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PU Serves Up Summer Meals for Hungry, Homeless . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Middle School Has New Name Beginning July 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Thoughts On Ralph Ellison, Juneteenth, and Invisible Man . . . . . . . 15 Princeton Festival Closes Season with Evening of Opera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Princeton Symphony Orchestra Merges with Princeton Festival . . . . . 17 PU Track Star Trippas Chasing Olympic Dream . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Wilberforce School Track Makes First Appearance At MOC . . . . . . . . . 29

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Giving young people a platform to express their ideas about policies, procedures, and services is the goal of youth advisory boards. Among them are the Princeton Youth Advisory Committee, which keeps the mayor and Council up to date on issues concerning young people; and the Young Adult Advisory Council, recently formed to advise leaders at Womanspace, the Mercer County nonprofit that aids victims of domestic and sexual violence. “It’s about advising us on issues that are relevant to youth,” said Council President Leticia Fraga, who serves as liaison to the Princeton committee. “They are more aware than any of us on what is going on in their generation, and they can be very helpful.” “It’s important for us to better connect with youth,” said Danielle Scollins, coordinator of prevention and community education for Womanspace. “We began this just out of wanting to reach youth in Mercer County in a deeper way. We want to continue that relationship and bring in more youth to advise us in preventing youth violence.” Seven Mercer County teenagers are currently on the Womanspace council, and Scollins hopes to expand to about 15. “We have a really good mix of people right now, from all over Mercer County,” she said. “We have 15-year-olds from Princeton, West Windsor, and Trenton, and we have two students from The College of New Jersey. All are female right now, but we are open to anyone who is willing to join.” The Princeton committee recently added four new members for the coming academic year: Anya Karande from Princeton Day School, Charlie Ross and Nico Maya from Princeton High School, and Anjali Monga from The Hun School. The group has four sophomores, four juniors, and four seniors. Members must be Princeton residents. The Womanspace council, which formed last March, meets monthly. Members use their social media platforms and life experiences to spread awareness of the organization’s mission to those who might not be familiar with its services. Their first post, in April, was focused on Denim Day, in which people were Continued on Page 10

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PU Prospect Ave. Plans Remain Unresolved The Princeton Planning Board’s June 17 meeting adjourned after about four hours, with a dozen participants still waiting to speak and Princeton University’s application facing ongoing resistance from the community, as it seeks a variance to move the 91 Prospect building, the former Court Clubhouse, to a site across the street, where three Victorian houses will be demolished. The Planning Board will continue the discussion and move towards a decision at its meeting on July 8. The University continues to insist that moving the Court Clubhouse building is the only way it can effectively proceed with the creation of its Environmental Science and School of Engineering and Applied Science (ES+SEAS) complex south of Prospect Avenue. Many community members, including a number of professional architects, planners, and preservationists, opposed the Prospect Avenue portion of the University plan as historically, aesthetically, and environmentally detrimental to the community. Opponents have requested that the University revise its ES+SEAS plans, and the Princeton Prospect Foundation (PPF) has sponsored a petition that has garnered more than 1,060 signatures of individuals in opposition to the

University’s plans. Princeton University, however, has made no sign of a willingness to compromise, arguing the necessity of their current construction plans for the future of ES+SEAS. In answering a request for information about other possibilities if the Planning Board rejects its current application, the University gave no indication that there could be a Plan B. Christopher DeGrezia, a lawyer, along with University architect Ron McCoy, led

Princeton University’s team of about 17 professionals in presenting the case. “The University would like to save 91 Prospect, and we have determined that the only viable option is to move it across the street,” said DeGrezia. “If the application is approved, 91 Prospect will have a new home. It it’s not approved, 91 Prospect will be demolished, which will be unfortunate because the University has gone to great lengths to save it.” DeGrezia argued that the ES+SEAS Continued on Page 8

Donations of Backpacks and School Supplies Are Especially Needed This Year With schools closed last year due to COVID-19, it would seem that the need for backpacks, binders, and other essential school supplies would have decreased — or at least stayed the same. But Princeton’s Human Services Department, which looks out for the needs of residents who are vulnerable or economically disadvantaged, has discovered otherwise. The 12th annual Backpack and School Supplies Drive, which helps children who are low-income and in need of new gear, is as vital as ever. This year’s drive runs through August 6. Backpacks, book bags, notebooks,

binders, folders, loose leaf paper, pencils, pens, crayons markers, scissors, glue sticks, and other essential items can be dropped off weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Monument Hall, 1 Monument Drive. “The demand has definitely increased, even with COVID,” said Melissa Urias, Human Services director. “Families really rely on the drive. School supplies and backpacks are really expensive. Especially with the pandemic, families were focusing on having food on the table and paying rent. Now, with kids going back to Continued on Page 10

COMMEMORATING JUNETEENTH: Local leaders, from left, Tommy Parker, Mia Sacks, Shirley Satterfield, Veronica Olivares-Weber, Leighton Newlin, and Mayor Mark Freda took turns reading a Municipal Proclamation of Juneteenth during the Juneteenth Block Party held Saturday afternoon at the Princeton Family YMCA field . Participants share what brought them to the event in this week’s Town Talk on page 6 . (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)

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Rockingham State Historic Site - 84 Laurel Ave, Kingston This historic mansion was George Washington’s Final Wartime Headquarters. https://www.rockingham.net/ | The buildings are not currently open to the public. Check the website for a guided tour schedule. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Before leaving the parking lot, walk over to the Information board and find the text of the “Farewell Orders to the Armies,” written at Rockingham by General George Washington in October 1783. Toward the end of the fourth paragraph, Washington describes how, against all expectations, the soldiers became “one patriotic ___________ __________________________. Cross the bridge and walk to the stone building (built in 1905 as a welcome center at the house’s 2nd location—the house was moved 3 times!) Who can you see looking out the window to the right of the double door? ___________ Keep following the path to get to the home where the Washingtons stayed for more than 2 ½ months in 1783. How many stars are on the blue flag hanging in the window to the right of the roofed porch? ___________.Why do you think there are that many? ___________ Walk to the other side of the house where there’s a two-story porch. Gently, without pressing on the glass, look through the first two windows to the left of the door to see the formal parlor. Can you find a musical instrument, a deck of cards, a turkey and a grandfather clock? Look in the windows to the right of the door to find images of the Washingtons. How many Georges are there? _______ How many Marthas?_______

Morven Museum & Garden - 55 Stockton Street, Princeton This historic mansion and gardens were the home of Richard & Annis Stockton and the Stockton family through the early 20th century. Robert Wood Johnson, Jr. rented the house before it became New Jersey’s first Governors’ mansion. www.morven.org | Open to the public Wednesday through Sunday 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Grounds open every day until dusk. 1. 2. 3. 4.

Richard Stockton was one of five signers of the Declaration of Independence from New Jersey. In 1776, it was a great risk to sign a document demanding independence from the King of England, yet he left this house and went to _________________________ to sign. Would you have signed? If yes, sign your name here:___________________ __________________ while standing on the back porch or in the courtyard (Did you know? The Declaration of Independence was not actually signed until August 2, 1776) Annis Boudinot Stockton was one of the first female published poets in America and gave Morven its name. At the far end of the Stockton Education Center, find Annis’ Grotto sign. What collection (brought home from England by her husband) lined her inspiration spot?________________ What type of collection of objects would be in your Grotto? _______________ Morven was never a single family home. During the Revolutionary era, the Stockton family, enslaved men, women, children and servants lived and worked here. Near the driveway on the left, when facing the mansion, find the oldest wing of the house, which housed the kitchen and service quarters. What is it called? _________ Take a family photo near one of its doors. Continue walking past the front porch and toward the right side of the house. Find the Horse Chestnut Walk sign near the pathway between Morven and The Princeton Battle Monument. What type of tree lined this walk in Annis and Richard Stockton’s time and what did Annis hang in the trees to mark the way for guests at her Fourth of July party in 1783? ______________________________ (Optional: If you find a horse chestnut seed on the ground - take a photo!)

The Princeton Battle Monument - 1 Monument Drive, Princeton 1. 2. 3.

Find the cannonball with a skull carved on it. What word is written below it? _______________Find these other Revolutionary War images in the sculpture: eagle, flag, tricorn hat, cannon, powder horn, drummer boy, horse. What was the name of the monument’s sculptor, and what year was it dedicated? (Hint: the answers are carved in the front of the sculpture.) ________________________ Find the patriotic inscription on the back of the monument and read it out loud!

Princeton Battlefield State Park - 500 Mercer Rd, Princeton George Washington and his army defeated the British at this site on January 3, 1777. www.pbs1777.org | Grounds are open every day until dusk. 1. 2. 3.

Find the tree inside a fence. What type of tree is it?_______________ For whom was it named? _______________. This is an offspring of the original tree that collapsed of old age. In what year did it fall? _______________ March toward the flagpole and find the sign to its left, located on the site of Moulder’s Battery. How many cannons were a part of this artillery that prevented the British from advancing across the field? _______________ March to the Thomas Clarke house and look through the lower right window. This room was where General Mercer was nursed after being wounded during the battle. Now look around the other side of the house to find a cannon. In which direction is it pointed? _______________. (This was done to indicate that an American general died in the house.)

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Home to the Historical Society of Princeton, this farm is along the route followed by Continental troops on their way to engage British soldiers at the Thomas Clarke farm. www.princetonhistory.org | Museum is currently closed; grounds are open every day until dusk. 1. 2. 3.

Near the garden in the backyard, find the Farmstead History Trail sign entitled, “The Road to War.” How many days did the British occupy Princeton in 1776-77? _______________ Look at the spy map, drawn by Colonel John Cadwalader for George Washington in December 1776. It includes details on British cannons and valuable information on the road network around Princeton. How many men are “at the bridge”? _______________ What is the name of the tavern located next to the College? _______________ Turn right out of the driveway (walk or drive) and locate the Washington Route Marker on the right side of Quaker Road. Twelve pillars were placed to mark the route of Washington and his troops on January 3, 1777 from Trenton to Princeton. In what year were they erected? _______________ Stand next to it and take a picture!

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Jewish Center “Bimah” Is Being Reconstructed

Construction got underway June 14 for a new bimah, the raised platform where readings from the Torah take place, at The Jewish Center Princeton, to make it accessible. The bimah sits in the front or center of the sanctuary where services are traditionally held. Randy Brett, recently retired president of the congregation, created the “One Bimah for All” campaign to raise funds for the project, sending emails and letters to congregants. “ T h e ‘O n e C on g r e g a tion — One Bimah for All’

project has been discussed for many years, but the events of the last 18 months have demonstrated that if we are to thrive as a synagogue, everyone in our community matters,” said Brett. “We are blessed with a large and growing number of older and valued members, and we often have guests at b’nai mitzvah and other simchas that are mobility-limited. We want to make sure that they can fully participate in every part of our services as time goes on.” Just under $300,000 was raised to fund the reconstruction. The last remodel of the sanctuary was in the

1980s, and did not include any ramps for those who need them. “By raising funds to make our bimah accessible to everyone, The Jewish Center community came together v ir t ually to ensure t hat when we once again gather, no one would be left out,” said Alexandra Bar-Cohen, current president of the congregation. “We hope to be back in the sanctuary for Rosh Hashana, the start of the Jewish New Year. What a way to come out of this chrysalis period of loss and isolation — beginning a new year with our new rabbi on our newly accessible bimah.”

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The University program is also providing 1,200 lunch meals for TASK every week. “We’re very grateful to Princeton University for preparing the meals this summer,” said TASK Executive Director Joyce Campbell. “We’ve been inundated with requests since the pandemic began, and we appreciate Princeton University’s generosity. It gives us something different to eat and provides our kitchen staff a bit of a breather.” TASK offers a variety of services to feed those who are hungry in the Trenton area and offer programs to encourage self-sufficiency and improve the quality of life. All of TASK’s programs are free and available to anyone, no questions asked. The Princeton University’s Campus Dining culinar y team, led by executive chefs Tommy Thothongkum and Brian Driscoll and executive pastry chef Brian Schoenbeck have created the menus, and, along with their teams, are producing approximately 3,800 meals a week to be distributed in surrounding communities. David Dembek, associate retail director; Paul Dylik, assistant director of catering; Donna Pilenza, director of residential dining; Cristian Vasquez, director of retail and catering operations; Erin Metro, associate director for community relations; and David Brown, assistant director of the Pace Center, are overseeing the planning and direction of the food program. “I was very happy when I found out the University would be willing to fund the program again this summer,” said Vasquez. “Not only does this secure employment for our Campus Dining employees during the summer, but it also allows us to produce nutritious meals to support our local community organizations who are assisting individuals and families in need.” He added, “I know how important this is for all of us in our community, especially as we come out of this pandemic that has affected so many individuals and families in ways we couldn’t have imagined.” —Donald Gilpin

Question of the Week:

What brought you to the event today?

(Asked Saturday at the Juneteenth Block Party at Princeton Family YMCA) (Photos by Charles R. Plohn)

“I wanted to celebrate the first official Juneteenth, even though this was the second year that it has been celebrated here in Princeton. And to rejoice that we are making progress, slowly but surely, and to join forces and celebrate and recharge.” —Maria Juega, Princeton

Mele: “I came here because I learned about Juneteenth in my history class and I wanted to get more information about it and why it is remembered.” Mark: “I just wanted to understand a little more about Juneteenth and the celebration and what it stands for. So, for me, it’s about awareness.” —Mele and Mark Pottle, Princeton

Jim: “What brought me here today is so I can get educated, and so I can provide support to the African American community.” Elizabeth: “It’s important. It’s very important and it is about remembering.” —Jim and Elizabeth Lee, Princeton

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On Sunday, June 27 starting at 10 a.m., the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK) and Rise will host a drivethru food distribution to provide 100,000 pounds of groceries to approximately 1,500 families in Mercer Cou nt y, in t he Modway parking lot, 329 Wycoff Mills Road in East Windsor. This is the third collaboration of its kind between the two organizations. Food will be distributed on a firstcome, first-serve basis. Each household will receive more than 75 pounds of groceries including milk and juice, fish and poultry, paper towels, and fresh produce. Attendees will remain in their vehicles for contact-free distribution. “Soup kitchens, food pantries, food banks — we’re all seeing the same things,” said TASK Executive Director Joyce E. Campbell. “While things are tough in the cities, the suburbs and the rural communities are also struggling. TASK wants to further its mission and help these people, too.”

Sean: “Princeton as a town and also the University pride themselves on diversity. This type of event truly demonstrates that, and it’s a really valuable thing to support individuals and businesses in this community.” Josiah: “I came here because a couple of my friends were involved in the planning of it, and I knew it was going to be a good event to find some community and also celebrate and remember.” —Sean Horton and Josiah Gouker, Lawrence

Maggie: “The reason I knew this was happening was from Princeton Mutual Aid. I wanted to come and see what was happening in our community and how people were recognizing Juneteenth on the local level.” Arthur: “I feel like there wasn’t quite as much awareness about Juneteenth as there should be. There has been this kind of groundswell of awareness since Biden created the national holiday, and it’s important to do our part of educating ourselves about the importance of this event, and also by celebrating on a local level.” —Arthur Velez and Maggie Hire, Princeton

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complex was one of the University’s most important building projects in many decades, “a world class facility to attract and retain some of the best minds in the world,” and he noted that that complex demanded “a lot of space requirements and programmatic needs.” McCoy added that the Court Clubhouse building could not be repurposed or updated and was too small and inaccessible in design to be able to fit in with the plans for the new complex. McCoy and DeGrezia also rejected the Princeton Historic Commission’s June 7 decision to recommend that the Planning Board deny the University’s application. McCoy and DeGrezia asserted repeatedly, “There is no regulatory authority for historic review of this project.” PPF Board Chair Sandy Harrison noted that the PPF was “profoundly concerned” about the proposed moving of the former Court Clubhouse across Prospect Avenue and out of the Princeton Historic District and demolishing three historically significant houses to make room for it.

“Such a plan in our view would substantially diminish the aesthetic and historic continuity of Prospect Avenue, and it would set a disturbing precedent for the potential future moving and or demolition of other eating clubhouses and buildings,” he said. “Also the University has not presented any compelling reason for this plan, which would harm the public interest.” Harrison added that the University could achieve its building objectives by using adjacent University land for what amounts to only a small part of the entire project. Noting that PPF’s concerns were supported by leaders of the 11 active eating clubs, Harrison concluded by urging the Planning Board to deny the University’s variance application and to recommend that the University redesign the Prospect Avenue portion of its project “so that the plan respects historic preservation policy and is not detrimental to the public.” Clifford Zink, historic preservationist, architectural historian, and author of an acclaimed recent book about the Princeton eating clubs, expanded on Harrison’s comments, calling the University plan a violation of National

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Community Options Enterprises has named Adolfo S. Alvarado to its board of directors. The nonprofit organization based in Pr inceton op erate s in novat ive en trepreneur ial businesses to provide integrated employment for people with disabilities. “Our board of directors is comprised of a dedicated team of civic and business leaders. Adolfo is an example of both and is a welcome addition,” said Rober t Stack, president and CEO of Communit y Options. “Beyond his tremendous business acumen, he has shown a commitment

New Jersey native A lvarado is the senior finance manager-plant controller for Stryker Corporation, a multinational medical technologies company. Throughout his 12-year career with Stryker, he has overseen finance and accounting activities for some of the largest manufacturing plants for medical technologies in the world. “I have seen Community Options’ impressive growth and their impact on the lives of people with disabilities for many years,” said Alvarado. “I look forward to taking on an active role as a board member and use my

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Cecilia Jimenez-Weeast, Executive Director of LALDEF: “A Woman Who Loves Challenges” she said. “For me that was getting involved and serving the community, so my first job in the United States was working for Planned Parenthood Association of the Mercer Area ( PPA MA). I was the first Latina health educator hired by PPAMA. Back in the 1980s the Latino community was very small. It became my mission to serve the community as interpreter promoting health education.” Jimenez-Weeast worked with PPAMA for about 12 years, educating women and developing many connections with the Latina community. “I enjoyed that part of my job very much,” she said. “We Latinas put our kids first, then our husbands, then our parents, but we have to take care of ourselves in order to take care of our loved ones.” In 2001, Jimenez-Weeast took advantage of the opportunity to take over the Latinas Unidas program, which was offer ing E SL classes and other services at the Trenton YWCA. “That program was close to my heart because the mission of Latinas Unidas was to empower the community to self-sufficiency and connect them with resources in the community.” She noted that some of the proudest moments in her life have come in seeing the results of her work helping people from the community. A few years ago a young man and his fiancée came into her office. He was signing up the young woman for an ESL class for Latinas. “He said, ‘Hi, Ms. Cecy. You don’t remember me, do you?’” She recalled. “No, I didn’t. He goes, ‘I am that little kid from years ago who came into your office with my mother who was a single mom and she was having trouble taking care of me after school. I will be forever grateful for the help you provided for my mother.’ I mentored his mom from the moment they came into Latinas Unidas. He said to me, ‘Don’t you remember? You took me to the high school and signed me up, and I ended up going to a vo tech school and I became a mechanic. But I’m not just a mechanic, I have my own shop now.’” She continued, “These are the reasons why my heart has always been with the community to see the outcome, to see the results. To know that you have made a difference in somebody’s life is what matters to me.” Under Jimenez-Weeast’s leadership Latinas Unidas grew and evolved into what she called “the main research center for the Latinas community in Trenton,” offering classes in language

and leadership, job placement programs, high school equivalency programs, citizenship classes, and shortterm counseling and referrals. “To me the key to delivering services to that community is trust,” she said. ”They knew that if they needed something, they could go see miss Cecy. They knew if there was something they needed and I could not provide it from my program, that would not stop me. I would go out and research for them.” Now at LALDEF, JimenezWeeast sees some similarities to Latinas Unidas. “LALDEF is wonderful. We offer crucial services, and it’s my intention to grow and take it to the next level — to grow throughout Mercer County. I see our education programs growing, adding more classes. We have services in Trenton and Princeton, but we should make those services available in all Mercer County.” She mentioned the successes of the Futuro program, a mentoring program for first- or second-generation Americans to sup port students academically, physically, personally, emotionally, and professionally through high school and on into college. She also commented on the strength of LALDEF’s legal department and its other educational and support services. Near the top of JimenezWeeast’s agenda is taking the Futuro program to the next level by involving whole families. “I think we can do amazing work involving the families and bringing families the support they need,” she said. “Some families might be in need of guidance, or getting referrals, making doctors’ appointments, getting a library card or other resources.” Futuro and providing ID cards through the Princeton Public Library are the two main components of LALDEF in Princeton now, but Jimenez-Weeast is excited about developing a much-needed Futuro Familias program as a resource for any immigrant families in Princeton. “Futuro Familias is the way I would start to provide additional services to the community,” she said. Jimenez-Weeast expressed optimism in discussing the current situation for immigrants. “Hopefully things will start to change with the new administration in Washington,” she said. “Coming from El Salvador, I’ve seen what people go through to make it here. This country was founded on immigration. I think about immigration and the families that come. Immigration to me means families, being

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ecilia Jimenez-Weeast, executive director of the Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund for just over two months, has deep roots in serving the Latino community and an enduring commitment to the thousands of immigrants she has worked with. “I’m pas sionate ab out working with the community,” she said in an interview earlier this month. “Coming from El Salvador I’ve seen the reason why people want to come to the United States. They just want to come here and they want the American dream. They want to be able to sustain a family, to provide for their kids, because those opportunities are not available in their country.” S h e a d d e d , “ T h a t ’s what keeps me going and that’s how I ended up with LALDEF.” The director of Latinas Unidas for about 20 years, Jimenez-Weeast sees her new position as carrying on in pursuit of her passion. “Becoming executive director of LALDEF is continuing what is so close to my heart,” she said. Her early years in El Salvador, her work with her father in the cause of social justice, and his subsequent death in the civil war in the early 1980s were formative experiences for her, establishing the path that Jimenez-Weeast would take in her career and her life. “My father has been my inspiration to continue working for people’s rights,” she said, explaining, “I come from a family that has always been ver y involved in social justice. He was a well-known community activist in El Salvador. All his life he fought for the rights of workers.” Her father was a member of the International Labor Organization, a U.N. agency headquartered in Switzerland with a mandate to advance social and economic justice. “I used to go help my father at union rallies, basically fighting for workers’ rights in El Salvador,” said Jimenez-Weeast, “and at the same time I would go volunteer in the schools in small towns. I continue to do that. Every time I go to El Salvador I visit the little schools in some of the villages and spend time with the kids. They are humble schools where having a computer is not even in their dreams.” Her father paid a high price for his involvement in politics, she explained. “I lost my father as a result of the chaos that El Salvador went through. He was murdered, but he left a legacy in that country.” Jimenez-Weeast grew up in San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador, where she went to school then began working in the American embassy, where she advanced to the position of assistant to the U.S. ambassador and where she met her husband, who is from New Jersey. In the late 1980s they moved to New Jersey. “When I came here I thought about what I was going to do that was going to continue the legacy that my father left,”

together, living in a safe environment and fulfilling their American dream. Those are all goals of LALDEF. That’s who we are. That’s our mission.” Jimenez has been familiar with LALDEF for a long time, often sending clients to L ALDEF from Latinas Unidas. “LALDEF is fantastic,” she said. “The staff has a passion for what we do, and they’re dedicated to our mission.” She continued, “What I love about this job is that I’m executive director but I’m an executive director who’s going to be involved in the community. That oneon-one with the community is my passion. I’m a woman who welcomes challenges. I’m a go-getter. For now it’s settling into the new job, and then I’ll take it from there.” Jimenez-Weeast lives in Burlington County with her husband, their two sons, who were born in the U.S. and recently graduated from college, and their dog. When she’s not at home or working with LALDEF, she’s likely to be found at the Jersey Shore, surf fishing with her husband. “I love surf fishing,” she said. “I cast my line out

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Cecilia Jimenez-Weeast there and I don’t know what I’ll get. I’ve reeled in some big bass — 25 pounds. It’s very exciting. I enjoy the experience, throwing out my line and seeing what I get.” A couple of times a year Jimenez-Weeast visits El Salvador, where her mother still lives. On every visit she continues to spend time with the children in schools in the rural villages. The legacy of her father lives on.

ast month, on her most recent visit, JimenezWeeast met up with the vice president of El Salvador, who is a family friend and was actually mentored by her father. “I had a visit with him, and I wanted to share with him that I’m with LALDEF and tell him about the wonderful services we offer,” she said. “It was very touching to me because he remembered coming to visit my dad, and he said to me, ‘Part of your father is here with me.’” —Donald Gilpin

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school in September, it’s definitely going up.” For the past 11 years, the annual drive has collected donations from the public, local businesses, and municipal employees. The items are distributed to children from low-income families who attend Princeton Public Schools and are entering kindergarten through sixth grade. “The drive goes up to sixth grade, but we really get a great outcome from donors so we are typically able to expand it through eighth grade, and sometimes even high school,” said Urias. “The older kids need backpacks and binders. The younger ones need cartoon binders and supplies for the classroom. We work with the schools to try to find out what they need on their end.” Urias said Princeton University is the biggest donor to the program. Families who benefit are spread out among the town’s affordable housing neighborhoods, including Griggs Farm, Princeton Community Village, and the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhood. “So many families count on these donations,” said Urias. “The community has been great about helping out, and we appreciate their continued help and generosity.” For questions, call Human Services at (609) 688-2055 or email Urias at murias@ princetonnj.org. —Anne Levin

encouraged to wear denim to combat victim-blaming and educate others about sexual violence. May’s post was about Mental Health Awareness Month, and June’s was centered on Juneteenth. “The first post was supersuccessful,” said Scollins. “It got more ‘likes’ and ‘shares’ than Womanspace has ever gotten.” The group is currently hoping to secure funding through grants for possible conferences. “Our goal was to center and uplift young adult voices in our community,” Scollins said in a press release. “Our young adults who are already in the council care about our mission as much as we do. It’s important for us as providers to take a step back, provide the information, and see what they can do with it in a way that is more innovative than we could ever think of.” Prospective candidates for the Princeton committee are interviewed by the mayor and Council liaison about what issues are important to them, and how they would go about solving them. “We look for strong skill sets, and try to make sure they’re going to be willing and able to work in a group setting,” Fraga said. Members tend to be standouts in their schools. “But we have always felt it was important to give opportunities to others who might not have had that opportunity,” Fraga said. “So last year, we had someone who identified as having some developmental disabilities, and she was

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T h e P r i n c e ton Fa m i ly YMCA has welcomed Eric Meshirer of Brick as the new program director. “Eric brings energy and excitement to the new program director position, especially with his background in Y camp. He will be a terrific role model,” said Paul Zeger, senior director of programs and operations at the Princeton Family YMCA. “We’re sure our Y kids will love the enriching and, most importantly, fun programs that he has lined up. I am eager to support him in his efforts to grow and refine our youth and adult programs and offerings.” Before joining the Princeton Family YMCA, Meshirer was the program and camp director at the Edison YMCA, where he supervised camp, enrichment, aquatics, and the outdoor pool. He says he was drawn to Princeton in particular thanks to the area’s history and the Y’s 113-year tenure in the town. “I always wanted to make an impact on kids’ lives and the larger community,” said Meshirer. “I’ve been working at the Y for 10 years, in virtually every capacity — I started as a counselor and now I’m program director. I always love working with the kids, hearing some of the stuff that they say, the stories they tell — it really makes me laugh and I enjoy all that stuff.” Meshirer worked at the YMCA of the Pines (Camp Ockanickon) and most recently, the Metuchen, Edison, Woodbridge, South Amboy (MEWSA) YMCA. Meshirer is hitting the ground running at the Princeton Family YMCA by directing this summer’s camp programming — themed “Mighty Kids! More Fun!” — which runs from June 21 through August 27 for boys and girls in grades 1-7. This year’s theme is intentional: at a time when the world is opening up and many are taking steps to return to “normalcy,” joy and excitement are common feelings, but so are anxiety and trepidation. The Y is committed to helping campers become “Mighty Kids,” growing in confidence this summer in preparation for a return to school this fall. C EO K ate B e ch s a i d, “Children need tools to transition after a difficult year, and build confidence interacting with their peers after a long period of isolation. Equally important, they need to play with others, be back in a larger physical environment, and feel a sense of happiness and belonging — all critical to their healthy growth. A camp experience is an ideal bridge and will make all the difference for children this year.” The Y’s camp operated a program last summer with no incidents of transmission, and this year, will provide vaccinated counselors who are trained once again in all COV ID -19 protocols. Weekly camp sessions operate daily, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m., providing flexibility for families for pick up and drop off, and include sports and games, arts and crafts, science and nature, and swimming. There are several specialty camp offerings too. Online registration is avail-

NEW PROGRAM DIRECTOR: Eric Meshirer joins the Princeton Family YMCA leadership team to spearhead the organization’s youth and sports programming and summer day camp. able on the YMCA’s website at princetonymca.org/ programs/summer-camp/ and financial assistance is available. During the school year, Meshirer will also oversee and lead youth development programs and enrichment activities, including the Y’s popular Sports Mania and basketball clinics, and Seventh Grade Initiative, among other activities. “I’m really excited to really get to know the kids and the community and the members,” Meshirer said, adding that he has a lot of ideas to bring to the Princeton Family YMCA’s programming. “I’m eager to add to the programs including leadership, humanities, and civics classes, and expanding sports and clinics. I’m also really looking forward to getting to know Princeton’s families and youth.” Members of the community who would like to support the Princeton Family YMCA and its programming efforts to strengthen the community, especially during the COVID-19 pandemic, can make a donation through its website at princetonymca. org/donate.

Police Blotter On June 13, at 3:33 p.m., a resident of Russell Road reported that he received unwanted text messages and vulgar pictures from an unknown person trying to extort money from him. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On June 12, at 8:14 a.m., a man reported that he went to a residence on Mansgrove Road to have a real estate showing and found an open f ront w i n d ow. Clot h i n g items were found in the residence indicating someone was staying without permission. The Detective Bureau is investigating. On June 12, at 10 :16

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Middle School Has New Name Beginning July 1 Formerly John Witherspoon Middle School, currently Princeton Unified Middle School, the public school on Walnut Street will be called Princeton Middle School starting July 1. T h e P r i n c e ton P ubl i c Schools Board of Education voted last Tuesday night, June 14, on the renaming, culminating a ten-month educational research project and the polling of students, staff, and the community. The students voted for a non-person-specific name, and Princeton Middle School was the most popular choice. In addition to the renaming decision, the BOE asked building administrators to honor the people whose names were

in consideration for renaming by using their names in other places in the middle school building, including hallways and public spaces. Individuals on the short list to be so honored include educator and former enslaved person Betsey Stockton and community historian Shirley Satterfield, as well as Paul Robeson, Michelle Obama, Albert Einstein, and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. A petition to change the name from Witherspoon, a slave owner and anti-abolitionist, was presented to the BOE last August, and Princeton Unified Middle School was selected as a temporary name at that time. —Donald Gilpin

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Pellettieri Rabstein & Altman ( PR & A) announced Richard J. Isolde has joined the firm as a member of the Personal Injury department. Isolde will be working in the firm’s Lawrenceville office. Licensed in New York and New Jersey, Isolde has extensive experience in personal injury cases having successfully litigated hundreds of cases to favorable settlements and/or verdicts. His efforts have resulted in millions of dollars for his injured clients. CAMP IS BACK: The Princeton Family YMCA is hosting 10 weeks of summer day camp for kids in grades 1-7, through the end of August. Sports, games, arts and crafts, science, and swimming are on the schedule, as well as weekly barbecues. For information, visit princetonymca.org.

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Mailbox University’s Proposed Plan for Prospect is Consistent with Municipality’s Master Plan

To the Editor: Princeton University’s plan to relocate 91 Prospect to create a gateway to its Schools of Environmental Studies and Engineering and Applied Science is in the Municipality of Princeton’s interest. The Municipal Planning Board should approve the minor site variance needed to accomplish it without further delay. The post-pandemic shift toward hybrid work will exacerbate future regional growth pressures on Princeton’s infrastructure. We need to meet that challenge as a community, among other things, by taking steps to improve circulation and alleviate congestion. Fostering multi-modal means for transportation throughout town, including bike mobility, pedestrian mobility, and pathways friendly to all types of wheels, including carriages, strollers, wheelchairs and walkers is a key component of that effort. The University’s proposed plan to link Prospect to the south and north is consistent with the Municipality’s Master Plan and should be lauded as a welcome contribution to furthering these objectives. The University’s Prospect plan also perfectly reflects the municipality’s sustainability goals. The green infrastructure, native plantings, stormwater management, and landscape architectural elements of the University plan will enhance the climate resilience of the Prospect Avenue streetscape. In an era of hybrid work, we will also want and need more shared spaces for meaningful personal connections in our neighborhoods. The University’s plan serves this public interest with its proposed tree-lined plaza on Prospect. The relocation of 91 Prospect to create a gateway also serves the community by serving its youth. Cycling, running, or walking with sight lines to world-class academic and laboratory facilities opens apertures and invites imagination. There is an important public interest in inspiring future theorists, inventors, engineers, creators, and entrepreneurs. Since the first eating clubs were built on Prospect in the 19th century, the most constant story of Prospect Avenue has been change. The wooden structures that initially housed the clubs were replaced by grand houses. The former University Field is now a center for energy and environmental research. A multi-level parking garage addresses the practical problem of cars. Relocating 91 Prospect continues this tradition of evolution. As such, it is fully consistent with the historic and aesthetic context of the street. Finally, with regard to the important value of historical preservation and cultural conservation, relocating 91 Prospect will allow for the integrity of its interior to be maintained. This, too, is in the public interest. Preserving a mere facade on the south side would shortchange our community. MELANIE STEIN Prospect Avenue

Tree Street Resident Offers Perspective on Princeton Parking

and visitor permits will be registered to a license plate and available online anytime. Alternatively, car stickers will be available for purchase at Town Hall. Notably, a resident parking permit does not guarantee a specified on-street parking spot, so a permit holds no real-estate value. Local employers will be able to purchase permits to be shared among their employees for parking on a block-byblock basis, with employee permits not to exceed roughly 40 percent of the available spots on any particular block. The Spring Street garage is part of the solution for employees and customers throughout the town. However, since it is commonly 90 percent full in the daytime (see Nelson/ Nygard report), the garage complements rather than replaces on-street employee parking. In deliberating on these matters, the TF has coalesced around the vision of a Princeton whose diverse residents and merchants collaborate to realize an equitable parking solution that supports a beautiful and vibrant town. Anyone interested in town parking is encouraged to read the proposal for more details and to offer feedback (princetonnj. gov/329/Permit-Parking-Task-Force). STEPHEN GRIFFIES Member, Princeton Permit Parking Task Force Maple Street

Writing in Response to Princeton’s Proposed Permit Parking Plan

To the Editor: Part 1.: The Permit Parking proposal (sensiblestreets.org) is a showstopper. Let’s check the details. The first “Guiding Principle” asks residents to “Share available on-street parking resources equitably between residents, customers of neighborhood businesses, visitors, and employees (italics mine). Analysis: 1)There are no “neighborhood businesses” beyond the streets of what’s now “downtown.” Businesses are not permitted on residential streets, which are residential: R-1, R-2, etc. 2) The only possible purpose for euphemisms is to confuse opposition to commuter-clogging, accident-inducing, bicycleand-tree-unfriendly cars. Why have residential streets at all? Next: Princeton will “Adapt (sic: “adopt”?) general rules to meet the needs of individual streets … without overcomplicating the system.” It’s too complicated now. Separate the needs of streets from those of retail. These are different questions (see Part 2, below). The final Guiding Principle: “Use latest technology to benefit all users of parking as well as simplify municipal paperwork, and enforcement.” Here I had to parse even the punctuation: it says the Plan will “simplify … enforcement.” How? Municipal records of license plates? Street corner cameras? Don’t we deride such “enforcement” tech in China? Would you put it in Princeton? Princeton once had a borough and a township, a.k.a., a commercial center with a ring of supportive customers, a “donut hole” for business. But “one Princeton” is increasingly two communities pretending to be one: reclusive large lots surrounding increasingly packed, traffic-ridden, unsafe-for-bikesand-schoolchildren “residential” streets — a transfer of roles. Those who live on smaller inner-ring lots are now scolded for not wanting to “share.” Part 2: Let’s finally declare the much-debated exclusively pedestrian area on commercial Nassau. Not the few crammed blocks of Communiversity, but a reasonable stretch. Electric shuttles every 10 minutes from all those under-utilized parking lots. Clear signage. Charge for parking, not for the shuttle. How about a straightforward solution: parking, business access, no pollution. Bike lanes. Outdoor dining. No frustrating wait at Vandeventer. No cars making potholes between Nassau and Robeson. Downtown as a pedestrian haven, a genuine tourist attraction, and relaxed customers. A greater variety of merchants licensed? Special events? Food trucks? Farmers Market? No more “boring” downtown for University students? Honest encouragement to small startup businesses crowded out by high rents? All with no invasion of — let’s admit it — the main attraction: Princeton’s quiet residential streets. Surface transit should be easy enough to develop. Just ensure a reliable schedule: analysis of Tiger Transit, Public Service, and Marvin van usage would get us started. Princeton wouldn’t be the first town to replace parking meters with pedestrians. Check out San Francisco’s Embarcadero. It took an earthquake to change things there. For us, it’s a natural. But to object that the state runs Routes 27 and 206, and claim that “the state will never do it!”— never say, “Never!” Press for a better plan: No cars. Paths for bikes and pedestrians. There’s no better time than now. MARY CLURMAN Harris Road

To the Editor: I live on Maple Street and believe it exemplifies the best of Princeton, where tree-lined neighborhoods nurture a safe, friendly, and diverse community that cultivates spontaneous interactions, and where one can walk within minutes to locally owned restaurants, cafes, and food shops, as well as a huge variety of University activities. However, as Princeton returns to pre-pandemic days, Tree Street residents return to the difficult task of finding daytime on-street parking. The fundamental problem is that some Tree Streets have unregulated daytime parking and are thus home to free parking for University employees and students, business employees and customers, in addition to residents and visitors. The Princeton Permit Parking Task Force (TF) has studied town parking since June 2019 and it has incorporated data from the 2017 Nelson/Nygard report. TF deliberations have been extensive, with views and needs examined across a broad spectrum of town interests. It is unlikely that any proposed solution will perfectly satisfy every scenario and constituent, nor will a single solution work for every neighborhood. With these points in mind, the proposal (available at princetonnj.gov/329/Permit-Parking-TaskForce) aims for equity across the concerns of residents and merchants. I am particularly hopeful that the proposal’s recommendations will relieve the excessive daytime parking burden now carried by the Tree Streets as well as the Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhoods. Facets of the proposal with particular relevance to the Tree Streets include the following. Daytime unpermitted parking will be limited to 3 hours, thus eliminating the allday unregulated parking that currently limits availability To the Editor: I have been disappointed to see the pushback on the proand turnover. Residents without driveways will be able to posal put forth by the Princeton Parking Task Force, much purchase 24/7 permits. There will be no permits provided to non-resident University employees or students. Resident of which ignores the fact that employees and customers are already parking on many residential streets. Because most of this on-street parking is in neighborhoods where many residents lack off-street parking — the Tree Streets and Witherspoon-Jackson neighborhoods — this “commercial” parking crowds out the residents of these neighborhoods from being able to park near their homes. Allowing limited on-street 741 Alexander Rd, Princeton • 924-2880 parking in other in-town neighborhoods will help alleviate the overcrowding on these streets.

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It’s important to note that this proposal addresses serious inequities in resident parking access that have long existed. Living on Leigh Avenue without a driveway, I have access to two free 24-hour parking permits for my family. Throughout the former-borough portions of Witherspoon-Jackson, residents without a driveway haven’t been allowed to park overnight on the street at all. Those on Green and Quarry can’t even park on the street during the day for more than two hours. Overnight parking is available only in the McLean lot for a fee that is more than double what is proposed for on-street permits. And, there is a waiting list for those spots. Even low-income residents living in affordable housing have had to pay for parking permits to enable them to access their jobs and other necessities. The Task Force’s proposal would reduce on-street parking fees for these residents, something I hope we can all support. I admit I’m not 100 percent happy about the proposal. My free permits would be replaced by $120 annual levies for street access for each of our two cars that won’t guarantee me a spot near my home. They merely allow me to search for parking somewhere along the street, something that is often impossible to do in the evening during the dinner rush at my beloved neighborhood restaurants — Tortugas and Local Greek. Frequently, we end up parking in the Community Park lot and walking two blocks to get home. The purchase price of our home was likely lower than the price of homes with long driveways though my property taxes are comparable to those of neighbors with off-street parking. Providing residents who lack off-street parking with on-street parking access won’t make homes less affordable but will enable residents of these homes to use a car to meet their families’ daily needs — without having to move out of town as a former Council member suggests they do. I support this proposal because the inequities of the status quo harm many in our community. Many opponents to the proposal don’t want any on-street parking in front of their homes, but I remain hopeful that, as they learn about the inequities that exist and the negative impact those inequities have on their fellow townspeople, they will come to agree that providing a limited number of on-street permits for employees and residents won’t harm our town, but will strengthen its vibrancy. SARAH TORIAN Leigh Avenue

New Name for Middle School Lacks Creativity, Creates New Problems

To the Editor: I completely understand why the BOE felt compelled to change the name of the middle school to something other than John Witherspoon. I count myself among those who thought it should be renamed after Shirley Satterfield as an acknowledgment of her accomplishments and contributions to racial equity in the Princeton community. However, once the decision was made to go with a generic “non-person” name, why did they have to change it from Princeton Unified Middle School at all? That name is equally as generic as Princeton Middle School and arguably better. Am I the only one who feels renaming a school to something that shortens to “PMS” has sexist undertones, especially considering the students who attend there are at an age when these issues start to emerge? In my view, all the BOE succeeded in doing was creating whole new micro-aggression problem, not to mention once again demonstrating a lack of creativity. Complete waste of time, money, and energy! MARGARET JOHNSON Burr Drive

Brood X Cicadas Inspire Former PU English Professor to Pen Poem

To the Editor: After reading last week’s page one story on cicadas [“Cicadas Peak Before Disappearing Until 2038,” June 16] I was inspired to compose the following poem, which begins with a reference to the Nobel Prize-winning Greek poet Odysseus Elytis: CICADAS Elytis celebrates the cicadas he hears Singing constantly in the ears of the trees As though they belong in his country As naturally as the squid and octopus That regularly define his wine-dark waters. But how much time does our belated cicada Have to know the wonders of our world After seventeen years of silence underground And no way to see what might lie ahead? They say it has a week or two But surely that isn’t enough time To fathom the mystery of their coming and going Along with the green world and its flowering Of love and its sorrow and all the rest We alone have time to discover. Yet does our own devotion to silence Allow us what we need to sing So long and loud and tirelessly Of the sometimes wonder given us Before our week or two is over And our song left for others to sing? EDMUND KEELEY Windrow Drive The writer is a novelist, translator, poet, and professor of English emeritus at Princeton University.

Thoughts On Ralph Ellison, “Juneteenth,” and “Invisible Man” There’s been a heap of Juneteenths before this one and I tell you there’ll be a heap more before we’re truly free! —from Juneteenth nable to find a copy of Ralph Ellison’s Juneteenth (Modern Library 1999) on short notice, I’ve been reading an excerpt reprinted in Living with Music: Ralph Ellison’s Jazz Writings (Modern Library 2001), edited by Robert O’Meally. According to O’Meally’s note, the piece in question (“Keep to the Rhythm”) was first published in 1969 as “Juneteenth,” a section from “Ellison’s forthcoming novel.” Given the fact that the novel didn’t actually “come forth” until 1999, five years after the author’s death and 47 years after the publication of Invisible Man, one of the great 20th century American novels, this has to be among the most famously delayed followups in American literature, along with the still-unpublished Glass family saga J.D. Salinger was working on for the last 40 years of his life. Promised and Delayed Last week Juneteenth was declared a federal holiday, a long-time-coming recognition of the occasion already celebrated as Jubilee Day or Black Independence Day two and a half years before the Texas liberation of June 19, 1865. As poet Kevin Young points out in a guest essay (“Our Freedom Is America’s Freedom”) in Sunday’s New York Times, Juneteenth and other emancipation holidays commemorate “both the promise of freedom and its delay.” In Young’s words, “The lesson of Juneteenth is both of celebration and expectation, of freedom deferred but still sought and of the freedoms to come.” Young’s piece begins by citing the music of Frankie Beverly and Maze as “one of the things Black people have enjoyed that white folks don’t know about.” Follow the Times’ YouTube link and you find that the group’s song “Before I Let Go” has had 36,926,680 views, compared to 44,104 views of 52-year-old Ralph Ellison (1913-1994) in a 1966 documentary reading the Juneteenth sermon from his work in progress. The Well of Black Culture Being among those who, as Young puts it, “are used to having Black culture to draw from like a renewable well,” I feel closer to Ellison’s reading than to the soft, laid-back music of a “soul / quiet storm band,” as Maze has been described. There’s a kind of retro Zoom aura about a YouTube visit with Ellison (“USA: The

Novel — Ralph Ellison ... 1966”). We see him in his book-lined study reading a passage from his manuscript into a tape recorder, playing it back, listening, and making notes. Although his spoken delivery of the Juneteenth sermon by the tromboneplaying preacher “Daddy” Hickman is unemotional, no theatrics, more parsed than performed, the writing evokes the hypnotic “What Did I Do to Be So Black and Blue” prologue to Invisible Man, particularly when he reads of drums “that talked like a telegraph. Drums that could reach across the country like a church-bell sound. Drums that told the news almost before it happened! Drums that spoke with big voices like big men! Drums like a conscience and a deep heartbeat that knew right from wrong. Drums that told glad tidings! Drums that sent the news of trouble speeding home! Drums that told us our time and told us where we were.” Ellison’s “Solo Song” Also included in Living with Music is a section titled “This Music Demanded Action,” an excerpt from “the celebrated opening movement of Invisible Man,” which O’Meally calls “Ellison’s solo song of a novel.” It’s hard to apply Kevin Young’s “renewable well” analogy to reading Invisible Man at the age of 15, which was like staring into a fire so bright it makes your eyes water and your head spin. Ellison’s “solo song” also blows through terminology like “Black culture,” especially considering how often Ellison made it clear in numerous interviews and letters that the culture he wrote for was American culture. For a 15-year-old, the language and imagery of the underground opening also proved to be the prologue to a new world of literature. By the time you graduate from college, you begin to realize how much Ellison had drawn from the well of Dostoevsky’s Notes from the Underground, Faulkner’s The Sound and The Fury, and Melville’s Moby-Dick. And once you discover Charlie Parker and Sonny

Rollins and John Coltrane, you realize you were already listening with Ellison when he describes feeling music’s “vibration, not only with my ear but with my whole body” as Louis Armstrong “bends that military instrument into a beam of lyrical sound.” And years before you got high for the first time, Ellison was describing what happened after “some jokers” gave him a “reefer”: “It was a strange evening. Invisibility, let me explain, gives one a slightly different sense of time, you’re never quite on the beat. Sometimes you’re ahead and sometimes behind. Instead of the swift and imperceptible flowing of time, you are aware of its nodes, those points where time stands still or from which it leaps ahead. And you slip into the breaks and look around.... So under the spell of the reefer I discovered a new analytical way of listening to music. The unheard sounds came through, and each melodic line existed of itself, stood out clearly from all the rest, said its piece, and waited patiently for the other voices to speak. That night I found myself hearing not only in time, but in space as well. I not only entered the music but descended, like Dante, into its depths.” Litany of Loss It’s a shock to jump from Ellison’s invisible underground to the man in the shirt and tie in his comfortable study reading the Juneteenth sermon for a project he would labor on and anguish over for four decades and never finish. In my retro Zoom visit, I see shelves and shelves of books looming behind him and a stack of books piled on the desk alongside the tape recorder. The veneer of a seasoned literary insider in his manner and way of speaking and reading is hard to equate with the passionate, depth-diving author of Invisible Man. The strangest moment comes when Ellison plays back the recording and sits listening, pencil in hand, ready to make notes. He’s pondering; then, at one point, he chuckles. The passage that sparks this spontaneous response is not the one about the t a l k i n g d r u m s , h o w e v e r, i t’s R e v.

Hickman’s “eyeless, tongueless, danceless, hornless” litany of loss, of what slavery had taken from them. That chuckle is hard to fathom. He seems surprised, even pleased; it may be the only moment during his half hour on camera where he appears to be truly relaxed. Ellison’s biographer Arnold Rampersad thinks that his subject’s “inability to create an art that held a clean mirror up to ‘Negro’ life as blacks actually led it, especially at or near his own social level, was disabling him as a writer. As a novelist, he had lost his way. And he had done so in proportion to his distancing himself from his fellow blacks.” The Juneteenth Spirit In the spirit of “Keep to the Rhythm,” the excerpt from Juneteenth I have at hand, here’s a portion of Rev. Hickman’s answer when he’s asked “How do we know who we are?” After beginning, “We know who we are by the way we walk ... the way we talk ... the way we sing ... the way we dance [ellipses added],” Ellison writes, “We know who we are because we hear a different tune in our minds and our hearts.” Toward the end of the passage, in a voice that is surely as much Ellison’s as that of the old preacher he’s speaking through: “But you just keep on inching along like an old inchworm. If you put one and one and one together soon they’ll make a million too. There’s been a heap of Juneteenths before this one and I tell you there’ll be a heap more before we’re truly free! Yes! But keep to the rhythm, just keep to the rhythm and keep to the way. Man’s plans are but a joke to God.” n the last exchange of the last interview in Living With Music, when Robert O’Meally carefully approaches the big question (“I hesitate to ask about the new novel”), Ellison says, “No, I won’t talk about it, I’m still working on it.” That was in 1976. —Stuart Mitchner

For a more informative account of what the second novel was about, and a sense of the scope of the undertaking, I recommend Troy Patterson’s June 21, 2020 New Yorker Culture Desk essay. There’s an extensive online preview of Thirty Days Before the Shooting: The Unfinished Second Novel (Modern Library 2011), a 1,136-page collection of drafts, monologues, speeches, letters, and other source material for the 368-page Juneteenth that was put together 12 years earlier by Ellison’s executor John F. Callahan.

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work, fusing traditional European opera and American musical theater. Jazz and blues were well embedded into the song “Lonely House,” sung by a young member of one of the numerous families profiled from “the neighborhood.” In Sunday night’s performance, Kuhn captured a peaceful atmosphere against expertlyplayed complex jazz accompaniment from pianist Hanna. Mezzo-soprano Krysty Swann easily brought life to a signature aria for her voice part. The “Habanera” from Georges Bizet’s Carmen is the title character’s flirtatious warning to potential suitors that to love her will only lead to trouble. Swann sang this aria communicating well with the audience, while maintaining a slinky and subtle coyness as she reeled her suitors in. Swann and Batsios joined for another operatic favorite in the “Flower Duet” from Léo Delibes’ Lakmé. This duet is a musical conversation between the two characters as they gather flowers by a river, and the voices of these two singers flowed together well through the lush music, each with a good command of the text. T he four t h singer of t he quar tet presented by Princeton Festival was baritone Stephen Gaertner, who has appeared in nu merous product ions at the Metropolitan Opera. Gaertner is a commanding singer, particularly evidenced in the “Te Deum” aria from Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca. Gaertner dramatically conveyed the passion of the words, as well as the rage from the selection he performed from Giuseppe Verdi’s Rigoletto. Swann, Kuhn, and Gaertner joined forces toward the end of the program for a trio from Verdi’s Don Carlo, singing with well-matched voices and effective dynamic shading. Throughout the concert, pianist Hanna easily maneuvered the diverse musical styles and showed sensitivity to all the vocal soloists. rinceton Festival’s 2021 season was an amalgamation of in-person performances, virtual livestreams, lectures, and round-table discussions. Sunday night’s “Opera by Twilight” concert was the second operatic aria performance presented by the Festival this season and showed that the Festival clearly spared no expense in presenting first-rate talent, even if there was no full opera production this year. —Nancy Plum

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COFFEE AND MUSIC: Cellist Dan Kassel performs at Small World Coffee’s Witherspoon Street location on Saturday, June 26 from 6 to 7:30 p.m.

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JOINING FORCES: Princeton Symphony Orchestra Board Chair Yvonne Marcuse and The Princeton Festival Board Chair Benedikt von Schröder (seated, foreground) sign off on legal documents formalizing the agreement to merge their two arts organizations. Standing are merger committee members PSO Board Vice Chair Stephanie Wedeking, PSO Executive Director Marc Uys, and former Festival Board Chair Costa Papastephanou.

Princeton Symphony Orchestra Merges With the Annual Princeton Festival

A merger has been announced by two of Princeton’s best-known music organizations. The Princeton Symphony Orchestra (PSO) and the Princeton Festival have joined forces under the legal entity Princeton Symphony Orchestra Inc. The Princeton Festival will retain its name as an artistic program of the PSO. “The merger capitalizes on the strong positions and proven resiliency of both organizations coming out of the pandemic,” PSO Executive Director Marc Uys said in a press release. “With strong artistic leadership, we will pave the way to a new era of creativity, making high-quality performing arts more available to our community and beyond.” During an interview, Uys said the PSO’s Artistic Director Rossen Milanov will continue as director of the combined organizations. Gregory Geehern, who has been the Princeton Festival’s acting artistic director since founder Richard Tang Yuk left last fall, will be the Festival’s director, operating under Milanov’s guidance. W hile patrons of both organizations will not notice dramatic changes in programming, the merger does allow for some new approaches. “People who identify with certain aspects of the Festival are not going to see a dramatic change,” Uys said. “But we want to introduce new things as we go along. This is both a defensive action in terms of what we’re building ourselves to be, which is more resilient. But it is also an almost aggressive action to be proactive.” The PSO offers classical, pops, and chamber music concerts, as well as educational programming. The Princeton Festival’s summer events have included opera, musical theater, jazz, dance, choral music, an annual piano competition, and more. Struggling since the pandemic, arts organizations across the countr y have been streamlining in order to survive. Last week, the Philadelphia Orchestra

revealed plans to merge with its landlord, the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts. The Pennsylvania Ballet announced Tuesday that it is changing its name to the Philadelphia Ballet, while redefining its artistic identity. It was the departure of Tang Yuk from the Princeton Festival that got Uys thinking about a possible merger with the PSO. Having played in the Festival’s orchestra for operas over the years, Uys was familiar with the organization. “Given that we were in a pandemic, and not doing the things we’re usually doing, I started thinking, what really is the interaction between these two organizations? What are our roles in town, and how do we relate to each other?,” Uys said. “I started talking to our board about it, and looking at information. We came to the decision that this was something very much worth exploring.” T h e P S O ap p r o a c h e d the Festival’s board a few months later. A small group from both organizations began meeting, and talked for several weeks. “By the end of December, there was a good feeling of consensus that this was something the Festival wanted to look at more seriously,” said Uys. “We had more formal meetings in the beginning of January. And here we are.” The initial goal was to define what the merger would be like for both organizations. Next, an agreement on terms was reached. “It takes time,” said Uys. “Because you want to build consensus and involvement from both boards. In any transaction like this, there is a lot of due diligence that needs to take place.” T h e m e r g e r d o e s n ot change the way the PSO structures its seasons. “We will continue to offer our subscription series,” said Uys. “What’s interesting is the greater variety of things that are being offered on the artistic level. It’s inevitable that over time, there will be interactions between the two of us.”

For the Festival, the merger means more security and a larger administrative staff. “There isn’t the sense that anything will change and that major things will go away,” Uys said. “One of the core agreements is that we’re doing this to continue the good work the Festival has done up until now. Our intention is to do a fully staged opera each season. We’ll be looking to see how we can develop the structure of the Festival and continue their ‘identity’ events. Those are the things responsible for the strong support the Festival has in terms of audiences and donors.” The trustees involved in the merger were all volunteers. “It is actually an exceptional model of what volunteerism can be,” said Uys. “The number of hours they spent on this, always being available; it is only because of them that this is possible.” Both small organizations, the PSO and Princeton Festival have spent the past year simply trying to exist. “Now we have one organization, and we can really think about how we can bring our mission to people we serve,” said Uys. “This is an incredibly exciting opportunity for both organizations. It’s a huge thing for the PSO, and we think it’s a huge thing for Princeton. It enable us to take a much more proactive approach to how we can expand as an organization and serve the community.” — Anne Levin

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ACP Partners with Shopping Center on New Series of Murals

“SOMETHING ABOUT TIME”: This painting by Bill Jersey is part of “Explorations,” on view June 26 through July 25 at Stover Mill Gallery in Erwinna, Pa. The exhibit features 30 landscapes by the award-winning Lambertville artist.

Bill Jersey Exhibit at Stover Mill Gallery

Beginning June 26, Stover Mill Gallery will feature more than 30 landscapes by artist Bill Jersey in “Explorations.” The exhibit runs through July 25. When the award-winning filmmaker moved to Lambertville 12 years ago he embraced his first love — oil painting. His first submission to the Phillips Mill curated show earned him an award and a sale to Gratz Gallery.

The rich landscapes of Bucks and Hunterdon counties, Jersey says, “are all I need to move me to pick up brushes and paints,” but he slips in a few earlier works from Vermont and California to round out his presentation. With the Stover Mill Gallery exhibition of his “Hopperesque style” and new impressionistic work, Bill will also turn 94. “No reason to slow down now!,” he said. “Explorations” is open from 1-5 p.m. on June 26-27 and

July 3-4, 10-11, 17-18, 24-25. The Stover Mill Gallery — housed in the beautifully restored 187-year-old Stover Mill which is listed on the National Registry of Historic Places — is located along the Delaware River at 852 River Road (Route 32), Erwinna Pa., two miles south of the Frenchtown Bridge and 15 miles north of New Hope. Owned and operated by the nonprofit Tinicum Civic Association, all proceeds are used for the support of nonprofit

The Arts Council of Princeton (ACP) and Princeton Shopping Center have announced a new series of murals as part of a new public art initiative for the outdoor courtyard located at 301 North Harrison Street. The first in the series of three murals designed by a team of ACP artists will come to life at the end of June on the interior courtyard wall between Princeton Mattress and Smith’s ACE Hardware. The mural theme will reflect Princeton Shopping Center’s resolution to “bring on the joy” at a time when communities are craving reconnection and opportunities to interact. This artwork will be on display through this fall, when a new design inspired by the changing seasons will be installed. The mural series is scheduled to run through spring 2022, with each delivering a burst of renewed energy and opportunity to reflect on significant messages. “The Arts Council of Princeton has long served as a catalyst for Princeton’s creative community,” said ACP Executive Director Adam Welch. “We believe that public art is an asset in expanding our worldview and provides an opportunity to build community around creative expression. The Arts Council is so pleased to continue a 35-plus year partnership with Princeton Shopping Center and set in motion an expanded arts and cultural presence in this city.” “Cohesive communities are more relevant now than ever and public art activates landscapes in unique ways that spark dialogue and encourage people to authentically connect,” said Brad Dumont, managing director at EDENS, which owns and operates the Princeton Shopping Center. “An important part of our mission is to collaborate with embedded organizations like the Arts Council on neighborhood enrichment projects. We’re very excited to watch these walls come to life in ways that only artists can imagine.” The Princeton Shopping Center and Arts Council of

SUMMER MURALS: Arts Council of Princeton artists are shown at work on a recent mural. The ACP will partner with Princeton Shopping Center to bring a series of new murals to its outdoor courtyard this summer. Princeton invite the public to a gathering in celebration of this new public art presence on Friday, July 9 from 6 to 8 p.m., where the artwork will be signed, signaling its completion. The mural celebration kicks off at 6 p.m. with We May Be Right, a Billy Joel tribute band, along with family-friendly activities. For more infor mation, visit artscouncilofprinceton. org and princetonshopping center.com.

Whole World Arts Center Opens at MarketFair Mall

West Windsor Arts Council has brought its creative energy to MarketFair Shopping Center in Princeton, transforming the former Bobby’s Burger Palace into a new gallery, shop, and studio space. The new arts center, called Whole World Arts, will initially be open four days a week. “We will continue to be guided by our mission to transform the world through the arts, but we are also adding new ideas to make our work even more relevant for our community,” said Aylin Green, executive director of West Windsor Arts Council. “We will be using sustainable studio practices whenever possible at Whole World Arts, and also encourage work that brings attention to the environment and creates a vision

for a more just and sustainable world.” Whole World Arts will feature exhibition space showcasing original fine art for sale in six new exhibitions a year. Opening receptions with artist talks will be hosted for each new exhibition. It will also offer an artisan market selling handmade objects created by local artisans who focus on sustainable, handmade, and recycled items; classes and workshops in visual arts for youth and adults, with recycled materials used whenever possible; a Drop-In Art Club for young artists accompanied by a parent — art kits will be for sale and can be completed on-site, at home, or donated to a local charitable organization; and art parties that bring children and adults together to create art, such as paint parties, craft parties, and more. “We will support the work of new and established artists with a focus on those based in New Jersey, but including a wider geographic range. Exhibitions and performances that inspire, promote art appreciation, and broaden, deepen, and diversify audiences across programs will be selected,” Green said. For more information, please visit westwindsorarts.org. Continued on Page 23

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Perceiving Light and Color Thursday, June 24, 5:30 p.m. Participants will consider historical context, technique, and materials, and will explore the relativity of color, the effect of light sources, and the symbolism of light and shadow in different cultures. Registration is required.

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LATE THURSDAYS! This event is part of the Museum’s Late Thursdays programming, made possible in part by Heather and Paul G. Haaga Jr., Class of 1970. This program, including live closed-captioning, is made possible by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts. Claude Monet, Water Lilies and Japanese Bridge (detail), 1899. Oil on canvas. From the Collection of William Church Osborn, Class of 1883, trustee of Princeton University (1914–1951), president of the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1941–1947); given by his family

“I GOT MY EYES ON YOU”: This painting by Morris Docktor is part of the “Ellarslie Open” annual juried exhibition, on view June 26 through October 1 at the Trenton City Museum in Cadwalader Park. The show features 137 works of art in varying styles.

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“SNOWY DAWN”: This award-winning oil painting by Francisco Silva is featured in the Artsbridge Annual Members’ Art Exhibition, on view through June 30 at artsbridgeonline.com.

Artsbridge “Members’ Online Art Exhibition” Award Winners

The Ar tsbridge Annual Members’ Ar t Exhibition continues online through the end of June showcasing a wide variety of work that celebrates the energy and inspiration of the Delaware River Valley. From realistic to abstract, impressionist to contemporary, visitors to the online gallery and collectors will find 3-D works, including sculpture, ceramics, and fiber art; watercolor, pastels, prints, and drawings; photography and digital art; and acrylic and oil paintings. Carol Cruickshanks, artist and executive director of New Hope Arts, juried the show, awarding works in

five mediums: 3-D — Shuttering by Bonnie MacAllister; watercolor/pastel/drawing — Benjamin Franklin Bridge by Christine Seo; photography and digital art — Solitude by Susan Hollenbeck; acr ylic painting — Four Years and an Hour by Robert Hansen; and oil painting — Snowy Dawn by Francisco Silva. In addition, The Ty Hodanish Award for Oil Landscape was awarded to Ilene Rubin for her painting Moonlight Sonata. Visitors to the online exhibition had the opportunity to choose their favorite work until May 1. The People’s Choice Award, sponsored by Jerry’s Artarama, went to Robert McBride for Golden Hour, Anker Park, a pastel on paper.

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“Ellarslie Open” Juried Exhibit Returns to Trenton City Museum

The “Ellarslie Open” will return to the Trenton City Museum June 26 with its largest exhibition to date. Sidelined in 2020 by the pandemic, the Museum’s annual juried show will fill five galleries with 137 artworks of varying styles in categories from paintings and sculpture to digital and fiber arts. Juror William R. Valerio, director of the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia, selected the show’s pieces over the course of two jurying rounds that began with a record 619 artworks by 316 artists. The result is a

layered mix of bold colors and larger-than-life depictions that play off intricate detail and delicate textures to create a layered and surprising exhibition. “It is a visual feast,” said Ellarslie Open Chair Joyce Inderbitzin. The “Ellarslie Open” goes on view Saturday, June 26, with a VIP Opening Day Reception from 1 to 5 p.m. (prizes announced at 4 p.m.) and a public reception on June 27 from 1 to 4 p.m. Both events will take place on the grounds of the Museum’s Ellarslie Mansion in Cadwalader Park. The exhibit will remain on view in person and online through October 3, with related artist and curator talks to be announced in the summer and early fall. For the accepted artist list, show details, signups, and VIP Reception reservations, visit ellarslie.org/ ellarslie-open-2021 or call (609) 989-1191. Museum hours are Fridays and Saturdays from noon to 4 p.m. and Sundays from 1 to 4 p.m. The museum offers timed entry for visitors. Parking is available. There is no admission charge, but donations, which support the museum’s mission and programs, are appreciated.

Area Exhibits Check websites for information on safety protocols. A r t i s t s’ G a l l e r y, 18 Bridge Street, Lambertville, has “Apples and Oranges” t hrough July 4. G aller y hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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lambertvillearts.com. D & R Greenway Land Trust, One Preservation Place, has t he ongoi ng virtual galleries “Trail of Breadcr umbs : Nat ure in Fairytales” and “Portraits of Preservation: James Fiorentino Art.” The center is currently closed to the public. drgreenway.org. Grounds For Sculpture, 80 Sculptors Way, Hamilton, has “Rebirth: Kang Muxiang,” “Bruce Beasley: Sixty Year Retrospective, 1960-2020,” and other exhibits. Hours are Thursday through Monday, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Timed tickets required. groundsforsculpture. org. Historical Society of Princeton, Updike Farmstead, 354 Quaker Road, has “Princeton and Women’s Suffrage” and other online exhibits, as well as the “Histor y @ Home” series. The museum is currently closed to the public. princetonhistory.org. Hunterdon Art Museum, 7 Lower Center Street, Clinton, has “Our Environment” and “Print+” through September 5. hunterdonartmuseum.org. James A. Michener Art Museum, 138 South Pine Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “Essential Work 2020: A Community Portrait” through July 11 and “Through the Lens: Modern Photography in the Delaware Valley” through August 15. The museum is open to the public. michenerartmuseum.org. Mercer Museum, 84 South Pine Street, D oyle s tow n, Pa., has “Measurement Rules” and

“Magnificent Measures! The Hausman-Hill Collection of Calculating Instruments” through September 6. mercermuseum.org. Morven Museum & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “In Nature’s Realm : The Art of Gerard Rutgers Hardenberg” through January 9 and the online exhibit “Portrait of Place: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints of New Jersey, 1761–1898.” Open Wednesday through Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. morven.org. New Hope Arts Center, 2 Stockton Avenue, New Hope, Pa., has “Weaving Re-Imagined: At the Intersection of Tradition and Creativ it y” through July 18. Gallery hours are Friday through Sunday, noon to 5 p.m., by appointment. newhopearts.org. Pr inceton Universit y Art Museum has the online exhibits “Looking at 17th -Century Dutch Painting,” “Life Magazine and the Power of Photography,” “The Eclectic Eye: A Tribute to Duane Wilder,” and more, along w it h many online events. The museum is currently closed to the public. artmuseum.princeton.edu. Small World Coffee, 104 Witherspoon Street, has “Art Speaks,” a gallery show of paintings and photo graphs, through July 5. The 254 Nassau Street location has works by Sarah Stryker through July 5. smallworldcoffee.com. We s t W i n d s o r A r t s C e n te r, 952 A lexander Road, West Windsor, has “Facult y Student Show,” o n l i n e t h r o u g h J u l y 9. westwindsorarts.org.

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Calendar Wednesday, June 23 6 p.m.: Princeton Cannabis Task Force holds a public meeting to hear input on the possibility of a cannabis dispensar y in Princeton. Visit princetonnj.gov for the Zoom link. 7 p.m.: “LGBTQ+ in NJ: A History of a Community & GA A MC ( Gay Activist Alliance in Morris County).” Presented virtually by Mercer County Library L aw r e n c e H e ad q u a r te r s Branch. To register, email hopeprogs@mcl.org. Thursday, June 24 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 1:30 p.m.: English Conversation Group. Google meet event presented by Princeton Public Library. Princetonlibrary.org. 5-7 p.m.: Business After Business, networking event presented by Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber in person at Trenton Thunder. Princetonmercerchamber. org. Friday, June 25 3 p.m.: “The Greek World: Before and After 1821” with Princeton University professor Molly Greene. Sponsored virtually by Friends of Princeton University Library. Libcal.princeton.edu. 4 p.m.: Cartooning workshop with Rick Stromoski, sponsored virtually by Princeton Public Library. Princetonlibrary.org. 5-8 p.m.: Sips & Sounds at Terhune Orchards Winery on Cold Soil Road. Music by Catmoondaddy. Terhuneorchards.com/winery-events. 6 p.m.: Concert tribute to The Four Seasons, organized

and performed by New Jersey youth to raise funds for NAMI of Mercer County and the Washington Crossing Open Air Theater, which is the venue. Visit tjbconcert. square.site for tickets and information. 7:30 p.m.: Trenton Arts at Princeton presents a showcase with performances by the Trenton Youth Dancers, Orchestra, Singers, and Theater, on YouTube. Visit trentonarts.princeton.edu for details. Saturday, June 26 6 a.m.- 4 p.m.: Golden Nugget Antique Flea Market holds the Antique Model Train Show. 1850 River Road, Lambertville. www. gnflea.com. 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. West Windsor Bicycle & Pedestrian Alliance will be on site. Wwfm.org. 12- 3 p.m. : T h e Tre nt Hous e Mus eu m hos t s a p ubl i c arch ae olo g y d ay celebrating New Jersey’s indigenous people. Archaeologists discuss excavations; activities for kids included. Free. Masks must be worn. Williamtrenthouse.org. 12:30 -3 :30 p.m.: New Jersey Historic Storytelling Festival, on the grounds of East Jersey Old Town Village, Piscataway. The event is live; but will be on Zoom in case of inclement weather. The link is Njstorynet. org. 1-4 p.m.: Weekend Music Series at Terhune Orchards Winery on Cold Soil Road. Music by Mike & Laura. Terhuneorchards.com/wineryevents. 6 p.m.: Concert tribute to The Four Seasons, organized and performed by New Jersey youth to raise funds for NAMI of Mercer County

and the Washington Crossing Open Air Theater, which is the venue. Visit tjbconcert.square.site for tickets and information. 6-7:30 p.m.: Small World Cof fee, 14 Wit herspoon Street, presents cellist Dan Kassel. Smallworldcoffee. com. 7 p.m.: Boheme Opera NJ presents “The Next Generation of Tenors,” virtual event, with John Easterlin, Errin Duane Brooks, and Jeremy Brauner. Bohemeopera.com. Sunday, June 27 1-3 p.m.: Free vegetarian lunch provided under the red tent at the Princeton Family YMCA, 59 Paul Robeson Place. www.bviscs.org. 1-3 p.m.: “History on the Green” at the Historic Wicoff House Museum, 641 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro. Free event with historical plays and monologues acted by kids, a museum scavenger hunt, crafts, and a complimentary picnic lunch. Bring your own blanket. Tiny.cc/ historygreen. 1-3 p.m.: Princeton First Aid & Rescue Squad offers tours of its facility at 2 Mount Lucas Road. Free ice cream from bent spoon; music by Andy Koontz and Bill O’Neal. 1-4 p.m.: Weekend Music Series at Terhune Orchards Winery on Cold Soil Road. Music by Acoustic DuoVer. Terhuneorchards.com/winery-events. 2-3 p.m.: Gardening with Native Plants, hosted by Friends of Princeton Open Space. $5 supplies cost. At Mountain Lakes House, 57 Mountain Avenue. Visit sustainableprinceton.org for information. 3 p.m.: Concert tribute to The Four Seasons, organized and performed by New Jersey youth to raise funds for NAMI of Mercer County and the Washington Crossing

Open Air Theater, which is the venue. Visit tjbconcert. square.site for tickets and information. 3:30 p.m.: Judith K. Robinson Native Plant Sale including milkweeds, goldenrods, lobelias, and more. At Mountain Lakes House, 57 Mountain Avenue. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Mountain Lakes Preserve. 4 -9 p.m.: Terhune Orch a r d s F i r ef ly Fe s t iv a l. Crafts, food, music, and lear ning about f iref lies. Free, family-friendly event ($7 fee for craft-making). 330 Cold Soil Road. Terhuneorchards.com. Monday, June 28 12 p.m.: “Mor ven Mo ments: The 4th of July.” Free virtual program with docent Kim Gallagher discussing the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence in and around Morven, followed by a live Q&A. Morven.org. Tuesday, June 29 7 p.m.: Family Night at Lawrence Nature Center, 481 Drexel Road, Lawrence. “Cicadas: Pollinators, and other bugs of early summer.” (609) 844-7067. Wednesday, June 30 12-1 p.m.: Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber presents virtual webinar, “Creating an Equitable Workforce, Putting DE&I Principles into Practice.” With speaker Leticia Ferri. Princetonmercer.org. Thursday, July 1 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. Saturday, July 3 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. Musicians Frank and Ellen Ruck will perform. Wwfm.org.

Monday, July 5 Recycling 5 :30 p.m.: Community Reading of Frederick Douglass’ historic 1853 speech, “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?” via Zoom. To register, visit princetonlibrary.org. Tuesday, July 6 7 p.m.: Family Night at Lawrence Nature Center, 481 Drexel Road, Lawrence. “Eight Special Gardens.” With gardeners Nick Bosted, Hakim Hachicha, and Davd Bosted in a guided tour. Wear comfortable shoes. (609) 844-7067. Thursday, July 8 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. 5:30 p.m.: Lecture, “The Art of Not Working: Chinese Scholarly Gentlemen Enjoying Music.” Given by Ingrid Furniss, presented virtually by Princeton Universit y Ar t Museum and close-captioned in Spanish and English. Artmuseum. princeton.edu. Saturday, July 10 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. Rivertown Vintage Jazz Band entertains. Wwfm.org. Sunday, July 11 12-3 p.m.: Alliance Francaise of Princeton Bastille Day celebration at Community Park South Pavilion. Bring a picnic, participate in French conversation, music, and games. $5 members, $10 non-members. RSVP to gailbruno7@ gmail.com by July 4. Tuesday, July 13 5:30-8:30 p.m.: Princeton Pitchstop, presented by the Princeton Mercer Regional Chamber at Grounds for

S culpt ure, 80 S culptors Way, Hamilton. Learn about the anatomy of a pitch. Princetonmercer.org. 7 p.m.: Family Night at Lawrence Nature Center, 481 Drexel Road, Lawrence. Trail walk to enjoy the red, wh ite, blue, and yellow trails. (609) 844-7067. Thursday, July 15 10 a.m.-2 p.m.: Princeton Farmers Market, Franklin Avenue lot. Princetonfarmersmarket.com. Saturday, July 17 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. Kingston Ridge performs. Wwfm.org. Sunday, July 18 11 a.m.: The Liam Sutcliffe Combo performs in front of LiLLiPiES Bakery at Princeton Shopping Center as part of a summer Jazz Brunch series. Free. Monday, July 19 Recycling Tuesday, July 20 7 p.m.: Family Night at Lawrence Nature Center, 481 Drexel Road, Lawrence. “Variegated plants.” With Dave Bosted and others. (609) 844-7067. Wednesday, July 21 6 p.m.: Princeton Public Library Board of Trustees meeting. Princetonlibrary.org. Thursday, July 22 5:30 p.m.: Artist Talk by Katie Peterson, presented virtually by Princeton University Art Museum. Artmuseum.princeton.edu. Saturday, July 24 9 a.m.-1 p.m.: West Windsor Communit y Far mers Market, Princeton Junction. Enter at 877 Alexander Road through the Vaughn lot. 17 farms and 20 artisan food makers. Musicians Dave San Soucie and Josh Leik perform. Wwfm.org.

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t has a new look, but the same warm hospitality and delicious dining that have always been its hallmark. Teresa Caffe, at 23 Palmer Square East, is open again after having been closed for 14 months due to COVID-19 and an extensive renovation. Reopening in May, this popular mainstay on the Princeton dining scene is up and running, offering its neighborhood trattoria-style atmosphere and tempting Italian pizza, pasta, and a variety of other specialties.

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Originally opened in 1991, Teresa’s is one of five restaurants owned by the Momo brothers, Carlo, Raoul, and Anthony. Part of the Momo Restaurant Group, they also include Mediterra, Eno Terra, Momo Bread Company, and the new Albariño tapas and wine bar in Red Bank. The Bread Company also has a branch in the Trenton Farmers Market. “It really all started with our mother, Teresa Azario Momo, who was born in Italy, and our father Raul Momo Marmonti, who was born in Chile,” explains Carlo. “They came to the United States in 1960, and by the mid-1970s, Teresa and Raul opened the very first ‘Teresa,’ an Italian specialty food store. Fresh Food “We worked alongside our parents when not in school, learning how to cook in the tradition of our ancestors. That’s where we acquired our passion for fresh food and a dedication to provide warm and welcoming service. “In 1982, we opened Teresa II in New Brunswick, and by 1987, we had an outpost on Nassau Street combining Teresa Pizza and David’s Cookies!” And the rest, as they say, is history. With their emphasis on high quality fresh ingredients, special recipes, attentive staff, and engaging environment, Teresa and the other restaurants were all flourishing. Then came the pandemic and all that it entailed. People stayed home, restaurants were forced to close their doors, except for those which could improvise with outdoor dining opportunities. “The town and all the government agencies have really made it possible to keep our business afloat,” reports Raoul Momo. “Clearly, the word got out about how vital restaurants are as cornerstones for the community. The cooperation has been excellent from ever yone. And most importantly, from patrons who supported us. “Outdoor dining was a savior,” he continues. “And it continues to be very popular. It really is a huge hit! Guests want to be outdoors after such a long lockdown. Nothing beats sunshine, a glass of wine, and a nice meal with friends and family.”

New Look “Now that Teresa is open again, it’s as if we never closed,” adds Carlo. “Customers poured right back in, they were so happy for us to be back, and they are so eager to be out again.” As customers return to Teresa’s, they will notice a new look. It is an intriguing modern motif — a “New York City Sophisticated” feel. Dark wood distinguishes the tables and banquette, all adorned with white linen napkins, and they align perfectly with the overall theme: a sleek modern design, but ensuring at the same time a down-to-earth, unpretentious atmosphere in which people can relax and feel at home. The design is the work of Carlo’s wife, architect Leslie Dowling of Dowling Studios. “Leslie addressed the existing configuration, but she has her own aesthetic,” points out Carlo. L arge black and white poster-like photos of Italian celebrities, including Sophia Loren, decorate the walls, and the bar offers ample seating. An extensive wall wine rack displays almost 500 bottles. In addition, an attractive outdoor patio can accommodate more than 20 people, and this is an especially popular choice at the moment. The menu is as appealing as ever, with its special pizza and homemade pasta always top choices. Noted for its thin, very crisp crust, the pizza includes a variety of options: pesto, ricotta, eggplant, and mozzarella; or fresh mozzarella, ground tomato, basil, and extra virgin olive oil; or artisan pepperoni, grand tomato, nardello peppers, and fresh mozzarella — to name just a few. Homemade Pasta “My son Gianni is the ‘pizzaiolo’ or pizza-maker, just as I was 30 years ago,” says Raoul. “He is now the third generation, as it all began with Teresa, my mom! “Ever yone loves the pizza,” he adds, “but our homemade pasta is also a specialty. It is all made from scratch with high protein flour at the bakery (Terra Momo Bread Company). It is a big item for us. “The Pasta Vongole with clams is a favorite, and other popular dishes are Tagliatelle Bolognese and grana; penne, tomato, pepperoncino, and basil; and chitarra, clams, garlic, red pepper flake, and parsley.” In addition, main dishes, such as pan-seared Scottish salmon, with broccoli rabe, maitake mushroom, and onion agrodolce; and roasted eggplant involtini, ricotta, grana, mozzarella, spinach, and tomato, are favorites. Salads include a variety of choices, as does the antipasti with many options, from fried calamari to prosciutto di Parma, to avocado grilled bruschetta, among many others. O n e’s s w e e t to o t h i s not neglected at Teresa’s! Among the most popular desserts are tiramisu, focociolatto pizza (chocolate Nutella), and cannoli. Every Taste Coffee, cappuccino,

espresso and more are all available, along with the restaurant’s wide selection of wines, cocktails, and beer. Cocktails have become increasingly popular in recent years, and Teresa’s has one for every taste. The big hit at the moment is the Rossini, with prosecco, Lillet, and strawberry puree. Other favorites are Columba, with tequila, campari, lemon, and aranciatta; Passero with rum, aperitivo del professore, and lime juice ; and Siciliano with averna amaro, sweet vermouth, espresso, and soda. “Many of our cocktails are created by our mixologists Justin Donegan and Chris Canavari,” says Raoul, ”but many are also classic recipes like the Bellini from Harry’s Bar in Venice, and made just right, with great spirits and fresh ingredients. “By the way, our bartender Chris Canavari was the longtime bartender at Princeton’s former classic French restaurant Lahiere’s.” Prices cover a range at Teresa’s, with antipasti starting at $3, salads from $12, pizza from $13, and pasta from $16. Desserts begin at $6. The Momo brothers are proud of their outstanding staff, including chef Shane Spigner, restaurant manager Jaime Sanchez, bar manager Justin Donegan, and director of hospitality Devin Rosa. New Generation In addition, they are very pleased that a new generation of Momos are joining the family business. In addition to “pizzaiolo” Gianni, Carlo’s daughter Alessandra is the general manager at the new Albariño restaurant, and Raoul’s son Luke is Terra Momo Restaurant Group’s marketing and social media manager, as well as helping manage financial controls and also handling all the media production, videography, and photography. Serving the community in many ways is very important to the Momos, and they recently received the Reginald Lewis Community Award from Princeton’s First Baptist Church. “Reginald Lewis was the first Black billionaire,” explains Raoul. “In his honor, the Baptist Church gives the award to recognize local business leaders for their community ser vice. I attended the Sunday service to receive it, and we were so honored. “It’s always about getting better,” he continues, “and after 40 years in the business, we know how to keep getting better. There is no silver bullet to success. it’s all of it: the food, the hospitality, the design, the people, the service. You have to manage all of it. “Of course, it is really all thanks to our loyal patrons and new guests too. They are what keeps us going.” In addition to on-site dining, Teresa’s offers takeout. On-site private parties are also available. Always at the forefront, as Carlo explains, is “to offer dining experiences with the common theme of earth, food, wine, and an enjoyment of life. And through it

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Good Times, Good Food Once Again at Teresa Caffe, As Customers Hurry Back to this Longtime Favorite

TEST OF TIME: “We really specialize in hospitality. We want people to feel better when they come in, and especially now, enjoy being out together again. We look forward to welcoming everyone. We love working with our staff and serving our guests. It’s the people — the Momos love people!” Shown from left in the recently reopened and longtime favorite Teresa Caffe are the Momos: Carlo (co-owner), Alessandra, Gianni, and Raoul (co-owner). Above is an enlarged photo of a young Teresa — Carlo and Raoul’s mother and the inspiration for the restaurant. all, our mother Teresa has been our inspiration. She taught us to find harmony between tradition and innovation. Every detail — from the olive oil to the wine, from the basil to the art-

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ran the steeplechase a number of years in high school before I was recruited. I was desirable to Ivy League schools. There was like a hole in the steeplechase where it wasn’t a very strong event. Having run 9:04, that would have scored at Heps most years. Recently, the last Heps I ran, there were four or five guys around 8:50-8:45 which is kind of unprecedented depth so it’s gotten a lot stronger.” Going through a year of transition as a freshman, Trippas has made the most of his move to Princeton. After coming to the school with his 9:04 clocking out of high school, he lowered his time to 9:00.64 in the NCAA East Preliminaries to close his first year. At the NCAA East Region as a sophomore, he dropped an 8:33.90 time to win and advance to the NCAA Championships. “Freshman year was a big change,” said Trippas. “You can look at my results and I wasn’t anything special. Coming into sophomore year and having the experience from freshman year, that set me up really well. That’s when things started to click and everything came around to the point to put me in the position to be very competitive in the NCAA.”

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CHASING A DREAM: Princeton University men’s track star Ed Trippas competes in a steeplechase race for the Tigers. Rising senior Trippas, a native of Sydney, Australia, is looking to earn a spot in the steeplechase on the Australian team for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics.

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has had some good steeplechasers historically,” said Trippas. “To be the fastest since 2012 is exciting. Unfortunately, the new qualifying system is much faster, and if I was trying to qualify five years ago for the Games, 8:26 would have got me there but the new standards are harder. I think that just raises your level of where you need to be at. It pushes me further which is pretty cool.” Trippas is nearing a goal that started to formulate more clearly when he came to Princeton to train under distance coach Jason Vigilante. Trippas toured the university as a junior in high school, prompted by a desire to further his training in the United States college system. “There were guys a few years older than me who were moving to the NCAA and going to college for a few years and having some success there,” said Trippas. “I saw that as a pathway and possible option. That seemed like a really good option for me after high school because there were less resources and support in Australia. There was a whole team aspect that was really appealing to me in the U.S. I started looking at colleges. I reached out to Coach Vig and emailed him and came to tour the campus and met him, and from there I knew it was the No. 1 place I wanted to go to.” Entering Princeton, Trippas figured to have some success on the Ivy League level at least considering that he had already clocked a time that would have enabled him to score at Heptagonals. “Because of the club system in Australia, I was able to start steeplechasing when I was around 15,” said Trippas. “You start in the 2K steeplechase and then you work up to the 3K steeplechase. I

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come together and get a really good result, I was very pleased with that.” The time was a move toward the minimum qualifying time standards for the Olympics of 8:22. That standard is far lower than the 8:29 mark that was required for the 2016 Olympic Games. Trippas has until the end of June to hit the time mark. Beyond that, the Tokyo Olympics will use the top 45 ranked steeplechasers to fill out the field. “You do all the training, and there’s a difference between being in shape and having it seen in a race result,” said Trippas. “I knew I could run around an 8:26 or in the ballpark of that. For me to have the right race and the right day and for it to come together like that was exciting for me. At the same time, I need four more seconds to get that time for the Olympic games. It’s a motivating factor. Although it’s a personal best, 8:26, it’s still a lot of work to be done to get to 8:22.” Trippas won bronze at the Australian National Championships on April 18 in 8:31.09, which was a new personal best. His 8:26 clocking marked the fastest by an Australian at the time since 2012. Another Australian has since run 8:24. “I was eighth fastest Australian all-time, which is exciting considering Australia

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Trippas saw his confidence growing with each year at Princeton. He started to believe that he could compete beyond the NCAA level and possibly represent Australia if his improvements continued. His huge time drop in his sophomore year was critical to a surge in confidence. “At the time that was only four seconds away from 8:29, which at the time was the standard to make the world championships,” said Trippas. “Even at that point, Coach Vig was like you can do this and be an Olympian. He always instilled the belief in me that I could be an Olympian. It might be a shock to some. I think some people who aren’t following as closely think, ‘wow, you improved so quickly.’ It hasn’t been in my eyes and I think from the people that know me, it hasn’t been rapid, it’s been gradual progress. I think I’ve been working up to this level for a while and I always believed I could be there. But a huge part of it is Coach Vig having so much experience in knowing that you can do this and saying that to me, even when I was injured. Having that voice is such a huge help. He’s definitely a big part of this reason I’m in the position I am now, just his belief about where I can be.” Heading into his junior year, Trippas was poised to make more strides before the COVID-19 pandemic ended the Tigers’ spring season before it got started. Trippas took a hiatus from school to train on his own and pursue his Olympic aspirations. “I really enjoyed taking a year off,” said Trippas. “Although I felt it was a good experience to be away from Princeton and to be able to reflect on the experience and appreciate it so much more, I was injured and kind of on and off from May of 2020 until I went home to Australia in December. Training wasn’t going the way I was hoping, but finally I was able to go home. I did two weeks quarantine in Australia in a hotel room and after that I was able to reset and restart again. I’ve had since the start of the year, a really consistent good healthy training block which has allowed me to race really well now. Just taking the year off school and not having to fo-

cus on finals has been such a big help in being able to travel and race and give it my best shot to make the Olympics.” While he has been away, Trippas kept an eye on the college season, paying close attention to the NCAA Championships which concluded on June 11. Trippas was one notable runner who was absent while taking a year away. “I think this year if I had been at college and run the times I did, I’d have the No. 1 and maybe No. 2 times, which is kind of exciting,” said Trippas. “It means once I go back I can compete with the best and that’ll be exciting to see what guys are coming through and what guys are graduating in the steeplechase and see what guys are good. Next year when I come back, I want to bring that NCAA steeplechase title home. The DMR [distance medley relay] was the last thing we won (in the 2013 Indoor Nationals). Donn Cabral was the last steeplechase winner we’ve had at Princeton. That’d be a cool legacy to have.” Cabral was in the same Portland race as Trippas. Trippas finished two spots ahead of Cabral, who ran 8:27.25, exactly one second slower than Trippas. “After the race, we met for the first time,” said Trippas. “He was really nice. He said, great race, which was pretty cool since I had just beat him. Obviously he’s a legend around Princeton and the track team having made the Olympics his senior year and being a two-time Olympic finalist. He’s done everything I’d want to do in steeplechase. He was really nice, he said, ‘I hope you get my record,’ the school record of 8:19, which is still insanely fast. For anyone to have run that in college is super impressive, and for him to be super friendly and nice about it was super cool.” The next step for Trippas is not the Princeton school record as that will have to wait until next spring. First, the rising senior would like to follow Cabral’s fast footsteps into the Olympic Games, and his recent races have him closing in on that goal. —Justin Feil

PU Baseball Alum Ford Traded to Tampa Bay

Former Hun School and Princeton University baseball standout Mike Ford was traded last week to the Tampa Bay Rays by the New York Yankees for $100,000 and a player to be named later. First baseman/designated hitter Ford had previously been designated for assignment by the Yankees when reliever Zack Britton was activated from the injured list. He had hit .083 (2-for24) with one RBI in seven games this season at TripleA Scranton / Wilkes-Barre after being sent down by the Yankees. He had batted .133 with three homers and five RBIs in 60 at-bats for the Yankees before the demotion. Ford, who turns 29 on July 4, had a fine rookie season with the Yankees in 2019, hitting .259 with 12 homers and 25 RBIs in 143 at-bats over 50 games.

PU Women’s Track Athletes Competing for Olympic Spots

Five current, future, and for mer memb ers of t he Princeton University women’s track and field team are in the hunt for the opportunity to represent their respective national teams at the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. Imani Oliver ’14 (U.S.A), Obiageri Amaechi ’21 (Niger ia ) , Isabella Hilditch (Great Britain), India Weir (Great Britain), and Lily Parris (Great Britain) are vying for the chance to compete in Tokyo. Additionally, Julia Ratcliffe ’17 will be representing

New Zealand in the hammer throw and Lizzie Bird ’17 has achieved the Olympic qualifying standard time in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, and is likely to be named to the British team following the trials. Oliver, who earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in the event in 2013, placed fourth in the triple jump at the U.S. Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, at Hayward Field. She had a best jump of 13.84 meters, a season best, as she missed qualifying for the U.S. squad by one place. Two -time All-American Amaechi was slated to compete in the discus over the weekend at the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) National Olympic Trials and Invitational Relays for a spot on the Nigerian team. Hilditch, a rising senior, and incom ing f resh man Parris will compete in the 100-meter hurdles at the Mu ller Br it ish At h let ics Championships on June 27 at the Manchester Regional Arena. India Weir, a rising junior, also made the accepted entry list in the 3,000-meter steeplechase, which takes place on June 26.

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Earning 1st State Tournament Win in Years, PHS Boys’ Lax Enjoyed Positive Campaign It was something that the Princeton High boys’ lacrosse team had been waiting for years to do. Having traditionally been a state tournament participant on an annual basis, PHS made its first appearance in the competition after an extended absence when it hosted Morris Knolls in the first round of the North Jersey Group 3 sectional earlier this month. “It has been talked about a lot in terms that we hadn’t played a state game since 2017,” said PHS head coach Chip Casto. “We missed it two years on row in ’18 and ’19 and then obviously ’20 so they were determined to get a state win.” The Tigers showed some nerves in their return to the states as they trailed 2-1 after the first period and the foes were tied 4-4 at halftime in the June 1 contest. “We came out kind of slow and sluggish ; I am from northern Jersey and I know that these teams that have .500 records coming out of the north are battle-tested,” said Casto. “They came and proved it. They came tough, they came shooting and they came ready to play.” PHS, though, seized momentum in the third quarter outscoring Morris Knolls 5-1 and going on to a 9-6 win. “All year it has been a slow first quarter and a big third quarter,” said Casto. “I feel like we were behind two goals every first quarter. It was the personality of the team to go ‘all right now, we have got to shift gears.’ It was a good win.” It was a win to savor for the Tigers. “It was a great accomplishment and that is something they should celebrate, talk about and feel good about,” added Casto. “That lasted for about 15 minutes and then the next practice we were working on Scotch Plains-Fanwood.” Facing the high-powered Raiders in the sectional quarters two days later, PHS didn’t get off to a good start as it fell behind 8-2 in the first quarter and couldn’t dig out of that hole in losing 17-10. “They are really battle-

tested and they had a couple of players who were fantastic,” said Casto. “They were up 4-0 in the first quarter and we battled back. It was 9-5 at one point and we had a man up. If you get down to three, it is a really important number in a comeback. If you get the next goal, you are only two behind and the momentum seems to shift. We got to 9-5 with an extra man, we missed a shot and they went down and scored. Then we fought back to 14-10 and we were man up again and didn’t get it and they scored. We fought until the end.” With the Tigers ending up with a final record of 9-5, Casto was proud of what the program accomplished this spring. “It was a positive year, one, because we appreciate having the opportunity to play because of dealing with COVID,” said Casto. “Two, I would say we were basically overachieving. We didn’t quite know who we had and what we were going to work with.” Junior star attacker Will Doran gave the PHS some great work this season, developing into one of the top scorers in the area. “Will just shot up; he is one of this kids who knows the game so well that he makes people around him better,” asserted Casto. “He had a great split, like 51 goals and 40 assists so it was really a balanced game. Everyone knew he would pass to them so they kept moving on offense. He was a great emerging force.” Freshman Patrick Kenah emerged as a force, tallying 62 points on 35 goals and 27 assists. “We had a senior get hurt in basketball, Charles Hamit, who was going to be a starting attackman,” said Casto. “It is one of those things; it opens up a spot for this freshman and he ends up breaking the single-season freshman goal record at Pr inceton High and t he single season point record. Patrick was just phenomenal for the role he was asked to play. He overachieved.” Two s t a lw a r t s e n ior s, Patrick McDonald and Sid

INSPIRATIONAL MOTTO: Princeton High boys’ lacrosse player Nevin Motto heads up the field in a game this spring. Senior defender Motto’s scrappy play helped PHS go 9-5 and advance to the North Jersey Group 3 sectional quarterfinals. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Suppiah, took on important roles in the PHS attack with McDonald scoring 55 points on 28 goals and 27 assists and Suppiah chipping in 17 goals and 10 assists. “With Patrick’s humbleness in knowing that Will was going to run the show and that Kenah was having a great year, he would look around and say it was my turn,” said Casto. “He read the game well, he scrapped and got some fantastic ground balls for us. Sid had one goal and one assist, two goals and one assist, and three goals in our last three games. He started being a really consistent part of our offense.” On the defensive send, senior goalie Austin Micale turned in some fantastic performances in his first full season of varsity action. “Austin Micale ended up being our defensive MVP this year and was honorable mention all- conference,” said Casto, whose defensive unit also featured seniors Simon Sheppard, Nev in Motto, and Lucas Kirby also with junior Will Erickson. “He just started playing better and better. I really, really wish he could come back next year. Lucas had a great year. There was a great emergence out of Will. He is a great communicator so he is going to be a pillar for the defense next year.” The squad’s group of seniors was the pillar of the p r o g r a m s’ s u c c e s s t h i s spring. “They showed humbleness and appreciation; they kept reminding people this is a bonus, this is really special, so let’s keep working hard,” said Casto of his Class of ’21 which included Jack Lehman in addition to Kirby, Motto, McDonald, Micale, Sheppard, and Suppiah. “They continued to model all of the things that we want to build our program on. They had really great on-field leadership.” In Casto’s view, Motto exemplified the qualities of that class. “Nev in was this year’s r e c ip i e nt of t h e B obby Campbell award which is the award we give out every year in terms of the kid who has given the most to the program,” said Casto of Motto, who had 10 assists and scooped up 32 ground balls. “Here is a guy who didn’t score any goals but he was an unbelievable contributor in terms of leadership, ground balls and defense. He did all of the little things which is what Bobby Campbell is known for.” Casto is hoping some of those things will rub off on his crew of returning players. “We have some goals and assists coming back so we need Rory [ Dobson ] who was a freshman goalie up get up to speed pretty quickly,” said Casto. “He is going to be around for the next three years, he is committed to getting better this summer. For the freshman class there wasn’t really much of a JV season so we ended up practicing together basically. They got better but they didn’t get game better, they didn’t get enough game time. They are good kids and they saw a great senior class.” —Bill Alden

With Senior Group Staying Committed to the End, PDS Boys’ Lax Enjoyed Late Surge to Finish 8-7 When the Princeton Day School boys’ lacrosse team got off to a 2-6 start this spring, its players could have written off the season. Instead, PDS made a run to the state Prep B title game where it fell 13-8 to Montclair Kimberley Academy and then rebounded to reel off five straight wins to end the spring at 8-7. “I couldn’t be more proud of our guys’ resiliency,” said PDS head coach Joe Moore. “You look at the first half of our season and we easily could have just thrown in the towel and looked ahead to next year. A lot of credit goes to our seniors for really continuing to motivate our younger guys and staying focused on the next practice, the next game.” Those seniors went out on a high note as PDS defeated St. Joe’s Metuchen 10-6 in its season finale on May 28. “That was an awesome game, it was a late add for us so it was our last game for our seniors,” said Moore, who got two goals and an assist from senior standout Gibson Linnehan in the win with fellow seniors Drew McConaughy tallying a goal and three assists, Xander Gardner chipping in two goals, Trevor Kunkle adding a goal and an assist, and Aidan McChesney contributing a goal. “It was fun to watch those guys really just enjoy playing together. From a coaching perspective, we did not put pressure on them. We said just go out and enjoy each other’s company on the field. That was a nice win and a nice way to close out the season.” In Moore’s view, the return of McConaughy from injury helped trigger the surge. “We got Drew back which was a big influence on the offense,” said Moore. “He was a big help for us. He wasn’t putting up monster numbers but for him to just be out there controlling things, that was meaningful.” Featuring a battle-tested defensive unit, the Panthers controlled things at that end of the field. “Our defense has been our anchor all year and to dig a little deeper on that, it was really our goalie Eric Gellasch,” said Moore. “He stood on his head in those last five games but really the whole second half of the season. He was something special for us. We really relied on our defense to create offense.” The PDS squad dug deep over the last two springs, displaying a special character as it worked through the pandemic and dealt with the untimely death last year of Pete Higgins, a beloved coach who was a fixture with the program. “While we didn’t win as many games as we had hoped to, I still consider the season a big success with the adversity we faced last year not just with coronavirus but the loss of Higgs, who had such a connection with so many of these kids,” said Moore, whose players wore T-shirts under the uniforms imprinted with “Higgs” across the back. “The season meant so much more after what hap-

pened last season so that no matter what happened, the season was a success.” That resilience is a product of the program’s culture. “It was a roller-coaster of emotion, looking at the program, I think about what it means to be a PDS lacrosse player and coach,” said Moore. “We couldn’t be more on track, it is a true brotherhood from top to bottom. That is what I care about most, having each other’s backs. I care most about how these kids carry themselves off the field and helping them become nice, respectful young men through lacrosse.” The team’s senior group earned a ton of respect from Moore. “Our 10 seniors were incredible, a lot was asked of them this year,” said Moore, whose Class of ’21 included Bruno Cucchi, Hector Capeilleres, Alex Darenkov, and Alex Liu Nowakoski in addition to Linnehan, McConaughy, Gardner, Kunkle, McChesney, and Gellasch. “We had so many young guys in our program and the seniors understand that it is so important to leave the program in better shape than they found it. They embraced that entire mentality. I give them more credit than I ever could. They just came to practice ready to work every day. They were just great mentors, more than anything, to our younger guys.” S evera l of t he te a m’s young guns stepped up, including freshmen Sebastian Rzeczycki, Charlie Hogshire, and Logan Hermann along with sophomores Harrison Bernardi, Nick Somogyi, Oliver Hall, and Will Brown. “Our younger guys on the

offensive side of the ball really started to come into themselves,” said Moore. “Sebastian is going to be something special for us. We spent the whole year trying to boost his confidence. It came down to him just understanding his own capabilities and understanding his role. Charlie was great. If he can get a little bit bigger, he is going to be something really special too.” With that returning firep owe r i n plac e, M o or e believes the team can do some special things going forward. “I think it is going to flip a little bit in terms of our strengths, next year it will be more offense,” said Moore. “Defensively, we will have a new goalie in net and some new close defensemen. We have some holes to fill on that side of the ball. In general, I am really excited for next season and the next three years. That whole freshman group is something special and we have some good guys coming in too.” In filling those holes, it will be all hands on deck for PDS as usual. “My biggest message to them is to keep everything in perspective this past season and the season coming up,” said Moore. “It means a lot to be a PDS lacrosse player, it is not easy. One of the special things about our program is that we are so small. We don’t have offensive midfielders, we don’t have defensive midfielders, we just have midfielders. I put myself in the kids’ shoes and think this is great, I can just go out and play lacrosse. There is lot of flexibility on the field, we don’t have those numbers like other teams do.” —Bill Alden

CREASE CONTROL Princeton Day School boys’ lacrosse goalie Eric Gellasch makes a save in a game this spring. Senior star Gellasch came up big to help PDS finish the 2021 season with a final record of 8-7 as it won its last five games. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

Although only about 100 students attend the Wilberforce School in Princeton, nearly 10 percent of the student body qualified to compete in the state track Meet of Champions (MOC) last weekend. On the boys’ side, the quartet of sophomore Jeremy Sallade, freshman Caleb Brox, senior Danny Szeliga, and senior Dominic Madigan placed first in the 4x800 relay in 8:29.71 and second in the 4x400 with a time of 3:35.58 at the state Non-Public B Group meet to advance to the MOC. In addition, Madigan took third in the 800 in 1:58.56 with Sallade taking fourth in 1:59.58 to qualify for the MOC in that event. As for the girls, the quartet of sophomore Sophia Park, senior Lydia Sallade, senior Hannah Park, and junior Laura Prothero took third in the 4x800 in 10:47.30 at the Group meet to punch their ticket to the MOC. Sophia Park finished third in the 1,600 in 5:35.81 and made the MOC individually in that event. “It is the first time in school history that we are sending anyone to the MOC,” said Wilberforce head coach Lois Szeliga, noting that the program started in 2014. “We are so proud of these kids.” In Szeliga’s view, the team’s veterans proved to be the impetus for that breakthrough. “There is a lot of senior leadership there with Dominic and the whole team,” said Szeliga, who had a squad of 24 athletes.

“Because they had a year off, both boys and girls came in and they wanted to compete right away. They all spur each other on. Even in practices, they are very competitive. They also have lots of fun. The seniors graduated on the 7th and they come to practice to get back into it and they are loving it.” Heading into the MOC, Szeliga believed her boys’ runners would rise to the occasion in the meet held at South Plainfield High. “They have a lot of competition that can push them,” said Szeliga. “The goal is for them to get their best times and improve upon what they have done and represent the school at the top level of competition in the state.” The boys achieved that goal at the MOC, taking 18th in the 4x800, setting a school record of 8:18.54 in the process. The foursome also finished 23rd in the 4x400, clocking a school-record time of 3:34.51. In addition, Sallade placed 24th in the 800 in a school-record mark of 1:58.84 with Madigan finishing 29th in 2:01.97. The addition of Sophia Park, who had originally been planning to play lacrosse this spring, made a big difference for the girls’ team. “Sophia was my No. 1 runner in cross country last fall, she had to establish confidence too in track that she is also fast,” said Szeliga. “We were very happy to have her. Sophia had never done it before, these were all

of her first mile times and her first 800 meter times.” Two senior girls, Sallade and Hannah Park, stepped up to help make the 4x800 relay formidable. “Lydia was our leadoff runner, she is more of a miler, 2-miler, she set the school record in the 2-mile at the Group event (12:39.61 in the 3,200),” said Szeliga. “She is really a true teammate running the 800 meter leadoff leg. I knew that she is a mature athlete and could handle that leadoff leg in the Groups. The fastest split was Hannah. She is a sprinter, a 200-400 athlete and with us being a small school you stretch people just because you need bodies. That was her first 800-meter race and she had the fastest time.” At the MOC, the quartet was even faster than at the Group meet, clocking a school-record time of 10:19.91 in finishing 23rd overall. Sophia Park ended up placing 27th in the 1,600 at the MOC, clocking a time of 5:43.38. In reflecting on the program’s historic spring, Szeliga attributed the success to how the athletes bonded over a pursuit of excellence. “I am so proud for our size school to be able to take this many athletes to the MOC,” said Szeliga, noting that assistant coach Kristen Yonkman, a former college heptathlete, played a key role as the team’s sprint and field coach. “It comes from the senior leadership that we have. We have six seniors on the team and they really jumped back

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Wilberforce Track Program Makes History, Sending Athletes to MOC for 1st Time Ever

FAB FOUR: The Wilberforce School boys’ 4x800 relay team display the medals they earned for placing first in the state Non-Public B Group meet. The quartet, from left, of Jeremy Sallade, Danny Szeliga, Caleb Brox, and Dominic Madigan went on to take 18th in the event at the state Meet of Champions last Saturday at South Plainfield High, setting a school record of 8:18.54 in the process. The foursome also placed second in the 4x400 at the Group meet to advance to the MOC where they placed 23rd in a school-record time of 3:34.51. In addition, Madigan, and Sallade qualified in the individual 800 by placing third and fourth in the Group meet. Sallade placed 24th in a school record of 1:58.84 with Madigan finishing 29th in 2:01.97. (Photo provided by Lois Szeliga)

FAST COMPANY: The Wilberforce School girls’ 4x800 relay team, from left, of Hannah Park, Sophia Park, Laura Prothero, and Lydia Sallade are all smiles after they finished third in the state Non-Public B Group sectional meet earlier this month. Last Saturday, the team took 23rd in the state Meet of Champions, clocking a school-record time of 10:19.91. Sophia Park competed in the 1,600 at the MOC, placing 27th in a time of 5:43.38. (Photo provided by Lois Szeliga) in and set the tone for ‘let’s keep reaching for our goals.’ ‘They have had opportunities wasted and they have a sense of urgency. And then we have these talented youngsters who have really bought into it. The

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Larranaga Builds on his Progress with TCNJ this Winter, Helping Majeski Prevail in Men’s Summer Hoops Opener Even t hough T he College of New Jersey men’s basketball team played just eight games last winter in a season abbreviated by COVID-19 concerns, Jason Larranaga made a lot of progress. After playing seven minutes a game off the bench and averaging 2.5 points and 1.0 rebounds a game as a freshman in the 2019-20 campaign, guard/forward L ar ranaga star ted ever y game as a sophomore, averaging 12.3 points and 5.0 rebounds a contest as the Lions went 7-1. Last Monday night, Larranaga and his TCNJ teammates, playing as the Majeski Foundation in the Princeton R e c r e at i o n D e p a r t m e n t Men’s Summer Basketball League, hit the Community Park courts looking to build

on their success this winter. “We are so happy to get back out here, we had a shor t season,” said L arranaga “I have good teammates and coach [Matt Goldsmith] put me in the right spot last season.” Facing NJ Path Academy in the opening night of the league’s 32nd season, Majeski got off to a good start, jumping out to a 2313 lead. “It is just good to get up and down the court,” said Larranaga. “It is kind of hard to organize our guys because people are working and they are going home to see their families.” The 6’5, 190-pound Larranaga put in some good work, tallying 11 points as Majeski built a 27-22 lead

at halftime and got the win when the game was called at that point due to the thunderstorms that hit the area. “I have been working on trying to be strong going to the hoop and stuff like that,” said Larranaga, who ended up as the second highest scorer for Majeski with David Rodriguez tallying 12, draining a trio of three-pointers. “I have been in the gym lifting a lot, trying to get my strength.” While Majeski showed some strong defense in the victory, Larranaga acknowledged that the squad needs to tighten up at that end of the court to be a force this summer. “We emphasize defense at TCNJ, we have to communicate really well to be successful at that end,” said Larranaga. “We are off to a good start but we could use some work, especially on box outs.” —Bill Alden

STRONG START: Jason Larranaga drives around a foe for Majeski Foundation last Monday at the Community Park courts in the opening night of action in the Princeton Recreation Department Men’s Summer Basketball League. Larranaga tallied 11 points to help Majeski Foundation, which is comprised of players from The College of New Jersey men’s basketball team, defeat NJ Path Academy 27-22 in a game shortened to one half by the thunderstorms that hit the area. In other action on Monday, Caesar’s Bagels & Deli edged Planet Fitness 52-51 as Quayson Williams tallied 14 points to lead the way for the victors. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

In Taking Helm of Princeton Post 218 Baseball, Gonzalez Emphasizing Being Prepared to Excel Although the Princeton Post 218 American Legion baseball team trailed Hightstown 7-0 heading into its final at-bat last week, it wasn’t about to go down quietly. Princeton got the bases loaded with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning in the June 15 contest and Peter Hare came through with a single to knock in a run and get Post 218 on the board. The rally fizzled, though, and Princeton ended up falling 7-1. Princeton first-year manager Benito Gonzalez liked t he way his squad kept scrapping. “We competed for the first four or five innings,” said Gonzalez, noting that Hightstown starting pitcher Chris Au completed his freshman season for the Rowan University baseball program. “We put together a good fight at the end in the last half of the seventh.” Building on that late fight, Post 218 posted a 7-6 win over Lawrence Post 414 last Friday to earn its first triumph of the summer as Jaxon Petrone, Owen McCarron, and Theo Steiger each had two hits in the victory. Gonzalez was confident that the hits would start coming for Post 218. “We have been working on situational hitting a lot and having a plan when you get up to the plate,” said Gonzalez, whose team fell 8-3 to Bordentown Post 26 last Monday to move to 1-4. “I think sometimes, especially when the other team scores a few runs, it is easy to get out of your approach and not think about the plan that you have and then just go up there swinging. I do think it is going to come. I know some of these guys have hit well over the course of their careers. I have seen Princeton High hit well earlier in the year. I know it is there, it has just got to happen. They are receptive, it is a matter of can we do it.” As for the Post 218 mound corps, Gonzalez is seeing good things in the early going. “I think pitching-wise we are doing pretty well,” said Gonzalez, a for mer star pitcher for Princeton High and The College of New Jersey. “We just have to avoid that one bad inning in the field and having the extra base runners in that one inning. I think that is what is killing us.” Having taken the helm of Post 218 last year but never getting on the field with the team as the season was

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“I am emphasizing hustling and not throwing away atbats or throwing away time on the field,” said Gonzalez. “You only have limited amount of at bats, you only have a limited amount of innings and a limited amount of appearances. So it is take advantage of each one, always have a plan, and be ready.” Over the course of this summer, Gonzalez will be implementing a long range plan for Post 218. “At the very least I think kids are going to learn a lot,” said Gonzalez, whose team plays at Broad Street Park Post 313 on June 23, at Allentown on June 24, at Hopewell Post 339 on June 27, and will then be hosting Bordentown on June 29 “We do have bunch of kids who have at least two or three more years eligibility and kids coming up. I am pretty happy about that. We are looking forward not just to this year, but to the future.” —Bill Alden

COACHABLE MOMENT: Benito Gonzalez, center, adjusts his hat as he holds a mound conference in 2019 game for the Princeton Post 218 American Legion baseball team. Gonzalez, a former star pitcher for Princeton High and The College of New Jersey, served as an assistant coach for Post 218 that summer and is now the manager of the club. Princeton, which fell 8-3 to Bordentown Post 26 last Monday in moving to 1-4, is playing at Broad Street Park Post 313 on June 23, at Allentown on June 24, at Hopewell Post 339 on June 27, and will then be hosting Bordentown on June 29. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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P r i nce ton Day S cho ol boys’ basketball head coach Eugene Burroughs will be holding co - ed basketball camps this summer for boys and girls in grades 3-10. Burroughs, who has extensive experience coaching at the college level and for the Philadelphia 76ers organization, will be offering NBA-style skills training and shooting sessions. During the morning session of camp, the focus will be on learning basketball fundamentals based on principles Burroughs has learned at the professional level. In the afternoon session, campers will delve into the art of shooting by getting schooled on the proper techniques needed to be a great shooter, starting with the basics and expanding into more advanced drills. T he goal is for ever y camper to develop and learn great habits that will impact their basketball future to take their game to the next level. For the younger campers, the focus will be on creating a fun environment for them to learn the basic fundamentals of the game. The camps will take place at the PDS Athletic Center during the weeks of June 2125, July 12-16, and July 1923. The morning sessions will run from 8:30-11:30 a.m. with the afternoon sessions going from 12:15-3:15 p.m. Participants may sign up for either the morning or afternoon session or for both. The cost of the week for just the morning or afternoon session is $280. The cost of a week doing both sessions is $540. For more information and to register, log onto pds.org/basketballcamp.

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its year-round hoops programs this summer. Run by former Princeton Day School girls’ basketball head coach and NBA camp clinician Kamau Bailey, the BBA summer hoops program will offer several day camp oppor t u nit ies for Princeton and Mercer County area youth boys and girls. The offerings include a series of basketball player development camps, shot doctor shooting clinics for developing and advanced players, and appointmentonly sessions. CDC and N.J. state health protocols will be strictly enforced. As a special promotion for Princeton families, all preregistrations before June 15 will receive a BBA player/ family discount of $50. The first BBA offering will be a Junior 76ers Camp #1 running from June 28-July 2 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at PDS for players ages 9-14. There will be a BBA camp from July 5 -9 at Stuar t Country Day School from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. This program will be a skill development camp for boys and girls ages 7-13. Campers will learn basketball f undamentals in a fun and friendly environment. The focus will be on shooting, passing, and ball-handling. Campers will need to bring their own ball, snack, and lunch each day. There will be a Shot Doctor Shooting Camp from July 12-16 at Stuart Country Day School from 9 a.m.-3 p.m. This offering will be for boys and girls ages 8-17 with two sessions - morning for younger players and afternoon for older players. This is a special camp for those looking to improve shooting ability where each camper will shoot on average 300-500 shots per day in the form of high level shooting drills and games. Specialty skills to be covered will include: shooting mechanics/form; shooting off the dribble, pass, and screen; and shot selection. There will be a video breakdown done for each camper and each camper will receive a Shot Doctor shooting Tshirt. Each camper will need to bring their own snack and lunch each day.

The final offering will be Junior 76ers Camp #2 running from August 9-13 from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at PDS for players ages 9-14. Additional player development workouts for individual and small groups can be arranged by contacting coach Bailey and making appointments that fit one’s family/ youth schedule. For more information and to register, contact Kamau Bailey at (917) 626-5785 or kamau.bailey@gmail.com.

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In the Senior Div ision (ages 11-14) title game in the Princeton Junior Football L eag ue ( PJ F L) las t Sunday, Jacob Reece led the Christine’s Hope Colts to a 48-20 win over Alizio Sealcoating Giants 48-20. Reece made three touchdown receptions and rushed for another score for the victors. Wyatt Arshan contributed two receiving TDs in the win with quarterback Will Bednar connecting on five touchdown passes. Leo Obregon contr ibuted on both sides of the ball with a rushing TD and an interception. Andrew Foreman and Langston Hinds also made interceptions in the win. In the Juniors (ages 8-11) championship contest, the Princeton Global Jets edged the Christine’s Hope Steelers 13-12 in overtime. Max Prenner sparked a strong defensive effort by the Jets with Abe Arshan making several pass deflections and the trio of Michael Shaver, Joh n B ailey, and Charlie Crotty coming up with some key stops. On offense, Prenner had a touchdown reception on a pass from Maddox Slosberg. Leo Miele starred as a dual threat with some big runs and receptions with Michael Widener making some key blocks and receptions. To close out the game, Slosberg ran for the overtime TD and the onepoint conversion to secure the victory for the Jets. The Steelers scoring plays included a passing touchdown from Carmelo Thompson to Roy Bellace and a rushing TD by Thompson.

ORANGE CRUSH: Members of the Princeton Orange team celebrate after they won the WWP Babe Ruth Spring Season championship. The Orange defeated the West Windsor Yellow 15-11 in the title game on June 13 at Cuiffani Field in West Windsor. Pictured in the front row, from left, are Travis Petrone, Alex Winters, Matt Akey, Cole Rose, and Anthony Sefa. In the back PHILLY SPECIAL: Tommy Delany fires a pitch in action this spring for the Princeton High base- row, from left, are coach Scott Howe, Mike Prete, coach David Lee, Matthias Damrou, Ben ball team. Senior star and Penn-bound Delany has helped the Mercer County squad defeat Walden, Christian Paul, Roman Howe, Matt Baglio, Sam Lee, and head coach Jason Petrone. Lehigh Valley (Pa.) 6-5 in the semifinals of the 2021 Carpenter Cup Classic last Monday at CitiAvailable for zens Bank Park in Philadelphia. Delany had three strikeouts in two innings of relief in the win. Mercer now faces another New Jersey squad, Tri-Cape, in the title game on June 24 at Citizens Lunch & Dinner Bank Park. The Mercer squad also includes PHS catcher Carl Birge along with Hun School Mmm..Take-Out standouts Ben Petrone, Carson Applegate, Jackson Kraemer, Ben Romano, and Ryan DiMaggio. Events • Parties • Catering 908.359.8388 The annual tourney features high school all-star teams from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and 41 Leigh Avenue, Princeton www.tortugasmv.com Delaware. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) Route 206 • Belle Mead (609) 924-5143

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Martin Almas Chooljian Martin Almas Chooljian, 90, of Princeton, New Jersey, passed away on Tuesday, April 13, 2021 from complications related to the congestive heart failure he had battled for the past four years. Until his last few days he was able to remain at his residence in the care of his devoted caretaker, Brenda Stewart. Martin was born April 18, 1930 in Haverhill, Massachusetts, as the fourth and youngest child of Manoog and Almas Chooljian. His father owned a confectionery as well as residential rental properties. The Great Depression had a lasting effect on Martin as it battered the family’s finances. He would later recall how the local bank worked with his parents to save their rental units. Early on, Martin

learned the importance of hard work and education to move ahead in the world and he spent several summers working for the Haverhill Parks Department before graduating from Haverhill High School as the class of 1948 valedictorian. Martin then attended Harvard University on a scholarship where he received both his B.S. degree as an economics major in 1952 and his M.B.A. in 1954. While at Harvard Business School he met his future wife Helen, and they were married on April 16, 1955. The couple spent their next few years in Dayton, Ohio, where Mar tin was serving for two years as a Procurement Officer in the United States Air Force, HQ Air Material Command with the official rank of First Lieutenant. Their first child Anne was born here in August of 1956. Mar tin next moved his young family to Palo Alto, California, after accepting a job at Litton Industries where he served as Treasurer from 1958-1964. In August of 1959 a second daughter, Cynthia, was welcomed by the family. In the summer of 1964 the family moved to Princeton where son Andrew was born in December of 1965. Martin and his best friend from childhood, Dana Hamel, started their own business, Penn Corporation, and felt that Princeton was the ideal location for a corporate office with its proximity to the two major cities of New York and Philadelphia. As President and Director of the company Martin presided over several years of growth

as the original Penn Champ manufacturing facility in Butler, Pennsylvania, was joined by Beach Products in Kalamazoo, Michigan, a paper products company that boasted the exclusive license for the Disney paper tableware line. Ritepoint, a pen and writing instruments company was the next company to enter the fold, and finally Vitronic, an advertising specialties company located in the Ozarks of Missouri was the last company to be part of the Penn Corporation conglomerate. In 1985 the partners received an offer for their company that they could not refuse but they remained together at the same office location and founded CH Capital Corporation. Martin as President invested for various family members. The company was closed in late 2019 and Mar tin was proud of the fact that he was the longest lease holder of any tenant at One Palmer Square in the heart of Princeton. Martin had many interests outside of his businesses. He was an avid walker who covered between seven and ten miles daily until the last few years of his life. His favorite walking companion was Baron, his much loved and spoiled Pembroke Welsh Corgi. He enjoyed reading the New York Times and Wall Street Journal on a daily basis, traveling, cooking, flying his Beechcraft Baron as an instrument rated pilot, deep sea fishing, skiing in Vail, Colorado and Alta, Utah, and playing tennis. He thrived in the vast intellectual wealth of Princeton and Princeton was enhanced

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by his involvement in many of its local organizations. Mar t i n a nd Helen were longtime members of the Nassau Club and Bedens Brook Club. They were also longstanding members and contributors to All Saints’ Episcopal Church. In addition they were major supporters of Trinity Counseling and the Princeton First Aid and Rescue Squad. The two organizations they had the strongest affiliations with were the McCarter Theatre and the Institute for Advanced Study. At McCarter Martin served as a Trustee and Treasurer from 19871994 and was named an Honorary Trustee in 1995. W hile ser ving he helped with the Phase II renovation of the Mathews Theatre. In 1992 Martin and Helen joined the Friends of the Institute for Advanced Study where they became enthusiastic supporters. Martin was elected to the Board of Trustees in 1997 and made significant contr ibutions while serving on the Audit, Finance, Academic Affairs, B u i l d i n g, D e ve l op m e nt, and Public Affairs committees. After 13 years in this role Martin was named as a Trustee Emeritus. In appreciation of his service and philanthropy he was named an honorary lifetime member of the Friends Executive committee in 2016. Martin was preceded in death by his beloved wife Helen, his two sisters, Sally Walden and Vars Adamian, and his brother Robert Chooljian. He is survived by daughter Anne Chooljian and longtime companion Raul Najar; daughter Cynthia Jost and son-in-law Dan Jost; son Andrew Martin Chooljian and daughter-inlaw Laurel Chooljian; Brenda Stewart, loving caretaker and companion to Martin and Helen for 18 years ; honorar y grandchildren, Dr. Ingrid Stewart, Tyrone Taylor, Dr. Elizabeth Taylor, Dr. Rebecca Taylor, Joshua Taylor; and finally his honorary great-granddaughter, Stony Taylor. Martin will always be remembered for his smile, kindness, great intellect, love of dogs, and his lifetime commitment to philanthropy. Most of all he will be remembered for his devotion to his family and especially to his wife Helen who he adored. He will be forever in the hearts of his family, numerous friends, and the Princeton community. Pr ivate cremation was held and a memorial service celebrating Martin’s life will be held at All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 16 All Saints’ Road, Princeton, New Jersey, on Saturday, September 11, 2021 at 3 p.m. to be followed by a reception at the Bedens Brook Club at 240 Rolling Hill Road, Skillman, New Jersey. Arrangements are under the direction of MatherHodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

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John J. Wise, a retired Vice President-Research at Mobil Research and Development Corporation for 44 years, died on Sunday, June 13, 2021 in Princeton, NJ. The cause was complications from Parkinson’s disease. He was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on February 28, 1932. J o h n g r a d u a te d f r o m

Tufts University with a BS in Chemical Engineering and from MIT with a PhD in Chemistry. He worked at the forefront of commercialization of new technology for all facets of the petroleum industry ranging from how to find oil in the ground to making finished fuels and lubricants. He was responsible for the development and commercialization in New Zealand of technology for the conversion of natural gas into gasoline, a major advance of synthetic fuel technology. He also developed new technology now widely used for the production of the chemical intermediates for manufacturing polyester and styrene. He co-chaired a study between the auto and oil industries that developed information in a massive multi-year research study on how to minimize air pollution by reformulating gasoline and diesel fuel. This data was used by the EPA to set fuel standards used to implement the Clean Air Act. He was also recognized for his work as a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. He re ceive d t he G old Medal from the Industrial Research Institute for excellence in research management. He was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. John mar r ied t he late Rosemary Seary Bishop in 1967. They lived in Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Texas, and then Princeton, NJ. He is survived by his two daughters, Susannah Scovil Wise and Jean Porter Wise, and one grandson, Alexander Wise Philbrick. In lieu of flowers please consider a donation to LIFE Inc, 550 Lincoln Road Extension, Hyannis, MA 02601. Arrangements are under the direction of The MatherHodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

Ruth Virginia Reynolds Ruth Virginia Reynolds, “Virginia,” died peacefully on June 7, 2021. She was the loving wife of George T. Reynolds who predeceased her after 62 years of marriage. Daughter of Kenneth and Ruth Rendall, Virginia was appropriately born in Virginia 99 years ago. During the first few years of Virginia’s life, the family traveled the country, as her father was playing tackle on one of the first professional football teams. They settled in Highland Park, NJ, when she was two, and she was soon joined by her loving brother Ken Jr. After an active high school career, Virginia attended the New Jersey College for Women, now Douglass College. She was interested in children’s literature, and in that she became an expert. Combining her love of books with teaching, she enjoyed 20 years as head of the Lower School Library at Princeton Day School.

Teachers would sometimes send troublemakers to that library to be “straightened up,” so calming and safe was that space. She worked in public libraries in Brooklyn and Trenton before marriage and afterward at the Churchill College Library (Cambridge) while on leave from PDS. She was also a volunteer on the Princeton Public Library Council and Board of the Friends. Virginia was an accomplished stor y teller, holding countless children and adults in spellbinding, delighted wonder w ith her presentations. She was also interested in art and was a highly respected docent at the Princeton University Art Museum. Newlywed at age 21 Virginia and George, a physicist, spent most of the war years together at Los Alamos, until he left for the Pacific. She was initially denied residence on “The Hill” as she was not involved with the project. Saved by her degree in Library Science and George’s brash insistence, Virginia was allowed residency and worked there in the Library of Secrets. Virginia made friends far and wide, from hometown Princeton (since 1946) to her beloved summer location in Woods Hole (since 1963) with its varied communities in marine science, ar ts, paddle tennis, and sailing. During several scattered years of sabbaticals in London, Cambridge, and Oxford, Virginia expanded her interests and circles of friends. She traveled extensively in the UK, Europe, Turkey, Kenya, and Central America. Returning from a literary conference in Hawaii, she adopted a new name within the family, TuTu, Hawaiian for grandmother. And so, now as TuTu, she bestowed her knowledge and love onto her grandchildren, Justin, Ian, Allie, Jamie, Caroline, and Paige. Her brightest days over the last few years were seeing her great-grandchildren, Liva, Elijah, and Sophie-Morgan. Virginia met any challenge with quiet optimism and an expectation of enjoyment. She and George raised four sons, Tom, Richard, Rob, and David. Above all, Virginia embodied a loving daughter, sister, wife, mother, mother-in-law (Marianne, Mary, Kris, and Pam), and grandmother. Having had a modest upbringing, dampened by the Great Depression, Virginia always maintained caring and respect for all, making friends and inspiring confidence in those fortunate enough to meet her ready smile, which never left her. She coupled these values with a healthy dose of fun seeking and the occasional flash of mischievousness. She will be greatly missed. The family have many to thank, particularly the staff at Stonebridge at Montgomery, for making the past several years ones of comfort and contentment. Donations in Virginia’s memory may be made to All Saints’ Church of Princeton, 16 All Saints Road, Princeton, NJ 08540. Arrangements are under the direction of MatherHodge Funeral Home, Princeton.

David was born in the town of Sochaczew, Poland, on August 31, 1926. He was a star student of the Yavneh-Tarbut Hebrew School System and he had mastered multiple languages — including German, French, Yiddish, and Hebrew — by the age of 10. He received vocal training as a pupil of director/composer Maestro A.Z. Davidovich. David also learned from renowned Cantors Gershon Sirota and Moshe Koussevitsky, mentors who taught him how to blend Jewish tradition with an operatic style. As young David’s singing career began to flourish, he and his family — father Eliahu, mother Machla, older brother Moshe and younger brother Dov — moved to the capital city of Warsaw. David was soon performing in synagogues, in theaters, and on Polish radio. But on September 1st, 1939, Germany invaded Poland and soon after, the local Jewish population was forced into a small section of the city that would become the Warsaw Ghetto. One day, David returned home to fi nd his father, mother, and younger brother murdered by the Nazi SS. David’s older brother had escaped the ghetto but was never seen again. Eventually David was captured and taken by cattle-car to the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. David was a prisoner of Auschwitz for close to three years. He stayed alive by singing to entertain the Nazi guards and cell block leaders. While in the notorious death camp, he composed t wo songs t hat became popular with the inmates. One song is in Polish, “Oswiecim” (Auschwitz), and the other in Yiddish, “Dos Vaise Haizele” (The Little White House In The Woods), is now on display at the Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. After being transferred to Dachau and surviving a Death March in December 1944, David managed to escape into the nearby woods. He was soon found and rescued by the American 101st Airborne Division. Joining

with the 506th Parachute Infantry, he was adopted as their “Little Davey” and was able to put his language skills to work as an interpreter. He engaged actively in combat during the closing days of the war with Germany in 1945, transforming from a survivor to a liberator. When the army brought him back with them to the United States in 1946, David set about building a new life in New York City. He began selling encyclopedias for the Wonderland of Knowledge company, eventually rising in the ranks to Vice President of Sales. He worked hard to support his wife, Hope, and their four children. He traveled often, but he always made sure to be home in time for Friday night Shabbat dinner — just as his father Eliahu had done for his family back in Sochaczew. When the family moved to Pennsylvania, David and Hope helped grow a new thriving Jewish community in the Bucks County area. David served as Cantor of Temple Shalom in Levittown, PA, for 28 years, and then as Cantor for Har Sinai Hebrew Congregation of Trenton, NJ for 23 years. After retiring, he remained an active part of the community, teaching classes on cantilation and Hebrew language, leading communities in prayer, and performing countless baby namings, bar/bat mitzvah ceremonies, weddings, and funerals around the country. David also became a member of the American Conference of Cantors within the Union of American Hebrew Congregations. David would go on to perform internationally, singing in Buenos Aires’ Libertad Synagogue, Israel’s Yad Vashem, and Warsaw’s Nozik Synagogue (1986) where he officiated at the first formal Bar Mitzvah ceremony to be held in Poland since World War II – the same synagogue where Wisnia sang as a choir boy over 70 years prior. David also performed concert tours with his grandson, singer/songwriter and pianist Avi Wisnia. Most recently, David

returned to Poland to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz at a 2020 event attended by concentration camp survivors and prominent heads of state, which was televised to an international audience of millions. He frequently said that one of his greatest honors was being called up to sing the national anthem at the annual 101st Airborne Snowbird Reunion in Tampa, Florida, where veterans of World War II still called him Little Davey. Towards the end of his life, David Wisnia found it increasingly urgent to share his experiences of living through the Holocaust. He published his memoir, “One Voice, Two Lives,” (2015) to ensure that this chapter of history will never be forgotten. His story has been featured in The New York Times, The Daily Mail, The Jewish Exponent, Buzzfeed, and in many other outlets around the world. David led presentations about the Holocaust for audiences at synagogues, schools, and museums, and he was a frequent guest lecturer at Stockton University in New Jersey, at the invitation of Professor Douglas Cervi. David loved connecting most with students and young people, taking selfies with them, and imploring them to think about the impact they have on the world around them. When asked what he hoped the students took away from his story, he would say, “Do away with hate. Prejudice and hatred leads to death. There is a saying in the Torah: God tells Abraham ‘You shall be a Blessing’ and that is my message, that each and every one of us should ‘be a blessing.’

We should do good in this world, and be good to one another. Live a life with meaning and purpose, and leave this world a better place than when you entered it.” David will certainly be remembered for his incredible voice, but he will also be remembered for his love of hot soup, fancy cars, and making friends with anyone and everyone he came into contact with. Husband of the late Hope Wisnia, he is survived by his two sons and daughters-in-law, Rabbi Eric and Judith Wisnia, Michael and Misa Wisnia; two daughters and sons-in-law, Karen Wisnia and Kirk Wattles, Jana and Lee Dickstein; and five grandchildren, Sara (Matthew Schiffer) and Avi Wisnia, Rachel and Ethan Dickstein, and Naomi Wattles. He was also grandfather of the late Dov Benjamin Wisnia. David will be dearly missed by so many, but his story, his voice, and his legacy will continue to resonate from generation to generation. Private funeral services and burial were held June 17 at King David Memorial Park, Bensalem, PA. A public memorial will be held at a later date. For more information about David Wisnia, please visit onevoicetwolives.com. To honor the life of Cantor David Wisnia, donations may be made to the Auschwitz-Birkenau Memorial and Museum, working to preserve the legacy of and educate about the Holocaust: http://auschwitz.org/en/donate. To send condolences to the Wisnia family, please visit OrlandsMemorial Chapel.com.

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William L. Joyce William L. Joyce (Bill), of West Windsor, New Jersey, a retired archivist and research libraries administrator, died on June 6, 2021, from cancer. He was 79. The funeral service will be held on Tuesday, June 29, 2021 at 11 a.m. at the Church of St. David the King in West Windsor, New Jersey. Visitation will be held at the Chapel of the Church from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday June 28, 2021. Bill was born in Rockville Centre, Long Island on March 29, 1942 and grew up in Freeport, New York. A 1960 graduate of Freeport High School, he received a bachelor’s degree in 1964 from Providence College, a master’s degree in 1966 from St. John’s University, and a Ph.D. in 1974 from the University of Michigan. Bill worked primarily as a rare books and special collections librarian, curator, and administrator. He started his career as a manuscripts librarian at the William L. Clements Library at the University of Michigan. Beginning in 1972, he ser ved as Curator of Manuscripts and later Education Officer at the American Antiquarian Society in Worcester, Massachusetts. After moving back to the New York area in 1981, Bill began as the Assistant Director for Rare Books and Manuscr ipts at the New York Public Librar y. He then became the Associate University Librarian for Rare Books and Special Collections at Princeton University in 1986. This was followed by his appointment as the Dorothy Foehr Huck Chair for Special Collections and Head, Special Collections at the Pennsylvania State University from 2000-2010. Bill’s most important public contribution was his service on the President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Review Board. The President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992 created the Assassination Records Review Board as an independent agency to re-examine for release any assassination-related records that federal agencies continued to regard as too sensitive to open to the public. President Clinton appointed Bill to the five member Board in 1993 and he was confirmed by the Senate in April 1994. The Board finished its work in September 1998, issued a final report, and transferred all of its records to the National Archives and Records Administration in Washington. Dur ing his retirement, Bill’s commitment to scholarship and public education led him to create two charitable funds to support these goals. The first, is the John Higham Research Fellowship awarded annually by the Organization of

American Historians. The fellowship is named for Bill’s mentor at the University of Michigan, John Higham. It supports graduate students writing doctoral dissertations in American history. The second charitable fund is the William L. and Carol B. Joyce Historical Collections and Labor Archives Program Endowment for the University Libraries at The Pennsylvania State University. Its purpose is to support and enhance the Historical Collections and Labor Archives of the Eberly Family Special Collections Library at Penn State University. Bill is survived by his wife of 53 years, Carol Bertani Joyce; his daughter and her husband, Susan and Oliver Köster; his son, Michael Joyce; his grandchildren, Alexander, Charlotte, and Marie-Louise; his sister-in-law Jacqui Joyce; his sisters and their spouses, Rosemary and David Spencer and Kathleen and Tom Sullivan; as well as many cousins, nieces, and nephews. Any memorial donations may be given to the two f unds refer red to above that Bill and Carol created to support scholarship and public education. Online memorial donations to the John Higham Fellowship can be made at: https://secure. oah.org/store, by checking the box “Make a donation,” completing the contact information, and selecting a donation amount. On the page where the donor inputs the donation amount, there is a drop-down box “Donation Fund Designation,” please select “Other” and indicate Higham Fund in the box immediately below. Donations are also accepted via mail to: Organization of American Historians, 112 N. Bryan Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47408; or by phone at ( 812 ) 855 -9836. Any memorial donations to the William and Carol Joyce Endowment at Penn State may be made to: The Pennsylvania State University, 510 Paterno Library, University Park, PA 16802. Please indicate the “William and Carol Joyce Endowment” in the memo line.

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Cantor David S. Wisnia Cantor David S. Wisnia, 94, passed away on Tuesday, June 15, 2021. David Wisnia was a vocalist, composer, educator, and beloved community leader. Later in life, he would use his powerful baritone to share with the world his remarkable tale of surviving the Holocaust through story and song, tracing his harrowing journey from young Polish singing star to Auschwitz prisoner to American liberator with the 101st Airborne. Cantor Wisnia’s remarkable singing voice helped save him in the Nazi concentration camp.

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• Deadline: 2pm Tuesday • Payment: All ads must be pre-paid, Cash, credit or check. TOWN TOPICScard, CLASSIFIEDS GETS TOP RESULTS! • 25 words or less: $15.00 • each add’l word 15 cents • Surcharge: $15.00 for ads greater than 60 words in length. 06-23 Whether it’s selling furniture, ﬁnding PRINCETON JUNCTION YARD SALE: Saturday, June 26, a lost pet,discount or having a garage sale, available. • 3 weeks: $40.00 • 4 weeks: $50.00 • 6 weeks: $72.00 • 6 month and annual rates starting 8 am. 25 MacLean Street, MOVING SALE: TOWN TOPICS is the way to go! (between Witherspoon & John). • Ads with line spacing: $20.00/inch • all bold face type: $10.00/week 38 Reed Drive South. Friday & We deliver to ALL of Princeton as Featuring a new snow blower. Gas lawn mower, air conditioners, lots of children’s clothing in all sizes. Furniture, household, books, artwork & more. (609) 947-3009. 06-23

PRINCETON JUNCTION MOVING SALE: 38 Reed Drive South. Friday & Saturday June 25 & 26 from 9:30-3. Knoll desk & chairs, pine tables & rush seat chairs, rattan & glass top table & chairs. Yamaha Baby Grand piano. Decorative accessories, kitchen items, house is full of quality furnishings. Photos can be seen on estatesales.net, MG Estate Services. COVID protocol in place, please wear a mask. 06-23 INCREDIBLE ANTIQUE TOOL SALE: By appointment only. (609) 3564098. 06-16-2t PARKING SPACES 3 blocks from Nassau Street near the public library. 3-4 spaces available. (609) 6516757, leave message or call back. 06-16-2t HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf CARPENTRY/ HOME IMPROVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf

tf KINGSTON WELLNESS CENTER CARRIAGE HOUSE: Professional spaces for lease: beautiful 400 sq ft studio office w/kitchenette, skylights, 6 windows, private entrance, $1100/mo+; 2-room 270 sq ft office suite, 6 windows, private entrance, hdwd floors, overlooks garden, $740/mo+. Parking. Great community! Call/text (609) 609-0038. 06-16-3t HOUSECLEANING: Experienced, English speaking, great references, reliable with own transportation. Weekly & bi-weekly cleaning. Green cleaning available. Susan, (732) 873-3168. I have my own PPE for your protection. 05-05-9t ANNA CLEANING SERVICE: Polish precision & detail. Residential & commercial. Available cleaning by owner. Very good references from long-term clients. Free estimates. Please call or text Anna, (609) 4563583. 05-12-8t LAWN MAINTENANCE: Prune shrubs, mulch, cut grass, weed, leaf clean up and removal. Call (609) 954-1810; (609) 240-6404. 03-31-14t

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HOUSECLEANING: Experienced, English speaking, great references, reliable with own transportation. Weekly & bi-weekly cleaning. Green cleaning available. Susan, (732) 873-3168. I have my own PPE for your protection. 05-05-9t

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HANDYMAN–CARPENTER: Painting, hang cabinets & paintings, kitchen & bath rehab. Tile work, masonry. Porch & deck, replace rot, from floors to doors to ceilings. Shelving & hook-ups. ELEGANT REMODELING. You name it, indoor, outdoor tasks. Repair holes left by plumbers & electricians for sheetrock repair. RE agents welcome. Sale of home ‘checklist’ specialist. Mercer, Hunterdon, Bucks counties. 1/2 day to 1 month assignments. CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED, Covid 19 compliant. Active business since 1998. Videos of past jobs available. Call Roeland, (609) 933-9240. tf

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ROSA’S CLEANING SERVICE LLC Offering professional cleaning services in the Princeton community for more than 28 years! Weekly, biweekly, monthly, move-in/move-out services for houses, apartments, offices & condos. As well as, GREEN cleaning options! Outstanding references, reliable, licensed & trustworthy. If you are looking for a phenomenal, thorough & consistent cleaning, don’t hesitate to call (609) 751-2188. 06-02-5t HOUSE CLEANING: Good experience and references. English speaking. Please call Iwona at (609) 947-2958. 06-09-4t GREAT COLLEGE ESSAYS are more critical than ever! Get expert advice from the Princeton Writing Coach. To explore goals, strategies, and options, call/text (908) 420-1070, email princetonwritingcoach@gmail.com, or visit http://princetonwritingcoach. com/ today! 06-23-3t STRING LESSONS LIVE OR ONLINE: VIOLIN / VIOLA LESSONS. Fiddling, Traditional & Suzuki Methods. Ms. D., Master Of Music, violin/viola pedagogy. Teaches all ages/levels, in Princeton area since 1995. FREE INTRO LESSON. Call (609) 924-5933 or (609) 706-2209. cldamerau@yahoo.com 06-23-3t PERSONAL CARE/ CHILD CARE/COMPANION AVAILABLE: Looking for employment, live in or out. Full time or part time. References available. Please call Cynthia, (609) 227-9873. 06-23-3t HOUSECLEANING/ HOUSEKEEPING: Professional cleaning service. Experienced, references, honest & responsible. Reasonable price. Call Teresa (609) 424-7409 for free estimate. 06-16-6t COLLEGE APPLICATION ADVISING: Is your student facing a mountain of college admission essay questions and unsure of how to start the climb? They’re not alone — and I can help you navigate the chaos. As a former Princeton University Admission Officer, I know what attracts colleges to students. My process helps students write original, thoughtful essays that stand out. Visit www.collegeessayexcellence.net or contact caroline@ collegeessayexcellence.net (609) 356-2714 06-16-7t

FD MASON CONTRACTOR: Over 30 years of experience. Brick, Block, Stone, Concrete. No job too large or small. Fully insured & licensed. Free estimates. (908) 385-5701. Lic# 13VH05475900 06-16/09-01 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 06-09-22 HOME REPAIR SPECIALIST: Interior/exterior repairs, carpentry, trim, rotted wood, power washing, painting, deck work, sheet rock/ spackle, gutter & roofing repairs. Punch list is my specialty. 40 years experience. Licensed & insured. Call Creative Woodcraft (609) 586-2130 07-15-21 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. 09-30-21 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. 06-30-22 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 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. 06-30-22 WHAT’S A GREAT GIFT FOR A FORMER PRINCETONIAN? A Gift Subscription! Call (609) 924-2200 ext 10; circulation@towntopics.com tf

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HEATHY AIR WITH 06-16-2t HOME HEALTH AIDE: 25 years of experience. Available mornings to take care of your loved one, transport to appointments, run errands. I am well known in Princeton. Top care, excellent references. The best, cell (609) 356-2951; or (609) 751-1396. tf CARPENTRY/ HOME IMPROVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf HANDYMAN–CARPENTER: Painting, hang cabinets & paintings, kitchen & bath rehab. Tile work, masonry. Porch & deck, replace rot, from floors to doors to ceilings. Shelving & hook-ups. ELEGANT REMODELING. You name it, indoor, outdoor tasks. Repair holes left by plumbers & electricians for sheetrock repair. RE agents welcome. Sale of home ‘checklist’ specialist. Mercer, Hunterdon, Bucks counties. 1/2 day to 1 month assignments. CREDIT CARDS ACCEPTED, Covid 19 compliant. Active business since 1998. Videos of past jobs available. Call Roeland, (609) 933-9240. tf KINGSTON WELLNESS CENTER CARRIAGE HOUSE: Professional spaces for lease: beautiful 400 sq ft studio office w/kitchenette, skylights, 6 windows, private entrance, $1100/mo+; 2-room 270 sq ft office suite, 6 windows, private entrance, hdwd floors, overlooks garden, $740/mo+. Parking. Great community! Call/text (609) 609-0038.

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