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Two key members of Princeton’s municipal staff have been promoted to newly created positions. Municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton is now deputy administrator for infrastructure and operations, and Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser’s new title is deputy administrator for health and community services, according to information released Tuesday. Stockton will now oversee the Public Works and Engineering departments, as well as the municipal arborist and newlyhired open space manager. Grosser is now in charge of the recently combined Health and Human Services departments, as well as the Recreation Department. The promotions are the result of a year-long analysis of how the municipal staff is structured, begun in the Personnel Committee with previous Municipal Administrator Marc Dashield, and continued with Bernard Hvozdovic, who took over the post last spring. “These promotions recognize Deanna Stockton and Jeff Grosser’s many years of outstanding leadership and dedicated service to the municipality,” Hvozdovic said in a press release. “They have earned the respect, trust, and confidence of their colleagues, the governing body, and the many residents who benefit daily from their commitment to Princeton. This restructuring will ensure that the municipality functions in a more efficient and cost-effective manner as well as being even more responsive to community needs and priorities.” Hvozdovic is supervisor to Stockton and Grosser. He also directly oversees the Princeton Police Department, the Municipal Court, and the Clerk’s Office, as well as Emergency Services, Finance, Information Services, and Community Development, which includes Planning and Historic Preservation. Stockton has been municipal engineer since 2016. Prior to that, she was the assistant engineer, and a design engineer with Princeton Township before consolidation. She has worked for Princeton for more than 15 years, overseeing various design and construction projects ranging from the Stony Brook Bicycle and Pedestrian bridges to the reconstruction of Community Park Pool and renovation of Mary Moss Playground. “I am excited to lead the combined organization and the great teams within Continued on Page 10

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Vaccinated Princeton Has Few COVID Cases As the state of New Jersey has reported increases in new COVID-19 infections and transmission rates, Princeton case numbers have remained steady at an average between one and one-and-a-half cases per day, according to the Princeton Health Department. Princeton Deputy Administrator for Health and Community Services Jeff Grosser reported on Tuesday a “consistent stream of positive cases” without significant increases or decreases in numbers. The Health Department on Monday announced 12 new COVID-19 cases in Princeton in the previous seven days and 19 new cases in the previous 14 days. “The Health Department has tracked recent cases linked back to Halloween social gatherings leading to subsequent household outbreaks,” Grosser said. “But due to Princeton’s high vaccination rate (82 percent of those 18 years and older, 100 percent of those 65 and older) the cases we’re seeing are predominantly previously vaccinated individuals with mild or no symptoms at all.” On Tuesday the New Jersey Department of Health recorded a 31 percent increase from a week ago in the sevenday average for confirmed positive tests and an increase from 1.04 to 1.08 in the

statewide rate of transmission, with any rate above one indicating that the virus is spreading. During his COVID briefing on Monday, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy suggested that the state will soon be expanding and simplifying booster eligibility rules, going beyond current federal guidelines to allow boosters for all residents 18 and older. He emphasized the urgency of the coming holiday season and encouraged people to get boosters as soon as possible

even if they are unsure of their eligibility. State officials have acknowledged that guidance from the CDC and many different sets of eligibility rules by age groups, occupations and types of vaccines can be confusing. California, Colorado, New Mexico, and New York City have recently announced that all adults in their jurisdictions are eligible for boosters. Grosser noted that 24 percent of Princeton residents 18 and older have received boosters as of November 9, Continued on Page 9

Cannabis Task Force Prepares Report, Proposals for Council

The Princeton Cannabis Task Force (CTF) is planning to present a report and recommendations, based on more than seven months of research, discussion, and public meetings, to Princeton Council and the public at a November 30 special Council meeting. According to CTF Chair Eve Niedergang, who is also a Council member, the presentation will include a recommendation for a maximum of three retail dispensaries in town, with five potential designated zones, along with specific suggestions on hours of operation, social equity criteria, historical background in-

formation, and commentary on concerns raised in public meetings. In a November 12 telephone conversation, Niedergang discussed the work of the 23-member CTF. “The thoughtfulness with which this group of people has approached this issue has really impressed me,” she said. “There’s been a lot of debate and very frank discussion and definitely differences of opinion, but I think we’ve heard a diverse group of residents speak about an important issue, and despite the differences there’s been the theme of concern for making sure that Continued on Page 11

TREASURE HUNT: Book lovers searched through thousands of titles in a broad range of categories at the Friends of the Princeton Public Library Book Sale, held last weekend in the library’s Community Room. Participants share their finds in this week’s Town Talk on page 6. (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)

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FOCUS ON DEVELOPMENT Surge In Development Threatens to Overwhelm Princeton’s Infrastructure Based on preliminary research by The Princeton Coalition for Responsible Development (PCRD), there are at least 700 new housing units in various stages of development scheduled between now and 2025. All told, Princeton could experience a 7-10 percent increase in population, placing strain on the Town’s infrastructure and school system. Nearly every neighborhood in Princeton will be impacted by construction and development. Corporate real estate developer AvalonBay has approval to build 200 new units in the Princeton Shopping Center and another 221 units (11 affordable) on Thanet Road. The Maple Terrace and Franklin lots have been approved as an “Area in Need of Redevelopment” by the Planning Board, and will have a minimum of 80 units. The Graduate Hotel outlined their two-year construction plan for a 180-room hotel on Nassau at the most recent Council meeting. Additionally, the Town has contracted for 80 units of senior housing. Numerous other projects are in earlier stages of redevelopment, including the municipal parking lot across the street from the Public Library (8 condos) and potential redevelopment of the historic Tennent-Roberts campus and Whiteley gymnasium on the Princeton Theological Seminary’s campus. Resident advocacy groups like SensibleStreets.org question whether the Town’s stewards have properly prepared for the impending growth and whether zoning variances and tax abatements will leave taxpayers footing the bill. A lack of preparation would mean inadequate and poorly maintained schools, waste management services, roads and transportation infrastructures. Earlier this year Avalon Bay was granted a 30-year tax abatement under the controversial PILOT (payment-lieu-of-taxes) program which opponents say will exclude the school system from receiving adequate funds to serve the schoolchildren who join the system. A recent study commissioned by the Town’s Parking Task Force stated that, “Developers [are] making little to no contribution to the burdens that new developments will invariably place on parking and mobility infrastructure.” (Parking Task Force Study, 2017). For instance, approval was given for development of a 300-seat restaurant at

the Old Post Office with a variance for no parking. The 180-room Graduate Hotel will have only 80 spots for guests and employees. SensibleStreets.org worries that residents are already starting to see the impacts through their front door. Under a new plan proposed by Councilmembers, streets within ½ mile walk of a business address will be appropriated and permanently leased as parking spaces for businesses and real estate developments, since development and growth in the central business district has outpaced parking infrastructure improvements. Town Council President, Leticia Fraga of the Parking Task Force has stated that all residential neighborhoods should equitably bear the brunt of the “spillover” parking. In a meeting with concerned voters last spring, Councilman David Cohen asserted that residential streets are common goods that should be appropriated to reduce the cost of developer investments and subsidize business interests. Other voter concerns include the tax increases and the viability of utility infrastructures, storm sewer capacities and traffic. There is recognition of the forthcoming development up to 2025 and beyond. The question is whether and how the Town will provide adequate infrastructure for that planned growth, and who will bear the cost. Parking Task Force to Appropriate Residential Streets for Business Commuter Scheme The Town Council’s task force is looking to residential neighborhood streets as the primary resource for an automobile commuter benefit plan to subsidize for-profit enterprises ( Parking Pilot Presentation, May 2021). Under the plan, Hermes, Witherspoon Grill and Lululemon would be subsidized in a “drive and park” scheme which permanently reserves specific spots on residential streets for business employees to park. If passed, the measure would enshrine what town councils around the country have worked to prevent: placing the burden of the “spillover” effects of development in and around the CBD on residential communities. Homeowners, tenants, home health aides and contractors will be required to purchase permits in order to park in front of their own properties. The Parking Task Force’s 2017 study pointed to a long-term cause: “Developers [are] making little to no contribution

to the burdens that new developments will invariably place on parking and mobility infrastructure.” Insiders point to variances granted to real estate developments like the Old Post Office’s conversion to a 300-seat restaurant with no associated parking, or the 150 room Graduate Hotel with only 80 parking spots, as supporting evidence that real estate investors, not employees, are the ultimate beneficiaries of the parking scheme. Residents near the Franklin Lot, Theological Seminary, Princeton Shopping Center and Westminster Choir College are concerned that the Town’s weak stance toward building requirements will burden adjacent neighborhoods with detrimental impacts like higher taxes, increased flooding risk, and spillover parking. Those Princeton businesses who already pay for employees to park in garages or lots would empty those cars into the neighborhoods to take advantage of the Council’s belowmarket subsidy. Others see any benefit ultimately accruing to landlords, not to their employees, particularly those employees living locally or using public transportation who can’t benefit from a driving subsidy. The scope is not limited to communities near the CBD. Versions of the Task Force Presentation ask the Council to consider adding similar permit controls to “neighborhoods further from Nassau Street,” than the Western Section, Tree Streets, Witherspoon-Jackson and High School Areas.” The measure is seen by a resident advocacy group, SensibleStreets.org, as unsubstantiated by the municipality’s own Parking Study which concluded that “Parking constraints are not a result of adequate supply,” and, “underutilized capacity, at all times, often adjacent to constrained locations…creates the perception of scarcity.” With existing CBD parking garages at 30% capacity, opponents fail to see why the Parking Task Force removed from its proposal the initial Task Force goal: “Protect Residential Neighborhoods from the Detrimental Impacts of Parking Spillover.” Subsidizing employer-paid parking clogs streets, boosts emissions and isn’t equitable, according to two recent studies A recent article by urban planners Donald Shoup (UCLA) and Don Pickrell (MIT) called for an end to commuter subsidies: “Cities, states and the federal government are trying to reduce traffic congestion, air pollution and carbon

emissions, but a Catch-22 in the federal tax code works against these goals. The income tax exemption for employer-paid parking subsidizes solo driving to work, which helps explain why 81% of American commuters drive to work alone. The tax exemption for employer-paid parking creates three big problems. First, free parking at work increases the number of cars driven to work by about a third, mostly at peak hours. Second, higher-income commuters are more likely to get tax-exempt parking subsidies. The tax exemption is also worth nothing to the 44% of American households who pay no income tax because of their low incomes. Third, free parking doesn’t help transit riders, who are disproportionately communities of color. In Los Angeles, for example, 92% of Metro riders are people of color.” (Excerpted from “The Power of Getting Paid Not to Park at Work.” July, 2021). A second study, conducted by Virginia Tech transport scholars Andrea Hamre and Ralph Buehler in 2014 demonstrated that offering a commuter parking benefit draws public transit commuters off of buses and into their cars, even if employees are also offering bike, walk and transit benefits. In a summary of the study for CitiLab titled, “It’s Amazing How Many More Commuters Would Drive Less if They Didn’t Get Free Parking,” reporter Eric Jaffe writes, “Commuter benefits for everyone can end up being a loss for the city itself. That’s because the lure of free office parking is so great that…it actually entices some [transit] commuters into their cars. So what looks at first like a balanced policy in fact ends up favoring drivers—and that means more traffic for the whole city.” The study by Hamre and Beuhler found that when employers offer no commuter benefits at all, the probability of driving alone to work is nearly 76 percent. When an employee is offered free parking, the probability of solo-driving increases by 22 points, to 97%. If benefits for biking, walking or transit are offered alongside parking, the impact of the parking subsidy trumps all other benefits and commuters still switch to driving (83%). The prospect of an empty space waiting for someone near work overwhelms almost all other commuter benefits and creates more parking demand than existed before the subsidy was put in place. “As far as a city is concerned, its transportation system may actually function better when employers offer no commuter benefits.”

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Africa’s Green Belt movement; and Deb Haaland, the first Native American to serve as U.S. secretary of the interior, make up the list of those honored from outside the local area. The Cedar Ridge Preserve, which covers 220 acres of open meadows and woodlands, is adjacent to the Stony Brook. “The tour starts off going through a little bit of forest, where we are trying to restore the understory,” said Callahan. “Then it goes through meadows into the woods, and comes out into a marshy area. So it covers a diverse array of ecosystems.” Callahan was especially impressed to discover a stone wall that runs through the expanse. “It’s historic,” she said. “It was used to separate different plots of land a long time ago. It’s so interesting to see the historic use of the land.” To download the tour to a smartphone, first download the free app TravelstorysGPS, found at the App Store and Google Play. “I’m hoping that the tour shows how impactful women have been in conservation, especially for girls who are interested in the field,” said Callahan. “They have done really important work, and we want to make sure it gets recognized.” —Anne Levin

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“Mostly non-fiction. I purchased American Nations by Colin Woodward, which talks about regional cultures in the United States. I like to read about WWII, and I found Americans in Paris by Charles Glass, which talks about Nazi occupation in Europe. I also found a book about polio, which is timely given the discussions about vaccines in present day.” —Jacqueline Stabnow, Newark

“I found books for my grandchildren. They are nature books about animals, a language book on French, and a kid’s novel.” —Kathy Mulrooney, Princeton

Holiday House Tour Is Different This Year

The Old Mill Hill Society has announced the return of the annual Mill Hill Holiday House Tour. This year’s tour, “Holiday Walkabout,” will be on Saturday, December 4, from 12-5 p.m. This year’s tour is slightly different from previous years. The tour is all outd o or, u n l e s s h om e ow n ers welcome guests inside. “Holiday Walkabout” will focus primarily on the firstfloor room that faces the street, the exterior of the home, and for some, an area in front of the home where guests can relax, mingle, and enjoy refreshments. The House Tour, started 55 years ago, is Mill Hill’s signature event and a Trenton tradition. Approximately 20 homes in the neighborhood will display special decorations through their front windows and/or on their exteriors, with some of the homeowners hosting visitors with holiday music, refreshments, and conversation on their stoops and sidewalks. Mill Hill’s 19th century streetscape boasts a variety of home architectural styles, sizes and ages. The tour is organized by the Old Mill Hill Society and the residents of Mill Hill. It has played an important role in the restoration of the neighborhood. Money raised by the tour funds historic preservation grants that assist Mill Hill home and business owners in maintaining the landmark standards that have helped make the neighborhood what it is today. Approximately 500 people from the region are expected to attend Mill Hill’s Holiday House and Window Tour this year. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased online at www. TrentonMillHill.org or on the day of the tour at Artworks, 19 Everett Alley.

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Kavin: “I was looking for the Stuart Gibbs Spy School series. But we couldn’t find it, so I found a different Stuart Gibbs book called Poached. I haven’t read it yet, so I don’t know what it is about. I also found a Judy Blume book called Superfudge. We read her books in the fourth grade.” Sanjeev: “I was looking for something particular on the Civil War, but I ended up not getting it today.” —Kavin and Sanjeev Majoo, Princeton

Nancee: “I found several books as gifts for children. I just love children’s books. The one I bought for myself is an artist’s book. It is about the Cornell boxes, which is an unusual art form.” Helen: “A two-volume set of the artwork in the Hermitage Museum in St, Petersburg. I have always wanted to go, but I never will. I am dying to buy the book.” Audrey: “There was an early edition of Pinocchio that I wish I would have found. Today, there was Dorothy and Her Shoes, which was also an early edition, and I wish I found that as well.” —Nancee Goldstein, Helen Heintz, and Audrey Egger, all of Princeton

At its November 16 meeting, which took place after press time, the Princeton Public Schools (PPS) Board of Education (BOE) was expected to authorize a special election to take place on January 25, 2022, presenting Princeton voters with a $17.5M “Facilities Stewardship Referendum for Urgent Capital Needs.” The bond issue would include repair and replacement of leaking roofs at all six district schools, along with addressing other overdue maintenance needs. “We think it is important to proactively maintain our infrastructure in a fiscally prudent manner,” PPS Business Administrator and Board Secretary Matthew Bouldin wrote in an email on Monday. “Periodic capital facility referendums are a great way to do that. We have old and failing roofs and some other important infrastructure which has outlasted its useful life. We are asking the voters to approve this referendum to do this work.” He continued, “Once we have new roofs, we will be able to move forward with

installing solar panels, which will be a win-win for the taxpayers and, just as importantly, for the Earth.” In his November 9 presentation to the BOE, Bouldin noted, “Princeton Public Schools capital infrastructure such as roofs, siding, and masonry have been neglected for a long time. This situation unnecessarily stresses the operating budget, preventing the district from creating a modern 21st-century learning environment.” In addition to new solarready roofing for all the schools, the planned maintenance would repair deteriorating masonry at Princeton High School (PHS), gutters and fascia at Johnson Park, siding at Littlebrook and Riverside, and skylights at Johnson Park, and replace outdated rooftop HVAC at all schools. The BOE plan calls for work to begin in the summer of 2022 with projects spread out over the next several years. The Board received approvals from the New Jersey Department of Education

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selling green energy. “Be aware that these solicitations are not associated with the PCRE program,” reads the statement. “Constellation NewEnergy Inc. is the only third-party supplier associated with the PCRE program. Unfortunately, some thirdparty suppliers that use direct marketing to enroll new customers target communities with energy aggregation programs like PCRE and may use deceptive advertising to gain new customers.” While the level of participation is still to be determined, the decision to offer the program was a positive one, according to Jones. “From our perspective, the program has definitely been a success because it achieved the goal of more than doubling the amount of renewable content that Princeton is supporting,” she said. “To do that in tandem with some level of cost saving — that seems like an undeniable success. The reason we are getting so much outreach is that so many people were in support of it, and are eager to figure out if it will renew.” —Anne Levin

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The Princeton Health Department is having its first 5- to 11-year-old vaccine clinic this week. Appointments are available through the state scheduling system at covid19.nj.gov or by calling (855) 568-0545. Large-scale clinics focused on Princeton Public School district families will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 30 and Tuesday, December 21 across the street from Monument Hall at 45 Stockton Street, formerly the location of the Senior Resource Center. Vaccinations and boosters will be available for all eligible age groups. T h e P r i n ce ton H e a lt h Department is also hosting COVID-19 clinics at the Princeton Senior Resource Center on Stockton Street a n d at t h e G r i g g s tow n Farm Clubhouse. Clinics at the Senior Resource Center on Wednesday, November 17, 12 to 2 p.m., and Wednesday, December 1, 4 to 6 p.m., are currently completely booked, but a clinic scheduled for Friday, December 3, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Griggstown Farm Clubhouse, 205 Griggs Drive, has appointments available. Princeton University will continue to host Pfizer and

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Police Blotter On November 9, at 8:19 a.m., a resident of Clover Lane was viewing her home surveillance footage and saw that, at 2 a.m., three suspects arrived at her house in a white or gray SUV and attempted to burglarize several vehicles in the driveway. They entered an unlocked white Chevrolet and they may have entered the garage through an unlocked garage window. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On November 8, at 8:19 a.m., a woman reported that the window to her brother’s 1999 Ford Ranger was broken and the vehicle was burglarized while it was parked on Guyot Avenue. Her husband’s 2003 Toyota Highlander was also burglarized. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On November 8, at 10:06 a.m., a woman reported that, between 2 p.m. on November 7 and 9:15 a.m. on November 8, someone entered her unlocked 2019 Toyota Camry on Moore Street and rummaged through various personal items. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On November 8, at 1:25 p.m., a man reported that, between 3 p.m. on November 7 and 1 p.m. on November 8, someone entered his unlocked 2016 Toyota Camry on Moore Street and rummaged through various personal items. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On November 8, at 12:07 p.m., a resident of Moore Street repor ted that his

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“Through the course of the COV ID -19 pandemic, we have all witnessed the importance of intersectoral and intergovernmental collaboration. The new structure of the Department of Health and Community Services intends to coordinate new processes for advancing shared goals of making Princeton a healthier place to be. Improving the health of a community goes well beyond educating residents to make better individual choices. The need for ambitious cross-sectoral partnerships amongst departments will aim to improve health equity while reducing persistent health inequalities. The most successful outcomes occur when social determinants of health, and their inherit disparities, are tackled in a in localized, community-based integrated process. The newly organized department is the first step in creating a foundation for this action.” —Anne Levin

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GRAND OPENING: A two-day party marked the opening of the active adult community, Riverwalk, in Plainsboro. On hand for the ribbon cutting were, from left, Peter Cantu, mayor of Plainsboro; Kelly Andress, president of SageLife; Christine Curnan of the Princeton Regional Chamber of Commerce; and Patrick McGonigle, president of South Bay Partners. The public was invited to tour the campus while sampling cuisine, taking Bollywood dance classes, taking tethered balloon rides, and more. a member of the Mayor’s Task Force for the Conversation of Your Life. “Being a member of the Campaign to End the New Jim Crow-Trenton/Princeton Chapter exemplified my passion to be an advocate for justice for all people. I also serve on the advisory board of Mothers in Support of Fair and Equal Treatment. I am passionate about the Coalition for Peace Action’s gun v iolence prevention work with Ceasefire NJ. I also am excited to be a part of CFPA and eager to implement its mission.”

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The annual fly-in of Santa Claus to Princeton Airport has been postponed again this year due to continuing concerns about COVID-19. However, Princeton Airport will continue to serve as a Gift Donation Center for the Mercer County Board of Social Services, as well as a Food Donation Center for the FoodBank Network of Somerset County. Unwrapped gifts and canned or boxed food are accepted in the lobby of the Princeton Airport. The Nierenberg family, owner of the airport, has flown in Santa Claus for the past 46 years.

Gift collection begins the day after Thanksgiving at 8 a.m. and ends on Sunday, December 17, enabling county workers to arrange the best matches for the needy. The gifts can be deposited in the “chimneys” in the lobby of the airport between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. Princeton Airport is at 41 Airpark Road in Montgomery Township, just off of Route 206. Visit princetonairport.com or call (609) 921-3100 for information.

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Saint Peter’s University Hospital received an “A” Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade for fall 2021, a national distinction recognizing Saint Peter’s achievements in protecting patients from harm and error in the hospital. This is Saint Peter’s third consecutive “A” hospital safety grade. The Leapfrog Group, an independent national watchdog organization, assigns an “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” grade to general hospitals across the country based on over 30 national performance measures reflecting errors, injuries, accidents, and infections, as well as systems hospitals have in place to prevent harm. The Leapfrog Hospital Safety Grade is the only hospital ratings program based exclusively on hospital prevention of medical errors and harms to patients. The grading system is peer-reviewed, fully transparent and free to the public. Grades are updated twice annually, in the fall and spring. “The unwavering commitment demonstrated by the entire team at Saint Peter’s while dealing with the many challenges brought about by the pandemic is truly very impressive,” said Leslie D. Hirsch, FACHE, president and CEO of Saint Peter’s Healthcare System. “Receiving Leapfrog’s highest safety grade as we continue to deal with COVID-19 reinforces patient confidence in our ability to deliver evidencebased clinical practices in combination with compassionate care, making us a destination for health care in the central New Jersey region.” “An ‘A’ Safety Grade is a tremendous achievement, of which this community should be extremely proud,” said Leah Binder, president

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Fund for Women and Girls Awards Grants to Nonprofits

The Fund for Women and Girls of the Princeton Area Community Foundation has awarded a record $325,000 in grants to local nonprofit organizations. This funding is the largest amount awarded in any cycle of the Fund’s more than 20-year history and includes a first-time award for the Liz Gray Erickson Memorial Grant, a three-year grant given in memory of the Princeton resident who served as the chair of the Fund from 2012 to 2014. Fund members pool their donations, then recommend grants to be awarded annually to local nonprofits. Isabel Zisk, Fund co-chair, said making a gift to the Fund is incredibly effective. Individual donations create a leveraged pool of funding that greatly benefits nonprofits working to impact the well-being of women, girls, and communities in the region. Grants were awarded to the Children’s Home Society, LifeTies, Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) of Burlington and Mercer Counties, Princeton Nursery School, KinderSmile, Arm in Arm, and Homeworks Trenton. The Fund also awarded an additional $25,000 to the Community Foundation’s Annual Fund. The Fund’s work is supported by the Community Foundation, whose staff provides services to the field of interest fund. The grant was provided in support of the Community Foundation’s mission of promoting philanthropy to advance the well-being of our communities forever.

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Businesses Can Decorate Trees that would like to “festively must provide a tree skirt. The municipality will proAlong Nassau and Witherspoon foster” a tree. The Shade Tree Commission ( STC ) is again sponsoring the purchase of evergreen and deciduous trees that will be placed along Nassau and Witherspoon Streets. The concept is to “Spruce” up the Central Business District and enhance the holiday ambience. These trees will be in place for decoration by November 26, and can be decorated by any business or nonprofit group

On December 1, all decorated trees will be listed on towntopics.com, and a contest for the “Best Decorated Tree” will be launched. Residents may vote for their favorite tree. The winner will receive a complimentary quarter page ad in the Town Topics. Decorations can include branding of a business or nonprofit. They must be suitable for cold and inclement weather. Participants

vide lights. Participants can keep the decorations after the holiday season. All trees will sit in burlap balls, allowing them to be planted after the holidays. Water the tree a few times a week during the season. Afterward, they will be planted by the municipality in public spaces. To sign up or get more information, contact Councilmember Michelle Pirone Lambros at mpironelambros@princetonnj.gov.

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Hun School Teachers Honored by University of Chicago The University of Chicago has recognized for Outstanding Educator Awards three teachers from the Hun School of Princeton: Amy Wright, computer science and engineering chair; Kyle Bucy, English teacher; and Joel Michalchuk, performing arts teacher. Described by the University of Chicago as teachers who “change lives, care deeply about their students, and have an infectious love for learning,” Wright, Bucy, and Michalchuk were nominated, respectively, by Mei von Kaenel, Pedro Poli, and William Hu, newly admitted University of Chicago students who graduated from Hun last spring. All three teachers commented on how rewarding it is to receive recognition from a student for their work.

Pennington Students Lead Community Service Initiatives Pennington School students have been working on a variety of community service projects to support a local food pantry, to bring joy to pediatric patients at a local hospital, and to provide hygiene products for Afghan refugees who are living at McGuire-Fort Dix Air Force Base. Several student have volunteered at the Hopewell Valley Mobile for Pantry, packing many bags of food that were delivered to families in need in Ewing and Hopewell. Pennington’s Community Service Club has coordinated a donation drive of hygiene products for Afghan refugees, and the club plans to support the refugees throughout the year and will participate in another drive early in 2022. Another group of Pennington students is working on Jared Boxes, small storage boxes filled with gifts, toys, games, crayons, coloring books, and fun activities, to donate to pediatric patients at a local hospital.

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The Princeton High School (PHS) fall play, Bethel Park Falls, which was recorded at PHS last week and will air on ShowShare by Broadway on Demand on Friday and Saturday, November 19 and 20, represents a collaboration of more than 150 actors, art students, and tech crew. The theme of the play, which is about a community trying to save its beloved park, is reflected in the teamwork of students and their teachers in the process of creating this production over the past two months. The show was directed by drama teacher Julianna Krawiecki, along with art teacher Bridget Schmidt and technical director Jeff Van Velsor. “For us, the message of Bethel Park Falls celebrates our togetherness, artistry, and the special magic of belonging to a group of like-minded individuals,” said Krawiecki. “Though we each used a different medium — wood, fabric, clay, sound, light, our bodies, and voices — our final goal was the same: to bring the story of Bethel Park Falls to the PHS community.” Krawiecki discussed the challenges of creating theater during COVID-19. “For the past two years during the COVID-19 pandemic, our PHS artists, technicians, and actors lost their collaborative space, and everything about rehearsing and producing our work had to change as we worked remotely and reimagined our process,” she said. “At the end of the day, theater and art are about community, the shared experience and meaningful collaboration. While we are still facing many COVID-19 restrictions, we are overjoyed that we were able to restore much of this process for our students this fall.” For the play’s setting in the park, art and tech crew students created 145 hexagons on stage, with 60 wood panels making up a tree, 50 ceramic tiles in the rolling hill, 21 painted fabric flowers, and 14 embroidered badges representing the joys to be experienced. “Each hexagon represents one person from the PHS community who added something of themselves to make this production unique,” said Krawiecki. “They are a population of the school that is finally able to be in the same space, creating and sharing ourselves, our talents, our joy, our commonality.” To purchase tickets and stream the show, visit broadwayondemand.com.

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The work of two PHS seniors, Adamantia Metaxas and Roushu Chuang, students in the PHS Research Program, has been featured in national journals. Examining the effect of trace metal imbalances on the development of Alzheimer’s disease, Metaxas’ work, “Imbalances in Copper or Zinc Concentrations Trigger Further Trace Metal Dyshomeostasis in Amyloid-Beta Producing Caenorhabditis Elegans,” was featured in the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience. Chang’s paper, “Shortage of Social Support in High School Online Learning During COVID-19,” was featured in the International Journal of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences Studies. Both students worked under the mentorship of PHS research teachers Mark Eastburn, Jaqueline Katz, and Jennifer Smolyn. In other news from PHS, senior Akash Jim has earned a perfect score on the 2021 Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism Advanced Placement exam, one of only two students in the world to do so. According to CollegeBoard, that administers the exam, which is equivalent to the second semester of introductory physics that a physics or engineering major would take in college, there were 48,171 students who took the exam in 2021, with 23 percent earning a 5, indicating mastery of the subject, but only two students who answered every question correctly.

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Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center is proud to receive a 2021 Readers’ Choice Award for Best Hospital. Every day, our dedicated team of physicians, nurses and staff strive to fulfill our mission to provide exceptional, compassionate care to enhance the health and wellness of our patients, their families and our community. We’d like to thank our neighbors for placing their trust in us.

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THE DOORS ARE OPEN: At the ribbon-cutting for the Princeton Senior Resource Center’s Nancy S. Klath Center for Lifelong Learning on Poor Farm Road, PSRC Chief Executive Officer Drew Dyson, left, welcomed visitors, board members, and staff to the new two-story facility that will supplement activities at the original PSRC at 45 Stockton Street. To attend an open house, visit Princetonsenior.link/CommunityOpenHouses.

Old Barracks Telethon Supports Field Trips

The Old Barracks Museum will hold a virtual telethon om Saturday, December 11 at 1 p.m. to support educational programming including the new Connecting to the Revolution virtual field trips. Tuning in is free. Donations will be accepted at barracks.org/telethon any time until the end of the event. Sponsorship spots are still available for businesses and individuals.

Due to COVID-19, the Old Barracks Museum will not be hosting its annual Tavern Night event, which is the primary fundraising event for the museum’s educational programs. The telethon in its place will be streamed via Facebook Live and Zoom. The content will range from historical to comical, and be performed by staff, volunteers, and friends of the Old Barracks. In a normal year, nearly 10,000 New Jersey students visit the Old Barracks

Museum on a field trip with their classmates. This year, on-site field trips have been replaced with Connecting to the Revolution, a selection of seven live virtual field trip programs. Classes will be able to take this field trip from school, home, or a hybrid of the two. The program is a mix of live and pre -recorded v ideo, and students will be able to ask questions and interact with historical interpreters. The Old Barracks Museum is currently open for visitors

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To the Editor: These days it can seem like there is not much to be excited about. But, here is some very good news: N.J.’s new Plastic Pollution Reduction Act to help control the mountains of plastic that (after food waste) dominate our landfills and cause such destruction in our oceans: over 1 million marine animals are killed each year due to plastic debris in the ocean (UNESCO Facts and Figures on Marine Pollution). A suite of new laws to cope with plastic waste is being rolled out in N.J. over time. The first of these to take effect is the law regarding plastic straws. N.J.’s new law for plastic straws took effect November 4, 2021. As of the 4th, restaurants and other food service businesses may give plastic straws to customers only upon request. Food service businesses include all restaurants, convenience stores, and fast-food businesses. The plastic straw law does include penalties for non-compliance. Violators are subject to a warning for the first offense, may be fined up to $1,000 per day for the second offense, and up to $5,000 per day for the third and subsequent offense. This is real progress. Recycling only gets us so far, and that’s not very far at all. For example, did you know that that the Delaware River dumps more than about 280,000 pounds of plastic into the ocean every year? (Science Advances, Vol. 7, Issue 18, 2021) Scientists estimate that we’re adding 80 million tons of plastic to our oceans each year. That’s about five grocery bags full of plastic waste on every foot of every shoreline around the world (Stanford Earth Matters magazine, 2018). So, what happens now when you get that plastic straw with your meal? Well, you shouldn’t, but it will likely take some time for all of us to make this adjustment. You can help by politely declining plastic straws you may receive and reminding businesses of the new law. Of course, you can also help by not purchasing packaged plastic straws that you will still be able to find on grocery store shelves and on products like juice boxes. Teach your kids, friends, and neighbors to avoid them too, and why. What parts of the N.J. plastic laws are coming next? Starting May 4, 2022, a ban on Styrofoam containers like clamshell takeout boxes and a ban on plastic and paper bags takes effect. The Styrofoam ban states that no person or food service business can sell Styrofoam food service products or any food in a Styrofoam container. The plastic and paper bag law prohibits all stores, food service businesses, and grocery stores from selling or providing single use plastic carryout bags.

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To the Editor: We are writing to comment about future development plans for Princeton and their impact on parking. The Princeton Council has approved new housing to be built; a new hotel to rise in the center of Princeton and ongoing construction, including new restaurants. These developments will be good for Princeton. They do, however, put pressure on parking resources. The Permit Parking Task Force has proposed to direct spillover parking into residential neighborhoods. This plan will create narrower roads for thru-traffic, likely more dangerous conditions for bikers, and potentially less safe conditions for children who walk to school and town. As concerned residents near downtown Princeton, we ask that the Princeton Council think more fully about a plan that considers how these new developments will be supported by our parking infrastructure. Directing spillover parking to residential streets will change the character of the many graceful, quiet neighborhoods that surround our downtown area. LILLIAN CHIANG AND THOMAS SHENK Boudinot Street

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It’s Time for Princeton to Have a Specified Dog Park

To the Editor: Barbara and I have either worked or lived in Princeton since 1974. Now that we have Geno, our 97-pound, very mellow, Rhodesian Ridgeback, we would love to have the option of exercising him off leash in a local dog park and meeting other local like-minded residents and their dogs. Currently Princeton is the only town in the area that does not have a specified, fenced-in place for locals and their dogs to meet and greet. Plans have been presented several times since 2013, and on November 8 a detailed PowerPoint presentation was given to the Princeton Council listing multiple in-town available parks and surrounding larger peripheral Princeton parks that would be ideal for future dog parks. Now is the time to fulfill this widely popular concept. BRUCE, BARBARA, AND GENO BERGER Franklin Avenue

Thoughts on Development, Expansion, Infrastructure Within the Community

To the Editor: Since it was established, Princeton has never tried to re-invent itself, but has never been afraid to re-shape itself over the years. The success to its longevity has been remaining true to its core, recognizing and celebrating that it is in essence, a wonderful, university town. Many residents are aware that we are on the precipice of a new re-shaping. Princeton will expand, and with that comes incredible opportunity for us all. Greater diversity of our town, new neighbors to welcome, and the creation of additional establishments to enhance the existing business vitality and build on the ambiance we all enjoy. It is actually quite hard to gain a complete picture of the approved development and certainly takes time to piece it all together. It appears that there is approval for approximately 1,000 housing units to be built by 2025; a new hotel offering 180 rooms in the center of Princeton; and ongoing construction with new restaurants, most notably the old post office becoming an eatery offering an estimated 200 seats. It will be exciting to watch the next era of Princeton unfold and take shape. But with the excitement comes an element of trepidation. Princeton, at its heart, is an old town, and that means its infrastructure is old. We experience super storms that cause chaos and overwhelm the storm drainage system. Our schools are exceptional but need modernization to include increasing capacity. Our streets are not built for the traffic volume and patterns that we have created for ourselves. As we consider the new opportunity development brings, as members of our community, we must ask what plans have been made to ensure the foundational infrastructure is ready for the new shape of Princeton. There is very limited information to calm any concern. However, there is a canary in the coal mine. After two years of discussion the Permit Parking Taskforce is proposing to push commercial parking into residential neighborhoods. This, in itself, is not the solution. But if anything, this songbird signals there are insufficient long-term, sustainable plans. We must think beyond the current state needs,

consider the implications of not only the approved development, but also what will be needed in the future. As it is our community, residents should have easy access to understand the totality of the upcoming changes. Any approved development should make provision for the significant investment in the foundational infrastructure of our town so that our businesses, our families, both established and new, have all that they need to continue our harmonized and successful community. KATE OWEN Morven Place

Turning Residential Streets into Parking Lots for Businesses is Unacceptable

To the Editor: The Permit Parking Task Force is proposing a plan enabling employees of Princeton businesses to pay to park all day long on residential streets a half mile or less from downtown Princeton. In turn, the residents of those streets would also have to pay to park in front of their own houses (no matter their need, and despite the difficulty of now finding a space on their own, now crowded, streets). If you wish to raise your concerns about this plan, please attend the virtual community meeting at 12 p.m. on. Saturday, November 20. The Zoom link is on the princetonnj.gov calendar. No one residing anywhere in Princeton should have to pay for the right to park on the street in front of their own house, and that also goes for home repairers, landscapers, helpers, relatives. and visitors. We already pay astronomical property taxes. The Task Force’s proposed plan is extremely unpopular with residents, and there is no need for it. In 2017, Princeton Council commissioned a professional study of parking in Princeton’s downtown by Nelson-Nygaard Consulting. They recommended against

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“Overspill” — i.e. parking employees on residential streets. Their conclusions: • There was plenty of available parking lot space in the downtown area for employees, customers, and visitors. • Princeton Council should make arrangements with private parking lot owners to use their empty parking spaces. • Other towns have successfully solved similar problems with such shared lot arrangements. • The Sensible Streets organization (sensiblestreets.org) also came to the same conclusions about available parking spaces. To its credit, Princeton Council has arranged to lease 193 spaces from the Westminster Choir College. These spaces should eliminate the need in that area. The Task Force and Council should investigate other such arrangements. The spaces are there. Nelson-Nygaard found them. Due to the ongoing COVID situation, we cannot currently, accurately judge future parking needs. Therefore we must wait, and not institute a plan until that is possible. An idea: shuttle buses to and from the Princeton Shopping Center parking lot would be a convenient and practical solution. Employees could be safely delivered right to their work places, as well as visitors to the shops they wish to visit. No one would have to trudge many blocks in the rain, snow, heat, dark, etc., as they would if they had to park on residential streets as much as a half mile from downtown. Through an anonymous survey, the Princeton Merchants Association requested 850 subsidized spaces. If the Task Force succeeds in putting such a subsidy program in place, business parking on residential streets in Princeton will become our reality, and there will be no putting the genie back in the bottle. Agreeing to this scenario, when Palmer Square owns two lots which sit at only 30 percent capacity during the week is, frankly, absurd. Why should taxpayers subsidize business, investor, and landlord profits by surrendering the sanctity and tranquility of our neighborhoods? It’s a quality of life issue, in which turning our residential streets into parking lots for local businesses and institutions is simply unacceptable. ALICE ARTZT Hawthorne Avenue

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Princeton University professors Keith Wailoo and Ruha Benjamin will be talking about Wailoo’s new book Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette ( Univ. of Chicago Press) on Wednesday, November 17 at 6 p.m. Co-sponsored by Princeton University’s African American Studies Depar tment and Humanities Council, the hybrid event will be held at Labyrinth Books. To register for the livestream, visit labyrinthbooks.com. According to a review in Nature, “Wailoo mines press reports through the decades, along with posters, billboards and troves of internal industry documentation that cigarette companies were forced to make public after a spate of lawsuits that

been silent players on the stage of U.S. history, witnesses to epic flashpoints at which health and politics collide. The case is stronger for the specificity and rich detail that Wailoo weaves into it.” Professor of History and P u b l i c A f f a i r s Wa i l o o’s books include Dying in the City of the Blues; How Cancer Crossed the Color Line; and Pain: A Political History. Along with Dr. Anthony Fauci and others, he won the 2021 Dan David Prize. A professor of African American studies at Princeton, Benjamin is the founding director of the Ida B. Wells Just Data Lab. She is the author of People’s Science and Race after Technology and is currently working on Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want.

Thoughts on Veterans Day, Shakespeare, and John Lennon

n Veterans Day 2021, I was thinking about my Uncle Bob, who was killed when his B-52 went down in a freak accident in February 1944. I was also dealing with the fact that both my uncle and my maternal grandfather were named for Robert E. Lee. On my uncle’s dog tag, which I keep close at hand, he’s identified as REL Patterson. Although my paternal ancestors fought for the Union, a conspicuous exception is Gen. Jubal Early, called Lee’s “Bad Old Man” according to various biographers because of his “short temper, insubordination, and use of profanity.” A Potomac River ferry was named for him until June 2020 when it was renamed Historic White’s Ferry. As far as I know, there are still streets named for him in Texas, Florida, and in nine different towns in Virginia, including his birthplace Lynchburg, where there’s a Jubal Early memorial that was restored after being knocked down by “a wayward driver” in 2013. Known to his men as “Old Jubilee,” Early had a chance to rewrite the last act of the war. According to Frank E. Vandiver in Jubal’s Raid: General Early’s Civil War Attack on Washington (McGraw-Hill 1960), “The dying Confederacy heaped vilification on him” because he and his 10,000 veteran troops could well have captured Washington had he not wasted “precious time” fighting Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, thereby giving the city time to shore up its defenses. Says Vandiver, “He had just missed in a race with destiny.” Even so, he enjoys “an honored place in the ranks of Confederate generals,” and had he been able to surmount “the militia at Washington’s battlements, he might have changed the course of history.” Soldiers and Shakespeare One of the most fascinating anecdotes in James Shapiro’s anthology Shakespeare in America (Library of America 2014) concerns a U.S. Army production of Othello in Corpus Christi, Texas, in which Ulysses S. Grant, the eventual commander of the Union forces and future president, played Desdemona. In January 1846, over “half of the U.S. Army” had gathered in “that most murderous, thieving, gambling, cutthroat and God-forsaken hole” to “provoke a war with Mexico after Congress had annexed Texas as a slave state.” Grant’s rival for the role of Othello’s wife was James Longstreet, who later served as “a distinguished Confederate general.” Longstreet recalled that Grant looked “very like a girl dressed up” and “really

rehearsed” but “did not have much sentiment.” The 5’8” 135-pound Grant got the part because the six-footer Longstreet’s Desdemona towered over the Moor, playe d by Lt. Theodoric Porter, who was killed three months later in a skirmish with “Mex ican ir reg u lars.” We’ll never know how Grant’s per formance was received, since a p r o fe s s i o n a l a c t r e s s h a d to b e called in after Lt. Porter complained of being unable to “pump up any sentiment” with Grant as his Desdemona. Shakespeare’s play, given its focus on military life, rivalry, honor, and race, had been enlisted as a means of distracting the t r o op s f r om t h e evils of Corpus Christi; to that end, future Confederate G eneral John B. McGruder oversaw t he building of a theater large enough to hold 800 spectators, where Othello repor tedly played “to full houses.” You could write a film or television series around American soldiers (and future adversaries) performing Othello on the eve of the Mexican-American Wa r, w h i c h w a s “driven in part to extend the reach of slavery.” As Shapiro points out, the staging underscores the extent to which Shakespeare’s works were accepted as “a cultural touchstone” in mid-19th century America. As for how playgoers in the South would respond to a drama about

“a black general eloping with a white woman,” Shapiro notes that Othello, which presumably would have been “unpopular, if not taboo, in slave states,” was “regularly staged in the South the quarter century before the Civil War.” As an example of the conflicting emotions aroused by the play and the issue of race, Shapiro cites John Quincy Adams, the sixth American president, who hoped to be remembered as “the archest enemy of southern slavery that ever existed,” while insisting that the moral of Othello was “that the intermarriage of black and white blood is a violation of the law of nature.” “Strange Days Indeed” In Jubal Early’s home state, Virginia, the Spotsylvania County School Board recently voted to have books with “sexually explicit” material removed from school library shelves. According to Michelle Goldberg’s Nov. 12 New York Times op-ed ( “A Frenzy of Book Banning”), t wo m emb er s of the school board “wanted to see the books incinerated.” Goldberg considers this just one example of a “broader push to purge school libraries of books that affront conservative sensibilities regarding race and gender.” Goldberg’s reference to book burning in “the fight about who controls school libraries” reminds me of the burning of

Beatles albums in the South, set off in 1966 when John Lennon’s remark about the relative popularity of the Beatles and Christ was taken out of context by political and evangelical opportunists, who helped foment a media frenzy, the midsixties equivalent of “going viral.” What Goldberg refers to “as the fight about who controls America” was already under way, and then, as now, the right was “on the offense.” Lennon’s words and music still resonate in the fall of 2021, particularly in “Nobody Told Me,” where he sings of “strange days indeed” when “everybody’s talking and no one says a word”; “there’s always something cooking but nothing in the pot”; and “everybody’s crying and no one makes a sound.” In fact, lines from the post-Beatles Lennon pop up all the time, especially in songs like “Imagine,” “Instant Karma,” and “Gimme Some Truth,” with its references to “neurotic, psychotic, pig-headed politicians” and “uptight, short-sighted, narrow-minded, hypocritics.” Lennon’s passionate singing of “Gimme Some Truth” is underscored by “former Beatle” George Harrison’s blazing slide guitar solo. By now we know — who ever really doubted it? — that there’s no such thing as “a former Beatle.” Next week, November 29, will mark the 20th anniversary of the death of George Harrison. Nine days later, December 8, it will be 21 years since John Lennon was killed. ou can go to YouTube for their last live performance on the rooftop of Apple headquarters, January 30, 1969. Thanksgiving weekend, Disney Plus is screening Get Back, Peter Jackson’s three-part documentary. As John sings “Dig a Pony” up there with his mates, his hair blowing in the wind, you can “celebrate anything you want, penetrate any place you go, and radiate everything you are — because everything has got to be just like you want it to.” ——— Last year James Shapiro published Shakespeare in a Divided America : What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future (Penguin 2020), which was named one of the New York Times Ten Best Books of the Year. The passages I’ve quoted all come from the Library of America’s Shakespeare in America: An Anthology from the Revolution to Now. —Stuart Mitchner

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estminster Choir, the flagship choral ensemble of Westminster Choir College of Rider University, returned to live performance this past weekend. Led by conductor Lynnel Joy Jenkins, the 35-voice mixed chorus presented a program centered on “Returning to Joy” in Rider University’s Gill Memorial Chapel on Sunday afternoon. The program of a cappella and lightly accompanied choral works featured music both past and present and took the audience at Gill Chapel from “mourning” through “singing and new song” and “comfort” to “celebration,” capturing the myriad of feelings and atmospheres over the past 18 months. As Jenkins explained, this concert musically depicted “a tumultuous journey of returning to our beloved choral singing after a storm of life.” Conductor and music educator Lynnel Joy Jenkins has built a successful career on cultivating community in the choral classroom while inspiring artistry. Her local connections range from a Westminster Choir College degree to conducting the Resident Choir of The American Boychoir School to her current position as artistic director of the Westrick Music Academy and conductor of the Princeton Girlchoir Ensemble and Concert Choir. From her worldwide choral clinical experiences, Jenkins has brought to choral programming a multicultural approach well evident in Sunday afternoon’s concert. Jenkins opened the performance with three choral pieces of grief from three different time periods. The text of 16thcentury composer Tomás Luis de Victoria’s “O Vos Omnes” was derived from the biblical book of Lamentations, and Westminster Choir sang Victoria’s a cappella Latin motet with clear harmonies and a well-focused sound. Westminster Choir has been renowned for a number of choral strengths, including solid blend, impeccable tuning, and the ability to produce an endless stream of choral sound, all of which were in evidence throughout this concert. The three pieces of the first section of “mourning” were varied, but all were performed with good musical flow. The third piece, Jeffrey L. Ames’ arrangement of “I’ve Been in the Storm So Long,” seemed to capture in its title alone the struggle of the Westminster Choir College choral scholar over the past year. In this spiritual (composed in response to Hurricane Katrina), alto Zoe Beaton provided an expressive solo line against an ensemble palette which unfolded seamlessly as the piece went on. The biblical book of Psalms is replete

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Stage, Screen Star Kelli O’Hara Makes Her McCarter Debut; Versatile Concert Features Classic and Contemporary Show Tunes

tage and screen star Kelli O’Hara performed at McCarter’s Matthews Theatre this past Saturday night. The concert featured a selection of classic and contemporary show tunes, as well as a few stand-alone songs, that have had special significance for the Tony and Drama League Award winner. Her stage credits include numerous musical theater roles on Broadway, as well as Metropolitan Opera performances in The Merry Widow and Cosi fan tutte. Screen credits include the web series The Accidental Wolf, Netflix’s 13 Reasons Why, and HBO’s upcoming The Gilded Age. O’Hara made her McCarter debut with the November 13 concert. However, one of the musicians who accompanied her — percussionist Gene Lewin — is an alumnus of Princeton University and its Triangle Club. Dan Lipton was the musical director and pianist. Guitarist Justin Goldner and bassist Alex Eckhardt completed the wellbalanced quartet. The first two selections were both from musicals by composer Richard Rodgers and lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II. The opening number was “I Have Dreamed” from The King and I. For her performance as Anna Leonowens in the 2015 Broadway revival, O’Hara won the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical. In the show, “I Have Dreamed” is a duet sung by characters other than Anna. This concept — O’Hara singing songs written for characters other than the one she portrayed — was a recurring theme of the concert. O’Hara let the beginning of the song be introspective, almost understated, giving the rendition room to crescendo — both in volume and intensity. O’Hara’s character did sing “A Cockeyed Optimist” from South Pacific. In the show the up-tempo, defiantly joyful number is sung by U.S. Navy nurse Nellie Forbush, portrayed by O’Hara in the 2008 revival. O’Hara said that she stopped singing the song for a period of time, to avoid overperforming it, but pointedly added that she put it back in her repertoire in the past year. The ballad “Without a Song” has music by Vincent Youmans, and lyrics by Billy Rose and Edward Eliscu. Published 1929, it was included in the musical Great Day. “What More Do I Need? ” yielded an abrupt change in mood. Written by Stephen Sondheim for the musical Saturday Night, the song is an energetic, wry ode to New York City.

less amusing than those played by lower voices. What lets the music support the humor so effectively is that it abruptly leaps to a series of high notes after opening in a (more conversational) lower range. Two selections explored a sub-theme of songs performed by male characters within a show. First was a jazzy rendition of the elated title song from She Loves Me (music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick). The song appears on O’Hara’s 2011 album Always as “He Loves Me,” and gives the singer latitude for wordless, playful vocal exclamations. This was followed by an introspective ballad from Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific, “This Nearly Was Mine;” arranged by Lipton. Next were two stand-alone songs from different eras. Written in 1931 by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons, “All of Me” was popularized by Frank Sinatra. This was followed by “The Sun Went Out,” a breezy song in a country idiom, in which Lipton sang with O’Hara. The music and lyrics are by Greg Naughton — O’Hara’s husband — a singer-songwriter and founding member of a band, the Sweet Remains. In 2014 O’Hara originated the role of Francesca in the Broadway production of The Bridges of Madison County (whose songs are by Jason Robert Brown). O’Hara performed the show’s opening number, “To Build a Home,” a brisk waltz in which Francesca reflects on the farm life she has lived over the past 18 years. The accompaniment included some crisp drum ruffles by Lewin. O’Hara ended the song with her arms exuberantly outstretched. The (nominal) finale was “Make Someone Happy” from the musical Do Re Mi. O’Hara let every line sound carefully deliberate, while caressing each musical phrase. Do Re Mi has music by Jule Styne, and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green. O’Hara shared a touching memory: Comden had wanted to see The Light in the Piazza but she was too ill (she died a year after that show opened). So O’Hara and a costar visited her in her apartment and performed the score. fter a standing ovation O’Hara came back onstage for an encore: “I Could Have Danced All Night” KELLI O’HARA: Stage and screen star Kelli O’Hara (above) performed November 13 at Mc- from My Fair Lady (lyrics by Alan Jay Carter’s Matthews Theatre, marking her debut there. For the concert, which included a selec- Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe). It was tion of show tunes and standards, the Tony Award winner was accompanied by a quartet of a jubilant coda to an evening of versatile, heartfelt performances that demonstrated instrumentalists. (Photo courtesy of McCarter Theatre) why O’Hara is a star. —Donald H. Sanborn III To learn about McCarter Theatre’s upcoming events, visit mccarter.org.

O’Hara paused to recount some of her biography. Born and raised in Oklahoma, she attended Oklahoma City University (where she studied voice with Florence Birdwell, who had previously taught Kristin Chenoweth). After performing in the national tour and Broadway production of Jekyll & Hyde, and the 2001 revival of Follies, O’Hara originated the role of Susan in Sweet Smell of Success (2002). Sweet Smell of Success had music by Marvin Hamlisch (the late composer of A Chorus Line), lyrics by Craig Carnelia, and book by John Guare. O’Hara revealed that when she auditioned, the pianist had taken a lunch break, so Hamlisch accompanied O’Hara himself. Not recognizing the composer’s face, O’Hara brusquely asked him to play at a faster tempo. This anecdote led to a wistful rendition of “That’s How I Say Goodbye,” a placid ballad that was cut from the show. Relatively short musical phrases gradually escalate to a middle section in which the phrases and melodic range expand. In 2005 O’Hara starred as Clara in the Broadway production of The Light in the Piazza, having played another character (Franca) in tryouts. The show’s songs are by Adam Guettel (grandson of Richard Rodgers), with a book by Craig Lucas. S u ng by Clara, t he impas sioned, melodically-soaring title song is tasked

with believably leading Clara’s mother, Margaret, to set aside her deep concerns about Clara’s impending wedding. O’Hara makes the most of the poetic number which is by turns strophic and unpredictable, unassuming, and defiant. At O’Hara’s suggestion Guettel and Lucas are collaborating on an adaptation of Days of Wine and Roses. From that inprogress musical O’Hara sang “There Go I.” It is the first number sung by Kristin (portrayed by Lee Remick in the 1962 film). For “So in Love,” a passionate ballad written by Cole Porter for Kiss Me, Kate, O’Hara made exquisite use of vibrato in an almost operatic delivery, while filling each line of the lyrics with emotion. O’Hara starred in the dual roles of actor Lilli Vanessi and show-within-a-show character Katharine in the musical’s 2019 revival. O’Hara paid tribute to two performers who recently have died: Marin Mazzie, who had starred in the previous revival (1999) of Kiss Me, Kate in 1999; and Rebecca Luker, whose credits include originating the role of Lily in The Secret Garden. “Not Funny” is by Michael Heitzman and Ilene Reid, and first sung by Luker and Sally Wilfert. The feisty novelty song gave O’Hara ample scope to highlight her comedic talents. It satirizes a perception that characters portrayed by sopranos are

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explore the rationale behind Beethoven’s preoccupation with creating nearly three dozen variations of a humble waltz by a composer named Anton Diabelli. Beethoven’s obsession fuels Brandt’s obsession as their two worlds coexist on stage. Both characters face afflictions and are running out of time. Brandt suffers with A L S (Lou Gehrig’s disease) and a broken mother-daughter relationship, while Beethoven, entering the final years of his life, struggles with severe hearing loss. The play, directed by Kat Ross Kline of Marlton, is accented by a live pianist, Susan Green Hoffman. An essential component of the play, the pianist “mirrors the variation form of Beethoven’s great work with a fugue of interwoven themes and a graceful minuet finale” as described in an Oxford University Press blog by William Kinderman, a professor of musicology at the University of Illinois, whom the playwright had visited when shaping the play. Private performances and group rates are available to ALS support and music appreciation groups upon request. Performances are Friday and Saturday, November 19 and 20 at 8 p.m.; Sunday, November 21 at 2 p.m.; Saturday, November 27 at 2 and 8 p.m.; Sunday, November 28 at 2 p.m.; Friday, December 3 at 8 p.m.; and Saturday, December 4 at 2 and 8 p.m. Tickets are $18$20. Visit kelseytheatre.org.

written by six winners of the Phillips’ Mill 4th Annual Juried Emerging Playwright Competition will take place at the historic location on Saturday, November 20, at 7 p.m. This will mark the first live event, to a live audience, since the pandemic closed theater doors. Chosen by this year’s panel of jurors — Judy Hallberg, Kimberly Kalaja and Wilbert Turner — the winning plays/playwrights are The Wonderer by Lynda Crawford, Beware the Kraken by Sherry Friedman, Northern Light by Nancy Vander Zwan, The Advocate by Kate Thomas, Blighted by Dominique Cieri, and The Eulogy by Jeff Stolzer. The Emerging Playwright Competition cultivates original works for the stage and brings to the audience talented playwrights at all stages of their writing careers. “We welcome the community to attend the readings and participate in a Q&A,” said Phillips’ Mill Drama Chair Valerie Eastburn. “The Mill is creating a valuable oppor tunit y for BEETHOVEN’S PREOCCUPATION: A scene from “33 Variations,” the playwright to gain inopening November 19 at Kelsey Theatre. The great composer’s sight into how an audience obsession with one piece of music is considered one of the responds to their play,” said great riddles of classical music Eastburn. “This feedback is critical for further developriddles: Why did Beethoven, Modern-Day Music Scholar ment of the play and playduring his final years, write Delves into Beethoven Story wright, and the audience 33 different variations of a Pierrot Productions will is an integral part of that seemingly insignificant waltz present 33 Variations Noprocess.” vember 19 t hrough De - by a minor composer? P re s e nt i n g ac tor s are Kaufman’s play, which cember 4 at Mercer County Cecily Laidman, Thomas Community College’s Kelsey made its Broadway debut Metelski, Rick Goodwin, Theatre, located at 1200 in 2009, toggles between Tabitha Dell’Angelo, Sarah c o n te m p o r a r y t i m e s i n Old Trenton Road in West LeClair, Laura Scotti, Tim New York and early 19th Windsor Township. Wade, Kevin Nalty, Keith century Vienna. The story Written by Moisés Maliszewski, Matt DiMarino, TOPICS begins when modern-day Live Reading of Six Kaufman, 33 Variations is Millie Levy, and JaQuinley inspired by one of classi- m u s i c s c h o l a r, K a t h e r - Plays From Competition Kerr. ine Brandt, is driven to cal music’s most enduring A live reading of plays To be eligible for the competition, playwrights must live within a 100-mile radius P RINCETON SYMPHON Y ORC HEST RA of the Phillips’ Mill Com❊ RLY R O S S E N M I L A N O V , M U S I C D I R EC TO R munity Association of New EA Hope. Submissions close afR E ORD or the ! ter 50 plays are submitted f s t Sea or the deadline is reached. t s Be This is a blind competition, ❊ meaning the scr ipts are identified to the judges only by a number. The name of the playwright is revealed only after the six winning scripts have been chosen. The plays selected this year come from Pennsylvania; New York City; Brooklyn, N.Y.; and New Jersey. The readings will take place at the historic Phillips’ Mill at 2619 River Road, just north of New Hope, and a moderated Q &A between audience and playwrights will follow. A wine reception will wrap up the evening to allow judges, playwrights, actors, sponsors of the event, and the audience a chance to mingle. There is no admission fee, but a donation of any amount is appreciated. For

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the safety and protection of PU Faculty Member Performs all, proof of COVID-19 vac- In Jazz Masters Series cination and masking will be Jazz vocalist and Princrequired. e to n U n i v e r s i t y f a c u l t y Trineice Robinson Capital Philharmonic Concert member will perform as part of Jazz To Play Holiday Selections Trenton’s Jazz Masters SeThe Capital Philharmonic ries on Saturday, Novemreturns to Trenton’s Patriots ber 27, 3 :30 -7:30 p.m., Theater at the War Memo- at Candlelight Lounge, 24 rial on Sunday, December 5 Passaic Street, Trenton. at 4 p.m. for a program of Joining her will be pianist holiday favorites. Aaron Graves, bassist Lee Guest soprano and former Smith, and drummer Webb Ms. Rhode Island, Gianine Thomas. The cover charge is Campbell, hosts the con- $20 with a $10 drink minicert, which will be led by mum, dinner included. For conductor Daniel Spalding. information visit jazztrenAmong the pieces on the ton.com. program are “Carol of The Robinson released All or Bells,” “O Holy Night (CanNothing, her debut album, tique de Noel),” “My Grownlast August via 4RM ProducUp Christmas Wish,” and tions. The album combines “March of The Toys.” Orinfluences from jazz, R&B, ganist Brett Miller will play gospel, and classical music starting at 3:30 p.m. with an all-star band featuring Don Braden, Cyrus Chestnut, Kenny Davis, and Vince Ector. With the release of the album, Robinson crosses off a major item on her bucket list, finally releasing her debut album at the age of 40. Robinson, a member of the jazz faculty at Princeton, is an educator and researcher who developed her Soul Ingredients teaching met hodolog y to remedy the lack of Black music Gianine Campbell traditions represented in the The second of six con- field of voice pedagogy. She certs this season, “Classical has also raised two children, Christmas” is part of the or- both of whom sing along chestra’s 2021-2022 annual with her on All or Nothing. “My focus on academia program, aimed at bringing live classical music back to ended up superseding my the center of Trenton. Future ability to really nourish myconcerts include the New self as an artist,” Robinson Year’s Eve concert featuring said. “With Soul IngrediLeroy Anderson’s The Type- ents, I teach concepts like writer, Gershwin’s Porgy ‘sing your soul’ and ‘music and Bess, Saint-Saens’ Car- your story.’ Now it’s my turn nival of the Animals, and an to do that.” ode to the composer John The music on the albumWilliams. reflects Robinson’s diverse “We are beginning a new tastes and interests. In fact, era for Trenton as we launch it was her desire to explore our ninth season,” says Mu- beyond the narrow confines sic Director Daniel Spald- of a single defined genre ing. “I invite everyone to that led her down the circujoin me and our musicians, itous path to All or Nothing. dedicated board members, “One of the subconscious and volunteers in a journey reasons that I didn’t push of hope to restore and rein- forward in my own artistry vigorate the musical life in was the recognition that I fit Trenton. We will do it with in so many categories,” she passion for the traditions we said. “The industry makes hold dear but also mindful of you choose: if you’re going our changing times.” to be a jazz singer you have All adult audience mem- to sound a certain way; if bers and children over 12 you’re going to be a gospel years of age must show singer or an R&B singer or a proof of vaccination and be classical singer, you have to masked at all times. Chil- sound a certain way. What dren under the age of 12 happens if I’m all of those? may enter the theater with- My mission was to find anout proof of vaccination but swers for myself as I tried to must also be masked for the understand who I was as a performer.” duration of their visit. Tickets are on sale now with special discounts for students, groups, and subscribers at capitalphilharmonic.org or by calling a Princeton tradition! (609) 656-3224.

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“NEW BEGINNINGS: A RE-EMERGENCE”: Art from 13 members of the Plainsboro Artists’ Group is on view at the Plainsboro Public Library Gallery through November 27. The exhibit includes drawing, painting, mixed media, assemblage, and sculpture.

Plainsboro Artists Group Exhibits in Library Gallery

An exhibition by members of the Plainsboro Artists’ Group is now on view in the Plainsboro Public Library Gallery. “New Beginnings: A Reemergence,” which includes work in a variety of media, runs through November 27. Exhibiting artists include Leena S. Bagawde, Mousumi Banerjee, Nikita Choksi, Terrance Cummings, Stephanie Ding, Sruthi Goswamy, Nelly Kouzmina, Art Lee, Sweety Mehta, Sandhya Modi, Anandi Ramanathan, Elaine Rosenberg, and Chanika Svetvilas. The Plainsboro Public Library is the host of the Plainsboro Art Group made up of artists who meet on the first Tuesdays of every month at 6:30 p.m. (currently via Zoom) to connect and share their work, ideas, share resources, and seek advice from each other. The group has remained an active and important part of Plainsboro and surrounding

community with exhibitions and events that unite the community. The group welcomes all artists of varying levels and mediums to its meetings and events to foster a safe space for sharing. “Our art covers many ranges,” said Paula Ridley, the Artists’ Group member who coordinated the show. “We have mixed media artists, sculptors, painters, muralists, potters, graphic designers, sketch artists, textile artists, sketchbook journalers, abstract artists, book artists, and more.” The Plainsboro Public Library is located at 9 Van Doren Street in Plainsboro. For more information, visit plainsborolibrary.org, or call Sharon Mitchell at (609) 2752897.

The Gallery at MCCC Presents “Double Vision”

The Galler y at Mercer County Community College (MCCC) now presents “Double Vision,” featuring the works of Jamie Green-

field and Madelaine Shellaby. The exhibition runs through December 9 with an opening reception and “Conversation with the Artists” Q&A session on November 17 at 7 p.m. at the West Windsor Campus Gallery. Gallery Director Alice K. Thompson is curator for the exhibition. “Double Vision” is a collaborative project between artists Greenfield of Lawrenceville and Shellaby of Washington Crossing, Pa. The two artists discovered they had both been working in a stream of consciousness way. As Greenfield described, “We are looking inward to memory, and outward to the immediate environment for subject matter. The resulting drawings and digital montages reflect a common vision of fields of energy and awareness: what may be seen, felt, and known.” Thompson found it interesting that each of the artists had no preconceived notion of what the work was

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actually going to be prior to its completion. “Despite differing styles, their respective practices are similar in the manner in which they construct a composition,” she said. “Additionally,” Thompson said, “integrating the works rather than showing them separately, albeit under a common title, allows the viewer to examine similarities in process and draw conclusions of their own about ‘Double Vision.’” Shellaby explained the process behind her collaboration with Greenfield and how their compositions grow and develop. “My ‘Double Vision’ exhibition partner Jamie Greenfield and I discovered we have recently been working in much the same way — we build our complex drawings one object at a time,” she said. Shellaby detailed the process that culminates in the pair’s finished works. “Our images can be said to be self-generating,” she said. “Most artists will say that they develop a dialogue with their work, put one mark on the page, and then a second mark has to be invented to be in concert with the first one. And thus the composition grows.” Shellaby explained how she composes her digital montages in the same way. “I begin with an object, most often with a still life in mind; I choose from an array of objects I own and scan them into Photoshop, or I scan a portion of one of my paintings or drawings or photographs or ceramic pieces,” she said. “I have scanned plants and flowers grown in my garden. I play with and adjust and edit

“YEAR OF THE LOCUST 2021”: This work by Jamie Greenfield is featured in “Double Vision,” her dual exhibition with Madelaine Shellaby, on view at The Gallery at Mercer County Community College in West Windsor through December 9. An opening reception and conversation with the artists will be held on November 17 at 7 p.m. and build with these elements on the computer screen until the composition becomes complete. As far as content is concerned, I choose an object for its symbolic or metaphorical meaning. I enjoy placing disparate objects next to each other towards unexpected narratives.” Shellaby began her daily drawing practice during the pandemic with no specific result in mind. “I drew an object and then another one and another one, but each object had to feel right with what had been drawn before,” she said. “This was the constant and familiar

process of being in conversation with the work as it progressed and Jamie evidently was doing the same; hence this show.” The Gallery is located on the Mercer County Community College campus, 1200 Old Trenton Road in West Windsor. Hours are 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays, 12 to 3 p.m. Tuesdays, and 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesdays. For more information, visit mccc.edu. Note that all visitors are required to wear masks and a symptom tracker form may be required prior to viewing the exhibit. Continued on Next Page

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to the community, GSWS will donate 20 percent of the ar t sale proceeds to Mercer Street Friends and Send Hunger Packing. Mercer Street Friends is a local nonprofit whose mission is to build alliances and provide integrated services for children, and their families. The Send Hunger Packing program provides supplemental meals on the weekend for children K-sixth grade so that they are ready to learn on Monday. For more information, visit the GSWS website at gswcs. org/art-sale.html.

Covered Bridge Artisans 27th Annual Studio Tour

“TULIPS AND FOXGLOVE”: This painting by Doris Ettlinger is part of the Garden State Watercolor Society’s Pop-Up Art Sale, coming to 19 Hulfish Street for three consecutive weekends starting November 18.

Garden State Watercolor Society Hosts Art Sale

Garden State Watercolor Society (GSWS) returns to Princeton after a three-year hiatus for their Pop-Up Art Sale at 19 Hulfish Street in Palmer Square. Over 40 individual artists will reemerge from the pandemic’s creative hibernation. On display will be a large assortment of original artwork in various media to satisfy anyone’s taste or style.

The sale will run for three consecutive weekends beginning Thursday, November 18 . and continue on a Thursday-to-Sunday schedule ending on December 5. The Pop-Up Art Sale hours are Thursday and Friday, 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, 12 to 5 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving. An opening reception will be held on Friday, November 19 from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. As a way of giving back

Held this year on November 26, 27, and 28 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day, the Covered Bridge Artisans Studio Tour is a selfguided tour located in the Delaware River Valley of lower Hunterdon and Bucks counties. The 27th studio tour will take place in seven professional artists’ studios in the Lambertville, Stockton, New Hope, and Sergeantsville areas with 14 additional ar tists at the Sergeantsv ille Firehouse Events Center. Visitors to the tour can experience active studios as well as the gathering of many professional artists at the event center. This provides a wonderful opportunity to visit the studio, buy finished work, see work in progress, and talk with the artist. This year the tour features a variety of artisans working in glass, j e w e l r y, c e r a m i c s , c a s t bronze, painting, weaving, bookbinding, woodworking, quilting, and more.

T his year the Covered Bridge Artisans is teaming up with Fisherman’s Mark, a nonprofit social services organization in Lambertville that has been on the front lines of the Hurricane Ida relief effort. The devastation caused by the hurricane has left many residents housing insecure. Fisherman’s Mark is as sis t ing those in need through their Hurricane Ida Relief Grant. Covered Bridge Artisans is giving its loyal customers the oppor tunity to make a donation to Fisherman’s Mark at the 2021 tour. For more infor mat ion, and a map connected to GPS links, visit www.coveredbridgeartisans.com.

Area Exhibits Check websites for information on safety protocols. Art@Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street, has “Components in the Air / Jesse Stecklow” through January 2. artmuseum. princeton.edu. Artists’ Gallery, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Stillness / Motion” through December 5. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com. Arts Council of Princeton, 102 Witherspoon Street, has “Talk to Me” through November 20. artscouncilofprinceton.org. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City

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“PEONY”: This oil painting by Constance Bassett of Moorland Studios is part of this year’s Covered Bridge Artisans Studio Tour, to be held November 26, 27, and 28. Visit coveredbridgeartisans.com for a map and more information.

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Wednesday, Nov 17, at 8pm Princeton University Chapel Jazz Vespers is an inclusive experience of poetry, music, and prayer, featuring jazz saxophonist/clarinetist Audrey Welber, pianist Adam Faulk, and members of the Chapel Choir. This month’s theme is “Harvest.” Come to listen, to speak, and to rest. All are welcome. * Program continues: February 16, March 16, & April 20.

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Museum in Cadwalader Park, Parkside Avenue, Trenton, has “Painting the Moon and Beyond: Lois Dodd and Friends Explore the Night Sky” November 19 through April 29. Visit ellarslie.org for museum hours and timed entry tickets. Ficus Bon Vivant, 235 Nassau Street, has “Off the Beaten Path” through February 27. ficusbv.com. Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, has “Friends of Color” through November 29. cranbur yartscouncil.org. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Bruce Beasley: Sixty Year Retrospective, 19602020” through January 9 and “What’s in the Garden” through August 1. Hours are Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Timed tickets required. groundsforsculpture.org. Histor ical Soc iety of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 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. James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “It’s Personal: The Art of Robert Beck” through January 2, “Daring Design” through February 6, and “Miriam Carpenter: Shaping the Ethereal” through March 20. michenerartmuseum. org. Mercer Museum, 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “Found, Gifted, Saved! The Mercer Museum Collects Local History” through April 10. mercermuseum.org. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “In Nature’s Realm: The Art of Gerard Rutgers Hardenberg” through January 9 and the online exhibit “Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of New Jersey, 1761–1898.” Open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. morven.org. Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, has “Love Thy Nature” and “Looking Micro, Seeing Macro: Pressed Flower Art” through January 3. princetonlibrary.org. Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, has “Perspectives on Preservation: Capturing the Mountain Lakes Preserve from Up Close and On High” through December 6. The 254 Nassau Street location has “Mary Dolan Paintings” through December 7. smallworldcoffee.com.

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.: “Great Minds Salon: COVID, Where We Have Been and What is Up Next,” Zoom lecture sponsored by The Jewish Center Princeton. With infectious disease specialist David 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. 5 :30 p.m.: Ar tist conversation over Zoom with Jesse Stecklow, presented by the Princeton University Art Museum. Artmuseum. princeton.edu 6-7 p.m.: Children’s Blacklight Art Party, studio of Katelyn Liepins, 522 Executive Drive. For ages 6-12. $25. KatelynLiepinsStudio.com. 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 8 a.m.: Drive-through food donation at Modway parking lot, 329 Wycoff Mills Road, East Windsor. Sponsored by the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen and RISE. Food for Thanksgiving distributed on a first-come, first-served basis. Njrise.org. 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. 12 p.m.: Virtual meeting of the Permit Parking Task Force to review options for a proposed permit parking system to address parking needs of residents, employees of local business, and visitors. Visit princetonnj. gov and click on the calendar for instructions to join. 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.: Central Jersey Dance S ociet y pres ent s Swing and L atin Dance, with music by DJ CarlosG, at the Suzanne Patterson Center, 45 Stockton Street. No partner needed, all are welcome with proof of vaccination and masks. Instruction in “Sexy Bachata” from 7-8 p.m. $15 ($10 students). Centraljerseydance.org. 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 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.

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. Friday, December 3 7 p.m.: “Prelude to a Carol: Dickens Creates a Christmas Classic,” at Kingston Presbyterian Church, 4565 Route 27, Kingston. Oneperson show where Charles Dickens tells the behind-thescenes tale of creating A Christmas Carol. HistoricExperience.com/Prelude. Saturday, December 4 12-3 p.m.: Unveiling of 29 plaques on the Heritage Tour in the WitherspoonJackson Historic Dis trict. Each plaque will be unveiled and discussed during an outdoor walk. Free. Meet at Hinds Plaza outside

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Princeton Public Library to begin the tour. A reception will be held following the tour at Studio Hillier, 190 Witherspoon Street. Princetonwjhcs.org. 12-5 p.m.: The Mill Hill Holiday House and Window Tour, rain or shine, in Trenton’s Mill Hill neighborhood. View special decorations through front windows or on the sidewalks. Music, refreshments. Begin at Artworks, 119 Everett Alley. $20. TrentonMillHill.org. 4 p.m.: Sensory-friendly performance of Roxey Ballet’s The Nutcracker, at Eagle Fire Hall, 46 North Sugan Road, New Hope, Pa. Roxeyballet.org. 7 p.m.: Princeton Boychoir’s fall concert, “Sing for Joy!” streams at Westrickmusic.org. $15. Program ranges from Handel to Broadway. Sunday, December 5 1 p.m.: Sensory-friendly performance of Roxey Ballet’s The Nutcracker, at Eagle Fire Hall, 46 North Sugan Road, New Hope, Pa. Roxeyballet.org. 3 p.m.: Princeton Boychoir’s fall concert, “Sing for Joy!” streams at Westrickmusic.org. $15. Program ranges from Handel to Broadway. 4 p.m.: The Capital Philharmonic performs holiday

Princetonsymphony.org. Wednesday, December 15 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting. Princetonlibrary.org. Thursday, December 16 6:30 p.m.: Virtual discussion of the book The Exiles by Christine Baker Kline, led by University of Massachusetts professor Maria John. Sponsored by the Historical Society of Princeton and Princeton Public Library. Princetonhistory.org. Monday, December 20 Recycling Wednesday, December 22 7 p.m.: “A Very Lambertville Holiday Celebration,” at Music Mountain Theatre, 1483 NJ 179, Lambertville. A collaboration between the Roxey Ballet and the Lambertville Historical Society; music and dance. Roxeyballet.org.

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is another favorite, with ciabatta bread and freshly sliced avocado, topped with bruschetta and served with any style eggs.” “Among our most asked for breakfast specialties are the Delizioso signature pancakes,” she adds. “Nutella, cannoli, or plain, they are a big hit.” Lunch choices include a variety of salads and sandwiches, both open-face and traditional, as well as pizza. “The blueberry open face sandwich features fresh blueberry spread, goat cheese, and basil, served with our house salad,” says Weshner. “Another open face favorite is fresh spinach, with mozzarella and ricotta, roasted pepper spread, served with our house salad.” Two popular traditional sandwiches are the Mamma Mia, with fried chicken, arugula, roasted peppers. prosciutto, and basil pesto spread, served with french fries, and the Smash sandwich, which is indeed smashing! Grilled chicken, bacon, cheese, and guacamole spread, served with french fries make this a fan favorite. Like everything else at Delizioso, the salads are made daily, and include the Mediterranean-style chickpea salad with red onions, cucumber, Kalamata olives, peppers, and feta cheese. The arugula salad features red onions, grape tomatoes, chopped prosciutto, and black olives with balsamic vinaigrette dressing. Kids’ Menu Customers all comment on the generous portions,

notes Weshner. “The only complaint we have received is that the portions are too big!” A Kids’ Menu is also available, with chicken fingers and french fries, peanut butter and jelly sandwiches, Roman pizza, and Mac-NCheese Bites among the choices. All include a dessert treat and water bottle. Speaking of dessert treats — they are almost too good to be true! All homemade, specialties include croiss a nt s, m u f f i n s, d on u t s, tortes, eclairs, cookies, cupcakes, rugelach, and more. Bagels are also a favorite, as is the unique “cragel,” the special weekend treat, with a bagel surrounded by a croissant. Full-size pies and custom cakes can also be ordered. D el i z ios o’s cof fe e has many fans. Whether it is regular drip, espresso, cappuccino. latte, or a special flavor, everyone wants a second cup. Cold brewed tea (hot and iced), and Chai, juices, and bottled water are also available. Catering is another service, reports Weshner. “We cater all sizes and styles of events, and we have already had residential customers, Princeton University, and others, including one event for 150 people. In addition, we will have special pies for the holidays.” Outdoor Tables Prices at Delizioso start at $2.50 for coffee, $10.95 for breakfast and lunch, and pizza at $5.95 a slice. Kids’ Menu choices are $8.95. Currently, the cafe can seat more than 30 people, including several outdoor tables. All the COVID-19 sanitary and safety

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With Senior Standout Gee Tallying Both Goals, PU Women’s Soccer Tops Vermont 2-0 in NCAAs

atum Gee is trying to extend her time with the Princeton University women’s soccer team as long as possible. The senior captain scored the only two goals in the Tigers women’s soccer team’s 2-0 win over Vermont in an NCAA tournament first round contest last Friday night at Class of 1952 Stadium. “I think that was the perfect way to end it on this field,” said forward Gee, a native of Long Beach, Calif. “I couldn’t have asked for more than that. I have only good memories on this field now.” Gee scored both goals in the first 20 minutes and Princeton Day School product Grace Barbara made three saves including a huge one early in the second half as Princeton improved to 15-2-1. Princeton advances to face eighth-seeded TCU, an 8-0 winner of Prairie View A&M, on November 19 at Rutgers, which is the bracket’s No. 1 seed. “I’ve seen every top team in the country because I like to see how we match up in general in case we get there,” said Princeton head coach Sean Driscoll, whose team would face the victor of the Rutgers-Saint Louis matchup on November 21 in a Sweet 16 matchup if it can defeat the Horned Frogs. “TCU is exceptional. Very, very good; very athletic, very well coached. I know Eric (Bell, TCU head coach) just from his time at Florida State. They’re a great team.” Princeton, too, feels like it has something special this season. One year after not having a season at all, they earned a home NCAA game and made the most of it. “This is the last game I’ll ever play at Princeton, so it was very emotional coming into it,” said Gee. “I don’t think it was our best performance but I think the best thing that this team has is grit and we showed it tonight so no matter the circumstances, no matter how we’re playing, we find a way to win.” Winning at this point serves two purposes. It pushes Princeton along farther in the NCAA tournament, and just as significantly to the team and to Driscoll is that it earns them more time together after so much time was lost last year. “I took a gap year last year so I didn’t play with the team last year,” said Gee. “I had a whole year off from seeing my best friends. So coming back to this program and getting to play soccer one last time was

the greatest gift ever. And I’m not done playing soccer. Just to have one more week makes me feel so happy. Words can’t express what one more week means to me and this team.” After scoring two total goals in three previous seasons, Gee has scored in bunches in her final year. She scored goals in five games this year, and in two of those games before Friday she also scored two goals. She now has eight on the season. Twelve minutes into the game, Heather MacNab crossed the ball into the box where Alexis Hiltunen headed the ball high toward the right side of the 6-yard line as the Vermont goalie tried to punch the ball away and ended up tangled on the ground with one of her defenders. Gee raced in and went up over a Vermont defender to sky the ball up at the goal line and into the right side of the goal for the 1-0 lead. After a Vermont foul, Gee took the ensuing free kick from 25 yards out. Her drive arched high and just over the goalie and players crashing the net to settle in the top of the far right corner for a 2-0 lead. “It was a shot,” said Gee. “I was putting it in, in hopes it would go in or the keeper might not get all of the ball and it bounces back out. I got lucky with that one. The first one, I had no idea where it was honestly. I was just putting my body into the goal and got lucky too.” Princeton had other chances as well. The Tigers outshot Vermont, 206, with nine of Princeton’s shots being saved. Barbara also faced a few dangerous opportunities, but kept Princeton’s breathing room all game. “Grace made a save at 2-0 to keep it 2-0 in the second half,” said Driscoll. “Grace has done that all season long. If you watch all of our Ivy League games, we had six shutouts and she had a big save in each of them. I thought that that save to her left in the second half was huge.” The challenge of Vermont was their box midfield formation that Princeton had not seen this year. Now Princeton will face one of the top offensive teams in the country in TCU. TCU ranks 17th with 2.55 goals per game. TCU also sports a good defense that is ranked fifth in the country in goals against average. Princeton ranks 22nd. “In order to be good, in order to have any chance in

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the tournament, you have to have a good defense,” said Driscoll. “We’ve relied upon on defense in many, many occasions but that’s the game of soccer. Soccer is typically a one-goal game one way or the other, and it’s nice to know we have 11 shutouts and the teams that have fared the best since I’ve been here have had in excess of 10.” Princeton’s three firstteam All-Ivy League honorees are all from their defense – Barbara, junior Madison Curry and senior Lucy Rickerson. Gee, senior Gabi Juarez and sophomore Aria Nagai all were second-team selections. Junior Marissa Hart was named honorable mention. “ We ’ r e a r e a l l y g o o d team,” said Driscoll. “As I’ve said to a lot of people, this is my favorite team I’ve ever coached. As Tatum alluded to already, it’s just a really good group of people, they all enjoy being together, the quality of the culture is off the charts.” Princeton advanced beyond the first round of the NCAA tournament for the first time since Gee was a freshman in 2017 when they reached the NCAA quarterfinals. The Tigers lost in their first game in their last trip to the NCAA tournament in 2018. “I definitely think being in two NCAA tournaments before this has helped me a lot just with my nerves and having a little bit more experience to show the other girls on the field,” said Gee. “I think there’s something special about this team that I haven’t experienced in any teams prior in the fact that everyone is mature and very focused and we’re all on the same page with that. It’s not hard to lead these girls.” Almost 1,000 fans were witnesses to Princeton’s quick start. The Tigers were aware of keeping their emotions in check and treating it as though it was a usual game. “I think it was definitely hard the first five minutes where there’s so many fans in the stands and everything is pretty hectic,” said Gee. “But once we settle it down and we start moving the ball, it’s pretty easy.” The two goals helped to settle down Princeton and buy another week together. The Tigers would like nothing more than to continue their season for the chance to bond more but they know they will have to be sharper than they were in their firstround performance to stay alive.

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G-FORCE: Princeton University women’s soccer player Tatum Gee, right, controls the ball last Friday night as the Tigers hosted Vermont in the first round of the NCAA tournament. Senior Gee scored both goals in the contest as Princeton prevailed 2-0. The Tigers, now 15-2-1, will face eighthseeded TCU (18-2-2) at Rutgers on November 19 in a second round contest. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) “I think if we’re going to do well, we’re going to have to move the ball a lot quicker than we did,” said Driscoll. “We spent a lot of time on the ball dribbling tonight, and that’s not our M.O. It’s one of the things we can do, but it can’t be the only thing we do.” Driscoll credited Vermont

for its physical play to the end that kept Princeton from notching a third goal. Though Gee had both of the goals Friday, the Tigers have relied on a balanced attack that makes it impossible to key on any one player. They will need a strong attack and their vaunted defense to play at a higher level against TCU.

“I do feel confident, but I do feel like there are a lot of things we need work on going forward,” said Gee. “Everybody who made the tournament is a good team, so we’re taking it one game at a time.” —Justin Feil

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PU Football Pulls Away to 35-20 Victory over Yale, Playing at Penn in Finale Aiming to Win Ivy Crown Coming off a disappointing 31-7 defeat at Dar tmouth, its first setback of the fall, the Princeton University football team was chomping at the bit to get back on the field as its hosted Yale last Saturday with first place in the Ivy League on the line. B u t P r i n c e ton h ad to wait a little longer as a line of t hu nderstor ms s wept through the area delaying the Senior Day ceremony and kickoff by 90 minutes. “It was a very emotional day for sure with the lightning delay, it was very unusual,” said Princeton senior receiver Dylan Classi. Emotions were high for Princeton as it looked to bounce back from the defeat to the Big Green. “It was a tough loss but everything we want is still in front of us and that was the mentality throughout the week,” said Classi. “We knew we were playing for a championship. Practice was where it started. We had a great week of practice, we were able to come out today and execute.” The Tigers went out and executed very well, pulling away to a 35-20 win over the Bulldogs before a crowd of 7,686 at Princeton Stadium to improve to 8-1 overall and 5-1 Ivy. Princeton is tied for first place in the league standings with Dartmouth, also 8-1 overall and 5-1 Ivy, with one game left in the season. As a bonus, the Tigers

earned the bonfire at Cannon Green behind Nassau Hall, emblematic of beating Yale and Harvard in the same season. Classi got the first score of the day on a 12-yard touchdown pass from Cole Smith late in the first quarter. “That is something we worked on all week and is something we felt very comfortable calling in the game,” said Classi. “They gave us a look that was good for that play call.” With Princeton trailing Yale 17-14 in the waning moments of the first half, Classi came through again, making a 44-yard reception to get the Tigers to the Yale 32-yard line and coming up with a 13-yard catch on the next play. Princeton cashed in as Smith hit Jacob Birmelin with a seven-yard TD pass to go up 21-17 and never trailed again. “That was big, very big; we said on the sideline that we were going to go and drive down the field and score,” said Classi, who ended up with six receptions for 106 yards and a touchdown in the victory. “Hats off to the whole offense, all 11 guys. They played their butts off and truly executed on every play. We play hard for each other, that is what it comes down to.” The Tigers jumped out to a 35-20 lead in the third quarter and cruised from there. “It was good to go up big,”

said Classi. “It was a close game in the first half, we had a couple of plays go our way. We were able to capitalize on that.” Classi was not surprised that the Tigers stuck together and came up big in the wake of the suffering their first loss of the season. “We truly love each other, it is a true brotherhood here,” said Classi. “We had 41 seniors today which is unusual. Our love for each other is what separates us from the rest.” Another senior, defensive back Christian Brown, noted that Tigers were staying in the present no matter what. “I think that goes into the day, we didn’t focus on yesterday or what is going to happen next week or tomorrow,” said Brown. “Today is all that we know. We play like there is no tomorrow and just do what the guy next to you needs you to.” Brown made one of the big plays of the contest, picking off a Nolan Grooms pass in the third quarter and taking the ball down 11 yards down to the Yale five. Four plays later, Niko Vangarelli bulled into the end zone on a oneyard plunge as Princeton increased its lead to 35-17. “We are in place and then when it comes your time, you can capitalize on that moment,” said Brown, reflecting on his interception. “In that moment, I was just doing what the coach

told me. I was in my place. The ball came my way and it was just go back to Little League football, catch the ball and I caught the ball.” As Princeton prepared last week for the showdown with Yale, Brown sensed that the Tigers were in a good place. “All of these guys came back and they didn’t yell, they didn’t pound anybody, they just came back with leadership and love,” said Brown. “They said we are going to come back and do what we always do. We put in the work, we were ready for it, we came out and showed what we can do.” Princeton head coach Bob Surace liked what he saw from his players as they girded for the Bulldogs. “We had an incredible week of practice, it was a normal week” said Surace. “Those back-to-back Friday games throw you off schedule. To practice Tuesday and Wednesday with real practices, it just felt right. We were just flying around. I told the scout team guys that was the best week they have had. It was just a fun week of practice.” Surace acknowledged that the Senior Day emotions could have thrown off his players a little bit. “Senior Day is hard, you have got people who are walking you out, it may be the second to last game you will ever play and they took you to your first Little League practice,” said Surace.

“Your mom, your dad, your whoever, they are walking you out, that is emotional. There is nothing I can say to take that emotion away other than when the ball gets kicked off, let’s just play football. We practiced well, let’s take deep breaths and try to focus as best we can. I thought we did it.” The Tigers kept their focus through the weather delay. “I told them to relax, take their shoulder pads off and make sure they stay hydrated because this might be a half hour,” said Surace. “It might be an hour and a half like it was.” In Surace’s view, the drive in the last minute of the second quarter helped turn the tide for Princeton. “I said to the offensive staff because the wind was back and forth being a factor, I said what do you think, can we get a couple of safe throws and drive starters and get this thing going,” said Surace. “You are kind of hoping to just get a field goal. We had 51 seconds and then we hit that long one to Dylan and then we get it down there close enough to take that shot into the end zone.” Surace credited Classi with getting things going for the Tigers. “That TD catch he made at the beginning, I can’t wait to watch it on film, I was on the other side,” said Surace. “The corner route he ran, the throw and catch from him and Cole in the third quarter, it was right in front

of me. I usually don’t try to show emotion, but I put my arms up. That play was the beauty of ‘you practice this over and over all summer.’” After the emotional win, Surace wanted his players to refocus as they look to clinch an Ivy crown in the season finale at Penn (3-6 overall, 1-5 Ivy) on November 20. “I told them, let’s come out tomorrow refreshed, get your sleep tonight,” said Surace. “This was an incredibly emotional game. When you win this one, it signifies a bonfire. The bonfire is for t he com mu n it y and t he supporters. We had a great crowd today, you could feel the energy. But you win next week, you have something that you take the rest of your life. Winning the Big 3 is huge. That is a nice step but when you can also win the league to go with that, that is where we come out refreshed. We have a lot of corrections obviously and hopeful we can make them.” Classi isn’t about to deviate from his routine despite what is at stake next Saturday in Philadelphia. “I am going to treat every week like it is the same; when you get to a point like this, it is not time to stray from what you have been doing,” said Classi. “You fall back on your habits and the things that got you here. It is another game to us, we are going to come out, have a great week of practice, and execute.” —Bill Alden

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Ethan Wright didn’t waste any time getting back into the flow for the Princeton University men’s basketball team as it hosted RutgersCamden to open its season. As Princeton hit the court on November 9 for the first time since March 2020 after that season was halted due to the pandemic and the 2020-21 campaign was canceled due to ongoing COVID-19 concerns, senior guard and tri-captain Wright scored the first seven points of the contest. “We have been waiting a long time to be back,” said Wright. “It felt great to be back with the guys and playing against somebody else in uniform with fans. I haven’t

done that in over 600 days. Last time I did that, I was a sophomore. A lot has changed since then. It was incredible to be back in Jadwin.” Wright’s early outburst set the tone as Princeton went on to rout the Division III Scarlet Raptors 94-28. “Coach (Mitch Henderson) was emphasizing getting off to a hot start so we could play a bunch of guys,” said Wright. “I thought we executed really well early on and got some quick baskets. We like to run a lot so that was a quick start for us.” Princeton executed well despite the long hiatus from game action. “We are young, we have

have become a lot better at leading. Because we have had great leaders in the past, we understand what we need to do now. I think we are ready to make the jump to being senior captains and leaders.” It was tough to grow as a player at times over the last year with COVID-19 restrictions. “I played as much as I could, we got to practice last spring together which was awesome,” said Wright. “L ast fall, it was hard to find g yms for a long time. We were just running outside. Our strength coach had a lot of stuff for us to do conditioning-wise. We played pickup but it was difficult. We did as much as we could with the resources that we had.” P r i nce ton h e ad coach Mitch Henderson enjoyed seeing his players take the court at Jadwin. “It was so nice, we talked about the appreciation and the recalibration after being off for so long,” said Henderson. “We needed to play somebody different, thanks to Rutgers-Camden. We needed to play with everybody here watching us, evaluating us and feeling that. That was crucial for us.” It was also cr ucial for some of the squad’s younger players to finally play in a college game. “We had three guys who we think are going to play a lot for us that have never played in this gym and some of them are sophomores,” said Henderson, referring to freshman Mason Hooks and sophomores Matt

guys who haven’t played in a college game,” said Wright. “We get along really well off the court and that helps us a lot on the court. We have been able to mesh together with a lot of upperclassmen and working guys in. Tonight, whoever was playing, we were playing together and we were playing good offense.” Not being able to play last year helped mature Wright and his fellow seniors. “It was definitely difficult, watching every other team last year and not being able to play,” said Wright, a 6’4, 190-pound native of Newton Centre, Mass. “We had to do a lot of growing up. It is a strong senior class and I think we

Allocco and Zach Martini. “Now they need to hear from their friends that you guys win by a lot. We got judged, people got to see us. That is a big takeaway and we can grow from there.” The Tigers showed growth last weekend at the inaugural Asheville Championship, topping South Carolina 6662 in the semis on Friday and then falling 87-80 in double overtime to Minnesota in the championship game on Sunday. Henderson sensed that the trip to North Carolina would be a good experience for his squad. “I am really excited, traveling together on the road,” said Henderson. “We haven’t been able to do that together. We are getting on a plane. There are a lot of firsts. We are going to a neutral site, playing against a huge, physical team. These are my favorite things. We have had a lot of success the last few years against high major opponents.” As Princeton hosts Marist on November 17 and then plays at Oregon State on November 21, Henderson will look for his team to show more good things. “The schedule is hard, we are going to get hit and they need to just keep going,” said Henderson. “It is ‘we are OK, let’s keep doing this and getting better at what we are.’ I am confident of that.” Henderson is confident that Wright will keep getting better and better. “He has been a primary defender for us ; he is a

captain so it is don’t stop growing and leading this year,” said Henderson of Wr ight, who recorded a d o u b l e - d o u b l e w i t h 14 points and a career-high 18 rebounds in the loss to Minnesota. “We have everything you need to be very good but in order for us to be great we have to be brazen so he can be brazen for us. Tonight he had a lot of steals, he gets his hands on a lot of passes. We measure little things that are basically effort and he leads us in those categories and I want him to continue to do that. I want him to look people in the eye and say, ‘why aren’t you doing that?’ It’s not that I don’t care if he makes shots, he is going to. When you are brazen and you play that way, it tends to raise the level.” Wright, for his part, is determined to speak up and be more of a vocal leader for the Tigers. “Going back to my first two years, I had a great upperclassmen ahead of me so I could talk less and kind of do my thing,” said Wright. “I was looking to them for what I was supposed to be doing and now there are a lot of guys who don’t know what they are doing all of the time and they are looking to guys like me, Jaelin [Llewellyn], Drew [Friberg], Max [Johns], and Charlie [Bagin]. It has been a lot harder for me to be more vocal, it is something I am constantly working on. I think I am getting better at it. It has really been a shift, being a senior and having people look up to you and looking for answers from you.” —Bill Alden

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Sparked by Junior Cunningham’s Emergence as a Star, PU Women’s Hoops Tops Boston University, Now 3-0 With the Princeton University women’s basketball team having its 2020-21 season canceled due to COVID-19 concerns, Julia Cunningham took a gap year and turned her attention to self-improvement. “With the year off, you are not playing games and there is not that kind of strain on your body, you get to focus on some of things you wouldn’t normally get to focus on — getting in shape, getting stronger, lifting together,” said Princeton junior guard Cunningham, a 5’11 native of Watchung, N.J., who lived with two of her teammates in the Princeton area during the 2020-21 school year. “I think it was really important. We spent a lot of time in the gym, getting shots up, getting reps.” Last Sunday as Princeton hosted Boston University for its first game at Jadwin Gym since February 29, 2020, Cunningham displayed the fruits of that labor, contributing 20 points and 11 rebounds for her first career double-double to help Princeton pull away to a 69-40 win over the Terriers. The win improved the Tigers to 3-0 and extended their winning streak to 25 stretching back to the 2019-20 campaign. “I think for me it is the defense into offense,” said Cunningham, reflecting on her progress. “We really get our momentum from the defensive end and coming down offensively we are just very confident. We rep it out in practice here on

our home court. We get a lot of shots up on these baskets, it is just being confident with the ball in my hands.” Getting the chance to finally play again at Jadwin gave the Tigers confidence. “It is exciting for sure, I think our main goal is to defend our home court,” said Cunningham. “We haven’t played here in 600 and something days. We were definitely looking forward to that, being in front of own fans and in our own environment. It was great.” Princeton defended its home court with intensity, stifling the Terriers in jumping out to a 17-8 lead after the first quarter. “Defensively, our mentality is always to keep teams under 40 points,” said Cunningham. “It is hard to win a game under 40 points. We were pretty happy with that. I think coming out in the game, we want to frustrate teams. I think that is the best way to do it. It turns defense into offense.” The Tigers showed balance at the offensive end in the win over BU as Abby Meyers scored 15 points and Grace Stone added 13. “I think scoring wise we have a lot of threats with Abby, Maggie [Connolly], and Grace,” said Cunningham. “We have a lot of people to go to, just looking at the basket and being confident every time we are going down on that offensive end is going to be important for us.” With two college seasons under her belt, Cunningham

is looking to take more of a leadership role this winter. “Coming in a lot of these underclassmen haven’t played any college basketball games so it is just walking them through the process,” said Cunningham. “There is a big learning curve. I think our upperclassmen are taking a leadership role, all of us. I think that is going to be really important especially as we get into games where there is a little adversity and we get a punch in the face. Walking them through that, being calm, being composed and the leadership force on the court is going to be big for us.” In Cunningham’s view, the veterans and the newcomers are coming together well. “We have really good chemistry off the court, especially the upperclassmen group that has played together before,” said Cunningham. “We work really hard for each other. When you work hard, you are going to win games, regardless of anything else. We are all really good friends. When we get on the court, we just really complete for each other, we want to win games. We know that the person behind us has our back and that is a really good way to go into a game. You have a lot of confidence in yourself and your team and that is going to win games.” Princeton head coach Carla Berube was excited to see her players take the court at Jadwin. “It was awesome, we couldn’t wait to play here and

see our fans and our families,” said Berube. “It is a long time coming but happy that the day is finally here.” The Tiger defense didn’t look like it has missed a beat despite the long layoff. “The focus on defense is not going to change,” said Berube, who guided the Tigers to a 26-1 record in 2019-20 during her first season at the helm of the program. “Because we have returners that know how to defend and have been a part of it, it is an easier transition than starting from ground zero. We have a lot of new faces that are coming along very well and understand it and are working really hard at it. The leadership that we have just helps us out.” Cunningham’s emergence as a star has been the product of a lot of work. “People understand that

they need to step up in new roles and I think Julia took that to heart; she worked really hard during her gap year and never rested,” said Berube of Cunningham, who is averaging 19.0 points and 8.3 rebounds a game this season after averaging 8.2 points and 3.1 rebounds in 2019-20. “The difference between Ivy League teams and the rest of the world is that we have been able to work on our individual skill set. She certainly did that, her 3 looks great. Abby Meyers worked on her game a lot too. These role players that were around Carlie [Littlefield] and Bella [Alarie] are stepping into bigger roles, bigger spots.” With Princeton playing at Rhode Island on November 20 and at Temple on November 23, Berube is looking for her squad to build on its hot start. “I think I’m happiest that we

are just coming together as a team,” said Berube. “I love the energy from 1 through 16. I am happy with three great victories. It is nice to start out the season 3-0. We knew this was going to be a tough stretch to start the year. We came in ready to go and people are stepping up.” Cunningham, for her part, is confident that the Tigers will keep stepping up. “I am happy about the 3-0 for sure; we are focusing just one game at a time and that is really big for us, especially being a young team,” said Cunningham. “The win streak is great but we are taking it one game at a time, we have a tough nonconference schedule. We are taking it one day at a time and I think that is going to be our focus moving forward.” — Bill Alden

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With the Princeton University men’s hockey team playing its first game at Hobey Baker Rink in more than 20 months last Saturday evening, the Tigers gave the fans on hand their money’s worth. Hosting Long Island University, Princeton jumped out to a 2-0 lead on goals by Liam Gorman and Ian Murphy only to see the Sharks tally four unanswered goals in the second period to go up 4-2. Princeton responded with goals by David Ma and Corey Andonovski in the third to force overtime. Neither team scored in overtime and the game ended in a 4-4 tie. Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty was thrilled to see his players hit the ice at Baker Rink for the first time since losing 2-0 to Brown on February 29, 2020. “To be back home after 623 days was great,” said Fogarty. “There was great excitement from the players. They had a major jump in the first part of the game, we played really well throughout.” While Fogarty would have liked to see his team pull out the win, he was happy with how his players dealt with the ups and downs of the contest as Princeton moved to 3-1-1 overall. “I like how we handled adversity,” said Fogarty. “We were up two and then down by two and then to come back and tie it and have some chances in overtime. We did a lot of good things. I believe we deserved to win on Saturday where we probably deserved to lose on Friday (a 2-1 win at LIU) on Long Island. They

were two types of games.” The Tigers have been handling their business well in the early stages of the season. “I like our style of play for most part of our last four games,” said Fogarty. “The underclassmen are doing a great job of just contributing. They have jumped right in, facing every challenge and exceeding expectations for sure. In the past, maybe we have had some individuals that have done a great job to get those wins. It has been a great team effort to get us to 3-1-1.” The squad’s blue line unit has made a big contribution to the solid start. “I believe the whole defense corps has played extremely well, it is the deepest we have had,” said Fogarty. “Pito [Walton] had a great weekend against Yale and Brown. David Ma had a great game against LIU on Saturday and Mark [Paolini] has been contributing. The defense have been able to seek out scoring opportunities because the forwards are supporting them up high and giving them some space to attack the net.” Sophomore forward Murphy is emerging as an offensive catalyst for the Tigers. “Ian Murphy has been playing well, he just does his job every time he is on the ice,” said Fogarty of Murphy who has two goals and two assists so far this season. “He knows what type of a player he is and what his line mates expect of him. He is a very good complement player to a line. He knows exactly

what he is going to do and he always does the right thing.” The Tigers did a lot of good things in their first ECAC Hockey weekend as they defeated Brown 6-3 on November 5 and then topped Yale 6-2 a day later. “That weekend was more indicative of how we were playing in preseason and practice,” said Fogarty. “I thought the game against Army (a 4-1 loss on October 30) was more of the wrong direction. It wasn’t a surprise how we played against Yale and Brown, that was the expectation that I had for Army and we didn’t execute our play to our standard. We just need the consistency to permeate down from the upperclassmen that we have to play this way all of the time.” As Princeton looks forward to getting back on the Baker Rink ice to host St. Lawrence on November 19 and Clarkson on November 20, Fogarty wants to see his players build on the positives they displayed against LIU. “We are looking for our consistency of play,” said Fogarty. “If we can play like we were doing with the good things on Saturday and improve on them we should be OK.” — Bill Alden

Senior goalie Rachel McQuigge made 37 saves in earning the shutout as the Tigers improved to 5-1 overall and 5-1 ECAC Hockey. McQuigge was later named as the ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week. In upcoming action, Princeton plays at Colgate on November 19 and at Cornell on November 20.

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PU Women’s Volleyball Tops Cornell in Finale

Ending the season with a bang, the Princeton University women’s volleyball team defeated Cornell 3-0 (25-15, 25-20 25-22) last Saturday. Senior Julia Schner contributed nine kills and two blocks in her final appearance for the Tigers as they finished the season at 16-6 overall and 10-4 Ivy League.

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With five finishers in the top 11, the Princeton University men’s cross country team placed first at the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional last Friday in Bethlehem, Pa. S enior Jakob K int zele set the pace for the Tigers, placing fifth individually in a time of 30:20.5 over the 10,000-meter course. Fellow senior and Australian Olympian steeplechaser Ed Trippas was the next finisher for Princeton, taking sixth in 30:23.1. T he Tigers s cored 40 points to take first place over Georgetown which was second with 49 points. Tiger Women’s Hockey Princeton is next in acEdges Quinnipiac 1-0 tion when it competes in Maggie Connors scored the NCA A championship the lone goal as the Princ- meet on November 20 in eton Universit y women’s Tallahassee, Fla. hockey team defeated Quinnipiac 1-0 last Saturday.

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GOLDEN GOAL: Princeton University men’s soccer player Mateo Godoy, right, goes after the ball against Yale last Saturday. Junior midfielder Godoy came through in the clutch for the Tigers, tallying the lone goal in the contest in overtime as Princeton prevailed 1-0 in its regular season finale. The victory marked the 200th career win for Tiger head coach Jim Barlow. Princeton, now 12-5 overall and 7-0 Ivy League, will start play in the NCAA tournament where it will play at St. John’s in a first round contest on November 18 with the victor heading west to face top-seeded Oregon State on November 21 in a second round game. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) Pr inceton had a team PU Women’s Cross Country score of 122 points in plac4th in Mid-Atlantic Regional

Fiona Max led the way as the Princeton University women’s cross country team took fourth at the NCA A Mid-Atlantic Regional last Friday in Bethlehem, Pa. Fre sh ma n Ma x place d sixth individually, covering the 6,000-meter course in a time of 20:28.7. Junior Abby Loveys was the next finisher for the Tigers, coming in 23rd in 21:12.7.

ing four t h. G eorgetow n finished first in the team standings with 43 points while West Virginia took second with 67 points and Villanova was third with 105 points. As a result of placing in the top four individually, Max qualified individually for the NCA A championship meet taking place on November 20 in Tallahassee, Fla.

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PHS Girls’ Soccer Defeats HoVal 2-0 in Sectional Final As Lis Continues Extraordinary Run with a Pair of Goals For the Princeton High girls’ soccer team, the third time proved to be the charm as it hosted Hopewell Valley in the Central Jersey Group 3 sectional final last Friday. With PHS having lost 3-2 to HoVal in the regular season and then dropping a 3-1 decision in the Mercer County Tournament semis, the top-seeded Tigers turned the tables on the secondseeded Bulldogs, winning 2-0 in the sectional final. PHS, which improved to 20-2 with the triumph, now play at South champion Lacey (15-6-1) in the Group 3 semis on November 17 with the victor advancing to the state Group 3 final on November 21 at Kean University.

Coming into round three with Hopewell, Tiger head coach Dave Kosa fine-tuned his game plan. “We were definitely trying to be the aggressor and get on the attack first,” said Kosa, who is in his first season guiding the program. “We taped the first two games; it was learning what we did not so good and just trying to take away some of the things that they do well. We limited their corners, we didn’t let them behind us. They got behind us in the first two games and in this case they didn’t so that took away a lot of their set pieces and a lot of their corner kicks. Second of all, we were looking to win all of the 50/50 balls. We scouted

STANDING TALL: Princeton High girls’ soccer player Sophia Lis, left, celebrates after scoring a goal against Hopewell Valley in the Central Jersey Group 3 sectional final last Friday. Senior star and Lehigh-bound Lis scored two goals in the contest as top-seeded PHS prevailed 2-0 over the second-seeded Bulldogs. The Tigers, who improved to 20-2 with the triumph, will now play at South champion Lacey (15-6-1) in the Group 3 semis on November 17 with the victor advancing to the state Group 3 final on November 21 at Kean University. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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them against Brick in the sectional semis and Brick controlled most of the play. They were all over them too, they were really, really aggressive, marking closely. We took that and used that to our advantage.” Having the home field advantage in the sectional final was a big plus for the Tigers. “The fans were amazing; we had the Tiger Cage going, the student section, that was great,” said Kosa. “Our field is not as wide as theirs, it is just comfortable. We haven’t lost at home this year. We had a lot of motivation with them beating us twice, we were so pumped up.” PHS senior star and Lehigh-bound Sophia Lis got the crowd pumped up, tallying a goal 20 minutes into the contest to put the Tigers up 1-0. “We talked about that, no matter whether we go up one or down one or whoever scores first, we just have to make sure that we stay poised together and that is something that we did,” said Kosa, noting that PHS jumped out to a 1-0 lead over HoVal in the MCT semis and failed to close the deal “After we scored that first one, Moji [goalkeeper Moji Ayodele ] went down and said let’s make sure that we stay focused and concentrating on our goal here. Let’s not get too high because there is a lot of game to play. We learned from game two and that helped us.” Early in the second half, Lis struck again, tallying at the 51st minute to provide the final margin of victory for PHS. “W hen t he stakes are raised, she raises her game,” said Kosa of Lis, who has 36 goals and 21 assists this year, including seven goals in sectional play. “She is a great kid and a great player. She is just so talented, there were a couple of other ones where she was so close as well. It doesn’t seem like pressure bothers her.” The Tiger defense held the fort the rest of the way. “They had one or two that went off the post,” said Kosa. “Moji played great, even though she didn’t have to m a ke t hat m a ny clutch saves. She was controlling us back there.” The coach’s daughter, senior sweeper Annie Kosa, also helped control things along the back line as she played through a calf injury. “We didn’t think she was going to play at all when it was Thursday night or even Friday,” said Kosa. “Up until 12 after our team

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lunch, she was going down to see the trainer. So going from that to play, she was rocking it back there. She played magnificent, clearing everything out. There were a couple of times where someone got by the first line of defense and she is there doing slide tackles. It was amazing to see, here is a kid who you don’t think is going to play and she shines in a final game like that. I was amazed.” It was an amazing feat for PHS to win the sectional crown, the program’s first since 2012. “We kept on talking about it, it was beyond our wildest dreams and then it was really have a shot,” said Kosa. “We are playing really well, we have a great record, we win our division, we are looking for the top seed and we get that. Everybody is going to have to come to Princeton. It just meant everything, winning it in front of everybody here was so special.” The Tigers have been saving their best for last. “I was just looking back at the state tournament games,” said Kosa. “Robbinsville gave us a good run (a 1-0 in the quarterfinals on November 5). Colts Neck is a really strong Shore team, 3-1 there was a great win for us (on November 9 in the sectional semis). As for Hopewell, in the two games that they beat us, they had more of the play. For us to have more of the play, it just shows us how far we have come. We are playing our best soccer now.” In peaking at the right time, it has a been a total team effort for PHS. “Everybody understands their role, we just play off of each other’s strengths,” said Kosa. “We know who we need to score; who we need to defend, to do this or that to shut down the opposing players. Everybody just backs one another up. Probably the most amazing thing to see as the season has gone on is how close they have become.” In order to beat Lacey, the Tigers will need to produce a very strong effort. “They are playing really good soccer also, they have beaten some good teams, they play good competition in the Shore Conference,” said Kosa. “Their losses are against some really strong teams as well. All of their losses are one-goal losses, either 2-1 or 1-0 so they are in every game. They are also very talented, we scouted them and we know about them. We were able to see the field, we were able to see who their top players are and what they are all about. We are going to be ready for them.” W hile the Tigers have done t heir preparat ion, Kosa knows that the game w ill come dow n to PHS sticking with what has gotten it to this point. “We just have to go down there and play our game,” said Kosa. “It is just going to be a matter of who executes the best soccer. We have just got to go out, work our butts off, and take care of business. We need to keep playing better and play our best soccer on Wednesday.” —Bill Alden

PHS Boys’ Cross Country Takes 4th at Group Meet, Hoping to End Fall on a High Note at Meet of Champions Earlier this month, the Princeton High boys’ cross country team found itself in a battle with Manalapan High for first place at Central Jersey Group 4 sectional meet. PHS prevailed in the November 13 competition at Thompson Park, scoring 82 points to edge Manalapan by two points to win the title. Last Saturday at Holmdel Park in the state Group 4 championship meet, the two squads were again matching each other stride for stride but this time the prize was third place. While PHS junior Andrew Kenny had a big day, taking eighth individually in a time of 16 :15 over the famed 5,000-meter course, it was not enough as Manalapan came in at 134 to take third with the Tigers posting a score of 149 to grab fourth. Powerhouse Ridge took first at 91 with Westfield coming in second with a score of 99. The next PHS finisher was junior Marty Brophy who took 42nd in 17:08 with junior Zachary Deng finishing 46th in 17:11, senior Addison Motto coming in 47th 17:13, and sophomore Maxwell Dunlap placing 55th in 17:21. As for the PHS girls, junior star Robin Roth continued her late surge. After taking second individually at

the Mercer County Championships and fifth at the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional meet, Roth placed 17th overall at the Group meet, posting a time of 20:06. Roth’s heroics helped PHS take sixth in the team standings with a score of 174 in a meet won by Cherokee at 82. Following Roth for the Tigers was sophomore Kyleigh Tangen, who placed 28th in 20:19 with junior Lucy Kreipke coming in 33rd at 20 :28, freshman Florica Eleches-Lipsitz taking 57th in 21:25, and senior Ryan Vaughey placing 60th in 21:45. With three state Group races to be completed on November 16 as they were postponed from last Saturday after thunderstorms blasted though the area, the PHS runners are hoping to be back in Holmdel Park on November 20 for the Meet of Champions as wild card entries. The top two Group finishers plus the next fastest eight wild card teams will advance to the MOC. The Tiger boys appear to have a spot locked up no matter what happens with the remaining Group races, while the PHS girls are in good position to join the fun on Saturday. — Bill Alden

FAST COMPANY: Members of the Princeton High boys’ cross country team take off at the start of the Mercer County championship meet last month at Washington Crossing Park. Last Saturday, PHS placed fourth at the state Group 4 championship meet at Holmdel Park. The Tigers figure to be back at Holmdel on November 20 for the Meet of Champions as they should make the meet as a wild card entry after three state Group races remaining were to be completed on November 16. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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In its run to the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) South Jersey NonPublic B sectional title, the Princeton Day School boys’ soccer team relished its role as road warriors. Seventh-seeded PDS won 3-1 at second-seeded Holy Cross Prep in the sectional quarterfinal on November 4, 3-2 at sixth-seeded Bishop Eustace in the semis on November 8, and then prevailed 3-1 at fifth-seeded Ranney School in the sectional final last Thursday. But facing powerful Gill St. Bernard’s in the NonPublic B state final at the spacious Kean University field last Sunday, the Panthers found themselves at a disadvantage far from home. “In our sectional run we played on relatively small fields,” said PDS first-year head coach Brian Thomsen. “We were able to withstand pressure, able to handle pressure better, able to play out quickly and counterattack quickly on those fields. That Gill team was just able to spread us out more than we have been used to in the past four weeks. We haven’t seen a team like that in terms of the quality of player since Hopewell Valley three weeks ago. We were playing against a true possessionoriented team that worked on that all year.” Despite chasing Gill all over the field, the Panthers only trailed 1-0 at halftime. A f te r i n te r m i s s i o n , t h e Knights scored two goals to

take a 3-0 lead and put the game out of reach. PDS did answer back with a late goal by senior star Milan Shah to make it a 3-1 final. “The boys never stopped trying, they never stopped playing,” said Thomsen, whose team finished the fall with a 12-12 record. “The No. 1 thing I kept telling them at the end is that you guys made it to the state final.” In reflecting on the run to the final, Thomsen pointed to a halftime talk in a 6-0 loss to Hopewell on October 18 as a turning point. “I said to the guys right then and there, you need to believe in yourselves the whole game,” said Thomsen. “It doesn’t matter what happens in a game, you can respond with more energy. If you keep getting back up every time, after you get scored on or you get fouled or whenever you get dominated, you guys are going to be a hard team to beat. That is really what makes runs special, not every time does the best soccer team win. Talent doesn’t always win.” Taking that message to heart, the Panthers showed grit in their run to the sectional title. “The program hasn’t won anything since 2016 when they won the Prep B,” said Thomsen. “It has been five years since we have won anything. To be able to win the NonPublic B South sectional title in the first year that we are in it and play in a state

championship game, it helps the current guys feel fantastic about only being 12-12. The second part is that it helps the guys who are returning. It is going to attract some players. We showed that with only 12 of 23 kids who played club soccer, we can win a sectional title.” In his first season at the helm of the program, Thomsen grew along with his players. “I have got a lot of experience as a 30-year old coach but I am relatively inexperienced with the high school game,” said Thomsen. “Having to learn how to run a program was one of the biggest learning lessons I will take from this year. Figuring out how to motivate young male athletes in high school was another learning experience as well. I learned what I could bring to the table was lot more than just soccer. We talked a lot more about things that have to do with mentality and have to do with goals and everything like that.” Those talks yielded dividends down the stretch. “It worked at the end, it all came together,” said Thomsen. “In all of those games where we played and got dominated and beaten, we kept talking about learning lessons to take from them.” Thomsen was happy to see things come together for his eight seniors in their final campaign with the Panthers. “I t h i n k t h e i r i m p ac t speaks for itself, it is a senior

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PDS Boys’ Soccer Battles to the End in State Final But Loses 3-1 to Powerhouse Gill St. Bernard’s

FINAL PUSH: Princeton Day School boys’ soccer player William Vasquez battles for the ball in the South Jersey Non-Public B sectional. Senior Vasquez scored two goals to help seventhseeded PDS defeat fifth-seeded Ranney School 3-1 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) South Jersey Non-Public B sectional last Thursday. On Sunday, Vasquez and the Panthers fell just short of a state title as they lost 3-1 to Gill St. Bernard’s in the Non-Public B state final to end the fall with a 12-12 record. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) class that learned a lot about themselves,” said Thomsen, whose senior group included Max Johnson, John Ramos, Connor Topping, William Vasquez, Hussein Zaher, Boaz Ziv-Loewy, and Zach Law in addition to Shah.

“It is a senior class that is going to be remembered for the first sectional title. With high school soccer, half of the battle is because you love your school and your community. I talked a lot to them and the team about

leaving a legacy and leaving that memory behind them and for the school. They won’t ever be able to forget this.” —Bill Alden

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Senior Stars Ramos, Vasquez Helped Lead the Way As PDS Boys’ Soccer Topped Ranney in Sectional Final

John Ramos feared that his senior season for the Princeton Day School boys’ soccer team might have been over just after it started. “I got hurt in the first game, the first 10 minutes,” said senior defender and co-captain Ramos. “It was a high ankle sprain, it was really bad.” Ramos was sidelined indefinitely, disappointed to only be able to look on as PDS struggled in the early going. “It has been difficult on a team you have played with for so long,” said Ramos. “You want them to succeed, it is tough to see losses.” But Ramos returned to action on October 28 as PDS defeated Spotswood 2-1 in a tune-up for the program’s first-ever appearance in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) South Jersey Non-

Public B sectional final. With Ramos patrolling the back line, the seventhseeded Panthers made an improbable run in the sectional, topping 10th-seeded Gloucester Catholic 8-0 in the first round, upsetting second-seeded Holy Cross Prep 3-1 in the quarters and beating sixth-seeded Bishop Eustace 3-2 in the semis to earn a spot in the final at fifth-seeded Ranney School last Thursday. “I love this team,” said Ramos. “It just feels great to be back and contribute to the team’s success.” E xper iencing u nprece dented success, PDS topped Ranney 3-1 to earn a sectional crown. In assessing his role, Ramos aims to keep cool under pressure. “I think it is just trying to keep the team composed,” said Ramos. “A lot of times, the young-

er players aren’t used to the high intensity game that varsity can be. I had seniors to look up and calm me down. I just pass this on.” The squad’s togetherness helped spark the sectional run. “I think it is just the chemistry that we have off the field,” said Ramos. “We have developed a lot as a team and more than a team, we are just a family. I think that carries the team a long way.” Another senior, William Vasquez, helped carry the team to the title, scoring two goals in the second half to give PDS a 2-0 lead and it never looked back on the way to the title. The Panthers were unfazed by going on the road for the last three games of the sectional. “ W i t h t h e a m o u n t of games we have had away, it is insane,” said Vasquez.

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“I wanted this game to be home but when we found out it is away, it was wow. It is a good feeling, winning away as well. We just enjoy the pressure.” Vasquez came through under pressure on the first goal, failing to capitalize on a penalty kick but then swooping in on the rebound and slotting it into the back to the net. Minutes later, Vasquez raced down the wing and took a feed from classmate Milan Shah and blasted a volley past the Ranney goalkeeper. “Milan gave me a good through ball and then I just sprinted as hard as I could,” recalled Vasquez. “Then I saw the keeper coming out and I got the angle right there.” PDS head coach Brian Thomsen sensed his team could make a run in the sectional if it played hard. “We had a classroom session a couple of weeks back where we talked about the bracket,” said first-year head coach Thomsen. “I have some experience playing against these high schools when I was growing up and went to Monsignor Donovan. I knew what type of soccer we were going to get from a lot of the guys we play into bracket. We just talked about it and said we can win this thing and we should really go after it, especially this being the first year we are in the NJSIAA and in one of these tournaments.” With the PDS knotted in a scoreless stalemate against Ranney heading into the second half, Thomsen made some tactical adjustments. “We talked about how we wanted to start getting their center backs chasing the ball out wide,” said Thomsen. “Once they do that, they are going to start getting a little bit stretched and we can rotate Vasquez in a way that allows him to go at the center backs and draw those guys out. Once we did that, it really opened up the game.” Vasquez responded by changing the course of the game with his two tallies. “For me it is finding who Will can have the most success against on the field and on the back line,” added Thomsen, who got a third goal in the win from Shah. We moved him from left wing to center to right wing back to left wing and then up top. It is all about me and him communicating, saying where do you want to go. As soon as we figure that out, it is tough stopping him.” The PDS defense did a good job stopping the Ranney attack.

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“The guys behind him all played really, really well,” said Thomsen. “That is really the main thing, not giving up the goals we used to give up.” In Thomsen’s view, one of the main keys to the title run was the squad’s chemistry. “It was really good to see the guys talk about togetherness and the family,” said Thomsen. “If we are going to do this, we can actually go do it and we enjoy it. I feel like there are a lot of high school programs that don’t enjoy it so that is the most important part.” Thomsen enjoyed leading the Panthers to the title in his debut season at the helm of the program. “I never won a state game when I was in high school, every year we got knocked out in the first round,” said Thomsen, whose squad went on to lose 3-1 to Gill St.

Bernard’s in the Non-Public B state final on Sunday to end the fall with a 12-12 record. “I have been knocked out by Bishop Eustace, Holy Cross and CBA (Christian Brothers Academy) so this whole time, it feels good. If I couldn’t do it as a player I might as well try to do it as a coach. This is huge for our school, this is huge for everything. It is going to really help attract players and the student athletes that the school wants as well.” Helping PDS get the championship in his final campaign was huge for Ramos. “It means a lot, I remember freshman year, I didn’t know what it meant,” said Ramos. “We lost in the Prep B final. It is nice as a senior to win something, it means a lot.” —Bill Alden

FIRST STRIKE: Princeton Day School boys’ soccer player John Ramos boots the ball last Thursday against the Ranney School in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) South Jersey Non-Public B sectional final. Senior star Ramos, who was sidelined for much of the season with a leg injury, helped seventh-seeded PDS top fifth-seeded Ranney 3-1 to earn the title in the program’s first appearance in the sectional. Senior William Vasquez scored two goals in the win with senior Milan Shah adding the third. The Panthers went on to lose 3-1 to Gill St. Bernard’s in the Non-Public B state final on Sunday to end the fall with a 12-12 record. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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GROUP EFFORT: Members of the Wilberforce School girls’ cross country team show off the hardware they earned for taking first at the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Girls Non-Public B Group championship meet last Saturday at Holmdel Park. A pair of freshmen led the way for Wilberforce as Gwen Mersereau placed fourth individually in a time of 21:09 over the 5,000-meter course while classmate Adeline Edwards took fifth in 21:11. In the team standings, Wilberforce had a winning score of 45, six points better than runnerup Villa Walsh. The squad will be returning to Holmdel on November 20 to race in the Meet of Champions. They will be joined at the competition by two Wilberforce boy stars as junior Jeremy Sallade placed third individually in the Boys Non-Public B Group meet, clocking a time of 17:21, and sophomore Caleb Brox placed fifth in 17:35. Pictured, from left, are Sophia Park, Mersereau, Edwards, captain Annie Whitman, Laura Prothero, Virginia Whitman, and Abby Readlinger. (Photo provided by Lois Szeliga)

Local Sports Princeton Junior Football Title Game Results

In the title game of the Senior Division (ages 11-13) in the Princeton Junior Football League (PJFL) last Sunday, the Alizio Sealcoating Broncos edged the UOA Jets 41-34. Ezra Lerman ran for two touchdowns and threw three touchdown passes to Nolan Maurer for the Broncos. Jaden Bartley scored the game-winning touch-

down on a kickoff return after the Jets had tied the game with under a minute remaining. For the Jets, Lee Miele threw four TD passes, one to Ryan Von Roemer and three to Raymond Buck. Von Roemer also completed a TD pass to Raymond Buck. In the Juniors (ages 8-10) championship game, the Princeton Global Jets defeated the Petrone Associates Broncos 18-6. John Monica scored two touchdowns on the ground for the Jets and Judah Lerman added a third rushing touchdown to seal the win. Leo Miele scored the lone Bronco touchdown.

PDS Boys’ Cross Country: A r u n Patel le d t h e w ay as PDS placed fifth in the NJSIAA Non Public B Group championship meet last Saturday at Holmdel P a r k . S o p h o m o r e P ate l finished 16th individually, covering the 5,000-meter course in 18:35. Will Sun was the next finisher for the Panthers, taking 19th in 18:37.

PERFECT EXECUTION: Hun School quarterback Marco Lainez III pitches the ball to Ahmad Dixon in a game earlier this season. Last Saturday, Lainez connected on 12 of 13 passes for 202 yards and two touchdowns while Dixon rushed for 86 yards and two touchdowns on four carries as Hun defeated Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) 50-0 in its season finale. The win culminated a perfect season for the Raiders as they ended up with a 9-0 record. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Rosella Victoria Venier Kok, 87, of New York, NY, passed away on Wednesday, November 11, 2021, at Weill Cornell Medical Center surrounded by her loving family. Rosella was born and raised in Princeton, NJ. She attended St. Paul’s Grammar School, Princeton High School, and graduated from Trenton’s Cathedral High School for Girls. Before she entered college, she worked for a brief period of time at the Federal Reserve Bank and New York University (NYU). At NYU, she earned a Bachelor of Science in English. After marrying the love of her life, Hans Kok, Rosella continued with her education while caring for her two young children. She attended Teachers College, Columbia University where she earned a Master of Arts and a Master of Education. Rosella had a very rewarding career as a school psychologist at the NYC Board of Education where she worked for 20 years. Her initial appointment was working as an Educational Evaluator on the Committee for the Handicapped. She was later assigned to schools in the South Bronx as a member of their School Based Support Team (SBST). After several

taking part in holiday traditions and celebrating special occasions. She had a gift for writing the most beautiful loving, caring and supportive letters. It brought her great joy to create, write, and decorate beautiful cards for her friends and family. She also enjoyed meeting new friends and would strike up a conversation with everyone she met with many turning into lifelong friendships. She has a unique sense of humor and wit and loved to make others smile and laugh. She also had a special love for animals throughout her life and adored her sweet dog, Gabby, who brought her so much joy and love. Rosella was a very special person to so many. We will miss her so very, very much and feel blessed to have had her in our lives. She will live on in the hearts of all of those to whom she meant so much. She is predeceased by her parents Mario Venier and Jennie Tunning and her brother John Venier. Rosella is survived by her husband Hans Kok, her daughter Karen Kok, her son and daughter-in-law George and Lisa Kok, her beloved grandchildren Nicholas and Pippa Kok and Tory Schatz who fondly called her Nana Ro, and her dog Gabby. A memorial visitation was held on Sunday, November 14, 2021, at Mather-Hodge Funeral Home, 40 Vandeventer Avenue, Princeton, NJ. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Monday, November 15, 2021, at St Paul’s Roman Catholic Church, 216 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Weill Cornell Medical Center (https://s010.med.cornell.edu/ wcmc/make-a-donation.html).

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years she transferred to District 4 in Upper Manhattan as the SBST team’s School Psychologist. From 1988-1995, she also served as the Manhattan Chapter Representative for The School Psychologist, a publication of the New York Association of School Psychologists where she published several articles. Before she retired, she was granted a year sabbatical to visit and study early childhood programs in England, Scotland, Wales, Ireland, Alaska, and Israel. When she returned from her cherished studies and adventures, she shared these experiences with other educators in various workshops. At the conclusion of her career she reminisced on how fortunate she was to have followed a path in life guided by her faith and passion for childhood education. She was devoted to helping children develop their self-confidence to improve their learning skills by providing a caring and compassionate educational experience especially to those who needed special attention. She loved her students and made a real difference in so many lives in her career and her personal life. She said, “It was a privilege and time well spent, always to be remembered with feelings of deeply felt gratitude.” Rosella was a tennis enthusiast her entire life. She was on her high school’s varsity tennis team and continued to play throughout most of her life. When she retired, she traveled the tennis circuit and attended the Australian Open, the French Open, and Wimbledon as well as attending the U.S. Open many times. She also enjoyed sailing, camping, and traveling with her family and had a passion for art and writing. Family was very important to Rosella. She loved spending time with her family,

Thursdays at 12:30pm Princeton University Chapel

Performing November 18, 2021 Brenda Arnold Day, Minister of Music and

Organist at First Presbyterian Church, Metuchen, NJ, will play works by Bach, Manz, and Hovland.

This service is open to the public for those fully vaccinated against Covid-19. Registration required for all events on campus at the door or in advance. To register in advance, use the QR code.

DIRECTORY OF RELIGIOUS SERVICES DIRECTORY OF No performance on Nov 25, Thanksgiving Day.

Performing December 2, 2021 Tyrone Whiting Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Philadelphia, PA

RELIGIOUS SERVICES

Sunday 8:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite I 9:00 a.m. Christian Education for All Ages 10:00 a.m. Holy Eucharist, Rite II 5:00 p.m. Evensong with Communion following

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Tuesday 8:00 am Holy Communion Rite I 12:00 p.m. Holy Eucharist 9:30 am Adult Formation Wednesday Rite II 10:30 am Holy Communion 5:30 p.m. Holy Eucharist with Healing Prayer 10:30 am Outdoor Family Tent Service, The. Rev. Paul Jeanes III, Rector

Holy Communion Rite III

Br. Christopher McNabb, Curate • Mr. Tom Whittemore, Director of Music

33 Mercer St. Princeton 609-924-2277 www.trinityprinceton.org

11:30 am Outdoor Coffee Hour and Fellowship 5:00 pm Choral Compline

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Msgr. Walter Nolan,5:30 Pastor Saturday Vigil Mass: p.m. Saturday Vigil Mass: 5:30 p.m. Sunday:The 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 and 5:00 p.m. Rev. Paul Jeanes III, Rector, Sunday: 7:00, 8:30, 10:00, 11:30 and 5:00 Mass in Spanish: Sunday at 7:00 p.m. p.m. TheMass Rev. Canon Dr. Kara Slade, Assoc. Rector, in Spanish: Sunday at 7:00 p.m. The Rev. Joanne Epply-Schmidt, Assoc. Rector, Mr. Tom Whittemore, Director of Music 33 Mercer St. Princeton 609-924-2277 • www.trinityprinceton.org

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First Church of Christ, Wherever you are in your journey of faith, Scientist, Princeton come worship with us

16 Bayard Lane, Princeton 609-924-5801 – www.csprinceton.org

Sunday Church Service, Sunday School and Nursery at 10:30 a.m. First Church of Christ, Scientist, Princeton Wednesday Testimony Meeting and Nursery at 7:30 p.m.

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Our 178 Nassau Street, Princeton following the appropriate protocols 609-924-0919 – Open Monday through Saturday from 10 - 4 Sunday Church Service and Sunday School at 10:30 am, Wednesday Testimony meetings at 7:30 pm Visit the Christian Science Reading Room Monday through Saturday, 10 am - 4 pm 178 Nassau Street, Princeton, NJ For free local delivery call (609) 924-0919 www.csprinceton.org • (609) 924-5801

Witherspoon Street Presbyterian Church 124 Witherspoon Street, Princeton, NJ 10:00 a.m. Worship Service

During 10:00 this timea.m. of COVID-19 crisis, Witherspoon is finding new Children’s Sunday School and Youth Studydoors may be closed, ways to continue our worship. WhileBible our sanctuary Bible Classes church is open and we willAdult find new avenues to proclaim the Gospel and to (Acontinue multi-ethnic congregation) as one faith community! 609-924-1666 • Fax 609-924-0365

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