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Council Votes in Favor Of Resolution For Liquor License Transfer

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At a meeting Monday night, Princeton Council voted in favor of a resolution allowing Claridge Wine and Liquor to transfer its liquor license from its current location in Princeton Shopping Center to 102 Nassau Street, formerly the site of Landau’s, where it plans to relocate. Carried over from the previous meeting, the resolution has been opposed by some businesses and members of the community who cited concerns over delivery trucks and traffic congestion. But several customers of the store spoke in favor of the move. Councilmembers voted 5-1 for the transfer, with Michelle Pirone Lambros casting the only opposing vote. The meeting also included updates on the Witherspoon Street improvement project and plans for demolition and construction related to the Graduate Hotel at 20 Nassau Street. The governing body approved the $8.9 million bond ordinance allowing the acquisition of the 150-acre Lanwin property, and voted in favor of an agreement with Rider University allowing the town to rent parking spaces at the former location of Westminster Choir College. A presentation was made informing Council about efforts to create a dog park in Princeton. Councilmembers gave the go-ahead to a task force to continue its efforts, and were especially interested in the idea of creating small parks in different neighborhoods rather than one large park, creating accessibility to those who don’t have cars. The dog park topic first came up in 2013. A task force was formed in August 2019, and a petition was put together, gathering more than 350 signatures. Efforts to pursue the issue were slowed by the pandemic, but have resumed. Calvin Chin, of the task force, delivered a power point presentation, saying dog parks promote community among neighbors, and socialization among dogs. While dog parks exist in Rocky Hill and other nearby towns, there are none in Princeton. Installing small, neighborhood parks would simply involve installing a fence, Chin said, estimating the price tag at just over $10,000. The task force has looked at rules of dog parks in other locations Continued on Page 8

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Two Fatalities in Route 27 Crash Two people died and one was critically injured following a motor vehicle crash on Princeton Kingston Road (Route 27) near Carnegie Drive, on Sunday afternoon, November 7. The accident followed a car theft incident and took the lives of a 15-year-old juvenile from Newark, whose name has not been released; and Jodi Marcou, 61, of Kendall Park. Marcou, who was driving westbound on Route 27, was struck head-on by a stolen vehicle driven by the 15-year-old. Both were pronounced dead at the scene. A passenger in the stolen car, 14, also from Newark, was transported to Capital Health Regional Medical Center and is in critical condition, according to information from the Princeton Police Department. According to her profile posted on LinkedIn, Marcou was a development specialist at Rutgers University and had previously been coordinator of the Rutgers Jewish Film Festival. She graduated from Rider University in 1980. The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and Princeton Police Department (PPD) released a statement Monday detailing the incident, which started when the police department was called at 12:40 p.m. to a residence on the 100 block of Clover

Lane for an attempted motor vehicle theft. “The victim reported that three unknown suspects entered his vehicle in an attempt to steal the vehicle, which was parked in the driveway. The suspects were driving a 2015 black Jeep Grand Cherokee, which was later determined to be stolen out of Pequannock Township,” reads the statement. “While PPD was on scene investigating the attempted theft, the Jeep Grand Cherokee was observed traveling west on Clover Lane, followed by a 2015

Land Rover Range Rover. It was reported at that time that the Range Rover was just stolen from a residence on Dodds Lane.” According to the statement, the investigating officer returned to his vehicle and followed behind the Range Rover on Clover Lane. The Jeep Grand Cherokee drove away in an unknown direction. The Range Rover suddenly accelerated at a high rate of speed and the officer attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop. A pursuit ensued but was terminated on Continued on Page 8

Simone Campbell, “Nun on the Bus,” To Headline CFPA Multifaith Service

When I called Sister Simone Campbell at the time we had agreed on last Friday morning, there was no answer. The renowned social justice advocate, executive director of NETWORK Lobby for Catholic Social Justice for almost 17 years, and leader of Nuns on the Bus will be delivering the sermon at the annual Multifaith Service for Peace, sponsored by the Coalition for Peace Action (CFPA) in the Princeton University Chapel on Sunday, November 14 at 11 a.m. She wasn’t “on the bus” Friday morning, but what she was doing was directly related to the spirit of the Nuns on the Bus

project, which she has led since 2012, as well as her work for social justice since the 1960s, and the topic of her upcoming sermon, which is titled “Brave Peace in Turbulent Times.” “What helps me and maybe it would help others in these times is talking to neighbors, talking to others about how they are doing, and showing concern for them,” she said when she returned my call. She had been detained in conversation in the laundry room of her building with a woman she hadn’t seen in months whose father had died of COVID-19. Continued on Page 10

HUN-REAL: Members of the Hun School girls’ soccer team scream for joy last Wednesday after they edged perennial power Pennington School 4-3 in overtime to win the state Prep A title game. Top-seeded Hun rallied from a late 3-2 deficit to pull out the victory over second-seeded Pennington and earn the program’s first Prep A crown since 2014. For details on the game, see page 31. (Photo by Jamie McKee/The Hun School)

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community. The history of these 29 locations in and around the neighborhood was prepared by Shirley A. Satterfield, Princeton’s historian of African American life. The plaque was designed in collaboration with Studio Hillier. Its logo is based on an initial concept sketch by J. Robert Hillier (a Town Topics shareholder). Each plaque is sponsored by an individual, family, or organization, and the sponsors’ names are printed at the bottom of each plaque. These plaques will enable anyone living in or

the Witherspoon- Jackson neighborhood and learn the story of these places and the African American residents who populated them. An audio listening tour will be available in 2022 through the website princetonwjhcs. org with Satterfield as tour guide. To join the tour, meet at the Hinds Plaza (Princeton Public Library) on Witherspoon Street. At the end, a reception will be held at Studio Hillier, 190 Witherspoon Street. To learn more about the history of African Americans in Princeton, visit princetonwjhcs.org.

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A MOVE ACROSS TOWN: The architecture firm JZA+D has relocated from 20 Nassau Street to a house on Witherspoon Street, with possible plans to build an addition next door.

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With architecture firms Richardson Smith, Studio Hillier, and KSS located on Witherspoon Street for the past several years, the thoroughfare might be considered a kind of “architects’ row.” The newest addition to this creative mix is JZA+D, which recently relocated

from 20 Nassau Street, soon to become the 180-room Graduate Hotel, to a house at 254 Witherspoon Street. The house is on a double lot at the corner of Leigh Avenue, across from the Avalon Princeton development. Plans are being explored to expand to the empty lot next to the house, adding a full studio and more.

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“Right now, we’re scattered throughout the building, so we want to add on,” said managing partner Joshua Zinder. “We’ve also talked to someone about putting a laundromat into the building. We’re optimistic about having another retail presence or some housing with leftover space. We might do two apartments, but we’re still trying to work that out.” Zinder and partner Mark A. Sullivan knew they wanted to own rather than rent. “Mostly, we wanted to be in a position where we could be engaged in the community,” Zinder said. “This is a great location for that.” Zinder considers the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood, designated a historic district in 2016, to be a key Princeton location. “I see the area from town hall [Witherspoon Hall] to Paul Robeson Place as an opportunity to create a more diverse, multicultural, and multi-income community,” he said. “I’m an architect and developer, so I’m very pro-density. I’m glad to see the town is getting behind that.” Formerly a residence, the house is about 75 years old, Zinder estimates. T here is less room for the firm’s 16 employees than at the firm’s former home. “Right now our material library is in the basement,” he said. “But after we’re done, we’ll have more space.” In a press release about the move, Zinder said, “Our entire staff now enjoys access to natural daylight, with more room for informal collaboration and meetings and better parking options for those who drive. Importantly, the location is central to the community we live and work in — just a 10-minute walk from the center of town, and surrounded by

many of our favorite past and current projects like 30 Maclean, Meeting House Restaurant, and the soon-toopen Nelson Glass House.” After going remote during the pandemic, the firm is now back in the office four days a week. “Architecture is a collaborative process. You can do it on Zoom and Webex, but it’s not quite the same thing as sitting down with somebody and being able to sketch with them,” Zinder said. Moving to Witherspoon Street puts the architecture firm in the center of an area Zinder considers among Princeton’s most promising. “It’s nice to see the potential of Witherspoon Street

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Princeton High School’s (PHS) Choral Department is currently holding its annual floral sale. The flowers are high quality poinsettias and amaryllis grown by Ace Greenhouses. Fu nds raised f rom t he sale supplement musical collaborations, guest artists, and domestic and international travel for the choral group. “PHS Choral Department reflects the values of a community that takes pride in its continuing tradition of academic and cultural achievement by enhancing the educational experience of its entire student population,” reads a statement on the department’s website. Orders and payment are due Monday, November 15, and pickup is Wednesday, December 1 from 1-7 p.m. at t h e P H S Pe r for m i n g Ar ts Center entrance on Walnut Lane. There is free delivery for business orders over $75 on December 1 in Princeton and Cranbury. To order, visit choirflowers phs.wixsite.com/2021.

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Megan: “My favorite way to eat cheese is mozzarella sticks that I eat with my lunch.” Jack: “Whenever my family has a gathering, there is always some type of charcuterie board with different varieties of cheese, crackers, and meats.” —Megan Finelli, Moorestown with Jack Liddy, Roxbury

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Steve: “I love brie cheese on a thin cracker with some blueberry jam on it. Cherry Grove Farm Store has a special creamy type of cheese that is just excellent for that.” —Steve Pitts, Lawrenceville with Kathleen Konopka

Abby: “I like to eat cheese with crackers. My dad gets special cheese from the Amish market that has some bits of bacon in it.” Chi: “I like cheese and crackers as well, and I like to add some fig jam on it too.” —Abby Lee’you, right, with Chi Chung, Woodbury Heights

Julie: I like to make a grilled cheese sandwich. It is a quick dinner that my son likes on the days when he is not picky.” Jessicarose: “I like mac and cheese. I usually stick to the recipe that I have.” —Julie Hanna, Isaac Beshara, and Jessicarose Fattibene, Princeton

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Snowden Lane due to the r e ck l e s s d r iv i n g of t h e Range Rover. The vehicle was last seen heading south on Snowden Lane, and made a left turn onto Princeton Kingston Road. It was later found abandoned in Newark. At 1:09 p.m., PPD was dispatched to Princeton-

Kingston Road in the area of Carnegie Drive for a motor vehicle crash. Preliminary on-scene investigations revealed that the Jeep Grand Cherokee, driven by the 15-year-old, was traveling east on Princeton Kingston Road and crossed over the double yellow line, striking head-on a 2016 Acura RDX driven by Marcou. During public comment

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at a meeting of Princeton Council Monday evening, a resident of Clearview Avenue said that the chase was not limited to Clover Lane. She was walking on Clearview with her daughter when a Land Rover sped by, pursued by the police “at full speed, no sirens,” she said. “It was extremely dangerous. From reading the reports, the impression was given that the police stopped the pursuit. But it appears that it went on much longer than just going from Clover to Snowden.” The woman asked if there were any procedures in place to prevent such pursuits in residential areas. Mayor Mark Freda s aid Council would ask Chief Christopher Morgan to review what happened. Municipal Administrator Bernie Hvozdovic said he and Chief Morgan had met to discuss the issue and internal policies will be reviewed. The crash is being investigated by the Princeton Pol i c e D e p a r t m e nt a n d Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office. PPD is requesting that anybody who witnessed the crash to contact Traffic Safety Bureau supervisor Sergeant Thomas Murray at (609) 921-2100 ext. 1879. —Anne Levin

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regarding keeping the animals safe, vaccination requirements for the dogs, and other issues. Several potential sites were suggested, including the historic overlook by the Washington Oaks development, the Gulick Preserve at Herrontown and River roads, Quarry Park, Greenway Meadows, Community Park, Barbara Smoyer Park, Harrison Park, and Grover Park. In her update on the Witherspoon Street improvement project, Municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton told Council that some design issues that were in question have been resolved. The intersection with Nassau Street is now set at 22 feet, and a curb extension at the midblock crosswalk at Tulane Yard has been replaced with a raised crosswalk. A proposal to locate a traffic controller box on the Princeton University side of Nassau Street at Witherspoon has been turned down by the New Jersey Department of Transportation, Stockton said. The updated plan proposes removing the kiosk on the north side and installing the controller box in its place. A stop sign is proposed at the intersection of Witherspoon and Spring streets. A six-footwide strip of greenery has been replaced with rows of trees on both sides of the street, with each tree situated in a six-byten-foot planted area. Lily Krauss, vice chair of the town’s Shade Tree Commission, read a statement saying the Bradford pear trees that line both sides of Witherspoon Street are at the end of their lives, and should be removed. In any case, she said, the work that is necessary for underground utilities would damage their root system.

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Alexander Craig of Hunter Roberts Construction Group told Council that the first phase of work on the Graduate Hotel project at 20 Nassau Street is scheduled to begin the middle or end of this month, and last till mid-February. The work involves interior demolition abatement, “all within the walls of the project,” he said. “Some hazardous materials have to be abated.” Demolition of the building on Chambers Street, where a fivestory structure will be built to connect with 20 Nassau Street, will follow and last till mid-April. Lane closures on Chambers Street will depend on the work being done. Craig said a safe staging area will be established for construction vehicles. Metered parking will be removed for the length of the construction. “There will be days when a full closure is required, but they will be intermittent,” he said. E nv iron m ent a l cont rols planned include dust, vibration, and noise monitoring, including misting during demolition. A third-party monitoring company hired through the hotel company is required. Tony Nelessen, owner of the houses at 11 and 13 Bank Street, said he feels there is concern for businesses adjacent to the project, but not for the residents. He is especially worried about dust. “Nobody has contacted us,” he said, asking Jill Lekstutis of Red Hospitality Consulting, who was on the call, “Will you be responsible for any damage?” Lekstutis said yes. “Protection is a very important part of our process.” Pablo David, a vice president of Graduate, is in the process of reaching out to neighbors, she said. The entire project is targeted for completion by December 2023, Craig said. —Anne Levin

Police Blotter On October 28, at 10:09 a.m., it was reported that, during a Zoom meeting with the Board of Education, a racial slur and harassing comment was typed in by an unknown suspect. The proper authorities were notified and the Detective Bureau is investigating the matter. On October 27, at 7:10 p.m., a woman reported that both of her son’s bikes were stolen from the bicycle racks in front of her apartment complex on Albert Way. The total value of both bikes is $248. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On October 23, at 1:51 a.m., a 26-year-old male from Princeton was charged with DWI, subsequent to a single motor vehicle crash investigation on Mountain Avenue. On October 21, at 12:22 p.m., it was reported that two suspects entered a store on Nassau Street and stole a leather handbag valued at $1,750. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On October 21, at 3:01 p.m., a resident of Stanworth Lane reported that someone made fraudulent charges on her Apple account, which was connected to her bank account. Her bank confirmed that a $1,299 charge had been made on the account. The Detective Bureau is investigating. Unless otherwise noted, individuals arrested were later released.

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we fear the pandemic? Run from it and then rail against continued from page one it? Or did we embrace it as “I listened to her sufferan opportunity for reflection ing,” Campbell said, “as she and growth?” shared how hard it was for She went on to express her not to be with him.” concern about the negative She continued, “It put a effects of people’s time spent whole different perspective alone during the pandemic. on the realities that we face. “The fear of this alone time If we can’t do this together is what generates the indihow do we support each vidualism. In the pandemic other?” I realized that I had to come to face me — strengths and She explained about the weaknesses — and in that bus. “We only rent the bus,” process was grow th, but she said. “But it’s a sacred not everybody is willing to place to be. It lives in peodo that.” ple’s imaginations. That’s the best part. It’s a gift of P r i or to h e r wor k i n the spirit. We rent the bus. Washington over the past When it’s needed, it’s there.” 20 years, Campbell, a California native, did interfaith, In 2012 it was needed — state-based advocacy in Sacto highlight social issues ramento and was the foundand to protest planned cuts er and lead attorney for 18 in aid to people in need. years at the Community Law Nuns on the Bus toured Center in Oakland, serving nine states, receiving widethe needs of poor working spread attention from religious communities, elected Sister Simone Campbell families in Alameda County. In reflecting on her upcomofficials, and the media, Campbell shared her and Campbell has led five ing sermon, Campbell said thoughts on last week’s eleccross-country Nuns on the that she had been thinking tions. “The thing that strikes Bus Trips since then focus- about the interfaith service me over and over, the mising on economic justice, im- as a time to come together, take of politicians, is talking migration reform, and voter and she’d been pondering at people instead of listening “the tension between things to people,” she said. “We’re turnout. During the pandemic, in like Black Lives Matter and working on a campaign to the month before the 2020 police violence, and where is launch after the new year election, Campbell led an peace in the midst of that?” about public listening rather She continued, “I’m hop- than talking. We really need online Nuns on the Bus tour, holding 28 virtual town hall ing to craft a reflection on to listen. Our primary unexpeace where peace is seen plored talent that we need to meetings. Also an attorney and a not as the absence of conflict develop is listening.” She continued, “People poet, Campbell, during the but rather as engagement to health care debates in 2010, find new insight, to find new feel hurt. That’s what we hear wrote the famous “nuns’ let- healing. My current theory is over and over on the bus. ‘No ter,” supporting the reform that violence comes from un- one ever hears us. No one bill. She got 59 leaders of examined hurt and wounds ever comes to us. Nobody Catholic Sisters to sign on, and that unless we look at it takes us in.’ And the hurt of an action cited by many as both as a society and as in- that, the isolation of that, the critically important to the dividuals we’re not going to anguish of that. People are passing of the Affordable have peace. And that’s where not being engaged, not feelcourage comes in, courage ing heard or represented.” Care Act. to face the flaws. And that She added, “We have an Campbell has been fea- yields peace, I think, I hope.” opportunity, if we have the tured in national and interEarly on in the pandemic, Laurel BRAND GUIDE courage, to look at our flaws national School media, including appearances on 60 Minutes, she was hopeful, she said, and engage them as a way The Colbert Report, and “that maybe this would be to grow. That’s the challenge The Daily Show with Jon our moment to see that — can we do this? That’s the we’re interconnected, but it big question of our time.” Stewart. She has twice ad- TEXT LOGO dressed the Democratic Na- doesn’t seem as if that’s been Also featured at CFPA’s the result, unfortunately. Did tional Convention and has

42nd Annual Conference and Multifaith Service for Peace, co-sponsored by 22 religious and civic groups in the region, will be nuclear weapons expert Rob Goldston and former fighter pilot turned peace activist Richard Moody. Following the morning Multifaith Service and sermon by Campbell will be the Conference for Peace, a virtual Zoom event from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Goldston, Princeton University professor of astrophysics with the Program on Science and Global Security, will present on “How to Avert the Coming Arms Race,” based on his recent article in the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists. Moody, a former fighter pilot and Top Gun instructor, who also served in the U.S. Navy and the Royal Navy, has become an ardent peace activist with CFPA and a practicing Quaker. His autobiography, Flying Through Life, will soon be released. “As we continue to face major challenges and opportunities for peace, and move toward the critical 2022 mid-terms, we are thrilled to have such an outstanding group of presenters for our 42nd Annual Conference and Multifaith Service for Peace,” said CFPA Executive Director the Rev. Robert Moore. Click on “Upcoming Events” at peacecoalition. org to register for the Conference for Peace and receive a Zoom participant link. There is a suggested donation of $10 per person. —Donald Gilpin

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Princeton Perks, a community-wide discount card fundraiser for local public schools, debuted mid-pandemic to boost struggling businesses and raise funds for students and teachers. The 2022 Princeton Perks discount card is now in the works, with a growing list of participating businesses and special new incentives available for sponsors. The program is a partnership between local businesses and the Parent Teacher Organizations (PTOs) at the town’s seven public schools, and offers a win-win-win: Businesses get more local shoppers, shoppers get a break when they spend their dollars locally, and schools raise funds for much-needed extra programming. Businesses typically offer cardholders 10 percent off, though some deals are restricted to certain days of the week or types of merchandise. The Pr inceton Perks website (princetonperks.com) includes an upto-date list of currently participating restaurants and retailers, and further details on the deals offered in 2021. For 2022, Princeton Perks is offering two tiers of participation to local businesses: a limited number of sponsoring businesses will pay $100 to be listed on the back of the discount card and receive special mention in advertising and social media campaigns; all other businesses are still able to participate for free, will be listed on the website, and can display Princeton Perks decals near cash registers and in store windows. The deadline to be a sponsor, with a business name appearing on the back of the card, is Friday, November 19. In 2021, the school PTOs sold more than 1,000 cards and collectively raised $17,500, which they used

richment, outdoor classroom space, summer programs for children in need, and endof-year activities for rising sixth and ninth graders. The current card expires on December 31, which means that those who purchased a Princeton Perks discount card last spring may still take advantage of this year’s deals through the holiday shopping season. “Being a small business owner in this community has given me the opportunity to connect with so many residents from town and fellow business owners,” said Sweta Patel, owner of Creative Cakes by Sweta. “I am always amazed by the generosity and enthusiasm on display here and I feel privileged that my baked goods were a small part of local school fundraisers and charities.” Princeton Perks was a collaborative effort from the start. It was launched by parents at Community Park, Littlebrook, Riverside and Johnson Park elementar y schools, and quickly came to include Princeton Charter School, Princeton Middle School, and Princeton High School, with parents adding energy and ideas to expand the program. Parent representatives from all of the schools are currently working together to create next year’s card, which will be available in early January 2022. For the new year, parents — along with some high school students — are expanding the card’s social media presence, promoting participating businesses on Facebook and Instagram, as well as creating special advertising features in local publications. For more information on the Princeton Perks program or how to sign up a local business, visit princetonperks.com or email princetonperks@gmail.com.

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The counting continues, but preliminary local results show new candidate Mara Franceschi joining incumbents Betsy Baglio and Brian McDonald on the School Board and Democrats with narrow victories in the 16th legislative district races for state Assembly and state Senate. Midnight, November 8 was the deadline to receive mail-in ballots follow ing last Tuesday’s November 2 elections, and provisional ballots are also still being verified and tallied. Some 70,000 provisional ballots throughout the state are still to be counted, according to Republican gubernatorial candidate Jack Ciattarelli’s campaign, which refuses to concede the election to incumbent Democrat Governor Phil Murphy, who now leads by more than 2.5 percentage points. Local results will not be official until November 19, says Mercer County Clerk Paula Sollami Covello, who will receive her final report from the Mercer Count y Board of Elections by that date then certify the results. Voters had the option this year of early voting in person, mail-in ballots, and the traditional in-person voting on Election Day, as poll workers worked through additional training to adapt to new voting machines and upgraded technology. “T here were ver y few problems,” reported Sollami-Covello. “The early voting went especially smoothly.” She pointed out that turnout in general was high,

a bit lower than expected in Trenton but especially high in Hamilton, and that mailin ballots in Mercer County accounted for about 30,000 of the total of almost 98,000 votes. She also noted that the new technology, with results tallied both digitally and on paper, ensures the reliability of the count. “I feel more confident now that we have a paper trail,” she added. “It’s’ another back-up. People can feel more confident in the system.” In the race for three seats on t he Pr inceton P ublic Schools Board of Education, according to the latest tally, McDonald had won 4,289 votes (26.93 percent), Baglio 4003 votes (25.13 percent), and Franceschi 3,977 votes (24.97 percent), with Jeffrey Liao in fourth place with 3,658 votes (22.97 percent). In the election for Princeton Council Democrats Eve Niedergang and Leighton Newlin were unopposed and will start their new threeyear terms in January. In New Jersey’s 16th legislative district (which includes parts of Mercer, Hunterdon, Middlesex, and Somerset counties), Democrat Andrew Zwicker with 39,419 votes (52.71 percent) has won a seat in the state Senate over Republican Michael Pappas with 35,368 votes (47.29 percent). In the contest for two 16th district state Assembly seats, Democrats Roy Freiman, an incumbent, w it h 38,659 votes (26.39 percent) and Sadaf Jaffer with 37,217 votes (25.41 percent) have

prevailed over Republicans Vi nce nt Pa n ico ( 35,617 votes, 24.32 percent) and Joseph Lukac (34,980 votes, 23.88 percent). Jaffer, former mayor of Montgomery Township, was the first woman of South Asian descent to serve as mayor of a New Jersey town and the first Muslim woman to serve as a mayor in the United States. In the election for Mercer County Surrogate, Democrat incumbent Diane Gerofsky has prevailed over Republican challenger Douglas Miles by a margin of 67 percent to 33 percent, and the Democrat candidates for Board of County Commissioners Samuel Frisby, Kristin McL aughlin, and Terrance Stokes have easily outdistanced their Republican opponents Richard Balgowan, Michael Chianese, and Andrew Kotula. On the public question of expanding sports betting to allow in-state college betting, New Jersey voters said “no” by a 57 to 43 percent margin, but voted “yes” 64 to 36 percent to allow certain organizations to use proceeds from bingo, raffles, and other games of chance for their own organizations. On the Mercer Count y ballot question, voters, by a 76.5 to 23.5 percent margin, supported allowing the County to change the allocation of funds raised by the County for open space, recreation, farmland, and the Historic Trust Fund. As the final ballots are counted, results will be available at mercercounty.org. —Donald Gilpin

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HomeFront Offers Many Events, Opportunities For Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week With the looming threat of many local families facing eviction in the coming months, HomeFront will be recognizing Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week from November 1320, featuring a rich array of volunteer opportunities and educational events. There has never been a more important time to observe this annual event, said Homefront founder and CEO Connie Mercer, as she cited rising food prices and hunger among local children at a rate three times higher than it was in 2019. “These are volatile times for all of us, but especially for the most vulnerable with no

resources or extended family to fall back on,” she said. “The many informational events in this week of awareness are a way to shine a light on these problems and help people understand how families fall into crisis and how we can all help keep the problem from growing. The volunteering events provide community members a way to get involved.” Katie Lynch, a Cherry Hill Nursery School teacher who has worked on many HomeFront programs over the past several years, reflected on the impact of HomeFront and why she has been involved in numerous different volunteer efforts. “I love HomeFront,” she said. “Volunteering at

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FIGHTING HUNGER AND HOMELESSNESS: Community volunteers prepare food packages for hungry Mercer County residents at HomeFront’s “Fran’s Food Pantry.” Beginning Saturday, November 13, HomeFront will be offering a wide variety of service opportunities and educational events during national Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week. including educational sessions with local and national experts on hunger and homelessness, open houses and guided tours, and volunteer opportunities for people of all ages during the week and throughout the holiday season. Other events scheduled for the coming week include a virtual “Welcome to HomeFront” overview on Monday, November 15, from 12 to 1 p.m.; a diaper resource center volunteer opportunity on Wednesday, November 17, from 1 to 3 p.m.; a virtual expert panel discussion on Thursday, November 18, at 6 p.m. on the effects of the pandemic on vulnerable populations and what local and national agencies are doing to lessen the impact; a vital “lunch and learn” with Mercer and HomeFront COO Sarah

Steward on Friday, November 19, from 12 to 1:30 p.m.; and a Thanksgiving Drive service opportunity packing Thanksgiving dinner packets for HomeFront clients from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, November 20. Panelists at the November 18 session will include Shellie Skinner from NJ Pandemic Relief Fund; Olivia Jin from the Eviction Lab at Princeton University; Emily Gartenberg from No Kid Hungry, NYC; and Steward from HomeFront. More than 300,000 New Jersey residents face the possibility of eviction and a homelessness crisis, according to HomeFront, when the current eviction moratorium is lifted, most likely on January 1, 2022. Elevated unemployment and economic insecurity are already severely affecting

many Mercer County families. Lynch commented on the kind of difference HomeFront can make in the lives of their clients. “I think people are really struggling,” she said. “The government can only do so much, and there aren’t enough services for people who have lost their jobs. And in many cases they are working, but their jobs might not pay enough. Minimum wage is not enough. They’re working and they still can’t provide a home and food for their families. They’re trying to find ways to make it work and HomeFront is trying to help them figure that out.” For further information and to register for Hunger and Homelessness Awareness Week events, visit homefrontnj.org. —Donald Gilpin

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Yes We CAN! Food Drives Will Be Collecting Holiday Items This Month

To the Editor: Trying to figure out how you will feed your family is no fun, especially with Thanksgiving approaching. To help our less fortunate neighbors, Yes We CAN! Food Drives collects Thanksgiving food items on behalf of Arm in Arm so those in need can share in the traditions of this wonderful holiday. We are asking you to donate Thanksgiving “fixings” for patrons of the three food pantries located in Princeton and Trenton and operated by Arm in Arm. Our Yes We CAN! volunteers will be collecting holiday items at two locations: the West Windsor Community Farmers Market on Saturday, November 13 and 20, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., as well as at Princeton McCaffrey’s on November 20, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Among the items we are seeking are stuffing mix, canned vegetables, canned sweet potatoes, cream of chicken soup, gravy mix packets, vegetable oil, salad dressing, and seasonings and spices. We will also be collecting fresh vegetables from the farmers at the West Windsor market, which is located on Vaughn Drive off Alexander Road on the way to the Princeton Junction train station. Though the regular Farmers Market will close November 20, it will relocate for the winter to the Vaughn Commuter Parking Lot, just off Alexander Road and up the ramp from the regular season market. Many of the same farmers and vendors will be offering their special fare every other week, starting December 4 and 18. Yes We CAN! Food Drives will also be in attendance, collecting fresh food, as well as canned and packaged items. The need for food doesn’t stop as the weather changes, so please remember your neighbors who are facing food challenges, especially as we approach the holiday season. FRAN ENGLER Publicity Chair, Yes We CAN! Food Drives Tuscany Drive, West Windsor

Perplexed by Permit Parking Task Force Plan to Park Cars on Residential Streets

To the Editor: I am a keen bicyclist. I commend the Bike Advisory Committee for proposing new bike lanes in Princeton. The more people bicycle to work, to school, and to do errands, the fewer cars we will have clogging Princeton streets and spewing out emissions. I am therefore perplexed by a plan proposed by the Permit Parking Task Force. They seek to install a bike lane on Wiggins Street and Hamilton Avenue. This would require finding parking for local business employees who park there now. Fair enough. But instead of stopping there, the Task Force has developed a massive plan to park far more cars — all employees of Princeton businesses — and put them on residential streets. Their plan covers all streets that are within 1/2 mile of any Princeton business. This means that all the quiet residential neighborhoods within a 15-minute walk of Princeton businesses would become busy parking lots for employees. With today’s climate change concerns, this is the very last thing we should be doing. We should encourage them to walk, bicycle, and take mass transit. Giving all employees of Princeton businesses low-cost parking on residential streets will actively encourage employees to drive to work. By contrast, Princeton University gives employees incentives not to drive, but to commute to work by train or bus. That is the direction that the town should be going, to reduce driving. Furthermore, many employers currently subsidize parking for their employees. The Task Force’s plan would give a free ride to employers who do not. That would encourage

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Clarifying Neighborhood Opposition To Hun School Rezoning Request

To the Editor: Town Topics’ coverage of the denial of Hun School’s application to rezone residential property to educational zoning [Hun School Rezoning Request is Defeated, Attorney Determines,” page 9, November 3] did not fully communicate why there was vocal neighborhood opposition. The property in question — the headmaster’s former private residence —currently serves as a buffer between the busy and heavily trafficked school campus and the quiet community that surrounds the school. While most previous discussion has focused on the school’s stated short-term plans to repurpose the residence for educational uses, the school confirmed that its master expansion plan includes replacing the private residence with a school building more than five times its size. One Councilmember warned that granting the rezoning at the present time would effectively eliminate any future opportunity for the Planning Board to have meaningful oversight or input on the design — and therefore neighborhood impact — of any new school buildings on the property. Two Councilmembers abstained from voting because of the lack of clarity about whether a “yes” vote was a vote for a 14,000-square-foot as-of-right school building. Inexplicably, two other Councilmembers acknowledged the ambiguity in what they were being asked to vote on, yet voted to support the position of the school over the needs of the neighborhood. ARTHUR EISENBACH Russell Road

Books

Friends of the Princeton Public Library Book Sale Begins Friday, November 12 Returning after a year lost to the pandemic, the Friends of the Princeton Public Library 2021 Book Sale will take place Friday, November 12, through Sunday, November 14, in the library’s Community Room. There will be a limit of 25 shoppers allowed at any one time, and masks covering both nose and mouth must be worn at all times in the library. The sale features thousands of books in a broad range of categories for readers of all ages. Along with the usual wide selection of donated books, most of which are priced between $1 and $3, with certain selections priced higher, there will be rare and collectible items, including a rare six volu me ed it ion of Joh n Dryden from 1716 (see this week’s Book Review); The Road Goes Ever On, a song cycle based on poems by J. R. R. Tolkien; a signed copy

of Richard Avedon’s In the American West; inscribed copies of Bill Clinton’s autobiography; The Collected Papers of Albert Einstein; a number of illustrated books, from the Fables of LaFontaine to Spider-Man, Little Nemo to Tin Tin. Of special interest to fans of McCarter Theatre is a signed copy of Emily Mann’s Four Plays, i n c l u d i n g A n nulla : A n Autobiography; the Obie Award-winning Still Life; Execution of Justice; and Greensboro: A Requiem. Images of these and other special offerings can be viewed at princetonlibrary. org/support-us/friends/ booksales. The chair of the 2021 sale is Helen Heintz. Book Sale manager is Claire Bertrand. On opening day, Friday, admission will be $20 for the first 25 shoppers. Admission will be $5 for all remaining Friday shoppers.

Free admission begins on Saturday. Admission is always free to Friends of the Library. Numbered tickets will be distributed at the door starting Friday at 8 a.m. Customers will be allowed to enter in numerical order whenever there are fewer than 25 shoppers in the Community Room. Barcode scanners will be permitted at the tables, but collecting books to scan away from the tables will not be allowed. Hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, and 1-5 p.m. on Sunday when most remaining items will be half price. Cash, checks, and credit cards will be accepted for purchases. A ll proceeds benefit the library. Parking is available in the Spring Street Garage, which is accessible from Spring or Wiggins streets. Assistance moving large purchases to the garage will be available. For more information, contact the book sales manager (609) 924-9529 ext. 1227, o r b o o k s a l e @ p r i n c e to n library.org.

Sunday Poetry Readings Planned By Two Local Organizations

Princeton Makes, a new Princeton-based artist cooperative, and Ragged Sky Press, a local publisher focused on poetr y, have announced the launch of S e c o n d S u n d a y Po e t r y Readings. The readings will take place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center. The first reading will be Sunday, November 14 at 4 p.m. James R ichardson, an emeritus professor of English and creative writing at Princeton University; and David Orr, a professor of poetry and the practice of criticism at Rutgers University, will read, followed by an open mic available to up to 10 audience members who would like to read their original poetry. Richardson is the author of nine books of poetry and two critical studies. He is a N at i o n a l B o o k Aw a r d finalist and winner of an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His latest collection is For Now (Copper Canyon). Orr is a longtime critic for the New York Times Book Review. He is the winner of the Nona Balakian Citation for Excellence in Reviewing and the Editor’s Prize for Reviewing from Poetry magazine. His second collection, Thorns, is forthcoming from Copper Canyon Press. Princeton Makes is a cooperative comprised of 32 local artists who work across a range of artistic genres, including painting, drawing, stained glass, sculpture, textiles, and jewelry. Customers will be able to support local artists by shopping for a wide variety of art, including large paintings, prints, custom-made greeting cards, stained glass lamps

and window hangings, jewelry in a variety of designs and patterns, and more. Ragged Sky is a small, highly selective cooperative press that works closely with authors, who retain copyright. The organization supports the author’s work through the editing, production, and design process. Ragged Sky Press has historically focused on mature voices, overlooked poets, and women’s perspectives. Visit princetonmakes.com for more information.

Lewis Center Hosts Eight Poets At Princeton Poetry Festival

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employers to stop their subsidies, worsening the problem. The Permit Parking Task Force’s wrongheaded plan needs to be stopped. A virtual Community Meeting is tentatively planned for Saturday, November 20, 12:00 noon. Watch for information about a link to it [at princetonnj.gov], attend, and speak up to prevent this plan going through. ANTHONY LUNN Hawthorne Avenue

The 2021 Princeton Poetry Festival, a biennial event, will be presented by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts on Friday, November 12 from 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Berlind Theatre at the McCarter Theatre Center. The festival will include a full day of readings, panel discussions, and a lecture by a roster of eight awardwinning, international poets, including Reginald Dwayne Betts, Victoria Chang, Laura Kasischke, and Patricia Smith from the U.S.; Sasha Dugdale and Daljit Nagra from the U.K.; Javier Zamora from El Salvador; and Polina Barskova from Russia. The festival is organized by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, Princeton’s Howard G.B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities, and the founding chair of the Lewis Center. “One of the most significant aspects of poetry,” notes Muldoon, “is that it is a worldwide phenomenon. It allows all of us to learn more about an unfamiliar culture (or even a familiar one), than any number of history books, sociological studies, documentary films, or reality television shows.” The panel discussions will explore “poetry and purpose,” a theme which Muldoon welcomes each poet to interpret in their own way. The poetry festival is free and open to the public. All guests are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, to wear a mask when indoors, and to show proof of vaccination and a photo ID at the door (Princeton students, faculty, and staff only need to show their PU ID card. To learn more about the Lewis Center for the Arts and the more than 100 public theater and dance performances, exhibitions, readings, screenings, concerts and lectures presented each year, most of them free, visit arts.princeton.edu.

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Discovering John Dryden at the Friends of the Library Book Sale What passion cannot music raise and quell! —John Dryden (1631-1700) riving toward the lake listening to Bob Dylan sing “Mother of Muses” (“sing your hearts out, all you women of the chorus / Sing of honor and fame and of glory be”), I’m brainstorming a column on the upcoming Friends of the Library Book Sale that would feature John Dryden, whose “Song for St. Cecilia’s Day” (1687) closes with a Grand Chorus that moves the Spheres: “So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And music shall untune the sky.” Dryden and Dylan? A rhyming made in heaven? Stranger things have happened. The Dylan of last year’s album Rough and Rowdy Ways would relate to the idea of music powerful enough to raise the dead, bring down the living, and untune the sky. His mother of muses isn’t all sweetness and light. “Unleash your wrath!” he tells her. “Things I can’t see, they’re blocking my path.” Dryden knew about blocked paths. England’s first poet laureate “attained his celebrity at the cost of gossip and scandal and, in the last decade of his life (after the Glorious Revolution and his removal from the laureateship), of suspicion and scorn.” According to the introduction to the Penguin edition of Selected Poems, “He wrote about politics and religion, about trade and empire; he wrote for the theatre and for public occasion; he composed songs, fables, odes and panegyrics, brilliant satire and savage polemic; he translated from many languages and formulated an idiomatic, familiar and fluent prose style,” virtually inventing “the commercial literary career.” And having created a commercial career in music, Dylan might identify with Dryden’s “difficult public life, fashioned from his own unlikely personality — from his privacy, self-doubts, even verbal hesitation (qualities mocked by his enemies)” on his way to becoming “a public figure of literary distinction.” While you may not immediately associate Dylan with “verbal hesitation” or “selfdoubts,” the winner of the 2016 Nobel prize can definitely claim “literary distinction.” In “False Prophet,” he “opened his heart and the world came in,” and surely there’s room for Dryden’s rising, quelling music in there along with Walt Whitman’s “multitudes” and Stephen Crane’s Black Riders (“Black rider, black rider, you’ve been living too hard”). Like Dryden, Dylan’s “a man of contradictions, a man of many moods.” In “Key West,” the most haunting song on Rough and Rowdy Ways, he says “If you lost your mind you’ll find it there / Key West is on the horizon line.” Last week my subject was Crane, who died at 28 in 1900, and now it’s Dryden, who died at 68 in 1700, both on the horizon line of new centuries.

Dryden in Princeton Named in Dryden’s honor, his poetry having inspired Baroque composers like Purcell and Handel, Princeton’s Dryden Ensemble performs music of the 17th and 18th centuries on period instruments. The group bases its philosophy on the line, “What passion cannot music raise and quell!” from “A Song for St. Cecilia’s Day.” Purcell composed the music for, among others, Dryden’s plays Amphitryon and King Arthur. In the opening stanza of his “Ode on the Death of Mr. Henry Purcell,” who died on November 21, 1695 (the eve of the St. Cecilia’s Day celebrations), Dryden crafted a repetitive turn comparable to a trumpet fanfare in verse, wherein the “lark and the linnet cease their musical spite .... And list’ning and silent, and silent

London thoroughfare close by the house William Blake died in and the alley where Bob Dylan was filmed singing “Subterranean Homesick Blues.” Penguin’s Selected Poems includes Dryden’s salty caricature of Tonson, “with whom his relations were cool and often querulous,” which explains the reference to Jacob’s “leering looks,” “two left legs, ... Judas-coloured hair” and “frowzy pores that taint the ambient air.” Having Fun The Dryden who bored me blind in a college Senior Survey of English Lit doesn’t jibe with the spirited figure described in T.S. Eliot’s 1921 essay alerting the 20th century to Dryden’s greatness. Taking a refreshingly informal approach, Eliot singles out Mac Flecknoe as “the most fun” with “the most

and list’ning, and list’ning and silent obey.” I know nothing of the conventions of Baroque music, all I know is Dryden’s poem reads melodiously. Again, in the last of the three stanzas, where Purcell becomes Orpheus: “The heav’nly choir, who heard his notes from high, / Let down the scale of music from the sky; / They handed him along, / And all the way he taught, and all the way they sung.” Dryden at the Sale Ask me about John Dryden a week ago, and I couldn’t have named a single work of his, except maybe Mac Flecknoe, the first piece in Dryden’s Miscellany Poems, one of the rarest items at Friday’s book sale, which runs through Sunday (for details, see page 15). Besides containing a variety of “New Translations of the Ancient Poets” along with “Several Original Poems by the Most Eminent Hands,” this is the fourth (1716) edition of a work originally published by Mr. Dryden himself and printed for Jacob Tonson “at Shakespeare’s Head over-against Katherine Street in the Strand,” the storied

sustained display of surprise after surprise of wit from line to line.” Instead of merely belittling his enemy, Dryden “makes his object great, in a way contrary to expectation; and the total effect is due to the transformation of the ridiculous into poetry.” The 9/11 Sale Twenty years ago the 2001 Friends of the Library Book Sale coincided with the week of the September 11 attack. It was also the last sale at the “old” library building before we moved to a temporary location in the Princeton Shopping Center. I say “we” because I was in charge of that year’s sale, except that in the days following the trauma of 9/11, “we” was what it was all about. Everyone in the Community Room was “we” during the sorting out and displaying and then buying and selling of a world of books while the real world was still shaking. Setting up the signs for each table — Biography, History, Politics, Philosophy, Theology, Literature, Science, Poetry, Childrens/ Young Adult, Science Fiction and Fantasy, Old and Unusual, with a special section for

beloved, wounded New York City — I was more than ever before aware of the sale as a microcosm of civilization. The crowd that packed the Community Room during that unreal span of time seemed to be thinking the same thing whenever they looked up from the book-laden tables to the busy scene around them. Book sale browsers and buyers inevitably create the impression of people in a state of obsessive attentiveness, focus taken to the max, but this time there was a life-goes-on intensity in the room. This was more than browsing for a bargain. This was “we,” all of us, dealing with the shock of the attack, whether or not we knew it or would admit it. Whatever that memorable sale signified, it was a huge success for the library. Sunday’s $2 a bag day had the desired result. People were sweeping the tables, buying the books almost before we could unload them on the tables after trucking them upstairs (the Community Room was on the second floor in the old building). Every single paperback, cookbook, children’s’ book, out of the thousands we put out — gone! After the cleanup I went over to the prayer vigil on Palmer Square. The weather was beautiful, just as it had been on that Tuesday morning five days before. The Year of Wonders The work that helped earn John Dryden the laureateship was Annus Mirabilis: The Year of Wonders, 1666, “An Historical Poem” dedicated to the “Metropolis of Great Britain, the Most Renowned and Late Flourishing City of London,” which Dryden celebrated for setting “a pattern to all others of true loyalty, invincible courage, and unshaken constancy. Other cities have been praised for the same virtues, but I am much deceived if any have so dearly purchased their reputation: their fame has been won them by cheaper trials than an expensive though necessary war, a consuming pestilence, and a more consuming fire. To submit yourselves with that humility to the judgements of heaven and at the same time to raise yourselves with that vigour above all human enemies, to be combated at once from above and from below, to be struck down and to triumph — I know not whether such trials have been ever paralleled in any nation....” ow here we are, 355 years from 1666, 20 years and four presidents from September 11, 2001, and Dylan’s Mother of Muses sings on, “of honor and fame and of glory be,” “of the Heroes who stood alone .... Who struggled with pain so the world could go free .... Who did what they did and then went on their way....” ——— Thanks to Labyrinth Books, where I found Paul Auster’s new biography of Stephen Crane just in time for last week’s column, and, better still, John Dryden/Selected Poems, brilliantly arranged, explained, and edited by Steven N. Zwicker and David Bywaters. —Stuart Mitchner

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Princeton Symphony Orchestra Returns to McCarter Theatre for Live Performance

rinceton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) presented the second of its live fall 2021 concerts this past Thursday night. Under the direction of Music Director Rossen Milanov, the Symphony performed a program centered on two Viennese masters at McCarter Theatre Center’s Matthews Theatre. Joined by guest piano soloist Shai Wosner, the ensemble performed music of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Franz Schubert, as well as a 21st-century piece by American composer Evan Williams. PSO opened Thursday night’s concert with Williams’ one-movement The Dream Deferred for string orchestra and harp. Williams’ 2017 piece draws attention to the school-to-prison pipeline of individuals whose dreams are deferred by a derailed education and subsequent prison experience. With melodies written by New York area youth incorporated into the music, The Dream Deferred was inspired by the poetry of American author Langston Hughes. The symphony began the work with a dark unison from the strings and sharp accented jabs against a dissonant palette. Principal violist Stephanie Griffi n played agitated viola passages depicting conflict and harpist André Tarantiles added to the intensity with precision and a percussive effect. The overall musical impression was one of tragic lost lives, contrasted by a melodic duet between the two violin sections. Conductor Milanov led the orchestra well through this accessible piece, effectively conveying the musical question of a provocative social issue in today’s world. Israel-born pianist Shai Wosner has been known for pairing classical masterpieces with contemporary works, so it was no surprise to hear Williams’ piece followed by a standard from Mozart’s piano concerto repertory. Mozart composed his 1784 Piano Concerto No. 15 in B-flat Major in a concertante style, with wind solos complementing the solo keyboard playing. The wind sections of PSO spoke well in the McCarter acoustic, with principal oboist Roni Gal-Ed elegantly carrying a great deal of the secondary melodic material of the first movement. Wosner displayed a light touch on the piano from the outset, with crisp unisons in tandem with the orchestra.

Wosner kept the ornamental figures clean (especially an extended trill and playful cadenza) and played in a detached style to match the resonance of the hall. Milanov led the second movement “Andante” in a courtly and refined style, as Wosner provided a flowing piano part with even arpeggios. Mozart considered this Concerto to be one of his more difficult, and the solo keyboard part of the third movement was certainly a reason why. Wosner maneuvered easily through quick scale passages, fast chords up and down the keyboard and tricky hand-crossing demands. He also demonstrated a particularly fast right hand in the first “episode” of this final “Allegro,” maintaining lightness and clarity. Milanov and the Princeton Symphony brought the Concerto to a graceful close, aided by clean playing from the horns and elegant wind solos from oboist Gal-Ed and flutist Yevgeny Faniuk. Franz Schubert’s orchestral symphonies are full of the same refined melodies found in his vocal works and owe debts to the Viennese composers who came before. Schubert’s Symphony No. 4 in C Minor (which Schubert himself nicknamed “Tragic”) drew inspiration from both Beethoven and Mozart. Under Milanov’s direction, Princeton Symphony Orchestra began the four-movement symphony with the same dramatic mood found in Mozart’s G minor works. Although clearly somber, Milanov kept the sound well-contained without rushing. Melodic sequences were well delineated, and effectively executed shifts in tempo, as well as a well-handled closing coda to the first movement, were reminiscent of Beethoven. chubert’s well-deserved reputation as a melodist was evident in the second movement “Andante,” with oboist Gal-Ed adding expressive passages to the orchestral color. Gal-Ed and flutist Faniuk were frequently paired with the strings, backed by delicate wind writing. Princeton Symphony Orchestra, aided by a trio of solo winds in Gal-Ed, Faniuk, and clarinetist Andy Cho, closed the Symphony musically traveling through the dark nature and agitation of the final movement to a triumphant close. —Nancy Plum

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Princeton Symphony Orchestra will present its next Classical Series concert on Saturday, February 5 at 8 p.m. and Sunday, February 6, 2022 at 4 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium. Featured on this concert will be violinist Diana Adamyan in her United States debut performing music of Sibelius. Also on the program will be music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Antonín Dvorák. Ticket information can be obtained by visiting princetonsymphony.org.

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How to Raise a Freeman

THEATER COMMENTARY

McCarter Theatre Presents “How to Raise a Freeman” Online; Zakiyyah Alexander’s Play Opens Bard at the Gate’s New Season

cCarter is presenting How to Raise a Freeman online as of November 3. The theater’s website describes Zakiyyah Alexander’s play as a “dark comedy that asks how a m iddle - class, A f r ican American family can keep their son alive in a world where every 28 hours a Black man is killed by law enforcement.” The pre-filmed production is a collaboration bet ween McCar ter and Bard at the Gate. Founded by Paula Vogel, Bard at the Gate is “designed to become a widely accessible platform for powerful, overlooked plays by BIPOC, women, LGBTQ, and disabled artists,” according to the series’ website. How to Raise a Freeman opens Bard at the Gate’s second season. The curators are Vogel; McCarter’s Associate Artistic Director Nicole A. Watson ; and the Bard at the Gate Advisory Council. Princeton Public Library is hosting a Bard at the Gate Watch Party Series, the first installment of which took place on November 4. A lex a n d er is a n aw ard - w i n n i ng w r iter whose ot her works include the plays 10 Things to Do Before I Die, The Etymology of Bird, and the musical Girl Shakes Loose. Her television credits include 24: Legacy, Grey’s Anatomy, and Hunters. A graduate of the Yale School of Drama, Alexander is co-founder of the Killroys, an organization that focuses on parity in American theater. Previously How to Raise a Freeman has had workshop presentations at venues such as Playwrights Horizons and Center Theater Group. In 2017 it was per for med at L os A ngeles’ Ammunition Theatre. But during a live, online discussion, Alexander describes the experience with McCarter and Bard at the Gate as “probably the longest that I’ve spent with actors working on it, since I wrote it.” T he conversation took place on November 3, and it can be viewed on the McCarter website (mccarter. org). Moderated by Watson, the panel included Alexander and director Reginald L. Douglas, as well as Luis Alfaro, a playwright. In How to Raise a Freeman Denise, a realtor (played by Michelle Wilson) and Keith, a businessman (Malcolm Barret t) are concerned about how best to prepare their son, Marcus, for the future. (Marcus is played by Aric Floyd, who previously performed the role in the Ammunition Theatre production.)

Alexander wanted to tell a “middle-class Black story … where there’s enough food on the table, where everybody’s loved.” She adds that she wanted to portray a family dynamic in which a “grandmother’s not part of the play.” McCarter’s website describes How to Raise a Freeman as a response to Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun. Alexander’s remark about a grandmother character could be interpreted as part of that response. Hansber r y’s 1959 drama por trays a family dynamic in which a grandmother is the matriarch. A real estate purchase is important to the plot of both plays, but Alexander diverges from Hansberry’s resolution of that arc. Alexander explains that she wants to explore “What happens when the setup that we … have seen before gets turned on its head.” We see Marcus enjoying his favorite pastime — video games — through which he has met an online friend, Travis ( Ben Hor witz ). Keith enters and insists on watching the news, and the family sees a report about a young African American who has been shot by police.

Marcus is an excellent student at the private school he attends, but Keith worries that academic success is not enough to prepare Marcus to survive a culture in which racial profiling is rampant. After Denise asks Marcus about his coursework and makes him practice diction, Keith drills him on how to respond if confronted by a suspicious officer. “Sometimes we hear about police brutality as someone else’s story,” Alexander observes. “I thought, ‘This is the world that we’re in. How do I communicate this in a way that people care about, and see it as less of a political conversation? ’” Denise is helping a client, Joan (Veanne Cox), close a deal on a property. Complications arise when the current owner — who is represented by another realtor, Neil (Francois Battiste) — places a special condition on the sale. At a meeting, Denise awkwardly tries to steer Joan away from making any damaging comments. Discussing the comedic elements in the play, Alexander remarks, “I’m a satirist, and my goal is to make you laugh … and feel like this is one type of story, so that if I punch you in the

“HOW TO RAISE A FREEMAN”: McCarter Theatre and Bard at the Gate are presenting a prerecorded video of Zakiyyah Alexander’s “How to Raise a Freeman.” Directed by Reginald L. Douglas, the video is available via McCarter’s website. Above: Keith (Malcolm Barrett, top), Dean (Jamie Lincoln Smith, middle left) and Greg (Francois Battiste, middle right) teach Marcus (Aric Floyd, bottom) some lessons he will not learn in school. (Digital image courtesy of ViDCo) How to Raise a Freeman is available to view online “until further notice.” For tickets, more information, or to watch the post-show discussion, visit mccarter. org/tickets-events/bard-at-the-gate/How-to-Raise-a-Freeman. The Princeton Public Library’s next Bard at the Gate Watch Party will take place on December 2.

stomach, you don’t see it coming!” She adds, “The only way that I personally experience an emotion for any stor y is if I didn’t get to solve the puzzle beforehand.” Keith plays poker with his brother, Dean ( Jam ie L incoln Sm it h ) , and friend, Greg ( Bat tiste ), who share Keith’s concern that Marcus is insufficiently disturbed about police brutality. The three older men are determined to impress on Marcus the dangers he might face in a world outside of school and video games. Watson asks Douglas — who says t hat h is prev ious exp er ience has been exclusively as a stage director — about the process of directing the play for an online production rather than onstage, He responds that during the pandemic he has had to try “playing in different mediums, and finding the similarities, the synergies — but also embracing the wild differences.” In addition to the actors, and Alexander’s script — which Douglas describes as “beautiful” — the director appreciates the production design p o s s ib i l i t i e s a f for d e d b y V i D C o, which is responsible for editing and video. Visual effects include juxtaposing the cast against the flickering of a television. But Douglas asserts that the production “at the core, was a staged reading of a play.” He adds, “The great lesson of this year has been tr y and embrace the new, but also remain dedicated to the thing that hasn’t changed, which is the power of story to enlighten and entertain an audience.” Having watched the production in the privacy of his apartment, Alfaro considers his reactions to the play, and observes a possible difference in the way audiences might respond to a stage performance versus a video production. “It really tore me open,” he reveals, adding that had he seen the play in the theater, he might have been “stoic” due to unwillingness to share his emotional response. Alfaro remarks that theater is “dangerous — and it should be!” lexander reflects that she wrote How to Raise a Freeman “five or six years ago, and I thought, ‘I wonder if this will not be relevant soon.’ I think the thing that has been possibly the most horrifying is that it seems like it will always work.” She adds that because of the subject matter, “I would love for it to be a dated play.” —Donald H. Sanborn III

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Performing Arts

RAISE THE CURTAIN: Kitty Getlik, artistic director of Kelsey Theatre, shows off the new seating installed during the pandemic. Kelsey Theatre will kick off the 2021-2022 season with a live musical revue, “All Together Now – A Global Event,” on Friday, November 12. (Photo by Marcya Roberts)

DANCE FESTIVAL IS BACK: Choreographer Omari Wiles (center foreground) with Princeton University students in rehearsal for his new work to be featured in the 2021 Princeton Dance Festival. (Photo by Jonathan Sweeney)

University Dance Festival at McCarter’s Berlind Theatre

The Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Dance at Princeton University presents the 2021 Princeton Dance Festival November 19-21 at McCarter Theatre Center’s Berlind Theatre. Princeton students in the program will perform new works by faculty members Tina Fehlandt, whose work is inspired by Mark Morris’ choreography on the 40th anniversary of the founding of his famed dance company, and Rebecca Lazier. Additionally, students will perform new works by guest choreographers Kyle Marshall, Larissa Velez-Jackson, and Omari Wiles. Repertory works in the festival will include Justin Peck’s Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes, staged by Michael Breeden; and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar and Germaine Acogny’s Woman’s Resistance, staged by Samantha Speis. Performances will take place over three days, beginning on November 19 at 8 p.m. They will continue with two more performances on November 20 at 2 and 8 p.m., and finish with a final performance on November 21 at 2 p.m. Currently under the direction of choreographer Susan Marshall, Princeton’s Program in Dance is now in its 51st year and has grown to include five full-time and nine adjunct faculty and of-

fers 23 different courses and a curriculum that includes introductory courses, courses suited for dancers at the preprofessional level, as well as courses in dance studies and interdisciplinary contemporary practices. Rodeo: Four Dance Episodes by Justin Peck, acting resident choreographer for New York City Ballet, will be staged by Michael Sean Breeden, a repetiteur for the ballet, in a way that reimagines the piece’s gendered roles. Rodeo is Peck’s abstract take on Aaron Copland’s well-known Americana score and pairs a lone woman with “a cast of 15 jocular energetic and charming male dancers for a fresh and thrilling adventure.” In its Princeton premiere, excerpts of the ballet have been re-envisioned with gender identity no longer a prerequisite for any of the roles. Peck has created more than 40 ballets, won a Tony Award for choreographing the 2018 Broadway revival of Carousel, and choreographed Steven Spielberg’s forthcoming film, West Side Story. Breeden has danced with Miami City Ballet, Boston Ballet, and Pennsylvania Ballet, where he performed principal roles in works by George Balanchine, Twyla Tharp, Paul Taylor, Christopher Wheeldon, and Alexei Ratmansky. He has taught at Yale University, Kent State University, Ballet Tech, Bal-

let Academy East, the Vail Dance Festival, and Mark Morris Dance Center, among many others. Samantha Speis is co-artistic director at Urban Bush Women (UBW) and the 2017 winner of a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award for Outstanding Performer. UBW is a critically acclaimed contemporar y dance-theater company that seeks to bring untold and under-told stories to light through dance. As members of the African Diaspora community, UBW strives to create a more equitable balance of power in the dance world and beyond. Speis will be staging Women’s Resistance, an excerpt from les écallies de la mémoire (Scales of Memory), originally choreographed by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, founder of UBW, and Germaine Acogny of Compagnie Jant Bi (Senegal). Women’s Resistance vibrantly embodies Women+’s power, resilience, and relentless pursuit for liberation and justice. The Dance Festival premieres five new works: Caesura is a collaborative work created by choreographer Rebecca Lazier and composer Ryan Wolfe, with contributions from the student cast. Studies on Onyx is a new work created by choreographer Kyle Marshall as an examination of white rock musicians studying, imitating, and copying direct

songs, styles, and techniques from Black musicians without their permission. Star Pû Method ~ Care, Freedom and Partnership is a new work created by choreographer Larissa Velez-Jackson based on her research on the healing properties of her improvisation practice, the Star Pû Method. A new work by Tina Fehlandt will lead Princeton dance students in an exploration of 40-plus years of dances made by choreographer Mark Morris. A new work by choreographer Omari Wiles explores both masculine and feminine energy through dance and expression. All guests are required to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, to wear a mask when indoors, and to show proof of vaccination and a photo ID at the door. (Princeton students, faculty, and staff only need to show their PU ID card.) Dancers will be unmasked while performing on stage. Tickets are $12 in advance of show dates, $17 purchased the day of performances at the box office, and $10 for students. Tickets are available online at mccarter. org/dance-festival.

mances are Friday, November 12 at 8 p.m. (with a special livestreaming option opening night) and Saturday, November 13 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on the Kelsey stage. Pierrot Productions’ Moises Kaufman’s “33 Variations” will be performed starting November 19. “We welcome back all of our Kelsey friends and family to our musical review and the other shows this season,” said Getlik. “It will be a grand reunion.” Proof of vaccination or negative COVID-19 test within 48 hours is required at the door, and masks are required to be worn inside the theater. For more information, visit kelseytheatre.org or call (609) 5703333.

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Princeton Boychoir Presents “Sing for Joy” Concert

P r i n c e t o n B o y c h o i r ’s (PBC) fall concert “Sing for Joy!” video will stream on Saturday, December 4 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, December 5 at 3 p.m. Tickets, which are $15, and streaming information can be found at Westrickmusic.org. The concert features all three choirs of the program: Apprentice Choir, Treble Choir, and Young Men’s Ensemble. The program ranges from Handel to Broadway, and a premiere of a new work by senior member of the PBC, Barron Brothers. The concert will be led by Westrick Music Academy Education Director and PBC Music Director Fred Meads. The boys of PBC range from grades 3-12. Selected by audition, they come from numerous schools in central New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania and attend weekly rehearsals. Princeton Boychoir is a program of Westrick Music Academy, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization.

Refurbished Kelsey Theatre Reopens with Musical Revue

LIVE ON MANY STAGES: American Repertory Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” returns to live stages starting at McCarter Theatre Center November 26-28. Then, it’s on to Union County Performing Arts Center in Rahway, Patriots Theater at the War Memorial in Trenton, and the State Theatre New Jersey in New Brunswick. A holiday tradition for more than 50 years, American Repertory Ballet’s is one of the longest, continuously running “Nutcracker” productions in the nation.

any happier right now,” said Kitty Getlik, artistic director. “The theater has been virtually dark since March 12, 2020 and I was only able to move a few special events indoors at the last minute this summer, but a full season of live indoor theater opens on November 12 and it can’t come fast enough.” Upgrades during the time the theater was closed include new seats, new bathroom facilities, interior and exterior paint, new signage, and more. Kelsey will open the 20212022 season as a benefit for the Pennington Players with the live musical revue “All Together Now – A Global Event” from Musical Theatre International (MTI). Perfor-

With COVID-19 restrictions finally eased, the lights will be back up November 12 at Kelsey Theatre on the Mercer County Community College (MCCC) campus in West Windsor. “It is our 49th season here at Kelsey, and I couldn’t be

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in fine and applied arts, but her education did not stop there. She studied art appreciation for four years at the Barnes Foundation in Merion, Pa., and traveled near and far to attend workshops. From Deer Isle in Maine to Paris, Morocco, and Turkey, Adriance traveled to different landscapes, and other cultures colored her artistic perception. She has exhibited widely in New Jersey, Philadelphia, and New York City, winning awards for her work. She is currently an elected member of the New Jersey Watercolor Society and a Signature member of the Garden State Watercolor Society. Adriance is exhibiting at the Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville through the end of November, and will have a solo exhibition at the Arts Council of Princeton in February of 2022. For more information, visit janeadriance.com. This event is free and open to the public. Artsbridge requests that attendees be vaccinated and wear a mask while inside the mill. For more information, visit artsbridgeonline.com.

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ACP Hosts Sauce for the Goose Outdoor Art Market

K ick of f you r hol iday “THE WEIGHT OF ABSENCE”: Artsbridge’s Distinguished Artist Series event on November 18 at shopping at the Arts Council 7 p.m. at Prallsville Mills in Stockton will feature artist Jane Adriance discussing “Contract, of Princeton’s Sauce for the Contradiction, and Clarity.” Goose Outdoor Art Market

on November 13 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Princeton Shopping Center, 301 North Harrison Street. A rain date is scheduled for Sunday, November 14. Now celebrating its 28th year, this one-day market held in the shopping center’s courtyard is a unique oppor tunit y to purchase handmade g if ts direct ly from more than 35 local artisans and crafters working in ceramics, textiles, jewelry, fine art, and more. Attendees will find one-ofa-kind gifts while supporting the creatives living and working in the community. For a peek behind the process, artists will present live demonstrations in their craft. Plus, DJ Lydell will be on hand with a special blend of tunes for shoppers to enjoy. Featured vendors include A l l Wa s h e d U p G e m s , Avant-Garden Pottery, Jennifer Baumgartner, Black Labs Ceramics, Blk Confetti, Michael Brailove, Cinnamon Stick Crafts, D.Star Designs, Susan DeConcini, D i r t s a S t u d io, D u ch e s s Farms, East Coast Alchemy, Filamenti, Flow Wolf Studio, The Flowery, Anuradha Gur u mur t hy, Hu m m ingbird A r t s, J e r s e y wo o d , J u e l Studios, m.a.b.e.l, Madd Potters’ Studio, Elizabeth Massa, Mercer Art, Moxie Sorbet Designs, Nook &

Fern, Shannon Nutt Jewelry, OverSea Creations, Penelope Plum Designs, Princeton Woodwork, Small Joys Studios, Storks Designs, Taking Turns Bowls, Walking Olive, Woodcrest Design, Yardsale Press, and 1000 Autumns. “We’ve been organizing Sauce for the Goose for almost 30 years, yet every year we receive applications from new artists showing us beautiful and unique work,” said Maria Evans, ACP artistic director. “Last year we took the sale outside and there was a record number of shoppers who were so excited about finding such unique treasures. Be sure to join us again this year in the courtyard where there is surely something for everyone.” ACP Executive Director Adam Welch said, “We are thr illed to retur n to the Princeton Shopping Center to offer this opportunity to such talented creatives. Our longtime partnership w it h t h e s hoppi ng ce n ter enables us to connect regional ar tists w ith the community in the beautiful, safe outdoor setting of their courtyard. We thank them for their ongoing support and look forward to seeing you there.” For ar tist profiles and m ore i n for m at ion, v is it artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Artsbridge Distinguished Artist D is t i ng u is he d A r t is t on different points of view,” Series Presents Jane Adriance Thursday, November 18, at said Adriance. “By painting

At the age of 10, Jane Adriance dreamed of being an artist; more than eight decades later she continues to make that dream come true. She will present her work in watercolor, oils and mixed media as Artsbridge’s

7 p.m. at Prallsville Mills, 33 Risler Street in Stockton. The presentation is entitled “Jane Adriance: Contrast, Contradiction, and Clarity.” “The lens of my presentation w ill focus on dynamic compositions from

contrasts, and sometimes contradictory expressions, my work becomes richer, deeper and clearer. Color is my language.” Adriance received associate and bachelor’s degrees

“SHAWN’S WINTER WALK”: This painting by Janet Purcell is part of “Off the Beaten Path,” on view November 16 through February 27 in the gallery at Ficus Bon Vivant, 235 Nassau Street. The seasonal exhibition will also feature works by Joy Kreves and Lori Langsner. An opening reception with the artists will be held on Tuesday, November 16 from 6 to 8 p.m. RSVP to contact@ficusbv.com by November 14.

artist conversation

Containers of Space: Architecture/Atmosphere/Body/Mind Thursday, November 18, 5:30 p.m. Artist Jesse Stecklow, whose installation Components in the Air is on view at Art@Bainbridge, joins sound artist Jess Rowland and architectural historian Spyros Papapetros to discuss how each of their disciplinary practices engages the relationship between the human body and the construction of environments.

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LATE THURSDAYS! This event is part of the Museum’s Late Thursdays programming, made possible in part by Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970. This program, including live closed-captioning, is made possible by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Curtis W. McGraw Foundation. Jesse Stecklow (born 1993, Cambridge, MA; active Los Angeles), Ear Wiggler (LEFT and RIGHT), 2015. Dried corn, drawing, aluminum, duct fan parts, modified shoebox lid, wood, wire, and timer. Collection of Ron Handler. © Jesse Stecklow / image courtesy of M+B, Los Angeles, photo: Jeff McLane

“BALBOA ISLAND”: Zuzu Gallery at 23 Phillips Avenue in Lawrenceville will host a reception on Saturday, November 13 from noon to 4 p.m. to welcome five new artists: Jo-Ann Osnoe, Christine Seo (whose work is shown here), Mark Moscarello, Susan Hogan, and J. Marion Simmons. Artist Susan Rizzo opened the gallery in September with the mission of introducing a greater number of artists to the larger community by showcasing both established and emerging artists in a rotating schedule.

Tom Wesselmann, Yvonne Museum Society president. “Painting The Moon and “They are magical.” Beyond” Exhibit at Ellarslie Jacquette, and others.

The Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion will present an exhibition focusing on a community of artists surrounding New Jersey native and revered American landscape painter Lois Dodd. “Painting the Moon and Beyond: Lois Dodd and Friends Explore the Night Sky,” opening Friday, November 19, and on view through April 29, 2022, will include 75 paintings by Dodd, Jeff Epstein, Dan Finaldi, and Elizabeth O’Reilly. This is the first time these paintings are being shown together. Communities of artists have always been a part of Dodd’s life, from her early years at Cooper Union and Skowhegan, to the New York galleries where she exhibited with Alex Katz, Philip Pearlstein,

Communities of artists can be a space for nurturing and encouragement. “Had it not been for Lois, many of us wouldn’t be where they are today,” says Finaldi. Dodd, 94, a founding member of the legendary artist-run Tanager Gallery, has, for more than 70 years, painted her surroundings — New York’s Lower East Side, rural MidCoast Maine, and the Delaware Water Gap. Among Dodd’s favorite subjects — and the central theme of the exhibition — is the night sky. Together with former students and painting colleagues Epstein, Finaldi, and O’Reilly, Dodd has ventured out on summer nights to paint the moon and the stars. “People love night paintings,” says Joan Perkes, Trenton

“These artists share an affinity for subject matter, if not style, and feed off each other’s creativity,” says curator Ilene Dube. “The paintings they make of each other are evidence of that camaraderie.” In addition to the nocturnes, “Painting the Moon and Beyond” will look through windows and doors, and at portraits the artists have made of each other, including one by painter Mel Leipzig of Trenton. It was Leipzig who introduced Epstein to Dodd, and Dodd who introduced Finaldi to Leipzig. O’Reilly, who has spent many summers with Dodd in her Cushing, Maine, residence, says, “After breakfast Lois will say, ‘What are you going to paint?’ There’s no wiggle room to procrastinate.”

For more information, visit elHistorical Society of larslie.org or call (609) 989- Princeton, Updike Farm1191. stead, 354 Quaker Road, has “Princeton and Women’s Suffrage” and other online exhibits, as well as the “History@ Home” series. The museum is currently closed to the public. princetonhistory.org. Check websites for inforJames A. Michener Art mation on safety protocols. Museum, 138 South Pine Ar t @ Bainbridge, 158 Street, Doylestown, Pa., Nassau Street, has “Com- has “It’s Personal: The Art ponents in the Air / Jesse of Robert Beck” through Stecklow” through January January 2, “Daring Design” 2. artmuseum.princeton.edu. through February 6, and A r t i st s’ G a l l e r y, 18 “Miriam Carpenter: Shaping Bridge Street, Lambertville, the Ethereal” through March has “Stillness / Motion” 20. michenerartmuseum.org. Mercer Museum, through December 5. Gallery hours are Thursday through 8 4 S o u t h P i n e S t r e e t, Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Doylestown, Pa., has “Found, Gifted, Saved! The Mercer lambertvillearts.com. Arts Council of Prince- Museum Collects Local Histon, 102 Witherspoon Street, tory” through April 10. merhas “Talk to Me” through cermuseum.org. Morven Museum & GarNovember 20. artscouncilofden, 55 Stockton Street, has princeton.org. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City “In Nature’s Realm: The Art Museum in Cadwalader Park, of Gerard Rutgers HardenParkside Avenue, Trenton, berg” through January 9 and has “Trenton’s Treasures: A the online exhibit “Portrait of Retrospective of Watercolors Place: Paintings, Drawings, by Marge Chavooshian and and Prints of New Jersey, Robert Sakson” through No- 1761–1898.” Open Wednesvember 14. Visit ellarslie.org day through Sunday from 10 for museum hours and timed a.m. to 4 p.m. morven.org. Pr inceton Public Lientry tickets. bra r y, 65 Wit herspoon Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main Street, Cran- Street, has “Love Thy Nature” bury, has “Friends of Color” and “Looking Micro, Seeing through November 29. cran- Macro: Pressed Flower Art” through January 3. princburyartscouncil.org. etonlibrary.org. Grounds For Sculpture, Small World Coffee, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Bruce Beasley: Sixty 14 Witherspoon Street, has Year Retrospective, 1960- “Perspectives on Preserva2020” through January 9 tion: Capturing the Mounand “What’s in the Garden” tain Lakes Preserve from Up through August 1. Hours are Close and On High” through Thursday through Monday, December 6. The 254 Nas10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Timed sau Street location has “Mary tickets required. grounds- Dolan Paintings” through December 7. smallworldcoffee. forsculpture.org. com.

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“ROUTE 1 ROCKLAND NIGHT”: This painting by Lois Dodd is featured in “Painting the Moon and Beyond: Lois Dodd and Friends Explore the Night Sky,” on view November 19 through April 29 at the Trenton City Museum at Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader Park.

New York Times critic Roberta Smith wrote that “Dodd loves the observed world, the vagaries of nature and the specificities of old Maine houses: the way they cleave to the ground, or fill a picture frame, or shine, lights on or off, in the moonlight. She always searches out the underlying geometry but also the underlying life, and the shear strangeness of it all.” A pioneering woman artist, Dodd has been the subject of more than 50 solo exhibitions since 1954, a time when female artists didn’t receive the opportunity and recognition of their male counterparts. Her work is in the collections of the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, the Colby College Museum of Art, the Farnsworth Art Museum, and the Portland Art Museum, among others. “Painting the Moon and Beyond” comes on the 25-year anniversary of a retrospective of Dodd’s work at The Trenton City Museum. Of that exhibition The New York Times wrote, “she paints imaginatively, with wit.” “Painting the Moon and Beyond: Lois Dodd and Friends Explore the Night Sky” will be accompanied by a short film and a catalog. The Trenton City Museum is open Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. The museum offers timed entry for visitors on its website. Museum visitors are required to wear a mask. Ample parking is available adjacent to the museum, which is located in Trenton’s Cadwalader Park. There is no admission charge, but donations to support the museum’s mission and programs are welcomed.

Wednesday, November 10 11 a.m.: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Mercer & Burlington counties holds a virtual training session for new volunteers. Casamb. org. 6 and 9 p.m.: Violist Alexi Kenney with harpist Bridget Kibbey at Richardson Auditorium. Presented by Princeton University Concerts “Up Close” series. $10-$40. Puc.princeton.edu. 6 p.m.: Virtual Hardenbergh Hike Through History with Paul Soltis. Presented by Morven Museum and Garden via Zoom. $10 (free for members). Morven.org. Thursday, November 11 9 a.m.: Veterans Day observance, a collaboration of the Spirit of Princeton and Princeton University, at the University Chapel, and online. Visit https://forms.gle/ TcXMRoEQfvpuQK1H7 to register. 12 p.m.: The Friends of American Legion Post 218 Princeton hosts an event to honor Princeton’s African A mer ican veterans, and launch a project to renovate its property at 26 Lytle Street. Free. Call (609) 9379380 for more information. 5:30 p.m.: “On Personal Writing: Magical Habits #1,” virtual conversation. Sarah Chihaya and Merve Emre with Monica Huerta. Labyrinthbooks.com. 5:30 p.m.: Panel discussion, “Celebrating The Record,” sponsored by Princeton University Art Museum and presented by graduate student Sarah Rapoport. The Record is a 79-year-old publication based on the museum’s collections. Register at artmuseum.princeton. edu. 6:30 p.m.: Open house at Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart, 1128 Great Road. For prospective families. Princetonacademy.org/ admissionevents.

7 p.m.: Screening of A Two-Front War, film by Dani Jackson, at Rider University BLC Theatre, Route 206, Lawrence Township. Followed by panel discussion. Free. Rider.edu. 7 p.m.: Princeton Theological Seminary presents a webinar with artist Joel Schoon-Tanis in a gallery talk, “Thinking in Pictures: Visual Art for Discipleship.” Free. Advance registration required. Ptsem.edu. Friday, November 12 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: Friends of the Princeton Public Library 2021 Book Sale, in the Community Room, 65 Witherspoon Street. A limit of 25 shoppers at a time; masks must be worn. Princetonlibrary.org. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Hunterdon County Rug Artisans Guild holds its monthly meeting at Raritan Township Police Department, 2 Municipal Drive, Flemington. hcrag. com. 10 :30 a.m.-5 :30 p.m.: Princeton Poetry Festival, sponsored by P r inceton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts at McCarter Theatre Center’s Berlind Theatre. Free. With poets Reginald Dwayne Betts, Victoria Chang, Laura Kasischke, Sasha Dugdale, and others. Reserve at McCarter.org. 11: 45 a.m.: “Financial Planning for LGBTQ Couples,” virtual seminar presented by Princeton Senior Resource Center, with Christina Nash. Free. Princetonsenior.org. 7 p.m.: Wesley Stace performs at a benefit for the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice, at 50 Cherry Hill Road. Tickets at wesleystace.eventbrite.com. Saturday, November 13 9:30-11 a.m.: YingHua International School Open House, 25 Laurel Avenue, Kingston. Chinese-English immersion school with International Baccalaureate

IB curriculum. Meet faculty and staff. For 18 monthseighth grade. Yhis.org. 10 a.m.: Clifford Zink leads a tour of Princeton Un iversit y eat ing clubs, sponsored by the Historical Society of Princeton and Princeton Prospect Foundation. Meet at the Colonial Club, 40 Prospect Avenue. Tickets at Princetonhistory. org. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Community yard sale at Princeton United Methodist Church hosted by Princeton Mutual Aid. 100% of proceeds go to community aid. PrincetonMutualAid.com. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: Friends of the Princeton Public Library 2021 Book Sale, in the Community Room, 65 Witherspoon Street. A limit of 25 shoppers at a time; masks must be worn. Princetonlibrary.org. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Sauce for the Goose Outdoor Art Market, at the Princeton Shopping Center. Presented by the Arts Council of Princeton. Artscouncilofprinceton. org. 6-7:30 p.m. Indie Rock’s Love? Said the Commander performs at Small World Cof fee, 14 Wit herspoon Street. Free. Smallworldcoffee.com. 7:30 p.m.: Boheme Opera NJ performs “Opera to Broadway” at St. Magdalen de Pazzi Parish, 105 Mine Street, Flemington. Stmagadalen.org or Bohemeopera. org. Sunday, November 14 11 a.m.: Multifaith Service for Peace, Princeton University Chapel, with Sister Simone Campbell preaching. Free. Followed 2:304 p.m. by the 42 nd Annual Conference by the Coalition for Peace Action, via Zoom. With speakers Professor Rob Goldston and former fighter pilot Richard Moody. Peacecoalition.org. 1-5 p.m.: Friends of the

The Program in Creative Writing presents Althea Ward

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Peter Ho Davies, prose

Peter Ho Davies’ most recent novel is A Lie Someone Told You About Yourself and his first work of non-fiction, The Art of Revision: The Last Word, is forthcoming.

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Princeton Public Librar y 2021 Book Sale, in the Community Room, 65 Witherspoon Street. A limit of 25 shoppers at a time; masks must be worn. Princetonlibrary.org. 2 p.m.: Princeton History Walking Tour, sponsored by the Historical Society of Princeton. Princetonhistory. org. 3-5 p.m.: “From Berlin to Omaha Beach and Back: A Survivor’s Metaphors.” Virtual event featuring professor Victor Bromber t, presented by the Friends of Princeton University Librar y. Librar y.princeton. edu. Monday, November 15 1 p.m. : T he Wom en’s College Club of Princeton holds its monthly meeting at Stockton Education Center at Morven, 55 Stockton Street. William Hart will speak on War of the Worlds. Free. Wccpnj.org. Tuesday, November 16 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Morven Festival of Trees opens, runs Wednesdays-Sundays, through January 10. $8$10 (free to members, active military, and children under 6). Reserve timed tickets at Morven.org. 6 and 9 p.m.: Mandolin player Avi Avital with guitarist Milos, part of Princeton University Concerts’ “Up Close” series. $10-$40. Puc.princeton.edu. 6 p.m.: “Dining with the Washingtons: A Special Evening with Mount Vernon’s Dean Norton,” presented by Morven Museum and Garden, in person and virtually. Morven.org. 7:30 p.m.: Reading by Peter Ho Davies and Jennie Olson, presented by Princeton Universit y’s Lew is Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing, at the Hearst Dance Theater, Lewis Arts Complex. Free. Guests must be fully vaccinated and masked. Arts. princeton.edu. Wednesday, November 17 4-5:15 p.m.: Princeton Mercer Region Young Professionals Summit, virtual event with keynote speakers Dr. Tracey C. Jones, president of Tremendous Leadership; and Vincent Metallo, executive communication coach. Princetonmercer.org. 4:30 p.m.: “Second Revolution: Thomas Jefferson and the Making of the Haitian Revolution,” free Zoom lecture by James Alexander “Alec” Dun, presented by P r i n c e ton J ou r n e ys. Events4.princeton.edu. 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting. Princetonlibrary. org. 6 and 9 p.m.: Mandolin player Avi Avital with guitarist Milos, part of Princeton University Concerts’ “Up Close” series. $10-$40. Puc.princeton.edu. 8 p.m. : “G re at Mi nds Salon: COVID, Where We Have Been and What is Up Next,” Zoom lecture sponsored by The Jewish Center

Princeton. With infectious disease specialist Dav id Hirschwerk. Free. Register by emailing info@thejewishcenter.org. Thursday, November 18 9 -11 a .m . : P r i n c e to n Mercer Region Young Professionals Summit, virtual event with keynote speakers Dr. Tracey C. Jones, president of Tremendous Leadership; and Vincent Metallo, executive communication coach. Princetonmercer.org 3-4:30 p.m.: Early Stage Memor y Loss Support Group, presented by caregivers Eileen E. Doremus and Geri H. Garfinkle. Virtual event from Princeton Senior Resource Center. Registration required. Princeotnsenior.org. Friday, November 19 10 a.m.: “Women in Princeton’s History,” presented by Eve Mandel of the Historical Society of Princeton; Presented virtually from Princeton Senior Resource Center. Free. Princetonsenior.org. 3-4 p.m.: Outdoor Drum Circle at Lawrence Headquarters Branch of Mercer County Library, 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township. Led by Ange Chianese. Register at (609) 883-8292 or email lawprogs@mal.org. 8 p.m.: Princeton Dance Festival, presented by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts at the Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place. $12-$17. Students perform works by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Justin Peck, Rebecca Lazier, Tina Fehlandt, and others. Guests must be fully vaccinated and masked. Arts.princeton.edu. Saturday, November 20 10 a.m.: Historic Stony Brook Walking Tour, sponsored by the Historical Society of Princeton. Lecture/two-mile hike. Princetonhistory.org. 10 a.m. : L ogg ing and Firewood Cutting, Howell Living Histor y Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township. Visitors can cut and chop firewood, split locust logs into fence rails, and make real barn pegs for use around the farm. Howellfarm.org. 2 and 8 p.m.: Princeton Dance Festival, presented by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts at the Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place. $12-$17. Students perform works by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Justin Peck, Rebecca Lazier, Tina Fehlandt, and others. Guests must be fully vaccinated and masked. Arts. princeton.edu. 6 -7:30 p.m. : G uitar ist Caruso performs at Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. Free. Smallworldcoffee.com. 7 p.m.: Rockingham State Historic Site offers “Nothing More Agreeable – Music in the Washington Family,” Practitioners of Musick virtual concert program with harpsichord and English flute. Registration required

at RockinghamPoM.Eventbrite.com. 8 p.m.: Christine Havrilla & Gypsy Fuzz, at Hopewell Theater, 5 South Greenwood Avenue, Hopewell. Hopewelltheater.com. Sunday, November 21 2 p.m.: Princeton Dance Festival, presented by Prince ton Un ive r s it y’s L e w i s Center for the Arts at the Berlind Theatre, McCarter Theatre Center, 91 University Place. $12- $17. Students perform works by Jawole Willa Jo Zollar, Justin Peck, Rebecca Lazier, Tina Fehland, and others. Guests must be fully vaccinated and masked. Arts.princeton.edu. 3-5 p.m.: “The Rare Book Collection at the Museum of Printing,” virtual event presented by Friends of Princeton Universit y Librar y, featuring Frank Romano. Library.princeton.edu. Monday, November 22 Recycling 11 a.m.: Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) for Children of Mercer & Burlington counties holds a virtual training session for new volunteers. Casamb.org. Thursday, November 25 7:15 a.m.: Registration begins for Lambertville Two Town Turkey Trot at Lambertville House, 32 Bridge Street. The 5K/walk race, which follows, goes through New Hope and Lambertville and benefits Fisherman’s Mark and Lambertville Chamber of Com merce. Lambertvillechamber.com. Friday, November 26 2 and 7:30 p.m..: American Repertory Ballet performs The Nutcracker at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. Arballet.org. 5-6 p.m.: Palmer Square Tr e e L i g h t i n g . P a l m ersquare.com. Saturday, November 27 10 a.m. : Wr e at h a n d Sleighbell Sale, Howell Living History Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Hopewell Township. Bring canned goods for donation. Howellfarm.org. 2 and 7:30 p.m.: American Repertory Ballet performs The Nutcracker at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. Arballet.org. 2 and 8 p.m.: “The Evolut ion of Joni Mitchell ” at Hopewell T heater, 5 S o u t h G r e e nwo o d Ave nue, Hopewell. $40- $45. Hopewelltheater.com. 3 p.m.: Roxey Ballet’s The Nutcracker at Villa Victoria Theatre, 376 West Upper Ferry Road, Ewing. Roxeyballet.org. 6-7:30 p.m.: Fear of Dancing performs rock at Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street. Free. Smallworldcoffee.com. Sunday, November 28 1 p.m.: American Repertory Ballet performs The Nutcracker at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. Arballet.org 3 p.m.: Roxey Ballet’s The Nutcracker at Villa Victoria Theatre, 376 West Upper Ferry Road, Ewing. Roxeyballet.org.

With PU Women’s Hoops Returning to Action, Senior Guard Meyers Aiming to Take Leading Role

hile most of the Princeton University women’s basketball team took a gap year in 2020-21, Abby Meyers was enrolled and on campus last spring. The Tigers only had four other players there, two of whom were Carlie Littlefield and McKenna Haire, who were polishing up their games to play as graduate students this year at North Carolina and Hawaii, respectively. Often there were more coaches than players on the floor, but Meyers valued the time with Princeton head coach Carla Berube and her staff, who were still relatively new after coming in 2019. “It was an interesting dynamic,” said Meyers, a 6’0 senior guard from Potomac, Md. who averaged 6.3 points and 2.7 rebounds a game in the 2019-20 campaign. “It made me personally appreciate the game more and appreciate being a part of a close-knit community at Princeton because despite not having a season, the faculty there, they were very excited for what was to come next year and now that we’re finally here, the excitement is brewing. It was a great intimate environment and we were able to focus on skills and getting better.” The small group worked through the one-year anniversary of their 2019-20 season that the COVID-19 pandemic ended after they had compiled a 26-1 record and the Ivy League regular season championship. The 2020-21 season was also canceled by the Ivies due to ongoing safety concerns. Now almost 20 months after they last played, Meyers and the Tigers open their 202122 campaign at Villanova on November 10. “It has been a long time coming, and I’m not just speaking for myself and the team, but probably for all of the Ivy League and for fans and also faculty fellows here at Princeton,” said Meyers. “We have been working extremely hard this preseason.” The Tigers will be playing for the first time since losing a pair of big names in Littlefield and Bella Alarie, the latter who is in the WNBA with the Dallas Wings while Littlefield completes her final year of NCAA eligibility for former Princeton head coach Courtney Banghart. Meyers and Neenah Young (3.3 points, 1.5 rebounds in 2019-20) are the only seniors on the Princeton roster. Sophomore Ellie Mitchell (5.3 points, 6.3 rebounds) is the only first- or second-year player with any college experience. “It’s kind of like a whole new team and vibe,” said Berube, whose team will hold its home opener on November 14 when it hosts Boston University. “Half of them are brand new and never played in a college game. It feels a little like my first year. I didn’t really know them either. It’s exciting. I think they’re picking things up quickly. I feel

like every day we’re getting better and moving in the right direction.” A sizable junior class does have experience and has shown leadership. Maggie Connolly (5.2 points, 1.6 rebounds) and Julia Cunningham (8.2 points, 3.1 rebounds) are captains along with Meyers. Grace Stone (5.8 points, 3.3 rebounds) has experience along with Kira Emsbo and Lexi Weger (1.0 points, 0.7 rebounds). “There’s definitely some veteran feel,” said Berube. “You can feel there’s experience out there. They know what we’re trying to accomplish on the defensive side of the ball. They know our values and philosophies of communication and the work ethic we need to bring to the court every day. That’s been awesome to have them.” Meyers was a freshman back in 2017 and remembers the challenges of transitioning from a highly sought-after recruit to contributing in college in her first year. Princeton has potential contributors in sophomore guard/forward Maddie Plank, who did not play her first year due to injury, and Kaitlyn Chen, who will help at a guard spot. Adaora Nwokeji and Amelia Osgood are freshmen guards. Paige Morton, Parker Hill, and Katie Theirs will add some height to the lineup. “The leadership is trying to take the freshmen under our wing and really show them the reins and teach them and encourage them,” said Meyers. “The last thing that we want to do is ruin their confidence. We want to grow their confidence first and from there try to improve their overall intellect of the D-I level. It’s a much higher level. All the freshmen know that college basketball is not easy – it’s very hard – and they’ve been working very hard and maintaining that consistency of working hard, it will definitely translate later on in the season.” Princeton has been working to bring its entire roster up to speed on their points of emphasis and brand of play. It’s comparable to Berube’s first year when the entire roster was new to her style.

“We keep looking back at our practices and thinking about how slowly we had to take it, from ground zero with 1 through 15 that year,” said Berube. “We’re not having to do that. But there are seven newcomers and there is a lot to teach them and a lot for them to learn and grasp and how quickly they need to pick things up. It’s not the entire team. They come to work every single day and they’re really coachable and they’re great teammates. I’d say things are happening a little faster than the first year, but we’re still having to break things down a lot.” Princeton has until January 2 when they open Ivy play to sort out their lineup and rotations. The Tigers were voted tops in the Ivy League preseason poll by the media. Princeton won the Ivies in 2017-18, 201819 and 2019-20. “I think there’s going to be some kinks that need to be worked out,” said Berube. “There will be some roles being defined. It’s going to be a work in progress. We certainly don’t think we’ll be playing our best basketball in November or December. You just want to make strides every day, every game and get better and hopefully play your best basketball in the Ivy season in February and March. We just have to take it day by day, step by step and be patient. There’s definitely rust.” Berube credited Meyers with developing her skills over the program’s break from games. Meyers has worked to develop her allaround game to add to a strong repertoire of offensive abilities. She is expected to take on a larger role after playing in 23 games off the bench in Berube’s first year. On top of her playing skills, this year Meyers takes on new responsibility as a team captain, and tries to carry on a strong tradition from past leaders. “One person’s name I’ve been repeating constantly especially growing into this leadership role is Leslie Robinson,” said Meyers. “She was a really meaningful player, friend, mentor and buddy my freshman year who is an amazing leader. I

try to mimic my leadership skills and use what I learned from her and pass that onto the freshmen in teaching them the things she taught me.” To get there, Meyers had to be more aware of her attitude. She worked at bringing positive energy to every day over the 20 months off, and she expects that intangible improvement to help lend confidence to her play. “That’s a big one that not many people think about,” said Meyers. “Of course, having a rocky four years, my attitude was definitely fluctuating a lot, but now this year I realize this is my last year and my team and I have to be consistent emotionally, mentally, and with my attitude for them.” Meyers and the Tigers will get their first test in the non-conference opener. Villanova has been a perennially strong team and they did play last year to give them a leg up. Princeton, though, has been counting down the days until it resumes. “I think we’re all very excited because we have been fine-tuning our defense, our offense, our plays so that we can really show how we’ve been working hard in the past almost two years,” said Meyers. “We’re going to have some emotions flying around, we’re going to be excited and a little nervous before the game, but I think that it’ll all come back to us like muscle memory when we start playing a real game again.” —Justin Feil

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RETURN TRIP: Princeton University women’s basketball player Abby Meyers looks to unload the ball in a 2018 game. Senior guard Meyers is poised to have a big final campaign for the Tigers. Having not played since March, 2020, Princeton returns to action when it plays at Villanova on November 10 and will have its home opener on November 14 when it hosts Boston University. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Freshman Paul Makes Stellar Debut at Baker Rink, Scoring 2 Goals as PU Women’s Hockey Beats RPI Sarah Paul was aiming to make her debut at the Hobey Baker Rink last Friday evening for the Princeton University women’s hockey team a night to remember. “It was definitely something that our team collectively has been looking forward to, some of us for 600 days, others since we committed in high school, whenever that was,” said freshman forward Paul, a 5’8 native of West Kelowna, British Columbia. “It was just a lot of excitement and defi nitely a good feeling to be here.” Just under six minutes into the game, Paul got a very good feeling, tallying her fi rst career goal for the Tigers. “I tried to pass it through the stick of that defender who was on me,” recalled a smiling Paul, clutching the puck with which she scored the milestone tally. “It didn’t work out so I made the next best play and I ended up getting a good chance and got lucky and back of the net. It feels good, it is a bit of a relief to get that first one out of the way and move forward.” It didn’t take long for Paul to get her second one as she scoured 3:36 into the second period. “I just tr ied to get it through that,” said Paul. “I used their defense and our wingers as a screen and just got it through again.” Princeton went on to pull away to a 4-1 victory as Maggie Connors and Ellie Marcovsky also found the back of the net for the Tigers. “It is probably one of the best days yet so far for sure,” said Paul “My mom and my brother were watching back home, I was excited about that.” Paul is excited to be skating on the same line with Sharon Frankel and Marcovsky. “It was good, we started getting some chemistry going earlier this week making passes, getting loose and having fun with each other,” said Paul. “Our team slogan on the back of our shirt this year is “Just Dance” so we like have some fun on the bench, dance, and stay relaxed and loose. It helps us calm down and do what we can do.” With her experience playing for Team Canada at the 2020 U-18 Women’s World Championship, Paul is staying calm as she adjusts to the rigors of college hockey. “It is definitely bigger, stronger, faster girls; I sometimes get caught off guard a little, getting knocked over more than I did in high school,” said Paul. “The speed is a lot faster than it was in high school. Team Canada def initely helped me prepare for the next level here. It is something I am very thankful for. Getting to play with those girls is always great. It has been awesome so far.” Paul is hoping to build on her Baker debut. “It is just continue on my strengths and maybe refl ect back on this game and see what I can change moving forward,” said Paul. “I want to keep growing

confidence with my line and this team as a collective group together.” PU head coach Cara Morey liked the way her group performed collectively in the win over RPI. “I was so impressed with them tonight because in the first two games, it just wasn’t that kind of puck movement and it wasn’t that kind of puck support,” said Morey, whose team played well a day later, defeating Union 4-2 to improve to 4-0 overall and 4-0 ECAC Hockey. “It didn’t look clean and crisp like normally. I know I have to cut them some slack because it has been 600 days and it is a brand new team that hadn’t played together yet. They outdid my expectations tonight. I didn’t think it would look that good this early on so hopefully they can continue this and they understand when they move the puck that well and they support each other that well, good things really happen.” Having a game at Baker Rink for the first time since March 1, 2020 was a very good thing for the program. “It was awesome, it was so great to be back,” said Morey. “It was awesome seeing all of the fans back. We had a great turnout and you could just feel the energy. I think the players were just as excited as we were and they did a great job.” Paul certainly did a great job in the win. “She was antsy because of last weekend,” said Morey, referring to the fact that Paul had only one assist in Princeton’s first two games. “She has high expectations on herself, I think she thought it might be like that right out of the gates. I was actually surprised that it could click that quickly but her shot is elite. You can’t read that release, it is unbelievable.” Senior goalie Rachel McQuigge looked elite as she made 25 saves against RPI. “Rachel is playing outstanding, she looks like a senior,” said Morey. “She is just so calm, confident and poised. She looks big. I think she has been great, she never looks like she is moving around too much. She is making her reads, tracking well, and covering those rebounds. They are not getting second or third efforts. We are pretty happy with her.” Morey was happy with the team’s scoring balance which saw Frankel get two assists and Dominique Cor mier and Mia Coene each get one helper in addition to the three players who tallied goals. “Last season’s team we relied on that top line for so much of our scoring and that is just not the way it is going to be for this team,” said Morey, whose top line in 201920 included the graduated Carly Bullock, Sarah Fillier, who is currently training with Team Canada, and junior Connors. “We need everybody stepping up and contributing. It has been awesome seeing all of our new young players. I think we have given out four pucks already and we only have seven new players so that is pretty good right off

the bat. We need a balanced attack and that is what we had tonight.” Paul is confi dent that the squad has the depth to keep spreading the goals around. “I think all of us, freshmen all the way up to seniors, all classes knew it was time to step up, losing great players like that,” said Paul, who will look to keep stepping up as Princeton plays a home-andhome set against Quinnipiac this weekend with the Tigers hosting the Bobcats on November 12 and then playing them in Hamden, Conn., on November 13. “We also recognize that we have a lot of talent in this group still as well. We always talk about being the best teammate and the best player you can be. Our success comes when each of us as individuals are as best as we can because then we come together and we are all great.” — Bill Alden

BREAKING THE ICE: Princeton University women’s hockey player Sarah Paul brings the puck up the ice last Friday night against RPI. Freshman forward Paul scored the first two goals of her college career to help Princeton prevail 4-1. The Tigers, who defeated Union 4-2 a day later to improve to 4-0 overall and 4-0 ECAC Hockey, will now play a home-and-home set against Quinnipiac this weekend. The Tigers host the Bobcats on November 12 and then play them in Hamden, Conn., on November 13. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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As the Princeton University football team girded last week for its clash at Dartmouth, a number of players got ill with the flu. Early in the contest last Friday night at Hanover, N.H., Princeton was hit with a sickening sight as Tiger senior star running back Collin Eaddy suffered a serious leg injury and was carted off the field in what turned out to be the last play of his stellar college career. Reeling from that loss and dealing with a Dartmouth squad on a roll, Princeton found itself in a 17-0 hole. “It was a challenge from a standpoint, there are no excuses, said Princeton head coach Bob Surace. “Dartmouth was great.” The Tigers battled back, making it a 17-7 game late in the second quarter on a one-yard touchdown run by John Volker to culminate a 13-play scoring march. Surace believed his team had some momentum at that point. “We have been down to Monmouth (overcoming a 21-6 deficit to win 31-28 on October 9),” said Surace. “We have been up on teams. We have had to hold leads, we have had every scenario. You are confident in your players, I thought we settled in. We go down and score and we have a twominute drive and we didn’t make the field goal into halftime.”

But pivotal sequence late in the third quarter that saw Dartmouth score on a TD reception by Jonny Barrett and minutes later get another score on an interception return for a touchdown by Isaiah Johnson put the game out of reach for the Tigers. Neither team scored again as the Big Green posted a 31-7 win, leaving the rivals both at 7-1 overall and 4-1 Ivy League, tied atop the league standings along with Yale (5-3 overall, 4-1 Ivy). “We had a couple of opportunities in the third quarter and we don’t capitalize,” lamented Surace. “They do and then they get the pick six.” While the Tigers created enough opportunities to stay in the game, they didn’t convert when they got inside the 20-yard line. “That is one of the best defenses, if not the best defense, in the country,” said Surace, whose team rushed for 161 yards and passed for 189 in the loss. “On our base plays, we executed really well. In the red zone, we executed really poorly. That is not just players, it is what we did and what I had in game planwise. We will have to reevaluate that. To go one for four in the red zone against them, it is not going to be a good finish, it is not going to be the outcome that you want.” In order to execute better,

the Tigers will have to be sharper on both sides of the ball. “Every week, things are not as good as they seem or as bad as they seem,” said Surace. “Ever y week we make corrections and we work on fixing things. Our situational football has to tighten up, that was evident. Defensively it was a lot of errors, they run a great offense. There is a lot of deception. We have been really good against deception for the majority of the year, other than the Brown game. We struggled with some of it, that was something we have got to fix.” One thing Surace doesn’t have to fix is his team’s competitive spirit. “It was never effort, we played hard,” said Surace. “I don’t t h in k anyone has had more than 15 first downs on them, we had 24. It wasn’t effort. If you don’t have effort, you have bigger issues.” Despite the hard setback last Friday, Princeton is still very much alive in the Ivy title chase. “Fortunately because of how we played the first seven weeks, we are in this position where we can overcome a loss and still reach our goals,” said Surace. “The challenge is to come back this week with energy and with renewed purpose.”

Surace is confident that his players will be up to that challenge. “We have got a really strong group of leaders and that will get us to practice,” said Surace. “There is 100 percent confidence that we are going to come out ready for practice and have our best week because of the people that we have that way. We are going to be outstanding at that.” With Princeton hosting Yale on November 13, it will be dealing with an outstanding quarterback in Nolan Grooms who has passed for 1,205 yards and 11 touchdowns and rushed for 307 yards and two TDs for the Bulldogs. “They started the year playing two quarterbacks, he was really a rotational change of pace,” said Surace, referring to Grooms. “After they lost to UConn, they put him in and in the last couple of weeks, he has changed their dynamic. They are running the ball incredibly well, they are getting you in space. The number of explosive plays since he has been in there is more than anybody I can remember.” In Surace’s view, the formula for victory on Saturday is simple. “We have got to be more disciplined, we have got to be more precise and we have got to finish drives on offense,” said Surace. “ We a r e g o i n g to g o against a Yale team that is playing out of their minds. They are playing their best TOPICS We are going to football. have to play our best game.” —Bill Alden

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PU Sports Roundup Princeton Women’s Soccer Edges Penn, Gets Bid to NCAAs

Marissa Hart scored the lone goal of the contest as the Princeton Universit y women’s soccer team edged Penn 1-0 last Saturday in Philadelphia, Pa., to wrap up regular season play. A long pass from junior defender Madison Curry set up the strike, springing junior midfielder Hart deep down the left flank and giving her room to send a shot inside the far left post. Former Princeton Day School standout and senior goalie Grace Barbara made three saves to earn the shutout, her sixth in seven Ivy contests. The Tigers, now 14 -21 overall and 6-1 Ivy, received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and will host Vermont (12-5-1) in a f i r s t r o u n d c o n te s t o n November 12.

Princeton Men’s Hockey Defeats Yale 6-2

Ian Murphy and Pito Walton starred as the Princeton Universit y men’s hockey team defeated Yale 6-2 last Saturday evening in New Haven, Conn. Sophomore forward Murphy tallied a goal and two assists in the victory while junior defenseman Walton chipped in three assists. The Tigers, now 2-1 overall and 2-0 ECAC Hockey, will now play a home-andhome set with Long Island University, playing at the Sharks in East Meadow, N.Y., on November 12 and then host them at Hobey Baker Rink on November 13.

PU Women’s Volleyball Beats Yale 3-0

Elena Montgomery led the way as the Princeton University women’s volleyball team defeated Yale 3-0 (25-22, 25-20, 27-25) last Saturday. Junior star Montgomery had 13 kills and three blocks to help the Tigers improve to 14 - 6 overall and 8 - 4

HEADING TO THE DANCE: Princeton University men’s soccer player Walker Gillespie, left, heads the ball in a game earlier this season. Last Saturday, sophomore forward Gillespie scored the lone goal as Princeton edged Penn 1-0. The victory, which improved Princeton to 11-5 overall and 6-0 Ivy League, clinched the league crown for the Tigers. In upcoming action, Princeton will host Yale in its regular season finale on November 13 and will then find out its assignment for the upcoming NCAA tournament on November 15. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Ivy League. Fueled by Davey’s Production in the Midfield, Princeton wraps up regular season play this weekend PU Field Hockey Tops Columbia in Season Finale by hosting Columbia on NoComing from England in and having no seniors on its vember 12 and Cornell on 2018 to join the Princeton roster, it was a roller-coaster November 13. University field hockey pro- ride for the Tigers this fall. PU Men’s Water Polo gram, Hannah Davey had to “It has definitely been an adjust her game. Defeats Iona up and down season, to finJumping out to an 8-3 “It has definitely been a ish that game which could lead after the first quarter, transition, the style of play potentially be our last game the 11th-ranked Princeton is very different over here, of the season, it is a great University men’s water polo said junior star and co-cap- win to go into next season team defeated Iona 20-10 tain Davey, a 5’7 native of with no one leaving,” said last Saturday in its regular Derbyshire, England. “It is a Davey. “It is great momenseason finale. lot quicker which definitely tum, we are really excited about it.” Prior to the Iona contest, suits me; I love it.” Princeton honored its five Davey was excited about L as t S at urday agains t seniors, Wyatt Benson, Ned visiting Columbia, Davey the progress that team made Bless, Mitchell Cooper, Billy displayed that quickness, as the season unfolded. Motherway, and Miles Wil- scoring a goal to help lead “I think our goal scoring son. The group has helped Princeton to a 5-1 win over got so much better, our corPrinceton win 58 games the Lions as it improved to ners got better,” said Davey. and secure the 2018 North- 10-7 overall and 6 -1 Iv y “We had never played toeast Water Polo Conference League. gether before, there are 10 (NWPC) Championship in It took a while for Princ- new players who came in so 2018. eton to find the back of the it was just getting to grips P r i n c e to n , w h i c h i m - cage as the rivals were tied with everyone. We finished proved to 23-7 overall and 0-0 after the first quarter. the season with that game 8-2 NWPC with the win, The Tigers broke through which was so good.” clinched the top seed in the with goals by Sammy PopEarly in the season, Davey upcoming NWPC tourna- per, Claire Donovan, and had to come to grips with a ment which it will be hosting Sam Davidson to take a 3-0 change in position, getting from November 19-21. lead at halftime and never moved to the back line from looked back. Tiger Rowing Teams the midfield. “We definitely had the Excel at Princeton Chase “I have been playing at the It turned out to be a big momentum going into the back quite a lot this season day for the Princeton Uni- second quarter,” said Davey. and then Beth [Yeager] got “We knew the goal was injured and I moved up,” versity rowers as the Tigers crew programs hosted their coming, we just needed to said Davey, who later named annual Princeton Chase last keep pushing and then we the Ivy League Defensive Sunday on Lake Carnegie. got three.” Player of the Week. Just 33 seconds into the The Princeton women’s “It has definitely been a varsity 8 produced a domi- second half, Davey pushed bit of a different playing denant per for mance in its home her goal to make it fense but it is what the team event, crossing the finish 4-0. needed. It was good.” line at 13:50.37 over the “D on ny ( Claire D ono P r i nce ton h e ad coach three-mile course, 19 sec- van) gave a great pass to Carla Tagliente credited onds in front of second me across the goal and I Davey with stepping up for place Brown (14:09.41). The just shot and scored,” said the team on Saturday and team’s second varsity 8 was Davey. throughout the fall. fourth at 14:23.29 while the Heading into the regular “H a n n a h h ad a g re at 3V8 was ninth (14:34.01) season finale against Coand the women’s lightweight lumbia, which turned out to game, she has had a great 8 took 10th (14:34.08) in be the last game of the year season,” said Tagliente. “She had to play back at the 34-boat field. for the Tigers as they didn’t right back early on and then The Tiger men’s heavy- receive an at-large bid to the weight 8 posted the top NCAA tournament, Davey we moved her into Beth’s time in its race at 12:26.67, and her teammates were position when Beth went out. There are some silver just in front of Syracuse primed for a big effort. linings to the season, I think at 12:26.98. The second “We were all so excited, v a r s i t y 8 w a s j u s t o u t- we just wanted to go out we possibly found a home side the top five in sixth there and do our best and for her at defensive midfield. place (13:01.68) while the give so much energy, which We can move Beth up be3V8+ was ninth (13:06.59) I think everyone did from cause Beth is more of an atamong the 40 boats in the the start,” said Davey, who tacking midfielder anyway.” The Tigers played well field. was later named the Ivy DeT h e P r i n c e t o n m e n’s fensive Player of the Week. against Columbia as they lightweight varsity 8 placed “We were in the game and kept the pressure on before third (12:53.16), trailing we knew exactly what we their second quarter outburst. only Navy (12:43.88) and needed to do.” “You just keep at it, we Cor nell (12 : 49.77) . T he With Princeton having had Tiger second varsity 8 was its 2020 season canceled cleaned up a few things and ninth (13:16.96) among 21 due to COVID-19 concerns just talked to them about getting shots off quicker and boats in the field.

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ENDING WITH A BANG: Princeton University field hockey Hannah Davey, left, dribbles up the field in a game earlier this season. Last Saturday, junior star Davey contributed a goal as Princeton defeated Columbia 5-1 in its season finale. Davey was later named the Ivy League Defensive Player of the Week. The Tigers ended the season at 10-7 overall and 6-1 Ivy. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

not waiting for the perfect shot,” said Tagliente, whose team outshot Columbia 5-0 in the first quarter. “Then some things fall and the pressure releases. We get the first one from Popper and the pressure goes off from there. You see people just relaxing a little bit and playing more to their instincts.” With Princeton get ting off to a 0-3 start and losing a 2-1 heartbreaker to Harvard on penalty strokes on October 23 which ultimately decided the Ivy title, the Tigers could have thrown in the towel down the stretch. “I a m re a l ly prou d of them because I think you can really put your head down and pack it in and think that you don’t have anything to play for,” said Tagliente. “ We have done pret t y well to wrap up the season and end on a high note.” In Tagliente’s view, the team made a lot of progress as it worked through the ups and downs. “I think our overall defense has improved, early in the season, we were not conceding a lot of shots but we were conceding a lot of goals,” said Tagliente. “I think just our overall play together, our possession through the back and the midfield and just being able to have a good structure about us has gotten better. We are not giving up big turnovers. Players in all positions grew and got a lot better.” That growth should lead to a much better season in 2022. “We have the whole g roup com i ng back, we have a really talented freshman class coming in,” said Tagliente. “We are going to be like every other non-Ivy team was this year where they had their fifth years come back because it was a free year and added their freshmen. We have the opportunit y to have that t y pe of year where we have the depth in all positions and to come off the bench as well. I am excited.” Hav i ng ever yone f rom t h i s y e a r’s s q u a d b a c k should also help team chemistry going forward. “It is helpful for the culture too and that can’t be understated,” said Tagliente. “Ye s we have to i nte grate some new freshmen in but we are not losing anyone, we are not losing any big leaders. Sometimes you have got to take one on the chin to take a step forward. If we can use this as a growing moment, we will be in a great spot next year.” Davey, for her par t, is looking forward to a great senior season. “I think the team is the closest it has ever been w h i ch i s s o n i c e,” s a i d Davey. “T here are def i n itely so many friendships between the grades which there never has been before. I don’t think there h a s b e e n a te a m t h at doesn’t lose anyone for the next season. It is massive going for ward. No one is leaving, we have the whole spring and the whole of next season together.” —Bill Alden

Addison Motto was a bit taken aback after helping the Princeton High boys’ cross country team edge Manalapan for the Central Jersey Group 4 championship last Saturday at Thompson Park. “It feels amazing,” said PHS senior Motto. “I don’t think anyone on our team thought we’d make it this far and win sectionals at the beginning of the year. It’s really shocking. It feels great.” The win came two weeks after a heartbreaking onepoint loss to WW/P-North for the Mercer County championship meet. Had any of Princeton’s top five finishers in that race moved up one spot, the Tigers would have won. They grasped the importance of each point, and pulled out an 82-84 win over Manalapan for the sectional title. “We knew that we had a shot,” said Motto. “We knew that we could beat Manalapan. We knew we could put five guys in before their fifth guy. We knew we’d have to run as a team, not just individually, which we were able to execute definitely. We knew people would have to step up and have some of their best races of the season. The guys stepped up, so that was great.” PHS used a tight pack to take the title even without a runner in the top 10 individually. Junior Andrew Kenny placed 11th individually in 16:25 over the 5,000-meter course, Motto took 12th in a personal-record 16:32, junior Marty Brophy finished 16th in 16:44 and junior Zachary Deng came in 17th in 16:47. When senior Kento Nakaya surged in with a big

move over the final quartermile to finish 26th in 17:03, it sealed the Tigers’ win. Sophomore Max Dunlap was 35th in 17:15 while junior Charles Howes took 42nd in 17:30. “We really looked into that county race,” said Motto. “We all identified what we did wrong. We all realized we made a lot of mistakes. We ran well as a team, our times were good, but none of us won the races we needed to win within the race to put us ahead of West Windsor North. Sectionals was the polar opposite of that. Every single individual that raced, we pulled ahead. Me and Andrew each passed a Manalapan kid at the end, Kento passed about 10 kids at the end of the race. Everyone was passing kids instead of getting passed, and not running for a great time but running to have a great race.” By virtue of their showing last Saturday, the Tigers advance to the Group 4 state championship meet which will be held at Holmdel Park on November 13. The top two group teams plus the next fastest eight wild card teams will advance to the Meet of Champions. PHS last reached the MOC in 2018, after finishing second at sectionals. They last won the sectional crown in 2017, a year before Motto or anyone on this year’s team was even in high school. “This is a group of guys that is a little unproven,” said PHS head coach Jim Smirk. “None of these guys have raced in the group championship before. I think it was a big deal. It’s really a

ADDING UP TO A TITLE: Princeton High boys’ cross country star Addison Motto heads to the finish line at the Central Jersey Group 4 championship Saturday at Thompson Park. Senior Motto placed 12th individually to help PHS win the team title at the meet as it had a score of 82 to edge runner-up Manalapan by two points. The Tigers are next in action when they compete in the Group 4 state championship meet at Holmdel Park on November 13. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

testament to t hem buying into the idea that cross countr y is really a team sport and everyone needs to contribute at their highest level if you want to be successful, and that’s what we did today.” S m irk s aw s ig n if i c a nt growth from his team in the way that they raced compared to at counties. The cou nt y r u n ner- up f inish was painful, but it taught a valuable lesson that none of the PHS runners forgot. It served as motivation for them at sectionals. “The term we used for what happened at counties was we were disorganized,” said Smirk. “We didn’t quite take responsibility for racing well. We all kind of looked around to see who was going to take charge. Today was the opposite. Right from the gun, everybody not only knew their role, but knew how to support each other during the race and we did exactly that.” The Princeton girls placed third in the loaded CJ 4 to advance to the Group 4 state meet as well. The defending champion Tigers scored 97 points. Middletown South won with 72 points, and Montgomer y was second with 88. South Brunswick was fourth with 111 points, a n d Fre ehold Tow n s h ip scored 142 for fifth. “Five of the top 20 teams in the state are in our section,” said Smirk. “Hillsborough was a bubble team all season. The depth of that Central Jersey Group 4 girls was insane. I’m proud of my girls.” Junior Robin Roth placed fifth in 19:22, sophomore Kyleigh Tangen took 11th in 19:45, freshman Florica Eleches-Lipsitz ran to 17th in 20:07, junior Lucy Kreipke placed 28th in 20 :30 and senior Ryan Vaughey rounded out their scoring in 36th in 21:04. Freshman Cecile Gibb finished 48th while junior Clare Johnson took 68th. PHS is looking for a better overall race at groups. “To have some miscues and still come in third with the depth of this field speaks tremendously of how talented and hardworking our girls are,” said Smirk. “It happens sometimes when you take risks – they don’t always work out. It was one of those days for us, but even with that said, we had teammates who took care of each other and made sure they gave their best efforts to put us in the right position. We advance to next week and we’re looking for a better week. We’ll make some adjustments and see if we can do on the girls side what we’re trying to do on the guys side which is get to the Meet of Champions.” The PHS teams will take on the famed Holmdel Park course. The boys were third there in the Varsity B Division at the Shore Coaches Invitational back on October 2. “We have our focus and we have a lot of work to do this week just to recover for this race, but we thought about it and we’re definitely looking to make it out of groups to Meet of Champs,” said Motto.

“We haven’t made it to Meet of Champs since my freshman year. We’re definitely looking to get there again. It’s looking pretty good that we could make it again. This is the first time for our entire roster running in groups. I don’t think we ran in groups when I was a sophomore.” Motto and the Tigers have been using their growing experience each race. He has moved up each season for PHS to become a bigger part of the team. He and Nakaya are the lone seniors in the top five for the boys. “Addison has been an incredible leader for us all year,” said Smirk. “Talk about a guy who has been spending his entire season figuring out cross country, he was one of these guys that came in as a freshman and we knew he was pretty talented. Because you never were getting to that next level when he was young, this higher level racing is new to him so he’s having to figure it out. Today he did a great job with it.” Mot to is proud of the progress he has made during his PHS career. “Especially these last two years, and these four years, I’ve grown so much as a person and a runner and a leader,” said Motto. “We do so many leadership workshops. You don’t only improve as a runner, but as a teammate and as a speaker, you improve your com mu n icat ion. It’s im measurable how much I’ve grown from this sport and being a part of the team.” PHS has jumped from eighth in sectionals his soph-

omore year to fifth last year to winning it this season. The leap from last year, Motto attributes to the offseason work that the Tigers put in. “We all held each other accountable over the summer,” said Motto. “We all did the work. We all put in a lot of time. We were all super, super dedicated to this team. We all are trying our best to contribute to its success.” The payoff came in the sectional title as the Tigers made huge improvements over last year to capture the crown and put together a special season for the seniors. “I think we’re performing way better than expected,” said Motto. “L ast year I think our team average was 17:26 at sectionals. This year it was

16:42. It was like a 45-second decrease in team average which is sort of unprecedented. Our fastest guy last year wouldn’t be in the top five this year.” PHS’s runners were largely unknown coming into this season. They took major leaps to move into position to contend for the county and sectional championships. The Tigers made a name for themselves with the CJ 4 title and will look to extend their season at the group meet. “They have a little bit to prove for themselves,” said Smirk. “As far as making the Meet of Champions, we’re going to put our best race out there and timewise, I think we’re in a good position. We’ll see if we can punch our ticket there.” — Justin Feil

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PHS Girls’ Soccer Nips Robbinsville 1-0 in Sectionals As Goalie Ayodele Spearheads Superb Defensive Effort

Moji Ayodele wasn’t quite herself last fall as she played for the Princeton High girls’ soccer team, hampered by injury and illness. Coming into this fall, senior goalie Ayodele was determined to be at full strength for her final campaign for PHS. “I worked a lot this summer on coming back strong,” said Ayodele. “I wouldn’t say I had much of a high school season last year with COVID.” That work paid off as Ayodele got off to a strong start this fall, posting six shutouts as the Tigers produced a 7-0 start. “I think since I have had this full season, I have been able to get back on track,” said Ayodele. Last Friday, Ayodele helped keep PHS on track for a sectional title, making 12 saves to help the top-seeded Tigers edge ninth-seeded Robbinsville 1-0 in the Central Jersey Group 3 sectional quarterfi nals and improve to 18-2. PHS got the margin of victory on a goal by senior star Sophia Lis with 2:07 left in regulation and were slated to host fourth-seeded Colts Neck in the sectional semis on November 9 with the victor advancing to the final on November 12. Even though the Tigers had defeated Robbinsville 5-0 in the season opener, Ayodele knew things were going to be a lot tougher in the rematch. “We played them in our first game and they were missing

a lot of people,” said Ayodele. “It definitely showed today that a lot of those players change their game. They have a strong offensive team and their offside trap got to us today. We usually use our breakaways to score a lot and those weren’t hitting today because of those offside calls. In the end we persevered, we broke through.” A lt h ou g h PH S w a s n’t hitting its shots, Ayodele was confident that it come through in the end. “I knew a goal was coming, I never doubt my team,” said Ayodele. “We always fi gure something out; one thing I love about this team is that we are so good at finishing.” Over the course of the fall, Ayodele and the PHS back line have figured things out as the win over the Ravens marked the team’s 14th shutout of the campaign. “I love my girls; my defense was right there today,” said Ayodele. “I trust my girls in the back, we know how each other play. We work great together and I trust them so much. We are on that same level to play great defense.” The PHS players have been on the same page as they have produced a great season. “When we go into these games we always make sure that we have the best mentality that we are going to win this game,” said Ayodele. “We always have positive affirmation, we make sure that we go into each game

like that. When we win games like these, it just proves it more to us that we are a great team and we can take it all the way. When we are going into games that are more tough, we are ready.” PHS head coach Dave Kosa liked the toughness his team displayed in edging the Ravens. “It was a great game, it was great tournament action,” said Kosa. “We knew Robbinsville was going to come out strong, they have been playing really well the last month. We knew it was going to be a battle. We practiced against the offside trap, it is different to simulate it in practice than play it in the game. Give Robbinsville credit, they really played us tough. We just keep hanging in there. It is tournament action, survive and advance.” Ayodele has hung in there all fall for PHS as its last line of defense. “Moji is phenomenal, she works hard in practice,” said Kosa. “She always wants to come up with great saves. We had a couple of milestones this year she had 100 saves and she just relishes that opportunity. It is a testament to her work ethic as far as how good she has gotten. I knew she was good last year. The games we lost last year, she didn’t play, She is getting some good looks from some D-IIs and D-IIIs. I really believe in her a lot.” Kosa also believes in his Lehigh-bound senior striker Lis, who now has 32 goals in 2021. “Sophia is a great player,

she is so smart and she is able to just feel the game,” said Kosa. “Last year I was a varsity assistant, I knew what she could do. It was just a matter of putting her in good spots where she can just excel. She just upped her game to a level where I never thought it was.” With the contest knotted at 0-0 and Lis having narrowly missed goals on a shot that went wide of the net on a breakaway and another that caromed off the crossbar, Kosa helped his players keep the faith. “You have just got to keep them up, we have to just say, hey we have the momentum, let’s keep it up,” said Kosa. “I think the wind was a little bit of a factor even though it didn’t seem like that much. In the fi rst half, they had a lot of the play. In the second half, I said we have got the wind, we are going to get a couple and thankfully at the end, we did get one.” Kosa believes that his squad can use the momentum from playing at home to extend its tournament run. “We earned this home field advantage throughout the entire season, let’s keep it and they just stuck together with that,” said Kosa. “Right now, we just want to keep doing what we are doing. I think there is naturally going to be pressure when you are the one seed. We don’t talk about it, we just work hard during practice and have that trust and belief in one another. Today was a perfect example, we didn’t play that well. Robbinsville played great and we just kept on hanging in there and battling.” Ayodele, for her part, is confident that PHS will keep hanging together. “Our group is very close, we have pasta dinners every week, we are hanging out, and we are all talking; there is no division between freshmen, sophomore, juniors, and seniors, we are all just great friends,” said Ayodele. “Our senior group works together to make sure our underclassmen are on track with everything. The underclassmen have really stepped up this year. I think it all comes down to whether your team has chemistry. You can have great players but it is about working together. Our team has great chemistry, we know exactly how each other plays. We just work so well together and that is how we have a strong team.” —Bill Alden

COMING UP BIG: Princeton High girls’ soccer goalie Moji Ayodele makes a save in recent action. Last Friday, senior star Ayodele made 12 saves to help top-seeded PHS edge ninthseeded Robbinsville 1-0 in the Central Jersey Group 3 sectional quarterfinals. The Tigers were slated to host fourth-seeded Colts Neck in the sectional semis on November 9 with the victor advancing to the final on November 12. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Riley Hayes had a shot to win a championship for the Hun School girls’ soccer team and she wasn’t about to squander it. With Hun tied 3-3 with perennial power Pennington in the state Prep A championship game after regulation, seconds into overtime junior midfielder Hayes found the ball on her foot in front of the goal. “I s aw it was com i ng through and I knew I had the ability so it was just take it and shoot it,” said junior midfielder Hayes. “I knew the opportunity was there and I took it, As long as you have confidence, that’s all it is.” Hayes slotted the ball into the back of the net to give Hun a 4-3 win and the title, setting off a riotous celebration as student fans from the throng on hand stormed onto the field and the Hun football team bolted over from practice en masse to join in the fun. It marked the first Prep A title for the team since it defeated Pennington in the championship game seven years ago. With Hun having gone 0-4-1 last year in a season abbreviated by COVID-19 concerns, rebounding to go 12-5-2 and win both the Prep A and Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) titles was an amazing reversal of fortune. “It means so much, these girls are the best girls I have ever played with,” said Hayes, who had two assists in the win to go along with her game-winning tally. “It was such an opportunity. It was so, so surreal being able to win a Prep A title.” Having edged Pennington 1-0 on September 28, Hayes and her teammates realized they were in for a battle in the title game rematch. “We knew that it was going to be a tough game and we knew what was on the line and we just took it head on,” said Hayes. “We had team work, we had confidence and we got it done.” Showing that confidence, Hun built a 2-1 lead at halftime with Olivia Spektor blasting a 40-yard volley over the Pennington goalie’s head for the first tally and Sophia Kearns finding the

back of the net on a scrum in the box. “We did like where we were at,” said Hayes. “We knew the next goal was going to be a big one.” With the wind at its back in the second half, powerful Pennington tallied two unanswered goals to take a 3-2 lead and seemed on track to the title. The Raiders, though, were unfazed. “It was definitely nervewracking,” said Hayes, reflecting on the late deficit. “We had confidence in ourselves and confidence in each other. We just knew what the job was.” With just over 21 minutes left in regulation, Hayes got the job done, sending a ball through the Pennington defense which Olivia D’Aulerio slotted home to knot the contest at 3-3. “I saw that she was running and I know that Olivia D’Aulerio is one of the fastest girls I have ever seen,” said Hayes. “I just pitched right into her.” Neither team scored the rest of the half and the game headed into overtime. With several OT games under its belt this season, Hun looked forward to the extra session. “We have been there way too many times before,” said Hayes. “We knew what had to happen and we got it done.” For Hayes, making it happen with the winning goal was emblematic of the leading role she has taken this fall in emerging as a catalyst for the Raiders. “I am lifting up my teammates and getting the job done and really having other girls get confident,” said Hayes. “From last year to this year, that is really what my job is, just keeping them going forward.” Hu n head coach Jenn Barrett appreciates the way Hayes has fine-tuned her game to make the squad better collectively. “Riley played exactly how we asked her to play,” said Barrett. “She is a phenomenal player and she had to play a certain game. She has to be very unselfish. She is a very skilled player and she could clearly dribble around

everyone else. We learned early on that just confuses us as much as it confuses them. She just had to adjust her game and she has done it beautifully.” In the win over Pennington, Hun was fueled by some phenomenal support from its home fans. “The crowd was awesome, we talked about the huge crowd at homecoming and how it sort of rattled us a little bit,” said Barrett, referring to a 1-0 victory against Germantown Academy (Pa.) under the lights on October 1. “We talked about letting the crowd be the 12th man and they did. They came in strong, they were amazing. It was great. It really rattled Pennington, they aren’t used to playing away so it was great to play them here.” Barrett wasn’t surprised that her squad didn’t get rattled when it fell behind 3-2. “They bounced back, they continually fight and they play great soccer,” said Barrett. “We said yesterday that this is going to be a mental game over a physical game. W hoever can keep their composure and whoever can play their game is going to win and that is what they did.” Heading into overtime, Hun wasn’t about to lose its composure. “The last four games we have played have been in overtime so it was nothing new to us, it helped us 100 percent,” said Barrett. “The resilience that they have has been like no other team. In past years, we would get scored on and there would be dejection. This gives us motivation to keep going.” It took a special motivation for Hun to turn the tables after going winless last fall. “When I took over we had to do a complete turnaround culture shock and restart,” said Barrett, who is in her third year at the helm of the program. “I kept telling everyone to trust the process and wins will come but it is not going to come quickly. Success doesn’t come overnight. People believed in it, the girls most importantly. The girl believed in the mission and what we are trying to do. They fell into line, it just took a leap of faith.”

In Barrett’s view, a 2-2 tie against Princeton Day School on September 15 was a turning point for the Raiders. “The PDS game was a huge t ur narou nd for us when we were down 2-0 at half, we came back and tied that,” said Barrett. “Looking back it seems so insignificant but at that moment to tie PDS after our season last year, we were like, wait, we can do this, we got this. It totally turned us right there.” Getting sophomore goalie Zoey Palmer back from injury for the title game was significant for Hun. “Just having Zoey back there again with our mental game, it gave us all of the confidence in the world,” said Barrett of Palmer who made nine saves against Pennington in her first action since a 1- 0 loss to Princeton High in the Mercer Cou nt y Tour nament quarterfinals on October 23. “She is so calm, so hard working and such a wonderful teammate so having her back there made the difference in this game.” The play of center backs, senior Kiki Mauer, and junior Tooni Olaleye, also made a big difference for the Raiders. “Tooni and Kiki have been the most solid players of the season,” said Barrett. “I would say as skilled as Riley is and as skilled as everyone else is, Tooni and Kiki have done the dirty work and have done what they had to do with no recognition and having never played defense. Our whole back line had never played defense before the season.” On the other side of the field, the team’s skill and balance made it solid around goal. “That is amazing, we really focus on playing the combination/pass game and realize the kick and run and the shots from 50 yards out aren’t working,” said Barrett. “We have become very patient and really worked well together.” Hayes, for her part, pointed to toughness and togetherness as the two main qualities that led to the titles. “One key thing that we had going this fall is grit and I think it showed throughout the season,” said Hayes. “It is just a mindset. We have all of these girls and we got so, so close together; I think that is what really made this team successful.” —Bill Alden

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Senior Spektor Scores in Finale for Hun Boys’ Soccer As Raiders Top Lawrenceville, Earn Share of MAPL Title Aden Spektor joined his Hun School boys’ soccer teammates in jumping up and down in unison in the pregame huddle last Friday as they got pumped up before hosting Lawrenceville in their season finale. With 4:41 left in the contest, the Hun players were jumping all over Spektor in one corner of the field after he scored a goal to put Hun up 3-1 and close the deal as the Raiders went on to a 4-1 victory and ended the fall with a 10-7 record. For senior forward Spektor, emotions were running high as the program held its Senior Day ceremony. “It was crazy, playing for four years and this is my last game ever,” said Spektor. “I was just really excited.” Hun didn’t play its best early on, controlling possession but not cashing in as the rivals were knotted in a 0-0 draw through the first 71 minutes of the contest. Tyler S t ark broke t he s t a le m ate, s cor i ng w it h 8:19 left to put Hun up 1-0 and Conor Frykholm found the back of the net 1: 08 later as the Raiders doubled their lead. “I knew it was coming, it has been the same thing for every other game,” said Spektor of the two-goal outburst. “ We have re a l ly go o d build up and it is going to come a little bit toward the end. You want to feel comfortable going into the final minutes of the game. The two goals got the momentum.” After Lawrenceville got a tally on a penalty kick to make it 2-1, Spektor swooped in down the right flank and knocked in a goal to restore Hun’s two-goal advantage. “I was like oh my God, I am completely free on this side,” said Spektor. “I have got to score this. Everyone was storming the field, it was a great feeling.” For Sp ek tor, t he goa l marked the culmination of the progress he has made over his Raider career. “I definitely gained a lot more confidence and just a lot more leadership ability,” said Spektor. “I came in as a freshman and didn’t make varsity but got moved up later on in the season. So it was gaining my confidence from that and knowing that I am good player and that I can help out the team.” In reflecting on his senior season, Spektor said the squad developed a special team unity this fall. “Band of brothers — that is our motto because we are brothers first and a team second,” said Spektor. “Everyone here is really close to each other. We are really good friends and pretty much brothers.” Hun head coach Pat Quirk credited Spektor and his classmates with setting a winning tone. “They have changed our culture and changed our mentality from oh I don’t think we are going to win to we are winners and people should be afraid of us,” said Quirk. “It is a team effort but it is senior-led for sure. We

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have a captain’s council, three seniors sat on that — Ayden Isbirian, A.J. Torres, and John Balian. They are able to have their voices with the coaches. I think that is really important for them when we were struggling this year. In the past, it was tough for us to figure it out but this year we were able to talk it out and work things out.” Although Hun struggled to score against Lawrenceville, Quirk was confident the Raiders would eventually confident break through. “I was a little concerned, they sat back and they defended well in the pockets,” said Quirk. “We struggled to break them down but we knew if we could stretch the game out a little bit longer, space was going to open up. We knew once we got one, they are going to have to press up a lot more to try to get one and they are going to get stretched out.” Spektor’s goal was a highlight of the win. “That was sweet, his brother (team manager Aaron Spektor) called that, saying he was going to score,” said Quirk, who got a second goal from sophomore Frykholm to end the scoring. “As a senior on Senior Day, I think it is his second goal of his career. It is definitely a good one.” The victory over the Big Red combined with wins by The Hill School ( Pa.) and Peddie over the weekend gave Hun a share of the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) title. I n Q u i r k ’s v i e w, t h a t championship was the product of a long term process. “All we preach is hard work, competitiveness, selflessness, and encouragement and is what they build on every day,” said Quirk. “We are there to support each other. We talked last spring about watering roots and building these connections with each other then so when we get to pre season we are ready to go.” L o ok i ng a he ad, Q u irk believes the program can build on the success it experienced this fall. “We are losing a lot of good seniors but we have guys on the bench that are going to fill spots,” said Quirk. “All year, we have been trying to get more guys on the field. I think we have subbed more this year than we have done in the past and a lot of guys got some quality minutes. One thing we kept saying was don’t be complacent. Against Peddie (a 4-2 loss on October 30), we got a little complacent and it cost us. But not today, we kept pressing and stuck with it. That is what we have got to do in the offseason not be complacent in the offseason.” Spektor, for his part, was proud of the way Hun stuck together all fall. “I think this whole season has been a highlight for me,” said Spektor. “Ever y thing leading up to this season and then the whole season was just amazing. This is our best season since I have been here.” —Bill Alden

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Enjoying Memorable Run in its First Non-Public Sectional, 7th-Seeded PDS Boys’ Soccer To Play Ranney in Final Although it’s the first-ever trip to the South Jersey Non-Public B sectional for the Princeton Day School boys’ soccer program, Brian Thomsen believed his squad could make a big run in the tourney. “Knowing who is in our sectional for the state tournament, in the back of my mind, I always kind of knew this was the tournament for this group to be successful,” said PDS first-year head coach Thomsen. “I know the section pretty well and it is a lot of hardworking guys that will make your life miserable on the physical side of the game. So if you are not ready to go battle with your teammates, it is going to be a long day.” Displaying a battling spirit, seventh-seeded PDS has enjoyed great success in the sectional, knocking off 10thseeded Gloucester Catholic 8-0 in a first round contest on November 1, upsetting second-seeded Holy Cross Prep 3-1 last Thursday in the quarters, and then edging sixth-seeded Bishop Eustace 3-2 in the semis last Monday. The Panthers, now 11-11, will play at fifth-seeded Ranney School (11-4-1) on November 11 in the sectional final with the victor advancing to the Non-Public B state final on November 14 at Kean University. In Thomsen’s view, a 2-1 win over Spotswood on October 28 helped prepare PDS for the sectional. “I think the key was that

we picked up a game against Spotswood the week before,” said Thomsen. “In my head, I said this was going to be very similar in terms of the environment and the level of play we are going to see in the sectional so let’s go down there. We completely dominated that game. We went up 2-0, we couldn’t get the third goal and then we made too much chaos at the end and there was a PK call.” Over the course of the fall, the Panthers have been tested by playing a number of high level foes. “We drive all over the state of New Jersey. We had to go to Newark Academy, we played at Montclair Kimberley Academy in the Prep B semis,” said Thomsen, whose team has faced such formidable opponents as Pennington, Notre Dame, Pingry, Lawrenceville, Peddie, Hun School, and WW/PSouth this fall. “They know how to travel. Our schedule top to bottom, I have to say, is probably one of the toughest in the state. Everybody that we played against, besides a couple of teams here or there, were quality games. It does make a difference — they have played against the best teams in the state.” In the win over Gloucester Catholic, senior Milan Shah displayed his quality, tallying three goals and three assists. “The funny part is that he didn’t even play that well on the first half,” said Thomsen. “He hit two or three shots

directly at the keeper. In the second half, we exploited them a little more.” Against Holy Cross, Shah buried some more shots, tallying two goals in the win. “I would say that game was Milan’s best game so far this year,” said Thomsen, who also got a goal from Connor Topping in the victory with Joaquin Rodriguez picking up two assists. “It is the first time I have seen him play a full 80 minutes from front to back and really go for it. I think he is starting to realize that this is going to end soon.” The return of senior John Ramos from an early season injury and the emergence of Rodriguez as an offensive force has help spark the run for the Panthers. “John has been cleared to play and he has been back s i nce S p ot s wo o d,” s a id Thomsen. “You can tell with his game intelligence and how he reads the game, he calms everybody out there and he has brought a new motivation for everybody. It is like we have got Ramos back, let’s do this.

I have been able to move Joaquin a little higher up the field. I have been talking to him a lot about how to attack versus what his instincts are telling him trying to give more of a game plan of how I want him to go about it. It has worked pretty well.” Going into the Bishop Eustace game, Thomsen was confident that his players would keep up their good work. “I think it is going to be a very similar game to last Thursday, looking at their results and who they have played against,” said Thomsen, who got two goals from Rodriguez and one from Todd Devin in the victory with Shah getting two assists. “As long as the boys show up and they work their tails off, we will be all right.” With the late season run, PDS has shown how good it can be. “I think they are playing at the highest level according to the game plan we are talking about,” said Thomsen. “We kicked ourselves in the foot a lot this year by not figuring out how to win some games that we needed to win. They are in a good spot mentally now.” —Bill Alden

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Fo otba l l : Producing a dominant performance, Hun defeated St. Frances Academy (Md.) 43-0 last Saturday. Marco Lainez connected on 12 of 15 passes for 210 yards and three touchdowns as the Raiders improved to 8-0. Hun will look to cap an undefeated campaign when it plays at Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) on November 13. Boys’ Cross Countr y : Eric Scully came up big for Hun at the state Prep A championship meet last Wednesday at the Blair Academy. Junior Scully placed first individually, clocking a winning time of 16:19 over the 5,000-meter course. Scully’s heroics helped Hun take fourth in the team standings. The next finisher for the Raiders was senior Xavier Silverio, who took eighth in 17:19. Girls’ Cross Country: Sophia Burton set the pace for Hun at the state Prep A championship meet last Wednesday at the Blair Academy. Junior Burton took 15th individually, covering the 5,000-meter course in a time of 20:58 as the Raiders placed sixth in the team standings.

Boys’ Cross Country: Arun Patel led the way as PDS placed fourth at the state Prep B championship meet last Wednesday at the Blair Academy. Sophomore Patel finished 11th individually, covering the 5,000-meter course in a time of 18:04.

cause in the November 2 contest as the Tigers finished the fall with a 15-2 record. Girls’ Volleyball: Sarah Villamil had 12 kills and eight digs but it wasn’t enough as fifth-seeded PHS fell 2-1 (27-25, 20-25, 2521) to fourth-seeded Brick Memorial in the Central Jersey Group 3 sectional quarterfinals last Wednesday. Ayo Ince added eight kills in the defeat and Lois Matsukawa got 19 assists as Cross Country: Mizan the Tigers ended their 2021 Chennault starred as Stucampaign at 15-7. art placed sixth in the team standings at the state Prep B championship meet last Wednes day at t he Blair Academy. Freshman Chennault finished fifth individually, clocking a time of 20:55 over the 5,000-meter course.

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PDS Fie l d H o c ke y : Jady n Huff and Haley Sullivan each scored goals as fourthseeded PDS fell 3-2 to fifthseeded Montclair Kimberley Academy in the Non-Public North sectional quarterfinals last Wednesday. Maggie Zarish-Yasunas contributed an assist in the loss while goalie Frances Bobbitt made eight saves. The Panthers finished the fall with a 13-6 record. Girls’ Soccer: Aislynn Macco scored the lone goal for ninth-seeded PDS as it fell 3-1 to top-seeded Red Bank Catholic in the South Jersey Non-Public A sectional quarterfinals last Friday. The defeat left the Panthers with a final record of 9-8-3.

The Princeton Silver Sluggers 12U baseball team took second in the playoffs of the 12U National West Division of United States Amateur Baseball League (USABL) over the weekend. In a semifinal contest last Saturday, Princeton defeated South Brunswick 13-4 as Roy Bellace, Asa Collins, Max Ed-

Field Hockey: Running into a buzz saw, fifth-seeded PHS fell 6-0 at fourthseeded Montclair High in the North Jersey Group 4 quarterfinals last week. Senior goalie Frankie deFaria made 16 saves in a losing

WILL TO WIN: Members of the Wilberforce School girls’ cross country team display the trophy they earned for placing first in the team standings at the Bob Kiessling Invitational last Saturday in the DREAM Park in Logan Township, N.J. Freshman Gwen Mersereau led the way for Wilberforce, placing fourth individually, clocking a time of 19:59.49 over the 5,000-meter course. Junior Sophia Park was the next finisher for the squad, coming in sixth in 20:07.51. Wilberforce had a winning score of 52 with Germantown Friends School (Pa.) taking second at 55. The triumph marked the first such title won in the school’s athletic history. Pictured, from left, are Park, Abby Readlinger, Annie Whitman, Laura Prothero, Adeline Edwards, Virginia Whitman, Mersereau, and head coach Lois Szeliga. (Photo provided courtesy of Szeliga)

Boys’ Soccer: Bakary Tanjigora scored the lone goal for second-seeded Pennington as it fell 2-1 to top-seeded St. Benedict’s in the state Prep A final last Wednesday. Star goalie Rafa Ponce de Leon made eight saves in a losing cause as the squad ended the fall with a 15-2-2 record. Girls’ Soccer: Stephanie Balerna tallied a goal and an assist but it wasn’t enough as second-seeded Pennington fell 4-3 in overtime to topseeded Hun in the state Prep A final last Wednesday. Sophia Murphy and Jenna Bluni also scored goals in the defeat as the team finished with a 15-3-2 record.

Football: Coming up short in a defensive battle, Lawrenceville fell 10-6 to the Hill School (Pa.) last Saturday. The Big Red ended the fall with a 3-5 record. Field Hockey: Unable to get its offense going, Lawrenceville fell 5-0 at the Hill School (Pa.) last Saturday. The Big Red finished their 2021 campaign with a 13-7 record. Boys’ Cross Countr y : Thomas Atkinson set the pace as Lawrenceville placed second at the state Prep A championship meet last Wednesday at the Blair Academy. Senior Atkinson came in third individually, covering the 5,000-meter course in a time of 16:55. Freshman Taksh Gupta was the next finisher for the Big Red, taking 10th in 17:26. In the team standings. Lawrenceville had a team score of 69 with winner Seton Hall Prep coming in at 46. Girls’ Cross Country: Elizabeth Parnell was at the front of the pack for Lawrenceville, helping it take second at the state Prep A championship meet last

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gar, and Keegan Fullman each drove in runs in a five-run fourth inning outburst. Fullman, Collins, Edgar, and Forest Rose each had multiple hits in the victory. Edgar earned the win on the mound for the Silver Sluggers, allowing six hits and four runs over five and two-thirds innings, striking out seven and walking one. In the championship game on Sunday, Princeton lost 6-1 to an undefeated Upper Makefield (Pa.) squad, falling behind in the first inning and unable to overcome the deficit. Charlie Baglio and Collins each managed one hit to lead the Silver Sluggers in defeat.

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Elizabeth Ann Fillo Liz immersed herself in music all her life. As a child growing up on Long Island, she sang and performed in school and in church, but she aspired to be a concert pianist. By the time she got to Cornell University, though, she had discovered the joy of singing jazz. She performed throughout college and eventually recorded an album with her soon-to-be husband and fellow Cornelian and bassist, Steve Fillo. Liz and Steve performed together for decades. Through the ’60s they lived at various times in Monterey, CA; New Bedford, NY; London, England; Westport, CT; and Cambridge, MA; where Steve enrolled in the MBA program at the Harvard Business School. Liz found work in the office of the Dean of Admissions, while performing in musicals with the undergraduates. She also created a repertoire of one-woman shows there. In 1971, a change in Steve’s career brought them to Princeton and Liz began performing at the McCarter Theatre. She also joined the highly successful Inn Cabaret, a staple of Princeton entertainment for many years. With her friend, Roo Brown, Liz started a duo cabaret act. Together they played many clubs, including some in New York. In the ’80s, she appeared in several national commercials and on various soap operas. Then in the early ’90s Liz became a trustee of McCarter, eventually serving for several years as president of the board. Liz and Steve divorced in 1995, which opened the door in 1998 to re-connecting with Christopher Coucill, with whom she had performed 18 years earlier. They married in 2001, filling their lives with love and music and theatre. Liz enjoyed nothing more than singing for Chris and their friends. She was also a superb cook as well as an avid gardener who planted many beautiful scapes, including the lush fairyland she and Chris created out of 3 1/2 acres on a rocky, wooded slope of Princeton Ridge. (Smithsonian Online Virtual Archives — https://sova.si.edu/details/AAG. GCA?s=0&n=10&t=C&q=#ref20204). Liz is survived by Steve Fillo; her husband, Chris Coucill; her brother, Robert Fuchs; her sons, Chris and Andy; and her four beloved grandchildren, Benny, Graham, Henry, and Eliza. Donations in Liz’s name will be gratefully accepted by Young Audiences of New Jersey and The Nature Conservancy. Arrangements are under the direction of Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton. A Special Worship Service

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Ruth ( Caplan ) Bonin 94, formerly of Princeton, New Jersey, passed away p e a c e f u l l y i n G a l l ow ay on Sunday, November 7, 2021. Ruth was born and raised in Princeton. After graduating from high school, she went on to work for Princeton University Library. A few years later with her husband, Alvin, they took over her family business, Princeton Army Navy Store on Wit herspoon St reet. After taking time to raise her family, she found her way back into the library system to share her love of reading w it h all t hat wished to hear at Community Park School and later on to the Princeton Public Library as a volunteer. Ruth was an intelligent, kind hearted person who l ov e d r e a d i n g, g a r d e n ing, traveling, and being i n t h e s u n. D u r i ng h er younger years she was an avid bowler, winning many awards. She enjoyed playing cards in various community groups around the area. She was an amazing mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother and enjoyed spending time with her family most of all. Preceded in death by her husband of 46 years, Alvin Bonin, as well as her parents Stella and Joseph Caplan, brother Harold and sister Jean. She is survived by her daughter Michele (Steven) Schlitzer of Galloway, son Michael (Ellen) Bonin of Princeton, and daughter Jill (Bill) Chavis of Florida; grandchildren Jennifer (Joseph) DiLuzio, Rachel ( Greg ) Lut y, Samantha ( Dan ) Casaletto, Sarah ( Bill ) Becher, and Alexis Bonin (Sydney Marquez); great-grandchildren Hailey Meighan, Cole, Bryce and Ethan DiLuzio and Olivia Casaletto ; as well as many nieces and nephews who loved her dearly. Fu neral s er v ices were held on November 9, 2021 at Orland’s Ewing Memorial Chapel, with burial at People of Truth Cemetery, Hamilton Township, New Jersey. In lieu of f lowers, the family would like to re quest memorial contributions to be made in Ruth’s name to Grace Healthcare Ser vices, 105 Fieldcrest Avenue, Suite #402, Edison, NJ 08837, w ithout whos e c are non e of u s would have made it this far, or memorial contributions can be made to either the American Diabetes Association or the American Heart Association. To send condolences to the family please visit Ruth’s obituary page at Orlands MemorialChapel.com.

Nancy Rodgers Knipe, 93, died November 6, 2021 at Stonebridge at Montgomery in Skillman, NJ. A longtime P r i nce ton a nd S k i l l ma n resident, in her early years Nancy lived predominantly in New York City and Southampton, NY. Born February 14, 1928 in New York City, NY, she was the oldest child of Oliver Rodgers and Clara Lee Rodgers. Fluent in multiple languages, she lived in France and Spain teaching English, prior to marrying Peter R. Knipe in 1970. Nancy enjoyed spending time with her family, singing in her church choir, serving as a eucharistic minister or reader, watching her boys play hockey, and attending her monthly book club. Nancy is survived by two sons, Peter of Robbinsville, NJ, and Daniel of Lit tle Silver, NJ; four grandchildren, Lauren, Casey, Summer, and Kylie ; and was predeceased by her loving husband Peter R. K nipe and her brother, Livingston Rodgers. A funeral mass celebrating her life will be held at St. Charles Borromeo Church on Thursday, November 11 starting at 10 a.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent in honor of Nancy R. K nipe to St. Charles Borromeo Church (borromeo.org ).

Ralph was a sports enthusiast his entire life. He played high school football for Lowell, played basketball, and was a member of the Filipino American Mango Athletic Club championship team in 1948. He had a love and passion for tennis, not only as a player but as a coach and passed on his love for the game to Marcus and Leslie. He was a member and served as President of the Filipino Tennis Club of Northern California in the mid ’70s and was instrumental in raising the visibility of tennis among the Filipino Community. When it came to profes sional sports, Ralph loved all the San Francisco / Bay Area teams; a devoted and loyal fan to the 49ers, Giants, and Golden State Warriors. Music was Ralph’s passion, he played piano by ear, and it was truly one of his precious moments. Ralph was also a jazz aficionado. He loved the likes of Miles, Coltrane, Monk, Billie, and Ella to name a few. Ralph was also a Frank Sinatra diehard and had the opportunity to see him perform live several times and visited Sinatra’s hometown of Hoboken, NJ, a tr ue highlight for him. Family members appreciated the “Sounds of Sinatra” and Ralph’s vast collection of Sinatra albums, CD’s and books. Ralph married the love of his life Virginia Robles

also known as “Jeannie”; tying the knot in 1949 and shared a lifetime together of 73 years. They traveled to Mexico, Hawaii, London, Paris, and throughout the United States. Some of their most memorable moments were celebrating birthdays, anniversaries, and holidays with family and friends. Ralph is predeceased by his parents, Rafael Sr. and Visitacion Yngojo; and his sisters, Dolores K ikuchi and Lourdes Hom. Ralph is survived by his wife Virginia Yngojo, son Marcus, daughter-in -law L ilia A mores, daughter L eslie Yngojo Bowes, son-in-law Tommy Bowes, grandchildren Kyle and Kyra Bowes, brothers- and sisters-in-law, and nieces and nephews. Visitation w ill be held on T hurs day, November 11, 2021, from 1-3 p.m. at The Mather Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton, NJ 08542. A Funeral Ceremony will be held at 3 p.m. at the funeral home. Interment and Memorial Celebration of Life will held in his home town in California at a later date. Arrangements under the direction of The Mather Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton, NJ. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Lung Association or to the American Kidney Fund in Ralph’s memory.

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CARPENTRY–PROFESSIONAL All phases of home improvement. Serving the Princeton area for over 30 yrs. No job too small. Call Julius (609) 466-0732 tf HANDYMAN–CARPENTER: Painting, hang cabinets & paintings, kitchen & bath rehab. Tile work, masonry. Porch & deck, replace rot, from floors to doors to ceilings. Shelving & hook-ups. ELEGANT REMODELING. You name it, indoor, outdoor tasks. Repair holes left by plumbers & electricians for sheetrock repair. RE agents welcome. Sale of home ‘checklist’ specialist. Mercer, Hunterdon, Bucks counties. 1/2 day to 1 month assignments. CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED, Covid 19 compliant. Active business since 1998. Videos of past jobs available. Call Roeland, (609) 933-9240. tf PRINCETON-GRACIOUS STUDIO APARTMENT on estate with magnificent gardens. Seeking tenant who will be in residence only part-time. Elegant furnishings, big windows, built-in bookcases & cabinetry, walk-in closet, kitchenette, large bath, AC, WI-Fi. Very private, separate entrance, parking. Great as an office, too. (609) 924-5245. 08-11-tf KARINA’S HOUSECLEANING: Full service inside. Honest and reliable lady with references. Weekly, bi-weekly or monthly. Call for estimate. (609) 858-8259. 10-27-4t

ACTIVE CONTRACT Bordentown $325,000

Lawrence | $1,500,000

Unpack and move in to this beautiful 4 This 8,400 squarebath foot building mixed-use bed, 2 FULL Cape inis aBossert Estates. property consisting of 5 superior Renovated in 2018 (and Apartment recently rental updated this this Barber homeShop, is sure to please units, a fullyyear) equipped a Cosmetic and with a aBeauty wonderfully (and freshly Nail Salon, Salon, a 2neutral car Garage (15’x30’) or painted) grey palette, offset with dramatic could function as a large storage unit and a vacant darkstreet floors wood-look front facing and Retail or food store. tile floors throughout.

ACTIVE CONTRACT Trenton $450,000

West Windsor | $700,000

Unique opportunity, 8 units, all 2 bedrooms. Well Maintained 6 Bedroom, 4 Bath Duplex home good condition and rental income with on tree lined street. Duplex, each side includes 3 leases. generously sized bedrooms and 2 full baths with freshly painted eat in kitchen,lovely yard, sun porch off living rooms.

ACTIVE CONTRACT Hamilton $199,000

Ewing | $374,900

Penthouse in Society Hill with breathtaking Custom home in the highly desirable view inbuilt excellent condition, 2-bedroom, 2 Shabakunk over 2700cathedral sq. feet of living full baths Hills withwith skylights, ceilings and wood fireplace. space situatedburning on almost an acre! You will definitely be impressed with the 4 very spacious bedrooms, 2 Full bath & lots of closets.

HOME HEALTH AIDE: Long time Princeton resident with many years experience is available to drive, shop, cook & help out with personal needs. Flexible hours. Rate & excellent experience provided at free consultation. I’m fully vaccinated. (609) 558-8761. 11-03-3t ROSA’S CLEANING SERVICE LLC Offering professional cleaning services in the Princeton community for more than 28 years! Weekly, biweekly, monthly, move-in/move-out services for houses, apartments, offices & condos. As well as, GREEN cleaning options! Outstanding references, reliable, licensed & trustworthy. If you are looking for a phenomenal, thorough & consistent cleaning, don’t hesitate to call (609) 751-2188. 11-24-4t OFFICE FOR RENT: 900 SF 2 miles north of downtown Princeton, 4599 Rt. 27 in Kingston with two private offices & 500 SF. 2nd floor walkup, central air, great light, large windows. $1,425 includes heat. Linda Fahmie, KW Realty (609) 610-4730. 11-10-3t HOUSECLEANING: By experienced Polish lady. Good prices. References available. Please call (609) 310-0034. 11-10-4t

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Roebling $144,500 Hamilton |$379,900

Trenton | $275,000 Hightstown $439,900

West Windsor | $999,000 Monroe $350,000

Charming bedroom, twobath bath exCome see thisthree great two bedroom one panded colonial located the detownhome in historichome Roebling. Home on features sirable Grayson Hamilton Townarchitectural detail ,Avenue cozy livinginroom , eat in kitchen ship. This meticulously maintained . Off of the kitchen includes first floor laundry,home and boaststomany unique features that you will access the fenced in backyard w/ patio. instantly fall in love with.

This gorgeous three bedroom, two bath This beautiful center hall colonial on a quiet home located inthe theGlen desirable Enchantment tree-lined street in Afton neighborhood community Hightstown. The 9-foot ceilcombines oldin world style and character with today’s ings and open floor plan of this home make updated features and amenities. it an ideal location for entertaining.

Great opportunity in the heart of Monroe In the popular Crown Pointe Development, 3 BR, 1full Bath! Sold strictly Turnberry Model perfectly situatedas on is. a corner lot. Brick Front 5 bedroom, 4.5 baths, tastefully updated and freshly painted neutral cool tones.

Are you thinking about getting your Real Estate License and a career in Real Estate? Then Call Jospeh Marino at 732-570-8518. Princeton Office | 190 Nassau Street, Princeton NJ | O: 609.921.2700

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