Volume LXIX, Number 44
Princeton Pro Musica Presents Mendelssohn’s Oratorio Elijah at Richardson Sunday . . . 17 Jim McCaffrey and Mayor Lempert Respond to Issue of Plastic Bag Fee . . . . . 7 Sparked By Junior Star Lussi’s Finishing Touch, Surging Tiger Women’s Soccer Wins Ivy Title . 27 Trampling Peddie in Key MAPL Showdown, Hun Football Rolls to 40-13 Win, Moves to 7-0 . . . 34
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Community Swatting Forum Reveals Focus on “Gamers” As Investigations Continue Investigations continue, as local school and police officials work with the FBI and other state and federal authorities to confront the fraudulent bomb threats at area schools. About 50 parents of Princeton school children joined Princeton Police Chief Nicholas Sutter and Schools Superintendent Steve Cochrane in the John Witherspoon School Auditorium last Thursday evening for a Community Forum on Swatting, a discussion of the ongoing investigations of swatting threats and the evolving responses implemented to help mitigate these “acts of terrorism,” as Mr. Sutter described them. The focus of the investigations has narrowed: The threats this fall, unlike those last spring, are “emanating from the electronic gaming community,” where players score points for the amount of havoc they cause, according to Mr. Sutter The Continued on Page 10
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Howard and Liverman Win Council Re-Election
Heather Howard and Lance Liverman, both Democrats, were re-elected to Princeton Council in the general election on Tuesday. Ms. Howard received 2665 votes, while Mr. Liverman earned 2517. These are unofficial results. Contesting them were Republicans Kelly Di Tosto, who got 1067 votes, and Lynn Lu Irving, who earned 968. Both Ms. Di Tosto and Ms. Irving were new to the local political scene. Mr. Liverman served on Township Committee and Ms. Howard on Borough Council prior to consolidation in 2013, when both became members of the merged Princeton Council. A native of Princeton, Mr. Liverman is a property manager. He described himself as often a voice of mediation during Council discussions. Ms. Howard is a health policy expert who works at Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School. She has focused on public safety, health and immigration issues during her term on Council. Elected to School Board for Princeton
Public Schools were Elizabeth “Betsy” A. Kalber Baglio, Patrick Sullivan, and Dafna Kendal, who earned 2086, 2010 and 1771 votes respectively. Vying unsuccessfully for a School Board seat was Robert Dodge, who received 1528 votes. While the final numbers for the Mercer County Freeholder race were not in at press time, Ann M. Cannon had received 2792 votes at that point from Princeton, while Pasquale “Pat” Colavita, Jr. had 2730, Samuel T. Frisby, Sr. 2707, Ira Marks 890, Anthony “Tony” Davis 866 and Jason Lee DeFrancesco 836. Princeton residents cast 3085 votes in favor of Democrat Andrew Zwicker and 2949 for Maureen Vella for General Assembly. Incumbents Jack M. Ciattarelli and Donna K. Simon, both Republicans, got 815 and 818 respectively, from Princeton voters. Brian M. Hughes, current Mercer County executive, earned 2828 votes for re-election from Princeton voters, while
Republican Lisa Richford received 833. In the race for County Clerk, Paula Sollami Covello, the current clerk, earned 2661 votes, while Republican Susan Bagley got 848. —Anne Levin —Donald Gilpin
Safety Grades For Local Hospitals Are Made Public A study rating hospitals on safety has kept University Medical Center of Princeton in the “B” category, while Capital Health Medical Center in Hopewell has retained its “C.” Capital Health’s Regional Medical Center in Trenton, however, dropped from an “A” grade to a “B.” Results of the bi-annual Leapfrog Hospital Survey are based on information submitted by hospitals across the country. The survey takes three areas into consideration: how patients fare, Continued on Page 4
Princeton Alum and Kansas City Royal Pitcher Chris Young Joins Shoeless Joe Jackson, King Lear, and J .D . Salinger in This Week’s Book Review . . . . . . . 12 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 14 Cinema . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Clubs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Classified Ads . . . . . . . 38 Music/Theater . . . . . . 17 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 11 New to Us . . . . . . . . . . 26 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 36 Real Estate . . . . . . . . 38 Religion . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Service Directory . . . . 37 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PAINTING WITH AUTUMN LIGHT: It’s fitting that a painter helped make Lake Carnegie possible . When Andrew Carnegie was having his portrait painted by Howard Russell Butler, Class of 1876, Butler told him of the Princeton crew’s need for a place to practice and compete . That was in 1902 . On December 5, 1906, the dream became a reality — at a final cost of $450,000 or about $9 .5 million today . (Photo by Emily Reeves)
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