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A Different Idea of Teatime at the IAS. . . . 5 Peace Action Coalition Agenda Features Voter Drive, Forums . . . . . . . 8 Ginsberg Named PPS Acting Assistant Superintendent . . . . . . 9 Students Create Virtual Alternative For Canceled Commencements . . . . 9 McCarter Presents Online Reading of Execution of Justice . . . . . . . . . . 13 PU Women’s Hockey Star Bullock Headed to Swedish Pro League . . . . . . . . . 23 PHS Baseball Maintaining Positive Culture as it Deals with Lost Season . . . . 25
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National Bike Month Sees Biking Boom, Despite Pandemic May is National Bike Month, and one of this year’s themes has been the cancellation of almost all scheduled events. Ciclovia, with Quaker Road closed to traffic on a Sunday afternoon; Chasing George, family-friendly rides with a costumed, bike-riding George Washington leading the pack; Walk- and Biketo-School days at all of the elementary schools and John Witherspoon Middle School; Bike-to-Work Day; Bike-to-Work Week; Bike Rodeo in the Community Park parking lot; the Princeton Freewheelers’ regular weekly schedule of group rides — all canceled. But with spring weather moving in and the stay-at-home order shutting down public gatherings and diminishing traffic, people have been bringing their old bicycles out of the garage, heading to bike stores for repairs and new purchases, and getting out on the streets, roads, and bike paths. “With car traffic down, this is a great time to enjoy our town at a human pace: on foot or on bike,” states a Princeton Bicycle Advisory Committee (PBAC) post on Facebook. “Indeed, we need walking and biking now more than ever, for our physical and mental well-being.” Kopp’s Cycle Store Manager Jesus Tapia has seen a flood of business in recent weeks. “The bike business has been interesting,” he said. “It’s gotten a lot busier, and the biggest thing has been more people getting their old bikes out of the garage and getting them repaired and back and running again.” Bikes have been selling fast and stores have had difficulty keeping bikes in stock, “but the biggest thing for me,” Tapia added, “is to see people bring their old bikes in for me to refurbish and get them back on the road. I love bringing the bike back to life and giving someone who used to ride that joy again.” With all its traditional bike month events canceled, the PBAC has undertaken a major initiative to “rebalance the streets,” to meet the demand for public space, looking to the streets for physical and mental recreation. They have teamed up with Municipal Engineer Deanna Stockton, Princeton Council President David Cohen, the Department of Public Works, and the Princeton Police Department to identify safer bike and walk infrastructure Continued on Page 10
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Princeton Navigates New Phase of Pandemic With restrictions lifting gradually in a new phase of the ongoing battle against COVID-19 — parks and beaches opening up, stores and businesses re-starting, outdoor gatherings of up to 25 people permitted, in-person graduations possible in July — Princeton Health Officer Jeff Grosser discussed how Princeton is navigating the hazardous waters. “If we look around the country, states that have relaxed social distancing measures are beginning to see increased incidence of COVID-19,” he wrote in an email. “Although many of the governor’s executive orders have greatly impacted our lives, I believe without these efforts we would be in a much worse situation than we are right now.” The Princeton Health Department reported on Tuesday, May 26, 172 total positive cases of COVID-19 in Princeton, with 65 active positive cases, 83 recovered patients, 17 confirmed deaths and seven additional probable ( symptomatic but not tested) COVID-19 related deaths. That is just two additional positive cases since Friday with no additional deaths reported. “Princeton has done a great job in
combating this pandemic,” Grosser wrote. “Residents have been extremely supportive and compliant with social distancing efforts. We need to continue working hard to eliminate potential new cases by social distancing, wearing a mask as much as possible, and staying home when we’re not feeling well.” Grosser noted that the Princeton Health Department has been working with nonessential businesses as they reopen in light of the governor’s executive orders.
“The timing of lifting the remaining restrictions (i.e. in-person dining, barber shops, salons, etc.) must be done strategically in order to keep in check the potential for further community spread and creation of new cluster outbreaks,” he warned. Grosser went on to point out that Princeton Care Center and Acorn Glen, where most of Princeton’s COVID-19-related deaths have occurred, have steadily decreased the number of infected residents. Continued on Page 7
Princeton Farmers Market Reopening, Relocated to Franklin Avenue Lot The popular Princeton Farmers Market will reopen this Thursday, May 28, but the traditional Hinds Plaza location has been switched out this year for a spot where social distancing can take place. The parking lot on Franklin Avenue, across from the Avalon Princeton development, will allow for drive-up as well as walk-up access to vendors selling produce. “Retailers will be required to mask up, as will participants,” said Princeton Health
Officer Jeffrey Grosser during a press conference Tuesday afternoon. “Each farmer has gone through a basic checklist from the health department about how to operate safely. Jack Morrison [of the JM Group] and Max Hoagland [market manager] have been assisting us with the training and making sure there are certain criteria they have to meet.” About a dozen farmers will be selling Continued on Page 10
BUNNY CUPCAKES: For week five of our Community Comes Together campaign, we invited local youths to send in a recipe they made . Olivia, age 12, is shown with her vanilla bunny cupcakes . See the Town Topics website and Facebook page for the recipe and more submissions for this week . Next week’s activity features projects made using recycled materials .
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A DIFFERENT APPROACH: Last year’s 2019 HomeFront Run/Walk start line is pictured here. This year, participants will head out from their front doors either solo, with their families, their dogs, or as part of a virtual team. Register at www.homefrontnj.org.
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The three things HomeFront realized a month into the pandemic : Ever yone wants to stay safe, everyone’s looking for ways to help, and people are spending more time outside walking, running, and walking the dog. “HomeFront’s Virtual Run/ Walk/Dog Walk for Hope lets participants do all three of these things” said Suki Wasserman, who is chairing the 2020 event on June 7. “People can virtually complete a 10K, 5K, 1-mile walk/run, or even a dog walk. And by doing so they are ensuring HomeFront will have the resources, despite the current crisis, to continue its six-day per week, year-round Joy, Hopes & Dreams children’s programs.” These programs provide low income and homeless children in the area with the life experiences, educational support, nurturing, and mentoring that ultimately helps them break the cycle of poverty. To keep HomeFront’s VIRTUAL Run/Walk safe, participants will head out from their own front doors. To make it communal, runners and walkers can choose to tune into a Facebook live event kick-off at 9 a.m. on June 7 and create virtual teams with friends, family, or coworkers. Headline sponsors such as ZS Associates, NJM Insurance Group, Church & D w ight, B ob ’s Discou nt Furniture, and Princeton Orthopaedic Associates are all participating virtually. HomeFront’s founder, Connie Mercer, is inviting anyone to join her team. The largest virtual team will win a free music concert (post COVID-19 crisis) by local band The Hive. There are also prizes for top fundraisers.
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A Community Bulletin Pool Update: Community Park Pool remains closed due to COVID-19 restrictions. The new timeline to evaluate the options of a 2020 pool season is no later than June 15, with either a modified schedule to begin on or around July 15 or the possibility of not opening at all this summer. Tennis Courts Open: A limited number of courts at Community Park South are available for drop-in use from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily. Only singles play is allowed at this time, and players are urged to practice social distancing and follow all posted rules. The practice wall is also available. Hazardous Waste Collection Canceled: Mercer County Improvement Authority’s Hazardous Waste Collection scheduled for June 6 has been canceled. The next scheduled collection day is September 19. Visit www. mcianj.org for information. Medical Reserve Corps: Mercer County Medical Reserve Corps invites any licensed health care professional, professional or retired, who lives or works in Mercer County, and any community volunteer who lives or works in Mercer County who has an interest in health and emergency preparedness issues, to supplement existing emergency and public health resources to prepare for and respond to emergencies at a local level. All volunteers receive free training. For more information, contact Stephanie Mendelsohn at (609) 989-6898 or smendelsohn@mercercounty.org. Police Youth Academy: Registration is open for the 2020 session, which is August 17-20, and is open to any public or private school students entering 6th-8th grade in September. The program is designed to provide firsthand knowledge of the duties and responsibilities required of Princeton Police officers. Visit princetonnj.gov/resources/ youth-police-academy. PPE: Church & Dwight Company has supplies of face masks and hand sanitizer for large orders. Contact them at (800) 524-0316 or visit churchdwight.com. Dot Designing, 242 Possum Hollow Road, Monroe Township, has supplies of 2- and 3-ply cloth face masks. To order, call Adi Nikitinsky at (732) 221-3604. Cashier Shields and Barriers: Leigh Visual Imaging has them for retail, medical, and food service applications. Visit leighimaging.usvisual.com/medical-suppliesand-healthy-retailing.
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‘LIKE PAVLOV’S DOG”: When 3 p.m. approaches at the Institute for Advanced Study, the campus community starts craving the homemade cookies served at afternoon tea in Fuld Hall. But the gathering is about more than tea and sweets. Some significant scientific ideas have emerged from conversations in the Common Room. (Photo courtesy of IAS)
A Different Idea of Teatime While the Institute is Closed Among the advantages of being a faculty member or visiting scholar at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is the ritual of afternoon tea. Every weekday at 3 p.m., tea and homemade cookies are set out in the Common Room of Fuld Hall. And the Institute community turns out in force.
“It’s like Pavlov’s dog,” joked IAS Chief Development Officer Liz Wood, last week. “We have a pastry chef who makes the cookies, and you start craving them before 3 o’clock.” While the Institute is closed during the COVID-19 crisis, the administration is taking a different approach to the daily gathering. “Teatime at Home” is a weekly online newsletter that urges members to take a break — maybe with a cup of tea — and read feature articles, interviews, and curated mu lt imedia about the Institute community.
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“It keeps our members and former members engaged,” said Wood. “We have been doing interviews with our scholars, and we also do a music piece curated by David Lang, who is our artist in residence. Those musical selections are broadcast on WWFM radio on Fridays at 6 p.m.” The May 18 issue featured an interview with visiting professor and 2019 Abel Prize laureate Karen Uhlenbeck, by IAS journalism fellow Joanne Lipman; a 2014 article by former von Neumann fellow Olga Holtz; reprints of 2019 features by current IAS members Susan Clark and Elena Murchikova about astronomy research; and a performance by pianist Vicky Chow curated by Lang. Afternoon tea dates back to the 90-year-old Institute’s beginnings. Elizabeth Veblen, the wife of Oswald Veblen, then professor in the School of Mathematics, introduced the tradition when the Institute was housed in Fine Hall on the Princeton University campus. After the move to Fuld Hall in 1939, the custom continued. “One of the ideas of the four schools that exist here was to create interdisciplinary thinking,” said Wood. “Teatime is a convergence that really exemplifies the best of the Institute. The scholars are t heoret ical scholars, and though there is a lot of collaboration, they mostly work in their offices alone. Teatime is a chance for people to get together and talk, In fact, some famous collaborations have started over tea.”
There is Einstein’s idea about quantum entanglement, for instance — it started over tea. “EPR refers to a paper that three physicists – – Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and Nathan Rosen –– wrote in 1935 while at IAS, ‘Can Quantum-Mechanical Description of Physical Reality be Considered Complete?’,” reads an article from the IAS fall newsletter in 2013. “The idea of the paper arose during an IAS teatime conversation between Einstein, Podolsky, and Rosen and introduced an ongoing debate over quantum mechanics. The publication of the EPR paper was heralded in the New York Times under the headline ‘Einstein Continued on Next Page
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Attacks Quantum Theory,’ reporting Einstein’s view that quantum mechanics is “correct” but not “complete.” In an article remembering theoretical physicist and mathematician Freeman Dyson in Quanta magazine last month, IAS Director Robert Dijkgraaf cites a conversation Dyson had over tea that led to a research breakthrough. “During a teatime discussion with the mathematician Hugh Montgomery at the Institute in April 1972, Dyson suggested that the zeroes of the zeta function repel one other in exactly the same way as the energy levels of his random matrices,” he wrote. “This has turned out to be a remarkably fertile approach in modern number theory, leading to breakthroughs in various generalizations of the Riemann hypothesis.” While the Institute remains closed, there is other virtual programming in place. “Like any organization, we have different audiences,” said Wood. “On the scholarly side, professors are continuing to do seminars and collaborations, mostly through Zoom. In some ways, our audiences for these have grown. Seminars that had been live, where you had to travel here to attend, are now available online. So we have had people from all over the world at our virtual lectures.” Most of these lectures are posted on the IAS website (ias.edu) and are available to the general public. “We’re thinking about doing some bigger public lec t u re s,” Wood added. “I think we have actually learned something during this time. We have become masters of video, so there is a lot of collaboration going on.” —Anne Levin
Princeton Cleanup Continues This Month
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During the month of M ay, S u s t a i n ab l e P r i n c e to n i s p a r t n e r i n g w i t h T he Watershed Institute, along w ith the Pr inceton E nv i r o n m e n t a l C o m m i s sion, Friends of Princeton O p e n S p ac e, Fr i e n d s of Her rontow n Woo ds, a nd the Friends of Rogers Refuge on a Princeton cleanup. W hen going outside or taking the dog for a walk, citizens are asked to bring some gloves and a bag to p i c k u p t r a s h. T h o s e doing so are asked to follow cer tain guidelines. Do this activity alone or with family or the people you are living with, not with friends o r o t h e r g r o u p s . We a r gloves and a mask. Stay 6 feet apar t, giv ing peo ple plent y of room to pass. E xercise caution on trails where the paths c a n b e n a r r ow ; s te p of f as needed to ensure that the 6 feet distance is maintained. Do not con g regate in g roups. We ar br ightly colored clothing if picking up lit ter along t he s t re e t s. F i na l ly, d is pose of gloves and trash properly and wash hands thoroughly with soap and water when finished. For m or e i n for m at i on, visit sustainableprinceton.org.
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Question of the Week:
“What is your favorite local restaurant for takeout?” (Asked Sunday in downtown Princeton) (Photos by Erica M. Cardenas)
“Olives — I like their dishes with beef.” —Shel Sauders, Princeton
“Chopt Creative Salad Co. in the Princeton Shopping Center. I love how they create the salads in front of you. It’s so good.” —Mario Toledo, San Diego, Calif.
Marleigh: “Definitely Jules Thin Crust.” Anna: “Purinsu Ramen on Witherspoon Street!” Julia: “Jules Thin Crust. I love their Mozzarella Pizza.” —Marleigh Domeracki, Ocean City, with Anna and Julia Bochenek, both of Newtown, Pa.
Tavisi: “Tacoria. I usually get the Loaded Nachos.” Sanjana: “I love the Carne Asada Burrito from Tacoria.” —Tavisi Ganguli, West Windsor, with Sanjana Mallice, Edison
Griff: “Nomad Pizza! We have many favorites.” Mave: “Spicy Sausage from Nomad Pizza.” Alisha: “Just the cheese one from Nomad Pizza.” Fiona: “I like the Four Cheeses from Nomad Pizza.” —Griff, Mave, Alisha, and Fiona Humphrey, Lawrenceville
The two long-term care facilities have been following the recent executive order to update their outbreak protocols to include required COVID-19 testing of all staff and residents. “The issue at hand is limited staffing,” Grosser said. “ T h e P r i n c e to n H e a l t h Department has officially requested New Jersey National Guard to be deployed to Princeton Care Center to provide surge capacity staffing. Both facilities maintain daily communication with the Princeton Health Department staff to provide updates on the status of their outbreak.” In his coronavirus press briefing on Tuesday, Gov. Phil Murphy repor ted progress in combating COVID-19 in New Jersey, with daily numbers of new cases, deaths, and hospitalizations continuing to drop. He annou nce d t hat i n -p er s on graduation ceremonies will be allowed to take place starting July 6, and professional sports teams will be allowed to resume training camps in New Jersey if the leagues authorize a restart. The latest numbers include 54 new deaths for a total of 11,191 COVID-19-related deaths in New Jersey, with 703 new cases reported in the past 24 hours for a total of 155,765 total cases. Murphy emphasized the positive
Jewish Family and Children’s Service Nourishes During Crisis
Soon after the coronavirus shutdown began in March, the Jewish Family and Children’s Service of Greater Mercer County (JFCS) realized that food was an area of serious concern to those already in vulnerable positions. “The increase in calls for food started not long after the initial statewide shutdown,” said Executive Director Michelle Napell. “We stocked up on food for our on-site pantry and upcoming Mobile Food Pantry stops, as well as making sure we had resources prepared to continue our senior nutrition programs.”
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JFCS is a nonprofit, comprehensive social service agency t hat focus e s on help, hope and healing in the Greater Mercer region. The agency serves those of all ages, backgrounds and faiths with mental health counseling, senior services, and a range of food distribution programs. From the early days of social distancing guidelines, JFCS has adapted all programs to better serve the changing and escalating need in the community. Through the use of technology and adapted procedures, all agency services have continued during this shut down. Since March 16, JFCS has helped to feed over 2,250 people through its brickand-mortar, Yvette Sarah Clayman Kosher Food Pantry, and the JFCS Mobile Food Pantry; provided graband-go hot lunches to 2530 seniors four days a week; and continued delivery of 120 meals per week through Kosher Meals on Wheels to homebound seniors. “Under normal circumstances, our brick-and-mortar and mobile pantries offer healthy, choice-shopping experiences to our clients. At the brick-and-mortar pantry clients would make private appointments and make selections that match their personal and family preferences and diets. The same was true of the Mobile Food Pantry, where clients could select from a list of options by USDA nutritional category,” said Napell. “While we cannot offer the same choice experience at this time, we are staying true to the focus on healthy offerings and continue to provide fresh produce, sourced from local
FEEDING THOSE IN NEED: The Jewish Family and Children’s Service partners with Every Child Valued to help low-income families. From left are Beth Englezos, JFCS manager of hunger prevention, and Evelyn Hernandez, JFCS program assistant for hunger prevention with the JFCS Mobile Food Pantry, making deliveries in Lawrenceville.
farms, and frozen meats, in addition to the pre-packed bags of shelf staples.” The Mobile Food Pantry officially hit the road in January 2020, with a planned roll out of one stop per week during the first three months, then increasing to two stops per week through its first year on the road. The coronavirus expedited that timeline and the Mobile Food Pantry has been making 2-3 stops per week since mid-March, with demand growing. Seniors are one of the most at-risk demographics during the pandemic, and it was clear that seniors would be more severely impacted by social distancing guidelines. “Our seniors are experiencing high levels of fear right now; the reports have been clear that older adults, in particular those who are already frail or have preexisting conditions, face the greatest risk in contracting the virus,” said Napell. “Our Senior Services team receives new calls each week from clients, or those who have heard about our agenSince cy, 1966 seeking help accessing food.” JFCS transitioned its Kosher Café, a designated Senior Nutrition Site funded by the Mercer County Office on Aging to provide hot, nutritious meals to low-income seniors, to a grab-and-go format the week prior to the official statewide shutdown. The Kosher Café has seen a 25 percent increase in attendance as more of the regular guests come more often and word spreads to others who need this resource. J FC S also established a Shop & Drop program wherein the agency matches a volunteer with a senior who expressed a need for help getting groceries. For m or e i n for m at ion about program offerings, visit jfcsonline.org or call (609) 987-8100.
and we know the economic consequences of t his pandemic has hit our underserved population particularly hard,” said MCCC P r e s i d e n t D r. J i a n p i n g Wang. “We see this as the perfect time to give back to the community, and support those who have supported us for so many years.” The effort is being coordinated by MCCC Bursar Lucia Brown-Joseph, who was tapped by Wang to organize drop-off, collection, and distribution. She has formed a committee of personnel from the college’s JKC and West Windsor campuses, as well as MCCC facilities staff, to organize the event. “The college serves a diverse population that was affected by COVID-19 in a variet y of ways,” said Brow n - Jos eph. “T h is is an oppor t unit y to unite the community, while giving back to a population in need.” Collection of new and slightly-used clean clothing is scheduled for May 29, June 5, and June 12 at the James Kerney Campus, 102 North Broad in Trenton. The donation bins will be located at the rear of the building off of Academy Street from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Donations at the West Winds or C ampus, 120 0 Old Trenton Road, will be collected on June 1, 3, 8, and 10 in the lot off of the Hughes Drive entrance from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. For both drop - offs, Brown- Joseph encourages donors to presort their clothing in bags by size, which will expedite the process of issuing the donations. Both locations will also accept donations of canned and boxed non-perishable foods. Donors are encouraged to comply with social distancing standards and to wear face coverings when donating. Donations from both drives will be distributed at
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Chair of Regional Chamber Appointed to Advisory Council
Brenda Ross-Dulan, chairwoman of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber, has been appointed to Gov. Phil Murphy’s Restart and Recovery Advisory Council. The governor announced the council on May 8, saying it will bring together leaders from various industry, community, and faithbased groups and institutions across New Jersey to advise state leadership on economic issues impacted by the pandemic. “With this task force we are bringing together some of the sharpest minds our state and nation have to offer,” Murphy said. “As I have said from the start, public health creates economic health and these individuals will help us decide when and how to restart the economy to best benefit both.” “Brenda’s appointment to the governor’s Restart and Recovery Council reinforces strength of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber’s impact in Central New Jersey,” said Peter Crowley, president of the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber. “Brenda’s depth of knowledge of the business community and her diversity of thought will be a welcome addition to the council as they engage in opening up our state.” The council will be cochaired by S ecretar y of Higher Education Zakiya Smith Ellis, Ed.D.; Chief Executive Officer, NJ Economic Development Authority (NJEDA), Tim Sullivan; and Choose, New Jersey President and CEO Jose Lozano.
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JKC on June 24 starting at 10 a.m. in the student and faculty parking lots. June 25 will serve as a rain/overflow date. Local authorities will provide security for the distribution. For more Infor mation, visit w w w.mccc.edu /GivingBack.
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trends, though he cautioned that lags in reporting from the extended holiday weekend might have reduced the numbers. The New Jersey Department of Health announced Tuesday a total of 6,544 Mercer County residents who had tested positive for COVID-19, with 452 deaths in the county from complications related to COVID-19. Actual numbers of COVID-19 infections, locally and statewide, probably surpass confirmed case numbers because of testing backlogs and residents who have not been tested. For more infor mation, visit princetoncovid.org or covid19.nj.gov. —Donald Gilpin
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Peace Action Coalition Agenda Features Voter Drive; Forums with Chomsky, Klare Seeking to maximize its impact for peace in the upcoming elections, the Coalition for Peace Action’s (CFPA) nonpartisan 2020 Peace Voter initiative is focusing on candidates in New Jersey congressional Districts 2 and 4 in the July 7 primary and plans to target general elections in those districts plus Districts 3 and 7 in November, along with the presidential election race in Pennsylvania. Peace Voter can wield the greatest influence in the contests that are expected to be very close, said CFPA founder and Executive Director the Rev. Robert Moore. So far Peace Voter has conducted press briefings with 2nd District leading Democratic candidates Brigid Harrison and Amy Kennedy, who will be competing for a spot on the November ballot to run for congress against the Republican (recently switched from Democrat) incumbent Jeff Van Drew. CFPA also conducted a br iefing, by Zoom, w ith Christine Conforti, who is vying for the Democratic nomination to take on in-
cumbent Republican Chris Smith in the general election for New Jersey’s 4th Congressional District. In the fall election campaign, Peace Voter will also be focusing on the 3rd District, where incumbent Andy Kim (D) won a narrow victory in the 2018 election, and the 7th District where incumbent Tom Malinowski (D) is anticipated to be competing with state Senator Tom Kean Jr. Because the New Jersey presidential vote is not likely to be close, according to Moore, Peace Voter efforts in the presidential election will be focused on Pennsylvania. In addition to its press briefings with three cand i d ate s , t h e C F PA h a s received completed questionnaires back from the candidates interviewed so far and will be distributing Peace Voter guides online and as half-page signature ads in newspapers. The first Peace Voter campaign was initiated in 1995, under Moore’s leadership, with tens of thousands of Peace Voter guides distributed. The following year CFPA
ran the first Peace Voter signature ads in newspapers (with the names of contributors listed) in targeted races. In 2000, the CFPA conducted the first candidate briefings in the country, and the CFPA peace voter campaign has since become a model for peace groups across the country. Moore emphasized the importance of the candidate br iefings — to the candidates, to the general public, and to the peace action effort. “A lot of people running for federal office haven’t necessarily held office before and are novices on issues we deal with,” he said. “We can share organizational expertise on these issues and also the knowledge of bona fide world class experts, especially experts on nuclear weapons issues.” Included in these briefings have been physicist Frank Von Hippel, former assistant director for national security in the White House Office of Science and Technology and co-director of the Princeton University Program in Science and Global Security; Zia Mihan, an expert on the
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2017 nuclear ban treaty and co-director of the Princeton University Program on Science and Global Security; and Rob Goldston, Princeton University astrophysics professor and former director of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, an expert on Iran and Korea, and a frequent contributor to the Bulletin of Atomic Science. “Their level of understanding is stunning,” said Moore. “We’re so honored that they give so generously of their time and expertise to help us hold these briefings and be part of our team. Everyone who is willing to participate in these briefings, even if they already know a lot, will learn much.” Chomsky and Klare Political theorist, activist, and linguistics expert Noam Chomsky on June 10 and the writer and teacher Michael Klare on June 14 will be the featured speakers at the CFPA two-part virtual membership gatherings by video conference. Over the past five decades Chomsky has been a leading critic of American foreign policy and global capitalism, which he has identified in terms of class warfare against the needs and interests of the great majority. He has also more recently criticized the mainstream corporate mass media. There will be a sponsoronly virtual reception with Chomsky from 6:30 to 7 p.m., where par ticipants will be able to ask Chomsky questions preceding the June 10 webinar. On June 14, Klare, who studies issues of war and peace, resource competition, and international affairs, w ill speak on the connections between the climate crisis and nuclear war, the subject of a much discussed recent article he published in The Nation. “Climate crisis and nuclear war are the two great existential threats to humanity,” said Moore. Based at Hampshire College, Klare, professor of peace and world security studies, teaches courses on resource politics, contemporary conflict, and world affairs. He has written 14 books and hundreds of essays. The Rev. Carol Haag, who ser ved as CFPA’s Donor Drive chair for four years, and Danielle Alura, climate crisis activist representing Pennsylvania in the Miss Earth competition, will be honored at the June 14 event. Members of the public are invited to join or renew their CFPA membership and then register for the reception and webinars at peacecoalition.org. —Donald Gilpin
Newton said, “It was the right time for our organization to redirect resources to support the essential work of these organizations. The current crisis required us to rethink our short-term funding priorities. We encourage other funders to do the same. All we can say is thank you and keep up the good work.” Since 2015, Fellowship has awarded over $535,000 in grants and donations to support a broad selection of nonprofits. Local beneficiaries have included HiTOPS, Princeton Buddhist Meditation Group, La Convivencia, Princeton Community Housing, Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom, Mt. Pisgah AME Church, Centurion, Elijah’s Promise, Africa Summit at Princeton, and a number of projects associated with Princeton University’s Office of Religious Life. Fellowship maintains a labyrinth behind its building at 291 Witherspoon Street, open to the public from dawn to dusk. All are welcome to walk its path. The 71-year-old nonprofit grant-making organization’s mission is to encourage and support a spiritual orientation to life; promote the practice of prayer, meditation, and service to others; and help bring about a deeper spirit of unity among humankind. For more information, contact the Rev. Laura Craig at lauracraig@felAN lowshipinprayer.org.
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While Gov. Phil Murphy announced on Tuesday that schools will have the opportunity to hold outdoor graduation ceremonies that comply with social distancing starting July 6, there has been much frustration this spring among high school and college seniors and graduate students who have had to put the all-important rite of passage on hold. Some virtual commencements and convocations are being held, but they just don’t match the magic of the real thing. With that in mind, a group of Princetonarea high school students have come up with a way to provide a more realistic experience with a virtual application they are calling Nexus. Areeq Hasan, a senior at The Lawrenceville School; Alper Canberk, a L aw r e n c e v i l l e j u n ior ; Hasan’s sister Sarina Hasan, a sophomore at Princeton Day School; and Ben Myers, a friend in Florida who is a senior at The Dreyfoos School of the Arts, have been working on the application for the past several weeks. The group describes Nexus as “a multiplayer application that allows users to have a virtual experience of a real-world event. Through a location-simulating platform importing a 3-D model from Google Earth, users are placed in a life-like model of the exact location they would have a physical event. The application features customizable avatars, immersive experience en-
hanced with a sound system to allow live, real-time voice communication, and interaction with other players.� The majority of the profits go directly to COVID-19 research. Nexus charges a flat fee of $200 for an institution organizing an event with more than 100 participants, with a $5 admission fee per user. Only the administrators are charged, not the players or viewers. “We take maybe five percent of the profits to maintain our services. The rest goes to the CDC (Centers for Disease Control) for research,� said Sarina. The idea for Nexus began to take shape after a virtual meeting between Lawrenceville Assistant Dean of Students Emilie Kosoff, Areeq, and Alper. “The assistant dean at Lawrenceville reached out to two of us and asked us to think about a virtual implementation of the graduation ceremony,� said Sarina, who was president of her freshman class at PDS. “Then my brother and I came up with this.� The siblings used their exp er ience i n prog ra m ming and use of the Unity gaming platform to base their avatars in the gaming model of The Lawrenceville School, which is holding a virtual graduation this Sunday. The program is based inside “the bowl,� the traditional, outdoor location for the school’s commencement ceremonies. Each avatar will have a bubble on top of their head “which will display the live
webcam feed of the actual player to integrate more face-to-face interaction,� according to an email from Sarina. “Other similar applications support meeting calls, pre-recorded videos (taping actual students crossing the stage ahead of time), and face-to-face interaction. Not only does Nexus integrate all such features (live and prerecorded videos, meetingcalls, etc.) in-game, but it displays them in a locationbased simulation to provide an experience similar to a physical event.� To access the Lawrenceville graduation, for example, students can download Nexus, log in, and launch the application. Once they do, “they will design their respective avatars and jump into a virtual campus where they can talk and interact with their friends,� wrote Sarina. “Viewers, on the other hand, have the option to watch the ceremony as a YouTube Live stream, or can even enter the game as a spectator and view the event from a global perspective as long as the administrations admit them.� The students were happy to take on the task once Kosoff approached them. “We were raised in the tradition to honor your upperclassmen, and that is the idea,� said Sarina. “Honoring them graduating is very, very important. It marks the end of an era, and we were raised to look forward to that. It’s a very special tradition, not just to us but to students everywhere.� The colleagues have approached several schools, and feedback to Nexus has
been positive. “Not just Lawrenceville, but a lot of universities have reached out to us,� said Sarina. “It is really coming together well, and we’re super excited that people are so interested. We have found that students are much more inclined to take part in something like this than Zoom.� The coronavirus and resulting lockdown have been “devastating� to students looking for ward to commencement ceremon ie s. “Graduation is the day you break free and go on to a new life,� said Sarina. “But rather than sulk, we have the resources to create some sort of alternative that allows students to be in their location and be with their friends on that day, even though not in person. We need to be proactive about it and realize the best things we can do.� —Anne Levin
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Cochrane described Ginsberg as “our most seasoned administrator,� who will be “an outstanding source of wisdom and support� to the faculty and staff and to recently appointed new Interim Superintendent Barry Galasso. Before coming to JP, Ginsberg was principal at Littlebrook Elementary School from 1988 through 1998, then served as PPS assistant superintendent for a year before requesting transfer back to being principal, this time at JP, in 1999. “I am incredibly grateful to Bob for his willingness to help shepherd our district through this current crisis and into what I truly believe will be a new era in the evolution of education,� Cochrane wrote. —Donald Gilpin
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BIKING BOOM: Though National Bike Month events were canceled in Princeton, the COVID-19 crisis has helped to create an upsurge in biking, with bicycle stores busier than ever and people of all ages getting outside on their bikes to enjoy the sunshine, fresh air, and exercise. (Photo by Jerry Foster)
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that can be efficiently rea l i z e d . S p a c e fo r m e r l y reserved for cars can be re-purposed, they have discovered, to allow people to be outside while maintaining physical distancing. T he tow n is re ady to implement 28 bike boulevards, with future plans for bike lanes, “slow streets,” extended sidewalks to accommodate curbside pickup hubs and parklets, bike corrals, and safer distancing for pedestrians. “T he creat ing of bike boulevards means putting in signage to make drivers aware that it’s a favored route for cyclists and that autos should defer to cyclists in the roadway,” said Cohen, who noted that bike boulevards do not require significant additional infrastructure. “You don’t need to tear up the road to make a bike boulevard,” he said. “You just have to put up the signs.” Cohen noted t hat t he PBAC teamed up with the Princeton Merchants Association, Sustainable Princeton, and others in exploring possibilities for expanding the sidewalks into the roadway.
C oh e n a l s o d i s c u s s e d the pilot plan for “slow streets,” with temporar y road closures on certain quiet streets. Deliveries and people who live there would be allowed to drive in with reduced speed limits, but no through traffic. “We’re only looking at local streets,” he said. “We don’t want to create inconveniences for people who are driving.” Cohen added that the pilot plan would assess people’s reactions and see if residents are interested in creating more “slow streets.” C oh e n com m e nte d on the effects of the lockdown on people’s habits and expressed hope that there would be some permanent changes for the better. “I hope people who have been getting out on their bicycles will realize that they not only feel better but enjoy getting around that way,” he said. “I hope this will accelerate a trend that has already been happening.” Cohen and the PBAC have also focused on the Safe Routes to Schools program, which has been successful in encouraging biking and walking to school. “The kids love the independence of it,” Cohen said. “They love the environmentalism of it. This generation gets it.”
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PBAC Chair Lisa Serieyssol emphasized that her committee has also been active in education, working with the Safe Routes to Schools program to make presentations in the schools for elementary and middle school classes, for the Princeton High School cycling club, and for parents at PTO meetings. They have also worked with gym and health teachers to prepare a short safety instruction video for use in remote learning sessions. A republished, updated Princeton bike and pedestrian map will be coming out in the next month, Serieyssol added, and the committee is in the process of establishing a series of bike routes and loops, suggested itineraries from a few miles to about 16 miles in distance. Serieyssol commented on the unusual number of bikers and walkers who are out around town. “The number of kids who are learning to ride for the first time is really heartwarming,” she said. Commenting on the possible long-term effects of the pandemic, she said, “I hope as a result of this experience we’ll see increased use of bikes and walking in town, with residents feeling safer and healthier.” Face masks or bandanas are recommended and appropriate physical distancing is required. Cohen added, “There’s a lot to be said for some of the changes in our living patterns, how we’re getting around, how we’re consuming. There’s a lot less focus on shopping, with people finding ways to entertain themselves that are a lot less materialistic.” —Donald Gilpin
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Foundation Invests in YWCA Childcare Center
O n M o n d ay, M ay 11, YWCA Princeton began major renovations to improve its existing facilities and programs. The construction includes a new childcare wing named The Burke Foundation Center for Childcare, through a leadership gift from The Burke Foundation. It is scheduled to be completed in time for the fall 2020 school year. The renovated state-ofthe-art wing will house all childcare and early education programs, including childcare for children aged 8 weeks-6 years old, bilingual nursery school classes, and free preschool classes through Princeton Public Schools. The facility will include three classrooms for infants-20 months, two classrooms for ages 20-30 months, one classroom for ages 2-Pre-K, and three classrooms for the Pre-K Princeton School District free preschool program. In addition, building renovations will include a lactation room for mothers. The new center will serve hundreds of students and families every year. “This gift from The Burke Foundation is more than a donation to YWCA Princeton - - it’s a gift to the community. Families will benefit from the enhanced
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Samantha Wu Samantha Wu from Princeton Junction, New Jersey, will graduate Summa Cum Laude from the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Motion Media Design on Saturday, May 30, 2020. Samantha has accepted a Jr. Designer – Animator position with Sarofsky in Chicago, Illinois. www.samdwu.com. atmosphere, amenities, and security of our programs at The Burke Foundation Center for Childcare for years to come,” said YWCA Princeton CEO Judy Hutton. “A child’s first five years are the foundation for his or her future development, providing a strong base for lifelong learning, including cognitive and social development,” said James Burke, president of the Burke Foundation. “High quality early learning has proven to be one of the highest returns on investment for our society. The Burke Foundation is proud to invest in the YWCA Princeton’s new childcare center to provide engaging, interactive, and stimulating educational experiences that build a solid foundation for young children. We look forward to supporting the bright futures of children and families in our community through this groundbreaking partnership,” YWCA Princeton thanks The Burke Foundation for its generosity and commitment to transforming birth to early childhood systems in New Jersey.
Women of Achievement Awards Announced by Chamber
Diet and Sustainability is the Focus of Panel
“Bankruptcy Options for Companies During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic” is the title of a webinar to be held Thursday, May 28 at 2 p.m., with panelists Ray Lyons and Catherine Youngman of Fox Rothschild Attorneys at Law. Fo r m a n y c o m p a n i e s struggling to maintain financial well-being in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, seeking the protections of bankruptcy court may be the best option to remain viable. Lyons and Youngman are Fox financial restructuring and bankruptcy attorneys. The event is hosted in conjunction with Princeton Innovation Center BioLabs, on bankruptcy basics, intellectual property in bankruptcy, the Paycheck Protection Program, and alternatives to bankruptcy. For information on how to register, visit princetonbiolabs.com.
On Wednesday, June 3 at 7 p.m., a virtual panel discussion will be held by Sustainable Princeton on the subject of food choices and their impact on the carbon footprint. The event is free. Register at sustainableprinceton.org. The panel will include Anu Ramaswami, professor of civil and environmental engineering of the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies; and the Princeton Environmental Institute. The event will be moderated by Dr. Steve Averbuch, a member of Sustainable Princeton’s Board of Trustees. The program is the final of four seminars focused on practical, actionable, and evidence-based steps to reduce the footprint of daily life. It is co-sponsored by NRG Energy Inc. and Princeton Public Library.
The Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber has named four women to be honored at a virtual presentation on Thursday, June 18 from 1011 a.m. Dr. Kemi Alli of the Henry J. Austin Health Center, Caryn Barnes of Langan Engineering, Judith Hutton of YWCA Princeton, and Ana Montero of the American Red Cross are recipients of the Chamber’s Women of Achievement Awards for 2020. Each year, four outstanding women are selected by the Chamber’s Women in Business Alliance, which strives to provide an environment to connect and build relationships focusing on professional development and growth, collaboration with business and community leaders, and advocacy for women’s issues. Visit https ://princetonmercerchamber.org/womenof-achievement/ for more information.
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Suggesting Future Goals, Priorities For Mayor, Council to Consider
To the Editor: As reported In the last issue of Town Topics, the town Council and Health Officer Jeffrey Grosser are considering goals and priorities for the rest of this year and into the future [“Council Takes Another Look at its Goals and Priorities, May 20]. Realistically, there will be another pandemic. Perhaps not in the same form as the current one, but some challenge that will threaten our health, safety, and welfare. I have two suggestions for the mayor and the town Council to consider. First, all those who live and pay taxes in Princeton should receive a face mask, at no charge. I am sure it was awkward and difficult for many to know where and how to buy face masks. I have read that many countries gave face masks, at no charge, to all citizens. Princeton should do the same. Another suggestion. Listening to NPR radio and WNYC, many listeners called in expressing isolation, fear, and a sense of abandonment. I am sure that there are residents
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Noting That Many People Are Not Wearing Masks, Not a Time to Relax Vigilance
To the Editor, To echo Alice K. Small’s letter in the May 20 edition of Town Topics, during my walk today, Friday, May 22, around the Riverside area and along Prospect Avenue to the University campus, I counted 71 people out and about and not in vehicles. Of these, 12 (17 percent) wore masks. The CDC’s guidance, reinforced by Governor Murphy, is that “You should wear a face covering whenever you leave your home.” According to an analysis in the New York Times (The Upshot, May 22), Mercer County had the third highest number of new deaths per capita in the U.S. over the previous two weeks and the fifth highest per capita cumulative confirmed deaths. This is not a time for anyone to relax vigilance or to place neighbors in jeopardy. BERNARD ABRAMSON Prince William Court
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of Princeton who are in the same predicament of being alone in these challenging times. In Princeton there are several high schools, public and private. The Princeton high schools should ask third year and fourth year students to volunteer to participate in “ phone squads.” The students who volunteer should be given a list of 10 or 15 names of Princeton senior citizens. The phone squad volunteers should call those seniors at least twice a week. How comforting it would be for a senior who is alone to hear a young voice asking, “Are you all right?” “Is there anything you need?” “Do you need any medication from your pharmacy?” “Would you like to just talk for a few moments?” For a young person making these calls would be great learning experience for them. To teach them empathy. To teach them the need to reach out and help someone who is in need but does not know how or who to ask. To help the student learn to communicate. I hope the town Council will consider my suggestion. And in the Mailbox in the last issue of Town Topics, Alice Small expressed her disappointment that young people in our “enlightened community” are not wearing masks in town. The coronavirus is still very much with us. It is highly contagious and can be deadly. I agree with Alice Small and I am just as appalled as she is. Beware. HOWARD W. SILBERSHER Governors Lane
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relevance ... We ... come away with an appreciation of the daunting challenges faced by small businesses and, most poignantly, by those who supply our food.” David Sax is a writer, reporter, and speaker who specializes in business and culture. His previous book, The Revenge of Analog, was a No. 1 Washington Post bestseller, was selected as one of Michiko Kakutani’s Top Ten books of 2016 for the New York Times, and has been translated into six languages. He is the author of Save the Deli, which won a James Beard award, and The Tastemakers. He lives in Toronto.
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Walt Whitman In Our Time It avails not, neither time or place; distance avails not. I am with you, men and women of a generation, or ever so many generations hence. —Walt Whitman (1819-1892) acing the approach of a “grim milestone” with “U.S. Deaths Near 100,000” on the eve of Memorial Day 2020, the editors of Sunday’s New York Times produced a front page Walt Whitman himself might have conceived. It’s as though one of the editors discussing how to convey “the vastness and variety of lives lost” had been reading Leaves of Grass. You might almost think Whitman had suggested the wording of the secondary head, “They Were Not Simply Numbers on a List. They were Us,” before putting the weight of his spirit behind the idea of culling “vivid passages” from coronavirus death notices of hundreds of newspapers around the country. No wonder the resulting inventory — “the conductor with the most amazing ear, the grandmother with the easy laugh, the entrepreneur and adventurer” — seems to echo Whitman’s “pure contralto singing in the organ loft, the carpenter dressing his plank, the connoisseur peering along the exhibition gallery.” Always With Us America’s poet is always with us on Memorial Day. Who else could have imagined, celebrated, or publicized such an event? He had a stake in it long before the ceremonial occasion was officially relocated from May 30 to the last Monday in May; in fact, he was there a century and a half before, having been born on the last Sunday in May 1819. He makes his generation-transcending presence vividly felt in “Crossing Brooklyn Ferry,” where time or place or distance “avails not,” and the “similitudes of the past and those of the future” are as “glories strung like beads” on his “smallest sights and hearings.” In section 18 of Song of Myself, Whitman organizes the requisite parade: “With music strong I come, with my cornets and my drums,/ I play not marches for accepted victors only, I play marches for conquer’d and slain persons.... I beat and pound for the dead, / I blow through my embouchures my loudest and gayest for them.” Two Brothers In the early hours of the last Monday of May 1865, as recounted in Specimen Days, Whitman kept a bedside vigil with a 19-year-old “Baltimorean of the 2nd Maryland, southern,” whose right leg had been amputated. “Evidently very intelligent and well bred — very affectionate — held on to my hand, and put it by his face, not willing to let me leave. As I was lingering, soothing him in his pain, he says to me suddenly, ‘I hardly think you know who I am — I don’t wish to impose upon you — I am a rebel soldier.’ I said I did not know that, but it made no difference.” Whitman visited him daily for about two weeks “while he lived (death had mark’d him, and he
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was quite alone)” and “loved him much, always kiss’d him, and he did me. In an adjoining ward I found his brother, an officer of rank, a Union soldier, a brave and religious man” from the “sixth Maryland infantry, Sixth corps, wounded in one of the engagements at Petersburgh, April 2 — linger’d, suffer’d much, died in Brooklyn, Aug. 20, ‘65. It was in the same battle both were hit. One was a strong Unionist, the other Secesh; both fought on their respective sides, both badly wounded, and both brought together here after a separation of four years. Each died for his cause.” A Birthday Marathon I’ve been reading Song of Myself with Sunday’s upcoming 17th annual marathon birthday event in mind, the first global online version of Time to Yawp, the mass reading organized by NYU Whitman scholar Karen Karbiener and previously held at Brooklyn Bridge Park. Now that readers have been assigned each of the 52 sections, I can’t help thinking of the challenges in phrasing and point of view presented by certain lines, for example those that might have provoked this response from the Jesuit poet Gerard Manley Hopkins: “I always knew in my heart Walt Whitman’s mind to be more like my own than any other man’s living. As he is a very great scoundrel this is not a pleasant confession. And this also makes me more desirous to read him and more determined I will not.” Numerous passages in Section 33 of Song of Myself remind me of T.S. Eliot’s line about the poetry of John Donne, in which “the most heterogeneous ideas are yoked by violence together.” Time to Yawp readers have had to contend with panthers and rattlesnakes, bears and alligators, bats and flies, whales and sharks, plus the “crashing trip-hammers” of the “press rolling its cylinders” close to the heart of the former printer and newspaper man who imagines “Niagara, the cataract falling like a veil over my countenance,” and in the space of two lines pivots to “enjoying picnics or jigs or a good game of base-ball.” Skip a page ahead and Niagara’s giant is looking “at the shop-windows of Broadway the whole forenoon, flatting the flesh of my nose on the thick plate glass” like a child dreaming of sweets. A few lines later, the reader is swept up with the poet in a “crowd as eager and fickle as any, / Hot toward one I hate, ready in my madness to knife him,” next thing you know he’s walking “the old hills of Judea with the beautiful gentle God by my side, / Speeding through space, speeding through heaven and the stars.”
And only now, after reading through four and a half pages of these time-and-space defying twists and turns, do I come to the collision of extremes that first set me thinking about the challenges facing the designated reader at Sunday’s marathon. Imagine going from “I turn the bridegroom out of bed and stay with the bride myself; / I tighten her all night to my thighs and lips” to “My voice is the wife’s voice, the screech by the rail of the stairs; / They fetch my man’s body up, dripping and drown’d.” Pause, take a breath, think Memorial Day and read, “I understand the large hearts of heroes, / The courage of present times and all times.” These States 2020 Celebrating Memorial Day and Whitman’s bicentenary a year ago, I commented on how the president was bringing Washington’s unsavory “mixture of awful consternation” to a boil with the help of his sous chef, the attorney general. Now look where we are. Could even Whitman have foreseen a combination as formidable as the pandemic and this president? Among the “Gathered Leaves” at the back of the 1900 McKay edition (and grouped under the head “Rejected Poems” in the Heritage Press reprint) is the furious, provocative “Respondez!” First published in the 1856 edition of Leaves under the title “Poem of the Proposition of Nakedness,” it was retitled in 1867, after the war, and relegated to the back of the book in 1876. What follows is a sampling of lines that have an eerie resonance in this time of masks and misinformation: “Let every one answer! let those who sleep be waked! let none evade! / Must we still go on with our affectations and sneaking?” “Let faces and theories be turn’d inside out! Let meanings be freely criminal, as well as results!” “Let the eminence of meanness, treachery, sarcasm, hate, greed, indecency, impotence, lust, be taken for granted above all! let writers, judges, governments, households, religions, philosophies, take such for granted above all!” “Let there be wealthy and immense cities -but still through any of them, not a single poet, savior, knower, lover!” “Let books take the place of trees, animals, rivers, clouds!” “Let the reflections of the things of the world be studied in mirrors! let the things themselves still continue unstudied!” Rough and Rowdy Listening again to Bob Dylan’s “I Contain Multitudes,” from his forthcoming album, Rough
and Rowdy Ways, I’m convinced he could do full sinister justice to the darkerst and most problematic lines in Leaves of Grass. In his song, “I Contain Multitudes,” he could be auditioning for a more intimate, melodious, one-man Whitman marathon. He has the right voice and the right approach, having found a seasoned middle ground between singing and speaking during these post-millennium decades. Then there’s the Whitmanesque title of Dylan’s new record, set for a June 19 release. In a February 1856 letter quoted in Gay Wilson Allen and Guy Folsom’s Walt Whitman and the World, Whitman is introduced to British man-of-letters Leigh Hunt as “a rough — a rowdy, who has given to the world the most original book ever written.” Forbidden I’ve been reading Whitman in three different editions, all of them open on my desk: the Mosher facsimile of the 1855 Leaves of Grass, the delicate India paper 1900 pocket-sized David McKay with the fold-out facsimile of Walt’s biographical note, and my father’s marked-up copy of the circa 1944 Heritage Press reprint illustrated by Rockwell Kent. My father’s copy means the most to me because it was a visible presence everywhere we lived when I was growing up. The over-the-top jacket blurb (“Listen World!” by Elsie Robinson) indicates the publisher’s strategy for marketing a “forbidden book” by “this man who dared to live real” and “wrote about men as they are. Whereupon he was promptly snubbed by all the Nice People and barred from the U.S. mails.” The Greatest Poem Nine years ago (Town Topics, Sept. 7, 2011), I wrote about another historic New York Times project, Portraits: 9/11/01 (Times Books/Holt 2002), which then-executive-editor Howell Raines introduced by way of Whitman’s claim that “the United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.” fter reading the stories and looking at the faces of New Yorkers in what Raines calls 9/11’s “democracy of death,” I was reminded once again of Specimen Days, where Walt celebrates “clear eyes that look straight at you, a singular combination of reticence and self-possession … surely beyond anywhere else upon earth.” For Walt, his “daily contact and rapport” with New York’s “myriad people” provides “the best, most effective medicine my soul has yet partaken.” —Stuart Mitchner
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The “Song of Myself” Marathon will take place on Sunday, May 31, from 1 to 4 p.m. The reading can be watched live on YouTube. For more information, visit the Whitman Initiative website: http://waltwhitmaninitiative.org.
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McCarter Theatre Presents Online Reading of “Execution of Justice”; Community Readers Act in Emily Mann Drama About Harvey Milk’s Murder
mily Mann started writing Execution of Justice in 1983, seven years before she began her 30-year tenure as McCarter Theatre’s artistic director and resident playwright. The docudrama examines the trial of Dan White, who in 1978 assassinated San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and City Supervisor Harvey Milk; the latter was the first openly gay official to be elected in California. Execution of Justice was commissioned by San Francisco’s Eureka Theatre Company. The play was presented in 1985 by Arena Stage in Washington D.C. A Broadway production followed in 1986. McCarter hosted an online community reading of Execution of Justice last Friday. The event commemorated the 90 th anniversary of Harvey Milk’s birth, and was presented in collaboration with the Bayard Rustin Center for Social Justice. “No theatrical or performance experience is presumed; this is not a performance,” Artistic Engagement Manager Paula T. Alekson assured a multigenerational and diverse group of over 50 participants who had logged into Zoom, or dialed into a specially designated telephone line, to play one of the roles. Readers who participated via Zoom were asked to log in using their first name and last initial; before the reading started their captions were edited to identify the characters they were portraying. Certain roles, such as defense attorney Douglas Schmidt, were portrayed by different readers for each of the play’s two acts. Mann helped read the part of Sister Boom Boom, the activist and drag nun, who is scripted as a voice for Milk’s supporters. Mann prefaced the event by recounting the play’s genesis. During a cab ride from the venue where Eureka was presenting her play Still Life, Mann asked the driver, “What is the most important memory you have of recent history in your community?” The driver responded, “I was driving my cab, when on the radio it came that [Milk and Moscone] had been shot and killed.” Mann remembers, “It shattered his world. It happened again when the verdict [in which White was sentenced for manslaughter rather than murder] came down, and the people rioted; and his taxi was set on fire. So I thought, ‘this is an unhealed wound in this city.’” Alekson explained, “As a documentary theater piece the words in the play are the authentic words of the people who spoke them — in all their beauty and thought-
fulness, as well as in their ugliness and ignorance. So we’ll honor the words, understanding that words have power.” Resident Production Stage Manager Cheryl Mintz read the stage directions, which begin: “A bare stage. A white screen overhead. On screen: images of San Francisco. Hot, fast music. Images of Milk and Moscone punctuate the visuals.” Act one, subtitled “Murder,” opens with White admitting to his wife Mary Ann, “I shot the mayor and Harvey.” The play’s thematic conflict is established by juxtaposing monologues delivered by a Cop, who wears a “Free Dan White” T-shirt; and Sister Boom Boom, who decries “the cycle of brutality and ignorance which pervades our culture.” The prosecution and defense select a jury. Prosecutor Thomas F. Norman presents the facts of the case, including White’s resignation from his position as the supervisor of District 8, and his possible withdrawal of that resignation, as well as the victims’ wounds. Defense attorney Schmidt paints White as an as an “idealistic young man” who “believed very strongly in the traditional American values,” highlighting his service in Vietnam, as well as his civil service as a police officer and fireman. Toward the end of the act we hear White
“EXECUTION OF JUSTICE”: A community reading of “Execution of Justice” was presented May 22 as part of McCarter Theatre’s continuing McCarter@Home series of online events. Written by McCarter’s outgoing Artistic Director and Resident Playwright Emily Mann, the docudrama examines the trial for the murder of Harvey Milk — and reactions from a “Chorus of Uncalled Witnesses.” Above: “My name is Harvey Milk, and I’m here to recruit you!” (Photo ©1978 by Daniel Nicoletta) To view the online reading of Execution of Justice, or to learn about upcoming McCarter@Home events, visit www.mccarter.org/tickets-events/mccarterathome/ or McCarter’s Facebook page.
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protest to a homicide inspector, “I’m trying to do a good job and I saw this city as it’s going, kind of downhill and I was always just a lonely vote on the board. I was trying to do a good job for the city.” The second act is subtitled “In Defense of Murder.” Schmidt posits that White’s recent junk food diet is indicative of depression that resulted in diminished capacity. This “Twinkie Defense” persuades the jury that White’s decision-making was impaired; he is convicted of manslaughter, and a furious judge — identified only as “The Court” — imposes a light sentence of seven years and eight months. (White committed suicide in 1985.) A “Chorus of Uncalled Witnesses” reacts to the trial and verdict. A character identified as Young Mother observes, “To this jury Dan White was their son.” Another character, identified as “Milk’s Friend,” reflects on assassinations: “I remember coming home from school in second grade — JFK was killed — five years later, Martin Luther King. It’s a frame of reference.” The event, which lasted nearly four hours, concluded with a “talking circle.” Several listeners admitted to being conflicted between admiring the performance of the reader who portrayed White, and anger at his actions and words. Mann observed this cognitive dissonance as well: “I didn’t
have any sympathy for Dan White when I was writing it! Once it was performed … people were sobbing. That, to me, is interesting; it’s what theater is all about.” A participant named Eddie praised Mann’s nuanced approach to White’s character, and compared him to George Zimmerman, who killed Trayvon Martin. “As much as we may despise Dan White, and hate what he did … we need to look at the generations behind and say, “How was Dan White created?” Others observed the play’s contemporary relevance, wondering aloud how much the culture has changed since that time. A participant named Lisa believes, “We think a lot differently about mental illness now than we did at the time that this trial took place. People talk about it more openly now … having a daughter with disabilities, I especially feel close to Harvey Milk as a character, for trying to help people who didn’t know where else to turn.” Aside from standard technical issues such as the necessity of speakers remembering to un-mute themselves, the event proceeded remarkably smoothly, given the scope of the undertaking and the number of participants. Despite Alekson’s comment that no acting experience was “presumed or required,” the vast majority of performances were impassioned and convincing. The reader who portrayed The Court wore black, and used a Zoom background that resembled a courtroom. The online format did have some disadvantages. Crowd scenes, such as the candlelight vigil for Harvey Milk, would have benefited from the energy that comes from being able to perform in a physical space. But in other ways the format serves the play well. Mann’s script slightly predates the prevalence of talk radio, cable news, and social media. Listening to people read the dialogue in their own homes allows one to find equivalence to reactions to contemporary events. The reader playing Schmidt wore headphones, looking a bit like a talk show host. Characters such as Young Mother could have been posting live videos of themselves on Facebook, sharing their reactions to recent news. t one point Alekson remarked, “Tonight is about purpose.” Observing over a hundred people logged into Zoom, for the purpose of sharing the opportunity to interact with a play that probes a telling moment in recent history, was moving. —Donald H. Sanborn III
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VIRTUAL VIRTUOSITY: A digital presentation of “The Secret Garden” by Princeton Youth Ballet 31 at 7 p.m. The company premiered the ballet in 2008. is planned for Sunday, May States and Europe. Perfor- Center. While in-person perPrinceton Youth Ballet mances scheduled for this formances remain on hold at Presents Virtual Performance
Princeton Youth Ballet’s production of The Secret Garden, based on the novel by Frances Hodgson Burnet t and choreographed by Artistic Director Risa Kaplowitz, will be broadcast during a special watch party on Sunday, May 31 at 7 p.m. Details will be posted on Princeton Youth Ballet’s Facebook page at www.facebook.com/PrincetonYouthBallet/. The Secret Garden has become a staple of PYB’s repertory, with many founding cast members now dancing professionally in companies throughout the United
month were canceled due to the COVID-19 crisis. Included in the broadcast will be a video introduction featuring messages from Kaplow itz and Assistant Ar tistic Director L eland Schwantes, memories from former company members, and a glimpse at this year’s rehearsal process captured by PYB staff and Princeton Youth Ballet senior company member Charmaine Murray before the shutdown. Princeton Youth Ballet usually performs in twiceyearly productions, presented at Princeton High S chool Per for m ing A r ts
this time, PYB dancers and staff remain committed to a future return to the stage. To learn more about Princeton Youth Ballet’s mission or to donate, visit w w w. princetonyouthballet.org
Trenton Park Concerts Canceled Due to Pandemic
In response to the continued uncertainty surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, the Trenton Downtown Association has postponed the 2020 Levitt AMP Trenton Music Series in Mill Hill Park until summer 2021. The free 10-concert series was sched- uled to begin June 25.
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“The coronavirus may continue to be a public health risk to our community well into the summer months, and possibly beyond,” said Tom Gilmour, executive director of Trenton Downtown Association. “This decision, while difficult, was necessary to make at this point in time to halt the significant investment that needed to be made in order to proceed with the series.” Levitt AMP Trenton is a grant-funded music series that for the past three years has attracted thousands of people to Mill Hill Park in downtown Trenton. Trenton has been awarded this grant by the Levitt Foundation since 2015, along with presenting sponsors New Jersey State Council on the Arts and New Jersey Manufacturers Insurance Company. The series is part of a larger-scale initiative to attract more visitors to experience a safe and enjoyable evening in Trenton’s historic and creative district. Even as cities and states begin to reopen, large-scale gatherings such as the Levitt AMP Trenton series present unique logistical challenges. “Our first responsibility is to protect the health, safety, and well-being of our community, as well as the many musicians, vendors, staff members and volunteers who make this wonderful event happen every year,” said Gilmour. “The arts bring joy and hope to our communities. We are working together, with all our partners and sponsors, to keep the arts alive at a time when we need them the most. We are looking at alternative ways to shine a light on the local organizations, artists, businesses and community advocates that contribute to Trenton’s dynamic arts scene.” Gilmour and his staff expect to make an announcement about new arts programming in the coming weeks.
NJ Teen Arts Festival Is Ongoing Virtual Event
The NJ State Teen Arts Virtual Festival will be an ongoing online event with
Showcases being shared on the NJ State Teen Arts Festival social media platforms and website. Submissions are being accepted in the literar y, performing and visual arts. Categories are visual art, creative writing, filmmaking, dancing, instrumental, vocals, singing, theater, acting, and musical theater. T he Fest ival wants to showcase the many teen artists who were to appear in spring musicals, dance recitals, choir and band concerts, art exhibits, and more. Teen artists, their peers, their teachers, and their parents are encouraged to submit content for The NJ State Teen Arts Virtual Showcase. Student submissions are now open. Submit to www. NJTeenArts.com.
eton Symphony Orchestra this season. Rowland has performed in the Concertgebouw in Amsterdam, New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Royal Albert Hall in London, the Glinka Hall in St. Petersburg, and the Gulbenkian in Lisbon, and has collaborated with many preeminent conductors. B o gda nov ic made her A m e r i c a n d e b u t at t h e 2017 Grand Teton Music Festival. Worldwide concer to engagements have included the Belgrade Philharmonic, Berlin Symphony, Slovenian Philharmonic, Tokyo Philharmonic, and the Tonhalle Orchester/Zurich, among others. Danilow is concertmaster of the Princeton Symphony Orchestra, often appearing as soloist, a member of the Orchestra of St. Luke’s, and an associate PSO Virtual Event With member of the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra. Milanov and Friends For m or e i n for m at ion The Princeton Symphony Orchestra ( PSO ) inv ites about this free event, visit patrons, subscribers, and princetonsymphony.org. members of the Greater Princeton community to be McCarter Online Classes part of a couch-side, virtual For Kids This Summer New classes have been gathering on Sunday, May 31, at 4 p.m. Executive Di- added to McCarter Theatre rector Marc Uys will host Center’s array of online of“At Home with the PSO: A ferings for kids this summer. Visit with Rossen Milanov Theatre-Mania! combines & Friends” and mix of con- acting games, improvised versations with musical sur- scenes, character-making, prises alongside Edward T. and creative storytelling. Cone Music Director Rossen Two sessions are available Milanov. for grades 3-5: June 1-10 Special guests include vi- and June 15-24. One sesolinist Daniel Rowland and sion, June 2-11, is available cellist Maja Bogdanovic, for grades 6-8. originally scheduled to perPerformance WIZARDS! form with the PSO at the mixes creative movement, orchestra’s canceled May theatre games, and perforconcert. PSO concertmas- mance as students take on ter Basia Danilow will also the roles of various characdrop by to talk about music ters from well-known plays and how she balances life at and musicals and create home. or iginal characters as a The public is invited to team. The two sessions for “Zoom along” and join in, grades 3-5 are June 1-10 reminiscing about favorite and 15-24. For grades 6-8, PSO moments and asking classes are June 2-11 and questions of the featured 16-25. speakers and performers. Several more classes are The event is free, but any- offered for these two age one who is interested should groups as well as students in register in advance at www. grades 9-12, and adults. To princetonsymphony.org. register and for more inforMilanov marked his 10th mation, visit mccarter.org/ anniversary with the Princ- summerclasses.
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“SERENE ESCAPE”: Alyssa Cai, Princeton University Class of 2020, won first place and $1,000 in Princeton University Concerts’ sixth annual Creative Reactions Contest. Her colored pencil drawing was created in response to a Live Music Meditation with cellist Jean-Guihen Queyras.
PU Concerts Announces tation with cellist Jean-Guihen sounds of the strings and the Creative Contest Winners Queyras. First year students silences (a wonderful comHow might one visually represent the experience of going to a Princeton University Concerts event? Thirty-two Princeton University students, both undergraduate and graduate, signed up to take on this challenge as part of the sixth annual Creative Reactions Contest, one of several programs sponsored by the concert series to engage students in classical music. Getting free access to a range of Princeton University Concerts offerings — including traditional concerts, Performances Up Close with audience seated on stage, Live Music Meditations, and the Annual Chamber Jam — the students were offered the chance at a $1,000 prize if they anonymously submitted a drawing of their experience, with an accompanying artist statement about their work. After two rounds of judging — the first by Princeton University Concerts staff, and the second by local artist Marsha Levin-Rojer, Lewis Center for the Arts lecturer and former Hodder Fellow Mario Moore, and staff graphic designer Tom Uhlein — one winner and five honorable mentions were awarded. Alyssa Cai, a senior in the Class of 2020, received first place and $1,000 for her colored pencil drawing in response to a Live Music Medi-
Nazdar Rosna Ayzit, Eliana Gagnon, and Sam Melton, Class of 2023, and sophomore students Helen So and Sandy Yang, Class of 2022, received honorable mention and $100 each. The winning submissions are posted online and distributed publicly by Princeton University Concerts. The contest submissions were due at the beginning of April, after students transitioned off campus to a remote curriculum. As a result, the contest took on a new role: a respite from the stress of adapting to this new environment. “Working on an art project that allowed me to reflect on a positive campus experience was a relief from academics and other stresses during the first few weeks home,” wrote first-place winner Cai. “During a time of extreme uncertainty, there is at least the constant of art and music that we can continue to share with one another.” Cai’s winning submission is titled Serene Escape. In her accompanying artist statement, she shared: “As I sat down in the soaring space of Richardson Auditorium and gazed up at the geometric scaffolding, I felt enveloped by a golden light. Jean-Guihen Queyras’ playing was beautiful, and as I settled into the
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appealing to them — based on their own perceptions on how they view us, and the qualities they are looking for in an attorney,” says Beth Smith. “Who doesn’t want a strong group of women in their corner?” Better Outcome T he at tor neys at DC S have particular experience with clients in complex family cases, high asset cases, families with small businesses, and those struggling in families with mental health issues. The firm has an extensive network to assist clients in making connections with other professionals, such as accountants, appraisers, and therapists. Although seasoned litigators, the partners routinely work w it h clients using methods of “alternative dispute resolution,” including mediation and collaborative law. These options can often be far more cost-effective and result in a better outcome for families. T he par t ners all have uniquely interesting backgrounds. Practicing in New Jersey since 2003, Mia Cahill is known for her compassion and intellect in helping clients and in navigating her practice. Her journey to the law was unconventional, she explains. “I was on the path
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to become an academic. And I was interested in law and society, which I now see up close and personal, instead of from the ivory tower.” A self-described “Townie,” she graduated from Princeton High School, then attended the University of Delaware. She received her law degree and master’s from the University of Denver, and then a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Wisconsin. Prior to practicing law, Cahill was an academic researcher and professor. Her dissertation, later published as a book, was “The Social Construction of Sexual Harassment Law.” Narrow Band “The idea was how culture influences what we think about law,” she explains. “In particular, how corporate culture and national culture relate to how people understand the law. For instance, regarding sexual harassment law and what it takes for victims to succeed, there is a very narrow band of law that is legally sexual harassment. On the other hand, corporations portray this band as wider, and this gives corporations maximum power to control the behaviors of their employees in the name of the law.” In addition to teaching at the University of Wisconsin, Cahill taught at New York University, and she periodically serves as part-time faculty at Rutgers University School of Management and Labor Studies. I n 20 03, s h e e ntere d private practice, and later joined with Grace Dennigan in establishing their current firm. In addition to her emphasis on fair settlements for her clients, and complex litigation, as appropriate, she is strongly focused on working with divorcing clients who have children with special needs. Cahill helped found the Mid- Jersey Collaborative Law Alliance, and served on the board. She is a court-approved family mediator and a private mediator. She has published articles in a variety of law reviews and journals, with a focus on social problems and the impact of law on individuals. As a Princeton resident, she remains attached to her hometown, having served six years on the Princeton Public School Board, and in 2009, she was an honoree of the Tribute to Women Award, of the Y WCA of Princeton. She is currently a member of the Princeton Recreation Board. Family Cases Like Mia Cahill, partner Beth Smith came to the practice of law through a circuitous route. She earned a master’s degree in social work from Fordham University, and worked with families in crisis for nearly 15 years. While still working fulltime in social work, she attended the University of San Francisco Law School at night, and became licensed in New Jersey and New York in 2004. Prior to joining DCS, she worked for the New Jersey Attorney General’s Office as a Deputy Attorney General,
LEGAL EXPERTISE: “In our family law practice, we have developed a strong focus on the individual. The center of our legal universe is our client. We are focused on meeting the client’s needs from the first phone call through to the resolution of the matter.” Attorneys, from left, Grace Dennigan, Mia Cahill, and Elizabeth (Beth) Smith, are partners in the Dennigan Cahill Smith law firm. where she honed her litigation skills, representing the Department of Child Planning and Permanency in difficult family cases. Like her partners, Smith, also a trained mediator, focuses on more than just a client’s divorce in determining the best outcomes for her clients. Each person comes to the firm with unique needs and concerns. Smith’s training in social work has allowed her to take a thoughtful approach to the clients’ needs while simultaneously engaging as their “fiercest advocate.” Currently, she serves on the Mercer County Early Settlement Panel, and was appointed by the Supreme Court of New Jersey to the District V II Ethics Committee where she serves as chair. Smith is frequently court-appointed as a parenting coordinator for divorced families with high conflict and as a guardian “ad litem” for children whose parents are embroiled in custody disputes. She is the Bar Association liaison to the Mercer County Domestic Violence Working Group, and secretary of the Mid-Jersey Collaborative Law Alliance. Private Practice After graduation from law school, attorney Grace Dennigan was licensed in New Jersey, and completed a judicial clerkship in Union County. She became an associate at Carchman, Annich, Socher & Shuster, a Princeton law firm, before joining the Attorney General’s office in 1987. After a great deal of jury trial work there, she returned to private practice, and has since concentrated on family law. In addition to her law practice, Dennigan teaches the Family Law For Paralegals course at Mercer County Community College as well as courses for the NJ Institute for Continuing Legal Education. Although a seasoned litigator, she is also a trained collaborative lawyer as well as a mediator, and is dedicated to offering these services to the practice as alternatives to litigation. Marriage Counselors Few things are more difficult and stressful than going through a divorce. Separating finances, selling or keeping the house, joint or sole custody of the children, debt division, parenting time and visitation, alimony — these are just a few of the legal issues that are involved. How these are determined will influence the way the parties can go forward and build a new future. DCS represents clients in court-litigated divorces and out- of- cour t settlements.
Litigated matters officially begin with the filing of a divorce complaint and end with a trial and decision. Uncontested cases are negotiated and often signed before either spouse has contact with the court. Other scenarios are also available, and the DCS partners always work to provide the best option and outcome for the client. This even includes referrals to marriage counselors, as the attorneys are proponents of spouses staying together, whenever possible. If not, however, the DCS partners work diligently to help clients through the divorce, mindful as Mia Cahill notes, “We’ve seen a lot, and divorce is very individual. As no marriage is the same, no divorce is the same. “The reasons can range from physical abuse to general malaise. Many clients have already decided to divorce when they call us, and have often sought help from marriage counselors, therapists, etc.” People can become estranged for a variet y of reasons, the partners point out. There can be financial difficulties, one spouse can stray, there may be problems over t he ch ildren. Sometimes, a tragedy or difficult situation can exacerbate existing issues and drive people apart. Currently, and unfortunately, reports have indicated that incidents of domestic abuse have risen during the COVID-19 crisis. Child-Centered Recognizing that many elements can be part of a fair divorce, DCS includes collaborative law as a process. T his is an out- ofcourt option that involves a non-adversarial strategy to transform the way families resolve conflict by using consensual dispute resolution, including a coach, or a financial neutral party, such as an accountant, who help clients come to a negotiated, “collaborative” agreement. The lawyers of both parties agree to rules, and in addition to representing his or her client, agree to treat the process and all involved with respect, and remain child-centered, while working collaboratively. A successful collaborative solution results in a written, signed agreement, enforceable in court, along with a final divorce judgment. “We want clients to realize that the divorce process doesn’t have to be a big fight, that there can be a good outcome without an acrimonious conflict,” points out Beth Smith. “Collaborative law has important benefits in this. The important
thing is to make sure that each individual has dignity.” Divorce has five points, she adds. (1) Divorce from the bonds of marriage, i.e. no fault in New Jersey, (2) child custody, (3) child support, (4) spousal support (alimony), and (5) equitable dist r ibut ion ( as s ets and debts). How to resolve financial issues, including credit card debt, mortgages, and so on, is very important, explains Cahill. “We want to help people plan how to move forward, so they don’t have to go to court later. For example, what if someone is hoping to take early retirement? How does this affect alimony? What about job losses, transfers to new work locations? Clients may not always think this through. When done right, divorce law is prevention law. It can be a smart divorce. “Also, with matters relating to children, the best interest of the child is major. Divorcing parents may have different views of the child’s best interest. But we want the best outcome for children, and conflict between spouses can affect this.” The Pets And don’t forget the pets! A dog or cat, loved by both spouses and the children, is an important consideration, notes Smith. A pet clause can be a part of the divorce. Many factors come to gether as part of a divorce settlement, and whether the process involves family mediation, parenting coordination, custody and child support, litigation, or collaborative law, DCS is experienced in every aspect and ready to guide clients through to the best result. “I like to think of it as an arc,” observes Mia Cahill. “The day the client comes in can be very hard, certainly one of the top 10 worst days in someone’s life. We put them in a better place than when they first came in, and the projectory goes up. We help our clients to regain a full life.” “This involves being able to trust people again, and move forward in their life,” adds Beth Smith. “This is meaningful and positive work. We believe strongly in what we do.” Due to state regulations during the time of the coronavirus, DCS cannot see clients in the office. Once a case is undertaken, clients are charged by the hour, and the firm is mindful of clients’ financial needs. rospective clients can communicate via email and telephone. (609) 919-1600. Website: dennigancahillsmith.com. —Jean Stratton
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arly Bullock and her teammates on the Princeton University women’s hockey team believed that they were national title contenders as the squad headed into mid-March. With senior star forward Bullock having scored a goal to help Princeton rally to a 3-2 overtime win at No. 1 Cornell on March 8 in the ECAC Hockey championship game, she sensed that the Tigers could go all the way in the upcoming NCAA tournament. “We were playing some of our best hockey, we had just beaten the No. 1 team in the championship game,” said Bullock, a native of Eden Prairie, Minn., noting that it was the first-ever ECACH title for the program. “We have been a really close team all year but around the playoffs we just hit a new level. We were just having so much fun and I think that really translates to things on ice. We were singing and dancing between periods.” But the fun stopped days later when all college winter and spring sports were canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak. With the Tigers getting ready to play at Northeastern in the NCAA quarterfinals, the abrupt end to the postseason run was hard to process for a team that had gone 26-6-1, setting a program record for most wins in a season. “We had a quick mini banquet at the Metro North restaurant,” recalled Bullock, who led the Tigers in goals this season with 30 and won the team’s Elizabeth English trophy as its most valuable player in addition to earning first-team
All-Ivy League and first-team AllECACH recognition. “It was really sad, it was a hard pill to swallow. We were just all in shock; we were in tears and hysterics.” That shocking turn of events, though, won’t mark the end of Bullock’s hockey career as she recently signed a contract to play with Swedish professional club Linkoping HC. “I had wanted to play in Europe for a while now; my brother (former Dartmouth star Ryan) played professionally for a year in France and loved his experience,” said Bullock, who will be joined on the squad by classmate and star goalie Steph Neatby. “I knew some other teammates who went over there, Molly Strabley, Cassidy Tucker, and Kiersten Falck, and I got to see them all really enjoy their experience. I knew that was something that I wanted to do.” With some help from Princeton assistant coach Courtney Kessel, Linkoping proved to be a good fit for Bullock. “The Swedish League is one of the most competitive leagues; that is why I wanted to play over there,” said Bullock. “Courtney actually played for Linkoping and still had connections there from when she played. She was able to get us in contact with their general manager and he was very interested in both Steph and I. It made it a really easy decision.” Playing with Neatby will be a major plus for Bullock as she adjusts to Sweden.
“One of the deciding factors was finding a team that would take us both just because when you are going into such a new territory and a new experience, it is nice to have someone you know and someone that knows you,” said Bullock. “It was really nice to have her as we were looking at teams and trying to figure out what we wanted.” While Bullock is looking forward to playing at the pro level, she will miss being on campus this spring with her other classmates. “It is really tough because you work so hard for three years leading up to this and that is what everyone is looking forward to,” said Bullock, a sociology major whose senior thesis dealt with issues regarding the Pink Tax. “It is your post-thesis life. I am only in two classes so you get a lot more free time to get to hang out with your friends. It is hard to have that all rushed, saying goodbyes in three days. It is still tough. We are hoping that we can all get together at some point before we leave but I don’t know how the trajectory of this is going to work.” Back in Minnesota, Bullock has stayed in contact virtually with her teammates over the last few months. “We did a couple of Zoom workouts, that was fun as a way to stay in shape,” said Bullock. “It is always better to work out with your friends and we have been having a couple full team Zooms and class Zooms and whoever wants to call. We have been FaceTiming a lot. It is really sad but it is nice to keep up with everyone.”
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PU Sports Roundup 8 Princeton Senior Athletes Named as Lane Award Finalists
Eight Princeton senior student-athletes have been named as finalists for the 2020 Art Lane ‘34 Award, which is presented annually to undergraduate studentathletes in recognition of selfless contribution to sport and society. The Lane Award will be presented at the Gary Walters ‘67 Princeton Varsity Club Awards Banquet on May 28, which will be held virtually. The finalists include field hockey star goalie Grace Baylis, baseball star Chris Davis, women’s lightweight rower Georgia Hellard Timm, men’s heavyweight rower Ryan Hutzley, women’s lacrosse player Katie Reilly, women’s track athlete Ellen Scott-Young, women’s open rower Emerson Solms, and women’s squash player Morgan Steelman. Baylis, a native of London, England, and a student in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, served on the StudentAthlete Wellness Leader (SAWL) executive team and the Student Health Advisory Board during her time at Princeton. Baylis helped implement the “Pause Wall,” which hangs in Caldwell Fieldhouse and encourages all to pause, reflect and leave a message of support or inspiration. Davis, a history major from Avon, Conn., helped orchestrate the baseball program’s involvement with Trunk or
Treat this past fall, a Halloween-themed event for families in the Princeton community, and has been an active participant with baseball’s annual partnership with the Special Olympics. Additionally, Davis has served as a member of Varsity Student Athlete Advisory Council (VSAAC), helping to lead efforts around the “All Stripes One Streak” initiative focused on campus inclusivity and “No Tiger Too Tough,” a campaign to eliminate the stigma around mental health. Hellard Timm, a politics major from London, England, interned for Jumpstart for Young Children, Inc. (in partnership with Princeton Internships in Civic Service), a national early education organization dedicated to ensuring children enter kindergarten prepared to succeed. On campus, she served as a Student-Athlete Wellness Leader and as a Resident Advisor in Butler College. Hutzley, a history major from Ocean, N.J., played a key role in growing the partnership between Princeton Rowing and the Special Olympics of New Jersey. Under his leadership, Princeton’s Special Olympics Rowing Program transitioned to a model that is entirely student-athlete run, and has nearly quintupled in participation across the four varsity crew programs. Reilly, a politics major from Huntington Station, N.Y., interned with Harlem Lacrosse, an organization that strives to empower academically at-risk children through mentorship and lacrosse. Reilly’s role involved on-field coaching, individual academic tutoring and mentoring. She previously worked for Project Play, a
state-funded camp for low income families, where she supported campers with academics, athletics and life skills. Scott-Young, an anthropology major from Gold Coast, Australia, served as vice president and social chair for the Class of 2020 and president of the Princeton Conservation Society. Scott-Young has led efforts to protect declining bee populations, and worked with the Environmental Defense Fund to combat overfishing in the Yellow Sea. Solms, a history major from Washington, D.C., was an active volunteer with the Princeton Rowing-led partnership with the Special Olympics and also interned with Special Olympics International in the Global Youth Engagement Department. Solms served as an advisory board member and a leader for the Princeton first year orientation program. Steelman, a Philadelphia, Pa., native and a student in the Woodrow Wilson School, served as a peer health advisor, a peer academic advisor, and an athlete health professions advisor. Steelman received the Professor R.W. van de Velde Award for her independent work around racial disparities in New Jersey’s maternal mortality rates, an honor given to the Wilson School junior who has done the most to assure the success of the Policy Task Force.
8 PU Senior Women Athletes Vying for von Kienbusch Award
The Princeton University Department of Athletics has named eight finalists for the 2020 C. Otto von Kienbusch Award, given annually to the school’s top senior female athlete. The von Kienbusch Award will be presented at the Gary
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Walters ‘67 Princeton Varsity Club Awards Banquet on May 28 which will be held virtually. The finalists include basketball star Bella Alarie, hockey player Carly Bullock, softball standout Megan Donahey, lacrosse player Tess D’Orsi, open rower Hadley Irwin, volleyball player Maggie O’Connell, hockey player Claire Thompson, and golfer Maya Walton. Alarie, a Bethesda, Md., native and history major, is the all-time leading scorer in Princeton women’s basketball history (1,703 points), a three-time Ivy Player of the Year and a four-time firstteam All-Ivy selection. She led Princeton to three Ivy championships, became the first Ivy League player to ever earn consecutive Associated Press All-America accolades, and was selected fifth by the Dallas Wings in the first round of the WNBA Draft in April. Bullock, a sociology major from Eden Prairie, Minn., capped her career by becoming just the fifth player in program history to score 30 goals in a season. Finishing with 159 career points, sixthmost in program history, and 95 career goals, the fifth-most all time for the Tigers, Bullock helped Princeton to two NCAA tournaments, the 2019 Ivy League title, the program’s first-ever ECAC Hockey tournament title in 2020. Donahey, a student in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs and a native of Phoenix, Ariz., is a three-time All-Ivy selection. She hit .377 as a freshman and led Princeton with 58 hits. As a sophomore, she led Princeton in both categories, hitting .328 and with 45 hits, and did so again as a junior, hitting .385 with another 45 hits. D’Orsi, a Sudbury, Mass., native and history major, totaled 187 points in 58 games to rank 11th all-time in program history. In terms of goal-scoring, she will graduate sixth all-time in program history with 144 – including a 2019 season where she scored 64 goals to rank second in a season for the Tigers. Irwin, a philosophy major and native of Washington, D.C., was a three-time firstteam All-Ivy selection for the women’s open first varsity eight. In 2019, she helped the 1V to an undefeated regular season and the Ivy championship. The boat placed seventh at the NCAA Championships. In 2018, Irwin helped the 1V place fifth overall at the NCAA regatta. During 2017, Irwin was one of only two freshmen to race at 1V the entire season, helping the Tigers to an 11-0 regular season mark and an Ivy crown. She also raced internationally, winning a bronze medal in the W8+ at the 2018 U-23 World Championships for the U.S. O’Connell, a chemical and biological engineering major from Katy, Texas, is a threetime AVCA All-Region honoree. She was the Ivy Player of the Year in 2017 and the Ivy Rookie of the Year in 2016. O’Connell is four-time firstteam All-Ivy honoree and a three-time Academic All-Ivy honoree. She helped Princeton to three Ivy championships. Thompson, an ecology and evolutionary biology major from Toronto, Ont., enjoyed a big senior year, helping Princeton to its first-ever ECAC Hockey tournament title and to a second straight NCAA tournament berth.
ISRAELI FORCES: Princeton University men’s basketball player Amir Bell dribbles against Columbia during his senior season in 2018. Point guard Bell recently signed with Hapoel Be'er Sheva of the Israeli Premier League, reuniting with former Tiger teammate Spencer Weisz ’17, who is also on the squad. Bell, a 6’4, 190-pound native of East Brunswick, N.J., has signed for the remainder of the Israeli Winter League season with an option for another season. The duo of Bell and Weisz will look to replicate the success they had at Princeton where they helped the Tigers win the Ivy League title in 2016-17. Bell is coming off a stellar campaign for the Kuala Lumpar Dragons in the ASEAN League where he averaged 15.8 points per game along with 7.2 assists and 7.2 rebounds. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) Over the 2019-20 campaign, she earned the second AllECACH and third All-Ivy honors of her career. Thompson finished fifth among defensemen in Princeton history with 87 career points Walton, a history major from Austin, Texas., is a three-time All-Ivy performer, landing on the first team in her sophomore and junior seasons and earning Ivy Player of the Year honors in 2018. Walton helped Princeton to Ivy titles in each of her first two seasons and became the third player in program history to advance out of the NCAA Regional and earn a bid to the NCAA Championships, tying for fifth at the NCAA Athens Regional in 2017 to qualify.
6 Tiger Senior Male Athletes Named as Roper Award Finalists
The Princeton University Department of Athletics has named six finalists for the 2020 William Winston Roper Trophy, given annually to the school’s top senior male athlete. The Roper Trophy will be presented at the Gary Walters ‘67 Princeton Varsity Club Awards Banquet on May 28, which will be held virtually. The finalists include basketball star Richmond Arir ig u zoh, track standout Joey Daniels, volleyball star George Huhmann, wrestler Matt Kolodzik, cross country/ track standout Conor Lundy, and lacrosse star Michael Sowers. Aririguzoh, an ecology and evolutionary biology major from Ewing, N.J., was a twotime All-Ivy League performer. This past season, forward Aririguzoh was a first-team All-Ivy selection while leading the Ivies in offensive rebounds per game and finishing second in field goal percentage. Aririguzoh’s career field goal percentage of .636 ranks second all-time in school history. Daniels, an economics major from Kitchener, Ontario, was named second-team AllAmerica in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2019 NCAA Outdoor Track Championships. Daniels won a total of six championships as an individual or as part of a relay at indoor and outdoor Heps. He was a three-time Ivy champi-
on in the 60 indoor hurdles, winning each of the last three Heps titles, and a two-time conference champion in the 110 hurdles outdoors. Huhmann, an economics major from St. Louis, Mo., was a three-time honorable mention AVCA (American Volleyball Coaches Association) All-American with selections in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Making program history, Huhmann became the first Tiger selected as the Uvaldo Acosta Memorial Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association (EIVA) Player of the Year in 2019 while also garnering EIVA Tournament Most Outstanding Player honors. In addition, Huhmann was a four-time first-team All-EIVA selection, the second player in program history to earn that distinction. Kolodzik, a mechanical and aerospace engineering major from Bellbrook, Ohio., is the first four-time All-American in program history. Kolodzik finished in the top seven at the NCAA Championships in all three trips. He became just the fourth wrestler in program history to win three EIWA (Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) titles and first since 1941. He was the sixth wrestler in program history to finish in the top eight at the EIWAs four times. Lundy, a politics major from Tuckahoe, N.Y., is the first-ever four-time first-team All-Ivy selection in men’s cross country program history. In 2018, Lundy earned All-American honors at the NCAA Outdoor Track Championships, finishing 15th in the 5,000-meter run. Sowers, a history major from Dresher, Pa., is Princeton’s career leader in points with 302 (121 goals and 181 assists). He also owns top three single-season scoring totals in program history. Sowers averaged 6.43 points per game, which is second in NCAA Division I history. He also holds the Princeton record for career assists. His list of individual honors includes being the National Player of the Year in 2020 by Inside Lacrosse, a 2019 first-team AllAmerican honor, and being named a Tewaaraton Award finalist in 2019.
Heading into his second season at the helm of the Princeton High baseball team, Dom Capuano liked the vibe around the squad. “We had 45 people try out and we had cuts; while making cuts is never fun, it is good that the program is growing,” said PHS head coach Capuano, who guided the Tigers to a 9-13 record in 2019 as it won six of its last eight games and advanced to the Mercer County Tournament quarterfinals. “We were excited. We lost some stuff from last year but I don’t think the team makeup was going to be that much different.” Capuano credited his group of seniors — Jason Ramirez, Judd Petrone, Gautam Chawla, Brian Frost, Aidan Regan, Enoch Zeng, and Connor Parish — with setting a positive tone. “I didn’t take over until basically almost February last year so there wasn’t the ability for those seniors to work in what we are trying to do now with the culture,” said Capuano. “With this group of seniors, especially, the captains (Ramirez, Petrone, and Chawla) ran with it, leading the workouts and everything. They did an excellent job.” A week into the preseason, the schools were closed due to the COVID-19 outbreak and virtual learning began. By early May, the spring sports season was formally canceled. Despite working from home, the seniors continued to lead. “I would put our weekly workouts and a whole practice plan for them day by day and the captains would facilitate that,”
said Capuano. “I gave them their own little subgroups of the team. Each of them had four or five kids to communicate with and they did a great job of keeping everybody together and going over what was expected every day.” With no games on the horizon, Capuano has been concentrating on honing his players’ psychological approach to the game. “I am focusing on the mental aspect of teaching them and how reflection is going to play a big part, especially for a game like baseball where you have the time to reflect from at bat to at bat or inning to inning,” said Capuano. “We are trying to do that. They send me videos of what they are doing now so I can watch them and provide them feedback by e-mail. It has turned more into that. You have had four weeks of me giving you exactly what to do so now it is take what you know you need to work on and reflect on it and we will talk about it.” In reflecting on the lost season, Capuano rues what might have been with his seniors leading the way. “This is a group that you really like to be around, they are very fun to coach,” said Capuano, noting that some of the seniors are looking to play at the college level with Chawla having committed to play at Cal Tech while Ramirez is considering walking on at Princeton University, Regan at Hamilton College, and Zeng at Rutgers. “When we took over last year, there was this vision of what our team culture could become and
the whole senior class was really embodying that. I miss out on the opportunity to watch that unfold but also our roster has only three juniors and then seven sophomores. It would have been huge to have those sophomores learn from the seniors for a year and then take
control next year where they are upperclassmen.” C ap u a n o h a s m i s s e d being on the diamond with his players. “I didn’t realize how much I really love coaching until you take it away for twothree weeks and I am just jonesing to get out on the field,” said Capuano. “This was my first full year where I was able to do August preseason workouts and I was able to really take control. That
being said, it is definitely important that we didn’t have the season to keep everyone safe.” In discussing the future with his returning players, Capuano is emphasizing the importance of making the most of every moment. “Once it was officially canceled, I was talking to the juniors and sophomores and I said now we can all see firsthand how quickly this can be taken away from us,” said Capuano.
“I am trying to convey the message that it is hard to train right now at home but we still need to continue to do that and work towards next year. Everybody just lost a season so even though you still get another one, you lost that year of growth which is important. So don’t take this for granted and appreciate it because the seniors just lost their last season.” —Bill Alden
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THE RIGHT STUFF: Princeton High baseball player Jason Ramirez fires a pitch in a 2019 game. Senior Ramirez had assumed a leadership role for PHS this season, being selected as a tri-captain along with classmates Judd Petrone and Gautam Chawla. The trio has stepped up to keep the Tiger players on the same page after the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)
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Led by a trio of battletested and dedicated seniors, the Hun School softball team was bringing high hopes into this spring. “I thought it was a promising season, our seniors did such a great job, working out this fall and winter,” said Hun head coach Kathy Quirk, whose Class of 2020 featured Gigi Venizelos, Abby Zucatti, and Jackie Drozd. The Raiders did see some game action on their annual preseason trip to Florida. “We did a get a chance to go to Florida and play two games down there,” said Quirk, whose team went 9-6 in 2019 as it advanced to the state Prep A semifinals. “We were starting to jell, we were young. Of the pitchers we had on the mound, one was a freshman and one was a sophomore. We had a freshman at first base, who was very similar to Meg Donohue and we had a new sophomore at shortstop.” But the trip was cut short due to concerns stemming from the COV ID -19 out-
break and the season was subsequently canceled, leaving Quirk feeling particularly sad for her veterans. “That was tough, my seniors were devastated,” said Quirk, noting that Venizelos is attending Colgate University and will play for its softball program while Zucatti has committed to attend Gettysburg College and play for its softball team and Drozd is headed to RIT where she will be playing tennis. “We hadn’t been together that long and they wished we had been together the whole time in Florida. They felt that the kids would have really bought into the program but I do think they have given them a good foundation for the future. They left behind a lot of good traditions and good work ethic. There are things that I am really going to miss about them.” Once the Hun players were back home, Quirk looked to keep their spirits up. “I was more worried about their psychological and mental well-being more so than their physical conditioning
because a lot of them work out on their ow n,” said Quirk. “We would Zoom and just chat and try to keep everybody upbeat because we were initially hoping that we were going to have some part of the season. We had a Zoom lunch one week and we had a fitness testing another week where I put them in pairs and they had to do pushups, sit-ups, and burpees.” Looking ahead, Quirk believes that this experience will lead everyone to take a different mental approach to the game whenever play resumes. “I think it gives you more of an appreciation of things,” said Quirk, noting the team will be holding a Zoom spring banquet and that her three seniors made the honorary All-MAPL (Mid-Atlantic Prep League) team. “No matter what the situation is, you have to work hard and want to be a part of something and just help each other out.” —Bill Alden
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In preparation for hopefully resuming high school sports this fall, the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) said last week that it is creating a COVID-19 Medical Advisory Task Force. The move comes after the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS) announced that it is developing return-to-school and return-to-play protocols. The NJSIA A task force will work with the organization’s member schools, the N.J. Departments of Health and Education, the NFHS Spor ts Medical Advisor y Committee, and other leading authorities, to provide the association with the “best, most up to date guidance to allow New Jersey high school student-athletes to return to athletics as soon as safely possible.” The aim of the task force is to “identify and implement both general and sportsspecific modifications” that will be required by NJSIAA member schools. In t he short-term, the group’s efforts will be “focused on returning the fall athletes to their sports for the 2020 season.” In addition, NJSIAA reiterated its belief that “students — both as individuals and a team — are well served by appropriate, virtual interaction with their coaches” and will continue to facilitate those connections. The organization also encouraged athletes to continue to “follow all relevant guidelines, including social distancing and wearing of masks.” Adding that “going back to our school buildings won’t necessarily guarantee TAGLINE: Hun School softball player Gigi Venizelos looks to tag a baserunner in a game last an immediate return of athspring. Senior star and Colgate University-bound Venizelos was poised for a big final campaign letics,” the NJSIAA indicated that some sports may folbefore the 2020 season was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) low different schedules than others and there will be a need to be “flexible with a new normal.”
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The Eden Family 5K Race and 1-mile Fun Run is scheduled to take place on October 4 at the Princeton Forrestal Village. The 5K road race is contested on a USATF Certified course with both events to start at 9 a.m. Those who sign up before June 15 will receive $5 off the registration fee. The first 750 people who pre-register for the 5K or 1-mile walk will receive a running buff. For more information or to register for the race, log onto/edenautism.akaraisin.com/ui/Eden5K2020. There is also registration available on race day starting at 7:30 a.m. Eden is tracking the latest coronavirus health and safety protocols and the group’s website includes its current plan. In the event that social distancing guidelines prevent large gatherings, the race will become an allvirtual event.
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Laurie.Madaus@gmail.com Cell: 203.948.5157
STONE POND
S tone Pond is an enchanting property which defines the Bucks County aesthetic, becoming increasingly difficult to find. Located in Springfield Township just 17 minutes from Route 78, 25 minutes from Doylestown and 35 minutes from New Hope, the early 1800’s stone and clapboard farmhouse sits splendidly on its perch taking full advantage of sweeping views of hundreds of acres of preserved farmland punctuated with a backdrop of Haycock Mountain. With a vibrant land history dating back to William Penn the property delivers unexpected bonuses of a gorgeous turn-key vintage home with a wraparound outdoor living space taking full advantage of the amazing views, spectacular sunsets, fascinating night sky, exquisite gardens, lush landscaping with mature plantings covering the 3.6 acres, a sparkling pool with blue stone deck, charming chicken house, spring fed pond, and a handsome stone barn. With 5 bedrooms and 6.5 baths,once a B & B, the historic details, mill work, high ceilings, pumpkin pine floors, abundance of light and warmth of this stunning vintage home will please your family and charm your guests. $715,000
For property information contact Laurie Madaus directly at 203.948.5157 550 Union Square, New Hope, PA 18938 • 215.862.5500 ADDISONWOLFE.COM
Art Mazzei
Art@addisonwolfe.com Cell: 610.428.4885
SKYEVIEW
The exterior of SkyeView resembles the facade of a proper Bucks County stone farmhouse. However, the interior space reflects the sensibility that exudes the strategic use of materials for visual interest, texture and personality. Once you enter the front door, past the powder room, the expansive Great Room, with double height atrium, explodes in all directions. The large tile flooring, with radiant heat, makes the room feel even more majestic. The window walls, stylish track lighting and exposed duct work, reminds one of a Soho gallery. Yet, the well planned furniture placement, creates individual vignettes for reading with the backdrop of floor-to-ceiling bookcases, casual entertaining in the center of the room or relaxing in front of the fireplace. The over-sized kitchen features an enormous island with one of the largest single slabs of Granite you’ll see anywhere. This chef’s kitchen is flooded with natural light and boasts two ovens, two sinks, two dishwashers and a commercial wall of cabinetry for storage. A full pantry and an adjacent room is perfect for a cookbook library or for meal planning. $1,195,000
For property information contact Art Mazzei directly at 610.428.4885 550 Union Square, New Hope, PA 18938 • 215.862.5500 ADDISONWOLFE.COM
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT OF OUR FAMILY OWNED BUSINESS Although our showroom is closed, WE ARE OPEN! Please call us 737-2466 and we can discuss all your flooring, kitchen/bath needs!
More ways to shop: You are (virtually) invited: • We are taking orders via phone and crecit card • We are accepting and delivering material • Visit our website and shop our products! • Send us pictures and sizes and we can estimate costs • We are installing commercial/residential jobs • We can send you ideas using a room visualizer
American Furniture Exchange
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I Will Buy Single Items to the Entire Estate! Are You Moving? House Cleanout Service Available!
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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER (2 x openings) in Princeton, NJ: design, develop, test, troubleshoot multiple web-based applications, web services and related SQL Server database. Maintain, optimize and enhance existing services, applications, and platforms including bug fixes, feature enhancements and performance tuning. Troubleshoot complex issues, identify and implement corrective solutions. Req: Master’s degree or equiv. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field, strong programming skills with JavaScript, JQuery, CSS3, Bootstrap, Angular, AJAX, JSON, Java, XML, XSLT, etc. Highly proficiency with web front-end libraries and frameworks development, J2EE technologies (Spring, Hibernate). Send resume to Clinpharma Consulting Global Group LLC, 103 Carnegie Center, Suite 300, Princeton, NJ 08540 05-27-2t
Since 1955
CARPENTRY DETAILS ALTERATIONS • ADDITIONS CUSTOM ALTERATIONS HISTORIC RESTORATIONS KITCHENS •BATHS • DECKS
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GARDEN CENTER
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A family business famous for quality and service since 1939
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PRINCETON CHARTER SCHOOL A US DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION BLUE RIBBON SCHOOL SERVING STUDENTS IN GRADES K-8 SEEKS QUALIFIED APPLICANTS FOR THE FOLLOWING 2020-2021 POSITIONS:
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All applicants must hold, or be willing to attain, the relevant NJ certification. Interested candidates should send a cover letter, resume, copies of NJ certificate(s) and college transcripts to: Head of School, Princeton Charter School, 100 Bunn Drive, Princeton, NJ 08540, or to pcsoffice@princetoncharter. org. Princeton Charter School is an equal opportunity employer. Deadline for application is May 31, 2020. Must be a resident of New Jersey or willing to relocate. For more information visit our web site at www.pcs.k12.nj.us.
TOWN TOPICS is printed entirely on recycled paper. JOES LANDSCAPING INC. OF PRINCETON Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs Commercial/Residential Over 45 Years of Experience •Fully Insured •Free Consultations Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ gmail.com Text (only) (609) 638-6846 Office (609) 216-7936 Princeton References •Green Company HIC #13VH07549500 05-27 PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000 tf HANDYMAN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, masonry, etc. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www. elegantdesignhandyman.com Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com It’s time for deck rehabilitation & refinishing! You may text to request one of my job videos from my projects & receive it by text or email. STAY SAFE. tf CARPENTRY/ HOME IMPROVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf YOUR ULTIMATE SAT & ACT PREP: Free Consultation! I’ve Helped Improve The Official SAT & ACT Study Guides! Dr. Brad. Call (888) 343-9776; www.myPEAKscore.com 05-27-3t
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CREATIVE CLEANING SERVICES: All around cleaning services to fit your everyday needs. Very reli able, experienced & educated. Weekly, biweekly & monthly. Please call Matthew/Karen Geisenhoner at (609) 587-0231; Email creativecleaningservices@outlook. com 05-27-8t
SUPERIOR HANDYMAN SERVICES: Experienced in all residential home repairs. Free Estimate/References/ Insured. (908) 966-0662 or www. superiorhandymanservices-nj.com 05-16/08-01 BUYERS • APPRAISERS • AUCTIONEERS Restoration upholstery & fabric shop. On-site silver repairs & polishing. Lamp & fixture rewiring & installation. Palace Interiors Empire Antiques & Auctions monthly. Call Gene (609) 209-0362. 10-02-20 TOWN TOPICS CLASSIFIEDS GETS TOP RESULTS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go! We deliver to ALL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read. (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com tf I BUY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469. 09-04-20 TK PAINTING: Interior, exterior. Power-washing, wallpaper removal, plaster repair, Venetian plaster, deck staining. Renovation of kitchen cabinets. Front door & window refinishing. Excellent references. Free estimates. Call (609) 947-3917. 12-18/06-10 BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, cameras, silver, costume & fine jewelry. Guitars & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 306-0613. 01-15-21 ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE: I will clean out attics, basements, garages & houses. Single items to entire estates. No job too big or small. In business over 35 years, serving all of Mercer County. Call (609) 306-0613. 01-15-21
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The Spring Market Starts Now!
Dear Neighbors, Friends, and Clients, Through a variety of tools and technology, we are helping our clients buy and sell real estate while maintaining a keen awareness of the surrounding pandemic. Visit CallawayHenderson.com for a deep dive on each of our listings and a list of our upcoming virtual open houses. In the meantime, our thoughts and prayers are with those most affected and we want to thank everyone who continues to selflessly fight this virus, including first responders, doctors, nurses and many more. Sincerely,
The Callaway Henderson Sotheby’s International Realty Team
RIVER ROAD • SOLEBURY TOWNSHIP Nina S Burns $3,795,000 CallawayHenderson.com/id/PABU494212
INTRODUCING
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NORTH ROAD • PRINCETON Sylmarie Trowbridge $2,950,000 CallawayHenderson.com/id/NJME295572
HODGE ROAD • PRINCETON Maura Mills $2,595,000 CallawayHenderson.com/id/NJME295506
PAUL ROBESON PLACE • PRINCETON Michael Monarca $1,850,000 C allawayHenderson.com/id/1000261879
VAN DYKE ROAD • PRINCETON Michelle Blane $1,645,000 CallawayHenderson.com/id/NJME294990
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PENROSE LANE • WEST WINDSOR TOWNSHIP Kathryn Baxter $999,999 CallawayHenderson.com/id/NJME295480
DEER PATH • MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP Valerie Smith $975,000 CallawayHenderson.com/id/NJSO113200
NORTH MAIN STREET • LAMBERTVILLE CITY Cynthia Shoemaker-Zerrer $749,000 CallawayHenderson.com/id/NJHT106122
RIVERWALK • PLAINSBORO TOWNSHIP Danielle Spilatore $639,900 CallawayHenderson.com/id/NJMX120964
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HODGE ROAD • PRINCETON Sylmarie Trowbridge $1,995,000 C allawayHenderson.com/id/NJME295678
WESTCOTT ROAD • PRINCETON Maura Mills $1,299,000 C allawayHenderson.com/id/NJME287352
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SILVERTHORN LANE • MONTGOMERY TWP Antoinette Schielein $849,000 CallawayHenderson.com/id/NJSO113146
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