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Diwali is Celebrated in Princeton, Around The World . . . . . . . . . 5 Positive Impact of Arts on Health Explored By Cultural Groups . . . 9 Empty Lot is Now a Sensory Garden . . . . 11 Once Upon a Time in Indiana: James Dean and Hoosier Hysteria . . . . 17 Princeton Pro Musica Opens 45th Season with Handel Oratorio . . . . 18 Lygas Hits 500-Kill Milestone as PHS Girls’ Volleyball Makes Sectional Final . . . . . 29 Goalie Ruf Comes Up Big as PDS Girls’ Soccer Heads to Non-Public Title Game . . . . . . . . 33

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Hearing on Master Plan At Planning Board Meeting Invites Public Comment The online meeting of the Planning Board on Thursday, November 9 at 7 p.m. is a chance for members of the public to comment on the proposed rewrite of the Princeton Master Plan. The draft of the document, which was 18 months in the making, was shared with the public at a Planning Board meeting on October 31, but no public comments were taken at that time. Residents can read the 270-page final draft of the plan online at princetonnj. gov/339/Master-Plan or engage.princetonmasterplan.org. New Jersey’s Municipal Land Use Law requires the adoption of a Master Plan. Princeton’s had not been updated since 1996. “A community’s Master Plan articulates a vision for the community, states assumptions that underpin that vision, and provides goals and policies to achieve that vision,” reads a November 1 release from the municipality. “The development of the Master Plan began with a strategic outreach campaign extending over an 18-month period to include a thorough and diverse range of community input, aimed at capturing the intricate fabric of Princeton’s many voices and perspectives.” The draft is divided into 18 sections encompassing the land use plan element, the mobility plan element, the utility plan element and stormwater management plan, community facilities, open space, conservation, recreation, economic development, and historic preservation, among other headings. Members of the Master Plan Steering Committee, the Planning Board, municipal staff, and consultants from the architectural firm Clarke Caton Hintz met with various community groups and neighborhood residents to hear opinions and suggestions for revamping the plan. Two community visioning surveys and economic stakeholder interviews were also part of the process. “The vision expressed by the community and captured in the plan is one for a vibrant, growing, and welcoming community with recommendations to increase housing diversity and choice for residents, and to create a robust transportation system for car-optional living, while also sustaining and improving Princeton’s Continued on Page 12

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BOE Challengers Running Strongly in Early Vote With only six of 22 precincts reporting by press time last night, the outcome of the hotly contested race with two incumbents and three challengers vying for three seats on the Princeton Public Schools Board of Education was uncertain. At press time Eleanor Hubbard had received 1,708 votes, incumbent Beth Behrend 1,532, Adam Bierman 1,378, Rene Obregon Jr. 1,241, and incumbent Michele Tuck-Ponder 1,141. The unofficial totals so far do not include provisional ballots and some mail-in ballots. Princeton voters have apparently approved the PPS $13 million facilities bond proposal with a total of 1,908 to 751 votes as tallied at press time. In the 16th legislative district race for New Jersey state Senate incumbent Democrat Andrew Zwicker leads his Republican challenger Michael Pappas by 57 percent to 41.6 percent, with Libertarian Richard J. Byrne running a distant third with 1.4 percent out of about 57 percent tallied so far. With two positions in the state assembly 16th district on the line, incumbent Democrat Roy Freiman, and Mitchelle Drulis, also a Democrat, were leading their Republican rivals Ross Traphagen and Grace Zhang. With about 53 percent of the results in, Freiman had 28.6 percent of the votes, Drulis 28.3 percent, Traphagen 21.5 percent, and Zhang 21.5 percent. In the race for Mercer County executive, taking the seat of Brian Hughes, who is

stepping down at the end of the year after serving in the post for the past 20 years, Democrat Dan Benson seems to be coasting to victory with a lead of 16,590 (82 percent) to 3,489 (17 percent) over Republican Lisa Marie Richford. In the race for Mercer County sheriff, Democrat John “Jack” Kemler appears to have won a fifth term with 16,459 votes so far, besting Republican Bryan “Bucky” Boccanfuso with 3,292 votes, and Unaffiliated Drew L. Cifrodelli with 273 votes.

The incumbent Democrats on the Mercer County Board of Commissioners also appeared to have held onto their seats, as Lucylle Walter and John Cimino received 16,263 and 16,314 votes respectively to 3,559 and 3,495 votes respectively for their Republican challengers Joseph Stillwell and Denise “Neicy” Turner. Unopposed Democratic incumbents David Cohen and Leticia Fraga have successfully reclaimed their seats on Princeton Council for a third three-year term. —Donald Gilpin

As War in Gaza Enters Second Month, Princetonians Reflect, Mourn, Speak Out

As the fighting in Gaza continues into its second month, with the death toll mounting and no sign of a resolution in sight, groups and individuals at Princeton University and in the larger community, coming from a wide range of political and personal positions and perspectives, continue to respond, expressing their anger, grief, and hopes in many different ways. Approximately 1,400 were killed in the October 7 Hamas attack on Israel, and about 240 more are being held as hostages. Gaza’s Health Ministry says that the death toll since the Israeli bombing there now exceeds 10,000. As the New York Times reported on November 7, “Many in Israel, a country

of some nine million people, know someone who was directly affected by the attacks. Many have been directly affected themselves.” And surely the same is true for residents in Gaza. Last Sunday, November 5, about 70 people gathered at 4 p.m. at Hinds Plaza to urge that the hostages be released. It was far from the largest of the demonstrations and other events — pro-Israel, pro-Palestinians, or neutral — that have taken place in town and on the Princeton University campus during the last month, and it lasted less than half an hour. But it did reflect many of the feelings and thoughts that have been experienced on all sides of the issue over the past weeks. Continued on Page 10

COW CELEBRATION: Cows adorned with flowers and bells were celebrated and honored at the Annual Cow Parade at Cherry Grove Farm in Lawrenceville on Saturday afternoon. The tradition comes from the Swiss Alps, when the cows are brought down from the mountains to the lower pastures each autumn, with elaborate decorations. The festival also featured hay rides, kids’ games, face painting, food, music, and local vendors. Attendees discuss their favorite cheese in this week’s Town Talk on page 6. (Photo by Weronika A. Plohn)

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praise of the divine as a way of bringing folks together in community to express their devotion, their gratitude, their higher aspirations,” said Chander. “That’s really what we were trying to do on Saturday.” He pointed out that the message of Diwali — the word literally means a row of lights or lamps — is needed now more than ever. “Meeting the darkness with light is not just being a victim or acquiescing to the darkness, but saying, ‘No, I’m going to be an active force of good, of kindness, and compassion and love and justice in this world.’” Inaugurated in 2008, the annual Diwali at the Chapel event was hosted by the Princeton University Office of Religious Life Hindu Life Program. Diwali and Dance at Lawrence Library Coming up on Wednesday, November 15 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. will be another chance to celebrate Diwali — this time with a performance by Guru “Kalashree” Sukanya Mahadevan and her students from the Shishya School of Performing Arts at the Lawrence Headquarters Branch of the Mercer County Library. Mahadevan, the founder and artistic director of the Shishya School based in Lawrenceville, said that she and six or seven of her students would be performing different parts of a classical Indian dance that is more than 2,000 years old and originates from temples and temple sculptures. Mahadevan teaches classes on world religion and dance at the college level where she focuses on Indian gods and goddesses and how dance is connected to religion. “We’ll start off the program with an introduction to Diwali and how we celebrate it,” she said. “Then we’ll demonstrate it through our dances.” She went on to add that the presentation would also include a short lecture demonstration on the different components in Indian classical dance, as well as a five-minute Q&A. Mahadevan, whose students have appeared at Carnegie Hall and at many other performance venues in the United States and India, described Diwali as the equivalent of Hanukkah or Christmas. “It is a significant celebration of hope, happiness, joy, and everything that is right and beautiful,” she said. In addition to lighting candles, people celebrate by decorating their houses with lights, by lighting sparklers and firecrackers, and by passing out sweets. “When I grew up in India, we would go to all of our relatives and friends’ houses and distribute sweets,” said Mahadevan. “And right after Diwali we start off the new year with happiness, hope, and joy.” —Donald Gilpin

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Roberto: “I like muenster cheese on a sandwich or burger.” Isabella: “Mozzarella cheese. It literally belongs on everything and is a classic.” —Roberto Ramiraz, Bethlehem, Pa., with Isabella Passero, Williamstown

Kenny: “Parmesan. I grew up in Italian family and we cooked a lot of Italian dishes. We put Parmesan cheese on literally everything.” Christa: “Feta cheese. I like to make strawberry ﬁelds salad — it was my huge hit this summer. I made it every day.” —Kenny Blake, Atlantic Highlands, with Christa Kimbal, Bedford, N.H.

Brielle: “I like the cheese in mac and cheese, and bagels with cream cheese are the best!” Neal: “My favorite cheese is pepper jack. It goes well with everything.” —Brielle and Neal Lynch, Princeton

Kathleen: “Every time I make lasagna I use a lot of mozzarella cheese, so that is my favorite cheese.” David: “There is a restaurant in Cape May that makes mussels with gorgonzola cheese that is just delicious. We try to have it whenever we visit Cape May.” —Kathleen and David Thomson, Brick

Ana Soﬁa: “For me it is Parmesan cheese. It is the kind of cheese that you can put on anything and spice up your dish.” Cole: “Pepper jack. It gives the dish a little bit of spice without being too spicy. I love a good ham, pepper jack, pickles, and mustard sandwich.” Ben: “Cheddar. It always reminds me of mac and cheese that my mother and grandmother used to make.” —Ana Soﬁa Machorro, Mexico City, Mexico, with Cole Capriotti, Delran, and Ben Duvelson, Union

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AVALON ADDITION: Avalon Princeton Circle recently celebrated its grand opening with executives and associates of the company and municipal officials. SCHOLARSHIP WINNER: Architect J. Robert Hillier, a Town Topics shareholder, and Sandra Stein, scholarship chair for the Women’s College Club of Princeton Scholarship Committee, flank Sarah Villamil, the 2023 recipient of the Florence Bell Hillier Award, which is donated each year in honor of Hillier’s mother. Villamil is studying theatre arts at Northwestern University in Illinois. such as the annual Florence In addition to its monthly Annual Scholarship Award gatherings, the club offers a Goes to Theatre Arts Student Bell Hillier Award. For over 100 years, a primary mission of the Women’s College Club of Princeton (WCCP) has been to award scholarships to outstanding young women with financial need graduating from Princeton High School, Princeton Day School, the Hun School, Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart, and the Lewis School. To date, these awards have totaled over $700,000. They are made possible as a result of endowments, fundraisers, and donations, including those made in honor or memory of present or former members of the Club,

Applications for this year are available with college counselors at each school, or by contacting Sandra Stein, 2024 chair of the WCCP Scholarship Committee, at sstein0696@verizon.net. WCCP meets on the third Monday of the month at the Stockton Education Center on the grounds of the Morven Museum. They feature speakers and programs of multiple interests such as former U.S. presidents, art history with docents from the Princeton Art Museum, gardening, climate change, and the history of African Americans in Princeton.

variety of activities for smaller groups, including walks, hiking, playing bridge, reading in a book club, and taking trips to museums or other points of interest. The lifelong friendships that are formed as a result of club membership and the impor tance of these and other activities cannot be overstated. This ver y high level of energy and dedication has contributed to the success of this club for over 100 years. Women of all ages are encouraged to join. Visit wc c pnj.or g for m or e information.

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AvalonBay Communities recently celebrated the grand opening of Avalon Princeton Circle, in a wooded setting off of Terhune Road. A gathering of more than 110 guests attended the ribbon-cutting, and heard remarks from Mayor Mark Freda, AvalonBay Senior Vice President Ron Ladell, and the company’s Senior Development Director Matt Giammanco. “We are pleased to welcome another AvalonBay community into our town and look forward to our continued partnership,” said Freda. “I would like to thank all the elected officials who worked out the details of our agreement for this development with AvalonBay.” Ladell said, “AvalonBay is overjoyed to commemorate the grand opening of

lent working relationship that has been established with all Princeton stakeholders. AvalonBay prides itself on the quality of our communities and we look forward to providing Avalon Princeton Circle residents with a truly remarkable living experience combining best-in-class amenities with an ideal location.” Giammanco commented, “It is a true privilege to welcome you to our second community in Princeton, with our third under construction just down the road at the Princeton Shopping Center. We do not take this opportunity for granted, and truly appreciate the collaboration with all the elected officials, past and present, and municipal staff to create this unique, mixed residential environment.” The Avalon Princeton Circle site was transformed from two obsolete office buildings into a multifamily rental community with a mix of unit types, including rental townhomes with integral garages and apartment homes of various bedroom sizes across multiple buildings. The smart-growth oriented site, which is also pursuing LEED and Energy Star certification, is located within walking distance of the Princeton Shopping Center and is less than two miles from downtown Princeton and Princeton University. The community also incorporates a subset of affordable family rental units, as well as five units specifically designated for adults with special needs, whereby AvalonBay is partnering with the ARC of Mercer County to provide support services for those residents.

Police Blotter On November 5, at 9:19 a.m., a Carriage Way resident reported that her vehicle was unlawfully entered while it was parked in her driveway. The unknown suspects took approximately $10 in property and fled the area. On November 5, at 9:34 a.m. a Morven Place resident reported that her vehicle and its contents were stolen from her driveway. The total value of property stolen is approximately $24,500. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On November 2, at 1:15 p.m., an individual reported that his wallet was stolen out of his vehicle after he parked it in an Alexander Street parking lot. His stolen credit cards were then used at several stores in other jurisdictions. The total value of the stolen proper ty was approximately $200.

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Coming out of COVID-19, the leaders of local arts organizations were looking for a way to recharge their programs and get patrons back into theaters, concert halls, museums, and other cultural venues. From their conversations, a common denominator emerged: the significant relationship between arts and health. It so happens that the National Organization for Arts and Health recognizes November as Arts and Health Month. With that in mind, a coalition of nine arts groups formed Arts & Health Mercer, which had its official debut at the Robert Wood Johnson Fitness and Wellness Center in Hamilton Township on Saturday, November 4. Throughout the month, members — Ar t Against Racism, the Arts Council of Princeton, McCarter Theatre, Morven Museum and Garden, Princeton Public library, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, Princeton Universit y A r t Museu m, Princeton University Concerts, and West Windsor Arts — are presenting programming with a connection to health and well-being. “We were meeting regularly to share our resources and information, especially through the pandemic,” said Aylin Green, executive director of West Windsor Arts. “As we talked about our programs, we found that many of us had been exploring the intersection of arts and health, really digging in to the ways we could support our community coming out of the pandemic and reconnect. We wanted to do something collaboratively. This was the theme that made sense to us.” Events listed on artshealthmercer.org range from “Drop in and Knit” at Princeton Public Library to “Healing from Cancer through Music with Suleika Jaouad, writer, and Jon Batiste, musician.” In between, there are yoga classes at Mercer County

Community College, exhibits at the Arts Council of Princeton, a live art-making class at the Princeton University Art Museum’s 11 Hulfi sh Street location, a meditation workshop at West Windsor Arts, and more. “Everything listed on the website has a health component,” said Green. “This includes mental health, and physical health. Reports have been coming out about how participation in the arts can positively impact recovery.” Green has seen this first hand, v ia West Windsor Arts’ partnership with the cancer treatment program at Robert Wood Johnson Barnabas Health. “We’ve brought in art projects for patients to do while they’re undergoing treatment. We did an art kit where we provided all the materials they would need to create something. The feedback we got was about how it not only got their minds off of what they were going through, but it allowed them to create works of art as gifts during holiday time, when they might not have had the time or energy to go buy things.” Last Saturday’s event at RWJ Fitness and Wellness Center began with opening remarks by James Steward, director of the Princeton University Art Museum; presentations by the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum and Art Against R acism, and interact ive workshops for all ages. A full calendar of programming is available at artshealthmercer.org. “We formed Arts & Health Mercer to provide opportunities for everyone in our community to engage in the arts,” Green said in a release from the coalition. “No experience is necessary, just a desire to tap into your creative side and immerse yourself, even for an hour or two, in music, theater, painting, whatever it is that brings you joy and encourages expression.” —Anne Levin

accepted through January 15 for the 2024 Princeton Environmental Film Festival (PEFF), a signature Princeton Public Library event featuring films and filmmaker presentations which explore sustainability and environmental issues. The festival will be held April 5-14. Films will be screened in person, and will also be available to stream online. An entry form and additional information about PEFF is available at princetonlibrary.org/peff. There is no fee to submit a film for consideration. The Princeton Environmental Film Festival is under the direction of Susan Conlon and Kim Dorman, whose focus is to present films with local, regional, and international relevance, and engage the community in exploring environmental consciousness and sustainability from a wide range of angles and perspectives. Screenings are free and made possible through funding from the Church & Dwight Employee Giving Fund, The Whole Earth Center of Princeton and others.

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The geologic history of the Delaware River is the topic of a talk being presented online by the Delaware River Greenway Partnership on November 30 at 7:30 p.m. The speaker is Pierre Lacombe, who will discuss the geologic and flow characteristics of the river, the geologic history of the river basin, and the impact that humans have had on the river basin over history.

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Lacombe retired from the U.S. Geological Survey after 37 years investigating the water resources of New Jersey. He investigated water levels and saltwater intrusion in the New Jersey Coastal Plane as well as remediation of contamination in mudstone rock of the Newark Basin. He is the president of the Geological Association of New Jersey and investigates the use of stone sleepers as precursor to wood ties for New Jersey’s earliest railroads. The Delaware River Greenway Partnership (DRGP) periodically sponsors lectures about different aspects of the cultural, recreational, and natural heritage of the Delaware R iver. A n env ironmental nonprofit, DRGP supports the Delaware River Scenic By way, the Lower Delaware Wild & Scenic River, the Delaware River Water Trail, and t he Delaware River Heritage Trail. Register for free at bit. ly/3QeM6ZT.

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Organized by Yael Niv, a Princeton University professor of psychology and neuroscience since 2008, and her WhatsApp group of Israelis in Princeton, the event was described as a community gathering to call for the immediate release of the hostages. The organizers promise to return to demonstrate every Sunday at the same time until the hostages are all home. The demonstrators gathered around posters bearing photos of the hostages with their names, ages, nationalities and brief biographies. Several in attendance had placards say ing, “Br ing them home alive,” “Release the hostages now. Leave civilians out of wars,” and “All children are innocent. We are heartbroken.” “In Israel every day there are gatherings like these in many places in the country,” said Niv, who is a leader of the North American chapter of Mothers Against Violence, Israel. “One thing we can do is to take time out of our week every week to come here for half an hour and say we still remember. We’re counting the days and

neighbors, and I keep that in mind all the time.” Niv regularly talks with people who have been directly affected by the war — a friend from high school whose son was murdered, her sister-in-law’s brother, who lives in one of the kibbutzes that was attacked. “In the same way it’s close to Palestinians as well,” she said, noting that the great uncle of one of her undergraduate students was murdered by settlers in the West Bank as he was tending his olive grove. “I see both sides of this,” she said. “No deaths of innocent people are acceptable.” The University has done a good job, according to Niv, in dealing with this potentially volatile situation. “I think the thing to do is to make space for people to grieve together and process together, and I think they’re doing a pretty good job of that,” she said. “Other universities have failed miserably, and I think Princeton is doing well.” Rabbi Gil Steinhauf, executive director of the University’s Center for Jewish Life (CJL) agreed, citing in an email, “a better situation at Princeton compared to other campuses.” He pointed out a range of campus responses to the crisis, including demonstrations and counter-demonstrations, efforts to address antisemitism, and positive engagement by P r inceton Un iversit y President Christopher L. Eisgruber. There have been numerous campus events and prog rams on t he is sue, both in person and virtual. CJL continues to support

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all over Palestine remains grave, and until there is a ceasefire, we will continue to organize around t his issue.” In the meantime, Princeton University continues to support engagement with the issues in the form of webinars, forums, debates, and the airing of a variety of different voices and perspectives. Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Dean Amaney Jamal, a Palestinian American who spent some of her teenage years in the West Bank, struck a positive note as co-author of an October 30 guest essay in the New York Times titled “The Discourse is Toxic. Universities Can Help.” “Universities should not retreat into their ivory towers because the discourse has gotten toxic ; on the contrary, the discourse will get more toxic if universities pull back,” she wrote. The essay noted “an intellectual vacuum filled by hate speech, antisemitism, Islamophobia” on campuses along with “a polarized media establishment, political landscape, and social media.” It continued, “We remain hopeful, however. Over the past few weeks, we’ve also witnessed a vibrant student body eager for more information around these issues. Universities play a vital role in shaping the conversation.” —Donald Gilpin Note : The opinions expressed within this story do not reflect the opinions or views of the writer or Town Topics.

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we’re still praying for their return, every single day. We’re hoping they are alive, and we’re hoping they will come back safely.” Niv pointed out that in the Jewish tradition grief is done in community, and she emphasized the value of community in processing the traumas of the ongoing conflict. “It’s very important to find community and not go through this alone,” she said, “and to remember that grief is a process. It is a good time to process and not to act on the anger and the grief and the sorrow in ways that hurt other people.” She went on to point out the increasing antisemitism and Islamophobia arising from grief around the world. “It is understandable that grieving people have less compassion for other people, so it is a time to work together in community, to process rather than to lash out.” Niv, who grew up in Israel and still has family and friends there, continued, “We must de-escalate, reduce violence, and remember that after the war, the day after the war, we will be neighbors — Israelis and Palestinians. We will still be

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historic fabric and green space, community and educational facilities, and unrivaled quality of life for residents,” reads the release. “Sustainability, resiliency, and equity back all facets of the plan.” Some members of the public have already expressed concerns about the plan via social media, letters to the editor, and email. The Princeton Coalition for Responsible Development (PCRD) questions “up-zoning,” the changing of zoning regulations “to permit a dramatic increase in the number of homes that can be built on a lot in specific areas, including small apartment blocks and luxury rentals,” reads an email sent Tuesday in anticipation of the meeting. “The plan initially suggested that 1-4 homes would be allowed per lot, but in the fi nal version it has been changed to allowing 2-8 units per acre and downtown and historic districts as being 4-20 units

per acre. It may sound less threatening but the intention has not changed.” The PCRD email questions the level of public input in the process. “It appears to echo the desires of a small prodensity and pro-development group that frequented those meetings,” it reads. “This may not accurately represent the interests of the majority who are unfamiliar with up-zoning and the ‘missing middle’ but are likely to be profoundly affected by these changes. Ultimately, voters should have the opportunity to voice their opinions and influence the direction Princeton takes.” Should there not be enough time for all public comments, the hearing will likely be extended to the next meeting of the Planning Board. Once all public comment has been heard, the Planning Board will deliberate and vote on adoption of the draft. Visit princetonnj.gov/calendar to gain access to the Zoom meeting. —Anne Levin

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Community Options, Inc., the Princeton-based nonprofit suppor ting people with disabilities, presented former Gov. Chris Christie with the Betty Pendler Award in recognition of his exceptional leadership in advancing opportunities for people with disabilities. The award was presented at the Union League of Philadelphia by Community Options Chair Dorothy Goodwin and Geraldo Rivera, whose exposé revealed gruesome conditions at the Willowbrook State School and helped launch the deinstitutionalization movement in the United States. “I am deeply honored to receive the Betty Pendler Award f rom Com mu nit y Opt ions,” Chr ist ie said. “Throughout my time as governor and beyond, I have been inspired by the resilience, strength, and spirit of individuals with disabilities. While I am humbled by this recognition, I also see it as a reminder that there is much work left to be done. I am committed to continuing my advocacy, alongside Community Options, to ensure that every American has the opportunity to reach their full potential.” Community Options is a national nonprofit organization that develops innovative housing and employment supports for 6,000 people with disabilities and families across 12 states. The organization presents the Betty Pendler Award each year to an individual who best exemplifies the mission of the organization.

HONORING CHRISTIE: From left, Community Options Treasurer James Buckley, the organization’s Enterprises Chairman Philip Lian, Geraldo Rivera, former Gov. Chris Christie, and Community Options President and CEO Robert Stack. “We are thrilled to honor Governor Christie with our most prestigious award,” said Robert Stack, Community Options’ founder, president, and CEO. “Throughout his tenure as governor and in the years since, Governor Christie has proven himself a tireless champion for people with disabilities and their families. He was the catalyst for our expansion into Iowa and developing our innovative employment program in Arizona.” Christie successfully advocated to Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds for Community Options to manage the closure of the Glenwood Resource Center, a state-run institution in Southwest Iowa that housed 150 people with disabilities. Community Options will transition all of the residents back

to the community by June of 2024. Additionally, Christie advocated to Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey to fund Community Options’ development of a Daily Plan It, an entrepreneurial business that trains and employs people w ith disabilities. The Daily Plan It of Arizona will provide competitive and integrated employment to people with significant disabilities in the greater Phoenix area. The award is named in honor of Pendler, who fought for the interests of people with disabilities. Having a daughter with Down s yndrome, she worked to educate the public and policymakers on the capabilities of people with disabilities, bringing a parents’ perspective into the national conversation.

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The Spirit of Princeton is among the community organizations participating with Princeton University to observe Veterans Day 2023 with an in-person Veterans Day ceremony on Friday, November 10 at 9 a.m. in Princeton University Chapel. The service will also be live streamed on the Princeton Universit y YouTube channel. Members of the general public are welcome to attend in person. Remarks will be delivered by David Leslie-Hughes, president of the British Officers Club of Philadelphia. Leslie-Hughes served as an officer in the British Army’s Royal Welch Fusiliers. An attorney, he has held senior leadership roles in the insurance and stock brokerage industries in the U.S. and Canada. A longtime member of the Princeton Officers Society, he will in part tell the story of one of the society’s founders, Princeton’s former Dean of the Chapel Ernest Gordon, and Gordon’s WWII experiences as a prisoner of the Japanese. The program will include an invocation by the Rev. Alison Boden, the University’s

Photo Ops with Santa And Holiday Horses

Team Velvet Inc. will hold a holiday fundraiser to support its mission of providing equine therapy for helping children overcome trauma. Families will have a special opportunity to have a holiday photo taken with Santa and his costumed Christmas horses at Journey’s End Farm, 79 Old Clinton Road, Flemington, on Sunday, November l9 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Donation to the fundraising event is $15 per car. Rick Reilly, aka Santa R ick of Hunterdon, and classic sleighs w ill join therapy horses Precious the Halflinger mare as Mrs. Claus, Buddy the draft / paint gelding as Santa, and miniature horse Little Annie dressed as Elfkin. The horse farm will sport decorations

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Princeton-Blairstown Center Marks 115th Anniversary

The Princeton-Blairstown Center ( PBC ) commemorated its 115th year of empowering young individuals with a panel discussion at Princeton Public Library on Monday, October 30. The panel was moderated by Chris Van Buren, vice chair of the board of trustees, and a former summer staff member in 1982 and 1983 during his undergraduate years at Princeton University. The panelists featured former PBC participants who shared their transformative experiences. These included Louise McCants, president and CEO of the Capital Area YMCA and a native of Trenton; Anthony Rivera, a Lawrence High School student; Patricia

Planter, parent liaison at C adwalader E lementar y School and also a Trenton native; and Handy Pierre, program manager at the Princeton-Blairstown Center, who is from Princeton. “PBC taught me to think more about my surroundings, how I can include everyone, make everyone feel welcome, and how I can take a piece of something and divide it into different chunks where everyone can be involved and feel welcome,” said Rivera. Planter reminisced about her time at PBC in 1991, recalling the dedicated staff who went “above and beyond.” She recalled cooking over an open fire, going to get water, and sleeping in tents. “PBC helped me thrive and learn my purpose, working with youth,” she said. Over the past two years Planter brought students to PBC for the Summer Bridge program. “The biggest thing I remember is gathering students and e n cou r ag i n g t h o s e w h o have never left Trenton to sign up. Seeing their faces when they got there, seeing all their smiles, and seeing how PBC staff engaged with students.”

Pierre, who attended PBC as a student and is now a staff member who recently led the Leader-in-Training program, said, “I always thought that if you had money you’d have more access to outdoor recreation, but getting off the bus at PBC and seeing others who looked like me made me realize that outdoor recreation and outdoor education is for me.” McCants, who first attended PBC in 1986, credited her experience with honing her leadership skills. She spoke about the profound impact of activities like trust falls, hiking on the Appalachian Trail, and kayaking in Maine. The evening also marked the beginning of an eightweek exhibition in the P r i n c e to n Ro o m of t h e librar y, curated by PBC Advisory Council member

Yvet te Saeko L anneau x. The exhibit showcases the significant contributions of individuals like Frank Broderick, a Princeton University Class of 1943 graduate, who advocated for racial integration on the Princeton campus, ultimately paving the way for the integration of Princeton Summer Camp in 1946. The exhibit also highlights other influential figures in the Center’s history, such as Dr. Robert J. Rivers, Jr, John Danielson, and Everard Pinneo.

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Four homes will be available to visit online as part of the Historical Society of Princeton’s Virtual House To u r 2 0 2 3 , N o v e m b e r 27-December 31. Tickets, which are $30, provide access to all four homes, which will be released on a weekly basis, with all four available the final week of the tour. The houses are located at 7 Herrontown Road, 947 Lawrenceville Road, 3801 Lawrenceville Road, and 419 Great Road. Proceeds support the programs and collections of the Historical Society. Visitors can explore the history, architecture, landscape, interior design, and private art collections of each residence. Visit princetonhistory.org to purchase tickets.

dean of religious life and of the chapel; the singing of the “Star-Spangled Banner” and “America the Beautiful” by Kenneth Grayson, supervisor in the Princeton University electric shop; and welcoming remarks from Mayor Mark Freda and Kam Amirzafari, co-presidents of The Spirit of Princeton. Dr. Mary Rorro, psychiatrist for the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, will play an original musical arrangement, and Gabriel Chalick ‘24 will play “Taps.” The benediction will be offered by Khalil Abdullah, Princeton University’s assistant dean for Muslim Life. I m m e d iately af ter t h e observance, the Princeton ROTC programs will conduct a swearing-in ceremony for new cadets and midshipmen on the steps of the chapel, followed by a reception in Murray-Dodge Hall. The public is welcome to attend the swearing in and the reception, although neither event will be livestreamed. For further information, contact Spencer Reynolds from Princeton University at spencerr@princeton.edu or Kam Amirzafari from The Spirit of Princeton at kam@ macleanwm.com.

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a superintendent posting, the BOE should consider this when soliciting a new superintendent. Procuring someone from the outside with the right credentials and fresh ideas The views of the letters do not necessarily that may not mesh with our schools situation and has not reflect the views of Town Topics. always been effective. From my recollection of previous years, we now have two superintendents who were either terminated or resigned, with payment of their salaries well beyond the date of their service, a situation that should be addressed in future contracts. To the Editor: One often hears only from those voicing discontent. PETER MADISON However, I wish to instead elevate the awesome work of Snowden Lane Princeton Recreation in serving special needs community members. Princeton Recreation is an exemplary model of what true inclusion can and should be. The township’s commitment to providing adaptive and inclusive recreation opportunities To the Editor: Princeton’s Draft Master Plan, a substantial 270-page has been a game changer for so many children and young document, was shared with the public on October 31, and adults in our community. Most children have a wide variety of athletic and wellness a Zoom meeting is scheduled for November 9 to review it, opportunities in their community. However, for the parents followed by a Council meeting for potential adoption, all of a special needs child, it can be challenging to find within an aggressive timeline. This timeline is concerning inclusive programming for neuro and physically diverse because it signifies more than a routine update; it’s a kids. Princeton Recreation has responded to this need with transformative plan poised to reshape Princeton’s identity a deep commitment to inclusive sports opportunities. Over for years to come. At its core, this plan assumes that Princeton’s stable the past several years, Princeton has supported sports, music, and yoga opportunities for special needs community population of 30,000 should be significantly increased through up-zoning, which involves changing zoning members. It is so wonderful to see so many community members regulations to permit 1-4 dwelling units in specific areas. benefiting from adaptive recreation in their own town. The document acknowledges that downtown Princeton Inclusive recreation provides critical social, emotional, already has a density exceeding 10,000 people per square and physical activities that improve both emotional and mile, on par with Newark and surpassing New Brunswick. physical well-being. Plus, our children get the experience The plan aims to intensify this density by allowing taller of being part of a team. Inclusive recreation also builds buildings, reduced setbacks, and fewer parking restrictions. The concept of the “missing middle” is central to this plan. and strengthens our community while demonstrating that This term has been used to rebrand “medium density” over all abilities are valued and appreciated in Princeton. Princeton Recreation should be commended for their the past decade, and while other cities have experimented commitment to inclusion and providing the joy of sports with similar approaches, outcomes have been mixed, with some studies revealing increased costs, as seen in Chicago. and recreation to all community members. Princeton, however, is not a sprawling metropolis but a small Thank you, Princeton Recreation. college town known for its desirability. This desirability has TRACY O’TOOLE led developers to replace affordable housing with premium Ridgeview Road four-bedroom homes. The town’s intention with up-zoning is for homeowners to add units without demolishing existing structures. It’s emphasized that the focus is not on regulating density but on preserving the neighborhood’s character by fitting within To the Editor: the existing framework. Corporations, businesses, and professional associations Nonetheless, skepticism abounds regarding the feasibility often promote from within to fill positions that become of this approach. It’s unrealistic to assume that the majority available. Why? Because existing employees are loyal, have proven their capabilities, and have knowledge of the of property owners will start constructing additional housing company culture, staff, and the issues that need to be in their yards for sale or rent. Instead, developers are likely to take advantage of this opportunity, buying, demolishing, addressed. and replacing with multiple homes, further driving up prices, When qualified Princeton teachers and staff respond to

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driven by profit. Despite adding 1,100 new units, high rents have not decreased. Up-zoning may elevate property values, resulting in higher property taxes and a shift in the tax burden toward up-zoned properties. This could potentially exacerbate gentrification and decrease affordability. Moreover, the plan does not adequately address the impact on infrastructure, quality of life, and the potential environmental consequences of relaxing parking restrictions. While it is claimed that public input has influenced this plan through various “visioning” exercises and surveys, it appears to echo the desires of a small pro-density and development group that frequented these meetings. This may not accurately represent the interests of the majority who are unfamiliar with up-zoning and the “missing middle” but are likely to be profoundly affected by these changes. Given the magnitude of this proposed change, its acceptance could unleash uncontrolled development with farreaching consequences. It is essential that the town allows more time for public discourse and avoids rushing the plan through with a Zoom meeting. Ultimately, voters should have the opportunity to voice their opinions and influence the direction Princeton takes. JANE MACLENNAN Edgehill Street

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over 50 percent in the next 20 years. Increasing tree coverage is a natural solution to reduce extreme heat in cities, and our government has allocated $1B to add trees nationwide to reduce heat and improve air quality. Why is Princeton headed in the opposite direction? The proposed PTS redevelopment plan for the TRW property at 106 Stockton (a property described as, and known to be, environmentally sensitive) asks our town officials to approve removing over 25 magnificent, 100+ year-old trees, and to attempt mitigation of the guaranteed resultant flooding by adding underground storage tanks. This feels representative of our town’s future: remove a natural gift that prevents flooding, creates and cleans the air we breathe, cools our air in the summer and adds to our well-being, and replace it with a manmade mechanical solution that will fail over time. People want to live in a healthy ecosystem but, if this Master Plan is approved, we will embark on a plan to pave paradise. And once our beautiful trees are removed, it will take decades to bring them back, but only if there is any space left for them to grow. PATRICK MCDONNELL Hibben Road

Care Needs to Be Taken About What is Done in Town So Character is Preserved

To the Editor: The Township is entering the final stages of updating its Master Plan. As noted in a letter in Town Topics by the Planning Board chairs [“Proposed Master Plan Suggests Way for Town to Grow Responsibly, Incrementally, Equitably,” Mailbox, November 1], the document “presents a vision, assumptions, and guiding principles” that addresses community priorities. That includes land use. The land use map presented in the Master Plan shows up to 20 units per acre on small lots in neighborhoods outside of downtown. However, we’ve been reassured by the Planning Board that the Master Plan does not rezone Princeton or lay the foundation for uncontrolled population growth. “It is a policy document that does not by itself transform local laws and practices.” Concurrent with the formulation of the Master Plan over the last year or two has been the construction of three 4-story housing developments abutting the Princeton Shopping Center. These will consist of about 650 units, and house perhaps 1,500 people, representing 5 percent of the present population of Princeton, within about a six to nine block square area. This will significantly change the complexion of the neighborhood. A development of 250 units is contemplated for the TRW Campus off Stockton Street. While I have not read it, I can’t imagine that the previous Master Plan envisioned this current development. Master Plans or not, our town is changing drastically, and it happens despite our best laid plans. Princeton has a significant history and a special character because of that history. It is that character that draws many residents here to make their homes. We need to be careful about what we do here so that

character is preserved. I applaud the openness and discussion which has accompanied the formulation of the Master Plan and the development at TRW. This has not been the norm until recently. Though there may have been many Council meetings related to the development around the shopping center, almost every person I’ve talked to in my Littlebrook neighborhood was not aware of the planning and are quite disturbed by the new building. This development has helped Princeton meet its affordable housing needs and possibly saved the shopping center from failure. Those are good things. However, while there is belief that apartments in these new developments can provide reasonable cost housing to folks who that will work in town, the reality is that these are free market apartments whose rents will reflect the high sale costs of houses in Princeton and will serve many people who would like to live here but work elsewhere. The bottom line is that our town leaders need to continue to be as open about what is planned for town, and, as crucially, that we all work to keep aware of what is happening in Princeton (either via local media, or through the weekly municipal emails) so that we can let our leaders know how we feel about it. If we don’t, we won’t know what we might wake up to — Master Plan or no Master Plan. GARY MALTZ Braeburn Drive

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of Books and The London Review of Books. He is the author of seminal books on Nabokov, Marquez, Yeats, Oracles, and more, including Alfred Hitchcock: The Man Who Knew Too Much. Wa m p ol e i s pr ofe s s or of Fr e n c h at P r i n c e to n University and the aut hor of D e generative Realism : Novel and Nation in 21st Centur y France ; Rootedness : The Ramifications of a Metaphor; and The Other Serious: Essays for the New American Generation. This event is cosponsored by Princeton University’s Humanities Council and French and Italian as well as Comparative Literature departments.

Atelier@Large Explores Challenges in Making Art

Author Michael Wood Discusses His Experience in Reading Marcel Proust Author Michael Wood, joined in conversation with Christy Wampole, offers his experience in reading Marcel Proust. The t wo ponder what would the world be like without the work of Proust on T hurs day, November 16 at 6 p.m. at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street. In Marcel Proust : My Reading (Oxford University Press, $24.95), Wood writes about Proust’s work as an event, and about events in relation to that work itself. The event that created the figure we know might be dated to a time in 1908, when Proust, an occasional writer and socialite, turned

into somewhat of a hermit and a novelist. This book shows what the sudden change looks like, and explores the work of Proust as an event in the world, something that h a p p e n e d to l i te r a t u r e and culture and our understanding of history. It details certain aspects of Proust’s life and what he has to tell us as a writer. Wood is professor emeritus of English and comparative l i te r a t u r e a t P r i n c e to n University. He has written w idely on 20 t h cent ur y literature, film, and literary theory and writes regularly for The New York Review

P r i nce ton Un iver s it y’s Lewis Center for the Arts continues the Atelier@Large conversation series that brings guests to campus for public discussions on the challenges they face in making art in the modern world. Next in the 2023-24 series, Paul Muldoon, Princeton’s Howard G.B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities and director of the Princeton Atelier, will be joined by award-winning Ukrainian journalist and bestselling author Andrey Kurkov, and award-winning American writer, physicist, and social entrepreneur Alan Lightman, Princeton Class of 1970. The event is on Tuesday, November 14, at 7:30 p.m. in Richardson Auditorium on Princeton’s campus, and is free and open to the public. The Princeton Atelier, currently directed by Muldoon, was founded in 1994 by Nobel Laureate Toni Morrison, Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities, Emeritus, at the University. The Atelier@Large series, established in 2021, is an extension of the Princeton Atelier. This year’s series is cosponsored by Labyrinth Books. K u r ko v, b o r n n e a r

Leningrad in 1961, was a journalist, prison warden, cameraman, and screenplay writer before he became well known as the author of 19 novels. His 1996 novel Death and the Penguin, his first in English translation, became an international best-seller and has been translated into more than 30 languages. Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv, first published in Russian in 2012, is now available in English and was longlisted in March for t he 2023 International Booker Prize. Kurkov’s novel Grey Bees (2018), translated by Boris Dralyuk, was awarded the 2023 National Book Critics Circle award. His most recent book, Diary of an Invasion (2023), is a collection of his writings and broadcasts from Kyiv. Lightman is the author of 25 books, both nonfiction and fiction, including Einstein’s Dreams (1992), an international best-seller; The Diagnosis (2000), a finalist for the National Book Award in fiction; and Searching for Stars on an Island in Maine (2018), the basis of a three-part series titled “Searching: Our Quest for Meaning in the Age of Science,” on public television. His writing has also appeared in Harper’s, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic Monthly. Lightman majored in physics at Princeton and received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in 1974. Since then, he has done fundamental research on the astrophysics of black holes, astrophysical radiation processes, and stellar dynamics, and has served on the faculties of Harvard and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he is currently professor of the practice of the humanities. Muldoon, the founding chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts, is an internationally renowned Irish poet. He won the Pulitzer Prize for his ninth collection of poems, Moy Sand and Gravel (2002). His 14th volume of poems, Howdie-Skelp, was released in 2021 by Farrar Straus & Giroux. His 15th, Joy in Service on Rue Tagore, will appear in April 2024.

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Philip Petit, Fintan O’Toole Second Sunday Poetry Discuss “The State” at Labyrinth Reading at Princeton Makes

The State, by Philip Petit, proposes that the future of our species depends on whether states can resist corporate capture, religious zealotr y, and nationalist mania, and can work together to heal the Earth so that its peoples prosper, according to the publisher. Two eminent writers and thinkers, Petit and Fintan O’Toole, consider t hese questions and offer their thoughts in a discussion on Wednesday, November 15, at 6 p.m. at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street. In his new book (Princeton University Press, $39.95), Pettit examines the nature of “the state” and its capacity to serve goals like peace and justice within and beyond its borders. “Philip Pettit has written a rigorous and compelling account of what the state must be and could be as a prelude to an argument about what it should be to achieve national and global justice,” wrote Anne-Marie S lau g hte r, for m e r d e a n of Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs, and now CEO of New America. “Of particular note is his understanding of sovereignty as an emergent phenomenon from the interac t ions of mu lt iple decentralized agents of the people, a critical updating of classical theorists. The argument for the survival and necessity of the state is equally important for both domestic political theorists and would-be architects of global governance.” Pe t t it i s pr ofe s s or of human values at Princeton University and professor of philosophy at the Australian Nat ional Un iversit y, Canberra. He is the author of Republicanism, On the People’s Terms, and Just Fre e d om, a m o n g ot h e r books. O’Toole is a columnist for the Irish Times and professor in the Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University. A regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and The Guardian, he is the author of many acclaimed books, most recently of We Don’t Know Ourselves: A Personal History of Modern Ireland. This event is co-sponsored by Princeton University’s Humanities Council, Center for Hu man Values, and Lewis Center for the Arts.

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Princeton Makes, a Princeton-based ar tist cooperative, and Ragged Sky Press, a local publisher focused on poetr y, w ill hos t a S e cond S u nday Poetry Reading on Sunday, November 12 at 4 p.m. The readings will take place at the Princeton Makes store in the Princeton Shopping Center.

Daniel Weeks

The November reading will feature Estelle Bajou and Daniel Weeks. Their readings will be followed by an open mic available to up to 10 audience members who would like to read their original poetry. Weeks, of Eatontown, is a poet, historian, and musician whose latest book of poems is We No More Sang for the Bird: A Poem of World War I (Ragged Sky Press, 2023) He is also the author of For Now: New & Collected Poems, 1979-2017, which includes nine previously published collections in addition to unpublished work. His poetry has appeared in The Cimarron Review, Plainsongs, The Stillwater Review, and many other publications. He edits This Broken Shore literary magazine.

Estelle Bajou

Bajou is a French American polymath. Her poetry, art, and music are featured or forthcoming in South Florida Poetry Journal, About Place Journal, This Broken Shore. She’s also a critically praised, award-winning actor and composer. Raised in a North Carolina furniture factory town, she now lives in Harlem with a bunch of houseplants, where she works a lot of survival gigs. Visit her at estellebajou.com. Pr inceton Makes is a cooperative comprised of 35 local artists who work across a range of artistic genres, including painting, draw ing, s tained glas s, s cu lpt ure, tex t iles, and jewelry. Customers will be able to support local artists by shopping for a wide variety of art, including large paintings, prints, custom-made greeting cards, stained glass lamps and window hangings, jewelry in a variety of designs and patterns, and more. Ragged Sky is a small, highly selective cooperative press that has historically focused on mature voices, ov e r l o o ke d p o e t s , a n d women’s perspectives. For more information, visit princetonmakes.com.

Once Upon a Time in Indiana: James Dean and Hoosier Hysteria Dream as if you’ll live forever, live as if you’ll die today. —James Dean (1931-1955) You got that James Dean daydream look in your eye... —Taylor Swift (born 1989) he reality of writing an open-ended weekly column is that at the last minute someone or something may come out of nowhere to redirect a piece that was originally triggered, in this case, by controversial basketball coach Bobby Knight’s front page obituary in the New York Times. First thought is you’ll be writing about growing up with Indiana basketball, which goes according to plan until you remember a player you admired as a 10-year-old, who reawakens thoughts of James Dean, the actor you were obsessed with at 17. It seems incredible that at the time I was buying everything about James Dean I could lay my hands on, I missed the poem with the line about dreaming and living that contains other “last words” such as “Forgive quickly, kiss slowly,” “Dance as if no one’s watching,” and “Love as if it’s all you know.” Any one of those lines could be the title of a song by Taylor Swift, who brought Dean dancing back into the pop culture conversation in 2014 and then again last week in her rerecorded version of “Style.” Page One In the 25th-anniversary edition of A Season on the Brink: A Year with Bob Knight and the Indiana Hoosiers (Simon & Schuster paperback 2011), John Feinstein writes: “If I had a dollar for every time someone told me a story about encountering Knight and finding him gracious and charming and funny, I would never have to work another day in my life. If I also had a dollar for every time I’ve been told a story about Knight being a bully or being rude and obnoxious, I’d be Bill Gates.” The Bobby Knight who would have made Feinstein as rich as Bill Gates is the one whose page one photo appeared in the November 2 New York Times under the headline “Title-Winning, Temper-Losing Basketball Coach.” In the online edition, Knight, who died last week at 83, is famous for “Trophies and Tantrums.” Without all the copy generated by the coach who threw chairs at referees and torture-trained his players, even Knight’s three NCAA championships and 11 Big Ten titles might not have been enough to make his death front page news. When he

was fired by Indiana University in 2000 for violating a zero-tolerance policy instituted because of his abusive behavior, Knight was the most popular public figure in the state. If he’d run for governor, he’d have won in a landslide. If he’d run for president as a Democrat in 2016, he’d have been a formidable opponent to Donald Trump, the reality TV version of himself he twice enthusiastically endorsed. Page 27 I grew up rooting for the Indiana teams that played during the years before Knight’s 1971-2000 reign, namely those coached by his predecessor Branch McCracken, who led I.U. to the National Championship in 1940 and 1953 and received an obit and a mug shot on page 27 in the June 5, 1970 Times. Having seen Knight in action only on T V, my most vivid memory of IU basketball remains the sight of McCracken towering over ever yone els e on t he sidelines, grey-haired and distinguished looking in suit and tie, in contrast to Knight’s red sweater and casual trousers. The Times account of McCracken has the flavor of Indiana folklore: “a poor farm boy” from Monrovia, a town 40 miles from Bloomington, whose first basketball was “an inflated pig’s bladder,” his first basket “a discarded peach basket nailed to the side of a barn.” More to the point, Coach McCracken was famous for drilling his players in the fastbreak style that inspired the brand name “Hurrying Hoosiers.” Although the man they called Big Bear growled on the sidelines and occasionally barked at the referees, there were no chair-throwing rages in spite of his being “so tense about the game that he often walked the campus until 3 a.m.” Absolute Pandemonium “Hoosier Hysteria” is another snazzy piece of journalistic doggerel but it doesn’t do full-bodied justice to the excitement of Indiana basketball that heats up with the high school sectionals and regionals and boils over in the state finals. One thing that made sectional hoops so exciting in particular was the size of the venue; the smaller the gym, the louder the noise; all those last-shot-at-the-buzzer-frenzied moments often took place in an echo-

chamber whose acoustics engulfed everyone and everything in absolute pandemonium. The Big Ten Even so, the ultimate excitement was watching McCracken’s Indiana teams go up against Big Ten rivals in the cavernous IU Fieldhouse when the star was Bill Garrett, the team’s first Black player. Garrett was already famous in Indiana, having led Shelbyville to the state championship in 1947. Other favorite players of mine were Lou Watson, who reminded me of the movie star Dan Dailey; the feisty guard with the musical name, Sammy Miranda; and forward Jerry Stuteville, the only player I felt on familiar terms with — he waved and smiled once when I shouted “Hey Jerry!” Sudden Death In later years I shuddered every time I drove across the small bridge on the state road to Indianapolis where Jerry Stutev ille had died in an accident, the defining sudden death of my life until September 30, 1955. Probably the closest I ever came to the same fate was while pretending to be James Dean after a drive-in double feature of East of Eden and Rebel Without a Cause, my seemingly austere, buttoned-up English professor father having brought a fire-engine-red Buick Special convertible into the family just in time for me to drive it at high speeds through the night during my senior year in high school. It was in a moment of vicarious angst that I swerved and narrowly missed an oncoming car. No Adults My first memory of actually playing basketball is a burning pain on the palms of both hands from shooting baskets on a stone court in sub-freezing weather. The hoop was located in Hoosier Courts, which now that I think of it sounds like a housing development for basketball players, but was in fact a cluster of barracks for graduate students and vets on the GI Bill. When we moved to a “real house,” it was located directly across the street from a basketball goal with a single netless hoop (this is Indiana, after all), where my nearly six-foot-tall friend and I were

virtually unbeatable as a two-man team we called the Mercurys. That was before adults entered the picture in junior high and the simple joy of playing disappeared. By sophomore year I was covering sports for the school paper and my friend was on the varsity basketball team. Even when I was pulling for Bobby Knight’s Hoosiers 20 years later, the bullying, hands-on coach was a reminder of what had driven me away from organized sports. Jimmy’s Glasses I started wearing glasses when I was 7 and in second grade (there’s an amusing note in my mother’s journal: “Stuart broke his glasses in a sword fight”); the oft-taped specs got broken fairly often, another reason I didn’t play roundball in high school. I’ve already described, both here and in a novel James Dean inspired, the humiliating moment the junior high football coach refused to let me play in the “big game” with our crosstown rival, even though I was suited up and had been told I could as long as I wore a protective mask. Glasses were key to my identification with James Dean, who hadn’t let the “four eyes” stigma or adult coaches keep him down. I recently found a 2018 Indianapolis Star article about Dean’s high school basketball career accompanied by a photo of him posed in uniform wearing glasses (which were “such a nuisance to Jimmy, always sliding down his nose, going crooked on his face”). He was “almost blind without them” and had gone through 15 pairs by the time he graduated from Fairmount High in 1949, according to Wes Gehring’s James Dean: Rebel With a Cause (2005), a book published by the Indiana Historical Society on the 50th anniversary of his death. According to Gehring, whenever a foul was called on Dean that he thought unfair, he would yank off his glasses and hurl them to the floor: “Another mark of a young man who — if he was going to do something — was going to do it grandly, with a fire inside.” Both Bobby Knights — the funny charmer and the bully — might smile at the thought of all those broken glasses. Knight’s Obit nterviewed about his book The Power of Negative Thinking (New Harvest 2013), Bobby Knight was asked what he would leave out if he were allowed to write his own obituary, he said, “Well, seeing as I won’t be able to, I would simply quote Clark Gable. Quite frankly, I just don’t give a damn.” —Stuart Mitchner

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BOOK REVIEW

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hen choruses choose to perform the oratorios of George Frideric Handel, it is usually the popular Messiah which draws in audiences. However, Handel composed close to 30 oratorios, essentially perfecting the genre when interest in Italian opera waned in 18th-century England. Sung in English, oratorios had great audience appeal, retaining the solo vocal fireworks popular in opera but adding complex choral numbers which served a narrative function and provided commentary on the action. Handel looked to biblical sources for subject matter to create his familiar oratorios, with works based on the stories of Saul, Samson, and Judas Maccabeus. Lesser known is the 1748 Solomon, which depicts the life of the monarch of ancient Israel in 63 arias, recitatives, and choruses. Handel’s choral/orchestral works are tailor-made for the more than 100-member Princeton Pro Musica, which brought a production of Solomon to Richardson Auditorium this past Sunday afternoon. Led by Pro Musica Artistic Director Ryan J. Brandau and joined by the period orchestra New York Baroque Incorporated and five vocal soloists, Pro Musica presented a spirited performance of Handel’s animated work. Wealthy, wise and powerful, King Solomon ruled from approximately 970-931 BCE. For this oratorio, Handel used a libretto of select biblical accounts focusing on the relationship between Solomon and his Queen, the well-known tale of the King and the two mothers, and the narrative of the Queen of Sheba’s visit to Solomon’s realm. The sheer length of Solomon may have deterred ensembles from the challenging work, but for Sunday’s performance, Brandau pared the piece down to two-thirds of its original score, creating a three-part story which was easy to follow. Solomon is three short musical plays in one oratorio, and Pro Musica’s presentation retained the best of all Handel’s musical tricks — fiery arias, crisp orchestral playing, and joyous choruses which displayed the ensemble’s solid choral training. One consistent aspect of Handel’s oratorios is how well the composer wrote for the voice. Solomon was scored for chorus and five soloists, with each soloist playing a major character and occasionally doubling up in a supporting role. Mezzo-soprano Sarah Nelson Craft sang the title role of King Solomon, drawing on an extensive background in early music. Unlike some of Handel’s operas, this mezzo-range role was composed for a female singer, and Craft arrived onstage ready to take charge of all three scenarios depicted. She sang with a smooth and rich sound and a voice that soared in the upper registers, continually demonstrating precise diction and delivering recitative verses with clarity.

In the key scene of Solomon and the two mothers, each claiming the same baby, Craft was joined by sopranos Sonya Headlam and Elisse Albian. As “First Woman,” Albain possessed a lyrical voice which sparkled in the faster-moving passages. She and Craft presented a particularly elegant “all is well” duet when Solomon ruled in her favor. Headlam was more vocally dramatic and also adept at the coloratura runs, as well as unnervingly convincing agreeing that Solomon’s suggestion that the baby be split in half was a good one. Headlam seemed to find particular joy in the runs of her arias, and her voice fit well with both Albian and Craft in their joint scenes. Baritone Harrison Hintzsche performed several roles, fi rst singing with a gentle sound as a Levite assuring the public that the Lord’s mercies will “forever last.” He displayed smooth vocal runs in a second aria toward the close of the work, expressing the narrative text well. Tenor Gregório Taniguchi rounded out the quintet of Baroque solo voices, singing with a light, clean sound and handling vocal runs well. All singers showed imaginative ornamentation to the closing lines of their arias, as well as attention to 18th-century musical detail. As could be expected, the version of Solomon Brandau compiled for this performance featured the chorus in numbers which not only fit the narrative but also emphasized the ensemble’s choral precision. Princeton Pro Musica consistently demonstrated a clean choral sound with meticulous diction which carried well in the hall. The ensemble found the most dynamic contrast in a mournful Act III chorus of death and despair, followed by the text that “all is calm again.” Handel tended to close his oratorios with a chorus pronouncing a moral to the story, and in ending the oratorio, Pro Musica exhibited its trademark solid block choral sound in reminding the audience that “the fame of the just shall eternally last.” ew York Baroque Incorporated showed uniform attention to musical detail and dynamics throughout the performance, with graceful phrase directions and crisp endings to lines. Cellist Ezra Seltzer, bassist Wen Yang, organist Caitlyn Koester, and harpsichordist Elliot Figg provided a concrete continuo foundation to the recitatives, and oboists Andrew Blanke and Sarah Weiner played particularly elegant duet passages in the “Symphony” which opened Act III. Conducting without a baton, Brandau paced the substantial work well, taking an approach which was not too strenuous on the choristers and highlighted the soloists. Handel’s Solomon is a tour-de-force for all involved, and Pro Musica’s presentation created an afternoon of music that was refreshing to listen to and which held the audience’s attention well. —Nancy Plum

Princeton Pro Musica will present its next performance on Saturday, December 16 at 4 p.m. in the Princeton University Chapel. Featuring John Rutter’s “Gloria” and Gerald Finzi’s “In Terra Pax,” “A Feast of Carols” will also include works for organ, brass, percussion, and choir. Ticket information can be obtained by visiting princetonpromusica.org.

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Performing Arts

A LOCAL TRADITION: The 2022 “Evening of Readings and Carols” concert presented at Princeton University Chapel by Westminster Choir College of Rider University will be broadcast by American Public Television this year.

GOD BLESS US EVERYONE: Joel McKinnon Miller stars as Ebeneezer Scrooge, carrying Rafaella Mousa as Tiny Tim in “A Christmas Carol,” coming to McCarter Theatre December 6-24.

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McCarter Theatre presents A Christmas Carol starring Joel McKinnon Miller, familiar from his work on Brooklyn Nine-Nine and Big Love, as Ebeneezer Scrooge. The Charles Dickens classic is adapted and directed by Lauren Keating, with musical direction by Chris Frisco and choreography by Emily Maltby. “Since 1980, McCarter’s A Christmas Carol has been a beacon of holiday cheer and a celebration of our community,” said Artistic Director Sarah Rasmussen. “I think a lot about what it means to connect across differences. This story reminds us that it’s not too late to change or to welcome someone back to the table. If Scrooge can change, if his community can give him another chance — then just imagine what is possible for us. Whether it is your first time attending or your 40th, thank you for gathering with us to tell this story.” Au d ience s c a n exp e c t new special effects, music, dancing, and a new lobby experience featuring a Tree of Giving, local school and community choirs on select dates, photo ops, themed drinks, and more. “So many members of this

ry with me from when they were young,” said Executive Director Martin Miller. “It’s incredible to see them now as parents giving the same gift to their kids, years later, alongside new families finding their place around the table with the Cratchits for the first time.” Preview performances are December 6 and 7. Opening night is December 8. A relaxed performance is December 10 at 1 p.m. An American Sign Language interpreted performance is December 16 at 1 p.m., and an open caption and audio described performance is December 17 at 1 p.m. Tickets for performances start at $35 and are now on sale at mccarter.org / achristmascarol or can be purchased by calling (609) 258 -2787. Groups of at least 10 can save 10 percent off tickets and groups of 20 or more can save 15 percent (zone restrictions apply.) Princeton University students can access free tickets with Passport to the Arts using code PUTIGER. Visit mccarter.org/tigertix. High school and college students can access $25 tickets in advance with code STUTIX. Tickets can be picked up prior to the performance

the lobby on December 7 by the Princeton Apprentice Choir from Westrick Academy, on December 15 by the Allentown High School Choir, on December 20 by the Princeton Girlchoir from Westrick Academy, and December 21 by the Princeton Young Men’s Ensemble from Westrick Academy. The eighth annual A Christmas Carol Family Read-Aloud is on Sunday, December 3 at 2 p.m. at Princeton Public Library. That event is free, and all reading levels are welcome.

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Music lovers can relive the 2022 performance of A n Evening of Readings and Carols, which will be available on American Public Television member stations throughout the U.S. beginning November 1, the same day that tickets for this year’s event will go on sale. The concert is presented at Princeton University Chapel. Last year’s concert is available through PBS Passport, the public television streaming service. All available stations will be listed at rider. edu/readingsandcarols. The holiday concert was filmed

A series of readings and discussions featuring an international line-up of poets:

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FM throughout much of New Columbia University and a Jersey and eastern Pennsyl- BA from Vassar College. vania or online at wwfm.org. She lives with her family near New York City. Phillips’ Mill Competition Hebrew Holy Man by PeNames Winning Playwrights ter Langman shares the inDrama at Phillips’ Mill sights of two old men — a has announced the w in- rabbi who survived the Holoners of the 6th Annual Ju- caust and a Native American ried Emerging Playwright who survived the slaughter Competition. The winning at Wounded Knee. Langplays will be performed at man’s plays have received a staged reading at the his- recognition in 12 national toric Mill on Saturday, No- competitions in nine states, vember 18 at 7 p.m. with readings and producAdam Richter’s short play tions in New York, PennsylClips tells the tale of a re- vania, New Jersey, Ohio, Inporter on her last day at a diana, and North Carolina. failing newspaper, trying to Additional plays include find a way to save her job. France Is Bacon by Julie A resident of Wyomissing, Zaffarano, An Honest LesRichter is the literary man- son in Self-Defense by Paager of Reading Theater tricia Lynn, and Trite and Project and a member of True by Jane M. Lee. the Dramatists Guild and the Of the plays selected, Playwrights Thriving Writers 2023 jurist Wilbert Turner group. said, “What stood out to me In Broken Vessel, Do - most about our selections menick Scudera weaves the this year is each playwright’s tale of two aging and cynical strong use of dialogue. I’m drag queens who argue with really looking forward to each other as they prepare the readings and having the to perform at the bar mitz- opportunity to hear voices vah of a young fan. Scudera bring these characters to is a professor of theater at life.” Ursinus College where he Phillips’ Mill is located has been teaching acting, at 2619 River Road in New directing, and theater his- Hope, Pa. Visit phillipsmill. tory since 1997. org for ticket information. Jennifer O’Grady’s We Continued on Page 22 Were Happy engages the audience in the memories of two Italian American sisters remembering growing up well loved on New York’s Lower East and Side and finding their memwell read ories differ. O’Grady holds an MFA in w riting from since 1946 THE LEWIS CENTER FOR THE ARTS PRESENTS

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last year in honor of its 30th anniversary, and featured student and alumni choirs from Westminster. The recording project was supported by gifts from alumni and friends of the College. “We are thrilled to be able to share this joyous performance nationwide,” said Jason Vodicka, associate dean of Rider’s College of Arts and Sciences. “This beloved tradition truly embodies the spirit of the holiday season and showcases the incredible talent of our students and alumni.” Tickets for the 2023 concerts, which are December 8 and 9 at 8 p.m., are available at rider.edu. The performances will feature the Westminster Chapel Choir, We s t m i ns ter S y mphon ic Choir, Westminster Jubilee Singers, Westminster Concert Bell Choir, and the Westminster Choir. “For the 31st year, we will continue the incredible tradition of Readings and Carols with the Westminster choirs, Robert McCormick ’01, [adjunct instructor of organ], and the Timberdale Brass,” said James Jordan, conductor of the Westminster Choir and Westminster Symphonic Choir. “Over 70 alumni will join with our choirs for the traditionally moving event.” The 2023 concert will also be broadcast on WWFM The Classical Network on Monday, December 18 at 8 p.m. and Monday, December 25 at 3 p.m. Listen live on 89.1

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Brightman Stars in Concert With Orchestra and Choir

State Theatre New Jersey presents soprano Sarah Brightman in “A Christmas Symphony” on Sunday, November 26 at 7:30 p.m. Last year, A Christmas Symphony travelled internationally to Japan and Southeast Asia and was met with standing ovations and rave reviews. Accompanied by orchestra, choir, and special guests, this holiday show will feature Brightman performing many of her holiday classics and greatest hits. Brightman is the world’s best-selling soprano and UNESCO Artist for Peace Ambassador She originated the role of Christine Daaé in The Phantom of the Opera on both West End and Broadway stages, and has performed at such events as the Concert for Diana, The Kennedy Center Honors, and the Barcelona and Beijing Olympic Games. Brightman has been recognized for her outstanding contribution to music and theater with a ‘star’ on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The theater is at 15 Livingston Avenue in New Brunswick. Visit STNJ.org for tickets, which range from $69 to $199.

“Parfumerie” Opens Kelsey Holiday Season

Parfumerie, the play that inspired a Tony Award-winning musical and multiple iconic films, will be on stage

at Kelsey Theatre November 24-December 3. MTM Players is presenting the comedy at the theater on the campus of Mercer County Community College in West Windsor. Set in 1937 Budapest, the play follows the tale of parfumerie employee George Hor vath, fired just days before Christmas when his boss mistakenly suspects him of hav ing an af fair with his wife. Meanwhile, George’s own love life goes awry when he discovers that the stranger he has fallen in love with through a secret cor respondence is none other than Amalia Balash, a co-worker with whom he constantly feuds. For the employees of the parfumerie, only the truth can lead to a happy resolution in this oldfashioned, romantic Christmas tale. The show was adapted by E.P. Dowdall — the nephew of the original playwright — from the original Hungarian play “Illatszertár,” penned by Miklós László and translated into English by his aunt, Florence László. The original story has gone on to be embraced by millions of audience members as the source material for three movies: The Shop Around the Corner (1940), In the G ood Old Summer time (1949), and You’ve Got Mail (1998). The play was also adapted for the 1962 Bock and Harnick Broadway musical She Loves Me — with subsequent revivals in 1993 and 2016 — winning multiple Tony Awards.

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Dowdall is slated to attend the November 24 performance and meet with audience members during an opening night gala and reception with cast and crew following the performance. An interview with Dowdall, conducted by producer/director Rob Michael Lasky, is available on The MTM Players website at mtmplayers. org. Dowdall shares stories of his uncle, how the story was translated, and other insights into the making and transformation of this iconic holiday tale. Shows are Fridays and Saturdays, November 2425 and December 1-2 at 8 p.m.; and Saturdays and Sundays, November 25-26 and December 2-3, at 2 p.m. Tickets are $22 for adults and $20 for seniors, veterans, military, and students. Visit kelseytheatre.org.

Flutists and Pianist Perform at Church

The Westminster Conservatory at Nassau series will continue with a recital of music for two flutes and piano on November 16 at 12:15 p.m. The performers are flutists Ellen Fisher Deerberg and Kevin Willois, and pianist Patricia Tupta Landy, all members of the teaching faculty of Westminster Conservatory of Music. The recital will take place in the Niles Chapel of Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Nassau Street. Admission is free. The program includes the Flower Duet from Delibes› opera, Lakme; Doppler Andante and Rondo, op. 25;

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selections from Flowers from Frösö Island by Wilhelm Peterson-Berger and the Sonata for Flute and Piano by Francis Poulenc. Deerberg received a Bachelor of Music degree in performance from Temple University, where she studied with the late Murray Panitz, principal flutist of the Philadelphia Orchestra. She has performed as principal flutist with the Kennett Symphony Orchestra, Lehigh Valley Chamber Orchestra, and Delaware Children’s Opera, and is the principal flutist of the Bravura Philharmonic Orchestra. Willois graduated from the Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts with degrees in music performance and music education. He is an active performer in the New York/New Jersey area and has performed with the Garden State Symphonic Band, the Edison Symphony, Artemis Chamber Orchestra, and Actor’s Net, as well as with the chamber ensembles Trio@play and Vento Trio. Landy performs as a soloist and chamber musician in the tri-state area. She served as an adjunct professor for graduate piano pedagogy internships at Westminster Choir College of Rider Uni-

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Jon Batiste, Suleika Jaouad To Appear at Richardson

Princeton University Concerts (PUC) will kick off its 2023-24 Healing with Music season on Wednesday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. at Richardson Auditorium with “The Beat Goes On: Healing from Cancer through Music,” an evening of conversation permeated by live performance with author Suleika Jaouad and her husband, multiple Grammy Awardwinning musician Jon Batiste. The evening is moderated by Deborah Amos, international correspondent journalism professor at Princeton University. As an extension of this event, Princeton University Concerts has teamed up with Princeton University’s Office of Community and Regional Affairs to host a Be the Match bone marrow donor registry drive on campus

throughout the day on November 15. Batiste and Jaouad’s appearance will be permeated by live performance of works meaningful to her recovery. The event is sold out, but turned-back seats may become available. Call (609) 258-2800 for more information. Jaouad is battling acute myeloid leukemia and would not be alive today without her bone marrow match. Be The Match, operated by the National Bone Marrow Donor Program, has managed the most diverse marrow registry in the world for the past 35 years. By becoming a donor in the registry, participants become potential lifesavers to patients battling blood cancers or other blood diseases who need a blood stem cell donor. The Be The Match drive, staffed by Princeton student and alumni volunteers, will run 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Frist Campus Center on the 100 Level and 7-10 p.m. on Alexander Beach (behind Richardson Auditorium). Donor registrants must be between the ages of 18-40 and able to meet medical guidelines. Visit bethematch.org for more information.

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CHRISTMAS SPECTACLE: Soprano Sarah Brightman leads “A Christmas Symphony” at the State Theatre New Jersey on November 26.

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“Nature, Tone, and Texture” At Merwick Care Center

“TROPICANA”: This original inkjet print by Alan J. Klawans is part of “Mixed Realities,” his joint exhibit with Jane Adriance, on view November 9 through December 3 at Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville. An opening reception is on November 11 from 3 to 6 p.m. November 11 from 3 to 6 “Mixed Realities” Exhibit at Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville p.m.

“M i xe d Re a l i t i e s,” o n view November 9 through D e cemb er 3 at A r t is t s’ Galler y in L amber t v ille, showcases the artistic talents of Jane Adriance and Alan J. Klawans, offering a glimpse into their unique conceptual approaches a n d i n n ov a t i v e a r t i s t i c tech n iques. A n open ing reception is on Saturday,

A d r i a n c e ’s c a n v a s e s breathe new life into everyday existence, granting viewers fresh perspectives. Her work delves into the realm of contrast and contradiction, effortlessly mixing different realities and at times, blurring the boundar ies bet ween t he ephemeral and the concrete. M e a n w h i l e , K l a w a n s’

I n c o l l ab o r a t i o n w i t h West Windsor Arts Center’s dual artist series, a new art exhibit entitled “Nature, To n e , a n d Te x t u r e ” combines watercolor realism by Margaret Simpson with a c r y l i c ab s t r a c t i o n s b y Abigail Ella Johnson. The exhibit is on view through Januar y 3 at Mer wick Care & Rehabilitation Center, Lobby Gallery, 100 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro Township. The public is invited to attend during the center’s normal visiting hours. All artwork is available for sale by contacting either artist. An opening reception will be held on Tuesday, November 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. Light refreshments will be available. S i m p s o n ’s d e t a i l e d , realistic watercolor landscapes invite the v iewer into each scene, evoking a relaxed state of serene obser vation. Her glazing techniques allow for a nuanced depth of subtle color s h if t s. I m ag e s of marshes, water and woods

fill the gallery. A retired graphic designer from Hamilton, Simpson now teaches watercolor painting. Her interests include photographing nature for i n spir at ion, t h e h is tor y of the region, sketching and paint ing in var ious media, and writing. As a volunteer for two nonprofit executive boards, she has served the Friends for the Abbott Marshlands for five years, and the Garden State Watercolor Society (GSWS) for 12 ye ar s. A G S WS Signature artist, she is also a member of Artists at the Station, Hopewell ; West Windsor Arts Center; New Jersey Water Color Society; Ph iladelph ia Watercolor Societ y; and Nor th East Watercolor S ociet y. Simpson has won awards at Phillips Mill, New Hope, Pa., and in New Jersey at GSWS, Chesterfield Heritage Plein Air, and the Mercer County Senior Arts Show. Johnson’s abstract tones and acr ylic textures are reminiscent of those found in nature from stone, the depths of water with hidden plants, the soft greens of mosses, and muted tones of fungi and forests. They also instill calm and a density that resonates like hearing the deep rumbles of the earth or feeling the immense presence of a large cliff nearby. Johnson is an artist, writer, and editor based in Princeton. Having grown up in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, she has developed a profound appreciation for and interest in the natural world. Her work spans many mediums, from visual art to poetry. It is driven by a deep desire to

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“NATURE, TONE, AND TEXTURE”: Artist Abigail Ella Johnson of Princeton is shown with works that are part of her dual exhibition with Margaret Simpson, on view through January 3 at Merwick Care & Rehabilitation Center in Plainsboro. An opening reception is on November 14 from 5 to 7 p.m. understand humanity’s everevolving place in nature, a n d how it s hap e s ou r experiences. As a result, she explores various contexts, investigating natural phenomena from personal, historical, scientific, social, and cultural perspectives.

Her work constantly seeks to bridge gaps, blurring the lines between the disciplines, the personal and the objective, the natural and the artificial. For more information, call (609) 759-6000. Continued on Next Page

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Pan-African Collecting at HBCUs and Beyond Thursday, November 16, 5:30 p.m. Join Perrin Lathrop, assistant curator of African art, Jamaal B. Sheats, director of Fisk University Galleries in Nashville, Tennessee, and Princeton Professor Chika Okeke-Agulu for a panel discussion to celebrate the presentation of African Modernism in America, an exhibition co-curated by Lathrop and Sheats, at the Phillips Collection in Washington, DC.

Robertson Hall, Room 001 LATE THURSDAYS! This event is part of the Museum’s Late Thursdays programming, made possible in part by Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970. Additional support for this program has been provided by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

“FLOATING AWAY”: This oil painting by Jane Adriance is featured in “Mixed Realities,” her joint exhibit with Alan J. Klawans, on view November 9 through December 3 at Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville.

Peter Clarke, That Evening Sun Goes Down (detail), 1960. Fisk University Galleries, Nashville, TN. Gift of the Harmon Foundation

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SAUCE FOR THE GOOSE: The Arts Council of Princeton’s Outdoor Art Market on November 11 will feature a large selection of handmade offerings by local and regional artisans. “CORTLAND APPLES ON GREEN GLASS PLATE”: This work by Tracy Everly is part of “Light Pelletier draws inspiration Touch,” her joint exhibition with Carol Pelletier, on view through November 19 at Morpeth from a specific moment: twiContemporary in Hopewell. light. As she describes it, twilight “is a time of reflection capture one static moment and personally,” said Everly. and transition; it is where Art or every detail. Instead, I “Painting requires deep fo- the light greets the darkness, Continued from Preceding Page observe, paint, and distill cus and being in the moment, with a short pause. Color Paintings by Everly, Pelletier different moments into a which I find enjoyable.” becomes intensified, and At Morpeth Contemporary simplified form that is ulti- Everly, who left a cor- the structure of the sky and Morpeth Contemporar y mately meant to capture the porate job as an editor to ground are in flux, creating pre s e nt s “L ig ht Tou ch ” remains or accumulation focus on her own art, is visual and emotional depth. through November 19. The of an experience as it slips largely self-taught. In ad- Twilight holds in it a feeling exhibition features recent away.” dition to Morpeth, she has of two worlds — a beginning paintings by Tracy Everly Like the New Hope, Pa., shown at the Edgewater and an end.” and Carole Pelletier, two impressionists that inspired Gallery in Middlebury, Vt., Pelletier has a daily ritual artists inspired to capture her, each piece begins by and was included in a group of visiting and revisiting envifleeting visions. finding something that cap- show of contemporary land- ronments that are open and A “meet the artists” recep- tures her and brings a feel- scape paintings at the Figure hold reflective light on Cape tion is on Saturday, Novem- ing of excitement. Though a Ground Gallery in Seattle. Ann (on the north shore of ber 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. plein air painter by nature, She received an Award of Boston) and coastal Maine. Everly’s paintings — in- she sometimes uses draw- Distinction from the Ameri- She said, “This practice cluding Pennsylvania land- ings and photos; even still, can Impressionist Society helps to imbed emotional scapes, building facades, her work is about the art of and two Bucks County Resi- space within a place I love. dent Artist Awards from These places hold memories and still lifes of flowers and paying attention. fruit — are born of deep “What I enjoy most about the Bucks County Plein Air and emotions within the light observation but rendered making art is that it invites Festival, among others. She and structure of the land, evin an impressionist manner. me to pay attention to the lives and works in Bucks ery time I visit.” To capture the color and As she said, “I don’t aim to world around me deeply County, Pa. light, her primary medium is oil paint mixed with a cold wax that she makes by bleaching the beeswax given to her by a local beekeeper and suspending it in refined linseed oil. The cold wax medium holds the light and when mixed with oil paint provides a distinct luminosity that helps capture this time of day. “We live in a world in which we have perceived the fleeting comings and goings of the days, weeks, months, and years,” Pelletier said. “We also have had moments that are frozen, and our recall of those moments help to magically recycle our relationship to time and space.” Pelletier currently lives and works on the North Shore of Boston and a small island in mid coast, Maine. Her work has been exhibited in solo and group shows both nationally and internationally. She has earned support from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Mellon Foundation, and the Vermont Studio Center, and she is a Salzburg Global Fellow. Morpeth Contemporar y is at 43 West Broad Street Celebrate the opening of The Ten Commandments of Renée Cox in Hopewell. For more inat Art on Hulfish. Learn more from the artist, Renée Cox, and formation, call (609) 3339393 or visit morpethconthe exhibition’s curator, Klaudia Ofwona Draber, executive temporary.com.

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Back for its 29th year, the Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) will hold its annual Sauce for the Goose Outdoor Art Market on Saturday, November 11 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sauce for the Goose is the destination for unique, highquality, and handmade gifts. This year’s market will feature more vendors than ever, with more than 95 local and regional artisans selling their wares in ceramics, jewelry, leather, woodwork, glass, painting, and more. Vendors w ill line Pau l Robeson Place from the corners of Witherspoon Street to Chambers Street, outside ACP’s Paul Robeson Center for the Arts. This year’s group of artistic vendors includes returning favorites such as Marg Ceramics, Sprouts Flower Truck, and Yardsale Press. Additions to the market include Joeyfivecents, Red Sean Illustration, and Brick Bound leather goods. Attendees are invited to enjoy another new element to the event, live glass blowing demonstrations by Pezz Glassworks and Slumpglass. ACP Executive Director Adam Welch said, “Not only does every attendee have the opportunity to shop right from the creatives that make our world a little brighter and more colorful, but our downtown location means that you get to take advantage of our charming — and bustling — Central Business District. Make a day of it: grab unique gifts for loved ones at Sauce, then head into town for lunch or dinner. It’s the easiest way to support our neighbors and small businesses.” For a full vendor list and m or e i n for m at ion, v i s it artscouncilofprinceton.org.

Area Exhibits Art@Bainbridge, 158 Nassau Street, has “Threading Memories” through January 7. artmuseum.princeton.edu. A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Mixed Realities” November 9 through December 3. An opening reception is on Saturday, November 11 from 3 to 6 p.m. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com. Arts Council of Prince to n , 102 Wit h er sp o on Street, has “May You Be H a p p y ” N o v e m b e r 11 through December 2 in the

from 3 to 5 p.m. Artscouncilofprincetton.org. Ficus, 235 Nassau Street, has “Playful Medley” through January 8. ficusbv.com. Gourgaud Gallery, 23-A North Main Street, Cranbury, has works by members of Watercolorists Unlimited in “Watercolor Gifts for the Holiday” through November 29. An artists’ reception is on Sunday, November 12 from 1-3 p.m. cranburyartscouncil.org. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Local Voices: Memories, Stories, and Portraits” and “Spiral Q: The Parade” through January 7 and “That’s Worth Celebrating: The Life and Work of the Johnson Family” through the end of 2024, among other exhibits. groundsforsculpture.org. Highlands Art Gallery, 41 North Union Street, Lambertville, has “Pop Up Show Featuring Master Acrylic Artist Joseph Orr” through November 14. Gallery hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. highlandsartgallery.com. Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “Einstein Salon and Innovator’s Gallery,” “Princeton’s Portrait,” and other exhibits. Museum hours are Wednesday through Sunday, 12 to 4 p.m., Thursday to 7 p.m. princetonhistory.org. Morpeth Contemporary, 43 West Broad Street, Hopewell, has “Light Touch” through November 19. A meet the artists reception is on Saturday, November 11 from 3 to 5 p.m. morpethcontemporary.com. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “Striking Beauty” through February 18 and the online exhibits “Slavery at Morven,” “Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of New Jersey, 1761–1898,” and others. morven.org. Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street, has “Through the Storm, Finding Home” through December 31 and “Earth Song Refrain: BIPOC Artists on the Climate and Environment” through January 12. princetonlibrary.org. Small World Coffee, 14 Witherspoon Street, has “Meghan Tatuskar” through December 5. Prints and illustrations by Brett Martin are at the 254 Nassau Street location through December 5. smallworldcoffee.com. West Windsor Arts Center, 952 Alexander Road, West Windsor, has “Off the Wall Holiday Market” through December 23. westwindsorarts.org.

Wednesday, November 8 7:30-10:30 a.m.: Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber’s Trenton Economic Development Series continues at Trenton Country Club, 201 Sullivan Way, West Trenton, with a discussion of the future of Trenton’s historic Roebling Complex. Panelists are David Henderson of Hx2 Development Associates, Thomas Romano of JLL, and Ted Deutsch of Taft Communications. Trenton Mayor Reed Gusciora makes opening remarks. Princetonchamber.org. 4 p.m.: Meeting of the Princeton Special Improvement District (Experience Princeton) Board of Directors, at the Nassau Inn, Palmer Square. 4-5:30 p.m.: Healthy Thanksgiving cooking demonstration by Jeremy Deck and Mar ion Reinson of Eating for your Health, at Mrs. G’s Community Kitchen, 2720 U.S. 1 Business, Lawrence Township. $25. Eatingforyourhealth.org. 6 p.m. : Angus Deaton and Matt Desmond discuss Deaton’s book Economics in America: An Immigrant Economist Explores the Land of Inequality at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street. Labyrinthbooks.com. 6-7:30 p.m.: William L. Kidder discusses his book The Revolutionary World of a Free Black Man at the Old Barracks Museum, 101 Barrack Street, Trenton. Followed by a Q&A and book signing. Free. Barracks.org. 7-8 p.m.: Meeting of the League of Women Voters of the Greater Princeton Area, at West Windsor Library, 333 North Post Road, Princeton Junction. Lwvprinceton.org. Thursday, November 9 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Princeton Farmers’ Market is at Hinds Plaza. Organic produce, pasture-raised meat and eggs, bread, empanadas, pickles, flowers, and more. SNAP/ EBT accepted on eligible purchases. Free parking for one hour in Spring Street Garage. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 6 and 9 p.m.: Princeton University Concerts presents harpsichordist Jean Rondeau in works by Beethoven, Haydn, and Mozart, at Richardson Auditorium. Part of the Performances Up Close series. Puc.princeton.edu. 7 p.m. : Melvin Rogers and Eddie Glaude discuss R o g e r s’ T h e D a rke ne d Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Princetonlibrary.org. Friday, November 10 12:30-2 p.m.: Michael “Shank” Cruickshank, author of Dead People Don’t L os e Weight : L e ar ning the Art of Healthy Living, speaks at a meeting of Gotham Princeton Network at Trattoria Procaccini, 354 Nassau Street. Contact jzinder@joshuazinder.com to reserve.

4:30 p.m.: Writer Louise Kennedy presents “Trespasses: Fact, Fiction and Memor y,” a lect ure and reading, at the James Stewart Film Theater, 185 Nassau Street. Free. Presented by Princeton University’s Fund for Irish Studies. 8 p.m.: The Winter’s Tale: A Public Works Musical is presented by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter, 91 University Place. $10-$17. Mccarter.org. 8 p.m. : The Princeton Triangle Club presents Ship Happens: A Cruisical, at McCarter’s Matthews Theatre, 91 University Place. Annual tradition of an original musical by Princeton University students. Triangleshow.com/ tickets. Saturday, November 11 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Sauce for the Goose Outdoor Art Market, Paul Robeson Place. Presented by the Arts Council of Princeton. More than 95 artisans selling ceramics, jewelry, leather, woodwork, glass, paintings, and more. Artscouncilofprinceton.org. 12-5 p.m.: Winery Weekend Music series at Terhune Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Wine, light fare, music, and more. From 1-4 p.m., Grant’s Tune with Bill Flemer perform. Terhuneorchards.com. 2-3:30 p.m.: Open Mouth Poetry event at West Windsor Arts, 952 Alexander Road. Local poets can read in front of a supportive audience. Free. Westwindsorarts.org. 2 and 8 p.m.: On Golden Pond is performed at Kelsey T heat re, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. $20$22. Kelseytheatre.org. 8 p.m.: The Winter’s Tale: A Public Works Musical is presented by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter, 91 University Place. $10-$17. Mccarter.org. 8 p.m. : The Princeton Triangle Club presents Ship Happens: A Cruisical, at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. Annual tradition of an original musical by Princeton University students. Triangleshow.com/ tickets. Sunday, November 12 11 a.m.: Multifaith service at Princeton University Chapel begins the Coalition for Peace Action’s 44th annual Conference. At 1:304:30 p.m., a hybrid event with several speakers follows at Christ Congregat i o n , 50 Wa l n u t L a n e. Peacecoalition.org. 11 a . m . : Nutcracker “Suites” and Tea Party by the Roxey Ballet at Mill Ballet, 46 Nor th Sugan Road, New Hope, Pa. $38. Sweets, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, photos, and story time with dancers from the company’s production. Roxeyballet.org/nutcracker. 12-5 p.m.: Winery Weekend Music series at Terhune

Orchards, 330 Cold Soil Road. Wine, light fare, music, and more. From 1-4 p.m., Mike & Laura perform. Terhuneorchards.com. 2 p.m.: On Golden Pond is performed at Kelsey Theatre, Mercer County Community College, West Windsor. $20-$22. Kelseytheatre.org. 2 p.m.: The Princeton Triangle Club presents Ship Happens: A Cruisical, at McCarter Theatre, 91 University Place. Annual tradition of an original musical by Princeton University students. Triangleshow.com/ tickets. 2-4 p.m.: Gathering to mark the publication of the 68th volume of US1 Worksheets, the annual anthology of DVP/US1 Poets Collective, at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Open to all. Visit Loismarieharrod.org for more information. 3 p.m.: The Winter’s Tale: A Public Works Musical is presented by Princeton University’s Lewis Center for the Arts at the Berlind Theatre at McCarter, 91 University Place. $10-$17. Mccarter.org. 4 p.m.: A choral reading of Mozart’s Requiem by the Princeton Society of Musical Amateurs, led by Ruth Ochs, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 50 Cherry Hill Road. $10 for singers, free for students and non-singing guests. Scores provided, choral singers welcome. No auditions. Email musical.amateurs @ gmail.com for information. 4 p.m.: Gathering in solidarity with the October 7 hostages, and a call for their releas e. Organ i zed by a grassroots group of Israelis in Princeton. Hinds Plaza. 4 p.m.: Second Sunday Poetry Reading at Princeton Makes in the Princeton Shopping Center, with readings by Estelle Bajou and Daniel Weeks. Princetonmakes.com. Tuesday, November 14 7:30 p.m.: Reading by authors Marion James and Patricia Smith at the Drapkin Studio of the Lewis Arts complex, Princeton University. Free. Arts.princeton.edu. 7: 30 p.m.: Camilla Townsend and Nicky Kay Michael discuss their book On the Turtle’s Back: Stories the Lenape Told Their Grandchildren via Zoom. Princetonlibrary.com. 7:30 p.m.: Conversation on artmaking in a vexed era between Ukrainian journalist Andrey Kurkov and writer/physicist Alan Lightman, moderated by poet Paul Muldoon, at Richardson Auditorium. Free. Presented by Princeton Atelier and Labyrinth Books. Wednesday, November 15 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting, in the Community Room unless otherwise noted. Princetonlibrary.org. 6:30-8:30 p.m.: Performance to celebrate Diwali by the Shishya Dancing School, at Lawrence Headquarters

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Branch of Mercer County Libraries, 2751 Brunswick Pike. Mcl.org. 6:15 p.m.: NBC political correspondent Steve Kornacki takes part in a postelection discussion w ith Micah Rasmussen, director of the Rebovich Institute for New Jersey Politics at Rider University, in Lynch Adler Hall, 2083 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrence Township. Rider.edu. 7:30 p.m.: Musician Jon Batiste and author Suleika Jaouad appear at “The B e at G o e s O n : H e a l i n g from Cancer through Music,” moderated by Deborah Amos, at Richardson Auditorium. Presented by Princeton University Concerts. (609) 258-2800. Thursday, November 16 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Princeton Farmers’ Market is at Hinds Plaza. Organic produce, pasture-raised meat and eggs, bread, empanadas, pickles, flowers, and more. SNAP/ EBT accepted on eligible purchases. Free parking for one hour in Spring Street Garage. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 12:15 p.m.: Westminster Conservatory at Nassau series continues with a recital by flutists Ellen Fisher Deerberg and Kevin Willois, and pianist Patricia Tupta Landy

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laying at Dartmouth last Friday night, the Princeton University football team outgained the Big Green 356 yards to 197 and outscored then 21-13 over the last three quarters. But committing some key miscues in the first quarter and falling behind Dartmouth 10-0, the Tigers fought an uphill battle all night. While the Tigers rallied to take leads of 14-10 in the second quarter and 21-17 in the third quarter, they ultimately fell 23-21 on a 47-yard field goal, moving to 4-4 overall and 3-2 Ivy League. “The way our league is, the margin of error is really thin,” said Princeton head coach Bob Surace. “You have to take advantage when you have opportunities and we didn’t and Dartmouth did at the end of the day. We had a one point game (2827 overtime loss to Brown on October 14) and a twopoint game in the two league losses. It has come down to us not taking that margin of error out.” While first quarter was discouraging as the Big Green scored on an interception return and got a field goal after a Princeton fumble, the Tigers weren’t hanging their heads. “Obviously it wasn’t the start we wanted, it is not a

perfect game and some really reliable players made mistakes,” said Surace. “It was still really good on the sideline, there was no ‘woe is me’ or ‘oh my goodness,’ ‘long trip,’ all of the excuses that you can make. I thought the mentality was really good.” The Tigers produced a really good second quarter as John Volker scored on a one-yard touchdown plunge as the Tigers narrowed the gap to 10-7. Late in the quarter, Volker struck again with a nine-yard TD run as Princeton took a 14-10 lead into halftime. “It is a weird game, sometimes some balls don’t go your way; in the first quarter they didn’t,” said Surace. “In the second quarter they fumbled a punt, we recover it and we got a break. The breaks evened out in that first half and we settled down. I thought we did a good job.” After Dartmouth regained the lead at 17-14 on a touchdown pass midway through the third quarter, Princeton responded with its biggest pass play of the evening, a 62yard scoring strike from Blake Stenstrom to Luke Colella as it went ahead 21-17. “We did the double move to Luke, it was a great throw by Blake,” said Surace. “That is a hard throw to make and it was a really

good route by Luke. We did a good job with that. I felt like after that point, we were moving the ball really well.” Leading 21-20 heading into the fourth quarter, Princeton made some miscues down the stretch, including a lost fumble, some untimely penalties, and getting a field goal blocked as the game slipped away. Dartmouth ended up getting a 47-yard field goal from Owen Zalc with 1:29 left in regulation to pull out the win. “We would get a penalty or just a mistake on drives between the 50 and the 30,” lamented Surace. “We just couldn’t sustain, partly because they have a terrific defense and those were big plays to not keep the drives going. We have an error in technique and we have a field goal blocked. When we got inside the 50, there was a fumble. We had a few mistakes that hurt us. There was a false start before the fumble so instead of being second and five, you are second and 10 and now you are in a more throwing situation. We shot ourselves in the foot a little bit. Credit them, they made two long field goals.” While the stellar Princeton defense produced another strong effort, it wasn’t enough. “We had 356 yards on offense but it is complementary

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at the new Roberts Stadium, which opened midway through the 2022 season. The NCAA tournament bid is Princeton’s 15th all-time. Princeton has earned an at-large bid in its last two Princeton Women’s Hoops NCAA appearances, and the Tops Duquesne in Opener three at-large bids for Ivy Madison St. Rose led the programs match an all-time way as the Princeton Uni- record. versity women’s basketball PU Field Hockey team defeated Duquesne 65-57 last Monday night at Falls in Ivy Final Ella Cashman scored the Jadwin Gym in the season lone goal for third-seeded opener for both teams. Princeton University field Sophomore guard St. Rose hockey team as it fell 2-1 to poured in a game-high and top-seeded Harvard in the career-high 26 points in a Ivy League tournament final game which saw the Tigers last Sunday in Cambridge, outscore Duquesne 16-5 in Mass. the fourth quarter. Freshman Cashman tallied Princeton plays at Middle her goal in the third quarTennessee State on Novem- ter on an assist from fellow ber 12. freshman Ottilie Sykes to Princeton Women’s Soccer even the game at 1-1. HarTo Host Michigan to NCAAs vard tallied a goal with 35 After falling 4-2 to Harvard seconds left in the fourth last Friday in the Ivy League quarter to earn the title. tournament semis, Princeton C a s h m a n, S yke s, a n d University learned Monday senior Gracie McG owan that its 2023 campaign will earned All-Tournament honcontinue as it received an ors as the Tigers finished at-large bid to the upcoming the fall at 8-9. NCAA tournament. Tiger Men’s Hockey The Tigers, who moved to Edged by Dartmouth 9-5-3 with the loss to the A late rally fell short as Crimson, will host Michigan the Princeton Universit y (7-6-4) in a first round con- men’s hockey team lost 5-4 test on November 10. at Dartmouth last Saturday Princeton is 9-2 all-time night. at home in the NCAA tourThe Tigers rallied from a nament and has won seven 4-2 third period deficit on straight NCAA home games, goals by Ian Murphy and including a 3-0 home record Jaxson Ezman, but Dartunder head coach S ean mouth scored with 56 secDriscoll. onds left in regulation to Princeton hosted Boston pull out the victory. College in 2015, Monmouth Princeton, now 0-1-1 overin 2017, and Vermont in all and 0-1-1-1 ECAC Hock2021 to open those NCAA ey, host Yale on November tourneys, and this week- 10 and Brown on November end’s game will be the first 11. NCA A tournament game

Jane Kuehl triggered the offense as the Princeton University women’s hockey team defeated Dartmouth 5-2 last Saturday at Hobey Baker Rink, Sophomore forward Kuehl tallied a goal and two assists to help the Tigers improve to 4-3-1 overall and 2-3-1 ECAC Hockey. Princeton hosts Mercyhurst for a two-game set in November 10 and 11.

PU Men’s Soccer Loses 4-1 to Penn

Walker Gillespie scored the lone goal for the Princeton University men’s soccer team as it lost 4-1 at Penn last Saturday in its season finale. The defeat left the Tigers with a final record of 4-9-3 overall and 1-4-2 Ivy League.

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Nate Dugan provided a highlight as the Princeton University wrestling team opened its 2023-24 season by hosting its Princeton Open last Sunday at Jadwin Gym. S e n i or D u g a n e a r n e d the title in the 184-pound weight class with three decisions, one major decision, and a final win by medical forfeit. In the 285-pound weight class, senior Matt Cover took third place while junior Mikey Squires earned a fifth-place finish at 174 Freshman Holden Garcia looked impressive in taking sixth at 165. The Tigers are next in action when they compete in

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KNIGHT MOVES: Princeton University men’s basketball player Xaivian Lee dribbles the ball in a recent practice. Last Monday night, sophomore guard Lee tallied 16 points and had a gamehigh five assists to help Princeton top Rutgers 68-61 in the Jersey Jam at the CURE Insurance Arena in Trenton in the season opener for both teams. Tiger senior guard and co-captain Matt Allocco contributed a game-high 21 points along with nine rebounds as Princeton pulled away from the Scarlet Knights down the stretch. The Tigers are next in action when they play at Hofstra on November 10. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) the Navy Classic on Novem- November 11. The four-team ber 18 in Annapolis, Md. Ivy tournament will be taking place at Yale on November 17 Princeton Men’s Water Polo 19 with the victor earnEarns Top Seed at NWPC Tourney and ing the league’s automatic bid Ending regular season acto the NCAA tournament. tion on a high note, the No. 7 Princeton University men’s Tiger Women’s Rugby water polo team posted a Loses to Dartmouth Ending its second varsity pair of wins last Saturday at DeNunzio Pool, topping LIU season, the Princeton University women’s rugby team 22-7 and Iona 16-8. Pr inceton improved to fell 115-7 to Dartmouth last 25-5 overall and 9-1 North- Saturday. Malinka Kwemo scored east Water Polo Conference (NWPC) with the victories. the lone try for Princeton as The Tigers earned the it finished with a 0-6 record. No. 1 seed in the upcoming Former PU Staffer Amir NWPC tournament which Named Colgate AD will take place from NovemFor mer Princeton Uniber 17-19 at Harvard. versity men’s athletics staff PU Women’s Volleyball Tops member Yariv A mir was Columbia, Makes Ivy Tourney named last week as ColKamryn Chaney starred gate’s next vice president as the Princeton University and director of athletics. Amir worked for 13 years women’s volleyball team defeated Columbia 3-0 last at Pr inceton, ser v ing in Saturday, clinching a spot various roles, including as in the upcoming Ivy League the assistant athletic director for marketing. While at Tournament. Freshman star Chaney re- Princeton, he served on the corded a match-high 14 kills Ivy League Digital Strateto help the Tigers prevail gies Committee and was an NCAA Women’s Water Polo 25-23, 25-18, 25-10. The Tigers, now 12-8 over- Committee member. A 2001 graduate of Colall and 9-3 Ivy, will wrap up regular season play with gate, Amir left Princeton in matches at Dartmouth on No- 2015 to work at his alma mavember 10 and at Harvard on ter. He served as the deputy

athletics director and worked as the senior associate athletics director for finance and operations as well as senior associate athletics director for external operations. Since this January, he served as interim vice president and director of athletics. Amir’s father, Assaf, is still working at Princeton as a longtime member of the Tiger ice hockey stats crew.

PU Baseball Alums Help Rangers Win World Series

A pair of former Princeton University baseball stars, Will Venable ’05 and Chris Young ’02, helped the Texas Rangers win the World Series. Venable serves as the associate manager for the Rangers, while Young is the general manager of the franchise. The Rangers defeated the Arizona Diamondbacks four games to one in the best of seven Fall Classic. Another former Tiger baseball standout, Mike Hazen ’98, is the general manager of the Diamondbacks.

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was critically im- Freshman Standout Smith Celebrates Birthday in Style said Smith. “We are always Junior Midfielder Smith’s Passing Helps Spark Attack halftime portant. giving each other one-two As PHS Boys’ Soccer Tops Howell in Sectional Final “They came back, they As his Free Kick Put PHS Boys’ Soccer in Sectional Final passes.”

With the Princeton High boys’ soccer team locked in a scoreless draw with Howell in the first half of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 4 sectional final last Saturday, Archie Smith won the ball and sprinted down the sideline. Racing past the Howell defense, junior midfielder Smith slot ted a pass to Pasquale Carusone, who buried the feed into the back of the net to put the Tigers up 1-0 in the eighth minute of the contest. “I just saw Connor [Hewitt] looking up and I said, ‘I will make this run he puts in behind for me,’” said Smith. “I just continue and of course, Pasquale is there to finish.” T he Rebels responded with a goal midway through the half, but PHS forged ahead 2-1 on a tally by freshman Troi Panniel. “When they got their gala back, it was a bit shaky and just before the half Troi managed to put one in,” said Smith. Some 10 minutes into the second half, Smith picked up a second assist, sending the ball through to Azariah Breitman who banged it home as PHS increased its lead to 3-1. “I saw Pasquale on a foul, the ref called it and I looked up and it was wide open in front,” said Smith. “Z makes the run and a great finish.” PHS rolled from there, pulling away to a 5-1 win as it improved to 20-2 and will now host South Jersey champion Washington Township (18-1-2) on November 8 in the Group 4 state semis with victor advancing to the final on November 11. “We have a big time history with that team, they are obviously a good team,” said Smith, noting that How-

ell knocked PHS out of the state tournament in 2021. “It just shows how strong we are. We haven’t made it far in the last couple years, so it is great to come out with a win here.” In assessing the squad’s superb season, Smith credited strong bonds on the field with fueling the Tigers. “I just think we all play really well with each other,” said Smith. “A lot of us play club together so we know each other very well. Playing with his brother, PHS freshman midfielder Harvey, has helped Smith raise his game as a player and a leader. “We have played our entire lives together,” said Smith. “I love playing next to him in the middle. It is great. I have been more of an impactful person towards the team and more of a leader. Our midfield is very strong. Matthew Kim is a phenomenal player; me and my brother work very well together.” PHS first-year head coach Ryan Walsh knew that his team faced a strong challenge in the matchup with Howell. “They were super athletic in the middle with the 8-shirt (Nicholas Turturro) going forward,” said Walsh. “They were a handful, especially that first half. They broke a lot of plays and didn’t allow us to play the kind of game that we like to play. That was the biggest challenge we had for sure.” Jumping out to a lead helped the Tigers play their game. “It was huge for us to get that first goal, we have played with a lead for most of the year,” said Walsh. “We do our best work when we are defending and trying to kill off a game so scoring early was super important.” In Walsh’s view, the goal b y P a n n i e l j u s t b e fo r e

GETTING HIS KICKS: Princeton High boys’ soccer player Archie Smith boots the ball in recent action. Last Saturday, junior midfielder Smith had two assists to help top-seeded PHS defeat second-seeded Howell 5-1 in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 4 sectional final. The Tigers, now 20-2, host South Jersey champion Washington Township (18-1-2) on November 8 in the Group 4 state semis with victor advancing to the final on November 11. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

fought, they didn’t give up; they scored and tied it up,” said Walsh. “We really had to buckle down and play a match, they were never going to die there. Troi’s goal, that was huge, going into the half 2-1 versus 1-1, the momentum changed.” Smith’s alert second half assist helped the Tigers keep going. “That was a heads up play I was yelling no, no, yes because Harvey has scored so many goals from that spot,” said Walsh. “I wanted Harvey to hit it, but it was so heads up by those guys. Those guys are just soccer junkies, they love to keep playing and they are so smart. Archie played a heck of a game. On the first goal, he won a ball in the middle of the field and drove it. He is the one who started that goal.” Senior Carusone, who tallied two goals in the victory, has driven the PHS attack as he joined the squad this fall after focusing on club soccer the last three years. “He is a difference-maker every game, when he wants to play, he is the best player on the field for sure,” said Walsh of Carusone, who has a team-high 25 goals so far this season. The stingy Tiger defense a ls o m ade a d if fere n ce against Howell. “I thought that they were really athletic, but our back four especially is very mature and athletic as well,” said Walsh. “They have been able to handle anything that any team gave them this year.” Seeing his squad raising its game to make the state semis was heartening for Walsh. “We were so great in that second half, that was some of the best soccer we have played,” said Walsh. “It is amazing, I am so proud of these guys. We came into the year and we had a conversation on the first day about how we have the potential to be special. The fact that we are now where we are is really special.” The Tigers will need to have another big day to overcome Washington in the state semis. “It is a rematch of the 2017 semis down in Rowan, they have had a great year,” said Walsh. “Historically the last 15 years, they have been so good. We will enjoy this one for sure and we will start preparing for them on Monday. It is just continue to do what we do — defend with everybody in a good shape, making sure that we are sharp in the middle and not turning the ball over in bad spots.” In Smith’s view, the Tigers need to stick to the basics to keep rolling. “We just have to go into it prepared and ready to win,” said Smith. —Bill Alden

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Harvey Smith turned 15 last Wednesday and it ended up being a birthday he will never forget. With the top -seeded Princeton High boys’ soccer team knotted in a 1-1 tie with fourth-seeded Monroe midway through the second half of a NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 4 sectional semifinal clash, freshman midfielder Smith blasted a free kick that caromed off the crossbar and went into the back of the net to put the Tigers up 2-1. T he precocious Sm it h was calm as he stood over the ball. “I just looked up and I thought it is in a good range,” said Smith. “It is only 20 yards out. I have practiced it a lot and I can just hit them.” Smith proceeded to hit the ball cleanly. “When I first hit it, I felt like wow this could go in but then towards the end, I saw it going for the crossbar so I got worried,” said Smith. “I thought it was going to ping off the crossbar but then it pinged down and in.” S m i t h ’s m o m e n t o f br i l l ia nce prove d to b e the margin of victor y as PHS held off Monroe to prevail 2-1.

“It is a special feeling to be in a sectional final and getting the winning goal,” said Smith. “But we have to keep going and try to win the sectional and state semis and finals.” L a s t S at u r d ay, P H S produced another special performance as it pulled away to a 5 -1 w in over second-seeded Howell in the sectional final and improved to 20-2. “I just think throughout the team, we are all motivated, we all help each other,” said Smith in reflecting on the team’s qualities. “In training, we train hard to improve everyone. We are all just very happy to be on the team and to be here.” In carving out his role with the team, Smith has been helped by his older brother, PHS junior midfielder Archie. “It is easier for me because I have a brother; he has been friends with the other players,” said Smith, who had an assist in the win over Howell. “Me and him are tight so it is a lot easier to make friends.” The brothers have carried that tight connection into the field. “I feel a very good chemistry with him,”

PHS head coach Ryan Walsh credits the younger Smith with giving the Tigers some heady play in his debut campaign. “Har vey has become a great set piece taker here,” said Walsh, whose team hosts South Jersey champion Washington Township on November 8 in the Group 4 state semis with victor advancing to the final on November 11. “He is only a freshman but in his mind he is senior. He is a mature kid. He is really connected with our whole team because of his brother. He has been around the guys for a while. On the field, him and his brother always know where each other is without even looking. It is a great feel and that is why they are so good in the middle for us.” Smith, for his part, sees himself as a cool customer on the pitch. “I bring a composure,” said Smith. “I feel when I am on the ball, it just calms people down because I find the pass instead of just kicking it all of the time.” —Bill Alden

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BIRTHDAY GIFT: Princeton High boys’ soccer player Harvey Smith, left, goes after the ball last Wednesday as top-seeded PHS battled fourth-seeded Monroe in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 4 sectional semifinals. Freshman midfielder Smith, who was celebrating his 15th birthday that day, scored on a second half free kick to give PHS the margin of victory in a 2-1 triumph. Last Saturday, Smith contributed an assist as PHS defeated second-seeded Howell 5-1 in the sectional final. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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For Naomi Lygas and the Princeton High girls’ volleyball team, it proved to be an historic afternoon last Thursday as the Tigers hosted Brick Memorial in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 3 semis. Sophomore outside hitter Lygas starred as topseeded PHS rolled to a 2-0 (25-14, 25-7) win over the fifth-seeded Mustangs, contributing a match-high 12 kills along with five digs as the Tigers advanced to their second straight sectional final and second in program history. Lygas made some personal history, recording the 500th kill of her career late in the second set. With PHS having lost 2-1 to Colts Neck in the sectional final last year, the Tiger players were fired up to make a return trip to the title game. “We always remember what happened last year and how we don’t want a repeat of that again,” said Lygas. “So I think one of our big motives is just continuing to push forward, everybody else wants the same thing and we did. We just have a mindset that we want it more. We want to get as far as we can because we know that we can. It is just important that we get there.” PHS, which improved to 27-1 with the win over the Mustangs, was slated to face third-seeded Moorestown (17-6) in the sectional final on November 7. Lygas and her teammates were looking forward to taking on the Quakers. “We thrive under pressure,” said Lygas. “We like having that competition and we like having a motive to win where everybody is driven to play well.” Against Brick, the Tigers fell behind 3-0 in the first set before junior Lois Matsukawa’s solid serving helped PHS go on a 5-0 run and take the lead for good. “I think sometimes we start out a little slow, coming in after a warmup,” said Lygas. “We always have a mindset to start out fast and

push through. Lois really helped out with her serve to give us some motivation. We got used to each other and connected.” In the second set, the Tigers finished fast as they dominated Brick Memorial. “I think that is one of our other bigger motives, to make sure that we don’t fizzle out,” said Lygas. “We won the first set but we knew that Brick was going to come out wanting it. We knew that this was possibly their last game of the season. We wanted to make sure that we stayed focused.” Displaying her focus, Lygas was a force at the net as the Tigers pulled away. “I was more driven, I wanted to hit the ball harder,” said Lygas. “I feel like sometimes I have to tell myself, swing more, shoot less. I like to hit shots a lot.” In addition, Lygas was driven to hit the 500-kill milestone. “I am so excited, I needed 12,” said Lygas. “I knew for a while that I was creeping up on it. I was really looking forward to hitting. I wanted it to be a good hit, I didn’t want my 500 to be like a tip. I wanted it to be a good swing.” Having piled up a teamhigh 312 kills so far this season, Lygas has made good progress in her second high school campaign. “I have been working on jumping higher, being more consistent and being able to swing harder,” said Lygas. “I am working on being more positive and energetic.” For Lygas, playing with libero Pearl Agel and Matsukawa has had a positive impact on her play. “I feel like sometimes Pearl doesn’t get enough recognition, she sets the point in play by putting up these passes,” said Lygas. “Lois does an amazing job setting; she puts these passes where we want the balls to go. Everybody is so consistent, it is like a fun time on the courts.” Competing with Agel and Matsukawa along with classmates Kaelin Bobetich and Charlotte Woods outside of

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school, has helped Lygas have more fun on the court with the PHS squad. “I think part of it is that we are all so close, we all know each other so well,” said Lygas. “Me, Lois, Charlotte, Kaelin, and Pearl all play club together. We have grown to be closer even without the extra club stuff through the team bonding and just having good, fun practices.” PHS head coach Patt y Manhart credits her players’ dedication with playing a big role in the team’s success. “I think what makes us special and unique is the commitment year round, these girls are never out of season,” said Manhart. “It is just full steam ahead. They are relentless and just keep getting better and better. It is defi nitely a privilege as a coach to be able to have a group of girls that can make that commitment because it is not easy. It is something I don’t have control of. For that to be where everyone is, being dedicated 100 percent and able to play, it makes my life easy.” The Tigers displayed their relentless nature against Brick, overcoming the early deficit. “I feel like we tend to start a little slow and then we just have to find that momentum and work into it,” said Manhart. “It is just a matter of once they figure out how to score, you are fine. You just have to get the pass up, it is that little moment of settling in that is always there on serve receive. As soon as we figure it out, we are good.” It was very good for Lygas to achieve the 500-kill milestone. “That is what we wanted to happen, we wanted her to hit 500,” said Manhart. “That was the goal, that was the energy. That was what we were going for. It helped push the tempo, her and Lois have a connection.” Matsukawa helped push the offense with a matchhigh 19 assists while Agel keyed the defense with seven digs and two assists. “Even in the more pressure situations, Lois is

able to get balls up. She is able to cover so much of the court and really make a difference.” Teaming at the net with Lygas, Bobetich also starred against the Mustangs, totaling six kills and nine digs. “I was so happy with Kaelin, she was scoring clutch p o i n t s ,’ s a i d M a n h a r t . “When we needed to side out at certain times, she was the one to get that kill. That really made a big difference. We can always count on her for serves and those clutch moments too on offense.” Making a second straight sectional final was big for the PHS program. “B eing home is huge, this is our gym, we have a certain expectation,” said Manhart. “What it means is a chance at a title we have never won before, making school history. That is a really big deal, I think the girls know what that means.” For Lygas, getting back to the final was just one step as the Tigers look to make a lot of history this fall. “I really want to win this time because last time it was a heartbreaker; I know we could have won that game,” said Lygas. “We have what it takes this year for sure to win. Our team knows that it is important that we just stay motivated and continue be driven to win. Our goal is to get to the state finals and win. That is our above-all goal but we have to get past our mini goals to get there. We are focusing on this mini goal.” — Bill Alden

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to be level-headed and PHS Girls’ Volleyball Enjoys Historic Afternoon, going ready to go, she is so reliable,” said Manhart. “Pearl is awedefense is such an imMaking Sectional Final as Lygas Notches 500th Kill some, portant part of the game, being

500 CLUB: Princeton High girls’ volleyball player Naomi Lygas hits a serve in recent action. Last Thursday, sophomore star Lygas totaled a match-high 12 kills, including the 500th kill of her career, to help top-seeded PHS defeat fifth-seeded Brick Memorial 2-0 (25-14, 25-7) in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Central Jersey Group 3 semis. The Tigers, who improved to 27-1 with the win, were slated to host third-seeded Moorestown in the sectional final on November 7. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Delaney Keegan wasn’t about to do anything fancy when she got the ball on her stick early in overtime as the second-seeded Princeton High field hockey team battled third-seeded Phillipsburg in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) North Jersey Group 4 sectional semis last Saturday. “It just came down to not thinking about it and just taking the shot,” said PHS senior star Keegan. “I was crossing my fingers and for a second I held my breath — Mia [Ramirez] gave me a great pass. I didn’t want to keep dribbling in, I just wanted to take a shot. I was just ripping at that point, just get it on cage, trust that Erin [Liggio] was going to be there. I knew she was down low so that really helped me out, it gave me comfort.” There was no need for Liggio to tip in a rebound as Keegan’s blast flew past the Phillipsburg goal one minute into the extra session to give PHS a 2-1 win and punch its ticket to the sectional final. The Tigers, who improved to 17-2 with the win, were slated to host fifth-seeded Ridge in the sectional final on November 7 with victor advancing to the state final on November 11. For Keegan, who gave her signature fist pump after tallying the game-winning goal, making a sectional final in her final PHS campaign was special. “We all really wanted this, we were really anxious for

this win,” said Keegan, who is heading to Cornell next fall where she will be playing for its field hockey program. “It is amazing. I have never been in one, so it is pretty cool right before I leave. I am really excited for that.” Showing how much they wanted it, the Tigers rallied from a 1-0 deficit to tie the game midway through the third quarter on a goal by Leah Rose-Seiden. “Coming out we were flat in the second half, they scored on us in the first 20 seconds,” said Keegan. “I think that was our turnon button. We all looked at each other and said, ‘It is not done. This is our time, let’s pump it up.’ And then we had that restart at the 25, and we just went in. I think it was Mia who hit it off the pads and Leah who finished it very nicely.” The connection between Keegan and her fellow seniors helped the Tigers get it done against the Stateliners. “We are a tight group, I have been playing with these girls for a really, really long time,” said Keegan, tearing up for a moment as she reflected on the bonds with her classmates. “I think since seventh grade I have known them. We have been playing in club when we got here. We have been playing our whole entire high school career together. It has been a completely different experience being able to be so close with my classmates. Every single chance we get to be out there, we leave it

on the field because we want to just keep going with each other.” PHS head coach Heather Serverson wasn’t surprised to see her players leave it all on the field in the overtime triumph. “They are in it to win it, they knew we were doing well this season,” said Serverson. “We are in these playoff games and ever y little detail matters. They compete. It is something we have been working on, not giving up.” Seeing that work pay off with a sectional final is rewarding for Serverson. “It feels really good and it feels like we deserve it, we have worked really hard,” said Serverson. “We have some really good players all over the field. They play well together. They still like each other and they still enjoy coming to practice. It is awesome, I am happy to continue.” In reflecting on the win over the Stateliners, Serverson credited the PHS defense with coming up big as senior goalie Annie Callahan led the way with 10 saves. “Annie had a great game today, she was spot on; our defensive goal was not to give up any corners and we definitely reduced the number of corners that we gave up,” said Serverson. “We worked on our defensive footwork. It was just keeping it clean and trying to keep fouls and things happening outside of the 25

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CLUTCH HIT: Princeton High field hockey player Delaney Keegan dribbles the ball last Saturday as PHS battled Phillipsburg in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) North Jersey Group 4 sectional semis. Senior star Keegan scored the winning goal in overtime as the secondseeded Tigers prevailed 2-1. PHS, who improved to 17-2 with the win, were slated to host fifth-seeded Ridge in the sectional final on November 7. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) “I know that they are a very strong program and that their seeding may be deceptive,” said Serverson. “We are just happy to be in the final game, we are going to play our best and see what happens. At a minimum, we get one more game together.”

Keegan, for her part, was confident that the Tigers would produce a strong effort against the Red Devils. “We need to keep this energy and keep playing for each other,” said Keegan. “ We ke e p j u s t p u s h i n g through.” —Bill Alden

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When Allen Bryant entered Pr inceton High in 2006, he wasn’t focused on what he could achieve in his athletic career. “I looked up to the seniors when I was a freshman,” said Bryant, noting that he was particularly inspired by one of those seniors, Tyler Moni, who went on to play for the Princeton University men’s lacrosse program. “The reality is that I didn’t have any specific goals, just to do the best I possibly could.” Over the next four years, Bryant established himself as one of the best all-around athletes in PHS history. On the soccer field, he helped the Tigers go undefeated in 2009 on the way to the Group 3 state title. Bryant was a starting defender for the squad, scoring the winning goal in the state title game and earning third-team All-State honors. In the winter, Bryant took his talents to indoor track, where he ran the 200 and 400 meters and helped the 4x400 relay earn a spot in the Meet of Champions. Bryant made perhaps his greatest impact in lacrosse where he scored over 100 goals, was named an AllAmerican, 1st Team AllState, the CVC Player of the Year in 2010, and was a two-time All-CVC selection. He tallied 68 goals his senior year and helped the team get to the Group 3 state title game during a school record tying 17-win season. This Saturday, Bryant will be inducted into the 15th class of the Princeton High School Athletic Hall of Fame at a banquet being held at the Mercer Oaks Country Club in West Windsor. In addition to Br yant, the Class of 2023 also includes: Carl Lutz ’31, an All-State football and basketball player and captain of the 1931 Class B state title basketball squad; Peter Nichols ’74, a star runner who competed in cross country, indoor and outdoor

track; Michelle Bazile ’14, an All-State performer who is the school record holder in the shot put and discus and the winner of the shot put in 2014 at the Meet of Champions; the 1931 boys’ basketball team, which won the Class B state title; the 2012 boys’ swimming team, which won the Division B state title; coach Greg Hand, the longtime head coach of girls’ soccer and the boys’ and girls’ swimming teams; and contributor Bill Alden, the longtime sports editor of the Town Topics who has been covering PHS athletics for more than two decades. For Bryant, having a twin brother, Doug, to play with and compete against helped him develop into a versatile performer. “I feel incredibly fortunate to not only be a twin but to have a twin brother that shared the same athletic interests as me,” said Bryant of his brother, who went on to play for the University of Michigan men’s lacrosse program. “Doug and I started playing at the same time and still play to this day. We had a healthy amount of competition that allowed us both to push each other to be our best. I remember countless hours shooting lacrosse balls in our backyard, oftentimes with one of us in the goal as the other shot tennis balls full speed to see who could score on each other more.” Playing for some legendary PHS coaches also helped Bryant become a legendary competitor “I was blessed with some fantastic coaches, like Peter St a nton a nd Way ne Sutcliffe,” said Bryant, who was guided by Stanton in lacrosse and Sutcliffe in soccer. “It was recognizing the work and preparation that needs to be done to become an elite team and the work ethic you need to really be successful.” In reflecting on his success on the lacrosse field, Bryant credited the connection he had in the spring of 2010

with the attack unit of classmates Michael Olentine, Joe Sandford, and brother Doug. “It w as a n ab s olutely stacked attack and midfield line, between the three attackmen they scored 180 goals that seniors year,” said Bryant. “I had 68, so between the four of us we had about 250 goals. What was really cool, dozens and dozens of times, probably in the hundreds, was running up on a fast break and having the utmost confidence that I could throw it to any one of those guys and there would be a couple more passes and the ball would end up in back of the net.” Bryant drew extra inspiration from coach Stanton. “Playing for coach Stanton was a highlight of my high school career,” added Br yant. “The passion he brought for the game of lacrosse was contagious — he had an incredible energy and love for the game. It was not uncommon for him to be running down the sideline or jumping up and down with excitement. It was an environment and team that any player hopes to be a part of.” It was exciting for Bryant to be part of the legendary 2009 boys’ soccer team that went undefeated on the way to the state title and was later inducted into the PHS Hall of Fame. “The level of talent on our team was fantastic; the defensive unit only let in seven goals in a 25-game season,” said Bryant. “We came into every game confident and were able to have a lot of fun given the hard work we had put in years leading up to senior year. It felt like we were playing “backyard soccer” at times. Scoring the gamewinning goal in the state championship game was a big highlight. Sutcliffe had a lot of trust in our team and let us take a lot of chances because of this. In the state championsh ip game, he brought up me and a couple other defenders on a corner kick and myself and another

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Having Starred in Lacrosse, Soccer, Track for Tigers, Allen Bryant ’10 Entering PHS Athletic Hall of Fame

MULTITASKING: Allen Bryant competing in soccer and lacrosse during his Princeton High career. Bryant ’10, who starred in both sports as well as indoor track, is being inducted into the 15th class of the Princeton High School Athletic Hall of Fame at a banquet being held this Saturday at the Mercer Oaks Country Club in West Windsor. defender scored on separate occasions during the game.” After PHS, Bryant went on to Vanderbilt University where played for its club lacrosse program. “T h e level of play at Vanderbilt was strong,” said Bryant. “I was the president and captain for the last couple of years so I was running it. It was a great quality of players, a lot from the Northeast.” These days, Bryant, 32, lives in New York City and is a partner at a venture capital firm, Knightsgate Ventures, that is focused on investing in socially impactful technology and software businesses. As for his athletic pursuits, he is still

competing with his brother Doug as they are doing a half marathon together this spring and continue to play in lacrosse tour naments whenever they can. While Bryant’s work keeps him busy and 13 years have passed since he graduated from PHS, the bonds that he established during his high school athletic career remain strong. “I feel grateful for the incredible coaches and teams that I had the opportunity to play with,” said Bryant. “Many of my teammates remain close friends to this day and we have been a part of each other’s weddings and other big life moments. The camaraderie at the high

school level was just really, really special. We are all very close friends.” Bryant is grateful to be entering the PHS Hall of Fame and being a part of the school’s special athletic legacy. “It is a huge honor with the caliber of athletes and teams going in,” said Bryant. “PHS has a stellar and longstanding history of being a powerhouse. What also stood out to me and what I really love is the Hall of Fame committee going back and making sure that those who deserve recognition are getting it.” There is no question that Bryant deserves that recognition. —Bill Alden

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Emily McCann will compete in the Meet of Champions ( MOC ) girls’ cross country race for the t h ird s t ra ight ye ar t h is Saturday at Holmdel Park. The Princeton Day School senior qualified the last two years as a wild card entrant out of the New Jersey State I n te r s c h o l a s t i c A t h l e t i c Association (NJSIAA) NonPublic Group A division, meaning she had to wait a day after the group races to find out she was officially in. This year, McCann made things official on race day by finishing sixth in New Non-Public A girls’ meet to earn one of the 10 automatic entries to the MOC. “I knew even if I didn’t get top 10, every second counted,” said McCann. “My time counted more than anything. But crossing the finish line knowing I was in sixth place was definitely more of a relief than waiting till the next day and doing all the calculations to find out.” On ly t he top te am in each group plus the top 10 individuals automatically qualify for the MOC. Beyond that, the MOC takes the next eight fastest teams as wild cards plus the top 30 individuals from across all groups that were not already automatically qualified. McCann ran a personal Holmdel best of 19 minutes, 20 seconds to medal in the group meet. She was second in the Prep B girls championship at Blair Academy the week before in a personal best for that course of 19:05. The MOC will be her final cross country race in New Jersey before she competes in the Nike Regionals in New York the following week. “It’s really special,” said McCann. “I never thought I’d be in this sit uation, this place. I think I can do something really special this time. Last year I was coming off an illness so I couldn’t perform my best. I really think I can do something special this year. If I can run the same time or faster than I did yesterday, I think big things can happen next week.” McCann has company this year at the MOC with three other runners from PDS, as well as the full Princeton High girls’ team and two qualifiers from the PHS boys team, Max Dunlap and Joshua Barzilai. Harleen Sandu gives PDS two girls in the MOC. The Panther senior’s 20:03 clocking at the group meet placed her 15th in non-public A and snared the 10th of 30 wild card spots. It’s Sandu’s first trip to the MOC. “I think it just shows the growth of our program,” s a id Mc C a n n. “Harle e n works extremely hard. The fact that she gets to go there, I’m just so excited. The Meet of Champs is a special place. It’s a chance you don’t experience any other times. There’s only two races the whole day. One boys, one girls. Every person is there to watch you. The noise, the amount of people there, it’s something y o u d o n’t e x p e r i e n c e normally. I’m excited for her to experience that. She ran a PR (Saturday) on Holmdel.

I think she can break 20:00 and that’s her goal. I think she can do it. I’m really excited for her.” The PDS boys had their top t wo r unners qualif y automat ic ally as top -10 f i n i s h e r s i n N on - P u bl i c B m e e t o n S a t u r d a y. Sophomore Grayson McLaughlin ran 18:12 for sixth place while Edward Letko ran 18:22 to earn the 10th and final automatic spot for MOC. “That was awesome to have a freshman and sophomore be our two qualifiers for Meet of Champs,” said PDS head coach Mike Mazzei. “It shows the potential of our program and where it’s going to go on the guys side.” The Princeton High girls received the seventh of eight wild cards on the girls side. The Tigers were fifth in the u lt ra - compet it ive G roup 4 meet w ith 154 points which was won by Freehold Township (111 points). Five of the wild card teams at the MOPC came out of Group 4. Grace Hegedus was 11th in 19:41, Kyleigh Tangen was 13th in 19:42, Kajol Karra placed 39th in 20:30, Eowyn Deess took 45th in 20:41, and Florica Eleches-Lipsitz finished out the scoring in 71st in 21:24. Rachel Xin and Frances Jonson also competed for PHS. “That team was all about growth,” said PHS coach Jim Smirk. “We knew we had some valuable pieces in place. We just had to decide what our identity would be. It was absolutely a qualification by committee. We’ve rotated our varsity through something like 18 different athletes throughout the season. The fact that we put the seven together that gave us the opportunity and then for them to execute as well as they did, we’re really excited for them. I don’t think we’re really done yet. I think we have room to grow still next week. We’re looking forward to putting together a high quality effort and seeing how fast we can be.” The pair of PHS boys had to do some calculations before they realized that t hey had qualif ied. T he Tigers were 11th as a team with 293 points, but Dunlap was 34t h in 16 : 51 and Barzilai was 38th in 16:54 to earn two of the final MOC wild card spots. Westfield won the team title with a score of 54. “ I t fe e l s g o o d ,” s a i d Barzilai. “I think obviously we would rather have made it as a team, but I feel like making it individually all the work I’ve done since I started, since the summer, it feels like it’s really paying off at this point. It can be hard when you’re pushing through a tough workout to keep your eye on the prize. For it to all pay off, all the pain and struggle in training, to pay off in such a big way, it makes it feel a lot better to know I’ve worked hard for it.” Dunlap has gone to the MOC before with the PHS team. This year, he came back from an early injury to return individually. Barzilai is in his first season of cross countr y. The senior had previously played soccer in the fall, but made the

move over and was first or second for the rebuilt Tigers all season. Now he’s among the newcomers to the MOC along with most of the PHS girls team. “The biggest challenge for our young runners is the length of the season,” said Smirk. “This is by far the longest they’ve ever competed from start to finish of a season, so there are some challenges there but we’ve been working hard to put them in the best position for success. I think the biggest challenge for them is going to be the density of competition. Every week there’s been more and more people running fast around their times, but now you get to Meet of Champions and everyone will be packed in there. It’ll be a little different experience for them, and one that we’re excited for them to have. We talked a lot about it and what our goals were this season and getting here. It’s time to go and execute to the best of our ability.” Barzilai came off a strong season of spring track and trained through the summer, much of it with former PHS standout Andrew Kenny, who runs for Northeastern University. Barzilai tried to soak in as much info as he could, and he has performed unlike a rookie. “I had high hopes but I wasn’t really sure I was going to reach them,” said Barzilai. “As the season progressed, especially after our first race of the season went pretty well, I kind of realized that this team could be something special and I could go far this season. Eve r y r ac e w a s a s te p towards it and a step closer to realizing that this could be a successful season.” Barzilai ran nearly a minute faster at Holmdel on Saturday than he had t here at t he Shore Coaches Invitational five weeks earlier. That drop shocked him, but it also fit a pattern that had seen steady improvement through the season and one that he hopes will continue for another week. “This season, every time we’ve run a course we’ve already run before, you at least get more comfor table with the course,” said Barzilai. “I felt coming into it, before I raced I kind of expected it to be better because the first time running it I didn’t know everything that comes with the course, all the hills. Having run it once, getting more comfortable with it, I was expecting that it would be a better time. Coming out of the race at the end it was still a shock that it was a whole minute faster.” McCann is looking for a best time as well and a chance to earn a spot on the podium as a top 20 finisher. After merging all group results from Saturday, she was 17th overall. She feels confident that she can continue to climb thanks to a modified racing schedule that puts more emphasis on the end of the season. “I was racing significantly less,” said McCann. “This was only my fourth race yesterday. That combination of racing less and more

Nike Regionals and I think I can do well there. My season this year has made it so it can extend longer.” McCann missed the Mercer County Championships due to illness, but has returned with strong efforts in each successive race since then. Her second-place finish at the Prep championships was the first of what will be four straight big meets. “It was an extremely hot day,” said McCann of the Prep meet. “It was pretty hard. It wasn’t exactly where I wanted to be from an individual standpoint, but it was my fastest time on that course by like 30 seconds. As a team, we got second place. Last year, coming off our (team) victory, we knew it was going to be hard to repeat. Our team worked really hard. At the end of the day, our coach is like we either go out there and win and have success or we go out there and put all that we have out there and go away knowing we couldn’t do anything more and we gave it our all. And that’s what we did. The team just started coming together there.” McCann is one of three seniors at the front for PDS along with Sandu and Jesse Hollander. B ehind t hem are four freshmen that are the future for the Panthers. Having a leader like McCann has helped show them the ropes. “I think it’s been an honor for t hem to r u n w it h a superstar runner like Emily,” said Mazzei. “I think she’s taught them a lot. I think she sets the tone for how the program should be r un and how you should train in a very good competitive program and how you become great in this sport. I think she definitely left a good mark on the team and a lot of the runners will learn from her and a take a lot of things that she did and do them so they can be successful too.” McCann showed the sort of dedication that it takes to be a top runner. She is also a talented hockey player, but gave up playing club last year and juggled doing both hockey and winter track last year, something that she intends to do for one final season this winter. “ Ev e r y s e a s o n , e v e r y amount of mileage that I do builds on it,” said McCann. “The consistent r unning that I did through the winter really helped me and is helping me this season.” McCann will finish out her scholastic career on the track before she competes in cross country and track at Northeastern next year. She is looking forward to the next level of running. “I’m really excited,” said McCann. “It’s going to be a challenge and an adjustment. Right now I’m at the top of the pack of my school. I’m going to go back dow n. Honestly I’ve never had the real experience of being pushed by teammates and really higher competition. I’m excited to see where that takes me both at the team level and personally where I can get with that.” McCann also feels good about how the seniors will be leaving the Panthers. She is

FINAL RUN: Princeton Day School girls’ cross country runner Emily McCann shows her form in a race last fall. Last Saturday, senior star and Northeastern commit McCann placed sixth in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public A girls’ meet at Holmdel Park to earn a spot in the upcoming NJSIAA Meet of Champions. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) hoping their example helps the freshmen build on strong starts to their careers. “I think the way we were lead ing t hem t h is year, they are more committed t h a n a n y o n e I ’v e s e e n t h r o u g h o u r p r o g r a m ,” said McCann. “They seem like they’re really into it. I couldn’t be more trusting of who we are leaving the team in the hands of. A lot of them haven’t really run or trained competitively before and going out and running 22 or 23 minutes your first time running a 5k is really impressive. Their talent and their hard work w ill br ing t hem place s. Although looking at losing your top three is not ideal, our team is very young and in the next few years they can get back to the level we’re at currently.” The Panther girls showed big improvements from a year ago. The newcomers combined with the returning runners to help PDS make a significant jump in their competitiveness. “On the girls side, it’s been great,” said Mazzei. “We looked at the results. Af ter the merged group championship meet last year the girls were 77 out of 117 teams. This year after the merge of all the girls teams were 33 out of 117 teams. It’s exciting to see, especially as a small school with only 400 kids in it to be up there battling these big public and private schools. To be up there competing has been awesome.” The PDS boys feel the same about their chance to develop. The Panthers are younger overall than the girls team, and yet they

were highly competitive. At the Prep B championship, McL aughlin placed third a nd L e t ko w as s eve nt h just ahead of teammate Arun Patel the week before the group meet. The PDS boys came in second, just one point behind Newark Academy for the top spot in the Prep B championship at Blair. “I think on both sides, guys and girls, we can say we were a better team this year,” said Mazzei. “We missed out winning preps on the guys side by one point for our first guys title since 2010. But honestly they put up a good battle against Newark Academy and to be within one point of a team that has won consecutive years, it was a great battle and that is the best performance we’ve had on the guys side of the program in a long time. That was exciting to see, and also to be that competitive having a freshmen and sophomore leading the program knowing the future is very bright for this program and it’s going in the right direction.” Also at the Prep championships, Jacob New man placed 10th in 18 : 29 to le ad t he Hu n School boys to fifth in the Prep A race. Jade Boucree was the top finisher for the Hun girls who placed sixth in the Prep A girls division. —Justin Feil

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A s t he P r inceton Day Ruf. “In preseason, it was his players have displayed School girls’ soccer goalie two hours every morning. as they bounced back from Shelby Ruf got ready to We have put in the work, we tough losses in the Mercer face the third shot from St. have put in the time. I feel County Tournament and the Prep tourney. John Vianney in a penalty this is huge for us.” kick shootout last Friday in “To come back the way Ruf, who switched from the New Jersey State Inter- defense to goalie in her they have has been very scholastic Athletic Associa- sophomore season, has put good,” said Pettit. “The one tion (NJSIAA) South Jersey in a lot of work to master her thing I will say from this Non-Public A semis, her new position. group this year especially teammates shouted encour“I don’t play club, it is all is that the connection that agement. here,” said Ruf. “We have they have with each other But junior Ruf tuned them Matt [Goldberg], the goalie is really, really good. The out as she focused on the coach; we have spent every team chemistry, the culture, task at hand. morning working in the pre- we have worked really hard “I just went in there open- season. I have goalie train- on that over the last two or minded, pick a side, stick ing every year, you go in and three years and this year has with it and do your best; do everything you can. You been the best it has been. I I know my team has my know your team is going to think that type of thing alback,” said Ruf. “Most girls have your back on the rest lows moments like this to happen.” are righty and most of time of it. In Ruf’s view, that togethtimes they are going to open PDS head coach Chris their hips so I just went for Pettit acknowledged that erness will help the Panthers a side.” his team worked hard to in their clash against Trinity Ruf did her best, diving to generate offense against St. Hall. “That is going to be a her left to make the save. Vianney. The PDS players finished “It was kind of a stale- big game,” said Ruf. “This the deal, nailing all five mate ; they put a lot of year our team chemistr y shots to earn the win, spark- people behind the ball and is through the roof. It has ing a raucous celebration we struggled to break them never been this good, that is as the squad mobbed Ruf, down,” said Pettit. “Makena what we pride ourselves on. chanting, “Shelby, Shelby, [Graham] had a little suc- We have each other’s back.” Shelby.” cess as the game wore on —Bi ll Alden “I knew they were going but generally speaking we to put it away so I just had didn’t create too much from to get one save and we were it. At times, it was tough. We good,” said Ruf, ref lect- probably would have done SAVING THE DAY: Princeton Day School girls’ soccer goalie Shelby Ruf clears the ball last ing on a contest which saw better to do something difWednesday as fifth-seeded PDS hosted eighth-seeded St. John Vianney in the semifinal round IS ON the foes play to a scoreless ferent and try and hit some of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) South Jersey Non-Public stalemate though 80 min- long range shots.” A Tournament. Junior goalie Ruf made a clutch save in a penalty kick shootout as the Panthers utes of regulation and 20 In the shootout, though, advanced to the final. PHS, who moved to 16-3-2, with win were slated to play at third-seeded minutes of overtime. “We the Panthers buried five Trinity Hall in the final on November 7. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) had practiced PKs all week.” straight shots as Adriana PHS, who moved to 16-3- Salzano, Sophia VriesenAvailable for 2 with win, were slated to dorp, Owunna, Ava “AJ” Lunch & Dinner play at third-seeded Trinity Szalabofka, and Ella McLarMmm..Take-Out “Yes, we also rescreen screens Hall in the final on Novem- en came through in that orber 7. The Monarchs are led der. regular & pawproof.” Events • Parties • Catering 41 Leigh Avenue, Princeton by former PDS head coach “It was huge, especially as 741 Alexander Rd., Princeton • 924-2880 www.tortugasmv.com (609) 924-5143 Pat Trombetta, who guided we had lost that last shootthe Panthers for 14 seasons out we were in,” said Pettit. through 2020. In his time “It was a big moment, esguiding the team, the Pan- pecially as Ella and AJ had thers went 177-62-19, win- both missed previously. It ning eight Prep B state titles was quite nice for them to (2008, 2010, 2014-2019) come back out and get their and one Mercer Count y redemption. All of the penTournament crown (2013) alties we had were really, realong the way. ally good penalties, it was In Ruf ’s view, the PDS very clean.” defense gives it a chance It was nice for Ruf to come against anyone. up with her big save. “She “I feel like our defense saved the one she saved,” is the biggest part of our said Pettit. “Even on the team, we have done well all ones she didn’t save, she had season,” said Ruf. “There read them right, guessed 1: Conversation 2: close. were definitely some risky right and came prettyConversation Behind the Byline: Glitz, Glamour, and a Look into situations today, but I feel That is a big thing.” like we handled them well. 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Christie Helps PDS Field Hockey Advance in Sectional, But Panthers Fall to Pingry in Semis, End Fall at 15-4-1 It was Kelly Chr istie’s last appearance on Smoyer Field for the Princeton Day School field hockey team, but she was determined that it wouldn’t turn out to be the final game of her career. As third-seeded PDS hosted sixth-seeded Academy of St. Elizabeth in the quarterfinal round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) North Jersey Non-Public Tournament last Wednesday, senior star Christie and her teammates were fired up to keep their season going. “All of the seniors and everyone on the team knew that this wasn’t going to be our last game,” said Christie. “We knew that by bringing our intensity and enthusiasm to the game. This is our last time on this field. I think this team is so close and everyone wants it for the seniors. The seniors wanted it and the other players want to support the seniors.” Just over two minutes into the contest, Christie displayed her intensity, tallying a goal as she redirected a hit by classmate Tessa Caputo

into the cage. “Tessa dribbled it in and I believe it was either deflected or she lifted it up and it had a pretty good bounce,” recalled Christie. “I saw that the goalie was a little off the post, so I gave it one hit in. Airballs are my favorite kind.” Christie’s tally helped set the tone as PDS got a goal from Sammy Dandy late in the first half to go up 2-0 by halftime and pulled away to a 5-0 victory. “Finishing off with a goal after that definitely helped a lot,” said Christie. Sammy going back to back was great, we always say two minutes to our next goal. We finished the game like that. We kept going, we kept our intensity. We knew we had to play our game which we did through the entire time.” Over the latter stages of the contest, Christie helped shore up the PDS defense. “Towards the second half, I moved back to a defensive situation,” said Christie. “We were up, we knew there was no need to rush and we

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REACHING OUT: Princeton Day School field hockey player Kelly Christie, left, goes after the ball in a game earlier this season. Last Wednesday, senior star Christie tallied a goal to help third-seeded PDS defeat sixth-seeded Academy of St. Elizabeth 5-0 in the quarterfinal round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) North Jersey Non-Public Tournament. The Panthers went on to lose 7-2 to second-seeded Pingry in the semifinals last Saturday to end the fall with a 15-4-1 record. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) With the Panthers having won six of eight games heading into the sectional semis, Farlow likes the work she is getting from her players. “I do feel like we have raised our level so we will see. We went through a period where most of the team was sick and we had college applications,” said Farlow. “Now that we are past that, now that it is November, we are just focused in on the states. They really want to keep moving forward, they want to see how far we can get.”

While that focus got the Panthers to the semis, they could go no further as they fell 7-2 to second-seeded Pingry last Saturday with seniors Christie and Ryan scoring the PDS goals in their finale. While Christie had hoped that the Panthers, who ended the season at 15-4-1, would

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straight win to end the season on a high note, Lawrenceville defeated the Hill School (Pa.) 40-7 last Saturday. The Big Red ended the season with a 6-3 record. Field Hockey : Running into a buzz saw, Lawrenceville fell 9-0 to the Hill School (Pa.) last Saturday in its season finale. The defeat left the Big Red with a final record of 6-7-1.

PDS Girls’ Volleyball: Battling hard to the end, 11thseeded PDS fell 2-0 (2512, 25-16) to third-seeded Mother Seton last Saturday in the quarterfinal round

In the championship game action last Sunday in the Princeton Junior Football League (PJFL) Seniors division (Grades 7-8), the Christine’s Hope Lions defeated the TSS Photo Vikings 3421. For the Lions, Liam McCloskey scored two touchdowns with Cooper Casto, John Monica, and Alex Spies adding a touchdown apiece. Eli Salganik starred for the Vikings, throwing TD passes to AJ Davidson and EJ Edwards, rushing for a score, and adding a safety. In the Super Juniors division ( Grades 5 - 6) title game, the TSS Photography Vikings edged the Petrone Steelers 20-13. Aidyn Shah passed for touchdowns to Eme Moorhead and Ja x Cherian and rushed for another score to spark the Vi-

kings. For the Steelers, Theo Henderson had a touchdown run and a TD pass to Braydon Kaplan. In Juniors division (Grades 3-4) championship game, the UOA Cardinals defeated the Lululemon Eagles 2621. James Armstrong paced the Cardinals offense as he accounted for three touchdowns, with two touchdown passes and a TD run. Carson Smith scored two touchdowns and Kaden Taffer added a TD reception. Connor Ryan led the defense with two interceptions. As for the Eagles, Connor Widener and Andrew Lutz each scored touchdowns.

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of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public Group B tournament. Amy Lin contributed one kill, three blocks, and one dig in the defeat as the Panthers Football : Miles O’Neill ended the season with a triggered the offense as Hun 9-12 record. defeated the Wyoming Seminary (Pa.) 49-0 last Saturday to wrap up its 2023 campaign. O’Neill connected on 7 of 9 passes for 203 yards and three touchdowns for the Raiders, who ended up with a final record of 8-1. Fo otba l l : Dropping a F i e l d H o c k e y : C om nail-biter in its season finaing up short in a defensive le, Pennington fell 16-15 to struggle, Hun lost 1-0 to Long Island Lutheran (N.Y.) the Germantown Academy last Friday. The Red Hawks (Pa.) last Wednesday in its ended the fall at 6-2. season finale. The Raiders, Boys’ Soccer: Producing who won the Mercer County one of the most memorable Tournament and were the Prep state runners-up this wins in the history of its fall, ended 2023 with a 15-5 high-powered program, topseeded Pennington edged record. second-seeded St. BeneBoys’ Soccer: Falling in dict’s 4-3 in the Prep state a clash of rivals, Hun lost title game last Wednesday 2-1 to Lawrenceville School at Roberts Stadium on the last Wednesday in its final campus of Princeton Univergame of the season. The sity. Matty Lynch and Alvaro Raiders ended the fall with Carnicer Cozar each had a a 9-9-1 mark. goal and an assist in the win G irls’ Soccer: Ending as the Red Hawks ended the the fall on a high note, Hun fall at 15-0 and snapped the e d g e d t h e G e r m a ntow n Gray Bees’ 103-game unAc ademy ( Pa. ) 3 -2 las t beaten streak (102-0-1) in Wednesday. The Raiders the process. posted a final record of 5-11 this season.

Wilberforce Cross Country Sending 6 Runners to MOC

Competing in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Non-Public B Group meet last Saturday at Holmdel Park, the Wilberforce School cross country squad had a big day. Senior Caleb Brox took first in the boys’ race, clocking time of 16:56 over the 5,000 -meter course. His younger brother, freshman Micah Brox, took seventh in 18:16 and freshman Elias Edwards came in eighth in 18:18. The Wolverines placed third in the team standings with a score of 85 as Bishop Eustace took first at 77. The Brox brothers and Edwards will be competing at the Meet of Champions as individuals this Saturday at Holmdel. As for the Wilberforce girls, junior Laura Sallade took fourth individually in 20:00 while junior Adeline Edwards placed seventh in 20:38 and sophomore Eve Szeliga was 10th in 20:53. The Wolverines just missed winning the team title as they took second with 39 points, one point behind champion Villa Walsh. Sallade, Edwards, and Szeliga will be racing in the Meet of Champions as individuals.

Bailey Basketball Academy Holding Clinic November 9

T he B ailey B asketball Academy (BBA) is holding a skills clinic for boys and girls ages 8 years old through high school at the Princeton Middle School on November 9 from 9 a.m.- 2 p.m. The clinic will be divided into a full clinic (9 a.m.-2 p.m.) and two mini sessions

SHOWING HART: Princeton Day School boys’ soccer player Hart Liu Nowakoski controls the ball in recent action. Last week, junior Liu Nowakoski assisted on an overtime goal by Penn von Zelowitz as 10th-seeded PDS upset second-seeded Doane Academy 1-0 in the quarterfinal round of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) South Jersey NonPublic B Tournament. The Panthers went on to fall 4-0 at third-seeded St. Rose last Friday in a semifinal contest to finish the fall at 3-16-1. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) ( 9 a.m.-11:15 a.m. and 11:45 a.m.-2 p.m). Parents and players will have an oppor tunit y for quality individualized instruction, skills development, and fundamentals.

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Robert J. Galick Bob was born in Detroit, Michigan, on June 20, 1929. He passed away at Capital Health Medical Center of Hopewell, Pennington, NJ on October 31, 2023. Bob grew up on his parents’ dairy farm with many siblings in Harlingen, NJ. He graduated from Princeton High School in 1948. Bob was a skilled union carpenter and construction superintendent in Princeton Local 781, where he was a member for 70 years. He worked on many projects in the area, including a number at Princeton University, where he was also an arborist and tree surgeon. Bob was an avid reader, enthusiastic trout fisherman, and dog lover. He was also a founding member of the Cedar Grove Sportsmen’s Club, where he enjoyed hunting. He loved to visit the Jersey shore, in particular Point Pleasant with his wife Doris, to whom he was married for 62 years, and his daughter,

Deborah. He lived with his family in Princeton, NJ, in a house that he proudly built himself. Bob was predeceased by the love of his life Doris in 2012. He then lived firstly at Acorn Glen/Brandywine assisted living facility in Princeton, and then at Brandywine assisted living in Pennington, NJ. In later life he always considered this to be his home, a place where he made many friends and participated in several activities. He is survived by his daughter Deborah (Galick) Dalton, Robert Dalton (husband); grandchildren Michael Dalton (wife Ashley), Matthew Dalton (wife Kristin); two great-grandchildren James and Charlotte Dalton; and many nieces and nephews as well as two great-grand puppies Meha and Olive. Bob was predeceased by his parents, George and Anna Galick. A memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. on Saturday, November 11, 2023 at the Wilson Apple Funeral Home, Pennington, NJ, with visitation from 10-10:30 a.m. Interment to follow at Highland Cemetery, Hopewell, NJ. Condolences are welcome at wilsonapple.com

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faith, and community service. Mrs. Melconian proudly served the Armenian-American community over the course of her life. Motivated by a sense of personal responsibility, she actively participated in and consistently supported many organizations, such as the Armenian Evangelical Church of New York (Board Member), Armenian General Benevolent Union (President’s Club), Armenian Assembly of America, Armenian Missionary Association of America (Board Member), and the Armenia Fund USA (Board Member). Throughout the years, Mrs. Melconian was valued by her fellow members for her balanced views, sound judgment, and desire to advance the mission of each organization while maintaining unity. Reared in the Armenian Evangelical Church, Mrs. Melconian actively practiced her faith throughout her life. She regularly attended services and served for many years on the Church’s Board and other committees. She was instrumental in solidifying her Church’s financial future, managing a real estate transaction involving the sale of air rights in midtown Manhattan. Those close to Hilda were aware of her genuine intellectual curiosity and cosmopolitan style. She loved history and following current events. She enjoyed classical music and the arts, and spoke five languages. She reveled in great conversations and always made people feel welcome. Hilda also participated in many cultural activities in Princeton and New York over many decades. Friends and family

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