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PHS’ Chloe Ayres Ready for State Girls’ Wrestling Tourney . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Art . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Berkshire Hathaway Fox & Roach Realtors . .20, 21 Books . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Calendar . . . . . . . . . . 23 Classified Ads . . . . . . 34 Dining & Entertainment . . 22 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Music/Theater . . . . . . 13 New To Us . . . . . . . . . 24 Obituaries . . . . . . . . . 33 Police Blotter . . . . . . . . 6 Real Estate . . . . . . . . 34 Religion . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Sports . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Topics of the Town . . . . 5 Town Talk . . . . . . . . . . 6

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A special session of the General Conference of the United Methodist Church (UMC) met in St. Louis over the past four days to determine the future of the UMC in regards to same-sex marriage and the ordination of gay clergy. Jess Winderweedle, lead pastor of Kingston United Methodist Church, and her congregation have been following the proceedings closely. A graduate of Princeton Theological Seminary, Winderweedle lives in downtown Princeton with her wife. She is currently in the process of becoming ordained as a full-fledged minister of the church. The conversation over the ordination of LGBTQ persons and the decision for clergy to perform same-sex weddings is one “that has been ongoing for the last 40 years in the UMC,” Winderweedle says, “and many Methodists are concerned that what may result in the end is a split within the denomination.” Winderweedle, who has been part of Kingston UMC for several years and pastor since 2016, went on to note, “throughout my time at Kingston UMC, I have known it to be a place of wide welcome, despite the ongoing conflict within the UMC regarding LGBTQ persons.” In the context of the contentious conflict at the General Conference, she added, “I believe that the story of Kingston UMC tells an important counter-narrative that could provide hope for members of our community.” The Kingston UMC congregation voted unanimously on February 10 to adopt a Statement of Welcome, including a “welcome to people of all genders, all gender expressions, all sexual orientations and identities.” In St. Louis more than 800 delegates from around the world — half clergy, half lay people — have been considering several plans, attempting to work towards unity, rather than a schism, in the church. Official UMC policy since 1972 has stated that “the practice of homosexuality is incompatible with Christian teaching.” The church does not permit same-sex marriage and ordination of LGBTQ persons, but enforcement has been inconsistent. “Some people have been trying to change that language to make our denomination more inclusive for all,” Continued on Page 8

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Dinky Restart Date Coming This Week Commuters awaiting the resumption of service on the Dinky train line will have an actual date by the end of this week. “As per the governor’s direction, by the end of the week we will be providing customers with a date certain for the restoration of service on the Atlantic City Rail Line and the Princeton Dinky,” said Nathan A. Rudy, senior public information officer for NJ Transit. According to New Jersey Assemblyman Daniel R. Benson, who chairs the Assembly’s transportation committee, Gov. Phil Murphy made the announcement at an appearance in Hamilton, related to another matter, on Tuesday morning. Service on the Dinky and two other NJ Transit lines, suspended since October for the federally mandated, system-wide installation of Positive Train Control (PTC), was originally supposed to resume in January. Much to the frustration of commuters, NJ Transit moved the date to the end of the second quarter, meaning by the end of June. Last week, it

was announced that the date for resuming service would be announced within three weeks. At the Dinky station on February 20, NJ Transit held an information session for commuters. On hand for the gathering were Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Transportation; NJ Transit Executive Director Kevin Corbett; Assemblyman Benson; Assemblyman Roy Freiman; Assemblyman Andrew Zwicker;

Princeton Mayor Liz Lempert; and Princeton Council members David Cohen, Eve Niedergang, and Tim Quinn. Gutierriez-Scaccetti, who became DOT commissioner last June, stressed that the shutdown was due not only to the PTC installation, but to long-standing problems throughout the system. “What we inherited was just a mess,” she said. “I apologize to all of you.” Retirements and a lack of properlyContinued on Page 9

Leaving Princeton is Bittersweet For Library Director Bonfield As he prepares to leave his post as executive director of Princeton Public Library for a new job in Cincinnati, Brett Bonfield wants to make one thing very clear: his accomplishments during his three-year tenure in Princeton are a result of teamwork rather than his individual efforts. “It is we — not I,” he said during an interview on Monday. “Everything we’ve

done here has been a group effort. It has been just incredible to see what this team could do. Almost from the beginning, to be a part of that team was a great privilege.” The library’s board of trustees announced on February 20 that Bonfield will depart on April 12 to become chief operations officer of the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County in Ohio. Continued on Page 4

WINTER FAIRY FUN: A fairy prance was just one of the activities enjoyed at Saturday’s Winter Fairy Land event at The Watershed Center in Pennington . The youngsters also danced, played magical games, listened to winter tales, and created fairy art . Participants share what they like about fairies in this week’s Town Talk on page 6 . (Photo by Charles R. Plohn)

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In the new position, he will be responsible for the operation of Cincinnati’s 41 branch libraries. Princeton Public Library’s board is in the process of appointing an interim director and will put together a committee to launch a nationw ide search for Bonfield’s successor. Early this week, Bonfield said he was recruited for the job by Paula BrehmHeeger, the new executive director of the Cincinnati library. The two had met over the years at conferences and convent ions and discovered a shared sympathy for “transparency, inclusiveness, and approaching work w it h collegiality and entrepre-

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neurial spirit,” Bonfield said. “I certainly wasn’t expecting to move, but when you pass three years [as a library director], recruiters start approaching you. The idea had been planted by Paula a year ago, but we had just bought a house here, and we liked the communit y. We weren’t thinking about leaving.” A whirlwind visit to Cincinnati this month won over Bonfield and his wife, Beth Filla, he said. The city has begun to turn around because of a lot of reinvestment over the past several years, and residents have voted to give the public libraries significant funding. “There is a huge amount of vitality and optimism there now,” Bonfield said. “It was apparently a frustrating place to work for a long

time because the buildings were falling apart, but now they finally have new energy from a new leader, and the funding to get things done.”

Brett Bonfield Bonfield came to Prince to n i n J a n u a r y 2016 from the public library in

Collingswood, succeeding longtime executive director Leslie Burger. Her parting accomplishment was the renovation and redesign of the library’s second floor. Bonfield took over the project. “Leslie had planned it and raised the money, but as a group we had to do it right, and we did,” he said. “It was a huge undertaking by the entire staff. We had to move all the services to the first and third floors. There was really almost no disruption in service during all of this.” Though humble, Bonfield admits to some measure of pride at the library’s community engagement during his tenure. “I’m so in love with the nonprofit and education and arts communities here, and the business community as well,” he said. “The level of partnership we’ve had with them all has been incredible. The Princeton Migrations project is an example. And the programming and services we can offer are because of these partnerships.” The librar y’s strategic plan has been expanded. “It is really strong and reflects the values of the community and the library. It will really help the next executive director guide the organization,” Bonfield said. “It was a really transparent and inclusive process. It took a lot of iterations and group effort to get it to the point where it is actually the kind of thing that people can put right next to their desk and read in three minutes.” Leaving Princeton Public Library, and the town itself, will be bittersweet.

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And they are humble, too. They all think they haven’t done anything yet. I’m just for tunate to have been here, and it’s really hard to leave.” —Anne Levin

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A Community Bulletin Rescheduled Discussion: Sustainable Princeton’s discussion about building a climate-resilient community, originally scheduled for February 20 but canceled due to snow, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, April 17 at 7 p.m., at Princeton Public Library, 65 Witherspoon Street. Bridge Ramp Closings: Ramps onto the Scudder Falls Bridge over the Delaware River are closed for construction through the end of June. The ramps affected are the I-295 eastbound/southbound exit onto Route 29 north, the I-295 northbound exit to Route 29 south, and the Route 29 southbound and northbound entry ramps to I-295 northbound/westbound (onto the bridge into Pennsylvania). To check traffic, visit www.511nj.org. Volunteer to Help Wildlife: The Mercer County Wildlife Center needs volunteers to help treat birds, mammals, and reptiles. Orientation sessions are March 16 and 24. Contact Jane Rakos-Yates at jrakosyates@mercercounty.org for more information. Free Income Tax Assistance: AARP Tax-Aide offers free tax preparation assistance at Princeton Public Library (609) 924-9529, Princeton Senior Resource Center (609) 924-7108, and Nassau Presbyterian Church (bilingual assistance). Call for appointments at library and PSRC; walk-ins are welcome at the church. Volunteer for CASA: Court Appointed Special Advocates for Children of Mercer & Burlington Counties is seeking volunteers who speak up in Family Court for the best interests of children removed from abusive or neglectful situations. Email Jill Duffy at jduffy@casamercer.org. Volunteer for FOPOS: Friends of Princeton Open Space needs stewards to join the battle against invasive species at Mountain Lakes Preserve. Visit info@fopos.org. Spring Rabies Clinic: Princeton Health Department offers this service for cats and dogs of any New Jersey resident at the Princeton Fire Department, 363 Witherspoon Street, on Saturday, March 30 from 10 a.m. to noon. Also offered are microchip services for $25. For information, visit princetonnj.gov/health.

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On February 26, at 9:45 a.m., a 19-year-old victim reported that she was walking west on Franklin Avenue approaching Walnut L ane when her buttocks were grabbed from behind. The suspect was described as a Hispanic-looking male around 5’4, heavy set with medium skin tone, wearing a black skull cap or watch cap-type hat. He may be driving a white pickup truck. Contact the Princeton Police Department at (609) 9212100 ext. 0 if you witnessed this incident or if you have any information. ——— On February 20, at 10:08 a.m., a victim reported that on February 19, at 10:10 p.m., someone unlawfully entered a locked store on Harrison Street and stole $500 from a safe. On February 19, at 10:02 a.m., a victim reported that sometime between 8 p.m. on February 18 at 10 a.m. on February 19 someone entered their lot on State Road and removed all the tires and rims from three brand new vehicles. The estimated value of the stolen property is $9,496. On February 19, at 6:21 p.m., a victim reported that sometime bet ween 1: 43 a.m. and 2:08 a.m. someone entered an unlocked portion of their residence on Wittmer Court as well as their unlocked vehicles and stole various items. The value of the stolen items is $2,930. On February 19, at 10:20 p.m., a 32-year-old female from Hillsborough was charged with DWI, subsequent to a report of an erratic driver on Bayard Lane. She was also charged with possession of a CDS. On February 15, at 12 p.m., it was reported that a plate glass window on a Harrison Street storefront was broken sometime between February 11 and 15. The estimated cost of the damage is $4,000. On February 15, at 12:29 p.m., a victim reported that a credit card was opened in their name without their authorization. The victim suffered no monetary loss. On February 15, at 1:05 p.m., a victim reported that the front license plate of their vehicle was stolen on February 12 on Braeburn Drive. On February 15, at 8:13 p.m., a victim reported that the lockbox containing the key to their residence on Mount Lucas Road was stolen two weeks earlier. Nothing was reported stolen. On February 14, at 9:36 a.m., a victim reported that sometime between February 4 and 5, someone entered their unsecured home on Mount Lucas Road and stole kitchen appliances valued at $1,600. Unless otherwise noted, individuals arrested were later released.

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Question of the Week:

What do you like about fairies?

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“There are so many things, but I love that fairies love and take care of nature.” —Alison Novobilsky, Hopewell

“I love how secretive they are and they’re so tiny and can just kind of hide everywhere.” —Amanda Ellen, Franklinville

Jessica: “Fairies are beautiful and magical creatures. They make the world a beautiful place. They bring dewdrops in the morning and they make everything wonderful.” Madeline: “They make the flowers grow with their magic fairy dust.” —Jessica and Madeline Giummarra, Stanhope

Erica: “I love fairies because when I was a little girl I wrote a story about how they can take you away in your imagination. They protect the environment and bring beauty to the world. My story was about how the fairies would come at night and paint the flowers with fairy dust and make them all of the beautiful colors in nature.” — Erica and Lake Phillips, Stanhope

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Council Delays Vote on FAR Bonuses Until More Information is Collected After hearing testimony from several residents at a meeting on Monday night, Febr uar y 25, P r inceton Council decided to postpone a vote on an ordinance that would eliminate Floor Area Ratio (FAR) bonuses allowing for larger buildings on undersized lots. FAR is the total area of a building divided by the area of the lot it occupies, expressed as a percentage. The ordinance was first introduced in 2015, but did not pass. Mayor Liz Lempert said it has been repeatedly requested by the town’s zoning department. “It is an attempt to slow down and de-incentivize tear-downs on substandard lots, and hopefully take away a little of that phenomenon that’s taking over town,” said Zoning Officer Derek Bridger. “We feel this would give the Zoning Board the tool to deal with the number of substandard lots we see as variances. This formula sets the size of a house on a non-conforming lot. So we think it will help reduce some of the tear-downs

that are taking place.” Residents of Wheatsheaf Lane, Leigh Avenue, and other streets that do not conform to the current zoning laws were among the many who voiced worries about the “unintended consequences” the measure could bring. In order to add onto their houses, they would have to obtain variances that could be costly and time-consuming, they said. Architect Joshua Zinder called the ordinance “discriminatory against the smallest properties” and urged Council to take a step back before voting it through. Architect Marina Rubina, who wrote an extensive opinion opposing the ordinance on Planet Princeton last week, also spoke against it at the meeting. Councilman David Co hen spoke in favor of the ordinance. “Not all growth is smart growth,” he said. “While I agree we want more density in the center of town where things are walkable, to advance our sustainability agenda, the kind of density we want is greater density of

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Winderweedle said, “and the other side of the debate wants to double down on those rules and the consequences for violation of those rules.” Though reluctant to make

Jessica Winderweedle any predictions about the outcome of the conference, Winderweedle is hopeful that the debating factions can come to a peaceful resolution by the end of the gathering. “The thing that scares me the most is that nothing will change. The current state of things is a tense state of limbo for a lot of people,” she said. “There are a lot of queer people in the ordination process, myself included, and we never know what to expect from committees and folks in that process.” She mentioned that locally, and in New Jersey in general, she has felt strongly supported, but LGBTQ people in other areas of the country have experienced discrimination. “It’s no way to live to be in this constant state feeling

like your very existence in the church is in protest,” she said. Winderweedle continued, “There are certainly Methodists pushing for full inclusion for LGBTQs. I have felt very supported by my district, my conference, and my bishop in pursuit of ordination, but I know that others have not all felt that. There are folks who are engaging in a kind of civil disobedience right now and helping to push the denomination forward towards a wider welcome.” Fearing a schism in the UMC “that would be heartbreaking,” Winderweedle reiterated her hope for unity, “real unity — not we’ll call ourselves unified but remain embroiled in these arguments year after year. That’s not real unity.” Winderweedle emphasized that her Kingston congregation has been closely watching the UMC conference in St. Louis “because there are people in our congregation whom we love and want to support, but also the younger generation of Christians is really interested in issues of justice and inclusion, and it’s a no-brainer for us that we would be engaged in that conversation.” She went on to point out that “there are folks in this church at all points on the theological and political spectrum, but I have experienced it to be a congregation that’s willing to come to the table together and talk about tough issues and pray together and respect one another.” She expressed her hope that the larger UMC gathering could follow that example. “It’s my hope for the UMC that we would find a

way to be inclusive and to leave space for these conversations.” At press time yesterday, Winderweedle noted that “everything is still very much up in the air,” as far as the outcome of the UMC conference is concerned, but “the wind is blowing in the direction of the General Conference voting to adopt a more conservative plan.” Winderweedle mentioned that there is a handful of LGBTQ people in her congregation and that it’s a young congregation with about 70 percent age 30 or under, including many students from Princeton Theological Seminary and Princeton University. She said that although there are people in her congregation with widely varying beliefs on how to interpret the Bible on many issues, including homosexuality, “as a pastor I’ve tried to make sure that there’s an open space for everybody to participate in this conversation.” She continued, “Anyone who’s willing to uphold the dignity of all persons and to love and respect each other as Jesus taught us to, anyone who’s willing to do that is more than welcome to be a part of this community and a part of this conversation. I think it’s the task of the church to serve as an example of how to work through disagreement and conflict in that way.” Kingston UMC (kingstonmethodist.org) is located at 9 Church Street in Kingston, where worship is held at 10:30 a.m. on Sundays. —Donald Gilpin

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More than 300 students from 34 colleges and universities attended the fifth annual 1vyG Conference on the Princeton University campus February 15-17 to promote progress and change in how selective universities support lower-income and firstgeneration college students. Organized by first-generation, low-income ( FLI ) Princeton students with the theme “From Moment to Movement: Capitalizing on our FLI Experiences to Become Agents of Change in Our Communities,” the conference was “a safe space for FLI students to meet each other, to connect with

and empower each other, to have fun, and to think about changes we want to bring back to our communities,” according to Princeton sophomore and conference co-chair Anna Macknick. A s e con d con fere n ce, overlapping with the first, took place at Princeton on February 17-19, bringing toget her administrators, faculty, and staff from 40 institutions who work with FLI students. “One of the primary purposes of this convening is to build community so that we might better share best practices and, ultimately, enhance the experience of

the first-gen, lower-income students on our campuses,” said Khristina Gonzalez, Princeton’s associate dean and director of programs for access and inclusion, as quoted in a University Communications Office press release. “We want to promote not just access, but [student] success. This is not a one-off event. This is not simply a moment, but indeed a movement.” T he t hree - day st udent conference included panel d is cus sions, workshops, and networking events that examined FLI identities on campuses, in hometowns, and in professional lives.

“FLI IS FLY”: First-generation, lower-income (FLI) students held a conference at Princeton University February 15-17 attended by more than 300 students from 34 colleges and universities, all seeking to promote the theme “From Moment to Movement: Capitalizing on Our FLI Experiences to Become Agents of Change in Our Communities.” (Photo courtesy of Princeton University, Office of Communications, Fotobuddy Photography, 2019)

Student leaders, the press release stated, said they hoped the conference would show FLI students how much their opinions matter and also promote a strong community among the widely diverse group. Student organizers called for new ideas that students could take back to their home campuses to promote inclusivity and student empowerment. “Voices of FLI students are often unheard or pushed to the wayside,” said Princeton sophomore Kiki Gilbert, one of the conference organizers. Emphasizing the goal of ensuring equitable access to selective colleges and universities, Princeton University President Christopher L. Eisgruber welcomed the FLI students in an address in the University Chapel. “I am delighted by the promise, the energy, and excitement that you bring together,” he said. “I am thrilled by the prospect of the contributions that you will make, the changes that you will bring to our campuses and,more importantly, to the society and the world that needs your talent and your leadership.” In a keynote conversation

with Aspen Institute President and CEO Daniel R. Porterfield later in the conference, Eisgruber noted that diversity is essential to the mission of higher education. “We are not going to be excellent in any aspect of our mission —in molecular biology, or music, or engineering, or any kind of leadership we want our graduates to show — unless we are bringing together talent from every sector of society,” he said. At Princeton, from the class of 2008 to the class of 2020, the percentage of students eligible for federal Pell Grants (one criterion indicating lower income families) tripled from 7 percent to 21 percent. Princeton has also reinstituted a transfer admission program aimed at low-income students, community college students, and U.S. military veterans. In the keynote discussion “Looking Back, Reaching Forward,” participants cited a wide range of challenges ahead for FLI students, including mental health, food insecurity, the cost of books, self-doubt, avoiding burnout, not knowing how to seek help, and lack of mentors. —Donald Gilpin

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trained personnel are part of the problem, as is the fact that the training of workers, which takes 18 to 24 months, had been suspended. It has now resumed, and a class of trained engineers will graduate in April. Officials denied rumors that many NJ Transit workers had decamped to higherpaying agencies such as Metro North and the Long Island Railroad. Commuters and others in attendance made it clear that they wanted to know one thing : when ser vice will resume. Some wanted to know why there was no advance notice before the Dinky was shut down, and Gutierrez-Scaccetti promised that commuters would be given notice of the restoration of service at least two weeks before the date. Councilman Cohen commented that learning to driving the 2.7-mile Dinky line doesn’t take as much time as longer lines. One of the spokesmen for NJ Transit disagreed, saying proper licensing and certification is necessary for every engineer, no matter which route. “We can’t run them ragged,” said Gutierrez-Scaccetti. “The law doesn’t allow it. The Princeton situation is no different.” Problems have been brewing at NJ Transit “for the last 12 years,” she added. “We have made tremendous progress, but we’re not there yet. The goal is to develop a system we don’t have to talk about every day.” —Anne Levin

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Mia Sacks Understands Local Government, How It Works, and the Challenges It Faces

To the Editor: With 40 years of involvement in Democratic politics in Princeton and Mercer County, I am supporting Mia Sacks for election to Princeton Council because I believe that her proven abilities, her decade of service to the community, and her commitment to an affordable Princeton equip her to make a difference. Mia is widely recognized for her ability to listen, to understand all sides of an issue, and to help groups with disparate views find common ground. She is energetic, straightforward, and substantive. Mia understands Princeton local government, how it works, and the challenges it faces. She has learned from the ground up, serving on numerous municipal, school, and community boards and committees. She is a member of the Planning Board and Master Plan Subcommittee and a former member of the Environmental Commission. She is well grounded in issues affecting neighborhood preservation, affordable and “missing middle” housing, and the traffic, parking, and design issues affecting the viability of our central business district. She has long had a leadership role in Sustainable Princeton and can claim among her accomplishments the introduction of a program supporting sustainability, health, and wellness in the public schools. Mia is deeply committed to inclusiveness, transparency, and accountability as fundamental to good government and effective decision-making. These principles are consistent with her lifetime of advocacy for human rights and democracy through her professional work for Human Rights Watch, the Open Society Institute and the National Office of the American Civil Liberties Union. Most important, Mia recognizes the urgency of facing head on the core issue of affordability that threatens Princeton’s quality of life. Like family before her, she is a product of our public schools and deeply invested in a tradition of community service. She is determined to find solutions. Ensuring the affordability of Princeton is essential to preserving the economic diversity that for so long has been part of what we all love about this town. When Mia says that Princeton is at a “crossroads,” she is referring to this challenge. She believes the starting point is a public collaboration among the municipality, the schools, our commercial sector, and the University, to identify means for achieving a shared vision for the future of our community. I am certain that Mia will work effectively with her colleagues and community stakeholders to facilitate this process. Please join me in supporting Mia Sacks for Princeton Council. WALTER BLISS Moore Street

Certain That Our Municipal Team Can Come Up with Creative Parking Solution

To the Editor: Princeton is a unique town that is not without its challenges, one of which is perennial … parking. At recent meetings, local merchants shared that the new parking system is presenting real challenges, deterring potential customers, and causing a financial hardship for their employees. Though parking may not be the only challenge facing local retailers, it is something that as a town, we could better control. I am grateful for our retail shops for a number of reasons beyond their excellent wares. So many of them are examples of what we should want local businesses to be: thoughtful employers and committed community partners. These are businesses that invest in this town as business people, as employers, and as citizens. I would like to see us set our intentions to invest in them both as consumers and as a community. I feel certain that the thoughtful people on our municipal team can come up with a creative solution (parking permits or designated parking for employees, tax abatement, etc.). I hope that we will demonstrate that we see the value in the business owners, retailers, and restaurateurs who go above and beyond in partnership with our community. KIM DORMAN Patton Avenue

Placement of Municipal Gas Pump A Poor Decision, Misguided Use of Money

To the Editor: OK— I get it. The Princeton First Aid Squad has needed a new home for a long time and locating the new headquarters across from the Municipal Complex/Police Department makes all the sense in the world. However, the new location also meant moving the “Municipal Gas Pump” to the adjacent property bounded by Terhune Road, Witherspoon Street, Route 206, and Cherry Hill Road. When most of the mature trees were taken down last fall, my concern piqued, but maybe they were diseased with ash borer beetles? Nevertheless, strike one — the municipality would probably prevent me from removing established, large trees from my property. Then the surrounding privacy chain link fence was erected to obscure the public’s view from what’s being built and now I know why — strike two. Initially, what looks to be an above-ground gasoline storage tank was intrusive, but last week when two large steel support posts towering over the fence were erected, I sensed a significant problem. And now, the atrocious, commercially lit square canopy is just begging for a neon Exxon sign — strike three. What are our municipal officials thinking? If I lived within sight of a new, unsightly, 100 percent commercial structure, I’d want a reduction of my property taxes. The neighbors can’t be happy nor am I, as it’s near enough to my home to be an irritating nuisance. Why couldn’t they at least have buried the tank and/or installed a canopy that had some aesthetic value (if they even needed a canopy)? I might have suggested an alternate, less public location for the gas pump (maybe behind the old Packet building adjacent to the municipal yard) but our municipal officials may think that the current location provides a nice “Welcome to Princeton” statement. No matter how it James Cone may be landscaped, it’s shaping up to be downright UGLY, James H. Cone (1938a poor decision and a misguided use of our tax money! 2018 ) was professor of BARRY GOLDBLATT systematic theology at Union Andrews Lane Theological Seminary. His books include Black Theology of Liberation, Martin & Malcolm and America: A Dream or a Nightmare, To the Editor: and The Cross and the Regarding “Hundreds Gather to Protest Emergency” Lynching Tree, winner of the [page one story, Feb. 20 Town Topics]: This gathering 2018 Grawemeyer Award focused on WHO wants to build a barrier on the South- in Religion. Tara Bedeau ern border and the PROCESS that is being used to try to is founder of Precise Aim achieve it. Consulting, and chaplain It would be far more useful if the tens of thousands of at Mount Sinai Hospital. IQ points gathered in Hinds Plaza were used to debate the Elaine Pagels is the author of real questions that must be answered: Would the American numerous books, including people be safer and have a better quality of life if the bar- The Gnostic Gospels, The rier were built or if it were not built? What are the upsides Origin of Satan, and most and downsides of the possible decisions? recently Beyond Belief: An honest, beneficial debate would only consider proven T he S e c re t G o s p el of facts and expert inputs, not be distorted by politics, per- Thomas and Why Religion? sonalities, and ideologies. A Personal Story. Eddie ARTHUR STOLLER Glaude is best known for his Ironwood Road,Skillman books Democracy in Black: How Race Still Enslaves the American Soul, and In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America.

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Black Theologian James Cone Subject of Tribute at Labyrinth Princeton Universit y Professor of Religion Elaine Pagels, Professor and Chair of African American Studies at Princeton Eddie Glaude Jr., and Tara Bedeau, attorney and former graduate student of James Cone, will pay tribute to his life and work and discuss his posthumously published book Said I Wasn’t Gonna Tell Nobody: The Making of a Black Theologian on Thursday, February 28 at 6 p.m. The Library Live at Labyrinth event will take place at Labyrinth Books, 122 Nassau Street.

James H. Cone is widely recognized as the founder of Black Liberation Theology — a synthesis of the Gospel message embodied by Martin Luther King, Jr., and the spirit of Black Pride embodied by Malcolm X. Prompted by the Detroit riots and the death of King, Cone, a young theology professor, was impelled to write his first book, Black Theology and Black Power, followed by A Black Theology of Liberation. According to the Rev. Dr. Raphael Warnock, pastor, Ebenezer Baptist Church, Atlanta,

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Bidart and Herrera Reading at Lewis

Frank Bidar t and Yur i Her rer a w i l l re ad f rom their work as part of the Althea Ward Clark W’21 Reading Series of the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Creative Writing on Wednesday, March 6, at 7:30 p.m. The reading, which will take place in the Donald G. Drapkin Studio at the Lewis Arts complex on the Princeton University campus, is free and open to the public. In response to audience feedback, all readings for t h is year’s

ser ies have moved from 4:30 p.m. to a 7:30 p.m. evening time slot. Fra n k B idar t’s In the Western Night: Collected Poems 1965-1990 won the National Book Award and Pulitzer Prize in Poetry. Bidart grew up in California and entertained thoughts of becoming an actor or director when he was young. Later works include Star Dust, Watching the Spring Festival, and Desire, which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, the National Book Award, and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Bidart will be introduced by Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Paul Muldoon, Princeton’s Howard G.B. Clark ’21 University Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Creative Writing. Born in Actopan, México, Yuri Herrera has written three novels, all of them translated into several languages: Trabajos del reino (Kingdom Cons, And Other Stories, 2017), Señales que precederán al fin del mundo (Signs Preceding the End of the World, And Other Stories, 2015), and La transmigración de los cuerpos (The Transmigration of Bodies, And Other Stories, 2016). Currently an assistant professor at Tulane University in New Orleans, he will be introduced by Michael Wood, professor, emeritus, in Princeton’s Department of English.

“Ornamentalism” Author At Labyrinth Books

Anne Cheng will be at Labyrinth Books on Tuesday, March 5 at 6 p.m. to discuss her book Ornamentalism, which focuses on the cultural and philosophic conflation between the “oriental” and the “ornamental” while offering a theory about Asiatic femininity in Western culture. The event is cosponsored by Princeton’s Humanities Council UCLA Professor Rachel Lee comments: “A worthy successor to Edward W. Said’s Orientalism, Cheng’s Ornamentalism contours the breadth of ornamentation’s enmeshment with orientalist logics and poses socially pertinent questions regarding the distinctive ways in which Blackness and Asianness are visualized and adorned.” Anne Anlin Cheng is professor of English and director of American Studies at Princeton University. She is also affiliated with the University’s Program in Gender and Sexuality Studies and Committee on Film Studies. Her most recent book is Second Skin: Josephine Baker & the Modern Surface.

Frederick Douglass: A Vision of Freedom Fully and Freely Expressed

arly in his monumental bicentennial biography Frederick Douglass:Prophet of Freedom (Simon and Schuster), David Blight pictures Douglass sitting in a small room in Lynn, Massachusetts in the winter of 1844-45 at work on his first book, Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave. Looking back on his time at the mercy of a “slave-breaker” (“I was broken in body, soul and spirit”), he writes of Sunday strolls to a nearby viewpoint from which he would peer out at the ships on Chesapeake Bay. “There,” in Blight’s words, “he would allow himself an occasional burst of imagination, a daydream he would ten years later capture in a beautiful and haunting metaphor of freedom.” Blight calls the brief excerpt that follows “a passage for the ages” that captures “slavery and freedom with artistry unparalleled in the genre of slave narrative.” In another brief excerpt from the same page-long passage, Douglass “speaks directly to the ships, trying to reenter a teenager’s imagination” with “a psalmlike prayer of deliverance” that renders “in the music of words the meaning of slavery’s potential to destroy the human spirit.” According to Blight, the prayer ends in language “reminscent of slave spirituals” that makes it possible for “today’s readers” to “stand with Douglass in the dark night of his soul along their own Chesapeakes and sense the deepest of human yearnings in their own souls.” The Real Thing I didn’t discover how much Blight had left out of his rendering of the Chesapeake vision until I put the biography aside and picked up Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (1881), the last and reportedly least popular of the autobiographies and the only one available at the library, as both the Narrative (1845) and My Bondage and My Freedom (1855) had been checked out. By the time I got to the “passage for the ages” that inspired the biographer’s rhapsodic presentation, what I found was less “a dark night of the soul” than a day-bright, exalted, passionate, righteously unhinged performance. I could understand why Blight chose to offer only a fraction of an outpouring so repetitious, wayward, and drunk with yearning. To free up an excerpt that long and that uninhibited might have impeded the flow of the biographical narrative. But surely a passage crying for freedom has a right to be freely and fully expressed. After all, Douglass valued this “burst of imagination” so much that he repeated it word for word almost 30 years later in Life and Times. The sequence begins as Douglass pictures himself looking out on Chesapeake Bay “in the deep stillness of a summer’s Sabbath,” standing “all alone upon the lofty banks of that noble bay” and tracing, “with saddened heart

and tearful eye, the countless number of sails moving off to the mighty ocean.” At this point Douglass, in effect, steps forward, like an actor about to deliver a soliloquy (he quotes from one of Hamlet’s in his first book): “The sight of these always affected me powerfully. My thoughts would compel utterance; and there, with no audience but the Almighty, I would pour out my soul’s complaint, in my rude way, with an apostrophe to the moving multitude of ships: — “You are loosed from your moorings, and are free. I am fast in my chains, and am a slave! You move merrily before the gentle gale, and I sadly before the bloody whip. You are freedom’s swiftwinged angels, that fly round the world; I am confined in bands of iron! O, that I were free! O, that I were on one of your gallant decks, and under your protecting wing! Alas! betwixt me and you, the turbid waters roll. Go on, go on; O, that I could also go! Could I but swim! If I could fly! O, why was I born a man, of whom to make a brute! The glad ship is gone: she hides in the dim distance. I am left in the hottest hell of unending s l a v e r y. O , G o d , save me! God, deliver me! Let me be free! — Is there any God? Why am I a slave? I will run away. I will not stand it. Get caught, or get clear, I’ll try it. I had as well die with ague as the fever. I have only one life to lose. I had as well be killed running as die standing. Only think of it: one hundred miles straight north, and I am free! Try it? Yes! God helping me, I will. It cannot be that I shall live and die a slave. I will take to the water. This very bay shall yet bear me into freedom. The steamboats steered in a northeast course from North Point; I will do the same; and when I get to the head of the bay, I will turn my canoe adrift, and walk straight through Delaware into Pennsylvania. When I get there, I shall not be required to have a pass: I can travel without being disturbed. Let but the first opportunity offer, and, come what will, I am off. Meanwhile, I will try to bear up under the yoke. I am not the only slave in the world. Why should I fret? I can bear as much as any of them. Besides, I am but a boy yet, and all boys are bound to some one. It may be that my misery in slavery will only increase my happiness when I get free. There is a better day coming.”

Raging To Be Free Presumably Douglass was urged by people whose editorial skills he respected to cut some of the exclamatory back and forth, but he knew what he had and he knew that to amend it would be a betrayal of its power. The wonder of it, among wonders, is the exalted immediacy, the way he returns to the moment as a free man raging to be free. Surely what Blight calls “the music of words,” with its jagged, improvisational phrasing and embattled ferocity, at once soaring and sinking, has more in common with jazz than spirituals. To paraphrase such an impassioned flight with commentary, however discreetly, is comparable to a jazz historian introducing a Charlie Parker solo with reference to the “human spirit.” Or a baseball historian holding forth on metaphors of freedom before showing a video of Jackie Robinson stealing home. Or a literary scholar quoting a truncated rhapsody from Moby-Dick after expanding on Melville’s “deepest yearnings.” Douglass and Melville Why mention Melville in the last week of Black History Month? In fact, no two giants of 19th century America are better suited to stand side by side in adjoining bicentennial years than Herman Melville (1819-1891) and Frederick Douglass (1818-1895). And you don’t have to read far into Melville’s life or work to know how Douglass’s vision of freedom would have affected a man who himself had sailed on the “swift-winged angels that fly about the world,” who had room in his imagination for the crew of the Pequod, and whose book White-Jacket led Congress to abolish flogging in the U.S. Navy. The future author of Benito Cereno would have been struck as well by Douglass’s analogy for his escape “as one may imagine the unarmed mariner to feel when he is rescued by a friendly man-of-war from the pursuit of a pirate.” It’s also more than likely that Melville read Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, a publishing sensation in 1845, even as he was writing his first book, Typee, which would be a best-seller the following year. That Douglass read Melville is borne out by the fact that he reprinted a passage from Typee in his newspaper, the North Star, and later ran articles on Moby-Dick in three different issues of Frederick Douglass’ Paper.

Not least there’s the first chapter of Moby-Dick, where Douglass’s oceangazing in the “deep stillness of a summer’s Sabbath” is echoed in the “dreamy Sabbath afternoon” during which Ishmael imagines “thousands upon thousands of mortal men fixed in ocean reveries.” Melville and Douglass actually did cross paths in New Bedford and Nantucket in 1841, three years after Douglass escaped to freedom with the borrowed papers of “a free American sailor,” who had “a tarpaulin hat and black cravat tied in sailor fashion, carelessly and loosely about his neck,” knew “a ship from stem to stern, and from keelson to cross-trees, and could talk ‘sailor’ like an old salt.” While Melville was setting sail on the whaling ship Acushnet, Douglass was in Nantucket speaking before the Anti-Slavery Society. Both were also in the Albany area in 1845, Douglass delivering antislavery lectures, with passages from his Narrative appearing in the Evening Journal while Melville was writing Typee. Two years later in New York City Douglass was giving a series of lectures while Melville was living and working nearby. No wonder, then, that they’ve been linked in numerous articles and at least two books, Douglas and Melville: Anchored Together in Neighborly Style (2005) by Robert K. Wallace, and Robert Levine and Samuel Otter’s collection, Frederick Douglass and Herman Melville: Essays in Relation (2008). The Dream of Freedom In the powerful closing pages of Prophet of Freedom, Blight sums up his subject: “For decades countless Americans had looked at and listened to Douglass; they had admired and hated him, loved, followed, envied, denounced, and tried to destroy him.... He had been gawked at, photographed, and studied; he had won many arguments and lost many others.” Harking back to Douglass’s moment on the banks of Chesapeake Bay, Blight quotes from Robert Hayden’s poem about “this man, this Douglass,” which begins and ends with reference to the dream of freedom, “this beautiful and needful thing,” words Blight repeats in his last sentence as the subject of “our unending search.” Spike Lee’s Next Joint pike Lee ended his Academy Award acceptance speech for Best Adapted Screenplay on Sunday night with a reference to Black History Month and a jubilant pre-2020-election shout out using the title of his best film, Do the Right Thing. As he paid tribute to the ancestral voices of black history and his great-grandmother’s life as a slave, he may have been thinking ahead to his next joint, a biopic about Frederick Douglass based on Roger G u e n v e u r S m i t h ’s o n e - m a n p l a y, Frederick Douglass NOW. —Stuart Mitchner

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Eric Owens and Lawrence Brownlee Team Up at McCarter Theatre

he giants of the opera world do not have much time to leave their stages and create innovative and crosscultural programs for smaller audiences, but two such titans came to McCarter Theatre Center this past weekend to perform a bit of opera, American song, and spirituals — with a whole lot of entertainment. The career of bass-baritone Eric Owens has taken him from the Metropolitan Opera to interactive recitals for incarcerated youth to the maximumsecurity Attica correctional facility. His roles have ranged from Wagnerian to Aristotle Onassis to the delicate Mozart classics. This season, he has turned his attention in a new direction — a multicity vocal collaboration with tenor Lawrence Brownlee, a master of the 19th-century bel canto style of singing and also a leading performer in opera houses worldwide. Owens and Brownlee have teamed up this year for a recital of solo opera arias, duets, American song, and spirituals, and brought their unique partnership to McCarter Theatre this past Sunday afternoon with a program of Mozart, Donizetti, Verdi, and Bizet, as well as a journey through American music. Owens’ roles throughout his career have often been dramatically commanding, and he started out Sunday afternoon’s recital with the scheming aria “Se vuol ballare” from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, in which Figaro is determined to put one over on the Count. Owens decisively articulated the beginning recitative cleanly, ensuring that no one in the McCarter Theatre space would have trouble hearing or understanding him, and with delicate piano accompaniment provided by Craig Terry, filled the hall with a powerful and authoritative voice. Brownlee also began his portion of the recital with Mozart — the vengeful “Il mio tesoro” from Don Giovanni. Singing with a rich, bright, and forward sound, Brownlee demonstrated his expertise at conveying long vocal lines and articulating coloratura passages while maintaining Mozart’s graceful musical style. Alternating solo arias w ith duets, Owens and Brownlee created an informal atmosphere in which one felt t hey had been invited to their house for an afternoon soiree where the performers could change the programming on a whim. Throughout the afternoon, both singers were continually in perfect synchrony w ith Ter r y’s piano accompaniment, demonstrating that Terr y is equally as much a musical powerhouse as the singers. Owens seemed to enter onstage in character for each selection, singing of

disillusionment and disappointment from Verdi, and leaving no doubt in Charles Gounod’s “Le veau d’or” from Faust that Satan may well have been in the house. Showing why he is considered a master of the 19th-century bel canto style, Brownlee milked the dark lines of Donizetti’s “Una furtiva lagrima,” from L’elisir d’amore with a voice full of sadness, well matched by Terry’s dark colors and drawn-out lines from the piano. Brownlee also showed his vocal prowess in the highest register camping out on high Cs in Donizetti’s Daughter of the Regiment aria “Ah! mes amis, quel jour de fête!” The two vocal artists came together in a mastery of operatic speed-singing in a duet from Donizetti’s L’elisir d’amore, sung by with comic animation, swagger and exact timing. As with all of these operatic selections, Craig Terry found a multiplicity of colors and hues within the piano accompaniment. As Owens and Brownlee have toured this recital nationwide, the second half of the concert has traditionally been more personal — with selections from the spiritual and gospel repertory and a set of American popular songs. In Sunday’s concert at McCarter, Craig Terry showed his range of talents as the arranger of all three American popular songs performed, as well as a set of gospel favorites. Brownlee proved himself a champion of American composer and arranger Damien Sneed, whose “Come by Here, Good Lord” demanded the highest level of jazz piano and vocal pyrotechnics. Owens presented the traditional “Give me Jesus” with a feeling of joy, even as his character’s life was drawing to a close. The two artists again came together for Terry’s spirited arrangement of “He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand.” wens made one well-received subst it ut ion in t he A mer ican song set, giving the audience a regal and reflective interpretation of “Some Enchanted Evening” from South Pacific, communicating well with the audience. Owens and Brownlee closed the performance with a set of gospel pieces, and like the great operatic preachers they were on Sunday afternoon, sent the audience on its way with musical commentary appropriate for these times in Terry’s arrangement of “This Little Light of Mine.” —Nancy Plum

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A series of rising comedy stars will take the stage this spring at Hopewell Theater. Curated programs will include improvisational artists, storytellers, solo shows, and standup comics who have appeared on Comedy Central, Conan, and The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon. The series starts Saturday, March 2 at 8 p.m. with Dina Hashem and LeClerc Andre. Scheduled for March 8, April 5, and May 3 at 8 p.m. is “This Really Happened… Storytelling at HT.” The cast for the March 8 show includes Anita Flores, Marc L. Abbott, Marjorie Fineberg Winther, and Jennifer Glick. “Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother with Jamie Brickhouse” is March 22 at 8 p.m. “Show Up, Kids: Interactive Family Friendly Improv” is April 13 at 12 p.m.. “Italian Bred with Candice Guardino is April 26 at 8 p.m. The series concludes May 31 at 8 p.m. with “Comedy Night: Gastor Almonte and guests.” The theater is at 5 G r e e n w o o d Av e n u e i n Hopewell. Ticket information c a n b e f o u n d a t w w w. HopewellTheater.com.

Westminster Choir College Art Song Festival

Westminster Choir College w i l l p r e s e n t i t s 2 019 Lindsey Christiansen Art Song Festival, titled “Speak Louder,” on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m., in Bristol Chapel on the campus of Westminster Choir C ol le g e of R id er University on Walnut Lane. The Friday performance will be preceded by student research presentations at 6 :45 p.m. Admission for each recital is $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors. Tickets are available online at www.rider.edu/ arts or by calling the box office at (609) 921-2663. Each festival performance w ill feature Professor J J Pe n n a , p i a n o , a n d Westminster Choir College students. This year’s Art Song Festival celebrates 15 0 y e a r s o f w o m e n writing for the voice. Friday night’s performance w ill fe at ure work s by Ton ia Ko, Kaija Saariaho, Ruth Cr aw for d S e e g e r, S a r a Corry, Edie Hill, Jennifer Margaret Barker, and Lili Boulanger. Saturday night’s performance will feature works by Margaret Bonds,

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Sourland Music Festival Announces New Name

The Sourland Music Festival w ill celebrate its 16th year with a new name, The Sourland M o u n t a i n Fe s t i v a l. T h e event is June 22 from 3-10 p.m. at the Hillsborough G olf & C ou nt r y Club, 14 6 W e r t s v i l l e R o a d , Hillsborough. This year’s festival will be bigger than previous ones, with more history, critters, wildlife, and outdoor activities overlooking Sourland Mountain. Local music, food, beverages, activities, and crafts will be included. Children of all ages will meet the local cool critters ( a lp ac as, b e e s, t u r t l e s, snakes, and more), exploring hands-on activities at booths and learning about the legends and lore of the Sourland Mountain at History Lane. For adults, there will be local craft beer, award-winning wine a nd spir it s, ar t is t s a nd craft vendors, and services. Outdoor activities will be available for all ages and Sourland Cycles will return with trail rides on electric bicycles. The event organizers have committed to becoming the premier “green” festival in the region, banning singleuse plastic, refilling beverage containers, and focusing o n l o c a l, s u s t a i n ab i l i t y g row n, f resh food. T he Ryland Inn will return with a full buffet prepared by renowned executive chef Chris Albrecht. $125 VIP tickets must be purchased in advance, and VIP

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The Music of Sinatra At High School Fundraiser

The Princeton High School Band Program will focus on the music of Frank Sinatra at its fundraiser, a matinee dur ing the 12th A nnual Princeton Jazz Festival on Saturday, April 13 in the high school’s Performing Arts Center on Walnut Lane. T h e P r i n c e ton S t u d i o Band and Brian Duprey will play a range of Sinatra hits. Duprey, who has won awards for his live and recorded v o c a l p e r for m a n c e s , i s known for his renditions of Sinatra songs. “He’s got it down!” said Nancy Sinatra. Tickets are now available at www.princetonjazzfest.org. Space is still available in the Jazz Fest Program. To a d v e r t i s e , e m a i l princetonhsbpa@gmail. com.

Boheme Opera NJ is marking its 30th consecutive season with a mid-week opera dinner soiree at Diamond’s of Hamilton, 661 Route 33, on Thursday, March 14 from 6 to 10 p.m. A trio of Boheme Opera artists will perform hits from opera and Broadway accompanied by Boheme Managing Director Sandra Milstein-Pucciatti. A cocktail segment with cash bar and gift basket raffle will be followed by the dinner. Soprano Eve Edwards, tenor Lucas Levy, and baritone Joseph Lodato will perform. Edwards has sung more than 40 leading roles in the operatic repertory and was the featured soprano in Boheme’s concert, The Jewish Experience in Opera. She has appeared with The Amato Opera of New York, Pennsylvania Lyric Opera Theater, Delaware Valley Opera, Buck Hill/Skytop Music Festival, and many other regional venues.

Four-Hand Piano Concert At Richardson

Princeton University Concerts (PUC) continues its 125th anniversary season with the annual Paderwski Memorial Concert, a program of Franz Schubert’s music for piano fourhands, performed by pianists A lexander Meln i kov and Andreas Staier on March 14, 8 p.m., in Richardson Auditorium. T he duo recorde d t he program on a fortepiano for the Harmonia Mundi label last year, and will perform on a modern instr ument at Pr inceton. Melnikov debuted to acclaim at PUC 2016 performing Dmitri

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Art “Awakenings” Exhibit At Artists’ Gallery

Artists Gail Bracegirdle, Bill Jers ey, Debbie Pisacreta, and Maxine Shore will exhibit paintings expressing their personal visions in a group show, “Aw a ke n i n g s ,” o n v i e w March 7 t hrough March 31 at Ar tists’ Galler y in Lambertville. An opening reception is on Sunday, March 10 from 1 to 4 p.m. G a i l Br ace g ird le is a representational ar tist whose watercolors are filled with light and color. She prefers to work from life or from sketches made on location in order to observe and capture the effects of direct and reflected light and shadow on her subject. A signature member of the Philadelphia Water Color Society, her paintings are actively exhibited in juried, group, and solos shows, have won awards, and are held in private collections in the United States, Europe, and Australia. Bill Jersey produced awardwinning films for networks and PBS for 60 years, yet art was always his passion.

Upon moving to Lambertville in 2008, art became his primary focus. He uses what he calls “a fresh eye” to go beyond mere observation to express with color and form the unique qualities of his subjects. Jersey’s work has received multiple awards from shows at Phillips’ Mill, Stover Mill, and other venues, Debbie Pisacreta specializes in plein-air landscapes. She is usually drawn to a scene not only by the qualities of light and color it has, but also by the calm or quiet feeling it inspires within her. Her goal is to create a visual stor y that communicates her emotional connection to a specific time and place. Debbie’s work has been exhibited in local juried ar t shows and plein -air events, where she has won several awards. She is also a painting instructor at the Arts Council of Princeton. Maxine Shore is an award-winning oil painter who has exhibited her work throughout the United States and is included in many private, public, and corporate collections. Using color and light in an effort to transform the ordinary i n to t h e e x t r a or d i n a r y, she is more interested in interpreting how a place makes her feel than simply

reproducing how it looks. Inspiration for her paintings often comes from travel to places near and far that spark her imagination. Artists’ Gallery is located at 18 B r i d g e S t re e t i n L amber t v ille. It is open Thursday through Sunday from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and by appointment. For more infor mat ion, v isit w w w. lambertvillearts.com.

“La Feminista” at MCCC’s Kerney Gallery

Mercer County Community College’s ( MCCC ) James Ker ney Campus G aller y (JKCG) will showcase works by Tamara Torres in the exhibit “La Feminista: Soy Yo? ” The show runs from February 28 to April 4. The community is invited to a reception and artist talk with Torres on Wednesday, March 6 from 5 to 7 p.m. The talk starts at 6 p.m. To r r e s , a Tr e n t o n n at ive, s u r v ive d ab u s e, discrimination, and homelessness, and has used her art as a platform for disadvantaged women w o r l d w i d e . H e r P u e r to R ican her itage has also influenced her photography, which has been exhibited in New York, Chicago, London, and Rome. Michael Chovan-Dalton, the gallery’s director and

“PINK SNEAKERS”: “La Feminista: Soy Yo?”, a photography and video installation by Trenton photographer Tamara Torres, is at Mercer County Community College’s James Kerney Campus Gallery February 28 to April 4. A community reception and artist talk are on Wednesday, March 6 from 5 to 7 p.m.

c u r a t o r, o b s e r v e s t h a t Torres’ project dives into feminism across cultures a n d g e n e r at ion s. “It i s an attempt to bridge the different experiences and identities within the feminist movement through dialogue,” Chovan-Dalton said. “In our current climate filled with great politicized anger and debate over the harassment and abuse of wom e n, a n d e q u it y for women in the workplace, To r r e s e x a m i n e s a foundational element of the current social, economic, and political struggle that can be a source of both strength and division among those seeking to be heard.” Torres’ exhibit combines photography and video as she explores interpretations of feminism. “I am collaborating with g rand mot hers, mot hers, and daughters from different cultures, locally, and around the world, taking portraits and video of them as I pose the question: ‘What does feminism mean to you?’” She admits that feminism meant little to her in her youth. “I didn’t fully learn about t he word and its meaning until my 20s, and I still questioned whether ‘feminism’ was meant for “RAINBOW VALLEY”: Maxine Shore’s painting is featured in the group show, “Awakenings,” me or only for those women at Artists’ Gallery in Lambertville March 7 through March 31. Gail Bracegirdle, Bill Jersey, who were already privileged and Debbie Pisacreta will also exhibit paintings expressing their personal visions. An opening in this world,” she said. reception is Sunday, March 10 from 1 to 4 p.m.

Torres says she approaches the concept with the goal of changing perceptions of racism, women’s rights, and injustice. “If my art can change one person’s outlook, that is the first step towards changing a generation.” J KCG is lo c ate d i n MCCC’s Trenton Hall, 137 North Broad Street, across the street from the James Kerney Building. General hours are Mondays, 11:30 to 2:30 p.m.; Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.; and Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more information, visit www.mccc.edu/JKCgallery.

Gratz Gallery to Host Online Art Auction

O n M a r c h 17, at 11 a.m., Gratz Galler y and Conservation Studio is again partnering with Invaluable. com for its second Modern A r t and Fine A mer ican Paintings Auction. The online auction will include more t han 130 lots of works by American and international artists. Included are a selection of fine American paintings and an array of impressionist, realist, modern art, abstract and surreal, and decorative art as well as small, unknown treasures and gems. The online catalog is available for viewing at gratzgallery.com, where there is also a direct

link to the live auction site at Invaluable.com. Works included in the auction reflect a selection from a wide spectrum of art genres, from the 19th to 21st century. The gallery offers a varied selection of paintings, etchings, drawings, sculptures, and frames. Featured are American artists such as Walter Emerson Baum, Paulette Van Roekens, John Pierce Barnes, Henry Snell, Frederick Harer, Emile Gruppe, Ar thur Meltzer, Harry Bertoia, and Clarence Carter, as well international ar t is ts such as Peter Howell, Thomas Sherwood LaFontaine, and Raymond Douillet-Chevoleau. It is an online exclusive auction, held in cooperation with the auction platform Invaluable.com. Interested bidders must register and place bids with their online auction collaborators. Invaluable.com allows for both absentee and live realtime online bidding. Gratz Gallery is able to extend a low buyer’s premium to its clients, offering very competitive estimates on this inventory of fine American and modern paintings. A special preview day is Saturday, March 16, from 12 to 5 p.m. at Gratz Gallery and Conservation Studio, 5230 Silo Hill Road, Doylestown.

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Street, Doylestown, Pa., has “The Art of Seating: Two Hundred Years of American Design” through May 5. www. michenerartmuseum.org. M o r ve n M u s e u m & Garden, 55 Stockton Street, has “Masters of Illusion” t hrough May 19. w w w. morven.org.

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James Steward, director of the Princeton University Art Museum, has announced the appointment of Ronni Baer, Ph.D., to be the next Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, distinguished curator and lecturer. A scholar of Dutch, Flemish, and Spanish a r t a n d of t h e h i s tor y of col le c t i ng, B aer has served since 2000 as the senior curator of European paintings at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. She will begin her new position at Princeton May 1.

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Starting Friday Roma (R) A Star is Born (R) Free Solo (R)

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leo Gutierrez (Yalitza Aparicio) is one of two live-in maids maintaining the home of Antonio (Fernando Grediaga) and Sofia (Marina de Tavira), a couple in crisis with four young children. They can afford the help, which includes a chauffeur, because he’s a prominent physician. But they also need the staff, since Antonio spends so much time supposedly attending “conferences” in Canada. The delinquent dad explains his absence to the kids as being away on business. However, his long-suffering wife suspects that he’s just up to monkey business with his mistress, which explains why she’s not above begging him to cancel a trip. Luckily, Sofia has a shoulder to cry on in her mother, Teresa (Veronica Garcia), who lives with them, too. Meanwhile, Cleo and her fellow nanny, Adela (Nancy Garcia), dutifully assume the bulk of the childrearing and housekeeping duties. They both hail from humble roots, being uneducated peasants of Mixtec, indigenous Mexican, heritage. Yet, like typical young women, they do dream of someday escaping their station to start families of their own. And each has a romantic interest. Cleo’s is Fermin (Jorge

Antonio Guerrero), a cousin of Adela’s boyfriend, Ramon (Jose Manuel Guerrero Mendoza). The plot thickens the evening the two couples go on a double date to a movie theater. Against her better judgment, Cleo leaves early with Fermin, who has reserved a motel room where they share an evening of passion. She ends up pregnant, and a moment of truth arrives when Fermin reacts badly to the news that he’s about to become a father. So, now she has to worry whether she’ll be fired when she tells Sofia that she’s having a baby. Thus unfolds Roma, a semi-autobiographical, dysfunctional family drama written and directed by Alfonso Cuaron. Set in Mexico City in the seventies, this impressionistic saga shot in black and white more than makes up in atmosphere what it might lack in meaningful dialogue. Kudos to Cuaron for crafting such a visually-captivating, surreal memoir of his troubled coming of age. Excellent (H H H H). Rated R for profanity, disturbing images, and graphic nudity. In Spanish and Mixteco with subtitles. Running time: 135 minutes. Production Companies: Esperanto Filmoj/Participant Media. Distributor: Netflix. —Kam Williams

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Spend a vacation week on the Sonoma Coast at award-winning Sea Ranch Four Princeton Reunion couples (8 people total) want to arrange for reunion housing from May 30 through June 2, 2019, ideally within walking distance of campus. In exchange, we are offering a vacation for up to a week at our Sea Ranch home. The house sits on the hillside with beautiful views of the Pacific, sleeps 10, has fully furnished kitchen, a hot tub, internet access, and guest passes so visitors can enjoy all facilities, trails, and recreational activities – including golf, tennis and swimming. The visit can be arranged at a mutually convenient time in 2019. Here are links describing Sea Ranch and an exhibit on its history at the San Francisco Museum of Art: www.sonomacounty.com/cities/sea-ranch · www.sfmom.org/exhibitions/sea-ranch If interested, please contact Tom Cooper, Princeton ’69, at (650) 808-0933 Or tcooper@pcgfirm.com to discuss details and timing.

Wednesday, February 27 8 p.m. (instruction at 7:30 p.m.): Princeton Country Dancers at Suzanne Patterson Center, 1 Monument Drive. Anne Lutun with ACED. $10; free for those 35 and under. princetoncountrydancers.org. Thursday, February 28 12 p.m.: At the Jewish Center of Princeton, 435 Nassau Street, “Mosaic and Mikveh: Synagogues in Ancient Israel Before and After the Destruction of the Second Temple.” Presented by Beverly Rubman and Roslyn Vanderbilt. wwwthejewishcenter.org. 5-6:30 p.m.: Princeton Council candidate Michelle Pirone Lambros holds a campaign kickoff event at the Italian American Sportsmen’s Club, 8 Founders Drive. The public is invited. 7:30 p.m.: Send Hunger Packing Princeton holds its winter fundraiser, “An Evening of Inspiration,” honoring Ross Wishnick, at Johnson Education Center, 1 Preservation Place. www. shupprinceton.org. 8 p.m.: Cellist Steven Isserlis and pianist Connie Shih perform at Richardson Auditorium. $10-$55. princetonuniversityconcerts.org. Friday, March 1 9:45 a.m.: Piano Teachers Forum meeting at Jacobs Music, 2540 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence. Catherine Kautsky will present “WWI: A Centenary Look at the Musical Wars.”

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7:30 p.m.: At Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College, 101 Walnut Lane, “Music from the British Isles,” works by Charles Villiers Stanford and his pupils: Vaughan-Williams, Holst, Coleridge-Taylor, Gordon Jacob, W.H. Squire, and Watson Forbes. Free. www. rider.edu/arts. Sunday, March 3 1-4 p.m.: At Terhune Orchards, Cold Soil Road, Winery Sunday Music Series presents Brooke DiCaro. www. terhuneorchards.org. Monday, March 4 Recycling 4:30 p.m.: A panel discussion on free speech, “A View from Europe,” will be held at Princeton University’s Julius Romo Rabinowitz Building, 20 Washington Road. Panelists are Will Davies of the University of London; and Kim Lane Scheppele, Fara Dabhoiwala, and Keith Whittington of Princeton University. Tuesday, March 5 7:30-9:30 p.m.: International Folkdance by Princeton Folk Dance Group, meeting at the YWCA Princeton, 59 Paul Robeson Place. Lesson followed by dance, no partner needed, beginners welcome. $5. (609) 921-1702. Wednesday, March 6 4:30 p.m.: “Redefining Old Nassau: Women and the Shaping of Modern Princeton,” panel and discussion at Seeley G. Mudd Manuscript Library, 65 Olden Street. 5:30 p.m.: The Princeton Symphony Orchestra presents “Recreating Thomas Gainsborough’s Living Room,” at Princeton University Art Museum. www. princetonsymphony.org.

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“The Bureaucracy of Human Caging”

Alec Karakatsanis Founder and Executive Director, Civil Rights Corps

“Fault Lines: A History of the United States Since 1974” Kevin Kruse, Professor of History, Princeton University; Julian Zelizer, Malcolm Stevenson Forbes, Class of 1941 Professor of History and Public Affairs, Princeton University Moderator: Eddie S. Glaude Jr., James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor and Chair of the Department of African American Studies, Princeton University

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“We the People: An Evening with the ACLU’s Anthony Romero ’87”

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6 p.m.: At The Watershed Center, Titus Mill Road in Pennington, Woodcock Watch for ages 6 and up. Watch spring courtship dance of this bird. Free. thewatershed.org/events. 7:30 p.m.: Les Agrements de musique presents “Music in New France,” an evening of French Baroque music, at Taplin Auditorium, Fine Hall, Princeton University. Free. 8 p.m.: Fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi presents “I & Me,” at McCarter Theatre. www.mccarter.org. Saturday, March 2 9:30 and 11:30 a.m.: Maple Sugar Brunch at The Watershed Center, Titus Mill Road, Pennington. $15 kids 3-13, $22 adults, free for kids under 3. thewatershed.org/events. 11 a.m.: Girl Scouts Badge Workshop at Morven, Stockton Street. $18 including supplies, snack, and badge. www. morven.org. 12-4 p.m.: Community Book Sale at The Waldorf of School of Princeton, 1062 Cherry Hill Road. Childrens books and adult fiction and nonfiction, as well as some rare finds. Free. 3 p.m.: At McCarter Theatre, The Laurie Berkner Band performs a show for kids. A special solo sensory performance precedes at 11 a.m. www.mccarter.org. 5 p.m.: Mass of the Children, by John Rutter, at a special Choral Evening Service at Nassau Presbyterian Church, 61 Mercer Street. Choirs, chamber orchestra. A free will offering supports Covenant House. 5:30 and 8 p.m.: The Princeton Singers present “This Sceptered Isle,” at Princeton University Art Museum. thisscepteredisle.brownpapertickets. com.

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New Casa Gennaro Restaurant in Kingston Focuses on Italian Cuisine and Special Service

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t’s not jus t ab out the food, but about the customers’ wellbeing. When they leave, we want them to feel like they can’t wait to come back!” Gennaro Costabile, owner of the new Casa Gennaro restaurant at 4585 Route 27 (Main Street) in Kingston, works very hard to ensure that visitors to his restaurant are treated to a special dining experience — in all ways.

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A nd indeed, t hey are. Many customers come every week, and it is Gennaro’s great pleasure to spend time with them. “I will serve them, and I enjoy being with my guests and talking with them,” he explains. Gennaro has a long history in the restaurant business and a successful story to tell. A native of Italy, he came to the U.S. in 1983 after meeting his American wife-to-be in Venice, where he was working at a hotel. Hospitality Field As a boy, he had also spent eight years in Germany, when his parents moved to Stuttgart. Returning to Naples, he later attended Concierge School in Sorrento, with the intention of embarking on a career in the hospitality field. Arriving in the U.S., he and his wife settled in her

home area of Utica, N.Y., and Gennaro found work in a restaurant. Ambitious and enterprising, he looked forward to taking on more responsibility. “In 1992, we moved to New Jersey when I was offered a job as general manager in a restaurant in South Plainfield,” he recalls. “I always wanted my own place, my own operation, however, and in 1995, I opened Caffe Piazza in Hillsborough. Then in 1999, I opened La Terrazza, a Spanish restaurant in Princeton on State Road. This later became Gennaro’s Restaurant in 2003.” The popularity of these restaurants (he sold Caffe Piazza in 2005) encouraged him to add catering to the business, and, ultimately, another food establishment. I n 2 0 14 , h e o p e n e d Gennaro’s Italian Market & Catering at 4587 Route 27 in Kingston. “It was my intention to have a market and a headquarters for the catering business,” says Gennaro. In addition, he took the unusual step of selecting his grandson, Jax, then a baby, as his legal partner. “I made Jax my partner as a way of remembering what my grandfather, Francesco Pollio, had done for me long ago,” he explains. “When I was born, he set aside 5,000 Italian lira for me so that I would have something to count on. I want to pass on to Jax the same values of hard work, honesty, and integrity that my grandfather gave to me. What is impor-

tant is family, friendship, and integrity. “Who I Am” “Jax ‘works’ on Saturday,” continues Gennaro, “and he likes to greet people and welcome them to Casa Gennaro. He saves the money he earns and uses it to buy toys for poor children. We go to the store together, get the toys, and then take them to the church mission in Trenton. It’s important for him to learn to appreciate all that he has and to realize that not everyone is so fortunate. “Growing up in Italy, we were very poor. The only t hing we had was love, which actually was the most important thing. My mother didn’t even have a washboard to wash clothes, and so my father made one for her. I still have this. I keep it as a symbol. It reminds me of who I am. We’ll say ‘remember the board!’” While he certainly appreciates his successful career in the restaurant business, Gennaro is always aware of the importance of family and friends and what matters most to him in life. “With the restaurant for me, it’s not about the money. You can have all the money, but without love, it doesn’t matter.” He also appreciates his staff, many of whom have been with him for 10 or more years. “I wouldn’t be a success without them, including Chef Benjamin Brault and my assistant in every way, Lorena Bolivar.

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They are my friends as well as business associates. Chef Benjamin has been with me 16 years. He is a very talented chef, and has his own recipes and his own creations. Lorena has been with me for 14 years.” The new Casa Gennaro, which is located next door to the market, came into being when the building became available. Formerly a business office, it was ideally situated for a new restaurant to emerge, which could benefit from the market’s existing kitchen and proximity. And, as was the case with Jax and the market, Gennaro has made his brand-new granddaughter, Rae Ann, his legal partner with the new establishment. Chef’s Specials A renovation was necessary for the building’s transformation into a restaurant, and also to add parking space in the rear, he reports. “It took 18 months to get everything done and get all the approvals. We had to get approvals from the municipality, Middlesex County, the state, and the historical society.” “Our new Casa Gennaro is a smaller version of the State Road restaurant, which we closed,” he explains. “We focus on Italian cuisine, but we also include Spanish, Mexican, Caribbean, and French dishes. We have a variety of Chef’s Specials, including the very popular Short Ribs — braised boneless Angus beef ribs, with wild mushroom and tomato ragout, and homemade egg pappardelle.” Customers will also find the house signature appetizer, Greens Gennaro, featuring escarole, prosciutto, hot cherry peppers, and formaggio misto — a real customer favorite. Insalata Contadina is also in demand, with field greens, ricotta salata, dried cranberries, roasted corn, mushrooms, grape tomatoes, and sherry vinaigrette. Pasta dishes are always on t he menu, including Papp ard el l e B olo g n e s e, with homemade egg pappardelle, and Bolognese ragout; also, Linguini Nero, including squid ink linguini, shrimp and calamari, white wine garlic sauce, capers, tomato, and basil. Seafood is very popular, points out Gennaro, and Scallops Arrosto, with panseared day boat scallops, cre a my arb or io r is ot to, portobello mushrooms, and spinach is a big favorite, as is the chef specialty, Branzino Corfu, featuring roasted filet of Mediterranean sea bass, grape tomatoes, capers, lemon, EVOO, and vegetable risotto. Also in demand is Pork Braciola, with pine nuts, roasted pepper, oreganato bread crumbs, spinach, garlic, parsley, and homemade gnocchi. Tempting Desserts Gennaro adds that customizing and tailor ing dishes to clients’ dietar y needs and tastes is also possible. Vegetarian and vegan dishes are also always offered. Dining out at Casa Gennaro is not complete without

BEST FRIENDS: “I have invested in my dream. When people walk in here, they are a guest in my home. I welcome them to my casa, my home. We build our clientele by performance, and I take no one for granted.” Gennaro Costabile, owner of Casa Gennaro in Kingston, is proud to share the business with his legal partner and grandson, 5-year-old Jax. sampling one of the restaurant’s tempting desserts. Specialties include almond tiramisu, homemade gelato, cannoli, panna cotta, and the traditional favorite, sfogliatelle. Coffee, cappuccino, and espresso are all available, and the special espresso machine and espresso beans are imported from Italy. Casa Gennaro does not have a liquor license, and many customers enjoy bringing a bottle of wine to accompany dinner. The menu is affordable, says Gennaro, with pasta dishes from $22. “I consider the restaurant affordable elegance,” he says. Casa Gennaro offers seating for 35, within a very warm, attractive setting. Handsome wooden tables, burgundy cloth napkins, and a comfor table sense of space all contribute to a charming decor. Also featured are black-and-white vintage photos of scenes of Naples ( c. 1800s and early 1900s ), a gift from Gennaro’s mother, Amelia Pollio. In addition, blackand -wh ite photos of fa mous Italian celebr ities, such as Sophia Loren, Gina Lollobrigida, and Marcello Mastroianni, among others, are displayed. The restaurant is available for pr ivate par ties, and G ennaro also has a thriving catering business. “We are a full-service caterer, doing every kind of event, including weddings or small dinner par ties. Whatever the size of the event, we will make it special for you.” Giving Back G ennaro’s success has heightened his awareness of the importance to giving back. As he says, “I always want to give back to this great country that adopted me, and I can do

this by helping others. In 2001, I funded Food For America, a nonprofit organ i z at ion wh ich rais es money to help others, and registered with the state of New Jersey. We were able to donate $20,000 to New Jers ey Far mers Agains t Hunger. Bruce Springsteen matched our donation, and when he ment ioned t he organization at one of his concerts, we raised another $17,000. “I also established the Car ing Cooks Academy. We br i ng i n compa n ie s involved in team building, and invite them to lunch at Casa G ennaro. A f ter lunch, we take them into the kitchen and show them how to prepare what they had to eat. When they master it, they then make it for the charitable organization Center For Great Expectations in Somerset. A lot of companies have been part of this, and have made and contributed many meals.” Gennaro is very grateful that his chosen career is something that he loves, and he makes it a point to continue to learn and broaden his horizons. “Every day, I think ‘what can I learn and how can I make the restaurant better? ’ I educate myself in the business. The details make the difference. We have to sell ourselves every day. “It has to be a new experience, as if it is always the first day, so that customers have a special memory — as special as when they remember that first kiss! “The restaurant is the culmination of my career. I love the business, and the biggest thing is my enthusiasm for it and the enjoyment in what we do. Everything here is a reflection of that. Coming to work is fun!” Casa G ennaro is open Thursday, Friday, and Saturday for dinner, 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Reservations are s t ron g ly re com m e n d e d. (609) 683-1212. —Jean Stratton

After Being Honored For Receiving Pyne Prize, Jordan Helps PU Women’s Hoops Top Columbia

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ydney Jordan doesn’t get a lot of curtain calls, but with 1.8 seconds left the Princeton University senior was taken out of a 65-59 win over Columbia on Saturday to a warm round of applause from the Jadwin Gym crowd. “It was interesting,” said the Princeton University senior guard/forward. “It was funny.” Jordan didn’t really want any more attention. She had her moment before the Tiger women’s basketball team held off Columbia, getting honored before tipoff for being the co-winner of Princeton’s 2019 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction available to an undergraduate. She shared the award with fellow senior Annabel Barry. “It’s awesome that I have my teammates here with me,” Jordan said. “They’re the best and I love them so much. It was really great to have them here to support me and give me a hug afterwards.” Earlier in the day, Jordan had been honored formally by the University at a luncheon on Alumni Day. The Pyne Honor Prize has been awarded to a senior annually since 1921. Princeton touted that the award previously has gone to former Princeton University President Emeritus Robert F. Goheen, to former U.S. Senator Paul Sarbanes, and to U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. “I was speechless,” Jordan said. “To learn people like Sonia Sotomayor won it too, my mind was blown. To be in the same category with her in anything is amazing.” Sotomayor, though, never had a jump shot, and Jordan made some history of her own. The Pyne award had never before gone to a female athlete at Princeton. (Ann-Marie Elvin, a 2012 recipient of the honor, played three years for the women’s hockey team, but retired due to injury before receiving the award.)

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“I’m not super emotional, I’m more fun loving, but I had tears while Sydney was speaking, taking a picture of her,” said Princeton head coach Courtney Banghart. “I am so proud of that kid and what she brought to Princeton. It’s really cool.” Banghart has been thrilled first-hand by what Jordan, a 6’0 native of Manassas, Va., has brought to her Tigers. Jordan’s free throw with 45 seconds left made it that much tougher for Columbia to come back. Her line was pretty typical for her – 24 minutes, five points, four rebounds, two steals, and an assist, a little of everything. She is one of just three Princeton players to play in all 24 games this season heading into its rematch with Penn, slated for February 26. Her hustle shows in what she’s done for Princeton. She’s tops on the team in offensive rebounds (53), tied for the team lead in steals (41), and second in blocked shots (19). Jordan has played guard and forward — whatever Princeton has needed — and started for her last three years. “Sydney is a teammate and she’s accountable,” said Banghart of Jordan who is averaging 6.7 points and 4.6 rebounds a game. “You think about her commitment to public service and her commitment to others, which is what she’s studying, and that’s how she plays. They say sports build character, and it does for her. She’s a selfless player and she’s accountable. That’s what our society needs, and they’re about to get when she graduates.” Off the court, it’s almost impossible to list all that Jordan has done over her four years. She is a philosophy major who is also getting a certificate in Near Eastern studies. She’s finishing her thesis on corporate social responsibility. She’s chaired the Diversity and Equity Committee of the Princeton

Undergraduate Student Government, served as a representative on the Community Service Inter-Club Council, and been a Princeton University Chapel deacon. She’s been an orientation leader, a mentor, and a StudentAthlete Wellness Leader. All while starting on a varsity sports team. “I had a lot of help,” said Jordan. “The Princeton Varsity Club is always giving us opportunities to lead and serve the community. I’ve taken advantage of that and I’m really grateful for that. We have a great team around our team — our faculty fellows, our coaches — they’ve been really supportive and have helped me learn how to balance the really important things.” It wasn’t easy to find that balance. Early on, she had to figure out how to explore everything that interested her while maintaining her basketball. “It was very tough,” said Jordan. “It was definitely a transition. There were an overwhelming amount of opportunities here with how talented everyone is here and how passionate they are. And then you learn to take that as a positive and it inspires you to work as hard as everyone is around you and learn from it and collaborate with them. That’s been really awesome.” L a s t s u m m e r, J o r d a n gained more perspective on her future after graduation. She interned at LIFT, a nonprofit in Washington, D.C., that focuses on helping underprivileged families. “It was an awesome experience,” said Jordan, who is hoping to eventually go to law school. “It was really cool to be around people who dedicated their lives to helping others, especially the underserved communities. To be able to join that mission was really inspiring and confirmed for me that that’s where I want to spend my career — in public service.” First, however, Jordan is

hoping to be that good teammate for the Tigers as they aim for an Ivy title. Princeton, now 15-9 overall and 7-2 Ivy, sat one game behind Penn going into Tuesday’s showdown. “This time we’re trying to come out against Penn with the confidence that we know that we can win,” said Jordan, reflecting on the renewal of the rivalry which saw the Quakers pull out a 66-60 win on January 5. “We’ll lock down on their personnel, which is something we focus on a lot. We need to have that confidence going in and that energy.” Princeton came out strong in both games last weekend. It held big leads on Cornell and Columbia, only to see those leads whittle down in the second half. On Friday, the Tigers held off Cornell, 68-64, behind a team-high 16 points from Gabrielle Rush and 10 points apiece from Bella Alarie and Jordan. The next night, Alarie led the team with 14 points despite spraining her ankle late in the game, and Carlie Littlefield and Grace Stone had 13 points apiece. “We’re always glad to come out of the weekend with a sweep, and we’re always looking for wins on the road to the Ivy championship,” said Jordan. “I was really proud of our energy tonight. I think it was a lot better than yesterday. As far as them coming back in the fourth, it’s on us to be better about shutting down the other team’s best players.” Princeton went cold with their shooting in the second half against Columbia which helped the Lions rally but Banghart liked the way that her team responded to some adversity. “We shot 0-for-11 from 3 and 15 percent from 2,” said Banghart, whose team hosts Dartmouth on March 1 and Harvard on March 2. “If you show me that stat over a 20-minute half and say we win, we didn’t let offense affect our defense. We couldn’t score. We were taking the right shots. We just sat down and defended. And

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EYES ON THE PRIZE: Princeton University women’s basketball player Sydney Jordan eyes the hoop in a game earlier this season. Last Saturday evening, senior Jordan contributed five points and four rebounds to help Princeton defeat Columbia 65-59. Earlier in the day, Jordan was honored for being the co-winner of Princeton’s 2019 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize, the highest general distinction available to an undergraduate. Princeton, who improved to 15-9 overall and 7-2 Ivy League with win over Columbia, was slated to play at Penn on February 26 before hosting Dartmouth on March 1 and Harvard on March 2. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) we took care of business in the front half so we had some room to work with. To sustain a 15-percent 2-point shooting for a half and 0-for11 from 3 says a lot about where we were.” On nights like that when the offense doesn’t finish, Princeton is lucky to have someone like Jordan, who will do all the little things that give the Tigers a chance to win. On the court, it has

helped Princeton win a lot of games over her career, and it’s something that off the court the Pyne Award recognized for her myriad contributions and academic accomplishments. “I never felt like it was too much,” said Jordan. “It’s a lot of fun. It’s something that I enjoy. I enjoy being involved, I enjoy doing things and making a difference.” —Justin Feil

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Durbin Savoring Return to Action after Injury, Starring as PU Men’s Lax Falls to Virginia in OT After being sidelined for the 2018 season due to a knee injury, Charlie Durbin is thrilled to be back in action this spring for the Princeton University men’s lacross e team. “Sitting out last year really made me cherish lacrosse a lot more,” said senior midfielder Durbin, who hurt his knee in the fall of 2017. “For a while, the only thing I really could do was practice shooting. It feels really good to be back out on the field with all of the guys. It makes every game feel a little bit more valuable.” Durbin hasn’t wasted any time this season showing his value, tallying two goals and an assist as Princeton defeated Monmouth 23-7 in its opener on February 16. Last Saturday against visiting Virginia, Durbin’s shooting practice paid dividends as he matched his career single-game high with four goals, but it wasn’t enough as Princeton lost 12-11 in overtime to the Cavaliers. “We had a good game plan that coach [Pat] March, our offensive coordinator, drew up,” said Durbin, reflecting on the team’s approach coming into the clash against Virginia. “I got a lot of chances. [Michael] Sowers saw me; it is really nice playing with him. We came out firing and it definitely gave us a good chance to win down the stretch.” Although Princeton didn’t come through down the stretch, Durbin liked the way the Tigers competed all afternoon. “We knew they were going to be a good test for us, they

are a super athletic team,” said Durbin, a 6’0, 185-pound native of Newton, Mass. “I think that showed up today, but we are every bit as good as they are. By and large, we played a great game. It is just a couple of mistakes here and there that were the difference.” Princeton head coach Matt Madalon concurred, praising his squad for the way it battled the high-powered Cavaliers. “They are a top team,” said Madalon. “There were a lot of positives today, we did a nice job. I thought we made too many mistakes down the stretch with some stickwork stuff, defensively and offensively, and a couple of mental mistakes. We just need to do a better job of taking care of the ball down the stretch.” Durbin provided some of the better moments of the game for Princeton with his sharpshooting. “We missed him last year; he is a superior athlete,” said Madalon of Durbin who tallied 18 goals in 2017. “He was great with his performance today, he was really opportunistic, being in the right spot in our offense. It happened to be his day. We are really happy with him.” Madalon was happy, as usual, with the play of junior superstar Michael Sowers, who had four goals and two assists, including a brilliant tally with 6:55 remaining in regulation to give Princeton an 11-10 lead. “He did a nice job, that was a big time play when he

put it on them and made that goal,” said Madalon. “That was awesome, it was as good as it gets.” The defensive unit of Arman Medghlachi, Aran Roberts, and George Baughan did a nice job settling in after a shaky start. “Arman and Aran played well, Baughan caused five or six turnovers himself,” said Madalon. “Those guys struggled early clearing, otherwise when it came down to it, they did a nice job. They were prepared on 6-on-6. They defended it well, there were just too many breakdowns.” Princeton ended up with a 16-10 edge in face-offs as the crew of Philip Thompson, Jack-Henry Vara, and Jake Stevens showed some scrappy play. “Those guys do a nice job, they were prepared on the 3 vs. 3,” said Madalon. “We approach it as a unit and we were pretty proud of those guys. They did a nice job against a unit that year in, year out has a lot of talent.” While Madalon was disappointed with the outcome as Princeton’s nation-leading six- game winning streak was snapped, he believes the Tigers will benefit from the experience. “We have got to keep getting better everyday, that is the message to our guys,” said Madalon. “It would have been nice to come out with a win here obviously. We will learn from it, we will be better for it.” The Tigers, now 1-1, will

IN FLIGHT: Princeton University men’s lacrosse player Charlie Durbin goes up for a shot last Saturday against Virginia. Senior midfielder Durbin matched his career single-game high with four goals, but it wasn’t enough as Princeton lost 12-11 in overtime to the Cavaliers. The Tigers, now 1-1, host No. 18 Johns Hopkins (1-2) on March 2. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) need to be better to get a win as they host another perennial power, No. 18 Johns Hopkins (1-2), on March 2. “We will turn the page quickly, they are going to be a prepared team,” said Mad-

alon. “It is a great coaching staff, it is always a great organization, but we will be ready.” Durbin, for his part, is confident that Princeton will be ready for that challenge. “We will be fine moving

forward, there is a lot of good stuff to build on,” maintained Durbin. “The nice part is that we get next weekend to turn it around and bounce back strong.” —Bill Alden

Ryan Schwieger is known around the Princeton Universit y men’s basketball team for his low-key demeanor, speaking softly in a southern drawl. B u t l a s t Fr i d ay w h e n sophomore guard Schwieger got the start for Princeton against visiting Cornell, he was ready to make some noise. “Coach [Mitch Henderson] tells me to be aggressive; all of my teammates tell me to be aggressive,” said the 6’6, 205-pound Schwieger, a native of Matthews, N.C. “I just had that mindset going in and of going to the rim early.” Schwieger went to the rim early and often against the Big Red, scoring 10 points in the first half as the Tigers took a 36-30 lead. In the second half, he added 13 more for a career-high of 23 as Princeton held off a late Cornell rally to win 68-59. In reflecting on the victory, which saw the Big Red go on a 23-7 run as it cut an 18-point deficit to trail by only 61-59 with 4:50 remaining in regulation, Schwieger acknowledged that there were some anxious moments for the Tigers. “That happened last game as well; every time we play them, it comes down to the end,” said Schwieger, whose previous single-game best before Friday was 15 points. “They always go on big runs. With them, we just have to stick to our principles and really lock down on the defensive end.”

P r i nce ton h e ad coach Henderson liked the way Schwieger stuck with things offensively. “Ryan, like a lot of really good guards we have had, put us on his back,” said Henderson of Schwieger, who scored 20 points a night later as Princeton defeated Columbia 79-61 to improve to 15-8 overall and 7-3 Ivy League. “He got easy hoops for us. He always just says ‘I got you bro,’ he is humble too. He was terrific this evening.” Henderson got some terrific defense from senior star Myles Stephens as he s t y m ie d C or nel l ’s h igh scoring guard Matt Morgan, holding him to 12 points, well below his season average of 23.0. “Myles [ did well ] for a second time in a row against Morgan,” said Henderson of Stephens, who helped keep Morgan to 16 points in the first meeting between the teams on February 2 when Princeton prevailed 70-61 in overtime. “He is a very difficult kid to guard, he got loose twice

when we were up 29-18 and all of a sudden its 31-24. It just happens so quickly. Myles Stephens is so good and the scout was sharp.” With Princeton heading to New England this weekend to play at Dartmouth on March 1 and Harvard on March 2, Henderson believes his team is getting sharper. “This group has played together in the league before,” s a id He n der s on, whos e squad was missing senior star guard Devin Cannady, with the coach noting that he was “attending to a personal matter” and “we support him fully” in that. “I have been telling the guys this is the time of the year you really want to be playing well. We are getting there; I can feel it coming.” Schwieger, for his part, feels that Princeton’s depth is coming to the fore down the stretch. “We have got a lot of good guys; it doesn’t matter who starts,” said Schwieger, who was later named the Iv y League Player of the Week for his offensive outburst last weekend. “We know a lot of guys can come in, do well, and we will get 100 percent from them.” —Bill Alden

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Princeton Men’s Hockey Prevails in Home Finale As Veronneau Makes More Baker Rink Memories Over the last four years, Max Veronneau has produced a lot of highlight moments at Hobey Baker Rink for the Princeton University men’s hockey team. Coming into his final regular season home last Saturday as Princeton hosted St. Lawrence, senior forward Veronneau had amassed 137 points on 47 goals and 90 assists. Veronneau went out with a bang, creating some final highlights for the Baker Rink fans, tallying a goal and an assist as Princeton pulled away to a 5-3 win over the Saints. “I have so many good memories here throughout the years,” said Veronneau, a 6’0, 180-pound native of Ottawa, Ontario. “I am glad that we won, that the team played well, and that we got a victory.” Getting things going for the Tigers, Veronneau tallied a goal 38 seconds into the contest and then picked up an assist on a power play goal by classmate Ryan Kuffner nearly 10 minutes later as Princeton jumped out to a 2-0 lead. “The puck was rolling, it was a tough one for the goalie to save because it can go anywhere so I was a little lucky,” said Veronneau, recalling his goal. “It was a great start for us and then we got an early power play goal right after that.” It ended up being a great night for Princeton’s top line which features Veronneau, Kuffner, and fellow senior Alex Riche. “We have struggled this season through patches

but I think tonight we were dominant,” said Veronneau, reflecting on a game which saw Kuffner end up with two goals and an assist while Riche chipped in a goal and an assist. “We were outplaying them in the offensive zone, we had so many chances.” Despite the struggles the Tigers have experienced as they have gone 8-16-3 overall and 6-12-2 ECAC Hockey after being ranked in the top 20 early in the season, Veronneau is confident that Princeton can be a force when it gets into postseason play. “We all believe we are a good team, and we’ve been on the wrong side of couple games but I think we’re playing better now,” said Veronneau. “We’re more determined to win now and I hope we can keep up this momentum going next weekend and into playoffs.” Princeton head coach Ron Fogarty was happy to see his team produce a victory in what was, in all likelihood, the team’s last appearance at Baker this winter. “When you win it is always a great note, we have an outside shot to host,” said Fogarty, whose team is in 11th place in the league standings and would have to jump to eighth place to host a first round best-of-three series over the weekend of March 8-10. “We need a lot of things to happen but not controlling our destiny that was probably our las t home game. It was a good night.” Mirroring its uneven play this winter, Princeton had

some lapses in the win “We came out hard but I think it was inconsistent,” said Fogarty. “We were soft on the puck in the third period which gave them life. We just have to stay heavy on the puck. It creates a lot more opportunities when we play that way.” The Tiger top line created a lot of opportunities. “When they play heavy on the puck, they are determined,” said Fogarty of his trio of Veronneau, Kuffner, and Riche. “There’s a lot of pressure on them to score, we don’t have secondary scoring. So if they don’t get one, they try to cheat a little bit. They’ve gotten back to the process of what makes them successful and I think they had a really good weekend. The Riche goal was very indicative of what that line can do when they are heavy on the puck.” With Princeton playing at Yale on March 1 and Brown on March 2 to wrap up regular season action, Fogarty is looking for his team to produce another good weekend. “It was a big step to get our level of play up to where we can make the next step,” said Fogarty. “It is good progress.” In the view of Veronneau, t he Tigers have what it takes to put together a second straight run to the title in the ECACH tournament. “Last year, we made it really far and it would be kind of sad to go home early this year,” said Veronneau. “We want to just keep on going and make another run at it. Last year we finished seventh and we won it all so hopefully we will do the same thing again this year.” —Bill Alden

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TO THE MAX: Princeton University men’s hockey player Max Veronneau chases down the puck in recent action. Last Saturday, senior star Veronneau chipped in a goal and an assist as Princeton defeated St. Lawrence 5-3 in its final regular season home game. The Tigers, now 8-16-3 overall and 6-12-2 ECAC Hockey, play at Yale on March 1 and Brown on March 2 to wrap up regular season action. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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PU Sports Roundup Princeton Wrestling Defeats Drexel

Freshmen Marshall Keller and Qu incy Monday hit milestones as the Princeton University wrestling team defeated Drexel 27-13 last Friday. Keller and Monday each posted their 20th victory of the season with Keller earning a hard-fought 4-1 win over Nick Widmann at 141 pounds, while Monday scored a first-period pin over Evan Barczak at 157. Other individual victors for Princeton included Patrick Glory at 125, Jonathan Gomez at 133, Travis Stefanik at 174, and Patrick Brucki at 197. The Tigers are next in action when they compete in the EIWA ( Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association) Championships at Binghamton, N.Y. from March 8-9.

Tiger Women’s Lax Falls at Virginia

Tess D’Orsi had a big game in a losing cause as the eighth-ranked Princeton Universit y women’s lacrosse team fell 14-9 at 12th-ranked Virginia last Saturday.

two goals and two assists as the Tigers moved to 1-1. P r i n c e to n h o s t s Pe n n State on February 27 and Columbia on March 2.

PU Women’s Squash 4th at Howe Cup

Samantha Chai and Isab el H ir s hb e r g prov i d e d highlights as the Princeton University women’s squash team fell 5-4 to Stanford in the third place match at the Howe Cup national team championships last Sunday at Hartford, Conn. The senior duo posted victories in their final team matches for the Tigers with Chai prevailing 3-0 at No. 5 and Hirshberg winning 3-0 at No. 9 as Princeton ended with a final record of 14-3 in dual match play. The Tiger players are next in action when they take part in the CSA (College Squash Association) individual championships on March 1 at Providence, R.I.

Tiger Women’s Track Takes 5th at Ivy Heps

and Gillian Wagner took first, clocking a time of 11:38.16. Obigeri Amaechi took second in the shot put while Alie Fordyce was fourth in the mile and sixth in the 1,000. Penn took the title with 136 points while Harvard was second (102 ), Dar tmouth (85) third, and Cornell (80) was fourth, edging in front of Princeton (79).

PU Women’s Swimming 3rd at Ivy Championships

Mimi Lin starred as the Princeton University women’s swimming team placed third at the 2019 Ivy League Championships last weekend at DeNunzio Pool. Junior diver Lin captured both the 3-meter title and the Rick Gilbert High Point Diver of the Meet honor on Saturday to highlight the final session of the three-day meet. On Thursday, sophomore Sine Scribbick prevailed in the 1-meter event. Sophomore Regan Barney provided a highlight for the Tigers on Friday, winning the 400 individual medley for the second straight year. Har vard tallied 1,50 0 points to win the team title with Yale second in 1390.5 and Princeton scoring 1,177 in taking third.

The distance medley relay team came up big to help the Princeton Universit y women’s track team take fifth at the 2019 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships last weekend in Boston, Mass. T he quar tet of Pey ton Princeton Softball B r o w n , A l l i s o n G l o s s - Goes 1-3 at Liberty Event Allie Reynolds produced a inger, Madison Offstein, pitching gem as the Princeton University softball team opened its 2019 campaign by going 1-3 at the Liberty Tournament in Lynchburg, Va. last weekend. Sophomore Reynolds hurled a shutout as Princeton defeated Wright State 8-0 in its first outing of the spring. Reynolds stuck out seven and walked three while yielding only three hits. The Tigers went on to fall 3-0 to Bucknell, 7-0 to Valparaiso, and 12-0 to Liberty over the rest of the weekend. Princeton returns to action by competing at the Arizona State tournament from March 1-3 at Tempe, Ariz.

HOMECOMING: Princeton University women’s hockey player Keiko DeClerck heads up the ice in recent action. Last Saturday, DeClerck and the Tigers fell 2-0 at St. Lawrence to finish the regular season at 18-6-5 overall and 15-4-3 ECAC Hockey, good for fourth place in the league standings. They will now begin postseason action by hosting fifth-place St. Lawrence in a best-of-three ECACH quarterfinal series starting on March 1. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski) Damian Rodriguez picked up wins at No. 1 and No. 2 singles, respectively, and combined to help Princeton win the doubles point. The Tigers, now 10-4, face Wisconsin on March 1 in Chatham before hosting St. John’s and NJIT on March 3.

PU Women’s Tennis Tops Indiana

Princeton University men’s golf team placed ninth of 14 teams at Florida State’s S eminole Intercollegiate held last weekend in Tallahassee, Fla. at the Golden Eagle Country Club. Freshman Ting carded a two-under 214 for the threeround event to end up tied for 12th individually. P r inceton had a team score of +14 with Wake Forest winning the event at -13. The Tigers are next in action when they compete in the Mission Inn Spring Spectacular from March 16-17 at the Mission Inn Resort in Howey-Inn-The-Hills, Fla.

Clare McKee and Grace Joyce came through to help the Princeton Universit y women’s tennis team defeat Indiana 5-2 last Sunday. McKee won at No. 3 singles and Joyce prevailed at No. 4 and the pair combined to help Princeton win the Tiger Men’s Volleyball doubles point. The Tigers, now 7-3, play Defeats Sacred Heart Greg Luck led the way at Navy on March 1 and at as the Princeton University Maryland on March 2. men’s volleyball team dePrinceton Men’s Golf feated Sacred Heart 3-0 last 9th at Florida State Event Saturday. Max Ting starred as the

Junior Luck recorded a team-high 13 kills to help the Tigers prevail 25-20, 25-18, 25-19 and improve to 7-7 overall and 5-0 EIVA (Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association). Princeton plays at Penn State on March 1 and at St. Francis on March 2.

PU Women’s Water Polo Defeats Siena

Sparked by Amy Castellano, the No. 14 Princeton University women’s water polo team defeated Siena 20-10 last Sunday to wrap up pay in the Marist Invitational in Poughkeepsie, N.Y. Castellano tallied three goals and two assists in the victory to help the Tigers improve to 8-3. Princeton is next in action when it competes in the Crimson Invitational at Cambridge, Mass. from March 2-3.

Tiger Men’s Tennis Defeats Rice

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TAKING THE FIFTH: Members of the Princeton University men’s track team celebrate after they won the 2019 Ivy League Indoor Heptagonal Championships last weekend in Boston, Mass. It marked the fifth straight indoor Heps title for the Tigers and 22nd overall. Senior throwing star Adam Kelly was named the Ivy Heps Most Outstanding Male Field Performer after winning his second straight weight throw competition on Saturday. Junior Joey Daniels provided another highlight win for the Tigers, placing first in the 60-meter hurdles for the second straight year. Princeton piled up 139.5 points to earn the team title with Penn next at 111 and host Harvard taking third (103). (Photo by the Ivy League, provided courtesy of Princeton’s Office of Athletic Communications)

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C h l o e A y r e s c o u l d n’t hold it in af ter w inning the 105-pound title at the South Jersey girls’ wrestling region tournament earlier this month. “I started crying tears of joy,” said Princeton High sophomore Ayres. “I was trying to keep it together. I’m really excited to wrestle in Atlantic City.” Ayres was blown away not just by the chance to wrestle in the girls’ state championships that begin this week in Atlantic City, but by the significance of even having a region meet. It wasn’t just that she won, or even that she was named Most Outstanding Wrestler (MOW) after winning twice by pin and shutting out Trenton’s Johnae Drumright, 9-0, in the final match. It was that it all came in the first-ever girls’ region tournament. “Going into the tournament, I was honestly just excited to be there,” Ayres said. “I didn’t ever expect to experience it in my high school career. I was content with whatever happens. To compete with just other girls, I’ve never experienced anything like it in high school.” To prevail was the icing on the cake, something she won’t ever forget. “It was definitely one of the top moments of my life,” said Ayres. “It was really, really cool. I’m super excited to be competing with my team at Atlantic City.” Ayres had the support at regions of the PHS coaching staff, her parents Chris (Princeton University wrestling head coach Chris Ayres) and Lori who were instrumental in helping to start the girls state tournament, and two of her teammates, Alec Bobchin and Chris Sockler, as she won gold. “She was tough,” said PHS head coach Rashone Johnson. “She went and she competed. She’s wrestled in plenty of other bigger tournaments than that before, but the nerves with it being the first state tournament in your own state and it’s for real, it’s a real qualifier for the state tournament, it was good. She handled herself well. She wrestled with poise, like she’s a veteran.” One week later, it was senior star and Rider-bound Bobchin’s chance to shine. Bobchin won the 138-pound class with a 3-1 victory over previously unbeaten Alex Baran of Manalapan in the

Region V tournament Saturday. He repeated as a region champion — the first in PHS history — and this year added the Most Outstanding Wrestler honor as well. “Alec got it this year,” said Johnson. “He was solid. He tech-falled and majored his way through the tournament into the finals and he won, 3-1, against another state competitor, another state level kid that was 41-0.” Bobchin advances to Atlantic City for the second straight year and will try to better his eighth-place finish of a year ago. He had hoped to have more company on the boys side as the Tigers advanced three others into the quarterfinals. “That’s the most kids Princeton has ever had in the quarterfinals of the region tournament,” said Johnson. “Princeton High has never had four guys place top eight in the regions. It was still a remarkable year for those guys and they were close.” Two of them will be back next year — sophomore James Romaine and junior Dominic Riendeau-Krause — after placing in the top eight. Senior Daniel Monahan fought back from a couple of tough losses to end his career with a win for fifth at regions. “He had every reason to quit and every reason walk away, every reason to not answer the call and go out and wrestle, but he gathered himself and went out and pinned that kid for that fifth-place match and walked off the mat with his head up,” Johnson said. “I couldn’t ask for a guy to do more than that.” Ayres lived up to her No. 1 seeding at the region even though she didn’t put much stock in the seedings. She felt more nervous than usual going into the first-place match against Drumright, an opponent she’d seen recently. “My hand was shaking before the match,” said Ayres. “Once I got out in the match, I was so excited. I love it.” That excitement nearly turned to sadness as Ayres came close to being put on her back by Drumright early but rallied to dominate the remainder of the match “The girl from Trenton, she’s very, very strong,” said Ayres. “When I was going into the match, I was having

a whole rush of emotions. I was trying to relax and shake it out. Maybe I wasn’t at the top of my game in the first period. Once I relaxed I was wrestling better.” In prevailing, Ayres relied on the experience that she’s been building up since taking up the sport less than three years ago. She hadn’t considered seriously wrestling until she started attending more of her brother’s matches. When her mother noticed Ayres showing an interest, she asked her daughter if she wanted to wrestle. “I was in the room the next day,” said Ayres. “I’ve been obsessed ever since.” Although Ayres had never considered herself very athletic, she had a solid fitness background from years of running. When she turned to wrestling — something that was right in front of her given her family connection — she found her niche and her dad has been happy to help her dive into the sport. “We have an amazing bond,” Ayres said. “I’ve been working for all these great goals. Every day he’s in my corner. He’s the first one I hugged after I won regions. We were both crying.” As Ayres has spent more time on the mat, she has worked to make girls’ wrestling a bigger sport. She was dismayed to see just one other competitor at the girls’ freestyle state championships, but she’s encouraged by the recent growth. The state tournament is a monumental step. “My parents played a pretty big role in getting the New Jersey girls’ tournament sanctioned,” said Ayres. “Last year, it wasn’t a thought in anyone’s mind. There weren’t many girls in the area, probably just about 100 in the state. I was competing in Fargo with Team New Jersey. We only took about seven girls, which is sort of shocking because New Jersey is a leader in wrestling for boys. It was a conversation at our dinner table. I wouldn’t think we’d get it sanctioned in just a year. That’s fast. There were a lot of factors.” Her parents’ strong push along with NJSIAA assistant director Bill Bruno were significant contributors to the campaign to start a girls’ state tournament. Ayres still wasn’t sure how the region tournament would look once

FIRST IN HER CLASS: Princeton High wrestler Chloe Ayres, top, takes control in a bout this January against Nottingham High’s Stalin Arpi, which she won by a pin. This week, sophomore Ayres will be competing in the first-ever NJSIAA girls’ state championships in Atlantic City after winning the 105-pound title at the South Jersey girls’ wrestling region tournament. Joining Ayres in Atlantic City will be senior Alec Bobchin, who won the boys’ Region 5 title and became the first PHS wrestler to win two region crowns. He will be looking to improve on his eighthplace finish in last year’s state championships. Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

it was put together and was delighted to find it lived up to her dreams. “I really didn’t know what to expect going into the tournament,” said Ayres. “I did not think it would be that big. There was an amazing energy in the building. Some of the girls were so excited they were jumping up and down. I’ve never seen anything like it in New Jersey.” Ayres is hoping that PHS will ride the momentum of having the new opportunity and expand quickly. She’s the only girl on the Tigers team. “Hopefully next year we’ll have a few more,” Ayres said. “I’m trying to recruit a few of my friends. Manalapan and Kingsway have a full lineup of girls. Last year, that was nonexistent and now they have a full team. That’s what we’re trying to have at Princeton.” While taking her lumps spending most of the season practicing with and competing against boys, the payoff came in the region and will benefit her at states. “Those varsity matches that she wrestled against boys, it all preps her for whatever she’s going to possibly run into at states,” said Johnson. “She’s wrestling boys throughout the year. She’s going to be prepared for whatever she runs into at the end of the year.” Competing all season in the 106-pound weight class for PHS helped steel Ayres for state competition. “For my first couple matches, it was all boys,” she said. “I was more used to wrestling boys than girls. It’s very different. When I started competing in the offseason against high level girls, it’s a very different feeling wrestling a boy than a girl. Whether it’s a boy or girl, they’re an athlete. There’s a different style that you notice with girls. Strength is a factor. It’s harder to finish shots on boys because of their strength.” Wrestlers all have different styles, and Ayres relied on her aggressive approach to earn the MOW award at the region. “I just love going to my stuff, getting to my offense,” said Ayres. “I spent a lot of hours in the room. I don’t like close matches. I’m an extremely offensive wrestler; I like to get to as many attacks as I can. I think the more you get to, the more likely you are to score. It’s about focusing on what I do and not what they do.” Having competed in regional and national events, Ayres is ready to deal with the hype in Atlantic City. “I haven’t seen New Jersey states before,” said Ayres. “I haven’t gone to the tournament yet. I’m really excited. I’ve been to much bigger tournaments, so I’m used to competing in a big arena. That shouldn’t be too new. But I’m super excited.” Ayres is going into the state tournament with high expectations, feeling that she is wrestling well and has a chance to make history. “Of course, the goal is to get out there and win,” Ayres said. “I’m just looking to go and compete and I want to get out and show what I can do. My dad always says, ‘Anyone, anywhere, anytime.’ I want to show what girls can do. I want to display what I’ve been working on, what I can do and show my style. I want to go out and win the tournament and be dominant. Even if that doesn’t happen, I want to be out there wrestling.” —Justin Feil

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Rebounding From Defeat in MCT Final, PHS Boys’ Hockey Makes Public B Quarters Keith Goldberg and his teammates on the Princeton High boys’ hockey team came out with fire in their eyes as they hosted Jackson Memorial last Thursday at ProSkate to start play in the state Public B tournament. Having suffered a disappointing 9-4 loss to Hun on the Mercer County Tournament final six days earlier, PHS was determined to bounce back from that setback. “We came out a little flat against Hun and we didn’t want to come out flat today,” said Tiger senior forward and captain Goldberg. “Me being a senior, I didn’t want this to be my last high school game. For the other guys, I think that motivated us to work a little bit harder.

Everything we did wrong in the Hun game we wanted to fix and make sure we didn’t do today.” Goldberg helped make sure that PHS got off to a good start, scoring a goal midway through the first period to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead. “I got the puck from Colm Trainor; I was coming one and one and all I did was just pull it back and shot it through the kid’s legs and I saw it trickle into the net,” recalled Goldberg. That goal helped set the tone as PHS was buzzing in the offensive zone all game long. “I think it gave us a little more confidence,” said Goldberg. “After I scored, I kept on shooting the puck.”

The sixth-seeded Tigers extended their lead to 4-0 in the second period and then yielded two power play goals as 11th-seeded Jackson narrowed the lead to 4-2. PHS responded with two unanswered goals late in the period and pulled away to an 8-4 triumph. “Once the third period started and we got one or two quick goals, we knew we had it,” said Goldberg, who ended up with a goal and an assist on the day. “Jackson Memorial is a great team. I actually play with two kids on the same organization so I know that they are a really good. We knew about them before and we shut them down.” Although PHS got shut

down as it fell 6-3 at thirdseeded Westfield in the Public B quarters last Monday, that defeat won’t take away the satisfaction Goldberg has gained from serving as a captain of the Tiger this fall. “I have known a lot of these guys for a long time coming and playing with my friends definitely helps,” said Goldberg, who plays club hockey for the Jersey Shore Whalers in Howell. “They know I play at a top level so they listen to me and look towards me on everything.” PHS head coach Tim Chase was proud of how his guys bounced back from the Hun defeat, seizing momentum early in the game against Jackson Memorial. “It was important to get off to a good start, just to get flying,” said Chase, who got three goals and two assists

from junior star Aidan Trainor in the win with sophomore Austin Micale chipping in a goal and three assists. “The kids came out hard, they forced the play. When we are physical, we are a good hockey team.” Chase credited Goldberg with giving the Tigers a spark. “Keith hasn’t been scoring a lot lately because he has been trying to make a nice clean play instead of just firing it right now,” said Chase. “It was nice to see him just let it rip, he has a nice really hard shot.” It was nice for PHS to pull away at the end. “I think when that second one went in everyone on the bench woke up and said the game is not over and then they responded well,

which was nice,” said Chase. In the loss to Freehold, PHS responded late, scoring three goals down the stretch after entering the third period trailing 4-0. The defeat left the Tigers with a final record of 14-10-3. While things didn’t end well for PHS, Goldberg was proud of the resilience the team displayed in making the state quarters. “It is has been tough, we have had losses where we should have had it,” said Goldberg. “We have had a lot of injuries. Kids were stepping up. Last year was the same scenario. We lost to Hun in the MCTs and came in all mad. We wanted to prove something.” —Bill Alden

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Brendan Rougas experienced mixed emotions, soaking in the scene as the Princeton High boys’ basketball team held its annual Senior Night ceremony last Thursday evening before hosting Morristown High. “It was my final home game ever; it is very sad but also exciting, I am heading to a new chapter in my life,” said Rougas. “I just want to thank our fans, from the time I was a freshman and then on JV and both years on varsity, we have had the best crowd in the CVC.” With PHS falling behind Morristown in the fourth quarter, Rougas gave the fans something to cheer about, scoring seven points down the stretch as the Tigers battled hard before falling 54-49. “We fought down the stretch, that is a good sign for our states game but honestly I don’t want to be in

that situation,” said Rougas, who totaled nine points on the evening. “I want to be up the whole game and just be in a position to win all the time. We didn’t come out with our best stuff today and we ended up losing the game.” While PHS ended up losing its state game as the 14th-seeded Tigers fell 6050 at third-seeded Freehold last Monday in the opening round of the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional, the squad won a lot more games this season than in 2017-18, going 12-14 after winning four games (4-21) last winter. “Two sophomores came up and played big minutes for us in Tim Evidente and Ethan Guy; they did a great job for us,” said Rougas, who scored a game-high 15 points against Freehold. “Jay Jackson emerged as our top scorer this season, he has been extremely productive. Gefen Bar Cohen

has been very good, a great Competing in Easterns, Meet of Champions, and the seventh top time in three-point shooter.” New Jersey this winter. Rougas is leaving with PHS Track Athletes Produce Historic Week For the girls, the quartet good memories of playing C o m p e t i n g i n t w o with Schenk just missing of Colleen Linko, Kendall with his classmates, Jaylen prestigious events last week, a winning vault on his first Williamson, Raina WilliamJohnson, Jack McMahon, the Princeton High track attempt at 16 feet. son, and Gabby Goddard Tyler De Lalinde, and Evan program made history on medaled in the MOC 4x400 In the MOC 1,600 meters, Filion. relay, finishing 8th with a both fronts. senior Tucker Zullo finished new indoor school record “I have been playing with Taking part in the Eastern 17th (4:26.18). Earlier in the them for four years so ob- State Championships on week, Zullo finished third in time of 4:01.84. Goddard viously we are very close,” February 19 in New York the mile at Easterns with a anchored the relay and flew said Rougas, who served as City and the NJSIAA Indoor personal best of 4:23.21. to a stunning split of 57.85. Earlier in the week, at the team captain this winter. “I Meet of Champions (MOC) Also at Easterns, senior love those guys; it has been over the weekend at Toms Jackson McCarthy produced Easterns, the quartet set a treat playing with those River, PHS athletes recorded a big personal best in the a new, all-season school guys.” five personal bests, four 800, running 1:56.89 for record in the 4x200 relay, P H S h e a d c o a c h P a t school records, three MOC a new indoor school record clocking a time of 1:46.70. Noone has loved coaching medals, and one individual —Bill Alden his Class of 2019. “They state champion. have done a great job for us, Senior Nils Wildberg, who you saw what happened last has battled a knee injury year and to come back with and has been forced to sit that resiliency to give us a out most of the winter seaseason like we had this year, son, returned triumphantly it is an unbelievable group,” to win the inaugural MOC said Noone. Long Jump Showcase, jump“It is going to be really ing 23’4. The Dartmouthtough to see them go. They bound Wildberg’s victory are hard workers, they come marked just the seventh in every day and they set the overall individual state title tone of how we want the in PHS boys’ track history. program to be and they have Wildberg becomes the first done a great job with that.” PHS individual state chamNoone believes the PHS pion in 36 years, joining program made great strides Peter Sharpless (two titles this winter. “They all came outdoor high jump 1980 and in with an unbelievable fo- 1981) and Stephen Fletcher cus and a competitive edge,” ( Four titles - 55 hurdles indoors and 110 hurdles said Noone. “They have made plays outdoors in both 1982 and down the stretch of games, 1983) as the only three boys they are just a great group athletes to ever achieve a all together. A majority of state crown. Also at the MOC, junior them were here last year so a lot of them could have Simon Schenk cleared a new quit or be selfish but they re- personal best and school ally decided to turn the ship record of 15'6 in the pole around and they have done vault for a third place finish. The new mark puts Schenk a great job.” Looking ahead to the sec- into a t ie for t he t hird tional matchup against Free- best jump in New Jersey WILDLY SUCCESSFUL: Princeton High track senior star Nils hold, Noone knew his squad this season and ranks him Wildberg displays the medal he earned for winning the inaugural among the top 40firm vaulters Top litigation in New Jersey faced a major challenge. in the United States. The NJSIAA Indoor Meet of Champions Long Jump Showcase last “Freehold is great, they week. Fighting through injury, the Dartmouth-bound Wildberg on the dayincleared litigation firm New Jersey a r e u n b e l i e v a b l e , ” s a i Top d winner produced a best mark of 23’4 to win the competition. 15'6 on fewer at tempts Noone. “It is going to be really tough but it is going to Top litigation firm in New Jersey be fun. States is always fun, you never know what is going to happen.” Rougas, for his part, was fired up to end his PHS hoops career in the state tourney. “It is a great honor because last year we didn’t qualify for the states,” said Rougas. “This year we did so I am very excited about that.” —Bill Alden

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READY TO RUMBLE: Members of Princeton Wrestling Club (PWC) enjoy the moment after excelling at the Delaware River Rumble Duals held earlier this month at Princeton High. PWC’s Black Team went 4-0 in the competition to become the tournament champion. In earning the crown, PWC defeated Hopewell 71-17, Truman 81-6, Fords/ Solebury 85-12, and SEPA 73-24. PWC wrestlers who went undefeated at the event included Forest Rose, Chase Dubuque, Cole Rose, JD Christmann, Chris Cropanese, Jax Obe, Morgan Schwarz, Marty Brophy, Ava Rose, Patrick Dunn, Matthew Melchior, and Daniel Ju. Last weekend, PWC competed in the Delaware River Wrestling League tournament at Montgomery High and ended up with 24 champions on the day.

The ninth annual Princeton 5k Road Race is scheduled for April 7 at 8:30 a.m. The USATF sanctioned course begins and ends at Walnut Lane, between Princeton High and John Witherspoon Middle School. The race benefits the PHS cross country and track programs. The entry fee is $35 for the community at large and $25 for PHS students, athletes, teachers, and staff. For online registration and information, log onto www. princeton5k.com.

DRIVING AHEAD: Princeton High girls’ basketball player Olivia Intartaglia drives to the hoop in recent action. Last Monday, senior guard Intartaglia helped fourth-seeded PHS defeat 13thseeded Long Branch 49-34 in the opening round of the Central Jersey Group 4 sectional. The Tigers got 16 points from junior star Shaylah Marciano and 15 from senior standout Catherine Dyevich in the win as they improved to 17-7. PHS will host fifth-seeded Trenton in the sectional quarterfinals on February 27. (Photo by Frank Wojciechowski)

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Stanford H. Spencer Stanford H. Spencer of Belle Mead, formerly of Princeton, died February 15 after a brief illness. He was 69 years old. A devoted son and brother, he was predeceased by his parents, Helen S. and James L . Spencer, both of Princeton. He leaves behind two sisters, Nancy S. Rushton (Alan), of Flemington and Linda S. McClellan ( Robert), of Princeton Junction; three nephews, Andrew (Patricia), Daniel, and Garrett; niece Cassandra; and grand-niece Adelina. “Stan” attended Miss Mason’s, Princeton Country Day School, the Chapin School, and Princeton High School Class of 1967. He earned his BS degree from The College of NJ. Stanford ser ved in the United States Army Reserves.

Stan was a passionate patriot, outdoorsman, and lover of animals. He would go out of his way to help anyone in need and was a very talented Mr. Fix It. Stan was self-employed in the greater Princeton area, and was formerly employed as an engineer by Johnson and Johnson and RJ Nabisco. Family ser v ice w ill be private this summer in Ohio. Arrangements made by Mather Hodge Funeral Home, Princeton. Donations in his memory may be made to Trinit y Episcopal Church of Princeton, 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ 08540 or SAVE Animal Shelter, 1010 Route 601, Skillman, NJ 08558, Savehomelessanimals.org/ donate. Stan volunteered time here.

Jeanette Wong, devoted mother, teacher, and humanitarian, passed away peacefully on February 10th at the age of 96. Friends and relatives are invited to attend her Remembrance Gathering on March 9th, 2 p.m. at Bear Creek, 291 Village Road East, West Windsor, NJ. Born in Tianjin, China, Jeanette grew up at the Jade Pagoda near the Emperor’s Summer Palace. One of few women to attend Fudan Univ. in China, she escaped from war in 1945 and came to the U.S., got her BS at Bucknell University, a Master’s at Columbia University, and an advanced degree in teaching from the City College of New York. Jeanette married Kit Y. Wong in 1952 and raised three children in Dover, NJ, and later moved to Princeton Junction, NJ. She was a public school teacher in NYC and commuted for 24 years and was drawn to the newlyarrived Chinese immigrants to help them transition to the U.S., based on her own life experience. Her favorite song was “God Bless America.” Jeanette opened her own home to over 14

Kay A. Langeland K ay A . L a ngela nd, of Gr iggstow n, NJ, passed away on Februar y 20th, after a long illness. K ay w as b or n i n B ay R i d g e , B r o o k l y n , N Y, in 1929. She spent her early childhood living in Norway. Upon returning to the United States in 1935, she settled with her family in Bay Ridge. After high school, she worked for The Mutual Insurance Co. of N.Y. in Manhattan. She retired from Princeton University after 26 years. S h e m a r r i e d Ke n n e t h Langeland in 1950. After the birth of her two daughters, she moved to Griggstown in 1962. During the 1960s,

she was a girl scout leader for Troop 253 of the Raritan Girl Scout Council. She was active in the Griggstown Historical Society and loved the history of Griggstown. She attended Bunker Hill Lutheran Church for 57 years. She was deeply appreciative of the vast efforts of her doctors, especially Dr. Peter Yi, nurses, family, and friends that helped her fight her illness. She enjoyed gardening, traveling, photography, and loved life. She often said she felt blessed to have lived a life filled with love, kindness, faith, many dear friends, and a close loving, devoted family. Daughter of the late Anders and Henriette Morch, she is survived by her husband of 68 years, Kenneth; two devoted daughters and sons-in-law, Lori and Lawrence Dudek of Skillman, NJ, and Dale and David Antonevich of Mechanicsville, VA ; her beloved g rand daughters, Susanne Dudek of Griggstown, NJ, Kristi Nelson and husband Peter and her great-grandson Avery Thomas Nelson of Pennington, NJ; her sisters Esther Spindanger of Phoenix, AZ, and Alita Fjeldsgaard of Kristiansand, Norway; and a brother-in-law, Charles

Langeland of Cranbury. She had many cherished nieces and a nephew. Her family wishes to thank “Kay’s Angels,” Elin, Kim, Alexa, Sasha, Masha, Mary, and Ginna. The Funeral Service was held at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, February 26 at the Bunker Hill Lutheran Church, 235 B u n ker H i l l Ro ad, Griggstown. Burial followed in the Griggstown Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Bunker Hill Lutheran Church, 235 Bunker Hill Road, Princeton, NJ 08540 or T he L eukemia and Lymphoma Society, Donor Services, PO Box 98018, Washington, DC 20090. Arrangements are under the direction of M.J. M u r p h y Fu n e r a l H o m e , Monmouth Junction.

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relatives and two Vietnamese boat people to get them started for life in America. Open, generous, warm, and kind, she was devoted to her family. Jeanette was married to Kit for 65 years until his recent passing, and she leaves behind three children, Dr. Richard Wong, Dr. Michael Wong, and Lisa Wong, along with seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren. Jeanette had an enchanting singing voice and loved the dance performances of her daughter Lisa. She came from humble beginnings, escaped war in China, and emigrated to America, where she embraced all of the things America represents. She led a joyous life and leaves a legacy of abundant generosity. Arrangements are under the care of Ruby Memorial of Milltown, NJ. For full obituary and donations visit: rubymemorialhome.com.

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tf HANDYMAN: General duties at your service! High skill levels in indoor/outdoor painting, sheet rock, deck work, power washing & general on the spot fix up. Carpentry, tile installation, moulding, etc. EPA certified. T/A “Elegant Remodeling”, www.elegantdesignhandyman.com Text or call Roeland (609) 933-9240 or roelandvan@gmail.com tf CARPENTRY/ HOME IMPROVEMENT in the Princeton area since 1972. No job too small. Call Julius Sesztak, (609) 466-0732 tf OFFICE SPACE on Witherspoon Street: Approximately 950 square feet of private office suite. Suite has 4 offices. Located across from Princeton municipal building. $1,700/ month rent. Utilities included. Email recruitingwr@gmail.com 02-13-4t CHARMING PRINCETON APT: Fully furnished, 2 bedrooms, picture windows overlooking yard. W/D, cable, wireless high-speed internet, parking. Utilities included. No smoking or pets. $2,500/mo. Call (609) 924-4210. 02-20-3t STUDIO/APARTMENT in larger house in nice Littlebrook section of Princeton. Private entrance, private bath, clothes washer/dryer facilities included. Low or free rent for tenant willing to provide some housekeeping, assistance, to retired but still active university professor living in the house. Flexible schedule. Wi-Fi available. May be suitable for someone retired or having a daytime employment nearby. Needs own transportation, there is off-street parking. Please respond to vidodds@aol.com or fax at (609) 924-6934. 02-27-2t CLEANING, IRONING, LAUNDRY: by Polish women with a lot of experience. Excellent references, own transportation. Please call Inga at (609) 530-1169, leave message. 02-20-4t PRINCETONPSYCHOTHERAPY OFFICES: Part-time & full-time psychotherapy offices in professional office suite at 1000 Herrontown Road, Princeton NJ 08540. Contact: Dr. Arnold Washton, (609) 497-0433 or awashton@ thewashtongroup.com 01-30-8t

Celebrating 20 Years!

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2nd & 3rd Generations

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HOUSE CLEANING: By an experienced Polish lady. Call Barbara (609) 273-4226. Weekly or biweekly. Honest & reliable. References available. 02-27-6t

STOCKTON REAL ESTATE… A Princeton Tradition Experience ✦ Honesty ✦ Integrity 32 Chambers Street, Princeton, NJ 08542 (800) 763-1416 ✦ (609) 924-1416

BUYING: Antiques, paintings, Oriental rugs, coins, clocks, furniture, old toys, military, books, cameras, silver, costume & fine jewelry. Guitars & musical instruments. I buy single items to entire estates. Free appraisals. (609) 306-0613. 01-09-20 TOWN TOPICS CLASSIFIEDS GETS TOP RESULTS! Whether it’s selling furniture, finding a lost pet, or having a garage sale, TOWN TOPICS is the way to go! We deliver to ALL of Princeton as well as surrounding areas, so your ad is sure to be read. (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com tf I BUY ALL KINDS of Old or Pretty Things: China, glass, silver, pottery, costume jewelry, evening bags, fancy linens, paintings, small furniture, etc. Local woman buyer. (609) 9217469. 08-29-19 SUPERIOR HANDYMAN SERVICES: Experienced in all residential home repairs. Free Estimate/References/ Insured. (908) 966-0662 or www. superiorhandymanservices-nj.com 02-06/04-24 ESTATE LIQUIDATION SERVICE: I will clean out attics, basements, garages & houses. Single items to entire estates. No job too big or small. In business over 35 years, serving all of Mercer County. Call (609) 306-0613. 01-09-20 AWARD WINNING HOME FURNISHINGS Custom made pillows, cushions. Window treatments, slipcovers. Table linens and bedding. Fabrics and hardware. Fran Fox (609) 577-6654 windhamstitches.com 04-25-19 MUSIC LESSONS: Voice, piano, guitar, drums, trumpet, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, saxophone, banjo, mandolin, uke & more. One-on-one. $32/ half hour. Ongoing music camps. CALL TODAY! FARRINGTON’S MUSIC, Montgomery (609) 9248282; www.farringtonsmusic.com 07-25-19 CLEANING BY POLISH LADY: For houses and small offices. Flexible, reliable, local. Excellent references. Please call Yola (609) 558-9393. 10-31/04-24

THIS RIVERSIDE AREA GEM OFFERS Living Room with gas fireplace, Dining Area and State-of-the-Art Kitchen, plus a Bedroom with Full Bath on the Main Floor. Upstairs there are three additional Bedrooms-The Master Bedroom has a private bath and a walk-in closet, and the other full Bathroom is tucked between 2 Bedrooms for access from either room. There is a lovely private back yard with garage. $1,159,000 www.stockton-realtor.com

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J.O. PAINTING & HOME IMPROVEMENTS: Painting for interior & exterior, framing, dry wall, spackle, trims, doors, windows, floors, tiles & more. 20 years experience. Call (609) 305-7822. 08-08-19

A. Pennacchi & Sons Co.

AVAILABLE Chuckle's Pizza Masa 8 Sushi Countryside Food Mart

Basement Waterproofing Services

The Dance Network

KEEPING BASEMENTS DRY SINCE 1947

US Nails

Penlar Pharmacy

Princeton Owned Business & Resident Family Owned and Operated for 4 Generations Deal directly with Paul Sr. or Paul Jr Pennachi 72 years of stellar excellence!

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Udo's Bagels

All Phases of Waterproofing Foundation Restoration Structural Stabilization & Repairs

609-394-7354

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Fluid Physio

PROFESSIONAL BABYSITTER Available for after school babysitting in Pennington, Lawrenceville, and Princeton areas. Please text or call (609) 216-5000

Lawn & Landscape Services

China Chef

OFFICES WITH PARKING Ready for move-in. Renovated and refreshed. 1, 3 and 6 room suites. Historic Nassau Street Building. (609) 213-5029. 02-27-5t

Specialists

A Cut Above Salon

tf 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.

PROFESSIONAL OFFICE SPACE in beautiful historic building. Princeton address. Free parking. Conference room, kitchenette and receptionist included. Contact Liz: (609) 514-0514; ez@zuckfish.com 01-23-12t

Frozen Yogurt

SAT/ACT/SSAT/GRE/GMAT HS-College Math. 8 Years Experience. Email Erica at: info.ecardenas@gmail.com

Manors Corner Shopping Center

160 Lawrenceville-Pennington Road | Lawrenceville | New Jersey

SUITE LEFT!

• Individual roof mounted central A/C units with gas fired hot air heating and separately metered utilities • 139 Parking spaces on-site with handicap accessibility

1,910 sf (+/-)

• Adjacent to a residential housing development and Bright Horizons Day Care

RETAIL

• Located in a densely populated area

MEDICAL OFFICE

• Minutes from downtown Princeton and readily accessible from Routes 1, 206 and Interstate 295 • Close proximity to hotels, restaurants, banking, shopping and entertainment

Immediate Occupancy | Brokers Protected | Raider Realty is a Licensed Real Estate Broker

No warranty or representation, express or implied, is made to the accuracy of the information herein and same is submitted subject to errors, omissions, change of rental or other conditions, withdrawal without notice and to any special listing conditions, imposed by our principals and clients.

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SUMMER ART CAMP 7 years old and up!

July 24 - 26 and July 31 - Aug 2 Wednesday - Friday, 9am - 3pm Full 3 Day Tuition: $285 or Daily Drop-In: $99 *Includes supplies. Discount for siblings. Bring your own lunch.

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 07-04-19 JOES LANDSCAPING INC. OF PRINCETON Property Maintenance and Specialty Jobs Commercial/Residential Over 30 Years of Experience •Fully Insured •Free Consultations Email: joeslandscapingprinceton@ gmail.com Text (only) (609) 638-6846 Office (609) 216-7936 Princeton References •Green Company HIC #13VH07549500 05-16-19

WE BUY CARS

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A Gift Subscription! Call (609) 924-2200 ext 10; circulation@towntopics.com tf

DISCLOSE OR NOT DISCLOSE? THAT IS THE QUESTION... Yes! You have a responsibility to disclose everything you know about your home. It is considered illegal to conceal defects on your home. This does not mean that you have to go looking for problems but it does mean that if you are aware there is or was a problem you must let the buyer know. The State of New Jersey requires you disclose known, latent (concealed) material defects in the property. Although it is not required a pre-inspection can be useful. This will alert you to issues that you can chose to repair or simply disclose letting the buyer know is an issue. There is value in knowing what you issues may come up, get them taken care by a licensed contractor and disclose that you made the repair. If you do not disclose or try to conceal an issue you could have common law fraud case on your hands. The moral of the story is to be completely forthcoming protecting both you and the buyer.

STOCKTON REAL ESTATE, LLC

Employment Opportunities in the Princeton Area

CURRENT RENTALS *********************************

RESIDENTIAL & OFFICE RENTALS: Princeton Office – $2,200/mo. 5-rooms with powder room. Front-toback on 1st floor. Available now. Princeton Office – $2,300/mo. Nassau Street. Conference room, reception room, 4 private offices + powder room. With parking. Available now. Princeton – $1,700/mo. Includes heat & water. 1 BR, 1 bath, LR, Kitchen. No laundry or parking. . Available 3/15/19. Princeton – $2,750/mo. Griggs Farm, 3+ story town house. 1st floor family room w/fireplace, half bath. 2nd floor LR Dining area, Kitchen & half bath. 3rd floor, 3 BR, 2 full baths. Available now.

We have customers waiting for houses!

STOCKTON MEANS FULL SERVICE REAL ESTATE. We list, We sell, We manage. If you have a house to sell or rent we are ready to service you! Call us for any of your real estate needs and check out our website at: http://www.stockton-realtor.com See our display ads for our available houses for sale.

32 CHAMBERS STREET PRINCETON, NJ 08542 (609) 924-1416 MARTHA F. STOCKTON, BROKER-OWNER IT’S A GREAT TIME TO PAINT OR RENOVATE YOUR HOME! If you offer these services, consider placing your ad with Town Topics! Call (609) 924-2200 ext. 10; classifieds@towntopics.com DEADLINE: Tues before 12 noon tf HOUSECLEANING: Experienced, English speaking, great references, reliable with own transportation. Weekly & bi-weekly cleaning. Green cleaning available. Susan, (732) 8733168. 01-09-8t

NASSAU SWIM CLUB

ASSOCIATE RESEARCH SCIENTIST (#6405):

is searching for a qualified individual to direct its Full-Day Summer Program for children ages 5-12. Additional information can be found at http://nassauswimclub. org/Lead-Counselor-Job. Contact NassauSwimClub@gmail.com 02-06-4t

Ph.D. or Ed.D. (or forgn equiv) in a cognitive sci, psych, or rel +1 yr exp. Exp gained during Ph.D./Ed.D. prog OK. Plan, design, and conduct research projs to advance cognitive science. F/T. Educational Testing Service. Princeton, NJ. Send CV to: Ritu Sahai, Sr Strategic Staffing Analyst, ETS, 660 Rosedale Rd, MS03D, Princeton, NJ 08541. No calls/ recruiters. 02-27

PREPARED FOODS COOK/KITCHEN MANAGER/RETAIL SUPERVISOR: The Whole Earth Center, New Jersey’s leading Natural Foods store, is looking for a creative & passionate cook to join an experienced & capable team & lead our deli/cafe. The position entails all aspects of food service in a retail setting, from ordering & receiving, menu planning, cooking, supervising retail & kitchen staff, & modeling & providing outstanding customer service. The ideal candidate will be familiar with vegetarian seasonal cooking & have supervisory/managerial experience in the back of the house (preferably in prepared foods) and/or a retail environment. Paid vacation & holidays, health insurance, generous discount. Compensation DOE. Great opportunity to join & grow with a well-established company. Please respond with your cover letter & resume to: jmurray@wholeearthcenter.com 02-20-2t

COVANCE INC. SEEKS Analyst, Tools & Process Optimization-Princeton, NJ. Enhance & support existing tools used by Finance dept. Contribute to design, dev. & deployment of new applications. Lead process related to validation & documentation. Recommend & implement process improvements. Provide ad hoc support for CDS Financial systems. Must possess at least bachelor’s or its equiv. in CS, IS or rltd fld & at least 2 yrs of prior work exp. in the software dev. field. Must also possess: at least 2 yrs exp. w/SQL or similar relational database querying and sustaining technical solutions; at least 1 yr exp. w/the following: database design; developing scripts using APIS; front end developing using languages such as HTML/JS.NET, C#; intermediate VBA programming; developing reports; managing/mentoring staff in team environment; & working in pharmaceutical industry. Resume to resumes@covance.com 02-27

SANTÉ INTEGRATIVE PHARMACY is seeking health & wellness practitioners to join the team in our beautiful store. If you’re upbeat, passionate about wellness & looking for the chance to help others make good choices about their health, we’d love to hear from you. No walkins please. Interested applicants should send a resume to info@ santeintegrativepharmacy.com 02-27-2t

CONTRERAS PAINTING: Interior, exterior, wallpaper removal, deck staining. 16 years experience. Fully insured, free estimates. Call (609) 954-4836; ronythepainter@ live.com 01-02-9t

ONLINE www.towntopics.com

ADVERTISING SALES Witherspoon Media Group is looking for an advertising Account Manager to generate sales for our luxury magazines, newspaper, and digital business.

PRINCETON APARTMENT: Rental– Spacious, charming, extra large living room, hardwood floors, 1 bedroom + den/sunroom w/cathedral ceiling, central A/C, private entrance, plenty of parking, tenants own patio, garden setting, NYC bus, convenient location, no pets, nonsmoker. Available immediately or April 1st . $2,295/month incl. utilities. 1 year lease required. Call (609) 924-2345. 02-06-4t

The ideal candidate will: • Establish new and grow key accounts and maximize opportunities for each publication, all websites, and all digital products. • Collaborate with the sales and management team to develop growth opportunities. • Prepare strategic sales communications and presentations for both print and digital. • Develop industry-based knowledge and understanding, including circulation, audience, readership, and more.

“Home is where your people are."

• Prepare detailed sales reports for tracking current customers’ activity and maintain pipeline activity using our custom CRM system. Positions are full- and part-time and based out of our Kingston, N.J. office. Track record of developing successful sales strategies and knowledge of print and digital media is a plus.

— Richie Norton

Compensation is negotiable based on experience. Fantastic benefits and a great work environment. Please submit cover letter and resume to: lynn.smith@witherspoonmediagroup.com melissa.bilyeu@witherspoonmediagroup.com

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07-25-19 CLEANING BY POLISH LADY: For houses and small offices. Flexible, reliable, local. Excellent references. Please call Yola (609) 558-9393.

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10-31/04-24 J.O. PAINTING & HOME IMPROVEMENTS: Painting for interior & exterior, framing, dry wall, spackle, trims, doors, windows, floors, tiles & more. 20 years experience. Call (609) 305-7822. 08-08-19

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Winner’s Circle 2018

CONGRATULATIONS

to this year’s award winners! Our success begins and ends with our top performing associates and their legendary service.

Beatrice Bloom

Ingela Kostenbader

NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award, Platinum - 2018

Mary Saba

NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award, Gold - 2018

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Eric Payne

NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award, Platinum - 2018

NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award, Gold - 2018

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Deborah Coles

NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award, Silver - 2018

Jean Budny

NJ REALTORS®

Andrew Lobrace

NJ REALTORS® Circle of Excellence Sales Award, Silver - 2018

Nadia Macauley NJ REALTORS®

Laurent Ouzilou NJ REALTORS®

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Circle of Excellence Circle of Excellence Circle of Excellence Sales Award, Bronze - 2018 Sales Award, Bronze - 2018 Sales Award, Bronze - 2018

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