Volume LXXVI, Number 33
It’s Prime Time for Produce at Local Farmers Markets . . . . . 5 Coalition Supporters Gather to Commemorate Anniversary of Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings . . . 8 Bayard Rustin Center Ramps Up Programming . . . . . . 10 Full Season of Performances Planned by Local Arts Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PHS Alum Ettin Helps Coach U.S. Men’s Hoops to Maccabiah Gold . . . . . .22 Lyons Taking the Helm of Stuart Country Day School Athletics . . . . . . . . . . 24
Donald Trump’s Signature Looms Large in This Week’s Book Review . . 12 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 18 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . 28 Pennington/Hopewell . . 16,17 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 11 New To Us . . . . . . . . . 20 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 26 Performing Arts . . . . . 13 Police Blotter . . . . . . . . 4 Real Estate . . . . . . . . 28 Shop & Dine Local . . . 2, 3 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . 6
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Black Bear Sightings Are on the Rise In Mercer County With multiple black bears seen roaming areas of Princeton and other parts of Mercer County, the municipality is advising residents to be cautious, but not panic. No sightings were reported in Princeton on Monday. But on Tuesday morning, a bear was spotted in the area of Mercer Meadows and Yeger Road, Lawrence Township. The Lawrence Township Police Department issued an advisory urging that children and pets be brought indoors. In Princeton, the animals have recently been spotted near Herrontown Woods; around Tyson Lane and Poe Road; Longview Drive and Hartley Avenue; and Riverside School. The bears are most active just before sunrise and after sunset. According to information posted on the municipal website, “Do not run from it; running may trigger a chase response. If you encounter a bear that is feeding, do not approach it and slowly back away. A bear on a food source will aggressively defend it.” The website also recommends making a bear aware of your presence by speaking in an assertive voice, singing, clapping, or making other noises. Make sure a bear has an escape route, especially if it makes its way into your home or garage. Prop the doors open. Bears can usually be kept at a distance if residents follow certain safety recommendations. “The biggest thing we’re saying to people is to not have any kind of inadvertent attractants around,” said James Ferry, Princeton’s animal control officer. “Take bird feeders down, and secure trash cans; even bring them into the house for the next couple of weeks while this goes on. The good news is that we’re getting a little closer to hibernation season.” According to the website of the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection, New Jersey Fish and Wildlife, black bears are the largest land mammal in the state, “an integral part of the state’s natural heritage and a vital component of healthy ecosystems. Since the 1980s the Garden State’s black bear population has been increasing and expanding its range both southward and eastward from the forested areas of northwestern New Jersey.” The municipal website advises Continued on Page 9
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Legendary PU Hoops Coach Carril Dies at 92 One of the most legendary and colorful figures in in Princeton University sports history, Hall of Fame men’s basketball coach Pete Carril, died on Monday, August 15 at age 92. The Carril family issued a statement on Monday posted on the Princeton University Athletics website indicating that Carril “passed away peacefully this morning.” He died at the University of Pennsylvania Hospital, where he was recuperating from a stroke. Carril, a native of Bethlehem, Pa., who played college basketball for Lafayette College, took the head coaching job at Princeton for the 1967-68 season and guided the Tigers for the next 29 seasons. During his storied tenure, Carril posted a 514-261 record, leading the Tigers to 13 Ivy League championships, 11 NCAA Tournament appearances, and the 1975 NIT title. Prior to coming to Princeton, Carril started his coaching career as an assistant at Easton Area High (Pa.) in 1954 and then became a head coach at Reading High in 1958 where he guided Gary Walters, a future Princeton star and director of athletics at his alma mater. He served as the head coach at Lehigh University for one year before taking the Princeton job.
The hallmarks of the style that Carril perfected at Princeton included a deliberate offensive game that featured constant motion, crisp passing, and quick cuts to the basket. That disciplined approach was complemented by a stifling defense which had the Tigers among the national leaders in fewest points allowed per game on a yearly basis. Princeton led the country in scoring defense 14 times from 1975 to 1996, including eight in a row from 1988 to 1996.
That method of play, which became known as the “Princeton Offense,” has left a lasting influence on the game as teams from high school to the Golden State Warriors of the NBA have employed that style to spread the floor and wear foes down before getting open looks from the perimeter or in the paint. While orchestrating that precise and confounding brand of the game, Carril himself made a rumpled appearance. He wore sweaters on the sidelines and Continued on Page 7
Sarah Steward Will Lead HomeFront, Succeeding Founding CEO Connie Mercer Sarah Steward, chief operating officer at HomeFront since 2016, will take over as chief executive officer on October 1, succeeding HomeFront founder Connie Mercer, who announced earlier this year that she will be stepping down after 31 years of leading the Lawrenceville-based nonprofit that seeks to eradicate homelessness in central New Jersey. Eager to carry on Mercer’s legacy, Steward does not see big changes on the horizon for the organization. “We have always grown and changed and adapted to whatever the current needs are,” she said
in an August 15 phone conversation. “But the heart of the organization has always remained the same, which is actually what is incredibly powerful about HomeFront. Even as the day-to-day services change and the needs of the clients we’re serving change, we have stayed laser-light focused on what our families need the most.” She continued, ”I see that as a big part of Connie’s legacy here at HomeFront, and I hope I can live up to that. We have an amazing team of people around us, Continued on Page 9
COMMUNITY BLOCK FESTIVAL: Youths enjoy a game at the Joint Effort Witherspoon-Jackson Community Princeton Safe Streets gathering at the Princeton YMCA on Saturday. The event was one of many that took place August 5 through August 14. Participants share their favorite things about Joint Effort Safe Streets in this week’s Town Talk on page 6. (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)