paintings by noted Princeton artist Sydney Neuwirth. “I met Sydney through the Princeton Ballet. My daughter was there. And Sydney was involved when they did a fundraiser. She donated a painting, and I donated a frame. We hit off and from there we started showing her work.”

Referring back to the street traffic, Morolda says it is sad to see how the pandemic has kept people from doing face-to-face business and hopes people don’t forget how important actual businesses are to the community.

And while she says she’s in “a good place” to offer community members the opportunity to purchase localized gifts for office parties or visitors the ability to purchase local gifts at affordable prices, she adds, “I have no idea of what will happen. We have nothing to compare this year with. But I am I am going to try my hardest.”

Cranbury Station Gallery, 15 Hulfish Street, Princeton. Open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturdays 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment. 609-921-0434 or www.cranburystationgallery. com.

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.

Holiday Online Trivia Night, State Theater of New Jersey. www.stnj.org/trivia. Suzie the Elf hosts a trivia challenge covering classic movies like “Frosty the Snowman” and “Miracle on 34th Street” to songs like “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer.”

The trivia will be composed of 50 multiple choice questions. The first-place winner gets a $150 State Theater gift certificate and the second-place winner gets a State Theater swag bag. Register. Minimum $5 donation supports the theater’s community education programs. 7 p.m.

For Seniors

Holiday Celebration, Princeton Senior Resource Center, 609-751-9699. www. princetonsenior.org. Music, an abundance of cheer, and wreaths to raffle. Ugly sweaters or other holiday accessories are welcome. Via Zoom. Register. 1 p.m.

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Off the Presses: ‘Why Vegan? Eating Ethically’

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by Dan Aubrey

oral philosopher and Princeton University professor Peter Singer will discuss his new book, “Why Vegan? Eating Ethically,” during Labyrinth Books’ livestream event set for Tuesday, December 8, at 6 p.m.

Presented in partnership with the Princeton Public Library, Princeton University’s Center for Human Values, Princeton University Humanities Council, the High Meadows Environmental Institute at Princeton University, and the Food, Ethics, Psychology Conference, the in-conversation session also features Andrew Chignell, a Princeton University professor specializing in ethics, religion, and philosophy.

The Australia-born Singer became internationally known through his books “Animal Liberation” (1975), “Practical Ethics” (1979), “The Reproduction Revolution” (1984, co-authored with Deane Wells), and “Should the Baby Live?” (1986).

On his personal website, he writes, “Journalists have bestowed on me the tag of ‘world’s most influential living philosopher.’ They are probably thinking of my work on the ethics of our treatment of animals, often credited with starting the modern animal rights movement, and of the influence that my writing has had on development of effective altruism. I am also known for my controversial critique of the sanctity of life ethics in bioethics.”

On that latter point, The Atlantic magazine noted in 2013, “Singer is one of the world’s most controversial philosophers. He supports a parent’s right to end the life of a severely disabled infant and argues that animal and human suffering are on an exactly equal moral level; his views have inspired both fervent admiration and fierce denunciation. Shortly after Singer first arrived at Princeton in September 1999, billionaire publisher Steve Forbes told Princeton’s trustees that he would stop giving money to the university until Singer left. The trustees refused to rescind the appointment. Still, Singer has been what the New York Times once called a ‘public relations nightmare’ for his employer. Nevertheless, over the decade since Singer first arrived at the university, his Practical Ethics course has become famous on campus, enrolling nearly 400 students this past semester.’

Singer says in the introduction of “Why Vegan?” — a collection of essays spanning several decades — that while his writings against eating animals go back 47 years the fact that they are appearing again suggests both a relevancy and a problem and restates his arguments.

“It would have been so much better if we could put them in the same category as arguments against slavery: of historical interest, but no more than that today.

Our ethics regarding animals are still a long way from reaching that point. Never the less , the extraordi-

nary spread of vegan food over the past decade, coupled with the billions of dollars invested in developing plant-based alternatives to meat, has brought the goal of a vegan world from fantasy to a possible future.”

He then states that the movement has become strong because of three main concerns: animals, climate change, and personal health.

“It was the first of these that led me to become a vegetarian in January 1971. Shortly before that, I had learned some facts about the way the animals I was eating were treated before they were killed. I talked about it with Renata, my wife. We could not justify supporting those practices through our purchase, so we stopped eating meat.”

He says it was not until the 1980s that he became aware of how the meat industry contributed to problems related to climate change — something that could be corrected by people changing their diets.

Regarding health, Singer writes, “In 2011, when Bill Clinton, looking healthier and slimmer than he had in many years, revealed that he had become a near-vegan to reduce the danger of heart disease it was a sign that health concerns were leading people to eliminate, or drastically reduce, their intake of animal foods, and it influenced

more to follow Clinton’s example.

I have no special expertise in health or nutrition, so I have investigated that aspect of avoiding animal products only to the extent required to assure myself that it is no less healthy than a diet including animal products. Experts in nutrition generally recommend that vegans take a B-12 supplement, but as long as that is done, vegans generally enjoy health at least as good as those of meat-eaters. Given the animal- and climate-related reasons for avoiding animal products, that is reason enough to change your diet.”

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inger then brings up a startling meat-related health consideration: “In 2020, the coronavirus pandemic brought a fourth reason for avoiding meat. The pandemic appears to have come to humans via the so-called ‘wet markets’ in Wuhan, China. Wet markets are places where live animals, sometimes including wild animals, are sold and then slaughtered on the spot for the purchaser. They are hell for the animals, and as we know now, a major health hazard. But Westerners who blame China for allowing markets in wild animals need to look at what they are eating themselves. The factory farms that

Peter Singer, left, discusses his essay collection ‘Why Vegan’ in conversation with Andrew Chignell at Labyrinth Books on Tuesday, December 8. produce their meat and eggs crowd tens of thousands of animals into a single shed, creating an ideal environment for viruses to multiply and mutate. The 2009 swine flu pandemic appears to have come from a pig farm in North Carolina, and different forms of bird flu have started in intensive chicken farms. At least one of them — H5N1 — was far more lethal than COVID-19. Moving away from meat, whether from wild animals or from factory farms, would reduce the risk of another pandemic that could make COVID-19 look like a minor problem.”

Singer says one of the main obstacles to embracing animal rights and a vegan diet is habit. “Habits not only of diet but also of thought and language must be challenged and altered. Habits of thought lead us to brush aside descriptions of cruelty to animals as emotional, for ‘animal-lovers only’; or if not that, then anyway the problem is so trivial in comparison to the problems of human beings that no sensible

‘The extraordinary spread of vegan food over the past decade, coupled with the billions of dollars invested in developing plant-based alternatives to meat, has brought the goal of a vegan world from fantasy to a possible future,’ Singer writes.

person could give it time and attention. This too is a prejudice — for how can one know that a problem is trivial until one has taken the time to examine its extent?”

He adds that the challenge is that the argument “has to be expressed in a language which in this case happens to be English. The English language, like other languages, reflects the prejudices of its users. So authors who wish to challenge these prejudices are in a wellknown type of bind: either they use language that reinforces the very prejudices they wish to challenge, or else they fail to communicate with their audience. This book has already been forced along the former of these paths. We commonly use the word ‘animal’ to mean ‘animals other than human beings.’

This usage sets humans apart from other animals, implying that we are not ourselves animals — an implication that everyone who has had elementary lessons in biology knows to be false.”

To continue discussion, there is Singer’s 96 page “Why Vegan?

Eating Ethically,” published by Norton and priced at $15.95. Or register for the December 8 Labyrinth livestream by going to www. labyrinthbooks.com.

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Life in the Fast Lane Trenton Thunder Baseball Returns to the Capital City

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our Power of Fun brand to our fans as the Thunder Entertainment Experience they have enjoyed for the last 27 years, featuring the antics of our beloved mascot Boomer haveeks after the future of ing a blast in the crowd,” Thunder baseball in Trenton was thrown in- general manager and COO Jeff to jeopardy when the New York Hurley said in a statement.

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The league will consist of six teams featuring top Major League Prospects and will play a 68-game schedule from May to August.

Joining the Thunder in the league will be the Mahoning Valley Scrappers, based in Niles, Ohio; the State College Spikes and Williamsport Crosscutters from PennIH Family Partners, a Trensylvania; the West Virginia Black Bears; and a sixth team that has not ton-based community organization that provides innovative programs yet been named.

In a statement, Mercer County and services to support men in Executive Brian Hughes celebrat- meeting the responsibilities of fatherhood, announced the compleed the announcement.

“For legions of Trenton Thunder tion of its rebranding, establishing fans, the development of a new itself as The Father Center of New league showcasing up and coming Jersey — or simply “The Father talent will be a real thrill. Major Center.”

The name, The Father Center, League Baseball’s success is built on a thriving minor league system, reflects the strength of the nonprofand for 27 years Thunder support- it’s continued mission to support ers have visited our Capital City, men in gaining the skills and meetwarmly welcoming new players ing the responsibilities of fatherand proudly cheering others on to hood. The organization believes that when fathers are empowered to the big leagues,” Hughes said.

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ter signifies our organization’s recommitment to fathers and father figures in our community. Now more than ever, we must focus on helping fathers gain the life skills to be involved with their families and work skills to be able to contribute financially,” said Karen AndradeMims, executive director. “The new name represents our vision to empower every father to meet the responsibilities of fatherhood — socially, emotionally, and economically.”

The Father Center is New Jersey’s longest serving nonprofit.

Several Trenton families seeking to protect vulnerable children and support families founded the organization as Union Industrial Home for Children in 1859.

Serving first as an orphanage, the agency has grown to focus on improving quality of life for children by supporting the father figures in their lives. Today The Father Center serves more than 1,500 fathers each year, guiding them to create strong, nurturing relationships with their children.

The Father Center of NJ also Karen Andrade-Mims is executive director of the moved its offices from the intersecrecently rebranded Father Center in Trenton. tion of State and Broad streets to a new, equally historic downtown location at One West State Street.

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las, community meetings and events can take place.

For more information, go to the organization’s new website, www. thefathercenter.org.

New Guidance Issued for Employee COVID Testing 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

50 Princeton-Hightstown Road, Princeton Jct.

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

Mercer Corporate Park, Robbinsville

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

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s employers seeks safe ways to bring their employees back to the office, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has issued guidance for those who are considering testing their employees for COVID-19.

The Employers Association of New Jersey released the following summary of the CDC’s recommendations.

“Workers with COVID-19 symptoms should be referred to a healthcare provider for evaluation and potential testing. Waiting for test results prior to returning to work is preferred to keep potentially infected workers out of the workplace.

“Viral testing may be recommended for close contacts (people who have been within 6 feet for a total of 15 minutes or more) of persons with COVID-19. Close contacts could be an employee whose family member has tested positive.

“Positive test results using a viral test indicate that the employee has COVID-19 and should not come to work and isolate at home.

People who have tested positive for COVID-19 do not need to quarantine or get tested again for up to 3 months as long as they do not de-

velop symptoms again. People who develop symptoms again within 3 months of their first bout of COVID-19 may need to be tested again if there is no other cause identified for their symptoms.

“Viral testing of workers without symptoms or suspected exposure to Covid-19 may be useful to detect COVID-19 in workplaces where physical distancing is difficult and other precautions are difficult to achieve. The CDC is finalizing recommendations for a new quarantine period, likely between seven and ten days after potential exposure to COVID-19, with a test to ensure a person is negative for COVID-19. The exact time period and what type of test a person would be given to exit quarantine are still under consideration.

“The CDC notes that return to work for employees with suspected or confirmed infections should be made in the context of clinical and local circumstances. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplification tests have detected the virus in some people’s respiratory samples after they have recovered from COVID-19.

“Also, under the Americans with Disabilities Act, employers are permitted to require a doctor’s note to verify that employees are healthy and able to return to work.

However, as a practical matter, employers should be aware that healthcare provider offices and medical facilities may be extremely busy and may not be able to provide such documentation in a timely manner.

“In such cases, employers should consider not requiring a healthcare provider’s note for employees who are sick to validate their illness, qualify for sick leave, or to return to work. Most people

with COVID-19 have mild illness, can recover at home without medical care, and can follow CDC recommendations to determine when to discontinue self-isolation and return to work.

“A test-based strategy is no longer recommended to determine when to discontinue home isolation for those who have tested positive, except in certain circumstances. Health care providers are advised to focus on symptoms.

“For persons who never develop symptoms, isolation and other precautions can be discontinued 10 days after the date of their first positive.”

Deaths Mark Nebbia, 59, on November 28. A graduate of Steinert High School and The College of New Jersey, he worked in advertising sales for Community News Service, U.S. 1’s parent company.

Andrew Annucci, 66, on November 27. The Ewing resident worked for GM Fisher Guide for 32 years and also worked as a custodian for Princeton Public Schools.

Tony Brosky, 75, on November 24. He owned Tony’s Auto Service in Ewing and also served with the Mercer County Fire Police.

Leonard Anthony Bucchino, Jr., 79, on November 25. The Hamilton resident was the owner/operator of Leonard’s Construction Company.

Angeline C. Magowan, 88, on November 25. She retired after more than 40 years with Broad Street Bank.

Thierry Verhaegen, 68, on November 20. He worked at Munich Reinsurance America for 30 years.

WANTED: ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE (Greater Princeton Territory)

Community News Service has an immediate opening for a full time Advertising Sales Representative. The right candidate will be a highly organized, collaborative and creative closer who thrives in a deadline driven sales environment. He or she will have the ability to: • Build genuine customer relationships by actively listening to their needs • Design unique print and digital strategies to promote business growth • Use his or her passion to succeed to generate new sales The position requires: • Motivated, friendly, dependable and trustworthy personality • Valid driver’s license & clean driving record • Ability to close sales and meet revenue projections • Proficiency with technology • MUST LOVE SALES! (Media sales a plus) Interested in joining a leading media company that provides the opportunity for personal and professional growth? Please send resume to: Thomas Fritts: Director of Advertising Community News Service tfritts@communitynews.org

DOWNTOWNER Advance Current Ex press Robbinsville

Bordentown

Hopewell

Hamilton Post

Benefits include: Salary, Bonus, 401K, Health Contribution

DECEMber 2, 2020

U.S. 1 Classifieds How to order

business services

wanted to buy

Fax or E-Mail: That’s all it takes to order a U.S. 1 Classified. Fax your ad to 609-844-0180 or E-Mail class@princetoninfo.com. We will confirm your insertion and the price. It won’t be much: Our classifieds are just 50 cents a word, with a $7 minimum. Repeats in succeeding issues are just 40 cents per word, and if your ad runs for 16 consecutive issues, it’s only 30 cents per word.

Questions? Call us at 609-396-1511 ext. 105.

Professional Ghostwriter: Press releases that grab editors’ attention and robust website content that rises above the run of the mill. Have your business history written to preserve the story behind your success. E. E. Whiting Literary Services. 609-462-5734 eewhiting@live.com

Cash paid for SELMER Saxophones and other vintage models.

609-581-8290, E-mail: lenny3619@ gmail.com

PERSONAL SERVICES

MEN SEEKING WOMEN

Professional Ghostwriter. Capture family stories or business histories for posterity. Writing your own memoir? Let me bring your memories alive. Memorialize special events with reminiscences of family and friends printed for all to share.

Obituaries and eulogies are sensitively created. E. E. Whiting Literary Services.

609-462-5734 eewhiting@live.com

Elderly gentleman seeks a woman who is more concerned about the suffering occurring around the world than she is about hedonistic pleasures. Box 240346.

OFFICE RENTALS 1 day/month/year or longer. Princeton Route 1. Flexible office space to support your business. Private or virtual offices, conference rooms, high speed internet, friendly staffed reception. Easy access 24/7. Ample parking. Call Mayette 609-514-5100. www.princeton-office.com.

Ewing/Mercer County OFFICE 3,000 SF. 201-488-4000 or 609-8837900.

One large office-1500 SqFt and two small offices for sublet: One 500 SqFt and one 1000 SqFt space. Quiet setting in office park along Rte 206 in Skillman with ample parking. Call Meadow Run Properties at 908-281-5374.

RETAIL SPACE Princeton, NJ Central Business District Retail/Service Business Stores for Lease - Weinberg Management, Broker - For Confidential Conversation Text: 609-731-1630 Email: WMC@collegetown.com

HOME MAINTENANCE A friendly handyman seeks small jobs. Let me help you with a variety maintenance and repairs around your home. Please call me at 609-275-6930.

TRANSPORTATION A Personal Driver seeking to transport commuters, shopping trips, etc.

Modern, attractive car. References provided. Less than commercial taxi services. E-mail to gvprinter@gmail.com or call 609-331-3370.

MUSIC SERVICES Brass Instrument Teacher: Professional musician, University of the Arts graduate. Instruction on Trumpet, Trombone, Tuba, Baritone/Euphonium, Improvisation/Music Theory. 609-2408290. Frank.rein@yahoo.com

MERCHANDISE MART Computer problem? Or need a used computer in good condition $80? Call 609-275-6930.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS I Buy Guitars and All Musical Instruments in Any Condition: Call Rob at 609577-3337.

Cash paid for World War II military items. 609-581-8290 or e-mail lenny3619@optonline.net.

Nice guy, 58, 6’ tall, owner-operator, non-smoker, non-drinker, loves kids, loves dogs, would enjoy the companionship of good natured lady over 40. please send phone number. Photo would be appreciated. Box #240816 Professional seeks a woman from 40-55 years old. I enjoy family, I like to go to movies, go to the beach, festivals, adn sometimes dine out and travel.

Please send phone, email to set up meeting.Box 240245.

men seeking men A very attractive, clean, healthy, fit, athletic, young 61 Bi- white male.

Looking to meet same discreet, sensual white or Latin male. For discreet concerns, please respond with day time phone number for contact. Box #240815 I jumped off the curb yesterday to end the feeling of being alone due to Covid, but it did not help!! If this isolation is getting to you and you need a hug, conversation, or a pen pal, then write to this mature, six foot Italian in good shape with a sense of humor. What are you doing to keep your fantasies alive? Puzzles, t.v., cooking, or a couch potato?

Hope to get a good response from all you animals in Neverland. Box #240813

U.S. 1

Office Space (sublet)

Up to 5900 sq. ft. office space in Lawrenceville.

(Can be subdivided into 1900 sq. ft. increments.)

Please call for details: 609-577-8244 HOW TO RESPOND

JOBS WANTED

How to Respond: Place your note in an envelope, write the box number on the envelope, and mail it with $1 cash to U.S. 1 at the address below.

Job Hunters: If you are looking for a full-time position, we will run a reasonably worded classified ad for you at no charge. We reserve the right to edit the ads and to limit the number of times they run. If you require confidentiality, send a check for $4 with your ad and request a U.S. 1 Response Box. Replies will be forwarded to you at no extra charge.

Mail or Fax your ad to U.S. 1 Jobs Wanted, 15 Princess Road, Suite K, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648. Fax to 609844-0180. E-mail to class@princetoninfo.com. You must include your name, address, and phone number (for our records only).

HOW TO ORDER Singles By Mail: To place your free ad in this section mail it to U.S. 1, 15 Princess Road, Suite K, Lawrenceville 08648, fax it to 609-844-0180, or E-mail it to class­@princetoninfo.com. Be sure to include a physical address to which we can send responses.

Summer Fiction All Year Long Short Stories & Poems from the readers of U.S. 1

U .S. 1 Newspaper extends its annual invitation to all writers and poets to present original short fiction, short plays, or poetry.

This is an opportunity to have your work published in hard-copy form and to be recognized in public for your effort.

To participate, submit your previously unpublished short story, play, or poem as soon as possible. Please: No more than two stories or five poems per writer.

Work will be considered for publication on a rolling basis.

Please submit work by e-mail to fiction@princetoninfo.com.

Authors retain all rights.

Preference will be given to central New Jersey writers whose work addresses a theme or place relevant to the greater Princeton business community. Submissions from children are not encouraged.

Questions?

E-mail fiction@princetoninfo.com or call 609-452-7000.

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Important: Be sure to include a brief biographical summary with your submission, along with your name, address, and daytime phone number.

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