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A Search for Identity

Environmental advocates are holding an event to raise awareness of the joys and benefits of backyard chickens.

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Four candidates, including two incumbents, are competing for three open seats on the Princeton Board of Education.

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Ross Kenneth Urken’s forthcoming memoir reflects on the impact of his Jamaican nanny during his Princeton upbringing.

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LEADING OFF

Bring on the backyard chickens

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ver since residents voted to con­ solidate Princeton Borough and Township in 2012, the new, merged municipality has worked to harmo­ nize ordinances and policies that dif­ fered between the two former Prince­ tons. This year, they finally got to the chickens.

The Princeton Environmental Com­ mission (PEC) has passed a resolu­ tion supporting backyard poultry and encouraging the adoption of a formal ordinance on the matter.

To raise awareness the PEC, in col­ laboration with the Princeton Public Library, is holding an information ses­ sion on Saturday, October 5, at 10:30 a.m. at the library. Chickens will be present, along with a panel of speakers.

“The zoning ordinances of the for­ mer Princeton Township address com­ mercial farming; however they do not define the practice of keeping backyard poultry,” notes PEC member Karen Zemble. “In addition, the zoning or­ dinances of the former Princeton Bor­ ough address domestic animals; how­ ever they do not define the practice of keeping backyard poultry.”

Benefits of backyard chickens cited in the PEC resolution include access to fresh, local eggs that do not have to be transported from factory farms; a reduction in household food waste be­ cause hens will eat it; and natural pest control.

While many residents already own backyard chickens, an ordinance would allow the municipality to regulate flock sizes and the placement of coops, and track any outbreaks of poultry-based diseases. It could also specify if roost­ ers, whose calls are louder than those of hens, are permitted.

The October 5 talk, which will be

Karen Zemble and her hen, Dusty, will make an appearance at the library on October 5.

The fueling station, as seen from the intersection of Terhune and Mount Lucas roads, is an unwelcome sight for many residents who live within eyesight of it or drive by it on a daily basis.

moderated by PEC chair Sophie Glovi­ er, will include multiple residents who currently own chickens as well as Karla Cook, co-founder of Princeton Studies Food, who will speak about sustainable management of food and food waste — and how she gives her backyard hens manicures — and Jim Kinsel, man­ ager of Honeybrook Organic Farm in Hopewell.

Also speaking will be Gwenne Baile, founder of Camden County Chick­ ens and owner of therapy hens. Baile, a retired nurse, was until last year the owner of Rosebud, a certified therapy hen so well known in the South Jer­ sey area that her death in April, 2018, prompted an obituary in the Courier Post. The obituary included tributes from administrators at nursing homes and programs that work with autistic children, lauding the hen’s soothing ef­ fect on the humans she interacted with.

The next step for the PEC is drafting an ordinance. A task force consisting of Zemble, Councilwoman Eve Nie­ dergang, health control officer Jeffrey Grosser, and animal control officer James Ferry plans to present a draft to the public at the PEC meeting on Wednesday, October 23.

ber 3, from 2 to 3 p.m. in Witherspoon Hall; Saturday, October 5, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Princeton Public Li­ brary, and Tuesday, October 8, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Princeton Senior Resource Center. Bring insurance information; residents without insurance will be provided shots for free.

Flu shot clinics planned

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f you asks the Centers for Disease Control about pet chickens, they’ll ask you to please, please not kiss them.

That should go without saying, but evi­ dently there have been cases of salmo­ nella across the country linked to the practice. They will also tell you to get your flu shot, and to that end the town is offering three flu clinics in October.

They will be held Thursday, Octo­

Residents say Cherry Hill intersection is a disaster waiting to happen

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omeone’s gonna get killed in this intersection.” That was the senti­ ment from angry residents signed up by the dozen to voice their concerns at the September 23 Princeton Coun­ cil meeting. They were not talking about a dangerous mid-block crossing downtown, but about the intersection of Mount Lucas and Cherry Hill roads, where the closure of one block of Ter­ hune Road for the installation of the new first aid headquarters has caused a traffic and safety headache for nearby homeowners.

Residents were infuriated that the town appeared to have taken little ac­ tion to resolve issues at the troublesome intersection since it was last addressed at an April Council meeting. Township Administrator Marc Dashield did an­ nounce that the Department of Trans­ portation had tentatively approved the addition of three seconds to the green light at Cherry Hill as well as restrip­ ing to create designated left, straight, and right turn lanes in the westbound direction on Cherry Hill, but that did little to appease irate residents.

Adding insult to anticipated injury is the continued presence of the new fuel­

ing station on the first aid site, widely considered to be an eyesore by neigh­ boring residents. Dashield noted that the town has investigated alternative sites on Harrison Street, at the police station, and at the Valley Road School site, but a formal proposal has yet to be made about the possibility of moving the structure.

Dashield added that the munici­ pality is attempting to enforce a new policy prohibiting refueling between the hours of 7:45 and 9 a.m. and 2:30 and 3:45 p.m. to avoid additional traffic at times when children are potentially walking to and from school.

Residents commenting at the meet­ ing also took Mayor Liz Lempert to task for failing to follow through on a promise made in April that, at a mini­ mum, the canopy would be removed from the top of the fueling station.

Lempert responded that she was hold­ ing herself to that promise, but that owing to her “fiduciary responsibility” to the taxpayers it was prudent to wait for a decision to be made on whether the station would be relocated entirely before paying to have the top removed.

Plans are also in place to replace the sidewalks and curbing on Mount Lucas between Valley and Cherry Hill roads, which officials hope will help mitigate the dangerous pedestrian crossing at the intersection of Mount Lucas and Terhune. The geometry of the intersec­ tion means that drivers approaching Mount Lucas from Terhune are forced to pull far past the stop sign and into the crosswalk to see oncoming traffic.

A crossing guard has been posted at the intersection, but — as was a recurring theme — residents were not satisfied with the municipality’s efforts so far.

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Signs of progress as affordable housing negotiations drag on

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omplying with a Superior Court judge’s ruling that Princeton must provide more affordable housing remains an unfinished piece of business for Mayor Liz Lempert and the Council more than a year after the original decision was handed down.

The town has yet to submit a hous­ ing plan to meet the number set by Judge Mary C. Jacobson, who found in March, 2018, that the municipality had a “new construction obligation” of 753 units covering a span from 1999 to 2025. Her decision came at the end of a trial pitting the town against the Fair Share Housing Center, a South Jerseybased group that advocates for afford­ able housing.

Officials have been unable to shed much light on details of their plan at this point, even as the town has said it is getting closer to having something the public can get a look at.

“We understand and are frustrated along with the community that this is not a more open process,” Lempert said in a phone interview September 16. “And we are under instructions by a court and by our attorneys not to talk about some of the negotiations that are

occurring both with Fair Share and with other property owners. I think everybody understands it’s not an ideal situation. We’d much rather have this be an open process.”

There is no date yet for when the plan will be submitted to the judge, who must approve it. Once that hap­

‘We understand and are frustrated along with the community that this is not a more open process,’ Lempert said. ‘I think everybody understands it’s not an ideal situation.’ pens, the town will be given time to make the necessary zoning changes “to make it possible to implement that plan,” Lempert said.

“It feels like we’ve been at the final stage for a very, very long time,” she said. “It feels to me like we’re in the final

stages. But it’s felt that way before, and it’s continued to drag on.”

Planning Board news Within that context, officials have he continuation of the hearing been in discussions with residential on the controversial Thomp­ developer AvalonBay, the contract pur­ son Woods housing development chaser of a 15-acre property located on off Herrontown Road (the Echo, Thanet Circle, about having the prop­ September 2019) was originally erty be a part of the affordable housing scheduled for the September 19 plan. The company redeveloped the Planning Board meeting but was former Princeton Hospital on Wither­ postponed until the Thursday, spoon Street.

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Lempert has said the sides have talk­ The September 19 meeting was ed about how many affordable units devoted to a far less contentious would be included in what Avalon con­ plan submitted by the Great Roadstructs at the Thanet site, today home based Tenacre Foundation to de­ to two office buildings. At the project molish its two main buildings and at the old hospital site, AvalonBay con­ replace them with new buildings structed 280 units, of which 56 were set that are 1,600 and 4,600 square feet aside as affordable housing. Inclusion­ larger than what’s there now. The ary developments that mix affordable application included a new pedes­ and market-rate housing are common trian area between the two build­ around the state, although critics con­ ings with limited vehicle traffic. tend they lead to much more housing The application was unanimous­ than a town can accommodate. ly approved with conditions.

“That’s part of our discussions with them,” Lempert said when asked how many residential units, in total, Ava­ Ronald S. Ladell declined to comment. lonBay is considering building.

Lempert said she thinks the town is She said AvalonBay would need a “close” to concluding discussions with zoning change because the Thanet the company. property is not zoned for housing.

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“I feel like we’ve been having pro­ ductive conversations,” she continued, “that I hope we can get to a spot where we meet both the needs of Avalon Bay and that of the municipality in meeting our affordable housing obligations and also of the community.”

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In June the Planning Board approved a 65-unit project on Herrontown Road, at the three-acre site once home to the pet shelter of SAVE, A Friend to Home­ less Animals. The applicant was the contract purchaser 900 Herrontown Princeton LP, an affiliate of Montclairbased RPM Development Group.

Overall, 64 of the apartments will be for affordable housing, with the re­ maining one apartment for the build­ ing superintendent, municipal records showed. Buildings on the site will be three and four stories high.

The unanimous approval of the plan came after vigorous testimony from neighbors on Old Orchard and Mount Lucas roads opposing the project, cit­ ing the number of trees that would have to be cut down at the site and increased traffic demands on the sur­ rounding streets.

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In a follow-interview on September 19, he said a funding application was submitted September 12 to the New Jersey Housing and Mortgage Finance Agency, a branch of state government.

He said he hopes to get a decision from the agency by the end of the year.

“That is what’s going to drive the schedule,” he said. “If we don’t get fund­ ed, we’re not starting construction.”

He said “if everything goes well, we would start construction in 2020 and complete in 2021.”

He said most of the money that will be used to build the project comes from selling low income housing tax credits.

“If we can get those, we can work the rest out,” he said.

Zoning for the property changed

earlier this year, when the Princeton Council voted in April to create the affordable housing residential district to provide “a realistic opportunity” for building low and moderate income housing, municipal records showed.

In addition, the Council voted on July 8 to enter an agreement for RPM to make a payment in lieu of taxes, or PILOT, to the municipality rather than pay a regular property tax bill where the taxes are split between the school district, the county and the town. The deal stipulated that RPM would pro­ vide 6.28 percent of its revenues to Princeton a year for 30 years.

In the July 8 resolution that they ap­ proved, Council members said they felt “entering into a PILOT agreement with RPM is necessary to assure implemen­ tation of the project and the construc­ tion of the affordable rental housing.”

Lempert said such an arrangement is “typical” with projects that are 100 per­ cent affordable housing.

She said there have been no discus­ sions for the town to share some of the PILOT money with the school district, which might see enrollment grow from school-age children who live at the de­ velopment.

“We understand the concerns about rising enrollment and about budgets,” Lempert said. “And at the end of the day, we’re one community.”

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Zoning Board updates

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wo applications were scheduled to be heard at the Zoning Board meeting on September 25. The first, for 96 Fleming Way, was postponed until October due to defective noticing.

The second was for variances at 33 Lafayette Road, owned by Thomas Ma­ jdanski, to allow the construction of three dormers at the rear of the home and an addition connecting an existing garage to the main home and expand­ ing the second floor of the garage.

While board members noted that the home — already on a non-conforming lot at only 14,000 square feet in a zone requiring a minimum of 20,000 square feet — is effectively “maxed out,” they also noted that was a trend for many homes in that neighborhood, in the western section. The application was unanimously approved with the con­ dition that it be submitted to the mu­ nicipal land use engineer for a review of drainage conditions.

The next Zoning Board meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, October 23, at 7:30 p.m.

Recent transactions

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he following listings of residen­ tial home sales are based on pub­ lic records and tax files. The number in parentheses after the closing price indi­ cates the amount it was above or below the original listing price.

51 Maple Street. Seller: Anthony Perna Estate. Buyer: Harold Dibble and Claudine Collins. Three-story Colo­ nial. 3 bedrooms, 3 baths. $725,000 (-$74,000).

21 Richard Court. Seller: Peggy Dewolf and James Bogart. Buyer: Yi Bao and Yan Gao. Townhouse. 3 bed­ rooms, 2.5 baths. $850,000 (-$35,000).

101 Linden Lane #B. Seller: Wal­ mat Linden LLC. Twin. 2 bedrooms, 3 baths. $465,000 ($54,000).

37 Pheasant Hill. Seller: Nancy Syn­ derman. Buyer: Eric Shroff. Two-story Cape Cod. 5 bedrooms, 4 baths, 2 half baths. $1,935,947 (-$260,000).

152 Cedar Lane. Seller: Mark Kill­ ingsworth and Wendy Young. Buyer: Nir Eyal and Leah Price. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 half baths. $1,100,000 (-$100,000).

46 Terhune Road. Seller: Harvey Rosen and Marsha Novick. Buyer: Yang Ren. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $721,000 (-$48,000).

22 Stanley Avenue. Seller: John Dil­ worth. Buyer: Ronald Meier and Anil Perez. Two-story cottage. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths. $616,700 (-$2,300).

420 Mount Lucas Road. Seller: Andrea Filla and Brett Bonfield. Buyer: Lekha and Herman Tull. One-story cottage. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath. $482,000 (-$42,900).

14 Edgehill Street. Seller: John, David and Silvia Garretson. Buyer: Princeton Theological Seminary. Twostory Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,375,000.

61 Adams Drive. Seller: Mark and Sarah Antin. Buyer: Jonathan Mum­ molo and Lauren Wright. Two-story Contemporary. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $2,195,000.

1 Van Marter Court. Seller: Anub­ hai and Kalpana Mehta. Buyer: Anil Nadiminti and Sailaja Muvva. Twostory Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths, 2 half baths. $865,000 (-$85,000).

2 Laurel Road. Seller: Alfred and Claire Bertrand. Buyer: Raphael and Jolina Rosen. 1.5-story Cape Cod. 4 bedrooms, 2 baths. $718,740 (-$6,260).

108 Mercer Street. Seller: Adam and Laura Ash. Buyer: Princeton Theologi­ cal Seminary. Three-story Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 5.5 baths. $1,450,000.

183 Edgerstoune Road. Seller: Peter and Carol Holzer. Buyer: Brian and Lindsay Weiss. Two-story Colonial.

5 bedrooms, 4.5 baths. $1,162,500 (-$27,500).

193 Ridgeview Road. Seller: Andrew Weiss and Amanda Nothaft. Buyer: Hafiz Sikder and Yuki Sakamoto. Twostory Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,436,000 (-$114,000).

20 Wilkinson Way. Seller: Peter Johnson and Lynn Lederer. Buyer: Lanying Li and Wei Yu. Townhouse.

3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $715,000 (-$25,000).

117 William Patterson Court.

Seller: Christopher Monroe. Buyer: Junying Cai. Townhouse. 2 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $350,000 (-$15,000).

2 Audubon Lane. Seller: Mark and Hyun Harris. Buyer: Luis and Pia Ahn. Two-story Colonial. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,100,000 (-$95,000).

1772 West Stuart Road. Seller: John and Abigail Wachter. Buyer: John S. Morrison 3rd and Kathleen Erin. Twostory Colonial. 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,050,000 (-$149,000).

44 Maple Street. Seller: Timothy and Carolyn Ainslie. Buyer: Joseph Devaney. Three-story Victorian. 5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $1,340,000 (-$110,000).

26 Howe Circle. Seller: Mar­ tina Deignan. 2.5-story single fam­ ily. 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $990,000 (-$459,000).

310 Nassau Street. Seller: Jenni­ fer Brandt. Buyer: Scott and Mar­ tha Blandford. Two-story Colonial.

4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths. $1,210,000 ($11,000).

77-79 Jefferson Road. Seller: Mor­ gan Kirk LLV. Buyer: 77-79 Jefferson LLC. Condo. 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths. $900,000 (-$29,000).

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Meet the school board candidates F our candidates are compet­ Background: Please tell us in brief where you are from originally, your ing for three spots on the Princ­ academic and professional background, your age, and when and why you eton Board of Education in the moved to Princeton.

November 5 election. Incumbents Family: Please identify your spouse or significant other, their occupation Debbie Bronfeld and Gregory Stankie­ or employer, and ages of your children. Where have your children attended wicz will each seek a second term, school and where are they now? while former board member Dafna Kendal and newcomer Susan Kanter Community Involvement: What activities or organizations have you hope to fill the seat being vacated by been involved in that relate to education or the local community, either here Bill Hare, who did not seek re-election. or other places you have lived? What caused you to first get involved?

The Echo asked each candidate to The Issues: Why are you running for school board? Please identify the answer the questions at right about issues that are of particular concern to you, or that you feel are of greatest their backgrounds, experience, and importance to the community. priorities for the schools. Their answers are presented below in alphabetical or­ son College, with a concentration in for several non-profits, first as the der by last name. operations. founding executive director of Dress I spent the first for Success Mer­ Debbie Bronfeld half of my career cer County, which Background & Family: My husband working in cor­ Our district needs to assists women and I moved to Princeton in 1998, porate America in reentering the when he accepted a position at Bristol- for different implement a fair and work force. As Myers Squibb. We were living in the manu f a c tu r i ng an analyst for sustainable budget, Boston area, where I grew up. I am 58 and consumer Mercer Street years old and have a sister and brother; product compa­ versus laying teachers Friends Food my husband has two brothers; the six nies, focusing on Bank, I managed of us all attended public school K-12. finances and in­ off, in order to balance a senior food pro­ My dad was a CPA and my mom a spe­ ventory manage­ the budget. gram, weekend cial education teacher. ment. I was an food program for I received my undergraduate degree internal auditor, school children, from the University of Massachusetts too, traveling all over the U.S. Since and signed families up for food stamps. in accounting and an MBA from Bab­ 2007 I have worked and volunteered I have two sons who attended Little­

brook, John Witherspoon, and Princ­ eton High School, class of 2015 and 2018. My sons attend Stanford and Boston University.

Community Involvement: In Bos­ ton I volunteered with Special Olym­ pics and City Year. As a Littlebrook parent I volunteered as a room parent, in the library, supported the school garden and VP of community ser­ vices. I was a founding board member of Princeton Children’s Fund, raising awareness and funds for our school children. I volunteer weekly at a mobile food pantry in Princeton serving more than 30 families and with Hous­ ing Initiatives of Princeton. I wear my heart on my sleeve, so for me getting involved is not why, but of course!

The Issues: The issues that are the greatest concern to me fall under finances, school climate, and facilities.

I’m running again, not only because there is a lot of work to be done for our students, teachers, parents, and com­ munity, but because I want to be at the table making the hard decisions to ensure our students continue to receive a meaningful and unrestricted public education.

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fair and sustainable budget, versus lay­ ing teachers off, in order to balance the budget. I want to increase our reserve accounts for future uncertainties, and look for cost-sharing opportunities with the town and non-profit institu­ tions. I want to review invoices for la­ bor, healthcare, and school expenses to ensure your taxes are being spent ap­ propriately.

Our school climate must continue to address health, wellness (vaping), and safety for everyone. I will push for all students to be educated in an environ­ ment that is conducive to their individ­ ual learning style, and for ALL students to have the opportunity to participate in the arts, extracurriculars, and athlet­ ics, and for general education teach­ ers to read IEPs for students in their classes.

I will work with the administration to reduce cheating at PHS, to ensure

our students are engaged and con­ nected to their school, teachers, classes, and classmates and offer more real-life classes like financial and racial literacy, so our students have the tools needed for life after PPS. I will continue to push for parent forms to be translated to Spanish, and to ensure our minority students are in an environment where they can excel.

For facilities I will support con­ tinuous maintenance and care of our current buildings, and I will push to ensure we are optimizing our cur­ rent space, so students can attend the classes they want, and teachers can teach manageable size classes. I will push to hold our contract manage­ ment company completely respon­ sible for all referendum projects, with complete budget transparency. Princ­ eton taxpayers deserve the work and improvements of the referendum they

approved, at or under budget.

I look forward to another three years on the school board; my prior board and work experiences are qualifications needed on the board. I have served on student achievement, finance, equity, and as chair of the personnel com­ mittee for two years. I served on the last negotiating team with our three unions. I’m also a member of the green team and an alternate for the facilities and finance committees.

My voting records proves I have my own opinions and ideas and that I do not always agree with the full board.

Recently I voted no on the 2019-20 budget, and on several consultant fees.

These expenses are not focused on our students, especially our most vulner­ able students.

Contact me at debbieforschool­ board@aol.com.

Susan Kanter Background: I grew up going to pub­ lic school in Roslyn, New York, gradu­ ating from Roslyn High School in 1981.

I subsequently graduated from Duke University in 1985 with a double ma­ jor in economics and political science.

I worked for 23 years as vice president of operations for a large multi-national wholesale firm in New York City where I was responsible for budgeting, growth projections, and personnel for a $250 million division.

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(a Philadelphia native) and I attended — public schools that valued commu­ nity, diversity and academic achieve­ ment. Twelve years ago I retired and have, since then, been fully devoted to supporting and improving the Princ­ eton Public Schools through volunteer work.

Family: My husband, Larry Kanter, is an anesthesiologist working at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center.

We moved to Princeton in 1996 and our three children attended Johnson Park Elementary School, John With­ erspoon Middle School, and Princeton High School, graduating in 2014, 2016, and 2019, respectively. My youngest daughter currently is a freshman at the University of Chicago, my son is a senior at Washington University at St. Louis, and my oldest daughter is a research assistant in Boston.

Community Involvement: For the past 15 years as a parent and active vol­ unteer, I have worked to support and improve the Princeton Public Schools.

I spent five years as PHS PTO copresident, five years as JW PTO trea­ surer, and five years on PTO Council (PTOC). These roles allowed me to highlight and give a voice to issues at PHS, while staying current on issues at the elementary schools and JW. In the last few years I have co-led the

PHS PTO to support initiatives to en­ hance our community. These included the Homecoming football game under the lights; the creation of an initiative to provide a welcoming environment for new families; a student-led sustain­ ability initiative to end the use of dis­ posable plastic water bottles at PHS; Special Education PTO programs that educate our community as a whole;

Last year’s referendum rollout demonstrated the need for more communication, community partnership, research, and planning prior to making decisions with substantial impact on Princeton taxpayers. and programs that give voice to the is­ sues of income disparity and race.

My work in the PTOs allowed me to learn about and be involved in many critical aspects of our school commu­ nity. Through these experiences I have found that the most impactful solutions are achieved when both community

and stakeholder input are solicited and carefully considered. For example, as a parent representative on the PHS Bell Committee — which changed the start time and schedule at PHS to promote student wellness — I observed the im­ pact of creative, thoughtful change that was well researched, student focused, and collaborative.

Currently, I serve as treasurer for both the 101: Fund (2015-present) and Princeton Children’s Fund (2019) — two organizations that help to provide vital financial support and mentorship to families living in financial insecurity in our community.

I have also served as VP of education at The Jewish Center of Princeton for three years (2012-15) — a volunteer position where I was responsible for su­ pervising nursery school and religious school directors. Despite the challenges of managing a shrinking budget, I de­ veloped positive relationships with the directors, helped support the imple­ mentation of innovative new programs that supported our goal of providing Jewish education that met the varied interests and needs of our students and their families.

The Issues: I have extensive experi­ ence collaborating with families, teach­ ers, staff, community members, and administrators on urgent issues facing our district. I have decided to deepen my involvement by running for a seat on the Board of Education to help

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ensure that every child can achieve their full potential in a manner that is healthy and joyful. As a BOE member I would focus on the issues I have focused on in my volunteer work — equity for all students, wellness, and achievement of all our students. Decisions affecting our operational budget and facility plan­ ning must be made in a way that sup­ ports these values while being respon­ sible to the Princeton taxpayer.

Last year’s referendum rollout dem­ onstrated the need for more commu­ nication, community partnership, re­ search, and planning prior to making decisions with substantial impact on Princeton taxpayers. I led more than a dozen tours of PHS bringing more than 500 members of our community through the high school as the BOE coalesced around a scaled-back refer­ endum that addressed some of the fa­ cilities’ most urgent needs. From that experience, I came to understand even more fully how important listening, outreach, transparency, and communi­ cation are for the community to have confidence in the BOE’s recommenda­ tions and decisions.

My goal is for each student to find joy, achievement, and connection in our schools. I intend to do the hard, detailed work to arrive at solutions that satisfy the needs of our students while being accountable to the Princeton taxpayer.

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Gynecologic Cancer Specialist Joins CAPITAL HEALTH CANCER CENTER DR. JOYCE VARUGHESE, a board certified, fellowship trained gynecologic oncologist, has joined Capital Health Surgical Group and is now part of the nationally accredited Capital Health Cancer Center, located at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell. Dr. Varughese offers expertise in the most advanced treatments for all gynecologic cancers, including ovarian, uterine/endometrial, cervical, vulvar, and vaginal as well as pre-cancerous conditions in the female reproductive system.

“We are always working to expand Capital Health’s cancer care program, so we are excited to have Dr. Varughese join our team,” said Dr. Cataldo Doria, medical director of Capital Health Cancer Center. “Her expertise fills an important surgical gap in the region and allows us to offer advanced gynecologic care for women in in our area who might otherwise have to travel some distance to find the specialized services and expertise she provides.”

Dr. Varughese completed her fellowship training in gynecologic oncology at Yale University and focuses on traditional and minimally invasive surgical approaches, including laparoscopic and robotic surgery using the da Vinci Surgical System.

From diagnosis through treatment, Dr. Varughese works closely with referring physicians and an integrated team of medical, surgical, radiation, and allied cancer specialists at Capital Health Cancer Center to develop a comprehensive, individualized plan of care.

“I was drawn to a career in gynecologic oncology in part because of the strong connections I make with my patients and their families,” said Dr. Varughese. “I’m thrilled to be part of an organization that shares my patient-centered approach and my passion for advancing cancer care, particularly in an area of specialization that may not always be readily accessible for women.”

Dr. Varughese is part of Capital Health Surgical Group, a multispecialty surgical practice comprised of experienced surgeons who are experts in the surgical fields of acute care, bariatrics, breast, colorectal, general, hepato-pancreato-biliary, thoracic, vascular and surgical critical care.

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DR. VARUGHESE Dr. Varughese completed her fellowship training in gynecologic oncology and residency in obstetrics and gynecology, serving as administrative chief resident, at Yale University. She received her medical degree at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University in Bronx, New York and her undergraduate degree magna cum laude from Harvard University. She is frequently invited to lecture and present research at local, regional, and international medical conferences and has multiple peer-reviewed publications in Cancer, Gynecologic Oncology and other journals.

To make an appointment with Dr. Varughese, call 609.537.6700 or visit capitalsurgical.org for more information.

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Capital Health Earns National Reaccreditation from the

Commission on Cancer of the American College of Surgeons Capital Health Cancer Center, located at Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell, has again received national accreditation from the Commission on Cancer (CoC), a quality program of the American College of Surgeons (ACS) for another three-year term.

To earn accreditation, a cancer program must meet 34 quality care standards established by the CoC, be evaluated every three years through an extensive survey process, and maintain levels of excellence in the delivery of comprehensive patient-centered care.

Capital Health last earned this accreditation in 2016.

advanced treatment options such as CyberKnife Radiosurgery, da Vinci Robotic Surgery, TrueBeam Linear Accelerator (traditional 3D conformal radiation therapy, intensity modulated radiation therapy, RapidArc radiotherapy, and stereotactic radiosurgery), high-doserate radiation therapy, advanced imaging technology (digital mammography, 3D mammography, molecular breast imaging, PET/CT, and 3T MRI), nuclear isotopes (SIR-spheres), and more.

Visit capitalhealth.org/cancer to learn more.

As a CoC-accredited cancer center, Capital Health takes a multidisciplinary approach to treating cancer as a complex group of diseases that requires individualized care among surgeons, medical and radiation oncologists, diagnostic radiologists, pathologists, and other cancer specialists. This multidisciplinary partnership results in improved patient care.

“This is significant. Being reaccredited as a comprehensive community cancer center by the Commission on Cancer demonstrates our ability to provide cancer treatment and care that meets the highest standards in the nation and regionally,” said Dr. Cataldo Doria, medical director of Capital Health’s Cancer Center and an internationally renowned surgeon. “It also reaffirms that we have an extraordinary team of medical specialists committed to providing patients with individualized treatment plans tailored to their needs across all disciplines involved in care.”

The CoC Accreditation Program provides the framework for Capital Health to maintain its high quality of care through various programs that focus on the full spectrum of cancer care including prevention, early diagnosis, cancer staging, optimal treatment, rehabilitation, life-long follow-up for recurrent disease, and end-of-life care. When patients receive care at a CoC facility, they also have access to information on clinical trials and new treatments, genetic counseling, and patient-centered services including psycho-social support, a patient navigation process, and a survivorship care plan that documents the care each patient receives and seeks to improve cancer survivors’ quality of life.

Like all CoC-accredited facilities, Capital Health maintains a cancer registry and contributes data to the National Cancer Data Base (NCDB), a joint program of the CoC and American Cancer Society and the largest clinical disease registry in the world.

Data on all types of cancer are tracked and analyzed through the NCDB and used to explore trends in cancer care. CoC-accredited cancer centers use this data to create national, regional, and state benchmark reports that help CoC facilities with their quality improvement efforts.

Capital Health Cancer Center is the area’s most advanced provider of cancer treatment delivered by some of the most experienced medical experts. At Capital Health, a team of physicians from related fields such as medical oncology, radiation oncology, gynecological oncology, neurosurgery, hepato-pancreato-biliary surgery, interventional GI and pulmonology, colorectal surgery, radiology, plastic and reconstructive surgery, thoracic surgery and other specialties collaborate and provide patients with a network of physicians trained in the most complex oncology issues. Capital Health is the only center in the region that offers

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SHIFT

A 12-Week Group for Adults Experiencing Depression

Every Tuesday of every month | 2 – 3 p.m.

Capital Health – Hamilton 1445 Whitehorse – Mercerville Road, Hamilton, NJ 08619 SHIFT will teach you new, healthier ways of thinking, feeling and behaving while you gain new perspectives on how to manage your depression.

Group therapy provides benefits that individual therapy may not. Psychologists say, in fact, that group members are almost always surprised by how rewarding the group experience can be. Groups can act as a support network and a sounding board. Other members of the group often help you come up with specific ideas for improving a difficult situation or life challenge, and hold you accountable along the way.

Regularly talking and listening to others also helps you put your own problems in perspective. Oftentimes, you may feel like you are the only one struggling — but you’re not. It can be a relief to hear others discuss what they’re going through, and realize you’re not alone.

The time to SHIFT to a healthier, happier you is now. To sign up, call Capital Health – Behavioral Health Specialists at 609.689.5725.

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Stroke and Neurovascular Diseases For more than a decade, Capital Health has been providing advanced neurological care to patients in Central New Jersey and parts of Bucks County.

Patients with complex conditions affecting the brain and spine continue to rely on its Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center (part of its Capital Institute for Neurosciences) for diagnosis and treatment of all types of neurovascular diseases, including cerebral aneurysms, strokes, arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), arteriovenous fistulas (AVFs) and more.

“The commitment Capital Health has made over the last decade to comprehensive stroke care is something very few places do, and is completely unique in this region ,” said DR. VERNARD FENNELL, who soon after joining Capital Health last year became the first dualtrained neurosurgeon in New Jersey (and among the first in the country) to use the FDA-approved EMBOTRAP II Revascularization Device to safely remove a blood clot from an artery in the brain that caused a stroke. Dr. Fennell was also involved in some of the initial research on the device’s design.

Dr. Fennell is co-director of the Capital Health Stroke Program and a dual fellowship trained neurosurgeon specializing in cerebrovascular and endovascular neurosurgery, with additional expertise in microsurgery, skull base surgery, brain and spine tumors, spine trauma and reconstruction as well as epilepsy surgery.

In the event of an emergency, “call 9-1-1” is a common refrain, but when a 911 call is received for symptoms that suggest a patient is having a stroke, Capital Health’s Mobile Stroke Unit (MSU) can be co-dispatched with basic and advanced life support services.

In 2017, Capital Health deployed the innovative MSU designed to bring time-critical stroke care to patients at their home, or wherever the MSU is dispatched to assess them. At that time, it was the first unit of its kind in New Jersey, Pennsylvania or the Delaware Valley to go live and only the second on the East Coast.

The Stroke and Cerebrovascular Center at the Capital Institute for Neurosciences is the only Joint Commission certified Advanced Comprehensive Stroke Center in the region. Located at Capital Health Regional Medical Center (RMC) in Trenton, the Center provides emergency stroke and neurovascular services 24 hours-aday, seven days-a-week.

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One of the largest and most advanced neuro-dedicated intensive care units in New Jersey and the Delaware Valley

Visit capitalneuro.org to learn more.

IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS EXPERIENCING SIGNS OF A STROKE, CALL 911.

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The MSU team conducts critical assessments and works with neurologists, neuroradiologists and emergency room physicians at Capital Health to diagnose and treat patients in the field who are having an acute ischemic stroke.

“Calling 9-1-1 is key to better outcomes if you think you are having a stroke,” said DR. CHRISTIAN SCHUMACHER, co-director of the Capital Health Stroke Program and a board certified stroke neurologist at Capital Health. “If the patient is experiencing an acute ischemic stroke, our specialized team in the MSU can initiate intravenous (IV) tissue plasminogen activator (tPA) to help break up the clot while he or she is taken to the hospital for additional care. This can save time and help provide treatment more quickly.”

Does one side of the face droop or is it numb? Ask the person to smile. Is the person’s smile uneven?

Is one arm weak or numb? Ask the person to raise both arms. Does one arm drift downward?

Is speech slurred? Is the person unable to speak or hard to understand? Ask the person to repeat a simple sentence, like “The sky is blue.” Is the sentence repeated correctly?

If someone shows any of these symptoms, even if the symptoms go away, call 9-1-1 immediately. Check the time so you’ll know when the first symptoms appeared.

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Unless otherwise noted, call 609.394.4153 or visit capitalhealth.org/events to sign up for the following programs.

UNDERSTANDING HIP AND KNEE SURGERY Monday, October 14, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health – Hamilton Join DR. ARJUN SAXENA from Trenton Orthopaedic Group at Rothman for a discussion of surgical options that are available to help you maintain your active lifestyle.

HOW TO MAKE IT THROUGH THE WINTER WITHOUT THE WINTER BLUES Tuesday, October 15, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Seasonal affective disorder (SAD) is a type of depression that most commonly occurs during the winter months, typically starting in the late fall. Join DR. CHRISTI WESTON, medical director of Capital Health – Behavioral Health Specialists, to learn more about SAD and depression risk factors.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

October 4 – October 19

Hope is in the bag Shop for Hope. Shop to Help.

Join a unique two-week shopping and dining event to raise awareness about breast cancer that affects one out of eight women, and help educate women (and men) on the importance of early detection.

All funds raised through Hope is in the Bag enhance supportive services for women (and men) cared for at the Capital Health Center for Comprehensive Breast Care.

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! For more information to support Hope is in the bag, contact Joanne McGann at 609.303.4346 or jmcgann@capitalhealth.org or visit our website at capitalhealth.org/hope.

FREE HIP AND KNEE SCREENINGS Wednesday, October 23, 2019 | 5 – 7 p.m.

Capital Health – Hamilton Meet one-on-one with orthopedic surgeons DR. ARJUN SAXENA or DR. CHRISTOPHER SELGRATH of Trenton Orthopaedic Group at Rothman, who will conduct a free screening and recommend next steps.

ROOM TO BREATHE: What Is COPD and How Do We Treat It Tuesday, November 12, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center COPD is a major cause of disability that may prevent you from performing everyday activities like walking, cooking, or climbing stairs. Join DR. DIANA KOLMAN, director of Interventional Pulmonology at Capital Health, to learn about COPD risk factors, symptoms, and the latest screening and treatment options.

AARP SMART DRIVER COURSE Thursday, November 14, 2019 | 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.

Capital Health – Hamilton This course teaches valuable defensive driving strategies and provides a refresher of the rules of the road. You must be 18 years of age or older and have a valid driver’s license to attend this course. Cost is $15 for AARP members and $20 for non-members.

PANCREATIC CANCER: Managing Risk, Making and Understanding a Diagnosis Thursday, November 21, 2019 | 6 p.m.

Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell NJ PURE Conference Center Led by DR. JASON ROGART, director of Interventional Gastroenterology and Therapeutic Endoscopy at the Capital Health Center for Digestive Health and a genetic counselor from the Capital Health Cancer Center.

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CAPITAL HEALTH WELLNESS DAY FRIDAY, October 25, 2019 · 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

D&R Greenway Land Trust at the Johnson Education Center One Preservation Place · Princeton, NJ 08540 Wellness results from the active process of becoming aware of and making choices toward a healthy and fulfilling life.

Please join us for an exciting day of wellness-promoting activities as we host Capital Health Wellness Day at D&R Greenway Land Trust in Princeton, NJ with planned events including yoga, laughter therapy, meditation, art therapy, music therapy, Tai Chi, chair massage, and aromatherapy.

The event is provided free of charge thanks to the generosity of Capital Women in Philanthropy.

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nology purchases, and collecting mon­ ey owed to the district by the Cranbury Dafna Kendal Board of Education.

Rising Enrollment and Capacity: Background: I was born and raised in New Jersey. I'm 47 years old, have Student enrollment and capacity have a B.A. from Lehigh University and a been pressing issues for the school dis­ J.D. from Seton Hall University School trict for the past few years. The $27 mil­ of Law. I have been working as a law­ lion referendum passed last year was yer for the past 20 years. We moved to planned to address critical issues such Princeton in 2011 so that our children as HVAC, security, and capacity. Four could attend Princeton Public Schools. additional classrooms are planned at Princeton High School and three at Family: My husband, Frank God­ John Witherspoon Middle School. frey, works in the These new class­ insurance indus­ rooms will add try. Our chil­ I am running for school capacity for 175 dren are 15 and students, easing 12. They both board to maintain some of the over­ attended Little­ crowding at the Princeton’s standard of brook Elemen­ middle and high tary School and academic excellence, schools. The im­ are now at Princ­ provements will eton High School to advocate for fiscal give the board and John With­ responsibility, and to and our com­ munity time to erspoon Middle find solutions to address decide how to School. continue to ad­ C o m m u n i t y rising enrollment. dress the rising Involvement: I enrollment in a have been very transparent and open way. Additional­ involved in the Princeton community, ly, existing facilities should be analyzed mainly in supporting programs that to maximize usage and free up space benefit children. I served as treasurer for learning. on the executive board of the Little­ My prior experience as a highly ef­ brook Elementary PTO, I was a found­ fective PPS board member (2016-18) ing trustee of the Princeton Children’s will allow me to get to work right away.

Fund, and I served as a mentor to a Some of my accomplishments during first-generation Princeton High School my prior board term include negoti­ student for three years through the ating $800,000 in voluntary payments Give Back Foundation. I also coached from non-profits in Princeton, de­ a Princeton Little League Softball team termining that Cranbury wasn’t fully for several years. compensating our district for services The Issues: I am running for school provided (Cranbury underpaid PPS by board to maintain Princeton’s standard approximately $150,000 for the 2018of academic excellence, to advocate for 19 school year), and leading the discus­ fiscal responsibility, and to find solu­ sions with the teachers’ union to clear tions to address rising enrollment and the way for the start time at PHS to be moved to 8:20 a.m. capacity needs.

Given my prior experience, I already Academic Excellence: I want to en­ know how the system works and how sure that students from all backgrounds to get things done. As an independent and abilities receive an excellent educa­ tion. I support maintaining class sizes thinker with established relationships that are optimal for learning, hiring throughout Princeton, I value different and retaining outstanding teachers and viewpoints, create solutions, and build staff, and improving student health and consensus. Many parents, teachers, and members of the community know that wellness.

Fiscal Responsibility: In order to I am responsive, that they can bring ensure that our community remains their concerns to me, and that I will act, affordable, I support using taxpayer if necessary. dollars more efficiently, eliminating wasteful spending, working within Gregory Stankiewicz budgetary constraints, and negotiating Background: My family moved to voluntary payments from non-public Princeton in 2004, drawn to an en­ institutions that send students to our gaged community with a tradition of district. strong public schools. I have 30 years This year the school board cut three of policy experience, with a master’s percent of staff to balance the budget, and doctorate in public policy from despite rising enrollment. This has re­ Princeton University. I worked at the sulted in increased class sizes and re­ NYC Board of Education; NJ’s Office duced essential classes for students. of Management and Budget; and as I agree that cuts had to be made, but chief operating officer of New Jersey I would have achieved them without Community Capital, a nonprofit com­ impacting instruction or eliminating munity finance institution. I currently teaching positions. The budget short­ serve as statewide coordinator of the fall could have been closed by reducing NJ Community Schools Coalition and supervisory positions, deferring tech­ CANDIDATES, continued from page 10

as a lecturer at Rutgers.

Meet the candidates Family: My wife, Julia Sass Rubin, is a professor at Rutgers. We feel privi­ he League of Women Voters leged that our daughter, now a senior hosts a candidates’ forum on at Princeton High School, has had the Wednesday, October 2, at 7 p.m. in opportunity to grow up in this commu­ Monument Hall. nity and attend our public schools.

Community Involvement: I am completing my first term on the Board. to such an extent that the board found I became vice president and facilities it necessary to cut staff by 3 percent in committee chair in January. I co-chair the current year’s budget — a terrible the policy committee; serve on the outcome we must prevent from reoc­ finance committee; and am the board’s curring.

The board has worked with the su­ representative to the Princeton Plan­ perintendent and his team to identify ning Board. new revenue opportunities and imple­ I have focused on strengthening ment multiple years of cost saving mea­ our collaboration with the local com­ sures. We have begun a shared services munity and statewide partners. In that study with the municipality, and we are spirit, I serve as the Mercer County asking the public to submit cost-sav­ representative to the New Jersey School ings ideas. However, these measures Boards Association and helped our dis­ alone will not address the magnitude of trict rejoin the Garden State Coalition the shortfall, which equaled $2 million of Schools. last spring.

The Issues: My priorities are to: We must work with our partners Increase Equity and Inclusion: The to spearhead change at the state level. district won a state grant this fall that Over the summer we joined a coalition allows us to immediately expand our that successfully convinced the legis­ pre-kindergarten services; is undertak­ lature to provide a one-year increase ing an outside evaluation of our Special in the state’s reimbursement for past Education services and programs; and extraordinary special education costs. is instituting restorative practices this The infusion of an additional $1.7 mil­ year to move away from punitive disci­ lion in aid came after the deadline for pline and focus instead on strengthen­ the district to submit its 2019-20 bud­ ing schools as communities. Going for­ get but will be ward, I would like critical in helping us to adopt a com­ replenish some of munity school I have focused on our depleted re­ framework, work­ serves. Similarly, strengthening our ing in partnership Assemblyman with nonprofits to collaboration with the Andrew Zwicker provide expanded has proposed leg­ learning opportu­ local community and islation to have nities and support statewide partners. the state fund services to ensure charter schools that all our stu­ directly, rather dents thrive. than through Reduce Student Stress: Our students school district budgets. Such an out­ face levels of stress far higher than in come would be beneficial to both char­ the past. Princeton Public Schools ter schools and districts, saving Princ­ surveyed our high school students eton approximately $6.5 million a year; to understand how their stress levels keeping the Charter School fiscally compared to schools nationwide. In whole; and ending the competition for response, we instituted a later school resources that in the past has led to ten­ start time; implemented a modified- sions in our community. block schedule at Princeton High Planning on Meeting the Needs of School to better engage our students; Our Growing Community: We are encouraged teachers to reduce home­ implementing the $26.9 million 2018 work levels; and made changes at John referendum to improve security and Witherspoon Middle School to provide wellness in each of our schools and are our students with more connections providing regular public updates. to caring adults. Going forward, we Nevertheless, our student popula­ need to work closely with students as tion continues to grow, increasing we craft a new, State-mandated mental more than 10 percent over the last six health component to our K-12 health years. Now is the ideal time to engage curriculum. the community in planning for how Strengthening District Finances: to address growth and other critical Princeton Public Schools faces an on­ decisions that will shape the future of going funding shortfall brought on by Princeton Public Schools. Comprehen­ the state’s multi-year failure to fulfill sive planning is critical in avoiding un­ its funding obligations; rapidly rising necessary costs brought on by waiting student enrollments; and a strict State- too long to act. Done in conjunction mandated 2 percent cap on the growth with the community, it presents an op­ of our property tax levy. Over the past portunity for us to jointly identify costthree years, this combination of fac­ efficient solutions. tors has depleted the district’s reserves

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From hardware to hardcover, a memoir takes form son, Urken starts with his unusual ac­ cent — something people are always asking him about.

Urken explains he has “a peculiar way of enunciating and a peculiar rhythm,” one he learned from Dezna’s lilt, with its “subtle Caribbean nuance.”

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t’s 1902 and Ross Kenneth Urken’s paternal grandfather, Paul Urken, leaves Riga, Latvia, arrives in Tren­ ton, and opens a bicycle and glass shop.

Twenty-one years later, in 1933, he marries Eunice, class of 1932 at Temple University, and four quick years later moves the glass shop to Princeton. In 1939 the store switches largely to hard­ ware, keeping some glass until 1972 when Paul’s son, Irvin, joins the busi­ ness. Then in 2002, Urken Supply Co., the longtime landmark on Wither­ spoon Street, closes its doors, and Ross Kenneth Urken, about 16, is on his way to becoming a writer and storyteller.

Working in the hardware store fed Urken’s imagination. “I got exposed to so many characters around town and always wondered about their stories, what influenced them to act in particu­ lar ways,” he says.

“I think it was really that curiosity that drove me to want to be able to talk to people, tell their stories, learn what makes them tick. As a nosy younger brother, journalism is the ideal job — excepting spy!”

Of course, Urken’s parents read to him, like good Princeton parents, and he was surrounded by books. But he had another special influence, one he writes about in his new book, “An­ other Mother,” which he will talk about Wednesday, October 30, at 6 p.m. at Labyrinth Books at 122 Nassau Street.

“Another Mother” will be released by

by Ian Randle Publishers on October 21.

Metaphor is Urken’s medium, not only in his writing but in conversation.

Asked what drew him to writing about his relationship with his “other moth­ er,” the family’s nanny, Dezna Sander­

and this year have divorced again.

“Their relationship arithmetic traces the route of an irregular cardiogram,” Urken wrote in a May 12, 2010, blog in the New York Times titled “Happily Divorced,” published a couple of weeks before his parents’ remarriage.

“I don’t subscribe to the belief that there are these perfect families who never fight and who are perfectly posed like in a Norman Rockwell version of life,” Urken says. But, he adds, “it can help to have an outsider-insider on ground level, sort of coaching a family along.”

Not only was Dezna “the anchor in the drywall of our house,” Urken says.

She also brought “a level of spirituality and love of nature, and she allowed us to keep everything in perspective.”

Ross Kenneth Urken speaks on his Another part of Urken’s identity is memoir, ‘Another Mother,’ on October his Judaism. His grandparents were 30 at Labyrinth Books. founding members of the Jewish Cen­ ter, which recently celebrated its 70th veloped in Jamaica. It was influenced anniversary. Urken attended the Jewish by Ethiopian Jews, Urken says, and Center’s nursery and religious schools, Rastafaris believe that Emperor Haile celebrated Shabbat with his family, and Selassie was a descendant of the biblical King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba. became a bar mitzvah in 1999.

When Urken went to Jamaica to Although today he does attend ser­ vices and recently started a Talmud pursue Dezna’s story, he found another study program for New York Princeton tantalizing connection between Ja­ alumni with the campus Chabad rab­ maica and his own religious tradition: bi, Eitan Webb, as a youngster Jewish a crony of the Captain Henry Morgan, stories were important to him. “I con­ a “Jewmaican” pirate, Moses Cohen nected like most Jewish kids to the hu­ Henriques, whose descendants are now mor, the cultural extensions of Judaism friends of Urken’s.

— in stand-up, movies, and literature,” n his book Urken interposes he says. moments in Dezna’s Jamaican life, Looking at Dezna’s Seventh Day Ad­ ventist affiliation through a Jewish lens, when she was trying to be a seamstress he saw more commonalities. Both re­ in Montego Bay or training to be a ligions celebrate the Sabbath from Fri­ nurse back in the hills of St. Elizabeth, day night through Saturday, and nei­ with his interviews with her children ther eats pork or shellfish. and his own memories of Dezna’s time PRINCETON Dezna’s Jamaican originsFALL also 2019 led in Princeton.

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is they knew so much about the Urkens, and we knew entirely too little about them — the exchange of information was asymmetrical,” he says.

Although Urken had met Carla, the second youngest of Dezna’s eight chil­ dren and a signer of his wedding con­ tract, while he was in high school, he got more connected to her family after Dezna’s 2010 death and even more so as he interviewed each of them.

All of her children, he says, embraced him as a sibling. “I think the love and interest in each other was mutual; I have all these stories about their moth­ er that they want to hear, and they have all these stories about my other mother that I want to hear, and it has become a beautiful way for family to connect in a way that transcends bloodlines.”

But Urken couldn’t help thinking about how difficult it must have been Mother’ becomes a bestseller and be­ for Carla and Dezna’s youngest, Fabi, comes a movie deal, it takes the pres­ who were 11 and 12 when their mother sure off trying to sell a piece,” he says.

Describing his writing process, left for the States. Dezna left Urken’s house after his bar mitzvah, when he Urken calls himself “a deliberate writ­ was not much older, and he remembers er” who “agonize[s] over the sentence, feeling “sad and emotional” — even trying to find le mot juste.”

He is always taking notes. “Phrases though he had both parents at home. appear to me in a shower, while having “In the chapter with Carla and Fabi I try to unpack the potential emotional a cup of coffee,” he says. “When I know strife they must have faced in having I have a piece to do, I find my mind is their mother leave,” Urken says. “In active unconsciously — it knows I need their mind, they were ready to go to to be thinking about interesting ways to boarding school and had a supportive bring the story to life.” He thinks about network of family in Jamaica.” None­ how people connect to a story, both in a theless, he thinks that, being on their sensory and an emotional way.

Urken also maintains that “there is own, the two girls certainly had to grow no such thing as a good writer, only a up prematurely. good rewriter,” and Urken went to says he is “very elementary school deliberate and ob­ at both Riverside ‘When I know I have sessive about go­ and Johnson Park, ing over and over a middle school at a piece to do, I find text.”

Hun, and high He attributes the school at the Law­ my mind is active nature of his writ­ renceville School. unconsciously — it ing in part to his He graduated interest in language from Princeton knows I need to in general, but also University in 2008 be thinking about to “growing up with with a degree in Dezna, who would comparative lit­ interesting ways to use Jamaican patois erature. “My fo­ and had a textured, cus in college was bring the story to life.’ metaphorical way literary and aca­ of expressing her­ demic and learn­ self.” He wanted to “achieve that same ing languages and traveling,” he says.

Rather than focusing his studies pri­ eloquence,” a goal that his helped him marily on writing, he studied Russian, create “this distinctive voice of my Spanish, and French literature — all in own.”

Turning once more to his new book, their native languages. “I was always Urken says, “The central tension in the writing and always creating, but I want­ ed to get the foundation of texts and see narrative is how we become who we how a lot of the masters were able to are. We definitely have a propensity to maintain that narrative drive,” he says. be certain ways based on our genet­ During his senior year he served as ics.” On the other hand, he adds, “we editor-in-chief of the Nassau Weekly, are taking in so many influences at all a student publication founded by New times, and if you do have someone who Yorker editor David Remnick that fea­ really was another mother, the third leg tures literature, longer-form essays, of the parental tripod, you become pre­ disposed to a lot of that person’s quirks and interviews.

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10/6 • Gonzalo Aguilar at Westminster’s Bristol Chapel EVENTS, continued from page 21 Erin McKeown, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Musician, writer, and producer performs in the theater’s new, intimate Matthews Lobby venue. 8 p.m.

Meredith Monk & Company, Wolfensohn Hall, Institute for Advanced Study, 1 Einstein Drive, 609-734-8228. www.ias.edu.

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Mastering Color in Photography: Theory, Practice, Critique, Princeton Photo Workshop, 20 Library Place. www.princetonphotoworkshop.com. $189. Register.

10:30 a.m.

Sunday October 6 Eden Autism 5K, Eden Autism, 2 Merwick Road, 609-987-0099. www.edenautism5k.org. 5K and 1-mile fun run/walk, live music and family-friendly activities. $30.

7:30 a.m.

Swingin’ Breakfast with Frank and Dean, Nassau Inn, 10 Palmer Square. Breakfast buffet, performances, and discussion with Sinatra scholars Chuck L. Granata and Dana Polan. Email sand3737@gmail.com to register or for information. 11 a.m.

Princeton Battlefield Tour, Princeton Battlefield State Park, 500 Mercer Street. www.pbs1777.org. Learn about the Battle of Princeton, which ended the campaigns of the Ten Crucial Days that began with Washington’s crossing of the Delaware River. $7. Also October 20. 1 p.m.

Family Day: Spread Your Wings, Princeton University Art Museum, Elm Drive.

HistoryFest, Updike Farmstead, 354 artmuseum.princeton.edu. Art making and Quaker Road, 609-921-6748. www.princactivities. Free, 10:30 a.m. etonhistory.org. An exploration of Princeton Raising Backyard Chickens, Princeton History featuring hands-on activities and Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Resi- presentations offered by The Historical Socidents who keep poultry, farmers, and other ety of Princeton. Free. 1 p.m. chicken enthusiasts answer questions about Festival Cultural Latino, Arts Council raising chickens at home. Event includes live of Princeton, Hinds Plaza, Princeton Public chickens. 10:30 a.m.

Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924Ribbon Cutting, Small Bites, 20 Nassau 8777. www.artscouncilofprinceton.org. Music, Street. www.smallbitesbylocalgreek.com. dance, food, crafts and family-friendly activiCeremony celebrating the opening of the fast ties. Free. 2 p.m. casual Greek restaurant. 11:30 a.m.

Historic Princeton Walking Tour, BainUnruly Sounds Festival, Palmer Square. bridge House, 158 Nassau Street. www.

Owen Lake and the Tragic Loves, Matt Trow- princetonhistory.org. $7. Register. Every Sunbridge, and performances of other original day. 2 p.m. music on two stages. Free. Noon to 5 p.m.

Helen Frankenthaler Prints: Seven Nick Cosaboom Quintet, Small World Types of Ambiguity, Princeton University Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. Free. 8 p.m. Art Museum, Elm Drive. artmuseum.princePrinceton Football, Powers Field at ton.edu. Docent-led exhibit tour. Free, 3 p.m.

Princeton Stadium, Princeton University.

Gonzalo Aguilar, Rinaldi Steinway Columbia. $12. 1 p.m.

Westminster Piano Alumni Series, Bristol Woodrow Wilson’s Legacy: Wrestling Chapel, Westminster Choir College. www. with History, 50 McCosh, Princeton Uni- rider.edu/arts. Inaugural concert in a new versity. wws.princeton.edu. Featuring Walter series features music by Bach, Mozart, and Hood, creator of the “Double Vision” sculp- Rachmaninoff. Free. 3 p.m. ture in Scudder Plaza. Free. 3:15 p.m.

Afternoon Tea and Evensong, Trinity Church, 33 Mercer Street, 609-924Paremski Plays Rachmaninoff, Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Richardson 4807. www.trinityprinceton.org. Tea, saAuditorium. www.princetonsymphony.org. vories, sweets and a performance by the Natasha Paremski, piano. $30-$100. Regis- Trinity Church Choir. $35. Register to trinitychurchtea@gmail.com. 3 p.m. ter. Also October 6. 8 p.m.

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The Controversial Verdi, Dorothea’s House, 120 John Street. www.dorotheashouse.org. Presentation by Boheme Opera NJ artistic director Joseph Pucciatti on the background, story, and music behind the composer’s “Rigoletto,” followed by a reception. Free. 5 p.m.

Preparing to Meet the Ancestors: Exploring Jewish Views of the Afterlife, The Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, 609-921-0100. www.thejewishcenter. org. $20. 7:30 p.m.

princetonhistory.org. Fran McManus speaks on New Jersey hard cider. Includes sampling of Ironbound Hard Cider from Newark. Ages 21 and up. Register. $10. 7 p.m.

Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, 609-258-2800. www.princetonuniversityconcerts.org. “New World Spirit” includes works by Burleigh, Dvorak, Bernstein, and Copland. $25 to $55.

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The Evolution Within Us: Statistics of Immunity, Princeton Center for TheoMonday October 7 retical Science, McDonnell Hall Room A-02, College Admissions for Non-Traditional Princeton University. Talk by Aleksandra Applicants, Princeton Learning Coopera- M. Walczak of Ecole Normale Superieure in tive, 16 All Saints Road, 609-851-2522. Dis- Paris. Free. 8 p.m. cussion on the college admissions process for homeschoolers and other non-traditional Friday October 11 students. Free. Register. 7 p.m.

Last Letters: The Prison Correspondence 1944-45 between Helmuth and Freya von Moltke, Labyrinth Books, 122 Yom Kippur begins at sundown.

Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. labyrinthbooks.com. Book reading and discussion with Thursday October 10 Dorothea, Johannes and Caspar von Moltke Nature, Art and the Subjectivity of and book translator Shelley Frisch. 6 p.m.

Color, 101 McCormick Hall, Princeton UniSoiree Under the Stars, Princetonversity. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Panel dis- Blairstown Center, Springdale Golf Club, cussion. Free. 5:30 p.m.

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The Song of Songs: A Biography, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609-4971600. labyrinthbooks.com. A conversation with religious scholars Leora Batnitzky, Ilana Pardes, and Elaine Pagels. Free. 6 p.m.

stown.org. Summer Bridge Program fundraiser. $150. 7 p.m.

Princeton Football, Powers Field at Princeton Stadium, Princeton University.

Lafayette. $12. 7 p.m.

History, Tragedy and Comedy: The Community Dance Party, Arts Council Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Mor- of Princeton, Solley Theater, 102 Witherven Museum and Garden, 55 Stockton spoon Street, 609-924-8777. www.artscounStreet, 609-924-8144. www.morven.org. cilofprinceton.org. $5. 7:30 p.m.

Talk and book signing by baseball historian Beppe Gambetta, Princeton Folk Muand author John Zinn. $10-$15. 6:30 p.m. sic Society, Christ Congregation Church, 50 American and New Short Films, James Walnut Lane, 609-799-0944. www.princStewart Film Theater, Princeton University, etonfolk.org. $25. 7:30 p.m.

185 Nassau Street. arts.princeton.edu. Radical Nonficton Film Series screening and disSee EVENTS, Page 24 cussion with the filmmaker. Free. 7 p.m.

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10/11 • Beppe Gambetta

10/15 • Paul Starr at Labyrinth

10/15 to 11/3 • ‘Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein’ at McCarter Theater

William Bryant Logan, Princeton Public Tuesday October 15 Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924Entrenchment: Wealth, Power, and 9529. Talk by the author of “Sprout Lands: Saturday October 12 the Constitution of Democratic Societies, Tending the Endless Gift of Trees.” 3 p.m.

Vision Beyond Seeing with Don KomLabyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, 609Choral Reading of Mendelssohn’s “Eliarechka, Princeton Photo Workshop, 20 Sunday October 13 497-1600. labyrinthbooks.com. Book reading jah”, Princeton Society of Musical AmaLibrary Place. www.princetonphotoworkand talk by author Paul Starr. 6 p.m.

Macro Water Droplet Workshop, Princ- teurs, Unitarian Universalist Congregation of shop.com. Photography seminar that weaves Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, McCarter eton Photo Workshop, 20 Library Place. Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road. Choral singers science and art. $199. Register. 9 a.m.

Theatre, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. www.princetonphotoworkshop.com. Pho- welcome. $10. 4 p.m.

Citizens’ Climate Lobby Meeting, tographer Don Komarechka presents. Addiwww.mccarter.org. David Catlin’s interpretaUnitarian Universalist Congregation of tional tools provided. $199. Register. 9 a.m. Monday October 14 tion of the classic story. Through November Princeton, 50 Cherry Hill Road, 609-240- and 1 p.m.

Columbus Day. Bank and postal holiday. 3. 7:30 p.m.

2425. citizensclimatelobby.org/chapters/ Walk to Fight Alzheimer’s, Alzheimer’s Meetings, PFLAG Princeton, Trinity Wednesday October 16 NJ_Princeton. 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

New Jersey, Educational Testing Service, Church, 33 Mercer Street. www.pflagprincYour Inner Space, Arts Council of Princ- 660 Rosedale Road. www.alznj.org. ThreeCommitted to Memory: A Day with Dr. eton.org. Support group for families and eton, Taplin Gallery 102 Witherspoon Street, mile walk followed by refreshments, music, Cheryl Finley, Morven Museum and Garfriends of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender 609-924-8777. Opening reception. Exhibit and door prizes. Register. On-site registration den, 55 Stockton Street. www.morven.org. and queer (LGBTQ) individuals. 7 p.m. runs through November 16. 3 p.m.

Cornell professor Cheryl Finley shares her opens at 8:30 a.m. 9:30 a.m.

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Rudresh Mahanthappa Tiger Quartet, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-258-9220. music.princeton.edu. $15, $5 students. 8 p.m.

10/16 & 17 • Ailey II at McCarter Theater

10/18 & 19 • Princeton University Orchestra in Richardson Auditorium

Jordan Nassar, McCosh 50, Princeton edu. Screening and discussion with the filmbook, “Committed to Memory: The Art of the Slave Ship Icon.” Afternoon talk is $10. Eve- University. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Artist maker. Free. 7 p.m. talk. Free. 5:30 p.m. ning lecture is $20. 2 and 6:30 p.m.

Gilbert Gaul, Princeton Public Library, Sanctified Sisters: History of Protes- 65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529.

Iran Reframed: Anxieties of Power in the Islamic Republic, Labyrinth Books, 122 tant Deaconnesses, Labyrinth Books, 122 www.princetonlibrary.org. Talk by the author Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. Talk by author Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. www.laby- of “The Geography of Risk” and coastal floodrinthbooks.com. A talk by author Jenny Wiley plain expert John E. Miller. 7 p.m.

Narges Bajoghli. 6 p.m.

Legath. Free. 6 p.m.

Ailey II, McCarter Theatre, 91 UniverFriday October 18 Takacs String Quartet, Princeton Unisity Place, 609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org.

Bach and the Art of Dance, Dryden EnModern dance performance. Also October 17. versity Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University, 609-258-2800. www. semble, Miller Chapel, Princeton Theological 7:30 p.m. princetonuniversityconcerts.org. With Marc- Seminary, 64 Mercer Street. drydenensemThursday October 17 Andre Hamelin on piano and John Feeney on ble.org. All Bach recital with organist Jacob Street. $25. 7:30 p.m.

Newcomers & Friends’ Social Coffee, bass. 6 and 9 p.m.

for Percussion and Orchestra and Johannes Brahms Symphony No. 4 in E Minor. $15. Also October 19. 7:30 p.m.

Hiromi, McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place, 609-258-2787. The pianist blends R&B, rock, and avant-garde. 8 p.m.

Saturday October 19 The Eternal Feast: Banqueting in Chinese Art from the 10th to the 14th Century, Princeton University Art Museum. artmuseum.princeton.edu. First day for exhibit on view through February 16, 2020. 10 a.m.

In Good Taste: Food and Feasting in Season Opening, Princeton University Chinese Art, 101 McCormick Hall, PrinceYWCA Princeton, 59 Paul Robeson Place.

My First Film and Walled Unwalled, www.ywcaprinceton/newcomers. 9:30 to 11 James Stewart Film Theater, Princeton Orchestra, Richardson Auditorium. music. ton University. Panel discussion. Free. 2 p.m. a.m.

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10/18 • Dryden Ensemble at Princeton Theological Seminary

10/21 • Christian Tetzlaff

10/25 • The Capitol Steps at Stuart School

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A Birthday Walk for Richard Stockton, Richardson Chamber Players, Princ- www.wccpnj.org. Meeting and talk by phoMorven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, 609eton University Concerts, Richardson Audi- tographer Albert Horner. Free. 1 p.m.

Rent Party, Housing Initiatives of 924-8144. www.morven.org. Wiebke Martorium, 609-258-2800. www.princetonuniChristian Tetzlaff and Lars Vogt, RichPrinceton, Home of Vanessa and Kenneth tens and Jennifer Jang lead a walk through versityconcerts.org. Bicentennial birthday ardson Auditorium, Princeton University, Shives, 29 Cleveland Lane. www.housinginithe Mercer Hill neighborhood. $10. Register. tribute to Clara Schumann. $25 to $55. 3 p.m.

609-258-2787. www.mccarter.org. Works by tiativesofprinceton.org. Music, food, and 2 p.m.

Oktoberfest, Friends of Princeton Beethoven, Franck, and Shostakovich for viodrinks to support HIP’s transitional housing Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma and emergency rental assistance programs. Open Space, Mountain Lakes House, 57 lin and piano. 7:30 p.m.

Queen, Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street, Mountain Road. www.fopos.org. Local craft Register. $125 and up. 7 p.m.

609-497-1600. www.labyrinthbooks.com. A beers, hard cider, festive fare, and live music Tuesday October 22 Sunday October 20 with Essie in celebration of FOPOS’ 50th year.

Pianist Brad Mehldau, Princeton Uni- talk by author Mary Norris. Free. 6 p.m. versity Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, Paris! The Show, McCarter Theatre, 91 Register. $25. 5 to 7 p.m.

Alex Counts, Princeton Public Library,

University Place, 609-258-2787. www.mcMonday October 21 carter.org. Tribute to post-war French songs Pinelands: New Jersey’s Suburban Wilby artists like Edith Piaf, Josephine Baker, derness, Women’s College Club of PrincJacques Brel, and more. 3 p.m. eton, All Saints’ Church, 16 All Saints Road.

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Princeton University. www.princetonuniversityconcerts.org. Live Music Meditation Series with guided meditation session followed by a performance. Free. 12:30 p.m.

65 Witherspoon Street, 609-924-9529. Talk by the author of “Changing the World without Losing your Mind: Leadership Lessons from Three Decades of Social Entrepreneurship” and activist Sam Daley-Harris. 7 p.m.

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10/26 • D&R Greenway Gala

10/26 & 27 • Pablo Ferrandez

Icons of Song, Princeton University Concerts, Richardson Auditorium, 609-2582800. www.princetonuniversityconcerts. org. Ian Bostridge, tenor, and Brad Mehldau, piano. 8 p.m.

princetonphotoworkshop.com. Learn the basics of black and white digital photography and working in programs like Silver Efex Pro. $319. Register. 10 a.m.

Harvest Festival, Morven Museum, 55 Stockton Street, 609-924-8144. www.

Wednesday October 23 morven.org. Demonstrations by costumed Race for Profit: How Banks and the reenactors, 18th century children’s games, Real Estate Industry Undermined Black live period music and dances, and crafts for Homeownership, Labyrinth Books, 122 all ages. 1 p.m.

Nassau Street, 609-497-1600. www.labyPrinceton Football, Powers Field at rinthbooks.com. Discussion with Keeanga Princeton Stadium, Princeton University.

Yamahtta-Taylor and Imani Perry. Free. 6 www.goprincetontigers.com. Homecoming p.m. game against Harvard. $12. 1 p.m.

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Saturday October 26 www.morven.org. Read “The Berenstain Landscape/Cityscape in Black and Bears and the Spooky Old Tree,” and make a White with Ossian Lindholm, Princeton tree-related craft. 11 a.m.

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FOOD AND DRINK

Thomas Sweet celebrates four decades of sweet success

By Richard D. Smith

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es, Marco Cucchi’s last name is pronounced “cookie.” Very fit­ ting for a man who has a sweet food business.

Thomas Sweet, to be exact. The nowiconic ice cream destination — famed for its build-your-own combination cups and cones with blend-ins — was founded 40 years ago in Princeton.

Along with its celebration of four de­ cades, Cucchi has opened a new store — its fourth New Jersey location — in the Windsor Plaza shopping center, at 64 Princeton-Hightstown Road, near Princeton Junction.

He also renovated the Thomas Sweet chocolates specialty shop at 29 Palmer Square West.

“It’s been a big year for us,” Cucci says. And it has been a landmark for Cucci personally, having turned age 50.

The original Thomas Sweet was opened at 183 Nassau Street in 1989 by founders Tommy Block and Tom Grimm. They shared a passion for con­ fections, plus a first name that was en­ shrined in the title of their business.

Thomas Sweet was originally found­ ed as a chocolates shop. Its signature offerings — taste bud-ranging selection of ice cream and frozen yogurt flavors in create-your-own ice cream cups and cones — were actually introduced later.

But as crowds of customers soon began building innumerable custom delights, this ice cream concept built the Thomas Sweet business. (The two Toms opened their 29 Palmer Square West chocolate specialties store in 1987.)

A 1986 Princeton High School grad­ uate, Marco believes he was one of the first people in line when the Thomas Sweet ice cream operation debuted at 183 Nassau. By age 14, he was working there part time as an ice cream scooper, later becoming involved in blending and other operations.

Even while he was an undergraduate at the University of Delaware — from

Thomas Sweet owner Marco Cucchi stands outside of his newest location in the Windsor Plaza Shopping Center. The famed purveyor of the ‘blend-in’ is celebrating 40 years at its original Nassau Street location.

which he graduated with a business degree in accounting in 1990 — he worked summers at Thomas Sweet.

His initial career in the financial in­ dustry started with a position at the

New York office of American Interna­ tional Group (AIG), the insurance and pensions giant. By 1994, he was in the Citibank accounting department, then moved to Price Waterhouse to work in

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“I really loved the business consult­ ing world, dealing with complex prob­ lems and coming up with innovative solutions,” says Cucchi. Not surprising, then, that he’s had the energy and skill sets for overseeing the logistics and ex­ pansion of Thomas Sweet.

During a 2003 to 2005 stint in Con­ necticut as a vice president at Master­ Card, Cucchi began thinking seriously about opening a gourmet ice cream store in that state. Not surprisingly, in the course of researching such a busi­ ness he got back in touch with Thomas Sweet founder/owners Tom Block and Tom Grimm. As it turned out, they were thinking seriously about other investment opportunities and might be willing to sell Thomas Sweet. But, as Cucchi recalls, they told him with good humored honesty, “You’re crazy to get into the ice cream business!”

Still, serious discussions were opened. Cucchi believes there were other investors interested in acquiring the Thomas Sweet brand, but the two Toms eventually greenlighted him.

Ever the judicious businessman, he ac­ quired it over a period of years, com­ pleting the purchase in January 2008.

Perhaps he was perfectly positioned to provide comfort food for the public during the subsequent financial crisis of 2008. Fortunately, Cucchi notes, ice cream is considered only a small indul­ gence.

Still, he admits, “back in 2008, I saw a lot of ice cream places struggling.

Places like Dairy Queen were starting to do a chill-and-grill concept. [Com­ petitors] were either diversifying their product line or they were struggling. I caught on to that.” So Cucchi looked to new foods and drinks that would bal­ ance out Thomas Sweet’s seasonality and time-of-day sales.

An initial culinary diversification move was the opening of a Montgom­ ery Township branch (now located in

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“I was especially impressed with the small batch roasting that [Orphas] did and the quality of the product they put out. So they really were a natural fit in the two cultures of the companies.

I was looking to expand our offerings because the seasonality of the ice cream business can be limited.”

The Montgomery store became something of an experiment in bring­ ing coffee and coffee-friendly foods (starting with baked goods, then pro­ gressing to soups and sandwiches), to­ gether with its famed create-your-own ice cream cups and cones.

Historically, when coffee became the great stimulating craze of 17th and 18th century England and continental Europe, “coffee shoppes” would sub­ scribe to the leading newspapers and other periodicals of the day. Patrons would come in, read about and discuss current events, meet old friends, and make new ones — all the while pur­ chasing refreshments.

“Today, there’s so much social me­ dia,” Cucchi notes. “Many people are so connected to their phones. There’s not as many places you can to go to have a people connection.

“That’s another neat thing I like about our brand. We’re a hands-on type of place where there’s a real con­

nection. We’re making your sandwich, in 2003. The couple subsequently di­ we’re creating your blend-ins in front of vorced, but he’s merged families — for you. You’re coming up with your own a total of five boys — with now-part­ unique flavor using our products. We’re ner Molly Lependorf, another Princ­ very human-connected, I think.” eton native who also serves as Thomas Of course, ThomasSweet.com has Sweet’s enthusiastic public relations an online order portal. And Cucchi person. acknowledges that “we’ve been try­ (Could this combination of off­ ing to promote our brand a little more spring be the ultimate sweet blend-in? through social Marco does report media, really what that the twins are makes our brand is ‘Even the lines people working happily being in the store, at the original 183 the interactions have to sometimes Nassau Street loca­ and the customer wait on at our tion.) service that take But why open a place within our Princeton store, it’s a new Thomas Sweet locations. to Princ­ way to meet people, to adjacent “Even the lines eton Junction in people have to network. There’s sort West Windsor? sometimes wait on Growing up in at our Princeton of a vibe that occurs Princeton, Cuc­ store, it’s a way to in our stores that chi has remained meet people, to aware of the town network. There’s typically is community- and its neighbor­ sort of a vibe that oriented, and we find it ing communi­ occurs in our ties. West Wind­ stores that typical­ happens organically.’ sor is suburban ly is communitylike Montgomery oriented, and we but with a slightly find it happens or­ denser popula­ ganically. There are a lot of book clubs tion; it’s close enough to Princeton for or school group meetings. We try to residents to be aware of the Thomas promote that and be a gathering place Sweet brand, and the Windsor Plaza for our community.” shopping center’s proximity to both the Marco has his own family commu­ train station and high schools was an nity. He and his wife had twin boys added plus.

And, like a delicious final topping on one of its own custom-created ice cream dishes, West Windsor was close enough for Cucchi to maintain his practice of personally visiting all his locations at least once a day. “So, it checked all the boxes,” he says, clearly happy at such a sweet convergence.

If the Thomas Sweet concept were ever franchised, Cucchi adds, the 2,000-square-foot West Windsor store, with its mix of ice creams, sweets, cof­ fees, sandwiches and soups, would be the model.

Actually, someone has already taken a brief scoop at franchising: In 2011, a successful Chinese businessman li­ censed the Thomas Sweet brand with plans to open a 200-shop chain to serve an emerging market for ice cream in his country. But the effort melted. Why seems unclear; the established New Jer­ sey locations are clearly quite popular with customers of Asian heritage.

And it’s popular with people of many heritages. Says Cucchi, “I’ve always felt it’s good to have a diverse commu­ nity and learn from people of different backgrounds.” This is deliciously dem­ onstrated by the new Thomas Sweet food menu, with sandwiches featuring vegetables and seasonings popular in China, India, and elsewhere in Asia, as well as in Central America. Examples include a slaw made with napa cab­ bage, an Asian noodle salad (“One of See THOMAS SWEET, Page 30

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our grab­and­go items”), orange couscous, and, occasionally, a cinnamon­like car­ damom ice cream flavoring (“You have to come in and try it, it’s kind of hard to de­ scribe!” he laughs).

“Right now we’re experimenting with a green tea ice cream,” Cucchi says. “But I don’t want to use any artificial flavors, so I’m finding the right ingredients to make a more natural type of recipe.”

In response to customer requests, gluten­ free sandwich bread is now offered. Chang­ es and additions may soon come to even the classic Thomas Sweet ice cream land­ scape. New blend­ins, such as leche nuts, are being considered. “Our blend­ins selec­ tion is 40 years old, “ Cucchi freely admits.

“There are some neat ways to get creative there as well.”

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he new Thomas Sweet in Windsor Plaza had what Marco calls “a soft opening,” without advertising, on June 22. In lieu of a formal grand opening, the store has gradu­ ally added promotions and special events.

These include invitations to small stu­ dent music groups to perform; free top­ pings to grade school students in uniform during sports or performance event days; and commuter­oriented weekday 7 to 9 a.m. discounts. Wednesday night open mic nights are planned to start in November.

And on September 7, the Saturday night live music series at the new West Windsor store commenced with singer­guitarist An­ ker.

“I’m the first entertainment in this new location,” Anker declared to the room, ask­ ing the servers (who were very busy with a good­sized crowd). “How long have you been here? Wow, it took you two months!”

After announcing with jovial drama, “I’ve come all the way from Cranbury!” he launched — with perfect humor as well as perfect pitch and driving rhythm — into the classic Southern Rock travel anthem “They Call Me The Breeze (I Keep Blowin’ Down The Road).”

Says Cucchi, “Community, and our in­ volvement in the community, is so im­ portant to the success of our business. I want people to know that we sell products throughout the day, but also that we want to really be here for the community.”

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PRINCETON MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION Thriving during construction

By James Steward

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hen considering the long history of Princeton, most of us probably think about the major events — revolution, scientific innovation, social movements — that comprise our town’s place in the con­ text of our region, nation, and world.

However, I think it equally impor­ tant to appreciate the role of commu­ nity as a constant force propelling our town through centuries of change and challenge.

Just a few weeks ago, the power of community was on display at the open­ ing celebration of Art@Bainbridge, a gallery project of the Princeton Univer­ sity Art Museum inside Nassau Street’s historic Bainbridge House. The house, dating back to 1766, has a rich history in relation to revolution and commu­ nity engagement, having served vari­ ously as a place of lodging for members of the Continental Congress and much later as home to the Princeton Public Library and later the Historical Society of Princeton.

At the ceremony marking the latest incarnation of this historic home as a vi­ sual arts venue, the speakers — includ­ ing Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert, Uni­ versity President Chris Eisgruber, and Princeton Merchants Association Presi­ dent Jack Morrison — spoke to themes of partnership. But the true demonstra­ tion of community came when the front door swung open and thousands of our neighbors joined in a celebration of Princeton’s history and future.

The spirit of cooperation and recom­ mitting ourselves to our town’s vital­ ity will be important as our commu­ nity faces an upcoming challenge that, while small in comparison to others in our history, will require our collective spirit of collaboration — and patience.

On Wednesday, November 6, Alexan­ der Road is scheduled to close between Faculty Road and Canal Pointe Boule­ vard to allow for the replacement of two bridges and a culvert. Construction on this major thoroughfare is currently an­ ticipated to continue until March, 2020.

This closure will affect virtually all of us who live, work, attend school, shop, dine, or attend events in downtown Princeton. Led by the efforts of the municipality, the Princeton Merchants Association (PMA), and other busi­ nesses and organizations, planning is underway to help all of us weather the disruption and thrive as a community.

In the weeks leading up to the clo­ sure, information about the details of the construction project, recommend­ ed alternative routes, and suggested strategies to minimize congestion and continue to bring visitors downtown will be rolled out. The PMA has pre­

pared a toolkit with recommendations and resources to help employers an­ ticipate and manage potential issues for both staff and customers, including tips and templates that should be helpful for retailers who need to motivate and inform consumers through the criti­ cal holiday shopping season. For PMA members and other interested parties, a special information session has been scheduled for Thursday, October 10, at 8:30 a.m. in the Community Room at Princeton Public Library.

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he PMA and local organizations are also planning special events to continue attracting into Princeton the visitors who are a vital part of our com­ munity and economy. These efforts will focus especially on the upcoming holi­ day season, as we build on Princeton’s tradition of providing festive, familyfriendly experiences that speak to the unique appeal of downtown Princeton.

Final plans will be made in the coming weeks, but speaking for a moment only to events emanating from the Princ­ eton University Art Museum, the sea­ son will be highlighted by new works of public art by artists including Maya Lin and Yinke Shonibare, a vibrant season of exhibitions, and the first season of exhibitions at Art@Bainbridge.

Other organizations and businesses are working diligently to create simi­ larly compelling reasons to draw visi­ tors to downtown during the period of the Alexander Road construction, augmenting their traditionally exciting programming. Think, for example of, Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” coming up at McCarter Theatre, or a season of programming at the Princeton Public Library, the Arts Council of Princeton, Historic Morven, and the Princeton Symphony Orchestra — to name but a few.

We have by no means forgotten the recent challenges surrounding parking in downtown Princeton. Our collec­ tive pledge to the wider communities around us — and indeed to downtown’s merchants and other businesses — is that historic downtown Princeton re­ mains vibrant and open for businesses.

Much as we shall work to minimize the problems and frustrations created by the short-term closure of Alexan­ der Road, we shall also work to convey the message that downtown Princeton continues to be a unique destination and that it is worth the effort to discov­ er it. Much of Princeton’s longevity is rooted in a history of community spirit, coming together to face obstacles. We look forward to bringing that same spirit to the upcoming months of traf­ fic challenge.

James Steward is Director of the Princeton University Art Museum and a board member of the Princeton Merchants Association.

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On November 6, 2019, Alexander Road will close between Canal Pointe Boulevard and Faculty Road as the state and county begin construction to replace two bridges and a culvert. The closure is expected to last through March, 2020.

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For more information, detours and tips on how local businesses and the community can keep on thriving during the closure, attend the PMA General Meeting at the Princeton Public Library on Thursday, October 10 at 8:30 a.m. or visit princetonmerchants.org/alexander.

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PARTING SHOT

The sweet sorrows of autumn

tagram. Wistful parents dragging a second-hand sofa into a dorm, a child who is a bit lost in the new room he long, hot summer of 2019 has turned into with a roommate who turns out to be “pretty nice.” the fall of our discontent. Our youngest is Another kiss. Goodbye child, goodbye, unforgettable leaving the house. Along with her go her high youth. school days with all our memories that went with Our daughter leaves last. She also goes the farthest them -- the emotions, the best friends, the unforget­ away, to the Netherlands. She had already laid out her table teachers, the snow days. The sagas of childhood suitcase a week in advance. This sweater or this one? now passed, gone forever.

Shall I bring my favorite shampoo? She pronounces it Saying goodbye is hard to do. as an American shampoo with the Everything that was once famil­ emphasis on the “oe.” She sleeps iar — discovering your daughter poorly. I sleep poorly. We do a lot Saying goodbye still in PJs at the kitchen table in together and are often grumpy. is hard to do. the middle of the afternoon, the I show up at the last minute with sound of the fridge door opening my famous warnings. Remember, Everything that in the middle of the night, giggling dear, in the Netherlands the driv­ when a friend comes to borrow a ers on the right have priority, un­ was once familiar — dress — suddenly there will be no like here, so stop at every intersec­ more. How on earth can you pre­ suddenly there will tion. And if the pedestrian light pare for that? down, that does not mean be no more. How on counts All our daughter’s friends have that you have 10 seconds to cross, also flown the parental nest. The earth can you prepare like here, but that you have to wait big exodus started in mid-August. another ten seconds. “Mom, I all The once-familiar faces are dis­ know that.” for that? persing all over the United States.

On the way to the airport we We wave goodbye, rejoicing or talk about the things she is look­ with heavy hearts. Cars packed ing forward to. Dutch biscuits. full of suitcases, on the kitchen shelf a woolen cap The zoo. Bicycles. We drag her overflowing suitcase pulled out of the cupboard for the coming fall. Hugs, behind us and walk far too far with her at the airport. tears, promises to call a lot.

“Do you have a boarding pass?” a man in uniform At the end of the day we view the reports on Ins­ asks me. We can just blow our daughter a quick kiss

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In the evening dusk we walk through the town. We stand still to look at the flight’s live app. Her plane is floating somewhere above the Atlantic. Will she have beautiful dreams of what is coming? Or will she be too worried to fall asleep?

On the streets we see a new group of fresh-faced students arriving in Princeton. Parents drag along with suitcases and moving boxes on one of the last warm days of the year. With a card in his hand, a heavily sweating father is looking for his daughter’s dorm, as she follows in white sneakers. As we show him the way, the thin girl looks intently at her phone.

Above us, a banner reading Welcome Class of 2023 flutters uncertainly in the evening breeze.

Pia de Jong is a Dutch writer who lives in Princeton. Her bestselling memoir, “Charlotte,” was published in 2017 in the U.S. She can be contacted at pdejong@ias.edu..

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AT YOUR SERVICE QUALITY IS STILL AFFORDABLE!

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flexible dates available. Call 609-577-8244 for further information.

FOR SALE

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ALLENTOWN/HAMILTON BORDER Excellent retail/ professional/office space.

920sf includes large open area/powder&utility rooms.

Highly traveled area&very visible location in Globus Plaza. Easy access to NJTP,Rt.130&195. $1395/ mth. DiDonato Realty (609)586-2344 Marian Conte BR (609)947-4222 cell.

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Main house features expansive front porch, large brick rear patio, kitchen with upgraded appliances, sunny breakfast room, high ceilings, tall windows, wide moldings and pumpkin pine floors.

The carriage house includes spacious guest quarters, gym with spa, 4-car garage, and storage/workshop space. Close proximity to main roads, train stations and airports. This is a lovely serene haven from the daily hustle. Carole Barocca, 215-378-8397 cell. Berkshire Hathaway Home Services Fox & Roach, Realtors.

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28 STONECLIFF RD - PRINCETON

For Sale: $1,449,000 / For Rent: $7,250/ Month

10 HIGHFIELD COURT LAWRENCE - $699,900

8 TURNER COURT PRINCETON - $895,000

1 RIVIERA COURT (55+) LAWRENCE - $587,000 36 Princeton Echo | October 2019

25 FOULET DRIVE - PRINCETON For Sale: $1,395,000 / For Rent: $7,000/ Month

460 CHRISTOPHER DRIVE PRINCETON - $1,399,900

12 WOODLAND DRIVE PRINCETON - $725,000

54 CHICORY LANE PENNINGTON - $630,000