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Permit Parking Task Force To Consider Suggestions And Revisit Parking Plan
Mill Hill Garden Tour is Back in Business . . . . . . 5 Watershed Floats Wetlands To Halt Toxic Algae . . . 11 Friday Night Lights Hits Home as Bob Dylan Turns 80 . . . . . . . . . . . 16 PSO Continues Outdoor Chamber Concert Series . . . . . . . 17 PU Men’s Heavyweight Crew Primed for IRA National Championships . . . . . 30 Phogat, Silverio Clicked in Winning Prep B 1st Doubles for PDS Boys’ Tennis . . . . . . . 35
Teacher Joyce Jones is Retiring After 51 Years At PHS . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach Realtors . .22, 23 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 21 Classified Ads . . . . . . 38 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 37 Performing Arts . . . . . 18 Police Blotter . . . . . . . 14 Real Estate . . . . . . . . 38 Religion . . . . . . . . . . . 37 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . 6
A work session led by the Permit Parking Task Force at a meeting of Princeton Council Monday evening, May 24, drew numerous expressions of concern, particularly from residents of the Western Section, one of several neighborhoods where regulatory changes are recommended. The task force, which has been working on the issue for the past two years, recently held its first meeting with the Western Section residents. The group’s initial focus was on the Witherspoon-Jackson and Tree Streets neighborhoods, where parking is especially tight. The goal is to offer parking for essential workers in Princeton’s commercial areas, and to harmonize different parking rules from the pre-consolidation days, when Princeton was divided into Township and Borough. The plan strives to assure that residents with no driveway, or limited driveway, will have priority to purchase on-street parking permits allowing 24-hour parking, which is currently unavailable in most zones, for $10 a month. Those who are economically disadvantaged could have free permits. Another goal is to make overnight parking, currently unavailable in most zones, available to all residents and guests. Councilman David Cohen, who is on the task force along with Council President Leticia Fraga, Councilwoman Michelle Pirone Lambros, some residents, and representatives from local businesses, said that if given the go-ahead to proceed, the next step would be to enter an agreement with the vendor Passport, which would provide license plate reading technology mounted on enforcement vehicles and online applications for permits. But after hearing comments from the public, it was decided that the task force will hold more meetings with neighbors and revisit the multi-pronged plan. Some of those who spoke questioned the need for the proposal. Others who live in the Western Section said they were not given enough notice of the plan. “Why wasn’t I given formal notice, and how many other people weren’t, and perhaps do not know about this proposal?” asked a resident of Hodge Road. “I kind of feel like it violates my due process. I feel I deserve information regarding data, proof of need, and data supporting the need.” She added, “The proposal to put Continued on Page 9
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COVID Restrictions Lifting Before Memorial Day As Memorial Day weekend approaches, COVID-19 infection levels continue to drop, and vaccination numbers rise, New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced plans on Monday to remove almost all pandemic restrictions soon. The indoor mask mandate in public spaces and the six-foot social distancing requirement indoors and outdoors, along with the prohibition of dance floors at bars and restaurants and the prohibition on ordering and eating/drinking while standing at bars and restaurants, will all be lifted on Friday, May 28. Then, on Friday, June 4, indoor gathering and capacity limits will be removed. Individuals who are not fully vaccinated are strongly encouraged to continue masking and social distancing. “Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, my administration has been guided by science, data, and facts to put New Jersey on the road to recovery, with the public health and safety of all New Jerseyans as our highest priority,” Murphy said in signing the executive order lifting restrictions. “Together we have made tremendous progress in crushing the virus, and the last two weeks have shown significant decreases in key areas of our data, including new COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, spot positivity rates, and rates of transmission.”
Murphy noted that this lifting of restrictions over the next two weeks will show “our commitment to carefully and deliberately reopening our state after what has been a truly crushing almost 15-month period.” More than 3.9 million people who live, work, or study in New Jersey have now been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in-state, including 88,786 out-of-state residents, while another 167,268 residents have been vaccinated in other states.
About 57 percent of New Jersey’s 6.9 million adults have been fully vaccinated so far, and more than 194,000 children between the ages of 12 and 17 have been vaccinated in the state. On Monday, May 24, the Princeton Health Department reported no new positive cases of COVID-19 in the previous 14 days. The health department also announced further expanded vaccination opportunities, with a pop-up vaccination clinic on Thursday, May 27, from 2:30 p.m. Continued on Page 8
$20M Gift To Promote Diversity at PU; Center Will Target Access, Opportunity Committed to increasing enrollment of first-generation and lower-income students and to supporting those students academically and socially on campus, Princeton University will be establishing the new Emma Bloomberg Center for Access and Opportunity, funded by a gift — $20 million according to the Wall Street Journal — from Bloomberg Philanthropies. The Center will serve as headquarters for expanded programs that are designed to provide students with the “mentorship, academic enrichment, and community” that they need to succeed at Princeton,
according to a University press release. “They empower students to successfully navigate the University’s many resources, to achieve their professional, personal, and scholarly goals, and to become active leaders on campus and in the larger world,” the release states. The Center will also be a hub for research for colleges and universities across the country that are seeking to expand college access and enhance success for first-generation and lower-income students. Programs to be scaled up in size and Continued on Page 12
HIGH FIVE: Members of the Hun School baseball team celebrate last Sunday after they defeated Lawrenceville 16-0 in the state Prep A final . It marked the fifth straight Prep A crown for the Raiders, who improved to 19-2 with the victory . For more details on the game, see page 34 . (Photo provided courtesy of the Hun School)
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multi-ethnic restaurants to the public. Included are options such as Costa Rican, Venezuelan, Dominican, Guatemalan, African-American, barbecue, and New Orleans styles. Food tourists can purchase a wristband from Taste Trenton. Wristbands are valid for the entire weekend. Come to ArtWorks (19 Everett Alley) to
After a year’s hiatus due to the pandemic Taste Trenton returns June 11-13 with a restaurant crawl of some 40 eateries in the capital city. The self-guided tour, which coincides with the Mill Hill Garden Tour of June 12, is an effort to re-introduce the city’s CONGRATULATIONS
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pick up the wristband and a passport/guidebook that lists each participating restaurant, notes the specials being offered, and provides a map showing each location. Participants select which restaurants they want to visit, how long they want to stay, and which of the specials they want to try. On Saturday only, there will be free buses transporting guests from Artworks to restaurants in the Chambersburg/ South Broad St area. Since its launch in 2015 as a one-day event focused on 12 restaurants in Chambersburg, Taste Trenton has expanded to an entire weekend promoting dozens of restaurants throughout the city. Visit tastetrenton. com for more information.
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Vaccine Clinics at Princeton University’s Jadwin Gym: Open to the public, including 12-15 year olds. The Pfizer vaccine is given June 4, 12-5 p.m.; June 8, 2-7 p.m.; June 9, 2-7 p.m.; and June 11, 12-5 p.m. Register with the New Jersey Vaccine Scheduling System at covidvaccine.nj.gov/en-US. Limited walk-ins are available. Recording of Recent Forum: Princeton Community TV (Comcast Channel 30 and Verizon FIOS Channel 45) is airing the recording of the League of Women Voters’ forum among the three Democratic candidates running for Assembly in Legislative District 16. Airtimes are posted on PCTV’s website and at lwvprinceton.org. Links to the video are posted at lwprinceton.org and VOTE411.org. Webinar: How to Apply for State and Local Jobs: The New Jersey Civil Service Commission is holding free virtual session May 27 at 12 p.m. For more information, contact Joe Forte at joseph.forte@csc.nj.gov or call (609) 777-0918. Summer Recreation Programs: The Princeton Recreation Department has several programs to offer youth this summer, including Summer Chess, Wonder of Magic Camp, the Youth Dance Program, and the Summer Youth Sports Program. Visit princetonnj.gov for details. Bags Needed: The Princeton Mobile Food Pantry seeks clean, handled paper grocery bags; large, laundered, cloth bags; and large, clean, Fresh Direct bags for their biweekly deliveries of fresh groceries. Drop points: on the walkways or steps of 83 Mount Lucas Road or 46 Henry Avenue; every other Wednesday morning (911 a.m., June 2, 16, and 30) at the former Bon Appetit site at Princeton Shopping Center. Contact info@pmfpantry.org or visit pmfpantry.org for more information. Free Financial Coaching: Offered by United Way of Greater Mercer County to help with debt management to those struggling during the pandemic. Visit uwgmc. org/financialcoaching. Information is also available in Spanish.
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Mill Hill Garden Tour Is Back in Business
Tucked behind the brownstone facades of the capital city’s historic Mill Hill district, homeowners are hard at work getting their gardens ready for the annual Mill Hill Garden Tour on Saturday, June 12 from 12-5 p.m. Held virtually last year due to the pandemic, the live tour is back — with reserved, timed visits at the
top of the hour, and walkins on the half-hour. Faithful visitors who return each year will find some more expansive yards this time, as well as some lushly planted more intimate spaces. “This year, we have our first-ever sidewalk garden, which the owner describes as an urban rainforest with lush, tropical plantings,” said Mercer Street resident Amanda Chevalier, who is co-chairing the event with n e i g h b o r E d We n g r y n . “There is a popular garden with chickens named after Jane Austen characters and Mrs. Patmore from Downton Abbey. Ed has a double garden, and he is also a beekeeper. Jean Bickal, who has been on the tour for several years, has a new garden out back.”
completed restoration of the 1888 bridge over the creek, one of New Jersey’s premier historic metal trusses. Bridge historian Patrick Harshbarger of Hunter Research will be on hand to offer remarks and answer questions. Also planned is a reading at 5 p.m. of Passage Theatre’s OK Trenton Project, taking place in the ampitheatre next to the bridge. Wr it ten by Dav id L ee White, Richard Bradford, and members of the OK Trenton Ensemble and directed by Passage Theatre Artistic Director C. Ryanne Domingues, the documentary-style play centers around the reaction to a controversial community sculpture. Visit passagetheatre.org for details. Continued on Next Page
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Mercer Street resident Bickal also has a new mural painted on her alley wall, by well-known local artist and muralist Leon Rainbow. Other outdoor spaces on the tour combine nature and urban living with residents’ distinctive styles. Visitors are often surprised to discover what is behind these houses, which on Bickal’s block go down to the Assunpink Creek and the leafy park across the stream. This is the 30 th anniversary of the tour, one of two major fundraisers held each year by the Old Mill Hill Society. The annual Holiday House Tour, also halted last year due to COVID-19, will hopefully be back in early December. Mill Hill is a diverse mix of people from many professions. There are artists, academics, architects, writers, musicians, state workers, and more. Chevalier is in pharmaceutical marketing; her husband, George Chevalier, does marketing for Grounds For Sculpture. Wengryn works for the New Jersey Farm Bureau. Full disclosure: this reporter is a resident (but without a garden that is tour-worthy). This year’s garden tour coincides with several other events taking place in Trenton. At Mill Hill Park, which lies at the base of Mercer, Jackson, and Liv ingston streets, a ribbon- cutting ceremony at 12 p.m. will officially mark the recently
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The Rev. Dr. David Latimore has been appointed the first full-time director of Princeton Theological Seminary’s Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies, effective June 1. John White, dean of student life and vice president for student relations, led the six-month search to fill the new role. “Support for Dr. Latimore was unanimous among the committee. It didn’t take long for us to recognize the breadth and depth of his academic, industry and pastoral experience,” said White. “We are extremely excited to see the direction and growth of the Center under Dr. Latimore’s leadership.” “I consider this an extraordinary opportunity to utilize the full span of my academic training and research interests, along with my ecclesial and professional experiences, in Princeton Seminary’s vibrant academic community and campus life,” said Latimore. Latimore’s teaching and research interests focus on the intersection of religion, race, and economic justice through the examination of how economic ideological pre-suppositions underlie many of the disparities and inequalities witnessed in African American communities and their impact on the theology of the Black chu rch. Un d er t h e u m brella of academic affairs, Latimore is charged with en hancing program m ing to support ongoing critical theological research and engagement on the legacy of enslavement and enriching
WE DID IT!: More than 2,400 graduates from the classes of 2020 and 2021 were honored during much-anticipated Rider University commencement ceremonies on May 15 and 16. Rider hosted 12 small ceremonies based on graduating year, degree, and college/school under two large tents on the Lawrenceville campus. (Photo by Peter G. Borg/Rider University) the formative experience of seminarians. “The timing couldn’t be better for Dr. Latimore to join our community as we begin our new curriculum in the fall,” said Shawn Oliver, senior associate academic dean and member of the search committee. “With Dr. Latimore’s background, I’m confident that he will make significant contributions toward helping the Seminary creatively engage students in thinking theologically about current and urgent issues of social, economic and public life.” This appointment marks another milestone in the implementation of a multi-year action plan to repent for the Seminary’s historical ties to slavery. The Center has been named for Betsey Stockton, a prominent African American educator in Princeton during the antebellum North and a Presbyterian missionary in the Sandwich Islands (present-day Hawaii). Prior to her emancipation in 1817,
Stockton was enslaved by the chair of Princeton Seminary’s Board of Trustees. “Today, the Betsey Stockton Center for Black Church Studies has the potential to be a beacon of light in theological education and for the church at large,” says Baker. Latimore comes to Princeton Seminary from Tennessee, where he served as senior pastor at Fifteenth Avenue Baptist Church in Nashville, taught at Belmont University, acted as a minority student mentor, and was associate director for the
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P rofiles i n e ducation Joyce Jones: “Role Model and Advocate” At Princeton High School for 51 Years
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elebrating Joyce Jones,” the banner read. “Teaching us to learn from the past, prepare for the future, and embrace the present.” Last Thursday, May 20, was Joyce Jones Day at P r i n c e to n H i g h S c h o o l (PHS), honoring Jones on the eve of her retirement after 51 years at PHS — as physical education teacher, coach, and peer group program leader. The celebrations included banners and balloons, music, commemorative pins, a special Princeton proclamation, and a wide range of tributes and reminiscences from former and current colleagues and guests. In a phone interview last Saturday, Jones reflected on her career at PHS and “the moments when I think I’ve made a difference.” She recalled the last meeting of her peer group leaders a few years ago when a graduating senior got up to speak: “‘Thank you for teaching my mom how to be a leader and facilitator,’ he said, and he also named his two brothers who had been in peer group. ‘And I’m the last one and I want to say thank you as well.’ Everyone was listening, and somehow that statement spoke volumes for me. As I reflect back I see that not just in coaching but also in the peer leadership program and in my classes, there are the students that I know I have touched, but there are also the ones I may have no idea I have influenced. That’s special.” Jones started at PHS in 1970 “with a vision for her students and the desire to empower young women participating in sports,” according to Thursday’s proclamation. She was the PHS field hockey coach for more than 30 years, leading the team to the New Jersey State Championship in 1984. Also head coach of girls lacrosse at PHS, she coached that team to a state championship in 1985. As part of the original peer leadership group staff,
which created the program in 1979, Jones went on to help build up the peer group to include the entire ninth grade every year, and she was instrumental in developing a team of teachers to train participating seniors. Jones remains a par t of the leadership of the peer group, which has been expanded and replicated in other schools throughout the region over the past 40 years. “It’s been very important for the freshmen to have an opportunity to connect with other freshmen and experience a belonging-ness at school,” she said. “That’s very important because the high school for freshmen can be a scary place. It’s also an opportunity to create a connection with a senior, an older person who is where they want to be some day.” Since it s incept ion in 1979, Jones says, the essence of the program has remained the same. “Some of the activities have changed over the years, but the bottom line is to support the freshmen to make a smooth transition to high school, and that underlying theme is still there,” she noted. “That hasn’t changed. They are making connections and establishing relationships with their peers and the school.” In the most impor tant ways, Jones believes that kids haven’t changed so much since 1970. “Over the years, what those seniors want to do is to go out and make a difference for the freshmen,” she said. “The way in which it’s done may have changed, especially with Zoom. They have to be innovative, and they are very savvy in coming up with ideas for how to deliver a lesson online instead of in person. Their overall commitment to freshmen and making a difference in the school — it’s there — it has not changed. I’m very proud of them.” Students Speaking Out One change that Jones did note was in the students’ level of political engagement.
“They speak out more now,” she said. “In the past year I had more kids signing petitions and wanting me to sign petitions than I’ve ever had before in my career. There are a lot of different causes they are taking on, and they’ve asked me to be a part of it.” Jones recalled student walkouts at PHS in t he 1970s. “T hey’ve always been connected to the outside world on big issues, but now they’re taking on more, and it’s more aggressive. I think that’s good. They need to be listened to — not that we have to take action on everything they request, but I think of PHS as very progressive.” She continued, “The greatest gift anyone can give to another human being is listening, and I think sometimes teens see that we’re not listening to them.” She cited an incident earlier this year when hundreds of students attended a virtual Board of Education meeting to object to proposed schedule changes. “The School Board listened, and they didn’t change the schedule,” she said. “They fulfilled our request. They listened to us.” Quest for Racial Equity As an African American educator, Jones has seen some changes in racial equity over the years, but not enough. “It’s in progress, but we need to up the ante,” she said. “I’m not saying we’re not making a concerted effort, but we need to up the game, be more conscious of the gap and what we can do to close that gap. I don’t think it will ever be completely closed, but we have to work on it at a faster pace than what we have over the past 30 years.” She pointed out the need for more teachers of color in t he P r inceton P ublic Schools. “Does our teaching staff reflect the percentage of Asian or Latino or African American students in the schools? ” she asked. “I can count on one or two hands the number of Black teachers in the high school
since I’ve been there — not a lot — and I’m talking about 50 years.” Jones talked about attending a Black educators conference recently and hearing stories about teachers being left out, intentionally or unintentionally not included in social or professional gatherings. “It’s just the way the system is set up,” she said. “A lot of teachers of color are confronted with isolation.” She fondly recalled some of her positive relationships — Carol Wimberg, Tom Murray, Larry Ivan, and others — from her early days at PHS. “They took me under their wing. They showed me the way,” she said. But she also remembered, as a young lacrosse player trying out for the United States Women’s National Lacrosse Team, being turned down and later hearing from a member of the selection commit tee, “Yes, Joyce, you would have been on the team, but they just didn’t know who to put as your roommate.” Jones reflected, “I said to myself, ‘You’re a pioneer, and you’re paving the way for others.’ An African American woman made the team a few years later.” First Generation In College Jones grew up in Linden, New Jersey, where she went to high school. Her father was a contractor, who went to school at night. “When I was young, he was honored for building a church in Morristown that’s still standing,” she said. Her father insisted that she go to college. Her high school recommended that she go to secretary school, “but my dad said no. He demanded that I go to college.” She saw Trenton State College, now The College of New Jersey, for the first time when he dropped her off to begin her freshman year, and there she developed her interest in health, physical education, and sports. She’d never picked up a field hockey stick before she came to college. “We didn’t have sports in my high school,” she said. “We just had three play dates during the year — volleyball in the fall, basketball in the winter, softball in the spring. That was it.” By her sophomore year
51 YEARS AT PHS: Joyce Jones, who will be retiring at the end of this year, in a 1970s Princeton High School (PHS) yearbook photo. Last Thursday, May 20, was Joyce Jones Day at PHS, celebrating her 51 years of service as a physical education teacher, coach, and peer group leader “with a vision for her students.” (Photo courtesy of Princeton Public Schools) Jones was playing on the Trenton State varsity teams for field hockey, basketball, and lacrosse. “That’s how I got started. Next thing I knew I was student teaching at Grice Junior High in Hamilton.” Her first year of teaching was also at Grice. Then in 1970, eager to start coaching along with her teaching, she took a job at PHS, where she has been ever since. The Next Chapter After the PHS graduation on June 22, Jones’ future is yet to be determined. She lives in Newtown, Pennsylvania, and has relatives in Georgia, New Jersey, and Connecticut, but the next chapter of her story may well be written in another country. Since 1992 she has been part of the International Black Summit, an annual gathering of the Black community in early August each year taking place in such locations as Ottawa, Toronto, Belize, Angola, Guyana, Anguilla, and Kenya. “Every year, once a year, it’s the place where I get my rejuvenation in a celebration of who we are,” she said. “It’s about ending the murders of our men, women, and children around the
world, and it’s connected to what’s been happening in the United States in past years.” She’s not sure where she will end up, but she wants to revisit some of the places where she attended International Black Summit gatherings, and she definitely wants to be near an ocean somewhere in the world. “I want to live near a beach and every morning get up and have sand going between my toes,” she said. “I love the ocean. For at least part of the year, I want to live near the ocean.” Joyce Jones Day last week was one of many celebrations Jones has experienced over the years. She talked about the two occasions when the PHS yearbook has been dedicated to her; the state and county championship teams she has coached, their victories and their reunions; and the inception of the peer leadership program and being a part of the founder’s vision. “Those moments become so alive and real,” she said. And she mentioned students coming back long after graduation. “You can just see and hear what they’ve done in their lives and what they’re contributing. Some of them are still into sports, working with school or club teams.” he continued, “It’s in those moments when you can reflect and see what your accomplishments are. Those are the moments when I think I’ve made a difference.” —Donald Gilpin
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You can boat and fish on Rosedale Lake this summer. Just don’t eat the fish that you catch. That’s the word from The Watershed Institute, which has begun a project to stop toxic algae blooms and improve water quality at the Mercer County lake. Rosedale is among several New Jersey waterways that have been closed to swimming, fishing, and other activities for the past few summers because of the persistent problem. Blame pesticides, fertilizers, and other pollutants flowing into the water from tributaries and nearby lands. Climate change, too, is thought to be a culprit. “According to the federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the warmer days caused by climate change may result in more harmful algal blooms (HABs),” reads a press release from The Watershed Institute. Steve Tuorto, The Watershed’s director of science, said the combination of no rain and the warm temperature of streams are perfect
conditions for the HABs. “There’s a lot of algae in the water,” he said. “The harmful blooms are actually a bacteria, and when they grow to high levels they can be toxic.” Aided by some volunteers from Trout Unlimited, Watershed staff and scientists steered a speedboat into Rosedale Lake over two days last week to drop in the first of 20 floating wetlands. The islands were built on Watershed property using marine foam, canvas, and soil material, before being shipped to Rosedale Lake. The Watershed was contracted by Mercer County to help fight the HABs, with funds from the federal Clean Water Act. The Watershed’s bacterial action team is monitoring the project, with weekly assessments at about 30 locations including Rosedale Lake, where they will watch the 50-square-foot wetlands for two years to determine their effectiveness. At the same time, officials from Mercer County will add lake aeration devices and barley bales along the shoreline to
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absorb polluted stormwater runoff coming into the lake. As part of an earlier pilot project, The Watershed installed seven similar wetlands at an East Windsor senior community. The success of that project helped t he organ i zat ion decide which plants would be best to use on Rosedale Lake. The harmful blooms have resulted in restrictions not only at Rosedale, but also at Lake Hopatcong in Morris and Sussex counties, and Mountain Lake in Warren County. In 2017 and 2018, there were a total of 64 HAB advisories, according to the Watershed release. A full list of last year’s advisories is available at njdep.gov. While the algae is still a problem, the situation has cleared up a bit since the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection issued a warning last year regarding Rosedale Lake. Just when the situation will be resolved is impossible to predict. “Other than watching, there is no way of telling,” said Tuorto. “It’s basically a monitoring thing. We have to keep an eye on it. If the bloom goes away, restrictions can be eased, but it’s hard to predict. There is every likelihood, though, that the lake will reopen this year. It won’t close for the whole season.” —Anne Levin
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SPRING MUSICAL: Princeton Friends School on Quaker Road partnered with the Pegasus Theatre Company to produce an outdoor production of Disney’s “The Lion King Jr.” for performances from May 13 through its finale on Saturday, May 22. (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)
Local Nonprofits Collaborate On Community Pride Picnic
An organizing committee of local nonprofits has announced the Princeton Community Pride Picnic, a free, family-friendly event to celebrate Princeton’s LGBTQIA+ community with music, art, activities for kids, and more. The picnic is Saturday, June 5 from 5-7 p.m. at the Princeton Family YMCA, 59 Paul Robeson Place. Attendees will gather in the Princeton Family YMCA’s field to enjoy tunes from DJ Linda Leigh, make their mark on a collaborative community mural, take part in a variety of activities, and go home with giveaways. Families are welcome to bring a picnic, and local vendors including the bent spoon, Tico’s Juice Truck, and Milk & Cookies will be on hand.
Mayor Mark Freda and other local government representatives will be in attendance, and local nonprofits will have tables with activities and information for attendees. “We are so excited to be able to gather with our friends and neighbors to celebrate Pride,” said Lisa Shelby, executive director of HiTOPS. “We are proud to be a member of a collaboration that is committed to ensuring that all young people, including youth who identify as LGBTQ+, are surrounded by a supportive, loving, af-
firming community.” This free event is a community collaboration coordinated by the Princeton Public Library, Princeton Family YMCA, Arts Council of Princeton, HiTOPS, Pr inceton Civ il R ights Commission, Corner House Behavioral Health, and McCarter Theatre Center. The Princeton Community Pride Picnic will follow current COVID-19 safety protocols. Attendees are expected to practice social distancing and wear a face mask when appropriate.
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scope as part of Princeton’s Emma Bloomberg Center include the Freshman Scholars Institute (FSI), an immersive seven-week summer program for incoming first-year students; the Scholars Institute Fellows Program, building upon FSI and working with first-generation, lowerincome students throughout their undergraduate years; the Princeton University Preparatory Program, offering year-round academic and social opportunities for area high school students and supporting their college applications; the Princeton Summer Journalism Program, a summer on-campus program for high achieving high school juniors from lower-income backgrounds; the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program; and the University’s Program for Transfer, Non-Traditional and Veterans Students. “Over the last five years, I have witnessed tremendous campus support from faculty, staff, alumni, and students, for the important work of building programs and policies that promote equity of access and opportunity and that empower the global community of FLi (first-generation, lower-income) students to achieve their academic and professional goals,” said Princeton University Associate Dean Khristina Gonzalez, who will serve as director of the Center. “Our FLi student
community has been central in this effort.” Gonzalez, who directs the Programs for Access and Inclusion and the FSI, emphasized the importance of the Bloomberg gift in “helping more students access college, ensuring that they have the opportunity to thrive on those campuses, and creating new channels to share best practices and research insights with other schools.” Emma Bloomberg, a 2001 Princeton University graduate, Bloomberg Philanthropies board member, and daughter of billionaire businessman and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, shared her vision in a press release from the University. “My years at Princeton were tremendously formative and inspiring, and my closest friends to this day remain my classmates,” she said. “I am forever grateful to have experienced such an incredible opportunity, and I want young people across the world, regardless of race, class, or geographic origin, to access the same resources and opportunities.” She continued, “But to achieve that vision, we know that getting students to college isn’t sufficient; we must do all we can to provide a more comprehensive support system for all who matriculate. This Center will help make sure that students who are disproportionately affected by the inequities in education are better able to access supports, resources, and
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Favorite “Bloomsday” Passages To Be Read by Famous Writers
On Wednesday, June 16 at 5 p.m., the Arts Council of Princeton presents a free virtual Bloomsday event with Paul Muldoon, Joyce Carol Oate s, C olu m Mc C a n n, Jhumpa Lahiri, and Sean Wilentz. The event celebrates James Joyce’s Ulysses. Rejected at its publication and burned by the U.S. Post office as “obscene,” today Ulysses is regarded as a landmark in moder n is t literat ure. Bloomsday is a commemoration and celebration of Joyce’s life, observed annually in Dublin and around the world on June 16, the day Ulysses takes place in 1904
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REVISITING THE PRINT CLUB: The history of Princeton University’s Print Club is the focus of a virtual event on Friday, May 28 at 2 p.m. sponsored by Princeton University Library and the Friends of Princeton University Library.
Upcoming Special Webinars Jane Austen” is Sunday, offer,” said Beth Englezos, June 20 at 4 p.m. Claudia JFCS manager of hunger From University Library
The Princeton Print Club and Jane Austen are the subjects of two webinars sponsored by P r inceton University Library and the Friends of Princeton University Library. On Friday, May 28 at 2 p.m., the topic is the Princeton Print Club. In 1940, designer and collector Elmer Adler was invited to Princeton University for three years and stayed for 12, in “an experiment in the study of printing and the graphic arts,” according to a release from the Universit y. He filled 12 rooms at 40 Mercer Street with permanent displays of fine printing along with rotating exhibitions managed by undergraduates, forming the Princeton Print Club. At this event, Graphic Arts Curator Julie Mellby will present an illustrated history; Marilyn Kushner of the New York Historical Society will discuss the explosion of interest in printing and print collecting at that time; and Alexandra Letvin of Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, will talk about Oberlin’s rental program where they continue to circulate fine art prints to students each semester. “30 Great Myths About
Johnson and Clara Tuite consider the questions: Was Jane Austen the best-selling novelist of her time? Are all her novels romances? Did they depict the traditional world of the aristocracy? And Is Austen’s writing easy to understand? To participate in either event, visit libcal.princeton. edu.
JFCS Pantry Seeks Donations From Community Gardens
Jewish Family & Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County (JFCS) is asking the community to help keep the agency pantry stocked with fresh produce throughout the spring and summer by harvesting from their very own gardens. In years past, the JFCS pantry has been able to accept limited donations of fresh produce. But now with its mobile food pantry going out three to five times per week, there is significantly increased demand for a variety of fresh fruits and vegetables. The on-site food pantry also continues to see high use, with 80-100 visits per month. “We always appreciate the donations from local individuals or even community gardens as it provides variety to the produce we usually
prevention. “While we are able to store and distribute fresh and frozen produce from our regular food providers, there is something ex t ra special about be ing able to give out locally grown, fresh from the garden items to our clients.” JFCS is t ying into the national Plant-a-Row initiative, which encourages individuals to plant items in their personal or communal gardens for the specific purpose of harvesting to donate to local food pantries. In addition to encouraging local gardeners to contribute to the food pantry, JFCS is also working to provide clients the tools to grow their own produce. Recently, the agency was able to provide tomato plant seedlings to clients. JFCS agency has a relationship with Abe’s Acres Far m, located in Hightstown, where agency staff bring specific cardboard waste — collected through regular, large-scale food deliveries to the pantry — to the farm. It is then turned into composting material. In early May, when dropping off cardboard, Abe’s Acres provided 200 tomato plant seedlings for JFCS to share with pantry clients. Taryn Krietzman, JFCS
pantry coordinator, created easy-to-follow care instructions to provide along with the plant to pantry clients. “Clients coming to our food pantry are food insecure and low-income. Growing one’s own produce is a simple way to get more food into the refrigerator and to save money,” said Krietzman. Through an ongoing partnership with ONEProject, a Robbinsv ille-based organization, JFCS received a donation of 250 painted planters and cilantro seeds to provide our clients with additional resources. “Food pantries are at the end of h u m a n - fo o d pr o d u c t i o n chain, making it difficult to acquire perishable foods such as fresh produce. By providing these resources directly to our clients, we can circumvent many of those challenges allowing the client to have the freshest source of produce, right in their home,” said Krietzman. SEEDLINGS FROM THE GARDEN: Tomato plant seedlings, donatC ont ac t K r i e t z m a n at ed by Abe’s Acres Farm, with care directions to be provided to TarynK@jfcsonline.org with JFCS food pantry clients. questions about donations.
Police Blotter On May 24, at 9:26 a.m., a man reported that someone fraudulently altered one of his checks that possibly was stolen from the USPS mailbox on Nassau Street near Moore Street. A monetary loss of $2,000 was suffered as a result of the incident, and the Detective Bureau is investigating. On May 24, at 6:02 p.m., a resident of Dick inson Street reported that he was the victim of an attempted ident it y t hef t. S omeone called him and stated that he was a DEA agent and informed the resident that there was an issue with his Social Security number. The resident provided all of his identifying information to the caller and then realized it was most likely a scam when the suspect asked for bank account numbers. There was no monetary loss suffered, and the Detective Bureau is investigating. On May 21, at 11:20 a.m., a resident of Wilkinson Way reported that a man contacted her by phone and stated
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The Detective Bureau is investigating. On May 19, at 6:39 p.m., a resident of Mountain Avenue reported that someone gave her a quote of $960 to repave her driveway. When he was finished he aggressively told her it was $9,600 not $960. She complied and paid the money. On May 19, at 12:14 p.m., a resident of Governors Lane reported that someone gained access to their personal contact information and opened an AT&T wireless account. The suspect also ordered an iPhone 12 Max Pro, valued at $1,200, and then stole it from the property when it was delivered. On May 17, at 2:13 p.m., a resident of Ettl Circle received a Wells Fargo cashier’s check in the mail from a suspect to pay for a television and sound system that she was selling online. When she went to the bank to check the validity of the check it was determined that there were insufficient funds in the account, so she did not send the equipment.
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To the Editor: As spring slides into summer and the sound of cicadas compete with the sound of traditional landscaping, seeds of hope have taken root in Princeton. The Changing the Landscape: Healthy Yards = Healthy People/Cambiando el Paisaje: Jardines Sanos = Gente Sana project kicked off in January and is making progress. The project seeks to move our community to adopt practices that protect the health of landscapers and the environment in a way that embeds racial equity into local decision-making and builds partnerships between government, sustainability groups, and community-led frontline groups. Key accomplishments to date include multiple focus groups with landscapers in English and Spanish; meetings between landscapers and municipal leadership; and kicking off a campaign to educate residents to do their part. The project Steering Committee — which includes the Princeton Environmental Commission, Unidad Latina en Acción NJ, the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund, Quiet Princeton, Rutgers School of Public Health, the Rutgers Environmental Stewards program, and several Municipality of Princeton departments and commissions, including Human Services, the Board of Health, and the Civil Rights Commission — invite you to learn more about the project by reading the Spring 2021 Newsletter at sustainableprinceton.org/current-projects. What can you do right now to help? If you employ a landscaper, make sure they wear protective equipment and register with the municipality. Start a conversation with your landscaper — the Toolbook for Sustainable Landscaping Conversations can help – sustainableprinceton. org/current-projects. Help us learn more about current landscaping practices by completing this survey — bit.ly/ PtonSurvey. Changing ingrained landscaping practices may be complex, but it is not impossible when we work together for healthier people and healthier yards. We look forward to sharing more progress in the Summer 2021 Newsletter in August. STEERING COMMITTEE Changing the Landscape/Cambiando el Paisaje
Morven Museum & Garden Thanks Community for Continued Support
To the Editor: Thank you to our community for its amazing continued support. We are delighted to share that this year’s Morven in May weekend was the most successful in our history, despite having the Garden Party “blown” into the following evening by unusually high winds. The plant sale also surpassed all pre-pandemic sales records. Our event chairs Ashley Formento, Liza Morehouse, Martha Sword, Elizabeth Wislar, and Marcia Zweig were superlative hostesses, and we owe them a debt of gratitude. We were delighted by the response to our partnership with the Arts Council of Princeton, with “Paint Out Princeton at Morven in May” hosting record numbers of plein air painters throughout the weekend safely painting on our grounds and producing our first online gallery of their work which can be seen at this link: morven.org/paint-outprinceton-2021. Morven was one of the first New Jersey museums to reopen its galleries in July 2020 following all CDC and safety protocols after keeping our 5-acre property in the heart of Princeton open for passive visitorship throughout the shutdown. We continue to work hard to meet people where they are comfortable; we expanded our garden tours, outdoor history strolls, and turned our traditional weekly tea into no-contact box lunches in the garden and broadened our array of offerings to include presenters from around the world zoomed in for Morven specific content, all features we probably wouldn’t have so quickly adopted had the pandemic not necessitated out-of-the-box thinking. Morven was on track to have its highest visitation numbers of all time when we had to close our doors in March 2020 and while we are slowly seeing visitors return, we know the climb back is uphill. Taking the lessons of the pandemic with us, we plan to have our in-person events also have a virtual component, keeping and ideally growing our distant audience, while inviting those who may not be ready for on-site interaction to peek inside, virtually. We developed a free monthly virtual program “Morven Moments” as part travelogue, part museum resource, to give the public glimpses inside the museum and encourage dialogue with our curator of education and public programs and a longtime docent while keeping a robust schedule of our normal programs and lectures. We began online ticketing to control capacity restrictions which will carry forward to ensure a comfortable visitor flow. We are heartened by the members who stayed with us throughout the pandemic and welcomed members from across the community and globe virtually while our doors were shut, reminding us that the primary lesson an historic site like Morven Museum & Garden teaches us is that there is always tomorrow. We thank you so very much and look forward to seeing you at Morven, soon! JILL BARRY Executive Director, Morven Museum & Garden
To the Editor: My name is Maya Wahrman, and I am currently a Masters of Social Work student at Rutgers University, working full time at Interfaith-RISE in refugee resettlement and serving families and individuals living in Princeton, Trenton, and across central and south Jersey. I moved to Princeton nine years ago as an undergraduate at the University, and after graduating I worked for two years at the University’s Office of Religious Life in interfaith programming, focusing on immigration justice. I came to know the town of Princeton as a community that I wanted to contribute to and see flourish. I volunteered at Princeton High School mentoring unaccompanied minors in the ELL class and with local refugee families. I moved into direct client service and worked for a year at the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund in Trenton (LALDEF) as a bilingual client advocate and case manager in partnership with a Trenton middle school. As an active member of Princeton Mutual Aid and a social worker I see the immense possibilities in Princeton and Mercer County for support of our vulnerable neighbors and the growing immigrant and Latino communities in our town. I have had the great fortune of knowing Eve Niedergang my whole life, as our families have been close friends since before I was born. When I moved to Princeton Eve always hosted me graciously for dinner, drove me to appointments, and helped me with whatever I needed. I saw Eve’s commitment to Princeton, her knowledge and care toward all the different layers of our community. She has always showed me and everyone in my circle immense generosity and kindness of spirit, paired with a nuanced thoughtful approach to politics, from her own neighborhood to the federal level and beyond. Watching Eve grow as a Councilwoman over the past three years has been inspiring. I see her taking seriously every topic that comes before her, recognizing that strengthening and improving our community happens in all issues (no matter how local or small) that her constituents hold dear, taking time to learn them and formulate policies and positions that best reflect her values and that of our town. The care with which she treats her friends and the critical mind with which she approaches all topics of importance are both evident in how she educates herself on all of the important issues we face together. Her work at the Watershed has increased her knowledge and commitment to sustainability and environmental justice, and she has educated herself on racial justice and every other issue that someone brings to her attention as important. I was particularly impressed by her commitment to affordable housing to ensure our town grows equitably and responsibly. She does not shy away from exploring or taking on the issues that her constituents find important. There are few people I trust in Princeton to take our issues and our community more seriously, treating every person she meets and represents with the empathy and full respect they deserve. MAYA WAHRMAN South Stanworth Drive
Thanking Professional, Caring Team at Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center
To the Editor: At my advanced age, many may have expected that I would not be here to write this. Neither do I know, after taking every imaginable precaution, how I caught COVID pneumonia. Now that I’m returning to full health, I believe that it was Penn Medicine Princeton Medical Center, its doctors and staff, that saved me. I am evermore convinced of how fortunate we are here in Princeton to have such professional, caring, and dedicated medical professionals. My gratitude extends beyond my stay at our local hospital. After I was discharged, I continued receiving excellent care at home including visits from a physical therapist, a home aide, and a registered nurse. And so I continue getting better. The entire medical team with their outstanding skills, dedicated professionalism, and deep kindness have pulled me through this. For that I would like to publicly thank them all. CAROLYN LEEUWENBURGH Jefferson Road
Stating Objections to Proposal for Sale of Residential Parking Spaces
To the Editor: The current proposal for selling parking spaces on our residential streets in order to add bike lanes to a major artery is a disaster. We urge Council to turn down this plan. Both components of the plan — bicycle lanes on a major road, and the sale of parking spaces on residential streets — will have catastrophic and far-reaching results. Hamilton/Wiggins/Paul Robeson is a major artery in town that runs parallel to Nassau Street and serves as a connecting link to major highways in our county, our state, and beyond. It is misguided to think that this major crosstown artery is wide enough to accommodate bicycles as well as the heavy traffic and trucks that use this road on a normal traffic day. Bicycles are not meant to be part of a major network of heavily traveled highways. Where are the traffic surveys that led to this plan? Consider this: during the past 15+ months of the COVID pandemic, traffic was anything but normal, much lighter, almost nonexistent. Schools were closed and most office employees worked at home. No one was commuting to work! This will
change as schools and businesses open again. Summer traffic is also light, with schools closed and people out of town, so any traffic surveys taken during the past 15+ months and including this summer must be incorrect. This is not the time to make major changes to any roads or traffic patterns. You may not be aware that students at Princeton High School are not allowed to drive to school until spring term of senior year. This is a Board of Education ruling that has been on the books for ages. Who are the “school parking spaces” reserved for? The plan you put forth sounds rather complex, with multiple entities paying for permits at times and addresses which overlap. Who will benefit from this plan? How many cyclists? It is not right to use residential neighborhoods for city parking. Residents of Princeton pay very high taxes, and adding the burden of commercial parking on our residential streets will result in unwanted traffic and destroy the tranquility and privacy of our neighborhoods. Right now we have quiet streets and sidewalks that are adequate for use by residents of the neighborhoods, guests, school children, neighbors walking dogs, or going for a run or a stroll. In other words, people enjoying the quality of life in a small town. We have a permit system that has been in place for many years that works well. The idea of a for-profit company selling parking spaces and providing surveillance of parked cars is an outrageous invasion of privacy and an added threat to the safety of our homes and families. This plan has not been adequately thought out. It reeks of commercialism invading our neighborhoods. We urge Council to turn down this proposal. JEAN A. MAHONEY Hawthorne Avenue
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Shopping Center is Essential Community Resource That Should Be Preserved As Is
To the Editor: Let me second Terry Lyons’ letter of May 19 on the vitality of the Princeton Shopping Center (PSC). All retail areas have suffered during the COVID pandemic including downtown Nassau Street. This general retail downturn is not a reason to hand massive tax breaks (PILOTS) to would-be developers of the PSC who could well turn it into another failed Forrestal Village, or Route 1 strip mall. The Sustainable Princeton Fair of April 24 was a vivid example of how valuable the PSC courtyard is as a community resource. Another example is the Blue Bears restaurant that is dedicated to providing a place of dignity to work for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Nomad’s saw a business opportunity in the PSC and opened a new pizza restaurant without any PILOTs. The New York Sports Club (NYSP) at the PSC was thriving but closed on the day of the Governor Murphy’s COVID order, contrary to the claim of “multiple vacancies well before COVID” in the Preliminary Investigation Report by Carlos Rodrigues. I know because I was a regular NYSC member who suddenly could not enter the club that day. McCaffrey’s, Ace Hardware, Walgreens, and many other PSC stores well serve the community. The loss in property taxes from PILOTS would necessarily increase in taxes on Princeton residents. Far from being “obsolete,” the PSC is an essential community resource that should be preserved as is. CHARLES SKINNER Western Way
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BOOK/FILM REVIEW
“Friday Night Lights” Hits Home as Bob Dylan Turns 80 Close your eyes. Pretend you’re 10 years old. Playing. Just playing. —from Friday Night Lights Mostly what I did growing up was bide my time. —Bob Dylan, from Chronicles icture two people in a pasture with some cows, a line of pink light balanced on the horizon. Move in closer and you see a high school football coach and his wife. The toxic spillover of a train derailment and an explosion has cost the coach home field advantage, an absolute necessity for the upcoming game that will decide whether his team goes to the state finals. He’s refused the emergency option of a big stadium with all the amenities, an offer tainted by big money, bribery, and corruption. Mainly, he knows what home field means. So, two days before the game, he decides to convert the pasture into a makeshift stadium, with arc lights, stands, scoreboard, end zones, goal posts, everything. Clearly an impossibility, but he’s a determined man. His wife has doubts and questions. “Where would people park? And how would you put lights in here?” Coach says he doesn’t know, doesn’t care. When a cow moos, he takes it as a show of support. “All I’m tryin’ to do,” he says, and suddenly he knows what he wants to say, it’s what the moment’s all about, the heart of the matter. “Come here,” he says. When she’s within whispering distance, he holds her face in both hands, tells her to close her eyes and pretend she’s 10 years old. Just playing. Just playing.... What Hit Home Playing! That’s the word that hit home for me and brought back the essence of play, as in playing ball, 10 years old, me and my friends, as it was and seemed it would surely always be, just us, no adults, no coaches, no parents, no pressure (no cows). Just kids having fun, with a football in fall, a baseball in summer, using scuffed up, grass-stained balls and a few Louisville Sluggers with black friction tape around the handles and nothing but the rough sketch of an infield to play on in a onetime pasture with an old barn at one end and on the bluff beyond it the Illinois Central railroad tracks. We were still playing in the fading daylight right up to the moment parents called or whistled us home. That was before the adult-monitored, organized competition of Babe Ruth or Little League, or in high school, where, if you were lucky you had a coach like the one in Peter Berg’s series Friday Night Lights (2006-2011). Heavy Hitters When my wife and I landed in the football-crazy West Texas town of Dillon on a Hulu rebound from Harlots, I didn’t expect to be bringing Shakespeare and Melville to the game, let alone Bob Dylan
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and Brood X cicadas. Nor did I expect to find anything as stirring as the scene in the pasture that comes toward the end of the epic 22-episode first season of Friday Night Lights that debuted on NBC in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. But once you begin to ponder terms like play and playing in the context of a show that does rich justice to the human comedy, chances are you’ll find yourself thinking of heavy hitters like the creators of Falstaff and Ahab. In the two seasons I’ve seen so far, there’s a Shakespearean sense of life and play ever y where, whe t her by way of the coach and his wife, Eric and Tami Taylor, as played by Kyle Chandler and Connie Britton — one of the most believably embattled, amusingly complicated couples in the history of series television — or through the plight of a fallen hero, quarterback Jason Street (Scott Porter), struck dow n in the open ing episode, only one a m o n g t h e s h ow’s star-crossed friends and lovers, schemers and dreamers, like the Falstaffian rogue Buddy Garrity (Brad Leland), who becomes more lovable the more he sins and looks for redemption. At this point in the series, probably the closest to an As You Like It, What You Will, Midsummer Night’s Dream threesome is the one bonded and shattered, bound and unbound in love and friendship, composed of Jason, his best friend Tim (Taylor Kitsch), a moody, updated less histrionic James Dean who can’t catch a break, and Buddy’s troubled daughter Lyla (Minka Kelly), the cheerleader with a broken heart of gold. Breakfast with Ahab As for Melville, he enters the series pilot with the coach’s 15-year-old daughter Julie (Aimee Teegarden), who’s reading Moby-Dick at the breakfast table and telling her parents it’s actually “the perfect metaphor for this town … The cold black sea representing the season in all its
uncertainties. The magical white whale is the Holy Grail. … State championship. The boat, I mean, the whalers are the team, right? ” And when her dad asks if that makes him Coach Ahab, she says, “Absolutely. Coach, captain, hunter, hunted. Driven to catch what may be uncatchable.” And who else but Ahab Eric, the classic coach, fighter, father, husband, would imagine converting a pasture into a regulation football field in under two days, put his crew to work making it happen, and then watch them slog through the deciding game in a downpour that turns the field of dreams to a muddy swamp. It’s not clear whether he invented t he team’s rally ing cry, “Clear eyes. Full hearts. Can’t lose!” but he embodies it. Bob Dylan enters the picture with starting quarterback Matt Saracen ( Z ach Gilford), Jason’s seemingly hapless replacement. When Jason is asked by Coach Taylor if he thinks QB2 is up to the task, the answer is that he’s “different,” but cool: “he listens to Bob Dylan.” A lt hough we don’t see or hear Matt listening to Dylan in the first two seasons, he makes a pivotal move late in the series to Dylan’s “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right,” according to Rolling Stone’s Alan Sepinwall. Even though I have three seasons to go, I’m writing now while the pasture scene that inspired this column is still fresh in my mind. Such is the ain’t-no-use-to sitand-wonder-why reality of binge viewing. Dylan’s 80th I’d been listening to Dylan’s song “Day of the Locusts,” and thinking the cicadas were “singing their high whining trill” for him even before I found out Monday was his 80th birthday. From his 1970 album New Morning, the song is based on the emergence of the great-grandparents of Brood X when Dylan was in Princeton 51
years ago to receive an honorary degree. For someone who writes and sings the world his way, it doesn’t really matter that the locusts singing “off in the distance” were actually cicadas, which scan no less smoothly if you make it “And the cicadas sang, yeah, it give me a chill.” What’s worth mentioning is the contrast between the song’s positive energy and Dylan’s downbeat account of the ceremony in Chronicles, which was published in 2004, putting him in synch with the cicadas’ 17-year time frame, and so he is again now, hitting the big 80 right on schedule. In the book there’s no mention of the “sweet melody” of the locusts/cicadas, nothing about how the sound gave him a chill. What comes through loud and clear is his discomfort, with the heat, the cap and gown, and above all his reaction to the wording of the citation (“Oh sweet Jesus! It was like a jolt!”), presenting him as “the authentic expression of the disturbed and concerned consciousness of Young America.” On the Horizon Line “Key West (Philosopher Pirate),” the last song on his last album, Rough and Rowdy Ways, is the one I keep coming back to, haunted by lines like “If you lost your mind, you’ll find it there ... Key West is on the horizon line ... You stay to the left and then you lean to the right ... I play both sides against the middle.” The way he moves the lyric also reminds me of the deceptively careless wayward movement of the prose in Chronicles, which concludes as if looking ahead to 2004, with reference to how the “national psyche would change and in a lot of ways it would resemble the Night of the Living Dead. The road out would be treacherous, and I didn’t know where it would lead but I followed it anyway. It was a strange world ahead that would unfold, a thunderhead of a world with jagged lightning edges. Many got it wrong and never did get it right. I went straight into it. It was wide open. One thing for sure, not only was it not run by God, but it wasn’t run by the devil either.” Winning he “clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose” mantra the Dillon players chant before each game in Friday Night Lights is barely audible blowing around in the “idiot wind” of 2021’s Big Lie. Peter Berg’s series is less about winning than sustaining a clear-eyed vision of truth and integrity, playing by the rules, being there for your parents or children or friends or siblings. Seen now, it’s like a mirror held up to the distorted face of the nation. As the song says, “We’re idiots, babe. It’s a wonder we can even feed ourselves.” —Stuart Mitchner
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MUSIC REVIEW
PSO Continues Outdoor Chamber Concert Series with Visiting String Quartet
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he weat her has been good to Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) this spring. The Orchestra returned to presenting outdoor concerts this past month, and so far each performance evening has been a relaxed opportunity under a clear sky to enjoy high-quality chamber music. Last Thursday night at Morven Museum and Garden’s pool house, Princeton Symphony Orchestra presented the New York-based Momenta Quartet to an audience comfortably “podded” on the lawn. The four musicians of the Quartet — violinists Emilie-Anne Gendron and Alex Shiozaki, violist Stephanie Griffin, and cellist Michael Haas — performed four representative pieces of “Great Music from the Recent and Distant Past,” and interspersed with commentary and musical background, these works created a very entertaining evening under the stars. Sixteenth-century English composer William Byrd is most well-known for sacred choral music, but his large repertory of keyboard pieces brought English works of this genre to new heights. Byrd composed several keyboard collections, often pairing dance movements. The “pavane,” a stately and dignified dance, was frequently paired with the more lively and complex “galliard.” Momenta Quartet played one of these pavane and galliard pairings by Byrd with a somewhat straight tone, reaffirming the 16th -century sound. Violinists Gendron and Shiozaki were well matched in the opening pavane, and the Quartet consistently executed well measures of detached notes. The galliard was uniformly brisk, with the slightly off-beat rhythmic accents well played. Early 20 th -century American composer Florence Price has been popular this year, and her works have received attention from almost every local ensemble. For Thursday night’s performance, Momenta Quartet selected the second movement “andante moderato” from Price’s 1929 String Quartet in G Major, a work which has gained particular popularity over the past few years. As with much of Price’s music, this movement was vocally infused with American folk tunes and spirituals. Led by first violinist Gendron, Momenta Quartet created a very peaceful musical palette, with the ensemble sound echoing lightly in the gazebo in which the musicians were playing. The second section of the movement featured violist Griffin in a rich melody with all players taking effective liberties with the tempo and ending the piece in a full instrumental sound.
Momenta Quartet has built a reputation playing both classical masterworks and pieces from the musical avant-garde, and has a long-standing relationship with American composer John Patitucci, who maintained parallel career as an acoustic bass player with some of the 20 th -century’s leading blues and jazz players. Patitucci’s one movement Snapshots for String Quartet was commissioned by the Elements String Quartet in 2002 and was inspired by a photograph of the composer’s mother. Momenta Quartet began the work with a cello melody smoothly played by Michael Haas, with a second elegant melodic passage played by first violinist Gendron. A slightly rocking accompaniment by second violin and viola gave the work an appropriate maternal feel. The first three short pieces were merely a warm-up for the substantial work which closed the program — Sergei Prokofiev’s 1942 String Quartet No. 2 in F Major. Following the German invasion of Russia in World War II, Prokofiev was evacuated to a remote area of the Caucasus mountain range, at the intersection of Europe and Asia. There the composer found an abundance of regional folk music which he incorporated into his classical works, including this string quartet. The first movement “allegro sostenuto,” inspired by a peasant dance, featured precise dotted rhythms and an effectively heavy-handed peasant sound from the Momenta Quartet, with all four instruments uniform in the movement’s quirkiness. The second movement, based on a Kabardinian love song, began with Haas playing a sweet cello melody, answered by the other instruments. One could hear the isolation of the mountains during wartime in the music, as well as the intensity of the conditions under which Prokofiev was living. The third movement folk dance brought joy to the musical atmosphere, with unusual technical effects from the violins. hroughout its more than 15-year history, Momenta Quartet has maintained an equal commitment to classical masterpieces, contemporary works, and up-and-coming composers not always getting the attention they deserve on the musical landscape. Thursday night’s concert was an eclectic combination of all three, well complemented by the stillness of a pre-summer evening. —Nancy Plum
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Princeton Symphony will present its next live performance at Morven Museum and Garden on Thursday, March 27 at 6 p.m. Featured in this “America the Beautiful” concert will be a Princeton Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet playing music of American composers in honor of Memorial Day weekend. Ticket information about this performance and information about the Symphony’s other virtual events can be found at the Princeton Symphony website at princetonsymphony.org.
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Tall, a brand-new three-song EP with Venture To Zen, and is working on a special all-acoustic instrumental record “The Sourland Symphony.” Popik also appears on Fitness Rock & Roll with Miss Amy & Her Big Kids Band. This event will be the first in-person fundraiser that the Conservancy has hosted since the 2019 Sourland Mountain Fest. The suggested donation is $25. Sales will be limited to 30 tickets, and COVID safety guidelines will be followed. This will be the fifth virtual Happy Hour that the Conservancy has hosted this year. The suggested donation for the virtual event is $10. “We understand that this year has been difficult for our members,” said Marylou Ferrara, board vice president. “We don’t want cost or transportation to be a barrier. We hope everyone will be able to join us, so the Conservancy decided to ask for voluntary donations rather than setting a mandatory ticket price.” These funds have provided a muchneeded boost for the Conservancy’s education, advocacy, and forest restoration efforts. For more information or to register, visit tiny.cc / THE BEAGLES SING THE BEATLES: Classic tunes by the Fab Four will rock Palmer Square on Thursday, June 3 at 6 p.m., when The Beagles perform in a show augmented by horns, key- SCHappyHour. boards, and special guests. The show was originally planned to coincide with the 50th anni- Newman & Oltman Guitar versary of the song “Let it Be” in 2020, but, well, you know the rest. Visit palmersquare.com Duo at Raritan River Festival for details. The Newman and Oltman celebrating the beauty and In addition to Popik, Tom Guitar Duo will perform at Sourland Happy Hour McMillan, Ben Cahill, and the Raritan River Music FesCloses With James Popik culture of our region.” Andy Janowiak will per- tival on Saturday, May 29 at The Sourland Mountain At a concert on Thursday, 4 p.m. The program, Two to June 3 at 6 p.m. that can Festival fundraiser has been form. Danny Coleman will Tango, celebrates the heribe the guest emcee. be attended in person or canceled for a second year At the age of 5, Popik was tage of Hispanic and Latin viewed virtually, New Jer- due to COVID. Funds are American tango traditions sey singer-songwriter James needed to support the mu- chosen to be the MC of his from Argentina and Uruguay. Popik will perform with The sicians who would normally kindergarten class’ ChristThe duo, who have worked Supernova Band. This is the play the Mountain Fest and mas play. He was first out closely with Nuevo Tango other live events that were on stage greeting the crowd final show of the Sourland Mountain Happy Hour this canceled due to the pandem- and introducing the skits. masters Astor Piazzolla, who ic — and also to support the Since then, he has logged would have been 100 this season. year, and Daniel Binelli, who “It’s time for people to get Conservancy’s forest resto- over 2,000 gigs in the last th few years in over 150 differ- celebrates his 75 birthday together again to enjoy live ration efforts. James Popik & The Su- ent venues. Popik just com- this month, will present their music which benefits the works along with Tango Sourland Mountain,” said pernova Band combine jazz, pleted the first songs from favorites for two guitars by “Acoustic Sketches” with Happy Hour coordinator jam, and just enough rock to Isaac Albéniz, Carlos García bassist Lawrence Haber. He form what Popik describes Suzanne Parsons. “We’re Tolsa, Alfonso Broqua, and has also released three EPs all looking forward to spend- as ‘Festival Jazz,’ fun, upGerardo H. Matos Rodríguez. with jam rockers Ten Foot tempo, danceable grooves. ing time with our friends and The performance will take place in an outdoor, 100 percent covered venue, the Blue Army Shrine, located at 647 Mountain View Road East, Asbury. The new no intermission format will start live in-person at 4 p.m. and can also be viewed in real-time live-stream. In-person tickets are $20 and Live-Stream Family Viewing tickets are $20. Tickets will be sold to a limited capacity to ensure safe, socially-distanced seating. All audience members will wear protective face masks. Tickets are available at RaritanRiverMusic.org. For more information call (908) 213-1100 or email info@RaritanRiverMusic.org.
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The League of American Orchestras has awarded a $19,500 grant to the Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) to strengthen their understanding of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), and to help transform organizational culture. Given to 25 orchestras nationwide, the one-year grants comprise the final round of The Catalyst Fund, the League’s three-year, $2.1 million grant-making program, made possible by a generous grant from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation with additional support from the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation. “This grant represents the second consecutive year of Catalyst funding for the PSO, which will enable us to build upon the foundational work we have begun under the guidance of our EDI consultant this season,” said Marc Uys, the PSO’s executive director. “American orchestras have made a strong commitment to embrace equity, diversity, and inclusion and reverse decades of inequity on-stage and off – an imperative made even more urgent by the pandemic’s disproportionate impact on communities of color,” said Simon Woods, the League’s president and CEO. “This is a long-term journey, but it starts with taking immediate action and creating organizational momentum. We’re grateful for The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation’s long-standing support for the orchestral field, and for the strategic vision that has allowed this group of orchestras to model what change looks like for our entire field through their Catalyst Fund grants.” Through this grant, the Princeton Symphony Orchestra will develop and enact a formalized plan for equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts. The EDI plan will become par t of the larger strategic plan, which will guide the organization forward in the years ahead. Board members, staff, and musicians will continue to engage in shared learning opportunities and discussion through the EDI Task Force and external trainings and workshops. The Catalyst Fund has made a strong impact on the field, with several orchestras receiving multiple grants over three years to sustain their work. Since its launch in 2019, 76 Catalyst Fund grants were awarded to 49 orchestras of all sizes and types, each demonstrating a strong commitment and dedication to EDI work and an increased awareness that systemic change requires a
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sustained effort over time. More than 80% of first-year grantees reported making either policy or programming changes as a result of their funded work, with most engaging board and musicians alongside staff. EDI practitioners are central to The Catalyst Fund grant program, helping orchestras implement a range of organizational development activities involving musicians, staff, board, and, in some cases, volunteers and community leaders. These include anti-bias trainings, institutional audits, the creation of formal EDI plans, and work to build consensus and integrate EDI into mission statements and culture. Community building is also a key component of the program. The Catalyst Fund Learning Cohort, made possible by the support of the Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, enables past and present grantees to interact with colleagues through remote and (pre-pandemic) in-person convenings, peer learning, and a dedicated web-based forum. Applications were reviewed by an independent panel of EDI experts and practitioners in the arts and orchestral fields.
Capital Philharmonic Performs In Trenton’s Cadwalader Park
On Saturday, May 29 at 4 p.m., the Capital Philharmonic of New Jersey (CPNJ) will perform at the Pavilion just down the hill from Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Museum, in Cadwalader Park. The concert is in honor of Memorial Day. The result of a partnership between the orchestra and the City’s Department of Recreation, Natural Resources and Culture, it is the second outdoor performance held at the Pavilion. It will feature works by Aaron Copland, John Philip Sousa, John Williams, and local “bad-boy” composer George Antheil. In a link to the Women Artists exhibition taking place at Ellarslie, CPNJ Music Director Daniel Spalding will conduct Dances in the Canebreaks, a work by Florence Price, the first African American woman recognized as a composer of classical music in the United States. The concert is expected to last about one hour. CPNJ will also offer a preview announcement of its eighth season that is planned to begin at the War Memorial in October. Admission to the CPNJ concert is free but donations are accepted. Guests are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blanket for seating. Appropriate pandemic safety guidelines will be enforced. To expand the experience, concertgoers might consider bringing a picnic early dinner. CPNJ has paired up with Taste Trenton to develop a list of area restaurants that will prepare a picnic repast for the concert. Visit TasteTrenton. com/PicnicLunch for a list of restaurants.
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P r i n ce ton Un ive r s it y’s Lewis Center for the Arts has named Lecturer in Theater Elena Araoz, an awardwinning theater and opera director, writer, and actor, as producing artistic director of the Theater and Music Theater Season.
Elena Araoz In this new position, Araoz will oversee all aspects of realizing a growing and diverse season of productions, workshops, and new play development readings, while Director of the Program in Theater Jane Cox, who previously also managed this portfolio, refocuses her attention on expanding and clarifying curricular needs and building collaborative partnerships both on-campus and in the larger theater community. The position will also work in collaboration with the Program in Music Theater, directed by Stacy Wolf. Araoz begins her new position in the fall. “Elena has brought her brilliance and creativity to the theaters, classrooms, and virtual stages of Princeton Universit y for f ive years,” said Cox. “In this new position she will be able to make a broader contribution to the Lewis Center.” In addition to teaching, Araoz works internationally, off-Broadway, and across the country, including her upcoming productions of the national tour of Sugar Skull! A Day of the Dead musical, which will begin another 30-city tour when safe; the new opera I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams ; The Migration Plays at McCarter Theatre, and several other works. She will continue to teach courses in acting, directing, and theater-making in addition to her new duties at the Lewis Center. Visit arts.princeton.edu for more information.
The Lewis Center for the Arts at Princeton University has announced more than $129,000 in awards to support the summer projects and research of 56 Princeton undergraduates. Although all first-, second-, and third-year studentartists are eligible to apply, for many of the award recipients the funding provides vital resources to conduct research, undertake training, and pursue other opportunities critical to achieving their senior thesis project goals in the arts. The grants range from $160 to $7,500. Each year, many student proposals typically include traveling domestically or internationally and learning in-person with professional artists or through intensive group workshops. Beginning last spring at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and continuing this year, students have had to revise their plans in response to various restrictions. Many student proposals incorporate several alternate plans for meeting their objectives, including a variety of options depending upon public health policies and guidelines this summer. Among those receiving funding are Silma Berrada, Dylan Fox, and Amanda Kural, who have been selected for the Alex Adam ’07 Award. Established in memory of Alexander Jay Adam ’07 and made possible by a generous gift from his family, the award provides $7,500 in support to each of three Princeton undergraduates who will spend a summer pursuing a project that will result in the creation of new artistic work. While a student at Princeton, Alex Adam pursued artistic interests in creative writing and theater. Joyce Carol Oates, his creative writing professor, praised his work as “sharp-edged, unexpectedly corrosive and very funny.” He was also an actor and performed with the Princeton Shakespeare Company, Theatre Intime, and the Program in Theater. For more information and a full list of students, visit arts.princeton.edu.
Submissions Being Accepted For Environmental Film Festival
Film submissions for the fall session of the 2021 Princeton Environmental Film Festival ( PEFF) are being accepted t hrough July 30. The session will be held October 12-17 with
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Elena Aroaz Named Lewis Center Awards Grants Producing Artistic Director For Summer Projects, Research
MORE DIGITAL DANCE: The Pennsylvania Ballet concludes its virtual spring season May 27-June 2 with three world premieres, all to music by contemporary composer Jennifer Higdon. Pictured is “Spillway” by Meredith Rainey. Also on the program are works by Russell Ducker and Juliano Nunes. Tickets are $25. Visit paballet.org. screenings presented on a streaming platform. Live events may be included if restrictions on public gatherings are lifted. PEFF is a signature Princeton Public Library event featuring films and filmmaker presentations which explore our relationship with the natural world, environmental justice, climate change, sustainability practices, and other environmental concerns. 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 sustainability from a variety 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. An entry form is available at princetonlibrary.org/peff along with additional information about the festival. There is no fee to submit a film for consideration.
Virtual Start-up Partners With McCarter Theatre
Bard at the Gate, one of the break-out play series borne of last year’s lockdown, will return for an additional two seasons starting this fall when Paula Vogel’s vir tual star t-up par tners with McCarter Theatre Center, it has been announced by Vogel and Sarah Rasmussen, artistic director of the McCarter Theatre Center. Plays by Zakiyyah Alexander (How to Raise a Freeman), Jose Rivera (Sonnets for an Old Century and Christina Anderson Good Goods) w ill be featured during the 2021-22 season. A total of eight plays will be digitally produced and streamed in the 2021-22
and 2022-23 seasons. The newly formed collaboration will be celebrated with a repeat airing of Eisa Davis’s play Bulrusher on Thursday, June 3 at 8 p.m., followed by a Q&A with Davis, Vogel, and Valer ie Cur tis New ton, ar tistic director for The Hansberry Project. The Vimeo stream will be available through June 9. For reservations to stream and to register for the Q&A, visit mccarter.org/bard or bardatthegate.org. (Donations are suggested to benefit future productions.) Directed by Eisa Davis, the cast includes Andre Holland, Kara Young, Tanis Parenteau, Sydney Elisabeth, Edmund Donovan, and Corey Stoll. Jhanaë Bonnick is stage manager and Sue Slagle is the video artist. Vogel u nder took B ard at the Gate when theaters shut down, recognizing the opportunity to fill the void with some of the overlooked and underappreciated plays, in par ticular by BIPOC, women, LGBTQI A+, and disabled writers with whom she had become familiar as a teacher of playwriting. The four plays presented as readings in 2020 drew audience members in excess of 11,000. While Bard at the Gate’s mission to contribute to a new standard of works produced by American theaters remains in place, the series has grown. It is now co-curated by Vogel, and
Nicole A. Watson, associate artistic director for McCarter Theater Center. “For so long, theater has peered through an ‘only if it’s a premiere’ or ‘only if it’s proven’ lens,” said Rasmussen. “With Bard, we are discovering stunning plays and giving them new life, as well as breaking down barriers of who has access. This past year we have learned so much about making and sharing virtual theater. Our Adrienne Kennedy Festival brought so many to her work for the first time. Accessibility is a priority at McCarter that Bard at the Gate directly addresses.”
Arts Ed NJ Gets Grant For Expansion Project
Ar ts Ed NJ has been approved for a $99,000 Grant for the Arts Projects award to support ARTS ED NOW. This project will support the expansion of the ARTS ED NOW campaign to support and strengthen arts education across New Jersey as the state emerges from the COVID-19 Pandemic. Arts Ed NJ’s project is among the more than 1,100 projects across America totaling nearly $27 million that were selected during this second round of Grants for Arts Projects fiscal year 2021 funding. “As the country and the arts sector begin to imagine returning to a post-pandemic world, the National Endowment for the Arts is proud to announce
funding that will help arts organizations such as Arts Ed NJ reengage fully with partners and audiences,” said NEA Acting Chairman Ann Eilers. “Although the arts have sustained many during the pandemic, the chance to gather with one another and share arts experiences is its own necessity and pleasure.” “We are excited that for the sixth year in a row the National Endowment for the Arts has recognized the important role of Arts Ed NJ and the ARTS ED NOW campaign to support arts education for all New Jersey students,” said Robert Morrison, Arts Ed NJ director. “As the state begins to emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, the role of arts education in the development of our students will be more important than ever.” ARTS ED NOW is a statewide public action initiative dedicated to expanding access to, and participation in, quality arts education for all students throughout New Jersey. This project will empower educators and citizens with arts education data and local activation strategies, expand statewide public awareness/support, and implement policies and professional development to achieve the campaign goals. These include universal access to arts education, addressing diversity, equity, and inclusion through culturally responsive pedagogy and embedding social-emotional learning into arts education. Visit artsednow.org for more information.
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“SMALL WORLD COFFEE ON NASSAU STREET”: This work by Ryan Lilienthal is part of “Art Speaks,” a gallery show of paintings and photographs by Art+10 area artists. The exhibition will be on view at Small World Coffee, 104 Witherspoon Street, June 2 through July 5.
“Art Speaks” Exhibit Coming to Small World
“Art Speaks,” a gallery show of paintings and photographs, opens Tuesday, June 2 at Small World Coffee, 104 Witherspoon Street. The show by Art+10’s area artists covers a broad range of subjects using narrative and abstract art forms. Narrative ar t is distinguished from other genres in its ability to tell a story across diverse cultures. Narrative works in the show include Ryan Lilienthal’s painting “Small World Coffee on Nassau Street.” It depicts patron John Conway, the renowned mathematician, who died from COVID. Lilienthal says, “It speaks for those who can no longer share their voice.” Heather Barros’ said of her “Sea Gulls” painting, “… when art speaks … each of us hears a different story,” and fairy tales inspired Betty Curtiss’ “Big Bad Little Red.” Other works use abstraction to evoke ideas and emotion. A mixed media work by Gail Bracegirdle suggests an artist’s pallet. Jane Zamost’s sun painting was inspired by Ernest Hemingway and Phyllis Wright uses a blast of color in a painting from her COVID-19 series, while a digital print by photographer Deborah Land employs shadows to form shapes. These works can be seen at Small World in its “Walk
Thru Gallery” during business hours. The show runs through July 5, and all work is for sale. Art+10 is a collective of working artists. Participating in “Art Speaks” are Gail Bracegirdle, Ryan Lilienthal, Deborah Land, Phyllis Wright, Jane Zamost, Betty Curtiss, Heather Barros, and Katja Reutyer. For more infor mation, call (609) 924-4377 or visit smallworldcoffee.com.
Flemington Fine Artisans Show at Stangl Factory
The Flemington Fine Artisans Show returns to Stangl Factory, 4 Stangl Road in Flemington, on Sunday and Monday, May 30-31, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The event will follow current COVID-19 guidelines. The curated show and sale will feature a selection of 25 local artists bringing work in jewelry, ceramics, glass, home décor, fiber art, garden metalwork, photography, painting, and more. The show will feature a mix of the artists who have been with them before and those new to the show. The historic Stangl Factory is full of character and is perfect for the artisan show, providing a beautiful setting for displaying things made by hand. Flemington Fine Artisans Show is dedicated to growing the local arts and crafts
scene by featuring high quality and distinctive value. The show is free and open to the public. Free parking. For more information, visit F l e m i n g ton F i n e A r t i s a n s Show.com.
Artworks to Receive $25K Our Town Grant from NEA
Artworks, Trenton’s visual arts nonprofit, has been approved for a $25,000 National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Our Town grant to support the establishment of a public art program in Tr e n to n i n p a r t n e r s h i p with the City of Trenton and world-renowned public art organization Mural Arts Philadelphia. The NEA funding is one of 63 grants nationwide that the agency has approved to support projects that integrate arts, culture, and design activities into efforts that strengthen communities by advancing local economic, physical, and/or social outcomes; ultimately laying the groundwork for sustainable systems change. “As the country and the arts sector begin to work towards a post-pandemic world, the National Endowment for the Arts is proud to announce this Our Town funding,” said NE A Acting Chairman Ann Eilers. “These awards will support cross-sector partnerships such as the one lead by Artworks Trenton Inc. that demonstrate the power of the arts to help communities create a better future for themselves.” “Artworks is incredibly excited to be receiving an NEA Our Town grant to develop a formal public art program for Trenton,” said Artworks Executive Director Lauren Otis. “Trenton already has a great legacy of public art and many exciting current projects underway, but this funding will enable us to establish a mechanism for the ongoing creation of community-based and communityfocused public art. With the support of Mayor Reed Gusciora and his administration, and the expertise of Mural Arts Philadelphia, this project will help improve the lives of residents throughout Trenton and literally change the face of the city.” “This is great news for the Capital City arts
community,” said Gusciora. “In Trenton we have the celebrated Art All Night festivities as well as other local art venues that add to the city’s landscape. It is hoped with continued NEA support we will see more flourishing artists among our residential byways.” In 2011, Artworks worked with Mural Arts Philadelphia and other partners on the creation of Philip Adams’ “Passage of Time” mural along Route 129 in Trenton’s South Ward. In recent years, Artworks has executed numerous other public art projects in Trenton with multiple community partners, and is actively planning several new projects at present. The creation of a public art program for Trenton will enable Artworks to move beyond a piecemeal, individual project-based approach and engage residents throughout the city on planning community-driven art projects in areas of the city beyond downtown. After the establishment of the program, benefiting from MAP’s expertise and best practices, Ar tworks will commence planning for public art projects in each of Trenton’s four wards. For more information on the projects included in the Arts Endowment grant announcement, visit arts.gov/ news. For more about Artworks, visit artworkstrenton. org.
“OBI”: This piece by Ellen Ramsey is featured in “Weaving ReImagined: At the Intersection of Tradition and Creativity,” a group exhibition on view through July 18 at the New Hope Arts Center in New Hope, Pa.
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New Hope Arts Center at 2 Stockton Avenue in New Hope, Pa., now presents “Weaving Re-Imagined: At the Intersection of Tradition and Creativity,” an invitational group exhibition examining a variety of current approaches to traditional weaving techniques. On view through July 18, the exhibition features work by Janet Austin, Rita R. Gekht, Michelle Lester, Bojana Leznicki, Denise Marshall, Ellen Ramsey, Michael F. Rohde, Carol K. Russell, Mary-Ann Sievert, Natalya Smirnova, Rebecca Smith, Armando Sosa, and Betty Vera. The gallery is open to visitors Friday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., by appointment. Appointments can be scheduled in advance by calling (215) 862-9606. One of the earliest human technologies, weaving has evolved as a fine art medium that is continually being reinvented by contemporary artists. It remains a “slow” art form: typically made by hand, usually in isolation, and often in a state of relative meditation. Weaving is a vital part of every culture. It tells a story. It evokes many senses. It reaches out to us with more questions than answers. This collection of works invites the viewer to explore, feel, and relate to the process of creation even if specific techniques remain beyond comprehension. From flat tapestries to three-dimensional work, the textures and complexities of this medium will intrigue, and viewers will enjoy the richness and imagination demonstrated by these masters of their craft. “Weaving Re-Imagined” was curated by tapestry artist Rita Romanova Gekht, founder and owner of Rita’s Dream Weaving Studio in Lambertville.
Br idge Street, L amber tville, has “Origin of Wonder” through June 6. Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. lambertvillearts.com. Arts Council of Prince to n , 102 Wit herspoon Street, has “Leslie V. Kuenne: A Life in Art” through June 19. Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Friday and Saturday 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. artscouncilofprinceton. org. D & R Greenway Land Trust, One Preservation Place, has t he ongoi ng virtual galleries “Trail of Breadcr umbs : Nat ure in Fairytales” and “Portraits of Preservation: James Fiorentino Art.” The center is currently closed to the public. drgreenway.org. Ellarslie, Trenton’s City Mu s e u m i n C ad w a lad e r Park, Park s ide Avenu e, Trenton, has “Women Artists, Trenton Style” through June 6. Visit ellarslie.org for museum hours and timed entry tickets. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Rebirth: Kang Muxiang,” “Bruce Beasley: Sixty Year Retrospective, 19602020,” and other exhibits. Hours are Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. T imed t ickets requ ired. groundsforsculpture.org. Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “A Virtual Tour of Hamilton’s Princeton” and the “Histor y @ Home” ser ies. princetonhistory.org. Hunterdon Art Museum, 7 Lower Center Street, Clinton, has “Our Environment” and “Print+” through September 5. hunterdonartmuseum.org. James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown,
Pa., has “Essential Work 2020: A Community Portrait” through July 11 and “Through the Lens: Modern Photography in the Delaware Valley” through August 15. The museum is open to the public. michenerartmuseum.org. Mercer Museum, 84 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “Measurement Rules” and “Magn i f i c e nt M e a s u r e s ! T h e Hausman-Hill Collection of Calculating Instruments” through September 6. mercermuseum.org. M or p e t h C o n te m p o rary, 43 West Broad Street, Hopewell, has “Candid in May” through May 31. morpethcontemporary.com. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “In Nature’s Realm : The Art of Gerard Rutgers Hardenberg” through January 9 and the online exhibit “Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints Of New Jersey, 1761–1898.” Open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. morven.org. New Hope Arts Center, 2 Stockton Avenue, New Hope, Pa., has “Weaving Re-Imagined: At the Intersection of Tradition and Creativ it y” through July 18. Gallery hours are Friday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., by appointment. newhopearts.org. Pr inceton Universit y Art Museum has the online exhibits “Looking at 17th -Century Dutch Painting,” “Life Magazine and the Power of Photography,” “The Eclectic Eye: A Tribute to Duane Wilder,” and more, along w it h many online events. The museum is currently closed to the public. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Small World Coffee, 104 Witherspoon Street, has “Art Speaks,” a gallery show of paintings and photographs, June 2 through July 5. smallworldcoffee. com. We s t W i n d s o r A r t s C e n te r, 952 A lexander Road, West Windsor, has “Facult y Student Show,” online through July 9. westwindsorarts.org.
Wednesday, May 26 6-7 p.m.: “Henry Chapman Mercer: A Legacy Built in Concrete.” Virtual lecture from Bucks County Historical Society, $5-$10. Mercermuseum.org. Thursday, May 27 9-10:30 a.m.: BW NICE (Business Women Networking Involving Charity and Education) Mercer County Chapter holds a panel discussion on key business practices at an online networking meeting. $5. bwnicemercer@gmail.com. 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 6 p.m.: The PSO Brass Quintet performs America the Beautiful at Morven on the Poolhouse lawn. Princetonsymphony.org. 6 p.m.: “Ask Us: Chromebooks.” Learn about the Princeton Public Library’s Chromebook-lending service, plus tips on use. Virtual event. Princetonlibrary. org. 7: 30 p.m. : Fr iends of Princeton Nursery Lands Program: “We’re Back! The Emergence of the Brood X Periodical Cicadas.” Professor George Hamilton of Rutgers University will speak about the emergence of the 17-year cicadas. To register, contact karenlinder@fpnl. org or call (609) 683-0483. Friday, May 28 2 p.m.: “The Princeton Print Club”; webinar discussion with expert curators presented by Princeton University Library. Free. Libcal. princeton.edu. Saturday, May 29 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. Wwfm.org. 9:45 a.m.: Job Seekers Session: “Preparing for the ‘Bot’ Interview,” with Alex Freund. Virtual event. Princetonlibrary.org. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: NJ Renaissance Faire, rain or shine, at Liberty Lake, 1195 Florence-Columbus Road, Bordentown. $10-$25. NJRenFaire.com. 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m.: Haying and Hayrides, Howell Farm, 70 Woodens Lane, Lambertville.Learn how to make hay the old fashioned way and take free hayrides around the farm. Masks required. Free. (609) 737-3299. 11: 30 a.m. : S pi r it of Princeton Memorial Day Commemoration Ceremony at Monument Hall. Spiritofprinceton.org. 4 p.m.: New Jersey Capital Philharmonic performs a free concert at Cadwalader Park pavilion, Trenton. Rain date is May 30. Bring chairs or blankets and masks. Capitalphilharmonic.org. 4 p.m.: Newman and Oltman Guitar Duo perform at the Raritan River Music Festival. RaritanRiverMusic. org. Sunday, May 30 10 a.m.-4 p.m.: Flemington Fine Artisans Show at Stangl Factor y, 4 Stangl Road, Flemington. Curated show and sale featuring 25 local artists in jewelry,
P re s e nte d by L aw re n c e Headquar ters Branch of Mercer County Library System. Email hopeprogs @ mcl.org to register. Friday, June 4 6-7 p.m.: Adaptive Outdoor Bingo at Princeton Community Pool, 380 Witherspoon Street. Free socially distanced event sponsored by Princeton Special Sports and Programs and other organizations. Masks are required. Register at pssnj. org by June 1. Saturday, June 5 8 a.m.-2 p.m.: Household waste collection and electronics recycling. For Mercer County residents, at Dempster Fire School, 350 Lawrence Station Road. Mcianj. org or (609) 278-8086. 9 a.m.: “Moving for Mutts” f u n d r a is er for A m a z i ng Mut ts Puppy Rescue, at MarketFair, West Windsor. 90-minute sampler class of kickboxing, Les Mills Core and yoga flow. Also, kids’ Hula Hoopla. Presented by Athleta Princeton and Apart Together in Motion. $25 minimum donation. Register at atinmotion.punchpass. com/classes/8206030. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. Wwfm.org. 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Pop-Up Kids’ Book Sale at Princeton Shopping Center, rain or shine. Masks are required. Spons ored by t he Br y n Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale. bmandwbooks.com. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: NJ Renaissance Faire, rain or shine, at Liberty Lake, 1195 Florence-Columbus Road, Bordentown. $10-$25. NJRenFaire.com. 5-7 p.m.: Princeton Community Pride Picnic, free event at Princeton Family YMCA, 59 Paul Robeson Place. Music, art, activities for kids, and more. Artscouncilofprinceton.org. Sunday, June 6 10 a.m.-5 p.m.: Pop-Up Kids’ Book Sale at Princeton Shopping Center, rain or shine. Masks are required. Spons ored by t he Br y n Mawr-Wellesley Book Sale. bmandwbooks.com. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: NJ Renaissance Faire, rain or shine,
at Liberty Lake, 1195 Florence-Columbus Road, Bordentown. $10-$25. NJRenFaire.com. 11 a.m.: The Liam Sutcliffe Combo performs in front of LiLLiPiES Bakery at Princeton Shopping Center as part of a summer Jazz Brunch series. Free. 4 p.m.: Moroccan Sheepherders perform at McCarter Concerts in Palmer Square. Free. Monday, June 7 Recycling Thursday, June 10 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 10 a . m . : W o m e n o f Achievement Awards, virtually presented by the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber to Erin Klebaur, Amita Mehta, Dr. Nicole McGrath Barnes, and Dr. Deborah Mican. $30-$40. Princetonmercer.org. 7 p.m.: Rep. Ro Khanna speaks at the Coalition for Peace Action’s 40 th anniversary membership gathering, via Zoom. Peacecoalition. org. 7 p.m . : S c r e e n i n g of Monty P ython and the Holy Grail, at Cherry Grove Farm, in partnership with Princeton Garden Theatre. Cheeses and ice cream will be available. Princetongardentheatre.org. Saturday, June 12 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. Wwfm.org. 11:30 a.m.-2 :30 p.m.: “Art on the Plaza,” presented by the Princeton Artist Directory, a newly formed collective of visual artists, musicians, writers, and performance artists, at Hinds Plaza. Rain date is June 13. Princetonartistdirectory. com. 12-5 p.m.: Old Mill Hill Society’s 30 th Annual Garden Tour, in Mill Hill district of Trenton. $20. Visit trentonmillhill.org/events to purchase and get more information. Sunday, June 13 4 p.m.: Random Test Reggae performs at McCarter Concerts in Palmer Square. Free.
5 -7 p.m. : “C om e a n d Whine,” outdoor storytelling and wine tasting event presented by West Windsor Arts. $25. Westwindsorarts. org. Wednesday, June 16 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting. Princetonlibrary. org. Thursday, June 17 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 6:30 p.m.: “The Stocktons and the Civil War Amendments.” Historian /author John Baxter is lecturer. $10 (free for members). Virtual program. Morven.org. 7 p . m . : “ Wo m e n o n Wheels : Bicycling in the Gilded Age.” Virtual Event presented by author Ellen Gruber Garvey, sponsored by Lawrence Headquarters Branch of Mercer County Library System. Email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register. Saturday, June 19 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. Wwfm.org. Sunday, June 20 11 a.m.: QPK Trio performs in front of LiLLiPiES Bakery at Princeton Shopping Center as part of a summer Jazz Brunch series. Free. 4 p.m. Ritmo Caliente performs at McCarter Concerts in Palmer Square. Free. 4 p.m.: “30 Myths About Jane Austen,” webinar presented by Princeton University Library, with Claudia Johnson and Clara Tuite. Register at libcal.princeton.edu. Monday, June 21 Recycling Thursday, June 24 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. Friday, June 25 6 p.m.: Concert tribute to The Four Seasons, organized and performed by New Jersey youth to raise funds for NAMI of Mercer County and the Washington Crossing Open Air Theater, which is the venue. Visit tjbconcert.square.site for tickets and information.
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Saturday, June 26 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. Wwfm.org. 6 p.m.: Concert tribute to The Four Seasons, organized and performed by New Jersey youth to raise funds for NAMI of Mercer County and the Washington Crossing Open Air Theater, which is the venue. Visit tjbconcert.square.site for tickets and information. Sunday, June 27 3 p.m.: Concert tribute to The Four Seasons, organized and performed by New Jersey youth to raise funds for NAMI of Mercer County and the Washington Crossing Open Air Theater, which is the venue. Visit tjbconcert.square.site for tickets and information Thursday, July 1 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. Saturday, July 3 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. Wwfm.org. Monday, July 5 Recycling Thursday, July 8 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. Saturday, July 10 9 a . m .-1 p . m . : We s t Windsor Community Farmers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 A lexander Road t hrough t he Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 ar tisan food makers. Wwfm.org. Thursday, July 15 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. Saturday, July 17 9 a . m .-1 p . m . : We s t Windsor Community Farmers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 A lexander Road t hrough t he Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 ar tisan food makers. Wwfm.org.
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ceramics, glass, home décor, fiber art, garden metalwork, photography, painting, and more. 10 a.m.-6 p.m.: NJ Renaissance Faire, rain or shine, at Liberty Lake, 1195 Florence-Columbus Road, Bordentown. $10-$25. NJRenFaire.com. 1-3 p.m.: Free warm vegetarian lunches distributed at the YMCA, 59 Paul Robeson Place, outside by the playground. Sponsored by Princeton Bhakti Vedanta Institute, for COVID relief. Bviscs.org. 1-3 p.m.: Princeton Battlefield Society Memorial Weekend event, Battlefield State Park, 500 Mercer Road. Memorial w reathl a y i n g c e r e m o n y, u s e d American history book sale, musket-firing demonstration, battlefield tour, general store. Pbs1777.org. 4 p.m. The Jeiris Cook Trio performs at McCarter Concerts in Palmer Square. Free. Thursday, June 3 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 11 a.m.: Free one-hour forum on how to take advantage of New Jersey’s initiatives to help residents pay utility bills. Register by 5 p.m. June 1 by emailing Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker at asmZwicker@njleg.org. 12 p.m.: Virtual monthly membership luncheon networking event, presented by the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber. Princetonmercer.org. 1 p.m.: Navigating Resources for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder, presented by The Lawrence Headquarters Branch of Mercer County Library System. Virtual event. Email hopeprogs@mcl.org to register. 6 p.m.: James Popik and the Supernova Band perform jazz at a fundraiser for the Sourland Conservancy. Can be attended live or virtually. $10-$25 suggested donation. Visit www.tiny. cc/SCHappyHour for registration and location. 6 - 8 p. m . : I n P a l m e r Square, “Beagles Do Beatles” free Beatles tribute concert. With horns, keyboards, and special guests. Palmersquare.com. 6:30 p.m.: “A Proud Heritage: The African American Presence and Contribution in the Sourland Mountain Region and Surrounding Area,” virtual talk led by historians Elaine Buck and Beverly Mills, co-sponsored by Congregation Beth Chaim, Har Sinai Temple, Flemington Jewish Community Center, and Congregation Kehilat Shalom. Suggested donation is $18 per household but all are welcome regardless of ability to pay. https://bit.ly/33wX301. 7 p.m.: Virtual “Eyes on Eagles” panel discussion w it h fo otage of e agle s’ nests, by Mercer County Park Commission. Focused on eagle behavior, biology, and conservation. Mercercountyparks.org. 7-8 p.m.: West Windsor Arts presents a virtual storytelling workshop, for ages 21 and up. Free to those who sign up for the June 12 storytelling event. Westwindsorarts.org. 7 p.m.: Poetr y Circle, discussion and readings.
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Princeton Organizations and Businesses Are Ready For Good News This Summer Having a great lunch or dinner at your favorite restaurant — indoors or outdoors. Actually going into the library and being there as long as you need or want to. Ta k i n g a g u i d e d tou r through town and reliving Princeton history firsthand. Enjoying that invigorating swim in the Community Pool on a hot day — and so much more! P r i n c e to n i s o p e n i n g again! These are just some of the activities and experiences everyone is looking forward to as the Princeton community begins to approach what we all took for granted as “normal.” After a long, hard year, glimpses of light are appearing at the end of that dark tunnel. As COVID cases decrease, and more people are vaccinated, perhaps hope really is around the corner! COVID Challenge Certainly, increasing numbers of people are out and about, enjoying the warm weather, attending events, shopping in stores, eating in restaurants, happy being together. As the town opens up, Mayor Mark Freda is hoping for the best. Aware of the continuing challenges, he is proud of the way Princeton
residents, restaurants, and businesses of all kinds met the COVID challenge. “The willingness of so many people to come together and work together to find ways to support each other has been amazing,” he says. Freda looks forward to the Council and community members continuing to work together as more and more establishments open, and state regulations ease in the days ahead. He also anticipates more changes and updates in the case of infrastructure, outdoor dining, curbside pickup, landscaping, lighting, and the like. “Princeton will continue to follow the governor’s executive orders concerning COVID. Recently, the mask-wearing zone signs were removed around the Witherspoon dining areas. The Council has been very proactive in taking steps to support our business community, and those efforts will continue. The Health Department has offered a number of local and/or popup vaccine clinics, and those will continue. We will look for ways to open up all aspects of the community in a reasonable and safe manner. For example, the municipal buildings partially reopened recently.
“At the moment, the indoor mask mandate from the state is still in place, and it makes sense. So we urge people to follow that. For outdoor situations, in most cases, those who are vaccinated are no longer required to wear a mask, but this is still a matter of choice for many. For unvaccinated people, mask-wearing is still the best practice.” Future Changes The changes on Witherspoon Street, which eliminated a number of parking spaces to provide room for tables and curbside pickup, have been very popular, and the Council will be determining future changes, adds Freda. “We are discussing and hop ef u l ly f i na l i z i ng t he overall design/layout of the upper Witherspoon Street project at our next Council meeting. Witherspoon will be one-way from Nassau Street to Spring Street. A lot of effort has gone into studying this and making a number of related changes in the overall area to help keep traffic moving.” “When traffic was lighter, Witherspoon Street worked OK with the one-way flow, the curbside pick-up areas, etc.,” he continues. “As traffic has returned to heavier volumes, the need to make
more changes became clear and a nu mber of t hos e changes began on May 24. They are all aimed at making the Witherspoon experience more pleasant for everyone using the street.” This includes looking into new lighting and landscaping as well, he reports. Also, as outdoor dining was such a success, other outdoor opportunities are b eing plan ne d t hrough out town. “Palmer Square is hosting events, and the Princeton Shopping Center is hosting events, so there should be plenty of opportunities for people to enjoy themselves around tow n this summer,” said Freda. “I look forward to seeing more people in town, more people shopping, eating, walking or biking around town. This opening has come at a great time for people to engage each other and to find out how to be socially active again.” He adds, however, that vigilance and care are still very important. “We all need to keep in mind that many of our neighbors still face, and will continue to face, food insecurity, housing challenges, employment issues, and other needs that we should all continue to help with. The problems caused by COVID are not going to disappear overnight.” Popular Outings Getting around town and sharing the experience with
others is a major goal of Mimi Omiecinski, founder and owner of the Princeton Tour Company. Offering year-round guided tours and events in Princeton, the company is set to get started on a new year of its popular outings. “We haven’t given the tours for 16 months,” says Omiecinski. “Now, we do feel very optimistic going forward. There is so much pent-up demand to explore our gorgeous University and town. We can’t wait to get back to showing it off.” An enthusiastic supporter and ambassador for Princeton, Omiecinski and her guides lead a variety of tours through town, focusing on different areas and themes. Who wouldn’t enjoy seeing the houses and hang-outs of Albert Einstein, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Paul Robeson, Woodrow Wilson, James Madison, Jimmy Steward, and T.S. Eliot? Also, those of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize winners, historic Revolutionary War sites, eerie haunted spots around town — and more. Among the most popular tours are Saturday Shameless Name Dropping Walking Tour, Ghost Hunt & Cemetery Visits, and the wintertime Holiday Trolley Tours, reports Omiecinski. “Also, our Princeton Battlefield Leadership Experience, custom Scavenger Hunts, and Super Secret C-Suite events are very popular with
corporate groups.” All Ages T he fact that all ages find the tours entertaining and enlightening especially pleases her. “For younger participants, we make sure they ‘help’ in delivering the tour. All of the guides are parents or trained educators who live, work, and play in Princeton so we’re all in love with our town, and we welcome the challenge of winning over any guest who may have been reluctant in the beginning.” The enthusiasm is contagious, she adds, and seeing everyone out enjoying themselves is what she eagerly anticipates. “Hav i ng t he re s ident s honk, wave, and yell when we walk around town is wonderful. I can’t wait to see this again. Our customers adore it, and it highlights what a truly sweet, supportive community we get to call home. “I must say too that, during the virus, Princeton’s leaders, businesses, and residents operated beyond self-interest. Everyone did their part. I’ve never felt more proud of this town!” Community Pool More oppor t u n it ies to get out and get moving are available through the Princeton Recreation Depar tment. Residents will be glad to know that a wide variety of options for children and Continued on Page 26
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teens are offered this summer. “While we are not running our traditional full-day youth day camp or Teen Travel Camp this summer, we do have a large menu of options that includes basketball clinics, track and
running programs, skateboard clinics, and half-day sports programs (soccer, golf, lacrosse, f lag football, and multi-sport),” says Princeton Recreation Department Assistant Director Evan Moorhead. “In addition, we are offering the following youth programs: Magic, Girls’ Empowerment, Chess, Dance,
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Fairytale Theater Club, and Arts & Crafts Club. All programs will be held outdoors. Most programs give priority to Princeton residents in terms of registration and pricing, but when space is available, we do open to non-residents. Costs vary by program.” Swimmers can get ready for the Communit y Pool opening on May 29 for the three - day Memor ial Day weekend, he adds. “In 2020, public pools could not open until late June, which condensed the pool season. In 2021, we can return to our more normal operating season, which typically runs from Memorial Day weekend through Labor Day. “Specifically, the pool will be open weekends only through Sunday, June 20. Starting Monday, the 21st, the pool will be open daily through Labor Day. The hours for public swim are 12:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekdays, and 11:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. on weekends and holidays. “This year, we are returning to a model that sells both seasonal pool memberships and allows daily admission. From an aquatic programming perspective, we are offering our Bluefish Swim/ Dive Team this summer, as well as youth swim lessons, our adult Deep Water exercise class, and two weeks of lifeguard cer tification classes.” The Recreation Department follows all guidelines from the New Jersey Department of Health concerning the operation of the pool, adds Moorhead. Specific 2021 guidelines have not been released yet.
“In 2020, we were required to limit daily capacity at the pool to no more t han 50 percent of our maximum occupancy. Also in 2020, daily public swim blocks were divided into two 135-minute sessions with 45 minutes in between to clear the complex and clean certain high-touch areas. With the return to a single, longer block of public swim time this year, there is a substantial increase in the total number of hours the pool is available and open to the public. Also, as of now, the concession stand will not be open. Tennis Courts The Community Park Tennis courts are open, and all programming and scheduling are available through the Princeton Tennis Program. Youth basketball clinics as well as men’s outdoor basketball league will be offered by Princeton Recreation, he adds, and all baseball programming for Pr inceton youth is scheduled through independent organizations such as Princeton Lit tle L eague, Pr inceton Babe Ruth, and the American Legion. “The Princeton Recreation Department is extremely optimistic for the upcoming summer,” says Moorhead. “L ast summer was quite a challenge as a result of the pandemic, and we had to pivot on short notice to adjust our programming options. From that experience, we learned a lot about how to operate programs safely in this environment, and it forced us to think creatively about new opportunities for residents.
“A s r e s t r i c t i o n s h av e r e l a xe d a n d g u i d e l i n e s change, it has allowed us to reintroduce some of the programming suspended due to COVID, which complements our newer opportunities. Looking ahead to this summer, the staff believes we have fantastic menu of options for Princeton youth and teens.” Digital Services Another great summer activity — which can be done just about anywhere, including in the hammock, at the beach, in the house, or in the library — is, of course, reading! For many months during the pandemic, the Princeton Public Library was closed, and programs and access to books was virtual. The Sands Library Building was closed for 166 days in 2020, from March 13 to August 26, says Princeton Public Librar y E xecutive Director Jennifer Podolsky, “We are very grateful that we immediately pivoted to enhance and promote our digital resources. Digital downloads and online class at tenda nce s oare d, and there was an almost 200 percent increase in the use of Brainfuse, our homework help and digital learning platform.” Podolsky is encouraged as she looks toward the days ahead. There is no question about what the library means to the reading public. “Prior to the pandemic, the Sands Library Building was open 72 hours a week. As of today, the building is open to the public 46 hours a week. In addition, we are offering seven extra hours
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of hold pick-up at the back door. This service is very popular, and is offered during all our operating hours. We will continue to review hours of operation. What more people than ever have discovered is that a library is more than a building. We provide a wide range of services whether the building is open or closed. “We will continue to follow the science and the recommendations of the municipal Health Officer Jeff Grosser. Jeff has been a source of great advice since he knows our building inside and out, and understands the challenges of operating a public indoor space. We recently expanded our indoor capacity in line with state regulations, and will continue to do so. We have restored all services with the exception of study rooms and in-door rental spaces, which will remain closed until we receive further advice.” Many events will remain virtual until fall, including summer reading programs for children and adults, she adds. “We will also be doing a series of outdoor events, i n clu d i n g b o ok g r ou p s, movie screenings, and concerts at multiple venues in the community. We are the lead organization for the June 5 Pride Picnic at the YMCA, and will be presenting programs at the Princeton Shopping Center and on Palmer Square.” Response from the community about the library’s service during the virus has been exceptionally positive, Podolsky reports. “People were so grateful that we kept working to serve them. Continued on Page 28
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I think we will have a great summer and even better fall. Verified Information “I was on the job 33 days when we closed,” she reflects. “I was impressed with the way the community rallied to meet the needs of those most affected by the pandemic. Everyone did the best they could, and we did our part. Two days after we closed, then Mayor Liz Lempert called me, and asked if the library would be willing to partner on a website. Two days later, we launched princetoncovid.org. In the early days of the pandemic, when there was a lot of confusion and things were changing every hour, the site was very important in getting verified information from trusted local sources out into the community.” Podolsky looks forward to great days for the library. “I am always optimistic about the future of the Princeton Public Library,” she says. “We love this town, and they love us back!” Pent-Up Demand Restaurants were among the hardest hit when the pandemic went from bad to worse. To a large extent, outdoor dining was a savior for many. Now that COVID cases are decreasing, people are more confident about going to restaurants, both indoors
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One of the Momo res taurants, the very popular Teresa’s Caffe on Palmer Square, was closed for 14 months for renovation, and now it is open, he says. “It’s almost as if it never closed. Customers poured r ight back in, they were so happy for us to be back. The reviews are positive with the renovations, but of course, there are also many nostalgic memories of the old Teresa’s that operated for 29 years, and you can’t argue with that. My son, Gianni, is now on the pizza table, as I was 30 years ago. He is now the third generation, as it all started with Teresa, my mom!” Customer response for all the restaurants has been very encouraging, as people are so eager to be out again, points out Momo. They still have to adhere to the state regulations regarding capacity, however, and that does limit the number of customers. Full capacity is expected to resume soon, according to state reports. “The demand is so great, and of course, we have to try and keep crowding to a minimum. We are holding off on any large events, so Teresa’s reopened with a limited amount of tickets every day. Eno Terra did its first wine tasting after more than a year, also with extremely limited seating. Labor Shortage “We are not planning any Happy Hours,” he continues. “Instead we encourage customers to try and come in the ‘off peak’ hours — as you hope every hour will be a happy hour!” Despite the good news of customers’ enthusiasm as they return, challenges remain for the restaurant industry, believes Momo. “The issue now is how to serve customer demand. There is a serious labor shortage crisis. We have had to continue to restrict hours and also maintain social distancing, which impedes seating and revenue capacity. So it is challenging to say the least. It’s sort of a double-edged sword. It’s tough to increase pay to attract workers from the big economy jobs like Amazon when we are restricted on revenue to pay them. “The challenge now is to find ways to make our industry more attractive to work for, in terms of pay and benefits. The shortage of staffing is something we have never seen in our 40 years of operating. As an example, the town is working on a solution for employee parking. I know for a fact that costly Princeton parking deters so many people from working in Princeton. To pay for the parking out of your hardearned wages hurts. “As I mentioned, the town and all government agencies have really made it possible to keep our businesses afloat. Clearly, the word got out about how vital restaurants are as cornerstones for the community. The cooperation has been excellent from everyone. And most importantly, from patrons who supported us.” As he looks ahead, however, Raoul Momo sees a somewhat uncertain future, “I cannot really tell what the future will hold for our industry. What I do know is that if people want to conContinued on Next Page
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tinue to be able to go out to a nice restaurant, sit and relax, and enjoy a freshly prepared meal, the independent restaurant business will need to be heard to address these issues. “With the costs of operating, a full-service restaurant versus robotics, automation, technology, ease of takeout, DoorDash, Uber, and food trucks all out there, it will not be easy. The Momos no doubt are now ‘old timers’ in this field, and let’s hope the next generation can continue the legacy.” Cer tainly, t he Momos’ many fans will agree to that! Better Air Quality While the pandemic has been a disaster on so many levels, one noticeable outcome — albeit it temporary — was better air quality. The fact of fewer cars and trucks on the road and planes in the air, was a boon to the environment. Perhaps in future studies and examinations of the consequences of 2020, the state of the environment will be part of the equation. That would please Molly Jones, executive director of Sustainable Princeton. As she notes, “While there have been many hardships during the pandemic, there have been some very positive environmental impacts from changes in our daily lives. We are working to encourage the permanence of these environmentally positive changes.” Established as a nonprofit in 2012, Sustainable Princeton works with residents, businesses, nonprofits, and
local governments to help make Princeton more sustainable. “Our mission is to inspire the community to develop and implement solutions that positively impact the environment. We strive to lead com mu n it y change to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen resilience to the impacts of the changing climate, and protect the local ecosystem,” is the organization’s stated goal. During the pandemic, Sustainable Princeton focused on vir tual programming, and much of it worked very well, reports Jones. ”As the world opens back up, we are working to figure out the right balance of in-person versus online programming. Some of our programs work well online, and this format allows more people to attend, and is easily recorded for future reference. “Our team pivoted right away. While some planned in-person events had to be canceled, our terrific staff team was able to nimbly adjust most of our programs to socially distant formats.” Sustainable Change Princeton is making progress in furthering environmentally-friendly programs and practices, Jones observes, but adding that still more is necessary. “While there is still much progress to be made, Princeton is one of the top communities pushing sustainable change in New Jersey. We h av e b e e n m a k i n g incremental progress. To date, Princeton has completed or is currently implementing 22 Princeton
Climate Action Plan strat- provide more time to reflect many will stay connected to collective impact on the egies. The Princeton Com- on what we value. We hope their appreciation of nature, environment.” munity Renewable Energy that as the world opens up, and will value reducing our —Jean Stratton program and progress made to improve the accessibility of community solar are two examples of how the community is moving forward. “We are also proud of the equitable approach a collective of Princeton stakeholders is taking in considering cha nge s to la nd s c api ng prac t ices and allowable equipment.” Of course, there is always so much more that can be done, she continues. “As we look ahead, there are three main messages that we think are key. One, your home and office energy use contribute the most emissions to your local footprint. Make your property as energy efficient as possible, and strive to increase renewable energy sources. “Two, your proper ty is part of the local eco-system. Plant native species, mow fewer areas, and build rain gardens to help support the life that creates our environment. Finally, climate change is here. Intense rains and probably droughts will be coming. Are you prepared?” As the saying goes, no one can do everything, but everyone can do something. “We are optimistic looking ahead,” says Jones. “The warmth of the summer is always inspiring, but this year, it seems particularly so, as we consider the possibilities that the pandemic restrictions are being lifted. Princeton Airport, 41 Airpark Road, I’m looking forward to rePrinceton, New Jersey 08540 connecting over backyard 609-921-3100 barbeques with friends and family. 39N@princetonairport.com PRINCETON “The pandemic did quiwww.princetonairport.com AIRPORT et many of our lives and
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reg Hughes doesn’t know what to expect when his Princeton University men’s heavyweight crew competes in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) national championship regatta this weekend at nearby Mercer Lake, and that’s OK. “I don’t even know how to compare it, it is just so just different,” said Princeton head coach Hughes. “Normally we would have seeding, and the seeding would come off the regular season and championship results. We would get a ranking nationally based on our regular season every week and then after the Eastern Sprints. There is no way to really seed it when people haven’t raced that much; there is not any way to cross reference.” The IRA competition will using a different format this spring in view of the disruptions to competition resulting from the pandemic, featuring time trials and an 18-boat semifinal rather than the typical series of heats leading the semis and finals. “The clock starts when you go through the end of the starting block, so you have the lane to yourself and you go,” said Hughes in assessing the time trial piece of the regatta. “You are separated by
30-40 seconds, everyone is going single file down the course like a 1,900-meter head race. The top 18 of those boats will go to the semifinal so it will be three semis with six boats each. It will be the top two from each to the A final, the second two to the B final, and the third two to the C final.” Adding to the uncertainty for Hughes is the fact that Princeton did not have any fall training or head races and the rowers did not get to work together in person until the students returned for spring semester. The Tigers started training by doing ergometer work this February outside the boathouse in pods of 10 athletes. After braving a wintry month on the deck, the Tigers hit the water in singles in early March. They progressed to pairs after that, affording some finetuned rowing. “It is incredible training; with national teams, that is normally what you would do,” explained Hughes of the pairs work. “You would train in pairs all fall. It is one of the best ways to train in sweep rowing. It is really difficult to do with college kids, you don’t normally have the time because you get on the water and you are racing. It is something we have always talked about but never had
the guts to do. For those freshmen, the amount of development that they got was really awesome.” In mid-April, Princeton finally got to train in 4s and 8s. Two weeks later, they competed in the season opening regatta on the Schuylkill River in Philadelphia, topping St. Joseph’s in the first set of races and then coming back later in the day to defeat Drexel “They were pumped; it was crazy as you are looking at the group, you had all of these freshmen and sophomores who had never raced for Princeton,” said Hughes, a former Tiger lightweight star, reflecting on the regatta which marked the program’s first competition in 22 months. “It was such a strange year and so many different kinds of challenges. I feel how they responded to those challenges was really very inspiring. They kept me motivated because I got to do this for four years and this is my 25th year of coaching. I have had these experiences again and again. Their opportunities are so finite and they want any they can get. There was no ‘this isn’t as good as it should be and I feel slighted.’” Showing that they took advantage of the flexible training schedule through the pandemic which featured
HEAVY DUTY: The Princeton University men’s heavyweight varsity 8 crew pulls hard in a race earlier this season. The top 8, along with the second and third varsity 8s ,will be competing in the Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) national championship regatta this weekend at Mercer Lake. (Photo by Ed Hewitt/Row2K, provided courtesy of Princeton’s Office of Athletic Communications) high volume, low intensity to build up aerobic capacity, the Tigers made more progress in their second outing, posting victories over Holy Cross and Navy on May 2 at Overpeck Park near Ridgefield Park in Bergen County. “They would re-tailor their workouts and their volume and then they actually discovered why they love it,” said Hughes. “As guys came back for spring term, they were in great shape and they also were also self-motivated with it. They weren’t motivated because they felt like they had to earn a specific seat or to be on the ergometer sheet at this spot. Those were oftentimes big motivators and that creates a little bit of pressure and a little bit
of stress. What was so cool about those races was that it was just the pure excitement and joy of going and being in that situation and not being concerned about what could happen.” Since that weekend, Princeton has been training hard with the hopes that it would get invited to the IRA. “We have been able to get good training in May but we have been coming at it in a lot of different ways,” added Hughes. “We had two rows on four days last week, the boats are moving. We are winding down on that this week.” As Hughes looks ahead to this weekend, the emphasis will be on the joy of rowing more than winning medals.
“My biggest thing is to get every single person that I can the opportunity to go to the line,” said Hughes. “My focus in this year had been very different. Yeah I want to see them go as fast as possible, and they have really done some good stuff. I think they have some speed and it will be fun. But I care less about that than the opportunity to get to go out and do your sport. I think it is great, people want to talk about how different it is and how decisions were made at different universities but those are first-world problems. In this current situation, we are just lucky to be able to have this opportunity. Let’s just go take it, rip on it, and have a good time.” —Bill Alden
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Princeton University Director of Athletics Mollie Marcoux Samaan ‘91 will be leaving Princeton to join the Ladies Professional Golf Association (LPGA) as its ninth commissioner, the school said Tuesday. Marcoux Samaan, a former women’s hockey and standout for Princeton, has served in the AD post since 2014. The school will undertake a national search to identify its next director of athletics. A recognized leader with a track record of combining superb scholastic opportunities with top-flight athletics, Marcoux Samaan has built a program at Princeton that has set a national standard for developing student athletes. Under her supervision, Princeton has won 65 Ivy League championships, a total that is more than all other Ivy schools during that time. Over the course of her tenure Princeton has been the highest ranked Ivy League school and consistently in the top 40 of all of Division I programs in the Directors’ Cup standings, measuring overall athletic success through NCAA championship participation and success. Princeton’s student-athletes have also excelled in the classroom and in the community during Marcoux Samaan’s tenure. The department’s NCAA Academic Progress Rate has consistently ranked among the best in the nation and studentathletes have garnered several University and national awards, including the Pyne
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and women’s hockey, men’s and women’s squash, men’s and women’s swimming and diving, men’s and women’s indoor track and field, and wrestling – to be included on the Academic All-Ivy teams. Student-athletes must be in good academic standing to be eligible for the award. The Tiger athletes honored included: Carlie Littlefield, a women’s basketball star who majored in economics; Jerome Desrosiers, a men’s hoops player who studied anthropology; Kasia Nixon, a women’s fencing AllAmerica and 2018 NCAA epee champion who majored in politics; Daniel Kwak, a men’s fencing All-America who studied psychology; Julia Edgar, a women’s hockey player who studied molecular biology; Ryan Ferland, a star goalie for men’s hockey who majored in economics; Grace Doyle, a women’s squash standout who studied in Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs; Alex Engstrom, a men’s squash player who majored in operations research and financial engineering; Regan Barney, a women’s swimming star who studied politics; Matthew Marquardt, a men’s swimmer who majored in chemistry; Obiageri Amaechi, a throwing star for women’s track who majored in psychology; Kelton Chastulik, a men’s track standout thrower who studied in Princeton’s School of Public and International Affairs; and Ty Agaisse, a wrestling standout who majored in ecology and evolutionary biology.
After getting to race this April for the first time in 22 months, the four Princeton University rowing programs will be competing in national championship regattas this weekend. The Tiger women’s open rowing team was selected for an at-large bid to the 2021 NCAA Rowing Championships (May 28-30) in Sarasota, Fla., while the men’s heavyweight, men’s lightweight, and women’s lightweight teams will race at the IRA (Intercollegiate Rowing Association) National Championship regatta (May 28-29) at Mercer Lake. The Princeton women’s open rowing squad will have its varsity 8, second varsity 8, and varsity 4 rowing at the NCAA regatta. Its 1V is seeded ninth, 2V seeded 16th, and its V4 ranked No. 10. The men’s heavyweight squad will have three boats in competition (1V, 2V, and 3V) at the IRA regatta while the men’s lightweight (1V, 2V) and women’s lightweight (V8, double scull) teams will have two boats each. For the heavyweight boats, each one will race in a time trial with the top 18 advancing to three semifinal heats. The top two of each semifinal will move on to the Grand Final. The time trials are on May 28, the semifinals on Friday afternoon with the Grand, and Petite Finals on PU Field Hockey Stars May 29. Each of the light- Selected for Senior Team weight finals are on Friday Princeton University field morning. hockey standouts Clara Roth and Julianna Tornetta have 13 Tiger Athletes been selected to the 2020 NaMake Academic All-Ivy Thirteen Princeton Univer- tional Field Hockey Coaches’ sity athletes been honored for Association (NFHCA) Senior their outstanding efforts in Team, the organization said the classroom, earning Aca- last week. The in-person 2020 NFHdemic All-Ivy honors for the CA Senior Game was canWinter 2021 season. Institutions nominated one celed due to the COVID-19 student-athlete from each of pandemic. During the 2021 the 13 Ivy League sponsored Virtual Coaches Caucus, the winter sports – men’s and NFHCA Division I memberwomen’s basketball, men’s ship agreed to continue to and women’s fencing, men’s recognize a selected group
from the graduating class of 2021 who either played or would have played their senior season during the 2020-2021 academic year. The selected student-athletes were nominated by their NFHCA member coach and were chosen based on their career accomplishments. Roth was named the C. Otto Von Kienbusch Award winner, awarded annually to a Princeton’s top female senior athlete. The Schwetzigen, Germany, native is a two-time All-American, who earned three All-Region and All-Ivy selections. Roth helped Princeton to the NCAA Championship game in 2019 where she was named a Honda Sport Award Finalist, first-team AllAmerica, Regional Player of the Year, and first-team AllIvy. As a sophomore, Roth collected her first All-America selection after being named the Ivy Offensive Player of the Year. She led the squad in goals, more than doubling her total from the year prior, and points. Roth is one of only 11 players in Princeton Field Hockey history to record 100 career points, tallying 35 goals and 31 assists. Tornetta, a native of Plymouth Meeting, Pa., was a nominee for the C. Otto von
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Tiger Wrestler Brucki Earns Scholar Award
For the second consecutive year, Princeton University star wrestler Patrick Brucki has earned NWCA Scholar AllAmerican honors, this time doing so while finishing his Princeton degree in civil and environmental engineering. Brucki qualified for the NCAA Championships in all three years competing for Princeton, twice earning AllAmerica honors and finishing fourth at the 2019 NCAAs. Brucki was also a three-time All-Ivy League honoree and a three-time EIWA Academic Award honoree. He is one of eight wrestlers in program history to earn at least two AllAmerican honors.
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MAY MADNESS: Connor McCarthy unloads the ball in a 2019 game during his career for the Princeton University men’s lacrosse team. Last Saturday, McCarthy, now playing as a grad student for the University of North Carolina, scored a goal in overtime to give top-seeded UNC a 12-11 win over Rutgers in the NCAA quarterfinals. North Carolina will be facing fourthseeded Virginia in the semifinals on May 29 at East Hartford. Two other former Tiger stars, Michael Sowers and Philip Robertson, will also be competing in the Final Four this weekend as they helped second-seeded Duke beat Loyola 10-9 in overtime in the NCAA quarters last Sunday. Duke with face thirdseeded Maryland in the other semi with the victors advancing to the national title game on May 31. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Prize, Princeton’s highest general distinction conferred on an undergraduate. Marcoux Samaan will be working with the University and the LPGA Board to transition to her new role in the months ahead. Founded in 1950, the LPGA is one of the longestrunning women’s professional sports associations in the world, having grown from its roots as a playing tour into a nonprofit organization involved in every facet of golf. Serving as the face and voice of the association, the Commissioner works closely with the LPGA’s board to lead the organization in all strategic business and management functions. For Marcoux Samann, the move is bittersweet. “Returning to Princeton as the Ford Family Director of Athletics has been a tremendous privilege, and I will deeply miss the amazing students, coaches, administrators, University partners, faculty fellows, alumni, Ivy League and NCAA colleagues, and fans with whom I have had the privilege of working,” said Marcoux Samaan. “Princeton is and has always been about being a part of a community and a team of people that care deeply about learning and growing. I believe we represent the gold standard of athletics and academic integration with a firm commitment to education through athletics, providing our student-athletes with the tools needed to achieve, serve, and lead well beyond their playing days. I am confident that our next leader and our tremendous team of coaches and administrators will continue the legacy of excellence on and off the field for many years to come. I am excited to utilize all that I have learned at Princeton
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Robin Roth did not feel great about winter training, but with the improving weather and a new focus and passion for track, the Princeton High sophomore is coming into her own in her first full outdoor season. Like everyone, Roth didn’t get a spring track season last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but she did enjoy some indoor track and field success. She posted a solid 1,600-meter time of 5:29.04 at the Mercer County Championships and went on to place fifth in the 3,200 meters in the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional meet to qualify for the Group 4 state meet. “I always feel like I have to go at least once step further than I did before, or at least to the same point,” said Roth. “So I felt like I have to get to groups this spring. It felt like something that needed to happen. I knew I’d beat myself up over it if it didn’t happen. Where I was this winter was not on the way to groups.” It was a good cross country season for Roth and the Tiger girls when they won the first CJ Group 4 sectional crown in school history. But the winter weather and training inconsistency eroded some confidence and fitness as the outdoor track season loomed. “It was hard transitioning back especially after having such a good cross country season,” said Roth. “We’d gotten to the point
where we sort of assumed success. In February, we learned we did not still have that success going from the fall, and that we still needed to work hard to stay successful.” Roth has found her pace at the perfect time to help the PHS girls track and field team position itself to compete for a Colonial Valley Conference championship. Though she bounced back and forth between the top runner in some cross country races and their fourth finisher at sectionals, Roth has been a front runner for the Tigers in the spring after getting herself out of a funk in the winter. “After that I was able to recover a bit better than other people,” said Roth. “This season, our mindset has been a big struggle of trying to stay motivated and have real goals when we don’t really know totally what’s going on and what’s going to happen. I did better than some to stay motivated. Charlotte (Gilmore) and Lucy (Kreipke) and Kyleigh (Tangen) are just better at some of the longer distances like 5K, and I have a little more brute speed and can kind of get through the little shorter 16 and 32.” Roth has become a frontrunner for the Tigers on the track, finding success consistently. She hasn’t finished worse than third in a 1,600 or 3,200 this spring. “She just really excels when she’s put in a spot where she needs to be competitive with other good
girls,” said PHS head coach Ben Samara. “She likes to have a target. She likes to have people to compete against and so to be on the track where you can see everybody and you can see how it’s unfolding is a good spot for her, I think.” L ast weekend, Roth won the 3,200 meters in 11:44.48, took second in the 1,600 meters in a personal-record 5:18.56, and placed sixth in the 800 meters in 2:36.44 at the CVC Colonial Qualifier meet that PHS hosted last Friday and Saturday. “I feel like we got to show what we’ve been working on all winter and spring,” said Roth. “I think it wraps together what our past couple weeks with the showdown meets have all been for.” New this year, the CVC qualifier meets send the top four finishers in each event, plus the next eight best marks from around the CVC qualifier meets to this weekend’s CVC Championship at WW/P-North on May 28 and 29. The CVC Championship is a substitute for the normal Mercer County Championship. “We were really happy,” said Samara. “Overall, some people doubled and tr ipled, but we got 49 entries through, which is one of the higher numbers in the conference. Almost everybody that competed made it over to next week. We’re really looking forward to leaving it all out there in the championship meet.”
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It comes as little surprise that Roth found running. Her older brothers both ran, with former PHS standout Alex Roth just finishing his career at the University of Pennsylvania this year. Roth first gained interest in a Girls On the Run program that pushed her to run with her dad. She turned her focus away from dance and other young interests to run in middle school. “I love r u n ning,” said Roth. “I loved hanging out with the girls on Girls on the Run. I still do now. Girls on the Run was definitely the thing that got me to stick with it.” This year, Roth has found herself more connected to the track team. It has helped to make the spring season more enjoyable and pulled the Tigers together as they head into the championship portion of the year. “We’ve been doing more things with the sprinters,” said Roth. “It’s fun seeing more people and I think the fall is more parent support and support within the distance girls in cross country. The community of the team grew for the spring. Instead of just being a part of the
girls distance, I’m a part of Princeton High School track with the boys, the girls, the sprinters, the throwers, the jumpers.” Roth will have the PHS team behind her when she takes to the track for two days of distance tests in the championship meet this weekend. She is looking forward to the competition and the chance to continue to build toward a return to the group meet level, this time in outdoor track. The CVC Championship is the first big opportunity for her and the Tigers in a spring that has started with plenty of promise. “I definitely want to get a good 16 in and try to win that, which will be tough,” said Roth. “I’ll put most of my effort into the 16 Friday. That’s where the toughest competition is. I’m going to try to win both the 16 and the 32, but I’m supposed to still do the 8 on Saturday. I’m not really focusing on times because I think they’ll come with racing hard for place. Good times will come with the good competitors that will be there.” —Justin Feil
ROCKING ROBIN: Princeton High girls’ track star Robin Roth leads a foe from WW/P-South last Friday in the CVC Colonial Qualifier hosted by PHS last weekend. Sophomore Roth won the 3,200 meters in 11:44.48 at the meet, took second in the 1,600 meters in a personal-record 5:18.56, and placed sixth in the 800 meters in 2:36.44. Roth and the Tigers are next in action when they compete in the CVC Championship meet at WW/P-North on May 28 and 29. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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The top overall performer for the girls was Kendall Williamson, who won the 100, 200, and 400 and anchored the 4x400 relay of Megan Rougas, Alysse Kiesewetter, and Catherine Howard to gold. “She ran 58 flat at the end of the 4x4,” said Samara. “It was a pretty good effort. Kendall, it’s hard to wrap my head around the fact that the last time she ran outdoor track, she was a freshman. She’s been putting the work in ever since we got shut down last spring. We take a slow approach in the winter and we build towards more success in May and June. It seems to be really paying off for her. She’s been having a lot of really good training days. She’s stayed relatively injury free. She’s ready to run some really, really big times.” The Tigers had a number of top-three finishers. Kiesewetter was second in the 400 hurdles, Ada Metaxas was second in the 100 hurdles, and the 4x100 relay of the two hurdlers, Rougas and Howard, took third place. “They ran really well and had clean hand-offs,” said Samara. “We think they can run even faster next weekend and maybe steal us some points in a really close meet.” The girls’ 4x800 of Yana Medvedeva, Emma Lipps, Charlotte Gilmore, and Ryan Vaughey won in 10:10.03, and the boys 4x8 of Colin McCafferty, Addison Motto, John Zammit, and Andrew Kenny won in 8:16.94. “I know Coach (Jim) Smirk was very happy with the girls 4x8 and the boys 4x8,” said Samara. “The girls 4x8 in particular was good because there was some struggle with the girls 4x8 a week ago at our last CVC showdown meet and they really wrapped their heads around what they needed to do be successful and now put themselves in a good spot to be conference champions, along with the boys who are the No. 1 seed as well now.” Roth will head into the CVC Championships as one of the runners with a target again. She is trying not to think about the pressure spot. Roth feels like the team performs better when it doesn’t think about the pressures of winning. “I’m definitely a little nervous going in,” said Roth. “Even going into this week, I went in with targets on my back for both the 16 and 32. It was suspected that I would run well and I would help people run well if they stuck with me.” Roth is hoping to run well for the team’s sake. She sees a strong group that has the potential to win. She has seen the camaraderie of the team grow as they have spent more time together and she’s embraced t he spring sport. She played lacrosse in middle school and is finding a new love in the outdoor season. “Something about outdoor track, it’s such a good time,” said Roth. “You can cheer so easily. It’s nice and warm out. Racing in 85-degree weather is not a good time, but it’s warm and you get to hang out and bond over being half-dead and trying to find any bit of shade to drink your water.”
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With Sophomore Star Roth Picking Up the Pace, PHS Girls’ Track Pumped for CVC Championships
As usual this spring, the one-two punch of Kate Becker and Shoshi Henderson got things started for the Princeton High girls’ lacrosse team as it hosted WW/P-North last Wednesday. The prolific pair of junior Becker and senior Henderson tallied two and three goals, respectively, as PHS jumped out to a 5-0 lead. But freshman Riley Devlin was fired up to make her presence felt as well. “The game against Notre Dame really pushed me,” said Devlin, referring to a 13-8 loss to the Irish on May 17. “Losing really got me upset and this game really fixed that.” Fueled by that disappointment, Devlin tallied three straight goals in first half, establishing a new career high as the Tigers built a 13-1 lead by intermission and never looked back on the way to a 14-3 win. “It was just to push it as much as we could,” said Devlin, reflecting on the team’s sizzling start. “I think we did a good job with different people playing different positions. Everyone was sharing the ball and everyone was scoring.” Devlin and her classmates are doing a better job offensively as the season goes on. “At first a lot of us freshmen weren’t really scoring but we were there, we were in the game,” said Devlin. “Now with so many games and so many practices, we just work with each other
well. A lot of us have played with each other since middle school and elementary school. We are comfortable with each other and this season is making it stronger. We have so many more years to come, it is really exciting.” It is exciting for Devlin to be playing alongside senior star Henderson and junior standout Becker. “They are just so inspirational and amazing,” said Devlin. “I look up to them a lot. They just got it started in the beginning, they set a really good example for us younger people.” PH S h e ad coach Me g Dunleavy liked the way her younger players stepped up after Henderson and Becker got things going against WW/P-North. “This was very fun. We had our dynamic duo start us off and then we saw some really standout games from some of our freshmen” said Dunleavy. Dunleavy credited Devlin with producing a dynamic performance. “She is the kind of player who is always open and is so quick,” said Dunleavy, who also got goals from freshmen Theona Hsu and Sylvie LeBouef in the win. “Putting her on midfield gave her the ability to be in the action consistently. She usually plays low attack but today she played midfield. She got a lot of draw controls and a lot of ground balls. She has a beautiful shot.”
The Tigers dominated the action at the other end of the field as well. “I was very proud of our defensive front, Sarah Glenn is such a strong defender,” said Dunleavy. “I feel like she doesn’t get as much recognition as she deserves. She is the mouthpiece, she is the glue of our defense. Grace [Rebak] will also take it up into attack. We see her all over the field. Sarah is the one keeping the defense together the entire time.” Wit h p o s t s e a s on p l ay star ting this week, Dunleavy is confident that her squad will play some strong lacrosse. “I think it is coming at the perfect time because now we have confidence,” said Dunleavy, whose team lost 7-6 to Notre Dame last Monday in the CVC pod play to fall to 6-5 and will start play in the South Jersey Group 4 sectional, where it is seeded fourth, and slated to host 13th-seeded Monroe on June 1. “As long as we put everything together, it will be very evenly matched.” In Devlin’s view, the performance against W W/PNorth is a harbinger of some big things to come. “Today we just played really good defense and really good offense, spacing out,” said Devlin. “I think this game really prepared us for the CVC and all of that stuff. The competition won’t be the same but we played really well today. We were really strong.” —Bill Alden
LIFE OF RILEY: Princeton High girls’ lacrosse player Riley Devlin heads to goal against WW/PNorth last Wednesday. Freshman Devlin scored three goals in the contest to help PHS prevail 14-3. On Monday, the third-seeded Tigers fell 7-6 to second-seeded Notre Dame in the CVC Pod semis. PHS, now 6-5, will host Hopewell Valley on May 26 and then start play in the South Jersey Group 4 sectional where it is seeded fourth and slated to host 13th-seeded Monroe on June 1. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Senior Star Kirby Looking to End on High Note As PHS Boys’ Lacrosse Heads into Postseason Something had to give as the Princeton High boys’ lacrosse team hosted Allentown in a Colonial Valley Conference showdown last Thursday. PHS brought a six-game winning streak into the clash while Allentown had reeled off nine straight victories. T i g e r d e fe n d e r L u c a s Kirby, for his part, brought some extra emotion into the contest as PHS held its annual Senior Day celebration before face-off. “It was surreal walking through all of the sticks, realizing that this is my last regular season game,” said senior star Kirby. “I have been with this program for four years, of course we lost last year. It means a lot.” PHS appeared a bit distracted as they fell behind 3-1 midway through the first period. “Coming into this, we wanted to get after them,” said Kirby, noting that PHS had lost 12-11 to the Redbirds earlier in the season. “I think Senior Day got to us a little bit, we weren’t all there to start the game. They got us a little bit.” Narrowing the gap to 8-7 at halftime, PHS seized momentum after the break, outscoring the Redbirds 4-1 to take an 11-9 lead heading into the fourth quarter. “We started coming back in the third, we definitely won that third quarter,” said Kirby. “We did tighten up on defense.” But the game got away from the Tigers as Allentown reeled off three unanswered goals in the first 5:40 of the fourth and never looked back on the way to a 14-11 win. “We couldn’t possess the ball at the end,” said Kirby, reflecting on the setback which dropped PHS to 7-3. “Our slide was late on defense and they were shooting well today.” With PHS facing Allentown on May 25 in the CVC semis and then starting play in the state tournament next week, Kirby and his teammates are ready for the final push. “The coaches said the season starts today,” said Kirby. “This game is behind us and we are looking to the postseason. If they play how they have been playing and we play back up to what we are, we are going to see them again and we will be ready that time.” In Kirby’s view, the squad’s defensive unit is ready to keep improving. “The six games before this we really stepped it up, we held Notre Dame to six and they scored 11 on us the first time,” said Kirby. “We are growing as a unit and we are becoming more comfortable.” As a battle-tested senior, Kirby looks to guide things along the back line. “I take the best attacker, I try to be a leader and tell these guys where to go,’ said Kirby. “Sometimes I get carried away with coaching.” PHS head coach Chip Casto credited his senior class with showing good leadership collectively. “They lived through that year off, that is a senior class that last played when they were sophomores,” said
six goals from junior Will Doran in the loss with freshman Patrick Kenah adding three and senior McDonald Casto, whose Class of 2021 chipping in two. includes Jack Lehman, Pat“We were just get ting rick McDonald, Austin Miback-doored and losing our cale, Nevin Motto, Simon guy. They got a lot of easy Sheppard, and Sid Suppiah goals, low effort goals. You in addition to Kirby. can’t win a lot of games like “They made a special com- that.” mitment to make a lot out of In Casto’s view, his squad this year and play for last can gain some valuable lesyear’s seniors. It is a special sons from the defeat. group, they have given a “You try to use the loss as lot. They have modeled the leadership that we are trying a learning tool and certainly to get. They have been con- they will use it as motivation sistent with it and they are to try to get back at these sending a good message to guys,” added Casto. Casto will be counting on the young guys coming up.” In assessing the loss to Kirby to help get the Tigers Allentown, Casto acknowl- back on track. “He always plays the top edged that his team was plagued by some inconsis- attackman so he has done a great job,” said Casto. tent play. “He did a fantastic job at “It was good ball; they were ready to play, they do Notre Dame and did a pretty what they do very well,” said good job on their guy today. Casto. “We weren’t able to Lucas is our defensive core. stop it, we made a thousand He will bounce back, he is a great competitor. He is a little mistakes.” At halftime, Casto looked great kid so he will be ready.” Kirby and his classmates, to have his players clean things up. “It was the same for their part, are looking to as always, just execute what produce a great ending to we do,” said Casto. “We fo- their PHS careers. cus on the basics and fun“There are seven of us on damentals throughout half- the team, we have two guartime.” anteed games left,” said After playing a strong third Kirby. quarter and taking the 11-9 “It is leaving it all out on lead, PHS didn’t execute well the field. We have great guys down the stretch. on offense as long as we “We are man up and then can get them the ball, they OFFER all ofAN a sudden the ball goes score.” to the other end and they The time is NOW to upgrade your —Bill home Alden with score,” said Casto, who got
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Senior Star Catcher Babuschak Battles to the End As Hun Softball Falls 2-1 to Blair in Prep A Semis Although the Hun School softball team had defeated the Blair Academy twice in regular season play this spring, Hanna Babuschak and her Raider teammates didn’t take the Buccaneers lightly when the rivals met in the state Prep A semis last week. “We weren’t underestimating them even though we had beat them before,” said Hun senior catcher Babuschak. “They are always a good team to play.” The third meeting turned into a tense pitching duel between Hun’s Lexi Kobryn and Blair’s Mallory Allen as the teams were knotted in a 0-0 stalemate in the May 18 contest heading into the fifth inning. Babuschak, for her part, battled hard in her first two at-bats, fouling off a number of pitches before making outs in the second and the fourth inning. “I wanted to help my team out and try to hit, that was my mindset going into the at-bats,” said Babuschak. “I was just trying to get on and do what I could.” Hun forged ahead 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth but Blair responded with two runs in the sixth to take a 2-1 lead. Coming up in the bottom of the seventh with the Raiders still trailing 2-1, Babuschak blasted a screaming liner that appeared to be heading to the gap but was speared by the Blair shortstop in a leaping grab. Hun went on to lose 2-1, finishing the spring with a 9-4 record. “That was tough to watch, it is part of the game,” said Babuschak ref lecting on seeing her liner get snagged. While it was tough to see the season end with the disappointing defeat, Babuschak was proud of what the Raiders accomplished this spring. “It was definitely nice coming from last year and not having a season at all,”
about it, which is nice. The parents are saying, ‘hey you have a great group of kids coming back.’ I am looking for ward to the returning players and having a great season next year.” In reflecting on the 2021 season, Quirk was proud of how her squad caught fire in the middle of the season, reeling off a five-game winning streak. “I was happiest about the way we were able to adjust with our bats,” said Quirk. “We had that stretch where we scored one run in two games. We worked hard on our batting and they adjusted. I was pleased with the pitching that we had. Both pitchers [Kobryn and fellow freshman Jamie Staub] felt relieved that neither one of them carried the weight of the team on their shoulders. It was nice to be able to say that if this one is not performing, I have someone I can put in. They each complemented each other as a righty and a lefty, you don’t have that too often.” Babuschak and Hampton made a nice contribution to Hun over their careers. “Hanna was an excep tional catcher for us,” said Quirk. “I was very pleased to have her. She was a quiet leader. With Kayla in center field, she would have played last year so this is really her first year. I thought she did an excellent job. She moves well and can throw the ball well. It was nice to see her, even though she did fly out for the last out of the game, make contact with the ball. A lot of times we DH’d her. She has been working hard and I felt that she proved herself in practice. We gave the chance to hit and she did a nice job.” Starting at catcher from day one as a freshman, Babuschak enjoyed having the chance to play for the program. “I think the relationships I have made with the team and the coaches stand out,” said Babuschak. “We are definitely good friends.” —Bill Alden
Wehner Stars for Hun Baseball in Prep A Final As Raiders Top Lawrenceville, Win 5th Straight Crown
Entering the final round of the state Prep A baseball tour nament last Su nday needing one win to clinch the title in the double-elimination competition, the Hun School squad wasn’t about to mess around as it hosted the Lawrenceville School. “We just wanted to take care of business and win it on our home turf,” said Hun junior third baseman Carson Wehner. “We tried to put the ball in play, do the job, and win the game.” After scoring one run in the bottom of the first inning on a sweltering day with temperatures reaching the 90s, the Raiders erupted for seven tallies in the second. Wehner contributed a single to help spark the outburst and later slapped a two-run double down the left field line to plate the final two runs of the frame. “At the beginning of the inning, I just wanted to get on base and move it to the next guy,” said Wehner. “They will get me in, the whole lineup can hit. On the double, with two strikes I just had to put the ball in play. I spread my stance out, don’t stride and just do the job and I got it down the line.” Hun never looked back, cruising to a 16-0 win in six innings, winning the program’s fifth straight Prep A crown and improving to 19-2. Adding a finishing touch to the rout, Wehner smacked a run-scoring double in the fifth to help the Raiders score eight in that inning. “I saw it was going over his head and I was just thankful,” said Wehner, who ended up going 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs in the victory. Wehner and his team mates were t han k f u l to extend Hun’s Prep A title streak. “This is special, I think Blair had it four in a row before us,” said Wehner. “To hold it for longer is really special for us.” With Hun having dominated foes all spring and also winning the Mid-Atlantic Prep League (MAPL) regular season title along the way, the 2021 squad is clearly special. “We just have everything we have a great pitching staff, we have great hitters, we just do it all,” added Wehner. Working hard on his defense and batting, Wehner has emerged as a star this spring for the Raiders. “This year I stepped up and played third, I haven’t really done that in the past much but I filled the role,” said Wehner. “My hitting has picked up. At the beginning of the year I was struggling a little bit. I tried to make a lot of adjustments and just put the ball in play. I knew I was going to find holes.” Hun head coach Tom MonFINAL CUT: Hun School softball team player Hanna Babuschak takes a cut in a game earlier filetto sensed that his team this season. Senior catcher Babuschak’s play behind the plate and hitting helped Hun go 9-4 this season. The Raiders saw their 2021 season end last week when they fell 2-1 to the Blair was going to find some holes against Lawrenceville on Academy in the state Prep A semifinals on May 18. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) Sunday. “Their pitcher’s best pitch was his fastball, I think we were pretty geared up for “Yes, we also rescreen screens it,” said Monfiletto. regular & pawproof.” “We stayed in the middle 908.359.8388 of the field. Carson Apple741 Alexander Rd., Princeton • 924-2880 Route 206 • Belle Mead said Babuschak. “I think we did well this year. It was our most winning season since I have been here.” Hun head coach Kathy Quirk realized that it was going to be hard to post a third straight win over the Buccaneers. “I knew from the beginning it was going to be a tough game,” said Quirk. “They always say it is tough to beat a team for a third time.” Hun battled hard, getting base runners in scoring position in the second and fourth before scoring in the fifth in a fielder’s choice by senior Kayla Hampton. “We did hit the ball but not like we have been hitting,” lamented Quirk, noting that 24 balls were hit out of play with some batters fouling off six or seven pitches. “We couldn’t capitalize.” Quirk thought Babuschak surely had a hit when she smacked the liner in the seventh. “She got robbed on that last play,” said Quirk. “The shortstop made a beautiful play; you can’t take anything away from her.” Hun freshman pitcher Kobryn produced some beautiful work in a losing cause, striking out 10 with no walks as she scattered six hits. “I thought she did a nice job on the mound, she did what we asked her to do,” said Quirk of Kobryn. “The hits that they got were nothing exceptional, they were all singles.” Looking ahead, Quirk believes Hun could have an exceptional squad next year. “We are a young team, there is a lot to look forward to,” said Quirk. “We are losing two key players. When you think about the 10 girls that are returning, there is a lot of talent. There is going to be a lot of fighting next year for those starting positions. The kids are already talking
gate hit a double to center field in the first and then a homer to centerfield.” Monf ilet to wasn’t surprised to see Wehner in the middle of the action. “Wehner had a phenomenal day; he is someone that just works tirelessly throughout the year,” said Monfiletto. “He has really, really improved his approach at the plate. When he is going, it is awesome to see.” T he Raiders got some awesome pitching from junior Ryan DiMaggio in the win as he hurled a three-hit shutout with 11 strikeouts and three walks. “Ryan was fantastic today,” said Monfiletto. “Carson [Applegate] was amazing yesterday to get us here to this point.” Getting the fifth Prep A title in a row is an amazing feat for the Hun program. “It is a goal that we have every single year and it is what we work for in the offseason,” said Monfiletto. “As the season goes on, we always want to prove that we are at the top of our peers in the preps. It means a lot. Coach Jim Stone, who was at Blair and had won it four years in a row from ’12, ’13, ’14 and ’15, handed me the trophy in 2016 and said take care of this, it has been here a while.” Monfiletto has been impressed by how his players have taken care of business
this season. “This is probably the most confident team that I have coached,” said Monfiletto. “T hey tr uly believe in themselves and their own ability but they also believe in each other. If somebody has an off day, somebody else picked them up and they know it. There were a lot of times this year where I might have been a little frantic before a game and they calmed me down. That part is amazing, I really learned a lot from them.” With Hun wrapping up its season by playing Allentown on May 26 at Moody Park and at Steinert on May 29, Monfiletto is confident that his squad will keep rolling. “ T h o s e a r e t wo h u g e games,” said Monfiletto, noting that his team has already faced such tough foes this spring as Pope John XXIII, Seton Hall Prep, St. Augustine, and St. Joe’s Metuchen. “That will be fun. Steinert is a team that we want to beat every single year. It is a team that had our number for a really long time. We hope to be able to compete really well against them.” Wehner and his team mates are determined to keep competing hard to cap a brilliant 2021 campaign. “We have got to finish the job, win these next two and then move to next year,” said Wehner. “We are going to be really strong next year, but I don’t know if we will be better than this.” —Bill Alden
FINDING A WAY: Hun School third baseman Carson Wehner makes a play in recent action. Last Sunday, junior Wehner went 3-for-4 with two runs and three RBIs to help Hun defeat Lawrenceville 16-0 in the state Prep A final. It marked the fifth straight Prep A crown for the Raiders who improved to 19-2. Hun wraps up its 2021 campaign by playing Allentown on May 26 at Moody Park and at Steinert on May 29. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Aaron Phogat came into his final season for the Princeton Day School boys’ tennis team this spring looking to star at singles while Oliver Silverio was simply hoping to contribute to the squad in his first varsity campaign. After some injuries and lineup juggling, senior Phogat and sophomore Silverio ended up being paired at first doubles late in the season and clicked immediately. They went on to win the state Prep B title in their flight last week as did the PDS second doubles team of senior Will Sedgley and Mark Santamaria, helping the Panthers take third in the team standings in the event behind champion Pennington and runner-up Rutgers Prep. Silverio sensed something special right away with the duo. “From our first match against Hill, we had a really good partnership, especially in terms of communication with each other and overall chemistry,” said Silverio. “That helped us through our matches, especially longer three-set matches. We encouraged each other and problem solved together.” Phogat saw the partnership as a good fit from the start as well. “I didn’t know Oliver too well, I am two years older than him,” said Phogat. “What is nice is that right off the bat, we got along really well. We had really good chemistry. What felt really nice too is that when we were on the court, we were always in synch. We always knew where we needed to be and where the other guy was. We never felt like we were disorganized.” In addition to being in synch, their styles of play meshed well. “ We b o t h h av e s o l i d g rou nds t rokes f rom t he baseline and think Aaron’s work at the net is very
good,” said Silverio. “I think it complements our baseline game because it allows us to be very opportunistic at the net, going for the aggressive shot and getting points quickly.” Taking charge at the net came naturally to Phogat. “Oliver is a bit more of a baseliner than I am, he doesn’t push net as much in singles but his net game is really strong,” said Phogat. “His confidence on the base line and my confidence at being aggressive at the net worked out really well. He was able to hammer home important cross courts at the baseline and then he would open up opportunities for me to take points at the net.” In their third match together, the pair pulled out a three-set win against Rutgers Prep to further bond going into the Prep B tourney. “I think after playing a more grueling match against people who hit a bit harder and better singles players, that really boosted our confidence a lot,” said Phogat. Silverio saw that win as critical. “I think that really increased the teamwork and the bonding between us because we started to realize more each other’s strengths and how we help each other in tough scenarios,” said Silverio. “Our overall mindset was that we were prepared for anything and we could problem solve and stay in the present in any situation.” After cruising to a 6-0, 6-0 win in the first round of Prep B tourney, Silverio and Phogat found themselves in a battle with Pennington’s Ishan Gupta and Avery Sichel in the semis, having to rally to pull out a 5-7, 7-5, 6-3 win. “After that first set, we wiped everything clean, it
was ‘new set let’s figure out what we are going to do,’” said Silverio. “We will put the past behind us, we can’t change it any more so let’s just focus on the present and playing our best. I think in the second set we just got our consistency together.” On match point, Silverio closed the deal, sliding on his knees and scraping them to return a shot at the end of an extended rally. “It got really intense because Pennington started moving us around; I had to go back and Aaron had to move forward to get a ball,” added Silverio. “First he had to dive for a shot, he popped it up and then someone hit behind him so we had to switch sides. I had to run across and I skidded on my left knee on the ground trying to scoop that out. I got up again and the Pennington team made an error and hit it into the net and that is how we won the point. I didn’t even know I was injured until I looked down and after we shook hands at the net.” In Phogat’s view, Silverio’s effort showed something about his fortitude on the court “It was definitely a really fine match point, it was a nice way to close out the match,” said Phogat. “It was an appropriate ending, it was a really good rally, especially for Oliver. It really showed his grit as a player. He is a sophomore and he still has two seasons to play. Seeing him perform like that under stress and reach balls like that is going to really set him up well for his junior and senior year.” There was less drama in the final as Phogat and Silverio posted a 6-2, 6-3 win over Rutgers Prep’s Kiran Lahiri and Anush Polamraju. “Play ing Rutgers Prep
again, we thought we could win as long we kept hammering the cross cour ts in and had aggressive net play,” said Phogat. “Our mindset against then was that we needed to be as consistent as possible with high quality of shots.” Silverio believed that pulling through the regular season meeting against the Rutgers Prep pair was a major plus going into the final. “This time we knew their playing style a bit better and we tried to play to our strengths a lot better,” said Silverio. “That combination of net work and baseline consistency allowed us to pull through.” PDS first-year head coach Michael Augsberger liked the way his team got stronger after losing their first three matches this spring. “It is always good for them to see the different levels that are out there,” said Augsberger, who previously coached at the Salesianum School in Delaware and Immaculata University. “It is a good lesson to let you know where you stand and how much work you do need to put in because you don’t learn as many lessons when you win.” With some injuries hitting the lineup, two sophomores, Josh Chu and Jason Wu, were thrust into the first singles and second singles spots, respectively. “We asked a lot of them this year because of the injuries,” said Augsberger, whose squad ended up with a 4-6 record in dual match play. “W here t hey nor mally have some time to get used to the bumps in the road, they had to be confronted with that right away.” The second doubles pair of Sedgley and Santamaria enjoyed a smoother ride. “That was the easiest decision to make, they are so inseparable that their parents will mix up their names every once in a while,” said
Augsberger of the duo which those triumphs, Augsberger posted straight-set wins in believes that all of his playeach of their matches in the ers gained some lessons in character this spring. Prep B tourney. “What I hope they got the “T hey are ver y strong players because they get most out of is that we found everything back, they are ourselves in some tense athletes. They love soccer situations between opposand that is why they are so ing player and opposing coaches, it is a skill just like tough to beat.” In putting Silverio and any stroke to be a gentlePhogat together at first man,” said Augsberger, who doubles in May, Augsberger credited assistant coach Jon went on intuition and some Brown with playing a key role in the development of input from his players. “Oliver really impressed the players this spring. “When you are pushed, with his selflessness and his willingness to put his when the stakes are so high head down and work hard and it means that much, and just the right attitude your first thought is to think towards things and being of that and individual. But to a team player,” said Augs- able to temper that and say I am representing my school, berger. “It was actually Aaron I am an ambassador for PDS who said I think Oliver and and more importantly I want I make a great team. Some- to respect the game and thing clicked in practice. my opponent, I hope that Aaron has never been shy is what they took from the about voicing what he thinks season.” Silverio will take away is best for the team, nobody knows the guys better than some great memories of his run to a title with Phogat. he does.” “It was special for both of In reflecting on seeing his three seniors prevail us, it is my first season on in the Prep B competition, the team and it is his last,” Augsberger saw the wins said Sliverio. “We both worked really as meaningful for different hard to get here. It was the reasons. “For the second doubles culmination of an unconvenguys, Mark and Will, to ac- tional season.” For Phogat, who won the complish that together, I remember in my playing Prep B title at third singles days, the accomplishments as a freshman, earning a that meant the most were state championship in his the one where you are in the final campaign was coming arms of your best pal, some- full circle in his career. one who you have come up “It definitely meant a lot with all through school,” to me, I am really glad that said Augsberger. Oliver was my partner be“I liken it to being on base cause it is a two-person when your best friend hits thing,” said Phogat, who is the home run or catching heading to Johns Hopkins the pass from your quarter- to concentrate on pre-med back who is your best friend. studies and Gohopefully to gorlinpools.com toplay That is what it is for those club tennis. Go to gorlinpools.com to two; that is real special. Aar“I could not have done it on just loves the team; I feel without him and vice versa, like he takes a lot of pride in he could not have done it WEEKLY MAINTENANCE accomplishing it with Oliver without me. It was really WEEKLY MAINTENANCE Healthy, Sparkling, because he was able to lead niceSafe, to Clean, end on win, espesomeone who never ex- Crystal-Clear Healthy, Safe,has Clean, Sparkling, cially afterPool myWater sophomore Crystal-Clear Pool perienced it before. It Water means year. I didn’t really perform more to him because of that well in the Prep B and then and the sacrifice that he has we didn’t have a season last made during the season, year. It was a nice way to going between singles and close out high school tendoubles.” nis.” In addition to savoring —Bill Alden
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Lacrosse: Emily Ix scored three goals in a losing cause as Stuart fell 12-4 to Pennington School last Thursday in its season finale. The Tartans ended the spring with a 1-12 record.
Baseball: Hawkins Sutter had two hits in a losing cause as Lawrenceville fell 16 -0 to Hun School last Sunday in the state Prep A tournament final. The Big Red, who moved to 12-10 with the setback, play at Delbarton on May 26. S of tb a l l : S ara h Z i m merman starred as Lawrenceville defeated Blair Academy 11-3 in the state Prep A championship game last Thursday. Sophomore pitcher Zim mer man had six strikeouts and gave up three hits and also added a triple and an RBI to help the Big Red improve to 13-2. Lawrenceville hosts Pingry School on May 28. Girls’ Lacrosse: Paige Gillen led the way as Lawrencev ille edged P ing r y School 14-13 last Saturday. Gillen tallied four goals and an assist to help the Big Red move to 9-4.
PDS Baseball: Shivam Singh had a big day in a losing cause as PDS fell 16 -13 to Pennington School last Thursday. Senior standout Singh went 3 -for-5 w ith three runs and two RBIs for the Panthers, who dropped to 2-12-1. PDS plays at Pingry School on May 27. Softball: Running into a buzzsaw, PDS fell 19-4 to Gill St. Bernard’s last Monday. T he Panthers, who moved to 4-4 with the loss, were scheduled to end their season by playing at Rutgers Prep on May 24. Boys’ Lacrosse: Producing another superb defensive effort, PDS defeated Hillsborough High 6-4 last Monday. The Panthers, now 6-7, play at St. Augustine on May 26 in their season finale. Girls’ Lacrosse: Despite a big game from Tessa Caputo, PDS fell 19-11 to Mount Saint Mary Academy last Saturday. Freshman Caputo tallied four goals and two assists as the Panthers moved to 8-5. PDS is slated to end its season by playing at Hillsborough High on May 27.
Hun Boys’ Lacrosse : Falling just short in a defensive battle, Hun got edged 5-4 by Princeton Day School last Wednesday. The Raiders moved to 4-6 with the defeat. Girls’ Lacrosse : Abby O’Br ien, Maggie Maffia, and Olivia Kim each scored two goals in a losing cause as Hun fell 18 -7 to the Lawrenceville School last Wednesday. The Raiders
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Baseball: Max Gibbard starred as Pennington edged Princeton Day School 16-13 last Thursday. Gibbard when 4-for-5 with two doubles and a triple to help the Red Raiders finish 2021 with a 7-8-1 record, Boys’ Lacrosse: Former Princeton High standout Jay Jackson, Zach Young, Jabril Belle-Walker, and Andrew Rosa each scored two goals as Pennington defeated Oratory Prep 10-7 in its season finale last Wednesday. The victory give the Red Raiders a final record of 5-5. Girls’ Lacrosse: Bridget Lawn came up big as Pennington defeated Stuart Country Day 12-4 last T h u r s d ay. L aw n t a l l i e d three goals and an assist as the Red Raiders posted their fourth straight win to end the spring with an 8-5 record. Boys’ Tennis: Sweeping all three singles flights, Pennington won the state Prep B tennis tournament last week. Josh Finkle posted a 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 win over Rutgers Prep’s Tanay Patil in the first singles final while Theo Sardain topped Ales Jules of Rutgers Prep 2-6, 6-3, 7-6 (10-8) in the second singles title match. Josh Song posted a 6-0, 6-1 win over Montclair Kimberley’s Rohan Moniz at third singles. In the team standings, Pennington finished with 10 points with Rutgers Prep taking second with eight and
Baseball : Sparked by Flynn Kinney, PHS edged Lawrence High 10-8 last Friday. Kinney went 3-for-3 with four RBIs as the Tigers improved to 9-6. PHS hosts WW/P-North on May 26 and WW/P-South on May 27. S of tb a l l : Ju n ior s tar Molly Brown had two hits, two runs, and two RBIs but it wasn’t enough as PHS fell 12-6 to Ewing last Friday. The Tigers, who moved to 2-12 with the loss, host Hightstown on May 26 and WW/P-North on May 28. G olf : Adam Macmillan led the way as top-seeded PHS defeated fourth-seeded Hopewell Valley 151-170 in the CVC Boys’ Match Play Tournament semis last Friday. Senior star MacMillan shot a one-under 34 in the nine-hole competition as the Tigers improved to 13-0. PHS will face second-seeded WW/P-North in the final. In addition, the Tiger girls made the final of their CVC Tournament as fifth-seeded PHS knocked off top-seeded WW/P South 170-172 in the semis last Friday. The Tigers will take on second-seeded WW/P-North in the CVC final.
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In Senior Division (ages 11-14) action in the Princeton Junior Football League ( PJFL) last weekend, the Alizio Sealcoating Giants topped the PBA 130 Vikings 41-35 with Jack Lenkowsky leading the way for the victors, rushing for a touchdown, making a TD reception and returning an interception for a score. Corey Woodson had two receiving touchdowns for the Giants and threw a TD pass to Henry Wilhelm. For the PBA 130 Vikings, Harry Stournaras threw four touchdown passes with Griffin Ettenberg making three touchdown receptions. In other Senior games, the 5C Jets defeated the McCaffrey’s Bills 40-21. Fletcher H a r r i s o n , M a x C a r u s o, Jaiden Jain-Edwards, and Jack Dowling each scored touchdowns for the Jets with Nathaniel Mayer adding an interception return for a TD. The Petrone Associates Steelers edged the Christine’s Hope Colts 3936. For the Steelers, Travis Petrone had an interception return for a TD, threw three touchdowns to Michael Bess, ran for a touchdown, and caught a touchdown from Bess. Wyatt Arshan led the Colts offense with three TD catches. Jacob Reese and Will Bednar added a touchdown apiece. In Juniors ( ages 8 -11) games, the Christine’s Hope Steelers defeated the UOA Giants 21-6 as Liam McCloskey connected with PJ Ross for a touchdown and Lucas Rameriez added a score on the ground. John Monica rushed for a touchdown for the Giants. The Princeton Global Jets topped the COE
STROKES OF BRILLIANCE: Princeton High boys’ tennis first singles player Jonathan Gu displays his form last Thursday as second-seeded PHS defeated third-seeded WW/P-North 5-0 in the CVC Tournament semifinals. The Tigers, who improved to 11-0 with the victory, will face top-seeded WW/P-South in the CVC final. In addition, PHS will start play in the Central Jersey Group 3 sectional where they are seeded first and will host eighth-seeded Brick Memorial in a quarterfinal match in May 26. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) Smiles Patriots 24-12. Abe Arshon received two touchdown passes from Maddox Slosberg and threw a touchdown pass to Leo Miele in the win with Michael Shaver adding a touchdown on the ground. For the COE Smiles Patriots, Sam Gibe threw a touchdown pass to Riordan Knox and caught a TD pass from Devan Jayachandran. In the Rookie Division (ages 6-8), the Princeton Global Tigers edged the COE Smiles Irish 42-35. The Tigers were led by Hugh Murphy w ith five touchdowns and Matthew Ahn, who had an interaction return for a TD. Theo Salganik scored three touchdowns for the Irish in a losing cause.
PDS Boys’ Hoops Coach Holding Summer Camps
P r i nce ton Day S cho ol boys’ basketball head coach Eugene Burroughs will be holding co - ed basketball camps this summer for boys and girls in grades 3-10. Burroughs, who has extensive experience coaching at the college level and for the Philadelphia 76ers organization, will be offering NBA-style skills training and shooting sessions. During the morning session of camp, the focus will be on learning basketball fundamentals based on principles Burroughs has learned at the professional level. In the afternoon session, campers will delve into art of shooting by getting schooled on the proper techniques needed to be a great shooter, starting with the basics and expanding into more advanced drills. T he goal is for ever y camper to develop and learn great habits that will impact their basketball future to take their game to the next level. For the younger campers, the focus will be on cre-
ating a fun environment for them to learn the basic fundamentals of the game. The camps will take place at the PDS Athletic Center during the weeks of June 2125, July 12-16, and July 1923. The morning sessions will run from 8:30-11:30 a.m. with the afternoon sessions going from 12:15-3:15 p.m. Participants may sign up for either the morning or afternoon session or for both. The cost of the week for just the morning or afternoon session is $280. The cost of a week doing both sessions is $540. For more information and to register, log onto pds.org/basketballcamp.
Real Central NJ Women’s Soccer Prevails in Opener
The Real Central NJ Soccer (RCNJ) women’s squad edged North Jersey Alliance 1-0 last Sunday to win its debut in the Women’s Premier Soccer League. Julia Obst scored a first half goal to provide the margin of victory in the Metropolitan Division, South Conference contest. RCNJ goalkeeper Chloe Wieczkowski made several key saves to preserve the shutout while center back Riley Kennett starred on the back line. The RCNJ women are next at home on June 4 when they host Calcio at Mercer County Community College.
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Catherine (Kay) Ann Carswell (Pallrand) Trotter died peacefully May 16, 2021 surrounded by her family in Princeton, NJ. Born in Ticonderoga, New York, on December 2, 1927, she was the daughter of the late Watson Goulder Carswell and Mary (Moore) Carswell. Kay will be greatly missed by Hale, her treasured husband of 43 years, her children Nannette and Stephen Pallrand (Rachel Mayeri), and her cherished grandchildren Eli and Cora. Kay is also survived by her beloved brother John
points in between. Kay and Hale would never miss an opera in New York City or a show at the Metropolitan Museum where they were members. Most cherished were their summers at the family cottage on Lake Cecebe in Ontario, Canada. Spending time with family, nephews and nieces, neighbors, listening to the call of the loons, or waking to watch the northern lights created enduring memories. Kay was known for her gregarious personality. She created many lasting and deep friends over the years with students, colleagues, fellow swimmers, acquaintances, her doctors, and the waitresses at her favorite restaurants. Kay thrived on personal interaction and close friendship. She was an avid tennis player, swimmer, and skier who loved art, architecture, and knitting. She was a passionate liberal in politics. A memorial will be held at the Mather-Hodge funeral home in Princeton on Thursday, May 27 between 3 and 5 p.m., with an informal service at 4 p.m. Burial will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 29 at the Evergreen Cemetery in Salem, New York. In lieu of flowers please make donations to the “Kay Trotter Gynecologic Oncology Fund” at the Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Donations can be made online at http:// giving.temple.edu/KayTrotterFund, scroll down to the fund name. Donations can also be mailed to Temple Institutional Advancement, P.O. Box 827651, Philadelphia, PA 19182-7651. Memo line should note that the donation is in-support of the “Kay Trotter Gynecologic Oncology Fund.”
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PRINCETON’S FIRST TRADITION Prosper F. Cima Jr. Prosper F. Cima Jr., age 79, of York, NE, died Tuesday, May 4, 2021 at York. He was born June 4, 1941 in Princeton, New Jersey, to Prosper Sr., and Adeline (Bell) Cima. Prosper worked with the New York State Police Department. He was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in York. On January 1, 2000, he was united in marriage to Sara Eggers at Schroon Lake, New York. Prosper served his countr y in the United States Army, where he was a Rifle Expert. He also worked for Dan’s Construction, Wy-Ad, and Hitz Towing in York as a general handyman. Prosper loved spending time outdoors, and would offer anybody a helping hand. He enjoyed his dog Harvard, and his cat Sticker. Prosper is survived by his son Prosper Cima III of New Jersey, special friends the Connie Horn Family of York, his aunts, Edith Montano and Peg Foster both of Charleston, South Carolina, uncle Robert (Claudette) Bell of Charleston, South Carolina, and two grandchildren. He is
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(Helen) — predeceased by her sister-in-law Elaine (Kirby) Carswell — and Elaine and John’s five wonderful children, Jim, Sue, Bill, Mandy, and Sarah. She will also be dearly missed by her sister-in-law Jean Trotter (predeceased husband Bernard) — their children Rex (Eliza) and Tory (Tibor), and Rex and Eliza’s children, John, Thomas, Andrew, Marie, Philip, Claire, and Martin. Kay attended Clark University graduating in 1949 with a BA in English Literature, later receiving her MEd from Columbia University. Kay married George Pallrand and soon after they moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan, where Kay had her first teaching job in rural Michigan. Kay put her teaching on hold while raising her two children. After the family moved to Princeton, and the children were in school, Kay returned to her love of teaching, taking a position with the Princeton school system where she taught grades 5–7 for over 50 years. Kay met Hale in 1976, they fell in love and married in June of 1977. Hale was a professor of Mathematics and Computer Science at Princeton University and they enjoyed sharing their careers, sabbaticals, traveling to visit Nannette in Brazil, conferences in Finland, and
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HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf CARPENTRY/ HOME IMPROVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf HANDYMAN–CARPENTER: Painting, hang cabinets & paintings, kitchen & bath rehab. Tile work, masonry. Porch & deck, replace rot, from floors to doors to ceilings. Shelving & hook-ups. ELEGANT REMODELING. You name it, indoor, outdoor tasks. Repair holes left by plumbers & electricians for sheetrock repair. RE agents welcome. Sale of home ‘checklist’ specialist. Mercer, Hunterdon, Bucks counties. 1/2 day to 1 month assignments. CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED, Covid 19 compliant. Active business since 1998. Videos of past jobs available. Call Roeland, (609) 933-9240. tf
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