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Volume LXXVIII, Number 19

Triumph Brewing Company To Reopen in June After Long Restoration of Former Post Office . . . . 5 Play by Princeton Graduate Tackles Questions About ‘Choice” . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Princeton Boychoir Presents Season-Ending Performance . . . . . . . 19 PU Men’s Lax Wins Ivy Tournament, Will Face Maryland in NCAA Opener . . . . . . . . . . 27 PHS Girls’ Golf Wins MCT, Advances to State Championships . . . . . 31

Paul Auster (1947-2024) Shares This Week’s Book Review with Edgar Allan Poe . . . . . . . . . 18 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 24 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 25 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . 37 Luxury Living . . . . . 20, 21 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Mother's Day . . . . . . . 15 New to Us. . . . . . . . . . 26 Obituaries . . . . . . . 35, 36

Performing Arts . . . . . 22

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Property in Jugtown Makes Preservation NJ List of Endangered Sites With Princeton’s Historic Preservation Commission set to review a development application for the Joseph Hornor House at 344 Nassau Street next week, the recently announced inclusion of the property on Preservation New Jersey’s “10 Most Endangered Historic Places” list comes at an opportune moment for those opposed to the housing development proposed for the site. “We are delighted that Preservation New Jersey has recognized the Joseph Hornor House at 344 Nassau Street to be an irreplaceable historic resource in New Jersey, and is in imminent danger of being lost,” said Catherine Knight, who lives in the Jugtown neighborhood where the property is located, and is active in efforts to prevent the development from being approved. “To allow a massive addition behind and partially on top of the single most important and pivotal building at the Jugtown crossroads will endanger the survival of the Jugtown Historic District.” Selections for Preservation New Jersey’s annual listing of endangered properties are based on historic significance and architectural integrity, as well as “the critical nature of the threat identified, and the likelihood that inclusion on the list will have a positive impact on efforts to protect the resource,” according to a statement from the organization. The Hornor House sits at the crossroads of Nassau and Harrison streets, which neighbors opposed to the development idea say is a gateway into town and a dangerously busy intersection. Princeton Council adopted an affordable housing overlay zone in 2020, addressing a mandate for the town to promote housing with 20 percent affordable units. In the first development proposal in Jugtown under the overlay zone, a proposed four-story, 20,000-square-foot addition of 15 apartments, including three affordable units, “would destroy part of the two-story Joseph Hornor House and build partially on top of it, overwhelming it physically and visually in conflict with the Historic Preservation Ordinance and National Park Service Guildelines for the Treatment of Historic Properties,” reads a statement from Save Historic Jugtown. “The addition as proposed would also overwhelm the historic Jugtown crossroads and set a negative precedent for future development in the

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Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Gaza Protesters Meet with Administrators The Princeton University Gaza Solidarity Encampment on Cannon Green behind Nassau Hall is approaching two weeks since its inception, and as of press time on Tuesday, May 7 the stand-off continues between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and University officials. Protesters had scheduled a rally for 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, followed by a town hall meeting at 7 p.m., with some speculation that a vote might be taken as to how much longer to continue the encampment. A group of students and faculty representing the protesters met on Monday with University President Christopher L. Eisgruber, Graduate School Dean Rodney Priestley, and School of Public and International Affairs Dean Amaney Jamal to discuss the protesters’ demands that included complete divestment and dissociation from the U.S. military and the state of Israel, a severing of ties with Israeli academic and cultural institutions, and the dropping of charges against 13 students who were arrested a week ago for occupying the Clio Hall administration building. Following the meeting, protesters reported that none of their demands had been met and that the encampment would continue, according to The Daily Princetonian student newspaper. Fourteen of the undergraduate student protesters are continuing a hunger strike that began on Friday, May 3. University

Health Services Director of Medical Services Dr. Melissa Marks visited the group on Friday and Sunday to offer health information and ongoing medical support. Outside physicians are also monitoring the group, according to University Media Relations. Princeton University Director of Media Relations Jennifer Morrill reported that the president and the deans listened to the protesters’ demands, and “President Eisgruber explained that at Princeton

divestment is rare and only considered as part of an orderly process that includes input from across the community.” She continued, “He invited the protesters to engage in that process, which has led in recent years to divestment and dissociation from segments of the fossil fuel industry.” Morrill also noted that University officials were receptive to the possibility of strengthened ties between Princeton and Palestinian institutions and the

HomeFront’s annual Diaper Challenge, seeking to guarantee that low-income children in Mercer County have access to clean diapers, culminates on Mother’s Day, May 12, and the Central New Jerseybased nonprofit is hoping for a surge in contributions in the coming days. HomeFront distributed 1,940,462 diapers and wipes last year, a 39 percent increase over the previous year’s total, and HomeFront Community Engagement Manager Gina Davis reports that the current drive has only reached about 125,000 of their 500,000 goal. Every $1,000 donated to this year’s Diaper Challenge will result in more than 6,600 diapers provided free of charge to low-income Mercer County parents in need.

“We have always been committed to ensuring the cleanliness, happiness, and health of every baby in our community, but the need for family support has surged dramatically in recent years,” said HomeFront CEO Sarah Steward. “We are serving a record high number of families through our Choice Market in Lawrenceville, where parents visit to shop for groceries, fresh produce, period products, diapers, wipes, and other basic necessities.” She continued, “Recent studies have shown that nearly one in two families has trouble affording the diapers they need. The unwavering support of our community through the Diaper Challenge allows us to consistently meet the growing demand.”

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HomeFront Diaper Challenge Nears Deadline, With ArtJam, Hunger Appeal Moving Forward

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CALM ON CANNON GREEN: It was quiet Tuesday afternoon at the Gaza Solidarity Encampment at Princeton University, but activity was expected to heat up later in the evening as protesters gathered for a rally and town hall meeting. The demonstrators engaged in talks with University President Christopher L. Eisgruber and other administrators on Monday, but there seemed to be few concessions on either side, and the future of the protest was uncertain. (Photo by Donald Gilpin)

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